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As a house guest, what's appropriate to give your hosts?
A break? Supermarket flowers and a bottle of plonk won't quite cut it. So how about a different kind of bottle, such as Aesop's Resurrection hand wash (above, £27)? Cire Trudon makes scented candles that look and smell suitably masculine (Balmoral Cut Grass, £60). You could buy a visitors' book and kick it off with something witty (Smythson, £215). Or get a highly inappropriate gift: the politically incorrect but very funny Cards Against Humanity — 'a party game for horrible people' — is the number one game on Amazon right now (£20).
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Talking of gifts, while shopping for my wife's birthday, I came across Sonic Editions, a London site selling iconic limited-edition prints sourced from archives around the world, such as this one of Paul Newman in Venice (above). A perfect present for her (me).(soniceditions.com)
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Best text-to-speech (TTS) engine apps for Android: no more robotalk
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The Importance of Emotional Support for Mothers
Apr 20, 2012
Mother's Day may be weeks away, but it's never too early to focus on moms' emotional well-being. Turns out, emotional support for caregivers is crucial to children's healthy development too. It's also an important aspect of high quality early childhood settings. When parents and other caregivers have regular emotional support like relationships that provide security and reassurance, they are less likely to experience stress, more easily demonstrate confidence in their parenting, and are more likely to utilize effective discipline strategies. Early childhood settings can help provide that emotional support by offering formal family support services, by creating opportunities for parents to connect and build relationships, and through intentional efforts to develop supportive relationships between program staff and parents.
In a recent study, Child Trends looked specifically at how emotional support for mothers affects children from disadvantaged families. Using data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, the study examined how children's externalizing behavior, symptoms of depression, grade retention rates, school engagement, and social competence are affected when mothers report having personal support systems. The results overwhelmingly show that when emotional support is present, mothers report more favorable outcomes for their children, including greater school engagement and social competence. Conversely, when emotional support is absent, mothers report less favorable outcomes.
The findings indicate that emotional support for mothers can help lessen negative child outcomes while also promoting positive ones. However, these results do not specify the type or duration of support that has the most impact. A longitudinal study that looks at how the type of support and its duration affect child development outcomes would provide a fuller picture. While the study focuses on mothers, children have many different types of primary caregivers, including extended family members. Providing emotional support for all caregivers is important.
Caregivers as well as children benefit when emotionally supportive relationships are present. Ensuring that parents receive the support and resources they need is critical for a child's emotional, social, and academic success. Programs like Head Start, Early Head Start, and home visiting, provide resources and supports like those described above to parents and caregivers. Expanding and developing the supports that parents and families receive through these types of programs is important to the healthy outcomes of entire families.


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Japan cosmetic firms see hope in $1,000 face creams
By Yumiko Nishitani - Analysis
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese main cosmetics firms' bet that their women customers will pay top dollar for anti-aging creams have paid off and now all three may shift strategies to focus on recession-proof luxury items.
Shiseido Co Ltd, Kao Corp and Kose Corp, Japan's three biggest cosmetics firms, each launched a new 120,000 yen ($1,316) face cream since August 2008 despite the country's economic slump, with enough success for them to upgrade their bullish views on demand for high-end products.
All three are now reviewing their strategies to focus more on luxury items instead of the mid-priced segment, the traditional center of demand.
"It will be crucial for them to offer appealing, value-added products for those women in their 40s and older, who make up a big part of Japan's population and have the money to spend," said Katsuro Hirozumi, an analyst at Daiwa Securities SMBC.
"High-end products in Japan could also serve for wealthy Chinese women, if cosmetics companies can find a way to promote the use of beauty care products among people who do not have a habit of using such products," he said.
Each of the firms says their cream has topped targeted sales, although they do not unveil exact amounts. The rival creams are sold in 40 to 50 grams sizes and target anti-aging effects.
Prices of items priced 5,000 yen or higher account for roughly 20 percent of total Japanese cosmetics business sales at Shiseido and nearly 40 percent at Kose.
Nomura Securities analyst Kyoichiro Shigemura says the demand from Japanese women in their 40s is polarizing into high and low-price segments and a strategy to introduce higher value, high-price items was especially important. Continued...


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Article, 2009 Season - Ohlone College Renegades Women's Softball
Kelly Colker is Tri-City Voice Sports Female Athlete of the Month for May 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009—Reprinted from Tri-City Voice Sports.
Tri-City Voice Sports has named Kelly Colker, a sophomore pitcher for the Ohlone Renegades Community College softball team, May Female Athlete of the Month for her accomplishments last month. Colker is also a 2007 graduate of Newark Memorial High School.
Colker is vital to the Renegades success. She trots to the pitching mound and just gets people out, time after time. Colker ended the regular season with a 21-6 record and is awaiting the post season playoffs.
When notified of her award, Kelly was asked the following questions by TCV.
TCV: What is your college major?
KC: Right now I don't have a major, I am just doing my general education. So I guess you can say my major is undeclared.
