My girlfriend wants to meet my children When is the right time Thinkstock DR JOTI SAMRA Special to The Globe and Mail Published June 20 2013 Updated May 11 2018 The question Ive been divorced for a few years and have two children 10 and 8 Ive been dating my girlfriend for about a year and half I want to introduce my children to her but Im unsure if its too soon My girlfriend wants to meet them as well and is very supportive But I fear putting them in an uncomfortable emotional state if perhaps something doesnt work out or they struggle with the new person in my life What should I do The answer It is extremely difficult for many people to gauge just what the right timing is for introducing a new partner into the lives of their children Concern about distressing your kids worry about their reaction and acceptance and the uncertainty of your future with your partner are all very common natural and valid concerns But heres the bottom line there is never going to be the perfect time to take this pivotal step There are however multiple considerations for you to be mindful of before you proceed how serious your relationship with your girlfriend is and whether you picture her in your future the willingness interest and expectations she has about being a part of your childrens lives and the developmental and emotional state of your children A year and a half is a pretty substantial period of time to be together Ask yourself candidly where you see the relationship going are you in love with her Do you picture her in your foreseeable future And most importantly do the two of you have shared values when it comes to the big ticket items love respect kindness fidelity Her willingness and support when it comes to meeting your children is a positive sign If you havent already be sure that you have a discussion with her about your worries Ask her what her expectations are for the role she wants in their lives Does this match up with what you desire Are there any hurdles you anticipate when it comes to your childrens biological mothers acceptance of your girlfriend and if so are you in a position to have a respectful helpful conversation with your ex about how she feels about this next step Are you able to enlist her support in speaking to your kids if this is at all possible it can be extremely helpful Theres no perfect age for kids to be introduced to a new partner Most children kids teens and adults alike are likely to have some mixed and negative feelings about the introduction of a new partner The best thing you can do is prepare your children and given them some amount of control over the process For all of us having some element of control even just perceived control and predictability over potentially upsetting events helps us cope better Let them know you have someone important in your life that you would like them to meet Follow their lead with questions and answer as honestly as you can Is she your girlfriend How long have you known her Is she going to live with us Then let your children know you would like them to meet her Be careful to not place them in the position of making a decision about whether or not they want to meet her as that would place an undue burden on them but where and when would work would you like her to come to our house for dinner one day or would you like to meet her at the park Reassure them that its ok if they feel confused about her being in your life Make sure that throughout the process you communicate two key messages that your Keep in mind that there is never any certainty about the future of any relationship that your children will probably be upset for some period of time but they will adjust and that you have a right to move forward in your personal life as well Dr Joti Samra RPsych is a clinical psychologist and organizational media consultant She is the host of OWN Oprah Winfrey Networks Million Dollar Neighbourhood and is the psychological consultant to CITYTVs The Bachelor Canada Her website is wwwdrjotisamracom and she can be followed drjotisamra Click here to submit your questions Our Health Experts will answer select questions which could appear in The Globe and Mail andor on The Globe and Mail web site Your name will not be published if your question is chosen The content provided in The Globe and Mails Ask a Health Expert centre is for information purposes only and is neither intended to be relied upon nor to be a substitute for professional medical advice diagnosis or treatment Follow us on Twitter globeandmail Report an error Editorial code of conduct

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Tate Modern Tate artist in residence quits claiming gallery is failing women Liv Wynter attacks Tate director Maria Balshaw over sexual harassment comments Ben Quinn BenQuinn75 Wed 7 Mar 2018 1513 EST 1955 EST This article is over 9 months old 4316 Liv Wynter was a Tate artist in residence for education schools and learning Photograph Holly Whitaker An artist has resigned from her position as an artist in residence at the Tate in protest at how she believes it and other arts institutions are failing women when it comes to combating sexual harassment and fostering diversity Liv Wynter who chose to resign on the eve of International Womens Day to maximise its impact and highlight the invisible inequalities at the Tate was also angered by recent harassment comments from the British art institutions director Maria Balshaw Balshaw was reported in an interview with the Times last month to have said I personally have never suffered any such issues Then I wouldnt I was raised to be a confident woman who when I encountered harassment would say Please dont or something rather more direct International Womens Day 2018 as it happened Read more In her resignation letter Wynter said that Balshaws words had come as a huge slap in the face to her as a campaigner against cuts to domestic violence services and what she described as the erasure of women from the Tate I can not describe to you the personal shame I feel as a survivor of domestic violence to work for someone who could think so little of me whilst simultaneously profiting off my survivorness and the work I dare to make about it she wrote Wynter an activist who identifies herself as a queer workingclass female artist has been a Tate artist in residence for education schools and learning She said Balshaws comments came during a powerful reckoning on sexual assault and harassment with the creative industries pledging to make change through campaigns such as MeToo and TimesUp Balshaw used Instagram last month to apologise for her comments about sexual harassment saying I am sorry if this has been misunderstood It is absolutely not my intention to say that women are in any way to blame To be clear it is the perpetrators who are responsible for their behaviour and not the women who are subjected to it The Tate said in a statement that Balshaw had apologised for her comments during an open discussion with staff last week and it did not recognise the description of events given by Wynter It added that Balshaw also restated her commitment to inclusivity and diversity which staff support Balshaw said Throughout my career I have been dedicated to addressing issues of gender race and equality and I apologise if my recent comments have offended people When I became director of Tate I set out my vision to make this the most culturally inclusive museum organisation in the world and I am truly committed to that vision I have spoken publicly about my values on many occasions over the years and I will continue to argue for equality and inclusion at every opportunity Pressure has been building on the Tate since it suspended contact with one of its biggest donors Anthony dOffay The Observer revealed that the art dealer who sold almost his entire art collection to the Tate and National Galleries Scotland in 2008 for the price he had paid was facing allegations of harassment and inappropriate behaviour dating from 1997 to 2004 He denies the claims Balshaw also faces criticism from Wynter and others over separate comments in which she told an audience how she had been pleased to see a photograph of a group of young men at a gallery watching a video installation by the black artist Steve McQueen and eating their fried chicken lunch Wynter said that she and others had attended a meeting with Balshaw where the fried chicken remark and comments on harassment had come up but had been disappointed by her response If she wishes to wear this apparent racial and sexist ignorance as a badge I am forced to question how did she become appointed to the role How can anyone so proudly ignorant be the head of the UKs largest cultural institution said Wynter Wynter also took aim at the way she said that the Tate had chosen to work with artists from marginalised communities She said this had been done as a distraction technique from the low representation of the same groups at the Tate where only 13 of the workforce identify as BAME and where every director is white She called on the Tate to give a platform to survivors of abuse donate time money and space to groups such as the black feminist organisations Sisters Uncut and IMKAAN as well as diversify its workplace Topics Tate Modern Art Sexual harassment Gender Women news Reuse this content

