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Started by leo the lioness , Feb 17 2013 04:43 PM
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 04:43 PM
Ok cous cous lovers hit me with what you do with it!
Posted 17 February 2013 - 04:49 PM
Watching this thread with interest, have never cooked with it, but would be keen if it sounded tasty!
Posted 17 February 2013 - 05:00 PM
Cous cous salad
Thinly sliced continental cucumber, sliced again into strips, cherry tomatoes quartered, or normal tomatoes chopped, aftEr pulp is removed, cumin seeds, ground cumin, very finely sliced red onion, sliced pimento stuffed olives, chopped fresh coriander
Toss, adding more olive oil if desired, and season with more salt if required
Posted 17 February 2013 - 05:05 PM
Love this recipe http://www.taste.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11957
Posted 17 February 2013 - 05:22 PM
We add halved cherry tomatoes, avocado cubes, sliced spring onions and some italian dressing to the couscous and have it as a side to some grilled lamb. Its currently DH's favourite dish.
Posted 17 February 2013 - 05:23 PM
I love cous cous, it's great for quick lunches or dinners. Our favourites are:
*Warm beef salald - Mix in some Mediterranean seasoning when you add the water, then when ready add cucumber, red onion, tomoto, and some cooked beef strips (we use sizzle steaks because they cook super quick)
*Quick tuna salad - prepare cous cous then stir in a small can of flavoured tuna (we love lemon pepper) and whatever diced salad stuff you have on hand
*Another tuna one - mix in plain tuna to the cooked cous cous, add sliced boiled egg, some green beans (we cook them in the microwave to make it super quick), cherry tomoatoes and baby spinach or rocket.
You can add whatever seasoning you like, we just add a sprinkle of our preferred flavours when we're adding the water to the cous cous.
Posted 17 February 2013 - 05:25 PM
This is one of the best recipes in the entire universe. I am obsessed with this meal, please please try it!
Posted 17 February 2013 - 07:49 PM
I buy this
Oh my it's too die for!!! I add it to my lunch salads !!!!
Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:19 AM
I add avocado, cherry tomatoes, corn, chives and sultanas, dress with olive oil, garlic, cracked pepper & paprika,
then top with BBQd lamb backstraps or lamb cutlets.
Super easy and super yummy. Healthy too!
Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:32 AM
drizzle swiss brown mushrooms and any type of baby tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. oven roast until softened.
cook couscous, add to rocket, avocado, fetta cheese and toasted pine nuts.
add baked mushrooms and tomatoes, plus a tiny bit of the pan juices.
devour. so simple and so yum.
Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:34 AM
Personally I prefer quinoa to cous cous. You can do the same things as above but it is a grain rather than pasta and high in protien
Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:39 AM
My favourite way to do it is with roast pumpkin, toasted pine nuts and feta cheese. I also tried it with roast beetroot and feta last week, which was nice, but I think goat's cheese would work better.
I hadn't thought of putting pesto through it, will have to try it
Posted 18 February 2013 - 08:32 AM
I made this the other day, it was delicious and my fussy toddler loved it!
I didn't use a whole chicken, just breast, and made a smaller quantity but it was very yummy and I can't wait to do it again!!
Posted 18 February 2013 - 08:44 AM
I make a big vegetable casserole in the slow cooker with an 800g tin of crushed tomatos as a base. Just all kinds of veggies, any thing at hand.
Add in a mix of Curry powder, Saffron, Cumin, Tumeric and powdered Vegetable Stock, let it cook for a few hours until the veggies are soft but not mushy.
Mix through about 1.5 cups of cous cous and let it sit for 10 minutes... then eat YUM!!
If you like you can break up a BBQ chicken and mix it through at the end, and add some greek yogurt to serve.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:27 AM
Thanks everyone. DD is currently having a love affair with it and I wanted some other ideas for her to try. Loving the idea of roasted pumpkin, spinach and feta - all things she loves. Also liking the salad type dishes.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:36 AM
For a delish salad on the table at BBQ's I add:
grated carrot
grated apple
small diced capsicum
small diced red onion
small diced orange pieces
It's really yum, you get crunch and sweet and savory all in one. Every time I go to make a different cous cous salad, I go back to this one because I know it's good!!
