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The handwritten letter may soon be a lost art. In an age where an email reaches its recipient plenty faster, why spend the time getting out pen and paper to write an old-school note?
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Hi everyone! I didn't see anyone post about the up and coming fall 2013 cohort for Umass Amherst so here it is! I just got accepted and wanted to discuss anything and everything about the school to make a hard decision of whether... Read More
- 0Apr 9, '13 by ltulloch21Okay all, so I am trying to create a fb group and am not having very much luck! It seems that it will only let me create one if I add my friends as members. So if someone else knows how to do it go right ahead! otherwise I think we have to become friends and it should work?!
- 0Apr 9, '13 by nantotsItulloch21 - Thanks for the reply! I'll be coming from California, so the opposite coast. It'll be a big change/move for me as I've never been out of California for school. I'm a bit nervous, but the program is soooo much cheaper than any other program I've come across. Yea, to make a group on FB you have to have friends you can invite into it first.
- 0Apr 10, '13 by ltulloch21Oh ya that'll be a change! But you'll love the east coast. New England is the bestttt! Just don't forget a warm coat!
To everyone who would like to join the facebook group if you want to friend me I will do the group and add you; my name is Lauren Tulloch I am under the University of Massachusetts Amherst network and studied kinesiology. If you can't find me let me know!
- 0Apr 10, '13 by ltulloch21facebook group is created! it's under Umass Amherst Second degree nursing 2013. join
- 0Apr 12, '13 by ltulloch21I have no idea what that means! can you add yourself in the group?
- 0Apr 12, '13 by valeenaljmr0620, I have a BA in Art History from UCLA, with a college gpa of 3.55 and a pre-req gpa of 3.65. I'm sorry you didn't get into UMass; don't give up, the right program will come up.
Itulloch21, thanks for setting up the facebook group. I'm excited to get to know everyone that will be attending orientation!

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Nice to see Moroder getting over Donna.
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- 3/4 cup marshmallow cream
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- 2/3 cup evaporated milk (a little more if needed)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
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- Line a 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper (cooking spray can be used).
- Set aside.
- In large saucepan over medium heat combine the first five ingredients.
- Bring to a boil, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and pour in chocolate chips.
- Stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
- Stir in nuts and vanilla.
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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is the second-oldest motorsports event in the United States, having been contested since 1916. It's an outlier in the sanitized, corporate-sponsored world of professional racing, remaining true to its unique and local roots. The race has a long history of encouraging ingenuity and experimentation, so its not surprising that proponents of alternative fuels have long mixed it up amidst the more conventionally deployed big blocks and turbos.
But this year something special happened when course record holder and defending champion Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima showed up with an EV. Now Tajima was certainly not the first to attempt a run up the mountain under electric power, but his embrace of the technology after years of racing machines powered by internal combustion engines has to be regarded as significant. The EV movement couldn't have asked for a better public relations opportunity, which is why our sister site Translogic was there with cameras to document the occasion.
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If you have spent any time in Bangkok you will have noticed it is a very multicultural city. There's a Little India, China Town, Arab Street, and enclaves of Western Europeans, Koreans and Japanese dotted around the city. Nevertheless, those who spend a long time here will start to blend in with the locals by picking up small Thai idiosyncrasies that persist in every country and are unique to that culture. Of course it starts with the local language, but it starts to affect their life in other, more subtle ways. Here is a list of foibles that are noticeable in the truly integrated foreigner who has been in Bangkok 'too' long.
Back in your native country one kilometre might seem like a pleasant stroll, but in Bangkok, this distance turns into a full on assault course of broken paving stones, boiling pots of street side noodle stalls, cars, bikes and beggars. To avoid this, local Bangkokians make use of the groups of motorcycle taxi drivers that sit at the entrance to most streets in the city. Dressed in brightly coloured vests, 'moto cy' drivers are easy to spot and will take you short distances for as little as 10 or 20 baht. As convenient as they are, motorcycle taxis are notorious for overcharging tourists, but for the foreigner who has been in Bangkok too long, most distances are easy to estimate.
I'm sure the master brewers of Europe would turn in their grave at such sacrilegious behaviour, but in the heat and humidity of the world's official hottest city, constantly adding ice cubes to your glass is the only way to keep your beer cool and refreshing. It undoubtedly affects the taste, but it does ensure your Singha or Chang is cold, fizzy and hits the spot. Adding ice when you are dining outside might sound strange, but when you start putting ice into your drink when dining indoors and with air-conditioning you can truly consider yourself an ex-pat who has been in Bangkok too long!
For the expat that has been in Thailand too long toilet paper is used for one thing and one thing only: wiping your fingers and lips after eating a meal at a street stall. For all your sanitary needs one only requires a toilet hose, affectionately called a 'bum gun'. If you think about it, using water to wash yourself makes a lot more sense. After all, you wouldn't wipe mud off your face only with paper, would you?
Admittedly this is more of a problem for locals than foreigners, but you can still see all sorts of lunacy on a motorbike in Bangkok. Common driving habits never taught at school include driving up the outside lane, against oncoming traffic, rather than have to U-turn a few hundred metres past your destination, driving with your helmet in the front basket instead of on your head and driving with more than the recommended one passenger (the most we have ever seen is six people on a scooter designed to carry two). Add all these of these together and you have a foolhardy driver, and if they are a foreigner they have definitely been in Bangkok too long.
This is not something we condone. In fact, we actively discourage you to drive a scooter in Bangkok because the erratic behaviour of drivers and frequency of accidents make your chances of leaving a pretty corpse a lot higher.
Thai people are nothing if not resourceful and it's interesting to see how people can adapt items to fit their purpose. An everyday example of this is when you want to buy a drink from a market or local restaurant to take away with you. The shop owner would have to pay money if you take the glass bottle so the solution is to take a small plastic bag, fill it with ice, pour your drink into it and finish it off with a long straw. If this method of drinking on the move pops into your head you may well be a foreigner who has been in Bangkok too long.
