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The lesson plan for the WKNO horror movie series, Professor Ghoul's Horror School, is set for Friday nights at 10:00 PM. Professor Ghoul (Michael Degnan), and his student, Shotzi the cat (puppeteered and voiced by Bard Cole), have returned and here is the lineup!
October 2, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Professor Ghoul's Horror School
Student Patrick Looney discovers his guardian angel is a whiz with commercial jingles, while presenting the 1940 Bela Lugosi flick "The Devil Bat".
The Devil Bat (1940): A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it. (from imdb.com)
October 9, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Professor Ghoul's Horror School
T.J. and the students use shady tactics to try and throw a surprise party at the school, while introducing the 1963 feature "The Ghost".
Guest Stars: April Novak, Vincent Astor, & Many More
The Ghost (1963): A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them. (from imdb.com)
October 16, 2015 at 10:30 PM
Professor Ghoul's Horror School
The Professor takes a stab at answering letters for Aunt Agona's advice for the lovelorn, including one about home decor from the heroine of "The Screaming Skull" (1958).
Guest Stars: Stephanie Norwood
The Screaming Skull (1958): A newly married couple arrives at the home of the husband's late wife, where the gardens have been maintained by a gardener faithful to the dead woman's memory. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife to think she's losing her mind. (from imdb.com)
October 23, 2015 at 11:00 PM
Professor Ghoul's Horror School
Lost Lessons – Volume 1
Would Professor Ghoul be just as hilariously entertaining without a movie? Sure we've all wondered... and tonight we'll find out. This special hour-long presentation compiles two of the "lost episodes" of Professor Ghoul's Horror School, featuring guest stars Christopher Rex, Nolan Smith, Tony Isbell and Andy Fleming, with Edena Hines as Miss Karen and Justin Willingham as "The Phantom of Overlook."
October 30, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Professor Ghoul's Horror School
Lost Lessons – Volume 2 and 3
Who needs old movies when local TV is as scary as this? The Professor and Shotzi have put together a set of "lost lessons" for their ravenous fans, culminating in a magical musical jaunt to 19th century London. Co-starring Alan Long & Brandon Cunningham as dopey students Doug and Buddy Lee, with Special Guest Star Edena Hines as Miss Karen. Also starring Brian McMurry, Elaine Blanchard, Sally Stover, and Savannah Bearden.
Host, Professor Ghoul (Michael Degnan), and his student, Shotzi the cat (puppeteered and voiced by Bard Cole), introduce viewers to classic – and not-so-classic – horror fare in Professor Ghoul's Horror School.
Production Specialist Bard Cole (Shotzi) has been on staff at WKNO since 2006. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama's MFA in Creative Writing Program and the author of two books of fiction. In addition to bringing Shotzi to life (he also designed and created the puppet), Bard serves as co-producer and co-writer for the series.
"I wanted to make something that was fun and silly but was aimed at an intelligent audience — people who really enjoy movies and like thinking about them," said Cole. "I've been a public television watcher since I was a little kid, and I learned a lot about American popular culture by watching TV. Why shouldn't young people today learn about Roger Corman or Ed Wood or Vincent Price by watching WKNO?"
Michael Degnan (Professor Ghoul) is a longtime fixture of the Memphis Comedy scene and a veteran of Memphis television. He has been a student ambassador, a five-time finalist in the Funniest Person in Memphis Contest, and is currently a member of The Wiseguys Improv Comedy Troupe.
"WKNO and PBS in general are the stewards of cultural history on television, and I strongly believe that the horror film and the horror host as a format have been an important part of our cultural identity as Americans," said Degnan. "WKNO is also a natural fit for a show that is seeking to educate as well as entertain its audience. This is a project which has generated a lot of excitement from WKNO staff and their support lets me know that this is the perfect (or as Shotzi may say – 'Purrrfect') place for this show."
Professor Ghoul's Horror School is produced and written by Bard Cole and Michael Degnan and directed by Peter Richards. Russ Abernathy is the Executive Producer. The series airs Fridays at 10:00 p.m. on WKNO.


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Real food
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posted February 20th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I just caught an interview with Pollan on C-Span 2 – he is incredibly quotable. He amazed me with his ability to distill the big picture into something managable and communicatable (is that a word?)
posted February 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Oooh what a good one! I'm finally getting to his "new" (not anymore) book "In Defense of Food".
Me too- I keep getting distracted by other books though.


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The team at TomCruise.com asked the community on the Twitter and Facebook pages to submit guest blogs about what movies meant to them. Today, we're happy to share a blog written by community member Rachel Seidman-Lockamy, a blogger and aspiring actress who can be found on Twitter (@RachelSL). Read below for her eloquent take on what the world of cinema means to her:
My fascination with the creative medium known as film germinated in my youth, incubating over the years as enjoyment turned to passion. Rather than simply appreciating the images on the screen, I marveled at the creative process behind the development of a movie. True, the camera and the actors are requisite for most cinematic endeavors, but beyond that there are hands and feet working through exhaustion, armed with unmatched dedication to creating something worthy of an audience's undivided attention; to create something that might endure the ages. That is the heart of my adoration for movies; they are experiences.
Akin to roller-coasters, sky-diving and bungee-jumping, the scope of a movie's affect on an individual transcends the moments spent physically engaged in the activity. The truly touching, inspiring, frightening, enlightening and logic-defying effects of a movie-going experience bleed into every day life in the form of quotes, lively discussions and animated debate. The emotional highs and lows of the craft do not rest within the walls of a movie theater. As you exit that darkened room you carry the film with you, regardless of your impressions.
That is part of the power of cinema. To me, the truly engaging movies are the ones that trick you into believing you're not in a theater at all, but instead are dreaming an entirely new world filled with characters hatched from your own imagination. The movie transports you to the point that you forget your surroundings and the narrative and characters consume your reality. Whether obsessing over the romantic leads' futures or commencing in celebratory fist-pumping over a truly tremendous bomb blast, your senses slip away into this new dimension where you rest for a while. It's almost dizzying, the power of a 120 page screenplay masterfully interpreted and presented on the screen.
These days, the finesse of post-production inks out most blemishes in the quest for cinematic perfection, but in no way negates the on-set efforts of experienced and dedicated crew members. Beyond the actor and the camera there may be hundreds of people working in an attempted harmony to deliver the finest experience possible. When the credits roll at the end of the film and everyone else meanders out to battle for the right to pull out of their parking spots first while attempting to avoid running over slow-moving pedestrians I remain cemented in my seat. Why? Well, the magic of film is nothing without the people behind it.
In my youth I sat on many film sets marveling at the organized chaos exploding around me. While seated just over the shoulder of the director, I could see everything on the monitors just as the audience would while perched precariously on the edge of their favorite theater's cushioned seats. On the flip-side, I could see everything the audience never would. Track was laid for the camera and a Director of Photography ensured the shot captured the scene perfectly. There was a make-up artist and hair artist constantly re-applying lipstick and resetting long locks after two actors embraced. A costumer ran back and forth between takes attempting to smooth out any wrinkles emerging from the day's exposure to the elements. Beyond that lights and shades and dollys had to be perfectly in place. The extras worked their way through the shot with precision while the script supervisor attempted to keep track of the leads' actions. Craft Service slipped through the amassed crowd with hot coffee and the gaffers and electricians sipped gratefully. Between shots the actors chatted to keep their energy high, smiles all around despite any outside factors, like the screaming fans down the street.
