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Chicken is my nations most popular meat however when it comes to the barbecue it’s probably less popular because people are more concerned to ensure that the meat is properly cooked. I’ve known some even to pre-cook chicken in the microwave first but this really isn’t necessary if you follow the basic rules that I’ve set out before.

Just to re-iterate one point when using a charcoal barbecue grill, always give the coals time to settle before starting to cook (about 45 minutes) because despite chicken being described as a lean meat, the fat that is under the skin mobilises very quickly and makes for serious flames. You don’t get beautiful barbecue chicken with a crispy skin but raw chicken with what looks like an dirty oily coating, best described as a health hazard.

So when it comes to how to barbecue chicken there are essentially four different styles, rotisserie, spatchcock, smoker or roast, the fist two are the ones I’m going to concentrate on being specifically for the grill. Hopefully smoked chicken is self explanatory and roast chicken is great in a kamado ceramic BBQ but maybe that’s for another day.

Rotisserie

Rotisserie is when you barbecue chicken on a spit roaster and rotate it over the heat so effectively grilling and continually turning to ensure that the chicken is cooked evenly all over. Rotisserie is probably the most difficult way to barbecue chicken because it’s not so easy to tell when the chicken is done and it’s important to ensure that the inner cavity is cooked. This means that it needs to be cooked well and for longer than if you were roasting the bird but that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be dry. The secret is to ensure that your barbecue chicken is basted every 15 minutes with the juices in the drip tray. Check for good cooking either by using a BBQ thermometer or simply stabbing the thigh with a skewer and when the juices run clear (no blood) then it’s done. If using a barbecue thermometer then you’re looking for a breast temp of 165

Just like convection cooking a dutch oven is nothing more or less then a cooking pot. It is an iron, most of the times cast iron, thick walled cooking pot that has a lid that is tight fitted. In the past, dutch oven cooking over coals would mean that the whole pot, even the lid, was covered with coals just to make sure that the heat would be all around the pot. When you buy a dutch oven these days it will have legs to hold it above the coals. You will even see that a flange is added to keep the coals out of the food. This type of cooking is a slow and intense process.

Roasting

A very popular way of cooking with a dutch oven is using it to prepare a roast. The oven will make sure that the meat is evenly cooked because of the thick walls which makes it very insulated. It is a delicious way of cooking and all the juices will absorbed by the meat, because it is a closed system they are steamed up and fall down on the roast again. All the flavors of the vegetables and all the spices that are there in the pot together with the meat will circulate together and are going to be present in every bite you take.

So you see that dutch oven cooking over coals can really be ideal for the next time you think about getting a roast done for the family. It will be hard to overcook and get a dry piece of meat.

A stew

Using a dutch oven for your stew is, of course, perfect just for the fact that a stew needs to simmer slowly. The combination of liquid and solid food, using meat or seafood, vegetables and spices all together slowly cooking in this oven is just perfect. All the flavors of all these ingredients will melt together and the lid on the oven will make sure that it doesn’t cook dry.

A Casserole

You will find that a casserole is not that different from a stew, the only difference being that the the meat and vegetables are cut in smaller pieces. A casserole often is served in the dish in which it was cooked. A dutch oven is a perfect piece to put on the table and even more perfect to cook your casserole in.

When your an outdoor person and go camping a lot it will be nice to know that dutch oven cooking over coals can also be done on the camping site. The newer ovens are designed to be more convenient in this way but still have the same basic functions.

Just give it a try, if you have never done this type of cooking try and find people who have experience with it and ask them for advice. Ones you see, and most of all, taste what you can create with a dutch oven you will never do it any other way. Your table guests will love you for it.

Kenny Vanderburen loves to write about his one passion, cooking. If you want to know where there are cooking measurements take a look at his website. When Kenny is not in the kitchen or writing articles he is probably behind his computer to look for a website that have information about campfire cooking sets.

