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Koi Lite men’s Strength scrub tops keep you going all shift long! Made from lightweight, breathable, moisture-wicking fabric, this V-neck was designed for comfort. Rib knit panels, side slits and the performance polyester dobby stretch fabric allow ease of movement. This sporty scrub top has attractive, zippered side entry pockets in front, as well as a chest pocket to store all your medical accessories.
Koi Lite Strength Men’s Athletic Fit Scrub Tops
- 2 zip front pockets, 1 chest pocket
- Mesh insets, rib knit trim
- Side slits
- 100% polyester dobby stretch; rib 92% polyester/8% spandex
- Medium center back length: 31 1/2"
- Koi Item #661


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Agricultural Sticky Traps (Yellow & Blue)
Agricultural sticky traps are a simple yet effective way to manage pest populations in your crops. These traps utilize the instincts and behaviors of insects to lure them in and capture them on an adhesive surface. They offer a non-toxic and targeted approach to pest control, making them ideal for organic and sustainable farming practices.
Use yellow sticky traps to lure and monitor maximum pests, along with whiteflies, fungus gnats, shore flies, thrips, winged aphids, leafminers, etc.
Using blue traps is best for thrips, which is helpful in case you need to display for thrips even excluding the inadvertent seizure of parasitoids like Aphidius spp—and other at-risk bio-controls.
Make sure you operate with care.
Reduce hold-period if wanted, just be steady.
Be aware they’ll inadvertently capture parasitic wasps, midges, and beetles.
Sticky Traps attract pest bugs using a particular color spectrum. They do not require lures or baits, but they can be more advantageous with important oils which include Melissa, Lemon, or Cinnamon Oil. Trapping is the most efficient manner to reveal your crop for pest insects and may frequently imply the insect’s presence early enough that other control measures can be taken.
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Attention all of you folks that are seeking a delicious nut-free chocolate chip cookie recipe! Honestly, I don’t have a nut allergy, but I came across this awesome flour by Organic Gemini that is nut-free (funny the name doesn’t sound nut-free) but it’s called TigerNut flour. I love experimenting with new flours, especially since I like to cater to everyone’s dietary needs. I often get requests from folks that cannot consume nuts and they are pretty frustrated with the lack of recipes out there (especially since most paleo recipes call for almond flour these days). Therefore, I worked hard in the kitchen to come up with some chewy chocolate chips cookies to try and get as close as possible to the real thing.
I threw away a lot of batches trying to get this recipe to my standards. Sometimes they came out too bready or chewy and one time super crunchy! Now, I don’t prefer crunchy cookies and I actually love the chew over anything crisp. That’s what makes these Organic Nut-Free Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Using TigerNut Flour so special. I wanted the exterior to be harder with some chewy goo inside.
Even if you are not nut-free, these Organic Nut-Free Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Using TigerNut Flour are super delicious and healthy! TigerNut flour is organic, Non-GMO, raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free and kosher. TigerNuts are actually tubers which are small root vegetables. They comprised over 80% of our Paleo ancestors diet around 2 million years ago. Great source of resistant starch, and a prebiotic fiber that resists digestion and creates fuel for probiotic bacteria. In other words, creating good bacteria for your belly!! I also love how this recipe contains no refined sugar and uses coconut sugar. At first I was a little skeptical because I had to think hmmm…is a coconut a nut? After some debate over the internet, I discovered it is indeed NOT a nut. Now, if you are allergic to coconut, you can always sub out for maple sugar. You do want to be sure you use either or though because the browning in both these sugars helps attribute to that oowey gooey I was referring to.
If you want to read more about TigerNut flour or even purchase a bag, a 16 oz bag is $14.00 here. Not to mention, Organic Gemini makes the most delicious, Organic, Dairy-free Chai Horchata on the planet!
Organic Nut-Free Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Using TigerNut Flour
- -1/4 cup Organic Gemini "TigerNut Flour"
- -1 large egg
- -2 tbsp organic coconut sugar
- -1/3 cup favorite Vegan chocolate chips
- -1/4 cup organic raw honey
- -1 cup organic sun butter
- -1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
- -1/2 tsp baking soda
- -1/4 tsp himalayan salt
- 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F
- 2. Combine all ingredients in a standing mixer or a hand mixer in a large bowl
- 3. Place a baking sheet on a baking pan (I use a baking sheet over parchment paper as it does change the texture of your cookie
- 4. Divide the dough into 12 balls by rolling in your hand
- 5. Place 6 balls of dough on the baking sheet and press down on top lightly to flatten. Bake 6 at a time.
- 6. Bake for 10 minutes and then allow to cool on tray for several minutes before removing to give that softer gooey texture inside.

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The Walt Disney Company participated in a Q&A session today at Morgan Stanley’s 2022 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. Disney CFO Christine McCarthy was there to represent the company.
McCarthy was quoted saying that Genie+ and Lightning Lane improves the guest experience at the parks.
“Some people have more money than they have time and others have more time than they have money,” stated McCarthy.
She talks about how Genie is a free service that you can download on your mobile device to help plan your day at a Disney park. And then further states how you can “buy up” through the service and purchase an individual Lightning Lane which is “sort of like the old Fastpass,” she stated.
Genie+ originally received a lot of backlash from guests, due to “Fastpass” previously being a free service at Walt Disney World.
McCarthy was also recently quoted saying that reducing food portion sizes for guests would also help increase profits for the Disney Parks.

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Rep. Adriano Espaillat, House Democrats Unveil “A Better Deal” Agenda for the American People
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined House Democrats today to announce the new economic agenda for the American people – A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future.
“For too long, hard-working men and women across our nation have been left out and left behind,” said Rep. Espaillat. “The American people deserve A Better Deal that puts them first – not tired, failed Republican plans that tilt the playing field in favor of corporations and the super-rich. Democrats are proud to unveil ambitious, fresh thinking to provide solutions to create a brighter, more secure economic future for Americans. Last week, our nation marked six months since the inauguration of President Trump. Yet, even with full control of the legislative process, Republicans have not done a single thing to create good-paying jobs, raise the wages of hard-working Americans or rein in health costs. Democrats are offering A Better Deal that will provide better jobs, better wages and a better future for all hard-working Americans.”
A Better Deal centers on three core objectives: creating millions more good-paying, full time jobs and raising wages, lowering the cost of living for America’s families, and building an economy that gives every American the tools to succeed in the 21st century.
Democrats’ new economic agenda includes bold, effective ideas to support hard-working Americans, including:
• Creating good-paying, full-time jobs for 10 million more Americans in the next five years;
• Lowering the cost of prescription drugs and ending outrageous drug price gouging;
• Cracking down on monopolies and big corporate mergers that hurt consumers, workers and competition.
A Better Deal recognizes that the best way to grow the economy is to strengthen the middle class and those working to get there, not to give handouts to corporations and the super-rich. While Republicans continue to push the same old trickle-down economics, Democrats are making sure that the government is on the side of working Americans, not those at the top.
More details are available at: www.dems.gov/abetterdeal
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Media inquiries: Candace Randle Person at Candace.Person@mail.house.gov


Listen to final EP »The Speed Of Death« by UK sludge/stoner thrash band Possessor
London sludge/stoner thrashers Possessor released their final EP, »The Speed Of Death«, on January 28th, 2022 via APF Records.
»The Speed Of Death« is available now on all streaming platforms.
01. Twisted Nerve Endings
02. Medusa Lives!
04. Draw Blood
The band comments: “After eight long years Possessor is finished.
Our final release »The Speed Of Death« will be coming out 28th January 2022 and then we move onwards and upwards.
We’ve reached a creative point where we want to go elsewhere now, but we feel like our final EP is our best yet.
A huge thank you to everyone that supported us and played with us over the years!”
Written and deranged by Possessor.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sam Thredder at The Cro’s Nest, Autumn 2021.
Paura recorded at home and mastered by Dan Dolby.
Backwards vocals on »Twisted Nerve Endings« by Lisa Bywater.
Cover art by Graham Bywater.
Layout by Dominic Sohor.
Dedicated to Mark Keds and Malcolm Dome.
Graham Bywater – Guitar, Vocals
Nathan Perrier – Drums
Marc Brereton – Bass
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well


As the usage of energy increases it is imperative that businesses seek green energy sources. With this training program we will explore alternative energy sources and ways to help conserve, reduce, reuse, recycle, and minimize the impact on our planet. We will examine the history of sustainability practices and challenges that we currently face. This program will address the main characteristics of the emerging generation of technologies which will be employed to provide energy for the power grid over the next 20 years. This program covers solar energy in its various forms, such as photovoltaic, thermal and thermodynamic energy conversion, taking into account the various issues associated with the connection of these solar plants to the grid.