TCV: What do you plan to do after college?
KC: After college I plan on getting my career started as a wedding/event planner and eventually having a family.
TCV: What is your favorite hobby outside of softball?
KC: MY favorite hobby outside of softball is listening to music and just hanging out with my friends.
TCV: Who is your hero?
KC: I have two heroes. My Mom and my Dad.
TCV: What athlete did you look up to growing up?
KC: Growing up I looked up to Barry Bonds.
TCV: What is your favorite food, movie, musician, and subject?
KC: Favorite food, pizza; favorite movie, Mean Girls; favorite musician, Christina Aguilera; favorite subject, softball.
TCV: Do you have any superstitions you do before or after a game?
KC: Before the game when we put on eye black, I am always the 3rd to the last person to put my eye black on.
TCV: Do you plan to go on to a four year school and play softball at the next level?
KC: Yes, I would like to do both.
TCV: In which schools are you interested?
KC: Hawaii-Hilo, Cal State Northridge and Chico State.
This web page is part of the official Ohlone College website. Any Ohlone College Athletics-related information that may appear on other websites is not official and may not be accurate.


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Congrats to the Neighbors ( Ks is about 30 miles from me or you could say closest town from some land we have lol )
This is a discussion on Kansas Overrides Sebelius Veto (Merged Threads) within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; HB 2528 which re-asserts statewide preemption in Kansas was vetoed by Kathleen Sebelius and was overridden this morning in the Kansas Senate. Big win for ...
HB 2528 which re-asserts statewide preemption in Kansas was vetoed by Kathleen Sebelius and was overridden this morning in the Kansas Senate. Big win for 2A rights in Kansas!
Gun Control means never having to say "I missed you."
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Congrats to the Neighbors ( Ks is about 30 miles from me or you could say closest town from some land we have lol )
Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life .
We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think .
Criminals are looking for victims, not opponents.
I feel obligated to go buy myself another carry gun to celebrate!
Thanks to all those fellow Kansans who worked so hard to get this done; true grass roots activism in action!
I'm a child of the 60's, but I got over it.
Now, we all need to thank the ones that fought and bled over this to help all of us here in OZ. Send letters of thanx to all that voted to override the veto of her highness, don't forget the house also. Now, it is time to let those that voted no know that they are not needed in the legislature. I am already composing a letter to Sen. Roger Reitz, to let him know what I think of him and his position. Everyone needs to do their share to make those that voted no get a real job somewhere else other than Topeka. I wish those that voted no, no harm, but I also wish them no luck. Time to move on to the next battle, whatever it may be.
A person is justified in the use of deadly force, if such person reasonably believes deadly force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to such person or a third person.
Congratulations. It's always nice to see stupid vetoes overridden.
...He suggested that "every American citizen" should own a rifle and train with it on firing ranges "at every courthouse." -Chesty Puller
Its really a big win for Kansan's who want the right to protect themselves and not violate the law. Steve48
Today the Kansas Senate by a vote of 30 to 10 over rode Governor Kathleen Sebelius' veto of HB 2528. The House of representatives over rode the veto yesterday.
HB2528 slams the door on attempts by numerous cities and municipalities to create a mish-mash of local ordinances governing were Concealed Carry Handgun permit holders could not carry.
In Ohio we just got our mis-mash of "home-rule" laws invalidated.
Some of the bigger cites are fighting the law but it looks good for our side :)
Thats great news! Now the good people of Kansas need to vote Governor Sheeple of office!!
I'm gonna go buy a Springfield EMP to celebrate!
Gun Control means never having to say "I missed you."
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Wow, I'm impressed with Kansas, two consecutive veto overrides on CC. Kansas keeps gettin' better and better, I may even move there one day if this keeps up.
HB 2528 does other good things as well. One of which is make it illegal for any private company to not allow employees to keep firearms in their private vehicle while on company property.
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~ Thomas Jefferson
The gov. is term limited, and it's her last term anyway. She is truly a misunderstood person. The Senate veto picked up 1 more vote than the original bill.
Les Baer 45
Sig Man
N.R.A. Patron Life Member
Great news for all of you in Kansas! When does the House vote to override?
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself. ...Mark Twain: Manuscript note, c.1882.
NRA Life Member & JPFO Member.
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Changed the cabin air filter today, yuk
While that section of the dash was apart I decided to check into the glove box latch
situation to see how much trouble it was going to be move the striker and stop
the rattle I've had since day 1.
Basically, it ain't too hard to do. You take the striker off the dash using a phillips
head screwdriver on two screws. You'll need to move the striker about 2 millimeters
in toward the front of the car. (On my car, this amount takes up the slack and lets
the door close tightly- no more rattle) I scooted the striker up to where I thought
it should be and using a sharpie marker, drew two reference marks onto the plastic.
I had to clamp the striker into a vise on my workbench and bend the flat bracket
about 2-degrees. (there's a 90-degree bend that needs to be opened up to about
91-degrees and the 45-degree section needs to be straightened so that it remains
flush with the dashboard, just like it was stock)
It took me about two attempts and about 5 minutes to get the bends just right.
