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Tofu soy slabs (vegetarian)

Blot tofu slabs dry. Mix soy sauce and sesame oil and brush slabs. Grill-bake the tofu for 15 mins until brown. Garnish with spring onions and sesame seeds .

Onion soup with Gruyere (vegetarian)

Fry the onions until brown, add a pinch of sugar . Simmer for 10 minutes. Add water and cornflour , stir until thick.   Add several cups of water, one of wine , and thyme . Simmer until thick.   Place rounds of Gruyere over bowls and toast in oven.

Mushroom and tofu miniloaf (vegetarian)

Fry onion, garlic, sundried tomato, oats and mushrooms .   Add soy sauce, mustard, tomato paste, vinegar and Worcestershire and a bit of water, simmer to sticky. Puree tofu, cornflour and breadcrumbs to thick dry paste.   Fold in mushroom sauce and cheddar .   Grease pan, add mixture. 40 mins @ 200°

Cheesy sweetcorn fritters (vegetarian)

Mix corn, grated gruyere, onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, flour, egg and extra eggwhite .   Fry in eggrings. Serve with sour cream .

Avocado and nut dip (vegetarian)

Purée avocadoes with lemon juice, vanilla essence . Sprinkle chopped nuts and coconut flakes .

Brinjal surfboard wraps (vegetarian)

Bake oiled brinjal surfboards. Mix chunky cottage cheese, capers, olives, parsley and roll into surfboards.   Make a tomato, onion, garlic, roasted bellpepper purée to accompany.

Stuffed Moroccan potatoes (vegetarian)

Parboil  potatoes , core with an apple corer.   Chop and mix any cooked vegetabl e s , feta and add moroccan spices and fill the inner core of the potatoes.   Make a paste with flour, ginger, garlic, oil, cottage cheese, salt and smear on the outside of the potatoes.   40 mins @ 200° Serve with coriander .

Facebook etiquette

Social Networking Guidelines (this is not an instruction manual, it's a suggestion collection from various sites) Apps • change your settings so you don't spam your friends • invite friends carefully About yourself • don't make your address or phone number visible to strangers Business stuff • belongs on a page or group, not on your profile Chat • don't chat unless you have something to say Comments • keep to topic in a comment thread • don't change the topic • don't comment on every post of your stalkee • reply at least once to comments on your posting • don't preach • if your comment gets deleted, take it with grace and apologise • check your posting for inflammatory language and tone it down • don't be the first commenter on your status • don't cause drama and don't keep it going • don't swear in someone's comments section Defriending • not allowed, move to a restricted profile Date potential • wanna dat...

Marketing

Marketing is a three-syllable word that seems so simple, yet encompasses so much. Marketing is a multi-faceted approach to promoting a product or service. Both traditional and unconventional marketing methods have a place in the small business world. Marketing helps small businesses focus on building their brand and identity. There are few limitations to marketing options, and the opportunities listed here are just a few that will generally result in a decent ROI (Return On Investment) for most small businesses. That said, do not be afraid to be creative -- no one knows or understands a small business like its owner, so think outside of the box and don't be afraid to experiment. Identity Continuity Create continuity between an online website, logos, letterheads, business cards, and packaging. Create an identity that will make your business stand out from the competition, and leave a good initial impression on potential customers. A professional image associated with your com...

NetProphet 2012

Took place in Cape Town, I listened online - which another listener called listening in morse code because it was so choppy. And it must have been from their side because a 10 MBps guy in England experienced the same thing. And I followed the #NetProphet hashtag on twitter. It was fabulous. I was almost there. Here are my jumble of notes SPEAKERS #NetProphet ~ #RichardHardiman Richard Hardiman: Internet Radio in South Africa. Why it shouldn’t work • a differentiation happens online • consultants from overseas tell you how to do it • focus on client, not the end user, the client is the advertiser • Tim Bishop: Too many (Digital) Entrepreneurs= fragmentation of best brains into 1000s of small entities. We must #ENTREPRELABORATE • working for yourself you mind the hours and small salaries less because you are passionate • when you set out to do something different, people question it. • Average time spent listening to 'normal' radio is 23 minutes but internet radio is ...