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:43 AM
I like to cook it in 1/2 water, 1/2 stock. Niiice and flavorful. I use it for saucy/soupy dishes or with baked/grilled meats. Yumyum. Also in cold salads
ETA: when I say use it with soupy things, I mean I serve the soupy/saucy things overtop a big serve of couscous.
Edited by kpingitquiet, 19 February 2013 - 11:44 AM.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:46 AM
I've converted my other half to cous cous - this is his fav.
Butternut Pumpkin and Sweet Potato (Roasted) Warm Salad (can also be served warm)
Butternut Pumpkin
Sweet Potato
Coriander seeds ground
Cumin ground
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Vegetable Stock
Fresh Coriander
Peel and cube pumpkin and sweet potato, season with ground cumin and ground coriander. Coat with a small amount of olive oil and toss. Place on an oven tray and roast for an hour in a 180 degree oven.
Bring stock to the boil then stir in the couscous, cover and allow to stand for 2-3 minutes. Add butter/margarine and heat again on a very low heat for 3 minutes while stirring with a fork to separate the grains.
Gently stir through the vegetables, raisins and chopped coriander.
Add Greek Yoghurt as a side - yummy.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:57 AM
I make a cous cous dish every few months, take a few bites and realise that I still can't stand it . DD is the same, hates the 'bitty' texture. I wish I did like it as there are lots of great recipes for it.
Israeli cous cous on the other hand - now we're talking. Much larger pieces but bizarrely much more expensive.
Edited by tiggywinkle, 19 February 2013 - 11:57 AM.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 12:04 PM
I roast thinly sliced vegetables and mix it in, and then add sundried tomato pesto as the sauce. Yum!!!!
Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:00 PM
My fav at the moment is simple cous cous, generous amount of mint, lemon juice and frozen peas (cooked of course).
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:29 PM
QUOTE (leo the lioness @ 17/02/2013, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ok cous cous lovers hit me with what you do with it!
I have a good recipe which tastes great and and can be used as a side or on its own.
Cut mixed veges into bite size peices (cherry toms, zucchini, squash, mushrooms, red onion, eggplant and garlic(or whatever soft veg is preferred). put in a grill tray and give a good splash of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and season. Grill until lightly charred and tender. Mix with cooked couscous and serve with lime wedges. Also goes well with chicken tenderloins crumbed with coconut and lime rind.
This started as a random slap up meal and is now a family fav, hope you get as much joy from this recipe as my family.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 12:01 AM
I use pearl couscous which is much nicer imo, had it tonight in fact, fried some garlic, onion and herbs added 2 cups of chicken stock to pan and then a pack of cous cous http://blu.net.au/ then boil for 6 minutes, towards end throw in spinach, cherry tomatoes, slice avo and feta and sprinkle over top
Posted 20 February 2013 - 04:29 AM
My favourite cous cous recipe is the Mersey Valley sweet chilli recipe: http://www.merseyvalley.com.au/recipe.aspx?id=2015
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Who knew that the world of high school cheerleading could be so fascinating? Dare Me by Megan Abbott is a chilling tale that needs to be read in one sitting. Abby Hanlon is lieutenant to cheerleading captain Beth Cassidy. The two women are used to the status quo, the hierarchy of high school. Things change as their coach leaves and is replaced by Colette French, a young coach who begins to push the girls to their limits, turning them into champions. She gathers the young women into a cohesive unit, urging them to work together to go farther and fly higher. Colette presents herself as a mentor and a friend to the girls. She invites them to her house, often neglecting her husband and daughter. She supplies them with alcohol and berates them about weight issues. Colette sees no need for a team captain, which doesn't sit well with Beth, who is used to being top dog. Beth becomes sullen and resentful, and Abby seems caught in the middle. Then an apparent suicide rocks the town, threatening to reveal squad secrets. A power struggle ensues that threatens to tear apart the squad, and the reader wonders who will survive the fallout.
Though the setting of Dare Me is high school, the intense theme makes it a book for older teens and adults. Abbott captures the cheerleading world perfectly. She describes the moves and tricks, the training, the blood, sweat and tears. She explores what happens when you are no longer accepted by the group, and the darkness and desperation of the human heart. Dare Me is a journey that is not easy, but once begun will need to be read to its intense conclusion.
