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My mother-in-law Atsuko makes this shrimp dish, which is sort of a Japanese rendition of a General Tso's recipe. You can substitute the shrimp with chicken or any vegetable too.
My mother-in-law Atsuko makes this shrimp dish, which is sort of a Japanese rendition of a General Tso's recipe. You can substitute the shrimp with chicken or any vegetable too.
Here is a really delicious recipe for a wonderful, healthy fish dish which is smothered lightly with a Japanese accented sauce. The fish can be pan-fried or steamed (to make it even healthier).
Have you ever thrown the kitchen sink at a dish?
I do it all the time – especially when I make Japanese curry.
It's the ultimate, healthy, comfort food. It is one of my kids and younger brother's favorite dishes.
The way my mother-in-law, Atsuko, taught me to make Japanese curry was with carrots, meat, onions and potatoes. It is very simple and really delicious that way too.
Me…I throw in every shred of left over vegetable I can find.
You don't have to.
Feel free to add or take out any ingredients from this recipe that don't work for you (expect the curry of course).
These are the gorgeous gifts I get in my weekly fall organic veggie box from my farmer at my local CSA.
Here is an unexpectedly simple way of cooking scallions, which is super delicious and really healthy.
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My sister in law Sonal has given me the cookbook of a lifetime!
The book is called Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi, a renowned chef and author who writes a weekly vegetarian column in London's weekly Guardian newspaper. Ottolenghi owns "haute couture" food shops in London, which are well known for innovative dishes, that are made using the best of ingredients.
This is a spectacular dish I recently made for a luncheon, which ended up being a favorite with adults and the kids alike.
Salmon and cabbage make a really great combination. This is a quick dish I throw together when I have leftover salmon from a meal. I used Napa cabbage in this recipe but you can use regular green cabbage too. You can chose to leave the smoked salmon too but it does add an nice smoky twist to the dish.
Who doesn't love rice noodles?
Here is a really quick and healthy recipe, which is chockfull of vegetables. I usually use whatever veggies I have lying around in the fridge – you can always improvise with this recipe.
The main flavoring for these noodles comes from hon-tsuyu and sesame oil. If you don't have hon-tsuyu, you can just use soy sauce and a little sugar.
These little teriyaki burgers are so yummy! The first time mother in law, Atsuko, who is one of the most phenomenal cooks I know, made these for me – I couldn't believe something so simple could taste so good. Now I make them with my own little healthy twist where I add broccoli to it. You could also put shredded carrots instead of broccoli or you could leave the veggies out of it altogether.
Oshogatsu, which is the New Year, is considered the most important holiday in the Japanese tradition.
It is celebrated by spending time with friends and family and by eating Osechi-ryōri, which consists of special traditional New Years day foods. Each of these foods has a special significance and is believed to bring health, prosperity and good luck. It is considered bad luck to do any kind of work on this day, including cooking, so these traditional foods are prepared in large quantities, days before the onset of the New Year.
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Reviews for Rock SteadyPerformed by Aretha Franklin
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Review about Rock Steady
------Performed by Aretha Franklin | 05/29/2007 11:00:00 AM
everybody copies
2 out of 2 Found the view helpful
the same wrong lyrics. Back-up singers "Once in a while he tastes his wine, got the devil on his side" They are singing about the drummer, Bernard Purdie. He called his rhythm "the devil"
one of the best records ever
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The Honeymoon Murder of Anni Dewani
Public Outcry
Although he has been arrested for no crime, Shrien Dewani is now reviled; he has become the object of vigorous accusations. Assuming the worst, Britain was scandalized that the heir to a healthcare fortune could be so callous, that he could instigate such brutality. Moreover, Dewani seemed to lack a motive. Shrien Dewani controlled what wealth the couple possessed; he suffered no financial difficulty, and his marriage was so fresh that some misguided marital desperation couldn't have been the motive behind his allegedly murderous designs.
Dewani anticipated this reaction and, according to The Telegraph, his representatives have repeatedly claimed that South African authorities are implicating him in the murder in order to protect their country's tourism industry.
Most damming, at least from the point of view of the public, are the inconsistencies in Shrien Dewani's story as well as his refusal to return to Cape Town at the South African authorities' request.
To begin with, Dewani has proven inconsistent in the most fundamental details of his wife's abduction. After obtaining the services of Max Clifford, a master of public relations, Dewani released a statement claiming that he and he wife had been held in the car for 40 minutes, not 20, before he was ejected. More importantly, he claimed that Tongo, and not Anni, suggested the trip to Gugulethu.
More salaciously, The Telegraph reported that Leopold Leisser, a "German-born, gay escort" claimed to have had sex with Shrien Dewani three times in Birmingham and London. The Sun also reported "a burly male escort who dresses in a military-style leather uniform told Scotland Yard that Dewani had paid more than £1,100 for sex on three occasions between September last year and April." Both claims were ultimately shown to be false when Dewani conclusively proved that he was not in either of the two cities in question on the dates provided by the prostitute, but it was clear that public sentiment had shifted away from Dewani.
South African officials have a series of closed-circuit TV films purportedly showing Shrien Dewani withdrawing cash and meeting, clandestinely, with Zola Tongo. The last, and most damming, of the meetings occurred at Dewani's hotel several days after the murder. Closed-circuit TV shows Dewani giving Tongo a large package containing cash. South African authorities have questioned Dewani, from afar, and he claims that he was only paying Tongo for services rendered as a driver.
Dewani's flat refusal to return to South African to assist in the investigation has also cast suspicion on him in South African eyes. Since Tongo's testimony was entered into the record, the government of South Africa has been attempting to extradite Dewani. He refuses to return. After initially surrendering to Bristol police, Shrien became uncooperative with the investigation, refusing to submit to extradition. The official defense to this action, or lack of action, is that Dewani fears reprisal from a South African kangaroo court, one intent on making a scapegoat of Dewani in order to salvage Cape Town tourism.
Shrien Dewani is currently out on the equivalent of nearly $400,000 bail, and he has surrendered his passport. As recently as January 2011, Anni's family has pleaded with him to assist the investigation. He refuses while maintaining his innocence. Most recently, on January 20, 2011 Shrien Dewani failed to attend an extradition hearing in England; his lawyers claimed that he was suffering from "acute stress disorder and a depressive adjustment disorder." At other times, Shrien Dewani seems to contemplate returning to South Africa, although he has a series of strict conditions which must be met if he is to return. According to the BBC, in order to consider allowing his extradition to proceed without a battle, Dewani is demanding the right to be free on bail until the conclusion of the case — until the final appeal.
Until then, the killing of the lovely Anni Dewani remains unsolved; confusion reigns; the pain persists; and the charges remain. According to the BBC, Dewani "is facing charges of conspiracy to murder, murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravated circumstances and obstruction of the administration of justice."


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The first chief constable to be appointed by a newly-elected police and crime commissioner (PCC) was revealed today.
The appointment of Patrick Geenty, who will head the operational side of Wiltshire Police, was announced by PCC Angus Macpherson.
Mr Macpherson, who ran as a Conservative candidate in November's election, is exercising the power which comes with the newly-elected role.
Mr Geenty was already the acting chief constable and considered the front runner for the position, but his role has now been confirmed.
