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In past years I have always dehydrated cherry tomatoes in my Garden Master Pro dehydrator after cutting them in half. The result is a sun dried tomato that is sweet and wonderful for stir fries and soups. But last summer I tried putting some in the freezer whole and liked them for cooking. I just throw the whole frozen cherry tomatoes in soups and they are great and much less work than drying them. 
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Many vegetables taste better, mid-winter, if they have been blanched briefly boiled before freezing. Blanching is way of killing aging enzymes in veggies so the produce does not get woody, old and tasteless in the freezer. But many experts suggest blanching fresh veggies for 3 minutes, or even more. In my book, that is fully cooking them. And when you cook them again before eating, the result is mush. 
The solution? Blanch for just 60 seconds or so. Depending on your stove, that may mean not even getting the water back up to a full boil. The trick is to have lots of water at a rolling boil, and not too many veggies. I watch the color of my vegetables as I blanch them. Kale, for example, will turn a brighter green telling me that its ready to be taken off the heat. 
Its important to cool your blanched vegetables as soon as they come out of the pot. Some experts recommend dropping them in a big bowl of water with ice cubes. Me? Im too cheap to buy ice cubes in the quantity I would need. I just fill the sink with cold tap water, and it works just fine. Next I spin dry the veggies in a salad spinner with a string-pull (Zyliss brand is one) and blot dry with tea towels before bagging and putting them in the fridge. 
My exceptions to blanching include tomatoes, peppers and all berries. Everything else gets a quick swim in boiling water. Last year a kind reader suggested that kale need not be blanched, so I tried freezing some without blanching. It was fine, but fewer kales fit into each bag. 
Dehydrating fruits and vegetables is another good way to store food, particularly if you dont have much freezer space. Apples and pears dry nicely and make for good winter snacks. Even if you dont grow your own, you can buy or pick fresh apples cheaper than buying dried fruit. I dry apples and pears until they are dry, but not brittle. I store them in freezer-grade bags in the pantry. 
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For hours, we linger together beneath the factory's red coil forest of compressed-air tubing and explore its seven U-shaped production lines. Between them, these produce 1,100 Mulberry handbags each week. Once packed, delivered and on sale, each bag will range in price from 895, for the Bayswater in natural tan being made on line five, to 3,000 for the Willow tote bag in midnight blue jacquard velvet (as seen on Mulberry's catwalk at Claridge's) under construction on line seven. From the prototype team to the quality-control team, each one undergoes hundreds of processes - including cutting, stitching, skiving and inking - before it is ready to go. 
Scott has an answer for every question thrown at him, however tricky. Why, for instance, have designer handbags (and shoes) so rocketed in cost over the past few years? Especially when the skin from which most are made is such an abundant by-product of the booming meat industry? With barely a pause, he replies that fierce competition from other luxury fashion houses, and car companies increasing their production of plush, leather-interior vehicles, has driven up leather prices. 
Where outside of Britain does Mulberry manufacture bags? Unblinkingly, Scott says that many (including all men's bags) are made in three Turkish factories also used by brands including Dunhill and Givenchy. The "small leather goods" (such as purses, wallets and phone-holders) are made in China, as is the Mulberry scotch-grain luggage spotted earlier in such abundance on the platforms of Bath Spa train station. 
Its production and clientele might be globalised, but Mulberry still defines itself by its Englishness. Three decades before it was bought out in 2003 by the Singaporean retail entrepreneur Christina Ong, the brand was born in the Somerset garage of 21-year-old Roger Saul, who named it after a tree he was fond of in the grounds of his old school. Today its advertising campaigns are set in English forests, by English seaside piers, or - as with this season - in owl-infested English country houses. Its creative director, Emma Hill (who will step down after this September's collection) has used everything from English ice cream to English dog lovers and English country gardens as inspiration for her clothes. 
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Yet, as a veteran of many factory visits in France and Italy, I find it strangely exciting to encounter in England a facility that appears to match those, in scale, professionalism and expertise. I think I might be a geek too. 
