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I suppose I could sum up an entire article with "because they lie". However I don't think that would cover the complexity of the issue at hand. Hackers, by both profession and mentality, question authority and push the status quo. By no means, do I mean "Hacker" as the black hat sitting in mommy's basement in a poorly lit room purposely stealing credit card and identity information; by hacker, I am talking about someone who tinkers and tries to improve the way things are currently done.
The government, any government, is by it's nature the opposite of the hacker mentality. We try to empower individuals to be self-reliant and build their own life where nobody can tell them how to live. Government tries to consolidate the power into a central entity that distributes resources to fit its goals, even if those under its authority disagree.
Right now, I see too much support for government from others. It's starting to feel like everyone has forgotten that America was formed by revolutionaries fighting against oppression. Simply because we didn't want to be told what we could do, and who we could do it with. Yes, laws have a place, but too many laws are bad because it becomes more possible to break the law.
That is what brings me to hackers. Right now, network security is a very dangerous field, and doing things 100% legally makes it hard to find the security holes. If you stumble upon big security problems but didn't have a contract set up first, you risk possible jail time for disclosing it to the business, even when done discreetly as to not alert everyone and cause panic. Being a security good Samaritan is strongly discouraged because of government.
Think about it this way. Pretend you're a kid and the government is your parent. when you were a kid, and your parents had a really stupid rule, or the rule was no longer needed, what did you do? You probably talked to your parents to change the rule, and they likely said "no". For me, I had to break the rule in a way as to show i could act responsibly and the ONLY thing they could punish me for was breaking a rule that was silly. Sometimes, I would get punished. Sometimes, they would finally get the point. But the point is, for change to happen, rules need to be challenged and broken. This is at the very core of who a hacker is: we question EVERYTHING.
I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, anarchist, or communist, you should still oppose government intervention into our lives, and everyone's lives. Do you really think that making a new law is going to stop criminals who are ALREADY breaking the law? No, you're going to create new criminals. At the very least, current laws need to be enforced in full, so EVERYONE feels the pain of these oppressive laws. If you wouldn't apply a law to EVERYONE, you shouldn't have the law in the first place.
Hackers should unite against government power, fight against stupid laws intended to single out people, and fight for the little guy, because guess what, hackers? We're the little guy. We are the antihero. We walk the thin line between good and bad. We need to push authority. We serve a vital role for change.
Stop wasting it!
I was thinking, after I hit "publish"; When I speak of a hacker, I speak of someone who questions things, someone who needs to know "why", someone who strives for better than "okay"… I speak of myself, my friends, my family, hopefully, I am speaking to YOU as well.
So, it's been a couple of weeks since the NSA "PRISM" was leaked. Outrage followed, but seems to have died down. Which got me thinking, most people I know are their own worst enemies when it comes to their own privacy and important information.
How many of you have Facebook? Most people do. Now, let me be clear, I don't use Facebook and haven't for a long time, but my wife does.
Everyone has started to post play by play updates so EVERYONE can know what they are doing. The problem is then, how can you get mad the government collected the data? You posted it in the internet equivalent of screaming in the downtown square, then getting mad someone wrote down what you yelled.
Don't get me wrong, what the NSA is doing, is wrong; however most people are not taking even the slightest steps to guard their privacy. This makes it very hard moving forward, because it gives us another "lesser of two evils" scenario: Do we give up, and let the government monitor everything we do? Or do we punish those who even stumble on publicly published information that is sensitive in nature for "hacking"
What I think really needs to happen is that people need to start taking privacy seriously. I can't count how often I have gotten after my family for posting information that could be used against them, and without fail, they ALWAYS seem surprised that what they posted wasn't private.
Read the end user license agreements for all of the software, and websites you use, they always list what they do with information that travels through their services. Is unfair to get mad at companies and government for spying when you click "I accept" without reading the terms of service.
For this problem to change, it's going to take a shift in our mentality, not just more useless legislation to supposedly limit the government, even though they already ignore the laws currently on the books, how is another law going to fix things?
Simple solution: Stop being stupid!
This may sound like a stupid question, but in reality most people don't. I work in IT support, the customers I support all work from home, or on the road. Many have no idea even what devices are connected to their network, let alone how to set encryption.
My goal for this post is to show you some easy ways to map your network, to ensure only devices you want are using your network. Rogue devices can negativity impact your network in a variety of ways. An attacker could steal your passwords or files, a poorly functioning device could cause internet speeds to drop to a crawl, or even disconnect your computers from the net.
That said, it is easy to monitor your network, and at a very minimum you should audit network usage twice a month (I do it almost daily, because it really only takes seconds to check).
The quickest way to get an idea of who or what is connected on your network is a ping scan, there is an app built specifically for network mapping and even some troubleshooting on android called 'Fing' it will report all live ip addresses, along with the manufacturer of the devices network card. Once you have the list of connected/live devices, Fing will let you troubleshoot each device. Some of the things I do with Fing are; port scanning, connecting to windows shared drives, ftp. here is a link to Fing in the play store.
Some of us that are hyper focused on the security of our networks, even go so far as building lightweight intrusion detection systems, but I would not expect that an average person would take the time to learn how to set one up, or even pay the huge prices charged by others to do it. Simply scanning your network is a great step in protecting your digital privacy, if you notice connected devices that shouldn't be there, you can adjust settings within your routers configuration to block the device.
I will write a follow-up post, with some windows, and Linux tools that are user friendly, and give similar function to Fing on android. I would also like to note that Fing is also available on iOS, but it has been awhile since I used it as I avoid my iPad like the plague.
If you have concerns or questions, feel free to hit me up on Twitter @DarkLordZim or email email@example.com
In the interest of what I ran into last night, I will share what horrible networking practices this business I stumbled upon was employing. I was driving past a local tire shop, and noticed they had an open Wi-Fi network named "Goodyear". So I thought to myself "let's just take a peek at what is accessible to why user".
There was no authentication agreement once connected, no 'rules of conduct' if you will that even most coffee shop networks toss up at users. Lately I have been using my nexus 7 to see just how much mayhem I am able to cause, without looking suspicious with a laptop.
Once I connected to the network, I fired up Dsniff to analyze the network layout. There was a curious hostname, with a Netgear device signature, that I felt warranted a look. So I scanned the services, and noticed a network share was the only service available, signaling this was likely a NAS device. A NAS on a open public WiFi, I could only dream what treasures lay within its storage.
Using ES File Manager's built in Samba services to connect, for fun I try using the default 'Guest' account, and tada, I'm presented with a share and the secret share data. In the root of the 'My Documents' folder, I find a fun file named 'LOGINS.rtf' and save it to my tablet for later review.