Three candidates were interviewed for the fixed-term five-year post, which has an initial salary of £133,000.


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METEGHAN RIVER — Senator Gerald Comeau of Nova Scotia spent 23 years in the upper chamber. He recently reflected on many matters as he began his early retirement.
Comeau, who left the upper chamber just weeks ago, at age 67 instead of the mandatory 75, was the Conservative caucus house leader in the Senate from 2006 to 2011. He and former prime minister Jean Chretien represented Canada at Boris Yeltsin's funeral in 2007.
Comeau entered public life on a national scale in 1984 when he sought to become an member of Parliament in what is now the federal West Nova riding because he wanted to contribute to economic development.
"Serving your country and your region can be very rewarding," he said recently from his home overlooking St. Marys Bay.
Comeau and his wife, Aurore, live in a house they bought about 30 years ago in Meteghan River.
Just days before 1984's federal election, former prime minister Brian Mulroney stood shoulder to shoulder with the brand new candidate on the stage of Yarmouth's Nova Scotia Community College campus auditorium. Beaming, Mulroney introduced "my good friend, Gerry Comeau" to an enthusiastic crowd.
Watching from the sidelines in the sweltering gymnasium was a perspiring Mike Duffy, then a reporter flipping through his notebook, who later became a senator and last year became the centre of the Senate expense scandal.
"Did he say Perry Como?" another reporter asked, trying to hear above the din.
Comeau won the seat handily but lost it after one term as a backbencher. He returned to the classroom where he'd taught business courses at Universite Sainte-Anne.
In August 1990, Mulroney called Comeau to the Senate.
Since then, the senator has been a tireless advocate for Acadian issues and the preservation of Acadian culture. He's also made it a point to look out for the Atlantic fisheries and the communities that depend on them.
During the mid 1990s, Comeau successfully put a private members bill through both houses that reserves Aug. 15 as a national day of recognition for Acadians.
The Acadians had long recognized the day as the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. In the 1880s, they chose it to be the day that recognized their culture, but until his bill passed "it had never been official," Comeau said. "It had never been federally recognized."
While in the Senate, Comeau also sought, but did not get, an investigation into the root cause behind the expulsion of the Acadians.
"It had always been my theory that the Acadians were not guilty of an offence back in 1755," he said. "They were accused of not wanting to sign a document that they were loyal subjects."
But the Acadians, he said, had already signed such a document, an oath of allegiance promising not to take up arms against the Crown. "It's on the record.
"The authorities basically said, 'We want you to sign a new one' and the Acadians said, 'We already signed.'"
He wanted lawyers and historians to go through records in the U.K. and perhaps Canada to verify this. Even in retirement, Comeau said he would still like to see it happen, to have something on the record saying the Acadians were not guilty.
In 2003, the government did issue a proclamation saying the expulsion had taken place and Acadians suffered because of it, but it did not touch on the issue of guilt or innocence.
"This is a chapter in Canada's history that I think is worth looking at deeper," said Comeau.
Fishery matters remain significantly important to Comeau, who chaired fishery committees in the House of Commons and the Senate.
Privatization of the fishery was a big concern when fears surfaced many years ago, he said. That was because fish stocks have always been viewed as common property and the local coastal communities were historically the benefactors.
Privatization and quota licensing in Canada's fisheries was the title of one of the most important reports the Senate ever produced, Comeau said.
"It took us, if I recall, over a year to do this report," in the 90s, he said.
The committee looked at problems, pitfalls, dangers of privatizing quotas. It was often suggested as a panacea but the Senate committee said maybe not, Comeau recalled.
"We were cautioning government to be careful … before proceeding full scale with it," he said. "I think our caution did have an impact."
It's harder to do a study like this in the House of Commons, Comeau said.
"They look at four-year horizons between elections. The Senate can look … years into the future. We've got the time to do it. We would look more at long-term (issues.)
"If you're in the House of Commons you've got to … make sure that people see that your doing something."
Comeau said he didn't mean that in a negative way. It's just the culture of the Commons; its truly different in the Senate, he said.
"We're in for a longer term. We don't need to worry about an election in two, three or four years."
And MPs are evaluated by the public much more often that senators are, he said.
A recent exception however, was the Senate expense scandal.
Comeau briefly chaired the internal economy and budgets and administration committee that probed expense-related matters and did not allow expenses claimed by some senators.
The retired senator didn't have much to say about the expense scandal other than to suggest the expense claim rules are not as convoluted as some have claimed.
"It shouldn't be unclear for somebody whether they're on public business or private business," he said. "To me the rules are very clear."
And such scandal should not detract from the value of the Senate, which can't be stressed enough because it truly is a venue for sober second thought, he said.
Sometimes a bill moves through the House of Commons rather quickly, before segments of the population have had opportunity to reflect on it, but when a bill reaches the Senate, "it gives another opportunity for the population to be able to propose changes," Comeau said.
And with 24 senators from the Maritimes and six from Newfoundland and Labrador, that's more than a quarter of the upper chamber's power to protect the interests of Atlantic Canada, he said.
"I don't believe in abolishing the senate at all" because it is essential that we have a second chamber in such a large and diverse country, he said.
But the prime minister's proposal of having senators elected for single, nine-year term has people talking.
"There is a certain popularity to it and some resistance too," Comeau said.
It would certainly allow the Senate to be more independent, he added, but still allow for longer terms to compete important tasks.


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Pangea Organics Pyrenees Lavender and Cardemom 3.75 oz Bar Soap
Enjoy a bright, delightful fragrance and a luxurious feel with the Pangea Organics Pyrenees Lavender and Cardemom Bar Soap. It contains pure, organic ingredients in a base of organic soybean, coconut, hemp seed and extra virgin olive oils.
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The Brelli
A Brelli is the world's first biodegradable umbrella. It has a clear and sustainable bamboo canopy. It functions just like any other umbrella, but also lets light in - and biodegrades within just five years! What great idea! This concept will hopefully apply to other items that I frequently lose, like sunglasses and lip balm.
Posted on November 2, 2009 in Eco-friedly Products
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Green Holiday Ideas
With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, it's time to start planning for green Holiday celebrations. To get things kicked off, I've scoured the web in search of environmentally-friendly holiday frills. Here are a two ideas for getting started.
Do you send Holiday greeting cards? Here's an eco-friendly option for you…and one that kindly reminds the recipient to celebrate green this year. The card above is made from 100% recycled paper, 50% of which is post-consumer content. These recycled greeting cards are available at Cards Direct. [Read more →]
Posted on November 14, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Appliances, Green Energy, Green Events, Green Gadgets, Green Home, Green Living, Green Products
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Turn Your Fridge into a Green Machine
You may have recently read our energy saving tips for your refrigerator. Just to recap- they included keeping your refrigerator full, but not overly full, and selecting an Energy Star refrigerator. But, did you know there are even more things you can do turn your refrigerator into an earth-friendly green machine?
Glass Storage Containers: Storing food in glass containers, such as the Pyrex storage containers above, naturally keeps food colder, and reduces your refrigerator's work load.
Vacuum Coils: Every few months, use your vacuum cleaner to remove the dust and cobwebs from your refrigerator coils. Clean coils make for a more efficient refrigerator. A soft bristled brush may also be handy for cleaning tight areas.
