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Beef has come to seem a hazardous substance. If years of warnings about the dangers of saturated fat and heart disease weren't enough, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation (2001)—with its graphic and disturbing picture of the inhumane working conditions of meatpackers and the contamination from criminally rushed slaughtering and processing—made clear that it is unwise if not foolhardy to eat beef ground by anyone but yourself. Then an article last year by Michael Pollan, in The New York Times Magazine, told us that corn-fed beef, the presumed gold standard for tender, luxurious steak, is far from wholesome. It isn't very good for the people who eat the fat-streaked meat that corn produces, and eating corn is terrible for cattle, which are ruminants meant to chew grass. Corn leaves their digestive tracts susceptible to E. coli and other pathogenic bacteria. Almost all cattle raised for beef are force-fed corn (which costs less to buy than it does to grow, thanks to federal farm subsidies), and the resulting stress makes it necessary to keep them on high doses of antibiotics. "Finishing" for corn-fed beef takes place on vast feedlots, where cattle raised in many parts of the West are trucked to a miserable end. This force-feeding provokes moral hesitations like those raised by that notorious product of force-feeding, foie gras. At least geese are designed to eat corn.
Whatever the current troubles of McDonald's and other burger purveyors, beef remains America's most popular meat. Many meat lovers, alarmed by Schlosser's book and Pollan's article, have decided to go organic—a choice always to be applauded, for the benefits that chemical-free farming brings to the environment and the health of farm workers, and a choice made easier by the adoption last October of a national organic standard. But organic, vexingly, will not necessarily satisfy people who care about flavor and freshness. Once the food industry saw there was a profit to be made, "organic" stopped being a guarantee of attention to flavor or individual care. In the case of beef, "organic" can mean "raised in confinement and given organic corn." And a last-minute legislative provision passed in February, allowing farmers to give livestock non-organic feed and still certify their meat as "organic," threatens to rob the term of all credibility.
There is an alternative: grass-fed beef. Ideally this refers to animals raised in open pastures and fed grass and silage all their lives after weaning. Grass feeding results in far lower levels of saturated fat and high levels of both omega-3 fatty acids (more commonly found in fish, and thought to help prevent heart disease) and the newest darling of the nutritional world—CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), polyunsaturated fat that may help prevent cancer. These benefits, and also higher levels of antioxidants, appear in all food from all animals that eat grass, milk and cheese as well as meat.
As with "organic," though, the lure of a new market willing to pay a premium has led to fudged definitions. Some meat producers use "grass-fed" to describe animals that are raised in pens on industrial feed, including corn, and finished on rations of grass in feedlots far from home. A similar confusion still surrounds "free-range," which can refer to animals that roam where they please or to animals kept in barns and allowed to range in circumscribed yards. No one regulates the use of these terms, and given how many years it took to achieve a national definition of "organic," it may be a long time before anyone does. Determined beef lovers in search of true grass-fed beef have encountered uneven availability and, occasionally, the necessity of buying an entire side of beef at a time (which requires both a very large freezer and the skill to cook lesser cuts). Economic inefficiency and shipping costs lead to higher prices—the usual tariff for more healthful, less industrial food.
The search is worth it. Grass-fed beef tastes better than corn-fed beef: meatier, purer, far less fatty, the way we imagine beef tasted before feedlots and farm subsidies changed ranchers and cattle. I recently visited two ranchers and the founder of a cooperative, all of whom have taken the purist approach to grass-fed beef. Each has managed to meet three big challenges facing ranchers who want to avoid sending their animals to a feedlot: finding slaughterhouses that will accept and process just a few animals at a time and treat them humanely; supplying meat year-round, although grass is seasonal; and selling both prime and secondary cuts. Each offers an easy way to order true grass-fed beef, a step that should lead to a conversion experience. To ensure satisfaction I offer a foolproof recipe for brisket—my mother's.
Any reservations I have about the ethics of eating meat recede when I visit a farm or ranch run by someone who cares deeply about animals and how they live. Culling and, yes, killing a portion of a herd seems a natural way of helping a group of animals and their habitat to thrive. This paradox struck me when I rode last summer in the old tan Suburban of Dale Lasater, a rancher in Matheson, Colorado, an hour or so southeast of Denver. Lasater, a gentle, witty, contemplative man, appears briefly in Fast Food Nation as a corrective model for the beef industry. His father, Tom, himself a third-generation rancher, moved from Texas to Colorado in search of affordable land, and in the 1950s took the heretical step of making his ranch a wildlife sanctuary, refusing to kill predators and pests or, later, to use fertilizers and herbicides. This, he hoped, would allow him to restore nutritive grasses and water reserves to the parched, depleted land he had bought, and to protect the ranch from developers in Denver and Colorado Springs. The Lasaters were influenced by the ideas of Allan Savory, a guru of grasslands management, who advocated a careful rotation of pastures to allow the natural regrowth of grasses.
Tom Lasater's unconventional methods worked. Even if his fellow ranchers couldn't bring themselves to copy them, let alone to install the miles of electric fence necessary to keep animals in a land-preserving rotation, they respected the health of his livestock, which they bought for breeding.
