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Being a bit of a news junkie, I decided today to start archiving (again, I must be mad) the megabytes of news links I've been collecting (see the InI's Newslinks Section). The problem with dealing with such a vast collection of mostly useless links (but who is going to spend the time going through every damn one of them?) is the tedious and time-consuming effort it is to format it so that it's accessible through the Web.
But that's not the worst of it as news stories catch my eye and trigger a new train of thought; hmmm… that looks interesting, let me follow that up, and well, one thing leads to another and... So here we are then, following the 'Great Game', 21st century style (the only difference being that as opposed to a century ago, the players in the 'Game' have to be even more cunning about how they conduct their operations. Back then, they actually used to boast about it!). I had already read one story about the 'covert' strike on Syria by that nasty US Rottweiler Israel, in which it was suggested that it was some kind of dry run for an attack on Iran. A few days ago, I came across a story in which Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu said the following,
'Last week opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu chipped away at that wall [of silence], saying Israel did in fact attack targets in Syrian territory. His top adviser, Mossad veteran Uzi Arad, told NEWSWEEK: "I do know what happened, and when it comes out it will stun everyone."' — 'Whispers of War', Newsweek, Sunday, 23 September 2007Well anyway, I decided to follow up on this dry run idea and came across only two stories, both virtually identical, one with a byline by Peter Beaumont of the Guardian, and the other called 'Zap', so what's the betting 'Zap' stole it from the Guardian? The first one,
'Israeli raid a dry run for Iran attack' By Zap For the 50-year-old general, also the head of Israel's Iran Command, which would fight a war with Tehran if ordered, it was a morale-boosting affair, a meet-and-greet with pilots and navigators who had flown during last summer's ...And the second,
'Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?'Notice by the way, Beaumont's more circumspect headline than the Drudge Retort. So I decided to see what else was out there regarding this hypothesis and came across a rather interesting story on the Asia Times Website (an excellent source of news) authored by M K Bhadrakumar, a former Indian diplomat with close connections to the former Soviet Asian Republics (where all the oil and gas is). Sep 22, 2007, 'Russia bolsters ties with Iran'. Well, I didn't find any references to any dry run (so much for the accuracy of search engines) but what I did find were references to some very interesting movements of politicians, amongst whom was a British minister.
Guardian Unlimited — UK For the 50-year-old general, also the head of Israel's Iran Command, which would fight a war with Tehran if ordered, it was a morale-boosting affair, ... Sunday September 16, 2007
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'Of course, Russia and Iran have a shared interest in calibrating the "great game" over Turkmenistan. British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, who arrived in Ashgabat on Tuesday, was the first British minister to visit Turkmenistan in nine years. He promptly told the Turkmen leadership that Europe would pay market price for Turkmen gas, hinting that it was time Ashgabat looked beyond Russia and Iran in its energy-export policy.'What is most telling is the following observation by Mr Bhadrakumar,
'Looking back, the four-nation tour of the Central Asian capitals last month by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmedinejad, and his meetings with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders — with Putin, in particular, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — appear to have been crowned with success. Ahmedinejad succeeded in thwarting the US stratagem of containing Iran and to encircle it in Central Asia. It was no doubt a difficult and impressive diplomatic feat for Ahmedinejad that he got the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to agree to participate in the Caspian summit.'It explains a lot, especially the spate of impending attacks on Iran stories that have littered the MSM, stories which a few months ago would have been labelled as out of Area 51 and ignored by the MSM. Now who is to say whether or not the US/Israel axis wouldn't attack Iran,
'Despite the unending stream of stories across the months announcing that an attack on Iran is on the way, I've had my doubts, but you'd be foolish to bet that an attack on Iran won't happen.' — 'Will the US Really Bomb Iran?' A. CockburnMr Bhadrakumar ends his highly informative piece with the following,
'If Ahmedinejad succeeds in nudging his Turkmen counterpart Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov [which has enormous deposits of natural gas] to join the SCO, that would no doubt please Moscow (and Beijing). The East and West are vigorously courting the Turkmen leader. Berdymukhamedov is due to visit the US next week at Bush's invitation — just ahead of the Caspian summit in Tehran.'And he ends with this observation,
'Amid the cacophony over the Iraq crisis, Bush has understood the meaning of Putin's forthcoming visit to Iran.'Thus the stage is set for the Great Game to continue, and just as it was a century ago, the prize is energy. So we have to set all the stories about impending attacks within the larger context of the competition between the energy producers of the region (the various Stans) and their major customers (or potential customers), the US, Europe, China and India, over the oil and gas, for this is what it's all about. Again, as Bhadrakumar points out, the various public statements made by Western leaders serve to do two things: firstly, they set the stage for pursuing the 'Great Game' publicly, that is to say, softening up the public for a possible war if all else fails to achieve their objective, and secondly, they are designed to put pressure on the various political leaders of the competitors that the imperium means business. So the various meetings that have, according to Mr. Bhadrakumar, been a resounding success both for president Ahmedinejad and for Putin, signal that for the moment anyway, the US has been outmaneuvered.