When you mock it up to check the fit, the striker should now be in the forward
position, up against the reference lines you drew.
You'll also need to elongate the slots in the plastic 2mm toward the front of the car
so that you when you bolt the striker back into place you'll actually be able to get
the two screws you removed back into place. I used an exacto knife- took about
1 minute to do.
Sorry, no jpg's..... no camera to take them with
I wish I had fixed this rattle sooner. I feel stupid for having put up with it for 3 years
when it was so easy to fix


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Great expectations? Developing a profile of the 21st century library and information student: a Queensland University of Technology case study
Hallam, Gillian C. & Partridge, Helen L. (2005) Great expectations? Developing a profile of the 21st century library and information student: a Queensland University of Technology case study. In Libraries - a voyage of discovery. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress. 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, 14-18 August 2005, Oslo, Norway. (Unpublished)
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The library and information profession in Australia, and indeed throughout the world, is rapidly aging. Whilst Australian statistics are not readily available, Australia undoubtedly reflects the current state of play in the United States where it was recently predicted that, by 2017, some 68 percent of today's librarians will have retired . The challenge for library and information science (LIS) education is to attract students to enrol in the LIS schools with the desire to work in a dynamic profession, and to then ensure their expectations are met by offering a stimulating and cutting edge course. Interestingly, to date very little information has been obtained about the type of students currently entering into LIS education, about their expectations for the LIS curriculum or about their future profession. This paper will outline a study that considers the questions: who is the 21st century LIS student and what are their expectations for now and the future?
The Queensland University of Technology is committed to ensuring that its Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies (GDLIS) is relevant to both students and the profession alike. In particular, QUT endeavours to ensure that the course is continually being developed to meet the ever changing recruitment needs of the LIS industry it serves. To this end, members of the GDLIS teaching team have conducted a study exploring the attributes, capabilities and expectations of the students the course attracts.
Participants in the study are the students enrolled in the GDLIS course from 2002 to 2004. Self-administered surveys were used for data collection. The surveys gathered data on demographics, academic history and previous employment. The survey also obtained the students' perceptions on the types of skills required by LIS professionals and the functions they perform in the workplace. Students were also asked to indicate their reasons for entering the GDLIS, their expectations of the course, and their future career aspirations. In addition, the students completed the Myers Briggs Personality Inventory. The study's key findings and the implications for LIS education and the profession as a whole will be discussed. Avenues for future research will be outlined, in particular the steps being undertaken to develop the study into a longitudinal project which aims to capture the students' capabilities, expectations and employment experiences at the beginning og their studies and as their career develops in the years following their graduation.
This study has provided valuable data that allows QUT to determine whether or not the GDLIS meets the expectations of its current students. The data also assists the LIS industry to determine whether these students' expectations and capabilities are aligned with the current and future recruitment needs of the LIS industry. Importantly, the study will help industry, library educators and professional associations work collaboratively to develop a targeted marketing campaign designed to attract the 'bright and funky' to the dynamic LIS profession.
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There are over 5,750 hospitals in the United States, but fewer than 250 specialize in pediatrics.[1] Yet experts recommend children be treated at a children's hospital.
What makes a children's hospital a better choice for your child than the closest community hospital? And why is Children's Hospital Colorado the absolute best choice for kids?
Here in Colorado, community hospitals abound and there are lots of great ones. Many families develop a relationship with the hospital where their children were born and, without thinking too much about it, fall back on that ER for any emergency or after hours care their family may need. Undoubtedly, the talented doctors there save lives every day. But, while this hospital may be the best choice for an adult, the staff there may not have the training, experience and equipment they need to provide the best care for your child.
As parents, many of us don't want to believe our local hospital may not be the best bet for a child. But research is proving it.
A recent mock trial conducted in 35 North Carolina ERs found nearly all of them were unable to stabilize children properly, order proper IV fluids or recognize a life-threatening drop in blood sugar.[2] And the difference isn't just in doctors: additional studies show only 6 percent of local ERs have the equipment they need to safely treat kids.[3]
The truth is, kids and adults are different enough physically to require different medical knowledge and equipment. If a doctor treating a child uses adult medicine as the point of reference, there is a risk something could go wrong.
Kids' bodies aren't just smaller than adults' bodies. They're physically different. Different enough to come down with many diseases adults just don't get.
A doctor who sees kids day in and day out has probably seen enough cases of common childhood illnesses to know instantly what's wrong. Pediatric experts are also more likely to have seen even the most rare diseases, illnesses a doctor who works mainly with adults may never see in an entire career.
What's more, illnesses and symptoms are influenced by the age and size of a patient. One example would be RSV, a virus that makes the rounds in our area every winter. For a child, RSV can be very serious, even leading to respiratory failure. An adult with RSV would just have mild, cold-like symptoms.
