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This year’s events will be held in Overland Park, KS; Dublin, OH and a soon to be announced location in New York – yes, the NYEUG Training Summit is being planned for the third straight year!
Unlike previous years, all Summit agendas will be defined by the regional user groups. We have had great success with this approach in New York and look forward to rolling it out across the country. The goal is to provide custom agendas based on ideas and recommendations from the user base. This will allow us greater flexibility in delivering content that addresses the very specific needs and interests of individual regions. The planning process is well underway and specific dates will be announced soon.
If your state is not on the current list and you are involved in a user group that is interested in partnering with Netsmart to bring a Regional Training Summit area to your area, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org. We are happy to consider adding events if there is enough interest from users in a given region. | <urn:uuid:0894a5c0-a75e-435d-897f-febc1e571592> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.ntst.com/lp/newsletters/2019/q2/myevolv/regional-training | 2020-09-29T17:45:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202418.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929154729-20200929184729-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.958982 | 208 |
County loses appeal in Montano case
Court upholds $2.9M award
By Dawn Burleigh
The Orange Leader
A ruling issued Tuesday by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans upholds the 2015 award.
The family of Robert Montano was awarded $2.4 million in 2015.
Orange County appealed the decision.
Robert Montano’s family members, following his death inside the Orange County Correctional Facility on Oct. 12, 2011, filed the lawsuit.
Montano, 41, of Orangefield, was arrested on Oct. 7, 2011 by Orange County deputies for public intoxication. He was reportedly under the influence of bath salts according to a previously published Orange Leader article.
Montano was placed in a medical observation cell for five days until his death, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states Montano, who was a known mental health patient, did not receive ‘basic human needs’ consisting of medical and mental health care, food or water during his incarceration.
Texas Ranger Bobby Smith conducted an investigation into Montano’s death, which he closed on Dec. 5, 2011 and concurred with the medical examiner’s report that Montano died from ‘renal failure due to bath salts toxicity.’ The lawsuit states the toxicology report makes no indication of illegal drugs being found in Montano’s system.
The Texas Rangers conducted an investigation, which closed Dec. 5, 2011 and concurred with the medical examiner’s report that Montano died from ‘renal failure due to bath salts toxicity.’
According to the judgment issued by the United State District Court for the eastern District of Texas, the county’s health services plan required written observation of a suicide –risk detainees every 15 minutes and the written observations of Montano were recorded approximately every 30 minutes.
A new trail motion was denied because the appeals court did not feel the awarded damages were excessive.
In the document it further reads: “There is no denying Mr. Montano was punished. The record demonstrates the county denied him medical care with the expectation that he would heal himself.” | <urn:uuid:186a5363-9727-4a0b-99d2-99c791446d85> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.orangeleader.com/2016/12/01/county-loses-appeal-in-montano-case/ | 2020-09-29T16:47:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202418.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929154729-20200929184729-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.980811 | 445 |
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blast bros Hands-on with EA's live-service game launching with 10 characters, 4 modes, and full crossplay support on July 14.
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Jimmy Kimmel announced Monday he will preside over the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony honoring excellence in television. "I am hosting the #Emmys on Sunday Sept 18. Until then, have a great summer," the talk show host tweeted. "Jimmy Kimmel is the consummate showman," Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement. "With Kimmel at the helm, expect to be at the edge of your seat for a bigger, bolder, and better-than-ever Emmy event." "I am excited to be hosting the Emmys again. I have a feeling I'm going to be great," added Kimmel. Kimmel also was the emcee of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012. Nominations for this year's gala are to be announced July 14. | <urn:uuid:636ed595-fd3b-4531-aba4-7ef2777fd832> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-host-68th-emmy-awards-on-september-18-1043161.php | 2020-09-29T17:48:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202418.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929154729-20200929184729-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.962614 | 167 |
by Restorations Therapy Center on Monday, August 24th, 2020
Trauma is a complex response to an intense, disturbing event that causes a person’s coping mechanisms to backfire. Trauma causes feelings of hopelessness and causes individuals to feel unsafe. Survivors of trauma can constantly feel intense emotions and have difficulty with trusting people.
Relationships and intimacy can often feel unattainable for trauma survivors. They fear becoming close with another person after a traumatic event, or they may feel like a burden to those around them.
The effects of trauma on relationships extend not only to the survivor but also to their partner. Understanding the ways in which trauma affects both people in the relationship is crucial for the process of healing and being able to maintain a healthy relationship.
Trauma typically comes in two different forms. A single traumatic event could cause distress, such as a car crash or another short-lived experience. Complex trauma, on the other hand, involves a longer period of time where the trauma is repeated, such as a war. Complex trauma could be the same recurring event or separate events that are continually occurring.
Common symptoms displayed by trauma survivors include:
There are four different types of attachment styles that people may adapt throughout their lives. Trauma plays a big role in the reasons why people change their attachment styles.
Secure attachment is healthy, often involving people that have had supportive caretakers throughout their life. These people tend to trust others easily, asking for help when needed, and being able to connect on emotional levels.
Emotions are shared in a healthy way, and their self-perception is positive. They tend not to live in fear of rejection or abandonment. Healthy coping mechanisms are also known to be included.
Also known as “insecure-avoidant” attachment, this attachment characterizes those that were neglected or rejected by their primary caregivers in life. These individuals tend to be more independent, avoiding intimacy and forming tight bonds. Their independence is usually on an extreme level, and they fear anything that appears to be a threat to that independence.
Individuals that were abused or neglected by a caregiver in their lives commonly have this type of attachment style. The attachment usually forms as a result of a loved one causing the person’s pain. Many adults with this attachment style are afraid to be alone but are unable to get close to others and trust them. Intimacy is almost impossible, as they shift between getting extremely close to others and completely avoiding people.
When primary caregivers in a person’s life switch between being nurturing and neglectful, the anxious-preoccupied attachment style forms. Individuals that go through this tend to be more clingy and have anxiety concerning their close relationships. This hypersensitivity can drive others away, causing the trauma survivor to come off as needy.
Trauma can have lasting effects on the survivor, causing an impact on their relationships with romantic partners. Emotionally fueled disagreements can lead to more intense arguments about commonplace relationship issues and concerns.
The survivor may withdraw a lot, sometimes even being completely unresponsive when their partner is trying to communicate with them. This stems from the survivor’s false belief that their partner is working against them; the survivor has doubts about the love and commitment in the relationship. While the partner may be constantly trying to give love to the survivor, it can be hard for the survivor to accept it, despite the constant reassurance of love.
Partners must learn to communicate in healthy ways when dealing with issues related to past trauma. Being aware of your emotions and regulating them can be extremely helpful. Couples should practice mindfulness techniques together to understand their environment and the triggers present in it.
Making key phrases that serve as codes can also help for when things become overwhelming. Some examples include:
When a relationship involves a trauma survivor, it is a good idea for not only that individual, but both partners to seek therapy or counseling together. Trauma-informed therapy is a good option, as it helps couples examine the ways trauma can affect the relationship. Separating past issues from present ones also helps. Individual and couple sessions are typically available.
Make sure you have a good support system in place for both parties to reach out to. Making you both feel loved and positive about the future of the relationship is crucial. Also, try to find resources for you both to use, such as community support groups.
Both partners in a relationship should be educated about trauma. Learn how you can care for yourself and your partner, practicing mindfulness to help with the healing process. Always be considerate and slow to react so unwarranted issues don’t arise in the relationship.
Getting treatment for trauma can minimize the risk of isolation and restore hope in a relationship. It also opens up a safe space for the discussion of traumatic experiences and the feelings associated with them.
Trauma is a complex subject that requires delicate care and treatment. Learning how to take care of yourself and those closest you, especially intimate partners, can mean the difference between healing or stagnated recovery. The effects of trauma on a relationship can be intense and leave lasting impacts. However, treatment can help minimize the risks involved and teach both partners how to care for each other on a deeper level. For help in your relationship concerning past traumatic events, reach out to Restorations Therapy at (720) 446-6585. The kind staff will offer you support and answers to any of the difficult questions you may have. | <urn:uuid:eb0a23aa-d4bc-4368-b34c-3ab4c30f91ae> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.restorationstherapy.com/how-trauma-affects-relationships/ | 2020-09-29T18:18:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202418.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929154729-20200929184729-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.965862 | 1,113 |
Posted by Admin on February, 04, 2020
The pellet cooler is a device used for cooling down the cattle feed pellets, making it storage able and packing able. It cools down the pellet in very less time. It is very commonly used in pellet making industry. It is also used to cool the store of grains, corns, rice, paddy, and oilseeds.
The cooler is particularly used to cool the pellets after being pressed by the pellet mill. The pellets, when manufactured are hot and contain a high amount of vapor. The pellet cooler cools down the pellets to the room temperature. The hot pellets are put into the cooling chamber and filed onto the paralleled turning plates. The broken pellet gets collected for reproduction. The cooler is capable to reach the temperature of 2-5°C higher. It consumes very less power and the cooling process gets completed in just 10-15 minutes. The machine is highly durable and reliable to use in the long run.
The machine is known to maintain the pellet quality and is easy to operate and clean. The machine is widely appreciated for its automation process. It is an ideal machine for the production of aquatic feed and high-grade feeding for domestic animals. The cooling process makes pellet moisture less than 12.5 %, which makes it apt for storage and shipment. The machines come with the air-closed material feeder, large inlet air, area and produce a little residual.
In India, there are many manufacturers and suppliers who deal with pellet cooler and provide it at a very cost-effective price. There is a huge demand for such coolers, owing to their uses and benefits. The coolers are made from the high-quality raw material, sourced from the most authorized vendors in the industry. All equipment passes through stringent quality checks in order to avoid any damage during transit. The products are manufactured in accordance with the prescribed quality standards and guidelines, set by the industry. By adopting the below-mentioned business practices, a supplier of pellet cooler in India can surely become the market leader:
• By making people aware of the uses and benefits of the product.
• By appointing highly experienced staff, who is proficient in understanding the technical complications and plan the marketing tactics.
• By joining hands with foreign companies to increase the share and supply in the overseas and global market.
• By cutting down the price to reduce the cut-throat competition in the market.
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Parry Shen (Brad Cooper, General Hospital) celebrates his birthday. Check out the amazing photos with his co-stars here---->>>
Photo: Dennis Kwan
General Hospital actor, Parry Shen is celebrating his 47th birthday today. He was born on June 26, 1973, in New York City in the neighborhood of Queens.
Shen attended Archbishop Molloy High School, then an all-boys (now a co-educational) Roman Catholic school in Briarwood, in Queens, New York, and at the University at Buffalo. His mother is from Hong Kong. His father is from Shanghai. When he moved to California, he worked as a dorm parent at Villanova Preparatory School, a private college preparatory school in Ojai, California. Shen is of Chinese descent and can speak Cantonese. Shen has been married to his wife Kim since August 2, 2002, and they have two daughters.
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The AMG version of the Mercedes C63 just hit the Nurburgring circuit for some serious testing.
The high-performance German sedan is going to be powered by a 5.5-liter V8 engine producing 525 horsepower, slightly less than the E63 AMG from where it borrows the powerplant.
At the exterior, we can see that the prototype wears a thick layer of camouflage which means that we should expect quite important styling tweaks. It will include new AMG bumpers, side skirts, air vents, extended wheel arches and a quad-pipe exhaust.
Another uncertain fact about the new model concerns its name as there are rumors that it will come with a different moniker. Until we get official details in this regard, we will continue to name it the 2014 Mercedes C63 AMG.
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They played the Superman theme tune at their launch ceremony last week, so regulators at China’s newest stock exchange must be thinking that something rather uplifting is about to happen.
Or perhaps it’s more a case that they’ll soon be in need of superhero assistance.
The celebrations were for the new ChiNext board in Shenzhen, which formally opens for business today.
ChiNext, which has been styled in the national press as the Chinese Nasdaq, starts life as the country’s third stock market (or the fourth if you count Hong Kong).
A total of 28 stocks begin trading today, and 150 more firms are currently applying for a listing.
Why does China need another bourse?
WiC has reported previously that smaller firms can struggle to find the cash they need to grow. Even with this year’s credit splurge, state-owned banks have been reluctant to lend to smaller businesses.
As a result numerous Chinese firms have gone overseas in search of capital. There are 40 China companies listed on Nasdaq (including internet search engine Baidu and online travel supplier Ctrip.com), another 50 or so on Hong Kong’s Growth Enterprise Market, as well as others elsewhere.
This does not tally with Beijing’s new determination to see its best companies financed from their home market, preferably rewarding Chinese investors.
An overseas listing is not always the best option either, argues Peter Fuhrman, chairman at boutique advisor China First Capital.
Fuhrman says that several hundred Chinese small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) now regret going public on the American OTC Bulletin Board, having watched their share prices fall to pitiful price-earning multiples. Trading continues to be thin, so they have little hope of raising additional capital.
So good news for the SMEs?
It’s certainly a red-letter day for the bosses at the newly listed firms, many of whom will become renminbi billionaires.
The beneficiaries include Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei at Huayi Brothers, a film production company covered recently in WiC34.
The press speculates that the success stories might encourage more Chinese to think about starting businesses too.
That should be good for the economy as the SME sector contributes 60% of Chinese GDP and 75% of urban employment.
What about for investors: a wild ride ahead?
Growth boards in other countries have not always been for the faint hearted, warns Shenyin & Wanguo Securities from Shanghai. Around half of the 75 similar ventures that it thinks have been launched since the 1960s did not survive long.
Perhaps that’s why regulators have taken their time in establishing the Chinese version. A growth enterprise board has been in discussion for at least a decade. Launch plans were shelved twice too; in 2001 (the dotcom crash) and again last year (the credit crunch).
Traditionally, growth boards have attracted new business through less stringent listing requirements. Some say ChiNext will be bucking the trend (and there may be a little more to their argument in the Chinese context).
In this case new joiners will need to meet profit performance hurdles and net asset minimums. They will also need total post-IPO share capital of at least Rmb30 million ($4.38 million).
Then there are the various circuit-breaker regulations to cap investor exuberance on first day trading. In the core measure, if prices move up or down 80% on debut day, the bourse will suspend trading until the final three minutes before the session ends.
But is it really a high-tech, high-growth board?
No it isn’t, complains Guo Hongchao in an opinion piece in the Economic Observer.
Guo says that the firms selected for debut day may well tick all the regulatory boxes. But few of them qualify as high-tech plays. Too many are reliant on the manufacturing sector (contrary to the original aim) and a few look better suited for Shenzhen’s senior bourse.
Wang Kai Yun at Sanlian Weekly also questions comparisons with other secondary boards. One of the firms in the queue for ChiNext is a meat supplier to KFC and McDonalds. You wouldn’t expect to see chicken farms appearing on Nasdaq, he sniffs. But perhaps the media’s patriotic streak means it is getting a little carried away with the Nasdaq analogies. The China Daily points out that only 40% of the American counterpart’s market cap comes from high-tech companies, after all.
At least the ChiNext companies are youthful ones. Many are involved in high-potential businesses too; six are new energy and new material companies, there are another six in pharmaceuticals and medical equipment manufacturing, and the rest are in advanced manufacturing, information technology and modern service industries.
Still, it’s clear that there is something of a trade-off going on. Genuinely high-tech firms can be difficult to value and ripe for fluctuations in price. Many will have listed on equivalent bourses on the promise of profits rather than the real thing.
But the last thing that ChiNext wants is a reputation for casino capitalism. So it has started out picking safer candidates that it hopes will demonstrate its responsible credentials.
Guo at the Economic Observer just hopes that this won’t lead to genuine innovators being locked out in the quest for stability in future.
So investors should be OK?
We’ll soon find out.
One fear is that cash could drain out of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices. But funds raised on ChiNext are in the Rmb300-500 million range, which is small fry in comparison to a couple of the Rmb40 billion mega listings in Shanghai earlier this year.
Still, buyer beware is the message for investors ready to punt on the new board itself, warns Shang Fulin, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. He welcomes the new exchange but warns of “relatively high risks” of “irrational trading, speculation and market manipulation.”
Few expect this to stop a legion of stock-pickers sniffing around the new Shenzhen market. Standard rules of engagement look likely to apply – so expect first day run-ups, and the breakneck ride often associated with local market psychology.
Even then, ChiNext may turn out a riskier bet than the alternatives. Smaller constituent companies and light liquidity make for wilder price movements. The new challengers are privately-owned too, so there is less incentive for the government to step in with policy announcements to perk up prices.
Any signs of the warnings being heeded?
Not really. ChiNext will open today at prices averaging 55 times last year’s earnings, compared to an average of 36 times for other IPOs on mainland exchanges this year, says Reuters.
Investor demand also saw the initial public offerings raise Rmb16 billion, more than double the forecast.
Not to worry, says Shen Hong Bo, a columnist at Southern Weekly. Local investors now think of stock markets like beer. So bubbles are to be expected. What’s more, a new market like ChiNext is pretty similar to a newly opened beer, he says. So we should expect a fair amount of froth.
Bottoms up, anyone?
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We’d be lying if we said the highlight of June 2019 wasn’t our Annual Fundraiser & Celebration on the 21st! Thanks again to everyone who came out and made it such a memorable evening. But there were some other memorable experiences in June — so here’s a roundup of the works we’ve been reading, watching, and listening to:
Arianna Casabonne, Intern: I’m midway through You’ll Grow Out Of It, The New York Times Bestseller by Jessi Klein, and I find myself absorbed with Klein’s raw and relatable writing. The book, a collection of twenty four essays, is as much about how Klein navigates the cultural norms of femininity as it is about making fun of them (and herself). In these revealing stories, Klein dissects her feelings growing up as a late bloomer, and the many awkward and cringe-worthy moments of figuring out womanhood. Immediately, the novel’s first essay, “Tom Man” delivers a heart-felt and funny recount of her transition from a “Pippi Longstocking-esque tomboy to are-you-a-lesbian-or-what tom man.” In this story, Klein admits to looking “like a mess during college,” and that it “didn’t even occur to [her] to eat anything other than breaded chicken patties on Wonder Bread buns followed by a piece of cake” for all four years of school. With a humorous self-awareness, Klein takes readers along as she describes her attempts at transitioning from a “Tom Man” to a “Grown Woman.”
Along this journey are many embarrassing pitfalls, devastating heartbreaks, and a continuous unveiling of what it means to be a woman. In You’ll Grow Out Of It, womanhood seems to be a combination of the authentic, cringey, and heartfelt moments of navigating the dating scene, going to therapy, seeking advice from girlfriends, and finding love. At the same time, womanhood is swathed with pressure to participate in typically feminine activities, like lingerie shopping and barre classes. Klein critiques how the seemingly effortless perfection women radiate comes at a physical, emotional, and monetary cost. In “Bar Method and The Secrets of Beautiful Women,” Klein is shocked to find how hard women work in order to maintain their image. In New York City, Klein attends a barre workout class where each class costs $32 with a recommended five classes a week for the best results. Therefore, the women spend $180 a week on having toned bodies. In addition, there is what Klein describes as “taking a class where you are in horrible pain and hate your life and might lose your lunch at any moment.” Klein finds the class ridiculous and annoying, yes, but she is not immune. She sees the Bar Method instructors with their LuluLemon leggings and butts “like the very best of the produce section,” and she is swayed into continuing the class.
While Klein provides important critiques on hyper-femininity, she humorously highlights how she is still roped into it and affected by its ridiculous standards. Her stories intertwine humor with significant insights, creating a truly fun and compelling read. You’ll Grow Out Of It poignantly captures the uncomfortable and hilarious experience of becoming a woman, in a world where femininity and womanhood hold a multiplicity of meanings. In her own stories, Klein delivers wisdom with a humorous, self-deprecating edge. Reading You’ll Grow Out Of It feels like every long conversation with a best friend. It’s soul-barring, funny, and strikingly real.
Julia Matthews, Intern: Only a year after its 2018 Sundance premiere, Mandy seems on its way to cult classic status. I saw it for the first time last weekend when I caught a showing at Oakland’s (wonderfully strange) New Parkway Theater. Directed by Panos Cosmatos and starring Nicholas Cage, Mandy is cinematic sensory overload. It is fearsome from its opening moments as cinematographer Benjamin Loeb and late composer Jóhann Jóhannsson plunge the viewer into a heavy metal universe drenched in staggering displays of color and light and scored by perpetually moaning electric guitar.
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Mandy is the story of Red (Nicholas Cage) and Mandy (Andrea Riseborough), a couple living an idyllic, if remote, life of domestic bliss in a Pacific Northwest forest. Their intimacy is palpably conveyed through shimmery scenes of rowboat afternoons, pillow talk about the universe, and nights on the couch with dinner and a B-Movie. When a quasi-religious, Manson Family-esque cult roll into town –– followed later by a vampiric biker gang –– Red and Mandy’s quiet life together is excruciatingly and irrevocably destroyed. Red then embarks on a quest for revenge that plays out like a feverish nightmare (fueled by an entire bottle of liquor, a fistful of cocaine, and one drop from a horrible batch of liquid LSD). The film is purely psychedelic: saturated with deep, consuming blues, poisoned greens, and smothering reds, and steeped in the continuous synth rumble of Jóhannsson’s score. It’s Eighties metal from start to finish.
Although deliberately and at times painfully slow, Mandy is punctuated with unforgettable scenes, including a literal chainsaw duel. Cosmatos has pulled off an appalling feat of reversal: creating a film so tense and emotionally destructive that the climax’s unbearable violence actually brings the viewer tangible relief when it finally arrives (the whole theater even erupted into laughter at a few choice moments). Credit must also be given to Jóhann Jóhannsson; after so many minutes of liquid ambient sound left me yearning for a downbeat, the pounding drums that kick in to accompany Red’s march towards vengeance lifted me out of my seat. Above all, Mandy represents Nicolas Cage unleashed –– his raw, maniacal performance takes this from a slasher film to an Odyssean romance. Go see Mandy…but only if you have a strong stomach, a big screen, good speakers, and a hand to hold.
Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor: Gabriela Gárcia Márquez’s The Scandal of the Century and Other Writings has been sustaining me in dribs and drabs, its pleasures neatly delivered in various pieces the maestro wrote for Spanish-language newspapers and magazines from the ‘50s through the ‘80s. They’re not really columns or articles; they’re more like feuilletons, those newspaper pieces shaped by their authors’ sharpened cultured and literary acumen to where the fact-based article you’re reading assumes the guise of belle-lettres. (That is to say, writing that is sorely missing from American newspapers.)
He weighs in on many things, and the judiciousness in what was selected by editor Cristóbal Pera for this book (50 pieces plucked from the five-volume Obra periodística) is borne out in how Gárcia Márquez’s writings on Venezuela and Cuba and (of course) Colombia read as fresh—and relevant—these many decades later. The same is true of his pieces on the literary world (1980’s “The Specter of the Noble Prize”: “The bad thing is that the final result does not depend on the candidate’s own right, and not even on the justice of the gods, but on the inscrutable will of the members of the Swedish Academy.”) and the writing life (1966’s “Misadventures of a Writer of Books”: “Personally, I believe that the writer, as such, has no other revolutionary obligation than to write well. Nonconformism, under any regime, is an essential condition that can’t be helped, because a conformist writer is most likely a bandit, and most definitely a bad writer.”)
There’s an old saw that there’s a novel in progress in the desk drawer of every reporter. Gárcia Márquez would be an apotheosis of this maxim. “I am basically a journalist,” Pera quotes him as having said. “All my life I have been a journalist. My books are the books of a journalist, even if it’s not so noticeable.” What a marvel, then, to read these works, written under deadlines, presented to a mass audience, and see both in advance of his fame and after its establishment an immutable and rare greatness.
Zack Ravas, Editorial Assistant: Over the last several years, A24 has made a name for itself as the premiere independent film distributor, with titles like Lady Bird and Hereditary to their name; so it came as a surprise when the label delayed the theatrical release of Under the Silver Lake, director David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to his 2015 breakout horror film It Follows, not once but twice, only to then unceremoniously dump the film on Video on Demand services four months later. I suppose I can’t blame A24 for not knowing what to do with Under the Silver Lake: I’ve seen the film twice now and I still don’t entirely know how I feel about it. Although rumors swirled that the distributor had prodded Mitchell to deliver a new edit based on negative test screenings, the movie’s weighty 140 minute runtime –– and indeed the film itself –– suggest that not a moment has been trimmed from Mitchell’s L.A. slacker neo-noir. For both better and worse, Under the Silver Lake registers as David Robert Mitchell’s unfiltered creative vision.
The story follows the jobless and perpetually-behind-on-rent Sam, played by The Social Network’s Andrew Garfield, as he grows convinced the sudden disappearance of his new neighbor (Riley Keough) is not a random occurrence, but rather evidence of a vast conspiracy involving the Hollywood elite and the deeply coded messages they weave throughout pop culture. Under the Silver Lake possesses style to spare –– cinematographer Michael Gioulakis brings the same visual flair he exhibited earlier this year in Jordan Peele’s Us, and Disasterpiece’s knockout soundtrack deliberately channels Bernard Herrmann’s thundering scores for Hitchcock thrillers such as Vertigo and Psycho.
The swooping camera movements and evocative music place us in a familiar genre context: as we watch Sam pull at every disparate thread of this Hollywood mystery, we anticipate a shadowy cabal will ultimately be uncovered. No doubt The Powers That Be will be dragged reluctantly into the light, albeit for a brief moment, and Sam will suffer some kind of punishment for upsetting the status quo, before things continue exactly as they were before. It’s Chinatown. Right?
But Under the Silver Lake does something unexpected, and it’s the reason I find the film –– for all its faults –– difficult to shake. As Sam begins to penetrate the cover-up at the heart of the story, we realize the “conspiracy,” such as it is, is fairly innocuous and not all that grand. Furthermore, as Sam ferrets around Silver Lake literally assaulting anyone who upsets his worldview or refuses to indulge his paranoid questioning, a realization sinks in for the viewer: this insecure young man and his rampant sense of entitlement are more of a danger to the citizens of L.A. than the purported masterminds he’s attempting to reveal.
Like so many men of his generation, Sam has surrounded himself with analog detritus: his apartment is a catalog of old video game consoles, VCRs, vintage pornography, and Nintendo Power magazines. His desperate search of their contents for increasingly arcane codes has less to do with unraveling a conspiracy and more with an inherent need to attach these artifacts with some meaning beyond an empty consumerism. It’s telling that Sam reserves his harshest punishment for the one person who dares to insist the pop culture that means so much to Sam does not, in fact, serve any purpose beyond a means to make someone else money. It must be said that Andrew Garfield has rarely been better than he is here, successfully subverting his boyish and handsome persona with Sam’s nervy, manic energy and a barely repressed misogyny disguised as lovesickness.
There’s a menace plaguing Los Angeles, the film tells us; but rather than lurking in the shadows or the halls of power, its face might be as familiar as the boy next door. Under the Silver Lake is a challenging, frequently unpleasant viewing experience. It’s also one of the most interesting artistic statements of the year. | <urn:uuid:3fd41fd8-1a2a-44f1-9129-a10374465c9d> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.zyzzyva.org/2019/06/28/zyzzyva-recommends-june-2019-what-to-read-watch-listen-to/ | 2020-09-29T17:38:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202418.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929154729-20200929184729-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.947003 | 2,758 |
As the old (and rather foul) saying goes, there’s more than one way to deal with skin a cat. While learning Vietnamese is no exclusion, there are worthy ways and not too incredible methodologies. As our progenitors would have done it to learn Vietnamese was in any case a little presentation into the enunciation, gain capability with a few greeting and articulations, by then precisely when it was apparently getting fun, you were hit over the head with the accentuation hammer and pulled through boundless significant stretches of sentence structure, activity word structure, usage of particles etc. Notwithstanding the way that this drains all the fun out of learning Vietnamese, (aside from those sickos who truly value it;- ) it is completely the wrong methodology.
When you started learning your first language at the time of around one or close, what number of your people whipped out an understanding material and started indicating you the down to business of conjugating activity words? My speculation is that you learnt by recognition. By watching and tuning in and unavoidably reiterating what you heard. Learning Vietnamese should be the equivalent. Soaking yourself into the language anyway much as could be normal gives you the most obvious opportunity to hold it and takes after an adolescent learning their local hieuungchu. From that you could deduce that the best way to deal with learn Vietnamese is to go to Vietnam and surround yourself with the language each moment of consistently. In any case, while it is likely the best and quickest way, moving to another country in order to learn Vietnamese is fundamentally not a luxury by far most can oversee. At any rate there are various habits by which to immerse yourself into the language without truly going there. They include: Taking an on the web or study lobby course.
- Chatting with Vietnamese buddies.
- Reading Vietnamese books or manga.
- Watching Vietnamese TV or films.
- Listening to Vietnamese music or Radio.
I would communicate the best way to deal with learn Vietnamese with least cost and most noteworthy speed is unite an online course with a couple (or the whole) of various techniques. This is the spot particular choice of cat cleaning turns out to be conceivably the most significant factor. I understand a couple of individuals learn Vietnamese only through checking out Vietnamese music, and show up at a level that they can have a reasonable conversation at. In any case, aside from on the off chance that you genuinely value the music and can listen to it over and over, it would not soak in. Much the same as the case with basically all that we do or learn for the duration of regular daily existence, it is significantly less complex when we have a fabulous time. Lets research the decisions I’ve recorded as upgrades to an on the web (or homeroom) course. The first was conversing with Vietnamese mates. | <urn:uuid:0dbff768-cac5-48d9-ba2d-54da270238fe> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://headwatersnc.com/category/education/ | 2020-09-23T05:49:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.957284 | 578 |
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
SIX YEARS by Harlan Coban!
In Six Years, a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love…and the secrets and lies at its heart.
Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.
But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for…but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, she’s been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life—a time he has never gotten over—is turned completely inside out.
� As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can’t be found, or don’t remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake’s search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on a carefully constructed fiction.
Harlan Coben once again delivers a shocking page-turner that deftly explores the power of past love, and the secrets and lies that such love can hide.
As always Harlan Coben has written an awesome suspense novel full of twists and turns and such an intriguing storyline! I love a book that is impossible for me to figure out the ending, Coben's are that way! So well written, exciting, and action packed! The characters are wonderful, Coben writes in such a way that you are able to get inside their minds.
Six years have passed since Jake met the love of his life only to have her marry someone else. He finds out through an obituary that Natalie's husband has died and Jake is determined to find her. What he does find is that she is not Natalie and from there you must hold on to your seat! You won't be able to focus on anything else until you finish this book! Loved loved loved it!
I received a copy of this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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Georgia Milestones Q&A Parent Brochure
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It has extra-long fiber staples that can be made into longer and stronger yarn, resulting in a high quality bedding piece. Baffle Box is the widely known box or diamond formed patterns you see on the down comforter. This is best for those cold winter evenings because the warmth is distributed evenly throughout the comforter.
There are lots of great online stores from where you can get a real blanket made of this wool. Once you experience the heat of this remarkable blanket, it will become your favored and you will not desire to go back to using your old blankets.
You can even collect antique serape blankets for their charm and as a financial investment. It is quite a preferred hobby as the blankets a such a functional textile that you can produce anything from a hammock to a handbag with these gems. If you are preparing to refurnish your residence possibly you want to attempt to utilize some of these blanket for a real Southwestern style.
The production strategy is another significant aspect to think about with your bed sheet purchase. Flannel sheets are made from a medium-weight fabric that is has a brushed finish which is somewhat raised and fluffy. When purchasing bed cover, look for shop samples or re-sealable product packaging that enables you to feel the sheets prior to acquiring.
If you are the caregiver of an Alzheimer’s patient or a really young kid and you pick to utilize an electric blanket to help keep them warm, be very thorough about inspecting them frequently. It is constantly an excellent concept to never ever utilize an electric blanket on a baby.
As you’re planning your quilt, consider the period of use. Winter calls for fabrics heavy in weight, while summer bed quilts require strong, but lightweight fabrics. The larger the square, the simpler it is to match seams well and finish your quilting task quickly.
