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When it comes to "Madden," frustrated gamers are accusing EA Sports of completely dropping the ball.
On Thursday, #EndMaddenMonopoly began trending on Twitter as fans of the NFL simulation video game continued to express their displeasure with the latest installment, "Madden NFL 21." It's the second time since the game's release that angry fans have taken to Twitter over the game. Earlier this week, #NFLDropEA briefly gained traction on the social media platform.
The game, which hit shelves on August 28, received a lukewarm reception from critics, garnering a 63 rating on Metacritic, a website that aggregates reviews from around the internet. Fan reviews, which are also featured on Metacritic, have been even worse, with "Madden NFL 21" scoring a franchise-worst 0.3 out of 10.
The primary complaints from fans this time around are that "Madden NFL 21" feels like nothing more than a $60 roster update and that EA Sports did not do enough to bolster franchise mode, instead opting to focus on monetizing the game via microtransactions in "The Yard" and "Madden Ultimate Team" modes.
5 years and the same Superbowl celebration. And they wonder why people are sick of this game, it's copy and pasted with updated rosters that aren't even as good as the ones that you can just find on OperationSports. @NFL #EndMaddenMonopoly pic.twitter.com/D1SJmg3rVg— Josh Taylor (@MrBillyVegas) September 3, 2020
In addition to the furor surrounding microtransactions — an industry pain point/debate that has existed for the gaming community for years — players have been sharing various glitches and errors they have experienced while playing the game. It's worth noting that at and shortly after launch, games often have bugs that developers are able to patch and fix via software updates.
Madden 21 needs to fix plays like this. So unrealistic. I don't even enjoy scoring like this because it doesn't even take skill #endmaddenmonopoly pic.twitter.com/B4swN9YqbO— Harrison (@Harriso69071270) September 3, 2020
In response to the complaints, EA Sports released an outline of three planned updates, specifically targeting franchise mode, that are expected to roll out in the coming months.
🚨 Franchise Updates coming to #Madden21— Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL) September 3, 2020
In the statement, EA thanked fans for their "passion and feedback for Madden NFL."
The history of 'Madden' competitors — or lack thereof
The #EndMaddenMonopoly movement comes 16 years after EA Sports signed an exclusive agreement with the NFL to feature team logos as well as players' names and likenesses. Fans have accused EA Sports of becoming lazy and complacent since it has been the only video game publisher with NFL rights.
Prior to the 2004 deal, EA Sports and "Madden" faced competition from various other developers, most notably Sega Sports and Visual Concepts's "NFL 2K" franchise. 2K's last installment prior to the NFL-EA Sports pact was "NFL 2K5," which is still widely regarded as one of the best simulation football games of all time.
In fact, in 2004, the aggressive $20 "NFL 2K5" price point forced EA Sports' hand and the company dropped the cost of "Madden 2005" from the then-industry standard $50 to $30 to compete. "Madden 2005" also introduced the "Hit Stick," which has become a staple of the game since its inception.
There is some hope for exhausted gamers, however.
Despite EA Sports reaching an extension with the NFL on simulation exclusivity through the 2025 season, 2K and the NFL Players' Association agreed to a deal allowing names and likenesses to appear in an arcade-style football video game, which is set to release in 2021.
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'For the Love of Journalism' Is No Longer Enough: Why Hoda Kotb Should Demand What She's Worth
Part of me doesn't blame Kotb for not negotiating a higher salary, if that was the case. Clearly I've fallen into the same trap.
"So, does the job come with clothing and makeup allowances?" No.
"I was looking for a salary around the $40K range." Not in the budget.
"Possibly a moving fee and a bonus to get me started?" We'll reimburse you later.
"Thank you, I'll take it. I'm just happy to be considered for the job."
My third television market and I was duped yet again. Desperate to get through my first two weeks in the newsroom, not because I was anxious to check my effect on the overnight Nielsen ratings or explore my new city, but because I had a negative $450 balance in my checking account thanks to moving expenses, choosing food for my dogs over myself, and attempting to buy clothes from an actual department store and not Goodwill. Not that I have a problem with thrifting, which thankfully has become somewhat of a trend now, but I would be mortified if one of the viewers saw me wearing a red blazer with a pink blush blouse they had recently donated to a local store.
For the first six years of my TV news career I was flat broke. I was ashamed to make phone calls to my mother and father asking yet again for help with rent, lights, dog food, or groceries. I was dodging phone calls from Navient because I couldn't pay back my student loans. My car note was two months behind. I lied to the lender about where the car was kept, and purposefully kept it registered to my parents' address so the bank couldn't find me or the car. I pretended to love ramen noodles, and would purchase warm Red Bull at the dollar store because it was cheaper that way. After a day in the freezer, it would taste like heaven.
I was the epitome of a struggling journalist. This is the way it is supposed to be, I thought. Once I made it to a decent salary, I would remember the "good ole days" of fishing thrift store bins for blazers that didn't smell like moth balls, like the previously poor journalists who came before me. It was like being part of some exclusive club.
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But as last week's bombshell report on newly minted Today show co-host Hoda Kotb's new salary shows, it's possible we may never receive what we have deserved all along unless we start asking for it, even if that means we might be out of a dream job.
We learned last week that Hoda Kotb would replace Matt Lauer as co-host of NBC's widely popular morning show after Lauer was fired amid sexual harassment allegations. When news of Kotb's new job title splashed all over social media, young journalists everywhere started sharing memories they'd had with the popular host. Nearly every post seemed to offer the same story that Hoda tells often: how she struggled to get a job; how she drove city to city in search of a news director who would just take a look at her tape. She eventually landed that job in Greenville, Mississippi, making $12,000 a year. As she details in her book, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee, she was just happy for the opportunity to get into the business.
But now that her time had come, it all finally made sense. The minimum wage, Goodwill pants and shoes, calls back to Mom, and the desperate dates you went on only for the food—all of it would be worth it because one day, you could make it to Today and finally get what you're worth.
Or will you?
As soon as the Today show made "herstory" by having two women front the show, questions immediately rose about the new host's pay. Journalists in her corner expected her salary to be comparable to her predecessor, who allegedly earned some $25 million a year. But, according to Page Six, it's not. In fact, that same article implies that Savannah Guthrie and Kotb's supposed salaries of $7 million each still won't touch Lauer's rumored $25 million.
