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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Coconut Milk Love
APLACEFORUS has given me an "Excellent" award! I don't think I had ever won an award for anything before. I feel like I should wear a fancy gown and write an acceptance speech, but I don't own a fancy gown and I'm wearing my slippers. It means a lot be recognized by our fellow bloggers! Thank you so much! :)
I also won a free copy of the Happy Herbivore's Pudge-Free Holidays e-cookbook! The book is packed full of mouth-watering recipes for a delicious fat-free holiday season. One of Lindsay's holiday recipes is the Southern Cornbread, which was the first recipe I tried. It was fabulous! We had it with chili, and the little bit that we managed not to eat with dinner made for a nice evening snack later.
Now on to the Coconut Milk Love. I made some coconut whipped cream and took some pictures of it looking shamelessly enticing atop of various foods. There are a couple of different ways to make coconut whipped cream, it depends on what you intend to do with it.
For a soft, runny cream that doesn't need to hold its shape, open a can (14oz or 214ml) of cold full-fat coconut milk and mix it with 1 or 2 tablespoons of cold maple syrup or agave, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. Use an electric mixer on the highest setting and mix until smooth and creamy. It helps to chill the bowl and beaters before you start. One tablespoon of maple syrup was enough for me, someone with a sweeter tooth might want to taste it and keep adding syrup until it tastes sweet enough. Keep it refrigerated until you're ready to use it.
For a firm cream, let a can of full-fat coconut milk chill in your fridge overnight, but do not shake it at any time. Open the can and scoop out all the fat that separated itself from the liquid into a chilled mixing bowl. Add 1/2 tsp of vanilla and sifted powdered sugar to taste, and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Using only the coconut fat and powdered sugar instead of syrup, makes this cream stiffer than the previous version. Keep it refrigerated!
Here's the coconut whipped cream (soft and runny) on a slice of apple upside-down cake...
Here she is on my waffles... evil temptress!
Thanks to Ruby Red Vegan I found out that coconut cream on hot cocoa is probably what they serve in Heaven's waiting room. Not that I'll ever get to taste that one. Here's a big blob of cream...
And here it slightly melted into the hot chocolate. Every sip was heavenly coconuty chocolate bliss...
I only used a little bit of cream for the cake, waffles, and cocoa, so I used the rest to make ice-cream. It was melting rapidly thanks to my hot under-cabinet light...
Are my American readers proudly wearing your "I Voted" sticker today? Go democracy!
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- AnonymousNovember 4, 2008 at 4:36 PM
oh geez! i hardly ever use this perfect food! i feel ashamed. all the dishes you've made look amazing. that hot chocolate is calling out my name!!!ReplyDelete
and yes!!! you bet i voted. it was so exciting because it was my first time!!
I'm definitely missing your daily MoFo posts!! But hooray for posting today, with MORE delicious :-DReplyDelete
That coconut-creamed hot chocolate... mmmmm...ReplyDelete
I think I gained 2 pounds looking at all those desserts! And yes ma'am I just got back from voting!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2008 at 4:57 PM
I'm excited for your christmas posts =)ReplyDelete
I love that cornbread recipe as well and I almost made it today but I didn't because I would have ended up eating the whole batch haha
It is a little sad w/out the VeganMoFo frenzy. Congratulations on both winning the Excellency award AND winning Pudge-Free Holidays! Isn't the e-cookbook wonderful?! You picked a good recipe with which to start. :) I love all your coconut cream suggestions, especially the one you passed on from Ruby Red Vegan. Coconut cream hot chocolate...yum! My "I voted" sticker is proudly adorning my purse.ReplyDelete
Dang, I'm coming over to eat with you! Whippy cream, here I come!ReplyDelete
coconut cream..... yummmyyy scrummy. I had forgotten about putting it in hot chocolate, thanks for the reminder :)ReplyDelete
If I had all of that food before I would eat it all in one day, esp the hot chocolate and the other sugar-filled goodies. CONGRADS on the award - you totally and utterly deserve it! and I'm so happy you're enjoying PFH!!ReplyDelete
& hell yes I voted. I got to the polling place before polls opened and I was 50th in line... and still waited over and hour to vote for OBama but it was well worth the wait and when I left the line had more than quadrupled in size! it went from 100 to at least 300 people! That was still early, too!
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Coconut milk has definitely become one of my favorite foods! I love to have it whipped, too--so rich and delicious. :)ReplyDelete
If you didn't deserve that award for your amazing MoFo-ness, you certainly deserve it for your kindness... and for your coconut-milk post. Anyone who loves coconut is awesome in my book!ReplyDelete
Coconut whippy cream? Brilliant! All of those incarnations of coconut milk look so delicious (especially in the hot cocoa)! Thanks for the tips!ReplyDelete
This blog is definitely most excellent - congratulations!!!!ReplyDelete
That whippy cream in all forms is just amazing. It looks soooo good with chocolate!
I miss MoFo too, I keep going to add the MoFo logo to the tops of my posts but then I remember it's over :(ReplyDelete
Your coconut cream looks lovely I am going to make it next time I have waffles/pancakes!
Hi River,ReplyDelete
That coconut whip cream looked incredible. I love baking with coconut milk but it never occurred to me to use it for whipped cream. Thank you for giving me the idea!
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2008 at 3:53 AM
Congrats on the award and on winning the e-book!ReplyDelete
I've never used coconut whipped cream, but it looks so delicious on your food, I want to try it immediately.
Thanks for showing how to make whipped topping, next time I have pie I am so using this!ReplyDelete
Mmmmmm Coconut Creamtastic River!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your award - I am SO not surprised - you deserve a million awards and I reckon you should wear a fancy gown just for the hell of it anyway - a fancy gown with your apron on.
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2008 at 10:42 AM
The desserts look so good. I love coconut milk. I always make sure there is a can or two in the pantry.ReplyDelete
Coconut cream - YUM!!!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the award - totally well deserved! :)
hooray on the award, River! you & your blog are super excellent, foReplyDelete
'sho! superw00t!
that's so cool that you won a copy of HH's e-book! the cornbread looks super scrumptious!
also - hooooooray for voting. i wore my sticker alllll day yesterday & put it up on my calendar at home before i went to bed! yay!
coconut whippy cream - i'm in heaven! i have yet to have hot chocolate as a vegan - i might just have to enjoy some tonight! yay! all the treats look rock'n, too! you're making me huuuungry, River! :)
Mmm I LOVE LOVE coconut milk! congrats on winning the cookbook, you DEFINITELY deserve it! Awesome post and gorgeous food porn as always ;)ReplyDelete
This cornbread looks totally yummy!! =)
And coconut cream....MMMMMMMMMM!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! =DDD
If you have time pls visit my new post.........=))
Enjoy the day!!!
