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Themify Professional Theme for Websites
Themify is Easy and Responsive Theme
You may have heard plenty about the role of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) when it comes to making your blog or website a hit.
For one, it rakes in clients and puts your web page on top of the list.
There is another important thing you may be forgetting though – the website theme itself. Here is the question.
Why do you need a Professional Theme?
- Professional theme comes with best design and feature like responsive for all devices.
- Improve the search traffic.
- Quality designs and comes with premium services and support assistance.
- The best theme can do wonders for your business, and is good value for money.
Themify Offers you Professional and Creative Premium Themes
Themify is one of those theme selling platforms that you would want to check out.
This is based on my honest review as I'm using their theme, and I really proud as I love their theme as its so "easy to use" and they providing very wonderful support service from installation until your site to live even technical issue, they also have customize "CSS coding" that you can ask help with.
Their themes are well tested and used in thousands of websites around the world. They are "bug free", easy to install and updated regularly. You wouldn't have to worry about the website breaking down any time.
Plus, it has a wonderful support community that you would love to interact with if you ever do stumble in somewhere, you know just whom to approach and get your "problems solved" in no time.
Where Themify themes score over others is its simplicity and minimalistic approach, designed to improve user engagement and improve sales and revenue.
Why using Premium Theme have Ability to Drive Traffic
Here is the thing – the kind of theme you use has a far-reaching effect on your viewers.
You need responsive designs that can work across all devices, whether you're accessing the website from an iPad or a desktop.
Your website would be displayed in an "optimized manner" for improved viewer experience.
However, a professional website theme does a lot more than just offer compatibility.Check out below tips:
- The theme must represent you and bring out a clear impression of what you stand for.
- Needs to solve navigational issues and offer the most relevant information to get the "maximum user engagement".
- Allow viewers easy navigation to various parts of the blog or website.
- Must make your viewers want to keep coming back (yes, the right theme can do that).
The only full-proof way to achieve all this is to invest on a professional theme; money spent on professional themes is money well spent.
Of course, there are plenty of good-looking free themes out there, but they provide no guarantees of good website representation, whereas professional paid themes provide support and features which we will review as this article wears on.
Themify themes have it all to be considered as "best theme provider", offering increased user engagement for you – just the way you want.
Tips for Choosing the Right Theme
Looking for a theme that you would want? Here are a few tips that would help you.
Simplistic yet Eye-Catching themes
You do not need irrelevant animations or unnecessarily flamboyant layouts; viewers will most likely be distracted from the actual content. The right theme makes you worry less. You don't have to worry about your page taking longer to load anymore.
www.themify.me offers premium WordPress themes, which are simple yet elegant and user-friendly.
Themify SEO Friendly themes have ability quick boost in Traffic
Themify has themes with good ratings. You can also know more about the theme by searching in the provider's "support forum". If their support is good, the chances are that their themes will work like a charm.
Personal or Creative blogs
Whether you are a professional artist selling giant canvases imbued with high-end paintings, a hobbyist selling homemade jewelry, or someone giving tutorials for either, your blog must reflect your creative side.
Build your Online Credibility the way you want.
You would love Themify. The Themify Builder will allow you to design a layout that you can imagine with simple steps (select, easy drag, and drop).
Just drag and drop different elements in your page, as you want, from Contact forms to text fields, in simple, easy steps. The builder can help you create web pages in minutes, and you can do any of the following.
Websites Selling Products or Services / E-commerce
The most important characteristic of your theme that you need to look for here is compatibility.
Your products or services must be "visible across all browsers", and your customers should be able to contact you across all devices and all screen sizes.
This is something professional themes can guarantee as these are tested for all loopholes that would compromise the compatibility of your website.
As such, if you happen to have multiple websites and blogs (like most people these days do), you simply cannot settle for a random free theme you found online.
News, Information, Educational blogs
You would find a number of themes that strains the viewers' eye (dark text on a light background, usually).
Since there will be a lot of reading involved, Themify themes will ensure that navigation through all the information on your page is as easy as possible for the viewer.
Their themes are "multilingual" as well.
Already optimized and tested for these features, Themify scores on all these fronts, something you would love.
Just pick Themify themes that are built to be SEO friendly. Here is what you would get if you buy a Themify theme.
- An incredible support team who will provide assistance and updates every step of the way.
- Furthermore, their support forum provides assistance for each individual theme they provide.
- Varied pricing ranges suitable for all budgets. There is also a "30-day money back guarantee" for their members.
You will also get a "15% coupon" if you tweet about them, which gives them publicity and gives you a discount and access to reviews about them.
So, a win-win situation. There is also a "10% coupon" for subscribing to their newsletter.
The themes support all popular plugins. There is also their custom Themify Builder with plenty of add-ons and plugins (free plugins too) to choose from.
When you make a new blog or website, or update an existing one, be sure to seriously consider investing in paid professional themes.
Themify is one of the best options that you can get – why not buy one today?


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10 Korean Dramas You Didn't Know You Can Binge-Watch On Netflix
Ready a plate of kimchi fries for your k-drama marathon
Photo: Netflix
We're spoilt, to the point of rotten when it comes to our demands of television programmes. Gone were the days of sitting in front of a bulky telly, flipping through channels for hours while grumbling at the offerings of boring news segments and unrealistic infomercials.
But in an ironic twist of fate, it seems like we're now suffering from too much good TV. Best part? It's all streamed online to fulfill your TV-watching desires.
Netflix is possibly the number one enabler for the surge of binge watchers. The kind that disappears under bed sheets for a day or two, electronic devices in hand, before emerging from the shadows to rejoin human life as it is.
But, wait.
Due to…um, evolution, Netflix has since claimed a new subset of binge watchers: Binge racers! According to the streaming company, these species are known to speed through an entire season within 24 hours to earn bragging rights as the first to finish watching, leaving the rest in a cloud of smoke. Unsurprisingly, Singapore earned the second place for the highest percentage of binge racers in Asia, specifically topping globally for binge racing Korean dramas.
And because Singaporean is all about being the best amongst the rest, let's wear the title like a badge with honour by binge-watching these 10 K-dramas on Netflix:
1. The Sound Of Your Heart
Based on Korea's longest-running webtoon series, this comedy follows the ridiculous daily lives of a cartoonist, his girlfriend and his subpar family
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Dunia Camp is situated between the prime wildlife areas of central and southern Serengeti. Dunia Camp combines elements of style and luxury with an incredible wildlife experience.
The Great Migration passes through this area that is especially known for its abundance of lion, leopard and cheetah and the rare chance it offers to see the illustrious black rhino.
The secluded setting of Dunia Camp in the Moru Kopjes is a retreat of tranquillity in the most scenic part of the Serengeti.
Dunia Camp consists of just 7 spacious en-suite tents each with flush toilets, large en-suite bathrooms and a private veranda overlooking the Kopjes. Each tent is artfully decorated in African bush camp style with extensive use of local color and material.
Authentic African and European cuisine is served in the mess/dining tent or you can enjoy dinner and drinks underneath the stars beside the camp fire.
Game drives from Dunia Camp are unlike anything else in the Southern Serengeti due to the prime and private location in the Moru Kopjes. The camp gives you access to the best that the southern and central Serengeti has to offer: the Ndutu area, the southern plains, the Moru Kopjes and the central Serengeti valley.
Typically, the Great Migration congregates on the southern Serengeti plains in the December to March period, to give birth to a next generation of wildebeest and zebra. The migratory wildebeest and zebra share the land with elephant, giraffe, Thomson gazelle and a host of other plains species. There are plenty of big cats to see in the area with large lion prides and cheetah frequently sighted.
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Houses for Sale in Donabate
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If you're new to the area or looking to make the move, find out everything you need to know about Donabate.
Where is Donabate?
Donabate is a small coastal town in Fingal that's 20km north-northeast of Dublin's city centre. It is situated on a peninsula near the Rogerstown Estuary, which is a sprawling 5-acre park.
It is about a 25-minute commute by car via the R126 Regional Road, M1, and M50 Motorways. Irish Rail and numerous Dublin Bus routes primarily service Donabate.
The town remains small and charming, with a population of near 7,500.
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Donabate is a growing, thriving, and very friendly seaside community. New construction, schools, and services are entering the area every year.
Donabate is special because it has retained its old-world country charm while simultaneously embracing new technology. Residences are treated to spectacular views of a picturesque sea, vast countryside, lush greenery, blossoming gardens, leafy terraces, beautifully landscaped grounds, and a quaint village centre.
Donabate homes are rich in historical architecture; new builds and refurbished homes alike have retained the cosy vibe of the town. Home styles include cottage, country, modern, contemporary, Tudor, Victorian, and Mid-Century.
Donabate homes are embellished with modern amenities and spacious living areas.
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Donabate is ideal for families of all ages. The vibrant town centre offers numerous facilities and amenities, local shopping, convenience stores, a post office, community centre, and medical establishments.
Donabate has a vibrant restaurant, café, and pub scene, many featuring fresh fish and seafood dining options. The town is very walkable and offers numerous trails for cycling, picnicking, and leisure.
Donabate also has two fabulous sandy beaches, which provide endless entertainment for exercise and leisure alike. Historic landmarks include Newbridge House and Demesne.
The town is also resplendent in sporting activities, boasting a wide range of clubs, 5 golf courses, water sports galore, and bouldering.
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Academics are a high priority, and the town's most notable awards comprise of Changemaker School Award, Discovery Primary Science Award, and Enterprise Awards.
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text: Tel Aviv - Decades ago Israeli dairy farmers confronted a quandary - how could they provide milk to a fast-growing population in a country that is two-thirds desert, with little grazing land?They turned to technology, developing equipment that boosted output - from cooling systems to milk meters and biometrics - and have made Israeli cows the most productive in the world.Science rules today, with cows' health, output, genetics and fertility closely monitored by management systems. In kibbutzes, or communal farms, across the country, they line up by the dozens to enter climate-controlled sheds, awaiting the latest innovations in robotic milking that drive up efficiency.This has put the country's agricultural tech, and the companies that provide it, in demand around the world as - with populations and dairy consumption on the rise - traditional farming methods are no longer cutting it.Smallholder and grazing farms are, for the most part, not competitive. Large, mechanised farms that intensely monitor production and maximise yields are the order of the day.In the United States, for example, milk production has risen by almost half since 1970, even though the number of cows has declined by about a quarter.Developing countries, particularly in Asia, want to upgrade their outdated dairy industries and are looking to Israel for products and expertise. So are foreign investors hoping to stay ahead of the curve.India is the biggest milk producer in the world, but most of it comes from farmers with few resources. Average production levels per cow are low, to the frustration of policymakers."We're missing a huge export opportunity to Europe and other countries," said Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra state, who came to Israel to find a solution."I think with Israeli technology we can take our farms to the next level."In Vietnam, a group of Israeli companies led by systems developer Afimilk is building a $200m dairy farm, one of the largest projects of its kind in the world. It will eventually supply half the milk in Vietnam.Israeli agriculture has benefited from a boom in the country's wider hi-tech industry, which has become a major growth engine and investment magnet. The country leads the OECD when it comes to R&D, spending 4.3% of GDP on it, nearly twice the OECD average, according to Ernst & Young.Companies often tap into the skills of workers trained in the military or intelligence sectors and start-ups benefit from tax breaks and government funding. Milk cloudThe global market for dairy farming technologies is worth about $850m a year, according to industry sources. Israel exports in the sector totalled $110m in 2014, up 7% rise from a year earlier, according to the country's export institute.Software company Akol runs a database that monitors the output, health, genetics and fertility of every cow in Israel. The database helped lift productivity to a world record of 12 083 kg per cow in 2014. By comparison, in the United States the average was 10 097 kg.Akol has partnered with Microsoft in a joint venture to bring the technology to the developing world."We understood that to reach the world we need a strong cloud computing system that analyses every component of the quality of the milk. Microsoft saw this could be a breakthrough," said Akol CEO Ron Shani.He would not disclose how much the software giant invested in the venture, but Akol has put in more than $10m.Start-up miRobot wants to take milking to the next level and says it has developed a prototype of an inexpensive, lightweight robotic arm that can clean, stimulate and attach the milking pump to the cow's udder entirely on its own. It can be added on to existing systems, cutting the need for extra manpower.Such Israeli technologies have not gone unnoticed.France-based Allflex, a designer of animal identification systems with factories in the United States, Brazil, New Zealand and China, bought Israeli milking technology company SCR in December for $250m.In another vote of confidence, China's vast Bright Food conglomerate bought Tnuva, Israel's largest dairy firm, for $1.1bn earlier this year."The macro conditions, are very favourable for Israel's dairy tech industry," said Arama Kukutai, managing director of California-based Finistere Ventures that has a $150m agtech fund. "The country's high-tech pedigree extends into agriculture, and we've been looking at opportunities to invest."


