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"Alex and Aki have done the hard work—this book will enlighten any cook with its insightful recipes and new perspectives on food. I will make sure to have a copy on hand at all of our restaurants."
–David Chang, chef-owner of Momofuku
"Ideas in Food is filled not only with intriguing recipes but also enormous intelligence and thoughtfulness about the way food works and why, everything from the simple stuff, such as fruits and vegetables, to the bizarre, including 'meat glue.' Alex and Aki are serious players with food, and here they tell you all the cool stuff they've figured out. I love this book."
–Michael Ruhlman, author of Ratio
"Alex and Aki have produced an essential reference book that belongs on the shelf of every fan of contemporary cooking. By exploring the building blocks of flavor from the garden to the test kitchen, it opens a fascinating window on the past, present, and future of American cuisine."
–Michael Anthony, executive chef of Gramercy Tavern
"I am so excited about Aki and Alex's book. I have been a fan for many years and am constantly inspired and educated by their work! I can't wait to cook my way though these pages and add these new techniques to my repertoire."
–Johnny Iuzzini, head judge of Top Chef Just Desserts and author of Dessert FourPlay
"Alex and Aki's excitement and enthusiasm is contagious and it gives both professional and home cooks alike a kick start of creativity with the turn of every page."
–Chris Cosentino, chef-owner of Incanto
"Finally! A cookbook that puts it all into perspective. Aki and Alex blaze the culinary trail, looking under every rock they come across and sharing their insightful discoveries along the way. This is a book that will open the eyes of professional chefs and home cooks alike."
–Sean Brock, executive chef of McCrady's
"Alex and Aki have done a remarkable job of explaining many techniques and ingredients in the modern kitchen. I'm excited to see a book that makes this approach accessible to more people and that also includes delicious recipes."
–Wylie Dufresne, chef-owner of wd~50
"Aki and Alex share a mission—to change the way we think about both what we cook and how we cook. Delicious ideas leap from every page, easily put to immediate use in the kitchen. Painstakingly researched yet highly readable, Ideas in Food lays out the science behind cooking in a precise and personal way that we can all grasp!"
–Michael Laiskonis, executive pastry chef of Le Bernardin
"I have been a fan of Alex and Aki's website Ideas in Food for years and have always found it an incredible inspiration. It is fantastic that they have crafted an easy-to-read and informative book for everyone to enjoy."
–Grant Achatz, chef-owner of Alinea
"A fantastic glimpse into the minds of two of the most creative cooks in the country, Ideas in Food brings modern restaurant techniques and sensibilities into the home kitchen. A must for anyone interested in new ways of looking at food."
–Daniel Patterson, chef-owner of Coi
"…an everyday reference tool and a source of go-to recipes for anyone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen."
— Publisher's Weekly
"The amazingly prolific hosts of one of the most fascinating food Web sites have finally gathered many of their most useful and ingenious ideas and recipes—ranging from brining a chicken and baking no-knead brioche bread to hypermodern creations such as yuzu meringue and encapsulated celery root—and put them between hard covers for our pleasure and edification." — Vogue.com
"Illuminating…this book is bound to get many readers thinking of new possibilities in their kitchens."
— Library Journal
"The brains and talent behind one of the very best food websites also are behind one of the very best new food books….Ideas in Food is an entertaining, inspiring and enlightening book that will broaden your understanding about cooking and eating."
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This is a post that is different to the posts you may be accustomed to seeing from me. Yes there is a recipe, but there is something different.
I was asked a few months ago to share a recipe for the Curry for Change competition, held in conjunction with Natco for the Find your Feet charity. I, like many of you out there get a lot of emails each day but this one caught my attention and held it. I used to be one of those people that was so preoccupied with life that charitable stuff was scheduled in for particular times of the year yet always on the agenda. Since having my boy, my emotional equilibrium has, well, shifted. If you have followed my blog (I thank you once again if you have been) then you will know that during the past few years I have found myself quite lost, confused and in search of that, 'lifeline'. I have gone without so many aspects of previous life that I felt had defined me, but I can not pretend to know what it is like for people who go without the basics of life; food.
The rawness of the truth for me is that I needed to feel that 'I CAN'. That I can make a difference for myself, that I can be productive by myself, that I can voice myself once again. It has taken me a few years to find my feet again, and I am trying to imagine how someone who does not have the support, systems, means, facilities, access and options that I have, would find their feet.
So, my recipe was one of the winning recipes for this challenge, as selected by Vivek Singh and I am delighted to share it with you all today. The recipe is for black eye bean pakora in coconut kadhi. This is a sumptuous and soothing dish, filling and versatile and you can make the components ahead of a dinner party and then throw them together at the last minute. The pakora are deep and nutty and full of texture. The little gram flour fritters are lightly spiced and sit in a tangy, spicy and hot yogurt based soup/curry that is tempered with whole spices such as cloves, cinnamon, curry leaves, cumin seeds and ginger. I have used coconut powder to give it a light and fragrant touch. This is perfect for the season and easy to do.
When our own lives are filled with good food, it's hard to imagine that one in eight people around the world will go to bed hungry tonight.
The Find your Feet charity works to support families in Asia and Africa to not got hungry. Not by feeding them, but my helping them find their feet. They support and encourage families to innovate, using their own resources more productively, trying new seeds, making compost and diversifying their crops.
This means they can produce a variety of nutritious foods to eat throughout the year so that they never go hungry and to earn an income by selling the excess.
They provide them with training and support to start village saving and loan schemes so they can borrow a little capital to start a small business.
This allows them to sell their surplus vegetables or eggs or start a small local shop which enables them to become more self-reliant and provide a better future for their family.
They empower women so that they have the confidence to speak out and take a stand on issues that affect them, such as accessing better healthcare for their children or clean water for their village. This in turn enables them to demand what is rightfully theirs.
Life is so short.
So, what can you do?
Well you could hold a curry event at your home or at a friends and ask each person to make a charitable contribution. You cook up a few dishes (you could use this recipe as one) and enjoy yourselves. For every penny your curry event raises, Nacto will match it. The person that raises the most will win a class with Atul Kochhar at his esteemed restaurant, Benares in Mayfair.
Here is my recipe and the video that I did, showing how to cook this recipe, for Curry for change.
For the pakora
60g black eyed beans, pre-soaked overnight
50g finely chopped fenugreek leaves
1 tsp. minced ginger
Salt to taste
½ tsp. chilli powder (or to taste)
1 tsp. amchur powder or the juice of ½ lemon
100ml water
100g gram flour
One medium onion, diced
1 tsp. cumin seeds
Oil for deep frying
For the coconut kadhi
400g plain, natural yoghurt
100g coconut milk powder
650ml water
2 tbsp. gram flour
Salt to taste
2-3 green chillies slit open
1 small stick of cinnamon
2-3 cloves
5-6 curry leaves
1 tsp. minced ginger
2 tbsp. cooking oil
- You will need to pre-cook the black eyed beans for about 25=30 minutes until they are tender, then drain any liquid
- Heat the oil for deep frying whilst you make the batter for the pakora
- To make the pakora firstly lightly mash the black eyed beans. Don't puree them but with your fingers give them a tender squeeze. The reason for this is to avoid them rolling out of the batter and popping in the oil on their own.
- Combine the lightly mashed black eyed beans. Then add the onions, fenugreek leaves and all the dry ingredients and mix them all well before adding all the wet ingredients and mix it all again.
- Drop a small amount of batter into the oil to check if the batter sizzles and rises. If it does, then drop in small amounts (roughly 3-4cm sized pieces) into the oil and deep fry until they are crispy and golden brown. Remove them with a slotted spoon, releasing any excess oil, onto kitchen paper.
- Turn your attention to making the Kadhi. Mix the coconut milk powder, yoghurt and gram flour to a smooth paste and leave it to side whilst you make the tempering.
- In a deep pan, heat the oil and then add the cumin seeds, chillies, curry leaves, cloves and cinnamon. Let them sizzle and then add the minced ginger before you sauté for under a minute, but don't let the Kadhi brown.
- Pour in the yoghurt mixture and the water and bring it all to a simmer before adding salt.
- Cook the Kadhi for 7-8 minutes, and then add the pakora and cook for a further 2-3 minutes before serving with hot and steaming rice.

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Is there a place where we can compare* the many new arising cloud hosting providers? From reading into each of them, they seem very different and range from just hosting applications (google) to a semi-full enterprise web serving framework (rackspace). Comparing "by hand" takes a lot of time. All have limitations and different prizing, but which are those and how do they compare?
I'm looking for an unbiased comparison site, rather then a discussion on "which is the best".
* I don't mean a hosting provider comparison site, of which there are many. The properties of cloud hosting providers are remarkably different and don't compare well on classical hosting provider comparison charts.


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Movie Stars are Earth bound reflections of their intimately related heavenly counterparts. That both the humans that hypnotize our culture on the Silver Screen and the infinite spectacle of lights which take away our breath in the void at night share name is profoundly nonarbitrary.
What creates awe inside us results in an opening through which Divine Spirit moves. Anything that closely resonates the pure Bliss of Being - say the beauty or talent of a Movie Star - causes more Joy to arise like a steadily spreading fire.
