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Dr. Otoi, the world's most eminent robot scientist, has just finished work on Signal, his most incredible creation yet. Made from MIRA, an almost supernaturally strong substance with regenerative properties, Signal will be both incredibly strong and incredibly lifelike. As a gift to his grandson, Nobu, Dr. Otoi asks him what sort of personality to give his new robot. Without hesitation, Nobu answers: "[[BigBrotherMentor Like a big brother!]]" Which would all go quite well if Nobu didn't sneeze during the programming.
Now Signal is the pinnacle of combat robot technology, with a huge glitch: Every time Nobu sneezes, he transforms in a [[{{Keet}} hyperactive]] {{Fun Size}}d "Chibi Signal" with an [[TrademarkFavoriteFood adoration for chocolate.]] In some ways, though, it's preferable to the full-sized Signal, who is what is technically known as an "arrogant airhead". He's in good company, though, as his family includes the BrilliantButLazy [[InsistentTerminology (beautiful)]] robot scientist Chris, Dr. Otoi's notoriously spacey son, and a host of [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable but inexplicable mini-robot creations]].
Of course, with great technology comes those who want to steal said technology, and Dr. Otoi's old rival and colleage, Umenokoji, is after the MIRA Signal's made up of. He plans to kidnap Signal by first kidnapping Pulse, Signal's older brother/prototype, who would technically be inferior if his creator, Dr. Otoi's son, hadn't just decided to randomly upgrade Pulse with some new super-weaponry. Thus kicks off a series of wacky hijinks involving robot battles, super-science, robot battles, unlucky policemen, robot battles, kidnapping plots, robot battles, and did we forget anything? Oh yeah. Robot battles.
One of the wackier {{OVA}}s to come out of the 1990s.
'''This anime contains examples of:'''
* AbsentmindedProfessor: Seems to run in the Otoi family.
* AloofBigBrother: Pulse, though that's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy not exactly his fault.]]
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Absolutely '''nothing in the opening actually happens in the show.'''
** The events and characters ''do'' appear in the manga, though only one volume was ever officially translated into English.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames
* {{Bishonen}}: Signal must be the world's prettiest robot boy. The show certainly spares no expense in [[MrFanservice the loving closeups of his face, or his long flowing hair, or his]] [[TransformationSequence naked transformation sequence.]]
* BigBrotherBully: Dr. Otoi worries that Signal will develop this personality when Nobu suggests making him a big brother type. [[JerkAss He does, in part]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold though he still cares deeply for Nobu.]]
* BladeAboveTheWrist: Pulse's weapons. Also both {{BFS}}es.
* BlindWithoutEm: Pulse should really get some glasses.
* BrilliantButLazy: Chris is a very smart robotic engineer, usually, she just lacks drive.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Chris has pinkish-red hair and eyes, Nobu's hair and eyes are the same shade of brown, and an argument can be made for Signal, though his aquamarine hair just ''slightly'' mismatches his eyes.
* CopyProtection: In-universe, the MIRA file data is protected by... a whack-a-mole game featuring Chibi-Signal. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
* DancingTheme: The ending theme, with cute dancing robots.
* TheDitz: Erala doesn't exactly have the most expansive CPU.
* EleventhHourSuperpower
* FanService: Signal is a walking fountain of fanservice.
* FlawedPrototype: Pulse is incredibly powerful... but needs to rest often due to his huge energy expendature. [[BlindWithoutEm He's also very nearsighted.]]
* FunSize: Chibi-Signal.
* HeadPet: Nobu has a mostly-unexplained foxlike friend who lives on his head, and who occasionally causes him to sneeze.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** In the dub, Nobu is [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Rickert]] and Pulse is [[BigBad Griffith]].
*** Ume is Void.
** Professor Otoi is none other than [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]] himself!
** Chris is [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]].
** Erala is [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jessie]]
* HotBlooded: Signal, to the point where he's frustrated by living in such a peaceful town.
* HypocriticalHumor: "It's wrong and dishonorable to take advantage of someone when he's weakened! Now let's knock out Pulse while he sleeps!"
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Nobu's sneeze triggers Signal's transformation from regular size to chibi-size and back again.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Big Signal acts like a pretty normal big brother, which means he bounces between knocking on Nobu and being nice to him.
* {{Keet}}: Chibi-Signal.
* KidAnova: Nobu ''tries,'' anyway, especially where Erala is concerned. Chris makes fun of him for going through puberty.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Epsilon has a ''hilariously inappropriate'' leitmotif. It sounds like cutesy elevator music. Epsilon himself isn't really [[GiantRobot the elevator music type.]]
* LethalChef: Erala. Her habit of [[TheKlutz breaking every dish]] probably contributes to this.
* LittleBigBrother: The younger of the two henchmen brothers is gigantic; the older is teeny-tiny.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Both Signal and Pulse have long flowing locks.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Big Signal has the typical arrogant big-brother personality, but Chibi-Signal is friendly and cutsey, if obsessed with chocolate.
* MobileShrubbery: Umenokoji's henchmen attempt to sneak out with the help of some obliging bushes.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pulse wouldn't be such a threat if the younger Dr. Otoi hadn't chosen that ''exact'' moment to upgrade Pulse's weaponry.
* NextSundayAD: There's a ton of advanced robotics running around, but the world still looks mostly the same.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Both Signal ''and'' the one policeman are driven bonkers by the fact that they live in such a peaceful town.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub: Signal is the most bishie robot ever, so let's get [[Creator/HiroYuki the most bishie-voiced actor]] to play him!
* PityTheKidnapper: Erala is so ditzy and clumsy, she is probably not the world's best hostage. Even once she realizes she's been kidnapped, she's too concerned with cleaning for her life to attempt a serious escape.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Robots still have metallic-looking limbs, but for the most part, many of them look identical to people. MIRA is even especially stated to make Signal extra-lifelike.
