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Why are my brakes so hard to depress unlike other vehicles
Basically drove a new Toyota Camry the other day and whenever I stepped on the brakes, I pretty much almost caused the tires to lock up each and every time. The brakes were very sensitive and easy to press.
Back into my E46, I felt like I was driving a car without Power Brakes, it required a lot of force to press.
Was the E46 designed this way for sportyness?
I already changed my pads, rotors, fluid, etc. Same effect.
Same problem I had in the 330. I would basically have a to press the pedal all the way to stop quickly. When I got the M I thought it would be the same but I barely need to press the pedal and it will stop instantly.
Uh, you need new brake fluid. If you put in ATE super blue and bleed it properly, then the pedal will be very firm. Your pads are probably quite worn as well. If a Toyota is out braking your BMW, there is a major problem. These cars have bigger brakes than many SUVs (at least the 330 does).
If fluid doesn't fix it, then you need a new master cylinder.
Hmmm... my 330i isn't this way. Brakes feel fine even compared to my trucks and my Camaro. I'm wondering if your pads/rotors aren't worn or perhaps wrong for street driving?
lol no no no WDE. thats not what he is saying.
he is saying the brakes are more sensitive in his camry as opposed to the BMW.
OP, that is not only normal, it is optimal. You have better ability to modulate brake pressure when more effort is required. If you're able to achieve full braking power with a light press, how do you achieve light to moderate braking power?
This is ideal. It's also perfect.
^ That's good. yup these brakes as I've said before are nearly as big (off by a few millimeters) as 996 Porsche Turbo brakes!
I'd not overlook a defective weak power assist unit. They can fail.
Have it checked out.
BMW brakes are not super power assist, but this description seems extreme.
I remember driving my mom's G37 and immediately the same thing happened to me once i hit the brakes. the car screeched to a halt. I was driving with my mom in the car and she thought I was doing it on purpose. the brakes had absolutely no feel whatsoever and I was glad to get back in my E46 after that.
Yes I know the G37 stops incredibly fast and accelerates very quickly too... but the car was just a big sloppy soft boat. hated it.
hmm my brake pedel is super soft and easy to push to stop. then again i almost have fresh brake fluid in there as well. its pretty funny cus my clutch is heavy so sometimes when the road is empty i barely push on the brake with my left foot and the car stops almost instantly since i push it almost as hard as when i push my clutch haha. then i switch back to my right leg and nice soft, slow steady stop haha.
Overboosted brakes are annoying.
Stainless lines make mine just that much firmer! I think the E46 pedal feel is perfect. As mentioned before, softer brake pedals (especially infiniti/nissan) really take some getting used to after being used to your BMW.
I saw this and almost laughed....not at you OP...but going from my car to the girlfriends jetta....talk about over-boosted brakes ha
Thought I was trying to do an emergency stop first few times I had to...got use to it but damn.
Keep noticing that no matter what car I drive always glad to get back into mine.
After my e36 was totaled, I rented an Impala. Every time I braked, everything fell off all the seats. Accelerate, I felt like I was tilting back in a recliner. Horrible car...but the brakes were the worst. Very over boosted.
OP...I think you're fine...but at some point, brake fluid should be every couple of years anyway...and also, it could also be that the PO put some cheap pads on yours...IDK. But, Mango is right...you have a range of control with our brakes that you don't with other cars.
For the rest of you...every 2 years or so...which means not more than 3 and you're stupid if you're going 4 years without bleeding brake fluid.
OP, this is a benefit of good brakes. My pedal is extremely firm and allows for very good modulation. If I need to slam on the brakes hard, I can very easily do that, but normal driving, it's very easy to modulate.
This is desirable in a sports car. Every sports car I've ever driven is like this.
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Then again, this appears to be a CFL game. Canada is so awesome.
Of course, I think he might be getting into football so he can travel to the U.S. and steal a Super Bowl ring. I'm not saying that the teams currently in the playoffs should throw their next game but, you know…maybe you should throw your next game.
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Taiwanese Gochabi sponge cake is getting quite famous around Malaysia and there's a branch just newly opened at Austin Heights Johor Bahru on the 7th of April. As info written, they are selling it for RM18 (original flavour) and RM23 (for cheese flavour), one slice in a box. Yes, I am daring to try it at home! I am using the direct baking method based on the recipe adapted from Edith @ Rumbling Tummy. Unlike the common sponge cake making, this Taiwanese sponge cake is using the cooked dough method by adding flour into warm milk & oil. Please read on to find out more.
110gm full cream milk
90gm corn oil
3/4 tspn salt
2 TB parmesan cheese powder
7 egg yolks
125gm all purpose flour
1-1/4 tspn baking powder
8 egg whites
1/4 tspn cream of tartar
110gm castor sugar
*6 slices cheddar cheese slices
1/2 cup parmesan cheese powder for topping
Method :
(1) sift together flour & baking powder and mix well.
(2) now, heat milk, oil and cheese powder for about 2 minutes or till mixture became just warm, not boiling.
(3) stir flour mixture into warm milk mixture till everything well blended, then add in egg yolk and continue beating till well cooperated. Set aside.
(4) next, in another mixing bowl beat egg white till foamy by adding in sugar & cream of tartar gradually, continue whisking till egg white became soft peak (meringue like).
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Taiwanese Danshui Cheese Sponge Cake 台湾淡水起士蛋糕
6 comments:
- CaThY said...
wow, this cake must be extremely yummy with all the cheese added =)
- April 12, 2017 at 5:57 PM
- Angie Schneider said...
How interesting and fun with a layer of cheese in between! It definitely looks very delicious with that airy texture.
- April 12, 2017 at 6:33 PM
- Phong Hong said...
That looks great, Kristy! I really wanna try it too. Can't wait :)
- April 13, 2017 at 6:23 PM
- Diane S said...
That sounds quite delicious. Have a great weekend Diane
- April 14, 2017 at 2:45 AM
- jessie chin said...
Is there any way to avoid cheese from sinking to the bottom and become uneven? I saw many ppl resulted in sinking cheese but some very flat n even at the center
- May 12, 2017 at 9:37 PM
- mido soror said...
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Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Mix 93-1 Retro Video [VIDEO]
Sinead O'Connor has been in music since the '80's but it wasn't until 1990 when she broke out on the scene with "Nothing Compares 2 U" from her album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. Since then she's been involved with a number of artists working with them on writing music and also recording songs too. One of her latest collaborations was with Mary J. Blige. Check out the video that made her really famous after the jump.


