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'Message from the Provost': Thankful this season
In his latest update for the Mississippi State University community, Provost and Executive Vice President Jerry Gilbert reflects upon the upcoming Thanksgiving season.
Dear Faculty and Staff:
With the holidays quickly approaching, I want to take this opportunity to reflect upon the upcoming Thanksgiving season. I am extremely proud of the faculty, staff, and students at Mississippi State and thankful for them. And I am grateful for the veterans on our campus and for the service that they have given and continue to give. We have a great university. I am thankful for this and many other things.
I thank all of the faculty members who participated in the vote on the proposal to create a new category of faculty. Particular thanks go to the Faculty Senate and ITS for managing the discussion sessions, the general faculty meeting, and the voting process. My position has not changed in that I think the category of Instructional Professors is a good idea even though it did not achieve the votes required for passage. I understand and respect the concerns that some expressed about possible unintended consequences that could have resulted had it passed.
It is great to be at a university where we can openly express and debate ideas. I will continue to look for creative ways to enhance and improve our academic programs. President Mark Keenum and I both are committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity at MSU and to protecting the institution of tenure.
I am excited to begin the planning process for a new 90,000 square-foot classroom building. This is just one step in addressing the expanding resource needs of the university as we grow in student numbers. Even though the immediate outlook for the budget is still unknown, President Keenum, the other vice presidents, and I are all committed to finding ways to add to our faculty and staff numbers as well identifying the means to continue to reward excellence.
The review of Academic Outreach and Continuing Education is continuing and should be completed soon. As I have stated earlier, I am committed to improving and expanding distance education on the campus. We will be implementing consistent and gradual changes over time that will improve things for everyone. I ask you to be patient with us as we plan for the future.
Best wishes to each of you for a great Thanksgiving season.
Hail State,
Jerry Gilbert
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Thinking about upgrading my PowerMac G5 to a Mac Pro but...
Hello All:
New guy here, although I've used your forums for a long time to read up on some Mac advice over the years. I've finally broken down and went from snoop to "registree," anyway...
I currently have a PowerMac G5 Dual Core 1.8 that I've loved for a long time. With OSX 10.7 Lion coming out this summer, I'm fearing falling behind two (2) key OS updates. I'm currently toying with the idea of buying a nice, refurbished Mac Pro (MA970LL/A). My major concern with purchasing something from 2008 is the same issue as to why I'm contemplating upgrading now. How long before I fall behind again? I noticed that the RAM supported in the Mac Pro is DDR2 and not the current DDR3. Now, I understand that most users don't really utilize anywhere near the maximum capabilities that most Mac Pros have, but I worry about the near future. Will I be able to add a Intel Thunderbolt port? I'd like to think I would be.
Still using a MacBook Pro from 2006, and still surviving on my PowerMac G5, I understand that Apple has built nice longevity into their products, but it seems like we're getting to that "transition" time where the old become the obsolete, and the middle aged become the old. I guess, to me, it just seems like a scary time to buy refurbished. Any thoughts would be very much welcomed, and I look forward to picking your brains more often in the future!
- Nick
I just looked over the 2008 specs and it is equally compatable with Lion's likely requirements (Which are mainly going to be graphics and x64 capable CPU) as a brand new one. Nice thing about the Tower systems is that certain key parts can be upgraded (Video Card, HDDs, RAM [even CPU(s) if you are brave]). As for Thunderbolt, it is possible that a PCIe add on card will be developed at some point but I have no idea if that will be a PC only upgrade or if one will be avaliable for Mac Pros since they will be the only Macs capable of recieving such an add on card. Luckily, there are two gen 2 PCIe slots on the 2008 (One for video card and one free) and two 4x gen 1 slots so there is bandwidth avaliable for a 10Gb card.
In other words, I'd say that a 2008 Mac Pro will be just as compatable with future OS releases as my 2011 MBP (And more powerfull than my MBP as well).
Thanks for the feedback. I'm hoping to bring a new baby home this weekend. What would you consider "reasonable" to pay for one of these things. The one I'm going to look at is going for $1400.
Thanks again.
- how many cores
- how much ram
- video card
- hard drives
- cpu speed
- Nick
It's the MA970LL/A, so 8 cores @2.8, 2GB ram, 320GB HDD. Can't remember what vid card, probably going to purchase a new AMD set anyway.
- Nick
The AMD set is from the Apple website and macrumors did extensive testing to check compatibility. Now I'm all excited, I just have to hope that they're not all gone when I get there. ><
I think that $1400 for any 8-core Mac Pro is a terrific price!:)
- Nick
They've got a university sale going on at a local college. Unfortunately it's not open to the public, but if one does open to the public, I'll be sure to post the information on here as long as it doesn't violate forum rules.
- Nick
It always seems like when someone comes to me for advice on buying a new system, I always seem to have something to say. When it comes to buying my own system, I tend to forget what I know and freak out. I wonder if it's because I'm actually spending out of my own pocket. I bet that's it... I wonder how many other people do the same thing.
Thanks again for all the replies, much appreciated.
That's why I said that $1400 for ANY 8-core Mac Pro at this time is a good price!:)
- Nick
Apple is at a transition point where the old PPC architecture is dying out and the rumors are that 10.7 may not support Rosetta for the old PPC Apps. If so that will end the reign of PPC or Universal Apps and the future will only be Intel based software. It was inevitable that it would happen sooner or later, though many of us hoped for later rather than sooner. When 10.6 came out as Intel only I knew the end was in sight for PPC, it was just a matter of waiting for something to give.
I didn't quite make it in time; however, I've decided it is time to upgrade from this PowerMac G5 to a newer Mac Pro. I've been researching the buh-jeezus out of these things, but I can't decide exactly which way to go. Do I snag an inexpensive 1,1, should I invest a little more and get a 4,1. If I do that, I may as well grab one of the new refurbs from Apple's site for $2k.
Suddenly I've talked myself up $1000 and I'm thinking, "how the **** did that just happen."
I know the 1,1 would take some upgrading to make it worthwhile, and if I'm going to upgrade, I should probably take a look at the 2008 models, minimum. DDR3 memory would be nice, but is it necessary... so many questions to ask. The problem is, I know the answers: and I don't like them. My mind and heart point to one, and my pocketbook points to the other. I just don't want to purchase and regret in two months. Has anyone else recently gone through this situation? Thoughts?
I know some of you are going to ask what I use my computer for, so preemptively, here's my list:
1.) Adobe Work (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver)
2.) Games (Starcraft II, WoW, Diablo) [obviously not on my G5, but I'd like to on the Mac Pro as I could give my gaming PC to my sister]
3.) Troll on forums just like this one
4.) Encode and Rip home videos and pictures
5.) Utilize the extra drive bays for network storage (Time Machine)
6.) Attempt to post somewhat useful information on forums like these
That's about all I can think of. Any input would be surely welcomed!