The business is closed, nobody inside, and yet TONS of information, just waiting to be plucked. If the NAS was so easy, I open chrome and browse to the router login page, yet again, default username/password. I have to verify root login so I adjust the filter settings on the router to block all requests for Google.com, Facebook.com, and twitter.com; and low and behold, it was successful.
I am sharing this, so that anyone running a small business will take serious caution to ensure that their sensitive data, is segregated from the public WiFi network. It can be done very simply, even with regular routers from best buy. Please do not think that offering 'free' wireless will be positive for your customers. Their data is valuable and if they are compromised because your system was poorly managed, that will reflect poorly on you.
I've been thinking about something I hear from people often. "I can't afford a hacking lab, so how can I practice legally?" It's something that I have never struggled with, but for some reason, seems to be used as some kind of "Pass" for hacking random systems as long as no damage is done. Let me be clear, Hacking any system without permission is not only illegal but immoral and ill-advised.
The Key Components of a Hacking Lab:
Before we start building the lab, we must first define what the key pieces of the lab are. Since most lab environments are meant to emulate a real life network or situation, what you will need is a server, router, and attack computer. I fall victim to the fantasy of what I "Want" in my lab. The big powerful server(s) and multiple routers, subnets, and a super-powerful elite laptop for attacking it all from. however, that just isn't the case of what you NEED in most cases.
You can use any old computer for a server, a server simply means a dedicated computer to run software. If you upgrade to a new PC, use your old one as a server and attack it, why not? if all else fails, set up a Virtual machine.
I say you need a router, so you can create your own sub-net on your network, protecting all the other computers from your attacks and traffic manipulation. You can buy a brand new wireless router for $50 at best buy, so if you look around for refurbished, or used routers, you can likely score one for free or near free.
you already have an attacker machine, its the machine you're sitting in front of right now, or the one you have your hacking tools installed on. if you are just starting with hacking and don't know what tools you'll need, boot a live disk of Backtrack Linux, it comes preloaded with many of the tools that pen-testers need.
The bottom line is that there is absolutely no excuse to need to attack a network or computer that is not your own when you do not have permission to do so. Attacking any system that doesn't belong to you can land you in jail, or at least get you a few hefty fees to pay.
My heart grows sad everyday when I see yet another news blurb about how some new skiddie crew just PWNED some network and wanted their 15 minutes of e-fame. Many of these attacks are executed sloppily which is why, before long, most of these crews end up in front of a jury. Getting their just rewards, if you will.
Last time, I spoke about the need to keep things secret in this industry. Some people think that is as simple as "I wanna post this secret, so I'll do it from an alter-ego" there is still a major problem with that; OTHER PEOPLE KNOW YOU KNOW THE SECRET, and therefore your leak is still traceable back to you. even if nobody knew about your alter-ego, simply by leaking data you get cross-contamination.
Wow.. off topic already. Back to the point at hand. When you start on an attack (in your lab, or by legal means) it is throughly unwise to simply just start attacking with every known vector in your tool-belt hoping to compromise a system from the very start. Being a ninja, is all about stealth, and attacking the weakest, MOST damaging weakness, One strike to take down a titan.
Your first goal, should be to gather information, or "listen" for those who can't seem to understand what i'm talking about. If you make noise on a network, you run the risk of alerting someone to your presence and having them start patching holes, before you ever even have a chance to use it.
It makes me sick, when I'm setting up attacks, and some Skiddie connects to my fake AP, and all my filters and logs are flooded with garbage. TURN OFF YOUR APPLICATIONS, today almost ALL your software makes calls to the Internet. When you're attacking, or even listening. do you really think your Dropbox sync is helping? no, its sending and receiving more packets and filling up your logs with data you just have to filter out later. Twitter? BE SILENT FOOL! some of us are watching you.
When I'm gathering intel, I don't even have music playing, you need your senses to be aware of your surroundings. you'd be surprised what you hear. In a coffee shop, where I was setting up an attack with a fake "Free Public Wifi" I overheard some customers talking to each other and it went something like this:
Customer1: "What network are you using?
Customer2: "This 'Free Public Wifi', its an open network, and its working pretty quick"
Any idea what we just learned? that there are 2 people using my Fake AP, and any number of other customers that overheard them, will likely log on soon too. If I had headphones on, I would not have heard that and yes, I might have noticed more traffic, but I can now listen for more information. For instance, since these two customers are friends and talking to each other, listen for Names, or relationship connections that you might be able to exploit. Don't just dive into attacking, because its not going to get you all the information you will need down the road.
Something to try, would be to MITM one (or more) of the connections, and spy on their streams. Again, here I see people get anxious and start major attacks once they have a confirmed phish on the line. Keep in mind, much like with fishing, you need to get the hook set, so your prey doesn't just flop off the line. In the case of Phishing, its no different. If you disrupt their internet connection, or make things work poorly, they will likely just look for a different network that doesn't have problems. so KEEP YOUR LINES CLEAR so you can monitor the flow of data.
Finally, once you're certain that the phish has taken your bait, SET THE HOOK and REEL them in. With hacking, and network security, the biggest phish are worth waiting for, you can be sure you're not wasting your effort to catch a 'minnow' and actually catch the Great White.
Thank you for reading my ranting about you bastards polluting my networks with your noise. I hope this helps you to think before acting, and as always, ALL actions have consiquences, make sure you can HANDLE the phish you're trying to catch, and that it wont EAT you when you pull it out of the water.
-That is all
I love the Information Security world. I love the free flow of information, and the hard work of great people smarter and more amazing than I who fight every day for your privacy. I'm a hacker, I love to trick you into giving up your privacy, or working on breaking things.
one of the main problems I've seen in the current fighting in the interwebs, is that many new hackers try to fight for fame, or their 15 minutes, by releasing some DB. These "hackers" generally use cookie-cutter attacks that they copied off some forum or blog. we "affectionately" call them Script Kiddies (Skiddies) because they have no idea how the attacks they are using work, or WHY, but simply just try everything they can find and hope that SOMETHING sticks. This presents a few problems that I would like to outline.
Collateral Damage:
When a company is compromised, and the entire database is leaked publicly for the "lulz" you're not really hurting the company. You hurt all the users, most of whom have no way to know that an attack happened, or that their account information just got leaked. Compounding that, many of those users reuse the same email/password or username/password combinations on multiple sites to make things easy. This now has impacted other potential customers and companies than the one you were targeting. Many who hack under the banner of Anonymous claim they are targeting companies and governments for corruption and they are trying to help the users, but by releasing the data in the manner that happens most often lately, they do the opposite.
Trust, or the Lack of:
Our industry is an industry of secrets. A secret is the most important and powerful weapon you can wield, and when you scream to the rooftops that you have no ability to keep a secret, you will not gain the trust of ANYONE. and you stand a great chance of losing any trust you have managed to aquire in a field where trust is everything.
