On 1st October, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published its report into NHS core services during the pandemic. The report looks at how normal NHS services have been impacted by the need to care for COVID-19 patients and prevent the spread of the virus in healthcare settings. We submitted evidence to the committee based on what over 1,300 people with RAIRDs told us in a survey about their experiences of pandemic.
RAIRDA was cited by the committee as one of the many organisations which gave evidence indicating how unclear and confusing shielding guidance and advice had been in the initial wave of the pandemic.
The committee’s report also notes the need for clear communications between medical teams and patients about how people’s care has been changed and disrupted due to the pandemic. Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS in England told the committee in August that they have instructed that: “[NHS] trusts working with GP practices should ensure that between them every patient whose planned care has been disrupted by COVID receives clear communication about how they will be looked after, and who to contact in the event that their clinical circumstances change.” This is important for people with RAIRDs, whose conditions can flare and progress without warnings, and who may require support from hospital-based specialists rather than just their GP.
We would have liked to have seen more mention of chronic or long-term conditions in the report. Whilst these are often not seen as an emergency, the reality is that delays between appointments and late diagnosis can have serious consequences for patients with chronic conditions. Treatment options may not ‘cure’ chronic conditions like vasculitis, lupus, sjogren’s and scleroderma but we know early treatment can help patients live better lives and prevent serious complications.
There are four main areas relevant to people with RAIRDs where the committee asks the health service to take action:
First, the committee has asked NHS England to report back on what steps it is taking to deal with the backlogs caused by the pandemic and measure these. Moving forward, we will make clear that disruptions to the care of people with chronic conditions, like RAIRDs, need to be captured by any assessments of how NHS services have been disrupted by the pandemic. Relying on more common metrics, like waiting times for cancer treatment or the number of people waiting for elective surgery, risks missing the many people who have had necessary monitoring appointments cancelled or that people who needed help have struggled to access it. When we surveyed them in late April and early May, 1 in 3 of the people with RAIRDs who said their care had changed or been disrupted said it had already affected their ability to manage their conditions.
Second, we look forward to seeing the health service’s assessment of how telemedicine can be used and has been used well. We know it can be very beneficial, helping patients avoid long journey’s to specialists, but we also know that it cannot replace physical appointments when tests or procedures which can only be performed in hospital are needed.
Noting the actions taken already, the committee asked the NHS to review how patients are communicated with about both their care and their level of risk during any future spikes and ensure that patients are treated with “dignity and compassion”. We welcome this, as a number of patients felt they had been “abandoned” during the pandemic.
Finally, the committee asked for clarity on when weekly testing for NHS staff will be implemented. Regular testing for NHS staff will give vulnerable patients reassurance about accessing services, as well as preventing the spread of the virus in general.
Overall, this is a very important report for the NHS in England as we go into the winter. We hope the devolved nations will undertake similar actions. We will continue to work to make sure the needs of people with RAIRDs are addressed in work like this.
We also submitted evidence to the Welsh Senedd’s Health, Social Care, and Sport Committee’s inquiry on COVID-19. Whilst this covered the impact of COVID-19 on core health services, it also covered issues like PPE and contact tracing and so cover these issues in less depth than this inquiry on services in England.
What we’re doing now
RAIRDA will soon be holding a roundtable with patients and clinicians to look at how we can alleviate the problems identified in our recent report and those that patients continue to raise with us. We hope this discussion will provide the basis of a policy paper with useful recommendations for the health service going forward. The health service is likely to go through a period of redesign over the coming months and years and we will be feeding in wherever possible to make sure this supports people with RAIRDs. We hope to have more news in the future about how people with RAIRDs can get involved in, and support, our work.


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I have actually been wishing to make the Philip Johnson Apple, Pecan and Pinenut Torte for 7 years currently and as it was my turn for Wednesday Girls Dinner, I lastly baked it. Wednesday Girls Dinner I hear you ask? For the last 7 years I have actually been included with a lady’s dinner team wherein we take kip down organizing a night fit with an entrée, major and treat. For my entrée I selected to do a number of chilly canapé’s. As several of you will certainly recognize I’m doing canapés at my initial wedding event feature in November so I wished to test some out. I made feta, sundried tomato, olive and oregano packed cucumber wheels. I rejoice I evaluated these since I turned to making cucumber pieces with the blend ahead. The wheels were so challenging to toothpick with each other and they looked fairly grim to be sincere– they tasted definitely wonderful though! Key was fresh tuna meatballs with a homemade tomato and raisin sauce. I made a fantastically fresh salad of fennel, environment-friendly apple and parmesan that enhanced the flavour of my main course flawlessly. You can discover the complete dish food selection on my site.
After that to the program stopper of the night– Apple,Pecan and Pinenut Torte To be sincere I had not also made a torte prior to so if you’re questioning what one is, you’re possibly not the only one. A torte is a multilayered pleasant cake that is made with just a percentage of flour and great deals of buttercream. The layers can be loaded with anything from fruit, jams, nuts or mousse.
The Apple, Pecan and Pinenut Torte that I produced originated from my preferred recipe book E’cco 2 by Philip Johnson.
Split with lemon drenched apples and ground baked pecans and pinenuts, this cake is an outright joy. A torte can just be genuinely valued when you cut it, for it’s when the layers provide themselves that you genuinely comprehend the work of love that enters.
I do not recognize why it took me as long to reproduce this eye-catching treat for it had not been as challenging as I believed it would certainly be. Besides the work of cutting apples there truly isn’t any type of various other obstacles right here, the outcome nonetheless informs one more tale which is why this is such a remarkable treat to serve.
To reproduce this dish in its totality you would certainly likewise need to make an apple gelato too. Offered my duration nonetheless this merely could not take place.
That is unless you have an awesomely worthless buddy that’s brand-new customer is Philip Johnson !! Yes, my pal utilizing her calls permanently had actually privately connected with Johnson that I could not discover apple gelato anywhere. So the fantastic guy and his group at E’cco made a customised set simply for me. It had not been up until I was starting to cut the torte that my sweetheart lastly informed me of the information and drew it out of my fridge freezer. Just how she snuck it in there without my understanding still shocks me, however I was so thankful, a lot to ensure that I lost a little tear.
Thanks to the cooks at E’cco and thanks Phillip Johnson for your really type motion, it definitely complemented our evening splendidly!
Apple, Pecan and Pinenut Torte
5 Gran Smith apples, peeled off, cored, and carefully cut
Grated enthusiasm and juice of 1 lemon
3 huge eggs
250g wheel sugar
2 tsps of vanilla significance
100g saltless butter, thawed
150g ordinary flour, looked
2 tsps cooking powder
100g toasted pecans
120g sultanas sliced
100g yearn nuts toasted
3 tbsps (60g) wheel sugar additional
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Preheat stove to 160 levels (325F). Line the sides and base of a 26cm springtime kind tin with cooking paper.
In a dish throw sliced up apple with enthusiasm and juice of lemon to avoid browning. (I utilized a mandolin to cut the apple.) Reserve.
Location eggs, sugar and vanilla in a tidy dish and whisk up until light and luscious. Include butter and milk to egg blend, integrating well. Fold up in flour and cooking powder.
Location one third of the pecans, sultanas, yearn nuts and apple on the base of the springtime kind tin. Put one 3rd of the cake batter over the nuts and fruit. Repeat this procedure up until all components and cake batter have actually been utilized ( you might require to make a little bit a lot more batter, I go out early).
Incorporate additional sugar cinnamon and nutmeg and spray over top of the cake.
Bake for roughly 1 hr and 20 minutes or up until prepared when evaluated with a skewer.
Great on a cake shelf and offer with apple gelato or vanilla bean gelato.

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Atlanta — UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc. have been discussing a combination between the nation’s second- and third-largest carriers that would keep the United name and the corporate headquarters in Chicago, The Associated Press has learned.
Shares of both airlines surged on the news.
There is a sense of urgency in the talks, which have been going on for some time and continued as recently as a week or so ago, an official with knowledge of the talks said today. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.
