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The following appears in the June edition of Chicago Parent.
As a semi-practicing Catholic, I was a bit surprised by Pope Francis' recent comments on "helicopter parenting." In his treatise on family life, His Holiness suggested that parents who constantly keep track of their children are actually sabotaging their kids' independence.
Perhaps if the institution had done a better job tracking its own black sheep, I'd listen.
A little helicopter priesting would have gone a long way.
One of my favorite expressions is "Consider the source." It is why I can't bite my tongue when the neighborhood know-it-all tells me everything I'm doing wrong (while her son sets the dog's tail on fire after gorging on forbidden processed foods).
Consider the source.
It is why I ignore Facebook posts and articles about not sticking up for your child when he or she is being treated poorly. These posts usually come directly from the people who run everything, dictate everything, and simply don't want to be challenged on anything.
Consider the source.
I do not welcome financial counsel from the bankrupt and I do not seek marriage advice from the thrice-divorced.
Consider the source.
If a friend of mine is a regular patron of Denny's, I simply cannot take her restaurant recommendations very seriously. Her favorite entrée is Moons Over My Hammy for chrissakes.
Consider the source.
When I had my first baby, I would listen reverently to the park mom pitching the latest theory on parenting. She seemed to know her stuff. She spoke with authority. She had cute shoes. Twelve years later, I now see her rotten kid around the neighborhood and the only word that comes to mind is "jagoff."
No, my sources no longer include online gurus, celebrities, or moms with cute shoes.
They are instead the parents of adult children I find intelligent, warm, and accomplished. These moms and dads miraculously raised wonderful people without the aid of the internet or fad parenting.
These are the sources I consider.
So when I asked an old acquaintance how he managed to raise five of the nicest boys I have ever met, I took his comments to heart:
Love them.
Keep them busy.
Buy plenty of duct tape.
The advice was both simple and breathtakingly complex. Loving them was easy. Keeping them busy now requires a matrix worthy of Stephen Hawking. And assuring our house is flush with duct tape at all times? My husband could use a third job. But the advice still guides me every day.
I would encourage every parent to find the right voice. The right source. And seriously. Load up on duct tape.
You're going to go through that sh*t like water.
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i a 1000% agree you HAVE to consider the source lest you drive yourself crazy. but i don't disagree that our helicoptering is a disadvantage to our kids. the realization hit me recently that my youngest is entering THIRD grade in the fall this was the year i was presented a key to our home and expected to get home and manage myself until my mom got home a few hours later. i could NEVER do this these days. of course i don't feel he's ready either. we 'hide' the fact that he stays home with his 12 year old (fully capable) brother on a regular basis for a couple hours in fear of a nosey neighbor calling the cops. but I TRY hard to balance safety with freedoms and responsibility. this however makes me the meanest mom in town. bedtimes AND chores. what do i think this is 1950something!??!?! lolReplyDeleteReplies
LOL. It is a balance! I'm actually a bit against helicoptering, but when the Church came out against it (after their sordid history of parents trusting them with their children and resulting consequences), I couldn't pass on the irony. Now time to get these kids back to scrubbing toliets!Delete
Moons over my hammy!!!! Peeing my pants! (while hoping my rotors don't get any more tangled sending me spiraling downward!)ReplyDelete
First, hilarious. Second, I birthed two children exactly one year and one day apart. They are SOSOSOSOSO different from each other. And I swear I traumatized them equally. But I have to say my daughter, who is now a teacher, is not made cheerful by helicopter parents. She takes after her mama...wine makes her cheerful. Happy 4th!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2016 at 8:19 AM
I just now saw this. I miss your funny self. Also, my son use to get duct tape in his Christmas stocking.ReplyDelete


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#OpDarknet calls Freedom Hosting "enemy number one" and is demanding the server remove all child porn content from the site and deny hosting services to any future child porn Web sites. "We will continue to not only crash Freedom Hosting's server, but any other server we find to contain, promote, or support child pornography," they said.
Anonymous, a controversial hacker coalition better known for releasing police department emails and launching denial of service attacks against Sony, has received more support than usual for this latest attack against an undeniable moral enemy.
"Anonymous pwned a bunch of pedos; huzzah," tweeted @ioerror, or Jake Appelbaum.
