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One of the recipes that I keep getting asked for is a Cream of Mushroom Soup that doesn't come out of a can. I worked on this one for a couple of weeks, trying various recipes, until I created this recipe that not only has the taste and consistency of the soup everyone is familiar with, but also a wonderful freshness and flavor that can only belong to a homemade soup.
Start by assembling the ingredients needed for the basic soup. You'll need about 1/3 cup (70 g) flour, 4 ounces (110 g) butter, 1 cup (235 mL) chicken broth or
, 4 ounces (110 g) diced onions (about 1/2 large yellow onion), 2 oz. (55 g) celery, 2 oz. (55 g) leeks, 7 cups (1.65 L) whole milk (not pictured). You'll also need to have 12 to 16 ounces (340 to 450 g) button mushrooms, 1/4 teaspoon (0.4 g) dried, ground tarragon, 1/2 cup (120 mL) heavy cream, lemon juice, salt, and pepper for finishing the recipe.
Start by washing the leeks. Often, mud and dirt will get trapped in the layers of the leek, so special care should be taken to wash them thoroughly. The easiest way to do this is simply to break the leeks apart under running water and use your fingers to help wash the dirt away. The celery should also be rinsed and deveined.
Chop off the green tops, leaving the base of the leeks to make a total of about 2 ounces. Dice the leeks, celery, and onion. This combination of vegetables is often called a white mirepoix (while a "normal" mirepoix substituting carrots for the leeks).
Melt the butter in a 3-1/2 quart or larger pot over low heat.
Add the onions, celery, and leeks to the melted butter and turn the heat up to medium-low. Stir the white mirepoix as it sweats until the onions are translucent, about 6 minutes.
Add the flour to the mixture and continue to stir and cook over medium-low heat. Cook for about twelve minutes.
The flour mixture should have taken on a slightly yellowed appearance at this point.
While stirring, slowly pour the chicken broth into the pot. After all the broth has been incorporated into the flour mixture, keep stirring until there are no more lumps.
Now, slowly add milk to the pot. To keep from forming lumps, you'll want to pour a little milk at a time. Slowly pour about 1/2 cup milk into the pot and stir until it's been fully integrated into the flour. Repeat with 1/2 cup milk at a time until four cups of milk have been stirred in. At that point, it should be fine to pour in the last three cups of milk without lumps forming.
Bring the soup to a full boil, then simmer for 45 minutes (until smooth and thickened).
In the meantime, prepare the ingredients for the final part of the recipe: 12 to 16 ounces (340 to 450 g) button mushrooms, 1/4 teaspoon (0.4 g) dried, ground tarragon, and 1/2 cup (120 mL) heavy cream. Lemon juice, salt, and pepper will be used for seasoning as well.
Wash the mushrooms.
Cut all the mushrooms into a fine dice. It's important to get the mushrooms cubes to be as uniform as possible so they will cook evenly. It also makes the final soup more attractive.
Set the mushrooms aside as the soup simmers.
Once the soup has simmered for 45 minutes, it can be chilled and refrigerated to finish the soup at a later time (up to three days). When it is time to finish the recipe, just reheat the soup until simmering temperature and continue the recipe from here.
Add the 1/4 teaspoon tarragon to the soup and stir in.
Add all the diced mushrooms to the soup and stir until evenly mixed.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Turn off the heat and stir in 1/2 cup heavy cream. Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste. For my ingredients, I found that 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon table salt, and 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper was just right.
Cream of Mushroom Soup
4 ounces (110 g) butter
sweat 6 min.
stir in and cook 12 min.
gradually stir in
stir in 1/2 cup at a time until 4 cups
stir in rest of milk
bring to boil
simmer 45 min.
fold in, simmer 10 min.
stir in, remove from heat
season to taste
4 ounces (110 g) diced onions
wash and dice
2 oz. (55 g) celery
2 oz. (55 g) leeks
1/3 cup (70 g) flour
1 cup (235 mL) chicken broth or stock
7 cups (1.65 L) whole milk
12 to 16 ounces (340 to 450 g) button mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon (0.4 g) dried, ground tarragon
1/2 cup (120 mL) heavy cream
lemon juice
by Michael Chu
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:31 am
Post subject: Great recipe- what about using coconut milk?
Hi, first I'd like to say that I am truly looking forward to making this soup, I've been a big fan of everything mushroom since I first started to appreciate them in my late teens. Now, I don't think heavy soups (that is soups with heavy cream and a lot of milk) are good for weekly consumption and I'm today a big fan of using some milk substitutes instead, do you, or any of your readers, know of a good mushroom soup that does not contain any heavy cream, or better yet, any milk? There might be a way to experiment with this recipe, and that's something I plan to do .. just after I've tried the original! Regards from Iceland, Omarkj.
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:53 am
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Any reason why you feel that milk would be worse than coconut milk?