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Data on Passenger-Miles of Travel
Two national estimates of passenger-miles of travel (pmt) are available; they differ in coverage, methodology, and other factors. The 2000 pmt data presented in this section come from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publication, National Transportation Statistics 2002 (NTS). BTS compiles these data for NTS annually, primarily using mode-by-mode data derived in various ways by BTS and others. For instance, pmt for large air carriers and intercity trains are estimated from ticket sales and trip lengths; for transit, the data are reported by transit authorities. Each method used to estimate these pmt has differing strengths and weaknesses, as discussed in NTS in the Accuracy Profiles for table 1–34 (available at http://www.bts.gov/).
Later, in the section on Variables Influencing Travel Behavior, is a presentation of 2001 pmt data from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey, jointly conducted by BTS and the Federal Highway Administration. As survey data, they are collected using a single methodology. This provides a coherence and comparability not available with the NTS data. However, these data are not collected annually, limiting their use for trend analyses. Another difference between the NTS and NHTS data is the extent of their coverage among modes. It is to be expected, then, that because of methodological and coverage issues the NTS and NHTS data will differ.


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Tenorio Volcano and Río Celeste Costa Rica
The Tenorio and Miravalles volcanic area is located 30 miles (50 km) from the town of Liberia in the northern highlands of Costa Rica.
Although both volcanoes are considered dormant, there is still a great deal of geologic activity within this locale: geysers shoot water into the air and hot springs bubble up from below ground. Even better - and much more famous - is the Río Celeste, a river whose blue-tinted waters are the result of a chemical mixture produced by the Tenorio Volcano. Exploration of the Tenorio Volcano National Park is rewarding, as it hosts rivers and waterfalls amidst a dense forest setting.
These forests provide a unique habitat for animals such as ocelots and jaguars and can be toured on either foot or horseback.
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PRINCETON, N.J. (October 5, 2011) – David S. Lazarus, MD, MBA, a triple board certified internist with extensive leadership experience in academic and community hospital settings, has joined the Medical Staff of Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) as the new Chairman of the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Lazarus, who is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine, began his clinical practice in 1985. He will practice at University Medical Center at Princeton, the acute-care teaching hospital operated by PHCS. A state-of-the-art replacement hospital is being built in neighboring Plainsboro.
"I look forward to working with Dr. Lazarus, and I know he will continue our tradition of strong, stable leadership of the Department of Medicine," said Linda Sieglen, MD, MMM, PHCS Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs. "He will help to lead us through the transition to the new hospital and navigate the ever-changing healthcare environment."
Dr. Lazarus succeeds Margaret Lancefield, MD, who held the position on an interim basis since the beginning of 2011. Kenneth H. Goldblatt, MD, had served as chairman for the previous 13 years.
"I'm excited to join a team that already provides top quality care, as evidenced by recent recognition from both The Leapfrog Group and The Joint Commission," Dr. Lazarus said. "Our challenge is to continue improving upon that high level of care, through the transition to the new hospital and beyond."
A University of Pennsylvania alumnus, Dr. Lazarus graduated from State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, N.Y., and completed his internship and residency at SUNY Downstate – Kings County Hospital. He completed fellowships in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine and immunopathology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Lazarus then joined the full-time academic faculty at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where he was Assistant Professor and Director of the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory. He subsequently went into private practice at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, N.J., where he also served as Chairman of Medicine for two years.
Prior to joining PHCS, Dr. Lazarus was Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Newton Medical Center in Sussex County, N.J., now part of the Atlantic Health System. Dr. Lazarus received his MBA degree from Auburn University School of Business in 2005.
David S. Lazarus, MD, MBA, is the new Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Princeton HealthCare System.
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The new pope, Pope Francis, says that we shouldn't be naive and that marriage equality is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. No one is surprised. And this isn't to single out the Catholic Church because many if not most churches are the same. It just points to a fact of life: once theology becomes canonized it is here to stay as long as the institution who birthed it and perpetuates it survives.A friend of mine on Facebook reminded me of the above theology... the umbrella of … [Read more...]
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| RE: Economics. Elections 2004. Elections 2004: Dean. Fun. Politics. Politics: Bush. Politics: Bush: Meet The Press. Profanity. Science. Sex. Show Biz. Tech. Terrorism.
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Elections 2004: Dean
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Politics: Bush
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I had another snow moment this morning: my second one this winter. A snow moment is when you're just going along outside and then all of the sudden you notice how beautiful the falling snow is. Two things are required for a snow moment to occur. The first thing is that your mind has to be in a particular state: transient, fragile, beautiful, receptive.
The second thing is a good snow setting. The snow has to waft down in whimsical ways, not just drop. The falling snow has to have individual snow flake crystals visible even from a distance. The chill should be slight, a gentle breath on your nose. The falling snow needs dark patches to serve as the backdrop: buildings, the underside trees, and patches of blue sky will do. The background should vary in distance: This way as you move your eyes around, sometimes you have a relationship with just a few flakes, and sometimes you see snow falling far a field.
When a snowflake falls on your eyelash, it should linger a brief moment before melting away. The drop of moisture upon your eye may be either a former snowflake or tear of joy. As much as you'd like the snow moment to continue, it is essential to let the snow moment pass before it becomes artificial.
| RE: Martial Arts: Karate. Life. Politics.
Zahra and Sima Memorial Service
Mahmoud, my karate instructor from my college days lost his wife, his daughter, and around 60 other relatives during the earthquake in Bam, Iran on 2003-12-26. So last night he had a memorial service for the people state-side since the bodies were actually buried in Iran. I have a lot of baggage with him but I went last night and I actually had a good time.
Now I imagine most people don't go to memorials and funerals to have a good time, but I've actually come to appreciate funerals. For the grieving, the ceremony can provide a much needed catharsis. But the part that I appreciate the most is that funerals makes me think more about life than death. People making statements about the deceased usually talk about how that person lived. This is the essence of Bushido (The Way of the Warrior). Living with death in mind can help you live a better life even if you are not a warrior. The concept is very powerful and, while secular, is actually used by most religions. But why do people have to think about what people will think about them after they've died? What about thinking about what people think of you while you're alive? What about what you think of yourself while you're alive? And why reserve these kinds of thoughts for funerals? Why not ask these questions on a regular basis?
At the service they discussed the accomplishments, the social skills, and the character of the deceased. All those factors are attributed to a person but those factors are also largely affected by genes, environment, and luck. I appreciate character the most because while society can measure and appreciate your accomplishments and social skills, if you don't appreciate your own character, then the rest won't really matter to yourself.
The church was almost full and after the service everyone headed over to the cafeteria to commiserate. It was great fun seeing people I haven't seen in a long time.
It is fun to hang around people who are into something. It is curious to hang around people who believe in something and haven't yet seen it in a larger context. It is somewhat uncomfortable to hang around people who are still in something when you know they know what they do is a shell.