What is important to note is that there are two realities here, one essentially for public consumption whose code words are 'war on terror', 'Islamo-fascism', nuclear weapons, 'human rights' or whatever, and the other is what goes on behind the scenes, where the real deals are done or not done. As I have pointed in an earlier piece about 'impending attacks' on Iran, when stories such as the Israeli attack on Syria surface with comments in the media such as 'everybody was taken by surprise by the attack', only to be followed by stories where it becomes clear that the US was briefed well in advance by Israel of when and where the attack would take place, we see pattern emerging,
'The opaqueness surrounding the nature of what may have been hit in Operation Orchard has been compounded by claims that US knowledge over the alleged 'agricultural site' has come not from its own intelligence and satellite imaging, but from material supplied to Washington from Tel Aviv over the last six months, material that has been restricted to just a few senior officials under the instructions of national security adviser Stephen Hadley, leaving many in the intelligence community uncertain of its veracity.' — 'Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?'The same piece goes on to say,
'And, critically, the raid on Syria has come as speculation about a war against Iran has begun to re-emerge after a relatively quiet summer. 'With the US keen to push for a third UN Security Council resolution authorising a further tranche of sanctions against Iran, both London and Washington have increased the heat by alleging that they are already fighting 'a proxy war' with Tehran in Iraq.'Relatively quiet summer? What planet does this Beaumont fellow live on? But it is already clear that Russia will veto any further sanctions against Iran at the UN. Thus the US has lost this particular round of the 'Great Game' and hence all the bluster and the sequence of carefully constructed stories, all linked by a single thread of — energy.
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The Sino-Russian Alliance: Challenging America's Ambitions in Eurasia
Check this article out. It mentions most of the above and has very in depth incite on global geopolitics.
The Sino-Russian Alliance: Challenging America's Ambitions in Eurasia
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The fall of the West
Thank you! Some real analysis!
I have been banging on about Russia winning the war in Iraq before it started (see: here;).
Things have moved on a lot since then, of course. No doubt at all now that the West has lost (but still our dear leaders prefer to distract us with talk of the 'war on terror'):
...The common international front on Iran, always shaky, shows growing stress. Russia and China have been angered by U.S. saber-rattling and unilateral sanctions, as well as by threats from France and Britain that Europe could impose unilateral sanctions on Iran's oil and finance industries if the Security Council doesn't act. That Security Council vote is scheduled for December.
China Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, visiting Tehran earlier this past week, said further sanctions would do "no good." Russian media and trade publications have widely reported that Iran has begun talks to buy more than 200 Russian SU-30 fighter jets and 40 Chinese J-10 aircraft to modernize its obsolete air force. Iran has neither confirmed nor denied the talks. China this past week scuttled a meeting on Iran of senior diplomats from the major powers, scheduled for Monday in Brussels, citing a schedule conflict, according to diplomats familiar with the matter.
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The dollar's decline: from symbol of hegemony to shunned currency
Its plight was made still worse by a jarring signal from China that it was switching to other currencies. Cheng Siwei, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, told a conference in Beijing: "We will favour stronger currencies over weaker ones, and will readjust accordingly."
The warning was reinforced by a Chinese central bank vice-director, Xu Jian, who said the dollar was "losing its status as the world currency".
China has stockpiled £700bn worth of foreign currency, and has only to decide to slow its accumulation of dollars to weaken the currency further. Last month, in a humiliating turn of events, the central bank in Iraq, four years after the United States invaded, stated that it wished to diversify reserves from a reliance on dollars.
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Grove also did film distribution for a few years and had a hit (of sorts) with I Am Curious (Yellow). There's more info at http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/collections/grove_press.html. Grove re-edited Vladimir et Rosa, cutting it by about 30 minutes and adding footage of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.
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Rosset produced a feature-length documentary called STRANGE VICTORY (1948), directed by Leo Hurwitz, that explored the social landscape of postwar America from a Popular Front perspective. All the social problems put on the back burner by the war flared up again after the war and this film addresses practically all of them, particularly race relations. There's a great staged sequence showing a former Tuskegee Airman trying to get a job as a pilot with an airline and being turned down everywhere.
The narrators include Alfred Drake and Gary Merrill. It's a bit heavy-handed in spots, but I found it an intriguing overview of the political undercurrents of the time that didn't quite make it into Hollywood films of the era, except when mediated by the likes of Darryl Zanuck (GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, PINKY) and the Hollywood Ten (CROSSFIRE) or stylized beyond all recognition through the conventions that came to be known as film noir.
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It's fair to say that Microsoft's Xbox One plans haven't developed smoothly, with the firm already having been forced to make a number of U-turns to appease angry gamers. For example, it announced this week that the games console won't require Kinect to work, and previously it had to backpedal about the Xbox One requiring an always-on internet connection.
Microsoft threw another spanner into its own works on Wednesday by announcing that the Xbox One will be delayed in eight countries across Europe, cutting its original number of launch countries from 21 to just 13. The countries that won't get their hands on the console until next year are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Now, the Xbox One will launch in 13 countries in November, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, US, and New Zealand.
Microsoft hasn't explained the reason behind the delay, instead saying that a number of factors led it to the decision, including "work to localise Xbox One... incorporate additional languages, and build partnerships to bring apps to each country".
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Our top moments of the week:
16. Creepiest Misunderstanding: When New Girl's Jess discovers that one of her students is drawing mutilated deer, Nick thinks it's a warning sign of his impending homicidal tendencies. So he investigates. Of course he and Jess get caught red-handed at his house, where they learn that he doesn't want to kill his teacher, he's just working on a graphic novel. But there are still horrors to behold: The feisty older woman who lives with the student isn't his mom; it's his girlfriend.
