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Friday Faves – The Small Boston Kitchen makes Cranberry Risotto Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Katie from The Small Boston Kitchen is kicking things off for Friday Favs. I first met Katie on the King Arthur Flour trip last fall. Since then, I've had fun seeing Katie at various Boston blogger events and even running in to her out and about since we live just a few blocks from each other. The thing I love most about Katie's blog is the way she describes her food.
Hello! I'm Katie and I write the blog The Small Boston Kitchen. I'm a food-geek turned culinary school student who is obsessed with food, restaurants, good music, reading everything I can get my hands on, sports and loving my city. My blog focuses mainly on my own recipes, utilizing basic ingredients, simple techniques and cooking everything up from a wicked small kitchen. You can find me on Twitter at @The_SBK.
I think that there are two kinds of people in this world; those that love mushrooms and those that hate them. It's been my experience that there is no in between. I've never once met someone who thinks mushrooms are "just alright", it's always one or the other. Personally, I fall into the first category and I blame my mushroom-loving Polish heritage as well as my childhood for this. After all, I grew up not knowing what a steak tasted like without buttery-brown sautéed mushrooms clinging to each bite. As I grew older and took to my own kitchen, I came to appreciate and realize how amazing mushrooms truly are. When cooking with them, they act like little sponges, soaking up the all of the delicious flavors of whatever you're working with. Don't believe me? Slice some button mushrooms real thin and throw them in a frying pan with a pat of butter and then once they brown up a bit, let them enjoy a heated 20 minute bath of red wine. Finish with a pinch of salt and pepper and taste. See what I mean? Delicious!
Another fun functional quality of the mushroom is its exceptional stuffing abilities. When removed of the stems, most mushroom varieties serve as excellent vessels for whatever tasty combinations you can dream up. Today, I took some beautifully plump portabella mushroom caps and stuffed them with a cranberry pecan risotto. Although risotto can be a little high-maintenance to prepare, I assure you the extra effort is worth it. When your fork rips through the melted cheesy exterior of these stuffed mushrooms, a whole world of rich and creamy cranberry spiked risotto tumbles out. As you work your fork further down through crunchy pecan bits and curls of lemon zest, towards the earthy mushroom foundation, inhale deeply, taking in and savoring the scent of all of the sweet earthy components of this dish working harmoniously together.
This dish is ideal to make if you're expecting a crowd of people. Best of all, you can make this a day or two in advance and then at the last minute, pop them into the oven to warm them up. Served with a salad and a simple salt, pepper and olive oil flavored steak, this would certainly impress your guests. You could also add bits of browned up sausage to the risotto for a meatier version or you could make it totally vegetarian by using veggie stock instead of chicken stock. It's your call. Either way, even if you tend to classify yourself as a non-mushroom lover, give this recipe a shot. You never know, you might find yourself having a change of heart on your feelings towards the mushroom.
Cranberry Risotto Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms
Yield: 2
4 medium sized portabella mushroom caps, washed and stems trimmed
4 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil, divided
1 Tbsp good quality balsamic vinegar
1 cup Arborio rice
2 1/2 - 3 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup crushed pecans
The zest and juice of half of a lemon
1 Tbsp dried rosemary
A pinch of nutmeg
2 Tbsp goat cheese
1/4 cup Emmental cheese (Swiss or Gruyere works well too)
Salt and pepper
Start by drizzling 2 tbs. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and the 1 tbs. of Balsamic vinegar over the portabella caps and bake in the oven at 350 for about 10 minutes or until the mushrooms just start to soften a bit. Take them out of the oven and set aside, draining them of any excess juices.
In a medium pot, add the remaining 2 tbs. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and then add the rice, stirring to coat it. Heat at medium-high until the rice starts to toast a little. While you are doing this, in a small pot, bring the chicken stock to a boil. Add the zest, rosemary and nutmeg to the toasted rice and ladle in two spoonfuls of chicken stock. Stir constantly until the rice has absorbed the majority of the stock. Once this has happened, add more stock and stir constantly until the rice has once again absorbed the stock. Repeat this process until the rice become creamy and thick and is cooked all the way through. (About 20-25 minutes). When the risotto is done, add the goat cheese, lemon juice, dried cranberries and the pecans. Stir to combine. Spoon the risotto into each of the mushroom caps and top with the Emmental cheese. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or until the cheese starts to bubble and brown. Remove from the oven and let them cool for 5-10 minutes. Serve warm.
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17 Responses to "Friday Faves – The Small Boston Kitchen makes Cranberry Risotto Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms"
I'm not a huge mushroom fan, but the cranberry risotto sounds absolutely fantastic! Thanks for the idea, Katie :).
What a great recipe Katie!
I am in awe of your description of mushrooms. that recipe is awesome and so is the idea to cook them in butter and red wine! if non mushroom lovers are not converted after this post, there is no help for them!!
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I am a huge mushroom lover. This recipe sounds wonderful!
I am a HUGE fan of mushrooms, I put them in everything! This will probably be dinner tonight!
I'm definitely with you in the first camp, though I will tell you – I've converted the boyfriend into a semi-mushroom lover, so maybe there is a person who lies a bit in between after all! This looks heavenly.
I am definitely not a mushroom lover but this recipe looks amazing!
Katie can make these for me anytime! Great recipe and great guest post!
OMG this combines so many of my favorite things into one dish! I've already added it to next week's menu. Thanks so much for introducing me to a fun new blog!
I'm on the verge of being a mushroom lover – when raw the texture creeps me out but I've discovered I love the flavor and like them when cooked. I would love to eat this dish!
It is bad that I thought the sneak peak picture looked like mashed potatoes? That can only mean the risotto must be extra creamy!
It is bad that I thought the sneak peak picture looked like mashed potatoes? I think that just means this risotto must be extra creamy!
Thanks Jen for including me in your Friday Faves and for saying such nice things about my writing! This dish was fun to make and was really good on a cold winter night. Thanks all for the comments! Even those from the mushroom haters 🙂
Aren't portobello mushrooms the best? So many different things you can do with them!
What more Can I say, a combination of my favorite ingredients… Mushroom and risotto! It's nice to see a lot of mushroom recipe's this past few days.
What a creative recipe, I love it! Definitely the perfect way to kick off your cool Friday Favs feature 🙂


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|There are two fun reasons why I love seeing Jennette's name on a book cover!
Fun Thing #1: Why I'm Happy About Jennette's New Book!
Friday, March 04, 2011
|There are two fun reasons why I love seeing Jennette's name on a book cover!
Wow, Kalyn, I had no idea on your longstanding connection with Jennette and the role you played in her first book--very cool! She's my blog design person, too, and I so appreciate all her expertise and ultra responsiveness. :-) And, yes, I want her headache to go away, too!
I loved that post on taking a great food photo and the food facts site sounds like one that may provide critical info to everyone.
Will check out the Star Spangled Banner performance and the laughing baby, too (they are always hard to resist!).
Thanks, and happy Friday!
Shirley, it was ultra fun when I just casually mentioned Jennette to that person and it worked out so well for her! Of course, it's her talent that got her the book deal, not me, but I was glad to mention her. And she's a great web-designer too. Glad you enjoyed this edition of Five Fun Things!ReplyDelete
I like fun facts 4 and 5 and am on my way to check out the laughing baby, which sounds promising.
Hope you're having a fun, feisty and fabulous one.
Kalyn, how fun on a Friday that my post made your list of Fun Things! Thanks for including me -- and yes, I was more than a little jealous when I saw your tweet about having a separate room for photography. A girl can dream, right?