Kill You Twice, the fifth book in Chelsea Cain's Gretchen Lowell series, is sure to keep readers up all night. This series of gory, fast-paced thrillers follows Portland detective Archie Sheridan who was kidnapped and tortured for 10 days by Dr. Gretchen Lowell, the Beauty Killer. Gretchen is both terrifyingly violent and undeniably magnetic. Even now, years after the attack, the two of them have a strange bond. No matter how hard Archie tries to stay away from Gretchen, he will never truly escape her influence.
In Kill You Twice, Archie is investigating a gruesome murder when he receives two cryptic pieces of information from Gretchen who now is locked away in a state mental institution: Gretchen has a child, and Archie should investigate someone named Ryan Motley. Kill You Twice gives readers a surprising glimpse into Gretchen's past while pulling them deeper into her latest game of cat and mouse.
This riveting suspense series will remind readers of The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. It isn't for the faint of heart, but fans of horror and suspense will be drawn into Gretchen's web. Readers new to the Cain's thrillers should start with Heartsick, the first novel in the series, which provides insight into how Archie and Gretchen's dark, twisted relationship developed.
FX recently announced that the network has begun development on a new TV series based on the Gretchen Lowell books. The first season will follow Heartsick. Cain is thrilled with the news. She wrote on her blog, "FX makes some awesome TV. Justified. American Horror Story. Sons of Anarchy. These people clearly buy fake blood in bulk and know how to use it." Will Heartsick be the network's next big hit? Cain's fans certainly hope so.
Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines automaton as "a mechanism that is relatively self-operating" such as a robot. Such a machine forms the underpinning of the two-time Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey's newest book, The Chemistry of Tears.
Carey introduces Catherine Gerhig, a London museum curator. She has just been told about the unexpected death of co-worker and family man Matthew, with whom she has been having a covert long-term affair. Catherine's boss assigns to her the labor-intensive job of reassembling a complicated Victorian mechanical toy in attempt to distract her from her overwhelming grief. Amongst the chests of parts, Catherine finds the journals of Henry Brandling. Brandling was an Englishman who had traveled to rural Germany to commission clockmakers to build a fantastic mechanical duck which he intends to present to his beloved sickly son.
Webster's second meaning for automaton refers to a machine operating according to predetermined directions; Catherine and Henry, as revealed through his diaries, both seem to be on autopilot themselves. Henry is on his single-minded quixotic quest to bring home a toy, the magical novelty of which he believes will spark his son to live. Self-medicated Catherine is slogging through the motions of life, unhinged as she is by her anguish at losing her lover.
Carey is a clever writer who blurs the distinctions between man and machine. Catherine eats only to live, Henry despairs at the paucity of food available to him, and what turns out to be a swan has a fully functioning digestive tract and eats for the entertainment of others. Henry and Catherine are objects of manipulation, as is the swan. The Chemistry of Tears is a well-written and intelligent story and Carey's illuminating descriptions of antique mechanical inventions are a lovely bonus.
Despite majestic surroundings and lifelong ties to the earth's bounty, there was little color in William Talmadge's days. A solitary figure living a simple life, his emotional and physical toils are somberly chronicled in Amanda Coplin's haunting literary debut, The Orchardist.
Set in the rural Pacific Northwest at the turn of the twentieth century, Talmadge spends his days methodically tending a grove of fruit trees started by his widowed pioneer mother on his 400 acres of family land. No stranger to loss, the middle-aged farmer still pines for a beloved sister who mysteriously disappeared years earlier. When he encounters two young and pregnant runaway sisters, Jane and Della, he decides to shelter them. His actions are shaped by his memories of the sister he lost and the family he hesitantly envisions. It is the one person who knows him well, his old friend Caroline Middey, who observes, "suffering had formed him. " Circumstances will now change his life, especially as a new baby, Angeline, becomes "his shadow in the trees," and the new bud of this makeshift family whose fragile underpinnings are about to give way.