It was like seeing the inside of a clock and finally comprehending how each gear affected the other. We spend so much time looking at the face to see the ticking of the hands and appreciate the finesse of its finish, but we rarely turn it over to remove the covering and glimpse inside to see all the elements that make it possible. Those experiences on-set changed my perspective, and as soon as I found understanding, I hungered for more. I dreamed of being a part of it. Rather than being passive in the experience, I wanted to aid in its development. When a writer sits down to outline a screenplay, he or she brings so much more than words onto the page. There are experiences and emotions, desires and dreams, heartache and hunger pouring into sentences and characters. When a Director sits down with a Director of Photography to develop the shots that will tell the story, the camera almost becomes another character in each scene, and it's up to them to decide whether or not the lens is passive. Every decision will affect the viewing experience and shape the viewer's perception.
When make-up artists and costumers delve into the requirements of the piece, so much more than "pretty" comes into play. Time-periods and appropriate styles factor into the decision-making process that helps shape the look and feel of the world in which the characters live. Set dressers scour the world looking for the appropriate props to instantly give the audience insight into the mindset and attitude of the characters.
Then there's the actors, removing themselves from the picture to slip into the shoes of someone perhaps more heroic, more debonair, more compassionate. Personal cadence and diction might need to disappear to better inhabit another's thought and speech patterns. Prosthetics and clever lighting can mask a familiar face, but if the character is left wanting, then so too is the audience. The best actors are chameleons, capable of shifting from one person to the next like a body snatcher in an old horror film. If the audience is capable of temporarily forgetting the name of the star in favor of the character's monogram, then the illusion is complete.
Movies are an experience. From the moment an idea springs to life inside someone's mind the cycle begins. That one idea spreads and multiplies until hundreds engage in the molding and shaping of a film. Whether the story takes place on Mars or in New York City, each movie rests in its own unique world. Those hundreds of crew members, cast and promoters immerse themselves in the film in an attempt to manufacture the ideal adventure for the viewing public.
Then it's your turn to taste the experience.
When you sit down in your favorite theater, armed with your customary treats and snacks, do you ever wonder if you'll leave satisfied? Most of us have that fleeting feeling flipping through our stomachs as the lights dim and the film starts to wind through the projector. Truthfully, you may depart the theater after a few hours disappointed in how the film turned out. But take comfort, for just like in life, not all experiences are good. But, to me, they are worth the time and effort.
Just like any other experience, a movie can change your life. It can challenge your beliefs and affirm your greatest hopes. Through a theater trip you can dig into your own soul and find the child within starving for a taste of blissful innocence captured in a moment of delight shared between you and the faces on the screen. You can conquer your greatest fears in a burst of cathartic relief as the hero or heroine overcomes the impossible. You can remember what it was like to be loved, and dare to open that bruised heart once more to the affections of a caring person. You can see yourself mirrored in another's eyes, and take note of the rough edges requiring some sanding that might have remained in shadows had you never purchased your ticket.
No matter which side of the screen you're on, movies are more than rolling film or digital images. From slap-stick comedy to drama to horror and beyond, these are experiences that we carry with us long after the theater closes its doors for the night.
At least, that's my take on it.
Thanks for that wonderful post, Rachel. The team at TomCruise.com encourages all interested bloggers, writers and fans to submit their own guest blog as a comment below for consideration.


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Someday You'll Thank Me for This!: And Other Annoying (but True) Life Lessonsby Marc Gellman Debbie Tilley
Clean your room! Don't Interrupt! Were you raised in a zoo? These sayings may sound all too familiar; they may even make kids want to groan. But what if someone could magically make all the rules parents give--or a least 30 of them--actually make sense?Translator of the secret language of parents, Rabbi Marc Gellman, to the rescue! In addition to co-hosting the cable program "The God Squad" and co-writing a nationally syndicated column, Marc Gellman has appeared on many national network TV programs including Good Morning America and writes a solo column for Newsweek online. In his companion book to the successful ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN UNDERWEAR: AND OTHER WAYS PARENTS SAY "I LOVE YOU", Gellman uses wit and humor to help readers understand their parents' motivations.
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Homes nearing the end of their useful life often go unwanted and unsold, even at the bargain-basement prices seen at tax sale auctions. Unless someone -- somewhere -- wants it, what ensues is typically a mounting list of building code violations, condemnation and demolition.
But in some cases, there is one last chance to grab one of more of those properties — eBay.
It isn't difficult to find real estate bargains on the popular on-line auction Web site. If you looked last week, for example, you would have found a small bungalow at 3136 Howden in Muskegon Heights. As of Thursday, its highest bid was $3,150.
That's still a tidy sum, compared to the $1.75 Joanne Smith paid for an abandoned home in Saginaw in a recent eBay auction -- plus about $850 in back taxes and cleanup costs.
Treasurer Tony Moulatsiotis considers eBay a useful tool to help unload some tax-reverted property to bring the county added revenue.
"We can't just sit on these properties. We need to sell them, says Moulatsiotis.
It's also a way to buy time to make the Muskegon County Land Bank, formed two years ago, to become financially self-sufficient, hopefully within the next three years. Moulatsiotis said. Its primary goal is to acquire the most desirable homes and to help get them into the hands of owner-occupants, not landlords.
Each year, since taking over sale of tax-seized real estate from the state, the county holds two property auctions. The first, held in July, requires a minimum bid equal to the property taxes owed on it. The second auction in September stipulates a minimum bid of $50.
Typically, about 25 percent of the properties sold at auction are sold to online bidders. With the help of online bidders, Title Check was able to sell all the property that went up for auction this year.
Buying a house at auction, either in person or online, has gotten considerably easier and far less time-consuming than it was, says Marty Spaulding, general manager of Title Check of Kalamazoo, the firm used by Muskegon and more than 60 other Michigan counties to sell off tax-reverted property.
Instead of taking seven or eight years for a home to clear tax liens, the process now takes one or two, and property descriptions have been translated into a language people can understand. That means a home has much less time to sit vacant and deteriorate.
"It's taken a lot of the difficulty out of acquiring this property for the layman," Spaulding said.
"eBay has made it a lot easier," said Will Watson, a Muskegon Heights council member who sits on Moulatsiotis's Land Bank Committee,
It might seem as though buying houses cheap on-line would be an inexpensive way for a landlord to increase his holdings. But Moulatsiotis says it's far more likely that the buyer is merely looking to re-sell as quickly as possible for a small profit.
"The use of eBay is not creating any more landlords," says Moulatsiotis, and Spaulding agreed. "The bottom line is that on other more desirable property, somebody local is almost certainly going to pay more money than somebody on-line," he says.
Mark Kincaid, deputy director for fire services and inspections said eBay sales have not posed any particular problem, for the most part.
"For us, the only time it becomes a problem is if the house is on the dangerous buildings list and is going through condemnation or demolition proceedings," Kincaid said.
He urged anyone who is contemplating a home purchase in the city to contact the Inspections Department at (231) 724-6714 to check on the status of the house before bidding.
And Watson agrees that if the trend continues, some local regulations may need to be in place to protect both buyers and the local community.
Cutting down on rental properties is also a long-standing goal of the city of Muskegon. It initiated a series of actions to "downzone" large chunks of the central city, from multi-family to single-family use. That means a home that had sat vacant for more than two years could not be used for multiple renters.


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A day after their civil ceremony, the Rhodesian-born Olympian walked down the aisle on the arm of her father in a dazzling off-white silk Duchesse Giorgio Armani Privé dress with a long train and long veil made from off-white silk tulle. The dress was embellished with flowery embroidery, crafted with stones in gold shades, along with Swarovski crystals and mother of pearl teardrops in white and gold hues.
