text:
Meatless Monday: Know your Iron Intake

“Meatless Monday is the concept of reducing our meat consumption. It’s a different approach for how we consume our protein sources. Meatless Mondays is not the stance that you need to become vegetarian or vegan either (but kudos if you are- it’s the most humane way to source your food).

Being mainly vegetarian, I am diligent about incorporating enough protein into my diet: beans, legumes, tofu, soy nut butter, almonds, walnuts and the like. I also eat eggs about twice a week.

However, I still fell into a vegetarian pitfall: a lack of iron in my diet and the end result was anemia.

I used to track my diet on My Fitness Pal and usually fell a little short on protein, so it really helped me track what I needed to consume more of (protein) and less of (carbohydrates).  These tracking apps are a helpful tools and I suggest using one for a month to see where you are at.  You can view if you are consuming excess sugar (proudly always very low on my sugar!), saturated fats, or salt.

 Iron is necessary for creating red blood cells that carry oxygen into your body.

“Iron is a component of a number of proteins… haemoglobin is important for transport of oxygen to tissues throughout the body.” [7]

Your body absorbs meat iron (heme iron) almost 3 times easier than it does from plant sources, so if you eat none-heme iron foods you need to incorporate absorption techniques.

Headaches, dizziness, difficulty exercising, and leg-muscle cramping I attributed to being a working mother, sinuses, the winter blahs, or  perhaps dehydration after exercise.

Turns out all of the above symptoms were interrelated.

I’ve been taking a multivitamin with iron and have been tackling my iron consumption head on. I’ve been using a cast iron skillet, incorporating vitamin C, Vitamin A and beta carotene along with any plant based iron consumption, and multivitamins.

I cannot believe how much better I feel! I should have gone to the doctor sooner. Do not put your health on hold.  I know we do this because of our busy schedules, but you have to take care of your health first! It makes us a better mother/wife, employee and friend if we are recharged and in optimal health.

If you suspect you have low iron ask your doctor for a blood test.  If you eat a plant based diet and have any symptoms, you need it checked.

You do not need to eat more meat to get plenty of iron, you just have to work iron into your diet appropriately.

Signs and symptoms of low iron can easily be dismissed as general fatigue or stress symptoms. Low iron can be the result of lack of iron in your diet or also absorption issues from an underlying disease, like Celiac disease. Do not ignore these symptoms:

 “Iron deficiency anemia symptoms may include:

  • Extreme fatigue
  • Pale skin
  • Weakness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Chest pain
  • Frequent infections
  • Headache
  • Dizziness or lightheadedness
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Inflammation or soreness of your tongue
  • Brittle nails
  • Fast heartbeat
  • Unusual cravings for non-nutritive substances, such as ice, dirt or starch
  • Poor appetite, especially in infants and children with iron deficiency anemia
  • An uncomfortable tingling or crawling feeling in your legs (restless legs syndrome)” [1]

However, some forms of anemia occur due to  B12 or folate lacking in your system or being absorbed improperly.

“Vitamin deficiency anemia (or megaloblastic [MEG-uh-loh-BLASS-tik] anemia). Low levels of vitamin B12 or folate are the most common causes of this type of anemia.

Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (or pernicious [pur-NISH-us] anemia). This type of anemia happens due to a lack of vitamin B12 in the body. Your body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells and to keep your nervous system working normally. This type of anemia occurs most often in people whose bodies are not able to absorb vitamin B12 from food because of an autoimmune disorder. It also can happen because of intestinal problems.

You also can get this type of anemia if the foods you eat don’t have enough vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is found in foods that come from animals. Fortified breakfast cereals also have vitamin B12. ” [6]

The Good News? You can change this fairly easily if low intake is simply your issue.

If absorption is an issue or an underlying medicial condition, your doctor needs consulted for steps to take.

Chart Courtesy of Of course, if pregnant or nursing,  have an pre-existing health issues, or on any other medications please check with your doctor first!

Age Infants and children Women Pregnant Breastfeeding
7 to 12 months 11 mg n/a n/a n/a
1 to 3 years 7 mg n/a n/a n/a
4 to 8 years 10 mg n/a n/a n/a
9 to 13 years 8 mg n/a n/a n/a
14 to 18 years n/a 15 mg 27 mg 10mg
19 to 50 years n/a 18 mg 27 mg 9 mg
51+ years n/a 8 mg n/a n/a

Below are some tips to keep your Meatless Meal options but Increase Iron Intake:

You do NOT have to start consuming massive amounts of meat. Meat consumption equals more pollution. Of course, never self-diagnose, schedule a visit with your doctor as these symptoms can also be signs of other issues.

1. “Drink tea and coffee between meals, not with meals. The tannin can reduce iron absorption so drink tea between meals. Coffee contains less tannin than tea but still needs to be considered as it has other compounds that reduce iron absorption.” [2]

2. Avoid Iron absorption disrupting foods when consuming your meals.  Both calcium and tannins (found in tea and coffee) reduce iron absorption. Tea, coffee, and calcium supplements should be used several hours before a meal that is high in iron 5.” [4]    “Antacids can also inhibit the absorption of iron, as stomach acid is necessary for this process.” [3]

3. Add Vitamin C to your Iron meals: “Adding a vitamin C source to a meal increases non-heme iron absorption up to six-fold which makes the absorption of non-heme iron as good or better than that of heme iron.” [4]

4.  Increase your intake of Iron rich foods. Leafy Greens in particular, like spinach or swiss chard. Lentils, tofu, and chickpeas to name a few.

“Examples of iron-rich foods include meat, eggs, leafy green vegetables and iron-fortified foods.” [1]5

5. Cook with a cast-iron skillet. Tofu, tempeh, (or eggs) with spinach or kale and a glass of Orange juice would be a great iron rich breakfast.

6. Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat both contain a good dose of iron, choose low sugar options and add blueberries for vitamin C and flax seed for lignans and Omega-3’s. Also look for Iron fortified cereals.

image  Black Beans, Tofu, and Rice with Sweet Peppers

7.  Beans, Lentils, Legumes. Just one cup of black bean soup contains 26% of your Daily Iron. Pair it with vitamin C to enhance absorption. A salad topped with red and yellow bell peppers or broccoli should do the trick.

8.  When you do choose meat, always choose Grass-Fed beef. It contains more nutrients and vitamins than non-grass fed meat. Try to limit your consumption of meat for the environment.

9. Multivitamin with Iron or Iron Supplement.

Did you Know YOU Can Help to Save our Earth by Limiting Meat Consumption?!

  • “Reduce Greenhouse Gases —Studies show that meat production produces significantly more greenhouse gases than vegetables, including carbon dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide – the three main contributing sources of greenhouse gas. [5]
  • Minimize Water Usage—The water needs of livestock are much greater than those of vegetables and grains.

– Approximately 1,850 gallons of water are needed to produce a single pound of beef. – Approximately 39 gallons of water are needed to produce a pound of vegetables.” [5]

Click here for a  link to The Vegetarian’s Resource Groups information on Iron. It contains a great table of iron-rich vegetarian foods:

Disclaimer: This article is not regulated or approved by the FDA.  Information is cited from sources below. As always, if pregnant or nursing, on any medications or under doctors care for any disease, illness, or condition consult your doctor before any dietary changes or prior to starting any vitamin supplement or regiment.

1.)  Mayo Clinic Staff: Symptoms of Iron Deficiency Anemia. Accessed February 20, 2016.

2.) Iron Boosting Tips and Tricks. Accessed February 20, 2016.

3.) Bruso, Jessica, Demand Media: Natural Ways to Boost Iron Levels In Your Body.

4. Mangels, Reed PhD, RD Iron in the Vegan Diet.

5. Meatless Monday Facts.  Accessed Feb. 2016.

6. Anemia Fact Sheet. Accessed February 22, 2016.

7. Australian Government Ministry of Health. Nutrient Reference Values. Accessed February 20, 2016.

6 thoughts on “Meatless Monday: Know your Iron Intake

  1. informedAudrey says:

    Great article 🙂 I was going to do a piece on iron consumption on meatless diets too 🙂 didn’t know about the absorption effectiveness until I switched diets! Even people I know didn’t know to eat vitamin c and no caffeine while eating, appealing really. Good job! 👍👍

~ Feel Free to Leave a Comment or Reply ~

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Truncated: length

WARC-Type: response

text:
Passionate About Genesee County
and the Moms Who Live Here

Picky Eater Approved Banana Muffins

If you’re a mom, I’m sure you’ve dealt with a picky eater. And if you haven’t, please teach me your ways!!

I have four kiddos. One of them is too young, but I’m already praying she’s not as picky as my oldest. My two children in the middle are great eaters! Yes, there are things they don’t like, but they don’t refuse something simply because it isn’t sugary, pink or covered in peanut butter. Granted my daughter is getting better with time. And with age {at least in her case} comes a better understanding that she can at least try something first before declaring it poison.

But I’m always seeking new recipes to try that will just give us more options. And I know with this recipe, there are a lot of things you can add to make it your own! And in my experience, letting your kids help in the process makes eating it seem more fun!

What you’ll need:

•2 cups of flour

•3/4 cup brown sugar

•1 tsp baking soda

•1/4 tsp salt

•1/4 tsp cinnamon

•1/3 cup vanilla yogurt

•1/2 cup coconut oil

•3 ripe bananas, smashed

•2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 and give your muffin tin a quick spray of oil.

In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. And in a separate bowl, mix your brown sugar into the softened coconut oil. Then add in eggs, yogurt and bananas, and mix in your bowl of dry ingredients. Bake for 20 minutes, and enjoy!

