An Overview: The World Coffee Market - As coffee is by far the most popular drink of our time, with no known answer at this time, it goes without saying that the coffee market itself is a very competitive industry. With the large number of coffeebrands, companies should look not only good prices but with quality assurance to demonstrate that their coffeeis aromatic and flavorful. Statistics show that there is a trade sector is more active than the coffee market, it's oil, and therefore can hardly imagine the magnitude of transactions and the number of digits of the benefits of the coffee market.
World Coffee Market
The world coffee market, after a period of high prices from 1994 to 1999 that drove the expansion of production has entered a period of very low prices, almost 50 cents per pound in mid-2001, the highest level lowest since early 1970. The low prices reflect an increase in production, led by expansion in Brazil and Vietnam, which has outpaced the growth in demand.
When the demand for coffee is growing, but very price-elastic, the possibility of several years of low prices of major concern for producers in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Importers worried, because they are afraid that the price has become so low that farmers have no incentive to produce significant quantities of better quality coffee that consumer demand.
Between 2000 and 2001, associations of producers have tried to raise prices through the maintenance of stocks equal to 20 percent of exports in each participating country. Twenty countries have signed, but the initiative failed, because only in Brazil and Costa Rica to be certified to stock, and the number of signatories shall be paid only in words the effort. Producers in Central America now is to develop a triage system reform defective beans in export markets. Research of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) provides that this system, if fully utilized, could raise prices of 2 cents per million 60 kg bags from the market.
Ultimately, only a reduction in production can stimulate a recovery in coffee prices. With prices in mid-2001 below the production cost of most if not all, countries, rationalization of production will be phased in over several years. A severe frost in coffee-producing areas in Brazil is the only scenario of a short-term shock to prices and the possibility of that happening in 2001 moves away quickly.
Coffee production in Brazil contributes almost 1/3 of all world coffee, makes Brazil by far the No.1 coffee producer, a position Brazil held for the past 150 years. In 2007, Brazil produced 2,249,010 tonnes coffee, 80% of it has been arabica (coffee species). Although Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee, not the Brazilian companies that dominate the global coffee industry. The Brazil's coffee market is dominated by two American coffee processors, Kraft Foods and Sara Lee.
Coffee seeds have been planted in Brazil as plant is not the indigenous to the Americas. In 1727, the first coffee plants were planted in Brazil, in Para state. According to legend, the Brazilian government was looking for a cut in the coffee market, and sent Lieutenant Colonel Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggled coffee beans from Guyana, ostensibly to arbitrate the border dispute. Instead of going to fortress like coffee plantation. Palheta rely on personal attractions to convince the First Lady of Guyana. Unable to resist his charm, then she gave him a bouquet covering seedlings at a state farewell dinner before going to Brazil.
Coffee production in Brazil was dependent on slaves. In the first half of the 19th century, 1.5 million slaves were imported to Brazil to meet the needs as farm workers in the coffee plantations in the Southeast. Since the foreign slave trade was finally abolished in Brazil in1850, plantation owners turned instead to the European immigrants to meet labor demand.
How to Make Homemade Cheese Fondue- This fondue (melted "in French) is the classic Swiss cheese appetizer and wine, which is immersed pieces of crusty bread. Use what you will drink wine with the cheese fondue, as long as it is a white wine. This cheese fondue recipe for 6-8 people.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dry white wine
1 tsp tea. cornstarch
2 cloves garlic
1 / 2 c. tea. or white pepper
2 / 3 lb. Gruyere cheese
1 / 3 pounds or so of cheddar cheese
A French bread, cubed
1 apple farm, sliced
1 bunch of grapes
Directions:
Cornstarch mixed with half of wine a heavy pan and stir to react with each other until the cornstarch dissolves.
Bring the wine mixture to a boil over low heat and add cheese.
cloves of garlic cut in half and add to the mixture with pepper.
Slowly add the cheese melts, always keep in the heat so the mixture is slightly low boil.
When the cheese is melted and smooth, thin, with the remaining wine as necessary. The cheese must be thick enough to cover the bread and fruit.
Transfer to a fondue pot or serve on the pot. Fish and discard the four halves of garlic.
Place fondue pot on a large flat.
Arrange the bread cubes, apple slices and raisins in the pot on the tray. bread cubes and fruit Spear with fondue forks or skewers and dip into the fondue.
Agriculture and food industry in India has grown steadily with strong government leadership through various initiatives. The sectors that experienced strong private participation in the sector include seeds, fertilizers, ground equipment, storage, cold chains, food processing and organic foods.
The story begins review of agriculture and food industry. It provides an introduction to the market and includes information on agricultural growth, food consumption level of the main factors leading to a growing industry. The market value chain is highlighted, and contains significant areas of the market.
After this analysis of the seed sector and its total market size and growth rates as well as data of supply and demand for crops of large seeds. The development of seed markets in the period was highlighted with particular emphasis on the growth of agricultural biotechnology. drivers are the main policy initiatives of the government and to improve yields and increase their profits, the participation of the private sector and the major challenges are in conflict with the accreditation, ignorance and knowledge of the control of prices of products agricultural biotechnology, disputes on the use of BT.