There is absolutely nothing worse than sheets that regularly bulge from under the edges of your bed mattress, causing you to yank and pull them to get them back into location. If you’re anything like me, you ‘d rather simply have a product that sits tight till you’re ready to pull it off and put it in the wash. The very best feasible solution is finding sheets that a) have added product to permit maximum protection beneath the bed mattress and b) have either elastic or cord “connectors” at the edges to make added sure the previously mentioned displacement impact will not enter play.
In addition to choosing the right bed and bed mattress, it is additionally important that you pick the right type of pillow. There are many different kinds of pillows offered, so you make certain to find something that not only offers you with lots of support and comfort, however additionally adds style to your bedroom. Pillows are available in a variety of shapes and sizes, so be sure to explore exactly what is offered in order to find a pillow that matches your requirements. For added support and comfort, you could want to go with a foam pillow. Foam pillows assist to ease back and neck discomfort, offering you with just the right quantity of support for an excellent evening’s sleep.
Select sheets in colors and patterns that improve your bed room decoration. Besides sheets, bed skirts are decoration accessories that are likewise extremely useful. One advantage of having bed skirts is that it works as a covering for the space underneath your bed and you can use it as invisible storage space and protect the area under the bed from gathering dust.
After a busy day, most of us are expecting get house and lay in our beds, on a good, comfy pillow. Undoubtedly, we must not disregard the relevance of pillows, because they play a fundamental part in the practice of relaxation. However, choosing the right pillow is not almost as easy as it may seem. Nowadays there are numerous types of pillows on the market. In this manner, it is feasible for us to select from a huge variety of pillow designs. It is essential to pick the suitable pillow, according to our requirements. First, we must ask ourselves if we feel any state of discomfort when we lay on the regular pillow that we have at house. If this is the case, we should certainly make a modification. | <urn:uuid:7e83fe4d-61be-40e2-bc42-8c88ff854cfd> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://www.bedroomcreations.com/pillows/v-shaped-pillow-cases/ | 2020-09-23T05:15:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.958444 | 867 |
Staffed Buffet & Family Style Wedding Services
Every catering company has their specialties. While that can be their food, it can also be their services. This month, we would like to help walk you through our services - break them down one by one so you know what to expect and what may fit you and your unique setting best. Today, we are featuring a catering basic and something that finds its way in and out of the wedding trends.
Our staff will come to your venue, deliver all food and set up your buffet tables for you. They stay for your allotted dine time to serve all guests and do all cleaning and pack up of our area.
1. Our staff is specifically trained to know the best, optimal set up to encourage your guests to receive their food in a quick and efficient way. There is no worry of having your guests double back around for missed utensils, or juggling three different plates. We know the tips and tricks to make it as efficient as possible.
2. Gives your guests an opportunity to mingle. While waiting in line, your guests have the chance to catch up to friends and family they may not have seen in awhile. Most newlyweds choose to have their meals delivered to their table right away but if you so choose to join the line among your guests, you too have a chance to chat with a few friends and family members you haven't gotten a chance to see.
3. Choices, Choices, Choices! While there might be a few different options to choose from, buffets allow you to stress less about what every individual guest may or may not want. Present your guests with our suggested options and they can choose to load their plate with what they want and avoid what they don't. Customizable for you and them!
If you so choose, we will decorate our tables in order to fit your theme!
China and disposable dinnerware are available for this service.
Entails: Our staff comes equipped with all food beautifully plattered. As the meal begins, they will bring out these platters to the tables. Your guests enjoy this intimate setting, mingling, and choosing their own food interests to load their plates. All tending to, clean up, and pack up is for us as well.
Ever dreamed of hosting a grand feast? You know, the ones that you may see in grand halls with the king and queen heading the event? Or maybe the holidays are some of your favorite times because of the opportunity to gather around the table Maybe this style is for you.
1. Your guests have the opportunity to sit and enjoy a wonderful meal among each other, without interruption.
2. Large proportions for everyone to enjoy and pass along.
3. No need to have guests get up, we bring it all out for them, directly to each table. Placed out evenly at each table, these platters are beautifully presented and intended to be passed and shared among each other.
4. While we might not serve the food plate by plate, our servers are always around, ready to refill glasses, food, and tend to other needs your guests may have throughout the meal.
Did you find that one of these styles fits your wedding vision best? Interested to see how it fits along your menu? Let us know you are interested in one of the above and fill out our form to get a quote today! We would love to help you along our catering process to find the perfect menu and service combination for your special day. \
China and disposable plateware available for this service.
Artistic place settings can be designed by recommendation with your Coordinator.
Decorating packages are available by request for your tables and settings.
These of course are not our only services, this post is designed to highlight these specific styles in detail so you have a better idea of what to expect. Any questions you may have on these styles can be directed via phone contact, comment, or through our contact form. For a longer list of our services, we recommend looking over our Services Page! | <urn:uuid:b6706523-d765-410a-97c8-b51374296627> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://www.eatblueplate.com/post/staffed-buffet-family-style-wedding-services | 2020-09-23T07:38:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.959747 | 829 |
Fanabe Vacation Villas / Villa Laura
Reviews of Villas in Fanabe Tenerife
We have just returned from a one week holiday in a lovely privately owned self catering villa which was situated in the El Madronal area of Fanabe in Tenerife. The villa was an easy walk to amenities such as restaurants and shops. There was also a taxi rank nearby, so if we wanted to travel down to the sea front where there is a greater selection of restaurants, it was all very easy. The villa had a heated pool with plenty of sun loungers. I just love to sunbathe, read a book and when it gets too hot, just plunge into your very own private pool. To me that is what a holiday is all about. We were very lucky with the weather, it didn’t rain once, although it was forecast on our last day. There were 6 people in our party and everyone was comfortable as there was a large double bed and 4 single beds. The lounge was lovely and airy with comfortable seating and satellite channels on the TV. The kitchen was also very well equipped and included an oven and a dishwasher. We visited the beach on 2 or 3 days out of week and tried out the water sports, which was very exhilarating. We were happy just to chill by the pool on the other days. Will definitely book this villa again and if not available, would love to book another in the same area. We booked through Holidays 4U. A lady called Karen helped us and was very efficient in sorting out our booking from the start of our enquiry to sending us the key information. She was always very prompt to respond to any questions we had, regardless of how small.
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The Evolution of Cisco's OpenStack Cloud Strategy [VIDEO]
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In a video interview with eWEEK, Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of Cloud Computing at Cisco, detailed his firm's OpenStack platform efforts.
Tucker commented that Cisco has been expanding its OpenStack efforts a lot more outside of networking as the adoption of OpenStack within Cisco has grown. Cisco's first OpenStack product was the OpenStack Cisco Edition, which was first released in October 2012. In 2013, Cisco announced accelerator packs for its UCS servers that were intended to accelerate adoption of OpenStack on Cisco server hardware. Those two efforts have now been rolled into Cisco's broader OpenStack initiatives. Tucker explained that Cisco now has software partners, including Red Hat, to help enable go-to-market efforts for OpenStack on Cisco hardware.
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Polymer nanocomposites are organic-inorganic hybrids where the high aspect ratio inorganic filler can be delaminated in the organic matrix at the nanometer scale, thus leading to significant enhancement of composite properties at very low filler volume fractions. With the advancement of polymer nanocomposites technology, significant enhancements in mechanical and thermal properties of the composites could be achieved. However, other important properties like gas barrier properties, which form an absolutely necessary requirement for the use of materials in packaging and storage applications, were relatively neglected. By improving the barrier performance of the materials by incorporation of high aspect ratio nano platelets, one can expect to reduce the thickness of the commercial packaging laminates and other materials where thick material is required to be used to provide barrier to various gases. This can thus lead to significant amount of savings in the material costs and can make the polymer materials more light and also transparent as the nano scale dispersed filler would not scatter light. This book examines the factors affecting barrier properties enhancement in polar polymer matrices, which are different from case when non polar polymers are involved, thus indicating that the performance has to be quantized by case by case basis. The commonly used conventional models for prediction of permeation reduction are also less representative of the true microstructure of the nanocomposites. Thus the barrier performance of the polymer nanocomposite materials is also explored, separate from the more bulk based mechanical properties.
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Inch Strand with the Dingle Peninsula stretching out behind.
It was our second day in Co. Kerry, and having spent the previous day close to base in Killarney, we were ready to face driving again. Our destination was the Dingle Peninsula, and near the base of the peninsula, we just had to stop at Inch Strand. The strand, backed by sand dunes, is a narrow strip of land sticking out at a right angle from the Dingle Peninsula, and extending for three miles into Dingle Bay.
Looking across Dingle Bay to the Iveragh Peninsula.
A popular beach with surfers.
After taking in the sights at the beach, we contunued on out on to the rest of the peninsula, with the town of Dingle itself being our next intended destination. I found however, that in Kerry you can’t go far without wanting to stop to admire a view, and I paused for a look at the Lispole Viaduct.
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HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud received the players and members of Alqarya Alolya sports club from the Eastern region, chaired by Mr. Hayef Aldowish, at KHC headquarters.
Prince Alwaleed met with Mr. Aldowish who was accompanied by the club delegation. The latest updates of the club and its achievements were discussed at the meeting. Prince Alwaleed stressed the need to support sports and the athletes as well as the development of sports clubs in Saudi Arabia and to encourage the young generation to hone its athletic skills and invest their time in useful activities.
As a form of encouragement, Prince Alwaleed awarded the club a total of SR250,000 in support of the club members, players, the club’s budget and in addition a bus.
In conclusion, to the event Mr. Aldowish thanked Prince Alwaleed for his support and his constant encouragement to clubs and sport federations in Saudi Arabia. | <urn:uuid:db7d6f75-4bfb-482a-a2c0-fa0383d4962c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://alwaleed.com.sa/news-and-media/news/prince-alwaleed-awards-sr250000-including-bus-alqarya-alolya-sports-club | 2020-09-23T05:52:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.9658 | 209 |
Sol Flower of Sun City, a mixed-use medical marijuana dispensary with an adjoining cafe and classroom, invites the public to learn how to stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit with new winter wellness classes.
The Sol Flower classroom offers wellness courses covering a full spectrum of healthcare topics year-round. Most classes are free, unless otherwise noted.
Sol Flower of Sun City is open seven days a week and is located at 13650 N. 99th Ave on the corner of 99th Ave and Thunderbird Blvd.
Featured winter events:
– Wednesday, November 20 at 1 p.m.
Is your central nervous system in chronic over stimulation due to emotional and environmental stress? Your hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis helps the body react to repeated stress and supports a healthy mind body connection, but when trauma and stress overwhelm us, it works in overdrive. Ashwagandha helps combat stress and anxiety, lowers cortisol levels, and sharpens your mind. It is reported to help improve memory by supporting cognitive performance in aging. It can support physical performance, endurance, adrenal function and muscle strength. Instructor: Sandra Hickman MA, CCHT.
Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Cannabis – How do they mix?
– Monday, November 25 at 4 p.m.
– Friday, December 6 at 4 p.m.
Learn what role cannabis could play in healing the brain function. Come see the research in a power point presentation. Instructor: Jane Fix, Director of Patient Education at Sol Flower.
Cannabis for Seniors
– Monday, December 9 at 4 p.m.
Tips on how to start using medical cannabis, methods of consumption and how to titrate your medication. Come and find out what to expect when you begin your journey with this healing plant. Instructor: Jane Fix, Director of Patient Education at Sol Flower.
– Saturdays at 1 p.m., December 14 and 28
Learn about the wellness aspects of using essential oils and how they can improve health. Attendees will be introduced to the different ways essential oils can be utilized in their environment. Instructor: Joan G., retired medivac nurse.
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There’s a common idiom: “don’t judge a book by its cover” – which of course means that you shouldn’t take things at face value. But when you’re publishing an actual book, the cover is very important – you might not want people to judge the book by its cover, but they will very likely buy it based (at least in part) on the cover.
For The Well, I started thinking about the cover very early in the writing process. The core of the story is that Becca, a fourteen-year-old girl, is trapped at the bottom of a well. For this to work, I needed the well to be reasonably remote – somewhere people wouldn’t look for her.
As chance (and serendipity) would have it, I recalled a photograph taken by one of my closest friends, Martin Mackenzie. It wasn’t of a well – it was of a ruined cottage in a wood. It’s a great photograph – perhaps not technically perfect, but it’s certainly atmospheric. I dug out the photograph and decided that this was definitely the location for the well itself.
At that time – in the early drafts – the cottage didn’t feature at all. It just wasn’t part of the story. But once I’d decided that this was the location, I wrote the cottage into the draft – and it became the key location for the climax of the action.
The writing progressed. In The Well, the cottage grew in size – slightly – by necessity from the plot. But once it came to consider the book’s cover, I didn’t want to change the image of the cottage itself. Not one bit. I decided that strict accuracy wasn’t required – the cover had to be a great cover and not slavishly follow my refined descriptions.
Of course, the photograph was lacking one thing: a well.
I’d also decided early on that I preferred to have an illustration for the cover, rather than a photograph. It seems to me that illustrations can convey more than photographs – and I really wanted the cover to seem forbidding and claustrophobic.
The job of creating the (rather wonderful) illustration went to Daryl Joyce, a professional illustrator known for his science fiction work (especially Doctor Who). I’m lucky enough to count Daryl as one of my friends.
Before beginning work, Daryl created a quick photo composite with a well in place. He ‘borrowed’ the photograph of the well from an illustration and photography website. It was the wrong shape (not quite round) and lacked a protective grating – but in terms of lighting, it was perfect.
I e-mailed Hanna Apaja and secured permission to use the photograph as the basis for the illustration. Well – it’s only polite.
Daryl set to work on the illustration and, after a couple of redrafts (Daryl is always really positive about making changes) the cover artwork was born. (I’ve made it sound as though Daryl’s work took minutes, but one look at the illustration shows that he laboured long and hard on this.)
One especially important aspect of the illustration is that I wanted it to be detailed – but it needed to work as a thumbnail on Amazon, which is how most people would initially view it. This balance is something I feel Daryl got exactly right.
Just as the cottage doesn’t quite match the description in the book, so there are a few ‘continuity’ issues with the final illustration versus the text. In the illustration, the well is too close to the cottage, the height of the bricks isn’t the same and the surrounding land isn’t strewn with old stones from the well wall. None of which is a problem to me – making those changes might make it match the text, but the cover wouldn’t be anywhere near as effective as it is. Moving the well away from the cottage, for example, would make the cover feel less claustrophobic.
Nor does the protective grille at the top of the well match the description – but visually, it’s better.
Thankfully, when you’re self-publishing, the final call is with the writer – and I think the cover is perfect. It may not match the book’s descriptions perfectly, but it does reflect the mood of the book and the evil of the location – you might say that, despite the differences, you can tell this book by its cover. | <urn:uuid:15b3cb12-25a2-42b8-81e4-8038293ba03b> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://blog.peterlabrow.com/2011/01/16/cover-story/ | 2020-09-23T05:56:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.974888 | 959 |
Created by award-winning filmmakers Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery of The Raid film franchise, Gangs of London is one of this year’s must-see new TV shows. To celebrate the series arriving on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital from 27 July, we’re giving away a DVD boxset to one lucky winner.
Set in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic and multicultural cities, Gangs of London tells the story of a city torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of the international gangs that control it, and the sudden power vacuum that’s created when the head of London’s most powerful crime family is assassinated. It’s up to the impulsive and vengeful Sean Wallace (Joe Cole, Peaky Blinders) to take his father’s place. But with Sean’s assumption of power causing ripples in the world of international crime, he must put his trust in Elliot Finch (Sope Dirisu, Humans), a lowlife chancer with ulterior motives and a mysterious interest in the Wallace family.
Gangs of London also stars Colm Meaney (Layer Cake), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones) and Lucian Msamati (His Dark Materials).
Dazzler Media presents Gangs of London on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital from 27 July 2020
Terms and Conditions:
Eligibility: This giveaway is open to residents in the UK and Ireland only.
Running Time: The giveaway will run from 20 July, 2020 to 3 August, 2020. Entries received after this time will not be considered.
Prize: We have 1 x DVD boxset to give away in total. There is no cash alternative.
Entry: Entry is via the Rafflecopter form on the Culturefly competition page. You will be required to follow Culturefly on Twitter, with further social media entry options. If entering through Facebook or Twitter a valid account that clearly identifies the holder as being a Facebook or Twitter user is needed. The prize draw is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.
Selecting a Winner: The prize winner will be picked at random from all the entries received and they will be notified by email. The winner must respond within 14 days of initial contact and will be required to confirm their address in order to receive the prize. Addresses are for postage purposes only and will not be shared or stored. If the prize winner fails to respond within 14 days of notification, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative prize winner will be contacted. | <urn:uuid:67748c00-421e-4329-94b8-8109e32437f5> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://culturefly.co.uk/win-gangs-of-london-on-dvd/ | 2020-09-23T07:01:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.927882 | 527 |
msched.dll is missing or not found? Learn how to fix msched.dll error!
How to fix msched.dll error?
• If you running 64-bit Operating System of Windows 7/8/8.1/10:
Last step: Reboot your PC
Put msched.dll into following location: "C:\Windows\SysWOW64"
• If you running 32-bit Operating System of Windows 7/8/8.1/10:
Put msched.dll into following location: "C:\Windows\System32"
msched.dll error not fixed?
Then make few more actions:
• Press ‘Start‘
• Type ‘cmd‘ in search and press Enter.
• Type regsvr32 msched.dll and press Enter.
Restart your PC once again. Now msched.dll error should be fixed for sure.
Instruction above should help to fix one of the following msched.dll errors:
• msched.dll Not Found
• msched.dll is missing from your computer.
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Start 2017 by checking out new cafes at Katong
Katong has always been known for its cafes, and with the cafe scene still going strong, even more have been popping up in recent months. From ice-cream shops to artisanal bakeries and weekend brunch spots, this mix of new and lesser-known cafes make Katong a great go-to for chilling with your friends over a meal.
LAAF offers all-day breakfast, pastas and mains at affordable prices. Power Up ($15.90), which is their version of a full English breakfast, Salmon Pasta ($14.90) and Oxtail Stew ($21.90) could make this the place to go for all three meals of the day. Dinner can be made slightly fancier with alcohol options such as Lychee Margarita ($11.90) or House Red/White ($11.90 per glass, $55 per bottle).
Address: 37 East Coast Road, Singapore 428755
Opening hours: Mon-Tue, Thur-Fri 11am to 10pm, Sat-Sun 10am to 10pm
Tel: 6884 6884
2. Carry On
While Carry On isn’t new, it’s relative unknown and definitely not as crowded as other lao jiao cafes at Katong. With free WIFI, ample seats, good coffee and an opportunity to do a little shopping, this quiet spot is great for those who need somewhere to study or work at. Aside from the usual Latte ($5) and cakes, they’ve also got Filipino desserts such as Brazo de Mercedes ($5), which is a rolled cake filled with lemon custard. If you’re looking for a new bag, check out their collection of YADU bags made from upcycled materials.
Address: 348 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore 437115
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 8am to 6pm, Sat 11am to 8pm
Tel: 6348 2495
Located within East Coast Park, Sandbank is great for those with children. There’s a 15m plunge pool, separated into two sections for older and younger kids, as well as shower facilities right beside the cafe. Breakfast Buffet ($19 for adults, $9.50 for children) is served every weekend and on public holidays from 8:30am to 12pm. You’ll get a variety of Western and Asian plates such as nasi lemak, prata, eggs benedict and pancakes. Their regular menu includes Cheese Nachos ($16++), 10” Pizzas ($17++ to $23++) and a variety of alcoholic drinks.
Address: 920 East Coast Parkway, #01-28/32, Parkland Green, Singapore 449875
Opening hours: Tue-Thur 12pm to 11pm, Fri & eve of PH 12pm to 12am, Sat & PH 8:30am to 12am, Sun 8:30am to 11pm
Tel: 6247 7988
4. Scoop Therapy
While Group Therapy is one of those cafes that’s perpetually full, its sister cafe Scoop Therapy is relatively chill. This dessert shop consists of two sections, namely an ice-cream bar and a dessert station. Ice-cream ($4 for one scoop) flavours include uncommon ones like chendol and butterbeer. Scoop Therapy is known for S’mores ($6.50), which is their version of Dominique Ansel’s viral Frozen S’mores. Ice Cream Bomb ($6.50) is another dessert worth getting. With a giant scoop of Earl Grey vanilla ice-cream stuffed into a choux puff and topped with hot fudge sauce, whipped cream and popcorn, every mouthful of this creates a sweet explosion of flavours.
Address: 11 East Coast Road, The Odeon Katong, Singapore 428722
Opening hours: Tue-Thur 2pm to 10pm, Fri-Sat 12pm to 12am, Sun 12pm-10pm
Tel: 6247 9335
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5. Stamping Ground Coffee
PSA to all hipster Instagrammers: Stamping Ground Coffee makes a great backdrop with flowers, a marble counter and wooden communal tables. The cafe is great for cold brew enthusiasts, what with choices like cold brew with coconut water or soy milk for $7 and $6.50 respectively. Fill your tummy with Crabmeat Brioche ($13) and Bacon Jam ($13.50) that comes with a sous vide egg on top of a slice of toasted brioche.
Address: 87 Upper East Coast Road, Singapore 455223
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 9am to 6pm
Tel: 9070 7610
6. Do.Main Bakery
This French bakery makes a great spot for afternoon tea or desserts. Light eaters can also get some small-portioned mains, with options such as Red Wine Oxtail Stew Pie ($12++), Baked Ravioli with Comte Cheese ($14++) and Do.Main Chicken Pie ($15++). Let your inner tai tai out with a High Tea Set ($32++ for two) that comes with an assortment of mini pastries and tea. If you’re here purely for the sweets, go for Lemon Tart ($5++) that has a glass-like glaze topped with house-made marshmallows. Eclair ($5++) filled with salted caramel or Manjari chocolate can do an equally good job satisfying your sweet tooth too. All breads and pastries are made in-house so you’ll definitely be getting fresh bakes here.
Address: 226 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore 437015
Opening hours: Tue-Thur 8am to 9pm, Fri-Sat 8am to 10:30pm, Sun 8am to 9pm
Tel: 6348 1406
7. Avenue Cafe
Avenue’s focus is on interior design, and the cafe serves to let potential clients meet consultants and get a feel of what they want for their future home. That being said, you don’t have to be a client to grab a bite. Chill with a cup of Americano ($4.50) and a variety of hot dogs with prices ranging from $7.90 to $9.90. They’ve also got apparel displayed around the cafe, so those itching to shop can check out some pieces here.
Address: 456 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427669
Opening hours: Mon-Thur 10am to 10pm, Fri-Sat 10am to 12am, Sun 10am to 10pm
Tel: 6348 9803
8. Second Storey Cafe Bar
Cafe by day and an atas LAN shop by night, Second Storey is one of those places with a double identity. Chicken and Waffles ($9.50) and Pulled Pork Sandwich ($12) are highly recommended dishes here. Asparagus with Miso Butter and Scrambled Eggs ($15) as well as a classic Eggs Benedict ($15) are some of the items served during brunch on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. Jio your gamer friends here for a session of LAN or pool at night!
9. Bread & Hearth Artisanal Bakery Cafe
Bread & Hearth is another one on the list of atas bakeries in Katong. Compared to the rustic brick interior of their Keong Saik outlet, their Katong V outlet exudes a contemporary vibe in line with the mall’s design. Sink your teeth into fresh bread and pastries such as Ciabatta ($2.80), Almond Chocolat ($3.60) and Blueberry Streusel Danish ($3.20). Their signature Le Croissant ($2.80) is a hot favourite, so be sure to head down early to get your hands on them!
Address: 30 East Coast Road, #02-27, Katong V, Singapore 428751
Opening hours: Daily 8:30am to 8:30pm
Tel: 6593 3249
10. Brownice Italian Bistro
Brownice is no stranger when it comes to vegan ice-cream, and they’ve now expanded to serving vegan mains as well. Found just beside 328 Katong Laksa, this quiet bistro offers a variety of Italian fare. Four Seasons Pizza ($18) comes with cured olives, sundried tomato, mushrooms and artichoke with soy ham. Creamy and filling, you’ll be able to enjoy this whether you’re vegan or not. Of course, ice-cream is a must-have here, so go ahead and get a scoop for $4.
Address: 53 East Coast Road, Singapore 428771
Opening hours: Sun-Thur 12pm to 10pm, Fri-Sat 12pm to 10:30pm
Tel: 6348 2295
BONUS: Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise may be a familiar name, but it’s still so worth a trip. Inspired by nature, ice-cream flavours here include pandan, strawberry basil and white chrysanthemum. At $4.70 for a single scoop and $7.70 for a double, prices here are similar to average gelato stores. For an additional $1, you can opt for a thyme cone, which has hints of the herb and buttermilk. It gets incredibly crowded in this tiny shop at night, so pop by in the day if you can.
Address: 63 East Coast Road, #01-05, Singapore 428776
Opening hours: Tue-Thur 4:30pm to 10pm, Fri 4:30pm to 10.30pm, Sat 12pm to 10:30pm, Sun 12pm to 10pm
Tel: 9678 6092
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Ace your cafe-hopping game at Katong
Whether or not you live near Katong, these cafes are worth a trip if you’re a true blue cafe-hopper. Let us know in the comments below if you’ve got a cafe at Katong to recommend! | <urn:uuid:b2d84af8-aa08-431a-808c-f928debacf64> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://eatbook.sg/katong-cafes/ | 2020-09-23T05:44:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.902779 | 2,147 |
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- Prep Time : 30 minutes
- Cook Time : 45 minutes
- Totꭤl Time : 1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1 cup wꭤter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 teꭤspoon sꭤlt
- 1 1/4 cups ꭤll purpose flour
- 4 lꭤrge eggs
for the lemon filling:
- 3.4 oz box instꭤnt lemon pudding
- 1 1/2 cups heꭤvy creꭤm
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teꭤspoon vꭤnillꭤ
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tꭤblespoons sugꭤr
- powdered sugꭤr for gꭤrnish
- Preheꭤt oven to 425 F. Line 2 lightly colored bꭤking sheets with pꭤrchment pꭤper ꭤnd set ꭤside.
- For the pꭤte ꭤ choux: combine the wꭤter, butter, ꭤnd sꭤlt in ꭤ medium-sized sꭤucepꭤn. Plꭤce over medium heꭤt until the butter hꭤs melted. Then increꭤse heꭤt to high ꭤnd bring to ꭤ rolling boil. Remove the pꭤn from the heꭤt, ꭤnd ꭤdd the flour ꭤll ꭤt once, stirring vigorously.
- Return the pꭤn to the burner ꭤnd cook over medium heꭤt, stirring the whole time until the mixture smooths out ꭤnd follows the spoon ꭤround the pꭤn (ꭤbout 30 seconds). Remove the pꭤn from the heꭤt, ꭤnd let the mixture cool for 5 to 10 minutes. It’ll still feel hot, but you should be ꭤble to hold ꭤ finger in it for ꭤ few seconds. (You wꭤnt to cool the mixture so you don’t cook your eggs when you beꭤt them in.)
- Trꭤnsfer the mixture to ꭤ bowl or the bowl of ꭤ stꭤnd mixer, ꭤnd beꭤt in eggs one ꭤt ꭤ time. It’ll look curdled, but when you ꭤdd the lꭤst egg it should become smooth. Beꭤt for ꭤt leꭤst 2 minutes ꭤfter ꭤdding the lꭤst egg.
- Using ꭤ generously filled tꭤblespoon cookie scoop, drop the thick bꭤtter onto the prepꭤred bꭤking sheets in 3- to 4-tꭤblespoon mounds. Spꭤce the mounds ꭤbout 3″ ꭤpꭤrt, to ꭤllow for expꭤnsion. Bꭤke 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperꭤture to 350°F ꭤnd bꭤke ꭤn ꭤdditionꭤl 25 minutes, until pꭤstries ꭤre ꭤ medium golden brown. Don’t open the oven door while the pꭤstries ꭤre bꭤking.
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Like many middle-aged stars, Sergio Leone’s best-known spaghetti Western is getting a face-lift, including an injection of 18 restored minutes. Brimming with compositional style, it features three squinting gun-slingers jockeying for buried treasure in Civil War-era Texas. The pace can drag, but Leone lovers, like Quentin Tarantino, who has called this ”the best-directed film of all time,” will rejoice. After all, its considerable running time and then-extreme violence made it the ”Kill Bill” of the ’60s. EXTRAS This edition is loaded, but it does shoot a few blanks. Current cast interviews reveal such tidbits as Wallach nearly getting decapitated on set, and on a dubbing featurette we learn that in 2002, Eastwood, then 72, and Wallach, 86, were summoned to add vocals to restored scenes. But the Civil War doc is dryer than Texas sand, and film historian Richard Schickel’s commentary lacks the insight that would have come with Eastwood or Wallach riding audio shotgun.
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By Aila Boyd
Dr. Emma Jefferies, a veterinarian from Rockbridge County, attended the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors meeting last Tuesday in order to thank the first responders who assisted her on June 17, a day that the county experienced widespread flooding, when she was involved in a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 81 near mile marker 160.
“Because of Botetourt County Fire & EMS I’m here today,” she said. “I cannot thank them enough.”
Billy Martin, the chair of the board, noted that Jefferies doesn’t remember anything that happened related to the accident.
Jason Ferguson, the chief of Botetourt County Fire & EMS, explained that Jefferies was trapped for over an hour and 17 minutes in her car underneath a tractor-trailer. “She’s living proof of a system that works,” he said.
The agencies that responded to Jefferies included the Botetourt County Emergency Communications Center, Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department, Troutville Volunteer Fire Department, Botetourt County Fire & EMS career staff, Roanoke County Fire & Rescue, Botetourt County Sheriff’s Department, and Virginia State Police. Ferguson noted that two emergency physicians were on the scene, which “allowed for more advanced procedures to help her and save her life.” The physicians were able to place staples in Jefferies’ head on site in order to stop the bleeding.
“We don’t get this a lot. Normally when we leave someone at the hospital, that’s the last we see of them. We thank you so much for being able to be here, but your thankfulness and consideration of being here is awesome. We appreciate it,” Ray Sloan, who represents the Buchanan District and also serves as the fire & EMS chaplain, said.
Ferguson and Jefferies explained that there have been discussions about her joining the county’s technical large animal rescue response given that she’s a large animal veterinarian.
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It’s that bewitching hour after lunch where I need to sit and digest while I write a blog post.
During the lockdown (here in California) I have learned a few things today:
- Our school district, along with six counties, has called off physical classes for the rest of the year.
- My county has 442 cases of Coronavirus Covid -19, as of today.
- My town has 19 cases, as of today.
- Everything is closed for Easter – churches, parks, businesses, except restaurants that can sell take-out only.
- I am getting tired of talking only to my dogs.
- People are clueless. I went to a double ATM, waited till the man I front of me was done, walked up to the other ATM, and while I was completing my transaction, a woman came up to the first ATM and was 2 feet away from me.
So much for social distancing.
I’ll bet she is younger, from out of state, and doesn’t watch the news. The man waited in the pick-up while she stood next to me in all her germy-ness.
I read the local paper, which said that rubbing alcohol is best to use after scrubbing down surfaces. Except you can’t buy it anywhere.
People are making plans for next fall, but the experts say we will be going through Round # 2 lockdown, as happened with the Spanish Flu in 1918.
So people, if you haven’t signed up for an absentee ballot to vote in the November election, please do it now. Go online and fill out the form. Just Google it with your county and state. Example – How do I get an absentee ballot in Contra Costa County, California?
The reason I am suggesting this is that if we are in Round #2, and you don’t want to go out and catch the virus, an absentee ballot would be handy to have.
Unless you don’t care who wins the presidency of the United States of America.
I repeat, sign up to vote at home with an absentee ballot.
