3 Jamie Oliver's Luscious Chicken Recipes for his School Food Revolution Campaign

In 2009, famous chef Jamie Oliver started promoting his advocacy to promote a proper dissemination of awareness about the growing obesity crisis and bad health in the United States. His mission was to instigate a chain reaction of positive change through sharing his expertise on making nutritious dishes. Jamie Oliver says, “The time is right for people to rediscover the sense of pride, satisfaction and fun you can get from cooking for the people you love… I want to prove that turning around the epidemic of obesity and bad health doesn't have to be boring or dull in the slightest.”

He has a dream to inspire people to create unprocessed healthy recipes that are beneficial, and that includes a hale and hearty menu transformation through a Food Revolution Captain to raise awareness in local school, workplaces and homes.

And here are just three of his scrumptious chicken recipes to try:

Crunchy Garlic Chicken
 
Ingredients

1 clove garlic
1 lemon
6 cream or plain crackers , such as Jacob's
2 Tbsp. butter
4 sprigs fresh Italian parsley
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 heaping Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 large egg , preferably free-range or organic
2 skinless chicken breast fillets , preferably free-range or organic
Olive oil

Click here for instructions http://www.oprah.com/food/Crunchy-Garlic-Chicken

Parmesan Chicken Breasts with Crispy Posh Ham


Ingredients

2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 skinless chicken breasts , preferably free-range or organic
Freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon
1 1/4 ounces grated Parmesan
6 slices prosciutto
Olive oil

Click here for instructions http://www.oprah.com/food/Parmesan-Chicken-Breasts-with-Crispy-Posh-Ham

Chicken Chow Mein

Ingredients

Thumb-size piece fresh ginger root
2 cloves garlic
1/2 to 1 fresh red or green chile , to your taste
1 large skinless chicken breast , preferably free-range or organic
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 scallions
Small bunch fresh cilantro
1 baby bok choy
4 shiitake mushrooms , optional
4 ounces (2 bundles) ready-to-cook chow mein noodles
Peanut oil or vegetable oil
1 heaping tsp. cornstarch
1 can (8 ounces) water chestnuts
2 to 3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 small lime

Click here for instructions http://www.oprah.com/food/Chicken-Chow-Mein

Blended Learning: The New Combo in K-12 Education

Blended learning in educational research denotes to a collaboration of diverse learning approaches. It associates traditional classroom techniques with cyber-mediated activities. This combined learning technique generates more cohesive method for both teachers and students. In earlier times, computer-based materials take part in a supporting role to physical or one-on-one instruction. Through new learning technique, online technology will be more imperative.

Some of the activities may be arranged around access to online web resources and interaction through social media such as signing up on online forums to intermingle with other distance learners in other learning environments.
 
It depends on the involved tutors and students on determining various approaches and learning forms. It also refers as the hybrid learning technique or a mixed mode of education.

 
Three Institutions that Offer Blended Learning

Rocketship Education - http://www.rsed.org/index.cfm
Mission: Eliminate the Achievement Gap
Rocketship Education is building a network of high-performing, urban, college-preparatory K-5 charter schools dedicated to our mission to eliminate the achievement gap within our lifetimes.
The Rocketship Public School Model combines traditional classroom instruction with Learning Lab, which enables individualized instruction through online adaptive technology and tutors; a parent engagement strategy that allows for advocacy on behalf of all children and their education; and a leadership development program that creates sustainable careers for highly effective educators.
Closing the achievement gap at a national level depends on building, executing, and scaling a revolutionary school model that encompasses the following initiatives: Innovate, Empower, Lead and Impact (View more > http://www.rsed.org/about/index.cfm)

Innosight Institute - http://www.innosightinstitute.org/
Mission: "Innosight Institute is a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank whose mission is to apply Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovation to develop and promote solutions to the most vexing problems in the social sector."