And as far as the other items, I now have a new book on my to-read list, and a website to scour when ingredients are a question.
Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to meeting you at BHF!
I have giggled with that baby several times... it's been that kind of week.
TGIF~ and all my friday's favorites :-)
Just listened to the little girls singing the Star Spangled Banner. All I can say is WOW! It was so good that it brought tears to my eyes.
I am posting a link to an incredible story about a perfect proposal. The young girl in the story is a friend of a friend of ours. http://bit.ly/hTNiTs
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing that video of the girls! That was AAAAAAhhh Mazing!ReplyDelete
Nisrine, thanks. Just went to a movie, so the weekend is off to a good start.
Katy, I do feel lucky to have my lovely office/studio, but remember that I had to teach school for 30 years to get a house this nice. Will definitely try to find you at BlogHer Food!
Sandi, have watched the baby over and over myself.
Texas Peach, I LOVED that video. I'm going to make a clickable link so people will go see it. Everyone Click Here to go see the video about the perfect proposal.
Frances, aren't they just amazing!
Your Fridays things are so fun. My favorite this week is Katy's food photography post- very funny! And how cool is it that you hooked Jeannette up with an editor- congrats to her new book. She did a lovely job on your blog design. Multi-talented lady.
And laughing babies? Never get enough. Such good medicine. :-)
Thanks Karina! I agree, Jennette is so multi-talented (hmm, remind me of you!) I love finding fun things to share.ReplyDelete
I loved Katy's post -- food photography in my house bears a striking similarity! And I enjoyed Jennette's first book, so I'm looking forward to reading this new one. Thanks, as always, for a fun Friday.ReplyDelete
Lydia, I am really enjoying the book; I just have about 25 pages left which I plan to read tonight. Glad you enjoyed the links!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you're taking the time to comment on Kalyn's Kitchen! I love hearing from people who stop by, especially if you're sharing feedback or asking questions about a recipe I've posted here.
I've recently changed my comment settings so people can comment without signing in, but you will need to check the box to show you're a live person, and comments on older posts won't show up until I publish them. Thanks for understanding!
And if you really like the recipe, Pins, Shares, Tweets, and Yums are always appreciated!

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Maryland Ensemble Theatre's RETRO PROM Returns 3/9
Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) annual Retro Prom is returning for the ninth straight year. The Frederick non-profit theatre company will look to build on changes to the event last year that proved successful and sparked new enthusiasm for the annual fundraiser. A big part of that excitement is due to the catering by a collection of some of Frederick's favorite eateries, a new master of ceremonies coming from LA just for the event, and the VIP table options. The Prom which will feature the musical stylings of The Spin Doctor, dancing, door prizes, a silent auction, prom photos, a cash bar and a late night pizza party will be held on March 9th from 7:00-11:30pm at the Talley Recreation Center (121 N. Bentz St. Frederick).
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Maryland Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to announce Retro Prom's new Master of Ceremonies, Todd Valcourt. Like last year's host Sam Pancake, Todd is a show biz vet who currently lives and works in LA. Todd pays the bills as a director, actor, acting coach and a dialogue coach and is currently working one on one with Charlie Sheen on Anger Management, "the show, not his real life", Valcourt clarifies. Todd, also like last year's host, has old ties to MET's Artistic Director, Tad Janes. Valcourt recalls, "I was living in Chicago working with the Second City Company when I was introduced to Tad. We became fast friends and began performing together doing live sketch shows which included a live multimedia sitcom called House Of Disarray. As a musician we would play together, as well." Valcourt may live in LA now but he is no stranger to Frederick having played in Frederick's First Night Celebration on New Year's Eve in 2000 and once even joining MET's own Comedy Pigs on stage for some improv. Todd knows a thing or two when it comes to proms, "As far as proms go, I went to a few... too many actually, eleven in fact. It wasn't so much that I was popular but more like I really wanted to see how many I could go to. In Rhode Island towns are small and close so I was friends with people from many towns. I took it as a challenge to get to as many proms in as many cities as I could. Really had no good reason...just seemed right at the time."
With the success of the new twists added last year to improve Retro Prom the MET is thrilled continue some of the elements that have worked for the past eight years. The Spin Doctor, Prom's resident DJ is returning to provide the music for the evening that keeps everyone dancing all night long., There will be door prizes, a cash bar and a silent auction featuring items small and large including signed memorabilia from Eric Clapton, the cast of Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" and professional sports stars. There will also be vacation getaways as well whether you're looking to head to the beach or to a four star hotel in New York to take in a Broadway show. As always Prom attire from any decade is encouraged but not required.
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text: Hurricane gets one more shot at GW and Switzer By Rick Ryan November 8, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some players' careers aren't as successful as the series Ryan Switzer has had against Hurricane the past two seasons.George Washington's senior tailback has piled up impressive numbers in his last three games against the Redskins, and he again stands as the focal point when the No. 3 Patriots (8-2) and No. 14 Hurricane (6-4) square off tonight in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs. Kickoff is set for 7:30 at Steve Edwards Sr. Field in South Hills.The two teams meet for the fourth time in two years - twice each in the regular season and playoffs. In those first three games, all one-sided GW wins, Switzer has run for 705 yards and nine touchdowns and returned interceptions 49 and 61 yards for two more scores. Six of those Switzer TD runs covered at least 41 yards."I think we can match them athlete for athlete,'' said first-year Hurricane coach Jeremy Taylor, "but we can't match them for Switzer."As far as what we're going to do, I think we can execute better than we did the last time. The last time, we were in position to make plays and he made us miss. We have to stay on our feet a little bit longer and hopefully spread them out like Capital did - sideline to sideline.''Three weeks ago, Capital became the first MSAC team in more than three years to beat GW in the regular season as it "held'' the explosive Switzer to 131 yards on 29 carries and stopped his streak of 20 games with at least one touchdown run."But they're more than just Switzer,'' Taylor said. "They've had other kids step up to the plate. [Fullback Dustin] Crouser goes down and other kids step up and the quarterback [Trevor Bell] throws a little more. It's never a good thing to lose a player like Crouser, but it forces other guys to step up. It's not good for any team to have to play them when that happens - kids who never got a second look as long as Switzer's in there.'' Hurricane will also have to find a way to get more points on the board against the Patriots, since they've tallied just 21 points in those three recent losses - 35-0 and 33-6 (in the playoffs) last year and 41-15 earlier this season."You talk about the elite teams in West Virginia,'' Taylor said, "and there's the Martinsburgs and the Morgantowns and - most years - the Parkersburgs, and GW is right up there with those guys. Other than maybe DeSales and Capital, there's no team they played this year that can match them speed for speed."We are close to that, but we're still not there with them. Switzer, I don't know if he's got world-class speed, but he's got world-class quickness, and his vision is just phenomenal. This is the biggest game I've ever been part of, and not just because it's a playoff game, but it's against one of the best teams in the state and a win would boost our program immensely.''The Patriots have played in the state finals twice since 2008, and own a 9-5 postseason record since 2007. Hurricane has never advanced past the quarterfinals."It's been an interesting year for us,'' said GW coach Steve Edwards Jr. "The level of expectations have changed, and the good thing is our kids are working hard and we're trying to meet all their expectations - everybody's expectations."The thing I depend on is that we're mature enough. We're mature enough and experienced enough, and a lot of these guys have been around long enough. As a coaching staff, we know it's up to them now - they've got to get themselves ready to play. They do that, and we can compete with anybody. We really believe that, and they believe that. Get their minds right and accept the challenge.''Reach Rick Ryan at 304-348-5175 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 3 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 4 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year 5 Doug Smock: AAC not ready for Power 6 quite yet Capital riding high Previous Story GW takes aim at state volleyball crown Next Story


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ORLAND — Mike McDonald had the usual compliments a football coach would have for one of his better players, calling Zach Garzoli "a strong kid who is an extremely hard worker."