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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky described a fresh round of face-to-face talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators to be held in Turkey’s Istanbul as “not bad.”
“A new round of negotiations is ahead because we are looking for peace, really, without delay. As I was informed, there is an opportunity and a need for a face-to-face meeting in Turkey. This is not bad. Let’s look at the result,” he said in a video address published early Monday by the presidential office.
“Our priorities in the negotiations are known. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt,” he said.
Zelensky underlined that “effective security guarantees” for Ukraine are “mandatory.”
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
“Our goal is obvious — peace and the restoration of normal life in our native state as soon as possible,” he added.
He stressed that the sanctions against Russia, “against the aggression,” are needed as long as Russian troops remain on the territory of Ukraine.
“The week is planned to be very busy, so no one will be able to hide the Ukrainian interest somewhere in political offices,” said Zelensky.
The next meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams will be held in Istanbul as the Turkish and Russian presidents agreed on Sunday.


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“And as they [Morningstar Farms] start putting some of their promotional dollars behind it, I think you’re going to see supermarkets more nationally and regionally with stronger Meatless Monday promotions,” said Neu.
Retailers may not always have the budget to promote the-free option, so it makes sense for CPG companies and other groups to fill that niche, Neu said. Birds Eye and the Mushroom Council often plug Meatless Monday on their social media channels, and it’s conceivable those promotions may soon jump to the supermarket sphere as well, she added.
“Consumers are looking for creative ways to do this. They’re looking for products they can buy. The demand and the practice is there. So I think it really is about supermarkets meeting that customer demand. And as a result that they can create loyalty with their customers,” said Neu.

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Shildon moved back to the top of the table with a last-gasp winner at Sunderland RCA, who looked to have done enough to claim a point.
Dan Wray gave them a 17th-minute lead, heading home from a corner - and it wasn’t until midway during the second period Ben Wood delivered a clinical finish for the equaliser.
With the game into the last minute, Wood slid the ball past Jonathan Carmichael from close range.
Spennymoor Town, 4-0 winners at Gateshead Leam Rangers in the Durham Challenge Cup when Dan Taylor (2), Liam Henderson and Chris Mason struck, have slipped back to second place but have three games in hand on Shildon.
Much-fancied Celtic Nation stormed to victory over Marske United and remain third, just a point behind the leading pair. Johnny Allen, with a hat-trick, Willie Gibson and Nicky Wray scored inside 26 second-half minutes.
Top-five sides Dunston UTS and Ashington shared the points.
Andrew Johnson netted on 19 minutes before Danny Craggs deservedly levelled for UTS with an equally clinical finish.
West Auckland Town are sixth and remain the only unbeaten side. They won a scrappy game at Whitley Bay courtesy of Mattie Moffat and Dennis Knight.
At the other end of the table, Hebburn Town remain bottom. Despite taking the lead through Mark Costello, they lost for the 14th time as Newton Aycliffe replied with goals by Jamie Owens (2) and Michael Gibson.
Troubled Billingham Town are second from the basement. They fielded only eight men in the Durham Challenge Cup tie at Stockton Town and were humiliated 14-0. Team Northumbria produced the result of the day to ease their relegation concerns.
Newcastle Benfield were firm favourites but Phil Lumsden and Dan Riley fired Team into a two-goal lead and it wasn’t until added time Chris Carr replied.
Morpeth Town, who are just ahead of Team on goal difference, also enjoyed a good result when they defeated Durham City thanks to Michael Chilton, who scored both goals. Scott Fenwick equalised for the Citizens.
A spirited fightback earned Bedlington Terriers a point at Penrith, who looked to have the game won when they led through Phil Storey and Martin Coleman until four minutes from time.
Dylan Williamson threw Terriers a lifeline and a minute from the end John Mellish clinched the equaliser.
Ryton and Crawcrook Albion, who prop up the Second Division, upset the formbook by holding leaders Heaton Stannington to a draw.
Lee Johnson fired Heaton ahead, a lead they held for 80 minutes until Paul Basey levelled in the 88th minute.
Northallerton Town are second following victory over Thornaby with strikes by Christian Holliday, Darren Kokes and Colin Anderson. Craig Winter and David Wells replied for Thornaby who were in with a chance until the final whistle.
West Allotment Celtic left it late before defeating Brandon United with an 84th-minute strike by Shaun Reid.
Michael Bell gave Celtic a first-minute lead but within five minutes Alex Wilson equalised.
North Shields remain fourth despite losing at Chester-le-Street who stretched an unbeaten sequence to seven games. Their matchwinners were Andrew Grant Soulsby and Stephen Telford with Danny Smart on target for the Robins.
An only goal by Adam Johnson proved enough for fifth-placed Seaham Red Star at home to Whitehaven.
Norton and Stockton Ancients moved to sixth when Gary Mitchell, Shaun Lambert and Michael Jamieson were the matchwinners against Darlington RA.
Esh Winning, who lost to Tow Law Town for whom Robbie Hurton scored both goals, are second bottom - a point ahead of Ryton and Crawcrook Albion.
Washington are third from the basement following a creditable draw at Jarrow Roofing, where at one stage they led 3-1 thanks to David Southern, Paul Kane (pen) and Paul Wardle.
Paul Gardiner opened the scoring for Roofing, whose later marksmen were Stephen Young and Dean Nicholson (pen).


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Standard CODAR Real-Time Archive DataEntry ID: ocean6_rutgers
Abstract: CODAR is used to measure the surface currents of the coastal ocean. A
transmitter sends out a radio frequency that bounces off the ocean
surface and back to areceiver antenna. Using this information and the
principles of the Doppler shift, CODAR is able to calculate the speed
and direction of the surface current. These calculations are made at
about every half mile across the surface and extend as far as about
twenty miles offshore.
CODAR Archived Data for Standard and Long-range CODAR System is
available online for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Extended Metadata Properties
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-04-28
Last DIF Revision Date: 2017-08-24

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Andrew Liu, HBSc., BSc.Phm., RPh., Clinical Manager, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Toronto East General Hospital, ON.
Graduated from the University of Toronto Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy in 2006 with a prior specialist degree in Pharmacology. As a clinical pharmacist at Toronto East General Hospital, Andrew predominantly supported the Thrombosis and Outpatient VTE Management programs for several years prior to moving into the role of Pharmacy Operations manager. He has contributed as a facilitator in the Thrombosis Management course through the Continuous Education Program at the University of Toronto and has previously presented the TEGH medication reconciliation process at e-Health Conference 2013. Currently, in the role of clinical manager he continues to support the Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Plan at Toronto East General Hospital and Closed Loop Medication Administration. His other interests include athletics and playing with trains with his two-year old son.
Josianne Gauthier, B. Pharm, M. Sc Pharm, CRE, Clinical Pharmacist and Team leader of Medication Reconciliation Implementation, Whitehorse General Hospital, YT.
Graduated from the University of Montreal in 2006 with a baccalaureate in pharmacy and a masters in hospital pharmacy. Completed a residency at Sainte-Justine’s Mother and Child University Hospital in Montreal and worked for 3 years as a pharmacist at the Montreal Chest Institute, Immunodeficiency Service and Quebec Antiretroviral Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Program (McGill University Health Center). Josianne is a Certified Respiratory Educator (COPD and Asthma) from the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care. Being an outdoor enthusiast, she moved to the Yukon in 2010 and works at Whitehorse General Hospital (Yukon Hospital Corporation) as a Clinical Pharmacist. She is the team leader of Medication Reconciliation implementation since 2010 and President of the Yukon Pharmacists Association. Josianne stays active and enjoys hiking, canoeing on their long summer days and backcountry skiing in the mountains of Alaska in the winter.
Purpose of the Call:
Two hospitals will describe how they have each implemented MedRec processes with the support of health information technology. Toronto East, a large urban hospital will describe how they use their hospital information system, Cerner, to support admission MedRec. Whitehorse General Hospital a 55 bed hospital will describe how Iatric Systems’ software works with their hospital information system, Meditech, to support discharge MedRec.
Specifically they will describe:
How their respective technologies support MedRec processes
The perceived/demonstrated benefits and challenges with the of use of technology
Lessons learned when transitioning to eMedRec

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text: A convergent line of neuroscientific evidence suggests that meditation alters the functional and structural plasticity of distributed neural processes underlying attention and emotion. The purpose of this study was to examine the brain structural differences between a well-matched sample of long-term meditators and controls. We employed whole-brain cortical thickness analysis based on magnetic resonance imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging to quantify white matter integrity in the brains of 46 experienced meditators compared with 46 matched meditation-naïve volunteers. Meditators, compared with controls, showed significantly greater cortical thickness in the anterior regions of the brain, located in frontal and temporal areas, including the medial prefrontal cortex, superior frontal cortex, temporal pole and the middle and interior temporal cortices. Significantly thinner cortical thickness was found in the posterior regions of the brain, located in the parietal and occipital areas, including the postcentral cortex, inferior parietal cortex, middle occipital cortex and posterior cingulate cortex. Moreover, in the region adjacent to the medial prefrontal cortex, both higher fractional anisotropy values and greater cortical thickness were observed. Our findings suggest that long-term meditators have structural differences in both gray and white matter.


