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Trying Sake for the First Time?
So you want to try sake, but you're not quite sure where to begin? You're not alone. The Japanese have been making sake for thousands of years, but its intricacies still remain mysterious to most Americans. At BaiKu Sushi Lounge, we look forward to bridging that gap, and introducing you to this delicious beverage!
First, let's start with the basics- how to say "sake!" You've probably heard it said "sah-kee" or "socky." Now, you'll avoid sounding like you've had too many glasses of sake by pronouncing it "sah-kay."
Now that you know how to order the drink, let's talk about what exactly you are drinking. Sake often gets misidentified as "rice wine," mostly because wine as we know it is the closest comparison in texture and alcohol content. However, sake's brewing process is more like beer, in that starches are broken down into sugar, and then into alcohol. Sake's main ingredients include rice, water, yeast, and a mold spore called koji.
Don't let the fact that sake's key ingredient is a mold spore stop you from trying this delicious beverage! Koji rice is steamed rice that has had koji mold spores cultivated onto it. This magical mold creates several enzymes as it spreads, and these are what break the starches in the rice into sugars that can be fermented by the yeast cells, which then give off carbon dioxide and alcohol. Without koji, there is no sake!
So how do you choose from BaiKu's sake list? Whether you prefer to drink something sweet or dry, acidic or rich, fruity or steely there is a sake that suits you. A sake's name will tell you a lot about what the sake will taste like, as well as how it was brewed, and its percentage of rice milling. Check out the list below to decipher what all of the different names mean!
This type of sake refers to pure sake that hasn't had any starches or sugars other than rice added to the fermenting mixture. Also, no additional alcohol has been added.
The rice used to make this sake has had the outer 40% of the grain polished away, leaving the inner 60% left and the sake with delicate, light and complex flavors.
The rice for this sake has been milled so that no more than 50% of the original size of the grains remains, although this often goes as low as 35%.
Where most sake is usually filtered to remove grain solids left behind after the fermentation process, Nigori sake remains unfiltered, resulting in a far cloudier drink.
Traditionally, sake is served in a ceramic mug that is much like tiny a handless tea-cup, called an ochoko. It can also be served in a sakazuki, which is more flat, and saucer-like, or an amasu, which is a small wooden-box made for drinking. Though not very traditional, a wine glass is said to be the best type of glass to drink sake from. Much like how a wine glass is designed for allowing the drinker to see the color of the wine, as well as being able to experience the aroma and flavor, it is also perfect for enjoying sake.
At BaiKu Sushi Lounge, we aim for a good balance of authenticity while also giving our customers an approachable atmosphere. So while it may be more authentic to serve our sake out of an ochoko, sake tends to be more enjoyable out of wine glasses.
As far as temperature, sake is often best served chilled (especially ginjo and daiginjo). However, if sake is too cold it might lose some of its rich flavoring. Sometimes sake will be served warm, and this usually results in a smoother taste, and the alcohol will be more prevalent.
The most obvious food pairing for sake is, of course, sushi. We love helping our customers pair kinds of sake with different sushi dishes! Once you fall in love with sake while at BaiKu, you might be wondering what else you can pair sake with while at home. The first thing to keep in mind is that it's not that difficult, especially if you already know how to pair other kinds of wine with food. You should also keep in mind that the first rule to pairing sake with food is that there are no rules! We don't usually think twice about having French wine while dining at an Italian restaurant, so don't think too hard about having a glass of sake while enjoying something other than sushi. Really, the only place you could possibly go wrong, would be pairing sake with overly spicy foods that may overpower the taste of the sake.
Check out our Sushi and Sake Dinner here at BaiKu!>>
The Japanese culture is deeply rooted in etiquette, and drinking sake is no exception. First, you should never pour your own sake, and you should also be mindful of your neighbor's drink, so you can refill it for them. Pouring each others sake is a social bonding experience, so be sure to enjoy that moment with your friend. You should always wait for the entire group to receive their drinks, and for someone to offer cheers or a toast before you start drinking your sake.
You can offer cheers to someone in Japanese by saying 'kanpai'! This translates to the phrase "empty-cup," and once meant that you were supposed to finish your small cup of sake in one shot. Now you may clink your glasses together and sip your sake however you like. Another way to say cheers is otsukaresama deshita, which means "you're tired." This kind of cheers is usually heard in a business setting. The Japanese value hard work, and telling someone that they are tired is their way of saying that person is an extremely hard worker and deserves a drink. After the sake begins to flow, you can also say 'banzai!' This is directly translated to "to live 10,000 years."
So will you like sake? The answer is YES(now that you know how to drink sake)! Much like other kinds of alcohol and spirits, it's just a matter of finding the sake you will enjoy. Whether you drink sweet or dry, acidic or rich, fruity or steely there is a sake that suits you. Sake is a multifaceted, intriguing drink that has a broad flavor spectrum with an addictive twist. If you are trying your first sip of sake, or you are a sake connoisseur, BaiKu is thrilled to serve you the best sake list in St. Louis! Kanpai!
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Discover the island of Gotland through the songs and stories of Swedish musician, Amanda Bergman.
Amanda Bergman has been coming to Gotland since she was a child. This little white island provides the backdrop to so many of her childhood memories – from gravel scraped knees to a pounding teenage heart. Now, it seems Gotland has inspired her latest song, "Falcons".
An island of inspiration
Gotland is limestone country. Gravel roads appear white in the bright sunshine, which shimmers on the water's surface as if it were dancing on the Mediterranean rather than the Baltic. Encased in stone you can find the fossilised plants and animals that called Gotland home over 400 million years ago. Magnificent sea stacks line the coast and reach for the sky like psychedelic mushrooms. These natural towers, and the stunning cliffs that keep them company, form the unique silhouette of Gotland's landscape – a landscape immortalised in film by none other than the late, great Ingmar Bergman. Over the years Gotland's inspirational atmosphere, majestic light and powerful allure has attracted artists, authors, politicians and filmmakers in need of creative nourishment.

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The ongoing health of our church requires that we continue to strengthen our overall capacity to discern the mind of God as the church engages the critical agenda of our time. This need/capacity to discern is important in all aspects of our life together.
It is important in how we worship, and in how we organize. It is also important in how we respond to questions of faithfulness that are within and among us. Themes that have been identified in the last years include being a peace church, unity and diversity in the life of the church, confessing and witnessing to Jesus Christ as Lord in a religiously pluralistic context, human sexuality in the life of the church; ecological concerns from a perspective of faith.
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Strength: 158 OR 148 Dexterity: 143 Stamina: 146 OR 156 Energy: 148 Life: Mana: Stamina:
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Additional points: Wherever you want to put them in really. If you want to, you could put them into the Spirits, but it wont really be nessicary for reasons I'll explain later.
Weapon: Branch of the Ents Shield: NA Torso: Hide of the Tarrasque Gloves: Claws of the Dragon Helm: Beast of the Night Boots: Spirits of the Dead Ring(1): Yagul's Wrath- Try to get one with either HotW or SoB or both. Ring(2): Yagul's Wrath- Try to get one with either HotW or SoB or both. Amulet: Talisman of Hotei Inventory: Get one or two MAX grand charms with Trainer prefix. You will be happy you get the extra space. If you can't get HotW or SoB with your Yagul's Wrath rings, get a Veteran's Odd Charm. It will help.