McDonald even credited Garzoli for the exemplary work he does in the classroom as well.
But McDonald went a step further in praise of the senior who starts at running back and cornerback for the Orland High team.
"He does everything correct. When he does bench press, he goes all the way down. When we go over film of a drill or something, we tell our younger players, 'See how he does it? That's how you do it,'" McDonald said. "His attention to the details sets a great example."
For Garzoli, that's the only way he knows how to go about things.
"I've always been a little bit of a perfectionist," he said.
That constant quest to do everything right serves the 5-foot-7, 160-pound senior well.
"I bet other teams take him for granted because he's little," McDonald said.
That hasn't stopped Garzoli from beating defenses repeatedly for the Trojans (9-2) as he has ran for at least 140 yards in each of the past three contests. He's totaled 450 yards rushing and scored eight touchdowns in that span as McDonald said he and his staff have made an effort to ensure Garzoli gets more offensive touches.
In Orland's 33-0 victory over Wheatland in the Northern Section Division II quarterfinals on Friday, Garzoli ran for 141 yards on 17 carries with three TDs.
"He's so strong in his legs. He can take a hit on one leg, and he can push off with the other leg," McDonald said, marveling at Garzoli's ability to get extra yardage after contact.
The senior's work on the defensive side has just been as impressive. Garzoli can sometimes be left isolated on a team's wide receiver, something he not only minds — he relishes the challenge.
"You do good, and you look pretty good," he said, "You do bad, and everyone sees it."
Not many have seen that from Garzoli this season, or last season when he was a vital contributor to the Trojans' section championship.
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AOC faced with nearly $300,000 in funding cuts as client load increases; Planning Council trying to track funds from defunct ARRT
Tammye Nash | Senior Editor
Tarrant County largest AIDS service organization has found itself facing nearly $300,000 in federal funding cuts as it prepares to start its 2011-2012 fiscal year. And the area as a whole, while not seeing cuts as deep as had been feared, will be seeing fewer federal dollars than before.
Cuts at AOC
Tarrant County AIDS Outreach Center Executive Director Allan Gould said this week that his agency had been told in March that even though AOC was at that time receiving only part of the Ryan White Part A funds for which it had been approved, "we were told to go ahead and spend based on last year's budget, and that we would get level funding [equal to the previous year] through Ryan White."
But last week, Gould said, "six months into it, we found out that there would be some substantial cuts. That's when we realized there is about $290,000 that we were expecting that we won't be getting."
And that, Gould said, is in addition to some $300,000 the agency had already known was being cut.
"We are adapting the budget, and we will survive. But it's tough," Gould said. "We are looking at what we're doing, looking at what we feel are the absolute necessities and what areas can take the financial hit.
"Our fiscal year [started Thursday, Sept. 1] and we had a solid budget. Now we are having to reconfigure our budget and start over. We already knew we had to cut $300,000, and we did that. We had a solid budget. Now we have to cut another nearly $300,000," he said. "It's really going to hurt. We have been able to go back and balance our budget. But I can't remember any time when we have had to try and do so much with so little."
Under the reconfigured budget, Gould said that the agency's case management programs would be cut by 40 percent, going from seven case managers to four. The three positions being lost will be cut through attrition, he said.
Despite the fact that proper nutrition has been proven to be pivotal in maintaining optimum health for people with HIV/AIDS, AOC is being forced to cut its nutritional therapy program by 50 percent, Gould said.
"Despite how important it is to the clients' good health, nutritional therapy is not considered medically necessary," he said.
AOC's other programs, Gould added, are taking a 12 percent cut across the board.
At the same time funding is being slashed, Gould said, AOC has been taking on more and more new clients as other AIDS service organizations in the area have been forced to close.
"Over the last two years, we have absorbed quite a few new clients from other agencies," he said, pointing to the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network, which closed in 2009, to the Catholic Charities' decision to end its Lady Hogan Project and to the closure last month of AIDS Resources of Rural Texas, which had offices in Weatherford and Abilene.
AIDS Outreach folded the TCAIN clients into its programs in 2009, taking over the network's primary program, the Geisel-Morris Dental Clinic for people with HIV/AIDS. AOC also absorbed some of the Lady Hogan Project clients, and Gould said at least some of the ARRT clients have turned to AIDS Outreach for help as well.
He explained that when AOC took over TCAIN in 2009, "at the same time we were approached by ARRT about taking over their services in Weatherford and Abilene, too. But we were not in a position to be able to do that at the time."
Although talks between the two agencies continued, Gould said, AOC officials had recently told those at ARRT that AOC probably would not be able to assume the other agency's programs any time soon.
But since ARRT closed its doors at the end of August, Gould acknowledged, AIDS Outreach has been left with no choice other than to try and find ways to help those ARRT clients now left without resources.
"We immediately absorbed about 150 clients from ARRT's Weatherford office," Gould said, "on top of the 85 or so from the Lady Hogan Project and the 300 or 400 from TCAIN. We had about 1,600 clients before. Now we have around 2,000.
"That was a huge jump for us to make [in client load], and we only got a little extra money from those other agencies. We were able to make it work, but just barely. But with these recent cuts in federal funding, it's going to be much more difficult," he said. "There will be instances, I am afraid, when someone comes to us for help, and we are just going to have to say no."
Gould acknowledged that he wasn't surprised to see federal funds cut again, but he was surprised by how deep the cuts were.
"I am still in shock that they expect the programs to continue operating at current levels. It's an almost surreal atmosphere," he said. "We are constantly being asked to do more for more people, but do it with less funding and less manpower. And we have to do it under continual threats of even more cuts."
Although he is "dismayed and frustrated" by the cuts — and by the level of political infighting and negativity he sees coming from Congress today — Gould said AIDS Outreach will continue to provide services to the HIV/AIDS community.
"The bottom line is, this is reality, and we are going to have to work with what we have. We have to be diligent in our expectations of help from the federal government, and we have to be prepared about what our next steps are," he said.
"But we will not go away. And we won't change our mission just to chase the dollars. We are prepared to make the adjustments we have to make to remain viable for the long run."
N. Central TX HIV Planning Council
The closing of ARRT is also causing some headaches over at the North Central Texas HIV Planning Council, which allocates federal and state funding in Tarrant, Parker, Hood and Johnson counties.
Although the cuts there were not as drastic as had been expected, "it's still a decrease in funds for the area," Planning Council Coordinator Jamie Schield said.
"It's not as bad as we thought. Originally, we thought we were looking at about $520,000 in cuts. But it turned out to be just $185,000" in Ryan White Part A funds, Schield said.
"And this is the first year that the federal government has given us the money in five different parts. It makes it hard for planning, hard for the agencies to work and to get the contracts out," Schield added. "I guess they had some problems in Washington. The money is just not out yet."
Schield and Planning Council HIV Grants Manager Margie Drake this week explained federal funding dispersed through the Ryan White HIV Treatment Modernization ACT — previously the Ryan White CARE Act — is divided into Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D funds.
