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Featured Artist : BelleBeljays Felt, Silks & Textiles
Beljays Felt, Silks & Textiles
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Hi, my name is Belle and I am the creative energy behind Beljays Felt, Silks & Textiles.
I began my creative life as a painter. I exhibited regularly in group and solo shows for many years. It wasn't until after I moved to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia that I discovered the art of handmade felt. What a revelation!
I endeavored to learn as much as I could and began to win awards for my special pieces. Each show would cause me to challenge myself to learn new techniques. I began to make nunofelt (felting into fabric) and this led me to learn about dyeing techniques, particularly shibori techniques. I particularly like the stitched resists as these allow for so many types of patterns.
I finally realised that what I really loved was colour, pattern and texture. Textiles not only allow me to play with this but with the added bonus of being able to wear the artworks.
I opened my online store to share my love of textiles with the world. I list mostly my scarves as they are easily posted around the world. But I also list some of the larger coats, vests and clothes that I make. Recently I have been playing with artcards and table linen and will soon be making some fine charmeuse pillow slips. I continue to play, explore and evolve.
I source my materials from many suppliers but especially Dharma Trading. I particularly like the silk habotai and silk gauze; both are great for dyeing and nunofelting. I have recently started playing with their linen. I also love their fibre reactive procion dyes for cellulose fibre and their acid dyes for protein fibre.
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Apple's "hobby" set-top box has quietly been updated to add a much needed feature. If you update your Apple TV to software version 4.3 you'll find that you'll be able to stream TV shows that you purchased through the iTunes store.
The Apple TV update also lets users purchase TV shows from the Apple TV instead of just renting them. The purchased TV shows will then be added to the Purchased section of in the iTunes store, meaning TV shows have now been added to iCloud. It also means that the Apple TV now has a wider selection of TV shows, so now you can buy and watch shows like The Wire right from your Apple TV. Unfortunately, however, it appears that some TV shows aren't supported on iCloud. For example, I bought several seasons of Mad Men on iTunes, but none of them show up in iCloud, while most of my other purchases do.
The new update also brings in support for Vimeo, giving you yet another option for streaming web content.
Apple has yet to officially announce the update, though we'll hopefully hear something soon. It'll be nice to know why some TV shows aren't included in iCloud, though it likely has something to do with Apple's agreements with the production companies. It'll also be nice to see the same features added to movies purchased through the iTunes store, but we do still have a little while before iCloud fully launches, so there's still time for that to happen.
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text: Finally - The Doobie Brothers Stampede is on tap. Also: Billy Joel - Greatest Hits I & II Hall & Oates - H2O, Private Eyes, Voices Chicago - CTA, II and VI are still listed. The catalog does not state LP, CD or SACD but I would assume the Doobies and Billy Joel are SACD's, since the other titles from the artists are SACD's.


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Inspired by this. There a lot of things GW2 does wrong, or needs improvement. But we spend so much time talking about these, sometimes we forget the stuff GW2 does right. It took me playing some betas of other MMOs to miss GW2, so I thought it would be fun to list some stuff GW2 does right.
1. No spawn camping; everyone shares loot
Seriously, how can any MMO still have "first tags" on kills? I'm so used to just getting credit for killing stuff that when in other MMOs I don't, I think it must be a bug.
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Contemporary American political language has been invented and reinvented by those who hope to shape, conform, and convert the American public to a prescribed way of thinking. Reganomics, Clintonism, BushSpeak, Obamamania represent alternating currents between right and wrong, left and right and the calculated polarization of the American proletariat. Today there is a perceptible disconnect between political ideology and party loyalty. Political parties and news media outlets, on either side, have flowered our language with buzzwords that, when isolated from context, references an entirely different meaning from its original intent. Grassroots (the shun series) derives its title from the political use of language to distort, rather than reveal the truth. The images are of grass taken literally, as much as possible, at the root level, in order to question where are the grassroots of politics today? The superimposition of "s/tion" words is a semiotic ploy to draw attention to the misappropriation of words by political figures and the mainstream media in an attempt to "shun" the practice of using language with such simplistic force. As digital constructions, each image places a fabricated photograph within a photograph in order to further comment on the relationship between "image" and "reality". Grassroots (the shun series) plays with the associations of media, the implications of the photograph and the surprisingly suggestive and complex ambiguities of language.
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Texas Law Sends Dad to Jail After Child Support Withholding Error
Harris County, TX – On Tuesday, June 24, 2014, Texas father Clifford Hall voluntarily arrived at the Harris County Civil Courthouse and was taken into custody to begin a six-month jail sentence. Hall's complex child support case received international attention last year when he received the harshest punishment under the law. Hall was sentenced to six months in jail even though he became current on child support arrearages made late at the fault of his then employer AT&T.
"My client Clifford Hall is one of the first casualties of the repeal of Texas Family Code Section 157.162(d) that formerly protected parents who were current in the payment of child support," said Eraka Watson, Hall's new legal counsel with The Childs Law Firm. "In June of 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature repealed the law (HB 847) making a jail sentence a judgment option for being in contempt of the court for failure to pay child support. There are no exceptions, there is no notice served to the defendant indicating a period of time to cure the default. The law is not defensible," said attorney Watson.
"Repeal of the Texas Family Code was initially meant to deter dead-beat dads from being chronic offenders of late child support and making last minute payments before their court date," continued attorney Watson. "However, in Mr. Hall's case, he was unaware that the child support payments being withheld from his check were not getting to the court due to the employer's clerical error.
Unfortunately, even after Mr. Hall paid the arrearages and court fees, and had a positive balance, he was sentenced to six months in jail for child support underpayment and over-visitation. Prior to the repeal, my client could not have been incarcerated. Because his case was reset six times until after the repeal, Mr. Hall was held in contempt and sentenced to jail."
Hall's attorneys have exhausted all appeal recourses. Attorney Eraka Watson will file a motion for reconsideration introducing the AT&T sworn affidavit for the existing court's consideration. The affidavit was signed and delivered to Hall's previous attorney on January 21, 2014, and was not available nor considered during Hall's November 18, 2013 hearing.
The motion for reconsideration, if successful, could mean Hall's freedom. If the motion is not successful, Hall's lawyer will take the next course of legal action to free Hall.
Attorney Watson will also seek full custody for Mr. Hall of 12-year-old Dreydon Hall, his son.


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Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Actress Julia Roberts made a rare appearance with her three children and husband Danny Moder.
She was seen smiling away as she posed next to twins Phinnaeus and Hazel, both 10, and youngest son Henry, 8, and their father, reports mirror.co.uk.
Her husband of 13 years joined the star at the launch of surfing pro Kelly Slater's fashion brand launch.
The "Pretty Woman" star's golden tinged wavy hair fell over her shoulders on her all-black outfit.
Showing off her toned legs the actress wore short silky shorts and a matching long-sleeved top.
Her three children looked happy in the arms of their parents all in casual T-shirts and jeans.
They were seen at the fashion event in Malibu alongside, supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber and their children, son Presley, 16, and daughter Kaia, 13.


