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Former Vertigo editor Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Pornsak Pichetshoteupdate collaborate on the classic haunted house trope in their new horror comic INFIDEL, debuting March 2018 from Image Comics. The story explores what happens when a Pakistani-American Muslim woman and her multi-ethnic, religiously diverse neighbors move into a NY apartment building that's haunted, specifically by ghosts that feed on xenophobia.
Pichetshote, who is a first time writer, says that so much horror nowadays is remakes of old stories, and since horror tends to use the anxieties of the day, a lot of the horror coming out is dealing with issues that aren't relevant. To him, race is the issue of our day, and it's something we need to talk about more. "We don't agree with what it looks like, we don't agree with what it is," Pichetshote said, so it can be a difficult subject to tackle, but one that felt very personal to him.
Personal stories can be very powerful, and Pichetshote says that Scott Snyder was a big inspiration to him, in how Snyder uses his insecurities and experiences to drive his work. Pichetshote's insecurities about race are foundational to Infidel.
Not only was having a multi-ethnic cast important to him, but it reflected his own life and friend group. To make sure the characters were as authentic as possible, he did a lot of research, not only by reading books and newspaper articles but finding people to have conversations with. "Today research is conversations," Pichetshote said, joking that an easy way to freak someone out is to ask if they know any Muslim women. Since one of the main characters is a Pakistani-American Muslim woman, he wanted to get that first-person narrative.
Finding the right artist for the book was also key. He needed someone who could not only draw scary imagery but someone who can capture realism. This is to make sure the book shows race accurately, and that person was Aaron Campbell, Pichetshote said. Campbell took the lead on the visuals by taking a unique approach using a foundation of traditional digital art and making the ghosts a painted wash effect on top. Pichetshote said he was excited to work with artists who weren't afraid of experimenting and helped influence the story.
Look for this 5 issue mini in March of 2018 from Image Comics.


text: Today at 9:30 am, senior U.S. intelligence officials face questions at a Senate hearing that will be dominated by the intelligence community's assessment that Russia meddled in the presidential election to help Donald Trump win. Participating will be James R. Clapper, Jr., Director Of National Intelligence. Marcel J. Lettre II, Under Secretary Of Defense For Intelligence and Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, United States Cyber Command. The Armed Services Committee's cyber threats hearing on Thursday comes a day before the president-elect is to be briefed by the CIA and FBI directors — along with the director of national intelligence — on the investigation into Russia's alleged hacking efforts. Trump has been deeply critical of their findings, even appearing to back controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's contention that Russia did not provide him with hacked Democratic emails. The committee's session is the first in a series aimed at investigating purported Russian cyber-attacks against U.S. interests and developing defenses sturdy enough to blunt future intrusions. "We will obviously be talking about the hacking, but the main thing is the whole issue of cybersecurity," the committee's Republican chairman, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said ahead of the hearing. "Right now we have no policy, no strategy to counter cyberattacks." More importantly, however, the hearing comes hours after Reuters reported overnight that U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks. However, in the latest change of the narrative, this time the allegation is that Russia provided the hacked data through a third party, three U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Wikieaks was quick to highlight that according to the report, US officials admitted that the Wikileaks "source" was not Russia, and that the goal posts now shifted to the source's source. So does this finally prove that Russia is not behind the fake story of them hacking the election for President Trump, since US officials are now admitting that Wikileaks source has no direct ties to Russia? Now it looks like US officials now believe that Russia is not the source of Wikileaks, but they are likely not willing to state the fact that multiple intelligence officials and DNC staffer Seth Rich leaked the information personally to Julian Assange and Wikileaks. It's funny though how John McCain stated that we have no policy regarding cyberattacks, so how can they even claim anyone hacked the DNC or Podesta's emails when the government has no policy regarding hacks and cyber attacks. Of course they arent mentioning how the Obama DHS has been caught hacking election databases in multiple states, because if these politicians and the Obama administration admitted that part...Then it would kill the whole fake narrative that Russia hacked our election. It seems everyone in Washington and the mainstream media are just running around in circles like kids who can't find exactly what they want at the local toy store. It also seems like disagreement in the US intelligence community is still taking place, which goes to show once again no proof exist when it comes to the claim that Russia hacked the election for President Trump.

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1759-08-01 - Battle of Minden
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Allied Victory
Prelude to the Battle
|Did you know that...
|In 1759, Voltaire published the satire Candide ou l'optimisme. To preserve Voltaire's anonymity, the satire was initially attributed to Dr. Ralph, a German doctor.
A new edition with amendments was published in 1761. The English title of this edition was Candide, or Optimism. Translated from the German of Dr. Ralph. With the additions found in the Doctor's pocket when he died at Minden, in the Year of Grace 1759.
In 1762, Candide was listed in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the Roman Catholic Church's list of prohibited books.
In 1768, Voltaire finally recognized paternity of this controversial satire.
Acknowledgement: Leonard Dorn for this interesting anecdote
At the beginning of July 1759, a French force under the duc de Broglie captured the town of Minden by surprise, thus securing a bridge over the Weser and getting access to Hanover. By July 16, the marquis de Contades had joined Broglie at Minden with the main French army. Meanwhile, Ferdinand of Brunswick concentrated the Allied army and methodically approached the town.
On July 29, Ferdinand, leaving Wangenheim's corps in its entrenched positions at Todtenhausen, advanced to Fredewald and Hille with the rest of his army. The British held the place of honour on the right of the line and picquets were pushed on forward. A small corps under Gilsa was sent to Lübbecke to maintain communication with the Hereditary Prince. Furthermore, Ferdinand made sure that his left could rapidly link with Wangenheim's right. Ferdinand had ordered his army to hold itself ready to march at 1:00 AM. the following day.
Contades, ignoring these dispositions, considered that the Allied army was dispersed. With his lines of communication with Kassel cut, it looked very tempting to engage a battle against Ferdinand. In preparation for such an endeavour, Contades detached the duc de Brissac with 8,000 men to Gohfeld to cover the Hereditary Prince, he also threw 19 bridges over the Bastau for the passage of his troops across it in as many columns, and he ordered Broglie to be ready to cross the Weser with his corps to form a 9th column upon his right and to attack Todtenhausen and Bevern's camp at Petershagen. To do so, Contades reinforced Broglie with the Grenadiers de France, the Grenadiers Royaux, 6 guns and 4 howitzers. The grenadiers were destined to form Broglie's 3rd line.
Contades could bring 51,000 men with 162 guns into the plain of Minden while Ferdinand could oppose him 41,000 men and 170 guns.
Ferdinand's posts extended from the Weser river and Todtenhausen round by Stemmern, Holzhausen, to Hartum and the bog of Bastau, in various villages and woody patches and favourable spots, all looking in upon Minden. His positions formed a kind of arc 8 or 11 km from Minden.
Initially Contade was deployed south of the Bastau to the west of Minden.
Wikimedia Commons also propose the following high resolution maps of the Battle of Minden:
Description of Events
On Tuesday evening July 31, the French camp was all alert in the darkness. More than 50,000 French were in motion. Contades had 19 bridges ready on the Bastau brook, in front of him. He planned to march his army across these bridges, to its various stations on the plain of Minden. The same evening, Ferdinand ordered that, at 1:00 AM, the army should be ready to march; that the cavalry must be saddled (Sackville never received or ignored this order for his cavalry got saddled only by 4:00 AM) ; the artillery horses harnessed, and the infantry gathered; but tents were not to be struck, nor the troops put under arms till further orders.
On August 1, about midnight, Contades' army came out of its camp in 8 columns. Meanwhile, Broglie passed the Weser by the town bridge, formed a ninth column to the right of the French army and gradually ranked himself opposite Todtenhausen.
Around 1:00 AM, two French deserters were brought in by a picquet to the Prince of Anhalt, general officer of the day in the Allied army, with the important intelligence that the whole French army was in motion. Ferdinand had seen signs of some stir on the previous evening, and had directed that, on the observance of the slightest movement at the advanced posts, information should be brought to him at once.
Around 3:00 AM, a messenger arrived at Ferdinand's headquarters from Anhalt with the news. Instantly Ferdinand called the whole of his troops to arms, and ordered them to march to their appointed positions. His orders had already been issued, and were clear and precise enough. At about the same moment, a French battery of 6 guns began to cannonade Ferdinand's headquarters at Hille. A French corps was deployed nearby to make a false attack on Hille to distract Ferdinand's attention from their main effort on the Allied left wing. However, Ferdinand contented himself with sending 2 heavy guns to Hille and instructing the Allied forces posted there to hold to the last extremity.