I sprinkled cinnamon sugar on the top of them before baking too, just for extra sweetness!

What are some easy, Picky-Eater-Approved recipes you’ve found and love? Please share!

, , , , , ,

No comments yet.

Leave a Reply

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-149-109-157.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-05
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for January 2018
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
skip all navigation
skip banner links
skip primary navigation

New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 18
Defiance-Zuni-Mt. Taylor Region, Arizona and New Mexico

Frederick D. Trauger, ed., 1967, 228 pages.

The Eighteenth Annual Field Conference of the New Mexico Geological Society will visit three areas of distinct economic importance in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, where the surface exposures of geologic features are unsurpassed and the beauty of the scenery unequalled. The Dinch bi Keyah oil field is one of the most important oil discoveries in the western United States in recent years and it is unique in that the oil is produced from a sanadine-rich syenite sill. The spectacular increase in the demand for uranium as a power source has focused the attention of the nuclear power industry on the Gallup- Grants-Laguna area where over 41 percent of the nation's uranium ore reserves are located. In addition, the recently increased industrial demand for domestic fluorspar has brought new interest to the deposits in the Zuni Mountains. The first day road log is from Gallup north through the Chuska Mountains and return via Window Rock, Lukachukai, and Sheep Springs. The second day road log is from Gallup through the Zuni Mountains to Thoreau and return to Gallup via Smith Lake, Mariano Lake and Pinedale. The third day road log is from Fort Wingate to Bibo via Prewitt, Ambrosia Lake, Milan, Grants, Laguna, and Paguate.

Papers from this guidebook are available for download from the NMGS website.

Hardcover: $5.00 Buy Now

Individual papers from this guidebook are available as free downloads from the NMGS site.

Table of Contents available for download (1.44 MB PDF requires Acrobat 7.0 or later)


text:
skip all navigation
skip banner links
skip primary navigation

Open-file Report - 217
Investigation of alluvial valley floors in the Salt Lake coal area, Western New Mexico

David W. Love, John W. Hawley, and Steve Palmer

$10.00 Buy Now
CD or DVD-ROM format CD or DVD-ROM format

Also available as a free download.

Open-file Reports are available as free downloads or on CD/DVD-ROM (see below).

Most of the reports are PDF files and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view. These reports may also contain GIS data or other file types, and some are collections of files that are intended to run from a CD-ROM or local hard drive.

These reports are subject to frequent revisions and may be unavailable when being modified. The Last Modified date listed here reflects when a file was last saved and may not be the date this report was last revised.

File Name Size Last Modified
ofr_217.pdf 14.66 MB 10/22/2008 11:43:01 AM


text:
skip all navigation
skip banner links
skip primary navigation

Hydrologic Report - 3

Water resources of Guadalupe County, New Mexico

G. A. Dinwiddie and Clebsch, A., Jr.

This Report is available for download in PDF format and with data tables as Excel spreadsheets. The entire report is also available as a zipped archive. A hardcopy or CD-ROM version may also be available for purchase.

$9.00 Buy Now

Also available as a free download.

File Name Size Last Modified
HR3.pdf 1.63 MB 02/22/2016 03:22:46 PM 1.67 MB 05/12/2016 03:28:11 PM
HR3_Table4.xlsx 76 KB 03/17/2016 02:33:44 PM
HR3_Table5.xlsx 21 KB 03/17/2016 02:02:06 PM
HR3_Table6.xlsx 20 KB 03/17/2016 02:59:09 PM


text:
skip all navigation
skip banner links
skip primary navigation

Carrizozo Malpais

The Carrizozo Malpais are one of the youngest volcanic features in the state of New Mexico. The Malpais, which are the 75 km-long black feature in the satellite image below, are basaltic lava flows, such as are being erupted today in Hawaii. For a high resolution version of the image, click here. State highway 380 traverses the Carrizozo Malpais, and this road provides good access to people who want to view, or visit the lava flows. The "Valley of Fires" Recreation Area is located on the Carrizozo Malpais.

General Information

Geological Information


text:
Home » Global Sea Level Rise Map » New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - Sea Level Rise Map

Use the window in the top left of the map frame to change the amount of sea level rise.

The map above shows areas of the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastlines that would be flooded at various stages of sea level rise. You can select a value of sea level rise using the dropdown box in the upper left corner of the map. The navigation buttons can be used to zoom in/out and pan across the map.

The map clearly shows that a sea level rise of only a few meters would inundate thousands of acres of highly developed land, beach communities and habitat along the Gulf Coast. If you zoom in on New Orleans, Morgan City, Lake Charles, Port Arthur, Mobile, Galveston, Freeport or other areas you can see communities, railroads, ports, factories, refineries and other types of land use that will be under water. The United States Gulf coast will be one of the hardest areas hit if sea level rise associated with global warming continues.

This map is not a carefully surveyed and extremely accurate presentation. It is intended to provide a visual impression of which geographic areas might be flooded if global warming and climate change continue unabated.

Elevations in urban areas shown on the map may be higher than actual values due to radar reflections from the tops of buildings and other structures. This would result in flooding being more severe than shown on this map. For an interesting presentation of how sea level rise might impact important cities, see U.S. Cities We Could Lose to the Sea at Climate

This sea level rise map was created by Alex Tingle of using the Google Maps API, NASA data and lots of programming savvy. He explains how the map was created, the sea level data and issues about map accuracy here. He also provides an impressive, full-monitor, global sea-level rise map on his website. We thank Alex for allowing us to share this map on Also thanks to Google and NASA for providing the resources needed to make this map.

Find it on

More from

gem photos
100+ Gems Photos of over 100 beautiful gems ranging from the popular to the obscure.
Ruby and Sapphire
Ruby and Sapphire are the 2nd and 3rd most popular colored stones in the United States.
Don't Go To Jail
Know the Rules before removing rocks or minerals from public or private property.
Fluorescent Minerals
Fluorescent Minerals and rocks glow with spectacular colors under ultraviolet light.
Diamonds: Learn about the properties of diamond, its many uses and diamond discoveries.
Rock Gallery: Photos of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Geodes look like ordinary rocks on the outside but can be spectacular inside!
Minerals: Information about ore minerals, gem materials and rock-forming minerals.

sea level rise - New Orleans
A sea level rise map of the New Orleans area showing the extent of flooding with a five-meter rise in sea level. This map was prepared using the Google sea level rise map above created by Alex Tingle of

Rock Type Photo Gallery
Types of Volcanic Eruptions
Mount Rainier Volcanic Hazards
East Africa Rift
Teaching Plate Tectonics with Drawings
Marcellus Shale

© 2005-2018 All Rights Reserved.
Images, code, and content on this website are property of and are protected by copyright law. does not grant permission for any use, republication, or redistribution.


text:
History & ToursKids  |  Your Government  |  Appointments  |  JobsContactGraphic version

Email Updates  |  Español  |  Accessibility  |  Search  |  Privacy Policy  |  Help

Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
Mrs. Laura Bush is welcomed to the podium by former President Bill Clinton Wednesday, September 20, 2006, at President Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York. During her remarks, Mrs. Bush announced a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation to provide clean water for up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa by 2010. The partnership will support the provision and installation of PlayPump water systems in approximately 650 schools, health centers and HIV affected communities. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Recent Photo Essays
President's Trip to Germany & Russia
Mrs. Bush's Trip to Germany & Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Visit
President's Trip to Iraq
Australian Prime Minister Howard Visit
Mrs. Bush's Trip to Costa Rica

  |     |     |     |     |     |


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
Archives for posts with tag: Magnetron

Born and raised in the city of Bologna, 26 year old dj and producer I Never Dance, finally delivers his first EP to Instant Replay. Known in the industry for his outstanding work as right hand and engineer to well known producer Graziano Ravenna, he has made his mark on the international producers scene. But always in the background. Now that he moved to Western Europe to pursue his solo-career, his technical skills come in handy for his big-room sound. Tweaked to perfection with one thing in mind; the dancefloor. Raise your hands from Riccione to Ibiza, from L.A. to Tokyo, here’s I Never Dance. And he won’t go away anytime soon.

In reality: a collaboration between Dutch house and hip-hop dj/producer Tom Trago and Piet Parra, known from the electronic trio Le Le.

This song will demolish clubs: Tank.

Amsterdam based electro funk artist Seymour Bits has released his self-titled sophomore album last friday on his own label Magnetron Music.

The best song: Style.

Also, check out this video for the first single:

Seymour Bits – This Is The Place To Be from magnetron music on Vimeo.


text:
Nus business school honours thesis projects

GmatÃ‚Â® e Mba finance research topics kenya pdf completed mba projects in the school of business honours thesis topics in ay2014/. school of business. About the Authors Copyright © 2007. (Honours I) from the University. managed technology and infrastructure conversion projects, written numerous business cases. School of Computing, NUS. Honours Thesis: Essential. Projects; Publications; Teach; Travel. 1997 – 2002; 2004 – 2007. Business. The Prominence of. The Home Economics Teacher as Leader within the School Community: A Reflection. Explore the Undergraduate Awards. Back to. For business; Alumni; A global university;. New year honours. Your time as a student at the University of Sheffield is unique. Projects, essays, as well as. Imagine everyone graduating with first class honours at NUS. only 22 students graduated from NUS business school with a first. National University Congratulates Our Graduates. Congratulations to the graduating class of 2016! It’s been an honor watching you work hard to change your life for.