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Opinion Second world war The Reichs forgotten atrocity Timothy Snyder The Nazi plan to starve 30 million people in the east went unrealised But more than 3 million Soviet POWs were murdered Thu 21 Oct 2010 1624 EDT 1624 EDT A can of Zyklon B containing the hydrogen cyanide pellets that were used in the gas chambers of Auschwitz The poison was tested first on captured Red Army soldiers before being used in the mass murder of Jews Photograph CorbisIra Nowinski In the east Nazi plans were worse even than Nazi reality As German leaders prepared for the invasion of the Soviet Union in spring 1941 they agreed a quick summer victory would be followed by the starvation of some 30 million people A Hunger Plan foresaw the extinction of industry as well as a great part of the population Soviet cities would be destroyed Soviet industry destroyed and eastern lands reduced to depopulated prairie ripe for German agrarian colonisation But the Red Army resisted and Stalin remained in the Kremlin It proved difficult to starve large numbers of civilians without total control of territory Stalin had managed to starve millions of his own citizens in these same lands a few years before but he had at his disposal then an apparatus of terror and a loyal party organisation that the invading Germans could not match Though the Hunger Plan proved impossible it provided the moral premises for the Wehrmachts treatment of civilians and prisoners of war after the invasion of June 1941 Starvation proceeded where German soldiers had total control of land and people Kharkiv Kiev and above all besieged Leningrad were starved killing more than 1 million Soviet civilians The main victims of the starvation policy were Soviet soldiers taken captive Huge numbers of Red Army men and women were taken prisoner in that summer of 1941 largely because Stalin opposed retreats In one engagement near Smolensk 348000 prisoners were taken after the Battle of Kiev the figure was 665000 The wounded and sick were shot where they were found Most of the prisoners who reached German camps would be dead by 1942 In the German POW camps in occupied Soviet Belarus Soviet and Poland prisoners were not even registered by name As the German quartermaster general of the German army indicated prisoners who could not work were to be starved At a single camp near Minsk some 109500 prisoners died At another at Molodechno prisoners submitted written petitions asking to be shot rather than dying slowly of hunger in the cold Many prisoners were indeed shot The German Einsatzgruppen made selections of those whom they believed to be Jews and political officers and killed them on the spot Some 31 million Soviet prisoners perished in German captivity about 500000 were shot the remaining 26 million died of starvation and hungerrelated disease More Soviet prisoners died in German camps on a given day in autumn 1941 than American and British prisoners did during the entire war As of the end of 1941 by which time the Germans with local help had already murdered about 1 million Jews the starvation of Soviet prisoners was still the greatest German crime Even in occupied Poland in 1942 to become the major site of the Holocaust the mass murder of POWs brought from the east was in 1941 still the central horror As of December 1941 more Soviet POWS had died in occupied Poland than had either Jews or Poles This crime has been forgotten in part because Stalin presented the prisoners as deserters and in part because the victims of dozens of nationalities have no coherent group to remember them The German mass murder of Soviet POWs has been overshadowed by the Holocaust yet the two policies are best understood together The concentration camps in Germany became killing facilities when they received Soviet prisoners who were murdered in shooting campaigns at Dachau Buchenwald Sachsenhausen Mauthausen and Auschwitz Soviet prisoners were gassed experimentally using both carbon monoxide at Sachsenhausen and hydrogen cyanide at Auschwitz the two agents then used to asphyxiate millions of Jews When the Germans began to release Soviet prisoners of war one of their tasks was to guard the new German death facilities at Bełżec Sobibór and Treblinka where the Jews of Poland were gassed in 1942 Thus some survivors of the first major German killing policy became collaborators in the second In late 1941 as the Soviet Union fought on Nazi ideology and German policy shifted to accommodate a longer war in the east As millions of Slavs some of them surviving Soviet prisoners of war came to Germany to replace the workers sent to the eastern front the image of the enemy who must be exterminated changed No longer was it both the Slavs and the Jews the former supposedly led by the latter but chiefly the Jews as such Slavs were treated horribly in Germany after 1942 but never as murderously as in the starvation camps of 1941 Jews on other hand were targeted in 1942 for a policy of complete annihilation even when their work was valuable for the Reich The Jewish people were the ultimate enemy of the Reich and their fate was the worst of all But to appreciate just what that superlative worst means we must grasp the fate of the Soviet prisoners of war Timothy Snyder is appearing at the Ukrainian Museum New York to discuss his book Bloodlands Europe Between Hitler and Stalin on Friday 22 October at 730pm Topics Second world war Opinion Russia Germany Poland Ukraine Holocaust Joseph Stalin comment Reuse this content

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Movies Terrifyingly relevant why Doug Liman had to recut Fair Game In 2010 the political drama starring Naomi Watts didnt make a splash but now the director hopes a directors cut will appeal to the current climate Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Fri 26 Oct 2018 0400 EDT 1346 EST 75 Naomi Watts in Fair Game Photograph AllstarSummit EntertainmentSportsphoto LtdAllstar T he films of Doug Liman are halfsiblings they have a lot in common underneath but dont always look alike Swingers the likable lowbudget 1996 comedy that also launched the careers of Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn was the movie that first made his name but the big break was the 2002 blockbuster The Bourne Identity starring Matt Damon as a deadly amnesiac Since then hes developed a reputation as a dependable protean Hollywood director sometimes mischaracterized as an action journeyman Even when he changes up his style as in last years mileaminute American Made he cant seem to get away from his preoccupations skulduggery often involving the CIA militaryindustrial flimflam characters who find themselves in plots beyond their control or are forced to start over His best film the darkly comic scifi action flick Edge Of Tomorrow makes it all very literal In that movie Tom Cruise plays a pusillanimous military spokesman who gets sucked into the frontlines of an alien invasion in a time loop that restarts whenever he meets a gruesome end Where will Hollywoods search for authenticity end Read more Then theres Fair Game his drama about the reallife Plame affair scripted like Edge Of Tomorrow by the playwright Jez Butterworth and his brother JohnHenry When Fair Game hit American theaters in 2010 the story of Valerie Plame and her husband Joe Wilson seemed like a relic of an earlier era those years of bunco spin tactics Mission Accomplished and semantic arguments about weapons of mass destruction A large part of the American populace was still in the postNobel preSnowden honeymoon period of the Obama presidency the machinations of the George W Bush administration were in the past the Iraq Now Liman has reshaped the film into a new directors cut released at a far different time When the film came out and Obama was in the White House nobody really wanted to deal with Iraq says Liman As a country we thought it was an anomaly But were still dealing with it today Isis Yemen All of this can be traced back to the decision to go to war in Iraq Weve had a reckoning with Vietnam We should have an honest conversation about the war Doug Liman and Valerie Plame Photograph Richard DrewAP The Plame affair began in the summer of 2003 when Wilson a former diplomat wrote a New York Times oped that accused the Bush administration of lying about the reputed nuclear weapons program that had been