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ideas: How to make free animated Flash Valentine's Day Cards for lover, husband, wife, fathers, mothers, firends or Kids

On Valentine's Day, people only express their love to lover, husband or wife, but also send greetings to fathers, mothers, friends or kids. Valentine's Day not only belongs to lovers, but also belongs fathers, mothers, friends and kids. How to express your greetings or love to others on Valentine's Day? You can make free animated, funny and interactive Flash e-Cards or Cards with pictures using a Flash Card Maker Pro or Creator Software. Via the animated Cards, you can express your greetings or love to lover, husband, wife, fathers, mothers, friedns or Kids.

Flash Gallery Maker App is said to be the best animated Flash card making program for you to create the best free Valentine greeting eCards for lover, husband, wife, dad, mum, friedns or Kids. With this card maker pro, you can create your funny, animated and interactive eCard with photos for husband, wife, fathers, mothers, Kids or friends. During Valentine's Day greeting card making, you can write your sayings or messages, add pictures, import music, chosee love theme. This best eCard Maker software will meet all your need. (with the designer, you can also design Wedding anniversary ecards or sweet wedding anniversary cards)

ideas: How to design your animated and interactive Valentine'day greeting eCard for lover, husband, wife, dad, mum,friends or Kids.

The following ideas will show you how to make or create your own interactive Flash eCard for lover, husband, wife, dad, mum, friedns or Kids using the Maker or designer.

Before you make interactive and animated greeting eCard, you need to free download the best Flash Card Maker program and install it on your Computer at first.

Now, let’s begin to create your funny and interactive Flash eCards with template and pictures.

below is a funny online Valentine's Day eCard created by the Flash Slide show Creator App

valentine cards template

  • 1. Run the Maker program on your computer and click “Add” to import your pictures for eCard making eCard.
  • 2. Set animation effect for eCard. The Card Maker offers all kinds of animation effects for you to choose.
  • 3. Design the picture. To make your eCard animation more eye-catching, you can design picture. Double click one of images and there will pop up an “Edit Photo” window, where you can write your saying, messages, poems to make your Valentine's Day eCard animation more eye-cahting.
  • 4. Choose a template. The designer program offers two kinds of template for ecards making. One is Basic template, the other is advanced template. If you would like to mail your Valentine's Day Flash eCards to lover, husband, wife, daddy, mom, Kids, friends, you will need to get a SWF file. It is better to choose a basic template. If you want to design a custom Cards for website or blog, it is better to choose a advanced template. Here, I choose a Basic template for making a SWF Card animation, which allows me to mail to others by adding it in the email messages.
  • 5. If you want to design a funny music Valentine's Day Flash Card, you can add background music. Press the “Add” button of the designer to add music.

ideas: How to mail your Funny greeting Cards to your lover, fathers, mothers, husband, wife, friedns or Kids in the email messages?

Go to the “Publish” window of the designer and choose “Create Flash File Only” to publish your eCards. In a few seconds, you will get your dynamic Valentine's Day greeting Card animation in SWF file format. It is time to mail your greeting card to lover, wife, husband, day, mum, kids or friends now.

Two ways for embedding into email messages:

1. Add the SWF file as the attachment in the email messages for mail to others online.

2. If you embed the Flash file into your website online, you will insert a link to SWF in the email messages.

ideas: How to print your funny printable Flash Valentine's Day card?

The Software allows you to print a funny printable image card. On the "Publish" window, you choose "Create Flash File Only" and press "Publish Now" to publish your printable Card. Then click "View Flash Slide Show" button to view. On the browser, you need to click "File" and choose "Print" or "Print Preview" to print your printable image Card for mail to lover, husband, wife, fathers, mothers, kids or friends.

Some other ideas in the following:

How to create a Wedding anniversary DVD

Some other slide show program application for downloading:

download DVD Slide show Creator app, download Picture to Video Creator application

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Herb Library

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DISCLAIMER: These pages are presented solely as a source of INFORMATION and ENTERTAINMENT and to provide stern warnings against use where appropriate. No claims are made for the efficacy of any herb nor for any historical herbal treatment. In no way can the information provided here take the place of the standard, legal, medical practice of any country. Additionally, some of these plants are extremely toxic and should be used only by licensed professionals who have the means to process them properly into appropriate pharmaceuticals. One final note: many plants were used for a wide range of illnesses in the past, but be aware that many of the historical uses have proven to be ineffective for the problems to which they were applied.

(Filipendula ulmaria)

CONTAINS: Calcium, sulphur, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus.

PROPAGATION: By seed and rhizome cutings. Perennial.
NEEDS: Part shade and rich, moisture-retentive soil that is well-draining. This one grows well along streams.
HARVEST: Leaves and flowers. The roots for dye.

Considered to be an herbal aspirin. As with aspirin, it should be avoided by young people and pregnant women.
Also diuretic, diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory, and antacid.
Has been used for pain, fever, headache, arthritis, cramps, low grade fever, some types of diarrhea, inflammation, menstrual cramps, and muscle aches.
Has also been used for gastritis, ulceration, hyperacidity, hiatus hernia and acid dyspepsia (as an adjunct to chamomile).
INFUSION = 1 to 2 tsp dry herb per cup of water just off the boil and steeped 10 minutes.

The roots produce the color black.

©2001 by Ernestina Parziale, CH

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By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office

May 12, 2017 (San Diego) - Bidding begins Monday, May 15 for the County’s next vehicle auction but you can jump online now to see what’s going up on the block.

Dozens of vehicles ranging from Ford Crown Victorias, Ford Escapes, Ford trucks and a Toyota Tundra are available. Some not-so-typical vehicles are up for bid, too. Need a remote-controlled car? Parts for a ’65 Ford Mustang? An off-road vehicle perhaps? A sweeper, box trucks and school buses are also up for grabs.

The surplus vehicles and government property come from the County and other local agencies. Bids start at only $100.

You can register for the auction online starting at 8 a.m. Monday, May 15. The auction closes at 1 p.m. the following Monday, May 22.

If you’d like to check out the vehicles in person, stop by 369 Main Street in Ramona from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19. Another preview takes place 8 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 22.

For more information, an auction catalog and photos of many of the items up for auction, visit TNT Public Auction.


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What does the Licensing and Enforcement Committee do?

This committee undertakes licensing and enforcement functions relating to liquor licensing including personal and premises licensing, hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, gaming, entertainment, food and miscellaneous licensing.

Full details of the responsibilities of the licensing and enforcement committee are set out in the constitution.


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Will logging kill a critically endangered fish?

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

In April last year the East Gippsland Galaxias was listed as Critically Endangered under the states FFG Act. Endemic to a small stretch of waterway in the Arte River system, a tributary of the Goolengook River.

The specific name aequipinnis  is from the Latin aequalis, meaning 'like' or 'same', and pinna, meaning 'fin', in reference to the almost equal size of the pectoral and pelvic fins of this species, BUT NOW …

VicForests is set to log the forest next to this critically endangered fish. Studies clearly show that logging impacts stream life for 10km below a logged forest. The EG Galaxias (Galaxias aequipinnis) only lives in this small catchment and according to the precautionary principle (enshrined in law) it should receive decent upper catchment protection and substantial buffers of at least 100m deep along the whole stretch of river to prevent siltation and sedimentation which clogs up the stream bed and can choke or kill off in-stream life. The dirt chokes the pebbly stream bed needed by many species for laying eggs in, hiding under and finding food in.

Many reports show how damaging logging and roading are to in-stream life. Even Tasmanian logging groups believe better protection is needed.

Despite being partly funded by logging lobbyists and the industry, the report calls for a broad rethink of forestry planning and practices. The recent Tasmanian study finds a “significant relationship” between logging management (clearfell and burn) in a stream’s headwaters, sediment pollution and declines in stream life. The same would be true for similar forests and logging techniques on the mainland, and probably globally.