T.C. Williams High School - http://www.acps.k12.va.us/tcw/
According to eSchool News website, "T.C. Williams High School, in Virginia’s Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), uses technology to create online and blended-learning environments that provide extra support to students who need it. Two of the school’s primary goals are to extend the amount of learning time and ensure that more students graduate—and early results from these programs are encouraging."  
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/03/virginia-high-school-uses-technology-to-increase-learning-time-boost-graduation-rates/)

Album of the Month: Back to School (Mini Maggit) by Deftones

I'm thinking of things that I must do before attending classes this school term. I just newly invested some cardigans, textbooks, multivitamins and other essentials that I need for this winter season at the college university. While preparing stuff for the learning institute, I was like tuning-in on Deftones' alternative-rap metal album Back to School (Mini Maggit). This is the first time that I hobble on their album. But it was actually introduced to me by my religion teacher in the conservatory, their hit singles were quite catchy and yes, I like it!

And whilst I'm searching on their music video on YouTube, I was fastened by one of the commenters named PrimalFactory777 on the video hosting service.

"This song is magic. I was the total opposite at the time. I was the bully, the big 6"3 guy who pushes around "nerds" and "losers". Now I realize how much of a failure I was back then and the way Iused to see the world was biased and wrong. This song definitely means a lot to me in a different way that it means to you.
It probably reminds you how hard I was. For me too. But we have different stories about the same era, the same situation. I love this song and Deftones as well.
I am sorry."

I'm just quite different from PrimalFactory777; I was belittled, demeaned and humiliated when I was in High School. Perhaps, I'm really kind to the fellow students who mortified me in front of many people. Constant fatigue, sleeplessness, and high level of anxiety are some of causes that injure my health, and this painful reminiscences is making me ill right now.

So, going back to the album, I find their other tracks really good such as the "Nosebleed," "Teething," and "Feiticeira." Of course, I will recommend the band on my other cliques. :) My entry is getting longer now…. Ciao!

First College Day High

As school is about to start in a few days, incoming college students are in rushing and doing their last minute preparations - moving to the dorm, saying goodbye to their room and pets and yes, even their tutor who weathered with them through high school, packing and unpacking their stuff, checking out their future college's website,  and of course, preparing their bodies and minds for a new phase in their young lives.  For some, college has started and the reactions are all but funny. This girl seemed to have really adapted a positive attitude- really positive that it looks a little creepy.

Adorkable Pre-school ID Photo

Our parents are the first ones to get excited and terrified during our very first day in school. This boy's mom was so anxious-excited that she took the time and money and tagged her son along to the barber shop and have his son that might cause him to be the subject of teasing at school. I guess she is just maximizing the phase where her child adores her unconditionally. The child is not the only who needs tutoring in the future, but his mom as well, that is on how to not make your son look like a dork in school.

Teachers Immortalized in Movies During the 90's

Educators reap new understanding and ideas into young’s mind every single day. It’s a profession that gets a lot of chances to motivate people in various ways that somehow will raise spirits on students to gain a lasting love of learning. Itemized below are four movies about teachers that encourage us and make us feel gratified to be in the learning ground of education where we are nurtured intellectually.

Mr. Bill Rago, Renaissance Man (1994)
Danny Devito's portrayal as a teacher Bill Rago is both amusing and brilliant. And the impression to be involved in a light-hearted comedy truly has an insightful implication. His character verifies that legendary playwright William Shakespeare still has much more to edify students. Unpredictably well-ordered sequence and slightly clichéd at times, the hilarious flick in the end instills essential life learning about commitment and personality.

Ms. LouAnne "White Bread" Johnson, Dangerous Minds (1995)
Believing on a retired US marine LouAnne Johnson portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer is excellent. Coaching English in a sub-urban institution, she possibly reaches the pig-headed delinquent students by teaching with gentle and sympathetic.  The movie imparts viewers about the significance of making choices and not permitting situations to dictate our life.
 

Mr. Glenn Holland, Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Richard Dreyfuss as Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland’s Opus is magnificent as an instrumentalist and composer who must work as a high school educator to support his family. This notable motion picture gives all instructors courage that they truthfully have an impact on their pupils. On the latter part of the story, he starts to question his worth until his apprentices assemble a parting festivity to celebrate his importance as a great teacher.