Hireling: The Act Two Desert Mercenary (nightmare-defense)
Weapon: Mercenary's Pike H Torso: Mercenary's Wraps H Helm: Mercenary's Shriek H Gloves: Iron Fist Boots: Spirits of the Dead Ring(1): The One Ring Ring(2): Zodiac Band Amulet: Beads of the Guardian
Strategy: Basicly, you should play this character if you prefer to fight with minions, not brute force. Although you can do that too if necessary. I just said where I put the basic 100 points, mostly because the summon tab is all I use and I really don't know where I put them...:). The extra damage from the Synergies is nice, but if you have five of each vine, two elementals, a pack of wolves, three+ spirits to boost your creatures more, a hireling that dose the same thing, and the ability to kill everything that escapes your (rather large) army, you really don't need it. Unless you want it. In which case, go nuts! The completion of Nature's Rule gives you +2 To Summoning, +3 To Druid Skill Levels, 50% Increased Attack Speed, +25 To All Attributes, All Resistances +50, Magic Damage Reduced By 25, 150% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items, and +1 To Morphing (Trent). Plus all of the extra goodies from your armor and weapons. The helm itself lets you absorb one fourth of all elemental attacks(except poison) healing you, then with high resist dealing less damage. I generally summon my creatures in town, then go somewhere and kill things, say hell Baal, but you can do anything you want.


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Sternberg Speaks Honestly on the Rays Tampa Bay Future
It was the Tampa Bay Rays stadium conversation and whiplash response most members of the Rays Republic knew was just peeking above the horizon. The Tampa Bay community as a whole had hoped such a cold water splash in our faces would have a more postmarked expiration date.
Somehow we all knew that the ever present sunshine attitude that surrounds our typical Florida Spring day would suddenly be darkened by an omnipotent comment cloud that would overshadow the usual optimistic banter whenever the Rays future stadium plans have been mentioned.
Just as suddenly the veil of silence has been removed from the Rays stadium debacle, and a few of the comments from Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg paint a more daunting image of an hourglass whose ribbons of sand are constantly spiraling to and end instead of a more optimistic conclusion.
Recently Sternberg told reporter Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times:
"It seems clearer to me by the day that we're going to be the last man standing (Oakland A's stadium talks are in a more advanced stage of discussions)," Sternberg said. "And everything I know, and talking to these guys, baseball is just not going to stand for it anymore. And they'll find a place for me. They won't find a place here though. So it's up to us, to everybody, to figure out how to get it right. …
"We've come so far with this, with all the people who are interested and watching. I do believe we've grabbed into (them) a little bit, and to say it's a good thing, it's fun, it's good for your kids, it's a nice sport. … And that's my real concern, that we won't get to finish the job that I know we were right there to do."
For the first time I can remember since Sternberg took over the Rays reigns, it seems like a hint of pessimism has crept into his tone when discussing the Rays future home. For the first time, Sternberg has bluntly envisioned both sides of the Tampa Bay region losing out if some sort of constructive movement is not made in the near future.
A good first step might be St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster allowing the Rays a little latitude to venture into other Tampa Bay locales without the threat of harsh legal actions or local repercussions by the Rays landlords possibly letting the process systematically eliminate some of these cost deficient locations from contention.
But that would be a huge leap of good faith by the City of St. Petersburg who has so much to lose not only in possibly losing their biggest tenant, but seeing a reversal in some of the recent positive financial surges in the city's economically sensitive downtown core. Losing the team would turn downtown St. Petersburg basically into a ghost town again after 9 pm.
No matter how you try and twist, convolute or even manipulate Sternberg's words, the message is loud and clear now. Major League Baseball with all its omnipotent power hover and circle above the whole stadium process like a lurking Florida vulture has the upper hand.
No longer is this only about St. Petersburg or even Tampa, it is about the future existence of our own Major League team in a town with rich MLB roots, but a transient populous that still has not fully embraced the Rays as "their team". Even with the recent return of Spring baseball to Progress Energy Field (Al Lang) , the vibe concerning St. Petersburg is beginning to fade a bit more towards black than sunshine.
I am not the only one to notice Sternberg's particular word usage or possible hidden messages in his statements. Rays Index, another Rays top blog spot also noticed this one particular sentence that might heed this Tampa Bay region to having a few "burning the midnight oil" political strategy sessions. In a perfect world, both sides of the Tampa Bay region would meet in the same clandestine room.
Hidden within the midst of Sternberg's comments is the small phrasing, "they'll find a place for me. They won't find a place here though."
Immediately you see the unveiled reminder that the upper echelon of Major League Baseball loves the energy and past work Sternberg has done in rebuilding the Rays franchise from the ground up again, and might have some hidden agenda for his future.
The losers here will not be Sternberg, but it could be this region forever cast as a land of Spring baseball only again if the Rays do get harvested like an orange and taken somewhere else.
Contraction with a MLB/MLBPA labor negotiation in the near future is not an viable option, but if this region keeps their minds and mouthes closed for too much longer, it might be too late to salvage the fruit on the vine.
I think the month of April will not only be the beginning of baseball again being played in St. Petersburg, but the beginning of the sands beginning an accelerated pace through the Rays hourglass. Sternberg has been more than vocally adamant that he is not the only person who might view this whole Rays stadium process as being stagnant for too long now.
Something has to be decided soon before the sands from the hourglass become quicksand that devour and destroy that forward progress of baseball in this region over that last 14 seasons.
The Tampa Bay community needs to make the first step soon, the first lunge into diluting this dark cloud and again bringing the warmth of the sunlight firmly back into view……or the cloud will overtake the region and when it finally begins to dissipate, the Rays may be gone…forever.


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The Power of Personalized Medicine
What Can Personalized Medicine Do for Me?
"Personalized medicine" is changing the landscape of healthcare. Newly available tests provide more information about us than ever before, and healthcare providers can use that information to better diagnose conditions and to deliver medicines and treatments that are more customized than ever.
In the past, doctors treated us by looking at our symptoms, and taking into account our family history, our behavior and our environment to develop a treatment plan. Treatments were often based on what "worked" for a broad group of people with the same symptoms.
Thanks to today's genetic technology, we know a lot more about how DNA impacts the body and our health. We know more about the genes that cause diseases, as well as how they cause them. We also know more about how the body interacts on a molecular level with things like bacteria, viruses, medicines, and more.
There are over 2000 genetic tests available today. They are used in all area of medicine -- from diagnosis to treatment, risk prediction, and more. New tests are being developed at a rapid pace and more become available each year.
We know more about genetic markers that put us at risk for diseases, too, and how we can make diet and lifestyle changes that may lower that risk. Our genetic differences can cause us to react differently to diseases, drugs and treatments. Personalized medicine uses this information to help find the right treatment, at the right time, for your particular situation.
You May Have Already Benefitted from Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine is used in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of many different disease areas including cancer and heart disease. Pharmacogenetics uses genetic testing to understand how a medicine will act in your body.
Here are some examples of personalized medicine in action:
- If your doctor is considering prescribing Plavix® to prevent heart attack, blood clots or stroke, you can take a pharmacogenetic test to see if you are one of the 45% of all people who will not get the full benefit of the drug. If so, there are alternative drugs that you can take.
- If you have early-stage breast cancer, you can use a tumor profiling test like OncotypeDX to examine the DNA mutations in your tumor to predict how it will respond to chemotherapy. Many people with early-stage breast cancer don't have a high enough risk for the cancer to spread or return to make chemotherapy worthwhile. With these test results, you can more accurately predict whether the risks of chemotherapy outweigh the benefits.
- If you are considering the bloodthinner, warfarin (Coumadin®), you can take a pharmacogenetic test to look at two drug metabolism genes that affect how you process warfarin and other drugs. This genetic information can help your doctor find the best starting dose for you. This can reduce your risk for bleeding or clotting episodes, and shorten the time (and blood tests) needed to reach your best dose.
- If you have an HIV infection, you can take a CCR5-tropism test to identify the strain of HIV in your blood. If you have a CCR5-tropic strain of HIV, the newer CCR5-blocking antiretrovirals could be effective against your infection. If not, other treatments are recommended instead.
- Abacavir (Ziagen®) is a drug commonly used to treat people with HIV infections. However, it can cause a toxic reaction, in about 5% to 8% of people who take it. A pharmacogenetic test can be used to identify people with a gene variant that puts them at high-risk for side effects. If you test positive, your doctor can use a different treatment instead.
