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Allow yourself time to recover, you will feel to a small degree "spaced," don't rush into any physical activity or if you're driving back from a treatment, collect yourself before you get into your automobile. Don't underestimate the importance of drink when your Body Massage and spa. There are many reasons for this: first off rub is, of course, dehydrating and second, throughout your rub, the muscles are manipulated, your blood is circulated additional smartly throughout your body and water, salt and different minerals are free. Through drinking lots of water your body will unfairness any waste materials that have accumulated within the muscles, so serving to you and your muscles feel nice consequent day – and your liver not having a poison overload!
Here, within the in the meantime, are some stress busting techniques that you'll be able to perform on yourself if the truth of a rub appears too far-off. These techniques are often used anyplace, be it sitting at your table before you move to sleep or perhaps within the tub.
Ear manipulate: The ear is packed with nerve endings that create rubbing to ear pressure points a beautiful manner of relieving stress and might facilitate with headaches and general tension when a protracted day. begin by drawing circular movements within the lobes of the ears, victimization quite the ton of pressure and moving up all around the ear. Try this as repeatedly as you wish, notice however you are feeling before and when(body massage centres rajouri garden).
3 positive breaths: once in times of stress we will forget to breathe and that we conjointly become ungrounded. Take a couple of moments out of your day and extremely specialize in your breath. With every breath in visualize a white, positive light-weight filling your entire body type the information of your toes to the highest of your head; the white light-weight fills each a part of your body. Once you are able to suspire, strive to visualize any stresses and strain your body perhaps holding onto being free as a puff of black smoke ne'er to come back to your body once more. Try this thrice and so take a flash before you return to your day feeling fresh and re-focused.
Massaging the 2 pressure points on your hands: unfold your hand open, rummage around for the fleshy triangle between your index and thumb and therefore the point is found at the highest of a constellation, hold victimization circular movements for a minimum of ten seconds. Repeat whenever you're feeling stressed or exhausted however got to get on together with your day. This space helps boost your adrenal glands and has been identified to assist with headaches. (Important: don't perform if pregnant.)
Let go: respiration the words "LET GO", once you inhale consider the word "LET" and once you suspire consider the word "GO". this is often particularly sensible once you can't sleep because it can enable you to specialize in your breath instead of different things(body massage rajouri garden).
An expertise is not solely healthy for your interior however conjointly you're exterior. Rather like a body wrap will increase metabolism, it conjointly invigorates your skin. Most of those wraps contain flavored compounds that carry several healthful values. Body scrubs get obviate your dead and weak skin cells, giving your skin a bright glow. Baths take care of your body from your face to your feet. Waxes, manicures and facials are a number of the few aspect dishes that escort this happy main course. If you're searching for the break you'll end up staying within the quietest environments.
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Homestead Paljevine
Paljevine are positioned on the upper reaches of the Sibinj county, on a Dilj mountain's plateau.
Homestead of Paljevine resonates with a certain atmosphere that reminds us of the old times - when every house had its own story, that was passed on down the generation line, preserving the originality and the style of life far away from the rushes of the city life. The recipes that stand written in the old cook books, will be presented in the restaurant located in the heart of the estate.
Where the rush of the city stops, the peace of the country side begins. We want to share our story with you!
Yours truly, Paljevine
How you can have fun at our estate
Educational center for kids
Creative workshops placed under the blue sky, suitable for all ages, whole day field trips, educational walking routes, zoo garden exhibiting the local breeds, wooden playground...
Conserving the summer
Share the old grandma's recipes and join us in the picking and preparing of the winter stores. Winter's blows will be easier when remedied with home made jam, picked from our own cherry and plum trees, and the pumpkin could certainly warm you up?
Sports and other activities
Yoga, football, golf, horseback riding and more... Our estate is located in the center of the Dilj's ecosystem. Cycle tracks and hiking routes intertwined with the wine roads, hunting towers...
Spring detox
Paint your plate with yellow, green and red fruits. Do a big clean up of your organism. Far from the city smog, in the birth of a green spring, treat yourself to some fresh air and feed your body.
Meat preparation
Čvarci, bacon, wine, rakija and a traditional band... an ideal scenario for many people, which you can enjoy!
Team building
For those drained by the city life and rushed lifestyle,we are offering an escape from the reality by waking up the kid in them. Through old village games, strenghten your team spirit and have a great time!

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I was one of seven professors who facilitated a leadership training in my university here in Georgia for local government chairmen from a major Nigerian southwestern state. In the course of the training, I adverted to a January 13, 2018 column I wrote about how power literally damages the brains of people who wield it and causes them to be dissociated from reality.
A few of the chairmen at the training initially said they "rejected" what I said "in Jesus' name." But the more I expounded the research on the psychology of power, the less resistant they became. In the light of the interest it excited among these local power wielders, I thought I'd share a revised version of the column for the benefit of other people in power.
Almost everyone I know wonders why people in power change radically; why they become so utterly disconnected from reality that they suddenly become completely unrecognizable to people who knew them before they got to power; why they get puffed-up, susceptible to flattery, and intolerant of even the mildest, best-intentioned censure; why they appear possessed by inexplicably malignant forces; and why they are notoriously insensitive and self-absorbed.


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Mumbai, December 7, 2017: Tata Motors Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, for the introduction of innovative programs in education and research. Taking their first steps towards a long journey of technological collaboration, both entities will be working in areas of mutual interest, with an aim to cater to the future engineering needs of the industry and academia.
The MoU has been signed for a period of five years, under which joint R&D projects will also be undertaken towards the development of new technologies in various engineering domains. The signing of the MoU was conducted in the presence of Mr. Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resource Officer, Tata Motors Ltd., and Professor Rajeev Sangal, Director, IIT (BHU).
Speaking on this association, Mr. Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Motors, said, "The automotive industry in India is continuously evolving with a rapid shift towards Digital, Analytics, AI, AR, VR etc. which means making connected vehicles and driverless vehicles a reality. With such fast-changing technologies and market conditions, we understand the need to articulate a clear roadmap towards a world-class, competent, talented and innovative workforce. Through this MoU, we intend to have a multi-dimensional partnership with IIT BHU, which will help us retain our competitive edge and develop next-gen engineering skills, not only within the company but also that of our academic partners with future ready faculties while simultaneously fulfilling our Vision & Mission to create a Future Ready organization."
He further added, "This partnership will help us bridge the gap between academic excellence and business know-how, to create industry ready resources. This also supports the Government's 'Make in India', 'Skill India' and 'Startup India' program, preparing the Indian industry to compete at a global platform."
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Rajeev Sangal, IIT (BHU) Varanasi Director, said, "We look forward to partnering with Tata Motors in this uniquely collaborative program. The partnership will enable joint research in specific areas which will feed into the future products of Tata Motors, as well as advanced training of students. The faculty and students will greatly benefit by exposure to current industry practices and the roadmap of the future growth of the industry. We are looking that at the end of the program we will have created a talent pool which is ahead of the curve, acquiring advanced knowledge, and narrowing the skills-gap."
Recognizing the scope to further strengthen its talent base, this partnership will help the company to not only build its functional expertise and provide developmental opportunities for its employees, but also contribute to strengthening the industry readiness of the talent stepping out of campuses through curricula building, live projects and various engagement activities
About IIT BHU
The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi owes its existence to the far-sighted vision and relentless efforts of its founder Bharat Ratna, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. In the beginning three engineering colleges viz., The Banaras Engineering College (BENCO), the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) and the College of Technology (TECHNO) were established by Malviya Ji in 1919, 1923 and 1932, respectively. The first-ever degree course in Mining, Metallurgy, Silicate Technology and Pharmaceutics in India were pioneered at BHU. The three colleges were merged together and renamed as Institute of Technology in 1971. With the passing of the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012 the erstwhile Institute of Technology, BHU has become Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi w.e.f. June 29, 2012.