I couldn't help but scream in my newsroom as I read the article exploding over the internet.
While NBC wouldn't comment on compensation, Kotb did say in an article with People magazine when asked if she would get the same salary as Lauer: "The answer is no, that's not happening," said Kotb. "For either of us," added Guthrie. Kotb goes on to say "I think the whole money thing for me, I've always been sort of—I know it sounds ridiculous that I'm going to say this, but I really have done jobs I liked for the job I liked because I never wanted to be happy every other Friday on pay day. Like, I didn't want that to be the happy day. I wanted to feel good throughout. So no, I'm not making Matt Lauer money. Not even close."
My heart sank when I thought NBC screwed the woman who swept in to save the network from a public relations nightmare. It sank even lower when I learned she apparently didn't fight for what she was worth or even for a number close to that figure. I wasn't alone. As soon as the Page Six article spread across social media, those cheers for Kotb turned into jeers for NBC. "Gender Pay Disparity!" "How could they not pay her the same as Lauer?" "We should boycott!" Personally, I wanted to know how she could allow them to pay her below what she is worth? How long do we have to continue to "do journalism for the love?" And if it never gets any better, why do we continue to trick ourselves into justifying unjust pay throughout our careers? When is enough enough?
My first job paid me $25,000 per year. While I was given three titles of anchor, producer, and reporter—and eventually became producer over another show that was added on—I was one of the least paid and appreciated. I fell into a stereotype most Black women fall into: "Keep your head down, be the first to arrive and last to leave and soon your hard work would pay off." For centuries, women of color have been the backbone of society—keeping things upright and in position in order for it to function correctly. The same can be said behind the scene in TV newsrooms. Some of the most thought-provoking, innovative women I know in TV are women of color. They can find the root of a story behind any issue and present it to the world with a perfectly wrapped Emmy-worthy bow. But the story behind their success always seems to have an added struggle, one that isn't shared with white journalists. TV news has yet to normalize people of color or women-led newsrooms. So we have to find ways to set ourselves apart, hoping to land one of the two or three spots made available for journalists of color. For me, that made my excessive role and 16 hour days in a newsroom with only three reporters of color (and no producers of color, mind you) an honor. I was just "happy to have been considered for the role," though I knew I deserved much more and was worth much more.
Part of me doesn't blame Kotb for not negotiating a higher salary, if that was the case. Clearly I've fallen into the same trap. I partly blame those who came before us. The "mentors" who planted seeds of "being happy you were even considered for the job." They made us believe that if we asked for more, we'd become problematic and unable to find future employment. "Take what you can and deal. Be happy with it," they'd say. Those mentors always told us the "money will come," and eventually we'll get what we're worth.
Excuse me, but Kotb's worth exceeds $7 million per year.
Kotb, who has put her life in danger reporting in multiple war zones, covered Hurricane Katrina, co-hosted the 10 o'clock hour, and who was already a familiar and well-liked face on Today thanks to filling in as host when Guthrie or Lauer stepped away, shouldn't have had to demand what she was worth. The show saw a ratings hike when she took over the desk. She's proven she can captivate an audience. And, clearly they have the money to pay her. (I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when Megyn Kelly's lawyers landed her a supposedly $20 million contract for a show format she has never done before.)
So who's to blame?
I can admit, I am part of the problem. I mentor many young women of color, including journalists and entrepreneurs who are learning to operate within the television realm. One mentee recently asked for help as she was weighing her options for job offers. She turned down several television stations because they refused to meet her salary demands. Without thinking, I told her she should be lucky she's getting such good offers and shouldn't put a focus on a number because eventually the money will come. She must pay her dues.
While companies who allow the gender wage gap to grow need to be held accountable, so do the mentors who guide young women down a path that may never bring them the salaries they deserve. Women like Kotb and honestly, like me, continue to make it harder by not asking for more. Women, especially women of color, have always taken what we could get because we couldn't get much. But, times are changing. Women are recognizing we add much more value to companies than companies are willing to pay us for, and it's past due time for news executives to recognize our worth. And for women journalists everywhere, we all must commit to never settling for less.
Days before Kotb's announcement, Catt Sadler announced she would leave a dream job of 12 years at E! News. She had taken on much more responsibility at the network and was in the middle of contract negotiations when she says she learned her co-host and friend Jason Kennedy was not only making double her salary, but has been making double her salary for the past several years at the network. Sadler demanded equal pay. The network refused, so Sadler left the job.
That's the reality of women journalists and the reason why our predecessors have told us to keep quiet and be happy with what we have. There's a fear there, a fear that asking for what we're worth would cause a stir. We walk into boardrooms making our demand in pay, but in the back of our minds there is a lingering fear that in making those demands, we are putting our job on the line. What happens when our demands aren't met? Do we walk away or do we stand firm? Will they buckle and finally pay us what we're worth? Maybe, but maybe not.
In the case of Hoda Kotb, I guess we will never know. She's just happy to be considered for the role.
Editor's note: The author of this article writes under a pen name to keep her broadcast career separate from her freelance writing.

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Accumulated Income Payment
"Accumulated Income Payment" or "AIP" means any amounts paid out of the Heritage Plans other than:
(i) Educational Assistance Payments;
(ii) refund of contributions to a subscriber;
(iii) the repayment of CESG, CLB, QESI, ACES and SAGES;
(iv) the payment to, or to a trust in favour of, a Designated Educational Institution; and
(v) a payment to a trust holding property for another RESP.
"ACES" stands for the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Grant, which was the grant from the Government of Alberta with the cumulative lifetime maximum of $800 per eligible beneficiary, which was discontinued effective July 31, 2015.
Account Maintenance Fee
"Account Maintenance Fee" means the annual fee paid to the Heritage Educational Foundation under the Heritage Plans to reimburse it for its expenses.
Additional CESG
"Additional CESG" stands for the additional Canada Education Savings Grant available to qualifying families. The amount of Additional CESG is up to 20% annually on the first $500 of contributions to a Registered Education Savings Plan.