Friendship for many, to include scholarly individuals, is actually some sort of an informal category without specific limitations or boundaries. Like when you say a person is a friend, you do not say that he is your friend in school, or he is your friend in the office or a friend in any category of undertaking. Usually, friendship would indicate mutual relationship that you give and take for each other with a time span that will always depend on each party concerned. The degree of friendship would usually be dependent on the circumstances that resulted to such relationship. The degree of friendship with a classmate at school will be different than the degree of friendship with a neighbor friend. Even in work, the ties of friendship a person has with his co-employees in an office work will be different from the ties of friendship between soldiers. In most cases, the degree of dependency among one another in a particular undertaking, would measure the degree of friendship among them.

Friendship for that matter takes on many forms like casual friends whom you may consider already as friends even when you have just meet them once, twice or thrice in a gathering, long time friends, people you have known since you were young like your neighbors, and best friends like your close in barkadas or groups that you are always with and shares with you whatever they have and you, whatever you have, in return. These sharing between best of friends are not only limited to material things but also would include spiritual and emotional sharing like keeping and advising your friends in keeping up with their faith and other emotional problems that they have. These sharing of all aspects of your daily life, sometimes you use friendship sms text messages, lovely friendship sms that will cause to deepen the friendship between your groups of friends.

There are, however, a lot of people who uses friendship as a tool for self advantage. The sad thing about these kinds of people would be the fact that once they have gained their purpose because of the friendship that they were able to establish they just as suddenly junk the friends that helped them in the first place. These people are those that can be considered as friendship for advantage gals and guys. There are also those who will only make friends with people who share with them their passion. These people are those that we can categorize as people who look for selective friendship. People in this category can be persons who are into different hobbies or undertakings that they value so much that once they know you have the same kind of aspiration would then try to consider you as a friend in such kind of an undertaking. For example, a person with a passion for horses can easily make friends with a person in the horse breeding business. And if you are a SCUBA enthusiast, you can make friends easily with an underwater photographer once you chanced to meet each other.

These kinds of friendship actually, are not only related to hobbies like playing with your mobile phone, sending sms messages, sharing love text and other special skills that a person has to make friends with other persons sharing with him interest in the same field of endeavor. These can also be true to even negative habits such as drinking, gambling and womanizing. This is precisely why we have this saying, Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.

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Man has always liked sweet things. In times past they braved bee stings before they learnt to control the bees. Later came sugar from cane – so precious that in earlier times it was used more as a condiment is today, merely being sprinkled over food. In more recent times, beets, parsnips, carrots and other foods that are naturally sweet have all been used to provide that sugary flavour. Then, with modern dietetics we began to realise that eating lots of very sweet, fat heavy foods wasn’t the best for the human body.

But we still like that little treat. Hence the popularity of low fat desserts.

Biscotti

1-1/2 cup yellow cornmeal

1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

9 tablespoons low fat spread

3/4 cup sultanas

2 eggs, beaten

grated zest of 1 lemon or orange

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons water

How many cookies you get will depend on how big you make them, but it averages at about 3 dozen. They keep well in an airtight container, but only if you don’t let anyone know they are there.

Pre-heat oven to 325 F, 170 C, Gas 3. Mix together the cornmeal and flour and then rub in the spread until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. You could do this in a food processor, but you will have to transfer to a bowl before adding the fruit and zest. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and water. Divide the dough into three parts and make these into long log shapes, about 8 inches long and 2-3 inches across. Place these on a non-stick baking tray and bake for 20 minutes. Let them cool for a few minutes and then slice diagonally into

Many in the Black community have joked for years that when a news reporter interviews a person of color they usually opt for the most inarticulate and uneducated minority they could find.

The stereotypical images of African Americans that many see is usually atypical of the Black professionals that I come across on a daily basis.

The lack of Black representation in many of the top newsrooms across this great nation is the main culprit in the negative images we see of our brothers and sisters in newspapers and television screens everyday.

“The newspaper industry must stop treating diversity as just an effort, but a vital business imperative,” said Barbara Ciara, President of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). “These veiled attempts to convince journalists of colors otherwise fall on deaf ears as hundreds of our colleagues are forced out, leaving little to no opportunity for advancement. While we applaud the few newsrooms that are making a difference, more action and less promises need to be made.”