Avoid the Sun: If your refrigerator sits in a sunny spot, either move it, or cover the nearby window with window blinds, or insulated curtains. Source: Ideal Bite.
The Pyrex containers above are available at Cookware.Com.
Posted on November 13, 2008 in Green Appliances, Green Home, Green Living, Green Tips
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Logmaker Makes Recycled Heating Fuel
Are you using a wood burning stove or fireplace to keep warm this winter? Here's a great way to conserve energy by converting your household waste into recycled heating fuel. The Logmaker is a plastic gizmo for making tightly rolled, compressed logs out of burnable lawn waste, or even junk mail.
Using the Logmaker begins with creating an outer shell made from newspaper. Then you can fill the outer shell with any burnable household waste, and tightly compress it with the Logmaker's plunger. Finish by tucking in the edges, and your log is complete. It's the tightly compressed, and rolled composition of the homemade logs that allows them to burn much longer than the same materials would if burned loosely.
This would also be handy for using with outdoor fire pots, chimineas, and camping gear.
The Logmaker is made in the U.K., and it is available in a recycled plastic model. For complete instructions, and more info, visit the Logmaker website.
Posted on November 12, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Energy, Green Gadgets, Green Home, Green Living, Green Products
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Green Thanksgiving Travel Tips
If you're like millions of other Americans, you may be planning to travel around Thanksgiving. Here are some green travel tips for planning an environmentally-friendly Thanksgiving trip.
1) Invest in Quality Luggage: If you've found yourself needing a new luggage set this year, resist the urge to save a buck on plastic, poorly constructed bags in favor of luggage that's designed to last awhile. After all, buying one quality luggage set that will last a decade, maybe longer, is much more environmentally-friendly than buying cheaper suitcases every couple years. You'll probably save money in the long run.
2) Toiletries: Avoid purchasing those little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel. I know, they're awfully cute, but they're a packaging nightmare, and close in price to their larger counterparts. If you have room, just pack your full size toiletries, or buy a set of reusable travel bottles. [Read more →]
Posted on November 11, 2008 in Green Living, Green Tips
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Shower Head Aerates, Conserves Water
We've all heard of shower heads that conserve water by restricting the flow of water, but this one goes about things a little differently. This shower head, made by Oxygenics, oxygenates the water flow through 16 "air entrance ports" which results in water that contains 10 times the oxygen content of normal tap water, and reduced water consumption.
Manufacturers claim that highly-aerated water is more refreshing, and rejuvinating spa-like experience (Hey, I like the sound of that). In addition, oxygenated water promotes healthy cell reproduction, and promotes a youthful appearance. Water conservation and the promise of youth? What more could you ask for?
Oxygenics shower heads also include handheld units which allow you to pause the water flow when you need to….another great way to save water. I found the Oxygenics shower head at Home Depot for $49.99. No shower is complete without some fluffy organic bath towels…check them out.
Posted on November 10, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Gadgets, Green Home, Green Living, Green Products, Water Conservation
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Energy Efficient Toaster Gets a Big "DUH"
Wow! Even toasters are getting green makeovers. As soon as I got over the glee of finding this, all I could think of was "DUH" why hasn't anyone thought of this before! The Ecolectric 2-slice toaster uses a third less energy than regular household toasters due to the auto-close lids over the bread slots. Ingenious! The lids hold the heat in, which cooks the bread faster. Hey- and that means less time spent waiting on breakfast.
Besides the lid feature, this energy efficient toaster looks like most other toasters. It includes a reheat setting, a bagel setting (yay!), and a defrost setting. The Ecolectric toaster is available at Ethical Superstore. Watch a video of this toaster in action.
Posted on November 9, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Appliances, Green Cuisine, Green Home, Green Living, Green Products
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Earth Friendly Wind-Up Gadgets
If you've read much about green living, you've probably heard about the environmental dangers of batteries. Household batteries contain mercury, zinc, cadmium, maganese, and other components which are harmful to both your health, and our earth. Over time batteries left in landfills break down, and leech these substances into our water and soil.
If you want to reduce your household's need for batteries, you should check out some of the wind-up gadgets now on the market.
Universal Remote Controls: This universal remote control will run for 7 days on just 30 revolutions of winding. It will also control up to 6 of your home electronics. The wind-up remote control is available at Nigel's Eco Store. [Read more →]
Posted on November 8, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Energy, Green Gadgets, Green Home, Green Living, Green Machine, Green Products
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Snooze Green with Organic Pillows
After a long day of work at home or at the office, you really deserve a comfy and tranquil place to rest at night. So, if you're working on turning your home into a truly green home, non-toxic bedding like mattresses, bedsheets, and organic pillows are a great place to start. Here are some organic pillows that made me want to stop blogging and take a nap!
The neck pillows above are encased in a 100% silk cover, and filled with organic buckwheat hulls. Apparently it's not just for pancakes anymore! These organic pillows are actually sold as yoga accessories, but I think they would be a great addition to a bedding set, or handy to keep in the car for long trips. I found the buckwheat neck pillows at Yoga Accessories.Com. [Read more →]
Posted on November 7, 2008 in Eco-friedly Products, Green Home, Green Living, Green Products
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I'm here to report that my head is still spinning. I'm beginning to wonder if this is still early engagement excitement, or if I'm going to be operating in this foggy headed state all year.
Fun times.
So, one of the biggest tasks immediately at hand for me is the process of moving the contents of my house into my fiance's already full house. I've done the full pack up and move everything at once type move a solid handful of times before. While they come with their own set of difficulties, I'm familiar with those difficulties and how to handle them. If I wasn't, there are countless resources on the internet to help me through the process.
Moving gradually over the course of a month or two? Not so much.
When you know everything eventually has to go, but you're still living there, where does a person start?
Well, I started by taking my clear tubs of off-season clothes and some toiletries over to his place during the week and texted him this picture:
Text: The invasion has begun.
He laughed.
I was still left scratching my head though. What do I pack up and take away first?
Thinking about my accumulated mass of household belongings, I realized I was looking at the problem all wrong. I shouldn't be concerned about what to pack first, I should be concerned about what to pack last.
I sat down and thought about what I needed in order to function normally at home during the work week. What do I need in each room? If I planned out a work week worth of meals and only picked up those groceries, what would I need? Strip down all of the hobbies, fancy kitchen utensils and multiple going out outfits: What is my bare minimum?
Turns out the answer is fewer items than I thought.
I broke the list down by room so that I could set those items aside in a pile. Anything not in that pile is fair game to be packed up. Call it the anti-packing list.
- sheet set/duvet/pillows
- throw blankets (for the nights it gets really cold)
- space heater (some nights I run it for half an hour or so before bed instead of turning up the furnace)
- laundry hamper
- all work clothes minus one work outfit at my fiance's (just in case)
- one socializing outfit (just in case)
- 1 sweater and 1 set of comfy pants for curling up and reading/blogging in
- 2 sets of workout clothes
- 1/2 of my socks and underwear
- housecoat/slippers
- laundry detergent (in basement)
- towel set/bathmat
- toothbrush/toothpaste/floss
- face wash/moisturizer/Vaseline
- shampoo/conditioner/body wash/razors
- blow dryer/brush/hair elastics/bobby pins
- nail polish remover/cotton pads (I paint my nails on the weekend and take it off during the week)
- toilet paper/tampons
- basic first aid supplies/tylenol
- cleaning supplies
- medium pot
- small pan
- medium bowl
- wooden spoons (double as a spatula)
- cutting board
- chef knife/paring knife
- kettle/tea/tea bags/little bit of sugar
- basic dish set and cutlery
- glass leftover containers (for taking lunches to work)
- a couple tea towels
- completely left alone as is.