Diagnostic tests and treatments are different, too. Kids have smaller blood cells, so their lab work looks different. They also have less blood—a lab set up to test with smaller samples helps a child avoid possible multiple draws.
Another example would be x-rays. Kids' bones have growth plates, making their x-rays harder to read and setting the bone properly more critical. Kids are also wiggly when you need them to hold still and more vulnerable to radiation. Getting the x-ray right the first time and with as few films as possible help protect your child's long-term health. Reading the x-ray correctly and setting the bone properly when a growth plate is involved are critical to normal growth in that bone.
There are also enormous differences in language and cognition. Often a child can't express or explain what's wrong, which makes diagnosing a child very different from an adult. It's also common for kids to confuse fear with pain. A child who is frightened may express and experience mild pain as severe pain.
A professional with the training and practice to recognize the difference between fear and pain in a child—and the skills to ease that fear—may be able to avoid unnecessary medication. Perhaps most importantly, kids are more fragile and susceptible than adults.
In one moment, a child may not seem very sick, and in the next moment be very ill. Being able to recognize childhood illnesses quickly, order only the tests needed and have the results read by trained pediatric experts can make a huge difference. Even the most gifted doctor who expertly treats adults can feel uncertain with an infant or miss something important in an older child.
So how does your community hospital measure up? One way to find out is to simply call and ask.
The two questions go hand in hand because the more pediatric patients an ER treats, the more likely they are to have the right staff and equipment in place.
At all Children's Hospital Colorado Emergency Departments and urgent-care locations, everyone from doctors to lab techs specialize in pediatrics. Each location is directly connected to our hospital on Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora and has access to a pediatric emergency medicine specialist at all times. These doctors have at least six years of pediatric emergency medical training under their belts, which makes the three months a typical ER doctor spends studying kids seem pretty meager.
And, as the hospital that sees, treats and cures more kids than all other Colorado hospitals combined, we have more pediatric experience than any other hospital in Colorado. This expertise helps us offer faster and more accurate diagnoses and start treatment sooner.
No doctor would advise a parent to bypass a local ER unilaterally. If a child is choking or needs immediate care, the best choice truly is to call 911 or go to the nearest ER. But, when possible, driving to Children's Hospital Colorado pediatric urgent or emergency care location closest to you can help ensure your child gets the absolute best care, even for something as simple as stitches or a broken bone.
[1] Howard, Melanie. "Diagnosis Emergency." Parenting Magazine, March 2009.
[2] Hunt, Elizabeth A., Susan M. Hohenhaus, Xhemei Iuo and Karen S. Frush. "Simulation of Pediatric Trauma Stabilization in 35 North Carolina Emergency Departments: Identification of Targets for Performance Improvement." Pediatrics 117 (2006): 641-648.
[3] Gausche-Hill, Marianne, Charles Schmitz and Roger J. Lewis. "Pediatric Preparedness of US Emergency Departments: A 2003 Survey." Pediatrics, 120 (2007): 1229-1237.


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Sad sad time was had.
However, after looking for cars for a bit, looking for the perfect replacement for the cabby (while not picking up another cabby) I had many many choices. Narrowed it down to 1 newish car and a few older ones. The newish car wasn't going to happen, so I dwindeled the few older cars down from MG, Fiat 124 spider, A sweet vw kit car based off the beetle, and the 944... I ended up with the 944.
Went, drove it, liked it, ect.
Eh, enough typing onto a **** ton of pictures. *disclaimer* poor picture quality... i'm not that sorry lol.
A week with the 944.
Well After picking the car up Friday June 22nd I got it washed... boy did it need it.
It cleaned up nice, but you can tell its a 30 year old car. Not to worried it still looks decently good.
I can't give you the exact miles but I know I drove the car over 250 miles between Friday picking it up until Sunday evening parking it into the garage. A nice thing about how you sit in the car is your legs are straight which is great for my knee on long trips (it locks up when bent in a normal car for more then an hours time)
Well for being a 30 year old P - car... she gets lots of looks and lots of thumbs up. People always comment on how nice the car is. She still pulls hard in all gears which is something new moving from the cabriolet to the 944 so it puts a big grin on my face.
I enjoy the sh*t out of this car and love walking into the garage to see it every day.
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The Julio-Claudian princes depicted on this type are uncertain. References most often identify them as Caius and Lucius caesars, but Drusus and Germanicus have also been suggested, and there are other possibilities. The features of both portraits on this coin resemble Augustus, which doesn't help.RP84131. Bronze AE 14, RPC I 2246 (7 spec.), SNG Ashmolean 1188, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -, BMC Mysia -, F, green patina, light corrosion and deposits, weight 2.226 g, maximum diameter 14.2 mm, die axis 0o, Kyzikos (Erdek, Turkey) mint, c. 4 B.C. - 2 A.D.; obverse KYZI, bare headed male head right; reverse bare headed male head right; very rare; $100.00 (�89.00)
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It's March 30, 1998. The entire nation is lamenting the news that gasoline prices are once again on the rise after peaking 10 days ago at $1.07!!!! Katie bar the door! Anarchy, I tell ya, anarchy! Nonetheless, folks are filling up their tanks because they are still in desperate need of getting to the theatre to see "Titanic." It's the #1 movie in America and has already grossed more than $500 million dollars.