Part A funds come directly from the federal government to the Planning Council to be dispersed among local AIDS service agencies. Part B funds go from the federal government to the state government and then to the Planning Council.
Part C funds are focused on medical treatment, and Part D funds are focused on women, children and youth with HIV/AIDS.
HOPWA funds are focused on housing people with HIV/AIDS.
The council also disperses money from the state to HIV/AIDS services, Drake said.
"All these categories have lots of overlap, but there are different amounts, different reporting requirements and different disbursement rules," Drake said. "Tarrant County is one of the few places in the nation that actually has a planning council, and that gives us more knowledge, more control to make sure we are not duplicating services. It lets us focus the money where it's needed most."
However, the $395,000 in Part C funds that went to ARRT's Weatherford and Abilene offices were not under the council's control, and Schield said his agency is now left wondering what will happen to those funds.
"They got $395,000 total for the two service areas, and they got about half of that up front," Schield said. "Now that ARRT has closed its doors, we don't know what the feds are doing with the remainder of those funds that had been allocated for the current year. We want to apply for those Part C funds in the future, and the Tarrant County Commissioners [on Wednesday] gave us permission to do that."
The problem is, Tarrant County is likely to be faced now with former ARRT clients seeking the services they lost, and money to provide those services is in short supply.
"We definitely think that there will be clients coming here [to Tarrant County] looking for help, especially those clients that went to ARRT's Weatherford office," Drake said.
"We can only serve maybe a third of those clients with the money we have. We don't know what the federal government is going to do with [ARRT's remaining Part C funds], and we've got clients right now that need care. We are doing the best we can to put a bandage on the situation and make sure no client goes without the services they have to have."
Schield added, "Coordination of services and funding is really pretty good out here. We do that well. But the problem now is that we need to keep the money here where it's needed.
"Our biggest thing now is to keep that [ARRT Part C] money here in the community. It's a very urgent issue on our end to get some answers from the federal government about where that money is going, so we can plan on our end to make sure our clients here get what they need," he said.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition September 2, 2011.


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Sissy bounce. The two words either say it all — or say it all wrong.
But Big Freedia says it's just a party to him. Relying on heavy samples and jagged dance beats, the sound is having a resurgence just as its home, New Orleans, is, too. And for Freedia, right now is the time for the world to get onboard. The gay performer plans to show Dallas on Saturday just how New Orleans gets down.
"At the end of the day it's all bounce music," he says. "That category just separates us from other rappers, but I'm totally fine with it."
"Bounce music" has its roots in Southern rap and is characterized by party beats, sexualized chants and call-outs. Add a queer slant to it and it becomes "sissy bounce." Outside its Deep South roots, sissy bounce takes on a more underground flavor.
And people are taking notice. Articles have been appearing more in recent years featuring Freedia and his gay bounce contemporaries, Katey Red and Sissy Nobby. But the music and musicians may have gotten their most rewarding exposure when Jonathan Dee's impressive piece in the New York Times, "New Orleans' gender-bending rap," came out this summer. When the Times takes notice, people follow.
"It's not a new thing going on, just right now," Freedia says. "The music has been around for 20 years, but it's new for a lot of people all around. There's a boom and I'm just excited to be one of those artists."
Out musicians across genres are having a noticeable emergence in music. Beyond mainstream Ricky Martins and Melissa Etheridges, indie rock, neo-folk and pop are genres bursting with their share of LGBT musicians contributing to the musical fabric; gay rappers Drew Mason and Yo! Majesty take on hip-hop to tell their stories in a genre that's notoriously homophobic. But sissy bounce takes the gay perspective to different levels. The brash aggressiveness of it could be a declarative statement of Pride, but could it also perpetuate stereotypes?
"Bounce music is up-tempo with a heavy bass. It's party music that's all about ass-shaking and pussy-popping," Freedia says.
Note that last part — sissy bounce is highly charged with lyrics on defiant sex and partying. Sometimes this is an image gay men can't escape. As the profile of sissy bounce grows, it's easy to ask if mainstream coverage will focus on the actual brilliance of the music as a whole or merely pinpoint lyrics that will be used as a tool against LGBT communities.
Sissy bounce might suffer from "parade syndrome," where all mainstream media shows are scantily clad dancers and high-heeled drag queens rather than paint a complete picture. and rebuilding both his career and his home, Freedia is on the verge of bigger things and any publicity is good exposure. Besides, he's got a positive message underneath all that rapping about "Azz Everywhere" and "Gin in my System."
"My mission is to put bounce music all over the world and teach my culture about growing up with struggles. I firmly stand and believe on encouraging peers and my younger generation. If you believe in anything and move forward, good things can happen. That's my message — especially in the gay world."
Non-gay listeners can take heed as well. Freedia's music has resulted in mixed crowds at his shows. This excites him as a gay performer to break boundaries.
"It don't matter who it is. [Audiences are] loving what I'm singing and feeling it," he says. "When I perform, my intention is all about bringing it and making people have a good time. Some people don't know exactly how to accept it at first, but by the end, it's a real party."
Which sounds like a reasonable approach to the music itself for the uninitiated.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 3, 2010.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- In Tuesday's Apple Management Rebelling Against Steve Jobs, I, with some help, made the case:
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Witness a classic case of the children rebelling against an abusive father after he's long gone. It's sick. Steve Jobs wasn't always nice to Apple executives. Now it's payback time. And it will kill the company. Not only doing the opposite of so much of what Jobs did to make Apple great, but doing it while spitting on his legacy.Cramer delivered an equally as solid -- and related -- take on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."
"Apple is an angry and defensive company, and that's a shame. Speak softly and carry a big smartphone"- @ jimcramer, on Shiller. $AAPL— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) June 11, 2013Yes. A shame. It's sad to see what Tim Cook and others from Apple's ( AAPL) management team have done in the absence of Steve Jobs. It's not about doing things exactly the way Steve Jobs would have done them. Contrary to what the most ardent Apple fanboys claim, I -- and others critical of the post-Jobs Apple -- do not advocate for something that is, without doubt, impossible. It's about swallowing your pride, checking your ego at the door and recognizing that the Jobsian way got Apple to where it is now. Don't consciously and brazenly stray from what worked simply to assert your manhood. All of us, particularly Cook, Phil Schiller and other Apple executives, should have learned a lesson from Ron Johnson. The entire world labeled him the "architect" of Apple retail. We prematurely assigned talent to Johnson he clearly did not possess. It's not simply that he failed in the uphill climb of making JCPenney ( JCP) relevant again. That would have been forgivable. The guy went out in a blaze of incompetence the best slapstick comedy couldn't even parody. He had no business being in charge. As the guy who sets the tone, drives strategy and makes final decisions. That was Steve Jobs's role at Apple. And, make no mistake about it, Johnson "succeeded" at Apple because he rode shotgun with Jobs. He took orders. He carried out the tasks Jobs assigned. Jobs had the vision. Johnson did some implementing. The stuff Jobs did not have time for and/or had no reason to deal with. We're seeing the same dynamic with the supply chain genius Cook, the suddenly outspoken SVP of Marketing Schiller and the universally anointed design genius -- the recipient of more Apple fanboy ass kissing than anybody -- Sir Jony Ive. But Jobs is gone now. As such, these guys are free to make their own choices. Steve Jobs no longer has the final call. He can no longer berate people in front of their peers in conference rooms. He is no longer the guy who says "no" a whole a bunch of times before saying 'yes.'


