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"You're spoilin' him rotten!" <by allowing my baby to nurse whenever he's hungry. So bizarre to me!
Lady: "Look at the baby, she is so nice and chunky! She must be a GOOD eater!"
Me: "Oh, she's only five months and she hasn't started solids yet. But yes, she sure does breastfeed a lot!"
Lady: "You mean she doesn't gat any food or formula bottles?"
Me: "None."
Lady: "Well, that's why she's so chunky! She's so hungry! You need to start feeding her food right now or she's going to starve."
Me: ????????
My MIL said something similar to this too. She would ALWAYS ask me if my daughter is "nursing less yet." At 6 weeks she said I needed to start giving her rice cereal because she's not getting enough and that she's starving that's why she's not STTN. Meanwhile I am engorged all the time still and DD is choking because my letdown is so fast. Yup, definitely not getting enough.
Also, not said to me but when my SIL was holding my fussy niece (not her kid, other SIL's kid) she said "Nobody likes a snacker. We need to wait till you are really hungry to give you back to mama." I was thinking :NOOOO!! She's a flipping NEWBORN and other SIL always worried that her milk production was low with her first kid:
That's another thing that baffles me. Only let them on your boob when they are really hungry. No using mama as a binkie or comfort nursing. That's how our bodies produce milk!!
Yes this. Congratulations on your language skills. Sorry baby no more nursing for you. What???
"If you're doing it right, it won't hurt." BULL! I'm not about to get into detail about nursing up to 18 times a day and spending 3 hours a day on the pump for my daughter's first 3 months of life. I was doing everything right, and it hurt like heck those first three months. Bloody nipples and bruised breasts, a little milk vampire, and spending every free moment feeling like a dairy cow... yeah.
"If you're doing it right, it's as effective as birth control in the first 6 months." HAHAHAAHAAAAA! I started my period before my 6 week check-up. (So did my mom, with all of her pregnancies). Generally, if you've got a cycle, you're probably ovulating, and therefore fertile. I am living proof that this is absolutely a myth-- I was conceived while my mother was breastfeeding my older sibling.
Let's not forget, "You have to give her a bottle sometimes, or else she won't bond with her father." LOL wut? She's bonded just fine with all the people who love her! K? thanks!
I'm still occasionally nursing her, and she's 3yo! I could type up three pages of the ignorant stuff people have said about that. "You need to wean her before she's old enough to remember it, or she'll develop boob issues." I'm not exactly sure what "boob issues" are, but I love breasts as much as your average heterosexual male, and I was weaned right around 12 months. I've heard the "boob issues" comment at least half a dozen times.
Yes, that too. I'm like "well, he didn't get to carry baby in his belly for 9 months either."
How much longer are you going to nurse him? You don't want to be nursing a six month old baby. That's a big baby to be nursing. That was said to me when he was four months old. If she only knew, he is still nursing. For this I am grateful (he is four years now).
When my daughter was 5 days old I couldn't get her to stop crying, and my MIL told me that mt milk must have gone bad. ???!
Mama to F (3/09) and S (3/11); and never forgetting my babe gone too soon (4/10).
I have 6 children and nursed each for three years so I've had a bit of experience and have heard things about nursing through three decades. I've heard most of the ones posted but here are a few more:
You need to eat/drink white things to make milk.
Eating tomatoes will poison your milk.
You need to drink beer to make your milk come in.
If you nurse, the weight you gained while you were pregnant will become permanent and you will never be able to lose it.
Nursing your son too long will make him gay.
After giving birth to a 10 lb. baby - doctor says "He will starve if you only BF him." Same doctor 2 weeks later after a 2 pound weight gain "You are overfeeding him. You must be forcing him to nurse." Did he think I was supergluing him to my breast?
A nurse said as I sat in the hospital bed nursing my 2 1/2 year old on one side and my newborn on the other, "You can't do that!"
Well, obviously, I am doing it. lol
It's been an adventure but I don't regret a single second of it.
"Go to sleep in your nursing bra, with a cabbage leaf spread out in each cup. When you wake up, you'll no longer be engorged and in pain."
Silly as it sounded, it was TRUE. (And you know I was miserable, to have tried something that I thought sounded so ridiculous.)
One woman in a house full of men: my soul mate: or... twin sons:(HS seniors) ... step-son: (a sophomore) ... our little man: (a first grader) ... and there is another female in the house, after all: our.
I've heard some doozies over the years.
From a postpartum nurse with DS2 (my first BF child) : "squirt some formula on your nipples so he'll smell the food and know what to do."
From a lady at the WIC office: "He NEEDS milk", when I told her DS2 was allergic to milk and was still breastfeeding and therefore did not require any other kind of milk besides human milk, she said, "I've never heard that before!"
From our old "doctor" (read:idiot): "You need to stop feeding him (DS3) so much!" He was an exclusively breastfed 5 month old baby who was fed on demand...but he was "too big".
I'm sure I have more but that's all my preggo brain will allow me to remember right now.
My daughter was born 6 weeks early and spend some time in the ICN. When a nurse there found out that I was also nursing my 18 month old son (who was over the moon with how much milk there was all of a sudden!) she said "You have to be very careful that he doesn't drink all the milk and there's none left for the baby!" I just looked at her. She paused for a minute and to her credit said "Oh, it doesn't really work that way, does it? Nevermind."
~Don't eat pizza, the baby will have an allergic reaction (????)
~I will have to wash my nipples with anti-bacterial soap
And, not quite on breastfeeding, but...
My mom assumed I would take after the women in her family and have small breasts. Wound up going quite large like my dad's female relatives. So, for much of my teen years, my mom kept talking about how ridiculously huge I would be once I started breastfeeding future babies.
"If you're doing it right, it won't hurt." BULL! I'm not about to get into detail about nursing up to 18 times a day and spending 3 hours a day on the pump for my daughter's first 3 months of life. I was doing everything right, and it hurt like heck those first three months. Bloody nipples and bruised breasts, a little milk vampire, and spending every free moment feeling like a dairy cow... yeah.
"If you're doing it right, it's as effective as birth control in the first 6 months." HAHAHAAHAAAAA! I started my period before my 6 week check-up. (So did my mom, with all of her pregnancies). Generally, if you've got a cycle, you're probably ovulating, and therefore fertile. I am living proof that this is absolutely a myth-- I was conceived while my mother was breastfeeding my older sibling.