About Tata Motors
Tata Motors Limited, a USD 42 billion organisation, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks and defence vehicles. As India's largest automobile company and part of the USD 100 billion Tata group, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 76 subsidiary and associate companies, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea. In India, Tata Motors has an industrial joint venture with Fiat. Engaged in engineering and automotive solutions, with a focus on future-readiness and a pipeline of tech-enabled products, Tata Motors is India's market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top in passenger vehicles with 9 million vehicles on Indian roads. The company's innovation efforts are focused on developing auto technologies that are sustainable as well as suited. With design and R&D centres located in India, the UK, Italy and Korea, Tata Motors strives to pioneer new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers. Abroad, Tata cars, buses, and trucks are being marketed in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.


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H.Res. 391 is expected to be considered on the floor of the House on Tuesday, May 5, under a motion to suspend the rules, requiring a two-thirds majority vote for passage. The bill was introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) on April 30, 2009, and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, which took no official action.
H.Res. 391 would express the sense that the House of Representatives:
According to the resolution's findings, more than 500,000 children in the U.S. receive care through the nation's foster care system. In 2007, 293,000 children entered the foster care system because they were not given proper care by their biological parents or guardians. On average, approximately 131,000 children, or 23 percent of all children in foster care at any given time, are seeking full time placement in adoptive homes. Though foster care is meant to be a temporary placement situation for children, on average, kids in foster care remain in the system for two years.


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Dream of: 02 February 1985 "Buying Land"
Together with Donnie Lynn (a Waco attorney) and Lynn's brother Jeff Lynn, I had bought a piece of land which lay along a steep hillside. After I had gone to the land and cleared a path along the hillside, Jeff came to the land to look it over and he began walking along the path.
Suddenly, as I stood atop the hill looking down at Jeff, the path crumbled beneath him and he fell down the hill. He continued falling and falling, the descent being much farther than I had originally estimated. He must have fallen the equivalent of a hundred stories and it was obvious he would be killed when he hit the bottom. I saw him crash and immediately knew he was dead.
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Medicine Woman
Cassandra Quave turns to traditional remedies for new weapons against modern suberbugs
Cassandra Quave 00C first encountered the battle against infectious diseases when she was three years old and hospitalized with a life-threatening case of staph.
"That's probably why I feel a strong connection to people who deal with these kinds of infections," says Quave, now a visiting assistant professor at Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health.
She recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue her research on how an extract from a tree common in forests across Europe might help fight antibiotic-resistant staph. The five-year project, led by Quave, will include collaborators from the Emory Institute for Drug Development, the University of Iowa, and Montana State University.
Prolific use of modern drugs has helped turn multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) into the leading cause of invasive disease, killing more people every year than AIDS. Quave believes the remedies of traditional healers may lead to better ways of treating it. "Ideally, we should combine the best of both modern medicine and complementary alternative medicine," says Quave (rhymes with "wave"). She bridges the two worlds as a medical ethnobotanist, studying human interactions with plants.
At thirty-four, Quave already has a utility patent for one promising medicinal plant extract and has filed a disclosure for a second patent. In 2011, she formed the bio-venture startup PhytoTEK with Emory friend Sahil Patel 00B, who is now at Harvard Business School. PhytoTEK advanced to the final round of Harvard Business School's Alumni New Venture Contest, placing in the top three.
Quave grew up in the small town of Arcadia, in a rural area of South Florida, where her mother was a teacher and her father ran a land-clearing business. She had multiple congenital birth defects of her skeletal system, including missing part of her right calf bone. When she was three, her right leg was amputated below the knee in an effort to improve her mobility.
"The doctors told my mother not to unwrap the bandages, but she noticed this horrible stench coming from my leg and knew that something wasn't right," Quave says. "As she took off the bandages, the flesh just fell off the bone." The toddler returned to the hospital for treatment of a severe staph infection. Her leg had to be cut off even shorter, leaving her with a heavily scarred stump that lacks fatty tissue, making prosthetics less comfortable.
Like many kids, though, Quave enjoyed playing in the dirt or climbing a tree to be alone with a good book. "I'm so glad my parents had the strength not to help me do everything," she says. "That made me independent. It takes a special person to raise a disabled child."
During high school, she learned to operate the bulldozer and backhoe parked in the family's yard, so she could help her father on summer breaks. She excelled in science fairs, competing at the state and international level. For her first science project, in the sixth grade, she took saliva samples from her dog, a horse, and a cow for a comparative analysis.
Nearly every year, Quave had to return to the hospital for more operations on her leg. She later made history as one of the first amputees to have bone lengthening surgery. "They broke my femur and implanted a kind of knob that you twist," Quave explains matter-of-factly. At thirteen, she developed scoliosis. Metal rods were surgically implanted in her back. She also had hip dysplasia, requiring her pelvis to be broken and rebuilt.
One bright spot in her storm of medical problems was pediatric orthopedist Chad Price 67C. He performed almost every surgery on Quave, except for the initial leg amputation, and became a friend and mentor that Quave still consults. "I was a very odd, inquisitive kid, and Dr. Price took the time to listen to me and answer all of my questions," Quave says. "He is different from most surgeons; he's almost like a traditional healer in the way that he connects with patients. I remember once when I was coming out of anesthesia, and I was crying because it hurt so much, Dr. Price lay down in the bed next to me and held me."
In eighth grade, Quave started volunteering at the local hospital. "I would spend Friday and Saturday nights watching doctors perform procedures in this small-town E.R. I'd make sure the patients were comfortable, bring them blankets and things," she says. "I definitely had a gift for communicating with people who were sick." When her mother insisted that she get home before two a.m., Quave recalls arguing, "That's when all the good drug cases and bar fights start coming in."
Following in the footsteps of Price, Quave earned her undergraduate degree at Emory, majoring in biology and anthropology. She planned to go on to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon. But a different path opened up when she took a tropical ecology class from Larry Wilson, adjunct faculty in Emory's department of environmental studies and an ecologist at Atlanta's Fernbank Science Center. Under Wilson's tutelage, Quave spent several months in the Peruvian Amazon, researching the therapies of traditional healers.
An acceptance letter to medical school was waiting for her when she returned to Atlanta during her senior year at Emory, but the Amazon had changed Quave. She no longer wanted to be an MD. A chance meeting with an Italian ethnobiologist at a conference led Quave to southern Italy, where she conducted field research on the traditional remedies of rural people there and eventually wrote a sort of cookbook of traditional medicine in the region. Quave also fell in love while in Italy, marrying Marco Caputo, a resident of the tiny town of Ginestra; they now have two young children.
Back in the United States, Quave pursued a PhD in biology at Florida International University, where she focused on an ethnobotanical approach to drug discovery. "I felt strongly that people who dismissed traditional healing plants as medicine because the plants don't kill a pathogen were not asking the right questions," she says. "What if these plants play some other role in fighting a disease?"
She led a project to analyze extracts from one hundred different species of plants she had collected in Italy, guided by clues from hundreds of interviews with locals. She was particularly interested in finding treatments for skin and soft-tissue infections to help in the fight against MRSA. This "superbug" bacterium can cause everything from mild skin irritation to death, and is difficult to treat because it's constantly adapting and has become resistant to many antibiotics. It is common in people with weak immune systems in hospitals and nursing homes.
People with implanted medical devices, like knee or hip replacements, also are at higher risk since the implants provide a smooth surface that the sugary matrix of the bacteria can adhere to. Even more alarming, MRSA infections are on the rise in healthy young people outside of hospitals.