According to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), newsroom staffing declined for the fourth consecutive year, making diversity efforts virtually impossible to achieve. Journalists of color left 300 media positions, lowering the number of minority journalists to 7,100 based on the figures released at the ASNE annual convention in Washington, D.C.

African Americans comprise the largest number of minority journalists with 2,790 or 5.3 percent of the entire workforce.

Statistics show that minorities make up only 13 percent of the workforce in print media, while making up 36 percent of the United States population. It is the goal of the NABJ and ASNE to have the nation’s newsrooms reflect the diversity of the country by 2025.

This effort will prove to be a crucial task over the next couple of decades because the media continues to be filled with negative portrayals of African Americans and other minority groups, which unfortunately will be detrimental to young children of color.

When I watch television networks like Black Entertainment Television (BET) and MTV, I am constantly bombarded with images of African Americans promoting violence, drugs and promiscuous sex.

Many of these media conglomerates are White-owned, including BET, and have very little minority representation in their boardrooms to show them the many facets of Black life.

Major decisions on how Black culture will be depicted are based on stereotypes and are made by some people who have not had any significant encounters with professional African Americans and are not qualified to make such decisions.

Unfortunately, their only exposure to Black life is what they see on the evening news or read in the newspaper.

It is imperative that we have people of color in the boardrooms that stress the importance of having positive portrayals of African Americans; not for other races of people to understand us but for the younger generation who need to see positive role models who look like them and come from the same environment that they come from.

Often young disadvantaged minorities believe that all options are not available to them because they do not see positive examples on a daily basis. They are surrounded by negative influences and are bombarded by negative images in the media.

We need more decision-makers at the top to show the young brother giving back to his community or the single-parent working two jobs to keep her family above water. We need the media to show them that there are alternatives to a negative lifestyle. However, that will not happen until we have more black and brown faces in newsrooms all across America.

The Grand Forks Herald, The El Paso Times, and the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group were honored by ASNE for their commitment to diversity.

Nevertheless, ASNE reported that 423 newspapers reported having no journalists of color.

We have to do better!

Todd Smith is the web master for Regal Mag The preeminent Online Magazine for African American Men

Everybody craves to look good, both man and woman. But most of the ornaments are only acceptable for women so men are always left behind. However, this bias perspective on gender had slowly vanished as time evolves. Nowadays, men can wear body ornaments such as earring that was extensively accepted starting late 80s and early 90s. Perhaps you can blame this development to famous Harrison Ford and George Michael who had been seen using them. And now, it is rampantly used at the present generation not only for style but also as a medium to show individuality most especially by people who are inclined to rock.

If you want to go with the trend, you can buy earring for men that comes in wide range of choices to suit every personality of a person. Among the most popular choice are small hoops earrings which can be worn on one earring or on both. An interesting fact about this kind is on some regions of Europe, it is worn by a person to signify sexual orientation depending upon the number of earrings worn. Hoop earring creates a masculine look among men and since it is securely lock on the ear, it is highly impossible to lose them.

For a more sophisticated appeal, stud earrings are the best choice which can be created using diamond or studs of precious metal or semi-precious stone. This can go along with any style of clothes. It can be worn during a formal gathering or merely when unwinding on a Friday night in the club. If you want to use it in your office or for professional gathering, a smaller stud would fit not to steal the scene.

On the other hand, for those who are so much into rock and punk style, ear cuffs as well as flesh tunnels are the best earrings for men. Exquisitely made pieces are carved to create a distinctive look that everyone will notice. But for those who do not want to go through the throbbing process of ear piercing, clips-on is the best option. There are those created not to look like a clip-on at all because of its minimal space between which will deceive the eyes to see it like an earring which was pierced. This is definitely a perfect accessory as it is effortless to remove and to put on. This kind only signifies how earrings for men had come too improved over the years. Back then, clip-on are only used by women since they are typically come in big size to contain the size of the clasp in the back. All the time, earrings for men like those for women comes in pair but most men would usually use only one of them. Just keep the other so that if one is lost, you need not to buy another pair again. Don’t be left behind with the fad, earrings for men will make you look hip and updated without stealing the manliness within you.

