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Kiwibank says default scheme should be dumped and financial literacy encouraged.
Default provider arrangements for KiwiSaver do not encourage financial literacy and should be ditched, says state-owned Kiwibank.
Those who are automatically enrolled in KiwiSaver and do not choose a scheme are randomly placed into one of six default schemes.
But the contracts for the providers running those schemes is due to run out in July next year and the Government has asked for feedback on what changes, if any, it should make.
Kiwibank, which is not a default scheme provider, stated in its submission that the structure allowed new members to slip into a default product, allowing them to never actively engage in their retirement savings and investment future.
"This means that a high percentage of default members will have little or no understanding of retirement investing and engagement in their financial future.
"The current arrangements should be replaced with a structure which promotes engagement and builds financial literacy," it said.
The bank was also concerned the structure commercially benefited a select number of providers, resulting in an uneven playing field for others and that default providers were not required to do enough to promote financial literacy despite being in a privileged situation.
But rival KiwiSaver providers ASB and Onepath, who have default schemes, said there should be no change to the status quo because it was working well.
"Change introduces more cost, more monitoring, more reporting and, from a consumer perspective, ongoing uncertainty. Ongoing change results in less confidence and trust in the KiwiSaver regime and should be avoided unless needed to fix an identified issue," ASB said.
The discussion document also questioned whether the default schemes should remain conservative portfolios or move to either a lifecycle or target dated form.
Lifecycle schemes automatically place someone in a fund based on their age with younger people in higher risk growth portfolios and older people in less riskier, more conservative portfolios. The scheme then adjusts as a person gets older.
Target dated funds become more conservative over time as they reach the target date - usually retirement.
The government says the default schemes were designed as a low-risk place for people to temporarily park their money while they decided what investment risk to take on.
But there is widespread concern that too many young people are in conservative default funds which could mean they don't grow their investment enough for retirement.
Of the 740,000 KiwiSaver members placed in the default schemes, 60 per cent are still there, half having been in for three years or longer.
A large number of submitters opposed the change from a conservative portfolio, saying the default option should remain focused on capital preservation.


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#1 Mon 01 Nov 10 11:50pm
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Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I wanted to know what help there is out there, or what can be done in the food industry to help those with Selective Eating Disorder.
I am 27 - I haven't eaten one piece of fruit since I was 5 - infact when I was 5 I suffered a change in environment and found that food offered me something to control. I stopped eating everything apart from peanut butter on toast for 2 years. Since then other foods have been allowed into my diet, but texture, smell can be so important. For example - I tried to eat some grapes, 1 a day to see if I could try and eat one fruit! I was gagging the whole time over the texture. I don't eat onions, peppers, chillis, tomatoes, salad, fruit or most meats and fish - in fact my diet has been constant junk food or bland.
I recently started making Jamie's 30 minute meals - I love cooking and will even cook the meals I don't eat (yes without even tasting them) - my diet has not affected my health in the sense that I am lean, rarely ill and full of energy, however, a couple of years ago I did suffer from B12 deficiency and now take vitamins. I desperatly need to know if there is a way someone can create meals that are not bland, but could help fussy eaters eat better. What can someone do about being a fussy eater? Is there a way to appraoch the issues around the eating disorder to help people allow and introduce new foods (i.e. textures, smells).
My family have all been good cooks, and eat anything, I hsaw psychiatrists as a child who recommended my mother stop force feeding me and give me more of what I wanted. Often its caused by upset, abuse and problems within childhood. As a psychologist I also have learnt that eating disorders are often related to sexual issues, since the mouth plays some part in the unconscious and sex. Still - little is know and there appears to be little real help out there. I am interested to know more about what specialists in food and in eating healthy and diet can offer to help.
Sorry this is a long message and I'm not sure if in correct area, but I have discovered the amount of fussy eaters in the UK alone is not small! There are many of us, and I admire what Jamie cooks and does to ask.
#2 Tue 02 Nov 10 2:09am
- Forum super champ Occupation Chief cook and bottle washer
- From Northern California
- Member since Sat 10 Feb 07
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I hope you are able to get some help as this is a very big issue for you. I must say, though, that I don't buy into your Freudian explanation for not liking food. How many sexual hangups could you have had at age 5? Still, I hope you'll seek help from another doctor. Best of luck.
#3 Tue 02 Nov 10 3:44am
Miss GlutenFree
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- Member since Sun 14 Mar 10
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
Wow, that is a fair list of foods that you don't like! How about you list things that you do like so we can make a few suggestions of recipe ideas? Also if there is a particular texture that you object to....
I don't like tomatoes but find that if I use a pasta sauce that is too tomatoey I add a teaspoon of sugar and some salt & pepper to balance out the flavour.
#4 Tue 02 Nov 10 4:09am
- Member Occupation Kitchen Manager/Drummer
- From Eastern Ontario, Canada
- Member since Thu 14 Oct 10
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
If it is just a question of getting nutrients into you, I suggest you try smoothies. The possibilities are endless and you can pretty much add whatever fruit, veg, nut products you like. I have spinach almost everyday in my smoothie. About 80% of the drink is fruit, so that makes up the predominant flavor. A typical blender meal for me would have two or three servings of fruit, one serving of leafy greens, I usually add some ground flax seed for the omega 3's and fibre, toss some vanilla whey protein in there, then I add some skim milk, soy milk or coconut water, and that is one healthy, low fat meal. Usually about 12 ounces or more. It fills me up for a few hours..I am pretty busy at work and have no time to sit and have a meal..
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#5 Tue 02 Nov 10 4:10am
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- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
Have a look at this thread Mytimusica and see if there are ideas you could try on yourself!
Good luck!
#6 Tue 02 Nov 10 4:37am
- Member Occupation Geek by trade
- From Minnesota
- Member since Tue 02 Nov 10
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I understand some of what you are saying. I have food issues, at times they have been fairly serious.
I believe self-awareness is the key.
For several years I only ate a few things. Salmon, Greek olive hummus, California rolls, zucchini, eggplant and steel cut oats. Seasonings and condiments were OK. The thought of most food made me nauseous. I couldn't eat over anyone's house or eat out.
I spent a lot of time thinking and I came to the realization that I need control of my food. The idea of food production issues and animal treatment and food shortages made everything unappetizing.
I'm now on a mostly vegetarian diet and pay close attention to where my food is coming from and how it's processed. Generally, no meat, no dairy, nothing fried. Those foods still really bother me most of the time. I can eat meat if it's from local farms or wild caught game. If I can't verify where it comes from my mind goes directly to a feed lot and sets off my gag reflex. Cows milk is for baby cows, and the rennet in cheese sets me on edge. Fried food, well, what can I say, it's fried.