"I totaly [sic] support this kind of hacking. Well done," tweeted Kat Corbett, a host for KROQ radio station in Los Angeles.
Others, like security expert Graham Cluley of Sophos, disagreed with Anonymous' action.
"Their intentions may have been good, but take-downs of illegal Web sites and sharing networks should be done by the authorities, not internet vigilantes," he wrote in a blog post. "When 'amateurs' attack there is always the risk that they are compromising an existing investigation, preventing the police from gathering the necessary evidence they require for a successful prosecution, or making it difficult to argue that evidence has not been corrupted by hackers."
In early August, the Justice Department announced that it had dismantled a members-only child porn Internet bulletin board that was intended to promote pedophilia.
For more on Anonymous, see Could Anonymous Take Down Critical U.S. Infrastructure? and Anonymous to FBI: You Can't Arrest an Idea.
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Snoop Dogg, Flaming Lips, MGMT, Dizzee Rascal and Pet Shop Boys are among the acts rumoured to be playing this year's Glastonbury, after details of the line-up were reportedly leaked online.
The Guardian, who are a media partner of the event, reports details about the line-up, stating its source as festival rumour website Glastowatch. Although Glastowatch says it "cannot guarantee" that the line-up is correct, it states that several sources have forwarded the information.
Meanwhile, Scissor Sisters have confirmed themselves for the event by Twitter today (April 14).
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I try to seek out the very best of what cities around the world have to offer, and in Vienna, you'll be spoilt for choice. It's home to some of the most extravagant and lavish buildings you'll find anywhere in Europe, and in today's post, I'm covering my top five for anyone that wants to indulge in the luxury side of culture during their stay…
1. Schönbrunn Palace
This palace is one of the most iconic in the city, and was the former summer residence of the Imperial elites. Not only is it a thrill to walk around this magnificent palace, built using materials such as marble and gold-leaf, but each of the 1,441 rooms have been renovated to reflect those decadent pastimes that the previous owners would have had. If you're travelling with children, they'll even be able to dress up in the lace clothes from the era, and experience what life would have been like for these privileged children.
2. Hofburg Palace
Another former Imperial Palace built in the 13th century, only this time the winter residence, Hofburg Palace oozes the Baroque character that the era was known for. It's a hugely impressive building, and is currently the home and workplace of the Austrian President. Aside from being a glorious example of architecture, you'll also find other cultural wonders here, such as the esteemed Spanish Riding School, the Imperial Library and a beautifully crafted chapel.
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One other place of significance to luxury-lovers that's based in the grounds of Hofburg Palace is the Imperial Treasury. Housing some of the most closely-guarded treasures that have been gathered across the ages, the history within the walls of the Treasury spans thousands of years. Make sure you see the Imperial Crown, Orb and Sceptre; crafted in 1602, they're encrusted in huge diamonds, perfect pearls and other precious jewels.
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Formerly a pastime appreciated only by the elite groups of Viennese society, opera is now one of the most-loved parts of the city's culture, and you'll find the locals to be fiercely proud of their musical roots. A trip to Vienna wouldn't be complete without stopping by the famed opera house in the heart of the city, and indulging in a spot of Vienna opera yourself. There are dozens of showings as well as ballets and classical concerts for you to enjoy, all utterly plush surroundings.
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Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen heads to St John sub Castro Church in Lewes on Sunday, June 21.
Based on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, the vibrant production consists of masques and dances.
The East Sussex Bach Choir will be accompanied by Michael Fields on lute or theorbo and Nicholas Houghton on harpsichord and organ.
The dramatic components of the piece are performed by soloists Catrin Woodruff (soprano), Agata Rybicka (alto), Luke Churchill (tenor) and Andrew Robinson (bass), with ESBC members and guest singers from local choirs.
Jonathan Cullen's narration will make the link between music and drama, continuing the seventeenth century convention of combining the two on stage, while, at the same time, keeping them separate.
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A Warning About the Dangers of Homemade Slime
A mother whose 12-year-old daughter became very ill after making and playing with homemade "slime" is warning other parents about the dangers of this popular kids activity.