Maybe folks are gonna stay home and watch "Seinfeld." It wraps up its run in two months. Oh, wait that's Thursday night. Besides, a hot show like "Seinfeld" would only be in reruns against the NCAA National Championship on CBS.
Tonight, Kentucky will take on Utah for the title. Rick Pitino may have left for the Boston Celtics, but he left a full cupboard for new head coach Tubby Smith. Let's see if the 'Cats can win their second title in three years.
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As a rule of thumb, if you wouldn't drink the wine, don't cook with it. Which isn't particularly helpful to the non-drinkers here. Even many inexpensive white wines will be superior to white cooking wine in flavor and no added salt.
And you can certainly leave the wine out of the marinade. Use water to make up the volume and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice or a teaspoon of white wine vinegar for acidity. Or a light fruit juice instead of the water, again with a little bit of extra acidity.
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If you have white cooking wine, use it, but decrease the salt in the marinade. Then pour the rest down the drain and get yourself some inexpensive but drinkable stuff to keep in the fridge.
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for example in Pennsylvania you cannot buy alcoholic stuff in the grocery stores - no beer, no wine, no distilled stuff.
so, somebody clever put enough salt in a cheap wine and convinces the legal types it is 'food' not 'booze'?
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Suitable AcidFor a marinade, as others have said, your favorite vinegar or citrus juice works fine. I also use a little tomato product from time to time. It adds acid and a complexity to the flavor profile. The enzymes also act as a tenderizer.
For a sauce, where reduced wine would be used, vinegar can be used as an acid replacement. Remember, that although wine reduces and concentrates flavor, vinegar does not. So, if one is going to use this method, use 1/5 the amount of vinegar (or even less) in relation to the amount of wine that would have been used. The method I use is to think of the volume of liquid that would remain if I were reducing wine to au sec, and use that amount of vinegar. This will vary depending on the acidity level of the vinegar.
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I always keep at least a cheap bottle of wine for a few reasons:
1. Unexpected instances of alcoholism
2. 90% of the time where you're making a meal and just "winging it" you'll usually wish you had some.
3. Sometimes it might save the dish. Sometimes you just want to keep things from burning without the addition of more fat or stock
I'll agree with phatch. If you wouldn't drink it, dont cook with it. And I disagree. I'd never drink a glass of dry marsala, dry sherry, dry sake or really any dry wine ever but i gladly cook with one of those at least once a week.
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I think the main exception to the rule arises with fortified wines. I prefer tawny or late bottled vintage port, but typically cook with ruby port because a) it's cheaper and b) the soft and complex flavors of tawny port are usually lost when cooked, unless you use a lot, which brings in the issue of cost (see reason a).
With wine, this can be true to an extent. Some people don't care for particular varietals, appellations, or vintners, but those wines can still be used to good effect in cooking. The opposite can be true, in that what you like to drink may not be the best for cooking. For example, using an off-dry Gewurztraminer (which many people love) in a recipe that calls for dry white wine would probably end up devoid of that good acidic snap of, say, chablis or sauvignon blanc.
So the old adage of "if you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it" may be a good benchmark, but some judgement should be used. Above all else, buy quality wine if you want quality food.
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Your last statement is really the crux of the matter. The saying doesn't mean you have to drink the wine you're cooking with, or even that you should. Rather, it goes to the point that the quality should be such that you would drink it if you were drinking.
The problem is defining quality. Once upon a time, price & quality were synonymous. But that's no longer true. There is an incredible array of good wines, nowadays, in the $8-10 range; quite a few even less expensive than that.
Which leaves the nondrinker precisely where they were.
Best bet, in those circumstances, is to talk to the wine salesman. Explain that you'll just be cooking with it, that you want something that will compliment the food, but you don't want to spend a lot of money because you won't be drinking it.
I betcha you'll get several good suggestions.
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You only need a splash! It doesn't matter all that much which wine you use in this case. I always have a bottle of dry sherry open, it keeps for quite a while. Very good alternative! Dito for dry vermouth like the french Noilly Prat and many others. And, last but not least Shaoxing ricewine available in Asian shops! Tastes a bit like a slightly sweeter sherry. Works perfectly and keeps a very long time in the fridge.
All in all I would use a good dash of vegetable oil instead of just 1/4 cup of wine, certainly for marinating chicken breast. It will stick to the meat together with the tarragon and transfer the tarragon taste much quicker into the chicken.
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Good day , more reasons for cooking wines
- the export tax for food ( cooking wine ) is about 50% of the export tax for regular wine , that can be a difference of a few dollars a bottle. This is probably the main one.
- most thirsty staff members will not drink cooking wine or salted alchoholic cooking liquers , but some will !!