I also had fun with the rank thing. Some people hang on to an artificial concept of rank and they hope that others abide by it. But most people can see beyond that. People respect skill. People can recognize talent. People appreciate persistent effort and experience. People should be able to tell between actual knowledge and fluff. People should know when people are genuinely respectful. These are all parts of what I consider to be "true rank". Your rank does not matter: what matters is that you have a feel of your true rank. Do not imagine yourself as super special because of your rank. Nor should you imagine yourself as a lowly peon because of your rank.
I was all hyped from hanging around the karate setting. I was in yellow alert, with my eyes bright, my body chemistry pumped, my movements swift and sure. After the cafeteria gig our little circle went over to have some food. I got that urge to get into a bar fight again. It must have shown because after we sat down, a busty girl who was leaving when we arrived, came back to settle something with the bill, and she definitely gave me flirty moment. How fun after being married for 10 years! Of course, I immediately assumed a more "married" demeanor.
I thought we were having desserts and coffee but I got tricked into buying ribs. The ribs were good though. The guys are all smart, broad-minded, good-hearted, and handsome fighters. (They're all like me! Ha ha!) However, I'm the only Democrat in the group and it's always fun to talk about politics with these guys. I think we reached a break through in defining the crux of how our opinions differ.
The simplest example is over the metric system. The metric system is the dominant system for measuring used by every country on the planet except for the US. Every scientist and engineer will agree that the metric system is superior in every way to the American units of measure. Adding decimal math is much easier manually and digitally than math with fractions.
Here are other issues in a compact form:
| RE: Bush. Bush: AWOL. Chicago. Comic Art. Faith. Food. Iraq. Love. Money. Presidential Election. Science. Sex. Show Biz. Tech. War Craft III. . .
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Presidential Election
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Presidential Elections
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The words of the Roman lawyer, scholar, and orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, referring to some of the most threatening problems faced by that once great, long-fallen empire seem to presciently describe our Federal Government's current imperatives. "The budget should be balanced. Public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt." Those words and the fierce budget debate surrounding them nearly caused in ancient Rome the type of budget impasse that caused our Federal Government to shut down in 1995 and threatened it the first half of 2011.
Our elected officials succeeded in avoiding a shut down this year but the intense budget discussions will continue for quite some time. One of the results of the Federal Deficit is a Federal Government Contracting Industry that is under pressure. Allow me to put the state of the Government Contracting Industry into perspective for you. In fiscal year 2010 contract spending fell for the first time since 1997. If you are not familiar with how the Federal Government Procurement engine works this may not be an impressive fact at first glance. Consider, however, that unlike private sector budgets primarily derived from profit driven motives, Federal budgets are driven by the "use it or lose it" rule. Just by way of their own inertia, federal budgets tend to increase by at least 2% to 3% annually. The average annual increase in federal budgets from 2000 to 2010 was just shy of 6%. So, with the down-tick in 2010 and the clarion sounding for budget reform, one would logically ask one's self where the opportunity lies for factoring providers to the federal government?
The government will almost certainly rely upon small businesses to provide more innovative solutions more quickly and, most importantly given the federal government's recent procurement preferences, less expensively than can government employees or large corporations. The nimble, expert, low overhead and highly driven, contractor that approaches and solves the government customer's challenges in new and innovative ways is generally the small undercapitalized business. Even in this difficult budget environment the government will continue to maintain its position as the largest buyer of goods and services in the world. Our government will continue to procure goods and services from America's small businesses. Furthermore many of the programs that the government will target for cuts will be the large programs that require large businesses to provide the solution. Many small businesses will flourish in this environment and in many cases will require specialty financing to fuel their growth.
According to Grant Thornton's 16th Annual Government Contractor survey, government contractors report a decrease in profit margins from the previous year. If you were to interview a high ranking government official and you asked what drives the government's buying decisions that official would almost certainly respond with "value". However if you were to interview a number of business people who earn their living by selling goods and or services to the federal government they would likely tell you that the government has recently been making awards that were clearly based almost entirely upon price. Though squeezed in their margins, most would admit that government contracting offers the efficient provider a very stable customer who prefers to issue long term contracts. At first glance these are reasonable trade-offs. However government contracting demands that management teams navigate complicated regulatory environments and burdensome reporting requirements. These requirements are becoming more intense at a time when the government is demanding its contractors tighten their belts and become more cost competitive than may be sustainable. The continued squeeze on margins has created a Darwinian competitive field. Companies that are slow to recognize the changing environment will cease to exist and those that survive to fight another day will often be weakened and unattractive to conventional lenders. Tough award battles, thin profit margins and turnaround plans will provide many opportunities to factors that understand the industry.
Just a year ago, if you were to ask a government contractor his greatest concern, he would surely reply, "Insourcing". It was just about that time, you may recall, that I reported The Obama Administration had made Insourcing a priority. The Insourcing policy establishes that inherently governmental work should be performed by federal employees and not vended out to private contractors. The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget stated that the Obama Administration's 2011 budget proposal will rebalance the relationship between government and its contractors through more oversight and Insourcing. The 2011 budget proposed adding nearly 20,000 new civilian and military personnel to the Department of Defense and spending $158 million at civilian agencies to hire over 10,000 acquisition personnel to perform work previously done by contractors. It was assumed that acquisition support and information technology jobs would represent about a third of the jobs the government planned to Insource.
Allow me to bring the threat close to home. Let's use the same example I used last year. You hypothetically have a factoring client who does $10,000,000 in annual revenue with the federal government and has approximately 75 employees providing information technology support and acquisition support services. There are real-life examples of companies like the one I just described losing 50% or more of their billable employees to Insourcing. The aforementioned circumstance would place any client under stress and would threaten to put many out of business. Increasingly aware of the hazards to the small business community and the faltering national economy, The Department of Defense, considered by many to be the most aggressive supporter of Insourcing, is putting on the brakes. Not only are agencies altruistically and politically attuned to the damages, it also begins to appear the government has come to understand that Insourcing does not save money. It actually costs more in both the short and long terms if they replace contractors whose rules of engagement allow the government varying levels of flexibility to increase and or decrease the contracting activity and do not burden federal payroll with employee benefits and other costs inherent to an employee-based workforce. While this recent caution by no way means Insourcing is no longer relevant, it does suggest Insourcing may not have the impact this year that it did last year. Any sign that the Insourcing threat is dying is good news for small business and all of its stakeholders.
In preparation for this article I decided to take an informal survey. I asked the participants to name the industry that has recently been required to provide the government with compensation information for their top executives while being subjected to additional regulatory requirements in an environment of deteriorating profits. Not one of the parties surveyed named the Government Contracting Industry, though many named the banking industry. Indeed, government contractors share this plague. Dick Duvall, Holland and Knight's National Government Contracts Practice Leader summed up the assault on the federal contractor thus, "There are some significant bureaucracies that seem to grow more invested in finding wrongdoing with each passing year."