Global consumption and production figures are provided for the fertilizer market. sectoral participation of nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, fertilizer complex is provided with the various grants provided by the government. The main factors analyzed include the step to the grant in terms of nutrients, the increased use of fertilizer, MRP and the liberalization of prices, the low penetration rate per hectare, while the main challenges are an insufficient supply of natural gas, ineffective government policies and dependence on imports of potash.
value chain and large equipment used in agriculture is highlighted. Section contains the market size and growth of the market segment of the market of agricultural machinery. In addition to specifying the use of power and shoot at the same time, sales of tractors, agricultural tools, and intrusion. It contains a regional breakdown of the tractor market and highlighted the main reasons for growth in each region. The analysis explains the drivers of growth factors such as better access to credit, poor penetration of agricultural machinery, small farm power availability and access to new markets and products. The challenges of the market is restrictions on cost-effective fragmentation of the country and irregular monsoon.
Cold storage and agricultural segment of the chains was taken into consideration. It includes the size and growth of markets and the expansion of storage capacity. The figures for the total size and growth have also been planned to the market for cold chain, but also analyzes the major segments, ie, the surface storage and refrigerated transport, providing hand-segmented. primary drivers, including the growth of organized retailing, the change to vegetable crops, the growth of food industry, government initiatives, investments and the challenges are the lack of logistical support, the unequal distribution of cold chains, cost structures , food and inadequate infrastructure and resources are covered in this section. The main trends were also highlighted.
The next section deals with the food industry, providing market size and growth and penetration of large products. A map of each segment included highlights growth rate for the same. An analysis of factors explaining the growth factors such as increased consumer spending on processed food from India a competitive advantage that grows food distribution in India, public aid, the growth of export processing Food, growth of the futures market, low penetration in the domestic market, while market challenges is the lack of integrated supply chain and scale of operations, the limited use of technology in food processing, high taxes on agricultural products brand.
In an overall comparison is provided for information on organic food industry product segments. The drivers are identified in this segment is to increase public awareness of the health of a huge export market, growth in organized retail, government initiatives and the challenges of high prices, the certification of the barrier and the lack of integrated plant.
Starbucks is raising the price of packaged coffee sold in U.S. retail stores an average of 17 %, its first increase since 2009, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Starbucks is the latest company to hike prices, forcing the coffee drinkers to pay more for that cup of joe vitale (or two or three) in the morning.
Eboney and Tyson says Owens noticed the higher price of coffee. Couple was not about to abandon the buzz, but they buy different brands, depending on what you pay for at least four of the best favorite brands - Starbucks, Dunkin 'Donuts, Godiva, and Seattle's Best.
"I'm a fan of Starbucks, I swear by it," Eboney Owens, 32, said during a recent grocery trip to Portland, Oregon
However, if you have anything for sale or a bond that will happen.
"We will not go into the bottom of the barrel, though," Tyson Owens, 31, added.
Starbucks coffee beans and has been available on its website Wednesday of $ 10 to $ 13 a pound for most varieties.
total coffee crop rose 8 percent last year, according to the International Coffee Organization, helped by a large supply of Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and other countries. But this year, some major exporting countries, including Indonesia, the suffering of minor crops due to drought, floods or other weather, which affects prices. Rising coffee prices also has roots in economic growth in China, where up demand for mobile workforce management refueling.
Unlike many other criteria, the coffee often appears relatively safe from a recession, economists say. This is because when money is tight, people can buy cheaper brands of coffee, but it will not completely. Americans consumed 21.7 million bags of 60 kg of coffee in 2008 at the depth of the recession, versus 21 million last year, according to the ICO. Nearly 2.9 million pounds of coffee.
Higher U.S. Food Prices, Higher Wholesale Costs - U.S. food-price inflation may top the government’s forecast as higher crop, meat, dairy and energy costs lead companies including Nestle SA, McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) and Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) to boost prices.
Retail-food prices will jump more than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s estimate of 3 percent to 4 percent this year, said Chad E. Hart, an economist at Iowa State University in Ames. Companies will pass along more of their higher costs through year-end, said Bill Lapp, a former ConAgra Foods Inc. chief economist. The USDA will update its forecast today.
Groceries and restaurant meals rose 2.4 percent in the four months through April, the most to start a year since 1990, government data show. During the period, rice, wheat and milk futures touched the highest levels since 2008, and retail beef reached a record. Yesterday, J.M. Smucker Co. announced an 11 percent price increase for Folgers coffee, the best-selling U.S. brand, after the cost of beans almost doubled in a year.
“It’s going to be a tough year” for U.S. shoppers, said Lapp, who is president of Advanced Economic Solutions, an agriculture consultant in Omaha, Nebraska. “You’re looking at an economy where a lot of consumers are under some serious pressure from food and fuel costs.”
Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor’s GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports. Corn futures are up 98 percent, wheat gained 67 percent, raw sugar advanced 44 percent, and rice jumped 25 percent.
if you love summer picnics or days spent laying in the sand enjoying the sun, then you should most definitely purchase one of these steven alan beach blankets.
infact, why don't you go buy yours and then come back and finish reading this post... i'll wait. hurry, hurry because i don't want them to be sold out before you get yours.
