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£177,500 3 Bedrooms Heathlands Close, Malvern Wells
In A Corner Cul-De-Sac Position, This Is An Attractive Semi Detached House Close To Local Amenities With Accommodation Comprising Reception Hall, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Side Porch, Utility And Wc, Three Bedrooms, Bathroom, Gas Central Heating,
John Goodwin - Malvern
£208,000 Sold STC 3 Bedrooms Benton Close, Upper Welland
A Most Attractive And Well Presented Modern Semi Detached House Enjoying A Pleasant Corner Cul-De-Sac Position In A Village Location And Offering Accommodation Of Reception Hall, Living Room, Kitchen, Sun/Dining Room, Three Bedrooms, Shower Room, Gas Fire
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£265,000 Sold STC 3 Bedrooms Woodlands Close, Malvern Wells
A delightful three double bedroom detached home in a very sought after location. The property further benefits from having two reception rooms, kitchen breakfast, utility, bathroom and ensuite. The property also has a private garden and 35' long garage
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£285,000 Under Offer 3 Bedrooms Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14
A Characterful & Highly Individual Period Detached Coach House With Outstanding Views.
Spacious Living Room With Wood Burner, Fitted Dining Kitchen, Three Bedrooms, Large Occasional 4th Bedroom/Study, Bathroom, Utility Room/Workshop, Gas Central Heating,
Spacious Living Room With Wood Burner, Fitted Dining Kitchen, Three Bedrooms, Large Occasional 4th Bedroom/Study, Bathroom, Utility Room/Workshop, Gas Central Heating,
Andrew Grant - Malvern
£289,950 Sold STC 2 Bedrooms Assarts Road, Upper Welland
A charming and quirky detached cottage, situated in a quiet location in Upper Welland, Malvern Wells. Originally built in 1860, it was the food hall for the Malvern Wells school; in 1960 it became the Women's Institute Hall and in 1986 became a private
Allan Morris - Malvern
£300,000 Under Offer 4 Bedrooms Upper Welland Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14
A Substantial Period Residence Situated In A Popular Village Location.
Spacious Sitting Room, Dining Room, Fitted Kitchen, Large Utility Room With Guest WC, Study/Bedroom Four, Master Bedroom With Dressing Room, Two Further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom, Gas
Spacious Sitting Room, Dining Room, Fitted Kitchen, Large Utility Room With Guest WC, Study/Bedroom Four, Master Bedroom With Dressing Room, Two Further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom, Gas
Andrew Grant - Malvern
£399,995 Sold STC 5 Bedrooms Yew Tree Lane
Set upon a generous plot with splendid views towards the Malvern Hills, this versatile family home offers accommodation to include entrance porch, reception hall, two double bedrooms, shower room, utility/secondary kitchen and studio whilst to the first
Denny and Salmond
£425,000 3 Bedrooms Yew Tree Lane, Malvern
A most desirable and secluded location for this well presented detached bungalow. The property comprises; entrance hallway, lounge dining room, conservatory, fitted kitchen, utility room, three bedrooms, master with en-suite and a further bathroom. The
Allan Morris - Malvern
£435,000 4 Bedrooms Assarts Lane, Upper Welland
ENTRANCE PORCH Glazed entrance porch with two sets of double doors opening to the front aspect, tiled effect vinyl flooring and power points. Glazed door opening to the Living Room as well as timber door opening to the Entrance Hall.
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£740,000 Sold STC 6 Bedrooms Merebrook Close, Malvern
An impressive and substantial modern style family house with beautifully landscaped gardens, Number 7 Merebrook Close occupies a very attractive position at the head of a cul-de-sac within this hugely popular Cala development, with the rear garden
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£745,000 7 Bedrooms Assarts Lane, Upper Welland
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I finally kegged this. I let it sit in primary for five weeks. It was as great as last year's even uncarbonated. I'll post some pics once it has more carbonation.
After trying this year's batch a few times last night, I have realized that I made the base beer too strong for my tastes. It weighed in at around 10%. I'm going to brew this again following the same procedure and recipe as I did last year by cutting back the two row to 10 lbs.
Thanks for the reply jwible204. MacGruber, I'm a little worried my batch will be a tad harsh as well. It should finish around 1.030 which would give it a 10.5% abv. Do you think adding another 1/8 teaspoon in addition to the 1/2 teaspoon of each spice would help mask it at bottling/kegging? It still should mellow out in the next few weeks.
What did you end up adding to the keg? 1/2 teaspoon of each; cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, nutmeg? I'm thinking I'll be adding a 1/2 teaspoon of each except for the cloves in which I'll add a 1/4 or an 1/8 because they are so prominent.
Also just a general question for you guys instead of boiling the spices would you just add the additional spices to your vanilla bean extract tincture? Let it sit 4-5 weeks with the vanilla beans or add it to the tincture at bottling?