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Take five dazzling Broadway stars — including the woman who has performed the female lead for "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway longer than any other actress in the show's 23 year history — and add an all-star Broadway band performing favorite songs from the best-loved musicals in history, and there you have it: Neil Berg's widely acclaimed "100 Years of Broadway."
The show comes to Three Stages at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4.
"Neil has been doing this, and doing it very well, for many years" noted Three Stages Executive Director Dave Pier. "It's a must-see show for any real Broadway aficionado."
According to San Francisco's KABC radio theater critic Jerry Friedman, "This revue features some of the best songs from the best Broadway shows, all sung by some of the most talented performers working today singing many of the hit songs that they have sung on Broadway."
Tickets are $25 to $39, with premium tickets available for $45. They are available online at threestages.net or from Three Stages ticket office at (916) 608-6888 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and two hours before showtime. Three Stages is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, facing East Bidwell Street.
For the performance at Three Stages, the cast will include:
Ron Bohmer has starred on Broadway and national tour as the Phantom in "The Phantom Of The Opera," Joe Gillis in "Sunset Boulevard" (Jefferson Award nomination), as "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (National Broadway Theatre Award nomination), Alex in "Aspects Of Love" (LA Robby award), the evil Sir Percival Glyde in "The Woman in White," Enjolras in "Les Miserables," Fyedka in "Fiddler on the Roof" and as Coach Bolton in the cultural phenomenon Disney's "High School Musical." He most recently starred on Broadway as Father in "Ragtime," a role he originated at the Kennedy Center. He is married to actress/author Sandra Joseph.
Sandra Joseph has played the coveted role of Christine Daaé, the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway and all across the country to critical acclaim. She has the distinct honor of being Phantom's leading lady on Broadway longer than any other actress in the show's 22-year history. Sandra is currently writing a memoir entitled "Phantom Girl" about her journey from Detroit to Broadway and the decade she spent in Broadway's most successful show. Television credits include "Law and Order;" "Law and Order Criminal Intent;" "Late Night with Conan O'Brien;" "One Life to Live;" "As the World Turns," as well as guest appearances on "The View" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Ted Louis Levy collaborated with Gregory Hines on the "Choreography of Jelly's Last Jam," for which he received a tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination and the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award. Ted was awarded an Emmy for his television debut performance in the PBS special "Precious Memories," and appeared in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" for his film debut. He made his directorial debut as director of Savion Glover's "Dancing Under The Stars," and assisted in the choreography of Broadway's Tony award-winning hit "Bring In 'Da Noise! Bring In 'Da Funk!"
Natalie Toro created the role of Madame DeFarge in the new Broadway musical, "A Tale of Two Cities." She recently won the Best Supporting Actress Award by Sarasota Magazine for her portrayal of Madame DeFarge in "A Tale of Two Cities" at The Asolo Repertory Theater. She made her Broadway debut as Eponine in "Les Miserables." From there, she went on to play Grizabella in "Cats" in the national tour. Her television credits have been on "Law and Order" and "Law and Order SVU."
Chuck Wagner has performed on Broadway as Athos in "The Three Musketeers," Rapunzel's Prince in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods," Javert in "Les Misèrables," Van Helsing in "Dracula" and as The Beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" (which he premiered at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre).Television appearances include "General Hospital," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Dynasty," "Matlock," "As the World Turns" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Neil Berg is the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical "The Prince and the Pauper," which ran for two years at the Lambs Theater in New York City. Neil is currently the composer for the new Broadway-bound musical "Grumpy Old Men," based on the Warner Brothers movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and is also currently collaborating with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Schenkkan on a new rock musical called "The Twelve." Neil is the creator and co-producer of Neil Berg's "100 Years of Broadway," which is now the No. 1 Broadway touring concert in the United States, playing in more than 120 cities in 2010-11.


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Ubicado en el centro, The Westin Verasa Napa Hotel tiene al alcance de la mano la mayoría de las atracciones turísticas y direcciones empresariales de Napa (CA). El The Westin Verasa Napa Hotel presume de una ubicación práctica y dispone de comodidades modernas en cada habitación y un servicio extraordinario. Cada habitación está totalmente equipada con habitaciones para no fumadores, aire acondicionado, albornoces, prensa diaria, cine en las instalaciones. Los servicios de hotel ofrecidos en este alojamiento de Napa (CA) incluyen servicio de habitaciones las 24 horas, cafetería, bar, Salas de reuniones / banquetes, restaurante, instalaciones para personas de movilidad reducida, centro de negocios, servicio de aparcacoches. Los servicios deportivos y de entretenimiento disponibles en la propiedad del hotel incluyen gimnasio, piscina al aire libre. Siendo uno de los hoteles de gran calidad de Napa (CA), los huéspedes alojados en este hotel encontrarán su práctica ubicación y su tranquila atmósfera agradable. Para reservar en el The Westin Verasa Napa Hotel Napa (CA), elija su período de estancia y complete nuestro formulario seguro de reserva en línea.
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Heated pool, hot tub, and contemporary bar atmosphere were all appreciated by this family.2013-01-26 - yelp.com
Nice rooms, comfy, a tad on the expensive side, nice service, great swimming pool, walking distance to Gotts.2013-01-26 - yelp.com
Our room was absolutely amazing and the bed was comfortable.2013-01-16 - yelp.com
The location is perfect and within walking distance to the downtown area and Oxbow Market.2013-01-16 - yelp.com
The only downside is that upon checking in, our room wasn't ready in time which was kind of a hassle but we were kindly helped by Michael from the front desk who offered us free drinks at the bar while our room was being setup.2013-01-16 - yelp.com
We had some time before dinner so I took my daughter to the 'heated' pool and hot tub, the pool was very cold and the hot tub was lukewarm, everything was super dirty, there were about 20 used towels and beer cans littered around the pool and no clean towels.2013-01-03 - yelp.com
The final complaint is the heater in our room did not work so the temp would not go above 61 degrees.2013-01-03 - yelp.com
Sadly, we received probably one of the worst room in the hotel, it was a extremely long walk from the elevator and was right next to the gutters.2012-12-28 - yelp.com
Afterward, connections faded in and out (mostly out), and when we managed to obtain a temporary connection -- whether it was wireless or using an Ethernet hookup -- service was SLOW!!2012-11-23 - yelp.com
Using a combination of cash and Starwood points, we were able to get a pretty terrible deal for a one-bedroom suite.2012-11-19 - yelp.com
They forgot to replace our tiny shampoo and conditioner one day, and when we called to get more, they forgot conditioner.2012-11-19 - yelp.com
Low value for this area2012-11-11 - cheaptickets.com
Our ""upgraded"" room had a view of the air conditioning units, plumbing noises all night long made for restless night, several lamps in the rooms had bulbs burned out, very noisy lobby with some event going on--over crowded bar and outside pool area during the weekend we stayed...2012-11-11 - cheaptickets.com


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Evansville man dies in machinery work accident
A 50-year-old Evansville man died in a work-related machinery accident at the Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management (PDSWM) facility Thursday night.
Alexandria police officers responded to the scene at 2115 Jefferson Street at about 9 p.m. The initial report was that a man had fallen from a ladder.
Upon arriving, officers learned that an employee, Tim Allen Anderson, had been crushed by a piece of machinery, a hydraulic ram mechanism, and was unconscious.
Officers and North Memorial Ambulance paramedics administered first aid but Anderson died at the scene.
The incident is still under investigation, according to Alexandria Police Chief Richard Wyffels.
Pete Olmscheid, PDSWM executive director, said that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was contacted and is conducting an investigation.
Anderson was working a night shift at the facility, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to Olmscheid. He had worked at PDSWM for 21 years.
"Tim was a very good long-term employee. A very good friend also," said Olmscheid. "He was always dependable and friendly."
"A very nice man, a good family man," added Donna Pedersen, PDSWM office manager.
Anderson began working for PDSWM as a crane operator, then as a boiler operator and his last position was shift supervisor for the boiler operations.
Anderson was actively involved in the Evansville community and served on the Evansville Fire Department for more than 16 years, including three years as chief. He also served on the Evansville City Council and the Mound Grove Cemetery Board.
Anderson, who played football and wrestled for Evansville High School, enjoyed American history, taking walks on the trail and going to threshing shows, according to family members.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice; a daughter, Stephanie Anderson of Fargo; two sons, Allen Anderson of Alexandria and Brian Anderson of Evansville; his parents, Luther and Ardelle Anderson of Evansville; and a brother, Dennis Anderson of Sebeka. Funeral services were held Monday at the Evansville school.


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Two Juniors Among "Passionate and Impressive Group" of Salt Lake Tribune Summer Interns
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July 9, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — The six college interns at the Salt Lake Tribune this summer -- two of whom are undergraduates at DePauw University -- "view our industry's challenges as an opportunity for innovation and improvement," writes Lisa Carricaburu. "They are a passionate and impressive group. Their preparation and commitment speaks well for journalism's future." (Tribune photo of 2011 summer interns includes Margaret Distler on the far left, and Chase Hall, second from the right)
An article in the Utah newspaper notes, "Margaret Distler and Chase Hall are juniors at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., and are on the staff of The DePauw student newspaper. Distler, who is from Fort Wayne, Ind., and Hall, who is from Hinsdale, Ill., are recipients of their school's Barney Kilgore Fellowship, which funded their internships. Distler's emphasis is visual journalism. She will spend most of her internship on the photo and design desks. Hall is rotating among various desks, primarily writing feature stories."
Carricuburu points out, "Each intern earned this 10-week summer job through a competitive process, having been chosen from a large pool of candidates who applied for our own internship program or for fellowships offered through their schools or journalism organizations."
You'll find the full story -- headlined "Tribune interns speak well for journalism's future" -- at the newspaper's website.
DePauw University is the birthplace of the Society of Professional Journalists, which was founded by students as Sigma Delta Chi on May 6, 1909, and is today the nation's most broad-based journalism organization.Back