Thai food is undoubtedly one of the world's leading cuisines and a major reason why people return to Bangkok year after year (along with the cheap shopping, vibrant nightlife and nearby beaches, mountains and rivers...). But the one issue many newcomers have with Thai cuisine is the apparent lack of breakfast options. The classic western breakfast of fried bacon, sausages and eggs, or even quick bowl of cereal and piece of toast is rarely found outside of your hotel buffet, and if you are a foreigner who's spent too long in Bangkok, an early morning breakfast consists of noodles or rice – noodles or rice cooked in a variety of ways, but noodles or rice nonetheless. If you reheat last night's dinner and eat with rice then you score bonus points.
Typical local breakfast in Bangkok:
Jok = rice porridge
Khao niew moo bing = sticky rice with pork skewers
Khao kai dao = fried eggs on rice
In the tropical heat of Bangkok the temperature rarely drops below 25 degrees Celsius so there is absolutely no need for any kind of warm clothing, right? Not quite. Even though the weather outside is scorching, inside offices and shopping malls, air-conditioning is fighting a battle with nature to keep the sweat off our backs. This may be pleasant while shopping, but if you go to watch a movie in your summer clothes, you will end up shivering through the ending. That's why foreigners who have been here too long remember to bring winter gear to watch the latest blockbuster.
When you buy a fresh pineapple or mango from the friendly fruit stall lady in Bangkok, you will notice a small packet of pink granules put in the bag along with your fruit. If you are new to the city, you would probably ignore it or dip a wary finger into the bag and taste it on the tip of your tongue. This mixture is actually chilli flakes and salt. Sounds weird, right? Not to the foreigner who has been in Bangkok too long, because they think nothing of dunking every piece into the bag.
You might have grown up with dollars, maybe pounds or even lira, but for the foreigner who has spent too long in Bangkok, all purchases will first require a conversion back into Thai baht, to truly understand its value. This becomes apparent when it is your once home currency that you can no longer judge. Although the common conception of Bangkok is that everything is so cheap – and while much of life is still far less expensive than other countries – owing to the huge tax placed on luxury items, things like cars and designer clothes are actually cheaper in some western countries.
For guys fresh off the plane, Bangkok can seem like a dream: model-like ladies, dressed to kill in figure hugging cocktail dresses and sexy struts, all interested in the exotic foreigner. But like many things that seem too good to be true, often the boldest ladies are often not ladies at all: welcome to the world of transgenders, katoeys or ladyboys. There are many ways to spot a ladyboy but these take time to learn. For the foreigner who's been in Bangkok too long the ability to pick out a 'katoey' becomes as second nature to them as ignoring tuk-tuk drivers or remembering in which direction the nearest 7-11 is. Read More...
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Are you tired of assembly-line medicine?
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It's not unusual for doctors to be bullied and abused at work.
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Meet the doctor who opened America's first ideal clinic—designed entirely by patients! Learn from the physician who is on the front lines delivering ideal care daily to her patients—and her colleagues.
Pamela Wible is a family physician born into a family of physicians. Her parents warned her not to pursue medicine, but she followed her heart only to discover: To heal her patients she had to first heal her profession.
After six jobs in ten years, I was sick of the abuse. I was tired of interrupting panicked patients to say, "Sorry, we're out of time," when all I wanted to do was smile and ask, "How can I help you?" I dreamt of returning to my college waitressing job just so I could be nice to people again. When I left medicine, I fell into a deep depression. Suicidal, I didn't get out of bed for six weeks. Until I awoke with a prophetic dream—an epiphany. I saw doctors hand-in-hand with patients healing one another while building their own clinics—together. Called to action, I jumped out of bed, notified the newspaper editor, and led a series of town hall meetings.
Pamela Wible held nine town hall meetings where she invited her community to design their own ideal clinic. She collected 100 pages of testimony, adopted ninety percent of the feedback, and created her town's clinic one month later! Open since 2005, Dr. Wible's community clinic has sparked a movement in which citizens are designing ideal clinics nationwide. Her model is taught in medical schools and featured in Harvard School of Public Health's Renegotiating Health Care: Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration, a textbook examining major trends with the potential to change American heath care.
Dr. Wible is coauthor of two award-winning anthologies, Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change, with Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and other visionary women; and Optimism! Cultivating the Magic Quality that Can Extend Your Lifespan, Boost Your Energy, and Make You Happy Now, alongside world leaders such as Steve Jobs and Jimmy Carter.
She is author of the bestselling, Pet Goats & Pap Smears: 101 Medical Adventures to Open Your Heart & Mind, a book that celebrates America's ideal medical care movement. She has been interviewed by CNN, ABC, CBS, and is a frequent guest on NPR.
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"Meet a doctor with a dream. Without marching, picketing, or waiting for legislation, she inspires a grassroots movement to restore humanity to health care. One doctor can change the world of medicine. Dr. Pamela Wible is medicine's Martin Luther King." ~ Neil Shulman, M.D., author and associate producer of Doc Hollywood
"Medicine must focus on people, not just diagnoses. Dr. Wible helps patients and physicians reconnect as human beings and heal one another."~ Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of A Book of Miracles and Faith, Hope & Healing
"Pamela Wible makes you wish—as a patient—that she was your doctor. And as a doctor, that you had her practice. There is a joy, a pleasure, in the practice of medicine that all doctors know, but few live the way Dr. Wible does." ~ Lisa Sanders, M.D., author of Every Patient Tells a Story, New York Times Magazine columnist, and technical advisor to House, M.D
"Duh! When your health-care delivery system is not fulfilling to patient or caregiver, of course you make YOUR ideal medical system as Pamela has done." ~ Patch Adams, M.D., inspiration behind the hit movie Patch Adams
"I met Pamela at a conference she offered—at no cost to physicians—where she encouraged us to answer one question: 'What is ideal health care?' This question changed my life. I just resigned from my job to open my ideal clinic! I'm eternally grateful for Dr. Wible and her book. She helped me figure out how to bring joy back to my daily medical practice. I, in turn, vow to do whatever I can to help other physicians practice medicine with the love and joy she so selflessly shared with me. Pamela also found me a husband (or at least a good romance)!" ~ Sheila Kilbane, M.D., loving her ideal clinic in Charlotte, NC
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But I feel stuck. I'm scared. . .
Can Dr. Wible really help ME?