Eh... you call this boring? Everything looks so yummy! I love the look of the whippy cream on the upside-down cake. And the waffles. And in the chocolate milk. And ah, that ice cream! Ok, well, maybe I just like the look of the whippy cream in general...ReplyDelete
coconut whipped cream, yum! it looks amaaazing! i love the ice cream sundae, it is perfect. and apple upside down cake!? recipe?ReplyDelete
Super cool! I didn't even know you could make whipped cream from coconut milk...but I think that recipe is my new best friend. And so are you! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Mmmmmmm, coconut milk!ReplyDelete
ha! i would SO eat all of that in one day. YUM.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh!!! You are the best! I am so excited that it ended up working for you on the hot cocoa. I can't wait to try it too! I make homemade mochas (basically hot chocolate + espresso)...so this whippy cream is going to be awesome awesome awesome in them. I'm so glad our brains could unite and come up with somethin yummy. :)ReplyDelete
(Plus that waffle really caught my eye - mmm!)
I would have loved to wear a sticker, alas...not a US citizen.ReplyDelete
coconut = love.
coconut cream is my favorite thing for sweets.. i can't understand why anyone would want to use an animal based product while coconut cream exists... insanity if you ask me :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2008 at 9:38 AM
holy cow that looks amazing! i think i could eat that dessert at every meal! :)ReplyDelete
That is all. :)
Oh, if it weren't two in the morning I would be making that hot chocolate right now. In fact, I'm still considering it...ReplyDelete
You deserve the "EXCELENT" blog award! You go!! Yeah! Awesome post about the Coconut milk whipped cream too! Sounds yummy! :DReplyDelete
you are EXCELLENT! I could have told you that :)ReplyDelete
I'm drooling over the whippy cream. I just made susanV's double layer pumpkin cheesecake and I think it is crying for some of your whippy cream.
oops! forgot to mention that I didn't see the table w/ the I voted stickers. my husband did and he stuck his on the "Vote" reminder that I had on the bathroom mirror. It's still there :) Obama, woohoo :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for all the lovely comments, you guys are so awesome!ReplyDelete
Ha! The hot chocolate seems to have gained a lot of fans!
Brooke, I did write down the ingredients for the cake as I was making it, but I will have to make it again before sharing the recipe - just to be safe! :)
those last couple of pics had me drooling on my keyboard. I agree with the coconut milk love. I should start buying the stuff by the pallet.ReplyDelete
it looks so tasty! love vegan food :D!ReplyDelete

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If only I had NTSC region consoles!If you're looking to sell the Atelier Rorona & Totori art book, how much would it be?
:O I want this inside my body and stuff. So awesome.
Quote from: Yggdrasil on December 14, 2011, 02:43:02 AM:O I want this inside my body and stuff. So awesome.Make an offer and it's yours.... to do... whatever... with. >:S
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You definitely could have gotten away with more for Xillia, yeah. I'm better off waiting for an English version anyway. Which will only be, oh, 2013.
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Blue Jays, Cubs talk about Doc
An interesting item from MLB.com's Cubs writer Carrie Muskat today notes that the Blue Jays have contacted the North Siders to discuss a potential Roy Halladay trade. Muskat writes, "One thing the Blue Jays did make clear to the Cubs is they want to move Halladay this offseason."
Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos has maintained that he would like to keep Halladay, is reluctant to trade the right-hander and that he is not actively shopping any of his players. This latest development seems to indicate more than ever that Anthopoulos is keeping an open mind, to say the least.
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I keep reading reports that the Jays are having trouble finding a suitable match for a trade involving Overbay. His name has now been mentioned in a possible swap with the Cubs for you-know-who. Can anyone tell me why the Jays don't just swallow the contract and release him? Why do we have to take (likely more) money back? The whole key to an Overbay trade is to free-up first base for Dopriak (or Ruiz)????
Also, I am intrigued by the possibility of trading Halladay to the Yankees. However, how long is Joba under contract for? From all that I have read about this player, Toronto is not going to be his cup-of-tea. He is going to want to return to a large American city (I assume) asap. I would rather see someone with a different personality coming back as a key component to any trade…
Overbay is a good player. If they don't get something reasonable back, they shouldn't trade him (because he's good). I think he won't be with the team on opening day. Someone will bite.
But to release him? That'd be a little ridiculous. He's better than Ruiz or Dopirak, but they could platoon with him.
That being said, Dopirak continues to impress in Winter ball. Projecting over 650 AB, his current numbers would equal:
33 HR's, 152 RBI
From everything I hear they're actually trying to move Overbay in order to free up first for Lind. Doesn't make sense though because they do have Dopirak, i'd like to see him get a shot. I don't think Lind's defense is that bad in left; keep him there and Snider in right. Have Dopirak play first and Ruiz as DH.
I don't like the idea of trading Halladay for just prospects. I feel they need at least one or 2 young guys with some quality major league service time already. Guys like Kershaw, Billingsley, Ethier and Bucholtz are the ones they should be looking to bring back as the main component.
No problem — just expect to get a lot less for Roy. The only teams interested in Roy are teams that believe that they are contenders. If you ask them to remove players from their roster, you limit what you can get back in return.
As for Overbay, we will have to choose to disagree. I think that he is a decent fielder, very poor RBI man, especially for first. Give Dopriak the shot he deserves. We know Overbay does not have power — Dopriak may have power at the ML level. Dopriak is too old to keep him waiting. It is time to play him.
The problem with Overbay is he has limited power, poor on rbi production, can't hit left handers and has no speed. He is good on defense and carries a good OBP. Point is a guy, with that many limitations is not one who should be getting paid 8 mill. per year and playing 1st base. We will have a hard time dumping him unless we pick up a sizable part of his contract.
I've wanted to see Dopriak promoted since he had that phenomenal year in Dunedin in 2008. Dopirak is not as good as Overbay on defense and not much faster, but he's a good rbi guy with power to all fields against both left handers and rights. Dopirak will also take a single if that's all the pitcher gives him, he doesn't go up there each time looking to knock it out of the park. Some say he doesn't walk enough, but personally I've seldom seen guys driven in by walks. If there's runners on, he tries to drive them in not walk which I believe is the right thing to do.
Perfect example of Dopirak is how he's playing in winter ball hitting .270/.358/.474, but hitting .373 with runners on and .375 with risp. We need more guys like that.


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Getting back to garment sewing
I've been focused on a lot of home creating, making our new to us house feel like a home. I thought it was about time to start thinking about garment sewing, especially as I am preparing for our Portfolio Dress Sew Along. (Put it on your calendar...April 25-29th!)
