| There are certain sweet treats that are icons of their local area. France is known for its rich and creamy desserts while Italy is often thought of as the home of ice cream. With the Mediterranean and the Middle East baklava is one of the most iconic dishes. If you are a fan it is worth looking to find the best baklava online. The exact origin of this pastry dish is hotly debated. Some believe that its origins stretch as far back as ancient civilisations such as Mesopotamia. Others believe that the pastry was first created around the time of the Ottoman Empire. It is generally believed that the pastry originated somewhere in the Middle East. Therefore tradition is a big part when it comes to making traditional baklava. Ideally you want someone who either has made this to a family recipe or appreciates the traditional methods involved with making the pastry. This increases the chances of getting the best quality. In modern times it is generally associated with countries in the Middle East. People travelling to Turkey and other countries in the region often go there to taste the local pastries in much the same way as people go to Italy for authentic pasta or France for the haute cuisine. Naturally some places are better at this than others! The recipe is fairly simple. The filling is typically made with chopped almonds, chopped walnuts, caster sugar as well as cinnamon and cloves for flavour. Some people add breadcrumbs in order to bind the filling together. The syrup contains sugar, water, cinnamon and lemon juice. It is then topped with unsalted butter and filo pastry. Admittedly handmade does not necessarily guarantee the best quality either. The crucial aspect is the quality of the ingredients they use and their ability to cook them. This is why ideally you want to buy products from companies that have either been established for a long time or have a lot of experience making traditional recipes. This ought to be stated clearly on the website. The company ought to be proud of their history or their expertise when it comes to making the dish. They should also clarify how they source their ingredients and the quality of those ingredients. If it is not clear then you should consider looking elsewhere. It is also important to see how they will ensure the freshness of the baklava when they deliver it to you. If possible you may want to consider a company that offers high speed delivery in order to ensure the pastries are as fresh as possible. There are numerous companies that allow you to purchase baklava. You ought to check a number of them in order to compare both price and the quality of their product. It should also be possible to get a free sample as well as looking up customer reviews and feedback. With a smart approach you will find the finest baklava available on the Internet! 11 Reasons Siberia Isn't As Terrible As You Think11 Reasons Siberia Isn't As Terrible As You Think
"It's not like you're going to Siberia."
...but what if you were? Would that be a problem or something? We argue that it would not. It's isolated, sure, but Siberia is full of once-in-a-lifetime experiences you'd never expect were there. It's time to stop hating on our frosty friend. Let's go TO Russia, with love.
1. Siberia is not a country, as you may have previously thought. It is actually a "vast region" that is part of Russia, and it's blissfully sparse. On average, you'll find aboutsix Siberians per square mile. Ahh, tranquility.
2. Lake Baikal, aka the "Pearl of Siberia," is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of volume. It also happens to be the deepest and oldest lake on Earth. You canride a hovercraft on it when it's frozen, because that's how YOLO-y the Siberian people are.
3. ...And they also ice golf on this lake. "Ice golf professionals" will guide you through the adventurous 18-hole course.
4. The frozen fun does not stop there. Fancy a drive in an ice kart? A local tour company will let you test drive their "boogsters" on frozen surfaces during winter.
5. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railroad in the world-- you'll cross seven time zones on your journey from end to end, which will take at least a week. It's the perfect solo self-discovery trip, and you could probably write an entire novel while staring out the window of your train car.
6. Siberia's Altai Mountains flow with streams of that pure, bluer-than-blue water you've been craving. AND you can go river rafting on it.
7. Foraging for mushrooms is a very real pastime in Siberia. The fungi in their forests are so potent that "people travel there to pick mushrooms the way that people travel to the American Northwest to fly-fish."
8. It's not exactly a feel-good outing, but Siberia's Oppression Museum is pretty fascinating. It's located in the dungeon of a building that was once a prison for pro-KGB organizations. Oh, and the building is also still haunted from when it served as a schoolhouse... one of the students there was murdered.
9. In Siberia, you can hang out in Oymyakon, the world's coldest permanently inhabited town. The average temperature there is -58 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's toootally scenic... just ask Oymyakon's 500 or so residents.