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Is a MacBook Pro With 9400M Enough?
After a fateful rebooting, my previous generation macbook pro (2.2ghz 120gb, 8600M GT, 2GB) apparently has just recently (and inexplicably) become a "expensive, silver, paperweight" according to the mac genius at the apple store and they refuse to fix it for anything short of $1300-$1500 so with a heavy heart I need to start plotting my next move towards getting a new one since it would be foolish to plunk down that kind of dough to fix something a few years old when a new one is just a few hundred more...
I use Final Cut Studio, Adobe Creative Suite etc all the time and I'm looking to get a new MacBook Pro with enough juice to use these types of programs. Its not like this is my profession to use these programs and what not, or that I even use them every day, but I definitely USE my computer and want to be able to run them without it being a major problem when I need too.
I want a 15" one again...as cheap as possible of course since my current macbook pro has died within a couple weeks of my car being wrecked. Bad things happen in pairs or something I guess...So essentially im torn over what the top priority is to save for, but anyway...
The thing im mainly getting hung up on is the graphics options for the 15"... Is the 9400M going to be enough? I would assume apple wouldn't put something in a laptop and call it "pro" without it being up for professional or at least semi-professional/casual professional type of use but I just want to check and see what you guys think. The other option is the 9400M+9600M GT in some sort of SLI configuration i guess... Im so out of the loop on graphics cards I have no idea what the performance level is of any of these.
Anyway, is the base MacBook Pro (2.53Ghz) a good choice for me? Will it be a good overall performance upgrade from my last MacBook Pro? I generally had NO problems performance-wise with any pro level programs with my last MacBook Pro so im fairly certain this one will be more than enough but I just want to get some opinions.
The new computer is better in every way than what you had, and you never had any trouble with those apps with the lesser machine, so...
Ya know.
These days bickering over this video card or that video card is like saying, "Should I use a 500 megaton bomb or a gigaton bomb?"
They'll both cause complete devastation, so why care? The Geforce 9400M will be better than what you had before, so it doesn't matter much! :D
Thats kind of what i figured but i just cant get that stigma of words like "integrated" and "mobile" attached to a graphics card out of my head, haha. A couple years ago that generally meant automatically not capable of anything graphics intensive. Times have changed I guess!
We want to make sure we kill the roaches, the rats, and disintegrate the Twinkies!;)
The Twinkies will never die!
Sorry, I'm just being really flippant.
If you look at Apple's site they give a minimum spec thats supported and recommended
specs which the entry level MBP more than qualifies the one thing it mentions integrated
Intel graphics not supported.
FWIW, I run Adobe Creative Suite 3 (principally Photoshop and InDesign) on my BlackBook all day ... and it has the GMA950 chipset, a laughable excuse of a graphics set compared to the later x3100 and many times faster than the 9400M.
So my answer regarding CS is "don't worry about it."
I can't speak to Final Cut Studio since of course I don't use it on this thing. :)
Final Cut Studio will have no problems except for a couple of things that you may never even need.
Color: For rendering of 4K files and DPX: a graphics card with at least 512MB of VRAM
Here's a quote from Apples site about working with 4:4:4 4K color files:
I can say that the 9400m with a 2GHz processor has far outperformed my best hopes for it as far as gaming goes, so Final Cut you should be fine with for most things. :)
Would any or all of the below complete the picture?;)
- old cigarette butts & ashes
- coffee mugs with stale coffee in them
- old candy bar & potato chip wrappers
- ants & fly's
- partially empty/full bottles of soda
- Nick
I went on a computer call once. Opened the system and 1000's (looked like it, I did not count) of roaches poured out of the poor machine. Made a friend who was with me literally gag! :D Awful experience.
To the OP: That new 9400 will do just fine for what you want to do. It's a lot better than people thing it is.
It probably stank in there as well! Dead roaches are STINKY!!!:( Anybody want to get something to eat!;)
- Nick
I noticed the mac mini comes standard with the 9400M also...interesting.
Is that to suggest if you added 2gb to a mac mini it would be on par with a MacBook pro?
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These Landau scrub pants have an easy fit that will help you feel relax while you work hard. They have a pull-on elastic waist that won't pinch, bind or roll. The fit is relaxed and cut fuller through the hip and thigh. The pockets are reinforced. Made of polyester/cotton.
I retired 4 years ago - - recently I dug out the scrubs looking for some pastel pants to go along with my new life in Florida. I came across just the right color - - now I had worn these for a number of years and was so surprised to find that they were in great shape. So pleased with my find, the fit, the cool cotton, I am ordering some more - - for everyday wear - the price can't be beat and I know they will last for (likely) the rest of my life.
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Marriage bill would allow Jedi to perform wedding ceremonies
- From: news.com.au
- March 27, 2013
The Force is strong in Scotland. Or at least it soon will be.
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering a bill that would open the doors for Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies.
For non sci-fi fans, Jedi are characters in the Star Wars franchise who protect the "light side" of the force and who are entrusted with keeping order, with the help of their epic light sabre and telekenesis skills. (Also, that isn't a typo, Jedi is the plural of Jedi: FACT).
Many Australians also identify as Jedi. So much so that it became an issue during the 2001 census after 70,000 people identified themselves as Jedi in the question pertaining to religion.
The purpose of the Scottish bill is to give people of non-religious belief groups the ability to marry couples.
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Brett of Perth Posted at 4:35 PM March 27, 2013
Married you are...kiss the bride you should
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Azza of Sydney Posted at 4:42 PM March 27, 2013
"found peopleâs lack of faith disturbing", is that meant to be funny or is it just me.."I find your lack of faith disturbing" Darth Vader- Star Wars (A New Hope)
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Matt R of Adelaide Posted at 5:14 PM March 27, 2013
Reverend Iver Martin said the bill was "astonishing" because it created a "so-called belief category" without defining what belief means. "There are loads of people in a diverse society like this for whom belief can mean virtually anything - the Flat Earth Society and Jedi Knights Society - who knows?" he said. Im sorry are we really arguing with a CHURCH about MAKE BELIEVE?? They would be the experts on that.. Thats what their whole religion is based on.. So its ok to believe in the magic sky fairies, but not something else? HYPOCRITES.
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3. Polly the ParrotFirst Lady Dolley Madison's French-speaking macaw was saved before invading British troops set fire to the presidential mansion in 1812.
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Things I liked:Feels like a real gun in your hand. Not too big like some others. Delivers good power for a small package. Quiet.