Since Fast Food Nation was published, Dale Lasater has built his mail-order meat business, now in its sixth year, to the point where he can sell most of his animals directly, either for breeding or as meat. The idea of selling meat, something his family had never done (though they had sold dairy products), was inspired by his memories of working on a cattle ranch in Argentina while on a Fulbright scholarship, when twice a day he ate what he remembers as the best beef he ever tasted. Argentine beef, still thought by many to be the world's best, is all grass-fed in the high Pampas. Now that the ranch was raising grass-fed cattle, he reasoned, their meat should be just as good to eat. Lasater and his partner, Duke Phillips, a former manager of the ranch, had to find careful slaughterhouses, and also refrigerators where they could dry-age meat for fourteen to twenty-one days. Dry-aging, a step that was long a luxury reserved to the wholesalers and customers who could pay the added costs of storage and surveillance, enhances flavor and is a necessity to tenderize grass-fed beef.
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The Power of Preschool — A Special Publication by The Good Beginnings Alliance
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Investing in Pre-K
Business leaders reinforce the long-term benefit of early childhood education for Hawaii's keiki
By David Putnam
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Gaps in knowledge and skills, according to myriad studies on early childhood learning, develop within the first five years of life. To overcome that, 39 states today are investing in preschools because they realize that preparing children for formal education in the early years can give them a leg up once they enter kindergarten.
And, in the long-term, it's a good business decision.
"The importance of early childhood education and the effort to afford more families the opportunity to send their children to preschool cannot be understated," says Randy Perreira, executive director of HGEA. "It is imperative that our state provides the resources to make preschool more accessible to all. The benefits will include a better prepared workforce with the skills necessary to compete in an evolving job market."
Hawaii is among the 11 states without a state-funded preschool program. Business leaders have begun to advocate for a state-supported prekindergarten program so that all 4-year-olds have access to early education.
"The majority of efforts for social programs to improve our community is focused on reactionary measures. Issues dealing with the homeless, drug addiction rehabilitation, kupuna needs, etc., are all needed aspects of what we do every day, but again, reactionary," says Keith Vieira, senior vice president of operations for Starwood Hotels. "From a business community perspective, we need to be more 'proactive' in dealing with future problems in our state. I can think of no more proactive measure than giving children the early educational foundation needed to be successful in school, and therefore in life."
Gary K. Kai, executive director of Hawaii Business Roundtable, agrees.
"Early childhood education prepares our children for their entire academic life as well as their lives as contributing members of our community," says Kai. "Investing in education is the key to creating a community of well-educated and trained employees. It is better for businesses, it is better for all of our citizens, regardless of whether they have children, and it is better for our entire community."
Efforts throughout the state to gain support for a preschool program can benefit in many ways from business perspectives – and participation. For the business community, the payoff of investing in 4-year-olds now is having in place a driver of future economic competitiveness as well as more productive workers years down the road.
"Focusing on early education for our youngest children is about our future," Kai says. "The long-range benefits for employers include increasing the vibrancy of our community. Businesses and employees that can compete globally contribute to a more diverse and stronger economy. A strong economy means more customers and more jobs."
Offering early childhood education also is crucial for Hawaii's efforts to keep its future leaders at home rather than looking for opportunities on the Mainland, Vieira says.
"For the students attending college here and trying to decide where they will spend their future, we want to keep those talented individuals here. And they recognize the need for their children to get quality preschool education in Hawaii. For those who do go away and want to return to their aina to work and raise a family, they recognize Hawaii needs to have a quality education system that starts with early education for their children, which is of crucial importance to them," Vieira says.
"We are at a pivotal moment," Perreira says. "Without making the commitment and securing funding for universal access to early childhood education, we risk not having a sufficiently prepared workforce for the future. Now is the time to make early childhood education a reality for all."
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"As our job market evolves … we need individuals who are better prepared to take on the jobs of the future – ranging from occupations that require more high-tech skills to more traditional occupations, such as carpenters and electricians."
– Randy Perreira, HGEA President of Hawaii State AFL-CIO
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"Early education is the key, and will build better communities, better businesses, more successful families and help prevent future problems."
– Keith Vieira, Starwood Hotels
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"The long-range benefits to the business sector are very straightforward. For a business to survive it must continue to have better educated and trained employees."
– Gary Kai, Hawaii Business Roundtable
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How do we get there?
Good Beginnings Alliance is urging legislators to fund access to preschool for all 4-year-olds in Hawaii. Here are FOUR ways you can help make that happen:
Step up, Sign up: Visit the BeMyVoiceHawaii.org website and sign-up to stay informed about legislation and events related to the statewide preschool plan. Like the Be My Voice! Hawaii on Facebook and follow the campaign on Twitter too. Stay up-to-date and share what you think of the preschool plan.
Contact your lawmakers: The election is over and now it's time to tell your legislator that preschool for all Hawaii 4-year-olds is a priority for you and should be a priority for them! Visit the Be My Voice Hawaii website and send an email to your legislator.
Be a big voice: Talk to your friends and family. Get more people involved, whether they have 4-year-olds or not.
Donate: Your contribution will help GBA advocate for better early childhood programs for our state.
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Mizzou is on the bubble for this year's NCAA Regional Championships.
