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|Compas (konpa)
|Stylistic origins
|Cultural origins
|Mid 1950s, Haiti
|Typical instruments
|Tanbou, conga, cowbell, guitars, keyboards, horn section, bass, drum, synthesizer
|Derivative forms
|Cadence rampa, zouk, cadence-lypso, champeta, coladeira, kizomba, kuduro, soca, reggaeton
|Fusion genres
|Regional scenes
|Haiti, French West Indies, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, France, Africa, Panama, Cape Verde, South America, North America, Portugal, Angola, Brazil
|Music of Haiti
|General topics
|Related articles
|Media and performance
|Music awards
|Haitian Music Award
|Music festivals
|Nationalistic and patriotic songs
|National anthem
|La Dessalinienne
|Regional music
Compas (also known as compas direct in French, or konpa dirèk in Creole or simply konpa) is a modern méringue, the national music genre of Haiti that people have been dancing and singing since the 1800s. Popularized by Haitian sax and guitar player Nemours Jean-Baptiste in 1955, compas is the main music of many countries such as Dominica and the French Antilles, etc. Whether it is incorrectly called zouk where French Antilles artists of Martinique and Guadeloupe have taken it or compas in places where Haitian artists have toured, this méringue style is very influential in the Caribbean, Africa, Cape Verde, Portugal, France, part of Canada, South and North America.[1][2][3][4]
Compas direct is a modern méringue popularized in 1955 by the Nemours Jean-Baptiste, a Haitian sax and guitar player. Nemours Jean-Baptiste presented his orchestra "Ensemble Aux Calebasses" in 1955 (named after the club "Aux Calebasses" located at Carrefour, a western neighborhood of Port-au-Prince; Haiti's capital where the band used to perform on weekends). Compas popularity took off likely due to the genre's ability to improvise and hold the rhythm section steady. Jean-Baptiste incorporated a lot of brass and easily recognized rhythms. Compas is sung in Creole,[5] English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc. Nemours' popularity grew in and out of the country. Its clean horn section was remarkable and the band featured méringue tunes that gained instant popularity.
Cadence rampa (also known as kadans ranpa[6] in Creole or simply kadans) is a modern Haitian méringue, popularized by the virtuoso sax player Webert Sicot in the early 60s. Sicot left Nemours Jean-Baptiste's compas band and called his music cadence to differentiate it from konpa especially when he took it abroad, however, either one is the same modern méringue. Only rivalery between Sicot and Nemours created these names.[7]
As early as the late 50s Nemours and the Sicot Brothers from Haiti would frequently tour the Caribbean, especially Dominica and the French Islands of Martinique & Guadeloupe to spread the seed of the méringue-cadence[8] In the French Antilles, kadans is the creole term for cadence rampa/cadence, while in Dominica it is called cadence-lypso.
Webert Sicot, the originator of cadence recorded three LPs albums with French Antilles producers: two with "Celini disques" in Guadeloupe and one with "Balthazar" in Martinique. In addition to the Sicot brothers, almost all existing Haitian compas bands have toured these Islands that have since adopted the music and the dance of the méringue.[9] For example, in Martinique, several music groups: Ensemble Abricot (bienvenue, festival compas), les djoubap's (Isabelle), combo jazz (electronique compas, pa gadem sou cote), Georges Plonquitte (vini dance compas direct), etc. have all within a year conquered the public with the many tunes or compositions of Nemours.[10] Haitian compas and cadence bands were asked to integrate Antillean musicians. Consequently, the leading "Les Guais troubadours", with influential singer "Louis Lahens" along other bands, played a very important role in the schooling of Antilleans to the méringue compas or kadans music style. Later Nemours became a favorite of Dominican president, Joaquín Balaguer who often contracted the band. This is why hits like "ti Carole", "Chagrin d'amour" featured by known Dominican stars Luis Miguel and others are also sung in Spanish.
Dance style[edit]
The dance-style that accompanied konpa dirèk in the 1950s, was a two step dance called kare (square).[11] As a méringue, a ballroom dance, konpa is danced in pair. Sometimes partners dance holding each other tightly and romantically; in this case often most of the moves are made at the hips.[1]
The mini-jazz movement started in the mid-1960s, small bands called mini-djaz (which grew out of Haiti's light rock and roll yeye bands of the early 1960s) played konpa featuring paired electric guitars, electric bass, drumset and other percussion, often with a saxophone. This trend, launched by Shleu Shleu after 1965, came to include a number of groups from Port-au-Prince neighbourhoods, especially the suburb of Pétionville. Tabou Combo, Les Difficiles, Les Loups Noirs, Les Frères DéJean, Les Fantaisistes de Carrefour, Bossa Combo and Les Ambassadeurs (among others) formed the core of this middle-class popular music movement.
From 1968 to the 1970s prominent bands like Bossa Combo, Les Shleu Shleu, Les Ambassadeurs, Les Vickings, Les Fantaisistes, Les Loups Noirs, Les Freres Dejean, Les Difficiles, Les Gypsies and mostly the majestic Tabou Combo have exerted a dominance on the Caribbean and many places in Europe and South America musical scene. For example, Tabou Combo has remained on the Paris hit parade for weeks with its "New York City" hit. Tabou did filled New York Central park in the same period. Guitar based mini-jazz like Les Difficiles and Gypsies influenced many flamenco artists. The guitar was the king instrument.[1]
These young (Haitian mini-jazz) musicians were critical in the creation of new technics that contribute to the fanciness of the style. Although Raymond Guaspard (Nemours) had already started it in the 50s, however, guitar players such as Corvington (Les Corvington), Serge Rosenthal (Shleu Shleu), Ricardo/Tiplum (Les Ambassadeurs), Robert Martineau (Les Difficiles/Gypsies/Scorpio/Topvice...), Dadou Pasket (Tabou combo/Magnum Band), Jean Claude Jean (Tabou Combo/Super Star...), Claude Marcellin (Les Difficiles/D.P. Express/Zèklè...), Police Nozile (Les Frères Déjean/D.P. Express...) and many more have created intricate mostly rhythmic guitar styles that constitute a strong distinguishable feature of the méringue.[1]
Méringue-compas and its derivatives[edit]
Today the méringue-compas, deeply rooted in many countries, has influenced many music styles and been called other names:
Webert Sicot, the originator of cadence known for his great virtuosity, mostly harmonic skills, was well appreciated in the Caribbean. This is why the term cadence was more popular than compas. Cadence-lypso is the Dominican kadans.
Cadence and calypso were the two dominant styles in Dominica hence the name cadence-lypso. The great majority of the songs are either calypso, reggae and mostly cadence or compas. If there is any fusion it should not be significant enough to be listed on album or CD covers. Finally cadence-lypso is danced the same way as compas.
