Amy Kane

Recommended Recipes

If you ever get that urge to try something new and learn some new foods to cook? Well recipes will certainly help assuming you have the tools in the kitchen and enough of a skill set to know how to cook. Most of the time just following simple instructions and having the right ingredients is all you really need. 

There are a few recipes I learned to make recently and it is certainly worth sharing, since sharing is caring. These reciples are great and I also recommend you print them and keep a copy of them. Or if you have a delicious bookmark account you can simply save these recipe pages into your bookmarks so you always have a copy. But print just in case.

First we have one recipe from DHRecipes.com which were going to list 2 of the best items they have. First item is their Welsh Cakes recipe which once you make them you can not tell your friends where you got the recipe from and take all of the credit. The next item is Blueberry Scones which after making them, the look of them wasn't perfect but who cares, they tasted amazing. 

If you want to learn how to make the Welsh Cakes just follow the link from the DHRecipes website. 

The blueberry scones were phenominal and on top of it very easy to make. This is just a great recipe and no need to change anything. Maybe you can take out the blueberries or substitute them with another fruit but trust me, the blueberries are perfect.

 

Last but not least if you are looking for one more source of good recipes BBC will blow your mind and taste buds out of this world with their massive collection of recipes so go on, get in the kitchen and learn how to make something new and delicious. Show off you culinary skills with some great recipes and share them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/

Florida Real Estate Questions

After a recent trip to Florida I was looking into the real estate markets for Florida. Some of the places we visited were Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami. Miami was a fun place to visit but it seems a little too crazy for a place to consider buying. Great for a 1 week vacation but I had enough of it. Jacksonville was an unusual place. Strange city although they do have an NFL team there which is interesting.

I got a chance to chat with some real estate agents in Orlando about the whole real estate markets in Florida and to get a good overview. It seemed that Orlando was probably the safest area to be in and is more community minded out of the major cities there. We chatted with one agent from http://www.orlando-homesforsale.com/ and they gave us an overview of the entire markets including planning life in a small city with a family. What was also important was knowing all of the activities to participate in and I have to say Orlando is a very dynamic city. It also has plenty of flights in/out of the city going to major destinations.

Out of all the states in America, Florida seems to have stable real estate as it is not as expensive as say stuff you'll find in California and Fla is still in demand within America and worldwide as a tourist destination and a place to settle down or even start a family. 

Florida has been fun, it has fantastic weather all year round and it does attract some interesting cool people. Buying a house is starting to seem more like a reality as there are some nice houses and condos that are affordable. 

Syria violence continues

Crisis, massacre in Syria

Syria, one of several nations from the Middle East region to become involved in the “Arab Spring” uprisings, has been experiencing ongoing civil unrest which has been met by increasingly severe government repression.

These series of events began in March of 2011, with civilian populations turning out to protest in events dubbed “Day of Dignity” and “Day of Rage.” Immediately the government responded by first arresting dozens of people, then quickly implementing more lethal tactics. This only served to further incense the already angered citizens, leading to several days of violent clashing with government forces and more deaths.

At this time similar cycles of protest and severe government retaliation are seen playing out in other “Arab Spring” nations. In several, including Libya, the UN and NATO took military steps to prevent what would have been a bloody onslaught on the civilian population. In Syria, however, the citizens rising up against Assad and cohorts had less luck, with Western powers like the US and European Union moving to implement paltry economic sanctions. Undeterred, the Syrian military continued repressive tactics, leading to the occupation of several towns and the besieging of Jisr al-Shughor in June. As the number of civilian deaths continued to increase, US President Obama and allies called for Assad to step down. In December the UN declared the toll had passed 5,000 deaths. Regardless, Russia and China have both vetoed two important UN resolutions concerning Syria. The Arab League has taken its own steps, voting to suspend Syria and impose its own sanctions. The League also sent observers, who were withdrawn in a matter of weeks due to increasing violence.

Even with the obvious nature of repression being imposed on Syrian civilians, the world has chosen to not aid these people and end Assad's violence. The violence continues, and the Syrian people continue to plead for help, their cries tragically falling on ears who choose to remain deaf.