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Partners like Atmosera are an important part of our strategy to ensure more businesses build their cloud solutions using Microsoft technology and get expertise and support from local cloud solution providers."
Portland, Ore (PRWEB) July 28, 2015
Atmosera announced it is now a part of the Microsoft Cloud OS Network (COSN) and complies with its rigorous criteria for excellence and expertise surrounding Microsoft Cloud Platform and Azure deployments. The Cloud OS Network is a worldwide group of select service providers that offers technically validated, hybrid cloud and Azure-enabled solutions. Atmosera hybrid cloud solutions can now be based on the Microsoft Cloud Platform and are engineered using Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V, System Center 2012 R2, and Windows Azure Pack. Environments support both Windows and Linux-based operating systems. Every solution includes a unified view of a client's entire infrastructure, consolidated monitoring, security management, governance and simplified billing. By leveraging a single technology stack with built-in capabilities, clients can reduce the need for additional third party applications and realize financial savings.
Atmosera brings years of engineering and deployment experience to accelerate successful Microsoft deployments. Cloud OS Network compliance certifies Atmosera's proficiency and strict adherence to best practices. Atmosera takes advantage of Microsoft's technology and deploys it in a secure, dedicated environment with 24x7x365 live support. Clients can also take advantage of other Atmosera advanced services including disaster recovery, end-to-end security management, compliant environments for HIPAA/HITECH and PCI DSS, SQL Server application management, Office 365 licenses, and remote hands capabilities anywhere in the world.
Key Facts
- Atmosera has over 20 years of experience delivering a consistent and outstanding client experience.
- Atmosera is now a Cloud OS Network compliant service provider.
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- Atmosera leverages a proven engagement process and validated Microsoft reference architectures to easily adapt and meet the needs of various industries.
- Atmosera operates award-winning data centers and offers numerous options for disaster recovery, networks and compliance including HIPAA/HITECH and PCI DSS.
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- "The Cloud OS Network highlights partners who have demonstrated a commitment to Microsoft technology and expertise deploying cloud solutions," said Aziz Benmalek, vice president, Worldwide Hosting and Cloud Services at Microsoft Corp. "Partners like Atmosera are an important part of our strategy to ensure more businesses build their cloud solutions using Microsoft technology and get expertise and support from local cloud solution providers."
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text: The Irish Jobs market is no longer the place where a quick phone call or somebody 'In the Know', can land you a good job. Obviously, there is an element of that, but for the most part, it is a requirement to have a professionally written CV that will stand out from the crowd. Your CV says everything about you. It is the tool you utilize to represent what you can bring to the table in the way of skills, qualifications, education and experience. If all of these are not explained and communicated properly, then it is likely you will discover time-and-time again, that you are not getting the interviews you desire, and ultimately not getting the employment opportunities that your experience deserves. Let www.procv.ie find you a job that suits your skills and experience. We have a huge amount of experience dealing specifically with the Irish Jobs market.


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Book Review: Icons
Book 1 in the Icons series
AUTHOR: Margaret Stohl
PUBLISHED: May 2013
GENRE: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopian
PREMISE: Ever since the aliens took over Dol and Ro have been in hiding. When they're discovered, their lives change.
MY REVIEW: This is a tricky book to review. I liked it. I didn't love it as much as I loved, say Beautiful Creatures, but I do think it was good. However it has a writing style/way of telling the story that I'm sure will drive some readers mad. It actually took me some getting used too and I liked the book.
The story is interesting enough. It's maybe not the most original thing in the world, but it's entertaining to a degree and has enough of it's own ideas to not be a rip-off of things. It's fast-paced, there's enough romance and action and it's a good lead in for a bigger series.
It's just one of those that isn't going to necessarily appeal to everyone. Which is probably why it's gotten so many mixed reviews. So I liked it, and look forward to the next book, but I rec it with the knowledge that there's a fifty percent chance that the book won't appeal to you.
WHO SHOULD READ: Beautiful Creatures fans, dystopian fans
MY RATING: Four out of Five alien detention centers
Posted by fantasylover12001 at 6:15 PM
Labels: dystopian, fantasy, four to four and a half out of five rating, published in 2013, read in 2013, science fiction, series, young adult
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By Lukas Schiffer at April 09 2019 14:08:54
Sites like Stanley Furniture are great to find furniture for every room including the living room, dining room and bedroom as well as case goods and accents. It gives their exact dimensions and where the furnishings can be purchased locally. Have fun making several plan options if possible. Try the basic sofa and loveseat on one plan and try a sectional or a sofa with chairs on another. Get creative by breaking up larger rooms into a couple of sitting areas. See if the dream of a chaise can become a reality on plan for the bedroom. Extra homework is important before heading out to shop for decor.
So when constructing a new home, remodeling a home or starting a new construction project, make sure that you use 3D Rendering and 3D floor planning to ensure that you can see your vision before you start to build. Both these tools offer you a realistic look at your project, making it easier for you and everyone else to see your vision!