I had bookmarked this post on mmmcrafts. Larissa made darling skirts for her girls, based on the Lazy Days Skirt by Oliver + S, with a more finished waist. Using her tips, I made skirts for my daughters.
I love the flat front of the waist band. As Larissa suggested, I cut the placket 4" wide, and interfaced the front.
I didn't have wide enough elastic to fill the back, and so I sewed small channels and threaded two different elastics through.
For Baby's, the elastic was wide enough, but I stretched the casing and stitched through the center to reduce the bulkiness. I did end up reducing the elastic by about 1 inch for both my girls. I guess they have skinny backs!
One big change, instead of a ribbon hem or a tuck, I added a fabric placket. With Baby's skirt I decided to be fancy and add a little yellow piping.
The skirt is simple, basically a tube cut from selvage to selvage...I had to shorten Baby's a little bit because the fabric was wider than 44".
Following the Lazy Day's skirt directions, you sew the placket to the edge of the skirt, and then fold it up so it is on the front of the skirt. I then edge stitched the placket on the skirt's edge, and then carefully ironed and pinned the placket and edge stitched the top of the placket to the skirt.
I tried to match the seams as close as possible.
Like most things lately, I made this more difficult then it had to be, but I'm really happy with how they turned out. The skirt for Big Sis matches several tops, and will be great for school or church. Baby's...I just really liked those colors together! I will probably make her a top to match, besides the obvious white t shirt.
There's lots going on around here. Sewing 101 comes back on Saturday, I am a contestant for One Month to Win It Season 2, and the Sew Along is on the horizon. I also have a new sponsor I can't wait to tell you about!
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- Ana @ Don't Fear the Ripper said...
Those skirts look great! I love the flat front, I need to figure out how to do it.
- 31 March, 2011 09:03
- Maria said...
really nice skirts! I'll have to try to make one for my daughter. They look great and not very difficult.
Yesterday I received the portfolio dress pattern! I'm really excited to sew something for myself. But I must admit I'm a bit scared. I gave a quick glance at the instructions and they seemed a bit difficult to me. Fortunately we'll have the sew-along!!
- 31 March, 2011 11:58
- Melissa said...
I particularly love the colors in the last skirt...
- 31 March, 2011 14:18
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
Cute skirts, Chris! I seriously can't believe we made the exact same thing:) Congrats on One Month to Win It... I'll be voting!
- 31 March, 2011 14:33
- Larissa Holland said...
Very cute, and thanks for the linkage!
- 31 March, 2011 14:55
- KJ@letsgoflyakite said...
Chris - These skirts turned out beautiful, love the fabric selection!! The channels appears to work very well - very even. I am going to try this channel technique on an adult skirt (this is the one http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/2011/02/flirting-issue.html )
I really like the idea of channels as opposed to the elastic thread techinique.
PS My portfolio pattern is stuck at customs, hopefully it will arrive soon :)
- 31 March, 2011 19:03
- sertyan said...
Love your fabric selection for the skirts. THank you for chancing by my blog!
- 01 April, 2011 00:07
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
Your sewing is just fabulous. I love all the finishing touches you put in; they look so super-professional.
I hope your little ones come to appreciate what a talented mummy they have!
- 01 April, 2011 13:26
- Unknown said...
Um, wow! Those are ADORABLE!!!
- 01 April, 2011 14:37
- Megan said...
I really like the grey and black skirt. so cute.
- 01 April, 2011 18:31
- Unknown said...
Very cute skirts. I really like the flat-front look and especially love the yellow piping on the blue one. Well done Chris!
- 02 April, 2011 17:46
- chris said...
@emilylsommerThanks, Emily! I'm really happy with how they turned out.
- 02 April, 2011 17:53
- Brittany said...
LOVE them! They're adorable :).I especially love the yellow piping.
I just recently stumbled across your blog, and I'm REALLY excited about the sew-along. I went to Joann's today, and they had their Simplicity patterns (including the Lisette ones) on sale for $.99, so I lucked out big time.
- 02 April, 2011 19:31
- Kaysi @ Keeping it Simple said...
- 04 April, 2011 15:14
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
New word for today: palcket. I've never heard of one before. I think my education is now near completion!!
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Have you heard the hype about the new devices that allow you to stream TV and movies to your computer or TV - there are several. We decided to "test drive" the ROKU device after a couple of friends told us about them. I researched the options, and finally decided to order the ROKU from Amazon. This is not a review of the device...it is just my story. We tested it for a week before realizing it would do just fine. We found more than plenty of movies and TV shows to watch.
There are many free channels, and some like Netflix, Amazon & Hulu Plus that one needs to subscribe to in order to have access. We already had subscriptions to two of them, so we were off to a good start. We found we can even get one local station for news! Okay, we are happy campers now.
The most exciting part of ditching the cable TV is getting rid of the bill that we used to get monthly! Don't you just love new technology? I do, especially if it will save us some money. What's new in your household?
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At 2:00pm in November of 1976, Mr. Tony Hartono, an engineer, had taken photographs of the off- shore oil rig his company ARCO Indonesia was building in order to illustrate his progress report. He had one left and was standing on a platform facing the sea, wondering what else he could shoot to finish the film roll. Suddenly his attention was attracted to a little dark speck in the sky which was growing larger as it approached. It became a yellowish color as it continued its approach and came quite near the launch he was in. He used his last shot to capture this object on film.
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FORT MYERS —� Chris Perez had 21 points and Adam Pegg recorded his third double-double of the season but Stetson (9-11, 6-3) fell behind early and lost 96-65 to Florida Gulf Coast (14-8, 6-3) on Friday night.
Pegg had 17 points and 10 rebounds as Stetson's five-game winning streak was snapped.
"They came out on a mission," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said of the Eagles. "We were prepared for it, but we didn't respond to it, and that's the disappointing thing. There are going to be runs in every game, and sometimes when it's after the opening tip, it's a real challenge to settle yourself down. We never did."
The Eagles led 15-12 with 13:43 to play in the first half and an 18-4 run made it 33-16. Stetson turned the ball over 15 times to give way to 19 points in the first half and trailed 48-29 at halftime.
"Miserably bad early," Alexander said of Stetson's handling of the ball, "and for no reason. There wasn't anything that they did that was unplanned for, unpracticed for, and we just threw the ball away. What we talked about before the game was being really solid, and really tough. (We) couldn't have been farther from than that." Florida Gulf Coast led by 29 at 65-36 with less than five minutes in the second half. Stetson never got closer than 27 points.�
"I have to give (Florida Gulf Coast) a lot of credit," Alexander said. "It was remarkable the difference in their mentality on both ends of the floor compared to ours. When you're playing with great effort, and energy, and togetherness, it's amazing how the shots fall better for you. It's amazing how the long rebounds bounce your way more often, and the loose balls, and the lucky plays and everything else. It's mainly because you earn it. That's why they deserve the credit."