All art and carefully hewn craft has at its core the purpose of realizing the true Self ViA the portal of awe. When the witnessing mind is silenced by the talent of a Master at work in their particular field the shared ONE and true essence inherent in both observer and observed shine through, celebrating the dissolution as Joy/Awe/Bliss.
Really watching Micheal Jackson dance or allowing oneself to get lost in Micheal Jordan shooting hoops has exactly this process - no less then the realization of God - as its core purpose. This is true whether the witness is conscious of the depth of what is happening or not.
It is in this Spirit that I say "Opening the StarG8 ViA Kirsten Dunst", where the StarG8 is this same doorway or portal of Joy/Awe/Bliss.
Realizing the Self by witnessing at a facet of Being that is Shining brilliantly with the fire of talent emanating from the source of all that is. The light of this fire, because it is still so pregnant with the Source, attracts mystery and synchronicity, the tools of the synchromystic, with which we will NOW concern ourselves for the remainder of this post.
Namaste/I acknowledge the God inside you.
It all started* upon renting directress Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides" because I had just seen and loved her "Lost In Translation". I was less interested in the film for possible syncs then the pleasure of watching the craft of cinema.
*No events are separate from anything else in Being, but WE/ME* creatively play with form and speech in order to build this sacred narrative of Life to be engaged with.
*WE are ME intuitively and practically ONE as W, E, M and 3 are all the same object simply rotated, WE/ME call this the WE3 Spinner.
I had noticed and posted an emerging trend of yellow floWers arising in consciousness, over a period of a few days, which culminated in the image above. That of Kirsten Dunst as Lux, picking the petals off of a yellow flower in "The Virgin Suicides".
As Lux, Star (a Sun) Kirsten Dunst resonates light of which the most powerful local source is the Sun. As one of the 'virgins' referenced in the title she resonates the female Goddess in her Virgin Mary aspect. The Virgin Mary gave birth to Christ "the light of the world" and Son/Sun of God. All perfectly tying back to her real name Kirsten, a variant of Christine, originally Christian, thus a follower of Christ.
Kirsten, of Christ 'the light of the world' and Sun/Son of God, playing Lux/Light and resonating Mary Mother of God. WOW MOM!
A few days hence and I sit down to watch "Jumanji" because it seemed a potential sync bom.
The Robin, a powerful sync strange attractor and animal familiar, is present in Star Robin Williams. Richard Arrowsmith makes the fascinating observation that the numbers 2 and 3 are highlighted on "Jumanji's" poster in his post The Robin Has Hatched.
The "enlightened" and more visible parts of the dice together form 23..
An extra bonus and incentive to catch "Jumanji" was that a young Kirsten Dunst is also present. We see her above, towards the end of the film, with many flowers, including yellow ones.
It wasn't just that I had recently posted about Kirsten and a yellow flowers together that seemed remarkable, it was the intensity of the very next yellow flower/Kirsten Dunst sync that demanded attention.
After every dice role of the board game Jumanji, dramatic events and creatures materialize that do battle with the protagonists. On one such round vines and flowers sprout all over a room and Robin Williams actually warns us to be on the lookout for the yellow flower.
The Robin, a powerful sync signifier highlighting the yellow flower, which makes an impressive entrance, filling the entire screen with its gaping carnivorous Monster Mouth.
Some thoughts on Monster Mouths as symbolic of Galactic Center in World Trade Galactic Centre
Kirsten and the Robin battle the giant yellow flower.
It's a gr8 feeling when the light bulb of 'syncspiration' goes on in your head and you notice bright and shining new pattern. "Kirsten Dunst and Yellow Flowers!?"
Note the light/lux crowning our Star in "Wimbledon" while wearing her flower print dress.
After this incident I started catching as many Dunst films as I could, finding yellow floWers in practically all of them so far.., with the exception of "Wimbledon" (above) where she does however wear a daisy print shirt.
The Tagline for the bright "Wimbledon" poster reads "She's the golden girl. He's the longshot. It's a match made in...". This golden referral solidifies Dunst as a light/solar resonator while the quoted sentence also invokes Heaven, the realm of the Stars and Deities.
Daisies - the iconic variety having a bright yellow centre with white petals - themselves reappear with frequency around Dunst.
Jesse Bradford offers Kirsten Dunst flowers while being crowned by light in "Bring It On". That men traditionally give woman flowers as an expression of love is very telling about the essence of plants which we are trying to penetrate here by opening the StarG8 ViA Kirsten Dunst.
In the third Crow film, "The Crow: Salvation", Kiki* as Erin is told by the recently returned from the dead Alex/The Crow that he will prove his intimate familiarity with her murdered sister.
Kiki is a character Dunst voices in "Kiki's Delivery Service", wildly it is also her real life nickname (according to IMDB and fan sites). Kiki is a strong K2 and as such a good shorthand for Kirsten Dunst here at The Blob.
The Crow, with little regard for subtlety, carves Erin's nickname "Daisy", known only by herself, her sister and those close to her, into one of her sister's murderers forehead. Proving that The Crow is familiar with Erin and her sister, while also cluing her to the fact that this mysterious stranger is indeed her sisters boyfriend, returned from the dead.
This all being cleared up late at night while Kiki wears her flower (including yellow!) embroidered nighties.
To see a collection of mostly yellow flowers and Kirsten Dunst, I have made a video and put up many stills in the post Kirsten Dunst Yellow FloWer Star.
From that post:
"New York Stories" (a collection of 3 shorts) Woody Allen segment "Oedipus Wrecks" 1989
This is Kirsten Dunst's first ever scene in a film, as Lisa's (Mia Farrow) Daughter, uncredited. I imagine Dunst is the bigger girl on the far left. Either way we see her very first appearance was overseen by her plant spirit.
We also note the lights circling the trees bringing the plant and light theme together from the very get go of Kirsten Dunst's film career.
There are Blue Worm designs on the chairs but we must keep on point and return to this matter later.
Another such an early example, of strong plant themes associated to Kiki, was mentioned at The Sync Whole post Fauna and Flora:
Our Golden Girl appears in "Star Trek The Next Generation" S7 E7 "Dark Page" (77/OZ/PAN) 1993. She spends most of her screen time in the Enterprises arboretum.
"Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose" Deanna Troi quotes John Milton as Dunst enters the arboretum, her profile meanwhile surrounded by various flora.
How curious that upon finding yellow floWers* strange attracted to Dunst, and continuing the investigation with this in mind, I would be greeted by this overtly botanical scene.
*floWers are sometimes written with a capital W in sync work to highlight Jim Sanders' observation that Flow (which I associate to Joy and Tao) is Wolf backwards and key ourselves into the flow/wolf aspect of floWers. Fascinatingly Kiki interacts with a wolf in this very same Star Trek episode, as noted at the relevant Sync Whole post. We are skipping over the fauna here however, in order to keep the focus on flora.
Clearly Kirsten Dunst has demanded to be unveiled as a Star Goddess who resonates the plant and floWer consciousness.
The yellow floWer theme feels like a vivid marker or doorway that drew attention to Dunst more general Plant Consciousness resonance, most vividly typified, in my experience thus far, by her role as Marie Antoinette in another Sofia Coppola film of the same name as the French Queen famed for being executed ViA* guillotine.
*I write ViA with a capitol V and A to highlight the similarity in form of A and V and enjoy the symmetry in the word. Words are often capitalized here to vivify there sync potential. One is often rather ONE to increase its potency as resonant of WON, EON, NOW etc (ViA the WE3 spinner).
Practically every shot in "Marie Antoinette" has floral motifs or plants present. Above we see Golden Girl Kiki role the dice, just like she does in "Jumanji", while candle light dances above her head and a yellow rose sync winks, hello!
The last 2 minutes of the video Yellow FloWer (below) tries to get this total Dunst immersion in plants, which takes place in "Marie Antoinette", across.
Yellow FloWer from Jake Kotze on Vimeo.
The consistency of witnessing Kirsten Dunst plant/flower syncs, with yellow as the highlight, continues unabated as I watch films after the making of this video. The embroidered Crow nighties was one example, the following "Small Soldiers" scene is another.
You say either and I say eyether,
You say neither and I say nyther;
Either, eyether, neether, nyther,
Let's call the whole thing off!
Note how there are many colors of flowers in the "Small Soldiers" scene, but the yellow one is the biggest of all.
A few minutes earlier in the film we saw her telling a boy her favorite band is Led Zeppelin, who's Hermit image from Led Zeppelin IV, POPs up right as the yellow flower exits her profile.
The lamp Light of the hermit is a perfect yellow Star/Sun and FloWer!
The following syncs, from "Mona Lisa Smile", are in the video Yellow Flowers but would benefit from some explanation as it was for me the most loud confirmation of the pattern being investigated.
Many incidents of yellow flowers - such as the bouquet behind her head - entrain with Kiki as Betty.
One that stands out is Julia Roberts using probably the most iconic yellow flowers in all of civilization, van Gogh's Sunflowers, to enlighten her art students, including Dunst.
Yet the most impressive sync happens when golden flowers sprout forth from Kirsten Dunst's name during the end credits!
This one had me in tears as It was simply overwhelming to see a sync so powerfully confirming the pattern. From a simple yellow flower being held in one hand, then having a suspicion that it's part of a pattern connecting Kirsten Dunst to these plants, finding the pattern to be legit, to a yellow blossoming from her very name.. Too much.