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Devotional: New Testament Verses Redirect Norm Miller Away From Destructive Lifestyle and Into Victory Lane
Life changing decision gets Interstate Batteries founder back on track.
A CSJ Conversation with Michael McDowell
NASCAR driver builds confidence on the track and forges relationships in the garage.
A CSJ Conversation with Dave Rogers
NASCAR crew chief looks to legendary owner Joe Gibbs for spiritual guidance.
A CSJ Conversation with Jason Ratcliff
NASCAR crew chief puts family, faith above success on the track.


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Democratique Socks RELAX TWISTER KNIT...
This is our Twister Supermelange style. We use a heavier gauge and twist our high quality yarn, to get a unique texture to our Relax socks. Heavier in the wintertime, but loose enough in the knitting, to use all year around. Were adding new colors to this style every season, but some colors are NOOS items - Never Out Of Stock.
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Out with the old, in with the new
For us the culinary theme and resolution for 2009 was preservation in its different forms. Between us we haven't done too bad, though it has very much proved to be Hubs' domain. Hubs has a knack of being good at the stuff I'm frankly rubbish at (or don't have a patience for); I suppose we're a good balance. successful preservation this year included Pickled Red Cabbage, sweet chilli jam, quince jelly, gooseberry jam along with many other projects that got eaten before being posted about.
For me the highlights of 2009 include then experiencing the famous Valentine Feast at River Cottage, learning to bake bread at River Cottage, snowday eccentricity leading to making Nutella, Hubs going all Hugh with smoking in a breadbin, realising that beer makes a very fine cooking ingredient be it in ice cream, brownies or bread and eating my way around Berlin.
2009 was also the year I started to teach cookery to primary aged kids. It was a steep learning curve for me. Some things worked some things didn't. All I will say is never ever make peppermint creams on a boiling hot day with a class of kids it'll only end in a sticky disaster.
This year and decade has culminated with my appearance of Aleena Naylor's show on BBC Radio Derby and finally Christmas.
For 2010 both Hubs & I have our own foodie resolutions. For me it is to get more confident with fish and for Hubs it is to finish building his cold smoker. Thanks to some Christmas gifts we already have a few foodie trips planned including a day at the School of Artisan Food and a couple of nights feasting at Northcote. I hope the next year and decade will be just as good for you.
Fresh from the oven – Stollen
Stollen has been a firm festive favourite of mine for a while. The shape of stollen is meant to represent Jesus swaddled in a blanket. I will admit to sometimes buying it as both Lidl and Aldi sell very good versions. A few years ago I made a unyeasted stollen that although looked ugly tasted good, last year's chocolate stollen was a delicious twist on the original so this year as I was hosting Fresh from the Oven's December I wanted to try a yeasted stollen. The non-yeasted version I make has a huge list of ingredients that some people may struggle to get hold of so I wanted a simpler yeasted version of stollen that would be just as delicious.
Didn't have the best of luck with this bake. I was doing some serious multitasking while baking this. Along with stollen I was up to ears with Chritmas prep & baking. First I over warmed the milk and probably killed the yeast (I should know better!) then I forgot to add the butter and only remembered about it half the way through the first knead so kneaded the butter into the dough. Finally due to combination of all the preceeding mishaps the dough didn't really rise. I persevered, filled the dough with some homemade marzipan, shaped the stollen then eventually baked. The resulting cake was a dry, but strangely light and flavoursome cake. Not the best piece of baking I've done in a while, due to me not paying attention, but still nice with a cuppa.
based on a Simon Rimmer recipe
100ml/3½fl oz warm milk
6g (1 sachet) fast action yeast or 2 tsp dried yeast or 20g fresh yeast
pinch salt
1 tsp caster sugar
225g/8oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp ground mixed spice
200g/7oz mixed dried fruit (including glacé cherries)
25g/1oz flaked almonds
50g/2oz unsalted butter, melted
1 free-range egg, beaten
250g/9oz marzipan (to make your own see my recipe here)
To finish
25g/1oz butter, melted
50g/2oz icing sugar
1. Place the milk and yeast into a bowl and mix well. Leave to sit for 5-6 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, sift the salt, sugar, flour and mixed spice into a large bowl. Add the dried fruit, almonds and butter and mix well then stir in the yeasty milk and mix well.
3. Add the egg and stir to form a dough. Knead the dough for 5-6 minutes, then cover and leave to prove for 20 minutes. Uncover the dough and turn out onto a clean, floured work surface. Knock the dough back to reduce the volume, then knead the dough for 3-4 minutes.
4. Push the dough out by hand into a flat oval shape about 23cm x 18cm/9in x 7in. Roll the marzipan into a sausage shape about 6cm/2in shorter than the dough. Place the marzipan into the centre of the dough, then fold over the sides of the dough to seal in the marzipan. Then fold in the ends of the dough to contain the marzipan and help give the dough shape. Place the stollen seal-side down onto a greased baking tray. Cover and place somewhere warm to prove for one hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C/365F/Gas 4. Place the stollen on the baking tray into the oven to bake for 40 minutes, or until golden-brown and cooked through.
6. To finish, remove the stollen from the oven, brush with the rum then melted butter and dust liberally with icing sugar immediately. Allow the stollen to cool, then serve in slices.
Bird Seed Cake
Although our garden may resemble a postage stamp it has slowly and surely become a haven for small birds. Along with the pair of robins who reappeared last week we often see coal tits, blue tits, chaffinch, great tit, goldfinch, sparrows, wrens, very occasionally boisterous starlings…and that is where my bird identification skills end. I may have a degree in Biology but I was far more interested in odd tropical diseases, the mating rituals of fiddler crabs and what centipedes like to eat than the animals in the class of Aves. See, I warned you I was a geek.
Last year at the beginning of the festive season I remember seeing festive wreaths that were adorned with treats for birds. I had all good intention of making one this year, but time flew by. By the time the snow arrived a few days ago I decided to follow in the footsteps of a fellow workmate and make fat balls to keep the feathered friends in our garden warm throughout the winter.
Any good bird cake needs fat and seeds/nuts. Firstly in a large pan melt the fat, I used lard. The fat is not only used as the binding agent but also as an essential energy source for the birds. The fat has to be of the high-saturated kind as birds struggle to process other kinds. Vegetable fats should not be used as these are (unless they have been hydrogenated) liquid at room temperature and can ruin the balance of oils in the bird's feathers. So best to stick to good old lard or suet. If you are using anything like peanut butter, of which birds love, add it to the fat now to let it soften. Once the fat has melted take it off the heat and stir in your other ingredients including birdseed, cereals (I'm talking oats/muesli base not Frosties!), dried fruit and nuts. These cakes are also a great way of using up stale bread and cake. Though cake in this household is rarely left to get to the state in which it is stale. Once the ingredients are combined pour into moulds. You can use empty yogurt pots, plastic cups or pour it into a lined 2lb loaf tin, leave to set. Once set, the loaf of bird cake can then be sliced and slid into a suet holder. As a rule of thumb 500g of lard plus other ingredients makes 1 x 2lb bird food cake
Of course all of the ingredients in these cakes are edible to humans, but I wouldn't recommend eating them…unless you have a thing for lard that is.
Sprouts, glorious sprouts
It's that time of year when sprouts make an appearance on dinner tables throughout the land. It is often a maligned vegetable that I believe deserves to be given a chance to shine. I know they are a marmite food in that they are either loved or hated. They can be delicious as long as they are not over cooked. Better to be undercooked than overcooked, but then I'm one of those odd people who loves raw cabbage.
As a child I was encouraged to eat sprouts by being told they were fairy cabbages. Come on, I was an innocent child and to get a chance of being closer to the kingdom of fairies I was prepared to consume a sprout.
A few years ago I bought a copy of Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook (a fabulous cookbook by the way) and on the inside cover is an amazing photo of red sprouts, my goodness I can't believe I'm saying this about sprouts. The type of sprouts took some sourcing but we eventually found out they are called Red Rubines. A few years ago we had to buy them through a seed catalogue couldn't get Red Rubines so had to settle on a similar Falstaff sprout, but now Sarah has made it easy and you can buy the Red Rubine seeds through her website .
Thanks to caterpillars we've been trying to grow a crop of them for 2 years, many evenings were spent ridding the plants of the eggs and caterpillars. Today, after a lot of perseverance, we harvested our first and last crop of Falstaffs. Unlike a lot of purple vegetables that loose their purple hue when cooked the colour in these vegetables intensify. They are not as bitter as the green ones, almost sweet. Maybe we're quite sad we went to such extreme lengths to find and grow the Red Rubine or Falstaff but I'm sure that if children were served these rather than their murky green counterparts there would be less sprout haters in the world.
Go on, give sprouts a chance.
Snowball Truffles
I've had this recipe hidden in my recipe file for years after I made them for Christmas pressies a few years back and the recipe resurfaced a few weeks back for a maths evening I did in school where maths was taught through different means including cookery. I had forgotten how easy these truffles are to make and they certainly went down very well with both pupils and parents alike. It's such a simple recipe. Minimum 2 ingredients and can be easily altered depending on your tastes. For speed it can be done in the microwave making it perfect to make with children…of course minus the alcohol!
When it come to melting chocolate I've discovered that if using dark chocolate use either supermarket basics brand or a decent brand of chocolate (like Green & Blacks) as these melt the best; though with dark you will notice a significant difference in taste between cheap dark chocolate and the more expensive brands. With milk chocolate stick to cooking chocolate as Galaxy, Dairy Milk and the like have a tendency to seize when you don't want them to and for white chocolate I really like G&B as it isn't too sweet, but I have also used Milkybar with success.
I've been making these truffles quite a few times over the last week and given the snow we have at the moment I thought it was quite apt to have a go at making Snowball Truffles by playing around with variations including dark chocolate rum truffle dipped in white chocolate, rum & coconut truffle and white chocolate & raspberry liqueur truffles. My favourite being the white chocolate dipped ones. The sweet white chocolate really brings out the rum in the dark truffle. As it's Christmas it also means one thing – edible glitter and lots of it. Just remember you can never have too much glitter…or maybe that's the magpie in me.
Be warned these are very rich so don't feel bad about being stingy when it comes to the size of the truffles.
Snowball Truffles
Makes 30 (approx)
200g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
4 tbsp condensed milk
flavourings e.g. 2 tsp orange extract or 2 tbsp rum
Cocoa/icing sugar/desiccated coconut for rolling truffles in
1) In a microwave proof bowl mix together chocolate, condensed milk and flavouring.
2) Heat the ingredients. At 10 second intervals stir the chocolate. When the chocolate has melted remove the bowl from the microwave.
3) Continue to stir until the ingredients turn into a fudge-like consistency. It does begin to look like the chocolate has seized but don't worry, it is meant to do this. Allow it to cool for a few minute.
4) Take tsp of the mixture and roll into balls. Roll in coating then place on baking parchment to set and harden. If wish to dip the truffles in chocolate allow the truffles to first cool then dip in melted chocolate and leave to set on parchment.
The Holly & The Ivy
As I sit here on a cold winter night warmed by the heat of the open fire I often wonder the things this 200-year-old cottage has seen during the festive period. What smells would be coming from the kitchen? How is it decorated? If only the walls could talk. Right now the all-important real tree is lit up with a multitude of fairy lights making it barely possible to get in and out of the front door; the chestnuts are by the fire ready to be roasted; my wreath of holly, ivy & eucalyptus is hanging proudly at the door to signify the circle of life and the sprigs of mistletoe have been hung. There is something I love about bringing the outside in during the festive season. As a child I used to attend a church were they had a wreathing service where the interior of the church was adorned in green garlands.
As the years have gone by in the cottage I have tried to make more of an effort with dressing it for Christmas and in turn starting our own little festive traditions. Since picking up a copy of Sarah Raven's Complete Christmas earlier on this year I was determined to have a go at making my own wreath. One problem our garden is tiny and has none of the traditional greenery required. This meant a trip to my parents to do a sweep of their garden. There was some hydrangea, but unfortunately they had gone just too far to be useable for decorations. Never did I realise there was so many different types of ivy & holly. Interestingly my parents have an unusual holly bush that produces albino holly. All of the holly bushes at my parents were void of berries. A few days before I arrived the trees had been bulging with berries, but obviously the birds know something I didn't and literally cleared the trees of all it's beautiful berries. I grabbed a generous sample of all of the traditional festive greenery and now they have been transformed into decorations around the house and a rather impressive wreath for a beginner like me. I decided to use the limes and chillis to add a bit of festive colour, but also give the wreath a foodie twist.
There are a few traditions surrounding holly, ivy & mistletoe. The main reason for all these plants being used in decoration is that they are evergreens which in turn represents eternal life and encourage the return of the sun. Rosemary, bay & laurel are also sometimes used. Both holly & mistletoe are used for decoration as they are thought to ward off evil spirits. Tradition states that ivy must not be used on its own or dominate as decoration or it's unlucky hence why Christmas decorations are often a mixture of different evergreens with each plant having its own significance.
After successfully attempting my first wreath I hope this is the first of many and another Christmas tradition for Hubs & I.
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
New Decade = New Blog. As I decided to move over to WordPress I thought it was a fine opportunity to "rebrand" my blog and make it more inclusive of Hubs and his fantastic foodie projects.Please bear with me with the new look as with the festive season fast approaching time is tight, but both Hubs & I will be back soon.
Lighting in the cottage at this time of year makes photography very difficult, hence my lack of posts recently. Thankfully I have a much-needed tripod on my Christmas List.
Christmas is coming at full force and the to do list is extending at an alarming rate I feel organised but also totally unorganised at the same time. Everything is revolving around getting to the end of term without drowning in a sea of glitter and baking for friends and family with the odd party and ball thrown in for good measure. All the Christmas editions of foodie mags around December are full festive cheer, but to be quite frank there is only so many ways you can carve and stuff a turkey! Baking in the house at this time of the year is very much based around traditions and sometimes I can be a bit too stubbon to change them.
Here the staple for Christmas baking is mincemeat. I'm very particular what goes into my mincemeat, hence why I make my own. I was a bit heavy-handed with the rum this year, but given the latest batch of mince pies were practically inhaled by workmates I don't hear them complaining! I usually make the mince pies one of 2 ways – either in the style of mini Eccles cakes, or traditional shape but with gluten-free pastry to cater for some friends. Today I finished baking stained glass biscuits with 40 primary aged kids, they loved watching the biscuits transform. This weekend the well-fed Christmas Marzipan Cake is finally being sliced. I just hope it's as good as I'm expecting.
Hubs has also been busy with the slow food for Christmas. Salami is curing ready for an "allotment swap", a length of pork belly has just been dry cured and is beginning to dry out in the meat safe plus a leg of pork is brining in a mix of cider and spices ready to be boiled into a ham. Just don't ask if we have a pan big enough to boil the ham. If these meaty experiments work I'll get Hubs to post the recipe.
In the final preparations for Christmas I'm getting all Sarah Raven and going to attempt to transform a boring Supermarket wreath into something a bit more us with a foodie twist of chillies and limes and bake my usual biscuits to adorn the tree. If the wreath goes wrong (of which there is a high possibility!) I know that the wonderful Kerry at The Blossom Tree will be coming to my rescue.
So raise a glass of your favourite festive tipple to Christmas, cheers!