The government continues to impart strict regulation and increased enforcement activity upon the contracting community. As of December 24th, 2007 a contractor code of ethics and conduct was inserted into all federal contracts with a value in excess of $5,000,000 and a performance period in excess of 120 days. The code requires contractors to make disclosure to the agency's Office of Inspector General and the contracting officer if the contractor has reason to believe that a principal, employee, agent or subcontractor has committed a violation under the Federal Acquisition Regulations. The government has also decided to place more emphasis on the Federal False Claims Act. While falsifying claims to the government is an obvious violation, merely not complying with some of the complex rules could lead to false statements and lead the government to charge the company and its principals under The False Claims Act. To avoid devastating consequences, small business owners must dedicate more of their resources to compliance. Any factor that endeavors to provide financing to government contractors should be steadfast in their due diligence to assure they are providing financing to a management team that understands what is required of them as a government contractor and has the ability to manage and assure their company's compliance. Should you find yourself financing a company whose principals willfully violate regulations, proceed with the knowledge that the consequences are often crippling if not terminal for the contractor and will more than likely expose you, the factor, to losses.
Unless and until our "empire" goes the way of Cicero's, the federal government will remain the largest buyer of goods and services in the world. The days of 6% annual budget increases are gone for now and last year's contraction – sure to be followed by slower growth - will impart pain and suffering among a portion of the contracting community. However I believe the nation's small businesses will flourish in this environment providing cutting edge solutions to a nation that must become increasingly efficient and exploit innovation and technology. It is also my belief that the factoring community will play an increasing role.
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I'm really getting an Earthbound vibe from this. I love it!
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This is incredible! Personally I think the contrast between the electronic and acoustic instruments gives it an interesting, stylistic edge. It reminds me of The Flashbulb, actually- they do this very well, and the result is awesome. I also think people complaining about the "drop" taking too long should just go listen to dubstep, because this song is beautifully ambient the way it is.
It's nice to see electronic music like this still coming out. I gotcha favorited. I can't stop listening to this song.
Thanks man. You should check out my audio. I actually have a Flashbulb remix up - I remixed his track, "Parkways". He's a great musician! Great live, too. Glad you dig and appreciate.
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i like it but took to long to like drop u know wat im sayin? but i like it though make some more!
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I ordinarily dislike electronic sounding music. Don't know why, it just doesn't appeal to me too much. But this... this is something special, and I really did enjoy listening to it. So much in fact that I listened to it three times in a row. It was very relaxing and soothing, and made me feel happy while listening. excellent work!


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Detroit underwear bomber gets life sentence
DETROIT – A federal judge Thursday afternoon imposed multiple life sentences on failed underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009.
"The defendant has never expressed doubt or regret or remorse about his mission," U.S District Judge Nancy Edmunds told the 25-year-old Nigerian student-turned-Al Qaida-operative during a 90-minute hearing in Detroit. "To the contrary, he sees that mission as divinely inspired and a continuing mission.
"I believe the defendant poses a significant ongoing threat to the safety of American citizens everywhere," Edmunds said, adding that she couldn't control his motivations, but could control his opportunity to carry them out.
Edmunds imposed the sentence after several passengers on Northwest Flight 253 talked about how the failed bombing attempt had forever changed their lives, causing them to fear flying, seek mental health counseling and have continuing nightmares.
LeMare Mason, a Northwest flight attendant who put out the flames when Abdulmutallab's bomb fizzled in his underwear, told Edmunds that his life has changed.
"I had a dream job traveling the world," he said. "This man has stolen and robbed me of the pleasure of going to work."
He said he wakes up in night sweats because of the incident and has been in therapy since the incident.
"His intentions were to end our lives," he said.
Shama Chopra, a passenger from Montreal and mother of two, said she has had to overcome the fear of flying since the incident.
"As a mother, I feel for you," she said. "But you had no right to take my life.
"Today is your turn and justice will be served," she said as Abdulmutallab fidgeted with paper at the defense table.
Before leaving the podium, she gave Abdulmutallab's standby defense lawyer, Anthony Chambers, a rosary to give to his client.
Kurt Haskell, a Michigan lawyer, said his life also has changed, but said he still believes a federal agent gave Abdulmutallab a defective bomb to carry onto the plane to create an incident that would cause the government to install full body scanners at airports nationwide.
"Regardless of how media and government try to shape this case, I am convinced that Umar was given an intentionally defective bomb by a U.S. agent," Haskell told Edmunds. "It really saddens me that the government won't admit its role in the event. Because of this case, I will never trust anything the government says, ever."
Haskell then turned to Abdulmutallab and said: "Umar, you are not a Muslim martyr. You are merely a government patsy."
He and his wife, Lori, who also spoke, urged Edmunds to impose the maximum sentence.
Abdulmutallab, for his part, told Edmunds: "The Mujahedeen are proud to kill in the name of God and this is exactly what God told us to do in the Koran. … The situation of one who believes in Allah is always good … it's always a win-win situation."
The defendant laid into the U.S. government for oppressing Muslims worldwide and for federal prosecutors in Detroit for misquoting and misrepresenting the facts of the case "to achieve their evil goals."
Then, responding to Haskell, Abdulmutallab said: "I am not a government paddy."
During his 3-minute speech, Abdulmutallab said Osama bin Laden, whom U.S. forces killed in an attack on his home in Pakistan last year, and Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born al-Qaida leader who sent him on his mission, are still alive. Al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen last year.
Edmunds imposed four life prison sentences on Abdulmutallab.
He pleaded guilty on the second day of trial testimony in October to eight counts, including conspiring to commit an act of terrorism, use of a weapon of mass destruction and carrying a firearm or destructive device during a crime of violence.
Chambers said Abdulmutallab, who has 10 days to appeal the sentence, probably will serve the sentence at the federal super-max prison in Florence, Colo., where other convicted terrorists are doing time.
Chambers, released a statement from Abdulmutallab's family.
"We are grateful to God that the unfortunate incident that day did not result in any injury or death," the family said. "We pray for a more peaceful world and hope that all well-meaning persons, institutions and nations will work to establish to world peace."
The family also asked the Department of Justice to intervene on their son's behalf.
"We strongly appeal to the American justice department to review the life sentence," it said.
Chambers said Abdulmutallab plans to appeal the sentences on his own.
He said Abdulmutallab's mother, father and seven siblings were in Detroit on Thursday, but didn't attend the sentencing, because of security reasons.
"They are extremely supportive of him, they are very distraught," Chambers said after the sentencing. He said they are fearful they may never be allowed to visit him.
Chambers said his client remains strong and upbeat: "There were no surprises for him."
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, who attended the sentencing, told the Detroit Free Press afterward that the case shows that terrorists can be tried in civil courts, contrary to critics who said early on that Abdulmutallab should have been tried by a military tribunal.
