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Savor the flavors of everyday real food, fresh from the garden or stored on your pantry shelves.
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Have you ever noticed that cold weather makes us yearn for the comfort foods of our childhood? This year's never ending winter is certainly no exception. And while not everyone can agree on meatloaf, mac and cheese, or chicken-noodle soup, we all seem to love homemade baking powder biscuits.
Baking powder biscuits go perfectly with many dishes. Plop them on top of an everyday casserole to make it extra special. Lather them with butter and serve with soup. Spread with honey along with a cup of tea. And of course there's always biscuits and gravy. Even fast food outlets have jumped on the biscuit bandwagon with breakfast sandwiches.
Experienced biscuit makers all have their favorite recipe, usually handed down from Mom or Grandma. But the most important ingredient in baking powder biscuits is the baking powder. Some people prefer an aluminum-free baking powder. Others prefer to use old fashioned cream of tartar and baking soda. We New Englanders have our own favorite, Bakewell Cream.
Bakewell Cream is a leavening agent similar to baking powder. According to The New England Cupboard, the company that produces it, Bakewell Cream was created in Bangor Maine in the 1940s. Cream of tartar, a wine-making byproduct and common leavening agent, was in short supply during the war years. Since cream of tartar is a major ingredient of many baking powders, there was a low supply of baking powder. But we must have our biscuits! So a local chemist used a different acid, sodium pyrophosphate, and called it Bakewell Cream. Bakewell Cream plus the base sodium bicarbonate (or baking soda) produces light, fluffy biscuits.
Bakewell Cream biscuits are still very popular in New England, but Bakewell Cream can be difficult to find if you live outside of that area. It can be ordered online from The New England Cupboard or King Arthur Flour. The original biscuit recipe is printed on the Bakewell Cream can.
Even though Bakewell Cream biscuits are perfect as is, I have this compulsion to play around with all written recipes. So instead of shortening I always use butter, and I often add Kamut flour to add some whole grains to the recipe.
I like to use Kamut flour because of its soft, nutty quality. Kamut is the brand name of an ancient grain, Khorasan wheat, originally grown in Egypt but now grown in Montana. Although it is a whole grain, it is softer than most whole grains and is a beautiful yellow color, almost like semolina.
• 1 cup Kamut flour • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 2 tsp Bakewell Cream • 1 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp salt • 3/4 cup butter, softened • 3/4 cup cold milk
1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
3. Cut in butter with a pastry blender.
4. Add milk and stir quickly with a fork until just mixed.
5. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead 5 or 6 times.
6. Pat to 3/4-inch thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter.
7. Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and leave in the oven for another 5-10 minutes or until browned.
Quick, easy and melt in your mouth delicious. Bakewell Cream biscuits are sure to keep your insides warm. Sorry, there's not much I can do about the outside weather!
Renee Pottle is an author, Family and Consumer Scientist, and Master Food Preserver. She writes about canning, baking, and urban homesteading at Seed to Pantry
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We are huge fans of citrus fruit at our house. My partner devours grapefruits. We can't keep my daughter stocked in blood oranges. Me? I love it all. Key limes, Meyer lemons, kumquats, pumelos, Seville oranges, mandarines, kaffir limes, citrons - the list of citrus is truly long. I have yet to meet a fruit that I didn't like.
December thru March is citrus season in the United States. From California, across the southern states to Florida, the citrus fruit harvest is well underway. Ironically, although we associate citrus trees with warm weather, the signature bright colors actual require a cool winter (but not freezing) for their skin to turn. The maturity of the fruit, however, is independent from their color. Green-skinned citrus is often found in tropical climates.
Originating somewhere between Australia and New Guinea [1], citrus has spread and hybridized repeatedly around the world. While we often think of citrus for eating out of hand, many citrus varieties are grown specifically for their zest, oil, leaves and of course, vitamin C (citric acid). Kafir limes, for example, are primarily grown for the flavor their leaves impart in Southeast Asian curries. Citrus is also grown as an ornamental shrub (I have one on my porch) both indoors and out. During the Renaissance many famous royal gardens featured "Orangeries" [2] in greenhouses. Our own George Washington had an expansive Orangery at Mount Vernon that even Thomas Jefferson envied. [3]
With such a short season, we try to preserve as much citrus as we can for the rest of the year. Although you can still get grapefruit, lemons and oranges in July, they've usually been in cold storage or been shipped from South America. Preserving citrus is pretty easy. Here are some flexible techniques you can try with almost any type of citrus, recipe links included. Challenge yourself to change out the types fruit in these recipes and create flavors all your own.
Salt and citrus may seem at odds, but bitter, sour, sweet and salty make up four of the five legs of balanced flavors (the other being umami.) Preserved lemons are probably the best known salt-preserved citrus, but there is the also the lesser known Indian lime pickles. Each technique uses the whole fruit, cut up and packed in salt. The juice comes out and makes a salty brine, softening the fruit. Indian lime pickles go further and add aromatics and spices to the mixture. Both can be used to liven up dressings, sauces, curries, rice (preserved lemons are traditional in Morocan tagines), fish and poultry. I like to add preserved lemon to apple pie. Lime pickle goes into my Indian curried potatoes. Another salt preservations technique is citrus salt. It's amazing in cooking and baking, and so easy to make. You'll smack yourself if you've purchased it at the store. Consisting of nothing more than citrus zest and kosher or sea salt, I use citrus salt as a finisher sprinkled on salads, meats, popcorn and roasted vegetables as well as in salted desserts like ice cream, chocolates and cookies.
Citrus Salts at the Local Kitchen Blog Keylime Lime Pickle at One tomato, two tomato Preserved Lemons at The Farmers Feast
Isn't citrus already acidic? From sweet pickles to shrubs, citrus only seems to be enhanced by vinegar. The methods are a snap. For pickles, simply replace small whole citrus like kumquats, key limes or clementines for the fruit in your sweet pickled recipe. Think pickled peaches. I think I'll replace my martini olive with a pickled kumquat. For shrubs, which are a delicious drinking vinegar, the citrus juice and/or peel may be used. You simply make a simple syrup with the juice and sugar, then add an equal amount of vinegar to syrup. Toss in the peel if desired for extra kick. The result is a delicious liquid that can be mixed with water, soda water, sparkling wine, or in other cocktails. I love it mixed with champaign. Yum.
Pickled Kumquats at Vanilla Garlic Blood Orange Shrub at Food in Jars
This is a classic technique. The number of citrus infusions, liqueurs and fermented concoctions is prolific! Search the internet and you will find numerous recipes. The easiest of these are citrus infusions and liqueurs, which require little to no cooking. Mixing citrus juice and peel with spirits and/or wine and sometimes with added sugar, results in complex, often deeply flavored libations. Let sit for a month or so, strain and drink. Annually I make a bunch alcoholic citrus recipes to use throughout the year, including orange triple sec, grapefruit gin and lemon limoncello.
Grapefruit Infused Gin at One Tomato, Two Tomato Vin d'Orange at The Kitchn Limoncello at Food Preservation
A natural partner to the sour and bitter citrus, sugar preserves citrus beautifully. From jams and candying to citrus sugars, every part of the fruit can be preserved with sugar. While all the techniques are fairly simple to do, they take can range from an hour to a week to make. Marmalade is probably the best know of sugar preservation methods, where peel and juice are turned into bitter sweet jeweled citrus jam. Then there are citrus curds, where juice, sugar and egg yolks merge to create a luscious, creamy spread. Classic candied citrus includes thin orange and grapefruits peels, whole clementines and thick fragrant citron wedges. Citrus sugar, like citrus salt is just the zest blitzed with sugar. Your sugar cookies and sugar dusted scones will never be the same. Use course raw sugar for better texture.
