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1. Significant discoveries have been made related to the Greek New Testament in the last few decades.
Soon after the publication of Erasmus’s first edition of the Greek New Testament in 1516, multiple editions of the Greek New Testament began to be published. Until the nineteenth century, however, these editions differed more in their scope and textual apparatus than in the actual text. But since the mid-nineteenth century, editions of the Greek New Testament have differed more significantly in their text, based on the discovery of, and eclectic selection from, many more Greek manuscripts than were available to Erasmus. Around 1975, however, a number of factors led to the nearly universal adoption of a single standard text, published by the German Bible Society.
Since 1975, significant advances have been made in our knowledge of the text of the Greek New Testament. This has included
- the discovery of further primary material (e.g., early papyri),
- improvements in the accuracy with which we can use early versions, and
- careful study of scribal habits.
Existing Greek New Testaments have generally not been updated in light of this accumulated knowledge.
The Greek New Testament is the very Word of God. It is so unspeakably precious that even the smallest details deserve careful attention. The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge aims to be the most accurate possible printing of the New Testament in its earliest well-documented form.
2. The text will be available for free in both digital and audio formats.
The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge will be available free online at ESV.org, in accord with the joint desire of both Tyndale House and Crossway to serve the global church in an open-handed way with the very best Greek text possible.
Additionally, an audio version of the text will be made available via Biblemesh.com and ESV.org in the future.
3. The text varies from the Nestle-Aland/UBS text in at least two significant ways.
The editors of the The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge believe that some significant improvements can be made relative to other existing editions. Two notable examples include:
No previous edition has ever used recent studies on the habits of scribes to inform editorial decisions as to what the earliest text was. Recent decades have provided a wealth of material regarding the errors scribes were likely to make, thereby providing the means for the Tyndale House editors to make more informed decisions about textual history.
In general, previous editors have allowed themselves considerable liberty in standardizing spelling, making paragraph divisions, deciding punctuation, and other matters. Sometimes this has meant that modern editions have standardized spellings or introduced textual divisions against a very strong consensus of early manuscript witnesses. This may hide significant data about the origin and even interpretation of the Greek New Testament, as it is not possible to study the extent of variation of the spellings in the New Testament based on editions currently available.
Attention to these and other philological details will make The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge a particularly useful edition from which to begin philological investigation.
4. Over two dozen scholars were involved in the production of this edition.
The primary editor of this edition is Dr. Dirk Jongkind, whose PhD on Codex Sinaiticus focused on the scribal habits of those who worked on this earliest complete manuscript of the New Testament. Dr. Jongkind was employed for some time by the British Library as Curator of the Sinaiticus manuscript. He has been working on this new edition of the Greek New Testament nearly full time for ten years.
The consulting editor and coordinator of the project is Dr. Peter Williams, whose book Early Syriac Translation Technique and the Textual Criticism of the Greek Gospels caused a thorough revision of the use of Syriac evidence in the Nestle-Aland text (for which he is cited in the preface). Dr. Williams is also chair of the International Greek New Testament Project, which is producing the largest scholarly edition ever attempted of a single book of the New Testament, namely the Editio Critica Maior of John’s Gospel, which is one of the world’s leading scholarly projects on the New Testament text.
Dr. Jongkind and Dr. Williams have been aided by over a dozen other researchers playing greater or lesser roles in the production of the edition and by a panel of twenty-eight scholars who have peer reviewed the edition.
5. The text is a revision of a previous Greek New Testament edition produced in the nineteenth century by Samuel Prideaux Tregelles.
This major nineteenth-century edition was used as a textual source in Westcott and Hort’s classic edition The New Testament in the Original Greek. Other than through an indirect influence via Westcott and Hort’s work, however, Tregelles’s edition was the only major nineteenth-century edition that was not part of the genealogy that contributed to the twentieth-century Greek New Testament editions.
This unjustly neglected edition followed a thoroughly documentary approach—which, with some variation, is most akin to the current editors’ work. The editors of The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge are therefore using Tregelles’s foundational work as a template, while at the same time reevaluating all its readings in light of all major subsequent editions and in light of the earliest manuscript evidence. The editors have sought to ensure that all the words, spellings, and paragraph marks are found in multiple manuscripts and in at least one early manuscript.
6. The edition was published in partnership with one of the world’s leading libraries and research institutes for the study of the Bible.
Tyndale House in Cambridge, UK aims to promote postgraduate and postdoctoral research of the Bible that gives glory to God and serves the worldwide church.
Tyndale House is connected to a global network of scholars, institutions of learning, and churches, thus providing a built-in global market for the GNT.
More than three hundred PhD students have completed their postgraduate studies within the facilities at Tyndale House, and the worldwide Tyndale Fellowship group of 390 scholars maintains close association with Tyndale House. These scholars associated with Tyndale House are typically also leaders within the global academic community.
7. Several other organizations were involved in the project.
Tyndale House, Cambridge, is delighted to be partnering with Crossway and Cambridge University Press in producing this edition of the Greek New Testament.
The plan from the start has been for The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge to be published by more than one publisher, drawing on the complementary strengths of two leaders in Bible publishing.
Crossway, the copyright holder for the ESV Bible, has contracted with Tyndale House for the global publishing rights to the GNT. At the same time, Crossway has entered into a licensing arrangement with Cambridge University Press (CUP) by which CUP may publish one or more high-end editions. Given the unique strengths of both CUP (the oldest and most highly respected publisher in the world) and Crossway (publisher of the ESV Bible, currently distributed extensively throughout the world, at fifty million copies annually), such a publishing partnership between Tyndale House, Crossway, and CUP provides a particularly well-rounded and unprecedented joint publishing effort of this new critical Greek text.
The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge seeks to make a distinctive contribution to biblical scholarship.
Every pastor—as time and opportunities arise—should study the Bible in its original languages. Yes, it's that important.


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Other TV 29 November - 5 December
Dexter - 410 - Lost Boys
I have read on Alan Sepinwall’s blog the argument that Dexter’s character has changed in a negative way. So here in “Lost Boys” he is concerned with the victim of Trinity’s cycle rather than merely concerned with his own desire to kill. I don’t have a problem with it. I think the writing made it clear that Dexter was able to see the link between his own son(s) and Trinity’s young victim.
What I do have a problem with is how much these last two seasons have built up a traditional nemesis for Dexter. Both Trinity and Miguel Prado were given so much air time yet were so obviously destined to be killed and dropped into the sea. This formula is starting to make Dexter feel more like a cop show than a psychological thriller. The reason I don’t review procedural shows is because I am not interested in the idea of the procedure (whatever it might be) being more important than the characters.
I did enjoy this episode for the majority of the story. Like the first episode of this season, the narrative feels dramatic and tense when Dexter is in a hurry. His emotions drive the show forward and so when he is in a rush the show feels gripping. But in the end Trinity escapes conveniently in order to die another day. Moments like that just remind me that this is a TV show and make me less interested in the story. Christine as the accomplice also felt like a letdown. A predictable familial accomplice also destined for a sticky end.
Scrubs - 901 - Our First Day of School
Scrubs - 902 - Our Drunk Friend
This is the last time I will write about Scrubs though I will keep watching it because I’m a completist. I am thankful to read that Bill Lawrence wanted to change the name of the show to “Scrubs Meds” in order to differentiate this version of the show from the previous eight seasons. That’s all the excuse I need not to continue with the episode guides. I have two reasons for doing this. The first is just that my time is running short and so I need to cut things out where I can.
The second is that Scrubs has been telling the same stories since season two and I am tired of pointing that out. I did it all of the last season when they kept recycling ideas from the show’s early seasons. For old times sake though I will point out that Cole is very similar to a med student who appeared in season one to irritate Elliot the way Cole does to Denise (117). Lucy is of course a surrogate J.D. albeit in female form. The way she comes across a corpse in the first episode is similar but far less effective than the way J.D. did in the pilot. The story of the alcoholic in episode two is the same basic moral message as Elliot’s struggle with addicts (317, 404).