I added an extra 1/2 tsp of each spice and 2.5 tablespoons of vanilla. The spices taste great, it's the beer itself that is too strong. When I made it last year I dialed the grains back to ten lbs because I only had a five gallon tun. It was perfect. I'll be going back to last year's recipe.
Yeah I hear you. I threw 2 scraped beans cut in quarters in an empty olive oil bottle. I used 2 tiny Smirnoff Vanilla vodkas and one Smirnoff Triple distilled - hopefully the vanilla vodka doesn't offset any flavoring. So that comes to about 5 fl oz if my math is correct. How much should I add to the bottling bucket for a 5 gallon batch?
Jwible204 - you used 4 oz for what a 10 gallon batch? Do you think 2 oz (equivalent to 4 tablespoons) is enough or about right for a 5g batch?
Add until the flavor is where you want it. Your extract may be stronger/weaker then my original depending how long it soaked. My current extract is over 1 year old and ridiculously strong so I may wind up using less when I keg this year's batch.
My spice mixture was perfect, but my base beer is just way too strong. I still love it...I just drink as much each day!
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Technology, Design, and Innovation strategist at the Office of the CEO, SAP, focusing on technology and architecture strategy and strategic operational, product, and management innovation. Adjunct faculty at Santa Clara University and San Jose State University with the department of computer engineering teaching graduate classes. Frequent speaker at conferences, special events, Chirag blogs at Cloud Computing.
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Publisher / Editor @ CloudAve and Enterprise Irregulars. Industry Observer, Blogger, Startup Advisor, Program Chair @ SVASE (Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs). In his "prior life" spent 15 years immersed in the business of Enterprise Software, at management positions with SAP, IBM, Deloitte, KPMG and the like.


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Twins make moves: Fryer, Fuld back; Hicks to DL
JUN 13, 2014 2:42p ET
Two days after optioning catcher Josmil Pinto to Triple-A Rochester, the Minnesota Twins added a backup catcher to take his place.
The Twins announced Friday that they've recalled catcher Eric Fryer from Rochester. He'll be the backup to Kurt Suzuki and will join Minnesota in Detroit in time for Friday's game. Additionally, outfielder Aaron Hicks was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain; the move is retroactive to June 10. The Twins activated outfielder Sam Fuld from the DL to take Hicks' place. Fuld had been out since May 8 with a concussion.
Fryer, 28, was hitting .252 with 11 RBI in 36 games before getting called up. He also has 22 games at the major-league level under his belt. Fryer spent six games with the Twins last season, going 5-for-13 with a home run in his brief stint. He also played a total of 16 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011 and 2012.
Pinto was sent to Rochester as his at-bats continued to shrink. He was used only sparingly at catcher, and the signing of veteran designated hitter Kendrys Morales meant that Pinto's at-bats as a DH were going to be hard to come by. He'll now have the chance to play every day with the Red Wings.
Fuld, in his first season with the Twins, played in four rehab games with Double-A New Britain and was 6-for-14 with a home run. He'll be available for Friday's game against the Tigers.
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GAO's third examination of the Defense Department's major IT programs found some projects spent an average of five years, two months and $452 million before establishing cost and schedules.
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Google's claim that the expansion of search warrant authority is a "monumental" constitutional threat is grounded in inaccuracies, the Justice Department said.
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Acting Defense Department Terry Halvorsen urged lawmakers to prioritize efforts to update military IT, such the Joint Information Environment, a concept for a militarywide data sharing system.
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Jack London State Historic Park in Sonoma County is simultaneously a tribute to the author of "White Fang" and "The Call of the Wild" and a preserve dedicated to the natural surroundings he adored. The park's 1,400 acres include a museum dedicated to London's writing career and life as an adventurer (with occasional piano performances by the staff), the ruins of the Wolf House (a 26-room mansion that tragically burned down shortly before London was set to move in), and over 20 miles of hiking trails.
On March 14th, the park held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the East Slope Sonoma Mountain Ridge Trail. The 13-mile round-trip hike will be open to hikers, bikers, and horseback riders, and will offer "sweeping panoramas from the top of Sonoma Mountain, finding different views than ever seen before."
To celebrate the trail's opening, the park is offering two guided hikes. The first, on March 28th from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., will be led by naturalist John Lynch. The second, on May 2nd, will be led by former board member of the Valley of the Moon Historical Society Dave Chalk. Both are free. However, visitors will need to pay the entry fee for the park, which is $10 per vehicle, or $5 per walk-/bicycle-in.
If you can't make it to either hike, the park also has a wide variety of events occurring throughout the year, including their famed outdoor concert series.]]>
On February 20th, 1915, the gates to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition opened in the city of San Francisco. The world's fair was held in celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal, and took place in San Francisco as a way to showcase the city's recovery from the devastating 1906 earthquake. Among the exhibits that the 18 million visitors witnessed at the time were the unveiling of the world's first steam locomotive, a telephone line established from New York to the Pacific Ocean, and the final tour of the famed Liberty Bell.