The morning was very misty. Broglie's instructions were to root Wangenheim and then to take advantage of the 5 km gap between Ferdinand and Wangenheim. Even though his plan called for an attack on the Allied army at 5:00 AM, Contade's troops wasted many hours to form after crossing the Bastau.
By 5:00 AM, Broglie, a capable officer, had crossed the Weser, taken up his appointed position on the right close to the Weser, and made his dispositions to fall upon Wangenheim, punctually and in good order. But he dared not attack until the rest of the army was formed. Meanwhile, Contades' main army was forming in order of battle on the plain of Minden. His cavalry occupied the heath in the centre and his infantry on the left extended to the morass near the village of Hahlen.
From 5:00 AM, Ferdinand was issuing from his camp, advancing eastward, closing on Contades. The advance was to be in 8 columns:
- 1st column: cavalry of the right wing
- 2nd column: heavy artillery of the right wing
- 3rd and 4th columns: infantry of the right wing
- 5th column: heavy artillery of the centre
- 6th and 7th column: infantry of the left wing
- 8th column: cavalry of the left wing
The Allied centre included 6 British infantry battalions. With the Allies, 7 out of the 8 columns were formed and marched off with great promptitude but in Sackville's column all was confusion and delay. Some of the regiments were ready and others were not. Sackville himself was not to be found. It was no good beginning for the British cavalry who was supposed to form the right wing at Hahlen. There was therefore every likelihood that the village on which Ferdinand had intended to rest his right flank, might be occupied by the French before Sackville could be there to prevent them.
Around 5:00 AM, Wangenheim's corps moved out of its camp through the openings previously made in the dyke and formed in order of battle as follows (from right to left):
- 18 cavalry sqns
- 8 infantry bns in the hedges of Kutenhausen
- grenadiers
- batteries of Thonhausen
While Ferdinand's columns were on the march, Broglie began to cannonade Wangenheim's positions around Todtenhausen. Broglie persisted in this tactic for 3 hours.
To compensate for the delay of Sackville's column, Ferdinand galloped away to Hartum and ordered the picquets stationed therein to move at once to Hahlen, and then hurried back with all speed to the latter village, only to learn the bad news that it was already in possession of the French. Meanwhile not a word had come from Wangenheim, who, for aught he knew, might be in serious difficulties. Ferdinand then despatched his solitary aide-de-camp to Todtenhausen to ascertain how matters were going on the left.
Between 6:00 and 7:00 AM, the Allied columns deployed in order of battle from Hartum and Hahlen to their right and Stemmeren to their left. According to Ferdinand's instructions, the Allied picquets under the prince of Anhalt were deployed in front of the cavalry of the right wing near Hahlen.
About 7:00 AM, a French battery of the left wing opened against the second Allied column of artillery on its march and raked it. The British brigade forming part of this column deployed and returned fire and silenced the French battery within 10 minutes.
By 7:00 AM and even by 8:00 AM, Contade's troops were still struggling to take position. Some columns were too close, others too distant. His line was convex in form, following, as it were, the contour of the walls of Minden, with the right resting on the Weser and the left on the morass. At the extreme right, Broglie's corps on the right was drawn up in two lines, the first of infantry, the second of cavalry, with two powerful batteries in advance. The ground on both wings was rough and quite unfit for cavalry. Therefore, Contades put his entire cavalry in the centre. These 10,000 horses were the flower of the French Army, they had firm open ground ahead of them and strong batteries and masses of infantry to support on each flank. The batteries were positioned to catch any assailant in cross-fire. However, the French left wing of infantry was late in arriving at its position, and its tardiness was not without effect on the issue of the action.
By 8:00 AM, the British cavalry under Sackville had finally taken position at the village of Hartum. Contades and Broglie together had 57,000 foot and horse. Ferdinand's entire force was near 42,000 men, excluding the detachment sent towards Gohfeld under the Hereditary Prince. Broglie, realising that his cannonade was producing no tangible results and that Wangenheim was opposing him a larger force than expected, went to Contades to request reinforcements.
Soon after 8:00 AM, combats began. As Ferdinand feared, the French right wing advanced against Wangenheim, attacking him at Kuttenhausen. But meanwhile a furious cannonade began about Hille on the French left, where the causeway issued from the western end of the morass. However, Ferdinand had already sealed up the outlet of the causeway with 500 men and two guns. Nevertheless, to make assurance still surer, Ferdinand then ordered two more guns and Gilsa's detachment from Lübbecke to Hille. He also sent information to the Hereditary Prince of what was passing. After making sure that his columns were advancing, Ferdinand turned his attention back to Hahlen. There, the Prince of Anhalt had duly brought up the picquets and 2 howitzers from Hartum before Hahlen, as directed, but had halted instead of clearing the French out of the village. This inaction had delayed the deployment of the whole of Spörcken's column. Ferdinand then ordered the Prince of Anhalt to take at once the village, occupied by 2 French bns during the night, which Anhalt finally did after three assaults, driving the French back to Dützen along the marshes.
After the occupation of Hahlen, matters on the right began to adjust themselves for the Allies. Ferdinand ordered Captain Foy's battery to the front of the village, to cover the formation of the troops, and was soon satisfied by the admirable working of these British guns that all was safe in that quarter. Meanwhile his aide-de-camp returned from Todtenhausen with intelligence that Wangenheim was holding his own, though the enemy had gained ground on Wangenheim's right, where his flank was uncovered.
Observing the excellent practice of Foy's battery before Hahlen, Ferdinand had already sent Macbean's British battery to join it and ordered Haase's Hanoverian brigade of heavy guns to the same position. Then seeing Spörcken's column of British infantry in the act of deployment, he sent orders that its advance, when the time should come, should be made with drums beating. The order was either misdelivered or misunderstood, for to his surprise the leading British brigade shook itself up and began to advance forthwith. A flight of aides-de-camp galloped off to stop them and the British line halted behind a belt of fir-wood to await the formation of the rest of the army. In the first line of Spörcken's division stood, counting from right to left, the 12th Foot, 37th Foot and 23rd Foot under Brigadier Waldegrave. In the second line, which extended beyond the first on each flank, the 20th Foot, 51st Foot and 25th Foot under Brigadier Kingsley, Hardenberg's Hanoverian battalion, and 2 battalions of Hanoverian Foot Guards. There then they stood for a few minutes, while the second line, which was only partially deployed, hastened to complete the evolution. Suddenly, to the general amazement, the drums again began to roll and the first line stepped off once more, advancing rapidly but in perfect order, straight upon the cavalry deployed on the left of the French centre. The second line, though its formation was still incomplete, stepped off likewise in rear of its comrades, deploying as it moved, and therefore of necessity dropping somewhat in rear. And so the 9 battalions, with the leading brigade far in advance, swung proudly forward. Two French batteries of 30 and 36 guns took the advancing line in cross-fire. Alone and unsupported from the rest of the line, the British line continued its advance.
No aide-de-camp, gallop though he might, could stop the British infantry brigades now. The British battalions deployed on the right were the more exposed to destruction, for the French batteries at Malbergen on their left were too remote to maintain a really deadly fire. For nearly 150 paces of the advance, the French guns tore great gaps in their ranks. However, Allied batteries soon silenced the French battery, and the British brigades pressed on with steadiness against the motionless lines of French cavalry. Then at last the wall of men and horses started into life, and 11 squadrons of the French first line coming forward from the rest bore straight down upon the British first line. The British and Hanoverian battalions stood firm until the enemy were within 10 meters. They then poured a deadly volley which strewed the ground with men and horses, throwing back the French first line of cavalry and continuing their advance.
Ferdinand, perceiving the disorder of the French, sent an aide-de-camp at full speed to Lord George Sackville to bring up the British cavalry and complete the rout. Sackville disputed the meaning of the order for a time, and then advancing his squadrons for a short distance, as if to obey it, brought them once more to a halt. A second messenger came up in hot haste to ask why the cavalry of the right did not come on, but Sackville remained stationary, and the opportunity was lost.
Indeed, Contades arrived in the centre and ordered Beaupréau to occupy a few houses and hedges situated in front of the French cavalry with Touraine brigade and 8 guns. While Beaupréau marched to his new positions, 3 additional French infantry brigades and 24 guns were coming forward from the French left to enfilade the audacious British and Hanoverian battalions. Ferdinand, since Sackville would not move, advanced Phillips's brigade of heavy guns in order to parry, if possible, this flanking attack.