Five months ago, Mulberry hired Fabio del Perugia, a gap-toothed and grizzled 60-something Italian leather goods maestro who has spent his life as an artisan in factories in Morocco,welcome to michaels kors handbags sale,Free shipping‎! China and Portugal - as well as Italy. "Gucci, Prada, Ferragamo: for us the leather is an important tradition," he says with an Italianate shrug. "Here, there is not so much this tradition, but the quality is good and we are producing on a higher and higher level. And I like England - although the people the mentality is not as friendly as in Italy." 
On the floor, almost everyone wears polo shirts with the Mulberry tree logo (designed by Roger Saul's sister) over their hearts; most wear grey (production-line workers), black shirts are the managers, while white shirts (or occasionally lab jackets) are the quality-control specialists. 
Amy Andrews, 29, is Mulberry's raw materials production technologist - and the star of this page, pictured right, alongside Cara Delevingne. After posing gamely with the grey felt prototype of the Alexa bag and a leather-measuring tool used in the absence of Delevingne's owl, she explains her complicated title. She's responsible for the quality of the leather used to make every single handbag. Each model, in each colour, has a "master skin" - a template against which all resulting bags are measured. 
"I would say 90 per cent of our leathers are from Italy, where they inspect everything against our standard before it is shipped. And then they come to us for a final yes or no." A former employee of a Yeovil tannery, she adds: "Every skin is different, so it's handy to know how the leathers are made." 
Grey-shirted Rosie Daly, 23, has just returned to work after four months at home with her new daughter, Poppy. Sitting on a galvanised iron stairwell, she says she joined Mulberry as an apprentice after realising that her first job - as a hair stylist - had only limited prospects. First as an apprentice, then as a stitcher, she has been with the company for five years. Now her job is to manage the training of each new wave of apprentices: today there is a group on their first day. "Their first week is just about getting connected and getting to know each other. A lot of people who do come, as soon as they walk in the factory I don't think they ever imagine it is going to be as big and loud as it is. It can be quite daunting, until you get placed in a line and introduced to everyone. A lot of people live close, and there are a lot of friends here." 
One of the first things apprentices notice are the large laminated price signs - 1,100, or maybe 1,800, or even 3,000 - positioned at the end of each line. This, says Daly, is to remind workers of the cost of the bags they are crafting: "It's not just about getting them down the line, getting your bonus and getting home. These are hand-made bags, bags that people pay a lot of money for, and the signs remind you of that."

Watching AS Roma play last year was a privilege. That is until they decided to get serious and terminate Zdenek Zemans contract. With the introduction of caretaker manager Aurelio Andreazzoli, the team started to play a more structured style of football, and managed to edge out bitter rivals Lazio for sixth place in the Serie A. 
The squad has undergone a host of changes during the transfer window, having bid adieu to stars such Pablo Osvaldo and Marquinhos to Southampton and PSG respectively. Roma have also bid farewell to club legend Simone Perotta; the World Cup winner decided to hang up his boots after nine years at the club. 
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The young manager has bought with him a sense of belief to the team, which is also reflected in the off field dealings in the transfer market. The club has already secured the signatures of several high profile players including former PSV Eindhoven midfielder Kevin Strootman. 
The Dutch international had been linked with clubs such as Manchester United and AC Milan but Roma swooped in with a 16.5m bid to steal him from under everyones noses. Strootman is known for being a defensive midfielder who specialises in breaking up play, but equally impressive is his tactical knowledge that allows him to pick immaculate passes at the most crucial of times. 
The Giallorossi have also bought in former Arsenal winger Gervinho for a reported 8m. The Ivory Coast international will be looking to impress after a relatively quiet stint in the Premier League that saw him score just nine goals in 45 premiership appearances. 
They also solidified their defence after signing U-19 Croatia international Tin Jedvaj from Dinamo Zagreb and Moroccan centre-back Mehdi Benatia from Udinese. The new centre-back pairing will be looking to combine with stalwarts such Nicolas Budisso and Federico Balzaretti and will also be hoping to link up well with former Brazil international full-back Maicon. 
