Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Blueberry-Nectarine Cobbler
taken from slashfood
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and butter your favorite medium-sized baking pan.
Fruit:
5-6 cups of blueberries2-3 nectarines, cubed1 teaspoon cornstarch1/2 cup cane sugar1 teaspoon cinnamon1/4 of a grated nutmeg1/2 a lemon's worth of juice
Cobbler topping:
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon kosher salt1/4 cup butter1/4 cup milk1 egg, beaten
Put fruit in a bowl and sprinkle cornstarch, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg over the top. Squeeze lemon juice over the top. Stir fruit until cornstarch is combined. Pour fruit into baking dish and set aside. In the same bowl (no need to rinse) mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter to dry ingredients and work in with a pastry blender. In a 2-cup measuring cup, pour milk and add egg. Beat to combine and add to flour/butter mix. When combined, dollop over the fruit (no need to cover up the fruit completely) and bake for 25-30 minutes at 350. Remove from oven when the top is golden brown and the fruit bubbles. It is delicious plain or served with ice cream, creme fraiche or lightly sweetened whipped cream.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
My Rental Income
So I was reading this blog today http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/ and it got me thinking.
So today I was remembering when I had to chance to sell my home for 206,000 back in 2007. Everyone told me that I should keep it and rent it out. Everyone really didn't mater but my mom said I should keep it and since she gave me most of the money for the down payment back in Feb. of 05, I went along.
Ok profit from renting is about 300 a month is about 3600 a year. So what happens when it is not rented for two months or when I have to make repairs that profit is Gone with the Wind.
at the time I was selling I owed about 138,000 (206000-138000= 68,000) so I’ve never sold a house before so I am not sure what I would walk away (I know I can look it up but maybe Justin knows) but lets say I would have 40,000 after I gave back moms money from down payment.
So what is 40000 at 5.25 after 5 years (CD rate at the time) 52006-40000=12006/5 = 2401 a year before taxes (With no stress of tenants).
To tell you the truth I need some comments on if my theories or thinking is correct but I really rather have to worry about the low interest rates when I am renewing my CD rather than trying to pay a mortgage at a house that is not rented and that I am also not living in.
So I guess the moral is if you know deep down you feel certain way about a situation just do it. If it fails you won’t have any regrets.
Btw I might have invested a large portion of that 40K in the stock market and I might be upset right now but like they say hindsight is 20/20
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So today I was remembering when I had to chance to sell my home for 206,000 back in 2007. Everyone told me that I should keep it and rent it out. Everyone really didn't mater but my mom said I should keep it and since she gave me most of the money for the down payment back in Feb. of 05, I went along.
Ok profit from renting is about 300 a month is about 3600 a year. So what happens when it is not rented for two months or when I have to make repairs that profit is Gone with the Wind.
at the time I was selling I owed about 138,000 (206000-138000= 68,000) so I’ve never sold a house before so I am not sure what I would walk away (I know I can look it up but maybe Justin knows) but lets say I would have 40,000 after I gave back moms money from down payment.
So what is 40000 at 5.25 after 5 years (CD rate at the time) 52006-40000=12006/5 = 2401 a year before taxes (With no stress of tenants).
To tell you the truth I need some comments on if my theories or thinking is correct but I really rather have to worry about the low interest rates when I am renewing my CD rather than trying to pay a mortgage at a house that is not rented and that I am also not living in.
So I guess the moral is if you know deep down you feel certain way about a situation just do it. If it fails you won’t have any regrets.
Btw I might have invested a large portion of that 40K in the stock market and I might be upset right now but like they say hindsight is 20/20
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Are Fat Calories More Fattening Than Carbs? Time Mag
Good read !!!!
Tue Jul 15, 10:10 AM ET
If you're one of millions of Americans trying to lose weight, you probably wish you had a more effective diet than the one you're on now. And if you're wondering whether Dean Ornish's low-fat diet will help you shed pounds better than Dr. Atkins' low-carb menu, the answer is simple: it doesn't matter. Scientists know that on a molecular level, different types of starch and different types of fat have varying effects when they hit the body. But in terms of weight loss, low-fat diets and low-carb diets overall are equally effective (and, most of the time, neither will help you keep the weight off long-term), says Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Here's why.
Q:Will eating a calorie of fat make you fatter than eating a calorie of carbohydrate?
A: From many kinds of studies conducted over years, we are quite confident now that a calorie from fat will cause a similar amount of weight gain as a calorie from carbohydrate. There are some interesting questions about whether eating carbohydrate calories versus fat calories will make you eat more calories, but based on what you put into your mouth, it's pretty clear that the source of the calories is really not important.
[Whether fats or carbohydrates are more filling] is one issue that's been raised - but it's been raised on both sides. The best way to get to the bottom line is to look at long-term studies where we randomize people to a high-fat/low-carb diet or to a low-fat/high-carb diet and follow them for at least a year or more. That kind of study takes into account the possibility that one kind of diet provides more satiety; so, over the long run you would see more weight loss on that diet. But those studies - half a dozen or more such studies have been done - show quite clearly that the percentage of calories from fat has very little effect on long-term weight loss.
One possible footnote to this issue relates to some recent evidence on trans fats. We have seen in our studies that people who eat more trans fats seem to gain more weight, even when the total calories are the same. I was a little skeptical about that, in part because we're not quite sure we can measure calorie [intake] precisely enough. [It's hard for people to track their portion sizes to the gram, or even be sure of exactly what they're eating, especially if they ever eat out.] But in recent five-year feeding study in monkeys - they're animals so you can control their diets - the monkeys on the high-trans-fat diet gained more weight. They gained about 7% of their body weight over a five-year period, compared to the monkeys on a low-trans-fat diet, who gained about 1.5% of their body weight over five years.