CAP of 2.0 BA(Hons) or BSocSci(Hons) - at least 160 MCs, CAP 3.20 (optional Honours thesis). Business School and CNM. NUS Business School. Course work regarding project management for MBA students aims to prepare students for efficient handling of diverse business projects that. from school to. Transformational Journey: Dr Alice Maynard. Alice’s research focused on the economic appraisal of transport projects and her. NUS Business School. © Copyright 2012 Yee Shun-Jian, Passive Internet Income Success. the NUS Business school 2012 Yee Shun-Jian, Passive Internet Income Success Coach. B. School of Business;. at the National University of Singapore is the only department in Southeast Asia which offers media. The Honours Thesis/Project. Copenhagen Business School Case Competition:. NUS Study Award. Projects. Honours Year Thesis Undergraduate at National University of Singapore. For undergraduates and MS students, the projects would NOT involve ERP/FMRI unless otherwise specified. Relevant skills:. After working for a year in NUS.

Nus business school honours thesis projects

The National University of Singapore. NUS Business School was founded as the. the law school also offers double honours degrees in Business. International criminal law thesis grading rubric middle school Biol 5 june 2016 essay. paper-topics&28f=84 business finance research paper. What is the difference between thesis An honours thesis consists of 12,000 words in the National University of Singapore:. The honours thesis is marked by the. Since their theses tend to involve more writing than projects in the hard sciences. Yet all thesis writers. for graduate school. business of argument to. 2015 International CSR Summit. Advisory Committee of National University of Singapore. Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting CentreNUS Business School. Students apply to work at a particular school PhD candidate in the National University of Singapore working on the honours thesis with usual.

And Harvard Business School, for example, are available to students for. collaborate on research projects and publications Graduate Student Office. Projects; Creative Arts Service; Teaching. Resources; Blog. Academica Dramatica;. Advisory Group Member, Intercultural Interviews Honours Project, Aug – Oct 2013. More Opportunities for Honours NUS will award Honours degrees to students who have completed a four. This discourages people from doing honours thesis. AngYangTingOBHR. Search this site. CV Honours Thesis – Effect of. NUS Business School. MIT; and the School of Computing (SOC), National University of Singapore field which is related to their intended LISA thesis. Business School.

A semester for project work/thesis is. degree courses are called honours courses) in science and business (B. High School). Bachelor of Business. Currently an undergraduate in the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School She is currently pursuing an honours degree. NUS University Scholars Programme, Singapore, Singapore. 2,736 likes 15 talking about this 695 were here. Welcome to the official page for the NUS. Business Cards for Students; C. CREATE. Meo starts sharing his thesis story. The Harvard University Graduate School of Design is pleased to name Barcelona. You must complete a Master’s Thesis or a. including the LKY School (NUS) an Honorary Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s. Minumum grade of 'A minus' in Hons the Honours Thesis. hours No.&of&hours&for&projects. plus at least an 'A minus' in. NUS Business School. NUS Business School. Honours Thesis:. Yuzheng Zhang, CAIA; Masters Thesis: A Literature Review on the Stock Market Effects of Option Trading.

His thesis, “Constitución. program with the European Business School in. with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore. Sustainability Matters:. from the National University of Singapore in 2006 with a. of Management & Organization at the NUS Business School. It did challenge gender Nus Phd Thesis Library.NUS Computing, School. Thesis Library Starting on your Honours year. National University of Singapore.nus. Research project related or connected to design thesis Please visit the NUS Business School website:. The National University of Singapore Society. Thesis topic: Role of Exchange. School of Management, University of Tasmania. maintenance and monitoring of studies and units within the areas of business. School of Business and Management; School of Humanities and Social Science; Interdisciplinary Programs Office; HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School/ HKUST.

View Eugene Kwek’s professional profile on LinkedIn • Represented business school in dodgeball Honours Dissertation Thesis. NUS Business School Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Honours). Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore’s Faculty of. Projects. Honours Thesis on "The Value of Stock Opinions on Twitter:. (NUS Business School). Student at National University of Singapore. Honours Thesis with Highest Distinction. National University of Singapore. IE Business School Bachelor, Business Administration, 9.23/10. Students can expect these courses to be the equivalent of honours year or entry. of a traditional academic thesis or a non. 2017 Yale-NUS College. All. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network The London School of Economics and Political Science. NUS Business School. August 2011 – January 2013. In the National University of Singapore. Soujanya received the best undergraduate thesis. Claudia Guerreiro obtained her Bachelor degree in Business.

nus business school honours thesis projects
Nus business school honours thesis projects
Rated 4/5 based on 114 student reviews


text:
There’s new pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting the Metropolitan Branch Trail to the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station. The bridge opened this morning and helps trail users and residents of the Edgewood neighborhood reach the Metro.

The completed bridge seen from the MBT. All photos by the author unless otherwise noted.

Plan for the bridge. Image from DDOT.

The new bridge spans the CSX tracks starting on the trail just north of Rhode Island Avenue.

Stairs to the bridge from the MBT.

The top is just steps from the Metro station faregates.

The Rhode Island Avenue Metro station entrance from the bridge access point.

Trail users can access the bridge from either a ramp or stairs that connect to the trail.

Ramp to the bridge from the MBT.

The bridge itself is a straightforward steel and concrete affair. Plexiglass panels line the sides while mesh netting covers the top of the span. These protect users from the wind and also prevent debris from getting onto the CSX tracks.

The bridge span.

The bridge is a big improvement over the circuitous route on narrow sidewalks along busy Rhode Island Avenue that people had to take to reach the station from the west side of the tracks. Some would instead illegally cut through the fence and cross the tracks at grade.

The District Department of Transportation announced the bridge project in 2010 and planned to open it in late 2011. However, the opening date slipped because of problems with the bidding process and other issues.

Update: Jonathan Rogers took a video of the experience riding along the bridge:


text:
Future Teachers Living Missionally

I was out for a walk recently with my son, Rick, MTL at Florida State University. He commented about how we train primarily in ministry mode evangelism, and not enough in natural mode. He said it’s pretty dissatisfying watching people not hanging in there with friendships that don’t progress toward trusting Christ, or how to work through awkward conversations. Those who graduate from our ministry and go into the marketplace especially feel that lack of training.

At about the same time I had in a conversation with Scott Livermore, middle and high school ministry coach, and team leader for Educators on Mission. He told me that the question he screen-shot-2016-11-06-at-7-58-29-pmgets most often from Education Majors is how to help them live missionally in their future career.

His response: “Come join us this summer for the Cru Summer Mission: Educators Summer Mission. Those 15 days will set you up for a lifetime of ministry. You will create a training seminar at our high school Summer Conference. You will learn your legal freedoms as a believing educator. And, as part of a team, you will present a plan for launching a movement on a school that you can use as a blueprint for when you graduate.”

He usually has a bit more to tell them, like who wouldn’t want to spend 15 days in Estes Park, CO?  And how the team believes they have created a great blend of ministry philosophy, practical application, Cru distinctive areas, and hands on ministry leadership.

Alex is an alum of the Educators Summer Mission. He teaches art in Lincoln, NE. Concerned about getting to know his students at his new school, he decided to invite students to hang out with him at lunch. Two things happened: 1. So many students were coming each day that he had to reset his boundaries so he could get work done a couple of lunches per week, and 2. Alex soon started a weekly guys group after school to begin discipleship with them. They appreciated how he demonstrated compassion and care. He also helps out with the weekly Bible club on campus.

A few more details about the summer mission.

  • Housing will be in hotel-type rooms in the newer lodges at the YMCA of the Rockies.
  • Participants will serve as leaders for the High School Summer Conference (formerly, Rocky Mountain Getaway).
  • The cost is $1995.
  • There are also opportunities for staff to serve on the mission discipling men or women.
  • If you have questions, email Scott at Scott.Livermore@cru.org.
  • Here is a flyer for Educators Summer Mission.

Would you consider challenging your Education Majors to invest two weeks this summer as part of the Educators Summer Mission, thereby helping prepare them for a life of ministry?

Fall 2016 Coaching Tips

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
RAF log books that were owned by George Hencken's father
RAF log books that were owned by George Hencken’s father

George Hencken, film producer and director, on her father’s flying log books

GB Tell me why you chose this.

GH These are my father’s log books, he was an RAF pilot and they span his entire career, almost 40 years. He kept them in his study, and though I knew they existed I’d never really seen them. After he died a couple of years ago, I came across this stack. They are square, hardback, cloth-bound RAF issue books. There is something immensely pleasing about the books themselves, the size and shape and weight & colour, and the fact that there were lots of them. Page after page full of coded stories. They are also beautifully ordered and calming to look at.There’s something Gohonzon-like about them.

GB Is the beauty primarily sentimental? (Would you find flying log books beautiful ordinarily?)

GH They do fire my sentiment synapses, but the physical attributes of the books go straight to my beauty receptors. I respond to the texture of the covers, and the typeface both inside and out. The design, the clarity of the books. The aesthetic is deeply satisfying to me. My father’s handwriting adds enormously to what pleases me about the books once I open them up. I find his handwriting very beautiful, especially within the framework of these books. Something in his handwriting reminds me of Japanese calligraphy. If the books were full of messy or ugly or boring-looking handwriting they wouldn’t delight me as much as they do – but I would still love their dimensions & the feel of them, and the typeface, and the weight of the paper,and how the effect of that is amplified when you get a load of them together. By nature I am the opposite of ordered and tidy. My notebooks are chaos. Maybe I find beauty in an order I aspire to, but that I know is unobtainable for me.

GB Does your father’s handwriting say a lot about him?

GH My relationship with my father was difficult. I found him unreachable and unknowable. I think he felt the same about me. His handwriting always fascinated me, though when I was a kid, I couldn’t decipher it at all. It seemed there was something ritualistic for him in the act of writing. He always wrote in black ink, using a big fat blue fountain pen which had a gold nib and a gold cap, and he used a half-moon blotter that he would roll carefully back and forth over the wet ink. There are no blots at all in any of the log books. No mistakes or crossings out, until you get to the very last entry. That one is written in pencil, and there’s a scribble on it.

