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Choosing Health-Promoting Snacks
In This Article:
Much of it is the stuff we reach for when we want a snack. Every day in the United States, thousands of us plunk a collective mountain of change into an untold number of vending machines from which we hope to draw some in between-meal pleasure. Clink, clink, clink, whirrrr, thunk out drops a handful of something that is mostly sugar, perhaps some fat, perhaps some refined flour, perhaps some salt, perhaps some caffeine.
In the end, it's nothing but empty calories. For all the good it does our bodies, we might just as well eat the wrapper or the can.
The negative effects of junk-food snacks on our health wipe out the positive effects of health-promoting foods at mealtimes. Therefore, from now on when you want a snack, make it a healthy one.
Be Prepared!
Snacking is not the problem in the American diet. The snacks are the problem. Preparation is the key to having healthy snacks available. As you attempt to build the healthy habit of healthy snacking, always have some sort of healthy food available to nibble on should you feel the urge at home, the office, or on the go. Thinking ahead in this way will make you less likely to rationalize your way into eating something you know you shouldn't.
Of course, since you've been reading this book you've probably already begun the process of getting rid of the junk food in your kitchen. The office, however, presents a whole new battlefield of temptations. There are the free doughnuts somebody keeps bringing in each morning for anyone who's interested. Who wouldn't be interested? Those colorfully wrapped candies in bowls on your coworkers' desks also beckon for your attention. Oh, and those omnipresent vending machines. Somewhere between lunch and quitting time they begin their siren call. "Aw, c'mon," they whisper, "have a Snickers bar on me. Just one won't hurt, will it?"
Watch out for rationalizing. One today becomes one again tomorrow, and so on. We are a people who rationalize ourselves into bad habits. Prepare yourself to resist. Little habits can bring big trouble. Just one pack of Lifesavers a day will put ten pounds of unhealthy fat on your body in a year.2
So what kind of snacks would be good, you're asking? Here's a list of healthful snacks you might find enjoyable. As you discover more, add them to this list.
Healthy Snacks
- Fresh: apples, bananas, oranges, melons, peaches, pears, plums, apricots, pineapple, grapefruit, grapes
- Dried: apricots, figs, prunes, raisins, pineapple, banana, pear, apple, dates
- Frozen: fruit-juice popsicles
Vegetable Pieces (Raw)
Carrots, celery, peppers (green, red, yellow), cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes.
(Excellent source of health-promoting vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and essential amino acids.)
Nuts and Seeds (Raw)
Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, filberts (hazelnuts), peanuts, pecans, pine nuts (pignolias), pistachios, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts.
(Powerfully nutritious. Rich source of carbohydrate, protein, fiber, B vitamins, and minerals calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium. Most are high in fat [70-80 percent], but it is unsaturated. Chestnuts, however, contain only 6 percent.)
From HEALTHY HABITS: 20 Simple Ways to Improve Your Health by David J. Frahm as used by arrangement with Jeremy P. Tarcher, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © 2003 by David and Anne Frahm. All rights reserved.
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Avgolemono Soup
I have been wanting to try an avgolemono soup for a while now. An avgolemono soup is a soup that is made with chicken stock, eggs and lemon juice. Since I had my freshly made chicken stock and some leftover lemons it was the perfect time to make the avgolemono soup. Many recipes that I found for avgolemono soup had little more that the base ingredients but my fridge was full of leftover chicken and vegetables and I could not resist throwing them into the soup. Several of the recipes included rice or pasta and I had some orzo pasta that I had been wanting to try so it went in as well. I also had some fresh dill that also went in. In the end I guess it turned out to be a fairly hearty chicken noodle soup with avgolemono sauce. I cut the vegetables into really small pieces so they they were tender by the time the orzo was cooked. The soup turned out to be pretty tasty. I really enjoyed the lemon and dill flavour of the soup. I also enjoyed the orzo pasta. The orzo added a nice soft chewy texture to the soup.
8 cups chicken broth or chicken stock
1 cup chicken (cooked, shredded)
1 cup orzo
1 onion (chopped)
2 carrots (chopped)
2 stalks celery (chopped)
1/2 teaspoon oregano
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs
2 lemons (juice)
1 handful dill (chopped)
1. Place the chicken stock, chicken, orzo, onion, carrots, celery, oregano, salt and pepper into a pot.
2. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer until the vegetables are tender and the orzo is cooked, about 10-12 minutes.
3. Take the pot off the heat.
4. Whisk the eggs in a bowl until frothy.
5. Whisk in the lemon juice.
6. Slowly whisk in some of the liquid from the soup to temper the eggs.
7. Mix the avgolemono sauce into the soup.
8. Stir in the dill and serve.
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Affordable and easy, it won't blow you away like a 1996 Krug, but sometimes you just want a Budweiser!