So there may be something more complicated going on there. But there's not any good data [to explain why a calorie of trans fat should cause more weight gain than a calorie of something else]. It may be that on the high-trans-fat diet you're more likely to push those calories into your fat cells rather than your muscle cells - and muscles burn calories 24 hours a day. In the long run, that could make a difference in weight gain. But that's speculation. We're really not sure.
We've now looked at over 250,000 men and women for up to 30 years, and we [also] haven't seen that the percentage of calories from fat or from carbohydrates in your diet makes any difference in relation to heart attacks, various cancers, or stroke. Having said that, the type of fat is very important, and so is the type of carbohydrate. So we find that trans fats, again, are particularly harmful with regard to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. On the other hand, unsaturated fats are actually beneficial in terms of reducing the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. It's the same with carbohydrates. The total amount is not important. But high intake of refined starch and sugar is related to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, whereas high-fiber whole-grain carbohydrates are related to a lower risk. That's not too surprising, as we know that high intakes of sugar and refined starch have an adverse effect on blood glucose levels.
So the quality of the diet is really important, but just looking at fat versus carbohydrate misses where all the action is. View this article on Time.com
Tue Jul 15, 10:10 AM ET
If you're one of millions of Americans trying to lose weight, you probably wish you had a more effective diet than the one you're on now. And if you're wondering whether Dean Ornish's low-fat diet will help you shed pounds better than Dr. Atkins' low-carb menu, the answer is simple: it doesn't matter. Scientists know that on a molecular level, different types of starch and different types of fat have varying effects when they hit the body. But in terms of weight loss, low-fat diets and low-carb diets overall are equally effective (and, most of the time, neither will help you keep the weight off long-term), says Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Here's why.
Q:Will eating a calorie of fat make you fatter than eating a calorie of carbohydrate?
A: From many kinds of studies conducted over years, we are quite confident now that a calorie from fat will cause a similar amount of weight gain as a calorie from carbohydrate. There are some interesting questions about whether eating carbohydrate calories versus fat calories will make you eat more calories, but based on what you put into your mouth, it's pretty clear that the source of the calories is really not important.
[Whether fats or carbohydrates are more filling] is one issue that's been raised - but it's been raised on both sides. The best way to get to the bottom line is to look at long-term studies where we randomize people to a high-fat/low-carb diet or to a low-fat/high-carb diet and follow them for at least a year or more. That kind of study takes into account the possibility that one kind of diet provides more satiety; so, over the long run you would see more weight loss on that diet. But those studies - half a dozen or more such studies have been done - show quite clearly that the percentage of calories from fat has very little effect on long-term weight loss.
One possible footnote to this issue relates to some recent evidence on trans fats. We have seen in our studies that people who eat more trans fats seem to gain more weight, even when the total calories are the same. I was a little skeptical about that, in part because we're not quite sure we can measure calorie [intake] precisely enough. [It's hard for people to track their portion sizes to the gram, or even be sure of exactly what they're eating, especially if they ever eat out.] But in recent five-year feeding study in monkeys - they're animals so you can control their diets - the monkeys on the high-trans-fat diet gained more weight. They gained about 7% of their body weight over a five-year period, compared to the monkeys on a low-trans-fat diet, who gained about 1.5% of their body weight over five years.
So there may be something more complicated going on there. But there's not any good data [to explain why a calorie of trans fat should cause more weight gain than a calorie of something else]. It may be that on the high-trans-fat diet you're more likely to push those calories into your fat cells rather than your muscle cells - and muscles burn calories 24 hours a day. In the long run, that could make a difference in weight gain. But that's speculation. We're really not sure.
We've now looked at over 250,000 men and women for up to 30 years, and we [also] haven't seen that the percentage of calories from fat or from carbohydrates in your diet makes any difference in relation to heart attacks, various cancers, or stroke. Having said that, the type of fat is very important, and so is the type of carbohydrate. So we find that trans fats, again, are particularly harmful with regard to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. On the other hand, unsaturated fats are actually beneficial in terms of reducing the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. It's the same with carbohydrates. The total amount is not important. But high intake of refined starch and sugar is related to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, whereas high-fiber whole-grain carbohydrates are related to a lower risk. That's not too surprising, as we know that high intakes of sugar and refined starch have an adverse effect on blood glucose levels.
So the quality of the diet is really important, but just looking at fat versus carbohydrate misses where all the action is. View this article on Time.com
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Swimming Topless
WOW 3
This photo released by Ashley Campasino via the York Daily Record, shows a red Mazda Miata at the bottom of the Campasino family swimming pool in Stewartstown, Pa. on June 30, 2008. Kim Taylor thought she had set the emergency brake. But her wayward red convertible nonetheless rolled downhill, crashed through a fence and plunged into her neighbors' in-ground pool. The car was removed from the pool the same day. Shown in the picture are from left, Kim Taylor, her husband, Bob and their daughter Alex.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Ashley Campasino via York Daily Record
trying to get on CNN
Interview with " Merv the Goddamn Barber" in miami, FL
This haircut was done by Miami's famous barber named "Merv the Gdamn Barber". He is trying to organize a local campaign to help support Barack Obama's presidential run. Mervyn says he is trying to contact Obama and work out something where he can do 1000 haircuts all across America in Preparation for the 2008 Election. " I need to get this on CNN because there has never been a candidate that I can remember that has had so much support from the youth in Miami, Barack is changing the culture and he is not even President yet." Well Obama is preaching change and "Merv the Barber" is hoping to add change to the way campaigns are normally run.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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