"300gms tomatoes
1 carrot
1 celery stem
Bouquet Gami = Bunch of herbs tied together that is parsley, thyme, bay leaf and celery stalk.
1/2 cup of milk
and 1 tbsp of butter
and 1 tbsp of sugar
salt and pepper
50 gms white roux = equal quantities of flour and butter cooked together to a light yellow colour and biscuity flavor, use in thickening soups and sauces.
And So, You first boil the tomatoes in 4 cups of water.
Then, add Roughly-Chopped carrots, celery and bouquet garni.
Then, when the tomatoes are completely cooked, blend in a liquidizer and strain.
Then, put it on fire again and add milk and white roux.
After that, whisk a little and allow it to cook for 10 minutes. When cooked, add salt, pepper and a pinch of asafoetida, sugar and finish it with cream and butter. Serve it hot with a few bread croutons in the soup."
Source (Book Food of The Gods Vegetarian Cuisine).
It is true that this are hard economical times, but I believe that the country is doing a bit better than last year. There is so much that still needs to be done but 2008 was much worst than now, for instance, there was more unemployment and layoff and or companies going bankrupt and out of bussiness, now at least things are a little better, true not much better like everyone would like it to be but there is much hope, and with hard work and continues effort everyone goals can be reach, and yes there is much hope.
Thank You President Obama for Caring
and for all your words of encoragement and wisdom.
Sincerely,
Your Humble friend
Yb-lem
I thank God that Mayor Bloomber Won, I believe in Mayor Bloomber, and I have Hope that I will get a 9-5 Job with decent pay as a Social Worker or Teacher which is what my heart desires. So, that I can afford to pay back the over 20000 dollars I owed higher education. All I want is a decent job for a college graduate like my self with decent pay, thats all.
God Bless
Yb-lem aka Mary.
Shiva is one of the many many names of God.
Shiva is a Sankrist word meaning =World Benefactor
And the World Benefactor is no other than God the father of all the souls and of all humanity.
So, Shiva=World Benefactor = God.
President Obama is hard at work - working for us, not taking vacation after vacation in hard times as baby Bush did.!
So, how can we help? and in a stay at home easy manner?
Let's get busy with the public opinion polls out there, for instance the CNN polls. CNN has stayed for sometime on the polls about what Obama is doing or thinking of doing. The results are not good!
Make no mistake- these polls push what used to be called op-ed pieces(our polling indicates..).
Right now the CNN home page has yet another "what do you think about Obama" poll.
Please get in there and tick the box FOR President Obama and what he is working hard to get done!
This will push the station and all the producers, editors, staff writers and on-air folks to report the "findings". The far right is using these polls to take down public support for our President!
On the main CNN page is the poll, it will only take you a minute to scroll down and add you vote.
We must stay active!
Here is the link http://www.cnn.com/
Take a look at the unbalanced results and help our dear President!
Emeline Goulden Pankhust was a women's right supporter, and she was arrested, and released 12 times (In 1913); she explained her Martyrdom;
"We know joy of battle .
When we have come out of the gates of prison at the point of Death,
Battered,
Starved,
Forcibly fed as some of our women have been...
Their bodies bruised,
They have felt when the prison bars were broken,
And the doors have opened,
Even at the point of Death,
They have felt the joy of battle,
And the exultion of Victory."
You are doing a Wonderful Job, for Health Care my President Obama We all are Proud of You, Thank You Very Much for Caring
Your Humble Friend
Mary
Yb-lem Oskowitz aka Mary
God Bless You Always.
Pardon Me!
The title of this says a lot. Going to doctors has become quite difficult as they and the health care industry is run by the insurance companies, not the needs of a patient or what the doctor thinks is best for his/her patient but by a huge industry set on making money..only!
The GOP is putting out scarey ideas:
the government wants to take over our private lives
the government wants to kill older people
On and on they go while all the time taking money to work not for the people of this country who elected them but for the money, the power to control our lives and our health care.
Let us tell the truth! What IS a Preferred Provider list but simply a list of doctors in the pockets of the insurance industry? Already we are limited to what tests we can get, what treatments we can obtain and why? Because the doctors themselves have been up for sale and bought.
I just changed doctors because of this reason - a doctor that I must pay up front because he is not on The List. Now, finally, a few simple tests will be ordered to keep an eye on my health. With his help perhaps I will have the correct medication. This is life changing, good intelligent health care. But now my husband and I will be punished by the far to big health care insurance company. Who wants to bet they will not cover simple blood tests? Or new meds that work.
All of this is so wrong and thank God we have a President who is willing to go up against the power and fight for us, the patients.