Additional QESI
"Additional QESI" stands for the additional Quebec Education Savings Incentive available to qualifying families. The amount of Additional QESI is up to 10% annually on the first $500 of contributions to a Registered Education Savings Plan.
"Application" means the Education Savings Plan Enrollment Application for enrollment in the Heritage Plans and, if applicable, the Notice of Transfer to Self-Determined Option for enrollment in the Self- Determined Plan.
"Attrition" means the decrease in the number of the beneficiaries in the same beneficiary group due to failure to fulfill financial and educational commitments to the plan.
Basic CESG
"Basic CESG" stands for the Canada Education Savings Grant of up to 20% annually on up to $2,500 of contributions to a Registered Education Savings Plan.
Basic QESI
"Basic QESI" stands for the Quebec Education Savings Incentive of up to 10% annually on up to $2,500 of contributions to a Registered Education Savings Plan.
"Beneficiary" means the child nominated and enrolled in the Heritage Plans, or any individual substituted for that child, to whom Educational Assistance Payments will be paid provided that he or she will be eligible to receive such payments.
"CESG" stands for the Canada Education Savings Grant which is the grant from the Government of Canada with the cumulative lifetime maximum of $7,200 per eligible beneficiary.
"CLB" stands for the Canada Learning Bond which is the grant from the Government of Canada with the cumulative lifetime maximum of $2,000 per eligible beneficiary.
"Contract" means the particular Education Savings Plan entered into by the subscriber.
"Contributions" means the funds contributed by the subscriber under an Education Savings Plan on behalf of a beneficiary, less Insurance Premiums, which funds are contributed to the Heritage Plans and become eligible for the government grants, but shall not include any amounts paid into the plan under or because of:
(i) the Canada Education Savings Act or a Designated Provincial Program, or
(ii) any other program that has a similar purpose to a Designated Provincial Program and that is funded, directly or indirectly, by a province (other than an amount paid into the plan by a public primary caregiver in its capacity as a subscriber).
Contribution Schedule
"Contribution Schedule" means the schedule(s) contained in this prospectus setting out the required contributions under the Heritage Plans.
Contributions Less Fees
"Contributions less fees" means the amount contributed in the Deposit Account, after the deduction of the sales charges, the account maintenance fee and the insurance premiums, if applicable, and does not include Income earned on such amount.
"CRA" stands for the Canada Revenue Agency.
Deposit Account
"Deposit Account" means the account established by the Trustee in which the subscriber's contributions (less sales charges and Insurance Premiums, if applicable) and government grants are placed and in which Income is earned.
"Depository" means The Bank of Nova Scotia or its successor which is responsible for receiving contributions, deducting Insurance premiums and sales charges, remitting the balance to the Trustee and receiving principal from the Trustee upon or after the maturity date.
Designated Educational Institution
"Designated Educational Institution" means an institution which complies with Section 118.6(1)(a)(I) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Designated Provincial Program
"Designated Provincial Program" means:
(i) a program administered pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 12 of the Canada Education Savings Act, or
(ii) a program established under the laws of a province to encourage the financing of children's post-secondary education through savings in registered education savings plans.
"Distributor" means Knowledge First Financial Inc., the corporation which offers enrollment in the Heritage Plans to subscribers.
EAP Account
"EAP Account" means the separate account maintained by the Trustee, constituted of Income at the Maturity Date from the subscribers (including a portion of the Income of those who have withdrawn from the plan), together with CESG, CLB, QESI, ACES and SAGES, allocated according to the beneficiary groups with respect to beneficiaries where the Self-Determined Option has not been selected.
Educational Assistance Payment
"Educational Assistance Payment" or "EAP" means the amount determined by the Foundation to be paid out of the Heritage Plans to eligible beneficiaries who attend a Recognized Institution in the Year of Eligibility and according to the pay-out option selected by the subscriber prior to the maturity date.
Education Savings Plan
"Education Savings Plan" means a Contract made between an individual (or an individual and the spouse of the individual) and the Foundation under which the Foundation agrees to issue EAPs.
"ESDC" means the Employment and Social Development Canada.
"Foundation" means the Heritage Educational Foundation.
Good Standing
"Good Standing" means, in respect of a plan, that all contributions have been remitted and all applicable fees have been collected.
Group Plan
"Group Plan" means the contractual arrangement between the Foundation and the subscriber which applies until the time of transfer, if any, to the self- determined plan.
Group Plan Trust
"Group Plan Trust" means the trust governed by terms of the Group Plan and the Self-Determined Plan.
Heritage Plans
"Heritage Plans" means the Group Plan and, where the Self-Determined Option is chosen, the Self-Determined Plan.
"Income" has the same meaning as Earnings.
Insurance Premiums
"Insurance Premiums" means the premiums for insurance, if obtained by the subscriber, which are deducted from contributions.
Interest Adjustment
"Interest Adjustment" is an amount calculated (and based on the rate of interest actually credited monthly to subscribers' accounts of interest earned) so as to ensure that a subscriber's plan earns approximately the same amount at maturity as other subscribers with beneficiaries in the same beneficiary group after the change to the subscriber's plan is made.
"IRC" stands for the Independent Review Committee which is a committee whose role is to oversee all decisions involving an actual or perceived conflict between the interests of the Foundation or Distributor, on the one hand, and the interests of the Plans, on the other.
Maturity Date
"Maturity Date" means the date on which the plan matures. In general, it is in the year your beneficiary is expected to enroll in their first year of post-secondary education.
Operating Account
"Operating Account" is an operating account maintained by the Foundation to pay the costs of the Foundation. The Operating Account is comprised of the depository fee and the administration fee.
Permitted Purposes
"Permitted Purposes" means:
(i) Educational Assistance Payments;
(ii) return of contributions to a subscriber;
(iii) payment to a Designated Educational Institution;
(iv) payment to a trust holding property for another RESP;
(v) trustee and administrative fees relating to the operation of the Plans;
(vi) the payment of CESG, CLB, ACES and SAGES pursuant to the Canada Education Savings Act; and the payment of QESI pursuant to the provisions set out by Revenu Québec;
(vii) Accumulated Income Payments.
"Plan" means each individual Plan of each particular subscriber.