If you look back into your training, one thing you may remember is that repeating negative patterns is non-productive. Try to find the actual issue (you don't like fruit and other foods). Identify the behaviours (refusal to try, gagging, deprivation). Find the patterns (long periods of deprivation, expected failure). Then find a way to change.
Sticking with fruits here, I suggest trying new fruits. You already know you don't like grapes and have had bad experiences with them. Don't keep doing the same thing over and over. Try a starfruit, or a kumquat. Something you don't already have a negative association with. Change how things are prepared. Don't just cut up a pear, poach it and drizzle with sauce. Changing cooking methods change textures and smells.
Although I am not a doctor, I agree with the psychiatrist, but believe that was half of the message. With children, you don't force feed, that can set up a negative relationship with food. You provide one thing they like and offer others. When my kids were little we had dinner with all items in serving bowls. If they wanted to eat all the green beans, I wouldn't force them to eat anything else. However, they would see the family choosing and enjoying other foods at the same meal. All the food was there and they were able to serve themselves, they never had to ask for anything on the table. That gives a lot of control to a child.
Also as far as the sexual issues. Unless you have them and can identify them, I wouldn't put too much thought into that idea. From what I have seen, when food and sexual issues are combined, you have a serious if not lethal combination. I am by no means belittling what you are experiencing, I just want you to be aware that for the majority of people with food issues, the two are not combined. It is completely normal to have one without the other.
Wow, I can ramble!
So, what I would suggest is to stop self-treating. You have recognized this as a problem, admitted that you are unable to change as of yet and looking for ideas to facilitate change. Find a therapist who specializes in eating disorders and make an appointment. You've already done the hard part now you just need to be guided toward the change you seek.
#7 Tue 02 Nov 10 4:49am
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- From Darwin, Australia
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Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I do think this needs the help of trained specialists, rather than well-meaning strangers like us. So I hope you are getting specialist help.
I have heard of childhood experiences affecting people's eating habits before, but have also heard that the problems can be surmounted with combined psychiatric and dietary help.
How healthy you feel at the moment may depend on how old you are. If you are younger than middle age, you are probably not feeling or showing the nutrient deficiencies and imbalances yet, but as you get older, your body is unlikely to cope so well.
Here's one more idea of an approach to take.
I used not to like olive oil, and it made me physically gag. But then my ex-husband complained that the Italian food I cooked didn't taste right. And I also decided that olive oil was one of the healthiest fats I could cook with, so I must learn to like it. I started not by just following recipes with it in, but by only adding a small amount, along with the fat I usually cooked with (butter or sunflower oil). Over time, I gradually increased the amount of olive oil I used, and eventually could cook only with it. Now I like it in cooking and salad dressings. I still don't like to dip a piece of bread in it and eat it; and I don't like mayonnaise made with it. But I've learnt to like it and it's good for me.
Maybe you could do the same kind of thing. Keep cooking what you've been cooking for yourself. But gradually just add tiny bits, and then slightly larger bits, of the foods you don't like. Don't try to force yourself to eat a plain grape, but chop a few grapes or other fruit up and add them to your yoghurt or a smoothie (as Roch-Maurice suggests). Then, as you come to tolerate them, gradually increase the amount you add. Add just a little minced meat, or tomato, to your pasta or rice or bread, and gradually increase that. Etc.
As Miss GlutenFree says, it would be helpful if you posted a list of what ingredients you do like.
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#8 Tue 02 Nov 10 11:41am
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Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
Thank you all for getting back
JoyYamDaisy - that's a cool link you sent and nice meal too! I'll probably live on that for a month! ha
SonomaEddie - I'm not saying that its all due to sexual issue, I saw a Cognitive Therapist who explained that in my circumstances (I had been moved to Germany, bullied in the schools, isolated, parents divorced, and yes I had been sexually assaulted) was more likely connected with OCD - to stop eating foods that could cause something bad to happen. There are so many reasons why children and adults become fussy eaters - others have suggested that it can even be sensitive or indifferent taste buds. Either way knowing the issue, there are no specialists that can actually help "cure" Selective Eating Disorder since its such a new psychology.
What I am hoping is that those of you who know food, will maybe know ways of approaching food to overcome textures and so on - last night I cooked Jamie's chicken pie with the smashed carrots, French peas and the fruit creme desert. My family loved it and I ate all of the main meal - with the desert I tried eating a raspberry and a blueberry - the discovery is that because its been so many years, and these fruits I have never eaten or tasted - its a shock to the mouth and taste buds - I had a seed stuck in my tooth, it tasted sour to me. Horrible but I tried.
Miss GlutenFree & others - The foods I like are: Potatoes (any kind), chicken, pasta, creme, all dairy, duck, streaky bacon, I'll eat most traditional vedge (carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, Sprouts) but they have to be super soft almost mushy. I'll only eat sausages if there are no bits in it, I'll even eat Butter Chicken curry if the sauce is smooth, Bread, mushrooms, garlic, crisps and chocolate I have issue with bits - texture - I will drink fruit drinks like orange juice (if there are no bits) I have discovered innocent smoothies (expensive) - they are smooth and no bits. Spice I have to go easy on since a small amount of spice (like a butter chicken curry) will blow my head off!
I'd love to be able to eat normally! I envy people who do - I'm addicted to cooking programs, watch people eating foods I don't eat and cook for my family as main house cook, since I love it even if I don't eat it - I really love food! Could eat all day - I think you are all so lucky to be able to enjoy whatever you want! Even if I try (a lot of fussy eaters won't even try) - I think its strange trying to eat something everyone else has had years to learn how to eat.
I was thinking however, last night that - maybe there is a way to approach this with someone's personality - like believing that the food and fruit is a cute creature that needs me to eat them? Kind of convince my mind that this is something different than just food. That way maybe I will start eating it and eventually the texture and taste will grow on me?
I really do appreciate all the feedback! Any food suggests? Especially if there are any ideas on how to make some meals on Jamie's book '30 minute meals' edible for me would be totally amazing (and a challenge!)
Thank you
#9 Wed 03 Nov 10 12:15am
- Forum champ Occupation Mother, Best Friend, home trained cook.
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sat 22 Dec 07
Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I think you hit the nail on the head about convincing your mind Myti. I don't want to take anything away from what you have experienced but I do become frustrated with the lables the medical profession puts on us when we are stuggling with an aspect of our life. I say this because I have been labled and these days tell them where to stick it.