Comment on both of these:
I heard the "it won't hurt" too. And, for me, I did exactly what the lactation consultant and the blog instructions said to, and sure enough, it didn't hurt.
I was the ONLY person of all the other new mommies I knew where it didn't hurt. I eventually decided it was more of me being a freak than "doing it right."
On the second one...
Friend bought into the nursing=birth control thing and now has Irish twins.
From a psychiatrist... It's better for a mom who is taking medication not to breastfeed in case there is something wrong with the child later and she will feel guilty for causing it.
Seems even crazier when I write it out.
haha! my aunt told me this same thing. I was a little disturbed. Didn't stop me from breastfeeding dd til she was 3!
Also, a friend of mine said she had only bf one month because nursimg made her so hot that she felt her hot milk would hurt the baby's tummy. And her doctor agreed.
DS1: 2/02 DD: 9/04 DS2: 9/07 and EDD: 11/13
In reference to the post saying her midwife had to stop BFing due to her baby biting: Why assume she did something wrong. Let's not shame people who are unable to bf. Sometimes BFing hurts like hell.
I looked at DH for help and he replied, "Hopefully, never!"
FIL's response was something like "I'm not used to these new ways of doing things."
Right...because BFing is this new invention that all the cool kids are doing these days. ;-)
A friend told me I would have to get rid of my cats because they would attack me for my milk. I couldn't stop laughing. I have to admit though that in my postpartum haze I did look sideways at the cats a few times.
This one wasn't funny at the time but in retrospect was hilarious. I brought my 2 1/2 year old who was still nursing to the E.R. for dehydration from severe nausea and diarrhea. When I explained to the physicians that she was still nursing and that breastmilk was the only thing she could keep down they went in another room to discuss and came back to tell me that they were really concerned as she should really be on solid food by now!
That is pretty funny. I have actually hand pumped for a kitten and not even he showed the least bit interest in my breasts.
Yeah, I couldn't imagine, but the image of it was hilarious in my mind. I love that you pumped for a kitten, probably better than the commercial kitten formula out there.
I love these! I had to join the site just to contribute to this thread.
My grandma was told by her doctor not to even try to breastfeed because she was a redhead and redheads can't nurse.
This same grandma asks me every time I see her if my son is "just nursing" or if I have started him on "real food" yet. He is 2 months old... and the first time she asked me, he was 2 weeks old.
This isn't bad or weird, but I thought it was funny... my 11 year old and 8 year old sons were making a list of their baby brother's favorite things... milk, Mama, his Boppy pillow... when my 11 year old, says, "Hey! We forgot his very favorite thing... boobies!" I love that my older boys are so comfortable with breastfeeding, even though I am the only person they've ever known to do it.
Thats so adorable about your sons!
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The OCP specification for the AMD v2.0 motherboard is a dual AMD G34 socket motherboard (Magny Cours or Interlagos) with 16 DIMM slots (PCB mechanical and motherboard mechanical coming soon). AMD developed their own version of the board, the AMD Open 3.0 modular server, for the AMD Financial Services Open Platform. The OCP Asia-Pacific chapter translated the AMD v2.0 motherboard into Japanese. For CAD files and other specifications, see the AMD Motherboard page.
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The minimalist leather helmet in the old black-and-white photos pretty much says it all.
Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker played sports in a simpler time.
It was, as The Herald-Sun's Steve Wiseman made clear in an obituary for Mr. Parker Thursday, a time when a strapping young athlete could play literally in many arenas.
Mr. Parker was a football star at Duke – indeed, many of his records lasted long after he had gone on to a career in professional football and, ultimately, as a coach back at his alma mater.
But he didn't stop at football. He played baseball at Duke – and later, professionally, hitting a home-run in his first big-league at bat with Philadelphia A's. He also played basketball at Duke.
Even at that, he was scaling back a bit. In high school in Norfolk County, Va., he also played on a state-championship golf team and won the state high jump championship.
Football was the sport in which he stood out. At his death, he was the oldest living member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
He was, incidentally, the second-oldest living baseball player -- Connie Marrero, who played for the Washington Senators in the 1950s, turned 102 in April.
After his playing days ended, Mr. Parker joined Duke's football coaching staff from 1947 until 1965, and coached baseball from 1953 to 1966. Even players' recollections of his coaching style seem to evoke a different era. Jerry McGee, who played football at Duke from 1958-1960, told The Herald-Sun last year, "I remember him saying, 'this is the way you do it, gentlemen."
Finally, it's hard to imagine a coach in this era of no-holds-barred recruiting risking the technique the legendary Wallace Wade rolled out to lure Mr. Parker from his intention to play football for Virginia Tech.
Wade, so the legend goes, told the young athlete that he should go ahead and go to Virginia Tech because he wasn't good enough to play for Duke.
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Those days of lower-key recruiting, multiple sports careers, and yes, leather helmets are long gone, of course, light years away from today's high-pressure, multimillion-dollar, keenly specialized major-college athletics.
Burgeoning fan interest, lucrative television deals and stratospheric coaching salaries all have transformed the game – as have bigger, stronger, ever-more-athletic players. It's tempting to bask in nostalgia, but we suspect that would evoke the old Will Rogers line that things aren't like they used to be, and they never were.
Those leather helmets provided far less protection than today's high-tech headgear. And Mr. Parker and his contemporaries played in facilities and with equipment far more Spartan than today's.
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The black Alpha NEX-3N Mirrorless Digital Camera from Sony has an Exmor APS-C CMOS image sensor with a resolution of 16.1MP and a BIONZ image processor. It accepts Sony E-Mount lenses, including the supplied Power Zoom (PZ) lens, which has an effective focal length of 16-50mm (35mm equivalent: 24-75mm), a maximum aperture of f/3.5-5.6, and both ED and aspherical elements. The lens is retractable and compact, measuring just 3/16" at its shortest length.