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Windows 7 USB DVD Tool - Boot Installation
A great day to all.
Just wanna ask if anyone could explain please, how will I use the Windows 7 USB DVD Tool.
I never used a USB flash drive before in installing Windows 7.
I have read some guides but made me clouded more.
So now, I have downloaded the ISO file from Microsoft and the USB DVD Tool, >> DO I HAVE TO COPY BOTH THE ISO FILE AND THE USB DVD Tool on my flash disk, AFTER THAT IS MY FLASH DISK already READY FOR USE INSTALLING ON BOOT?
Thanks in advance
Just Ignore this post because I have read the TUTORIALS, and it CLEARED the CLOUDS.
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Install the Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool and follow the steps in tutorial.
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A Vauxhall Frontera has been found at the top of Mount Snowdon for the second time in a month.
The bizarre reappearance follows its September 3 climb to the summit, after which its owner was arrested and charged with dangerous driving.
After its first appearance at the summit the car had to be taken back down the mountain on a railway carriage. Irked parties this time around include the police, National Trust, and Snowdon mountain rescue, all currently trying to work out how to get it back down this time.
Mystery surrounds the reappearance, not least because nobody seems to know who put the car there again, how, and exactly why?
However, in answer to the last question, visitors to the centre near Snowdon's summit where the Frontera is parked say there's a sign in the windscreen, claiming it will be auctioned online and that the proceeds will go to the mountain rescue team.
However, any money generated from its sale will be rejected because, in Ian Henderson of the Llanberis Moutain Rescue Team's words, "we could not accept the donation as this is the result of an illegal act."
It seems inconceivable that the arrested owner, Craig Williams, who's due in court early next month on the first charge, would drive it up there again.


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Maybe I just think differently than most.
My dyslexia would suggest that.
But concerning corporate taxation, I appeal to the legions of corporate tax accountants and the ultimate objective of their profession.
Is not finding and exploiting every possible existing loophole in the corporate tax laws, the primary reason for their existence.
Here is a perfect example (one of many I could site) of how Obama fails to exploit an obvious tactical opportunity.
In this case, the inability to position the reputation of corporate accountants against their employers gross overstatement of tax liability.
IF corporations are paying maximum taxes, THEN corporate accountants are useless incompetents, worthy of public derision and a ride in the clown car.
IF corporate accountants are savvy and efficient manipulators of corporate tax law, THEN corporations would be paying the minimum, if any tax and in some cases receive a refund.
Which is it corporate tax accountants?
The Democrats, in general, lack basic rhetorical street fighting skills, such as, playing the ends against the middle.
When confronted In some dark political alley, we "put up our dukes" while the republicans brandish, all manner of Medieval weaponry.
Obama inexplicably believes, that being respected is a function of, and proportional to, being liked.
The Republicans, in their machinations to command respect, properly perceive the function to be, mostly, inversely proportional when applied.
The maximum tax is of little concern. It's the minimum tax that needs to be correct and administered too. When an individual persons taxes are lowered then they simply pay more in fees and percentage points. An individual persons financial obligations to the government never really go down. It's all an illusion. When a corporations taxes are lowered, there is no other financial obligations to the government in which to raise. They simply make more money.
I was referring to the maximum or minimum taxes paid within the current existing corporate tax bracket.
Corporations are implying that they are paying almost 40% in taxes, 2nd highest rate in the world, behind Japan.
I'm saying, that regardless of the stated tax bracket (40%), an effective corporate accounting department will reduce the actual tax liability to a fraction of the official tax bracket.
All corporate accountants are expert at doing this and therefore all corporation pay greatly reduced taxes.
So, IF even one big corporation is actually paying 40% on gross profits, THEN heads would quickly need to roll in accounting.
Companies claiming they pay the maximum of there tax brackets are making their accountants look like incompetent fools.
Which of course, they're not.


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I got the GodswMobile SMS Transfer software weeks ago, and follow the user guide from the official website to install it on my HTC Touch Pro. It's easy to use and work fast. I use it to backup my history sms (about 200+ sms) , it just cost less than 1 minute to full backup all my text message.
It get the job down well.
I have transfer the backup file to my pc for later restore if is necessary.


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Dip them in warm salt water before adding it to any gravy or curry.
Add a tbsp of hot coking oil to ginger garlic mix it well and store it in the refrigerator
Use a little warm milk along with warm water to get the dough .The your chapatis will be soft.
When you have excess lemon juice freeze the lemon juice in ice cube trays and use it whenever needed in your recipes.It stays good for 15 to 20 days.
Add a little sugar to the coffee filter before adding coffee powder, then add boiling water to it
Light a candle to get rid of kitchen smells (or)any other smells inside the house.
Tip for making soft chappati dough.
While making paneer from milk, don't throw away the paneer water. This nutritious water can be used for making soft dough for chapatis or can be used to cook dals.
Put a lemon in a hot water before squeezing it. You will get more juice out of it.
To make crispier puris, add a little rava to the wheat flour while kneading.
Keep coriander leaves in a muslin (cheese) cloth bag in the refrigerator. They will remain fresh for a longer time.
If you boil vegetables in water, do not throw the water, keep it to make gravies.
Add aval (rice flakes) or cooked rice while preparing batter for idly or dosa. It will give you soft idlis and dosas.
To get crisp and golden dosa's, add tsp. of fenugreek seeds into urad dal while grinding the paste.
Excess salt in any dish can be brought down by adding diced potatoes, tomatoes or a tsp. sugar or add some ball of dough its soak extra salt.
For making Chapati very soft, While making dough of chapati or puri, add little milk and ghee (clarifying butter) or oil.
Garlic skin comes off easily if the garlic flakes are warmed a little before peeling
If you don't have curry powder, add 2 tsp of coriander powder, 1 tsp of red chilly powder and 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
If you have forgotten to soak the pulses overnight,Just put them in a flask or in a hot box/ Casserole full of boiling water and keep aside for an hour...Now they are ready for cooking..
To remove refrigerator odor, spread a layer of baking soda on a cookie sheet and place it in the refrigerator overnight or until the refrigerator odors are gone.
Spread a layer of fresh coffee grounds over the bottom of a cookie sheet and place in the refrigerator overnight. A coffee smell will linger, but will disappear quickly. This will remove refrigerator odor
To keep your fingers safe from nicks, use the following technique on wobbly vegetables (such as potatoes, squash, and beets).
Step 1: With a sharp knife, cut a thin slice along the length of the potato (or other vegetable) to create a flat side.
Step 2: Turn the potato, cut-side down on the cutting board. This will ensure that the potato is stable and won't roll away. Slice as desired, stopping when the potato becomes unsteady and difficult to grip.
Step 3: Turn the potato so that the broad, flat side from which you made the last cut is face down on the cutting board. Continue to slice as desired.
If you freeze and thaw meat, the cells get injured and lose water. As a result, baking or grilling will easily render it dry. The preparation may not be as succulent and juicy as it would have been with fresh meat.
If a curry is too salty, make little balls of wholemeal dough balls, put them in the curry and simmer for some time. These generally soak up some of the salt. You can then pick these up and discard.
to avoid moistning of salt in salt shaker put little amount of rice in it. rice will absorb moistness and salt wont become moist even in rainy season.
Make delicious pakoras with leftover bread. Just mix the slices with gram flour, salt, chili powder, asafoetida and chopped onion and knead well. Shape into pakoras and deep fry..
If you have run out of cornflour add boiled potato puree to thiken any soup and add body to it....
If you cook Indian food, you are bound to get turmeric stains on your clothes at one time or another. The good news is they're really easy to take out. Wash the stained clothes/kitchen linen immediately in cool water and soap. Dry in the sun and the stain will fade to a very pale pink. Wash the article again and the stain will be gone!
To get really soft chapatis, the trick lies in the kneading. The more you knead, the smoother the dough becomes and the smoother the dough is, the softer the Chapatis. Another secret to soft Chapatis is using fresh yogurt or milk instead of water, to make the dough! When you're done kneading the dough and it is smooth, wet your hand with water and run it all over the surface of the ball of dough. Cover with a damp cloth and set aside for half an hour before using.
For its better effects, mutton should not be of an older animal. Younger one looks pink and has firm texture. If it is red and looks wrinkled, it will be tough
Ways to reduce bitterness from the bitter gourd curry: Soaking the bitter gourd slices in salted
water for 30 minutes can help remove the excessive bitterness. Adding tamarind juice to the curry
also balances the bitter taste. Adding a teaspoon of palm sugar or jiggery (this step is not
advisable for diabetics) can also help with reducing the bitterness.