Things I would have changed:Rear sight. Can be difficult to zero with no reference marks.
What others should know:Mine was delivered with a bad breech seal. I was only getting 240 fps with a 11.9 pellet. Luckily, I bought some spares but they are not the same size. Too big in diameter and too thin. I reworked the new seal to fit and added an appropriate size flat washer behind the seal and now all is good. As advertised, the 22 caliber gets 350 fps with Crosman premier 14.3 pellets. Lighter pellets are a bit faster with Beeman Silver Bear 12.6 gr at 375 fps, and RWS Hobby 11.9 gr at 390 fps. This particular pistol seems to like the Beeman Silver Bear the best.
Things I liked:The Tempest is a well made and solid pistol with very little plastic used in its manufacture. It has an adjustable single-stage trigger that breaks clean. It takes some time to zero in the rear sight as there are no micrometer adjustments, but two screws which must be loosened for both windage and elevation. As everyone has mentioned, it takes some hand and wrist strength to cock - not much leverage is offered by the barrel. Other than the cocking effort, this is a fun pistol to shoot, and it's accurate enough to hit what you're aiming for, but a match pistol it's not, but then, what spring pistol pistol is, and I a number of them. I haven't found the Tempest to be hold sensitive or picky about pellets. RWS Diablo Basics will group well from 10 yds. Cool pistol, and it's small size is a plus for me.
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Dinner near Pacific Film Archive
I'm looking for a cheap, quick place to get something to eat near the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. The closer to PFA the better.
IMHO, there is nothing good to eat on Southside. (Ducking will be required, I realize, because someone always pipes up for Marios La Fiesta...the only time I ever ate there I was ragingly pregnant and crazy).
So take yourself over to Shattuck, for beef with noodles in the Imperial Tea House in the back of the Epicurious complex. Or (depending on your budget and desire for atmosphere) Laiason, at the corner of Hearst and Shattuck. Many would probably refer you to Gregoire on Cedar, but I think it's been inconsistent lately.
re: Ah_Grasshopper
Gregoire was going through a slump about 2-3 months ago due to some changes in staff. But the new head chef, Jean Claude, has brought things back to speed. He's got some impressive credentials behind him including work at a couple of Michelin starred restaurants in Europe (as well as a hilarious tattoo of the words "foie gras" on his fingers). There was a while where I was driving all the way out to Piedmont but now I'm happily eating at Berkeley again.
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You should check it out again. I would have agreed with you until this year, but as others have mentioned here, Le Petite Cheval on Bancroft (almost directly across from PFA), Shanghai Restaurant on Durant and Sunshine Deli on Bancroft below Tele have all opened recently. For a really quick bite, like between screenings, there's always Top Dog on Durant. All these places are within 2 blocks of PFA.
There's a very good and inexpensive Shanghainese restaurant on Durant. Here's a thread with more information.
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ditto this rec. Although I have fond memories of La Fiesta (I'm probably the only human on the planet who always loved their watery soup), I wouldn't say it's that good. Shanghai Restaurant is very good.
Le Petit Cheval, right across the street, is a good standby (not outstanding, but usually better than Mario's, and a lot closer). It's Vietnamese food, cheap, cafeteria-style.
Is there a standard price-rating system for this site? In my book, neither Gregoire or Epicurious is even close to "cheap" (one of the specified criteria in the orginal post). Gregoire runs easily $15-$20/person for dinner, and not much less for lunch. The food is generally fabulous, it's true, but definitely not what I'd call cheap.
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Will Smith seems to be working his magic in Hollywood for his kids Jaden and Willow. Sure, both kids say they're driven to perform no matter what, but it wouldn�t be without the star power of their parents that they have us singing �Whip My Hair� and watching the newest Karate Kid wax on and off. Reportedly, Will has another role for Willow in the works right now—he�s rumored to be developing a remake of the musical Annie for her. In addition, Jay-Z, he of �Hard Knock Life�-sampling fame, is also a potential music collaborator for the updated version.
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Berger 168gr Hybrid.
Anyone tried these? With a G1 BC of .519 and a G7 of .266 it's a cople of thousandths better than the Berger 175gr BT LR that i shoot and it's cheaper. Usually i wouldn't care but i could probably run it at slightly greater speeds than the 175gr BT LR giving me greater performance at a lower price. Just wondering how they handle the 1000yd line.
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Feeding the Devils
Full Cappelletti (or Ravioli) Recipe from Motherlode
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 | Connecting the Dots, Feeding the Devils | 1 Comment
I uploaded the full, 11 minute long pasta making video I made for my cousin (minus the NYT intro) to YouTube. You should be able to see it above, but if not, it's here.I posted a video and some thoughts about sharing a kitchen's worth of ethnic heritage to the NYT Motherlode, and several commenters asked for the full recipe, so here goes. This is SO not in proper NYT recipe style! But it's worked for years. Decades. Generations. I guess that's the point.
1 lb ground meat mixture (pork/beef/chicken) fried in ½ stick butter
3 cups grated cheese, half romano, half parmesan
1 cup bread crumbs
salt, pepper
3 garlic cloves
pinch nutmeg
3 eggs
Fry meat in butter with three garlic cloves, add salt, pepper. Remove garlic cloves after cooking. Add pinch nutmeg. When cool add beaten eggs, cheese, bread crumbs, mix well. Refrigerate at least an hour or over night. Can freeze extra filling, but do NOT defrost in microwave—let it defrost in fridge. I know, that seems obvious, but still.
4 eggs
approx. 2 ¼ cups flour
Mix eggs in mixer or food processor, add all flour, mix slowly until dough ball forms, then switch do dough hook and let it beat around a while. Take it out and knead it by hand, then leave it in the fridge until ready to use. At least an hour is best, but you can use it right away if you don't mind sticky. I should probably say I have killed two food processors this way, but this last one has hung on a while.
You can see another post on making pasta, with more detailed illustrations on rolling it (although I made spaghetti with it that time, but the dough is always the same) here.
You'll have to watch the video for the fold, and you can also see my mother making the filling with me grilling her at every step (and you can hear how approximate the recipe really is, as she sits there going "well, I think I put in a cup of bread crumbs…maybe half a cup, it just depends) and watch me make a small batch of dough with her grilling me at every step (and me saying "well, I think I put in a cup of flour, it depends…). Or you can just make ravioli, which you make exactly like you'd think you'd make them. Fold the dough over the filling, cut, seal. Mom does that way at the end of the video, about minute 10.Cappelletti, I need hardly say, goes in soup. Any soup. Growing up, my mom used Wyler's beef boullion cubes, which I can't even spell now, let alone find, and I loved it them. I use boxed chicken broth, or very occasionally real soup, which is honestly too rich most of the time.