The research compared 43 waterways in logging and non-logging catchments. The study found:

• Sediment run-off from logging and logging roads impacted as far as 10km downstream.
• Measures are needed to prevent run-off from unsealed gravel logging roads.
• Changes to the extent and intensity of logging are needed.
• Even a minor amount of clearing of headwaters causes harmful sediment to in-stream life such as crayfish.
• A “significant relationship” between the amount of clearfelling and post-logging burns upstream and the numbers of insects like mayfly, stonefly and caddisfly downstream.
• A “significant” link was found between dirt logging roads and a decline in aquatic insects downstream


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Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre

Our mission is to rescue and rehabilitate abused, neglected and abandoned horses, ponies and donkeys, while campaigning for the better treatment of animals across Spain. We are a no-kill foundation and provide each rescued animal with a safe and loving sanctuary – either here at our centre or via rehoming – for the rest of their lives.

The Rescue of Lucerio

The Rescue of Luceiro - Costa Blanca News Column

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre (EHCRC) was formed in 2008 by myself (Sue) and my husband Rod Weeding; we now have 51 horses, ponies and donkeys plus Dexter the Mule, 7 dogs, 5 cats, 3 parrots, chickens, geese, peacocks a turkey called Ernie and Isidora the pig; who have all become animal celebrities at the centre. Plus an assortment of volunteers from all nationalities from all over Europe; living and working with us at our home which is also the rescue centre.
Rod was brought up on a farm in England, where he spent his childhood around horses. There was no "pony club" for Rod and HIS horses, as they were Suffolk's and Shires. What Rod grew up appreciating though, is that the horse is something to be respected and treated with dignity and that the relationship between you and your horse is something very special.
I had horses all my adult life and when I met Rod, the horses came too! Through our love of horses, and having the adequate premises, we decided to set up a livery yard where we lived in Hadley, Suffolk. We went on to have 15 horses on full livery, doing all of the work themselves. I felt privileged to be part of a horse's life.
When we decided to come to Spain for a better life around 7 years ago, we brought our two rescue dogs Henry and Pepe, two very handsome Bearded Collies with us. We bought a Spanish Finca with land, opened a little equestrian shop and settled in to our new life, leaving the 24 hour horse care, mud and horse muck behind us, or so we thought!
Within three months, we acquired Linda and Luna, two horses who had been left in a finca, where the previous owner had died, and the new owners had got more than they bargained for. At this point there was no Easy Horse Care Rescue as such only two people and their love of horses.
We rehabilitated both the horses and found Luna and Linda a new home to go to. However, Linda didn't settle, so we couldn't bear to see Linda unhappy and so we brought her home again, which then meant that we needed a companion for her.
And so came Cordabesa. Sadly not long after that Linda, who was very old, passed away. So here it comes, they we acquired Musico as a companion for Cordabesa. So as you can see, setting up the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, was always on the cards.

Many people ask me "Why is it called the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre and what made you do it?"
It certainly hasn't been easy running a rescue centre! The two questions are linked; before the rescue centre I had a shop selling horse products called Easy Horse Care. Over a period of time I was becoming more aware and alarmed of the stories my customers were telling me of horrendous abuse, neglect, beatings and cases were horses were just left to die of starvation; which they had witnessed in various places. All of these horrors were rattling around in my head.
One day Rod went to deliver some heavy materials to a client at a livery yard and I decided to keep him company. This is where we found Luceiro hidden away in a filthy dark stable with no windows, just a metal door with bars looking out onto a wall.

We looked at this young horses rearing up and down at his door, desperately trying to get away from all the flies that were driving him crazy due to an eye injury that hadn't been treated; the eye had turned rotten. We were informed to he was due to be sold for horse meat as his owner had abandoned him and he was to wild to do anything with, food was just thrown through the bars as nobody even wanted to go in with him. He was just three and a half years old and had been through so much. Can you imagine being shut in a semi dark place for most of your life with only one eye and no care? We both knew as we stood there looking at him that we would take him and our lives would never be the same again; this was the moment when we both decided to start the rescue centre.
You cannot go out and buy a DIY book on how to start a horse rescue centre in Spain so we just had to make it up as we went along, evolving into where we are today.
Each week we would like to share with you are stories about our centre and of some of our rescued animals, the challenges we face and the interesting facts and information we have picked up along the way. Not just about horses, but all the other animals that have ended up for one reason or another residing with us here at centre. We are amazed at how much we have learnt over the years through trial and error about our amazing animal family and hope you find our articles both informative and amusing over the next couple of weeks. We would love to hear from you if you have any questions about equine care or indeed any general question. We have a fabulous team that can hopefully answer any of your questions or at least guide you in the right direction.
We are delight that EHCRC are now officially "Fundación Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre"
This means that by being a Spanish national foundation we will no longer be limited to the Comunidad Valenciana and will be able to campaign even more for the improvement of animal welfare in Spain, collaborate and work together with the Spanish local and national governments!
With over 80 volunteers that help run our five charity shops, assist with the fundraising, educational school visits and public open days there is never a dull day at the centre. We hope you enjoy sharing our adventures.
Please contact Sue at the centre if you have questions and we will hopefully answer them in next week's column.
All of us at Easy Horse Rescue Care Centre wish you a very Merry Christmas and want to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has helped us during the year with their time, contributions and fantastic support.
Maybe we can't change the world by saving one horse
but WE HAVE change the world for all the beautiful horses that you have helped us to save
Thank You, we could not do it without out
For more details of the Rescue Centre call Sue on 652021980
or email rescue@easyhorsecare.net

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High Tea and Bubbles at Lanes of London

Today I’m partaking of a great British tradition – High Tea. What a lovely way to spend an afternoon.  Sipping on bottomless Prosecco and trying out a range of aromatic teas while nibbling on delicate sandwiches, pastries and cakes. All in the wonderfully stylish surroundings of Lanes of London.

The restaurant’s large, light-filled room looks out towards Hyde Park – get a table by the window if you can. There’s not a lot of decision making today as the food menu is set. You will have to choose your teas but don’t worry it’s all clearly explained by the charming waiter. Our first selections were Flowering Osmanthus and Blackcurrant & Hibiscus. And after our feast of tea-time delights we finished off with the wonderfully refreshing Whole Peppermint Leaf – the perfect digestive.

Once you’re settled and sipping, the prettiest platter of sandwiches arrives. Four masterpieces – love what you can do with a sandwich. The mini poppy seed-covered bun was lightly toasted with ham and deliciously cheesy melted cheddar, cucumber sandwiches came with two layers of cucumber, there were soft little squares of egg mayo delight and thinly sliced smoked salmon on beetroot-coloured bread. These are no ordinary sandwiches. I could eat plates of them! Loved that the cucumber sandwich was topped and filled with cucumber, sliced perfectly to the size of the bread and that the egg mayo was topped with a slice of quail’s egg.

Tempting trays of sandwiches

Then it’s time for the Cake Stand. There’s definitely something about this tier of sweet treats that gets the heart beating faster. It’s a beautiful thing. Starting from the top a collection of millefeuille, macaroons, chocolate mousses enclosed in slices of dark chocolate and melt-in-the-mouth mini choux pastries with coffee icing.

A tasty collection nestles on the top layer

Next up (or down actually) it’s Battenberg cake. This colourful creation is said to have been made and named in honour of the marriage of Princess Victoria (one of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters) to Prince Louis of Battenberg in 1884. (Love cakes that have proper history!)

It’s made by baking a yellow and a pink sponge separately, then cutting and combining the pieces in a chequered pattern – holding them together with jam and then covered with marzipan. Sounds like a huge effort to me, but I suppose it’s worth it when the end result’s such a thing of beauty.