Carolyn West, a stay-at-home mom who blogs at "This Talk Ain't Cheap," wrote that she doesn't want what happened to her daughter Lauryn to happen to anyone else. She explained that her daughter and her friends became "obsessed" with slime a few months ago and started mixing up batches of it at home. Shortly thereafter, her daughter began to experience health problems:
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West, who admits she's not a chemist, doctor, or scientist, said she felt like something more was going on. "You know how as a parent you just kind of the get the feeling that there is more to something than meets the eye?" she wrote. "My husband was actually the one who connected the dots. He told me one night, 'Do you think it could have something to do with the slime she's been making?'"Suddenly, it began to make sense. "We banned her from making, holding, touching or even looking at that darn slime."
Suddenly, it began to make sense. "We banned her from making, holding, touching or even looking at that darn slime."
The very next day, West said, her daughter's headache and sore throat went away. Two days later the congestion started clearing up and she was breathing and talking better, with no more achiness.
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The actress and singer, Grace Jones, began her career as a supermodel during the late 1970s and early part of the 1980s. She was born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1954, in Spanish Town, Kingston, Jamaica. She is American, was raised in Syracuse, New York. She attended the Syracuse University where she studied theatre.
Signing with one of New York top agencies, Jones launched her modeling career in the 1970s. Her look being to strong for the American magazines at that time, she moved to Paris where she became a star. Her singularity, ebony skin and her electric, yet over-the-top and sometimes overwhelming personality attracted people to her like a moth to a flame.
The daughter of a Pentacostal minister, Jones seemed born to rebel against the confinements that religion, stereotyping and the role of sex would want to impose on women and most particularly on her.
Grace hit all the hottest clubs, both straight and gay. In New York, she partied with Andy Warhol at Studio 54. In Paris, she and her friend, the future supermodel Jerry Hall, partied every night at the Club Sept, one of Paris's most popular gay clubs of the 70s and 80s. Outrageous and indomitable, Paris welcomed her with open arms.
Europe's fashion scene seemed the place to be for a girl like Grace. She became a favorite of the European designers. The French couturiers, particularly Azzedine Alaia, adored her and made her their muse. Photos of her promoting their lines remain some of the best of the designers.
Like all supermodels, Grace Jones was able to spin her singularity into success in other domains. She has a 2 ½ octave vocal range. She secured a deal with Island Records around 1976. She recorded three disco albums, Portfolio (1977) Fame (1978) and Muse (1979). The string of club hits gained her a huge gay following. Her Muse album produced hits such as "Sorry", "That's The Trouble", "I Need A Man" and the unforgettable reprise of Edith Piaf's "La Vie en Rose". It is around this time that Warhol too made her his muse.
In the 1980's, Grace found herself adapting to the new musical tastes of the new wave music era. She began working with Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin. Her much acclaimed Warm Leatherette album was released in 1980 and her Nightclubbing album in 1981. They including restyled songs previously performed by Sting, The Pretenders, Iggy Pop, Tom Petty, The Normal, Roxy Music and Flash and the Pan. Her original tunes, "Pull Up to The Bumper" and "I've Seen That Face Before", were Billboard Top 20 hits and also topped the Billboard club/dance categories in the USA.
This period in Grace's musical life was also accompanied by an equally dramatic change in her appearance. Now married to photographer and artistic director, Jean-Paul Goude, she adopted an androgynous look, which she sports on her Nightclubbing album cover. Her low cut, faded haircut from this era was adapted by black men all around and world and still continues to be popular today in Africa. She dressed like a man and wore tailored suits. Her style greatly influenced other artists like Annie Lennox.
She worked with Trevor Horn on her 1985 Slave to the Rhythm album and then with Nile Rodgers. After leaving Island Records, she collaborated with Nile Rodgers on her 1986 Inside Story and scored the hit, "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)". In 1989, Grace released her Bulletproof Heart album. Its "Love on Top of Love-Killer Kiss", became a N° 1 club hit on the US charts. That hit was produced by David Cole and Robert Clivilles.
Grace's shows and costumes were outrages. She earned the reputation of being far ahead of her time. She would perform with live savage animals. In one such show, she had a live tiger. Placed in a cage, Grace and the tiger began growling vixiously behind a curtain as if in a battle for dear life. When the curtain disappeared, Grace was alone in the cage with a slab of raw meet in her mouth, presumably the remains of the tiger!