Albert was wearing the cream-colored summer uniform of the palace guards, as well as three medals, including the French Legion of Honor and the Order of the Grimaldi.
As he slipped the ring on his bride's finger, the prince winked and she giggled, looking relaxed. The two exchanged vows in French, which Wittstock studied intensively for a month at the Institut de Francais.
Because of the couple's large guest list, the ceremony took place in the courtyard of the prince's royal palace, rather than the cathedral where his parents Rainer III and Grace Kelly exchanged vows in 1956.
After the couple walked outside of the palace, they got into their Lexus hybrid and were driven to the tiny St. Devote chapel where, according to tradition, the princess leaves her wedding bouquet. It was here that Charlene lost her composure and began weeping briefly – as if she were overcome by the heat and emotion.
"It was one of the most beautiful weddings I've ever seen," Gildo Pastor, 44, a longtime friend of Albert and a member of one of the most prominent families in Monaco told PEOPLE. "They have a wonderful future ahead of them."
Becoming a PrincessFor the ceremony, Wittstock, 33, wore a dress designed by Giorgio Armani, although her father, Michael Wittstock, tells Paris-Match magazine that Charlene wasn't always fashion conscious.
"I've seen her turn into a princess there," he said of her time in Monaco. "Before, she was jogging all the time. Now, she's acquired a taste for fashion and become a beautiful woman."
Wittstock grew up in Zimbabwe and spent most of her childhood pursuing her Olympic swimming career and playing with animals. "We'd have weekends by the side of the river Gwai. There were wild animals, elephants, giraffes," says her father, a Johannesburg-based Xerox executive. "Charlene would go riding. She was a real tomboy. Always running everywhere; always covered with dust and dirt."
Sounds like she'll be right at home when the couple departs for their honeymoon in South Africa.


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Emile Sande: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Monday, August 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Thrill to the electrifying voice of Scottish singer/songwriter Emeli Sandé in concert.
Emeli Sandé has been breaking sales records in her native UK — and now she's taking the U.S. by storm. Her new concert special, filmed at the legendary Royal Albert Hall, features performances of all of her hit singles so far, including "Daddy," "My Kind of Love," "Heaven," "Beneath Your Beautiful" and the platinum single "Next to Me."
Filmed at the culmination of her fall 2012 tour, the live concert, directed by Paul Dugdale (whose previous work includes Coldplay Live 2012), is an amazing multi-camera spectacular showing off both the stunning venue and the electrifying performances, including that of special guest Labrinth ("Beneath Your Beautiful") on his UK No. 1 duet with Sandé.
Emeli Sandé became world famous after her stunning performances at the 2012 London Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. A fervent songwriter since the age of 10, the 24-year-old Sandé gracefully flaunts her rich voice and penchant for sophisticated melody on Our Version of Events. The album reveals her to be an uncompromising creative force in the vein of Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell and Lauryn Hill (each of whom Sandé names as a key influence on her unforgettable sound).


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He seemed eager to learn English in America. So he signed up for a four-month language course in California. Nothing seemed strange about that.
When Hani Hanjour didn't show up, the school wasn't alarmed. That happens now and then with foreign students.
A year later, he is believed to have been at the controls of American Airlines Flight 77 that plowed into the Pentagon - one of four terrorist hijackings Sept. 11 that left more than 5,000 people dead in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Most of the 19 hijackers entered the United States legally with the kinds of visas routinely granted each year to millions of foreign tourists, students, workers and business travelers.
Some didn't leave the country when their visas expired. Some may have used phony names.
Their success in eluding detection spotlights the plight of immigration officials who are swamped by the flood of visitors and have no real hope of finding violators.
The ease with which the hijackers exploited the system has prompted calls for tighter immigration laws, a moratorium on new foreign students and a narrowing of America's open door.
"The terrorist attacks reveal to the whole world how weak our immigration system is and how lax the enforcement of immigration law has been," said U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican and co-author of a 1996 wide-ranging immigration reform law.
Some lawmakers are urging steps be taken to close immigration loopholes that terrorists might use to get across the borders and roam the country at will.
Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., is pushing a measure that would require intelligence and law enforcement agencies to share information with the State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service as a way of weeding out potentially dangerous visa applicants.
"The INS system is very, very inadequate," Bond said. "We haven't put the personnel in, we haven't put the resources in INS to do the job that is reasonable to expect of them."
Similar warning lights flashed in recent years after it was discovered that participants in other terrorist plots on U.S. soil had violated immigration rules or managed to slip into the country.
Mohammed Salameh, who rented the van used in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, had overstayed his visa. Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, sentenced to life in prison for a plot that included plans to blow up New York landmarks, came in on a tourist visa even though his name was on a federal watch list of undesirables.
Not everyone is enthusiastic over the idea of fighting terrorism with immigration laws, saying that could harm businesses and universities. Some experts say better intelligence is needed.
The sheer volume of visitors makes trying to impose controls a daunting task. Last year, the State Department issued 7.1 million visas - more than triple the number 30 years ago, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
And once people get in, there's no telling where they go or if they leave on time.
"It's probably easier to disappear into the crowd in this country than it is anywhere else," said Mark Krikorian, the center's executive director.
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Picnics are a perfect way to enjoy getting together with friends and family this summer.
No matter what your destination — beach, park or just your backyard — there's no need to settle for standard fare.
Instead, make summertime favorites like pasta salad, potato salad, vegetable dip and California-style wraps even more delicious by adding the new Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil recipe. Made with high-quality ingredients, including olive oil, cage-free eggs and vinegar, it combines the creamy, rich taste of Hellmann's® or Best Foods® with the delicious goodness of olive oil.
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California Chicken Wrap
California Chicken Wrap
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
3 tablespoons Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil
4 6-inch fajita size whole wheat flour tortillas
12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breasts, grilled and sliced
1 medium avocado, peeled and sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1/4 cup sliced red onion
2 cups mixed salad greens
Spread Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil on tortillas. Layer chicken, avocado, red pepper, red onion and salad greens down center of each tortilla.
Roll and fold the filled tortillas.
The Original Potato Salad
Serves: 8
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
2 pounds potatoes (5 to 6 medium), peeled and cut into 3/4-inch chunks
1 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped (optional)
Cover potatoes with water in 4-quart saucepot; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer
10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and cool slightly. Combine Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil, vinegar, salt, sugar and pepper in large bowl. Add potatoes, celery, onion and eggs and toss gently. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Easy Vegetable Dip
Makes: 2 1/2 cups
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Chill Time: 2 hours
1 package Knorr® Vegetable recipe mix
1/2 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil
1 container (16 ounces) sour cream
Combine all ingredients in medium bowl. Cover and chill 2 hours to blend flavors.
Stir before serving. Serve with your favorite dippers.
Pasta Salad with Vegetables
Serves: 8
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
3/4 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil, divided
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 cups assorted fresh vegetables (zucchini, red and yellow peppers and/or red onion), sliced
1 box (16 ounces) fusilli pasta, cooked, drained and cooled
1/3 cup sliced Kalamata or pitted ripe olives
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves, chopped
Blend 1/4 cup Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil, vinegar and ground black pepper in medium bowl. Stir in vegetables.
Arrange vegetable mixture in grill pan or on foil on grill. Grill vegetables, stirring once, 20 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Cool.
