Archive for July, 2010
BEEFING UP THEIR IMAGE
Jul 31st
0 Comments | Sunday Telegraph, The; London (UK), Jul 18, 2010 | by Jonny Beardsall
The beefburger desperately needs a lift. While floury bread buns and obese children too readily spring to mind, the most prepossessing couple behind Muddy Boots Foods – which make burgers on the Ragley Hall Estate, Warwickshire – would urge us to think again.
“We say — free the burger,” exclaims Miranda Ballard, 28, who, with her husband, Roland, 30, will be presenting their dribble- inducing delights in the Food Village at The CLA Game Fair for the first time, where a record number of 80 food and drink producers will urge you to sample their fare.
Rehabilitating ubiquitous lumps of minced beef must have looked an unedifying task. But with fiendish-sounding combinations like goat’s cheese and sun-dried tomato, Stilton and cider, leek and mushroom, and caramelised onion and mozzarella — all recipes created by Miranda – you hope her creations taste as ravishing as they sound.
The cattle are from the family’s Aberdeen Angus herd at Church Farm, Shrawley, where Roland’s father, John, has farmed for 40 years. Using prime beef, hung on the bone for 21 days, the burgers are sold online, at farmers’ markets and delicatessens, and in Waitrose stores in Malvern and Droitwich from November.
Grass-fed and naturally reared – which means calves single- suckle their mothers for the first seven months — the animals are raised to the highest standards.
“It’s a slow farming method but it makes for happier cattle,” Miranda says.
Two more lively producers joining forces at Ragley will be Adam Henson, the BBC’s Countryfile presenter who farms in the Cotswolds, and his friend and neighbour, Jeremy Benson, the founder of Benson’s Apple Juice.
Henson’s family farms 1,600 acres near Stow-onthe-Wold, which is where his father, Joe, began conserving rare breed pigs such as Tamworths and Gloucester Old Spots, and went on to open the Cotswold Farm Park. Today the farm collects waste apple peels from Bensons, which are fed to his pigs. The results of this collaboration will be there for the tasting when sausages made from these fruit-feeding pigs are sure to satisfy a snack-attack, washed down, of course, with some apple juice.
Others will also have grills at the ready. Ben Smith, who with his father, Andrew, runs The Barn Bacon Company from their farm and shop near Newark, Nottinghamshire, will be eager to seduce fair- goers with “dry-cured” bacon rolls.
“Dry curing is old-fashioned and a much slower process,” says the farmer, who rears 300-400 pigs outdoors. “Dad rediscovered dry curing a decade ago. You just have to taste our bacon to appreciate the difference between it and the watery stuff most people are used to.”
If you want an equally healthy-sounding treat, you might venture to a bison burger. “Bison is high in protein yet low in fat and cholesterol,” says Ruth Wakeling, who farms 100 head of bison with her husband, George, at Bouverie Lodge Farm, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. “For 11 years we’ve been selling from the farm gate and from the farmers’ market in West Bridgeford, on the edge of Nottingham, which is one of the most successful in the country.”
These producers accept that buttering up the public with a few tasty samples is part of the selling process and that it does work. While a percentage of those who try the cheese, smoked meats, pate, bread, juices, wines and beers have little intention of spending, more than a few become diehard fans.
Debbie Keeble’s motto is “no sample, no sale”. Her sausagemaking company – Debbie and Andrew’s, from North Yorkshire – has a huge following countrywide. Hardpressed pig farmers for 20 years, the couple began sausage-making in 1999 from their kitchen table. From this home-spun beginning they are one of the country’s fastest growing brands and regularly scoop accolades at the Food and Farming Awards for their ethically-sourced, wholly traceable delicious bangers. They devise recipes at home and test them on friends and in the local pub. She doesn’t mind when greedy children snaffle more than they can eat in a week at the show
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Now companies have an alternative. Newly developed
Jul 31st
Now companies have an alternative.
Newly developed software packages are providing businesses with a cost effective solution. These new software based intelligent phone systems allow you to stay in touch with your business, wherever you are. The software is installed on a dedicated Windows 2000 server and connected to a telephone line. These intelligent phone systems can forward calls to anywhere you request, and allow you to view a log of all your voice mail messages on your computer screen.