Ravioli goes in sauce. I make my sauce with a big can of Muir Glen diced tomatoes with garlic and basil. First I sauté extra grated garlic, and maybe some grated onion, then I add salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, and then I puree the hell out of it with my hand blender because I hate chunky sauce.
And that's it. We freeze it in bags suited for a meal, I serve 8 ravioli to kids and 12 to adults, and figure 10-12 cappeletti each for soup. It lasts months, particularly if you have hoarding tendencies. Make a double batch of sauce, freeze half, and it's practically an instant meal the next time. Loaf of bread, bottle of wine, you're ready to go. I hope someone tries it. I hope my cousin Ashlyn tries it!
That Perverse Pride We Take In Our Weird Families
Sunday, October 9th, 2011 | Connecting the Dots, Feeding the Devils | 4 Comments
This could end really well.
Or—let's be honest here—it could go really badly.
Lily requested cheeseburgers for dinner tonight on this, a fantastic day for grilling, and cheeseburgers she shall have. And, she said, those french fries you make, by which she means the Yukon Golds in cold peanut oil from Cook's Illustrated. But I stopped by the farmstand on the way home for the potatoes, and they are unquestionably not Yukon Gold, but some type of russet. And when a Cook's Illustrated recipe says, as this one does, this will not work with russet potatoes, you listen.
So I shifted to their oven french fries recipe. And for good measure, because even though we eat plenty of vegetables, you can always use a little extra vegetable, I decided to put some carrots in. Why not Carrot Oven Fries, I ask you? There's probably some reason why not, but I don't know it yet.
I may be able to tell you later.
So, as directed, I sliced the potatoes in even wedges and soaked for ten minutes in hot tap water. Dried them on a kitchen towel. Preheated the oven to 475. (Popped the carrots, tossed in a little oil and salt, in for a pre-roast. I think they take longer than potatoes.) The instructions said to put four tablespoons of oil in the sheet pan. When I pulled the sheet pan out of the sink, I realized it just happened to already have four tablespoons of oil in it. More, probably, in the form of bacon fat from this morning's breakfast, cooked on said pan.
I could wash it.
Or I could just cook the potatoes in the bacon fat. Yes, that's been sitting in the sink all day. It's going to heat up to 475, I tell you, what bacteria could possibly survive that?
You can just guess what I did.
Meanwhile, this is why my cheeseburgers are so good:
And there was this:
Ultimately it did end well. The fries were good, the "carrot fries" actually even better. But there was that moment, a moment we actually enacted this morning, too, that reminded me of how we all take a perverse pride in our own quirks, and the weirdness of our families.
I knew the french fries would set off the smoke detector. Bacon always does, and why would potatoes in bacon fat be any different? It is possible that our smoke detector is vegetarian. So as I flipped them one last time, the beeping began, and I was in mid sentence, resulting in this:
"Lily, set the table–just forks and plates please and Sam, man the smoke detector please."
Sam found that endlessly amusing. They all love the smoke detector rigamarole. I realized this morning that Rob really hadn't seen it, I think because bacon is usually part of breakfast-for-dinner, which we usually eat when he's not home, but when I opened the oven door to take the bacon out, I yelled "Places" like the Mrs. in the opening scene of Mary Poppins, and everyone grabbed a magazine and ran to wave it under the smoke alarm, when it went off, which it did.
I love to see the family lore forming like this. You just know that ten years from now and far more able to reach the damn thing, they'll still be vying to get their magazine to wave the fastest and stop the beeps.
A Cake for the Cake-Hater
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | Feeding the Devils | 3 Comments
I'm really, really proud of myself. I made a birthday cake that even my cake-hating Rory, she of the licked-off-frosting on the $3 cupcakes, loved. I've noticed lots of kids are like that—they're either cake kids or frosting kids. (Me, I was and still am a cake kid, so I do sympathize.)
And I've noticed that our China-raised kids are often really not cake-eaters. So I'm pretty excited to share this:
It's the perfect cake for Rory. It combines three of her favorite things in all the world: meringues, ice cream and whipped cream. Also, candy letters, just for good measure. And it was incredibly easy, if kinda sticky, to make.
I started with the meringues. 6 egg whites, a pinch of cream of tartar and one of salt, a little vanilla (1 tsp maybe) and 1 1/2 cups sugar. (Standard recipe courtesy of King Arthur Flour.) Egg whites and cream of tartar whipped to stiff peaks ( a good educational moment; every child should know what that means). Sugar, poured slowly into the still-whipping mixer bowl. (Ok, the bowl is not whipping. I'm not sure how to phrase that, but surely it's clear.) Salt and vanilla go in last.
The idea is to make three circles. You could do that with a spoon, but I decided to pipe them. Onto Parchment paper. That's important, at least, I think it is. I have never made meringues without it.
I still had lots of meringue left over, so I got creative.
Bake at 200 degrees for 2 hours, then turn the oven off and leave over night.
Now, you need two little pints or whatever it is of vanilla ice cream. Leave them in your car over pick-up and while chatting with the new parent about winter life in NH and it will be nice and soft for spreading. Maybe too soft. Then comes the layering. Put the bottom disk on your cake plate and spread the ice cream right over it. We had a really, really humid day and the meringue was sticky, but it worked. The bottom layer stuck a bit to the parchment, but once it was covered in ice cream, you'd never know it.
Back in the freezer it goes. Be sure to clear ample space in the freezer for your creation. How long will it take the ice cream to refreeze? I don't really know. I left it for five hours, and then it was too hard, and the next layer wouldn't really squish onto it until I let it melt again. I'd advice putting the next layer on now, and then put it back in the freezer.
Next, whip up a pint of whipping cream (I use the serious local farm stuff that practically whips if you shake the bottle) with some confectioner's sugar. Or not. Trust me, you don't really need more sugar at this point, but what the hell?
Spread the whipping cream on, and then top with the next layer of meringue. Then, a final layer of whipped cream and the meringue decorations. My "Happy Birthday" letters stuck–well, the "happy" did, so I improvised with the Wilton ones. I always keep a bunch around. Given that birthdays are predictable things, it's surprising how often I find myself unprepared to make a birthday cake. The letters make anything look good. If you're six.
Which Rory now is!
This is not the birthday post, though. This is the birthday CAKE post.
So: the only trouble with this cake is that it obviously has to be in the freezer, and the whipped cream is better if it doesn't freeze (although it's ok if it does), so last minute assembly is the way to go.
Here is the glorious result, sliced and ready. It really was surprisingly delicious, even from the adult perspective. The whipped cream cuts the meringue sweetness and there's a yummy crunch to it all. And you can probably find someone else to eat the candy. (I like the candy. Don't tell anyone.)