TED Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

Have each other at a distance we can control - The Goldilocks Effect We only pay attention to what we want to in a presentation, and never get to hear what we don't want to hear, this is a problem Conversations problem - we can't control what we want to say, we edit ourselves, we are just right, not too much, not too little Cleaning up relationships with technology Good for connection but not for really understanding each other Facebook makes up for feeling like no one is listening to me We're developing social robots for the elderly (robodog) We're lonely, but we are afraid of intimacy I share therefor I am Not suggesting to turn away from the devices, just make room for other stuff

TED Shlomo Benartzi: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow

everytime you earn more, save more.  monthly saving is difficult, present bias (immediate gratification) makes you think of how you have to give up something now we think about saving in the present, but spend in the long run. We diet today, eat tomorrow speaks of checking the box during an organ donor situation in licence aquisition. Germany shortage - you have to check the box to say yes. Austria you have to check the box to say No... they have organs for Africa. In terms of saving... create a situation where people have to opt out. Opting out takes effort. if you say, Yes, I want to save, that's half of the effort. Next automate the process. if you defer saving to when you get a raise, then it's a small percentage of that extra making the decisions around saving are complex, too many points to consider 1 in 10 Americans save enough Singaporeans spend average $4000 per year on lotto. Americans $1000.

TED Seth Godin: This is broken

why do you make a gate that can close on child and crush the child then there's a sticker maker who has to make a sticker to say, This could crush your child, and he makes the sticker because he doesn't have the authority to go down the corridor and say Fix this gate - this breeds "not my job" thinking sometimes you have to break it for other people to see that it wasn't broken

Lead from behind

http://dovbaron.podomatic.com/ AMY SHOWALTER • yaktivist vs activist • ego vs getting something done • action shock vs action achievement • street cred • play by the rules • they could have taken the easy way, but didn't • underdog • unconventional in how you do it, but still moral • eyes up in a top dog world • pious and self aggradising • passionista - good in two circumstances - one: show passion of the top dog's interests and two: make top dog feel like a hero - calm face to face discussion first and don't start to look like a radical - make sure your passion is networkable - not just you • making a presentation: start with what's in it for them • time and personal contact with people you are persuading it • how you put your personal brand across, your reputation • changing minds through proximity • building your pack • takes the pack to make it happen • team - cohesive team leader, convert communicator, connected pack members need advocates who...

The philosophy of ambiguity, the idiosyncrasies of English

The main reason that Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'where's the self- help section?' she said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. What if there were no hypothetical questions? If a deaf person signs swear words, does his mother wash his hands with soap? If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation? Is there another word for synonym? Where do forest rangers go to 'get away from it all?' What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? Why do they lock gas station bathrooms are they afraid someone will clean them? If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? Why do they put B...

The Big Picture: Why Can't a Woman ... Be a Man?

With all of its bustling and agenda setting, the new Democratic majority ought to think about passing an Affirmative Action Resolution for Women in Movies. Madame Speaker, women are more than half the population of this great country, yet onscreen they're an endangered species--the ivory-billed woodpeckers of cinema. Visit your multiplex, and try, just try, to find a movie where women are as plentiful and powerful as men. 300 , the Spartan workout video, has one important female role, of King Leonidas' wife (Lena Headey); that leaves 299 for the guys. In Shooter , the hero-on-the-run gets brief assistance from a young widow (Kate Mara) before returning to his mission of evaporating a million bad guys. Girlish Jon Heder, one of the two skaters in the Will Ferrell hit Blades of Glory , does have a love interest (Jenna Fischer), but Ferrell doesn't--unless it's Heder. Indeed, the one big new movie fully populated with strong women is the "double featur...

Racial slurs or racial markers

Racism and Comedians: I agree with Silverman, there's never a reason to use a slur; and saying a word like 'woman', kinda cuts you off from men, e.g. The women took issue with the men's lascivious ass-slapping. What if it's a question, e.g. Hey, you're a woman, do you wanna make a case against those men for lascivious ass-slapping? Can racial and gender references be interchanged... I dare not give an example. *terrified* :) Great article. "The license to borrow terms other people have taken back can worry even edgy comics. A few months ago, I interviewed (Sarah) Silverman, who argued that her material was not racist but about racism (and I agree). But she added something that surprised me, coming from her: "I'm not saying 'I can say nigger because I'm liberal.' There is a certain aspect of that that I'm starting to get grossed out by. 'Oh, we're not racist. We can say it.'" http://www.time.com/tim...