- to make money off wine that could not be sold as regular vintages
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photo posting help! PICTURE TUTORIAL by sn8k
I just became a full member and I still can't figure out how to insert photos by having them hosting on this site. Can someone tell me how? Thanks for help!
Here's how you do it Ray.....
Look below where you nomally type in a respose to a thread - and look for this (red arrow
points to the "manage attachments" bar). Click it
A new window will appear - this is the "manage attachment" window. Click on the "browse"
Now search through your computer and click on the file you want to add - it will
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After the image is uploaded - you will see it added to the "current attachments" list.
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Thats about it - now all you have to do is "submit reply" and you picture will be included in the post
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Thanks! That is a great guide!
Dang, that's an awesome guide there. Any mod wanna make it into a sticky? :wink:
...this kind, selfless act could lead to employment
Thats a great tutorial Mark , we should definately give that its very own thread and a sticky... thanks for the help ! :proud:
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One question,
I get the following message in my status bar:
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When will I be allowed to post attachments?
attaching photos is a perk of membership in the planted tank. cost is $10 annually and you get a pm mailbox of 250 messages instead of... what is it, 25? and the ability to post images directly on to the planted tank server. otherwise, you'll need an image host (your own site, or a site specialized in photo hosting) i recommend www.imageshack.com, but there are a few others. Since joining the planted tank I think I use the attach photo feature about 50% of the time, and the rest of the time I still use imageshack because it allows a thumbnail preview or directly inserting the image into the body of the message (plantedtank.net puts a link to the image in the body of the post). Both are acceptable means of sharing your photos with others, but sometimes the preview or entire image in the message is nice.
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i've got a slightly different question about uploading pictures.
i can make pictures apear in my topic (using the method sn8k described)
But lets say i want some text in between 2 pictures, how do i do that?
I can only see the actual pictures if i click on the "preview post" button.
Hey, why are the images above broken?
Jonas - if you use the "attachments" method, you can not add text between your images, since they are attached separately at the bottom of your post.
If you want to alternate images and text, you will need to host your images somewhere, and then link to them using image tags (click "insert image" icon when you type your post).
Hi, new member here...I use an iPad. How do I go about posting images from it?
also new member reading on picture posting
So I understand how to use sites for image hosting, Do I still need to edit photos to 75k max if i'm pasting in the url? not sure I understood the sticky on photo rules 100% like I just uploaded 5 pictures to photobucket. un edited by size. now if i image link them to some posts, I don't want to cause trouble if I'm doing it wrong. I liked that the album upload pic resized them for me :red_mouth
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You're right about Chrome, just can't go without firebug.
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Ah, I would NOT recommend making them all in one piece. Just that once they're connected together, it's the same physical thing as if you'd made them all one piece in the first place.
I had all of about three reference pics (standee, pictures on the box of 12" Fett) when I made my armor, and the action figure version looked like it was all one piece. (Side note: I think it would be absolutely cool to see somebody do an "Action Figure Version" Fett. I know it's not anything like the screen used or even pre-pro suits, but I think it's really cool looking).
The whole collar/back piece flexes because it is Sintra, and the hole is just big enough for me to turn my head sideways and slip it through when it's flexed. I wound up popping off all the square-ish bolt things I'd glued on the first time I put it on (due to the flexing). I do have like a size 7 head, so that's a little on the small side anyway. I've remade the collar/back in two pieces, but I can't find the paint that I used years ago and I don't want to have to repaint everything yet. I'll still be using a little bit of velcro, though.
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"This is an individual whose pen always drips with filth," Erdogan said of columnist Bekir Coskun, whose account of a privileged military that puts comfort and security before freedom drew on a fable from ancient Greek writer Aesop.
Erdogan has radically cut back the power of a military that toppled four governments in the last five decades. Hundreds of serving and retired officers face accusations of coup plots in trials unthinkable only a few years ago for a long-privileged army that kept politicians on a short leash.
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Our beautiful Shelby started losing weight about 2 months ago.
We took her to the vet last month and he was shocked about how much she has lost which I think was about 10 to 15 lbs. Her stools are very soft and very heavy. The vet did a stool sample and blood test. Both were negative.
No parasites or worms. Took her to another vet this month and she prescribed antibiotics and probiotics. Three weeks later, her condition has not improved.
Her energy level has not diminished however. She still loves chasing things going on runs and playing with her step sister.
Only possible connection we can think of is that just prior to this, she ate almost a whole container of those dog jerky treats in one day. She has also stolen several cans of cat food and opened them up with her teeth. Also, she has eaten whole bars of soap, feminine napkins, tubes of toothpaste and other stuff.
Any ideas please? We're taking her back to the vet but really worried about her.
Thank you so much for any input.
If she eats all that, there may be something stuck in her stomach/gut causing upset and issues. Did they do scans of her stomach/intestines? Barium?
Disadvantage of NOT crating our pups and allowing them to eat everything when we aren't around is we have no idea what they actually did and when......