While the Palace of Fine Arts is the only remaining building left in the same position from the "city within the city," there are still plenty of artifacts that exist. Many are on display during San Francisco's year-long celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the PPIE. Some of the highlights taking place include:
- Throughout the year at the Palace of Fine Arts, the California Historical Society presents "City Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World's Fair," featuring an overview of the fair, illustrated maps, and artifacts.
- From March 1st through April 18th at Pioneer Hall in The Presidio, the Society of California Pioneers presents "The Man Who Ran The Fair," featuring the personal papers of Charles C. Moore, the president of the 1915 Expo.
- From March 5th through May 20th, six light-based artists will showcase their projections in honor of the PPIE on the exterior of the California Historical Society building at 678 Mission Street.
- Starting April 2nd, the Chinese Historical Society opens their exhibit "Underground Chinatown: Racism at the Fair," focusing on the troubling side of the PPIE's history, particularly the infamous "Joy Zone" area.
- On October 26th, you can print up your own commemorative broadside (a large printed poster) using a Columbian Hand Press at The Book Club of California.
- On November 10th, the California Historical Society and the Culinary Historians of Northern California presents "Food at the Fair," looking at the wide variety of offerings that fairgoers experienced 100 years ago.
These are just a hint of the festivities taking place. For more, check out the official PPIE100 website for many, many more events throughout the year. And below, enjoy a few more scenes from 1915.
The milk section at the grocery store is already bursting at the seams. Not only are there the various kinds of cow's milk (whole, low-fat, and fat-free) but there's also milk made from almonds, soy, rice, hemp, coconut, and probably other sources, by the time this is published. This April, a new milk will be squeezing into California: A2 milk.
A2 milk is a product from the aptly-named a2 Milk Company based out of New Zealand. Over the next three years, they will invest $20 million in order to introduce their product into the U.S. market, starting with California. They claim it's "the milk that might change everything." So, just what is it?]]> To understand just what A2 means, it's important to know the composition of cow's milk.
"Milk is a lot more than just water mixed up with a whole bunch of proteins," says Dr. Russell Hovey, a professor at the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. (He also used to work at the first Australian farm that tested cows for the A2 protein.) "It actually has a lot of physical properties."
The solids found in cow's milk include proteins, fat, lactose, and minerals. One of the proteins is called beta casein, and it makes up about 30% of the protein in milk solids. But not all beta caseins are the same. Cows produce two varieties of the protein, A1 and A2, which are separated only by a single amino acid.
Since most cows produce milk that contain both A1 and A2 proteins, all of the milk sold in the U.S. (and most of the milk sold abroad), has a mixture of the two. But there are cows that are homogeneous, meaning they only produce one type of casein. The New Zealand company genetically tests all their cows to make sure they're only milking the kind that only produce the A2 variety. And, as they claim, that "natural difference in protein structure between a2 Milk™ and all other regular cows' milk can lead to a difference in digestive breakdown."
But, does it actually? Here's where things get murky.
A piece published last year in Mother Jones cites over 100 studies that link the more prevalent A1 milk to health conditions because of how it reacts to our bodies:
When digested, A1 beta-casein (but not the A2 variety) releases beta-casomorphin7 (BCM7), an opioid with a structure similar to that of morphine. Studies increasingly point to BCM7 as a troublemaker. Numerous recent tests, for example, have shown that blood from people with autism and schizophrenia contains higher-than-average amounts of BCM7.
However, Hovey doesn't buy it. "The jury is still out," he says. "It's too early to tell, there hasn't been enough research done."
One problem with the claims -- many of which come from studies funded by the company itself -- is that there just isn't that big of a difference between the milk. "To suggest that cow's milk is bad for people but A2 is the golden answer doesn't quite jive," says Hovey. As a result, A2 is not some miracle for those afflicted by gastrointestinal disorders that the consumption of regular cow's milk can exacerbate.
"If you have a milk allergy or lactose intolerance, this wouldn't be the right product," says Vandana Sheth, a registered dietitian nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
If a person has a milk allergy, or is lactose intolerant, the slight change in which amino acid is present doesn't make a difference. They would still be allergic to milk, or react negatively to the lactose. But Sheth mentions that this new A2 milk might be good for a possible third category of people.
"Almost one in four people I meet say they have lactose intolerance," says Sheth. "But only one in 20 are actually diagnosed. So, A2 milk might be a good option for people who think they're lactose intolerant, but not officially diagnosed."
In other words, it's suitable for the group of people that don't feel completely right when drinking normal cow's milk. They may or may not be intolerant to the A1 protein, but this is worth a shot if they desperately still want to drink milk. But even if A2 milk doesn't appeal to that subsection of people, that may not affect how this new milk performs in the U.S. market, particularly in California.