15. Wettest Hook-Up: Get your minds out of the gutter, readers! When Mindy tries to orchestrate a casual hook-up with rival (hot) doctor Brendan (Mark Duplass) on The Mindy Project, things quickly escalate from kinda awkward to incredibly cringe-worthy. (Michael Scott would be so proud!) Right before they're about to get down to business, Mindy excuses herself to freshen up. In the bathroom, she accidentally starts up Brendan's high-tech shower that appears out of nowhere and sends Mindy slipping and sliding to the floor. Here's hoping he has protection! You know, like Band-Aids.
14. Best Double-Take: Just when Rayna has reassured her estranged husband that she hasn't cheated on him since their impromptu separation on Nashville, both husband and wife get a rude awakening when Deacon, Rayna's ex, boards her plane. Horrified, Rayna asks her manager if he hired Deacon as her new guitar player behind her back. No, it's worse. He's on the plane as a member of rival Juliette's entourage. Buckle your seat belt, Deacon, this is going to be a very bumpy ride.
13. Most Hands-On, Part I: On Nikita, Nikita and Michael finally track down Amanda, which leads to a car chase and flying bullets. After Amanda's cohort Anne flips Nikita and Michael's car with a grenade, Michael is pinned underneath as the flames rise. Knowing it's about to blow, Nikita does the only thing she could think of to save her fiancé: chop off his pinned hand.
12. Worst Collateral: You didn't really think Victoria was going to die, did you? Emily convinces Aiden not to carry out The Initiative's order to kill Queen V just before he pulls the trigger on Revenge, but there is still a body count. The Initiative had been holding Aiden's sister Colleen hostage and appears to kill her via a drug overdose in retaliation for his failure to off Victoria. "It's you I shouldn't have trusted," Aiden tells Emily. "If she is dead, then this is on you." Uh-oh.
11. Best Confession: Jane goes to great lengths to figure out if her new — and extremely attractive — co-worker Brice (John Stamos) is gay on The New Normal. Once Brice realizes what Jane is up to, he storms out. The next day, she tries to explain she doesn't want to be tricked like she was by her gay ex-husband. Taken aback by her honesty, Brice lays a big smooch on her. "Still think I'm gay?" he asks. "I don't care," she replies breathily. Whatever team he plays for, we're in too.
10. An Affair to Forget Award: Mike gets attacked on the street on Suits, but this is no random mugging. The guy is the husband of Tess, Mike's childhood pal, with whom he's having an affair. "I'm sorry. It's over," Mike pleads before getting his ass kicked. "You think it's that easy?" Mr. Tess sneers. "Keep your goddamn apology and stay the hell away from Tess!" Can't say you didn't have that coming, Mike. But at least you've got Louis to patch up your wounds.
9. Save the Best for Last Award: Private Practice takes cares of the major business at the top of the show's hour-long finale when Addison gets married. Although it might seem anticlimactic, the structure allows the spotlight to switch to the show's stellar supporting cast and their own well-deserved happy endings — including the big shocker that Sam and Naomi end up remarrying and having another child together. Pass the tissues, please!
8. All in the Family Award: Ted starts dating a much-younger girl, Carly (guest star Ashley Benson), on How I Met Your Mother and, at Barney's urging, sleeps with her. But it turns out, she's not just any 20-year-old: She's Barney's half-sister! There goes that theory that Barney's sis is Mrs. Mosby.
7. Longest Kiss: The Bachelor tasks Sean and Lesley with setting the world record for the longest smooch and, unsurprisingly, they are up to the challenge. After a laughing fit, they start passionately making out (with an audience watching), and 3 minutes and 16 seconds later, the world record is theirs. Does anyone have an Altoid?
6. Worst Timing: After going back and forth between Hank and Mark on Parenthood, Sarah finally chooses Hank, only to learn that he has decided to move to Minnesota to be near his daughter. Really, Hank? You couldn't have told Sarah about that yesterday?!
5. Best Family Bonding: It's been the question of the season: Would Lana survive American Horror Story: Asylum? The dogged investigative reporter made it through her incarcerations at Briarcliff and in Bloody Face's basement, but would her luck run out when confronted by her sociopathic biological son, Johnny? In the season finale, Johnny punctuates their tense reunion by holding a gun to her head. She's able to talk him out of killing her, though, by explaining to him that she gave him up for adoption so that he could have a chance at a happy life. In the process, she also grabs his gun and shoots him in the head — just like she did his father — aka her rapist — lo those many years prior.
4. Most Hands-On, Part II: NBC's inauguration correspondent and infamous White House sharterAl Roker refuses to let his presence go unnoticed by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the parade route. Egged on by Brian Williams and David Gregory, Roker bellows at them from the sidelines and gets Obama's attention and a thumbs-up, but his true victory comes when Biden runs over and shakes the Today weatherman's hand. Cue an epic mic drop.
3. Best Introduction: Jim's long hours at his new job and away from his family take its toll on Pam, who after a fight with Jim is left sobbing alone on The Office. Well, actually, she's not completely alone and — for the first time during the show's nine-year-run — one of the members of the documentary crew shows his face and steps into the shot to help comfort Pam. "What am I doing wrong, Brian?" Pam asks through heart-wrenching tears. "Nothing. You're doing the best you can," he says, as he kneels next to her. "It's just a tough situation." A minute later, Brian further breaks the separation between documentary subject and crew when he tells the cameraman to stop filming: "Seriously, guys, enough." Why do we have to end so soon?! This show is just getting good.