“They want to get something done before a new administration gets in and so they get the clock ticking on” federal regulatory approval, the official said.
The exact financial details of the transaction being discussed are not clear. But the talks involve United being the name of the combined airlines, the headquarters staying in Chicago and Delta’s Atlanta hub being an operational center for the two carriers, the official said. One possible scenario involves Delta CEO Richard Anderson being the chief of the combined airline, the official said.
A spokesperson for Chicago-based United did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton declined to comment.
Shares of Delta rose $1.65, or 8.8 percent, to $20.40 in afternoon trading. UAL shares gained $5.31, or 12.2 percent, to $48.81.
Delta said in a statement today that its board has established a special committee to work with management to review and analyze strategic options for the airline. Top executives have said recently they are trying to determine whether consolidation makes sense for Delta.
The company was responding to pressure by a hedge fund that owns 7 million Delta shares to consider combining with UAL.
Pardus Capital Management LP said in a letter to Delta’s top management on Tuesday that it is “imperative” that the company undertake a merger transaction with another airline in view of soaring fuel prices and what it described as the increased risks of going it alone.
“Consolidation is needed to de-risk the industry and time is of the essence as now is the right regulatory environment,” said Karim Samii, president of Pardus, and Shane Larson, a principal.
The hedge fund executives said they had determined since making a similar recommendation in a Sept. 7 letter that “the most attractive and practical combination would be a Delta and United Airlines combination.” It cited figures from a consulting firm estimating that the benefits of such a pairing would be about $585 million and said a combined Delta-United would boast a broader network than any other combination.
Pardus also owned 5.6 million shares in Chicago-based UAL as of Sept. 30.
Robert Mann, an airline consultant in Port Washington, N.Y., said United’s broad Pacific network and Delta’s huge Atlantic presence would complement each other. However, he said, combining fleet information systems and labor could pose challenges. The biggest problem would be that neither carrier has any recent track record of integration, he said.
“I would see this as a very risky move from the standpoint of the actual implementation,” Mann said.
——— Associated Press Business Writer Dave Carpenter in Chicago contributed to this report.

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MultiChoice Nigeria’s recently launched talent-search initiative, the MTF Academy, has received a number of book donations for its library.
Those who have donated include Emeka Mba, former director general of the National Broadcasting Commission, who provided 300 books; and movie producer Lilian Amah, who gave 10 copies of her most recently published book.
Meanwhile, professor Abraham Linus, former dean of Ghana’s National Film & Television Institute, donated two copies of his book on visual literacy, while the Committee for the Relevant Arts has provided 100 books.
The wide range of books includes autobiographies, novels, biographies and topics such as the arts. The donations are an attempt to ensure a reading culture among students at the MTF Academy.
Mba said: “MultiChoice, through the MTF project, has rewritten the narrative of the creative industry by investing in the students of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy.
“Sharing ideas and knowledge is key, and knowledge is the only thing that you share and it grows. You cannot be a good lawyer if you don’t read cases. So, if you want to be a good filmmaker with impactful stories to tell, you have to read.”
Former Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) director general Emeka Mba tells Content Nigeria about the challenges that come with the digital transformation of telcos.
Partnerships and collaborations are key to evolving and widening any company’s scope, and in the content industry, telcos and broadcasters have often partnered to launch VoD and OTT services to their customers. This has recently been the case in Nigeria, but the rise of OTT services has brought its own challenges.
At the recently concluded Creative Nigeria Summit, Georgiev Stanislav, head of media broadcasting at A1 Telekom Austria Group, moderated a panel session featuring Toyin Subair, exec chairman of Digital Play, and Emeka Mba, the former director general of the NBC. The panellists discussed the digital transformation of telcos and the resulting challenges.
In this exclusive interview with Content Nigeria, Mba sheds more light on some of these issues and offers solutions.
What are the regulatory challenges facing Nigeria and do you think regulators are holding the industry back?
I wouldn’t say they’re holding back the industry wilfully; no, it’s the way the regulatory environment is set up. The world is converging but, as far as digital media is concerned, they don’t know that. They still operate within a certain scope.
In this country, telecommunications operators are separate from broadcast and satellite; there is not enough synergy between them. Realistically speaking, when technology and consumption patterns are converging, the operators and regulators do not collaborate.
Therefore, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that a separation will occur, a tear that causes a backward shift in terms of investment.
The regulatory environment is so unclear that these companies fear that if they lean in too much, they might run the risk of heavy fines. So everybody wants to pull back and hedge their bets. Rather than coming in directly, they prefer to look for gaps and loopholes. They avoid making the right investments. These are where the challenges lie.
I’ve been a regulator in broadcasting and film and I know the challenges. I was one of those who opposed convergence. I said to leave the NBC alone, leave the Nigerian Communications Commission alone, leave the film and music censors board alone, they don’t need to merge.
Now, I’ve come to realise the reality: there would be no link-up if there were no formal discussions, some sort of structure, some kind of talks other than the frequency management council where, they meet and discuss sharing of spectrum and so on.
There should be a body that harmonises these other bodies, especially the business models that are merging. These discussions need to be had.
What solutions do you suggest?
We need to find the best way to create this by having what we call the ‘convergence regulator.’ This could be in the form of an institution or some level of informal discussion with the CEOs of these bodies. They can discuss how these business models are beginning to affect their own industries on a day-to-day basis. That’s important and should be done as regularly as possible, either quarterly or biannually.
Would you say anything has been done correctly in terms of convergence?
Oh yes. Look at what some of the telcos are doing – you have big players like MTN experimenting with video, things like MTN Laughs. They have different apps that they are pushing and that’s quite innovative. Airtel and Globacom are trying to do the same thing. They are doing it but there’s a certain weariness on their part to do it on a grand scale because of the uncertainty of regulators, and that’s what needs to be cleared up. Once it’s cleared up, bigger decisions can then be made.
The first panel session at the Nigeria International Television (NITV) Summit focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the country’s pay TV industry.
Addressing the issue of sustainability and growth in the pay TV business in Nigeria, panelists discussed the challenges and ways in which these can be overcome.
Panelists included Funmi Adenaike, general manager of Play TV; Emeka Mba, former NBC director general and now CEO of Questechmedia Consulting; Bamidele Adetunji, CEO at Montage Media Group; and Zachary Wazara, CEO of Kwese TV. The session was moderated by Lindsey Oliver, CEO of Yanga TV.
The conversation kicked off with an evaluation of the industry as a whole and how it has evolved so far. Panelists agreed that rapid development of technology poses a challenge for pay TV platforms.
“The internet is changing consumer behaviour and business models,” said Wazara.
Meanwhile, despite agreeing that other industries are threatening the growth of the TV industry, Adetunji stated that the challenge to sustainability is a lack of proper recording technology and archiving.
“There was time I wanted to produce an epic Nigerian movie but was told it was unavailable because a recording had been done over the master recording, which basically means it no longer exists.
“And this leads me to ask, who has the rights to TV series like [classic Nigerian drama] Village Headmaster? Where are our formats? Where are our records? There are no local formats, yet international formats still exist,” said Adetunji.
Addressing the issue of telcos encroaching on the TV industry, Mba stated: “There are no level playing fields in an industry that is hugely dependent on technology and data to operate.”
Buttressing his point, Adenaike added: “There are enormous challenges in the industry and some pay TV companies are forced to deliver certain kinds of content because they are working with what is available, which is not much.”
Speaking about the way forward, Adetunji suggested that Nigeria should establish a commercial satellite platform so local pay TV channels don’t have to form partnerships with international satellites and pay “astronomical” amounts to air content. This is especially true when consumers do not understand a pay TV channel’s need for high prices because all they want is content at a low cost.


Justice Allison Beames did not believe the tale of self-defence told by the man accused of violently beating his grandfather in Penticton.
Because of the “grievous bodily harm” inflicted to the grandfather, Beames said self-defence was no defence for Greg Ailles.