Connect & Deploy Hardware & Software Connectivity Put your models in the loop by directly connecting your own hardware devices and software sources, and run them together with the simulation. Connect to Arduino boards, OPC servers, gamepads, databases and more. Streamlined Modelica libraries allow you to drag and drop hardware and software connections just like any other component. The Wolfram Device Framework gives you full control over your connected devices. Deploy Simulations The optimized simulation executable compiled by SystemModeler is self-contained, including all numerical solvers, and enables royalty-free deployment on desktops and servers. The compiled executable reads parameter values and initial conditions from an XML file that you can easily generate programmatically, and simulation results are returned in a standard format that you can interpret in any application. Publish Results Run simulation models under different conditions and configurations and automatically generate customized reports based on the simulation results. Share and publish your models and simulation results to anyone. Export the report in common formats such as PDF, HTML and LaTeX. Plots and numerical simulation data can be exported in standard image and data formats such as JPG, PNG, PDF, CSV and MAT.


Simply Wagner Ladies' T-Shirt
Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was a German composer known for his mostly complex and lengthy dramatic operas. Though a controversial figure due to his nationalist beliefs and anti-Semitism, he is still considered to be one of the best composers in modern history.
This ladies-cut t-shirt will ensure that your wholesale t-shirt is perfectly fit and of good quality. It will satisfy your needs as it is available in many different colors.
• 6.0 oz., pre-shrunk 100% cotton
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It looks like the Minnesota Golden Gophers are going the route of Iowa in its secondary. Senior corner Ryan Stapp looks to be the starter for the 2023 season with very talented soph. Bryson Coleman getting possible time at safety and corner ( he did have that nice pick 6 this year as a safety ) but the new surprise is our lads has the starting nickelback as senior transfer from southeast Louisiana college in Jack Henderson. I found as much about the kid as I could and a good amount I could find is he has 4.38 40 speed , hits like a truck and closes on the ball with the best of them. The kid is a physical specimen. Looks about 205 and 6 foot 1. Kids gotta be special to transfer to a Big Ten school from a pretty obscure college and already be penciled in as a starter in the 5 package before spring ball starts. It would be nice to see all 3 on the field and see what they can do against the Ohio States and Michigan's. Hope in 2 years to see Iowas Teegan Hall and John Nestor starting at corner for Iowa as well.
Great update. Iowa is still one of the 10 whitest states at around 81 percent. Hope they can inspire many more states and schools like Minnesota. I've never seen so many white cornerbacks as the last 5 years or so. It's still only a little percentage but we are used to seeing
0 cornerbacks allowed at all levels of football. So it's step in the right direction.
On a side note, Iowa is considering outlawing Gay Marraige. I would love to see them be the first state to do so. It should have never been
allowed in the first place.

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Sonoff SNZB-02D LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor Quick Guide
Power on the device
Take out battery insulation sheet to power on the device.
If the device is the No battery version, please install the battery (CR2450) to power on the device.
Pair SONOFF Zigbee Bridge to your eWeLink account
Add the device to Zigbee Bridge
Tap “Add” on the main page of Zigbee Bridge on your eWeLink App, and long press the button on the device for 5s until the Zigbee signal icon @ flashes, now the device is entered the pairing mode and waiting to be added.
- The pairing time is 30s, when the device is added successfully, the Zigbee signal icon 1 will keep on. If the device is failed to be added, please move the device closer to the Bridge and add it again.
- This device can also use with NS Panel series products, please visit SONOFF official website( sonoff. tech) to view the products ‘User Manual.
- Place on the desktop
- Install with the base
- Attached to the metal surface with the magnetic base
- Stick to the wall with 3M adhesive of the base
Scan the Q code or visit the website to learn about the detailed user manual and help.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could avoid the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
- This device may not cause harmful interference, and
- this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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Dave Smith is an American audio engineer who arguably played as large a part as Bob Moog in the development of the modern synthesizer. SmithÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Sequential Circuits created many revered synths, including the Prophet 5 (above right), the first microprocessor-based synth. Smith also proposed the MIDI standard in 1981, which has been incorporated into nearly every synth in the last 25 years.
No Island Media, a digital media production company specializing in short-form reality programmes for and about creative professionals, plans to produce a documentary about Dave Smith and tutorials for the PolyEvolver keyboard.
Read the full article: New Documentary, Podcast, to Feature Synth Pioneer Dave Smith


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Introducing Kavugangoma, a single origin coffee from the Muyinga Province of Burundi. This exceptional coffee boasts intense and complex flavors, including strong red fruit, citrus, pepper, and root beer notes, all complemented by a lively acidity and silky body.
This fully washed Bourbon variety is grown in the hills of Jarama, Bukwanzi, and Mukunguza and is carefully hand-picked and processed using a unique double fermentation method. This process results in a bright, fruity, and floral profile that showcases the terroir of our volcanic soil, rich in nutrients and grown at an altitude of 1700-1800 meters.
Kavugangoma Coffee has a cupping score of 87.7, making it a top choice for coffee connoisseurs. We are dedicated to producing high-quality coffee that showcases the unique flavors and terroir of our region and we are thrilled to share it with you.
Experience the exceptional taste of Kavugangoma Coffee and discover why it is a must-try for coffee lovers everywhere.
Cupping Score: 87.7
Processing: Fully Washed
Washing Station: Kavugangoma
Hills of Origin: Jarama, Bukwanzi, Mukunguza
Soil: Volcanic - soil that is rich in nutrients
Region: Kavugangoma, Muyinga Province
Altitude: 1700 – 1800m


Ladies and gentleman please give him a warm welcome: André Capado. After some minimal and deep house releases on labels like Toyroom he did this wonderful fourth issue in our "DiKSO Edit" series.
This time "Might Fine" is the victim, an album-only track from Peter Jacques Band's second album "Welcome Back". When you think of their previous hyperactive uptempo tracks like "Fly With The Wind" "Might Fine" forms such a contrast with its laidback groove and soulful vocals. André lifted the tempo and cutted the vocals. He trimmed the whole track to fit both, disco and house dancefloors.
If you like this edit feel free to check André's myspace profile. And please check other productions and projects of Peter Jacques Band's mastermind Jacques Fred Petrus like "Change" or "Revanche", he really created some outstanding classics.
DiKSO Edit 04 - André Capado - Might Fine by Andre Capado
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SEVERE cuts to public sector workers is the result of the “financial mess” left by the previous State Government, according to a local member of parliament.
The recent announcement has ignited a mud slinging match between the Liberal and Labour parties, but the government remains adamant the cuts were “necessary”.
Opposition leader Daniel Andrews said Gippsland would “bear the brunt” of the government’s savage job cuts.
“Regional towns such as Gippsland will be hardest hit by these 4200 public sector job cuts; these are real people and real families that are being devastated by this government,” he said.
Mr Andrews said the region was already under significant economic and employment pressure and the cuts would exacerbate financial pressures on families.
However, State Member for Morwell Russell Northe blamed the previous government’s “financial mismanagement” for the cuts and said Mr Andrews comments were “hypocritical”.
“We have been left with a significant legacy by predecessors and we have had to make some extremely difficult decisions,” Mr Northe said.
“The fact is, things need to change in Victoria for the sake of our future economy.”
He argued the recent reports which showed dwindling support for the government were reflective of “very difficult decisions, that are not popular but in reality I believe they are necessary”.
Despite believing the recent cuts were needed, Mr Northe said he was “personally torn” with his party’s decisions.
“I see the necessity from a financial situation and a responsibility to the tax payers as well, in that government, like households and businesses should operate within their means and find efficiencies where they can,” he said.
“But unfortunately in this case there is some consequence of fallout to people, and that is difficult.”
While defending the cuts, Mr Northe assured no frontline services would be affected by focusing on reducing the “red tape” within departments.
“We will find efficiencies through unnecessary processes to ensure frontline services will not be compromised,” he said.
Mr Northe said about 1000 public-service positions had already been lost through attrition and the non-renewal of fixed-term contracts.
Despite media reports State Treasurer Kim Wells could not rule out more job cuts, Mr Northe said “we have gotten over the worst”.
“You can’t predict the future but I am hoping what you have seen through the last financial year means we have gotten over the worst,” he said.
“We have a different philosophy to the Labor Government… our aim and objective is to ensure finances are strong, so we don’t have to borrow so extensively to provide future investment into Victoria and by doing that, makes you sustainable longer term,” Mr Northe said.
The government has not released information on what regions the positions would be cut from.