The camera also features a large 3.0" LCD screen that has a resolution of 460,800 dots and tilts 180° up. Capture Full HD 1080i video at 60 fps and 1080p video at 24 fps. The NEX-3N is effective in challenging lighting conditions without using the built-in flash, thanks to a wide ISO range of 200-16000 and advanced noise reduction. The camera has an Intelligent AF system and manual focus capability. Auto Object Framing fills the frame with your subject by automatically recognizing the scene and cropping accordingly. Using the Photo Creativity feature, you'll enjoy easy access to Picture Effect settings and controls for Background Defocus, Brightness, Color and Vividness.
- APS-C CMOS Sensor
- The Exmor APS-C HD CMOS image sensor with a resolution of 16.1MP allows for clear, detailed, low-noise shots in dim lighting conditions, often without the use of flash. The sensor has RGB primary color filters. Color space is sRGB standard (with sYCC gamut) and Adobe RGB standard, compatible with TRILUMINOS Color. Capture JPEG (Standard, Fine, Extra Fine), RAW, RAW+JPEG and 3D MPO images
- BIONZ Image Processor
- Chroma noise reduction delivers high-resolution, low-noise photos even at ISO 16000 sensitivity. Long Exposure NR can be turned on or off and is available at shutter speeds longer than 1 sec. High ISO NR has High, Normal and Low modes. The processor also enables up to 4 fps continuous shooting
- Sony E-Mount and A-Mount Lenses
- The camera's Sony E-Mount accepts a broad array of interchangeable lenses, including the supplied 16-50mm (35mm equivalent: 24-75mm) f/3.5-5.6 Power Zoom (PZ) lens. The 16-50mm features a motor zoom lever enabling effortless one-handed operation and smooth zooming--even when shooting self-portraits. Measuring just 3/16" when fully retracted, this compact lens has one ED (extra low-dispersion) element for correcting chromatic aberrations, as well as four aspherical elements for minimizing coma and other types of lens aberrations, even at the widest apertures. The aspherical elements also contribute to the lens' compact design. Additionally, the 16-50mm features Optical Steady Shot image stabilization, which provides the equivalent of four stops of shutter speed compensation for blur-free shooting. You can also use optional Minolta/Konica Maxxum A-mount lenses via the LA-EA1/LA-EA2 adapter (sold separately)
- The camera's monitor features a resolution of 460,800 dots and tilts 180° up. Benefit from the following features: 100% coverage, continuous Live View, Histogram, Peaking with selectable High/Mid/Low/Off level settings and White/Red/Yellow colors, Grid Display (Rule of Thirds, Square Grid, Diagonal + Square Grid, Off), magnified display for playback, customization options for grid / grid line and histogram, real-time image adjustment display, and Auto and Manual brightness control in 5 steps between -2 and +2
- Full HD Video
- Record Full HD 1080i video at 60 fps and 24Mbps or 17Mbps. Capture Full HD 1080p video at 24 fps at the same bit rates. You can also record in HD 1440 x 1080p at 30 fps and 12Mbps, or 640 x 480p at 30 fps and 3Mbps. Capture movies in your choice of the Blu-ray quality AVCHD or PC-friendly MP4 format, and record stereo sound in Dolby Digital (AC-3) or MPEG-4 AAC-LC format to accompany your movies
- Wide ISO Range
- The combination of a broad sensitivity range of 100-16000 (for stills; 100-3200 for videos) and advanced noise reduction allows the NEX-3N to capture clear, detailed images in challenging lighting conditions--without requiring the built-in flash
- Auto and Manual Focus
- The Intelligent AF system uses contrast-detect autofocus and 25 focus points when Multi Point is selected as the focus area. Center-weighted and Flexible Spot are also available. Autofocus modes include Single-shot AF(AF-S), Continuous AF(AF-C) and Auto Focus. Additionally, Manual Focus may be used, and Direct Manual Focus (DMF) allows you to switch quickly between AF and MF while keeping your eyes focused on your subject. Benefit from Predictive control (AF-A, AF-C) and Focus Lock, as well as a built-in LED AF Illuminator with an approximate range of 3.3-9.75". Focus sensitivity ranges from EV 0 to EV 20 (at ISO 100 equivalent, with an f/2.8 lens attached)
- Built-in Flash
- Pop-up flash with pre-flash TTL metering has a guide number of 19.7' (6.0 m) to compensate for dim lighting when the CMOS sensor and high ISO sensitivity alone aren't quite enough to get proper exposure. Offers a coverage angle equivalent to that of a 16mm focal length lens. Recycling time is approximately 3 sec and flash bracketing can be done from -2.0 to +2.0 EV
- Auto Object Framing
- Fills the frame with your subject by automatically recognizing the scene and cropping accordingly. Advancements include two-person portrait capability, Face Detection and Tracking Focus
- Photo Creativity Feature
- Enjoy easy access to most Picture Effect settings and controls for Background Defocus, Brightness, Color and Vividness. Simply activate Photo Creativity, choose the appropriate item, and adjust while viewing in real-time on the LCD. You can also combine settings to achieve different creative results or compensate for difficult lighting
- Picture Effect Modes
- Camera features 11 modes that provide 15 artistic effects you can apply to photos and movies. These include Posterization (Color, B/W), Pop Color, Retro Photo, Partial Color (R,G,B,Y), High Contrast Mono, Toy Camera, Soft High-key, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Mono, and Miniature. View effects in real-time on the LCD screen before you take the shot, so you can experiment with different looks. Please note that the following modes are not displayed in real-time and cannot be applied to movies: HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome, Soft Focus and Miniature
- Creative Style
- Prior to shooting photos or videos, choose from one of six settings - Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset or Black & White (Contrast (-3 to +3 steps), Saturation(-3 to +3steps), Sharpness (-3 to +3steps)) - to help you achieve the desired result
- Superior Auto Mode
- Capture photos and videos easily by letting the camera recognize the current shooting environment and automatically adjust settings for optimal results. Superior Auto also includes Auto HDR and Hand-held Twilight modes; both of these use image compositing technology to handle difficult lighting by recording multiple images at high speed, then combining the best qualities from each image into a single exposure. For Auto HDR (High Dynamic Range), the exposure difference level is 1-6EV in 1EV steps. Hand-held Twilight mode gives you clearer, more detailed nighttime pictures without the use of the flash or a tripod. Six images are captured in a fraction of a second, then combined into a single sharper image with low noise