Quave is uncovering promising ways to treat MRSA by teasing apart leaves, stems, roots, and bark, isolating individual plant compounds for analysis. Her first patent involves a compound from the roots of an Italian elm leaf blackberry that neutralizes the staph defense system. "Think of it like Star Trek," she says, explaining that after MRSA attaches to something, it can grow a biofilm that acts as a shield against antibiotics—much like a villainous space ship uses a force field to ward off attacks from the Starship Enterprise. The plant extract prevents the MRSA bacteria from attaching to anything, so it can't throw up a force field.
Quave hopes the extract could one day be used to coat artificial implants and catheters before they are implanted, preventing MRSA from ever gaining a foothold on them. The recent NIH grant she received will further her research on a second compound from a European tree, "Extract 134," which inhibits the toxic effects of MRSA. "One reason that MRSA can infect healthy people is that it's really good at producing a ton of toxins that it shoots out like lasers to cause tissue damage," she says. "Extract 134 turns off the MRSA system responsible for toxin production. The bacteria are still able to grow, but the weapons are turned off."
Taking away MRSA's tissue-damaging weapons or its force field could tip the battle back in favor of the host's immune system, with little or no help from antibiotics, Quave theorizes. "It's more of a delicate approach. The goal is to improve patient therapy, reduce infection rates, and avoid creating more virulent strains of MRSA," she says.
After a postdoctoral stint at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Quave returned to Emory last fall. She was recruited by another one of her longtime mentors, Michelle Lampl, a physician and anthropologist who heads Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health. Lampl founded the center last year to serve as a nexus for Emory's diverse efforts in health education, research, and practices.
Quave teaches a course on medical botany while pursuing her drug discovery research that will draw on expertise from anthropology, biology, chemistry, and environmental studies. High hurdles remain to getting the plant-based MRSA treatments from the laboratory into clinical trials, but Quave is undaunted. "I'm used to obstacles," she says. "I've climbed a lot of brick walls in my life."


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My School Bucks: I understand some families believe their school lunch bill inaccurately reflects purchases made by children. I spoke with Rachel Oppenheimer, Newton-Sodexo General Manager, about the situation. Rachel invites to you to contact her directly with any concern about your bill. She asks that you contact her via email. Please be sure to include your child's name and school. Her email address is: firstname.lastname@example.com Here is the link to the Newton-Sodexo website: https://newton.sodexomyway.com/people/index.html
Staff List: Please check out our staff list on the PTO website. You will find teacher names, classroom website and blog links as well as email contact information. Here's the link: http://memorialspauldingpto.org/staff-list/
Superintendent and School Committee Visit: Please join us on Friday, January 6th @ 8:30am for a PTO coffee with Superintendent Fleishman and members of the Newton School Committee.
Mark your calendars: Memorial-Spaulding staff and parents are working on a special parent presentation about Inclusion – January 12th @ 7pm.
Winter Concert Coming Up: Tuesday, January 24th featuring 5th Grade Chorus, 5th Grade Band, and Orchestra (day only). 9am for the school and 7:30pm for families (Please note the time changes.) Students should report to cafeteria at 7pm for the evening concert wearing black and/or dark bottoms and a white and/or light top. All students are expect to attend. If your child has a conflict that evening please email Ms. Rapa (email@example.com).
Just a reminder: Friday, December 23rd is a full day of school.
I wish you a wonderful holiday season filled with peace, joy and love.


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Gabby, Rougemont, NC
Hi, My name is Gabby! My friends call me Gabs, so you can too.
I was a sad homeless dog found by Pender County Animal Control in April 2012. One look at me told everyone about the rough life I've had. I was underweight and sick, my tail has been chopped off and it was clear that I have been overbred and neglected. I was such a sad girl. The people who found me understood why I was so sad: I was full of milk but there were no babies to be found. 🙁
I was so sick, many didn't think I would make it out of the shelter alive, but Promoting Animal Welfare in NC saw that I just needed a lots of medical care and TLC to bring out the beautiful girl that I really am. And that's exactly what they did: The day before I was to be euthanized, they sprung me out of the shelter!
After a short stay in the hospital, I went to my wonderful foster home where I regained my strength, got my fur back, fought many infections, and put on a some weight. The infections in my teats were so bad I just couldn't fight those any more, so I had to have a radical mastectomy to be rid of those infections. But after that surgery along with my spay surgery…
Ta daaaa! Here I am! MISS FAB GABS!! (Yes, no more saggy boobs, thank you very much!) I'm so fabulous, I was one of the winners of the I'm Not a Monster's Ex Mama's Day Contest! 🙂
I went from 43 to 67 lbs, and I'm a big athletic Staffordshire Terrier Mix who loves to snuggle and hang out where ever you are. Here's a quick list of my fabulousness:
- I love walks, eating grass, and collecting stuffed animals
- I walk well on a leash unless I get really excited, but I'm eager to please you, so I'll slow down
- I'm crate-trained and potty-trained
- Since I used to live outside, I need to go out on a schedule at night when you're home because I'm excited, but I can go all day with no accidents
- I was pretty beat up when I was found, so I'm a little anxious around other dogs, but get along well with slow introductions
- I would do well with kids who were old enough to not fall over if a big girl bumped into them, because I'm a leaner!
- I'm hoping to be an only dog, or I don't mind living with another dog who will let me be the boss, preferably a handsome boy 🙂
I have lived with my foster family since I was rescued of May of 2012, spending a lot of time healing and learning to trust and what it feels like for a human to love me. I have a crazy tripod boxer sister, Laila Ali, that I love to wrestle with — and I always let her win, because I'm sweet like that. I'm not really fond of cats, they look kinda sneaky and I try to run them off.
I was heart worm positive, but I've completed treatment and the heartworms are all gone! Now that I'm a healthy girl, I'm ready to move on and find a family of my own. Oh did I mention who much I love a man or woman in uniform? ::batting eyelashes::
I'm now available for adoption through Rescue Ur Forever Friend (RUFF) and you can find my profile at on their website, ncruff.org. Are you ready to meet me so we can hang out?
♥ Gabs
Editor's Note: On October 28, 2014, Gabby got ADOPTED! From her foster mom, Kim: "Forever Kreem, her days of hanging from a catch pole near death, ancient history. You'll never met a more grateful and loving girl. Thanks to Shelley (Promoting Animal Welfare in NC) for saving her and Rescue Ur Forever Friend (RUFF) for allowing me to epically foster fail to forever home." Oh, you read that right: Her foster family adopted her!!
Gabby is now offcially "Gabrielle Eloise Milburn Kreem" and we KNEW from the beginning she was in the right home. (Well, it is a multiple-"Monsters" home so we were secretly hoping for this update. 🙂 ) Thank you, Kim & Andy, for making this lucky girl's day!!!
Photos by Suzie Wolf Photography


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Ikrima bin Abi Jahl (r.a.)
He was not inferior to his father, Abu Jahl, in terms of enmity to Islam and the Prophet. He was famous for horse riding among the polytheists; he established a group of warriors from the polytheists and made the most severe attacks in wars.
This person was Ikrima bin Abi Jahl, who was martyred in the Battle of Yarmuk years later.
When the Messenger of Allah entered Makkah with his magnificent victory, he declared that he forgave everybody except four men and two women. They were the people who went beyond limits in terms of hostility to Islam and oppression. They were going to be killed when they were caught. One of those four people was Ikrima. For, on the day when Makkah was conquered, everybody gave up struggling against the Islamic army but he and his friends continued struggling.
Ikrima managed to escape from Makkah somehow and boarded a ship to go to Yemen. A strong storm broke out in the sea and started to rock the ship. The captain gathered the people and said, "Pray sincerely and ask Allah to save us."
Ikrima said to the captain, "What should I do to be sincere? If I become sincere here, I have to continue being sincere on land too."
The captain said to him, "If you really want to be sincere, say that there is no god but Allah."