2. Best Disappearing Act: There's only one way that Fringe could end truthfully: Walter needed to atone for all the damage he inflicted upon the world by sacrificing himself so that his son and daughter-in-law could be reunited with their daughter. So despite a September fake-out, Walter does eventually reset time and disappears in 2015, effectively wiping out the Observers from existence. Sniff. We'll always have that white tulip — and five years of the most trippy, outlandish, yet heartwarming stories.
1. Most Eye-Popping Premiere: Just how gory and intense is Fox's serial killer drama The Following going to be? Creator Kevin Williamson answers that just moments into the episode when an acolyte of Edgar Allan Poe-loving mass murderer Joe Carroll makes one hell of a statement. She walks into the FBI's command center, takes off her coat to reveal her naked body covered with lines from "The Raven," and quotes Poe's alleged final words before stabbing herself in the eye with an ice pick. Nevermore will there be any doubt about what kind of show this is.
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Hullo Daniel - what is it about this corn bread that nox your sox off? The recipe I've used for several years is exactly the same except for the quantity of baking powder - 2 tsp in my recipe, 5 in yours. I plan to try this soon, with stone ground meal.
In answer to your question - I love corn bread with butter. And if it's plain corn bread I might have a second piece with butter and honey. Usually, though, I added chopped jalapenos and some grated sharp cheese to the recipe (and one must leave the sugar out in that case), so just butter on that kind of corn bread!
Definitely going to give this a try.
As for what goes on the cornbread...peanut butter of course :)
I like butter and honey on mine. I keep meaning to make cornbread, but I really want to use my cast iron skillet when I do. I'm sure this recipe would probably work in that, yes?
Hi Mary, nice to hear from you!
I was a bit shocked by the recipe calling for 5 tsps of baking powder, but it comes out perfectly every time. And I guess this recipe is so great because it's basic, delicious (in a sweet but not too sweet way), and--like almost all of the recipes we make here at Casual Kitchen--really easy to make.
PS: I love your jalapenos suggestion. I had some really sweet cornbread with jalapenos in a bakery in NYC the other week and it was spectacular even with the sugar in the batter. it was a really creative mix of tastes that I didn't expect to be so good.
Jeff D: Peanut butter!! Love it. Thanks for your comment.
Hi KMAYS: You can definitely make this in a skillet although this is not a stovetop cornbread recipe. You'll need to put the whole skillet in your oven. As long as you can fit the full batch of batter into the skillet, I don't see why it wont work.
Don't forget to wear your oven mitts when you take it out. :)
Also, there definitely are stovetop cornbread recipes out there. Perhaps I can do a cornbread recipe linkfest at some point!
I'm going to tell a story on the Koontz family (at least my side of the family). An occasional dessert was something my dad (Dan's uncle) called "Cornmeal Mush" where he'd drop pieces of cornbread in a glass of milk, mash it with a fork, dump it out on a plate and pour maple syrup over it. I'm not sure if that goes back to his childhood with my uncle (Dan's father), but is still an occasional treat for me. Thanks for the recipe update!
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Hey Jeff,
I haven't heard of that one on my side of the family but I'll ask my father if it rings a bell from his childhood.
Thanks for your comment!
Cornmeal is one of those staples in the US from the early days. Cornbread with sugar in it is what southerners call "Yankee Cornbread." Southern cornbread contains no sugar and, as I learned by watching some fine southern ladies, is often made by eye, only with a fork in hand! I often make it only with cornmeal (self-raising, so it already has baking powder/soda), mayonnaise and milk (amounts by eye), resulting in a yummy accompaniment to pinto beans! Mmm...
Thanks for your thoughts Amanda!
Funny you should mention southern cornbread... I'm about to put together a post on some of the road eats we had on our recent trip to the Carolinas and Georgia.
This transplanted Yankee puts extra sugar, grated cheddar, corn and diced chilis in her cornbread. The teenagers love it with a little butter or a good dunk in the accompanying homemade split pea soup.
So funny I should read this today, as that is exactly what I'm making for dinner tonight!
Sounds like an excellent recipe.
My favorite topping is butter--but I'm a dunker, too, into homemade soup. YUM!
Peanut butter is a new one for me. That's the first I've heard anyone say that.
WOW I have not seen Indian Head corn meal since I was a kid
This recipe was amazing. I really need to get some good corn meal, though. I'm on a quest to make the perfect corn bread, and this seems to be a perfect spring board. I wrote about it here: http://venividicoxi.blogspot.com/2009/01/corn-bread-1.html
Also, I dipped it in split pea soup that I made from your recipe. It was awesome.
This other transplanted Yankee puts diced chilis and corn in the cornbread and queso on top. Thanks for the recipe
One of the best means for achieving a perfect cornbread, one that is a bit moist and a lot tender, is to add a 4-oz can of creamed corn to the recipe. I've done this for ages and it comes out perfect every time. I change the ratio of flour to cornmeal, adding more cornmeal and less flour for a deeper corn flavor.
I also like adding a small can of green chiles, sometimes fresh jalapeno and very sharp cheddar and always eating it with whipped honey butter.
Thank you! I have been looking for such a recipe for a while and will bookmark this and try it out. Maybe with some veggie chili!
oooh! I love cornbread! DELICIOUS!
I alternate between Southern and Northern Cornbread when I make it. I usually just use honey, but for the next day when we have leftovers (there's just two of us) and I've made the not as sweet one- molasses. Now I'm a blackstrap gal, but the regular one will work too. :)
I eat beans with my cornbread. I am working on a self-made black bean chili to be eat with my cornbread.
