Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
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When was the last time you were challenged to do something really…
well… great?
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President Abraham Lincoln helped me to understand that there is a
bit of greatness within all of us. It is said that he often slipped
out of the White House on Wednesday evenings to listen to the
sermons of Dr. Phineas Gurley at New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
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He generally preferred to come and go unnoticed, so when Dr.
Gurley knew the president was coming, he left his study door open.
On one of those occasions, the president quietly entered through a
side door of the church, took his seat in the minister’s study,
located just off the sanctuary, and propped the door open just wide
enough to hear the preacher.
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During the walk home one Wednesday evening, an aide asked Mr.
Lincoln his appraisal of the sermon. The president thoughtfully
replied, “The content was excellent… he delivered with
eloquence… he had put work into the message..”
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“Then you thought it was an excellent sermon?” questioned the aide.
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Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS".
Tags: black, black pepper, celery, coconut milk, codfish, direction, directions, fennel, fish, food, garlic, herb, herbs, ingredient, ingredients, Jamaica, Jamaican, link, milk, oil, olive oil, onions, pasta, pepper, plant, plants, recipe, saltfish, sauce, scallion, season, seasoning, thyme, tomato, treats, veggie, veggies, wine
‘Run Down’ Codfish Pasta
Ingredients
1 lb desalted and picked codfish
2 large white onions, chopped
1/2 lb fennel bulb, sliced
2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes, coarsely chopped.
1 cup halved cherry tomato or orange tomatoes
1 cup coconut milk
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Mar 30 2009
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS".
Tags: beans, black, Dutch pot, fish, garlic, garnish, ingredient, ingredients, instruction, instructions, Jamaican, oil, peas, pepper, plant, plants, recipe, rice, rum, saltfish, sauce, seasoning, snow, sugar, vegetable, veggie, veggies, water
Saltfish in Blackbeans and Garlic
Ingredients
1 lb re-hydrated salted fish
4 tbs blackbean and garlic sauce
(can use fresh)
garlic chopped and fermented black
beans soaked
3 tsp red rum
3 tsp white sugar
1 tbs veg oil
Mar 15 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: advice, America, beauty, belt, bracelet, celebrity, check, designer, eyes, fashion, first lady, flight, funds, hairstyle, ingredient, ingredients, jewelry, money, photos, plane, politics, smiles, style, sunglasses, tips, White House
Spend Less
Next time you shop for bargains at H&M, don’t be surprised if you see Michelle Obama going through the racks. That’s where the first lady got this striped dress, which retails for only $34.90.
Jan 31 2009
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Tags: advice, artist, baby, beauty, check, eyes, funds, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, ingredient, ingredients, lips, lipstick, makeup, money, nature, oil, shampoo, style, tips, treats, trick
We’re all forced to be recessionistas right now. But skimping a bit here and there doesn’t have to cramp your style. To show you how easy it is to look sexy on a budget, try these cheap beauty tricks from savvy experts and Cosmo readers.
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Fix a scuff for small change.
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“When a French mani chips, you can save money and time by touching up with Wite-Out instead of going back to the salon.” —Farnoosh Torabi, author of You’re So Money: Live Rich Even When You’re Not
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Skimp on makeup remover.
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“Johnson’s Baby Shampoo with the No More Tears formula is a great, gentle way to take off your eye makeup. A big bottle costs less and lasts much longer than tiny bottles of actual eye-makeup remover.” —Makeup artist Kimara Ahnert
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Jan 27 2009
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS".
Tags: African, age, alcohol, anxiety, bamboo, beaches, beef, birth, birthday, Bob Marley, British, Caribbean, chicken, Chinese, color, colors, culinary, dance, depression, diet, dreadlocks, drugs, Englishman, era, fire, fish, flame, flavor, flavors, food, foods, force, French, fruit, fruits, herb, history, indian, influence, ingredient, ingredients, island, ital, Jamaican, jerk, land, liquor, meat, mountain, music, pain, paradise, pasta, patties, period, race, rasta, rastafarian, recipe, reggae, rivers, rum, seasoning, secret, secrets, shellfish, smiles, Spanish, stress, style, sugar, teeth, time, treats, tropics, vegetarian, veggie, war, water, worries
Mention Jamaica to any non-Jamaican and immediately he or she will respond Bob Marley! Reggae music! No problem man! Or Jerk cooking.
Is Jerk the name of a dance? Maybe!
Is jerk the name of a person? Maybe!
Then what is jerk?
Jerk seasoning is made up of various herbs and spices. Jerking is using this seasoning on various meats and cooking slowly on medium heat. The term herb is also used to describe “Jamaica Ganja” a potent illegal weed, or illegal substance or drug. Jerk was a method used by the maroons to prepare wild pigs in their fight in the hills of Jamaica against the British.
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Oct 19 2008