The team is also looking to bring in a replacement for Lamela and as such is taking steps to secure the transfer of Adem Ljacic of Fiorentina. The young Serb has been at the centre of a long and drawn out transfer saga between the Florentine outfit and AC Milan, but now appears to be on his way to the capital to replace the departing Argentine. 
The eternal city will depend on their captain Francesco Totti for one last season, before the World Cup winner finally hangs up his boots and passes on the torch to Daniele De Rossi, another thoroughbred Roman. 
For the first time in years does the Stadio Olympico have a team that can keep up with the league leaders and actually challenge for a place in the Champions League. The goal has to be that then, but the reality of the situation is that every single team in the top half of the Serie A standings from last year has improved considerably. 
And with the loss of two (potentially three) key players, AS Roma can develop only to a limited extent, which might not be enough to qualify for the Champions League. Having said that, it is important for Roma to know that this season is set up to be the most competitive in more than a decade and no one can say who will come out on top with any surety. 
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"We're not going to put boots on the ground," he said. "I don't think this president would put boots on the ground anyway. He is taking boots off the ground. He did that in Iraq."Roberts' comments came on the same day that the White House said it was considering military options,Find the Latest Michael Kors Kingsbury Here. Shop Today! but that those options do not involve taking down the regime of Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad. 
During his speech in Lawrence, Roberts indicated that he doesn't believe the president has decided what the aim of any U.S. military action should be. And he strongly urged the president to consult with Congress before taking any action."Whatever is done is going to have to be done strategically and with considerable thought, and really change the outcome of what happens in regards to Syria," Roberts said. "I am not sure the president is ready to do that." 
Roberts was in Lawrence Tuesday as part of a statewide tour while Congress takes its traditional August recess.In his remarks to the Chamber of Commerce audience, Roberts also spoke about several other issues pending in Washington, including the possibility of a federal government shutdown if Congress cannot agree on a budget before Oct. 1. 
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A MAROOCHYDORE businessman has been advised to spend $1000 getting approval for a sign worth a few hundred dollars.The approval is one of a list of hoops that Danny's Desks and Chairs proprietor Lee Moore found he would have to jump through for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council after a building audit. 
Mr Moore said council red tape was forcing business people like him to waste time solving silly problems at great cost."Yes, there's a certain amount of accountability, but I think there also needs to be a certain amount of common sense as well," he said.Mr Moore said the 1m by 1.8m sign on the roof of his business had only cost him a few hundred dollars.But he was told that he would have to pay a $711 application fee to the council to get approval for it. He was also advised to have a town planner lodge the application on his behalf, which he said would cost about $350. 
"If I've got to employ someone else to lodge the form for me, doesn't that tell you something about how difficult the paperwork is?" he said.The audit also required weeds be removed, a stake holding a tree be pulled out, and a bike rack be installed at the building - another requirement that left Mr Moore shaking his head. 
"I'm a furniture store. If somebody was to come around and ride away with a desk or a chair on the back of their bike, I'd give it to them for free because it would be that impressive," Mr Moore said.Mr Moore said he would comply with all requirements, but said the council's requirements went beyond common sense.He said he supported Mayor Mark Jamieson and the council's push to lure businesses to the Coast, but said more needed to be done to smooth a path for small businesses. 
"I supported Mark in the early days when he was going through the election phase and I still do..."I don't know where it's going wrong. Why, down the chain, you've got all these guys walking around antagonising people for little things," he said.A council spokesman confirmed that an audit at the Danny's Desks and Chairs premises had identified the bike rack, signage approval, and minor landscaping work for follow-up.wholesale High quality Armani business suit from www.googbusiness.com homepage. 
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Mr Abbott is likely to make the announcement alongside his small business spokesman Bruce Billson in the electorate of Bennelong - held by Liberal MP John Alexander - and which Labor is keen to win back from the Coalition after Kevin Rudd recruited Jason Yat-sen Li to run as the candidate. 