Stetson finished with 21 turnovers, its second highest total on the season, and was just 5-of-24 from 3-point race. Florida Gulf Coast had 12 steals 31 points off of turnovers and shot 58.7 percent from the floor.
Sherwood Brown led the Eagles with 21 points. Four other teammates finished in double figures.
"The only thing that can make this worse is if we don't learn from it and let it make us a better team," Alexander said. "If we show up for practice on Sunday, just assuming that things are going to get better because we're out there then we're very wrong. We do have to regroup. We do have to channel our energy in the right direction, be more committed to being good and know that that's what gives us a chance to win."
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David: Everybody in the group has done well in losing weight. My wife has lost 15 pounds and one of the other couples; his wife lost 16 pounds. Her husband lost about 12 pounds. Myself, I've lost 15 pounds. I'm finding it interesting how changing your diet does play a big role in your weight. The third couple they're not so much focused on the weight but the nutrition side, so the biggest thing they've been getting out of this is, is taking a look at product labels.
My wife is now consistent in walking. She tries to walk everyday and is now involved in the Saturday morning Pump and Praise. The other couple walks and then she's also teamed up with my wife one night a week to walk. Her husband has been walking in the evenings consistently. For myself I ride a bike three to four times during the week in the morning. I'm doing about 15 miles a day. I call it my "Dog patrol" because I'm leaving pretty early. I clean up and then go to work. That's the most consistent time for me to get exercise in.
Terra: I think as a group we've done really well. I've never tried to lose weight and I've lost 15 pounds since January 16. I think the big thing is preparing your kids so they're not addicted to corn syrup.
David: The challenging part--buying food and staying within a budget. As time has gone on-- its gotten better. Bringing that budget back in; also we're mixing it up between Henry's and Whole Foods and now trying a Farmers Market in Irvine called Garden of Eden. We want to make Farmers Market shopping part of our routine.
Terra: We probably can't say anymore we can't find time to exercise. Some days it's 30 minutes other days its 45 minutes. Some days it's only 15 minutes on the stairs. Somehow we're working it in. Also, how do you find the time to put food on the table? I work full-time. Have kids. We're a working family. That was our cop-out we had to eat out three or four times during the week and bring it home because lack of time, you know, the professional generation. And then to hear other professionals get up there and say you can do this—eat this—it was like—ahhh. Another paradigm shift. When you see other people do it—you think you can do it too.
David: There's a co-op farmer who comes out and puts up a vegetable stand with produce in Irvine and you can a buy whole boxes of produce for 20 bucks. There's a variety of fruits and vegetables and they give you recipes and suggestions on how to prepare it. Every week it's kind of interesting. Something different. Oh! There's even grass feed beef! I guess cattle start off in Arizona and they bring them down here, and the cattle graze in Santiago Canyon. He sells at the market. My wife found out about this. http://www.goeorganics.com/index.html
Terra: I'm the health champion of the group—and I thought it would be cheaper to try a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) membership I think people buy too much at grocery stores so I think purchasing through a CSA membership would save money. The nutrient content is so much higher when it's fresh instead of sitting on the shelves.
David: Collared greens. It's a heavy leaf and you can use it for a wrap for tacos to replace flour or corn tortillas. On a side note--it does energize you! You don't really want to have that for dinner but maybe for an early dinner, but it's perfect for a lunch and it gives you that boost to help get past the afternoon lull. We're also experimenting with barely. It has the same consistency as brown rice. Another alternative. My son likes it as a cereal; barley with apples and cinnamon.
Terra: Chicken tenders breaded with almond meal. And it's chicken nuggets to the kids! There's no corn syrup or batter. It's easy: Cup of bread crumbs, cup of almond meal in a skillet with about a tablespoon of coconut oil. It brings out the flavor of the almonds. Dip it in egg. Dip in brown rice flour.
The kids now beg for smoothies (five year old twins) I make a banana, yogurt, chocolate smoothie. It's easy. Freeze a bad banana that I would not otherwise eat and buy Coco beans—which tastes bad on its own but mixed it together with the banana and yogurt—they die for it. Love it.
Oh! We had a small group gathering—a Smoothie Night and we all brought food and everyone shared a new recipe.
David: I think just seeing the other group members participating—to see the effort and encouragement of one another. One couple in the group after the seminar emptied out almost all their pantry! They were gung-ho! That's the part about being in a group—you think--whoa-- maybe we should clean out our pantry too! The group definitely helps. Someone in the group might come up with a new recipe or if there is an exercise opportunity that someone would like to try out together.
Terra: I feel really strongly about The Daniel Plan and I think if you didn't have the support I think it would be harder. Because you know when I start doing poorly and someone in my small group and I go out and do a walk and when she tells me she's lost another pound and a half…I'm like..Oh, man, come on--up this extra hill! It pushes you on! It's been good. I've enjoyed it.
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An assistant basketball coach at a high school in Ohio is under investigation by authorities for hosting a party in December in which minors were present whilst people were playing beer pong. Or Beirut. I don't where the regional line of demarcation is on the use of that term. Still, how else are you supposed to get the kids to improve their shot?
CARE [Citizens for Accountability and Results in Education] members say they retrieved the photos from a Web site of one of the party participants. "They were posted on the Internet - there was bragging about it, probably by the students," Poe said at the board meeting.
Photos submitted to police show an adult man and several younger people in a basement, standing and sitting around a Ping-Pong table peppered with plastic cups, beer bottles and beer cans.
Mason school officials confirmed Michael Crotty is the man wearing a Mason basketball warm-up suit and holding a Ping-Pong ball.
So...there's no photographic evidence of the kids drinking any of the booze? They're just standing around the table? I smell dismissal of charges, if any are pressed to begin with.
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Today's entry is going to be rather bitty – though with a long ornithological excursus towards the end that non-bird-nerds should feel free to skip – but I do have what I hope are some interesting word- and phrase-related snippets to share. Some are new discoveries, others welcome jogs to the memory I've come across over the last few days.
On stereotype and cliché
I knew that the term stereotype came from printing, but professional cornucopia of knowledge Stephen Fry added some further insight into the matter on this week's QI (a BBC quiz programme, in case you didn't know). The term was first used by the French printer Firmin Didot in 1798 and it applied to a process whereby once a page of print had been (manually) typeset in its final format, a mould was made and a single metal printing plate cast from this mould. It was easier and quicker to print multiple copies of any page from this plate than from the original made up of all those small pieces of metal lined up in a frame.
