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I stumbled upon this recipe and figured I could try and get away with it. Well not only did I love it, Matt did too! The original recipe did not call for Chicken, but since I wanted to add a protein to the meal I added chicken. My changes are in red.
Cajun Pasta Fresca
- 1 - 1 1/2 lbs fresh chicken broiled or blackened
- 1 pound vermicelli pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil - I used approx. 1/4 cup since we added chicken and needed the extra moisture.
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic - We love garlic, I used 3 cloves (which is much more than 1 tsp)
- 13 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped - I used one LARGE can of petite diced tomatoes.
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley - I used dried.
- 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- While the pasta water is boiling, in a large skillet over medium heat, briefly saute garlic in oil. Stir in tomatoes and their juice and sprinkle with salt. When tomatoes are bubbly, mash slightly with a fork. Stir in parsley, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes more.
- Toss hot pasta with tomato sauce, Cajun seasoning, mozzarella and Parmesan.
- My Adustments: We broiled the chicken - but I suggest trying this recipe with blackened chicken. I would have done it that way, but our gas is out on our grill. Matt did a great job of cutting up the chicken so that it was evenly mixed in with the pasta. Add in the chicken during step 2 (fully cooked); let it simmer with the sauce.
I'm sorry I don't have any pictures of this yummy pasta, but I definitely recommend it!

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A PV power plant with nearly 300,000 solar panels in an agricultural park Ortaffa in the French Pyrenees is the biggest solar project juwi group has ever built in the nation. Covering 87 hectares, the power plant can generate clean energy for 10,000 households. Through special measures, the park revives the local tradition of sheep farming and beekeeping on-site and enables the agricultural heritage of wine-growing to rise again.
“We are really proud of this project,” says Delphine Guinet, project manager at juwi EnR, the French subsidiary of the German project developer juwi. “It was a grand challenge in ecological as well as in economic and political terms – it took us six years to fulfill the high demands of all parties involved.” The result, however, is a one of a kind solar and agricultural park: Annually, the PV power plant generates 35.5million kWh of eco-friendly electricity while at the same time the park enhances the local wine- and agricultural heritage.
To reduce potential environmental impact and to preserve the surrounding nature a best as possible, the solar park is subdivided into ten sections. This makes the park blend perfectly into the surrounding landscape. In addition, juwi helped support local agricultural activities such as crops sowing, shepherding, honey-bearing plants sowing and wine making.
“Our solar park allows us to increase the value of an agricultural zone, which had almost been given up. We revived the tradition of wine-growing, beekeeping and farming in the region. As a result of the open dialogue between all parties involved, the park matches the needs of our region and thus stimulates the local economy,” says Raymond Pla, Mayor of Ortaffa.
During all phases of the development, Ortaffa solar park has had a positive effect on the local job market. A total of 56 companies were involved in the construction works, 40% of them located in the region. The financial benefits generated by Ortaffa solar and agricultural park will remain in the community and continue to increase the local value chain for more than 20 years and even after the end of the feed-in tariffs.
The efficiency of the project also convinced the French government. Ortaffa solar and agricultural park won the Regulatory Commission of Energy’s (CRE) first ever invitation to tender for a PV project.
(Photo Credit: juwi)

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Upon investigation there are companies that engage in the use of “window dressing.” For example, one popular brand brags that they use the superfood moringa. This of course lures people in. But keep in mind that for added antioxidant benefit, you would need to ingest 7.5 g (7,500 mg) within the context of a meal or beverage. The entire 30 ml bottle of said brand contains 33.3 mg; so at the recommended dose of 1 ml daily, the daily dose of moringa would only be 1.11 mg.
Unfortunately, there is no standardized answer to this question. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for creating any Recommended Daily Intake (RDI), defined as the daily levels of a nutrient sufficient enough to meet the requirements of 97-98 percent of healthy individuals in the U.S. However, they have not created an RDI for suggested daily servings.
Manufacturers are free to sell what they consider as the best form of hemp oil CBD extract. This being the case, there are a lot of companies taking advantage of the CBD oil demand thus are making products that don’t contain enough or any CBD at all. All they care about is making profits by sourcing the cheapest CBD oils they can find on the market.