Dr. Wible has been coaching doctors for a decade and leading physician retreats since 2010. She has helped hundreds of physicians get unstuck and create ideal medical practices. She understands physician depression and suicide because she has been there herself. As a survivor of her own deep despair, Dr. Wible has become the national voice for physician suicide prevention.
Watch her TEDx talk "How To Get Naked with Your Doctor" in which Dr. Wible addresses physician suicide and celebrates America's ideal medical care movement with the world.
I feel overwhelmed! Where do I start?
Can I really create an ideal clinic?
Can I really have fun at work?
Can I really have it all?
You don't have to do it yourself! An ideal medical clinic is designed by your community. By putting patients in charge of designing their own ideal clinic, physicians can finally relax and deliver culturally-sensitive, appropriate medical care. That's ideal for patients—and doctors!
This course will show you how to do it all while providing the camaraderie and psychological support you need to heal from your own wounds. You've given so much to others. Now get the care and help you deserve.
Yes! You can have it all!
Week 1 ~ Service
Define your vision, your true calling as a healer. Imagine your ideal clinic—and your ideal patient. Get clear on who you are, who you want to serve and why. Learn how to find your target demographic and attract a loyal following.
Week 2 ~ Joy
Rediscover what brings you joy. Turn work into play. Integrate simple joys and random acts of kindness into your practice immediately.
Week 3 ~ Creativity
Learn how to effortlessly energize patients and thrill staff. Use a proven method to exceed your patients' wildest expectations while inspiring them to reach their health goals. Motivate all sorts of people to help you for free. Explore creative staffing solutions.
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Oct 28 2011
Brussels citypartneship is currently working on water management. We would like to know which other citypartnership or partner is dealing with this topic in order to exchange on our experiences and potential actions.
Oct 23 2011
Leonardo Alfonsi, the City Partnership Administrator for Perugia, Italy, has written an article about PLACES in Umbria's regional newspaper.
Oct 19 2011
Three years of scientific cross-over to "bridge the gap between the sciences", as ESSReS coordinator Klaus Grosfeld put it at the official celebration, move the 22 graduate students "somewhere in the wake of Alexander von Humboldt", as ESSReS spokesman Gerrit Lohmann said. Interdisciplinary courses, soft skill studies, excursions and stays at other institutions were part of the ESSReS programme.
Oct 19 2011
Research Project: Archaeological potential in the North Sea Underwater archaeologist starts work now! The German Maritime Museum now starts a three- years underwater survey on over 2,000 shipwrecks on the the narrow economic zone between Danish and Dutch North Sea. "A shipwreck is like a book in which one can read" says the archaeologist.


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I've made several different batches of quick pickles, dill, sweet,
bread and butter, and I'm having a lot of trouble packing them
correctly. I pack the cucumbers as tightly as I can in the jars but
them after processing there seems to be a lot of room left - like an
inch of brine in the bottom at the pickles are floating at the top. I
measure the head space carefully and almost all of them have extra
head space by the time I check the seals the next day.
Any suggestions? Is this normal? At least one recipe I read said the
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On the last full day of the Australia 3-Way Mix tour we met up with Tom, Raine and the guys from Hardcore Classic, a Hip Hop show that goes out on the 2SER station in Sydney. We were quizzed for over an hour and played a short section of the live 3-Way Mix version before escaping the air condition-less studio and enjoying some down time. The interview starts at the 1hr 21 min mark and the mix follows it.
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At the end of the month we set out for 3 dates in France with DJ Format in support, should be fun!
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Wreck Diving Magazine is published approximately quarterly. You can purchase a subscription to WDM which last for 4 issues (approx 1 year).
Possibly the best wreck dive in the British Isles, 450 feet deep.
After leaving Portsmouth, England on November 7, 1940, it would be another 40 years before anyone would see her again.
The freak 1934 sinking of the tug, Monarch, killed several men, including a young, dedicated sailor familiar with tragedy.
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Divers return to the amazing Spanish wreck found by Captain Tracy Bowden back in 1979.
The diving team Expédition Scyllias visits one of the most popular dive sites off the coast of France.
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Cheese and Tommytoe ToastieAuthor: swampkitty05 // Category: Food Porn, Recipes
The last few weeks has been all about eating "safe" foods – in other words, old familiars that sit well, or new things that I have found agree with my new stomach configuration.
This has been an old standby for the past couple of weeks – a cheese and tommytoe toastie (I know you Fry and Laurie fans will get the reference).
It's rather delicious, and simple to make – take two slices of your favorite bread (I used Italian style white bread), spread them liberally with your favorite mustard (I used Grey Poupon Mild & Creamy Dijon), and top each slice of bread with 2 slices of your favorite cheese (I used Havarti and Guggisberg Baby Swiss). In the middle, one fried egg and a couple of slices of really good tomato (I used an heirloom variety). Spray each side of the sandwich with butter flavored cooking spray and grill on the panini press until browned and cheese is melted.
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February 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
that you're posting recipes and photos suggests that you're not in the hospital being pumped full of antibiotics! That's terrific!
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I love toasted sandwiches and yours look terrific!
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That does look rather lovely.
Love your choice of mustard!
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February 20th, 2008 at 1:40 am
It looks great! I also like the idea of spraying the bread with butter flavored cooking spray – I usually brush olive oil or melted butter on the bread, but the cooking spray sounds like a great way to save a few calories and I'm sure it tastes just as crispy and wonderful!
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Guy Ritchie's rollicking adventure where Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) is a wild-eyed, unhygienic crackpot who indulges in bare-chested bare-knuckle boxing matches, and wins them by envisaging every punch in advance. Watson (Jude Law) is a tough war veteran with a gambling habit and a love-hate relationship with his barmy flatmate .
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I don't know much about Furman but I would strongly advise working from a plan based on high volume mileage as a priority, with quality sessions as icing on the cake, especially if you might be prone to calf/shin troubles from faster training. You've definitely got the potential for a reasonably quick marathon inside you but there's no subsitute for getting the miles in, and you're better off running 5x/wk than relying on 3x + cross-training. There's still room for some x-training, e.g. active recovery the day after a long run.
P+D get a good rep and their plans are well used by a few on the sub-3 thread that I know of. I used Hal Higdon's Intermediate II plan for my debut, and tweaked it with a bit of tempo running. Other than preparatory races didn't do any training faster than tempo pace.