But that is my basic point about Scrubs. Season one was a superb season of television. I will one day get round to writing about its greatness. But as season two unfolded I began to realize that that was all the show had to say. Life is short and we will all die. Being a doctor is a noble and tough profession. You need your friends to get through it. The show continues to rinse that basic message and uses more bizarre comedy to try and cover up the fact that we have heard it all before.
But enough Scrubs bashing. Perhaps a new generation of fans will enjoy hearing that story told with these new characters. Lucy plays the role just fine so far. Denise is excellent as she was last season, conveying strength and vulnerability in believable fashion. The idea of a Dr Cox actually choosing to mentor one of his students is a nice twist. And of course Dr Cox himself is a major plus for the show. His relentless ability to convincingly break with social norms is a tribute to acting\casting\writing\directing all wrapped up in one magic package. Good luck to him and his new students.
Community - 111 - The Politics of Human Sexuality
Community really is clicking at the moment. It’s not the funniest comedy around yet but its plots are really enjoyable. They make the best use of their ensemble cast and here the STD fair is a perfect backdrop to some character development. I’m assuming Jeff isn’t going to develop into a sensitive modern man just yet but a step in that direction was enjoyable to see. Although the Dean is a good actor who plays the role with conviction, he could use more definition. Right now they are throwing a couple of jokes his way each episode which don’t always seem to land. Characters always need some demonstration of competence if they hold such a job. Still the giant failure of the STD fair was fun to see and for me Troy trying to come up with a joke about crabs was the best joke. I always laugh when someone tries to be funny and fails, it feels very true to life.
Parks and Recreation - 211 - The Fourth Floor
Another decent episode. Tom continues to be humanized and that makes his sleazy moments far more enjoyable as a result. Leslie’s horrified look upon walking into the strip club was pretty funny. I thought the Andy story was a step backwards though as he crossed to the wrong side of believably stupid when he thought that he could win Ann back with a pool game.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared the positions of commissioners at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vacant.
The positions have been made open via a special gazette notice issued Thursday after the current team led by led by their chairman, Ahmed Issack Hassan tendered their resignations.
“Following the commencement of The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016; His Excellency the President is in receipt of the requisite Notices of Resignation from the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the eight (8) other IEBC Commissioners. Accordingly, His Excellency the President has, pursuant to Section 7A of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, declared the particular vacancies in the Offices of the Chairperson and Members of the IEBC” read a statement by State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu.
The Public Service Commission is now expected to give the names of the nine nominees to Selection Panel for the President’s consideration and appointment.
The outgoing Commissioners will stay in office until the new team takes over.
“The outgoing Commissioners will now serve their Notice Period while in Office; the expiry of which shall coincide with the incoming Commissioners taking the Oath of Office”
“In this regard, there shall be no lacuna or constitutional crisis engendered by their being no substantive IEBC Commissioners in Office during this transitional period” said the statement
The selection panel will be sworn into office by the new Chief Justice.
Within seven days of its appointment, the panel shall invite applications from qualified people and publish the names of all applicants and their qualifications.
Thereafter the applicants will be shortlisted for interview that will be done in public.
It shall then select two persons qualified for the position of chairman and nine as commissioners and forward these to the President, who will then nominate one person for chairman and six for members.
Meanwhile, the President has thanked the outgoing Commissioners for their pivotal contribution to the Nation as the inaugural Members of the IEBC under the new Constitution.
He said “The IEBC is a vital plank of Kenya’s Constitutional architecture and through their service in the Polls Body the outgoing Members of the IEBC have contributed to the growth of Democracy in our Country”.
The chairman and the commissioners, Lilian Mahiri-Zaja (vice-chairperson), Albert Bwire, Kule Godana, Dr Yusuf Nzibo, Abdulahi Sharawe, Thomas Letangule, Muthoni Wangai and Mohammed Alawi, will be paid a total of about Sh200 million.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Record on the Road: San Diego
For our summer vacation, we went to San Diego and stayed at Coronado Bay Resort, which we would highly recommend. The weather in San Diego is 70 degrees and perfect year-round. During our stay we took a day trip to Los Angeles and took the Universal Studio Tour.
Tip: Spend the extra money and get the VIP tour of Universal Studios.
Pictured: Louise McSorley, Jerry Russano and Daneane McSorely.
Jerry Russano, Elmwood Park

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Updated: Sept 12, 2023
Welcome to our Green Beans Baby Food Recipes section – we’ll show you the tastiest ways to serve green beans to your little one!
Green beans (also known as snap beans, string beans, French beans or runner beans in different parts of the world) are related to other beans like kidney beans and pinto beans.
But the big difference is that the seed AND the pod can be eaten, because they are picked at the green, immature stage, whilst the pod is still tender and the bean inside is only just beginning to grow.
These days, green beans are minus the ‘string’ that used to run down their length and had to be removed prior to cooking – so the name ‘string beans’ is rather outdated now and does the modern day crunchy bean a bit of a disservice!
Fresh green beans cannot be beaten in terms of flavour, vibrancy of colour and crispy texture – but many brands of frozen green bean come a close second.
You can also use salt-free, canned green beans if they are not available either fresh or frozen in your corner of the world.
Green beans are absolutely packed with important nutrients for your baby…
Whew! And not only do these nutrients play a useful role in your baby’s healthy development, they also help prevent conditions like asthma and – in later life – help protect the heart.
Fresh green beans should have a bright colour and should ‘snap’ when broken (so it’s best to buy them loose rather than pre-packed in order to put their ‘snappiness’ to the test!).
Avoid wrinkled green beans or those with brown spots, as they will probably not be as fresh as you’d like!
You should also avoid green beans where the outline of the beans themselves is visible through the pods – these will likely be tough rather than tender.
It is possible to buy green beans with the ends pre-cut (to save you having to do it!).
ONLY buy pre-cut beans if the cut ends look fresh, green and damp.
If they are dry, the beans were probably cut a few days previously.
Simply wrap fresh green beans in a plastic bag and store them in the refrigerator crisper for around 5 days.
If you have more fresh green beans than you can use, freeze the excess – it’s easy to do! But first you need to blanch the beans.
Prepare a bowl containing cold water and ice cubes.
Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, tip in your beans and cook for 3 minutes.
Drain the beans, then immediately plunge them into the iced water – this will instantly halt the cooking process.
Your beans are now ready for the freezer!
Alternatively, make a green bean puree (below) and freeze the puree instead!
Green beans may be introduced to your baby from 6 months of age (with your doctor’s consent).
However, you may wish to wait until later in your baby’s first year is your little one is prone to gas – beans, including green beans, are notorious for causing gas in babies (and in adults, too!).
Remember to observe the four day rule when introducing green beans to your baby – and if any digestive problems DO result, or if they trigger an allergic reaction, then you’ll know for sure that the beans are to blame.
Green beans and other legumes may not be suitable for babies with G6PD Deficiency – please see this page for more information.
After washing your beans in cold, fresh water, remove the stem end.
It’s not usually necessary to remove the other, curved end.
You can then cut them into 2 inch pieces for cooking – or just leave them whole.
Green beans can be boiled in a little water – or steamed – for around 4-5 minutes until nice and tender.
TO MAKE A SIMPLE GREEN BEAN PUREE FOR YOUR BABY…
… transfer the cooked beans to a food processor and add a little water (preferably the water they were cooked in, if boiled) or milk and blend until as smooth as possible.
Green beans can be difficult to get completely smooth, although adding water to the mixture certainly helps.
But another option is to push the beans through a very fine mesh strainer AFTER processing in the blender, which removes those stubborn little bits!
For a creamier puree, try cooking a diced potato with the beans and pureeing them together.
You may have heard that you can preserve the bright colour of green beans by adding baking soda/bicarbonate of soda to the water when boiling them.