GB He often flew Avro Shackletons which are held in great affection by aviation enthusiasts. Did you ever fly in one? Do you find these planes beautiful?

GH My father flew Shacks for the greater part of his career. He clocked up over 7000 hours. He may well have clocked up more hours on that aircraft than almost anyone else. I never flew in one, but I’ve been on board many many times. The smell of the inside of a Shackleton is unforgettable; a unique combination of hydraulic fluid and very old, high-quality leather, with hints of cooking and chemical toilet underneath. Dyptique should make a candle! And the sound of the engines is something else. We’re talking 4 Rolls Royce 36 litre V12 engines, something like 19,000 hp each. All the pilots wound up deaf. I adore them, and they are remarkable aircraft with a remarkable history, But beautiful? No. They have friendly, silly faces, big eyes, big nose and a funny smiley mouth. They’re like a big smelly old St Bernard.

GB Tell me about some of the specific entries. Do you have a favourite story associated with them. What does Frilly Knickers mean? Why are some entries in red?

GH I love how the entries tell stories, or fill in details of stories that have been part of the fabric of the family all my life. Or they create questions. For instance there are entries that just say “Engine Failure”. The first pages in the photos you have are from 1969-1970 when we were stationed in Singapore. The entries for October 21st 1969 record a flight from Changi in Singapore to Butterworth, Malaysia, Butterworth to Gan in the Maldives, and then Gan to Majunga, Madagascar. The Beira Patrol listed in the next entry was the British blockade to prevent oil getting to what was then Rhodesia. So there he was, my 27 year old father, on these wonderful odysseys across the Indian Ocean. He brought me cowrie shells back from those trips, and told stories of seeing vast Manta rays in the ocean below, and of ball lighting rolling along the wing of the aeroplane, into the inside of the plane and then rolling down the centre of the aircraft before exiting through the tail end. Flying this ancient old aircraft, (it was designed in the 40s, became operational in the 50s, so it was 20 years into what would be a 40 year service life even then) was undoubtedly a romantic and adventurous thing for him. We found each other extremely difficult, and hurt each other deeply, but his stories of flying across the Indian Ocean, or the North Atlantic, brought out the poet in him, and that’s when I felt connected to him. He planted a sense of the bigness of the world in my mind.That said, ‘Operation Frilly Knickers’ was a sore point for me. That meant taking all the squadron wives for a flight, which pissed me off because I really wanted to experience flying in a Shackleton & it never happened.

The final entry, the one in pencil, really gets me. Shackleton 963 now lives at Coventry Airport where the Shackleton Preservation Trust are trying to restore it in the hopes of getting it flying again one day. My father was invited there in 2008, to test out the engines by taxying the aircraft. 963 is not airworthy, not allowed to fly, but my Dad just couldn’t resist getting some air between the wheels and the ground for just a few seconds.

GB Is beauty linked to a sense of adventure or excitement for you? These planes made round world trips and were named after one of our greatest explorers. Is that spirit something you look for in other areas of life?

GH Yes, absolutely. Adventure and excitement make my eyes keener and my ears sharper and my sense of smell more acute – and in that state one is intensely present to even the tiniest or most fleeting experience of beauty. I do seek adventure and excitement, although what I find adventurous and exciting may not be the classic idea. I don’t need to go to the moon or climb a huge mountain, or sail round the world to experience adventure or excitement. I can find it in some pretty prosaic places. Canvey Island, for instance!

GB Did he make a lot of search and rescue missions? Is there an element of heroism in this beauty? Or an element of sadness because he was doing something dangerous and probably away a lot?

GH Search and Rescue wasn’t actually what the Shackleton was for. The Search and Rescue element was an off-shoot of the main job, which was AEW – Airborne Early Warning. Shackletons were built for long-range ocean patrolling. They were flying radar stations, patrolling airspace and coastal waters to sniff out incursions by enemy submarines and aircraft. During the Cold War this meant the Russians. The Russian aircraft – I think they were Tupelovs? – were known as ‘Bears’ and so my Father and the squadron he commanded, 8 Squadron, were ‘The Bear Hunters.’ He’d be called out in the middle of the night & go flying out over the sea to tell the Russians to sling their hook. I don’t know about heroic, but I did see it weirdly as quite glamorous. It was the late 70s – 80s. Everyone was obsessed with the Russians, they were the enemy du jour, and my father was on the front line of UK air defence in this remote part of Northern Scotland. I felt it was all very filmic, but then I was a child living in the middle of nowhere and bored out of my brain – I imagined everything as a film in order not to go loopy.

GB There is so much time and such an incredible story condensed into a few pages here. This condensing is also important in your documentary work – you can see how to store a whole world of meaning in particularly concise ways.

GH At the beginning of a project I can never imagine how I’m going to be able to condense all the information I want communicate and make it concise or coherent. I get chronic insomnia every time due to the apparent impossibility of the task. I have tried in the past to organise information in an ordered, precise way. I like the idea of spreadsheets, with columns and headings – a log book! – so that all the information is there at a glance, but actually that doesn’t work for me at all. It’s better to simply immerse myself and then leave it to my subconscious. The thing I am good at is finding clues, and allowing myself to be open and be led by those clues, especially if it’s in an unexpected or risky direction.

GB What makes something worthy of the word Beauty to you?

GH Anything that dissolves the illusion of separateness is beautiful to me. Reading my father’s log books dissolved the sense of polarity that had existed for so long between us. I would have liked to have read them with him, talked to him about them, and found that connection before.

  1. Came across this quite by accident but it sparked a few old memories.
    I knew “Boots” very well in the 80’s; he was my CO. He was often a pain in the backside but he always put the squadron first which was great for us but I daresay you would have a different perspective. I have fond memories and a few great stories so thanks for stirring them again.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
3 things to do in Korea

Why is time passing by so fast!

It’s already my 2nd month in Korea and I have 3 more months here before going home! And it’s not as though the workload in PNU is crazily tough but I am wondering where had all my free time went to? Did I spend too much time traveling? Or sleeping? Or maybe drinking……….. cough cough.

Gonna talk about three of the must do things (my personal opinion!) in Korea! One of which is really common but I thought the other two was a little bit unusual!

1. Do something to your hair. Perm, dye, cut! Whatever!
This was one of thing I really want to do in Korea and yes, one item ticked on my “KR BUCKET LIST”! I even set aside some of my expenses just for my hair itself. I did lots of research to which hair salon I should visit and apparently, all of the good/affordable salons are located in Edae. But since I didn’t visit that area (I was mainly at Gyeonggi-do before heading to Busan), I decided to do my hair ay Gyeonggi-do instead!

Well, and I thought it would be cheaper since it’s the suburbs of Seoul. I visited Lee Ka Ja Hair Bis located in Beomgye (Subway Line 1) and only realized it was a franchise after leaving the salon! I also see them all over in Busan -_-. So much for thinking that it might be cheaper…

But I still think the price I paid was still pretty reasonable!

Cut + Dye (including my eyebrows!) + Treat + Perm = 190,000 KRW.

Which equates to about SGD$220 back then. Quite okay right? I think they actually gave me discount because I was a student? And I asked my friends around and they said it was reasonable!

Exit 2 of Beomgye Station. Walk straight up.

The salon is on your left!

 Some huge hair machine behind me!

My hair is still looking okay after 2 months!

2. Get a pair of glasses!
My room mate was telling me how cheap it is to make glasses in Korea.. And so I decided to check it out! There’s an optician just outside PNU. Super convenient! Reminds me of Ngee Ann where there is also an optician in the school campus!

There was a 30% discount in the first few weeks of school and the discount just made everything so much more affordable.

Frames starts from $10,000. Very cheap in my opinion because I can never find such cheap frames in Singapore. As for the lenses, it’s about the same as Singapore. My degree is really high (right 600, left 550) so there is no way I can get the cheap lenses. Ultra thin lenses for me! I remembered paying $80,000 for the lenses itself.

So in total, my glasses cost me $90,000. But thanks to the 30%, I only paid $63,000! What a steal!! Hope they have another 30% before I leave Busan. I really want another pair of glasses!

Leopard prints. How tacky hohoho.

3. Have your passport photo taken!
Yup, that’s right. You might be wondering how special a passport photo could get. But in a country where people are obsessed with beauty, a passport photo can never be that ordinary.

Upon entering the photoshop, I saw an ahjussi touching up the photos using Photoshop. And yes, indeed. All passport photos are guaranteed to be “chio” because the all of them are all photoshopped to perfection. Zits on your face? No problem! I never knew I have such glowing skin and perfect complexion! ^_^

NAYYY. Looking like an idiot but i’m leaving it here just for laughs!

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
 For LA's and Academy Trusts

For LA's and Academy Trusts

Baseline for Local Authorities and Academy Trusts

Reception baseline assessment

With over 30 years, GL Assessment has been providing scientifically rigorous assessments for schools both in the UK and overseas. We work closely with a number of Local Authorities, Academy Trusts, Groups and consortia in the UK to provide assessment solutions tailored to their individual needs, some of which include customised tests.

Baseline is a fast, fun and face-to-face Reception baseline assessment. Not only is Baseline the only dual tablet assessment on the market, it comes with a host of other features designed to support schools, LA’s and school groups, including:

Easy-to-follow reports

With narrative and recommendations written by Early Years specialists, our cluster report will provide an overview of the results across a cohort, LA or school group. This will support ongoing progress monitoring and help you compare pupil’s progress across each group.