Do you think it is far-fetched to design applications in United States classrooms, using mathematics and sports? Science, physics and chemistry can also be blended with sports for an interdisciplinary learning experience for students at all levels.
My article on "The Nitty-Gritty of the NFL Football" and an article in the Official Pro Football Hall of Fame Yearbook (2007) discuss the characteristics and "Evolution of the Football." On pages 100-104 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame magazine, you learn that the football is not a pigskin. You see images of the early football in 1894, the Duke Football, and the White Football in 1956.
Once more, you read:
"On January 1, 2006, New England Patriots backup quarterback Doug Flutie converted the NFL's first successful dropkick since 1941. He converted an extra point in the fourth quarter of the season-ending game against the Miami Dolphins.
"Prior to Flutie's kick, the league's last successful dropkick was on December 21, 1941--two weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor--when Ray "Scooter" McLean drop-kicked an extra point as the Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants, 37-9, in the NFL championship game."
Why is the above quote so important? Here is the answer:
"Changes to the football made the art of drop-kicking significantly more difficult due to the more erratic bounce (physics) of a tapered ball.
"The upward bounce of the older, rounder version of the ball was much more predictable (physics and mathematics)."
The NFL archives enlighten the 2009 fans, telling us that in 1899 the Official Football Rules Book contained a definition to include the descriptive shape.
The 1899 Rules Book says that "the football used shall be of leather, enclosing an inflated rubber bladder. The ball shall have the shape of a prolate spheroid."
Prolate spheroid? You mean to say that the football officials knew the mathematics term, prolate spheroid! Yes, and it could mean that the students in 1899 may have known and loved mathematics more than the students in 2009.
Well, it's clear to me that there is so much knowledge embedded in the world of sports that we must be like "gold diggers." We should, perhaps, chisel through the surface and get to the deeper things that need to be revealed in the world of sports.
Why? We need to motivate our students to the highest level of excellence, again, so as to maintain our position and rank in an international setting.
In January 2009 at the Joint Mathematics Meeting, in Washington, D.C., there were several sessions, conducted by mathematicians, disseminating information on sports and mathematics. One session was led by Howard Penn of the United States Naval Academy.
The topic I prepared for presentation in the 2009 Washington, D. C. meeting was titled, "New Ways of Assessing NFL Players." The inspiration came from the observation that many NFL players who made outstanding contributions to the sport, have been misrepresented by statistics which lacked the dimensionality to describe their intensity and integrity as sportsmen.
Data was collected from public databases. Mathematical modeling was used to compare players, and interesting results were evident. I tagged a term "sport's prodigy" because some guys were able to set records in a much shorter time frame than others.
The argument could go like this: Just as we marvel over the 13 year-old B/R writers who publish such powerful and outstanding work at such a young age, there are NFL players who performed on the playing field, doing marvelous feats, yet their career was not long.
Bleacher Report encourages us to give credit where credit is due. As a sports writing site, we, then, must give credit to the players when credit is due.
It's the 21st century. We need not rant and rave about who is the better player. We must, I believe, use more sophisticated analysis and assessment strategies to measure and identify impact in the games, and in the entire sports industry.
Not only have I and other B/R sportswriters been perceived as underrated, there are many sportsmen of my generation who have been both underrated, and I might add, berated.
They have been berated by faulty reasoning, and incomplete analysis with gaps in understanding.
In some cases, too little emphasis has been placed on athletic performance, and too much on personal challenges which are intimately connected with, in my opinion, the culture of the sports and entertainment industry.
There have been growth and "forgiveness" in the media recorded images of the lives of some great sportsmen. For example, Kobe Bryant and Majic Johnson have been able to move forward in their lives, although human error put pimples on their careers in the past.
So how do we use these ideas in the classroom?
We teach cognitive, affective and psycho-motor skills. The content for the cognitive lessons can be draw from sports databases.
The biographical sketches of the stars who achieved, stumbled in some social or legal way, and then are in recovery and redemptive stages, can be used to educate in the affective domain.
Finally, the archival records demonstrating superior athletic skills, feats of endurance, courage and compassion, can be used to teach in the psycho-motor domain.
In early October 2009, another conference, sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education will convene in Washington, D. C. I will be there representing the National Association of Mathematicians, and my good experiences of learning more about sports through my interactions with the Bleacher Report (B/R) will be shared with some of my colleagues.
Many of the articles on B/R are loaded with wisdom, knowledge and analysis in each of the cognitive, affective and psycho-motor domains. The concepts in these domains are taught in curriculum and instruction.