Then the second line of the French cavalry came thundering down, eager to retrieve their defeat, upon the 9 isolated battalions. For a moment the Anglo-Hanoverian lines seemed to waver under this attack, but recovering themselves they closed up their ranks and met the charging squadrons with a storm of musketry which blasted them off the field. At this moment, Scheele's infantry brigade along with Wangenheim Infantry and Hessian Garde then brought a timely support to this attack. The comte de Lusace attacked these Allied units with the Saxons deployed to the left of the French cavalry and momentarily forced them back. But the Allied infantry soon rallied, resumed its advance and routed the Saxon regiments with terrible loss. The Aquitaine and Condé infantry brigades, under the command of Maugiron, wanted to march to the support of the Saxons but they were driven back. Maugiron was wounded during the action.
Again an aide-de-camp flew from Ferdinand's side to Sackville, adjuring him to bring up the British squadrons only, if no more, to make good the success. However, it was not jealousy of the foreign squadrons under his command that kept Sackville back. The messenger delivered his order; but not a squadron moved.
Now the French reserve, consisting of the Gendarmerie de France and the Carabiniers, attempted a third attack upon the 9 brave battalions. It charged and broke through the first line of Allied infantry. However, the second line received them with a deadly fire and forced them to retire. Poyanne, commanding the reserve, suffered several wounds during this charge. A fourth messenger was sent to Sackville, but with no result. Ferdinand's impatience waxed hot. "When is that cavalry coming?" he kept exclaiming. "Has no one seen that cavalry of the right wing? " But no cavalry came. "Good God! is there no means of getting that cavalry to advance," he ejaculated in desperation, and sent a fifth messenger to bring up Lord Granby with the squadrons of Sackville's second line only. Granby was about to execute the order, when Sackville rode up and forbade him and then, as if still in doubt as to these repeated orders, Sackville trotted up to Ferdinand and asked what they might mean. "My Lord," Ferdinand is said to have answered, calmly, but with such contempt as may be imagined, "the opportunity is now passed."
The rightmost French cavalry brigade, under the command of Vogué, then launched a fourth charge. But this brigade was caught in flank and routed by General Urf who was arriving from the left wing with a few squadrons. The French cavalry was now totally beaten.
Meanwhile, the French battery at Malbergen had been taken. Several cavalry regiments (Hanoverian Garde du Corps, Hammerstein Cavalry, Prussian Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons and some Hessian cavalry) along with the Hessian grenadiers distinguished themselves in this attack on Malbergen. They gained the right flank of Touraine and Rouergue infantry brigades and drove them back, capturing a large part of Rouergue brigade and taking possession of the houses and hedges previously occupied by these brigades.
The astonishing attack of the British infantry had virtually gained the day. Ferdinand's line had gained time to form and to join with Wangenheim's. On the Allied left wing, the battery in front of Thonhausen totally silenced the French batteries on their right and made great havoc among the Swiss infantry and Grenadiers de France. Ferdinand's left wing then took the offensive, and the German cavalry by a brilliant charge dispersed the whole of the infantry opposed to them.
About 9:00 AM, the French began to give way.
About 10:00 AM, the whole French army fled in disorder, taking shelter under the guns of Minden or recrossing the bridges over the rivulet to their camp behind the marsh. These bridges were then broken for fear of being pursued. Contandes sent the second line French right wing infantry (Auvergne and Anhalt brigades) to cover the retreat but the Prussian cavalry swept them home again. The duc de Broglie, who was still cannonading Wangenheim's corps and had never seriously engaged his force, sent his cavalry to support the right flank of the main French army, badly mauled by Hammerstein Cavalry. However, this French cavalry was driven back by the Prussian Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons. La Marche then advanced and fired on the Prussian dragoons who wheeled left, attacked La Marche and captured it along with 10 guns and 2 colours. After covering the retreat of the right wing of the French army, Broglie withdrew into Minden.
Meanwhile, the Saxon brigades had covered the retreat of the left wing of the French army into its old camp. Ferdinand ordered the British artillery to advance as near the morass as possible to dislodge the French units who had taken refuge in this camp. The British artillery then forced the French to retire.
Gilsa's corps pushed forward from Lübbecke over the morass by Eickhorst, reaching the old French camp. About this time, the remnants of Brissac's corps defeated during the engagement of Gohfeld arrived in the neighbourhood of Minden and joined the main army in its retreat.
Had Sackville's cavalry come forward when it was bidden, it might have cut the flying French squadrons to pieces, barred the retreat of most if not all of the French left wing and turned the victory into a decisive one. As things happened, it fell to Foy and Macbean of the British Artillery to gather the laurels of the pursuit. Hard though they had worked all day, these officers limbered up their guns and moved with astonishing rapidity along the border of the marsh, halting from time to time to pound the retreating masses of the enemy.
The victorious Allied army encamped on the battle field for the night. The headquarters were established at Süd-Hemmern.
French lost 7,086 men killed, wounded and taken prisoners. Prince Camille was killed in action while the count of Lutzelburg and the marquis de Monti were taken prisoners. Tha Saxon Contigent suffered heavily with a loss around 33% and its commander Prince Xavier (aka Comte de Lusace) was wounded. The Allies captured 43 guns, 10 pair of colours and 7 standards. The Allies lost 2,822 men, half of it falling on those rash 6 British battalions who, from 4,434 men and 78 officers, lost 1,252 men. The heaviest sufferers were the 12th, which lost 302 men and the 20th, which lost 322 of all ranks, these regiments holding the place of honour on the right of the first and second lines.
During the following night, abandoning his communications with Paderborn, Contades crossed the Weser, broke down the bridge of Minden, burned his bridges of boats and retired through a difficult and distressing country to Kassel, with an army not only beaten but demoralised.
After this victory, the Allied army advanced into Hesse recapturing Kassel, Marburg and Münster, recovering all territories previously lost during this campaign.
For his conduct at the battle, lord Sackville was considered disgraced and, in order to clear his name, he requested a court martial. However, the evidence against him was substantial and the court martial declared him "...unfit to serve His Majesty in any capacity whatsoever."
Maréchal de Contades was subsequently relieved of his command and replaced by the duc de Broglie.
Order of Battle
Allied Order of Battle
Commander-in-chief: Ferdinand of Brunswick
Summary: 42,000 men in 48 bns, 65 sqns and 105 artillery pieces
Main Army under Ferdinand of Brunswick
|First Line
|Second Line
|First column: Cavalry Right Wing under Lieutenant-general Lord Sackville
|First Line of Cavalry under Lieutenant-general Lord Sackville
|Second Line of Cavalry under Lieutenant-general Marquis of Granby
|Second column: Artillery under Major Haase
|Third column under Lieutenant-general von Spörcken
|Major-general Waldegrave's Brigade
|Major-general Kingsley's Brigade
|Fourth column: Prinz Anhalt Division under Lieutenant-general Scheele
|Major-general von Scheele's Brigade
|Major-general Wissembach's Brigade
|Fifth column: Artillery under Colonel Braun
|Sixth column under Lieutenant-general von Wutginau
|Major-general von Toll's Brigade
|Major-general von Bischausen
|Seventh column under Lieutenant-general von Imhoff
|Major-general von Einsiedel's Brigade
|Major-general von Behr's Brigade
|Eighth column: Left Wing under lieutenant-general the Duke of Holstein
|Lieutenant-general the Duke of Holstein's Brigade
|Lieutenant-general von Urff's Brigade
Wangenheim Corps between the village of Kutenhausen and the Weser
|First Line
|Second Line
|Third Line
|Cavalry Right Wing
|Prussian Ruesch Hussars (1 sqn)
|Infantry Centre
Reinecke Detachment near Hille guarding the Eickhorst causeway crossing the peat bog
- Brunswicker Imhoff Detachment (500 men)
- Artillery
- 2 x 12-pdrs
- 2 x 6 pdrs
Gilsa Detachment at Lübbecke
- Hanoverian Linstrow (1 bn)
- Hessian Prinz Karl (1 bn)
- Brunswicker I./Behr (1 bn)
- British Dragoons (300 men from an unidentified unit)
- Prussian Ruesch Hussars (2 sqns)
Laffert Detachment on the left bank of the Weser
- Hanoverian Luckner's Hussars (2 sqns)
- Hanoverian Converged Grenadiers (1 bn) under Wense
- Hanoverian Converged Grenadiers (1 bn) under Sydow
- Hanoverian Jägers
French Order of Battle
Commander-in-chief: maréchal de Contades assisted by lieutenant-general comte de Noailles and maréchal de camp de Raugrave
Summary: 57,000 men in 84 bns (avg. 500 men per bn), 85 sqns (avg. 120-140 men per sqn) and 90 artillery pieces
Main Army under maréchal de Contades deployed in front of the fortress of Minden
|First Line
|Second Line
|Third Line
|Right Wing Infantry
|Chevalier de Nicolaï's Division assisted by lieutenant-general Beaupréau
|Comte de Saint-Germain's Division
assisted by maréchaux-de-camp Leyde and Glaubitz
|Centre Cavalry
|Duc de FitzJames' Division
assisted by lt-gen. Vogué and Castries
|Du Mesnil's Division
assisted by lt-gen. Andlau and d'Orlick
|Marquis de Poyanne's Division
assisted by maréchaux-de-camp Bellefonds and Bissy
|Left Wing Infantry
|Guerchy's Division
assisted by maréchaux-de-camp Laval and Maugiron
|Saxon Division under comte de Lusace
assisted by comte de Solms
N.B.: out of the Saxon division, one battalion
N.B.: The rightmost battalion of each brigade was formed in column. The battalions of the second line were spread wider than those of the first. Exceptionally, Auvergne Infanterie had its first battalion formed in column on the left to link with the cavalry centre. Each line of the French army maintained a distance of 400 paces. The 64 pieces in front of Contades infantry would include 8 12-pdrs, a good number of 8-pdrs, and the most being long barreled 4-pdrs.