For business people always on the move, a new software based phone system may be the answer you have been looking for. Providing many of the features and benefits normally associated with more expensive phone systems, at a substantially lower cost.
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Once you decide you have more to
Jul 31st
Once you decide you have more to contribute, more to express, your excitement leads naturally into action; searching out sources, developing a map of strategies.
Financial resources need to be discussed for when financial aspects have been attended to, new avenues open for self-exploration and self-actualization.
That?s the joy in retirement: exploring and expressing what external demands have inhibited. It becomes a time to capture this opportunity to live a fuller life that you imagined.
Unlike high school graduation, you have an incredible plethora of skills and successful experiences. You have never been better equipped!
The second question is: How much time have you and your partner spent together alone without others? We hope you work through the adjustment in how to allow each other space and develop successful ways to communicate your personal needs to each other.
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I know I have
Jul 29th
I know I have a new reality; the things I once took for granted have now become a challenge. I can’t turn my head suddenly or lay flat on my back, but I can breath, I can laugh and I can rejoice and thank God for His New Year gift to me- my blessing. I had a biopsy on my left breast and on January 5th, 2005 after a second breast cancer scare, I was told that my biopsy came back negative. Yes folks, I am cancer free…isn’t God great?.
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Although flat feet
Jul 29th
Although flat feet (or foot) are generally not a serious problem in and of itself, other physical problems may develop over time as a result. Also, overworking one?s arch can also cause leg cramps and even low back pain.
Keep in mind that the arch itself serves as a shock absorber for your knees, back, and even the rest of your body. Without this natural shock absorption, the everyday daily pounding being transmitted up through your entire body can have a deleterious affect over time.
Early on most all infants appear to have flat feet as the muscles of the foot have yet to develop. Your arch develops during childhood and as such, most children outgrow this problem as they become older and develop increased muscle control and coordination.
Flat feet left untreated in children can lead to arthritis and other foot problems later in life. If you suspect your child may be afflicted with flat feet (the best way to determine flat feet is to look at a foot imprint) because he or she complains of pains in his/her feet after modest exercise, then getting a medical diagnosis in order to determine if it is indeed flat feet, is certainly worth consideration.
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Those thoughts when they become focused
Jul 29th
Those thoughts when they become focused and repeated often enough eventually form a belief. The beliefs that you formulate and internalize through your thoughts and actions either take you closer to or further from the success you seek. You literally end up thinking your way to success or failure through the beliefs you form over time and the manifestation of your reality through those beliefs.
The Law of Attraction is the primary universal principle which draws to you those events that closely match your current vibrational frequency. If you hold the belief that you will be successful and irrevocably and unequivocally continue holding to that belief you can’t help but be successful. On the other hand if your beliefs are such that you continually doubt yourself or have very little to no confidence in your abilities then you will manifest a reality that aligns itself with that vibrational frequency.
If you control your thoughts you determine your reality and ultimately the success and happiness (or lack thereof) in your life.
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DAVID UP FOR GOLIATH TASK
Jul 29th
DAVID UP FOR GOLIATH TASK
0 Comments | Daily Mirror, The; London (UK), Jul 30, 2008 | by CHAEL SCULLY
DAVID Gillick, European champion. It’s a title that he once ran a mile from but now embraces as he prepares for his Olympic Games debut in Beijing.
For such a long time, that gold medal he won indoors in Madrid – announcing himself on the international scene in such dramatic circumstances three years ago – hung heavily around his neck.
Everywhere he went in Dublin, Gillick felt he was being looked at. Judged. He had to get away, and Loughborough University has been the setting for the maturing of this 25-year-old Dubliner.
“I didn’t know how to handle it,” he now recalls. “I was like ‘wow, what just happened?’.
“I wanted to go back to normal and I felt like I couldn’t. Maybe that should have been the time I moved, but how are you meant to know? It’s just one of those things.
I still had a lot going on in Ireland. “I had a girlfriend of three years, I still had my degree to finish and I was thinking everything was rosy. I just wanted to go back to normal, like the week prior to winning the medal and just do my normal stuff.”