.... great! which one did you get? i know it was a wee bit expensive, but i promise you, you will not be disappointed. i was lucky to get my hands on one last year and i smile every time i unroll it, shake it out and set it down.
this blanket is 60" x 84" inches of light & airy, super soft cotton. it's compact enough to fit in just about any tote bag and by far the best looking blanket on the beach, in the park, or wherever you choose to lay this puppy down.
and yes... with you sitting on top of this pretty thing, you are SURE to be noticed. so strike a pose and enjoy the attention.
Macaroni with cheese is an American classic and a true delight that is not too difficult to make yourself at home. This recipe yields for about four servings.
Iowa State engineer scales in place a process that could improve the economics production of ethanol.
Iowa State University, Hans van Leeuwen winning idea has spent his research team to improve production of ethanol from the laboratory to pilot plant.
Now he knows the idea, which produces a stream of new and clean water that can be reused for ethanol production, work more effectively in groups of up to 350 gallons on a laboratory bench.
"We learned that we can reliably produce good quality and good quantity," said van Leeuwen, Iowa State Vlasta Balloun Klima engineering professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering construction.
As van Leeuwen and a team of researchers from Iowa is producing a fungus, Rhizopus oligosporus, which makes high quality, high protein foods from the remains of ethanol production. The process of mushroom cultivation purified water from the production of ethanol so it can be recycled into fuel. And the process is called MycoMeal could one day produce an inexpensive food supplement for humans.
Source: University of Illinois Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)
Orange groves and cotton plantations, maize fields and forest stands - these business operations demonstrates the extent of agriculture in today's economy. Companies who grow agricultural products for sale are complex. They have to do with price fluctuations, weather conditions, government regulation and competition. Good planning helps business owners and managers of many parts of their activities in perspective. Astute business owners want to use the business plan as a guide in regular surveys and the introduction of the company to outside investors and others.
6 Steps to Make a Good Business Plan on Agriculture:
Describe your business, be aware of their legal form (sole proprietorship, limited liability company or S corporation), its history and location. Tell readers about its size and large machines that are needed in daily affairs. Contain a description of your employees and provide job descriptions for key personnel. If your company has won a special prize or other prizes include a summary in this section.
Give information about your culture or product and tell the reader what marketing entails, from start to finish. List of major challenges and how to handle. Inform the reader of the critical stages of the growth cycle and special measures must be taken at certain points in time. If you require special veterinary services, at times, discuss the availability of these services. Describe the importance of transport for your product.
Tell readers about your market segment, including quirks, which only apply to your segment. If we establish standards for companies like yours, shows how to comply with or differ from similar businesses. Tell the reader how the product pricing, and if you use hedging techniques to protect against adverse price fluctuations. For example, by selling futures contracts to meet your crop size at planting, you can lock in the price, you will receive at harvest.
Include financial information. If you prepare a business plan for internal purposes, such as the annual review of financial information may be minimal. For example, the latest annual report (balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement) and most recent interim statement may be sufficient. If you approach a potential investor, including a financial update statement, and a forecast of revenues, expenses and cash flows over the next three years. List of assumptions used for calculating the costs and future income.
Gather biographical summaries of the management of your / technical team and include a separate section. Make sure to focus on education, training and experience relevant to the business. Include your closest advisors: accountants, lawyers and specialists.
Write a summary business plan is complete. This should include the most important points that are in the business plan. Write the summary last, but until the top of your business plan.
i'm a big believer in the simple things... nothing too ornate or over the top, so that (whatever the object may be...) its innate beauty and charm can shine through.
so when i spotted the leather napkin holders @ bar bambino, i had to ask and find out where they were from.
turns out the charcuterie obsessed, wine loving, passionate staff @ bar bambino are also quite handy, cutting & doweling these leather straps themselves.
learning that lil' tid-bit not only inspired me to try and get my hands on some remnant leather pieces & make some of my own, but got me thinking about how easy it would be to replicate this with just about any material.
leather, lace, cotton, linen... you name it.
it's easy as 1,2,3...
1. cut material into triangles.
2. punch a whole at the widest end.
3. roll up napkin, wrap fabric around it, and pull thru the hole!
and voila!
...finally some napkin rings that my linens will be happy to wear!
The chemical composition of propolis varies from hive to hive, district, and from season to season. It is usually dark brown but can be found in shades of green, red, black and white, depending on the source of the resin in the particular area of the hive.
The bees are opportunists, picking what they need from available sources, and a detailed analysis shows that the chemical compositionof propolis varies considerably from one region to another, with the vegetation. In northern climates, for example, bees collect resins from trees such as poplars and conifers (the biological role of the resin of trees is to heal the wounds and defend against bacteria, fungi and insects).
Poplar is a resin rich in flavonoids. "Typical" northern temperate propolis has approximately 50 constituents, primarily resins and vegetable balsams (50%), waxes (30%), essential oils (10%) and pollen (5%).