Millions of us enjoy outdoor cooking. It’s part of the rhythm of our lives, as natural as the changing of the seasons. Guys whose only time spent in the kitchen involves searching for beer in the refrigerator jump at the chance to cook dinner on the outdoor grill. Why? It’s just plain fun, and a great social activity, gathering in the backyard with friends or family for a relaxed cookout. Becoming a competent backyard chef doesn’t require any prior cooking skill or experience. You can start with the basics, such as grilling burgers or steaks, and as you gain confidence, expand your repertoire to more complex dishes. You can experiment with spice rubs and sauces, until you create your own signature recipes.

If you pay attention to what your doing, grilling or smoking meats is difficult to goof up. It doesn’t require exact measurement of ingredients, such as baking does. In fact many a backyard grillmeister has discovered his or her best dishes after uttering the phrase: “What if we try this…” The major challenge is “doneness,” recognizing when to take the foods off the grill so you don’t end up with dry, grey overdone meats, scorched fish or undercooked chicken. But that just comes with experience. You reach the point where you don’t have to cut into the steak to see if it is medium-rare. You just know.

These days, the sky’s the limit in terms of the types of dishes you can prepare outdoors, and the flavors you can produce: even desserts can be prepared on the grill. Grocery store shelves are crammed with exotic marinades from every type of cuisine.

Let’s not forget the most important part: grilled or barbecued food just tastes better than food cooked in the oven or on the stove. Searing meat over a high flame adds that delicious crust or “char” flavor. And what’s better than the rich flavor of meats slow cooked over wood smoke?

Smoking or Grilling

Generally speaking, grilling refers to cooking foods quickly in an open cooker, over high heat. Smoking is a process of cooking more slowly, over a low heat, often with the cooker closed. But these processes are not mutually exclusive. You might sear a pork tenderloin over high heat, and then move it off the fire and let it finish cooking more slowly, adding wood chips to the fire to give it additional flavor, and closing the lid on the grill unit. Many outdoor chefs have two distinct cooking units: a gas or charcoal grill and a meat smoker. But many grills can serve double duty as smokers.

Enjoy yourself but keep safety in mind

Take precautions when you’re grilling. Keep food icy cold until you’re ready to grill. Salads and side dishes should be kept in a cooler until ready to serve. Don’t cross contaminate utensils, plates, or the grill surface.

A fire extinguisher in easy reach is a must. It’s also a good idea to have a pitcher of water nearby and a bowl of ice cubes. If you do burn your hand plunge it into the ice cubes for fast relief. And of course keep the grill out of busy pathways.

Brian Hill loves to grill, whether it’s chicken, fish, veggies, or his favorite, steaks. He’s the author of the novel Over Time, His dogs blog at http://www.roseandkate.blogspot.com

I have always loved Star Trek, from the original series beginning in 1969 to the ever present reruns on television just about any day. Admirable characters, a stern but humane Starfleet code to live by, lots of action (but no gore) and the wonder of new frontiers. Traveling in glistening starships several hundred years in the future, facing all types of dangers. Great television, but the reality we are spiraling into will be very different.

First consider the Enterprise crew; basically, they are no different than you or me. Okay, Mr. Data is the exception, but all the others are plain old biological humans, even if wearing Vulcan ears. It’s as if technology hadn’t progressed over the next centuries. Sure, the hardware is more sophisticated — phasors instead of pistols — but everything seems very familiar.

Consider Captain Picard, the leader of the Enterprise. First of all, he looks like your old high school math teacher. Medium build, medium height, hair just about gone. Nice guy, pretty smart, but no exceptional or unusual powers. Not directly linked to computer intelligence, no implants to enhance his senses, no nanobots in the bloodstream regulating biological processes. Bor-ing!