Detached units from Contades Main Army under Chevreuse (Dragoons Reserve) and d'Auvet (infantry) in Lippstadt
- Orléans Infanterie (2 bns)
- Rohan Rochefort Infanterie (2 bns)
- Du Roy Dragons (4 sqns)
- La Ferronnaye Dragons (4 sqns)
- Caraman Dragons (4 sqns)
Detached units from Contades Main Army under de Buizenwal in Hameln
- Diesbach Infanterie (2 bns)
- Castellas Infanterie (2 bns)
Detached units from Contades Main Army under Fischer between Göttingen and Minden, raiding the country up to the city of Hannover
Broglie Corps
|First Line
|Second Line
|Infantry, probably under chevalier du Muy
|Cavalry, probably under prince Camille
N.B.: Each infantry brigade was preceded by 100 workers with the necessary wagons and tools. Once ordered to only contain Bevern's grenadiers and Wangenheim's corps, Broglie redeployed in a different formation with his infantry in 3 lines and the horse to their left.
Broglie also commanded the following light troops, on the far bank of the Weser watching Luckner's detachment:
- Apchon Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Volontaires de Schomberg (3 sqns)
- Royal Nassau Hussars (4 sqns)
Duc d'Havré Corps in an advanced post at Eichhorst to the left, opposing Hille.
- Navarre (4 bns)
- Volontaires du Dauphiné (infantry only, approx. 300 men). The Dragoons (approx. 300 men) were guarding the defiles of Bergkirchen.
- Volontaires Liégeois also named Volontaires de Hallet (approx. 600 men)
- Volontaires de Muret (from Royal Comtois regiment, approx. 150 men)
- Artillery (4 x 8-pdrs)
Garrison of Minden under maréchal de camp de Bisson
N.B.: Lowendahl brigade occupied the ramparts of Minden and the 3 bridgeheads. Most heavy artillery pieces were placed on the cavaliers of Minden and some pieces in the work covering the stone bridge.
Detached units from Broglie Corps for garrison
- Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince in Münster
- Volontaires de la Noue in Petershagen
- Eptingen Infanterie (2 bns) in Hanau
- Royal Pologne Infanterie (1 bn) in Giessen
Detached units from Broglie Corps with unknown location
- Nassau Prince Louis Infanterie (2 bns)
- Courten Infanterie (2 bns)
- Montcalm Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- d'Hericy Cavalerie (2 sqns)
This article incorporates texts from the following books which are now in the public domain:
- Anonymous: A Complete History of the Present War, from its Commencement in 1756, to the End of the Campaign, 1760, London, 1761, pp. 398-404
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- Hotham: The operations of the Allied Amy under the command of his Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand Duke of Brunswic and Luneberg beginning in the year 1757 and ending in the year 1762, London: T. Jefferies, 1764, p. 99-104
- Jomini, Baron de: Traité des grandes opérations militaires, Vol. 3, 2nd ed., Magimel, Paris, 1811, pp. 30-46
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- Rogge, Christian: The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War, Frankfurt: 2006
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Me Before You Extended Trailer (2016)
Extended trailer for Me Before You, which was released to international markets.
Often times you find love where you least expect it. Sometimes it takes you where you never expected to go...
We could probably play a little game called "Six Degrees of Separation" with Me Before You. While everybody knows Emilia Clarke is from Game of Thrones, it just so happens that the girl who plays her sister in the film, Jenna Coleman, happens to be dating Richard Madden, aka Rob Stark from Game of Thrones.
If you were wondering why the guy asking questions at the table (in the trailer) looked familiar, that is because that is Matthew Lewis, the same guy who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films.
If there is one thing that the extended trailer for Me Before You does incredibly well, it is the ability to pull (or should I say yank) at your heart strings. "Photographs" by Ed Sheeran worked so well in the trailer it makes sense that the studio would use it a second time. While the adaptation looks to be a box office hit for what looks to be another Nicholas Sparks tragedy, the story was actually written by Jojo Moyes. Take that Sparks!
If you have any doubt in Warner Bros' confidence in the film, the studio is showing some real estrogen-filled balls by releasing Me Before You in June, right smack dab in the middle of the summer blockbuster season. While even the largest budget films fear getting crushed by the competition during this season, Warner Bros has to be thinking that the romance genre might carve its own niche and give audiences a reprieve from superheroes and battling robots.
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Towne, John
TOWNE, JOHN (1711?–1791), controversialist, born about 1711, was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, whence he graduated B.A. in 1732 and M.A. in 1736. He became vicar of Thorpe-Ernald, Leicestershire, on 22 June 1740, archdeacon of Stowe in 1765, a prebendary of Lincoln, and rector of Little Paunton, Lincolnshire. He died on 15 March 1791 at Little Paunton, where he was buried, a mural tablet being erected to his memory in the church. Towne was a friend of Bishop Warburton, who held him in high esteem. By his wife Anne, who died on 31 Jan. 1754, he left three daughters and one son, who became a painter and died young.
His works are: 1. 'A Critical Inquiry into the Opinions and Practice of the Ancient Philosophers, concerning the nature of the Soul and a Future State, and their method of teaching by the double doctrine. … With a Preface by the Author of the Divine Legation' [William Warburton, bishop of Gloucester] (anon.), London, 1747, 8vo; 2nd edit. London, 1748, 8vo. 2. 'The Argument of the Divine Legation [by Bishop Warburton], fairly stated and returned to the Deists, to whom it was originally addressed,' London, 1751, 8vo. 3. 'A Free and Candid Examination of the Principles advanced in the … Bishop of London's [i.e. Dr. Sherlock's] … Sermons, lately published; and in his … Discourses on Prophecy' (anon.), London, 1756, 8vo. 4. 'Dissertation on the Antient Mysteries,' London, 1766. 5. 'Remarks on Dr. Lowth's Letter to the Bishop of Gloucester [William Warburton]. With the Bishop's Appendix, and the second Epistolary Correspondence between his Lordship and the Doctor annexed' (anon.), 2 pts. London, 1766, 8vo. 5. 'Exposition of the Orthodox System of Civil Rights, and Church Power; addressed to Dr. Stebbing.'[Gent. Mag. 1791, i. 286; Nichols's Lit. Anecd. ii. 283; Hurd's Life of Bishop Warburton, 1788, p. 134; Martin's Privately Printed Books, 2nd edit. p. 62; Le Neve's Fasti, ed. Hardy, ii. 81; Nichols's Hist. of Leicestershire, ii. 371.]


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You'll have to excuse the low volume of posts recently. Things have been quite hectic around here between lecturing marketing classes online, producing Countlan magazine and a couple other small projects.
Now it's time for a Copenhagen update. First off, the sun has finally come out in Copenhagen and the city has come to life. It's quite amazing to observe how people really use a city when the weather is good. There is life on the street and it seems the new pastime for Copenhageners is to chase the sun and take in their daily dose of vitamin D. As I walk to and from yoga, I see people sitting on benches, sprawled out on the grass in the park, and basking in the sun on bridges. I understand why and I have also tried to get into the vitamin D hunting spirit and make sure I get out for a walk after work.
I love how the detail oriented Danes share some of this creativity on the street in small, hardly noticeable ways. When I walk around, I find there is always something small and surprising to notice if you look close enough. You see little works of art woven into the streetscape. I've tried to include a few shots of my favourite artistic embellishments in Copenhagen that I've passed by.