Mmm, this looks so good. Thanks for the notes, I'll look for that kind of corn meal next time I am at a store. And I generally prefer honey on my corn bread.
Honey and butter every time! I love cornbread, I'll have to give this one a try for sure!
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I just made this and it came out okay, it definitely should be cooked at a lower temperature and it needs WAY MORE SUGAR!!!!
I think the issue of sugar and cornbread is a totally personal issue. For me the sugar content in this recipe is perfect... not too sweet, not too savory. But if you'd like to add more sugar, by all means feel free to do so.
Of course the debate on whether cornbread should even have sugar in it -- which is a North-South cultural debate in the USA -- is way beyond the scope of this post. ;)
Just made it for my first time came out good
Thanks for the tip from Thelma in Manteca ca
Thank you for this my kids love it, and it is so easy to make.
great for partys warm out of the oven, and makes the house s,ell homely
Way late to this party (Friday Catch-up will do that to ya.)
I use freshly milled corn (I live close enough the President Washington's Mount Vernon mill, which is my source.)
Cornbread is the "only" thing that I butter.
(dry toast, plain baked potato, plain corn on the cab - seriously this is the only thing that I butter.)
Thanks for the pie plate tip!
I love to put butter and honey
Corn Bread? More like ca-hones bread.
this cornbread came out salty as hell !!!!!! its to much fucking baking powder and not enough sugar >_< this shit is retarded and thanks for letting me spend my last bit of cornmeal on that shitty ass cornbread !!!!!!!!
Wow, okay. I have to say, your opinion differs dramatically from the consensus. But hey, everybody's taste is different. Thanks for sharing your feedback.
Anon: one other distinct possibility: you inadvertantly left out or mismeasured the sugar.
Occasionally people accidentally put in four *teaspoons* of sugar rather than *Tablespoons* of sugar because they misread the next item in the recipe, which is the 5 teaspoons of baking powder. I've also totally forgotten to add the sugar on occasion too. And yes, the cornbread comes out salty tasting when that happens. :)
Good luck!
I love cornbread with melted cheese or coconut butter.YUMMY!!!
I have just made this "cornbread" for the first time ever. I'm from Aus, so this is NEW for mwa.
Very tasty! Have only tried it with butter atm. Just a little crumbly though, how do I fix this? I did add extra oil/butter given the cornmeal/polenta. Probably not enough though, hey? Still this receipe is "SO GOOD". I'll get a bit experimental next time and spice it up some, nice! Thank-you
Hi Anon, cornbread is just naturally a bit crumbly... it just comes out that way. Not really anything to fix to be honest.
This is great fried too! :O) Thank you!
Im a long time cornbread eater, it was a major part of my diet in america, now i live in New zealand and down here i make my own, this reciepe is much like that though i use a little less baking powder and a little more butter, i also on occasion add cheese and bacon to the mix before i fry it, a tip also it to make sure you over ( or pan ) in my case is, is warmed
Made boxed corn muffins yesterday. Wanted more muffins today, so I found this recipe. I love it. I increased the oven to 400 and baked muffins for 15 minutes. Increased sugar to 5 tbsps. They were more tender than the boxed muffin mix and not too sweet. I will make my own from now on and try some of variatons. This recipe made 8 large muffins.
I would agree with MCM, too much baking powder. I am not a very experienced cook but when I made your cornbread with your recipe I had a distinct taste of baking powder. I would think maybe the two teaspoons would be plenty.
Found this recipe a few years ago when I was looking for the Vegetarian Epicure one. Thanks for helping me make my dad's cornbread all the way over in Japan!
how do u make corn bread for a diabetic? more people need to remember the diabetics.
As a kid in the long ago 40's we had corn meal mush for supper every Sunday. Mom and I ate it with milk and real maple syrup while Dad toughed it out with butter, salt and pepper. Canadian bacon or what we called side meat was our protein. I guess it was our part in the war effort.
Way too much baking powder. I could tell as soon as I read the ingredients. Thats probably why one commenter thought it was too salty because it didn't seem like too much salt.
Hi Clifford: Have a look at some of the discussion in the comments to get some more thoughts on the baking powder question. In many readers' opinions as well as mine, it may *look* like too much, but it actually isn't. But that said, there is a distinct minority of readers who believe otherwise. Tastes differ.
Even the Vegetarian Epicure cookbook author comments on the baking power question (her comments appear in her book in the text accompanying the recipe), you can see what she has to say there as well.


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Stock Market Suffering From Crisis Fatigue
US investors have had enough of crying about the European crisis for a little while, apparently. This is one time when exhaustion and apathy leads to higher stock prices.
The Dow rose about 45 points, shaking off all of this morning's worries about Europe, in a repeat of Monday's action.
The following list of the day's headlines and rumors, from Bill O'Donnell at RBS, just about sums up the deep fatigue all of this foolishness is causing.
And this list isn't even complete! It doesn't even include the declaration of a Dutch official, quickly denied by other Dutch officials, that a Greek default is inevitable (which it is):
- After talk of a Franco-German announcement on Greece, later denied, it was announced that Greek PM Papandreou will hold a conference call with Merkel and Sarkozy on Wednesday. Naturally later Le Monde reported there WAS a Franco-German statement being drafted, but Berlin wasn't ready to give the green light. The subject was reaffirmation of support for their banks and reiterating the importance of the decisions taken at the July 21 Eurozone Summit.