Why, after going through the exercise of determining my must haves, would I not bother to pack up anything in my living room? Long story short, when I eventually sell my home I'm going to need some pictures for the real estate listing, and I've been advised that having some furniture in the rooms is helpful for prospective buyers. I can do a reasonable job of staging my bedroom and bathroom for photos with my basics, but not so much with the living room. It will be one of the last things to get packed up. That and it's where I spend most of my time at home anyway.
I'm off to home depot today to pick up some storage tubs so I can get my move on.
What is on your must have list during the work week? If you had to live somewhere while slowly moving, what would you keep out?
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AIG announced that it has reduced the remaining liquidation preference of preferred interests that the U.S. Department of the Treasury holds in AIA Aurora LLC to approximately $9.3 billion by applying the proceeds of approximately $2 billion from the sale of Nan Shan Life Insurance Company, Ltd.
AIG closed the sale of Nan Shan, its Taiwan-based life insurance company, to Ruen Chen Investment Holding Co., Ltd. ("Ruen Chen"), a company owned 80 percent by the Ruentex Group and 20 percent by Pou Chen Corporation, for $2.16 billion in cash.
"We continue to make progress in helping the Treasury and taxpayers recoup their investment in AIG," comments AIG President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Benmosche. "We are pleased to have completed the sale of Nan Shan to Ruen Chen – a great result for American taxpayers, for AIG and for Nan Shan's policyholders, employees and agents."


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Last year, the Cattle Baron's Ball raised about 300 thousand dollars for the American Cancer Society. This year, organizers are hoping to top a half million.
Money that will go right back into our community to help cancer survivors across the South Plains. The event is August 19th, at the V-8 Ranch. Buses will leave from the Citibank parking lot starting at 6:30.
At the ranch, you will enjoy great music, fantastic food, and a live auction. One lucky raffle winner will also go home with a new Lexxus. Ticket prices vary. But you can call the American Cancer Society for more information. That number is 792-7128.
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Dietitian's tip: Make this fruited rice pudding ahead of time, refrigerate and serve cold. Or serve this dessert warm, right from the oven.
In a medium saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Add the rice and cook about 10 minutes. Pour into a colander and drain thoroughly.
In the same saucepan, add the evaporated milk and brown sugar. Cook until hot. Add the cooked rice, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Simmer over low heat until the mixture is thick and the rice is tender, about 30 minutes Remove from the heat and cool.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg whites. Pour into the rice mixture. Add the pineapple, raisins and apricots. Stir until well blended.
Preheat the oven to 325 F. Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
Spoon the pudding and fruit mixture into the baking dish. Bake until the pudding is set, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or cold.


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Tonight's the final night of the regular season, and among other things, our season-long lottery watch will come to an end. The possibilities of the third, fourth, and fifth worst records are all gone with the wind. The best the Sixers can do is tie for the sixth worst record, and the worst they can do is tie for the seventh. Here's the breakdown:
T-6th if ...
- Sixers lose (@Magic)
- Pistons lose (@T'Wolves)
- Sixers win (@Magic)
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La Crosse, Wisconsin (WXOW) ------ The La Crosse County jail is at 80 percent its capacity....that was one of the issues up for discussion at the La Crosse County Board meeting.
The first line of business was to take suggestions on how to reduce the inmate population. One thing everyone agreed on is that it will take various groups working together to find a solution and that includes the Sheriff's Department, Justice Sanctions and even judges and treatment courts.
And as for that 80 percent, Sheriff Steve Helgeson explains why it's an issue. "We classify inmates based on their dangerousness in jail so if we have a lot of very violent persons we need a lot of bed space but we can't put them all together so we may have the space available in some areas but not other areas." Helgeson says the jail has unused space but in order to properly manage it they would need to hire 6 more employees.
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Kryolan Lipstick Fashion Swatches
I was going through some photos I need to edit and I came across some Kryolan photos which I still haven't published! I already showed you Kryolan Classic lipsticks and today I'm showing you their Fashion lipstick range. Watching these … Continue reading
Kryolan UV Pink Lipstick Swatch
I already showed you what I got last Saturday from Kryolan and here is a quick swatch of their UV – Pink lipstick! Unfortunately, didn't manage to take a decent lip swatch since this is impossible to capture right so … Continue reading
Shopping #002
After I spent the whole morning yesterday at Kryolan's showroom of course I had to purchase something so I got two lipsticks (one for me, the other for my facebook giveaway so feel free to join me on facebook) and … Continue reading
Kryolan Lipstick Classic Swatches
Today's morning was all about one brand: Kryolan. I visited their showroom in Zagreb so I could take photos of their product swatches and this morning I swatches their lipsticks. They have three lipstick finishes: Lipstick Classic, Lipstick Fashion, Lipstick … Continue reading
Kryolan Lipstick Swatches – L11 & LC122
On Friday I visited Kryolan in Zagreb and I got two lipsticks along with their fixing spray (review coming up soon!). They really have a huge lipstick range and I don't really know why I haven't tried them before. Okay, … Continue reading
'No More Shopping' Haul!
Yes, no more shopping for me in the future since I think I purchased way more than I need so I really must control myself a bit better since this won't end good :D I think I'll give my money … Continue reading
Kryolan Aquacolor in 483 & TK 2
from left: 483, TK 2 Once you enter a Kryolan store you have no other choice – you have to fall in love. And I'm sure you've noticed my love towards Kryolan products so far. During my first Kryolan shopping … Continue reading


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— New 'school' OKs lack of discipline
The "Twilight School" discussed in a Kokomo Tribune article sounds like a wonderful concept in the short run but fails our society in the long run.
The opening paragraph talks about a student who allegedly missed 10 out of the first 12 days of school. Because of the opportunity to take classes on his schedule, he may now be able to complete high school.
The systemic problem is our consistent failure to reinforce the need for discipline across the board in our schools, our homes and our workplaces.
According to the American Heritage dictionary, discipline is defined as, "Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement." And, "Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control."
For decades the U.S. Army was a major force that shaped a significant number of our young men; basic training taught the essentials of hygiene, discipline and living with others, among other valuable life lessons. In 1973 the draft ended, and fewer and fewer of our young men received that basic "socialization." That shifted more of the burden on another institution, the school, to socialize our youth.
In the not so distant past a student would have been expected to simply go to bed at a reasonable hour and come to school. His parents would have been expected to ensure that this happened. With the Twilight School, it seems another institution is no longer able or willing to teach these skills – to discipline our youth.
While students at the Twilight School may be able to receive a diploma, the real question remains, will they become productive citizens contributing to our society?
What has been reinforced is you can do what you want to on your own schedule. I doubt that will be a valuable skill for a future employer. What about parenting responsibilities? How about responsibility in general?
What is the future for our country and our youth? Unfortunately, our quest to let people choose alternate paths to enhance their individuality weakens our society.