DON’T DO IT – it destroys the vitamin C content of the beans!
Here are some more suggestions that will have your baby clamouring for second helpings
Green beans make a wonderfully healthy finger food for babies.
Simply blanch them (using the method described earlier in this article) and you have a tender, easy-to-manage snack that your baby can enjoy at home – or which you can pop into a container to take out on your travels.
Try serving them with a dip for older babies – little ones love to dip their food and green beans are the perfect size and shape for the job.
A roasted red pepper dip tastes great with green beans (you can find the instructions for making it on our Bell Pepper page).

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Do You Really Need Weight Loss Supplements? I know. It can be frustrating to lose weight for many people, and out of that frustration and increasingly urgent feeling to lose the weight, people then seek something “easy”, something quick to finally take off the weight. America is overweight, and is getting fatter all of the time.
We’ve covered obesity statistics a lot in this blog, and current rates suggest all states have an obesity prevalence of greater than 30 percent. But this urgency to lose weight is true even for those that are not obese, but are looking to lose in the 10-20 pound range. Losing that last weight which is keeping you from looking how you really want to look can be equally challenging.
So…enter the booming weight loss industry.
A 2007 study printed in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association assessed how many Americans took a non-prescription weight loss supplement as part of their overall plan for weight loss. Researchers found that more than 15 percent of all adults (around 20 percent of women and 10 percent of men) had used weight loss supplements, and that most didn’t discuss this use with their healthcare providers. According to the FTC, the American weight loss industry rakes in more than $30 billion per year.
Many of the programs and products available make questionable promises, but because people are looking for a quick and easy fix, they pin their hopes on the latest claims that they can lose quickly and easily without making many changes. Some of the weight loss claims include:
Eliminate one entire food group (carbs, fat, etc.), and you’ll lose weight.
Lose weight without diet or exercise.
Eat all you want and lose weight.
Never diet again (except for that diet).
Eat these “delicious” microwave/processed meals and feel so “satisfied” while losing all the weight!
Try our miracle patch/cream/pill and lose weight with no effort.
If It Sounds too Good To Be True…
There’s an old adage that says, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
Yet, the weight loss industry makes claims all of the time that are clearly too good to be true. I understand the hope that comes along with promises of easy to lose weight without changing your habits. But you have to change your lifestyle if you want to lose weight for the long-term, at least in a healthy way. You may huff and puff and sigh and wrinkle your nose as you read this and want to truly believe there is a way around it. But there really isn’t. It doesn’t have to be torturous, and you don’t have to starve yourself or feel hungry, so long as you have a good strategy and fill up on the right foods. But yes, you have to make some effort and better and different choices.
I recently discussed it in my recent blog about the definitely too good to be true promises made about the latest weight loss craze, raspberry ketones. One of the types of questions I get from people most frequently is about whatever happens to be the latest miracle supplement. I thought I’d answer as many of those questions as I can here!
Green Coffee Bean Extract
Contains chlorogenic acid, which inhibits the release of glucose, increasing metabolism.
Has much less caffeine than coffee, so it won’t leave you jittery.
Roasting the beans to make the coffee removes the chlorogenic acid.
The extract also has antioxidants and may be good for diabetics because of its blood stabilizing effects.
What science says:
A human study showed that green coffee bean extract (GCBE) had an anti-hypertensive effect on people with mild high blood pressure.
A rodent study showed an inhibitory effect for chlorogenic acid on glucose.
No human studies currently link GCBE to weight loss.
GCBE may help people who are mildly hypertensive lower their blood pressure. You would get much better results with improving your blood pressure by changing your diet (less animal fat/cholesterol, etc.) and not relying on supplements to do so.
No specific human studies have been performed on GCBE and diabetes.
The claims: Hoodia makes you eat less by tricking you into believing your full.
What Science Says:
While there was some initial success in rodent studies examining the appetite suppressant benefits of hoodia, a 2011 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed no significant affect on appetites of human beings. The non-placebo group of human subjects in the study also showed that side effect such as nausea, headaches, and dizziness were fairly common.
The bottom line: There’s no solid proof Hoodia works with humans to really create and maintain weight loss. But it can sure cause unpleasant side effects.
The claims: This high soluble fiber supplement fills you up and makes it so you aren’t hungry, leading you to eat less.
What science says:
A randomized double-blind study showed glucomannan improved blood lipid profiles and glucose levels in diabetic subjects.
A 2008 study showed that subjects who didn’t make lifestyle changes noticed increased satiety with glucomannan but there was no statistically significant weight loss.
A 1984 study showed that obese patients taking glucomannan lost an average of 2.5 kg over an 8-week period with no adverse effects.
Health Canada advises that glucomannan taken with inadequate fluid can cause choking.
The bottom line: While glucomannan may, indeed, cause some reduced appetite, you still have to change the amount of food you eat and what you eat in order to lose weight. It’s no miracle, but in some cases it may help with satiation and blood lipid profiles, but you need to take it with lots of water.
This is really just a fiber pill. Why don’t you just drink the Glowing Green Smoothie instead, which as over 13 grams of fiber for 16 ounces? If you drink 32 ounces+ each day (like me) that’s 26 grams of fiber just from the GGS, but in a whole food form with tons of minerals, vitamins, enzymes and other phytonutrients. Chia seeds are another great source of fiber, and when hydrated in liquid they swell 10-15 time their size. No fiber pills needed!
The claims: Reduces body fat, weight, and cholesterol.
What Science Says:
Claims are based on studies on an extract from the African mango seed called IGOB131. One study on the extract showed statistically significant weight loss in people taking the extract for four weeks, although body fat didn’t change – just weight.
According to ConsumerLab.com, this study was funded by a manufacturer of African mango seed supplements.
The bottom line: While there may be promise here, further study is definitely needed since the scope and neutrality of the study remain limited. Plus, if you just lose weight but not fat you may just temporarily be losing water weight.
Do You Really Need a Miracle?
These are a few of the many weight loss “miracles” that are touted every year as the latest weight loss miracle. Don’t worry, I’m sure another fill will come along again soon. While there’s typically an excited buzz surrounding them (usually hype generated by product manufacturers), once the science kicks in we typically learn the same thing over and over again:
There are no miracles.
If you are overweight and eat an unhealthy, processed diet, the best way to lose weight is to limit portion sizes and eat a diet of healthy, unprocessed foods.
There is no fast and easy way to lose weight that doesn’t require a change in habits.
No pill allows you to eat as much as you want of processed, high-fat, and sugary foods.
The Best (and Cheapest) Way to Lose Weight
Weight loss products and supplements are hitting Americans hard in their wallets. In fact, the least expensive way to lose weight is also the most effective: eat mostly plant-based foods, moderate your portions, and move your body. I go over all of this extensively in how to eat healthy on a budget. It’s a formula that has always worked and will continue to do so. No miracle necessary.

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McAfee's DeWalt Pushes For Legislation To Battle Cybercriminals
The new head of McAfee says Congress needs to "modernize the law" and help law enforcement pursue hackers and online scammers.
The new president and CEO of security giant McAfee is pushing for legislation that will mandate more jail time for the growing number of cybercriminals breaking into government and corporate computing systems, setting up phishing schemes and building botnets.
Dave DeWalt has been meeting with senators, congressmen, and members of President Bush's staff to talk about cybercrime. A big part of his focus, he told InformationWeek, is to push the creation of new legislation to "modernize the law" and help law enforcement pursue hackers and online scammers.
"Cybercrime, in terms of losses per year, has passed the illegal drug trade in revenues per year," he said. "Now, we're seeing in excess of $105 billion in losses per year related to cyber crime. It's amazing to see how much it has grown over the last few years. You find yourself in a situation today where you can go in and essentially have a higher punishment for robbing a 7-Eleven for $11 than stealing a lot of money online. It's a low-risk, high-reward kind of situation.''