Coplin's writing is spare and deliberate, with minimal dialogue. Much is conveyed by the silent introspection of memorable characters and their sense of belonging, especially of a broken Della. Coplin, who was born in Wenatchee, Washington, grew up among her grandfather's orchards. Her storytelling is rich with images of a frontier before railroads or highways and of a time and place when one belonged to the earth. Fans of John Steinbeck, Leif Enger 's Peace Like a River or Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain will welcome Coplin to their stack of enticing reads.
This summer, the world suffered the loss of literary giant Ray Bradbury. In the same summer, we found him again between the pages of a remarkable new anthology: Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury. Twenty-six of today's finest authors, some bestsellers, some living legends in their own right, have come together in this anthology to pay tribute and to immortalize the magnificent mind and imagination of Bradbury. The collection, prepared prior to the honoree's passing, includes a poignant yet humorous introduction by Bradbury himself, in which he expresses his love and gratitude for his literary children and welcomes the reader to enjoy the family reunion within.
In Shadow Show Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Dan Chaon, Alice Hoffman, David Morrell, Sam Weller and a score of other immensely talented authors have contributed a diverse range of original short stories in celebration of the life and works of the Teller of Tales. Some stories are laced with deliberate allusion to individual Bradbury works, while other compositions display a subtler, more effervescent influence. Each tale is concluded with a uniquely personal author's note, explaining the influence either Bradbury or a story he wrote has had on the author's life and the story contributed. As one reads through the tales and accompanying notes, it becomes apparent that what makes this anthology so very special is not so much the talent of the contributors– though considerable – as the genuinely mindful care taken by each author to create something worthy of their literary papa.
Bradbury once recounted the story of how he became a writer, citing a surreal, almost dreamlike encounter with a magician in his childhood. Sharing a chance meeting and ensuing conversation one afternoon following a funeral, the magician confided to the boy that in young Bradbury he saw the soul of his best friend reborn. As many will readily agree, to read Bradbury is to know him like a best friend known lifelong. As the contributing authors so skillfully demonstrate in Shadow Show, though Mr. Bradbury may have passed from this realm, his indelible influence will live forever.
Debut author Kevin Powers takes us to the Iraq War and back in his poignant novel The Yellow Birds. Narrating from a secluded cabin in the mountains of Virginia, twenty-one-year-old veteran John Bartle recalls his hellish experiences in Iraq's Nineveh Province and his current struggles to rebuild a life ravaged by post-traumatic stress.
Private Bartle's story begins in basic training, where he quickly befriends an eighteen-year-old recruit named Murphy. They become inseparable, and Bartle takes it on himself to protect Murphy and get him back home safely. But once they arrive in war-torn Iraq, these two young soldiers discover that neither is ready to face the physical and psychological battles yet to come. What unfolds is a testament to friendship and loss set against the horrors of war, as well as a moving portrayal of how war affects not just soldiers but also their families and friends at home.
Powers, an Iraq veteran himself and recent M.F.A. graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, has the voice of a poet and wrote The Yellow Birds largely based on his own war experiences. Early praise from authors like Colm Toibin and Ann Patchett hails this novel as a "superb literary achievement" and proclaims it a modern classic. In fact, New York Times bestselling author Chris Cleave has compared Powers to Ernest Hemingway and Cormac McCarthy for his use of spare, lyrical prose.
Rich with flashbacks, metaphors, and written in a stream-of-consciousness style, The Yellow Birds will stay with you long after the final page. Readers who enjoy this new novel may also want to try Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain and Fobbit by David Abrams, two equally wonderful stories that take a satirical spin on the Iraq War.
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November – Roast Quince
From page 352 of The New English Table.
Once roasted, quince can be eaten with both sweet and savoury things. They are good with game birds and roast pork, but also with vanilla ice cream.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Wash 4 quince, rubbing away any dusty flock on their skins. Quarter each quince, holding it firmly and using a knife with a strong blade. Boil the quinces in water for about 3-5 minutes, until just soft. Drain them then cut out the hardcore from each quarter. Brush with melted butter, then place in an ovenproof dish and roast until golden.
Add sugar as they come out of the oven if you are eating them sweet, or leave the sugar out if you are serving them with meat, or eat hot and sour with cheese.