There's possibly more than one way to skin a cat but IMO a good training plan for you ought to include the following:
- weekly long run, build up to at least 3, pref 4/5 over 20 miles- mid-week longish run, build up to 12-14 miles- faster runs concentrating on the range from marathon pace to tempo/lactate threshold continuous run, maybe some longer intervals, e.g. 1k / mile intervals. Possibly include race pace in either your mid-week long run or in your LRs towards the end of the schedule- everything else easy/recovery miles
I think it's OK to substitute for some quality sessions with stuff like hills or fartlek, so you might see this in some plans, but I don't think they're entirely necessary, especially as the race you're training for is flat. Good for variety though.
And yeah - pop in to the sub-3 and 3:15 threads. It can be difficult to slavishly follow a schedule, but a lot easier to have your efforts validated by the activities of like-minded training obsessives.
David I've used the P&D plans with good effect. Depends on what time you want to achieve to how much mileage/runs per week you need but as stated with a 1:31 HM then 3-3:15 is achievable.Whereabouts in Devon are you? I'm in Paignton, lots of good clubs around not just round me but see lots of the others all turn out for local races. I would imagine that most clubs will have people marathon training soon for spring marathons.I have one in 16 days then aother Dec 18th.
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In this week's episode of DeSmogCAST we cover a new report in Canada that shows the clean energy sector making huge gains in investment and job-creation, despite a lack of strong support at the federal level. We also discuss a new study from Environment Canada that shows toxic pollutants from the Alberta oilsands' tailings ponds are being emitted into the atmosphere at much higher rates than previous estimated. Finally we turn our attention to the UNFCCC COP20 underway in Lima, Peru and ask what we can expect to see in the next week's top...read more
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Anyone looking to understand the intricacies and implications of the Copenhagen climate summit would be well advised to start with David Corn's introduction on MotherJones.com.
These meetings are generally filled with two kinds of people:
1. professional bureaucrats and NGO hangers-on who are so steeped in the process that they seem to speak a foreign and completely unintelligible language; and
2. Climate dilettantes who drop in to these events infrequently and struggle to understand even the most elemental aspects of the complicated architecture of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Corn, the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, seems to have spent enough time paying attention that he understands many of the finer points, and yet he has not forgotten how to speak a version of English that the uninitiated can still understand.
I'm inclined to make one observation on his analysis, though. He sets out many of the challenges facing the assembled countries with accuracy and clarity, but he concludes that the principal roadblock to a deal is a lack of trust among countries. That's true as far as it goes. But I think he might also have noted the unbridled self interest that badly colors the positions of so many of the countries. Canada doesn't want to bind itself to a climate deal because it wants to continue exploiting its oil resources without restriction. The U.S. doesn't want to sacrifice its wealth and privilege or compromise its absolute sovereignty. And China and India want to continue their explosive growth - to lift their people out of poverty.
Of course, the island states are self-interested, as well. They don't want to drown in a sea that is rising on a tide of global greed and self-delusion.
Theirs seems to be the interest that we should most respect. They are not trying to squeeze the last drop of profit out of a poisonous fuel source. They are trying to survive. Why on earth should they trust people who would put oil profits ahead of their interest?
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Climate change emails row deepens as Russians admit they DID come from their Siberian server
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Excellent summary of the climategate issue. So much for Desmogblog's twists on the subject.
Wow, what a badly written article. And we've known for weeks that the emails were on a Russian server - so what?
Because the accusation here is that the Russians did it, or that someone hacked into the Russian site to post the files. Both of which are wrong according to the Russians.
Still, this does not preclude that it was a whistleblower from inside CRU.
How is the article "badly written" because you did not like their conclusions?
"According to the Russians." It is not all that long ago that these words would have been greeted with laughter, or at least an ironical smile. In fact I think that in this casse this would still be the appropriate reaction.
The users of stolen goods keep clinging to the whistleblower theory as one way of justifying their behavior. There was an honest thief here folks …
So nothing the Russians say is the truth still? Boy, I guess some people cannot get over that the Cold War ended when the USSR collapsed.
"So nothing the Russians say is the truth still?" I said "in this case"! Russia has as much interest in these emails causing havoc to climate change negotiations as Saudi Arabia has. It is their fossil fuel riches that might lift them out of poverty and give them a strategic lever in foreign policy. Being more trained in Secret Service hanky panky they might have gone one step further than the Saudis …
Mind you I am equally open to the thesis that this is the handiwork of the original Swiftboat builders, with the happy assistance of Rush Limbaugh, Anthony Watts and Steve McIntyre.
The Daily Mail article is, by the way, just a rehash of all the denialist campaign stuff about the swifthack, in which Lindzen, Pielke and Steve McIntyre figure as crown witnesses. The paper also makes use of McIntyre's 'thus far unreported' recent (mis)reperesentation of the emails. That is rather funny because DeepClimate wanted us to vote on the likelihood of what paper would first pick up this bit of disinformation. The choice was between the National Post, the Wallstreet Journal and the Daily Telegraph. Most votes went to the National Post but now it appears that the race has been won by an outsider.
The article was sold under false pretences. As if there was basic new information about the "Russian connection". That the server was located in Tomsk was known right from the start. The real purpose of the whole thing was PR for the denialist campaign.
So you think they should not emerge from poverty then?
I'll wait for more evidence before speculation-as-fact.
Like Jeff Wigand.
Seems you people have out right rejected it could be a whistleblower. I just pointed out that has yet to be the case.
So much for freedom of speech. Pathetic and dangerous.
"Journalist Phelim McAleer ('Mine Your Own Business', 'Not Evil Just Wrong') asks Prof Stephen Schneider from Stanford University an Inconvenient Question about 'Climategate' emails. McAleer is interrupted twice by Prof Schneider's assistant and UN staff and then told to stop filming by an armed UN security guard."
the word "Lie" is thrown around quite a bit in the comment section here. It's used freely and I'm not going to point out which side does it more. I think that is pretty clear. I will applaud any effort to bilaterally elevate the discussion.
Ok, I will do just that then. They next time one of you people post that word, which has happened many times, I'll be sure you know about it. I'll expect action.