- Anti-Motion Blur Mode
- Corrects for subject movement to capture clean, sharp images in low light. In this mode, the camera takes 6 shots in a fraction of a second, then combines the data from all 6 to create a single, blur-free image
- Face Detection / Smile Shutter
- You can set the camera to recognize faces and smiles. Face Detection locates up to 8 faces in the frame, then adjusts exposure, white balance and other settings based on these faces. Face Registration and Face Selection are enabled. Smile Shutter, which provides 3 selectable levels for adjustment, automatically takes a photo when smiles in the scene are at their brightest
- Speed Priority Continuous Mode
- Freeze fast-moving subjects by shooting at up to 4 fps. In normal Continuous mode, you can shoot at 2.5 fps. The camera's burst buffer is 9 shots for Standard or Fine JPEG, 5 shots for RAW, and 4 shots for RAW+JPEG
- Panorama Shooting
- Capture still panorama images at a resolution of up to 12,416 x 1856 (23MP), achieved by combining multiple images into a single larger one
- Scene Modes
- Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait, Night View, Handheld Twilight, and Anti Motion Blur
- Exposure
- Modes include iAUTO, Superior Auto, Programmed AE (P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter speed priority (S), Manual (M), Sweep Panorama (Horizontal (Wide/Standard), Vertical (Wide/Standard)) and Scene Selection. Exposure compensation for still images is -3.0 to +3.0 EV, adjustable in 1/3EV steps. For movies, the range is -2.0 to +2.0, with the same 1/3EV increments. Exposure bracketing is also possible via 3 continuous or single shots in 1/3 or 2/3 EV steps. Adjust Color Temperature from 2500 - 9900K in 15-step increments. Magenta/Green compensation (G7 to M7), Amber/Blue (A7 to B7), and Custom available. D-Range Optimizer is available and can be set to Auto, Level or Off. Exposure metering modes include Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot, and 1200-zone evaluative, while metering sensitivity ranges from EV 0 to EV 20 (at ISO 100 equivalent, with an f/2.8 lens attached)
- Shutter
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traveling, focal-plane shutter
- Anti-Slip Grip
- Natural form ensures comfortable handling and makes the camera easy to carry around. Textured grip prevents your hand from slipping, even when shooting one-handed or using very large lenses
- PlayMemories Home Software
- Included PlayMemories Home image management software is easy to use and offers the convenience of automatic installation on your Windows PC. Download photos and movies onto your computer, then view, organize, edit, retouch, print, burn to a disc, share or upload them to social networking sites. Also benefit from the included Image Data Converter Version 4 software
- BRAVIA Sync
- Available via the camera's HDMI port with a compatible BRAVIA HDTV (link menu). PhotoTV HD, too, is available with a BRAVIA Sync-enabled HDTV and HDMI cable
- Battery
- Runs on the Sony lithium-ion Stamina battery, which contains the InfoLITHIUM system that displays the percentage of battery power remaining
- Dust Reduction System
- Anti-dust charge protection coating on low-pass filter and electromagnetic vibration mechanism
- View & Index
- Single (with or without shooting information), RGB histogram and highlight/shadow warning, 4/9-frame index view, Enlarged display mode (L: 13.6x, M: 9.9x, S: 6.8x), Auto Review (10/5/2 sec, Off), Image orientation (On/Off), Slideshow, Panorama scrolling, Folder selection (still), Forward/Rewind (movie), Delete, Protect
- Computer OS Compatibility
Works with the following operating systems:
Windows XP SP3: 64-bit and Starter Editions are not supported. Windows Image Mastering API(IMAPI) Ver.2.0 or later is required in order to use the function for creating discs
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San Antonio police searching for serial Game Stop robber
Man suspected in 3 crimes in last month
SAN ANTONIO - Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,500 for information leading to the arrest of man believed to be responsible for three robberies at Game Stop stores.
The latest robbery occurred Monday afternoon at the Game Stop on the 100 block of Northwest Loop 410.
As in all the robberies, the suspect pulled out a knife and demanded cash.
On Dec. 22, investigators believe the same man robbed the Game Stop at 1803 Vance Jackson around 11:09 a.m.
Police say the man displayed a knife and threatened the manager after customers left the store.
The man took cash and was last seen running East on Freiling.
The first Game Stop hold-up, in which this suspect is accused, happened Friday Dec. 13 around 2:45 p.m. This time, the man pointed a knife at the manager's stomach and demanded the cash register be left open.
Surveillance cameras captured images of the suspect.
Investigators say the man may be in a green Kia or silver or white pickup truck.
Call Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP if you have any information. Tips can be made anonymously.
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Deau - Cognac and Pineau des Charentes
Maison Deau at Gemozac - Cognac and Pineau des Charentes
Maison Deau's cellars are situated near Gemozac in the Charentes, between the town of Cognac and the sea.
This is a long-established family Cognac house, which until recently sold most of its production to one of the major marques in Cognac, but has now decided that it is proud enough of the quality of its products to sell under its own family name.
The quality outstrips that of the better-known brands at a most competitive price!
The domaine (Domaine de Chaillaud) produces fine Cognacs of various ages, including some very ancient vintages.
The domaine also produces PINEAU DES CHARENTES - a delightful blend of unfermented grape juice and fine Cognac, similar in style to the Floc de Gascogne made with Armagnac in Gascogny.- "This cousin of Cognac is the most delicious drink in the world"THE TIMES - Saturday 26 July 2003
Pineau des Charentes is the result of the subtle blending of fresh grape juice selected at harvest time, and Cognac. It can be enjoyed chilled as an aperitif or as a pleasant accompaniment to melon or foie gras etc
The grapes ripen on the soft slopes of the Saintonge (the area around the town of SAINTES) hillsides. They benefit from the microclimate lent by their proximity to the Gironde estuary (intense luminosity and moderate temperature changes).The soils are hot, either of clay-chalk (as in Champagne) or a lean sand-silica filtering type permitting early growth. This blend of Cognac with unfermented Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grape juice is not dissimilar to a light port - good sweet berry flavours.