Placing Bullseye on your back:
The last drawback I'll cover regarding public release of data, is that you instantly place a target on your back. The government really seems to be working hard lately on busting hackers, so when you announce "HEY LOOK OVER HERE, I'M DOING ILLEGAL THINGS" all it does is get you in trouble.
I enjoy hacking as much as anyone else, I just worry that all the negative attention thats coming from skiddies is going to undo much of the hard work to bring hacking to the front lines as a legitimate industry.


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People come to adoption from many different places.
As a woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, you may be wondering what your best options are to move forward with life. Whether you are a young woman still in school, a young professional starting a career or a mother who is unable to add another child to the home, adoption could be right for you.
Hopeful parents begin considering adoption for many different reasons. You may have been brought here by a long struggle with infertility, while others feel called to adoption.
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Should You Choose Adoption in Corpus Christi?
We believe in adoption, but that doesn't mean it is right for everyone. This is a challenging process with life-long implications. You need to be 100 percent committed from the get-go, which means you need to put in the work beforehand to be certain adoption in Corpus Christi is best for you.
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For hopeful parents considering adoption:
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- Do you have a support network that will be there for you before and after your Corpus Christi adoption process?
For women considering adoption in Corpus Christi for their baby:
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- Do you have goals to pursue — like finishing college or new career opportunities — that parenting would make impossible?
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- Domestic Infant Adoption
- Foster Care Adoption
- International Adoption
The first two choices are ways for you to adopt inside the U.S. If your dream is to adopt a newborn, than domestic infant adoption in Corpus Christi is the way to go, and agencies like Adoptions Answers or American Adoptions can help.
Foster care adoption is another wonderful way to grow your family. There are more than 12,000 children in the Texas foster care system who are waiting for adoption. Every child deserves a loving home. Most of these children are older, and if you are prepared to grow your family with older-child adoption, this can be a beautiful new beginning.
Finally, international adoption is the process of adopting a child from a foreign country. This route can take longer due to travel and navigating international law, but hundreds of families each year find that it is the right path for them.
Local Home Study Services
Adoptive families must complete the home study for any type of adoption in Corpus Christi. This process involves interviews, documentation (like proof of income, tax history and medical records), an in-home visit and more. The home study is conducted by a licensed professional to ensure that your lifestyle and living situation will be good for a child.
For your Corpus Christi adoption home study, you could work with licensed professionals such as:
Hospitals in Corpus Christi
Did you know that, as a prospective birth mother, you are in charge of the adoption process? Modern-day adoption puts the woman in charge — and that starts with your adoption plan. With the help of a specialist at an adoption agency, you'll set a course at the beginning of your process that dictates how you would like things to go. This includes choosing the hospital where you would like to give birth.
You can schedule tours at local hospitals before choosing to get a feel for where you would like this monumental moment to take place. For your adoption in Corpus Christi, you could consider these local medical facilities:
- Spohn Hospital — Shoreline
- Spohn Hospital — Memorial
- Spohn Hospital — South
- Corpus Christi Medical Center
Corpus Christi Courts
Adoptive families will need to receive a final decree of adoption from a judge at a local court after being placed with the baby. This will likely happen at the Nueces County Courthouse for your adoption in Corpus Christi.
What Comes Next?
Are you ready to take your next steps toward adoption? Do you still have questions about whether adoption in Corpus Christi is right for you? Either way, you can contact us about adopting a baby or placing a baby for adoption. An adoption specialist will connect you with the information and resources you need.


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Sharing the positive news about the return of cruise calls to the Territory, the restoration of iconic Magens Bay, the reopening of The Buccaneer on St. Croix for leisure guests, and the progress the destination has made to welcome visitors back to the islands, Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty met with Delta Air Lines in Atlanta and JetBlue Airways in New York to discuss the air service needs of the Territory.
In meetings with the airlines' route planning teams, both Delta and JetBlue agreed to continue service to the Territory with daily nonstop flights. Delta will operate daily service from Atlanta to St. Thomas through April, and is scheduled to operate daily service from Atlanta to St. Croix from Christmas through Three Kings Day (January 6, 2018), three to four flights per week between January and March, and one weekly flight in April and May. JetBlue will continue to operate daily service from San Juan to St. Croix and St. Thomas. Both airlines are giving consideration to upgauging their services based on demand.
In New York, the Commissioner appeared on Good Day New York with Rosanna Scotto and Lori Stokes, which airs on WNYW-TV (Fox 5), and maintained a busy schedule of media appointments, including interviews with Travel Agent Magazine, Bloomberg Television and The New York Daily News.
The Commissioner also hosted a group of USVI Tourism Ambassadors at The 40/40 Club, which is managed by Virgin Islanders Sherwin and Sheldon Robinson. She shared updates on the recovery, plans for promoting the Territory in the months ahead and listened to the input and ideas of Virgin Islanders living in the tristate area.
"Our Tourism Ambassadors play an important role in representing the Virgin Islands and many have been active in organizing relief and recovery efforts for the Territory," said Commissioner Nicholson-Doty. "It was valuable to connect with Virgin Islanders in New York who shared their continued support and suggestions on how to promote the Territory and rebuild our islands."
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Examined like this, we can see the gospel application in Jotham's parable for us today. Our hearts are desperate for a king. We will make an idol of nearly everything, and indeed, the abundance of possessions and the security of comfort and the assumption of God's favor for our self-righteousness are the most common. But God's gifts are good gifts and terrible gods. In the end, if we will not serve God as God, we will find our refuge no refuge at all, but a house of brambles—dry and thorny and reserved for the fires of hell. Several of Jesus's parables make the same point, and it is not for no reason that he curses the fig tree and tells stories about dead trees ready for the fire. His warning is Jotham's, and vice versa.
The world of the book of Judges is a sordid, nasty, utterly broken place. Some of the most horrific accounts of sin detailed in the Bible are found in the book of Judges. We are told quite plainly: "In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (Judges 14:7, 17:6). In Judges 9, the people of Israel are beginning to reap what they've sown in discord and disobedience. After the death of Gideon (referred to as Jerubbaal in Judges 9), the nation has descended into apostasy, and God's judgment looms. But it is not as so often judgment in the guise of an invading army but more along the lines of what we see detailed in Romans 1:24, or Psalm 81:12—" So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels."