* RoboFamily: Signal considers both Pulse and Nobu his brothers. "I was made to act like Nobu's brother. But I ''am'' his brother."
* SharpenedToASingleMolecule: Pulse's [[BladeAboveTheWrist Blades Above the Wrist]] are defined as "monomolecular".
* SuperpowerDyesYourHair: Signal, in his super-form, becomes white haired - this would probably be a spoiler if it [[SpoilerOpening wasn't in the opening.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chibi-Signal ''loves'' chocolate.
* TransformationSequence: Chibi-Signal-to-Big-Signal has a very dramatic one, complete with ClothingDamage. The first time he does it on screen, the [[ChunkyUpdraft wind of power]] destroys a library.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Justified in Signal's case, as he's a robot.


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It seemed like just 10 minutes had passed during her April 13 tennis match before Natasha James found herself down a set at Northern Iowa, an unfavorable spot for a player who admittedly wears emotions on her sleeve.
"I was like, 'All right, let's pull it together,' " the University of Evansville sophomore said. "When you lose, you have to decide how you want to lose. Are you just going to give up, or at least put it on the line and know you've done all you can?"
James came back to win the second set before dropping that match to UNI's Phoebe Walker by a 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 score — a turning point in developing her mental game as Evansville's No. 1 singles player.
The Las Vegas native plays with unconventional style, favoring serve and volley compared to the more widespread working from the baseline. During matches when she serves well and can go to the net — those coincide with an even-keeled, cerebral approach — James usually wins.
"I'm very expressive," she said. "If it's an off day, the emotions definitely wear on you because I'm tough on myself. That third set just came down to who made the ball, and she made it. But I think I definitely have grown mentally in that aspect. Before, I might have just been like, 'It's just not my day.' "
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Welcome to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and the unique realms of possibility carved out by the Jogja Hip Hop Foundation, a vibrant young arts collective that makes Javanese rap and has a true knack for fostering unanticipated personal connections between ethnically diverse Indonesians, between different generations, and between Americans and Indonesia's creative youth, in person-to-person diplomacy you can dance to.
"We just love to stand on the roots and traditions where we were born and grew up, but we are also part of global society. We want to give; not just receive," exclaims Mohamad "Zuki" Marzuki, one of Jogja's MCs, who is also a visual artist and electronic musician. "We can take poetry, traditional literature, or a spell or mantras—it could be from three hundred years ago—and we reimagine it, giving it contemporary context. We bring it into our generation and to the world. We want Americans to know about Javanese culture and our rap, to hear their reactions."
Embraced by older intellectuals, initially skeptical elders, and young music fans alike back home, the Foundation will bring its tradition-inflected beats and sonically engaging Javanese poetry to the U.S. In November and December 2012, as part of CENTER STAGE (www.centerstageUS.org). Tour dates below!
An initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, CENTER STAGE brings compelling contemporary artists from Haiti, Indonesia, and Pakistan to the United States to engage the American people in cultural diplomacy as a way to create opportunities for greater understanding. Administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, with funding from the Asian Cultural Council, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art,this public-private partnership is the largest public diplomacy effort to bring foreign artists to American stages in recent history.
"Hip hop has changed in America," Zuki reflects. "Too much bling this, bling that, and sexy girls. Our songs are very different. They've become a soundtrack of everyday life in Yogyakarta now, and that feels really good."
The day-to-day in Indonesia's vivacious cultural center encourages the kind of creativity Zuki and his crew exhibit. With a large community of university students, the city has become home to a whole scene of active young artists and intellectuals, eager to recast and rethink Java's artistic heritage. Not a weekend goes by without dozens of events, happenings, art openings, and concerts at Yogyakarta's many galleries and venues. Young and old—"even those people who don't like hip hop," Zuki laughs—will often turn out for a Jogja show, if only to sing the Yogyakarta anthem with the crew.
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Ryan Alexander-Coe is a talented photojournalist who has been on assignment all over the world. But when her two sons choose to live with their father after her divorce, Ryan must give her career up for a small-town newspaper job in order to be near them.
Life spirals out of control when her fifteen-year-old son is arrested. Desperation--both over the fact that she cannot believe her son commited this crime and that he refuses to talk to her--sends her anger level soaring . . . and eventually sends her storming into Dr. Sullivan Crisp's office in search of ways to cope with her anger. Sully is in town assisting at one of his clinics and continuing his search for Belinda Cox, the woman whose guilt-inducing counseling caused the death of his wife and daughter. When Sully's search ends in disaster, both he and Ryan will have to fully rely on God--rather than themselves--to survive these storms.
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Her life was spinning out of control. A mix of anger and emptiness defined her. Desperate for true peace, she headed to a place of rest - the healing sands.
Ryan Coe feels lost - her marriage is over, her kids are living with their dad, her God-life is silent, and her patience is practically non-existent. To top it off, her once exciting job as a photojournalist has been reduced to taking pictures of enchilada festivals and B-level actors. But when she arrives at the scene of a crime and sees her son's face through her zoom lens, her world crashes. Her only mission - to find out who really did this and why they framed her.
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Lionel Messi says that his injured knee feels much better despite fearing the worst when he collided with the goalkeeper during a Champions League match against Benfica. The Barcelona forward says he may miss Sunday's league match at Real Betis, but had originally thought his career might be in jeopardy. Messi says ''I sincerely thought it was the last ball I would be touching for a long time because of the pain. I tried to go ahead and shoot, but I didn't have the strength.'' Messi is trying to equal a 40-year-old scoring record held by Gerd Muller. He has scored 84 goals in 2012 and has four games to catch Mueller, who scored 85.