After the "Mona Lisa" end credit sync, my second favorite yellow floWer sync comes from the film "Elizabethtown".
This one being special because Kiki actually stops to interact and handle the plant, a single gorgeous yellow rose.
The first time a highlighted yellow flower is actively engaged in the narrative, since the original "Virgin Suicides" sync that started this beezwax.
I am curious to see if future Kirtsten Dunst films will see the Star interact with plants with even more intensity.
A golden chandelier Crowns Kiki during her breakout role as the Vampire Claudia in "Interview With The Vampire" while backed by the plants.
Another similar example as Marie Antoinette, standing in a Forrest, upon leaves, as a chandelier Crowns. Way too similar actually as in both scenes she is interacting with clothes, being fitted with her new blue dress as emissary to France in "Marie" and being measured by a tailor while in a blue dress in "Vampire".
A very clear relationship exists here, between Star (Sun) Kirsten (Christian/Son/Sun), Light and Flora.
A sunrise and solar lens flare playing upon KD as Marie Antoinette. A subtle example which we will see grow in intensity as we proceed.
Plants are in a relationship with Sun/Star Light, both being an integral part of what makes life and human consciousness - that which reads these words right NOW - possible. At the same time the humans self reflective awareness allows the omni-interrelated universe to experience itSelf, us NOW being Conscious of such things as plants and stars. It's a seamless feedback loop where WE/ME are all vital components of Being and suchness.
No human nervous system, no universe; no universe, no human nervous system.
We then have the solution to the oldest question in the book:
What came first the chicken or the egg?
Clearly, the question itself creates the problem as both are part of a relationship where one does not exist without the other.
Everything in the world of phenomenal existence works this way. A thing and a witness of the thing which are inseparable and ultimately ONE.
As Claudia Dunst displays her intimate relationship with light by the vampires nocturnal existence and aversion to sunlight.
Indeed above and below we see her demise in the film as the sun encroaches upon her, stuck in a pit.
The yellow flower helps us connect these tantalizing self reflective elements, Stars (Suns)/Flowers/Light all together, visually, in one object.
The radiating yellow petals around a central core of a flower - like that crowning Kiki in "Crazy/Beautiful" above - resemble a sun/star, the source of visible light.
We see Alex Grey's painting "Namaste" with a woman sporting a many petaled golden/yellow lotus flower, it being her Crown. Synchromystically the flower and the radiating sun/star are clearly interchangeable being used by the artist to depict the mandalic shapes associated to enlightenment or Cosmic Consciousness.
This association, of flower shape and the organism itself to enlightenment, couldn't be more susynct and is by no means arbitrary. The flower is enlightened - has become a Christ/Buddha - and takes this shape as a natural function of being an Illuminated Being.
The flower or enlightened shape unveils plants as being a species that has achieved Cosmic Consciousness. The shape NOW becoming associated to the crowned and flowering human reveals the same process happening in certain individuals - traditionally the haloed Saint/Christ and Buddhas - and potentially, at this key phase, all humanity.
Simply put we are becoming flowers/stars - Beings that are enlightened on the physical plain - and display this state phenomenally as circular themed radiating brilliance.
A bouquet of yellow flowers along with a card imaged with a tiny smiling yellow sun in "Bring It On". Behind Kiki, in the same frame no less, a banner reading "Good Luck" along with yellow stars. Basically everything I'm trying to say, in way to many words and examples, all neatly summarized in one still. Star (Those heavenly lights we see at night) Star (Movie Stars like Kirsten Dunst) and Star (Flowers), all self reflective, self similar and interchangeable pointers of enlightenment.
We can with this context appreciate just how singular and awesome a resonator Kirsten Dunst really is. She is at once a movie Star, that powerfully resonates Light and Flowers, all staples of Cosmic Consciousness.
Above she picks up a shoe by a blanket seeing embroidered yellow flowers in "Little Women".
Later she is reading from The Holy Book of Heaven while yellow flowers sprout from her head.
Kiki as Younger Amy March: "And he profaned not my sanctuarys, for I the Lord do sanctify them. And Moses told it unto Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Isreal.... And the Lord spake unto Moses saying.."
Moses - the O.G monotheist who was kicked out of Egypt for following ONE God and probably an Egyptian Pharaoh or Priest - invoked in "Little Women" as at the same time as a symbol of Sun/Ra/Rey/Light, the yellow flower, emanates from the Stars Crown. Sheesh!
Clearly the biblical dialogue, read out loud by the Golden Girl as yellow flowers Crown her, involves the events of the Exodus of the Israelites (potentially an Egyptian migration owing to religious schism*) from Egypt.
Moses and his people would wander the desert with there portable temple The Tabernacle, housing the cubic ark of the covenant until the structure evolves into the Temple of Solomon many years hence.
If Monotheist Moses and his followers were indeed a faction of Egyptian society, separated from the original body, the Tabernacle/Ark and thus Solomon's Temple would have direct ties to the Egyptian temples and architecture**. In fact the Pillars, Ark and Holy of Holies in Solomon's Temple can convincingly be suggested as resonating the Pyramids of Giza with their mysteries interior spaces and measurements.
To associate Light/Re/Sun/Ra, the message of yellow flowers to the ancient Crowned Egyptian Pharaohs, there art and religion is a no brainer.
*, ** My thinking is influenced here by the alternate historical interpretations posited by Ralph Ellis in books like "Jesus: Last Of The Pharaohs", "Eden in Egypt" etc.
This sync in the medical television series ER/RE reflects this light theme emanating from Kirsten Dunst, the Golden Flower Star, very well.
Kiki appears in 6 episodes of "ER", an easy synchromystic RE/RA/Light. In Season 3 Episode 12 "Post Mortem" her title credit appears right as the onscreen drama sees a doctor give a nurse a red rose.
Strange syncs get caught in our ever widening sync web as half way through "Little Woman" the role played Kirsten Dunst is taken over by Samantha Mathis as we have skipped ahead four years in the narrative and now need an Older Amy March.
Kirsten Dunst becomes synchromystically interchangeable with Samantha Mathis.
A Golden opportunity to see confirmation of the reliability of synchromysticism as we would rightly expect Samantha Mathis' previously noted sync winks to resonate with these newer Kirsten Dunst ones, right?
See these posts for Samantha Mathis at The Blob and The Sync Whole
Right of the bat we see the yellow flowers entrain with SM, as seen in the image above from "Little Women".
Let's further have a look at what we commonly repeat about Samantha at The Blob and see if things line up.
She play's Princess Daisy in 1993's "Super Mario Bros.", who is captured and imprisoned in King Kupa's alternate dimension WTC lair, this version of the buildings being partly destroyed mimicking 911.
The WTC's twin pillars or pillarmids (towers symbolic of pillars and pyramids) are potent resonators of King Solomon's temple always associated to dual pillars.
Daisy is a flower strange attracted to Kirsten Dunst as we have already seen, being nicknamed the same in "The Crow: Salvation".
Kiki being gifted Daisies in "Marie Antoinette"...
Another plant name associated to Samantha Mathis as teacher Olivia in "Lost" episode "The Man Behind The Curtain".
What we generally like highlighting about this scene from "Lost", as with this show in general, is the octagonal "Dharma Initiative" logo, sewn onto SM's uniform, near her heart.
A yellow sun educates from behind teacher Olivia again showing how Kirsten Dunst yellow floWer/Star flavor is present in Samantha Mathis.
WE/ME could not be blamed for assuming that the reverse should apply or that what's good for Samantha Mathis is also good for the Kirsten Dunst.
Then we would expect "The Wizards of Oz", WTC and octagonal type resonance to surface in the sync web surrounding Kirsten Dunst.
Indeed this is exactly what we find and we shall address the WTC and octagonal associations to Kiki before the post is out but OZ and Dunst will have to wait for another post.
That Young Amy March (Kirsten Dunst in "Little Women") quotes biblical passages from Exodus, resonating the Holy Temple and that Older Amy Adams (Samantha Mathis in "Little Women" and "Mario") spends time inside the Holy Temple resonating WTC is already very exciting.
If WE/ME take another look at "Namaste" we can see a Rainbow affect surrounding the Golden Crown.
The Golden Girl is passed out from alcohol - overindulgence of spirit - in "Crazy/Beautiful"; a film in which we saw her Crowned by the yellow floWer.
The cops (pigs/boys in blue/jakes) have pulled her and her boyfriend over and take Kiki into custody.
The Rainbow is the entire spectrum of light, unveiled when light refracts at an angle of 42 degrees.
For 42 syncs see Jumpiter and the video Heart City
The synchromystic perspective sees this Rainbow entraining with the profile of our Christ/Lux resonatres as an example of the subtle/spirit body made visible. The Halo and other facets of the Aureola* can now be seen by any human, not ViA a peculiar and difficult to master mystical technique, but by anyone ready to change their perspective on what is already present and plainly visible.
*An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. Wiki on Aureola
All elements of flower/light/star and the subtle body come together in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" where Dunst plays a beauty contestant.
Above we see a Halo, formed by a emblem wall hanging behind our Christess as at the same time a yellow table cloth, featuring flowers and bees, emanate and entrain.
Above and below light plays with Her her outline, flowering from her visible self and unveiling the make-up of her extended Self.