Given that manually setting movable type was a laborious and time-consuming business, printers had discovered that if they had phrases that were frequently reused, it made sense to make a cast of the whole phrase so that it could be quickly inserted in one fell swoop. And these mini-stereotypes, metal strips of interconnected print "characters" representing well-worn phrases, were known as clichés. Some say that the etymological origin of the name is the verb cliquer, meaning "to click", on account of the clicking sound the metal made as it was poured into the mould.
On jacquard and sabotage
Also on QI, there came a discussion of technical developments including prototypes of the computer and other "programming" systems. The broadcast of the episode almost coinciding with the birthday of Ada Lovelace (born 10 December 1815), mention was made of her work with Charles Babbage, and the discussion turned to developments preceding their work on the Analytical Engine. The machine made use of punch cards of a kind developed in 1801 by French merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard for insertion in a special patented loom to add a degree of automation to the weaving process by "pre-programming" a pattern into the cloth. To this day we associate the term jacquard with certain ornate types of woven fabric, damask being one example, and it was thanks to the punch-card system that the process of producing these complicated patterns was made very much quicker and more efficient. I remember becoming fascinated by the idea of the Jacquard loom during a visit to the National Wool Museum in Dre-fach Felindre (South West Wales) some years ago, but at the time I hadn't completely cottoned on (geddit?!) to the extent to which the reach of this invention went so much further than producing cloth.
Not everyone, though, was as inspired by Jacquard's invention as the likes of Babbage and Lovelace. Just as the Luddites in England revolted against the introduction of machine looms a few years later, fearing that their status as skilled handloom weavers would become worthless, their French counterparts were similarly aghast at Jacquard's innovations and set out to destroy these new-fangled machines. Their weapons of choice? Their wooden clogs – sabots – and thus the word sabotage came into being. Or at least, that was Stephen Fry's line – Wikipedia suggests that the term might actually go back to Dutch weavers in the fifteenth century, though in a similar scenario.
On throwing people curveballs and knocking them for six
This morning on Twitter, Kellie (@belouise) was asking what a "curveball" was, not in the original baseball sense but in the figurative expression "to throw someone a curve[ball]". I didn't know what it meant either – we Brits don't do baseball or baseball idioms, on the whole – but I did a bit of poking about on t'internet and found out that it basically means to confuse someone or throw them off track by doing something surprising or unexpected. It struck me that in British English we tend to use the expression "to knock someone for six" with much the same meaning, though interestingly the expression is based on the (unexpected) behaviour of the batsman in our case, not of the bowler, and – not so surprisingly – it is derived from cricket rather than baseball.
It is also no real surprise that there are many sport-derived idioms that have developed differently in American English and British English (as well as a lot more that share meaning and form). While translating a text with colleagues recently, I found that while I had written "the ball is in the politicians' court" (= tennis), an American colleague had written "the ball is in the politicians' corner" (= baseball again). In the wider context, it is certainly the baseball terms that have come to the fore in the international boardroom, though interesting that phrases such as "to touch base" and "a ballpark estimate" frequently make it onto British-based lists of most hated "management speak" or jargon. Is this due to a knee-jerk anti-Americanization drive, because they sound alien or false when used by a non-American, or simply because a few people use them too frequently in an offhand, cliched manner? I really don't know and am not going to be the judge of that here.
On eagles, hawks and kites
Moving away from contentious issues, it seems to be a fact internationally acknowledged that birds of prey have good eyesight, and this fact has given rise to its fair share of idiomatic expressions, some dating back to ancient lore. An observant or scrutinising person can be described as having eyes like a hawk or keeping an eagle eye on something, and in German you can use either Falkenauge (= hawk, falcon) or Adlerauge (= eagle), or related phrases, to get the same idea across; I'm sure many of you reading this could provide further parallel examples from other languages, too.
My heart did a little skip the other day, though, when I discovered that a Welsh expression for this seems to be llygad barcud, i.e. "eye of the kite". Now, eagles are extremely rare in Wales – the golden eagle, once a native species, has not been resident for over 400 years and sightings are thus extremely rare, and the white-tailed eagle seems also to be only a rare visitor. It may in fact be that neither was ever really prevalent in the area, so that the absence of these species from everyday expressions would not be that surprising. Kites are a rather different case in point, having been present in Wales for longer than anyone knows, though not without their challenges, as I'll explain in a moment.
To backtrack a bit first: in English folklore and literature the kite traditionally suffered pretty bad press, being considered nothing more than a trouble-making scavenger: Shakespeare, for example, has King Lear refer to his daughter Goneril as a "detested kite". In Scotland the situation was no better as they were legally labelled as vermin in the 15th century. Not the stuff of noble idioms, then. Nor any surprise that the red kite was extinct in England and Scotland well before the end of the 19th century (with reintroduction only from 1989: see here).
I really don't know how the red kite was viewed historically by the people of Wales – maybe someone else can enlighten me on this – but it is certainly the case that various individuals made efforts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to prevent its extinction. They managed that, though only just – by the 1930s the population had continued to decline to an estimated <20 birds. What did happen, though, was that the local population became fiercely protective of these birds – not least against the efforts of egg thieves – and the red kite took on an almost mythical status that I can still remember from my childhood. Mid Wales was a place of hallowed pilgrimage for those seeking the last habitat of the UK red kite.
The situation has much improved since then and has been mirrored elsewhere in the UK through reintroduction programmes. In Wales, though, the red kite remains a symbol of triumph over adversity and has widely been used as an icon representing wildlife in the region. In a poll run by the RSPB and the BBC in Wales in 2007, the red kite was the clear winner: "an astonishing 36% of voters picked the red kite as their favourite bird, putting it way ahead of the robin – which came second with 15% of votes – and the barn owl in third place with 11%."
I still feel a sense of exhilaration when I see a red kite – or even a pair of them – circling overhead, and all of this is why I was so pleased to find an expression that ennobled this lovely bird.
Thank you if you've taken the time to read this far – that's all for this week. 🙂


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I don't agree that the public "has already surrendered much of its communicative privacy by its profligate use" of modern means of technology that "create essentially indelible records" of our communications, purchases, etc. Certainly, it's true that most people have embraced cells phones, email, and the internet without paying much, if any, attention to the extraordinary invasions of privacy they make possible. But this will change once people come to understand how vulnerable they are. It's a bit like electronic bugging and wiretapping in the first half of the twentieth century. It took fifty years for courts and legislatures to begin regulating such conduct, but once people realized the danger, government electronic surveillance was declared unconstitutional and private electronic surveillance was declared unlawful. The same will happen with respect to the modern means of communication. Once people recognize the danger, they will insist on regulation. So, I wouldn't leap to the conclusion that the public has "surrendered" its privacy. We are merely in transition.