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:30 pm
Post subject: milk vs coconut milk vs soy milk vs potatoes
hmmm... i'm not sure coconut milk is a good substitute for milk for this recipe. coconut milk has quite a strong (and usually sweet!) flavor, especially powdered or canned ones (as opposed to squeezing it fresh from mature coconut.) I believe it would overpower the mushroom. plus, coconut milk is high in fat. simmering fresh coco milk for so long(45mins!) will not thicken the soup, rather, the water content evaporates and you get coconut oil and coco solids left(add a chili pepper or two and you get a dish native to a province here! YUMM! but that's another story.). this substitution will require a lot of overhauling from the original recipe.
your comment made me think of soymilk, which i've been working on using as dairy substitute for several recipes. fresh strong soymilk is good, but can't also be simmered for very long, as it tends to get grainy. neither will it thicken.
some people(who are avoiding the fat in creams) use mashed or milled boiled potatoes to thicken soups. this might work better if you want to avoid dairy.
or, you can opt for a clear mushroom soup.
which is actually very good for you and it's a staple in many asian-oriental cuisines. you can even use Mr. Chu's recipe with just minor adjustments. Let me know if i can help.
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:33 pm
Post subject: mushroom barley soup
I am going to have to make this soup over the weekend!
Omarkj, mushroom barley soup is a hearty alternative to a cream based soup. I usually saute up a mix of whatever mushrooms are looking good at the store and some shallots with olive oil until everything is caramelized. Add some barley and saute until it smells nutty. Follow up with some chicken or vegetable stock, thyme, and bay leaf, simmering until the barley is tender. Sometimes I add carrots and parsnips or some parsley and chervil, depends on my mood. Healthier than the cream based, but I love a cream based soup from time to time.
As a side note, evaporated milk sometimes is a decent, though not as tasty substitute for cream. It will give some of the same consistency while maintaining most of the same flavor.
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:07 pm
Post subject: yield?
The recipe sounds fantastic. Just wondering how much soup you ended up with...
I agree with earlier comment that coconut milk would probably overpower the mushroom flavour. Not to mention that it would probably be a lot "heavier" with coconut milk than with milk, even whole milk!
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:44 pm
Post subject: Re: yield?
anon wrote:
The recipe sounds fantastic. Just wondering how much soup you ended up with...
I agree with earlier comment that coconut milk would probably overpower the mushroom flavour. Not to mention that it would probably be a lot "heavier" with coconut milk than with milk, even whole milk!
Shoot. I knew I forgot something in the article. It makes about 3 quarts (10 sizable servings).
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:33 am
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To keep from forming lumps, you'll want to pour a little milk at a time. Slowly pour about 1/2 cup milk into the pot and stir until it's been fully integrated into the flour.
Using a wire whisk to incorporate the milk will help to avoid lumps forming.
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:53 am
Post subject: Re: Great recipe- what about using coconut milk?
Anonymous in Iceland wrote:
...do you, or any of your readers, know of a good mushroom soup that does not contain any heavy cream, or better yet, any milk?
This recipe would probably still be delicious if you simply replaced all or some of the milk with stock and reduced or omitted the cream. Just one cup of milk and a dash of cream, in combination with the thickening effect of the flour, would give a convincingly creamy taste.
Some other suggestions:
Roasted cashewnuts, puréed with water until very smooth, make an excellent replacement for milk in soups.
To replace the cream, you could try liquidizing silken tofu with a dash of vegetable oil. Be careful not to allow the soup to come to the boil after you have added the tofu, as it may"split".
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:36 am
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Just a suggestion that I tried in mushroom soups before. You don't need to get all fancy with the "hoity toity" mushrooms, but baby bellas are similar in size and texture to button mushrooms, but give the soup a bit of a heartier flavor. Or, roasting the button mushrooms first also brings out the mushroom as the primary flavor.
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:39 pm
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Just wish that the Recipe Card would have printed on one page. Don't you think an engineer could figure this part out?
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:04 pm
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januaryfarm wrote:
Just wish that the Recipe Card would have printed on one page.
I assume you're using Internet Explorer since it didn't print. IE has always had a lot of difficulty printing tables in webpages. I haven't tried IE 7 yet, but I'm hoping they'll fix this.
I made a PDF of the recipe card (from Firefox) for you to download and print:
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:20 pm
Post subject: whisk it
not only will whisking help when adding milk, but heating the milk up prior to adding it will too.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:19 pm
Post subject: "Deveined"
The celery should also be rinsed and deveined.
This statement really confused me -- I thought
to deveine
must be some American term for a particular type of celery perparation with which I was not familiar.
A quick search on Google lead me to the French word
meaning rotten luck, which confused me even more!
It suddenly struck me that the word was in fact
, as in to remove the tough veins from the celery.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:06 pm
Post subject: Great soup, but...
I prepared this soup last night for my son and me (hubby's not a big fan of mushrooms) and it was fantastic. I only lessened the amount of onions (I'm not a big fan of onions). My only problem was the scalded milk at the bottom of the pan. I stirred frequently; though with a toddler running around, it was difficult to keep a steady vigil. Still, we have an electric range...could this have caused the burnt milk at the bottom? I know gas is best to cook with, but we're stuck with an electric range for now. How can I avoid this in the future?
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Andrew Lenchewski: It means that HankMed will now, in theory, return to the kind of very comfortable familial relationship they had with the hospital pre-Symphony when Jill Casey was still running the joint. But, on the other hand, we also know that things with Boris — as Hank says in the finale — always end up being more complicated than they seem at first. We think this will be a great way to introduce a whole new layer of conflict and tension between Hank and Boris and a whole set of challenges for HankMed to deal with in how best to divide their time and their resources.
Do you see that changing the structure of the show at all for next season? Will there be more scenes in the hospital and dealing with that bureaucracy?