"The civil court system worked extremely well in this case," she said. "There was no torture required to get his confession. The words came out of his own mouth. You heard it in open court."
During the sentencing hearing, Chambers and prosecutors acknowledged that they worked on a plea deal early on in the case, but it fell apart for reasons they didn't explain.
Chambers said that, had Abdulmutallab allowed him to serve as a full-fledged lawyer rather than standby counsel, he could have gotten him more favorable treatment at sentencing.
He also said of his client: "He is a very misguided young man. … I think he's a very impressionable young man who got messed up with the wrong people."
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Happy holidays! We've had a very exciting year watching the girls grow into toddlers in 2014. RIght now, we're in the midst of Christmas shopping – most of which I'm doing online. We won't be buying too many things since our house is overrun with PLENTY of toys. We've picked out a few small items that I'll share soon. In the meantime, if you have ideas your kids loved, please share!
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Apparently Kansas City is a hot ticket city right now. Last week, I gushed over IKEA's opening in September. Little did I know at the time though that West Elm just opened a store on The Plaza!
Two of my favorite home shopping destinations from Chicago = a lot of excitement to start finishing those interior design projects at our house that I never started. Oh ya, because I had babies. Two of them. A dining room table is at the top of my list at the moment along with an ottoman for our living room. Although, I'm starting to lose hope on that search…
One thing I didn't know about West Elm is how many local designers they feature at their stores. I haven't been to the store yet, but at their opening last week, everyone was raving about Ampersand Design (already a favorite of mine), Happy Habitat, Hammerpress and Ruff House Art on Twitter and Instagram. And I can't blame them. Check out these goods from the store (photos via the West Elm Front + Main blog):
Right now West Elm KC is offering a 15% off offer on Facebook, so snatch it up while it lasts and report back on your #westelmlocal finds!
Did you hear that? It's the sound of my inner squeal for the opening of IKEA in Kansas City on September 10. When I lived in Chicago, I ventured out to the suburbs every so often to enjoy the thrilling low prices and modern style that IKEA offers. I've been ordering online since I moved to KC, so it's music to my ears to hear they're opening soon. There's even a countdown clock on the store page on the IKEA website. It opens at 9 a.m. in case you're planning to fight the craziness. Me? No way, but I hope there will be stock left by the time I get there!
Just recently, I purchased the LATT Children's Table for Emma and Kate's first birthday. Do they really sit still in it yet? Not quite. But I thought it was a fun purchase for when they're ready. Arts and crafts here we come?
Our house is a work in progress. The girls arrived about two months after we moved into our new house in Kansas City and we haven't really 1) had time or 2) had a ton of flexible funds to design our whole house exactly how we want it to. Not to mention the whole toy overrun and baby-proof elements of our design drama. Did I mention we have a formal dining room with NOTHING in it? All of that to say: I'm on the hunt for a lot of things to complete our home lately.
Awhile back, we removed the coffee table from our living room. After Emma took a direct fall into the corner, I couldn't live with the potential for her to do it again. Especially now that both Kate and Emma are able to climb onto the couch by themselves. The vacant hole that's left in front of our couch has been haunting me ever since.
Since it's hard to take the girls shopping for much longer than an hour, I've been searching online for the perfect soft ottoman to replace it. I've looked at Home Goods, West Elm, Target, Wold Market, Wayfair and Joss & Main but am still on the hunt.
Here are two that have come close – but both are too big for the space. Are they drastically different? Yes – I'll be honest – I don't think I'll know what I want until I see it. Which is how I feel about most of the things we still need to pick out in our house.


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In Chapter 11 of "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout asks her father
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Atticus's face was grave. 'Has somebody been calling you that?'
'No sir, Mrs. Dubose calls you that. She warms up every afternoon calling you that. Francis called me that last Christmas, that's where I first heard it.'
So, Scout is called the pejorative term in Chapter 9. Francis, the cousin of Scout tells her that their grandmother
says it's bad enough he lets you all run wild, but now he's turned out a n-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Macomb agin. He ruinin' the family that's what he's doin'.
Then Francis hurls his insult at Atticus, and, finally he calls Scout one. Even Atticus's own relatives have what he terms "Maycomb's usual disease," For they demean Atticus for defending Tom Robinson, even though he was assigned to be the public defender. As a man of conscience, Atticus feels that it is only right that he defend Tom as well as he can. Besides this matter of ethics, Atticus also knows that Tom is innocent and should not be charged with the crime simply because he is black.
She hears it at Mrs. Dubose's house because the old lady calls her father that. However, Atticus believes that he should love everyone no matter what race is involved. Unlike other white folk within the town, Atticus wants to give a fair chance to everyone and he believes in the equality of others. Also, he tells Scout that it is not a huge deal he was called that because this reflects more poorly on the person who called him that name.
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Florida Preacher Sued for Calling Parishioner "Gay," Declaring His Marriage a "Sham"
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Darrel Bilbrey came to David Myers for spiritual guidance. The popular First Pentecostal Church pastor took him under his wing, helping Bilbrey earn his minister's license. And when Bilbrey admitted to having impure thoughts, Myers agreed to install an Internet filter on his parishioner's computer and to serve as his "accountability partner."
After the Internet filter detected some unsavory websites, however, Pastor Myers allegedly began spreading the rumor that Bilbrey was gay and that his upcoming marriage was a sham. When Bilbrey sued for defamation and invasion of privacy, a Daytona Beach court threw out the case citing church autonomy. Now, however, an appeals judge has ruled to allow the case.
"The First Amendment does not grant Myers, as pastor of FPC, carte blanche to defame church members and ex-members," the judge wrote.
Neither Bilbrey nor Myers responded to requests for comment.
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According to a high school reunion webpage, Bilbrey was a top executive for Lehman Brothers until 2007, when he quit and moved to Florida. He began attending Myers's megachurch in Palm Bay and became friends with the pastor.
One day, Bilbrey told Myers that an authority figure had called him a "faggot" when he was a teenager. As a result of their conversation, Myers installed a program on Bilbrey's computer that would alert the pastor whenever his parishioner visited improper sites.
It didn't take long. One Internet report prompted Myers to ask if Bilbrey was gay. He denied it, but their friendship fell apart.
Myers then began telling members of his church -- including the father of Bilbrey's fiancée -- that the man was gay, according to the lawsuit. The pastor then demanded that Bilbrey call off his "sham" marriage and move out of state.
But when Bilbrey moved to Michigan, he took his bride-to-be with him. And when he tried to get involved in the ministry again, Myers allegedly told the man's new Michigan church that Bilbrey was gay.
Bilbrey sued Myers and the church for defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
This being Florida, of course, a court threw out his lawsuit on First Amendment grounds ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...").