“I reject his explanation of what happened,” said Beames. “I don’t accept that the accused was attacked out of the blue by the grandfather, or at all.”
Ailles was found guilty of aggravated assault, two counts of unlawful confinement or imprisonment, a lesser charge of assault, possession of a firearm contrary to order and a lesser charge of theft under $5,000.
Ailles testified on Tuesday that his grandfather, Grant (Sandy) Ailles, was the one that sparked a frenzied assault on Dec. 29, 2008 and he was simply trying to defend himself. The grandfather, now blinded and confined to a wheelchair after the assault, had little memory of the incident and could not offer much in terms of evidence when he took the stand last week. His injuries were so severe he vomited blood that had drained from the fractures in his face, had nine fractured ribs, his eyeball was ruptured and spent almost 60 days in hospital recovering — 10 of those in intensive care.
This left only one other person who witnessed the attack, the grandmother Lois Ailles. She died in 2009 of cancer before she could testify in court. Justice Beames allowed audio and video recorded statements taken by police from the grandmother to be admissible. Beames found an audio statement gathered by RCMP shortly after they arrived on scene at the grandparents’ residence on Balfour Avenue to be the best account. Lois said she had heard what sounded like to be an argument or a fight coming from downstairs and went to check on her husband who was calling out for her.
“Clearly what she actually saw was a one-person assault, not a fight,” said Beames in her judgment.
Greg Ailles testified he only was trying to get away from his grandfather’s attack and used as little force as he could. He denied ever hitting the then 75-year-old old man with any object. He claimed to be hit with a pipe, a metal broom handle and a stool. According to Greg, his grandfather landed several punches and blows to Greg’s face, which left him with a possible broken nose and a fractured hand. Beames said police photos show very little, if any injuries to Greg and a radiologist found nothing wrong with his hand.
Paramedics who attended to the grandfather noted severe redness and marks to his torso and legs, injuries they said could only have come from some sort of object like a pipe or bat. That alone did not provide enough evidence for Beames for the assault with a weapon charge, as no DNA could be pulled from the pipe found in the basement. The stool and broom handle had not been checked. This resulted in the lesser charge of assault being administered.
The grandmother said the couple were tied up with electrical cords their grandson found in the basement before he fled, taking their car, three guns and some cash. Greg said he did tie his grandfather up, but only to prevent him from continuing his attack. He also said it was done with the assistance of his grandmother.
“It is unbelievable that Lois Ailles would have helped tie up her own husband,” said Beames.
A single count of assault with a weapon was stayed and Beames was not satisfied with the evidence of robbery, finding the 38-year-old not guilty on that count. He has been in custody since he was arrested a day after the attack. Crown counsel Bill Hilderman submitted an application that a dangerous offender assessment be conducted over the next 45 days. A court date has been set of Jan. 3, 2013 to find out if the assessment is complete and to fix a date for sentencing.


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124 Games Like Limbo
More About Limbo
Limbo is an award winning Puzzle-Platform and Action-Adventure video game by PlayDead. The game offers wonderfully immersive game-play and lets you enjoy a Side-Scrolling marvel in which your task is to be a little kid, travel through a dark jungle, solve a number of puzzles in order to carry on your way and defeat some nasty monsters to survive. Huge Spiders, Bear Traps, Dark passages, machine enemies and anti-gravity guns are some of the obstacles that you are destined to go through, remain on your course and get out of this God-forsaken world and eventually find your missing sister. With a mesmerizing and amazing environment, brilliant visuals and an addictive and challenging game-play, Limbo is quite fun to play.

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Help fund four ATP short films by Vincent Moon
Vincent Moon, ATP Festival, & Warp Films are launching a kickstarter.com campaign, and with your help, funding a series of four short films by Vincent Moon shot at the legendary All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival.
The films will offer a fan’s eye view of one of the most unique and uncompromising music events in the world, shot by one of music’s most original and independent filmmakers.
Kickstarter is a platform for crowd-funding creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. It is funded by an all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully funded, or no money changes hands. Projects include films, music, albums, and consumer products.
Rewards are given to those who contribute. The reward you receive is dependant on how much you give, but the amount you can give starts at $1.
How you can contribute
You can pledge anywhere from $1 to $5000, and you will receive special rewards for your contribution, from CD’s, DVD’s and Posters to film credits, festival tickets and your own personal film, made for you by Vincent Moon, anywhere in the world! CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE.
The edit for his first stand-alone short film was completed last year and the footage for the next 3 short films is in the can. Please help us complete post-production so we can get the films out into the world for free (after an exclusive 3 month period where they’ll be available for contributors only).
With your help we will edit a further trilogy of short films (each one approx 30 minutes) in order to complete this unique project. Bands documented, and intended for the final films (subject to clearance) include Broken Social Scene, Explosions In The Sky, Four Tet, Animal Collective, The National, Saul Williams, Monotonix, Fantomas, Taraf De Haidouks, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, Rahzel, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Afrirampo, Sleepy Sun and many others.
Thank you very much for your support, and please help us to create these films!
For more info, and to contribute, please click below:
VISIT KICKSTARTER PAGE.

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Amcham event ‘Budget Connect’ , 11 July 2014 – Hyderabad
Budget Connect – the post budget Seminar was held Hyderabad and was sponsored by Ernst & Young.
Mr. Jayesh Sanghvi, Partner, Ernst & Young welcomed the gathering, while thanking Amcham for being part of this session. Jayesh spoke on the Budget Backdrop – Key Policy Announcements, Direct Tax Proposals, Indirect Tax Proposals. He presented a macro view of the Key Performance Indicators. Under the Key Policy Announcements, he spoke of the introduction of Infrastructure INVESTMENT trusts for infrastructure projects, Recapitalization of public sector banks in a phased manner through sale of shares to retail investors, Foreign Direct Investment, Liberalize the ADR/GDR regime to allow issuance of depository receipts on all permissible securities, Dividend and Income Distribution Tax.

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Happy Vegan Christmas
Author: Karoline Jonsson
Plant-based recipes for festive Scandinavian feasts
Roasted nuts and vegetables, fragrant citrus and cloves, jewelled lingonberries and cardamom buns fresh from the oven – these are the delights that make a Scandinavian vegan Christmas. In Happy Vegan Christmas, Karoline Jonsson presents a merry smorgasbord of plant-based Christmas dishes guaranteed to enchant friends and family.
Instead of the usual bubble and squeak, here we find vegan classics to satisfy all guests, such as vegan Swedish meatballs, spiced cabbage pudding, pulled ‘pork’ with jackfruit, pickled courgette, potato and greens pie, sticky buffalo cauliflower, nutty ‘egg’ nog, gingerbread biscuits and chewy panforte.
The book includes recipes for baked treats, delicious drinks to keep you warm during the winter nights, and plenty of dishes for a Christmas buffet – to keep you going until New Year!
Also included are some crafty ideas to try out during the holiday, such as cultivating winter flowers indoors or making a candle centrepiece, a dried citrus festoon, a wreath and a wild birdfeeder.
Inspired by both classic Scandinavian Christmas cooking, as well as seasonal dishes from around the world, this is an indispensable treasure trove for the vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian foodie.
Chapters include: Winter food; Baking; Drinks; The Christmas buffet; To the New Year
About the Author
Karoline Jönsson made her breakthrough in 2012 when her vegetarian food blog “The Green Pantry” was named Sweden’s best food blog. She published her first cookbook in 2014 and today her blog has more than 20,000 visitors every month. In 2014 she hosted the first all-vegetarian cooking show on Swedish national television.


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Like every year, I combed the Internet in search of new emerging trends that will be inviting on websites in 2019 and the months to come. From the model to the colors, from the typography to the spaces … no element of design has been left out. Let’s go ! Discover the ten major web design trends of 2019 …
1. Irregular grid and asymmetrical models
I added this trend to last year’s design forecast guide, but it seems to be confirmed in 2019.