A weakened society weakens our country. Discipline and cohesion are essential for a strong society. Chief Tecumseh is quoted as saying a single twig is easily broken but twigs bound together are strong.
Our short-sighted desire for individuality is making our country a land of single twigs. The generation that stood against evil in World War II was a strong country of bound twigs.
The article that appeared about the Twilight School should be a wakeup call to our community!
David Wallace, Kokomo


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If y'all would be interested to drop by the Dawgpound and offer your thoughts and perspective on the Huskies-(other) Cougars game that will open our season this fall, we'd appreciate it. As John suggests, I think this will be a game of almost as much interest to y'all as to us.
Obviously big for the conference. This is only the third time GameDay has been to a Mountain West stadium (Air Force a few years ago, Utah in 2004 and now this...)
But before you do, get an idea of what the outside world thinks of the Utah-BYU rivalry. The Utes will win down in Provo, right? Well let's show 'em. (right now, they're getting their clocks cleaned).
Utah is ranked 12th in both polls, moving 2 spots up in the media and one spot in the coaches. TCU is now ranked 15th in both polls, while BYU is 18th in the media and 17th in the Coaches.
Utah moved up 3 spots to 17th in both the media and coaches poll. TCU has cracked the top-25 after their win over SMU, as has Boise State with their win at Oregon. BYU is now 11th in both polls.
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Marijuana enthusiasts like Wiz Khalifa and Styles P may want to start spending more time in Colorado as the Rocky Mountain state has become the first-ever place for legal recreational marijuana sales.
Continue reading Colorado Makes History W/ First-Ever Legal Recreational Marijuana Sales.
The man reportedly responsible for killing a dozen people at a Dark Knight Rises Colorado movie theater has been hit with 24 counts of murder.
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Rap veteran Ice-T has revealed his public stance toward gun rights just days after the horrific Dark Knight Rises massacre in Colorado which took the lives of a dozen people.
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The man reportedly responsible for killing a dozen Dark Knight Rises Colorado moviegoers and injurying many more allegedly had "racially-charged" feelings toward hip-hop.
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A man responsible for the fatal shooting of an E-40 Colorado Springs concertgoer in 2009 has reportedly been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
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DMX has broken his silence after making headlines over the weekend when a small riot erupted at his Colorado Springs concert.
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Floyd Mayweather is the big favorite once again against Marcos Maidana for their September 13 rematch.
Sergio Martinez is favored to retain his middleweight crown tomorrow night, but not by much. Can Miguel Cotto pull off the technical upset in what is close to a 50-50-fight on paper?
Manny Pacquiao remains the betting favorite on fight day, as we're now just hours away from his rematch with Timothy Bradley.
Floyd Mayweather is the favorite once again, with Canelo Alvarez a closer underdog than we're accustomed to seeing. How have the odds shifted over the summer, and what do they say about the fight?
Miguel Cotto has home field advantage and the odds in his favor on Saturday night against Austin Trout. Tom Craze previews the fight from a bettor's perspective.
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Bauxites don't generally like Michael Young's chances to reach the "magical" 3,000 hit mark.
So who does get 3,000 hits, among active players? Let's start by looking at the Active Top 10.
Ken Griffey Jr. is the active hits leader with 2,763 -- let's just admit it, he doesn't have another 237 base knocks in his future arsenal ...
Can once-upon-a-time Blue Jay prospect Michael Young reach 3000 career hits? Well, sure, he can, but will he?
Former Bauxite Scott Lucas, now the #2 man in Jamey Newberg's stellar Texas Ranger writer rotation, examines this question -- recently addressed on both MLB.com and in the Dallas Morning News -- in his latest edition of The Ranger Rundown.
It's one of the most sensible uses of historical statistical comparisons I've ever seen in this age of "most similars" and "closest comparables." Give it a read and check in with your opinion -- personally, I think he's hit the nail on the head. (And I hope he's wrong! My guess is he hopes so, too ...)
Everybody's got an opinion. I, however, have the Truth.
So what the hell happened there, anyway?
In this morning's typically excellent and detailed Newberg Report -- the best baseball e-newsletter on the Internets -- friend of Batter's Box Jamey Newberg checks in on the Halladay Question. Here's what he had to say -- warning, it's quite long -- so give it a read and respond.
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The defense attorney for Juan Zacarias Tzun, accused of causing the collision that killed Riverside County Sheriff's Department dispatcher Dominic Durden, has received more time to prepare his case.
Superior Court records say attorney Sanjay Sobti requested the delay before the next hearing so he can perform a speed analysis, do a mechanical inspection and a reconstruction of the July 12 collision. I spoke with Sobti on Tuesday night, and he said he wants the speed analysis and inspection done both on Tzun's pickup and Durden's motorcycle to determine who was at fault. Sobti said he would consider hiring an accident investigator if he thought it was necessary after the first two tests.
Tzun is sad and upset about the accident and offers his condolences to Durden's family, Sobti said.
Authorities say Tzun made a left turn in his pickup in front of Durden's motorcycle on Pigeon Pass Road in Moreno Valley. Hundreds of grieving friends turned out for Durden's funeral and erected a shrine (in photo, above) to him near the accident scene.
Tzun has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, a misdemeanor, and driving without a license.
A trial-readiness conference has been scheduled for Dec. 12.
Here's an update on some other high-profile cases:
Moreno Valley school board member Mike Rios is scheduled for a trial-readiness conference in his pimp-pander-rape case Oct. 25, and a trial-readiness conference in his attempted voluntary manslaughter case Nov. 27. He has pleaded not guilty.
Corona pastor Lonny Remmers and church members Darryll Jeter Jr. and Nicholas Craig are due in court Oct. 18 for a new arraignment. They have previously pleaded not guilty to charges that include kidnapping and assault. The alleged victim is a 13-year-old boy.
Remmers and his wife, Lisa, also face an Oct. 17 eviction trial. Their Sloan Drive home, where they hold services for the Heart of Worship Community Church, was sold at a foreclosure auction in April, and they have not moved out. Their bankruptcy filing has held up the eviction case.
The trial of Margaret Bell, a Heart of Worship member and a Corona police corporal, is due to start Oct. 29. She is accused of failing to report the alleged abuse of the 13-year-old boy. She has pleaded not guilty.
Sentencing for Jacob Nathaniel Felix on a charge of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter is scheduled for Oct. 22. He pleaded guilty; a judge has approved a one-year sentence, while the district attorney is seeking four years. Felix was at the wheel this year when his vehicle overturned on Arlington Avenue in Riverside, fatally ejecting his passenger and friend, Jonathan Cuevas.
Kevin S. Mansfield, of Riverside, who is accused of murdering a friend whom he had cleaned and clothed only hours before, is due at a trial-readiness conference Nov. 13. He has pleaded not guilty.
Selvin Rodriguez, who is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and two young children to death in Riverside, pleaded not guilty Oct. 9. His next hearing is Nov. 30.
Stephen Kinzey (at right in the photo), the former fugitive professor at Cal State San Bernardino accused of drug and weapons charges, has an Oct. 19 pre-preliminary hearing date, as well as an Oct. 23 preliminary hearing date. He has pleaded not guilty.