"Plans" means the Heritage Plans that provide funding for a beneficiary's post-secondary education.
"PPNs" means principal protected notes.
Public Primary Caregiver
"Public Primary Caregiver" of a beneficiary means the department, agency or institution that maintains the beneficiary or the public trustee or public curator of the province in which the beneficiary resides, including any such department, agency, institution, public trustee or public curator that has been substituted for the foregoing in accordance with the Canada Education Savings Act.
"QESI" stands for the Quebec Education Savings grant which is the grant from the Government of Quebec with the cumulative lifetime maximum of $3,600 per eligible beneficiary.
Recognized Institution
"Recognized Institution" means:
(i) an educational institution in Canada described insection (a) of the definition "Designated Educational Institution" in subsection 118.6(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada); or
(ii) an educational institution outside Canada that is a university, college or other educational institution that provides courses at a post-secondary school level in which a Beneficiary is enrolled in a course of not less than 13 consecutive weeks leading to a degree.
"RESP" stands for Registered Education Savings Plan which is an education savings plan registered for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
"RRSP" stands for Registered Retirement Savings Plan which is a retirement savings plan registered for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Sales Charge
"Sales Charge" means, in the case of enrollment in the Heritage Plans, the $100 per Unit fee deducted from contributions by the Depository which is a commission to the Distributor for its distribution services.
Scholarship Committee
"Scholarship Committee" means the committee established by the Board of Directors of the Foundation to make decisions concerning eligibility, Recognized Institutions and other matters.
Scholarship Option
"Scholarship Option" means the option chosen which entitles the beneficiary to eligibility for one, two or three Educational Assistance Payments from the EAP Account.
Self-Determined Account
"Self-Determined Account" means, with respect to subscribers who have enrolled in the Heritage Plans and selected the Self-Determined Plan, each individual account established by the Trustee to hold funds of the Self-Determined Plan Trust into which contribution less fees, Income, CESG, CLB, QESI, ACES and SAGES are directed on the Maturity Date and into which contributions made after the Maturity Date are directed.
Self-Determined Option
"Self-Determined Option" means the option that may be selected by a subscriber not earlier than 180 days before and not later than the maturity date to transfer from the group plan to the self-determined plan on the maturity date, permitting additional contributions to be made up to and including the 31st year following the year the subscriber's plan was entered into (the 35th such year if the plan is a Specified Plan) and providing for the return to the subscriber of contribution less fees and payment to the beneficiary of Income earned in the subscriber's particular plan at any time after the beneficiary is in attendance at a qualifying program (together with applicable government grants) and permitting AIP withdrawals. This is the option that will be automatically deemed selected by a subscriber enrolled in the Heritage Plans if the Scholarship Option is not chosen.
Self-Determined Plan
"Self-Determined Plan" means the contractual arrangement between the Heritage Educational Foundation and the subscriber which applies following a transfer by the subscriber from the Group Plan to the Self-Determined Plan following selection of the Self- Determined Option prior to maturity.
Self-Determined Plan Trust
"Self-Determined Plan Trust" means the trust governed by the terms of the Self-Determined Plan and the Group Plan.
Specified Plan
"Specified Plan" means an RESP:
(i) that does not allow more than one beneficiary at any one time;
(ii) under which the beneficiary is entitled to a disability tax credit under section 118.3 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in the 31st year after the RESP was entered into; and
(iii) that provides that, at all times following the 35th year after the RESP was entered into, no other individual may be designated as a beneficiary under the RESP.
"Spouse" includes a common-law partner as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
"Subscriber" means a person who has signed the Application, is responsible for the required contributions, and whose Application has been accepted by the Foundation and includes
(i) a person who is a spouse of an existing subscriber (as recognized under applicable law) and a joint subscriber and
(ii) upon notice given to the Foundation (a) a person who acquired a subscriber's rights under the plan pursuant to a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal, or under a written agreement, relating to a division of property between that person and the subscriber in settlement of rights arising out of, or on the breakdown of, their marriage or common law partnership; (b) after the death of a subscriber, the estate of the subscriber or any other person who makes contributions to the plan in respect of the beneficiary; or (c) the Public Primary Caregiver (and any person who has acquired the Public Primary Caregiver's Rights in accordance with the Canada Education Savings Act). It is a requirement under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that both such individuals be spouses of each other.
Trust Indenture
"Trust Indenture" means the trust indenture, as amended, entered into between the Trustee and the Foundation establishing the terms of maintenance and investment of principal and the payment of EAPs and AIPs and the general terms of the group plan trust and the self-determined plan trust.
"Trustee" means RBC Investor Services Trust or its successors responsible for the custody of principal, Income, CESG, CLB, QESI, ACES, and SAGES, maintaining and investing such funds (as directed by the Foundation) and remitting such funds to the Foundation to enable it to pay EAPs and AIPs.
"Units" are a measure of a subscriber's interest in the underlying investment pool. Unit Contribution amounts are designed (assuming all are made in accordance with the Contribution Schedule) such that an approximately equal amount of accumulated Income per Unit is expected to be earned at maturity. Units in the Group Plan are obtained upon enrollment of a beneficiary. A fraction of a Unit may be issued.
Variable Rate Securities
"Variable Rate Securities" means index linked or other variable rate debt securities issued or guaranteed by the federal or provincial governments.
Year of Eligibility
"Year of Eligibility" means the year when a beneficiary whose subscriber is enrolled in the group plan and has not selected the self-determined option becomes 19 years of age, or such earlier or later year to which it is changed, and is the year in which the first EAPs are paid to the eligible beneficiaries.
Year of Maturity
"Year of Maturity" means the year the beneficiary is expected to enroll in the first year of post-secondary education, usually the year he or she turns 18 years of age.
Heritage Education Funds is a division of Knowledge First Financial Inc. Knowledge First Financial Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Knowledge First Foundation and is the investment fund manager, administrator and distributor of the education savings plans offered by Knowledge First Foundation and Heritage Educational Foundation. For more information about our education savings plans, please visit knowledgefirstfinancial.ca or refer to our prospectus.