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Use ‘hairpin turn’ in a sentence | ‘hairpin turn’ example sentences
1- The sim-car accelerates around hairpin turns with laser-projected trees.
2- A well-placed obstruction on a hairpin turn would delay traffic for hours.
3- The approach road, with its hairpin turns , made battering rams impractical.
4- The officer drove 70-80 miles per hour around hairpin turns and along steep cliffs.
5- And lately, the rollercoaster has taken some pretty intense dips and crazy hairpin turns .
6- Cheetah Chase Challenge the crazy curves and hairpin turns of Cheetah Chase.
7- Along the highway are pigtail bridges, hairpin turns and three tunnels which frame Mt.
8- The train is traveling a loop , hairpin turn or some other configuration through the tunnel.
9- There is a jump on the way to the hairpin turn by the finish line.
10- The break had only 52 seconds of advantage at the hairpin turn leading into Stoke Hill.
11- The creek makes a hairpin turn northwards and picks up Gap Run before exiting Beaver Township.
12- The Somali coast then takes a hairpin turn back southwest to complete the horn of Africa.
13- Boats go up one side of the sausage and down the other, making hairpin turns .
14- On the third hairpin turn don’t turn right – go straight on into a smaller road.
15- This produces a characteristic pattern of “u” shaped, or hairpin turns in the small intestine.
16- The road right before it, named Fisherman Street, is a hairpin turn to the right.
17- The route heads downhill through a hairpin turn before turning north and ending at an intersection with US 58.
18- The corridor made a hairpin turn halfway along its length, making it an example of a bent entrance.
19- Topside, I am greeted by a whisper, which grows louder as I take the hairpin turn .
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Santa Clara County elected leaders apparently violated a state transparency law when they quietly appointed a new CEO behind closed doors.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 17 to appoint County Counsel James Williams to the county’s top executive seat during a closed session meeting, drawing backlash from community leaders over the secretive process and lack of public engagement. San José Spotlight has found the board failed to immediately report publicly the vote it took behind closed doors—a critical requirement of the Brown Act, the state’s sunshine law requiring public access to government meetings.
The board did not publicly report the action to appoint Williams until two weeks later. The first public disclosure happened during Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting where his employment agreement was approved.
According to the Brown Act, any “action taken to appoint, employ, dismiss, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the employment status of a public employee in closed session” must be reported at the public meeting during which the closed session is held.
Since the board held its closed session on Oct. 17, it should have disclosed Williams’ appointment the next day during the Oct. 18 supervisors meeting.
Yet, Williams said during the public meeting that, “There are no reportable actions taken at the closed session meeting on Oct. 17,” according to a recording of the Oct. 18 meeting.
David Snyder, executive director of First Amendment Coalition, said there’s no question the action the board took needed to be publicly reported immediately.
“If the board is appointing somebody to a public position in closed session, they are required to report that out to the public in the (following) public meeting,” Snyder, a First Amendment lawyer, told San José Spotlight. “They didn’t do that, and they appear not to have been in compliance with the Brown Act.”
The county’s current CEO Jeff Smith, who announced his retirement last week, confirmed that a closed session vote to appoint a county official should be reported at the next public meeting. He declined to comment on why this didn’t happen with Williams’ appointment.
“The issue is what was the board’s intent on the 17th, did they make a final decision or did they want more information?” Smith told San José Spotlight. “Nobody was in the meeting except for the board members, so I can’t comment on whether that was their final decision.” He referred further questions to the board president, Supervisor Mike Wasserman.
Wasserman did not return requests for comment.
Williams told San José Spotlight the action taken in closed session two weeks ago was only an authorization to meet with him and negotiate his employment agreement. He said those talks didn’t wrap up until Oct. 31, and the public disclosure of his appointment was made the next day, Nov. 1.
But county documents say the board “approved the appointment” during closed session on Oct. 17—an actionable item that should’ve been disclosed under state law.
Wasserman even confirmed during Tuesday’s meeting that the board appointed Williams behind closed doors two weeks ago.
“As president of the board of supervisors, I will report that at the October 17, 2022 closed session, by unanimous vote with all members present, the board of supervisors appointed you sir, James R. Williams, to be our next county executive effective upon the vacancy of the office of the county executive by Dr. Smith,” Wasserman said at the meeting.
Williams’ appointment has ruffled feathers throughout Silicon Valley. Nonprofit and community leaders this week said they first learned of his appointment Monday—weeks after the closed session vote. A coalition of more than 30 organizations and leaders signed a letter demanding more transparency and public involvement in the process. At least one elected official, Assessor Larry Stone, objected to the secretive hiring process.
Supervisor Susan Ellenberg on Tuesday assured the public the board made “all personnel decisions regarding any of the board-appointed positions in closed session in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.” The board voted 4-1 to approve the employment agreement with Williams, making his promotion official when Smith retires in July. Supervisor Cindy Chavez was the lone no vote.
After publication, Ellenberg told San José Spotlight that she and the rest of the board misspoke.
“The language we used—I used—during the November 1 board meeting regrettably was inaccurate and I take responsibility for the angst this caused,” she said. “I’ve been meeting with labor, nonprofit and other community leaders throughout the week to address their concerns and allow for deeper conversation and learning opportunities moving forward. It is my continued hope this smooth transition in leadership will ensure our community continues to receive the supports it needs to thrive.”
According to Snyder, residents can submit a complaint, also known as a “cure and correct letter,” to the county to require the board to nullify its vote and revote. If no action is taken with 30 days of the letter, the complainant could sue the county.
“The county executive is obviously a very important position and the public should be apprised of who has been appointed to that position at the earliest possible opportunity,” Snyder said. “In fact, they’re entitled to know that as soon as the decision is made, and so if that decision were made in closed session and not reported out, that’d be pretty serious.”
Silicon Valley Minority Business Consortium CEO Walter Wilson, who spoke against the hiring process at the meeting this week, said he is appalled the county appears to have violated state law with Williams’ appointment.
“How was the No. 1 attorney in the county not aware of this?” Wilson told San José Spotlight. “They tried to do this underhanded backroom deal without having the public involved in the process of it, and they were very sloppy.”
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Having a full and complete smile is important and you should be doing everything you can to keep your smile complete and healthy. However, issues can occur, and problems can easily happen. If you’ve recently lost a tooth to decay or disease, it can be difficult to function normally. There are many things you should know about having a missing tooth and how you can replace your tooth.
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Wearing a Falguni and Shane Peacock feather dress, Katy Perry picked up the Best Video Award for ‘California Gurls’ at the MTV Europe Music Awards held today.
From afar, I didn’t mind the dress since it fits Katy’s quirky taste in fashion. But, seeing it up close, I’ve got to admit am not a fan of the bust. Blue and green platform heels completed her look.
Katy Perry at MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 in Madrid, Spain
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|Title:||The elusiveness of coffee aroma : new insights from a non-empirical approach|
|Authors :||Munro, Lindsey J.|
|Published in :||Journal of agricultural and food chemistry|
|Publisher / Ed. Institution :||American Chemical Society|
|Publisher / Ed. Institution:||Columbus|
|License (according to publishing contract) :||Licence according to publishing contract|
|Type of review:||Peer review (Publication)|
|Subjects :||Aroma; Computational modeling; Coffee|
|Subject (DDC) :||663: Beverage technology|
|Abstract:||Aroma is central to a pleasurable eating/drinking experience but is one of the most labile components of food. Coffee is an outstanding example. Attempts to avoid or control aroma degradation are often frustrated by ignorance of the microscopic mechanisms that are responsible for it. One of the processes most frequently invoked is radical formation, yet the identity of the radicals and their involvement in aroma degradation are poorly understood at the molecular level. Here a step forward in the fundamental understanding of this complex problem is taken by identifying the most relevant radicals and their products using first-principles calculations. Over 100 radicals originating from key aroma compounds found in coffee and other foods have been studied and classified according to an unambiguous criterion: their thermodynamic stability relative to common radical sources. This classification scheme predicts that most aroma molecules are resistant to both peroxidation and attack from phenolic antioxidants but are unstable with respect to radicals such as .OH. Dimers--generated from radical reactions--were also considered, and the most volatile species, which may further contribute to coffee aroma degradation, were focused on. Those--which are very few indeed--that have this potential have been identified.|
|Departement:||Life Sciences und Facility Management|
|Publication type:||Article in scientific Journal|
|Appears in Collections:||Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management|
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Reading the best books on solar energy will surely put you in a better position to make that shift to solar energy.
Solar energy is renewable energy, free, inexhaustible, and lessens pollution.
However, solar panels are not a new invention.
Yet, just in recent years, solar energy has started taking a prominent place in the electrical industry.
In this article, we present the best solar energy books that will inform you about the energy of the sun, solar panels, and installation.
This book is one of the best solar energy books intended for students in the physics and engineering departments, researchers, industrial engineers, and designers.
It contains detailed information that will help you to fully understand how the solar system works.
Besides, the book covers the science of solar technology and presents a great resource for solar enthusiasts, researchers, and students.
This read contains questions for students to assess their understanding of the topic.
If your primary interest is in learning about solar power in detail, then this book is one of the best choices.
People working in the solar energy sector will also benefit from this book.
It is not just a book, but a perfect companion, and, definitely, one of the best solar energy books.
Do you want to generate electricity from solar energy, the best renewable energy on our planet?
Photovoltaic Design and Installation for Dummies is one of the best solar energy books.
This read explains in an easy-to-understand way all the things you need to know about solar energy.
The writers of this book use simple terms and cover almost all aspects of installation for dummies and the operation of home-scale solar power systems.
The book also includes information about some specific materials for building a residential and mobile solar power system.
Readers found a lot of information and educative content that will enable you to learn about the photovoltaic revolution.
Other topics included are:
- How to check common components and systems
- Powering through electricity basics
- Warming up to the solar resource
- Things to consider and how to determine a site for your PV system
- The PV models ranging from sand to electricity
- Information about the basics of batteries
- AC and DC inverter
- A detailed guide on preventive measures
- Wiring and safety components
- Information on non-conductors, conduits, and safety components
Do you want to make a perfect plan to build and maintain your solar system?
This book is one of the best solar energy books that include very easy-to-follow directions and solar power installation for dummies.
Rich in illustrations and with over 150 photos, the book will give you an insight into a successful construction of a solar system.
After reading this book, you will be able to:
- Build racks and charge controllers
- Mount PV panels, wire solar panel arrays
- Make ventilated battery box, wire battery for solar panels
- Be able to calculate your daily electricity usage
- Plan the size of your solar electric system
- Install and maintain an inverter
- Understand how you can add solar batteries for optimum performance
One fantastic thing about this book is that it shows you the pros and cons of setting up a solar system.
You can learn more about
- The process of solar installation
- How to generate electricity from sunlight
- The cost of setting up solar panels
- Advantages of solar energy
- Types of solar calculators
This is one of the best solar energy books with a question and answers page to satisfy your curiosity about the solar installation process.
Most importantly, this handbook gives you an overview of the tools you will need for solar installation.
This book contains a step-by-step guide that will help you understand how to build solar energy by yourself, all from scratch.
You will learn about the advantages of setting up a complete solar energy system.
Besides, the read also tackles the limitations of solar panels.
In this book, you will find links to online solar calculators and many interesting tips such as where to get tools to simplify solar installation.
After reading this book, you don’t have to hire a professional for your solar installations.
Inside this book is a user-friendly manual, a step-by-step guide with pictures for illustration purposes that will save you thousands of dollars on labor-related aspects of solar installation.
It will help you choose the type of installation you will need based given available resources and reasons for installation.
You will learn the following:
- How to determine the size of the solar panels
- How to assemble rooftop rack
- Electrical connections with a detailed explanation of battery banks for off-grid systems
- Signing and installing a photo wall system that will power your home with solar energy
Joseph Burdick and Philip Schmidt, seasoned solar builders, are the authors of this solar energy book.
They will take you on a step-by-step guide to solar installation.
Moreover, they will also talk about how to determine the size, placement, and kind of installation you will need.
It is one of the best solar energy books to consider if you want a do-it-yourself installation guide.
The authors of this solar power book covered all the topics about mobile solar power energy a beginner should know.
Besides, this book contains a step-by-step installation guide that will teach you how to add a solar panel to your car, RV boat, or van.
Likewise, you will learn how to save money and time while setting up your solar power installation.
Readers learn a lot about mobile solar systems from start to finish.
Besides, the book also contains methods that allow you to calculate the cost of your new solar system with pictorial demonstrations for easy understanding, which makes it one of the best solar energy books on the market.
So many books on solar energy are complicated, but this book is user-friendly.
The best solar energy books will teach you a lot, in a quick and easy-to-understand way.
I would gladly recommend this book to everyone because of the following reasons:
- Easy-to-use guide
- Equally suitable for dummies and professionals
- Gives a complete insight into types of solar systems
- Lists the advantages and the limitations of solar power
This is one of the best solar energy books, an ideal read for you if your sole interest is learning how to make an alternative power supply around your home or garden.
Numerous ideas about power systems are shown in this book.
However, you will need to have practical knowledge of solar power to get the best out of this book.
Following the given steps in learning about setting up solar energy at home, as listed in this book, you will have an idea of 12-volt solar power systems.
This book will make you understand how to develop the strength to run your light and laptops, even your DVDs.
You will end up with some money in your pocket instead of spending it unnecessarily.
Solar energy setup gives you control over the type of energy supplies to your home.
This book will teach you:
- How solar electricity works
- The major components of the solar system
- Technical information
- The basic approach to the installation of solar systems
- Gain an insight on how you can develop solar energy that can power your home and office
Another exciting thing about this book is that you may develop an interest in solar energy, even if you do not have a passion for it right now.
The author did a fantastic job with this book and, for that reason, we have included it on our list of best solar energy books.
Steven Gregerson, the author of this book, included all the necessary information on how to design a simple off-the-grid solar system.
You will learn about the solar panels and components for your solar system setup.
You will also understand how the system works if you are looking at doing a DIY solar project.
Do you want to learn from someone who has a lot of experience living off the grid for decades?
When you are done reading and understanding the contents of this book, you will be able to solar power your home effectively, without anyone’s help.
However, do not forget that this is a book that teaches you how to set up solar energy on a low budget.
You will be able to find out in detail how you can go about making your affordable solar system either for personal or commercial use.
Are looking to power everything ranging from your devices to your home all by yourself using solar energy,?
If that is the case, you should know that this is one of the best solar energy books in the market.
Readers get the necessary information about the solar energy system from this book.
You will learn:
- About all the components you need to power up the solar system
- All the processes involved in solar energy setup
- How to choose the right solar panel for your various projects
- To build your own stable solar energy system
- How to set up off-grid and small scale solar systems
- How you can power up mobile solar systems for vans, cars, boats, and RVs
This book covers small-scale projects (solar-powered portable gadget charger) and also includes off-grid home solar systems.
If you are someone who prefers to make things by yourself, then choose his.
This will be your guide in developing your solar energy to power up everything ranging from your devices to your home.
If you’re looking at learning how to design, install, and maintain photovoltaic systems, then this book is an excellent deal for you.
This book is a world-class solar energy training handbook.
The author discloses critical information about solar power.
It covers topics which include:
- PV applications and system components
- the basics of solar electricity
- solar site analysis
- hybrid system sizing
- utility-interactive PV systems
- component specialization
- system costs
- economics, case studies on safety issues
Readers get the necessary information about the solar energy system from this book.
Read this book for a better understanding.
Typical Uses of Solar Energy
Wearable Solar Devices/ Home Appliances
Some examples of wearable solar devices and solar home appliances include:
- tablets and cellphones
- solar thermostats
- solar air conditioner freezers
- rechargeable flashlights
- music speakers
An external charger isn’t necessary or is not needed to charge solar-powered smartwatches and gadgets.
Once these gadgets and smartwatches are exposed to sunlight, they automatically save up energy for future use.
Solar Lights generate electricity for outdoor solar lighting, thereby improving home efficiency.
Besides, solar lighting systems are wireless; they store the energy of the sun during the day and use it at night.
Likewise, solar lights enhance the outdoor decoration of your home, office, school, or church in the evenings.
The availability and affordability of solar lights are some of the reasons why many people prefer solar energy at home, school, office, and in churches to regular electricity.
Rooftop Solar Energy
Rooftop Solar Energy was invented to help homeowners save thousands of dollars on electricity per annum, cutting down their utility bills and energy use.
There are a lot of books on Solar Energy that can help you set up your solar system for home/office use, set up a mobile solar system, etc.
If you are looking at improving your carbon footprint, eliminating electric bills, then this is an excellent choice for you.
Home solar panel installation is all you need to get all this done.
The rooftop solar system is considered a home owner’s best friend.
It is a kind of traffic that is powered by sunlight.
It makes use of photovoltaic energy to operate.
Cars, trains, buses, and trucks can also be built to make use of this system.
Recently, a solar-powered aircraft was produced which traveled its way around the world.
Solar buses helped China to reduce its carbon footprint.
Most cars used for racing competitions are solar-powered.
I have listed below the 10 best books on Solar Energy.
They will enable you to learn about how you can build your solar energy even if you are a newbie to the solar system.
Reviews on these books have also been included.
With the help of the books on our list, you can easily learn interesting things about the sun, its power, and the possibilities of solar energy.
You can learn complex terms such as photovoltaic design and photovoltaic cells, as well as the photoelectric effect, PV system, and many others related to the construction of solar panels, whole solar systems, and their maintenance.
We suggested the above-listed books based on comprehensive research, usefulness, and market availability.
Adapting the solar system is the most profitable way to cut down the costs of electricity bills.
Besides, solar energy is free, available in all corners of the planet, and renewable energy; can be harvested without causing any damage to our ecosystems.