Was it a hit?
A Perfect Afternoon; or, Why Activities Are Bad; or Spaghetti Zucchini Carbonara: Yum!
Monday, September 12th, 2011 | Feeding the Devils, In my garden | Comments Off on A Perfect Afternoon; or, Why Activities Are Bad; or Spaghetti Zucchini Carbonara: Yum!
Did I say it was a perfect afternoon? It was a perfect afternoon.
All children were successfully picked up after what must have been a successful day at school. Wyatt needed a few minutes of snuggling, which no other child objected to my granting. Music Teacher extraordinaire arrived, and music commenced. Homework was voluntarily embarked on. There was some bickering over the homework table, where the children without homework were doing mazes, loudly and competitively, because some children can do anything loudly and competitively. I explained to Sam why if you had a square foot to be filled with 6 inch square tiles, you would need 4 tiles, not two.
And then it was time to contemplate dinner. Dinner was planned. Dinner was on the iCal: Spaghetti Carbonara. With home-made noodles, because later this week, I'll be bringing ravioli to Lily's classroom for her "unique week" and although I have filling in the freezer, I needed to make the dough, and so why not make extra for dinner?
But Spaghetti Carbonara, while delicious and a perfect use for the three pieces of bacon I had in the fridge, seemed a little lacking in green stuff. And while I'd planned a salad, I found myself uninspired. I thought about raiding the garden for cherry tomatoes for Spaghetti Tomato Carbonara, but we've eaten a mighty lot of cherry tomatoes lately. But thinking of the garden led me, as it does many gardeners this time of year, to think of zucchini. Heck, zucchini is an honest italian veggie. At first, I thought I'd sauté it up and serve it next to the Carbonara, but that seemed so uninteresting. And so Spaghetti Zucchini Carbonara was born. Clearly you could call it Zucchini Spaghetti Carbonara, or Spaghetti Carbonara Zucchini. I'm flexible. Whatever you call it, it was delicious, and if you have a few zucchini around the house (and if you don't, ask a gardening neighbor and you soon will), I highly recommend it. Yes, I martha stewarded my own noodles, but you needn't. It would be just as delicious without. I suggest fusili.
First, I chopped the zucchini and the bacon into bite sized pieces (keeping in mind that I could expect major shrinkage from the bacon). I used only one zucchini. Next time I'll use two, as zucchini turns out to do some major shrinking here, too.
Well, no, actually first I made pasta dough and rolled it out, which you can, if you really want to, see in more detail here. But we've already agreed that you're using fusili. Next week, I'm using fusili.
First I cooked up the bacon about half way to crisp. It let out lots of good bacon fat, perfect for when I added the zucchini. I cook it on low–burning it would taint the whole thing, and I am an impatient cook who often burns bacon. Not today! Probably on a regular stove, as opposed to an insane fire-breathing behemoth with burners that send flames shooting out to get you, medium would be about right.
By the way I really need a stove repair person.
I dumped in the zucchini–again, next time I'll use twice as much–and let's don't kid ourselves, that stuff fried right up. "Sauté" my ass. I grated in two big cloves of garlic and, when the bacon and zucchini looked delicious, deglazed the lot with about 1/3 cup of wine. I did not measure the wine. Think a couple good glugs. Certainly not more than half a cup and I think a little less.
Meanwhile my sous chefs grated cheese and put the pasta through the spaghetti cutter. It's the first time I've pretty much left them to it, and it mostly worked out. Some of it was kinda stuck together, and some of it was on the floor for a bit, but hey, it gets boiled. In nice salty water, btw. That's true of the fusili too. Really really salty water.
Next, I cracked one egg into a pyrex and whisked it up with a cup or a little less of grated parmesan cheese.. I let the bacon/wine/zucchini/garlic cool a little, and then I whisked it into the egg/parmesan. The idea is that it cooks the egg up into a creamy sauce. You don't want to add the egg to the pan, though, or you will have zucchini bacon wine garlic scrambled egg. If you do it in a cool pyrex (or any bowl, including your serving bowl–less dishes!) you'll be fine. You won't, however, be able to take a picture while you do it. Unless you have three arms, in which case you really should take a picture of that. I have to say it doesn't look nearly as good as it tasted.
Actually I forgot the parmesan and added after, but that's how I usually do it. Or you could add it after. This methodology is all courtesy of Cook's Illustrated, btw, although it's years since I actually looked at the recipe.
This was really so, so good, and it wasn't because of the pasta–in fact, a more rugged pasta would actually be better in many ways. And everyone ate it, although two customers did pick out their zucchini, and a third picked his out, and then ate it that way–but no one actually objected to it, and I'll bet after I make it a few dozen more times they'll eat the whole thing. I loved it.
Again I Make the Pasta!
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 | Feeding the Devils | 1 Comment
I think we're going to be eating this all summer long. It's far, far easier than it looks. Yes, I make my own pasta noodles. It's what takes it from good to insanely spectacular.
Four eggs, about 2 1/4 cups of flour, in the mixer, then with the dough hook, then kneaded on the counter:
Roll it out.
I find it's better to let the sheets of dough rest and dry a little (as in, five minutes, while rolling out the rest of the pasta) before cutting them into spaghetti.
I don't actually have room for all of this on my fancy pasta dryer (four wine bottles and a cookie rack).
Delay of game while I go replace the bike chain from one of my new bike riders (see below). And now I really need to use the sink.
Spaghetti made, it's time to chop the tomatoes and the mozzarella (this is only going to get better when we have our own tomatoes).
Boil spaghetti (in water with LOTS of salt), strain, dress with olive oil, add tomatoes, mozz and a little basil (I tossed in a little Parmesan, too), lots of fresh pepper and:
Best meal ever. I'm hungry again, blogging about it. A hit with all kids, although Rory said "Can I just have noodles? Well, ok, I just try it…Can I have more that? And that? I love dis!" and Lily said "I hate it. It's awful." and had to leave the table, because Wyatt and Sam said it was the best thing they had ever eaten and she wanted to be contrary. And then she ate the whole bowl. Mmmm…
Rice Krispies Treats Before and After
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 | Feeding the Devils | Comments Off on Rice Krispies Treats Before and After
Rice Krispies Before
It was a forty minute drive to today's party, a farewell to one of Sam's hockey teammates whose family is moving to Wisconsin. The Big Question: How many Rice Krispie Treats (did I say Rice Krispie Treats? I meant, light, crunchy, sweet, salty, buttery, perfect Rice Krispie Treats) would make it?
Rice Krispies After
The worst part of this is that there was only one person in the car: Me.