The strawberry jam and clotted cream for the scones are in the background – because scones are coming next!

The checkerboard Battenberg in vibrant shades

It would be wrong to have tea in England without having scones. Today there were two types – plain and raisin, light and crumbly and served with the classic jam and cream topping – possibly one of the most perfect food combos ever conceived of.

Close up to the classic scones

The cake stand full of tempting goodies

Chilled Prosecco served with style

Today’s price point

High Tea – which includes all the food above and your choice of tea is £39.

For £49 you can also include free-flowing Prosecco.

Menus change through the year. Currently you’ll find your tea will have a distinctly seasonal feel.

Lanes of London is at 160 Park Lane, W1 a minute’s walk from Marble Arch tube station.

Celebrating the Queen’s birthday with Royal Tea at St Ermin’s

Today I’m celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday with a slap up tea. She’s Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a lady of amazing dignity and strength (in my opinion anyway). And where better to celebrate her life than at the stylish St Ermin’s Hotel in London’s St James where they’ve laid on a Royal Tea in her honour. It’s available through the summer until August 31.

You enter the St Ermin’s through a lovely courtyard garden. Inside the grand lobby impresses with its marble columns and the sweeping staircase that leads up to the tea room. There’s also a lovely upstairs terrace should the sun decide to show its face on your Royal Tea day.

The menu includes a selection of dainty sandwiches, or savoury bites as they call them here. Three different types of scones served with strawberry jam and cream and four generous sweet treats.

But first you have to select your tea from the wide range on offer – no easy feat. I eventually opted for a Japanese sencha tea to start which was beautifully aromatic. And of course we had to treat ourselves to some bubbles – it was a birthday party after all.

The grandness of the St Ermin’s is the perfect backdrop for a Royal Tea

And then the tower of delicious delicacies arrived. It all looked so beautiful, a full cake stand is always something to get excited about.

Here’s some serious tea-time delight

We started savoury with four delightful little finger sandwiches in different styles (and no crusts, of course). Dressed Cornish lobster was served on a mini toasted brioche. I’m very partial to a brioche, and to lobster of course so this was the perfect start for me. Home-cured Puddleduck ham was served with a mellow London Piccalilli on the freshest of white loaf – could you get more British? Hampshire organic cucumber came on delightful brown bread with classic English cream cheese. And finally an open sandwich of Orkney smoked salmon sandwich served on organic brown bread.

I love sandwiches, especially of the dainty sort, I’m sure I could manage a whole platter of this delightful combo of flavours.

A beautiful plate of the freshest sandwiches to start off with

And then it was on to the sweet treats. On the top layer was The Golden Orb: Scottish shortbread with pistachio, lemon lime curd dome with a bejewelled glaze. Beautifully crunchy shortbread topped with a zest, sweet and creamy dome. The Crowning Joy was an espresso choux bun with Decort chocolate. A melt-in-the-mouth chocolatey treat.

Top sweet treats on the top layer

The Royal Box was a chocolate and Scottish raspberry opera style grand torte with 70% chocolate ganache, raspberry and dark chocolate glaze and decort chocolate. Much lighter and fluffier than I was expecting, I loved the chocolate and raspberry complementing each other in their sweetness and tartness.

Up close to The Royal Box

A bowl of three different types of scone (including sea salt which I really loved) also arrived with generous portions of strawberry jam and clotted cream. They were fairly mini thankfully and light and crumbly. Made into real indulgences with the addition of heaped jam and cream.

Glistening, crumbly scones to be piled with jam and cream

For my second tea I opted for the orange rooibos. There’s a lot to eat and savour so it’s going to be a long afternoon (in a good way), so I took the opportunity to taste another brew. Rooibos hales from South Africa so I’ve drunk my share of it over the years but I’d never come across the orange version. It’s on my shopping list now – the citrussy addition really brings the earthy undertones of the rooibos alive.

My latest favourite tea: orange rooibos

I loved the delicate patterned plates, here’s a close-up of my favourite sandwiches to tempt you.

Smoked salmon and lobster for tea…just heavenly

Your tea arrives with egg timers so you know when it’s ready to pour.

Green sand for green tea and black for black

This is a delightful way to spend an afternoon, indulging in the best that full-on afternoon tea can offer in beautiful surroundings. I definitely felt that I’d been treated like royalty. Happy birthday Your Majesty, I look forward to celebrating more of them with you.

The St Ermin’s towers with grandeur around the garden courtyard

The St Ermin’s Hotel is at 2 Caxton Street, London SW1 just two minutes walk from St James’s Park tube station.

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My new tea-time heaven

So I’ve relocated to Cape Town in South Africa for a bit, which is great news for all of you as it’s the chance for me to share some wonderful new food experiences with you. From cafes and restaurants to exciting new recipes – watch this space, there’s plenty to come.

Today I met up with my sister for lunch. Angie is always on the lookout for exciting new places for me to try and today, as usual, she came up trumps.

Oway Teacafe is a beautifully unique place for a tea or coffee break, breakfast or lunch. Its welcoming, sleek Oriental-style interior is furnished with mismatched tables and chairs and full of exotic goodies to sample and purchase to take home.

First the tea. They serve over 80 types, ranging through green, white, Chinese, Oolong, black, red, herbal infusions, fruit infusions and rooibos…the menu is quite mind boggling. After much pondering we went for two of the most intriguingly named. Herbal Immensely Beautiful and Gunpowder.

Our teas arrive with their beautiful glass pots ready for brewing

Our teas arrive with their beautiful glass pots ready for brewing

It’s all quite a ceremony (gotta love a ceremony) with glass pots filled with steaming water sat on glass stands with candles to keep the tea warm (amazing how effective it is). The actual tea comes in a separate glass container which fits into the pot when you are ready to start brewing. The presentation also comes with a three-minute egg timer and instructions from the waitress. Three minutes to brew the Gunpowder and six for the aptly-named Immensely Beautiful.

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My Herbal Immensely Beautiful brews in its pretty glass contraption

The Gunpowder was beautifully fresh tasting with a zing of spearmint, while the reddish-pink Immensely Beautiful offered a mix of sweet and floral with hibiscus and blackberry leaf, among others. Wonderfully refreshing brews that you can drink pots of in one sitting…seriously.

The lunch menu offered an exotic-sounding collection of salads, wraps and dim sum. I can never resist a dim sum platter and this combo of dumplings, spring rolls, buns, edamame beans and salad and veggie morsels was packed with flavours. One shared between two was plenty for lunch.

Our tasty dim sum platter with dipping sauces

There’s also a tasty-sounding range of unusual breakfast options and a range of African coffee blends.

A visit to Oways is a fascinating experience with loads of new flavours and traditions to embrace. It’s the sort of place you feel like visiting every day in an attempt to taste everything on the menu.

Of course I couldn’t leave empty handed and left clutching my own pack of Immensely Beautiful to keep me going until my next visit. Which better be soon…anyone for tea?

Oways is at 20 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town.

Let’s drink…Tasty Greek Mountain Tea from Urbangrains

Last year I visited Greece for the first time (I know, very remiss of me!) and fell totally in love with everything Greek. The magical light, the dazzling blue-and-whiteness, the welcoming people, the breathtaking scenery and the delicious food. And that’s just to get started.

Travel certainly increases my thirst for knowledge, instead of answering my questions I find it makes me think of more. Or is that just me? Anyway, other than going back to Greece ASAP, my other option is to explore more of the country through its produce. Which is a marvellous goal to have.

So imagine how delighted I was to discover Urbangrains. This family-run business sells the  most amazing artisan, often unusual, foods from Greece. Their mission is to get the best-tasting products while also making the least possible impact on the planet. Today I’m drinking their Mountain Tea, also known as Sideritis.