 

Ms. Roberta Guaspari, Music of the Heart (1999)
A heart-warming flick based on real account of a single-mother who moves to Harlem and turned to be a violin trainer while working amidst cultural and other racial obstructions, Roberta Guaspari depicted by Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, produces a much-admired music program in an region where many people would think that it was not imaginably possible.

How Not to Get Pregnant in High School

One of the most complex issues worldwide that can hurl some immaterial essences socially, economically, physically, intellectually and emotionally is the discussion concerning teenage pregnancy.  According to several report studies, 3 out of 10 schoolgirls in the United States perceive themselves ‘be in the family way’ as soon as they turned 20. There were national movements being created to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancies, affirming that nearly 50 percent of students who are in the Secondary Education were already engaged on sexual contacts.  With certain thumbs-down outcomes at stake, formulating solutions on how to avert undesirable teen pregnancy must be on the primary concern. Enumerated below are some ways on how not to get pregnant while studying in high school.

Abstinence
Self-restraint is the best act that is 100 percent effective on avoiding unplanned situations like early pregnancy, and parenthood. In the same way as it prevents sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).  

Birth Controls
Aside from self-control, using contraceptives can likewise prevent to get pregnant in high school. Whether undergoing on hormonal procedures and other form, still it aids to avoid teenage pregnancy. Enlightening high school undergrads about birth control techniques may help to alter the manners and behaviors of young people towards to safer and responsible sexual deeds.

Communication
The vital role of parents is to guide and influence their offspring’s point of views pertaining to relationship, love and sex. A proper tête-à-tête parent-to-child about sex and other teenage matters may enlighten minds, formulate decisions and develop great attitudes for their own well-being. Conversation between parents and youngsters may knock down a variety of teenage caustic issues.

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Well-Suggested Books for Children: Where do babies come from?

Every single day, children tend to be more inquisitive. They want to know some further answers about this simple question: “Where babies come from?” However, some parents may have a difficulty to respond on this guileless query.

So here is a shortlist of books to edify kids ranging from four to twelve years old about sex.

A Kid's First Book about Sex by Joani Blank

This book is illustrated by Marcia Quackenbush, it’s an overview to sexuality for young booklovers, deliberating feelings, bodies, and developing a positive self-image.

Amazing You: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts 

by Gail Saltz and Lynne Avril Cravath

A fanciful graphics invigorates with context about body awareness and sex education, it’s a friendly supplement for moms and dads who are not ready to answer some fiddly kid’s inquiries.

It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 

(The Family Library) by Robie H. Harris

A wonderful hardbacks that deals a subject matter that we already went through and should be go through. It has beautiful drawings that all bookworm will be pleased with this issue that unfortunately triggers discomfort to talk about.

Dr. Ruth Talks To Kids: Where You Came From, How Your Body Changes, and What Sex Is All About by Dr. Ruth Westheimer

A well-known sex counselor talks about the physical and psychological changes that happen whenever a youngster gets older.

6 Hottest Sous Chefs in the U.S.

As a food chaser, I am also tempted to hunt for the sumptuous chows but why am I so impotent to summon up my gastronomic mind to quest the chef behind every dishes?
 
It’s usual for the Head of the Kitchen to start as a sous-chef prior from being promoted as an executive chef.  Consequently, I round up six sexiest Sous Chefs who held that secondary title on their way to the top besides from the fact that they also sizzled up the kitchen with their scorching cooking techniques and steamy physique.
 

 
Bobby Flay
The critically acclaimed chef began his career as the second in command in the kitchen after attending the culinary school, as he swiftly learns the art of culinary.
 

 
Scott Leibfried
He had an appearance in U.S. edition of Hell's Kitchen as the blue kitchen sous-chef of British restaurateur Gordon Ramsay.
 

 
Marcel Vigneron
Vigneron had already a reputable name as the Executive Sous Chef at  The Bazaar in the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and he also served as the Sous-Chef de Cuisine  to Chef Dwayne Lipuma at the Culinary Institute of America Ristorante Caterina de' Medici.
 