2 nights ago: 2005 Patrick Lesec Rubis CdP. After an hour decant, disappointing. High VA, short finish, light to medium bodied. I think it may have been an off bottle.
2006 Andersons Conn Valley Estate Reserve
In honor of Game of Thrones, and in the spirit of drinking down my wine cellar, '05 Black Zeppelin.
Caribou coffee. No wine tonight, too beat from yard work and first grass cutting of the year. I really need to start exercising over the winter!
chipgreen wrote:Caribou coffee. No wine tonight, too beat from yard work and first grass cutting of the year. I really need to start exercising over the winter!
Oh man +1 x 100
6 hours worth of yard work today and yesterday I walked all over the timber looking for mushrooms but I was a week early. Will have to go back out to the farm this weekend and see if they're up. I am EXHAUSTED! and as such, I'm drinking Iced Tea.
Had a Sam Adams Black and Brew (Coffee Stout) as a started. We had a 2004 Little Vineyards Cabernet with dinner. And then sharing a couple of Scotches, a 24 yo Linkwood and a 25 yo Caol Ila (blame it on Corrado). At this point, I am one happy bear.
Too much wine last night at the Shakespeare in Delaware Park Fabulous Feast Dinner & Auction. Not what we normally drink, but it was decent. Tonight: water. Plain and simple! Need to detox a bit and deal with an emerging cold!
Tonight, Rooibos chai, but if last night counts the 2004 Gazzi PN liter by SH, Quixote PS from TJ's, 2010 Brancott SB, 2010 Fess Parker Santa Barbara Riesling and some 2004 Pedroncelli four grapes port. Yeah, we had company over and it was time to do some cleaning out. The Gazzi and Quixote were both very well received, as was surprisingly the Fess Parker with it's sweeter side for the ladies. The Brancott was the weak offering. Started off with some of the Cypress Grove goat cheeses with a dollop of balsamic, yum! The vintage port and those pesky caramels WW taunts us with were a fine finish.
Opened a bottle of the lance and windmill PS with the family for dinner and it was a hit. Couldn't drink much of it myself because I had about an hour and a half drive home after dinner but my brother and sister in law had no problem finishing the bottle for me.
Decanting 2009 Château Gigognan Côtes du Rhône Vigne du Prieuré
with burgers, sweet potato fries, and some friends for a birthday. I'll report back.
Tonight was:
2008 Patton Valley Estate Pinot
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=872135 and a 375 of Shaya Rueda
The first was an amazing deal as a $20 Garagiste mystery wine; the latter - I wish it had been a full bottle.
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Sam Adams alpine spring
Answering for Saturday as that was special.
Had a 1962 Château Coufran (Haut-Médoc) with dinner and a 1962 Château Caillou (Sauternes) with dessert. Both were excellent!
I was particularly impressed with how well the Coufran had held up. The cork came out dark but totally firm. And the wine had the nerve to develop some more in the decanter!
Nothing like ibyron's.... But after a long day at work I decided to break out something special. The grocery store had filet on sale so I decided it was time for some Scott Harvey 1869... What a treat
2008 Torre Quarto Bottaccia Nero Di Troia
Last one
Beer tonight. Pulled for tomorrow:
2007 DeLille Cellars Syrah Doyenne
I have high hopes for this wine.
2003 ridge ponzo vineyard zin.
tytiger58 wrote:2003 ridge ponzo vineyard zin.
Almost pulled a Hawley Ponzo zin tonight. Weird.
goose island 312 wheat ale... pretty good stuff i might add...
2006 Scott Harvey - reserve old vine zin.
Still a little porty on the nose but its fading and letting the fruit through quite nicely.
Was not an ideal pairing to chicken and dumplings. :p
Plans changed. 2004 Oppolo Barbera/Sangiovese with pizza.
Meh. Pretty red-fruited nose. Palate is medium bodied with red fruits. Short finish. 86 points. Some raisins are coming through as it opens in the glass, which I don't mind at all, although kind of an odd turn after the initial profile.
Some Glenlevit 21 to close the night down and celebrate the life that Thomas Kinkade had.
2008 C. Donatiello Floodgate Vineyard Block 15 Pinot Noir
California but no where near over the top..delicious! A steal for $22
2008 Kent Rasmussen Esoterica Petite Sirah....dark, inky, delicious!
karenhynes wrote:2008 Kent Rasmussen Esoterica Petite Sirah....dark, inky, delicious!
Ah!!!!! You killed a baby!
kylemittskus wrote:Ah!!!!! You killed a baby!
...and it was delicious!!!
(I have more to age....but they are also delicious when young and fruity.)
very nice. We had a 2002 Wm. Harrison Cabernet Sauvignon - with stuffed boneless leg of lamb. A lovely wine, but still youthful. Awake, but growing. I'm going to wait 4-5 years before even thinking about opening the remaining bottles.