Glazed Citron at David Lebovitz Seville Blood Orange Marmalade at One tomato, two tomato Kaffir Lime and Lemon Curd at Vanillyn Meyer Lemon Sugar at Cravings of a Lunatic
Dehydrating is an excellent way to preserve citrus flavors. While you're never going to get back the juicy goodness of an orange, dehydrating keeps all the flavor. Fantastic in seasoning mixes, soups, dressings, dried teas and sauces, dried citrus will last a year or longer. The conventional drying technique is to simply slice the fruit across the grain into circles, lay them on a mat and dry in your dehydrator. I prefer a low drying temp so that the fruit does not cook, as heat can destroy the citric acid. Each citrus fruit will give you a different flavor to use.
Dehydrated Citrus Wheels at Spoon Fork Bacon Tangy Orange Powder at Just Making Noise
Finally we have canned citrus, which will rival any insipid, store-bought variety, hands down. Because citrus is a high acid food, you can can both citrus juice and fruit, with or without added sugar. Canned juice is pretty amazing, as you actually pasteurize it at 190 degrees for a 5 minutes, hot pack it into jars, then boiling water can them for 15 minutes. Any type of juice will work. For canned citrus segments, like oranges, tangerines or grapefruits, it's recommended that you remove the membrane around the segments before canning. I don't bother with the tangerines-way to much work! For the big fruit I cut the peel off and then "supreme" (su-PREM - it's French, ooh la la) them by cutting out just the flesh between the membranes. Then you have a few choices for canning: sugar syrup, water, juice, plus or minus flavorings. I think plain water is a little leaching and draws out a lot of flavor, so I prefer a bit of a light syrup. But it's totally up to you. You can also use the fruit juice to can in - just replace the water-canned version with juice. The work is in the prep, but canning only takes 15 minutes.
How to Can Citrus Juice at The Survival Mom Canned Supreme Oranges at Hitch Hiking to Heaven No-Sugar Canned Mandarin Oranges at Righteous Bacon
[1] Origins of Citrus - Liu, Y.,Heying, E., Tanumihardjo, S. 2012 "History, Global Distribution, and Nutritional Importance of Citrus Fruits" Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 11:6 [2] Renaissance Orangeries [3] George Washington Orangery
Tammy Kimbler is the blogger of One Tomato, Two Tomato. A cultivator at heart, Tammy's passions lie with food, preservation, gardening and connecting to her local community through blogging and urban agriculture. She eats well and love to feed others as often as possible. She currently resides with her family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I originally invented this recipe because I was looking for a way to make henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) not only edible but actually taste good (read my post about foraging for henbit here). It is a cold-hardy plant that I wrote about a few weeks ago because it's a reliable winter forage even in areas that are well below freezing at this time of year.
The trouble with henbit is that its flavor includes musty overtones. Someone commented on my blog that it has a "mushroomy taste." Bingo! Pairing henbit with wild mushrooms turns that quality into a pro rather than a con.
If henbit doesn't grow near you, chickweed is another cold-hardy wild green that works well in this recipe. Or, in warmer months, try nettles or lamb's quarters. Other wild leafy greens would work as well. Hen of the woods (maitake) is my mushroom of choice for this dish, but you can substitute whichever edible mushrooms you have on hand, including cultivated varieties.
1. Cook the henbit leaves in very little water for 5 minutes. Drain in a colander and immediately run cold water over them. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
2. Pulse the cooked henbit and the peeled garlic in a food processor (or finely mince with a knife).
3. Add the egg and puree the ingredients (or mix thoroughly by hand).
4. Reserve 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour. Whisk together the rest of the all-purpose and the semolina flours in a large bowl. Dump the contents of the bowl out onto a clean counter or cutting board. Make a well (indentation) in the center.
5. Pour the egg-henbit mixture into the well in the center of the flour. Mix the flour into the liquid mixture with a fork.
6. Knead the mixture by hand for 10 minutes (or in a stand mixer with the bread hook or food processor with the dough blade until the dough comes together into a ball). Kneading by hand is better because you have more control of how much flour ends up in the dough: stop incorporating more as soon as it is possible to knead the dough without it sticking to your fingers.
7. Cover the dough with a clean, damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
8. Lightly dust your work surface. Cut the rested dough into quarters. Roll one of the quarters out with a rolling pin or an old wine bottle until it is as thin as you can get it. Turn the dough over frequently while you roll it out, and dust with additional flour as necessary to prevent it from sticking to your rolling implement.
9. Give the rolled out dough one more light sprinkling of flour then roll it up loosely. Cut crosswise so that it forms coils of 1/4 to 1/2 - inch wide noodles. Uncoil the coils and dust them with additional flour.
1. If you're using dried mushrooms, first soak them in boiling hot water for 15 minutes. Drain (reserving the soaking liquid) and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Whether you started with fresh mushrooms or dried, coarsely chop them.
2. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium low heat. Add the mushrooms and a little salt. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms give up their liquid and then most of the liquid evaporates.
3. Add 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Raise the heat to medium high.
4. Add the mushroom soaking liquid and/or the stock a small splash at a time, stirring constantly. Add the thyme. Each addition should thicken before you add more liquid. When it is all the consistency of a thick gravy, turn off the heat and add salt and pepper to taste.
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the fresh henbit noodles and stir gently. Cook for 3 minutes. Drain. Return to the pot, add the sauce and 1/4 cup of the grated cheese. Toss gently to coat the noodles with the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
2. Serve with additional grated cheese and a little minced fresh henbit sprinkled over as a garnish (or parsley).
Leda Meredith is the author of Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Beach Plums to Wineberries. You can watch her foraging and food preservation videos, and follow her food adventures at Leda's Urban Homestead. Her latest book is Preserving Everything: Can, Culture, Pickle, Freeze, Ferment, Dehydrate, Salt, Smoke...and More.
My hero quotes Joel Salatin, listens to bluegrass music, and has cover crops, not riding crops. Every chapter ends with a seasonal recipe such as the Tender Collard Tangle below.
When I learned that Fifty Shades had outsold the Harry Potter books, I had to check it out. Clearly the author knew how to get people's attention. I found the first chapter online and was soon shocked by the idealization of heartless behavior. Billionaire Christian Grey intimidates his scuttling employees and agrees with pride when the heroine tells him, "You sound like the ultimate consumer." This tycoon brags that if he were to sell his company, over twenty thousand people would soon be struggling to pay their mortgages.
The more I read, the more Christian Grey resembled the villains I've fought all my life. He isolates himself from the world using blindfolds, gliders, yachts, and private islands. Then he roughly takes what he wants, crushing lives and exhausting valuable resources. Would young women assume, given the blockbuster status of the books and movie, that Grey behaves in an admirable, manly way?
This thought so haunted me that I wrote Fifty Weeks of Green. I wanted to introduce the world to the folks I meet at the Mother Earth News Fairs and at sustainable agriculture conferences. For research, I joined the Edible Earthscapes community supported agriculture program (CSA) and interviewed my farming friends. To add flavor, I mixed in my favorite book by Wendell Berry, a warning about neonicotinoids, and a bluegrass song by Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road.
All these ingredients went into Roger Branch, who loves to feel good soil and makes it better with sustainable farming practices. He delights in women who know their own minds, in his lively community, and in being part of the dance of nature. He's no saint, with people skills that need cultivation, but that's part of the story. Roger and the other characters help city gal Sophia Verde heal her cynicism and cope with an excess of greens.
My big fantasy is that some readers will try recipes from Fifty Weeks of Green, explore their local farmers markets, and cook a little more with the seasons. When I go wild, I dream of farmers' markets, CSAs, co-ops, and health advocates using the book to nudge their clients in the direction of healthy food and thrifty cooking, sweetened with humor and romance.
Love doesn't have to hurt and healthy food can be delicious.
Slice raw collard leaves thin and then massage and marinate the resulting tangle so it remains lively without being rebellious. Eat some as a salad and then steam the rest to bring out the sweetness and further relax the greens. It's a key Cook for Good technique: cook once, enjoy several times! Yield: Makes 8 servings.