The grid, in terms of design, is a set of markers used to organize the elements of a page: it helps the web designer in his work of composition. It structures the page and allows prioritization of information. Most websites use this grid in a classic way: you can, for example, look at the left side of the website and see the logo, title and content, most often aligned. When you have an irregular grid, the elements are moved. They are not wedged on the grid and offer a much less rigid structure.
The New York Times website, Times Talks, presents an irregular grid on most of its site, in particular in the hero header (see above) and in different sections.
This type of graphics, which favors the unexpected, has been around for some time. He pushes the boundaries and experiences asymmetry. It has been used as a technique to help stand out, attract attention or experience a new form of design. In 2019, it spreads and becomes more and more present.
Revele Studio experiment with this asymmetrical design with an innovative home page (circles can be moved on the screen).
In 2019, this trend using an irregular grid and asymmetrical models is essential and moves us away from the rigid grid which had been adopted in recent years. I had anticipated this trend, and I think that in 2019, it will continue to develop and generalize.
2. Design and fluid / organic elements
Slowly but surely, we are moving away more and more from straight lines from flat design and are starting to experiment with more fluid shapes and lines. These shapes, those in which you cannot find a circle, a square, a rectangle or a straight shape, are often called fluid or organic shapes.
On a small part of the home page of Wandering Aimfully, are presented shapes and elements visible behind the images; circles form a subtle background behind the title below.
By abandoning the very straight and almost clinical lines that we are used to seeing online, and replacing them with elements drawn from nature and life (such as shapes of ponds and lakes, pieces of paper torn), these organic shapes and lines can create a design more in tune with human nature.
The website of Mawla uses organic shapes and lines on its home page, especially here in the hero header of their site.
In 2019, the typical shapes used for a long time in web design (circles and squares) start to be associated or replaced by more organic shapes and lines, bringing a whole new element of design.
3. Nostalgic design / Go back / Retro aesthetics
What is old is new again. While flat design, where experimentation seems to have no limits, is gradually running out, it seems the time has come to reinstate old design elements with a touch of nostalgia.
The website Statamic offers a retro color palette reminiscent of the bright colors and visuals of the 80s.
Experiments with retro and nostalgic design styles can create a beautiful juxtaposition between yesterday’s design and that of today. What makes it even more interesting is that we can expect to see more and more retro design reflecting periods before websites are easily accessible to as many people as possible; giving a feeling of “newness” to many people.
I predict that we will see more and more websites adopting different design styles that feed on the past, both in terms of design and content. Some of these elements will probably include color schemes recalling design trends from the past and associated typography from a different era.
4. Improved / higher image processing
Images have always presented unique design possibilities, especially on the web. Putting images in circles, in black and white, adding a shadow behind them – as many techniques that designers have used to improve and / or draw attention to images on websites (and any other type of creation).
The website KOBU presents images whose subjects are cut out instead of a standard image, allowing design to circulate between the “cutouts” of their team members.
Pushing image processing even further makes it possible to draw attention to a visual, even to move it away from the visual. Where most websites present a very large hero header image spanning the full width of their website, taking up a lot of height and not changing the image much, changing the way images are presented is a trend of design which, I believe, will gain momentum this year.
The website Drip displays cut-out images with designs and shapes added to further enhance the image, which also emphasizes the design of the site itself.
Instead of performing a single type of image processing, expect to see layered image processing to extend the depth and push the visual as far as possible and draw more attention. The stacking design treatment (or the art of stacking) such as the creation of a monochromatic image, the cutting of the subject or the addition of a superimposed pattern to create a new image, are novelties that will impose themselves in 2019, in terms of web design.
5. Monochromatic and absence of color
Having millions of colors on hand is great, but what if you limit yourself to one color or opt for no color? If it is well done and mastered, this constraint can boost a design and allow it to really stand out.
The website Digital bro adopts a very monochromatic color palette using a shade of yellow and some very rare variations of this yellow (black and white are considered neutral).
By limiting yourself to one color, you strengthen your brand image while adding constraints in terms of design flexibility. Most websites use between two to five colors. Using just one color could help you stand out and make a lasting impression on visitors.
The website Climate sticks only to a grayscale color palette, not hesitating to adopt these same shades of gray even in their videos.
Going a little further and eliminating color at the same time is certainly an option if you want to simplify your color palette (in the artistic and graphic fields, black, white and gray are not considered colors, but rather like neutral tones). In 2019, more and more websites are using fewer or no colors.
6. Overlay of design elements
Closely related to the irregular grid and asymmetrical layouts, layering can bring visual interest to specific types of content on a page. It can bring an unexpected element. Indeed, we have become used to the fact that the elements of a Web page have their own space and are separated from the elements that surround them (generally, they do not touch).
The website Mad Studio presents elements which are superimposed as the main design elements of the site. Their effect is reinforced by subtle animations which give the site a three-dimensional impression.
When well studied, the trend of overlapping elements on a page can help improve the overall aesthetics of the site. But beware, this can be quite difficult to implement in the mobile-first world in which we live. Overlapping elements, if not performed well, can easily cause confusion and frustration for users when they overlap poorly.
The website Hers features overlays in parts of the site, including the main hero header area on the home page.
Using elements that overlap and share similar space is a trend that is spreading in 2019 and that we are starting to experiment more with three-dimensional websites.
7. Headers hero reinvented
As stated above, the majority of hero headers (formerly “above the fold”: the immediately visible part without scrolling) have a large image that covers the main part of the display window, often with text above it. attract the attention of the visitor. In the past two years, the experience of this part of a website has not changed much (though arguably the most important part).
A unique approach to a header hero used by Creative Zoo (treat the header hero as a display panel and use animation wisely).
As some websites have started to push the limits of what is possible with their hero headers on their website, I think we will see more and more creative experimentation from designers for this area.
The website Andreas Nymark offers a header hero with lots of white space and a simple title at the bottom of the header hero (another trend that we will discuss later in the article).
In 2019, we observe different types of experimentation on this very important area of a website, in particular the reduction of the surface, the modification of the present content (and the use of something other than a full-width image) and the priority treatment of this area to capture the visitor’s attention.
8. Broad and experimental navigation
It seems that each year, a new trend could concern the navigation on a Web site. Probably because it’s one of the most difficult elements to design for the page. Essential to the way we use the Web, it is however difficult to ensure that it is both functional and aesthetic.
The website 56 Digital offers a fairly wide navigation bar – making it the center of their website instead of a small part.
In 2019, we should continue to see more and more navigation experiments. However, instead of changing a few things like the location on the page, the font size, or even the layout itself, the experiment will probably push the limits of what can be done, for example. example by making navigation the main part of the website.
The website Gander also presents a fairly wide navigation to the four corners of its site instead of the traditional navigation bar located at the top or bottom.
Experimental navigations are a new design trend in its own right in 2019. We are seeing expanded navigations, home pages of websites that are navigation and navigations with sophisticated animations.
9. More white space
Efficient use of space is a design tool used by graphic designers for years. However, what may not be so common is the amount of white space used or even making unused space the focal point instead of the content itself.
The architect’s website Daniel Boddam uses a large empty space for the header of its site, which draws attention to this space traditionally dedicated to content.
The use of extra space in this way contrasts with the reason why we usually use white space – add margins or spaces to provide breathing to the eyes. Adding additional space now helps transform it into a central point or more visible part of the design. By choosing to add additional spaces in areas that don’t necessarily need them, they become an important part of the design and grab the attention of visitors.
On his website, Maxime Rimbert uses significant free space as a spotlight on the projects presented.
In 2019, unused spaces impose themselves on websites and become a central point of design. Whereas before we thought that these empty spaces represented precisely a loss of space, the current trend is today to exploit them to the maximum to offer a little something extra.
10. Pushing the boundaries of typography
Although designers regularly experiment with typography, it can be said that pushing the boundaries of typography on the web is more difficult than on paper. As coding evolves, typographic experiences on the web have become simpler.
The website Kurppa Hosk experiment with typography by adding animation and user interaction. The text explodes and forms a circle around the user’s cursor.