The example of light growing out of KD below is further accentuated by the Stars on her cap and a Blue Palm or Spirit Palm, another mark of Christ.
In the context of the film the girls were forced to dance with freshly painted stage props, resulting in there hands - including Kirsten's - becoming blue.
A great example of a highlighted SpiriT Palm, this PKD one susynctly utilizing flowers. A light bulb shines its yellow flow into the sync stream.
In The SpiriT of The Blue Bird WE/ME learn how highlighted palms - like the nails penetrating Christs hands on the cross or depictions of Buddhas with eye type markings on there hands - are pointers of Christ Consciousness (Cosmic Consciousness/Enlightenment/Illumination etc).
The Blue color is particularly recurrent and syncnificant in this regard and Richard Arrowsmith has delved into the theme extensively in posts like Blue Flowers.
See the video Original GangStar for connections between Christ, highlighted palm and WTC. The idea being the the WTC disaster marked the ascension of humanity potentially collectively into Christ Consciousness.
Q: Will everyone on the planET* be allowed into heaven i.e realize there own inseparability from Divinity?
A:Realize your own and find out.
Sage Ramana Maharshi would put it something like this: "If you wake up from your dream, does it matter that the individuals in your dream themselves did not wake also?"
*PlanET highlights the E.T or Extra Terrestrial/Cosmic Consciousness aspect of existence on Earth/Heart. We are the plan of the ET. The word plant also hides inside planet.
WE/ME note then a relationship between the syncs charted by Mr Smith, the Blue and Yellow Flower in this post. Blue & Gold are yet another powerful theme often discussed in varying contexts but tellingly exemplified by the Nemes (Iconic Headdress) of King Tut.
The radiating gold(yellow)/blue lines emanating from Tut's head does for us exactly what the images of light entraining with Kirsten Dunst did above; makes visual what is generally invisible or considered incidental as related to the spiritual reality of the person.
The snake at the boy kings third eye in this example further highlights the subtle body as Kundalini working its way through the chakras and the body pillar.
See The Fires Of Nemisis and the Nemes of God for a complimentary interpretation of the Nemes as representational of the veil in the Holy Temple.
The Golden Girl's room in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" features the combination of Blue & Yellow Flowers as wallpaper, meanwhile a lamp on the left and another set above, Crown and entrain, yelling the flower/light/Star connection.
Seconds pass, the Star moves into seated position, yellow centered flowers with lilac petals Crown, at the same time MOM enters bearing flower print.
One of the most iconic examples of the radiating subtle body, in a religious context, is the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe; a 16th century depiction of an apparition of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ.
We saw how Kiki resonates the Virgin Mary (Virgin Suicides) and Christ (Kristen) and how light enjoys playing around her profile, often crowning her.
Mary's, with her radiating Aureola, as Our Lady, also bears a Golden Crown, while her blue/gold dress sparkles with yellow stars.
Examples of Stars dancing around and entraining with Kirsten Dunst in "Drop Dead Gorgeous". Below a pentagram hits her crown. Compare her blue dress, light radiating entrainment and stellar affinity with iconic Virgin Mary.
Another dead on target Mary Mother of God sync involving our Golden Star is seen in the video below.
Kirsten Dunst & Jimmy Fallon parody Madonna's - another name for the Virgin Mary - "Don't Tell Me" song and music video at the 2001 (99% sure..) MTV Music Awards, which they also hosted.
Kirsten - Lux ("Virgin Suicides") and Golden Girl ("Wimbledon") - is named Amber Atkins in "Drop Dead Gorgeous".
Amber Atkins resonates A.:A.: - a secret society started by Aleister Crowley a.k.a Khaled Khan - of which one interpretation is Argenteum Astrum or Silver Star, complementing KD's stellar rez. The substance and color amber is a slightly orange yellow one, again entraining with the bright lux rez of this Golden Girl.
She works with the dead, those who have moved beyond form and become SpiriT*.
*Spirit sometimes gets a capital T as the T shape is wind/breath (of God) to the Maya and acknowledges Christ Consciousness as Tau Cross.
Amber has another highlighted palm - she dabs make-up on her hand while decorating the deceased - invoking Christ, while standing over a flower patterned woman called Stella.
That's correct, Star Kirsten (Christian) Dunst a.k.a Amber/Golden Girl/Lux with a SpiriT Palm stooped over a flower (Star/Enlightened Being) printed dead woman (shell of a spirit) called Stella (Heavens/Stars).
Ahem, moving on..
A cross, the symbol of the son/sun, moves towards Kirsten/Christian as actress Allison Janney gestures in her yellow Las Vegas T-Shirt (Tau Cross resonating).
While the cross passes through her dome let's highlight that Las Vegas resonates the 5th brightest star/sun in the night sky, Vega.
A sort of 'sync redundancy' is being reached but WE/ME must press on..
Amber dances on the left as a flower bouquet topped by a cross sync winks on the right.
Do we dare believe our Star will move into alignment with these elements?
Of course Amber wins the beauty contests and is literally crowned numerous times.
Compare the golden hat/crown above with Alex Grey's "Namaste" and the yellow flower halo from "Crazy/Beautiful" etc.
A lovely dissolve happens towards the end of "Drop Dead Gorgeous" as our crowned symbolic Mary merges with the next scene featuring a rose.
This repeated connection between Mary, Stars and Flowers helps explain the extreme flower presence in ""Marie/Mary Antoinette". Kirsten Dunst is the crowned Queen of France, who's name resonates the Mother of Jesus, Christ and Son/Sun.
Symbols of Christ Consciousness strange attract each other by their proximity to the centre of Being.
Dunst's Mary affinity repeats as she plays Mary in the susynctly named "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind". It is in fact appropriately Mary that quotes Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard" in which the line and name for the film can be found.
Kirsten Dunst, the Star who resonates light and yellow floWers, speaking of "Eternal Sunshine...".
Lying on a striped blanket Mary smokes pot a.k.a Marijuana or Mary Jane, ingesting the consciousness altering plant SpiriT.
Stellar Mary proceeds to dance as a lamps(palms) light becomes her Aureola.
See Black Dog Star's The Robin Has Hatched for Lamp/Palm
Stoned and wearing stripes/sprites our composite yet omni self similar 'Amber/Lux/Christ/Mary' lifts her palm in alignment with a lamp.
In "The Cat's Meow" we see Kirsten again smoking Mary Jane with Charlie Chaplin as Marion.
Marion is a variation of Mary, which some sources say means "Star of the Sea", fitting considering Kiki's stellar associations and as this drama takes place at sea.
Perfect entrainment above as Joanna Lumley partakes of SpiriT wearing embroidered golden flowers as Dunst and CC light up.
Her most POPular role is another Mary - Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man films, commonly referred to as "MJ" - a name that in one fell swoop covers all we have addressed.
M=13 + J=10 is 23. 23 is the O.G sync wink from proto synchromystic times and the number found highlighted by light on dice in "Jumanji"
Mary, mother of God/Son/Sun/Star/Light/Christ.
Mary Jane or MJ, Plant SpiriT KKonsciousnesses.
Back in "Jumanji" we see an octogramic halo form above the crown of Kiki (note the twin braids, coiled hair), a shape which resonates the octagon and has close ties to our Solar cycles, as the Wheel Of The Year.
We see that the major fazes of a solar year as being divided into 8, thus the Sun/Son/Christ being intimately associated to 8 way geometry.
A spider passes over this 8 rayed mandalic window, its 8 legs highlighting this number and unveiling the non-local spider resonance of Kirsten Dunst, which would fully flower 7 years later in "Spider-Man".
We see the 911 Pillarmids reflected in the Eye/I of the "Spider-Man" or Peter Parker, played by Toby Maguire. The Twin Guardians of Humanities StarG8 which upon opening during September 11 2001 have lead 'awareness in form' towards the current and ever increasing United States of Kosmic Konsciousness.
The Self, realizing it is indeed a conscious Self, inside this waking and material world can be viewed accurately as entering into new dimension. Length, Width, Depth & NOW back into the centre.
It is not to say that the WTCentre's destruction lead or started this process. 911 was just an external visual result of the underlying growth of consciousness away from identification with form and into awareness of SpiriT. All physical phenomena are mere reflections of the state or mood of KKonsciousness.
All spiritual prophecies are being fulfilled as at the same time rational scientific realities mirror the more subtle affects of KKonsciousness realization.
Above Peter Parker's (in "Spider-Man 1") hand emanates the DNA coil.
Like light waves the DNA Helix is play on cosmic form and is likely undergoing a radical transformation ViA the solar system and human consciousness, galactic and spiritual alignment.
Again, just form reflections of underlying radical spiriTual developments.
Star Kirsten Dunst plays Star Mary Jane Watson "Starring" - resonating Zodiac, Halo and other Heavenly cycles - in the play below in "Spider-Man 3".
Crowning her name in the yellow "Starring" image above is 'Solomon' or 'SunMoon'. The yellow Starring and Solomon sync is a good fore-sync to some preceding Holy Temple syncs soon to be addressed in this post.
Mary descends the spiral stairway/DNA/ayahuasca to heaven.
She has flowers/stars on Her crown and a vast blanket of stars/flowers surrounding Her.
After the performance we see MJ's name in a Star, while embracing the DNA altered Spider-Man; she immediately turns around to acknowledge her yellow flowers.