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The last truly heroic character to occupy the western Roman throne, Flavius Julius Valerius Majorianus was born ca. AD 420 to an aristocratic Roman family. His mother was daughter of the elder Majorianus, who served as Master of Soldiers to Theodosius I (AD 379-395), while his father was a financial officer on the staff of the the generalissimo Flavius Aëtius during the long reign of Valentinian III (AD 430-455). Majorian entered military service at an early age and distinguished himself in battle, as well as cutting a dashing figure at court. Majorian allied himself with the powerful barbarian general Ricimer, master of soldiers under the emperor Avitus, whom they deposed late in October of AD 456. After a six-month "interregnum," Majorian was hailed as emperor by Ricimer and his troops on April 1, AD 457. The East Roman Emperor Leo I agreed to the appointment only reluctantly, for Majorian did not formally accept the title until December at Ravenna. His letter to the Roman Senate setting forth his military and domestic policies is one of the few reliable documents to have survived from this shadowy period. Majorian spent most of the next two years leading military expeditions into Spain and Gaul, regions that had virtually broken away from Roman authority. Defeats were dealt to the Visigoths, Burgundians, and Vandals, the first such Roman victories in decades. He next prepared to launch an invasion of North Africa to eject the Vandals, but before he could embark, the Vandals attacked and captured his fleet at Cartagena late in AD 459. The disaster fatally crippled Majorian's regime. Forced to conclude a humiliating peace treaty, Majorian attempted to return to Italy and resume his campaign of reform and revival. But after dismissing his bodyguard in Gaul, he was intercepted, arrested and executed by his former ally Ricimer, who appointed the docile Libius Severus in his stead.
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i have to design some mechs (gundam type robots) for a video game--im not very experienced at robots, so does anyone know of any good tutorials, or some tips that would be helpful--i could use anything
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I have to draw robots every day at work. I just finished the new game Metal Arms glitch in the system. I would recommend you follow DC tutorial on his website. You'll learn that when you have to draw robots, it is alot more creative and "freestyle" considering you don't have to follow any rules or correct anatomy like you would if you had to draw people.
go to www.dougchiang.com and link to robota/ studio tips.
You can use this technique either with tradional pens or in photoshop as well. Remmember this is only one of many different techniques you can follow, but I find it helpfull when you are just trying to make interesting shapes, plates, ..robotic stuff.
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Thanks for the link to Doug Chiang's beautiful and well written tutorial!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love the Learning...Nice New Twist for Baby Einstein
I'm a big fan of Baby Einstein videos for the most part. We own most of them and have watched them countless times. My daughter (now 20 months) has lost interest in them now. She was most drawn to them from 8-15 months I think.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love the Learning...Nice New Twist for Baby Einstein,
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This review is from: Baby Einstein:Numbers Nursery (DVD)
I'm a big fan of Baby Einstein videos for the most part. We own most of them and have watched them countless times. My daughter (now 20 months) has lost interest in them now. She was most drawn to them from 8-15 months I think.
But I was thrilled to see this one come out and got it thinking it would be more "educational" than the others seem to be. I was right. I really like how this one goes through the numbers, counting, sequence, etc. The puppets, music, objects, format just seems to make more sense than some of the other more "out there" ones.
Best of all, my daughter loved it and quickly learned to count from 1-5. My only regret was that 5-10 wasn't out (and still isn't)! I'd also love to see an A-Z one! The other new one Baby McDonald is pretty good and slightly different than the "traditional" format too. My daughter asked for "mcdonalds" almost every day for a month after we first got it!
And like another reviewer said, be sure to check out the other choices on the DVD, especially if your child seems bored with just the video. You can find lots of other learning/fun things on each one too!
5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning tool-,
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This has been a wonderful addition to our kid-viewing library! I purchased this because we're starting to get into correctly identifying numbers and quantities, and because our son has really enjoyed many of the Baby Einstein series. What a great decision! I like the fact that they repeat some of the same items for each number, so toddlers get the see the quantity grow-ex: one cup, two cups, etc. I disagree with some of the earlier reviews that wish that the video had gone up to higher numbers- going to "5" was perfect. In my opinion, going to 10 would have meant rushing through each number, instead of using a lot of repetition to get the idea of truly counting across to toddlers. We've used this video as an extension of our teaching to our 2-year old. The puppet sequences are very good, too. There's one skit where the duck has two toy planes and won't share with his friend until the horse brings over two balls, and this gives me a chance to talk about sharing with my son. Another skit has the three main puppets in a car race with each other that my son absolutely loves (although I find it a little long). Because of the combination of education and entertainment, our family gives this a bigs thumbs up! If you're really wanting it to help teach, I wouldn't use it for children younger than 18 months old, but if you're just looking for entertainment, I'm sure that younger is just fine.
4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, but has some flaws,
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We are definitely a Baby Einstein household. I received the first 11 DVDs as a baby gift from a *very* generous friend. My daughter starting watching them as early as seven weeks old. They held her attention even at that point. She likes some better than others (Baby Beethoven and Baby Neptune are favorites). I picked up this latest one when I was Christmas shopping. We watched it this morning for the first time. I'd definitely say it's more in the style of the older videos... less video footage and more "toys in motion" kind of stuff. She seemed to enjoy it and it definitely kept her attention (she never took her eyes away from the TV).
My major complaint is that for a DVD that's supposed to be an introduction to numbers, only introducing the numbers 1-5 seems a little silly. Even Sesame Street goes up to 20. The box says that "Numbers Nursery" is intended for 1 year and up. I'd say it seems more something for even earlier than that. My daughter is now 6 months old and it's about perfect for her. If they wanted it to have appeal to a later age range (up to 2-3 years for example) they needed to include a lot more than the number 1-5.