Experimenting and pushing the boundaries of typography can incorporate voluntary cutting or subtraction of parts of letters and words (using negative space to fill in the rest of the letters), photography in typography, typing on a line or diagonal shape, animated typography, etc.
The website ARCHE68 presents a typography pushed to the limit of its two-dimensional dimension to make it close to the three-dimensional dimension. Not only does the typography have a bending effect, but it automatically scrolls from left to right and moves according to the user’s scroll from top to bottom (their navigation corresponds to another design trend mentioned above) .
In 2019, experimenting with typography and promoting what can be done with text on the web is becoming a trend with new website designs. Because it is easier to experiment with print, it is very likely that you will see the arrival on the Web of new typos recently appeared in print and duplicated for sites.
Key points to remember
Flat design has lived, and it seems that web design is now taking a more experimental approach than the one we’ve seen in recent years. Almost no element of the web page is immune to further experimentation in 2019.
(Need inspiration? Check out our 2018 web design guide, 2017 web design guide, and 2016 web design guide).
By adding empty spaces, making navigations the central point of websites, experimenting with new typographies or drawing inspiration from the past, 2019 offers different avenues to explore for websites that stand out.
This article was written by Amber Leigh Turner of The Next Web and was legally licensed by the NewsCred publisher network. Direct all questions regarding licenses to [email protected]

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text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Biotech group Abgenix, Inc. abgx swung to a loss of $84.1 million, or 94 cents a share on a GAAP basis for the second quarter, reflecting in part charges from a review and restructuring. Revenue eased to $3.4 million from $5.5 million. Abgenix updated on a Phase 2 study of panitumumab in first line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. "When compared with chemotherapy alone, the panitumumab combination did not improve time to disease progression, the study's primary efficacy endpoint," it said. The analysis continues, it said.

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The Ministry of Education, the Teachers Syndicate, the Vanguards of the Baath Organization and the Revolutionary Youth Union have approved a joint action plan for psychological support activities for children affected by the earthquake, which will be implemented by seven specialized committees formed between the Ministry of Education and popular organizations.
The action plan included activities for “teacher support, psychosocial support, social communication, artistic, sports and musical activities, and youth initiatives,” in preparation for the start of implementation steps in the earthquake-affected governorates.
During a meeting of the aforementioned authorities that was held in the Ministry's building, the participants stressed the need to focus on various activities that enhance psychological and social support for those affected in the affected governorates, work as one team, and mobilize all efforts for implementation during the next two weeks.
On the 23rd of this month, the Ministry of Education began working on developing a joint action plan with the Vanguards of the Baath Organization, the Revolutionary Youth Union and the Teachers Syndicate during the next stage, regarding the activities approved by them to support children affected by the earthquake.
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The new poster of ‘Befikre‘ has been unveiled and in the poster you see actors Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor make a splash. Through the poster, they have also released the date of the trailer and it is going to be out tomorrow.
This is the first time in Bollywood that a trailer will be unveiled at the Eiffel Tower, Paris. The film’s leading pair will release the trailer with the Mayor of Paris and dignitaries.
This has further raised the level of our curiosity and we cannot wait for the trailer to be out. Till then, check out the new poster below:
‘Befikre’ is written, directed and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The movie stars Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor in main roles and will be releasing on December 9 worldwide.
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Final statistics of 2018 FIFA world cup have been revealed and SportsMirchi.com has designed an infographic that represent key stats from 21st soccer world cup. (Source)
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UK Partnering with Brazil Showcase
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
UK Advanced Engineering: Partnering With Brazil Showcase
Showcase your businesses' capabilities for leading Brazilian manufacturers
on the Thursday before the Brazilian GP
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Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world - boasting a rapidly developing economy and a GDP per head that is greater than both China and India. The UK has a strong and historic trading relationship with Brazil, stretching back over 200 years. As a result, within the Brazilian Advanced Engineering sector, there is a growing desire to work in partnership with UK companies who are prepared to make a sustained commitment to the Brazilian market.
Locally-based multinationals (including Ford, VW, GM, Scania, Mercedes-Benz, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Valtra, JCB etc), representing the country’s large and growing automotive, motorsport and construction equipment sectors, are eager to discuss their future programmes and technical requirements. UKTI-Sao Paulo is also targeting a broader range of firms who will be interested in the use of composites and lightweight materials and advanced manufacturing, including automation and precision equipment.
This unique showcase event will help your business to:
- Research the market thoroughly and build market knowledge
- Facilitate access to reliable local partners, staff and buyers
- Better promote your company and products
- Build relationships & trust
- Build a long-term vision for the Brazilian market as part of your overall business plan
- Allocate marketing resources more effectively
The programme will include a VIP networking dinner hosted by UKTI with selected Brazilian guests (14th October), facilitated interactive panel discussion (15th October), pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings with Brazilian decision makers (15th October) and market visits (13th – 16th October).
- £750 to support each participating UK company*
- Coverage of all in-market ground transportation costs and hotel transfers during the official market visit programme
- Assistance with all of your travel and accommodation requirements
- Organisation of your personalised market visit programme and facilitation meetings with key contacts via the UKTI Overseas Marketing Introduction Service
If you are planning on going to the Brazilian GP, why not extend your trip by a day and get your travels paid for?
For further information and to view the full event programme, please visit www.ukaeinbrazil.uktradeinvest.gov.uk.
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Augustus Sherman was 27 years old in 1892, when he was hired by the Bureau of Immigration as a clerk at Ellis Island. The small island in the New York Harbor was the first American destination of millions of immigrants from all over the world, who had left their old lives behind to start over … More A Beautiful and Mysterious Legacy
On the afternoon of October 22, 1895, Guillaume-Marie Pellerin, the engineer of the Granville–Paris Express train, was irritable. He was behind schedule, though it was anyone’s guess why, since the train left Granville at 8:45 a.m., its usual time. Pellerin hated to be late. The speed of steam locomotive No. 721 may have been slowed by its cargo. … More The Montparnasse Derailment
In 1890, Clément Ader, aviation pioneer, unveiled his new invention to the world, the steam-powered Éole. It was followed by other flying contraptions, like the Avion III. Ader was a brilliant man with a vision – or a nightmare – of what flying humans would look like. And his inspiration came from the bat.

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By Craig Hoyle in Farnborough
UK research and technology house Qinetiq will use this year’s Farnborough air show to highlight its recent achievements in the unmanned air vehicle sector, which include successful risk-reduction trials of its lightweight Zephyr high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) platform, expanded support for the ParcAberporth UAV centre of excellence and involvement in the Astraea airspace integration initiative.
|A Zephyr HALE UAV flew for 6h after taking off from the White Sands missile range in New Mexico|
Qinetiq will also exhibit a model of its latest Zephyr variant in the same configuration as the two air vehicles that completed successful proving flights at the White Sands missile test range in New Mexico last December. Dubbed air vehicles 5.1 and 5.2, they logged flights lasting 4.5h and 6h respectively and reached an altitude of 27,000ft (8,230m). However, the company believes a self-sustaining development of the Zephyr could extend mission endurance to around three months, with the aircraft operating at altitudes around 60,000ft – above the influence of the jetstream, adverse weather and commercial air traffic. The plan is for a Zephyr to fly using solar power during daylight hours while also storing sufficient energy in its rechargeable battery to power it through the night without falling below 50,000ft. While a rechargeable battery is still in development and has yet to undergo flight testing, the platform’s current solar arrays are capable of generating around 1kW despite an efficiency rating of less than 10%, says Qinetiq’s Zephyr business development director Paul Davey.
|TopSat can deliver imagery to support disaster relief operations|
During the 2005 test flights, two sub-30kg (66lb) UAVs were flown, one using battery power alone and the other, which completed the longer sortie, drawing power from both a battery and the solar arrays on the aircraft’s 12m-span wing. Constructed using carbonfibre and a Mylar coating, and with removable fuselage and tail sections, the twin electric-motor-powered Zephyr could be used to conduct persistent surveillance, maintaining around 12kt (22km/h) and using GPS waypoint navigation to remain on-station. The air vehicle currently needs to sustain an angle of attack of around 6° during flight.