But appeals judge Jay Cohen ruled that not even pastors are excused from hounding someone about his or her supposed sexuality. The suit will proceed in court.
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Three years after he arrived, he started Luzzo's (211 First Avenue between 12th and 13th), the first of his three New York City restaurants. Michele did all the inside work on Luzzo's himself, picking up discarded objects from the city streets to adorn the walls and ceiling, like the huge wooden wagon wheel above a back table.
At that time Michele made his pizza in the coal-fired oven in the style of Naples, his home town. One day a photographer asked if he could take his picture and a few days later he noticed a crowd outside before he opened his door.
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Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
It's time for you to decide another winner! At the start of this 30-Day Challenge I put out a call for Primal Blueprint Recipe Videos. MDA readers got right to work. As a result, YouTube has never seen better looking food.
As you might imagine, my crew and I had a tough time narrowing the field. We lost nights of sleep, shed many tears and cursed our duty of having to eliminate so many great videos from the running. And in the end we held a blind vote. To everyone that didn't make the cut, many thanks from myself and (yes, I'll take the liberty) the MDA community for your contributions.
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That's well over $600 of Primal goodies. Who receives this Primal prize package is up to you. Watch the videos below and then make your vote count. This poll will close and a winner will be announced at 9 am PST, Thursday, October 6.
UPDATE: The poll is now closed. It looks like we have a clear winner. Congratulations to Nacho for his Tuna Tataki with Gazpacho recipe video. Grok on!Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
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84 Comments on "Contest Poll: Primal Blueprint Recipe Videos"
These are all amazing. 🙂
Nacho is the better!!I love Nacho.I wan´t a Nacho in my life!!
I'm with you Ruth! I loved his video. Glad he won!
I vote for Chocolate Mousse! I have made one before and it turned out pretty damn awesome. I learned a lot from watching the video!
Rubio is one hilarious dude! Do you want to be my chef?!
Thanks Toad! "Non-primals" are always amazed when they eat it too. I agree with your other comment too, Nacho is awesome!:)
These all do look amazing, and I'd already bookmarked the Moroccan chicken as a future entree. I would have voted for each of them, but I finally had to choose just one!
Couldn't go past the Chocolate Mousse, what a great way to use up the excess eggs from my backyard chickens! yumm
I'm so jealous that you can have chickens. I left my profession and went back to school for engineering full time and when I'm finished we are moving somewhere where we can have chickens and hopefully a couple cows. Can't wait! Thanks for voting!:)
Come on Dessert!!!!
Right?! Desert…it's not just for after dinner. It's for breakfast!:)
I tried the Moroccan Chicken…good, but it is amazing with Lamb. And the Mousse…well what can I say…HANDS DOWN the winner, since I am a Chocolate Freak, trying to enjoy it the primal way, now I can…Best Dishes to all..good cooing
Susan, I hope the mousse satisfies the chocolate freak in you. I'm a chocolate freak myself and this definitely does the trick.;)
Hard to pick, you All did a great job! So creative! I have my menu planned out for a week.(or 4) Best of luck to you all!
Tuna Tataki with Gazpacho! Not only does the recipe look beautiful and delicious, but Nacho was really entertaining (and super hot!!). It didn't even feel like an 11 minute video.
I ran out and got the ingredients for Nacho's gazpacho. It was pretty good.
And maybe it's just me, but I don't find the dessert recipes that impressive. The fig tart was beautiful of course, and the chocolate mousse looked delicious. But I do a lot of cooking and I can tell you that making something delicious that's NOT sweetened and full of fat requires much more imagination.
Oh my God! That Chocolate Mousse looks like it'll hit the spot!
Thanks, it TOTALLY does.
I voted for Nacho because not only was he really funny, but the recipe looks nutritious and he used some creative ingredients (watermelon?!). I'll give up an honorable mention to Kayla for her Moroccan Chicken.
The fig tart seemed to have too much dairy to really be primal, plus I can't eat dairy, but really nice quality on the video.
Everybody loves chocolate, but wow, was that a lot of mousse! While I would love to try that recipe for a treat, I need recipe ideas for everyday primal eating. Plus, the presentation was kinda boring. Cooking should be entertaining! Ole!
I have to give props for teh fig tart. I know personally having a mac that the video was NOT easy to edit and finalize. I love the effort and the tart looks awesome!
Unfortunately the chicken kept true to the hardcore paleo diet and it looks AMAZINGLY GOOD. I can't wait to try it.
Still, kudos to the tart vid and recipe in general, if I was a sweets person my vote would her fer sure 🙂
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They all sound amazing…such a hard choice!
With all of this excellent Primal food, it is next to impossible to be "good"! I just keep eating and eating and eating… 🙂
Nacho … naturally !
Despite the fact that I am allergic to tuna and tomatoes, this was the video that not only kept me entertained, but really made me want to try the recipe.
I vote for the Chocolate Mousse. It looks easy to make & love a good tasting health dessert.
I've eaten the Chocolate Mousse and it is off the chain. Careful. Can be addictive.
Bryan, I heard you licked the bowl. I'm so proud.:)
I vote for Chocolate Mousse.
Tuna Tataki with Gazpacho was hands down the most entertaining, creative, and delicious recipe video; Nacho has a winning personality for this kind of thing !
I love figs! Oh, how to choose?? All the recipes look great!
Tuna tataki with Gazpacho, Nacho you are the best, wonderfull, tv machine.
I've gone for the Chicken recipe. I can't wait to try it out. Very tempted to vote for the chocolate mousse a very close second for me.
I can't believe this!
Thanks for all the votes!!! It's 10 am here in Spain and I see you like the video!!! And you understand my English! Good for my dad and all the money he spent in teachers and English schools!
Thank you!!!
Definitly Nacho is superb.I really enjoyed his presentation, so funny and pedagogic, and the recipe looks delicious. He should be in TV. Thank you, Nacho, you have my vote!
Actually, he is.
In a spanish channel 🙂
Nacho and the tuna tataki. I love tuna and I love the way he makes me smile. Simply greatttttt
You did an amazing job editing. Looking forward to trying the recipe!
Puesta en escena impecable, Nacho nos ha convencido 100%, bien por los guiños a la cocina española!!Enhorabuena!!!
Nacho, your English is excellent! I love tunna so I'm prepeared to give it a try. Vote for you, good luck!
This gets my vote – Fig Tart in a Hazelnut Crust. It sounds delicious and will be very good for anybody who suffers with hypoglycemia.
Thank you, Noel!
Congrats to the finalists! We are sad that we didn't make it into the finals. 🙁 But the videos are amazing!!
Mark, When I seem to send the direct link to the blog post to friends and family they can't find the space to vote! I think it's partially broken. The main marksdailyapple.com site shows it consistently though.