"We [Californians] tend to be a society of people that are always looking for the next best thing," says Sheth. "And if you're looking at people looking for something that's not genetically-modified, this is natural. Nothing is engineered."
Hovey agrees that this new A2 milk may succeed more as a boutique offering than as a real health solution.
"It's like buying a good bottle of wine," he says. "Some people will say it's fine to pay $100 for a bottle, and some people would say 'I'm quite happy with my $5 bottle.' If consumers are prepared to pay for the product, and they find it provides them a benefit, all the best to them."
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For some silly reason, on September 19th of each year, we celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day. This is where people in offices say things like "arrr," "ahoy," "matey," and perhaps even "wenches" in the more lax environments. It is a garbage holiday, not least of which is due to it being horribly inaccurate.
While pirates didn't go around saying things like "shiver me timbers," they did sing a whole bunch of songs called sea chanteys. Part of this was to lift their spirits, but part of it was also to help them with their duties aboard ships:
During the golden age of chanteying, 1840-1860, the work songs of sailors were used aboard ship to help coordinate shipboard jobs. Jobs such as hauling on lines to raise sails, turning the capstan (an iron winch) to weigh (raise) anchor and manning the ship's pumps required sailors to work together in rhythm.
The songs were performed in a call-and-response way, with a lead singer or, chantey-man, singing long verses telling the song's tale, and the crowd joining in for the chorus. If you find yourself in San Francisco on the first Saturday of every month, you can join in the chorus too. If you're brave, you can even lead one of your own.
The National Park Service holds a public Chantey Sing on an old historic ship (the specific ship changes throughout the year) at the Maritime National Historic Park on Hyde Street Pier. The sing-a-long goes from 8 p.m. to midnight and is free. Make sure to bring a mug for complimentary apple cider. Speaking from experience, it is simply one heck of a fun, weird time. Just make sure to make a reservation, as the event does book up.]]>
As we've mentioned before, this spring is set to be an extraordinary one when it comes to Southern California's bountiful wildflower blooms. And according to the wildflower hotline at the Theodore Payne Foundation, it looks like that massive bloom is already here. Here's a quick rundown of where to see this year's batch of wildflowers:
Santa Monica Mountains
According to the Payne Foundation, this is the "go to place for a while." Chocolate lilies are all over, while gooseberry, ground-pink, common goldfield, red skinned onion, purple owl's clover, wild hyacinth, and a whole bunch of other species are blooming all along the Pentachaeta Trail in Triunfo Canyon Park.]]>
Along the Phantom Trail are purple nightshade, broad-leafed lupine, bush sunflower, greenback ceanothus, sticky phacelia, paintbrush, wishbone bush, and a few others. Near the ridge are blooms of owl's clover, red maids, caterpillar phacelia, and the beloved California golden poppies.
Death Valley National Park
While the report says this "isn't a banner year" for the park, there are still plenty of blooms to enjoy. The southern part of Badwater Road has sand verbena, while Scotty's Castle Road has brown-eyed evening primrose, notch-leaf phacelia, golden evening primrose, and brittlebush.
Joshua Tree National Park
Black Rock Campground is starting to bloom, particularly with the park's poppy, baby blue-eyes, and tidy-tips. Jumbo Rocks has pink blossoms, while towards the southern end of the the park the Chuparosa are blooming. Check out the park's weekly bloom report here.
Anza Borrego Desert State Park
In the Pinyon Ridge area near its western boundary are awash of yellow and gold blooms. Among the species are whispering bells, golden bush, Wallace's daisy, coreopsis, and goldfields.
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
Unfortunately, the story isn't so great here. Last weekend, many of the early-bloom poppies were "cooked away" by the recent heat wave. So, before heading out, be sure to check out the Reserve's Bloom Update to decide if it's worth a visit.]]>
It's an interesting time for the word "natural" when it comes to food. Seeing as there's no clear-cut definition for what the term means (as opposed to something like "USDA Organic," which is a label certification for two levels of organic food products), the word is used on food packaging willy-nilly. But that era is just about over.
Over the past few years, many class-action lawsuits have been filed against a wide range of companies regarding their usage of the word. In most cases, the companies either lost their case in court, or chose to settle, sometimes for millions of dollars.]]> At a conference in Anaheim a few weeks ago, food lawyer Michele Simon -- who I interviewed last year about these lawsuits -- detailed a long list of food additives that could soon be named in class-action lawsuits. While these ingredients are categorized as Generally Regarded As Safe (or, "GRAS") by the FDA, these ingredients may show up in foods that are promoted as "natural." It isn't to say they're bad (in a lot of cases, they're not), just inaccurate. It's still important to know just what these ingredients do.
Feel free to bookmark this list and head on back whenever an item on the back of your label is particularly confounding.
Ascorbic acid: A synthetic version of vitamin C.