Secondly, I"ve been doing a lot of cooking. I have a few cookbooks that are keeping me busy testing new recipes for fun and for the magazine. I am particularly in love with Yotam Ottolenghi's book called Jerusalem. I think I've made half the book over the past two months. I have posted more pictures on my Instagram feed if you are interested in checking them out and following along. I cook weekly from the book and will not stop until each and every recipe has been made/eaten. All delicious despite the sometimes long list of ingredients.
Then of course there has been a plethora of new restaurants, date nights and guests staying with us. By the way, if you were wondering where the Date Night series went, it did not disappear but the lighting is so dim and mood-lit that I can't capture a shot worth posting. This does not prohibit me from writing a verbal account but I would prefer to show and share at the same time.
To catch you up, most recently I've dined at Geist (New Nordic, slow service/long meal, but they served cotton candy for dessert, and the dishes were very innovative), Fiskebaren (Meat packing district, fish with a few non fish options, leisurely), Lele (Vietnamese street food, can't go wrong), Cafe Nice (Just like Provence, great goat cheese salad, cash only), Mad Klubben Vesterbro (not worth it, hectic restaurant but very cool decor) and BROR (My table of 4 decided this place was a 6.5/10 at most- despite the fact that both chefs are ex-Noma). I also checked out a Chang Mai themed Silver Spoon Dining event a couple weeks ago that was held on the top floor of an office building. It was a really cool- underground dining experience and I look forward to checking more out in the future.
Finally, I have discovered there are some lovely spots in the city to take in a bit of nature and piece and quiet (or at least feel like you are not in a city and are somewhere north). Kastellet, the home of the Little Mermaid, is a beautiful green walking/running circuit that looks out onto the water. It can be very touristy but I by-pass the mermaid and stick to the higher grounds of the fortress. Serene, green and quiet.
Up next, I will be travelling to Istanbul and Hamburg in the next four weeks, plus be adding to the restaurant list as more guests come out and visit.
I can't wait to share Issue 04 of Countlan magazine with you in early July. The magazine is small and nimble and is slowly growing a following.
Until the next post. I wish you a great week.


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More than a million Indians join online campaign to try to keep the net free of rules seen as favouring telecom firms.
More than a million Indians have come together in an attempt to ensure that internet services remain free of government regulations seen as favouring big telecom companies, in the world's third largest internet using country.
In one of the biggest online campaigns of recent times, Indians have given a verdict in favour of net neutrality after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) sought peoples' feedback last month.
TRAI sought to know whether any service or application provided online like messaging and voice services, e-commerce sites and apps should be regulated, and whether consumers should not just pay for data but also access to certain websites and services.
TRAI set a deadline of April 24 and, within days, was receiving 50 emails per minute in what activists called was the biggest such response to a government discussion paper in India.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Long way to go. With you we'll #SaveTheInternet. http://t.co/atNByduOJ2 pic.twitter.com/eJBwFJyA9x
— Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) April 23, 2015
Thirty-four year old Nikhil Pahwa, founder and editor of medianama.com, came together with more than 50 people of various backgrounds and from different parts of the country to launch an online campaign based on the idea of internet as a utility, a level playing field accessible to all, where its freedom is protected.
"There's been a response by ordinary netizens against handing over the power to telecom companies. History has been made, never before has a government consultation received a million response," Pahwa told Al Jazeera.
Through social media platforms such as Reddit India and Twitter more users pitched in to decode and simplify the 118 page long government discussion paper. Anonymous users helped the team to create FAQs for users.
Karthik Balakrishnan, a 22-year-old undergraduate engineering student from IT city of Bangalore, built a website which simplified the feedback process.
The process of submitting responses to the TRAI discussion document was made easily accessible with just a click of a button further promoted by an online video that went viral with more than 2.6 million views in just over 10 days.
"We are a group of individuals who have come together to fight for a common cause. We've paid for everything out of our own pockets. We all live in different cities, most of us have never met each other. Yet somehow we have run this completely remotely over the internet," Balakrishnan told Al Jazeera.
More than 50 academicians of the country's premier technology and science institutes also backed the movement for net neutrality saying it is essential to the idea of the internet.
"There is a potential that the internet might be split up into fast and slow lanes.There is a chance that data might be throttled, that consumers would have to pay more to access certain services compared to others," Gursimran Khamba, co-founder of AIB, a comedy group that created the viral video, told Al Jazeera
According to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMI), there are 302 million internet users in the country of which close to 180 million access the internet on their cellphones. The Indian e-commerce market according to some estimates will be close to $22 billion this year, the stakes as many point out are high.
"If you look at the consultation papers by TRAI, there seems to be a tendency towards regulating the sector. Eventually it will affect the startups because they don't have money to pay the licensing fee and that will affect innovation and entrepreneurship in India," Nilotpal Chakravarti, Associate Vice President of IAMI, told Al Jazeera.
For the Telecom companies the debate is about cost rationality and the threat of increasing competition from internet companies.
They insist that high cost of building networks and infrastructure together with services such as Whatsapp,Skype, Facebook and Viber eating into their messaging revenues, prices need to be justified by charging users for data.
On Friday, the influential Cellullar Operators Association of India (COAI), launched an initiative which it says will focus on providing access to internet to millions of unconnected Indians. The telecom companies say they are not asking for regulations on online services but are insisting on parity.
"Same Rules for Same Services-basically means that the regulations and rules applicable to the telecom service providers should be made applicable to any other service provider offering the same service, including Mobile voice, telephony services and IP Voice services," Rajan S. Matthews, the director general of COAI told Al Jazeera.
Technology is disruptive; coping with rapid change only way out for telecom. Social media firms redefining user experience. #NetNeutrality
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) April 23, 2015
India has the slowest internet speed in Asia Pacific after Indonesia with a speed of 2.0 mbps less than global average of 4.5 mbps.
The Indian government, which last year launched its Digital India campaign promised high speed internet in all rural areas, has said that the final decision does not rest with TRAI and is committed to providing internet to all.
The debate continues as campaigners have asked the government to stop telecom companies from violating net neutrality.


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How many people could answer that question? I don't mean which supermarket, but rather from which ranch and from which slaughterhouse. Follow that question a bit farther and ask about the conditions on that ranch. Are anti-biotics used? Are chicken remains ground up and sprinkled into the grain to provide more protein? How many cattle pass through the slaughterhouse every day? The food safety system of this country has been bankrupt for quite some time. 200 people die every year in the United States from E. coli (Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser). The relationship between big business and the U.S. Department of Agriculture ensures that this number will not decrease unless there is a cultural shift in how we approach the animals we eat.
Stephanie Smith of Minnesota came home one Sunday for a home cooked hamburger at her parent's house. Weeks of cramping, diarrhea, and eventually 9 weeks of coma left her paralyzed from the waist down for life. From a hamburger labeled "America's chef's selection Angus beef patties." The hamburger patties that she ate that day came were ground up in Wisconsin, and garnered from slaughterhouses in Nebraska, Texas, South Dakota, and Uruguay. (The New York Times, Oct. 3, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html?_r=2) None of those scraps had been tested for E. coli because the FDA allows hamburger grinders to create their own safety procedures. Even though Cargill, the food giant that made those patties, had been breaking it's own safety procedures months before those patties were made, they were allowed to release their products into the public because Cargill had promised to increase its safety requirements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA8iyzYnXuc
At the Country Cat in Portland, Oregon, Adam Sappington breaks down a side of beef every couple weeks and grinds the burgers himself. He has visited Sweet Briar Farms in Junction City and has made sure that the beef he serves is grass-fed, raised without anti-biotics, and slaughtered humanely. All of this is hard work, but worth it because of the piece of mind that accomplishing a job with integrity imbues. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Wo4O2iepI)
On November 4th Adam broke down a side of beef at the Livestock venture. Livestock is the new shift away from the production of mass food and enormous slaughterhouses. In their words it is "an urban conversation designed to explore the literary and literal aspects of killing our dinner." This is an attempt to create a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program that extends not only to the farmers of Oregon, but also to the ranchers. Farmers, and soon ranchers, will be encouraged to grow their produce and raise their livestock in a way that puts health and food safety first. People should be confident that the food they eat is being raised correctly, and slaughtered humanely. Perhaps this movement will someday spread to the rest of the nation.


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Welcome to the Milton Freewater Span Adventist Church in Milton Freewater, OR. We are a Christian community and would love to have you join our family. To learn more about what we believe you can visit our About Us page. Please join us for Bible study, worship, and prayer.
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Join Us This Saturday
Service times:
Sabbath School: 9:15 a.m.