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Carinthia Features a Demand for Qualified Personnel from the Balkan Countries, Russia and Ukraine
The companies of the Carinthia region, in view of the personnel shortage, recruit workers from abroad, mainly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as from other Balkan countries, Russia and Ukraine. There is a strong demand for carvers, locksmiths, polishers, electricians and other technical specialists. This is reported in the regional office of the Employment Service.
From January to August 2018, the region's employers registered almost 3,000 vacancies. The most demanded professions are truckers, drivers of heavy cargo transport and forklift, operators of machines for the production of textile, fur and leather goods, turners, cleaners, barmen, waiters, welders, health personnel, tutors and teachers of basic schools.
In the Tab Mežica company, foreigners already make up one fifth of all employees (136 people out of 650), in Metal Ravne – 8% (81 people). Two foreign carvers work in Ravne Systems. The lack of specialists is also experienced by local companies working in manufacturing, construction and tourism.
According to the Employment Service, in June 2018, the unemployment rate in the region was 7.2%, while the average rate for Slovenia was 7.9%. Employers of Carinthia, taking into account the current demographic and personnel situation, suggest at the legislative level to accelerate the procedures for employment of foreigners.
Source: rtvslo.si


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Yes yes, I know, I'm being the Queen Slacker of the nail blog world. Ok, that might be an exaggeration but close enough. I just wanted to throw in here that I have not forgotten about this fabulous little page of mine, nor any of my fantastic followers. I've been super busy with work and some stress that I don't really feel like blabbling about here. But I promise you that I have quite a few fun manis that I've done in the past couple weeks and I will be doing a couple entries, one of which will most likely be a spam post.
In the mean time, if you haven't already joined my Facebook group, Polish-aholics Anonymous, get on over there and submit your request. Anything and everything you'd ever want to know about polish is discussed there, or can be if you bring up something new ;-)
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Supreme Court protects the interests of Amrapali home buyers by intervening in the Amrapali Project
On November 22, the Supreme Court ordered to set up a portal for the amrapali home buyers of flats in real estate of the Amrapali projects. The setting up of the portal is directed to enable the buyers claim their refunds.
The Supreme Court stepped in to protect the interests of buyers as Amrapali failed to give them possession of flats. Most of the buyers have made the payments but didn't receive ownership. The Supreme Court also directed the non-institutional directors to appear before the court for presenting a road map to either deliver apartments or return money to the investors on January 17, 2018.
The bench included Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud. Advocate Pawan Shree Agarwal was appointed as the amicus curiae and was asked to create a website for buyers.
"Pawan Shree Agarwal shall create the portal and inform the advocate-on-record for the developer. The advocate for the developer shall give a sum of Rs 5 lakh by way of bank draft to him so that he can meet the expenses. The directors, other than institutional directors of the developer company shall remain personally present before this court on the next date of hearing," the bench said.
According to Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, 90% flats of Amrapali Centurian Park are complete and ready for delivery in the first phase.
The order was passed on the basis of a petition filed by around 100 buyers. These buyers are found to have booked houses in the Amrapali Centurian Park-Low Rise project, Amrapali Centurian Park-Terrace Homes and Amrapali Centurian Park-Tropical Garden in Greater Noida.
The petition said, "Amrapali firms were found in serious breach of their obligation to deliver the flats within 36 months, which is by 2013, and in some cases it is 2016." Amrapali Group had to build 5,000 flats in around 40 towers in a phased manner.
On October 6, the Supreme Court also restrained the directors of Amrapali Group from leaving the country without permission of the court.