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SEATTLE -- Chris Sale feels stronger at this point of the 2014 season than he has in the past two years as part of the White Sox starting rotation. And part of that strength comes from an April injury that the staff ace originally thought might cost him his current campaign.
Sale missed six starts due to a flexor muscle strain in his left arm, going without action from a 10-strikeout, one-hit performance against the Red Sox on April 17 until May 22, a 10-strikeout, one-hit performance against the Yankees. With Sale set to make start No. 19 Tuesday in San Francisco, he has benefited late from that prolonged absence.
"This time last year I was kind of starting to fade a little bit," said Sale, who is on target to make 27 starts and throw a career-low in innings as a starter. "I'm actually feeling strong now, but that's because of not quite the workload of what I'm used to having.
"That's the key. Finishing strong and hopefully making a good push at the right time. We've had a few bad games around here, but hopefully trying to turn it around and get a good stretch going."
With somewhat extended absences in each of his three years as a starter, some pundits believe that Tommy John surgery is inevitable for Sale. That sort of negative thinking never crosses the mind of the upbeat Sale, who sits fourth in all of baseball with a 2.14 ERA, third with a 0.89 WHIP, fourth with a .199 average against and fourth at 10.18 strikeouts per nine innings.
"I don't put a lot of emphasis on it, if that's what you mean," said Sale of the potential for more serious arm problems down the line. "I try to prevent it as much as I can by doing work with shoulder and elbow stuff, but I don't ever pitch with that on my mind.
"It was scary," added Sale of his flexor muscle strain. "You go from worst-case scenario to getting back on the field. It took a little bit longer than we expected but definitely better than most cases."
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The NFL RedZone Channel Is the Fantasy Footballer's True Fantasy.
I am a new to newish parent, and needless to say, it is the happiest of happiest of all joys. But new parenting can sometimes leave a person feeling saggy-eyed and exhausted. On the upside: You become comically easy to please. If you give a new parent half a stale bagel and leave him or her alone for five minutes to chew softly and stare at a blank wall, this will be appreciated as a blissful luxury. (I say this as if I have the hard parenting job. I know I have it easy.)
But imagine my euphoria a few weeks ago, when, on a weekend trip, we settled our new family unit into an airplane, seats 11A and 11B, baby fast asleep in his mama's arms, and I turned on the back-seat TV and whammo, there it was—the NFL RedZone Channel. I shrieked. Shrieked! I ordered a whole, entire beer. I deliberated buying one of those bizarre snack boxes that comes with a inexplicable arrangement of cheese sticks, apricot paste, ostrich jerky, a fake mustache, a flashlight, graham crackers, dried pears, a conch shell and a monocle. (I went with chips.)
If you are not familiar with the RedZone—and you should be—it is essentially the football equivalent of walking into a bakery and licking the icing off the tops of all the cupcakes. The channel showcases all scoring or potential scoring moments of every active NFL game, cherry-picked for your amusement, with none of the flab or fat or spaces in between. It is the fantasy footballer's true fantasy, all action, all consequences—a Clint Eastwood movie in which Clint socks people in the eye for three hours straight.
For this reason, it wears you out. "It drains football of all context," Will Leitch wrote last year in a column about RedZone for Sports on Earth, and this is very correct. What you wind up missing the most, oddly, is the terrible football: the interstitial meandering, the meaningless sideline deliberation, the listless two-yard runs up the middle that give the dull yet essential fiber to the fireworks. The RedZone is delicious, but it's empty calories.
But what I missed most of all, watching football on the plane, was the Internet. I know we're all supposed to slip into some sort of Web-free moment of Zen at 30,000 feet, but when watching sports, the Internet has marched us to a point of no return. By now it is assumed that the sports consumer is enjoying a game on more than one platform—the TV as well as a smartphone and/or tablet and/or laptop, and that the second device serves as companion to the action on the screen. Why listen to two people in the booth, the theory goes, when you can listen to two hundred? (Twitter is the best delivery device—there is no crazy quite like Football Twitter crazy.)
You curate your digital mob—your good sources and lousy sources, your cold-newsers and cut-ups and, in my case, your bike nerdists sending earnest dispatches about cyclocross and the Tour of Beijing. (There's also the person who really, really, really wants you to see "Gravity" again.) You feel capable of staying on top of everything, participating in all developments real and imagined.
It's consuming. On Saturday I was watching Michigan and Penn State play 30,000 overtimes while the Red Sox and Tigers were getting underway in the ALCS and Twitter was flipping its lid over Johnny Manziel twisting his knee in the Texas A&M game. (Manziel turned out to be fine, but had he logged on, he might have been touched, watching Twitter prematurely lament his demise.)
This is instant and addictive, a ritual that conventional TV cannot duplicate, which is why people tether themselves to devices, and the experience of watching a game feels like participating in a loud, virtual, interactive roast. Digital chatter is often far more entertaining than the programming itself. (This is true of most live events. Nobody really hosts the Oscars anymore. Twitter hosts the Oscars.) Television attempts to harness aspects of the online mob, but it's usually unsatisfying, corporate, stripped of the irresistible rough edges. Merely watching a game on TV—just lying there on the couch, taking in the play-by-play, the commentary—now feels as quaint as knitting.
But amid the digital blur, how much watching is actually happening? Sometimes it seems like everything and nothing; every piece of action is a distraction on the verge, ready to be atomized, explained and ridiculed. It is the opposite of relaxing, which was supposed to be the point of sports on TV. (We haven't even gotten to the act of watching a game on a phone, and the attendant etiquette issues.) Part of what I think accounts for the obsession with shows like "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" is that serial television is one of the last remaining un-distracted, uninterrupted experiences of modern life. (There's almost a code against unproductive chirping online during these shows, an unnatural quiet until the episode is over—and then, of course, no spoilers.)
With sports, I don't believe we are going back. Someone will eventually crack the code and figure out a way for the TV experience to combine all of this in a single, bespoke viewing experience. By then it will probably not be a TV experience. Maybe my child will be old enough to watch. Maybe not.
We are those idealistic, annoying parents living under the illusion that our perfect child will not watch or be interested in TV until he's 35. At the very least, we believe he is too young and innocent to be exposed to the 0-6 New York Giants. Instead, this week we got him a cat piano. It's a piano that plays cat meows every time you touch the keys. OK, so football might be better than that.
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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman met North Korea's Kim Jong Un on the third day of his improbable journey to Pyongyang, telling the leader, "You have a friend for life," a delegation spokesman said.
But while Rodman may have a new friend, he clearly is still trying to catch the nuances of diplomacy and, well, borders and generations-long ill will.
On the first day of his trip to North Korea, which has notoriously strained relations with South Korea, Rodman gave a misguided shout-out:
Maybe I'll run into the Gangnam Style dude while I'm here @psy_oppa #WORMinNorthKorea— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) February 26, 2013
Small point: Rapper PSY, famous for the worldwide hit "Gangnam Style," is from the South.
Interestingly, Rodman's next tweet begins with the words: "I am not a politician."
On Thursday, Rodman clearly was in the North as he and Kim sat side by side at an exhibition in Pyongyang, chatting as they watched players from North Korea and the U.S. play in mixed teams, Alex Detrick, a spokesman for the New York-based VICE media company, told The Associated Press.
Rodman later addressed Kim before a crowd of thousands, telling him, "You have a friend for life," Detrick said.
The encounter makes Rodman the most high-profile American to meet with the young North Korean leader, said to be a diehard basketball fan, and comes at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.