Sideritis comes from a flowering plant that is indigenous to Greece. This you can tell as the dried stems look so beautiful and have an intoxicating floral aroma.

The stems of Sideritis are pretty as a picture!

The plant is collected wild from the mountains of Pindos in northern Greece at an altitude of 1200 metres and processed by hand. It’s packed with all sorts of good things like flavenoids and essential oils. It’s said to aid digestion, strengthen the immune system, help with colds and allergies and it’s also an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. Rather an exceptional plant, really. And the herbal tea it makes tastes wonderful, too.

Simply pour boiling water over a few stems, let stand for 3 or 4 mins and drink. You can add a drop of honey, a stick of cinnamon or a slice of lemon to enhance the taste, but I like to drink it as it is, it’s perfect that way. My advice is to make a potful, like I did, I guarantee you will polish the whole lot off.

The tea turns out this lovely golden colour

The boxes of tea waiting to be unwrapped and enjoyed

A wonderful new discovery that’s becoming a regular part of my diet – banish those allergies! My love affair with Greece continues…

For more information and to order, visit www.urbangrains.net


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Australian Wildflower Cake

Australian Wildflower Cake: Handmade sugar Banksia, Brown Boronias, Everlastings and Peppermint Willow tree leaves were commissioned as a surprise Birthday gift for their parents who have picked and loved these plants for years. Definitely one of my most challenging sugar productions so far. Spiced Brandy Fruit cake

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jacket- wetseal, top- charlotte russe, leggings- target, shoes- forever21, clutch- thrifted

Your probably wondering why I've been wearing this denim jacket so much. To be honest it's by far my most favorite go to jacket when I'm in a hurry or when the weather calls for something light to wear. I must say it went perfect with what I hadn't planned on wearing today. Do any of my fellow bloggers, have facebook? According to yahoo news that the new timeline layout was permanent and the change for every one's facebook profile would be mandatory the end of this month. I personally hate the look of it. I may be shutting my facebook down and use my twitter account. Since Saturday I have been on a rampage getting so many likes for my daughter's photo for a contest and we're in the lead but still have four days until the contest ends. For those who do have one and would like to help us out on winning leave a comment with your email and I'll send you a link.

  1. LOVVVVE the blouse! gorgeous colour!!

    tried to vote for your little one, but the link says page not available :-(

  2. love your outfit, especially loving your top and clutch!!! xo

Thank you oh so much for your sweet comments and stopping by. I will be sure to say hello at yours as well.


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Denim is California’s State Fabric

Yep, it’s true. California has a state fabric, and it’s denim. From the Los Angeles Times:

Democratic Assemblyman Marc Levine of Marin County introduced the state fabric measure, AB 501 (as in Levi 501s). With little opposition, it sailed to the governor’s desk. Though his bill does not name any company, Levine said he was inspired by Levi Strauss and its commitment to sustainable business practices.

Well alright! (Unfortunately the article perpetuates the myth that freezing your jeans will clean them, don’t believe it!) If you’d like to read the bill, check it out here.

[Photo via Brandy Melville]

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Early Retirement With a Young Child

When we told people we were having a baby, everyone wanted to share their experiences and insights with us.  Talking about babies gets people genuinely excited and happy.  The one thing that we really struggled with was hearing “that baby will change everything”.  Our pre-baby life included frequent world travel and a life of seeking new and exciting adventures pursuing our hobbies such as rock climbing, mountaineering, skiing and exploring new and different cultures.  We knew that we would not necessarily be able to (or even want to) do the exact same things as we had before.  However, these activities were such a huge part of our lives we would find a way to continue them in some manner and we look forward to sharing them with our baby as she becomes old enough to enjoy and appreciate them.

The part that bothered and scared us was what most people didn’t know about us.  We were quietly planning toward early retirement when we found out that my wife was pregnant.  We had dreamed of cutting out of the “normal” American lifestyle of living your life around normal 40+ hour work weeks and living for weekends and vacations.  We had a very loose plan, which is to say we basically had no plan but to wing it.  We were going to move west (Colorado or Utah) and figure it out as we went.  My wife actually landed what she considered a dream job doing exactly what she wanted for a company that manufactured ski and climbing gear, located at the foothills of the mountains in Utah.  This would give us an opportunity to live in one of the two areas that met all of our wants, an instant support system where we would know people that shared our interests and a few years where my wife could support us with her income and benefits while I worked part time and figured out the transition to a new area and early retirement for us.  Then as life works out, the same week she received her job offer, we also found out that she was pregnant.  We decided to stay put in our current location and jobs.  We began to accept other people’s reality as our own.  We made a few dumb financial decisions such as buying new cars which we had never done before.  We figured that since we’d be working for the rest of our lives anyway, we might as well just start spending our money.

We both were excited and happy to be having a baby, but also felt that this would end our dreams of living this new, different lifestyle.  I honestly think that we each had a touch of depression with the thought of this.  We assumed that we would never be able to afford all of the costs of raising a child without continuing to work full-time.  We began to picture the costs of food for another mouth, diapers, clothes, daycare, college tuition, teen car insurance, prom dresses, and the list goes on all flashing before us.  Then gradually, we began to open our eyes to reality.  Having a baby did not change everything.  It certainly didn’t change our values.  It simply made us more of who we are.  Before, we placed little value on material things.  Seeing how happy a baby can be with just a little bit of attention reinforced this.  We always placed a very high value on our time, and now having this new person in our lives that we want to spend as much time as possible with made our time even more valuable.

Sure, even if you avoid material trappings, having a baby does bring on some new unavoidable costs such as car seats, diapers and food.  But life is full of changes and with each new expense a baby brings, there is a change in lifestyle that has canceled it out.  Long trips and international travel have been replaced by long weekends to drivable distances.  Fancy dinners out have been replaced by the simplicity of eating in.  We have regained our love for more simple activities that we can do with her such as hiking and camping that cost next to nothing.  Having a child has made us much more aware of how we are living our lives and we have become much more conscious of how and where we are spending our time and money.  Our child has really reinforced what is important to us.

So I guess that in a way people were right in that having a baby did change things.  However, it changed things in a way different than what I had anticipated.  Instead of pushing us away from achieving financial independence and early retirement, it has pushed us much more strongly towards these goals.  We no longer plan to just “wing it” into early retirement, putting our savings and for that matter our lifestyle and even our marriage in jeopardy.  Instead, she has reinforced this desire to reject materialism and take control of our time and our lives.  But we are doing it in a methodical way.  We are developing a deeper understanding of our finances.  We are taking much more effort to think about risk assessment.  We are carefully planning a better life to move towards instead of using early retirement to escape from something that we were not happy with.

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Top 10 Logical Fallacies of Anti-Vaping Zealots

By Lindsay Fox Posted November 18, 2013

Top 10 Logical Fallacies of Anti Vaping Zealots

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For most people, a logical fallacy is something to be avoided if you want to be taken seriously in an argument. If someone argued that tax breaks for the rich are wrong, you wouldn’t have a very convincing counter-argument if you just said, “you’re only against it because you’re poor.” You’ve contributed no information to help anybody determine whether tax breaks for the rich are right or wrong, you’ve merely attacked the individual you’re arguing with in an attempt to make yourself look like you’re right. This is an example of ad hominem, a fallacious argument directed at the individual rather than addressing the issue. These tricks are best avoided, because once they’re pointed out your argument pretty much crumbles into nothing.