In the neotropics, as well as a variety of trees, bees may also collect the resin from the flowers of the genera Clusia and Dalechampia, which is the type of plants are known to produce resins of flowers to attract pollinators. Clusia resin containing benzophenone polyprenylated.
In some areas, the Chilean propolis contains viscidone, Baccharisshrubs terpene away, and Brazil, naphthoquinone epoxide recently isolated from propolis red and prenylated acids, such as 4-hydroxy-3 ,5-cinnamic acid diprenyl have been documented.
Analysis of propolis undertaken in Henan, China found sinapic acid, isoferulic acid, caffeic acidand Chrysin, where the first three compounds have shown antibacterial properties .. In addition, the Brazilian Red Propolis (primarily resin plant Dalbergia ecastaphyllum) is a large number of isoflavonoids 3-hydroxy-8-0.9 and medicarpin dimethoxypterocarpan.
Sometimes even bees collect different caulks man-made, when the usual sources are more difficult to achieve. The properties of propolis depend exact sources used by each hive, and therefore have medicinal properties that may be present in a hive with propolis may be absent from the other, and the distributors of propolis can control these factors. This may be the cause of multiple and varied demands for their medicinal properties, and the difficulty of repeating the allegations of scientific studies.
The propolis taken a colony can vary, so in controlled clinical trials difficult, and the results of any search can not be reliably generalized to Propolis samples from other regions.
Trigona sp., commonly called Sugarbag bee, Stingless bee, Sweat bee or Meliponini are a large group of bees, including Meliponini tribe (or subtribe Meliponini by other authors). Belong to the family Apidae, and closely related to common bees, carpenter bees, bumble and orchid bees. The common name is somewhat misleading, since many other species of bees, especially in the family Andrenidae, are not capable of stinging, like all the male bees. Trigona sp have stingers, but they are very small and can be used for defense.
Fewer Trigona sp can be found in most tropical and subtropical world, including Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia and tropical America. Most eusocial native bees to Central and South America are Trigona sp, very few of them produce honey on a scale so that they are raised by humans. They are also very different in Africa, including Madagascar and are raised there too; Honey produced by Trigona sp is considered medicine in many African societies, as well as in South America.
Being tropical Trigona sp. are active throughout the year, but are less active in cooler weather, with some species diapause. Unlike other eusocial bees, which do not sting, but to defend by biting if their nest is disturbed. In addition, some (Oxytrigona gender) were the mandibular secretions that causes painful blisters. Despite its lack of bite, Trigona sp. are eusocial, may have very large colonies made formidable by the number of defenders.
Fewer Trigona sp. usually nest in hollow tree trunks, branches, underground cavities or rock crevices, but they have also been encountered in the cavities of walls, trash old water meters and storage drums. Many beekeepers keep bees in their hive original log or transfer them to a wooden box, making it easier to manage the hive.
The Trigona sp.store pollen and honey in large egg-shaped pots of beeswax, usually mixed with different types of resin of the plant (sometimes called "propolis"). These vessels have been organized around a core set of horizontal farming, where the larvae of Trigona sp. are found. When the young worker Trigona sp. leave their cells, which tend to remain inside the hive, performing different jobs. From the age of the workers become savers or fodder. Different from the honey bee' larvae, the larvae of Trigona sp. do not feed directly. The pollen and nectar are placed in a cell, an egg, and the cell is sealed until the adult Trigona sp. emerges after pupation (mass provisioning). At any time, hives can contain 300 to around 80,000, depending on the species.
How to Start Building a Generator of Biogas - A generator of biomass is an alternative energy source. When the bacteria consume and digest the organic matter produced by-products are methane, carbon dioxide and trace amounts of other gases. Methane is an energy source that can produce energy when burned. As energy costs increase rapidly, biomass is becoming a viable alternative to conventional energy production. You can build a biomass generator for biogas yourself, here's how.
How to Start Building a Generator of Biogas
Identify the source of biomass, which you can use the generator. Set this part of the biomass of species available. You must also decide that the source that you select has the ability to produce energy as you need.
Pick up the pieces to build your own biogas generator. The larger the generator, the greater the amount of methane is produced. When he returns, it determines the power available.
The size of the generator and increase the biomass generator, a lot of distilled water. Stir to distribute evenly and close the lid. Make an airtight seal is in place. When oxygen is used, the process becomes aerobic and anaerobic conditions. anaerobic processes are those that produce methane by-product.
tank cap heat generator to keep the bacteria in an environment beneficial. Food intermittent "brew" of new foods. Almost all types of organic matter serve as food source for bacteria.
Make sure the steam generator to power both a storage tank or a floating balloon expandable. storage of compressed biogas requires a lot of power to achieve a vacuum generator of biomass.
4 Easy Steps To Make Homemade Biogas Plant - The biogas generated when organic matter such as manure or kitchen waste are decomposed because of the lack of oxygen. This decomposition of organic material leads to a mixture of methane by about 70 per cent and 30 per cent carbon dioxide mixed with several other trace elements. This mixture can be used for cooking fuel or the power of certain types of engines. Although challenging, you can make your own homade biogas plant at home and take advantage of this energy source.