• 2 ounces collards (about 8 medium leaves) • 2 tbsp lemon juice (juice from one lemon) • 1 tsp olive oil • 1/4 tsp salt • 1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper • 1 sweet apple, perhaps a Gala or Fuji • 1/4 cup walnut pieces • 1/4 cup raisins • water for steaming
Cut or pull stems away from collard leaves and save stems for another use. Cut leaves into very thin strips. I stack them up, roll them up lengthwise like a cigar, and then slice across. Put collard leaves into a non-reactive container (glass, Pyrex, ceramic, or stainless steel). With clean and loving hands, gently squeeze and massage the collards five or six times until they relax a bit. Inhale their deep green fragrance and admire your wild collard tangle.
In a small bowl, mix lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Pour this dressing over collards and toss until well coated and glossy. If you have time, refrigerate tangle for two hours to soften the greens.
Core apple, slice, and cut into small pieces. Chop walnuts if needed. Toss fruit and nuts with collards, making sure to coat apple pieces well so they don't brown. Serve chilled as Sweet and Tart Collard Tangle.
For Relaxed Collard Tangle, put a cup of water and a steamer basket in a large pot and bring water to a boil over high heat. Put collard mixture in the steamer, cover, and steam for about 5 minutes. If you'd rather use a microwave, put collard mixture and a teaspoon or two of water in a microwave-safe container. Microwave on high for about 45 seconds per serving. Serve hot. Keeps for five days refrigerated.
Images by Linda Watson (c) 2015 Cook for Good, used by permission.
Check out Linda's website Cook for Good for more recipes and tips. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. She is the author of Wildly Affordable Organic: Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy, and Save the Planet--All on $5 a Day or Less and Fifty Weeks of Green: Romance & Recipes.
The groundhog has seen his shadow, and so have I. The ruby cans of spaghetti sauce and dark frozen greens dwindle as I crave that toothsome crunch that only fresh in-season vegetables provide. Before I surrender to the winter blues, I remember two small bags tucked out of reach on the top shelf of the kitchen cupboard. How could I have forgotten sprouting seeds? Sprouts will deliver that pop of wholesomeness, the antidote to the remaining weeks of winter.
Sprouts are germinated seeds, grains, or legumes. Sprouting is the most basic transformation of latent to live energy with only water, air, and light. When seeds begin to germinate, the starches are converted into natural sugars, and the protein becomes available amino acids that are easily digested and absorbed into the body. Sprouts are living enzymes, providing maximum nutritional benefits that promote a healthy digestive system.
High in nutritional value, but low in cost and time, sprouts are an easy way to spice up your diet. Supplies are basic: a quart size wide-mouthed Mason jar, sprouting lids, and seeds. Sprouting lids come as a 3-piece set with screens of varying mesh sizes for the different stages of germination. Sprouting seeds can be purchased at your local natural food stores or at Sproutpeople, an extensive website covering all your sprouting needs. Most seeds and grains can be sprouted, but be aware of the dangers of legumes. Legumes contain a toxin called lectin that can cause severe gastro-intestinal distress (acute poisoning) in some people.
You will be shocked at the ease of the process. Soak seeds for 6-8 hours in 4 parts water to 1 part seed. Typically, the ratio will be 2 tablespoons of seeds to ¼ cup of warm (not hot) water. Drain the soak water. Rinse sprouts 2-3 times a day with cool water, swirling the water around the jar. Turn the jar upside down above a sink and shake vigorously. Then invert the jar at a propped angle to drain any remaining liquid. The hardest part will be remembering to rinse, but it is a forgivable mistake.
The germinating seeds will grow through varying stages. Start with the finest mesh lid. Within a couple days, small tails will begin to form. That is a good indicator to upsize. Now is the time to start your next round of sprouts with the available fine mesh lid. As the seeds awake from dormancy, they erupt into a brilliant green and start filling the jar. At this point, change to the largest lid and be patient. Although this is an edible stage, let the jar be filled with a bountiful harvest. Once the sprouts have achieved maturity, they are best kept in the refrigerator and eaten within the week. That is, if you can resist eating them.
Sprouts can be eaten raw, added into juices and smoothies, or as toppings on salads, sandwiches, soups, eggs, pizza, and practically anything else. Let your imagination go wild: grind sprouts to make bread, hummus or even a chocolate almond torte.
Fat seems to come and go in relative estimations of value and devaluation depending on various factors of its content. I've in recent years become a fan of pasture-fed, pure beef tallow. It came to me in the form of a sort of gift along with the purchase of a piece of my cousin's homegrown cow three years ago. Nobody else seemed to want the stuff so I took it; there was no extra charge and it would otherwise have been thrown out.
Then I began to research beef tallow's health merits. As compared to vegetable shortening or margarine, tallow wins out in many respects. It's unprocessed, meaning it has no free radicals that can lead to a greater likelihood of cancers. It's pure, meaning there are no carcinogenic chemicals added. In addition, pasture-fed cows are less likely to have been contaminated by staph as those sold on supermarket shelves. And I know exactly where it came from, how it was treated, and who handled it. Buying from family locally and knowing the animal was pasture-fed is important to me.
I haven't bought shortening now for over a year, though I still use it for greasing pans now and then. Likewise, I rarely use margarine, though I consider butter an essential ingredient in my cooking. I've rendered beef fat into quart jars of tallow two years in a row and consider myself seasoned in the art of avoiding too much of a mess in making it. I did a bit of internet recipe research and through trial and error found how to make the best of my time in the process. The last batch of fat may have weighed about 30 pounds. I wound up with just short of two gallons of tallow, poured into quart jars.
1. First, you need as many big, flat pans and casserole dishes as you can fit into your oven. They each need to have sides that are at least 2-1/2 inches deep and preferably a spout for pouring; if not, a square corner. (Otherwise the fat will be more likely to drip over the rounded sides of the pan.) Fat is not something you want anywhere but inside a vessel. Drips are a problem to be assiduously avoided, needless to say. I've found cast iron pans seem to be hotter than others, making the process faster.
2. Next, you need a well sharpened big knife and a large cutting board. Cut the pieces of fat into chunks around one to two inches in diameter; cubes work well but there's no need to be uniform in shape.
3. Lay them flat in the pans only one layer deep.
4. Completely cover all pans with fat chunks.
5. Add around 1/2 cup water to each pan.
6. Heat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
7. Cover each pan with aluminum foil. This is important because it will protect the inside of your oven from being completely covered with grease splatters. I found that out the hard way.
8. Completely fill all the racks in your oven with as many pans as you can. The water is helpful in that it will heat up and start the rendering process faster. It will then evaporate in the very long process of rendering in your oven.
9. After 1/2-hour turn the oven down to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and leave it to cook for 3 hours. You may want to move the pans around halfway through as the top and bottom racks will cook fastest. Other than that, don't open your oven.
When the process is done, the chunks of fat should begin to look a bit golden will stick to the bottom of your pans. That is a convenient aspect in the regard that it probably won't need to be strained. The fat will be a clear liquid which is rendered and ready to pour. My method is tried and true and was chosen after reading a couple of websites, but others have found it easier to cut up the fat in a food processor.
While making this fat, beware of burning. If your oven is hotter than most, you may prefer to cook at a slightly lower heat to avoid this. The fat has a distinctive odor which will fill the kitchen but shouldn't be that distinctive smell of burned beef. This will ruin the entire effort.
The fat lends a flavor to dishes that is particularly desirable for Mexican foods, fried potatoes and savory pie crusts. But if it becomes overcooked or rancid, the fat will ruin anything and everything and waste a lot of your time and effort. The final product should be completely clear of particulate matter and will not need to be strained as it is poured into jars. It will cool into a uniform milky white and will be rather hard as compared to other fats. You will need to keep it refrigerated or frozen until used. I've found that quart glass jars filled with the fat freeze fine without breakage. This fat keeps for three months in a refrigerator. I do sterilize the jars first and use conventional canning lids, also sterilized. And I use canning jars because they don't break as easily as other glass jars when coming in contact with the very hot fat.