Stress can have a huge affect on how we deal with things in our life, often leading to the desire to control something like food. Although you probably think your eating is not in your control, I believe to the contrary, it is, it has become so much a part of something you control you have lost sight of how it was when you didn't have to think about it too hard.
I'm not a professional but I hope from me writing this you start viewing this, not as a disorder, but simply a habit of eating that your mind has created to cope with stress. A stress that has perhaps lessoned given your desire to branch out and try new foods. Even if you just try a bite of something new each day you are on the right track. Even though that seed tasted bitter, you tried it! Ask yourself what you liked about that food, even if it was just the texture.
I hope you stick around here and keep trying new things, Im sure you'll get there.
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#10 Wed 03 Nov 10 12:23am
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Re: Fussy Eaters (Selective Eating Disorder)
I have three letters for you man. N. L. and P.
i know a guy that could sort you out in no more than a session or 2. forget psychiatrists. talk to Craig34 on uncommonforum.com. if he cant help you, he wont charge you
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All except e-books...either soft-cover or hard-cover...I have both, and I love browsing through a magazine.
Magazines, u-tube, and HERE of course is the BEST!!!
I have one good reference book, 'The ultimate Quilters Guide', which is a paperback book that has a wealth of info and techniques. Most of my hoards of books are paperback and I like having them for reference and ideas. Then there are the three magazines I get which also have loads of info but mostly inspiration inside. I use the QB for great tutorials and once again, inspiration. Never used a e-book. I like having a paper pattern in front of me to refer to. I pin it to my design board so it is handy to see.
I choose a book mostly because something in it caught my eye and I want to learn more about the technique.
Every book I own I love, for info, patterns and the shear beauty of them.
I just got an e-book on quilting from my public library. I can't believe it, I love reading it on my iPad much better than reading a hard cover book. I only get to keep it 21 days; but that is long enough. I was surprised that I like reading the book so well as I do not like reading quilting magazines on my iPad.
I love books and magazines...doesnt matter if the book is hard cover or soft cover...of course I think hard cover is more durable. I haven't gotten any ezines, I dont have an Ipad, I'd rahter have more fabric...lol. I no longer buy magazines because I can get a wealth of info online. I would rather sit on the couch pattern or info searching than online in my computer room.
I'm all about the magazines. I try not to buy books unless I can't find the pattern any other way.
I much prefer my Nook Color for all of my reading choices. I'm trying really hard to get rid of paper, hardcover and mags from my house . I'm not the type of person that reads them when they come in the door and then gets rid of them. I keep thinking I might just need that one day. No clutter with my Nook and the pictures are great and take up almost no space.
I do not like the e-books for reference. I get either hard or soft cover -- before I buy one I check the used book store or I check Amazon for used books. I like writing notes in the margins and I find them easier to navigate and leave open when I am trying to do some technique.
I like books, hard cover and soft cover, and paper magazines, Tried an online magazine and hated it. Asked for my money back and it was refunded. I print off what I find and like online.
Quilt mags are just eye candy. Never have made a quilt from one, the instructions use methods I dont care for.
The only books I buy are by Eleanor Burns. She uses the best and easiest methods.
I have bought books thru Edward R. Hamilton because they are under $5 and shipping is 3.50 for the whole order. I highly recommend this book seller for all kinds of books.
I have a Kindle Fire but would not use it for quilting books or mags. It is great for free books but have not found any quilting ones as yet.
used to live by the Library and loved it. Great for checking out quilt books.
There are so many free patterns on line that buying them is a waste of money.


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Brazil remains an enigma. Since Lula's promising election in 2002 and re-election in 2006, the second largest economy in the Western Hemisphere has been seen as a center of hope and potential for participatory democracy and regional integration. The 21st century has seen Brazil explode onto the world stage, with a staggering rate of economic growth and the hosting of the upcoming 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It is the largest country in Latin American in both territory and population, and its economy now ranks as the world's seventh largest.
However, despite what may seem to be a shimmering surface, deep problems still exist within Brazil. Though economic growth has been monstrous in the first decade of the 2000's, recent years have seen this growth slow considerably; while millions of people have been lifted out of poverty during this economic boom, millions still remain in poverty; and though a burgeoning middle class is beginning to chip away at the long-existent gap between rich and poor, a vast wealthy disparity still exists. Meanwhile, corruption remains widespread within all levels of government and violent crime persists. Environmental woes also continue to plague the country in both city and rural areas - inadequate or completely absent sewage systems means waste from Rio de Janeiro favelas flow directly into the ocean, and harmful agricultural and land policies continue to hurt the lowlands as roads spider through the Amazon and the Landless Movement faces ongoing repression.
The preparations for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics have been a topic of particularly intense controversy within Brazil. Tens of billions of dollars will be spent in preparation for these mega-sporting events, far over what was initially budgeted, and in the face of serious social issues that still remain present in Brazil: poverty, infrastructure, hospitals, sanitation, and education to name a few. The world's attention will shift south during 2014 and 2016 for a glimpse of a country that continues to elevate on the world stage politically and economically, but many critics say the government is simply attempting to put on a face for the rest of the world - makeup, so to say – for what is still very much a developing country with serious dilemmas to tackle other than sporting events.
Proponents tout that the long-term economic benefits of the World Cup and Olympics will be sizable and spread evenly across Brazil's social groups; others say this could not be any further from the truth. With a government so deeply entrenched in corruption, a few politicians and developers are sure to profit off of these several weeks of sporting events; however, it's unlikely the vast majority of Brazilians will.
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For anyone following along, this tank is still doing well. It's been running a week shy of a year now.
Over the summer the Rili stopped breeding. Once I got my AC in they started back up. In September I added some OEBT to the tank and switched from tap to RO water. I can't say I noticed any change really.
Currently there's about 10 pregnant mamas, and about 15 more saddles wandering about. I only ever see 3 tigers at a time, but they're always pregnant too. I just saw the first babies last night (or I assume they were tiger babies, as they had no color but orange eyes).
The plants are doing well. I started with a whole lot, but over time removed the ones that weren't doing so great. I kept the 2 types of moss and added some fissidens. I got rid of the Hornwort and Anacharis. I do a 10% water change weekly and although the string algae still comes and goes a bit, it's very minor compared to where it was, and isn't really noticeable.