Scenes like this came as no surprise. Grace always had a flare for the sudden and unexpected. Eratic and most unpredictable, in 1981 Grace went upside the head of the British talk show host, Russell Harty, on live television and on the set of his own talk show. Apparently, she didn't appreciate that he turned from her to interview his other guests. So she slapped him down!
Grace Jones is also an accomplished actress. In the 1970's, she starred in a number of low budget, sexually explicit films. Then true mainstream acting fame came along to the supermodel when she starred opposite of Arnold Schwarzenegger and NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain as the Amazon, Zula, in the 1984 cult classic, Conan the Destroyer. Known for being aggressive and no one's pushover by anyone's standards, Schwarzenegger complained numerous times to the director about her being too rough with him during filming. She later attended Schwarzenegger's 1986 Cape Cod wedding to Maria Shriver. Andy Warhol was her date for the wedding.
In 1985 she became the first black Bond Girl, when she starred opposite of Roger Moore and Christopher Walken in the Bond flick, A View To A Kill. Jones' energetic performance was widely considered the saving grace –no pun intended- of an otherwise lackluster film. In one of the most memorable scenes, Jones' May Day flipped Bond over telling him that she preferred the top role! Grace also appeared in numerous motion films including the vampire flic Vamp in 1986 and Boomerang in 1992 opposite of Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry, Eartha Kitt and Robin Givens. She too starred as the warrior Umpatra in an episode of the Beastmaster television series.
In 1988, Grace was nominated for Razzie Award in the category of Worst Supporting Actress for the film Siesta. In 1998, she also caused great controversy at Walt Disney World when she exposed her breasts during a performance. That led to her being banned from the theme park. Not mellowing with age, Grace again made headlines in April 2005 when she got herself chucked of a train by the British police after tussling with a ticket inspector.
As an artist, her music continues to appear in movies and serve as samples to many rappers and singers.
Grace continues to make high profile appearances. In 2002, she performed with Luciano Pavarotti in a benefit for Angola. In Paris, she regularly sits front row at many a show for designers like Alexander McQueen. In February 2006, she was the guest of honor at the Diesel fashion show. She set the runway afire with her usual flare and fierceness. This has prompted many to circulate rumors of an impending comeback.
Grace Jones married her bodyguard Atila Altaunbay in 1996. She has one son, Paulo, from her previous marriage to Jean Paul Goude.
Her slapping Russell Harty polled in at N°1 on the BBC's 2006 most shocking talk show moments. She ranked N° 19 in the UK's Channel 5 list of "World's Greatest Supermodel". She was ranked N° 82 on VH1's "Greatest Women of Rock & Roll" list.
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The left screamed about the Bush administration using fear. It's being used again in this same way—to get packages through Congress. The same way Bush and Cheney did it, now Obama and Biden are doing it. You don't hear a word from the left. I mean, I'm sitting there going, 'Am I in the Twilight Zone here?'
There's no denying that the Bush Administration used policies of fear in an inappropriate manner to convince Americans that it was necessary to allow our civil rights to be ignored and abused in order to provide security for our nation. But O'Reilly is correct- using these same tactics in order to pass the largest spending bill in history is equally reprehensible.


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260 County Highway 131
Johnstown, NY 12095
(518) 332-2732
Friday 4pm-9pm, Saturday 12pm-9pm.
Our apples speak for themselves in our hard cider blended in the most traditional way. Visitors enjoy a fully-stocked tap room offering local products and three ciders on tap, and a rotating tap line.
From Johnstown take State Highway 29 West; right onto County Highway 131. Cideryard is .7 mile on right - located at Rogers' Orchards.


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Chimney Sweeps have been legendary characters in English literature from Hans Christian Anderson to Charles Dickens. In the earlier days when houses had fireplaces, the Chimney Sweep did the function of cleaning the soot from the chimney. In the modern day boiler, the soot blower does the same function.
In oil fired boilers, over a period of time the heat transfer tubes get covered by a layer of soot or fine carbon deposit. This reduces the heat transfer from the hot gases to the water and reduces the efficiency of the boiler.
In coal fired boilers, the furnace area gets covered by slag which is molten ash. The ash also sticks to the heat transfer surface in the other heat transfer areas. These ash accumulations reduce heat transfer and increase the tube metal temperatures leading to failure of the tubes.
Tube cleaning is done periodically to remove the ash or soot deposits. Steam is the medium used for cleaning. The steam is taken from the boiler itself.