10. Technically speaking, permafrost is a layer of soil that's been at 0 degrees Celsius for at least two years. Siberia has an entire Permafrost Museum dedicated to the stuff... some jolly Siberians even choose to get married there.
11. If the thought of permafrost makes you want to cancel your flight, consider that this winter has been inexplicably warm in Siberia. Areas that are normally -40 degrees Fahrenheit and coated in snow are instead seeing unthinkable temperatures of about 30 degrees. People are freaking out in bikinis. Go join them.
ජාතික රෝහලට රොබෝ වෛද්යවරයෙක්.. රුපියල් තිස් කෝටියයි කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලට පැමිණෙන පුරස්ථි ග්රන්ථියේ පිළිකා රෝගීන්ට ප්රතිකාර ලබා දීමට වෛද්ය රොබෝවරයකු ගෙන්වා ගැනීමේ සැලසුමක් ක්රියාත්මක වෙමින් තිබේ. එවැනි රොබෝවරයකුගේ මිල රුපියල් තිස් කෝටියක් වන අතර මෙමගින් සර්වාංගයන්හි සැත්කම් සිදු කිරීමට පවා අවස්ථාව සැලසෙන බව ජාතික රෝහල් ආරංචා මාර්ග කියයි.දැනට පුරස්ථි ග්රන්ථියේ පිළිකා සඳහා ලොකු කැපීම් මගින් කෙරෙන සැත්කම් වෙනුවට දැන් ‘යතුරු සිදුරු’ ක්රමයෙන් සැත්කම් පැවැත්වෙන අතර ඊළඟ පියවර වන්නේ වෛද්ය රොබෝවරයකු ඒ සඳහා යොදවා ගැනීමයි. රොබෝ හසුරුවාලමින් සැත්කම සිදුකරන්නේ වෛද්යවරයාය. රොබෝ මගින් ශරීර අභ්යන්තරයේ කොටස් ත්රිමාන ලෙස දැකිය හැකිය. කෞශල්ය ලොකුආරච්චි තරඟ පාවා දී පිළිගනී ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කල කෞශල්ය ලොකුආරච්චි අවසන් වරට පැවති බංග්ලාදේශ ප්රිමියර් ලීග් ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියේදී තරග පාවා දුන් බවට පිළිගෙන තිබේ.ඊට අමතරව නවසීලන්තයේ ලූ වින්සන්ට් සහ බංග්ලාදේශයේ හිටපු නායක මොහොමඩ් අෂ්රෆුල්ටද මෙම චෝදනා එල්ල වී තහවුරු වී ඇත. ලොකුආරච්චි තරග 4කට සහ එක්දින තරග 21කට ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් සහභාගී වී ඇත.
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The Most Photogenic Places On EarthThe Most Photogenic Places On Earth
The most photogenic places on earth may sound reductive -- especially when you consider that only 701 rich people voted in the poll conducted by VeryFirstTo.com (commissioned by Fujifilm) -- but it still makes for pretty photos.
The site also asked their members what they thought the least photogenic spots were and poor Detroit and London were amongst the top of the list. (We have to disagree with them: London in fog is just dreamy).
On the list are some impressive spots, certainly, but the most photogenic in the world? You be the judge.
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 Oil prices up ahead of US stockpiles reportNew York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for April delivery, rose three cents to $101.86 in mid-morning trade. Brent North Sea crude for April was up five cents at $109.56.  SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged higher in Asian trade Wednesday as dealers await the latest US crude stockpiles data for clues about demand in the world's biggest economy at the tail-end of a harsh winter.
"What investors are really focused on right now is an accurate picture of US demand going forward," David Lennox, resource analyst at Fat Prophets in Sydney, told AFP.
"The US has not been performing as well as we would like considering the fact that it is world's biggest economy and top oil consumer," he said.
Lennox added that demand for "finished petroleum products" such as heating oil -- which has seen increased consumption during winter -- would like taper as spring approaches.
Total crude stockpiles in the United States likely rose by about 800,000 barrels in the week to February 21, according to a survey of analysts by The Wall Street Journal.
A rise in stockpiles indicates weak demand in the United States, putting downward pressure on prices.