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Shea Butter is an amazing, natural ingredient that has so many benefits for your skin! But, what is it? How is it made? And what are the benefits? Well get a cup of tea, relax and find out why Shea Butter is something that needs to be added to your skincare routine!
What is Shea Butter?
Shea Butter originates from West Africa. The natural butter is rich in Vitamin A, E, D and F making it fab to use on your skin! Shea Butter has been used in skincare for centuries, it is amazing for moisturising skin and is packed with lots of skin benefits!
Shea Butter is derived from the fat that is extracted from the nut of the Shea Tree, which produces fruit for up to 200 years before reaching its maturity. It is solid at warm temperatures and is usually off-white or ivory in colour.
Shea Butter is usually found in moisturisers, this natural ingredient is amazing for helping your skin feel hydrated, smooth and soft while keeping dry skin at bay. Shea’s fatty acid content including linoleic, oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids, these oils are rapidly absorbed into your skin. Shea Butter restores the barrier between your skin and the outside environment.
Amazing for oily skin
Shea Butter isn’t quite magic but we like to think it is, it has a comedogenic rating of 0 meaning it doesn’t clog up your pores! Shea Butter contains high levels of linoleic acid and oleic acid. The two acids balance each other out making it easy for Shea Butter to fully absorb into your skin. Your skin won’t feel or look oily after using and you can happily apply your make-up!
ECZEMA BUSTING? Anti-inflammatory
When Shea Butter is applied to your skin, the shea triggers cytokines and other inflammatory cells to slow their production. This can help reduce skin irritation that may be caused by the outside environment. If you suffer from eczema then Shea Butter is worth a try, due to its amazing anti-inflammatory properties.
Shea Butter is naturally rich in vitamin A and E which makes it a strong antioxidant. Antioxidants are important when treating your skin, and help to prevent ageing. They also protect skin cells from forming free radicals meaning they help premature ageing and dull-looking skin. Free radicals can damage your skin by trying to grab an extra electron from atoms in the skin. When atoms are taken away from molecules in your skin, it causes damage to your skin's DNA that can speed along skin ageing. AND no one wants to speed up the ageing process!
Helps to prevent acne
Shea Butter is rich in fatty acids, these help to clear your skin of excess oil (again, amazing for oily skin). Shea Butter doesn’t strip the skin of all its oils as it restores moisture meaning it won’t dry out! As Shea Butter naturally balances the oils in your skin, it could help prevent acne from occurring. It may also soothe the effects of acne due to its anti-inflammatory and healing properties.
Shea Butter is a wonder product with bountiful benefits. It is suitable for all skin types and can help treat many skin conditions including eczema and acne due to its anti-inflammatory and healing benefits.
At Kokoa, our range of Shea Butter-based moisturisers are 100% natural, vegan and cruelty-free!
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Professionals are anticipated to carry out as per the requirements of the skilled our bodies beneath regulation. They’re prone to face authorized legal responsibility in the event that they fail to abide by the requirements of code of conduct of their career. Underneath such conditions, they’re in want of a help that may assist them face the next loss and litigations.Skilled indemnity insurance coverage (PII)
Any skilled starting from a report author (journalism) to software program designer, chartered accountant, architect, doctor, and so on. – all face the chance of authorized legal responsibility whereas executing the career in service of a 3rd social gathering.Therefore, they need to contemplate defending themselves by taking an acceptable insurance coverage cowl that may assist them deal with the losses resulted from these authorized dangers. One such cowl, which is tailor made for professionals to allow them face these sudden dangers is career indemnity insurance coverage (PII). Each skilled, thus, can buy knowledgeable indemnity insurance coverage to make sure clean functioning of his enterprise.Issues lined beneath this coverage
As knowledgeable, in case you take this insurance coverage, you’d reap a number of advantages because it covers the next.
• Lack of vital recordsdata or information: An vital facet of enterprise is information. Whereas an organization transacts with the shopper on enterprise, the confidentiality of information is important. For this, the events would possibly signal a non-disclosure settlement with few workers. Generally, the info or file could be unintentionally handed to the third events due to transaction between the corporate and the third social gathering. Generally the info or file could also be misplaced due to technical issues. The monetary loss incurred on account of these actions is roofed by PII.• Unintended negligence: In course of enterprise transactions between an organization and its shopper, negligence can happen both due to overlooking the info or as a matter inadvertently presenting misguided information due to some sudden impulse. A hypothetical instance: One in all your workers whereas processing the info deletes these of a shopper due to some sudden sudden occasion. Observe that the scenario is distinct from one which arising due to ‘negligence’. PII affords protection for losses incurred kind such form of unintentional errors.• Dishonesty by workers: When an organization employs a person, the belief is that the person could be scrupulously trustworthy whereas working for the corporate. Nonetheless, it may not all the time be the case. In such unexpected circumstances, the corporate is prone to face legal responsibility on account of breach of contract because of lack of information, doc, or financial asset, and so on. These essential losses are lined beneath the PII.• Mental property infringement: If there may be any ‘unintentional’ infraction of copyright, emblems, broadcasting or telecasting rights, PII would assist. Observe that PII isn’t going to assist, ought to the infractions be deliberate.Benefits of taking this coverage
Professionals are suggested to purchase PII in their very own curiosity and to remain assured of clean enterprise. There are specific benefits of this insurance coverage.• PII protects knowledgeable from any authorized legal responsibility arising because of executing a transaction. It additionally compensates the coverage holder by offering the price of litigation on this regard.
• Subsequent, this coverage covers the bills concerned find a technique to rule out such authorized liabilities in future. Such measure would make it straightforward for the events to settle the problems with out making recourse to a court docket of regulation.
• Some firms put PII as a conditionality to permit a celebration to work with them. It’s after all, to guard the curiosity of the corporate. Therefore, it’s advantageous so that you can purchase this insurance coverage.
• This insurance coverage additionally protects you towards liabilities because of unintended occurring which can end in improper doing.
• In case you face a authorized legal responsibility, and also you suppose that you’ve got been maliciously focused for a fault of none of yours, this insurance coverage is beneficial. Such litigation entails large prices and time lags. The insurance coverage coverage covers the bills concerned on this litigation. This insurance coverage is particularly helpful for small and mid-sized companies as such companies have neither the experience nor assets to afford the litigation.
As knowledgeable, you face liabilities for various causes. It could be based mostly on one or the opposite cause. Even in case you are an professional in your avocation, nonetheless purchase it. Who is aware of, you would possibly face one on account of a standard on a regular basis impulse.