To remove it from the glass, use a knife to break pieces of the tallow loose. I use this as a way to oil my pan before cooking burgers, and in pie crusts in a half-and-half ratio to butter. It tends to be harder than shortening or butter and thus more difficult to measure so I weigh it when making pie crusts. When baking enchiladas, I use it to oil the pan and cook tortillas. I make enchilada sauce with it. I melt a few tablespoons of it in a cast iron pan to oven-fry potatoes which were previously blanched in water. This takes only around 15 minutes if the pan has been preheated. Don't be afraid to use it to fry eggs; its flavor isn't overwhelming yet does contribute well.
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How Best To Select An Insurance Company
It is best to know what you are doing when you shop for auto insurance or any other type of insurance. You should select the company that insures you with wisdom. Make sure to select a company that offers both good services and premiums. Here are some tips for finding the best agent:
• Know what your particular state requires in the way of auto insurance:
There is usually a minimum amount of liability coverage that us required by the state. The "no-fault" approach to auto insurance has become popular in many states. There are states in which the coverage for medical costs both for you and for your passengers is an option. When it comes to buying coverage to cover damage to your car, this is optional.
• Make a note of your personal auto insurance profile:
This should include information on the type of vehicle that you drive, distances that you drive, other drivers, your driving record is, your place of residence, and also any optional safety features that your car may have. When you have such a profile it easier to get comparison quotes.
• Comparison Shop:
You should contact various agencies to get quotes on the same cover. You'll find that these quotes can vary by as much as several hundred dollars. One thing you can do is to ask your friends about their coverage. You may also check out the Yellow Pages of your local phone directory. You can also contact your state department of insurance for guidance. A simple approach would be to contact several insurance agents or companies for quotes. Than you can narrow it down to the best ones.
• Set up meetings with potential insurance agents:
Make several appointments with potential insurance agents. When you go to the meetings take your personal auto insurance profile with you, and ask questions. Remember you are looking for a good price but you also want excellent service. Be sure to ask the agent about available discounts, the use of a higher deductible, various service options and claims procedures after accidents. Take notes.
• Compare agents:
Be sure to compare and consider cost, the coverage being offered, and the quality of service available. After you have all this together you may select your insurer.
• Read your policy carefully:
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NEC showcased its new LaVie Z ultrabook at a recent event in Tokyo. This is the first ultrabook from the Japan-based company.
The LaVie Z ultra portable notebook is a superlight device that weighs only 2.2 pounds or less than 999 grams. This is largely due to the device's magnesium and lithium alloy shell, the first of its kind today. This magnesium-lithium casing reduces the weight of the device to at least 50% of the average weight of the typical aluminum shell that is found on other similar devices, making the LaVie Z one of the world's lightest ultrabooks when it finally becomes available. Notwithstanding its lightness, the shell is able to maintain a high rigidity, making the LaVie Z a durable choice.
The device also has a 13.3-inch display which comes with a glossy black rim. One may also view its internal parts simply by removing only twelve screws.
Yet NEC has decided to reserve the details for these internal specifications for a future date. However, as with other ultrabooks, this will likely come with a Solid State Disk (SSD) or a hybrid drive with a Hard Disk Drive coupled with a Solid State Cache.
A business-oriented device, the LaVie Z ultrabook is expected to hit the market sometime late this summer.
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Google has a reputation to keep when it comes to easter eggs, and it shows no signs of letting up. In celebration of the Atari classic Breakout's 37th anniversary, a little easter egg has been hidden away in Google's Image Search.
The normal protocol for things like this would usually be a customized Google Doodle that when clicked, would become a playable version of the game. This time, the game is slightly hidden away — but still very easy to find. To play Breakout, just go to Image Search on Google then type in "atari breakout" and you're good to go! Your usually images will transform into the colored blocks ready for breaking, complete with all the old-school sound effects. Beware, this game was popular for a reason (hint: it's still very addictive).
The game originally came out in 1976, and this serves as a great reminder that a very fun game mechanic can make something timeless. The original prototype for the game was also developed by Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak.
I wonder if we'll be playing games like Halo on Google's homepage 30 years from now.
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I wanted to share with you a small blog that hopefully will help you if you suffer from migraines.
As you can imagine, I am not a fan of intoxicating our body with drugs and prescriptions. I like to heal naturally when ever possible.
Today, I had to stay home from work due to an unbearable migraine.
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Been a Reiki Master, I naturally rely on Reiki to heal all I need. I def feel the difference and improvement after self-healing. However, I forgot to SLOW down and rest.
I don't suffer from insanely painful migraines that often. The last time I was nauscious, in pain, and highly sensitive to sounds/light due to a migraine was about 3 years ago. But I felt motivated to share this blog as a reminder to myself and advice to those who may be interested.
*Avoid products like chinese food, cheese, sodas, food coloring
(I am not nutritiounist, so I am not aware of the reasons why those foods cause migraines on some people). But from experience and conversations w/ others, they do.
: fresh water, vegetables, fruits, natural juices.
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It is better to REST at the first signs of a migraine. If you avoid this, your body will crash and make matters worse.
in a quiet environment, make the room darker if possible.
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~*~ I hope this helps! Angel/Reiki Hugs & smiles~Fabi ~*~
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Wendell Palmer
on Friday, July 06, 2012 4:04 PM
Stress can definitely take a toll on our body and mind. When someone is experiencing a migraine, keep in mind that it is not just a simple "headache-gone-bad". It's a neurovascular disorder. Relieving stress is a fantastic way to help ease migraines. It's also a good thing that there are a lot of alternative ways to help us stop migraines like acupuncture and chiropractic without taking prescriptions.
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Hi Wendell, Thank you so much for stopping by, and sharing in depth a bit more about migraines. I was familiar with acupuncture as a holistic treatement for asthma. I was not aware that it also aliviates migraines. (But I see the logic behind it). Thank you also for the tip on chiropractic care. After your comment, I have recieved other comments with the same advice. (It is def great to learn other holistic healing methods). My blog was more of the non-expensive care. Home remedies that I use. Love, Light, and Smiles~Fabi
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on Friday, August 17, 2012 2:39 PM
Have you experienced any severe migraine since then? If you have (but I hope not), you can always try chiropractic treatment. It worked for my sister years ago and I know it will work for you too. I have heard many good reports from people who actually had chiropractic treatment. You will not be disappointed.
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Dear Darlene, Thank you for the comment. Thankfully, it has been quite a while since my last migraine. However, I am interested in looking into chiropractic care. smiles~Fabi
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on Friday, August 31, 2012 2:01 PM
It's generous of you to share these tips. I'll definitely take note of all these. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Reiki is the Japanese's way of relaxing and reducing stress, right? I remember my former roommate mentioning it to me when I was in college, and she always practiced it whenever she was all stressed out. Anyway, the Reiki technique seems to help you a lot with your migraine. But I agree with Darlene here. Try chiropractic care. It's guaranteed effective, fast and safe when it comes to treating migraine.
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Hello Allie, You are welcome, I am glad it is helpful to someone else. Yes, Reiki orginated in Japan, and was later introduced in America. It is not just for relaxation and reducing stress. It is a healing modality, used by many for minor pains, and aches. It can be used as an addition to medical treatment for Cancer and other diseases. As well as emotional healing, and retreiving past life experiences. Thank you for the tip on chiropractic care, i will def keep it in mind. Love, Light, and Smiles~Fabi
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Take time to rest. That's the best thing you can do to avoid migraines. Fatigue and stress cause different kinds of body pain, and it can also weaken your immune system. Anyway, pamper yourself with a good massage or a long deep sleep to rejuvenate your body and regain your strength,
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Hi Kelly, Thank you so much for your input. Pampering and preventing methods certainly sound better than the after math of a migraine. Have a great day. Love, Light, Smiles~Fabi
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Awesome post Fabi! You have said the true things about Pampering and preventing methods and I always like this sort of health related post. Thanks
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I appreciate that you have shared your migraine pain experience here on this blog.Precautions are surely needed to be taken as I have also faced that pain.Keep blogging.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Endless Tilt
I'm on life tilt. Perma-tilt.