The domaine also has an impressive Botantical Garden which is well worth a visit even if you are not interested in Cognac or Pineau. There is also a small museum and a tour of the cellars available.- see www.deau.com
Address details:-
Deau SVS, Le Chaillaud, 17260 St André-de-Lidon
Tel:05 46 90 08 10
Fax:05 46 90 04 01
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Aiken County School District administrators have looked at school safety issues for many years, and in the past year, they have explored another layer of safety, Deputy Superintendent David Caver said on Sept. 11.
District staffers have introduced a buzzer/camera system at some schools, and Caver is optimistic that all County schools will have that equipment by the Christmas holiday.
"Our places have done things where they could see the outside," he said. "With the camera and buzzer, this will standardize it. The folks in the offices can stay at their desks or move (the equipment) desk to desk."
Aiken High School began using the new system on Sept. 10. Principal Garen Cofer said he was concerned that the parents who arrived at the entrance would consider it inconvenient.
"Yet the number of compliments we got for having that system was incredible," Cofer said. "They said it was great, and we're pleased when the community sees that safety is first and foremost for us."
He and Caver readily acknowledged that Aiken High is spread out and has many other accessible doors. The North campus actually was the separate North Aiken Elementary School before a new school opened in 1999.
"If funds become available, we would like to do something with those buildings," Cofer said. "But we have to start somewhere."
Only a small number of students use the front entrance at Aiken High. The rest enter at other locations, but all have teachers or staff members on duty, Cofer said.
The School District is providing the funding through its facilities/maintenance account, Caver said. The main entrances are the first priorities for now.
The newest schools in the District – Mossy Creek Elementary School in North Augusta and Byrd Elementary School in Graniteville – were designed with safety in mind.
The other schools "have their own individual challenges," he said. "We look at it in that regard, and we'll be looking at other things down the road – anything we can do to make our school campuses more secure."
South Aiken High School started using the buzzer/camera equipment when school started last month, said Principal Bryan Skipper. The facility had created some other safety systems previously at the main entrance.
Large numbers of students enter the main entrance at the beginning and end of school. The doors are locked at other times, Skipper said. The only entry at all is the far left door, and visitors must go through the front office. The other doors go to a second set of doors inside as an additional security aspect.
Senior writer Rob Novit is the Aiken Standard's education reporter and has been with the newspaper since September 2001. He is a native of Walterboro and majored in journalism at the University of Georgia.
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Lal Qila which is known in English language "the red fort" was built in Delhi at 17th century. It is constructed by the Mughal emperor shah jahan as the residence of the royal family. Beside that this Qila was the palace for the new capital of the shah jahan. It is located with the river Yamuna and surrounded the walls on it. When it was constructed by the shah jahan it named the "Qila Mubarak" because its construction began start on the 13th may 1638 in the month of Muharam. The purpose of its construction was the Royal family. There are some things in its construction for example Dewaan-e-Aalam, Dewaan-e-Khaas, Moti Masjid, Zanaan Khaana and Hyatt baksh bagh. They are all constructed for some special purposes like that
Dewaan-e-Aalam it was constructed that all the people shall gathered there and they shall told their problems, complains and pleases to the Mughal emperor and he will judge them.
Dewaan-e-Khaas it was constructed inside Lal Qila for the entire royal people for example the emperors of different countries, special guests and special personalities shall meeting there and shall stay there.
Zanaan Khaanait was the special for the women.
Moti Masjidit was prayer place which's measurement is 12×9 meter and height is 8 meter.
Hayaat baksh bagh (Life best owning garden) it was constructed for the enjoyment of the royal family.
There are many changing held in the Lal Qila after the Mughal emperor and some are continued. The marble inlay flowers have been removed, marble windows were changed in glass windows and hamams and mosques were close for the public. Now it is using only as a public property park and as a visiting place. On every 15 august it is lighted (India Independence Day) and the president of the India hoists the flag of India, he also speech there. Beside that every evening it is lighted and musical program is held here. You will see many tea shops and restaurant s there.


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The two Johns - Travolta and "Die Hard" director McTiernan team up for the first time to make an action thriller featuring American dirty tricks. He plays a maverick government investigator called in to interrogate the survivor of a mystery massacre of what appears to be a rogue bunch of US soldiers in the Panamanian jungle. Intrigue and big bangs in equal measure.
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Quentin Tarantino's leg-up to John Travolta's ailing career may have restored faith in Hollywood humanity but after seeing this you rather wish he hadn't bothered.
Since his Lazarus routine courtesy of Pulp Fiction, Travolta second time around is beginning to morph into a bloated parody of himself thanks to a succession of self-satisfied roles.
OK, Get Shorty, Face/Off and The Thin Red Line were decent offerings by anybody's reckoning...but then along came Battlefield Earth, Domestic Disturbance and the over-stylised Swordfish.
While his critical stock continues to sink his pay demands escalate almost as wildly as his weight fluctuates.
McTiernan, who memorably directed the Die Hard series, does Travolta no favours by casting him as a maverick DEA renegade called in to interrogate the survivor of a mystery massacre.
Tough-as-nails army instructor Sgt Nathan West (Jackson) and six recruits have failed to return from a training mission into the Panamanian jungle.
On a search-and-rescue mission, army officers witness three of his soldiers taking potshots at one another but manage to evacuate one rookie from the carnage.
When greenhorn interrogator Julia Osborne (Nielsen) fails to find out what happened, a gurning Travolta is called in by his old boss Tim Daly to get to the bottom of it.
A series of flashbacks attempts to illustrate what happened that fateful night...but McTiernan has sacrificed character development for cheap intrigue.
It appears a rogue bunch of soldiers may have something to do with it and there's more conspiracy theories flying around than the AGM of Friends of The Matrix.
Thumping sound affects practically drown out the dialogue, which doesn't make much sense when you get to hear it, while the characters are so paper thing they'd blow over in a slight breeze.
To make matters worse, every hole in an already leaky plot is plugged by a denouement which carries with it all the surprise of finding you haven't won the Readers' Digest Prize Draw.
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|Urology Department
The Department of Urology provides treatment for urolithiasis (urinary stone disease, USD), congenital malformations and injuries of the urogenital system organs, oncourological diseases, purulent – inflammatory processes in the urogenital system, non-malignant hyperplasia of the prostate (NHP), urogenital pathology, male infertility and erectile dysfunctions.
Physicians of the Department carry out the treatment up to the International Standards according to the European and Armenian Urological Associations protocols.