Ikrima said, "I ran away and came here so as not to utter that statement." However, the words of the captain affected him and prayed as follows:
"O Allah! If you save me from this storm, I will go and put my hand in the hand of Muhammad and I will take refuge in his generosity and ask for forgiveness."
Meanwhile, Umm Hakim, who was the daughter of Haris bin Hisham and the wife of Ikrima became a Muslim. She went to the Messenger of Allah and asked him to forgive Ikrima and give guarantee for him. The compassionate and merciful Prophet gave guarantee for him.
Umm Hakim set out with her slave in search of Ikrima. She found him on the coasts of Tihama after a journey that lasted for months. His wife told Ikrima that the Messenger of Allah gave guarantee for him but he did not believe. Ikrima remembered his previous hostility and did not think that he would be forgiven. However, the compassion and mercy of the Prophet was endless. He forgave Ikrima. Finally, she persuaded him to return.
After a journey that lasted for days, Ikrima and Umm Hakim arrived in Madinah. They were waiting for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in a corner of the mosque. Ikrima was wondering how the Messenger of Allah would treat him and was shivering out of excitement. After a while, the Messenger of Allah arrived and saw them. The Prophet hugged Ikrima by saying, "Hello! O cavalryman and muhajir!", without reminding him of the previous hostility.
Ikrima said, "O Messenger of Allah! What do you invite me to do?" The Messenger of Allah said, "I invite you to testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, to establish prayer and pay zakah." Thus, he informed Ikrima about the principles of Islam.
"I swear that You call to what is true and what is good. I swear that you were the most trustworthy of us in speech and the most righteous of us. I testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's slave and messenger."
Ikrima remembered the old days and was ashamed of them. Feeling his mood, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gave him the great glad tiding:
"I will give you today what I have not given to anybody."
Ikrima understood what this glad tiding could be. He said,
"I ask you to ask for forgiveness for me for all the hostility I directed against you, every step I took against you and for whatever insults I expressed in your presence or absence."
The Messenger of Allah raised his hands and prayed for Ikrima as follows:
"O Allah! Forgive him for all the hostility he directed against me and every step he took in order to put out Your light. Forgive him for whatever he said in my presence or absence."
He was moved by this prayer of the Messenger of Allah. He promised as follows that he would work for Allah from then on:
"O Messenger of Allah! I swear by Allah that whatever I spent obstructing the way of Allah, I shall spend twice as much in His path, and whatever battles I have fought against Allah's way, I shall fight twice as much in His way"
After Ikrima became a Muslim, some people wanted to tease him by saying, "The sun of the Pharaoh of this ummah!" However, Ikrima felt disturbed by this way of addressing since it reminded him of the old days of Jahiliyya. Once, he could not put up with it anymore and complained to the Messenger of Allah about it. Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah addressed his Companions as follows:
"Do not call him by his father's name. Do not address him like that."
After this incident, the Messenger of Allah changed his name "Ikrima bin Abi Jahl" to "Ikrima Abu Uthman".
According to a narration from Umm Salama, the respectable wife of the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah said,
"When Ikrima became a Muslim, nobody was left to continue Abu Jahl's lineage."
In fact, Abu Jahl's daughters had no children and his lineage stopped.
He fought so self-sacrificingly in Yarmuk that he continued to fight on his horse despite the blood gushing forth from the wound in his chest. The people with him said, "O Ikrima! Show mercy on yourself. That is too much." He answered them as follows:
"I struggled for Lat and Uzza for years. What does it matter if I have received so many wounds today and I have suffered?"
Ikrima was martyred at the end of the battle. [1]
May Allah be pleased with him!
[1]Usdul-Ghaba, 4-5; Isaba, 2: 496-497.
- Who were the people that killed Abu Jahl?
- Abu Bakr (r.a.)
- Harith bin Hisham (r.a.)
- Abdullah bin Umm Maktum (r.a.)
- Umm Sulaym (r.anha)
- The Battle of Badr
- How should our style (method) be in (conveying the message of Islam, propagation of Islam)? How should I convey the message of Islam to people who despise Islam?
- Khalid bin Walid (r.a.)
- The Battle of Uhud
- The Second Phase of the Call: Addressing Makkans on Safa Hill


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› Forums › Network Management › VPN › Multiple 3G aggregation through VPN tunnels › Re: Re: Multiple 3G aggregation through VPN tunnels
@geniusweb wrote:
Hello there, I would like to create working solution of 3G aggregation router through VPN tunnels. I tried to read a lot of about this problem and now I am really confused from informations. So my question is:
Is it possible to aggregate 6 3g connections and increase bandwidth with two zeroshell routers? I heard it's possible through 6 separated VPN tunnels and if I will use OpenVPN there is no need to have 6 static external IP addresses, just one on the side of central server (not mobile unit side). Is it really true? How is it possible there is no need to have static IP on the 3g modems?
And is it possible to stream live video (UDP based, RTMP protocol) through this VPN lan to lan solution?
Thank you very much for your answers.
Juraj Z.
Hi im doing the same research for bonding 3g broadbands. From what i see in the doc of this link
in this question (Is it really possible to increase the Internet connection bandwidth?)
they answer that basically zeroshell does load balance and the BW aggregation will be noticed only for multiple users, as also mentioned here http://beusergroup.co.uk/technotes/index.php/VPN_Bonding ,and there it seems that for UDP zeroshell dont do traffic split with UDP so there is not BW aggregation then. By the way they mention pfsense that its seems to be capable of split the traffic in UDP needed for video streaming.
atm i'm still doing some research about this to see if its possible, if you find something about it i'd like to know.
P.D: there is also a dead thread about this http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5435&sid=3846b7906b49916a3d590a27d4337913


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Victor Davis Hanson | Analysis of 2022 Midterm Elections | America's Top-Heavy Administrative State | Ukraine-Russia War — Geopolitical Implications
December 3rd, 2022 | 32 mins 46 secs
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A Conversation with fmr. Congressman David Brat | Priorities for the US House of Representatives | US Economy | US Aid Package to Ukraine Amid Concerns of Corruption
December 2nd, 2022 | 17 mins 41 secs
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A Conversation with Chris Mitchell | Terrorist Bombings in Jerusalem | US-Israel Relations | Israel's Election Results
December 1st, 2022 | 11 mins 15 secs
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A Conversation with Governor Mike Huckabee
November 20th, 2022 | 16 mins 18 secs
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A Conversation with Peter M. Robinson | The Fall of the Berlin Wall | President Ronald Reagan's Principled Leadership | Virtue — Essential for a Functioning Democracy
November 12th, 2022 | 40 mins 20 secs
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A Conversation with Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia | Restoring Law and Order | Crises on the U.S. Southern Border | Investigation — Morningstar's Perceived Anti-Israel Bias in ESG Ratings
November 5th, 2022 | 23 mins 14 secs
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A Conversation with Nancy DeBoer | Economic Opportunity for All | Restoring American Energy Independence | Fentanyl Crisis
November 5th, 2022 | 16 mins 16 secs
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A Conversation with John Gibbs | America's Economy, Inflation and the U.S. Southern Border Crisis | Energy Security | Market Solutions
October 29th, 2022 | 18 mins 37 secs
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A Conversation with Gol Kalev | Judaism 3.0: Judaism's Transformation to Zionism
October 28th, 2022 | 35 mins 44 secs
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A Conversation with Dr. Ben Carson | Persistent U.S. Inflation | Woke Culture — 'One of the Biggest Threats' to the U.S. | Pro-Growth Solution: A Fair, Simple and Transparent Income Tax
October 24th, 2022 | 25 mins 25 secs
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We stand now where two roads diverge... The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road... offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.
By Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute
In a New York Times op-ed published September 18 titled "Errors and Emissions," economist-columnist Paul Krugman took a swipe at my organization, Post Carbon Institute, lumping us together with the Koch brothers as purveyors of "climate despair." No, the Koch brothers are not in despair about the climate; apparently our shared error is that we say fighting climate change and growing the economy are incompatible. And, according to Krugman, a new report from the New Climate Economy Project (NCEP) and a working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show that the falling cost of renewable energy means this is happily not the case.
But in our view Krugman himself is guilty of five critical errors, and three equally serious omissions....
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By Ricken Patel, Exec. Director of Avaaz, co-organizers of People's Climate March
Originally posted Aug 25, 2014 by Tom Whipple, Post Carbon Institute
For those following the world oil production situation, it has been clear for some time that the only factor keeping global crude output from moving lower is the continuing increase in U.S. shale oil production, mostly from Texas and North Dakota. Needless to say, once the fabled "peak" comes oil and gasoline prices are certain to move higher, triggering a series of economic events – most of which will not be good for the global economy.
Alberta artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen, has effectively stopped oil corporations from putting a pipeline through his 800 acre property by covering it with artwork and copyrighting the top six inches of his land as an artwork.
Realizing that mining companies can legitimately lay claim to any land underneath private property to a depth of six inches, van Tiesenhausen contacted a lawyer who drew up an intellectual property/copyright claim that said that if the oil company disturbed the top six inches in any way, it would be a copyright violation.
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By Stefan Lucian (Bucharest, Romania)
Living in these days can mean a lot more than just having a shelter, food and clothing. People have evolved a lot in the last 50 years and the trend is of an exponential growth. The differences between generations will be more significant than there are now. As a proof that people have already started to change their minds and philosophy are the random bursts of nonconformism, meaning that some people no longer feel represented by the masses, and their image can't be associated with an institution of a large group of people.
Part of the nonconformism I was talking about is the residential component. People live in more and more diverse houses that suit best their needs. Some people buy large houses with concrete structures or steel and glass to reinforce their social...
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Having your groceries delivered is no longer just a convenience for those who dread the weekly trip to the store. Studies have recently shown that having your groceries delivered to your home could also help us to live a more eco-friendly life.
Over the years I have slowly changed my way of living to a "green" life, and what at first seemed to be an inconvenience is now proving to provide more convenience in my life. From the little things like using energy efficient lighting all the way to my not so regular trips to the grocery store, it seems I spend a lot less time doing tedious things, leaving more time for work and fun.
Up until the last few weeks I was against using a delivery service for my groceries. I didn't think it was possible that the big diesel trucks used to deliver items from my local grocer could be better for the environment than my car. Then I stumbled upon an article that told me just the opposite. University of Washington engineers Ann Goodchild and Erica Wygonik recently c...
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Americans' health, security, and economic well-being are tied to climate and weather. In the last 2 years, the United States experienced 25 climate- and weather-related disasters exceeding $1 billion ($115 billion total) in damages and claiming 1,019 lives. The public, businesses, resource managers, and policy leaders are increasingly asking for information to help them understand how and why climate conditions are changing and how they can prepare.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a primary provider of climate science, data, tools, and information used by stakeholders and citizens in decision-making contexts. These resources...
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As of March 18, 2013
The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500® companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power use of leading Green Power Partners within the United States and across individual industry sectors.
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-David S.-
Finally, the stage is set for the 108th World Series. The San Francisco Giants versus the Detroit Tigers. The playoffs were exciting and it all comes down to this. We're in for a wild ride in this series.
The Tigers just DOMINATED the Yankees in a sweep….OH YEAH!!!!!!!! A-Rod got benched the last two games and his career as a Yankee is in jeopardy. The Tigers go in very confident and hopefully not
"cold" from their days off.
The series between the Giants and Cardinals was wild. Going into game 5 it looked like the Cards were strong and getting in the WS easily with a 3-1 lead. The Giants never gave up and won game 5. Then 6…. Hold on, the Giants just tied this things up. The Cardinals are falling apart, what is happening. In game 7 the Giants blew away the Cardinals 9-o! The Giants go into this World Series loaded with momentum and firing on all cylinders.
The best part is that the two teams that I hate the most got eliminated! 🙂
This WS could be one for the ages. Two great well deserving teams are playing and both seem nearly unstoppable right now. Can the Tigers defend the HOT Giants? Will the Giants stay hot and defeat the loaded Tigers offense featuring a Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder duo.
I say Tigers win in 6 games ( as a die hard Brewer Fan, I've got a soft spot in my heart for Prince.) It'll be a very dramatic series and I know I'll be tuned in.
What's your take?
Tigers in ,Yanks Out!!! Could it be A-Rod's final game as a Yankee?
-David S.-
Sweeping usually activates my "flight" response because it involves kitchen chores – but NOT THIS WEEK!
I witnessed a great event that nearly brought tears to my eyes between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. The Tigers SWEPT the Yankees in four games in th ALCS. Time to pop the champagne Detroit! Or Mt. Dew in my case…..The Yankees seemed to be falling apart! Players Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, Russel Martin, Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano, Eric Chavez, and Brett Gardener all had batting averages under .200 during this postseason. SEVEN players from the Yankees UNDERPERFORMED – . These are also pretty big names you hear every day on SportsCenter. With these stats you don't deserve to win anything at all.
Now let's talk about the biggest story from this sereis, Alex Rodriguez. He was benched in games 3 and 4 of the ALCS , for failure of production and his career as a Yankee is in jeopardy.-sucker! Eric Chavez was filling in for A-rod in these games. According to SportsCenter, if A-Rod was benched again he would be a Yankee no more. They said he could be traded most likely to the Marlins because he lives around there and he would probably accept a trade there. (Good luck sporting that ugly uniform ;)-No one would take on his millions of dollars on his contract, so the Yankees would have to pay a chunk of change to get rid of him. Generally, most teams would only pay 5 million dollars for a 37 year old veteran. The Yankees could be stuck paying over a 100 millon dollars – suckers…..
After all of this Alex came out and said, "I will be back, I have a lot to prove and I will be back — on a mission." Good luck old man! I guess it's possible……hope not! He would have to accept a trade so we could see him back as a Yankee. If he wants to come back next season he's going to need to really work on his rapidly decreasing performance.
The Yankees would still be a power house team with or without A-rod on their team. Good luck Tigers! SHOUT OUT TO PRINCE!!!!!! We miss you!!
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers has reached a feat that hasn't been reached since 1967. With a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs he won the Triple Crown award. No one has achieved this since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. My mom was still in diapers, but I digress….
"Unbelievable," Cabrera said. "I don't believe this happened right now. I didn't believe three weeks ago it was going to happen. I didn't believe this was possible. But you always dream. Thank God I got an opportunity for this dream to
come true."
Great job Miguel! We'll most likely see a MVP award also handed to him. What a year! Who knows who will ever accomplish this again. It's been a great year in baseball!
Home Run Derby in Detroit
Wow. Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs as the Tisers destroyed the Red Sox 10-0. It looks like Prince Fielder has settled in fine with the Tigers. I already miss the memories of him hitting massive shots at Miller Park. Alex Avila also hit just one homer. Detroit didn't like seeing Doug Fister go only 3 2/3 innings with an injury to his left side. Now Fister is on the disabled list for 15 days. All together they racked up 5 home runs. Josh Beckett got shelled. He let off 5 home runs and 7 runs. if you look back to last season he didn't let his 5th homer come untill June 28. Not a way you want to start a season for sure. The loaded Boston line up couldn't put together any runs at all. Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Cody Ross and Mike Aviles have been hitless the first 2 games. Boston puts itself at 0-2 hoping to bounce back today on Easter.
WTF Why Tigers Fielder???????????????