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Cloak: The flames and symbol were created from vinyl and hand-stitched in; while the the chain on the cloak is actually plastic chain found in a toy Dollar Bill Sign necklace. The brass buttons/knobs are actually brass, and weaved into the cloak. The cloak, once completed, was then cut and burnt at the bottom and was also sprayed lightly with some more color. Glasses: Red acrylic cut into shape, then bent along the middle by heating up the center plastic with flame. The frames are made from old glasses with the center pieces removed.
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moleha4 (92) , England | April 1, 2015
Our third pub of our visit. 5 cask beers from 5 different breweries plus one cask cider, and 4 interesting keg offerings. Beers in good condition, and a friendly atmosphere. Although Brighton Kemptown is listed separately from Brighton on RB it is only about a 10 minute walk from Brighton Pavilion. Recommended as part of a Brighton pub tour. Visited mid afternoon 31.3.15
imdownthepub (1156) Banbury, England | July 1, 2014
Jun '14 (76) This pub really hasn't changed much over the years, still a small single roomed bar with a good selection of beers, friendly, cosy. Well worth the effort to get there. The beers are still brewed on site but by the Brewer from Brighton Bier now as they use the plant.
2003 Rating (72)I liked the Hand, it was small but very friendly, with a knowledgable barman. A good range of Real Ale to keep you away from the dreaded lager. Very nice.
Fin (1171) Merton, Oxfordshire, England, England | March 7, 2014
Me and Loz visited here Friday 7th March 2014. Interestingly I had been here before about 19-20 years ago when we were on a family holiday at a great place called Duck Barn in Lewes. This place hasn't really changed that much, its still a pleasant little pub, a little dark, feels a little cluttered but is friendly with plenty of locals. The pub is about a mile walk from town slightly uphill through the Kemptown area, you will pass what appears to be the old/original Kemptown brewery building on your left as you walk. As you enter the pub (it sort of occupies a corner position I think) the bar is diagonally ahead of you. This is a one-room pub and to be honest anythink over ten people would make this place seem busy. Beer choice saw three Kemptown beers Red, Black and I think Gold? along with a few others such as Dark Star etc. Loz had a Dark Star Meltdown which was off but when I pointed this out to the landlord he had no hesitation in changing this in fact he also took it straight off sale and put on Marble Pint so I had one of those as well. A good traditional boozer, friendly, welcoming and the Kemptown beers are fine, bit too old fashioned twiggy, malty rather than hoppy for me but were in good nick and absolutely fine
sic1314 (476) Leiden, Netherlands | August 29, 2012
Worth visiting only if you want to tick their beer - which isn't very good.
Scopey (687) Croydon, England | November 27, 2011
Small, quirky character bar located a few streets back from the beachfront. Solid cask ale selection including a house brew, as well as local and UK microbrews (including Orkney and Caledonian at my last visit). Solid and frequently changing international bottle selection. Good value and friendly service. Really nice ambience and music (jazz and blues at the time). It also has interesting black and white pictures of nude women on the ceiling.......
ladnewton (203) London, England | August 30, 2009
Visited on 29th August 2009. Only beer from the pub's brewery available was Kemptown (see rating), but another six or so beers were on from other small/micro breweries. All staff friendly and there were some very outgoing and conversational locals in the pub when I visited, making it difficult to leave! In my review I have awarded 7/10 for food. I need to qualify this. The pub is not a "foody" or gastro pub, but it DOES serve homemade pies subject to availablilty, and these are excellent. I recommend the Thai chicken variety. Pies served by themselves in a foil case and paper plate. Subdued lighting and some interesting artefacts, namely german "Stein" mugs hang from the ceiling and the pub's central beam is festooned with ties and cravats. The pub has a piano but I've not seen it in use. A real, proper pub and worth seeking out even if only one homebrewed beer is available. Do phone beforehand to check availability. Recommended.
lada66 (134) Savonlinna, Finland | March 25, 2009
The only brewpub in Brighton I think. Five real ales and one cider on tap. A small but very nice place. Brewery is in the same building (upstairs). The landlord was very friendly for showing me that (22.10.08).
jbrus (168) Delft, Netherlands | August 8, 2008
Looks a bit dusty, old and uninteresting. Got served as if I wasn't really wanted there by a annoying fat guy. Selection wasn't that great either. They didn't have 10 taps, maybe 8? but only a few cask ales.
MrGrumpy (13) Crawley, England | October 29, 2006
After The Evening Star, the next best pub in Brighton. I usually call in once a year after my visit to Brighton Eye Hospital which is nearby. A pint or two of Kemptown Bitter (my favourite of the three beers) is usually enough to sustain me for the walk down the hill to the Evening Star before catching a train home. I was sorry to read of the passing of the charismatic landlord recently. He was quite a character.
duff (40) Copenhagen, Denmark | September 21, 2004
The Kemptown Brewery is on the same site, so this is essentially a brewpub. They serve the Kemptown beers as well as guest ales. They have a dcent bottle selection (mostly Belgian from memory) and have hacker Pshorr Weiss and Hellese on tap aswell as some standard Foster/Stella type rubbish. This is quite a small cosy pub, with a friendly atmosphere, definitely worth a visit if in Brighton.


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The plain-jane Specter Werks Corvette GTR is a pretty sweet ride on it's own, but even with the tuned Z06 mill kicking out 535 HP and 530 lb-ft of torque, it fell short of the embolism-inducing 638 HP and 604 lb-ft of torque in the ZR1. Quickest way to address that is to talk to Lingenfelter and drop in a twin-turbocharged LS7 with a massive, kidney-crushing 800 HP and 800 lb-ft of torque. Accompanying the go is a healthy dose of whoa, with huge StopTech brakes with six-piston front, four piston rear calipers, riding over some slick HRE CF40 carbon fiber wheels tipping the scales at 22 lbs and wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 Zero Pressure tires. The black and blue blue finish somehow suits this beast perfectly.
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The use of HRE carbon fiber wheels is a first on a GTR. They weigh only 22 pounds apiece and are wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 Zero Pressure tires. Additional features on the new GTR include:
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I posted a message a couple week's ago, on this quilt, I'm doing. Anyhow, it just wasn't going together, the way i wanted it to go. Wasn't getting some of the 1/4" joints when joining the red(wine), and the light brown, together. I did sew 8 block's together, and eventually took them all apart. I put the dam blocks away, and ended up cutting a 2nd quilt pattertn out. It's in a pizza box now. I went back to my 1st quilt, and recut some of the peices. I now have 12 block's sewed together, and I'm very happy with it now. The 2nd quilt, I'll get it started after I do this quilt, called "BakersDozen
This is 1 of the block's. After sewing it together, I was very happy with the block.
This is a picture of 4 of the block's.
This is a picture of the 12 block's. Eventually I will put sashing's between each block, And eventually form some star's, with sashing's. I did a quilt before and had star's thru out the quilt.


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I'm excited to share about a food I've fallen in love with – Mila!
I've got some good news and some bad news.
Let's start with the good news.
If you have sleep problems, lack of energy, elimination and digestion problems, depression, excess weight, joint problems, skin issues and a host of other ailments, I have found something that can help!
Even better, it's not some pill or potion, shake or powder. It's simply a whole raw food.
The bad news is you're going to be mad that I kept this to myself for over a month. I waited to tell you guys because after I tried it and loved it within the first week, I researched more and wanted to test it out on my skeptical self to see if eating it really did anything.
I was already eating seeds – ground flax and chia – every morning and never really noticed anything. I just ate it because I knew it was good for me.
After a month of eating this food, I'm so excited. I know this is going to help so many people in so many different ways. As you may already know, I'm all about promoting health and nutrition – hence all the CSA/farm share events I do. I volunteer to do that because I LOVE it and I want to make not only my family, but your family healthier too.
Supporting the small farmer is what it's all about. REAL FOOD is what it's all about.
Have you heard of Mila?
It's my most favorite food find yet. I came across it through Megan, my mom's nurse practitioner at her neurologist. (My mom has Multiple Sclerosis and is now eating Mila daily!) After talking back and forth about some recipes involving chia, she sent me a sample. After the first week, I liked it so much that I asked her for more info on it and she sent it over to me. I'm now backing it and have even started a business that revolves around it!
So what is Mila?
It's a special blend of raw seeds that are sliced to make them super easy for your body to suck up all the nutrients.
This seed blend has2x the potassium of bananas
6xmore calcium than milk
More antioxidants then blueberries
2xthe fiber of bran flakes
15x more magnesium than broccoli
4x more selenium than flax seed
6x more protein than kidney beans
9x more phosphorous than whole milk
8x more omega 3s than salmon
3x more iron than spinach
Talk about a PERFECT food to get tons of nutrition into our kids. Especially for busy moms like myself.
Mila has perfect nutrition for kids.
I've been eating it every morning now for a month and feel amazing – I have better sleep and way better digestion (and all aspects of digestion and elimination). It also awesome for weight loss, is an anti-inflammatory and is the perfect fuel for workouts.Two of my friends, Sarah and Sandra, sampled it for me this past week had a dramatic increase in energy.
It's got lots of backing from the medical world
Dr. Bob Arnot, Dr. Gutierrez, Dr. Clement, Dr. Ford, Dr. Lamm are all behind this seed.
Want to try some for yourself?
Click here.
Nutrient Packed Mila Cereal
1 cup kamut puffs, I use Natures Path
1 scoop Mila (2 Tbsp)
2 Tbsp chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp raisins
1 cup unsweet vanilla almond milk
Fresh berries
1. Mix all the ingredients in bowl.
Nutrition Information
1 bowl
Amount Per Serving
Calories 274.6
Total Fat 12.3 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 6.7 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.7 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 181.2 mg
Potassium 522.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate 34.4 g
Dietary Fiber 12.6 g
Sugars 5.6 g
Protein 8.0 g
Vitamin A 12.50%
Vitamin B-12 0.00%
Vitamin B-6 5.20%
Vitamin C 33.90%
Vitamin D 25.00%
Vitamin E 53.90%
Calcium 23.50%
Copper 12.40%
Folate 8.00%
Iron 14.50%
Magnesium 22.30%
Manganese 60.70%
Niacin 2.60%
Pantothenic Acid 2.20%
Phosphorus 20.00%
Riboflavin 2.80%
Selenium 1.20%
Thiamin 4.10%
Zinc 3.00%