And the civil trial involving the owner of two wolf-dog hybrids accused of eating a miniature horse that a man bought for his girlfriend is expected to go to trial in March 2013. Lake Mathews-area rancher Chris Herron is suing Cesar Siordia.
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Tom Nalen calls Broncos "cowards" for Heckert cover-up
maybe if the broncos were more proactive in dealing with heckert, russell doesn't get the DUI. cowards— Tom Nalen (@TomNalen) July 10, 2013
And I couldn't agree more. If the Broncos are going to take an aggressive stand against drunk driving, they can't only seek discipline now that it's public. Something in Denver needs to change.


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John Densmore is and always will be a founding member of, and drummer for The Doors– one of the greatest American rock bands of all time. When the band got together back in 1965, they agreed together that they would never do anything as a band, that all four of them didn't agree on. After Morrison died disagreements arose between the surviving members about uses of the band's name and songs. Lawsuits followed, and accusations were made. Densmore stopped by the SiriusXM studios to talk about the experience, and the book he wrote about it all– "The Doors: Unhinged." Excerpts of the interview appear below.
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Ron Bennington: The book is "The Doors: Unhinged". Now, this works of course if you're a fan of the Doors, but it also really works as a legal book. Some of it reflects like Kafka – what it's like to find yourself in that hot seat in a big lawsuit. (John laughs)
John Densmore: Yeah. I think I describe being on the witness stand as being a puppet and lawyers are circling around you with sticks, verbally poking at you until they get what they want.
Ron Bennington: And this took place over a pretty long period of time. Obviously before the trial, takes years of paperwork and stuff. And then they can get you on the stand and have it not so much about the business deal between the Doors, but your personal and political views.
John Densmore: Well, when you have a weak case…we had a contract where we said we all own the name "The Doors"…so, what do you do? You character assassinate and scare the person you're attacking.
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Ron Bennington: But the interesting thing is – what would the judge think that had to do with it? If I was the judge, I would say what was the original deal that the Doors had as far as licensing went? And did anybody make any plans to change that? And if not, we're still at the original deal.
John Densmore: Hey, when they asked me if I had funded al-Qaeda, the judge slammed his gavel a lot, trying to stop the silliness.
Ron Bennington: So, there came a certain point even for the judge where it went too far, but you did find yourself on the defensive about a lot of things that I would think that you would have pride in your life – different political stances that you had taken.
John Densmore: Well, yeah. I mean I wrote this article in "The Nation" about selling songs for commercials and they used the whole article as an exhibit in the trial against me, but I was proud of it. Tom Waits wrote a letter in response to it saying – "Stay pure John". You change your lyrics, you've sold your audience and now they're a jingle – that's the sound of coins in your pocket.
Ron Bennington: Well, because of that stance, the lawyers actually tried to say – if you're anti-corporation, if money is not your primary place that you're working towards, that that's somewhat of an anti-American stance that you've taken. Isn't strange that we're at that point now?
John Densmore: Well yeah, but then my lawyer said – John, you like to make money, don't you? And I said – hell, yeah. But I suppose…well, let's get provocative. Maybe it's anti-American not to be greedy – or anti-patriotic or something. That's what they threw at me. And I love America.
Ron Bennington: Well, this is…the tough part of that is – here the Doors made this great, great music and it has outlasted what most bands could ever hope for in terms of a legacy. Only 4 guys know what it's like to have been in those rooms, making that music, out on tour. You lost Jim years ago, but these 2 other brothers of yours – you guys could not sit down and talk. You're at the point now where it ended up in the courts.
John Densmore: Ron, we're talking again. We've begun the healing. But when they went off with the name, it was a frustrating time. That's for sure. And hardcore fans thought I was messing up the band they love, but that's why I wrote this book. Read it and you'll see I was trying to preserve the legacy of the purity of what we represented from the beginning.
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Ron Bennington: I thought it was also interesting that Morrison's family sided with you on this.
John Densmore: That was such a blessing. I could never have imagined. I met Jim's mom. She came to one gig. But I had never met his dad and he said they were deceased in his bio, (laughs) because the 60′s you know, the Vietnam War and his dad was in Vietnam fighting and we wrote "The Unknown Soldier" against the war. And here they come knowing that – wait a minute, our son's legacy is being messed with. The Doors without our son? Uh-Uh. And they stood up at 86 years old.
Ron Bennington: That's amazing.
John Densmore: It was a beautiful moment.
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Ron Bennington: If you went out and looked at what you guys did, does it now at this point, seem like – wow, how was that even possible? How did these 4 guys get a chance to have those experiences?
John Densmore: We were blessed. Everybody brought their own ingredient. I brought jazz. Ray, classical and blues from Chicago. Robbie, flamenco. Jim read every book on the planet, so he was the literary dude. So, it was a great American melting pot. Basically, it was the drumming that made it all happen. (laughs)
Ron Bennington: It was all about the drumming. But it was one of those things that couldn't have been planned. Like if we sat down and said – oh, here's the perfect recipe for a band – you're not going to be able to recreate that.
John Densmore: Here's my formula for success. It's 3 parts and in this order. First – luck. Timing, you know? Because there's many talented people that are nowhere. And a lot of famous people that are no talent. So, second is chutzpah. Hustle and then talent.
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Ron Bennington: The weird thing is all the stuff that was happening. Obviously, Jim had his own problems that he dealt with. But to look back in that short period of time – how many song were written, how many songs were recorded, that now are absolute classics. And unlike a lot of people's music, as much as the Doors sound like the 60′s – it's also timeless. So kids who grew up in the 70′s fell in love with that music. 80′s, 90′s, today, I'll have interns and I'll be like – they're like 20 years old and who are your favorite bands? The Doors are on the list. It's insane.
John Densmore: Well, somehow Jim has to help each generation cut the umbilical cord. Father, Mother.
Ron Bennington: It's all part of that, isn't it? There's a certain time. A certain time of a kid's life when they hear that music and need to hear it. But oddly, you guys weren't all that aware of it at the time, right?
John Densmore: No. You're just doing your thing. I mean "The End" when Jim presented it to us – he just sang these words and he had no chords, didn't know what to do and it was just like a little love song. (singing) This is the end, beautiful friend. And then later, over time it evolved into this epic apocalyptic thing.
Ron Bennington: Yeah. It became a piece of theater. And I don't know whether rock music had had anything like that before.
John Densmore: A wonderful journalist, Anthony DeCurtis, testified for me and he said – you know, if the Doors had okayed "The End" for an Oscar Mayer wiener commercial, I don't think Coppola would have done it.
Ron Bennington: Right. That's true. Well, that's the amazing thing about the way Coppola first used "The End" – it's like it was almost written for that scene. It's such a cinematic song to begin with that you needed that great director to kind of partner up with it.
John Densmore: And a great artist like Jim writes stuff that becomes universal and interpreted many ways. I mean I'm pretty sure he wasn't thinking about the Vietnam War when he wrote…what is that section Francis used? "Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain, everybody's insane, looking for the Summer rain". And Jim was just kind of writing about tortured interior stuff. But man, you see it with this footage of the jungle burning and whoa! Visceral.
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Ron Bennington: Yeah. Jim was such a different kind of person. When I watched…I think the last documentary that was done a couple of years ago.
John Densmore: Johnny Depp?