Rauch: Only in the best possible way. We definitely want to, as we do every season, end the season in a way that will shift our storytelling and catapult it into the next season so it doesn't feel like we're repeating ourselves. ... It obviously gives Evan more responsibility and a different angle for his career, which we think will be both good and possibly challenging in the seventh season. Part of the appeal of the show and our aesthetic is being outside and being in wonderful locations. So, we certainly don't want to make it a hospital show, but it helps us find new ways of telling stories at the hospital.
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The episode also ended with Emma going off the grid. Will she be back in the finale? Is there hope for her and Hank to resolve some of the trust issues between them?Lenchewski: Yes, the finale will be the culmination of the story we've told this summer about this stranger in a strange land, and we'll finally answer the question about whether or not, given her background and her history with her own family, she's able to accept the invitation that Hank and Evan and Eddie have offered her to be a part of their family. We have Henry Winkler joining us for a very special and emotional scene and Willa Fitzgerald, who plays Emma, who's done a fantastic job all season long, does her best work of the season in this episode.
How will Divya's custody battle with Rafa and his mother come to a head in the finale?
Lenchewski: It's actually going to escalate in the finale and it will also be left as a cliff-hanger to be resolved in Season 7. There is a big twist at the end of the finale — the return of a character that Divya hasn't seen in a long time who may be of comfort to her as she continues to fight this fight — but the fight is not going to end with the end of Season 6.
Was there any hesitation about writing a cliff-hanger for the finale not knowing whether there will be a Season 7?
Lenchewski: We're optimists at heart and we think that the storytelling that we've done and the way the show has performed hopefully will earn us a Season 7. We really tried very hard not to let that uncertainty dictate how we wrapped up our stories this season. We really just wanted to tell the best stories we could with the most satisfying conclusions that we could and at the same time, make sure that we left room for new stories to be told if we do get the opportunity to continue.
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There has been another new woman in Hank's life this season: Charlotte. What can you say about where Hank and Charlotte's relationship is headed in the finale? Is this something that could carry onto next season?
Rauch: We've been really happy with the Hank-Charlotte story, and Gillian Alexy, in her portrayal of Charlotte, has walked a terrific line in terms of her medical issues as well as being a romantic interest for Hank. She is in the episode and we definitely tell more of their story while leaving it a little bit open-ended in terms of if we want to pick up with her and their relationship in Season 7. ... It's a little bit of an unanswered question in terms of where we're going in Season 7 with them.
It had been awhile since Hank had a love interest on the show. Is that something that you look to the fan reaction to gauge more than other story lines?
Rauch: It's definitely something we pay very close attention to. We do listen to the fans, but in terms of what feels satisfying for us, in a strange way the storytelling tells us if the character is fitting well with Hank. ... We're aware of the fans' opinions of the various women we have paired Hank with, but we're acutely aware of how we feel about it. [We pursue stories] that we feel [are] working in a way that is fun or if it's working in a way that is going to be... a life pairing for Hank, which we ultimately want to happen.
Now that you're going into Season 7, have you started thinking at all about the end of the show?
Lenchewski: The show has always really been about two things: It's been about family and it's been about second chances. While we haven't gotten ahead of ourselves and ever really talked about what would happen in the series finale, much less committed to it, for me it would be important to feel like those themes have been fully realized — that the family that Hank brought out here and the family that he's found out here feels like a family that will be with him for the rest of his life. And then to also feel like all the characters around [Hank] have fully realized their own reinventions in whatever ways applies to each one of them. The biggest thing that we've been seeing Hank wrestle with over six seasons, that we hope we can bring to a successful conclusion at the end of the series, is the search for love. He is a character and an actor who is hard to find an equal to, and we think the audience has incredibly high standards for who they think is worthy of him. So, maybe that will be Charlotte, maybe it won't. But Michael and I both feel it would be great to see Hank end up with someone that he is truly happy and we think the audience wants that for him too.
Royal Pains' season finale airs Tuesday at 9/8c on USA. Do you think Charlotte is a good match for Hank? Who do you think the surprise guest will be?
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|Research in the frame of the project "Tradition in West African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)" at Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) (directors: Dr. Ch. & H. Boesch, Univ. of Zurich). Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) & Leakey Foundation
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A Japanese company has created a creepily anthropomorphic, Linux-powered 1/10-scale robot car capable of piloting itself with the use of cameras and sensors to test autonomous algorithms without trashing real cars. It's called RoboCar Z.
Because these aren't meant for your average R/C hobbyist, the starting price is over $6,000 for the base model and $15,000 for the full model equipped with an exterior. It may seem like a lot of change for a robotic car, but you get a pre-configured vehicle equipped with CCD stereo cameras, an image recognition module, WiFi, a gyro sensor, acceleration sensors, and a host of other equipment.
ZMP, the company behind the model, plans to sell 200 of these vehicles and claims to already have 100 orders for the creepy/friendly robots. We'd normally complain about this being the beginning of the end of human driving as we know it, but we think cell phones with QWERTY keyboards have already done enough to take human beings out of the driving experience. [Nikkei]


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A Washington judge has granted several media organizations' request for a hearing to discuss access to transcripts and documents related to recent secret proceedings in the 2001 Chandra Levy case.
Judge Gerald Fisher on Monday scheduled a hearing Wednesday on the issue brought by media organizations, including The Associated Press.