Dig a hole that is about half as deep as the barrel. Place the barrel to serve as a digester, so half of it is on the ground. This helps maintain a constant temperature, so that waste can be fermented.
Use the large ship-shaped ball that central storage device to hold the gas. Install the ship at a higher level than the reactor so that gas will be pumped up.
Connect the tubing pump power saving mode. Use the pipes to connect the power saving mode, the pump barrel and the barrel of a tank. The pump is supported moving the gas storage vessel. You can connect the house to use the tank for fuel storage.
Place organic material digester. Leave the kettle intact for at least eight hours to visit the organic matter.
Note:
Allow at least three inches of space above the reactor to ensure that there is room for air in the barrel.
Small pieces of organic matter decomposes more quickly, so you'll tear the scraps into small pieces before putting them in the kettle
"Honest to Pete, Raley," Dominic sighed, "shove over! Damn, you got a lotta books up in here!" "Sorry. Lot's of makeup work." "Well," Dominic exhaled hard as he shoved the locker door shut, "maybe if you came to school more than two days a week, you wouldn't have that problem. Of course the two mile trek to all your classes over there in Academia Land probably is a bit of an incentive to consolidate your attendance hours." He laughed good naturedly, pulling her ponytail.
"No shit," Dmitri said, "I have a perfectly good locker over there you know?" "Yes, and it's perfectly too close to the Boden Bowdean and Vivi Vi Show," Aurelia answered bitterly. "Yeah," Dominic said quietly. "Sorry, Deborah," Dmitri spoke quietly now too. "Forgive me, my Latin love?" He asked, hugging her.
"Always," she answered giving him a quick peck on the cheek. "And besides, Dom, I have enough credits to graduate even if I quit coming altogether," she said cheerfully kissing him as well.
"Then why do you come?" Dominic said astonished.
"Because I like my job. And if I don't go to school, then I can't go to work. The manager is very strict. She calls the school to check."
"Oh for crap's sake, you're a salad bar girl," Dmitri laughed derisively.
"And two full days of hell, ahem, school, hardly seems like a fair exchange for eight hours of work," added an incredulous Dominic.
"I'm a dining room hostess. Plus I get weekend shifts too. And easy for you say, Dominic, you get sprung at noon everyday for co-op work!" She laughed. It felt good to tease and laugh with her friends. But it felt foreign as well. She hadn't done it very often over the past four months. She'd practically sleep walked through the musical. It had been a raving success and had earned her and the dirctorial team many accolades. But Aurelia had been on automatic pilot, just trying to get to Christmas break and away from the place that trapped her with Bowden and Vivi.
After the kiss she and Vivi had shared, Boden rarely let Vivi out of his sight in the presence of Aurelia. Suddenly he was everywhere. He met Vivi at the door of Theatre class. He escorted her to rehearsals. He even sat in the corner of the library during Creative Writing Club, pretending to research for a paper. Vivi herself, rarely spoke to Aurelia now outside of neccesary conversation. And when she did, her violet eyes no longer sparkled but seemed dull, even a little dead. Aurelia felt awkward around both of them now. She wasn't ashamed of the kiss, but she was ashamed for some reason about the aftermath, though she couldn't quite put her finger on why.
"Well, if you hadn't given your own BFE locker to Axl and the Judster, you at least wouldn't have to crowd in with me," Dominic laughed as he hefted his backpack over one shoulder. "I gave it to Axl, not Jud," Aurelia answered. "Uh huh," Dominic said now, "and what did he give you?" He smiled mischievously, waggling an eyebrow at her. "Watch it," Dmitri said in a warning tone. But Aurelia just gave him an innocent look. "Why, whatever are you talking about, Dominic?" "Oh gee, I don't know, Raley, maybe you can tell me why everywhere we go, Axl Blue who used to never speak unless it was about cars, now only talks about you," Dominic said looking at her pointedly.
"Maybe he's grateful about the locker. And we are neighbors too you know," Aurelia answered, her voice trailing off dreamily with the thought of Axl's fingers tangled in her hair as he'd kissed her in the moonlit woods night before.
"Love thy neighbor, I guess," Dominic snorted. "It's not like that, brah," Aurelia answered dismissively. "Whatever," Dominic said shaking his head, "hey don't forget to vote for me for Prom King at lunch, 'kay? I voted you as Queen yesterday." "I won't, wait what? You voted for me? Why?" "Uh, it's a free country and you're the only girl I'm friends with at this school. What's the big deal?" "Prom is the big deal," Aurelia answered, feeling suddenly shaky. "I'm not going." "What! Deborah, that's tragic," Dmitri piped in. "I'll say," said Dominic. "Then I'm gonna get all my bros to stuff the ballot box with your name. Then you'll have to go, Raley. Come on, it wouldn't be any fun without you!" "Oh for pitty's sake, Dominic, you make a party wherever you go, you'll hardly miss me. And you," she whirled on Dmitri, "that's rich, you aren't even going yourself." "Only because it's my Julliard audition! Otherwise nothing but death could keep me from it! And you might as well know that I voted for you too, hmff," Dmitri said, verbalizing the scoffing noise. "Oh God." Aurelia pressed her fingers to her temples. "I voted for you too, honey," Jud Bowdean said suddenly bumping up against Dominic, "hey, brah, only fourteen days 'til the next weekend at Avilla!" "Yeeaaaah!" Dominic and Jud bellowed in unison. "What? Jud, why? Dude, you're a freshman! You can't even vote!" Aurelia snapped now. "Never stopped me before, honey. 'Sides I voted for Boden for King and I can't see him going with that prissy little thing, Vivi. You two should go." Aurelia made a slight gagging noise and Dmitri wheeled her around, dragging her away quickly. "What'd I say?" They heard Jud call out right before they heard the crack of Dominic's fist.