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Gordon's Shepherd's Pie recipe - made with rosemary, tomato and creamy, cheesy potato topping - will be a sure fire hit at the dinner table.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/Gas 4.
Place a large, wide frying pan or hob-proof casserole dish over a medium-high heat. Add a dash of oil and fry the mince in batches, seasoning each lot, until well browned. Add the garlic for the last 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Put a little more oil in the same pan and cook the onion and leeks over a medium heat for 5–7 minutes, until completely softened. Add Worcestershire sauce to taste, then stir in the tomato purée.
Return the mince to the pan and stir well. Pour in the wine, scraping up any bits from the bottom. Bubble for a couple of minutes to burn off the alcohol, then add the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer, then add the rosemary and adjust the seasoning as necessary. Cook gently for 10–15 minutes, until the sauce has reduced slightly and the flavours are well combined. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, prepare the topping. Boil the potatoes until tender, then drain and mash until smooth. Mix in the butter and seasoning, then add the spring onions and three-quarters of the cheese and mix again. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary. If the mash is too dry add a splash of milk to loosen.
Put the lamb mixture into a 28 x 22cm baking dish and top with the mashed potato. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and a little salt and pepper.
Bake for 15–20 minutes or until the potato is golden brown and the meat is bubbling underneath, and serve.
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OTTAWA – Four major publishers of electronic books have signed an agreement with the Competition Bureau that is expected to lower prices for consumers by 20 per cent or more.
The publishers have agreed to scrap clauses in their distribution contracts that keep ebook retailers from offering discounts.
The agreement follows an 18-month investigation into the ebook industry by the federal agency.
The bureau says the previous practice of banning discounts effectively reduced competition.
The deal covers Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster, which publish many of the best-selling ebooks.
The bureau says a similar move in the United States produced discounts of 20 per cent or more for consumers.
"This agreement should benefit Canadian consumers by lowering the price of ebooks in Canada," John Pecman, the federal commissioner of competition, said in a statement.
"Businesses operating in the digital economy must realize that anti-competitive activity will not be tolerated, whether it occurs in the physical world or the digital one."
Booknet Canada reported last year that ebooks made up about 15 per cent of sales.


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15 Minute Thai Basil Chicken
When life gives you lemons…oops…a great Thai basil plant, one makes more Thai food, right? This 15 minute recipe was incredible. You do not have to use Thai basil, but the taste will be a little different. In place of the Thai chilies, I used a few drops of Sriracha sauce.
Prep Time: 6 mins Cook Time: 9 mins Yield: 4 servings
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 8 ounces green beans
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, coarsely chopped
- 4 sliced shallots
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 minced Thai chilies, or to taste
- 1 cup very thinly sliced fresh Thai basil leaves
- Jasmine rice, to serve
Heat the oil in a wok or heavy, high-walled skillet over high heat. As the wok is heating up, whisk together the oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sugar until well-combined. Set aside.
Add the bell pepper and green beans to the hot wok. Stir-fry for one minute. Add in the chicken and stir-fry, breaking apart as you go, until beginning to brown, about 2 minutes.
Stir in the shallots, garlic, and Thai chilies. Cook until fragrant, about 1 more minute. Then, pour in the prepared sauce. Continue to cook until the sauce begins to glaze onto the meat, about 1-2 more minutes.
Stir in the Thai basil leaves and cook until the chicken is completely cooked through, the basil is wilted, and the liquid has mostly evaporated. Serve warm with rice.
Keto Salad Dressings – 5 Minute Caesar & Keto Garlic Dressing
Needing a great salad for a change? Both of these dressings are incredible and cheaper than the bottled stuff! Sorry, no photos today…
Keto 5 Minute Caesar Dressing
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons anchovy paste (I substitute equal amount of fish oil when anchovy paste is not available)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about ½ a lemon)
- 1 ½ teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Nutrition per 2 Tablespoon – Calories 140, Fat 15g, Carbs 0.8 Protein0.1g.
Keto Garlic Dressing
Servings 16 (of 2 tbsp)
- 4-6 Cloves garlic
- 1/2 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Cup olive oil
- 1/3 Cup Water
- 1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
- 1/4 Tsp Sea Salt
- 1 Pinch Black Pepper To taste
- (Optional) Fresh herbs (I used parsley)
Making the Keto Garlic Salad Dressing is really simple! – Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until it's creamy and smooth. You can start with 4 cloves of garlic and add more after you taste the dressing, if you feel like it's not strong enough.
Nutrition – Calories 123, Fat 13.5g, Carbs 0.5g, Protein 0.1g
Green Mango Salad
Our neighbours introduced us to Green Papaya Salad, a favourite Thai salad with crisp vegetables. Alas, no green papayas to be found. Why not Green Mango Salad? The green refers to the unripeness, not the outside colour. Stefano Faita, one of my fav Canadian chefs and CBC personality had published this recipe…great colour! FYI…you could use firm nectarines in place of the mango.
As always, my changes are shown in red.
Green Mango Salad
2 large to 3 small green or under ripe mangoes, julienned
1 carrot, julienned (substitute 3 red radishes)
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 cup each mint leaves and Thai basil
1 tbsp. sweet spicy chili sauce
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. fish sauce, or to taste
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
Mint or Thai Basil, for garnish (optional)
Add green mangoes, carrot or radishes, red onion, red pepper, mint, Thai basil and chili sauce to bowl. Toss to combine.
Combine lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce and vegetable oil in small bowl. Stir to combine. Toss with salad. Taste and adjust seasoning to taste. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
Thai Basil Beef Bowls
Thought I could Thai one on since it is now summer…LOL. Sorry that there is no photo, but we were travelling and no camera available.
Thai Basil Beef Bowls
Yield: about 4 servings
- 1 1/2 cups jasmine rice or long-grain white rice for serving
- 1 lb. flank steak, sliced against the grain into thin strips
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp + 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 red bell pepper, cored and seeded, diced into 2-inch strips
- 1/2 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves (roughly chop larger leaves), plus more for garnish
- Sesame seeds (optional)
- 3 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 Tbsp packed brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 Tbsp Sambal Oleek, or more to taste (optional)
- Cook rice according to directions listed on package.
- For the sauce:
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together soy sauce and cornstarch until smooth. Stir in water, fish sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, lime juice and Sambal Oleek if using, set aside.
- For the beef and veggies:
- Toss beef with 1 tsp oil and 1 tsp cornstarch. Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a large skillet or wok over moderately high heat. Add beef and cook until browned on both sides but still slightly under-cooked in the center. Transfer beef to a plate while leaving oil in skillet. Reduce heat slightly, add bell pepper, onions and garlic and sauté until crisp tender, about 2 – 3 minutes (if needed you can add another 1 tsp of oil to the skillet). Add carrots, whisk sauce mixture once more then pour into skillet and allow to simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 1 minute. Return beef to skillet along with basil leaves, toss until basil has just wilted. Serve immediately over cooked rice garnished with small basil leaves and sesame seeds if desired.
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy
Spicy Shrimp Pho
First had this Vietnamese noodle soup in San Francisco, The portions they served were a little large, but awesome.
Spicy Shrimp Pho (http://chefsavvy.com/spicy-shrimp-pho/)
Prep time 10 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 30 mins Serves: 4
- 4 ounces whole wheat thin spaghetti (I substituted rice noodles for a less heavy Pho)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon jalapeno, minced
- 2 tablespoons green onion, sliced thin
- 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce (or soy sauce)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 cup button mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 12 ounces large shrimp, uncooked
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- Cook spaghetti until al dente (or prepare rice noodles according to package)
- Meanwhile add oil to a large pot or dutch oven.
- Add garlic, jalapeno and green onions. Saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Pour in chicken stock, fish sauce and sesame oil. Bring to a simmer.
- Stir in mushrooms and shrimp. Simmer until the mushrooms are tender and the shrimp is fully cooked.
- Take off of the heat and stir in pepper, lime juice, and cilantro.
- Divide the noodles among the 4 bowls and pour the soup on top.
- Garnish with extra lime wedges and cilantro if desired.
Mediterranean Caesar Salad
Thanks to all of you who follow and view my blog. As of today I have reached 13000 VIEWS and over 5400 Visitors!!! Hope you will continue to spread the word…hope you still have time to try this wonderful salad…
Today's Caesar salad is tomorrows Mediterranean Caesar Salad if you have left over homemade dressing…which I always do. I just substituted the Parmesan and sliced mushrooms for feta cheese and black olives. You could even add a few garbanzo beans for added protein and texture. We actually liked it better tha the original Caesar!