Abimelech, who was a son of Gideon by one of Gideon's concubines, saw an opportunity to fill a void in power, and making an appeal to his family for support, he made a shrewd and self-interested case for himself as a king. "Would you rather be ruled by seventy men?" he argued (Judges 9:2), referring to the totality of Gideon's sons. "Or by one?" What ensued was a succession of hits that makes The Godfatherlook like Strawberry Shortcake. Using money from a house of Baal-worship, Abimelech hired seventy assassins. "Worthless and reckless fellows," Judges 9:4 calls them. Together they murdered all of Abimelech's brothers "on one stone" (9:5). All, that is, except one. The youngest, named Jotham, escaped.
The brazen act of murder, nearly sacrificial in its overtones, is certainly devil worship, whether explicitly or implicitly. The root of pride if left unchecked will grow into a murderous tree. Through this wicked use of force, Abimelech was made king.
We pick up the story here:
When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?' And the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.' But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?' And the trees said to the vine, 'You come and reign over us.' But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?' Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'You come and reign over us.' And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'" (Judges 9:7-15)
Jotham's story is a crypto-parable. His employment of trees and vines and fire are elemental to several of Jesus's more prominent parables. Jotham includes three symbols of national flourishing that lay at the, for lack of a better word, root of Jesus's own promises and warnings. They are the olive tree, the fig tree, and the grapevine. Each, personified by Jotham, is asked by the trees to come reign over them. In general, Jotham is indicting the people's God-offending demands for a king. They should have no king over them but YHWH, yet still they stamp their foot. More specifically, however, there is a lesson to learn in each of the parable's would-be rulers.


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Most of the freshman engineering students at my college took two computer science courses together. These were the hardest classes I would take during college (my colleague was a TA for these courses so he deserves partial blame).
The experience for Sam Epstein, a friend of mine, was decidedly different. A project that might take me a week to finish (poorly) would take Sam a couple of hours. This was a seminal moment in my life: while I knew there were smarter people than myself, I thought I could out-work my way to the top. In programming this wasn't the case. I'd never be Sam Epstein. Not only would I not be Sam, I was pretty average compared to my peers.
This was scary: since middle school I saw myself running a technology business, usually based on technology I single-handily invented. I wasn't as brilliant as I imagined. I wasn't the smartest person in the room.
Eleven years later, things have turned out just fine for my dumb self. Am I building the next Google? Absolutely not. Will I be invited to speak at the next TED Conference? Not unless it's regional conference called TED - My Living Room. Thankfully, you don't need to be the smartest person in the room to love what you do and make a living. To compensate for my limited brain power, I've focused on three things:
Later on during college I made another Sam Epstein-like friend. I felt a bit like a leech studying with him. However as we worked together more, I realized he was absorbing the skills I worked on. By the time he graduated, you almost wouldn't recognize him by his interactions. We learned a lot from each other. I had my second seminal moment: I was cool with not being the smartest person in the room as long as that person wanted to work with me.
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Nasi Ulam which is a mixture of boiled/steamed rice and greens consisting vegetables, herbaceous plants, wild plants, shoots, leaves and stems (aka Kampung salad) is a signature dish of the Peranakans (also known as Baba-Nyonya) and the Malays. Some say Nasi Ulam is the Queen of all rice because of the nutritional value it carries and is almost fat free. Other than the rice which is boiled or steamed, everything else is raw in this dish. It is an inexpensive local dish and if you are adventurous, you might just find some of the herbs in thick shrubs around your neighbourhood.
I got most of my supply from a local sundry store and some from my own backyard. These herbs are very hardy and can be grown easily. If you don't harvest them often, they might encroach into your other plants or vegetables patch and slowly kill more fragile plants like mint and BokChoy
Whenever I say a dish is simple, it usually implies that it is simple in obtaining the ingredients and preparation but I had a tough time deciding for Nasi Ulam. In essence this dish truly is a simple dish because it does not require any cooking but the amount of time taken in preparing the herbs was a tad too much for a lazy cook like me.
All herbs needed thorough washing, picking leaves from its stem, removing seeds (chili & lime) and chopped fine. If you try to quicken the process by using a food processor, you will not like the end result because these herbs will turn mushy or limp. So get you chopping board and chop, chop, chop away.
I even tried storing some chopped herbs in my fridge but after a day or two, they were limp and wet, making them undesirable to be eaten raw.
|Names in Malay language but worry not, there is a translation in the recipe below
|Nasi Ulam after being mixed with freshly cooked white rice
The Recipe:
2-3 Limau Kasturi (Kalamansi)
Pudina (mint)
Daun Limau Purut (kafir lime leaves)
French beans
Red onions/shallots
Cili Padi (chili rice)
Kunyit (turmeric)
Daun Kesum (laksa leaf)
Serai (lemongrass stalk)
Bunga Kantan (ginger flower)
Raja Ulam (there isn't a proper translation for this leaf, sorry)
If you noticed, there isn't a proper measurement for the herbs in the recipe. That's because the amount of herbs required, depends on how much green you want in your rice. In general, most vegetables are between half cup to a cup. Yet, there is no specific metrics system to follow here. I just eye balled the amount of greens I wanted in this dish.
You start with steaming/boiling rice as per usual and chop all ingredients. Once rice has cooked, scoop out about a cup and a cup and half into a large bowl and let it cool for a couple of minutes. Then add all chopped herbs into the bowl and combine it well. Serve it with some fried fish or crackers. It is so good that you can eat it on its own, like a rice salad.
Hope you will enjoy making this as much as I did despite all the chopping. Oh yes! before I forget to mention, dealing with turmeric will turn your hands, chopping board, knife and even your clothes if you get them stained, to a bright yellow that will not wash off easily. So practise care when dealing with it.
If you liked what you saw but dislike rice for some health reasons, then you should try swapping the rice with garbanzo beans. Taste almost the same but double the benefits.
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It's Friday, which means another forage through the undergrowth to bring back freshly harvested links of interest, but which I haven't the time to write a full response to.
In The Guardian, author Philip Pullman has an amazing piece on The Limits of Reason and why we believe in magic. It's a long read, but so very worth it. The article is a response to a really interesting exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford called Spellbound, which is on until January.
Pullman's article brilliantly blends the history and folklore of magic with William James' highly influential 1902 work The Varieties of Religious Experience, and John Keats' "Negative Capability" and argues that while magic, like religion and poetry, defies rational explanation, it is a crucial part of being human.
The important thing is to be aware of both. Imagination can give us an empathetic understanding of the world of magic; reason reminds us that the cast of mind that persecuted witches is still alive.
Samuel Wagar at Translating Worlds on Patheos discusses what Pagans and Earth-based religions can and should be doing at a time of great devastation in his piece Earth Religion, Earth Crisis. This article is a clarion call to action – politically, personally and morally, to move forward to create a better world for all beings.