Ron Bennington: Yeah, the one Johnny Depp was on.
John Densmore: "When You're Strange".
Ron Bennington: Yeah. And I got to see that on the big screen. And I was looking at Jim's eyes a lot in the backstage thing and sometimes he seemed so disconnected of what was going on around him. And Griel Marcus who has written about you guys, was in here and I said – do you think that he could have had some type of Autism? That there was something different. And Greil was definitely against that since he had written about it so much, but there was always a sense that Jim wasn't a 100% here on this planet, I think – that there was something that was here and not here at the same time.
John Densmore: Yeah. He was channeling the gods. But he didn't seem spaced out unless he was loaded. Yeah.
Ron Bennington: But was there ever a time when he was like a regular guy?
John Densmore: Yeah, in the beginning. He was a regular college kid who was funny and how do we make it, John? And what do we do? And I said – how do you get your hair to go like that? And he said – wash it and don't comb it. So, I said – okay. (laughs)
Ron Bennington: So, he enjoyed the business part of it as well? He wanted the band to be successful.
John Densmore: Sure. Yeah, yeah, he did, but not in the sense of making dough. I know he wanted to make an impression. He wanted to say something about what it was like being human during this time. That was his main deal and that's what I love him for.
Ron Bennington: Yeah, it's not like he used his money buy houses or something. There wasn't some kind of Elvis thing going on, right?
John Densmore: (laughs) That's really good, Ron. So, Ray and I and Robbie are buying houses and cars. And he like, is at a motel. Gotta love the guy. (laughs)
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Ron Bennington: The book is "The Doors: Unhinged" and it's about really a couple of different things. I think it's a legacy of what art means. What art means to us – does it have any value just beyond the normal commerce?
John Densmore: Well, that's…I quote this book "The Gift" where Lewis Hyde says – a work of art has a receiver and there's a gift going between the two. And it's okay if you pay for an opera ticket or a concert ticket, but if you if turn the entire work of art into a commodity – whoop, you've lost the gift. Smart.
Ron Bennington: You also even talk about the muse and when it shows up. And how much of that even belongs to the artist to begin with.
John Densmore: Well yeah, you can't nail that down. You just pray. And that's why, even with our struggles, I love Ray and Robbie because we were blessed in the garage by the muse.
Ron Bennington: Right. Well, you go back and there's that thing in the "When You're Strange" movie where Jim's fallen off the thing and the band jumps into this other place. And you just see these 3 individuals go to some place musically because they have to. And sitting there watching that…because I never got a chance to see you guys really play live – you get the sense that these are 3 guys that are just phenomenally great musicians and somehow connected to each other. I mean it was really…
John Densmore: Whoa. I feel helium, Ron. Thank you. And beyond that, it took 3 guys to support the energy coming out of Morrison. And we were on it. We were his safety net the whole way.
Ron Bennington: And if you looked at that – you probably couldn't have taken anybody out of that band and had it be the Doors.
John Densmore: Thank you Ron.
Ron Bennington: You could have taken a great guitar player, brought him in and you guys wouldn't have been the Doors.
John Densmore: Well that's why I struggled through this legal thing - to get it back to Jim, Ray, Robbie, John. Not Ray, Robbie, Ian, Stewart, Tom, Fred and Marcia.
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Ron Bennington: Yeah. There's all kinds of in and outs. You're doing something different with your book tour dates. You're going to music stores. You're showing up at a lot of music stores.
John Densmore: Well, these music stores – they're real passionate about the music. And that's what the book is kind of about – integrity, about what the music means. And I love these stores. So, I'm down.
Ron Bennington: Alright. On April 21st, you're going to be at Porter Square Books in Boston. The 22nd – the Record Archive in Rochester and then Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey on April 23rd. You can check all this out through johndensmore.com. But I guess you hear from people on a pretty constant level about their relationship with the music that you guys made. Because the Doors are one of those bands that is such an incredibly personal relationship.
John Densmore: Yeah. Over the years, I've heard it's the soundtrack to people's lives – that the first time they made love, they were in Vietnam and it helped them or whatever. So, I can't let that go and be turned into "Come On Buick, Light My Fire" or "Break On Through To a New Deodorant". Here's the best one of all – thank God, Johnny Cash's estate had the wisdom not to let the song about depression, that classic song "Ring of Fire" be used for a hemorrhoid commercial. Oh my God. And my last sentence to that chapter was – May Johnny's sphincter burning rest in peace.
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Ron Bennington: John Densmore. The book is "The Doors: Unhinged". Go check it out at johndensmore.com. On Twitter, it's @johndensmore. It's so great to meet you and have the opportunity to say thank you for this music and obviously, thank for the book. I think it's just great that people…it gives people a chance to talk about just art itself. Because we've gotten so far away from that in this country.
John Densmore: As Dylan wrote – money doesn't talk, it swears. So, watch out.
Ron Bennington: And I really do hope that you and Ray and Robbie find that bridge because again, who else knows what it's like to be the Doors, but you three guys. And I do hope that for all of you guys.
John Densmore: Hey, thanks for your conscience, Ron.
Ron Bennington: Alright. I'll see you next time coming through, John.
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Apple Magic Trackpad
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Magic Trackpad sits perfectly flush next to the Apple Wireless Keyboard and lets you use all the Multi-Touch gestures built into OS X Mountain Lion to control and interact with what's on your screen. Swipe through photos. Scroll up and down web pages. And click anywhere.
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Seagate Expansion 3Tb External Desktop Hard Drive - Black
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Simple, reliable add-on storage
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Toshiba Slim 1Tb External Portable Hard Drive - Black
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Seagate Expansion desktop drive, add-on storage for your PC.
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– Inspector Steve Dix, Greater Manchester Police
This is a significant recovery and has come about as a result of months of investigative work and planning.
Bringing to justice those who blight our communities by peddling drugs is an absolute priority for officers across Stockport and today's seizure will significantly dent the activities and ambitions of those involved in such activity.
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Food for the week: 2 recipes
In my usual entire-week-cooking-style, I made the CPK split pea and barley soup plus two other recipes I came up with. I guess I was feeling inventive! One of them, Cuban Black Bean Soup with Salsa and Cumin Rice, was a product of necessity, because I was cooking for a surprise dinner guest. It was a spicy dish so it was awesome that she was impervious to spicy food. The other one, Cheesy Mushroom Chard Bake, is not necessarily an exciting meal, but it's healthy and tasty, and so I'm posting it because I find casseroles awfully handy for healthy whole-week cooking.
The two recipes I'm posting today are from my usual repertoire – meaning I grew up in the 'burbs of a southern state near Mexico. I am, however, in the process of expanding my comfort zone to food from Morocco/North Africa, Persia and India. For example, I totally screwed up a chickpea recipe the other day!
The spice combinations and cooking styles tend to be similar from those areas – lots of stews with flatbread, the tendency to start a dish by making a chaunk or tadka for example, with whole spices and oil/ghee. Lots of dill, coriander, fennel, and other fun stuff. I have new cookbooks, and I've been reading Manjula's Kitchen (took me a while to know what ingredients she was talking about more than 25% of the time!). It's funny though, I think that cooking Mexican food is similar, being another flat-bread-and-stew type cuisine, a few different spice combinations change food so much!