North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test two weeks ago, making clear the provocative act was aimed at sending a warning to the United States.
Rodman, three players from the Harlem Globetrotters and a VICE television crew are in Pyongyang to shoot a documentary about North Korea for HBO.
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BALTIMORE -- The Rangers announced that Jim Sundberg will retire at the end of the season. Sundberg has been serving in the Rangers front office since 2004 and as senior executive vice president since October of 2008.
In all, Sundberg has spent over 30 years with the Rangers as a player, executive, broadcaster and Minor League instructor. He is a charter member of the Rangers Hall of Fame after winning six Gold Gloves as a catcher while in Texas.
"While I am stepping away from a full-time role, I look forward to continuing my long association with the Texas Rangers organization," said Sundberg. "Being involved in the community has always held a special place for me, and I will remain involved in that capacity."
Sundberg spent 16 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Rangers, Brewers, Royals and Cubs. He was a three-time All-Star and won a World Series as the Royals starting catcher in 1985. He retired after the 1989 season and spent six years as a Rangers broadcaster. He returned to the Rangers as a Minor League instructor in 2002 before joining the front office two years later.
The Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award is given annually to a Rangers player who best emulates Sundberg's civic-minded efforts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area during his playing career and afterwards. Sundberg was also instrumental in raising the scope of the Rangers Alumni Legacy program and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.
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Dell (DELL) is hard to resist.
Here's why: Business could be turning. I don't think people realize how far along Dell is toward not just being a personal computer company. Dell's a service company. It has a personal computer division, for certain, but it is losing share to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Lenovo.
It has spent a fortune turning itself into a one-stop provider for companies in the U.S. and Europe, and it's a big government contractor pretty much around the world.
And we have a very motivated guy. Michael Dell is tired of being a whipping boy. He has a real good business that is in a cyclical trough and another business that is in a secular decline, but has mastered both and can handle the latter while improving the former. Lots of cash, lots of cash flow. I think it can work.
I keep thinking about that moment when Goldman Sachs went from Sell to Buy in one day, pointing out that a transaction could be upon us. If we get one, it isn't going to happen this low. It will happen much higher.
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Muskingum University has named Rachel Cibulas as its first-ever women's lacrosse head coach.
Cibulas arrives at Muskingum after a highly successful two-year stint as head women's lacrosse coach at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. During her tenure at Adrian, Cibulas guided the Bulldogs to a 34-6 record, two league championships and two appearances in the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
"Muskingum is thrilled to have Rachel Cibulas as its first women's lacrosse coach," said Muskingum Athletic Director Larry Shank. "Rachel brings a wealth of lacrosse knowledge and a proven track record of success to the university. I'm looking forward to her building the program and competing on a national level."
At Adrain, Cibulas coached 15 conference players of the week, 13 players honored with all-league accolades, five players who were named IWLCA All-Region and coached one All-American, Stacey Birlson, who was invited to play in the North-South All-Star game. Cibulas' peers recognized her excellence on the sidelines by naming her the 2012 MWLC Coach of the Year.
"I'm very excited and thankful to be given the opportunity to start the women's lacrosse program at Muskingum," said Cibulas. "I'm looking forward to creating a culture and an environment that everybody can be proud of. Muskingum has a proud academic and athletic history, and that's a great foundation to build a team."
Prior to Adrian, Cibulas served as the head coach at NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C. She was in charge of all facets of the first-year program.
The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native coached a pair of teams in her hometown as assistant coach at Bethel Park High School in 2010 and as head coach of the Intrepid Girls Lacrosse Club from May 2009 to August 2010. While at Bethel Park, Cibulas helped the team to a four-win improvement, going 10-6 in 2010. The squad also made its first-ever WPIAL playoff appearance and Cibulas coached three all-sectional players.
Cibulas joined Slippery Rock University in June 2008 after leaving the Bulldog program. She was in charge of goalkeeping and defensive units for The Rock and coached two all-league student athletes.
Cibulas played collegiately at Robert Morris University (Pa.) and was a letterwinner for the Colonials for two years. She was named team captain for both the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons and was the first female player to sign a National Letter of Intent for the Colonial lacrosse program. Her grandfather, Joseph, played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
She graduated from Robert Morris University in May 2007 with a bachelor of science in business administration. She completed her master of science in sport management from Slippery Rock University in May 2010. She is also a registered athletic administrator through the N.I.A.A.A.
For the 2013-14 year, Muskingum will field a team that will compete at the junior varsity level, in preparation for the NCAA Division III competition the following year. The teams will play their home games on the ProGrass Turf on Sherman Field in McConagha Stadium.
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Rod Hissong tries to look at things with a positive attitude. And while it's tempting to be optimistic going into 2013, he has to admit there are a number of unknowns.
The No. 1 unknown is the weather.
"There are some bullish things and there are some bearish things, and I think it depends on the weather," he says. "I don't think any of us can guess what Mother Nature is going to do."
If there's another dry year, which would keep feed costs high and limit milk-production increases, then milk prices are likely to go up, Hissong says. If there is good weather and a bumper crop, which would encourage milk production, then milk prices are likely to be tempered.
For Hissong, dairy producer from Mercersburg, Pa., and former president of the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, having a positive attitude is a plus. But it has to be balanced with a healthy dose of realism and an ability to deal with the unknown. That led him to work with a professional risk-management and commodity firm to lock in prices for his feedstuffs, which served him well in 2012.
Hissong is right. Weather is the big unknown going into the New Year. As an article on page 17 of this issue points out, even the weather experts don't know what to expect more than a few months out. When you get March and beyond, "our crystal ball isn't that good," Jed Lafferty, managing director of life sciences for Planalytics, told a webinar audience on Dec. 12.
Acknowledging the uncertain weather, we went ahead and asked a group of experts to share some of their ideas on what the New Year could bring in terms of crop prices and dairy prices. In making their predictions, these experts assume that the weather will be a bit more "normal" this year than it was in 2012.
Only time will tell whether that was a good assumption or not.
Dairy Outlook: All-milk price could average $20
By Bob Cropp
As we enter 2013, there is considerable uncertainty where milk prices are headed, especially for the last half of the year.
This uncertainty is evident as we look at what happened in 2012. The widespread drought of 2012 resulted in high feed prices. High feed prices made for unfavorable margins (returns over feed costs) that resulted in less milk being produced, but much higher milk prices for the last half of the year than what had been earlier forecast. The year ended with two-thirds of the U.S. still under drought conditions.
One uncertainty impacting milk prices in 2013 is moisture. Adequate moisture next spring and summer will be needed for good crops in 2013. If adequate moisture materializes, feed prices will fall, improving margins for dairy producers, and this would be positive for milk production.
There is also uncertainty as to the level of dairy exports for 2013. Dairy exports are now an important factor for the level of milk prices. Preliminary data indicate exports set a record high in 2012, accounting for about 13.6 percent of U.S. milk production on a total solids basis.
As I write this article the middle of December, final milk production data and milk prices referred to for 2012 are preliminary.