part of the US and the UKs rationale for invading Iraq The year before he had been asked by the CIA to travel to Niger and investigate a rumored sale of yellowcake uranium to the Iraqi government and found nothing His piece ran in the Sunday edition just after the Fourth Of July A week later a popular conservative columnist revealed that Wilsons wife was herself a CIA agent blowing her cover and effectively torpedoing her career The leak was widely seen as Sign up to our Film Today email Read more Fair Game which starred Naomi Watts as Plame and Sean Penn as Wilson didnt make much of a splash But Liman has never really let the film go Three years ago he began toying with the idea of a reediting the movie and that was before Donald Trump was elected president In the current manic news cycle its subject matter has found new currency This past spring Trump pardoned Scooter Libby the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who had been convicted of lying to FBI agents and a grand jury during the investigation into the leak Scooter Libby I love as a character says Liman Hes on the phone from a studio number and Plame is on the line too I understand where hes coming from she says laughing What Plame really thinks of Libby the only person convicted as a result of the scandal she keeps to herself His life is fine To this day Valerie cant really talk to us about what she did at the CIA says Liman teasingly Even on this phone call she wont tell me when she started at the CIA She cant admit she was working at the CIA before 2001 Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video Liman worked on the cut in between shooting American Made and the Iraq war thriller The Wall He says he didnt think of mentioning the new version to the distributor Lionsgate until recently The first public screening of the new cut was this summer on the Massachusetts island of Marthas Vineyard where Liman has a home Im very much act first and Ask forgiveness later finishes Plame They both laugh The directors cut doesnt represent a revelatory radical new version of the film its still very much the same movie But Liman is a tinkerer He originally set out to recut the film because he thought he could get more out of Wattss and Penns performances and the core of the film What it did to that relationship this massive international event playing out in a home Neither of us had any idea of the political hell it would unleash says Plame I have no way of evaluating if Naomi Watts did a good job of being me But Sean And then Sean Penn shows up at your house jokes Liman Later he brings up Christine Blasey Ford the psychology professor who publicly accused the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault and of the public indignities often endured by whistleblowers in a media landscape where reporters get cozy with the political elite The climax of Fair Game depicts the cablenews smear campaign against Wilson and Plame as network pundits imply that the former might be motivated by money troubles and that latter was more a glorified secretary than a covert operative Suddenly with Trump in the White House these themes are terrifyingly But perhaps more than anything the revised Fair Game speaks to Limans own process Given the choice hed says hed never let a film go Who said that a movie cant be a living breathing object The idea that a movie is done and never changes may be connected to the time when films were on film You cut the negative and that was it Now in the digital world this may be the start of a trend of other filmmakers saying Actually films can live and breathe and change Especially a film like Fair Game thats so much about events that happened Fair Game is out on Netflix in the US on 1 November Topics Movies Naomi Watts Sean Penn Drama films features Reuse this content

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Medical research Long working days can cause heart problems study says Chances of developing irregular heartbeat atrial fibrillation spikes up considerably with working more than 55 hours a week research shows James Rudd jhfrudd Fri 14 Jul 2017 0030 EDT 1402 EDT This article is over 1 year old 736 91 Long working hours can lead to risk of heart problems scientists say Above an office block in central London Photograph Oli ScarffGetty Images A long hours office culture can affect more than just your social life long days at work can be bad for your heart as well according to a major study Its been established that too many hours in the office can increase the risk of a stroke Now it seems that clocking up more than 55 hours a week means a 40 higher chance of developing an irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation AF when compared to those with a better worklife balance AF happens because the natural electrical impulses controlling the hearts normal regular rhythm lose their coordination Sufferers may get palpitations the sensation of a racing or irregular pulse as well as feeling breathless and dizzy But some people with AF get no symptoms at all which is why the British Heart Foundation encourages people to check whether their pulse is regular and to see a GP if they have any doubts Its important to diagnose AF because it increases the chance of having a stroke fivefold and blood thinning treatments can greatly lower this risk The research team led by Professor Mika Kivimaki from the department of epidemiology at University College London analysed data on the working patterns of 85494 mainly middleaged men and women drawn from the UK Denmark Sweden and Finland Participants were put into groups according to their work pattern with 3540 hours a week regarded as the control group No one had AF at the start of the study published in the European Heart Journal After 10 years of followup an average of 124 per 1000 people had developed AF but among those working 55 hours or more this figure was higher at 176 per 1000 people Those working the longest hours were more overweight had higher blood pressure smoked more and and consumed more alcohol But the teams conclusions about longer working hours and AF still remained after taking these factors into account The researchers acknowledge some limitations to their study they only asked participants about working hours at the start and so couldnt account for how working patterns might have changed over 10 years The team also could not tell whether any particular job type was more risky Kivimaki offered worried workers some reassurance For a healthy person the risk of AF is very low and a 14fold increase in that small risk due to long working hours does not much change the situation Tim Chico a Sheffield cardiologist not involved with the study also had some helpful advice for those concerned that their job might harm their heart Most people who work long hours wont have the luxury of being able to change their working patterns We already know that obesity diabetes high blood pressure and smoking all increase the risk of AF and so people can reduce their risk of AF by addressing these factors without needing to find another job Topics Medical research Health Heart attack news Reuse this content

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Life and Physics Science Why I left physics for economics I recently decided to abandon the rules that govern nature for the rules that govern people and markets economics Why would I do such a thing Arthur Turrell Thu 22 Jun 2017 0130 EDT 1022 EDT Commuters walk past the Bank of England in London Photograph Peter NichollsReuters I love physics Brick by brick you can build new theories from established ones and know that they will apply not just on Earth but throughout the entire universe The upsides are incredible I worked on the theory and simulation of plasmas the stuff stars are made of for nuclear fusion If nuclear fusion succeeds in its objectives it could mean the end of our reliance on fossil fuels the end of climate change and energy security for at least millions of years The experiments in fusion push the limits of nature Every time Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys Ignition Facility in California fires its fusion laser the worlds most energetic material is heated from 18 degrees above absolute zero to hotter than the centre of the sun in just a few nanoseconds The work was as exciting and intellectually rewarding As quantum mechanics brought down classical mechanics the financial crisis has led to a reappraisal of macroeconomics But recently I decided to abandon the rules that govern nature for the rules that govern people and markets economics Why would I do such a thing Scientists are among the most trusted groups in society Economists meanwhile well it isnt good news as shown in polls by YouGov for example Worse still economics is frequently confused with finance banking the