- Reuters reported that BRICs countries were in "very preliminary" talks to coordinate purchases of Euro zone sovereign debt (citing a Brazilian government source).
- Former Argentine Central Bank Chief Blejer said Greece should "default big" and the aid programs are worsening the debt burden and are recession creating. FWIW, 1yr Greece yields ~171%
- ECB's Weidmann said he sees a risk that the Euro could lose its appeal long term, and the Euro area must decide soon what path to take. He feels they must reduce ECB balance sheet risks not add to them.
- Treasury Secretary Geithner urged the Euro leaders to step up its crisis fighting (Bloomberg).
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These findings highlight the important differences between embryonal and alveolar tumors. There are data that alveolar tumors carrying either a t(1;13) or a t(2;13) translocation (translocation-positive) are biologically and clinically different from alveolar tumors that do not have a translocation (translocation-negative) and from embryonal tumors.[11,25,26,27,28] In a study of Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG) cases, the outcome for patients with translocation-negative alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma was better than that observed for translocation-positive cases and was similar to that seen in patients with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, suggesting that fusion status is a critical factor for risk stratification in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.[26] However, a German study of 121 patients with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma found no significant difference in EFS at 5 years among patients who were PAX-FOXO1-positive compared with those who were translocation-negative.[29]
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Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of Southern California metal band ANTAGONIST. The band's Prosthetic debut, entitled "Exist", will be recorded beginning on March 1 with producer Fred Archambault (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, THE CONFESSION, DEFTONES). The follow-up to 2006's "An Envy of Innocence" (Dwell Records) is tentatively due in the summer."We're very happy and excited to finally announce our signing with Prosthetic!" guitarist/vocalist Carlos Garcia says. "These guys have treated us like family since day one and they really believe in the music we're making. We're all very anxious to enter the studio and even more pumped to get out on the road and play all the new shit for everyone." ANTAGONIST's videotaped statement regarding the band's new record deal can be viewed below. Earning its keep in the local and national scene since 1998, and with two prior full-lengths to its credit, ANTAGONIST has already logged time hit the road with the likes of LIGHT THIS CITY, THE FACELESS, WINDS OF PLAGUE, SILENT CIVILIAN, and fellow SoCal metallers THE FUNERAL PYRE, among others. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/antagonist.
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Tax Evasion Case Emerges as Latest Headache for Greece's Coalition
A Greek journalist at the center of a tax evasion and media censorship controversy has emerged as the latest headache for Greece's fragile ruling coalition.
Costas Vaxevanis was already a well-known investigative television journalist in Greece when the police showed up at his doorstep on Sunday to arrest him for allegedly breaching privacy laws after publishing the names of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts in his magazine. But the publicity that followed his arrest, and subsequent trial both in Greece and abroad, has exposed the government to charges ranging from incompetence to conspiracy as well as cover-up allegations.
The case has been criticized by international journalist bodies as a violation of press freedom and "an absurd farce" in a country already mired in recession.
If a cover-up was the aim of the authorities' actions, they have failed. The case has drawn even more attention to a bizarre, weeks-long saga over the disappearance and then sudden reappearance of the list of the names, which allegedly reveals information about potential tax dodgers. In the days following Mr. Vaxevanis' arrest, more media outlets, including a mainstream daily newspaper, published the list, which includes the names of some of Greece's business and political elite.
The head of the International Federation of Journalists, Jim Bumelha, who attended Mr. Vaxevanis' trial Thursday said journalists all over the world were watching the case.
"If something happens to Costas, we will gather all of the forces that we have got, wherever we are, to campaign for his release," Mr. Bumelha said. Mr. Vaxevanis was acquitted late Thursday evening.
The speed with which Greek authorities moved to arrest and put Mr. Vaxevanis on trial is in sharp contrast to the government's failure to act on the list for more than two years even as the country has been desperate for funds.
While prosecutors moved to have Mr. Vaxevanis arrested within 24 hours of publishing the account holders' names in his magazine – he was then brought to court less than a week after being arrested Sunday – Greek officials were much slower in their response upon receiving the list.
The list of HSBC account holders – known in Greece as the Legarde list – was originally leaked by a bank employee and handed to then Greek Finance minister George Papaconstantinou in 2010 by France's then finance minister Christine Lagarde.
Over the next two years, the Greek government cut pensions and wages, raised taxes and made bold statements about cracking down on widespread tax evasion as part of pledges to international creditors. But it appeared to show no urgency in vetting a potential treasure trove of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks.
While the existence of the accounts doesn't necessarily provide evidence of tax evasion, it could have been a good starting point for Greece's struggling tax fraud squad. Tax fraud costs Greece as much as €28 billion a year according a study by Margarita Tsoutsoura of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and it's mainly prevalent among well heeled professionals, such as doctors, lawyers and architects among others—many of which were featured on the Lagarde list.
Having bounced from the finance ministry to the tax fraud investigators and back, the list was eventually deemed useless by the previous government as the product of a crime. It then languished in the drawers of former Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos until it emerged last month in the form of a memory stick and was handed to the current government.
Now with the case out in public and with possibly nothing left to hide, the current Greek government still appears unsure over how to act. Calling an investigation into how the matter was handled was its first response but this will likely result in lawyers rather than taxpayers benefiting the most in the short term.