I vote for Nacho, gazpacho is a complete world of recipes
I think I will try the Moroccan Chicken with lamb…although I voted for it as is! I am planning to make it soon..
He had me at "sashimiiiii!" Great job, everyone!
Nacho, I'm from Spain and I loved your trick of watermelon in the gazpacho.My vote is for you!
Voted for Nacho. My girls thought he was very entertaining. I am not a gazpacho fan, but I am willing to give this recipe a try.
Vote for the Moroccan Chicken! BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!
They are all amazing!!! WOW!
I voted for the tuna, because I love Japanese food.
BUT it sure was a hard decision.
Thanks to all of you, and I'm looking forward to trying them soon.
Amanda, thanks for the comments. We actually found our "chicken lady" on craigslist. It's worked out well. It's really easy to make smaller versions of the mousse and "close" is good enough to make this recipe taste great!. It's easy AND delicious. Enjoy!
The chocolate mousse looks amazing and I am happy to see how much it makes! I am a mom of three and do a lot of entertaining and get tired of having to double/triple/quadruple primal/paleo recipes that were designed to been one or two to feed my brood. Finding a yummy, decadent treat that hits all the kid approval notes while still being approachable to a non-chef like me is awesome! I will be making this mousse for our Friday Family Movie Night for sure! Thanks for the recipe, tips and tricks!
Eileen, thanks and I hope your kids enjoy it! And thanks to everyone who voted for us. It not looking good for camp chocolate mousse. I'm definitely going to make another video next year if Mark is gracious enough to have this competition again. All of the entries were wonderful and I'm looking forward to making all of them.
Nacho! Not only was he hilarious and but he also did an excellent job walking us through the steps.
*to been* was meant to say *to feed*
Oh dear, I didn't expect all the votes to go to the most entertaining! Tuna, here, is expensive and from dubious sources but the chicken dish is easily accessible, gives the cauli 'rice' idea and tastes great!
I plan to try all of these! they look delicious. I will get cracking on these recipes as soon as i have a chance to "hunt and forage" for the ingredients
I confess, I voted for the most entertaining, IMO NACHO, but! A caveat—I'm not SO shallow I would have voted for it if it hadn't looked so damn delish. I can't wait to give the recipe a whirl. His blog is translatable and great fun too—http://spartangourmet.blogspot.com/
I am a new fan obviously. Way to go everyone. So impressed with how talented and organized people are. Poo poo as my mother would say.
So I guess that means I won't win. Super sad face. Should've done a stand-up comedy routine instead 😛 Maybe then…
Moroccan Chicken Casserole!! Great!
Congratulations Nacho! Well done.
When I first saw your video I said, "oh snap". Except it wasn't "snap" but it did start with an "s" and had the same amount of letters.
Your video was great and this whole thing was loads of fun.
Thank you Mark for putting this on. Good man.
And Nacho, I look forward to attempting to dethrone you next year.:)
Grok on!
Thank you, man, I'm really impressed with your abs and art in the kitchen!


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Can anyone please tell me how does one router handles the data as it travels from one Router to another router? I mean, say, I have the below topology-
pc1<->Switch <->Router1<->Router2<->Switch<->pc2
In the above the pc1 wants to send data or ping to pc2,so it inserts a source IP address as its own address,dest ip as that of pc2,source mac as that of pc1 and dest mac is unknown so it arp to FF.FF.FF.FF (correct me if I m wrong). Router 1 replies with its own mac address as proxy arp ,then when it recieves this packet from pc1 it de-encapsulates or strips off the IP header and trailer (I'm not sure if its called IP or TCP/UDP header,please tell me) and encapsulates in hdlc or ppp ,right?
But here I am confused as I have read in many books and in the internet that the Router changes the MAC address of the packet ,i.e. it changes the source MAC to that of Router1(source MAC) and destination MAC address as that of the Router2 and without any change in source or destination IP address of the packet.
Then what is the purpose of HDLC encapsulation in this case if changing the MAC address suffices? HDLC doesn't change the MAC address! So which one of the above views are correct - is it HDLC encapsulation (as mentioned in Sir Wendell Odom's book) or is it change in MAC address or both when a packet traverses from one router to another Router as in the above case?
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DUDLEY, N.C. It isn't even noon and already a line has formed outside the order window at Grady's Barbecue, a 10-table joint awash in burnt orange laminate and the pungent aroma of wood smoke.
Owner Steve Grady, 72, has been here since 1 a.m., laboring out back in the small white cinderblock pit house, where two whole pigs are blistering over a bed of oak and charcoal.
There are secrets to the arduous preparation and to how they achieve what Grady's wife, Gerri, calls the "zing" in the barbecue sauce, a recipe handed down from Grady's granddad. They won't reveal those secrets, but they will divulge a psychic component to producing outstanding barbecue.
"It's loving what you do," Gerri Grady says.
From the wooded byways of North Carolina's fertile tobacco country to the strip malls of its burgeoning suburbs, barbecue isn't just something you heap on a soft white bun and serve with a side of slaw.
In these parts, slow-roasted pork smells of heritage, history and home. It ignites passions and sparks rivalries. And with the creation this year of a statewide barbecue trail, it's attracting tourists, too.
The North Carolina Barbecue Historic Trail is the brainchild of Jim Early, an attorney by profession and barbecue nut by avocation. The author of The Best Tar Heel Barbecue: Manteo to Murphy crisscrossed 22,000 miles of North Carolina blacktop researching his book. He ate in 228 barbecue joints, 140 of which made it into print. But the trail pays homage to just 25 establishments that prepare 'cue the old-fashioned way. They cook over open-pit fires, make their own sauce, offer sit-down dining, have been in business at least 15 years and, as Early puts it, "have the esteem of their community."
Which is no mean feat in a state as barbecue crazy as this one.
Other locales have their own notions of what constitutes righteous barbecue. In Texas, it's beef. In Memphis, it's pork ribs. Kansas City goes for beef and pork. In North Carolina, which Early christens the "cradle of 'cue," barbecue is chopped or pulled pork.
"Wherever you're from, that's your emotional barbecue touch-point," says Elizabeth Karmel, a native of North Carolina and author of Taming the Flame. "People really believe their style of barbecue is the best. There are heated debates all the time."
Increasingly, even those without a strong geographic allegiance are getting into the act. Karmel's monthly barbecue classes at The Institute of Culinary Education in New York have waiting lists of up to two years, she says, and the first of her three guided barbecue tours, to Tennessee, Texas and North Carolina, departs in September.
North Carolina's barbecue trail is just one avenue via which to experience "culinary tourism," a trend that appears poised for growth. Just 17% of American leisure travelers said they had engaged in food- and wine-related pursuits in the past three years, according to a study released in February by the Travel Industry Association. But 60% of respondents expressed an interest in culinary travel. North Carolina ranked fifth in the top 15 U.S. food-related destinations.