Where to get your Medical Marijuana tested in California

California is one of the more progressive states around and that is evident by their laws on marijuana and how they have medical marijuana available to people that actually need it. That is they have an illness or disease or some type of chronic pain that goes away. What marijuana offers to these users is a chance to escape the pain, try to live some normal life and also to avoid prescription painkillers which is well known to be very addictive and cause more harm than good. 

So if you are one of these users and you can get your hands on medical marijuana, sometimes it helps to do testing or thc testing for that matter. You can get your marijuana tested for many legitimate reasons including potentency, also to see if there are any pesticides used, mold and fungus. So where can you find a cannabis testing lab? Well there are many companies that offer this service in California with drop off stations located throughout the state. You can call up some of these companies like cwanalytical.com for example and they can answer any questions you have and help you where to go to find a testing lab and await the results which come fairly quickly.

This is a valuable service that is available in California but hopefully one day will be made available all across the United States. This does seem to be gaining momentum and popularity as the general public is slowly starting to let their guard down on marijuana as being something illegal or harmful to society. If anything marijuana seems to help more than it hurts and it is certainly one of the better drugs available for treating chronic pain and joint inflammation.

It is wise to get your marijuana tested if you are a regular user so you know the quality better and making sure it is free from pesticides. 

my glasses were stolen, great

What's worse than getting your glasses stolen? Having them stolen by a thief who smashes your car window to get to it. Maybe it was my fault for leaving them there in the coffee holder but the glasses were only worth maybe $100 and the window is going to cost me a few hundred plus I gotta clean up the mess. Not that it matters anymore but they stole these. They must have not noticed my ipod because that wasn't taken at all but I have the black one and it blends into my dashboard really well.

So half of my day has been trying to sort out getting the glass fixed. The rest of it is going to be watching videos, shopping online and chatting.

I don't feel so bad after seeing this random scary video on youtube of some big forest fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kma8_BIo54

Japan nuclear waste disaster

The nuclear disaster that has taken place in Japan has many around the world wondering if we should stop being dependant on nuclear energy. We have a situation that is repeating both Chernobyl which is like a complete meltdown and now talks are happening that the Japanese government is considering making a full encasement of the damaged reactors which is the equivalent of saying we give up and that we have a full blown crisis on our hands.

Perhaps the worst part of this disaster is the fact that the Japanese government had tried to cover up as much of this disaster as possible. There are rumors circulating that the company that was running the plant had repeatedly failed numerous safety checks and that this place was probably going to have their own problems sometime in the future.

At least they can say look with a massive earthquake and tsunami how could anyone expect anything worse than this?

Here is a clip from Russia Today news that explains what is going to happen with these problematic nuclear power plants.

 

Libya getting bombed, repels Gaddafi

Moammar Gaddafi is finally getting a taste of his own medicine as Libya is getting bombed. This isnt' exactly a good thing or something the world needs to cheer for however their own people were tired of this man extorting money from his own people. He had a strong control over the population and the people were tired of living under his power for no reason other than to give him power and money. Well it seems that people have cracked and people are willing to die for the cause.

The main problem is Gaddafi ordered his military personelle to attack their own civilians. This is a catch 22 because what if people in the United States did this against their own government. Of course the US wouldn't attack and kill their own people but the real question here is what is the fair law in each country.

Overall it seems the world is against Gaddafi whom everyone seems to acknowledge he is responsible for the air india bombing over lockerbie.

For more news and information about what is happening in Libya follow the BBC here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12813392

Las Vegas Baby

Ok so I booked a trip to Las Vegas today but I don't get there until the winter but I hope it won't be cold but at least it will be better than rain and clouds. I'm super excited about my trip and I'm making plans on some of the things I will be doing there.

Cirque Du Soleil

I have always wanted to see Cirque du Soleil ever since I've seen their tv adverts and saw some youtube videos of their shows. There are 7 Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas that play almost daily. I want to see them all but I will only have 5 days stay in Las Vegas so I'm going to try to see Zumanity, O and Mystere.

I really want to see Mystere the most with O being next after I saw their websites youtube video with that massive water stage. I can't believe these people just dive at insane heights into these pools like the way they do. It seems scary but super cool.

Oh and I am definitely going to the spa, I can't wait to get a facial.