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Forex Pros – European stock markets declined on Thursday, as shares in the financial sector led losses ahead of the results of the Irish banks' stress tests, while U.S. futures indexes pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street.
During European morning trade, the EURO STOXX 50 shed 0.45%, France's CAC 40 dipped 0.4%, while Germany's DAX 30 eased down 0.1%.
The Irish Independent Newspaper said that the country's government was expected to announce plans to pump at least another EUR20 billion into the country's banks, in a move that could see the entire Irish banking system come under state control.
Shares in Europe's largest financial service provider BNP Paribas dropped 1.9%, Italy's biggest bank Unicredit saw shares tumble 3.4%, while Banco Santander sank 1.6%. Trading of Irish banking stocks was suspended until after the announcement of the stress test results, due later in the day.
Meanwhile, Europe's second-largest clothing retailer H&M saw shares plunge 4% after it posted a 30% drop in fourth quarter net profit to EUR291.5 million. Revenue in the quarter fell by 1% to EUR2.74 billion, as soaring cotton prices hit margins.
Earlier in the day, preliminary data showed that consumer price inflation in the euro zone rose unexpectedly in March, climbing to 2.6%. Separate data showed that Germany's unemployment rate fell for the second consecutive month in March, declining to 7.1%.
In London, the FTSE 100 added 0.1% boosted by gains in miners. BHP Billiton saw shares climb 1.5%, Vedanta Resources added 1.8%, while gold producer Randgold Resources saw shares rally 4% after lifting its current quarter earnings outlook.
Meanwhile, shares in chip maker ARM Holdings gained 1.25% after Bank of America recommended buying the stock. "The stock has pulled back 15% since the end of February, which we believe creates a buying opportunity," the lender said in a report.
Also Thursday, Taylor Wimpey, the U.K.'s second largest homebuilder, saw shares jump 3.3% after it agreed to sell its North American unit to private equity group TMM Holdings Limited Partnership for approximately USD955 million.
The outlook for U.S. equity markets, meanwhile, was mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures pointed to a modest gain of 0.05%, S&P 500 futures indicated decline of 0.03%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.1%.
Later Thursday, the U.S. was to publish a government report on initial jobless claims as well as a report on factory orders and manufacturing activity in the Chicago-area.
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Emily Pechar, Teaching Assistant
Emily is a third year PhD student in the Environmental Policy program at Duke. Her research focuses on international and domestic climate change policy and the political psychology of climate change. Emily was part of the Duke delegation to COP-19 in Warsaw in 2013, was a teaching assistant for the 2014 Practicum that went to COP-20 in Lima, and looks forward to keeping Duke connected to the UNFCCC climate negotiations this year.
Siqi is a second year Master of Environmental Management student at the Nicholas School of the Environment concentrating in Environmental Economics and Policy. She was also a member of the Duke Delegation to COP-20 in Lima. Prior to joining Duke, Siqi worked as a research intern at China Environment Forum at the Wilson Center and a freelance infographic designer specifically on environment issues. She is interested in international development, environmental policy, and corporate social responsibility in developing countries.
Ewan Kingston is a 2nd year philosophy Phd student at Duke, beginning to study the "new harms": those caused by a multitude of seemingly insignificant actions. His Master's project looked the ideally just allocation of the burden of climate change. This led to publications on the right principle to distribute the burden caused by historical emissions (spoiler: ability-to-pay) and whether we need radically new ethical approaches to understand climate change (spoiler: we don't).
Talia is a second year Master of Environmental Management (MEM) candidate in the Global Environmental Change program. Prior to coming to Duke, she received her Master of Science degree, where she studied the ecological effects of climate change. Her interests include ecosystem-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as issues at the intersection of disaster risk management and coastal adaptation
Tommy Caggiano
Tommy Caggiano is a third-year dual Master of Environmental Management and Master of Forestry candidate at Duke. His interests lie in the connection between forest resource management and international climate policy, as well as federal land management in the United States. Through his internships while at Duke, Tommy has worked in both climate change mitigation and adaptation for the US Federal Government and an environmental non-profit, respectively. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from Ursinus College.
Mukta is a Master of Laws (LL.M.) student concentrating in environmental law and policy at Duke. A lawyer by training, Mukta has worked briefly with the Energy and Wetlands Research Group at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to analyze India's environmental laws and policies. She is interested in understanding compensatory afforestation and multi-stakeholder responsibility for timely climate action.
Chaoyi Jiang is a SJD student of Duke University School of Law, majoring in public international law. She received her LL.B and Master of International Law from Tsinghua University School of Law in Beijing, China and her LL.M with a specialization in International Legal Studies from the NYU School of Law in 2013. Before coming to Duke, she worked for two years at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute of NYU as a research scholar. Chaoyi is interested in China's normative initiatives in the UNFCCC regime, especially China's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions recently submitted to the Paris Conference.
Seth Brown is a first year dual Masters of Public Policy and Masters of Business Administration (MPP/MBA) candidate. Born in Atlanta, Seth grew up in South Florida and graduated from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in 2009 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. After graduation, Seth was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army and served as a platoon leader in Fort Carson, CO. During that time, he deployed to Afghanistan, serving as a convoy commander in the Southern and Western regions. Upon returning to Colorado, he was selected to be the Aide-De-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General-Maneuver of the 4th Infantry Division gaining valuable experience in foreign policy and military strategy. Seth was promoted to Captain and spent his last year in the Army working at the John F. Kennedy Special Operations Center and School in Fort Bragg, NC where he graduated from the Army Special Operations Career Course. After leaving the Army, Seth purchased a 1986 VW Vanagon and spent 4 months traveling the nation, focusing on national parks, music venues, breweries, and baseball. Seth's policy interests include U.S. foreign policy, economic policy, and environmental policy.
Theo Koboski is a 2nd year second year Master of Environmental Management student at the Nicholas School of the Environment specializing in environmental economics and policy. He has an interest in politics and American government and is exploring how the political atmospheres of individual nations (particularly the United States) will affect local implementation of any international climate agreement forged in Paris. This past summer, Theo worked in the office of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) as a member of the senator's environmental advisory team. He received his bachelor's degree in marine biology and oceanography from the University of Maine.
Kait is a second year Master of Environmental Management candidate in the Global Environmental Change concentration. Prior to coming to Duke, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Siena College (go Saints!). Throughout her undergraduate degree she worked as an Interpretive Ranger at Fire Island National Seashore and enjoys teaching others about environmental issues. Her interests include sustainability and climate change mitigation.
Xie is a second-year Master of Environmental Management Candidate concentrating in environmental economics and policy. Prior to Duke, Xie received her BS in Mathematics and Environmental Science from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is interested in ecosystem service valuation, emission trading schemes, planetary health, and social entrepreneurship.
Blair plans to use her Duke MBA-MPP to drive innovative solutions to problems facing businesses and communities, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors. Blair proudly hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Yale University.
Will is a native North Carolinian and a graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He taught seventh grade English with Teach For America in rural eastern North Carolina before moving to Washington, D.C. to work with environmental groups promoting home weatherization and green roofs. He is interested in the myriad environmental issues facing North Carolina and the future of energy policy in the United States. He loves canoe-camping, bluegrass festivals, and all things seafood.
Jess is a second year Masters of Environmental Management student at Duke University's Nicholas School for the Environment concentrating in Energy and the Environment. Her interests lie at the connection between energy access and development. She attended COP 20 in Lima, Peru as a representative of the American Chemical Society (ACS) where she worked on expanding climate literacy among college and university students.This past summer Jess worked at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva, Switzerland on issues related to the role of trade in multilateral negotiations.