The soot blower consists of a lance tube with a nozzle at the end. When it is operated, the lance is extended into the boiler and steam is admitted through the lance. The steam comes out as a high velocity jet through the nozzles, which cleans the ash deposited on the surface. When the lance moves into the boiler it is also rotating so that it cleans the sweeping area covered by the circular travel of the nozzle. The lance is then retracted back.
There are two types of soot blowers.
One with a very long lance called the "long retractable soot blowers." This is normally used to clean the ash deposit from between the coils of superheaters and economisers.
The other type is the shorter lance type called the "wall blowers." These are used to clean the furnace walls. The lance extends a short distance around 200 mm from the furnace wall. The nozzle direction is such that the steam impinges on the walls cleaning the surface. During operation, the lance rotates cleaning the radial area covered by the steam from the nozzle.
The deposits on the walls are due to the chemical constituents of ash, and the amount of combustion air. If the ash contains more of Ferrous Sulphide, then the melting temperature of the ash is low which makes the ash melt and stick to the walls.
A large coal fired Thermal power plant will have around two hundred soot blowers of both types arranged to cover all the area of the boiler. This will be programmed to automatically operate to a required sequence.
Intelligent soot blower systems calculate the trends in the temperature increase in different sections of a boiler. The program then decides which soot blowers have to be operated and at what frequency.
High-pressure water lances are also used in some units where the slagging is very heavy.


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It seems hard for me to fathom that Google turns 14 today. Google was officially incorporated on September 4, 1998 and the world has never been the same since. What started out so simply, as evidenced by the picture below, is now the driving force behind much of the web.
Google started as a research project at Stanford University. Larry Page and Sergey Brin set out to develop a new page ranking technology that analyzed back links to webpages to score their importance. According to Wikipedia, because Page and Brin wanted to show that they were serving large amounts of data, they originally wanted to call the search engine "googol". Googol is a large number represented with a 1 followed by a hundred zeroes. Somehow, through a misspelling the company became "Google" instead.
Google sure has come a long way since those early days of the web. I remember how impressed I was when I first used Google's search engine. I was just blown away with how accurate the results were and with how many results were presented. It is obvious that I wasn't the only one as the word "Google" actually became a verb to represent you were searching for something. Google grew exponentially and became the search engine of choice for most of the world. In 1999, Google came up with the genius idea to sell text-based ads on its website based on keywords. It was a great idea because it contextualized ad results to the consumer, but because they were text-based, they loaded quickly on the screen. For those of you who remember dial-up, speed was everything back then.
It's hard to imagine a world without Google anymore. Since their initial IPO in 2004, Google has branched out to find new revenue streams and innovate in other areas. Their raging success has not been met without opposition, however. It seems they have been sued by every major player in the Internet industry for some reason or another. I guess that is the price for fame. Let's just take a second and think about some of Google's contributions to the world:
- Gmail – Google got into the webmail game in 2004. One of the biggest contributions it made to email was grouping messages into conversations instead of just listing messages as they came in. They also were the first to offer contextual ads based on content in your inbox. That was met with more than a little controversy.
- Adwords – Google has made a killing on pay-per-click and Adwords, but let's face it, so have a lot of web sites. People participating in Google's ad programs have prospered quite a bit.
- Chrome – Here is another September birthday. In September 2008, Chrome debuted as an alternative to Internet Explorer. Tabbed browsing and being able to search directly from the address bar were a couple of new offerings that Chrome made available. Though, Firefox probably had tabbed browsing by then too. Chrome is a fast and secure alternative to Internet Explorer.
- Google Apps – There are so many apps, it's hard to list them here. However, the main draw of Google apps is that you can create and share documents and spreadsheets on the web. They don't require expensive desktop software to run and you don't have to be tethered to your computer to use them.
- Android – As of this month, Android accounts for 52% marketshare of smartphones. The Android tablets and smartphones are simply dominating the market and giving Apple all the competition it wants.
- Google Doodles – How can I not mention the Google doodles? Google doodles started as a result of Page and Brin attending a festival and they redesigned the logo as sort of an "out of office" greeting. Their website http://www.google.com/doodles/about tells a lot about the history. I look forward to major birthdays and events when Google publishes their new doodles.