Overall though it's still an enjoyable addition to our Baby Einstein collection.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great video - Entertained my 23 month old,
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My daughter has been a big fan of the Baby Einstein video series and we have nearly all of the videos. This one has gone back to the B.E. earlier videos, in using some familiar puppets from previous videos and has the typical classical music playing while showing one toy. I watched it with my daughter as a before bedtime video and she sat with me the entire time and didn't move. When they counted she would hold up a few fingers to show me "how many" and when I asked her if she liked her video, she nodded yes.
Sure it would be nice if they went a bit higher in the numbers, but this isn't supposed to replace me teaching my daughter how to count. It's an entertaining video and helps associate one-two-three with how many objects are in front of her. I highly recommend this video for your younger child and also for those children who are my daughter's age and are big fans of the baby einstein videos.
5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray for the Tiger Tape!,
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Like many parents, we own all of the Baby Einstein videos. Baby Bach and Baby Einstein are the only two my kids never enjoyed. Numbers Nursery is another HIT!
Disney has finally been smart enough to go back to Julie Aigner-Clark's original Einstein concept. What made Baby Einstein so special in the first place was that it was so simple. Babies don't need special effects and computer-based graphics - such as in Baby Newton - ugh!
Both my 11-month old daughter and 2 1/2 year old son love this tape. Yes, it would be nice if it went higher than five, but the point of the tape is not to teach your children how to count. That's your job. It's educational entertainment, or so I like to think.
If your kids love Baby Einstein as much as I do, they are going to love Numbers Nursery.
5.0 out of 5 stars Baby Einstein Numbers Nursery,
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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! I own all of the titles, and feel that this is certainly the best one for toddlers age 1 and up. When my daughter turned 19-months old she could count to 5, thanks to this video (of course I recommend the use of books, fridge magnets, and counting as you walk, etc.) but if you need 25 minutes to prepare dinner and would like for your child to get some educational fun in, this is it. Once she was too familiar with the main video, I clicked on 'Bonus Material' to discover that it was loaded with additional videos, counting games, discovery games and even flash cards for numbers 1 - 10 in 7 languages, which is perfect for our English/French bilingual household. Within 3 days, she was counting to 10! Now if only there were a part 2 that would count to 20.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun way to introduce numbers and counting,
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I liked the sequential introduction of the numbers from 1 through 5, and I also liked that when showing five objects, for example, they'd start with four and add the fifth one - that introduces the basic concept of addition to the little ones. My one-year-old son thinks this is great fun and will watch the entire thing (which is a feat, as he's quite active).
My problem, as always with every Baby Einstein video I've seen thus far, is the promotional material you HAVE to watch before you get to the feature of the DVD. Lots of movies have promotional material, but you can usually choose to watch it (or not). That should be the case here, too; the fact that you have no choice but to watch it is enough to dissuade me from buying too many more of these.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD,
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We own several Baby Einstein DVD's and this one, as well as Baby Shakespeare, are my 14 month old sons' favorite videos. He will walk into a TV room and run up to the television, insisting either one to be played. The puppets play a large part in this video, along with other children. There are also various puppets included, instead of only 1 or 2. For these reasons, he really enjoys them. They are extremely educational and fun to watch. Of all the Baby Einstein videos,Nursery Numbers and Baby Shakespeare are the ones to get if your child is 1 year and older. These are the only vidoes my extremely active son will actually sit down and watch! I have bought this video for 2 girlfirends who have 1 year olds. I strongly recommend both of them.
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best,
Liz in Tampa (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Baby Einstein:Numbers Nursery (DVD)
Now that my daughter is two I thought I would stop buying the Baby Einstein series. On a whim, I purchased Numbers Nursery. This is by far one of the best Baby Einstein videos! Even though my daughter already counts way past 5, this video helps her conceptualize the numbers. She calls the video "tiger numbers" and loves the characters - especially the horse. She belly laughs when he eats a flower. We have been collecting many of the items from the video around the house so that we can count along with the tape - for example, we find 5 apples and count when they come up on the tape. It is very interactive and fun. I highly recommend this video along with the other Baby Einstein classics. Thanks Julie!
5.0 out of 5 stars A Welcome Return to Form,
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Baby Einstein:Numbers Nursery (DVD)
Now THIS is more like it!
This DVD clearly illustrates the numbers one to five, in a clear, fun format, with music, great visuals, and logical format. The graphics are simple and uncluttered, the toys are new, and the puppets are not doing the same things over and over again.
It teaches not only counting, but also reading, and this is the first time in the series that the bonus material is as good as, or better than, the main feature.
The main feature runs nearly 30 minutes, exactly as stated on the box, and the bonus material doubles the fun.
An essential Baby Einstein DVD to jump start your child.
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The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 147 calls for service, issued six citations and made 11 arrests from Sept. 7-9, 2012.
The SPD received 100, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
ŌĆó Criminal mischief ŌĆö┬Ā1100 block of Crane.
ŌĆó Family violence assault ŌĆö┬Ā1600 block of Grand.
ŌĆó Theft of service and criminal mischief ŌĆö┬Ā2200 block of E. Broadway.
ŌĆó Theft ŌĆö┬Ā1600 block of E. Broadway.
ŌĆó Credit/debit card abuse ŌĆö┬ĀSweetwater.
ŌĆó Assault ŌĆö┬Ā1200 block of Coral Drive.
ŌĆó Criminal mischief ŌĆö┬Ā100 block of E. Broadway.
Arrested by SPD:
Ryan Linebaugh has been named as Sweet-water High SchoolŌĆÖs Football Player of the Week. Linebaugh, a 185-pound junior running back and linebac-ker, ran for 53 yards on just three carries against Andrews and was in on seven tackles, one for a loss, while also intercepting a pass.
Tuesday is looking mostly sunny with a high near 95. Winds will be from the south-southeast at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with a low around 65, with winds from the southeast around 10 mph.
Learn more about the local forecast by going to weather.gov.