... "Oh my God, I think I threw up everything from last week," Aurelia groaned as she shoved her whole face into the water fountain. "Sounded like it too," Dmitri said, smoothing back her bangs from the flow of the fountain. "You're okay, right, Deborah?" "Yeah. Sure. Now." Aurelia drank deeply from the cool waters.
"I mean everything is alright with you, physically? This is just an emotional response, right? You're not..."
"Not, what?" Aurelia stood up straight now peering pensively into Dmitri's face.
"What I mean is, well, uh all the absences, focusing on work, and now the hurling," he trailed off again, giving her an uncertain look. "I'm just worried, Deborah, that's all. I just wanted to make sure you're okay and don't, uh, have a little Blue bun in the oven or something," he finished, exhaling quickly, looking at her nervously. "I mean, 'cuz it's okay if you do, I'll stick by you no matter what," he added.
Aurelia gave a tense gasp. "Well it's nice to know you have such a high opinion of me."
"Deborah, love, you know what I mean," he answered, taking her hand, "never any judgements here." He placed her hand over his heart.
Aurelia softened. "No, sweetie, of course not. I told you I don't sleep with him. We just make out." Dmitri looked noticeably relieved.
"Okay, good. But how often is this making out happening? I know about the first time, and the time you went with him to Avilla, and the day you hid out with him in the woods over Spring Break. Has there been more?"
Aurelia looked down, blushing. "Oh lord," Dmitri sighed. "So how often?" "Almost every Friday and Saturday night for the last couple months, and again last night." "Wow, Deborah. Are you in love with him, then?" "No. Maybe. I don't know. We don't talk about that kind of stuff." "Well do you talk at all?" Dmitri gave her a serious look. "Not really," Aurelia said, blushing again. "But it's hot though, right? It's not just a thrill or a way to get back at Boden and Vivi and," he sucked his breath in, "uh Gabe? You're not burying your heartache and feelings of rejection about all the things they didn't give you in what Axl Blue will give you, are you? I mean it's hot, and you're into him?" He put his around Aurelia's shoulders.
"No. It's hot. It's really hot," she breathed heavily, leaning into his side as he held her closer.
"Hmmm, well maybe you should go to Prom after all." "What, with Axl?" Aurelia looked up at Dmitri in surprise. "Why not?" "Because it's not like that. We're not like that. I don't know. He doesn't bring it up. And he works nights on weekends. He's going to go full night shift after graduation." "Okay, okay," laughed Dmitri, "it's obviously not an option." "No," Aurelia laughed then too. "You gotta admit though, it'd have to be better than going with Boden Bowdean and being crowned Queen." "I just as soon would see myself going with Vivi and being crowned co-Queens," Aurelia giggled.
"Strangely, Deborah, I could actually see that myself," he answered. "Come on let's ditch and go to Grub's Subs. I've got quarters, you can play Pac Man," he said kissing the top of her head and leading her out a side door and into the spring sunshine.
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Umm, okay, Raley's Dad's Voice, I will leave a detailed message... 'Kay Raley, this is Dominic, and I've been thinking. I don't have any special girlies at school, and I was gonna go stag to Prom, but then I was thinking why not go with you instead? Now, now, don't hit delete, yet, 'kay, please? Hear me out, Raley? I know you don't want to go and since those dang jocks all stuffed the box for that cheerleader with the boob job and she won Queen, my plan to make you have to go obviously didn't work out. But, but Raley, it is Senior Prom. I know school doesn't mean much to you, and you know I get that. But Raley, what if you change your mind twenty years down the road and you start thinking back and what if... You know what if you start wishing you'd taken the chance when you had it? Don't live with regrets, Raley! Now I work at a florist for crap's sake and I get wholesale. I can make you anything you want. BEEP...Uh hey again, Raley's Dad, anyway, I was thinking wrist corsage, because they're hot right now and a new trend, and expensive. Only the It Girls will have them. But I get the wholesale, so it's nothing for me to whip up something nice, classy. Dmitri says you like pink and that you even looked at some pink dresses down at Wedding Traditions last spring. So I'm saying maybe you revisit that and make a purchase, you know invest in future memories...and don't forget to get me a swatch of the fabric so I can match my tux. I'm thinking soft gray with a vest, cumberbunds are so gay and vests are coming in big. We could really do this in style, Raley! BEEP... Oh! Oh, I forgot to mention the eats! We could have dinner at the golf club, my dad said he'd give me the cash and we can get the shrimp or even surf 'n' turf, 'cuz you know I love farm girls 'cuz they know how to enjoy a good steak! Yeah, and my mom said she'd buy the really good photo package and split it with your mom. Honestly Raley, we'd have a good time and you'd have nothing but the best memories to keep...BEEP...Sorry, Raley's Dad, but I just gotta say one more thing. Raley, go with me, 'kay? Just say, yes. I promise to show you a good time, and hey it's something I can do to thank you for helping me all the time with my homework and for well, just being a good friend to me. Come on, Raley, what cha say? Let me be a good friend to you too, huh? I adore you, Raley, please go to Prom with me?BEEP
Food Bank or Food Bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes donated food, especially a variety of agencies, which in turn feed the hungry. Primary food sources are non-profit organizations, farmers, manufacturers, distributors and resellers, who in the ordinary course of business is too much food that they can not sell. After sorting and stocking food banks distribute food to agencies 100 - 1000 non-profit community or government, including but not limited to cafeterias, canteens, homeless shelters, orphanages and schools. (Wikipedia)
Another definition of food bank is an office or group of center, which collects and distributes food to the needy, or the place where food is interested and available to those who need it, "they set up a bank of food for the flood victims". (ask.com)
feather's have been popping up on runways and as accessories for a while now, but there is something about the upcoming long warm days of summer that has the laid back boho-pocohontas in me yearning for one.