This just barely scratches the surface of all the contributions that Google has made to our world. Perhaps most notable is their commitment to their unofficial motto "Don't Be Evil". In a way, I believe the existence of Google has kept others in the industry honest. At the very least, they have busted up the Microsoft monopoly on the web. Hopefully, Google will continue to embrace a culture of doing good in our world and will achieve success for many years to come!


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If, like me, you found yourself feeling sympathetic to Anthony Weiner during his tearful press conference today, this reminder of how he lied, aggressively and even viciously, right up until the moment when lies could no longer save him, is valuable:
Anthony Weiner is a very bad man, not primarily because he indulged in bizarre whims on Facebook and Twitter. And the telephone.
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Electric vehicles will soon be deployed at nine national parks across the country, which the government hopes will cut the usage of gasoline and the release of greenhouse gas emissions.
By Stephen Edelstein, Guest blogger / April 15, 2014
A landscape visible at Zion National Park in Utah. The Department of Energy and the National Park Service announced that Zion will be among nine parks where gas-powered vehicles will be replaced with electrics.
Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor/File
If you're planning a summer vacation to a U.S. national park this summer, you may start to see a few changes when you get there.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Cities program and the National Park Service (NPS) recently announced nine new projects to deploy green vehicles within nine of the 13 national parks.
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The nine parks–stretching from Maine's Acadia National Park to Utah's Zion National Park–will replace conventional internal-combustion vehicles with low- and zero-emission alternatives, including propane-powered trucks and vans, low-speed electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrids.
Theses latest projects are part of an ongoing initiative by the NPS and DOE to increase the use of alternative fuels and advanced-fuel technologies in national parks.
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A memoir of small town life in the 40s and 50s and the fatherless boy who lived it
Back in 2004 my wife, Shirlee, suggested that I put in writing the memories of my early life and the impact my Granddad had on it. I have been telling these stories to three daughters for the past 40 years and to their children, but never took time to put them in writing. With the much-needed encouragement and editing from Shirlee, Granddad and the Kidis the result.
Granddad and the Kid is now available as a Kindle Book from Amazon.com. If you do not have a Kindle you can download "Kindle for PC" or Kindle for Mac", a free Kindle reader program while you are there.
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Beef Pot Roast with Maple Sweet Potatoes and Cider Gravy
- Yield: 8 servings
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
Looking for a little touch of fall, anytime? Beef pot roast, mashed sweet potatoes and cider gravy are the ultimate comfort food. Don't worry about the mess since this is a one-dish meal.
- 1 (3 to 3 1/2 -pound) boneless beef chuck shoulder pot roast
- 2teaspoons olive oil
- 1 3/4teaspoons salt, divided
- 3/4teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1cup chopped onion
- 2teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1cup ready-to-serve beef broth
- 3/4cup apple cider
- 3pounds sweet potatoes, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 4cloves garlic
- 2tablespoons maple syrup
- 1teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 2tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons brandy or water
- Heat oil in stockpot over medium heat until hot. Place beef pot roast in stockpot; brown evenly. Remove pot roast; pour off drippings and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Add onion and thyme to stockpot; cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Add broth and cider; increase heat to medium-high. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until browned bits attached to stockpot are dissolved. Return pot roast to stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover tightly and simmer 2 1/2 hours.
- Add sweet potatoes and garlic to stockpot; continue simmering, covered, 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes and pot roast are fork-tender.
- Remove pot roast; keep warm. Remove sweet potatoes and garlic with slotted spoon to large bowl, leaving cooking liquid in stockpot.
- Add maple syrup, ginger, remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to sweet potatoes. Beat until sweet potatoes and garlic are mashed and smooth; keep warm.
- Skim fat from cooking liquid; stir in cornstarch mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1 minute or until thickened.
- Carve pot roast into slices; serve with mashed sweet potatoes and gravy.