(again, rest of Stone and response from Posner after the jump)
Judge Posner suggests that "the essential protection against governmental abuse" must lie in rules that (a) forbid use of the information "other than for national security purposes" and (b) require oversight by congressional committees and neutral agencies. Recent experience teaches that such safeguards are porous, at best. It is useful to recall that one of the bete noirs of the Bush administration was the so-called "wall" created by the Department of Justice to prevent information obtained in lawful foreign intelligence surveillance authorized by the FISA court from being used for anything other than national security purposes. The purpose of the "wall" was to allow the government special flexibility in foreign intelligence investigations without creating an incentive for the government to "cheat" by using FISA warrants for ordinary criminal investigations. The "wall" was one of the first safeguards abolished after 9/11 because it was attacked as perverse. Of course, it wasn't perverse at all. To the contrary, it served exactly the function that Judge Posner now urges. But the "wall" crumbled as soon as pressure was placed on the system. And oversight is hardly a panacea. Congressional oversight since 9/11 has turned out to be meaningless, at least at a time when the executive and legislative branches are in the same partisan hands.
Nonetheless, there is a compelling need for some form of surveillance that is broader than what would be permissible under a strict probable cause regime. In Not a Suicide Pact, Judge Posner offers an interesting suggestion: "Suppose that the National Security Agency's listening devices gathered the entire world's electronic communications traffic, digitized it, and stored it in databases, where it was machine-searched for clues to terrorist activity, but the search programs were designed to hide from intelligence officers all data that contained no clues to terrorist plans or activity."
This might be the foundation for a compromise on which Judge Posner and I could agree. Suppose the NSA were authorized by legislation to intercept (in the sense described by Judge Posner) any international electronic communication for which it has reasonable grounds to believe that a participant in the communication is associated with a terrorist group. (The terms of course would need to be defined.) All such information would be digitized and stored (for a limited period of time), but could not be examined by any intelligence officer without probable cause. Probable cause could be determined either in the conventional manner or through the use of an algorithm that enables computers that search the database to determine probable cause based on words, phrases, personal connections, etc. In a sense, this is like a drug-sniffing dog, where the algorithm is the dog.
It is easy to imagine such algorithms. For example, it would be quite possible (I would imagine) to develop an algorithm that would determine based on the content and nature of messages whether there is probable cause to believe that a particular individual is a lawyer, or a doctor, or a psychotherapist. (How often does she use phrases like res ipsa loquitur and mens rea?)Presumably, it would also be possible to develop an algorithm for terrorists. The FISA court would have the authority to approve and review the use of such algorithms after hearing expert testimony.
Such a program would both substantially increase the ability of the government to identify terrorists (relative to a conventional probable cause standard) and substantially reduce the dangers of invasion of privacy and government abuse (relative to the NSA surveillance program). Moreover, I would add to this system Judge Posner's proposals for a "wall" and for various forms and levels of oversight. I would be very interested to hear Judge Posner's response.
Debate Series: Posner Responds to Stone Proposal
I am sympathetic to Geof's proposal (though it doesn't go as far as I would like), but before discussing it let me register disagreement with three points, closely related to each other, that he makes:
1. I don't think the surrender of privacy to companies is based on ignorance. After all, Geof and I are among the surrenderers, and I daresay most members of the ACLU are as well. I think it's based, first, on the fact that Americans don't actually value privacy as much as the ACLU thinks, and, second and more interesting, that they don't worry a great deal about companies' invading their privacy because they realize that the purpose of the invasion is benign: it is to be able to sell consumers more products better matched to consumer preference. They do not have the same trust in the benignness of government surveillance. Nor should they, because consumer sovereignty does not describe the relation between government and the people. It is naïve to think that American-style democracy securely aligns popular preferences with the incentives of government officials and employees, whether in national security or any other domain of governmental activity. That is why I would couple extensive electronic surveillance with the two protective measures that I mentioned in my first post—forbidding use of intercepted communications for any purpose other than national security (and thus limiting, as Oren Kerr has proposed, the "plain view" doctrine of search and seizure law), and requiring that the details of each interception (who, why, what, and with what consequences) be reported periodically to watchdog committees in Congress, to the GAO, and to departmental inspectors general.
2. Would these controls be perfectly effective? Of course not. But then nothing is. I do not, however, consider the notorious "wall" that Geof mentions to be analogous. I must say first of all that I have never been able to determine whether there was a wall or, rather, whether it was simply a matter of the FBI and the CIA being unwilling, for bureaucratic reasons, to share information. The sharing of information between government agencies is impeded by the fact that one agency cannot sell its information to another; it can only swap; and barter is a clumsy method of exchange. But there is in any event a huge difference between, say, the CIA's failing to give the FBI information about a terrorist that might have enabled the FBI to arrest the terrorist before he flew a plane into the World Trade Center, and the CIA's (or more likely the NSA's) failing to give the FBI information about a nonterrorist that would enable the FBI to prosecute the person for killing an animal on the endangered species list.
3. Congressional oversight of intelligence and related national security programs has always been weak. I don't think it has made a difference whether Congress was controlled by a different party than the presidency. It is weak, as I explain in chapter 8 of my book Uncertain Shield, partly because congressional oversight of the executive branch is weak in general, partly because members of Congress tend to focus on domestic matters, partly because few of them have much knowledge about intelligence, and partly because oversight is split up among a large number of agencies, owing to the fact that the agencies themselves are distributed across a number of departments. I do not agree, however, that Congress is a mere rubber stamp, even when it in the hands of the same party as the presidency. We have seen this in recent months and weeks as Congress and the President have tussled over military tribunals and electronic surveillance.
Coming now to Geof's proposal, I understand him to be suggesting that the NSA be authorized by new legislation to intercept international communications if there are reasonable grounds to believe that at least one of the parties to the communication is a terrorist. The restrictions I have italicized strike me as too limiting. If two terrorists inside the United States communicate with each other, the interest in intercepting their communications is as great as when one of them is overseas. And, as important, it is not possible to discover who the terrorists are if before intercepting their communications you must have reasonable grounds to believe that at least one party to a communication is a terrorist. What I think national security requires is a two-stage process. In the first, computer search programs search the world's entire daily electronic traffic (to the extent feasible) for messages that are suspicious because of names or word clusters in the message, social security numbers or other personal identifying information besides names, the origin or destination of the message, and other suspicious characteristics. These messages, a minute fraction of all those screened by the search programs, would be listened to or read (as the case may be) by (human) intelligence officers. Computer screening is not a search, because a computer is not sentient. But listening to or reading private messages is, and, as Geof suggests, a properly configured search program might be sufficiently reliable to furnish reasonable suspicion or probable cause to read a message flagged by the computer program. Although probable cause is required for a warrant to conduct a search for evidence of ordinary crime, the Supreme Court in the Keith case suggested that the requirement might be relaxed in a search for evidence of conduct that endangers national security, even if the search involves intercepting a purely domestic communication. In such a case reasonable suspicion might suffice.