- If you are diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, the first treatment is usually a drug called imatinib (Gleevec®), which is very effective for most people. However, about 5% to 10% of people don't respond to imatinib or become resistant to it over time. BCR-ABL testing can be used to monitor your response to this therapy. If imatinib stops working, you can switch to another drug.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is increasingly evaluating genomics-based research and making statements and recommendations about the uses of new genomic tests. Many pharmaceutical companies are partnering with laboratories to develop what they call "companion diagnostics." This refers to using a genetics-based test to determine which people are best suited for using a targeted medication or treatment, and which people won't benefit from it. As personalized medicine moves into mainstream medical practice, it will become common to take a genetic test before getting a prescription. By harnessing the power of DNA, doctors can target therapy with the right drug and the right dose, maximizing benefits while preventing side effects.


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It is amazing how we can make assumptions about people when we first meet them, and how those assumptions can ultimately prove to be wrong once we get to know them a little bit better. Too often I myself have made assumptions on people that have proved to be incorrect, and at times I have not even met that person that I have formed an opinion of.
In getting to know my students I have discovered a completely new person as opposed to when I first met them. During the time teaching them my assumption has proved to be not completely true. Gradually they have begun to drop their mask and show who they really are. Hence, the need to keep an open mind.
When having interviewed someone for a job, having read their CV, I automatically without realizing it have begun to make assumptions. During the interview process and the exchange of information, I then begin to see another picture that I had not seen when I read the CV.
We as human beings are making conscious or unconscious assumptions every day. We can read a newspaper or watch TV, and quite often we make assumptions based on what we are fed by the media.
This is something I am learning to become more aware of; it is a human characteristic that has been with us since the time began. I have no answers or conclusions. These are just thoughts that I have had, that I would like to share with you. It would be nice to hear your comments or perspective on what I have written.
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Physical Therapy For Dancers
Dance is an athletic activity that requires great balance and strength but can also produce several injuries. As rehabilitation directly targeted for dancers is becoming more common and accessible, physical therapists have been able to improve their overall physical capabilities. Dancers often need physical therapy because of injuries from overuse or improper technique. Sometimes a physical therapist, especially one with dance experience, can find issues that a primary physician might not. Physical therapists will evaluate all aspects of a dancer's body and movement including the muscles, joints, proprioception, and balance. They can explain what techniques to use in a class or performance, and what steps to avoid. This will overall allow for progress in the dancer's functional capacity.
Physical therapists work on the dancer's technique by using individually selected exercises. An imperfection in structural anatomy or a slight use of improper technique may severely affect a dancer's movement and potentially result in injury, So in therapy, the dancer will learn how to do particular exercises to improve those aspects of movement and build up their physical abilities. Rather than taking a passive approach to treatment and telling a dancer to rest, a physical therapist will have the dancer practice increasingly difficult exercises or stretches to improve their movement and balance. It is more beneficial to detect what exactly is wrong and stop doing that than to stop movement altogether. Through active exercises tailored specifically for that individual, the patient will focus on increasing their strength, flexibility, and balance.
Physical therapists can improve a dancer's ease of movement and decrease their risk of injuries or falls. Through individually chosen exercises, a dancer will work at the center and at home to improve muscular strength, posture, and joint mobility, as well as learn stretches to reduce muscle tightness. Altogether, the exercises will become progressively more difficult to ultimately restore the dancer's movement quality and skills while preventing any potential injuries in the future.
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History of Stephen L Miles
As one who began his law practice with no employees and through the years built it into one of the largest personal injury/ criminal defense firms in Maryland and who then merged in 1999 with an even larger firm I an tell you something is lost without that one on one close personal relationship with your clients which just cannot be maintained in a large firm.
The reason I recently left the law firm of Saiontz, Kirk, & Miles, to once again form the Law Offices of Stephen L. Miles, because of the realization that the happiest and most productive years of my legal career were when I was a sole practitioner. The reason is fairly simple – close personal client contact where I could achieve personal self-satisfaction. An atmosphere where I knew every client and each and every case in close detail. Even the finest large firms just cannot do this. This also makes for better formulae in getting the best results possible for your clients.


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Last night, I just didn't feel like cooking something crazy. I was feeling L-A-Z-Y! I bought a few cans of sardines earlier to stock my pantry, so I decided to do something quick and simple to dress one of them up for dinner.
I buy Wild Planet Sardines in water. They are so good! I've always loved sardines since I was a kid. As a health conscious adult, I appreciate them, since they are packed with nutrients, low in mercury, a great source of calcium and protein, and one of the only meats that works well coming from a can! I used to always get the brisling sardines (the smaller ones), but they're getting stupid expensive and harder to find. Sometimes the normal ones, the larger variety that come three or four to a can, are weird, taste lower in quality, and sometimes have roe, which is usually kind of grainy and texturally weird for me. Wild Planet sardines are not any of those things, they are amazing. Not only are they ethically sourced, they are so very meaty, and as soon as you open the can, you can tell they're fresh. From the texture and flavor of the meat to the color of the skin, these are by far, the best sardines I've seen.
Anyway, in a small pan I heated up some ghee and threw in
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- Garlic
- Zucchini
- Capers
- Cherry tomatoes
- Mushrooms
After having that going for a while I also placed the sardines in the pan. Once everything was cooked through and warm voila! Minimal chopping and cooking, high nutrition,easy, and delicious!
I also roasted up some delicious marrow bones. I just put them in the oven at 350 degrees (I changed it to 400 degrees later on to make it go a little quicker). I roasted them in a foil lined, glass, square pan, until the marrow was bubbling and easily separated from the bone.
I love marrow bones. The last time I had them was in a restaurant, when I went on vacation to Montreal. They are fatty of course, pure fat, so if you don't like jiggly, slimy, fatty textures, you might be put off. It's definitely worth trying though, they are a decadent treat! The flavor is rich, and creamy, and really buttery. Some people spread it on toast, I just eat it with a spoon, or suck it out of the bone. You really feel very primal sucking bone marrow from a bone….it's awesome. I actually shared these with my dog. I ate as much as I could out of the bone, and nibbled at meaty bits. What was left, I held for my dog to lick and gnaw away at. Sharing bones with your dog….yup, doesn't get much more primal than that. I say that in the most amazing, delicious, best of ways.


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From his Southern California farm, entrepreneur and exotic tree-fruit grower Jay Ruskey is setting out to elevate people's coffee experiences around the world. He's making a name for himself with a crop that traditionalists say can be grown only in countries closer to the Equator. Raised in Hollywood, Ruskey left Tinseltown to pursue life alongside the ocean in Goleta, near Santa Barbara. He partnered with his family to purchase 42 acres for his farm, Good Land Organics, in 1990 and since has grown exotic, subtropical crops such as avocados, cherimoyas, passion fruit, dragon fruit, finger limes and caviar limes.
He now also grows, processes and roasts his own specialty coffee varieties, with Good Land Organics holding title as the first successful commercial coffee farm in the continental United States.
"The whole coffee world is blowing up," said Ruskey, who harvested, roasted and bagged his first coffee crop in 2008. "Today, specialty coffee is treated like wine was 10 years ago. It is emerging; people are appreciating it for its flavor, for the story, how it's brewed, what it's paired with. It is now up there as a fine food."
Good Land Organics owner Jay Ruskey is California's first successful commercial coffee grower.
Coastal coffeeGrowing coffee in California is the result of a longtime collaboration between Ruskey and University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Mark Gaskell. The pair, after about a dozen years of research, found a way for coffee trees and other exotic crops to flourish, thanks to the area's temperate climate.
Good Land Organics is located just 2 miles from the Pacific Ocean, at an elevation of 650 feet, and Ruskey said the farm benefits from the mild summers and frost-free winters.