I have used the word in relation to a specific individual here - a person who, ironically, has been pleading for Moncton's 'right' to call 'a spade a spade'. It is clear that in the potty peer's case that right was abused. But I thought it appropriate to use it for his advocate as a matter of intellectual hygiene.
'I will applaud any effort to bilaterally elevate the discussion.' Well James, you might start by calling that person on his continuous and deliberate disinformation, even though that would mean giving up your faux-naif role of ironical observer who is above the fray (and occasionally likes to lecture us on our manners).
Are you going to inform Ms. May that she was wrong on the 9 meter rise? Will she admit she was wrong on that? And no, she did not give any kind of time frame but was eluding to it being soon.
I'll expect to hear back from you on this.
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As the number 3 phrase I use, discussing "number 1" seems like a great idea.
Here is your urinary system, in all its glory: kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
The length of the urethra differs, depending on which
pee-extension hardware you have purchased with your kit.
The urinary system has quite an important job: it's in charge of filtering the blood, removing waste products, and getting these wastes out of the body without harming us.
The basic ingredients of pee are water, urea, and salts.
The lovely yellowish glow of urine is due to urobilin, a byproduct of breaking down hemoglobin from old blood cells--similar to the bilirubin that makes poop brown.
Urea is an easily disposable form of nitrogen. Nitrogen is a tricky element to get rid of, because waste products with nitrogen tend to form ammonia, which is good for cleaning windows, but is poisonous for our bodies. We convert nitrogenous wastes to a urea, which is far less toxic and can be diluted in water and safely removed from our bodies.
So from the kidneys, water and wastes go through the ureters and begin to accumulate in the bladder. When the weight of the pee pool is great enough, you become aware that it's time to evacuate. You engage your bladder muscles while releasing the sphincter that normally pinches your urethra closed, and then you feel that most fabulous of sensations--the bliss that is a good pee.


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How do you as the director know you run a safe, enriching summer camp program? That all of your staff "get it" and that the goals and philosophies set are being achieved? The answer is that to ensure that these objectives are being achieved; you need to start at the top.
During the winter season, as the director you met/recruited, and made promises to parents and campers, purchased the "best" safety equipment, researched the latest of extreme sports, hired talented, experienced staff, and planned for the unknown… Now that the season is in full swing, you turn to your trusted head counselor and hand it all over, so everything is perfect… or is it?
As the camp director, you need to make sure that everything is in order and functioning as planned, each day, every day, from the moment the staff arrives, until the last one leaves.
Directors need to get out there and be visible to the campers, and more importantly the staff. The reason is that it is the staff that needs to see, by example. They need to hear your words and understand your ideas, directly. It is through this that they will understand the impact of the role they play, not only for the children but also for the life of the camp.
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Does camp have a life? I was once asked to view my camp as an object, either animate or inanimate. At the time I didn't completely understand the reason for the exercise, but have since come to appreciate the idea and continue to utilize the concept as a way to demonstrate member roles at camp. The model I use helps to show how everyone and everything is connected.
The choice I made was Camp as a Tree.
Imagine, if you will, camp as a living, breathing tree. A tree needs good soil, just as camp needs a good location, facility and site layout. It needs sun and rain to grow, as do our summers, sun for outside play and rainy days to rest and connect.
Camp has roots, in its histories, traditions and alumni. It has a trunk, which supports all else that occurs, as the camp director does at camp.
The camp tree has main branches, which represent the main goals and philosophies. These branches lead to secondary branches, representing the staff — those who receive these goals and carry them forward through their counselor roles and activity leadership.
Activities grow from counselors in the form of leaves. Birdhouses, represented as cabins, give us shelter, the apples represent our food source and all combine to create an environment where campers (birds) find safety, security and recreation, life.
Of course, we cannot forget the parents swinging from the bottom branch, some hanging on, hoping that they've made the right decision for their child, and others enjoying the moment.
Camp is like a tree, and by imagining it as such, it allows us to see where each of us belong and relate to the other. This message is extremely important as it relates to your staff, for it is the staff that turns your words, efforts and ideas to reality for our children.
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Directors may be able to rely completely on their head counselors, and supervisor staff, some of which have been with them for years. They may be able to recite camp policies, goals and philosophies better than the director. In fact, many may have written them at one point.
Regardless, when it comes to messages the staff must hear it from you, the camp director. Why? It has been my experience that staff members feel more connected to a place, when the original messages are delivered via the camp director.
Direct interaction allows staff the opportunity to discuss issues, ask questions and make suggestions. It conveys a feeling that the director is interested in them not only for the role they play at camp but as people who s/he cares about and values.
These opportunities empower, motivate and excite staff into becoming a part of the tapestry of your camp program. With or without saying it, these actions say thank you, and provide staff members with the confidence to continue throughout the season
So what is your plan?
Plan to keep your staff motivated…
Michael Brandwein at the 2004 ACA conference in San Francisco shared with us the idea to come up with an acronym to help relay goals. He suggests we create a cheer to get the staff up off their feet and keep enthusiasm high throughout the summer. I found this suggestion made planning orientation extremely helpful, and a lot of fun to write this season.
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Amongst the various modes of education, the distance and correspondence programs have gained much popularity in the recent times.
Unlike the older times, when the students had only a single option of attending full time lectures, today most of them can be found to have enrolled in multiple courses offered by Institutions extending distance education and e-learning programs.
The popularity of these programs owes to the ever ending need of gaining specialization, in this era of cut-throat competition. Where affordability, ease of study, and flexibility are some of the advantages offered by a typical distance program, a major advantage related to its structure being just the same as a regular program, cannot be ignored. However, it has been found by much research and study that until today, distance education programs were considered to be a bit low on the credibility scale as compared to the regular courses. However, a recent news floated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) has changed the way now distance education programs would be looked at. With the latest developments it has been expressly announced by the University Grants Commission(UGC), that from now on wards, any distance program shall be treated equivalent to a regular degree program, provided it bears recognition under the Distance education Council(DEC), and is offered by an Institution , registered under the University Grants Commission (UGC).
This latest development has brought a gush of happiness in amongst the students, as well as the Institutions offering these courses. Further, it can be construed, that in the coming years, the number of students getting enrolled in the distance education programs is going to get increased tremendously, as now these programs would have an equal credential associated to them as it used to be with the regular programs , earlier.