Fisher has held two recent hearings in the case and barred the public and press from hearing the majority of both proceedings. Fisher said he sealed a portion of the first hearing because of "safety issues." The media also want to attend another hearing scheduled for Thursday and future hearings.
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The 25-hydroxy vitamin D test is the most accurate way to measure how much vitamin D is in your body.
In the kidney, 25-hydroxy vitamin D changes into an active form of the vitamin. The active form of vitamin D helps control calcium and phosphate levels in the body.
This article discusses the blood test used to measure the amount of 25-hydroxy vitamin D.
25-OH vitamin D test; Calcidiol; 25-hydroxycholecalciferol test
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
Usually you will not need to fast. However, this depends on the laboratory on the testing method used.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
This test is done to determine if you have too much or too little vitamin D in your blood.
The normal range is 30.0 to 74.0 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL).
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some laboratories use different measurements or test different samples.Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Lower-than-normal levels can be due to a vitamin D deficiency, which can result from:
Low vitamin D levels are more common in African-American children (especially in the winter), as well as in infants who are breastfed only. Low vitamin D levels have also been associated with an increased risk of developing cancer. For more information, see the article on vitamin D deficiency.
Higher-than-normal levels may be due to excess vitamin D, a condition called hypervitaminosis D.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
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Weng FL, Shults J, Leonard MB, Stallings VA, Zemel BS. Risk factors for low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in otherwise healthy children and adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86(1):150-158.
Lappe JM, Travers-Gustafson D, Davies KM, Recker RR, Heaney RP. Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85(6):1586-1591.
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If it weren't bad enough that journeyman lefthander Bruce Chen of the Royals has beaten–let's be honest, dominated–the White Sox three times this season, now we get more negative news. As a result of a Chen pitch last Friday, A.J. Pierzynski has been placed on the disabled list for the first time in his career with a fractured left wrist.
With the Sox now only 3 1/2 games behind the division-leading Tigers and the second place Indians in town, this isn't the kind of news we wanted to hear. It has been reported that Pierzynski will be out at least a month and in the meantime Tyler Flowers takes over the starting catching duties with long-time minor leaguer Donny Lucy backing him up–at least for now. I don't think there's any question that the Sox will be scouring the waiver wire for veteran catching help with the trade deadline a couple of weeks away.
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Romney helped himself last night, while Obama didn't… It was a substantive and civil debate (especially compared with those Brown-vs.-Warren slugfests)… How Obama could win the post-debate -- by seizing on several of the openings Romney gave him last night… NBC's John Yang interviews undecided Ohio voters who watched the debate… Romney unveils new TV ad… And Obama stumps in Denver, CO and Madison, WI, while Romney hits Fisherville, VA.
In a fiercely substantive first debate, Mitt Romney performed as if his campaign may have depended on it while a surprisingly subdued President Obama seemed to allow his challenger to dictate the terms of the discussion. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Romney helps himself: Eight years ago, a politician from Massachusetts was able to use his first debate against a sitting president to make a strong impression in a race he was trailing. And history repeated itself last night. If Mitt Romney's goal of the first debate was to get at least a second look from voters, then he succeeded -- big time. He was energetic, concise, and even funny. He also came across as knowledgeable, especially to those who might have been tuning in for the first time. The insta-polls showed that Romney won the debate decisively, and it's hard to disagree. Bottom line: Romney helped himself, and that has to hearten his campaign, his donors, and the entire Republican Party running down the ticket. As we saw in January (after he lost the South Carolina primary) and in February (as Rick Santorum threatened him in Michigan), Romney delivers in a debate when he needs a good performance. Politico summed up things pretty well for what Romney accomplished last night: "At a minimum, Romney's performance has chased away the aroma of terminal illness that was starting to emanate from his campaign and the increasingly restive factions in and around his operation... Whether he gets more than this minimum payoff is far from certain, given the deficit he was facing in both national polls and, more troublingly, several must-win swing states."
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*** And Obama doesn't : By comparison, President Obama -- like George W. Bush before him back in 2004 (and even Ronald Reagan in '84 and George H.W. Bush in '92) -- wasn't on his game and seemed a bit annoyed at sharing the same stage with his challenger. If Romney was energetic and concise, then Obama was listless and rambling. This was more the Obama who debated in Orangeburg, SC in April 2007 than the Obama who bested John McCain in the general-election debates of 2008. And now the pressure is on Vice President Biden to do what Dick Cheney did against John Edwards in'04: come back with a decisive win. Indeed, what the Obama campaign faces is akin to a baseball team who loses the first playoff game with its ace, and now needs its somewhat inconsistent No. 2 pitcher to step up. No doubt, Team Obama wishes they weren't putting this all on Biden to deliver, but they only have the principal himself to blame.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, October 3, 2012.
*** A substantive and civil debate: Yet if the debate will be remembered for anything -- especially if the poll numbers don't move much -- it will be for its substance. Fact-checking aside (and will get into that below), last night's showdown was the most policy-oriented debate we've seen in the television era. And as our colleague Vaughn Ververs points out, it was also striking for its civility. No doubt the candidates disagreed on a whole host of issues, but they did so in a civil way, and that was pretty refreshing in this hyper-partisan atmosphere. (For a comparison, just see the recent Scott Brown-vs.-Elizabeth Warren debates.). And, by the way, no one needed to come across civil and likeable more than Romney.