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We argued right up to the front door about how I ought to dress for dinner. What shoes to wear. Jacket or no jacket. Tie or no tie. I'd climbed into the car wearing everything: white button-down and dress slacks, my best tie (meaning the pleasingly muted and abstract one, not the one with the little Tabasco bottles or the paisleys or the floating hula girls), nice watch, uncomfortable shoes, a sport coat. I'd foregone top hat, ascot and monocle, but was otherwise fully girded for a night out on the town with my best girl, because we were going to Bob's Steak and Chop House, and I knew exactly two things about the place.
First, it's in Cherry Creek (the new Clayton Lane mini-neighborhood, in particular), and Cherry Creek -- though essentially a game preserve for foodies, restaurant critics and Williams-Sonoma types, a protected environment where every street corner offers another wallet-emptying opportunity to sample the bounty of the smart set's truffle-and-bubbly-wine lifestyle -- has never been my most comfortable stamping ground. I'm no class warrior, but my frequent forays into the Creek still feel more like anthropological excursions than recreation. I always feel like I should be wearing a pith helmet and hiding in the bushes, whispering notes into a micro-recorder about the native costumes and mating habits of the 21st-century swell.
Second, Bob's is expensive -- seriously expensive by Denver standards. I imagined a room full of Monopoly men and frosted ladies with fur wraps and opera glasses like Margaret Dumont, who always played the heiress or the rich widow in the Marx Brothers movies. I pictured the men all smoking cigars and discussing petroleum futures while their wives got delicately plastered on glasses of Lafite-Rothschild and tottered off to barf in the ladies'. Essentially, I conjured up the original Palm in New York circa 1950 (or 1970 or 1995, minus the white-collar dot-com jet trash), because that has always been my vision of the ninth level of restaurant hell, an orbit occupied almost exclusively by high-end steakhouses and the restaurants of Sirio Maccioni.
Bob's Steak and Chop House
Closed Location
121 Clayton Street, 303-398-2627. Hours: 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Shrimp cocktail: $13.95
Stuffed tomato: $8.95
Tomato and mozzarella salad: $9.95
Creamed spinach: $7.95
18-ounce KC strip: $45.95
13-ounce lobster tail: $64.95< br>Cr�me br�l�e: $6.95
Cigars: $9- $39
Before we'd parked the car (forgoing the valet, because valets make me itch), I lost the jacket. It was warm outside, and I'd bought the thing at Old Navy, anyway. I wasn't fooling anyone. On the short walk to Bob's, Laura had tried to talk me out of the tie as well. Naturally, she looked gorgeous, effortlessly suited to whatever we were walking into in basic black on black on black. I looked like a fat kid in rented shoes. But I wasn't taking off the tie. I remembered that one time in New York when I'd been forced to wear the house's loaner jacket, and how, every time I got up to take a leak, people would try to give me their drink orders. It wasn't quite Scarlett O'Hara vowing never to go hungry again, but I was keeping the tie because I didn't want to be the only shmuck on the floor looking like I'd just come from an afternoon of huffing paint thinner and watching NASCAR. That's happened before, and while I'd like to think I'm not the kind of guy who's affected by such a thing, I am.
But sometimes a brother can't catch a break, and as we walked into dining room, I spotted more than one cowboy hat, plenty of blue jeans and not a single ascot. Pinkie rings, yes. Rolexes, sure. Bad toupees, absolutely, and a lot of West Coast tourist tans. But no tuxedoes -- not even on the servers or the girl behind the bar -- and I was the only one wearing a tie. Bob's looked far more clubby and convivial than I'd been led to believe by my own paranoid fantasy life, and as Laura and I were whisked back to the worst table in the house (which was the best still available on a Saturday night, so I can't fault the hostess) and folded easily into the comfortable flow of the night's understated service, I felt an undeniable sense of profound relaxation wash over me.
And deliberate or not, that's a neat trick for a steakhouse. Any restaurant where the menu starts in the thirty-dollar range and tops out near a hundred tends to overdo it in terms of glitz and fawning obsequiousness, hoping to make up for the price tag with a dining experience rather than just with dinner. And once plates climb above the forty-dollar plateau, you're in the realm of string quartets, personalized silverware and that "Would madam enjoy another cocktail?" style of lockjawed third-person waiterspeak that I hate for all its fakery and offhand condescension.
But when our server came to the table -- armed with an easy grin, the score of the CU-Texas A&M game and a joke about how, after the Buffs inevitably whipped the mortal shit out of the Aggies, the entire staff was going to come to work the next day wearing CU colors to mock manager and native Texan Monte Morris, who'd taken his first day off since Bob's opened last February just to watch the game -- I knew this place was different. He'd brought a jar of pickles and told us to reach in and grab one. They were owner Bob Sambol's grandmother's recipe, he told us, made fresh every day (which is technically impossible, since a cucumber takes at least a week to turn into a pickle). And since we looked like we needed drinks, what could he get for us?
Bob's has a wine list, of course, which not surprisingly runs the gamut from marginally expensive to murderous, with thirty-dollar bottles and fifteen-hundred-dollar bottles. The bar also has a fine spread of Scotches and whiskeys -- though the bartendress only giggled when asked what she could make with gin, saying she knew gin and tonic and gin and juice. (Snoop Dogg would be so proud.) Not wanting to make the poor girl dust off her bartender's guide just to make a proper martini, Laura and I went with beer. Our waiter said that was a good choice. But then, everything was a good choice in his opinion. I could have asked for a glass of Drano and fillet of underpants and he would have just wanted to know boxers or briefs, then complimented me on my taste and sophistication. But he didn't call my wife "Madam," didn't make me feel like I was sneaking in somewhere I didn't belong, and he was a CU fan. That was enough.
This Bob's is part of a chain, but a small one with only four locations, and a relatively young one, having been founded in 1993 in Dallas by Bob Sambol and his grandmother's pickles. Like all steakhouses, it has a theme -- in this case, racehorses, with gilt-framed paintings of, for the most part, the tail ends of racehorses, which forces you to eat surrounded by horse's asses done in oil on canvas (but that's still better than your standard night out in Cherry Creek, when you eat surrounded by horse's asses all talking on their cell phones and complimenting each other's Botox). And like all steakhouses, Bob's has a signature item. Here it's a carrot. A really big carrot, peeled and glazed and laid out on the plate like the Hadrian's Wall of vegetables, keeping the steak on one side away from the potatoes on the other.
Unlike all other steakhouses, Bob's has no chicken on the menu. There are pork chops and veal chops, crabcakes, fried shrimp and broiled salmon, even a roasted duck in green-peppercorn sauce as the menu's lowball option, at $22.95 (including starch and giant carrot). But not many people come here to eat salmon or crabcakes or duck. They come for steak, the best damned steak money can buy, and Bob's delivers.
A man after my own heart, Sambol has front-loaded his board with corn-fed American USDA prime-grade beef. With the exception of the New York strip, every steak on the menu is prime. Prime boneless ribeye and "côte de boeuf" cut, done bone-in. Prime T-bone, massive 28-ounce prime porterhouse, prime filet mignon and prime Kansas City strip, butchered with the bone-ends left sunk into the meat, which is a guarantee of tenderness and bloody, charnel-house juiciness. Prime is a rarity even at the best steakhouses, and certainly among the larger and better-known chains. Less than 5 percent of the total yearly production of American beef is given the prime stamp, and while some people might tell you that doesn't matter -- that there are so many different grades and breed-standards of beef these days that any classification above "cow" is meaningless -- those people are wrong. And stupid. And should be pitied, because they're probably the ones still taking out second mortgages to buy wagyu Kobe.
Prime means something. Prime means beautiful, deep-red flesh heavily veined with unbroken spiderwebs of pure white fat, a texture (if properly aged) that's soft and smooth, and a finish like good wine: meaty, strong and muscular.
Laura and I ate well at Bob's. We had shrimp cocktails with four shrimp so big they would have constituted an entree anywhere else; a Caprese salad deconstructed into fat chunks of tomato and cubes of good mozzarella swimming in a red-onion vinaigrette; stuffed beefsteak tomatoes capped with onions and crumbled bleu cheese; soft creamed spinach served under a shroud of melted cheese, spiced with just a hint of nutmeg; and a perfect, thirteen-ounce cold-water Aussie lobster tail. Still, when I took the first bite of my eighteen-ounce KC strip, I forgot everything else. The steak was amazing. Lightly touched with salt and pepper, perfectly grilled, rested, then presented simply on a white plate with potatoes and one large carrot, it was as good as any I've had in town. And more expensive.
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All around me, people were name-dropping Peter Luger, Morton's, Sullivan's, the Palm, insisting to their servers that those places served the best steaks they'd ever had until coming here, until they saw the way the meat parted under the cheap, wood-handled steak knives, tasted the way it melted across the tongue. And they were right. My only regret was that I was not a fatter man. I had to take half my steak home, lugging it up to the bar in a doggie bag. But I was not alone: Bob's was doing a brisk trade in Styros and plastic bags, no one wanting to leave a scrap behind.
Laura and I had dessert at the bar, shouldering in among the stragglers of the second seating, ordering cigars from the humidor, a last whiskey for me, crème brûlée to share. Even the crème brûlée was huge -- more like a trough than a tart. The bartender clipped my Davidoff Short because I am not the sort of fellow who carries around one of those cigar-end-clipper doohickeys -- am obviously not even the sort of fellow who knows their proper name. But I wanted the whole experience, so I sat there puffing on the finest export of the Dominican Republic as though it were something I did every day.
Again, I wasn't fooling anybody.
Still, I was going to milk the evening for all it was worth. Three hours passed before we were through, passing more pleasantly and far less pompously than I would have imagined possible. Yes, Bob's is expensive, but it's got class enough not to show it off to guests. I'd put it solidly in the Ferris Bueller category of restaurants, an "If you have the means..." kind of place, where -- if money is not an object (at least, not the only object) -- you must go immediately, eat expansively and then waddle out knowing you've paid top dollar for one of the rare things in this world that's actually worth it.