"In the tropics, most coffee is grown in full sun, but the valuable coffee is grown in the shade or the higher elevations, which slows down the maturation of the bean, which makes it a little more flavorful," he explained. "What is done in altitude or shade in the tropics, we are achieving with cooler average temperatures. It just takes longer—up to a year—to go from flower to ripe fruit and, in turn, this creates some very unique and strong flavors, which we are getting recognized for."
Ruskey plants the coffee trees, which are actually small, flowering shrubs, sharing space among avocados in a layered agricultural system. This system protects the coffee trees from wind and provides shade on sunny days. It also increases productivity of the land, he said, "in a way that everybody benefits," because he can more efficiently use resources such as land and water.
Tree to bean Each summer, Good Land Organics harvests the ripened fruit of the coffee shrub, known as cherries, from about a dozen different coffee tree varieties. Ruskey's trees have been growing for about nine years, with harvest times from May through September. Coffee tours are offered during those months (see article below) and participants can view flowering trees as well as the harvesting of coffee cherries.
Operations Manager Lindsey Mesta harvesting coffee cherries.
"That's quite an experience because it is pretty rare to see both anywhere in the world," Ruskey said.
Each cherry on the coffee plant typically contains two seeds, which are referred to as beans. Ruskey explained that harvest happens when the coffee cherries are as red as possible, "so that the sugar content is 20 percent or above, so they are very sweet."
"The specialty market is starting to pay farmers for harvesting the cherries when they are actually ripe, so they are beginning to get rewarded for good agricultural practices, which is resulting in improved cups of coffee," he said.
Once the cherries are hand-harvested, the pulp is separated from the beans. After fermenting in water, the beans are sun-dried on racks and rotated daily. They are next moved into a temperature-controlled corner of the farm's barn to continue drying. Once the beans reach a specific moisture content, they are stored in breathable cloth bags for curing, which lasts two to three months.
Lindsey Mesta, Good Land Organics operations manager, oversees the post-harvest process and quality control. She said once the coffee has finished curing, it is hulled, which means the bean's thin outer layer (known as parchment) is removed. It can then be sold in its green bean form or roasted.
Chris Calkins, a farmer from Carlsbad, recently visited Good Land Organics and tasted two of its coffee varieties."Coffee goes through many stages that can make or break it in the final cup; everything is extremely relevant to the quality," Mesta said. "What's unique about our farm is it goes through every stage in our hands. We touch the bean in every stage, so that we can be very in control of the quality that we are selling."
"It was as good as or better than any coffee I've tasted anywhere," Calkins said, adding that he believes coffee is a "wonderful niche crop" for California.
"Jay's passion for the product and for trying to find ways in which you can diversify—in unique ways—California's agriculture, I think is important," he continued. "What he has done is bring a passion for trying to find some unique products for California that fit today's obsession or interest in food and food crops."
Coffee cherries turn red when ripe, as shown in cup, and are then harvested and processed into green coffee beans. Good Land Organics sells green coffee beans to specialty roasters and consumers, and also offers freshly roasted beans.
Bean to cupGood Land Organics sells the green coffee beans wholesale to international and domestic clients and to local coffee roasters. The farm also offers fresh-roasted beans through its website at www.goodlandorganics.com. Ruskey said 8 pounds of cherries yield about 1 pound of dried green coffee beans.
"My ultimate goal is to provide specialty roasters and coffee shops with green beans and they get to roast it to their preference and then serve it fresh," Ruskey said. "There is a time clock: Roasted beans should be served no later than 10 days after they are roasted or they start losing their aromas.
"When you drink the coffee and say, 'Usually I need cream and sugar, but I don't need cream and sugar; this is great,' that's my ultimate compliment, because the coffee is a balance of sweetness and acidity and has some body," he said, adding that those qualities—as well as flavor that gets better as it cools—are what he looks for in a cup of coffee.
In addition to selling coffee beans, Ruskey started a nursery that specializes in coffee tree varieties. He sells them to farmers interested in growing coffee and also to roasteries and coffee shops as décor.
"There are new roasteries popping up, new cafés popping up. It's a new awareness of a consumable we've already been drinking quite frequently," Mesta said.
"It would just be more fun to have more people exposed to the specialty side of coffee," she added, "to have people go look for their local roasterie and get into coffee and see where we're headed."
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To show people that coffee can be grown in California, Good Land Organics owner Jay Ruskey has opened his coffee plantation to the public to educate them about the coffee-growing process—from bean to cup—at his hillside farm in Goleta.
Jay Ruskey offers seasonal tours of his farm to educate people about growing, harvesting and processing coffee in California. Photo courtesy of Good Land Organics.
"Our coffee educational program has been successful because we are improving the relationship people have with their cup of coffee; it's part of their daily ritual and we are just trying to expand their knowledge base for something that they do every day," Ruskey said. "People come out and say, 'Oh my goodness, you are growing coffee.'"
Good Land Organics Operations Manager Lindsey Mesta, who has experience working on coffee farms in Hawaii, said a wide range of people are attracted to the tours.
"We've had industry people as well as those who are just interested in coffee, to people who don't even like coffee who are here because they like tropical fruits or enjoy organic farming," Mesta said.
The tours also educate coffee shop and roasterie employees interested in coffee production. A significant part of the tour is tasting the sweet coffee cherries, which creates a foundation for a coffee palate, Ruskey said.
Aaron Olson and Kim Anderson, owners of Handlebar Coffee Roasters in Santa Barbara, have experienced Good Land Organics' educational tour more than once.
"We think he is offering a great service to the coffee world and community," Anderson said, as Olson added, "We put some fresh-picked coffee cherries through the pulp mill and put them in the sun to dry. Jay has lots of different varietals." Sites to savor• Learn more about the products and tours at Good Land Organics.• For an overview of the coffee industry, history, techniques and standards for coffee cultivation and processing, visit the Specialty Coffee Association of America.• Advance your coffee palate with courses and additional training at www.bootcoffee.com.


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A new report by economists at the liberal Center for Economic and Policy Research looks at House Republicans' plan for privatizing Medicare from a new angle, and finds that it could increase health care costs for beneficiaries by a staggering $34 trillion over 75 years.
You won't find these expenditures on the government ledger. They represent the amount of money Medicare beneficiaries would have to pay out of pocket if they wanted to buy insurance policies that provide Medicare-equivalent benefits.
The reasoning is fairly straightforward, according to CEPR's Dean Baker and David Rosnick.
The money the government currently spends every year on Medicare doesn't cover every penny of health care its beneficiaries consume. The government agrees to pay a fixed percent, and the rest falls to the beneficiaries who share in the cost of the services they and their doctors order. The sum of those two numbers -- both of which are expected to rise steeply over time -- is the total cost incurred by Medicare. Under the House Republican plan, the government holds fixed the amount of money it's willing to pay per patient per year, and leaves the residual costs for seniors to sort out with private insurers. Because private insurers are smaller, profit-driven, and less efficient than Medicare, those out-of-pocket costs will be significantly higher than they are now. And they'd grow much, much faster. Over the course of the program's 75 year planning period, the difference would amount to $34 trillion...............


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"In 1978, I had taught in a large progressive Comprehensive School in Devon which grounded me. Two years in a High School in Jamaica, not a glamorous tourist part, made me question all my beliefs and values. I spent a 'gap year' cruising in a catamaran around the Mediterranean, reflecting, and came back with the passion for outdoor learning which has driven me ever since.
"A post came up as a Sports Organiser at a commercial Activity Centre in Swanage which I always expected to be temporary. I have never wanted to leave. I became Managing Director in 1996 and now hold a variety of influential positions in the outdoor learning sector. I am Chair of the British Activity Providers Association, a Member of the British Outdoor Council and I sit on the Learning Away Consortium who have a fantastic new campaign pushing the benefits of learning away from the school environment and how Brilliant a Residential can be. I am still enthused by the concept of the 'good old fashioned' school trip and how much children can (and do) learn away from school. I guess that's why I come into work everyday; to help drive that vision forward."