If "the Earth is our Mother, we must take care of Her" is true then the ecological heedlessness of this destructive extractive society which has caused global warming and climate change is blasphemy against the sacred natural order. If we take the notion of Wicca as a nature-worshipping religion seriously (and not just as an excuse to indulge in Romantic fantasy and role play) where are we and what are we doing about this?
One blog I have read regularly for years is Druid Life, by Nimue Brown, who is one of the most prolific and also most thoughtful Druid writers I know. In her post Signposts, not Gatekeepers, Nimue discusses something that is central to both my Pagan practice and my "day job" as a Librarian: the need for people to act as signposts to knowledge and not gatekeepers of knowledge. Gatekeeping keeps people locked out of communities, be it Paganism, academia, or Doctor Who fandom. Signposting, on the other hand, shows people a way (not the way) to gain knowledge and contribute to the community themselves.
Signposts support their communities by helping new people come in and find their way about. They support and encourage excellence by gently pointing people towards things that would help. They encourage and build up, where gatekeepers discourage and knock down. A signpost wants more good stuff, where a gatekeeper wants the power to exclude and the importance of being able to say who crosses the threshold.
Now that it's September, it is officially Autumn. Or is it? The Met Office has a great little guide to the difference between Meteorological Autumn which starts on 1 September, and Astronomical Autumn, which starts at the Autumnal Equinox. While it is still very warm, I've begun to notice signs of Autumn around me as the first conkers are falling and the Canada Geese are flying in for the Winter.
There are two separate dates which could be said to mark the start of autumn in calendars. One is defined by the Earth's axis and orbit around the sun and the second is a fixed date which is used by meteorologists for consistent spacing and lengths of the seasons.
And finally, not Pagan related (well…there is perhaps an intersection between Paganism, Satanism and the metal community, but that's another blog post) but just because I love the band Ghost and I'm seeing them at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, have some Rrrrrrats!


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The opening event for this exhibition was on Friday 2 September at 6 pm. The opening speaker was Kelly Morris, Cultural Coordinator for the City of Tea Tree Gully. The Capture the Moment exhibition celebrated individual diversity as each member sought to capture a moment in their unique way of seeing and recording.
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Champorado With Salty Tofu Chips
This Filipino take on chocolate rice pudding uses cocao powder and dairy-free milk for an accentuated sweetness.
Serves 2
What You Need:
For the tofu chips:
½ pound firm tofu, pressed overnight (up to 8 hours)
Sea salt
For the Champorado:
1 cup glutinous or sweet rice, rinsed
2 1/2 cups water
2 1/2 cups sweetened dairy-free milk beverage
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup + 2 tablespoons raw cane sugar (Turbinado)
1 1/2 cup coconut milk
Rice bran oil for frying
Coconut cream for garnish
Mint leaves, for garnish
What You Do:
- For tofu chips, cut pressed firm tofu into 1/8-inch thin slices or triangles. Season the tofu slices sparingly with sea salt to taste.
- In a deep sauce pan, warm 1-2 inches of oil over high heat. Fry tofu for two minutes on each side until golden brown, then drain them on paper towels. Let the fried tofu rest on a wire rack set over a baking pan or sheet. Repeat until all the tofu slices are fried.
- Rinse and swirl the rice around in water. Change water and repeat until the water runs clear. Drain rice through a sieve.
- In a medium-size, heavy-bottom pot over high heat, pour 2 ½ cups water and one cup unsweetened dairy-free milk. Heat until mixture starts to boil.
- Add the rice, stirring occasionally for 10-12 minutes or until softened and sticky
- In a medium bowl, sift the cocoa powder and sugar into the bowl. Gradually add ½ cup coconut milk and stir completely. Pour the rest to the pot.
- Add the remaining cup coconut milk and mix continuously until the rice takes on a creamy consistency.
- Transfer the champorado to a serving bowl or dish. Drizzle the coconut cream decoratively over them. Add few mint leaves and few salty tofu chips for garnish. Serve immediately.
Chef's Tip
Glutinous or sweet rice allows for a better texture. Aroy-D 100% coconut cream (in a carton) for the authentic flavor.
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He recently served as vice-chair of the California Department of Water Resources strategic planning caucus for New Water Technology: Objective 11, an effort which became part of the California 2013 State Water Plan; served as a member of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Nitrogen Tracking and Reporting Task Force; and served as a member of the A-2 subcommittee to the SBx7-Agriculture Stakeholders Committee.
Zoldoske was recently named "person of the year" by the California Irrigation Institute, and received a similar award from the Irrigation Association in 2013. He is a Senior Fellow with the California Council on Science and Technology and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants.
He is also a past President of the Irrigation Association (2005); a member of the "SMART" Water Application Executive Committee; founding Executive Director for the Water Resources and Policy Initiative for the California State University system (2008-2013); and past President of the American Society of Agronomy: California Chapter (2002).


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Top 5 Thai Islands for the Adventurous Traveler
Thailand is known for being a gorgeous country of vast diversity, and its islands are especially renowned travel destinations. Easy to get to with a flight and a ferry from Bangkok, and fairly inexpensive to visit especially compared to European islands, Thai islands are true vacation paradises.
But if you're a Thai first-timer, which island to choose? These top 5 Thai islands are surefire and failproof picks!
Koh Tao
Pretty much the diving capital of Thailand, you can barely walk a few meters without running into yet another dive center. Whether you want to get certified or you're a seasoned professional, you like traditional diving or you want to try Free Diving, there is a center and a package for you!
Koh Tao is the perfect place to get a front row perspective on laidback island life. You can rent an ATV or motorbike to explore the island with complete freedom, visiting both popular and hidden secluded beaches alike.
With tons of great restaurants, from cheap to expensive, and local to international, you could try a new restaurant every meal of your trip without running out of choices. In addition to the wide range of eateries, there is also a wide spectrum of accommodation picks. From broke budget backpackers to upscale private resorts, every type of traveler will find their ideal room in Koh Tao.
The only downside? The island is yet to have its own airport (unlikely any time soon), and reaching it will require a flight, bus, or train to Surat Thani and a long ferry from the port.
Koh Phi Phi
A beautiful oasis turned into a crazy party island, Koh Phi Phi is very popular with the twenty something partying backpacker set. The island is car free, and every destination is within walking distance to the other, so at least drunk driving isn't a threat.
The small island caters to tourists, and Western style food is available on every corner. Fruit smoothie stands are ubiquitous, perfect for nursing that Slinky Bar-induced hangover that popped up upon waking. Shops selling sandwiches, slices of pizza, and the ever-available (toned down for tourists) Pad Thai make up the island's own version of fast food, aimed directly at the taste buds of party animal quarter lifers. The restaurants run super late, available for every type of late night afterparty munchie, but if hunger strikes at 5am, there are also numerous 24 hour shops and 7/11s.