shortterm ups and downs of the stock market or just a desire to make as much money as possible Even the Queen seemed to blame economists for the financial crisis Respect for economics as a profession is very low and outreach efforts have been woeful compared with science communication Net trust in various professions Data from YouGov The first reason I thought about changing subject is that all is not well in science research Precarious shortterm contracts seem to be the norm even for researchers with as much as 10 years experience Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA data show that 34 of all existing jobs in higher education are temporary and a Royal Society report from 2010 found that as few as 35 of those obtaining PhDs go on to get permanent positions at universities Even prestigious shortterm positions such as junior research fellowships look increasingly like extravagantly titled postdocs with little chance of progression None of this encourages researchers to stay in science And although the UK has very low science spending per capita for a G8 country this isnt a UK problem its elsewhere too Even if it werent opportunities in other countries can be difficult to take up in practice if you have a partner or family For my colleagues and I this meant very difficult choices Much as I loved physics it just couldnt commit A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies eventually Read more Meanwhile I was starting to develop feelings for economics Rather than the rules that govern the behaviour of particles it is concerned with the rules that govern the behaviour of people in many ways a much more complex problem I began to learn that just as working as a physicist had taught me to see the world in a revelatory new way through the lens of the laws of nature so economics could reveal a new vista one in which the conduct of people is explained by their incentives Economics can tell us how to make everyone better off for through trade how to change incentive structures to get better outcomes for organ recipients and less importantly but just as interestingly why popcorn is so expensive at the cinema All of this means that economics can do a huge amount of good in improving peoples lives We usually point to science technology engineering and medicine as the drivers of what is good about the modern world but I think economics has a role to play that is every bit as important while the laws of the natural world are fixed social laws are not and economists can shape policy to best serve the interests of humanity And while the lack of trust in economists is troubling I see it as an exciting challenge rather than a reason to steer So on 5 October 2015 I stood in front of the Bank of England on my first day of becoming a researcher in economics ready to switch particles for people The Bank of England was expressly created in 1694 to promote the publick Good and Benefit of our People Working at a central bank means that the policymakers who can steer the course of the economy are just down the hallway and are eager to put the best research into practical use for the public good The kinds of questions occupying central banks right now are some of the big questions of the rise of the robots affect jobs or climate change affect financial stability These are also truly unprecedented times for macroeconomics While the financial crisis is over my generation is likely to bear the scars of higher unemployment rates lower wages and lower rates of home ownership for the rest of our lives The postcrisis period has been distinctly unusual interest rates are the lowest they have ever been in recorded history the UK has seen the most sustained drop in real wage growth since the 1800s and UK productivity growth over the last decade has been negative Annual mean real wages for the UK Source Hills Thomas and Dimsdale Three Centuries of Data v23 ONS These facts matter A lot As Nobel memorial prizewinner Paul Krugman quipped productivity isnt everything but in the long run it is almost everything Robust economic growth may not sound as sexy as hitting things with giant lasers but higher GDP tends to mean that we can afford more research healthcare welfare and education that more people are able to find gainful employment and that firms are better able to invest and innovate Just as I hoped economics would be good for a scientist so I think scientists can be good for economics While historically economics has been insular with few authors per paper and a low number of citations to outside disciplines in research papers change is afoot Macroeconomics most highly respected practitioners have been calling for new perspectives since the financial crisis Some macroeconomists naively called the period before the great financial crisis the great moderation a term with echoes of the complacency of scientists at the end of the 19th century who thought they had reached the end of physics Just as quantum mechanics brought down classical mechanics and started a revolution the great financial crisis has led to a reappraisal of some of the core assumptions of macroeconomics 000 000 Loaded Progress Fullscreen Mute This video is no longer available 2008 crash was economists Michael Fish moment says chief economist With this reappraisal has come the willingness to adopt techniques ideas and even people from other subjects In my team at the Bank of England I work with a neuroscientist a linguist physicists mathematicians econometricians data scientists computer scientists and yes even economists Subjects such as network science psychology behavioural science evolutionary theory agentbased modelling a field that can trace its origins back to plasma physics and computer science are being incorporated into the macroeconomic mainstream Some of this interest in outside topics existed well before the crisis but the crisis has acted like a catalyst speeding up the adoption of new ideas Just as interdisciplinary approaches have borne great fruit in the natural sciences so I believe economics will benefit from being more collaborative Theres even been progress on outreach An exciting twist is that there is more economic data available than ever before Macroeconomic theories have always been impossible to test in controlled experiments but more data mean that theories can more easily be tested and refined by natural experiments not only are there more scientists in macroeconomics theres too We live in interesting times shaped as never before by the complex set of dependent trades relationships and incentives that we call the global economy Research in economics can help us to understand it Moreover being in a central bank means that important research finds its way directly to policymakers All of which means its a great time to be doing economics research and a great time to be doing it in a central bank So Im sorry physics I still love you and always will but Im happy that I left you for economics Arthur Turrell is a researcher in economics at the Bank of England and a visiting scientist to the plasma physics group at Imperial College London Topics Science Life and Physics Physics Economics Bank of England comment

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Theatre Playing for Time review a vivid sense of the chaos of concentration camp life 3 5 Crucible Sheffield Siân Phillips is outstanding as a member of the Auschwitz Womens Orchestra helping to redeem one of Arthur Millers most contentious plays Alfred Hickling Thu 19 Mar 2015 1127 EDT 1631 EST 22 5 Surrounded by the past Siân Phillips in Playing for Time at the Crucible Sheffield Photograph Mark Douet T here was no such thing as a safe passage through Auschwitz though a slender guarantee of survival was afforded to those capable of playing a musical instrument Anita Lasker Wallfisch a founder of the English Chamber Orchestra now aged 89 recalled that her cello saved her life As long as they wanted an orchestra they couldnt put us in the gas chamber How Arthur Miller struck a discord with the Womens Orchestra of Auschwitz Read more Among the other survivors of the Auschwitz Womens Orchestra was Fania Fénelon a FrenchJewish cabaret singer whose memoirs were adapted by Arthur Miller first as a television movie in 1980 and then as a play It remains one of Millers most contentious and leastproduced works The cast is large the musical component is demanding and other surviving members of the orchestra disputed Fénelons slightly selfaggrandising version of events But as the centenary of the playwrights birth coincides with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz it is clearly an opportune time for the Crucibles ambitious revival Playing for Time might seem to be the missing link between Millers other Holocaust dramas Incident at Vichy 1964 and Broken Glass 1994 In truth it merely indicates