I'm a die-hard Brewers fan and I just heard some sad and disappointing news. One of Wisconsin's best sports stars, Prince Fielder is gone. I couldn't believe it until I saw it. I really thought he would stay in Milwaukee. Sadly he'll be on the Detroit Tigers for 9 long years. The Brew Crew just couldn't afford him. At least the Brewers won't have to worry about playing against him often. The Brewers are faced with trying to replace not only a great player but a personality that was the face of the team. His winning smile, intensity and leadership will be missed. They might use long time prospect Mat Gamel or right fielder Cory Hart to fill that void. No one can come close to replacing him. This man was such a kind, happy and fan friendly person. One time my cousins and I were at my sister's birthday party and we ran into Prince Fielder. He was so happy to take pictures and talk to us.
Prince Fielder was such a great player and a fan favorite. He invented a catchy celebration move coined "Beast" mode. Prince was key in reigning in the younger players like Gomez and Morgan. With Prince gone and the impending suspension of Ryan Braun, the team will need to rely on veteran Ricky Weeks for some leadership. I hope he's happy in Detroit. Maybe he went there so he could follow in the footsteps of his dad, Cecil Fielder. Prince did spend many young years in Detroit with his dad. He could hit a home run when he was 12 years old which shows the power he has. Detroit has a great player in him and I think the Tigers could possibly make a serious playoff run. The city of Detroit is lucky to have Prince – Please treat him like a KING! I'm going to miss all those memorable home runs. What will you miss?


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I love making these mini salted caramel cheesecakes. And I particularly love eating them with my homemade salted caramel sauce.
The creamy cheese filling mixed with the sweet and salty caramel topping and whipped cream is a wonderfully delicious combination for a cheesecake. And the fact that these are in miniature sizes just makes it super easy to serve them.
Making these classic mini salted caramel cheesecake cupcakes is easy. No special cutters or pans required. You bake them in plain white cupcake casings and once done and chilled, you peel off the casings and discard them, leaving just perfectly sized mini caramel cheesecakes.
These mini salted caramel cheesecake are made with a plain digestive cookie crust and filled with creamy vanilla flavored cheesecake batter. Each mini cheesecake is topped with homemade salted caramel sauce and whipped cream and garnished with dried rosebuds.
This classic mini salted caramel cheesecake recipe yields 12 mini cheesecakes. The final number you get will depend on the size of your cupcake casing. My casings measured 5cm diameter at the bottom and 7cm diameter at the top. The height was 3.5cm. If yours are larger or smaller, the final number of these mini cheesecakes you get will differ accordingly.
Table of contents
- How to Make
- Notes
- Like this easy cheesecake recipe? Here are my other posts you might want to check out
- Recipe (Printable)
How to Make
- Digestive cookies (or any other plain vanilla cookies)
- Granulated sugar
- Melted butter
- Cream cheese
- Whipping cream
- Granulated Sugar
- All-purpose flour
- Egg
- Vanilla Essence
- Salted Caramel
- Whipped cream
- Dried Rose Buds (food grade)
Making the cheesecake crust
- Crush the cookies to a fine crumb. You can do this by placing your cookies in a ziplock bag and using a rolling pin to crush them (by rolling on them or lightly hitting them) or by processing the cookies in a food processor. Add granulated sugar to the crumbs and mix well.
- Next, add melted butter and mix until the crumbs are well moistened.
- Drop one tablespoon of the crumbs into each cheesecake cupcake casing.
- Press the cookie crumbs down firmly into each cupcake casing. Do this with a small rolling pin (the ends), or with a spoon. Set the prepared crust aside.
Making the cheesecake filling
- In a medium-sized bowl, whip the cream cheese until soft and creamy (about 30 to 60 seconds the most). Scrape the sides of the bowl constantly.
- Combine the granulated sugar, salt, and flour in a small bowl.
- Add it into the creamed cream cheese. Beat for about 20 seconds.
- Add egg and vanilla essence and beat again for another 20 seconds, scraping the bowl at every 10 seconds interval.
- Tiny specks of cheese in the batter at this point is fine. Do not over mix to avoid air bubbles in the batter. Fold in the cream with a spatula.
- Spoon the mini cheesecake batter into the prepared crust in cupcake casings. Fill each casing until they are almost full.
Baking and decorating the cheesecake
- Bake the mini salted caramel cheesecake at 150 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. Once done, let them rest in the oven for about 10 minutes before removing them. Let them cool to room temperature before chilling them for at least 4 hours (overnight is preferred) before peeling the cupcake casings off.
- When peeling the casings, start by pulling the sides first before removing the bottom.
- In a small piping bag, fill salted caramel sauce and cut a tiny hole at the tip. Pipe the salted caramel sauce onto each of the mini salted caramel cheesecake, letting it drip on the sides.
- Whip the cream until stiff peaks form and fill it into a separate piping bag fitted with a large star piping tip (I used tip number 865). Pipe a large whipped cream star on each salted caramel topped cheesecake.
- Garnish the cheesecakes with 3 dried rosebuds in the center.
- Keep the miniature cheesecakes chilled all the time. The cheesecakes can last in the fridge for a good 4 to 5 days. The salted caramel sauce and whipped cream are best put on the cheesecakes just before serving.
Reduced baking temperature
- Similar to all my other cheesecakes recipes, these mini salted caramel cheesecake should be baked at a slightly reduced temperature than normal cakes.
- The rule of thumb is to reduce the temperature by at least 10 percent of your normal cake baking temperature. I always bake normal cakes at 160 to 170 degrees Celsius and cheesecakes are therefore baked at 150 degrees. Keeping the baking temperature low helps avoid cracks in my cheesecakes.
Do not overmix the batter
- When cheesecake batter is overmixed, it tends to incorporate too many air bubbles. These air bubbles will create an unsightly bubbly surface on your cheesecake. It will not affect the taste but your cakes will not have a smooth top.
- To avoid the bubbles, keep to the time I have indicated in each of the steps of making these mini salted caramel cheesecake.
Use the lowest rack in the oven
- This is another tip to avoid cheesecakes from cracking, be it full-sized cheesecakes or mini cheesecakes.
- Placing the cakes in the lowest rack helps avoid the tops from being too near to heat and also prevents the tops from over-browning.
Use a water bath
- Lack of moisture in the oven is another factor that causes cheesecakes to crack. To keep the moisture high, cheesecakes are often baked in a water bath or bain-marie.
- A water bath is a baking technique where a dish of water is placed in the oven while baking a cheesecake. The heat will cause the water to turn into steam and this steam keeps the interior of the oven moist.
- For these mini salted caramel cheesecakes, simply place a small dish of water on the oven floor and bake the cakes as usual.
Disable the 'fan' function in the oven
- If you find your cheesecakes cracking, the fan function in your oven could be factor contributing to it.
- To be on the safe side, disable the fan function when baking cheesecakes.
Do not overbake the cheesecakes
- Over baking cheesecakes can make their texture rubbery and sometimes the tops to crack.
- Keep to the baking time indicated in the recipe. To test if these mini salted caramel cheesecakes are done, press the sides. If they are firm, the cakes are done. Ideally, the sides should be firm but the center still wobbly.
Baking the miniature salted caramel cheesecakes into a large cake
- If you wish to make a full large cheesecake instead of mini salted caramel cheesecakes, the recipe measurement above can be prepared in a 7 inches round cake tin. Bake the cake for 55 to 60 minutes.
- For 9 inches round cheesecake, double the recipe above and bake for about 65 to 70 minutes until the sides are firm and the center still wobbly.
Like this easy cheesecake recipe? Here are my other posts you might want to check out
- Salted Caramel Recipe - Quick and Easy
- Easy Cheesecake Recipe - A Simple Baked Cheesecake
- Mini Christmas Cheesecake - Pretty Festive Treats
- Classic New York Cheesecake - An Old Fashioned Cheesecake
- Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake with Oreo Crust
- Pineapple Cheesecake with Coconut - Easy Homemade Recipe
Recipe (Printable)
Here is the full printable version of my mini salted caramel cheesecake recipe. And while you are at it, don't forget to read up my recipe notes just above. These notes will help you make the best miniature cheesecakes every single time!