Leah Rutter Centre Manager, Swanage
"I finished my Bachelor of education in 1999. When I was teaching I found I got the most out of my class when we left the classroom behind, so I took the decision to move into the 'Great Outdoors' and focus my skills on being an outdoor educator. I started my time at Allnatt as a Seasonal tutor in 2001 and have worked my way up to Manager of the Swanage Centre. During that time much has changed and I am proud of the improvements I have made to facilities and introducing a seaside focus to our outdoor learning and company branding. I still really enjoy teaching in an outdoor classroom, in particular training new tutors and seeing their careers develop with us".
Ian Bell Business Development Manager
Ian has been an Outdoor Instructor in the UK, France, Canada and Austria. He studied for his degree in Youth & Community Work in Belfast and has worked for Derbyshire County Council, PGL and Kingswood and is now at Allnatt for the second time. He runs our East Dene Centre and is lead on our marketing activity and public image. He is married with two children. Lisa his wife, who he met when they worked together in Swanage, is a Geography Teacher and author. His passion is walking and spending time on the water. After nearly 40 years of messing about in boats you would think he'd had enough soggy socks to last a lifetime but not so.
"I am completely at home out of doors, whether i'm camping with my kids or planning a route over the open moors, I am a lover of fresh air and all the benefits it brings for my mind and body. If I can pass on only a fraction of my enthusiasm to a younger generation then I'll be satisfied with that."
Karen Chislett Head of Teaching, Isle of Wight
Karen started life at Allnatt as a seasonal instructor, coming from an environmental and sports background. Following a second season at Allnatt she jumped at the opportunity to stay on the Isle of Wight and further develop the teaching team at East Dene. She is now fully settled on the Island, her daughter attends the local primary school and they enjoy exploring the Island's hidden gems and bakeries.
"I do enjoy the variety I get from my job and seeing programmes happen for each individual group from first contact, through planning, to delivery and beyond the residential".
Nikki Rutter Centre Manager, Swanage
Nikki is a Marine Biology graduate and it was her passion for the sea, coast and Swanage that brought her to a seasonal tutor position with Allnatt. 11 years later and she is still just as enthusiastic. 2019 brings a fresh challenge as she moves form Head of Teaching to her new role as joint Swanage Centre Manager. Nikki has an interest in Field Studies and currently sits on the committee for the Field Studies Professional Practise Group (Part of the Institute of Outdoor Learning) and the regional IOL group. Becoming a lifeguard trainer in 2015, Nikki has discovered a love of training that she can share with the new staff each year. In her spare time, Nikki loves to be in or around the sea and coast, snorkelling, swimming, rock pooling or just exploring the cliff top walks.
Sarah Beech Head of Sales & Finance
Sarah joined us in 2015 and is based in our Swanage Office. She heads up our Sales team as well as our Finance Department. She brings energy and commitment to making sure we have lots of lovely customers and that all the numbers add up. She is an experienced manager and and leader with a background in both Blue Chip Companies and Start Ups from working within Mobile Telecoms (O2, Vodafone & EE) / Retail (M&S) / Internet and Manufacturing / Distribution (Booker). In her spare time, she is an active volunteer for a charity helping to feed the homeless. She loves living near and spending time with her young daughter on the beach and around the beautiful coastlines of Dorset as well as getting to explore France when she can during the Summer holidays.


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Meanderings.Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
I was roused today - perceptions stirred,
By an old, black crow who greeted me
with sly chuckle and cheeky grin in his wide brown eye.
White plastic bag of treasure? clutched in his powerful beak.
"Something good?" I called.
Flapping off - "Worth a grab and a peek".
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Hurricane Sandy crashes Google's party, but not its Nexus announcement
Though Hurricane Sandy forced Google to cancel its plans for a release event for its new Nexus line and Android viagra canadian pharmacy 4.2, the company still released information on the devices on the Official Android Blog.
Three Android devices (the Nexus 4, the enhanced Nexus 7, and the Nexus 10) manufactured by three partners (LG, Asus and Samsung) respectively, announced by Google on
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UPDATE 1: Google Android event cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
The threat caused to the U.S east coast by Hurricane Sandy has caused Google to postpone Monday's Android launch event.
However, with the megastorm moving its way up the eastern seaboard throughout the weekend and public transport services suspended in New York City, Google has decided it's better to be safe than sorry.
As yet, the company has not announced when the event will now take place. 🙁
So stay tuned. 🙂
Google just sent out a mysteriously cute invitation about an Android event happening on October 29th in New York. All the invitation says is 'The playground is open'. What does that mean?
The event will be streamed on YouTube.com/Android. Will this be something dealing with a Nexus phone? Another OS update? We'll find out at the end of the month. We'll take your guesses below. 🙂


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The laser etching used on many SMD parts can be very hard to read. For those that refuse to give up their secrets even under varied lighting and magnification, I have a trick that usually works quite well. All you need is a regular fluorescent highlighter pen and a UV light.
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Run the highlighter over the part, as if highlighting something on a page. Then, wipe off the surface with a dry wiper or swab.
The ink retained in the etching will fluoresce more than what remains on the surface, revealing the part number in (relatively) easy to read illuminated lettering. If you desire it, some isopropanol can clean off the ink, but it's probably not required.
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This has helped me in the past, I hope it can help someone else.
Show off I think you got busy with the tipex for those ones!Hello,
Can you read those?
It is the 555 and almost impossible to read even with my gooseneck LED magnifier. I've wiped them, wetted them, used the gooseneck plus another magnifying glass to increase the magnification, turned them all directions trying to get a good light angle on the markings and this beats them hands down for me using what I already have.Hello,
I also think it is the NE555.
Do you have a flatbed scanner?
I made a scan of two chip I had laying around:
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Can you read those?
I used to do that with Liquid Paper, but it's messy. If you see my post above, you'll see the method I replaced it with. More effective, less messy.For laser-etched markings, try smearing toothpaste or similar white goo over the surface. It fills the etch valleys and makes the marking distinct.
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You can get a cheap UV flashlight, it is also useful for curing UV adhesives and resins. Only a few dollars for a totally functional one.I don't have the UV lamp (haven't used an EPROM eraser since forever), but am adding it to the Wishlist now.
Glad it proved effective. I struggle with markings sometimes.Yaakov said:
Run the highlighter over the part, as if highlighting something on a page. Then, wipe off the surface with a dry wiper or swab. The ink retained in the etching will fluoresce
I just tore down several breadboards that had impossible to read chips. Did this and it works much easier and quicker than my photo and zoom method. I ran a yellow highlighter over them and didn't wipe them before flourescing. Works perfectly. Kudos to Yaakov!
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I just read New Learning Strategies for Generation X by Bettina Lankard. It is a 1997 ERIC Digest from the now defunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education. Despite the age, I still found it a good read.
Now the Gen X age group are professionals and many are teachers, I note the recent literature on generations has shifted to focus on teaching millennials.
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Generation X workers resent the labels that have been used to describe them: slackers, arrogant, disloyal, having short attention spans. In fact, these descriptions are less likely to reflect the behaviors of individuals in Generation X than the perceptions of managers who are not attuned to new ways of learning. This Digest investigates ways in which the learning characteristics of the young adults classified as Generation X reflect the need for the new teaching and learning strategies promoted by cognitive scientists, such as learning in context, cooperative learning, and real-world application of knowledge.


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The federal government is planning to introduce new behavior detection techniques at airport checkpoints as soon as next month, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Thursday.
TSA already has "behavior detection officers" at 161 airports nationwide looking for travelers exhibiting physiological or psychological signs that a traveler might be a terrorist. However, Pistole said TSA is preparing to move to an approach that employs more conversation with travelers—a method that has been employed with great success in Israel.