This island isn't quite the choice for laidback vacationers or families, especially during high season. Party beats sound late into the night and wake you up early in the morning, though the more remote parts of the island (reachable only by boat or an extensive hike through the forest) offer peace and quiet.
Numerous tours run every day from the island (including to "The Beach," Maya Bay, made famous by the movie of the same name), and open up your possibilities to see more of Thailand without leaving your comfortable home base in Phi Phi. The 3-in-1 tour by Ibex is especially popular, with cliff jumping, snorkeling, and more.
Koh Phangan
This island is like the mullet of Thailand, but this time it's a party up front and business in the back, or more accurately, the Full Moon Party up front, and serenity up north.
While the Full Moon Party runs away with the reputation of this Koh Tao-adjacent island, and the hedonism truly does go wild on these crazy nights, Koh Phangan is so much more than just one party.
The north side of the island is full of health and yoga retreats, and attracts a much calmer and more health-oriented traveler than the south. If you've got a bit of a conflicted personality yourself, and you want to sample all sides of this contrasting island, renting a motorbike is a great way to get around and see it all.


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Brendan Dowling Chairman, ACG Limited
Brendan sits on a number of boards and is the Chairman to a number of fast scaling companies based in Ireland. He is an executive coach and motivational speaker to CEO's of scaling companies, on behalf of the Irish and UK Governments and works with various business schools such as Cambridge, Trinity, DCU as a guest speaker / dragon for their Masters and Executive Programmes. He is the author of "Accelerating Company Growth" a practical guide for CEO's to accelerate the growth of their business, based on his own experience and narrated through real life stories. Brendan is a Chartered Accountant, having trained and worked with KPMG and PWC, he holds an MBA from UCD, a Commerce Degree from UCC and is a Qualified Executive Coach with a Higher Diploma from UCC & IMI. Brendan is married to a farmer and lives on the farm in Ireland with his four children.
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Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that is generally the result of lack of oxygen or malformation to a baby's brain during pregnancy or childbirth and up to three years following the birth.
In circumstances where the condition could have been avoided such as the negligence or carelessness of a medical professional, a compensation claim for cerebral palsy caused by clinical negligence can be made to recover damages to help with the long-term care of the patient.
Approximately 1 in 475 births result in cerebral palsy. As much as 90% of these cases are during pregnancy with the remaining 10% occurring during birth or very shortly afterwards.
Primarily affecting the muscles and body movement cerebral palsy can be caused by a number of things some of which are preventable and some of which are not.
Types of cerebral palsy
The four types of cerebral palsy are:
- Spastic
- Ataxic
- Athetoid
- Mixed
Every cerebral palsy type affects muscle and motor skills together with anything from speech to intellect can be changed.
There are also psychological, emotional and behavioural issues that people suffering cerebral palsy have to cope with.
The life expectancy for anyone with cerebral palsy is not notably reduced and many daily routines may be unaffected. The disorder is not progressive so will not worsen over time.
Non-preventable cerebral palsy
The vast majority of cerebral palsy cases are not caused by clinical or medical negligence and are due to other factors that in many instances are not preventable. Typical examples are which are:
- Congenital malformation is usually the cause of cerebral palsy which means no medical negligence had taken place and the baby had already had the condition prior to labour.
- Exposure to infections such as rubella
- A premature birth or underweight baby.
- During the pregnancy the mother suffers severe physical trauma such as a bad fall or vehicle accident.
- Chemical exposure to a mother such as alcohol or cigarettes.
Clinical negligence
Clinical negligence can lead to cerebral palsy and there are a number of medical mistakes that can be made both during pregnancy, in the childbirth and following the birth. These can include:
- Not responding or failing to notice high blood pressure of toxaemia in the mother.
- Leaving the child in the birth canal for too long.
- Incorrect use of forceps or vacuum (ventouse) extraction.
- Failure to respond to foetal distress when a caesarean section is performed.
- Not detecting a prolapsed umbilical cord.
- Failure to react to changes in the baby's heart rate.
- Failure to detect a prolapsed umbilical cord.
- Failure to treat seizures following delivery.
- Misdiagnosis of jaundice or meningitis.
- Not treating seizures after delivery.
During the commotion of labour it is sometimes difficult to recognise and react if things are going wrong although in many instances there are clear warnings signs which medical professionals should be able to spot and deal with accordingly.
- If the baby is born using caesarean section or forceps.
- A specialist is called in to the delivery room.
- CPR is performed to the baby.
- Oxygen provided for the baby.
- The baby is transferred to an Intensive Care Unit.
- Tests soon after birth like MRI, CT and brain scans will also be a cause for concern.
These points could be signs of a number of problems or in fact no problem at all but if a baby has cerebral palsy following the birth and any of these factors were present then it could be a sign of medical negligence that would require further investigation.
Treating and managing cerebral palsy
Coping with cerebral palsy is unfortunately a lifelong struggle for both the injured person and their loved ones. Whilst the disorder does not become any worse it is not curable and will not improve over time.
Various treatments are available to help cope with the disorder such as physiotherapy to help deal with the pain of the condition. Physiotherapy will also help to stop the muscles shortening and becoming weak which can cause further discomfort and pain.
Occupational therapy is also available to teach the child daily tasks such as how to dress and got to the toilet. Occupational therapy to teach a child daily tasks is important to maintain the child's independence and build confidence.
Cerebral palsy will often affect speech so speech therapy will be required through a series of exercises to assist any speech problems. Alternatively the child may be able to learn different ways to communicate such as sign language.
To help with and correct problems with joints and bones by lengthening shortened muscles Orthopaedic surgery may be required.
An infant with cerebral palsy will need to be regularly checked to ensure no secondary problems develop.
Charities and organisations such as Scope are available to help people with cerebral palsy and their families and ensure they have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Claiming Compensation for cerebral palsy caused by clinical negligence
A child born with or developing cerebral palsy whether from a congenital malformation or from clinical negligence can have a devastating effect on the child and its parents.
If cerebral palsy was caused by clinical negligence or medical negligence then it is important to make a claim for compensation in order for the child to receive financial security against any unforeseen costs and hurdles the disorder may bring in the future.
Claiming compensation will help with the cost of transport, loss of earnings, and medication together with special equipment need to cope with the disorder.
As cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition compensation payments are usually high to reflect the support needed.
Cerebral palsy compensation claims for clinical negligence are normally not straight forward claims and anyone making a claim will benefit from having an experienced clinical negligence solicitor to handle the claim on their behalf.
Injury Claims Assistance has specialist clinical negligence solicitors to help people who believe they have been the victims of clinical or medical negligence.