To serve the quince with ice cream, I make a sauce with 115g butter, 115g brown sugar, 1/2 lemon grass stalk, chopped, and 1 wine glass of sweet wine or other unused Christmas-present liquor. Boil the ingredients together until you have a slightly thickened sauce to pour over the quince and ice cream.


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Coming back to civilian life brings new challenges, new opportunities, and compelling stories of courage and accomplishment.
Public media tells those stories so community members can better understand the veteran experience. And, through Veterans Coming Home, public media supports and engages veterans as they transition to civilian life.
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See how public media stations across the nation are honoring veterans.
Puller Clinic: Assiting Veterans With Their Disability Claims
By Lisa Godley For the past six years, the Puller Clinic at the College of William and Mary Law School has assisted hundreds of veterans with their disability claims. The story you're about to see features the Clinic and the tireless efforts of the students and staff who work diligently to make life better for the regions veterans. As part of WHRO's Veteran's Initiative, WHRO is engaging the community to help support veterans as they transition to civilian life in Hampton Roads. This story follows two Peninsula men who have utilized the clinic's services since it opened in 2008. Under the supervision of attorney's, law students the men have successfully filed and received the benefits that they so rightfully deserve.
Veterans Coming Home – Civilian Jobs
Hampton Roads has long had a commitment to making sure that our military and veterans have an opportunity to find jobs. Here, they really understand that veterans offer a unique source of trained and motivated workers, with proven ability to step into an organization and contribute immediately. In July, CivilianJobs held a military job fair to help with this transitioning. The event provided the military-experienced candidate effective ways for their experience and skills to be presented to potential employers. http://youtu.be/LOMa4Z8ifno?list=UUbTYB_l43OkvJ0-1QIsjQHA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcAJEtd2Ltc&feature=youtu.be Chuck Rotenberry's scars are invisible to the average person, but they are very real to Chuck and his family. Like millions of veterans, Chuck suffers with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Chuck was serving in Afghanistan as a military working dog handler in 2011. During a clearance operation his fellow Marine misstepped, causing a hidden IED to explode. The Marine's legs were blown off and Chuck suffered shrapnel in his neck, face and eardrum. Liz, his wife, knew something was wrong when she'd find her husband in a back room having an emotional breakdown and frustration filling his face as he tried to interact with his four children. Debilitating headaches made it difficult to complete small tasks, and sudden noises were almost unbearable. One day his kids were playing with balloons when one popped. 'I immediately had to throw up. I couldn't help it,' Chuck recalls. Chuck came home with PTSD. Chuck had been to specialists on base and they prescribed an array of pills that had helped. But he still felt like he was 'carrying a refrigerator on his head and shoulders.' After hearing about HBOT Treatments provided by Harch Hyperbarics in New Orleans, Liz felt this may be the answer. A scan of his brain confirmed that there were spots that did not have ANY blood flow. The areas where all your emotions and short term memory live were completely dark. HBOT treatments have completely turned things around for Chuck and his family. Chuck was hoping to just get off of at least one pill but now no longer needs any for his headaches. It has brought him back to life. With PTSD there aren't always visible scars. People don't understand – invisible wounds are just as serious. Chuck's story is one of many you'll see in the coming months as WHRO and the Center for Public Broadcasting explore "Veterans Coming Home." This project is a public media effort to support veterans in their successful transition to civilian life.
The Virginia International Tattoo – A Scottish Tradition with American Spirit
The Virginia International Tattoo – A Scottish Tradition with American Spirit - comes to your home Veteran's Day - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 8pm.
WHRO and The Virginia Arts Festival have teamed up to bring you the 2014 Virginia International Tattoo, a new one-hour special airing on WHRO TV15 on November 11th. Each year, the Tattoo attracts international participation as eight nations gather and share their unique music, dance and culture.
A signature event of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, the 2014 Tattoo honors our Vietnam War veterans and their families. More than 30,000 people attended the show in April 2014, and now you can see all the wonder and spectacle from your home.
The Virginia International Tattoo is renowned for presenting the traditional sounds of the massed pipes and drums. This special feature also includes military bands, drill teams, veterans and their stories, singers and dancers – all to honor our nation's heroes.