While CBD is capable of aiding in so many conditions, there are limits to its abilities. It is therefore vital that you know what CBD is and what it can do before you go shopping for some yourself. Many of the less trustworthy vendors of CBD oil will claim that it can do just about anything! If you’ve done your research, though, you will know that this is not exactly true, and you can save yourself a whole lot of time and money.
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In the United States, over three million people suffer from epilepsy – 470,000 of those people are children. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes seizures – of which there are over thirty different kinds, ranging from mild and infrequent to life-threatening. Not surprisingly, people with epilepsy face significant challenges – from the cost of healthcare to work limitations and social isolation.
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Any cbd hemp oil in any form would work for you. The sublingual oils do kick in a little faster than capsules, but the capsules are slightly more convenient with the one and done idea. Take 1 or 2 in the morning and go all day long! I personally would recommend a higher mg dose for your needs. I would be happy to walk you through the products we offer and answer any questions you may have!
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That’s why, when it comes to purchasing CBD products, you need to know what to look out for before you start browsing. Do you know which companies have a reputation for producing low-quality versus high-quality CBD products? Do you know which lab results you should ask to see? Or which manufacturing certifications point to quality practices being adhered to?
The amount of milligrams of CBD you should take depends on your specific reason for taking CBD. If you are using CBD to treat chronic pain, you might take a much higher dose than someone who would be using CBD for general wellness reasons. Google search for your specific condition or reason for taking CBD to find the dose that is appropriate for you. You can take CBD in high qualities, so feel free to test out different dosages and see how your body reacts. A standard dose of CBD is 10 mg once a day, but this varies so widely because each individual is different so this can’t be taken as a recommendation for you.
CBD capsules are all about convenience. They’re portable, discreet, easy to take, of a higher concentration, and have no taste whatsoever. Because of this, you’ll usually end up paying a little more per serving than some other CBD product types. If price is a concern, consider trying CBD concentrates. They’re the most pure form of CBD oil and are also the most cost-effective.
Cannabidiol Oil, or CBD as it’s more commonly known, has recently moved to the forefront in the medical cannabis diaspora. It’s a rising star, boasting wide-ranging health benefits.Cannabidiol CBD is one of at least 85 known cannabinoids. These are compounds found in the cannabis plant. Unlike its infamous cousin THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), however, CBD has no psychoactive properties whatsoever.
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A high quality brand of CBD will always provide third-party lab results to their consumers. Some laboratories finds favorable results, while some products fail these tests. These independent labs exist to ensure that CBD oil is everything it claims to be, with a high level of CBD, low THC, and lacking in impurities that can be harmful to consumers.
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Our mission of being “Your Trusted Source” includes bringing you the highest quality available when you buy CBD hemp oil supplements. The quality of our products starts with the hemp used to make them. We tested over 3000 cultivars of hemp before settling on the one that would thrive on the Northern European farms on which we grow our crops and produce the optimal ratio of CBD for use in our hemp oil supplements.
Hola, I just had back surgery for severe spinal stenosis & have 50 staples on my back at the moment. I’ve experienced mega back pain for years. Right now I’m on oxy’s, norco, valium all for pain, I’m also takn baclofen & meloxicam for spasms. I’m in a lot of pain. My question however is how many milligrams of CBC shud I take for the pain I’m going thru?? I’m so tired of takn pills n sleeping my days n nights away. Can someone plz respond ASAP. I’m new to this & wud like to try something else besides these drug dealer doctors meds. Thankyou in advance & God bless 🙏🏼❤
Each capsule typically contains a fairly large amount of CBD. This makes it harder for new users to find that “sweet spot” of how much CBD their body needs. For example, if you’re using Tasty Hemp Oil CBD Gel Caps, in order to take more, you have to go from 15 milligrams (one capsule) to 30 milligrams (two capsules). Serving size is difficult to control, and that’s why CBD capsules are usually only recommended for more advanced users who know how much CBD to use.
CO2 extraction is one of the most common ways CBD is extracted from the hemp or cannabis plants. This method uses expensive equipment that adjusts temperature and pressure to extract the cannabinoids from the plant material, without damaging them. The other common method is to use solvents like ethanol or butane to extract the plant material. These solvents have to be burned off the final product which may damage the cannabinoids or terpenes in the process. There is also a risk that these solvents may not have burned off completely and could end up in your end product.