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- boil any kind of noodles as desired and veggies untill cooked or soft. (suggesting instant noodles)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Potatoes Stew With Noodle
- boil any kind of noodles as desired and veggies untill cooked or soft. (suggesting instant noodles)
31 comments:
- 3 hungry tummies said...
wonderful one dish meal! it looks so flavoursome
- January 6, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- Donna-FFW said...
Looks like a scrumptious one pot meal, with loads of flavor. Totally perfect for a chilly day!
- January 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Barbara said...
Super recipe, Kristy! It warmed me up just looking at it!
- January 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Still little or still your favourite? ;-) Just kidding..
The stew looks great with lots of greens!
- January 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- reanaclaire said...
my sons' favorite dish, stewed potatoes with chicken or minced pork, they simply love this dish.. but to eat with noodles, it is the first time ever... must try it one day.. :)
- January 6, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Shirley said...
I'd love to try this one! I didnt know that there were 2 kinds of soy sauce, light and dark.
- January 6, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
This looks like a very heart meal. Great for this cold weather we are having here in England.
- January 6, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- Ruth said...
Looks gorgeous and so simple to make. Could quite easily have it even without the noodles
- January 6, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- My Little Space said...
3HT : No doubt, this is my favourite!
Donna : You're so right!
Barbara : Thank you very much!
Angie : I think my kids would just dig out the greens!
Claire : More oyster sauce & light soy sauce to be added in. Need stronger taste for the gravy.
Shirley : Good luck!
HH : Yeah, I've seen the news. Horrible snow storm huh! You do take care lol!
Ruth : You're so right! Or you may also go with bread *wink*!
Have a great day!
Cheers, Kristy
- January 6, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Lyndsey said...
Looks so good! I love making dishes that my mom used to make. Nice memories. Your kids like it your way?
- January 6, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Anncoo said...
I going to try your Mom's recipe soon :)
- January 6, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- chrisau said...
woah..i love stew potatos with meat. It always whet my appetite!
- January 7, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
This looks so good! potatoes and noodles..yum! Very comforting.
- January 7, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- Cheah said...
This dish can kill 2 birds with one stone, can go with rice or mee. Had eaten potato stew before but not with mee, will give it a try.
- January 7, 2010 at 12:48 AM
- Bob said...
That sounds wicked good. I'm intrigued by vegetarian oyster sauce too.
- January 7, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- Stacy said...
Looks so hearty and full of flavor! I am also intrigued by the vegetarian oyster sauce...
- January 7, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- Claudia said...
Scrumptious. I am ready to be comforted by your potato stew!
- January 7, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- Cinnamon-Girl Reeni♥ said...
I'd love to cozy up to a bowl of your delicious stew! It's soup weather here! This looks wonderful!
- January 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Jeannie said...
I have not cooked potatoes for ages.... and even then, I'll just add them to soups and curries. Must try this recipe soon. :D
- January 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Mary said...
This looks like the perfect winter casserole. I'll wager this is delicious.
- January 7, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
Comfort food is timeless. Looks so yummy to me.
- January 7, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- MaryMoh said...
I know my children will really like this cos they love noodles but they may leave out the potatoes and pour more gravy over it. It's always interesting how we do what our mom did. Now my children are also following me. So...we better behave well...LOL
- January 7, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Aux délices des gourmets said...
ton assiette a l'air succulente je note la recette
bonne journée
- January 7, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- 5 Star Foodie said...
This looks like ultimate comfort food with potatoes and noodles! Super yummy!
- January 7, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- Juliana said...
Oh! This look very yummie, although have not had with potatoes, but veggies...this should be great for the cold weather...should try soon since have potatoes in my fridge :-)
- January 8, 2010 at 4:43 AM
- Gera @ Sweets Foods Blog said...
Today is cold here and this fabulous stew should be wonderful for dinner!
- January 8, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Katy ~ said...
Filling, warm, comforting stew. So delicious and nurturing.
- January 8, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Anna said...
Love, love, the idea with the potato. Must be yummy.
- January 8, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Olive♥ said...
sounds really delicious..I feel nostalgic too when I cook my fave childhood food for my kids..thanks for sharing..
Happy and Prosperous 2010 to you and your family!
- January 8, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- CheapAppetite said...
YUM! i really glad that you continue the legacy of your favorite dish your mom made you. Now your kids will learn how about it. Serving it on noodles is a good idea. I love noodles:)
- January 10, 2010 at 2:52 AM
- alwayswinner786 said...
This is super yummy!
Great soup with good blend of flavor and taste.A whole meal for winter evenings.
- January 11, 2010 at 3:09 PM


