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  The Saturday Healing Show

  Magda

  Date / Time: 11/14/2009 2:30 PM UTC

  Category: Spirituality

  Call-in Number: (646) 595-3908

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  Host Magda Santos guides you through a self healing technique to move your chi and improve your vitality.

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  Speak Freely-The Saturday Meditation Show

  Magda

  Date / Time: 10/10/2009 1:30 PM UTC

  Category: Spirituality

  
  

  Host Magda Santos due to numerous requests, will give you a few more tips on the centering meditation and once again guides you through a session.

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  Date / Time: 3/17/2008 7:46 AM UTC

  Tools & Applications for the Entrepreneur

  
  Startup Nation has done a miraculous job at providing entrepreneurs (both aspiring and professional) with the resources they could ever possibly need. I'll let you take a look for yourself. If you have any interest in starting your own business, or need help (or support - it's a wonderful community!) with the one you already have, don't miss this valuable site. It's a treasure.
  
  Here are a couple of other very useful tools I mentioned on the air:
  
  SlideRocket ~ Create, manage and share presentations on the web
  
  Twiddla ~ Painless team collaboration for the web
  
  Enjoy!
  
  Your cohost,
  Pamela
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  • application
  • business
  • entrepreneur
  • computer
  • reference
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• Date / Time: 3/16/2008 3:15 PM UTC

  Cream Cheese Banana Walnut Bread

  I'd wanted to share recipes and food conversations on the air, but there just hasn't been the time or circumstance to engage in that. So I thought I'd blog you some recipes from time to time, and here's one of my very favorites. I've made it many times over the years, but haven't recently, and got a sudden craving for it the other day. I still haven't gotten around to it, but soon!
  
  If you do use this recipe, I'd love to hear what you think (taste), and if you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to let me know. Food's no fun unless you share it!
  
  I have been looking for some Indian food recipes. I love the cuisine, but have moved to a place where it just doesn't exist. Any suggestions for
  
  Although this is "my" recipe, I can hardly claim I didn't gather together the pieces of other people's delicious creations somewhere along the way. That idea always seemed a bit inane to me. So kudos to the many cooks, I'm sure, who brought this delicious one together and landed it right into my vicarious lap.
  
  
  
  Cream Cheese Banana Walnut Bread
  
  
  Recipe makes 2 loaves. I hardly think it's worth it to do all the work without having an extra loaf around, and it tastes really good the days following the bake.
  
  
  Ingredients
  
  3/4 cup butter, softened
  1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, soft
  1 1/2 cups sugar (friends have made this using more, but I don't like a very sweet banana bread..use your own personal taste judgment)
  2 large eggs
  3 cups all-purpose flour (I use unbleached, but that's up to you)
  1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (that's about 4 medium)
  1 cup chopped walnuts (although I usually throw in more...I'm a walnut lover)

  1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
  Beat butter and cream cheese together either manually or with an electric mixer until it's very creamy. Gradually add the sugar, and beat it until it's light and fluffy.
   
  Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended. Go easy.
  

  
  Combine flour, bp and bs; slowly add to butter mixture, beating a just until blended.
  
  Stir in bananas, walnuts, and vanilla.
  
  Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
  

  
  Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick (or a knife...) inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from the pan. If you notice too much browning going on, cover with aluminum very loosely for the last 15 minutes or so. It depends on your oven. 
  
  Cool breads (in pans) for about 10 minutes. Remove from the pans, and cool another 30 minutes before slicing.
  
  
  Here's a variation, a topping, if you're up for it and in the mood. It's delicious!
  

  Prepare batter same as above, and into the pans.
  
  Stir together 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped, toasted walnuts,
  1 tablespoon flour; 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
   
  Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter. Bake and cool same as above.
  
  
  Be very well,
  Pamela

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  • culinary
  • cooking
  • banana bread
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• Date / Time: 3/16/2008 2:18 PM UTC

  Women's History Month

  March is Women's History Month, and the Library of Congress has developed a new website to celebrate it, sharing the very extensive resources available in their collections on women's history and culture.
  
  The Library is the oldest federal cultural institution and the biggest library in the world, and they've been gathering the stories of women for over 200 years. The building itself holds images of women everywhere, among them the Great Wall mosaic of Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom and Learning.
  
  The theme of this year's History month is Women's Art: Women's Vision. The Library of Congress provides us with learning resources from every arena - web connections, articles, audio, film, photographs...the list goes on. They've done a brilliant job of bringing together a spectacular gallery of information and learning. 
  