Adapted from The Healthy Beef Cookbook, by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the American Dietetic Association (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2006)
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Glycemic Load 0
- Calories 670
- Fat 24g
- Saturated Fat 10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
- Monounsaturated Fat 12g
- Cholesterol 110mg
- Sodium 880mg
- Potassium 1210mg
- Carbohydrate 78g
- Fiber 6g
- Sugars 40g
- Protein 36g
- Trans Fat 1.5g
- Vitamin A 480%
- Vitamin C 230%
- Calcium 25%
- Iron 30%


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What led the Utah Court to denounce State Farm's "deceit," "mad dog defense tactics," and "fraudulent practices"
State Farm week continues on the Michigan Auto Law blog. Monday I discussed State Farm's "Mad Dog" defense tactics, and Tuesday, I discussed just how profitable these business practices have become for the giant insurer, together with a giant spike in consumer complaints in Michigan. Today I want to describe the case that started the national attention into State Farm's claims practices: Campbell v. State Farm.
Curtis Campbell caused a car crash that killed Todd Ospital and disabled Robert Slusher. When Slusher and Ospital's estate approached State Farm (Campbell's liability insurer), about settling their damages claim within Campbell's $25,000 policy limits, State Farm refused.
Let me repeat that one: A State Farm customer, who had paid an insurance premium to be protected by State Farm insurance if he ever did cause a motor vehicle accident, did in fact cause a car accident that resulted in one person being killed, and another seriously injured and disabled. That insured person only had $25,000 in insurance policy limits. And State Farm, when it was approached by the attorneys representing the accident victims to pay the insurance policy limits, refused.
By refusing to settle, State Farm ignored, hid and altered evidence showing that Campbell was at fault. Additionally, State Farm provided Campbell with a trial lawyer who assured Campbell and his wife "that their assets were safe" and "that they had no liability for the accident …"
When the jury returned a verdict finding Campbell 100% at fault and awarding more than $150,000 in damages to Slusher and Ospital's estate, the State Farm defense lawyer told Campbell and his wife "'you may want to put for sale signs on your property to get things going …'"
Campbell and his wife hired a new lawyer and sued State Farm for bad faith, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
At the trial, the Campbells introduced evidence that:
"State Farm's decision to take the case to trial was a result of a national scheme to meet corporate fiscal goals by capping payouts on claims company wide. This scheme was referred to as State Farm's 'Performance, Planning and Review,' or PP&R, policy."
The jury ruled in the Campbells' favor, awarding $2.6 million in compensatory damages and $145 million in punitive damages.
It's worth noting that if the Campbells had been Michigan residents, State Farm would have likely escaped punishment for their dastardly deeds.
State Farm's "reprehensible conduct"
In its Campbell v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company opinion, the Utah Supreme Court noted that the trial court "made nearly twenty-eight pages of extensive findings concerning State Farm's reprehensible conduct," but chose to focus on the following three examples of State Farm's "most egregious and malicious behavior":
"First, State Farm repeatedly and deliberately deceived and cheated its customers via the PP&R scheme…. For over two decades, State Farm set monthly payment caps and individually rewarded those insurance adjusters who paid less than the market value for claims. … Agents changed the contents of files, lied to customers, and committed other dishonest and fraudulent acts in order to meet financial goals. …. As the trial court found, State Farm's fraudulent practices were consistently directed to persons – poor racial or ethnic minorities, women, and elderly individuals – who State Farm believed would be less likely to object or take legal action."
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"Second, State Farm engaged in deliberate concealment and destruction of all documents related to this profit scheme. … State Farm's own witnesses testified that documents were routinely destroyed so as to avoid their potential disclosure through discovery requests. … Such destruction even occurred while this litigation was pending. … Additionally, State Farm, as a matter of policy, keeps no corporate records related to lawsuits against it, thus shielding itself from having to disclose information related to the number and scope of bad faith actions in which it has been involved."
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"Third, State Farm has systematically harassed and intimidated opposing claimants, witnesses, and attorneys. … For example, State Farm published an instruction manual for its attorneys mandating them to 'ask personal questions' as part of the investigation and examination of claimant in order to deter litigation. … There was also evidence that State Farm actually instructs its attorneys and claim superintendents to employ 'mad dog defense tactics' – using the company's large resources to 'wear out' opposing attorneys by prolonging litigation, making meritless objections, claiming false privileges, destroying documents, and abusing the law and motion process."
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A so-called "good neighbor's" trickery, deceit, false statements and misconduct
Referring to the three examples above, the Utah Supreme Court concluded that they show that:
"State Farm engaged in a pattern of 'trickery and deceit,' 'false statements,' and other 'acts of affirmative misconduct' targeted at 'financially vulnerable' persons. … Moreover, State Farm has strategically concealed 'evidence of [its] improper motive' to shield itself from liability, which was furthered by State Farm's treatment of opposing witnesses and counsel. … Such conduct is malicious, reprehensible, and wrong."