*** Who wins the post-debate? If Romney won the instant reactions from last night's debate, it is more than possible that the Obama camp can win the next 24 hours. Why? Because Romney said several things that could make life difficult for him today or in the next debate. First, Romney declared, "I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans." But in addition to supporting the extension of the Bush tax cuts, which are skewed heavily to the wealthy, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center says that Romney's tax plan would give the Top 0.1% an average tax cut of more than $246,000. Next, he stated that "there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit." While he has said his plan will be paid for, he's yet to lay out any SPECIFICS on how he'll pay for it. Romney also said, "I'm not going to cut education funding. I don't have any plan to cut education funding." But the Ryan budget plan, which Romney has said he'd sign into law, leads to long-term spending reductions in education. And Romney also didn't disagree with the description that his Medicare plan would consist of "vouchers" for future retirees. Winning a "debate" is always a two-part deal -- the night itself, and then the aftermath. This is now an opportunity for Team Obama and a challenge for Team Romney.
*** Watching the debate in Ohio: NBC's John Yang watched the debate with six undecided voters in Ohio. As Yang writes, "Most of them—like most voters—have not been closely following the campaign, and this was their first close look at Romney, other than from the TV ads blanketing the airwaves. In this introduction, he favorably impressed at least two of our voters who backed Obama in 2008. These two said Romney came across as better than the out-of-touch millionaire they'd heard about." More Yang: "Despite the flurry of statistics in the debate, all of our voters still said they wanted to hear more specifics. One '08 McCain voter said he heard more specifics from Obama and is still waiting to hear some from Romney. Two of our voters—both 2008 Obama voters—said the President came across as 'arrogant'—though one voter said that was a good thing because she wants that in a leader."
*** Romney's new TV and upcoming foreign-policy speech: The day after the debate, Romney has a new TV ad proclaiming that he'll create 12 million new jobs (however, that 12 million figure is already the estimate for what's supposed to happen in the next four years, no matter who's in the White House). NBC also has confirmed thatRomney will deliver a foreign-policy speech in Virginia on Monday.
*** On the trail: Obama holds a campaign rally in Denver, CO at 12:20 pm ET, and then heads to Madison, WI at 4:20 pm ET… Romney and Ryan campaign in Fisherville, VA at 6:45 pm ET… Biden hits Council Bluffs, IA… And the DNC has a bus tour through Ohio, which has begun its early voting.
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FRANKLIN — One morning early this month, Leah Mercurio and 10 children tramped through the woodlands of Medfield's Noon Hill. As they followed the winding trails, the kids kept their eyes fixed on the treetops, scanning for birds.
Mercurio, a local mom with two young daughters, prepared field guides for the group that listed some of the species they might encounter within the dense forest; it even included a graphic showing the anatomy of a bird and a couple of pages in the back for the children to scribble what they saw.
The 10 a.m. hike was one of many Mercurio has organized in the last two months through a Facebook group she started in July.
The idea came to her while she read comments left on the "Friends of Franklin" Facebook group. Many came from moms who discussed trying to fit in outdoor activities for their children in between work and chores, Mercurio said. She suggested hiking.
Not knowing what to expect, she created the Franklin Area Kids Hiking Group on a whim: In four days, more than 100 parents had joined. And the number has doubled since then.
Mercurio usually plans two to three hikes each week, two of which tailor to specific themes.
For instance, Mercurio has led the group to Bird Park in Walpole to identify the different species of trees there — from red oak to white pine to yellow birch — and started a survival series where the children venture out to learn about how to build a proper shelter.
The number of children per hike varies. Ages range, too: Most of the trips Mercurio gears for kids 3 to 9 years old, but she has also set up some specifically for teenagers.
This summer, the group has tread all over the root- and rock-covered forest floors of Norfolk County, including the Nature Trail and Cranberry Bog in Foxborough, the Southern New England Trunkline Trail that begins in the Franklin State Forest and Tangerini's Spring Street Farm in Millis.
The Cranberry Bog adventures have been a favorite of Adrianne Marzoratti and her two boys, 4 and 6. Marzoratti, who home-schools her sons, admitted that she gets as much out of the hiking group as the kids.
"It's great for the moms who enjoy connecting with other moms," she said. "We have a blast."
Mercurio said she'll keep the group going throughout the year by switching the hikes to the weekends.
"The kids love it," she said. "They've been so responsive: They ask questions, they're intrigued and curious. It's amazing how much they learn from one hike. They can start telling you the difference between species of trees and animals."
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Congressman John Campbell is a fourth generation Californian, who has lived in Irvine for over 28 years. First elected to Congress in December of 2005, he brings with him to Washington a quarter century of experience in the business world and a record of accomplishment in both chambers of the California Legislature.
Campbell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California in Los Angeles and a Masters Degree in business taxation from the University of Southern California.
For nearly 25 years, Campbell worked in the automotive industry. He spent a majority of his career representing various automobile franchises, including Nissan, Mazda, Ford, Saturn, and Saab. Campbell is also a Certified Public Accountant who, prior to his automotive career, was a tax accountant with what is now Ernst & Young in Los Angeles.
Campbell was elected to the California Assembly in 2000 and the California Senate in 2004. While in the legislature he quickly earned a reputation as a leading voice for fiscal responsibility and worked to improve personal privacy protections. He also championed the clean up of urban runoff in Orange County, a cause he continues to work for in Congress.