Originally the word cadence or kadans was on album covers whether it's grammacks or exile one. They featured calypso, reggae and mostly cadence. [12]
Exile One, the leader of the word cadence-lypso, featured some reggae, calypso and mostly cadence music.[13] It is not sure whether the band's intent was to fusion Trinidadian calypso with Haitian cadence or compas since little was done. The song "La Dominique" in the Album "Exile One Old School Session" could be an attempt, however, not often repeated. The band music repertoire is mostly cadence or compas with all the features of the style.[14] of course the band had its personality; it was a great kadans band.
Exile one was the first kadans band to introduce the newly arrived synthesizer that some young guitar-based cadence or compas bands from Haiti (mini-jazz) and the French Antilles would use in the 1970s. Exile One exported kadans music to many places: Japan, the Indian Ocean, Africa, North America, Europe, The Cape Verde islands.
Other cadence bands included the Grammacks,[15] Black Roots, Black Machine, Naked Feet, Belles Combo, Mantra, Black Affairs, Liquid Ice, Wafrikai, Midnighte Groovers and Milestone, while the most famous singers included Bill Thomas, Chubby Marc, Gordon Henderson, Linford John, Janet Azouz, Sinky Rabess, Tony Valmond, Jeff Joseph, Mike Moreau and Anthony Gussie. Ophelia Marie is a popular singer of cadence in the 1980s.
In the 70s with the frequent tours of the Sicot brothers, Exile One, and so many meringue bands, compas or cadence rampa as become very influential in several parts of the world, specifically the Caribbean. Its influence on the calypso gave rise to Soca, closer to cadence or compas.[16]
The calypsonian Lord Shorty of Trinidad was the first to really define his music and with "Indrani" in 1973 and "Endless Vibration" (not just the song but the entire album) in 1975, calypso music really took off in another direction. Later in 1975 Lord Shorty visited his good friend Maestro in Dominica where he stayed (at Maestro's house) for a month while they visited and worked with local cadence or compas artists. You had Maestro experimenting with calypso and cadence. Sadly a year later Maestro would die in an accident in Dominica and his loss was palpably felt by Shorty, who penned "Higher World" as a tribute. In Dominica, Shorty had attended an Exile One performance of kadans, and collaborated with Dominica's 1969 Calypso King, Lord Tokyo and two calypso lyricists, Chris Seraphine and Pat Aaron in the early 1970s, who wrote him some Creole lyrics. Soon after Shorty released a song, "Ou Petit", with words like "Ou dee moin ou petit Shorty" (meaning "you told me you are small Shorty"). Soca's development includes calypso, cadence/compas, and Indian musical instruments—particularly the dholak, tabla and dhantal—as demonstrated in Shorty's classic compositions "Ïndrani" and "Shanti Om".
Zouk is a fast carnival jump up beat of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, popularized by the French Antilles kassav in the 1980s. Music authors Charles De Ledesma and Gene Scaramuzzo trace its development to the Guadeloupean gwo ka and Martinican bélé (tambour and ti bwa) traditions.
Zouk beton or Zouk was a brief experiment; an attempt to develop a proper local music that would lessen or even eradicate the meringue-kadans or compas influence from the French Antilles of Guadeloupe and Martinique. When the MIDI technology came out, kassav used it fully creating new sound in both their fast zouk beton and mostly compas. The Antilleans have been since all over with zouk, but as other bands from the Caribbean and Africa added the MIDI technology to their music people got used to it. Because it was a jump up beat the fast zouk beton faded away in the same 80s and Antilleans would continue to play and dance meringue-compas or cadence. After all French Antilleans and Dominicans are important players of the style. The problem is that musicians from Guadeloupe and Martinique have intentionally labeled meringue-compas as zouk in order to survive; creating a big confusion in Africa, Cabo verde, Angola, Brazil, Portugal and other places. French Antilles kassav, the originator of the zouk beton is a superb compas band that has taken compas to several places.[17]
Today, zouk's originator French Antilles' Kassav' is the only band that includes it in its repertoire to a lesser extent. Too fast, the style lost ground in the same 80s due to the strong presence of kadans or compas, the main music of the French Antilles.
Today, zouk is the French Antilles compas.[18]
From the 80s one can notice the strong compas influence in Cape Verdean music. Cape Verdeans artists have been exposed to konpa in the USA and France. During the 70s-80s Haitian artists and bands such as Claudette & Ti Pierre, Tabou Combo and mostly Gesner Henry alias Coupe Cloue and the Dominican group Exile One were very popular in Africa. In addition, the French Antilles kassav and other French Antillean musicians, which main music is compas toured Cabo island in various occasions. Many Cape Verdean artists feature compas. Talented Tito Paris "dança mami Criola" 1994, is a good example; this CD featured music close to Haiti Tabou Combo, Caribbean Sextet, Tropicana and French Antilles Kassav', etc.[19] Today the new generation of Cape Verdean artists features a light compas close to Haitian and French Antillean.
Kizomba is a popular music from Angola. It is a derivative of traditional Angolan samba with the French Antilles compas. Although most music came from Africa, Angola has been receiving Haitian influence for years. For instance, great meringue queen, Haitian Martha Jean-Claude lent her voice and music to the Angolan revolution; she came with the Cuban troops.[20] During the 70, Haitian bands and artists such as Coupe Cloue, Tabou Combo, Bossa combo, DP Express and Dominican bands like Exile One and Grammacks were popular in Africa. During the 80s-90s, French Antilles Kassav has toured the country with its compas, leaving influence. Lately, kizomba has been close to French Antilles and Cape Verdian light compas and sung generally in Portuguese. No wonder why kizomba shows that strong similarity with meringue-compas.[21]
MIDI technology: New generation or light compas[edit]
The new generation was a moment of experiment with the MIDI technology.[1] In the mid 80s French Antilles Kassav', whose music repertoire is 90% compas, was the first in the Caribbean to apply the MIDI technology, already in use in pop and rock bands, to compas. In the late 80's, After pianist/keyboard wizard Robert Charlot Raymonvil came out with Top Vice, young Haitian music groups applied the MIDI technology that reduced the band's size and offered a variety of new sounds. They were called compas nouvelle génération; however, most of them later, along with many other musicians in the world, went back to a full band with live instruments. The new generation was a moment of experiment with the MIDI technology. Popular new generation bands were Zin, Phantom, Lakole, Papash and a few more. Phantom was the first to return to a full band in less than two years while Zin, Lakol and Papash have continued with the MIDI without a live horn section.
In the early 2000, several compas bands such as Carimi, T-Vice, Top Vice, and Zeglen toured the French Antilles as usual with success. The singer Vro who sang in duet with Robert Charlot on her album Softcore and many other Antillean artists have adopted this light compas style, which is more popular in France and the Caribbean. The compas' fine guitar lines with the chorus and other synthesizer effects is being heard now in zouk, the French Antilles compas music. For example, French Antilles singer Tanya St. Val who has collaborated with many great Haitian compas artists like Alan Cavé, Dadou Pasket from the great Magnum Band, etc. is very close to this style. The beauty of this is that these compas lands influence one another with nice chorus, guitar lines, female voices...within the team up of the conga-drum-cowbell.