May 3, 2012
Columbia, Mo. - Currently ranked at No. 73 in the Golfstat NCAA Men's Division I rankings, the Tigers await postseason selection, scheduled for 8 p.m. on Monday, May 7. Mizzou sits at No. 66 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, however, which would allow the team to attend one of the six regionals.
The NCAA Regional field will consist of 82 teams, 12 of which will receive automatic bids as a result of winning their respective conference championships. The top 70 teams in the Golfstat rankings will receive at-large bids to the tournament. When the Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin rankings are combined, the Tigers sit at No. 69.
Mizzou Men's golf is riding on a very strong season, capped off with two first place finishes in regular season play. The Tigers started and finished the season on a high note, earning a third-place finish in their first meet of the season. Not only did the team show great success, but Junior All-American Jace Long was recognized for his achievements as the Missouri Golf Association's 2011 Player of the Year and was also named to the 2012 Ben Hogan Award Watch List.
The Tigers maintained a consistent lineup in all but one tournament this season, Long, Emilio Cuartero and Nick Wilson had strong seasons for Mizzou and the team saw important contributions from Ryan Zech, Brad Moody and Wilson Sundvold throughout the season as well. The Tigers also showed great strength in overcoming adversity through the middle of the season when Long was forced to sit out of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate due to violation of team policy. A scorecard violation caused disqualification of a player and dropped Mizzou into last place. The Tigers continued to put up strong scores and moved from 17th place into 15th before the tournament was through. Despite the adversity that Mizzou experienced in Hawaii, Mizzou Men's Golf came back to earn a top-three finish in each of the next three competitions.
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It feels like ages since LA Noire was announced. It went quiet for so long, we even agreed in the office that it would never see the light of day. But suddenly, Team Bondi's crime thriller has emerged blinking into the light (probably due to all the time it's spent in darkened rooms with only slits of Venetian blind light for illumination) and details are everywhere like scattered cigarette ash on a pulled-low Trilby.
So let's get you up to speed, detective. We've sifted through the evidence in Game Informer magazine's exclusive first-look and now present it to you in an easily-read dossier. Probably written on a proper typewriter. Um… try to imagine us silhouetted against a grimy, misty street while you do, OK?
The primary gameplay will see you solving crimes as Cole Phelps. You will go to people's houses, invite yourself in, interview them and then move on to your next witness/suspect. These encounters will range from well-mannered house visits to car chases, shootouts and rooftop pursuits. Sweet.
The city has been rendered almost 100% accurately to its 1940s layout. Using hand-drawn maps from the time and early aerial photography, Team Bondi has recreated the city right down to 3D shop fronts, but simultaneously making this a bigger environment than anything yet seen. And in this pre-freeway era, you'll even drive down streets that don't exist any more, which sounds kinda spooky to us.
Above: The atmosphere is typical film noir. Odd, that
NPCs all converse with you in real-time, thanks to a 2,000 page script and new technology that allows dialogue and motion to be captured at the same time. The result is an ultra-fast process for Team Bondi's sister company Depth Analysis, who can record around 20 minutes of final footage a day, as opposed to the usual timeframe of two animators taking a month over one minute. The results are reportedly spectacular, with faces so realistic you can lip-read them and even tell if they're lying just from watching them.
Everything in the game, from the soundtrack to the prices of food on café menus has been researched extensively to make sure this is a believable environment. There are some 140 interiors in the game, many with multiple rooms, and each one will be full of lovingly-rendered items. Some of the clothes have even been modelled on loaned items from the wardrobes of Saving Private Ryan and King Kong.
In movies or literature, it's uncommon for a lead character to end as the same person they were in the beginning. Videogame characters, on the other hand, are much more likely to remain the same. Cole is a complex character, with regrets about his past (and particularly his actions during WWII), but who has the strength of his convictions. He's an ambitious man, too…
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One more under-$10 stock that could be setting up here for an explosive move higher is Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), a development stage company formed to commercialize flexible photovoltaic modules using a technology. This stock is off to a booming start in 2012, with shares up over 50% coming into today.
If you take a look at the chart for Ascent Solar Technologies, you'll see that this stock has been on a rampage from when it hit a recent low of $0.36 a few weeks ago. After hitting that low, the stock has uptrended strong to its current price of around $0.65 a share. Now shares of ASTI are setting up to trigger an even bigger breakout if the stock can manage to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels.
Traders should now look for ASTI to take out some near-term overhead resistance at $0.60 and then its 50-day moving average of $0.64 with high-volume. At last check, volume today is already huge with over 655,000 shares traded versus its three-month average action of just 125,195 shares. The stock has also touched $0.68 today, so look for ASTI to clear near its daily highs to signal it wants to trend much higher.You could be a buyer of ASTI off any weakness and simply use a mental stop that's a few percentage points below the recent breakout level of $0.60. I would target a run back towards $0.82 to $0.90 a share if ASTI can continue to trend above its 50-day with strong volume. It's even possible its 200-day moving average of $1.01 could be hit in the near future, if the price and volume action remain bullish. To see more hot under-$10 stocks, check out the Stocks Under-$10 Setting Up To Trade Higher portfolio on Stockpickr. -- Written by Roberto Pedone in Winderemere, Fla.