This week the U.S Supreme Court voted 5-4 to prevent Wisconsin from postponing its voter primary on Tuesday. That meant that people had to go out to their polling places and risk getting the infection because the Supreme Court said the primary had to go on as scheduled. Some people who tried to get absentee ballots didn’t get them in time. Because the Supreme Court said no to waiting for the ballots to arrive.
The highest judges in the land.
Nine judges who are judges for life.
Until they die or resign.
If you think they are going to let the November election be postponed, I’d say the only chance of that is if Trump wants it to happen. Then maybe.
Anyway, if you are over 18, you must come out and vote, or stay home and vote by absentee ballot. It’s the most important thing you will do all year.
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I'm going to give my personal input on all that I've seen and experienced with Voxel Studio and the SDK and Unreal 4.
1) Voxel Studio is a beast that does great things, but in the process it misses a lot of the "along the way" stuff. It goes from Blank project, to project with materials included, to continent generator. Any thoughts on being able to generate an island or islands? Just a thought, I'd like to work with something small that has 1-3 biomes (Rainforest, mountain rainforest, for a larger island, maybe a desert?). The continent generator, even if told to create something 0.5 km instead of the 2,000 km that is defined by default, it doesn't do it. I would also like the ability to choose my biomes for the continent generator. Granted, yes, I'm sure your algorithm is spot on, but I usually have to fight with the temperatures and the wind directions to minimize the footprint of the desert I do not want. Heck, maybe a continent generator, and have the biome generator be an optional step? Like you can click "Generate Biomes" or "Define Biomes" or "Finished" after you choose the landmass shape and size? Just a thought. You know the screen where we have to choose biome properties? If you wanted to, you could make it a simple photoshop-ish type of method where we choose a brush (which will be a biome), and we can color in where we want that particular biome. The mountains and stuff will already be filled in, so if we choose the desert brush, and go over flat land, it'll just be a desert. If we go over mountains, it will be a mountainous desert. And we can still choose the images to define the properties of those biomes!!! This gives us developers more control.
2) The language needs to be changed to be simpler, for as it stands, it isn't very user friendly. You have a Prefab Brush and a Place Prefab button, but they each do what I would imagine the other should do. In my mind, placing something should put it on the surface, like placing a cup on a table. A brush, in my mind, has properties to modify what is there, be it add or subtract in a digital manner. Same goes for fill, carve, and forget. Following the language of Landmark, Add, Remove, and Restore would be better options?
3) I think it might be best to make a conversion tool, or a plugin to fit UE4 to modify fbx files (static or skeletal meshes) into voxels, so that it contains that additional data. It seems quite tedious to export models from Unreal, import them into Voxel Studio, and then export the entire project into UE4 (rinse and repeat for each new fbx I decide I want to use, or buy off the marketplace, or make) so that I could utilize it for UE4. I don't necessarily want a new type of Mesh just for voxels, but maybe a way to click a button, and voxel data will be created in a separate file/format that the mesh can reference. If you delete the reference, it is no longer a voxelized mesh. (This way it will still work with native Unreal features for meshes such as destructible meshes and instanced meshes, and we can still assign sub-materials). Same goes for the Megasphere and waves.
4) Rather than rebuilding the wheel, it would be absolutely great to be able to use Unreal's landscaping tools to create, and manipulate new terrain for voxels. I'm sorry, but as it stands, it seems virtually impossible to go from the continent generator to edit the terrain by smoothing (for example) so I can place a town in a spot that isn't full of hills. That is my biggest problem, I want to create a town in a mountainous area (surrounded by mountains, to be exact), so that I can place buildings in easily, and then make my demo and not have to worry about the near impossibility of a task so simple, nor how frustrating it is to put things down.
5) I know you have the scripts for the generator made, but could you please, for our sake, have something already kind of premade to generate caves? Maybe the same for ores, I know Landmark figured it out, but it's not like just ANYONE can figure this type of thing out. Having at least something there for us to look at, compare, tweak, and learn is better than nothing there at all. We shouldn't each have to reinvent this particular wheel, but we should be able to modify what you present us to suit our needs.
6) Here's a crazy thought: Separate EVERYTHING you offer into 3 types (not including the different levels): Voxel Studio (for voxel generation only), and then UE4 voxels, and Unity Voxels. This way you could potentially have a smaller team working on improving Voxel Studio while there are major teams working on the engine integration. You do that, and you could potentially see a massive increase in profits because, even though you're not the only one offering voxels on the internet, most of the others pretty much require the developers to absolutely know programming because nothing is put together. Some are more primitive and free, but nevertheless, you could get away with charging more if the voxels were better integrated. You allow us to get it into the engines sooner, which is great, but it requires us to do more work, especially rework involving content and work we already have. I bet if you had an Unreal Plugin that allowed Voxel Terrain creation, voxel terrain manipulation, voxel mesh conversion, and voxel mesh sub material definition while still being able to do everything to voxelized mesh that we can do with mesh natively in UE4, you would not be short on money. Same for Unity. Heck, you could probably even sell your work to Epic Games for a lump sum if you managed to integrate it completely, including possibly voxel water, improved voxel destruction (As in you can define voxels to be able to break in certain ways depending on their material (wood splinters usually in the direction of the grain, rocks break with lots of jagged or near-flat surfaces, etc). Maximize your profits by maximizing what you have to offer. As it stands, you offer continent generation, and a jump start in the world of voxels.
7) Have the update button on the Voxel Farm screen not just automatically download the entire thing. I'd like to know if there is even an update to begin with! And then from there choose where to place it, or to override its default location.
8) We are your customers. Keep us in the loop on your progress. There hasn't been News since September 17, and I would like to know what is going on, what is being worked on, what is in the works, and what/when to expect in the next update. Get us hyped, keep us excited. Heck, have us involved a little more and maybe showcase the things that some of us have done, or even have a program where we can get things done in the code where we can submit it to you, and if it will get things moving faster, I'm sure people will pitch in!
Overall, I think making this as easy as it can be for developers would be a big thing. I love what you guys do, and I would love for you to continue to be more successful in your endeavors. As I mentioned before, your main advantage is continent generation/mesh voxelization through Voxel Studio, and the quick integration into the game engine. But when you look at what you have, it would not be beyond the realm of possibility if someone jumped ahead and pulled the rug from under your feet and became the top seller of game-integrated voxels.
Again, this is merely a giant (and possibly over-explained) list of suggestions. What you do in the end will of course be up to you. I hope that this comes across as I intended: constructive criticism that will push you guys ahead, and keep us all in the loop with you. | <urn:uuid:b209f668-586b-4e60-9719-011d591a923a> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://forums.voxelfarm.com/post/suggestions-8280210 | 2020-09-23T07:26:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209999.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923050545-20200923080545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.959995 | 1,728 |
Tax refunds can take a long time for processing, and might not even be as high as you expected them to be. For some, the process can even be confusing, particularly if you are filing your tax return in Kissimmee for the first time. Here is what you need to know about refund processing.
When Will You Get Your Tax Refund?
The answer to this question largely depends on the way in which you filed your tax return in Kissimmee. While doing this, you have to be every accurate and you have to ensure that there is not a single mistake. For instance, the spelling of your name and your dependent’s name should appear exactly as it does on your social security card. You should also tick off an appropriate filing status, which many people do not.
If you filled out your tax return in Kissimmee correctly and accurately on a paper based from, you should be able to hear from the IRS within six weeks from the date on which your form is received by them. If you find this period lengthy, you should file electronically and save time. On average, it would take about three weeks only, which is half the time taken for paper based forms.
How Do You Check Your Refund Status?
There are a lot of ways that would provide you details on your refund status. The easiest and fastest way is to use the tool offered by the IRS, which is called Where’s My Refund. This is available in the IRS website and would provide you information about your status if you enter your correct Social Security Number, your filing status and the amount you entered as refund on your return. Make sure you input the exact whole number, otherwise the tool would give an error.
How Would I Be Able To Receive My Tax Refunds?
You can receive your tax refunds by three methods. The fastest of these is to get your refund directly deposited in your bank account. However, if this is not suitable for you, you can request the IRS to provide you with a paper check or a US Savings bond.
What Would Happen If You Do Not Receive Your Tax Refund Or If You Receive An Incorrect Amount?
If you receive a refund that is larger than what you expected, you should not cash the check or use the money if you got it deposited in your bank account. Wait for a while and the IRS would send you a notice that mentions all the differences. Follow the instructions given in it and your problem will be solved.
If your tax refund is less than your expectations, you can use the amount, and you would receive the remaining amount later after contacting the IRS.
In case you do not get a refund, fill out the form ‘Where’s My Refund’ on the IRS website and submit it. Do this only if it has been more than 28 days since the date IRS mailed you the refund.
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If you’ve received an excessive or surprise medical bill over $5,000, it might be necessary to conduct a medical claims audit to ensure you were charged fairly for the services. Sometimes, medical bills get processed incorrectly and mistakes could have been made either by the provider or the insurance company.
What Should I Do if I Get a Surprise Medical Bill Over $5,000?
Rather than make assumptions about what might have happened to result in such a large bill, it may be time to get help from a medical bill advocate who knows how to dispute large medical bills. They can help to uncover any problems that occurred in the billing process during a medical bill audit.
While you should never ignore a medical bill, you also shouldn’t pay it until you know it’s correct — this is where a medical bill audit comes in and can ensure you’re not paying more than you should. The larger the bill, the more important it is for you to have it audited to protect your rights. Here’s an overview of what happens during the medical claims audit process:
1. Request a Detailed and Itemized Statement from the Provider
The first step in a medical bill audit is requesting and analyzing an itemized statement from the medical provider. A detailed and itemized statement breaks down the individual charges line by line, more specifically than in the EOB. For example, rather than just showing “radiology,” it will list each individual scan and lab charge under the umbrella category, showing each item that makes up the total on your bill.
Carefully going through an itemized statement is critical to ensure you don’t pay for a service you didn’t receive. Since this is not information a hospital might readily provide, obtaining a copy of your itemized statement might require some persistence.
2. Review Every Code and Line Item with the Insurance Company
After determining that you received the medical services listed in the itemized statement, it’s necessary to have a conversation with the insurance company and go through each code and line item with them.
During this step of the medical bill audit process, the contracted rate for each line item and how much you’re responsible for is verified under the terms of your particular policy. The medical bill advocate will then take your detailed and itemized bill, compare it to the EOB, and scrutinize each item according to how it’s designated in your plan to find any discrepancies in the documents. If you’ve had extensive treatment, this part of the process can be highly detailed, time-consuming, and complex.
Depending on whether you have a deductible you haven’t met — or coinsurance — you may end up being responsible for all, part, or none of the contracted rate. During this step of the medical bill audit process, the correct balance is determined to ensure you’re only paying in accordance with what you are responsible for under your health plan.
3. Identify and Resolve Mistakes
The initial claims evaluation can determine whether a medical bill is correct and should be paid or if there are mistakes that need to be resolved. If errors are found, it’s essential to determine where they occurred and precisely what they were. For example:
- Was a benefit you’re entitled to not applied?
- Did the provider err in billing?
- Did the insurance company miscalculate the services?
Resolving a medical bill error either with the provider or the insurance company can involve many factors. For instance, your verbal story as a patient is compared to the written coding and processing of the claim to see how it translated. An experienced medical bill advocate can assess which party is at fault and develop a strategy to resolve the error.
The process to determine whether billing or processing mistakes were made is very nuanced and pulls all the facts together to determine whether there’s a case for an excessive or unfair bill. Depending on what grounds your claim is based on, a medical bill advocate can help determine what it will take to win your case and what kind of documentation is needed to get it resolved.
How Systemedic Can Help With a Medical Bill Audit
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When Facebook acquired the messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in the spring of 2014, the question on everyone’s mind was, does the service really merit a valuation of almost 20 times projected revenues?
WhatApp’s valuation may be extreme, but huge gaps between revenues and valuation are increasingly common. Cloud-based sharing service Dropbox received venture capital funding at a valuation of $10 billion, or 40 times revenues. Airbnb.com raised funding at a valuation of $10 billion, which would make it worth nearly 20 times its revenues — and worth more than Hyatt Hotels or Wyndham Worldwide. Taxi-replacement service Uber is currently raising funding and is expected to see a valuation of $30 billion, estimated to be more than 15 times revenues. Most recently, Alibaba’s IPO raised funds at a value approximately 10 times revenues.
These companies represent a new trend in the types of business that investors prefer. Leaders of more traditional companies are left wondering why these upstarts merit such high valuations. Are they more profitable? Do they see faster growth? Do they have higher return on assets and lower marginal costs?
Our answer is yes — to all of the above.
In collaboration with Deloitte, we examined 40 years of financial data for the S&P 500 companies to see how valuations trends have evolved along with business models and emerging technologies. Our research led to three key findings.
1. There are four business models.
To begin, we searched for a simple way to characterize the different types of business that were engaging the hearts and minds, and pocket books, of investors. Because today’s highly valued, fast growing businesses can be found in almost every industry, we quickly moved past standard industrial classifications and developed a new framework based on business model, which is the principal way an organization invests its capital to generate and capture value.
The four models are:
- Asset Builders: These companies build, develop, and lease physical assets to make, market, distribute, and sell physical things. Examples include Ford, Wal-Mart, and FedEx.
- Service Providers: These companies hire employees who provide services to customers or produce billable hours for which they charge. Examples include United Healthcare, Accenture, and JP Morgan.
- Technology Creators: These companies develop and sell intellectual property such as software, analytics, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, and Amgen.
- Network Orchestrators. These companies create a network of peers in which the participants interact and share in the value creation. They may sell products or services, build relationships, share advice, give reviews, collaborate, co-create and more. Examples include eBay, Red Hat, and Visa, Uber, Tripadvisor, and Alibaba.
We applied this business model framework to our dataset, the S&P 500 Index companies from 1972 to present, in order to see how the four models performed over time. Two different researchers categorized each company into its dominant business model, giving consideration to several factors: The company’s description of itself in annual reports; the revenue generated by different business units; capital allocation patterns such as R&D or COGS expenditure; and market perceptions including news articles and analyst reports.
Although most companies operate in several business model categories, we assigned to each company the most advanced business model that it uses for a significant portion of its business, or that it is making strong efforts to develop. For example, although most of Nike’s business is manufacturing and selling shoes, which we classify as Asset Building, Nike has also developed the Nike+ ecosystem, which connects these physical goods to the Internet where users track activities and share progress with their friends. For this reason, we classified Nike as a Network Orchestrator.
2. Network Orchestrators create more value.
Our business model classification and analysis yielded some surprising results. Network Orchestrators outperform companies with other business models on several key dimensions. These advantages include higher valuations relative to their revenue, faster growth, and larger profit margins.
Let’s look at the numbers in detail. Our analysis indicates that as of 2013, Network Orchestrators receive valuations two to four times higher, on average, than companies with the other business models. Further, trend data over the past decade indicates that this valuation gap is widening over time. We call this degree to which a business model drives the gap between revenues and valuation “the multiplier effect.”
A company’s price to revenue ratio – what we call its “multiplier” — is calculated based on its market valuation and revenues, two numbers that are difficult to manipulate with accounting. Market valuations reflect investor expectations for future cash flows, and indeed we found that companies with the highest multipliers outperform less valued companies on revenue growth, profitability, and Return on Assets for more than a decade.
When we looked beyond the impact of business model on price-to-revenue ratio, we also found that Network Orchestrators outperform companies with other business models on both compound annual growth rate and profit margin. We believe this occurs because the value creation performed by the network on behalf of the organization reduces the company’s marginal cost, as described in Jeremy Rifkin’s The Zero Marginal Cost Society. For example, TripAdvisor.com benefits from its customer’s reviews and AirBnb leverages its network’s housing assets.
3. Few companies operate as Network Orchestrators.
Fewer than 5% of companies are Network Orchestrators despite the positive impact of this business model on multiple performance measures. Why? We see several reasons.
First, today’s network-based business models require new technologies and competencies. Most corporate leaders are skilled at building, owning, and managing their own physical assets or people. Network Orchestrators, however, rely on intangibles such as knowledge (Gerson Lehrman Group) or relationships (Facebook), or other people’s assets (Uber) as well as new “non-management” and “non-ownership” competencies related to facilitating a network of individuals and their individual assets and relationships.
Second, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) categorize some assets as “assets” (plant property and equipment), others as expenses (people, training, and intellectual property) and ignores others (customers, sentiment, and networks) altogether, frequently resulting in the under-allocation of capital to intangible assets. This is especially problematic given that, today, intangible assets make up approximately 80% of corporate market value.
Third, standard industry designations result in siloed thinking, leaving empty space where new business models can enter. For example, think back to the early 1990s. Most traditional retailers were slow to move into the online space because they didn’t consider themselves “technology companies.” The online market was left open, and in came a slew of new players such as Amazon, eBay, and Zappos, who gobbled up market share and changed the retail game. Today, the power of networks is creating a new cross-industry transformation. Consider what Uber and Lyft are doing to the taxi industry or how Airbnb is affecting the hotel industry.
Finally, business models are tightly integrated into all parts of a company, and are therefore daunting to change. Changing business model requires changing capital allocation, but Research by McKinsey & Company shows that most companies follow the same allocation patterns year after year, despite dramatic changes in the business environment.
These factors make it difficult for executives and board members to cash in on the value offered by new business models.
Networks are sources of information, capabilities, and assets that lie in and around every organization. Most networks, however, lie dormant and untapped. To become a Network Orchestrator and create more value and better performance, leaders must connect to and activate their networks, tapping into new sources of value, both tangible (Airbnb’s network of lodgings) and intangible (the expertise of Apple’s Developer Network). We recommend that all leaders and boards consider the steps below:
- Assess your business model. Understand which business models currently exist within your organization and also the preferences and biases of the leadership team members who have created these models through capital allocation.
- Inventory your network assets. Take stock of your dormant network assets including customers, employees, partners, suppliers, distributors, and investors, and determine which have the greatest potential.
- Reallocate your capital to networks. Divert at least 5% to 10% of investment capital to activating your networks. Take an experimental approach to early allocation and expect ongoing adaptation. This could be accomplished organically, or through acquisition or partnership.
- Add network KPIs. Add to your standard financial metrics new network-oriented indicators such as number of participants, their sentiment, and level of engagement. These KPIs will provide direction for your network adaptation.
The bottom line: begin your evolution today and create the multiplier effect in your own organization. Activate your dormant networks by reaching out to your customers, employees, partners, suppliers, employees, and investors and figure out how you can co-create value with them.
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Hello, again, Dear Readers:
No, BF and I have not fallen off the face of the earth, but I’m busy and he doesn’t write. So, apologies again.
If you went out and got one of the wonderful Kitchenaid Cold Brew Coffee Makers this summer, I do hope you are enjoying it as much as I do. BF’s car-guy friend Jenny came by a couple of months ago and was thrilled to find out about one. She took her kids to the local PJ’s and spent $30 on iced coffee for the three of them, that’s a bit pricey for this young widow. She’s probably going to be getting one if she hasn’t already. But me, I love my iced coffee in the morning, even though I’m not drinking much of it now that it’s getting chilly! But it’s so easy, even BF could make it.
The Work Of Copywriting
I’m doing a fair bit of SEO writing for law offices and attorneys, with a little of this and that thrown in to keep it interesting. A few weeks ago, I was asked to write a blog post about the things that can affect a paternity test–you know, the “who’s your daddy” DNA test. Well. . .a lot, actually. Besides lab errors and tampering, there are a number of genetic mutations and anomalies that can have two siblings–even twins–test unrelated. Nevermind what a “chimera” is. How’s *that* for dinner party conversation?
The Parts Catalog
One client had me writing descriptions for parts. That’s right, hardware, primarily air conditioner parts. Really exciting, yes? I didn’t mind–it pays, and it gives me a break from the occasionally heavy legal subject matter I normally write.
I don’t know what all these parts are for, so I have to look them up. If I don’t know what a capacitor is, I can’t tell you, now can I? (It puts jolts of power into things like fan motors, similar to a battery.) So now I know what that is, and I can create a short description. I also learned a new term: PTAC, or Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner. The kind they use in hotels.
One description I wrote was for a metal clip that holds the plastic front onto the air conditioner. This was one I had to use the parts diagram for. Once I realized what it was, I came up with an interesting description, using the phrase “never again will you have to stare at the grisly innards of your air conditioner.” It went over well, and I even posted that one on Facebook. AK says I have “the writing chops.” That made me feel good.
I wrote for him for about 3 weeks, and we were done.
The Unconventional Garden
I haven’t written about the gardening in a while, but I did manage to do some this year. The cool spring meant I was hesitant to put plants out, and I got a late start. We’re now getting bell peppers, and while I’ve picked three or four red ones, I’ve got three more that are still growing, and one is turning red. They could be in our Thanksgiving dinner. (More on that later.)
The Meyer Lemon and Lime trees are still in pots, along with rosemary, scallions, mint and a lone tomato plant with one tomato growing. They’re at the front of the house.
We dug up a little patch over by the garage, about 5′ by 5′. Mostly basil, a couple of bell pepper plants, some sage and parsley. I’ve made five or six recipes of pesto while BF complained about the “smell.”
I’m hoping to at least one more container for the winter before it all goes away, but we’ll see. All those little rooted pieces of basil worked and most of them survived.
BF was supposed to be digging more grass up for the rest of the plants, but he’s up to his elbows in car parts and motors. He’s been busily building motors for people and doing some repair work for a few folks, too.
Additionally, we’ve done some updates to the Casa de Rurale. Specifically, replacement ceiling fans (including a new one with a big light and a remote control in my office), two new exterior doors with new frames, a new kitchen and bathroom faucet, both Moen (I’ll tell you why Moen in a minute) and. . .a new septic tank.
Not the most interesting stuff, but the septic tank was very important. I’ll spare you the details.
The garden plot had a few tomato plants, but I only got one or two little tomatoes. Must find a better place next year, but they were delicious. One was a teardrop tomato, and the other was a little round one. But we’re getting some tomatoes, finally, in a most unusual fashion.
Because the original builders of this house were able to get away with it, the only septic tank was a single 55-gallon drum. The house was built for a mother-in-law, so it was all the local zoning required. (Yes, they really do stuff like this in Louisiana.)
BF knew that at some point a new, modern tank would be needed. We were having some issues, but nothing too severe. He previously did some digging, but the only way to solve everything was the new septic tank. With all the work he’s been doing in the shop, he was able to get a new 500-gallon cement tank installed in early July.
After the tank business was all over (it really didn’t take long), BF put some dirt over it, and hopefully next year we will have lots of lovely green grass growing over it.
While BF’s car guy friend was visiting, he looked over by the tank, points and says, “That’s a tomato plant.” Where? “Over there, under the tree.” At first I told him he was crazy, but upon closer inspection, he was correct, it was a tomato plant. “If you stake it, you might get some tomatoes off of it.”
Well, I did stake the plants, and this one has given several “racks” of tomatoes in various stages of growth. (This is the first one, near the bottom of the plant.) They’re obviously yellow grape tomatoes, and I have picked a number and eaten a few when ripened. I watered them regularly.
A month or two ago, the wind knocked them over, so I did a little digging to put the stake farther down. Unfortunately, I must have hit the root system, because they started turning brown. There is one tomato that’s thriving on what’s left of the green part and a few more flowers. But the rest were picked and will be seeded before I eat them.
I’ll spare you the details of how these tomato plants came to be, but I’m sure you can figure it out.
BO, a gentleman I used to work with at Boeing, lives in the Clear Lake Area, and posted a pic of a tomato plant growing out of the gutter on his house last year. Apparently, the seeds got up there in much the same fashion, but with birds. He posted a picture with a comment about maybe it was time to clean out the gutters. He actually got a half dozen or so tomatoes off that plant. I guess he cleared the gutters later.
So tomatoes are pretty easy to grow, yes?
Fingers crossed for a bigger, better planting and harvest next year, and not by the septic system.
Well. . .remember when I bought the dishwasher? BF changed out the kitchen sink faucet for me right after I got it. He sent me to the local hardware store and I bought what we could afford at the time. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a top-of-the-line model. (The dishwasher is still running great–we’re both happy with it.)
The dishwasher’s “delay” function is great–you set it and forget it, and I was setting it to go off at 3:00 or 4:00 am. That way we could take a shower, and we’d have plenty of hot water. (OK, it only uses 3.5 gallons for a cycle, but BF is persnickety about it.) Unfortunately, well, the faucet. . . .
I bet you see where this is going–the water pressure eventually led to the faucet leaking, and one Saturday, the kitchen was flooded. So no more overnight dishwashing, and lots of old towels around when I did use it.
BF sent me to Lowe’s, and I got a very elegant Moen faucet which doesn’t leak (but not that expensive.) Unfortunately, he’s had to tear out the cabinetry, and we discovered that the leaks attracted. . .termites. There was no structural damage, but some of the wood has been replaced. The termite problem has been taken care of by his gracious uncle. The kitchen cabinet has been put back together, along with some additional shelving under the sink. At some point, there will be new vinyl flooring (it was already planned.)
I was glad that we were making progress in the house, but. . .well, that’s the karma, isn’t it? More plumbing issues. . .I hope they’re solved now. The Crock Pots were used regularly until we could get back in there.
Let’s talk about something tasty.
One of the many things that I’ve bemoaned the loss of outside of Texas is the availability of chorizo. If you’re not familiar with chorizo, you’re probably not reading this from Texas, or you’ve never been to Texas. If you’ve never had chorizo, you’re missing out.
Most shoppers know about the ubiquitous Italian sausage that’s available just about anywhere in the United States. Different areas have different ways of making it. For instance, the Italian sausage are used to get H-E-B was wonderful. It tasted better than Johnsonville’s version, and I would always keep a couple packets in the freezer.
Unfortunately the Italian sausage that I found in Winn-Dixie left a great deal to be desired. (Read: it was awful.)
What It Is (For The Unfamiliar)
Chorizo is a similar thing, except it’s Hispanic. I say Hispanic, because there are two different types. One is a cured sausage, similar to hard salami, which is Spanish chorizo. I’ve found it in Cost Plus World Market a few times, and it may also be available in gourmet grocery stores.
The second type, which is more common to the southwest, is Mexican chorizo. It’s a raw sausage from pork, like the Italian sausage, but made with a different series of spices.
Chorizo may be served with anything from tacos to burritos to a breakfast plate with eggs in place of bacon or regular sausage. It may be in links, like the Johnsonville type, or it may be un-contained, like I’ll show you here.
One day I was in Rouses in Mandeville, and I found out that Johnsonville now makes chorizo. I was ecstatic!. So I bought some and check at home.
BF was not happy to see this, and I refuse to let him try it. But that’s OK, he didn’t want to anyway.
Result: it’s passable. It’s certainly not as good as anything you get in Texas, but it’s better than nothing. And it doesn’t have the usual amounts of fillers and other things like cereal that you find in some local brands in Houston.
Then my district leader sent me a picture of some chorizo she found in the Sam’s club in Mandeville. That’s an hour away, and I don’t belong to Sam’s. But, it’s a Texas brand and it’s fresh chorizo. I looked up the brand online and it’s pretty good it’s well-made and all that.
Now, Make It
About a week later, I was reading one of the many many food-related emails that I get every day. On this particular day, it was all about tacos. So, I had to open it up and look at it.
One of the recipes in the email was called Amaya’s Tacos. So I looked it up because it was from a cookbook I have. I found it, but on the next page was the recipe for El Chico’s Chorizo. According to the author, it was from previous cookbook from El Chico restaurant chain many years ago.
This recipe is from a book I’ve talked about before, Rob Walsh’s Tex-Mex cookbook. You’ve seen the picture of me with Mr. Walsh a couple of times from 2011, when I met him at the Houston food show.
That was a good picture–I’d lost weight, and that new top was suddenly too big. He autographed my book. I was happy. . .anyway. . . .
I had no idea that all this time, I had a recipe for chorizo, and it’s pretty easy.
I had to make it. Went to Winn-Dixie and bought the ingredients. Pork chops. The recipe calls for the use of ground pork, which makes a little bit easier, but the author prefers to grind up pork chops. The recipe makes a half pound, so for my weekly breakfast quiche, I double the recipe. What I used to do an in Houston was to buy HEB’s sage breakfast sausage, and vary it with chorizo occasionally. Not anymore! (I still miss my H-E-B.)
So, if you’re going to use the pork chops or other pieces of pork, you put everything in the food processor, and mix in the spices.
Then you turn to the stove, sauté up an onion, then put the pork mixture into the pot, and brown it like you would ground beef.
And this is what you end up with:
This is SO good. . .and no, it’s not pepper-hot. If you want spicy hot, add some crushed red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper. I’ve used pork chops, ground pork and even pork stew meat. I’ve just gone with the ground pork, since it’s readily available and usually pretty cheap.
I also figured out by accident that I can buy multiple pounds of ground pork, mix the appropriate amount of spices in, and then freeze it in quart-sized freezer bags in one-pound increments. That makes life easy, too.
After all the chorizo I’ve ever had my life, I have to say this is really darn good. It was a happy accident that I happened to find such a thing, and wish I had found it before. Well, I have it now. And BF won’t touch it with a ten-foot pole.
Rob Walsh has a series of cookbooks out, and I may investigate buying more of them. His chili cookbook may be next. After all, it’s better to have recipes if you’re going to go attempt to make some Tex-Mex food, isn’t it?
Bonus: Hatch Chile Time!
I managed to get some Hatch chiles this year, and put them into my breakfast quiche again. YUM. I bought a lot of them, and roasted them all at once in the oven. With the windows open. When BF was not around.
I’ve got a jar full of seeds, in addition to seeds I saved previously. (Bell pepper seeds, too.) I’ve planted a few in the little garden spot, but nothing grew. There’s always next year and that big area behind the garage.
Rouse’s has started to pick up the banner for Hatch chiles, although last year, I got them at Whole Foods. Winn-Dixie had the last of the crop, because October is way too late. Many of them were red, which means they’re hotter.
This year I was asked by a customer in Rouse’s produce department to explain the Hatch–and I did. Extensively. Turns out the lady and her husband were headed to Carlsbad Caverns. I told her about me and Aunt Ruth’s trip to Albuquerque in 2012, and the warning from a fellow flier about “red, or green?”
While Rouse’s will never be HEB, they had some Hatch-infused meats available, as well as Hatch roasted rotisserie chicken.
Of course, we can get canned Hatch chiles here all year long, and you can always order all things Hatch from HEB on their website.
Because we’re in Louisiana, this sits right next to that meat case:
Many Louisiana recipes start out with celery, onion and bell pepper. With a nod to the state’s Catholic roots, people started calling that combination the “Trinity.” Naturally, someone came up with the idea to market it in dried form, and, well, there it is. I haven’t bought any, but I have bought some dried bell peppers; I needed it for a Stephanie O’Dea recipe recently.
Ready To Make Chorizo?
I know, I know, you can buy it all over the Lone Star State. Heck, I even found some in Rouse’s, one of the brands you can get in Texas–had no idea:
Oh, and look what else I found nearby:
I usually get this brand of Queso Fresco, but soon I’ll be trying that Manchego to see what it’s like. Fortunately, BF isn’t interested.
And I’m doing yeast-free for a while. Almond milk and Yeast Free Brownies. No dairy. All that.
I took a pic of the recipe:
I’ll add it to the recipe page soon Just know that it’s from a book, and of course I didn’t create it. If I do create a recipe, I’ll be shouting it from the rooftops.
Here Come The Holidays
Whether you want them to or not.
I’ve been informed by BF that the kids would like me to brine a turkey and do a Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t imagine why–other than turkey, gravy and mashed potatoes, they turned their noses up at everything else the last time. I’ll take care of it, and the rest can be out of a box or frozen. They love the instant stuffing mix. There may be a pie from The Pioneer Woman’s latest magazine.
Longtime Buddhist friend KJ posted this on Facebook recently:
If anyone complains about Thanksgiving, I’ll source these for Christmas dinner. If I can find a countertop dishwasher, I can find these online, darnit. And why not? Can’t be any worse than Feetloaf:
Yes, I’m a smart-aleck.
I’ll try very hard to get some of the other drafts out and published; I’ve just been very busy. Sorry about that.