"This was one of the most exhilarating shows that I ever had the pleasure of watching," said Edward Foulke, a first time attendee. "Words cannot do justice to the music selections, choreography, lighting, sound, and the overall presentation of the many talented people that put on the show. The pageantry was breath-taking."
Originally created in 1997, the Virginia International Tattoo thrills audiences each spring with an all-new show. More than a performance, the Tattoo is an experience, creating cheers, tears, and standing ovations among the tens of thousands of patrons who travel to Norfolk each year to see this amazing display of music and might.
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Track American women's increasing participation in war — from Vietnam to the present — as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies. Among those featured are Linda Bray, the first woman to lead troops into battle, and Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career was sabotaged after she was "outed" as a high-level spy. Viewers hear from war correspondents Molly Moore, Clarissa Ward and Christiane Amanpour about life on the battlefield. The film shares the stories of military leaders who have broken through gender barriers, like General Angela Salinas, at her retirement the highest ranking woman serving in the USMC, and Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Craft In America: Service honors military men and women through an unexpected prism: craft. From the origins of the Army Arts and Crafts Program and the G.I. Bill to contemporary artists and veterans, the series celebrate the artists and techniques of American craft, documenting the power of the handmade to inspire, motivate and heal.
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Police seek thief who stole heaters at Zupan's
Police are seeking the publics help in identifying a suspect in the theft of outdoor heaters from the Lake Oswego Zupans store.
Outdoor heaters valued at $6,000 were reported stolen from the store at 16380 Boones Ferry Road on Nov. 29 and 30, according to police. A suspect reportedly made three trips to steal the heaters one at about 10:15 p.m. Nov. 29 and the other two between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. Nov. 30. He was reportedly driving a different vehicle for each of the trips.
The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s or 30s with a thin build and buzzed hair and wearing a black Dodgers hat in a surveillance video.
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While our country's ability to borrow money is a valuable asset, particularly in times of need such as wars or economic recessions, continuously maintaining high levels of the debt in comparison to our gross domestic product is detrimental, even devastating to citizens. Government debt is simply an IOU to be repaid by future taxes upon its citizens and businesses; excessive debt must be repaid eventually, as has been discovered in recent years by citizens of debtor countries such as Greece, Italy, and Spain.
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In daily life, most of us have had experience "managing" others, whether it's organizing a church fund drive or directing a crew of employees. Simply defined, management is the act of coordinating others to achieve a goal. The process involves planning, task assignment, monitoring, providing feedback, and, when necessary, correction.
There are a variety of different management styles, each geared toward different organizations and situations. For example, the command-based and discipline-oriented culture of the military may be essential to the battlefield, but does not generally transfer to the more relaxed culture of a law firm.
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Another dark day in America, one of 62 similar days in the last 30 years according to statistics compiled by Mother Jones. Despite the shootings having occurred in a state with some of the more restrictive gun laws in America, the acts of a single deranged white male has again brought the nation to its knees in sorrow, along with renewed calls for stricter gun controls.
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The words of Saint Paul to Timothy in the Christian Bible have resonated throughout the ages: "For the love of money is the root of all evil." Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the Federal Reserve System (otherwise known as the "Fed"), the mother of all money in the United States, has been publicly reviled since its formation in 1913.
Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., father of the famed aviator, claimed that "This [legislation] establishes the most gigantic trust on Earth…the worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency bill." Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. said the Federal Reserve Act "seems to me to open the way to a vast inflation of the currency," a consequence abhorrent to anyone with significant wealth that would be devalued as a result.
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Do you find it hard to make ends meet these days? You are not alone. For millions of workers, wages and disposable personal income have flat-lined or fallen during the last decade. According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, median income for working-age households (headed by someone under the age of 65) slid from $62,541 in 2000 to $55,640 in 2011, a 12.4% decline. While wages have been stagnant, the prices of everything from healthcare to housing has risen dramatically above the rate of inflation, leaving almost half of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
Understanding the Value of Private Label Store Brands – Reasons to Buy
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Sales of private label brands have exploded in the past half-decade as consumers have done the best they can to get through the economic recession. According to market researcher Packaged Facts, store brands accounted for almost one-third of new food and beverage items introduced in the United States in 2011.