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Vanessa Percher has been professionally cooking since 2005. Vanessa's Celiac Disease diagnosis early on in her career changed the way she perceived food and which motivated her to go to India to study Ayurvedic nutrition & healing through food. Over the years, she has merged her knowledge of Eastern Ayurvedic cooking with her professional Western cooking background that also includes a degree from the St-Pius Culinary Institute, certificates in Nutrition from the Alive Academy of Natural Health, participation at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City as well as a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University Center for Nutrition Studies.
Vanessa offers private chef services, catering services, cooking classes, consulting services and recipe development to restaurants and food distributors. In January 2013, Vanessa opened her first commercial site named Chef Veganessa.
Vanessa always keeps up with the latest food science and is a strong advocate of the gluten free whole grain plant based diet and believes that food shouldn't just taste good and be visually appealing, it should be most importantly highly nutritious. Vanessa hasn't gone unnoticed –her healthy eating philosophy and food related advice has been written about in various Montreal newspapers including the Montreal Gazette, various blogs, including written articles for the Montreal Luxury Report, Pure Magazine, Urban Expressions and has been featured on the Montreal CBC Daybreak Radio Show.


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Illuminating West Street: A Winter Salon
Following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the West Street Community Group will be supporting a year-long project researching, sharing and celebrating the history of West Street in Hastings Old Town. Xaverine Bates found out more.
It is easy to miss West Street. Squeezed between George Street and the seafront, this narrow and dimly-lit back street has a history of smuggling, piracy and slums, though very little information is currently to be found about it in local archives or history books. The West Street Community Group is made up of residents, business owners and artists based on the street, who are working together with volunteers and enthusiasts to recapture the street's forgotten history through research, oral histories and running events with local people. The project, made possible with money raised by National Lottery players, will put together an archive of publicly accessible material and create a publication, The West Street Chronicle, to be launched at a street party in the summer. Project manager and resident, Lorna Crabbe said: "We are delighted to be running this year-long project, which we hope will raise awareness of our often forgotten street, to celebrate its history and demonstrate the creative and interesting things still happening here today".
Lorna said, "I have lived on West Street in Hastings Old Town for over ten years now and it never fails to surprise me. Postcard photographers were not interested in it, local historians have only basic information, nobody has undertaken any thorough research and yet its history is steeped in tales of a host of characters. Some of these include prominent Suffragettes, a champion swimmer & costumier, Oswald Mosley and the Black Shirts, the Ancient Order of Druids, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Biddy the Tubman, Nelson's valet and an octopus. I have wanted to develop a project for West Street for some time. To look beyond the overspilling wheelie bins, blocked drains and the noise of late night revellers and to encourage greater awareness of the street, it's past, and the creative endeavours happening here now."
West Street in the Old Town has been described as down at heel and a 'blot on the town' and was recently mentioned in the Hastings Old Town Residents Association newsletter as being 'the most neglected road in Hastings and St Leonards'. In the 1950s, when architect Lord Holford was asked to completely redesign the area, he described how "West Street .. has now virtually degenerated in to an all too narrow service road." The Community Group has discovered images of his radical designs, akin to the Brighton Lanes, that would have created a warren of shops between the two streets, which were never adopted.
Before the current sea defences were in place, the street was very close to the seafront with a series of tunnels connecting West Street properties to George Street. Both streets often flooded and you could sail a boat down them. Fishermen lived here alongside tradesmen, skilled workers and shopkeepers. Street directories include a confectioner, dressmaker, bell hanger, blacksmith and bootmaker. Thomas Boucher was listed at no.33 as a comedian. When cross referencing newspaper records, Lorna found that he was a fruit and potato merchant and his shop doubled up as a theatrical dress store, lending costumes to local productions. He was a champion swimmer, gave diving displays through hoops, as well as being a voluntary fireman and amateur actor. He also went to court for assaulting his wife.
Biddy the Tubman grew up on West Street as part of a large family. Many buildings like Lorna's were built as warehouses and would have had a donkey living in the bottom room to pull fish up from the shore. Her house has been an ice house, a grocer's, a ladies' clothes shop, a video rental shop as well as various other uses. Neighbouring Market Hall hosted public gatherings, talks and rallies, including ones featuring prominent Suffragettes. It held balls until 5am and tea parties for poor children, raising money to buy them boots. It was also at one time a Coroner's court, a theatre and an aquarium complete with an octopus.
The large building at the top end on Marine Parade was formerly a library and billiards room, where 'elegant musical evenings were held'. It later became the Belle-Vue boarding house and the Norfolk Hotel and at one stage was a photographic studio. Oswald Mosely and the Black Shirts spoke there. At the other end of the street, The Hastings Arms hosted meetings of the Ancient Order of Druids. The artist Rosetti stayed in rooms above The Cutter while courting Lizzie Siddal, where at one point the landlord was James Bell, a former valet to Lord Nelson.
The first event will be Illuminating West Street: A Winter Salon funded by Arts Council England and coordinated by Home Live Art and will run during Friday 1 – Sunday 3 December. Under the umbrella of the Old Town's Spirit of Christmas weekend during which the shops open late and music, entertainment and festive food are all on offer, the Winter Salon aims to bring an alternative Christmas experience.
Some of the activities will be taking place in the Simply Italian restaurant on the seafront, backing onto West Street, starting on Friday 1 December when Colchester Arts Centre Director, Anthony Roberts, performs his very own candlelit rendition of Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol with musical accompaniment by Jamie Cunliffe.
On both Friday and Saturday between 4pm – 8pm, the wonderfully eccentric Duo Bogof will be flitting between West Street and George Street, serving up vintage style magic, a vanishing lady and a lost rabbit. Meanwhile, Hastings-based artist collective, Radiator Arts, will create a series of light interventions to illuminate West Street and local artist Peter Quinnell will create a "Christmas Grottoesque" – a wonderfully distorted seasonal tableau. From 2 – 4pm, Transition Town Hastings will present 'Ye Olde Curiosity Swap Shop' a free present and curios swapping event at Simply Italian – and just to prove that beautiful things can come out of West Street, on Saturday 2 December between 2pm – 6pm, a spectacularly large and colourful snail will emerge and take a trip along George Street.