Kiki: "I love my flowers"
See the video Yellow FloWer for this dialogue and clip.
Peter Parker - PP which resonates yellow urine - plans to 'POP the question' and make MJ his wife at no less a syncnificant venue then the "Restaurant Constellation".
Golden octogram stars decorate the entrance while yellow flowers brighten up the room.
Mary Jane enters the "Restaurant Constellation" backed by golden stars and yellow flowers. The Yellow Flower Star Kirsten Dunst and the Heavens with their shining lights, all in one shot, our sync pattern is resonating soundly.
As per usual we could seemingly leave it there, breathtakingly all tied up in one shot, Star (Kirsten Dunst), Star (Yellow Flower) and Star (Sun/Light)..
Kirsten Tresmegistus is the Star Star Star, thrice great.
But wait! There's yet another sync that might even top that lot.
WE/ME jump back one sequel to "Spider Man 2" where Alfred Molina plays the villainous Doc Ock/Dr. Otto Octavius or Doctor Octopus. Clearly a solar 8 resonator in a film already abundantly 8 resonating ViA the Spider.
Alfred Molina covered in spiders in "Indian Jones" only to be later famed as the 8 limbed Doc Ock in "Spider-Man". A peculiar variation on the highlighted palm as we see a 'red eye tentacle palm'.
Of personal interest a sync between "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Spider-Man 2" was one of the first ever charted at the Brave New World Order many moons ago.
Dr 8 arms clearly resonates the Hindu Deity pantheon, who are often displayed with multiple sets of arms, symbolizing the many limbs of all US individuals that make up The Body of Christ.
In SM2 PP is a delivery boy who's subtly body radiates an octagon at his Pizza headquarters. Pizza is commonly cut into 8 slices.
The 8 armed Doc susynctly experiments with fusion, a process naturally occurring in Stars that US* humans are still trying to replicate and control.
*The United State of KKonsciousness
An 8 resonator building Stars/Suns!
His experiment is unstable, dangerous and Spider (8) Man shuts him down.
Driven mad, seeking revenge and a second shot at Star making, Dr 8 arms abducts Star Star Star Kirsten Dunst.
He ties up our fiery red head, in chains, symbol of ladders and DNA.
Once Mary - Star familiar of ludicrous proportion - is in place, the Gr8 work can commence. The Dr 8 building a Sun on Earth is the symbolic process of bringing Heaven to Earth, or birthing the Sun/Son/Horus into material flesh.
A Few Shots to Shaman on Chains
Blobbin Tunney in Chains
This second alchemical sun, built atop a giant octagonal platform, starts magnetically attracting all metal, becoming ever larger and threatening to destroy NY (OZ one letter over in the alphabet) city.
Kirsten Dunst's Star strange attraction couldn't hit us over the head and spell things out any clearer then this, as the Sun/Star tries to eat the Golden Girl!
Star Star Star
A day or two after posting the Yellow Flower video I took a trip down to WinniPEG's LEGislative Building, unavoidably noting yellow flowers surrounding the structure. This structure was envisioned by its Masonic Architects as a new Solomon's Temple, situated in the heart of the North American continent.
I had been at the Peg Leg recently with fellow sync bloggers Jim Sanders and Jon Kidd and surely would have noticed these yellow flowers inside the actual building, leading me to believe they must have been more recent additions entraining with the release of the Kirsten Dunst video about the flower.
Surrounding the circular balustrade, through which pears the 8 rayed octogram and Black Star at the buildings heart, are four lamps all featuring yellow flowers.
The lamps see a circle of twelve lights surrounding a bigger central 13th ONE. A symbol of Jesus/Christ/Son surrounded by his 12 disciples. Or interchangeably and complimentary the 12 signs of the Zodiac with the central sun/star.
These are very fitting symbols choosing to associate with the yellow flower considering the Star/Sun/Christ resonance discussed in the post above.
The building is made of local lime stone from an ancient seabed and many fossils punctuate the walls.
Above is a common sight inside the building, a sunflower corral, resonating the most brilliant of all bright yellow flowers.
Fascinating, the very fabric of the living Holy Temple is in place made out of yellow flowers!
The circular dark spot on the left wall above is this same sunflower corral. The door on the right hand side of the photo is the Lieutenant Governors room, sandwiched between Twin Pillars, one of which we also see.
This room, which the public may not enter, is the Holy of Holies, complete with Veil and hidden Ark.
See Frank Albo's Masonic Parlante in a Canadian Temple of Democracy for details about the room as Holy of Holies.
On the previous visit with sync blogger Jon Kidd (to the right in the photo above), I saw to my amazement that the blue & gold interior carpeting of this room features big 8 rayed yellow flowers, one right at the threshold.
The yellow flower, a teacher of enlightenment, living Buddha and Star, is also a feature of the Holy Temple and its Holy of Holies.
The Holy Temple is a reflection of mans spiritual evolution - our journey as WE/ME reach for, and become, the Stars.
The Human Body and The Temple are interchangeable and both are microcosms of the entire universe.
Shaman Juan Flores from Peru visited the Legislative Building during his month long visit in Manitoba this summer. He and understudy Jim Sanders held numerous Ayahuasca ceremonies with the people of Winnipeg and visitors from around the globe. I was one of these and could plainly see the actuality of the Plant SpiriT entering into human consciousness to help heal and enlighten the world.
In the video above we see Juan Flores singing an Icaro through the balustrade while standing on the 8 rayed Black Star at the heart of the building.
The 8 rayed star was seen as a halo above Kiki in "Jumanji" and is synchromystically associated to the Sun/Star.
Juan Flores is himself a Black Star and a Yellow Flower.
Yellow in French is Jaune, an easy and clear resonator of Juan, while Flores is Flower.
Shaman Yellow Flower (resonating Sun/Star/Light) standing in the center of Solomon's Temple, itself at the heart of North America, sending Light To The World.
Whoops, false ending:
Hang on a second before you leave. I saw something last night that has to be included here.
An enlightened Egyptian Pharaoh behind Charlie Chaplin (actor Eddie Izzard) in "The Cats Meow".
Without a clearer image we cant know for sure but my first reaction was "Thutmoses"! Above is a sculpture of Thutmoses 3.
There were a few of Pharaohs called Thutmoses, they are particularly syncnificant for 2 reasons.
Firstly: The Moses part of the name clearly suggests a connection between the identity of the leader of the Exodus and these Pharaohs. In fact Ralph Ellis fingers Thutmoses 1, brother of Akhenaton, as the likely biblical character. It seems Moses was a title rather then a name. What ever the real identity or meaning of Moses the connection between the Exodus and the 'Moses' Pharaohs, is obvious. Certainly synchromystically Thutmoses resonates Moses regardless of any practical considerations.
Secondly: Atop the main north entrance of the Winnipeg Legislature sit twin large Sphinx, one facing west and another looking east.
It was these cats that beckoned Frank Albo to have a closer look at the building leading to the discovery of it being Solomon's Temple.
He would end up on the roof and find an inscription and also an accompanying Cartouche, where no member of the public could possibly see them, on these Sphinx. The inscription reads: "the everlasting manifestation of the sun god Ra, the good God who gives life".
The cartouche is that of Thutmoses 3, sometimes sighted as the founder of the O.G secret society.
This exchange, between me (Seallion) and Jim Sanders (Syncwinnipeg) was posted on Twitter yesterday, the same day I see the Pharaoh in "The Cat's Meow".
Seallion Chanced upon a memorial service on the south of the Peg Leg aka Solomon Temple. Bowed heads of public and mounties. Bagpipes, Amazing Grace.
Syncwinnipeg@Seallion Today is Yom Kippur. The one day I which the Holy of Holies would be entered by the High Priest to pray. Good day for the Temple.
The fact that I had been writing about Solomon's Temple and the Holy of Holies - obliviously on Yom Kippur! - visiting the building and finding a Pharaoh sync, all in one day, could not be dismissed.
I had to go back and see if Kirsten Dunst appears in shot with the sculpture.
Pharaoh, Flowers, Lights and a bizarre winged headdress, all in shot with our Golden Girl; who we must remember, quotes Exodus as yellow floWers Crown in "Little Women".
Confirmation from God that the biblical patriarchs who's traditions and rituals became the three major religions on the planet were in fact historical Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt ViA flower synchronicities in Kirsten Dunst movies?
Sure.. why not?
Peace In
In Part 2 we explore Kiki's relationship to the Red C, OZ and discover new facets of the Blue Worm plus much much more, flux willing.


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This is a platform/RPG track in which the main goal is for you to reach the very top of the map.
This map uses TM UNLIMITER 0.4.2
Since this map is very resource intensive, it is HIGHLY recommended that you have powerful specs or set the game settings to minimum. This track is VERY VERY HARD on a Lunatic difficulty. So this will probably be the hardest (and longest) map you have ever played. For that reason, only TM experts should play this track. The track can be very frustrating, so taking frequent breaks is also recommended.
Also if you get stuck in some parts of the map, using Camera 7 can be very useful to help you look around and determine what you need to do.
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My Turn: Proposed Squaw development should be scaled down
Special to the Sun
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – I have lived at North Tahoe for more than 50 years. My business career was in the retail service industry. Over the course of the years my family has acquired a few pieces of commercial property in three different North Tahoe communities. Because of my background, I am a strong proponent for the rights of property owners to develop their property as they see fit.