Combine vegetables with remaining ingredients in large bowl. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Gregoire proposes $2 billion in cuts; new taxes still on the table
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire says it's time to look for new sources of funding for the state budget. That's a major shift from her position a year ago. The Democrat's comments today came after she proposed another $2 billion in cuts.
About a year ago, Governor Gregoire went before the cameras and proposed $4 billion in spending reductions. This was right after Washington voters had gone to the polls and rejected a tax on soda pop and re-imposed a two-thirds vote requirement for tax hikes in the legislature.
"The only message I have before me right now is an all-cuts budget. I am honoring the people of the state of Washington and what they told me," Gregoire said.
Flash forward to now and the governor is proposing another $2 billion in cuts. They include service reductions for the developmentally disabled and pregnant women. Less state supervision of sex offenders. And larger class sizes. But this time Gregoire says she's open to ways to bring in new money to offset some of the cuts.
"We have to ask ourselves now, do we want to look at alternatives of revenue? What might they be and do we want to go there?" she asked.
Gregoire says this next $2 billion will cut to the bone of state government. So, she plans to spend the next month studying options for fee hikes, closing tax exemptions and even raising general taxes.
Where the cuts would hit
Reductions announced in a press release that will likely be included in Gregoire's November budget proposal would:
- Eliminate the Basic Health Plan, ending subsidized health care to 35,000 low-income individuals.
- Cut off medical services to 21,000 people enrolled in the state's Disability Lifeline and ADATSA (Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Treatment Support Act) programs.
- Trim 15 percent from the support the state provides to colleges and universities.
- Reduce levy equalization, which helps property poor districts, by 50 percent.
- Cut the length of supervision for all offenders, based on severity of offense. Sex offenders will be supervised for 24 months, and all other offenders, for 12 months.
"This is what our choices look like even after we let go of thousands of state workers and cut money to our public schools, our colleges and universities, our prisons, and shredded our safety net for the old, sick, and poor," Gregoire said in the press release. "This is what our options look like even after we've taken the biggest steps in decades to make government leaner and more efficient."
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The Hindu community of the country will celebrate Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, today with due festivity and religious fervor.
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The programs include worship of Lord Krishna, puja, Geeta Jagna, Kirtan, discussions and peace processions.
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San Antonio Spurs 89, Los Angeles Lakers 88: Diced
Antonio McDyess' game winning tip-in marks only the third time ever in an NBA regular season that Gregg Popovich has cracked a smile. The first was in 2003 when Pop got a "buy six bottles of wine, get 10 percent off" deal at the Pearl Specialty Spirits store in Portland, and the second was this.
Dice made his appearance earlier than normal against the Lakers, with DeJuan Blair picking up a couple of quick fouls. And after a forgettable game against Portland, one of his worst as a Spur in my opinion, Dice came through with eight points, eight rebounds and five assists against Los Angeles. He only shot 3-10, because his usually money mid-range jumper was off, but he made the one that counted.
His biggest plays were the aforementioned tip-in and this heady play at the end of the first quarter:
Gary Neal gets the credit for sinking the H-O-R-S-E-worthy shot, but Dice set it up with a smart deflection.
Defensively, the Spurs did well against Los Angeles. The 88 points looks better than it was, because the low score was aided by a only 90 possessions in the game, but San Antonio did hold the Lakers to about 43% from the field. Also of note, LA shot just 2-14 from the 3-point line.
The big problem for the Spurs was rebounding. The Lakers' size advantage was painfully on Thursday night, as they outrebounded the Spurs 44-38 and had a 12-10 advantage on the offensive boards. Although, the Spurs got three offensive rebounds (one was a team rebound, where it went out of bounds off the Lakers) on the last possession. Two of those offensive boards were by McDyess, including the game-winner.
The last possession notwithstanding, the Spurs often looked helpless to keep the Lakers off the boards. Many times San Antonio resorted to trying to slap the ball out to the perimeter and hope one of the Spur guards could corral it.
Anytime there's a Spurs-Lakers game, it's important to all of us, but how important is it really to Gregg Popovich and Phil Jackson? Well, neither coach went deep into their bench, if that tells you anything. Every Spur starter played at least 33 minutes, with the exception of Blair and his foul trouble.
For LA, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Ron Artest all played at least 35 minutes, and the Lakers only went three deep on their bench. Outside of a brief four minute appearance from Tiago Splitter, the Spurs did the same.
All that said, you know what the best part of the night was? Watching Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher helplessly motion that Dice's tip-in was still in the cylinder (it was not). It doesn't exorcise the demons of 2004, but it definitely puts a smile on my face.


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Attorneys for several newspapers — including the South Jersey Times — argued for media access over three days before Family Division Superior Court Judge Colleen Maier.
The judge denied the media access request, according to Times' attorney Michael Gesualdo, which will block media from sitting in on any court hearings related to juveniles Donte Robinson, 17, and his brother Justin 15. The Clayton brothers are charged with killing Autumn Pasquale, 12, and dumping her body in a recycling container at an abandoned house.
The South Jersey Times is considering an appeal, according to the newspaper's general manager Joseph Owens.
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Individuals with income in excess of £150,000 are subject to a 45% additional rate of income tax, and 37.5% dividend additional rate. In addition, the basic personal allowance for income tax is gradually reduced to nil for individuals with 'adjusted net incomes' above £100,000, meaning that the effective top tax rate could be as much as 60%.
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The injury bug is hitting the Fox Creek High School girls basketball team hard in the early going.
The Predators (1-6, 0-1 Region 4-A) are dealing with a number of injuries. Last week it was one of their seniors, Domonique Moore, who was out sick. This week it was Taylor Sheppard, another senior, who is hobbled with an ankle injury, and Constance Mays, who was tabbed as a player to see significant minutes in the preseason.
Head coach Richard Brady said that Moore had a really good game on Saturday at Westminster, scoring 17 points. Keiana Green had a strong showing against Wagener-Salley, also scoring 17 points. The game on Friday against Wagener-Salley was a 46-30 loss and the game on Saturday against Westminster was a 57-29 loss.
Right now our older girls, Keiana, Domonique and Taylor are playing well and our younger girls are coming around, Brady said. Some nights, I feel like were getting better, and some nights were struggling. I think thats what happens with a young team sometimes. You kind of have peaks and valleys, and when things dont go well, you kind of get down and it snowballs on you. Were working hard right now and fighting through the injuries.
The next game for the Predators will be a region matchup that was to have happened on Tuesday night at North. After that, and not soon enough, Fox Creek will enjoy a long break with the holiday and not play again until after Christmas.
The season is starting off a little rocky. With eight girls and two being semi-injured its hurting us, Sheppard said. We plan to turn the season around and start winning. As seniors, Domonique, Keiana and I are going to continue to be leaders and fight to make playoffs. I plan on pushing myself despite my injury and continue to push and motivate my team.
Brady said that though the break is welcomed from an injury perspective, it may also set back some of the chemistry that the team has created.
I have several girls going out of town, and thats one of two times when I go to my wifes family in Virginia, Brady said. We have two non-region games as soon as we get back, so hopefully we can get our legs back under us a bit. One thing that hurts us is conditioning. Not having a home gym and having to use a local gym, though were thankful to have them, the gyms we have and having to go there sometimes we dont get as much practice time in as we need.
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We finish up our discussion with spiritual teacher Adyashanti, focusing on several topics relevant to contemporary seekers. We start off by exploring his thoughts on questions of power & hierarchy in the student-teacher relationship. Adya's approach is to put power back on the student, encouraging them to be their own inner authority from the beginning.