On Sunday 3 December from 11 – 12.30, artist and illustrator, Ed Boxall will perform magical storytelling, poetry and projections for families and in the afternoon, FREE, craft based workshops for all the family will be on offer including antler making and handmade Christmas decorations from 2 – 4pm.
If you would like to find out more about the project and how to get involved or have any information to share about West Street, please get in touch with Project Coordinator Lorna Crabbe.
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This project comprises a workshop and technical webinars. Both of these activities have now been undertaken as follows:
- APEC Training Workshop on the Risk Assessment of Metals and Metal Compounds: The Workshop was held on 28-29 August 2015, in the margins of the SOM III meetings in Cebu, the Philippines, with 57 trainees from 15 APEC economies and three non-APEC economies. It identified several key differences in the assessment of metals and metal compounds compared with the traditional risk assessment for organic chemicals. These were:
- The different physicochemical properties of metals and metal compounds intimately affect their toxicity and bioavailability to organism – hence these properties must be well characterised by the assessor;
- The specific physicochemical properties of environmental media in turn impact on the physicochemical properties of metals and metal compounds – hence, the local chemistry of environmental media needs to be profiled when determining the toxicity and bioavailability of metals and metal compounds; and
- As many metals are essential for life, the different sensitivities of local environmental organisms need to be profiled in order to accurately determine the toxicity of metals and metal compounds under local conditions.
The Summary Report of the Workshop is available from the Downloads Section of this page, and the workshop documents are available in the APEC Meetings Document Database.
- APEC Technical Webinars on specific aspects of the Risk Assessment of Metals and Metal Compounds: Throughout March and April 2016, a series of webinars was held to add more practical guidance to certain aspects of metals risk assessment science that were covered in the August 2015 training workshop. The webinar series consisted of three one-hour technical sessions that recapped the basic science before demonstrating practical tools to apply this science in relevant scenarios. Resources for each webinar are two downloads (a one-page overview of the aims of each webinar and the presentation slides for that webinar) and a link below to a recording of each webinar.
APEC Webinar 1: 'Bioavailability tools for soil assessment' by Prof Mike McLaughlin
Recording: https://icmm.webex.com/icmm/lsr.php?RCID=784b37bf18b1139cd4a20fe1ee0fba53
APEC Webinar 2: 'Accounting for bioavailability in the aquatic risk assessment of metals' by Dr Graham Merrington
Recording: https://icmm.webex.com/icmm/lsr.php?RCID=53aaa76a5330aafcac26cc90dcf8abff
APEC Webinar 3: 'Bioavailability tools for Human Health Risk Assessment of Metals in Soils' by Dr Yvette Lowney
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If you're a big gift giver, these gifts may do more than just please the giftee. This is the ultimate list of gifts that keep on giving – for a good cause.
- Everlane's 100% Human Collection. If you buy a t-shirt, tank, or hoodie, $5 from the purchase of each product will go to the American Civil Liberties Union to continue to fight for our civil liberties. I personally love the tanks with 100% HUMAN On them.
- Conscious Step Socks: The Men's Planet Collection supports the movement to combat deforestation, protect our environment, and repopulate our oceans. They also have the Men's Planetarium Collection, which supports to end malaria, prevent the transmission of HIV, and provide much-needed disaster relief. How can you go wrong?!
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- Toms: Toms are well known for giving back and they give shoes to millions of children in need. You can't go wrong with a pair of Toms for most travelers and people on the go. On top of that, you can also send a letter to your representative to end gun violence through them!
- If you have a friend that's a huge activist and into Human Rights/LGBTQ, get a gift straight from the Human Rights Campaign shop. They have great apparel, pins, hats, sweaters/hoodies, jewelry, socks, and more.
- State Bags: Give one. Get one. For every backpack you buy, one fully-stocked backpack is hand-delivered to a child in need. The bags are super cute and durable too! The nylon one is cute. I also love the ones made of smooth buttery leather.
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I hope you enjoyed my small list of gifts that give back! 'Tis the season of giving. I also have a list of gifts for digital nomads if you're interested. 🙂


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"Anyone who's 'had' one of our chickens can tell you they're plump and juicy...."
I swan, that is the exact read. Internal quotes and all. Ew. That statement, along with the latest "do not wash raw chicken" warning,* is enough to put a person clean off the pinheaded pollos.
* A close read has me thinking the main problem is giving raw chicken a shower. A gentle bath -- no splashing! -- might be okay, after which you could powder 'em, put fresh nappies on 'en, and lay them down for a nice nap in the skillet, oven or grill. Er, only without the diapers and using maybe salt, pepper, garlic and paprika for the powder.
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Labour selects Port candidate for locals
Portarlington woman, Grainne Corcoran has been selected as the third Labour candidate for next year's local elections.
She was put forward to contest the Portarlington-Emo-Graiguecullen six-seater electoral area following a selection convention in Portarlington Community Centre last Thursday evening.
Grainne is the daughter of Marie and the late Michael Corcoran. Her mother Marie is well known in community and charity circles in Laois. Grainne attended Presentation Convent and Scoil Mhuire in Portarlington before taking social care studies in NUI Galway.
She is an active member of the Irish Wheelchair Association and Spina-Bifida – issues which are close to her heart due to her family's personal experience in caring for her sister Maria. She has been active and a busy supporter and fundraiser for Portarlington Special Olympics and local senior citizens club.
She is the Labour's Women's and Equality officer in the Laois constituency executive. Her family has a strong Labour heritage with her uncle, the late Ned Kelly, being the last Labour rep from Port.
"One a day to day basis I come face-to-face with the issues of the disabled, elderly, carers and families under pressure. The growing levels of stress and depression in our community and the prevalence of suicide concerns me greatly and I would like to do more to help address this as there is hardly a family that has not been affected," Grainne said this week in pointing to the issues she prioritises.
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LONDON: The Climate Group has published a new case study assessing how the US state of Minnesota is supporting the expansion of solar power through Community Solar Gardens that provide electricity to participating subscribers.
Community renewable energy projects are innovative models that enable broader access to clean energy (wind and solar photovoltaics). While many electricity end-users are not able to implement individual solar installations – for financial or technical reasons – shared renewable projects provide them with an alternative to reduce their environmental footprint and lower their utility bills.