Cape Verdean, Caribbean and African artists usually feature one another via compas songs. A review of several CDs from African, Cape Verdean, French Antilles and Haitian artists shows many similarities.
Etymology and characteristics[edit]
Also known as compas direct in French, or konpa direk in Creole or simply konpa is a modern méringue (mereng in Creole). It is often incorrectly spelled as kompa when translating from French to Haitian Creole, as there is no m in front of a b or p like in French and some other languages and therefore an n is used instead.[22]
The word "compás" in Spanish means "beat" or "rhythm," and one of the most distinctive characteristics of compas is the consistent pulsating beat tanbou, a trait common to many styles of Caribbean music. Compas is easy and fun to dance to, incorporating musical traditions like méringue, which propel dancers around the floor with lively, active beats (though compas has a slower beat and dance than méringue). You may hear the notes of Compas in a community of Haitian immigrants anywhere in the world, and where there is compas, dancers are usually not far behind. Compas / Konpa is a genre of music that is emulated throughout the Caribbean and parts of Africa. In North America, compas festivals take place frequently in Montreal, New York, Miami, Boston and Orlando.
Notable compas or méringue artists[edit]
- 1st Klass
- 5 Etwal
- 509
- 718 Boyz
- Accolade de New York
- Alan Cavé
- Alix Jacques et Son Cole Cole Band
- Antidote de Montréal
- Apocalypse
- Arly Larivière
- Arrow
- Assad Francoeur et Le Delta Express
- Back Up
- Bandjo
- Barikad Crew
- Bel Reelax
- Beljazz
- Belo
- Bizi
- Bizou
- Black Parents
- Bossa Combo
- Brothers Posse
- Caribbean Groove de Toto Laraque
- Caribbean Sextet
- Carimi
- Casely
- Claude Marcelin
- Cleana Pierre
- Combite Express
- Compa Rengue
- Coronto International
- Coupé Cloué
- Créole Mix, Montréal
- Cubano
- D-Blozay
- D-Zine
- D.P. Express
- Daan Junior
- Dan Junior
- Daniel Larivière
- Dega
- Dekwochay
- Dicktam
- Digital Express
- Disip
- Dixie Band
- Djakout Mizik
- Djazz La
- Djet-X
- Do-La (ou Dola)
- Dozz
- Dr. Love
- Elie Lapointe
- Emeline Michel
- Ensemble Etoile du Soir
- Ensemble Webert Sicot
- Eric Virgal
- Evans Jean
- Evens Mead
- Evo
- Exile One
- Exodus
- Experience 7
- Fahrenheit
- Fasad
- Fashion Color
- Fasil
- Favori
- Feeling Star
- Focus
- Foxy Dana
- Frero
- Fu-Zion
- Gabel
- Gazman Coulè
- GM Connection
- Gracia & Richie
- Gracia Delva
- Grammax
- Greham Mead (Lovaluv)
- Groov' La
- Guitarlex
- Hangout
- Harmonik (ou Harmonick)
- Ibo Combo
- Invincibles de Jacmel
- J-Nesi
- Jackito
- Jean-Baptiste Nemours
- Jet-X
- Jocelyne Béroard
- Jouvenceaux de Jacmel
- Jude Jean
- K-Dans
- K-Ress Konpa
- K-Tel Kryeol
- Kassav'
- Karizma
- Kepopoz
- King Posse
- Klean de Montréal
- Klinik
- Kompaparis
- Kompas Du Sud
- Konpa Kreyol
- KonpaSoul
- Kool Konpa
- Kreyol La
- Krezi Mizik
- L'Orchestre Septentrional
- L'Orchestre Tropicana d'Haïti
- La Perfecta
- Lakol
- Laporte
- Les Ambassadeurs (band)
- Les As de Pétionville
- Les Difficiles de Pétionville
- Les Diplomates d'Haïti à Paris
- Les Frères Déjean
- Les Gypsies de Pétionville
- Les Leopards
- Les Loups Noirs
- Les Scorpio
- Les Shleu Shleu
- Les Skah Shah d'Haïti
- Los Diplomáticos de Haiti en Santo Domingo
- Lovaluv
- Macho Plus
- Magic Konpa
- Magnum Band
- Mamina
- Marckens Amazan
- Massillon Guerinos
- Michael Benjamin (Mikaben)
- Mini All Stars
- Misty Jean
- Mizik Kreyol
- Mizik Mizik
- Mo.K
- Model Kompa
- N'Joy
- New York All Stars
- Nia
- Nicky
- Nomads
- Nu Faze
- Nu Look
- Nu Star
- Nu Vice
- Nu Zone
- Original H
- Oxygen
- Panique de Pétionville
- Papash
- Papillon
- Phantoms
- Platinum
- Poze
- Ralph Conde
- Ralph Tamar
- Richie (Jean Herard Richard) & Zenglen
- Ricot Amazan (T-Tanbou)
- Riské
- Robert Charlot (Raymonvil)
- Rodrigue Milien et Son Coumbite Créole
- Sah-Jadah
- Sakaj
- Scorpio Fever
- Scorpio Universel
- Sham Sham Band
- Shoubou (Roger M. Eugène)
- Skah-Shah #1
- Skandal
- Speed
- Steel Groove
- Suav Mizik
- Sweet Micky
- System Band
- T-Micky
- T-Strong
- T-Tabou
- T-Vice
- Thamad-Fever Band
- Ti-Kabzy
- Tabou Combo
- Tag Musik
- Take Off
- Tandans
- Tantan
- Tanya St-Val
- Taxi Color
- Tempo
- The Gents
- Ti Doz (Jeff Policard)
- Ti Manno
- Ti Mitou
- Tito Paris
- Top Vice
- Top Adlerman
- Top Digital
- Top Gyps
- Toxic
- Triomecs
- Tropical Combo de Ti Jacques
- V-Zion
- Vega Band de Paris
- Volo Volo
- Volume
- Zèklè
- Zin
- Zouk machine
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Pintade, Wikipedia editor
- ^ Peter Manuel, Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae, 2nd edition, Temple University Phila 2006
- ^ Gage Averill, A day for the Hunter, a day for the Pray, University of Chicago Press, 1997
- ^ Peter Manuel, Musics of the Non-Western World, University Press 1988, p72-74
- ^ Haitian, French Antilles, Cape Verde
- ^ Manuel, Peter with Kenneth Bilby, Michael Largey (2006). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. p. 161. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Pintade, Wikipedia editor, 2010
- ^ Pintade, Wikipedia 2010
- ^ Dominique Janvier, introduction in Nemours' Album cover 1980, long vie to Nemours
- ^ Dominique Janvier, introduction on Nemour' album cover 1980, long vie to Nemours
- ^ A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Grammacks: mediba (kadans), banana (sweet kadans), ou pa bon, (kadans), ou pitit (kadans), reggae down, disco live (kadans) this same tune is categorized as zouk retro by Deejay Zak (midlay kadans 11/24/2011) Exile one: akiyaka, gade deye...(Midnight) get ready 1997, etc.