Mediterranean Caesar Salad
The Dressing –
- 1 ½ teaspoons fish sauce or use the traditional anchovy paste (TIP)
- 3 or 4 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 T. Dijon mustard
- 1 T. lemon or lime juice
- 1 T. red wine vinegar
- 1 egg yolk
- ¾ cup oil (NOT olive oil) vegetable oil
Blend all ingredients in a shaker,. Shake and refrigerate until needed…
The Salad –
- Romaine lettuce torn in pieces
- 2 or 3 sliced green onions
- 3 or 4 strips crisp bacon crumbled
- Black olives halved (to taste)
- Feta cheese (to taste…I like lots)
- Caesar bread crouton
- mushrooms sliced
*For more protein throw in a few canned garbanzo beans
Thai Salmon in Foil
Since I had already prepared my Thai Jicama Salad, I needed something to go with the salmon I had thawed. Pinterest to the rescue again!
Thai Salmon in Foil
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes
The flavors are sealed right into a foil packet with no clean up! The salmon comes out so tender/juicy. Sure to be a family favorite!
- 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional if you want more heat
- 2 pounds salmon
- 1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
- To make the sauce, whisk together chili sauce, soy sauce, garlic, fish sauce, ginger, lime juice and Sriracha in a small bowl; set aside.
- Place salmon onto prepared baking sheet and fold up all 4 sides of the foil. Spoon the chili sauce mixture over the salmon. Fold the sides of the foil over the salmon, covering completely and sealing the packet closed.
- Place into oven and bake until cooked through, about 15-20 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with peanuts and cilantro, if desired.
*Baking time may need to be adjusted depending on the thickness of the salmon.
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Thai Coconut Curry Soup
Thai is undoubtedly one of my favourite foods and this soup is no exception. Hope you will try it and let me know what you think. And..its from Michael Smith, one of my heroes…LOL. (My apologies to Michael for altering the original as shown)
Thai Coconut Curry Soup from Michael Smith
• 2 Chicken breasts (Good old Costco – I used their chicken strips in a bag – two handfuls partially thawed)
• 1 handful Bean sprouts (I substituted frozen broccoli pieces)
• 1 Carrot, shredded
• 1 bunch Cilantro, roots
• 1 bunch Cilantro, leaves
• 1 small knob Ginger, frozen
• 2 Green onions
• 2 stalks Lemon grass or 1 Tablespoon lemongrass paste
• 4 Lime, leaves
• 2 Limes, zest and juice
Canned Goods
• 2 cups Chicken broth
• 2 14 ounce cans Premium coconut milk
• 1 heaping tbsp Thai curry paste
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce or less as you prefer
• 1 Sprinkle or two salt or soy sauce
Pasta & Grains
• 1 8 ounce package Rice noodles (Or skip either of these if you don't want the starch)
Scoop the thick coconut cream from the top of just one of the cans into a large stockpot set over a medium-high heat. Melt the cream, add the curry paste and stir for a few minutes until they begin to sizzle.
Add the cilantro roots and chicken and sauté until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
Add the coconut juice from the first can and all the contents of the second can along with the chicken broth, carrot, lime leaves, lemon grass, fish sauce and lime zest and juice. Grate the frozen ginger into the broth with a Microplane grater or standard box grater. Simmer for 20 minutes or so.
OPTIONAL – Stir in the bean sprouts. Add the rice noodles, gently pushing them beneath the surface of the broth. Turn off the heat and let stand until the noodles soften, about 5 minutes. Rice noodles don't need to simmer like pasta to cook; they simply need to rehydrate in the hot liquid.
Stir in most of the cilantro leaves. Remove the lemon grass stalks. Taste and season with a touch more salt (or soy sauce) as needed. Ladle into large bowls and garnish with the green onions and remaining cilantro leaves.
Thai Jicama Salad
Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jicama or Mexican yam, Mexican turnip, or Mexican water chestnut is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Jícama is a species in the genus Pachyrhizus in the bean family (Fabaceae). Plants in this genus are commonly referred to as yam bean, although the term "yam bean" can be another name for jícama. The other major species of yam beans are also indigenous within the Americas.
Chopped, cubed, sliced into fine sticks, raw or cooked, jicama is versatile and great in stir-fries, salads, slaw, soup, and with other veggies and fruits like oranges, apples, carrots, and onions, as well as meats and seafood. A favorite Mexican recipe is chilled jicama slices sprinkled with chili powder, salt, and lime juice.
Our friend Lynda is a great Thai cook, having lived there for many years. This salad is awesome. FYI…yes jicama is available in Canada and the United States.
Thai Jicama Salad
2 green onions finely sliced
1 jicama sliced match sticks (2 to 3 cups)
1 cucumber chunk or match sticks
1 red pepper sliced
1/2 cup cilantro
1/4 cup Thai basil (or any basil)
Salad Dressing
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. soya sauce
2 cloves of garlic minced
2 tsp sugar
1 minced red chili or 1/2 tsp crushed chili flakes
Combine all dressing ingredients and stir to dissolve sugar.
Place all salad ingredients in a bowl. Pour dressing over & toss well.
Great for a potluck…
Stefanos Ultimate Pad Thai
Stefano Faita is one of my favourite TV chefs. Thai food is also a favourite of mine. This recipe seems a little complicated, but if you prepare everything in advance it is quite fast to cook for your guests.
Stefano's Ultimate Pad Thai 4 servings
3/4(14-ounce) package flat rice noodles (1/4-inch thick)
4 tbsp. ketchup
3 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. lime juice
3 tbsp. fish sauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 block extra firm, pressed tofu, diced or about 1 cup diced tofu
20 small to medium shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails removed
2 small chicken breasts, thinly sliced
Salt, to taste
3 eggs
2 shallots
1 heaping tbsp. ginger
1 heaping tbsp. garlic
2 Thai chilies, or to taste, chopped
3/4 cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
3 green onions, sliced on the diagonal
2 handfuls bean sprouts
3 limes, cut into wedges
Large handful cilantro, chopped
Add boiling water to rice noodles. Let soak for about 1 minute. Drain and set aside. Alternatively, let soak in room temperature water until pliable, about 1 hour. (You can soak noodles in cold water and store in fridge 1 day in advance.)
To make sauce: add ketchup, lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce to small bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
Add vegetable oil to wok and heat over medium heat. Fry tofu, until golden, about 1 to 2 minutes. Drain on paper towel. (Note this step can be done 1 day in advance).
Remove 3 tbsp. oil from the wok. Increase heat to high. Add chicken and season with salt. Stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add shrimp and stir-fry until both chicken and shrimp are just cooked, about 2 minutes. Transfer to plate.
Add shallots, chilies, garlic and ginger and stir-fry until lightly golden, about 30 seconds. Add eggs. Let fry for 1 minute.
Add noodles then sauce. Stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add chicken and shrimp back to the wok. Cook until heated through, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Garnish pad Thai with peanuts, green onion, bean sprouts, cilantro and lime wedges.
Yield: 4 servings.


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The news was confirmed by HTC's Jeff Gordon on Twitter, who confirmed that the handset is now available in Taiwan, although he did not reveal when it would land in other countries.
The HTC One M8 comes with a 5 inch full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, the device features a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with a clock speed of 2.3GHz.
Other specifications on the HTC One M8 include 2GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of built in storage and an Adreno 320 GPU, the device also comes with a microSD card slot for expansion.
The handset features a 5 megapixel front facing camera, and dual HTC Ultrapixel cameras on the back, it comes with Android 4.4 Kit Kat and HTC Sense 6.0.
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**2-1-1 NH connects callers at no cost, to information about critical health and human services available in their community. NH citizens can call 2-1-1 and speak to an information and referral specialist.
**2-1-1 NH connects callers at no cost, to information about critical health and human services available in their community. NH citizens can call 2-1-1 and speak to an information and referral specialist.
**This website is designed to be a resource for people looking for information about services and supports. Caregivers, families, older adults, and persons living with a
**This website is designed to be a resource for people looking for information about services and supports. Caregivers, families, older adults, and persons living with a are invited to explore the website.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0ITrpT3WM Information on what to expect during a stay at the New Hampshire State Hospital]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0ITrpT3WM Information on what to expect during a stay at the New Hampshire State Hospital]
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- If you or a loved one are struggling with mental illness, you are not alone. Do not lose hope. Recovery is possible and help is available.