While monetary savings are usually the primary impetus for choosing private label products over national brands, purchasers have discovered that there is little tangible difference between the two categories of products in taste, use, or quality of ingredients. The lack of differentiation and the clear cost advantage of private brands are imposing fundamental changes on the retail industry today, affecting pricing, advertising, merchandising, and product selection.
Moving Back Home With Your Parents After College – How to Make It Work
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Oh dear God, the abject stupidity of the collective...it is becoming mind numbing. Yes lets deter people killing them selves by promising punishment for the attempt. Isn't this what Catholics are told from the beginning, that suicide slams heavens gates shut? (I don't know about other Christian beliefs as my indoctrination was down this path alone.)
Seems even that threat hardly stands in the way of someone determined to jump ship. Now the military is to deal with their "problem" by threatening all who fail in their attempts? So now the message is "Don't use pills or sharp edge weapons...they are unapproved...the only approved methodology as to the UCMJ will be ingested bullets and grenades?
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Last updated at 09:23, Wednesday, 13 February 2013
A man caught taking a bag of powder to a house being searched by the drug squad has admitted being involved with a major drug-dealing ring.
Geoffrey Fearon, 39, was arrested after turning up with his incriminating parcel in the middle of the raid on the house in Brook Street, Flimby, near Maryport, on August 17 last year.
The raid followed the discovery of 15kg of amphetamine sulphate, which would have been worth £150,000 if sold on the street, after police stopped and searched a black BMW on Wedgwood Road in Flimby.
Fearon, of Farmers Way, Flimby, was originally charged with being part of a conspiracy to supply the class B drug but that charge was dropped when he pleaded guilty instead to the less serious offence of being concerned in supplying amphetamines. The court heard that the prosecution now accepted Fearon played only a minor part.
His involvement went no further than the single occasion when he was caught taking the bag – which contained glucose, to be used as a cutting agent for the illegal drug – to the house.
Fearon hoped to be sentenced yesterday, having already served six months in prison – longer than he was likely to get as punishment for the offence.
But Judge Barbara Forrester said he could not be sentenced on his own, and would have to be dealt with at the same time as two men who had previously admitted playing a bigger role in the conspiracy.
In the meantime he was remanded back into custody.
"His role is markedly different from the others," Mark Shepherd, defending, told the court.
"Clearly he is not, and was not, part of the conspiracy to which they have pleaded guilty.
"His involvement could adequately be reflected in the custodial sentence he has already served while on remand."
Fearon will be sentenced on March 7, alongside Darren Williams, 41, of Brook Street, Flimby, and Luke Pickering, 30, of Bog Height Road in Darwen, Lancashire, who are both also in custody after pleading guilty to conspiring to supply drugs.
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Eclipse worms into Apple Cocoa, iPhone
Apple Macs, iPhones, and other mobile devices are being pulled into the open-source tools universe of Eclipse, a group whose genesis can be traced to enterprise Java and C/C++. The project today released Eclipse 3.5, codenamed Galileo, which wraps 33 projects in an integrated release. For the first time, the bundle can be …
Hah! Grammar pedants unite!!!!
Crikey, could we please stop using this annoying Yank habit of replacing "and" with the comma in headlines?
It doesn't make sense people!
Here: I've fixed it for you:
"Eclipse worms into Apple Cocoa and iPhone."
"greater adoption of Mac's "???
Back to school you go....
You're absolutely correct; it's a nasty American affectation and ought to be nipped in the bud.
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"nip in the bud" fell out of favor in England but survived in America (mostly in the southern states) until movies and television reintroduced it to England.
And as long as you're driving out Americanisms, when you are in a hurry, tell your friend to "step on the petrol".
Maybe downloads are decreasing because you download it once, and there you go. I use eclipse at work and home, so that's 2 downloads for 40 hours a week usage.
Hmm, wonder if there's a typing char/word count stat monitor plug in?
Eclipse for iPhone Web Apps
Nothing new, this has been offered by Aptana a long time ago...
Aptana also contributed to the Eclipse Babel project, one of the guiding "behind the scenes" pilars behind Galileo and its succesful launch. With Galileo for the first time, all projects to be included had to be localizable. And with a few shameful exceptions, most of them are already localizED, too.
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