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[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

The Best Hummus

Learn how to make the best homemade hummus! It's ultra creamy, dreamy and light. This hummus recipe is easy to make, too—no need to peel your chickpeas!

Side note: linking this because it takes in information from a couple different places and explains techniques. I do not believe this white lady makes the best hummus in existence. There is a grandma in Egypt who would like to have a word with me if I tried to sell that bridge.

HOWEVER, I have made this recipe three separate times, and other than needing to add a smidge more lemon juice one time while I was getting it right, this is an absolute baller of a recipe in terms of using what is available in a modern Western kitchen.

This also made me appreciate why my local place was charging me $12 for a large hummus. Like, sure, wholesale will knock some $$ off, but there is not really a cheaper way to make this. Recently, my grocery had a sale on canned chickpeas (I haven’t tried soaking my own because laaaaazy) and I stocked up. Horray, $1/can sales.

When making this, I made two small changes that were more for personal preference than anything else. I leave out the cumin (I don’t love cumin on its own) and instead of iced water, I reserve the bean juice and ice that. Seems wasteful not to use what I already have. As a topping, I do add some good olive oil and sprinkle on some everything bagel seasoning. Gives a lovely little bite.

This recipe makes about 16oz of hummus, or one of the medium-sized clear plastic take out containers. My local charges about $7 for a container this size and.. this one cost $4.56 for me to make. It is absolutely a savings, but not a dramatic one, and that surprised me a bit. Still, up to this point I hadn’t made hummus at home that wasn’t complete trash, so this is a.) a win and b.) something I will continue to make ongoing. It is so fluffy!

[byvdigital-blog]

9 EFFECTIVE DIGITAL MARKETING TECHNIQUES FOR LAW FIRMS TO ATTRACT NEW CLIENTS

Marketing has always remained a successful way to guarantee new clientele for law firms. Since the rise to power of digital marketing, several law firms have transformed themselves into digital legal brands while many still do not focus on digital media.

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What a fascinating show! Samuel Hendrick, a Wellness Professional was a guest on my show today!  Samuel shared with us his passion in how he uses the healing techniques that he has mastered to assist one on their healing journey.  After studying all the healing modalities, he is seeing a whole new pattern form.  One where people can heal without surgery, poisonous drugs and years of psychotherapy.  His life has been wildly blessed with disasters that have led to a path that has made him see a new future for this earth. Not just us humans but nature as well. This new future of healing has come about from his own experiences and working with others.  There is no magic formula or deep secrets, it all mind set and allowing yourself to learn how to heal and putting the intention into it.  It is not about the barbaric use of cutting people up, but instead working with the 5 different levels of body and taking a better understanding of how it is in tune with nature.  Are you dealing with mental, emotion and physical pain?  Would you like a natural way of healing yourself?  Have you tried everything and it hasn't worked? Are you ready to take the next step to your healing journey?  Check out the show!  

[mapsoftwincities]

Tip: Map Design with Adobe Illustrator.

Designing maps involves a great deal of technique and precision. Though nowadays programs largely automate this century-old craft, keeping a well-organized Illustrator workspace will increase your efficiency. Jump past the break to see the four tricks that will streamline your workflow. 

1. Set up baseline grid. Cameron Booth of Transit Maps suggests that " the most useful grid to have is one that equals the distance between the centre lines of two adjoining route lines".  In the screenshot above, my lines were 3 points and the white space between the lines was 2 points, so the resulting grid was a 5-point one. I kept the snap to grid ON at all times to easily align features with the grid.

Next, I placed a guideline every 20 points or so (your actual figure may vary). These guidelines helped preserve geographic accuracy and kept things looking aligned and consistent.

2. Group related features when possible. I put all my bus lines in the same layer to quickly access their global properties. I also assigned a graphic style to the bus layer so changing global properties now only took a single click.

Likewise for typography, I utilized character styles to quickly swap font styles or adjust font sizes for the words / characters. These were defined  beforehand in order to prevent any “orphaned" text later on.

3. Automate your tasks. Use the symbol palette for repeating elements such as bus labels, stop and transfer symbols. The master element is referred to as symbol, while a copy of that symbol is called an instance. Changing a master symbol will also update all existing instances to match the symbol. Nifty! I neglected using this feature in the past and wasted a lot of time fixing every single transfer symbol manually.

4. Corner Radius for 90° Turns equals  the distance between the centers of two adjoining lines + corner R of the internal line. So, if line A was R = 5 pts and the distance between the center of line A and the center of line B was 4.5 points, then line B would have a radius of 9.5 points. 

This rule, however, does NOT apply to 45° angles due to a peculiar nature of Illustrator's Round Corners effect. Follow Cameron Booth's workaround on this.

  Got a cool mapping tip? Share it in the comments below! 

[chiliconholly]

algebra storytime 6.5.13 V

next story from math (might be the last..but probably not, suck it up). Poe and I were exchanging post it notes, I gave her a few techniques on how to memorize things using sharpies and post it notes, so shes trying out my method, hopefully it works for her like it did for me. I say to her and Joe: I cant ever find big blue post it notes anywhere. Just orange and pink (which I do not like much) and yellow. Joe: I have big blue post it notes! Me: WHERE. Where can you buy them? Joe: I get them for free in the supply closet. Me: can we trade some? ill give you yellow, pink and orange for blue. Joe: No. Me: cannnn I buy some from you? Joe: I am pretty sure that is illegal.... Me: hey, its only illegal if you get caught! you probably think im a big time criminal for saying that..... Joe: nah!

[camerasky]

How to Shoot in Direct Sunlight

Shooting in direct sunlight can lead to images that have high contrast, blown out highlights, lens flare and colors that might even look overly saturated. If you’re shooting portraits they can also lead to the ‘squint factor’.

So what’s a photographer to do?

See here the eleven quick and simple tips at combating the problems that bright sunlight might bring when shooting outdoors.

Link: http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-shoot-in-direct-sunlight/

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Lots of people all over the world suffer from extra weight. It is getting a serious complication as excess weight does not only make peoples lives more difficult and affects their self-esteem, but it has a negative impact on their health. It was scientifically proved that sometimes overweight may become a cause for death. According to the statistics, 64 per cent of people in America have extra weight.