For anyone who doesn't regularly read the drivel that makes up this blog, I'm in the law business. Have been for more than ten years. Ten freaking years.
I joked recently (in chat, I think) that I could never blog my workday because Blogger would not allow me to use an accurate number of F-bombs. I think, just because I can, that I'm going to do so anyway. This is really a composite of the week, but it's depressingly close to what any given day is like.
Let the whining commence.
6:45 a.m. Alarm goes off. I've been sound asleep for about 3 hours. God bless stress and insomnia. At least I finished two more books yesterday.
6:46 Stumble across the room and give the clock a hearty whack in hopes of triggering the snooze. It works. Lapse back into coma.
6:55 See 6:46
7:04 See 6:46
7:13 See 6:46. Alarm clock is miraculously not broken.
7:22 Drag self out of bed, commence morning routine.
7:30 Scrounge around for breakfast. Too tired and too late to fry eggs. Settle, with some resignation, for store brand Cheerios and milk.
7:32 Eat breakfast, catch up on reading of blogs and news sites.
8:00 Office opens. Ignore clock and finish reading.
8:37 Drag self into office. I'm such a good example for the staff.
8:38 Drop first f-bomb of the day, followed by several more.
8:39 Close office door to ensure full containment of audible f-bombs.
8:45 Start wishing that I drank coffee, or a least had a caffeinated beverage of some sort.
8:46 First phone call of the day. Trustee wants to know why my client hasn't done something. Call client. Get response that is a barely better articulated version of "duhhhhh, I dunno."
9:00 Telephone call with another client. Client has idiotic problem with ex-wife. Advise client how to solve problem. Listen to lengthy rant about that evil bitch. Struggle to stay awake.
9:15 Still listening to client rant. Wonder why I don't have a computer with Party Poker in my office for calls like this.
9:18 Call ends. Mark down 0.3 hours of billable time that I may or may not ever get paid for.
9:20 Telephone call with asshole lawyer from another town. Listen to incredibly unreasonable demands. Twiddle thumbs, which is hard to do while holding the phone. Politely reject demands and say 'thanks for calling'.
9:30 Draft meaningless motion. Pray that receptionist/secretary can spell the four and five letter words correctly. Decide that prayer alone won't be enough.
9:46 Stop in the middle of drafting said motion to take phone call from client. Client has heard from a friend of a friend that the law relevant to his case is "X". Advise client that, no, the law relevant to his case is in fact "Not X". Client dubious, says he's going to check with his neighbor's cousin who watches a lot of Court TV.
9:50 Hang up phone, drop extra loud f-bomb, resume work on motion.
9:51 Stop work on motion for another phone call. Never mind, it's a sales call. Bastard lied to get past the receptionist. Hang up on him and tell the staff to hold the damned calls.
10:00 Finish dictating motion and give tape to bored receptionist, who no longer bothers to minimize "eBay" when I walk up.
10:05 Consider what to work on next. Find myself paralyzed by indecision and loathing. Read tax newsletter instead. The IRS continues to lose in its effort to collect the telephone tax on cents-per-minute plans. Good. This has absolutely no relevance to any of my clients.
10:25 Phonus interruptus. Someone looking for free legal advice. Answer quick question (it's always a 'quick question'), give out number for Legal Aid. Consider breaking phone. Decide that I'd need to destroy every phone in a three block radius in order to achieve productivity.
10:30 Legitimate phone call. Existing client has a new project. It's a shit project, but it's work and the client pays. Accept project. Hang up. Drop emphatic f-bomb at prospect of having to do project.
10:45 It's really loud in the office and I'm having a hard time concentrating. Blood sugar is dropping. I consider the idea of fleeing the country. Australia sounds nice.
10:50 Decide to work on something relatively interesting. Pull out tax file and work on return. Find myself jealous of the client's large refund.
11:55 Observe that the phone has been quiet for an hour but my desk is a mess. You can't win 'em all.
11:56 Decide that the f-bomb is overused. Unleash stream of alternative profanity.
12:30 p.m. Read letter from clerk in county Register of Deeds office. Deed rejected, the dates don't match. Draft responsive letter saying (politely but in essence) that if you'd actually read the mf-ing thing, you'd see that the dates do match and perfectly, and just do your job and record the damned thing.
12:35 Read letter from a receptionist-cum-law clerk at the Friend of the Court rejecting divorce judgment. Claims that a required clause was omitted. Draft response pointing out exactly where the required clause is, was and always will be and (politely) request that s/he do their damned job and approve the stupid thing.
12:36 Ponder the question of why I spent three years and umpteen thousand dollars going to law school when I could have just walked in off the street after high school, gotten myself hired by the Friend of the Court and I'd have way more "expertise".
12:39 Blood pressure is now approximately 900/600. I think. It's hard to tell through the curtain of rage-induced dots blurring my vision.
12:45 Lunch time. What's it going to be today? Looks like hot dogs. Hope I have ketchup. That's still a vegetable, isn't it?
1:30 Drive back to office. Ponder what to do tonight. Decide that I'll probably be too tired to do anything more strenuous than checkraise some online douchebags.
2:00 Pretrial conference. Opposing counsel is a smug, pompous ass. He will not yield an inch to move things toward settlement. We both know exactly how the case is going to turn out, but apparently feels the need to churn a few fees first. Set case for trial. Feel sorry for the judge.
2:45 Return to office. Consider job options in Anarctica.
2:46 Discover six new phone messages. Four people who want status reports, one non-client who wants me to do something for them and one request for representation from someone with a crummy case and who can't afford to pay a lawyer. Gold.
2:47 Ignore phone messages and consider the merits of the Tibetan monastic lifestyle. Decide that ritual flogging would be better than this.
2:50 Open today's mail. Assorted legal documents, a $50 check on an account with a sizeable balance, the usual demand letter or two from other asshole attorneys. In other words, junk mail.
2:54 Try to decide if being caned would be better than this. Caning wins. Easily.
2:55 Dictate meaningless cover letters forwarding legal documents and asking clients to do things in response. Know that requests will be ignored. F-bomb. Take break to individually curse each of America's 197-odd accredited law schools.
3:10 Place phone call to egomaniacal opposing counsel on a case with a rapidly approaching hearing date. Get voice mail. Again.
3:11 Debate when the last time was that I didn't get voice mail. Curse the invention of voice mail.
3:12 Curse the invention of the telephone.
3:13 Curse the practice of law (in general).
3:15 Review memo regarding new Friend of the Court procedures. Track down annoying new required forms. Three times the work for little or no obvious benefit. Hooray! Bureaucrats rule!
3:16 General cursing of the Friend of the Court and State Court Administrative Office.
3:20 Unscheduled drop-in appointment with client who feels the need to tell me in person the latest evil thing her ex-husband has done. Listen patiently and get rid of her by citing next appointment.
3:30 Conference with potential client who is just shopping around. Map out strategy. Discuss costs. Determine that we're much less expensive than the big firm, big city attorney she's also consulted with. Know that it won't matter.
4:00 F-bomb. Five new phone messages. Three status report requests, one more from a client who's called three times already today. One from the creditor of a client who wants information I'm not giving out. Multiple F-bombs. I want to kill.
4:42 Finish returning phone calls. Final obscenity count: 27. I hate people.
4:45 Dictate pointless followup correspondence. Wonder if secretary/receptionist will manage to spell names correctly. Decide that the opening line would be at least -190 for at least one typo. I'd still take those odds.
5:00 Office closes, staff leaves, answering machine goes on.
5:15 Enthusiasm level, already low, continues to drop. Billable hour total pathetic. Shuffle papers and ponder whether panhandling might be a better career. Decide it's probably +EV.
5:38 Think about dinner. Should I keep the no fruit, no vegetable streak alive?
5:45 Place a few more calls to people who send all their calls to voice mail.
6:00 Give up and go home.
I'm ready for a change, and circumstances could dictate sometime this year that I make one.
The question is, doing what, and doing it where?