The means of attack are changing, noted DeWalt. And keeping abreast of them can be a daunting task. With cybercrime becoming more sophisticated and more commonplace, DeWalt says now is the time to get laws and sentencing guidelines in place to deal with it.
"We're overloaded with new malware being submitted in every shape and form," he added. "We're seeing 17,000 phishing attacks a month. It's so easy to do that we're seeing a tremendous rise in it. What we're discovering are almost ruthless kinds of attempts at phishing. They highjack a children's donation Web site. They're targeting the elderly. It's nearly impossible to track them because they move so quickly and change their IP addresses so much. We don't have the laws to really go after them. ... When you see the number of attacks versus the number of people being caught, it's pretty miniscule."
DeWalt would like to see cybercriminals facing long jail times and steeper fines.
"I think there's a tremendous need for legislation," he said. "Our ability to track the bad guys isn't the best. Modernizing our government and IT systems, as well as the law and the ability to pursue, is the key to stemming the tide of cybercrime losses You got to have stiffer penalties for actual crime over the Web. Sophistication on the commercial side of high tech side is pretty advanced but we don't have that in government and in our laws."
5 Top Federal Initiatives For 2015As InformationWeek Government readers were busy firming up their fiscal year 2015 budgets, we asked them to rate more than 30 IT initiatives in terms of importance and current leadership focus. No surprise, among more than 30 options, security is No. 1. After that, things get less predictable.


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By Perry Lefko
Mississauga and Brampton are among the 14 cities the Government of Ontario has identified as the initial 14 provincial municipalities that will have stand-alone cannabis stores by July 2018.
The Ministry of Finance and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario announced on November 3 where recreational marijuana will be sold.
The news was the latest announcement as part of the federal government’s plan in April 2016 to legalize the sale of cannabis by July 2017. The provinces were assigned the task of forming their own distribution system.
In addition to Mississauga and Brampton, the other municipalities include: Barrie, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vaughan and Windsor.
The announcement said that over the coming weeks, staff from the Ministry of Finance and the LCBO will meet with staff at the identified municipalities to discuss the guidelines and process for citing stores and local interests. Forty stores will be included in the initial launch of selling cannabis.
“The guidelines will achieve our objectives of protecting youth by ensuring stores are not in close proximity to schools, while providing access within communities and addressing the illegal market,” the news release said. “As part of the engagement with municipalities, when a specific store site is identified, a public notice will be posted on the Ontario government’s website and at the physical site. The public will have the opportunity to submit questions and comments on the intended site before it is confirmed.”
Additional municipalities intended for stores by July 2018 will also be identified. Consumers in all regions of Ontario will have access to cannabis through an online channel.
Forty stores will be the first outlets of what are scheduled to be 150 stand-alone stores by 2020.
The Ontario government set 19 as the minimum age for purchasing marijuana from LCBO stores.

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3. Close the tube and incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature.
4. Briefly vortex the tube and then do a quick spin (less than 5000xg) to concentrate the liquid at the bottom.
5. Store the suspended plasmid at -20°C. The DNA is stable for at least one year from date of shipping when stored at -20°C.
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Hu, Wenli (2022) In TVVR22/5010 VVRM01 20221
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Prediction of flood and evaluation of the impact of climate change in a catchment needs to be correctly estimated, which can be accomplished by hydrological modelling in HEC-HMS.
In this paper, the objectives were to gain an understanding of the rainfall-runoff process and estimate the flood frequency curve in the Kävlinge River Basin. However, due to the complexity of a catchment, models should be well-calibrated and validated in order to increase predictive ability. The flood frequency estimation through simulation can be addressed through continuous or event-based hydrological modelling. Firstly, because of the data availability for short-term storms and initial soil moisture conditions, continuous models are calibrated and validated in different years. Afterwards, the identical parameters can be used for the event-based simulation. The hypothetical storm method was used to construct flood frequency curves of different return periods. Finally, all the above simulations were carried out with climate change scenario RCP8.5.
The result shows that the Curve Number (CN), initial abstraction (Ia) and Lag time are the crucial parameters for the rainfall-runoff modelling. The statistical analysis of Coefficient of Determination (R2), Percent Bias (PBIAS) and model Peak error (%) efficiency criteria were used for performance evaluation at three stations (Högsmölla, Ellinge and Vombsjön). Most of the statistics are within an acceptable range (±30%) except the values at Vombsjön due to the regulated flow, which indicates the good performance of the hydrological modelling. As well as this, the hydrological model with RCP8.5 climate change scenario is used to evaluate the effects of climate change on continuous and flood events simulation. There are around 24% and 20% increases in peak flow respectively compared with the current condition


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Australia.- The Breeding and Genomics group operates a number of breeding programs which seek to select genetically superior animals within a range of species. One of our most important programs focusses on abalone, which in Australia utilises blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), greenlip abalone (H laevigata) and their hybrid offspring favoured for their improved growth and production. In collaboration with our partner Jade Tiger Abalone, the breeding program has been running since 2003. It has relied on microsatellite markers for parentage assignment, which is an essential component in selecting improved animals. The team is continually looking for ways to improve all of our breeding programs, and James Kijas and Harry King saw the opportunity to take the DNA profiling component of the abalone program to the next level.
The team collected whole genome DNA sequence from 24 abalone before analysing the data to identify a large collection (2.2 million) of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). SNP are highly efficient to genotype and they offer the opportunity to build a genotyping tool which has increased diagnostic power and reduced cost when compared with microsatellites. The team selected a subset of available SNP and designed a cost effective genotyping tool containing the most informative DNA markers. The new SNP tool was road tested to assess its power to accurately measure the relationship between animals. It delivered 100% accuracy in a parentage test using abalone from the breeding program with known pedigree, validating it as reliable for real world application.
The results were published in the January issue of the journal Frontiers in Genetics (Volume 9, Article 687). The article makes available a library of DNA polymorphisms for applied breeding and ecological application in blacklip and greenlip abalone. Importantly, it sets the Jade Tiger Abalone breeding program on the path to more fully accessing the power of genomics. It opens the way for future developments which may include the identification of important genes and increasingly sophisticated methods such as genomic selection.
The project is part of an ongoing collaboration between CSIRO and Jade Tiger Abalone.
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Kijas James, Hamilton Matthew, Botwright Natasha, King Harry, McPherson Luke, Krsinich Anton, McWilliam Sean. 2019. Genome Sequencing of Blacklip and Greenlip Abalone for Development and Validation of a SNP Based Genotyping Tool. Frontiers in Genetics, Vol 9. DOI=10.3389/fgene.2018.00687

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They found that, overall, 6.2 percent of these women possessed antibodies to the virus, but with significant variation across racial and ethnic groups — 9.7 percent in Black women, 10.4 percent in Hispanic/Latina women, 2.0 percent in White/Non-Hispanic women, and 0.9 percent in Asian women. Though theCenter for American Progressreports that the level of educational attainment for Latinas has risen in the past few years, graduation rates for Latinas, at 31.3% in 2008, are still significantly lower than graduation rates for white women, at 45.8%. I’m now the founder of a Los Angeles based startup called BUENA, helping people make the most out of their free time — and setting a tone for creatives and women in the startup community.
It’s estimated more than 2 million new cases of breast cancer occurred worldwide among women and men in 2018 . The breast cancer incidence rate for Puerto Rico is 94 cases per 100,000 women . Figure 1.5 shows the incidence rates of breast cancer for each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. These numbers don’t take into account the number of women who live in each state.
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From , Hispanic children were 1.8 times more likely to be obese as compared to non-Hispanic white children. In 2018, Hispanic Americans were 1.2 times more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic whites. Authoritative, up-to-date data on the living standards of American workers. Giving more income to families struggling to afford the basics can relieve the stress from lack of resources, which research links to lasting harm for children’s brain development and physical health. In addition, income support programs can improve children’s academic, health, and economic outcomes, the National Academies of Sciences’ report on reducing childhood poverty finds.