i think it would be the perfect accessory... tucked discreetly near the nape of my neck, that would whisk me into a daydream, sitting on a sandy beach, music playing softly in the background with a gorgeous sunset, feet buried in the sand, and the sweet mix of salt water and suntan lotion filling the air. relaxed. enjoying life's simple pleasures and feeling light as a feather.
but alas, i have short hair, so the feather extension will be subbed out for a lovely pair of feather earring, with the same daydream... but if YOU have long hair, please put a feather in your hair and let your pocahontas roar.
The food pyramid is something everyone can learn and that's a good idea to start children in the field of early nutrition. The Federal Department of Agriculture has promised to teach children these principles and has some good products that you can download for use as teaching tools.
Things you need:
Coloring page from (you may download from mypyramid.gov/kids/)
Crayons
Dice
Playing cards
Poster - you may download from mypyramid.gov/kids/ (optional)
Pyramid picture (you may download from mypyramid.gov/kids/)
Safety scissors
Tennis ball
How To Teach Children About The Food Pyramid:
Download the poster of the pyramid mypyramid.gov / children / and print. Also take advantage of the pyramid coloring page and a spreadsheet and printing. Let your child shows graphics card electronic kitchen, or the family on the wall. Talk about how the image is the food groups and what children should eat good food to help them grow strong and healthy.
Help your child find the right colors to go to the pyramid coloring page hill. For example, "Grains" section should be colored orange, the vegetables are green, red fruit, milk and milk products are blue, purple is meat and beans, and fats and oils, some are yellow. Discuss your child lots of food coloring with crayons groups. Ask them to give you some examples of foods that fit each category.
Use the tea as the hours of instruction. Cut into cubes and snacks such as apple, banana, grapes, melons, cheese cubes, hard boiled eggs, crackers, celery, carrots, pretzel sticks, and rolled up slices of turkey. Let your child help with the right tools. As you and your children to eat this versatile disc, he or she can say that a group of snacks to fit into the pyramid.
At night, when you pack school lunches, let your child help and let out the lunch items are part of the food pyramid. Ask him to help you find items for a balanced breakfast.
Make a game. Download a copy in most of the food pyramid poster. Cut the parts or pieces of the puzzle. Mix the cut and your child brings the whole picture right.
Make a portion-size examples. Cut a tennis ball in half. E 'close to 1 / 2 cup. Put the pair of dice on the table - that represent the approximately one ounce each. Sell a deck of playing cards on the table, the cards would be similar to 3 ounces of meat is the portion size recommended.
Then, to show what 1 / 2 cup of cottage cheese look and compare it with a tennis ball. Cut blocks of cheese like dice dice, and make a hamburger, which is the same size as a deck of cards.
For those of you who do not know, the food pyramid is a carefully planned exactly what the human body needs nutritionally. That is, the food pyramid is a guide to help determine what you should eat each day. Do not have a menu of food that needs to eat per day. All you have is a guide that can help you plan your meals so you get the right amount of nutrients in the system every day.
The food pyramid shows you the way to keep fit and healthy by eating a healthy and stable. Until recently, that's all the food pyramid did. In 2005, however, the food pyramid as we know it was changed forever, and a more up to date on the food pyramid took its place. Now you will see that instead of two-dimensional food pyramid we're so accustomed to, has become more than three dimensions. To show the additional benefits that regular exercise will have on you, a man climbing a ladder on the side of the food pyramid has been added.
Previously, if you look at the food pyramid that would see the horizontal line that extends from the food pyramid, with most of the food we eat from the bottom. Food you should eat at least this amount can be found at the top. This is a food pyramid that we all know and who had shown us, when we were in school.