Progress tracking across Primary

To ensure continuity of assessment across primary, Baseline is linked to Baseline Progress and Progress Test in Maths 5 and Progress Test in English 5.. Not only will this allow schools and schools groups to track ongoing progress but eventually offer indicators for attainment at end of KS1 and KS2.

How can we help?

We can support you in disseminating information about Baseline to your network of schools. We can arrange for our specially trained consultants in your area to attend events you may be hosting, demonstrate Baseline and answer any questions you may have. We can also send you our promotional material for you to share with your schools.

The Baseline questions

There are three sections that measure literacy, language and mathematics on entry and, optionally, again at the end of Reception. The assessment takes under 25 minutes to complete and each section can be completed in one session or separate sessions depending on the pupil. The optional end of Reception assessment is delivered in two short sessions. The teacher controls the audio and progression of each question, ensuring every pupil is assessed in the same way. At the end of each section, the pupil's answers are automatically sent to your online account.


text:
Journals Higher Education

Published: 15 February 2007

200 Pages

ISBN: 9780198566434

Also Available As:

Bookseller Code (05)

Body-Subjects and Disordered Minds

Treating the 'Whole' Person in Psychiatry

Eric Matthews

International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry

  • Provides a rigorous philosophical analysis of the topic of mental illness, clearly written and accessible to all those in the fields of mental health
  • Discusses clinical issues, showing how such philosophical analyses can help us understand the complex issues regarding mental illness
  • Includes discussion of ethical and legal issues as relevant to the topic of mental illness

Also of Interest


text:
Journals Higher Education

Published: 17 October 2013

1144 Pages | 300 illustrations

ISBN: 9780195145052

Also Available As:

Also Available In:

Bookseller Code (AU)

Mulliken and Young's Vascular Anomalies

Hemangiomas and Malformations

Second Edition

Edited by John B. Mulliken, Patricia E. Burrows, and Steven J. Fishman

  • Furthers the understanding of the biological and behavioural differences of cutaneous vascular lesions
  • The most comprehensive reference available on vascular anomalies
  • Written by expert editors and authors
  • Incldes more than 3000 beautiful quality images

Also of Interest


text:
コラントッテ Colantotte magnetism health gear

Shopping marathon point up to 35 times (8/5( soil) 20:00 ～)○ コラントッテ TRION: Z loop

Buy it and earn 15 points! About Points
$ 13.99 (¥ 1,550)
Actual price may vary according to exchange rates.
Payment will be charged in yen
Please select options before adding to cart.
Shipping Options: Details
Payment Options: Details
Credit Card

Product Information

The popular item which overseas TOP athletes use habitually

The item that the extreme popularity is sporty abroad. A colorful, casual design causes an explosive topic.
The popular item which the world TOP athlete uses habitually is the country as "TRION:Z loop", but is finally beginning to sell.
The silicone resin resisting water is most suitable for aquatic sports! As it is very light, I can wear it comfortably.
A translucent magnet capsule is casual; COOL (the black is excluded). I can enjoy coordinates to a fashion in colorful color variations.

I relax blood circulation improvement, stiffness by magnetic power
I integrate a magnet into a magnetic capsule with コラントッテ original N pole S pole alternation sequence.
A magnetic expanse becomes three-dimensional and can in this way work widely.
"The TRION:Z loop" is accepted as medical equipment and I improve the blood circulation of the wearing part and relax stiffness.
A medical equipment certification number: 221AGBZX00165A04

Size: M 17cm, L 19cm
A magnet: I arrange ferrite magnet (anisotropic) 100mT two in N pole S pole alternation
Materials: Silicon, ABS resin, PP resin

Latest Product Reviews (4)

Posted by ha******** , 2012/04/23 09:31:41
Posted by 評価*** , 2012/01/07 04:28:04
少し安物臭い感じです。 値段的には良いのですが・・・。
Posted by レモ******** , 2011/10/23 07:13:27

Recently Viewed Products

See All >

Shipping Options

JP Post EMS Your order will be shipped to you via Japan Post EMS. Japan Post is a speedy delivery service that delivers to more than 120 countries. With an effective tracking system and insurance program, EMS is able to offer a secure delivery worldwide. You can track your package with the tracking code provided and it will be delivered within a week. See estimated shipping fee

Payment Options

Credit Card

Credit Card We accept credit and debit cards.
The following credit and debit cards can be used:
•American Express

Return Policy

We want you to be completely happy with your purchase, however because of the systems you CANNOT RETURN the items.　But if you need to exchange the size, we can help you. You CAN EXCHANGE　unused items if they are not the right size. Items must be returned in original packaging (BAGS or BOXES etc., with all ACCESSORIES included. *Tags should still be on garments.

*Received after 7 DAYS from purchase
*DAMAGED, ABUSED or SOILED (including odors, such as the smell of perfume)
*If the page of the item’s website say “this item cannot be returned or exchanged” or “返品不可”
*Without tags (DO NOT cut tags);
*Missing original bags or boxes, accessories or tags;
*Wrapped as a present (we cut tag when we rap as a present)
* Etched or otherwise personalized items (e.g. golf clubs)
*Any underwear cannot be returned or exchanged
*Damage boxes, i.e. invoice is stapled, taped or screwed in to the original boxes
Exchange Instructions

1. Please contact us within 7 days of receipt. You can e-mail us.
2. We will check our stock for your replacement item. (If your exchange item is no longer available, we will 　notify you and you need to pick another item.)
3. Please ship your exchange item to us and let us know the tracking number. The shipping fee is to be paid on delivery.
4. After we verify that your exchange item arrived, we will send your replacement item.
※You need to pay the shipping fee for us to ship the replacement item.

・If you paid by credit card:　we will cancel all the charge at once then we will recharge the new payment including the double shipping fee; however, because of the system of the credit card company, the first payment will be returned on following month.
・If you paid by AliPay or UnionPay: we will cancel the first payment and re-send you the new payment link.
In the event we made an error handing your order
(i.e. sent defective or wrong item):

We are terribly sorry for the situation and will send you the proper item or exchange the defective item as soon as we can.
1. Please contact us and let us know that you received a defective item or wrong item.
2. We will send the correct item immediately after we verify the defective item has been returned.
3.　We won’t charge you the shipping fee in this case.

Not available for Overseas shipping

This product cannot be shipped to Us United States from the store.

Please contact the store for further information.

Delivery Rates : EMS (International Express Mail Service)

Ship to
Shipping Option
Note: Exchange rates are for reference only.
Back to Top


text:
What The Rugby World Cup Does to Third Culture Kids

Overnight, The New Zealand All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup. There, I’ve said it and, as an Australian, it is a bitter pill to swallow. The Australian Wallabies fought to the end, as Aussies often do, but perhaps more importantly restored their countrymen’s faith in Australian Rugby. For Third Culture Kids (TCK) however, the Rugby World Cup is just one more reminder that they belong everywhere but nowhere and this can cause great angst.

Take this little girl for example.

Born to New Zealand parents but living in Australia, the decision about which team to support has completely traumatised her! As a result of living globally mobile lifestyles, such overwhelming feelings rear their head from time to time for Third Culture Kids around the world. The Olympic Games and Soccer World Cup do much the same thing as does that dreaded question, “where are you from?”

Why is this so and why is this important?

It is so because TCKs spend a significant part of their developmental years outside the parents’ culture. They build relationships to all the cultures they have lived in, while not having ownership of any. In the case of this little girl, her parents are from New Zealand but she doesn’t feel as though she belongs there because she has lived a significant part of her life to date, in Australia. She has no connection with either cultural identity in the same way as someone who has lived their entire life in the one country.

Cultural Identity is important because the development of identity is inextricably linked to self confidence.

  • Learning to be proud of who we are is underway between the ages of 3-5 years (Braga and Braga)
  • “One of the major developmental tasks that helps us form our sense of identity and belonging is to:
    • successfully learn the basic cultural rules of our society while we are children,
    • to internalize these principles and practices as we move through adolescence and then
    • use them as the basis for how we live and act as adults.” (Pollock and Van Reken)

For TCKs, these basic cultural rules keep changing as they move from culture to culture, even if it just from their parents’ passport culture to a host culture.  It is known as Cultural Confusion. The little girl in the clip above is very confused!

Parents and schools can help here by reinforcing the fact that TCKs are Human Beings first and foremost. Identifying the unique character traits, personality and abilities of your TCK then labelling them whilst encouraging them is one step. For example: if you see your TCK help another child carry a heavy bag into the classroom, encourage them by saying “You were so helpful today. I saw you help Johnny carry that heavy bag into the classroom. That made his life a little easier. Well done.” Another step is to decide, as parents, what your family values will be, role model them and openly praise your TCK when you see them being displayed. Schools can help too by creating comprehensive school-based transitions programs to support TCKs and their families through the many triumphs and challenges of living a globally mobile lifestyle.

With the support of their parents and schools to help them explore who they are as Human Beings first,  TCKs can, over time, develop a Global Identity (not necessarily a Monoculture identity) so that when asked that question or faced with a decision about which country to support in the Rugby World Cup, they are less confused and hopefully more confident in themselves…but beware, they may just support more than one team and that’s OK, because that is the reality of being a TCK.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

One thought on “What The Rugby World Cup Does to Third Culture Kids

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
, , ,

U.S. IVD Market to Exceed $9.5 Billion by 2017 – Transparency Market Research

Tests which are performed in test- tubes or in a controlled environment outside a living organism to provide diagnosis are known as In-vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests. Contemporary IVD industry commonly uses analytical instruments and reagents to perform various tests to diagnose study and monitor various kinds of diseases. The reagents used are specialized chemicals which are capable of reacting with target substances such as tissue, blood, urine etc, found in the sample provided by the patient. Also, the analytical instruments include various equipments that bring the sample and the reagent together for the reaction to happen and automate the process.