We also explore a type of writing meditative inquiry practice that Adyashanti has done, and which he teaches others. He explores how this type of inquiry can be used in conjunction with silent meditation practice to eliminate roadblocks on the spiritual path.
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Vince: Another topic, and one that's just really alive in a lot of practitioners conversations and their minds is this whole question around power and hierarchy when it comes to the student-teacher relationship.
Adyashanti: Yeah.
Vince: And I was recently on Zen Sesshin and there was a very clear hierarchy between the teacher and us. And I really saw the potential there for both abuse and for people's issues around power coming up. And then I also saw the potential that differential created to sort of get over my ego tendencies and step to a place of mystery and not knowing and challenging myself in a positive, healthy way that I normally maybe wouldn't do on my own.
And so it seemed really clear that there were some potentially positive things from this and then some potentially down sides from this. And it seems clear that we are not going the way of Eastern cultures that had these really clear authoritarian power structures in place. And I was wondering in your own teaching, how the relationship between yourself and your students, of power and hierarchy, how you have dealt with that over time, and where it's at that now?
Adyashanti: Ok, well it's evolved over time. And most of the evolution has been just for a practical reason, more that for a strategic reason. By that I mean, when the numbers of students get to a certain place, I simply could no longer have these more of these sort of closer, real personal relationships with my students. So I just didn't have the time to do. Its one thing when I had 30 people at a retreat, but when I have 350, you can't see everybody in private. You can't even see a small portion of them.
But outside of that, my own sense of it is, at least as a teacher, I think that every teacher-student relation you walk into, there is some sort of agreement you are making. You may be making it unconsciously, but you are making it, nonetheless. Like you said, if you go to a traditional setup and a Zen situation, there's an unspoken agreement that the teacher is the final authority, and the teachers way is the way. You are meant to kind of lower your ego, right, in the presence of that. And that has a lot of potentially positive aspects to it, because it does challenge your ego kind of very quickly right? Your ego realizes that it's not in control of the situation.
Vince: Yeah.
Adyashanti: That's probably the most useful thing about a more authoritarian traditional kind of teacher-student relationship is that the ego doesn't really get to play its games. If it's done right. I think, you know, and everyone can draw their own conclusions about what the potential drawbacks are, but I think we know that any kind of power has, unless one is really conscious, it has a potentially corruptive quality to it. Unless you are really on top of things.
For me, the unspoken agreement that I have with people basically, and I tell this to people all the time, and I say basically you're the authority. Which is my way of saying you have to take responsibility for yourself right at the beginning. I am not really here to baby sit anybody. I am not here to play the role of a traditional authoritarian figure. Even though it may look that way, because I'm sitting up on a stage for instance, and just the set up has the look of a certain power structure. But internally, I am always trying to put responsibility back onto people, back onto themselves. And I even tell people, "Look, if you are looking for somebody to babysit your ego all the time, then you are with the wrong teacher. I am not here to do that. That is not what I am here to do." Which is a different kind of agreement, right? It's a different way of going about it. People that are really going to benefit from the way I teach, are going to be people that are self motivated spiritually, and they are sort of willing to take on responsibility for themselves without this sort of grabbing that from an egoic perspective.
You are quite right that no matter what kind of teacher-student relationship, no matter what the set up is, they all have their pluses and minuses, they all have their strong points, and they all have their weaknesses. There is no way to set it up… everything in life has strong points and weaknesses. I don't look at teacher-relationships as there's one right way to do it. There's many ways to do it. And I just happen to do it, you know, the way I do, which reflects the way I was, I think, when I entered spirituality.
I saw my own spiritual teacher as a coach, you might say. You know, because I came through, a lot of my young life, I was a very, very highly competitive endurance athlete and I wanted to be as good as I could be and so I went and talked to my coach. And he said, here's how to do it. But I knew my coach couldn't go out there and train for me. He couldn't do it. Nor did I ask my coach to be a God figure for me.
Vince: Right.
Adyashanti: So I've always seen, even when I was a student, I saw my teacher, kind of, a bit without thinking about it at the time, but a bit more like a coach. Like just tell me the right way to do this. And then I have to go out and do it. And I think that's, kind of, how I still do things to this day.
Vince: Yeah.
Adyashanti: I don't want to be someone's God. I don't want to be someone's, sort of, final authority figure. You know, I tell people all the time, "Look, you've got to come in the door with your own inner integrity, because I'm not going to really be able to give it to you. You've got have that for yourself. You'll either delude, or not delude yourself, for yourself. It's your responsibility ultimately." And to say that, really, up front, is a very different power dynamic.
Vince: Nice, and it sounds like you keep going back to that and reminding people of that. And that's, kind of, the pointer you have.
Adyashanti: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's the pointer that I have. I try to emphasize to people that they do have the capacity too. I think one of the mistakes people make when they go to spiritual teachers is, they think: because I'm not enlightened, I've got to leave my good sense at the door. And I tell people, look, it's just the opposite. If you want this enlightenment thing, you can't get to it by riding the coattails on some enlightened person. It doesn't work that way. You've got to verify everything for yourself in your own experience. You don't actually have the luxury of believing in anything. Believing in what I say, just because I say it. Or believing in anybody, including the Buddha–just believing it because he said itbecause that has no transformative value. You have to go inside and find out for yourself in your own experience. Prove it true or false for yourself. So that, right there, is a very different relationship with spirituality. I think, in one sense, it's inherently more challenging.
Vince: Yeah. Absolutely. It sounds similar to… I was listening to a teacher of mine talk on the seven factors of awakening, this was Jack Kornfield. And he said, oh, and the eighth factor is common sense. [Laughs] And it sounds similar to what you're saying. That there's a sense of not leaving behind just the basic intelligence because it's the spiritual path that that's somehow different.
Adyashanti: Yeah. The job of a spiritual teacher in one part is to help people hone in on what's really true inside of themselves, including, just their ordinary good sense. To help them hone in, like, what is it? Because it can be hard not to delude yourself, right? And that's part of a teachers task, is to help people distinguish between what's true inside and what's not true inside. To help show them the ways people can delude themselves, and the ways you can actually be clear.
When the spiritual teacher doesn't try to take responsibility for that themselves, or take it away from their students, I think the students actually… they find the capacity within themselves, or they don't. And they go and find a different type of spiritual teacher. Because, like I said, just because I do it the way I do it, I have nothing in me that thinks it's inherently the better way, or the way anybody else should do it. It's just, this is the way I do it. If it works for you, great. If it doesn't, that's okay too, you'll go somewhere else where it does work for you.
Vince: So, one really interesting practice, that I saw you suggest to people, or that you did yourself, was practice of this, kind of, writing inquiry. Taking an inquiry question and really using, like, a journal to go into the question, and write only the answers that feel authentically true. To not write anything that's just bullshit, so to speak.
Adyashanti: Exactly
Vince: And I was wondering if you could share a little bit about that practice and how you came up with it. It sounds like a really relevant practice, for some reason, to me, to a western audience. And I don't know if that was intentional or not?
Adyashanti: Well, you know, it's just what I did when I was a student. I mean, I didn't start out doing it. But I just started… I used to kind of do some journaling and that can be clarifying because, if you write something down, it's like you get your thoughts on a piece of paper and they stop jumping around all over the place. You stop thinking in circular patterns if you write it down because it's very obvious when you're thinking in circular patterns.
So, I found it useful to write down certain thoughts. And then later, I thought, "Okay, now, what if I took whatever the question I had. One time, let's say, for instance, I had a question, 'What is surrender really? What is it really? What do I know about this?'" And I thought, "Okay. What if I was going to tell somebody what true surrender was?" And so I started to sit down and write what that was. Because I think we are all better at communicating when we're trying to communicate to somebody else rather than communicate to ourselves. Does that make sense?