My Only Good Example
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | Feeding the Devils | 3 Comments
I've just finished reading Anne Lamott's Imperfect Birds, which, long and very absorbing story short, is about an AA mother, her newly druggy teen and her writerly second husband, and how the mom and stepdad wise up to their too-clever daughter. On the surface. Under that, it is, of course, about a lot of things, and not the least is how crushed the mother is by how late it is with her daughter. She's been her mother, and not always been great at that, and not, at least on the surface, done much else.
I actually often wonder what my kids will think of the memory of me. I don't think they think much about me now at all, or at least, not me as me. They think of me as Mommy quite a bit. But what else will they remember me doing? Yelling, probably. Sitting at a computer. Reading? I think of myself as a reader, and I read a lot, but often on an iPad, which is indistinguishable from a laptop to a kid. I've vowed to return to print books and I have a fantastic pile of them going now. I'm going to make it a point to sit down with one in their view often, even though I don't really expect to read it at that point (nor do I necessarily want to—I get really lost in a book!).
But I am 100% sure they will remember me cooking. You know all the things you pretend to like to do for one reason or another (like watch hockey) or mostly like but don't necessarily love (yoga comes to mind here) or kind of have to be pushed into doing? Cooking isn't one of them for me. I really do love to cook, and I love to eat well, and so I cook, and we all eat well.
We eat our share of take-out and I have plenty of uninspired nights, but especially now, when afternoons tend to require that I be up and interactive but not necessarily doing anything particularly focused with the kids, I'm really cooking again. This indoor version will last about another month before it gets too hot to cook inside and then move out and onto the grill and the salad bowl, but still, I'm finally able to mix up and try new sauces and dressings and get really excited about even a mundane meal—which is all that pasta turned out to be: spaghetti, with olive oil and parmesan, no more, no less.
There is so much I am having a hard time getting right with the kids. Helping Lily to master her moods, which are so like mine. Convincing Wyatt to be Dr. Jekyll and not Mr. Hyde. Paying attention to Sam, who is so easy and can so easily not be heard. Giving Rory an underlying web of love that she knows is solid enough to bounce on. I think I'm blowing all that.
I guess we'll always have spaghetti.
Fresh Tortilla Fajitas
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 | Feeding the Devils | 2 Comments
Last night, in a lucky confluence of events, I unloaded my pasta machine from the basket I'd taken to Wyatt's classroom (biannual pasta-making demonstration) at the same moment as I began contemplating mixing up tortilla dough—and a brilliant idea was born.
Any good Texan knows that the only real tortillas are handmade tortillas, and that putting "handmade" on a baggie and then selling them in the grocery fridge section really does not count. I'll eat those, but only under duress. If we're eating tacos or fajitas, odds are good that I'm making tortillas, especially since I found this recipe via Homesick Texan. But as handy as I am with a rolling pin, I can never get the darn things thin enough for my liking. They still taste good, but perfection is elusive.
Enter the pasta machine.
I made the dough (from all white flour today since I was feeling decadent) rested it properly, and accidentally cut it into too many pieces, which turned out to be a happy accident. Got out my cast iron pan (which is badly in need of re-seasoning, and I am so not good at that). Heated it up, and rigged the pasta machine to the counter.
If you're a pasta machine user, you'll get it when I say that, as always, 5 was not quite thin enough but 6 was too thin. How can that possibly be true of every kind of dough out there?
The results were delicious. The reason behind the fajitas was the presence of leftover grilled steak from last week and, as a bonus, several ripe avocados.
Dinner was a big hit with all concerned. I've trained them well, so there were lots of compliments for the chef, who is known to be very temperamental, and even some gratitude for the sous-chef.
There is still leftover steak. And there is still cheese, and would be guacamole, but I left it on the counter too long and the results weren't pretty. But there are no leftover tortillas.
Mmm…chocolate snack mix
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | Connecting the Dots, Feeding the Devils | Comments Off on Mmm…chocolate snack mix
My newest recipe, meant to save me big bucks on Rex's Road Crew Crunch, deeply delicious, stocked by our Co-op but, in my opinion, too chock full of peanuts, which I don't like and end up throwing away:
Dump pantry product (cereal and pretzels for me, plus a few almonds) in bowl. Pour in 2/3 chocolate, Mix. Dump out on wax or parchment paper covered trays. Sprinkle rather liberally with sea salt, then pour on remaining chocolate and stir round a bit. Let cool and harden, trying not too sample. Break up. Store in airtight container if it's humid, doesn't really matter if it's not. Or you could just eat it!
It's so fall
Monday, October 15th, 2007 | Feeding the Devils | 837 Comments
it's the kind of day that would feel warm if it were sunny, but since it's not, it 's got that whole damp and cold thing going. I'm even feeling kind of sorry for Sam's long walk up the driveway when he gets off the school bus. He probably won't even notice.
So, the plan for the afternoon is to use the fruits (so to speak) of Saturday's apple and raspberry picking to make turnovers. It occurs to me that we could even make appple-raspberry turnovers. (I was thinking just apple). And freeze them. We'll see how that goes. Probably one of those projects that SOUNDs fun and will end in my friend Laura saying "Can't you guys just color like everyone else?"
But hey, I'm also thinking–guests all weekend, hiking, picking things, lots of outdoor tie–sounds like tonight's a good night for TV!
Easter Candy: Doling Out Sweets and Treats
Sunday, April 16th, 2006 | Feeding the Devils | 189 Comments
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Every detail counts. Especially when you're writing a cookbook. Just ask Chrissy Teigen.
This week in San Diego, actors and actresses including Daniel Radcliffe, Mike Tyson, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), Lea Michele, Ryan Reyonlds, Robin Lord Taylor (Gotham) and more stopped by The Getty Images Portrait Studio Powered by Samsung Galaxy to kick off San Diego Comic-Con 2015.
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Quite the bluff by Darryl Katz yesterday, no?
For those of you who don't already know, the Edmonton Oilers owner and the team's upper management went on a tour of Seattle's KeyArena on Monday, fueling speculation that he may move the NHL team if he doesn't get an arena deal finalized in Edmonton.
Certainly a timely move by Katz, especially considering the city of Seattle recently approved an arena deal designed to lure a pro team.
In my humble opinion, Seattle is a perfectly desirable, geographically logical market for a franchise. Just no the profitable, histroically significant Oilers.
Besides, between a lockout and a Canadian team moving, that is a surefire way to provoke riots and utter hatred of the league.
Not a smart move for anyone.
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Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke Without Makeup: All Hail Daenerys! (PHOTOS)
In addition to speaking fluent Valyrian and kicking ass and taking names with her dragons, Daenerys is also strikingly beautiful on Game of Thrones. That's because the radiant Emilia Clarke plays her on the HBO series. We're used to seeing Emilia made-up and silver-haired on the show, or glammed up for the red carpet, but the Brit posted a barefaced self-portrait to her Facebook page earlier this year, and she looks just as gorgeous.