Lingering impact of drought
Let's first look at the impact of the 2012 drought. Milk production for the first quarter of 2012 on a daily basis was 4.1 percent higher than the year before and for the second quarter 2.1 percent higher. This growth in milk production pushed down the U.S. all-milk price from $19 in January to a low of $16.20 by May and June. Much lower milk prices, along with rising feed prices, cut margins. Margins which approach $9 per hundredweight for milk some months in 2011 were $6.30 for January and fell to about $2 by June and below $2 for July and August. As a result, milk cow numbers, which were increasing beginning back in October 2010, peaked in April and started to slowly decline by May. With much lower margins, producers cut back on grain and concentrate being fed, which dampened increases in milk per cow. Increases in milk per cow fell below 1 percent by June and was negative for August and September and up only slightly for the remainder of the year. With the declining number of milk cows and dampened increases in milk per cow milk, production for the last half of the year fell slightly below year–ago levels. This improved the U.S. all-milk price, reaching $22.10 in November. But, with high feed cost, margins improved to just over $6 per hundredweight of milk.
The year ended with 1.8 percent more total milk being produced than 2011.
Feed prices will remain high for at least the first half of 2013, keeping margins relatively tight. We can expect milk cow numbers to continue to decline for the first half of the year, and milk per cow below year-ago levels. Assuming good moisture and favorable outlook for 2013 crops, feed prices will fall for the last half of the year, improving margins. But the financial stress experienced from 2012, which forced an above-normal number of dairy operations to exit the business or down-size, will persist. For the year, we could see the average number of milk cows 0.5 percent to 1.0 percent lower than 2012 and milk per cow up about 1 percent, resulting in an increase of less than 0.5 percent in total milk production over 2012.
World demand
On the milk sales side, the continued rather slow growth in the economy will mean slow growth in sales. Fluid milk sales will likely continue its downward trend, with cheese sales growing as well as some of the other dairy products like yogurt.
With little or no growth in milk production, exports are likely to be lower but could still account for about 13 percent of milk production on a total solids basis.
Drought conditions not only in the U.S. but parts of Western Europe and higher feed prices worldwide have slowed milk production in three of the five leading exporting countries —United States, the European Union countries and Argentina, which combined account for about 60 percent of the world dairy trade. The other two countries — New Zealand and Australia — are experiencing increases in milk production, but not the double-digit increases as experienced a year ago.
World demand continues to grow. So, for at least the first half of the year, the world supply of dairy products will remain tight, particularly for milk powders and whey proteins and less so for cheese and butter. This will be favorable for U.S. exports in 2013.
Higher prices forecast
Under this dairy situation, my forecast for 2013 milk prices is shown in the table.
I forecast the Class III price to average $18.75 for the first quarter, $18.50 for the second, $19.00 for the third, and $18.45 for the fourth. The respective average Class IV prices are $18.50, $18.40, $18.10 and $17.90. And the respective average U.S. all-milk prices are $20.15, $19.90, $20.40 and $19.85.
Averages for the year will be $18.65 for Class III, about $1.25 higher than 2012; Class IV $18.20, about $2.15 higher than 2012; and the U.S. all-milk price $20.00, about $1.55 higher than 2012.
But recent history tells us that milk prices can deviate quickly with rather small anticipated changes in milk production and/or sales both domestic and exports. With the uncertainties I indicated, milk prices could turn out quite different, especially for the last half of the year.
Bob Cropp is an economist and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Export Outlook: A challenging year ahead
By Tom Quaife
Dairy exports will encounter headwinds this year, but officials remain cautiously optimistic. Speaking at a "Global Dairy Outlook" webinar on Dec. 4, U.S. Dairy Export Council Vice President of Communications Alan Levitt said he is optimistic that the record-high levels achieved last year can be maintained.
In 2012, the U.S. exported about 13.6 percent of its milk production (on a milk-solids basis).
According to Levitt, the companies that export U.S. dairy products abroad have seen the value of positive growth and have become more sophisticated in meeting the needs of foreign buyers. And, that should carry into 2013, despite the challenges ahead.
"I think our volumes will still be there in 2013," he said.
Tighter supplies
Still, there is the expectation that dairy supplies on the world market could tighten. For example, milk powder stocks have dwindled. "The world just doesn't have buffer stocks of powder anymore," Levitt said.
Expectations of lower stocks are fueled, in part, by the economic difficulties facing dairy farmers throughout the world.
Dairy farmers in many countries are receiving low prices for their milk, and that will restrain production increases. The U.S. has been a notable exception, but prices are expected to fall here, as well. Certainly, that has been the trend lately in Class III milk futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The continuing drought in the U.S. and high feed costs will put further restraints on production growth.
Tighter supplies of dairy products on the world market could drive up prices and dampen demand.
On the other hand, demand in emerging markets like China may be great enough to overcome those price barriers.
For instance, Levitt pointed out, the peak of the "Oceania flush" — the time of year when milk production is highest in New Zealand and Australia, which generally occurs from late August though early October — came and went without any adverse effect on prices. "The market absorbed that production and prices did not go down," Levitt said.
World economy
So much depends on the world economy. Even though the European Union is in recession and the U.S. faces slow economic growth next year, "China shows signs of accelerating growth into 2013 which, in turn, will support Southeast Asia regional economic growth," said Marc Beck, vice president of strategy and insights at the U.S. Dairy Export Council.
China continues to be a critical driver of global trade. And, there are particular opportunities for dairy, since China wants more dairy products, but doesn't have the domestic infrastructure to supply the demand on its own. "(The Chinese) can't produce milk as cheaply as they import it," Levitt said.
Meanwhile, "the challenge for the U.S. will be balancing the needs of the international market with the needs of the domestic market," Beck said.
Will 2013's weather be a reapeat of 2012's?
By Tom Quaife
Weather forecasters have some idea what will happen through the end of February, but when you get to March and beyond, "our crystal ball isn't that good," acknowledged Jed Lafferty, managing director of life sciences for Planalytics, during a webinar on Dec. 12.
Whether a full-fledged El Niño, La Niña, or something more neutral develops, "it's too early for us to tell," he added.
The possibility of La Niña is something to keep an eye on, since it's usually associated with warm winters and drier-than-normal conditions in the South. No one needs dry weather, since much of the nation is already suffering severe drought.
"(La Niña) is not our forecast, but it has to be a consideration," says Fred Gesser, senior global agricultural meteorologist at Planalytics.
A La Niña pattern was responsible for warmer-than-normal weather across much of the United States during the winter of 2011-12. It allowed the jet stream to flow from west to east, without a "blocking" ridge, which effectively kept arctic air bottled up well north of the U.S.
By March, soil temperatures were much warmer than usual. March itself was very warm. And, the six-month period from January through June period was the warmest January-June in much of the U.S. since temperatures began being recorded in 1895.
The warmer temperatures and early planting "got us off to a rip-roaring start" last spring regarding the crops, but then chinks in the armor started to develop, pointed out Jeff Doran, senior business meteorologist at Planalytics. The hot, dry weather continued. In July, a critical month for corn pollination, that particular weather pattern became "kind of the death knell for corn crops in many areas," Doran added.
"It was just amazing how fast (the drought) crept up on us," Doran said. On May 1, U.S. government drought monitors showed normal conditions in much of the nation's midsection, but by Aug. 28 that area was covered by extreme drought.
Now, there is concern that the drought pattern will continue into 2013.
In the absence of definitive prediction models, there is one consolation: Weather rarely repeats itself from one year to the next, the meteorologists from Planalytics point out. Year-over-year weather only repeats itself 20 percent of the time.
Corn Outlook: The focus now shifts to demand
By Marty Foreman
The drought of 2012 will be ranked as one of the worst in the last 100 years, standing out for its scope and intensity, reminiscent of previous drought years 1980, 1983, and probably most similar to 1988.