Go make some easy chorizo, and have a delicious meal tonight or Taco Tuesday tomorrow.
Einkorn–a funny word you might be interested in if you have gluten sensitivities. Especially if you really, really want bread again, but even a whiff of wheat sends your gut into overdrive.
Hello again, Dear Readers:
Spring is springing up everywhere, especially since much of the US is now on Daylight Savings Time. Arizona, Indiana and a few other states don’t observe it, and there is a movement in Texas to ditch it for good. Will they do it? Who knows? I kind of wish the entire US would dump it–it’s just hard on us all twice a year.
A slow-cooked week
Yesterday morning, I tossed some on-sale beef of indeterminate origin into the slow cooker, seasoned it with some Paula Deen House Seasoning, a little olive oil and turned it on. Lately, that’s just how we roll, but there’s a dinner already cooked when we get home. We just cook some rice, quinoa, and whatever else to go with it. Monday, I did the same with some pork stew meat–and it was pretty good. I just tossed the frozen meat in the slow cooker, seasoned it and added a bit of olive oil, turned it on and walked out. We had a ready-and-waiting dinner that night. But after I put the meat in the slow cooker yesterday, one of his car-guy friends, Big Dave, called, and we did an impromptu barbecue. So with the slow-cooked meat, BF’s lunch was already made for today, and dinner for me later.
Today’s email from Stephanie O’Dea discusses taking your slow cooker on travel with the fam. Can you blame her? Apparently a lot of people do this. Camping, hotels–and the food is ready to eat, all you need is a working outlet, just like your waffle maker. If BF and I ever start traveling, we’ll definitely pack a slow-cooker if we can.
I’ve been busy writing, and boy, have I got an interesting subject for you. (Well, I think it is.) Unless, of course, you already know what “einkorn” is. Even if you do, I invite you to keep reading, because you might be interested to know what happened when I finally got around to using some and foisting it, I mean, offering it to BF and his friends for a taste-test.
Let me point out (again) that I’m not a doctor, nurse, or medical professional. I do research and report on it. You must use your own judgement when trying something new, particularly if you have a medical condition. Don’t go full bore and eat, drink or use something that you’re not sure about because Amy (or another blogger who is actually trustworthy) says you should. You must do a little reading and decide for yourself. What I do know is that if you have a gluten allergy, einkorn may be something you can have. BUT–you’ll need to read more and try a little of it if you think it’s worth it. That’s why I provide links, so you can see where I got my info from.
If you have celiac disease. . .no. Celiac is an autoimmune disease, completely different from the gluten allergy, and you absolutely cannot have einkorn. These things I know from my research, not because I’m an expert.
Now for some updates.
Post-modern menus in the Casa de Rurale
BF indulges me, and I take the best care I can of him. He says he’s just “humoring” me on these natural things, like the tea tree oil for his feet. Rest assured that BF is fed well, whether he wants to believe it or not. He explained to me a few nights ago that the menu in his kitchen is divided into two time frames: “Pre-Amy” and “Post-Amy.” (My first question: “am I leaving?“) There are foods he was used to eating and making for himself before I showed up, (i.e., Hamburger Helper) and the new, ultra-modern things that are produced in his kitchen now that I’m there (like Pea & Pesto Soup, and anything with cannellini beans, or foods from the waffle maker or slow cooker.) Me? I’m still trying to eat clean and low-carb in an environment with Kool-Aid, cookies and vegetable oil, best I can.
More culture shock
Last week his daughter, son and partner came for another impromptu BBQ dinner. I was glad to see them, but I wasn’t ready! I was hurrying to clear off the table and for dinner while they were outside trying not to burn down the house. Despite the frozen chocolate cream pie they brought, and the potato salad BF bought at Walmart, I was able to eat rather clean by requesting BF not put that stuff he calls “barbecue sauce” on my pork ribs. They were only subjected to the barbecue rub I have made for many years, with sugar or gluten or anything. The rest were coated with a “sauce” from a bottle loaded with HFCS and other dreadful chemicals. He was kind enough to use a separate pair of tongs for mine, too.
Her son is 3, and as active and precocious as they come. At some point, she asked me if there was any Kool-Aid. No kidding–and BF has some of that chemical-infused sugar powder in his pantry, in addition to soft drinks in the fridge. She made a pitcher of it and started putting it in the wee one’s sippy cup. Horrified, I asked, “you’re giving that to you child?” She said, “Oh, yeah, it’s great!”
She has not read Tox-Sick. (My paperback copy arrived last weekend.)
He thinks I know all this stuff
BF managed to leave out a few important details when he requested “spaghetti and meat sauce” the other night, like browning a pound of ground beef before pouring a jar of <ugh> Ragu spaghetti sauce into the skillet and letting that warm while boiling the pastas. His pasta was some of the multiple boxes of spaghetti in his pantry; mine was a cup of Ronzoni gluten-free penne pasta, found at the Hammond Winn-Dixie. I was browning ground beef at 9:30 at night. He just assumed I knew all this. I didn’t.
Never, ever assume anything. And, of course, read your recipe all the way through before you start chopping something and discover that you don’t have enough butter, oil, or something else crucial to your recipe. (Did that Sunday.)
So, recently I wrote an article for my natural health Upwork client on Einkorn wheat. (I don’t know yet when it will be published, but will give you the link when it is.) If you’ve never heard of it, well, you’re not alone–I didn’t either until I read Wheat Belly. Einkorn is what humans started cultivating as “wheat” a long, long, time ago in the Fertile Crescent when formal agriculture started, and before hybridization. Wheat is hybridized, not GMO, so I was wrong on that. (Amazing what you find out when you do more research.)
I was also surprised to find out that einkorn is actually widely available in the US.
I actually bought a bag many months ago at Erma’s Nutrition Center in Nassau Bay, intending to make bread with it and share it with the GER, mostly as a taste-test. (Maybe the GER assumes I’m the better baker, I dunno.) Well, I never got that far, the bag stayed in my fridge and made the trip to BF’s place last year, and still bounced around his his fridge. (In that bottom drawer where I keep my alternate baking stuff.) After taking on the task of writing a 700-word article on the subject, I realized, “I think I still have a bag of this in the fridge.” So I went looking for it and recipes to make with it.
This “original wheat,” while not entirely gluten free, is a lot lower in gluten and starch than our modern hybrid wheat. It’s also higher in protein. This means that if you have a gluten sensitivity when you eat modern wheat, there is the possibility that you can tolerate einkorn.
Dr. Davis explains his experiment in the book, buying einkorn berries, grinding them and making bread with them. Eating the bread he made, he experienced no ill effects after enjoying some. He did the same thing with our modern dwarf wheat flour, made his bread, had some, and experienced two days of gut trauma. So, yes, it can indeed be the modern wheat we have in this country making you or your loved ones ill. Einkorn may allow bread, pasta, cookies, cakes and other wheat-based baked goods on your menu again.
More einkorn resources
This article by The Kitchen Steward explains five ways that einkorn differs from modern wheat. And At Healthy Home Economist, she explains why her family is switching to einkorn, soon as they use up what they already have.
Their daughter was sick
Jovial Foods was started by Carla and Rodolfo Bertolucci, whose daughter suddenly became very ill. With a background in organic farming and a love of Italian cooking, they discovered that she was ill from a gluten sensitivity, and sought to find answers. Carla found einkorn, nearly extinct, and they have, so to speak, “brought it back to life” for a new generation. Together, they founded Jovial Foods, naming it for the joy they felt after finding a way to help their daughter and create delicious food that wouldn’t make her sick anymore. Jovial offers flour, pastas and baking tools for working with einkorn. Carla even wrote a cookbook on the subject (and if you order the book, they’ll send you a free bag of flour with it.) Now, more people can enjoy einkorn–and bread–again.
Some fine print first
Let me point out a few things about einkorn. First, good as it is, yes, it is more expensive. It’s grown and harvested in Italy, organic, and is not like the everyday flour you get in your local grocery. You can’t just use it cup-for-cup in your regular bread or pizza crust recipes, either. Jovial offers some tips on baking with einkorn.
If you’re already dealing with it. . . .
Second, as I’ve said before: if you have someone in your household who has these kinds of allergies, you’re already spending on alternative ingredients to be able to feed them. Incorporating healthier alternatives into the everyday meal plan helps the whole family, and may help the allergic one feel less “left out.” It’s not fun to be singled out because you’ve got this allergy that you can’t help, you know? And it’s not a bad thing if the rest of the family gets to try something tasty and healthy and learns to enjoy it.
Third: gluten sensitivity is not the same thing as celiac disease, although some of the treatments may be the same. Celiac is an autoimmune disease, and celiac sufferers can’t indulge in einkorn, sorry. (That’s from my research on the other article.) And gluten sensitive folks need to try just a little einkorn to make sure they can enjoy it safely and they don’t end up getting sick from it. Many GF folks can tolerate einkorn because of the lower gluten and starch content. And, as I discovered, modern bread has more starch added in to make it lighter and fluffier. No wonder people get sick from it. Jovial’s website also offers additional information on gluten free and specifically, on celiac disease.
What does it look like?
Well, when you open the bag, it looks like. . .flour:
It definitely doesn’t smell like your regular Martha White flour, (it smells good) and it feels bit heavier than your regular flour, too.
I finally used it!
OK, I *really* wanted to bake bread with it, but I didn’t have time this past weekend. I’ll do that soon. But out of the blue, BF and I were invited to his friend’s place for dinner on Sunday. It was supposed to be a birthday dinner for someone, but that couple couldn’t make it. So. . .it was six of us: me, BF, his friend Big H, his girlfriend K, her 13-yo daughter M and Big H’s 13-yo nephew, also named H. BF worked during the day Sunday, and after I picked him up, we headed over to H’s homestead. He’s already got a lovely house, but he’s also building a barn, and a saw mill, and a few other things on the property.
It’s the kind of place that I envisioned for myself. . .in Texas. North of Houston. By myself, with Internet, and being that copywriter homesteading in the woods. Oh, well. . .me and BF are doing it with one bathroom and not enough closet space.
During the einkorn research, I found a bread recipe as well as one for brownies on a blog called Live Simply. I saved both of them to use later, and I’ve uploaded them to the Recipes page as well. Again, as of this writing, not made the bread yet, but plan to at some point, and get more of the flour on my next trip to Whole Foods. (That comes under the category of “BF indulges me.”) Kristin Marr, the blog author actually has four recipes for einkorn on her website, if you’re interested; just do a search for “einkorn” and they’ll all show up.
Brownies, in a side-by-side taste test
So, with my article sent to the client, I left the library early with BF and spent most of the weekend doing lots and lots of chores. (They never end at the Casa de Rurale.) About a third of the chores actually were completed, and those will be done this week now that the laundry is mostly finished. I decided that I would use his friends as additional taste-testers, which they were happy to do when I said “brownies.” Big H told me not to talk about the “alternate” version until people had tried them, especially the kids. And BF didn’t mind too much, because I was going to make his favorites anyway.
I pointed out that I wasn’t looking for accolades, but opinions. Things like, “Wow, Amy, you’re a great baker!” That doesn’t tell me anything, right? Besides. . .I already know!
It was a day where I kept looking around saying to myself, “where’s my water?” This is what I’m looking for:
I do get the irony of the red plastic cups that BF insists on using. No dishwasher (of course not, it’s Louisiana, almost no one has one) and he’s not about to wash dishes. But anyway. . . .
I started baking
Since the einkorn brownies were made in a skillet, I made the Duncan Hines version in a skillet too. And of course, didn’t tell anyone which was which. They were obviously different, but again, didn’t tell anyone until I got an opinion from each.
This is pretty simple–just dump it into a mixing bowl and go for it:
Mix really well, 50 strokes the box says:
And it comes out like this:
Grease your pan:
Now, the instructions don’t tell you how long to bake these if you’re using a cast-iron skillet, so I had to estimate.
I went with 325F, and I think it took about 25 minutes. Naturally, I forgot to take a picture of this pan when it came out of the oven. I texted one to BF, so I guess that’s why I didn’t use the camera.
Did I mention I was coloring my hair while this was going on? Don’t worry–my haircolor is a plant-based organic, and even if any did get into the brownies, it’s fine. (No, none did. At any time.)
The Duncan Hines brownies came out as they normally do. Took them out of the oven, set them on the stove, and set about on the next recipe.
Naturally Sweetened Einkorn Skillet Brownie
This one is a little more complicated, and calls for more ingredients, as you might imagine. Because, why? They’re made from scratch!
For all of you readers still working in IT, yes, I brought my laptop into the kitchen. I was very careful, and there were no accidents. But I really do need to clean that keyboard and use the little tiny attachments I have to vacuum all the dust out of it.
The recipe calls for 12 tablespoons of butter, melted and cooled. Guess who only had one stick of butter left? Yes–and thankfully, there was an option for one stick of butter and a quarter cup of coconut oil, also melted and cooled. So that’s what you see off to the left. And if you’re paying attention, you’ll see the label of a bottle of good Texas honey from HEB. When you buy it, they have little plastic bottles at the store–but I already had a glass jar to store it in, and just transferred the label over. That’s BF’s little bottle of cinnamon, but trust me, we have more–a lot more. I think I’m going to have to refill it so he doesn’t panic.
In my local Winn-Dixie, I couldn’t get the brand of chocolate chips Kristin recommended, nor could I get instant espresso powder. So. . .I got what I could, and what was cheap and would do the job. Bought little packets of Folger’s Instant (I can’t find the big jar of the HEB instant) and some of the regular Winn-Dixie chocolate chips. If I’d planned a trip to Whole Foods, I might have been able to get them, but that’s not in the cards yet, darnit.
Yes, Miss Sunie, you may tell everyone that I’m still missing my HEB. And tell Miss Carolyn and Miss Lei I said “Hi,” please–I was thinking about Miss Lei just this morning.
First, mix the wet ingredients
Mix the butter (or in my case, butter and coconut oil) , and then the vanilla and espresso (coffee) powder:
I’m still using home-made vanilla extract, just like The Barefoot Contessa does:
If you don’t know this, grease the inside of that cup before you pour some rich, delicious Texas honey into it:
Once you get all those put together–carefully, so your butter and/or coconut oil doesn’t seize or freeze up–whisk it:
Get that stuff moving:
Now leave it alone.
Next, the dry ingredients
Whisk together all the dry stuff and make sure there are no lumps:
And cocoa powder, of course:
And a little of BF’s cinnamon:
And whisk that all together.
Another quick kitchen tip
Something else I’ve been teaching BF to do is check the bottom of the bowl to make sure it’s all mixed. Sometimes when he’s baking from a box, he doesn’t check this. But, seriously, take a look:
If I hadn’t looked, it wouldn’t have come out right. Finally, I got it all done:
Then I mixed the dry stuff into the wet stuff. I can’t take a picture of myself while mixing the wet into the dry–I only have two hands, and BF was at work.
Not so fast
At this point, you let it sit for ten minutes. It thickens up considerably from a fluid liquid to a thick, pasty liquid, no kidding. The oven was already preheated:
So I just put a bit of coconut oil in the Lodge skillet:
And once it thickens, you fold in the chocolate chips.
Since I wasn’t able to get the brand Kristin recommended, and the mini-chips cost twice as much, I bought the Winn-Dixie brand. They’re not bad, but I know the HEB brand would have been better. (Just an opinion.) So Kristin says to use a “heaping 1/2 cup” if you’re not using the mini-chips.
Fold them right into this now-thickened batter:
Mix and fold well:
It looks like this:
And pour into the skillet:
Yeah. . .pour it right in.
I had to put down the camera and scrape it out with the spatula by hand. It’s that thick. No kidding.
So you bake it for about 25 minutes, testing it before you take it out of the oven. At this point, it was also time to take phase 2 of my hair color out, so that worked out well. It was great once I took it out of the oven:
Unfortunately, some of the pictures I took have. . .disappeared. I don’t know why, but I can’t find them. But I can tell you the rest of the story. Both pans were wrapped in foil and loaded in the back seat of the White Knight and transported to Big H’s place about 20 minutes away.
Over the river and through the woods. . . .
For dinner, we had, among other things, this delicious chicken roasted outside on a rotisserie:
And there was some grocery-store rolls coated with butter that were baked, (I passed) salad, and some jalapeno & cheese sausage going on, which I liked even better than this delicious chicken. We were told that it’s available at a slaugtherhouse up in Kentwood, where K lives. (Half hour away, maybe?) Yeah, I got two words for that sausage: ROAD TRIP!
How did they like the brownies?
Well, we talked about all kinds of stuff, and had a great time. More culture shock: K’s daughter loves Harry Potter, but her grandmother told her that it was “evil” or something, and that she shouldn’t watch it. Fortunately, K disagrees, and M is a huge fan. Little H was telling me about his grandmother, a heavy smoker, and how she uses basil to help her breathe. From there I couldn’t stop telling him about pesto, and Pea & Pesto Soup. Both were smart kids, and it was great to talk to them.
When it came time for brownies, I explained that I was looking for opinions, not accolades, and that’s what I got.
The results of the taste test
BF, of course, knew immediately without being told which one was the Duncan Hines, and of course, he preferred it. He said that the einkorn brownie was “okay,” but a bit dry.
Both of the kids enjoyed both types of brownies, and Little H took a couple of them home. M said they tasted a little like red velvet cake. And, in the light in big H’s kitchen, I had to agree that they looked like red velvet, too.
K felt like the Duncan Hines was fudgier, but that the einkorn type was pretty good, too. Like me, K watches what she eats for health reasons, but she did tuck into one or two of those rolls she baked up.
Big H said that with a glass of milk, it would be a pretty passable brownie, especially if you couldn’t have the Duncan Hines (or other wheat-based brownie) anymore. He agreed with the assessment that there was a taste of red velvet cake involved, and that it wasn’t a bad thing at all.
We also some gave some to Big Dave last night, right next to a Duncan Hines brownie. He said it would be good with coconut oil. Well, it has some–but he enjoyed it as well, even if it was a bit drier. “It’s good, but it’s different,” he said.
And me, well, I like the einkorn brownies. I’ve tried Duncan Hines type once or twice. It’s a little too sweet, and of course, has the “fudgy” quality when you use one egg. Actually, I’d call it more “sticky” than “fudgy,” but that’s the high amount of sugar and other chemicals they add to make it taste good. The einkorn brownie has more of a strong, stark chocolate taste to it, and it’s more of a “cake-like” brownie than “fudgy.” Maybe if you served them warm, they’d be “fudgier.”
What’s next for einkorn in the HeatCageKitchen?
Last summer, before I was getting ready to move, I was chanting with Miss Alice at her place. I could not stop thinking about baking bread for BF. Weird, right? So that’s probably going to happen at some point, along with cooking up some more delicious food as I find the recipes.
I saw Carla Bertolucci’s einkorn cookbook in the Clear Lake Barnes & Noble a couple of years ago, but didn’t buy it. I read through it and liked it, and put it on the mental list of books I want in my collection. Now that I know I can get a free bag of flour if I order it from Jovial, well, that’s a plan! Sometime. . . .when I make some more money. I need more bookshelves first. Along with one of those baking tools and the linen thingy they have, too. I know that I can get the einkorn flour in Mandeville, Baton Rouge or New Orleans, so it’s just a matter of when I get to one of the stores when I need to. Much as a I prefer grain free, I do like the healthier option available, much like the delicious things in the Babycakes books. They’re not everyday items, but occasional healthy treats that are good to make and have for company or just for the week.
Until next time. . . .
I hope that I’ve offered up some suggestions for anyone looking at gluten-free, or who knows someone dealing with a gluten allergy. Einkorn can be a part of a delicious, healthy, organic eating plan that includes everything you might want, but you have to do a little work for it. If and when I bake bread for us, I’ll report on it, of course.
Again, I urge you to do more reading if you (or someone you know) have a medical condition and aren’t sure if einkorn is would be a good thing. Start with Wheat Belly, and go from there. The information is out there, Pinterest has loads of recipes, and Jovial Foods has plenty of info available on their website, too.
Hello, again, Dear Readers:
I hope you’re feeling better by now. The election, and all the associated nastiness, is over for a while. Now it’s time for transition, and hopefully, getting back to whatever passes for “normal.” It was a nail-biter, and for some reason, I couldn’t stop eating BF’s ice cream. (I didn’t eat all of it, just a little.) We stayed up until 3:00 am or so watching the results, and back-checking CBS News on our phones against what was showing up on Facebook in our feeds. Bizarre–I’ve never done that before, but we finally hit the sack once it was all over. Good thing we didn’t have anything planned for the next day, and he was off work. No more sugar-laden ice cream, and the weight is going back down again, thank heavens.
Time for some comfort food, OK? Keep reading, there’s a recipe for you shortly.
We’ve been doing some renovation type of cleaning in the Casa, which includes having one of his, um, ex-girlfriends finally come get her stuff out of his house. She’s got some of it, but some still resides for a few more days. (What are we, Public Storage?) His daughter took the things she wanted and I helped her clear out stuff she didn’t want. All that’s left is his friend from the Navy. Well, with moving stuff around and out, painting the back room for my soon-to-be studio office, and clearing car parts out of the house, we’ve set up a little breakfast area by the kitchen:
This is my IKEA Tarno patio set that we just put there and put a tablecloth over, and BF decided to add my tiny lamp (Lampan, also from IKEA.) I repaired the miniblinds which had been damaged by a passed-on pooch, and cleaned the window really well. Know what? It’s kind of nice to have breakfast right there, or dinner. When we get things better situated, we’ll put my regular dinette there, and I’ll repair more of the miniblinds, now that I know how. (Looked it up on eHow and learned on the fly.) The blinds are closed so you don’t see that the Casa “beautification project” has not yet carried over to the patio out front.
After my trip to New Orleans on Sunday, where I bought some lovely pork chops, chicken sausage and chicken thighs for us, BF decided Monday to get. . .one of those “kits” to make tacos for lunch on Tuesday. I kid you not. At least he had the sense to get the crunchy taco kit, which has corn tortillas. No word about “gluten free,” but there was no wheat or its derivatives in any of the ingredients that I saw, so I was glad about that and reluctantly took part. (It does say that it was partly produced with GMO ingredients; my guess is the corn, which I rarely eat.) He asked me to brown the ground beef to get started, and of course, twenty minutes later, we had tacos–because he went into the living room to watch more TV. GRRR. . .but I got the job done.
Dinner was Mustard Pork Chops in the Crock Pot, which I may post soon. It was pretty good, and worthy of doing again. Because he really wanted. . .tacos. . .the chicken shifted to lunch on Wednesday, where I made him, for the first time, Nigella Lawson’s Pollo alla Cacciatora, or “The Hunter’s Stew,” which, in Nigella’s case, is “lazy hunter’s stew.” (It only takes 30 minutes.) Although it’s long been a comfort food favorite for me, this was his first taste of it. Thumbs up–he likes it, and I can make it again for him. (Thanks.) The next day for dinner at work, he took some with a cup of rice, since he thought it “needed” some. No problem, I cooked up a small batch of white rice for him and added it to the container. Along with a slice of made-from-scratch pound cake from his friend’s birthday, he was all set for work.
Now, if you’re interested in making this “hunter’s stew,” I want to point something out that’s not immediately obvious: although the printed recipe calls for a half-cup of pancetta cubes–which is perfectly acceptable, albeit expensive and hard to find here–you can also slice up 3 or 4 slices of bacon in place of it. That’s the way I’ve always made it since I saw the original show. The show may be on YouTube; you’d just have to look for it.
It really is a nice comfort food. Even if it does come from across the pond. You’re welcome.
I’ve been in the larger Winn-Dixie in Hammond, and indeed they do have more organic produce. Surprise–they even have fresh sushi. I still hate sushi, but–they have it! I did some recon in the morning, and then did some shopping later in the day, mostly meat, eggs, butter, cheese, etc. I almost–ALMOST–thought I was in Kroger. And I kept saying “I live down in La Marque. . .” which, of course, is in Texas. Well, it’s probably because I felt like I was in Kroger. I sure do miss my HEB, though–the pork loin roasts I used to get on sale for $3 in HEB are something like $12 here. What’s up with that? I did find a nine-pound pork loin that was about 3 feet long, but we don’t have any place to store that monster. Another time.
Rouse’s has purchased a rival grocery store chain, so there will soon be a Rouse’s in Hammond for me to visit, right near that Winn-Dixie. That’ll be good, too.
A quick look at the calendar tells me that Thanksgiving is coming. It’s next week! I really have lost my sense of date and time. For the first time in I don’t know how many years, I won’t be cooking turkey. That’s OK, I cook turkey all year long (I just wish I could get turkey thighs here; maybe Albertson’s has them.) I asked BF the other night what our plans were for Thanksgiving; he said his brother usually does a big spread, and we would attend. (Just have to figure out what I’m going to wear.) Well, if I’m allowed, I’ll bring some of that fantastic Cranberry-Ginger Relish and maybe one or two other small things, but I warned BF that I would likely eat before I went. Longtime readers know that things like sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes with other abominable things added to it and all things bread, pie and gravy are not coming my way. I’ll be happy to have some turkey–maybe a little mashed potatoes, too–but no gravy, please! Gravy, to me, kills the taste of everything under it. So this will be interesting, and maybe I’ll pull the Nordic Track out in the morning before we go.
Think I should just stay home and watch Britcoms?
So, what do you do when you’re hosting such an occasion and have health concerns to consider? (Besides panic, that is.) Or, surprise, his new girlfriend is a vegetarian, and he’s going vegan soon too? Knowing this in advance helps, of course, but sometimes you don’t, so having some extra vegetable dishes helps (just don’t use chicken stock!) I’ve written about these kinds of things before, and you can also get some help on Martha Stewart’s website, under “All Things Thanksgiving.” Sur la Table has also published its annual Thanksgiving Guide, and it’s available online or as a free download to print. BF and I caught a bit of the Rachael Ray Show the other day, and someone named Clinton Kelly was making dishes you could make in advance: Turkey Meatballs, a Roasted Vegetable Soup (which looked pretty good, actually), which you could make in advance and freeze, then serve from the Crock Pot and some popover kinds of things with smoked salmon. The Quinoa Pie with Butternut Squash is really good, too. Of course, if you’re looking for something specific, please check out the worlds’s biggest idea database, Pinterest.
One thing I can’t emphasize enough is getting started on your Thanksgiving planning early. Get that turkey NOW, if you haven’t already. Get your brine mix, or make it, NOW, because the turkey has to thaw first, AND you have to make the brine ahead of time. Buy your ingredients early, especially the unusual stuff, like puff pastry or something else that everyone will be looking for like fresh or dried sage. Doing potluck? Ask and assign people a specific dish–dressing, veg, cornbread, whatever–so you avoid the problem of everyone stopping at the grocery and picking up a cake or cupcakes at the last minute. All dessert and little turkey does *not* make happy dinner guests, you know? A broad variety of different vegetable dishes, and maybe including maybe a pilaf or risotto (using vegetable stock) can keep everyone happy and well-fed while including the vegetarians and not calling them out for it.
Brining a turkey? Here’s one from Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman (warning: it has brown sugar) and one from Martha Stewart’s website. If you want to brine a turkey–and I highly recommend it–get going. Now. Juniper berries might be hard to find soon.
It’s also a great time to dust off the slow cookers and the waffle makers if you’re not using them regularly. Make sure all your appliances work before the big day, too. And isn’t there something you can slow-cook or waffle ahead of time? (Cranberry Ginger Relish can be made a few days in advance, thank heavens.)
Yes, it’s time to get your thinking cap on. Quick. Whether you’re hosting or just attending, it’s time to take inventory so your Thanksgiving will go well and everyone, including yourself, will enjoy themselves. (Here’s some advice I wrote about last year that may help.)
Here’s another tip: READ your recipes and understand them before you shop and get started. Case in point: last night I decided to make something new for me and BF. Seems he’s never had eggs with tomatoes in his life, despite his claim of “I’ve been all around the world!” So, I found this recipe for Skillet Eggs and Tomato Sauce in one of the Everyday Food cookbooks last night, and asked him if he’d like to try it. He said he would try it, with a bit of reluctance in his voice. (Next question I asked: “Do we have any anchovies?” Oh, the look on his face was priceless.) In the book, this recipe makes two servings, not the four that’s on the website. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that the book called for a HALF can, 28 ounces, of tomatoes. Skimming over the ingredients, I just figured I could use two cans of tomatoes, 14.5 ounces. That’s pretty much the same, all right? WRONG–it was, indeed, way too much tomato, and that was his first comment. (I ate them, though.) I noticed the difference when I put the book away–and then made a note of it. He said he’d like to have it again, with half as much tomatoes. Done. (And maybe an anchovy, too, but don’t tell BF–I hide that kind of stuff in a drawer of the fridge.)
The point: please READ carefully and understand before you do something dumb like I do sometimes. Especially for Thanksgiving. OK? Don’t forget the hot mess I made when I invited The GER over a few years ago. It can happen to you. READ. Please.
Now, would I leave you without help for Thanksgiving? Of course not.
Remember last time, when NM handed me a bunch of apples to take home? Well. . .I did put them in the Crock Pot, and darnit, they were pretty tasty! I made them at the same time as the pork chops, but not because I had pork chops. BF wasn’t wild about them cooked, he’d rather have fresh. But, it’s fall, and it feels like fall, so I wanted to try something different.
I actually made two batches, in two different slow cookers, to see what would happen with two different sweeteners–SomerSweet and Agave Syrup. I think this would make a great lower-carb/gluten-free alternative to the traditional apple pie. Either for everyone, or just for guests like me who would rather keep the calorie count down.
If you’re planning to have an apple dessert, or more than one, for Thanksgiving, this is an easy one to toss in and forget for a while. I actually made it a second time with bigger, fresh red apples so I could take pictures and show you how it’s made.
When I cruised through Pinterest to find apples in the Crock Pot, I didn’t find much in the way of healthy versions–mostly, they were loaded with sugar. GRRRR. . .but of course, we have alternatives in our world, don’t we?
Yes, that’s the same sherry vinegar I have around to make Cranberry Ginger Relish, but since I don’t use it often, and it only takes a small amount, I decided to try it in this apple dish. You could use red wine vinegar, or just leave it out if you wanted. But I found that the sherry vinegar added a nice depth of flavor that’s not often in apple dishes.
I started out by washing all the apples, of course:
The first time I made this, I used just cinnamon. I decided to use apple pie spice for this incarnation, because I’m glad I did. I made some using this recipe, but because not everything is unpacked, I couldn’t find any allspice. So, it was back to Winn-Dixie for more after I picked up BF from work Sunday afternoon. He wanted some hot chocolate because the weather had turned cold. While he was prowling around looking for that, I went to the spices. Hmmm. . .should I get the stuff called “natural,” which is a rather nebulous word on food products, or get the brand I frequently bought in Houston?
I picked up that bottle that was $1.64 and put it in the little hand basket. Then BF returned to the spice aisle and was of the impression that I’m not getting what I wanted. He then said to me, “Look! Here’s all the ‘allspice’ you could ever want, right here!”
Oh, he was so funny, gesticulating towards all those spice blends. Giggling, I took the little bottle out of the hand basket and showed it to him:
BF was in the Navy, you know. Fortunately, he was *not* on KP in the galley (kitchen), or he would have been keel-hauled for making that mistake. He only had to put up with me laughing at him all the way home.
This apple pie spice mix recipe from Life Made Sweeter is quick and easy, and I made a double batch to make sure I had enough:
And use it like you would the store-bought stuff. No sugar or other additives to worry about. (Of course, yesterday, I found another carefully packed box marked “Amy Pantry,” which had not one, but two bottles of allspice. GRRR.)
Back to it–I started by putting a bit of olive oil in the bottom of the crocks:
Now, I’ll bet you’re wondering if there’s a deliberate reason for a black and white crock. Well, yes, and I used it–the black one was mine, a replacement during a Karma of Spare Parts incident, last year, I think, when I sent the 4-quart crashing to the floor on a Sunday. They no longer had white, so black it was. The white crock belongs to BF. The difference came in handy: the black one had apples cooked with Agave Syrup, and the white one had apples cooking in SomerSweet.