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No. 11 Hutchinson (24-5, 20-5) at Dodge City (8-21, 6-19)
When: Monday, February 26, 2018
Where: DCCC Student Activities Center, Dodge City, KS
Game time: 7:30 p.m.
Live radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5), 7:20 p.m.
Videostream: Blue Dragon Sports Network, 7:20 p.m.
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Hutchinson CC Sports Information
A victory in Monday's regular-season finale at Dodge City will have a lot of different meanings for the No. 11-ranked Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team.
The Blue Dragons meet the Conquistadors at 7:30 p.m. on Monday at Dodge City Student Activities Center.
The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship stadium KHUT-FM (102.9) and on sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) with Glen Grunwald (play-by-play) and Daren Dunn (analysis) calling the action at 7:20 p.m. The game will also be streamed on the Blue Dragon Sports Network beginning at 7:20 p.m.
In a larger sense, a victory on Monday still gives the Blue Dragons a chance of sharing a Jayhawk Conference championship and earning the No. 1 overall seed for the upcoming Region VI Tournament.
For that to happen, the Blue Dragons would have to defeat Dodge City and Cowley would have to defeat Coffeyville. If that happens and Barton defeats wins at Neosho County, the Blue Dragons would have the tiebreaker.
A Hutchinson win on Monday would also avenge a 72-70 loss to then-last place Dodge City on January 13 at the Sports Arena.
The Blue Dragons led 58-50 with 8:18 to play in the second half and faltered down the stretch, going without a field goal for more than 8 minutes and missing 6 of 8 free throws down the stretch as Dodge City closed the game on a 22-12 run to snap a nine-game losing streak,
Hutchinson enters Monday's game coming off one of the best defensive performances of the season in Saturday's 77-51 victory over Independence at the Sports Arena. The Blue Dragons held Independence to 26.1 percent shooting with 13 turnovers.
The Blue Dragon sophomore duo of J.J. Rhymes and Devonte Bandoo continue to climb of the Blue Dragon all-time scoring list. Rhymes is currently No. 8 with 1,163 points. Bandoo is now No. 21 with 846 points. Sophomore Sal Nuhu is tied for ninth on the career blocked shot list with 90
Dodge City enters play on Monday on a six-game losing streak after Saturday's 84-52 road loss at Seward County.
Pairings for the Region VI Tournament will be released on Tuesday morning.


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I want to join Marijuana Deathsquads. The noise collective's thrilling performance Monday night at the RecordBar gave me a sensation I haven't felt in years- I longed to make music with the musicians on stage.
Marijuana Deathsquads' presentation looked more like an industrious meth lab than a performance. As two drummers kicked up dust, four guys hunched over laptops, mixers and other gadgets. It was a bit like this, only darker, dirtier and much louder.
There were only about 50 people in the RecordBar when Marijuana Deathsquads began its assault. The room cleared quickly. About 15 fans had the fortitude to withstand the band's overwhelming "Ewok Sadness", a sound which is somewhat akin to a mashup of Ministry and Schoolly D.
It's back to the lab for me.
An opening set by Lizzo- loaded with bangers like "Batches & Cookies" and "Faded"- was charming.
I reviewed Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Liberty Hall on Thursday and Gordon Lightfoot at the Uptown Theater on Sunday.
The Kansas City-based folk musician Beth Scalet has died.
The lyric video for Josh Berwanger's "Baby Loses Her Mind" is very funny.
Farout is arguably the best rapper in the Indyground crew. Billy Hoyle is his new five-song EP. RIYL: Steddy P., 420, Ces Cru.
Stooges drummer Ron Asheton has died.
Road trip? The lineup of Iowa City's Mission Creek Festival includes There Stands the Glass favorites Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Jason Isbell and Dessa.
The kids are alright. "Alabama Movies" is a new video from Skating Polly, a band of Okie kids. The children in Austin's Residual Kid channel Nirvana on "Friends". And the fresh faces of Radkey, the pride of northwest Missouri, continue to pop up everywhere. The damning anecdote at the 1:20 mark of the Radkey video is damning. (Residual Kid tip via SS.)
I hadn't heard of Mickey Guyton until I watched a live stream of her performance at SXSW. She's going to be a star. RIYL: Taylor Swift, absurdly adorable people, the Band Perry.
Joyce Yang's excellent solo piano album Wild Dreams has inspired me to begin studying the work of Paul Hindemith.
The My Husband's Stupid Record Collection blog is delightful. (Initial tip via Euclid Records.)
Eagulls is my new favorite classic rock band. Eagulls is RIYL: Lords of the New Church, oldies, Joy Division.
Shahin Novrasli's Bayati is an exceptionally daring piano trio album. RIYL: Eldar Djangarov, Eastern Europe, ECM.
I'm not sold on the party vibe of Major Lazer's Apocalypse Soon.
Real Estate's Atlas is one of the best received releases of 2014. I call baloney. It's little more than a Christopher Cross tribute album.
Kansas City Click: My official picks are published here.
(Original images of Marijuana Deathsquads and Lizzo by There Stands the Glass.)


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Stage Left Camp
Lights. Camera. Action! In our NEW Stage Left Camp, your teen will be the star of the show. We will spend our week together as though the world was our theater. There will be roles for everyone as they star in skits, improv and even a classic talent show.
Stage Left is designed to give campers a hands-on theater experience, with a focus on building performance skills, self-confidence, and teamwork.
Stage Left Camp for teens ages 13 – 18 is just $200, and scholarships are available. Camp runs 9 am – 3:30 pm. You bring your lunch, and we will provide healthy snacks. In fact, we are proud to join United Way and Jump IN for Healthy Kids in working toward our community's goal of reducing childhood obesity by providing healthy, delicious snacks at all of our camps.
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June 24 – 28, 2019
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The war in Syria is the biggest humanitarian catastrophe of our times. The degrading conditions in Aleppo are the symbol of that. The statistics are appalling: over one million children are in urgent need of enough and healthy food; a large number of these children are severely undernourished. Hundreds of thousands pregnant women have insufficient food and are very worried about the health of their unborn children because of that. Twelve million people are uprooted; they are fleeing the violence both within and outside Syria.
Ever since the conflict in Syria started, Terre des Homes Netherlands has provided humanitarian aid to victims of the violence. In Syria, the emphasis is on providing aid to children and to vulnerable families with children. Because millions of Syrians have taken flight, Terre des Hommes Netherlands mainly supports refugees. "There is a great shortage of everything, the situation is very grave indeed", reports Bruno Neri, the humanitarian aid coordinator for the Middle East, from Damascus. "The people are trapped, not just in Eastern Aleppo, but also in other regions. People are hungry, they need medical aid. And we need to start preparing for the approaching winter as well."
The battlefield in Syria is chaotic, with many different warring parties. As a humanitarian organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands does not take sides in the conflict and helps where it can and whoever needs it, Bruno explains. "The only side we take, is the children's side. The children suffer seriously because of this war. We need to help them: we cannot sit and do nothing. No child should go to bed on an empty stomach."
Terre des Hommes Netherlands is mainly active in and around the cities of Latakia, Tartous, As-Suwayda, Homs, Damascus (city) and Rural Damascus (the province) and in Aleppo, in the part which is not under siege. As you may have heard on the news or read in the papers, it is hard to impossible to provide humanitarian aid in many parts of Syria. Such as in Eastern Aleppo. We can only provide humanitarian aid in these areas during cease-fire. That aid stands ready. But the millions of refugees mainly fled to areas which are relatively safe, scattered across the country. This means that millions of people actually can be reached with humanitarian aid and support.
As well as activities with respect to child protection (see below), Terre des Hommes Netherlands also distributes food aid packages. These are distributed to selected families. Food aid packages contain staple food items, such as rice, oil and beans, on which a family can survive for six to eight weeks. In August, Terre des Hommes Netherlands has distributed over 15,000 food aid packages in Qatana, Homs, Damascus and Aleppo (the part which is not under siege, to refugees from the Eastern part of the city which is under siege). This reached a total of over 90,000 people. In September also over 15,000 food aid packages were distributed, in Damascus, Homs, Tartous and Aleppo.
A distribution of 14,000 food aid packages is planned for October and preparations for distribution of almost 45,000 food aid packages in December are in full swing. In order to achieve this, further funds are desperately needed. In the city of Homs, Terre des Hommes Netherlands has started a project to prevent malnourishment in children and pregnant women.
Terre des Hommes also offers shelter and help to children in child-friendly spaces. These are safe places to play and, if necessary, express and come to terms with all they have been through with the help of professional support. Through these child-friendly spaces Terre des Hommes Netherlands also offers support to the parents. For instance, Terre des Hommes Netherlands provides not only information about hygiene and nutrition, but also about child marriage and domestic violence, with the aim of preventing these phenomena.
The humanitarian needs in Syria are of such magnitude, that much more funds are needed for helping more people. The funds Terre des Hommes Netherlands raises with this fundraising event, will benefit the food aid for Syrian refugees within Syria.
Furthermore, a part of the other humanitarian aid activities of Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Syria are financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For these activities, Terre des Hommes Netherlands cooperates with ten other humanitarian NGO's within the Dutch Relief Alliance.