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I have just released my latest novel, Mystic Mist, Book One in the New Breed Series in print at Amazon. It will come out in e-Book version on September 30. However you can pre-order for $1.00 on Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble.It is quite different from my other works. Josie's Thorn and Where She Belongs, Books one and two, are romance novels which received some decent reviews. This one is of the Fantasy Paranormal genre. The early reviews I'm receiving are from satisfied readers, so this tells me this novel is well on its way. I guess I can breathe now. Smiling.
Oftentimes, as writers, we worry about our content. Is it good enough? Is it exciting enough? Is there enough action, suspense, mystery, drama, romance, or will my readers be bored to tears with the story? I believe it is a common fear, and one I endure with each novel I release.
With this latest novel, as my anxiety rises, I am reminded by friends who know me well, that it is time to breathe.
The story is written, the muses have spoke, and I need to trust their voices. With that said, I wanted to take you once more behind the mist, and introduce you to Erich Keenton.
Erich is seventeen years old, soon to be eighteen. He hails from Scotland, but will be attending his freshman year in the United States, at a New England college, near the town of Tonospon, Massachusetts.
As the son of a prominent world renown scientist and a successful medical doctor, Erich inherited near perfect genes. He is 6'2, muscular, with dark locks and medium completion. Try as he might, Erich cannot walk into a crowded room unnoticed. Throughout school, Erich was popular with the girls, and recognized with numerous honors.
Erich is a typical teenager in that he likes girls, fast cars, sports, and hanging out with friends, but he is definitely wise beyond his young age, and chooses to say no to alcohol, drugs, and sex. Yes, he's a rare teenager.
Steaphan and Lorne taught Erich skills throughout his childhood that would benefit him physically, mentally, and emotionally. The entire family exercised daily, and Erich was actively engaged in the sports of Football, Baseball, and Fencing.
Erich grew toward adulthood with the idea that he would be successful so long as he always did his best. As a result of the well rounded upbringing, Erich has become a strong, yet sensitive, and intelligent young man, making his parents proud.
The fondest memory Erich took with him was the special moments he enjoyed with his parents in their family settings, with the reading ofLegends being his most fondest of all. However, there is one worry constant on Steaphan and Lorne's minds. Fighting the demons of their past.
Erich's future looks bright, and he's excited about what it has in store for him. He already knows what field of work he wants to enter, and he's planning to do what it takes to accomplish the goals that will get him there. Erich is prepared for college and any challenge it brings.
The only thing is, Erich is about to face a whole lot more than college. He's about to face those that are coming through the Mystic Mist.
You can learn more about Erich in The Mystic Mist.
An excerpt from Mystic Mist
As a special bonus to this post, I'd like to present you with a glance at all the unique, special characters in Mystic Mist.
So, without further delay, here it is.
Cast of Characters
Erich Keenton- College student who finds himself caught up in a battle with Alien creatures
Iseabail Craighe- Princess of the planet of Carasylia in the kingdom of Eloweena
Steaphan-Erich's father
Lorne-Erich's mother
Clair Kdeoralin- Iseabail's best friend
Uilleam Scrymgeour- Royal knight protecting Iseabail
Edward Callahan-College Fencing coach
Molly Callahan- College Professor, Edward's wife
Detective Alex Mosley- The Detective who helps with the search
Detective James Fowler- Detective Mosley's partner
Brad Conrad- Police Chief
Detective Bridgette Talley- Overseeing the search party
Oshkrah-Fairy who battles the hellavey
Ethelred Kdeoralin -Clair's father
Melina Kdeoralin-Clair's mother
Hellavey- Alien creatures
Keilwen - A prince on the planet of Carasylia in the kingdom of Aspella
Malchiack - Castle Steward, Keilwen's teacher
Zeke Miller- local Police Officer
Andrew Jerrolds - Officer Miller's partner
Stan Johnson - Erich's roommate
Terry Appleton - Erich's friend
Shane Williams - Erich's friend
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There was one ship named 'Darya Daulat' in East India Company which was built in India. For 87 years, that ship required no repairs. The British, however, could not stand the knowledge possessed by India in ship-building and imposed restrictions; slowly destroying the knowledge.
Hindus should celebrate Gudhipadwa as New Year! - Dr. Samant
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Mumbai (Maharashtra): National spokesperson of the HJS, Dr. Durgesh Samant stated to-day that according to Hindu religion the New Year Day should be celebrated on Chaitra Shuddha Pratipada.
Need for developing pride for Hinduism
May 14, 2007
Today we are viewing our religion, national issues, invasions and history all with the coloured glasses of a socialist. That is precisely why we need to develop respect and pride for the Hindu religion. We need to look at the issues and the world with the religious perspective, Only if viewed with the perspective of the Sanatan Hindu religion then will the individual and the nation be saved.
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May 11, 2007
Some of you will wonder why we need to exhibit such photographs of Hindu genocide at all. Some of the reasons are quite obvious while others are not and the importance of these reasons varies from person to person. The Chancellor of Germany Gerard Shroeder when attending a memorial meeting spoke thus to the survivors of the 'Auswitz' concentration camps, on its 60th anniversary, "All these bitter memories are a part of our nation. The people of Auswitz are trying to convey the message to us to remain vigilant at all times."