Not surprisingly, the Utah Supreme Court was neither sympathetic to nor convinced by State Farm's rationalizations that "even if its conduct was wrong, it does not 'after all, involve murder, torture, or deliberate poisoning of the environment,' and thus cannot warrant millions of dollars in punitive damages."
Indeed, the Utah Supreme Court delivered the following rebuke to State Farm's absurd contention:
"In this case, the jury was convinced, and the evidence shows, that State Farm engaged in a widespread pattern of fraud."
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"Moreover, the evidence of its PP&R scheme demonstrates that State Farm specifically calculated and planned to avoid full payment of claims, regardless of their validity. Thus, the nature of State Farm's conduct supports the imposition of a higher than normal punitive damage award."
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After the Utah Supreme Court issued its Campbell opinion, State Farm appealed its case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a 6-justice majority, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy, tossed out the Utah jury's $145 million punitive damages award against State Farm on the grounds that it violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
On remand, the Utah Supreme Court held "that State Farm's behavior toward the Campbells was so egregious as to warrant a punitive damages award of $9,018,780.75, an amount nine times greater than the amount of compensatory and special damages."
Tomorrow, I will be discussing what I see for State Farm's future.


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1. Friendly Door Mat - Nothing says "Welcome" more than a friendly first impression! If you like the idea of putting your last name or a custom design on your door mat, then check out this tutorial for a DIY door mat at Old Blue Silo blog. It's really easy!
2. Arrange Furniture for Conversation - Don't feel like you have to have all of your furniture against the wall. Pulling the furniture in creates a more intimate conversation space. Also, having seating in the middle of a room like in the photo, allows every seat in the room to be a great seat for conversation!
3. Freshly Fluffed Sofa & Pillows - If you have a saggy sofa you'll be glad to know there is a very easy DIY method for breathing fresh life into your saggy sofa cushions and the supplies are only $10. You can find an easy tutorial here on the Living Rich on Less blog. Visit Decoist blog for tips on the art of pillow placement!
4. Welcoming Scent - Your guest won't be disappointed with the scents I've suggested! The Henri Bendel "Fig" reed diffuser and the Circle E. Candles "Bird of Paradise" candle.
5. Resort Feel - Having fruit infused water available or a fresh glass of lemonade is a wonderful way to welcome your guest. Try this recipe for infused water and this recipe for strawberry lemonade the next time you have a visitor stop by. Absolutely refreshing, just like at the resort!
6. Engage Your Guest - With interesting coffee table books and curiosities! This will ensure that people stay comfortable and engaged even if you have to step away for a moment. Here are two of my coffee table books: The Houses of Veranda and A Year of Festivals (A Lonely Planet Guide).
7. Fresh Flowers & Plants - Fresh flowers & plants are the easiest and most classic way to give your home a more inviting feel. If you want to make sure your home always has this fresh look, try a large faux potted plants like this one.
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It's official Zimbabwe's hip hop artiste Stunner real name Desmond Chideme is off the market, well at least according to his latest Facebook post where he announced that he was getting married soon to girlfriend Melisa Moyo.
The Godo hit-maker shared his latest achievement in his love life to his friends on his personal page that he was settling down with model girlfriend Moyo a former Miss Gweru, of three years.
Stunner posted pictures of his now fiancé wearing an engagement ring, and the rapper wrote how excited he was about being off the market.
"Seems my journey has come to an end and I'm hanging boots. Who wants to be my best man?#engaged #fiance #fiancee #wedobigthings#vvvtt #finally #weddingsettings #unobvunzaani #HatireveNyambo#lifehasjustbegun #taken." wrote Stunner
When asked to shed more light on when he would get married Stunner said: "This is part of my personal life and I'll not share all the information. Those who want to know when the wedding will be will be told in due time."
Stunner, is former Big Brother Africa housemate Pokello Nare's boyfriend, who was dumped by the socialite live across Africa three years ago.
The 'Shark' as Stunner calls himself quickly got into a relationship with Moyo after three months after their break up.
|Rapper Stunner and Pokello Nare during their Happy days
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