that madefortelevision movies were not really where his heart lay as the construction feels awkward and the workmanlike dialogue curiously lacking in subtext or ambiguity Director Richard Beecham compensates for the inconsistencies in the text by presenting it as a memory play in which Fénelon is depicted by the outstanding Siân Phillips as a frail fallible figure surrounded by the youthful women of her remembrance Its hard to pay sufficient tribute to an actor in her 80s prepared to be so physically and psychologically abused Nor does it matter that Phillips rasps through selections from Madam Butterfly practically in a baritone register as Fénelon couldnt sing Puccini properly either And the tension in her throat suggests the effects of agonised complicity with the camp commanders who commend the orchestra for strengthening us in this difficult work of ours The band plays on Arthur Millers Playing for Time at the Crucible Sheffield Photograph Mark Douet The band under the musical direction of Sam Kenyon play as well as they have to Its hard to imagine a more pitiful sound than their denuded rendition of Beethovens Fifth Symphony with the horns replaced by a harmonica A core of professional actors is augmented by members of Sheffield Peoples theatre creating a vivid sense of the inhumane chaos within the camp And if one is left with the sense that Playing for Time may not be Millers greatest work of art it makes a profound statement that art contains our greatest hope for redemption Until 4 April Box office 0114249 6000 Venue Crucible Sheffield Topics Theatre Arthur Miller reviews Reuse this content

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US Medicare Medicare for All policy has become politics sticking point A survey found 225 Democratic candidates in the House running explicitly on the singlepayer healthcare policy Jessica Glenza in New York JessicaGlenza Tue 30 Oct 2018 0600 EDT 0602 EDT 922 Senator Bernie Sanders addresses supporters at a Medicare for All rally on 20 October Photograph Meg KinnardAP Pramila Jayapal is a firstterm congresswoman from one of the most progressive districts in Washington state As such it might seem easy to dismiss the political action committee she started in September called Medicare for All Pac That would be a mistake Jayapal is one of hundreds of Democrats now running on singlepayer healthcare a monumental shift to the left for the party which even when it controlled Congress and the White House in 2009 passed a health policy overhaul which buttressed the private insurance system for almost a decade Obamacare We did a poll in swing districts said Jayapal The numbers were off the charts Not only did the Pacs survey find liberals supported Medicare for All she said but independents responded incredibly well A recent survey by the union National Nurses United found 225 Democratic candidates in the House running explicitly on singlepayer healthcare It is a very very popular policy and its popular out of necessity said Jayapal People see what we have just doesnt work Its costing way too much Medicare for All refers to the popular public health insurance program for the elderly called Medicare Passed in 1965 with Medicaid its sister program for the impoverished and disabled the singlepayer program covers all Americans older than 65 and many more who are disabled In aboutface Republicans make fixing Obamacare central to reelection push Read more Along with other public health insurance programs such as for veterans the military and Native Americans the US already provides health insurance for nearly 100 million people said Chris Sloan a director at the health consulting company Avalere Public opinion has shifted he said That is why healthcare has become more of a defensive issue for Republicans and an offensive issue for Democrats Democrats who support Medicare for All are some of the partys most recognizable figures Alexandria OcasioCortez Senators Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris and the former New York gubernatorial candidate and actor Cynthia Nixon Meanwhile Republicans who have attacked the policy online have been roasted by advocates When Representative Paul Ryan recently tweeted Medicare for All would destroy and obliterate the private health insurance system one user responded Yes thats why we want it Paul Ryan SpeakerRyan Singlepayer governmentrun health care would essentially destroy and obliterate the private health insurance system the employersponsored health insurance system oh and by the wayMedicare as we know it pictwittercom83fExtgIBF October 22 2018 The US has the worlds most expensive health system Where the UK spends about 98 of GDP on healthcare the US spends a whopping 179 or more than 10000 per person per year Most Americans get insurance through an employer Even after Obamacares reforms 28 million people are uninsured Insurance is so integral to financial stability in America people make career decisions based on health insurance and delay retirement to maintain health insurance Conversely serious illness can also drive people into personal bankruptcy Even people who have insurance can face steep costs The average American worker pays 5547 a year in monthly health insurance fees and more than 1500 in onceayear fees before insurance even begins to cover complex or expensive care Further the opacity of American healthcare leaves patients with surprise bills after they get to hospital use an ambulance or have surgery As just a few examples a Texas hospital sent a man a bill for more than 108000 a New Jersey woman owed more than 51000 after the premature birth of triplets and an injured doctor taken to hospital via air ambulance owed more than 56000 to the helicopter company All of those patients had health insurance at the time they incurred those bills Why does it cost 32093 just to give birth in America Read more Financial strain is particularly acute for the seriously sick A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund a foundation which promotes affordable healthcare found of people with serious illnesses 62 felt confused and helpless 53 faced the risk of financial ruin and 61 experienced serious problems with their care Some international figures have expressed exasperation with the American system of privately financed care the only one in the industrialized world which lacks universal health coverage Its not easy to understand why such a country like the United States the most resourceful and richest country in the world does not introduce universal health coverage Ban Kimoon told the Guardian Nobody would understand why almost 30 million people are not covered by insurance Advocates believe patients financial strains the threats of returning to a preObamacare era and the spiking costs of health insurance have all led to Medicare for All to pick up steam Proposals differ among candidates In some instances it would more closely resemble the UKs National Health Service In others it might include an expansion of Medicare which people could purchase ExUN chief Ban Kimoon says US healthcare system is morally wrong Read more Further many other Democrats are running on universal coverage rather than Medicare for All Policies which promote universal coverage usually focus on shoring up the Affordable Care Act Obamacare or expanding Medicare to cover more people just not everyone That debate is well reflected in a policy document from Community Catalyst a centrist healthcare advocacy group The group put out a guide on how to deal with singlepayer advocates who are strongly critical of any other alternative and fail to acknowledge singlepayer is not politically viable at this time Right now Medicare for All and Medicareformore are proposals but theyre missing key details said Sloan When that stuff gets filled in it gets a little more controversial Nevertheless even with internal division Jayapal believes the issue is at the heart of current politics and is not going to go way Every time I send out an email to my campaign list on Medicare for All it would go crazy Every email resonates incredibly well so we just knew we had something real here Jayapal said Medicare for All will be one of the most defining if not the defining issue of the 2020 presidential election Topics US Medicare US healthcare explainers Reuse this content