Another fact that cannot be ignored is that this recent development is not only going to impact the education pattern of the students only, but also the life of those who always wished to have a regular degree, but couldn't secure the same due to personal or professional constraints.
The way now education, and the credentials attached to an individual would be looked upon, is going to be extremely different from what it used to be till the time this new development came into being. Moreover, it is also needless to mention that amongst the many cities like Meerut, Modinagar, Noida, Delhi etc, which happen to be the education hubs of the northern and western part of India, a steep increase in the enrollment of distance education programs can be expected in the coming years.
So, if you are a student, an employee, or even a housewife, there is nothing left now for you to think before getting yourself enrolled in a distance education program, as now the education sector, has extended its wings to treat all modes of education equal.


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The Bachelor Butte Dog Derby is a return to racing sled dogs in the Cascade mountains near Bend/Sunriver, Oregon.
The event is a trophy race scheduled for March 1-2, 2014 at Wanoga Sno-park.
This is an opportunity to experience the splendor of the the Cascades and contest one's dog team on world class terrain.
The courses will be challenging and the classes offered somewhat nostalgic.
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Feeling anxious lately?
January 17, 2012 § 1 Comment
It would seem that, more and more, I'm encountering people, friends, and patients who are having trouble dealing with feelings of anxiety and extreme worry. Often people will describe these feelings as overwhelming and paralyzing, cutting into their routines and often putting severe roadblocks in their day-to-day lives, careers and relationships.
And it would also seem that diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder are on the rise. According to the National Institutes of Mental Health in the US, anxiety disorders now affect 18 percent of the adult population in the United States, or approximately 40 million people. This is a huge number, when you compare it to the percentage of those suffering from mood disorders (ie. depression, bipolar illness, etc.) which is only at 9.5 percent of the US population.
Canada is also not immune. According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario, over 12% of Canadians will be affected to varying degrees by anxiety disorders.
I'm no expert on anxiety, but thankfully there are people out there who are and are willing to write about it. In fact, The New York Times has just started a series of articles and essays on the topic of anxiety.
And Daniel Smith, a journalist, author, editor and generalized anxiety disorder sufferer writes a candid and amusing blog about his life and experiences: http://monkeymindchronicles.com/
Feelings of anxiety are sometimes very much a part of normal and daily coping and functioning. However, if these feelings become more and more frequent, or begin to impede on your ability to function in the various realms of your life, perhaps it might be worthwhile to discuss this with your family physician or with a counselor.
In the meantime, it never hurts to slow down and take a deep breath. Often this simple step can do wonders for easing feelings of worry, stress and yes, anxiety.
A different pace..
January 10, 2012 § 2 Comments
I drove and drove and drove, it seems. My little car wove in and out, between the rockface of the Canadian Shield. Huge juts of limestone, dotted with tiny and almost ramshackle Inukshuks – signifying that someone had once scrabbled across the top of those immense sheets of rock. I passed by sconces of frozen waterfall cascades – the result of a recent thaw that illuminated those ancient waterways, snaking though the granite.
For stretches at a time, I was the only car on the road, despite the brand new four lane highway. And it seemed that I had traveled so far north that there were no more familiar stations on the radio. The soundwaves of the city were long gone.
So in silence, I kept driving.
After a brief detour into a very isolated but quaint general store – whose decor and interior atmosphere (and even the white-bearded proprietor himself!) made me feel like I had stepped back in time to the days of the early lumberjack pioneers – I arrived at my destination. The childhood home of a very good friend I wanted to visit and to whom I was going to provide a ride back into the city.
Almost immediately, I felt a balm of quietness come over me. I was surrounded by trees, snow and vast, vast space. I could hear the crunch of the ice under my feet, I heard the dryness of the branches – their creaks and moans. And I breathed in the crisp air; so cold that it almost hurt the insides of my nostrils and brought an instant chill to the top of my lungs.
But warmth was immediately felt from my friend's family and the coziness of the house. A welcoming hug, while the wood stove burned bright in the corner and an elderly golden retriever dozed nearby. A wonderful lethargy fell upon me. The day ahead fell away in a sort of timelessness. So different than in the city – where we are all ruled by seconds, minutes and hours. The currency that we scrabble to elongate or cheat. But up in this small town, and on this day, it only mattered when the sun would go down and it would become dark.
It is often said that life in a small town is such a very different thing. And even more so, the further north or more isolated it gets. But as I gazed over the stillness of a cove in the bay – laughing with my friend over a joke as we stood on the shore, and watching as my friend's brother skip a stone across the thick slick of ice that had frozen over the water – I understood what Thoreau had written about. That this was indeed a sort of paradise. A paradise of solitude and stillness. A place where it is the easiest thing in the world to completely accept oneself.
Not once did I feel rushed. Not once did I glance at the clock. Things seemed to fall into place. Each meal was leisurely, the timing dictated only by the grumblings of our stomachs. Even the session of outdoor skating we decided to embark on had a feeling of looseness, despite being warned by a fellow patron to be sensitive to the time. We ambled around the shoreline, we trunched through the snow, and we made way for more ambitious snowmobilers.
And when the sun did go down and the sky went dark, we all gathered around the table to share a simple meal and talked, joked, teased each other, like we had done this for years. A sense of warm familiarity and gratitude washed over me. A feeling that I hope to carry with me for some time to come.
Taking a break for the holidays…
December 22, 2011 § 5 Comments
So this will likely be my last post of 2011. I've decided to take a break and resume in Jan 2012, when I'm sure more social work adventures await me. But before I go, I'd like to wish you all a very happy holiday, whether and whatever you celebrate, and a very joyous, wonderful New Year.
Or at least, have a better time during the holidays than this poor cat:
Cheers and see you in 2012!
More Face-to-Face time and less Facebook…
December 13, 2011 § Leave a comment
Tis' the season for getting more facetime in – and I'm not talking about the iPad app.
Perhaps I'm showing my age, but remember the time before social media? How did people get in touch way back then? We actually called each other. We perhaps sent letters. And maybe once in a while, we actually appeared on each other's doorstep. Remember when Bobby would knock on Peter's door and ask him to come out to play? Yes, those were the good old days.