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February 3, 2007
To extract maximum money from temples, the Govt. is now planning to convert them into tourists' spots. Therefore, in the coming times, Hindu temples will become museums and their religious status will be secondary. - Dr. Samant, National Spokesperson, HJS
'Christianity breathing its last in Europe - HJS' national spokesperson
January 13, 2007
Dr. Durgesh Samant, the national spokesperson for Hindu Janajagruti Samiti while talking on scheming missionaries, expressed that the churches in Europe are deserted, as youth is not getting any guidance. It is the sign of Christianity breathing its last in Europe.


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Remember the scene where Joss played your brother and did that ridiculous Dance of Joy? How could you keep a straight face during the shoot - in other words, how many takes did it take?
A lot! But I didn't know it was him. He was keeping it a secret.
Do you think knowing it would have made it funnier?
No, I knew after a little while, but HE wanted it to be a big surprise, so he even had his make-up done in another make-up trailer. And I remember, cause the make-up artists were having to cater for his needs, so the whole time I was in make-up I kept hearing "We've got to do Numfar over at the brown trailer" and I'm thinking "Who the FUCK is this Numfar? And why is HE getting special treatment, more than I am?", And then we went to a rehearsal, which was out in the woods, and I was late and they were waiting for me. And usually before rehearsals I go up to the other actors and introduce myself, but I was late this time, so I couldn't. And then I saw Numfar and he did his dance and I thought "Oh my god! Who IS this guy?" I thought he was trash. And… how did I find out? Umm…
He yelled "CUT!"?
He smiles, Yeah, right. That's very funny… I was standing with David Boreanez, and he was like "Oh my god! Do you know who that is?", and he told me, and Joss was really pissed that David told me.


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An even easier way to install RMagick for Ruby on Rails developmentPublished: June 20th, 2007
Tired of long boring tutorials on how to install RMagick for Ruby on Rails development? Well, if you happen to use OSX, you're in luck for a 5 minute solution!
Download darwin ports:
Open the image, install it. Set it up (should take no longer than 5 minutes)
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Gluten free Hot Cross Buns
Easter is only a couple of days away and everywhere you go you can't seem to escape the sight and smell of chocolate and Hot Cross Buns. The chocolate part is no problem for those who are coealic or gluten intolerant as most chocolate is gluten free (Darrell Lea have even partnered with Sweet William to produce a range that has no chance of contamination unlike the rest of Darrell Lea's range), however when it comes to Hot Cross Buns it's a different ball game!
Last year at Easter time I managed to get my hands on some of Choices Bakery's chocolate and plain Hot Cross Buns and from memory they were very yummy! However this year I haven't managed to get to a Choices Bakery yet so I was very excited to hear that Coles is stocking Simply Wize Hot Cross Buns in the freezer section.
The great thing about having them in the freezer section is that they don't go off before you get to them (I am not sure about you but a number of times I have got home from the supermarket to find my gluten free bread is moldy). The Hot Cross Buns are rather small and more expensive than the glutenous ones (although they are on special at Coles the moment for $5 a packet) but we all deserve a treat at Easter time.
I toasted my Hot Cross Buns in the sandwich press (hence why it looks a little flat!) and spread it with margarine and wow it tasted amazing! Now I know I haven't had a gluten free Hot Cross Bun since Easter 2009 but I am pretty sure these are very close to the real deal, however I am not sharing any to find out
Lifestyle Bakery are also selling gluten free Hot Cross Buns which are delicious, however these are more of a cake rather than bread texture. I wonder if next year they could try a Hot Cross Bun similar to their gluten free Chia Seed and Raisin Loaf?
Do you look forward to Hot Cross Buns each year?
In other news if you enjoy reading my blog it would be great if you could vote for me in the Best Australian Blogs 2011 competition here.
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Daily Archives: April 12, 2012
Meanwhile on Mars
Stargazers have discovered what looks like a perfectly rectangular structure on the surface of Mars, strikingly similar to the monoliths in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" that were placed on the Earth and Moon by extraterrestrials.
What's an official-type guy have to say about it?
According to Jonathon Hill, a research technician and mission planner at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University, who processes many of the images taken during NASA's Mars missions, the object in question is no more than a roughly rectangular boulder. [...] "When your resolution is too low to fully resolve an object, it tends to look rectangular because the pixels in the image are squares. Any curve will look like a series of straight lines if you reduce your resolution enough," Hill told Life's Little Mysteries.
Sure. I guess that's why all the other curves are CURVED in the photos above?! WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE THEY HIDING FROM US?
Look at this Corgi
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Taking a hard look at the SnowbillyGrifterPAC
Do Palin's donors feel as used as Conor Friedersdorf thinks they should? Can you believe they send her enough money that she blew through $418,000 in the first 3 months of 2012, without spending a thin dime on candidates?
An Open Letter to Sarah Palin: Why Do You Mistreat Your Donors?