Hunt Country Foxy Lady.
Meh... Taste like Passover wine, oh wait....
2008 Gazzi PN
Sour cranberries, nice acid, a bit light for my palate, but certainly a nice wine for the $$. 86.
Still enjoying a 2003 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet. Have to say I am very impressed with how well this has aged.
Decanted for about half an hour. Nose displayed a lively array of dark red and blue fruit. On the palate wonderful ripe and sweet tannins danced around with tasty dark red and blue fruit, nice blueberry thing going on, bit of Rutherford dust, baking spice, hints of dark chocolate, exceedingly well balanced. Enjoyable lingering slightly spicy dark cherry finish. Went great with home made slow cooked beef stew.
Happy Easter!
2007 humanitas weed farm syrah
Well received by the one other person who had a glass. Left the other 1/2 bottle for tomorrow night.
2004 Gazzi PN, the 1L offering. Nice.
rpm wrote:very nice. We had a 2002 Wm. Harrison Cabernet Sauvignon - with stuffed boneless leg of lamb. A lovely wine, but still youthful. Awake, but growing. I'm going to wait 4-5 years before even thinking about opening the remaining bottles.
The Ridge was also quite fresh, interesting this is the second time I have heard recently how good Wm. Harrison Cabs are will have to seek some out.
kylemittskus wrote:Beer tonight. Pulled for tomorrow:
2007 DeLille Cellars Syrah Doyenne
I have high hopes for this wine.
Did you try this one?
Well, we had a Red Zeppelin Rosé of Grenache & Syrah (Dry), Scott Harvey Zinfandel Amador County Mountain Selection, Sparkling Pink Moscato, Sparkling Banfi, & some Bogle PS Port to finish.
Now if I could only remember where I parked the car!!! Oh, and the years on the wines.
tytiger58 wrote:Did you try this one?
Nope. Back to sleep it goes.
forgot to post last night. Thanks to PB, I had the Inzinerator. It was really yummy, so yummy there is none left for tonight!! Thanks PB!
I think tonight in honor of Kyle's upcoming first child, and the fact he will be to tired to drink much for the next few years...
N.V. Jose Dhondt Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
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"A dog's coat is kind of like insulation for your house," explains Dr. Louise Murray, Senior Vice President of the ASPCA Animal Hospital. "Insulation stops your home from getting too cold in winter, but it also keeps it from overheating in summer—and your dog's coat does the same thing."
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WRONG! Dos DO NOT SWET or perspire sso they can't cool down like we do.
Think: what happens to ice cream if you put it in front of a fan? IT MELTS!
Leave the dogs coats alone! they have survived hundred if not thousand of years with the coat. Have you ever seen a bear or a wolf shaved!!!
I agree. My dogs do not enjoy the actual shaving, so it takes me about 4 separate events to accomplish the task, but afterwards, they act like puppies again. I do not have air conditioning and when it reaches the high 90s in my house - we are all melting. I wet us down with towels and sit in front of fans (when the power is working). Heat stress is WAY more dangerous than being without fur.
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ELIOT, Maine — Marshwood High School freshman Biruk Moore, 16, is approaching his one-year anniversary in the United States after being adopted from an all boys orphanage in Ethiopia.
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A study released Sunday in The Lancet suggests that atherosclerosis - the disease that makes arteries go rigid, and is a leading cause of death worldwide - may have been around for thousands of years.
"We like to say that we found the serial killer that's stalked mankind for 4,000 years," said Dr. Randall Thompson, attending cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, and lead author of the study.
The proof lies under the fine linen folds of mummies from ancient Egypt and Peru, the southwestern United States, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Scientists scanned 137 of them and found that more than one-third had definite or probable atherosclerosis.
Twenty-five of the 47 mummies had "definite disease," according to the study, while the other 22 had probable disease. And evidence of atherosclerosis was found in mummies representing all four geographic areas.
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"These populations...had very different diets, very different lifestyles," said Thompson. "And there was a very wide span of history and wide geographic distribution. The disease was present and not hard to find."
That geographic and lifestyle diversity is key to this study.
Previously, Thompson and his colleagues found evidence of atherosclerosis in Egyptian mummies. The findings suggested that our modern, unhealthy lifestyle may not deserve full blame for atherosclerosis - after all, even ancient Egyptians had the disease.
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1. Trading Pledges
Author's Note: These events take place on the eve of the War of Dwarves and Orcs, in Third Age 2792, when all the kindreds of the Dwarves were sending forces to Thráin to avenge his father Thrór, once King Under the Mountain in Erebor. These Dwarves are Firebeards of the Blue Mountains; one of them is an important character in my Dûnhebaid Cycle, which begins fifty-five years later.