Good luck. You know your dog and normal. If one vet isn't helping then you need to move onto the next.
I wonder if she is eating all that stuff if she is trying to cover some nutritional deficiency?
What food is she currently eating. Do you use digestive enzymes?
Could something be stuck in her yet still let soft stools move on through and the dog is still energetic?
Do you know if she has she been checked for EPI? Overview - EPI * Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Here is the test that is required, I would run it to rule it. http://vetmed.tamu.edu/gilab/service/assays/tli
My friend's Lab ate something the size of a dime. Best get a X-ray before the dog is really ill. Your vet should have recommended this to you. Intestinal blockages kill animals..
Why is she being allowed to eat all the stuff???
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Here is a good article about "Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies": https://www.acvs.org/small-animal/ga...foreign-bodies
I am just wondering if she is eating all this stuff due to possible EPI symptoms? Is she trying to eat her poop at all? How many times a day does she go? Any stomach noises?
I hope you get it figured out soon!
As Heidigsd said - ask the vet to test her for EPI, is a simple blood test and if positive you will need to give her replacement enzymes before each meal and probably treat her for SIBO as well.
With the stuff Shelby has gotten a hold of, I wouldn't be surprised if she had a blockage.
We see the vet tomorrow and hope to know something more than the fact that we'll probably be using our vacation fund to pay for treating her.
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Nojeem Odunfa, the driver who struck and killed 25-year-old cyclist Jerrison Garcia on Park Avenue early Monday, had neither a driver's license nor a license from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. Odunfa was behind the wheel of a livery car, and was charged with driving without a license, failure to exercise due care, and a right-of-way violation. But what's the penalty for a livery base that hires unlicensed drivers?
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Today we had our second annual Shrink Rap Segway Roll. It was great. We were joined by our new Shrink Rap friend and human sacrifice afficionado, Victor. Roy got to try a Segway for the first time and I have to tell you, he was a natural. He was running practice rings around those orange traffic cones like he was born with a gyroscope in his feet. Dinah and I did our Segway roll last year so we were both already licensed but it was still nice to have a quick refresher. They didn't make us work our way up to top speed like they did last year, which was nice, however all involved Segwayers wanted to go faster than the machines would allow. Dinah had an unfortunate experience with her machine, which occasionally whined and sputtered like a finnicky horse before dying. Why are we not surprised this happened to Dinah? Eventually she traded for a new machine. I'm thinking it's bad technology karma brought on by washing her cell phone.
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KC and Sports of Boston's Geoff contributed to this piece in reaction to The Blue Workhorse's take on the Hawks-Celtics series.
Many accuse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist for his comments about small-town America. As a candidate vying for an office of all the people, it was a careless comment and gave John McCain more fodder for the upcoming presidential race if/when Obama clinches the nomination.
Now Obama's message about small-town America can certainly be translated to the NBA Playoffs. The Celtics are the #1 seed and the Hawks are the #8 seed. The Celtics won 29 more games in the regular season than the Hawks and are 5-1 against them this season overall. They are significantly better than the Hawks. They have every right to believe they will win this series. In five games.
On the other hand, the guys over at the Blue Workhorse had a really intriguing take on the seemingly harmless first round playoff series. They said that the Hawks will ruin the Celtics title hopes this season. Huh what? Yeah, they made an argument after attending Game 3 that the Hawks will "ultimately lead to the all-powerful Celtics demise.
They believe that the Hawks' physical play is beginning to turn the series around in Atlanta's favor, starting with Josh Smith's hard Game 2 foul on Paul Pierce. All this despite the Hawks getting massacred in the first two games of the series.
However, young teams that have yet to fully mature do one of two things when they start losing badly — the ones that fade away fold while the teams that wind up being successful fight back.
This argument means nothing because in the history of all teams in all sports ever, young teams have either won or lost because unless you tie, you're winning or losing. Now, to not take his words too figuratively, I'll assume he means fight back as literal as possible. Basically, the Hawks couldn't outplay the Celtics, so they just fought them.
They got physical. Paul Pierce got taken down hard early in Game 2 to set the tone and level of physicality that will be seen throughout the remainder of the series.
Sadly, I agree with the guys at the Blue Workhorse. They said the Hawks needed to change the physical tone of the series, and to some degree they did. Eventually, however, young teams get too accustomed to playing physical and will eventually be called for fouls (Big Baby anybody?). I expect the Celtics to go to the FT line plenty through Games 4 and 5.
What can we expect with all those free throws? More and more points up on the scoreboard for the Celtics. The guys at Blue Workhorse even admitted that the Celtics are performing better at the free throw line than the Hawks. The Celtics are shooting .813 from the line while the hawks are .747. With the aggressive playing style, that according to Blue Workhorse, the Hawks NEED to play the Celtics should see plenty of free chances through the rest of the series.
With this physicality argument, they try to say that the veteran Celtics will fall for the tricks of the young Hawks. They are taunting Boston until the C's fight back and pay the price.