With the intensive cost of building and maintaining world class ski and snowboard resorts for the enjoyment of all of us, we must recognize the need for these ski area operators to provide villages that enhance the visitor experience, including providing lodging and commercial establishments for their guests.
That being said, Tahoe is a place where residents and tourists alike have been drawn to for its incredible natural beauty and environmental attributes. For the most part over the years, residents, developers, and governmental agencies have been careful to maintain the natural beauty and environmental assets this region possesses as the area has grown.
As we plan for the future and our area's likely continued growth, it is imperative that we understand why we live here, why visitors come here, and how valuable our environmental resources are, while maintaining a viable economy for all the communities in the Tahoe region.
Those in charge of planning and development must also be mindful of maintaining a balance between the new ski area villages and the local communities that have grown up in the region over the past century to serve residents and visitors. Retaining the unspoiled environment while maintaining economic sustainability for these communities is critical as well.
I have not read the Notice of Preparation for the proposed development of the Village at Squaw Valley. I have read a summary of the NOP and seen graphic renditions of what is proposed. The scope of the project is overwhelming. I fear for the potential environmental damage to Squaw Valley.
I have doubts whether the infrastructure in place can support this level of development. I have concerns about the economic sustainability and the density of the proposed development. I worry about the balance between this development and maintaining the viability of our other local communities.
While I understand the KSL management team is convinced this plan is viable and should move forward, I am reminded of similar beliefs from others in their attempts to develop Squaw Valley in the past, not only by the ski area itself many times in its sixty year history, but also by Mainline Corporation in the 1970s and Intrawest in the 1990s. We do not want to develop what may turn out to be an urban ghetto at the base of the ski area while we have destroyed the environment and its breathtaking beauty.
For all the aforementioned reasons, and because deep down I also support the right of property owners to be able to develop their property, I believe it would be advantageous for the various stakeholders including the developers, Placer County government officials, Squaw Valley property owners, and other regional leaders to convene and work together to come up with a framework for a much scaled down project that maintains the environment and can be implemented in phases as economic targets are attained.
Roger Kahn is a Tahoe City resident.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Coming Soon: Beautiful Breast of Lamb
Posted by Chef John at 6:31 PM
Labels: Weekend Filler
4 comments:
- bdwilcox said...
Lambs have breasts? And to think of what I've been missing dating only sheep.
- July 25, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- blogagog said...
Those look more like ribs than boobs. You should call it 'beautiful chest of lamb'.
- July 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Yah! Lamb breasts. I think you should do MORE *offal* stuff.
Come on! Tapas tripe, brain, heart, trotter, snout, cheeks, horn(?) and PANCREAS even, heck. It'd be offal.
Foodwishes Rocks!
- July 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM
The first & best barbecue sauce I ever had was in W. Charleston, SC. I was too young to know much about Ingradients but I remember it had bits of onion in it and a wonderful flavor I've been craving for years. I once tasted a chutney in Vermont that tasted similar, must have had some of same spice (s). Anyone have an idea what kind of sauce I had in W. Charleston?
- August 21, 2011 at 11:55 AM
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Baby wearing is back in style! It never went out of style in some areas of the world, but in westernized society, we tend to vacillate between ancient ways and modern modalities. Hopefully, in the end, we find balance. This is certainly the case for me in searching out the right next baby carrier for myself and my 10-month-old daughter.
I was given a Baby Bjorn front carrier when my daughter was first born and used it all the time. It was wonderful for many months (To read more about the Baby Bjorn Click Here). I was looking for a new carrier for two reasons: first, as the baby grows bigger and heavier, there was concern raised about spinal development; second, my daughter was quickly outgrowing the Bjorn! Not to mention, have you ever tried to wash dishes or clean the bathroom with a 21 pound baby strapped across your front?? Pretty impossible to get to your target, unless your little one likes bumping and banging into things. So I became a mother on a mission I was determined to find a carrier that suited my current needs.
I found so many choices it made my head spin! Front packs, back packs, hip carriers, slings of several varieties, etc., etc. My requirements were simple: I wanted a carrier that would:
- Hold the baby in a healthy, structurally supportive way;
- Spread the ever-increasing weight of my girl across the strongest parts of my body;
- Adapt in its carrying position preferably able to position the baby in front, in back and on either hip;
- Have the strength to support my child as she grows (for as long as I can handle carrying the weight!).
That's all! Is that so much to ask?? Apparently, in most cases, yes!
With all the carriers on the market I found one and only one that advertised to accommodate all of my needs and that is the ERGO Baby Carrier. Here's what they claim:
'Parents tell us The ERGO Baby Carrier is the best of all the baby carriers on the market. It was designed by Karin Frost and has undergone extensive testing by tens of thousands of parents. It's innovative design makes wearing your baby comfortable for hours at a time, gives you the freedom to remain active and productive in your daily life, and holds your baby secure to your body so your hands are free.
The ERGO Baby Carrier's ergonomic design supports a correct sitting position for the baby's hip, pelvis and spine growth. It disperses most of the baby's weight between the hips and thighs, which helps to eliminate compression of the spine when hanging by the crotch, which most other designs require. The ERGO also balances the baby's weight to parent's hips and shoulders, and alleviates physical stress for the parent.'
You can see why I perked up when I read this! And sure enough, this carrier allows you to position and shift the baby from front to back as well as either hip and will it hold a baby as heavy as 40 lbs! Yes, it seemed my prayers had been answered. Before I tell you about my experience with this amazing product, let me share with you a bit about the company and its history.
From ERGO:
'Karin Frost, designer and president of The ERGO Baby Carrier, Inc., discovered after giving birth to her son in 2001 that, 'carrying my baby was the ideal way of having him close and remaining productive in my daily life. So I set out to design my ideal carrier.' Thus the first prototype of the ERGO was created. The carrier was so successful that mothers who saw her carrying her son asked her to make carriers for them. Within a very short time the demand for the ERGO became a sensation so great that the result is the manufacturer of a carrier that is now sold to a worldwide market via the Internet and a network of distributors. Research and development has been and remains Karin's focus. New product designs are launched on a regular basis.
The company is family owned and managed in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii. We have a dedicated team whose priority is customer service, including immediate order response and friendly support of product use and understanding. Our growth this year enabled us to donate over 500 ERGO Baby Carriers to Women's Shelters in Louisiana and Texas during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We were struck with compassion for the mothers and fathers and strangers carrying one and sometimes two babies or small children, wading through floodwaters and carrying bundles as well. This gift was in keeping with our commitment to furthering the baby-carrying experience.'
I was impressed by the company's mission to help those in need. Their goal to be a resource for parents on the issue of baby carrying was also very attractive to me. ERGO has information on a number of parenting related issues on their website and clearly they 'practice what they preach'.
Now back to me! As an avid hiker, I love being able to carry my daughter on my back. The ERGO not only allows this, but does not add much extra weight, as many 'outdoorsy' types of backpack carriers do. I also notice that my daughter is held securely up to just below her armpits. This allows her upper body to have some freedom to move about and broaden her view. She is at the stage where she really enjoys checking everything out and she has the physical strength to do so, while the ERGO holds her safely in place.
I also believe in the emotionally developmental advantages of wearing your baby in general and as often as possible. While around the house, taking walks, doing housework, etc., I can hold her without having the extra stress on one arm or the other, plus I have the ability to use both hands. I hold her in front when she needs to be snuggly or is sleepy and will fall asleep, on the hip if I'm busy doing something that she might want to watch or reach out and touch, and on the back when I really need her 'out of the way' to accomplish my task. The flexibility to change position makes all the difference in the world!
I can vouch for how different and better my own body feels carrying a 21 pound weight in the ERGO carrier as compared to carrying her around in one arm while resting on one perpetually protruding hip. It was becoming more and more challenging to manage her increasing weight and size without this kind of support. Now, I can continue to carry my daughter as I want to without suffering physical consequences.
The Original ERGO Baby Carrier comes in a number of attractive fabrics and colors to choose from. The company also offers a number of accessory items, such as a front pouch that attaches to the carrier for the adults personal carry-along items, which you can match to your ERGO. They even have a 'Papoose coat' to allow you to carry your baby in inclement weather!
This carrier is a dream-come-true for me. Thank you, ERGO, for helping this mom successfully complete her mission!
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Trust in the U.S. financial system sank to 20% this quarter on concern about the Japan earthquake and further stock market turmoil, and even the most affluent American investors have not been spared from worry about where the economy is headed, recent studies show.
According to the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index released Thursday, trust in America's financial system tumbled to 20% from 26% in the first quarter. Americans' overall trust fell to levels last seen during the earliest months of the financial meltdown, at 20% in December 2008 and 19% in March 2009, the report conducted in March with 1,007 respondents by Social Science Research Solutions shows.
Meanwhile, the MFS Investment Management Investing Sentiment Survey released Monday shows that "mass affluent" investors have pessimistic attitudes and behaviors toward investing that may not match the reality of their financial positions. A total of 59% agreed with the statement: "I am more concerned than ever about being able to retire when I thought I would," with only 16% disagreeing.