That remains to be seen. I simply don't know. Maybe I'll create a fake resume and see if I can't get a job in Gibraltar working for Party Gaming. Maybe I'll move to Las Vegas and live in a cardboard box. Perhaps Southern California or pushing golf packages at Pinehurst. Or maybe I'll just stay here and wallow in this particular mud puddle.
Life tilt.
Maybe I need to engage in some primal scream therapy. Back later.
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- Pokerwolf said...
I worked as an admin assistant for a DC law firm, so I know your pain from the other side of the fence. Ugh.
Check out Opinionistas. She's a former NY lawyer who quit her job. The blog is quite the spectacular read if you start from the beginning. - 9:31 AM
- Garthmeister J. said...
BTW - Australia is nice. When people aske me what the hell I'm doing in the US, I usually reply "I can always go home."
- FatBaldGuy said...
Wow, you make my life as a mid-level tech drone in the IS department of a company that has been sold three times since I joined it 6 years ago seem like not as bad a thing as I thought it was before I read your post. Thanks.
- Human Head said...
This post was depressing and fantastic. Not that I'm wishing for your continued abject misery or anything...just wanted to let you know since you're already there you're doing a nice job with it.
Viva la F-bomb! - 10:48 AM
- Drizztdj said...
At least you talk to people, I stare at a ledger all day.
And when people do call, explaining the same thing five different ways STILL doesn't get the message across.
I'd drop some f-bombs but that's against company policy. - 3:54 PM


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This weekend I watched a very seriously interesting movie, and it was just so enjoyable. The beginning is more promising than the movie turns out to be, but I love this era, and just saw a special on PBS about the French avante-garde, so when this movie started with the Rite of Spring, and the dark photography, moodiness, gorgeous period costumes and scenery, I was just hooked. I don't know ballet, have never been to one in my life, am not familiar with Igor Stravinsky other than having seen Fantasia, but I'm now totally intrigued.
Actually watching a movie about two intense adults who take their art very seriously, but who are both definitely very grown up was refreshing in this era of bleak romances (I love you so much I'll break you out of jail) or stupid rom-coms about people who never grow up but opt to pretend to be adorable for the rest of their lives. This movie, Coco and Igor (guess who's coming to dinner) is about the affair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, and their intensity sometimes borders on the comic with both of them peering intently into the camera at different times. Anyway, the below video is from Rite of Spring, which I didn't know I loved, but now I do.
This is better, wilder.Comments
Not heard of the film but it does sound intriguing.
Also, a shameful confession: "people who never grow up but opt to pretend to be adorable for the rest of their lives" sort of struck a chord with me - I think it's what I do all too often - with a big stress on "pretend", since my actual adorability is nill.
Linda, I love dance too. PBS just had two good documentaries on dance. One was about Jerome Robbins, dancer and choreographer, and it was just so entertaining. I saw a car commercial the other day with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly. I guess that's okay. Glad you came by.
Kate, if you don't like the story (it's kind of long), I think the costumes, scenery and sex scenes more than make up for it. Also Mrs. Stravinsky is compelling to watch.
Alysa, I was thinking more Jennifer Aniston and her ilk, but I guess the material for rom-coms these days that it's really not her fault. You have much more substance than just being adorable. I especially liked your post about your crazy neighbor, entertaining story with a lot of insight. Yes, it is good to discover another art form. I did some reading and found out about that style of dance and how it inspired Martha Graham. Interesting.
Angelkisses, so nice to meet you. Glad you liked the videos.


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You can now get started with Qt development for Maemo more easily with the Qt SDK. Using the Qt SDK you have one simple installation and don't need to install the Maemo 5 SDK. For more information, visit the Tools page on Nokia Developer and read the Getting Started Guide.
- MADDE was used during Qt on Maemo technology preview stages but is not recommended because the Qt SDK now provides an easier path for building for Maemo (device/simulator)
- MADDE is integrated into the Qt SDK - see C:\QtSDK\Maemo\4.6.2
- The document is up to date on 29 April 2011
Contents |
MADDE (Maemo Application Development and Debugging Environment) is a technical development tool for Maemo. It can be used on Windows, Linux (32-bit/64-bit) and Mac OS. This article is a quick start guide to MADDE development on Windows platform. After reading (and understanding) this article, you should be able to setup MADDE on Windows, create a simple Qt project, compile and build the Qt project for Maemo (Fremantle), deploy and run it on an Nokia N900 which is based on Maemo 5 (Fremantle).
In case, you are interested in MADDE for other supported platforms than Windows (i.e. Linux (32-bit/64-bit) and Mac OS X), please follow the links in the Guides section here.
Download and Install
- MADDE for Windows (install-madde-0.6.14.exe) is 642 MB large file that you need to download from this link. You need to read and accept the End User Software Agreement before downloading.
- Run the install-madde-0.6.14.exe file after downloading and complete the installation with the default options. If you did so, you should have MADDE installed in path C:\MADDE (provided you have windows on C:) Two shortcuts are placed on the desktop, viz. MADDE Terminal and MADDE Documentation; out of which MADDE Documentation shortcut is broken. (Note, MADDE is a technical preview package)
Note: Please check Archived:Getting started with MADDE on Windows#Tips for using Qt 4.6.2
Launch the MADDE Terminal by using the shortcut on the desktop. You should see a command prompt, illustrated in the screenshot below.
To check the targets and runtime which are available to MADDE command line, use the following command.
mad list
If you have more than one targets/runtimes installed, you can select a default target/runtime by using the following command
mad set <target name>
For now, we do not need to do anything since we have only fremantle-qt-0942 target installed and set as default already.
Create, Compile and Build a quick project
Now that we have the environment ready on the PC, we can create a Qt project. Alike various development environments, MADDE provides some templates as the skeletons for the applications. To see the available templates, use the following command.
mad pscreate –l
Since we are creating our first project, lets begin by creating a skeleton of qt_simple. To do so, use the following command.
mad pscreate –t qt_simple qthello
where qt_hello is the name of the project. This would create a skeleton for our project. List the directories to see the skeleton, as shown in the screenshot.
You may view or edit a file by using various linux commands, for example
cat qtmain.cpp and vi qtmain.cpp
If you like to change anything, please feel free to do so otherwise don't bother to edit the code, since its your first application.
To compile the project use the following commands from the project directory,
mad qmake
mad make
MADDE applications can only be tested on a real device (can only build for arm) so we create a debian package by using the following command.
mad dpkg-buildpackage
This would create a debian package qthello_0.1_armel.deb in the parent directory. So our sample application is ready to be tested on a Nokia 900 device.
Configuring Nokia N900 with MADDE
For configuring the Nokia N900 with MADDE, a Mad-developer application is required to installed on the N900 device. Mad-developer application is available in the extras-devel repository. If you don't have the extras-devel catalog in your application manager, you can add it manually, as illustrated in the screenshots below. (Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel//)
Launch the Mad-developer application on the device. It has 3 network configuration options, viz. usb, wifi and gprs. We would configure a usb configuration here, the other two configurations can be done similarly too.
Edit the usb0 configuration, assign an IP address to it and click on Configure. We have assigned 192.168.0.2 as shown in the screenshot below.
So that being done, the usb0 connection of the device is configured to 192.168.0.2 as shown in the screenshot below.
Note: You can also view the network configurations by using the X-terminal.
Connect the Nokia N900 to the PC via the usb cable and select Manage usb->Load g_ether in the Mad developer application. When prompted on connection, choose connection via PC suite.
You would need to install a driver for the N900. Windows will ask you to name a device driver for the RNDIS gadget. Download the "Nokia770 USB Ethernet RNDIS.inf" from here and install it as a driver.
A Local Area Network connection would be established with the N900, once this driver is installed. Assign another IP in the with the same Netmask to the PC. We have assigned 192.168.0.1 as shown in the screenshot below.
The connection between the PC and the N900 is established. This can be checked by pinging each other from each other, as illustrated below.