Mini Salted Caramel Cheesecake
- 100 g Digestive Cookies or Graham Crackers
- 15 g granulated sugar
- 30 g butter melted
- 450 g cream cheese
- 150 g granulated sugar
- 20 g flour
- 100 g whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
Topping & Garnish
- salted caramel
- whipping cream
- dried rosebuds food grade
- Preheat oven to 150°Celsius.
- Place cupcake casings in a muffin tray.
- Crush the digestive cookies to a fine crumb. Add sugar and melted butter and mix until the crumbs are well moistened.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of the crumbs into each cupcake casing. Press down firmly with the back of a small spoon or the ends of the small rolling pin. Set aside.
- To make the filling, add cream cheese to a medium-sized bowl and beat until creamy for 30 to 60 seconds. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Mix the flour and sugar in a small bowl and add into the creamed cheese. Beat for 20 seconds until the flour is well incorporated.
- Add the vanilla essence and eggs and beat for another 20 seconds, scraping the bowl after every 10 seconds.
- Fold in the cream.
- Spoon the filling into the prepared crust until almost full.
- Bake the mini cheesecakes in the lowest rack in the oven with a water bath for 20 minutes.
- Once baked, let them rest in the oven for about 10 minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Chill the cheesecakes for at least 4 hours before serving. Add the topping and garnish right before serving the cakes.
- To make the topping, whip the cream until peaks form. Transfer into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
- In a separate piping bag, fill in the salted caramel and snip a small hole at the tip of the piping bag.
- Pipe the caramel sauce onto each mini cheesecake, dripping it onto the sides of the cakes.
- Pipe a large whipped cream star on top of the salted caramel and garnish with dried rosebuds.
- Serve immediately. Keep leftovers refrigerated.
And that's my easy mini salted caramel cheesecake recipe for you.
Happy baking 🙂


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Written by Tré Berry III | 12/06/2020
"Tell them I'm back man" was the words immediately that was stated after Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr's (27-0-0, 21KO) comeback victory over Danny "Swift" Garcia (36-3-0, 21KO) to successfully secure the 5th defense of his WBC and IBF World Welterweight Titles. The fight was tactical, and went the distance, which left no doubts to whom the 🔝superior fighter was this night, and in general.
Before we get into the full recap of the fight, what we ended up paying attention to most from the onset was Errol's overall health, reflexes, 🧠mindset, and ability to take a hit from a hard hitting opponent. Based off of the evidence that presented itself in this Welterweight bout, Errol looked as if literally nothing had changed since his devastating car crash about 14 months ago. Errol's overall reflexes didn't seem to take a 📉dip, nor did his quick decision making, and physically he seemed to look in tact, also showcasing that he can still keep himself composed after taking a few hard shots upstairs.
In 🛎round 1, Danny came out with the intent to fight on his backfoot, with Errol stalking in a calculated fashion, flicking the jab effectively both to the head and the body. Danny did land a couple of solid right hands in the second round to split the guard, but Errol took the power well (which was a positive sign to all boxing fans), and continued to stand his ground and take control of the real estate inside of the ring.
Danny found home with a clever 1-2-3 combination, placing the punches around the high guard that Spence was utilizing. Errol began unleashing his power behind the left hand. The last ⌚30 seconds of the round, you slowly started to see the separation in class between the two Championship caliber prizefighters. The more Errol started to stalk and rake the body with right hooks, the more discouraged Danny looked as he began to run out of ideas for useful answers.
Errol by round 5 started to diversify his left cross, and landed them in a multitude of different ways. From an accumulation effect of the snappy right jab that Errol was consistently offering up, Danny's 👁left eye began to close from swelling, by the 6th round. A note to make – 📌Danny from the onset was fighting the wrong style fight on the outside, but finally started to press forward and push the action, which truthfully was really his only way that he could have won this fight.
In the 7th stanza, Errol was doing great body work in the clinches, taking away every tactic that Danny wanted to use as Spence had every advantage skillwise, and athletically over the proud Philly fighter. In the back-end of the 8th round, Errol started to thoroughly maul and bully Danny the way only he knows how, and exhibited a sense of calm in his pursuit doing so (a predator at work). Danny however did sneak in a powerful right hand in the 9th, but no follow ups by way of combination, and Errol shrugging the shot off.
Garcia's best punch in my opinion was a 💥counter right hand that momentarily knocked Errol a little off-balanced – a good round for the challenger, and his contingent. As the fight progressed late, Danny comported himself well in the 11th round, but Spence showcased mastery in ring-generalship throughout the large portion of the round. The last round, both opened up a little more as you would expect, and the last 15 seconds was exciting, with Danny getting his last licks in, but Garcia should have let his hands go rounds before – one could say missed opportunities, but all is in the 📖books.
The judging imo was decent, and by way of 📝Unanimous Decision, Errol Spence walked away as the victor, and retained his two Welterweight belts, but the major story here was that in a risky proposition to immediately fight someone of Danny Garcia's caliber, "The Truth" shined, and he convinced watchers that he is indeed the same fighter, and the same major threat to anyone at ⚖147, and ⚖154 lbs. It was good to see Errol still being able to fight at his customary high level.
As for Danny, he tried, and he gave his all, but he just doesn't have a ⚙second gear. Anytime he finds himself against elite operators, and his advantages are taken away, you don't see him being able to change his style to adapt to the flow taking place in the ring, which is why he 🚫should NOT be looked to at this point as an elite Welterweight. He is however, still a very good fighter, and he brings a credible challenge, and show to all Welterweights, whether he is superior in class, and even when he is not – solid tactically fought fight all-around.


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"He has also directed his personal Assistant to lock up the office of one of the two officers who had been posted by the Regional Minister," the statement added.
CLOGSAG believes this is a clear instance of political harassment.
"Evidence available shows that the Hon. Regional Minister posted two Assistant Directors of Local Government Service in contravention of existing procedure for postings."
The association has thus urged the President to sack the minister "for interfering in the work of the Local Government Service."
"Significantly, some staff members of the Local Government Service have had their appointments terminated for contravening the Supreme Court Ruling on Neutrality on partisan activities," CLOGSAG noted further.
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG), has called for the removal of the Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebbah Obeng, over claims of political interference.
CLOGSAG has said the Minister has been posting personnel of the local government service unlawfully, contravening the supreme court's ruling on neutrality and partisan activities.
In a statement, the association said it was "totally appalled" at the minister "for meddling in the day-to-day activities of the Office of the Head of Local Government Service."
It said the minister has "erroneously arrogated to himself the power to post officers of the Local Government Service."
The association warned that if by Friday, November 26, the postings have not been reversed, "the Association would be compelled to convene an Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to pave the way for further action."
CLOGSAG further urged the Regional Coordinating Council of the Western North Region to "disregard any unlawful instructions from the Regional Minister."
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In 2006, I was in Parliament listening to then-defence minister Teo Chee Hean painstakingly explain the nation's uncompromising stance against National Service (NS) evaders.
His speech had come in the wake of a public furore over a $3,000 fine handed to celebrity pianist Melvyn Tan for defaulting on his NS for more than three decades. Mr Teo pushed for stiffer fines and jail sentences for those who skip NS.
Since then, this no-nonsense stance has not wavered.
In 2012, Mr Teo's successor Ng Eng Hen, also in Parliament, tackled questions on draft dodgers, specifically second-generation permanent residents who renounce their PR status to avoid serving (first-generation PRs are exempted from NS). He warned then of "adverse consequences" when these people go on to apply to study or work in Singapore.