Beta carotene: Synthetic version of the substance found in carrots, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes that give them their orange color and used often as food dye.
Biotin: Synthetic form of vitamin H, found naturally in leafy greens, peanuts, and Swiss chard.
Calcium pantothenate: Synthetic version of vitamin B5, which is naturally found in eggs, meat, veggies, and legumes.
Calcium phosphate: Synthetic form of the family of minerals that includes calcium ions, naturally occurring in bovine milk and blood.
Calcium sulfate: Synthetic version of calcium salt, used to "increase product quality."
Caramel color: An artificial coloring substance most commonly used to color sodas. In large doses, it is a possible carcinogen.
Citric acid: While it's found in natural citrus like oranges and lemons, the synthetic version is also used to add tart flavors to food.
Cochineal extract (color): Used as a red food coloring, and made of ground up tropical bugs.
Cyanocobalamin: A synthetic chemical form of vitamin B12, found naturally in meat, fish, poultry, and eggs.
d-alpha-tocopherol: Synthetic form of vitamin E found in fat-containing food, like vegetable oils.
D-calcium pantothenate: Synthetic form of vitamin B5, which is found in meat, vegetables, and cereal grains.
Disodium phosphate: Additive that combines phosphate, phosphorus and sodium. Used in foods to regulate acidity, as well as maintain the proper moisture level.
Fibersol-2: Essentially, fake fiber. In a lot of cases, it's added to foods that are promoted as sources of dietary fiber.
Fructooligosaccharides: Synthetic extract from the agave plant, used to sweeten diet or low-calorie foods and beverages.
Glycerin or vegetable glycerin: Colorless, odorless agent used to conserve preserved fruits and sweeten low-calorie foods.
Hexane: A solvent made from crude oil that's generally used in food to extract vegetable oil from plant seeds.
Inulin: Derived from chicory, and used to replace sugar, fat, and flour in foods.
Magnesium phosphate: A general term for synthetic salts, used mostly as an anti-caking agent in foods.
Monocalcium phosphate: Another synthetic salt used as a leavening agent in foods, but also present in a whole lot of fertilizers.
Niacinamide: Synthetic form of vitamin B3, which helps the body convert carbs into energy.
Phytonadione: Synthetic version of vitamin K, which is used to treat and prevent blood clotting issues. It is found naturally in green leafy vegetables, Brussels sprouts, fish, and eggs.
Potassium carbonate: Used most often in cooking to regulate the acidity and alkalinity, as well as to stabilize the dispersal of the ingredients. It is found in baked goods like cakes, as well as soft drinks as a fizzing agent.
Potassium citrate: Used as an additive in many soft drinks to act as a buffering agent, to maintain the acidity.
Potassium iodide: While it's naturally forming in kelp, the synthetic version is used to iodize regular table salt.
Pyridoxine hydrochloride: A synthetic version of vitamin B6 that's used to treat anemia, heart disease, high cholesterol, and morning sickness. However, long term use may result in certain brain and nervous system problems.
Sodium acid pyrophosphate: Synthetic salt used as a leavening agent and stabilizer.
Sodium benzoate: Synthetic salt used as a food preserver. Most often found in soft drinks.
Sodium citrate: Synthetic version of citric acid, used to add sour and salty flavors to food.
Sodium dioxide: Most often used in wine as a preservative, under the more commonly-used name "sulfites."
Sodium molybdate: Chemically altered form of sodium that's used most often in fertilizers. When it ends up in food, it's in trace amounts from these fertilizers.
Sodium selenite: Used more often in dog food, but occasionally used in human "health" items like supplement pills and shakes.
Soy ingredients (textured soy protein, soy grits, soy flour): One of the most ubiquitous additives, it has all of the worrying elements that comes with soy (i.e., estrogen mimicry, although even that is far from proven). Also, most of it's produced with GMOs.
Soy lecithin: See above.
Soy protein concentrate: Basically the same as above. Used in health foods and soy products.
Soy protein isolate: A refined version of the above concentrate.
Steviol glycoside: This is the synthetic sweetener found in Stevia.
Sucralose: Another artificial sweetener, used in diet sodas and low- or no-calorie sweet foods.
Synthetic fiber such as Fibersol-2: See: Fibersol-2 above.
Thiamine hydrochloride: Synthetic form of vitamin B1, which helps decrease the risk of metabolic disorders, glaucoma, and heart disease.
Vitamin A, palmitate: Synthetic salt used as a dietary supplement and a fortifying agent in dairy.
Vitamin D2: Also known as ergocalciferol, it is a supplement used to treat osteoporosis.
Xanthan gum: Another additive found in just about everything, this is used as a food thickening agent, most often found in salad dressings and sauces.
Zinc methionine sulfate: Used as an additive to raise the zinc levels of a supplement.
Zinc oxide: Also used to raise the levels of zinc, most often in breakfast cereals.