Vince: Yeah, absolutely.
Adyashanti: If you try to explain something to a friend, it's easier to explain to them, then often it is to explain to yourself. So, I would sort of start writing as if I was writing for somebody else to make something clear for somebody else. And what I would do is I would refuse to write anything that I didn't know was really true. That's where it changed from journaling into what I call a meditative inquiry.
Journaling is just kind of getting your thoughts out. This was only putting the thoughts down that I saw to be really absolutely true. And I would find that when I would start to write in this way, that I could literally get halfway through a sentence. In the middle of the sentence, I'd go, "Okay, that's the last word that I know to be true." And I would just stop there. And I would refuse to write anything more until I could find out what was true. And sometime I would sit there for 15 minutes before, maybe, two words would come that were really true. I'd write those two words and then I wouldn't write anything else until it was true. So, it was a very concentrated, challenging way to write because it was, in its way, meditative. It was to write in this way isn't just to spew out one's thoughts, it's really more a product of deep listening inside, than it is deep thinking inside.
I just found it to be extraordinarily useful for me. And I did quite a bit of that for quite a while. And I found that I could get through sort of these spiritual roadblocks that I used to bump into, I could find insights through this process that might take me much, much, much longer than simply meditating, even though I did a lot of meditation at that time as well. I found, though, to combine the two of sort of some way to actively inquire, and a meditation where you just sort of let go and relax, those two really provided a really powerful dynamic, kind of like a yin and a yang thing. And I found, as a teacher, if people are just meditating, there's often not that catalyst, that spark that will spark awakening or deep insight. They make it into deep meditative states of absorption but spiritual awakening isn't to get into a deep state of absorption, it's a state of "ah, ha." And so I think the inquiry part adds energy. It adds a catalyst. It kind of keeps whatever is unresolved in you very much at the forefront of your consciousness. And so it adds a real dynamic to it. And so I found it really useful for myself. And I, at times, suggest that other people might want to do their own version of the same thing, especially if they're working with something they're really stuck on. Some patterns, they just can't see through, some repetitive thing they know they have to have a deeper insight into but they just can't seem to find it. I'll often say, "Well. Sit down and communicate the answer to your question but don't write anything unless you know it's totally true." That's how I came up with it. And that's how sometimes I have people utilize it. Because if you do it right, you spend much more time sitting in silence than you do actually writing.
Vince: Yeah, it sounds like it.
Adyashanti: You know, because how much can anybody write that they know is absolutely true? It might take you a couple hours to get a half a sentence outYou know? . [Laughs] But if we're talking about what's really true, and we're talking about spirituality, then those are the things we want to really find out about ourselves. What do we know that's really true, as opposed to all the nonsense that we imagine we know is true? And that's what I found the process of this sort of, type of inquiry through writing really did.
It's not so much–the valuable part was not only what I found, but was really also that it showed me what I didn't know, which is really valuable. It's extraordinarily important. It's kind of like a spring-cleaning, you know? You just dust out your consciousness–you go, "Wow, 99% of the things that I think I know, when I really examine them honestly…" You're all of a sudden not so sure if it's really true or not. And it's really valuable to empty out the mind in that way, and to empty out the old belief system.
Vince: Yeah, it sounds sort of similar to that whole Zen idea of Great Doubt, of building up the sense of not knowing.
Adyashanti: Exactly. Exactly. Or like the Korean Zen teacher used to say, "don't-know mind." But you can be sitting there trying to be in don't-know mind, but you might not even know what don't-know mind means. You know what I mean? Just because someone says it doesn't know what it means. But when you really start to look, you really say, "Gosh, I actually don't know anything." Now that's don't-know mind. Does that make sense?
Vince: Yeah–no, no, it doesn't. [Laughs]
Adyashanti: Where this really started for me was a very, very sort of eye-opening and in some ways sobering, chilling moment, after a Sesshin that I sat, on the retreat. I was sitting there, and at the end of it, people were having breakfast after it was over, and talking, and I heard a group of old-time students who'd been at this, like, 20, 30—a couple of them—40 years. They were talking, and they were all talking about how when they were young, they remembered getting involved in Buddhism, and they wanted enlightenment and to awaken, and now that they'd been doing it for 30 or 40 years they'd kind of just let go of that. They hadn't really found out what that was, but they'd found—they kind of found peace with not finding out what this enlightenment thing was about. So they had a peace about that. And they actually did have a peace about that. You know, like, well maybe it's not going to happen but it's okay. And I could see, for them, it was okay. And that it was okay. But for me, at 23 years old, and I suddenly look over and I go, "That could be me in 40 years." I could be sitting there saying, "Well, the enlightenment thing didn't really work out, but, you know, I'm really at peace with that." And something about me, at 23 years old–I literally had to bite my bottom lip. I literally dug my teeth into my bottom lip, otherwise I just would have screamed out this huge, "No!" Like, it cannot end that way, that's what I thought. That can't happen. That's not acceptable. It was fine for them, so it wasn't a judgment for them. But for me, it scared the hell out of me. And that's the day when I thought, "Okay, that's it." I realized I was on my own. Because I realized you can't just follow the tradition, because it might not work out. Just doing what you're told because someone says that's the way to do it, and that's the way they've always done it–I thought, "Okay, I don't have that luxury. I've got to prove everything true or false for myself, and it's up to me."
And I didn't leave my teachers, and I didn't leave my tradition, and I didn't stop meditating–I didn't stop doing any of that, but the internal relationship shifted. And what I was really confronted with, is I thought, "Not only do I not know what enlightenment is, I don't even know if there's such a thing. Maybe we're all just deluding ourselves. Maybe this is just a pipe dream." But you see, up till that point, I couldn't even ask myself that question. I couldn't even admit that maybe it was just a pipe dream. It was too frightening. But as soon as I could admit that, it sort of frightened me into a clarity. I thought, "Well I have to find out then, don't I?" And I don't know if you can sense it, but there was a real aloneness in it. There was a very stark energy to it. That, ok I've got to do this, I've got to find this out for myself.
And I look back many, many years later, and I look at that moment as probably one of the most significant moments in my whole spiritual seeking days. Because it was the day that I stopped accepting anything simply because somebody said it, including the Buddha. And I looked back and I go that was the most important thing I ever did. I didn't throw out what anybody said. But I realized that until I proved it to be true in myself, I don't actually know if it's true or not. Now when you do that, you feel very, very alone. You feel like there is very little to grab hold of. Because there's almost nothing that you actually know, for certain. And so it kind of scares you into a clarity, you might say. [Laughs]
Vince: Nice. It sounds like that really connects both to the writing inquiry and the energy behind that. And also, when we were talking about the student-teacher relationship, that's what you keep pointing people back in themselves, is to find out for themselves.
Adyashanti: Yeah.
Vince: It sounds like it's been a major theme in your own experience and in the way that you work with people.
Adyashanti: Sure, I think for all of us, however we teach, it kind of reflects ourselves, and what we did. And that's the way I teach too. And sometimes that works for people. I have told other people the same story when I have taught several times. And some people are kind of inspired by it and other people get so darned spooked, that they just get despondent. Like oh god, you're right, I don't know anything. How can I do that and they get overwhelmed by it. So it can have, like everything, it's a double-edged sword, right?