The new food pyramid is very different. Despite the fact that it has become three dimensional and have to get on the side of the figure, this new food guide has also eliminated the horizontal bar. Instead, we can now see lines starting from the tip of the pyramid and radiating downward.
Each section is so large or small, that the earlier food pyramid sections were. Only with this new food pyramid, you now know that if you eat food types more than others, even within those food groups, certain foods you should eat in moderation.
In addition, you will also find that the new food pyramid is color coded. This gives an orange stripe represents grains, green stripe for vegetables and a red for fruits, yellow stripe that indicates the amount of fats and oils, you must have: a blue strip of milk and milk products are allowed and a purple band shows that the amount of meat, fish, beans and the like that is consumed in a day.
With six color bands indicating the amount of food you should take, and a figure of a healthy person running the stairs at the side of it, this new food pyramid is definitely better than the old, and can help you learn more about the best eating habits and a healthy lifestyle.
Do you love the taste of real butter? It is so delicious! And it's not completely wrong ingredients, such as margarine. Only problem is when you wanna spreading the butter on the bread. It is too hard. You can buy the spreadable butter now a days, but it is expensive. You can save money by making your own spreadable margarine-like butter now!
Take your butter and let stand at room temperature until it becomes soft. Do not melt the butter. Let soften it alone until it is easy to mix.
Add vegetable / canola oil
Put the butter in a bowl and add the canola oil / vegetable oil. Add 1 / 2 cup of oil per stick of butter. Mix the butter and oil together until well blended. You can also use a food processor or blender if you want. If mixing by hand, try using a small whisk. If it's bumps that remain on the table a little more and mix again. It will be very thick! Very, very thick. You probably think that 1 / 2 is too much oil, but it will be hard again ... I promise!
Add butter extract
If you think canola oil removes the taste of butter or if you just want to butter which has a robust flavor of butter, you can add a few drops of extract of butter in the mixture.
Add food coloring
If you want to show the yellow butter, you can add one or two drops of yellow food coloring, when you are mixing oil. You can also add other colors to make fun of butter that your child will love the bread spread or increase their pancakes!
Store in the refrigerator
Put the spreadable margarine-like butter in any container with a lid and store it in refrigerator, just as you would be margarine. The next time you need to spread butter on toast or bread it will soften and ready to spread!
you know... the ones that came on a stick and were dipped in chocolate?
remember how hard and messy they were to eat?
welllll, if you loved the taste and hated the mess, then boy do i have a treat for you! meet trader joe's gone bananas. the big brains over at trader joe's headquarters decided to chop up the 'nanner THEN dip it in chocolate. the result is not only a better chocolate to banana ratio but a less messy and uber-delicious treat.
pick up a box... pop a slice or two into your mouth to satisfy a sweet tooth OR, for a more decadent dessert... grab a little peanut-butter, put some on a slice and then go banana's and repeat until there are none left!!!
Roux is a paste usually made from flour and margarine. It can also be made of butter, or any other oil products, and flour. Roux is used for congeal sauces. This is a fast and easy roux made from flour and margarine.
Melt margarine two - four cups in a skillet or microwave. Do not boil, but get completely liquid margarine. Gradually add flour and stir until it is thoroughly combined. You are looking for a thickness of about like oatmeal, but there are no lumps. Some recipes actually called "cook" the roux, I never saw it as necessary. Just mix well.
Pour roux in an airtight plastic container. When you're done with it you can save the roux in the refrigerator for months.
You can use a roux to thicken the sauce by adding it to the liquid slowly, a bit 'at a time when the sauce reaches high temperatures. Whisk thoroughly to dissolve lumps. It is usually best to stop adding roux when sauce is not thick enough as you really want. The sauce will thicken more when it is cool.
Note:
You can also use unsalted butter, salted butter, a mixture of salted and unsalted butter, olive oil, etc., as the base you want for your roux.
take a look around town and chances are you'll see plenty of longchamp le pliage totes adorning the shoulders of ladies on the go...from the young, up & coming twenty-something to the slightly older yet classic longchamp lady, each carrying the pliage of their color choice as an everyday handbag.
i get it. it's a simple bag that is easily recognizable. a more "grown-up" canvas bag without being a canvas bag, but nothing that i'd HAVE to HAVE... BUT if you up the size of the bag, add an expandable zipper & shoulder strap to it, then you've REALLY got something necessary.
meet the le pliage expandable carry on. it is thee best catch all for any overnighter, weekend trip, or simple day at the beach. my closest friends and i each have one (thanks to the peacock) and can't get enough.
if you're looking for a gift for a mom or friend, or simply a little splurge for yourself, i highly encourage you to pass up the everyday tote and grab yourself le pliage de mieux!
i'm the kind of girl who is always on the lookout for the perfect accessory. perfect for me varies in style, but it usually meets the following criteria...
- eye-catching
- slightly edgy
- fun to wear
- versatile
...so you can imagine my jaw-dropping gasp when i came across jewelry designer laura lombardi's latest collection. each piece is covet-able and simply (by my standards) perfect...not to mention hand-crafted and made from vintage & repurposed materials.
my biggest decision is going to be what piece (or pieces) to buy first...hmmmm.