The pessimism is due to the lasting impact of 2008's financial crisis and concerns over potential reductions in Social Security, both of which could impact investors' ability to retire, according to the MFS survey. The survey was conducted by Research Collaborative of 596 individuals with over $100,000 in investable assets and 610 licensed financial advisors. MFS defines mass affluent investors as having between $100,000 and $1 million in household investable assets.
The Booth/Kellogg survey's authors noted that the survey was conducted shortly after the earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan, which likely contributed to the decline in financial trust. Also, the authors believe that the corresponding drastic stock-market drop might have affected Americans' level of trust.
"The latest findings show how fragile and temperamental the country's financial system is right now, even as we slowly climb out of the recession," said Luigi Zingales, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, one of the survey's authors. "This drop in trust offers some insight into how global catastrophes can affect Americans' trust in the financial institutions where they invest their money."
The survey found a decline in trust across most of the components measured in the index. Most notably, a significant drop in trust in banks, to 32% from 43%, was reported, along with a drop in trust of mutual funds, to 25% from 31%. Trust in the stock market slid to 12% from 16%.
The findings suggest that despite having accumulated significant assets, affluent investors' mindset "does not match the reality of their situation," according to the MFS news release.
"Mass affluent investors are holding significant amounts of cash and are specifically concerned about rising health care costs, the federal deficit and reductions in Social Security," said William Finnegan, senior managing director of U.S. retail marketing for MFS, in a statement. "Their high cash balances mean they may be overly exposed to the effects of inflation. Plus, this portfolio positioning may increase their risk of not being able to reach their long-term financial goals,"
The "mass affluent" demographic's pessimism is pervasive about everything from spending to self-assessments to economic outlook, the MFS survey shows:
- 44% have reduced their discretionary spending over the last 12 months; only 14% reported an increase in discretionary purchases.
- 49% agreed with the statement: "Over the past few years, I've lowered my expectations about what life will be like in retirement."
- Mass affluent investors reported that their portfolios, on average, had 35% in U.S. equity exposure and 28% in cash positions, with fewer than one-half, or 42%, highly confident that their portfolios are properly balanced to meet their long-term goals.
- Rising health care costs (18%), the growing federal deficit (15%), and a reduction in Social Security benefits (15%) were reported to be their greatest financial concerns over the next 12 months.
Despite their pessimism, mass affluent investors have accumulated significant wealth, with reported median household investable assets at approximately $306,000. Further, these investors have a strong disposition toward working with financial advisors, with 57% having received financial advice in the last 12 months.
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HILLSBOROUGH, NJ -- The family of a New Jersey man who collapsed at a club and later died is suing HRC Management Inc., doing business as Hillsborough (NJ) Pool, Racquet & Fitness, for gross negligence after the club's staff did not administer an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the man. The lawsuit was filed last month in Superior Court in Somerset County, NJ.
Thomas Durkin collapsed at the club on Jan. 8, 2007, after he went into cardiac arrest while playing racquetball, according to a report in the Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger. After a 911 call was placed, a staff member rushed over to Durkin with the AED, but the staff started cardiopulmonary resuscitation and waited almost seven minutes for Hillsborough police to arrive and perform defibrillation, the newspaper reported. Durkin was later pronounced dead.
According to the lawsuit, choosing not to use the AED "involved an extreme degree of risk that the patron who suffered sudden cardiac arrest would not be able to be saved and would in fact die, as happened with Mr. Durkin."
New Jersey's law requiring health clubs to have AEDs became effective Jan. 12, 2006, but facilities had until Jan. 12, 2007, to comply. (Durkin died four days earlier.) Durkin's sister, Joan Durkin, says the staff should have known that the state law requires health clubs to have an AED and trained personnel, the newspaper reported.
Dawn Thomas, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, tells the newspaper that a health club could not be cited for noncompliance before the 2007 deadline. Joan Durkin says the club is still responsible for her brother's death.
"The conduct of the health club staff bringing the defibrillator there is clearly an admission that they understood the need for it," she says in the report.


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Staying the Course
Whether it's a daily-fee course owned by a municipality or a private 18-hole championship course in an exclusive community, golf industry management professionals agree on one thing: The condition of the course ultimately determines the success of the property. And, the condition of the course depends on the expertise of the superintendent no matter if he works for a board of directors at a member-owned club or if he is employed by a corporation that manages multiple resort courses.
Achieving the right course conditions can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Member-owned clubs most often employ their own golf course maintenance staffs. Golf properties owned by municipalities, individuals or corporations sometimes manage the property themselves and sometimes hire golf course management companies. In all cases, the maintenance staff is supervised by at least one professional superintendent and sometimes by regional superintendents if there are affiliated courses in the area.
Superintendents employed by management companies universally agree that the benefits of their working arrangements are exceptional. Autonomy in their work, a built-in network of superintendents, career options and advancement, and knowledgeable bosses with similar backgrounds are some of the reasons superintendents like working for management companies. The question then becomes whether those benefits translate into value-added for the properties run by the management companies.
Golf course management companies evolved because country clubs, resort courses, municipal courses and other golf facilities are businesses first, recreational outlets second. Many courses were struggling because they were being run by members, owners or corporations inexperienced in the business of golf.
Brad Kocher, senior vice president of golf course management for Dallas-based ClubCorp, recalls the way his company's founder, Robert Dedman, summed it up in 1957. "The country club business is nobody's business because it's nobody's business." That view, and the ability to show golf course owners how he could run their clubs better, gave Dedman a head start in an industry with more than 100 companies today.
"In the eighties, course owners realized that it made sense to run them with common business approaches and cultures," explains Dean Horn, owner of Franklin Golf in Auburn Hills, Mich. "It's not just about cutting expenses. A lot of people can do that. Growing revenue is the future of this industry."
Golf management companies come in all shapes and sizes. They conduct business in a wide variety of corporate structures with business models mostly of the owner-operator and management-only varieties.
Franklin Golf, a two-man operation, manages four properties. It owns two of them. In a unique arrangement, the grounds maintenance on one public and one private course managed by Franklin Golf is outsourced to Davey Golf, a division of Davey Tree Service.
"The biggest advantage we offer to course owners is cost containment," explains John Kirtland, who is in sales and marketing for Davey's Golf and Sports Turf Division. "For the length of the contract, the owners know exactly what's going to be spent each year. For them it becomes a fixed cost. We use that annual budget in a more efficient way because of the size and scope of our operation."
Robert Hertzig, golf course superintendent at Valencia Country Club in southern California, believes his employer, Heritage Golf Group, brings a lot of the same benefits to the courses it owns and manages. With about 35,000 rounds, a 365-day season and PGA Tour events, Hertzig says meeting the members' expectations is his biggest challenge.
According to Hertzig, members have no direct control over the management of the course, but they influence greatly how the course is maintained. "The member advisory board at Valencia tells us what the members want," comments Hertzig. "This is a high-end property and the members deserve full-time, professionally qualified people to take care of the course."
Heritage offers its member clubs benefits such as national purchasing agreements based on volume buying. The clubs also benefit from rebates on equipment purchases. Hertzig hires his own staff, about 25 people, and he networks frequently with other Heritage superintendents.
With a structure similar to Heritage, ClubCorp owns about 90 properties and 140 18-hole golf courses. Those include eight at Pinehurst in North Carolina and the equally famous Firestone County Club in Ohio.
ClubCorp utilizes a tiered structure for superintendents. Kocher interfaces with three senior regional superintendents who have responsibility for 17 regional superintendents. The regional superintendents are responsible for four to five properties in the same area.
"ClubCorp has good systems and processes that help us manage consistently," explains Kocher. "We have exclusive, preferred agreements with vendors to help contain costs of material, equipment and supplies."
Although courses managed by ClubCorp, Heritage and other corporations give members no direct involvement in course management, they are also spared the assessments endured by many member-owned clubs.
"That's not to say that we never raise dues and fees," Kocher says. "We do have to use income from those sources to maintain and upgrade the properties."
Jeffrey Seeman of Long Island Golf Management, Inc. sees that dilemma as a conflict of interest and consequently only manages courses owned by someone else. "I don't look at the bottom line first," says Seeman. "I look at the turf conditions first and aim for the best conditions in the long run even if it means a little less income in the interim."
Long Island Golf Management prides itself on doing what golf course owners can't do, don't know how to do and just don't want to do. Everything from running pump stations, to testing lightning equipment, to complying with New York State pesticide regulations is in the company's playbook.
"One thing we're doing is working with developers and architects before a new course is designed," explains Seeman. "Long-term maintenance is often overlooked. They put of eye candy on the courses without being cost and maintenance sensitive."
Seeman also helps his clients look at the environmental impact the course will have on a community. "We look at the soil science and chemistry as they are applied to golf courses."
New developments are prime candidates for golf course management companies. Hundreds of new communities are built on golf courses by developers who are not in the golf course business. In fast-growing areas such as Atlanta, owners are turning to corporations to buy courses and manage them.
Hamilton Mill in the northeast Atlanta suburbs is a case in point. It was recently purchased by Heritage. Mark Snyder worked as an assistant superintendent there for five years before the sale, but his instincts told him the course would be sold. He started looking for work elsewhere.
Snyder landed at Berkeley Hills Country Club, a member-owned course in Duluth, Ga. He has been the superintendent there for the past five years.
Contrary to Snyder's perception that his job would be in jeopardy when ownership changed, the vast majority of golf course management companies prefer to retain the existing superintendent. Whatever the reason, it is not uncommon for superintendents to be wary of the outcome when a club is sold. Management companies are still working to overcome that perception.
