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1 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil |
2 Garlic cloves, sliced |
2 Tbsp. Pine nuts |
4 cups Spinach, cleaned |
1 tsp. Sherry vinegar |
1 tsp. Maple syrup |
Salt to taste |
1. Place the peppers and sherry vinegar in a blender. Process on high speed until smooth. Season with salt. |
2. Reduce speed to medium and drizzle in the olive oil. Set aside. |
3. Place the raisins and cider in a small pot and bring to a simmer. Discard liquid and set raisins aside. |
4. In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil until shimmering. Add garlic and pine nuts and cook until nicely toasted. |
5. Add the raisins and spinach. Cook on high, tossing frequently, until the spinach just starts to wilt (about 30 seconds). Be sure not to overcook. Remove from heat. |
6. Add vinegar, maple syrup, and salt. Toss to combine. |
7. Place a dollop of purée on both plates and top with wilted spinach. Serve immediately. |
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Jimmie Bratcher: Country music transformed by the blues-singing reverend |
Thursday 30th March 2017 |
Lins Honeyman talked to the Kansas City-based bluesman JIMMIE BRATCHER |
Rev Jimmie Bratcher |
Rev Jimmie Bratcher |
When Tony Cummings interviewed Kansas City-based blues singer and guitarist the Reverend Jimmie Bratcher for Cross Rhythms back in 2003, the man they call the Electric Rev was a mere two albums into his recording career having just released 'Something Better' with his debut 'Honey In The Rock' hitting the shelves two y... |
In the years since the Cross Rhythms interview, Bratcher has released no less than six further records - including a Christmas release and a live album - as well as having his book Don't Take Your Dreams To The Grave published in 2005. In addition, his work as a church minister and preacher has seen him travel the leng... |
With his 2013 album 'Secretly Famous' - produced by Grammy Award winner Jim Gaines - signalling something of a four year gap in output, Bratcher is set to make up for lost time with not one but two releases this year with 'This Is Blues Country' - an album of country music classics reinterpreted as blues songs - gettin... |
I caught up with Jimmie just as he was putting the finishing touches to 'This Is Blues Country' and I started by asking how he came about putting out an album of old classic country songs - albeit in his own style. "My mum and dad were country people so we listened to country music and that's what I grew up on," he exp... |
Given that songs on the new album such as "You Are My Sunshine", Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" and the Marty Robbins-penned "Singing The Blues" are established classics, I wondered if doing more literal versions ever crossed his mind. "I thought about doing more traditional versions of the songs but I just had to ... |
Jimmie Bratcher: Country music transformed by the blues-singing reverend |
"Honky Tonk Blues" opens Jimmie's new album and was originally recorded by its writer Hank Williams in 1952 and would go on to become a massive hit for the country music legend. "That song has a really great story," Jimmie elaborated. "I don't know if Hank intended it this way when he wrote it but it's actually the sto... |
With an international release for 'This Is Blues Country' scheduled for the summer following its April launch in the US, Jimmie plans to release a second covers album in quick succession. "'New Old Stuff' is a collection of mostly old gospel songs and hymns," he said. "When I came to faith in Jesus in 1976, I was right... |
Jimmie continued, "I speak in a church almost every Sunday and a lot of the time I travel by myself or with my wife Sherri and so I've gotten into the habit of taking a resonator guitar with me and I just play solo. I've had such a great a response from doing songs that way that I want to put it down on record. I recen... |
Up until now, Jimmie's most recent album was the Jim Gaines-produced 'Secretly Famous' which saw the guitarist move away from more direct references to faith in his lyrics and I asked if this approach was deliberate. "It was a conscious decision to be less direct in terms of matters of faith on that album," he confirme... |
I asked Jimmie what it's like playing songs that, at least in part, reference his Christian walk in secular venues such as clubs and bars. "Christian people always ask me about how much persecution I get playing gospel-themed songs in those kinds of venues and my answer is that I don't get any," he stated. "That's beca... |
Jimmie Bratcher: Country music transformed by the blues-singing reverend |