Over the summer I stopped updating when I started building 4 new tanks. I liked this one so much I filled them up with all kinds of other shrimp. It's another self built stand that houses 4 15-gallon tanks and they are all visible from 3 sides. All of the wires and framework is hidden for a very clean and natural look.
I've noticed that I'm getting some Blue rilis now. Some are neon blue like the Blue Jelly, and others have the typical Rili pattern with blue instead of clear middles. I've had two deaths. Both were full size females that seemed healthy. They were separated by like a month with no other deaths, so I think it was either just old age or stress.
Speaking of stress, my AC has been broken all year. I can tell that they're not nearly as happy with me. As the temperatures rose, all of the berries/saddles disappeared. But oddly, the fry didn't. I haven't seen a saddle in my tank for what seems like 2 months, but there's still babies in there that can't be over 2 weeks old.
They're still active and fun to watch, just not breeding. My new AC goes in Tuesday, so they should find relief soon.
I know it seems contrary to most tanks, but I don't have any desire to have a background. I think it looks nice open and airy. I've tried to keep the cords contained, and I think it looks fine. Either way, it's what I like so I'll be keeping it for a while.
There's my new stand as of a month or so ago. I've changed the aquascape up a bit since then. Mostly I just flipped the driftwood.
I have 2x 54 watt bulbs from AH supply in as my light source. I forget exactly what bulbs though. The plants all grow great. I simplified things a bit and got rid of a few. I now just have the DHG, Anacharis, and Java Fern as the main plants. I still have the 3 types of moss growing on the driftwood, and the Melon plant and Tiger Lotus as accent plants on the sides.
I'm happy with almost everything about it now. BS87 I read those comments about vaseline too, and I tried a lot of what you did. However it just didn't work for me. I'm not sure why. In the end moving it to the living room was what I needed to do. Either I'm less picky about the noise there or it has also died down a bit with time, but out there it doesn't bother me.
The only thing that bothers me is some string algae in the tank. It's nearly spotless inside except for that stuff. I could pick it out twice a week and it feels like I"m going nowhere. Twice I've tried 3-5 day blackouts, but it was only the plants that suffered. I picked out a big clump of it and added it to a bowl of water heavily mixed with Flourish Excel to see if that helped, but it doesn't seem to be killing it either. When I did the rescape on Friday I picked out as much as I could. However what's really infested is the moss and DHG. I can't pull it off of either without uprooting or removing the plant too.
|I was able to quiet my Aquaclear down by pulling out the actual impeller shaft, and coating that with vaseline. I also put vaseline around the edges of the lid, where it mad contact with the body, as that rattled a ton. This helped, but my filter didn't *really* quiet down until it had been running for about a month. It's dead silent now.
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One of the big reasons I wanted to have an aquarium was because I wanted to build my own stand. I put up some pictures and a general guide to how I did it here: http://www.dotd.org/shrimp/diystand.html
The initial stand that I build and have some pictures of earlier in this thread is now just a table again. It did a fine job as an aquarium stand for a few months, but I think it makes a better table.
Well I know I said I had some issues with my Aquaclear 70 filters.
I'm not sure where the problems come from, if I expect them to be too quiet, if I got bad ones, or what. My original idea for my fishtank was to have the water level be a bit low, so it made a waterfall sound. But the sound of the filters overpowered it. I had set it up in my bedroom, and had a hard time sleeping with the noise the filters made. Eventually I started turning them off at night, and sleeping much better.
The tank was moved to my living room, but still kept making noise. I contacted Hagen and they said that I could ship them back and they would repair/replace them if they found them defective. I have two filters, and pretty much every communication with them I had to remind them that I had two. I'd ship them two and I'd get one back, and have to remind them that I had two. I felt like their basic math skills were really lacking. Because I didn't want to send back both of the filters on my tank and leave it unfiltered, they told me that they could ship me two new filters, charge me for them, and then refund my money when they got my mail. I guess luckily for me they still had issues with 1/2, so they charged me for one filter, shipped one, and then shipped a second one free. Then they got the filters from me, but tried telling me that they didn't see any problem with them (excessive noise is not a problem if they run fine), so they shipped me my original filters back, and did not refund my money. I was quite upset at this, but they did refund the money. In the end I was out the cost of two filters, shipping (like $7), and 2 months to end up with pretty much the same filters I had originally. They're still noisy, but I can live better with it in the living room instead of my bedroom.
Well, I'm able to put in a bit more time here again. I've been busy studying for the past 3 months for a professional certification and it required all of my free time.
Things have been going very well for my tank though. I'll try and update with some pictures over the next week, but until then here's a brief overview.
I fought with Hagen for about 2 months over the noise my HOB filters make. I'm still not completely satisfied, but it's better than it was.
I finished a new stand, and moved the tank to the living room and out of my bedroom (due to filter noise).
I re-imagined the plants. Although I started with about 13 different plants, I had 2 die out on me, and 2 more that I picked out because I didn't like them. I moved the existing ones around, and they've all grown in quite well.
I've had one Otto die, and one Rili (from the ghost shrimp). Besides that, everyone has been happy and healthy. The shrimp have reproduced like shrimp do, and now I seem to have bunches. The first batch of babies that were born are now almost full-size and a few of them are berried now.
As I said, I got some vaseline to try and quiet my own filters, so when I got home I did some cleaning of my own. I had saved the water from my water change the day before, and used that to rinse out the sponge. I took apart the first filter and rinsed it in the old water and tried to lubricate it. When I plugged it back in I noticed no difference...
I then moved over to the second filter. I was taking it apart when I noticed something move on the screen.
I had ordered some sponge pre-filters a week before my shrimp, but they still hadn't come in yet. So when I was trying to clean the filter I was really sad to see that I had a dead rili stuck in the intake. I didn't even know what it was at first and just roughly grabbed it and pulled it out. Then I was like ... is this a shrimp? I put it back in the tank water to see what it was, and it swam away! What a tough little guy.
I was rather glad that the sponges came and I was able to install them. Little did I know that was only the beginning. I saw two more Rili in the filter itself. I drained off most of the water, and then because I wasn't sure if they both got out, I took it into the bathroom with better light to see. I know one of them got dumped out, but I wanted to check on the second one. Well, to my surprise I counted FOUR shrimp still in the filter. That means with the one that was stuck in the intake and the one that I know I dumped out I had at least 6 of my 21 shrimp in the filter!
After double checking again that I got them all out of there, I tried to lubricate that filter as well. I only had one not running at a time, and by the time I was done I noticed no difference in how noisy they were. I was sad.