Maternal race/ethnicity was classified in accordance with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards.28 Covariates included monthly counts of male and female preterm births to non-Latina women as well as term births to Latina women. We defined gestational age based on the date of the last menstrual period to ensure consistency across time. As described below, we used 94 months of the presidency of Barack Obama to estimate counterfactual values of preterm births to Latina women during the 9 months beginning November 1, 2016, and ending July 31, 2017. The 2016 US presidential election appears to have been associated with an increase in preterm births among US Latina women.
In 1995, fourteen Latina professionals, community and business leaders founded the 100 Hispanic Women National, Inc. They envisioned a non-profit organization dedicated to guiding Latinas towards excellence in leadership by fostering educational enrichment and creating opportunities to promote our personal and professional advancement.
Rossina joined Union Bank in 1981, and during her tenure, she has served in various positions in small business lending, Special Assets management and Multicultural Markets. Prior to 2020, Rossina managed the charitable contributions and community outreach in Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire; thus, making her familiar with the issues affecting most markets in Southern California. Vanessa Casillas immigrated into the United States at the age of One from El Salvador with a single mother seeking asylum with no support, as her Father was killed in the Salvadorian civil war 2 months prior. Vanessa as a Latina immigrant who grew up in poverty in the streets of South- Central LA, knew first-hand what it was to struggle. Being raised by a single mother with 6 brothers and sisters, with minimal relative support lived their lives jumping from house to house, due to financial hardship as her mother possessed limited educational skills and struggled to find employment or childcare.
Insight into these relationships could allow the model to be translated to other cultures. “This study would not have been possible without the commitment of our community partners and the dedication of Angelica Deaton, our promotora,” said Spalluto. “I have actually heard people discuss Hispanic people as being lazy,” said a Latina in anatomy, in a stereotype that came up again and again in our interviews. And Asian-American women reported that people frequently assumed they were foreigners. Said a physicist, “I’ve had a number of conversations where people ask me where am I from.
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- The media’s hypersexualization of Latina women has associated their accents with being sexy, which hypersexualizes an entire language.
- In fiscal year 2019, Penn Medicine provided more than $583 million to benefit our community.
- This work was supported by institutional funds from the University of Pennsylvania and National Institutes of Health grants .
- Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities.
New York State Senator Julia Salazar is part of a progressive wave of young women fighting for a more equitable world. She has advocated for tenant rights, sex workers’ rights, criminal justice reform, equal protection for women and immigration justice. She currently serves as Chair of New York’s Committee on Women’s Health. Committed to ending the harm caused by mass incarceration, Senator Salazar has been vocal in demanding reforms to the justice system. She also co-sponsored the historic NYS Dream Act and the “Green Light” bill, granting access to NYS drivers’ licenses regardless of immigration status.
The 2016 presidential election may have been associated with adverse health outcomes of Latina women and their newborns. My wife sometimes listens to Spanish language news where she tells me the negative news dominates even more than on English language news broadcasts. Estimates are shown for the 9 birth cohorts in gestation during the presidential election of November 2016. Expected values were generated from a time series model using data from 94 months of the Obama presidency . Error bars indicate 95% CIs calculated as the estimate plus or minus the product of 1.96 and the estimate’s SE.
It is important to note that the 19th Amendment enfranchised both Anglo and Hispanic women in New Mexico, but not the Native women of the state. Native women and men were citizens of their own Indigenous nations, but the United States considered most Native people the legal wards of the federal government and therefore not U.S. citizens. Moreover, even after the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which made all Native people U.S. citizens, New Mexican courts ruled that Indians living on reservation land remained under guardianship and were thus ineligible to vote. The parade coincided with a visit from Mrs. Ella St. Clair Thompson, an organizer from the National Woman’s Party . The NWP had been founded by Alice Paul and focused on securing an amendment that prohibited voting discrimination based on sex.
So a white Jewish woman from Kansas City has been lying her whole adult life by pretending to be black. It comes as no surprise to most that there’s a sustained pay gap between men and women in the American work force, but today we look beyond the gap between just men and women and instead recognize how race and ethnicity impacts this divide. Today, Latinas are paid only 54 cents compared to a White, non-Hispanic man’s one dollar for completing similar work. For Black women the gap is 63 cents, and for Native American women it’s 58 cents. Workers without any college education were more likely to have lost their jobs than workers with at least some college education in the COVID-19 downturn.
It is possible that some measures of employment and its demographic composition are affected by these changes in data collection. The decrease in employment in the first three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the decrease effected by the Great Recession over two years. From the end of 2007 to the end of 2009, U.S. employment fell by 8.0 million, or 5%.
“Pregnant Black and Hispanic women five times more likely to be exposed to coronavirus.” ScienceDaily. Our staff is dedicated to educating and monitoring women with diabetes who are at risk of having babies with an increased risk of heart defects. A dietitian and a diabetes nurse practitioner help women manage their blood sugar during pregnancy.
This is a membership-based organization that offers a comprehensive business directory of members from a diverse business population including financial, manufacturing, professional and technical industries. Lahle Wolfe wrote about women in business for The Balance Small Business. She has more than 25 years of experience in small business development and ran her own digital marketing firm. The professional and educational growth opportunities for Latinas in this country are numerous. 100 Hispanic Women National, Inc. continues to address issues of concern to continues to address issues of concern to Hispanic women and to empower us with the tools to take control of our personal, professional and economic growth.
One black biologist recalled an advisor who turned to her and asked, “Hey, do you have any family on drugs or in jail? ” Another remembered a comment a professor made about how she would know all about rats because she came from an urban area.


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LOOSE Women rowed today over actresses wearing black to the Golden Globes last night, with Jane Moore branding the silent protest “totally meaningless.”
As Hollywood’s leading ladies shunned bright colours to show solidarity amid the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse shock, Jane, 55, felt it was too little too late, after the suffering women across the world have endured.
ITV Loose Women’s Jane Moore labelled the black dress protest at the Golden Globes ‘totally meaningless’
She said: “All those actresses wearing a black dress, for me it’s totally meaningless, what does that even mean?
“Sexual harassment, sexual abuse of women has been going on for years and years and years. Saudi Arabia – everywhere. And suddenly they go, ‘Oh it’s happened in Hollywood, therefore it’s an issue and we’re all gonna virtue signal and wear a black frock to event.
“You’ve got to walk the walk.”
However fellow panellist Stacey Solomon disagreed and said it was about “choice”.
ITV While Jane accused actresses of only speaking out against sexual abuse now it was impacting their industry, Stacey Solomon said it was about ‘choice’
She hit back: “The whole point is that women have a choice and can stand up and do what they want to do.”
Jane isn’t alone in not seeing the value in the protest.
The red carpet and the afterparties were a sea of black outfits as stars took a stand against the sex abuse scandal
Rose McGowan has lashed out at the stars who wore black to the Golden Globes, accusing them of “Hollywood fakery” for failing to take a stand against the sex abuse claims sooner.
The Charmed star claims the famous females who united against the scandal “wouldn’t have lifted a finger” to help if she hadn’t gone public with allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
Rose McGowan has lashed out at the stars who wore black to the Golden Globes last night
She blasted the actresses in a scathing message on Twitter after actress Asia Argento, who was one of the women to speak out against Weinstein, sent her a supportive tweet.
Asia, 42, wrote: “No one should forget that you were the first one who broke the silence.
“Anyone who tries to diminish your work is a troll and an enemy of the movement. You gave me the courage to speak out. I am on your side until I die.”
Rose accused shamed movie producer Harvey Weinstein of attacking her
Rose then replied: “And not one of those fancy people wearing black to honor our rapes would have lifted a finger had it not been so.
“I have no time for Hollywood fakery, but you I love, .@AsiaArgento #RoseArmy.”
