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196: Walking Through Downtown Los Angeles

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A pleasant stroll through downtown Los Angeles, where people who talk to themselves in microphones are a fairly common sight really... Northern California Camp Cog is next up for Camp CogKnitive! Dates TBA! Philly Camp CogKnitive is still in planning stages--no date yet. Hotel and other suggestions welcome. Raleigh, NC Camp Cog is a definite maybe... DFW TX Camp Cog....I really hope so! I am scared off by the Open Carry Protest groups right now, but we'll see. CFR 6 is coming! Oct 11. 2014!   More information here ! Sign ups for everyone continues... Celebrating our listeners who have joined the CogKnitive 25 – , 50 –, and 75 – Bear Clubs for MBP. You can see who they all are right here . Great work! Have YOU completed 25, 50, or 75 bears for Mother Bear Project? Send me your snail and a link to your Ravelry projects page, and CogKnitive will send you a special wristband to celebrate with you. Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map . We have a website at http://www...

196: Walking Through Downtown Los Angeles

Episode 196: Walking Through Downtown Los Angele is live!   Please see the show notes at www.cogknitive podcast.blogspot.com or on our group on Ravelry. Check out this episode!

Great news, Runners!

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Excerpted from Medscape (a medical news service for health professionals) Running for even 5 to 10 minutes a day, once or twice a week, or at slow speeds was associated with substantial mortality benefits over 15 years, a prospective study showed. Runners overall had 30% and 45% lower adjusted risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, respectively, over that period and had 3 years longer life expectancy compared with nonrunners,  Duck-chul Lee, PhD , of Iowa State University in Ames, and colleagues found. .......... The associations were also significant at the lowest quintiles of weekly running distance (less than 6 miles), frequency (one to two times), amount (under 506 metabolic equivalent of task or MET-minutes), and speed (less than 6 miles/hour), the group reported in the August 5 issue of the  Journal of the American College of Cardiology . ......... The effect of “just doing something at slightly higher intensity” was profound, commented  Barry Fran...

Catching Up: Chicken with Cashews Recipe.

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Catching Up: Chicken with Cashews Recipe. I can't remember posting this, so here it is again for my Pinterest and blog followers. Chicken with Cashews: Ingredients: 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thigh tenders or chicken breast tenders 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 Tbsp canola oil 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar 2 Tbsp ketchup 1 Tbsp brown sugar 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes 1/2 cup cashews Directions: Combine flour and pepper in large Ziploc bag. Add chicken. Shake to coat with flour mixture. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side. Place chicken in slow cooker. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes in small bowl; pour over chicken. Cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours. Add cashews and stir. Serve over rice. Makes 4-6 servings. If you want like sauce and want to have some to pour over the chicken and the rice, double the sauce...

195: It's a Magical Place

Please see notes on our group on Ravelry or at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com. Episode 195: it's a Magical place is live. Check out this episode!

195: It's a Magical Place

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Everyone was awesome! Everyone was cool 'cos we're part of a team.... Camp CogKnitive Camarillo 2014. Thanks so much!!! You totally are the best! Northern California Camp Cog is next up! Dates TBA! Philly Camp CogKnitive is still in planning stages--no date yet. Hotel and other suggestions welcome. Raleigh, NC Camp Cog is a definite maybe... DFW TX Camp Cog....I really hope so! I am scared off by the Open Carry Protest groups right now, but we'll see. CFR 6 is coming! Oct 11. 2014!   More information here ! Sign ups for everyone continues... Celebrating our listeners who have joined the CogKnitive 25 – , 50 –, and 75 – Bear Clubs for MBP. You can see who they all are right here . Great work! Have YOU completed 25, 50, or 75 bears for Mother Bear Project? Send me your snail and a link to your Ravelry projects page, and CogKnitive will send you a special wristband to celebrate with you. Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map . We have a website at http://www.cogkn...