Our solicitors will be able to give you free legal advice and assess the circumstances of your case. If they feel you do have grounds to make a compensation claim for negligence they will be able to handle your claim at no cost to you as all clinical and medical negligence cases are handled on a 'No Win No Fee' agreement which means if the claim is unsuccessful you will not be responsible for any costs or fees.


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South Korea's government will focus all of its efforts to improve people's livelihoods and push forward timely structural reforms that can back up income-led growth goals, the finance minister nominee said on Nov. 11, 2018.
In a meeting with reporters just after he was named the country's next finance minister Friday, Hong Nam-ki said Asia's fourth-largest economy is currently in a transitional period. He said that the country needs to take steps to carry out necessary economic reforms so as to lay the foundation for sustainable growth.
He said the role of policymakers is to make certain that positive changes are made that can bring about results.
"The goal is to create a country where people can all live well, with both innovation and income-led growth contributing to the economy," the career government official said.
He said the so-called sharing economic structure will exert considerable sway on society, and since the services that are offered through this system have taken root in other countries, there is no reason to think it won't make headway here.
The sharing economy is a model based on acquiring and sharing various goods and services that can help economic actors and stimulate growth.
The comments come as the South Korean economy is widely expected to expand by a disappointing 2.7 percent this year, slower than an earlier estimate of 2.9 percent, with unemployment and investment curbing growth.
He said the government will announce a plan by the end of the year to bolster the competitiveness of key industries. The current chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination then said creating jobs and adding more value to the service sector will be examined going forward.
Hong, then said that opening new businesses can lead to job creation and vowed the government will do its part to streamline administrative red tape to help the business community.
The official, who will be the country's top economic policymaker after a parliamentary confirmation hearing, said that the private sector must be the lead player in creating value in the economy, with government finances providing a supporting role.
He said state financial support will be directed at areas that do not compete with the private sector.
Hong said that time is of the essence and that under his helm, Seoul will increase support to raise household income and reduce wealth disparity.(Yonhap)


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Traveling eco-friendly takes a little bit of extra effort, let's face it. In France, it's not as if Eco Hotels are few and far between, but if traveling Eco-Friendly is a priority, they are accommodations you have to look for.
Paris offers several authentic choices, each distinctively different, offering up unique glimpses of the city and its environs. Two charming Parisian hotels that are both doing their share for the environment while providing excellent hospitality are The Hidden Hotel nestled in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris's 17th arrondissement and Hotel de la Porte Dorée just at the steps of the Bois de Vincennes, Paris's rambling vast public gardens near the Chateau de Vincennes. And if you venture south, towards the Mediterranean Sea, we have a lovely little hotel to recommend for your stay while delighting in France's southern wine, sea and sand region.
The Hidden Hotel
If you're a fan of L.A. or NYC modern chic, then you will feel right at home at the Hidden Hotel. The décor includes modern furniture handcrafted out of whole logs, chrome-free cured leathers, natural fiber linens and piped in lounge music. Located on the quiet side-street of rue de l'Arc de Triomphe, you would never guess that you are mere steps away from the Champs Elysees, the famous Parisian boulevard that is alive day and night.
The façade of the hotel resembles a "Living Wall," such as is featured at the Museéde Quai Branly, and guests have been known to walk right past the hotel, situated across the street from what locals say is Paris's best sushi restaurant, so discreet is its demeanor.
Once you enter through the sliding glass and wooden doors, however, you instantly feel like you've entered into some chic lounge club that only the hippest of the hipsters are dialed in on. A small terrace in the heart of the hotel lobby invites you and a friend to take a moment to relax, breathe and order an aperitif. In fact, the lobby is so welcoming that Guests routinely use the space as a workroom, their glistening white MacBooks open atop their laps as they lounge on the linen and leather chairs and couches.
The hotel and its rooms are furnished with partner design firm, Hidden Cabin's exquisite pieces of both linens and furniture. This natural textile and materials design firm owned and operated by husband and wife team Diane and Jamie, expresses the hotel's philosophy of Luxe Naturel harmoniously. If you believe the saying, "God is in the details," you'll find it here: The buttons on the linen duvet covers are stamped with the logo "Hidden Hotel," and the towels are luxuriously oversized organic cotton.
Each room is open to the spa-sized bath and shower which feature the "rain"shower and all but the top floor rooms have a canape-curtain encircling the beds that provide an added sense of privacy. The beds used throughout the hotel are the CocoMat beds, an Eco bed manufacturer out of Greece. All the layers and fibers used in the construction of the beds are either recyclable or made from recycled products. The Hidden Hotel's top investment and design priority was in its beds: "People primarily check into a hotel to sleep. So why not provide them with the best facilities to allow them a good night's sleep?" explained Elsa Biscaut, Hidden Hotel's Manager.
The top floor rooms look out onto the Parisian rooftop landscape and are a bit larger than the other rooms, each featuring a unique layout. The Hidden Hotel is one of only two Parisian hotels that features hardwood floors. The designers have made this choice as both an aesthetic and a hypo-allergenic one.
Breakfast is an organic feast. The Hidden Hotel is graced with repeat guests so they like to keep the breakfast menu varied, sometimes featuring freshly-made organic yogurt and fruit smoothies, other times seasonal fruit salads along with the standard fare of fresh croissants, organic jams, cold cuts, cheeses, eggs and more...The long "picnic" table on which breakfast is served encourages conversation among guests.
Rates are reasonable here especially considering the prestige location and the top-quality service and luxury accommodation. It's advised to book in advance as it's a popular weekend romantic get-away – even for Parisians.
Complimentary WiFi www.hidden-hotel.com
Hotel de la Porte Dorée
Hotel de la Porte Dorée, nestled just on the steps of the Bois de Vincennes in Paris's 12th arrondissement, is exactly the charming little French hotel people dream about when they dream of coming to Paris.
This beautiful little hotel on Avenue Daumesnil is the fruit of "amour" and that warmth can be felt as soon as you walk through the doors into the fresh and inviting lobby with its red color schemes, polished hardwood floors, bouquets of fresh flowers that proprietor Christina has likely just brought back from the fresh market that morning and Pierre, the front desk person, who is there to help you practice your French.
Christina, a native Californian, and her husband Laurent Greveldinger, met some twenty years ago when she first came over to Paris on a study abroad program. They met, fell in love, and now with beautiful children, an enchanting Parisian hotel and years of a successful marriage behind them, Christina is very much enjoying life as a Franco-American in Paris.
"I've lived in France now as long as I had lived in the States when I first moved here," she noted when Greening Hollywood spoke to her. Mme. Greveldinger is every inch the "Lady of the Manor," though in this case the Manor is the charming 43 room Hotel de la Porte Dorée. Chic, slim, blond and blue-eyed with that mega-watt California smile that seems to transport the Golden State's sunshine to Paris even on the rainiest of days, Christina most definitely found her calling when she transformed her dreams of owning and running a hotel with her husband in Paris into a successful reality.