The Sweetwater Bow Hunter's Association will have their 3D Archery Shoot Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at Lake Trammell. The public is welcome to join in the event and it will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The $10 shooting fee covers both days and military and youth shoot free (youth under 16 must be accompanied by an adult).
Sign-in will be at the outdoor archery range, across the road from the lake house. Follow the dirt road next to the fish mail box to the archery range. There will be 25 targets at the hunting ranges plus one optional prize shot.
First graders at Southeast Elementary will be learning about a very important aspect of American history this week.
"Celebrate Freedom Week!", as part of the social studies curriculum, will coincide with Patriot Day, the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The week will teach students on what it means to be an American, the freedoms we have as Americans as well as those who protect our freedom.
September is National Cholesterol Education Month and to acknowledge this occasion Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Lab will be at the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department (SNCHD), located at 301 E. 12th, on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. to offer free cholesterol screening.
Pictured with Lenora Peterson from the Region 14 Educational Service Center are J.P. Cowen Paraprofessionals who have earned their Associates Degree in Early Childhood from Cisco College.
Pictured left to right are Peterson, Norma Rendon, Joanna Martinez, Delfina Balderas, Anita Castro, Norma Torres and Diana Critz. Child development professionals provide a safe and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of young children.
SISD is proud to celebrate this special accomplishment.
Funeral services for At All Kite of Sweetwater will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at The Church of the Good Shepard in Brownwood, Texas, with Father Bradley officiating.┬ĀInterment will follow in Indian Creek Cemetery.
At All Kite went home to the Lord at the age of 52 after a lengthy illness with loved ones at his side.
He was a conductor for the Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) for 33 years working from Brownwood, Sweetwater and Temple Texas.┬Ā He considered most of the people he worked with his ŌĆ£extended family.ŌĆØ
Monday's forecast will bring in the warm weather, following the past weekend of cooler temperatures. Expect sunny skies and high near 92 today, with winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight, it will be mostly clear with a low around 64. Winds will remain from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Visit weather.gov to learn more about your weekly weather.
Both of SweetwaterŌĆÖs sub-varsity high school football teams picked up road wins at Andrews on Thursday.
The junior varsity defeated Andrews 28-7, while the Sweetwater freshman team rallied from a 14-0 first-half deficit to win 26-14.
Both teams will host Breckenridge on Thursday in their home openers.
Sweetwater JV 28,
Andrews JV 7


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Charles Barkley is a polarizing figure here in Philadelphia, so it should be no surprise that Barkley ripped the 76ers, new GM Sam Hinkie, and the notion that smart athletes are a bonus all in one interview. Barkley was on CBS radio in Philadelphia when he ripped Hinkie, and his analytic approach to building a roster. "I have a problem with the way the Sixers are running their organization right now," he said. "You know I don't believe in that analytical crap. If LeBron James couldn't spell cat, I want him on my team. I always tell people, give me a dumb guy that can really play. Don't give me no smart guy." That's right, Barkley could give a rat's a– that one of his teammates couldn't read a menu, as long as he could hit 15 footer.
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8th April 2015
Video game studio redesigns male character after complaints he is 'too sexy' 40
1:33 PM — Video game studio Square Enix have made modifications to an upcoming game - after complaints the male protagonist is "too sexy".
9th March 2015
House of Cards creator opens up about Frank Underwood's sexuality 7
6:01 PM — House of Cards showrunner Beau Willimon has spoken about the sexuality of Kevin Spacey's character Frank Underwood.
Star Wars adds first lesbian character 8
3:01 PM — The Star Wars universe is set to add the first canon lesbian character in the franchise's history.
4th March 2015
Walking Dead actor: Women don't want my character to be gay 16
11:42 AM — Normon Reedus has revealed that rumours his Walking Dead character is gay upset the show's female fans.
1st March 2015
EastEnders to introduce first transgender character 19
11:38 AM — EastEnders is set to introduce the first major transgender character in the soap's history.
28th February 2015
Matt Lucas: I dress up because I'm insecure about how I look 10
6:03 PM — Little Britain star Matt Lucas has said that he is drawn to dress up as characters because he is unsatisfied about how he looks.
14th February 2015
Glee features 200-member transgender choir 10
4:57 PM — Glee has featured a choir made up of over 200 real-life trans people, as part of a storyline in which a character transitions.
23rd January 2015
Last Tango in Halifax writer: It's a myth that lesbians always get killed off 24
3:18 PM — The writer of 'Last Tango in Halifax' has defended her decision to kill off a popular lesbian character.
19th January 2015
Billy Crystal: Gay TV scenes are 'pushing too far for my taste' 75
11:56 AM — Billy Crystal has claimed that modern gay storylines on TV shows are "pushing too far".
17th January 2015
WATCH: Glee character comes out as transgender 2
1:38 PM — Warning: This article contains spoilers. A character on musical TV show 'Glee' has surprised fans by coming out as a transgender man.
12th January 2015
Ex-EastEnders actor: I didn't feel my character was necessary 37
11:39 AM — EastEnders star Sam Strike - who played gay character Johnny Carter on the soap, says he quit the soap because he didn't think his character was "necessary".
22nd November 2014
Winnie the Pooh banned in Poland over 'dubious sexuality' 42
9:09 PM — Children's character Winnie the Pooh has been banned in a Polish town because of his lack of trousers and questionable sexuality.
9th November 2014
Kellogg's under fire for using Tony the Tiger in pride ads 40
4:52 PM — Cereal manufacturer Kellogg's has been condemned by anti-gay groups for putting Frosties mascot Tony the Tiger on a pride advert.
13th October 2014
Transparent creator: I will recruit a transgender writer for second season 5
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25th September 2014
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The Walking Dead exec: We will introduce gay characters 2
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17th August 2014
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Today's Bizarre Dreamweaver Error July 25, 2011 12:35 pmPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology
Dreamweaver has never been one of my favorite editors. I believe the following error is due to an improper shutdown.