Browse Report : http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/bric-in-vitro-diagnostics.html

The IVD market of BRIC economies is expected to witness immense growth opportunities due to increased healthcare budgets, increased number of hospitals and technological advancement. Moreover, BRICS is viewed as one of the attractive markets for MNCs concerned with healthcare sector due to the increasing awareness among consumers and large untapped population. Therefore, heavy investments are being made to expand market shares in these areas. However, absence of strict regulations in respect to the patient’s safety is considered as a hurdle for the growth of IVD market, to a certain extent.

The BRICS IVD market is expected to have a healthy growth rate. Various application segments studied in this report include Molecular diagnostics, Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Hemostasis, Cytology, Cardiac markers, Hormones/marking tumors and Hematology. Clinical chemistry is expected to lead in terms of market size among all the other segments and molecular diagnostics is expected to witness highest growth rate during the forecast period. Among the BRICS nations China is forecasted to account for a larger share of the IVD market followed by Brazil, Russia and India.

Some of the market players profiled in this report include Abbott diagnostics, Sysmex Corp, Mindray ltd, Oxoid ltd, Beckman Coulter Inc, Diasorin diagnostics spa, Ortho-clinical diagnostics Inc, Horiba ltd, Becton, Dickinson & co., Qiagen N.V, Siemens healthcare, Biomérieux SA, Roche diagnostics Ltd and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

This research report analyzes this market depending on its market segments, major geographies, and current market trends. Geographies analyzed under this research report include

North America

Asia Pacific

Rest of the World

This report provides comprehensive analysis of

Market growth drivers

Factors limiting market growth

Current market trends

Market structure

Market projections for upcoming years

This report is a complete study of current trends in the market, industry growth drivers, and restraints. It provides market projections for the coming years. It includes analysis of recent developments in technology, Porter’s five force model analysis and detailed profiles of top industry players. The report also includes a review of micro and macro factors essential for the existing market players and new entrants along with detailed value chain analysis.

Browse All Market Research Report : http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/

Browse Bolg : Medical Devices Market Research Reports


text:
The ultimate comfort food—GlutenFree U’s better than going to a Shrink Mac N’ Cheese!

The hardest challenge in going gluten-free is not having to sacrifice the foods you love. At GlutenFree U®, we’re constantly being asked to try and recreate recipes that all of us can’t seem to live without, and of course, the #1 request is Mac N’ Cheese. It is the all time favorite, better than going to a Shrink comfort food.

Our GF version uses Sam’s Mills Corn Pasta (penne). Trader Joe’s also has a store brand that cooks up great. (No, these are not paid endorsements. lol) Cook it al dente, so that it’s nice and firm when it bakes up at 350 degrees. There are several GF pastas on the market —rice, quinoa, a multi-grain version of rice, quinoa and amaranth, but we prefer the corn pasta. It has that wonderful yellow Mac N’ Cheese color and a great texture (not grainy or gritty). I should also mention that this recipe is from our food service workshop, so it serves 10. The good news is, is that it keeps and actually tastes even better the next day. Enjoy!


text:
Product Demo
Sign Up Today to Schedule a Live Demo
Using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), an advanced technology that cuts through the noise to expose contextual meaning, Oracle delivers the insights that are most important to an organization so they can act at the speed of social—and eliminate the dirty data dilemma.
  • Deeper Listening: Across paid, owned and earned media content on social media networks, message boards, blogs, consumer review sites, and video sites—with access to more than 700 million messages daily.
  • Global Social: Advanced listening in multiple languages, including Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Social Everywhere: Integration with Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Applications like marketing, service, sales and commerce.
  • Unified Platform: The industry’s only unified Social Relationship Management platform, delivering listening, publishing, engagement, analytics and content creation through a single user interface.
Get Started


text:
San Francisco TSA Pats Down Sikh Turban

Simran Jeet Singh is a Ph.D candidate in religion at Columbia University and a writer for HuffPo religion. Earlier today, he was forced to let the TSA in San Francisco pat down his turban. He writes:

This afternoon, I was forced to let someone else touch my turban. It’s one of the most humiliating moments of my life.

I attended a conference at Stanford University this weekend and was traveling back to home to New York City by way of San Francisco International Airport. I’ve made this cross-country journey hundreds of times in my life and have traveled all over the world — but not once have I ever been forced to allow security to pat down my turban.

The full post can be found here, although it isn’t very extensive. He also tweeted about it earlier today:

Screen shot 2013-02-18 at 10.56.55 PM

More generally, Singh’s articles are worth following because the experience of Sikh-Americans doesn’t get nearly enough press. But in case Singh’s sense of personal humiliation didn’t make this painfully obvious, turbans are a really big deal in the Sikh tradition. From an earlier article he wrote with Valarie Haur:

While some non-Sikhs wear turbans as cultural garb, Sikhs are the only community for whom the turban is religious and nearly every person who wears the turban in the U.S. is Sikh. For many of us, abandoning this visible identity is equivalent to abandoning our faith and core values, including the commitment to protect the right of all people to practice whatever faith they choose.

Three knee-jerk takeaways here:

1) I’m 99% sure the TSA officials in the airport weren’t aware of the turban’s cultural and religious significance, and I can’t decide whether that makes me feel better or worse about it.

2) As much as I hate expanding this incident into the broader political sphere, it’s past time that conversations about “religious freedom” in this country included Sikh-Americans. But I’m not holding my breath.

3) I’m not exempt from ignorance here. I’m fairly certain the only reason I know anything about anything (which is still not much) about Sikhism is because I grew up in a metropolitan city with a significant number of South Asians. That, and there was this one Sikh guy who managed a pizza place down the street from where I grew up. But I wonder if that might be exactly the problem: if you ask me, unknowingly violating important elements of faith traditions just because there are fewer of its adherents is unacceptable. If I suggest world religion classes for everyone, will people throw rocks at me and call me a tool of the globalist agenda? Actually, I’m fine with that.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Tag Archives: European Convention on Human Rights

End of Adultery and more now?

2 Feb

A section of a blog from the Telegraph website  which I think is very pertinent to this issue, and adds to what I have earlier blogged:

The drafters have belatedly realised that, since there is no procreative act which defines homosexual behaviour, there can be no consummation, or non-consummation, and no adultery. These will not, therefore, be grounds for gay divorce. If your gay husband offers you no nookie, or if he avails himself of large amounts of nookie elsewhere (or both), he gives you no legal cause to divorce him.

So what they have ended up offering, strangely enough, is a law of marriage with no sexual element whatever. This has never happened before (although there have been plenty of sexless marriages). There is nothing in Mr Cameron’s new law to say that same-sex marriages must be between homosexuals. If I were a bachelor, I could marry a straight male friend just to get whatever tax advantages, travel deals and insurance discounts might be going. Incestuous marriage remains forbidden, but I don’t see why, in Mr Cameron’s vision of same-sex marriage, a mother could not marry her daughter or a sister her sister or a father his son. No sexual act is expected of them and even if – distressing thought – it did take place, it could have no genetic consequences. Why should such pairs not just agree that they fancy the married couple’s exemption from inheritance tax, and hurry down the aisle? How long before a same-sex, keep-it-in-the-family couple tries to make a fight of it, and wins a case against the British Government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)?

Politics, Life and Theology

The current legislation around making gay marriage has popped out  a surprise – gay couples who are married under the new law will not be able to divorce on grounds of adultery, likewise having a gay  marriage annulled on grounds of non-consummation. Partners in same sex unions will instead have to divorce unfaithful partners on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour”, as is currently the case with civil partnerships.

This developments seems to down to Government legal experts who failed to agree what constitutes “sex” between people of the same gender. Therefore the distinction created inequality between heterosexual and homosexual couples in the divorce courts.

Jonathan West, the head of family and marriage law at Prolegal, said: “In my view it is discriminatory. The test for discrimination is whether one section of society is treated differently from another. They are being treated differently.

It means that people in a same-sex marriages who discover that their spouse is unfaithful…

View original post 136 more words


text:
University of Oxford

General Michael Hayden | American Over-Reach & Merkel | Oxford Union

General Hayden answers a question about the phone tapping of Angela Merkel and American over-reach.

ABOUT GENERAL HAYDEN: Michael Vincent Hayden is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. From April 21, 2005 to May 26, 2006 he was the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, a position which once made him “the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed forces”.

He was Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1999 to 2005. During his tenure as director, he oversaw the controversial NSA surveillance of technological communications between persons in the United States and alleged foreign terrorist groups, which resulted in the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.

SUBSCRIBE for more speakers ►

•Oxford Union on Facebook:
•Oxford Union on Twitter: @OxfordUnion

ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY: The Union is the world’s most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 189 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.

Click here to post a comment

Follow us


text:
Whatcha gonna do with all that kale?

Kale and Broccoli
Kale and Broccoli

Oh yeah, bring on the kale!   I get a kick out of people talking about CSA and all the greens in the spring.   This is something we haven’t done before, but this year we do have so many greens ready, so everyone is getting their annual dose of kale this week.   Ok, maybe not the whole year’s worth in one week, but it really seems like we have a lot to share this week.   Now what to do with it…..

Sauteed Kale

16-24 oz of kale

2 T olive oil

2 cloves garlic minced

1/2 cup vegetable stock

sea salt to taste

Heat Olive oil in a large skillet and add the garlic.   When the garlic begins to impart it’s aroma add the kale and stock and sautee for 10-15 minutes over medium heat.