Elected to Congress in a special election in December 2005, Campbell arrived prepared to tackle one of our nation's most pressing issues, illegal immigration. Within days of being sworn in, he introduced and successfully passed an amendment to strengthen legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
In Washington, Campbell has shown the same commitment to fiscal responsibility that he displayed in California. After just a year in Congress he was named chairman of the Budget and Spending Taskforce of the Republican Study Committee (RSC). Comprised of over 100 members, the RSC is the most influential caucus of fiscal and social conservatives serving in the House of Representatives.
Since taking office Campbell has put his vast knowledge of the federal tax code and his experience on budget issues to work as a member of the House Committees on Financial Services and the Budget. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has said Campbell's, "background as a CPA make him a natural fit,"for these committee assignments.
In addition to his work on fiscal matters, Campbell begins the 110th Congress with an aggressive legislative agenda. Addressing the illegal immigration crisis by strengthening border security and improving the immigration enforcement remains a priority. Additionally he will be continuing his efforts to see the waterways or Orange County cleaned up as well as working to improve access to and the viability of alternative fuels for American energy consumers.
John continues a family tradition of public service and community involvement in California. His great-grandfather, Alex Campbell, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1860 as part of Abraham Lincoln's Republican ticket. John serves on numerous community boards, and is a member of Irvine Presbyterian Church where he sings in the choir. John and his wife, Catherine, have been married for over 27 years and are the proud parents of two sons.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Donnell Kirkwood rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns and the Minnesota defense showed it is no longer the pushover it has been for decades in a 17-10 victory over Syracuse on Saturday night.
The Golden Gophers forced four turnovers and Max Shortell threw for 231 yards in place of injured starter MarQueis Gray to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2008.
Ryan Nassib threw for 228 yards and a touchdown for Syracuse (1-3), but he was intercepted twice and lost a fumble. The Orange also committed 10 penalties, including four false starts in suddenly rowdy TCF Bank Stadium.
The gem of a stadium on Minnesota's campus has been awfully quiet for most of its three seasons of existence. But a sellout crowd of 50,805 gave the Gophers a big advantage.


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OTTAWA — Jack Layton will receive a full state funeral Saturday at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall.
But before then, the public will get a chance to view his body on Parliament Hill on Wednesday and Thursday, as it lies in state in the foyer outside the House of Commons, interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel said Tuesday.
His body will lie in repose at Toronto City Hall Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Turmel thanked Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government for extending the offer of a state funeral.
"They offered it to the family and they said yes, so we really appreciate the offer and that Mr. Harper did this," she said.
Turmel said as many members of the NDP caucus as possible will attend. "For sure, there will be a lot of pain. It will be difficult for everybody, but at the same time, we have to do it. And we will do it."
While on his annual tour of the Arctic in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, the prime minister shared some of his memories of Layton with reporters.
"You remember all the big things and all the little things. Some of the little things were the phone calls that we, or that Jack and I or that Jack and Laureen would exchange every Christmas just to wish each other a happy season, which we always did at the end of the session," he said.
Harper said he will have a lasting memory of the last time he chatted with Layton, following a marathon debate about back-to-work legislation for Canada Post workers last June.
"I could see at that point that he was a much sicker man than he had been before the election," Harper said. "That was very obvious to me. And of course, we were also right in the middle of a big parliamentary battle, as you know, and it was pretty emotional and we were at logger heads. But even at that moment with the big personal challenge he had in front of him, and with the big political battle we had going on between us, he was just still full of optimism and good will, and that's what I'll remember."
As Layton's body lies in state in Ottawa, the doors to Parliament's Centre Block will be open to the public on Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dignitaries and parliamentarians will be able to attend a viewing which starts at 11 a.m., before the public is let into Centre Block.
The public will also be able to view the body at Toronto City Hall on Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In a news release, the NDP invited the public to the visitation in the capital.
"Friends, colleagues, staff and all those who admired and loved Jack Layton will have an opportunity to pay their final respects to him in Ottawa," the release said.
The party said the funeral service will be "celebrating the life of Mr. Layton." Members of the public who cannot make the trip to Ottawa or Toronto can also leave their condolences at any New Democratic Party MP's constituency office.
The funeral decision was announced Monday night by Dimitri Soudas, Harper's director of communications.
"Prime Minister Harper has exercised his discretion and has offered Ms. Chow a state funeral for Jack Layton. She has accepted," Soudas said in the statement.
"Canadians will have an opportunity to salute Jack Layton's contribution to public life as well as offer their heartfelt condolences, their thoughts and prayers to Mr. Layton's family."
On Monday, hundreds gathered on Parliament Hill for a vigil to commemorate Layton. Throughout the day, visitors to Parliament Hill dropped off candles and flowers. Notes and flowers also were left outside the NDP leader's Toronto home.
The flag atop the Peace Tower in Ottawa and at federal buildings throughout the country have flown at half-mast since Monday. The flags won't be raised again until sunset Saturday evening, after Layton is laid to rest.
Traditionally, state funerals are offered to prime ministers, governors general and current members of cabinet. Unlike a usual state funeral, in which the deceased would lie in the Hall of Honour, Layton's body will lie in the foyer of the House of Commons.
The Heritage Department takes the lead in organizing state funerals, in accordance with the family's wishes.
The last state funeral was for Romeo LeBlanc in July 2009. LeBlanc was laid to rest in his hometown of Memramcook, N.B., 25 kilometres southeast of Moncton.