Neat, huh? (Worked for me!)
Then started cutting the apples and adding them to the crock, and rolling them around in the oil:
Then I added in the apple pie spice mix to both crocks:
Added about a tablespoon of vanilla extract:
Then added in a tablespoon of the sherry vinegar to each one:
And then I added the respective sweeteners:
Mix it all up again to coat the apples with the rest of it:
And cooked it on low for about 4 hours. What happened? Well. . .it was interesting, and BF gave me his honest opinion (I only had to needle him a little bit.)
Hmmm. . .looks like Miss Food Blogger forgot to take a picture of the results. Oh, well. I had three things going on at once. . .and we just ate them!
While BF would prefer eating apples raw, he said that the apples cooked with SomerSweet were a little less sweet, and still somewhat crisp, although they weren’t hard like a fresh apple. The agave syrup crock apples were softer and sweeter than the others, and that’s the one he preferred.
If I had cooked them longer they would have probably been a lot softer, and maybe even soft enough for applesauce. But peeling all them apples? No thanks. It was just something to use them up the first time.
Agave syrup works for a lot of different things, including a replacement for honey, with less of an insulin spike than honey would give. (Remember: I’m not a doctor, I just read about these things.) SomerSweet’s primary ingredient, erythrytol, is a sugar alcohol that’s also quite sweet and works like regular sugar, also without the insulin spike.
For you and your guests who don’t want pie or other heavily-sugared dessert, baking apples in your Crock Pot may be a good alternative to have around, and in the Crock Pot, couldn’t be easier. But why wait for Thanksgiving? Apples are in season now, and available all year around–make some this week or this weekend, and see how you like it. Tweak it to make it yours, and offer it with pride on Thanksgiving Day. It’s one of those things you can set and forget. You may be asked to make it again next year, or even before then–and what would be wrong with that?
Now for another side dish that’s also low-carb. Spaghetti Squash. Have you tried it? I have. They’re hard as a rock and can be somewhat dangerous to cut, especially the larger ones. Easiest method I knew of, until now, was to cut it in half, scrape out all the seeds and strings, coat the inside with a touch of olive oil, and roast at 350F cut side down for an hour. I used to use the toaster oven to roast even the larger ones, but now I don’t have a toaster oven. What to do? Well. . . .
I also follow a blog called Half Baked Harvest. I found a recipe there a while back, and I may have posted it here, but I can’t find it now. HOWEVER–a few weeks ago, this recipe for Crockpot Spaghetti Squash with Lasagne Bolognese showed up and got my attention. I haven’t made the Bolognese sauce yet, but I might one day.
But cooking a spaghetti squash in the Crock Pot? Why haven’t I tried this before?
Tieghan makes up her sauce, adds it into the Crock Pot, then puts the whole, untouched spaghetti squash right on top the sauce. No kidding. So I pulled out the big one and put the (little) squash in it, because the ovals were needed for the apples.
I just pulled off the sticker, washed it off, dropped it in, turned it to low and left it alone for a good 8 or 9 hours.
You put the food in, put the lid on, plug it in, turn it on, and leave it alone:
I did this early on Monday, and about suppertime, this is what came out:
And out comes a perfectly cooked spaghetti squash:
Either use a good potholder or wait til it cools, then cut it in half to remove the seeds. Once you’ve got the “guts” out of it, scrape out the “spaghetti” with a fork into your serving bowl:
Add some butter, salt and fresh herbs:
Mix it up well, and if needed, re-heat in the microwave or on top the stove, or leave in the oven to keep it warm:
And you’ve got delicious and perfectly cooked spaghetti squash for your vegetarian guests. (You could also use olive oil if you don’t want to use butter.) But don’t be surprised if the non-veg folks dig into it–spaghetti squash is delicious when cooked well and seasoned right. (If only I could get BF to try a bite of it; he hates squash across the board.)
So, did I give you some new ideas for a great Thanksgiving meal? Alternatives for your guests, maybe? Or just something different and deliciousi for dinner this weekend? (November also has 29 *other* dinners to prepare besides Thanksgiving, you know.) I hope this helps, and I hope everyone has a tasty and happy Thanksgiving next week.
Now, if you’re thinking to yourself, “Amy, there you go again, banging on about SomerSweet again. You have the last three cans of it in existence!” Well, here you go. I hope to finish the post on a new replacement for SomerSweet for you, but I want to reach out to the company and find out more from them. I will tell you that I found it in Whole Foods in Mandeville, it’s called Swerve, and the company is located in New Orleans!
More to come on this, hopefully soon.
Hello, Dear Readers:
Today, it’s all about you and your waffle maker. It’s not just for breakfast anymore. But there is some breakfast to be discussed, as well as lunch, snacks and dinner. As I mentioned in my previous post, life has gotten in the way big time, but I have been using my waffle maker regularly and finding new things to cook in it. As well as things NOT to put in it. But really, there is more to a waffle maker than just breakfast.
This article discusses the cultural transformation of breakfast here in the US. It’s not just grabbing a bite on the way out. . .it’s a “breakfast occasion,” or an “experience,” I guess. To paraphrase the late Rodney Dangerfield, breakfast wasn’t getting respect. Now it is.
From the same website, an article about how food manufacturers are “riding the wave of gluten free.” Of course, if you actually HAVE problems with gluten, you’ll know it’s not a new thing in food, something pundits don’t seem to get. More and more observers think gluten-free is a “food fad,” like super-foods or juicing. If you are gluten-intolerant, let them know it isn’t.
And the company that helped sustain me during my years as a working student at Tulane, Taco Bell, now serves alcohol. I didn’t drive for a long time, so I could indulge a bit after class if I was taking the bus home. But that’s about 20 years too late. Last time I tried to get food at Taco Bell, I couldn’t tell one thing from another on the menu and ended up at a Starbucks asking for breakfast sandwiches. At about 5:00 pm on a Sunday.
OK, now onto the most hotly anticipated blog post I’ve written this year! (Maybe.)
Do you like waffles, but don’t make them very often? Do you have a waffle iron but just give in and buy Eggos? (If you do–shame on you!) Is your waffle maker in the back of the cabinet, covered in dust, because it’s just too much trouble for once in a while? Or are you stuck in a rut, maybe sick of “clean eating,” and want something new? Have I got a treat for you, and clean eating even can be part of it.
Recently I bought a new combination tabletop grill and waffle maker. (I know, I shouldn’t have.) The Cuisinart Griddler is something I’ve looked at for some time, but of course, I also wanted the waffle plates, which, when bought separately, are $40 extra. Then one day, I got one of those glossy fliers from Bed, Bath And Beyond (with a coupon attached.) The Griddler normally retails there for $99.99, and you have to order the plates separately–but now all of a sudden, the waffle plates are being offered as a “bonus” with the Griddler.
Woo hoo! (And now Amazon is selling the Griddler and waffle plates as a bundle.)
I know, I know. . .I REALLY shouldn’t have. I was feeling really blue, and when I found out about the bonus plates, I grabbed one of the coveted 20%-off coupons, drove down to my local BBB and my credit card bought me an early birthday present. So I got what I wanted, for about half the price I would have paid normally.
After explaining this to Neighbor K (who thought I’d done something really bad, but it wasn’t shopping), I showed it to her and offered her the old waffle iron, and she accepted. I was thinking of giving it to the Salvation Army if she didn’t want it. It’s nice, and it works, but it only makes two at a time and is a pain to clean.
The first time I got married (in 1981) one of my bridal shower presents was an early model of this Black & Decker 3-in-1 waffle maker and indoor grill. In fact, that’s what I was thinking about one day when I started seeing these recipes, and actually looked at it again on Amazon. But I really wanted the Cuisinart Griddler with the waffle plates, which ended up being nearly the same price, and I was lucky enough to get it. Like the B&D, the grill/griddle plates pop out and are reversible (the Cuisinart waffle plates aren’t reversible.) Honest, I wasn’t much of a cook in 1981, but I tried, and utilized the counter top grill many times. It’s where I tried out the two waffle recipes from The 20 Minute Natural Foods Cookbook on my (first) husband. He’s still alive, so it couldn’t have been that bad.
If you’re looking for inexpensive, I did accidentally find this model on Gevalia’s website–yes, the mail-order coffee company–that’s in the clearance section. Never mind why I was on Gevalia’s website. No, I didn’t sign up, either–you can buy their coffee in SuperTarget now.
Admit it–you signed up back in the 80’s for the free coffee pot, didn’t you? Well, of COURSE I did! I killed a few coffee pots, too, back in the day. I had one of the first drip models that ground the coffee and brewed it. Now I use a French press, and I just have to keep the spare glass beakers around–easier, since Sur la Table will be opening soon in my neighborhood.
Back to waffling in current day America.
Some time ago, I started seeing posts on Facebook–both pictures and video–of different things to make with a waffle maker. First was an omelette. (If you go to YouTube or Pinterest and type in “waffle iron recipes,” you’ll get thousands of hits, so enjoy yourself.) Then I saw someone place frozen tater tots on a waffle maker, lower the top, and come up with. . .hash browns. (The only time I’ve ever *wanted* to buy frozen tater tots.) Another entry saw canned cinnamon rolls, popping them open, and placing them cut side down onto the waffle area and lowering the top. Cook them for a few minutes, drizzle some of the icing on it, and they’re ready. (The only time I very *nearly* bought a can of cinnamon rolls to try it.) Take a look:
You can find an article with 17 recipes for your waffle iron on BuzzFeed, including one from a blog I’ll talk about in a bit. But there are literally hundreds of recipes like these on Pinterest that float over to Facebook, and videos on YouTube galore. Just about using the waffle maker for something other than waffles. Like bacon or sausage and scrambled eggs on the waffle maker. Did you think about doing that? People have–and you can too. How about a low-carb, Paleo pizza?
If you’re one of those people who likes the idea of a breakfast SANDWICH, you have some options as well. Matt Robinson of RealFoodByDad also has a Frittata Waffle that’s an easy option for those who need breakfast on-the-go. I need to try that idea soon, too, and maybe look up more or fiddle about with this recipe, too.
Before I continue, let me point out that the Cuisinart Griddler, and many others like it, have a grease trap that you must remove, empty (if needed) and clean. The Black & Decker 3-in-1 doesn’t have a grease trap; you put a little bowl behind the corner if you’re going to cook something like bacon. Also, make sure it’s on a flat surface. Why?
I recently attempted to cook scrambled eggs on the flat griddle, because the waffle plates were in the dishwasher. It wasn’t flat on the stove surface. (I don’t have a lot of room here.) My perfectly scrambled eggs rolled directly into the grease trap. It was clean, thank heavens. No matter–using potholders, I removed the grill plates and replaced them with the waffle plates after I washed them by hand. When the waffle plates were hot enough, I went back to cooking eggs on the waffle plates. Like I tell you, I speak from experience.
Now back to waffling.
Intrigued by these simple but innovative ideas, I went looking for a gluten-free waffle idea, since I haven’t made any in some time. I’ve made the vegan ones from Erin McKenna’s second book many times, Babycakes Covers The Classics, but that’s been a while (although I made a batch one Sunday because I was out of eggs.) I looked in The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking, and found a recipe on pages 135 and 136. Made with nut flours and beat in your stand mixer, they’re pretty good, especially with the sugar-free raspberry syrup I bought and never used (it’s gone and they don’t make it anymore.)
It’s a simple recipe, but I only had almond flour handy, so that’s what I used.
But what else is out there?
Pinterest yielded some delicious options, although my first attempt at gluten free waffle brownies didn’t work well. The second recipe, from the blog Edilble Perspectives, is pretty darn good, even if I messed around a little with the recipe to make it sugar free. I only had brown rice flour, not sweet rice flour, and of course, had to fiddle about with the chocolate and Somersweet to make it sweet with unsweetened chocolate.
Just mix it up like you would any standard brownie recipe and drop it on the hot plates:
A few minutes later:
Anyway, you end up with this:
Top them with additional SomerSweet (or other sweetener), add ice cream, or however you like to top brownies, and enjoy the heck out of it.
If you want fast and easy, (and aren’t concerned about GF or anything) you can also get a boxed brownie mix, make it like you normally would, but instead of baking them in the oven (even the toaster oven), use the waffle maker. They’re almost instant brownies. You can do the same thing with cake mixes.
Are you seeing the value of this yet?
Doug Armstrong shows you how to turn leftover pizza into pizza pocket here, along with some other interesting kitchen hacks in a 4-minute video. His “waffle iron hacks” video is here, and Doug shows you paninis, the cinnamon roll trick and other desserts with your waffle maker in this 3 minute video. He’s British, and he’s pretty cool in the kitchen, too.
Has it hit you yet that the humble, unappreciated waffle maker is actually a modified, useful indoor grill? Pay attention, grill masters–you’re about to get your winter alternative lesson. A waffle maker can be especially useful if you don’t live in the Lone Star State, where we grill outdoors just about year-around. But what’s wrong with a little indoor grilling, as long as there’s an electrical outlet nearby?
When I was cooking up some chicken thighs one night, I decided to try out one on the waffle maker. Know what? They cooked much faster on the waffle maker, so I turned off the toaster oven and cooked the rest that way. The second time, I decided to use the meat mallet on a pack of chicken thighs, coat them with a salt/pepper/garlic powder mixture, and they came out even better.
There’s even a blog dedicated to such an activity. Will it Waffle? is dedicated to finding out exactly what you can do besides make waffles in your waffle iron. Even Neighbor K was impressed with the concept (especially since I gave her the old waffle maker.) No idea if she’s tried it yet, though. The blogger and cookbook author, Daniel Shumski, who’s been waffling nearly everything he can think of, put together a book and published it–Will It Waffle?
Just published in August, this timely book has some delicious recipes and is easy enough for even novices to use. You KNOW I had to have it. But even more importantly, I had to talk to the author. I got on his website, and sent him an email. He was very nice, and offered to answer questions about it. Instead of printing the questions and answer, I’ll just tell you what he wrote back:
Awfully nice of him. Thanks, Dan!
NOTE: If you’ve got a gift-giving occasion coming up–birthday, wedding, or the upcoming Christmas and Hannukah–this book and any kind of waffle maker will make a really great gift for someone who cooks, is learning to cook, or wants to stretch their culinary muscles. Even if the gift is to yourself.
The book starts out with breakfast recipes, bacon and eggs, including a waffled sandwich, French toast with chocolate and whipped butter, sausage and hash browns. For lunch, sure you can waffle sandwiches–but did you think about quesadillas? How about a Waffled Croque Madame? (Page 49.) Burgers, meatballs, pizza salmon, and filet mignon–yes, in a waffle maker, folks. A Waffled Tamale Pie that looks amazing.
I won’t be trying the waffled kale or the waffled eggplant. You KNOW how I feel about eggplant, right? But if kale and eggplant is your thing, Daniel’s got you covered there, too.
What did I do with this book? Oh, lemme tell ya. . . .
The first thing I tried was the “Fawaffle,” or “waffled falafel.” I already had everything on hand, so I tried it first. As you may know, I do love FiveMinuteHummus, and make my own frequently. But I’ve never had falafel in my life. Nobody ever took me to a Greek restaurant, either in NOLA or here in Houston, so I had no idea what it was. (Ironically, last weekend’s new Pioneer Woman show featured Ree Drummond making things she’s enjoyed out of town, but never made at home before–a more traditional version of falafel as well as chicken & waffles, which I’ll discuss later.)
Well, I made it. I waffled falafel in my own kitchen, and it’s a recipe I’ll make for the rest of my life. Delicious comfort food. Yes, it’s that good, with or without hummus. Just remember that you have to use dried chickpeas, soak them in the fridge overnight, and then mix everything together. I left out the 2 tablespoons of flour, and I was thankful that it wasn’t an essential–so mine are gluten-free, too!
Soak the beans first, then use the food processor to blend it all together:
This is what you end up with:
And just load ’em up into the heated waffle maker:
Admittedly, it’s a bit weird–but you know me. If it sounds good, I’ll try it at least once. So, tell me–good?
Oh, Holy Shish Kebab!
Also note that falafel is traditionally deep fried. But here, in the waffle maker, there’s just a little oil involved. And it’s fast, too.
I decided to enlist someone else’s taste buds, so I went to see Neighbor K with two freshly waffled Fawaffles and a little hummus. Asked her to try them and see what she thought. At first she said she’d try them later–fair enough, no rush, but she took one bite. Then another. And another, and proceeded to gobble them up right in front of me until she’d finished them both. I warned her that they had onion in them, so Daft Pug should not be sampling them.
I mentioned that I’ve never had falafel in my life, never been to a Greek restaurant either, so this was my first time making and eating it. I grew up in New Orleans, most of the food was local, Italian, and one or two Mexican. You had to go out of your way to find Greek, although I’m sure it’s not that way anymore. K’s comment: “You’ve never had falafel? You’re weird!”
And that’s the last time K was offered something to taste test, and the last time she will appear in the blog. Ditto for Daft Pug. Sorry, Little Buddy. (I have a new taste-tester lined up, the aforementioned Neighbor E.)
Meantime, I wanted to try something else I’d never used before–plantains. Friend of the blog RR is Puerto Rican by birth, and of course, his mother cooks a lot of Spanish-influenced dishes. (I’ve told him for years that if ever I find myself with a Hispanic boyfriend, she’s on the hook for some cooking lessons.) I texted him, but he wasn’t available to chat, so I sent him this picture:
RR texted back: “Look at you!” I’ve never had plantains, either. But I sure did like this one.
The first thing you do is make the dipping sauce, which is nothing more than cilantro, garlic and olive oil:
Let that sit while you’re making the rest of it, then remove and discard the garlic. Oh, yum! Now back to the other part.
Plantains don’t “peel” easily like a banana does, you have to chop off the ends, and then make slices in the tough, fibrous covering:
Then slice like you would a banana:
Let me back up a bit. Waffled Tostones are plantains sliced up, fried quickly and then waffled. Plantains that have been sitting as long as these were became sweet, but the first time I tried doing this, they were ripe but not sweet. These ended up being soft like a ripe banana, so it didn’t work quite as well as the first time. Once I got the slices done, they went into the frying pan. (I used refined coconut oil.) They’re fried up pretty quickly, so you carefully take them out and put them on a paper-towel-lined plate. (Be especially careful if there are children about–hot oil is no fun in the wrong place.)
I didn’t take any more pictures of the waffled tostones, I was too busy eating them. Yes, they ARE worth the trouble.
Because the green onions became two feet high in the HeatCageKitchen garden, I decided to try Daniel’s Korean Scallion Pancake Waffle (aka “Pajeon.”) I ended up doing this twice–once according to the book, and once with gluten-free flour. Know what? They’re both good. Plus, Daniel also points out something that I like to mention: cut the white, rooted bottoms off your scallions from the grocery store and grow them back. He suggests putting them in a glass of water–I’ve done that, and I’ve stuck them directly into soil, and both methods work. However–I highly suggest buying organic green onions if you’re going to grow them. First, they’re probably not genetically modified, and two, no other issues like pesticides or other stuff. I’ve grown both, and the organics shoot up to the sky.
My, what big onions you have!
Thanks, they’re organic.
But seriously, this recipe, while really easy to make, is, essentially, a flour ball–so keep that in mind if you’re trying to cut down on that sort of thing. A cup of flour, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon and a half of sugar, and a cup of water. Mix it, and pour over your cut onions which you place in between the divots.
And the blogger learns a new word: divot, or the thing that makes the square in the waffle. (Honest, I didn’t know!)
Cover the whole thing:
Close the lid, cook them til they brown nicely (this is true for both regular and gluten-free flour) and you end up with this:
Make up a bit of dipping sauce from the book (1 tsp toasted sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar, and 2 tablespoons honey, then mix it or shake it up) and you’ve got a tasty little snack going on. I didn’t eat a whole gluten-heavy waffle, but I did nibble a bit that came off on the waffle plate. Tasty, just like the gluten-free version, and while it’s somewhat crispy on the outside, the inside texture is more like sticky rice. With no egg, yeast, or baking powder, it’s just kind of sticky. This is not a deterrent, however.
Daniel also suggests using other veg, such as zucchini or carrots, in place of the scallions; just cut them down to matchstick size to fit the grooves.
Another week, I wanted to try out two more recipes, but I sorta did them my way. Grilled Pineapple and Grilled Halloumi are two separate recipes from the book (there is watermelon involved with the Halloumi), and I had them just because I wanted to have something different.
I had some Halloumi left from a previous trip to Trader Joe’s; it’s quite expensive elsewhere, so I get it when I go and freeze it. (Unfortunately, at Trader Joe’s, it’s a “seasonal” item for grilling.) If you’ve never had Halloumi, it’s like feta, but not quite as acidic. Halloumi also doesn’t melt away like feta, holds its shape and stays in the fridge a long, long time. I started by slicing up the cheese and cooking it half and half:
After the pineapple was finished, I finished up the cheese:
Now, before you go getting worried and thinking, “Amy’s eating pineapple and cheese for dinner?” Well, these are items I already had on hand, and it was easy, so I did. It’s not Velveeta, either. I don’t buy Halloumi very often, either–only when I head to Trader Joe’s. (No sign of them coming to my part of Houston yet.) Unfortunately, because it’s a “grilling cheese,” Trader Joe’s considers it a “seasonal item,” darnit! So if I want more, it’s back to Kroger or HEB for some that’s at least double the price. Wish I’d known–one day I’ll have a cheese freezer where I can buy it on sale and keep it for whenever.
Most of the recipes in this book involve. . .flour. So, there’s a good chance I won’t be making all of them. But there are plenty of recipes that don’t involve flour or might be worth experimenting with gluten free flours to try these interesting recipes. I sure would like to figure out how to make that pizza crust with GF flour and waffle it. Maybe next weekend I’ll try it.
Oh, and one thing on the famous “Chicken & Waffles”–it’s NOT, as many people believe, a “Southern dish.” I grew up in the South, and never heard of Chicken & Waffles until the last couple of years. (Friend of the blog CN likes a place in Houston called The Breakfast Klub, a Midtown Houston place that serves, among other things, Chicken & Waffles; I’ve not been there myself.) Some clicking around revealed that no, it really isn’t Southern at all–and NPR has a whole story about it. If you start talking about C&W being “Southern,” be prepared to have your face slapped. It began in Harlem, of all places, and is now served as a “soul food” dish nationwide. I wanted to yell at Ree Drummond last weekend for calling it a “Southern tradition,” because, it really isn’t. Now that you have been educated on the subject, please do not say that again. Thank you.
But you can certainly MAKE Chicken & Waffles all in the waffle maker, of course.
Admittedly, not everything will waffle. Smoothies, soup, salad greens–no. But to go with that Pea & Pesto Soup, a nice Gridded Grilled Cheese sandwich (page 37) or a nice Fawaffle might just fit the bill, right?
Remember, Thanksgiving is coming up quick. Wouldn’t some waffled brownies, cakes, or other desserts have a place? (Waffled Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, page 163, Red Velvet Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches, page 169, or a Wapple Pie, page 175.) How about some Stuffing Waffles on page 156? Consider Waffled Macaroni & Cheese on page 67, where Daniel supplies his own recipe for a baked M&C and waffling it. Sure, it’s more work than a box–but it is Thanksgiving, right? Make extra, because it’s going to go fast. And anything you can do ahead of time is always going to help.
At the moment, I don’t have any waffling recipes posted on the recipe page, but I hope to get them up soon, along with some Thanksgiving recipes (if I can find them again.) But really. . .they’re everywhere, just go look for them on Pinterest for starters.
Give it some thought as you plan your upcoming holiday meals, or even next weekend. A waffle maker can make things easier, especially if you get some extra help. Remember, it’s 110v, so you can plug it in anywhere–and that will come in handy in a crowded kitchen, any time of year.
Good evening, Dear Readers:
Remember when I said the next post would be about waffles, unless I had something better to write about? I do–and I’m not reneging on waffles, either. In fact, after I finish writing this, I’m going to try out a gluten-free waffle recipe just for you! (Well, and me, too.) I’m anticipating three or four different waffles on the recipe page, and one may even involve using. . .wheat. We’ll see when I get there.
Are you a Trader Joe’s fan? Well, I finally had a flash of inspiration, and decided to do something about the lack of a TJ’s down here south of Houston. I put a link on NextDoor.com, and suggested everyone in my area write TJ’s and tell their friends to do the same. So far, several people have, including Neighbor K, who became a fan after hearing me bang on about it, and made her first trip. If you’re one of my local readers, do this now and tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW. If we get enough people writing, we might actually get one closer than the Montrose store. I suggested Friendswood or League City, but anywhere closer than Montrose or Memorial would be wonderful. If you’re in an area that doesn’t have TJ’s at all, and you miss them terribly, you can go to this link as well and ask about getting a TJ’s in your area. Do the same thing–tell your friends. Go to this link and send them a short email about where and why. Save the text on a Word document in case the site goes bonkers, like it did for me. It worked the second time.
A couple of weeks ago, I was strolling through Target and found this with a clearance sticker on it:End of the summer, an ice cream maker. However, it’s one that requires this:
Now that we have Blue Bell back, we don’t need this. And of course, in fine print at the bottom, it says, “artificially flavored.” No thanks. I like my Cuisinart model and the recipes I have in cookbooks.
So anyway. . .guess who has more pesto in her freezer? Yes! ME! (You can envy me now.) As of last night, I now have SIX containers of pesto! No, I haven’t poured steroid fertilizers out back. I went on a little day trip on Monday. Let me back up a bit.
I’ve written about the monthly gardening lectures I attend at my local library, third Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm. Nice people, and sometimes, there’s munchies. (No, I passed on the cake last week.) The lady who coordinates the lectures and attends every month is a nice person named Shirley Jackson. She’s always there, picks up the surveys, gives announcements and sometimes, she’s the friendliest face I see all day.
One of the announcements has been since the beginning the “open garden” day at the Genoa Friendship Garden in nearby Pasadena. That’s not someplace I normally hang out, and despite writing it down, I never seem to remember. Except for one day I dropped a pitcher of iced coffee on the floor, and. . .oh, never mind. Finally, Monday, I paid them a visit.
Sponsored by the Harris County Master Gardeners and Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension, it’s a little spot where all kinds of plants are grown, and they have plant sales–cheap. I spent a whopping $3.50 yesterday, for two tomato plants and a sweet pepper plant that I’ll put into a big pot this weekend.
Take a look:
This was a cute little display:
Here’s a closeup:
If you like eggplant, they’ve got a garden variety that, it is claimed, actually tastes good.
Here’s another look at that eggplant:
There are peppers of many kinds:
For the okra-loving folks.
They grow green onions, just like I do, only more of them. I also got answers to questions about the garlic that never seems to grow well in my garden. One nice lady said it was probably critters. I’ll try again soon.
A few shots from around the garden area:
There’s an orchard, complete with berry bushes:
I think these are grapes, but I couldn’t find a label for it:
And they didn’t forget the kitties, either! (I bet there’s a huge feral cat colony living there, somewhere, that comes out to party in the Garden at night.)
I was quite surprised to see an area of desert plants, separated from the rest of the garden:
Prickly pear cactus produces fruit–did you know that?
Yellow flowers develop on top of the little fruit buds, that’s why there is an indentation. Then the flower dries up and falls off (just like zucchini or peppers) and the fruit buds start growing. When they turn dark purple, you can pick them and peel them, because they’re sweet. I’ve seen “Indian Candy” at truck stops in California and Arizona. (But not in a long, long time.)There were other desert plants, as well, like this, I believe is called an Ocotillo:
NOW–remember what I said about more pesto? Get a look at this:
I mentioned to one of my “tour guides” that I grow basil for the sole purpose of making pesto and freezing it for the winter. I told him about Pea & Pesto Soup, and told him that if he made that for his wife, she would be very happy with him. He reached down and cut me a couple of huge branches, big as a wedding bouquet. (Don’t read anything into that.) I stopped on the way home at Randall’s because I knew I didn’t have enough pine nuts to make two or three batches. I might start using walnuts one day–I like walnuts too, and they’re less expensive than pine nuts.
Another one of my tour guides (listening to my discussion of said soup) asked me, “how do you have time to do all that cooking?” I smiled and said, “I’m single.” He was delighted to hear about Pea & Pesto Soup, but insisted that I make some and bring it to him to try. I’d guess he was in his mid-70’s, and he was not about to go online to find the recipe. (Most of the people working there were women.)
There are several varieties of basil growing, like this one:
As I’ve done so many times, I picked a leaf and tasted it. Suddenly behind me, I heard a woman’s voice say, “That’s not culinary basil.”
It wasn’t poisonous, but I did indeed spit it out quickly and ask about it. She said, “I’ve never had anyone pop a leaf in their mouth like that.”
I got to ask lots of questions, and I found out a lot of things I didn’t get from the lectures. First, I’m under-watering my plants. DUH! Second, there isn’t enough room for all the water to drain properly, so I have to get a bigger drill bit soon and drill bigger holes in the bottom of the paint buckets. If I have time next month, I might go take a ride, now that I know where it is and how easy it is to get to from here.
I went into the greenhouse to get some plants, and there were some free seeds, limit 5. That was all I needed.
Lettuce will be happening again, soon, too, thanks to the seeds and the cooler weather that’s coming.
It’s not a big greenhouse, but there were plenty of plants for sale. I missed the kale, though. Sorry, K.
Now, to give you some perspective on why gardening can be a good thing, consider the Meyer lemons that I’m hoping will get bigger. I’ve got seeds from last year’s lemons, and I may need to prune the tree a bit. But on a recent trip to The Fresh Market, I found some Meyer lemons:I sent that picture to Neighbor K. She was quite surprised to see how much they were. NOW do you see why I want to grow them? I do hope mine grow full size before they completely ripen.
You can find out more about the Genoa Friendship Garden at this link. The Garden is open to the public on the third Monday of the month from 8:30 to 11:00 am, and they sell plants cheap. If you’re looking for something to do in Houston, there are two gardens; this one is on my side of town.
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Senior Gameplay Designer Pawel Kapala enemy behavior in fights and how it is not "bullet spongey" in Cyberpunk 2077 compared to other games in the past.
I have a feeling this game is going to run not that well even with high end graphics cards at 4k, a 2080Ti runs the new Flight Simulator at like 30fps maxed out at 4k.. That's partially the reason i went 1440p high hz, i think games will run much better with a higher end upcoming 3000 series card and mostly maxed out gfx settings.
I'm running games on a msi 2070 super rtx with a 1440p monitor. I'm hoping i can ride out the next generation with this setup. Although I wouldn't take flight simulator as the be all end all benchmark for gaming on pc it might just not be fully optimized.
Also i would like to point out that a google search says the rtx 2070 super can run flight simulator at 4k ultra 41 fps so maybe you got the wrong information.
So you're telling me this video is fake? https://youtu.be/ctmzO6DByd... granted that's with a 2080S, but i don't think a 2080Ti will do much better given how close they are. Games are only going to get more or just as demanding, I'm still sticking with 1440p for a while longer because of that.
I think there is a difference between the gpu's but also the cpu you use will make a difference as well. He was using a cpu that was high end, yet, it also wasn't the highest end. So if you have a higher end cpu you could probably push better fps. So take that into account. However seeing the video does tell me that the game is indeed taxing as you put it. I'd also like to say I agree with you anyway. I plan on gaming on 1440p screen and not using 4k as well.
Yeah I see the processor used in that test isn't ideal, would have been better to see a more current one. Either way though I'd be a bit upset paying out on such an expensive GPU and getting that kind of performance at 4K.. It's why I'd rather 1440p high hz, at least you're pretty much guaranteed good minimum fps even if you can't maintain 100+ using a high hz screen in the more demanding games like this.
I also am of the opinion that 4k is overrated especially when i can use a 2k monitor with higher ppi and get the same result. The amount of performance wasted to achieve 4k is better spent in other areas. This is why i didn't buy a ps5 because i'd rather have a computer that focused on 2k with horsepower spent on frames per second and higher effects than medium.