Your supporters trust you. For all their cynicism about politics, they believe that you're different: a faithful Christian with small town values and a commitment to doing right by regular Americans. You've used that trust to ask homemakers, retirees and small businessmen and women to send you their money. As the Web page of your official political action committee puts it, SarahPAC is "dedicated to building America's future by supporting fresh ideas and candidates."
But that isn't how you've been spending the money.
[...] You've also spent $255,000 "on fundraising and a small team of political consultants." And perhaps there's a reasonable explanation for the $1,000 you spent at the Disneyland Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
What is it?
[...] Should people who give you money expect that you'll make more videos about yourself that are totally unrelated to any campaign or issue? Do you think the money of rank and file conservatives is well spent building your personal brand? Why should anyone trust you as a steward of their money again? Did you think you'd get away with this just because the conservative media is curiously silent when popular movement figures shamelessly fleece the rank and file?
For the sake of your supporters, please do not reply by video.
Conor Friedersdorf
Why does she mistreat her donors? Because she can. Palin lost the 2008 candidacy, along with McCain, and it's been almost 3 years since she's been a politician herself — and she quit that gig halfway through! She's a failed reality-tv star (her first show had 5 million viewers but subsequent shows didn't do as well so no second season), and until next year she still has a contract to randomly blather on Fox "News." Oh, and she posts on Facebook a lot, has people write books for her, and talks to rightwing groups for a fee.
Who did she and Tawd endorse for the GOP candidate this year? Newt. And now who does she think would make a great vice presidential pick for Romney? Allen West, the guy who says he "heard" that up to 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party. What could go wrong? I think everything she does at this point is for the lutz.
I wonder what the teabaggers think they're getting for their money, exactly, when they send in their hard earned dollars to the ol' PalinPACofGriftandSnowjob? Writing out the check to her 'PAC' might feel like you're buying freedumb, or that you're supporting Jesus and the American Flag, somehow. But the reasons are probably more along the lines of this image:
Stephen Colbert and Michelle Obama
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At a campaign town hall event on Tuesday West declared that he's "heard" that up to 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party. However, he would not name any specific people. West also got in a verbal shot against President Obama, declaring that Obama is too scared to debate him: "I really wish that, standing here before you, was Allen West and President Obama," West said. "We could have a simple discussion. But that ain't ever gonna happen." "Why not?" an audience member asked. "Cuz he was too scared!" West responded in a mocking voice. This is just the latest in a long line of provocative statements that West has made, which have helped to build up his notoriety — and his campaign coffers. In addition, Sarah Palin and Herman Cain have each suggested in recent days that West should be the Vice Presidential nominee on the 2012 Republican ticket. [TPM]
Mitt Romney stumbles over 'war on women' – Romney, this week, came up with a counterpoint: 92 percent of the jobs lost in the recession belonged to women. It's Obama who has waged the true anti-women war, by taking away their livelihoods with his misguided economic policies. [...] Asked to expand on how the president's policies hurt women in particular, his staff couldn't answer. Asked if Romney supported the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which makes it easier for workers' to sue over gender-based pay disparities, they again were unsure. Two hours later, a spokeswoman clarified that Romney "supports pay equity and is not looking to change current law" — after Ledbetter herself sent out a statement attacking the Republican candidate. Democrats, meanwhile, appear gleeful that Romney has not only engaged on the issue but adopted the "war on women" phrase. "So, can we keep this back and forth over whose policies are better for women going please," tweeted Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse.
- Romney's claim is so misleading, in fact, that even the rabidly conservative and factually-challenged Daily Caller debunked it.
- On Wednesday, the [Romney] campaign sent out statements from Republican Reps. Mary Bono Mack of California and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, blaming women's jobs losses on Obama's policies. But both women voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Act as well as the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act. [HuffPo]
Why is this recovery different from all other recoveries? Because American workers have lost all their bargaining power… There have been two fundamental alterations in the U.S. economy since Ronald Reagan was president, however. First, American multinational corporations now locate much of their production abroad. Second, with the rate of private-sector unionization down to a microscopic 6.9 percent, workers have no power to bargain for higher pay. Employers can serenely blow them off — and judging by the data, that's exactly what employers are doing. This recovery differs from its predecessors because it is concentrated among the affluent, and almost entirely among the very rich. Until we address the imbalance of power in the U.S. economy, and until Americans regain the clout that their parents and grandparents had to compel employers to share their revenue more equitably, the difference between our recoveries and our recessions will grow harder to discern. [Washington Post]
Bush: Don't call them 'rich' – Bush spoke Tuesday at a tax-policy conference in New York hosted by his presidential institute. "If you raise taxes on the so-called rich you're really raising taxes on the job creators," he explained. So if you want "private-sector growth" then the best thing to do "is to leave capital in the treasuries of the job creators," Bush said. We thought those folks were called "rich" because, well, they are. But that, apparently, is not the proper term. They are the "job creators."So President Obama's deplorable class warfare rhetoric pits the so-called poor and middle classes against the job creator class. And don't try to sneak around that by calling them wealthy, big-wigs, plutocrats, oligarchs, fat-cats, tycoons or robber barons. They are the true working class, working 24-7 to create jobs for you and other ingrates.