Clinical Service:
1. Reconstructive surgery for the urinary system and male genital organs
2. Endoscopic surgical procedures
3. Percutaneous operative procedures
4. Laparoscopic surgery
5. Minimally invasive and non-invasive procedures (sclerotherapy, remote lithotripsy)
6. Conservative therapy of the urological diseases
7. Outpatient surgical procedures.
Our clinic is a pioneer in the adoption of the minimally invasive and low-traumatic surgical procedures: transurethral resection (TUR), optical urethrotomy, uretherorenoscopy (URS), percutaneous kidney surgery, laparoscopy and retroperitoneoscopy in urology, sclerotherapy of varicocele, contact and remote lithotripsy. Shock-wave lithotripsy performs on the second generation lithotripter NOVA of DIREX SYSTEMS firm. The traditional surgery rate in non-malignant prostate hyperplasia (NMPH) and urinary stone disease (USD) is minimized. Outpatient surgical activity is adopted. The Urology Clinic has 20 inpatient beds located in the single- and double rooms and three first-class rooms.
The Urology Clinic is affiliated to the Department of Urology at the National Institute of Health, MH RA.
Professor Ivan G. Aghajanyan, M.D., the Head of the Department,
President and founder of the Armenian Association of Urology (AAU), a Full Member of the Academy of Surgical and Medical Science of Armenia and the International Federation of Surgical Academies, a Foreign Member of the AMS of Georgia, Academician of the AMTS and ANS of Russia, Active Member of the European Association of Urology, Corresponding member of the American Urological Association, Honored Member of the Georgian Urological Association.
The urologists of the Department are the Members of the Armenian and European Associations of Urology.


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Discussion in 'Korean Players Abroad' started by Seol Korea, Jul 26, 2012.
Stupid SOB talking like its something to be proud of.
This and this.
Got an idea for any Cardiff City fans lurking here on a nickname for KBK:
Don't be a retard and sing songs about eating dogs. It's the equivalent to the English singing songs about you fornicating with sheep.
Well, best of luck to him at Cardiff. I'm confident he'll make a positive impact.
Hopefully I'm not parroting too much whats in the korean article. But it sounds like he wanted to stick to his word after picking Cardiff because the EPL club came in after he had done so. Now as for his stupid agent for forcing him to pick so early...
Well hurry up and do it already. Apart from that one cross that KJC fluffed wide he didn't really put his stamp on the Mexico game at all.
He's been quiet the last two games. The only times I even noticed he was playing was the cross you described and someone (Ki?) played him on from a quick counter off a Mexico corner. Could of done a bit better but didn't get the call after being dragged down. He might have had to slow down a step to connect to the pass letting the defenders catch up.
The KBK affair will be interesting to see how effective, if at all, the EPL-thru-Championship route will be for a KPA.
Cardiff City have signed 22-year-old South Korea midfielder Kim Bo-kyung on a three-year deal from Japanese club Cerezo Osaka for £2.4million.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2180062/Cardiff-sign-Kim-Bo-kyung.html#ixzz21zd7C3r0
The earlier article I posted said it was a 4 yr deal
I'm surprised there is no further gnashing of teeth after KBK's sweet goal today.
Oh there was plenty from Korean netizens.
I'm more surprised of the love PJY is getting from Korean netizens. Although, Korean netizens are a bit like BSK's mudang. Serious Jerkyll and Hyde.
hey.. hey ... PCY love/hate I told you .. so right now .. I really love him.
haha I know. Dr Jerkyll and Dr Hyde. I like your Jerkyll side a lot more
i gotta admit, when i saw kbk's goal, once all the euphoria wore off, i thought, man, that could've led to some great offers. that was just an incredibly well taken goal
We know KBK's got the skills, but I have to admit that besides his goal, he's been pretty invisible.
Perhaps a year in the Championship with guaranteed playing time will be a good way to unleash the animal in him.
As a cardiff fan i was well happy watching kimbo yesterday. He seems to have all the tools to become a top player. His use of the ball was excellent and technically he looks very good. my one doubt about him after watching south korea's first two games is the lad's belief in his own ability.
In the first game there were two free kicks on the edge of the box which were perfect for a left footer to take but both times he left them for the arsenal lad (and i could have told you twice that a right footer was never gonna trouble the keeper from there).
And yesterday as well he just doesnt seem to demand the ball enough.
I just want to say, contrary to what some of you think, i dont believe he'll get lost in the championship, but i truly think it's the perfect platform for him to flourish, playing with the likes of peter whittingham (who was regarded by many neutrals as the best player in the championship last year) Jordon Mutch and possibly craig bellamy and a few others.
I think being one of the focal points of a championship team will help kimbo more than being just another player in a premier league team at this present time.
Normally Kim takes those FKs. But he's lost form and focus quite a bit prior to this tournament. I think it's from the distraction of the transfer move itself...
He was badly missing those during our friendlies leading up to the Olympics. And he was not hitting his corners properly. Hence why he was taken off both the inswingers from the right as well as the left footed set pieces.
Although that angle does not favour a right footer, Park has scored plenty from that angle in the senior set up.
Normally, he does demand the ball quite a bit. I think it's equal parts lack of form and nerves. His first touch has been poor until the second half of yesterday's match. That's uncharacteristic and definitely shows his nerves imo...
We took a very experienced front line and midfield to this Olympics. It's taking him a bit longer as one of the less experienced/capped footballers on the pitch to settle his nerves and not defer to those around him.
Hopefully he gets his act together. If he medals in this Olympics and earns a military exemption, his transfer value will instantly double for Cardiff City overnight.
Thanks for the response, I wasn't aware that his form has dipped recently as asian football doesnt get much exposure over here.
Hopefully his goal yesterday will boost his confidence and help korea do well in the rest of the tournament.
Like i've said in my previous posts, i'm sure the lad will do well at cardiff and i believe he's in good hands with malky mackay as his manager.
Assuming Swansea stay up next season and Cardiff get promoted it will be weird seeing two Welsh teams in the EPL.