Because of finding so many shrimp in the other filter and the noise not going away I took the first one apart again. I applied a lot more vaseline. I was glad to find that upon a close inspection I found no shrimp in that filter. I guess the other one has free beer or something and is the popular one. Just to be sure I also took it apart and lubricated it a second time as well.
Here's what I added to keep the shrimp out of the filters:
After all that, the second filter sounds like it's quiet, but with how much noise the other one is making it doesn't sound a whole lot different. I think I'm going to take it apart again next week and try to lubricate it a few more times, and if that doesn't work the tank is going. The goal was to have a waterfall sound in my bedroom, but instead it sounds more like a small machine shop. I didn't realize how poorly it was making me sleep until I turned on a noise machine to cover it up. I felt sooo much better the next day. I'm not sure where I might put it, but with how loud it is it has to go somewhere.
Oh, last week I also noticed this:
I had a second shrimp get berried in my tank. Unlike this first one this one seems to have a little bit better coloration, and she has yellow eggs.
I believe I've seen 5 other molts now.
The eggs on the one female seem like they're changing color slightly as they mature. I'm not sure if it was their eyes showing or just spots on her shell though, as she wouldn't give a good angle.
It looks like the shrimp are happy and doing well. I can count 8-12 on the moss every day.
Before I added the Rili shrimp, the only things in my Aquarium were 6 Ghost Shrimp and 3 Otos. I'd read how Otos are fine with shrimp, but how some of the bigger ghost shrimp might harass other dwarf shrimp. Before I added the Rili I netted out all of the ghost shrimp that I could (4) and put them in jars.
Here's a shot of one before they were removed, peeking over the wood.
Well after I added the Rili, I noticed the ghost shrimp following them around. I saw 2 that I had missed. I didn't think much of it.
Sadly, Saturday I woke up to find a single dead Rili being eaten by a ghost shrimp. It was one of the smallest ones. I'm not sure if he died naturally or if the ghost shrimp killed it, but right then all the ghost shrimp had to leave. I stuck around for a while and netted out the last two. Now I have 6 in jars. I'd been growing some Water Hawthorn from my pond in little jars, and they work OK for short term shrimp housing so far. They might end up in my pond (as goldfish food) or be given to my mom for her tank.
Saturday I also saw this:
It looks like one of the rili had molted, which I believe is a good sign. Sunday I found a second one.
I also noticed on Saturday that the berried shrimp was swimming all over the tank. She was very active for some reason, and looked to be searching with a mission. A little later in the day she calmed down and was hanging out on the driftwood and I took two pictures of her:
Saturday I also did my first water change since adding the shrimp. I just used 2 5-gallon buckets, some tubing I picked up, and gravity and it wasn't too bad. If my tank were a few inches lower or bathroom sink a few inches higher it would be real easy, but as it is I had to hold the bucket up for a bit to get it to all flow out. I also need to get some clamps to hold the tubing in place. Several times I had water spouting all over the place for a few seconds!
Sunday morning I took a few more pictures of little guys feeding on the moss.
One of my biggest problems with my tank is the noise it makes. I have two Aquaclear 70 filters on the back, and they were noisy! I found a nice post here talking about how to lubricate them to make them silent, so on Sunday I went over to my mom's house to borrow some vaseline. While there, she had me help her with her tank for a bit. I haven't lived at home in 12 years now, so I hadn't really dealt with that tank in a while. She used a vacuum hose thing to clean the substrate, and it made everything a mess. She then dumped the dirty water, filled the bucket up with clean water from the tap, and added it back in! She said she rarely uses dechlorinator or anything. I then noticed she has an Aquaclear 30 filter. I was surprised because hers is so silent. I almost couldn't hear it running, and my two make a racket. Anyways, I watched her clean her filter. She took the filter medium out and rinsed it in straight tap water. I thought that was supposed to be bad. Then I watched as she took the filter sponge, and squirted dish soap all over it! She rinsed it for a minute in tap water too and then put the thing back in the tank. At this point there is crap floating everywhere, 10% tap water in the tank, and soap in the filter. I was feeling pretty good about myself (except that I was jealous her filter was so much quieter).
She said that's the way she's been doing it for 40 years, and if the fish want to die then they'll just die! I also think that's why her fish might not have a very long life expectancy.
Here's a picture of my tank on Monday of last week
Since then I added some plants I got from Alpha Pro Breeders. I guess they're pretty close by, so the items arrived next day. I got Java Moss, Willow Moss, and a Red Melon Sword. I tied the moss along the right side of the driftwood, and tied some Java Fern along the left side. I don't have a full shot of the driftwood now. I'm not really too happy with how it is now, but I don't think it looks awful. Hopefully by the time the driftwood sinks the plants have established themselves a bit and I can move them around to look better.
On Thursday my shrimp arrived!
Even in such a tiny space, there was no way I could count them... It's amazing that so many little guys arrived in such a small package. They also did a great job hiding in the bit of moss. I did a slow acclimation to get them used to my tank water. I started with about half a cup in the bowl, and by the end had about 2 cups. After slowing adding water over 3 hours to that level I added them to my tank. I was going to scoop them out, but my net was too big to really fit in the bowl well, so I had to just dump them all in.
Thursday night I was happy to see everyone still doing well. Friday morning and then Friday night were all the same - I saw many shrimp and all were walking around and seemed happy.
While in the bowl I saw one shrimp was berried, and 3 more were saddled. I was surprised at that. I didn't know just how small the shrimp were either. I was amazed how tiny the little guys are. However, even after shipping cross-country, and even with some of them being quite young, I think they really have good coloration.
Here's a picture of the berried one:
She's actually one of the least colored adults too. Most of them have much more full red coverage.
Here's two more hanging out on the driftwood. It's actually a favorite of theirs. I can usually count ~8 either in the moss or just walking around on it.
Here's a saddled female hanging out in the moss:
Here's one more I picked out Friday night of the berried female:
I think it's neat how her eggs are almost neon green.
Sort of a funny story. For me it started when I bought my house. There were dead trees in the backyard. Instead of paying to get them removed, I bought a chainsaw and removed them myself. That morphed into clearing some land for a pond.
Unfortunately, I chopped a lot of the wood up for firewood before I realized what I had. But later on I just did some research and looked at a lot of other woodwork and started to make some of my own things. I just learned by doing and asking.
The pond eventually fueled my desire to have an aquarium, and here we are today!
If I get a little time after lunch I'll get some pictures up. I got my Rili shrimp last night and they were all happy, healthy, and colorful. But of course, as I went to take pictures of them my camera batteries died.