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On the list of Walt Disney World 'shuttered treasures' is the Tangaroa Terrace restaurant, located on the grounds of Disney's Polynesian Resort. Tangaroa Terrace was the original home of the beloved banana stuffed French Toast, a staple of many a guests' culinary memories of the restaurant and the resort. Recreated (but never fully replicated) at the Kona Cafe and elsewhere, Tonga Toast surely serves as one of the Walt Disney World Resort's culinary conerstones.
Tangaroa Terrace opened in 1978 as part of the first expansion of this popular property. (This expansion also brought with it the official name change from the Polynesian Village Resort Hotel and a new longhouse.) The restaurant originally offered a B/L/D menu and featured a large seating area. Stringers on the PFTP staff fondly remember visits to this eating establishment (second only to memories of the Empress Lilly) and another correspondent particularly remembers an overly welcoming Goofy CM at one nosh who practially tackled him. (Editors note: We suspect this happened at Papeete Bay Verandah instead, which became 'Ohana in 1995. What, Papette Bay Verandah is too hard for you to spit out? Perish the thought. We think the French Colonial influence is what didn't sit well in the stomachs of many.)
As the pressure for open seats ebbed and flowed throughout the Magic Kingdom so did the fortunes of Tangaroa Terrace. It's location is somewhat unique in that it's not part of the Great Ceremonial House and occupied the same building as the arcade and the Never Land Club. In 1996 the restaurant closed and while some say it was used from time to time for 'special events' just as many say the current condition of the facility does not lend credence to that statement. The exterior, though, is a treat - especially at night - and deserves a momement or two of your camera lens if you find yourself out at night.
These photographs were taken by the author in March, 2008.
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Barricaded Subjects
Date/Time of Incident: 09-07-2011 6:43PM
Location of Incident: 2700 Evans Street
The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a home located in the 2700 block of Evans Street reference to a disturbance investigation. Officers received information that a male may have possibly battered a female at a residence while possibly armed with a gun. As officers arrived on the scene, they observed a male individual go inside the house. Officers knocked several times on the door and received no answer. Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department's Emergency Services Team and the Crisis Response Team were dispatched to the scene.
Officers with the Crisis Response Team spoke with both the male and female by telephone for several hours asking them to come outside and speak with officers. At approximately 11:15 PM, both subjects came outside and surrendered to police.
This investigation remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.
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The flox, and other wild plants along the trail are just some of the sights drawing me back again, and again to the local rec. trail; formerly a railway route.
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Swiss slugger overwhelms the world number one to record a stunning second Grand Slam title
'Marriage works' announces Murray as he beats King of Clay and maintains 100 per cent record since wedding
Scotsman overcomes Kevin Anderson in Miami Open to join the '500 Club'
Was the Scot's opponent guilty of play-acting at Melbourne? Regardless, Murray panicked
The Scot's fiancee was caught on camera apparently calling opponent a 'flash f***'
Former Wimbledon champ reveals his frustration in message to the media after watching Nadal win
Spare a thought for Heather Watson, struck down by illness days after winning Hobart tournament
Only finals weekend has to be on free TV, so could rest of tournament be shown on BT Sport?
Insider says tennis star and his girlfriend are 'going to enjoy themselves' before planning the big day
Video picks up a woman heckling Stan Wawrinka player during semi-final against Federer
A difficult season ends in a nightmarish fashion for Scot, who will reassess winter training regime
He may have struggled early in the season, but Andy Murray is back on form at the Paris Masters
The Grand Slam champ Marin Cilic was born in Bosnia and once failed a drugs test because of his mother
Scot puts up brave performance but cannot live with the consistent intensity of world number one
Federer comeback fails at the last but Swiss legend vows to return in search of an eighth title
A straight sets defeat for Andy Murray, and 37 unforced errors, ended his title defence
Murray Mound has already been changed back to Henman Hill: it was always Tim they really loved
Challengers to the dominance of the Big Four finally begin to emerge at Wimbledon
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PORTSMOUTH — The City Council will reopen a public hearing tonight at City Hall on the proposed $91.5 million city budget, allowing residents one last shot to offer input on the spending plan.
The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the Eileen Dondero Foley Council Chambers at City Hall.
The total city budget reflects an increase of $4.1 million, or 4.73 percent, over this year's spending level. The proposed budget includes $70.5 million in operation expenses, which increased by $1.8 million, or 2.64 percent, over this year, and $20.9 million in non-operating costs, an increase of $2.3 million, or 12.42 percent, over this year.
The proposed budget, which originally projected a 57-cent increase on the tax rate, has undergone some adjustments since its early April unveiling. City Manager John Bohenko recently announced that the proposed tax rate could drop by 19 cents, thanks to the refinancing of a bond, along with a bond premium the city was issued.
Councilors have also held a series of work sessions with department heads. The police department budget came in at a 2.9 percent increase, or $249,104, over last year, while the fire department's budget came in at 2.6 percent, or $181,355, over last year. The municipal department came in at 2.8 percent, or $432,517, over last year.
The first public hearing held April 18 predominantly featured supporters of the proposed $38.3 million school budget, which this year came in at 2.94 percent over the current budget.
Councilors have one more work session on the proposed budget scheduled for Wednesday, May 16. The city's budget agenda indicates the proposed plan may be adopted as early as May 21.
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Science For Citizens
ScienceForCitizens.net will bring together the millions of citizen scientists in the world; the thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations, and companies; and the resources, products, and services that enable citizens to pursue and enjoy these activities. We aim to:
Our organization does not lack expertise or contacts in science journalism, business development or marketing/promotion. It is clear we need someone from outside of our organization to help design and implement a programming/design strategy that will benefit our users and the researchers who come to us for help in recruiting volunteers to participate in their importance research projects.