KIM Bo-kyung, Cardiff City's newest signing, is being tipped by a South Korean team-mate to be a major hit in Championship football.The £2m winger fired Korea's winner in their 2-1 Olympic success against Switzerland and team-mate Ki Sung-yueng, who plays club football for Celtic, says: "Bo-kyung is one of our aces – I believe he will be a success for Cardiff."Kim signed a three-year contract with the Bluebirds only a few days before his Olympic match-winning moment for his country."He is a very good player and one of the aces of the squad," said Ki. "I have a strong belief in him. He is smart enough and good enough to play well in English football."The only thing he needs to consider is the cultural differences. The circumstances are quite different here when you compare them to Korea."Take a look at his goal hereKim hit form for Korea after struggling to produce his best in recent internationals, but team coach Hong Myung-Bo insists his faith in the midfield player has never wavered, saying: "He is an important player for us and I trust him."Kim is City manager Malky Mackay's fourth signing of the summer, following Jordon Mutch, Etien Velikonja and goalkeeper Joe Lewis, and there are three, maybe four, to come between now and the end of this transfer window at the end of August.Mackay wants another defender to increase competition in the back four, while a winger and a forward are on his wanted list."We will have to be patient and wait for the right players to become available," says Mackay, who may have to wait until other clubs, probably at Premier League level, strengthen their squads before he is able to move.There is little doubt Mackay would also love to add Welshman Craig Bellamy to his squad for the new season, but that depends on talks between the player and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. With Bellamy playing for Great Britain in the Olympics and Liverpool on their pre-season tour in the USA there is unlikely to be any progress on Bellamy's situation for the next week or so at least. Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-football/2012/07/31/kim-bo-kyung-tipped-to-be-major-star-for-cardiff-city-91466-31509361/#ixzz22B9tg0vN
as expected, takes #13
Cause of the PJS comparison?
cause only 9 and 13 were available and 13 is more suited for him. 10 and 7 were taken.
Maybe the PJS comparison is another reason..
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Cracked Tailbone
Important facts about a cracked tailbone
There are plenty of causes for tailbone pain, and a cracked tailbone is one of the more serious ones. The first thing you should consider when trying to figure out if you have a cracked tailbone is whether there was any trauma to the area. There are very few cases in which a cracked tailbone is caused by anything other than trauma, but it is possible for a cracked tailbone to occur during childbirth. It's very important that you explain to the doctor how the trauma occurred and when it happened.
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Healing a cracked tailbone can be a bit tricky. After all, it's the bone you sit on all day long. Dealing with a cracked tailbone can be very painful, so you will probably want to use a pack of ice on the area for the first three to five days after the injury. Apply the ice for about 20 minutes, and then spend 20 minutes without it. This will reduce the swelling and numb the area.
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Arts festival kicks off
The city's annual Festival of the Arts will ensure that March is full of art-related events. A free kickoff ceremony is Saturday at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Those who attend can enjoy short films from the Edgeworks 2005 Independent Film Festival, music by Tejano singer Lisa Mar and dancing by local ballet, Irish and folklorico companies.
Whether you enjoy a night out at the theater with performances of the play "Anton in Show Business" today, Saturday and Sunday or a serenade with Spring Sing 2006 featuring the Sparkling City Chorus of Sweet Adelines International Tuesday, one of the events is sure to tickle your fancy. Information: 883-0639 or www.ccfestivalarts.org
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- March 3-5 "Anton in Show Business"
- March 4 "Tartuffe," 17th century playwright Molieres
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- March 9-11 "Tartuffe"
- March 11 "Falling in Love," a short play by Nephtali de Leon
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display through March 31
- March 3-19 Museum of Hispanic Culture exhibit
- March 3-31 Women and Tribals of India
- March 4-18 Chicano Valentine and Art Exhibit
- March 9 Oso Bay Biennial Art Night
- March 10 Chicano Valentine and Art Exhibit (artists reception)
- March 4 Ballet Nacional performance
- March 6 Spring Time Spectacular 2006
- March 13, 15 Ballet Nacional Open House
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Comments Off on The Most Spectacular Christmas Trees, Compared | Posted by Alex O'Neal on November 30, 2010
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Rockefeller Center switched on its towering holiday gift to New York: a 74-foot spruce draped with 30,000 lights and 5 miles of wire. But New York's tree is not actually the biggest or the brightest on the block.
If you're looking for the tallest tree in America, visit Phoenix. Looking for the heaviest? Hitch a ride on over to San Francisco. Well surely, the brightest tree must be in the Big Apple, right? Nuh uh: Salt Lake City. In fact, despite its undeniably awesomeness, the only superlative that New York's Norway Spruce can rightfully own is that it uses the most electricity. Click on the image above for a supersized, super-in-depth view of the Nation's most favored pines.


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It was announced yesterday that Federal Communications Commission member Meredith Atwell Baker would be leaving next month to join Comcast as a lobbyist. She voted in favor of Comcast's merger with NBC Universal in January. While she cannot lobby the FCC for two years, she will be able to lobby Congress from day one.
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Raw Vegan Smoked Salmon and Scallion Cashew Cheese Cucumber Rolls (Aux Vivres Végé-Lox)
I wasn't going to join in…
But then I saw this article co-authored by one of my former classmates debunking Dr Oz. I may have done a little cheer and a happy dance. I couldn't keep quiet. Please read it and tell me what you think.
It seems like the new year ushers in the applause for "healthy" fasts and diets. I condone a balanced diet but not starvation. I don't believe in miracle foods. While I tried a sweetener-free challenge last month, I am back to eating fruits and chocolate. Fruits are filled with vitamins, anti-oxidants and fiber and too good to pass up.
I am certainly not doing a juice cleanse. I was gifted my grandmother's juicer, but have only made juice a handful of times so far. I juice because I like the taste of fresh juice. Proponents of juice cleanses focus on the increased consumption of vegetables (more than one could eat in their raw form), lack of fibre and a way to detox your body and lose weight. If you are not one to eat vegetables and enjoy juice, then yes, this could be a way to consume more nutrients found in vegetables but it does not replace eating whole vegetables. If you are healthy, there is no evidence that your liver, kidney or stomach needs a rest to assist removal of toxins. The higher glycemic index of juice (without fibre) may actually cause one to gain weight.