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Sarah’s Moolelo (Story): I am Alive!
The need to connect with her friends and families throughout the country Sarah,
put out one question to all the women in her life… "How are you feeling today?”
With answers pouring in from around the country, the responses were
overwhelmingly emotional, moving, motivating, and heart-wrenching. Sarah wears
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Stir things up with this unconventional pearl bracelet. Grey and white ringed freshwater potato pearls are strung in a graduated fashion, ranging in size from 7-10 mm, and crafted in sterling silver. Piece measures 7 1/2 inches in length and features a lobster clasp.
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T.I.T.A.N. is a free RPG by Pansoft for your Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices. Offering a variety of different weapons, boss battles and occasional need to change your strategy, it’s a fun game to kill some time.
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It is tempting to ascribe victory in WWII solely to the bravery of our soldiers and the brilliance of generals such as Patton, but it in no way belittles them to say that their biggest asset was America's ability to outproduce the rest of the world. For example, Americans built a staggering 296,000 airplanes during that war and thousands of ships.
Fast forward to the present day: anyone paying attention knows that is almost impossible to find consumer products made in the U.S. anymore—from electronics, to cookware, to tools, screws, and even lightbulbs—almost everything is imported. Imagine a conflict with China—would we revert to candles for light and wooden pegs for screws? Several decades ago, an experienced tool and die maker told me that so much tool and die work has gone to China that in a war we would not have the skilled personnel to gear up for war production.
Now we have this:
“Washington legislators have re-awakened to concerns over the Defense Department's inability to plan for and deal with what is now the final stage in the shift of American microelectronics production offshore. Congress wants the Pentagon to figure out how it is going to deal with issues associated with purchasing "trusted" electronics for military weapons and national security surveillance systems from foreign and foreign-owned producers.” [DOD, NSA Enter A New World Order: U.S. Is Now Dependent On Foreign Companies For Its Most Sensitive Electronics, By by Paola Masman, Coalition For A Prosperous America, June 2, 2016Bad as it is to have lost the ability to produce what our military needs—like “trusted electronics”, we are also losing the ability to trust servicemen. Robert Johnson in Business Insider reports that there has been a 40% increase in gang members in the U.S. since 2009 and that our military is now infested with members of 53 different gangs. [The FBI Announces Gangs Have Infiltrated Every Branch Of The Military - Business Insider, October 22, 2011]
But it may be about to get worse. FAIR reports its opposition to:
“...efforts on Capitol Hill to attach Sen. Mark Kirk's (R-IL) military amnesty amendment —which is based on Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-CA) “ENLIST Act” (H.R. 1989) to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).” Allowing Illegal Aliens to Enlist in the Military is Poor Public Policy, Issue Brief, June, 2016This act would:
“allow illegal aliens to enlist in the military in exchange for a green card and an expedited path to citizenship.”Clearly recruiting illegal aliens into our military increases the chance of not only recruiting dangerous criminals, but also people with no loyalty to our country, and even those with a desire to harm us.
The destruction of our military is not an isolated event—it is a part of the descent of the entire country into the Third World. From the world's leading manufacturing nation we are devolving into a banana republic dependent on other countries for our manufactured goods—and with it we lose the ability to lead the world in technology. And the people who created the freest, most prosperous, and most powerful nation which ever existed are being diluted with immigrants from failed Third World countries.
Of course a Third World nation will have a Third World military.
Hopefully Trump will keep his promise to not only “make American great again” but also do the same for our military. We need to not only bring jobs back, but regain the ability to manufacture what we need to live—and fight. We need to lead the world in technology—and we need to do it with Americans—not imported workers who steal secrets for money and to strengthen their home countries. And we need patriots with fighting spirit leading our military—not politically correct politicians masquerading as military men who think “diversity” and “social justice” are more important than ability to win.