The first Canadian state funeral was held for Thomas D'Arcy McGee after he was assassinated in 1868. McGee was a cabinet minister in the first Parliament under Sir John A. Macdonald.


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Romney: The Luckiest White House Contender Ever?
Though many Republicans don't like him, one by one his opponents are self-destructing.
Mitt Romney just might be the luckiest presidential candidate in U.S. history.
The former Massachusetts governor has limped along as the Republican Party's presumptive front-runner for months now, unable to distance himself from the rest of the field because many GOP voters want someone who is more conservative. But those voters haven't been able to find a "Not Romney" candidate who holds their interest.
Every time one of Romney's opponents gets an edge, he or she says or does something to lose it. If the stakes weren't so high, this would be the stuff of roll-in-the-aisles comedy, with the Romney alternatives known collectively as the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players."
First was Sarah Palin. But she played hard to get so long that when Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota came along, tea party types found Palin easy to forget. Bachmann was soon nestled in the top tier -- along with Romney -- with everybody else far behind. She even won a straw poll in Iowa, giving tea party supporters hope that Romney would soon fade.
Then Bachmann flunked both history and current events, saying the Founding Fathers halted slavery and confusing actor John Wayne -- an idol of the right -- with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Her slips, coupled with Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to run, sent her back into single digits, with Perry the new "Not-Romney."
Perry didn't last, either. There were a number of factors, not the least of which was, um, uh, oops, I forget.
So Herman Cain began his improbable rise to the top of the Republican field. Cain has one thing going for him: At a time when voters despise Washington, he is a Washington outsider. But that lack of experience is one of his biggest drawbacks, too, especially when he demonstrates a stunning lack of knowledge about foreign affairs and then defends himself by saying a president doesn't need knowledge of foreign affairs. You might as well just say: "I won't have to think. I'll pay people to think for me."
The harassment allegations hurt him, too, of course. Even if they all end up not to be true or not provable, the candidate and his staff have done nothing to suggest they know anything about managing a crisis or operating under great stress.
Watch for Cain's support to start melting faster than one of his beloved black walnut ice cream cones on a sizzling summer day.
And that brings us to the current flavor of the week among Republican conservatives, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He's already under fire for being paid as much as $1.8 million to advise Freddie Mac -- the same government-sponsored enterprise that many conservatives consider one of the biggest culprits in bringing on the economic meltdown a few years back. In a couple of weeks, his support will start to dissolve, too.
Eventually, the right wing of the GOP will run out of "Not Romneys" to flirt with. And time's a wasting. The first votes in the 2012 primaries are less than two months away. Sooner or later, Republicans who are serious about dethroning President Obama rather than just sending a message will have no choice but to vote for Romney.
In any other election, a candidate facing such widespread opposition from members of his own party wouldn't have a prayer. But Romney chose to run in a year when all of the alternative choices saw the air leak from their balloons even before the race started. He won't win the nomination so much as all the others will lose it. And, largely because of economic conditions over which the former governor has no control, he stands a solid chance of beating Obama next November.
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Emily Graves, 29, is a mom of two who manages to save her community millions of dollars a year with just her weekly grocery list. She says anyone can do it.
By day she's a typical working mom living in Ottawa, Kansas. But it's her hobby, creating a shopping list that compares sale ads, that's turned her into a retail rock star.
"The comp list is a spreadsheet of all the deals from local grocery stores. I look up ads from 25 different stores and find the best deals for the groceries," Graves explains.
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Her price comparison spreadsheet allows her to buy everything she needs at one store that price matches. The comp list includes dozens of everyday items, such as cheese, cereal, toothpaste and laundry detergent.
Graves began compiling the weekly list two years ago for herself when she was a stay-at-home mom. "We needed to save money, and we couldn't really think of any different way to save on our budgets. So cutting groceries was going to be the best option for us," she says.
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At first, she sent the list to her mother for fun. Soon, friends were asking for it. It continued to spread through word-of-mouth, and now Graves has 20,000 weekly readers through her blog, Twitter, Facebook and an email blast. The list itself has grown, too, and it takes her 20 hours to complete it.
"I've always found coupons to be very time consuming," she says. "They'll expire, or I'll forget about 'em."
This month Graves is featured in All You magazine. Readers and a panel of judges, including myself, voted her "America's Smartest Shopper" for the incredible savings generated by the list.
Graves surveyed her readers last year and learned the average savings is $80 a month. Even if only half her readers save that much, that's nearly a million dollars a month and $9.6 million over a year. On a recent shopping trip, she spent $125 and saved $53 herself.
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"I do make the comp list for my local area, for the stores around here, but definitely anybody could make a list of their own.
Graves recommends contacting local stores about their price-matching rules before making a list for your own family. Some retailers will need to see the ads, while others may accept a list. It only takes a few minutes to get price matches approved.
"My favorite thing about doing the list is when I get an email back from somebody saying how much they've saved…That's what I enjoy most," she says.
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If you are in need of an island vacation, but can't afford to go south this summer, then head west.
Victoria on Vancouver Island is a 90-minute ferry ride or a 30-minute seaplane ride from Vancouver and offers old world charm with new world experiences.
Rated the No. 1 destination to visit in Canada by the 2010 Trip Advisor Travellers choice awards Victoria is a play ground for those who want a getaway that doesn't need a passport, currency exchange or long plane ride.