The following translators were not loaded due to errors:
ICERegions.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
Server Model SSI.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
Spry.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
From a quick Google Search, it looks like renaming the configuration file and restarting DW and/or the computer will fix things. I'll update shortly.
UPDATE 1: Reboot of system did not help. I'm using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 version 10.0 Build 4117
Update 2: Renaming the configuration file to "configuration old" and restarting DW did the trick. See this forum, that forum, and this other forum (a list of potential directories).add a comment
Google's Voice Search June 17, 2011 10:49 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Programming, Software, Technology
I think I've seen this and never paid any mind to it. How long Google had voice search on Chrome?1 comment so far
Dear Apple.. an obvious feature request March 25, 2011 1:15 pmPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Gadgets, Software, Technology
Dear Apple, when can I have the ability to prevent my children from moving or deleting items in my iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad)? I'd also like to give them the ability to use the device without accessing particular applications. I'm not asking for user profiles but at least give me the ability to demand a system password for moving and deleting apps and give me the ability to use the same system password to lock selected applications (or screens) so that my financial and business applications aren't accessible while they use their games and educational applications. Thank you! Doug, father to 5 children in a household of 4 iOS devices (and growing) that often change hands.add a comment
Call to action: WordPress Developers Please Comment February 17, 2011 9:33 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : PHP, Programming, Software, Technology, WordPress
Hello WordPress developers! (me included). When you make a theme, I implore you, please use a simple html comment at the top of each page to identify the template. For example: <!- – TEMPLATE: single.php – -> would allow someone unfamiliar with your theme to look in the generated source and see which template(s) are influencing the output. Yes, experienced WordPress developers should already know which files are being used but we don't write themes only for experienced developers. And even experienced developers get stuck, tired, or would like things to be sped along and a simple comment, <!- – TEMPLATE: page.php – ->, would help tremendously. Thank you!add a comment
Time to reboot the feed reader September 16, 2010 11:37 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Communications, Software, Technology
I used to love SharpReader. I was using it before RSS was vogue. The difference between consuming information by going to individual webpages vs using a feed reader is like riding a bike on the Interstate versus driving a Ferrari. I had to give up SharpReader because it was tied to a single box and I'm not. I work anywhere and everywhere and I need to be able to access my data from any device. I switched to Google Reader and have never looked back. Unfortunately, I lost all the articles in SharpReader that I'd marked as a favorite during the transition.
As I scan and read in Google Reader I use the star to mark my favorites so that I can return to the article and read it again (not that I ever do). I rarely but once in a blue moon add an item to my shared items.
I've come to a point where my feedreader more resembles bookmarks rather than a useful way to consume content. Many of the feeds are dead or stagnant. I have some like Fark that I don't read anymore. Some have changed hands and are actually spam now. I'm going to drop my entire feed list. I'll export the entire list first and probably publish it somewhere for reference. My one concern is losing my favorites. I can find nothing that talks about whether or not there is a way to save my favorites and whether or not removing a feed that had something marked as a favorite will also delete that favorite. I'll experiment with it this weekend and figure it out.8comments
flickr iPhone app 99% upload then fails June 23, 2010 8:07 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Communications, Gadgets, Of Interest, Software, Technology
My iPhone refuses to upload a picture using the flickr app. It gets through 99%, reports complete, then says "Upload failed. Try later. Try again." Not much on The Googles about this. However, I believe the answer is in Flickr's monthly upload limit for free accounts. After upgrading to Pro, my upload worked flawlessly. To the flickr iPhone app developers, your error message needs to be altered to encourage the purchase of a pro account.
View pictures mainly from my iPhone at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccaughan and see excellent photography from Cathy with a real camera at http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticpsychology.add a comment
On Time Management/Organizational Tools April 30, 2010 11:27 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Doug's Mantras, Philosophy, Software, Technology
I'm a huge fan of Jott. I don't know how Siri (recently acquired by Apple) slipped through my radar. I now have Siri and am very excited. SpringPad and I have this oddly tenuous relationship which I'll explain in another post. I think SpringPad has incredible potential and should be appreciated by fans of Evernote.
Like Stephen R Covey's First Things First and David Allen's Getting Things Done, none of these tools do any good if you don't use them. And by use them, I mean fully. For instance, in Gmail I frequently flag emails to review later but then I may not review them. The same thing can happen with any of the tools above. I fill Jott with voice notes and text memos daily. Like sharpening the saw, a review is critical. One of my mantras is "15 minutes a day for proficiency." It comes from preparing for juggling shows. If I wait until the day before a performance and try to cram several hours of practice in, I don't perform well. If I spent 15 minutes a day for those same number of hours, I perform very well! That 15 minute mantra applies to all things in life be it learning a skill like guitar, a language like Spanish, losing that extra weight, reading a book, writing a business plan, or just keeping your life in check.
Trying to get organized while living our crazy lives often feels a bit like trying to balance your checkbook while going down a water slide. You can't do it and your checkbook gets really soggy. Feels like a catch-22; too busy to organize, must organize to not be so busy. That's were 15 minutes a day comes in. We can spend 15 minutes just staring into space. Even exhausted, we can muster 15 minutes. And now, I will spend 15 minutes reviewing my notes in Jott.1 comment so far
Suggestions? iPhone password/data keeper March 8, 2010 7:30 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Gadgets, Of Interest, Software, Technology
When my beloved Motorola v3xx bit the dust, I bought an iPhone with the promise to myself that I would use it as a business tool to facilitate building iPhone apps for my clients. I have not talked about my iPhone experience much but that's coming. In the meantime, know this: 1) Steve Jobs is a user interface genius! and 2) I love my iPhone!