So spare a thought for the anti-vaping zealots, those who are opposed to e-cigarettes or tobacco in any form, who continually have to rely on similarly flawed arguments in order to make it look like they’re maintaining a defensible position. Reading through anti-e-cig arguments is like taking a whistle-stop tour of logical fallacies, and here is our top 10 of the most common:

#10. Appeal to Emotion – “E-Cig Flavors Lure Children into Smoking”

An appeal to emotion is a fallacy because it contributes nothing in the way of facts but sways people’s opinions through things like fear, hatred or disgust. If in a trial over a murder case, the prosecution lawyer went into the disturbing details of the crime, pouring over grisly, sick allegations and offering no evidence, then asked “what if that had happened to your son or daughter? Would you want this man to go free?” some jurors may be fallaciously swayed to vote guilty. This is a fairly transparent (but sadly common) method of eliciting an emotional response in order to convince people of your point of view.

In the e-cig debate, the common appeal to emotion is the notion that sweet and fruity e-cig flavors are designed to lure children into smoking. The emotional arc of this claim is immediately obvious – attempting to get under the skins of parents by painting this picture that e-cigs are a “gateway” device which will quickly lead to your kid sparking up a tobacco cigarette and thereby risking an early death. There is no evidence that non-smoking kids become regular e-cig users (the recent widely-cited CDC study doesn’t even contain an accurate measure of regular e-cig use) or that any non-smokers have ever started vaping and then graduated to smoking. It is simply a logical fallacy in action, evidenced by the fact that it was repeated long before the flawed CDC study was even completed. It’s designed to tug at heart-strings, and nothing else.

#9. Appeal to Authority – “The FDA Hasn’t Approved Them”

Appeals to authority can be a reasonably good reason to believe something. If an astronomer tells you that the Sun is around 93 million miles away, you can pretty much take it as truth even though you haven’t made the measurement yourself. However, there are also many situations in which the quoted authority is either wrong or just not an authority on the given topic. For example, you’ll often see news reports in which victims of a crime are asked what they think the punishment for the perpetrator should be. These people are not experts on criminal law and punishment, and the fact that they have become victims of the crime doesn’t suddenly transform them into experts. Similarly, you can’t say that something is wrong just because it’s illegal – the government (the authority) could easily have made an incorrect judgment on that issue.

When it comes to e-cigs, the authority fallacy comes in the form of, “[insert regulator here] hasn’t approved them, therefore they aren’t safe,” or even “the FDA detected diethylene glycol and nitrosamines, so they’re unsafe.” Like all other appeals to authority, this can only be justified if there is evidence provided to back up these claims. The notion that approval from a regulator makes things safe is absurd (Chantix is approved for quitting smoking by the FDA, but it has been shown to cause suicidal thoughts and increases your risk of heart attacks), and the evidence from the FDA analysis is famously flawed. The FDA and other regulators may be used as an authority, but that doesn’t mean they’re right.

#8. The Straw Man – “Advocates say…”

The straw man fallacy is when the opinions of your opponent are re-stated in an exaggerated or misleading way in order to easily shoot them down (and make yourself appear right in the process). For example, say you think that religious officials shouldn’t have any sway over government policy decisions. Someone using the straw man argument may respond, “so you don’t think religious people are capable of deciding what’s best for the country?! That’s absurd, prejudiced and clearly wrong!” In this case, the original argument is distorted into an unrecognizable form to make the original speaker appear ridiculous.

Some form of straw man occurs in almost any anti-vaping story you read, where the views of those in favor of vaping are packaged in a simple format, exaggerated and without any of the scientific evidence which led to the conclusion. This example reads, “a smoker gets their nicotine fix in a familiar format, theoretically without the many health risks associated with tobacco. That’s the sales pitch, at least.” The robust scientific argument supporting the notion that health risks are drastically reduced is presented without evidence and described as a “sales pitch” to further weaken the stance. This straw man is demolished, but defeating a purposefully weakened version of the pro-vaping stance does not constitute a valid rebuttal.

#7. The Moralistic Fallacy – “It’s Better to Use Approved Methods”

The moralistic fallacy can be simply be described as saying that the arguer asserts that the way things should be is the way things are. This has been described as equivalent to only looking one way when you cross a one-way street; whilst people should only drive in one direction (moralistically speaking) in actuality that is not how things always are. It’s like believing everything a politician says because they shouldn’t lie; it’s taking your own view of how things should be and mistakenly superimposing them onto reality.

In the e-cig debate, this is one of the rifest. It comes in the form of, “approved cessation methods are the best option for quitting smoking” and is often backed up by other fallacious arguments regarding how to judge the “potential risks” associated with e-cigs. The idealistic assumption being made here is that the currently available methods (such as gums and patches) are the best way to quit smoking and are effective for most smokers, when this certainly isn’t true. In fact, they only increase the quit rate (vs. going “cold turkey”) by between 2 and 3 percent, and as such aren’t effective for over 90 percent of smokers. We might like to think they work, but reality tells us differently.

#6. Equivocation – “You’re Still Smoking”

Equivocation is a fallacy related to definitions. If you change how a word is used over the course of a single argument, you can reach false conclusions from unconnected premises. A comical example runs that “hot dogs are better than nothing. Nothing is better than steak. Therefore hot dogs are better than steak.” The different definitions of “nothing” (first as “not eating any food” and second as “no food in existence”) used led to an unsupported and flawed conclusion.

In the e-cig debate, this is basically the reason the term “vaping” has taken off so much. The media may not equate vaping with smoking too often, but it’s rife in general conversation when people refer to vapers as “smoking.” This may be because it looks like smoking or because it involves nicotine consumption, but it can easily lead to unreasonable opinions. The flawed argument runs that, “using e-cigarettes is smoking, and smoking causes cancer, therefore e-cigarettes cause cancer.”

#5. Moving the Goalposts – “There Still Isn’t Enough Evidence”

Moving the goalposts (otherwise known as special pleading) is commonly used to continue to support an opinion which has been shown to be incorrect. An example from Your Logical Fallacy Is uses the “psychic” John Edwards, who was amazingly unable to perform his supposed supernatural abilities when tested under scientific conditions. To defend his morally repugnant career choice, he simply moved the goalposts and said that you had to believe in his abilities for them to work.

This happens from the anti-vaping zealots every time a new study comes out which shows no risk from e-cigarettes, that the quantities of harmful chemicals are well below accepted safe exposure limits or that they successfully help people quit smoking. Every single time the argument runs that the evidence still isn’t enough to say they’re safe and effective. The problem with this is obvious: there is no defined end-point. It often simply represents a refusal to admit the conclusions that can reasonably be drawn from the evidence at hand. We do need long-term studies, but merely to confirm what is already clear: the risks from e-cigs are drastically less than tobacco cigarettes and are likely to be miniscule even in an absolute sense.

#4. Cherry-Picking – “The FDA Study, the Heavy Metals, the Formaldehyde, the…”

Cherry-picking is the widespread practice of discarding anything that contradicts your opinion and mentally cataloguing anything which confirms it to reel out in a debate. Cherry-picking enables people like homeopaths to only cite evidence which supports their cause (which is, of course, absolutely ridiculous), and it is also responsible for many of the flawed opinions we all hold as individuals. Racists cherry-pick, forgetting whenever somebody in their hated group does something kind, honest or otherwise redeemable and remembering any indiscretions.

I said “widespread practice” because we all do this to some degree. Indeed, although you could argue that the anti-vapers always fall back on the same studies because there are much fewer negative ones than positive ones, the vaping community is guilty of this too. However, it does become extremely tedious to see a paper claim that e-cigs contain diethylene glycol because of the FDA and trot out the heavy metals data (like the Guardian did here), or mention the airway resistance study (like the Lexington Herald Leader) we’ve all heard about so many times before. The problem is on both sides, but the lack of evidence in opposition to e-cigs makes it all the more rampant in the anti-vapers.