The mansion was a different place: a third of the men were already gone to Thráin, and another third were making ready to join them, disrupting the order of life. Masons had set aside their trowels to work at armourers' forges; goldsmiths were riveting grey steel rings into mail; Auð's gemsmith brother would come home covered in burrs from the grinding wheels, where his eye was much in demand for putting a deadly edge on axe and sword and spear.
And they had their work, as well: her mother gathered many of the women of their line in the smaller hall each day, where they quilted gambesons and hemmed cloaks. Hildr and her daughter pieced together the uppers of stout boots, readying them to take hobnailed soles, while Gilsa turned out pair after pair of leathern breeches. Their hearts burned as hotly as those of their men, and they would see that nothing skill could provide was lacking in the grim war of vengeance to come.
There was a knock at the door, and all heads lifted from their work. Though the great host had not taken the field yet, or so Veylin said, sitting on the council in his father's place until he led forth the second body of their sept's warriors next week, there were skirmishes as the strongholds of the Orcs in the Misty Mountains were scouted out. Just two weeks ago, word had come that Gunr had been slain--the only surviving son of Halldis, who her mother had half-carried from the hall as the bereft woman wailed and tore her beard.
It was a time of perilous uncertainty, and the chance of welcome news slight.
Her mother laid aside the sleeve she was stitching, and went to the door. When she opened it, Auð was surprised to see Thekk standing there--even more to see him finely dressed. Her brother's boon companion spent his days making helms now, instead of the rings and brooches he loved. Why was he not sweating over the forms in Svinn's workshop? "Thekk," her mother greeted him, with a sketch of a bow. "What brings you here at this time of day?"
He bowed so low his chestnut beard nearly touched the floor, which was even stranger, for he was often among them, such was his friendship with her brother. "I came, Siða, to see if Auð might spare me a few moments of her time."
Auð stared at him, heart quickening and face growing warm beneath her beard. She had long known her brother's friend fancied her--he and a half-dozen other hopefuls--but Thekk had not got beyond cleverly suggestive banter and closely appraising looks, raising the heat a trifle on each visit. She liked the caution beneath his easy manner, and that he did not take for granted that she would love him because her brother did. Yet this was no time for leisurely courting--did he mean to speak now?
Her mother looked her way, seeming both amused and pleased by her reticence. "Well, Auð?"
All the other woman were watching, with bright, speculative eyes. The longer she hesitated, the more tongues would wag. "Of course." She set the shirt she was sewing down on her box, and tried to appear disinterested as she went to the door. "Has my brother sent some message?" she asked, even as she stepped out, drawing the door mostly shut behind her.
Thekk grinned, but his amusement did not reach his dark eyes. "No," he said, inviting her to step away from the door with a slight motion of his hand and the lift of one brow. "And I am not sure he would approve of my errand, which is why I did not wait for this evening."
"You do not think he would approve?" Auð stopped where she was, only a few paces further into the high hall. Had she mistaken his intent? So far as she could tell, Veylin was pleased by his friend's interest in her, for all that he grumbled about Thekk's distraction when she was by. At least he had not teased her about it, which would have been a sure way to dampen any answering spark.
"Not at this time." His craggy face was grave, and his voice low. "You know I will be leaving for the war next week, with Veylin. I do not know when I will return . . . if ever. Yet I would be wroth to come back and find you had wed another, because I scrupled to speak."
Had he come, so fine, to do no more than speak? Auð sniffed. "You think I would wed any who neglects their duty to the Eldest and his heirs?"
Thekk chose his words carefully. "There are some whom duty bids remain behind, to work that we might fight better."
Ah, so it was Virpir who troubled him, was it? Yes, his axes were so fine he would be spending the war at his anvil. A fine, strapping man, whose eyes smouldered like the coals of his forge. War would bring a fortune into his brawny hands. "That is true."
Was that a glint of jealousy in Thekk's eye? "Therefore," he continued resolutely, "I would put this in your hand, Auð." Thrusting out his tight-clenched left fist, he opened it, revealing an emerald pendant. "An earnest of my desire--and should the worst befall, a remembrance, if such would please you."
He drew breath in satisfaction as she stared at his offering, momentarily speechless. It was a splendid emerald, as big as her thumbjoint, with a bold setting of red gold and chain to match. Truly, he was in earnest, for his first gift to be so rich. "It is beautiful . . . ."
"Will you not take it?" he murmured, almost a whisper.
If she did, she must spurn her other suitors. Once he left, there was no telling how long it might be before she saw him again.
Yet the others would be going as well, save for Virpir. And though his glances were ardent, the weaponsmith had done naught but look so far. There would be little courting for anyone these next years, and in such a market, other women might be less demanding than she. The surety of his safety had its attractions, but Auð did not think Virpir above using that to his advantage in marriage negotiations.