Over the past few years, I endeaved to eliminate paper from my life using cloud tools such as Google Docs. The iPhone seems to be the missing link and has helped me take the last steps toward cutting the umbilical cord to paper. Meeting notes go straight to my iPhone. Todo lists, via Jott, straight into the iPhone. The iPhone has helped make my already digital world even more digital.
Now I need a secure password/data keeper for the iPhone. I'm considering SplashID, 1Password, and iAccounts. What are your recommendations?
Related: Best password manager programs for your MacBook and iPhone 3G
Review: Secret keeper apps for the iPhone
WordPress 2.9 has arrived December 19, 2009 8:46 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Blog, Of Interest, Publishing, Software, Technology, WordPress
WordPress 2.9 includes built-in image editing and now videos can be embedded simply by putting the url of the video on its own line in the post with Oembed support and more. Update your WordPress blog soon.
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There is a cure for Windows dependency December 4, 2009 7:24 pmPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology
My computer experience looks a little like this: Atari 2600 -> Atari 400 -> Timex Sinclair -> Commodore 64 -> DOS boxes -> Apple ][ -> Apple ][e -> Apple //c -> Macintosh Classic -> Solaris workstations, AS 400, Next Box, CM5, VAX, ramdom flavors of Unix machines -> Mac Performas (etc), PCs (Windows 3.1, 3.11, 97, 98, 98se, Windows 2000 server, XP, Vista, 2003 (blah blah name it) -> Linux (Ubuntu primarily). In the end I find myself surrounded with PCs with loads of Microsoft software. So everything I write is dependent upon the Microsoft Office suite, software I install requires Windows and so on. Granted, I have Linux development servers because much of my work is in a LAMP environment. That is until my primary machine died horribly and while I was recovering it, I was forced to spend most of my time on my Ubuntu workstation.
After working for a couple of weeks on Ubuntu and relying heavily upon Google Docs, I learned that I love cloud computing. Cloud computing is using applications that are primarily accessed over the Internet. Twenty years or more ago, Bill Gates said this is how all our computing would be and that PCs would revert to being dummy terminals. The nice thing about cloud computing is your data is accessible anytime, anywhere, from any machine, as long as you have an Internet connection; this is also the bad thing. Your data is exposed to 3rd party companies that may go out of business or change ownership or malicious people may find ways to expose your data to the world. You must weight the risk versus the benefits.
Another option is open source software. Many alternative software directories are ready to help you find a free alternative to the commercial software you love. My favorite is osalt.com. For example, search Photoshop, osalt points to GIMP. I've been using Quickbooks Pro since 1999 (actually earlier but 1999 was my most current version). So for 10 years, I have used financial software that was out of date. I cannot find the discs and desperately need a new solution. Many exist! including buying the current version of Quickbooks. A search of osalt found PostBooks which is free although some people are confused by their commercial offerings. Don't be quick to discount open source software just because of the price. Free does not mean bad. For instance, I now favor GIMP over Photoshop in some instances. Soon I may wonder why I ever used Quickbooks.
Do you have any experience with Postbooks? Your thoughts?
See also GNU Cash h/t Jonathan Hickman of traveling at godspeed.5comments
Wibiya Toolbar Not Showing on WordPress Blog November 20, 2009 11:47 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Publishing, Software, Technology, WordPress
If you are trying to use the Wibiya Toolbar on your WordPress blog, but it will not appear, try editing the Wibiya plugin and changing the code from:
add_action('get_footer', 'filter_footer');
add_action('wp_footer', 'filter_footer');
Cannot log into WordPress from Google Chrome November 12, 2009 9:27 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology, WordPress
If you go to your WordPress blog's login page in the Google Chrome browser, type your username and password, and get kicked back to the login screen without an error message, try opening a new tab and logging in from that tab. Seemed to work for me. I also cleared my cache but that did not seem to have an impact. The new tab fixed the problem for me.1 comment so far
My workstation is almost working September 25, 2009 10:19 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Software, Technology
After fighting with trying to clone my old 60 GB hard drive to my new 500 GB hard drive, I finally gave in and started from scratch. Since I was installing from Windows XP sp1 I was limited to 137 GB partition. Once Windows XP installed successfully I upgrade to sp 2 then sp 3 and installed all security patches and updates. Then I began reinstalling software beginning with Avast antivirus first quickly followed by iTunes.
Everything seemed to be going very well until I decided to actually switch back to working on the machine. I tried to remap my development servers but cannot browse my network. I get the error message:
WORKGROUP is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
This list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available
Guess I'm network troubleshooting this weekend.
Update: I made an important discovery today. None of the computers in the house see each other anymore. I used to be able to open Windows explorer and browse to My Network Places then to Entire Network then to Microsoft Windows Network then to MSHome (the workgroup) then to a specific machine that was visible on the network. However at the workgroup level the error message above occurs. I thought it was specific to this Windows XP machine but I reproduced it on another Windows XP machine. Then I tried browsing the network with Windows Vista and also could not see any of the LAN. So on my newly installed Windows XP machine, I tested pinging various machines on the network with success. So in Windows Explorer I typed a machine name and a known shared directory "\\mickey\www" and successfully browsed the remote directory. I then successfully mapped the drive. On my Ubuntu Linux 8.04 workstation, I clicked Places then Network Servers then Windows Network and get the message "Unable to mount location – failed to retrieve share list from server" which in the past would have simply listed all the devices on the local area network.4comments
Force Windows to Install Anywhere But C September 20, 2009 10:54 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology
Does anyone know how to force Windows
98 to install to a different drive letter than C? I need my Windows XP installation to be the E drive. I've run out of tricks.