Once we eradicate the "warts" on our complexion, we will display a beautiful image of the creative uses of the Bleacher Report.
B/R is an excellent outlet to demonstrate that sports can entertain, educate and even elevate academic achievement in America, if we collaborate and put our best foot forward.
One of the amenities of our mission is to share the concept:
Sports can help entertain, educate, and elevate academic achievement in America, and in the international community.
Finally, one good way to get started on this mission is to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame website or contact Mr. Jerry Csaki, the education director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio.
When can you get started? My answer: In a few days the 2009 Enshrinement Ceremonies will begin. Not only should you be there for that historical event, but also spend a little time visiting the education division of the Hall of Fame.
This could not have been a better day! Now tomorrow as I hang the American flag out along with the MIA/POW flag I will grin about Palin dropping her job with Alaska.
Some well needed good news.
Bizarre behaviour aside this woman was an embarresment to all of us. Come on! We need women who have a brain to lead the states. What was Alaska thinking putting her in charge anyway??
How in the world did President Obama make the choice of ASU? Our state is deeply Republican...
I wonder if he is doing his best to turn Arizona Dem.?
How great would that be??
Everyone is talking here in Arizona about his coming - this is certainly a good thing!
Any comments?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/171263-nfl-players-from-hbcus-to-pro-football-part-three
Alright maybe laughing at the Republicans can get addicting! but it is so much fun! They are out of ideas and all they can do is what they have done for decades- Poo Poo everyone elses' ideas!
I feel great that Obama is out there active and working for us.
Who in the world needs Republicans anyway( except for a good laugh now and again). They are the party of anti: anti-women rights, anti gay rights, anti- taxes for the wealthy. They need to chill and get in touch with America- then again they could have done that 30 years ago! to bad.
Is it not great to wake up knowing we have a President who is working hard for US??
Finally! today we hear about the rail system getting much needed attention.
Any of you old enough to remember when we could travel nearly anywhere by train?
The airline lobbyists put a stop to our trains! What a great system we had- and now to bring it into this century is exciting.
We are in the top part of Arizona - in the believe it or not - I would have to drive to Flagstaff, AZ, get on an AmTrac and go to California in oder to go East! Really! Even though the train comes right back through Flagstaff a person must buy a ticket to California to head the other direction. Strange.
Bet this gets sorted also.
1 in 6 Americans are uninsured and millions more are under-insured, yet lobbyists try to convince Congress and the media that health insurance companies are the best way to provide affordable health care to America. If the President's plan is changed to exclude an option similar to Medicare, health care in this country remains mired in the hands of insurance profiteers.
A public, single-payer option is the way to guarantee health care for all Americans. Insurance companies are in it for profit - that's what business does. Our big mistake thus far has been expecting them to behave altruistically. Where is their motive? It's on the bottom line.
New legislation without a new option is no longer a viable choice. Let people keep the for-profit coverage if they already have it, but a public health care option is overdue. Of course, competition should force private industry to provide better service at lower costs, but it still doesn't force them to help the uninsured.
"In 2009, Congress must take up and act on meaningful health reform legislation that achieves coverage for every American while also addressing the underlying problems in our health system. The urgency of this task has become undeniable."~Senator Max Baucus, (D-MT)Chairman, Senate Finance Committee12 November 2008
"In 2009, Congress must take up and act on meaningful health reform legislation that achieves coverage for every American while also addressing the underlying problems in our health system. The urgency of this task has become undeniable."
To date, the private, for-profit payment systems have enriched a few large corporations while leaving millions of average Americans one illness or injury away from medical bankruptcy. The system is broken; it's a mass of red-tape, with medical decisions in the hands of bureaucrats instead of doctors. We spend more per capita on health care than any other nation, but our results leave a lot to be desired.
“The reason we spend more and get less than the rest of the world is because we have a patchwork system of for-profit payers. Private insurers necessarily waste health dollars on things that have nothing to do with care: overhead, underwriting, billing, sales and marketing departments as well as huge profits and exorbitant executive pay. Doctors and hospitals must maintain costly administrative staffs to deal with the bureaucracy. Combined, this needless administration consumes one-third (31 percent) of Americans’ health dollars.“
We need to re-define success. Big business is ignoring the problem, looking instead to their separate bottom lines, while non-profit organizations are bringing real innovation and proactive thinking to bear. We need insurance profiteers out of the health care industry - now. They drive costs up, because they're middle-men making a profit. What's right for their business is wrong for providing cost-effective health care to Americans. Let's pass the President's plan and move on to tackle the other thorny issues of our time: education and the economy.