Stars including Reese Withersoon, Jennifer Aniston and Catherine Zeta Jones all wore black dresses at the prizegiving in Los Angeles last night.
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Black lentils vegan dal can easily conquer your taste buds. If you are new to cooking lentils, you can discover a rich variety of lentil recipes to satisfy your taste buds. Interestingly, lentils are a perfect cooking ingredient to make hearty soups and bake delectable desserts.
One of the unique features of lentils is that they are a powerhouse full of protein and fiber. And with this unique duet of ingredients, it is so much easier to get a sense of satiety and control blood sugar levels.
Did you know that chronic blood sugar spikes can result in insulin resistance and pimples and acne? To get a beautiful skin and control a healthy weight, lentils can be one of your go-to foods every day of the week. Besides, you can create a new easy recipe with the minimum ingredients that is flavorful and filling, too.
When we become aware of the nutrients each food holds inside, it becomes even so much more rewarding to cook with them!
Creative Lentil Recipes For Any Stage of Woman’s Life
Delicious lentil recipes can be so unique, yet full of flavor and aroma. The trick is to add your favorite herbs and spices. In addition, try your hand at a rich collection of aromatic spices from different cuisines. Experiment and find what your taste buds respond to.
I am cooking with lentils regularly. Besides, I have a variety of lentils on hand: beluga or black lentils, green lentils, red and yellow lentils, brown lentils. Each type of lentils is great for this or that recipe. But I experiment with recipes all the time. As the result of my long-time cooking with lentils, I have developed a sense of what goes well with vegetables and other grains and even fruit.
Here are the links for the recipes that will give you an idea how creative and rich the world of lentils can be in your own home meal prep.
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With all the deliciousness these many lentil recipes supply to our taste buds, any woman can take advantage of their nutritional profile.
Lentils boast of plant-based protein and fiber. Fiber is critical to many processes within the body. And one of the utmost importance is blood sugar control. Without doubt, adding proteins that come from plants and grains is one of the ways to receive quality protein that is easily digested.
And if you are looking to improve your skin health, cook with lentils often! In addition to fiber and protein, lentils are rich in B vitamins, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc.
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How to Make a Delicious Dal Makhani Meal
What you need to remember is that black lentils are very easy and fast to cook. Within an hour, you can have a family meal ready to welcome with its aroma and unforgettable taste.
Coming form Punjab, India, this black lentil dal is a delicacy that comes with health benefits. Protein, fiber, calcium are just some of the important nutrients every person has to have for normal functioning.
Makhani means “butter” in Indian. So, you are here for a real treat to dive into one of the unique recipes ever.
Blooming Your Spices for the Dal Recipe
This black lentils vegan dal recipe preparation is easy. But first, you are to temper your spices in the butter before you begin cooking the beluga lentils.
Indian cuisine is known for aromatic herbs and spices galore. But a well-kept secret of their taste is in blooming spices, also called tempered spices.
To get the aroma out of the herbs and seeds, you need to bloom them in fat. As the majority of spices are fat-soluble, cooking them in fat first allows the aromatic compounds to reveal themselves, i.e., bloom. The butter in our recipe is the fat base where you are going to put all the spices, one-by-one, in order to receive the complex aromas conducive to such a unique taste.
In fact, only when you are done with the initial step of blooming the spices, you can put the rest of the ingredients into a pan and finish the cooking of the Punjabi Dal Makhani recipe.
Black Lentils Vegan Dal
This super aromatic and full of flavor black lentil dal recipe is bursting with benefits of protein, fiber and calcium.
- 2 Tbsp butter or oil or ghee
- 1 medium onion chopped
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger chopped
- ½ tsp garam masala skip if you do not have it
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- ½ tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 cups water
- 1 cup fresh chopped or canned tomatoes
- 1 cup black lentils, also known as Beluga lentils
- 4 tsp butter
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream
Heat butter or oil. Add onions and saute them for about 3 minutes.
Add cumin seeds to onions. Begin to bloom this spice in butter for another couple of minutes.
Add ginger, garam masala (if you use it), turmeric, coriander, garlic, chili powder and salt to the onions. Continue the blooming process for about 3 minutes to introduce all the aroma complexity into the onion mixture.
Add water to the dal mixture.
Add tomatoes to the water mixture. Stir carefull y to spread all the ingredients evenly within the mixture.
Add Beluga black lentils to the watered dal and bring to a boil. Then, reduce to a low simmer, cover with a lid, and cook for 45 minutes.
When you plate Beluga lentil dal into a bowl, add a teaspoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of heavy cream. Stir with a spoon. Enjoy this incredibly aromatic Indian recipe in the comfort of your home.


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Re: nmap: OS hints from service versions
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 12:50:02 +0400
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 22:47 +0300, Toni Ruottu wrote:
The OS detection is trying to detect the OS of the host. The services
might all be running on different operating systems because of
virtualization and port forwarding.
Doesn't the whole OS detection rely on answers to the probes to the same
ports? In case of port forwarding it is already fooled, isn't it?
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ALBANY, N.Y. — A 20-year-old bill that would make it easier for adoptees age 18 and older to get their original birth records is up again in the New York Legislature, where backers say it has more momentum than in the past.
Supporters of the Bill of Adoptee Rights argue that information from unsealed birth records is vital to the medical and mental health of adoptees, while opponents contend that easing disclosure rules could violate a birth parent’s privacy.
The bill, first introduced during the 1993-1994 session, had not gained much support in the Assembly until recently.
Assemblyman David Weprin, a sponsor of the bill, said: “An adoptee has the right to know basic information about themselves. Why should they be discriminated against for a missing piece of the puzzle that is their identity?’’
The proposed law would give adoptees the right to get copies of their unsealed birth certificate and medical history form, if available.
Unsealed birth certificates contain their original birth name, the name of their birth parents, their address at the time of birth, the date and location of birth, and religious and ethnic heritage.
Adoptees and birth mothers testified at a recent hearing held by the Assembly Health Committee. Among them was Ellen Mohr, 88, a Charlottesville, Va., resident who grew up in New York and began the search for information about her biological parents four years ago fearing that she ‘‘might not live much longer,’’ and because she did not want to offend her adoptive family.
Opponents of the bill say that the measure could leave biological parents who were promised confidentiality vulnerable to unwanted interaction with the adoptees.

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I would leave a negative rating if I could. They were very polight untill our children came in from outside. At that time the 20 min wait was changed to a 60 min wait. As we waited (all our children are very good and were being quiet and polight) we were told "pleae move" Please move AGAIN". All the while 2 6 tops and 8 tables that would seat 2, all in a row next to eachother sat empty. They we so rude and such blank, blanks that we left. The OTHER resturant we went to was happy to get our $150.00 bucks and the waiter was so nice and polight we left him $40 to say thanks. We go to ALL kinds of places and this was the worst service with only one other exception, we have ever had. Wish I could coment on the food but who wants to pay someone to treat them like crap. You can get that for free with out woring at it.
This place is a great deal for dinner. All you can eat for about $12.00. The only thing that can be bad about this place is going there your first or second time. There are so many choices and sauces to look at it can take a few attempts to get the right flavor that suits you. Otherwise, once you know what you want, this place is great.
This place is pretty much what you see is what you get, but they execute very well. You're not getting choice cuts of meat and elegantly prepared meals - this place is all about making something you like - in my case spicy and delicious. If you want fast (once you are seated at least, sometimes it's an hour or more wait), hot, and fairly fresh, this place will satisfy. For 10-12 bucks and all you can eat, it's a steal.
i have eaten at a mongolian bbq in okinawa japan, and this restraunt so nicely mirrored that experience! the food was fresh, the service was friendly and helpful, and the place was packed! i will definitely eat there again and again! there were a couple of slippery places on the floor that could have been caused by oil spillage, but, that was the ONLY complaint, and that happens anywhere you eat. it was delicious, i only wished i could eat more!!!