- ^ Album "Exile one - Gordon Henderson 40 volume 1" features 14 kadans out of 18 tunes. 1. Rosita 2. ba yo boi 3. jumbolo 4. jamais voir ca (calypso tune) 5. reflexion 6. n'homme ka batte n'homme 7. gadez deye 8. ah ta ta 9. Ico vole 10. pompilili 11. aki yaka 12. vivent les vacances aux antilles (calypso tune) 13. Ilyne (calypso tune) 14. nous travail pou ayen 15. cadence lypso 16. sexile 17. come here (reggae tune) 18. interlude. The song cadence lypso is a kadans tune. A third album "Collector kadance lypso" features twelve méringue cadence tunes. The album also features tunes from other kadans bands: 2. Rigrete (Midnight Groover), Serpent la (C Top 6), la vie vini plus raid (Belles combo) 9. Coq et perroquet (Liquid Ice) 12. mwen di ou fe (Black Affairs) 7. Chanson d'amour Ophelia (Exile one)
- ^ The album "Exile one-Old school Session: Gree/Vert" features mostly méringue cadence or compas: 6 out of 8 tunes. 1) fete commune 2) torti 3) famille Creole 4) d'leau 5) sauvez riviere la and 7) Sylvie
- ^ Most of these bands featured separated calypso, reggae and cadence tunes. Review Exile one CD 40 anniversary, Grammack collection 74-76 and others available at amazon music
- ^ Pintade, Wikipedia editor
- ^ Pintade, Wikipedia editor
- ^ Peter Manuel, Musics of the Non-Western World, Chicago press University 1988p74
- ^ Pintade, Wikipedia
- ^ Martha Jean-Claude, another side of Haiti, retrieved September 4, 2014
- ^ A review of many kizomba tunes has shown a very strong similarity , even too much with méringue compas music. Kizomba all stard; o4 Nta Amado (Neusa) 02 Nha Joya (Nichol) Kizomba Benefica: 1 Sexual Healing slan 3 Ameyatchiki (Mathey 4 Cherie mon amour/Manulima & Mark G remix (Gilsemedo) 6 Voce Vai ver (Feat. Juka) kizomba Brasil Juka kizomba hits vol 2. 7 Pause kizomba Axel Tony Pause kizomba 8 Heven (Mark G; s kizomba remix) Kaysha Bailar kizomba Sushiraw 11 Real Peu pen kizomba Bruno Pereira Danca de verao kizomba 12 Heaven remix 13 kizomba de roda DJ christiano 15 Samora kizomba Bruno Pereira danca de verao kizomba 17 Eu Sei (Eeat Helvio) kizomba Brasil Helvio kizomba hits vol2 21 Soho 2012 remix light ou DJ Usidora kizomba Afro Latino 24 A Cabeca Doi kizomba Exitos vol 1 30OH fala Bem kizomba exitos vol 1 36 Mal acostumado feat Mikas Cabral kizomba Brasil ke vo2 39 Sonho A Dois Kizomba Grandes exitos de Brasil vol 2 42 Velha infancia Mikas Cabral, Neusa kizomba Brasil viva kizomba-flamkim ta sta Sempre Kaysha kizomba life 17 Musiquarian feat Jacob Desvarieux Keysha 19 Acabeca Doi, etc. are real méringue-compas music. A review of "Zekle", a powerful Haitian méringue band of the 80s and most compas music band from Haiti or the French Antilles will further show that kizomba is in fact strongly influenced by méringue compas music
- ^ "Haitian Creole-English Dictionary with Basic English-Haitian Creole Appendix". Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- Manuel, Peter (2006). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae (2nd edition). Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-463-7.
- Experience Haitian music on Mizikpam Internet Radio Accessed May 18, 2010
- Gage Averill (1997). Caribbean Current: A day for the hunter. A day for the prey. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.


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Getting us hooked on fair trade is the idea behind Emma's new line for the green giants, whose clothes already give us that warm fuzzy feeling by merging style with caring for the planet.
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What do you mean when you say something is beautiful? Is there any criterion of beauty? Can you prove it that it is beautiful? Just standing by your side, somebody may think, "This is ugly!" - so it is nothing objective; nobody can prove anything beautiful. Thousands and thousands of books have been written on aesthetics, and it has been a long, arduous journey for intellectuals, thinkers and philosophers to define what beauty is - they have not yet been able. They have written great books, great treatises, they go round about and round about, but nobody has ever been able to pinpoint what beauty is. No, it seems impossible, because nothing like beauty or ugliness exists, it is your interpretation.
First you make a thing beautiful. This is why I say first you create the trap and then you fall into it. First you think, "This face is beautiful" - this is your creation, this is just your imagination, this is just your mind interpreting; this is not existential, this is just psychological - and then you yourself fall into the trap. You dig the hole and then you fall into it, and then you cry for help, and then you cry for people to come to your salvation.
Nothing is needed, says Tantra. Simply see the whole trick - it is your own creation.
What do you mean when you say something is ugly? If man is not on the earth will there be ugliness and beauty? Trees will be there, of course, and they will bloom; of course, rains will come, and summer and seasons will follow - but there will be nothing like beautiful and ugly, they will disappear with man and his mind. The sun will rise, and in the night the sky will be filled with stars, but nothing will be beautiful and nothing will be ugly. It was just man creating noise. Now he is no longer there the interpretations have disappeared; what will be good and what will be bad?
In nature nothing is good and nothing is bad. And remember, Tantra is the loose and the natural way. It wants to bring you to the deepest, natural phenomena of life. It wants to help you drop from the mind - and mind creates distinctions, mind says, "This is to be chosen and that has to be avoided." To "this" you cling, and "that" you avoid and escape from. Look at the whole phenomenon. Just a look is needed, nothing else; no practice is needed - just a look at the whole situation.
The moon is beautiful, why? For centuries you have been indoctrinated that the moon is beautiful. For centuries poets have been singing about the moon, for centuries people have believed it, now it has become engrained. Of course there are a few things which happen with the moon: it is very soothing, you feel calmed down, and the light of the moon gives a mysterious aroma to the whole of nature; it gives a sort of hypnosis, you feel a little sleepy and awake and things look more beautiful; it gives a dreamlike quality to the world - that's why we call madmen lunatics. The word lunatic comes from the word luna, the moon. They have gone mad, moonstruck.


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Jacob KatelYes, that is a real giraffe, and it wasn't so happy to be there.Barton G, ringmaster, restaurateur, attention getter, giraffer? Yes. He said he would do it and he produced. What hundreds of pound of free food, hundreds of bottles of free drinks, a concert stage with a great opening ban ... More >>
Here's a quick video we shot of the world famous Pointer Sisters at last night's opening party for Prelude, Barton G's new restaurant at the Arsht.The Pointer Sisters have sold a lot of records for songs like "Slow Hand," "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)," and of course "I'm So Excited."