By targeting smaller investors at the community level, these programs are also a way to support the local economy and raise awareness on the importance of efficient energy use and sustainable, local energy sourcing.
Shared renewable energy projects are not intended to replace 'traditional', larger-scale solar or wind installations, but to supplement them by expanding an already successful business model to an untapped market. They are yet another example of policy models that have the potential to accelerate the energy transition, whilst involving all citizens.
The case study shows how Minnesota, a partner region of the Energy Transition Platform, set-up a shared solar program to achieve the solar targets set in its Renewable Portfolio Standard (1.5% of retail electricity sales by 2020 and 10% by 2030).
In 2013, the government passed a legislation mandating the state's biggest utility, Xcel Energy, to develop Community Solar Gardens. Local customers – residents, small businesses, non-profits and public bodies – can subscribe to a share of a nearby Solar Garden and receive an electricity bill credit based on the energy that their subscription has generated.
"The solar gardens have generated a lot of interest, as it is a much more flexible way of participating in renewable energy", said Bill Grant, Minnesota Deputy Commissioner of the Energy Resources Division
Since its launch in December 2014, the Minnesota Solar Gardens program has achieved encouraging results: 2GW of solar photovoltaics have already been proposed for Solar Gardens and 18 utilities have decided to voluntarily join the initiative in the footsteps of Xcel Energy.
While several challenges remain, such as securing project financing and resolving grid interconnection disputes, the program has the potential to significantly support the scale-up of solar in Minnesota – from 35MW today to a potential 500MW in 2020.
Download the Minnesota case study here and find all the Energy Transition Platform's case studies here.
Minnesota is not the only government to actively support community solar. In the US alone, 14 states and the District of Columbia have dedicated policies for incentivizing the scale-up of shared renewables.
Colorado was one of the first states to pass a legislation in 2010, and its program is among the most successful today: 28 community solar projects are already in operation, producing over 16MW, with another 31MW under development. This success has helped to inspire Minnesota's Community Solar Gardens program.
In addition to accelerating the energy transition, these initiatives can provide social benefits. For example, the State of New York envisions shared renewables as a way of supporting economically distressed communities – by setting a minimum of 20% of low or moderate income subscribers on all projects.
The Energy Transition Platform connects highly-industrialized, carbon-intensive state and regional governments in developing and implementing clean energy policies. It is part of the States & Regions Policy Innovation program, a forum for peer-to-peer learning on climate and energy topics, including adaptation, electric vehicles and clean technology innovation.
The Energy Transition Platform was launched by The Climate Group, with the initiative's lead government, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Stiftung Mercator, in early 2016. An analysis of the overall energy transition experience of North Rhine-Westphalia was released in May.
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One of the biggest fears that people have, when building their tiny home, is properly installing the plumbing. Whether they are afraid that they are going to flood their house or just have a small leak, most people will pay an exorbitant amount of money to have a plumber come out and take care of it. But you would be surprised how easy and safe plumbing can be. Here is what you need to know to take away your fears of tiny house plumbing.
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Face Your Fear: Tiny House Heights
After building my first tiny house, I figured out that I am not the most comfortable being up on a 13' high roof. Fear of heights is certainly not uncommon, but whether you like it or not, you are going to have to spend some time in the air during your tiny house construction. Here is some advice on conquering (or at least lessening) your fear of tiny house heights.
Face Your Fear: Tiny House Electrical Wiring
There is very little more terrifying for most DIYers than doing electrical work. The fear of blowing circuits, starting fires or even electrocution is usually what steers most people away from attempting to rewire anything in the house, let alone install electricity from scratch. Here we will discuss how even the most novice of tiny house builders can learn to feel comfortable around tiny house electrical wiring.


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The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute announces 2014 LEMKIN SCHOLARSHIP program for foreign students and PhD candidates. Raphael Lemkin scholarship is intended to enable foreign students, who specialize in genocide studies, especially in the Armenian Genocide, to visit Armenia for a month to conduct research in local scientific institutions and libraries.
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will provide researchers possibility to carry out their research in AGMI, including necessary research materials and consultation.
The deadline for application is on 15 December, 2013. The winner will be selected by the Scientific Council of the AGMI on 25 December, 2013.
The beginning of the scholarship program is on 1 January, 2014. Winners are free to select a month within 2014 except January, February and December. Continue reading


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Scranton/WB 9, Durham 3. Jason Cromer allowed 7 runs (6 earned) in 5.1 innings. He struck out 5 and walked 4…Aki Iwamura went 0-3 with a walk as the DH…Desmond Jennings went 1-5 with an RBI and his 6th steal…Matt Joyce went 0-2 with 2 walks while Chris Richard hit his 21st home run…Catcher Craig Albernaz pitched a perfect 9th inning.
Birmingham 3, Montgomery 0. Darin Downs' second double-A start didn't go so well. Downs was struck in the head with a line drive and had to be taken from the game after giving up 3 runs in just 4.1 innings. He struck out 5 and walked 2 giving up 6 hits. Downs never lost consciousness and was taken to a local hospital…Jose Lobaton was 0-3 and Cody Cipriano went 1-4 and is hitting just .175 since being promoted.
Charlotte 3, St. Lucie 1 (gm 1). David Newmann improved to 7-6 with 6 innings allowing just 1 run on 3 hits and 1 walk…Ryan Royster's 5th home run tied the game in the final inning and Matt Hall's 2-run double proved to be the game-winner…Shawn Williams had a pair of doubles in 3 at bats and John Matulia went 3-3 with 2 doubles.
Charlotte 5, St. Lucie 2 (gm 2).Austin Hinkle made just his second start of the season in the nightcap, giving up 2 runs (1 earned) in 3 innings on 1 hit and 2 walks…Mike McCormick went 0-3.
Bowling Green 6, Greensboro 5. Nick Barnese gave up 3 runs (2 earned) in 5 innings on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 5…Tim Beckham went 3-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. However, he also committed his 35th and 36th errors.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Muffins for my bran
Mostly though, I wanted to consolidate all the bags of grains that were banging around in the two big freezers and fridge freezer. I knew I had a lot of stuff, but I wasn't sure exactly what it was. And how in the world is a person supposed to use anything up if she doesn't know what that anything is?