 
Jamie Oliver
36 year-old Gennaro Contaldo's protege is known for his TV shows and cookbooks. Jamie Oliver became a pastry chef as his first professional job and promoted as a sous chef at The River Café, Fulham.
 

 
Curtis Stone
In mid 2010, Aussie born Curtis Stone participated as an investment panel on NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant together with Steve Ells and Lorena Garcia. He started working as a host on the third season of Top Chef Masters premiered on April 6, 2011. As Chef’s direct assistant in Mirabelle he also created a large part on 'Mirabelle Cookbook'.

 
Rocco DiSpirito
Celebrity Chef Rocco DiSpirito assisted Vietnamese-American Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung Huynh.

Most Influential Gay and Lesbians in Hollywood

Have you ever thought of the prominent gay and lesbians in our society who almost shaped our lives in this modern period? I am stirred to deliberate my favorite five gay people, so I've compiled here a shortlist of famous LGBT public figures that made an impact in society as well as on the sphere of media.

 

Ellen Degeneres
"I'm a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian."

The award-winning talk show host has been named the most "Influential Gay Woman in America". She topped out in several magazines with her wits and humanitarian endeavors. Ellen Degeneres exposed that she is a lesbian freely in an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1997.

Neil Patrick Harris
"Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love."

In November 2006, How I Met Your Mother's Barney Stinson came out as gay openly on People magazine. TIME magazine recognized Neil Patrick Harris as one of the 100 Most Influential People in 2010. He was also received a star on the Hollywood's Walk of Fame in September 2011.

 

 Jodie Foster
"Being understood is not the most essential thing in life."

Although the Oscar winner Jodie Foster snubbed to talk about her sexual orientation, she finally comes out as a lesbian as she paid an emotional tribute to her longtime girlfriend film producer Cydney Bernard. They have been a couple for over 14 years. Jodie Foster was listed in 50 Most Influential Homos in Out Magazine.
 

Marc Jacobs
"I am a perfect being in a perfect world."

The creative director of Louis Vuitton is one of the most provocative designers of all time. Marc Jacobs placed on the 12th spot on a 2011 list "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America" in a popular gay and lesbian lifestyle monthly journal called Out magazine.

Anderson Cooper
"You know, I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life."

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper ranked second as the Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America, in spite the fact that he has never come out of the closet, but he also considered having a family.

Andrej Pejic's Black and White Photos

 

 "I like to dress as a girl but I don't want to be one."

Illustrated Graphics and Thoughts of Wisdom Etched by Theophrastus Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel, famously known as ‘Dr. Seuss’ is a writer and artist who was graduated at Dartmouth College at Lincoln College in England. He was a member of a national fraternity in university called Sigma Phi Epsilon New Hampshire Alpha Chapter. While on his early years, as a young school lad during World War I, his classmates dubbed him “The Kaiser” due to his German descent. He wrote and produced educational short flicks during World War II where he became a major in the US Army. Dr. Seuss is a partisan caricaturist and an advertising executive. Most notably, he penned and illustrated children’s books comprised with moral lessons including Horton Hears a Who! (1954), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1960) and The Lorax (1971).

He never had any kids of his own, but his scribbled morals still linger on zealous bibliophilist’s minds. His peculiar and pleasurable insightful tales can enlighten us a lot about how to sail across the universe through visualizing his social and political views on his masterpieces.

To commemorate his first achievement in publishing Seuss’ debut cartoon on a bimonthly issue of The Saturday Evening Post 1927 under his name, exactly 85 years ago, on which he became nationally famous as well as to celebrate National Anti-Boredom Month. I’ve compiled some of the old-world illustrations and wonderful life lessons we can acquire from the whiz, Dr. Seuss.

Life lessons

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant.”

“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

“I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories”

 “We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”

 “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”

 “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

 “I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you”

 “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living… it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

Illustrations

Oh, the Stuff You Will Learn!

Kid, You'll Move Mountains

Would You? Could You? In a Car?

The Bee Watcher
 

They’ve Proved They Are Persons No Matter How Small
 

Oh, the Places You'll Go!



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