Although its lightweight structure and slow speed will restrict the air vehicle’s payload, Davey says its affordability and ease of operation are important characteristics for its future business prospects. “We will try to do one or two jobs very credibly,” he says, citing surveillance and communications relay tasks as possible contenders. The Zephyr system is not designed to compete with satellites, but could be used in combination with low-cost spacecraft such as the Qinetiq-designed TopSat.
A 40%-scale model of the Zephyr 5 vehicle was flown at lower levels in advance of the US trials to replicate the performance characteristics of its larger stable-mates at altitude. In the recent trials, the two air vehicles were hand-launched by three people, completed their sorties and landed without suffering damage despite their lack of an undercarriage or the use of a runway. The vehicles required no maintenance or logistics support following the flights, only visual inspection.
Future flight trials are expected to include an overnight mission, for which the Zephyr’s solar array will have to store enough energy to keep the vehicle airborne through the hours of darkness. Funded using a mixture of company money and allocations from the UK Ministry of Defence, previous tests have included flights at the Woomera test range in South Australia. The MoD has shown some interest in the design for military applications, believed to include persistent reconnaissance and communications relay duties. Although 2005 test flights involved an unmanned system using its own automated flight-control software, the flight still required input from a pilot, navigator and flight engineer for qualification purposes, says Zephyr designer Chris Kelleher.
Qinetiq has so far manufactured between seven and nine Zephyrs across several variants, with the latest featuring a removable payload pod that can be screwed on to the aircraft’s nose to carry a lightweight electro-optical sensor or communication relay payload. The Zephyr was initially intended to form part of the Qinetiq 1 manned balloon altitude record attempt, with a tethered version of the UAV expected to achieve an altitude of 132,000ft. However, although production processes have improved over the life of the programme, Davey says: “We’re always looking to shave off another 10g [0.35oz] here or there.” The current air vehicle is capable of withstanding a gust loading of 5g, Qinetiq says.
|Qinetiq is to provide support to UAV operations at ParcAberporth in Wales|
A civil version of the Zephyr, dubbed Mercator, has been built and is awaiting delivery to Belgium’s Flemish Institute for Technical Research but the project has been delayed while the Belgian authorities strive to come up with a means of certificating the experimental aircraft for HALE missions in Belgian airspace. The Mercator design, to be used as part of a remote-sensing project, closely resembles the Zephyr 5 but has an increased wing span of 16m. Qinetiq intends to ship the Mercator air vehicle to its Belgian arm Verhaert soon, ahead of delivery to its customer, which intends to conduct an initial 72h proving flight with the vehicle.
Davey sees a bright future for unmanned platforms such as the Zephyr and Mercator, which could be deployed in response to natural disasters. “If you have a disaster area you could put half a dozen Mercators up at 60,000ft and provide a basic rebroadcast capability,” he says. From that altitude, the UAV would be able to see 400km (215nm) in any direction, he adds. Qinetiq believes its HALE design could also be equipped with lightweight sensors in its wing to further boost its operational capabilities.
Qinetiq’s evaluation work with UAVs is not restricted to the Zephyr series of air vehicles. The company has recently secured clearance to place its Observer demonstrator air vehicle back on the UK military register to support future trials and sensor integration. The UK MoD earlier this year asked Qinetiq to contribute a UAV system to support a Combined Qualified Weapons Instructor (CQWI) course at RAF Leuchars in Scotland, but bad weather during a May trials period prevented the Observer platform from participating in the manoeuvres, which also included around 50 manned strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
|The Observer UAV is optimised for single operator control|
The UK’s Air Warfare Centre has invited UAV manufacturers to supply systems to support such operations in the future, but is dependent on industry covering their own participation costs. Qinetiq says the Observer could take part in the next CQWI course in November, but weather conditions could again delay its participation in the exercise until next year. The company now has three air vehicles available: two equipped with electro-optical payloads and the other carrying an infrared sensor.
Nigel Mills, Qinetiq’s technical director – air, says military users continue to take the lead in the UAV sector, but their activities are primarily conducted through the use of test ranges and special permits to fly, or under combat conditions. With the commercial sector seemingly more reluctant to embrace unmanned aviation, he says: “The key issue to justify investment is the market.” Mills believes the UK’s initially three-year Astraea initiative is a key advance, and highlights his firm’s involvement in the scheme through technical area, including autonomy and the development of lightweight sensors.
Qinetiq’s previous work on autonomous systems is expected to continue into involvement in a new unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstration programme to be headed by BAE Systems and now awaiting programme launch by the MoD. Mills believes Qinetiq’s work on passive millimetre-wave sensors capable of seeing through clouds – and into communications relays, miniature synthetic-aperture radars and lightweight electro-optical devices – could all lead to lucrative business in a future, expanded UAV sector.
Precision landing systems – such as that already demonstrated using the company’s VAAC Harrier trials aircraft that is now supporting the development of flight-control laws for Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Joint Strike Fighter – are also applicable for use by UAVs, he says.
Qinetiq last month entered a partnership agreement with West Wales airport – home to the ParcAberporth development – to provide technical and support services to UAV operators at the site. To allow users to benefit from the experience of earlier trial and certification activities, the West Wales UAV Centre will charge from just “tens of pounds” to use its expertise, says Andrew Chadwick, Qinetiq’s business development manager for UAV services. Work to be offered by the new venture includes “the development of safety cases, system design advice and flying supervision”, the company says. A recent example saw a demonstration of the NitroHawk unmanned helicopter to police officials.
The new centre’s operators hope to expand such activities by securing a permanent sector of airspace around the site for UAV trials. The facility already has a temporary restricted area within 8km (5 miles) of the airport, but centre officials have asked the UK Civil Aviation Authority to make the segregation permanent. With the West Wales airport site and Qinetiq’s neighbouring Aberporth test range likely to play important parts in the later stages of the Astraea project, the elimination of the current three-month approvals process to fly unmanned aircraft from ParcAberporth will ease the process of acquiring permission to fly UAVs in non-segregated airspace on a routine basis. The joint application is expected to be approved by year-end, says Chadwick.
In an intriguing development, Qinetiq has also revealed that it plans to return its XRAE-1 unmanned aircraft to flight later this year after a gap of around a decade. In addition to its Observer demonstrator, the legacy UAV could serve as a testbed for new payloads, the company says. The XRAE design has a 2m wingspan, weighs around 20kg and is being eyed as a potential platform for civil test applications. Meanwhile, the company intends to use its Observer airframes as “sensor trucks” to assist in the development of military operations. However, repeating Mills’s concerns over the slow pace of growth in the commercial UAV business, Chadwick notes: “There is a risk in this – we are trusting a market that doesn’t exist yet.” However, he believes demand for UAVs will grow such that “the market will push the regulators”.
With an eye to future production, Qinetiq believes a strong market exists for a system such as the Zephyr and the commercial Mercator. With BAE likely to lead efforts to produce a UCAV and, potentially, stealthy unmanned surveillance aircraft for the UK armed forces over the decades to come, Qinetiq is also eyeing a potential market niche in the less-than-20kg product range, the company says.
In addition to its certification clearance work now taking place at ParcAberporth, Qinetiq is expanding its efforts to train current and future UAV operators. Focusing on trials and evaluation work, the first unmanned systems course to be managed by its Empire Test Pilots’ School at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire concluded recently, having involved 14 delegates from the UK MoD or from within the company organisation. The course involved the simulated use of an Observer air vehicle and an opportunity to witness live operations of the British Army’s Phoenix battlefield UAV system.


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If you want EASY & PERFECT Caramel Popcorn, make it in the Ninja Foodi! It's like magical unicorns sprinkled stardust down upon us and poof!... there is the most delicious Caramel Popcorn in the Ninja Foodi!
Seriously, I'm not kidding! I've made my share of caramel popcorn before and have always hated making it. I almost always burn myself on the sugar mixture or it's too sticky or break-your-teeth hard or it clumps to some of the popcorn, but other pieces remain bare.