So I did a quick reshuffle of the applesauce, spinach, and blueberries to make room on the top freezer shelf for the grains. As I shoved the bags into their new home, I jotted down each item. The upper shelf was quickly stuffed to the gills, so later when I got around to emptying out the kitchen freezer, I had to put all those little bags of grain into a brown bag and into the chest freezer. So I'm still not totally organized.
But it is much better.
Here's what I found (most everything is under 5 pounds): hulled oats, nutritional yeast, hulled buckwheat, chickpea flour, semolina flour, cocoa, seven-grain wheat-free flour, spelt flour, rye flakes, maseca, dark rye flour, buckwheat flour, barley flour, yellow couscous, white couscous, millet, quinoa, ground flax, oat bran, pearl barley, amaranth, orzo, poppy seeds, cacao nibs, and ten pounds of wheat bran.
Clearly, it was time I made some bran muffins. So I made two kinds, both from Marion Cunningham's breakfast book.
I am in love with that cookbook. I want to marry it. I've read the whole thing, and still I find myself picking it up and ruffling its pages in my spare time. I'm dreading the day when I have to return it to the library. Tears will be shed.
First I made the hardcore variety, bran muffins straight up—lots of bran, whole wheat, honey, molasses, buttermilk, and raisins. The batter was kind of dry and crumbly, like moist sand, and I was afraid they would taste like bran rocks and then I would have to fall out of love with Marion's book and I really didn't want to do that. So I was quite relieved to discover that the muffins were absolutely delicious—moist, sweet, dark, and deeply satisfying. I ate two (and a bite) for breakfast and was full till noon.
The kids, on the other hand, weren't impressed. The boys each had one and mostly did not complain, and the girls each had part of one and complained a whole bunch, but none of them fussed about being hungry till the sun was high in the sky, thus proving that every cloud has a silver lining.
Which reminds me, I never heard what Mr. Handsome thought about them, so right now, this very minute, I am calling him at work to find out what he thought about the muffin I sent with him this morning.
It's ringing...ringing...ri— "Hello?"
"What did you think of that muffin I gave you this morning?"
"It was good."
"You liked it?" I fished.
"I think so. It didn't strike me as dry or unpleasant to eat."
"It was good."
"I think I liked the other ones better, but then, you did, too."
[Editor's note: I never said I liked the other ones better.]
"What are you doing?"
"I'm writing it down."
"You're writing it down?"
"Yep, every single word. You want me to play it back to you?"
"No. I don't want to know what I said."
"Are you still writing it down?"
"Are you there?"
So see? It really is a good bran muffin recipe. The man who doesn't like super-dense foods even said so.
The second recipe, one that I made that afternoon and we ate with our supper of fried potatoes and sausage and scrambled eggs, was a much lighter, kid-friendly recipe. The recipe involved bananas and cake flour and butter and white sugar. It's like a glorified bran muffin, still plenty good for you, but not whack-you-over-the-head bran-y. Everyone was very happy with them.
Did you know that bran muffins crackle when you put them in the oven? The bran actually talks, goes all snap and pop as it dries out. Or does whatever it is that bran does in an oven. It's quite entertaining. And with the amount of bran in my freezer, it looks like I'll have a bit of cooking snap-and-pop entertainment to keep me happy for a good little while.
Now I just need to figure out some good muffin recipes that call for barley flour and amaranth. Ideas, anyone?
Classic Bran Muffins
Adapted from The Breakfast Book by Marion Cunningham
2 ½ cups bran
1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup neutral-tasting oil (I used canola)
1/3 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
1 cup raisins
Stir together the dry ingredients and then stir in the wet. Add the raisins.
Spoon the batter into 18 greased (or lined) muffin tins. Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
These are best fresh, but leftovers are good, too. They freeze well.
Banana Bran Muffins
Adapted from The Breakfast Book by Marion Cunningham
Marion suggests adding any or all of the following: walnuts, orange zest, and granola. I did none of that.
I made 12 muffins and two small loaves of banana bran bread which I topped with coconut and chocolate chips à la my favorite zucchini bread recipe.
12 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 ½ to 3 cups mashed bananas (about 4-5 ripe bananas)
3 eggs
2 cups cake flour
1 ½ cups bran
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and mashed bananas. Mix in the dry ingredients.
Spoon the batter into 24 greased (or lined) muffin tins and bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
This same time, years previous: spicy Indian potatoes, blackberry cobbler
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There is no better way to eat amaranth than popped. Hands down. It's more time consuming to do than popcorn, but easy and wonderful. Heat a 2-qt saucepan till it's quite hot (med-high or so?) Prepare a cereal bowl full of amaranth and a larger empty bowl. One heaping table spoon at a time, put the amaranth in the saucepan and quickly put the lid on. Move it around gently till most of the popping is done (this begins to happen very quickly) and quickly dump the popped grain into the empty bowl. Repeat. This stuff is awesome eaten like popcorn (olive oil, salt, nutritional yeast, with a spoon) or you can put it on salads or in pancakes or in soups. Or you can grind it and use it as flour from here -- it's much tastier than amaranth any other way. The popped grain/popped grain flour has a slight thickening effect on soups or sauces.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip, Katie! I'm going to try it.ReplyDelete
If you have dogs, you can use the grain flours and some grains to make dog biskets.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2013 at 10:22 PM
Is it better to pop yourself rather than buy popped?ReplyDelete
I'm rooting around for your buckwheat granola and found this for the first time. I have the Breakfast Book and LOVE it! Did you ever buy your own copy? I think you should.ReplyDelete


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It's nice to have nice things but they are not a requirement. At the end of the day, you can't take it with you. Experiences are more important than a pair of shoes that will just sit in your closet. When you live a minimal lifestyle, it is freeing and your stress level will be greatly reduced.
What steps are you taking to ensure your debt freedom is permanent and what steps are you taking to ensure you meet your ultimate savings goals?
I'm currently building up my investment portfolio and maximizing my savings. I'm also cultivating additional streams of income that require little to no day-to-day management so I'm not wearing myself out.
What advice would you give anyone reading this looking for encouragement?
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^.^ Thank you for reading my first article and have fun learning Korean ^.^
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