Create a runtime for N900 on MADDE console by the following command.
mad-admin create N900 –a 192.168.0.2
You would be prompted for a password. Choose Developer Password from the Mad-developer application on N900 to get the password. Provide this password to the MADDE console. This should successfully set up the device runtime. Now the runtime is listed as a runtime, when you run
mad list
Testing the application on Nokia N900
To check if the N900 runtime is available and up, use the following command.
mad remote -r N900 ping
If you get "Runtime up and connected" you may proceed to test your application. If not, please check the device and PC IP addresses.
Send the debian package by executing the following command in the project directory.
mad remote –r N900 send ../qthello_0.1_armel.deb
Install the package by
mad remote –r N900 install qthello_0.1_armel.deb
Launch the application in the device by the following command,
mad remote –r N900 run qthello
Terminate the application in the device by the following command.
mad remote –r N900 stop qthello
To uninstall a debian package, use the following command.
mad remote –r N900 uninstall qthello
The above sections mentioned the necessary steps which you are required to execute - to code, compile, package and deploy any Qt applications on Nokia N900 using MADDE. Here are a few tips that might speed up your development on MADDE.
- If you are keen on using a versatile IDE for creating your projects, you can configure MADDE with Qt Creator on windows. Note that, MADDE is not able to be configured with the latest version of Qt Creator. The version has to be >= 1.3.80. Find instructions on configuring MADDE with Qt Creator here
- Navigate to the MADDE installation directory/home/user (C:\MADDE\0.6.14\home\User) you will find here the projects you created using MADDE. For example navigate to the sample application C:\MADDE\0.6.14\home\Croozeus\qthello\src, you will find the qtmain.cpp. Open this file with a text editor of your choice edit it, save it. Add more files to the src folder if needed. Compile, build, package using the MADDE environment. Better than using a linux command prompt editor
- Once your target runtime (N900 in this article) is created on MADDE, you can acess the shell of the device and also gain root access to it. Note: You need to have installed "Rootsh" for gaining the root as described in the article earlier.
mad remote -r N900 shell
sudo gainroot - Should you wish to test the application without making a debian package, use the following command directly from the project parent folder.
mad remote -r N900 send build/qthello
mad remote -r N900 run qthello - Qt 4.6.2 for Maemo 5 has been released. While MADDE is not available for it as of now, an experimental version of MADDE with support for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows can be found here. For windows, you need to download qt4-maemo5-windows-20100212.tar.gz and execute the following commands using the MADDE terminal.
cd /sysroots/fremantle-arm-sysroot-2.2009-51-1-qt453
mkdir opt
cd opt
tar -xzvf /qt4-maemo5-windows-20100210.tar.gz
To build a project you can use the qmake and make as shown belowmad /sysroots/fremantle-arm-sysroot-2.2009-51-1-qt453/opt/qt4-maemo5/bin/qmake
mad make - If you wish to use MADDE on Windows 7, follow instructions at How to make MADDE work on Windows 7 64-bit.
This article is written by croozeus 21:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC). Comments and improvements regarding the content of this article are welcome.


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Deadly Advantage Linking to a Non-Relevant Page[edit]
"deadly advantage" should not link to "dead" in my opinion, seeing that deadly really means "Extremely formidable" and not so much "lethal" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Furbuggy (talk • contribs) 10:52, 15 March 2007 (MST). Please sign your posts!
- Thanks. That was an automation error. I removed the tag.--Dmilewski 16:43, 15 March 2007 (MDT)
Trying to Verify a Rumor[edit]
So goblin skin color ranges from yellow to orange to red, and then there's the blue-skinned psionic subrace. I had heard a rumor to the effect that goblins are never green-skinned because there's only one Green Goblin (ignoring the fact that several people in the Marvel universe have worn the mantel of Green Goblin). Can anyone verify this with a reference? And if it's true, does anyone know why there aren't any purple-skinned goblins? —Sledged (talk) 13:41, 27 August 2007 (MDT)


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Strip of territory, a historic administrative entity in Panama over which the U.S. formerly exercised jurisdictional rights (1903–79). The zone came into being in 1904 when Panama granted the U.S., in return for annual payments, sole right to operate and control the Panama Canal, including a strip of land 10 mi (16 km) wide along the canal extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and bisecting the Isthmus of Panama. The zone was abolished by treaty in 1979, and civil control of the territory was returned to Panama. By the same treaty a commission under joint U.S.-Panamanian ownership was established to operate the canal until the year 2000, when Panama assumed full control.
Learn more about Canal Zone with a free trial on Britannica.com.
From 1903 to 1979 the territory was controlled by the United States of America, which had built and financed the canal's construction. From 1979 to 1999 the canal itself was under joint U.S.-Panamanian control. In 1977 the Torrijos-Carter Treaties established the neutrality of the canal.
Except during times of crisis or political tension, Panamanians could freely enter the Zone. In fact, normally anyone could walk across a street in Panama City and enter the jurisdiction. However, the 1903 treaty placed restrictions on the rights of Panamanians to buy at retail stores in the Zone. This was for the protection of Panamanian shopkeepers.
During U.S. control of the Canal Zone, the territory, apart from the canal itself, was used mainly for military purposes; however, approximately 3,000 American civilians (called "Zonians") made up the core of permanent residents. U.S. military usage ended when the zone returned to Panamanian control. It has now been integrated to the economic development of Panama, and is a tourist destination of sorts, especially for visiting cruise ships.
Notable people born in the Panama Canal Zone include the Republican 2008 presidential candidate and US Senator from Arizona John McCain, Richard Prince, Kenneth Bancroft Clark and Rod Carew.
The largest U.S. Army unit based in the Canal Zone was the 193rd Infantry Brigade (Light), a mixed parachute-infantry/air-assault-capable light infantry unit. It was honored in 1994 as the first major unit to inactivate in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 treaty implementation plan, and reactivated in 2007 with the mission to conduct basic combat training for new entrants to the Army.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman made a film about the Panama Canal Zone, entitled Canal Zone, which was released and shown on PBS in 1977.
The Canal Zone had its own police force (Canal Zone Police), courts, and judges (the United States District Court for the Canal Zone). Civil and criminal jurisdictions were assumed by the Republic of Panama. The head of the company was also the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Residents did not own their homes; instead they rented houses that were assigned, primarily based on seniority in the zone. When an employee moved away, the house would be listed and employees could apply for it. The utility companies were also managed by the company.
In 1953, Congress passed legislation to specify the status of Americans born in the Canal Zone--and to exclude non-Americans born there from citizenship. Title 8, Section 1403 of the United States Code grants citizenship to those born in the Canal Zone with at least one parent who is a United States citizen. This differs from the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment which grants citizenship to all born in the United States, regardless of parental nationality.
The Canal Zone was generally divided into two sections, the Pacific Side and the Atlantic Side, with Gatun Lake separating them.
A partial list of Canal Zone townships and military installations:


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News Release 325
Colonial Limestone Inc. referred to attorney general for enforcement action in land reclamation case
Volume 38-322 (For Immediate Release)
Contact: Larry Archer
573-751-3807/573-619-1403 (after hours)
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 2, 2010 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources referred the case of Colonial Limestone Inc., to the Missouri Attorney General's Office to pursue legal action for failure to complete reclamation.
The department referred the case against Colonial Limestone Inc., located in Milan, Mo, alleging it has yet to satisfy reclamation standards at two sites totaling 77 acres in Mercer and Putnam counties.
On Sept. 16, 2008, Colonial Limestone Inc., agreed to forfeit the company's reclamation bond of $42,500. On Sept 17, 2008, the department revoked the company's surface mining permit. Even though the bond for the mining operation has been forfeited, Colonial Limestone Inc., remains obligated under the Land Reclamation Act to complete reclamation of affected areas. Land Reclamation staff conducted a cost estimate that came to a total of more than $500,000 for the Mercer County site alone.
For more information, contact the department's Land Reclamation Program at 573-751-4041 or call toll-free at 800-361-4827.