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If you've ever had the pleasure of driving through Joshua Tree National Park, then you know how there's just something different about that area of the world. The edges are a little crisper, the sunsets a little sharper, and the stars seems just a tad closer. It's not surprising, then, that the park has been used in a whole bunch of films.
Its latest starring role, though, isn't for Hollywood. It's for an independent project called More Than Just Parks, which is attempting to bring awareness to America's National Parks by filming short gorgeous-looking videos of all 59 of them. (They've got a ways to go: besides Joshua Tree, they've filmed Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Olympic National Park, and... that's it.)
The project is the work of filmmaking brothers Will and Jim Pattiz, who spent nearly a month exploring Joshua Tree National Park with their video camera:
We chose Joshua Tree because of its unique landscape. Its immense boulder piles, colorful cactus fields, endless desert expanses, and one-of-a-kind Joshua trees make for a spectacular setting.
Here, then, is what they came away with:
If you're interested in helping to fund the project, visit the website for more information.]]>
The Escalen Institute in Big Sur is one of those places that defies labels. Overlooking the cliffs and surf, it describes itself as "not only a retreat center or an educational institute," but also "a world-wide network of seekers who look beyond dogma to explore deeper spiritual possibilities." In other words, it's a hippie-centric place to find your chakras, meditate, and maybe "re-find your center."
If you want to stay there for a workshop, it can be pricey. The cheapest accommodations are $405 for a weekend, and that's only if you're willing to stay off-site or in a sleeping bag. But, there is a way to use the hot springs for cheap. (And no, not by breaking in and donning a disguise that certainly would include a fake mustache and cane.)
You need to be a night owl.
See, every night between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., Escalen opens its doors to the public for $25 a person. However, only 20 people are allowed to use the hot springs each night, so call in advance to get reservations. (During the summer months, reservations are available 5-6 weeks in advance and go quickly.) For more information, including the number to call, visit this page at Escalen's website.]]>
Visiting ghost towns is generally a high-risk, high-reward gamble. (This doesn't include Calico, which is less of a legitimate ghost town, more of a theme park attraction.) Usually, they're far off the normal route that you'd take to get anywhere. And when you finally do navigate the various twists and turns to get there, you're left with nothing but a house or two in such disrepair that you don't really get a good sense of how life was back then.
Not so with Bodie, California.
The town began as a mining camp in 1859, when William S. Bodey discovered gold in the region. A mill was established in 1861, and the town boomed to nearly 10,000 people by 1880. Schools, churches, and houses stood alongside saloons, brothels, and opium dens. During its heyday, it was called the "most lawless, wildest and toughest mining camp the far west has ever known." But, as is the case with most mining towns, the townsfolk dispersed once the gold ran out. And in 1932, 90% of the town was burned down due to a fire allegedly started by a two-and-a-half-year old boy playing with matches.
Roughly 100 structures survived the fire, however, including the bank, schoolhouse, Grand Central Hotel, and the Methodist church. The town's 1962 designation as a National Historic Site and State Historic Park helped to preserve the remaining structures and to give visitors a chance to learn about its history. Also, unlike other ghost towns, this one's only a tad off the beaten path. If you're heading up to Yosemite, this is a worthwhile detour for a short afternoon adventure. Entry is $5.]]>
In 2008, California voters went to the polls and voted in favor of Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Cruelty Act. The proposition's biggest effect, by far, was that farmers raising egg-laying hens would have to raise them in cages that would allow them to "lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn around freely." However, it was not clear whether eggs from other states would have to follow suit.
In 2010, AB 1437, a state law that grabbed the majority vote in the Assembly and Senate before snagging Governor Schwarzenegger's signature, made it clear that all states selling eggs in California would have to comply with the cage regulations required in Proposition 2. To give everyone time to adjust, the law wouldn't go into effect until January 1st, 2015.
Well, we are now two months into this new reality, and other states aren't egg-cited about it. (Sorry.)]]> Last week, six states (Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, and Iowa) filed an appeal declaring AB 1437 unconstitutional. Their argument is that the law was never about protecting consumers. As J. Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, writes in the appeal:
No scientific study conducted to date has found any correlation between cage size or stocking density and the incidence of salmonella in egg-laying hens. Additionally, the most recent studies establish there is no correlation between cage size or stocking density and stress levels in egg-laying hens.
Rather, the law was about leveling the playing field for California egg growers, which is putting egg producers in their state at a disadvantage and, most importantly, affecting their bottom lines:
Take restaurant and food service eggs, which are sold in boxes containing 15 dozen eggs. A box of those eggs that went for $8.50 a year ago are now fetching $53. There are also reports of eggs diverted from the California market being sold elsewhere and bringing egg prices down in other areas.
One of the groups named in the appeal as "intervenor defendant appellees" -- a role they got by being the sponsors of the original law -- is The Humane Society of the United States. Predictably, they believe this lawsuit doesn't have merit.