TAKE a look around you. The walls, the chair you're sitting in, your own body – they all seem real and solid. Yet there is a possibility that everything we see in the universe – including you and me – may be nothing more than a hologram.
It sounds preposterous, yet there is already some evidence that it may be true, and we could know for sure within a couple of years. If it does turn out to be the case, it would turn our common-sense conception of reality inside out.
The idea has a long history, stemming from an apparent paradox posed by Stephen Hawking's work in the 1970s. He discovered that black holes slowly radiate their mass away. This Hawking radiation appears to carry no information, however, raising the question of what happens to the information that described the original star once the black hole evaporates. It is a cornerstone of physics that information cannot be destroyed.
A molecular biologists has long believed that cancer results from chromosome disruption rather than a handful of gene mutations, which is the dominant theory today. That idea has led him to propose that cancers have actually evolved new chromosomal karyotypes that qualify them as autonomous species, akin to parasites and much different from their human hosts.
"Cancer is comparable to a bacterial level of complexity, but still autonomous, that is, it doesn't depend on other cells for survival; it doesn't follow orders like other cells in the body, and it can grow where, when and how it likes," said Duesberg. "That's what species are all about."
Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing software, it actually dates back almost as far as the invention of photography. Gathered below is an overview of some of the more notable instances of photo manipulation in history. For recent years, an exhaustive inventory of every photo manipulation would be nearly impossible, so we focus here on the instances that have been most controversial or notorious, or ones that raise the most interesting ethical questions.
If you fashion yourself as an audiophile and just threw down a decent wad of cash on a new A/V receiver, you probably won't like hearing that the receivers of yesteryear produce comparable sound. Why is that? Technological advancement, ironically.
Cnet's Steve Guttenberg sheds light on this interesting development that over the years, actual sound quality became a secondary selling point since most people started buying their equipment either online or from big box retailers. People started caring more about the number of connections and wireless interfaces and wattage of systems. As a result, there was less money in R&D budgets to spend on advancements in sound.
When you tweet–even if you tweet under a pseudonym–how much do you reveal about yourself? More than you realize, argues a new paper from researchers at the Mitre Corporation. The paper, "Discriminating Gender on Twitter," which is being presented this week at the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing in Scotland, demonstrates that machines can often figure out a person's gender on Twitter just by reading their tweets. And such knowledge is power: the findings could be useful to advertisers and others.
Anonymous tweeters may have just become a little less anonymous. Researchers have put together an algorithm that can predict the gender of a tweeter based solely on the 140 characters they choose to tweet. Of course, determining the gender of an Internet personality has its monetary benefits for Twitter. "Marketing is one of the major motivators here, adding that he had heard talk that Twitter was internally working on similar demographically identifying algorithms internally," linguist Delip Rao told Fast Company's David Zax. But it could also help identify phonies misrepresenting themselves. Like, say, older men pretending to be lesbian bloggers. Remember when the Gay Girl in Damascus revealed himself as a middle-aged man from Georgia?
An Australian designer has been forced to apologise for referencing the Holocaust in the name of one of its garments.
The "Belsen Was a Gas" military parka designed by Australian label Evil Twin, caused a furore among shoppers on the online retail website Buy Definition this week.
Shoppers condemned the label for "committing the sin of such hateful, shallow and selfish callousness".
◆ Atheist group sues over cross at Sept. 11 museumThe installation of a cross-shaped steel beam at the Sept. 11 memorial at ground zero is unconstitutional, a national atheist group argued in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, asking a judge to order it removed or request that other religions and nonreligious views be equally represented at the site.
◆ Woman allegedly pulls baby from stroller, slams him against truck – says she wants to eat baby's arm
A 36-year-old woman allegedly snatched an infant from his stroller and slammed him into the metal railing of a truck as his mother and aunt tried to fight her off, police said Wednesday.
The woman, Natasha Hubbard, later told police she wanted to eat the baby's arm. The baby suffered only minor injuries.
A clever crook, dressed as an armored truck guard, waltzed out of a Queens check-cashing joint last week with almost $15,000 in cash, cops said.
After stepping into Lorenzo's Enterprises on 31st St. in Astoria about 10:15 a.m. Friday, the disguised bandit said he was there for a pickup and was given the load of cash, police said.
The employees never suspected the man, who was clad in a GARDA Armored Courier uniform, was a thief.
It wasn't until a few hours later, when an actual guard from the same armored truck company arrived for the cash, that the workers realized they had been had, cops said.
Responding to reports of someone breaking into cars, officers had confronted Thomas, a transient well-known to merchants and officers in downtown Fullerton.
The Orange County Register reported that Thomas, who suffered from schizophrenia, began to struggle as officers tried to search him and that Thomas sustained head and neck injuries.
Thomas' father, a retired Orange County sheriff's deputy, has asserted that officers used excessive force to subdue his son, who was unarmed, slight and of medium height.
After seeing his son's injuries and talking with witnesses, Thomas told the Register his son "was brutally beaten to death."
"When I first walked into the hospital, I looked at what his mother described as my son … I didn't recognize him," Thomas said. "This is cold-blooded, aggravated murder."
A dozen police cars had been set on fire, which in turn set off their alarms, underscoring the angry shouts from a mob of five thousand understandably outraged gays. The police were running amuck in an orgy of indiscriminate sadism, swinging their clubs wildly and screaming profanity-laden homophobic epithets.I was struck with a nightstick on the outside of my right knee and I fell to the ground. Another cop came charging at me and made a threatening gesture with his billy club. When I tried to protect my head, he jabbed me viciously on the exposed right side of my chest. Oh, God, the pain! It felt like an electric cattle prod was stuck between my ribs.
Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. This is sensitive data that's worth protecting from prying eyes – including those of the government.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, and this protection extends to your computer and portable devices. But how does this work in the real world? What should you do if the police or other law enforcement officers show up at your door and want to search your computer?
EFF has designed this guide to help you understand your rights if officers try to search the data stored on your computer or portable electronic device, or seize it for further examination somewhere else.
Because anything you say can be used against you in a criminal or civil case, before speaking to any law enforcement official, you should consult with an attorney.
The rabidly politicized, mad-as-hell, accept-us-or-die quotient of gay Americans—at last count, somewhere between 97 to 99 percent of them—seem determined to prove that they can get just as offended as your average hillbilly breeder mountaineer, if not more so.
It's as if they're taking it to the streets, up into the hills, and down into the hollers to spread a simple message—"You think you can get offended, you stupid, hateful, one-toothed, inbred, Christ-worshiping rednecks? You ain't seen an uptight bunch of whiny wah-wah emotionally retarded walking fetuses until you've tangled with us!"
Scientists in South Korea have used a cloning technique to created a "glowing" dog, which they hope to use to investigate certain human diseases. The "glowing" effect in the two year old beagle named Tegon can be turned on and off with a doxycycline antibiotic.
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According to the latest daily statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion at the end of the day yesterday.
Apple's last earnings report (PDF here) showed that the company had $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June.
In other words, the world's largest tech company has more cash than the world's largest sovereign government.
◆ Damaged Nuclear Fuel Rod Stuck At Japanese Plant for 17 Years
A damaged nuclear fuel rod was stuck inside a reactor at Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant after an accident 17 years ago and is still there, the plant's operator said Thursday.
The operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., said experts were unable to remove the spent fuel rod from the plant, located 125 miles (200 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.
The rod was stored inside a special container in the spent fuel pool of a decommissioned reactor. The company sought help from domestic and foreign experts on how to safely extract it, but no solution was found so far.
Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik, Two hackers have found a way to unlock cars that use remote control and telemetry systems like BMW Assist, GM OnStar, Ford Sync, and Hyundai Blue Link. These systems communicate with the automaker's remote servers via standard standard mobile networks like GSM and CDMA — and with a clever bit of reverse engineering, the hackers were able to pose as these servers and communicate directly with a car's on-board computer via "war texting" — a riff on "war driving," the act of finding open wireless networks.