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Mass. House OK's $125M more in local, school aid - 0 Comments
BOSTON — Massachusetts cities and towns could be getting an additional $125 million in local assistance under a plan approved by House lawmakers.
The proposal would send another $25 million to communities in unrestricted aid and an extra $100 million in school assistance.
House lawmakers approved the measure Wednesday after rejecting a Republican proposal which would have set higher local aid numbers.
Local aid and school aid are two of the biggest line items for cities and towns in the annual state budget.


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This interview has been edited for clarity and length, and translated for our readers in Brazil. Leia este artigo em português.
Amina: Hi João. I was looking at the prints made of the unfolded plastic animal skins and I think we share an interest in what exists beyond the surface of our everyday. As you put it so well, I see your interest in “a force capable of rupturing the surface of that to which we’ve become used.”Is there anything you hope to find in the unfolding of a body? In the rupturing of the surface? Is there anything that you haven’t found yet? What keeps you going in this exploration?
João: Amina, hi! I will try to answer as best as I can, because these questions don’t have easy or immediate answers. I still haven’t found out anything, and I don’t think I’ve ever done it for an answer or for what I expect to find. I keep exploring because of the moving force that even the most banal question can have. In that sense, this is where the surface is ruptured. One question moves another and keeps going.
What I want to say (maybe we can agree on that) is that, sometimes, answers can come too easily, and as an artist, I think this can be a dangerous field… Answers can appease a small volcano and I don’t want to be appeased… My attempt is then to exercise my gaze and find my own perspective about what appears before me. Maybe my works are precisely the impossibility of giving an answer.
Looking at your works, I saw the strong relation that they have with the three-dimensional, but not just that. In my case, I come from engraving and understand engraving as possessing a certain three-dimensionality because in the print nothing is flat. I went from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional (taking the engraving to the body and thinking it as a graphic space, capable of imprinting its marks, folds, creases) and then doing the reverse path (appropriating three-dimensional plastic animals and transforming them in matrices and printing them). How do you see this transit in your work? I started musing about your creative process because you work with both the two- and three-dimensional, the digital and the physical, and with your own body, in some way, as in “Soft Interiors”. Could you tell me more about these relations?
Amina: Before I answer the questions you’ve posed I want to respond with a deep appreciation for your fondness of questions and the art of asking. I think a lot about the divine nature of mystery and of not-knowing. It is my fascination with the mysterious components of this world and beyond that keep me making. Beyond asking for the sake of answers, I do think there are discoveries that exist beyond answers but still matter. Many of these small discoveries have come through what you’re describing (so beautifully!) as the transit between dimensions and spaces. The transit between the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional, the digital and the physical, my body and the object.
I am intrigued by liminality, which I hold as the in-between space of mystery, of not-knowing, where possibilities of what is and what can be open up. My interest in the liminal is informed in many ways by my relationship to my own sexuality, race, gender, ethnicity, and an understanding of identity as an unfixed thing, in essence my interest in liminality comes from my embodied experience. And in moving from that space I find myself pursuing the space of the in-between across mediums. In the socio-political realm of our world, I am curious about how liminality, bridge-building, not-knowing, question-asking, and the dissolution of borders between “here” and “there” can function as real and imaginative modes of pursuing our world’s problems.
I’ll return to the words you shared in discussing printing,“nothing is flat”. I think that the absence of flatness can be applied to other aspects of our world. For example, in spite of the television screen’s desire to disappear its body and realize itself as an unhoused floating image, a flat screen tv is far from flat. And in spite of how reduced sociopolitical concepts become when filtered through news media, no problem is a flat problem.
I want to ask you something about flatness or surface, architectural structure and the body. How do you see these things functioning within your work?
João: It’s funny that just yesterday I was watching a show and at a certain moment in the story, one of the characters said something like: “Can I ask if I’m asking the right question?” This same question I constantly ask myself, because it opens up room for everything that we don’t know and that we neglect when we ask a certain question. In the past years, I have tried to incorporate ever more the not-knowing in my work, because we see ourselves surrounded by information, obliged to know everything all the time, especially in certain art spaces. I don’t like the idea of ‘research’ [‘pesquisa’] because it brings things near to a field that is very pragmatic and that scares and distances me, so I prefer to think about ‘seeking’ [‘busca’] because, even if only in my semantic reading of the word, it allows me a path of utterances and incongruities that interests me much more. I like to think as I make, with my hands, because at a certain level, I like having no idea what I am making and I have sought the not-knowing as a legitimate method. Something like not knowing, but needing to do it, a knowing that is more based on intuition than on a kind of scientific pragmatism. This does not mean being alienated from my own work, on the contrary, it means putting myself in a state of openness such that allows me to be traversed by the “possibilities of what is and what can be,” as you wrote. We need to have some confidence in the process, and I go on this way because I cannot do it any other way.
In that sense, responding more directly to your last question, I have to agree with you because everything comes from my corporeal experience, from a desire-impetus-attempt to rupture this cellophane membrane that muddles the unknown. I will answer with a work that is titled “como poderia eu de outro modo aproximar-me dele?” [“how could I otherwise approach him?”] (you can see the question there again) which relates to this flatness or surface, an architectural structure and the body. This work was developed from the relationship with a house designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi, called Coati. From the reliefs that raise from the natural surface, I tried to find in my body, wrinkled, frowned, the depressions that remake this architecture — a sort of counter-form of the man, made by him, for him and in his scale — that envelopes his body, discloses his pleats and points out his shadows.
Finally, I would like to ask you to reply with one of your works. I am thinking specifically about a frame in this video: it says, ‘I don’t want to manifest my fears.’ What are your fears and how do they interfere in your work? My fears are many and they cannot be planified or flattened… in Brazil, in the current political conjuncture, being gay…
Amina: Thank you for your vulnerability in beginning to share your fears with me. These are scary times, the sort of violence directed at queer people, black people, poor people, immigrants … is undeniable, hypervisible, and deeply felt. At the time of that work you mentioned, “if today never gives up in me” [‘se o hoje nunca desistir de mim’], I was experiencing high levels of anxiety, I was at the edge of myself and in the process of great change within my interpersonal life, my relationships, and understanding of myself. On a structural and cultural level, there had been a string of police shootings of unarmed black people within the U.S. that stirred up fear, anger, sadness, and the necessity for change in me and in those around me. I felt a sort of upswell of pain and energy towards a destruction of what I have been calling “the old ways”, (colonial-white-supremacist-cis-hetero…) systems of control, management, power and oppression. While I understand these ways are not old yet, naming them old has been a sort of practice of imagining a world without these gross systems of harm and violence. Imagining has been a space of moving through my fear.
When I am unable to move through my fear, when it remains stagnant or isn’t allowed to be expressed, I’ve felt my fears materialize as illness in my body, in my stomach or through upper respiratory infections, painful coughs and colds. I found myself being very sick very often, pushed over the edge of myself by fear.
This happens now too, less often, I’ve been collecting skills and tools and forms of medicine, conventional and experimental, to help me move through it. I have also found my work to be a way to move through my fear, to process my fear, to internally transform (or transmute) this energy through a process of analysis (often in the form of meditation) and love and to then externalize something that is hopefully creative and imaginative. In that way my pain, fear, or anxiety becomes a portal into what I value most. I think so far, it has only been when my fear paralyzes me, that it impedes my work, but when I am able to hold my fear, to look at it and care for it with the tools I’ve collected, my fear becomes my magic.
I was reading this book called The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk. There’s a part of the introduction where the author talks about the ways that trauma has the ability to impact our capacity to imagine. I think about that a lot, and the importance of practicing imagining and dreaming. My work in 3D animation, specifically through simulating water in virtual space, has provided me with exercise in imagining, in being able to determine the physical conditions of a space through a program, to set a simulation of water into a set of constructed physical conditions and see what happens. This process has allowed me both a sense of control and releasing control, which I think is also connected to the process of imagining or speculating, there is a balance between openness and focused intention.
I am curious about what you do with your fear? What you imagine for your future? For the future of the people you love? And if and how these things may intersect with your work.
João: Thank you for sharing your fears and anguishes. Thank you for being an artist and continuing to hold up against giving in to what haunts you. We are not alone in our fears because that which lays its shadow on us is that same that darkens in the other person. I believe these shadows are important because they help us in this process of vision, and through them we can reconfigure and rebuild our perception. In the past year, I began to develop a process of drawing in the dark and thinking up the forms that come from there…
It is not my intention to delineate a silhouette, but to think of these shadows as indexes, as autonomous, as forms that claim something that is only perceptible in this interplay between opacity and transparency. This first process resulted in a series of metal engravings called ‘aquela paisagem distant que você atravessou’ [‘that distant landscape you crossed’], and it puts in focus this unrecognised body, in an attempt to invent(ory) a territory’s plain which its shadow imprints when it comes between light and paper. A printed map of shadows and clearings, found along some path. Lately, I have been working with industrial rubber and the process, now three-dimensional, consists in cutting, in this rubber and in other kinds of plastics I have been researching, the shapes that appear in the drawings … The idea is for all of this to become a big installation. I have also been thinking about the materials I am using with this relationship in mind, such as charcoal and graphite, which are opaque, impermeable, non-diaphanous; and then tracing paper, transparent, translucent. I have reached the conclusion that it is through giving form that I understand, so I think that giving form to my shadows is a way of dealing with my fears…
Anyway, we will soon be able to talk in person about all of these issues, because you’re coming to Brazil for “Perto de Lá / Close to There” Do you already know what you intend to work on during the residency? What are your expectations? I want to know everything.
Amina: I want to know everything too! I am also intentionally leaving much of my work to be determined while I am there. I too am excited to meet in person. In this moment I have a few hauntings and curiosities. I’m planning on researching, gathering footage of water, and visiting churches, among other things. Although I don’t know exactly what I will be exploring, there are a few subjects that interest me. I’m interested in dreams, meditation, and ancestor reverence. I am investigating the relationship between sacredness and the moving image, and the physical and metaphysical architecture of sacred space. I’m also interested in the orisha Yemanja, within a philosophical context, and in exploring my own family connection to collectivity, worship, and the practice of Yoruba-diasporic spirituality.
I’ll see you soon!
Featured Image: Still from “Etheric Bridge (Winter’s Grief),” by Amina Ross. Image courtesy of the artist.
Marina Resende Santos is a guest editor for a series of conversations between participants of “Close to There <> Perto de Lá”, an artist exchange program between Salvador, Brazil and Chicago organized by Comfort Station (Chicago), Projeto Ativa (Salvador) and Harmonipan (Mexico City) between 2019 and 2020. Marina has a degree in comparative literature from the University of Chicago and works with art and cultural programming in different organizations in the city. Her interviews with artists and organizers have been published on THE SEEN, South Side Weekly, Newcity Brazil, and Lumpen magazine.