Taking cooking classes, attending food and wine festivals and seeking out farmers markets all come under the broad umbrella the TIA calls culinary travel. But culinary travel has cultural leanings, too. As a window into local culture, food-themed getaways can sate curiosity as well as hunger.
A jaunt along North Carolina's barbecue trail, where the establishments are proudly idiosyncratic, satisfies both. The restaurants tend to be handed down from father to son (and occasionally, daughter). Décor generally tends to worn linoleum, garish Formica and adorable porcine caricatures. Menus don't bend to the shifting winds of culinary trends. And they're run by a confident bunch who concede there may be different ways of preparing barbecue, but theirs is the right way.
At B's Barbecue and Grill in Greenville, customers are lining up outside the former gas station by 9 a.m. ("They eat barbecue for breakfast around here," says cook Dexter Sherrod.) As the lunch hour approaches, a trail of white- and blue-collar workers inches out the door. The owners post a "Closed" sign when they run out of 'cue — usually by 2 p.m. or so. But don't try to call ahead, because B's doesn't have a phone.
Fifteen miles south in Ayden, the Skylight Inn beams bright — or at least the aluminum capitol-style dome attached to its roof does. The billboard out front proclaims this "The Bar-B-Q Capital of the World," and to illustrate the point, the original owner, the late Pete Jones, added the dome to the single-story, 60-year-old restaurant. The menu went minimalist in the 1970s and has stayed that way: They serve barbecue with a side of slaw and a thick slab of cornbread. Period.
"It's not about what you want. It's how much of it," says Jones' grandson, Samuel Jones, 26.
Neck-deep in smoke inside the cookhouse, Jones grabs a stick to prod the coals. "There ain't nothin' fancy about it," he says.
The equipment might not be elaborate, but with no temperature gauge to regulate the heat, pit barbecuing clearly is an art.
"It's barbecuing in its purest form, usually learned at the knee of someone in the family," says Early. "They look at the meat. They don't squeeze it. They know how much hot coals to put and where, when (the pork) needs to be brought up or left alone. They know that pigs finished on peanuts and pigs finished on corn have different moisture contents, and how the fire reacts to that, and how the temperature or humidity can affect it. There are a lot of nuances to pit cooking."
It takes a year or two for the barbecuers, or pit masters, to learn their craft, and once they do, they generally enjoy a long tenure. For instance, Sherrod, 41, has been working at B's for 27 years, 20 of them as pit master. Roasting a pig, he says, "is like tending to a newborn." The hours are just as erratic, too. Sherrod puts about a dozen pigs on the fire at 11 p.m. and finishes around 6 a.m., catching catnaps here and there.
Dean Allen, proprietor of Deano's Barbecue in Mocksville, started in 1961 as a carhop at a barbecue joint he later took over, then opened his current restaurant nine years ago. In nearby Lexington, Rick Monk, manager of Lexington Barbecue, traces his lineage to barbecue royalty through his father, Wayne Monk, who, in turn, apprenticed in the 1950s under Warner Stamey, one of the pioneers of Lexington-style barbecue. The Stamey name lives on in two restaurants in Greensboro now operated by his grandson.
North Carolina's pit masters are, for the most part, a collegial bunch, but they part ranks somewhere around Raleigh. Easterners cook the whole pig and sauce it with a vinegar-based, pepper mix. Western-style (also called Lexington-style) barbecue consists of shoulders or Boston butts (the top half of the shoulder), and the sauce (called "dip") is a tangy vinegar-based mix with tomato paste, spices and brown sugar.
To hear it from both camps, preferences run deep.
Andy Stephenson, owner of Stephenson's Bar-B-Q in Willow Springs, 20 miles south of Raleigh, won't acknowledge ever tasting western-style 'cue. "I've never eaten red barbecue. I've seen it, but that's as far as I care to go," he says.
Likewise, Mike Davis, kitchen manager at Stamey's Old Fashioned Barbecue in Greensboro, says he's never sampled eastern-style 'cue, but knows people who have, "and they say it's the nastiest stuff."
To less finely tuned taste buds, there are more similarities than differences in the two styles. There's also little variation in the menus. Tender pulled pork is the staple, accompanied by coleslaw and hush puppies or cornbread. Some pit masters swear by wood — hickory, oak or a mixture — as the only way to cook.
"If you want good barbecue, drive around the back of the building. If you don't see a woodpile, keep on goin'," advises Rick Monk.
Others, like Stephenson, say good-quality charcoal works equally well.
But most would agree with Monk when he declares that open-pit barbecuing is "the slowest, hardest way to cook. But it's the best."
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The U.S. has fought to keep the ACTA treaty secret. The treaty allows monitoring of citzens online and warrantless search and seizures at border crossing, of electronics suspected to be carrying infringed content.
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The U.S. Government insisted that the terms of its privacy and rights-trampling treaty were too sensitive to expose to the public
ACTA, short for the
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Championed by both former President George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, the proposal is the child of countless millions in international lobbying money from the media industry. It aims to enact constant monitoring of citizens' online activities -- even perfectly legitimate ones -- and grants border agents in the U.S. and many member states the power of warrantless search and seizures -- provisions that would grant them the power to
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With its Big Brotheresque terms, it's little wonder that the U.S. wanted to keep the agreement under wraps. What was unknown until now, though, was just how few nations support the U.S. in keeping the agreement secret, or the fact that the Obama and Bush administration negotiators overpowered other major nations to keep the treaty out of the public eye.
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Only a handful of European nations -- Belgium, Portugal, Germany, and Denmark -- and two other nations -- South Korea and Singapore -- supported keeping the treaty a secret. Denmark was reportedly the most vocal supporter of secrecy.
The majority of the other participating nations -- the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and Austria, the UK, and Japan supported releasing details to the public. The UK and Japan, two of the world's biggest powers, reportedly were particularly vocal about transparency. Other nations, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, were not listed in the memo, but have been advocates of transparency.
Despite the vast majority supporting openness, the U.S. fought to silence these voices. With the help of the handful of nations supporting secrecy, it successfully prevented the ACTA terms from being aired to the public, even as the U.S. government considers warrantless border searches for "pirate materials".
Of course, a vast body of information regarding ACTA
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The treaty and the recent information on how the U.S. fought to keep it secret raises alarming questions about politicians at the highest level on both sides of the political aisle. Why would our nation's leaders plot and champion a treaty that would raise citizens' taxes in order to violate their constitutional rights, as a favor for major corporations? And more importantly, why would these leaders fight to keep the treaty secret, when transparency and public participation form the foundation of our nation?
It's all to protect you -- even if you don't know about it. At least that's what your
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"When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." -- Sony BMG attorney Jennifer Pariser
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