#3. The Slippery Slope – “E-Cigs Will Renormalize Smoking”

The slippery slope fallacy is another well-known one. It states that if you allow one thing to happen, something much more extreme will happen in the future. A will eventually lead to Z, so A is bad. An example would be saying that if we legalize marijuana, then eventually we’ll all be buying crack from 7/11. It’s really stupid, for obvious reasons. We can make fresh decisions every step of the way. We have brains, so we can appraise each and stop whenever we want. This is merely inventing a terrible dystopian future to use as some rudimentary form of evidence.

The World Health Organization gave the perfect example of this fallacy when they chose to release a report claiming that e-cigarettes will undo the “norm change” there has been regarding smoking in public, and that they should therefore be banned. You may have noticed that they threw in a little equivocation for good measure (vaping is not smoking). The key problem, however, is that they’ve implied that through the slippery slope mechanism, e-cigarettes will ruin all the positive work they’ve done to combat smoking. What exactly the imaginary chain of dominoes looks like is anybody’s guess, but it’s a truly absurd suggestion. E-cigs are used by people who want to stop smoking.

#2. The Burden of Proof – “You Don’t Have Any Evidence They’re Safe”

The burden of proof lies with the person who makes the claim, as we’ve previously explained on the site with regards to Russell’s Teapot. This is the idea that there is a teapot in orbit between Earth and Mars which is too small to detect with our telescopes. Because you can’t prove this wrong, the burden of proof fallacy would be to call it a valid claim. In actuality, there is only as much reason to believe that there is a teapot in orbit as there is to believe there is a purple dinosaur. The rule is that if you make the outlandish claim, the burden of proof lies with you.

In the case of e-cigarettes, there is no reason to believe they’re dangerous. Containing only nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin and levels of things like nitrosamines and heavy metals (see full list of ingredients) which are equivalent to those found in approved stop-smoking products like gums, patches and inhalers, there is no reason to assume significant risk at all. Those claiming e-cigs are somehow dangerous need to offer the proof, not the advocates. The burden of proof fallacy underpins the entire debate.

#1. Ad Ignorantiam – “Ban Them Until There is Evidence That They’re Safe and Effective”

Ad ignorantiamis known as an argument from ignorance. You can succinctly state this as “the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” This means that just because some evidence hasn’t been found yet, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. This is closely related to the burden of proof, but is distinct in that it suggests that a lack of evidence at this time proves that there is no evidence altogether. It effectively uses ignorance as a defense: “you can’t prove that there isn’t a global Jewish conspiracy, so that means that it’s true!” A lack of evidence can’t be used to call the issue either way.

Yet we’ve all seen this happen all over the place with regards to e-cigs, with various anti-vaping arguments stating that since there is no evidence that they work, they must be banned or strictly regulated. Ignoring the fact that there is plenty of evidence that they work, the biggest issue with this argument is that it’s based on nothing whatsoever. With the ever-changing goalposts and the misplaced burden of proof, e-cigs have been given quite a tough task, and until it’s complete, people continue to argue that the absence of long-term evidence in support of e-cigs is in itself evidence to the contrary. We are missing long-term data, but until we get some (which would also have to go against the consensus thus far) you can’t just assume it’s going to be bad news.

Conclusion – The Fallacy Fallacy

Of course, the identification of a fallacy in itself doesn’t mean a conclusion is wrong. Although research in favor of e-cigs does show that the anti-vaping zealots are being unreasonable, just because somebody uses a fallacious argument doesn’t mean they’re wrong. I could commit the authority fallacy and say “the sky is blue because my boss says it is,” but I would still be right. In other words: use what you’ve learned cautiously. If you identify a fallacy (and believe me, you’ll spot plenty if you’re debating about the safety of e-cigs), all you can say for certain is that the individual’s conclusion isn’t right based on that argument; it may still be true anyway. Finally, we all commit fallacies from time to time, so try to use your knowledge to create more robust arguments of your own (although thankfully, when it comes to e-cigs, that’s pretty easy to do).

  • ScottyMack

    Hi Linsday. Another fantastic post. Although I am truly an e-cig advocate, I think all of us in the pro-vaping world make the same mistake of pointing out that the ingredients are only nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin and flavorings (and yes, I give you credit for adding small levels of nitrosamines and metal particles, although those are not necessarily ingredients but are byproducts).

    Truly, I believe that IF there is a danger with e-cigarettes, the danger is in the flavorings. While it is true that they are really candy flavorings, those flavorings have been approved for consumption – not inhalation. I’m not sure what happens when you inhale flavorings that were meant to be consumed orally. Nonetheless, speaking for only myself, I am quite sure that what I am vaping now (Red Bull, as a matter of fact) is magnitudes better than what I was smoking during my former two pack a day life. My lungs felt the difference within a week of making the complete transition. No more coughing up things you could chew in the morning either. I haven’t a had a real cigarette in more than four years now. That is really the only proof I need!

    • Hi Scott – thanks very much 🙂 I agree with you entirely about the flavorings issue, the only credible potential for harm comes from them, but even if they found that some were harmful, cigarette smoke contains at least 70 carcinogens, so there is still no dispute on relative safety. I agree that the fact that we hear stories of improvements to health so regularly is important, and although it obviously isn’t as valuable as clinical or experimental evidence, it seems that if there was some significant harm lurking in specific flavorings, we’d at least have some anecdotal evidence of it by now.

      I think us pro-vapers definitely make some of the same mistakes, but everybody does to some degree. It’s only when you have to support an indefensible position that the fallacies really become prominent. I think doing things like being up-front about the minor constituents is the best approach (hitting the criticism head-on rather than appearing as if we’re hiding something, from an outside perspective), but since they’re so minor I don’t really think it’s such an issue that many people don’t mention them. It’s not like someone using a nicotine patch would even be aware that they contain trace levels of carcinogens, much less be up-front about them.

  • MacHelen

    I enjoyed reading the article. Even though all the fallacies are used time and again by
    the anti-vaping community, but I think the most common/popular one is “The
    Burden of Proof – “You Don’t Have Any Evidence They’re Safe”!!

    Every now and then a flurry of new researches proves that ecigs are safer to use since they do not harm the heart. If ecigs are not 100 percent safe, they are still significantly safe
    than the tobacco cigs and most of the studies that investigated ecig users were cigarette smokers.

    Even though the evidences are thin, BUT we all know ecigs are better than analogs. Let me put it this way – one kills the user and the other is a scale higher in matter of safety. So it makes no sense to me to crush the safer one and let the fatal one dominate the market!

    • And that’s all we need to know – the choice many smokers are making is between continue to smoke and starting to vape, so the discussion of safety always needs to be focused around it’s relative safety compared to cigarettes. As you said, there is no dispute about that. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

  • Pitim

    E-Cig Flavors Lure Children into Smoking?? Plainly No. Not at all. You cannot even purchase ecigs until you have reached a certain age just like tobacco cigs. Besides, variety of exciting flavors attracts one and all regardless of age and a lot of elders love their ecigs as well as the various flavors that come with it. And moreover, alcohol has flavors too, why not ban them?

    • Yeah, it’s quite amusing (or a little depressing, depending on your outlook) how alcohol is a socially acceptable drug but nicotine isn’t, yet alcohol does continuing liver damage and causes hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of deaths worldwide. If e-cigs were anywhere near that dangerous, I wouldn’t be allowed to vape right now.

  • BrMo

    Excellent post! Just the other day ‘someone’ put me on test with the “Ad Ignorantiam” fallacy! It’s hard for me to believe that I am not being encouraged for quitting something that was killing me from inside. I stopped smoking analogs long time back and I am happy that I am feeling better.

    Actually, I enjoy vaping more than I ever enjoyed smoking because it’s a guilt-free smoking. I promise.