But, in the end, I see this as the hallmark. I mean I always like to point out back and look, this is what the Buddha did. This is what got the Buddha under the Bodhi Tree. He went to all the teachers, he went to all the teachings. He went through the whole circuit of the day. He became an ascetic. He did everything he was supposed to do. And at the end of the day, it didn't quite work out for him. So there he is in a totally catch-22 situation. He can't keep doing what he has done. He can't keep doing what everyone else is doing. It hasn't worked. But he can't just walk away from it either because he can never forget about it. He has to find this answer. So he eventually finds himself under this tree all by himself, nobody else. Him and him alone. And he has to come to his own realization for himself. And I think that, there is a sort of a motif in this.
You see it through history, Jesus the way. I always remind people Jesus was an extraordinary person but Jesus was not a Christian. Jesus came from Judaism, but he was someone who found his own insight in it, you see? He stepped out of the mold, and found something extraordinary. Buddha stepped out of the mold and found something extraordinary.
So I am always suggesting to everyone, from the very beginning, from step one, go ahead and step out of the mold. You are going to have to do it sooner or later. You may end up being still your dharma, your karma may still be, to be a very traditional Buddhist, or a traditional Christian or a traditional Jew, and that's fine if that's sort of what your dharma is. But I think a lot of people don't even want to question it.


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The baker hands him one, warm from the oven. Here's how he describes it, after breaking it in half:
"The simple smell of pure bread rushes at my nose, captures me like a cold stone plucked exhilarated from a river bottom. I moan even before I taste.
"The interior of the grissini, still warm with oven-memory, goes porous and gummy as I chew, its saltiness, earthy as soil, oceanic as brain coral, brings all hemispheres of my mouth together into one smooth swallow."This is a guy who loves food.
Toss in that he's funny and exuberant, a poet, a seasoned chef who has cooked all over the country, and you get a treat in Frank's new book, "Barolo."
The book is part travelogue of the mouthwatering region of Italy famous for its food and wine, and part memoir of Frank's food-induced stupor while he lived in a tent and worked in a vineyard there.
What we have that the book doesn't: recipes! Frank offers several from the region, from the chickpea soup served by a friend in Barolo to pasta with sage butter to a creamy panna cotta dessert.
Frank, 33, a visiting assistant professor of writing at Grand Valley State University, is a writer by profession, but spent 15 years in the food and restaurant industry, in positions ranging from dishwasher to sous-chef, server to sommelier, menu consultant to caterer, farm hand to janitor.
Meet the author
Matthew Frank will read from his book, "Barolo" and sign copies.
When: 7 p.m. May 4
When: 7 p.m. May 20
Through his friendship with the family, he got work picking wine grapes for famed vintner Luciano Sandrone. Artisans invited him in, teaching him how to make grissini, offering him tastes of their most exclusive wines, welcoming him into the salami-filled world of the Italian butcher shop. Sharing their passion.
Drool-proof that book
Frank's accounts of his time in Barolo are funny, poetic, mouthwatering. The pages of his book should be laminated to make them drool-proof.
And, oh, the wine. Here's how Frank describes a visit to a Barolo wine shop owned by a guy named Franco, who offers him a glass of a Macarini Barolo 1995.
"He fills two glasses. The wine shudders and catches the sun, then settles again ... My fingers curve beneath the glass, and I lift it, marveling at the function of my own body. In the sip the wood of an old neighborhood fence, the one you climbed as a kid and tore your pants on, slats coming unnailed and offering passage to squirrel, rabbit, coyote, their fur and musk rubbing off on the splinters ... And then the smashing juice of black plum, the tannin of cranberry skin, the postswallow breath of a brand-new dog."
Frank gets a lot from a sip of wine. Kind of makes you feel guilty about your own pedestrian reaction: Mmm. That's good. Is there cheese?
Pricey wine
Back here in the States, a good bottle of a Barolo wine runs a hundred bucks or more, Frank says. Other good wines from that region that are easier on the wallet, he says, include nebbiolo, dolcetto d'alba or barbera d'alba.
Here's Frank, in tidbits:
He daydreams of selling gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches from a bus in New York's financial district. The flagship sandwich: brie with figs and arugula.
He ran a breakfast restaurant in Juneau, Alaska, where diners loved his offbeat soups of the day, including reindeer sausage and blueberry gumbo.
He once ate 47 eggs in an egg-eating contest.
As a caterer in Taos, N.M., he designed menus for actress Julia Roberts' private parties.
All this from a kid who grew up in Chicago in a house permeated with bad food.
"When I was growing up," he writes, "food was the thing that emerged from the microwave, steaming and soggy. A rubbery omelet. A desiccated matzo ball in watery broth. A steak going green. A corpse of broccoli. But my mother treated our crap with ceremony."
There was lots of meat, and Frank became a fat teenager.
"I just felt bad," he recalls at the kitchen table of his home in the Cherry Hill neighborhood, where he lives with his wife, Louisa. "I ran out of breath. I started wondering about my parents' eating habits."'Consumed' by food
At age 16, he started thumbing through Chicago Magazine to see what nice restaurants were serving.
In college at the University of Illinois, where he studied creative writing, he was disgusted by the dorm cafeteria's "vats of mass-produced sludge," he says. He bought a hot plate and started cooking his own food. He simmered pork in pineapple juice and the seasoning packet from Ramen noodles. He moved out of the dorm and devoured cookbooks.
"I started putting out decent food, and it turned into a passion," he says.
"I was," he says, grinning, "consumed."
After graduation in 1998, Frank went to Europe for two weeks and was "completely seduced by food." A stop in Barolo fascinated him, and he vowed to go back. In August 2000, he did, spending six months learning about food and wine from the people who cherish it.
• Minestra di ceci (chickpea soup)
• Tajarin with Savoy cabbage, mushroom, hazelnut and sage butter
• Saffron panna cotta with Moscato-macerated carrot, shaved dark chocolate and garam masala syrup
• Grissini (Italian breadsticks)
"There, local food is not a movement," he says. "It is what it is, and has been for centuries.
"What I brought back was how to honor those ingredients on a plate without a lot of dressing up," he says. "Everyday food there is absolutely stunning."
People linger over food in Italy, and Frank loves that.
"If they do grab something fast, it's cheese made in the next town or artisan salami from a couple of blocks away or bread made that morning," he says dreamily. "That's their fast food.
"People treasure their food culture there," he says. "We've lost ours, with the ease of a McDonald's on every block."'
No microwave
He hasn't lost his. Frank doesn't own a microwave. He eats what's in season. He makes his pasta fresh with a hand-crank machine he bought for $40.
He turns out recipes, such as the ones you'll find here, authentic recipes from the Piedmont region, some receiving his own "riff," he says.
An example: His pasta with cabbage, mushrooms, hazelnuts and sage butter, comes with this instruction: "Eat noisily."
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Fibre – why's it so good for us?
(This is the fourth post in the Dieting Basics series.)
What is fibre?
Fibre is actually a type of complex carbohydrate, but unlike other carbohydrates (and protein and fat), fibre can't be digested by the body so is not turned into energy. It's sometimes referred to as "dietary fibre" (to distinguish it from other fibres, such as the sort found in wood and in fibre optics). The scientific term for dietary fibre is "non-starch polysaccharides" or NSP.
Fibre is an essential part of the diet because it keeps things running smoothly, lowers cholesterol, controls blood-sugar and is calorie-free (whilst fibre does contain some calories, they aren't used by the body). A particular bonus for dieters is that it helps create a "full" feeling.
Soluble and insoluble fibre
There are two types of fibre: soluble and insoluble: both are important as they have different benefits.