Gillick came from nowhere – as far as the general public were concerned – to European champion. He recalls going to the Luas stop on the Monday after his success – the first gold medal for Ireland in a sprinting event in 75 years – and being petrified that he would be noticed.
“I literally came back on Monday from winning the Europeans and I was all over the papers and then I went back to college,” he said.
“I would walk down to the Luas and you would get the odd person saying ‘well done’ which was really weird. I don’t think people really expected it because that was my first year of doing indoors.
I probably didn’t even expect it either which was the harder thing to take.
The following year didn’t go well and he admits that his head was all over the place
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If you find
Jul 29th
If you find any brown at all keep moving down the trunk until you find green, you will know when you find it.
When you find that green on the stem or branch, remove everything above that growing point on that branch or stem. Now go through every trunk and branch. The plant may stand some chance of coming back – looking ?tropical? again may be a long shot.
DO NOT run out and start fertilizing the plant and watering heavy. In fact, you probably should reduce the quantity and frequency of watering.
After extreme exposure to cold temperatures most tropical plants have a very difficult time in re-growing to their old shape and stature – even under optimal growing conditions.
The energy you put into saving a plant suffering from extreme cold temperature damage may be better directed at replacing and caring for a new one.
The best action to take is to mark your calendar and bring your plant inside early, before any signs of cool weather.
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Going out for
Jul 29th
Going out for a meal used to be something which happened only on special occasions but these days it’s often a several-times-a week occurrence simply because we are too tired to cook.
If eating out is a regular event for you, avoid the temptation to treat it like an invitation to over-indulge. This is part of your regular eating pattern so you need to treat it as such. Eat only as much as you need and no more.
Occasional overeating does no harm but any level of regular overeating is bound to result in you piling on the pounds.
Having said that, you CAN eat healthily in restaurants, so if you eat out a lot, don’t despair. Just plan your trip with care and set a firm intention to eat healthily before you go.
Bear in mind that the cheapest restaurant options are normally the most unhealthy. Fast food and lower end restaurants are not noted for their use of low-fat or low-calorie cooking methods or foods.
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A House With Views
Jul 28th
A House With Views
0 Comments | Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 15, 2009
BEAUTIFULLY presented throughout, this detached property offers superb family accommodation.
Enjoying countryside views, the four-bedroom home bene- fits from two en-suites, gas- fired central heating, double glazing and a roof terrace.
There are three good-sized bedrooms and a wet room on the ground floor.
One bedroom has a range of built-in furniture, sliding doors to the roof terrace, and an en-suite fitted with a toilet, bidet, vanity wash basin and corner bath.
Another has built-in cupboards and sliding doors to the roof terrace.
The wet room is fitted with a toilet, wash basin and shower.
On the lower ground floor there is a large ‘L’-shaped lounge/dining room, a conservatory, fitted kitchen, utility room and spacious master bedroom.
The lounge has a feature fireplace, while an archway leads to a dining area with sliding doors to the Victorian style conservatory, which in turn has double doors to a patio.
In the kitchen there is a comprehensive range of wall and base units including work surfaces, an inset stainless steel double bowl sink and tiled splashbacks.
It also has a built-in stainless steel double oven and gas hob with filter hood.
The utility room has a range of wall and base units, a work surface with an inset stainless steel single drainer sink and plumbing for a washing machine.
A rear hall – with access to the patio – leads to the master bedroom, which has an excellent range of built-in furniture, double doors to the patio, and an ensuite with toilet, bidet, vanity wash basin and shower cubicle.
A driveway with parking and turning areas leads to a detached double garage with up and over door, power and light.
There is a banked lawned garden to one side of the driveway and a patio garden to the front of the property. To the rear there is a roof terrace, a large patio, lawn and steps down to a brook (main photo)..
FACTFILE Dalehouse Lane, Kenilworth.
AGENT: Howkins & Harrison PRICE: pounds 545,000 MAIN FEATURES: n Detached n Central heating n Double glazing n Lounge/dining room n Conservatory n Fitted kitchen n Utility room n Four bedrooms n En-suite bathroom n En-suite shower room n Wet room n Double garage n Lawned gardens
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