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LG Display is entering into a trial period as the company is said to be supplying Xiaomi with OLED displays and that those panels could be coming to the chaebol's own V30 this year, The Investor reports.
Sources to the publication claim that China's Xiaomi has been getting a limited number of panels since last year for the Mi Note 2. The company has bought OLED screens from Samsung and China's BOE for use in its Mi 5 and Redmi Pro (pictured above) phones.
LG Display has since been able to scale up its monthly lot totals to 22,000 units — with more factories soon to be online, that limit could rise up to 37,000. That will supposedly enough to provide stock for this year's Mi Note and the premium flagship V30.
LG has been spending billions of dollars in transitioning away from LCD tech to OLED displays with the hopes of competing against Samsung to garner a supply contract with Apple for future iPhones. Google is also said to be pursuing LG Display to work on a future Pixel phone.


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I try to keep my writing light and interesting, but sometimes I preach. Today is a preaching day because I came across a very alarming study yesterday…
According to this study, many parents spend less than 7 minutes a day in communication with their children. That is shocking, scary, and terribly alarming!!! 7 MINUTES!!! I spend more time in the washroom. And if, on average, men tend to communicate LESS than women, then this might be RED ALERT boys! Take us to Def-Con 2!
Now before you get your ginch in a pinch, I know we all lead busy lives. We work, we pay bills, we try to have a life. We rush our overscheduled children around from one activity to another (oh FYI, 'busyness' doesn't equal good parenting!) Who has time left to talk with their children? But WHAT??!??!?
There are 1440 minutes in a day – even if you take away the minutes spent at school and asleep, there are still a TON of prime minutes lost every day. What is QUALITY time to you? If life is where you put your attention, where is yours?
START in the MORNING! How different would your day be if someone lovingly stroked your head, whispered kind words, and spent 5 minutes gently rousing you from your slumber? All right, stop thinking THAT – ya dog… I'm not trying to be crude or silly. But indulge me for a second, try sitting on the edge of your child's bed as they sleep in the morning… collect the eyes before you connect… stop yelling, "TIME TO WAKE UP!!!" — I am not a crazy person, I know mornings are chaotic, but try this for one week and you will be amazed.
ZIP YOUR LIPS! I know I am saying TALK but sometimes we, as parents (and dads), need to just listen. True communication is 2 people talking and actively listening to each other. As men, this is not always our strongest suit. Try looking at your child (or partner) right in the eyes when they are speaking and really focus on their words and body language. Teach your children how to listen by showing them how you listen to them. As men, we are also programmed to fix problems. We listen (at first), assess, and then wait for our moment to dispense our incredibly brilliant solution. Sometimes we just need to listen and zip it –especially in the teen years. Trust me. Be present and quiet, and they will keep talking and sharing…
SPEAK WITH not AT! I will pose my final point as a series of questions, answer these questions honestly, and the path to the magic kingdom of true connections awaits…
- Do you speak WITH your children or simply AT your children?
- How much is one-way directive, monologue communication? ("Clean your room! Take out the garage! How many times I have told you to…) – YUCK!
- How much communication in your home is in response to conflict? *30%? 50%? 80%? 99%?
- How completely do you listen to your child's opinions and feelings? How often do you seek out your child's opinion?
- How much time do you spend in meaningful dialogue with you child / children? 5 minutes? 7? 20? 60?
If you answered honestly (and poorly) above, fear not… here are some simple ideas for you…
- Ask more open-ended questions – Questions that can't be answered with a yes or a no. "What do you think…" "WHY do you think…" "What would happen if…"
- Stop using the excuse that 'my kids don't talk' – How was your day – FINE – What did you do? NOTHING. Simply ASK BETTER QUESTIONS!! Turn judgments into curiosity!
- Follow your child's lead and interests: "Tell me more about FACEBOOK…" – What makes the Wii better than an Xbox?
Frankly, I was startled by the 7 minute notion and I want to enlighten (scare) you and force you to think about the day-to-day life within your own family.
We can ALL spend more time talking with our children. We can always up the quality minutes – what is the minimum we should shoot for? 20 minutes? 30? 80? Whatever your number is now, increase it – double it!!! 'Talk' about a WIN-WIN-WIN situation for you, your child, and your family life. For every minute spent in meaningful dialogue with your child, their attachment to you grows exponentially.
PICK YOUR TIMES — Set aside time just to listen and get to know your child. While driving to and from activities maybe a hidden gem for quality time, family meal times and bedtime remain the best times for connecting. INSIST on Family Meal Times – buck the drive-thru trend! And then read, snuggle, and connect with your children before they close their eyes…
Too often, we choose to make other activities in our lives a higher priority, leaving parenting to the daycare centers, schools and activity leaders. Parenting is a privilege. Make it your first priority. Turn off your computer, put your Smartphone down, and go engage your kids in something fun!
Remember, kids spell LOVE = T-I-M-E!
How many minutes do you spend communicating with your children? Please brag or confess… how would your kids rank you? I will jump off my soapbox now, but I hope this starts the dialogue…
Until next time…


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Supported Housing
North Lincolnshire Council's First Stop service provides access to supported housing for single homeless people or those at risk of becoming homeless. The service works together with probation, social services, drug and alcohol services, prisons, police, mental health services, and many more. Supported Housing is temporary accommodation and is available for anyone aged 18 years and over.
The main aim of Supported Housing is to provide good quality housing related support to vulnerable people, to enable them to live independently in the future and sustain their own tenancies.
To access this service please liaise with your support worker as self referrals are not accepted.
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Floating Housing Related Support
North Lincolnshire Council's First Stop Service provides a single referral access point for housing related support.
Support is available to those who already have housing and require help to sustain their tenancy or to those who require help to find suitable housing.
The main aim of Floating Support is to provide good quality housing related support to vulnerable people, to enable them to sustain their own tenancies.
To access this service please complete a Floating Support Referral Form[DOC, 356Kb].
If you have health problems, a disability or you are an older person and struggling to manage your property please contact Adult Services.
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Sheltered housing is designed for older people. The accommodation is fitted with emergency pull cords connected to a 24 hour call centre that will provide help in the event of an emergency.
Sheltered housing is usually available to people over the age of 60, however, can be made available to people who are younger with special housing needs.
Tenants of sheltered housing can have visits from a support worker to help them with any housing or tenancy related issues.
There are a number of sheltered and supported housing schemes in North Lincolnshire available through various housing associations. For details about specific sheltered or supported schemes, please contact individual housing associations.
Many of the sheltered housing schemes are now advertised on HomeChoiceLincs. You will need to register with HomeChoiceLincs to apply for these.
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We offer a brand new luxurious and immaculately finished studio for two within a luxurious five star hotel and spa complex located directly on the black sea coast amongst 14 acres of natural parkland. The hotel is a flagship, one of a kind complex with designer boutiques and five star service. The Health and wellness centre is a Royal Heritage Spa owned and managed by the Indonesian Royal family and offering the best relaxation and treatments available. The site boasts the largest outdoor swimming in Bulgaria is heated and is a masssive 26,000 sq ft! The Indoor pool is 22m long and offers year round enjoyment. The resort offers six restaurants and three bars. The open sea Piano bar offers marvelous panoramic views of the Black sea and the ancient city of Nessebar.
A two minute walk from the resort lies the town of Ravda, traditionally Bulagrain in its architecture and services, it offers a true taste of the Bulgarian landscape. The Bulgarian people are very kind, generous and humble and are incredibly proud of their heritage and the chance to share it with visitors. The main avenue and square hosts a multitude of taverns and restaurants all with impeccable service and prices. The streets are scattered in the evening with Bulgarian stalls selling handmade crafts and wares.
Will and I live in rural Cheshire in England with our two daughters.
Both of us work; Will is in production and I am a procurement manager for the Department of Health and civil service.