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Master plan unveiled for Stewart Park
Tyler, Texas (KETK) — Wednesday, at their regularly scheduled meeting, the Tyler City Council voted unanimously to approve the adoption of a master plan for Gladys and T.B. Stewart Park.
The plan adopted today includes approximately 2,600 linear feet of concrete trails, 900 linear feet of decomposed granite trails, icons describing the rich history of the St. Louis Community, an area devoted to a community garden with a barn/garden shelter, a small pond, picnic pavilion with nearby playground, heirloom garden and a pavilion/stage for outdoor events that opens onto a lawn area. The plan also includes restrooms, a 19 car parking lot and a windmill.
The park site is a nine-acre parcel comprised of open meadows, mature hardwoods, a stand of pines and a drainage swale. The site also contains a rock house with a garage.
A floor plan was prepared for the house that provides a meeting space to accommodate small groups. The floor plan intent is also to provide for ADA compliance. The plan recommends the demolition of the add-on garage area and the restoration of the open front porch.
The land for the park site was donated to the City in 2012 by Gladys and T.B. Stewart, who were long-time St. Louis Community residents. The Stewart's were married for 75 years and together for more than 83 years. Although they had no children, they had many foster children and understood the need for safe neighborhood parks.
In October 2012, Mayor Barbara Bass, City officials and representatives of the Stewart Estate unveiled a sign at the future site of the Community Park. Shortly thereafter, MHS Planning and Design, LLC of Tyler, was commissioned by the City to create a master plan for the property.
A focus group consisting of St. Louis Community residents, executors of the estate and friends of the family met to discuss the direction of the plan with MHS and City staff in February. Additionally, a public meeting was held on March 5 at St. Louis Baptist Church to further discuss the direction of the project. After receiving input from various groups, a final master plan and budget was developed.
On May 6, MHS presented the final version of the master plan for review and comment at the City of Tyler Park Board Meeting. Members of the focus group and neighborhood were also in attendance. After favorable discussion, the Park Board unanimously voted to recommend sending the master plan to Council for final approval.
Funding for construction of the specialty park could be initiated from a variety of public/private partnerships as well as additional programmed hotel/motel taxes.
"Gladys & T.B. Stewart Park, if developed according to the master plan, will provide a unique combination of indoor and outdoor recreational opportunities for the citizens of Tyler," said Stephanie Rollings, Parks Director.


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Free Skateboarding Competition (and Chipotle!)
Thursday, May 3, 2012
This weekend on May 5, 2012, local skateboarding enthusiasts will make their way to the Austin Skate Plaza and enter into Elemental Awareness' International Skate Contest Series. The series of competitions, called "Make It Count," are held throughout the world (Austin is the 8th location this year) and are designed to promote talented local skaters while relaying the importance of social awareness, environmental stewardship and positivity in local communities. Anyone can compete, so long as they have a canned food item to donate for their entry, and the event is open to the public, free of charge. All canned food items will be donated to local, Austin food banks.
A major supporter of the event and Elemental Awareness' mission, Chipotle Mexican Grill will serve free food and drinks to entrants from its new food truck. Chipotle will also award 10 of the most talented local skaters a custom skateboard and a card for a free burrito.
From the ten best, the overall Austin winner (as determined by a team of judges including an Element professional skater) will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the competition finals at Element YMCA Skate Camp near Sequoia National Park in August.
For more information, and to download a registration form, click here.


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Kim Kardashian is afraid Kanye West will cheat on her.
The 32-year-old reality TV star - who is expecting her first child with the rapper, 35, in early July - is allegedly terrified he will stray because she has already gained 65 pounds during her pregnancy.
A source told the National Enquirer: ''Kim and Kanye's relationship used to be all about soft music, candlelight dinners and romantic nights together.
''But now that Kim has put on such a large amount of weight, Kanye seems to be busier with his music schedule than ever, and Kim doesn't think it's a coincidence.
''She's concerned about Kanye cheating, and his disinterested and distracted attitude isn't helping.''
However, another insider has dismissed the speculation and insisted that Kanye - who wants to call their child North West - loves his girlfriend's growing curves and he was recently said to have reassured her he loves her however she looks.
An insider said: ''He loves it. He loves everything about Kim - pregnant, not pregnant, skinny, big.
''There isn't one thing about her that he doesn't love.''
The couple - who recently bought a new home in Beverly Hills together - are planning to have the baby in Los Angeles in order to be close to Kim's family and will celebrate their first anniversary next month.
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
A young rebel is chosen to represent his reform school in a track race.
(c) 1962 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Peter Madden, James Bolam, Julia Foster, Julia Foster, Topsy Jane, Dervis Ward, Raymond Dyer
Tony Richardson, Tony Richardson
movie reviews from Rotten Tomatoes®
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Top Critic Reviews
Fresh: While this show of compassion may not sit comfortably with those who distrust social agitation and too easy sympathy, it must be said that a splendid presentation is made by Mr. Richardson.
- Bosley Crowther, New York Times, Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Rotten: An iconic representation of a time, less so now.
- Chris Barsanti, Filmcritic.com, Monday, May 14, 2007
Audience Reviews
Another exquisite film from 1962, the year that brought you Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird and King Kong vs. Godzilla. Tony Richardson knows how to make a motion picture and this is unequivocally one of his best.
- flixsterman, Thursday, June 28, 2012
While The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a beautifully bleak story about a reform school kid and for good or ill, the choices he makes. Great direction and cinematography along with a great debut performance by Tom Courtenay are definitely the highlights of this movie, but what I really liked was the flashback-told story and buildup to a truly well-done finale. Out of all the "angry young man" movies I've seen, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was the best because it actually explained WHY its protagonist was the way he was as opposed to making you endure the behavior of a raving dipshit.
- mjgildea, Thursday, April 7, 2011
Ahh Mother,why oh why oh why oh why, don't they make them like they used to? Forget your Guy Richie crime capers,'Loneliness of the long distance runner' is British cinema at its best. I can't explain why I love this film (erm so why I am I here?), whenever I try to explain the plot to friends they look perplexed as to why the film should be so good. Tom Courtenay is in his element in his portrayal as the 'loveable rogue'. Has 'Jerusalem' ever been more poignantly sung as it has here? Im not urging you to go out and purchase the film, but if you have a spare 90 odd minutes and it comes on television then watch it. Ta.
- matertenebraum, Thursday, February 10, 2011


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"Everything about this card is elegant and well made. If you're looking for a enchanting First Communion invitation you will not be disappointed!"


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Ok, so me and my brother can both not log onto league and get the same error everytime we try to log on. I have tried every youtube/forum post help about the issue but cannot find a way to fix the cannot connect to server error. Any help would be much appreciated I did put in a request to support riot website but they take forever so if anyone knows a way to fix it. I have skype if you think you can solve it.
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would you happen to live on the east coast of Canada and are with bell aliant?
I live on the East Coast but i have no idea what bell aliant is... I use Alltel wireless internet service if you are referring to internet service.
Do you live in Canada ? Lots of people on the east coast of canada are having issues. This may be the problem:
No, I live in the USA Georgia to be exact.
I live in Illinois and so many players have the problem you are having. Riot hasn't attempted to solve it. All they will say is make sure your internet explorer is up to date.
I'm currently playing thru a german proxy server to play extremely high ping but better than nothing.
What kinda server? I am having the same issue you were, Care to lend a hand?
it has around 400 ping east coast so i dont think you would want to know


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For what reason would I undergo a savage beating from the forum? Beat up on it all you want. It's different, and I like it. I could easily pull it off without looking like a clown.
By the way, last night I went through all 620 pages of this thread. Every single page. And trust me, there's plenty more eyesores here that didn't get the beating they deserved.


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I like it! EAnd I really like how you kept it golden tint, obviously a great resemblens to Belle's golden ballgown. Though, i'm not too fond o the sleeves, but I can forgive it for the overal hard work you putted into this.
And wait, Belle has official wedding dress? I didn't know that. Can you show me a picture of it?