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The Great iPod Plan is coming together, and if you ever saw George Peppard play Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith in The A Team, like him, you will know the pleasure of seeing a plan come together.
This somewhat melodramatic reaction is sparked by the revelations - a biblical word we use advisedly - of Apple boss Steve Jobs at a dinner hosted in the US last week by The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, avuncular doyen of US technology writers.
Mr Jobs used the event to announce iTunes 4.9 - not, you would immediately think, an earth shattering event, except that this version will have, wait for it, support for podcasts.
That, you may think, is also not new. They are called podcasts because you load them on to your iPod and listen when you want, not when the station broadcasts. Droves of people do it daily - so many, in fact, that "Your" ABC, the BBC, CBS and other professional broadcasters now podcast their programs.
The significant difference introduced by iTunes 4.9 is that loading a podcast will be reduced to a one-click operation or even automated.
If your radio crackled and trembled as you read that, you have a sensitive and perceptive radio that can see its future crumbling.
US analyst Piper Jaffray believes Apple will sell 25 million iPods this year, bringing the total sold in the four years since its launch to 35 million.
Now, assume that those 35 million users upgrade to iTunes 4.9 and begin building their own radio programs from the stacks of stuff surging through the net.
What will that do to the viability of traditional radio?
Mr Jobs says iTunes 4.9 will be released in July. All podcast feeds and subscriptions will be free and, with another software tool in the works, any podcaster will be able to upload their content to iTunes Music Store.
The music store is about to become a one-stop shop not only for buying music (well, us deprived Australians would buy if we had access) but for free podcasts on anything from hoe-handle design to the latest tips on brain surgery.
And how soon before subscription podcasts appear? The Wall Street Journal charges $US80 ($A105) a year for access to its news website and doesn't seem to lack takers.
If this is stage two of the Great iPod Plan how far can it be to stage three when video downloads, clips of movies or video blogs (vlogs) enter the picture?
Jim Stewart, director of Stew Art Media, in Carrum Downs, has been streaming video over the net and making commercial vlogs since 1997.
Development of small-screen video content is well under way, he says.
Bandwith limitations still hamper growth in Australia as do telco charges that are much higher than the mass market likes, he says, but podcasting has arrived and vlogging is about to become a mass medium.
Mr Jobs was asked at the dinner whether Apple intended to sell movies through iTMS but he would not be drawn.
iTunes is already video-enabled and if you have Tiger and QuickTime 7 you get full-screen display. Stage three of the plan cannot be far away.
Imagine an iPod photo-style device with a 60GB or bigger hard drive logging into the net over wireless broadband and downloading short videos - anything from your minister of home affairs telling you not to forget the eggs to a two-minute clip of Star Wars, Episode III.
Not so revolutionary, even in Melbourne where 3G telephone networks are proliferating and technologies such as WiMax and iBurst are arriving.
Does this mean iPods and mobile phones are converging? Probably so. Motorola recently licensed iTunes software for its music-playing Rokr handset.
Microsoft boss Bill Gates believes that mobile phones will snatch the iPod's market but Mr Jobs seems to disagree, last week indicating that Apple is working on a device with capabilities beyond just an "iPod phone".
Stage four of the plan is looming.
Mac File
For the past fortnight the net has seethed with speculation over whether Apple will put Intel chips inside its Macs. Anything is possible, but sober judges reckon the rumour is made of manure. The current chip provider IBM got slapped for delaying delivery of G5 Macs because of problems with production. Apple has talked to Intel, and this snippet reported by The Wall Street Journal started the hares running. (Hares are not bright, hence hare-brained.)
But Intel inside Mac? Not likely. Why would Apple, with its small marketshare, risk being put behind Dell, HP, Lenovo and other PC makers in a future queue for new Intel chips? Why change architecture so soon after Mac OS X?
Maybe they discussed a mobile phone device, but that looks doubtful now that IBM, Sony and Toshiba have said the specs of the PowerPC-based Cell processor, used in Sony's new PlayStation 3, will be made available to the open source community. Cell is very fast, opens all sorts of new computing doors and is said to be a monte for notebooks, handhelds and "fourth generation" devices. As for the Intel rumour, who knows? Just don't ask any hares.
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Be of good cheer and enjoy Sunday.
Your Montreal Canadiens lost to one of the best teams in the NHL.
San Jose is a bona-fide Stanley Cup contender.
The team the Sharks beat 2-0 Saturday night at the Bell Centre isn't … at least not yet.
Give the Canadiens some credit.
Through 44 minutes, they were in a one-goal hockey game – despite being outshot and often outplayed by a very good team.
That crazy second San Jose goal was the dagger. From that point on, the Canadiens played like a team that realized resistance was futile.
Credit San Jose general manager Doug Wilson with retooling his team on the fly. Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi are gone. Hall of Famer Larry Robinson is coaching a group of defencemen that includes no superstars, just six guys who do their jobs efficiently.
You can tell why Douglas Murray was deemed expendable in San Jose. All the Sharks' Dmen – including veteran Scott Hannan – can skate and move the puck.
Likewise the Sharks forwards. This was the first game of the young season in which the Canadiens were conspicuously the slower team.
Best evidence, for me, was the play of my fave young rave, Michaël Bournival. Against Anaheim, the Canadiens' rookie was constantly giving the Ducks' defencemen fits with his ability to turn on the jets and find open ice.
Not against San Jose. Like almost all his teammates, Bournival found himself with a white jersey – or a few of them – in very close proximity every time he touched the puck and everywhere he went on the ice.
P.K. Subban habitually wheels and deals and evades foils all forechecking efforts. Not against San Jose. The Sharks were in P.K.'s face, forcing to work on defence and slowing down his efforts to move the puck up the ice.
And when P.K. isn't leading the charge …
Tomas Plekanec was the only Canadien with more than two shots on goal. He had three.
Matthew Nieto (I've never heard of him, either) had six SoG for the Sharks. Couture and James Sheppard had four each. Three other Sharks had three.
In addition to their 35 SoG, the Sharks missed the net 15 times and had 18 shots blocked (four by former Shark Josh Gorges).
Corresponding numbers for the Canadiens were 22-9-12. The Canadiens also iced the puck 12 times.
The stats don't lie. San Jose dominated puck possession.
Nor do the ToI numbers lie.
Why the heck was Francis Bouillon playing 21:22? Michel Therrien trying to kill the guy?