    • I think when you get away from the more fundamentalist anti-smoking/anti-vaping advocates, “ad ignorantium” is definitely the most common fallacy you encounter. The main problem is that it can be applied to anything. Condoms contain nitrosamines, for example, and as far as I know we have no long-term clinical evidence which definitively proves that long-term exposure to them isn’t giving people cancer. Does that mean we should ban condoms and risk widespread AIDS? Hell no.

  • PatrinaCas

    I completely agree with the list. Vaping community has multiple evidences that confirm their
    beliefs on ecigs as being much safer than cigarettes, and still, they have to answer to the anti-vaping zealots time and again. But till when? I guess till the time e-cigs turn out to be the ‘revolution’ that helps people to completely give up tobacco.

    • Lkottu22

      We (vapers) will have to stop defending the industry when the anti-vaping zealots (a.k.a. senators, city council members, and lawmakers) figure out a way to make as much money from e-cigs as they do on tobacco sales. They are not truly concerned with public health as much as they are concerned about the money they will lose when people quit smoking.

  • R.C.

    I like that 😀

  • Villefort

    Every informal fallacy referenced has been misapplied.

    • Villefort, your argument would have a lot more weight if you simply showed how the first three were misapplied exactly, and then defended your analysis if it was attacked. However I’m guessing that would also be far more difficult since your charge is, as most antismoking charges generally are, likely very poorl based.

      Easy to stop back to an old and fairly inactive discussion and make a nonsense “closing comment” to put your side of the argument at the top of the thread, eh? Maybe not so easy when you’re challenged on it though.

      – MJM

  • revo606

    Ecigs are dumb its just nrt would you really say I want know quit smoking and pay for fruit smoke if you really enjoy it over CIG fair be but wouldnt you like to say I can have a beer watch a football game without putting something in my mouth all the time e cigs are dying anways rip

  • Bryan

    Great point. It’s safer than tobacco. That’s why everyone who does it are happy. They feel better. I haven’t had bronchitis in two years. No more smokers cough.


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Heat oil in a pan over moderate flame till smoking.
Fry the okra ensuring they do not stick to eascher,till crisp and brown.
Remove and drain excess oil on paper towels.
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Serve hot.

Swathi Iyer

Delicious and perfect bhindi kurkuri.

yummy okra dish Divya !

Jaleela Banu

Parcel please, looks crispy

Hamaree Rasoi

Delicious and lovely looking bhindi kurkures. Excellent pics as well.

Bhawna Bagri

Very nice divya.... Crispy and curcuri bhindi...

Chandrani Banerjee

Crunchy and yummy bhindi kurkuri.

Sona S

delicious and crispy bhindi.

Nilu A

Wow! This look soo good Divya.. Bookmarked it :-)

Sona - quick picks/pick quicks

yummy yummy crispy bindhis..loved it.

Veena Theagarajan

nice tempting snack

Vidya Chandrahas

Mouth watering yummy bhindi.

Love bindi kurkure....tastes yummy with sambar rice...

kitchen queen

crispy tempting and inviting okras.

Love this crunchy and crispy dish with bhindi..

Prathima Shivraj

Crispy kurkuri. Looks fantastic.

Simi J

lovely and crunchy

srikars kitchen

LOoks crispy and yummy.. thanks for visiting my site and your lovely comment ..

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Savitha Ganesan

Perfect snack for evenings.like it.

Amina Khaleel

wow... bhindi looks amazing.... crisp and delicious...

suhaina aji

oh my.. a big ship is now sailing in my mouth...looks super yumm and very cery tempting...wish i can grab that whole thing and have myself..

Shama Nagarajan

yummy and inviting

Rumana Ambrin

okra looking so tasty...

Sanoli Ghosh

Delicious and crispy kurkuri okras. Will tryout very soon. Loved your version dear.

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Sweta Biswal

Awesome clicks!! I love this spicy and crunchy fritters anyday but mostly with curd rice!!

sushmita pandit

Awesome...love this snack...new for me...wonderful...

I love this .. so cunchy and yummy.. love your chatpata version.. I can't make it spicy because hubby doesn't like it too hot.

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover

Oh I love okra, this fried version sound so yummy . Thanks for sharing , I going to try out.

nandoos Kitchen

Delicious, crispy and lovely Bhindi Kurkuri. Love it to the core.

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Gita Jaishankar

Those bhindi fries look so tempting, wonderful clicks :)

Priya Srinivasan

awwww!! they look so cute with those crispy pearls on top!!! Keeper recipe ya!!!

Kurkuri okra looks so crispy and yummy.

Ambreen (Simply Sweet 'n Savory)

OMG, this looks so crispy. I've never tried okra like this before, lovely snack!

Raks anand

You have cooked it perfectly without changing its colour, looks crispy!

Hima bindu

Yummy.. oooh so crispy kurkuri! Nice clicks :)

Aditi Y

Will definately try this for a party! I am your new follower! Love the blog!

jeyashri suresh

Super crispy kurkure bhindi. I too make it in the same way

Sowmya Madhavan

Nice..Bhindi looks really so kurkuri and tempting..

Prerana Khanwalkar

Nice clicks and tempting Bhindi ..
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Coloring pages for boys: I think we can do better than that

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If you are at this post you were probably searching for coloring pages for boys correct?

I am going to try to talk you out of that.

Coloring in standard coloring book types of pages are boring, suppress creativity and are  a waste of some good fine motor exercises.

This post is a group of some ideas that are coloring and drawing ideas for kids to create their own pieces of abstract artwork without being confined to the rigidness of coloring pages.

Scrolling around the web you will find people looking for batman coloring pages, farm coloring pages, flower coloring pages and everything in between. The point is that they are missing the point and leaving creative exercises to wilt.

I actually got this exercise from the book Drawing with Children by Mona Brooks. I talk about drawing for children using the Monart method quite often. I think it’s a wonderful method to teaching children drawing even though it may seem a bit more structured than the art activities I usually like. Mona Brooks method teaches the children that there are 5 elements of shape. Everything in the world translates into one of these elements or a few of them joined together.

To get the children started, she gives a whole series of drawing activities that get the children used to using the different shapes. The drawings as you can see above are abstract. The kids have great fun with them and they are certainly a better time filler than coloring pages.

Even if you are not going to be teaching this method in the step by step sequential fashion she teaches in the book, you may enjoy doing these exercises. Of course, you don’t only have to do them with boys but, girls will enjoy them just as much if not more.

The children can use a combination of thin and thick markers for this activity. As you give instructions you will be telling me which kind of marker to use. The wide tip markers are very good for coloring in larger shapes that they make. These instructions are not cut in stone and you can make up your own. It is also a great activity to get them to learn to follow directions, but don’t get too bent out of shape if they don’t follow exactly, it really doesn’t matter.

I am going to give you 2 sets of directions that you can give the children. These should help you think of your own. It is just a way to get children using their markers and seeing that art is not coloring in other peoples predrawn images.

Exercise 1:

  1. Choose a marker and make 4 straight lines somewhere on your paper. You must start at an edge and stop at an edge.
  2. Make 4 dots (circles that are filled in)anywhere on the paper, they can overlap the lines if they like.
  3. Take another color marker and put a sequence of curved lines of which one leads off th edge of the paper.
  4. Make 2 circles (not filled in) anywhere but it must touch one of the other lines of dots on the paper.
  5. Color in design anyway you’d like

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Exercise 2:

  1. Use 2 markers, one thick and one thin. Make 2 lines with each starting at one edge and finishing at another.
  2. Make 3 different dots all sizes
  3. Add another color and add 2 angles. (sharp shapes)
  4. Make one curved line that starts on one dot and finishes on another.
  5. Make another curved line that goes off the edge somewhere on the paper
  6. Color in design

If you like this kind of drawing then you may want to check out another post I have with some great abstract drawing ideas as well.