- NAMI NH Upper Valley Support Group for Family Members, Donna Stamper, 603-863-2621 or Marjorie Matthews, 603-277-9298
Meeting Times: 2nd Monday of each month, 5:45 to 7:45 pm and last Wednesday of each month, 5:45 to 7:45 pm Location: Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Auditorium A (or C for the Wednesday night group--the location may vary, please check main entrance info desk to confirm.) Email contact: Donna Stamper, email@example.com; email@example.com Groups are led by a trained volunteer facilitator who is a family member. Through affiliates around the state, NAMI NH offers supports groups to family members and parents who have a loved one with mental illness. (Note: This resource guide is the project of a few members of the Lebanon support group.)
- The local NAMI NH support group for families maintains this web page to provide current information about mental health resources available in the Upper Connecticut River Valley (NH towns: Claremont, Cornish, Plainfield, Lebanon, Hanover, Newport, New London, Grantham, Lyme, Orford; VT towns: Springfield, Hartland, Hartford, White River Junction, Wilder, Norwich, Thetford, Fairlee, Bradford). We do not have all the answers you seek and cannot guarantee a successful outcome for your loved one, but we can share what we've learned about the agencies, organizations, and programs that offer help and support in what can be a long and lonely journey. You may find helpful Dr. Lloyd Sederer's Ted Talk, "When Mental Illness Enters the Family" click here.
- Disclaimer: The people maintaining this site have family members coping with mental illness. We do our best to share what we know about services in our area, but we cannot guarantee this information is accurate or current, nor do we endorse a particular course of action. Every circumstance is unique and every person and family coping with mental illness must determine which resources are best suited to their needs.
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) New Hampshire and NAMI VT offer help for all of us. In NH, call 1-800-242-NAMI (6264) and in VT, call 1-800-639-6480 for information and support. NAMI NH has its own guide to resources which you can download here: NAMI NH Resource Guide NAMI's national site offers a guide for Navigating a Mental Health Crisis. You can download it here: Navigating a Mental Health Crisis
- A book highly recommended by many support group members for anyone whose loved one does not believe they are ill: "I'm Not Sick I Don't Need Help" by Xavier Amador CLICK HERE to read the book You can hear Dr. Amador speak about his technique in this Tedx Talk: Xavier Amador Tedx Talk CLICK HERE
* * * Please Help Us Help Others * * *
Service providers, case managers, educators, clergy members, law enforcement personnel, primary care providers and all others who help those struggling with their own or a family member's mental illness: you can help us share this information. We have created business cards with this site's URL and are happy to supply you with cards to hand out. To request cards, please complete the contact form and we will mail or deliver cards as soon as we can. Thank you for your help.
In Case of Emergency
- For life-threatening emergencies, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room
- Suicide Hotline: 800-273-TALK (8255)
- New Hampshire
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatric Associates (DHMC) emergency line: 800-556-6249
- Headrest emergency line: 800-273-TALK, teen line 800-639-6095
- West Central Behavioral Health Services emergency line: 800-564-2578
- NH Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services Crisis Counselor: 800-804-0909
- WISE Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline: 866-348-9473
- Vermont
- Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (Windham and Windsor Counties) emergency line: 800-622-4235
- Clara Martin Center (Orange County) emergency line: 800-639-6360
- Safeline (Orange and Northern Windsor Counties) emergency line for domestic and sexual violence: 800-639-7233
Information and Referral Organizations in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Services and Supports
- An online guide by NH's Department of Health and Human Services to diverse services in NH, including: finding services, caregivers, developmental disability services, elderly services, payment for services options, places to live, medicaid, mental/emotional/behavioral health, legal rights, drug/alcohol concerns, transportation, and veteran/military supports.
- NAMI NH, 603-225-5359 or 800-242-6264
- Location: 85 N. State St., Concord, NH 03301
- Service Link, 1-866-634-9412 toll free
- ServiceLink is a program of the NH Department of Health and Human Services. Through contracts with local agencies around the state, ServiceLink helps individuals access and make connections to long term services and supports, access family caregiver information and supports, explore options and understand and access Medicare and Medicaid. ServiceLink is designated as New Hampshire's Aging and Disability Resource Center and the NHCarePath Full Service Access Partner providing services for individuals of all ages, income levels and abilities and administers programs and services such as Information Referral and Assistance, Options Counseling, NH Family Caregiver Program, State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
- New Hampshire 2-1-1, 866-444-4211
- Mailing Address: P. O. Box 211, Manchester, NH 03105
- 2-1-1 NH connects callers at no cost, to information about critical health and human services available in their community. NH citizens can call 2-1-1 and speak to an information and referral specialist.
- NHCarePath
- This website is designed to be a resource for people in New Hampshire looking for information about services and supports. Caregivers, families, older adults, and persons living with a disability are invited to explore the website.
- Information on what to expect during a stay at the New Hampshire State Hospital
- This video offers information about what families and loved ones can expect if the loved one is admitted to the New Hampshire Hospital.
- NH Addiction Crisis Line, 844-711-4357
- The NH statewide addiction crisis line is now active. Call 844-711-HELP (844-711-4357) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
- NH Guide for Accessing Addiction & Mental Health Services
- Recognizing there is a growing need to educate consumers with health insurance coverage in New Hampshire about how to navigate addiction and mental health care services, the University of New Hampshire School of Law and UNH's Institute for Health Policy and Practice, in collaboration with the nonprofit New Futures, have developed a guide to help individuals and families in the state access addiction and mental health care services.
Information and Referral Organizations in Vermont
- NAMI VT, 802-244-1396 or 800-639-6480
- Location: 162 South Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05676
Mental Health Resources (click on link below to access information)
- In the News
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- Advocacy Groups
- Legal Services
- State Agencies
- Developmental Disabilities
- Vocational Assistance
- Community Supports
- Medical Care for Uninsured
- Related Services
- NAMI NH Guidebook for Families
- Preparing for an Emergency
- Information to Help Prevent Suicide
- Information about calling the police for help
- Information on Eligibility for SSI and Medicaid
- Information on Applying for SSI and Medicaid in NH
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The Today Show on NBC will be up at Yellowstone on (it's been postponed twice now. It may never air) presumably to get remarks from Ranger Reid concerning the problems searchers are causing in his park. They will not be speaking with Forrest but my guess is that they will use some interview from last year they filmed with Forrest.
You might remember that in the last interview Reid said searchers are a problem and searching in the park is illegal. He is sure to cite the recent cases where searchers have been arrested for digging, camping, boating and having a metal detector in Yellowstone. He might also cite the searchers who have needed help to get out of a jam.
I doubt that he will welcome searchers, even those who act lawfully in our parks, monuments and other federal lands.
It's really quite simple isn't it..
Forrest has never said the chest is in Yellowstone or any other park. He has not even narrowed it down to government or non-government land. In fact, he has not restricted it's location down much at all beyond the four states we are all looking in. But I will wager that after the Today Show story Yellowstone National Park will be overrun with searchers new to the chase who just heard about the treasure from Reid's own mouth. Kind of Ironic isn't it?
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The city's top election official, Stephanie Singer, was toppled from that role Wednesday when her two fellow city commissioners, Republican Al Schmidt and Democrat Anthony Clark, voted to dump her as chair of the three-member panel and make themselves co-chairmen.
The move was a surprise to Singer and apparently to Clark as well, who said he knew nothing about replacing Singer until Schmidt made the motion at the commissioners' first post-election meeting, Wednesday morning.
Schmidt gave a brief speech praising the commission's staff for their work guiding the city through the demanding general election, "literally working through the eye of a hurricane." Then he spoke of studying the agency's performance to look for ways it might improve, and made a motion to "reorganize" its leadership – replacing Singer with himself and Clark.
Clark and Schmidt voted in favor, Singer against, and she pulled back her chair, allowing Schmidt and Clark to preside for the rest of the meeting.
The commissioners had been bickering for months at their weekly public sessions, over what appeared to be small issues – most recently, Singer's bid to give a $12,000 raise to her top deputy -- an effort shot down by Schmidt and Clark.
Singer was elected commissioner last November after toppling the commission's longtime chair, Marge Tartaglione, in the 2011 primary. Clark, who served one term with Tartaglione, had been interested in becoming chairman, but Schmidt and Singer had both developed reform agendas for the agency and Schmidt supported Singer for chair when the trio was sworn into office last January.
"It's no secret we've had a bumpy time this past year and we're looking to resolve that issue," Schmidt told reporters after the meeting . "Each commissioner is independently elected, none of us has any more votes or influence than any other….We had disagreements at times over the role of the chair and making sure that all of the commissioners are equal to each other. "
"It was a surprise," Singer said. She said she didn't know what would happen next. Asked about her own plans, she said: "I'm here to serve the people of Philadelphia, I'm here for free and fair elections and an informed engaged electorate and a respectful and effective workplace. There are many, many different ways to do that job. I am honored to have that job."