There is evidence, though, that vegan diets (moreso than vegetarian diets) protect against cancer. A study in BMJ from earlier this summer suggests that low carb/high protein diets are associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events, mainly exacerbated by those consuming animal protein. I recently added a link to Vegan Health on my side bar which has a lot of good information about nutrition advice for vegans, including supplementation (gotta get the vitamin B12), especially if consuming a raw food diet.
In any case, for those of you with a leftover juice pulp otherwise destined for the compost, or those with an excess of carrots, or those who rave about Aux Vivres' raw smoked salmon, this dish is for you.
My last visit to Montreal had me visiting the vegan restaurant for a second time. I have recreated their delicious Macro Bowl with tempeh, greens and a miso-tahini sauce, but also wanted to recreate their raw smoked salmon, or végé-lox as they call it. Made with carrot pulp and seasoned with red onion, parsley, dulse and liquid smoke, it is a delicious spread combined with their tofu cream cheese and capers. I used shallots and dill and added capers directly into the spread for a different twist. Instead of tofu, I went all raw with a scallion cashew cheese rolled into a light cucumber roll.
If you want something more sweet for your carrot juice pulp, I highly recommend these raw carrot cupcakes. What is your take on juice fasts? On miracle weight-loss products?
Any favourite recipes for juice pulp?
This is my submission to this week's Raw Foods Thursday.
Raw Sea and Sprouts Soup or Salad (Sunflower Sprout, Apple and Dulse Soup)
Eating two heads of lettuce may seem trivial to some. In fact, for me, it probably isn't much of a stretch to munch through…. of course, I never really have an empty fridge, so in addition to the new lettuce, I also had some spinach and beet greens to munch through first, and a bit of mixed greens, too. I also asked Rob to pick up some sunflower sprouts to spruce up some of my salads. Instead of coming home with a small packet of sprouts, he opted for the massive 1 lb bag of sprouts. Sprouts are light, trust me, it is a lot of sprouts! Why so many sprouts? They were 75% off! Priced to sell and for me to eat quickly!
While cooking greens is an easy way to eat lots of them and to extend their shelf life, I wanted to savour the glory of the sprouts. Unlike most bloggers, I have yet to succumb to the Green Monster breakfast smoothies. I have gobbled down breakfast smoothies in the past, and have thrown in some greens for good measure, but I keep returning to my easy chocolate protein power oats and berries instead.
What to do? Eat it for dinner! Make soup! Raw soup! A blended salad!
With 2 new raw cookbooks from the library, I have become very curious about some of the simpler raw dishes. Raw soups are among them, which seem like a glorious medley of vegetables and flavours. While I am no virgin to raw soups (remember that mango gazpacho?), the difference between juice, smoothie and soup always runs through my head. Plus, raw soups can easily be done wrong if your vegetables are not fresh, if you add too much or too little water or if your blender is not up to snuff. (This is definitely where the Vitamix excels because who wants a lumpy soup?)
Even though I drank it in a glass, this wasn't a juice. It was a creamy pureed soup. The soup was only warmed by the blender, a welcome change during the recent heat wave and the biggest difference from traditional soups.
The sprouts are whizzed to make a lovely sweet green backdrop, sweetened by an apple, with depth added from lemon juice and dulse granules. The nuts and avocado add the protein and fat to make this a satisfying and filling soup and make it quite luscious. Not one to always like pureed soups, I really appreciated the fresh nature of this brew. With a side salad, it was a great meal.
Raw soups have also been dubbed as blended salads, so for those that don't have a high-speed blender, instead of making a lumpy soup, consider eating this as a salad instead! Eating all the sprouts can feel like you've turned into an animal (does anyone else feel like that with lots of sprouts?), so maybe try substituting some of the sprouts for mixed greens.
This is my submission to this week's Summer Salad Sundays, to this week's Wellness Weekend, to Cookbooks Sundays and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad with Lime and Cilantro (Whole Foods Detox Salad)
Although I loved my foodie adventures in Colombia, eating away from home had me craving some serious salads upon my return. And a bath, a nice, long bubble bath. Withdrawing slowly from the plentiful tropical fruits and reintroducing my favourite vegetables. With a quick trip to the grocery store under my belt, I was able to fix my salad cravings.
While I don't believe in detoxes, this is a spin off of Whole Food's Detox Salad. Like my Raw Thai Pineapple Parsnip Rice Salad, broccoli and cauliflower form the vegetable base that is pulsed into small pieces. Grated carrots add more vegetables and a lovely orange! Currants confer sweetness, sunflower seeds supply crunch and protein and while the original salad uses a lemon-parsley dressing, I went with a cilantro-lime route instead. The other twist in the dressing comes from dulse granules. Whole Foods uses kelp granules, but I had dulse, another kind of seaweed, so I used that instead. This salad needs to be marinated for best flavours, and keeps really well as leftovers.
This is my submission to this week's Summer Salad Sundays, to this week's Healthy Vegan Friday, Virtual Vegan Potluck to this week's Weekend Wellness and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Chickpea and Edamame Beans with Watercress and Shiitake Mushrooms
Sometimes greens go on sale, so when T&T had 2 bunches of watercress on sale for 88 cents, I figured I had nothing to lose by trying a new green. I didn't even know what I wanted to make, but I knew it would come to me.
Of course, greens can easily be interchanged. Baby spinach may be sweeter, but Swiss chard could work as well. Want something with more bite? Add arugula. Want something with an even stronger peppery snap? Try watercress!
I love Japanese food because it highlights simplicity while balancing all the major tastes (bitter, sour, sweet, hot, salty, and delicate). While most of the Japanese dishes I make play more on the sweet side, I loved the change of pace with this more earthy stir-fry.
Adapted from ExtraVeganZa, I fooled around with the veggies, but the essence of the dish was the same. I swapped watercress for the spinach, used more shiitake mushrooms and edamame beans, and added in snow peas. The primary flavours were ginger as well as the earthy-flavour from the dulse (a kind of seaweed).
My only initial complaint was from the cornstarch, because I don't really like it. It was more noticeable when the dish was eaten fresh, less so as leftovers. I found it important to deglaze the pan, although next time I would omit it and deglaze with less liquid. Otherwise, it was fine as leftovers. :)
Not sure watercress will make it into my backyard garden, though, as it doesn't seem to be suitable without lots of water!
This is being submitted to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Lynne from Cafe Lynnylu.