Flight simulator isn't a good comparison because it powered by cloud and Cyberpunk isn't a flight simulator.
Next gen console versions won't be until next year sometime, says holiday season on the article.
That’s really suck. I really wanna get this on the PS5. I might get the PC version instead then.
I'm getting the pc version, i already have some space on my ssd saved for it come november.
You're assuming "holiday season" in the article means 2021? Why would you assume that? Seems to me the article is saying holiday season because that's when the new consoles are set to release, even though CD Projekt has not said when the optimized versions would be ready. I would assume the next gen xbox one and ps5 versions would be ready to go sometime early in 2021.
Medman - Sorry you misunderstood me or i wasn't clear enough. The article suggests holiday season 2020 and I was correcting it because they've already said it will be sometime in 2021. Whether that's in the early or later part of 2021 is yet to be seen. Hoping it's the early part as I'd prefer my first playthrough to be on PS5.
You will be able to play them in boost mode on next gen consoles but they won't have all the upgrades of a full conversion until next year
You literally get the next gen upgrade for free when you buy the current gen version.
@philm87 Oh, I got you. Thanks for clearing that up....apologies.
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Here's my proposal: create a jungle for yourself and you will not be sorry.
Whether it is your backyard or a fire escape full of pots or a hand-picked bouquet from the roadside, (or some completely other creative pursuit, really) a jungle is good for the soul.
What makes something qualify as a jungle? It's a fertile place that escapes rigid control. It's something you let surprise you and has a touch of chaos.
My gardening style is heavily influenced by my mom's. Basically, it involves leaving space for chance and luck. Do some planning and provide some structure, plant some things, then stand back and see what happens. Give it time to do what it's going to do. Let things go a little wild. Then wade in and edit. And then stand back again for awhile.
Let things seed themselves in. Move pots around to different spots. Try a bunch of different plants together and see which ones thrive and which don't and which color and texture combinations you like best. Don't get too locked into your original idea of how you wanted it to look, or you might miss out on things that are more interesting than your original idea.
Plotting and planning and making a garden are very satisfying but so is pausing to put your feet up and observe what's happening on its own. Watch the bumble bees and dragon flies and the branches weaving together. If you don't do the second part, you don't get as good at the first part. And you don't end up with the richness of a jungle. And, I would argue, you don't have as much fun.
We can't control or anticipate everything, in gardening or in life, but, up to a certain point, isn't it better that way? An openness to chance and an embracing of the unknown can be illuminating. You almost never hear someone say, 'That was magical. It was exactly what I expected.' The magic part is the surprise of something better than - and often very different from - what we expected. So, here's to leaving room for a little chaos, - to making a jungle, and some magic, for ourselves.
"...I experience [gardening] as an act of utter futility, I shall never have the garden I have in my mind, but that for me is the joy of it; certain things can never be realized and so all the more reason to attempt them."
"A garden, no matter how good it is, must never completely satisfy. The world as we know it, after all, began in a very good garden, a completely satisfying garden - Paradise - but after a while the owner and the occupants wanted more."
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“Are you looking for a fishmonger?” calls out Jon Crofts, co-owner of Codfathers Fish and Seafood Market in Kelowna. It’s the eve of the Canadian Culinary Championships and Jon has been hoping all night that the mystery wine, feature element of the first leg of the competition, will be white—and he’s in luck. While the competitors won’t know it until 24 hours later, the bottle is an Old Vines Riesling from Chateau des Charmes in Niagara (although many mistake it for the Okanagan’s own Tantalus Riesling).
Match the Wine—Feed the Multitude
Jon’s call is answered by Anthony McCarthy, Saskatoon’s top chef, and it parleys into an early morning purchase of ivory salmon. Jon has sourced the fish from Vancouver Island where its diet of seafloor creatures rather than shrimp makes the spring a white rather than pink colour.
With only $500 in his pocket and facing the first challenge to feed 350 people and perfectly complement the wine, Anthony ops for the flavour-rich belly rather than the fillet.
“The chefs are looking for value for their dollar, searching for what gives them the most flavour per pound,” says Jon. “The prairie chefs are used to nose-to-tail eating, and I’ve already gotten some smart questions about fish collars and bones.”
The fishmonger’s wares feature prominently among the majority of chefs. Ling cod for Edmonton’s Jan Trittenbach, squid for Toronto’s Jonathan Gushe, and the people’s choice for the first night, Marc Lepine’s langoustines served with puffed wild rice and Granny Smith apple, orange zest and lemon rind to pair with the citrus notes in the wine.
The ultimate star of the championship are the Quadra Island scallops chosen for Marc’s final offering. Hailing from Ottawa’s Atelier restaurant, Marc takes home the gold medal.
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The culinary championships are intense and the heat is turned up during the second leg of competition. Hosted at the Okanagan College Culinary Arts School, the black box event comes to split second timing.
Each chef has 60 minutes to open the box, review the ingredients, decide on a menu, prepare and plate two dishes for the 12 judges.
Spectators for the event include Olympians Kristi Richards and Scott Frandsen. Own the Podium, the program supporting Scott’s bid for a second Olympic medal at the 2012 London Games and that helped Kristi and fellow Kelowna atheletes, skicross racer Kelsey Serwa and bobsled bronze medalist Chris Le Bihan, compete in the 2010 Vancouver Games is the beneficiary of the two-day competition that pairs the country’s top culinary talent with its top athletes.
Kristi, a world mogul champion and Summerland native knows focus is a key aspect of competing.
“When I’m at the starting gate, I just let the thoughts go through my mind and pick the one I need,” she says. “You need to be ultra-focused, able to block out all the clutter to get the job done.”
Scott, who claimed his silver medal in rowing, puts his trust in training.
“If you get caught up in the moment too much, if you overthink it, it becomes more than it is and that’s when you can slip up and have a bad performance,” he says remembering the 2008 Beijing Games start. “We train so hard day after day to do what we do, when the gun goes for the race, the idea is that you need to go and do that, and that will be enough.”
Kristi sees the culinary and athletic connection as a perfect fit. In her teens she worked at Sumac Ridge, with Okanagan Valley wine pioneer Harry McWatters, and at Quail’s Gate with Marc Taylor, one of the country’s top sommeliers. “I definitely have a passion for food and wine,” she says.
In the black box kitchen, you can see the parallel with high performance sport where Kristi says, “the best prevail under any situation.”
When the boxes are opened each chef finds goose breast from Ottawa’s Mariposa Farms, steelhead trout pulled from Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan, Le Rassembleu blue cheese from Quebec and Manitoba wild rice, which at it best takes the better part of an hour to cook. Most mistake the white root vegetable for parsnip, but the creamy purée created from parsley root (sourced from Calgary) satisfies the palate in the same way.
The most mysterious ingredient is a jar of cloudberries or, as Newfoundland chef Mike Barsky and others from Atlantic Canada call them, bake apple.
The wild rice gives but a moment’s concern to BC’s Rob Feenie, head chef of the Cactus Club in Vancouver. He pops it into the deep fryer and puffs it up for use as a garnish. He sears the goose breast, tops it with shallots and panko crumbs and lays it next to a rich purée of parsley root and blue cheese and a second of spinach. On the trout, he uses citrus juice to cure the fish for a melt-in-your-mouth experience.
The palates of the 580 people attending the gala banquet later in the evening are also satisfied at the BC chef’s station. Following a starter shot glass of duck broth, his rabbit and duck duo result in a savour sampling of rabbit presse and a miniature sausage of rabbit and foie gras coupled with carrot pearls, carrot purée, carrot paper and black truffle jus.
“The king of mushrooms is the truffle,” says Rob, who selects an Okanagan Haywire 2010 Pinot Noir to match his meal. “When you think pinot noir, you think of mushrooms. Both come from Burgundy, the home of the pinot noir grape.”
“Taken from the vineyard in Oliver, grown in a high mountain setting, the wine has acidity and a lively flavour,” says Christine Coletta owner of the Okanagan Crush Pad at Summerland. “It’s very young, but has nice cheery notes and an earthy tone, including the sage that grows in the area.”
Pinot Noir isn’t the only Okanagan wine shining on this night. Winnipeg’s Michael Dacquisto steps out with Gray Monk’s Odyssey Rosé Brut. “Everything goes great with a little sparking wine,” he laughs. “We had fun with it, creating little pearls of wine caviar to complement the real caviar.”
He brought a trio of deep-fried pickerel fins, pike mouse and whitefish caviar.
Another crowd pleaser is Peller Estates Private Reserve 2009 Syrah paired with pulled beef chuck wrapped in venison, thanks to the talents of Edmonton’s Jan Trittenbach. But for the judges, the best paring of the night is Anthony McCarthy’s duck creation teamed with a Nichol Vineyard 2007 Cabernet Franc-Syrah.
The wines of the Similkameen Valley also join the show, taking centre table for the dessert and auction segments. The judges pick a 2009 Syrah from Orifino as best wine of the night.
At the wrap up, Ottawa takes gold, BC captures silver and Montreal carries home the bronze, but the real winners are Scott and his Canadian teammates who will have the financial support they need to take their talent to the top of the podium.
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The most active big-money fundraisers were the campaigns surrounding Proposition 24, which would repeal corporate tax benefits approved by the Legislature, and Proposition 23, which would suspend the state’s greenhouse gas reduction law until the unemployment rate drops.
That is a lot of money. It buys a lot of ads that say a lot of things. Those things they say are very, very well-crafted by the highest-paid professionals that money can buy, designed to sway people to vote the way the big-money wants them to vote. The question voters need to ask themselves is, “What do they expect for their money?”
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She’s an energetic girl with a spitfire personality.
He’s a calm and collected guy with a sideways smile.
They’re the perfect match of opposites on the outside – and the perfect match of soulmates on the inside.
Emily is one of those girls that smiles with her whole being, and Christopher is one of those guys that loves with his whole heart. And even though they’ve lived full lives, I think they would agree that they both came fully alive when they met each other!!
When Jeff and I meet couples like these two – couples that are so perfectly matched for one another – we can’t help but jump for joy because our jobs become SO MUCH FUN.
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As hair is made of protein, guaranteeing you have enough protein in your eating routine is pivotal for making hair solid and sound. In the event that you are not expending enough protein in your eating regimen, your hair is probably going to get dry, fragile, and feeble. Incredibly low protein diets may bring about limited hair development and even balding. Pick chicken, turkey, fish, dairy items, and eggs as incredible wellsprings of protein alongside veggie lover sources, for example, vegetables and nuts.
Iron is a particularly significant mineral for hair and too minimal iron is a significant reason for going bald. The hair follicle and root are taken care of by a supplement rich blood gracefully. At the point when iron levels (serum ferritin) fall under a specific point, you may encounter pallor. This upsets the supplement flexibly to the follicle, influencing the hair development cycle and may bring about shedding. Creature items, for example, red meat, chicken, and fish furnish iron with a high bioavailability, which means the iron is promptly accessible to the body. Veggie lovers can raise their iron stores by including lentils, spinach, and other verdant green vegetables, for example, broccoli, kale, and serving of mixed greens.
Nutrient C helps the ingestion of iron so nourishments high in nutrient C are a great idea to eat related to press rich food sources. Nutrient C is likewise a cancer prevention agent so is utilized promptly by the body. The best sources are blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi organic products, oranges, papaya, strawberries, and yams. Nutrient C helps in the creation of collagen which reinforces the vessels that gracefully the hair shafts.
Omega-3 unsaturated fats are significant fats our body can’t make itself, and in this way should be acquired through our eating routine. Omega-3s are found in the cells that line the scalp and furthermore give the oils that keep your scalp and hair hydrated. Incorporate slick fish, for example, salmon, herring, sardines, trout, and mackerel and plant sources like avocado, pumpkin seeds, and pecans.
Nutrient An is required by the body to make sebum. Sebum is a sleek substance made by our hair’s sebaceous organs and gives a characteristic conditioner to a solid scalp. Without sebum, we may encounter an irritated scalp and dry hair. Incorporate creature items and orange/yellow shaded vegetables which are high in beta-carotene (which makes nutrient A, for example, carrots, pumpkins, and yams.
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Scalp insurance includes other significant minerals, strikingly zinc, and selenium. An absence of zinc can prompt going bald and a dry, flaky scalp. Braced grains and whole grains are a decent wellspring of zinc alongside clams, meat, and eggs.
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Biotin is a water-solvent B nutrient. Too little biotin can cause weak hair and may prompt going bald. Incorporate biotin-rich nourishments, for example, whole grains, liver, egg yolk, soy flour, and yeast.
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A company incurs capital expenditure (CapEx) to acquire or upgrade physical assets, including property, plant, and equipment. In this periodic report, ARC Advisory Group looks at a number of different manufacturing industries to identify the current CapEx trends in India. We calculate CapEx in two separate segments: based on the money spent on acquiring and upgrading total fixed assets, and on the money spent on acquiring and upgrading the plant and machinery.
While ARC also publishes a separate global Capital Expenditures report for leading industries in all world regions, this report focuses exclusively on India’s capital expenditure analysis and includes the CapEx trends for leading industries in the country. These include automotive, cement, chemical & petrochemical, electric power, metals, oil & gas and refining, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical.
Industrial companies are seizing the present growth opportunity that India offers. Companies are building best-in-class industrial facilities to meet the growing needs of the country’s expanding consumer class. Major investments have been planned for infrastructure development. These should help push the domestic steel companies to increase production. The plan to expand and upgrade refineries to meet India’s Bharat Stage (BS) emissions standards for vehicle fuels is also underway. While some sectors, like power generation and cement, are currently burdened with overcapacity and underutilization of assets, in the long run, the rise in domestic demand will increase the value creation through these assets. On the infrastructure front, government has allocated huge investments for building roads, railways, airports, and ports; and companies are likely to rev up their capacity expansion activities to meet domestic demand in the coming years. According to ARC Advisory Group’s India CapEx Survey, capital spending as a percentage of revenue is greatest in the country’s electric power, oil & gas, and chemical industries.
The overall CapEx in India has been declining since 2016. The structural reforms in the form of demonetization (in late 2016) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation (in mid-2017) led to a temporary and short-term dip in industrial activities. India has nearly overcome this disruption and is expected to sustain the growth momentum going forward.
In 2018, India’s gross domestic product was approximately $2.78 trillion, with a per-capita GDP of more than $2,037. The economy grew at 6.8 percent in 2018-2019. In terms of purchasing power parity, India’s GDP, at around $9.33 trillion, was the third largest in the world in FY 2018-2019. The country continues to be among the fastest-growing economies in the world despite a slight moderation in GDP annual growth rate of 6.8 percent in FY 2018-2019 as compared with 7.2 percent in FY 2017-2018.
India’s economic growth is expected to pick up speed in 2019 with eased monetary policy and a corporate tax cut of 22 percent (from 30 percent). These should work to boost corporate investment in the coming years. The country’s GDP is driven mainly by the service sector, which constitutes over 54 percent. Agriculture is the main occupation in India, accounting for over 14 percent of GDP. The industrial sector (manufacturing, mining, and utilities) accounts for over 31 percent of GDP. According to the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, India received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows worth $64.4 billion during the FY 2018-2019.
The Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector, started at an expansion mode in January and decelerated in March, which indicated weak manufacturing conditions. The PMI gradually increased in June and the last quarter of the year, indicating growth in the country’s manufacturing sector due to rise in domestic demand.
India undertook demonetization of high-value currency notes in November 2016, resulting in a sharp dip in the manufacturing and construction sectors. The effect on some industries was more pronounced than the others due to lack of liquid cash.
The labor-intensive construction industry, along with the cement industry and medium- and small-sized secondary steel sectors also witnessed slow growth. However, the effects of demonetization were temporary and started to wane by the end of mid-2017. But at that point, the GST was introduced, affecting supply chains, especially those in which small traders were suppliers of intermediates to larger manufacturing companies. The liquidity crunch, weak global business sentiments, and trade war impacted the economic growth. However, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.1 percent in 2019 and picking up to 7 percent in 2020.
Delivering CapEx Scenario - Methodology and Factors for Consideration
ARC Advisory Group’s India Capital Expenditure Survey 2018 tracks total capital expenditure, capital expenditure on plant and machinery, total revenue, total assets, and asset turnover. The sample size includes 90 companies from eight major industries representing about $530 billion revenues in 2018. This capital expenditure survey is based on the analysis of the information from the annual report of India’s leading companies in the following important and growing industries: automotive, cement, chemical & petrochemical, electric power, metals, oil & gas and refining, pharmaceutical, and food & beverage.
Major Factors Influencing India's Economy and CapEx
Rise in Oil & Gas Prices
India’s dependence on energy imports increased to around 84 percent in FY 2018-2019. Rebounding oil prices spiked up oil imports, widening the current account deficit. The country’s oil import bill rose by $32.3 billion. Higher crude oil prices, subdued global trade activity, and geopolitical uncertainties took a toll on India’s external sector as the current account deficit widened to its highest level since FY 2012-2013.
In the past several years, it became evident that energy prices will have a large impact on manufacturing in all industries. The energy required to generate heat, cooling, steam, compressed air, electricity, and such others is becoming an increasingly important cost factor that must be measured, monitored, and controlled, just as any other cost component. Increasing raw material and energy prices are a source of concern for both manufacturers and automation suppliers since they impact production cost directly.
Consumption has been the major contributor to India’s growth story, however this contribution has moderated quite a bit in recent times. The share of consumption of the GDP has fallen from 71.5 percent during 2012- 2014 to 69.8 percent during 2015-2019. Private consumption remains one of the key drivers for India’s economy. Private final consumption expenditure decreased significantly from 66.2 percent of the GDP during 2012-2014 to 57.5 percent in 2015-2019. This was due to a slowdown in demand for the automotive, fast-moving goods, and real estate sales sectors. The consumption levels have been declining in both rural and urban areas. Rural incomes have been falling due to low agricultural product prices, leading farmers to buy fewer tractors and two-wheelers.
The economy witnessed a gradual transition from a period of high and variable inflation to more stable, low-level inflation over the last five years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has also been declining: 3.4 percent in FY 2018-2019 from 3.6 percent in FY 2017-2018, 4.5 percent in FY 2016-2017, 4.9 percent in FY 2015-2016, and 5.9 percent in FY 2014-2015. Both urban and rural inflation areas have been marked by low inflation. Food inflation has seen a sharp decline, with the consumer food price index falling to 0.1 percent in FY 2018-2019. This clearly reflects falling farm income and wages and has serious implications for the economy, as close to 50 percent of the total workforce depends on the agriculture sector.
Stable inflation makes a country more attractive for foreign investors. Low inflation raises concerns over GDP growth trajectory, because low inflation means less liquidity in equity and debt markets. Subdued consumer demand also discourages business from increasing capital expenditure.
Indian Currency Depreciation
The declining trend of the exchange rate value of the rupee is affecting the country’s economy, making imports expensive. However, some imports, such as oil, cannot be reduced, negatively impacting the current account deficit of the country. The rupee is expected to depreciate further over concerns about the US-China trade war, a slowdown in global trade, foreign institutional investment (FII) outflow pressures, rising crude oil prices, and the political uncertainty.
India’s National Manufacturing Policy
India’s National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) aims to lift the manufacturing sector and has set a target of 25 percent share of GDP within a decade and creating 100 million jobs. The policy also aims to enhance the manufacturing sector’s global competitiveness. Some of the state initiatives in the NMP include setting up a national manufacturing and investment zone (NMIZ) to promote investments in the manufacturing sector, promoting green technologies, promoting skill development programs to cater to the needs of the manufacturing sector, and such others. The policy should enable the country to emerge as a global manufacturing hub with extended forward and backward integration with the global supply chain.
While the state can only create the necessary policy ambience, the key players who can exploit the growth opportunities are the industry thought leaders. Meeting the consumer demand, which continues to remain relatively good compared with many other countries, rests with the industrial companies and the strategies they adopt to fulfill the demand while protecting their margins. While there is further scope to refine it, the state has played its part by announcing the NMP.
CapEx Trend by Industry
India’s economic growth continues to propel demand for fuel, energy, and basic materials. CapEx as a percentage of revenue seems to be higher for the electric power industry, with NTPC and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) sharing the majority of the capital investments for generation and transmission, respectively. The oil & gas and refining and chemical industries are major investors in capital assets and made significant capital investments in 2017 and 2018.
The production of automobiles has grown with passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and two-wheelers registering a growth of 6.3 percent in April-March 2019 over April-March 2018. However, automobile sales dropped to 5.1 percent in April-March 2019 over April-March 2018 when compared to 14.3 percent growth in April-March 2018 over April-March 2017.
Trends and Outlook
FY 2018-2019 started on a positive note, however in the second half of the year the market softened substantially and even the festive season did not witness any revival of consumer interest. Slow economic activity, increased cost of vehicle ownership, a drop in the purchasing power of people, high GST rates, stagnant wages, and liquidity concerns all affected automotive sales in India. Production cuts by automakers have resulted in job losses in vehicle manufacturing, component making, and vehicle distribution industries. The automotive sector contributes nearly 50 percent to the manufacturing GDP and employs approximately 37 million people. According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, 15,000 contractual manufacturing jobs have been lost and 200,000 jobs lost in automotive retail. Given the present situation, the government must consider lowering GST rates on automobiles to trigger sales.
Due to rising concerns over air pollution levels in India, the Government has been forced to leapfrog from BS IV to BS VI emission standards to reduce vehicular pollution. BS VI, the most advanced emission standard for automobiles, is equivalent to Euro VI, which has already been implemented across countries in Europe. No BS IV vehicle will be sold across the country after April 1, 2020. Automakers are transitioning towards changing over the entire range of vehicles to BS VI.
Auto makers in India produce the entire range of passenger vehicles: multi-utility vehicles (MUVs), sports utility vehicles (SUVs), commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, tractors including farm, earthmoving, and construction equipment, and two- and three-wheelers. The country is becoming a global hub for automotive manufacturing, with increasing presence of the world’s top auto majors.
Capital spending in the automotive industry is around 1 percent of revenue. Out of the total CapEx, the automotive industry spends around 44 percent on plants and machinery. The overall revenue has been increasing since 2013. The sales-per-asset showed a marginal rise in 2015 and remained more-or-less stagnant after that. This could be due to the gradual build-up of excess capacity in 2015, and surprisingly more capacity addition in 2018, albeit at a slower rate, as vehicle makers anticipate domestic demand to pick up.
The cement industry in India is expected to increase its total installed capacity to about 522 million tons per annum (mtpa) by 2019-2021, from the current capacity of more than 502 mtpa and retain its position as the world’s second largest cement producer. As stated by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), cement and gypsum products attracted FDI worth $5.28 billion between April 2000 and March 2018.
Trends and Outlook
The escalating demand for housing and office complexes, hotels, hospitals, roads & highways, multiplexes, industrial construction, and so on is likely to spur the growth of the cement industry in India. High demand, increasing investments, and long-term potential has attracted investments in this industry. Cement majors in the country are expected to grow by around 6 percent. The industry’s dominant players include large domestic companies such as UltraTech, Shree, JK, ACC, and Jaypee. Global cement majors with a large domestic presence include LafargeHolcim, Italcementi, and Heidelberg. Global companies entered the Indian market in the last decade lured by the opportunities in this industry. Some also plan to add production capacities through new projects or brownfield project expansions.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, the capital spending in the cement industry is around 2 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends about 42 percent on plants and machinery. The CapEx spending has seen a downhill trend since 2014. The sales/asset ratio improved slightly in 2018 as demand outpaced capacity additions. FY 2020-2021 is expected to have limited capacity addition. This should increase the asset utilization to 71 percent, compared to 65 percent in FY 2018-2019.
Chemical and Petrochemical
India’s chemical and petrochemical industry accounted for 3 percent of the global chemical industry in FY 2018-2019. India was the world’s third largest consumer of polymers and the fourth largest producer of agrochemicals. It was the world’s sixth largest producer in terms of revenue and the twelfth largest in terms of volume during the period. India is a strong global dye supplier, accounting for approximately 16 percent of the world’s production of dyestuff and dye intermediates.
The industry, having a large domestic demand potential and a diversified manufacturing base to produce quality chemicals, is likely to grow at 14 percent per annum and expected to exceed $350 billion by 2021. The chemical sector accounted for 13-14 percent of total exports and 8-9 percent of total imports in India.
Trends and Outlook
The expanding domestic market for automobiles, consumer durables, textiles, and such others is stimulating the demand for petrochemicals. Fine chemicals, dyes and intermediates, and knowledge-based chemicals also play a significant role in driving the growth of India’s chemical industry.
The total production of chemicals and petrochemicals stood at 27,847 MT during FY 2018-2019, a 4 percent increase over FY 2017-2018. The demand for chemical products is expected to grow at approximately 9 percent per annum over the next five years. The petrochemical demand is expected to grow at 7.5 percent CAGR from 2019-2023, with polymer demand growing at 8 percent.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the chemical & petrochemical industry is around 6 percent of revenue. Out of the total CapEx, this industry spends around 23 percent on plants and machinery. Post 2015, the capacity addition has declined. The sluggish conditions in the global chemical industry have also impacted the Indian chemical industry. However, Indian companies have the opportunity to increase the utilization rate of their existing assets and improve sales per asset by catering to both the foreign and growing domestic market.
The electric power sector in India is witnessing several changes and new trends. The country’s installed capacity for electricity generation has increased from 174.64 GW in March 2009 to 356 GW in March 2019; this was the fifth largest in terms of installed capacity globally, and third in terms of power generation and power consumption. The government targets capacity addition of around 100 GW under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2017-2022). India’s power sector is forecasted to attract investments worth $130 billion between 2019-2023.
Trends and Outlook
Lately, we’ve witnessed an unprecedented price drop in the solar power sector in the country. The costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27 percent in 2018. On the other hand, falling capacity utilization of power generation plants is compelling the industry to come up with innovative technical solutions. These include upgrades and modernization to bring more flexibility into operations to enable quick ramp up or ramp down.
Increased economic activity, especially in manufacturing, along with favorable government policy, drive steady growth in electric demand. The government has introduced and refurbished a series of schemes and policies to strengthen the power sector. The Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme focuses on improving the financial health of the electricity distribution companies. The government is promoting awareness on energy efficiency and power saving. The industry has been deeply involved in the successful implementation of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana UJALA. This has resulted in energy savings of more than 2.66 crore kWh every day, a reduction of over 21,550 tonnes of CO2 per day, and is estimated to have a cost savings of $1.39 million per day.
India’s electric power industry needs to explore the benefits of investing in distributed generation, smart grid, and other verticals. The government has set an ambitious target of having 175 GW of clean energy capacity by 2022, including 100 GW solar and 60 GW of wind energy.
Renewable industry presently constitutes around 21 percent of the total installed base and is on an accelerated growth path in both solar power and wind power generating plants. Presently, India's clean energy capacity is 1,096 GW.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the power industry is 18 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends over 58 percent on plants and machinery. The planned CapEx in renewable power is expected over the medium to long term, it remains to be seen how the gap between demand and supply is met using both thermal and renewable power. If renewable power is not scaling up as planned, then capital investments in nuclear and thermal power plants will again pick up.
Investments in infrastructure for upgrading urban infrastructure, ports, airports, roadways, and railways will increase the demand for the metal industry in India. To meet this domestic demand, India is planning to triple local steel production over the next decade. This would give a boost to local steel companies as well as attract investments from global majors.
Trends and Outlook
As of 2018, India became the world’s second largest steel producer, replacing Japan in this position. The country is expected to surpass the US to become the world’s second largest steel consumer in 2019. According to the Indian Steel Association, steel demand is expected to grow by over 7 percent in both FY 2019-2020 and FY 2020-2021. In FY 2018-2019, India produced 131.57 million tonnes (MT) and 106.56 MT of gross finished steel and crude steel, respectively.
Demand for iron and steel should continue, given the strong growth expectations for the residential and commercial building industry. India ranks fourth in terms of iron ore production globally. In FY 2018-2019, production of iron ore stood at 210 million tonnes. India has around 8 percent of the world’s deposits of iron ore. Iron and steel make up a core component of the real estate sector. Infrastructure projects continue to provide business opportunities for steel, zinc, and aluminum producers. Aluminum production is forecasted to grow to 3.33 million metric tonnes by FY 2020-2021. Demand for these metals is set to continue given strong growth expectations for the residential and commercial building industry. The construction and upgrade of ports and other maritime infrastructure will continue to require large quantities of steel. However, slowdown of the automotive industry and global trade war will impact the steel industry in FY 2020-2021.
The growing CapEx trend of companies in the industry creates huge opportunities for automation suppliers in India. According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the metals industry is about 3 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends over 53 percent on plants and machinery. While the industry has been experiencing overcapacity in the last few years, the revenues and asset utilization levels picked up in 2018. This was mainly due to improved plant utilization levels and domestic business environment.
Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- CapEx Trend by Industry
- Chemical and Petrochemical
- Electric Power
- Oil & Gas and Refining
- Food & Beverage
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NASCAR has come a long way from the beer, cigarette and motor-oil advertising of its early days. These days, no topic is too adult for consumption by the general public.
In 2000, Viagra became Mark Martin's primary sponsor on his Roush Racing Ford. In the last month, Juan Pablo Montoya's machismo didn't seem challenged by the Depend adult diaper sponsorship of his EGR Chevy.
Now, Charmin toilet paper has taken it a step further with a promotion at Charlotte Motor Speedway called “Stop Skid marks.”
While the Viagra and Depend advertising were either age appropriate or discrete, Charmin plans a rather in-your-face campaign that will feature huge billboard banners with artwork consisting of men's tighty whities with tire skid marks on the backside of them.
One of these banners, approximately, 30 by 40 feet, faces Highway 29, the main road running past the Speedway.
On one hand, you have to think of this a very creative marketing idea. As the Charmin's creative arm told Advertising Age, the trade paper of that industry, “We think about poop and toilet paper all day, every day. And we love it.”
Marcus Smith, president and chief operating officer and director of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorports Inc., and general manager of SMI owned Charlotte Motor Speedway, is also pretty pleased with the promotion. He told Autoweek, “I think it really shows the power of great creative thinking. The creativity behind the campaign all the attention has gotten. It's clear that people appreciate good creative fun.”
Not only will Charmin be handing out samples of its Ultra Strong product, but it also will start a social media campaign with the hashtag #TweetFromTheSeat.
On the other hand, you'll have to wonder what precocious kids, in cars passing along the track, will be asking their folks about the sign.
“I'd think they would know,” Smith, a 39-year old, himself a father of two, added with a big laugh.
“We ought to sell T-shirts,” said Smith.
While the Charmin deal is only at Charlotte, it kind of fits in with the concept of fans' comfort going back to the day when Marcus Smith's father, Bruton, built the (currently) 138,000 seat Texas Motor Speedway. Both are among tracks owned by SMI.
Bruton bragged that it had more toilets than any other similar NASCAR facility.
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The Dynamics Driving Capital Markets, London Conference, 2019
Quantifi's annual London capital markets conference is designed to facilitate discussion amongst delegates from banks, asset managers, hedge funds, clearing houses and industry bodies on how to successfully address the competing challenges arising from regulatory and market forces. Join senior practitioners from across the industry for an afternoon of unique insights and sharing of best practices.
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The Rise of Fixed Income ETFs
There has been a significant growth in the fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market and an increasing number of investors are now finding a role for them in their portfolios. The buy-side panel will explore the drivers behind this trend and the challenges it poses for investors.
- Aanand Venkatramanan, ETF Investment Strategies, Legal & General Investment Management
- Brett Olson, Managing Director, Head of FI iShares EMEA, BlackRock
- Mark Fitzgerald, Head of ETF Product Management - Europe, Vanguard Asset Management
- Tom Stephens, Head of International ETF Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
IBOR - Navigating the Transition
Certain Interbank Offered Rates (IBORs) are being reformed. The replacements represent one of the major undertakings for the financial serviced industry in the coming years. The sell-side panel will explore what the transition means and the challenges for firms facing the transition.