The announcement will also coincide with the arrival of the southern hemisphere's largest mobile billboard known as "Skyboard" to Sydney as part of the NSW Business Chamber's pre-election campaign - "Small business, too big too ignore".Central to the Coalition's pitch today is a promise to elevate the standing of the portfolio by ensuring it becomes a key Treasury responsibility and that a small business minister remains in cabinet. 
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There are roughly two million small businesses in Australia, employing more than seven million Australians with representatives of the NSW Business Chamber Board of Directors and management poised to meet today with small business operators following the arrival of the "Skyboard" which has more than 300sqm of advertising space. 
Mr Billson told The Australian the success of small businesses and family enterprises was critical to the success of the national economy and attacked Labor's treatment of the portfolio, with six ministers having served in the role since 2007."I'm facing my sixth small business minister," Mr Billson said, listing them as Craig Emerson, Nick Sherry, Mark Arbib, Brendan O'Connor, Chris Bowen and the latest incumbent, Gary Gray. 
"Labor has consistently ignored the interest and issues of small business men and women. They deserve a whole lot more respect and a positive plan to support their success and a government as committed and working as hard for that success as they are," he said.Mr Abbott will use the announcement as an opportunity to demonstrate his economic credentials, his commitment to creating one million new jobs within five years and attack Labor for introducing new and costly regulation.

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“When the opportunity presented itself to come and run the U.S. business for OnX I jumped at that, and when Ed chose to leave, the board felt I was the right person to step up and run the larger company,” said Cox. “I’m very excited about it.”
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Growing the company both organically and through acquisition will be a priority, said Cox, adding the company is definitely in invest and growth mode. In addition to continuing to grow OnX’s U.S. operations, he said opportunities in Canada as well as Europe – OnX has a UK office – will also be considered.
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He did mention he’d like OnX to be stronger in the networking space, to complement its legacy strength in the data centre market.
“Our challenge is getting sales people to represent our broad portfolio in a way that is accurate, correct and good for the customer,” said Cox.
OnX made a major investment in its Canadian business just over a year ago, spending $20 million to upgrade its data centre facilities here to Tier 3 status to target growth opportunities in the cloud and data centre with enterprise clients. It’s already paying dividends, said Cox.
“It’s a profitable business. We had new bookings in the neighborhood of $30 million last year total contract value in Canada, and we’ll do 1.5 times that in orders this year,” said Cox. “It made OnX a force to be reckoned with in Canada.”
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“We are excited with the enthusiasm and support that was received for this inaugural event and look forward to the beginning phase for the “Hope Fun-Raising” event again in 2014,” Flint concluded.
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Will you be running on rugged terrain or groomed trails?
Most recreational trail runners who frequent dirt trails or the occasional rocky path can stick to shoes that are comparable to their road shoes, explains Harkin.
“Unless you are running in very rugged terrain, choosing a trail running shoe that is similar to your road running shoe is best,” Harkin said. Many road running shoe companies make trail shoes that complement a road shoe and are a good choice for road runners looking to occasionally take to the trails because they are protective and durable enough for the trails, yet still comfortable on the road.
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“These hybrid shoes are the most successful in store because they are used for more than one application,” Harkin explained. “People might have a mile or two [on the road] to get to the trails. So it is best to buy one shoe that is also a good running shoe so you can run in the city to get to the trail.”
Runners looking to tackle trickier terrain should look for more traction, stability and protection in the outsole, which are characteristic of the shoes many outdoor companies are designing. “Most of the outdoor companies now make trail running shoes, which can be confusing [because of all the options,]” Harkin said. But these options allow runners who will be running on rougher terrain to choose a shoe that complements that environment.
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How far will you be running?
If trail running translates to ultrarunning then you will likely be spending a lot of time in trail running shoes. After a few hours your feet will swell slightly and a half size or a full size of extra room in the shoe is necessary. “My body has made adaptations and my feet don’t swell unless I run for three days straight, but I still wear a full size bigger to accommodate the swelling, and warmer socks,” Roes said. “Now, after 100 miles my feet look exactly the same after, but I couldn’t say the same thing a few years ago.”
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