We are seeking two MIT interns: 1) a programmer who fully understands—and can implement—a CMS and program involving some gamification, data collection/management/exporting and user-interface/social media tools and, 2) an intern who can find new citizen science projects to add to our growing database, write about them, and create snappy soundbites to feature the projects on the home pages.
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Web programmer: Implement engaging science projects--that regular people can do--directly on ScienceForCitizens.net. This site currently is the largest guide to what citizen science projects are out there, but, in order to increase volunteer participation on behalf of researchers, we must be a place where users actually input the data they gather to help researchers advance science. For some of the larger established projects that involve the serving up of pictures to be analyzed (say Hubble photos) or the downloading and uploading of software and data (SETI, say), this will not be possible; in those cases, scienceforcitizens.net will direct people to the external sites. But there are dozens and dozens (if not hundreds) of exciting low-profile projects, in need of volunteers, that will benefit by having the data inputted on scienceforcitizens.net.
2) Researcher/Writer: research new citizen science projects, add them to the Science For Citizens Project Finder, blog about them (including occasional interviews with the scientists), and excerpt key aspects for home page features. Wonderful opportunity to gain writing experience and build name recognition.
Programming skills (coupled with knowledge of gamification, social media, and user interface applications). Research, writing skills for the editorial intern.
Science For Citizens has an ongoing need for these positions.
Darlene Cavalier
Cofounder, CEO
MIT students who develop projects around these ideas may apply for support from the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center's Fellowships or Internships programs. Please check the program descriptions and deadlines and talk to program staff to determine which is most appropriate for your needs and project.
If you have funding from outside the PKG Center that enables you to work on one of these projects, that's great! However, please do let us know if you work on a project you saw advertised here, even if you don't use our funds. And remember, the PKG Center staff are happy to advise on service projects even if we are not funding them ourselves


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Photomatix Tutorial: Fixing HDR Clouds, by Blake Rudis
Blake Rudis has an excellent new tutorial on getting great HDR results from Photomatix Pro! By the way, this tutorial looks best at 1080p and full-screen.
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Wohh just what I was looking for, thanks for putting up.
I like to just use one exposure for HDR.
I need more HDR tutorials. Thanks
More stuff like this!
Thanks a bunch for posting this Richard! We good HDRtists have to stick together and help weed out the supersaturated nasty HDR images defiling the web! Thanks for the inspiring comments too. Inspiring comments keep me motivated to make these Friday tutorials.
Your site is pretty awesome! I love the HDR Pano you did, the planet, zooming in and moving around, I have got to get my hands on that software! Keep up the killer HDR work!
I put a post up today linking your page as well as a permanent link for your site, hopefully my viewers will make their way over here!
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Definition of pancake in English:
1A thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan. Pancakes are usually eaten with syrup or rolled up with a filling.
Example sentences
- I cook risotto and cakes, puddings and pancakes.
- Repeat with the remaining batter to form 36 pancakes and reserve.
- Those that wisely left room for dessert can sample the variety of delicious ice cream cakes, or choose a pancake with a sweet filling of their choice.
1.1 (also pancake makeup) Makeup consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, widely used in the theater.
Example sentences
- Apply layers of pancake make-up, in the style of kabuki theatre.
- It is notable for her freckles, which were normally hidden from filmgoers under a layer of pancake make-up.
- As a courtesy to the viewers, put several layers of heavy pancake make-up on.
1(With reference to an aircraft) make or cause to make a pancake landing. [with object] he pancaked it in about twenty meters
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- The pilot reported that he used his remaining airspeed to get over a seawall, stalled the airplane, and pancaked onto the runway.
- In that case the pilot pulled a low altitude loop and pancaked, but he was able to eject in time.
- Bounce the plane on one landing gear back into the air and pancake it onto the parallel runway.
2 informal Flatten or become flattened: [no object]: the hotel had pancaked into a heap of concrete
More example sentences
- Thousands streamed back last week to find entire areas flattened and their houses pancaked and pulverised.
- Then the second building started pancaking down.
- The whole building is constructed to pancake rather than spill everywhere.
(as) flat as a pancake
- Completely flat.Example sentences
- A full 45 minutes' worth would crush you flat as a pancake.
- Britain's urban house market may be flat as a pancake, but out in the smarter shires, it's a tale of two very different sorts of properties.
- Being as how the fens are flat as a pancake, and the cathedral is a very big building on top of a medium-sized hill, it's pretty visible.
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Definition of logorrhea in English:
(British logorrhoea)
A tendency to extreme loquacity.
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- To Tom Wolfe, a dandy with an incurable bout of logorrhoea, words are like chips in Las Vegas.
- Such suspicions will only be confirmed by Gibson's idiosyncratic logorrhea in interviews before a hostile press which can and will use everything he says against him.
- Who would have known that big dreams can be lost and small worlds can crumble, hinged on the correct spelling of cephalalgia, hypsometer or logorrhea?
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- The point is that the oil and water of logorrheic brinksmanship and the drive towards hidden universals can coexist.
- The putative purpose of these broadcasts was public edification, though they also often gave logorrheic legislators a platform for self-promotion.
- In an attempt to be noticed, she turned to the prince and tried to engage him in conversation while acting logorrheic - not a good combination, I can assure you.
Early 20th century: from Greek logos 'word' + rhoia 'flow'.
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