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The 5 Star Luxury Hotel L'angolo di San Pietro is just a few steps away from the Saint Peter's Basilica and housed in a recently restored and elegant building dating back to early 1900s. It offers two Deluxe rooms, three Junior suites, three Luxury suites and one Top Suite with a terrace. From the hotel, our guests can enjoy a breathtaking view of the St. Peter's Dome, which is clearly defined against the sky. Its lines, which seem to twirl above the clouds, allow living an experience of beauty and astonishment. Every room creates a specific harmonious area thanks to pieces of furniture of high craft quality and a stylish modern design merged with the atmosphere of the magnificent history of Rome. L'angolo di San Pietro privileged location and its exclusive service dedicated to our guests allows them to live their stay in the Eternal City as a magic experience.
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The cheesesteak is one of the most well-known - and controversial - of sandwiches. The king of hoagies, subs, and sammiches, it truly is a thing of beauty, judged only by it's melty-mess-making ability. What makes a cheesesteak? Let us begin with the roll, that chewy Italian bread many out-of-tow ... More >>
As most kids spend their summers wheeling around Hot Wheels and idly watching Nickelodeon on the tube, 11-year-old Wyatt prefers to dine at Broward's restaurants with his family, and then dutifully-announce his thoughts on his self-published food blog, Wyatt Tastes Good. We had lunch with him and ... More >>
Last year, celebrity chef Michael Symon shocked the throngs of meat lovers at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash by winning the coveted People's Choice award three years in a row. Symon's "Porky Burger," a pigfest made from pork and bacon, crowned with a hunk of pulled pork, and ... More >>
When Chrissy Benoit told me she had sold Havana Hideout to open her newest venture, The Little House in Boynton Beach, a small part of me panicked. What did that mean for the future of the beloved Lake Worth establishment -- the same place Guy Fieri had targeted for an episode of Diner's, Drive ... More >>
Chrissy Benoit, owner of Havana Hideout and the Production Kitchen. How would you like to roll out in your own food truck? Maybe build a small business baking your grandmother's amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe? Or that dressing all your friends and family just can't get enough of?For a numb ... More >>
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to firstname.lastname@example.com. 18: Grilled Achiote-Rubbed Fish Tacos From Havana HideoutLake Worth's primo ... More >>
College-dorm bathrooms, walk-in closets, and even prison cells are bigger than the kitchen Steve Sidle walks into on a daily basis at work. His "work" is as general manager and executive kitchen manager at Le Tub -- one of Hollywood Beach's most prized and oldest restaurants. Sidle has been in Sout ... More >>
You don't really want to be this Guy, do you?I opened up my copy of this month's Food & Wine this weekend and balked at what I saw in editor Dana Cowin's opening letter. It appears the magazine is getting in on the reality craze. They're holding a contest called America's Home Cook Superstar; ... More >>
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Experts say spiny water fleas discovered in a northern Wisconsin lake could spread to many lakes where the European crustacean would threaten native organisms.
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Pieter Johnson discovered the fleas in Gile Flowage, a large lake in Iron County near Lake Superior.
The spiny water flea has big black eyes, a bulbous sac sitting above its head, and a long, barbed, whip-like tail.
The fleas have been living in the Great Lakes for more than 15 years, but hadn't previously been found in the state's inland waters.
The fleas compete with and eat native zooplankton -- the food of young sport fish like walleye and perch and small foraging fish, like minnows.
Johnson says that, although the exact impact of the flea on the food chain is not yet know, it has the potential to hurt fisheries and reduce the number of game fish.
The species can move from lake to lake in bait buckets, boats' live wells and bilges.
Wisconsin natural resource workers hope to stop any spread by alerting boaters and anglers about the problem.
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A man who stole a Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputy's patrol car was arrested after crashing the car and leading deputies on a foot chase.
A young Ypsilanti Township mother helped lead police to the suspect.
The episode began Tuesday morning, with deputies responding to a home invasion report on George Place. A suspect took off in a pickup truck, but was stopped a short distance away.
He was put into a deputy's car for questioning and was not handcuffed.
Somehow, the suspect kicked out the partition between the front and back seats and took off in the patrol car. When he crashed it on Glenwood Street, between Parkwood and Hawthorne streets, he took off running.
A young mother saw him run and followed him, helping deputies catch up with the suspect and arrest him.
The mother, who does not want to be identified, explained why she got involved.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The man who shot and killed Nicole Smith in 2011 was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon.
Connell Carroll killed the 21-year-old woman during an argument, while she was holding her 3-month-old baby in her arms.
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New job = new chow 'hood...Help! (Chelsea)
- MB fka MB Feb 5, 2009 08:59 AM
I'm day 4 on the job and in need of some recommendations for...
1. cheap/fast lunch
2. treat yourself lunch (Boqueria? Markt?)
3. after work drinks/snacks.
I've grabbed a quick baked falafel at Chickpea (fine), walked over to Rohm for a late lunch. Last night had some truly fantastic cocktails at Flatiron Lounge.
Where should I go?
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
Chicken rice bowl from The Pita Grill
Bagels from Empire City Bagel
Tre Dici (nice lunch)
Markt (reliably decent food)
Chips and cheese dip from Qdoba (sorry for the lame rec, but it's really good)
Berrywild FroYo
Grilled cheese from Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop
Mangia (makes a decent sandwich)
Sala One Nine (19th between 5th/6th) has great happy hour. 2 for 1 drinks and terrific raciones (tapas). We like to go for lunch as well - great sandwiches.
Room Service (thai) on 8th ave between 18th/19th) has a great $6 lunch special.
Soups at Medina (17th between bway/5th) are fabulous! In the summer I eat in the park.
I went to Sala 19 for lunch and had the lentil soup with chourico and the tortilla espanola sandwich. A lot of food for $9. Will definitely get back for happy hour.
How far east are you? The first place I think of when I see the word "Chelsea" is Grand Sichuan at 24th and 9th. You wouldn't experience a wait at lunch and should order off the regular menu (the Sichuan and Hunan and other specialty parts of it, not the American-Chinese, Cantonese, or Shanghainese portions thereof), not the lunch specials. It still wouldn't be a super-fast lunch, but you could probably do it in about a half an hour. An early dinner might work, too, but prime time is likely to be a huge crush and not worth it, except for takeout.
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It's a bit of a trek west, but you could go to La Bergamotte, which I think is at 19th or 20th and 9th. Lovely rillettes sandwich. If you cook at all, btw, there is a v. good butcher on the east side of 9th just around there.
re: MB fka MB
Congratulations on having the only new job in the American economy!