Now, we hustle and bustle right past each other. Our very busy lives often leaves little space to actually meet up and talk, and even when we do, the smart phones come out and instead of paying attention to the person in front of us, we carry on multiple conversations at once.
I used to marvel at this. Technology is terrific! What a wondrous feat!
Until I realized that something very important was being sacrificed here. And when I realized that I certainly didn't like "competing" for the attention of someone sitting right in front of me.
Life is hard enough.
What happened to the quality of interacting with someone? The days of scintillating conversation? The rolling and raucous laughter of a joke well told and enacted? The almost salon-like atmosphere of healthy debate and discussion of important issues? There is something in the live exchange between people that cannot be captured by a piece of metal and plastic – that unspoken connection, the thread that glistens between people who are discovering each other, bit by precious bit.
In hospital, it isn't the telephone call, or the Facebook comment, or the number of followers on Twitter, but the face-to-face visit – the time spent in the presence of each other – that often brings the most joy, relief, positivity and support to my patients.
During this holiday season, and maybe (hopefully!) even beyond into the New Year, try to put those smart phones away once in a while and just pay attention to the people who are surrounding you. Likely, you'll realize just how very much you matter to the ones you love and who are close to you. Guaranteed, this realization will be so much better than downloading a new phone app.
What we all don't want to talk about….
November 29, 2011 § Leave a comment
I had planned to write about something else for this week's post, but I came across an excellent series of articles done by the Globe and Mail about a very important and serious issue. As a member of the sandwich generation – the generation that will likely end up taking care of elderly parents as well as children at the same time – these issues will have more significance and will need to be paid attention to.
Patients are living longer and longer, often assisted by medical technology and devices, beyond what we had ever imagined. For most patients, this is a godsend and allows them to live a life full of quality and joy. But what happens when the very opposite happens? When life is only prolonged, with no semblance of quality or of living a full and complete life? I see these situations over and over in the hospital where I work. These situations are fraught with emotions, ethics, and legalities.
There are no easy answers. But to start talking with family and loved ones about issues such as advance directives, powers of attorneys, executing estates and drawing up wills, and how to die with dignity are so important. The best time to have these discussions are when we can, not when it's too late.
Check out the series on End of Life in the Globe and Mail.
Slowin' down…
November 22, 2011 § Leave a comment
My day as a social worker is pretty hectic. Very rarely will you find me in heels or in skirts as I'm usually literally running around the floor, skipping in and out of patient rooms, grabbing phones and dialing madly, talking and negotiating with community stakeholders and staff. As a result, my presence on the unit doesn't really seem to be one of calm. My team members tell me that I bring a sense of calmness to the floor, which is always a nice thing to hear. (Perhaps it's because I'm always "putting out fires" that seem to pop up out of nowhere with respect to patients and save the team from worry.) But on the inside, it's pretty far from the truth.
Getting so revved up on the floor can be exciting but it's a mighty hard thing to come down from. I often go home on a kind of buzz and sometimes I will have to walk a few blocks before I can feel my respiration return to normal. It's times like these that I think seriously about self-care and how so very important it is.
I guess for me, self-care is about slowing down. It's about doing things that force me to take my time, to think things through in a very leisurely way, to really engage in the checks and balances of my inner self. Usually these tasks have to be somewhat crafty or menial. These are the only activities that I find either turns my brain off or works a whole different part of my brain that invigorates rather than depletes my energy stores. I guess I tap into my ability to be creative, as opposed to being linear – which my day-to-day social work relies so heavily on.
Self-care is not necessarily about being lazy. Although, lying on a sofa, watching movies all day, eating chips and drinking a glass of wine once in a while does wonders! But self-care can be about productive endeavours – the ones that will replenish and inspire you.
For me, I love to cook and bake. I also like to sew (which I'm still a beginner at). I take long, meandering hikes in my favorite conservation areas. And I write. I try to write alot.
At the end of the day, these activities leave me tired, only pleasantly so. But more importantly, my brain feels rested. Ready to take on another day of being a busy social worker.
What do you do to take care of yourself and replenish?


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A new dance night to keep it hot and heavy in the cold and snowy
As the biting cold takes up residency in New England, the local dance music climate is just getting heated up. Boston and Cambridge have been hubs for the renaissance of underground house, techno, and dance with the ever-growing population of crews and parties. You can head out on just about any night of the week and be serenaded by the 4/4 beat from top talent, both locally and nationally.
So to get 2013 off to a fresh start, there's a new kid in town: Fourplay.
Born from the concerted efforts of the dark-haired CreateSpace Collab (CSC) boys Matt McNeill, Chad Spigner, and George Zygouris (who also bring you Sweet Shop at Good Life), and with the addition of the unparalleled Randy "The Bison" Deshais (resident and cofounder at RE:SET Wednesdays), Fourplay is about to set this town on fire.
Don't let the name fool you: From the looks of it, the play will continue before, during, and after. Here's the dish from McNeill on behalf of CSC:
CSC has been making serious waves in the community with the recent bookings of top-tier talent. What will make Fourplay different than Sweet Shop?
Generally, I think Fourplay will feature a bit more of a refined sound aimed at a [discerning] listener/party-goer. Not to say that it will be better or worse.
Fourplay is aiming to be a more sophisticated and sensual experience than the fun and energetic vibe curated at the Sweet Shop events.
Will Sweet Shop continue?
Sweet Shop will continue.
Phew! So how will Fourplay be defined against the other myriad of house/techno nights in town?
It will be a haven for trendsetters and will ultimately become a planned-for destination of electronic music enthusiasts and bon-vivants in Eastern Massachusetts.
Why the name?
After seeing the aesthetic of the room, we knew it needed a very sexy and sensual vibe.
Because it's the beginning of the weekend, there are four people involved and we play and push 4/4 music, we decided "fourplay" was a title that helped to promote the idea we're hoping to create.
Makes sense. And how often can we expect to get hot and heavy with it?
Currently, the frequency is once every month.
If you could sum up the vibe you're aiming for in a word or phrase what would it be?
Final words?