The increased level of physicality and verbal spewing being tossed back and forth is what I believe could ultimately lead to the Celtics demise this postseason. No, I don't think the Hawks have uncovered some secret gameplan to beating Boston, but by Game 5 (or Game 6, if the Hawks win another game), I do envision there being some sort of altercation that could alter the remainder of the playoffs.
Despite all of his emotional outbursts, I don't think it will be Garnett that is initially involved or Ray Allen, but Pierce, second year point man Rajon Rondo, or veteran Sam Cassell could each be potential key cogs that are lost for a number of games due to losing their temper.
Totally ridiculous on so many levels: the Hawks will affect the Celtics for the rest of the playoffs because they'll incite some fight that'll get Pierce, Rajon Rondo, and Sam Cassell ejected and suspended. The chances of that are as good as the Bruins winning the NBA Championship. You cannot base an argument about something you suspect could maybe happen.
The other fact is the Celtics are veterans and understand what is at stake here. They know not to let these young and inexperienced Hawks get in their heads, which would eventually lead to outbursts. Rondo is not a veteran, but it seems that a veteran influence has rubbed off on him all season in terms of his ability to play the game. Hopefully the veteran influence around him and the other young guys will keep them in check. It has to this point, so why should it stop now? The only way the Celtics could possibly react to the trash thrown at them by the Hawks is to play harder and throw down some more points in their faces.
I think its OK to believe that the Celtics are elitist in this instance. They should believe they are going to win. The Hawks are one of the worst playoff teams of all time (based on record) and the Celtics had one of the best regular-season records in NBA history. They are light years ahead of the Hawks and should play like they are.
The Hawks' celebrations after winning Game 3 were over-the-top and perhaps their only chance to taste victory this postseason. I totally agree with Barack Obama if he were referring to the Atlanta Hawks. It makes perfect sense (except I don't think Josh Smith will cling to his guns or religion when he gets agitated). The Hawks are peons and unless they knock off the top dog (the Celtics), they will remain a puny little spec on the NBA map.
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Very insightful response KC. And for my rebuttal:
I'll avoid all of the political references b/c I attempt to avoid politics like the ebola virus (not like the black plague, which I happen to find I very intriguing disease – but that's another tale), so onto the rest of your collective banter —
Let me first state that, even though it pains me to say, the Hawks are not going to beat the Celts. Every game they win is the equivalent of 1.5 wins (2 wins would = 3 meaning they were ultra competitive in the series; 3 wins = 4.5 meaning they shocked the world).
And all of this is b/c just as you have stated the Hawks are one of the worst playoff teams (even though I was one of like 4 people to claim they'd make the playoffs before the season) ever after being 8 games under .500.
I agree Rondo has played like a veteran and that Pierce and Cassell are both seasoned veterans, and I don't believe any of the three would create an altercation that could lead to an untimely suspension b/c of their veteran mentalities.
However, I do believe they could cause one of the young, not fully matured Hawks into possibly throwing a punch or something of that nature. Pierce has normally been able to walk away from anything like that in his career (he got stabbed for jeez sakes – he should be able to walk away from verbal taunting), but I've never seen him go after an opposing bench like he did after Horford's kind words to him at the end of the game, so it appears the Hawks are getting under his skin.
So I could see him or Rondo (who can get hot under the collar as well) engaging in a scuffle if it is instigated by one of the youthful Hawks, and I definitely don't see Sam I Am backing down if confronted in the manner.
While I hope I am wrong (b/c confrontations and altercations are unneeded expect in a good benches-clearing brawl in baseball or the ice sports of hockey and curling), this is how the Hawks could ruin the Celtics title hopes…much as Robert Horry and the pesky Bruce Bowen ruined the Suns title dreams last year with their physicality against the mild-mannered Steve Nash that led to the suspensions of Phoenix's Stoudamire and Diaw.
You called it Shotgun! Your rebuttal was as close to prophecy as I have seen.
OK Shotgun. I understand what you're getting at, but remember Tim Donaghy was reffing back then in that Suns-Spurs series. Those days are over.
As far as the Hawks Game 4 win, which included a minor scuffle involving KG…you did predict such an event. Good thing KG can control himself
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Samantha Bricio, USC women's volleyball junior All-American outside hitter, is joining the Pac-12 All-Star team on its trip to China this summer. The summer all-star team will play seven matches over two weeks in Sanming and Beijing, first facing the professional team from Fuijan Province and the Chinese Junior National Team from June 18-21. The team will then play the professional team from Beijing and the Chinese Junior National Team again from June 24-26.
With team members from all 12 universities in the conference, Bricio will arrive in China on June 17. In addition to volleyball, the team will enjoy cultural visits including the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Silk Market. Last year, USC was represented on the All-Star team by head coach Mick Haley, All-American Natalie Hagglund and senior Hayley Crone.
For the first time, fans can follow the All-Star team on Chinese social media including Weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter) and Renren (the Chinese equivalent of Facebook). More updates can also be found at www.pac-12.com.
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