George Zimmerman's Mugshot — Zimmerman was taken into custody last night at the Seminole County jail in Sanford. Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara said his client will plead not guilty and asked that people not jump to conclusions about his guilt. [...] Rev Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader who appeared at several rallies around the country with Martin's parents, said it was not a time to celebrate. "There's no victory here, there's no winners here, they've lost their son," he said at a press conference in Washington after Corey had spoken. "This is not about gloating, it's about pursuing justice. We have not won anything. All we've done is establish we must have the right to justice and redress in this country." [The Guardian]
Obama calls Ronald Reagan a 'wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior' – He described for the audience the actions of one of his predecessors in the Oval Office, a president who "gave a speech where he talked about a letter he had received from a wealthy executive who paid lower tax rates than his secretary, and wanted to come to Washington and tell Congress why that was wrong. So this president gave another speech where he said it was 'crazy'—that's a quote—that certain tax loopholes make it possible for multimillionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary." "That wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior," he said, "was Ronald Reagan." Reagan, said the president, believed that everyone in the U.S. should pay their fair share, a position that would "disqualify him from the Republican primaries these days." He even suggested changing the name from the "Buffet Rule" to the "Reagan Rule" if that would make it a little easier for Republicans to bear.
Memories from the GOP campaign trail: from BarackObama.com TV:
Top 50 Things Accomplished by President Barack Obama — 1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America's long-term fiscal problems. 2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs….
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Lived in Sydney for 15 years from 1985 - 2000. Back in New Zealand these days. But when In Sydney I was at Randwick in members most weekends - remember many champagnes in the Champagne Bar - win or loose. Those were the days! Was really in to my racing th
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love your support for orion AB , but they not expecting him to be able to win today ..hence the huge odds.. if he does hell shock everyone ... guineas and derby , thats another thing , be very hard to beat... i hope to god he does shock everyone , but i think the edge has been taken off him a bit , aiming at the longer races...thats what ive been told anyways ..i did these interviews ,u might want to have a read.. http://www.racingnuts.com.au/_interviews/dundeel.html
part 3 is the important one ..lol
as i said .. good run , hes looking for longer now
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Go girls!
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geez Azure there is still 2 to go after this and Perth has only just started.
Hi AzureBell. Nice meeting you there.
Dear fellas, please go to take a look at my Facebook, something there is very funny about the poll Sepoy vs Bear Hero tomorrow! lol
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The Cox Plate is on my mind ... and GO JIMMY!
hey didnt know u were a fellow kiwi...your from my home town too...
glad u had a good win today ...cheers
glad u had a good win today ...cheers
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Muller leaving Cheetahs
Cheetahs lock Martin Muller will leave Bloemfontein for Wales after signing a deal to play for Welsh club, the Dragons.
Apart from the Cheetahs, Muller has also represented the Stormers in the Super Rugby tournament and has represented South Africa at various of age-group levels, including the SA Schools and SA U21 teams.
"We've been tracking him for a year and have had some great references from current and past Springboks coaches," said head coach Darren Edwards, who spent a portion of his childhood in Transvaal and speaks Afrikaans.
"He is in the prime of his career and is ready to break through, so hopefully we've got him at the right time.
"He could play for Wales if he chooses to do so and the Springboks aren't happy about this signing, because a lot of their second rows have moved on.
"South Africans have become very influential in the RaboDirect Pro12 because of the nature of their game and their physicality.
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Texas A&M Aggies rising senior quarterback Matt Joeckel – brother of the No. 2 pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, Luke – announced Wednesday afternoon that he will transfer for his final season of eligibility.
This leaves the indefinitely suspended sophomore Kenny Hill or highly-touted true freshman Kyle Allen as the man that will replace Johnny Manziel under center.
"I have loved my four and a half years at Texas A&M," Joeckel said, according to the school's official athletic website. "I am glad I had the opportunity to play for coach Sumlin, coach (Jake) Spavital and the rest of the coaches. I am proud to have my degree from the Mays Business School and I'll always consider myself a member of the Aggie family."
Having already earned his degree, Joeckel will have the opportunity to compete for a starting job right away. But where will he end up?
It's difficult to speculate, but he's going to want to pick somewhere that's a nice fit for both his abilities as a player and one where he'll feel comfortable finishing his collegiate career.
Being an Arlington (TX) native, it would be safe to assume he'll want to stay within the Texas state borders. So which schools in the area are still looking for a quarterback, preferably a veteran that can lead and help build an offense?
Two words: June Jones.
Former SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert's eligibility is up (after what seemed like 10 years), leaving Jones and the Mustangs with a huge void in the backfield. Gilbert – who finally put things together in his final season – was very productive in Jones' run and shoot offense.
Joeckel has the arm and physical attributes to slide right in and continue the good things Gilbert was doing, but would have to vie for the spot with soon-to-be sophomore Neal Burcham, who threw for over 400 yards in two games while Gilbert was out with injury.
SMU would probably make the most sense for Joeckel, but definitely isn't the only sensible option. Dan McCarney – one of my personal favorites – loses a senior quarterback in Derek Thompson and is looking for an upgrade in the passing game at North Texas. Larry Coker and his UTSA Roadrunners will be without two-year starter in Eric Soza, and Rice is moving on from the very successful Taylor McHargue.
