Saturday, March 2, 2013

Vegan Ravioli from Tofutti | Eat Drink Better

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Ravioli is total comfort food for me, so when the folks at Tofutti offered to send me some of their new vegan ravioli to try, I said heck yes!

My vegan ravioli arrived yesterday, which was perfect because I was exhausted yesterday and needed a quick supper. I will tell you guys right up front: this is not health food. They use white pasta, and the vegan cheese filling is definitely processed. I know that some of you guys avoid all processed food at all costs, so I want to be up front about that part. This is the kind of food I?d consider a treat for a busy evening or to satisfy a craving.

The Preparation

The pasta comes frozen, and it?s super easy to cook up. You just boil your water, dump in the pasta, give it a stir, and then cook it for 6-8 minutes after the ravioli floats up to the top of the pan. Mine turned out just right on the first try, and honestly I wasn?t even really paying attention.

We don?t eat a lot of tomato sauce in my house, because it upsets my husband?s stomach, so instead I served this topped with broccoli and mushrooms that I sauteed in olive oil with garlic and herbes de Provence, one of my go-to ways to cook up broccoli when I?m too tired to get creative. You can use whatever sauce you like with your ravioli, but I?d definitely do something in the sauce department.

The Taste

Dave and I were not super crazy about the taste of this product, unfortunately. He is not a fake cheese lover in general, so I expected that I?d like these more than he did, which I think I still did.

The texture was spot on. Tofutti stuffs these with their vegan ricotta, and the mouth feel was just like frozen cheese ravioli I remember eating before I went vegan. The pasta had a nice texture, too, but there was a distinct aftertaste that I was not mad about. I?m a faux cheese fan from way back, and this cheese just didn?t do it for me. When I heated up the leftovers for lunch, I added a splash of vinegar to my plate, and that helped mask whatever that aftertaste was, and the acidity of a tomato sauce might have the same effect.

The Tofutti people sent me three bags to try out, and I don?t think I?ll have trouble making my way through them all. As quickie weeknight meals go, it was fine, but I don?t think Dave?s going to want to eat these again, so I?ll be on my own with the rest of the ravioli.

Have any of you guys tried this product? Am I being super picky? I?d love to hear how you prepared it and how you liked it in the comments!

Image Credit: photo by Becky Striepe



Source: http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2013/02/28/review-vegan-ravioli-from-tofutti/

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Creepy Art on Cat Body | Hi5ing

While tattooing may be thousands of years old the ancient art has certainly has come a long way. Everyone seems to be rushing to get tats and there is a definite following for people who are into body art. The tattoo has blessed some of today?s biggest names in entertainment.

The Sphinx cat is known for naturally being hairless and, despite the fact that they look like? lets just say they are not the prettier of all cats, have always been sought after for people who love cats, but have allergies.

Some women and men came up with the craziest ideas for their tattoos with their pet. See the artistic, bizarre and outrageous tattoos that cat adorn their bodies with. I?ve never seen such unusual tattoos before. Some people express themselves in the creepiness way with their pets. A lot of these crazy tattoos and piercings look really gross.

Tattoos have been around for as long as anyone can remember. It is hard to imagine how most of these people are able to eke out a living. The p###y cat is not as dumb as it used to be. It has groomed its outer appearance with the fast pacing world.

Inside this post, you will see the results of such weird body art on cat body. We have added some fun by attaching some wild, and crazed ink shots of those body parts.

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Source: http://www.hi5ing.us/2013/02/24/creepy-art-on-cat-body/

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New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem

A NEW non-invasive blood test for pregnant women could make it easier to catch abnormalities before their child is born.

Human cells should have two copies of each chromosome but sometimes the division is uneven. Existing tests count the fragments of placental DNA in the mother's blood. If the fragments from one chromosome are unusually abundant, it might be because the fetus has an extra copy of that chromosome. But triploidy, where there are three copies of every chromosome, is missed, since the proportion of fragments from each chromosome is the same.

California-based company Natera uses an algorithm to calculate the most likely genotype for the fetus. To do this it looks at single letter variations called SNPs in the parents and compares this to a database of the most common SNPs patterns in the population. This genotype is then compared with placental DNA.

This approach can catch triploidy since the whole fetal genotype is the reference rather than a single chromosome. The method was presented last week at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in San Francisco.

This article appeared in print under the headline "No hiding place for fetal gene errors"

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

2013 Division III Men's Indoor Track & Field Conference ...

2013 DIVISION III MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Conference Date Location Venue Champion

Capital Athletic
Feb. 17 Fairfax, Va. George Mason Field House ?

Centennial
Feb. 22-23 Collegeville, Pa. Ursinus Univ. ?

City University of N.Y. Athletic
Feb. 24 New York, N.Y. Armory Track & Field Center ?

College Conf. of Ill. & Wis.
Feb. 22-23 Kenosha, Wis. Tarble Center ?

Empire 8
Jan. 26 Ithaca, N.Y. Glazer Arena Ithaca

? Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Feb. 16 Defiance, Ohio Smart Athletic Center ?

Iowa Intercol. Athletic
Feb. 22-23 Dubuque, Iowa Chlapaty Center ?

Landmark
Feb. 23 Selinsgrove, Pa. Garrett Field House ?