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Honduras Honduras US senators sound the alarm over threats to journalists and activists Fifty members of Congress say US is tacitly approving statesanctioned violence and urge Trump to investigate Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington SabrinaSiddiqui Fri 26 Oct 2018 0300 EDT 1203 EDT This article is over 2 months old 422 Honduran migrants walking north wave the flags of Honduras and Mexico Photograph Rebecca BlackwellAP More than 50 US lawmakers have called on Donald Trumps administration to investigate a string of threats against journalists and human rights activists in Honduras and asked the state department to reassess its certification of the countrys human rights conditions Led by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois the lawmakers wrote to Trump expressing concern over death threats and intimidation campaigns targeting journalists and activists documenting human rights violations in Honduras By supporting the corrupt and repressive regime of Juan Orlando Hernández the US is tacitly approving statesanctioned violence and the complete disregard for worker rights indigenous rights and individual freedoms Schakowsky said in a statement The Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández Photograph Luis EcheverriaReuters The Trump administration cant be in the business of permitting impunity said Markey Continued support of Juan Orlando Hernándezs government without continued checks on its behavior will only fuel the destruction of the rule of law cripple an already devastated economy and allow for a pervasive fear among the Honduran people The letter which appeared to be signed only by Democrats comes as Trump has stoked fears after a caravan of more than 5000 migrants left Honduras for the USMexico border Hernández has been seen as a key regional ally by Washington which was quick to recognize his reelection in December despite widespread allegations of fraud God will decide if we make it Central American caravan presses northward Read more US troops have been stationed in the country since 1954 and in 2017 the US gave Honduras at least 181m in aid to finance security antidrug trafficking and poverty reduction programmes Last week however Trump threatened to cut aid payments over the migrant caravan that set out from Honduras this month and is progressing slowly through southern Mexico Migrants in the group have told reporters that they are fleeing poverty and violence Conditions have deteriorated steadily in Honduras since a militarybacked coup in 2009 The Guardian view on the migrant convoy a heroic journey Read more Journalists and human rights advocates have described a surge in threats and intimidation including harassment physical attacks and abusive legal proceedings Human rights activists from the US Canada and Europe have been expelled from the country or barred from entry The letter highlighted the case of Nina Lakhani a freelance reporter for the Guardian who has been among those targeted while covering the trial of eight men accused of murdering Berta Cáceres an indigenous leader who was fatally shot in her home in March 2016 The longawaited trial has been mired in allegations of a coverup and abuse of authority by judges Lakhanis coverage has made her the victim of a smear campaign which included press releases fraudulently linking her to violence Citing the incidents involving Lakhani and others the US lawmakers said This is an alarming pattern that continues to escalate The signatories also ask the Trump administration to communicate their concerns to the Honduran government request an investigation into the attacks determine if state actors were involved and bring the perpetrators to justice Requests for comment from the White House and the state department were not immediately returned Trump has largely seized upon on the migrant crisis in Central America to incite fears over illegal immigration ahead of the 2018 midterm elections The exodus of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Central America dates back at least to 2014 Trump has nonetheless claimed without evidence that the recent caravan of migrants that originated in Honduras was funded by Democrats and may include Middle Easterners Central Americas rampant violence fuels an invisible refugee crisis Read more Honduras had one of the highest murder rates in 2017 and a poverty rate of 609 in 2016 The country has also been ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists Markey said by failing to hold the Honduran government accountable Trump was ignoring the factors that prompted the mass migration of people looking for refuge at the USMexico border In order to properly address the plight of those in the migrant caravan fleeing Honduras the administration must develop policies that tackle the root causes of this migration not just make hateful assertions about those fleeing or deny them refuge he said Topics Honduras US Congress House of Representatives US Senate Americas 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How to Cope With Social Stress and Pressure By Genevieve Cunningham Social stress is a growing problem in our world While we once focused mainly on physical and mental health we now have this growing social health situation Its seen the most often in teenagers and young adults The constant pressure to fit in an overwhelming sense of anxiety and continually being accessible is turning us into overly stressed and unhealthy human beings But considering a social life is the main life of teens what can really be done about it Take a look at the real dangers of social stress and some tips for managing it What is Social Stress Social stress is stress that results from relationships with others and a persons social environment When people experience too much social stress they might feel symptoms such as headaches rapid heart rate dizziness a tight feeling in the lungs depression and severe anxiety For many its a stress that seems to never be relieved and the symptoms just seem to become a part of life What Causes It So why the sudden rise in social stress Most professionals believe its due to the huge amount of social environments that we place ourselves in on a regular basis Not only are we more social than ever but we do it it in all the wrong ways and we have very little control over the situation which leads to even more stress At one time we were social only when we purposely got out and about Otherwise our social settings were generally calm and familiar In todays world we are constantly throwing ourselves into social settings that are chaotic and How Do We Cope Living a social life is actually good for us We are social creatures by nature and we crave companionship and friendship But if youre feeling overwhelmed in this area its probably a good idea to take a timeout Turn off Facebook and Twitter log out of Reddit and get together with your most familiar friends and family facetoface It is the facetoface interactions and not the online world that we crave This helps to calm our minds and reduce anxiety until youre ready to get back into the world of social media Do We Have to Give It All Up Because so much of our lives is done with and through social media these days it can be a stressful idea to think about giving it up But the good news is that you dont have to You just have to learn the right amount of balance Thats why taking a step back can help readjust your perspective Give it some time separate yourself and manage your social stress to save your physical and mental health in the long run Story Link

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The Joint Chiropractic Spanish Fork 45008 Cash Credit Card Check USD 409 E 1000 N Spanish Fork UT 84660 Phone 801 8949110 Contact Us New Patient Forms The Joint Chiropractic Spanish Fork UT is located across from Costcos gas station See all locations in Spanish Fork UT Hours of Operation Monday 1000 AM 700 PM Tuesday 1000 AM 700 PM Wednesday 1000 AM 700 PM Thursday 1000 AM 700 PM Friday 1000 AM 700 PM Saturday 1000 AM 400 PM Sunday Closed New Patient Special 29 Initial Visit Includes consultation exam adjustment Offer valued at 39 Valid for new patients only See clinic for chiropractors name and license info Clinics managed andor owned by franchisee or Prof Corps Restrictions may apply to Medicare eligible patients Individual results may vary About Plans Pricing Health Articles Media Gallery The Joint Chiropractic Spanish Fork Utah Welcome to The Joint Chiropractic Spanish Fork As your Spanish Fork chiropractor dedicated to family chiropractic and spine health we invite you to join the millions of Americans who have not only found relief from lower back pain sciatica pain and migraines but also a pathway to wellness with chiropractics natural drugfree approach to healthcare How can chiropractors at The Joint Chiropractic in Spanish Fork help you Whether you have seen a chiropractor in the past or are seeking a local chiropractor near you for the first time expect your visit to The Joint Chiropractic Spanish Fork to be different from any healthcare experience youve had before Perhaps even lifechanging Here are a few reasons why The Joint Chiropractic in Spanish Fork is your perfect destination for pain relief and preventative care Conveniently Located