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"Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live." —Studs Terkel, 2003 I didn't know much about Chicago's history before I moved here in 1996. Someone told me I should read Division Street and I'd know everything. While that […]Read More
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It occurs to me that the content here hasn't exactly been living up to my blog's subtitle. This will be corrected soon.
Meanwhile, I've been having a bad case of every-idea-I've-ever-had-is-stupid-and-I-should-just-shut-up-forever, so while I get over that I thought I'd share with you some other bloggery I've been enjoying.
Swallowing the Camel is a pagan/occultist-friendly conspiracy-debunking blog. What does that mean? That means that everything you've ever wanted to see debunked about Satanic Panic, Illuminati nonsense, psychic frauds and "prodigal witches" (including Frater B's old friend, Bill Schnoeblen) is all right here. This guy really knows his stuff. Other, more WTF-type hoaxes are also covered.
Beyond the Wand is something in between the blog above and Wicca For The Rest of Us. Only more upbeat.
Ireland Pagan is the blog of a very thoughtful chap I ran across sometime ago on my favorite pagan forum. It is a sad irony that, outside of Druidry, there aren't many voices I know of in Celtic paganism who happen to be cultural insiders. (Much less anyone of a historically-minded bent.) For those looking for a basic overview of Irish polytheism and nothing but, this is a great place to start.
Root and Rock is written by a fierce and intelligent witch and artisan I know from way back. How does one describe her? She tends a forge and a veritable menagerie of wild creatures in her backyard. A well of poetry springs up from within her. A runeblade of snark cleaves her enemies in twain. Her entries on animal and familiar spirits are compelling and insightful. (None of this "woo woo fuzzy" business.)
Graveyard Dirt is described by the author as "part cookbook, part diary, part love letter and part magical memoir." Do not be fooled by this nonchalant characterization. This is the diary of a witch who scavenges dead animal parts and fucks like a wild rabbit in the hills of Scotland. (Swears like a sailor, too.) You never thought the "gatherer" half of "hunter/gatherer" could be so metal, but she'll teach you a thing or two. If you're not following her, do it now. (Especially you Valentines. You'd love her Ghede-pleasing ways.)


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The simplest reason why a state climate-change report has not been released after more than a year is that it isn't done yet.
The suspicion-stirring question is why?
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources report deals with the potential impacts of climate warming on the state's resources, such as sea rise. An array of staff worked on it; former director John Frampton wrote the forward. The work was current through 2011.
Frampton, the veteran director, unceremoniously was dumped in late 2011 after the replacement of some board members by newly elected Gov. Nikki Haley, who has pushed for pared-down, "business-friendly" agencies.
In July 2012, a draft of the report was shown to board members for information only, according to board Chairman John Evans and board member Caroline Rhodes.
It didn't fly.
Evans characterized the report as a national priority established by the federal government to document the impacts of climate change.
"It just wasn't our priority at this time," he said.
Rhodes characterized the report as highly technical, with a level of science beyond the ken of board members as lay people.
"It seemed like it was trying to say a lot without us having the knowledge to stand behind it. And it's a controversial subject; there's a lot of pros and cons on it," she said.
Frampton doesn't want to discuss actions by the current board or agency; he's retired now and not privy, he said. But he said he did expect the draft report to go out for public review.
"I would have been proud to have had it go out before I left. We had a really great staff working on it, from all areas of the agency. They were very qualified," he said.
Phil Dustan, College of Charleston marine biologist, who tracks climate warming, has been vocal about a severe warming trend shown "by everything we measure" and resistance to accepting it in the state. He's not surprised that the report would draw a mixed reaction, he said.
"A lot of people don't want to hear about climate warming; they don't believe it, and they think it's all political," he said. "Many of the agencies that work in this area are driven by political rather than scientific mandates."
Evans said the report will be released when it's finished; but the agency has other, more pressing needs to deal with.
"There was no political motivation" behind the board's lack of action, he said. The "for information only" report draft required no action.
Frampton said people need to see it.
"We're obviously going into a warming period, no question the ice caps are melting," he said. "The main thing is that people need to know what can happen, and the adaptions that can be made."
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Newlyweds: The First Year Couple — Why We Stopped Having Sex
Tina Sugandh, an Indian pop star, and her husband of one year, Tarz Ludwigsen, have stopped having sex. They are stars of Bravo's new series Newlyweds: The First Year, which airs Mondays at 10 p.m.
"I used to have so much lust for Tarz. And now I just look at him like this goofball dork," Tina told People. "Looks wear off. You just wake up going, 'Oh, there's my dorky husband.' America's so fixated on 'How many times are you doing it? Oh, my God, only once?' To each his own. I'm not judging."
As Tarz explained, "A lot of it had to do with the fact that I was working," Tarz explains. "I have a start-up company and I did lots of traveling. I was working 20 hours a day for months and months and months." Tina added that, for them, "sex is really just a bonus." They are best friends and "very fulfilled with our chemistry." That said, she wants to have kids "I'm not 20 and I have maybe a half of an egg left. So that was a huge struggle [that will play out on the show]."
The show follows married couples in their first year, and People asked if their sex life had improved since filming ended last year. "I'd say no," Tarz said. "It's nonexistent." But they're hopeful things will change since his company just got funded.
What do you think about this? Some people insist every marriage needs sex, but there are plenty of companionship couples out there, maybe even some within the first year, like this. But it sounds like these two aren't completely on the same page in terms of what they want. That could be a problem, but we hope they sort it out!
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"A Star Shining Bright"
Annually the City of Saugatuck lights up the sky for the holiday season with an icon the community has come to recognize for more than half a century - the Mt. Baldhead Holiday Star. As history reports, the first lit wooden star was actually placed on the steps of Mt. Baldhead in the early 1950's and as the trees on the hillside grew taller a higher more visible area was needed for the Holiday Star, hence the placement on the decommissioned US Army gap filler radar tower.
Each year the Saugatuck City Department of Public Works replaced the light bulbs and made other repairs to get the Holiday Star in working order. However this past year the community's star was recklessly vandalized and determined to be un-repairable in its current state. Key community members led by Brent Birkholz, Saugatuck-Douglas Fire Department and the Saugatuck High School Industrial Arts Program are now working to fabricate and install a new aluminum star complete with LED lights in order to keep the long tradition of a star shinning bright on Mt. Baldhead alive just in time for Christmas.