Liberty League
Feb. 9 Rochester, N.Y. Gordon Field House RIT

Little East
Feb. 10 Gorham, Maine Costello Sports Complex Southern Maine
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Mass. State Coll. Athletic
Feb. 10 Gorham, Maine Costello Sports Complex Bridgewater State

Middle Atlantic
Feb. 23 Lehigh, Pa. Rauch Fieldhouse ?

Midwest
Feb. 22-23 Monmouth, Ill. Huff Center ?

Minnesota Intercol. Athletic
Feb. 28-March 2 Northfield, Minn. Tostrud Center Fieldhouse ?

New Jersey Athletic
Feb. 22 New York, N.Y. NYC Armory ?

North Coast Athletic
March 1-2 Wooster, Ohio Scot Center ?

Northern Athletics
Feb. 23 Somers, Wis. Petretti Fieldhouse ?

Ohio Athletic
Feb. 22-23 Ada, Ohio ONU Sports Center ?

Old Dominion Athletic
Feb. 22 Lynchburg, Va. Liberty Univ. ?

State University of New York Athletic
Feb. 23 Brockport, N.Y. Special Events Recreation Center ?

? University Athletic
Feb. 23-24 Cleveland, Ohio Veale Center ?

? Upper Midwest Athletic
Feb. 23 Duluth, Minn. Burns Wellness Center ?

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Feb. 22-23 Stevens Point, Wis. Multi Activity Center ?

Related:
? 2012 Division III Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship Central

Source: http://www.embargozone.com/2013/02/16/2013-division-iii-mens-indoor-track-field-conference-championship-central-3/

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Coroner: Alabama hostage-taker shot multiple times

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a tent covers the bunker where where a 5-year-old child was held for a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a tent covers the bunker where where a 5-year-old child was held for a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

This undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, shows the pipe FBI agents and Dale County negotiators used to communicate with Jimmy Lee Dykes while he held a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker on his Midland City, Ala. property for a week. The pipe was also used to send food, medicine, and other items into the bunker. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

This undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, shows the pipe FBI agents and Dale County negotiators used to communicate with Jimmy Lee Dykes while he held a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker on his Midland City, Ala. property for a week. The pipe was also used to send food, medicine, and other items into the bunker. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, FBI agents and Dale County Sheriff's deputies secure the residence where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost one week by Jimmy Lee Dykes, in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, FBI agents and Dale County Sheriff?s deputies secure the residence where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost one week by Jimmy Lee Dykes, in Midland City, Ala. The bunker where the two were holed up is covered by a blue tent, at rear left. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

(AP) ? A man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week before dying in a shootout with the FBI received "multiple gunshot wounds" to his body, a county coroner said Thursday.

Dale County Coroner Woodrow Hilboldt said he was allowed into the bunker in the southeastern Alabama community of Midland City on Wednesday evening. He pronounced 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes dead at 8:58 p.m.

"He had multiple gunshot wounds," Hilboldt told The Associated Press. The coroner declined to say how many times Dykes had been shot or where the wounds were on his body. He said the body was taken to a state forensics laboratory in Montgomery for an autopsy.

The body was removed from the bunker Wednesday night, FBI agent Jason Pack said Thursday, hours after the FBI announced that it had found no more explosives on the property besides those that were discovered in a PVC pipe leading into the bunker and inside the bunker itself.

FBI Special Agent Paul Bresson said in an email late Wednesday that the technicians who scoured the 100-acre property in the days after the standoff ended had "completed their work and cleared the crime scene."

"No additional devices were found," he added.

Bresson said evidence-review teams are now sifting through the crime scene, a process that could take two to three more days. A shooting-review team from Washington also is reviewing the hostage-taking episode, which began Jan. 29 and ended Monday when Dykes was killed in a gunfight with the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team.

The team, which is the agency's full-time counterterrorism unit, raided the bunker and rescued the 5-year-old boy, FBI spokesman Jason Pack said. Trained in military tactics and outfitted with combat-style gear and weapons, the group was formed 30 years ago in preparation for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

According to a U.S. official, about a dozen Navy Seabees, who specialize in naval construction, helped authorities build a mock-up of the bunker to plan the FBI assault. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the rescue effort, spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity.

Hilboldt, who got a close look at the bunker Wednesday night, described it as being about 6 feet-by-8 feet with an 8-foot-high plywood ceiling. The ceiling contained a 2-foot-by-2-foot hatch for a door and a ladder extending to the floor from the opening, Hilboldt said. The interior was lined with concrete blocks and the bunker contained only "makeshift" furniture, he said.

"There wasn't much room," Hilboldt said, adding that the officers who stormed the bunker "did good with what they had to work with."

Hilboldt said the FBI already had removed many items from the bunker and conducted an inventory. He wouldn't go into details about what was still there, such as toys that had been delivered to the child or electronic equipment.

Authorities said the standoff began a week ago Tuesday when Dykes boarded a bus full of children and gunned down driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. as Poland sought to protect the 21 children on board. According to officials, the gunman then seized the boy, whom law enforcement authorities have identified only by his first name, Ethan, and fled with his hostage to the nearby bunker, setting up the standoff that captured national attention.

On Wednesday, Ethan's sixth birthday, Midland City residents sought to resume a normal life in their tight-knit rural community nestled amid peanut and cotton farms.

The boy, who has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was said to be acting like a normal kid despite his ordeal.

Officials hope to eventually throw a party to celebrate Ethan's birthday. They also plan to honor Poland's memory.

Associated Press

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