(NC)Why do people call coffee java? Java is an island in Indonesia with a warm, humid climate and rich volcanic soil - ideal conditions for growing coffee. The word “java” caught on after the Dutch colonized the island between 1619 and 1946 and brought the coffee plant to Java. Hence the name!
Hamilton Beach, makers of the BrewStationTM coffeemaker, offers this tasty recipe for a festive cup of java.
Hot Coffee Nog
2 egg yolks
4 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1-1/4 cups hot coffee
2 egg whites
Use a double boiler, placed on stove with burner at medium heat. Half-fill bottom section with water. Put egg yolks, sugar and coffee in upper section of double boiler; stir constantly until hot. Reduce heat and cover double boiler. Beat egg whites until stiff. Put equal portions of egg white into cups or glasses. Pour coffee mixture over egg white portions. Serve immediately. Recipe from: The Coffee Development Group
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At the conference on co-existence, held from the 4th to 6th of April in Vienna, Jeremy Sweet, environmental consultant and Vice-President of the GMO panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) called for a clear regulation of the threshold values for permissible contamination of conventional seeds with GMOs. It is absolutely necessary to have the same threshold values EU-wide, which should be scientifically based. The lower the threshold values would be laid down the higher would be the costs for the European seeds producers. With low values of 0.1 to 0.3 % very extensive separation procedures or even special zones for the seed production would be required. This could result in higher costs for the farmers. This again would weaken internationally the terms of the competition of the EU-agricultural production.
Further, said Sweet, the question of necessary safety distances between fields with conventional and with GM-seeds has to be settled. Most of the studies, which have been conducted in Spain, Germany, France and Great Britain, came to the conclusion, that co-existence is quite possible, if suitable safety distances will be kept. Thereby the extent of the necessary distance would be dependent on the defined threshold value; also for the establishing of the suitable distance the plant type concerned, the time of bloom as well as different climatic and ecological conditions are playing important roles. This means, that in determining and applying co-existence measures it is necessary to take into account the local conditions. In the end the mentioned factors altogether are deciding about the possible GM-purity of the seeds. Also important would be measures for the cleaning of the used farm implements as well as measures for the separation of conventional and GM-seeds in the storage and at the transportation, so that it will not come to a later contamination.
In order to reach an effective and acceptable co-existence, further sensible regulations for the labeling of GM-products as well as measures for the traceability and for a risk management are required. For that the existing methods for the proof of GMOs in products should be internationally standardized and the different legal systems of the individual EU-countries should be harmonized.
Jeremy Sweet gives a clear and concise description of the problems and the issues being up for decision within the EU.
Jeremy Sweet is a sociologist whose main areas of scientific research are bioethics and technology. To read more about Jeremy go to http://www.lifesciencesblog.com
Telling children about any serious illness or disease is not easy. The best approach is a direct one as children, even very young ones, often sense that something is not right. Their fears need to tackled and honesty is the best policy.
The amount of information you should give them depends on their age and how grown up they are. Being honest is one thing but giving them all the information at once may be too much. Try spreading it out a bit to ease the shock of the inevitable outcome.
Questions can be answered on a ‘need to know basis’ initially but as more hospital vists are undertaken and the patient is unwell at times then more detail needs to be offered. Getting the same question over and over again from young children can be difficult at times but it should be realised that this is a normal part of their development.
Teenagers may have a particularly hard time as they now have to cope with additional strong emotions and extra responsibilies, as well as the usual emotions which are part of their development into adults. They may need to turn to others outside the family if they find it difficult to talk to family members e.g.family friend, teacher or counsellor.
Grief raises its head everywhere and it is important to reasure children that it is not their fault that this illness has happened. It seems to be common amongst children that they feel they are to blame and these feelings could last for some time.
Additionally, they may need to be put right about what they have heard from friends and other people as it may not be correct.
Children need to be dealt with sensitively but honestly. But manage the communication of information according to age, maturity and circumstances.
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I must first start off by saying to everyone in the whole wide
world through this lovely digital medium that I love my job!!!
Not everyone can say that, but to taste cigars everyday is sheer
bliss. The cigar on the plate today is another one from the
Oliva Family in Nicaragua:
The Flor de Oliva Maduro Torpedo 6 x 52 This beautiful looking
cigar comes with a Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper and an all
Nicaraguan binder and filler which makes this a puro. These
cigars come in a bundle of 25, another one of my little deals
that I have found. As I mentioned in the previous review of the
Flor de Oliva Gold, you can’t go wrong with the bundles from
Flor de Oliva. This cigar is going to be under $2 a stick which
would qualify as a super deal for most of our readers. Now to
the important stuff: how good of a smoke is it. I am a big fan
of Maduro cigars as a whole. I love the dark rich oily look of
them. Their sweetness to the tongue is quite a nice change from
the usual Connecticut or Sumatra wrappers. When it comes to the
Flor De Oliva line, I must admit I am quite a bit more partial
to the Gold label rather than the Maduro. The reasons, well, you
will just have to keep reading to find out.
This cigar looks great. The Maduro wrapper has a nice chocolaty
look to it. The same dark brown color the entire wrapper over
makes this cigar very appealing to the eyes. I haven’t had any
yet that have had a problem with big protruding veins, so
overall, I would say that on looks, they score quite high.
The construction of the cigar would equally score very high
marks. The cigar is jam packed with my beloved Nicaraguan
tobacco yet, it is still very easy to draw and it produces a
great amount of smoke. The cigar holds its white ash very well
and I have very seldom seen it ever start unwrapping while
smoking.
As with any Maduro, I would not recommend smoking this cigar
where windy conditions could affect the burn. All Maduro
wrappers tend to burn slowly, so if you smoke in windy
conditions Maduro’s tend to run and you will have to light the
other end to get it burning smoothly again. Overall, I would say
that wrapper performs like other good Maduro’s. Just take your
time and stay out of the wind. The Taste of this puro
The taste of the cigar is quite nice. A smooth rich tobacco
taste that lingers on the palette is what awaits you when you
begin your cigar experience with this Maduro. As with all Flor
de Oliva’s bundles they can tend to be a bit fresh. You will
want to age this cigar for a time. I tend to buy these cigars by
the stick rather than by the bundle. I would say that about 50%
of the time they have been too fresh to smoke. You will want to
buy it and age it a bit in your humidor before you start smoking
this one.
I wish the tobacco stores would take time to age their cigars,
but they would rather have the few dollars then to have to store
them any longer than they have too. The Oliva Maduro is a great
cigar when aged, but you chances are about 50/50 of getting one
that is too fresh, so expect that when you order. The aged ones
are about as good as they get for a $2 smoke.
I am taking a break from the Flor De Oliva’s for a few days. The
next two cigars that I will be review are the Olor De Cibao
Sumatra torpedo and a Te Amo Churchill. These are in my humidor
and I am itching to see how they smoke.
As always, send me a line and tell me what you think of the
review after you tried the cigar. If you have any cigars that
you would like for me to review or if you just want to chat
about cigars in general let me know. Use the contact us form at
buydominicancigars.com
We will also soon be making available several E-books that I am
working on concerning cigars, humidors, and anything even
closely related to cigars, so keep checking back. I am going to
have to end this review here.