Insoluble fibre keeps your stools soft and bulky, helping your bowel to pass them easily and preventing constipation. This is often what people think of when "fibre" is mentioned – the "roughage" found in bran and most vegetables. It speeds the transit of food through the digestive system (including the stomach, intestine and colon).
Soluble fibre is used by bacteria in the colon to produce fatty acids. These are thought to lower cholesterol levels – reducing the risk of heart and arterial disease – and control blood sugar by delaying the absorption of glucose into the blood stream. This sort of fibre slows the digestion of food in the stomach, helping you to feel full.
Most soluble fibre is also highly fermentable (types of fibres which ferment in the colon are sometimes called "fermentable fibre") and thought to help prevent colon cancer.
How much fibre should I eat?
The daily recommended minimum consumption of fibre is 18 grams – but most adults in the UK and US only eat 12 grams a day. The ideal level is thought to be between 25 grams and 40 grams per day.
If you currently don't each much fibre, increase the levels of fibre in your diet gradually; for example, if you're averaging 10 grams a day, increase to 15 grams a day for a week, then to 20 grams a day for the second week, then 25 grams a day. Suddenly eating a lot more fibre than usual can overburden your digestive system, and lead to stomach cramps, diarrhoea or wind (not very pleasant for your office mates…!) Make sure you drink plenty of water, too; fibre absorbs water (which is why it helps keep your stools soft.)
What foods are good sources of fibre?
Try adding in some of the following foods to your diet, or having more of them if you already eat them regularly. Don't worry too much about getting a balance of soluble and insoluble fibre, as many foods contain both.
Soluble fibre
- Fruits (especially apples)
- Vegetables (especially peas)
- Oats
- Beans and lentils
- Soya milk
Insoluble fibre
- Bran
- Vegetables (especially the skins of root vegetables)
- Wholegrains (wholemeal bread, wholemeal pasta)
- Seeds and nuts
If you're eating your five-a-day for fruit and veg, and eating wholegrain breads, cereals and pastas, you'll be easily meeting that 25 gram target!
If you missed part three of the Dieting Basics series, find it here: Protein: essential, but how much do you need?… and make sure you get the rest of the series in your feed reader.
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The two-day swirl of events surrounding Gov. Bobby Jindal's inauguration to a second term got off to a solemn start Sunday when two dozen religious leaders from various faiths prayed for the governor, all other elected officials and the future of Louisiana. The hour-long ecumenical prayer service featured Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergy, all invoking divine guidance for Jindal, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne and their families, as well as the new and veteran lawmakers and statewide officials who crowded into St. Joseph Cathedral, still festooned with the trappings of Christmas.
Later Sunday, Jindal and his wife, Supriya, were feted at the Inaugural Ball at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge.
The ball, normally held on Monday night to cap inaugural activities, was moved up to Sunday night to avoid a conflict with the national collegiate football championship game between Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama, which will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome tonight.
Former New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes, who is a former bishop of Baton Rouge, urged the elected officials gathered to keep in mind the needs of the poor, the downtrodden, the uneducated and minorities as they go about the tasks of leading the state, "because God excludes no one from his family. They should not be overlooked."
Hughes also said that public debate of issues is a good thing but "God seems to be urging us to shun the paralyzing and polarizing debate in favor of civil discourse."
In a "pastoral charge to service," Hughes also reminded the public officials that persons from all walks of life and all religions -- and those who are not members of a religion -- "need to be assured of their freedoms. ... God wants those in governance and lawmaking to preserve the common good."
The Rev. Dino Rizzo, pastor of the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, invoked blessings on "all who have been called to serve; give them the heart to serve. We don't know the storms, we don't know the trouble" that may be faced.
A procession of Christian clergymen called for divine help for a list of causes, including "for the people of our state to live in peace, and that they be protected from all hurricanes and violent acts of nature," intoned the Rev. Anthony Mangun, senior pastor of The Pentecostals of Alexandria.
"For those in our state who till the soil and fish the Gulf, for prosperity, clement weather, good harvest and filled nets," prayed the Rev. Rick Edmonds, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Shreveport.
"For all who are powerless in our state and who live on the bed of pain, for those who are without jobs, for the homeless, the hungry, the sick and the dying; may their hope not be forgotten," said the Rev. Mark Foster, senior pastor of The Pentecostals of the Twin Cities in West Monroe.
As the service ended, four ministers from Protestant churches prayed over Jindal as a fifth asked God to bless and keep the governor safe and strong in his second term. The somber service ended on an upbeat note with a rollicking version of the hymn "Oh Happy Day" from the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church choir of Baton Rouge.
The ceremonies, which are held every four years and call for a state holiday in Baton Rouge only, conclude today with the inauguration of House and Senate members for new quadrennial terms starting at 10 a.m. in the Capitol. Lawmakers will then elect officers and attend Jindal's inauguration two hours later -- or head to New Orleans for the game.
After lawmakers are sworn in, the attention will shift to the Old State Capitol about six blocks away when the pomp and circumstance of Jindal's inauguration begins. Jindal is expected to be sworn in at noon with a jet flyover and a cannon salute then speak for about 10 minutes outlining his term's general goals.
Other statewide elected officials will be sworn in starting at 11:20 a.m. The others who will take oaths of office include Dardenne, Secretary of State Tom Schedler, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, Treasurer John Kennedy, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and Agriculture-Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain.
The official ceremonies will end with Jindal hosting a luncheon for the new lawmakers and other officials at The Lyceum, a meeting hall about four blocks from the Old State Capitol, starting about 12:30 p.m.
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Even today, Design is too often perceived as a tactic to simply "make things user-friendly." To combat that oversimplification, designers often shroud their work in a mysterious cloud of specialized tools and jargon. This mystery gives designers (of every sort – visual, UX, interaction, et al) a false perception of value, uniqueness and control over their process and work. In actuality, this self-imposed mystery drives divisions between designers and their teams. Designers need to stop looking at their work in terms of "trade secrets" and start opening up about their process. Through this transparency, the cloud lifts and the true value of Design becomes clear while designers are revealed to be the indispensable product people they truly are.
In this session you will learn:
- Why self-imposed Design mystery makes life as a designer harder
- How revealing your design secrets leads to more productive, highly collaborative teams
- How transparency makes you more valuable to your organization
- How to (finally) convince your colleagues that designers are not just pixel people, but product people
- 5 tactics for you to immediately begin demystifying Design and increasing your value


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THE PHILLIES ARE surprisingly interesting these days, particularly as they begin a stretch of games that began Monday night in which they will play against the National League's top three teams in 13 of 16 games.
Domonic Brown is again a person of interest, his at-bats a reason to suspend the eat-athon these games have become, his throws from the outfield capable of creating a PT Barnum collective gasp. Thirty-two-year-old Erik Kratz, who hit another home run Monday night and threw out another runner from his knees, is just such a feel-good success story.
Then there is Chase Utley and his rejuvenated knees. The professionalism and youthful enthusiasm of 35-year-old Juan Pierre. Ryan Howard still runs the bases as if on ice, but that towering blast deep into the rightfield bleachers in Monday night's 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds was another comet of hope, no?


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Donald C. Zeis, 95, of Tiffin, died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Tiffin Mercy Hospital.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m., today, July 14, 2013, at Shiloh cemetery with Dick Sendelbach officiating. Engle-Shook Funeral Home and Crematory in Tiffin is assisting the family with their arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice Care, Stein Hospice or to Shiloh United Methodist Church.