Jimmie continued, "Back in 2002, the bass player on 'Something Better' - a guy called Jeff Wollenberg - passed away. Jeff used to be a meth manufacturer and he got sent to prison but came to faith in Jesus whilst he was in there. We met shortly after he got out of prison and we quickly became friends. On July 25th 2002... |
I suggested that people must still initially feel awkward when they find out that the person playing in their bar is in fact a man of the cloth. "Usually, when people find out that I'm a minister, they do become nervous," he admitted. "Sherri and I work real hard to make people feel valued and loved - that real agape l... |
I put forward the suggestion that a lot of blues music - even without the gospel blues strand - consists of a hopefulness that shatters the misconception that the blues is simply downcast and depressing. "Absolutely," Jimmie agreed. "As far as you go back, blues music is about hoping for a better day. It can be about e... |
Jimmie's first two albums were produced by American gospel blues pioneer Larry Howard who sadly passed away in February after a long-term illness. I asked Jimmie what it was like working with Larry and how they first met. "I became aware of Larry Howard and his music mainly through his 'Bright Side Of The Blues' album ... |
"We met at that event and he heard me play a song I'd written called 'I Can't Get Over It' and he immediately told me I had to come to his studio in Macon, Georgia and record an album. Larry produced my first record 'Honey In The Rock' and he was definitely a mentor to me. He opened up my eyes about how to write and ga... |
With lots of new music planned for 2017, Jimmie would be well within his rights to take it easy for the rest of the year but this doesn't seem likely to happen. Jimmie confirmed: "We're pretty much on the road all the time and we've just been invited to play at the Invictus Games - an event that Prince Harry initiated ... |
In closing, I asked Jimmie what keeps him going. "People keep me going," he stated simply. "I see the hurt in people's eyes about what they're going through in life and whilst I don't have all the answers - none of us do - I can connect folks to someone who does have all the answers. That keeps us motivated to keep goi... |
About Lins Honeyman |
Lins HoneymanLins Honeyman is a Perthshire-based singer/songwriter and currently presents The Gospel Blues Train on Cross Rhythms Radio on Saturday nights from 11pm and on Listen Again. |
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Horrible Bosses: Self-Awareness and Destructive Leadership |
You’ve seen these types in the workplace, right? Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey) from the movie Horrible Bosses. Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) in the film Working Girl. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) from the movie Wall Street. Some executives make Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) from Office Space and Michael Scott (Steve C... |
My short, bewildering seasons covering the professional bass circuit. |
My short, bewildering seasons covering the professional bass circuit. |
My short, bewildering seasons covering the professional bass circuit. |
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The Only Bigmouths Were the Fish |
My short, bewildering seasons covering the professional bass circuit. |
Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty. Click image to expand. |
Over the past two years, I've caught rattlesnakes and salmon, fired pumpkins from catapults, and learned the finer points of shark fishing, duck calling, and catfish noodling. Mostly, I've covered bass tournaments. A bass-fishing contest is a brash affair—50 to 100-some boats, their 250-horsepower engines roaring at da... |
Take, for starters, the launch. This is when the fishermen arrive, back their boats down a ramp and into fog-dappled water, and make their final preparations for the day: strapping rods and reels to the decks, punching coordinates into GPS units, modifying baits with Sharpies. Anglers are almost unfailingly gracious ab... |
Yes, the game reduces you to talking about the weather. In no other sport, with the possible exception of hot-air-balloon racing, does weather matter more. On mornings when you have no freakin' clue what to write, stick to the forecast. Bright skies hurt anglers fishing shallow, because their shadows alarm the fish. Ra... |
As the competitors explode off the dock for a day of Adventure and Excitement, the reporter drives back to some South Texas Hampton Inn or Central Alabama Holiday Inn Express to file a story and nap before noon. He returns to the lake before 3 p.m. to see a bunch of fellows bedecked with logos—Triton boats, Yum baits, ... |
Let's say you tried to cover a baseball game the way I reported on a BASS tournament. You'd start by watching the ceremonial first pitch. Next, leave the stadium, only to return three hours later to read the line score. Then have a go at interviewing the players, knowing they'll keep mum on how all the runs scored for ... |