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Spring is a delightful, regenerative season, full of the promise of good things to come. These harbingers of spring offer fresh inspiration after a long dark winter, while we wait for the old faithful’s of summer to be ready for harvest.
To make the most out of spring harvest, keep these pantry staples on hand: honey, sunflower seed oil, cider vinegar, tomato flavor, apple butter, almond butter, ginger syrup, pasta sauce, and salsa.
Hadley, MA was once known as the ‘asparagus capital of the world’. Asparagus thrived in the deep bed of fertile, sandy loam—where it was reputed the finest quality spears were grown. All townsfolk, young and old, were drafted to pick, wash, bunch, and crate asparagus during the harvest season in May and June. Although the region does not farm asparagus as extensively as it once did, asparagus is still called ‘Hadley Grass’ by those in the know, and it is where we source most of our asparagus in season.
How to eat: sauté, grill, boil, bake, roast, or raw—delicious served with eggs
Prep: give a quick rinse and trim stalk
Storage: stand in water in fridge
Dressing: butter, creamy sauces
Entrees: light delicate seafood, chicken, poached eggs
Herbs: garlic, chives, lemon balm, mint
Wine: light whites like blancs, reislings, or a fruity pinot noir if you are partial to red
Spinach is a well-travelled vegetable! It originated in Persia, from there it travelled to India, then China, then the Mediterranean and via Spain to England and France. Interesting fact: during World War I, wine fortified with spinach juice was given to French soldiers weakened by hemorrhage.
How to eat: sauté, boil, steam, or raw—one of the most versatile veggies in your kitchen
Prep: wash spinach well, it grows low to the ground and can sometimes be sandy
Storage: wrap in paper towel or organic cotton in fridge veggie drawer, if stored in plastic bag, keep a square of cotton or paper towel in bag to absorb moisture and keep leaves from getting wet and slimy
Dressing: creamy sauces, citrus, or warm savory dressings such as honey mustard
Entrees: excellent with pasta, chicken, or eggs
Herbs: chives, dill, thyme, lovage, nutmeg
Wine: light whites like chardonnays or blancs, champagne, for red a pinot grigio unless spinach is included in a heavier dish, like lasagna, in which case serve with merlot
Radishes are most often eaten crunchy and raw in salads, but their uses extend far beyond that. They are one of the fastest growing veggies, the smaller varieties being ready to harvest within a month which makes them a popular start to the season in spring. Radishes are also often grown as a cover crop or companion plant as they are very pest resistant, they can also be sprouted and some radishes—daikon in particular which take much longer to grow—are grown for their seed which can be pressed into oil.
How to eat: sauté, roast, grill--enjoy sliced onto crusty, buttered bread and sprinkled with salt, greens can also be sautéed
Prep: roots don’t need to be peeled, wash both roots and greens well
Storage: separate greens from roots, greens should be wrapped in cotton or paper towel, roots should be stored in a sealed glass container or bag
Dressing: butter, buttermilk, lemon, mustard, cream cheese
Entrees: pairs well with rich foods like salmon, avocado, or grilled meat
Herbs: chives, dill, thyme, lovage, mint, parsley
Wine: pinot gris, you want a medium bodied wine with notes of apple or pear
Pea shoots (or pea greens as they are sometimes called) are the green leaves of the traditional garden pea plant. They can be harvested in just 2-4 weeks, depending on the weather, and are tender and literally bursting with pea flavor. Pea shoots are nutrient dense, contain more vitamin C than blueberries, and more vitamin A than tomatoes.
How to eat: saute, boil, steam, wilt, or raw—yummy on wraps or sandwiches, also makes a good pesto
Prep: give a quick rinse
Storage: store in sealed glass container or bag in fridge, keep a piece of paper towel alongside to absorb moisture and keep leaves dry
Dressing: lemon, sesame seed, vinaigrettes, peanuts
Entrees: pork, scallops, shrimp, chicken, avocado
Herbs: mint, thyme, curry, nutmeg, chives, parsley, fennel
Wine: light dry wines, sauvignon blancs offer a refreshing balance
Rhubarb is a wonderful plant to have in your garden, it is tough and hardy, and it is a biodynamic accumulator, putting more nutrient into the soil than it removes. Only the stalks and flowers are edible. The stalks are most regularly eaten and they have a similar texture to celery stalks and have a strong, tart taste. Rhubarb roots also produce a rich, brown dye.
How to eat: chop it raw for salads and salsas, can also be pickled, or fermented into wine, but most commonly cooked down with sugar for desserts, jams, chutneys, and syrups (rhubarb syrups make an excellent addition to cocktails)
Prep: give a quick rinse and chop
Storage: store in a bag in your fridge, also dehydrates and freezes well
Dressing: sweet dressings with honey and maple syrup complement its tart flavor, also plain yogurt
Entrees: pork, chicken, beef, goose, duck
Herbs: floral herbs like rose (rose petal) or lavender, for a spice pairing try cardamom
Wine: bordeaux or muscat, if cooked into pies or syrups, serve champagne or a riesling
Spring Dug Parsnips
Spring Dug Parsnips
Spring dug parsnips are proof of magic. Planted the previous spring, they grow all year long until the snow comes, at which point they hunker down and get busy converting all their root starches to sugar. The flavor also matures and is deeper and less acidic. Parsnips are one of the few vegetables that can over-winter in the frozen ground to be dug up in the spring.
How to eat: roast, bake, boil, mash – delicious in soups
Prep: give a quick rinse and peel
Storage: store in a perforated bag in your fridge (or leave the bag open) – although parsnips overwinter in the frozen ground well, they don’t freeze well without a blanching first
Dressing: sherry, buttermilk, honey mustard, roasted garlic with olive oil, or a light vinaigrette if served raw in ribbons
Entrees: potatoes, white fish like pollock or tilapia, beef, venison, pork, lamb
Herbs: thyme, coriander, fennel seeds, sage
Wine: full bodies wines like a nice chardonnay, pinot noir, or (my favorite pairing for this veggie) sherry
Fiddleheads are the young fronds of the Ostrich Fern. They are harvested early in the season before they uncurl. Our fiddleheads are harvested sustainably in Western Mass along the banks of the Connecticut River. Each plant produces seven fronds early in the season, it is recommended only three are picked. They are a delicious, silly, fun spring delicacy, and are also good pickled.
How to eat: must be cooked to remove tannins, do not eat raw—boil, steam, or grill
Prep: as they are just emerging from the soil, wash well and give a second rinse in clean water
Storage: store in a perforated bag in your fridge (or leave the bag open)
Dressing: sesame vinaigrette, roasted garlic oil, lemon, lime
Entrees: mushrooms, pasta, trout, eggs
Herbs: chives, mint, fennel
Wine: zesty white wines pair best, pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, berdejo