When it comes to CBD oil, cheaper is most certainly not always better because the production of quality CBD oil just isn’t cheap. CO2 extraction utilizes complex equipment and a high level of expertise as opposed to the cheaper and easier chemical extraction processes that can leave residue from toxic solvents like butane, propane, and ethanol in the CBD oil. While the CO2 extraction will generally lead to a higher price tag, it does insure quality, purity, and potency – especially when used to extract CBD oil from hemp that has been organically grown in the United States.

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By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Maybe it’s true, as Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, that “in spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” I wouldn’t know. But I know that in spring this mature woman’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of monarch butterflies.
It might be too early for monarchs to arrive from the south. But it’s not too early to look for the milkweed plants they love. Monarch butterflies aren’t fussy about what they eat, but they lay eggs only on milkweed and the caterpillars eat nothing but milkweed.
Milkweed and I have a history.
My back yard is approximately an acre of meadow, surrounded by woods. It’s dotted with a few tall pines, with boggy spots and dry spots, sunny spots and shady spots, many wildflowers but no milkweed.
Each year for five or six years, my friend with a healthy milkweed patch gave me milkweed pods from her yard. I opened the pods and spread hundreds of seeds over the field as Mother Nature would, letting them drift on a sweet breeze to settle where they wished.
Each spring when I looked, not a single plant.
Then in 2019, suddenly half a dozen plants appeared – not in the field out back, but in the middle of my front lawn. Dilemma: Lawn or monarchs? I marked off my “milkweed garden” so the lawnmower guy wouldn’t cut the baby plants, and waited for butterflies to appear.
They did. That year we saw an explosion of monarch butterflies. I found eggs, then teeny caterpillars, on my milkweed plants! I was so excited! But they soon became a challenge.
I didn’t have enough milkweed for all those caterpillars. They ate the leaves, then they ate the developing seedpods, then they ate the green off the stems. I emigrated caterpillars, collecting them in a bucket and driving them to my friend’s milkweed patch.
My sister had given me a butterfly cage. I captured a couple of my visitors and discovered that caterpillars do only two things: they eat and (can I say this in a family newspaper?) they poop. Feeding and cleaning up after foster babies became a part-time job, especially when I inadvertently brought teeny caterpillars in on the milkweed-leaf baby food and ended with half a dozen growing babies. Friends offered me leaves from their patches.
I was excited to think I could watch my guests build their chrysalises and break out as butterflies.
Apparently, butterflies do not like to be watched.
When they’re ready to spin, they hang in the shape of a J. My guests hung from the leaves of nearby plants, from shingles on my house, from the wrought-iron railing of my front steps, and the walls of their cage. I couldn’t watch for 24 hours a day, and, as often as I looked, I never saw the spinning. They waited until I wasn’t looking. I saw only finished pale green chrysalises.
You can tell when the butterfly is about to emerge. The skin of the chrysalis gets thin and you can see the black and orange of the wings. So you sit down to watch. Nothing happens. You watch some more. Nothing. You keep watching. More nothing. You think, “I have time to make a cup of tea.” When you return with your tea, a butterfly is hanging from the bottom of the chrysalis, drying its wings. I never saw an emergence.
Still, I had the satisfaction of knowing I had made a contribution, as my guests fluttered off in the general direction of Mexico.
In the years since then, my milkweed patch has grown, but I’ve had very few caterpillars. Maybe this year. My milkweed and I will be ready. I’ll be watching.

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text: The gem of the endless mountains Sullivan county, pa discretely offers some of the most beautiful hiking trails & natural waterfalls within the state. Crestmont inn is the perfect stay over hub offering you cozy overnights in our classy suites & features an on site restaurant, bar, & lounge. With no pretense and no stuffiness, you will feel as at home here at our quaint country inn after a long day of hiking as you did out on the trails! The afore mentioned falls we want to highlight; angel falls located just outside muncy valley in Wyoming state forest is about a 2 mile in and out hike to get to the pristine Angel Falls. Next up on our spotlight is Dry Run Falls, the name doesn’t make sense as you’ll always find these roaring with plenty of flow for beautiful photography & relaxing sound. Dry Run about 8 miles from the Crestmont is in Hillsgrove & within loyalsock state forest.Finally Rickets Glen Falls where you get the granddaddy of them all; featuring a 7 mile hike & 22 total falls, lake Jean, & relaxing picnic area you’ll want to plan a full day here!