In such uncertain times, a gem in the hand was better than hope. Reaching out, she ran a finger over the perfect surface of the deep green stone, then lifted it from Thekk's palm.
His fingers closed around hers, warm and firm; his thumb caressed her knuckles as he bowed over her hand, brushing it with silken whiskers before setting a tentative kiss between forefinger and thumb. "I am honored by your confidence," he breathed.
Auð found her own breath was doing strange things. Could Thekk's eyes truly be brighter than the gem in her clasp? "And I by your regard," she managed, the common formula when granting a man permission to court. Her triteness shamed her, but at the moment she earnestly desired to retreat to her chamber, so she might examine the jewel and her heart in private. "Will you come for supper this evening?"
"Gladly." Letting go of her hand, he took a step back; though his face was still grave, he smiled. "Every moment in your company will be precious to me." He bowed. "Until this evening, Auð."
"Until then." She watched until he passed out through the arch, then looked down at his gift again. Emerald, his favorite gem, and the color of her eyes; the setting nearly matched the flame of her beard. Better light was needed to appraise it properly.
When she returned to the small hall, few feigned disinterest or attended to their work. She was loathe to speak of what had passed, however, with her mind so roiled, and propriety forbid them to press her. Let them speculate: Auð took up the shirt she had been working on and her sewing box, and withdrew in silence.
She had been sitting some time beside her lamp, staring into the lustrous depths of the emerald, unable to think of anything but the deftness of Thekk's touch, when the latch of the door lifted with its soft click. The step that entered was her mother's; it came up behind her chair, and after a moment, Siða observed, "That is very handsome."
"It is," Auð murmured, and looked up over her shoulder at that shrewd, trusted face. "Have I been foolish, Mother?"
Siða made a thoughtful noise, but there was nothing of displeasure in it. "Thekk is a worthy young man: skilled in a rich craft, of a senior line, good company, and--" her deep golden whiskers twitched "--pleasing to look upon. So long as you desire him, it is an excellent match."
"This is so sudden," Auð muttered crossly, resenting the loss of many merry evenings when she might have further tested his wit and sounded his character, sitting by the parlour hearth. "The war makes all things doubtful."
"And men bold." Her mother set a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Do you want him, Auð?"
"I hardly know. His touch has disordered my thoughts."
Now Siða chuckled. "That is a telling sign. Do not fret overmuch," she said bracingly. "I will see that the two of you have time to speak of your hearts. If the fire does not catch before he departs, there will be ample time to decide the best way forward." She stood silent for a while, gazing at the gem. "What did you think to give him in return?"
Auð shook her head. "What can I give him, that he would take to war? I do not want it to be a mere token, not when he has been so liberal." She rubbed her thumb pensively over the emerald. "And with his own work."
"No." Her mother pursed her lips and knit her brows, eyeing her closely. After measured thought, she said, "Come," her deep voice curtly imperative, and walked away. Hastily Auð rose and followed after, though taken aback by the stern tone, which had not been directed at her for some two decades now. Stern, but not angry; her mother's growl she knew too well to mistake. "Wait here," Siða ordered, when they reached her chamber door, "until I bid you enter."
"Yes, Mother." This was to be a day of strangeness, it seemed. Auð stood by the richly carved oaken panel and occupied herself with placing Thekk's pendant about her neck. Should she wear the stone over her beard, so that all could see his pledge, or under, so it lay against her heart, but secret? Truly, the gold went well with her coloring-
Curious, but with trepidation, Auð lifted the latch and opened the door.
"Lock it behind you," Siða told her. A long, ornate box of gold-chased steel lay on the bed before her.
This looked to call for both bolts. When she had thrown them, Auð joined her mother beside the bed and gazed on the box. In all her years, she had never seen this. Siða murmured a spell of opening as she set a small, curiously shaped key into its lock.
Within lay neat bundles of fine linen, the cord that bound them tied with complex knots of many colors. With reverent care, Siða searched through them, then drew one out. "Your skill is great enough to accomplish this," she said solemnly, as she closed and locked the box. "You also have the wisdom, I deem, to be entrusted with it." Her hazel eyes were sharp as she caught and held Auð's gaze. "If so, I will reveal more of these secrets--" laying her hand on the gilded steel "--to you, in the fullness of time."
Auð bowed her head. "May I not disappoint, Mother."
"Then attend, for I will only tell this once." Siða set her finger beside the knot. "This one you will know by the single line of red, and triple loop of steel-grey." Loosing it so that Auð could see how it was tied, she laid back the cords, then unfolded the impeccably clean linen to reveal a worn and aged shirt, richly embroidered with many hues in patterns familiar and yet subtly unlike.