Nathan Beaulieu, by contrast, played 8:27. The rookie defenceman had one shift in the third period.
Was Beaulieu worse than Raphael Diaz, who was bounced on his duff and out of the play when Couture's power-play goal opened the scoring?
The Sharks had four man advantages. The Canadiens had one, when Brad Stuart went off for boarding late in the second period. The Canadiens PP had one shot on Antti Niemi, who has played every minute of every Sharks game. Niemi has nine wins, a 1.53 GAA and a .933 save percentage..
It's not difficult to post gaudy goaltending stats in San Jose. The Sharks allow 23.1 shots per game, a smidge behind Minnesota's league-leading average of exactly 23. The Canadiens are 23rd, allowing 32.8 shots per game.
Again, Wilson has put together a nice team, and the Sharks are well-coached by Todd McLellan and his staff.
The Canadiens will play them again in San Jose on March 8. That will be after the Sochi Olympics and the trade deadline.
By then, each team will have a pretty good idea of what the 2013-'14 season is going to end up looking like.
It's a good bet the Sharks will have their eyes on the prize.
The Canadiens? A work in progress.
Look, there's no disgrace in losing a close game to a team as good as San Jose. The last time the Canadiens were shut out at the Bell Centre was Game 11 of the 2013 season.
That was when the Leafs laid a 6-0 whuppin' on the guys in red jerseys.
The Canadiens then went on the road to Florida, where they won in a shootout over Tampa Bay and added an overtime win over the Panthers (David Desharnais got the winner).
The Canadiens came home to beat Philadelphia and Carolina before winning their fifth in a row at Madison Square Garden.
That's where they'll be for a rare Monday night game as the Rangers open their renovated MSG.
And by then, Ian Cobb and the HIO Summiteers will have made bail.
• Check out The Gazette's HIO Summit photo gallery
• David Clarkson's first game: 21 minutes, eight hits.
• Your non-hockey Sunday laugh


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- Harbin Ice and Snow Festival kicks off January 5
- Festival gets more extravagant each year
- Replica of Iceland's Hallgrimskirkja church made with 12,000 meters of ice
- Fest attendance 28.5 million visitors over past two years
Planning on building an igloo or snowman this winter?
Sorry, we're not impressed.
The neighborhood kids might not be, either, after they see what ice sculptors have planned for the 2014 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.
Kicking off on January 5, this frosty wonderland in northern China features crazy sculptures made from massive ice blocks and illuminated with colorful LED lights.
Sculptors have been carving away with ice picks, chisels and lasers for the last two weeks in preparation.
The result is an exhibition of extravagant castles, a Colosseum and Empire State Building, all made with ice blocks from the frozen Songhua River.
Is anything in China not getting bigger?
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, the winter festival gets more impressive and more extravagant each year.
The highlight is a towering replica of the Hallgrimskirkja church in Reykjavik, Iceland. According to organizers, the structure is the tallest ice sculpture in China (46 meters) and was made with 12,000 meters of ice.
The replica features a 240-meter-long slide for visitors.
Apart from replicas, the North Korea Pyongyang National Acrobatic Troupe will perform.
Visitors can skate on ice rinks and snowboard.
As China's most famous and popular winter attraction, the festival has drawn a combined 28.5 million visitors in the past two years.
To combat Harbin's sub-zero temperatures, organizers have set up 13 hot beverage stations around the park and offer complementary ginger tea at its concierge hall.
Depending on weather, the festival is open until March 2014.
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He would fire Killdrive.
George Young hated Belichek.
Actually Parcells was dragging his feet about making a decision so BB left for Cleveland.
IMO The Tuna knew BB's potential and knew he would outshine what he already accomplished as the HC and therefore tarnish his legacy in the minds of the Giant fans so the fatman waited for BB to leave before he left.
But I have no idea why Young let Handley take over the organization.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
We are the good Samaritan's of the NFL. We just give all the teams our Coordinators that end up wining them championships.
We should give away Fewell and Gilbride too. I wouldn't mind that.


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That is very nice, great job.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone! I do appreciate it
Very nice job, I love the classic Halloween prints.
This binding is actually the best one I've ever sewn - I used the method from a thread on the board here of not ironing it in half before I sewed it onto the quilt. I have to say that I will use this method from now on - my binding has never been so straight and consistent before.
I love it! Wasx this a pattern you purchased or your own pattern?
Very cute, perfect for Halloween.
Another Phyllis
This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
Oh that is adorable! I have a Halloween top finished a year or two ago that needs quilted...I am so proud of you for getting yours done!! Way to go!
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It turned out beautiful. Love it.


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Ryan White and HIV/AIDS Aging Awareness Day
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September 14, 2016
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About one-quarter of persons living with HIV in the U.S. are over 55 years of age. Most contracted HIV at a younger age and many are living longer because they are engaged in HIV/AIDS care and benefiting from effective treatments. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day is September 18, 2015. Learn more, plan an event, and participate.
Ryan White and Older AmericansAbout one-fourth of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients are 55 and older. See the bar chart and learn more from the RWHAP client level data report.
- Learn about neurologic impairment, dementia, aging and HIV/AIDS. See the CAREAction newsletter on HIV/AIDS-associated neurocognitive disorders.
- Read the stories. Learn about Ryan White services that meet needs as people age--from adolescence to adulthood and old age.
TA and Training Resources
Search TARGET Center pages using the term "aging" and find items such as:
- Nurses HEALE Curriculum (cultural competency in caring for older LGBT Elders).
- Retaining Aging HIV+ Patients in+Care (part of webcast series on quality and HIV/AIDS care).
- AETC Clinician Training Resources on Adults over 50.
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For all you guys who love to bash Eli and HiJack threads that are of different subjects, I just want to let you know that we will remove your anti Eli Posts from these threads to keep it on subject .
I just read through an 11 Page thread that was supposed to be about the GIANTS need to upgrade the WR position.
Well that thread turned into an Eli Manning bashing thread.
Well no more. We have 9 Mods on these boards, and we will keep an eye on Members that continually hijack threads, and we will remove these Off-Topic Posts from those Threads.
This has gone on for too long, and we will start putting a stop to it.
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What do you think Google should do re: Yahoo?
Original post made by Angela Hey, Old Mountain View, on Feb 4, 2008
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Do you think it will make the Internet more closed and proprietary if Microsoft acquires Yahoo!?
Will it make you advertise using Microsoft or Yahoo! rather than Google, if you are already a Google advertiser?
What would you do if you were Eric Schmidt, running Google?