The US Department of Energy will release official inventory figures later Wednesday.
Analysts will also be monitoring fresh US economic data to assess the impact of months of frigid weather on its tepid recovery.
Weak US consumer confidence data Tuesday dampened sentiment, and investors are looking ahead to January home sales data as well as several corporate earnings reports due out on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, potential supply disruptions in several crisis-hit oil-producing countries including Venezuela, Libya and South Sudan remain a cause for concern, analysts said.
Mother-in-law Problems - The Feng Shui Perspective A third person in the marriage! Caused by mirrors in the bedroom, water on the right side of the main door, paintings of women in the home; wife sleeping on the wrong side of the bed, left instead of right and an overly strong matriarchal corner in the home… all these and more can cause the problem of THE OTHER WOMAN to become serious; except that the other woman need not always be an outside love interest. Most times these same afflictions that can cause infidelity bring an even more formidable foe into the picture, bringing as much if not more stress and strains into a marriage. We are talking about the problem of the mother-in-law! This seems to be a problem that is almost exclusive to wives whose husbands’ love, sense of duty and attachment to their mothers can drive a wedge between them. It is something we come across frequently in our feng shui work especially for young married clients. Indeed, almost always when we go to a house where the husband’s mother is also staying with the couple, it is not surprising to detect hidden tensions in the household. Decades of studies, academic as well as social, interviewing hundreds of families have revealed that nearly two-thirds of women complain they’ve suffered long-term stress arising from friction with their husband’s mother. In turn, an equal number of mothers-in-law complained bitterly about their exclusion from their son’s lives and from their grandchildren. Most of the time, mother-in-law conflicts do not flare out in the open but scratch beneath the surface and both sides - the young wife as well as the older woman - are more than happy to air their grievances. It usually does not take much for long list of complaints to come pouring forth. And no matter how devoted the husbands may claim to be, or how much they declare their love for the wife, if they should be so foolish as to take the side of the mother just once, it can be a catalyst for problems to start in the marriage. Wives tend to see mothers-in-law as their rivals. Mothers tend to more patient with their sons; laughing loudest at his jokes, sympathizing with his problems and listening adoringly to the dullest details of his day. Mothers will always be more patient than wives - always know more about his favourite foods, his weakness for certain types of music, movies and just about everything else. After all, mothers have a head start over wives. They are even privy to their son’s tastes in women! In the face of this sort of mother-son intimacy, it is easy for the wife to get insanely jealous. Modern day wives will never admit to this. How can the mother-in-law be a rival? Recent studies show however that for millions of women, the wedding ring is barely done before wives start to feel in deadly competition with their husband’s mother. And these days, when mothers-in-law are capable, resourceful, independent achieving women as well, it is not difficult to see how this can quite easily ignite into something that can cause great unhappiness. Can feng shui help to make life less difficult in families with these sorts of problems? The mother and daughter-in-law competition is an age-old phenomenon that transcends race or culture, and in the old days, this situation caused all sorts of tragedies within families. Both sides always assumed the worst of each other’s motivations and most comments and opinions of either were almost always seen in a negative light. There is rarely little love lost between the two most important women in a man’s life. The Feng Shui SOLUTION Those having this unhappy problem should start by first transforming their attitudes. Feng shui can help but unless there is also a reversal of expectations, it is less likely that feng shui can change much. If your mother-in-law is staying with you remember that she is probably feeling less comfortable than you realize. Because underlying her external bravado is the thought that she is probably not very welcome, so do make an effort to really make her feel welcome. FIRST: Light up the SW corner of your living room with a bright light and put a lovely picture of the two of you - wife and mother-in-law - smiling happily in the SW corner. Make the picture quite big so both of you can see it and be reminded of how close you are or can be! This little Taoist tip works wonders. NEXT: Place two crystal balls on a table also in the SW corner. This creates excellent Earth energy that will cause both of you to bond really well. The presence of grandchildren is itself the most powerful cure. The energy of children is pure and very yang and this helps dissolve conflict and disharmony. It also helps to paint a wall red if there continues to be tensions. Fire element energy is always effective for burning up feelings of hostility and tension. If you are staying with your in-laws and your mother-in-law rules the roost, the situation is more difficult. Here it will be you feeling that neither you nor your husband is the power in the house and it is likely that the mother-in-law here will exert a great deal of authority. As the wife feeling stifled by the situation, the best solution is to wear a powerful amulet that will help to reduce any feelings of hostility. The rooster with amethyst and fan amulet here is excellent. Carry it with you always and you will find that any hostility between you and your mother-in-law will dissolve. You can also place two crystal balls on the table where you can both see it. This is powerful in helping to ameliorate any tension or left over anger. සූදානම් වන්න.. අන්තර්ජාලය ලෝකයටම නොමිලේ… අමෙරිකානු සමාගමක් විසින් ලොව සියලු දෙනාට නොමිලේ අන්තර්ජාල පහසුකම ලබා දීමට සූදානම් වන බව විදෙස් මාධ්ය වාර්තා කරයි.Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) නම් ආයතනයක් මේ සඳහා මූලිකත්වය ගෙන කටයුතු කරන අතර මෙම නව සේවාව Internet යන්නෙහි විරුද්ධ පදය ලෙස Outernet නමින් හඳුන්වා ඇත. මෙම නව වැඩපිළිවෙල බොහෝ කලක සිට සැලසුම් කල බව පවසන එම ආයතනය දේශ සීමාවකින් තොරව, කිසිදු වාරණයකින් තොරව ලොව සෑම පුද්ගලයෙකුට අන්තර්ජාලය භාවිතයට ඉඩ සැලසීම වැඩපිළිවෙලේ ප්රධාන අරමුණ බවද කියයි. ලෝකයේ 40%ක ජනතාවක් තවමත් අන්තර්ජාල පහසුකම් නොමැතිව සිටින බවත් ක්රමය යටතේ චන්ද්රිකා තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ වියදම් අවම කරමින් එම පහසුකම් ලබාදිය හැකි යයිද පවසති. Valuable advice from a very senior investor
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Greek 2013 fiscal outcome may be better than expectedGreece, with a debt-to-GDP ratio of around 175 percent of GDP, has been bailed out twice since 2010 by other euro zone governments and the International Monetary Fund after being cut off from markets because of unsustainable public finances.  BRUSSELS: Debt-laden Greece may have achieved a better than expected fiscal outcome last year and might meet the conditions for further disbursements from international lenders in March, senior euro zone officials said on Monday.
The international lenders and the European Central Bank, called the Troika, review every three months Greece's progress in putting its finances in order and reforming its economy in exchange for the loans, which are disbursed in tranches. No progress on reform means no new money for Greece.
The last review was supposed to be completed in September 2013, but has been dragging on until now because Athens had not reached the goals set out in its agreement with the Troika.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of euro zone finance ministers where Greece was discussed, the chairman of euro zone ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem and EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the Troika would return to Athens later this week.
This was a sign that completing the review was possible in March, Rehn said, paving the way for the disbursement of the next tranche that Greece needs to pay for bonds maturing in May.
"I believe that if everybody does their part, we will be able to conclude a staff level agreement in March, which would be very important for Greece and for the Greek economy, for the Greek people," Rehn said.
Once the review is done, Greece and euro zone ministers will move on to discuss if Athens has sufficient funds to stay fully financed in 2014 and 2015 a condition for the IMF to continue lending to Greece alongside the euro zone bailout fund.
The ministers will also discuss if they should offer any further debt relief to Greece given the country reached a primary surplus last year a condition set by the euro zone back in November 2012 for any further help on debt.
Greece said on Saturday that the primary budget surplus for 2013, which excludes interest payments and other one-off items, has come in at over 1.5 billion euros ($2.1 billion), much higher than initial estimates and targets set by the Troika.
Rehn cautiously acknowledged the surplus could be a positive surprise. "On the fiscal side it appears that the outcome for the last year may be better than expected, although we must reserve our final judgement until Eurostat publishes its validated data on April 23," he said.
A serious discussion on any debt relief for Greece, which can take the form of a reduction of interest on existing loans and an extension of maturities, would only take place in the second half of 2014, Dijsselbloem said.
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