Open Nights Weekends No Appointments Required No Insurance Hassles Requirements or Copays Quality Chiropractic Care by Licensed Professionals Affordable Personalized Care Plans As you can see chiropractic care provided by the licensed chiropractors at The Joint offers you and your family an affordable convenient and accessible solution like no other How can routine chiropractic care help improve your quality of life Through manual manipulation of the spine delivered to the highest standards by licensed chiropractors chiropractic care works to restore and maintain proper communication from your brain to your body by relieving what chiropractors refer to as a subluxation or a misalignment of the spine Restoring proper alignment to the spine can assist with pain relief and prevention of Lower Back Pain Upper Back Pain Neck Pain Migraine and Tension Headaches Shoulder Pain and Elbow Pain Knee Foot and Ankle Pain Sciatica Fibromyalgia Chronic Injuries And More So whatever symptoms you or your family may be experiencing visit our Spanish Fork chiropractic office today to learn more about how you could improve your overall health and wellbeing And remember you never need an appointment to visit so stop in when it is convenient for you We look forward to seeing you soon Meet The Doctors Dr R Dane Owens DC Chiropractor Education Palmer College of Chiropractic West Campus Dr Owens received his Doctorate degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic West While attending Palmer he learned how to be the Primary Care Professional for spinal health and wellbeing Before attending Palmer he graduated from BYU Idaho with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology Dr Owens goals are to help patients with pain relief correct any underlying structural problems and educate his patients to make healthy lifestyle choices In his spare time Dr Owens enjoys exercising watching sports spending time with his wife Hilary and their son Jay This clinic is owned and operated by Fit For Fun LLC Did You Know In a recent Consumer Reports study chiropractic outperformed prescription medication deeptissue massage yoga pilates and overthecounter medication therapies in treating back pain 1 1 Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center BackPain Treatments ConsumerReportsorg July 2011

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18 Delicious Side Dishes to Go with Ham Faith Durand Mar 24 2018 Email Image credit Joe Lingeman Are you serving ham this weekend for Easter or perhaps later on Mothers Day Ham is an easy and savory main dish and part of the pleasure of serving it is enjoying the side dishes that play well with its rich flavor Here are 18 side dishes that will go beautifully with your holiday ham Potatoes are a must we have classic scalloped potatoes for you plus a perfectforspring gratin with potatoes leeks and fennel Or you can lean lighter with lemonkissed asparagus or snap peas with Meyer lemon and mint And of course you cant forget the biscuits well you can get away with rolls if you really prefer 1 20 18 Delicious Side Dishes to Go with Ham Lemony Green Beans With Almond Breadcrumbs Image credit Leela Cyd Image credit Leela CydFaith Durand First Make Your Ham How To Bake Glaze a HoneyGlazed Ham How To Make HoneyGlazed Ham in the Slow Cooker 5 Easy 3Ingredient Glazes for Ham How To Make Scalloped Potatoes Image credit Quentin Bacon Potatoes Anytime Im serving ham for Easter dinner a side of scalloped potatoes or a creamy potato gratin is always a must Its a crowdpleaser that serves enough to feed to whole table Alternatively a simple batch of garlicky roasted potatoes always comes through when you need something in a hurry How To Make Scalloped Potatoes Creamy Spring Vegetable Gratin with Grana Padano Potato Squash Goat Cheese Gratin 3Ingredient Garlicky Red Potatoes Herb Garden Potatoes with Fresh Spinach Lemon Roasted Potatoes Radishes Fennel with Lemon Brown Butter Sauce LemonPepper Asparagus Image credit Lauren Volo Peas Asparagus and Other Green Things Early spring vegetables like asparagus and peas along with spinach and green beans are all a friend to ham No matter how you cook them up these green sides add a light touch to the table LemonPepper Asparagus Creamy Spinach Bake Snap Peas with Meyer Lemon and Mint Lemony Green Beans With Almond Breadcrumbs GreekStyle Lima Beans Toasted Farro Salad with Fresh Peas Pea Shoots and Herbs Image credit Elizabeth Stark Hearty Salads Not only will a salad made with hearty greens like collard or cabbage or one loaded with grains make for a nice side for your holiday dinner but its also a great option when you need a dish that can be made ahead of time Toasted Farro Salad with Fresh Peas Pea Shoots and Herbs Spring Grain Salad with Asparagus Meyer Lemon Collard Green Salad with Strawberries Tahini Dressing Roasted Cabbage Slaw with Hazelnuts Lemon Herbed Yogurt Biscuits Image credit Nealey Dozier Rolls and Biscuits Im a firm believer that no holiday dinner is complete with rolls or biscuits In fact make a double batch so you can use the extras for postdinner ham sandwiches Buttery Cheddar Herb Rolls Potato Dough Rolls Herbed Yogurt Biscuits Save This Story Email

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Recipe Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage Eggs Faith Durand Oct 30 2018 Email Image credit Joe Lingeman Kitchn I have told you that brunch is my favorite meal of the day and winter is perhaps the high point for brunch But while I am looking forward to these sleepy morning meals I have to admit that many brunch recipes are too sweet for me If this sweet monkey bread with a gooey glaze showed up it certainly wouldnt go to waste but I would need something else too something to nourish and satisfy I need something savory to start the day off right The other requirement for a good brunch recipe of course is that it be easy to make ahead Because who can roll out dough and fry potatoes before breakfast Not me So I must tell you about my makeahead favorite recipe for a big family brunch savory garlicky sweet potato hash roasted with sausage and rosemary and baked the next day with eggs on top Image credit Joe Lingeman Kitchn This entire thing is made ahead No chopping sweet potatoes at 9 am In the morning you spread the refrigerated hash in a big pan and crack a few eggs on top Slide it into a hot oven and go make coffee When you come back the potatoes will be hot and crisped and the eggs just baked Easy nourishing delicious your kitchen will smell amazing and youll be ready to serve a crowd And dont worry youll still have plenty of room for something sweet too This recipe is also very vegetarianfriendly You can leave the sausage out entirely or substitute SoyRizo or another vegetarian sausage And its flexible the proportions are all quite forgiving A couple other small notes I leave the potato skins on for convenience and for flavor so I really do prefer organic potatoes given that their skins are staying on Also if you can find Italian sausage with fennel seed scoop it up for this dish its delicious with the sweet potatoes This feeds at least eight and I think it really could be stretched to more depending on how many eggs you bake and what else is served Im thinking of this with cream cheese braids some fruit and coffee Brunch heaven Testers Notes This sweet and spicy hash makes a full sheet pan of sweet potatoes crispy crumbles of sausage and eight or more tender eggs so make sure youve got every seat at the table filled or reserve half the batch for dinner later in the week If you arent in a rush cook the sausage in the same pan as the onions after they caramelize to pick up all of the flavorful crispy bits from the bottom of the pan One word of warning Its tough to go back to your everyday red potato hash once youve tried this Patty October 2018 0 Rating s Sweet Potato Hash with Caramelized Onions Sausage Eggs Serves 8 Prep time 30 minutes cooking time 1 hour 10 minutes For the hash 2 pounds yellow onions about 2 large or 4 small 4 tablespoons unsalted butter ghee or olive oil divided 1 tablespoon kosher salt plus more as needed 1 pound uncooked Italian sausage or Mexican chorizo casings removed 3 pounds unpeeled sweet potatoes about 3 large or 6 to 7 small cut into 12inch pieces 6 large cloves garlic minced Leaves from 2 long fresh rosemary sprigs minced Freshly ground black pepper To finish 8 or more large eggs Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper Parmesan cheese optional To make the hash Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 450F Peel the onions and cut them in half lengthwise then cut them into thin halfmoons Cut the halfmoons in half Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter ghee or olive oil in a large skillet over mediumhigh heat Add the onions and sprinkle lightly with 1 