The materials to complete the project are estimated to cost $5,000. A number of community organizations and residents have asked if they can make a donation to the Star Project. The answer is yes. If you would like to contribute to rebuild this historic community icon, you may do so by donating to the City of Saugatuck's Holiday Star account using your credit card via the "DONATE" button below or by sending a check/money order to the City of Saugatuck, PO Box 86, Saugatuck, MI 49453.
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PINEY FLATS — Rosa Hennessee Beard, age 85, of Piney Flats, TN, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2011, at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Liza Wilson; first husband, Leon Hennessee; second husband, Wesley Beard; son, Patrick Hennessee; brother, Paul Wilson Jr.; and a granddaughter, Angela Chinni.
She was a member of New Hope Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Charlotte Miller; one son, Jack Hennessee; two grandchildren, Rebecca Hennessee and Edwin Hennessee; three great-grandchildren, Corbin Hennessee, Amanda Hennessee and Koby Chinni; and beloved niece, Diana Melton.
Thanks to the Christian Care Center of Johnson City and CarisHealth Care for their loving care.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8:00 P.M. Thursday, December 15, 2011, in Akard Funeral Home Chapel with Paul Peer, Minister, officiating.
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Extra revenue would be used to pay for transportation projects
SAN ANTONIO - On Thursday, State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (D – San Antonio) filed House Bill 17.
The measure would add ten cents to the state fuel sales tax, increasing it to 30 cents per gallon.
"We have looked for alternatives until we are blue in the face, and we've run dry," McClendon said "If we're going to try and solve the transportation problem we should use all the tools we have. Nobody wants to cost taxpayers extra money, and this approach is extremely moderate."
McClendon said under her plan, a person with a 16-gallon tank that fills up once a week would pay approximately $6 more per month on fuel.
"If you use the roads and you don't want toll roads, and you don't want expensive wear and tear on your car from bad roads, then another $6 or so per month is a good deal for most drivers," she said.
Some drivers disagreed and said fuel costs are already too high.
"The streets, yeah they're messed up, but the gas prices are ridiculous already," said Alexandra San Miguel.
Tim Wichert drives to Texas from Iowa once a month to work and said he pays about $450.
He said another ten cents is, "way way way too much."
McClendon estimates her plan would add $1 billion per year to the state's highway fund.
Thomas Cirilo works for a local painting company and drives crews all over San Antonio.
He does not believe McClendon's idea constitutes a "good deal", but he's certain people would still pay.
"At the end of the day, we still have to drive. We still have to go to work. We still have to feed our family," he said. "They could make it $4 a gallon and people would still pay it."
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BOSTON, Mass.--Senior center Carisa Zaban (Glenview, Ill.) of the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team was named an All-American Friday.
Zaban earned second team honors last season after leading the Wildcats in scoring with 29 goals and 38 assists for 67 points.
This season, Zaban broke the school scoring record of 255 career points held by Kathy Bryant on February 20 against Dartmouth. She also led the team in scoring for the fourth season on 35 goals and 37 assists for 72 points. Zaban was rewarded with being named a finalist for the 2000 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the nation's top collegiate women's ice hockey player.
Joining Zaban as All-Americans are Sara DeCosta of Providence, Tara Mounsey of Brown, Angela Ruggerio and Jennifer Botterill of Harvard and Jenny Schmidgall of Minnesota-Duluth. DeCosta and Mounsey were also finalists for the 2000 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.


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Frosted surface is water resistant and can be cleaned with household cleaners. Use on any interior glass surface, including windows, outside of shower doors, mirrors, door panes, lamps, skylights, greenhouses and more.
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Lille - English talisman Jonny Wilkinson booted 11 points to guide Toulon into the Top 14 final with a hard-fought 16-6 victory over Racing-Metro at Lille's Grande Stade on Friday.
Matt Giteau scored the only try of the game, in the 12th minute, with Wilkinson scoring the rest through a conversion, two penalties and a drop-goal.
Racing had just two Jonathan Sexton penalties, in the 15th and 31st minutes, to their name.
Toulon will now play the winner of Saturday's second semi-final between Montpellier and Castres in the May 31 final at the Stade de France.
"I know very well that I'm very lucky to play two finals, to play for this club and in France, a tricky championship," said Wilkinson.
"It's a very great privilege to play a season like this and I hope to see more of them."
Racing centre Henry Chavancy was left ruing conceding the soft try.
"It wasn't very good for us mentally and in the second-half, Toulon dominated and that made the difference," he said.
"We couldn't put our gameplan in place. We obvisouly very disappointed. Now it's time to study what happened, then some goodbyes to many friends, it's complicated."
After a hard-hitting opening, the first try came after Springbok winger Bryan Habana was shoulder-charged into touch by Juan Imhoff chasing a ball down the line.
While Habana went sprawling, the ball stayed in play and Australian veteran Giteau's keen follow-up paid off with a smart pick up to squirt over the line, Wilkinson making no mistake with the extras.
Ireland flyhalf Sexton responded almost immediately with a long-range penalty.
Toulon centre Mathieu Bastareuad was then yellow-carded for a spear tackle, but Sexton was off target with his second penalty after a high Delon Armitage tackle.
Wilkinson then missed two long-range efforts as the game turned into a midfield arm-wrestle, Sexton pegging Toulon back with a successful penalty after returning 'Bok lock Bakkies Botha strayed offside.
In an uncharacteristically off-kicking night, Wilkinson saw a penalty come back off the posts, as did Sexton's drop-goal on the whistle for half time, 7-6 in Toulon's favour.
Wilkinson bagged a penalty just minutes into the second period as Toulon strangled the life out of Racing with some no-nonsense defence that snuffed out any threat of real ball-in-hand attacking play.
Another penalty increased the daylight, and with 10 minutes to play, Wilkinson jinked back in off his favoured left foot to nail a comfortable right-footed drop-goal to stretch the lead to 10 points.
Toulon easily weathered the predictable final storm by the Parisian club and will now look forward in confident fashion to playing either Montpellier or Castres to claim their first title since 1992.
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I know the ones ... they barely pay attention to the music and talk through the gigs, yet they aren't simply going through mating rituals or having a social dinner and treating the music as background. They are there to be seen and to pontificate.
On the plus side, they buy drinks (always helps the band's cause), they aren't violent and they don't scream PLAY SOME RAWK AND RAWWWWL!!! I reckon there are plenty of worse things a person can be than a wanker, and there are plenty worse things for a band than to have poseurs at their gigs - like having diddly squat people there!
Thats a pretty good observation Polly, we're all being haters for no reason! I suppose i would'nt mind having
people like that in an audience who thought everything you played was great.......but i'd say as the years go by and I get better ( i hope) I would probably only want guys at a jazz gig who appreciated what was being played. But for some reason in any other kind of music i would'nt mind it really!
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