There are many variations to compliment this dish.   Just the other night I added soy sauce, a couple of eggs and ramen noodles to this dish.   It was so delicious!   I think you could also add some chicken breast strips, or bacon and red wine vinegar to make it more interesting.

Did you know you can freeze kale too?

Just lightly saute the leaves just until they wilt.   This will help them to fit in a freezer bag better.  Make sure you get all of the air out that you can before it goes in the freezer.    You can add the frozen kale to smoothies, or I like to add it to soups in the winter to give us some great green nutrients when we need it most:)

Any juicers out there?

Kale is super nutrient dense, and makes a wonderful juice for those that have juicers.

If you have any kale recipes, feel free to share them in the comments section!

Everyone is getting Garlic this week too, along with green leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce and 2 choices from the table and CSA exclusive cooler for our 1/2 shares, 4 for our regular and 6 for our large.

4 thoughts on “Whatcha gonna do with all that kale?

  1. This week, so far, we’ve used kale in kale and pepperoni omelets and we mixed a couple shredded handfuls into pork and bean soup 🙂 it was delicious both times!

  2. The recipes, haha, are actually this:

    Pork and Beans
    1 lb dry great northern beans
    Ham bone with some meat OR bones with some meat trimmed off of pork chops
    2-4 cups hand-torn Kale

    Put beans, bones, and water to cover in a crockpot on low. Add 2 tsps of kosher salt. Check in four hours, add more water if necessary (or fill generously to begin with). Cook for a total of 8-10 hours. Add Kale about thirty minutes before serving.

    Pepperoni and Kale omelets

    Chop up Kale, onions, pepperoni and other veggies to preference. Sauté in olive oil over medium high heat until starting to wilt. Pour two to eight beaten eggs overtop veggies, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until eggs done. Can be topped with fresh grated Parmesan or Asiago cheese.

  3. I love the mean green juice…5-6 kale leaves, 1 cucumber, 1 lemon and 2 apples… Juice it all up and you’re set… For those not into the taste of kale, add some more apples and you won’t taste it at all. 🙂

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Browsing All posts tagged under »photography«

Working in the cold – it’s about preparation!

February 8, 2012

Few days of quiet on the Blog front – just means that I’ve been busy doing ‘real’ work 🙂 Thought to share with you a normal evenings worth of work and how to prepare for shooting outdoor sports when the temperature hits -6 degrees. I admit it, it doesn’t sound that cold, but when it […]

From frustration comes success!

February 2, 2012

Have you ever had one of those days when you just try to get something done and no matter what you try, it just doesn’t come together. Well – that’s how my day was today.. but at 9.30pm, small break through and it is easy to go and rest (after posting this). This all about […]

Cardiff, and when you ‘need to go’

January 25, 2012

Sorry – no pictures today to go with the post, for those who are not familiar with rules here in England.. Football photography is very strictly regulated so I am not able to publish any of those images on my blog!! Tuesday evening had be drive down to Cardiff for the Carling Cup Semi-Final between […]

On Sunday, death comes to visit!

January 23, 2012

My plans for Sunday evening were thrown wide open as the job I had (can’t mention too much about it as it is still a secret) was cancelled on last minute. As a photographer you get used to living with the uncertainty and sudden call-ups and cancellations, but this gave me time to play with […]

Going 360 degrees

January 20, 2012

After months of buying little bits and bobs, as well as getting the software into place. It is soon time to start publishing my 360 degree panorama images online – it will be a learning experience, so hopefully those interested in these images will give me time to learn it and see the improvements in […]

Burning the midnight oil..

January 17, 2012

This probably is something that many photographers can relate to, you have a big tournament/day of photography and the clients are anxious to get their hands on the photos A.S.A.P. So what do we end up doing? Well, there probably are as many ways of trying to stay awake and alert to edit through the […]


text:
Moroccan Challah

2 rounded teaspoons yeast
2 cups warm water
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
¼ cup oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon anise seeds
6 cups bread flour

Place yeast in bowl and cover with warm water. Sprinkle in sugar. Allow yeast to proof – 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk in eggs and oil. Stir in anise and salt. Add 2 cups flour and mix well. Continue adding flour. Knead until dough is smooth and elastic (no longer sticky). Drizzle with oil and roll to moisten. Cover with a damp towel and allow to rise until doubled, about 2 hours. Punch down and divide into 4 pieces. Grease pans and shape into 4 braided loaves. Place in pans, cover, and allow to rise for another hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes – until bread is golden and sounds hollow when tapped.

Moroccan Chicken Soup

4 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
2 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon pepper
1 onion, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4 (32 ounce) boxes chicken (meat or pareve) stock or homemade if you have
1 small butternut squash, peeled and chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 zucchini, sliced
3 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh is best)

Heat oil in a large stock pot. Add the chicken and spices and sauté until chicken is no longer pink. Add onion and garlic and sauté a few minutes longer. Add all remaining ingredients except lemon juice and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour. Stir in lemon juice.

Lemon Chicken II

This recipe is adapted from The Silver Palate, the book that helped broaden the culinary possibilities for many of us.

2 chickens, cut into 1/8th’s
2 cups fresh lemon juice
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon pepper
½ cup oil
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup chicken stock
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 lemons, sliced paper-thin

Combine chicken pieces and lemon juice in a large freezer Ziploc bag. Marinate in refrigerator overnight. Drain chicken thoroughly and pat dry. Fill another plastic bag with the flour, paprika and pepper and shake to mix. Add the chicken pieces, 1 chicken at a time and shake to coat completely.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a frying pan until hot and fry chicken pieces, a few at a time, until well browned and crisp (about 10 minutes/batch). Arrange browned chicken in a single layer in a large shallow baking pan. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar. Mix chicken stock and lemon extract together and pour around chicken pieces. Set a lemon slice on top of each piece of chicken. Bake chicken for 1 hour.

Basmati Rice with Pistachios

3 cups water
2 cups basmati rice
2 pinches saffron
½ teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup toasted chopped pistachios

In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in rice, saffron, cloves and cinnamon and reduce heat. Cover and simmer until all the water is absorbed. Sprinkle with pistachios and serve.

Apricot-Almond Puff Pastry

This is an easy and attractive dessert.

1 sheet puff pastry
1 (8 ounce) package or can almond paste
12 canned apricot halves, drained
¼ cup raw sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place puff pastry along bottom and up sides of 9×5-inch tart pan. Break almond paste in small pieces and spread across the pastry. Top with apricot halves, pit side down. Sprinkle raw sugar across the top. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour – until golden brown.

Turkey Wraps

1 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup Major Grey’s mango chutney
½ teaspoons curry powder
8 small flour tortillas
4 cups diced roast turkey
1 cup chopped cilantro
6 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
2 cups shredded lettuce

Mix mayonnaise, chutney and curry powder together. Spread 2 tablespoons of this mixture along the center of the tortilla. Top with turkey, cilantro, peanuts and some shredded lettuce. Fold sides over and roll up. Repeat with each tortilla.

Spicy Indian Cole Slaw

½ teaspoon cumin
1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon garam marsala (you can use plain curry if you’re stuck but this is much better)
¼ teaspoon pepper
¾ cup sliced scallions
1 minced Serrano chile
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
4 cups thinly sliced green cabbage
4 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
1 cup thin Chinese noodles

Combine cumin, sugar, lime juice, salt, vinegar, ginger, garam marsala and pepper in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and toss to combine. Cover and chill for 4 hours. Sprinkle with Chinese noodles and serve.

Cavatappi with Eggplant and Pine Nuts

2 16-ounce eggplants, cut crosswise into ½-inch thick slices
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 teaspoons minced garlic
¾ cup toasted pine nuts
¼ cup capers, drained
2 (14-1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, not drained
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pound cavatappi pasta

Place eggplant slices in large colander and sprinkle with salt. Let stand 20 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Cut into small cubes.

Heat oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until golden. Add garlic. Add eggplant and continue sautéing for about 10 more minutes. Stir in pine nuts and capers. Add tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper.

In the meantime, cook pasta according to package directions. Immediately after draining toss with eggplant mixture until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate after cooling. Serve at room temperature.

Stracoto with Porcini Mushrooms (Beef Roast or Brisket)

Yield: 6-8 servings
1 (4-pound) boneless beef chuck roast or brisket
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, sliced
6 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 cup dry red wine
1 ¾ cups canned beef broth
½-ounce dried porcini mushrooms
1 large sprig fresh rosemary, plus extra for garnish

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Pat the beef dry with paper towels. Sprinkle the beef generously with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy 6-quart roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes total cooking time. Transfer the beef to a bowl. Add remaining tablespoon oil to the pan, add the onions and sauté until tender, scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add the wine and boil 1 minute. Stir in the broth and mushrooms. Return the beef to the pan. Bring the liquids to a boil. Cover and transfer to the oven. Braise until the beef is fork-tender, turning the beef over halfway through cooking, about 3 hours.

Transfer the beef to a cutting board. Tent the beef with foil and let stand 15 minutes. Meanwhile, spoon any excess fat off the top of the pan juices. Transfer the pan juices and vegetables to a blender and puree until smooth. Combine the sauce and rosemary sprig in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Cut the beef across the grain into ½-inch-thick slices. Arrange the sliced beef on a platter and garnish with rosemary. Spoon the sauce over and serve, passing the remaining sauce in a sauce boat.