Any of the listed schools should be strong candidates for Joeckel, and we should see a few visits followed by a final decision here in the next few weeks.
UPDATE: Joeckel has announced that he will transfer to TCU, despite the possibility of a four-man race for the starting quarterback position.
Where do you think Matt Joekel should end up? Let us know the comment box below! Hit me up on Twitter or follow the FanIQ College Football blog!
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TUESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Combining post-traumatic
stress disorder treatment with smoking cessation is the best way to
help such veterans stop smoking, a new study reports.
In the study, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers randomly
assigned 943 smokers with PTSD from their wartime service into two
groups: One group got mental health care and its participants were
referred to a VA smoking cessation clinic. The other group received
integrated care, in which VA mental health counselors provided
smoking cessation treatment along with PTSD treatment.
Vets in the integrated care group were twice as likely to quit
smoking for a prolonged period as the group referred to cessation
clinics, the study reported. Both groups were recruited from
outpatient PTSD clinics at 10 VA medical centers.
Researchers verified who had quit by using a test for exhaled
carbon monoxide as well as a urine test that checked for cotinine,
a byproduct of nicotine. Over a follow-up period of up to 48 months
between 2004 and 2009, they found that forty-two patients, or
nearly 9 percent, in the integrated care group quit smoking for at
least a year, compared to 21 patients, or 4.5 percent, in the group
referred to smoking cessation clinics.
"Veterans with PTSD can be helped for their nicotine addiction," said lead study author Miles McFall, director of post-traumatic stress disorder treatment programs at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. "We do have effective treatments to help them, and they should not be afraid to ask their health care provider, including mental health providers, for assistance in stopping smoking."
The study appears in the Dec. 8 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study is "a major step forward on the road to abating the
previously overlooked epidemic of tobacco dependence" plaguing
people with mental illness, according to Judith Prochaska, an
associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University
of California, San Francisco, who wrote an accompanying
People with mental health problems or addictions such as
alcoholism or substance abuse tend to smoke more than those in the
general population, she said. For example, about 41 percent of the
10 million people in the United States who receive mental health
treatment annually are smokers, according to background information
in the article.
And, Prochaska added, of the 440,000 people who died each year
of smoking-related illnesses in the United States, about 180,000 of
them had a mental health or substance abuse problem.
Despite the toll of cigarettes, efforts to help people with
mental health and substance abuse issues have been limited because
of the mistaken assumption that smoking is a needed coping
mechanism and that encouraging people to quit smoking is a lost
cause, or will worsen their mental health condition or will make it
harder to stay off drugs or alcohol, according to Prochaska.
"It's been in the culture of mental health and substance abuse counseling for so long," she said. "Tobacco has always been there. Treatment providers even smoke with patients; it's that ingrained."
Few researchers have studied smoking cessation and the mental
health population, she added. Of about 8,700 trials on smoking
cessation, fewer than two dozen have focused on smokers with
addictive and mental health disorder because the problems of those
patients are seen as too complicated, Prochaska said.
"There has been a longstanding concern that maybe you shouldn't treat tobacco [in patients with mental health problems]," Prochaska said. "But the data coming out now is not supporting that. There is data now that shows smokers with mental concerns are just as ready to quit smoking as smokers in the general population."
In the study, the integrated care was more effective in part
because those veterans attended more smoking cessation counseling
sessions and were more likely to use smoking cessations medications
such as the nicotine patch, researchers noted.
In both groups, however, PTSD symptoms improved by 10 percent
over the course of the follow-up period, while symptoms of
depression did not worsen.
About 400,000 veterans go to VA clinics for PTSD treatment.
Integrated treatment for war trauma and smoking could be especially
effective in preventing tobacco-related health problems down the
road among younger vets from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD, the
researchers noted.
"Mental health providers who care for vets with PTSD can be effective change agents," McFall said. "They can deliver tobacco cessation care that is effective and safe."
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Here's my Man With Cart (à la Hobography)
7 Comments | | in Bicycle, India, Outdoors, Travel | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 4:28AM
Love the vibrant colours...so symbolic of the vibrant life in India.
I know, India has that amazing turquoise paint that you see everywhere. Love it! Thanks for your comment as always Coat :)
India sure has the colors. The best part, different places in India have different colors.
That is certainly true! Thanks for the comment Sudipto!
I love all the colors going on in this picture. That turquoise brick wall is great! Love the shot.
My favourite colour and you see it all over the place! Thanks for your comment Shawna!
The colours of the photo are so cool and that cart is somthing special:)
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Study shows that it's actually quite feasible to remove CO2 from the atmosphere
One of the main culprits in global warming is carbon dioxide. There's too much of it. It's churned out by cars and cities and planes and boats by the boatload, all at the same time that we're removing the trees that would gladly take it. So the solution it seems is to simply remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Magic.


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Anne Berry to wed George Lang
George M. Lang IV of Amityville and Anne M. Berry of Huntington became engaged in April 2002. The wedding is planned for November 2002. George is the son of George and Anne Lang III of Amityville and Anne is the daughter of Jim and Maryann Bat of Huntington.
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