The issue of NS dodging cropped up again last month, when High Court Judge Chan Seng Onn jailed 25-year-old Brian Joseph Chow for 1½ months after he failed to enlist for more than six years. Chow, a born-and-bred Singaporean, left the country at 15 to study in Australia. He returned to serve NS after surrendering in May 2013.
Justice Chan's sentencing, which built on an earlier ruling that those who default on NS for more than two years should be jailed, was hailed for providing clarity on the penalties. It also sparked a range of reactions, albeit far less vitriolic than 10 years ago.
There are those, especially among the nearly 1 million men who have gone through NS since conscription started in 1967, who feel that the sentence was too light. Some also questioned the decision to give Chow a "discount" for doing well in NS. He was initially given three months, but 11/2 months was shaved because he did "exceptionally well" in the army.
The sentiments show that most still see NS as the linchpin of the nation's identity and survival.
They understand that anyone who undermines this institution by failing to report for duty would, and rightfully should, be punished.
So it is important to let those who want to avoid NS - Singaporean- born and PRs - know the exact price they have to pay.
Singapore sons living overseas who came back for NS
Under the Enlistment Act, anyone who fails to fulfil his NS obligation can face a fine of up to $10,000 - double the previous maximum - or up to three years in prison, or both.
But even with a more punitive regime in place, people still grumble. Take the uproar that followed reports that a 19-year-old Singapore-born New Zealander has so far refused to return to serve NS. Brandon Smith, who holds dual citizenship, was quoted as saying his NS stint would be a waste of time because he spent most of his time in New Zealand.
The indignation that the majority feel is understandable. Every year, some 20,000 young men are drafted, after which they are called up to fulfil their reservist obligations every year. Allowing people to wiggle their way out of NS undermines the three principles underpinning this rite of passage: national security, equity and universality.
As DPM Teo put it in his 2006 ministerial statement: "Singaporeans serve willingly, out of a sense of duty, and also a sense that the system is fair... nobody can dodge his responsibility to serve without severe legal and social sanctions."
Still, most convicted NS defaulters that were reported in the media in the last few years have got away with fines. These included the November 2014 case of 20-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim Hamzah, who had his two-month jail term reduced to a $3,000 fine for dodging NS for just over a year and three months.
What is noteworthy in Justice Chan's landmark ruling is an accompanying graph that charted benchmark prison terms against the number of years a defaulter stayed away without a valid exit permit, illustrating the different degrees of severity.
Understandably, there are those who wring their hands over how cut-and-dried the guidelines are in meting out punishment. But judges in future NS defaulter cases will have to take into account factors such as whether the defaulter voluntarily surrendered or was arrested, and if he pleaded guilty or claimed trial. The age of the offender and his performance during NS are also mitigating factors. All things considered, the sentencing serves as a clear reminder that NS is serious business.
Lawyer Laurence Goh Eng Yau, who has frequently defended SAF soldiers, says: "For once, there is clarity. Potential defaulters have been forewarned... so they can't choose to default and think they can get away with a fine."
Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan says it is timely for clearer and transparent sentencing guidelines to be put out. "It is an attempt to rationalise the sentencing principles and benchmarks for NS defaulters, which is in accordance with the public interest to have NS defaulters punished," said Associate Professor Tan, a former Nominated MP.
To be sure, the situation is not dire.
Most recent figures revealed by Defence Minister Ng in Parliament in 2012 showed that in 2011, 259 NS-liable men either failed to register or enlist, or did not come back to Singapore after their exit permits expired. Seven in 10 of them were Singaporeans who mostly live overseas.
In comparison, about 26,000 were drafted that year.
Pointing to the small numbers, those in the camp that adopts a softer stance argue that Singapore can be more forgiving towards those who erred and be more flexible in granting longer deferments so that they can pursue their dreams and ambitions first.
But in Justice Chan's own words, the concept of NS "involves sacrifice on the part of enlistees to postpone their personal goals, including continuing their education, to fulfil their duties".
Following a high-level panel's year-long review of NS which ended in 2014, Mindef and other uniformed services have already made NS less of a chore. Their efforts include making it easier for national servicemen to train and do well in the physical fitness tests and shortening the interval between when a student finishes his studies and starts NS.
The quitters may be in the minority and do not put a dent on national defence, but defence observer David Boey argues that SAF's defence capability will be affected in the long run when planners cannot forecast how many soldiers are due to be enlisted in any given year.
Mr Boey, the former defence correspondent for this paper who now sits on the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence, cautions against being swayed by calls to be more flexible, or worse still, lenient, to NS defaulters or requests for deferments. "Every seven NS evaders robs the Singapore Army of one section of soldiers - which is the smallest organised fighting unit in an army battalion. So every soldier counts," he says.
It is not just finding the strength in numbers but also keeping the high level of commitment in every soldier that is important.
This is even more crucial when victory in today's battlefield hinges on the battle of wills and wits.
I have said in the past that the sweat and tears shed to build the SAF cannot be reduced to a dollar value. What is defining is priceless intangibles such as duty, honour, loyalty and national pride.
In the same vein, foisting NS on a reluctant soldier will not guarantee a loyal and fully committed soldier.
For instance, someone who left the country at a young age will conceivably be less likely to heed the call to bear arms for a country that he has little connection to.
A case in point is Seow Wei Sin, who stayed away for 23 years - one of the longest default periods. Born in Singapore, Seow left for Malaysia with his parents when he was just a year old. He was convicted in 2010 after he came back to the Republic a year earlier.
He was initially sentenced by the district judge to 18 months' jail. Appeal judge Chao Hick Tin reversed the decision and Seow was eventually fined $5,000.
This year, in his sentencing of Chow, Justice Chan focused his benchmarks on those who had a "substantial connection" to Singapore. Chow left after finishing his primary and some of his secondary school education here.
But the judge did not extrapolate his judgment to those with little connection to Singapore, for instance someone like Seow who left when he was still a baby.
How should a graph involving this group of people look? Should jail time be even involved? Does NS liability increase the more one benefits from the Singapore system, or is there intrinsic value to being a son of this country, regardless of when a person is uprooted?
Issues involving second- generation PRs are also not entirely clear. When Mr Ng referred to "adverse consequences", he hinted that it might mean a defaulter will not be offered a pass to work or study here. But these were never made explicit. And should punishments just end there?
Trawl through local blogs and online forums and there are plenty of stories on people who find out the cost of NS defaulting too late - for instance, a second-generation PR who skipped NS, graduated in law in Britain, but found he could not get a student pass when he wanted to do a conversion course.
Such stories abound, along with questions if there are blacklists and on the consequences of giving up one's PR to evade NS. There are also anecdotes of people bragging about how they gamed the system, some even providing "how-to guides".
NS, everyone agrees, is a serious issue, a key pillar of Singapore's security. There should be no grey area when it comes to defaulting. Justice Chan has provided much-needed clarity when it comes to one group of defaulters. Hopefully, any doubts for other groups will also be removed soon.
This article was first published on February 25, 2016.
Get a copy of The Straits Times or go to straitstimes.com for more stories.


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I had such an amazing time spending time with the Husband's parents! We spent some great time trying beers and tasty foods. We also took them out for hikes on both Friday and Saturday. I just thought I would share some of my favorite photos from our Saturday hike at Mt. Sanitas. A little description of the trail from OSMP:
"Mount Sanitas Trail is a moderate to difficult trail which meanders both sides of the ridge leading to the summit of Mount Sanitas. The southern portion of the trail is utilized as an access by climbers to several bouldering areas along the trail. Access points to these bouldering areas are clearly marked and we ask your cooperation that you only boulder in designated areas. This trail also provides beautiful views to both the east and west."
Such a great hike and definitely a triumph for the Husband's zero elevation parents to tackle!