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EDMONTON - They say No. 1 is the loneliest number.
That certainly couldve been the case this week in Calgary.
Stampeders starting quarterback Henry Burris has been a lightning-rod for criticism after an awful performance by his entire team in a 35-7 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos in the Labour Day Classic, facing the kind of scathing assessment only a handful of other CFLers can even comprehend.
You hear the boos in the last game on Labour Day and you feel for the guy because we play a tough position, said Eskimos backup gunslinger Kerry Joseph.
We know, as quarterbacks, that youve gotta take the good with the bad. I think that some people dont really understand what it takes to be a quarterback and what we have to go through physically and mentally to prepare for a game. And youre not going to be at your best all the time, and I think some fans dont realize that. You just have to have the nerves and the thick skin to be able to deal with that, and I think Hank has done a great job of that.
Quarterbacks feel for each other because you know what hes going through, because youre back there. People from the outside really dont know. Until you have to sit there and know what everybody is doing on the field, take your reads, know what the defence is doing and stand in there with your eyes down the field knowing you have a 250-lb. linebacker going full-steam ahead trying to take your head off and youve still gotta stand in there and throw the ball ...
Its almost like looking down the barrel of a gun.
Burris has been a popular target in Cowtown after his 13-of-23 passing performance on Labour Day, which included one touchdown strike, two interceptions and a pair of fumbles. He was booed in the second half of the loss and has had his individual statline picked apart.
Thats just part of being a professional athlete. If youre not doing what people think you should be doing, theyre going to question it, especially at the position we play, said Eskimos starter Ricky Ray.
Its such an overpraised position when youre winning, and you face a lot of criticism when youre not winning.
For Burris, the good news is a solid showing in Fridays Labour Day Replay at Commonwealth Stadium (7 p.m., TSN, QR77) should erase any memories of the stinker.
On Thursday afternoon, Eskimos head coach Kavis Reed told reporters his team didnt bother to study film from Mondays Labour Day Classic, instead focusing on previous footage of the Stamps because teams revert to what they are in short weeks.
Stamps fans are keeping their fingers crossed Burris reverts to his usual self in Fridays Labour Day Replay.
I know in the past, when Ricky or Kerry or one of those guys would have a bad game, I always told our defence, Yall be ready, because that guy is going to bring it, Burris said.
Thats exactly what the Eskimos are bracing for in Fridays rematch at Commonwealth Stadium.
Joseph, whose slate of 130 CFL appearances includes a few that didnt go as planned, figures the Stampeders franchise player with be anxious to atone for the sub-par performance.
Just like he would be.
In a situation like that, you hope for a short week like this because now you can get back out there and play the game. I know thats what Henry is probably thinking I get another opportunity to right the ship, Joseph said. Thats what you feel as a quarterback. Youre not going to be at your best all the time, but when you have games like that, you feel like you let the team down.
You always want to be able to come back and rejuvenate yourself. Thats what hes going to be gunning for.


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Now that his parade route is on hold — perhaps indefinitely — the hockey priorities of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment boss Tim Leiweke are about to be put to the test.
And already the speculation of an overhaul at the top of the chain of command of the reeling hockey club are part of the focus picking at the carcass of a Leafs team that once again failed in the regular season.
With the club eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday night in Tampa, it has become apparent that Leiweke is considering shaking up the top of the hockey operations and that he has approached chief NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan for a senior position with the team.
A source familiar with Shanahan made it clear to the Sun late Wednesday that the Leafs brass has indeed been in contact. The former NHLer, who was renowned for his rugged play, hasn't been shy about letting it be known he didn't consider life in the NHL office a long-term career plan.


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When he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's The Happy Day, and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree is Nice, by Janice May Udry.
Internationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is The Stray Dog.
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Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 | 2 a.m.
Fight Facts
- Principals: Antonio Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) vs. Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs), 12 scheduled rounds
- At stake: Tarver's IBF light heavyweight world championship
- Time/site: Saturday at the Pearl at the Palms; doors open 3 p.m., first undercard bout 4:15 p.m.
- Tickets: $153 to $753; www.ticketmaster.com or the Pearl box office
- TV: Showtime (Cox cable channel 240)
- Betting line: Dawson minus 260; over 11 1/2 rounds minus 240
Beyond the Sun
1. Holding on tight
The story line of the fight frames it as a clash between an unbeaten up-and-comer in Dawson and an established yet aging world champ in Tarver. While delivering his usual prodigious amounts of prefight trash talk, Tarver seems to be taking well to his lion-in-winter role, dispensing bile and bravado and acting as if he's virtually invincible rather than a decided underdog. "He's never faced a fighter that has all of the tools that I possess," Tarver, 39, said of Dawson. "I'm not a one-dimensional brawler. I can do that, but I have so many other facets to my game: boxing ability, punching ability, defense, ring generalship. He's facing a fighter who has perfected the craft of boxing."
2. Life lessons
Four years ago Tarver sent an electrical charge through the sport of boxing with one punch, a devastating left-cross haymaker that knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the second round of a unification light heavyweight world title bout at Mandalay Bay. Tarver's career has slid, however, since Bernard Hopkins manhandled him in a 2006 fight in Atlantic City. The loss by 12-round unanimous decision was a hard lesson but a valuable one for Tarver. "When I lost to Hopkins, I took it upon myself to do a soul search," said Tarver, of Tampa, Fla. "I asked myself what I really want to get out of this game. How do I want to be remembered? I am more of a professional today. I come to every fight in tremendous shape now. I'm conditioned to go 12 hard rounds now. Whatever (Dawson) brings to the table, we're going to be ready for."
3. Strategic planning
Most fighters are loath to discuss their game plan in any detail before a bout, though Tarver had no problem laying out in some detail how he sees this one unfolding. He stopped just short of a flat-out prediction of a knockout victory, but he came pretty close: "He'll come out fast, throwing everything he can," Tarver said. "And then he'll lose his head. He'll make a mistake and I'll capitalize. It's gonna be over in a flash. It'll be competitive as long as he's standing, for as long as that lasts. But it will end suddenly and abruptly."
4. Clear and sincere
The buildup to the fight has been marked by more hostility than any promotion in recent memory, with the fighters first quarreling on a heated media conference call and then reprising their argumentative roles at a news conference Wednesday at the Palms. It would seem natural to point the finger at Tarver, a notorious hothead, for goading Dawson into playing his game. But the younger, heretofore more soft-spoken man insisted he's comfortable mixing it up verbally as well as in the ring. "There's nothing staged about me," said Dawson, 26. "There's nothing staged about my career. He can talk all he wants. You can win the talk game but you can't win a fistfight (by talking) and he knows that."
5. Eddie in his head
Dawson, who has displayed superb hand speed and precision punching in compiling his flawless record as a pro, beat Tomasz Adamek in 2007 and Glen Johnson in April in his two biggest bouts. He won the WBC light heavyweight title against Adamek and defended it three times before relinquishing it to secure the showdown with Tarver. Dawson prepared for the bout in Las Vegas under the guidance of trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, himself a former light heavyweight world champ. "It's good to have a trainer who's been there, done that," said Dawson, of New Haven, Conn. "He can tell me what's going on inside my opponent's head before the fight even happens. He's saying the same thing I'm saying about Tarver: Tarver's scared. He knows he's in for the fight of his life."