Calling art enthusiasts
Victoria visitors with an eye for art will not want to miss the city's newest attraction, the Robert Bateman Centre. Named after world-renowned Canadian artist Robert Bateman, and located in the historic CPR Steamship Building in Victoria's Inner Harbour, the centre houses a gallery, educational space and retail store. The gallery features about 130 of Bateman's masterpieces.
The centre has three interactive displays, including a section of 36 of Bateman's bird pieces where, when visitors run their hands over the painting labels, the appropriate bird sounds resonates in the gallery. Robert Bateman is a Canadian naturalist and painter who focused on wildlife and nature in his paintings and currently lives on Salt Spring Island. For more information, visit www.batemancentre.org.
Whale watch and hike
Thousands of visitors from all over the world come to Victoria and Vancouver Island to hike and take part in eco-adventure tours. From lush rainforest canopies and hidden waterfalls, to colourful and rich tidal pools teaming with diverse sea life, Rainforest Tours provides guided hikes perfect for those looking to get off the beaten path. Together with Sooke Coastal Explorations, Rainforest Tours invites visitors to go out on an exhilarating West Coast marine adventure in the morning followed by a stunning wilderness hike in the afternoon. Travelling along Vancouver Island's western shores, the whale watching tour is bound to thrill visitors' senses. In the afternoon, visitors are invited to take part in a guided hike that follows the coastal trail in East Sooke Park, a ten kilometre trail featuring ancient petroglyphs etched into the rocks by the area's native peoples of the past. For more information, visit www.rainforesttours.ca.
Upcoming festivals
Victoria is host to several summer festivals. From July 19 to July 28, the Victoria International Buskers Festival returns for its third great year. The festival will feature everything from jugglers and contortionists to fire performers. For more information, visit www.vicf.ca and www.victoriabuskers.com.
Foodie fun
Southern Vancouver Island is celebrated for its high quality, fresh, local food products. From July 25 to July 28, experience Victoria's fifth annual festival of food and wine with Taste at the Crystal Garden. Showcasing more than 100 British Columbia wines, guests will experience local fare prepared by top Vancouver Island chefs from some of the city's finest restaurants such as The Marina Restaurant and AURA Waterfront Restaurant + Patio at the Inn at Laurel Point. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/islandchefs and www.victoriataste.com.


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Apple Pulls Popular Weed-Growing Game From App Store, Ignores All The Unpopular Ones
from the consistent-inconsistency dept
It should be clear by now that Apple sees most of us as the proverbial unwashed masses and is on something of a mission to immolate immoral thought patterns by trying to put everyone's head in the collective sand. That seems to be the only explanation for their app store censoring process, which has in the past removed historical context from games, the human body from consideration, comic books it deems to be immoral, and literature. All, mind you, in the name of a corporate moral code that probably wouldn't hold up under closer scrutiny.
But even if Apple wants to play the morality card, it presents the problem of consistency. Moral stances, after all, don't allow for picking and choosing due to outside factors. Yet that appears to be exactly what is occurring with the latest app store nixing of a popular game about growing marijuana, called Weed Firm.
As you might have noticed the game is no longer available on the Apple App Store. This was entirely Apple's decision, not ours. We guess the problem was that the game was just too good and got to number one in All Categories, since there are certainly a great number of weed based apps still available, as well as games promoting other so-called 'illegal activities' such as shooting people, crashing cars and throwing birds at buildings...If we let hypocrites determine what content is suitable for us we will soon all be watching teletubbies instead of Breaking Bad and playing... oh I don't know… nothing good comes to mind, without some form of 'illegal activity' or other really.A couple of things to note. First, for those of us that are older than, say, fifteen, the rapid decriminalization of all things marijuana in this country is on a pace that can be described as no less than staggering. If you simply chart out what's gone on over the past decade and extrapolate into the next, it isn't off base to expect marijuana to go the way of tobacco and alcohol within that time. So the morality play is on shaky ground to begin with. Add to that, as Kotaku does, that the only thing consistent about Apple's app removal standards is its astounding inconsistency, and we should probably all begin asking ourselves exactly what the point of any of this is.
You can find places to buy weed on the app store. You can rate different strains of weed. You can download apps that teach you more about marijuana, or get apps that will give you various cosmetic weed changes to your phone. You can even roll fake joints. You can't, however, download a game where you grow marijuana. Other games, such as Weed Farmer and Weed Tycoon, remain active on the app store for now—but these games weren't as popular or as well-rated as Weed Firm was.What, on the face of it, might have appeared to be a genuine, if misplaced, attempt to apply some kind of moral code suddenly dissolves into a PR response. As long as the marijuana-related games are generating money without being popular enough to draw any kind of wider attention, Apple's moral qualms go by the wayside. They either don't have the interest or the actual capacity to actively police all such offending games. Either answer renders the morality play moot to begin with: either you can enforce your strict guidelines in general or you can't. Apple, in the case of games revolving around marijuana, clearly can't. So what are we all doing here?
Well, we're suffering under Apple's delusion that we're children, of course. Children in need of a firm hand and the guidance of our parents, which apparently somehow became Apple. I suppose it isn't all that different from the old AOL walled-internet days, which I happily note went the hell away over a decade ago when the internet and its average denizen grew up. Maybe it's time now for Apple to stop it with the whole Puritan routine and start trusting their customers a bit more?
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