"California was right to ban the sale of inhumane and unsafe eggs," says Paul Shapiro, Vice President of Farm Animal Protection for the Humane Society, "and we're going to defend California's rights to defend its citizens and animals."
Not only that, but Shapiro contends AB 1437 has something even more powerful than a moral argument on its side: It's got legal precedent.
"California has a law regarding milk sales in the state," says Shapiro. "You have to have under a certain level of somatic cell count in the milk." Somatic cell count (or SCC) is a scientific word for saying "pus." For milk to be legally sold in the U.S., it has to be below an SCC count threshold. The national rate is currently 750,000 cells/mL, but in California, state law has lowered that standard to 600,000 cells/mL for milk sold within the state. This new egg-related lawsuit, then, is just a repeat of the fight over that law.
"They're claiming California is trying to regulate other states' agriculture," says Shapiro. "But nobody's forcing those other states to sell to California."
Which isn't to say that Shapiro and company are at all surprised by the move. "To be honest, every law we pass ends up being litigated," he says. "We always expect the animal abuse industry, when they lose, to go to court over it."
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The Pacific Crest Trail is one of those "bucket list" items for die-hard hikers. The trail starts in the town of Campo, California, at the border fence with Mexico. It then heads a whopping 2,650 miles through California, Oregon and Washington before ending in Manning Park in British Columbia, Canada. The route traverses 26 National Forests, seven National Parks, five State Parks, and four National Monuments.
The average hiker takes roughly five months to complete the journey, and will usually leave in April or May in order to complete the trek by September. Why? Because winters get particularly brutal on the trail, particularly in the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
The duo started on October 20th, using snowshoes and skis to travel the path, before reaching the end of the trail on March 1st. They also went north-to-south on the trail, which isn't the usual direction; only 5% of hikers head south-bound. While this kind of challenge isn't recommended by park rangers, the successful attempt will certainly lead to more thrill-seekers to take the same route.]]>
Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of plans proposed to expand the amount of California land that the federal government has control over. (One of which is basically a formality, and the other which needs to go through rigorous debate.) But if Rep. Howard Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has his way, those expansion efforts may soon come to a halt.
This week, Griffith introduced a measure into the House Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. The goal is to limit the amount of land that the federal government controls by forcing land management agencies to sell an acre of federally-controlled land every time a new acre is purchased. (Profits from the sales would head into the U.S. Treasury to pay off the public debt.) For policy wonks, here's how the main part of the measure reads:
(a) In General. -- For acquisition of land by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service, the Secretary concerned shall offer for sale an equal number of acres of Federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status.
This is followed by a few exemptions to the measure (essentially, the "buy one acre, sell one acre" plan happens unless the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Agriculture need extra land), but if passed, it would dramatically change the process by which land becomes National Parks and Monuments. As such, we'll be following any movement with the measure.]]>
In its most ideal form, the Internet is about connectivity. Take one person who wants something and connect them with the person who's got it. This is why websites like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy have come to dominate the Internet. And now, an app is trying to accomplish this connectivity in the world of food.
Foodie Shares connects home chefs with gourmet food lovers. Released in March of 2014, the app currently only offers dishes from chefs in the Santa Monica and Venice areas. I spoke with George Mathew, the app's co-founder and CEO, about its future.]]> How did this project start?
George Mathew: My wife used to be a professional chef in New York. She makes all of this amazing food, and like a lot of chefs, she's used to making in large quantities. And I'd always joke with my friends about how she makes so much food I have to exercise all the time, and they were like, well we'd wish you'd tell us when the food was available. So, one day she said to me, why don't you build me an app so I can share my food with people. That was the fall of 2013, then, when I started coding the app.
Why did you choose to start in L.A.?
Mathew: We did our research on marketplaces, and the marketplaces that are successful are very local. We decided let's focus on a very tight geographic area to test the idea and see if it works. And to make sure the inventory's there, let's carefully vet these launch chefs that we have on the platform, so we know that the supply is good. And then since it's a tight geography that doesn't require a ton of money, we can do more grassroots things, like handing out flyers and going to farmers' markets, doing office launches, to really try to get it to work in a small market.
What is the vetting process for chefs on the site?
Mathew: Through the app, there's an application process, and they basically fill out a chef's profile. That's the first step. And we get that, review those, and reach out to them. So, we schedule a time to have them post a dish, and then we order that dish through the app. We have the dish, we meet with them, we talk with them, and we basically then decide if this makes the cut.
Are there any health department legal worries you have regarding the app?