Watching to see that she did not offend, Auð reached out and delicately touched the old cloth. Silk; a difficult fabric, and one they seldom used, though its strength had utility. The thread appeared to be the same, the faded colors still showing a lovely sheen, where they were not fine strands of metal. "What is it?" she asked. The sevenfold band at wrist and collar were particularly fine: immutable gold and ruby, emerald and aged copper, now-tarnished silver and sapphire, the black of jet, interlaced to form a thick, intricate cable.
"A battle sark, figured with spells of guard and ward, valour and victory. My seven-times great-grandmother made this for her husband to wear in forays against Angmar, a thousand years and more ago."
So ancient! "It is wondrous," she murmured, already studying the patterns. Axe and hammer, gem and star; yes, this would be a fitting return for Thekk's gift . . . but could she complete it before he departed? If silk was part of the charm, she would have to get some; she had none in her store of cloth, and did not think her mother had so much.
"It is," her mother sighed, her mouth softening with admiration of the skill that had created it. "Yet you may only make one."
Auð frowned. "Why?"
Profound gravity gave Siða's face a mournful cast. "The spells require it--and will only protect the one it is wrought for. You must choose," she declared. "If you shield this man who would be your husband, you will not be able to armour a son against peril later."
She stared at her mother. "Have you made one?"
Siða shook her head. "There was no need before . . . and when the call came, I could not choose between my husband and my son. One must bind one's whole heart with the threads," she grieved. "Mine was torn."
"What are these spells?"
Fierce and potent ones, unrelenting as a woman's love; a needle of mithril and the pricking of fingers. Since she did not know Thekk's true name and would not unless they wed, she would have to secure some strands of his beard or hair to weave into the patterns.
When Siða finished and stood silent, staring at the shirt, Auð said, "I will have to think on this."
"That would be wise." Folding the linen back about it, her mother offered her the cords. "If you wish to keep it by you, do not leave it lying about. Do not do work such as this where any can see."
Auð stepped in and tied the knot as she had been shown. "I will keep it secret," she assured her. Lifting the bundle from the bed as carefully as if it had been a babe, she recalled that she had not yet told her mother of the invitation she had given. "I have invited Thekk to supper tonight."
"It would be very odd if you had not," Siða sniffed, and waved her out. "Go, then, and see to the arrangements. I hope you have some idea of what his favorite dishes are."
His special favorites, no; but she knew enough to content him. A sumptuous supper would have been wasted in any case, for they were all too unsettled to genuinely enjoy the meal, save perhaps her mother, who was noncommittally courteous throughout. As Thekk had supposed, Veylin was not best pleased at his friend's timing, and Auð grew snappish with her brother before Thekk arrived; she suspected the two of them had words about her when she stepped out to finish laying the table. For once, it seemed, Veylin had not been able to persuade Thekk to his way of thinking, which left him sulky and silent at table.
It was a relief, therefore, when Siða asked Veylin to accompany her to her workroom, to tell her of the morning's council while she fitted him for a new gambeson. He went, dutifully, casting a reproachful, warning look at his friend over his shoulder.
She and Thekk, left alone, gazed at each other. "Veylin is not very angry with you, I hope," she said, and was abashed by her hesitation. The three of them had argued often enough, across this very table . . . yet not on matters of such import.
"You have not quarreled?" Thekk's full brows, a shade darker than the rich red-brown of his beard, knit.
"Quarreled? No," Auð assured him, "not quarreled. Little good it would do him, even if we had," she asserted gruffly, and began stacking her dishes.
That brought a smile to his face. "So I have heard," Thekk confessed, almost slyly, before sobering. "No, he is not angry; merely concerned for you, as befits a brother."
Auð snorted. As the elder child, it was her duty to look after Veylin. Rising, she added her mother's dishes to her own. "Let me clear the table, and I will meet you in the parlour."
"Nonsense," Thekk declared, rising likewise and gathering up the tankards. "I have come here to be with you. Two will finish quicker than one, and then we can sit together by the fire."
"You are a guest!" She was scandalized, but pleased that he wished to demonstrate he would be a helpmeet.
Those dark eyes held hers. "I do not want to be your guest," he rumbled.
Something in her resonated to his deep, sonorous voice; a quaver lower than her heart. "Oh, very well!" she agreed, turning sharply away and marching towards the kitchen. "Let us make short work of this!"
But no sooner had they cleared it all to the kitchen than he began rolling up his sleeves. "Shall I wash, or dry?"
Impatient to have his hand in hers, to see if the glow he had kindled would spread, Auð shook her head. "No, I will see to it later. Veylin can help me, to make up for his ill temper."
"'Work is senior to pleasure,'" he murmured. "Truly, Auð, I would rather."
Her cheeks grew hot at the reproach of the proverb. "Whichever you please, if you insist! Veylin's apron is there, on the third hook." Did he mean to vex her, as a trial of her temper?