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The philosophy of not burning out
This past Sunday I did what I do many weeks, which is spend three hours cooking and then go out to dinner. It's true! I have a general rule in my life that I don't cook when exhausted. It takes all the fun away from cooking.
That's why I generally cook in bulk on the weekend. When I tiredly drag myself in at 6:15 pm after a long day of work, all I have to do is pop a home-cooked meal in the oven or microwave. Plus it makes time so I can to sew or crochet in the evening, and stare at the beautiful Pacific sunsets I can see outside my living room window.
The thing is, though, the food I make is for the week only, lest we run out prematurely, so on Sundays after I take off my apron I go out to eat . It works for me, and I don't get burned out!
This week, I ended up making these recipes, enough for 10+ meals for two.
- Roasted Tomato & Carrot Soup: This tasted okay, but I consider it a dud. I'll probably make up my own recipe. I was suspicious that it didn't want the tomato skins removed (bad plan), plus I had to adjust the cooking time and temp for roasting the veggies so they wouldn't burn. I also thought it wasn't … well, savory enough, and the amount of basil called for was way insufficient. Not bad, but I demand more of my food. Rating: meh.
- Chipotle Grilled Cheese: A favorite recipe of ours, this mixes our favorite miso mayo with chopped chipotles in adobo atop slices of sharp cheddar and avocado. We like them best with tomato or tortilla soup. I prepare the ingredients beforehand so all I have to do is slap 'em on the griddle.Rating: spicily superlative.
- Veggie Pot Pie: Pot pie was one of the first 10 recipes I learned when I lived in my first apartment. The recipe is from my trusty first cookbook, Better Homes & Gardens. I love pot pie! In this vegetarian version I made three pies with carrots, celery, peas, broccoli and potatoes in a whole wheat crust with rosemary seasoning. Rating: comfortable.
- California Pizza Kitchen's Smashed Pea and Barley Soup: I have discovered that although I don't like their pizza, I really like CPK's soup and salads. This pea/barley combo is a real winner, filling and tasty. It's simple to make with minimal ingredients. I like split pea soup in general, but I think the barley really adds something here. Rating: tasty.
Alongside a salad and bread, this is what I've eaten all week (we won't talk about the chocolate truffles I may have gotten at Sunday's farmer's market). You may wonder if these four recipes will get boring, but no. Honestly, the benefit of not having to cook outweighs any boring-ness that might arise.
Question: Is there such a thing as a recipe critic? I mean, there are lots of cooking blogs out there, and lots of restaurant critics, but is there a recipe-food critic? There must be. I think it would be a great job for me. Always trying new recipes and making comments about them? Nice.
P.S. I have just realized two things. #1. I have no pictures for this post because last week I accidentally erased my entire photo library off my computer. I had a heart attack, then realized I had a backup. I did lose 2 weeks of photos, including ones of the pea soup, which were pretty. Ah well. Live and learn … well, live and remember to back up, anyway.
'Bye to November
And so we come to the last day of November, and the last post. I will probably not get one of the prizes given out, but I will reward myself by not posting again until I actually have an internet connection at home. Your email inboxes and RSS readers have 11 months to recover before I commence next year's assault (assuming I do this again next year). I have earned the right to add another one of these to some place on my blog. I'm not 100% certain I got a sense of satisfaction out of it, perhaps more of a sense of relief at this stage.
Instead of posting for a while, I'm going to work on doing some actual crafting, putting my house together, finally unpacking items that have been packed since October of last year, and moving into my new crafting space as well. This weekend I'm going to join my cousins and go pick out a tree on a farm, and get some Christmas going around here.
Thanksgiving Dinner: By the way, last Friday I did make Thanksgiving dinner (you didn't think I'd let that pass, did you?). There weren't any pictures, but I did make seven items:
- a Field Roast (this is too easy, does this even count?)
- stuffing with sourdough, apples, caramelized onions, chopped walnuts and fried sage (fried sage is totally gratuitous, but yummy)
- mashed taters with roasted garlic
- butternut squash risotto
- green bean casserole with homemade sweet & wild mushroom soup
- cranberry-orange-ginger chutney (a 1/4 cup of ginger = very spicy!)
- Alton Brown's pumpkin yogurt pie (my very favoritest pie)
Sweet & Wild Green Bean Casserole: Most of these items are things I consider easy, and are on my usual round of dinner fixins. The one that isn't usual is the green bean casserole. I love this stuff, but a few years ago I got tired of it being the Same Old Too Salty Boring Thing. I tried using garlic mushroom soup, but last year I finally realized I should just start making it from scratch – fresh beans, fresh mushrooms, my own fried onions. Last year I used the Emerilized Green Bean Casserole and Alton Brown's baked onions. This year I made my own recipe, and since my brother was there for dinner so I made the cream of mushroom soup with almond milk instead. MUCH simpler than Emeril's version, and tasty!
- Saute wild mushroom mix in butter (my holiday treat to myself) and a dash or so or balsamic vinegar.
- The real trick: I used a technique of steeping the milk with spices/herbs. I chose whole nutmeg, a cinnamon stick, caraway seeds, whole allspice and whole peppercorns. Let it simmer at a very low temperature for a while (15 minutes or so? I wasn't timing it) and then strain it to remove the spices. After a while you stir in your flour after making a slurry with a bit of the milk and bring to a boil to thicken.
- Mix the mushrooms into the thickened cream base.
- Mix the soup in with fresh green beans and homemade fried onions. Or French's onions. I'd be happy either way.
The taste is different, almost sweet, and it was lovely!
Oh, and cooking in my new kitchen. WONDERFUL. I LOVE IT. SEVEN DISHES NO PROBLEM. Three things baking at a time! After such a long time of having no counter space and cramped spaces, it's just heavenly. Then when I was done, there was a dishwasher (not me!). Ah well. After my year of crazy tiny kitchens, I'm now a dab hand at cooking in awkward situations while camping, I'll tell you that.
Thanks, and toodles: I'm going to go be one with my new apartment and 'hood now. Thank you to everyone who came by for reading my silliness all through this November. You're all lovely, even if most of you don't stop by to say hello in the comments. Which you should.


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Limited Edition "Harry Potter: Page to Screen" Book Collection to be Released in DecemberMovies
As readers may recall, Harry Potter: Page to Screen, a book giving an in-depth look at the filming of the Harry Potter movies was released last year. Now, Amazon is releasing a deluxe limited edition of the book with a great deal of addition information:
With seven additional volumes and nearly one thousand additional pages, this limited edition set spectacularly reproduces never-before-seen artwork and chronicles the filmmaking process to a degree of detail never seen before.
Each of the eight volumes in the set are designed to resemble books from the library shelves at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, made with materials and techniques that recall artisan bookmaking of yore. Six of the volumes are dedicated to the workings of several of the creative production departments that made the Harry Potter films so memorable—creature effects, costumes, graphics, production design, props, and special effects—while the seventh additional book, a commemorative keepsake, looks back on the relationships that developed between cast and crew during the ten-plus years it took to complete the historic film series.
Completing this Harry Potter library set is a scale replica of the The Monster Book of Monsters, sculpted and flocked to resemble the film prop in every detail. A gilded, oversized portfolio includes five frame-able prints of pivotal pieces of concept art created by the film series' most prolific artists.