  I've visited the site many times, and still there's so much new I haven't yet seen. It's a place you'll need to revisit over and over again, but the experience is rich, exciting and inspiring.
   
  Scholars, parents, educators, women, men, writers, artists, musicians, historians, students, working people, professionals...whoever you are, you'll be delighted.
  
  Have a wonderful week, and don't forget to tune in to Speak Freely on Saturdays at  4pm ET. Don't forget - if you can't be there to listen live, we are available for download at anytime via podcast. Isn't technology amazing?
  
  Feel free to call in to the show, and please do let us know what's on your mind. You can comment here, rate the show, or contact us directly. We'd love to hear from you!
  
  Be very well, and stay safe,
  Pamela
  
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  • women
  • history
  • library of congress
  • celebration
  • education
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• Date / Time: 3/14/2008 11:10 AM UTC

  The Real Dubois(es)

  One of the things I love the most about the TV show Medium is the relationship between Joe and Allison Dubois. In the midst of their sleepless nights and stressful lives, they maintain a relationship that is loving and caring. They're both very independent but utterly committed, to each other and to their girls, and the writers do a great job of creating a feeling of the everyday mundane in the midst of relentless almost-daily paranormal interference.
  
  I'm not sure how many of you know this (I imagine most who watch the show do know), but Allison is based on a "real" person, and you can read all about her and what she's doing on her website!
  
  Husband Joe is also a "real" person and is, in fact, an aerospace engineer just like his buddy on the show. He maintains a blog, and you can take a peek at his and him at joe dubois blog

  
  I wonder if he's also unemployed.
  
  Looking forward to talking to you on Saturday! Tune in to Speak Freely, Saturdays at 4pm ET. We welcome your comments, your calls, your suggestions, and your feedback.
  
  Be very well, Pamela
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
   

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  • Medium
  • television
  • media
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• Date / Time: 3/10/2008 8:05 PM UTC

  Encyclopedia of Life

  
  On our most recent show, I mentioned the Encyclopedia of Life. What an awesome effort, the first release of a website portal to document all species of life on earth!
  
  "EOL is an unprecedented global effort...  Natural history museums, botanical gardens, other research institutions, and dedicated individuals are working to create the most complete biodiversity database on the web..."
  
  "...an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world."
  
  First release or not, the website is an amazing accomplishment. There certainly should be no problem navigating the site, and they provide a video tour and lots of explanation to get you started...
  
  My first wander landed me on the page of the "anole," a little creature I've always loved and  been fascinated with. I was taken to photos, classifications, and all the information I could possibly need or want.
  
  Enjoy the diversity and beauty.
  
  Have a great week!
  
  Don't forget to tune in to Speak Freely, our weekly radio broadcast, and I'll talk to you then!
  
  Your irreverent cohost,
  Pamela
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Date / Time: 3/3/2008 8:46 PM UTC

  Cool Web Apps for Everyone: Webware

  Webware: Cool Apps for Everyone has opened up user voting for their yearly awards, 2008 Webware 100. Users vote for their favorite web applications. There are 30 products in each category, and categories include Chat and Email, Audio & Video, Browsers, Networking, Digital Photography...
  
  Besides being a wonderful resource for the best webware out there (you could spend many hours and days exploring all the superb nominated applications, utilities and sites!), Blog Talk Radio is one of the nominees in the Audio & Video category.
  
  Voting runs until March 31, so go on over there, enjoy the potpourri, and vote for us! You can click on the above link, and there is also a mention on the home page of BTR.
  
  
  Enjoy!
  
  
  Your irreverent Speak Freely cohost, Pamela
  
  
  
  

   

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  • webware btr geek tec
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• Date / Time: 3/2/2008 2:39 PM UTC

  Books We've Recommended

  I'm playing catch-up here so please forgive me.
  
  Last month we talked about two wonderful books and here are the details:
  
  "A Natural History of North American Trees" by Donald Culross Peattie. A beautifully written history book that takes you on a visual journey through the forest of North America. Peattie gives tree identification new meaning as he emotionally connects you to the woods.
  
  
  "How to Protect Your Children on the Internet" by Gregory S. Smith. The subtitle is A Road Map for Parents and Teachers and it does take you on a journey through the internet and, more importantly, how children use it. This insight will help parents and teachers locate the danger zones and learn how to protect their families and students.
  
  Check them out at your local library.
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  • trees
  • forest
  • woods
  • north america
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