By the way, how old is Picard? I always wondered about that. With the wrinkles and the hair, he looks late forties, but it’s hard to tell. Actually, nobody in the crew seems very old. Hey, they all act age appropriate, and from their conversations, it seems everyone is in the twenty to forty range. It appears they experience about the same aging process as we do here in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Now that’s just ridiculous. In 1900, the average lifespan was about forty-nine years, while now it’s pushing eighty. As science continues to learn more about human biological processes, we will develop cures for many of the diseases that cut our lives short. In addition, we will develop a much better understanding of the aging process, enabling us to tune up our bodies and stretch out normal lifespans. Tiny nanobots in our cells will monitor, report and regulate many of our biological processes. By the middle of this century, the average lifespan in the developed nations should be well over one hundred years.

Our bodies will change dramatically during the next few decades. Hell, it’s already happening. Look at all the mechanical replacements now available. Hip, shoulder, elbow, tooth, artery and knee replacements are commonplace. Contact lenses and hearing aids enhance our senses. Mechanical legs allow the severely injure to walk, even run, again. I’ve seen a paralyzed man control his personal computer through thoughts that interface with a network.

How much will we accomplish during the next few decades? Well, for one thing, we will be able to replace virtually any part of our skeleton system. Bone broken, joints wearing out? Replace them. Want to think faster, move with more agility? The nanobots in our cells can become a computer network that responds hundreds of times faster than our neurons. Need more and better information at your fingertips? Forget about fingertips. A wireless interface between nanobots in your brain and computer databanks will allow you pull down whatever processed information you need. How about a second heart? A mechanical heart could reduce the pumping load on your biological heart, maybe take over during a heart attack. Better yet, eliminate the need for a heart with blood cells that power their own mobility.

But that’s just the start. Artificial intelligence will eventually dominate biological intelligence. And let me cue you in, it’s a short eventually. Here’s what I mean. Your brain processes information relatively slowly. Computer hardware is already much faster and the difference is growing year by year. On a pure horsepower basis, AI beats the brain’s processing. Of course, you need much more than fast computer hardware, the software has to be in place, too.

Let’s separate AI into two classes, weak AI and strong AI. Strong AI is general purpose intelligence, the ability to handle a wide variety of tasks at the same or higher level than a human. Weak AI is designed to process a very limited number of tasks, for instance, playing chess or walking.

Strong AI is still some years away, maybe decades, but weak AI is available in many areas. Most of us know that IBM’s Big Blue computer can defeat the best human chess players. Robots can hit a baseball or dance (check out my videos), although not at the level of the best humans. Not yet, anyway.

However, it’s clear that we are only a few decades from seeing very intelligent computers approach and then exceed human intelligence. Humans will need to link into networked AI just to stay competitive with our computers. But that’s just delaying the inevitable. In the end, our biological brains won’t cut it. Blood and flesh is just too slow and inflexible. In the second half of this century, we will be able to download our personal intelligence into robots. Mr. Data isn’t too bad an example of what humanity will become.

But the story doesn’t end there. Mr. Data’s brain, while much faster than a human brain, is still constrained by limited size. A networked intelligence will outperform a single Mr. Data, so that’s the direction science will drive us. Maybe Star Trek has a pretty good example, after all. It’s called the Borg.

Please realize a networked intelligence need not be evil. The Borg could very easily be a beneficial superintelligence, with all units working toward a good purpose. Or many good purposes. Each individual would very likely retain his or her unique personality, rather than being stamped out of one mold. A diverse set of androids networked together would seem to have greater survival capabilities than one individual repeated over and over.

And it would be a lot more fun. Imagine how close you would become to the people you love. In addition to the physical intimacy we now enjoy with our flesh and blood bodies, think about the emotional intimacy of joining your lover’s mind through the net. Step aside, Vulcan mind-meld!

Misunderstandings would be cleared up, feelings and thoughts immediately transmitted and received. I could describe the sex, but it’s not that kind of article.

Maybe the future is Star Trek after all.

Dan Ronco’s expertise in engineering and computer science infuses his fast-paced techno-thriller Unholy Domain with detail and authenticity. His second novel, it warns of the looming clash between religion and advanced science. Visit Dan Ronco.

A person looking for a free internet dating service can be deluged with web sites that are fun and exciting. Help in choosing a good site is available by following these tips.