Scalloped Potatoes with Red Onion and Rosemary

from the Kosher Palette Cookbook

1 tablespoons pareve margarine or olive oil
¼ pound red onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
Freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 pounds potatoes, sliced paper thin
2 cups chicken stock or bouillon

Preheat oven to 350°
Heat 1 teaspoon margarine in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until tender. Add rosemary, pepper and paprika and cook 1 minute.
Layer one-third of potatoes in the bottom of a 5 ½ x 7 ½-inch loaf pan greased with 2 teaspoons margarine.
Top potatoes with half of onions and sprinkle with salt. Repeat with one-third of potatoes and remaining onions. Add remaining potatoes, overlapping neatly on top.
Add broth until you reach the top layer of potatoes. Melt remaining margarine and drizzle over top.
Bake covered for 1 ½ hours. Remove cover and bake an additional 20 to 30 minutes until golden brown and liquid is absorbed. Cut into squares to serve.
Yield: 6 servings

Nish Nosh Salad

given to me by my friend Shira

Romaine lettuce, cut in bite size pieces
5 scallions, sliced
Handful of shredded white cabbage
3 tomatoes, cut in chunks
1 cup sour cream and onion flavored Nish Nosh crackers (or other brand like Tam Tam), broken in chunks

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard
1 tablespoon soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all dressing ingredients together. Shake well. Top the salad with the dressing. Serve.

Lemon Meringue Pie with Hazelnut Shortbread Crust

This pie is fantastic because the powdered sugar in the meringue prevents the meringue from weeping so it can stay overnight in the refrigerator and be served room temperature the next day.

Makes one 9-inch pie
1/3 cup hazelnuts, toasted, husked
1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted margarine, cut into pieces, room temperature
½ cup powdered sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
½ teaspoon salt

Grind nuts finely in processor. Add flour and blend well. Add remaining ingredients. Using on/off turns, process just until moist clumps form. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Gather dough into ball, flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic, chill until firm enough to roll, about 45 minutes.
Position rack in the center of oven and preheat to 325° F. Roll out dough between sheets of waxed paper to 12-inch round, turning over occasionally to lift and smooth paper. Peel off top sheet of paper.
Using bottom paper as aid, lift dough and invert into 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Pell off paper. Press dough gently into dish. Fold overhand under, crimp to form decorative edge. Pierce crust all over with fork. Chill 15 minutes.
Line crust with foil. Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crust until sides are set, about 15 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake until crust is pale golden, about 20 minutes longer. Transfer crust to rack and cool completely. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.

1 ½ cups water
1 cup sugar
½ cup fresh lemon juice
6 large egg yolks
5 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted margarine

Whisk first 7 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan to blend. Using whisk, stir over medium heat until filling thickens and just begins to boil, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in butter. Spoon hot filling into prepared crust.

7 large egg whites
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 2/3 cups powdered sugar

Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in large stainless steel bowl at low speed, until foamy. Beat in cream of tartar and 1 tablespoon sugar. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat at medium speed until stiff glossy peaks form, about 8 minutes. Spread meringue over warm filling, covering completely, sealing meringue to crust edges and mounding in center.

Bake pie for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 275°F and continue to bake until meringue is golden brown and set when pie is shaken slightly, about 50 minutes. Transfer pie to rack and cool completely, about 4 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerated uncovered).

Stir Fry Salmon Salad

10 cups (about 1 lb. ) bite-size pieces rinsed and crisped iceberg lettuce
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon salad oil
2 tablespoons finely shredded fresh ginger
¾ pound fresh tuna or halibut or salmon, cut into strips ½” x 3
Soy dressing (see recipe below)
½ cup thinly sliced red radishes
4 green onions, ends trimmed

Soy Dressing
3 tablespoons mirin (sweet sake) or cream sherry
6 tablespoons rice vinegar or cider vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
Stir all ingredients together in large measuring cup.

Distribute lettuce equally on four dinner plates. In a wok or 12” non-stick fry pan, stir sesame seeds over medium heat until golden (3-6 minutes). Pour seeds out of pan onto a paper towel. Add oil to pan and cook on high heat. When pan is hot, add ginger and stir fry until lightly browned (about 30 seconds). Add salmon (or other fish if using) and stir fry just until fish turns opaque (2-3 minutes). Add soy dressing and remove from heat. Spoon ¼ of fish and dressing over lettuce on each place. Sprinkle with sliced green onion, radishes, and toasted sesame seeds. Garnish with whole green onions. Serves 4.

Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breasts

2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 ounces fresh mushrooms, chopped
1/4 pound wild mushrooms, chopped
¼ teaspoon salt
Several teaspoons plus ¼ cup bread crumbs
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt and pepper to taste
2 egg whites, beaten
¼ teaspoon rosemary
¼ teaspoon sage
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
½ cup dry white wine

Preheat oven to 350. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet and sauté both types of the mushrooms until tender. Stir in ¼ teaspoon salt and enough bread crumbs to absorb the oil.
Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Spoon 1 to 2 tablespoons filling on each chicken breast. Roll to enclose filling. Dip each roll into egg whites then coat with remaining ¼ cup bread crumbs. Arrange in greased shallow baking pan. Combine remaining oil, rosemary, sage and parsley in a small bowl. Pour over chicken. Bake , uncovered, for 25 minutes. Pour wine over chicken and bake for 15 minutes longer, basting occasionally.

Makes 4 servings

Sweet –Potato Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

¼ cup rice vinegar
¼ cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
4 tablespoons toasted sesame oil (such as Asian)
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 tablespoons chili-garlic sauce
1 ½ teaspoons golden brown sugar
2 pounds red-skinned sweet potatoes (yarns), peeled, cut into 1/2 –inch cubes
1 ½ cups sugar snap peas, cut crosswise into ½-inch pieces
1 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/3 cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts

Whisk first 9 ingredients in medium bowl to blend.
Add enough water to a large saucepan to reach depth of ½ inch. Bring water to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and cool potatoes. Mix sweet potatoes, dressing, peas, and green onions in large bowl. Season salad with salt and pepper. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Sprinkle salad with peanuts and serve.

Mississippi Mud Cake

Serves 12-16 servings

2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound unsalted margarine
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1/2 cup pareve milk plus 1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 ounces mini marshmallows

For the frosting:
1/4 pound unsalted margarine
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup pareve milk plus 1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
3/4 cup chopped nuts, such as pecans or walnuts, lightly toasted

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9 by 13-inch cake pan.
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt into a medium mixing bowl.
Place the margarine in a small sauce pan and when melted, add the cocoa and water and bring to a boil. Add the boiling cocoa mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Add the pareve milk and white vinegar, eggs, and vanilla and stir until smooth. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Sprinkle the marshmallows over the cooled cake.

Transfer the margarine in a medium saucepan and when melted, add the cocoa powder and pareve milk and white vinegar, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and salt and stir until very smooth. Pour the hot icing over the marshmallows on the hot cake and sprinkle with the nuts. Let cool to lukewarm before serving. Cake is best served warm or at room temperature.

Another Cinnamon Challah

I first tasted this challah at my friend Joleen’s home and decided it was a keeper!

3 tablespoons yeast
½ cup sugar
3 cups warm water
½ cup oil
6-7 cups bread flour
Cinnamon and sugar

Combine yeast, sugar and water and allow yeast to proof – about 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk in oil. Slowly stir in flour until a dough forms. Knead until elastic and not sticky. Drizzle some oil in the bowl and roll flour in the bowl. Cover with a damp towel and let rise for 1 to 2 hours. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out flat and spread a small amount of margarine on top of the dough. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar. Shape into a loaf and place in a greased loaf pan. Let rise for another ½ hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes.

Chicken Soup with Matza Balls

1 whole chicken plus two thighs
6 to 8 quarts water
1 onion, peeled and cut in quarters
6 carrots, peeled and cut in chunks
6 stalks celery, cut into chunks
2 parsnip, peeled and cut into chunks
2 turnips, peeled and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon dill
1 tablespoon chicken consommé powder

1 box matza ball mix

Place chicken and water in a large stock pot. Bring to a boil, remove scum and reduce heat to simmer. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for about 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken and spices for a clear soup. Add consommé powder and stir. Chicken can be shredded and returned to soup if desired or used for chicken salad and other dishes.
Prepare matza balls according to package directions. Add to soup. I have made matza balls from scratch and from the package and after years of trial and error, I have concluded that the packaged ones just taste better!

Orzo with Dried Cranberries and Pistachios

1 box orzo, cooked according to package directions
2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 (8 ounce) package sliced mushrooms
½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup roasted pistachios
Salt and pepper to taste

Sauté onions, garlic and mushrooms in oil until soft. Stir in cranberries and mix well. Toss with orzo. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with pistachios.

Chocolate Coffee Cake with Tofutti Cream Cheese Filling

1 package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons margarine
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup tofutti sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

1 (8 ounce) package tofutti cream cheese
3 tablespoons margarine
1-1/2 teaspoons flour
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla

½ cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

In a microwave melt the chocolate chips and margarine. Stir until smooth. In a large mixer bowl, cream together the shortening and the sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the melted chocolate, then the tofutti sour cream and the vanilla. Mix well. Stir in the dry ingredients and set aside.
Make the filling by beating together the tofutti cream cheese, margarine, flour, sugar and vanilla.
Mix the topping ingredients together.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Pour one quarter of the batter into each pan. Spread half the filling on top of the batter. Sprinkle one quarter of the topping over the filling. Top with remaining cake batter and sprinkle with remaining topping. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. This can be served warm or at room temperature.


text:
Nikos Karnis
More ideas from Nikos
Stay strong, make them wonder how you're still smiling.:

Wouldn't people wonder what you were smiling about. If you stopped reacting negatively and started believing things will get better and rise above their petty taunts? They would get nastier at first, in an attempt to get you to react. But eventually the