This is an excellent place to eat with the family while still not breaking the budget. As far as Beverages, I enjoy the Iced Tea. Their alcoholic drinks leave a lot to be desired. If you have food allergies this may not be the place for you, although they try to clean up the grill extra clean if people ask them too. I have been there over a dozen times and I have to say that the wait staff could use some work on attentivness to the customer, but as with any place of business some staff is better than others. As far as people complaining about there vegetables I have never had a problem with them, they are always crisp, the meats I have little worry about because they are almost always frozen untill cooked. They get 4 stars because there dining area is not always clean, but at the same time that is not always easy with the amount of business they do.
This food was awesome..... Plus we had a tall blonde waitress who constantly kept us satified. It was inexpensive and a great way to feed a family of five on a Friday night. Thank you Hu Hot of Des Moines.....
they even encourage you to go back for seconds ... i recommend going for evenings or weekends
I'm honestly torn. I love the pillage, and the place is so quaintly easy. Just like a buffet, you show up at the restaurant and go to the meat, noodle, veggie and sauce bars. Then the cooks grill your stir fry (and mix it up with everyone else's) and the price is a good value.
The service is poor. Can I ask everyone a question??? Doesn't everybody else feel gross after eating here? My family and friends also comment feeling very uncomfortable after eating at the Huhot and I was wondering if this is common for everyone. Also, don't order wine here - it's cheap and you can get every selection far cheaper at HyVee.
Great vegetarian option. But horrible vegan option. Your food will come into contact with juices from other's. Otherwise, great selection of fresh produce to put in your food. You're given control of what your dish looks like. Has always tasted great in the end. Good value.
I'm surprised at the complaints I've read about HuHot. In six or more visits, my experiences have brought good food and a fun time with friends and family. It’s great finally having a Mongolian barbeque in Des Moines. HuHot isn’t perfect by any means, but it’s worth at least one visit.
While still a chain, HuHot far exceeds the last Mongolian BBQ I ate at in Kansas (which was locally owned). At least, the food is frozen! The place in Kansas didn't even freeze the meats. But I've never had a single problem of my food coming off the grill frozen at HuHot.
The wait staff does have problems. They don't have to record as many orders, and they don't usually bring out entrees. Most of my waiters have been absentee or ditzy (they are horrible at refills). It’s like they don’t have enough to do. More often than not, we see a gaggle of them standing around the bar or in the kitchen.
As for someone else's food making its way onto my plate with the crazy grill action, I can somewhat relate. I have food allergies, and I hate seafood, so it makes me nervous. But I've yet to find an errant shrimp on my plate. Plus, if you go into HuHot, you should know what you're getting into. It seems silly to complain about a minor side effect of the restaurant’s niche.
As for the food itself, my boyfriend/eating companion said it best: "It's all in the sauce." If you don't do the sauce right, the meal will suffer. Once you get that down, it's fantastic. I recommend the sweet and sour sauce. It's sufficiently tangy but subtle. Additionally, I’m one of those picky vegetable eaters (I don’t like green things), but I find myself eating more vegetables there than anywhere else. It’s inspired me to buy a wok and try stir-fry at home.
My biggest complaint isn't about the restaurant. It's about the patrons. Every time we eat there, we run into a complete idiot. Pay attention to what's going on around you. Read the signs. Watch other people. And for the love of God, don't leave a gap at the grill! It's a seamless machine until someone who isn't smart enough to catch on becomes a cog.
Anyway, HuHot has the only Asian food that I can eat and not get tired of halfway through the meal. I'm usually too full to get a second plate. I do think it overpriced by a few dollars, but if it were unreasonable, we wouldn't keep going back. In the end, we leave full and happy, and that's indicative of a great eatery.
It's something fun and different when you're on the west side and shopping. The food has been consistently good when I visit. It's not authentic, more like an all you can eat stir fry. But I enjoy it.
The taste of the food and the idea of Huhot is great. However, I did have some complaints.
If you have food allergies, beware because there is no way to make sure your food does not come into contact with someone elses on the grill. My friend with seafood allergies was scared for her life.
I loved the food there, and the quality of the meat was better than in other restaurants that are similar in style. My friend Tony's food got cooked close to mine and he had the red pepper/chile sauce and I HATE spicy food. His sauce got into my food and essentially ruined it.
The lines can also get very long, so on a busy lunch hour or Sat. afternoon, be prepared to stand in line, but you will not be disappointed by the taste.
All I can say is crappy, smelly service and disgusting food.
We visited HuHot on Sunday, July 10. We had a server named, Cathy, who smelled of cigarette smoke so badly that we would gag every time she approached our table.
Our plates were not cleared regularly, she never checked on how we were doing, which wasn't bad, as we got a break from the smell.
Basically, we felt the service was the worst we had ever experienced at a restaurant.
And, come to find out, she was the head waitress on staff for the day! She was short tempered, smelly, and not friendly at all. The servers kept haning out with the grillers just goofing off. I felt like I was at McDonald's.
And, what's up with the frozen veggies? They were mushy and gross tasting.
Anyone who wants real mongolian bbq, should not visit a chain restaurant, it's like going to McDonald's! That's what we got bad service and food.
I am torn on my feelings. Part of me really loves this place. I love that you make your dinner, you decide what to add, what sauces to put on and actually watch your food being cooked.
The part that dislikes this place, hates the fact that on several occasions I have had food get off the grill that was still frozen. The appetizers are nothing better than what you can get at the store in the frozen food section and it never fails, I get behind people that have no clue what is going on, what to do and stare foolishly, while getting in line wrong. Then the waiting area, if that is what you call it…and on busy Friday/Saturday nights that is really annoying.
HuHot is great to fill up (it’s all you can eat), the atmosphere is fun and colorful, it's entertaining and the price isn’t bad at all. Avoid the appetizers and if you are new to the experience, please ask questions and read the instructions given.
I've also noticed that HuHot's fish is a little more "fishy" tasting than most places. Salmon shouldn't taste that way. Stay away from the fish, unless it's shellfish. The calamari, shrimp, and crab are all great.
Other than that, I think HuHot is great. There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said, but I will add that they REALLY cater to people with food allergies. If you have allergies, tell your server or the manager. They'll tell you what's in the sauces so you know if you're allergic or not. They'll also thoroughly clean and clear out about 1/5 of the grill just for your food. They even use separate grilling spatulas for you. Usually the manager is watching just to make sure nothing gets in your food that you don't want. Awesome customer service.
On top of that, I think watching your food get cooked is the best way. Not only do you get a show, but you can also make sure your food doesn't get messed with, and you might learn a few grilling tricks.
Nothing special here. I think everybody got all excited about this Mongolian grill concept, but when you sit back and really taste this stuff, it's not that good. Sure, it's cheap and all you can eat.
But the ingredients don't seem that fresh. I remember the fish stinking and the peppers were soggy. yuck.
And the "chefs" do a terrible job at keeping my crazy stink sauce away from my "neighbors" food on the round grill. Other places I've been- you have you own guy who handles your food throughout the entire process- none of this passing it on from person to person- what is that crap?
Drinks were good.
I ate there last night with a large party of people. I have to agree with everyone else, it is good. If anything you should go just to experience a new concept in restaurants.
I love HuHot!
Whenever I go to Des Moines to visit I have to go there at least once during the weekend. Its nice to be able to make my own dinner at a place I would have no idea what something was had it been on a menu. This place is a must for everyone!
If there is one place in Des Moines you have to eat at this place is it. You gather the fixin's. Veggies, meats, veggies, meats whatever and then top it off with a sauce of your choice or you can follow the instructions on how to make a great sauce. You can't screw up the sauce by following instructions.