We're really excited to debut this brilliant new room in Boston with some of the most lush and innovative dance music we can find and bring to every event.
Their inaugural party, slated for Friday, January 11, featuring Berlin-based DJ Tennis (off Life and Death Records), will surely be a night to remember. Because you know what they say—the best way to keep warm is through body heat.


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|Thanks Gardengirl for the idea!
I would like to help my daughter get into cooking a bit more. She has very little time right now, so I am looking for your best crockpot recipes. I plan to put them on nice recipe cards (with proper credit, of course!) and give them to her along with the crockpot I got as part of her Xmas gift.
Care to share your favorites? I'll start with Ginger's French Dip Sandwiches. We love them!
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|Linda, what about a pot roast?
1 chuck roast, visable fat removed
Dredge the roast in the seasoned flour and brown in a heavy bottomed skillet
Add roast and remaining items to slow cooker and simmer on low for 6 to 8 hours until meat is tender. Skim off any visable fat from the gravy. Serve with mashed potatoes or wide egg noodles.
|I posted one earlier over in the pot roast thread, so feel free to snitch that one. Every time I make it for guests, they ask for the recipe.
Here's another one that I do about every 6 weeks or so during the winter months...it's called "That Bean Dish" since no one can ever remember it's real name.
1 lb. hamburger (browned in the microwave works)
Brown the hamburger first and put it in the slow cooker. Add the pork and beans, then the drained kidney beans. Stir. Put in a little garlic and onion powder, then the ketchup. Stir. Cook on low for about 6 hours. If you need more time, utilize a timer as the hamburger can burn too easily.
|I love my crockpot! I use it several times each week for things like chili, Mexican seasoned ground beef, sloppy joe mix, spaghetti sauce, baked beans, et . Though I don't eat hot dogs, my boys like them when I throw a package, dry, into a crockpot and let them cook several hours in their own juices. This works equally well with Polish sausage. My DIL got a nice stainless steel crockpot, a couple of slow cooker cookbooks and a set of stainless steel serving pieces wrapped up toghether for her birthday. She loved it!
|Here are a few of my family's favorites:
1 lb. ground beef
Brown ground beef, bacon, onion, and pepper, drain. Put this in crockpot and add the rest of the ingredients. Cook all day on low heat.
2 cups canned chopped tomatoes, drained
Process first 7 ingredients in a blender or food processor until mixture is smooth. Cut pork in half, and place in a 5-quart slow cooker. Pour tomato mixture over pork. Cook on HIGH for 8 hours; remove from slow cooker. Cool slightly; shred and serve on buns with Rosemary-Garlic mayonnaise and desired toppings. Yield: 6 servings.
Rosemary-Garlic Mayonnaise
Stir together all ingredients. Chill. Yield: 1/2 cup.
Recipe from Southern Living magazine, Sept. 2001 issue.
Place cooked macaroni in slow cooker that has been coated with nonstick cooking spray. Reserve 1 cup cheese; add rest of cheese and the other ingredients to the macaroni. Mix well. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Cook on HIGH at least 2-1/2 hours. Do not remove cover or stir until ready to serve.
Recipe courtesy of Mr. Food.
1-1/2 lbs. steak (any cheap cut)
Cut steak in strips. Brown steak in oil. Mix garlic, salt, soy sauce, and sugar; pour over steak. Cook 6 hours on low in crockpot. Turn to high and add sprouts, tomatoes, green peppers, and onion. Dissolve cornstarch in water and add for thickening. Cover and cook an additional 30 minutes to 1 hour. Serve over hot cooked rice.
Posted by: Ginger_St_Thomas (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 03 at 7:28
One 3-4 lb roast beef (rump roast or sirloin tip)
Combine all ingredients in a large crockpot. Cook on high 30 minutes; reduce heat to low. Cook until beef is tender. For supper, start cooking before work. If you want it for luch cook at bedtime.)
Posted by: JoeEkaitis (My Page) on Fri, Dec 27, 02 at 13:38
1 large onion, chopped
Combine onion, garlic, lentils, Italian seasoning, broth, and water in slow cooker. Add sausage links and float bay leaves on top. Cover and cook 10 hours on Low. Discard bay leaves. Remove sausage links and allow to cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, stir soup for 2 minutes to puree' some of the lentils, which will thicken the soup. Slice cooled sausage and return to soup. Serve with biscuits or cornbread for a "meal in a bowl."
Crock Pot Lemon Chicken
3# chicken pieces, dredged in seasoned flour (we like chicken thighs and I add a pinch of 5-spice powder to the flour, along with a little salt & pepper)
6 oz can of lemonade
|Here are a couple of T&T from our house that get made quite often
***Sweet and Tangy Chicken***
8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
Place 4 chicken breasts in slow cooker. Combine next 5 ingredients and pour 1/2 over the chicken. Top with remaining chicken and sauce. Cover and cook on low 8-9 hours or until chicken is tender. Serve over rice.
***Creamy Red Potatoes***
2 pounds small red potatoes, quartered
Place potatoes in slow cooker. In small mixing bowl beat cream cheese, soup and dressing mix until well blended. Stir into potatoes. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until potatoes are tender. Makes 4-6 servings. This can be easily doubled.
- Posted by jcrowley99 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 11, 07 at 13:41
|This is my all time favorite crock pot recipe. It was my dads recipe, we have it on Christmas Eve every year.
Dad's Baked Beans
1/2 Lb Bacon
2 Tbsp bacon drippings
3 Lb 7 oz (large can) Baked Beans
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp mustard
1 large onion, chopped
2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
2. Fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and cool. Crumble bacon into small pieces. Discard all but needed bacon grease.
3. Brown onion in bacon grease.
4. Add all ingredients to beans,mix well.
5. Cook on low, covered, for 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
|I like mine best for bean soup or pea soup. I don't really have recipes, I just dump a bag of beans or peas in the crock, add a ham bone if I have it, some diced bacon or leftover ham if I don't. Add a chopped onion, a chopped carrot, salt and pepper, water to cover. Let it cook all day and you have a nice pot of beans or soup when you get home. Ashley likes me to add cubed potatoes to the pea soup....
|YUM! So many super recipes! Thanks, and keep 'em coming!
(My kid will thank you, too!)heehee
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