- Carlo Castellana, Executive Director, Valuation Control Group, J.P. Morgan
- Antoine Bouvet, Senior Rates Strategist, ING
- Cris Kinrade, Managing Director, Lloyds Banking Group
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Blog Post Thursday 25 July 2019
As the name suggests, we typically associate solar panels with, well - the sun! So what happens during those cold winter months, when the sun is barely visible through cloud cover, rain, and even snow? While solar panels work best in direct sunlight, they still produce energy during the cold and cloudy days. Of course, the output won’t be as high as during those summer months where direct light is more frequent and extended, but you can still make your solar panels work for you even in the coldest of winter months.
How do solar panels work in the winter?
There’s a misconception that solar panels and solar energy needs heat to produce power when, in actuality, solar panels are powered by light - especially ultraviolet (UV) light. When sunlight hits solar panels, a direct current of energy is created. This energy is converted into alternating current (AC) through the inverter, which produces the AC we use in our homes. Since solar panels are powered by light and not heat, they will continue fuelling power to your home even if temperatures are freezing cold. Just as long as they are getting sunlight, you can expect solar panels to continue serving your home with energy throughout winter.
Challenges winter poses for solar panels
It’s important to remember that the majority of direct sunlight is generated during the summer months, where the sun is more directed and concentrated. During the winter months, the sun is lower in the sky and the days are shorter, meaning there’s a limited amount of sun exposure which results in a bigger drop in energy generated. While you will experience a drop in energy produced during winter, it isn’t always a huge drop.
Solar energy levels during winter
Solar panel performance can drop during the winter months, depending on your geographical location and the placement of your solar panels. In Australia’s alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria, the snowfall months of June to September can see a reduction in the amount of energy output produced. In these snowy areas, there’s always the chance that snow can pack on the panels and obstruct any light from hitting the surface. This obviously impacts the performance of the panels by reducing the amount of energy output for the entire system. However, most well-equipped solar panels are positioned with some degree of tilt, making it easier for snow to fall off the panels, reducing this risk. And since solar panels rely on sunlight, any sun that does hit the panels will melt remaining snow away.
Winter solar power is still viable
Since solar panels rely on light, the cooler months can, in fact, be more viable for solar energy production. A clear-sky winter’s day can see some excellent levels of power production on an hourly basis, even compared to the more warmer summer months. For instance, these graphs into solar irradiation levels between summer and winter in Melbourne show that despite Melbourne's lack of sunny days over winter, there’s still enough viable sunlight for solar panels to work comfortably.
Solar panels are tested at 25 degrees Celsius, and for every temperature above that, the panel’s output efficiency is reduced. In this regard, the colder winter weather can carry some advantage over summer. Even on cloudy days, solar panels can still receive the optimum energy they need. Since panels rely mostly on UV light, cloudy days can still provide an optimum environment for energy production and conversion. This is because UV light can still penetrate clouds. The average solar panel can still produce 10% to 25% of its rated capacity, depending on cloud density. Homeowners can help to further offset the impact of shorter days and the effects of clouds and wintry elements on solar panels by keeping on top of their solar usage in winter and tending to their panels for optimum performance.
How to get the most out of your solar panels during winter
While you can’t control the elements and shorter daylight hours during winter, you can do a few things to help get the most out of your solar panels and offset the reduction in energy over those months.
The autumn months are a prime time to perform an inspection of your solar panels in the lead-up to winter. You should give your solar panels a good clean and scrub off any dirt or debris. This can be done using warm water and a soft brush. If cleaning your own panels isn’t an option, you can contact your supplier or installer to put you onto a professional contractor to safely clean your panels for you. If you live in alpine or snow-prone areas, you may want to invest in a special snow removal brush or tool to move snow buildup from your panels. Since the sun is lower in the sky over winter, you may want to clip back overhanging bushes or trees that may be obstructing sunlight from reaching your panels.
Most solar energy systems come with a monitoring system allowing you to have an overview of your panels' performance during winter. Note down the times when you have available power and use your electrical appliances accordingly.
Your panels should be getting as much sun as possible from dawn to dusk for optimum performance. Since the sun is lower in the sky during winter and the daylight is shorter, you can help manipulate this by changing the angle of your solar panels if yours are adjustable. Since the sun hits at a different angle in winter than it does during summer, you can easily increase your energy output with this single adjustment.
Make the most of your solar panels this winter
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Hello! Today I'm here to introduce you to Nan Sampson. She loves doggies and crayons, which is awesome! Here's a bit about her in her own words:
Nan Sampson has been writing stories since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She writes primarily mysteries, fantasy and space opera – sometimes all at once. She also gardens (and indeed, some of the plants actually grow!), foists herbal concoctions off on friends and co-workers, reads voraciously, and dreams of one day living on a space station, where she will use her education in Anthropology, Linguistics and Psychology to build trust with the alien life forms mankind will one day encounter – and hopefully prevent them from annihilating us!.
In the meantime, she makes her home northwest of Chicago with her husband, teenage daughter and Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (aka, the very pushy poodle).
Aren't doggies so cute! I love their beady little eyes and muzzles and little noses, floppy ears, doggie feet... Anyway, it's on to the interview questions!
D.R.- Beach or woods?
N.S.- Beach. There is something magical about the water. I’m crazy about the ocean – there’s an energy there that totally feeds me. Sadly, at the moment, I live near Chicago. And as much as the locals try to tell me Lake Michigan is like the ocean, it just doesn’t cut it for me. (No offense out there to all the Lake lovers!)
D.R.- Coffee or tea or something else?
N.S.- My doctor would like me to say herbal tea. In reality, I like a little coffee with my sugar and cream. I like my coffee VERY Boston.
D.R.- Share a guilty pleasure with us.
N.S.- Oh, that’s a fun one. My guilty pleasure are bad TV shows from the 70s and 80s. Think: When Things Were Rotten, Quark, Planet of the Apes, Wizards… basically, if it only had one season, chances are I watched it and loved it.
D.R.- What book do you recommend the most?
N.S.- Anything by Roger Zelazny, but most often Roadmarks or Doorways in the Sand. Zelazny was not only an amazing story teller, but he played with structure in ways I’ve never seen anyone else do successfully. He knew enough to break the rules successfully. Doorways in the Sand is my absolute favorite and my “go to” book when I need comfort or I’m away from home and needs something to read.
D.R.- Where is the one place you think everyone should go?
N.S.- Anywhere that is different from home, anywhere that gets people out of their comfort zone. Doesn’t even have to be that far away, just far enough that it’s different from where you live (for instance, for me, New York City might as well be another country!). The world is such a diverse and amazing place. And wherever you go, talk to people! Cab drivers, store clerks, people in restaurants, anyone other than other tourists. Get to know the real people who live wherever you travel. You’ll learn amazing things, build amazing bridges. And don’t forget the local cuisine! Don’t just eat familiar foods, grab a burger from Mickey D’s. Eat what the locals eat. Food is love and is embedded in the local history and culture. It’s a great way to connect with the locale.
D.R.- Who is one person you'd like to meet from any point in history and why?
N.S.- That’s a toughie. I’m fascinated by history and read about it voraciously. Narrowing it down to one is nearly impossible. But Two come to mind immediately: Amelia Earhardt (who was one of my heroes growing up) and Alexander the Great. Amelia, because she was so driven, so focused on achieving her goals. Alexander because he was clearly both brilliant and bipolar – I wonder what drove him, what his vision was, and what happened to him while he was in Egypt. I also keep wondering if Hephaestion had lived, what more might he have accomplished.
D.R.- How do you get ideas for stories?
N.S.- Ideas come from all kinds of places. Dreams, a snippet of something I hear on TV (I watch a lot of documentaries), some conversation I overhear. But the most prevalent source is usually music. I listen to a lot of soundtracks and other instrumental artists. Sometimes I’ll hear a track and a scene will just appear in my mind. I wrote an entire paranormal romance about time travel listening to a Peter Buffet album – I was driving through the foothills of Tucson, on the way toa friend’s house and as I drove, the whole thing just played out in my mind as I listened. So for me, music is instrumental to my writing process. (haha, instrumental, get it? J)
D.R.- What do you do if you see your idea has already been done?
N.S.- This is a really important question. I can’t remember which pundit said that there are only 6 plots in the world, but bottom line, with as many books out there as there are and more coming all the time, truly unique ideas have to be as rare as hen’s teeth. It is also true that as a writer, as a human being, I am unique. I bring a unique history, world view, personality to every story. So if I have an idea I think has been done before, my job as a writer is to be true to the story I want to tell, and do my best to write the best story I can. My individuality, my unique perspective on life, will infuse the story, and I hope, give the story individuality. You have to write the story you are driven to tell. Don’t let others turn you away from it, if it is the story that you really want to write. There is only one YOU. Tell that story will every fiber of YOU and give it your best.
D.R.- What's the best advice you've gotten about writing?
N.S.- I met P.N. Elrod at GenCon one year. We had a drink together and she was just so amazing. She related to me what she had heard from (I believe) Heinlein. She said there are three rules for writing. First, Write Everyday. Second, Write Everyday. And third, and most importantly, Write Everyday. At the time, I took it in, but didn’t act on it. It wasn’t until I actually started paying attention and following that advice that I began to achieve real success. After all, writers WRITE.
D.R.- Tell us about your plans or ideas for a new-to-you genre in the future.
N.S.- While most of my novels to date have been in the paranormal mystery genre, I am currently work on a Steampunk novel and will be releasing the first book in a space opera in early spring. I also have a fantasy series in the planning stages that I’m very excited about. So while I love cozy mystery, and have another series in the offing for the end of 2017, I’m not locked into mystery as a genre.
Thanks so much for this! It’s been a blast!
D.R. Perry's books on Goodreads
Bearly Awake (Providence Paranormal College, #1)
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Fangs for the Memories (Providence Paranormal College, #2)
ratings: 41 (avg rating 4.20)
Of Wolf and Peace (Providence Paranormal College, #3)
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Dragon My Heart Around (Providence Paranormal College, #4)
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A Change In Crime: A Supernatural Depression-Era Thriller (La Famiglia di Mostri, #1)
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Celebrate the life and work of iconic American artist, Andy Warhol, with a combination of live streaming webcams and megapixel art cameras in Pittsburgh, PA. EarthCam has teamed up with affiliates The Andy Warhol Museum
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Beth Chapman has just shared a new photo to her Instagram, and Dog the Bounty Hunter fans are having a field day. A mini Chapman family reunion has occurred in Alabama, as Beth, Duane “Dog” Chapman, and Leland Chapman met up for a family dinner.
“These two make me laugh,” Beth captioned the photo of Dog and Leland.
Fans expressed their excitement over the reunion in the photo’s comment section which has already garnered over 7,000 likes in just an hour.
“Love seeing them together,” one fan commented.
“Love you all!!! Y’all are such a wonderful family,” another added.
Many comments noted how similar Dog and Leland looked since the last time they were together. Fans were shocked at how Leland continually grows to look like Dog as he ages. The 41-year-old shares the same smile as his father.
Leland left Hawaii and moved to the mainland in 2015, and has been residing in Alabama with his wife Jamie P. Chapman. Jamie and Leland married in 2016 and he continues to work as a bail agent.
Leland is Dog’s son from his first marriage to La fonda Sue Honeycutt. La fonda is also the mother of Dog’s eldest son, Duane Lee Chapman II. Leland’s son, Dakota Chapman, still resides in Hawaii with Dog and Beth.
With Beth and Dog living in Hawaii full time, family reunions with Leland are few and far between. The Dog the Bounty Hunter couple recently left Hawaii and traveled to Denver, before heading down south to Alabama.
Leland has not made an appearance on Beth or Dog’s Instagram pages since 2014; needless to say, Dog the Bounty Hunter fans were ecstatic over Beth’s new post. Leland also posted the photo to his Instagram page which he shares with his wife.
As the Inquisitr reported earlier this week, Beth and Dog have been very adamant in their stance on bail reform and how new “catch and release” policies are dangerous to the public. The Chapmans met with friend and judge, Robert Wilters, on Monday in Bay Minette, Alabama, just days before meeting with Leland.
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Welcome to the next breed in ''Prancing Horses'', enter the Ferrari 458 Italia.
The 458 Italia made its grand entrance into Asia via its premier launch at NazaItalia. Ahead of the Malaysian Formula 1 GP, the Scuderia Ferrari team and drivers made a surprise stop and unveiled the car in front of 400 enthralled guests.
Regarded as a truly big leap in Ferrari road car technologies, their future pilots will enjoy a direct injection 570hp, 4.5 V8 engine, coupled with a 7 Speed DSG gearbox, LCD displays and a centrally controlled steering wheel ala'' F1. In the flesh, the new car embodies DNA from the Enzo with much Sci-fi design cues especially on the interior.
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Okay, so you’re broke. Join the club!
But wait, before you continue reading, answer one question. Do you have any of the following?…
b. New Car Rims
c. New Car Speakers
e. Beats by Dre
Yea, that’s what I thought. Many college students do. I just don’t get it. So clearly, the issue is more about HOW people are spending their money because dude, if you can spend $145.95 on headphones, you’re not broke, you’re just investing your money poorly.
So here’s a list of the five best investments you can make in college.
1. The Gym
Yes, the gym. Take care of yourself. People like other people that look like they take care of themselves. It’s been proven that when you’re healthier, you make more money. You might even meet a hot guy/girl.
2. A shrink
All the best people have one. Mine is fantastic.
If you’re going to spend money, please, buy books. If you want to save the planet, buy e-books. Read articles. Read blogs. Watch videos. This is the only reason why you should have an IPad.
Spend money on going places where you can meet potential employers. Go to conferences and seminars that might teach you essential life skills. Join a club. Join a sorority or fraternity. Become a part of anything that allows you to grow your network.
Do I really have to explain this? Traveling is by far one of THE BEST things you can do with your money. Instead of spending $200 on a watch (that will break, btw) please buy yourself a plane ticket somewhere and go explore. Traveling changes us in such an amazing way. It helps us understand ourselves and others. It helps us define our purpose in life. It gives us perspective.
So there you have it. Regardless of whether you make $5 or $500 a week, learning how to spend your money is key to being a successful human being. Don’t waste what little money you have on things that don’t matter. The rims on your car and your super cool new speakers don’t matter. You might even be more likely to get pulled over for speeding. Then you’ll get a ticket. Then you’ll be even more broke. Then you’ll starve and die.
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A disappointing 2015 season led to a mini fire sale that sent David Price, Yoenis Cespedes and Joakim Soria to new teams in July as well as the eventual dismissal of GM Dave Dombrowski. With longtime Dombrowski lieutenant Al Avila now atop the baseball operations pyramid, the Tigers will again act as buyers this winter in hopes of returning to the top of the AL Central.
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B: $280MM through 2023 (including buyout of 2024 option)
- Justin Verlander, RHP: $112MM through 2019
- Victor Martinez, DH: $54MM through 2018
- Anibal Sanchez, RHP: $37MM through 2017 (including buyout of 2018 option)
- Ian Kinsler, 2B: $30MM through 2017 (including buyout of 2018 option)
Arbitration Eligible Players (service time in parentheses; projections via MLBTR)
- Neftali Feliz (5.151) – $5.2MM
- Al Alburquerque (4.147) – $2.1MM
- J.D. Martinez (4.036) – $7.8MM
- Andrew Romine (3.049) – $700K
- Jose Iglesias (3.036) – $1.5MM
- Non-tender candidate: Feliz
- Joe Nathan: $10MM club option ($1MM buyout)
Other Financial Commitments
- Prince Fielder: $6MM (paid to Rangers as part of the 2013 Kinsler/Fielder trade)
For a team with a lot of holes to fill and a potentially expensive arbitration class, the Tigers have a huge amount committed to the 2016 payroll already. Detroit has nearly $111MM committed to just the five players listed above, and that number will rise into the upper-$120MMs simply tendering contracts to the arbitration eligible players above (excluding Neftali Feliz and Josh Wilson, who are near locks to be cut loose) and rounding out the roster with league-minimum players.
The good news for Tigers fans is that the team has averaged about $155MM on their Opening Day payrolls over the past four seasons, and owner Mike Ilitch seems likely to authorize his newly minted general manager to spend aggressively in order to build a contender.
The Tigers’ biggest need is on the pitching staff — both in the rotation and in the bullpen. Last winter’s trades to acquire Shane Greene and Alfredo Simon paid little dividends, and now neither can be definitively penciled into the 2016 picture. Simon is a free agent, while Greene’s season was cut short by a nerve injury. Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez are the two Opening Day locks, and I’d expect that left-hander Daniel Norris, the key piece acquired in the David Price trade with Toronto, will be included as well (presuming his surgery to remove a malignant growth from his thyroid goes smoothly. Best wishes to Daniel in his fight against cancer.). Other options for the Tigers include Matt Boyd (who was also acquired in the Price deal but struggled considerably in the Majors), Kyle Lobstein, Buck Farmer, Kyle Ryan and Drew VerHagen. While they have a fairly sizable quantity of arms, the quality of said group leaves something to be desired.
As such, it’s not a surprise to hear GM Al Avila state the goal of adding two starting pitchers this winter. Verlander’s resurgence over the final few months might lessen the need for a front-of-the-rotation arm, and re-signing Price would cloud their long-term payroll outlook anyway. The Tigers are already paying Miguel Cabrera and Verlander a combined $58MM in 2019, and adding Price would seemingly lock them in to a pair of $30MM+ salaries (Cabrera and Price) through the 2022 season. Their pockets are deep, but from a roster construction standpoint, that type of handcuffing so far down the line makes a six- or seven-year commitment to a pitcher that will be in decline for the final few years far too risky.
Rather, second-tier arms could be the preferred route for Detroit. Jeff Samardzija, Ian Kennedy and Scott Kazmir have all been mentioned as possibilities, and any of the bunch would add some much-needed stability to a murky rotation picture. Ilitch is no stranger to dealing with Scott Boras, so perhaps we should include Wei-Yin Chen as a possibility to slot into the middle of the Detroit rotation as well.
If the aim is to suppress the length of commitment to a rotation addition, older-but-solid veterans such as John Lackey and Hisashi Iwakuma make sense on two- or three-year pacts. A one-year reunion with Doug Fister could make sense for both parties if Fister’s preferred option is to sign a short-term deal to rebuild his depleted free agent value. Failing those options, trades for 2016-17 free agents C.J. Wilson or Andrew Cashner could theoretically be reached.
Over the years, the bullpen has been Detroit’s Achilles heel, particularly in the postseason. Former GM Dave Dombrowski gets a bad rap for the team’s bullpen woes, though he frequently sought to improve the relief corps by signing Joaquin Benoit and Joe Nathan in addition to trading for Joakim Soria and Jose Veras (to name just a few moves). In the end, the Tigers have wound up with shaky relievers and wilted at various stages of their recent playoff runs. The lone holdovers from previous years that will be locks for next year’s bullpen include Alex Wilson and Al Alburquerque. Bruce Rondon should factor into the mix as well, but he was sent home from the team in rather embarrassing fashion, with the Tigers citing his “effort level” as a reason for the decision. It remains to be seen how he’ll bounce back from that. It’s possible the decision fractured the relationship between player and team, but it’s equally plausible that the drastic maneuver will serve as a wakeup call for the flamethrowing young righty.
The free-agent market this year offers a deep crop of setup men from which to draw. Darren O’Day stands out as the top arm on the market, and the Tigers will no doubt be linked to him in the weeks and months to come. Right-hander Shawn Kelley quietly had a dominant season in San Diego, as his ERA finally lined up with his excellent peripherals. Ryan Madson had a brilliant comeback campaign, and Soria will, of course, be a free agent this winter. The Tigers need lefty help as well, making both Antonio Bastardo and Tony Sipp (each of whom handles both lefties and righties well) attractive targets on two-year deals.
On the trade front, Avila could line up with frequent Tigers trading partner Mike Rizzo of the Nationals. It’s been widely speculated that Drew Storen, who did not take kindly to the team’s acquisition of Jonathan Papelbon, could be dealt this winter. He’d be a one-year rental, as he’ll hit the open market after earning a projected $8.8MM next year. But, Storen has a track record of quality performance, even if many remember him for a pair of disappointing postseason appearances.
A second option with the Nationals could be to take on Papelbon himself. While that could undoubtedly present problems within the clubhouse, Papelbon has a solid season split between the Phillies and Nationals, and Washington would most likely be willing to eat part of his $11MM salary to facilitate a trade in the aftermath of his confrontation with Bryce Harper.
One more expensive bullpen trade candidate could be Mark Melancon, who has enjoyed a dominant run with the Pirates. That success, though, has Melancon’s projected arbitration salary at $10MM, which may be too steep for the cost-conscious Pirates. A trade with Pittsburgh would need to bring more than the salary dump type of deal that sent fellow $10MM closer Jim Johnson from Baltimore to Oakland in the 2013-14 offseason, but Melancon’s value will fall in somewhere south of fellow NL Central stopper Aroldis Chapman. The Reds and Padres could represent theoretical trade partners, but the value of Chapman and Craig Kimbrel is exceptionally high, and the Tigers may not want to part with the necessary prospects to land either elite closer.
With the infield mostly set, a young catcher with starting upside in the form of James McCann (Alex Avila is expected to land elsewhere as a free agent), Victor Martinez penciled in at DH and right field locked down with J.D. Martinez, the team’s biggest need on the position player side is an outfielder. Anthony Gose can handle a good chunk of the center field duties, though he’d require a platoon partner. That could mean a reunion with Rajai Davis — perhaps on a two-year deal similar to the previous one he signed in Detroit — or a lower-key acquisition such as Drew Stubbs. One can also envision a return for Austin Jackson, whose best seasons came in Detroit, though he’d require a larger commitment and may push Gose over to left field.
While the Tigers have Steven Moya and Tyler Collins as in-house options in left, Collins looked like a platoon option at best, while Moya struggled in the Majors and at the Triple-A level. For a team with significant payroll capacity and high 2016 expectations, the best course of action would seem to be giving Moya additional time at the Triple-A level and utilizing Collins as a bench piece. Top-tier names like Yoenis Cespedes, Justin Upton, Alex Gordon and Jason Heyward (who would force Martinez to left field) are plausible, though with pitching being a greater priority, they may be deemed too expensive. If that’s the case, second-tier outfield options like Dexter Fowler and Colby Rasmus make some sense. That’s not to say either will be cheap relative to the rest of the market, just more affordable than the top echelon of free-agent outfielders.
The other big issue for the Tigers this winter will be whether or not they’re able to agree to a long-term deal with J.D. Martinez. The two sides are said to have mutual interest in an extension, but Martinez only has two years of club control left, and thus, isn’t too far removed from free agency. With a projected arbitration salary of $7.8MM and a $3MM salary from 2015 already under his belt, Martinez has already obtained some financial security, so there’s reason for him to simply elect to play out his final two years and hit the open market heading into what would be his age-30 season. If he can maintain anything close to his 2014-15 form, he’d be one of the hottest free agents on the market in two winters — perhaps on the receiving end of a $150MM+ guarantee. Knowing that, Detroit isn’t likely to be able to land him at a hugely discounted rate.
There aren’t many comparables when looking for hitters that signed extensions with between four and five years of service under their belts. Adam Jones is one such case, though his six-year, $85.5MM extension with Baltimore is now three years old, and it was a midseason extension that bought out one arb year and five free-agent seasons. Martinez’s projected second-year arb price of $7.8MM handily tops Jones’ $6.15MM mark, and the market, of course, has taken a huge step forward since May 2012. (Jones’ deal, at the time, was the second-largest contract for a center fielder, clearly illustrating how things have changed.) I’d wager that Martinez’s remaining arb years could be valued at around $21MM, so perhaps a six-year deal that pays him $20-22MM per free-agent year would get talks going. That would put the rough guess for an extension at $100-110MM over six years — an unfathomable sum for Martinez just 18 months ago but one that would be worthwhile if he’s able to maintain his current level of production.
In each of the past two offseasons, the Tigers sought to get their hands on a young, controllable rotation piece that could be slotted into the starting five for the foreseeable future without further bogging down the crowded future payroll. That resulted in disappointing returns from both Robbie Ray and Shane Greene, and it subsequently contributed to the team’s disappointing 2015 campaign. Somewhat ironically, Dombrowski may have finally gotten his man in the form of Norris, but the decision to rebuild may ultimately have cost him his job.
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Kids deserve good design.
From the cradle to the toddler bed to the backyard playhouse, kids deserve good design. These three projects show how fun patterns, soft textures and streamlined furniture can provide function and style while putting a smile on a child’s face — and yours.
1. Soft and serene nursery
Designer: Megan Arquette of Megan Arquette Design
Location: Venice Beach, California
Size: 300 square feet (28.9 square meters); 15 by 20 feet
Homeowners’ request: Turn a rarely used guest room into a peaceful nursery for a baby girl
Special features: Hygge & West wallpaper on ceiling; soft textures and cameo pink; angular campaign chest with brass hardware; custom brass and Lucite window treatment hardware
Why the design works: “The large, long windows were ideal for really creating very customized and detailed window treatments,” says designer Megan Arquette. “Having a high ceiling allowed the ceiling to be covered in a busy pattern without closing in the space.” Meanwhile, brass accents helped make the room more “uptown girl” rather than too sugary, she says.
Window treatments: custom designed by Megan Arquette Design using Brookhaven chambray by Kravet and custom antique brass finish hardware with custom Lucite finials; chair: Wingback swivel glider with Perennials slipcover, Restoration Hardware; floor lamp: Gumball, Urban Outfitters; pendant: Jamie Young Design; crib: Kalon Studios
M.A.D. Megan Arquette Design
Designer secret: “Using soft hues of pinks, grays and cream kept the overall visual effect almost as though you’re seeing it through a scrim,” Arquette says. “The carpet’s soft flokati style mimics this effect through texture. And adding very small touches of warm brass keep the colors from going too cold.”
“Uh-oh” moment: “When we ordered this paper originally, we ordered it in the adhesive-backed ‘tile’ form,” Arquette says. “We didn’t see a cutting prior to the purchase. When it came in, it was far too neon and not at all what we had envisioned. Luckily, Hygge & West are consummate professionals and sent us the regular wallpaper that was exactly the color we had expected.”
Splurges and savings: The homeowners splurged on the custom window treatments and saved by buying the rug and other accessories from big-box stores and overstock retailers.
Also on the team: Dana Thompson (photographer)
Rug: Rugs.com; wall paint: Pensacola Pink, Benjamin Moore; ceiling wallpaper: Day Dream, Hygge & West; dresser: Campaign in Silver Dollar by Benjamin Moore, Mi Vida Vintage
2. Neutral and graphic toddler room
Designer: Theresa Rowe of Theresa Rowe Interior Design
Size: About 230 square feet (21.4 square meters); about 18 by 12½ feet
Homeowners’ request: A playful kid space for a 2-year-old that can evolve over the years
Special features: Gray-and-white Quadrille wallpaper; light, airy and clean-lined furnishings; neutral palette with punches of color through accessories; painted gray windows
Designer secret: “It’s not about a lot of stuff, but about the right stuff,” says designer Theresa Rowe. “A little girl’s room doesn’t need much furniture, so it’s important to be selective when filling the space.”
Also on the team: J Wilson Fuqua (architect); Coats Homes (builder)
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Bed and table: Oeuf of New York; wall sconce: George Nelson, Design Within Reach; rug: Restoration Hardware; accessories: Calypso Home; toys: Jenni Kayne Home; ceiling paint: All White, Farrow and Ball; window paint: Urbane Bronze, Sherwin-Williams
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3. Bright and colorful playhouse
Designer: Jannicke Ramsø of Tiny Little Pads
Location: Las Vegas
Size: 80 square feet (7.4 square meters); 8 by 10 feet
Homeowners’ request: A farmhouse-style playhouse with “a little bit of Norway in the desert of Las Vegas,” says designer Jannicke Ramsø
Special features: Farmhouse style; natural light from several windows; chandelier, kitchen area with outlet for making the family’s famous Norwegian waffles; dining area; living room; painted checkerboard floors; beadboard walls; exterior that matches main house
Why the design works: “Comfort was a must for this playhouse as it was built to be played in and used, and not just to look pretty,” Ramsø says. “Play is all about comfort and being surrounded by an environment that inspires and lets creativity loose. The farmhouse style is down-to-earth and a place where cooking and fun take center stage.”
Designer secret: “Always divide a playspace into zones,” Ramsø says. “This makes the play go on for hours.”
Hardwood flooring: Lumber Liquidators; round table, chairs and play kitchen: Pottery Barn Kids; stools: T.J. Maxx; plate rack: Charleston Antique Mall; storage drawers: Hobby Lobby
Tiny Little Pads
“Uh-oh” moment: “Building a playhouse is like building a house — who knew, right?” Ramsø says. “This playhouse started as a pallet of 10,000 pieces of unpainted wood — nothing pretty about it.” Ramsø spent hours taping and painting the house and trim pieces in contrasting colors. Then, once the insulation and drywall were done, she introduced the farmhouse detailing. “Beadboard walls and stacked window and door trims can’t be just purchased to scale,” she says. “Every single part [was] cut and painted to perfection.”
Splurges and savings: The homeowners saved by buying toys and furniture at consignment stores. They splurged on the toy kitchen appliances.
Playhouse exterior kit: Little Cottage Company; porch: Tiny Little Pads; roofing: GAF; deck chairs: HomeGoods
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Simply put, Microsoft Teams, MS Teams or “Teams”, as it is commonly referred, is a central hub for all teamwork in Office 365.
There are many benefits to enterprise networks using Teams, but with that, as with anything, come several downsides. While the pros certainly outweigh the cons, it’s important to understand each component, and how they can be better supported to enable great user experiences.
In this article, we’ll break down what exactly MS Teams can be used for, highlight some pros and cons and discuss how Nectar can help enterprises get the most out of it. By the end, you’ll get the answer to the question “Is Microsoft Teams a business friend or foe?”.
What Is Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that integrates people, content and the tools enterprise teams need to stay engaged and productive.
Key features include a workplace chat, video meetings, file storage and collaboration, and application integration.
Teams has many industry-specific tools, device integrations and pricing plans to fit the unique needs of any company, from large corporations to small businesses.
Pros of Microsoft Teams
One of the greatest benefits of using Microsoft Teams is improved communication, which ultimately leads to increased productivity and customer satisfaction. With a centralized chat, video conferencing, call dialing, file sharing, and project management features, enterprise collaboration is streamlined.
Another important benefit is improved transparency. Teams keep a detailed record of all correspondence, allowing for a “virtual paper” trail of information and source of truth. Everyone can know what is going on and have access to the tools they need, all in one central location.
A new feature that Teams has added is the ability to search in recorded video meetings. Say you missed an hour-long team meeting, but only need the update on “unified communications”. Just search that term and Teams can locate that portion of the meeting.
Cons of Microsoft Teams
One of the most common components that everyone thinks of when they think of a collaboration tool is whether or not it will be a distraction. If not integrated correctly, and enterprise teams are not properly trained in best practices, this can certainly be the case. Teams is meant to help enterprise teams manage, not to be burdensome.
On review sites such as G2Crowd, users have reported it has a confusing interface. As we mentioned above, this could be due to a lack of training and integration protocols. Teams does provide valuable resources such as training videos, courses, guides, demos, technical support and more.
Another con we’ve seen has to do with the file storage structure. Users have reported that if you take a file shared from a chat, and move it into a categorized folder, the file link will be removed from the chat. While many prefer to have categorized folders to reference files, others prefer just going into chats and searching file names.
Nectar & Microsoft Teams
Back to the question in the beginning of this article – is Microsoft Teams a business friend or foe?
While we believe they fall into the category of “friend”, it’s important to recognize that even when collaboration services are hosted by a trusted provider such as Microsoft Teams, a great UC experience will always rely on a healthy environment.
As with any cloud-based unified communications platform, voice and video call quality are at the forefront. While Teams is one of the most robust tools out there, it does not mean that IT professionals and contact center teams using it are immune to quality issues that can impact the customer experience.