City Bakery is #1 lunch around there for me, and now they have after work beer too
Either of the street carts on that block - the Latina hot dog lady makes good chicken with hot sauce on that grill and the middle eastern lamb schwarma if fine too
There's a taco truck another block down just off 6th Ave, south west
Tebaya Japanese chicken wing place on 19th between 6th and 7th
Eisenmenger's on 5th Ave @22nd for a pastrami on rye
The Thai place on 7th Ave has perfectly good lunch delivery
Uncle Moe's for Cal-Mex is fine too
Boqueria for a treat yourself tapas and wine afterwork - although even better is Casa Mono on the other side of Union Sq...if you're ready to spend a little money.
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re: City Bakery
breakfast bar with Evans yogurt (try the lemon, it's as revelatory as yogurt is ever going to be) and housemade granola.
The scones are lovely.
lunch has an ever changing cast of fresh veg and fish and meat
roasted, herbed, marinated, grilled and salad-ized
You can get a big heap of salad greens, and big flavors
shaved fennel, not just romaine
The mac and cheese is good too.
I get a box to go.
I lived in Chelsea for the past 1.5 years and recommend Rocking Horse for great contemporary mexican (dinner) and Tono for great cheap sushi (lunch)
My favorite is (tbl)Spoon on 20th between 5th and 6th -- they have about 8 sandwiches, 4 salads, 2 soups and an entree that changes every day. All freshly made with good ingredients. (I'm there pretty much every day). Takeout or sit and eat. A little pricey, but quick and tasty and potentially healthy (except the grilled cubano and the many many tempting baked goods)
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Funny, I live right by Spoon and have not once been tempted to stop in there. I still lament the loss of the Korean bodega that used to be there.
As for quick and casual places to grab lunch, there's Maffei's on 6th at 22nd--very good pizza, subs, and you an also get a huge container of pasta (or a combination of what's available--just ask). Even faster and more casual is the 2 Bros.$1 slice place on 6th bet. 17th/18th. Even the food place at the entrance of BB&B (corner of 6th/18th) is pretty good. I'm not a fan, but many people like Tebaya, a Japanese wing place on 19th St close to 7th.
Limerick House on 23rd just east of 6th is a typical and comfortable Irish pub. There's also a good pub on 23rd just west of 7th (forget the name!).
re: drmoze
That Korean bodega (and the resident cat) are definitely missed, but at least it was replaced by an actual food business and not some chain or another nail salon.
I'm just saying, for healthier food than average in the neighborhood it's a good bet.
Nooch on 8th & 17th. Cheap, fast, just not too close to your office. I love their Tom Yum noodles!
Super Taco Express -- quite tasty, and super (and I mean super) cheap and fast, recommend anything in the yummy soft tortillas that they must make fresh daily, black bean and guacamole are my favorites. Good chips too. Great value. 7th & 23rd
Go Sushi -- 6th ave & 8th st.
Uncle Moe's --19th betw 6th & 5th
F&B -- 23rd betw 7th & 8th
The City Bakery -- fast if you go at a slightly off time, watch how much you put on your plate cause you pay by the lb. but it's quick cause food's already prepared.
I loved Tono Sushi before they switched to full service restaurant, used to be counter service but I guess the food is still good it will just take you a bit longer & cost slightly more. why fix what ain't broke.
Ashby's -- 22nd near 6th
Boston Market -- har har -- heck it's cheap & fast so I guess it qualifies
Shake Shack! I tried it for the first time today. Great stuff.
cheap/fast is obviously my comfort zone. Welcome to the neighborhood.
re: mahler5
BLT Fish for lobster rolls
City Bakery for Chocolate chip cookies and yummy buffet
Rosa Mexicano for great Mexican/Happy Hour
Shake Shack for burgers n such
F & B for exotic hot dogs


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He's a gentle lover, blinded by you to all others.
I hear he's so productive with his life.
Tried so hard to please him off the bat
and broke your knees.
But tell me, is he really your type?
He will never be satisfied unless you're kneeling.
Froth at the mouth calling his name in spite the loss of feeling.
I'm staring at your tits I feel so bad it's come to this.
Save the day indulgence.
You think you must be his but I respected those tits
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Voigtlander 42.5mm f/0.95 Nokton Lens Review
Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 Handling and Features
This lens feels very solidly built, thanks to the all-metal construction. As a result if feels quite weighty for its size. Even so it balances well with the Panasonic Lumix G3 camera used for testing.
The focusing ring is very smooth to operate and has just the right amount of resistance to make applying fine adjustments a pleasure. Closest focus for this lens is 23cm, which is very impressive given the fast maximum aperture.
There is no electronic communication between the lens and camera so Olympus camera owners will have to input the lens' focal length to take advantage of image stabilisation. A novel feature of the aperture selector ring is the ability to choose whether it will click for each stop or not. Disengaging the clicks can be especially useful for video recording, allowing for seamless aperture changes. The clicks are engaged or disengaged by pulling a knurled section towards the camera body and rotating it by 180 degrees. This system makes it virtually impossible to disengage the clicks by accident, but easy enough to complete in a hurry. With click engaged, there are distinct half stop steps.
The lens accepts 58mm filters, and the filter ring does not rotate during focusing, which makes it perfect for use with graduated and polarising filters. A circular lens hood is supplied, which attaches around the filter ring on the lens.
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Jacksonville Farmers Market celebrates 75 years
Updated On: Oct 11 2013 09:08:06 PM EDT
The Jacksonville Farmers Market is turning 75, and it's celebrating with a three-day festival this weekend.
The parking lot at the Farmers Market off Beaver Street was full of cars Friday, but it didn't always look that way.
It's the oldest and most visited farmers market in Florida, with more than 25,000 visitors a year.
The market's general manager, Greg Tison, said he's been coming to the market for 45 years.
"There's a lot of history with this Farmers Market," Tison said. "I can remember when I was a child coming here with my grandparents. It was butted up to the railroad tracks. Back in those days most of the produce came in on the railroad."
The market is open every day of the year, dawn to dusk. Shoppers can find seafood, local produce and more at affordable prices.
"Families can come out here in these economic times and save up to 70-80 percent on their produce bills," Tison said.
Families like the Hamiltons have been doing that since the '80s.
"You can always get a good price -- good price and fresh produce," one of the family members said. "It's a nice little outing, and we always support the local farmers."
Not just great deals, but fresh and organic produce, which drives a lot of customers to the market instead of other outlets.
"Usually you can get fresh produce, which has only been out of the field a few days," Tison said. "If you go into a local retailer, where it sits for maybe a week or so in cold storage -- the sense of freshness is out here."
The Farmers Market only uses about half of its property, and because the business is doing well, organizers say they plan to make the market even bigger.
"We're looking to expand in the future and pretty much double the size double our parking," Tison said.
To celebrate 75 years in business this weekend there will be a festival with musical guests, a kids zone, prize giveaways, and tons of food from local vendors and food trucks.
The festival runs all weekend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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What are your favorite Spring dishes?