Brad Kocher of ClubCorp is one example of how a transition to a new owner can actually enhance a superintendent's career. In 1975, Kocher worked for Inverrary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. when it was sold to ClubCorp. He has been with ClubCorp ever since and has advanced to his current senior vice president position.
Snyder, this year's president of Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association, maintains his preference for working at a member-owned club. Since graduating from Purdue University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in turf management, he's worked in the private club environment.
"A recent graduate might get a shot at a superintendent position faster with a management company," comments Snyder. "I also think that management companies might get locked into suppliers, so superintendents can't shop around for the best deals."
Berkeley Hills board member Syd Samples says the relationship Snyder has with the board is a good one, but he admits that the politics at a member-owned club get in the way of good management sometimes.
"It's tough to get new ideas into the mix in an established member-owned club such as Berkeley Hills," explains Samples. "However, our membership spoke loudly this year by electing younger people to the board who have fresh approaches and new ideas."
Like Berkeley Hills, the member-owned Country Club of Rochester (CCR) has never looked into management companies as an option for course maintenance. Green chairman Dave Van Varick isn't aware of any other clubs in the Rochester, N.Y. area who have considered hiring management companies.
According to Van Varick, the key to excellence in course maintenance is to find the right superintendent. Throughout his 28-year membership at CCR, there have been only three superintendents.
Rick Holfoth, the current superintendent, managed a $2 million renovation of the Donald Ross course including an entire irrigation system replacement. The extensive work began last July and took place while the course was open.
"The members have been ecstatic during the renovation," Van Varick notes. "The project is on time and on budget. I just can't imagine any advantage of hiring a management company."
Although the more established, financially stable, member-owned clubs might not be wooed by what management companies bring to the table, there are plenty of new golf course communities, privately-owned courses and municipal tracks to keep the management companies growing for some time. The successful ones will have planned growth and stay focused on specific geographic areas rather than jump at every opportunity that comes their way.
As Jeffrey Seeman from Long Island Golf Management puts it, "What's on the ground is proof of how good we are."
Jane Autler is a freelance writer who resides in Lawrencville, Ga.
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MONTREAL - A hyperbaric oxygen chamber figured prominently Monday in the trial of Adele Sorella, accused of first-degree murder in the deaths of her two daughters in Laval in 2009.
In her opening statement, Crown prosecutor Maria Albanese told a Quebec Superior Court jury that the bodies of Sabrina and Amanda De Vito — ages 8 and 9, respectively — were found side by side in the playroom of their house in Laval's Duvernay district on March 31. Both girls died at the same time, Albanese added, and they were in good health prior to their deaths.
The prosecutor noted that police later seized from Sorella's house a hyperbaric chamber — used to treat Sabrina for juvenile arthritis — as part of their homicide investigation.
Sorella, 47, who is out on bail, stood calmly, holding her unmanacled hands together as she pleaded not guilty in a clear voice to the two counts of first-degree murder, which carries a 25-year life sentence.
Sorella is the ex-wife of Giuseppe De Vito, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June 2012 for his role in a Mafia attempt to smuggle 218 kilograms of cocaine into Montreal. De Vito was on the lam when the girls were killed, wanted on charges for his part in the cocaine smuggling operation.
As crime-scene technician Eric Coia testified about the photos he took of the family house, Sorella sat composed in the accused's box, scribbling notes into a large notebook on her lap. However, a pained expression seemed to cross the petite woman's face when computer screens in the courtroom flashed pictures of the bodies of her two girls.
The bodies appeared to have been placed on their backs a few feet from each other. They had been wearing their school uniforms, but Urgences-Santé ambulance technicians who had arrived on the scene earlier removed their shirts in an attempt to revive them. Traces of blood were found under their noses and made small stains on a blue mat.
The playroom is located near the house's main entrance, where photos showed the girls' schoolbags already packed. On a marble kitchen counter, their lunch boxes were also packed with sandwiches and chocolate-chip cookie treats.
The crime-scene technician showed numerous photos of the large, lavishly furnished house, which had a sophisticated security system. The photos taken on the second floor showed each girl's room, the beds neatly made, a large assortment of stuffed animals on one of the bedspreads.
Albanese told the 12-person jury that on the morning of March 31, Sorella got up very early, and was arrested in the evening after having been involved in a car crash.
The crime-scene technician testified briefly about pictures taken of a spare bedroom containing the hyperbaric chamber, a model that sells under the name of Vitaeris 320.
Other photos of the house's unfinished basement revealed a large collection of video-game machines usually found in arcades, as well as a treadmill and an elliptical machine. In the afternoon, the technician testified about a number of photos showing wads of cash in Canadian and U.S. dollars as well as euros, stuffed in envelopes under mattresses and tucked away on shelves in closets. The bills amounted to tens of thousands of dollars in cash, mostly in hundred-dollar denominations.
Albanese told the jury that in the months before the deaths of the two girls, Sorella had tried to commit suicide several times and that her mother had come to stay with her.
Sorella is being defended by lawyer Pierre Poupart, who represented Guy Turcotte in a trial where the doctor was found criminally not responsible in the killing of his son and daughter.
Justice Carole Cohen is presiding over the trial, which is to resume Tuesday morning. It's expected to last six to eight weeks, as the prosecution plans to call as many as 25 witnesses.
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Thursday, November 01, 2012By JEREMIAH KIPLANG'AT
Mr Mahamat Saleh Annadif, from Chad, is also the commission's new special representative to the war-torn country.
The new head of AU Mission in Somalia (Amisom) will oversee the ongoing peace activities spearheaded by forces from Eastern African states including Kenya.
"Mr Annadif has an extensive diplomatic experience. Before this appointment, Mr Annadif held several ministerial portfolios in his country, including Foreign Affairs.
"He also served as the Head of the AU Permanent Delegation in Brussels. He will shortly take over his new assignment in Mogadishu" said the AU dispatch to newsrooms.
Mr Annadif is taking over the leadership of Amisom against the background of tremendous progress in the Somalia peace and reconciliation process.
Together with the Somali authorities, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad), the United Nations and other stakeholders, he will assist in consolidating the achievements made, in line with the priorities outlined by the Somali authorities.
He will also focus on the review of Amisom and its mandate, which will be launched shortly with a view to taking stock of the work done to date and making recommendations on how best the mission can continue to support the Somali authorities and stakeholders.
This is in light of the gains made and the positive changes that occurred on the ground.
Mr Annadif takes over from Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, from Mali, who has been nominated as Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region.
Kenya Defence Forces formally joined Amisom in March, almost seven months after starting its own pacification of Southern Somalia.
KDF recently captured the port town of Kismayu after battling with Al Shabaab, the terrorist group occupying the town, for several months.


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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. congressman visited Somalia's capital on Tuesday, the first visit in years by a member of Congress to what until recently was considered one of the world's most dangerous cities.
Keith Ellison, a Democrat from Minnesota, said his visit to Mogadishu fulfilled a request from his constituents with ties to Somalia. Minnesota has one of the largest populations of Somali-Americans in the U.S.
Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, noted that the U.S. government in mid-January recognized the Somali government for the first time since the country fell into anarchy in 1991.
"We've seen 20 years of warlordism, 20 years of terrorism, of refugees streaming across the border into every neighboring country, piracy in the gulf," Ellison told The Associated Press in a phone interview from neighboring Kenya.
"But a stable Somalia will bring this all to an end, and I think we need to be a part of the solution. I'm telling you, investing money in Somalia is sending good money after good. We should now see Somalia as a trading partner and a partner of educational exchanges."
Ellison was greeted by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The president said that Ellison's visit was a big day for Somalia.
Mogadishu has experienced about 18 months of relative peace, after the August 2011 ouster of the Islamic extremists of al-Shabab from the capital by African Union forces. Following the advice of security advisers, Ellison did not travel beyond Mogadishu's airport complex, the most secure part of the city, but he said he wished he had been able to and hopes to on a future trip. He said he never felt in any danger.
One of the issues Ellison met with Somali officials about was the financial remittances often sent by Somalis in the U.S. back to family members in Somalia. Such remittances have become harder to make over fears that people sending money could be accused of aiding a terrorist organization such as al-Shabab.
Ellison said he thinks he made "real progress" on the problem. He said he also got a better grip on how to handle refugee issues and Somalia's security needs.
Ellison said that being Muslim gives him an advantage in a Muslim country like Somalia because he knows religious greetings and customs, but that it wasn't a major factor in his trip there or in his meetings.
Somalia has seen great political progress over the last year, including voting in a new interim constitution, and electing a new president and parliament. International supporters say Mohamud's government is a step toward moving the country out of its failed-state status, but that much more remains to be done in a country bloodied by two decades of war.
In one sign that should give Mogadishu residents hope, Ellison said he met with Somali business leaders who grew up in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. who have returned to help Somalia rebuild. He said that fact communicated great optimism for the future of the country.
"It feels great to be a part of the story of the new Somalia," Ellison said. "They're handling their business politically. They're trying to handle their business economically. They need a little help, but the alternative is what? Twenty more years of refugees spilling into Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda? Twenty more years of piracy? Twenty more years of al-Shabab? People are saying no. They've had enough."
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