How would a Microsoft,Yahoo! company affect your relationship with Google?
Will it matter to Mountain View?
I believe:
1. Yahoo! is a bargain
2. Yahoo! has services that can be very precisely targeted with ads if they have the right owner - and the ads need not be as ugly as they are now.
3. Yahoo! has services that can be vastly improved. For example, Yahoo!Groups - how many group members actually read information put on the group website by other members. How easy is it for the administrator to change member addresses? Much can be done to enhance, refine and do razor sharp marketing with Yahoo!Groups. That is just one property that could be leveraged on Yahoo!'s sites.
4. Innovation and openness of the Internet will continue regardless of Microsoft and Yahoo! - if they lock up parts of the network then some people will run away and innovate - others will be prepared to pay for premium network services. Being innovative and open, doesn't always get you the biggest margins or the fastest growth.
5. Open is a relative term - Sun advertised itself has having an open architecture in the mid-1980s - but it was hardly as open as the mass market IBM PC platform despite using a "more open operating system - UNIX" - compared with the proprietary PC operating system. If you like an open platform then use Linux on your laptop!
6. Google could acquire Yahoo! and vastly improve its appeal to advertisers. It would help Google expand its reach and some properties could be merged to reduce costs - Flickr and Picasa - for example.
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Feb 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm
It doesn't matter because it's all doomed. People are going to go back to reading books, writing letters, gardening, and generally spacing out without any wired device nearby.
Why? Because it will come out that Cell Phones and Wi-Fi cause brain cancer!
We are doomed I say, doomed!
The VCs will have to start putting their money in automobile companies and kid's pizza parlors.
That's it, time to start learning how to can fruit.
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#51 Sun 11 Apr 10 7:55pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
This recipe has worked absolutely perfect! i have searched and searched for korma recipes and this one is by far the best!
Thanyou very much! next i think will be chicken buhna.
#52 Sat 29 May 10 3:07pm
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Wonderful Korma, we ALL loved it, thank you. If my fussy 9 year old daughter ate it, it must be good!!!! x
#53 Sun 18 Jul 10 2:15pm
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Greetings from sunny Florida...
mmm this sounds delicious. I'm British but living in Florida and really miss the wonderful Indian food in the UK.
Question: I was at an Indian market recently and bought a bag of coconut powder.............does anyone know how to use this?
#54 Mon 19 Jul 10 1:21pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
Hmm, I hope you tell us all about it when you find out Jo!
I have read of coconut spice powder, and coconut milk powder as well as dried coconut powder.
#55 Wed 21 Jul 10 10:06am
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Hi Jamie,
I tried this recipe last night and it was delicious! I also added some dried yellow raisins (and next time might add some green grapes as well) just like my local Indian restaurant does and I thought the sweetness was great. I have just one question, I used a tbsp of ground coriander as in the above recipe, but I wondered was it a typo because I thought the flavor seemed much stronger than the usual Kormas I'm used to. I was thinking that maybe it was meant to be a tsp of ground coriander instead.
Either way it was delicious and I had a very happy second half munching away beside me and going back for "seconds" all evening!
All the best - you're a star!
#56 Sun 25 Jul 10 4:48am
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hi elhousemartin,
Great recipe do you think it is ok for me to share it on my blog? i'll mention that i got the recipe is from you
#57 Thu 09 Sep 10 10:47pm
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I am living in Michigan and can't find creamed coconut even in the Asian markets. Does anyone know if it is called something else over here? Is there anything I can substitute for creamed coconut in the 'Best Korma Recipe Ever". I have been looking for a good Korma recipe for ages and think this could be the one!
#58 Fri 10 Sep 10 12:52am
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
This is what you are after
http://dobetter.files.wordpress.com/200 … ilk-sm.jpg
Though I have read that coconut cream is available in powdered forms in some countries.
If you really cant find it anywhere you can put 2 cups of dessicated coconut into the blender with 2.5 cups of hot water. Let it sit for 10 minutes then blend really well & then strain, not through cloth, just through an ordinay strainer.
Use the liquid in your curry. It wont have the exact same silky texture as coconut cream but is an ok substitute.
Last edited by frizz1974 (Fri 10 Sep 10 12:57am)
#59 Mon 30 May 11 8:20pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
Yum, Yum!
Just had this a few minutes ago. It was really delicious, although I only had some Naan bread with it.
#60 Tue 31 May 11 2:57pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
elhousemartin wrote:
After 20 years of trying (and I'm only 32!!) I have finally come up with a really successful chicken korma recipe. This is a cross between a few recipes I've used over the yearswith other tweaks here and there. This is the closest to my favourite curry house's version I've ever made. Let me know what you think.
I think that using ghee (as opposed to veg. oil) is important, as is pureeing the onion.
1.kg Chicken breast or mini breast fillets
1 heaped tablespoon of finely grated fresh ginger
3 cloves of garlic, minced
150g thick (plain) yogurt
1 dried red chilli
2 finely chopped onions
1 tbsp ghee or veg. oil
1 tbsp ground coriander
Pinch of ground black pepper
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
75g creamed coconut
salt, to taste
2 heaped tbsps ground almonds
finely chopped Coriander Leaves, to garnish
juice of 1/2 lemon
1. Cut the chicken breasts into bite sized chunks
2. Mix the chicken with the ginger, garlic and yogurt. Cover and marinade for 12 hours or in the fridge overnight.
3. Liquidise the chopped onion and red chillies, add a little water if you need to. blend til smooth.
4. Heat the ghee/oil in a pan.
5. Add the ground coriander, ground black pepper, turmeric and garam masala and stir fry for about 1-minute over a low heat.
6. Turn up the heat, add the onion and chilli paste and stir fry for 10-minutes.
7. Add the chicken and the marinade and continue to stir fry for another 10-minutes.
8. Add the creamed coconut and enough water to *just* cover the chicken and bring to the boil, stirring until the coconut is dissolved. Stir in the ground almonds.
9. Reduce heat to low, cover the pan and simmer until the chicken is tender (30-40 minutes).
10. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and salt to taste. Mix well.
B oil some basmati rice with a cinnamon stick and saffron, drain and serve.
This sounds beautiful. Im always interested in cooking curries and new recipes are always welcome. Ive been thinking of cooking a curry for a little while now, i think this could be it. Thankyou.


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It's nice that you don't have to caramelize the onions in a separate pan, so only one pot gets dirty. I did put paper towels across the top of the pot under the cover to collect moisture while the onions were caramelizing.
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