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I was craving some Fiddle Faddle with Cashews the other night and decided to throw caution to the wind and make my own version. I've made popcorn several times in the Ninja Foodi and it always turns out great, so I knew I would use this magical appliance.
What I didn't know is how easy it was going to be. In less than 30 minutes, I was crunching on delicious caramel popcorn.
Variations to Caramel Popcorn
I added cashews to my first batch and it was delicious, but it would be just as good with peanuts or pecans or even walnuts!
Simply add the type of nuts you love the most or even a combination of nuts to the popcorn before you dump it into the Ninja Foodi to coat with the caramel.
You can use ½ to 1 cup of nuts, but I wouldn't use much more than that or you might not have enough caramel to cover it all.
Spice it Up!
You can add various spices when you pop the popcorn to add another dimension to your caramel popcorn!
My husband suggested cinnamon. He loves cinnamon and you know what? I think that sounds really good! Use about ½-1 teaspoon mixed in with oil in the inner pot before you pop the popcorn.
Spice it up with some cayenne pepper! Spicy and sweet is one of my favorite combinations and I bet it would great added to this recipe. I would only add between ¼-½ teaspoon of cayenne and mix it in with the oil before popping the popcorn.
There are many other ways you can customize this recipe and make it exactly the way you want. What would you add? Let me know in the comments!
Do I have to have a candy thermometer to make Caramel Popcorn?
No, you don't, but it does help to have a thermometer even if it's an instant-read and not specifically for candy making.
There are other ways to tell if your sugar mixture is hot enough. If you don't have a thermometer, fill a small bowl half full of water and check for the stage that your sugar mixture has heated to by dropping a small amount of it into the water.
Use a wood spoon or silicone spoon and just drop or drizzle a small amount of the sugar mixture into the water. If your drop of caramel disappears in the water, you are not hot enough, so keep boiling. This is the thread stage and the sugar temp is around 223-234℉/106-112℃.
Here are some guidelines for various stages of the caramel as it heats up. The one we are aiming for is the hard crack stage.
Soft Ball Stage: When your sugar mixture is between 235-240℉/112-115℃ it will form a ball when you drop a tiny bit into water. If you remove the drop, it will flatten and is very soft.
Firm Ball Stage: When your sugar mixture is between 241-249℉/116-120℃ it will form a ball when dropped into water and this ball will hold its shape, but is pliable.
Hard Ball Stage: When your sugar mixture is between 250-269℉/121-129℃ it will form a ball when dropped into water and the ball will hold its shape.
Soft Crack Stage: When your sugar mixture is between 270-294℉/132-145℃ it will turn into strands when drizzled in water. These strands will bend before they break.
Hard Crack Stage: When your sugar mixture is between 295-310℉/146-155℃ it will turn into strands when drizzled in water. These strands are brittle and will break.
The temperature that you want to get to is right around 300℉/149℃, but please don't spend too much time checking your sugar mixture or you will end up burning it.
It takes about 4-5 minutes for it to become soft crack stage, but then it increases in temperature quickly.
If I'm not using a thermometer, I will usually check my sugar mixture 2-3 times (using the same bowl and water) after it starts boiling. I know once I reach hard ball stage, I only have a couple of minutes more to go.
I timed each batch I made and, because of the excellent temperature regulation on the Ninja Foodi, it took just about 6 minutes after it started to boil to reach the desired temperature of 300℉/149℃ each time.
You can also get an idea by the size of the bubbles and the color of the mixture. The bubbles start off pretty big and get smaller as more water content evaporates. The color also starts to darken slightly and you can really start to smell caramel just before we turn the heat off.
Tips for Making Caramel Popcorn in the Ninja Foodi
Make sure you have your baking soda and vanilla measured out. Once the sugar mixture reaches the desired temp and you turn the Ninja Foodi off, you will want to have them ready to go. Things move quickly at this point.
Have your bowl of popcorn close by so you can dump it in and start to stir right after you stir in the vanilla.
Have two cooling racks set up and ready to go. Once you stir the popcorn into the caramel, you will want be able to spread it out fairly quickly. *If you don't have cooling racks, you can use parchment-lined trays.
Break up the popcorn into the size clusters you want before it cools completely. You can even separate each piece of popcorn if you want, but I don't spend the time doing that. I actually like picking up a cluster, especially when there are cashews in it!
Let the caramel popcorn cool completely before placing in a ziplock bag and store the popcorn at room temperature or even in the freezer. The humidity in the refrigerator will cause it to go soft.
Can I make this Caramel Popcorn on the stove?
Absolutely! Just use a large pot that heats evenly and follow the same instructions.
How to make Caramel Popcorn in the Ninja Foodi
With any candy making, I really recommend gathering all your supplies and have things measured out before you start. This whole process takes less than 30 minutes and you don't want to be looking for the baking soda while your sugar is cooking because it can burn really fast.
So, measure out everything you need for the popcorn which is ½ cup of unpopped popping corn and 1 tablespoon of canola oil or any oil you want to use. I don't salt the popcorn, but if you wanted to or if you wanted to add any spices, get them ready now.
You can use a glass lid or a Silicone Cover while popping the popcorn. You can even use the pressure lid, but it is a bit more cumbersome. My preference is a (affiliate link)Silicone Cover because I can slide my spoon or spatula underneath without popcorn jumping out.
Pop the Popcorn
Now, you don't have to use the Foodi to pop your popcorn. You can use a few bags of microwave popcorn in a pinch, but I LOVE the way the Foodi makes popcorn. Hardly any unpopped kernels! YAY!
Add the 1 Tablespoon of oil to the inner pot along with 1-2 corn kernels. Turn the Ninja Foodi on high sear/sauté and cover with a silicone cover or glass lid.
When the kernels pop, add in the remaining ½ cup of unpopped corn and stir to coat with oil. Cover and wait. Once you start to hear some popping, slip a wooden or silicone spoon under the cover and give a little stir.
When the popping becomes fast, decrease the heat to low-medium to prevent scorching and stir again if you can. You can also shake the Ninja Foodi a bit if you are using a different lid.
When the popping has stopped or slowed down to 1 pop every few seconds. Turn the Ninja Foodi off and stir. Cover and let sit for 2 minutes just to give those last kernels time to pop.
Uncover and scoop the popcorn out into a bowl. I like to use a 1 cup measuring cup for two reasons. #1. I want to make sure I have about 8 cups of popped corn. #2. I can remove any unpopped kernels from the inner pot before they get mixed into my bowl of popcorn.
Wipe the pot out, no need to wash it, though.
Make the Caramel
Add ½ cup of SALTED butter. Usually I say it doesn't matter what kind of butter you use, but in this case use salted if at all possible. For some reason the salted better makes it easier to make the caramel. If you do not have salted butter, add in about ¼ teaspoon of sea salt to the inner pot along with the butter.
Add in the ½ cup of corn syrup and the 1 cup of brown sugar. Turn on the Ninja Foodi on high sear/sauté and stir while the sugars and butter melt.
Continue to cook on high and stir occasionally until the mixture starts to boil. Once it starts to boil DO NOT STIR. Just let it boil. It takes about 6 minutes from this point for it to reach the target temp of 300℉/149℃ and you don't stir during this time.
It's fine to use a wooden spoon or high heat silicone spatula to take a little bit out do to the water test or to use a thermometer to take a temp, but you don't want to stir.
Once the sugar mixture has reached the desired temp, turn the Ninja Foodi off. Immediately add in the baking soda and stir. You will see it bubble up and that is exactly what we want to see.
Add in the vanilla and stir. Immediately dump in the popcorn and stir until well coated.
Pour the popcorn out onto cooling racks or parchment lined trays and break apart the pieces of popcorn into clusters or individual pieces. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
Serve & Enjoy!