If you are more interested in coloring books then you may want to check out the work of Susan Striker who wrote books like The Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities and another one amongst others Young at Art: Teaching Toddlers Self-Expression, Problem-Solving Skills, and an Appreciation for Art.

Another type of book that has become popular is Doodles: A Really Giant Coloring and Doodling Book.

The point is to keep your kids thinking and using their fine motor skills at the same time.

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Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71). The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen), To Spring (Til våren), March of the Trolls (Trolltog), and Butterfly (Sommerfugl).
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The Underforge is located beneath the Skyforge in Whiterun. This is where The Circle (of the Companions) meet to perform rituals.

After the Dragonborn becomes part of The Circle and thus a werewolf, all of the werewolf totems will be found here. In addition to its involvement in the Companions quest line, the Underforge serves as an escape route out of Whiterun.

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The hidden Underforge entrance right beneath the Skyforge

  • Curing yourself of Lycanthropy will disallow entry to the Underforge as well as the quest Totems of Hircine.
  • If one uses Klimmek's Supplies or Arvak to get onto the normally unreachable exit outside Whiterun, "To Underforge" will not appear and they will not be able to enter the Underforge from there. (Tested after becoming cured, unsure if a Werewolf could still enter.)
  • The Underforge Exit is an abandoned tower that has been broken down. The tower is empty and is believed to be an old tower for Whiterun, but was destroyed in some past event.
  • Unless the follower is a member of The Circle, they will not be able to follow you into the Underforge (tested and confirmed with Serana).

This section contains bugs related to The Underforge. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:

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  3. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person-anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.
  • One may be unable to re-enter the Underforge after completing the Companions Questline.
  •  PC   Despite other Companion members being the only followers who can enter the Underforge with you, even they may not be able to enter sometimes.confirmation needed

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Sugar is an open source library for Elements that aims to create a common set of classes that can be used on all supported target platforms – .NET, Cocoa and Java – in order to enable more code sharing between these platforms. It is available in for all three languages and on all three platforms.

We look at Elements as a cross-platform compiler and tool for creating great apps on all platforms, and not as a tool for creating cross-platform apps.

Cross-platform apps (with some exceptions, such as back-end servers or command line utilities) suck – they settle for a "lowest common denominator" approach that makes them bad apps on all platforms. As such, we do not want developers to write cross-platform apps — that is, a single app that runs across different platforms.

What we do want to encourage (and enable) with Elements is for developers to create great apps on any platform they want. Oftentimes, this means creating separate versions of the same app for different platforms – for example two different versions of a mobile app, for iOS and Android. Or two different versions of your desktop apps, for Windows and Mac. Or an iOS and a Mac version of an app. Or…

The point is that to target each platform with a high-quality application, it is necessary to create separate projects, each designed from the ground up for the target platform.

That said, when you're writing three or more versions of the same application, you will want to share a lot of code. All of the UI and UX of the application should be platform-specific, as will be a lot of the interaction with core operating system services. But a lot of the business logic, the "meat" that makes up your app, can hopefully be shared – implemented once, and used (maybe with minimal $IF/#ifs), on all platforms.

That is where Sugar comes in.

What is Sugar?

Sugar is a library of base classes that compile for all target platforms (.NET, Cocoa and Java) and provide you with an identical API to work with these classes on all platforms. For example, when you write code that uses a Sugar.Dictionary class, this class will have the same methods and the same behavior on all platforms, so that the code you write against it, in turn, can be platform agnostic and compile for all platforms as well.

The Sugar library is not vast, but it does provide the key ingedients for being able tyo write a lot of platform-agnostic business logic code. It includes support for Lists and Dictionaries, Numerical conversions, XML and Json parsing and writing, working with dates and times, string encodings, locales, HTTP requests, access to the system environment, and more.

Using Sugar also provides a consistent string type across all platforms, including support for automatically treating string literals as Sugar.String.

How is Sugar implemented?

The way Sugar is implemented is quite nifty, and could only have been done in Elements: Sugar uses a unique language feature called Mapped Types for most of its implementation (in fact, Mapped Types have been introduced to the compiler especially for Sugar).

What this does is taking existing classes provided by the underlying framework and making them available as new classes, under a different name and with different members. So rather than reinventing the wheel and implementing its own versions of exiting functionality, Sugar (mostly) takes existing framework classes and just exposes them to you using a common API.

Example: Sugar.Dictionary

For example, all three target platforms already have a sophisticated dictionary collection class:

  • System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary on .NET,
  • NSMutableDictionary on Cocoa and
  • java.util.HashMap on Java.

These classes perform the same function, but they look nothing alike, so code written against any one of them would be platform-specific and not portable.

Sugar exposes each of these classes under the Sugar.Dictionary name, and with the same well-defined API on each platform. This allows you to write code against the Sugar version of the Dictionary class, and that code will be portable and compile for all three platforms.

Under the hood, the compiler does all the heavy lifting via its Mapped Types feature, so that your compiled code will actually end up using the underlying framework class – Sugar.Dictionary won't even exist in the finished executable.

There are several upsides to this approach. For one, it saves Sugar from having to re-implement (and re-test) existing, well-proven framework classes. For another, it allows for Sugar classes to be toll-free cast-able to their underlying framework classes, if needed. For example, you might want to pass a Sugar.Dictionary generated by your business code into a platform-specific part of your application – and that part can just use the class directly as, say, an NSDictionary, without any costly conversion. Because under the hood, at runtime, it is an NSDictionary.

Of course the Dictionary class is just one example of many. Sugar uses Mapped Types wherever possible, but also introduces some "regular" classes, where sensible, such as in areas where no proper reusable classes exist on one or more platforms. For example, Sugar.HTTP is a regular class that provides services for retrieving data from the network in various forms. Sugar.JsonDocument is also implemeted in pure Elements code.

In fact, if you look at the soure for Sugar.JsonDocument, you can see the power of Sugar itself in action, as the set of classes is implemented as pure cross-platform code on top of other Sugar types.

The Sugar library covers a variety of areas, and continues to grow over time – partly based on your feedback and contributions, and on your real world needs.

In fact, Sugar has been vastly expanded and improved with the latest Elements 9 release.

Let us know what you think, what you are missing or – even better – get involved by forking Sugar on GitHub and sending us pull requests.

Sugar is Optional!

Remember that Sugar is an optional feature. We pride ourselves for Elements targeting the native frameworks on each platform, and you will write a lot of great code with Elements that just uses those frameworks directly – same as you might right now be doing in C#, Java or Objective-C.

Sugar is not meant to abstract you away or protect you from the underlying frameworks, or to save you from having to learn the basic concepts of how these frameworks function and should be used from your applications. As such, its scope is a lot smaller than many other "cross-platform libraries" (or in fact as platform-specific abstraction libraries, such as the Delphi VCL).

Sugar is there to help you abstract those pieces of code that you want to share between platforms. It provides, by very definition, a compromise of an API that works on all three target platform, but may not always feel native on all three target platforms – platform conventions are too different to have a class with methods that "feel 100% right" on .NET, Java and Cocoa at the same time.

Sugar is an open source project, and driven as much by our internal work as it is by contributions from the community of Oxygene, RemObjects C# and Silver users. Let us know what functionality you are missing, or maybe even consider contributing some classes yourself. Pull requests are always welcome.

As of Elements 8, you can contribute to and work on the Sugar project in VisualStudio or Fire, without needing an Oxygene license.

A pre-compiled snapshot of Sugar ships in-the-box with Elements, so you simply need to add a reference, to use it.

Sugar is an open source project and you can contribute on GitHub.