We love to travel and particularly dream about our next trip back to the states.
We have great pride in our new studio and have fallen for the charm of Bulgaria. We are very confident that you will love it!
Ravda is less than 15 km from Bourgas Airport and only 5km from Sunny Beach. It is known as a family resort due to its relaxing atmosphere, healthy climate, fine golden sand and clean water. The resort is right on the beach on its own penisula away from busy and noisy roads; it is a true retreat in which to relax.
A few minutes drive from Ravda is the ancient city of Nessebar. It is located on a small peninsula in the Black Sea wich is linked with the land only by a long and narrow isthmus. It has existed for more than 9,000 years. It emerged as a fortified Thracian settlement; afterwards it was a Greek polis, then a Roman colony. Has 2 parts - the Old Town abd the New Town.
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"Since 2008, a total of more than $28 billion has been sent to farmers for policies theyThe same tactic is used by all supporters of federal expenditures on a totally nonpartisan basis. Conservatives who support a "strong defense" do it, liberals who support food stamps do it, President Obama does it, President Bush did it, Rep. Ryan does it, even fiscal hawks do it when it comes to their pet program, they all "do it", but Billie Holliday isn't singing about it.
purchased. Federal investment in crop insurance, during that same period, was reduced
by more than $12 billion."
What's "it"? Extrapolate from the past policy to establish the baseline for determining what the "cut" or "reduction" is, and fail to acknowledge automatic sources of growth. In other words, the second sentence in the quote should, if the author was intellectually honest, read something like this:
"Although changes in policy have reduced Federal investment in crop insurance, during that same period, by x billion dollars, because of increased crop prices and acreages the total Federal investment has grown by y billion dollars."
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Wake Forest will be looking for more spunk and determination Sunday at Clemson.
Those elements haven't been totally evident recently.
"I wanted guys in there who would battle," coach Danny Manning said, referring to making wholesale changes to the lineup combination in Wednesday night's loss to No. 15 Louisville.
That second-half move came as a result of several factors that stemmed from much earlier.
"I didn't like the way we started the game," Manning said.
The finish wasn't notably better. The Demon Deacons have suffered half of their 12 defeats by 16-point margins or larger.
There needs to be an infusion of energy, the players said.
"We don't have a choice," forward Jaylen Hoard said. "We're rock bottom right now."
Wake Forest has lost four games in row.
Clemson is aiming for its first two-game winning streak since December.
Who: Wake Forest (8-12, 1-7) at Clemson (12-8, 2-5)
When: Noon Sunday (ESPNU)
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My kids have learned to try new things because I have made a promise to them and they trust I will keep it. "Mommy would never make you eat something that wasn't yummy." When I remind them of the promise, 10 out of 10 times they will try the food I want them to try, and 8 out of 10 times, I get this response, "THIS IS AWESOME!"
But with the baby, and the fact she is my third, I have learned to introduce things MUCH earlier! So this summers treat for her was grilled corn on the cob, Daddy- style! Super simple and so healthy!
Step 1: Soak corn in water for a few hours (with husks on and intact).
Step 2: Put them on a hot grill (will have to check with Daddy for temp and time…this is his deal)
Step 3: Rotate them 2 times. Take them off after 10 minutes.
Step 4: Put them in a cooler to cool down.
Step 5: Peel back, eat and enjoy!
Super simple and so easy (as long as you know how to work the grill! Here in Florida, the summer isn't over yet, so why not try this. It is great on a night where you can enjoy the weather and eat outside. It's kind of messy so this is a porch thing. Once you try this, you will never cook corn any other way!


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Armed with this industrial heritage, BePharBel Manufacturing has set itself the mission of developing and manufacturing innovative pharmaceutical and para-pharmaceutical products. All our production meets the most stringent and most regulated European standards (EU G.M.P.).
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BePharBel Manufacturing also uses all its expertise in developing and manufacturing medicines intended for local populations in Africa to treat malaria.
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BePharBel Manufacturing also makes its expertise and modern resources available to third parties (private or university research and development centres and pharmaceutical laboratories) who wish to sub-contract the development and/or production of pharmaceutical and para-pharmaceutical products in total safety. The comprehensive range of industrial tools that BePharBel Manufacturing possesses makes it possible to handle varied galenic forms (solids, liquids or pastes), whether sterile or non-sterile.
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My spouse controls all of our finances. I don't know what our monthly income is or what assets we have. I feel helpless. Do I need to know this information before I file for divorce?
No; however, the more information you can arm yourself with, the better off you and your attorney will be. There are ways this information can be obtained during the divorce process, so don't be too distraught if you can't get all of it. Before asking your spouse this information, consult with a divorce attorney and get a plan in place. A lot of spouses get "tipped off" that the other spouse is planning on filing for divorce if they start getting asked common questions about family finances during a period of ongoing marital tension.
Since I don't know anything about our finances, I'm afraid that once I file for divorce, my spouse will retaliate and liquidate our accounts. Can this happen?
It can happen and it is a good reason why it is so important for you to get a plan in place with your divorce attorney before you file a petition for divorce. Things can be done to prevent, to a certain extent, this type of a property division scenario from happening. At a minimum, Dallas County and most surrounding counties have put in place what is referred to as a "standing order" that prohibits a spouse from liquidating accounts when a divorce case is filed. This order still allows for reasonable and necessary living expenditures and attorneys fees to be paid. Your divorce attorney should discuss these legal issues with you, including risks and likelihood of your spouse's financial retaliation to your divorce filing.
The more information you can arm yourself with, the better off you and your attorney will be.
I'm worried that because I have been in the dark about our finances that my spouse will try to hide assets from me. Can anything be done to find these hidden assets?
Yes. There is a multitude of techniques that can be employed depending on your current budget and what information you do possess. Sometimes it is as simple as getting your spouse's employment records and tax returns to first determine income, and then correlate those records with the money that has been paid out by examining the checking account statements. Other times, it can get more extensive, including the hiring of a private investigator or forensic accountant to review financial records and trace where funds are coming from and where they are going to, including such exotic outlets as offshore banking accounts. You and your attorney should discuss the costs involved as well as the likelihood, based on the information you do have, as to whether these assets exist.
My spouse told me recently that we don't have money for things we have easily paid for in the past; therefore, I think he might be hiding funds in case I file for divorce. Then again, what if this money isn't hidden? What if it's instead being used for an affair?
If any of these scenarios are proven, you may have what is called a "waste claim." If a spouse "wastes" community funds by gambling, excessive spending, excessive credit card debt, gifts to a paramour, etc., the Court can consider these in a claim of "waste" by the other spouse. The Texas Family Code provides remedy for these issues and if you are able to prove your spouse has wasted community assets in ways not in the best interest of your family, the court can "reconstitute" the estate in an attempt to make up for your spouse's bad/wasteful behavior by awarding you a larger share of the current marital assets or a judgment against your spouse.
I heard that Texas is not an alimony state. Is this true?
No. The Texas Family Code provides for spousal support to be awarded to a spouse if your facts and circumstances meet the requirements as set forth in the code. Further, you and your spouse may agree to contractual alimony depending on the division of your marital property and assets.
I've been the primary caregiver for our children and I've heard that my spouse will get every other weekend with them. Is this true? My spouse hasn't taken care of the children for an overnight period alone since they were born and I'm worried.
Not exactly. Texas law has what is called a "standard possession order" that allows for a parent to have visitation on the first, third, and fifth weekend of every month (as well as additional time throughout the year that I won't go into here). Although this is considered the standard for Texas Courts, the Court can award a different schedule based on the facts and circumstances of your case. Therefore, it is imperative that you get with an attorney to discuss what sort of child custody schedule or visitation schedule would be workable and appropriate for your family. Also, the Court can order a parent to attend parenting classes or require supervised visitation, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case, if it is deemed necessary for the safety of the child.
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