Caramel Popcorn in the Ninja Foodi
- Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker & Air Crisper
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- ½ cup popping corn about 8 cups popped
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter salted
- ½ cup corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the inner pot along with 1-2 corn kernels. Turn the Ninja Foodi on high sear/sauté and cover with glass lid or silicone cover. Allow oil to heat up and when the corn kernels pop, add remaining corn kernels.
- Continue to heat on high sear/sauté until the kernels are popping rapidly, then decrease the heat to medium-low. Using a wooden spoon or silicone spatula and carefully stir a few times to ensure that most kernels pop and don't burn. When popping has almost stopped, turn the Ninja Foodi off. Uncover and stir. Dump the popcorn into a large bowl and wipe out the pot. You should have about 8 cups of popcorn. Try and remove any unpopped kernels.
- Add butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup to the inner pot and turn the heat on high sear/sauté. Stir frequently, with a wooden spoon (or silicone) until butter is melted and the mixture starts to boil. When it starts to boil, do not stir.
- Allow the mixture to boil for about 6-7 minutes and when the temperature reaches 300°F/149°C, turn the Ninja Foodi off.
- Add in the baking soda and stir. The mixture will bubble and rise up. Add vanilla extract and stir. Immediately dump in the popcorn. Stir with a wooden spoon to coat with the caramel mixture.
- When well coated, remove caramel popcorn and cool it on a cooling rack. Break up any large clumps of popcorn. When completely cool, serve and enjoy!
ABOUT THE RECIPE AUTHOR, LOUISE LONG
Louise is a full-time recipe creator and food blogger @ The Salted Pepper. She has over 30 years of experience with cooking and recipe development. She owned a restaurant for several years and was a full-time RN until retiring to blog full-time.
She published her first cookbook in the Fall of 2018 and is very interested in writing several more.
Louise is also the creator of an online Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooking Course with over 100 instructional step-by-step videos. People absolutely rave about the course and all the value they have received from it.
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I would wear wicking socks. I wear a pair of lightweight socks under my wool socks. Keeps my feet nice and warm but wicks the sweat away.
Wear wool socks. They wil keep your feet from leaking moister and they make your feet get a blister from your boot.
When gun hunting I usually where one pair of socks out to the stand and bring a couple dry pairs in a my day pack. I change my socks regularly to keep my feet from getting cold when the sweat begins to dry. If you are worried about sent, you can put the socks you just took off in a zip lock before putting them back in your bag. It all starts with goods socks too. Look for ones that wisk sweat and moisture away from your skin.
Okay what brands of moisture wicking socks do you guys use
ahhhh, one that I can give great advice!!!! First of all I am going to guess that you are using insulated boots. Go uninsulated (don't worry it will make sense in the end). Wear a good pair of MERINO wool socks. I get mine from Bass Pro and buy RedHead. They work great. Also, invest in Arctic Shield boot covers. Wear one pair of socks to the stand. Once you get there, change your socks and put on the boot covers. Climb up, and stay warm all day. Also, make sure your boots are not tight. I buy boots too big so I have lots of toe wiggle room. This also helps so you can wiggle your toes and get the blood moving to warm them up. Also use foot powder. This is important in keeping them dry from sweat. Put the powder in your sock, not the boot because then when your feet sweat and the sock is wet, it starts to get gummy and cakes up. Almost forgot, loosen your boots a little when you put the covers on. Allows air to move around in the boot.
I have a pair of wool socks I can't remember te brand but you want a pair with at least 80% wool blend. I have an 85% wool blend. Don't get ones with not alot of wool blends. They won't do a very good job of keeping your feet warm and dry.
I use antiperspirant on the bottomsof my feet, under arms and forehead. I also carry a spare pair of socks in my back pack. I buy the 9.00 lifetime wool socks sold at bass pro, they wear out, you take me back and get a exchange. I also wear silk or polypropylene sock liners to help wick the sweat away. Buy 1 size larger boot size than you wear, so that you'll have some room for socks and trapped air.
i personally wear polyester socks when i go elk hunting and wool socks on toop of the polyester ones. I think it works great my feet havent sweat.
if your walking a long distance where your feet start to sweat invest in some underarmour wicking ones or some scentblocker ones so that they won't smell.
i have the other problem about keeping them warm so i would guess to pick up some wicking socks. those worked well out in colorado for elk hunting.
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Snow Forecast 8 pm 23 May 2017(local time) Weather Forecast for Mt Palandoken at 2100 m altitude issued:
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Days 0-3 Mt Palandöken Weather Summary:Heavy rain (total 31.0mm), heaviest during Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 0°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
Days 4-6 Mt Palandöken Weather Summary:Heavy rain (total 32.0mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 3°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon morning).
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Resort name is also written as Mt Palandoken.
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Based on photos, this year in late April, the snow in Mt Palandöken resort seems not so bad, and ski season has elongated there!
We heard that it will be closed maximum at the end of March as usual, but late snow has extended and activated Hotel and pistes fortunately.
The new pictures around Apr 16 - 2011, long shot from Dedeman piste up to Ejder show the resort conditions better than Feb. at the heart of winter season!?
Take care of icy terrains at starting time and ice-cream snow, soon after at middle of the day!
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Looking out for your neighbours is part of life in the rural community of Orford - but what if your neighbours are holiday lets?
In a changing community with fewer full-time residents, some have worried about keeping alive the very life blood of Orford - its community spirit. When local GP Lindsey Crockett enthused about the success of the Good Neighbour Scheme at nearby Hollesley it struck a chord.
From a group of keen residents, a working committee of three was formed and the scheme became a reality with generous financial support from local charity New Orford Town Trust and the support and expertise of Community Action Suffolk (CAS).
Launched in January 2020 with thirty volunteers the Scheme quickly adapted to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Between January and July 2020, the Scheme has carried out over 350 requests from more than 110 residents.
In these rapidly changing times the Scheme will continue to adapt to meet the needs of the local population.
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Lane closed on the M20 London-bound near Brands Hatch after …
A lane had to be closed on a motorway after an Audi aquaplaned and crashed into the side of a lorry.
The red Audi which aquaplaned across the M20 before crashing into the lorry
It involved three cars, a red Audi A3 which hit a lorry already parked on the hard shoulder for a previous incident where a blue BMW had also fallen off the highway.
A witness to the crash said: “I was in lane one at the time behind a lorry and the red Audi was overtaking in lane two.
“I went to signal to move over and the Audi then moved to lane three to give me space and went past.
“It must’ve gone 50m up the road before it started aquaplaning from lane one to lane three and back to one again before crashing into the seven-tonne lorry already on the hard shoulder.
“It was there because it had stopped for a blue BMW which had already fallen off the verge earlier.
A blue BMW also came off in the same area of the M20
“I had to stop to avoid the crash and pulled into the hard shoulder. I got out to see if the Audi driver was alright but after that, I got in my van and called the police.
“The paramedics checked everyone over and said they were all fine and left again.
The witness went on to explain the condition of the road.
“It’s alright now but around 9am it was horrendous. I had to have my wipers on full and even then I could only see about 10m in front of me.”
A lane on the M20 London-bound has been closed near Brands Hatch due to an aquaplaned car coming off the road. Picture: National Highways
A police spokesman said: “We were called at 9.06am, to a collision involving three vehicles on the M20 between junctions 2 and 1.
“Officers attended the scene where one of the drivers reported a minor injury.”
One lane was closed while arrangements were made to recover one of the vehicles.
An ambulance service spokesman said: “We attended the scene but were cleared soon after arrival.
“No one required hospital treatment.”
The vehicles have since been cleared.


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Meet Luhu, the saddest most adorable looking cat in the world (Gallery)
Meet Luhu! This cat born with ridiculously sad adorable eyes haz taken the internet by storm.
Luhu's human servant, Maggie, says not to worry - Luhu iz quite a happy cat, and actually a bit naughty. He knows he's cute and uses it to hiz advantage!
Luhu always had those distinct sad eyes, even when he waz a kitten.
Luhu lives with two other cats, Barher and Bardie. They do not haz the sad eyes like Luhu.
Just look at that face!
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Keep it up Luhu. Milk it for all its worth!
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