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Don and Tim got to play two of their three matches together as partners, and the fearsome duo were quickly nicknamed, The Brothers, like out of a mafia movie. We won both of those matches pretty easily, using our shared parentage and love of pizza club as a team building advantage. Scores were 9-5 and 9-3. One day we each teamed with other guests, but we won those matches pretty easily, also. We were a little stronger than the guys in our grouping, but it was very good tennis.
Sheryl was a big hero on the last day. Prior to that she won a couple and lost one, but on the last day our team was ahead by two matches, with four matches to go at 11am on the courts. We needed to split to be champions, but not only did we drop all three mens matches, but Sheryl and her teammate were behind 1-4. What a rally, however, as Sheryl stayed calm and cool in her new coral top, volleying easy and keeping everything in play, and the next thing you know, they won 4 straight games for a 5-4 victory. Team Caribe won the tiebreaker match for the week's victory!
Putting the boating disaster behind us, Tim and Don got up on Thursday morning at 6:30 am to try deep sea fishing. It was a great way to see a big portion of the island, and enjoy a morning at sea. We only caught two fish, a 3 foot king mackeral and a smaller tuna. Best of all, the boat did not catch fire or smoke uncontrollably!
Lunch is always on the beach. By lunchtime, people have played an hour or two of tennis, so drinks start flowing at the bar. Lunch is buffet style, and again you either grab a table with your date, or you join some other friends for a meal. The buffet is really fresh, and always includes a salad bar with local fruits and vegetables, a fancy cheese display, a carvery, and a pasta station where the chef will create your own masterpiece (like they do at Mongolian Grill, but the view is better).
Every day also includes high tea at 4pm, back in the garden area, but in a more intimate setting than the breakfast. I only visited the first one, but it featured some traditional English items like those little sandwiches. Like all high teas, I resist the urge to collect six little sandwiches at once, and put them on a hamburger bun to eat. I pace myself.
And of course each day includes tennis, as much as you want. Sunday and Monday featured clinics in the morning and doubles play in the afternoon. There was a little mixed doubles, but mostly not. The clinics are run just like Tyler runs our junior program. Each court stresses one or two things, and the players rotate through the four courts. You're assigned to players of similar ability on your court. You'll sweat a lot, because the heat/humidity is a step up from what we're used to in May. But you have all the drinks, ice, and towels you need at the tennis cabana, where we get all our instructions. Steve Contardi, who runs the company behind Tennis Week in Antigua, sets up the matches as people arrive in the afternoon.
Last night they divided us into two teams, for more organized matches for the rest of the week. I'll post more on that as it plays out. Most of the men are low 3.5's through 4.0's, with a few 4.5 players. The women span from beginners through 4.5's. Everyone is very impressed with the quality of Sheryl's play, and I'm told daily that I should volley as well as she does. Then, they ask me why my strokes aren't as smooth as Don's. Other than that, Antigua is great!
Our resort, Curtain Bluff, is fantastic, and amazingly beautiful. There are 24 men attending Tennis Week, and 20 women. I would guess that about 75% are couples where both play tennis, and the rest may or may not have a spouse in attendance. Most of the players have been here before, and they keep coming back (some for over a decade!), but then there are others like Sheryl and I, that are here for the first time (maybe a quarter of the players). More about tennis tomorrow.
Our hosts are Fred Stolle, Owen Davidson, and Ross Case, three tennis legends from Australia. They've been running Tennis Week in Antigua for a couple of decades. After just one day here, you learn that the hosts are very gracious to everyone in attendance, and still awesome tennis teachers. The resort is an "all inclusive", and the staff is mostly locals that have worked here for years. They are very engaging, and have a strong desire to serve. And like a lot of places in the Caribbean, if the first thing out of your mouth is Good Morning, or Good Afternoon, you will do fine with the locals.
Today's itinerary includes tennis clinics in the morning, lunch on the beach (that's every day), tennis matches in the afternoon for those that want it, then a cocktail party at the private Bluff House, which used to be a part of Curtain Bluff. Then we take in dinner, at one of the two restaurants on the property. Finally, every evening they have a different band playing in the garden area, for the guests enjoyment. That's a busy day!
On a more specific note, are you going to use signals? Do you like to talk a lot during the match? Or not!
These are personal choices that sometimes are better left alone, but the list above is essential for all teams at any level so there is no hesitation when it comes time for action on the court! It will make you look and feel more like a team rather than two confused individuals!
Have fun, play hard and be positive!
All the best!
Coach Tyler
Pete Sampras, a great champion, was quoted as saying… "…you have to have a short memory out there".
The next time you go out there to play, go at it one point at a time! Have a short memory and enjoy your fresh start!
If you need a refresher, check out our video lesson on this website!
All the best!
Coach Tyler]]>
On behalf of our athletic staff we look forward to seeing you:
Michael Louis
Head Coach
Men's & Women's Tennis
Victor Terranova
Assistant Coach
Men's & Women's Tennis
Laurie Weinstein
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Most of our holidays look backward, honoring past victories, dead presidents or long-standing traditions. How about a day that looks forward, toward thinking creatively about building a better tomorrow? The brand new Future Day (originally proposed by Ben Goertzel at Humanity+) will be March 1. How would you (productively) observe such a day, particularly to inspire the next generation?
Solve for X: Google's new TED-style project aims for technologic 'moonshots' to develop innovative, far-reaching solutions to the problems of tomorrow, covering topics ranging from transportation to agriculture, genetics to computing. Google notes: "Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious projects and pure science fiction; they are 10x improvement, not 10%," because we can't afford to think incrementally…
...for the future is a steamroller bearing down upon us. In Megachange: The World in 2050, Lawrence C. Smith takes at big picture look at the megatrends and forces shaping the civilization's next forty years. We will need to anticipate the accelerating effects of globalization, climate change, population growth, and increased demands on natural resources, particularly water (which the author calls Blue Oil), which are likely to exacerbate inequalities across the globe.
Looking even further ahead, Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth, by Curt Stager, explores the potential long range impact of climate change on our planet. Stager notes, "We face a simple choice in the coming century or so; either we'll switch to nonfossil fuels as soon as possible, or we'll burn through our remaining reserves and then be forced to switch later on…We are faced today with the responsibility of determining the climatic future that our descendants will live in."
The future of space exploration is increasingly international—yet the U.S. has backed out of 5 joint projects with the European Space Agency. The 2013 NASA budget slashes planetary science by 20%, with Mars exploration taking a severe hit. (Fortunately, the James Webb Space Telescope avoided the axe.) NASA may abandon the joint NASA-ESA ExoMars missions scheduled for 2016 and 2018, as well as a joint venture to explore the moons of Jupiter. Europe is now courting Russia for the ExoMars mission. We need to show some consistency and commitment to our partners overseas… and how about some commitment to our heirs and descendants? The War on Science has gone too far—if we are to remain a forward looking civilization.
Universities are critical in preparing students for a rapidly changing world, yet undergraduate education has changed little over the last century—large lecture halls, blue books and expensive textbooks still prevail. Lawrence Summers notes that factual mastery, passive learning and individual effort should be of less consequence than analytical, cooperative, cross-disciplinary thinking. In the real world, fields such as science, business and government rely on an ability to collaborate and work together, yet at schools this broaches on 'cheating.' A recent study showed that replacing the lecture part of introductory physics with an interactive peer-based seminars increased comprehension by 20%. Moreover, this fits already-embedded American ways of education. In addition, America will need to produce one million additional graduates in math, science and engineering to remain competitive globally, according to a recent report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
For too long we have been tolerant of planned obsolescence—for manufacturers know they can sell us a new and improved model in a year or two. A lovely nugget from Christian Cantrell's hard SF novel, Containment: He describes the "Nobel Prize winning concept of 'End of Life Plans' or ELPs" – instructions included with every single manufactured item, specifying what to do when the item is discarded. With parts no longer tossed in landfills, manufacturers were forced to develop products using recycled/converted components. Anticipating that components would be reused, manufacturers had an incentive to use longer-lasting materials that could be upgraded for next-generation models. Make it so!
More generally, how about an overhaul of our entire trash collection system? One concept straight out of Sci Fi: Pneumatic tubes to whisk away trash. Such a system is already in place in several European cities, as well as Roosevelt Island in New York City, processing nearly 6 tons a day. The upfront costs to develop infrastructure would be substantial, yet there are long term savings in personnel, vehicle and fuel costs, as well as CO2 emissions. It currently takes 6000 heavy garbage trucks rumbling down already over-crowded streets to remove trash from New York City alone (The very model of inefficiency—these trucks get all of 3 miles per gallon!) Such pneumatic systems may be the future of municipal waste collection.
And the future of energy….The United States' first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia. Part of the promised "nuclear renaissance" to restart the road to energy independence… though with beefed up standards in the wake of the tsunami-caused problems in Japan. Finally (after 60 years) nukes will be required to have ample cooling liquid available on a purely gravity-supply basis. I mean geez, what's so hard about that?
What do you get when you cross an accelerator with a nuclear reactor? The Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Reactor (ADSR) would use thorium instead of uranium. It doesn't generate long-lived nuclear wastes and can even consume toxic wastes from traditional nuclear reactors.
The Possibilities are Endless
Now and when: some radical notions for the future of Australia. Many of these concepts, presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale, portray Australians moving onto and incorporating the ocean into the urban environment.
One way to build a lunar colony: print structures directly on the moon, using lunar rocks as raw material.
Things we were promised…By 2031 we'll be flying personal blimp-jets.
Six inventors visualize the perfect toy—setting aside concerns over money, safety… and the laws of physics.
Lifebook: a single device that combines every gadget you carry.
Enter the 2012 Create the Future Design Contest – which aims to stimulate engineering innovation in areas such as Sustainable Technologies, Transportation, Electronics and Consumer Products.
Contacting the Alien: past and future
An essay in the New York Times asks: "If we made contact, what would we say? What answers would you expect?" A bit simplistic but fun.
Jill Tartar on Big Think: If you were an extraterrestrial looking at Earth, what would you observe?
A thoughtful rumination on the pros and cons of cloning a Neanderthal and bringing the Olde Race back to life… which I portray for you in Existence!
The Onion is nearly always worthwhile. But this one about patronizing aliens was choice.
And while we're on the funny-bone… here's a rather specific "if this goes on" extrapolation that comes as a protest t-shirt. "God hates dolphins who marry chimps!" Hm… I wonder where they got that idea! In fact… see Gorilla, My Dreams! About this very topic.
And Finally
Time to start pondering where I'll visit in my coming June book tour for Existence! Want your city to be included? It will help if I can show the Tor publicity director eager invitations from local media and bookstores… and/or possibly offers of a major talk at a notable university… Give it a little thought… and thanks.


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The Iraq Index is a statistical compilation of economic, public opinion, and security data. An extensive collection by the Brookings Institue of indicators outlining the security situation, the economy and quality of life, as well as polling and politics data. (One downside is that it is a pdf file). Also from the same source is a comparable compilation for Afghanistan
Very interesting - I had no idea this existed. Thanks very much for the links. It reminds me of Eastern Europe after 1990 (with some notable differences), especially the opinion polls.
posted by loquax at 12:47 PM on August 5, 2005
posted by loquax at 12:47 PM on August 5, 2005
It is a great resource for information about the current state of the war.
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