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- harryharry Mar 19, 2007 07:15 AM
Think about morels, ramps, asparagus, peas, etc....
re: jinet12
Love it. I add a little fresh grated orange peel to bring it right over the top.
Asparagus, sauteed with some chorizo, croutons and almonds (its a Jaques Pepin recipe from Fast Food My Way).
Anything on the grill/smoker now that it isnt below freezing, and the equiptment isnt covered with snow.
Last weekend, I smoked some of the best baby back ribs I have ever made, or eaten.
Spring grilling for me is the tune up for a long summer of grilling/smoking alot of meat on the grill/smoker
Last year I made a great pasta dish with fava beans, asparagus and pecorino romano. It was the first time I'd cooked with fava beans and I really enjoyed them. I really need to find that recipe!
asparagus, spaghetti carbonara made with yolks only and fresh peas thrown in, and then an angel food cake made with the whites.
Grilled asparagus with citrus vinaigrette
Sauteed pea shoots in butter with shallots
English peas
Morels with cream on toasted brioche points
Spring onions
Green garlic risotto
"Think Like a Chef" has wonderful recipes that incorporate a lot of spring ingredients.
The ultimate spring salad, which contains:
asparagus tips
baby artichokes (raw, sliced paper thin)
fennel (also sliced paper thin)
fava beans
Blanch then refresh the asparagus, peas, and favas (peel favas).
Dress with lemon juice, olive oil, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
Top each plate with shaved Parmesan and chives.
Anything with aspargus, artichokes, lamb, strawberries, fresh peas sounds like spring to me. Pasta primavera, grilled asparagus with grilled lamb, lemon curd over strawberries. Very simple, very fresh, very succulent.
anything fava beany
asparagus risotto
asparagus steamed 2/3 way, then removed to cool. take 2 c of the cooking water, reduce slightly. add salt/pepper, mustard powder, lemon juice, butter. add asparagus back in & cook in liquid the rest of the way. if a more saucy sauce is desired, use a smidge of cornstarch slurry.
re: Mawrter
Yes. Favas with slivers of spring onions or green garlic and pecorino romano. Mmmmm
Too many to choose, but this is a start.
Fresh peas salad with lemon juice dressing and shaved parmesan
Grilled asparagus with a poached egg on top
Braised or sautéed radishes
Fiddleheads salad with a fruity vinaigrette or sesame-ginger dressing
Raw artichoke salad (shaved baby artichokes with vinaigrette)
re: piccola
Will someone please talk more about ramps? My one-and-only time eating them was the time I tripped into them at the farmer's market. I can't recall what I actually *did* with them, but be assured it wasn't inspired. What the heck do you do with ramps?
re: Mawrter
Fresh caught salmon stuffed with spring foragings. Ideally morels, nettles and devils club tip, fresh spring spruce tip. A once a year delight.....
re: Mawrter
Ramps are a wild onion rather like leeks but stronger found in the Blue Ridge/Applachian/Smoky mountains. You might honor this seasonal wild food by simply grilling or braising them. They can be substituted for leeks in other recipes. There are some great leek suggestions on the Home Cooking board.
re: TNExplorer
<found in the Blue Ridge/Applachian/Smoky mountains> and a lot of other places! Farmers in the quad-state area around here find them all over the place, but especially in the Adirondacks, Catskills, Poconos...
re: ChefJune
And in Ontario.
re: Mawrter
Ramps are onion/leek-type deals that grow in the South East. I remembered that Saveur had a piece on them some time ago, went to their website, searched for "ramps" and found it. They had a recipe for ramp bulbs and leaves sauteed in bacon fat and then topped with crumbled bacon. Sounded great.
re: ChefJune
creamed spring onions with baby new potatoes and peas... do you follow a recipe or just make a basic bechamel? sounds delicious
re: alex8alot
just a basic bechamel..... don't forget a little grate of nutmeg.
That creamed potatoes and peas thing, yeah, me too, with either salmon or my mom's molded tuna salad - it's the traditional New England 4th of July supper, but back in Illinois the peas and potatoes came in a good bit earlier. Odd this should come up, but that's what I'm making tonight, though with cut-up White Rose potatoes, and frozen baby peas and salmon from Trader Joe's. It's still gonna taste like spring.
re: Will Owen
Will Owen, can you please post a recipe for either the molded tuna salad or the salmon one you're making? Thank you.
I love the fresh pea soup in one of Deborah Madison's Green's cookbooks. It's simple and delicious and topped with creme fraiche. Can be made with fresh or frozen peas.
On a slightly different note - though I love all the suggestions so far - I also find myself switching from mostly meat to mostly seafood/fish at this time of year. Winter is all about roasts and braises and warming stick-to-your-rib-edness. Right about now I start to crave things that are lighter and fresher: shrimp dressed with chipotle and lime, a big bowl of mussels in white wine, roasted fish over wilted greens.
Early spring:.
The very first chives from the garden snipped over buttered potatoes, with a little cracked pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.
The very first mint, in tea or snipped into peas.
Mid to late spring:
Rhubarb - made into a sauce for roast pork, or in a cobbler or crisp
Early strawberries
baby bok choy steamed and drizzled with sesame oil
re: sheiladeedee
I miss my garden!!!!!!
re: prunefeet
oh, I feel your pain... the years I don't plant something are dreary indeed.
I went to the farmer's market this past Sat. and made a few early spring dishes.
Soup of green garlic, leeks, potato and sorrel...all simmered together and then pureed, garnished w/ chives.
Steamed asparagus w/ dill, dijon mustard and lemon juice.
Apple-rhubarb crisp.
I got some baby artichokes that I need to use. Can't wait for fava beans and peas...
re: Carb Lover
Farmer's market time is three months away here, and my garden is in seed trays under lights in my bedroom. But I'll plant seed for microgreens in pots this weekend, and I should be able to snip some for my Easter morning omelet...
Springtime to me is for lighter types of food. I love this one dish i always make that is grilled salmon marinated wtih lemon juice and old world seasoning. I top it with a mixture of small sliced tomatoes, avocado and scallions that have been sitting and marinated with extra virgin olive oil and balsalmic dressing, It is wonderful. I usually add a side of steamed asparagus.
Here are two of mine. The first involves a good deal of chopping, but it is a beautiful presentation and jjust sings of spring and/or summer.
4 zucchini / italian squash, diced
4 yellow squash, diced
6 tomatoes, seeded, pulp removed, diced
3 large red peppers, seeded, diced
2 bunches of green onions, chopped
4 T chopped / minced garlic
red pepper flakes
1 cup dry white wine
2 T tomato paste
1 1/3 cups chicken stock
Penne Pasta
Parmesan/romano cheese
fresh basil, chopped
salt and fresh ground pepper
Toss together diced vegetables and garlic, red pepper flakes and salt/pepper in non-metallic bowl. (Vegetables can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Cut 6 pieces of foil into 1-foot squares and spray each with non-stick spray. Evenly divide vegetable mixture and mound in the center of each square.