Interviewed backstage, cordial competitors simply say nothing or offer a couple of bare details: I caught 'em deep, or I was flipping a jig. In the world of recreational fishing, anglers delight in describing their catches. On the BASS circuit, the pros prefer to zip it. You know what loose lips do to entire ships—imag... |
Another difficulty of bass journalism is that the fishermen often have no idea what's going on. Clunn's a believer in what he calls "the dynamic universe." He sees fishing as a constant struggle to marry action with an environmental truth that's instantly obsolete—exactly what Heisenberg would've said if you handed him... |
What the pros rarely admit is that the lake changes so much day to day, hour to hour, mile to mile, that someone else could follow their recipe and catch squat. I came to treasure the honest assessments, like when an angler named Jeff Kriet—after a day of unexpected great fishing at a tournament in Greensboro, N.C.—pra... |
While I was rarely satisfied with my daily fish wrap-ups, there were great pieces to be found out on the lakes. At that Carolina tournament, someone on Kevin Wirth's boat apparently suffered a seizure, fell into the water, and likely would have died had Wirth not grabbed him by the scruff and towed him to shore. Kriet ... |
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What is Cord Blood? |
Cord blood means a blood that remains in the umbilical cord and the placenta after a baby is born. Afterbirth, cord and placenta were discarded as medical waste. Recently, it is been found that, cord blood has rich source of stem cells that can be stored and in future it can be used for different hematological and gene... |
Cord blood contains stem cells that are the building blocks of the blood and immune system. They have the ability to develop into other types of cells, so they can help to repair tissues, organs, and blood vessels and can be used to treat a host of diseases. The cord blood is composed of all the elements found in whole... |
Fig. 1 : Cord tissue and Placenta after birth. |
Cord blood bank |
Cord blood banking means collecting and storing the blood drawn from the umbilical cord after a baby is born. Cord blood bank is a facility, which cryopreserve umbilical cord blood in liquid nitrogen in -1960C for future medical use. In addition to cord blood; Cord tissue, placenta, amniotic fluid, amnion are also stor... |
There are two types of cord blood banks available. A public bank where cord blood can be donated for free, and it may be helpful for patients seeking stem cells for a transplant. In Public cord blood bank, HLA typed cord blood is open for transplant registry, where patient in need of cord blood or hematopoietic stem ce... |
Who should do cord blood banking |
Cord blood banking is encouraged because of the recent advancement in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine. Clinical application of cord blood, cord tissue or placental derived stem cells is getting recognition due to ample availability and less ethical concern. In fact, these are the only adult stem cells... |
Patient who have genetic history of cancer, diabetes should be encouraged to do cord blood banking. Similarly, population which is exposed to hazards chemicals or pollution should also be consider under this option |
Why to do cord blood banking? |
Cord blood contains stem cells that may be cryopreserved (Stored in -1960C) for later use in medical therapies, such as hematopietic stem cell transplants. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed in response to the potential for cord blood in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems. Public cor... |
How is Cord blood banking done? |
Once a couple decides to preserve their child’s blood/placenta/cord tissue, they sign an agreement with the company. After which a collection kit is provided to the couple with details about the collection process of cord blood/placenta/cord tissue. This kit is handed over to the obstetrician at the time of delivery. |
There are several methods for the collection of cord blood. The method most commonly used in clinical practice is the “closed technique”, which is similar to standard blood collection techniques. With this method, the technician prick in the vein of the umbilical cord using a needle that is connected to a blood bag, an... |
After cord blood collection, within 48 hours of cord blood units are transported to Cord Blood Processing Laboratory where technicians “register” new units into the database, obtain aliquots (small samples) for testing and storage. Processing must be completed and cord blood units frozen within 72 hours of collection. |
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