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Transformação e permanência : regionalismo e representação da mulher em Faca, de Ronaldo Correia de Brito
Santos, Élide Mendonça dos
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This work aims the investigation of the permanence of a contemporary Brazilian regionalism tradition, based on some tales of the book Faca, published in 2003 by the cearense writer Ronaldo Correia de Brito. These tales are: "A espera da volante", "Faca", "Redemoinho", "A escolha", "Mentira de Amor" e "Cícera Candoia". It is proposed to line a possible trajectory for a women's representation in different kinds of regionalism that comes out in different moments in our literary panorama, basing on canonical works about this subject. Our own work is also based on the critical theory studies to comprovate our hypotheses and objectives. Our choice for this work is justified by the fact that the feminine characters, established in the author's universe, revisit and reiterate some tradicional codes about genre, but also include new codes that are related with the present time. It reaffirms, in this way, the own survival of the recent regionalism, once that the characters assumed contravention roles, different from that is verified in ulterior phases, engendering the turn of the XIX century. Besides, our hypothesis is the effect of transgression, subversion and punishment, always present in stories and characters in the regionalism expression; it has coming a bit of consuming in the contemporary, to indict, in a certain way, the sociocultural transformations lived in our time.


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FreedomPop is an internet service provider started by Skype co- founder Niklas Zennstrom with a motto "The Internet is a right and not a privilege". FreedomPop seeks to expand its reach in providing "Free access for all" with its first foray in cheap cellular phone service.
FreedomPop is operating as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) based off of Sprint's network, primarily using the CDMA and WiMax capabilities and eventually using LTE. FreedomPop is structuring its consumer cellular offering on a freemium model. A basic consumer receives 200 voice minutes, 500 texts and 500 MB of 4G data along with free calls to other FreedomPop customers for the amazing low price of free! And there is no contract to boot.
FreedomPop's CEO Stephen Stokols proudly proclaimed that a customer paying $1,500 for cellular service could cut their bill by 2/3rds with FreedomPop. Stokols said: "That is real value, real savings and a real meteor to the current market dynamics."
How can FreedomPop give consumers gratis basic cellular service? The Freemium model is designed to entice subscribers to pay a little for more. Based on its experience offering Freemium service for hotspots, FreedomPop expects 45% of its customers to pay a little more for their low cost monthly plans. A customer paying $7.99 a month gets 500 anytime voice minutes, unlimited texting and the 500 MB of data. A customer "splurging" by paying $10.99 a month gets unlimited voice, unlimited texting and 500 MB of data.
Another aspect of the Freemium model is engaging customers in social media. The FreedomPop hotspots gave consumers opportunities to get more service by speading the word to their friends and participating in sponsors offers. This is useful for customers who do not mind peer-to-peer marketing or spending their time to save money.
Much like the shifting spectrums in the cellular communication industry, where FreedomPop will rack up fees is on data. The basic 500 MB is sufficient only for checking e-mails or viewing static, text based websites. A FreedomPop phone consumer who opts for the Premium data plan gets 1 GB for $10 a month (first month free). After a consumer uses their alloted monthly data, it is $0.01 a MB, or around $10 a GB.
As an MVNO, FreedomPop is maximizing Sprint's over-capacity. Sprint has migrated from the slower 4G WiMax service to 4G LTE data, which allows MVNOs to utilize the inchoate WiMax mobile data until Sprint stops servicing WiMax data. Sprint had planned to keep WiMax going through 2015, but Sprint's total acquisition of ClearWire (which provided the WiMax backbone) might change those plans.
Another means which FreedomPop offers value for consumers while providing a profit center is with the handsets. FreedomPop is selling refurbished Sprint smartphones. During their beta phase of phone roll-out, FreedomPop is selling refurbished HTC Evo Design phones for $99.99 (but will eventually cost $149.99) but without contract.
From a price standpoint, $100 for a no contract smartphone sounds like a good deal. But the HTC Evo Design is a smartphone with 4.0" inch screen, a single core processer running Android 4.0 OS (Ice Cream Sandwich) with 3G/4G WiMax. When the HTC Evo Design premiered in October 2011, it was a considered mid range smartphone. FreedomPop will be selling a two year old refurbished cell phone for $100/$150 when it sells for much less on Ebay.
As a cellular phone consumer, I am not someone who needs to have the latest and greatest handsets. I have bought and been happy using some refurbished cellphones. However, I am chary about paying more than street value for a two year old cell phone without new technology guarantees. The HTC Evo Design has 4G WiMax which is fine (where available), but a cost conscious consumer should be mindful that his handset may only have a usable shelf life of just over a year, presuming that Sprint does not turn off WiMax prematurely.
FreedomPop hopes to have more handsets for sale later in 2013, some with 4G LTE data capability. FreedomPop always intends to have a $100 handset available. FreedomPop may allow for Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) from Sprint. There is some speculation that FreedomPop could follow the incremental purchase plans for expensive smartphones, like T-Mobile, AT and T, Verizon Wireless and now Sprint have done, charging perhaps $30 a month to effectively rent a handset.
Another way that FreedomPop's Phone service can offer their inexpensive cellular service is to have Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) voice calls. Some may fear that VOIP sound quality may be inferior. However, Verizon Wireless is gearing to start switching their voice service to Voice Over LTE (VO-LTE) in late 2014. FreedomPop Phone minimizes data strain to their MVNO system by prompting handsets to use WiFi whenever available.
For cell phone users who are heeding the cellular call for change, if someone plans to switch to FreedomPop Phone, be aware that WiMax phones may have to be replaced in a year. If a cellular phone customer uses mobile internet for more than occasional quick peeks on the world wide web, it would behoove them to get more data from FreedomPop, either through the Freemium offers or purchasing an additional data plan.
Personally, I would be quite interested with FreedomPop cellular phone service if they allow BYOD, as I have a perfectly good Sprint HTC Evo to use. If I can be assured that I have hotspot capability, I would certainly pay for premium data services.
For cost conscious cellular consumers who use little to no data, FreedomPop cellular service would be an excellent choice rather than Pay-Lo or Assurance Wireless. FreedomPop's Premium plan would be around 1/3 of the cost of Ting's Medium Plan (500 voice minutes , 1000 texts and 500 MB data), but Ting offers excellent weekday phone support and allows for hotspots.
Sometimes free is not always the right choice. Determine whether one is willing to buy a refurbished smartphone for virtually no monthly cost of commitment. Then discern what sort of mobile data usage one will be comfortable with on your cell phone.


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There's been a large movement of people into blockchain over the past few years, likely due to the lucrative and challenging nature of the space, perfect for professionals that want to maximize their contribution towards challenging the status quo. Helping encourage this trend to continue is important, especially in regards to attracting professional women to the space. My belief is that having the right people is key; only with the best team can you achieve your greatest goals, create the best products, and best serve your customers — and ultimately, the best teams include women.
As an example, some of the very top thought leaders in blockchain are female. In fact, there are lots of exceptional women that have really made their mark on the space, ranging with anything from evangelizing adoption to spearheading innovative companies that are pushing the envelope and setting the industry's agenda. There is truly a positive, female wave in blockchain. Let's take a look at 3 of the many women who are leading this charge, in no specific order.
1 — Elizabeth Stark
Elizabeth Stark is the Co-founder and CEO of Lightning Labs, the company spearheading development of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The Lightning Network is essentially a Layer 2 scaling solution for Bitcoin, allowing users to utilize payment channels and payment routing with immense speed and low fees, bypassing the low TPS and occasionally congested Bitcoin mainchain.
By leading Lightning Labs and the development of the Lightning Network, Stark is helping Bitcoin reach a point where it can be adopted by the masses for a wide range of small and large retail purchases, e.g. at coffee shops, electronic retailers, and so much more.
Furthermore, Elizabeth Stark is a fellow at Coin Center, the leading organization within the space that's aiming to educate regulators about blockchain technology and digital assets, ensuring reasonable and perhaps favorable regulation.
In addition to all of the above, Stark holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard and has taught at Stanford and Yale. It's clear that Elizabeth Stark is a highly valued contributor to the blockchain space.
2 — Galia Benartzi
Galia Benartzi is the Co-founder and Head of Business Development for Bancor, an innovative company that has created a wholly decentralized liquidity network and protocol, and that has introduced the concept of 'Smart Tokens' to the blockchain space. Smart Tokens are inherently liquid, being backed by ETH and other tokens, e.g. BNT, which they can be converted into at any time through their decentralized smart contract, with price calculated based on the token's reserve balance and its supply. Smart Tokens entirely remove dependency on an active market of buyers and sellers at a centralized or even decentralized exchange. Thus far, Bancor's network has processed a total of over $1.5 billion dollars in conversions, an obviously impressive number.
Benartzi has a wide range of experience outside of Bancor as well, having previously successfully exited two of her tech startups, most notably selling Mytopia to 888 for $18 million dollars.
All in all, with Galia Benartzi's blockchain and wider FinTech and entrepreneurial experience, she is clearly a valued asset to the blockchain space and one to look out for.
3 — Sally Eaves
Sally Eaves is a woman of many professional talents, having applied her craft in a multitude of senior positions at leading tech companies, ranging from Chief Technological Officer to Global Strategic Advisor and Practicing Professor. She's an accomplished author and keynote speaker, regularly appearing at blockchain and wider tech conferences to evangelize the benefits of disrupting technologies when applied as solutions to societal problems and more.
Currently, Eaves sits on the Forbes Technology Council, an exclusive invitation-only group for senior tech executives. Sally Eaves' current work is increasing the knowledge of emerging technology for businesses and governments, easing knowledge barriers and encouraging adoption. You'll also find her actively engaged in a variety of different blockchain startups and various other foundations as an advisor or mentor.
I think it's fairly clear that Sally Eaves is, alongside the others listed, a true asset to the entire blockchain space; I doubt anyone will contest that fact. Her value is reflected even further by the 'traditional' recognition her work has received, earning her a spot on the shortlist for UK IT Woman of the Year Business Role Model Award, as well as having won her the Decade of Women's FrontierWomen50 Award.
The Importance Of (Female) Thought Leaders
It is incredibly important that individuals such as Stark, Benartzi, and Eaves spread their knowledge, both to businesses, customers, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and lawmakers. Only with knowledge about blockchain technology can it be adopted and regulated properly, and these thought leaders are spreading just that. In general, knowledge leads to maturity, something which the blockchain space desperately needs to grow.
As for the female aspect, historically, finance has been favorable towards men. In later times, this has started to change as seen with the appointments of Christine Lagarde to lead the IMF, previously Janet Yellen for the Federal Reserve, and Inga Beale for Lloyd's of London. With the emerging industry of blockchain-specific FinTech, we seem to have not fallen into these traditions of old; this is a good thing. I am not a fan of quotas, and as such, I hope we can encourage this natural trend of unforced diversity in the blockchain space.
To reiterate one of my earlier points: having the right people is key; only with the best team can you achieve your greatest goals, create the best products, and best serve your customers — and ultimately, the best teams include women.