Thekk chose to wash, claiming it would soak the grime of the forge from his hands and make them fit for her to hold, but Auð tossed her head in contempt at this bit of gallantry and turned away, tucking her emerald safely beneath her beard before taking up a drying cloth. His hand had been clean enough when it clasped hers earlier. Did he think her so fastidious?
As he scrubbed at the plates, he spoke of his work, and the ambitions war had set aside. "You need not worry that I will take trade from Veylin," he told her. "He loves seeking out gems as much as shaping and setting them, while I have not the gift of finding. Indeed, I look to him for stones. And he knows what pleases Elves and the Shire-folk, selling much to them. My work is rarely to their taste."
"Then they do not know beauty when they see it," Auð declared scornfully, her hand going to where his pendant rested on her breast.
"I do," Thekk assured her, standing at gaze, a dripping platter in his hand.
Auð snapped the drying cloth at him. "Wash! You are the one who insisted on postponing pleasure!" But she saw wisdom in it now: such practical matters must be spoken of, and she was not sure she could have attended half so well if her hands were not occupied by plates and tankards. Wisdom, and cunning--for desire balked was desire whetted.
Taking her turn as he scoured the pans, she told him of her commissions, and the linens she had embroidered for the king's table . . . and found that she was taking his measure with her eyes, judging the breadth of the neat brawn of his shoulders, the length of his well-sprung back, and the span of that trim waist, calculating how much silk she would need. It would be dear, but the color would matter little, so long as it was light enough for the broidery to plainly show.
Rising on tiptoe, Auð set the last copper-bottomed pan atop the dresser, then stepped back to be sure it was straight. Mother was most particular about--
Hands settled onto her shoulders, shaping themselves to muscle and bone. "All say you are an excellent woman of business," Thekk murmured, his breath caressing her nape beside her ear. He stood so close she could feel his heat through the good woolen on her back . . . so close, but not touching, save for his cunning maker's hands. "Your judgment and sense I have long admired, and your hair--" he laid his cheek against it "--is like gold, flowing from the crucible in the fiery glow of the furnace. You are a treasure, greater than any jewel I have ever beheld. Auð," and there was a husky tremor in his sure voice, "can you love me?"
Turning, she trailed her fingers down from his temple into the luxuriance of his beard, and kissed him.
Auð had left off the furtive clipping of youth as she neared marriageable age, mindful of her dignity and her reputation, so it had been many years since she had given anything other than a hearty buss of affection to near kin. Still, she remembered what she liked, and what she did not. She had once bitten a lad whose lust made him heedless of her desires, rifling her as if she were a long-abandoned hoard: his tongue was halt to this day.
Thekk . . . oh, Thekk was a skillful trader, offering tempting wares and giving full value in return. When their lips finally parted, she found her hand was clenched in his beard.
Her heart would never be as whole as it was now. They might have two sons, or three.
He gave a startled grunt as she tugged her hand free. As she smiled to see several long strands caught in her fist, Thekk drew back and stared at her, baffled and wounded. "Why--?"
Capturing the chestnut hairs, she swiftly twisted them into a loop and thrust them down the neck of her tunic for safekeeping. "Patience," she asked, reaching out to tenderly smooth the handsome locks she had rumpled. What was such a tweak, if it spared him the savagery of the Orcs? "You will pardon me, love, when you see my gift to you." And drew him back to her, giving a kiss warmer still as guilt-payment for the offense.
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Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Includes chippers, buffers, and finishers.
Sample of reported job titles: Buffer, Casting Finisher, Finisher, Grinder, Grinder Operator, Jewelry Polisher, Knife Grinder, Metal Finisher, Polisher, Production Cell Operator
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings
- Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
- Mark defects such as knotholes, cracks, and splits for repair.
- Move controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
- Select files or other abrasives, according to materials, sizes and shapes of workpieces, amount of stock to be removed, finishes specified, and steps in finishing processes.
- Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
- Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
- Record product and processing data on specified forms.
- Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Remove completed workpieces from equipment or work tables, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
- Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Cold chisels — Flat cold chisels
|Dial indicator or dial gauge — Dial indicators
|Micrometers — Digital micrometers
|Power buffers — Buffing wheels; Orbital buffers; Tire buffers
|Power grinders — Finishers; Straight grinders
|Power sanders — Electric sander-polishers; Pad sanders
|Tape measures — Measuring tapes
Technology used in this occupation:
|Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software
|Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
|Word processing software — Microsoft Word
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
|Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
|Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
|Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
|Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
|Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
|Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
|Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
|Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Work Activities
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
|Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
|Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
|Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Work Context
|Exposed to Contaminants — 100% responded "Every day."
|Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 100% responded "Every day."
|Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 97% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 93% responded "Every day."
|Spend Time Standing — 77% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 74% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 48% responded "Extremely important."
|Exposed to Hazardous Equipment — 79% responded "Every day."
|Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body — 58% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Time Pressure — 20% responded "Never."