The bedding and décor throughout the hotel are of 4-star quality. The Queen-sized beds in the larger rooms are all luxurious and are an overt invitation to slumber, the soft crisp linens enveloping you as you tuck in for a good night's sleep. I would advise travelers to pay no mind to the hotel's two-star designation as the quality and service you receive, especially for the exceedingly reasonable rates, put this hotel way above and beyond. They also offer special promotions, as well, for guests who book in advance.
The décor of the hotel has been done up in primarily Henry II pieces which, for Americans, qualify as antiques, but for the French would be merely "reclaimed" furniture pieces, all heavy, sculpted wood from an era when things were made to last. "My mother-in-law is very 'Eco' without even trying," explained Christina who is quick and generous to attribute credit of the chosen and exquisitely framed artwork – all reproductions of pieces on display at the Louvre – and the hand refinished furnishings to both her mother and father-in-law. "My father-in-law bought old dining tables, cut them in half and used them to make the desks in the rooms, which we fastened to the walls," explained Christina.
Throughout the hotel, Christina and her best friend, Jodie, who came over from home-town Sacramento to join in on living the Parisian life, have put in energy and consumption efficient tools to minimize wastage. Features such as lights, water, showers, dual-flush toilets are all of the highest standard toward efficient use of resources. The toiletries in the bathrooms are all organic and shower dispensers are gradually replacing the travel-sized toiletries which many note for their container wastage. For cleaning products, Christina's staff have discovered that the age-old vinegar is not just organic, it's a magic cleaning ingredient.
"We're contemplating putting in a resource-saving card in each room but we want to maintain the old-world charm," explained Christina when discussing how far to push the eco agenda. She and her staff take the time each day to do a daily audit of "lights off" throughout the hotel to minimize needless energy wastage.
Breakfast is all organic OxFam juices, Fair Trade coffees, AB (agricultur biologique) certified jams, cage-free eggs. That's in addition to some of the best croissants and breakfast pastries you'll find in Paris, delivered fresh from the boulangerie across the street who was named for the best croissant in Paris a few years back. The breakfast buffet is free for children under 10. There are also toys and other amenities provided for children which make Hotel de la Porte Dorée a very family friendly hotel.
The surrounding environs of the Hotel de la Porte Dorée add tremendously to its green appeal. The Promenade Planteé is one of the most beautiful nature walks you'll find in Paris, and the start of it happens it to be only steps away from the front door of the hotel.
The Promenade Planteé is a nature path right through Paris that extends for kilometers. It is unrivalled in any city that I've visited so far. For much of the path, you are walking at the height of the treetops so the view onto the Parisian streets is one that allows perspective. You can start from the Bois de Vincennes and follow the path all the way to the Bastille. During your walk, you will traverse suspended bridges, flower gardens, city-scape walls of water, expansive green parks and elevated arbors with park benches. This is truly a Parisian gem and for a breath of fresh air while still getting a good tour of the city, I highly recommend it.
Complimentary WiFi. Complimentary use of computer room. Ice machine (probably the only one in Paris!) on lobby level. www.hoteldelaportedoree.com
The French Countryside
In August, in France, everyone goes to the countryside. We recommend taking a few days and stopping to see the ancient medieval town of Montpellier, located a few kilometers from the southwestern shoreline of France. If you compare the area to its glitzy sister, the Cote D'Azur, one would have to describe it as the sister who stays home and cooks. As the French describe it, the region is more "family-oriented" than its yacht bejewelled sister to the east.
The hotel to book your stay in which has recently been certified with a Green Key certification is Le Clos de l'Aube Rouge in Castelnau-Le-Lez which is the upscale suburb of Montpellier, connected by the convenient and clean "flower" tramway that runs continually throughout the day. The tram ride from Castelnau-Le-Lez to Montpellier takes only 10 minutes and costs about 1 Euro.
Montpellier is the capital city of the Languedoc-Roussillon. As such its lure is its history, its charm, and in June and July, its nightly classical and jazz concerts and dance presentations. In addition, its nearby beaches and its proximity to notable wine regions that are accessible by car, also make it an attractive region to visit.
Old, medieval cities can become oppressively hot during the peak summer months, which is why booking your hotel a bit outside the city, where the air is still fresh and the vibe is relaxing, makes perfect sense. If you are driving, it is also a good idea as Le Clos de l'Aube Rouge provides free parking and direct tram access to the old town of Montpellier, which is zoned entirely pedestrian.
Madame Noëlle Obegi is the proprietor of this hotel along with her husband who mostly lets her run the business. They have run the hotel for 20 years now and it has the charm of a family-run hotel, one that provides comfort and a feeling of being "at home" when you return to your hotel room.
The property itself, up until the 80's, was a working vineyard, hence the name Le Clos de l'Aube Rouge which the proprietors kept when they transformed the vineyard into a hotel. The upstairs conference room, a popular choice for business groups who meet throughout the year, is in fact an old cellar room and is still very reminiscent of this with its exposed beams and thick stone walls.
In August in Montpellier, where the days can get very hot - 32°C and higher - a dip in the unheated pool is like an elixir. Madame Nöel has changed the landscaping to Mediterranean plants throughout the hotel grounds for aesthetic reasons and also with an eye toward native plant landscaping. Her Green Key certification was only just awarded in May 2010, and she remembers well how extensive the 200 questions application form was in documenting just what the hotel was doing towards environmental initiatives.
She has outfitted the rooms of Le Clos de l'Aube Rouge with water-saving devices for the showers and the toilets and has installed water-heating energy efficient devices. Likewise, the rooms are individually temperature controlled and the sheets and towels, while not organic cotton, are changed out at guests' request. Pens provided for the seminar rooms are all made from recycled plastic. Renovations are a process, conceded Mme. Nöel and they are approaching it on a "one thing at a time" basis especially for the systemic changes.
The hotel provides both a breakfast and dinner buffet in the old farmhouse or out on the terrace. Most of the featured dishes, especially the fresh fruits and vegetables, are sourced regionally. For their business guests who frequent the hotel for seminars during the year, this proves to be a convenient feature, both for networking and for accomplishing business meetings adjacent to the the structured seminar meetings. The dinner feature is also a popular choice for the many families who choose to stay at the hotel during their July and August holidays as it makes dining "en famille" much more convenient.
There is a fully equipped gym on the premises as well as a hot tub and sauna. There is a business office located on the ground floor. 45 rooms in all. WiFi service complimentary.
Le Clos de l'Aube Rouge, Castelnau-Le-Lez, Montpellier www.auberouge.com
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