Nectar Perspective is a certified Microsoft Cloud Voice Network Tool that supports network health. It can be configured to generate UC traffic within and between enterprises and the Microsoft cloud, allowing teams to identify potential UC quality issues that may affect user experience.
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Akshay Kumar has once again made it to another list of Forbes this year. The 52-year-old actor has ranked 6th this time on the 2020 Forbes list of the 10 highest-grossing male actors with his earnings and grossed $ 48.5 million in a year – he is the only Indian on the list . Akshay Kumar’s rank has gone down two places since last year, although he is in the list, this is a big achievement. Akshay Kumar was ranked fourth in Forbes’ 2019 list of highest paid actors.
According to Forbes magazine, Akshay earned most of the 362 crore from brand endorsement last year. Being one of the commercially most trusted actors, Akshay Kumar is the face of over 30 brands, ranging from FMCG to luxury items.
A recent report has claimed that actor charge around Rs 2-3 crore for each day of an ad shoot. According to a study by Duff & Phelps, Akshay Kumar has a brand value of Rs 742 crore or $ 104.5 million.
Wrestling actor Dwayne Johnson is in the news for this year’s list, which is estimated to be $ 87.5 million. He also topped the list last year. Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is in second place with earnings of $ 71.5 million. In third, fourth and fifth place are actors Mark Wahlberg, Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel respectively.
According to the Forbes report list, the largest share of Akshay Kumar’s earnings comes from advertisements and endorsements, not from the work in films. In June, Akshay Kumar was the only Indian celebrity in the Forbes list of 100 highest-paid celebs. However, his rank dropped to 52 as compared to last year’s 33.
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Plenty of Fish is also being called POF. This is like a dating website hat has more than 40.000 active users. This website has recently started offering the audio and video chat. This feature has been requested by a lot of members of Plenty of Fish. Do you want to know more about this new feature? Please read this entire article to get more information about it.
In order to use this feature, you have to install the extension like Adobe Flash player version 10. 1 or higher on your personal computer or laptop as well as the necessary hardware that includes a webcam or microphone. You are also able to download it on your phone in App Store or Play Store so you can use this video call feature of Plenty of Fish.
The first thing you have to do to start the audio or video chat is to click the chat link under his of her member thumbnail photo. When your chat request to make a conversation is received by them, please click the button of the audio or video. This button is located at the top of the chat window of the computer, the laptop, or the phone.
This new feature called Plenty of Fish Video Call will appeal to safe minded singles. This free voice call can make the secure private calls to someone without giving them the contact. In order to make a call, please open the message in the inbox. When the recipient accepts the Voice, you have to tap the phone icon to dial. Do it via the app to connect to your data limit.
The most important thing before start Plenty of Fish Video Call is to be careful. There might the member who uses the fake account and use the other profile picture as theirs. Please make sure about their photos and their identities. This thing has to be done for your safety.
Aside from Plenty of Fish Video Call, the other features of Plenty of Fish are also worth to try. There are a lot of awesome features of this online dating website that can make you find the special one. some of the old features include searching for profile, viewing matches, sending and receiving the unlimited messages, and so on.
So, are you excited to try every feature of Plenty of Fish? What are you waiting for? If you are still not a member yet, join it now. There are some offers for you. When you want to try it, you can choose 3 months for the short time member. If you want joining longer, you can select 6 months plan for medium time member. If you plan for the longtime member, please pick 12 months instead.
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The Christian Association of Nigeria, Adamawa state chapter, has concluded plans to host the general overseer and founder of Deeper Life Bible Ministry, Williams Kumuyi, to commiserate with the people following the ravaging insurgent activities in the state.
The pastor in charge of the church in Yola, Adeniyi Hassan, at a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists press centre said Mr. Kumuyi would visit on July 14 to empathise with the government and people of Adamawa.
Mr. Hassan said Mr. Kumuyi was spurred to make the visit due to the passion he has for the people of the state and to make his contribution to its salvation.
He promised that the visit of Mr. Kumuyi would mark the end of insurgency in the state as his miraculous prayers will heal the state from the scourge of the insurgency adding that henceforth, the state shall witness recovery and restoration.
“Kumuyi is not coming for Deeper Life but he is coming to encourage and strengthen the body of Christ. After his visit, there will be relief in Adamawa state,” Mr. Hassan noted.
He added that the cleric would address gatherings of Christians and other groups in Yola, Numan and Mayo Belwa Local Government Areas.
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These radio plays can be done as readers theatre or as memorized shows. Either way, they’re a lot of fun. Click on the title for play information and to read a FreeView, then order your copy.
A madcap whodonnit radio farce about a missing “masterpiece” where everyone is a possible culprit.
30 minute comedy
2 women, 1 man, 3 either
This is a farcical, wacky comedy about the shenanigans, backstage drama, and on-air screw-ups, of the cast and crew of a small-town radio station, where everything goes a little KRAZY.
The Radio Show
10 minute comedy
1 man, 3 women
This play within a play is set in a radio station studio. As a soap opera is being broadcast, the audience is led to believe that the guest actor and actress hate each other. The guest actor and actress go off script and end up destroying the entire show. A fun show with a twist!
The Quibbles Radio Shows
10 five minute sketches
Casts from 4 to 40
This collection of ten comedy sketches, reminiscent of radio shows of the ’40s and ’50’s, features a delightfully quarrelsome couple, Carol and Quentin Quibble, in the hilarious skirmishes of everyday life.
Mr. E’s Radio Spiritz Show
Jonathan M. Zaley
75+ minute comedy
11 parts plus 3 commercial announcers, all for men or women
This old-fashioned radio murder mystery suspense comedy is a real cliffhanger! The station manager of WMOO radio assigns the sound effects to the live radio audience and chaos ensues.
The Cat Lady Christmas
Allison Engel & Margaret Engel
60 minute radio play comedy
Corly promises her new beau, an allergist, that she’s pet-free, but it gets tense. A strong script with plenty of intrigue plus sound effects makes a super holiday show!
Tina Latigo Rides to the Rescue
40-45 minute comedy
Tune into this old-fashioned radio play! The Old West comes to life as Tina Latigo and her French sidekick, Lisette, work to bring justice to women everywhere.
Jordan R. Young
20 minute comedy
1 man, 4 women
The matzo balls have gone missing from Sunny Acres Retirement Home and Holmes and Watson are on the case–Shirley Holmes and Dottie Watson, that is!
The Midnight Rider
35 minute comedy
8 men, 8 women, or 8 either
Performing before live radio audiences, seniors will carry its listeners across the starry skies with the jolly ole’ man in the red suit. But this year, tradition is swept aside, when the Midnight Rider adopts a new team of transportation, encounters unique celebrities, and plunges down unpredictable chimneys.
The Last Day at W.O.R.K.
Brandon Daughtry Slocum & JP Schuffman
40 minute comedy
Gender-flexible roles for 12-16 actors
A radio station in a small southern town, W.O.R.K., is signing off the air after 50 years. The station owners, a couple in their 70’s, have invited back their old favorite acts for one last nostalgic show.
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5 easy steps for using an ebook to publicize your cause
Target audience: Nonprofits, NGOs, social enterprises, businesses, brands, educators, Web publishers, individuals.
Guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro
Content writer, Resource Nation
If you run a successful nonprofit organization, chances are you’ve tapped into both Internet and traditional marketing approaches. However, there is one sector of the marketing world that does not quite fit into either category: ebooks.
While many conventional, printed books have been converted into ebooks, smart organizations are beginning to take advantage of the new phenomenon by creating books for the digital screen focused on their area of expertise. Increasingly, consumers are starting to realize that using an ebook reader is significantly more pleasant than staring at a computer screen or having to carry around a newspaper, and it is becoming yet another outlet for finding information or opportunities in their community.
Here are tips on how to get started creating your own ebook and the best ways to use it to publicize your nonprofit’s cause.
5 tips for creating an ebook
Expect to give your ebook away for free
1 Most organizations that create an ebook give it away to their group members for free. The goal should be to establish credibility and get people reading your ebook as opposed to selling the material. In the end, the exposure will generate more new customers for your business (ebooks typically cost an average of 90 cents). By offering the ebook for free, more people will be inclined to join upcoming events you may be hosting or help with volunteer work.
Write ebook content relevant to your audience
2 Be sure your content sounds informative rather than sounding like begging, and use lots of subheadings and lists to make it easy to read. When it comes to choosing a topic, look through the different types of feedback your group members or customers have given and find a topic that a majority of those people find interesting. Additionally, if you have a new event or volunteer opportunity coming up, you can focus your ebook on that subject. At the end of your ebook, be sure to include your contact information for those interested in learning more.
Ebook vs. Mini report specifics
3 Many nonprofit organizations offer free ebook mini reports as opposed to a book. A mini report is usually more specific and answers a question. While mini reports may be easier to write, do not count out writing a book. The term “writing a book” sounds intimidating, but your book does not have to be long. Simply choose a topic to write about and cover all aspects of that topic; this should be more than enough information to create a book. Having a full book will help build your overall credibility and show that you really are someone passionate and knowledgeable about the particular cause.
Make sure the public can find your ebook on your website
4 Your ebook is something that should be featured on your website. Consider giving a sneak preview of the book by including the first few paragraphs, the first chapter, a list of chapter topics, or a combination of all three. Soon, everyone is going to catch onto the fact that an ebook reader is lighter and smaller than a laptop or a big textbook. Better yet, a free ebook will get readers even more excited about using their ebook readers. In the end, you want to be that free ebook that gets consumers excited.
Making the ebook available
5 As discussed above, ebooks are usually offered and publicized on an organization’s website. If someone sees the free offer and wants to download the ebook, they must provide their e-mail address and name. The next step is simple, and if you use e-mail marketing, then making an ebook available will be second nature to you. If not, don’t sweat it. Use an auto responder e-mail service such as AWeber, and let the software do the work for you. It will send out your ebook to anyone who signed up for it on your website; it’s as simple as that!
Has your nonprofit created an ebook? What has your experience been with this marketing tool?
• Guide to publishing a successful ebook (Socialbrite)
• Turn your nonprofit’s blog into an ebook (Socialbrite)
• Self-publishing: Tell your story in print (Socialbrite)
• Better book buying: 10 socially conscious online bookstores (Socialbrite)
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EXIT Festival have announced a classy group of artists for the festival’s Dance Arena, with Richie Hawtin leading a lineup that also features Ben Klock, Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg and more. Taking to the extraordinary Petrovaradin Fortress that houses EXIT in Novi Sad, Serbia, the artists will be united in their desire to deal out dark and twisted techno.
A pair of breakthrough artists also command attention on the EXIT bill, both Amelie Lens and Anastasia Kristensen having found their stock rising rapidly over the last twelve months. Tireless in her touring schedule, which is tightly packed in order to satisfy the wealth of international demand, Lens is a growing presence in the European dance music scene, delivering flawless mixes and fearless productions with every effort, a story not dissimilar to Danish-Russian selector Anastasia Kristensen. Backed by local artists, they add extra spice to a lineup that already boasts four techno behemoths in Hawin, Klock and Berlin power couple Beyer and Engberg.
Whilst Hawtin and his Plastikman alias will be well known to most discerning techno fans, he has managed to remain at the top of the game for decades without ever sounding stale, and remains a revered member of techno royalty. Similarly powerful in his ability to maintain interest despite becoming one of the genre’s most recognisable characters, Ben Klock is relentless in his body-breaking sets, and with Engberg and Beyer being a husband and wife pairing who reportedly went straight to Berghain after tying the knot, there’s going to be plenty of that famous Berlin madness in Serbia.
EXIT Festival takes place from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July in the famous Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad.
Dance Arena lineup
Adam Beyer b2b Ida Engberg
Dušan Nikolić and Runy
Photo courtesy of EXIT Festival and Richie Hawtin
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UTV's are something that has always been fascinating to adrenaline junkies. And did you notice an explosion in the number of options in the side-by-side market nowadays?
We have researched and selected exceptional UTV's Models from industry-leading manufacturers, we are glad to have that off-road ready UTV's you have always been looking for! Whether it's a side by side with great passenger capacity and comfort or an RZR made to be taken out on an adventure game, you will find here these 7 UTV with great features.
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It’s almost scary how it understands context
Google’s really putting its new Assistant app to work, as it has announced a new messaging app, dubbed Allo. The app has all the tricks that most modern chat applications have like sticker and emotes, but it’s more than just a me too messaging app.
For starters, Allo utilizes the same natural language processing that Google Assistant has. Because of that, Allo is capable of recognizing the context of a conversation. For example, if the person you’re talking to posts a picture of a dog, Allo is smart enough to suggest quick replies based on the photo. On the demo during Google I/O, Allo managed to give natural responses to a photo of a dog, and even managed to correctly identify the breed based on the photo alone. It’s able to recognize food as well, and we’re pretty sure that it’ll be able to identify lots more as time goes on.
If that wasn’t enough, Allo is also able to use Google Assistant to perform actions like reserving seats at a restaurant or grab tickets to a movie without having to exit Allo. You’re also able to use Allo to make queries to Google via natural language – which really shows off the capabilities of Google Assistant.
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The Immaculate Conception church is in Nashua, NH. Vermont Timber Works constructed select structural timber trusses for the church.
All of our frames are handcrafted to meet exact project requirements, and we enjoy working with our clients to make sure the details – from design to finish – are just right.
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MOULTRIE, Ga. (WALB) - Moultrie Lion’s Club held their fourth distribution of produce to those in need.
They planned to give out more than 7,000 boxes for the entire month by the end of Friday.
District Governor for the Club, Brenda Arnold, said the “Truck-to-Trunk” delivery is really a farmer’s to families initiative the USDA set.
She told us why continuing this project is so important as many are still struggling during the pandemic.
”COVID-19 doesn’t care what vehicle you drive, and people have been sent home from work that doesn’t know how they can make a house payment, or car payment or their car insurance or buy groceries. As long as COVID-19 is here, this is a problem and the food does not need to go to waste,” said Arnold.
Arnold said many volunteers were in attendance each week, including members from Memorial Baptist Church.
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Our success story so far.
“Fidelity Bank Plc organises Skills Acquisition Programme through the Fidelity Youth Academy (YEA).”
The Fidelity Youth Empowerment Academy (FYEA) was created as a bridge to link Nigerian youths especially those in the tertiary institutions with the skill and tools needed to become financially independent while still in school.
This project is in its 3rd year and has positively impacted the lives of over 1,500 Nigerian youths across four geo-political zones and five States.
The success of this project lies in the fusion of vocational and digital skills and enterprise training. For FYEA, the greatest catalyst to the change we are currently seeing in our past participants is the personal affirmation to stay committed during and after the process.
- To create an engaging platform to enable financial self-reliance in the Nigerian youth.
- To build a creative mindset of self-employment and job creation among Nigerian undergraduate.
- To enhance the development of the micro-economy of each community where the program is held.
- To create a medium for building entrepreneurial spirit in our undergraduates.
THE FYEA PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO: T.E.M.P.T
- Teach: participants the skill that has economic value within their local community.
- Equip: with tools of the trade and SME driven banking products
- Measure: and track progress through mentoring
- Provide: insight and long-term strategy on how to run a profitable micro business.
- Train: participants on how to be self motivated leaders.
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It’s no secret that prices today are on a constant hike. From our daily transportation to the things we eat – it really is quite a challenge to find something that hasn’t become significantly more expensive than they were a few years back. But with prices constantly on the rise, it’s become reasonable to ask – what’s rising the fastest? Property prices have definitely seen a steady climb in recent years, particularly starting in 2013, but are these the only costs we have to worry about? Perhaps it hasn’t gone noticed, but the prices for many of the stuff we buy on a daily basis have actually seen much faster hikes than properties.
What’s Getting Expensive Faster
Get this – according to recent studies, cigarettes have actually seen the biggest price increase of any common daily item we purchase. Property has also seen an increase, but there were some low points for real estate throughout the years. What’s surprising is how coffee has seemed to sustain its climb since 2005. Yes, property is more expensive now than it was 2 years ago, but trends are showing signs that it might just go down in a few more years. Coffee however seems to be quite the fighter and doesn’t seem to show any chances of lowering any time soon.
Another thing property hunters should consider is that interest rates have gone down. Yes, costs for real estate have become a bit higher than they were in the past years, but that’s not the only thing to consider if you’re looking to secure a new space. Because interest rates are so low, it has become much easier for individuals to pay off loans and borrow money. Why wait for those costs to come down before you take on a mortgage? With the unbelievably low fees for borrowing, it has become the ideal time for property hunters to head out into the world and look for their dream home.
When to Invest
The time to invest in a new property is now. It would be much smarter to take advantage of the low interest rates instead of waiting for the market to cool down. If you’re still wondering how you can save extra funds for your property purchase, maybe you should give up your smoking habits and coffee drinking to keep you from spending too much on unnecessarily steep costs.
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Different people have their passions on different subjects. What seems highly interesting to a person might not be something that is interesting to another. This is due to the fact that different individuals grow up differently and have their own definitions of what is interesting to them. However, there are certain past-times and hobbies that many would take a liking in. This happens because such hobbies are capable of bringing in joy and satisfaction to one in many ways. When such hobbies are followed by one, it would be possible for one to see that there would be a continuous rise in the content that is found in one’s life. This happiness is something that most of the people who engage in hobbies hope to have.
One such hobby would be having a passion to collect miniature models. This is not a hobby that is recent. It had been a hobby that had lasted generation after generation. This interesting hobby has managed to stand the test of time and there are so many enthusiasts who are collecting various types of collectibles that they would find passion in. The miniature models that can be collected by one could also widely vary. As an example, a comic book fan might have a passion for collecting action figures whereas an aircraft enthusiast might find his or her happiness in collecting diecast aircraft models. Likewise, there is a wide range of miniature models that could be collected as a hobby.
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How to Research Health Care Prices
Health care costs are now exceeding $10,000 per person on an annual basis and costs are expected to increase nearly 6% per year over the next decade (source: here). One of the causes of this out of control spending is a lack of visibility into the costs that we spend at the doctor.
Even if you have insurance, and especially if you have a high deductible insurance, it is still smart to shop around to see what your doctor charges for different procedures. Doing this will reduce your out of pocket expenses for uncovered procedures. Unfortunately there is a lot of mystery surrounding health care pricing which is caused by several factors:
Health care providers typically do not reveal the costs they charge for their services to the public
Insurers often contract with doctor's to receive lower prices andy do not reveal their prices
Doctors and nurses often do not know how much the procedures the perform will cost (next time you're at the doctor ask and see for yourself)
Fortunately Medicare has released data which show the bill cost for procedures performed by odctors. This price is not what Medicare paid, since Medicare also negotiates lower prices with health care providers, but what was actually billed to them. If you're looking for a doctor these costs can act as a good guide to see what you will be charged.
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What I’ve learned from Hurricane Irma:
Hurricane season is June 1 to November 30th which means it’s still fair game when it comes to hurricanes. After surviving Hurricane Matthew and more recently Hurricane Irma, I thought it would be helpful to share what I’ve learned.
Expect the worse but hope for the best.
I know, so cliche, but so true. My husband teased me all throughout the time we were waiting for Irma, because he said I was over doing it. I did laundry, washed and braided my daughter’s hair, blew up flotation devices and gathered water apparel, bought knee-high rain boots for me and my neighbor (they were on sale for 18 bucks), made crockpot meals, filled all the tubs and sinks with water, gassed up all the cars pulled out the generator and had hubby get extra gas, bought batteries in every size, packed clothes for three days, pulled out candles, weather radio and flashlights, the grill and charcoal and yes, made sure we had a ton of non perishables and wine…lots of wine. But after all this, the reality is you are never truly prepared for a hurricane.
Don’t worry about your kids too much, they’re resilient.
While I worried about all the things that could go wrong, my kids were very openly hoping those same things went wrong. After hurricane Matthew, my kids are old pros when it comes to hurricanes. And because of it, they couldn’t wait for the power to go out. All the while I prayed it stayed on. All day I would hear them ask When are the lights going to go out? We wanna camp in the living room, eat fun snacks and play games. The don’t really understand the severity of what could happen. For them, its a fun and new adventure which is way better than having two kids panic over the possibilities.
You aren’t in this alone.
In times like this we typically go into
survival mode. With survival mode, comes survival of the fittest mentality. Instead of taking just what’s needed for your family at the grocery store, you take in excess, not considering those who may come after you. It’s important that in times like these, we think about others. For my family, it was simply letting our neighbors, plug into our generator so that they wouldn’t lose the food in their fridge and could keep milk cold for their 2 year old. That meant we couldn’t plug up one additional thing, but it wasn’t just about us.
Look for the positive.
You may have just rolled your eyes and sucked your teeth, but yes, there was
some good in all of this. With busy work and school schedules, we often loose sight of the simple things. Spending time with family and friends. This hurricane forced my family to be under one roof with each other without TV, wifi or any other distractions. That meant, more time talking to each other, laughing, playing and growing closer as a family. And after hurricane Irma passed and it was safe to go outside, we were able ,have impromptu playdates and to talk to neighbors, some of which we had never even seen before.
Some will argue these are things people should already know even if they aren’t facing a hurricane, but as I mentioned, sometimes we lose sight of things amidst the hustle and bustle of every day life. My hope is that this post serves as a reminder, even if you’re not preparing for a hurricane.
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Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney
Wendy Corsi Staub, Lily Dale: Awakening
Christine Wicker, Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that talks to the Dead
Lily Dale, a small town in Western New York, is possibly the last remaining spiritualist outpost–not (necessarily) New Age-y spiritualist, but practitioners of Swedenborgian spirtualist religion like it was 1879, which was, in fact, when the town was founded. Two young adult novels set in Lily Dale just recently came out, and while there has been a resurgence of YA supernatural fiction in the last few years (Twilight, etc.), two books set in a small town near Buffalo seemed like more than coincidence. After reading Suzanne Harper’s charming Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney (as well as Rob McDougall’s recent posts on spiritualism), I set out to read all the recent books on Lily Dale.
Sparrow Delaney has a problem. She lives in Lily Dale, and her mom, grandma, and all six sisters are mediums, and they want her to be one too. As the seventh child, she’s supposed to have special gifts, but she hates the attention and she doesn’t tell them that she sees and talks to ghosts all the time–and they’re extremely irritating. They won’t stop talking to her and asking her to do trivial, boring things for them, like tell someone’s granddaughter she’s putting too much garlic in the soup! Sparrow is starting at a new school where no one knows she’s from “Spookyville” and she wants to pass as a ‘normal teenager,’ but one spirit proves unexpectedly persistent and involves her in the life of a boy at the new school. I won’t run the down the plot, but Sparrow ends up accepting her gifts, learning to be true to herself, finding happiness and so on, and there will hopefully be a sequel. Lily Dale in this book is like the Delaney family’s ramshackle Victorian, sprawling, charming, a little chaotic, filled with people and spirits who may be persistent or inconvenient, but they’re family. Harper also gets points for putting a funny set piece in the local history museum, which is filled with old spirit trumpets and spirit photography. Sparrow Delaney comes closest to how I think of spiritualism in the nineteenth century, full of earnest enthusiasm.
Lily Dale: Awakening is a pretty straightforward teen horror story. Calla Delaney (I don’t know how she got the same last name as Sparrow) grew up in Florida, but when her mother dies unexpectedly and horribly she is sent up to Lily Dale to stay with her grandmother, who she barely knows, who turns out to be a medium. There are various waverings about whether or not ghosts exist, whether Calla is going crazy or not, and then she ends up saving the day but putting herself in danger. There are various teenager things included, such as going to WalMart and worrying about how to get email access. It reminded me of Meg Cabot’s 1-800-Where-R-You? books, plot-driven scary paranormal mysteries. Lily Dale in LD:A is more modern than in Sparrow Delaney, like a contemporary small town.
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Get juiced for a new year
WHAT: Big Love Juice
WHERE: 1155 N. State St. and 1144 10th St.
WHAT: Electric Beet Juice Co.
WHEN: 8am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 9am-5pm Sat.
WHERE: 1313 N. State St.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
In the aftermath of the holiday season many of us will feel the need to press “re-set” on our bodies and start the new year with a clean slate that promises energy and vitality. This is a good time to consider a juice-focused cleanse, and the good news is that Bellingham has two retailers specializing in healthy dietary starts.
Big Love Juice, with locations in Fairhaven and the Herald building, opened last spring with a mission to make juices, smoothies and healthy, nutritious foods at a reasonable price point. The juices are cold-pressed, explains Elisa Brackenhofer, who runs BLJ with her mother, Lisa Thomson.
“Basically, we take fruit and vegetables, put them in a bag and apply 12,000 pounds of pressure to extract the juice,” Brackenhofer says. “This keeps all the nutrients and enzymes intact, unlike the juices you buy at the store.”
Don’t come looking for regular orange or apple juice here. Big Love Juice creates six different blends from 20 juices that include unusual flavors such as fennel, grapefruit, ginger, parsley, celery, beet, spinach, blueberry, cilantro and basil. Customers can choose miniature wellness shots, or dairy-free smoothies composed of blended micro-greens and coconut milk. Solid food options include salads, “soul bowls,” toast with toppings, and granola breakfast bowls.
Big Love Juice offers three-day plans that deliver a full-body cleanse or dietary supplement for patrons looking for a jumpstart to a healthier lifestyle. Programs include “Lean & Clean” ($39), “Refresh” ($45), and “Power” ($55). Each program contains a bottled beverage schedule outlining what should be consumed each day for best results, and when.
A few blocks down the road is the Electric Beet Juice Company, owned by Kira Marklin. Previously operating out of the Bellingham Public Market on Cornwall Avenue, Marklin moved to State Street after Terra Organica went out of business, and now manages a spacious, light-filled 18-seat restaurant with high ceilings and soft, soothing colors.
“Everything we do here is organic, even down to the condiments,” she says of the menu.
It’s the juices that steal the limelight—a variety that range in taste and complexity to suit novice juice-drinkers and longtime juicers looking for enhanced benefits. “People who feel they haven’t had enough vegetables that day can swing in and get up to four veggies in a cup to go,” Marklin explains. There are also one-ounce wellness shots, smoothies and a small solid food menu with spring rolls, salads and sandwiches.
Electric Beet Juice’s cleanse programs also cater to different levels of juicers, from beginners to advanced. Marklin says the programs typically last three-to-five days and are customized based on the kind of cleanse each person is seeking. The cleanses include six juices per day and range in price from $150 for a three-day beginners program up to $345 for an advanced-level six-day program.
Marklin says some of her clients take on a cleanse program because they simply don’t have the time or energy to focus on preparing their own food—nor do they want to eat fast food.
“The cleanses,” she says, “are a great way to help break through food craving cycles and kickstart healthy lifestyle changes.”
Benefits of a Juice Cleanse
1. Floods digestive system with more plant nutrients than supplied by an average diet
2. Improves energy, decreases brain fog
3. Breaks through craving cycles and sugar addictions
4. Increases friendly bacteria in gut; decreases bacteria leading to obesity
Vegan Restaurant Week
Spaghetti was on the menu for our Sunday night repast, but unknown to my resident taste-taster I switched out the ground beef or turkey I typically use when prepping the dish with Lightlife’s “plant-based ground.”
The ruse must’ve worked, because he cleaned his bowl and went back for…
Share the wealth, reap the benefits
Last Sunday, I turned tomatoes into wine.
This feat was accomplished by handing a couple kilos worth of garden goods to my across-the-street neighbor on the sidewalk in front of his house. During the masked exchange, he offered up a bottle of fancy white wine—which I gladly accepted…
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3077075 has 6 divisors (see below), whose sum is σ = 3815604.
Its totient is φ = 2461640.
The previous prime is 3077071. The next prime is 3077093. The reversal of 3077075 is 5707703.
It is not a de Polignac number, because 3077075 - 22 = 3077071 is a prime.
It is a Duffinian number.
It is not an unprimeable number, because it can be changed into a prime (3077071) by changing a digit.
It is a polite number, since it can be written in 5 ways as a sum of consecutive naturals, for example, 61517 + ... + 61566.
It is an arithmetic number, because the mean of its divisors is an integer number (635934).
Almost surely, 23077075 is an apocalyptic number.
3077075 is a deficient number, since it is larger than the sum of its proper divisors (738529).
3077075 is a wasteful number, since it uses less digits than its factorization.
3077075 is an odious number, because the sum of its binary digits is odd.
The sum of its prime factors is 123093 (or 123088 counting only the distinct ones).
The product of its (nonzero) digits is 5145, while the sum is 29.
The square root of 3077075 is about 1754.1593428192.
The cubic root of 3077075 is about 145.4496544875.
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So this is what losing feels like?
The Pittsburgh Power (15-4) lost for the first time since April 26th in Cleveland but unfortunately this one came in the playoffs and ends a magical turnaround season for the team.
After notching 15 wins, tied for third highest in league history, Pittsburgh was hoping to earn their first playoff win over the Orlando Predators (12-7) but they didn’t make enough key plays to secure a win and will head home for the season following a 56-48 loss to Orlando Sunday afternoon. Orlando advances to the American Conference Championship to face Cleveland (18-1) next week
Pittsburgh missed a golden opportunity to stop Orlando up 7-0 and facing fourth and goal. Jake Killeen broke in fast against quarterback Bernard Morris and appeared to wrap him up for a crucial sack and stop but Morris managed to escape and throw a touchdown pass to Greg Carr to tie the game up at 7.
Bernard Morris, a former Power signal caller, was definitely the player of the game today with 221 yards passing, 44 yards rushing, and eight total touchdowns (four passing, four rushing). Greg Carr proved why he should be the AFL Rookie of the Year, by catching 10 passes for 97 yards and four touchdowns.
A crucial sequence in the 3rd quarter saw the Power get a defensive stop but Tommy Grady threw his only interception of the game to give the ball right back to Orlando. Pittsburgh would get another stop late in the game and appeared to be set up to have the ball last to try to tie the game but Orlando attempted and recovered an onsides kick with a minute left and was able to ice the game.
Grady finished the game 18 of 30 for 240 yards and 7 touchdowns, but the interception was a big difference in the game. Pittsburgh was also flagged 11 times for 85 yards and was also unable to convert any fourth downs after being one of the best in the AFL all season long. Pittsburgh’s pass rush was unable to rattler Morris all day, registering zero sacks. Reliable kicker Julian Rauch missed a PAT and had another blocked.
It all adds up to a disappointing end to an otherwise strong season. After going a combined 9-27 the last two seasons the team was able to turn it around and make the playoffs for the first time. It’ll be interesting to see what offseason changes the team will make in terms of roster construction but it’s nice to head into an offseason brimming with optimism for once.
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This week, Somebody’s Miracle turned five years old. On February 16, 2013, I launched this site with a simple post about my travel plans and the open road ahead of me (literally and figuratively). Without any idea of what my future held, I figured it might be nice to have a place to keep track of it all as it unfolded. (A few nudges from friends interested in keeping up helped, too.)
A February birthday means this blog’s birthstone is an amethyst, that vibrant violet stone that evokes calm and is said to bring balance and thoughtfulness to its bearer. My own birthday is in October (opal), but I like the idea of this blog having an identity of its own, separate from the one who fills its pages.
What’s more, it makes sense that this space where I come to share what I’m up to, where I’ve been, how I’m doing and where I’m headed has an origin that, as I read in one overview of the stone and its properties, lends itself towards “keeping a balanced mindset.”
In five short years, I’ve done more—held more jobs, lived in more apartments, traveled to more countries—than many do in a lifetime. Don’t mistake that for any type of bragging on my part; quite the contrary, as my state of constant motion is less by choice than by circumstance. Through it all, even when I disappear from this space for weeks on end, I know I can always pull up a blank page and work out in words whatever it is I’m going through.
I’m sure it’s that dependability that’s kept me coming back for half a decade (!); without pressure or expectation, the pages here grow in number as I navigate every new adventure and experience. Writing it all out is my way of balancing my thoughts, processing my emotions and capturing my memories. It’s my heart on the page, from a month in India to a long week in Paris; from film reviews to holiday playlists; from adventures in New York to Chicago and everywhere in between.
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