Job Zone
|Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
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|Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
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|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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|Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
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|Employment (2012)
|32,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Decline (-3% or lower)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
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The law was approved just last week at a village board meeting. Smokers will not be allowed to light up at all four of the village parks, that includes Highland Park, which village officials say is almost always busy with people and sports.
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tsaboia wrote:Busco informações sobre Joseph Baltazar AUGERY, médico, italiano, nascido em torno de 1735 no Piemonte. Filho de Gabriel Augery e Magdalena Boccarda (Boccardo?). Radicou-se em Aracati, estado do Ceará.
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|Distance Sets of Urysohn Metric Spaces
A metric space $\mathrm{M}=(M;\operatorname{d})$ is {\em homogeneous} if for every isometry $f$ of a finite subspace of $\mathrm{M}$ to a subspace of $\mathrm{M}$ there exists an isometry of $\mathrm{M}$ onto $\mathrm{M}$ extending $f$. The space $\mathrm{M}$ is {\em universal} if it isometrically embeds every finite metric space $\mathrm{F}$ with $\operatorname{dist}(\mathrm{F})\subseteq \operatorname{dist}(\mathrm{M})$. (With $\operatorname{dist}(\mathrm{M})$ being the set of distances between points in $\mathrm{M}$.) A metric space $\boldsymbol{U}$ is an {\em Urysohn} metric space if it is homogeneous, universal, separable and complete. (It is not difficult to deduce that an Urysohn metric space $\boldsymbol{U}$ isometrically embeds every separable metric space $\mathrm{M}$ with $\operatorname{dist}(\mathrm{M})\subseteq \operatorname{dist}(\boldsymbol{U})$.) The main results are: (1) A characterization of the sets $\operatorname{dist}(\boldsymbol{U})$ for Urysohn metric spaces $\boldsymbol{U}$. (2) If $R$ is the distance set of an Urysohn metric space and $\mathrm{M}$ and $\mathrm{N}$ are two metric spaces, of any cardinality with distances in $R$, then they amalgamate disjointly to a metric space with distances in $R$. (3) The completion of every homogeneous, universal, separable metric space $\mathrm{M}$ is homogeneous.
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this on how the system works, specifically, the second section entitled "How our copy protection works".
Great to see the game out! I know a lot were looking forward to this one.
this on how the system works, specifically, the second section entitled "How our copy protection works".
Great to see the game out! I know a lot were looking forward to this one.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...otection&num=1Anyone can put the game on their system, as LGP's new (Loki-based) installer isn't modified as part of this piracy-prevention scheme, but they will not be able to launch the game unless a valid key and password are provided. This information is then validated against LGP's servers (with SSL). If the key/password combination is verified, then it will launch the game.
What about users without internet? I plan on installing these games on my laptop which doesn't have internet all the time
I'm not sure what that means, but presumable you'd be OK with intermittent internet access as long as you had it during your initial install/launch to have it validated.Contingencies are made so that if no internet connection is available, the game will never lock out legitimate customers.
I obviously don't know all the details but their scheme seems sensible. I'm fine with having some for of copy protection, and this one doesn't seem as dumb as requiring a CD.
But thinking about it more:
Is there something that prevents you from, instead of giving your buddies the name and password to install, giving them the installed files and config files in ~/.x3reunion (or whatever) that indicates it's already been validated? If your info is not stored in plaintext, you'd be giving them a working copy without giving them your name/password combo. LGP'd have to have it check if it was on different hardware, and if so ask for name/password, but that seems like it would annoy people by straying too close to Windows activation.Finally, we come to the people that want to copy the game and give it to friends. We cannot stop people from telling their friends their serial number and password. However, bear in mind, anyone who has your serial number and password can change your password.
Well, I hope whatever they have works for them, by which I mean lowers illegitimate copying without annoying customers.
This system sounds like it has all the benefits of Steam (downloadable games on any system you own, no CD in the drive, license tied to an e-mail address so you can't lose it) without having to run a crappy program in the background If I can figure out the X3 demo I'll probably buy it.
Particularly, this bit:
vs what's stated at hereOnce the key has been verified on the LGP servers, and the password registered then you are good to go, you never need to worry about the system again. It will call to the LGP servers each time the game starts, to verify its details. It does all this in the background.
The only time you NEED an internet connection, is if you have had one previously and the game found it was an invalid copy.So personally, I'm just rather confused with conflicting information. No one's come out with a clear and concise explanation.2. That the software stops calling home once it verifies your key, and won't disable the software if it can't connect.
If i wanted DRM and binary blobs, i'd use windows. It's a no-go for me.


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SOMERSWORTH — A significant rate increase implemented by American Medical Response (AMR) ambulatory services in November for services rendered has been recently eliminated altogether with officials stating that AMR executives responsible for enacting the hikes have also been eliminated.
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