Mathew: It's a question that comes up sometimes. It's confusing because we are new. We're not trying to replace restaurants, they'll always have a place. The whole idea of the app was really around that original concept that you have people who love to cook, and cook with passion in a way they believe their food should taste. But for a variety of reasons they choose not to open a full-time restaurant or be full-time chefs, and a real foodie understands that. The reason I called it Foodie Shares is because I feel that a true foodie makes a journey to find amazing food. My wife and I, we live in Venice, but we'll drive to San Gabriel for Chinese, we'll drive to Torrance for Korean. To us, it's not a fancy restaurant, it's a strip mall in an ethnic neighborhood. We felt like Foodie Shares would allow us to get to that next level, which is like that Turkish mother who is making amazing food. And she doesn't make it all the time, she might only make it once a week, but I'd like to know.
Where do you want to expand?
Mathew: We're not trying to expand right now. Our plan is to expand, but we're really focused right now on getting the marketplace going and learning as much as we can about this process, and tweaking the business model and the app. We really want to make sure we get this done right and we don't want to blow a ton of money and a ton of time on growth just for growth's sake, so we want to make sure it's done right first. And then outside of these areas I think we're going to try to use the data to determine where to go next. We've been getting a lot of registered users in the app who are not in Santa Monica or Venice, and that gives us a lot of information as to where the interest is coming from.
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The Channel Islands are home to four different subspecies of foxes that are found nowhere else in the world. Weighing just four to six pounds, the foxes are about 25% smaller those foxes found on the mainland. But in 1999, the foxes were facing extinction.
A distemper virus had caused the population on Catalina Island, which had numbered 1,300, to plummet all the way down to about 100. On the nearby islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz, the fox population was being decimated by bald eagles. Without a conservation effort, the fox would certainly die out. To combat the possibility, the Catalina Conservancy, among other groups, stepped in with a plan of "relocation, vaccinations, captive breeding and release, and wild fox population monitoring."
Another part of the effort was lowering the number of predatory golden eagles on the island. It was a two-pronged attack, one effort to capture and relocate the golden eagles (a protected species), and another to kill feral piglets that roamed the islands and initially attracted the eagles. This culling was not without controversy, and the basis of T.C. Boyle's novel When the Killing's Done.
But now, a mere 15 years after the effort began, the foxes may come off the endangered species list. One final study and discussion regarding their status has to take place before the final removal. If the removal is given the go ahead, it would mark the quickest recovery of an endangered animal species ever.
And now, for your enjoyment, some more photos of these cute, cute foxes!
If you've ever had the pleasure of driving through Joshua Tree or Death Valley National Parks, there's a sense that the landscape in front of you is never-ending. But if a new piece of legislation is approved, the land is set to become even more never-ending.
On February 9th, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer introduced the California Desert Convservation and Recreation Act of 2015 into legislation. If passed, the bill would have a dramatic impact on the conservation of the California desert. The details:
- 4,500 acres added to Joshua Tree National Park;
- 39,000 acres added to Death Valley National Park;
- 22,000 acres added to the Mojave National Preserve;
- Six new Bureau of Land Management wilderness areas, covering a total of 250,000 acres, will be established;
- Creation of the Mojave Trails National Monument, covering 965,000 acres of land;
- Creation of the Sand to Snow National Monument, covering 135,000 acres of land from the Coachella Valley (sand) to the peak of Mount San Gorgonio (snow).
In addition to the additional acreage and monuments, the bill proposes a number of changes to renewable energy harvest in the region, with new rules detailing how the federal government will establish solar zones, as well as how future transmission lines will transport clean energy without damaging the wilderness. It's a big deal, is the point.
No word yet on when, or even if, the bill will move out of committee.]]>


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I have an entire set of Calphalon cookware, the majority is the hard anodized commercial pieces that came out in the early 80's. I have never had a problem with any of the pieces. I recently purchased a new Calphalon hard anodized 3-1/2 Qt. pot. I was in a hurry one night and I put it in the dishwasher. It came out with this white hazy looking film all over the outside and inside. A green scrubby didn't remove it. Have I ruined my pot?
P.S. I don't think the Calphalon made today is near the quality of the old stuff.


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HP Printer won't cancel document
I like my HP printer but for some reason it will not cancel a document labeled as "PICASA 71.9MB/71 PORT USB001
Or is this a large file and it is taking lots of time to cancel?
Any help will be appreciated.
If you use a Windows PC, you should be able to access a print queue or jobs list starting with Devices and Printers from the Start menu or in Control Panel.
When you open that, double click on the icon that represents your printer and you should see that particular print job listed where you can select and then delete it.
That is what I do and the above is what is listed. I click CANCEL ALL DOCUMENTS and the window says it is deleting but it never is completed.
Is 71.9 MB a large file? Since it is coming from Picasa I am afraid a picture file may have been accidently put in my HP QUEUE.


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Cut potatoes lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
Cut slices into 1/4-inch-wide strips.
Place potato strips in a large bowl.
Drizzle oil over potato strips; toss well.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and toss well.
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Bake at 400° for 35 to 40 minutes or until potato strips are crisp and lightly browned, stirring every 10 minutes.