Yes, I'm a geek that works on computers September 18, 2009 8:30 amPosted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Hardware, Software, Technology
I primarily work with people who have clients that need digital magic to happen. The tag line on my business card is "I solve problems". For the longest time, I was drawn to projects that started off with descriptions like "We've had 3 other developers fail to get this done" or "That expert in Florida says this can't be done." I liked these projects. I liked the challenge and I could usually get it done. However, they are high risk and often not very profitable. Usually the reason three other developers fail to accomplish the task has less to do with a programming problem and more to do with a management problem. It is hard to pay the mortgage with "man that felt good!"
I still work with people who have clients that need things done. Effectively I build web applications for businesses but I usually go through a middle (wo)man. In the past this middle person has been a venture capitalist trying to launch his clients with the greatest of success. It has been other developers with too much on their plates. Most often, designers/artists that need functionality programmed into the website. Imagine you had a bookstore and wanted to sell your books online. I'd be the person who writes the shopping system that allows your customers to browse books online, add them to a shopping cart, and make the purchase online. The part of a website like that which most people never see is the inventory control part. That's where the employees log in to add or remove books from the system. It's just a big a project as the front end where the shoppers go but instead of thousands of people seeing it, 2, 3 or 10 people use it. Of course, you cannot sell books online without a tracking system for shipping so I would write the code that generates shipping labels, ties into UPS or Fedex or the post office, and tracks the packages. Then if your bookstore decided that it wanted to manage it's human resources through the web with a punchcard system for managing when employees clocked in and clocked out, scheduling of employees, and payroll (tying the system into Quickbooks), I'd write that. Next if you decided the punchcard system wasn't efficient enough and you wanted the employees to wear RFID id badges and used those for clocking in and clocking out, I'd write that.
Now there isn't a computer person alive before the time of the Geek Squad who didn't say, "wow! I need to create a business repairing people's computers." The Geek Squad was not an original idea. I know I had the vision of teams of nerds running to people's homes fixing computers. I did it for awhile. I know I have friends who had the same vision. But Best Buy had the resources that we lacked to launch. Tthere is not profit in repairing computers. Computers have become disposable. What holds value is data. If people would move their work primarily to The Cloud or create and understand a backup system that removed the dependence upon a particular machine, then instead of paying a geek to repair your computer, you could just buy a new one! The Geek Squad doesn't make money on repairs. It makes money on upsales. When you get a repair and they sell you an Antivirus program or a new hard drive or another memory stick then they make money.
I do fix computers for friends and family. I charge a flat rate of $135 which is less than what you will pay the Geek Squad. I don't know if it is true but I've read that the Geek Squad will also put in a limited number of hours and then declare that the computer needs reformatting. I won't do that. Usually I put 5 hours into a machine plus I run some diagnostic software overnight and dust out the computer. It's a nice thing to do on a weekend. My effort amounts to substantially less than I charge hourly for programming but there is a good karma to making sure someone's computer is functioning correctly.
However, sometimes I get bitten. I took in a friend's laptop because it was hanging/locking up. I was thinking some malware had a hold of it. A week later the computer is still with me and starting to get in the way of my real work and my friend is becoming frustrated. It may have some defective hardware but the diagnostics I have run have not found any physical problems. It might be a driver problem but downloading the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website didn't help. This is a Dell Inspiron 1525 running Vista with service pack 1. Any attempt to install service pack 2 takes an hour to install and at the very end of the process, the installer announces "failed" and reverts back to sp1. Right now I'm sitting on a BSOD:
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or sofware manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or sofware. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000018, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x81C590FC)
This screams bad hardware or a bad driver. However, I've read that this goes away by installing service pack 2. That would be the thing that installs 100% then reverts back to service pack 1. Oh the irony!2comments


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Portuguese Chicken And Vegetable Stew
|2 , cut into serving size pieces
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Olive oil/Vegetable oil
|2 Tablespoon
|8 Tablespoon (Adjust Quantity As Needed)
|White boiling onions
|1⁄2 Pound, peeled and parboiled (Small Size)
|Chopped onion
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|2 Clove (10 gm), peeled and minced
|2 , peeled and minced
|Medium mushrooms
|3⁄4 Pound, cleaned and quartered
|1⁄4 Pound
|White potatoes
|2 Pound, peeled and parboiled (Small Size)
|2 Medium, cut into wedges
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Dry white wine
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Chicken stock
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Chopped fresh parsley
|3 Tablespoon
|Dried oregano
|1 Teaspoon
|Port wine
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Rinse the chicken well and pat dry.
Sprinkle with a mixture of the salt and pepper.
Place a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
Add the olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter.
When oil and butter are hot, fry batches of chicken until golden brown but not necessarily cooked through.
This should take about 20 minutes.
Drain and place chicken and parboiled onions in a large casserole, preferably earthenware.
Clean the frying pan and place it back on the stove over medium-high heat.
Add three tablespoons butter.
When hot, saute the chopped onions, garlic, and shallots 8 to 10 minutes, until onions are soft.
Add to the casserole.
Melt an additional tablespoon butter in the pan and toss in the mushrooms.
Saute 1 to 2 minutes to glaze and soften the mushrooms.
Add to the casserole.
Melt another tablespoon butter in the pan and saute the ham several minutes, until lightly browned.
Remove, dice the meat, and add to the casserole.
Saute the potatoes, quartered if necessary, until golden brown, adding more butter if the pan is dry.
When potatoes are brown, add them to the casserole.
Finally, top the casserole with tomato wedges.
Pour the whiskey into the hot frying pan; stir and scrape the pan bottom well.
Boil the whiskey about 1 minute to cook out the alcohol.
Pour in the wine, then the chicken stock, parsley, and oregano.
Simmer mixture 1 or 2 minutes to blend the flavors, then pour it into the casserole.
Cover and bake the dish in a 375-degree oven at least 1 1/2 hours, until chicken is fork tender and the broth is rich in flavor.