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UPDATE: The three judge panel who heard the Winklevoss case today seemed skeptical, during the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing. Judge John Wallace noted that the the Winklevosses seemed like smart people, surrounded by smart people and found it hard to believe they were duped.
"It looks like it's got a lot of just about everything you would want in a contract," Ninth Circuit chief judge Alex Kozinski said while leafing through the settlement paperwork. "It definitely says we have a binding agreement," reports the AFP.
The panel is expected to reach a decision in about three months.
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Anyone seeing "The Social Network" will remember the Winklevoss twins -- the tall, athletic, patrician Harvard men who wanted Mark Zuckerberg to work on a social site for them -- and how they both sued him and Facebook for stealing their idea. Whether their allegation was true or not, the twins and friend Divya Narendra settled out of court for $65 million in 2008.
Today, the twins, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Narendra will try to appeal that decision in San Francisco's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, hoping to going after Zuckerberg and Facebook one more time, the BBC reported. Their reason? That Facebook chose to inflate the value of stock when it was doled out in the settlement -- giving the twins a value of $36 a share, when it was giving employees shares valued at $9. Facebook lawyers have called it simply a case of "settler's remorse."
The shares are now valued around $140 million. Of course, the Winklevii appealing the settlement means they will be giving up the previous decision and possibly coming out with nothing . But chances are good for the pair, because most analysts believe that Zuckerberg and Facebook will settle out of court quickly before it can tarnish the tech company's initial public offering.
According to their lawyer, Jerome Falk:
"This is about money and matters of principle. They feel they were badly treated. They feel their idea was stolen and that in the settlement they did not get full disclosure as they were entitled to. . . .In America you measure things by money, and this is an awful lot of money."


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My Two-Bedroom Furbee
Apartment hunting in a seller's market is like Christmas shopping the third week of December. While your wallet will benefit from patience and persistence, you will occasionally have to kick another shopper in the shin and grab the last furbee.
I do not mean to seem out of touch by using the furbee as an example of a desired commodity; rather, I wanted to show that no one my age is in the market for the latest and greatest apartment. However, there are still enough of us shopping for furbees that even the smallest furbee store can hold an open house and expect us to trip over each other for the privilege of paying hundreds of dollars a month for a talking Gremlin. Okay, even I've lost the analogy.
Let me start over and simplify things – I've spent the last few weeks looking for an apartment and the process has been less enjoyable than playing with a furbee.
When I moved to Boston, I wrote a goodbye column to New York. I should have just said, "see you soon," because it took me just three months before I moved back to the city that can't seem to get a good night's rest. In subsequent columns, I only made veiled references to my return trip because I was unsure of its permanence. Mainly because furbees are expensive.
If you want to know what it costs to get an apartment in New York, think about whatever you're paying now and double it. If you live in a state that starts with an I or a K, triple it. Unless everyone who reads this column also buys my book – twice – I'm not going to have the kind of money it takes to get my own place here. But if I add up my stand-up comedy, book sales, and columns, I have just enough money to pay off my student loans and live with my parents. I'm kidding, of course. That's what I do – you should be used to it by now.
All of this kidding has finally earned me enough to get a decent place with a roommate, which in New York is still more expensive than a two-bedroom house in a K state.
The first place I contacted was also the first place I visited, which is atypical since most of these people ignore you. So many of us want a good apartment that apartment-listers can act like bouncers at a hot club, not even bothering with you if they don't like your shoes.
When I got there, I was luckily wearing nice shoes. The apartment was small, but it was very clean and had lots of nooks and crannies for storing suitcases, boxes, and the occasional English muffin. The girl that was living in the other bedroom was amiable, so much so that her name was actually Amy. I took this as a good sign, but the apartment got smaller when two other people showed up to look at it, and smaller still upon the arrival of three more. In a sudden effort to mark my territory, I pulled out my…checkbook and offered to pay February's rent immediately. My offer was politely declined, and I was told the next day that Amy decided against having a male roommate. Guys, it seemed, were not Amy-able. And though I contemplated a sex change, I decided that the rent would have to have been much lower.
The second place was a three-bedroom already equipped with two guys, so my shoes were incidental. It was an amazing location, a great price, and the guys seemed pretty cool – except it was a railroad setup. "Railroad," which comes from the ancient Greek for "no privacy," means I'd have to walk through their rooms to get to mine. I wanted it anyway, but lost out when a female friend of theirs decided to take it. I seriously considered that sex change.
The third apartment was just awful. It had a couple living in one bedroom of a two, and though they had been looking for a female roommate, they said they'd give me a chance. They also said they had a small dog, which turned out to be in the shape of a large horse. Allegedly, the dog just wanted to play with me, which didn't quite explain why its mouth needed to be tied shut. My theory is that the dog just wanted to play with my gnawed-off arm. The whole place was filled with dog food, dog toys, dog hair, and dog smell. I think the dog had been living in one bedroom and renting the other to the couple. And he didn't care what gender I was – he just wanted lunch.
A 6th floor walkup, a shared studio, and a large common area with "bedrooms" that had three-foot-high ceilings later, I finally found a place. It's a two-bedroom in a great location for a decent price, and my roommates are awesome – two chill girls sharing the other room. When I told this to a friend of mine, she said, "don't let them paint your toe nails or put makeup on you or anything."
"Of course not," I replied. "Not unless they lower the rent."


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Rookie's play gets him time on court.
Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, February 21, 2009
(02-20) 21:17 PST -- Had Anthony Randolph been drafted by a team blatantly rebuilding, like the Thunder, he'd have the carte blanche that Kevin Durant enjoys when it comes to minutes and making plays.
But different - and sometimes nebulous - rules apply under Warriors coach Don Nelson. And two-thirds of the way through Randolph's roller-coaster rookie season, the 19-year-old again has hit on the simplest way to stay on the court.
"Just play hard like I have been the last couple of games and keep doing what I can do to have coach keep putting me in the game," Randolph said. "I've got to keep working hard and just remember how it was in the beginning of the season."
The lanky lefty is a contributor once more because of injuries and an about-face from Nelson, who only two weeks ago declared that Randolph wasn't an option at center.