You then give them your bowl and watch them cook it right in front of you. Even at the busiest of dinner times I have gotten through the line in 15 minutes tops. You can't beat that at any restraunt during busy times. There is a pretty nice bar area where you can sit and hangout. There is a full compliment of drinks at your disposal and the service is very good. This is a great place for dates, families and anyone that likes this type of food. It's a great atmosphere. Veggie eaters are more than welcome. They have everything for you also. The only people that wouldn't like this place would be weirdo's that don't like to watch the food getting cooked (no chance of them spitting in it) or people that are too stuck up to save $30 for the same meal elsewhere. It's not as good as this.
I would eat there every day
This is one of the few restaurants that I HAVE to go to each time I visit Des Moines. The food is great, there is a large selection of meats, vegetables, and sauces, and the prices are very reasonable. (Approx. $9 for all you can eat.)
A++!!!1 Would eat at Huhot again!
Two bowls is not necessary and only slows down the line.
love it spicy!
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If you have any food allergies... avoid HuHot, but otherwise best place to do anytime of the day. It is really busy all the time thought but it is totally worth it :)
Go during off times during the week. Weekends are busy.
If you have food allergies, tell them. Duh!
stand in line for frozen mediocre ingredients cooked slop style on a giant dirty griddle
The peanut sauce is excellent!
Lance is awesome ;)
2 bowls is the way to go and 5 ladles of sauce is only good start!
Pretty much the best place to eat...ever
Two bowls is a necessity. Not only does it possible eliminate a second or third trip, you get more meat. Two bowls is a pro move, and not for the timid.
I suggest small bowls so you can try as many different combos as possible before filling up.
Pad Thai sauce is the best
Mongolian Stir Fry: So good. At Huhot you don't really order off the menu, you pillage. And by pillage I mean, you gather ingredients in a bowl and take them to a huge grill to be cooked.
You start off with your meats, which rotate all the time. They always have the classics: pork, beef, and chicken, but sometimes you'll also see shrimp, calamari, duck, salmon, crab, and lots more.
After you get your meat you have a choice between 3 different kinds of noodles. All 3 are good, but the thin white ones are really good. Next you move on to vegetables. There are a lot to choose from so if you're a vegetarian you definitely have an opportunity to load up - they even have tofu.
After the vegetables comes the sauce. You'll find a series of recipes above the sauces, or you can mix and match your own. They recommend about 5 ladles of sauce - 1 of which must be oil so it doesn't burn on the grill. There's a ton to choose from, much more than other mongolian grills I've been to.
Finally you go to the grill, stay in line, and watch your food get cooked. Once you've shuffled to the end you take your food back and enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, you can only blame yourself... because you created it. Luckily you can go back and try again as many times as you want.
Other things to note: Evening dinner comes with your choice of soup or salad, the pot stickers are fried, and sauce on the table is good.


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Minna Liski’s comments/report on
Building Sound Collectives Workshop
Casper Hernández Cordes, Fonografit (Denmark)
Fri 8th at 11.30-13.00
The Open Stage concept of the conference was about forming an experimental platform where art and science could meet and establish a dialogue. It is understood that this dialogue may help artists and scientists gain new perspectives on their own work and together acquire new ways and tools to reflect on sustainable development issues. Although science and art have become to be identified as two separate areas they however share an underlying will and motivation to extend our experience of the world and our understanding of it. I believe that at the heart of both science and art is a desire for the pleasure of understanding something new and communicating this to others. One can say that science is more interested in finding answers and truths, whereas art is more interested in asking questions and is therefore more comfortable with uncertainty. This quality of art is however extremely useful when dealing with complicated and wicked problems related to the future of this planet.
As part of the Open Stage, the workshop facilitated by composer Casper Hernández Cordes was an example of using arts-based methods in trying to find a common understanding. This workshop in particular tried to find answers and questions on what roles non-verbal communication may play in our efforts in building collectives and if it is possible to build a collective from scratch, from an ad-hoc and diverse group of people, such as the group of conference participants.
We humans normally talk, discuss, argue, make speeches, give presentations, debate, ie. communicate verbally when we try to find a common understanding. But as Hernández Cordes said in his workshop introduction, it is not that words are bad, but there are other ways of experiencing the world and much more at play in human interaction. For example Dr. Albert Mehrabian, who conducted several studies on nonverbal communication concluded that only around 7% of any message is conveyed through words, 38% through certain vocal elements, and 55% through nonverbal elements (facial expressions, gestures, posture, etc). One can disagree with his findings, but they should make us think deeper into the role of sounds and gestures in our expression, however. As is noted in the workshop abstract these forms of non-verbal interaction are ”closely linked with our fundamental capacities for building trust and showing empathy, and for relating to our peers in ways that circumvent hierarchies and prejudice”.
Arts-based methods are a general conception for all kinds of actions ranging from community art projects to workplace development interventions. They might be a one-time workshop like this one during the conference or applied for longer periods depending on the aims set. It is believed that the methods can promote (co-)learning, communality and social interaction in particular. The conference workshop clearly brought people who did not know each other before together and created interaction. Maybe therefore a better place for it would have been earlier in the programme, so the neutral platform it provided for people to meet and discussions it roused could have had more of an effect – more discussion and interaction during the rest of the programme.
The neutrality regarding arts-based methods comes from the equality the workshop participants experience as they participate without their usual social roles. The methods promote a feeling of everyone doing something for the first time and therefore there cannot be any experts. It’s a kind of co-jump to the unknown. There are no pre-set rules of what is wrong or what is right. Especially in this particular workshop concentrating on non-verbality, the participants learned something totally different about one another as there were no usual introductions of name, title and organisation etc. They for example learned what different colours sounded like according to the fellow participants – totally new kind of knowledge.
Although the facilitator sets the tasks and keeps the workshop going, it is the activity of the participants that push the workshop forward as they keep offering different kinds of solutions or alternatives to each other based on their own experience, feelings and skills. The gestures provided by the workshop participants had a whole range of human movement capacity and there was no judgement on which gestures were better. By seeing and hearing different ways of reacting, gesturing and sound making, which are all equally important, not one better than the other, can give a strong sense of empowerment. It can also help to understand how many different points of views and ways of doing things there can be, ie. the diversity. One might also understand one’s own actions better.
Arts-based methods are very good when working at interfaces, when there are many voices, many approaches. They can help form a common understanding and an understanding that there might be many different ways of solving problems. The exercise of picking two people to follow and trying to keep the triangle, an equal distance between them and yourself, demonstrated this in a very concrete way. It was hard to control the others to find the balance. It was made even more concrete by naming the persons one followed “culture” and “sustainability”.
The arts-based methods are usually considered fun and there is a lot of laughter involved, like in this workshop. Who says that serious discussion always brings better results than amusing co-creation? Could there be more fun ways of trying to solve problems? The arts-based methods are also very good at providing the element of surprise. In this workshop one of the participants suddenly facilitated the workshop because he had mentioned during the feedback discussion that he knew a similar exercise to do with listening and following your ears instead of your eyes.
There was a constant feel of testing and experimenting in the workshop. Hernández Cordes also made sure that if there was any kind of feeling of discomfort regarding the tasks, one did not have to participate. Regarding building a collective on can question if it is right if some members of the possible collective only watch and observe. Can they still feel being part of the collective? Obviously one cannot force anyone to take part, so there may be different levels of commitment to the collective.
As well as trying to form one common gesture from all the gestures provided by the participants – the group’s own genuine gesture – the workshop explored the use of other senses than sight. Because we rely so much on our eyes, it seems a lot of other kind of information passes us unnoticed. Especially with music-based methods making sounds and listening to others can create a strong sense of communality, being part of a collective. According to recent studies into human brain, it is has become clear how important sounds, which have over time become music, have been to us humans and in our development.
A common reflection at the end of the workshop can usually open up the common understanding further. Hopefully this was the case this time also. The video filmed about the workshop can give further information to the facilitator about the exercises and methods and act as a form of research. It also gives some new perspective regarding small details and timing, for example.
The conference: Culture(s) in sustainable futures.
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