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How to Study Part 2by Roy Burger on 06/23/15
How to Study the Bible Part 2
We have Old Testament and New Testament. Another word for Testament is Covenant. So we have Old Covenant and New Covenant. Old is earthly. God told Abraham look as far as you can see and this land will belong to his people. If one over ate, he took animals to the priest and the priest would offer temporary redemption to his or her sin. If one commited adultery, one would be stoned to death. The new covenant is spiritual. We are filled with the Holy Ghost. Jesus tells us not to store our treasures here on earth where theifs and vandales can get them but store them in heaven. We all know the ten commandments. Let us go to Exodus 20: 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Are these commandments the same for us in the New Covenant? Let us go to Roman 13: 8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. If you notice keeping the Sabbath holy is not one of them. Circumcism also is not required under the New Covenant. Paul tells us in Colossians 2:"16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" Paul also tells us in Galatians if we adhere to being circumcism, we have to adhere to the whole law under the Old Covenant since we are saved by grace, we do not need to be circumcised as a sign of the New Covenant. Check later for Part 3

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Ice on Titanís Lakes: "May Host an Exotic Form of Life" says NASA/JPL
A new paper by scientists on NASAís Cassini mission finds that blocks of hydrocarbon ice might decorate the surface of existing lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbon on Saturnís moon Titan. The presence of ice floes might explain some of the mixed readings Cassini has seen in the reflectivity of the surfaces of lakes on Titan.
"One of the most intriguing questions about these lakes and seas is whether they might host an exotic form of life," said Jonathan Lunine, a paper co-author and Cassini interdisciplinary Titan scientist at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. "And the formation of floating hydrocarbon ice will provide an opportunity for interesting chemistry along the boundary between liquid and solid, a boundary that may have been important in the origin of terrestrial life."
Titan is the only other body besides Earth in our solar system with stable bodies of liquid on its surface. But while our planetís cycle of precipitation and evaporation involves water, Titanís cycle involves hydrocarbons like ethane and methane. Ethane and methane are organic molecules, which scientists think can be building blocks for the more complex chemistry from which life arose. Cassini has seen a vast network of these hydrocarbon seas cover Titanís northern hemisphere, while a more sporadic set of lakes bejewels the southern hemisphere.
Scientists think the variations in reflectivity, or brightness, have to do with the smoothness or texture of the surface. If a lake is fully liquid, it looks dark, but if it is only partially liquid, it looks brighter.
Read the full article at: dailygalaxy.com
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So-called hybrid mirrors consists of broadband metallic surface coated with high reflection dielectric multilayer designed for specific wavelength. Such reflectors become more important with progressing development of multiband laser sources realized using parametric down conversion system, in particular for ultrashort-pulsed sources. Multiple pulse picosecond laser induced damage on such mirrors, tested by s-on-1 ISO-compliant method, is important part in development of such components, as there is a need in feedback predicating performance of novel designs. In following paper, we examine laser damage performance of several different designs of silver protected mirrors equipped with HR coating at 1030 nm.
Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) is an important property of laser system components. It is obtained as a statistical value from controlled experiments and defines the maximum optical intensity, which does not cause damage to certain components. Correlation between maximum optical intensity, beam pulse length and focal spot size provides a unique characterization of a specimen. Some specimen requires conditions or environment unreachable in stationary setup, therefore a lighten, portable, version of testing setup may be used with proper source and surroundings. The advantage of the mobile LIDT station is access to different laser systems with variety of beam properties (repetition rate, pulse length, etc). In following paper were investigated accuracy of measurements done by the mobile LIDT station and copared to stationary, ISO compliant LIDT station measurements as reference.
Optical glasses, in particular fused silica and BK7, are the most common and used substrates for components manufacturing in laser technology and optics in general. Dielectric coating technologies for those materials are well known and established; both high-reflective and anti-reflective coatings prepared on such substrates demonstrated laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) exceeding tens J·cm-2 in nanosecond regime. However, LIDT became a major issue in further exploitation of crystalline materials as yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) crystals, which often serves as a host in laser media and would be used in other components as well. One of the current challenge is the ability to transfer thin film coating technology used on glass to YAG in order to reach the same performance as in the case of fused silica or BK7 counterparts. HR dielectric coatings prepared on fused silica, BK7 and YAG substrates by reactive or ion-assisted e-beam deposition technique were tested on LIDT by s-on-1 method according to the ISO standard recommendations. Results from tests are presented and discussed in following paper.