The next night, Randolph began a three-game run as the team's backup "5" - averaging 9 points and 7.3 rebounds in 13.3 minutes - followed by arguably his most impressive outing of the season.
He started at power forward against the Lakers on Wednesday and posted 14 points and 12 rebounds in 28 minutes. The energetic pace had the Lakers' Lamar Odom gushing afterward about Randolph's All-Star and Hall-of-Fame potential.
But the biggest compliment might have come from Nelson, who came as close as he has to saying that Randolph was indeed earning more minutes with his play.
"I hope he continues to do what he's been doing to stay on the floor," Nelson said. "He's staying out of trouble and doing what he does best. And when he does that, why, we're going to play him more and more."
Nelson wants Randolph to defend and rebound and play under control offensively. Randolph just wants to play, and has been coming to practices early and staying late to show his commitment.
The issue will be for Nelson to find minutes for both Randolph and Ronny Turiaf once starting center Andris Biedrins returns from injury as early as next week. While the easiest option would be to play two big men at once, the coach has avoided that scenario for most of the season.
Randolph said the main difference between playing power forward and center was the physical matchup against bigger opponents, and if he needs any advice, all he has to do is turn to Turiaf.
"He's been like my big brother, helping me keep a positive attitude," Randolph said. "Everybody helps me - Corey (Maggette), Jack (Stephen Jackson), Monta (Ellis), all of them. But it's Ronny on the bench during games talking to me and letting me know, 'Watch this,' or stuff like that.' "
Said Turiaf: "He's making great strides. He's playing real smart basketball, pushing the ball on the fast break, making plays, rebounding in very limited minutes and playing very assertive."
Randolph's play gets him time on court.
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AR is lucky to have Turiaf as a( Bigger Brother) he seems like a great role-model .AR defiantly has earned playing time, and hope it continues even when Beans comes back.


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Martyr Nikon and 199 disciples with him in Sicily - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
By your ascetic way of life / you conquered the crafty one, Holy Father Nikon. / By virtue of your holy life you became a rule and model to your disciples, / and with them you struggled for the Faith in the West. / You have all attained glory in heaven.
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Your personal environmental impact is built upon innumerable decisions made over the course of a lifetime — what kind of food you eat, where you live, how you get around, even what kind of clothes you wear. Every day, when you're at work, at school or at home, you add to that impact with every flip of a light switch and click on a website. When you travel, that tally turns over just as fast, if not faster, as you dash around eating meals in restaurants, taking flights from city to city, and spending the night in the warm embrace of a hotel bed.
It easy to lessen that impact when you're at home by doing things like recycling, eating organic food (and less meat), buying more energy-efficient products, and riding your bike to work instead of taking the car. It's harder to make those same decisions on the road. When you don't control your surroundings, you can't always choose to eat locally produced foods or sleep in organic cotton sheets. While much progress has been made in recent years by the hospitality industry as a whole in greening up their operations, the average hotel or motel still has a long way to go in terms of achieving true environmental friendliness and sustainability.
Cue Conscious Hotels, a Dutch company with two Amsterdam hotels that has made sustainability their core operating principle. Veteran hoteliers Marco Lemmers and Sam Cohen have embraced green thinking in every operational aspect of their two hotels — one located in Museum Square, minutes from renown museums like the Van Gogh Museum, the Riksmuseum, and the Stedeliki Museum, and the other overlooking Vondelpark, a 120-acre green space covered with trees and bisected with walking trails, bike paths and streams.
I previously reviewed Conscious Hotel Vondelpark and jumped at the chance to do the same for their Museum Square location during a follow-up trip to Amsterdam. You can read my findings below, but I can summarize by saying that all the good greener qualities that I found at Vondelpark were in full effect in Museum Square.
I'll start with the most important aspect of any hotel room: the bed. A hotel bed can make or break a visit to any lodging establishment. A lumpy bed can ruin a night's sleep and set you up for a long and grumpy day of business or vacation. Luckily, the Conscious Hotel designers kept this in mind and my room was equipped with a really comfortable split mattress. While I would have preferred having one single large mattress, I woke up rested and refreshed all the same. All the beds in both Conscious Hotels locations are built out of 100 percent natural materials and are dressed with high-thread count sheets topped with just the right weight blankets. The bed was backed by a ceiling-to-floor, high-resolution picture of the forest that covered an entire wall (pictured above). I found myself drawn into the image and could almost smell the pine sap slowly rolling down the bark. It made the room feel much bigger than it was.
The designers of Conscious Hotels kept their work clean, with sharp contrasts and simple colors. The overall feel has enough of a rounded edge to not feel industrial and nicely blends the organic lines of nature with modern sensibilities. Above is the view from the bed. At your back is a lush and vibrant green forest, at your feet all the conveniences of cable television and telephony.
The bathroom was stocked with organic shampoos and lotions with a dual flush toilet and water-saving shower head. As much as I'm an environmentalist, I do enjoy a good hot long shower, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that the low-flow head delivered a mean stream of hot, high-pressured water. Good design is a beautiful thing.
You can tell a lot about a hotel by their attention to detail. It's the little things like these twig closet handles that makes Conscious Hotel Museum Square worth a visit.
This is not your grandfather's continental breakfast. Conscious Hotel Museum Square lays out a healthy, organic, and delicious breakfast every morning in their bright and open cafeteria that's open to any guest willing to add 13 Euros onto their nightly bill.
They have a completely stocked coffee bar (no, not that kind of coffee bar) outfitted with an easy-to-use espresso machine.
Digital nomads will enjoy the free WiFi that pervades the entire hotel, while those with electric vehicles will find easy access to street-side charging stations.
On top of the organic breakfast, natural mattresses, and charging stations, Conscious Hotel rounds out its green bonafides by using all-natural cleaning supplies and building materials. The desk found in each room is made of recycled plastic while the stylish lobby counter is built with compressed paper fibers.
Rooms at Conscious Hotel Museum Square are reasonably priced. In a city where a private hostel room can set you back €40 (around $55), the cheapest off-season rate of €45 is a bargain. Rooms cost more in the warmer months, but it's still possible to find a room in June for less than €100.
Both Conscious Hotels enjoy easy access to Amsterdam's public transportation system, so getting around is not a problem. If you're going to spend more than a couple of days in the city, I'd recommend getting an I amsterdam City Card, which gives its holders free entrance to public transportation and museums as well as discounts at shops and restaurants. The cards are valid for 24 (€42), 48 (€52), or 72 (€62) hours.
You can book your room on the Conscious Hotel website and/or follow Conscious Hotels on Twitter and Facebook.
In full disclosure, Conscious Hotels put me up for a couple of nights for free, and the city of Amsterdam gave me a free I amsterdam City Card during my visit.
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