You can find many a free internet dating service on the web nowadays. Some have a large number of profiles on the site and have many members accessing the site in order to share information, check for new members data and talk to other members through emails and the forums. How do you know what dating service sites are the best ones? Are there benchmarks that can be used to help you choose the best site for your purposes? Whether the site is free or not is important in choosing an internet dating site, but there are several other factors that are equally as importing in deciding on a site.

Look for a large and varied database

It seems obvious that the more profiles that are available on a free internet dating service, the more people will come to the web site in order to find a dating possibility. However, just because the number of profiles is relatively small doesn’t mean that the web site is not good. In fact, it may be a smaller site that is on its way to becoming a much larger site because of consumer interest in the products or profile groupings that are available.

Look for secure information

The free internet dating service site is better if the programming on the site software doesn’t permit anything but the most secure ordering and information protection services. Whether the site is free or not, there should be no concerns about sensitive or critical personal information being accessible to hackers. In addition, there should be no sale of email addresses from the web site to other entities in order to distribute unwanted emails. With the issues of identity theft so prevalent today, no information should be released without the owner’s full knowledge and consent.

Look for ease of navigation

Being able to easily get around on the free internet dating service site is absolutely a necessity full utilization of the site. If you know there are links to other sites, make sure to follow each site to the originating company to determine that the links are live. You should be able to move easily from the landing page to every other explanatory page on the web site and back again. Not only that, but there should be no extra commercial links that are not according to the entire theme of the wall.

Look for no hidden costs or charges

When a site is advertised as a free internet dating service, it should be so. Check to make sure that there are no cost that are sneaked in that are not called membership rates, but amount to a cost to the member that is equal to or greater than the cost of the paid site membership. The hidden charges may be called any of various things. Listing fee, premium account, one time member assessment–these are all ways to charge a fee for access to the dating profiles without appearing to do so.

These factors constitute some things to look for in choosing a dating site on the internet that will work for you.

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A free online dating service is an obvious choice for singles. Here are a few of the reasons why it is a great idea for you.

In most cases the decision for singles is whether or not to use a dating service online rather than whether they should choose a free online dating service or one which is provided through a paid web site. The free online service has the advantage of less cost and less hassle to join, while the paid site may have more advertising that brings in more customers, although this is by no means guaranteed. Here are just a few of the reasons why people choose to use an online service in order to find their dating opportunities.

Add to their friendships

People sign up for membership with a free online dating service in order to increase their circle of friends. A dating site is intended to be more than a social site, but friendships are often a preliminary step before dating someone. The more people you know, the more people who are likely to share one or more of the characteristics you deem important in a potential life partner. Choosing a mate is not the primary focus for many dating site users. They simply want to connect with other people of like lifestyles and interests.

Just want to date

There are other people who become members of a free online dating service web site in order to find people to date. They may or may not want to form long term friendships. They may just want to go out with another person once or twice and then move on to the next. So long as that is understood by both parties to the activity, people who are just looking for someone to date can find the dating site to be very useful. It’s rather like using a computer program to sort the entries by priority order utilizing the standards you set. This can save a great deal of time.

Looking for a long term relationships

When a person enters a free online dating service web site for the purpose of committing to a steadfast long term relationship, they will sometimes pick the right person from a list of potential partners almost by accident. There is nothing to make light of in that prospect. A dating site allows you to get to know another people and determine if this is the person you want to commit to a long term relationship. If you choose to be cautious at each level of the relationship, it is more likely that your relationship will be a positive one.

Convenience

The person who chooses to log in to the free online dating service at 2 am in the morning while dressed in the most casual attire is just as welcome as the person who only interacts with people while dressed in a power suit and tie. In fact, you can conduct the preliminary visiting and cyber dating while at your most relaxed. Choosing the times when you want to ‘date’ is easy when the contact is made through an internet web site. Choosing the way you want to dress is also a convenience offered by online dating.

Free Online Dating Service or Online Dating Service constitutes the best resource on the internet for a free dating service. Choose this web site for a multitude of informative and interesting bits of knowledge and you can also join one free today.