Combine wine, tomato paste and chicken stock in a bowl and whisk well to blend. Pour 1/3 cup of mixture over each mound of vegetables. Pull edges of foil up and twist shut. (Vegetable packages can be prepared 1 to 2 hours ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
Place vegetables packages on baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees until vegetables are just tender, 15-20 minutes.
Meanwhile, boil pasta. Drain well. Toss pasta with a little olive oil or butter and Fresh Parmesan or Pecorino romano cheese.
To serve, divide pasta among pasta bowls. (Up to six. If serving fewer people, each person can get more vegetables.) Open each foil package and pour vegetables and juices over each pasta serving. Sprinkle each portion with basil, more red pepper flakes and more cheese. Serve immediately.
(You can use a variety of vegetables if you like.)
2 onions, peeled
6 T olive-oil
3 heads garlic, sliced thin
2 9 oz pkgs. frozen sliced artichoke hearts, thawed (or fresh hearts)
3 tomatoes, cored, chopped (you can rinse them a bit to get rid of the seeds if desired)
2 carrots, sliced, or 10/15 small young carrots
1 pkg frozen peas, rinsed
1 bottle white wine
1 cup chicken broth (optional)
20 fresh asparagus, sliced into 1 inch pieces
fresh herbs: thyme, rosemary, tarragon, chopped
- Slice onions in half lengthwise. Place each half down and slice crosswise into very thin slices
- In large unheated skillet, combine onions, oil, garlic, herbs, and toss to coat with oil. Sweat over low heat, covered, until onions are soft, at least 15 minutes. Add artichoke hearts, tomatoes, carrots, and wine. Simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes to burn off alcohol.
- Add stock and simmer 10 more minutes.
- Add peas and asparagus tips. Cook a few minutes more.
- Serve in wide bowls, with lots of crust bread and dollops of pesto on top.


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Pencil in a tax break on supplies for school
Brightly colored notebooks. Hello Kitty folders. Dinosaur-shaped lunchboxes.
Store shelves are sporting school supplies in abundance these days. But the costs of those pencils, backpacks, highlighters and calculators add up fast.
This year, the average family will spend nearly $700 to stock up for the school year, according to the National Retail Federation.
And Huntington Bank's "backpack index" found that many parents will spend 20 percent more this year for school supplies than they did last year.
Adding to the expense for parents is the cost of dressing children for school.
With costs rising, parents are scrambling for ways to save money. This weekend, Virginia's annual tax-free weekend will offer an opportunity for bargains.
Throughout the state, many items of clothing, shoes and school supplies are exempt from sales taxes Friday through Sunday, saving families a little more than 5 percent. For school supplies the exemption is for items priced at $20 or less. For clothing and shoes, the exemption is for items priced $100 or less.
But for many area families, school supplies still remain out of reach.
A bevy of school supply drives will collect items for families who are homeless or who can't afford the typical supplies.
These drives hope to give local students a jump start on the school year, while minimizing the effects of poverty on their education.
Ways to help include:
YMCA's Bright Beginnings hopes to help at least 55 King George students with school supplies, backpacks and clothes.
The effort especially needs money, volunteer shoppers and backpacks filled with supplies from local school lists.
To help, go online to gofundme.com/bzv0qw or email email@example.com.
Stafford County Public Schools' Collect for Kids efforts seeks school supplies such as backpacks, pencils, three-ring binders, glue, composition notebooks, drafting kits, paper, spiral notebooks, index cards, flash drives and more.
Donation locations include the Porter and England Run libraries, as well as Chick-fil-A restaurants on Dunn Drive and International Parkway. For details, visit AppleFCU.org/SupplyDrive.
A Stuff the Bus drive will benefit homeless students in Spotsylvania. Donations of supplies such as crayons, pencils, notebooks, backpacks and more can be dropped off at the Southpoint Walmart on Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Freedom Assembly of God in Spotsylvania will give away school supplies on Aug. 16. To donate backpacks and supplies, call 540/840-4404 or 540/548-3022.
School Dressing Days will give away new clothes and backpacks starting Aug. 8. To help, bring new backpacks and clothes to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1710 Bragg Road, on the mornings of Aug. 7–9.
Stafford Junction hopes to help about 200 students with supplies. The organization needs supplies and money.
To help, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
To find more opportunities to help local students get ready for school, visit the Doing Good blog at fredericksburg.com.
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When I read this story from Andy Hewat, it kinda stopped me in my track. It's really serious when your heart is the limiting factor to run further. It can hurt, real bad.
You can read about his background in this interview. He's definitely one hardcore ultra trail runner.
And here are some excerpts from his own words, and why Atrial Fibrillation can hurt really badly, both morale and body.
"…I have Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Paroxysmal, which means it comes in bursts and rectifies itself eventually. In my case, it comes on spontaneously and reverts in a matter of hours. No identifiable cause. No specific triggers. Bending over to tie my shoelaces. Walking the dog. Sitting on the couch. And running, it happens a lot when running.
…AF is distressing when it occurs. It causes my heart to beat abnormally fast but inefficiently, reducing circulation, causing fatigue and breathlessness. Almost worse than the disease is the medication to control it: add tiredness, nausea, headaches, loss of concentration, anxiety and weakness.
…AF is perplexing to someone so fit. Yet that very fitness has probably caused it. AF is more common than you might think. While running helps protect us from ischaemic heart disease that causes heart attack, it increases our chance of arrhythmias (abnormal heart rate and/or rhythm). The most common of these is AF. But AF is more a disease of old people. At 47 and very fit I was a curiosity to the casualty staff. Unfortunately, I am not alone. The association between AF and over 40 year old endurance athletes is becoming all too common. A 30-year study of elite cross-country skiers in Norway found a prevalence of 12.8 per cent compared to 0.5 per cent in the general population.
…While the AF would come and go the side effects are constant. Much of my days are spent asleep on the couch. I try to run but it feels like I am dragging a tyre behind me. Sometimes two tyres. Sometimes a tractor tyre. But I still try. As hard and uncomfortable as it is, I need to maintain that connection with who I really am: a runner.
…Every day is a struggle. Running 10km on flat pavement is like running up a mountain on day two of a hundred miler. And with a cruel twist it often comes with the same nausea. It is just plain awful. I get home after a run and collapse on the floor in the foetal position to recover. And still the flutters and palpitations. All my races are cancelled. My running life is on hold. But running is my life. Every now and then I try to forget the reality and try to reconnect with the runner still inside me. Just like another ultra, I keep putting one foot in front of the other and hope that eventually things will get better. The true value of ultras is that they actually train us for life.
…There are risks: stroke, bleeding or even death. And it might not work. But I am willing to take those risks. I want the ablation. It will hopefully give me a chance to run trails again, free and unfettered."
And yes, I really like that quote in bold. It hold much truth in it.
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