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Sample leave application for sister marriage in office or to principal. This application can be used for younger sister's marriage or elder sister's marriage from office, school, company office, HR or any other authority.
Application for Leave on Sister's Wedding Ceremony to Company Office
The Manager Sales
Dear Sir,
I am writing for leave of three days to attend my sister's marriage. I have 2 elder brothers and a sister. It is pleasure to inform you that my sister's marriage ceremony has been decided and it is going to held on 25th of this month.
Kindly grant me leave for 3 days so I can be a part in my sister's marriage and see off her to the new phase of life. I shall be very thankful to you for this favor.
Leave Application For Sister's Marriage to Boss
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is stated that I have my sister's marriage in the next week that I have to do the preparations for. So I would have to take leave from office for about one week.
Please sanction my leaves to arrange/attend the marriage ceremony. I shall be very thankful to you for your cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Leave Application from the Employee to the Company Due to Sister's Marriage
Respected sir,
It is stated that this is William johns, your current employee for Geo-technical division writing. Sir, it is to inform you that my sister's wedding ceremony has happened to take place in first three days of the next week. I have been anxiously waiting for that day. Also being her elder brother, my presence at the ceremony is compulsory. I have to take care of all the arrangements and other presiding affairs regarding the function. Keeping in view my good record and passionate behavior you are requested to grant me leave for mentioned days. My presence and participation in my sister's ceremony is mandatory.
I shall be very thankful for this act of kindness.
Yours truly,
Sister's Marriage Leave Application from College
Respected Principal,
I am Saba Ch. student of Msc Psychology in Kinnaird College seeking leave of three days to attend the marriage ceremony of my elder sister. I request you to please grant me leave of three days from 15th April to 17th April. I will be thankful to you.
Saba Ch.
Leave Application for Younger Sister Marriage to HR Manager
Mr. Gary Cahill
Neon Global
London, UK
Sir, with due respect I have to say that my sister is getting married next week. You know that there is a lot of work to do when there's a wedding in your family. I have to arrange almost everything since my father was paralyzed 6 months ago. Being the eldest, I have to take full responsibility for all the work there. Indian wedding have so many events and I have to take care of all of them.
This would require me at least a week to only get the preparations done. Therefore, I request you to grant me leave for 2 weeks. I have dispatched the invitation letter at your home address as well. I wish to see you there. Thank you.
Vijay Kumar
Employee, Marketing
Sister's Marriage Leave Application by Student
Head of Department
University of Engineering,
Subject: Leave Application for Sister's Wedding Ceremony
Dear Sir,
It is to be stated with due respect that my sister's wedding is going to be held next week . Currently my sister is abroad, and since I am the only sister of her, I need to give ample amount of time to her wedding ceremony. From decorations, wedding gown designing, pre-wedding shoot, booking of the hall to catering services, I have to dedicate myself fully to the most important event of my sister's life. It will be quite difficult for me to catch up with my studies during the wedding week and therefore I would request you to please grant me leave for one week.
I would also like to officially invite you to the wedding ceremony as our teacher and will highly appreciate your presence. Since you were her one of the favorite teacher, she would be delighted to hear from you.
Thanking in advance for your kind consideration.
Sincerely Yours,
Application for Leave of Elder Sister Marriage Ceremony
Respected Principal,
I am student of O-Levels section C1, Barki Campus and my enrl# is 563H. I have one elder sister and now my elder sister's marriage ceremony is going to held on Friday Dated: 13th February of this month. I request you to please approve my two days leave of Thursday and Friday 12th and 13 February accordingly. I want to celebrate Mehndi's function on 12th. Looking for your kind approval.
Leave Application for Sister Marriage to Principal
The Principal,
Cant Public High School,
New Dehli,
Dear Sir,
It is stated that I need two days leave because of my Sister's marriage held on 2nd and 3rd of Feb. She is my only sister, and I have lot of responsibilities to arrange and manage everything on the above days. Please allow me to leave for two days. I will be thankful to you.
Yours Obediently,
Roll Number 101
Class 10th
Leave Application for Sister's Marriage to School
The Principal.
It is stated that my younger sister's marriage has going to be held from January 30th Jan to Feb 3rd. That is why I cannot come to school. I want to take leave for 3 days to attend the marriage. Please give me leave for 3days. I shall be very thankful to you.
Yours obediently,
Leave Application for Younger Sister Marriage to Manager or HR
The CEO of NEXUS Group,
Dear Sir,
It is informed you that marriage ceremony of my younger sister is going to held on coming Saturday. I am to manage a lot of tasks out there for the function. We are going to have a tight schedule regarding preparations. I request you to allow me a leave for two weeks with a return ticket according to the policy of company. I shall be humble for your kind response.
Accounts Officer,
Ali Abbas
Leave Application for Cousin Sister Marriage from Teacher
The Principal,
Star land school,
Dear Sir,
It is humbly informed that marriage of my cousin sister is going to be held in coming week. This function will held in Multan. We all family members will leave one day before the day of function. I have completed syllabus of this and coming week that I had to teach to the children, so i request you to allow me a leave of five days so that I go to attend this ceremony. Thank you.
Yours obediently,
Saba Naaz
Leave Application for Sister's Wedding of Company Manager
The Branch Manager,
Fisher Bank.
Los Vegas. USA
Respected Sir,
I am writing this to inform you that my sister's wedding is going to be held at 20th February—– in my hometown Texas. I have to attend the ceremony with my family, therefore, I have to go to Texas for three days and i would not be able to perform my duty at the office.
I request you to grant me leave for three days from 19th to 21st of February—–. I shall be highly grateful to you.
Yours faithfully,
Cash Officer
Leave Application for Sister's Marriage to Office
The manager, Nestle UK
Respected sir,
With due respect, I would like to inform you that my sister is going to get married by the end of this month and for that I need leaves for one week. Considering the importance of work, I am applying for the leaves one month prior and I hope that you will grant my leaves. Rest assured that I will be following up with department and will take care of my work as well. I shall be really thankful o you for this act of kindness. Looking forward to your response.
Yours truly,
Mr. Sébastien William
HR department


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Salted Peanut Butter–Pretzel–Chocolate Chip Cookies - CC
By á-48655
- 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (3 ounces) quick oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups packed (8 3/4 ounces) light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 ounces pretzel sticks, coarsely crushed (2/3 cup)
- Flake sea salt
Step 1
1. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in bowl. Using stand mixer fitted with paddle, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add peanut butter, egg, and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated, about 30 seconds, scraping down bowl as needed.
2. Reduce speed to low and slowly add flour mixture; continue to mix until just combined. Add chocolate chips and pretzels and mix until just incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
3. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 2 tablespoons chilled dough at a time, roll into 1 1/2-inch balls and space them evenly on prepared sheets, 12 per sheet. Press each ball to 3/4-inch thickness using bottom of greased dry measuring cup.
4. Bake until puffed and cracks just form on top, 11 to 13 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes. Sprinkle cookies with sea salt, then transfer to wire rack. Let cookies cool completely before serving.