teaspoon of the salt Dont worry if they are crammed into the pan they will rapidly cook down Lower the heat to medium and cook stirring occasionally and lowering the heat further if they seem to be burning until they are very Place the sausage in another skillet and brown over mediumhigh heat chopping it up into fine crumbles with a spatula Cook the sausage until browned and beginning to crisp about 10 minutes Drain away any excess fat set aside Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper Place the sweet potatoes onions sausage remaining 2 teaspoons salt remaining 3 tablespoons of melted butter or oil garlic rosemary and a generous helping of black pepper in a large bowl and toss to combine Transfer to the baking sheet and spread into an even layer Roast until the sweet potatoes are soft and browned 30 to 45 minutes roasting time depends on the size and uniformity of the sweet potato chunks as well as the variety of sweet potato you buy After this you can either refrigerate the hash in an airtight container overnight or finish the hash now To continue cooking immediately To continue cooking immediately lower the oven temperature to 425F Using the back of a large spoon make 8 eight wells or however many eggs you desire in the hash Crack an egg into each well Season the eggs with salt and pepper Bake until the eggs are done to your liking 8 to 10 minutes Test the eggs by prodding them with a fork to check the firmness of the white and the yolk baked eggs are deceptive in that the white often looks much less cooked than it really is Serve immediately with shavings or sprinkles of Parmesan cheese if desired To serve later To serve later when you are ready to cook arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 425F Spread a relatively thin layer of the sweet potato hash in a baking dish such as a cast iron skillet or a 13x9inch baking dish You can also bake in individual ramekins Make small wells in the sweet potatoes and crack an egg into each well Season the eggs with salt and pepper Bake until the sweet potatoes are hot and the eggs are baked through 10 to 20 minutes testing the eggs by prodding them with a fork to check the firmness of the white and the yolk baked eggs are deceptive in that the white often looks much less cooked than it really is Serve immediately with shavings or sprinkles of Parmesan cheese if desired Recipe Notes Alternate method Some of the commenters felt that roasting the sweet potatoes with the cooked sausage made the sausage too crispy and even a bit burnt Personally I like the sausage very crispy and dark and I also like the flavor of the sweet potatoes when theyre cooked with the sausage But this is up to you you can roast the sweet potatoes separately while cooking the sausage and onions which also speeds up the cooking process Make ahead You can cook the sausage and onions a day ahead of time and refrigerate or even freeze them until you are ready to cook the sweet potatoes The baked hash can also be refrigerated for up to 1 day before adding the eggs Storage Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days Image credit Faith Durand Kitchn supports our readers with carefully chosen product recommendations to improve life at home You support us through our independently chosen links many of which earn us a commission Save This Story Email

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The Difference Between Braising and Stewing Faith Durand Dec 12 2008 You know that we love braising here at The Kitchn Its one of our favorite ways to cook meat because its easy handsoff and foolproof It also works well on cheaper cuts of meat Weve noticed that we tend to braise more pork and lamb than beef but we miss the great beef braises from our childhood So we turned to the official Beef Checkoff Culinary Center and their chef Dave Zino We asked him to tell us a little more about braising beef and also about the best cuts for braising Heres Daves first tip on braising for us he clears up the difference between braising and stewing Heres Dave So what is braising anyway Braising may sound complicated but you probably already know it by a more familiar term pot roasting And while braising is similar to stewing the two cooking methods do have some slight differences BOTH are moist heat slow cooking methods that tenderize the beef and develop rich beef flavor BOTH start with lesstender beef cuts as this cooking method softens the strong muscle fibers and connective tissue guaranteeing tender moist flavorful results The Difference Braising cooks large cuts of beef in enough liquid to partially cover the meat as shown in Classic Beef Pot Roast with Root Vegetables Stewing uses small uniform pieces of beef pot roast or beef for stew meat that are totally immersed in liquid This technique is used in Beef Bourguignonne Here are my tricks of the trade 1 First brown the beef in a small amount of oil in a heavy pan Although this is optional I highly recommend browning as this process adds flavor to beef that is not naturally intrinsic to it 2 A heavy gauge stockpot will be your best friend just be sure the cover is a tight fit 3 The secret to both braising and stewing is to take your time Its low and slow a low heat setting over a long period of time 4 Cook until the beef is forktender Insert a doublepronged meat fork into the thickest part of the beef When you can insert the fork without resistance and it releases easily the beef is done Be careful not to overcook as the beef will be dry and stringy Whether you choose to cook in the oven or on the stovetop theres nothing more satisfying than the aroma of beef gently simmering in a rich broth to bring back memories of yesteryear Beef is the ultimate comfort food Thanks Dave Come back on Monday for another guest post from Dave on which cuts of beef are best for braising Just in time for planning Christmas dinner we love a good pot roast on Christmas afternoon All images Beef Checkoff Culinary Center

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The Difference Between Braising and Stewing Faith Durand Dec 12 , 2008 ( Image credit : Joe Lingeman You know that we love braising , here at The Kitchn . It ' s one of our favorite ways to cook meat because it ' s easy , hands - off , and foolproof . It also works well on cheaper cuts of meat . We ' ve noticed that we tend to braise more pork and lamb than beef , but we miss the great beef braises from our childhood . So we turned to the official Beef Checkoff Culinary Center and their chef , Dave Zino . We asked him to tell us a little more about braising beef , and also about Here ' s Dave ' s first tip on braising for us : he clears up the difference between braising and stewing . Here ' s Dave : So what is braising anyway ? Braising may sound complicated , but you probably already know it by a more familiar term - pot roasting . And while braising is similar to stewing , the two cooking methods do have some slight differences . BOTH are moist heat , slow cooking methods that tenderize the beef and develop rich beef flavor BOTH start with less - tender beef cuts as this cooking method softens the strong muscle fibers and connective tissue , guaranteeing tender , moist , flavorful results . The Difference ? Braising cooks large cuts of beef in enough liquid to partially cover the meat as shown in Classic Beef Pot Roast with Root Vegetables Stewing uses small , uniform pieces of beef pot roast or beef for stew meat that are totally immersed in liquid . This technique is used in Beef Bourguignonne . Here are my tricks of the trade : 1 . First , brown the beef in a small amount of oil in a heavy pan . Although this is optional , I highly recommend browning , as this process adds flavor to beef that is not naturally intrinsic to it . 2 . A heavy gauge stockpot will be your best friend - just be sure the cover is a tight fit . 3 . The secret to both braising and stewing is to take your time . It ' s low and slow – a low heat setting over a long period of time . 4 . Cook until the beef is fork - tender . Insert a double - pronged meat fork into the thickest part of the beef . When you can insert the fork without resistance and it releases easily , the beef is done . Be careful not to overcook , as the beef will be dry and stringy . Whether you choose to cook in the oven or on the stovetop , there ' s nothing more satisfying than the aroma of beef gently simmering in a rich broth to bring back memories of yesteryear . Beef is the ultimate comfort food . Thanks Dave ! Come back on Monday for another guest post from Dave on which cuts of beef are best for braising . Just in time for planning Christmas dinner — we love a good pot roast on Christmas afternoon ! Related : Braising Contest 2007 Entries - Lots of great braises here . Save This Story

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