The corn crop took a hit. Production is down 13 percent from 2011 and 27 percent below USDA's pre-drought spring estimates of a record-shattering 14.8 billion bushels. At an estimated 10.7 billion bushels, this is the smallest corn crop in six years.
The focus now is on demand. Overall, the corn market must slow consumption enough to wind up with corn stocks as of Sept. 1, 2013, at 600 to 700 million bushels. That means corn use in 2012/13 must be cut by 1.3 to 1.4 billion bushels from last season. This would be the largest decline in absolute terms in history and would be the largest year-over-year cut in percentage terms since 1974/75. Note that the short crops in the 1980s were supplemented by large stocks in storage, which cushioned the decline in use. That's not the case this year. Demand rationing must be accomplished through market forces which will play out over the next several months.
Exports down
How is demand shaping up? Exports have already garnered much attention. They are reported weekly, making them easy to track. Export commitments thus far in 2012/13 have been dismal, down 45 percent to 50 percent from a year ago and the five-year average.
Doane forecasts exports for the marketing year at only 1.2 billion bushels, down 22 percent from a year ago. If realized, this would be the lowest export total in nearly 40 years.
The poor pace of exports has been negative for the market. Importing countries have relied on South America and Ukraine to meet their import needs. However, South American supplies are nearly exhausted. The Ukraine faces icy ports and quality concerns that could limit buying interest. Also, the European Union is likely to supplement reduced production with additional imports from the Ukraine. U.S. exports got off to a poor start, but are expected to improve in early 2013. However, low water and shipping restrictions or even closure of Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo., to Cairo, Ill., is a concern. Shippers are working on alternative rail shipments to the Gulf and increased exports out of the Pacific Northwest.
Other factors
The ethanol situation is generally positive for the corn market. The Environmental Protection Agency denied requests to waive the ethanol mandate. The corn-based Renewable Fuel Standard climbs 600,000 gallons in 2013 to 13.8 billion. The corn-for-ethanol forecast for 2012/13 is 4.5 billion bushels.
Corn feed use is a wild card. High feed costs have caused livestock producers to curb production. Cattle feedlot placements were down sharply through the fall with cattle on feed as of Jan. 1 expected down 5 percent to 7 percent. Broiler placements were down about 4 percent through the fall and down 2 percent cumulatively for 2012. Hog farrowing intentions for Sept-Nov were down 2.7 percent, pointing to fewer hogs next spring. However, rising hog prices may have caused producers to rethink their intentions. Feed and residual use is forecast at 4.1 billion bushels, down 10 percent from last season. This is a large cut, particularly in the face of reduced dried distillers grain production.
Feed use will be lower, but it's not clear that rationing will occur at the needed pace. Quarterly grain stocks are used to estimate feed use. Stock estimates over the past few years have been noted for their large deviations from expectations. Given historically tight supplies and uncertain demand, the stage is set for volatile markets in response to the stocks reports.
We expect nearby futures to hold above $7 through the winter, but also have difficulty pushing above $8. Looming dryness this spring will be supportive, but, with timely planting and rainfall, prices become increasingly vulnerable to the downside through the spring and summer. With normal yields, December 2013 futures have downside risk to $4.50 by the fall.
Marty Foreman is a senior economist at Doane Advisory Services.
Soybean Outlook: Planting projected higher
By Bill Nelson
Soybean and meal prices vaulted to records in 2012, and they will begin 2013 at high values that reflect tight supplies and the uncertainties posed by the main growing season for South American production. Following three consecutive disappointing global crops — 2011 in the U.S. and 2012 in both South America and the U.S. — world soybean consumers are in desperate need for a big soybean crop harvest this spring.
The crux of how 2013 prices play out is hugely dependent on the success or failure of the South American crop harvest that occurs largely between February and April. High prices encouraged record plantings in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Planting weather was challenging in both Argentina and Brazil, resulting in later-than-normal plantings. There is still much weather ahead now in early 2013 to determine the outcome of South American production.
Global soybean markets will pay much attention to the weather forecast maps during February, probably the most important month in determining the final outcome for those crops.
We don't have a crystal ball to predict accurately what will happen for the weather and soybean production. What we can forecast is that because demand for U.S. beans has been so strong and will continue that way over the next two to three months, U.S. soybean supplies project to multi-year lows on March 1, 2013.
All eyes on South America
Basically, there is a global gamble in the soybean situation to consume as much of any surplus stocks of U.S. beans as possible by that date. The strategy at that point is for soybean demand-sourcing by global consumers to shift south immediately as those beans come in from the harvest. It is a delicate balance between covering the immediate needs out of the U.S., then swiftly and smoothly transitioning to South America to cover global needs from about March up until September 2013.
If things were to play out in the real world as they are choreographed on paper, the U.S. will be largely out of beans for export, either as beans or as meal, by April 1. Soybeans on hand in spring and summer 2013 will be just enough to meet domestic needs ahead of a large fall harvest, and really not much more than that.
The grave risk for consumers would be that there is another disappointing harvest in South America. If the market senses that development during this first quarter of 2013, we would expect soybean prices to rally sharply and remain high into the second half of 2013. But if it turns out that South America produces some fairly decent-sized crops, soybean prices will be vulnerable to more losses off of the summer peak.
Plantings projected higher
Among the most important decisions that farmers must make over the next three months is what their acreage mix will be for plantings this spring.
Our general view is that U.S. plantings will be a little higher in 2013. Southern and eastern Midwest farmers will again be attracted to the potential to plant soybeans after the wheat harvest. And, in parts of the Plains, those plantings may go in early on failed winter wheat if moisture levels show any improvement. Corn, of course, will compete strongly for acres, and that competition is the major impediment against a multi-million-acre increase in soybean plantings.
We see the soybean market doing what it can to ensure that there will be plenty of U.S. beans sown so that the recent era of tight stocks may be a thing of the past and find a means to produce more margin of supply comfort against the ever-present weather risks.
Assuming that weather returns to some semblance of normal in both major growing regions, soybean prices are expected to be under downward price pressure during much of the year. Under normal weather conditions, which most would characterize as favorable weather, soybean prices may reach back toward harvest lows at $12 per bushel, maybe lower. Meal prices would retreat back toward $300 per ton late in the year. But if there are more production losses in either South America or the U.S. next summer, $15 or higher soybeans could find an extended stay.
Bill Nelson is a senior economist at Doane Advisory Services.


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What is this medicine?METHYLTESTOSTERONE (meth uhl tes TOS ter one) is a male hormone. This medicine is used to treat low testosterone levels in males. It is also used to treat certain breast cancers in women.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. This medicine is not approved for use in children.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular check ups. You will need to have important blood work done while you are taking this medicine.
This drug may lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes. If you have diabetes, monitor your blood sugar and report any changes.
This medicine is banned from use in athletes by the US and the International Olympic Committees and other athletic organizations.
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In the immediate aftermath of AFC Wimbledon's 2-0 defeat at home to Torquay United, boss Neal Ardley pulled no punches describing his side's display as "drivel".
However, in the cold light of day, Ardley was more measured in his criticism, although he remained at a loss as to why Dons were so flat against a side struggling at the wrong end of League Two.
The defeat leaves Dons, who go to leaders Scunthorpe United this weekend, 15th in the table, only five points above the relegation zone.
"I watched the Torquay match back on video, and I was still disappointed that we did not reach the high standards we set ourselves," Ardley said.
"But, on the day, I thought Torquay were the better team when in truth there was not much between us, other than we did not play well.
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"I have to be hard on us, that is my job as manager.
"I try to say it as I see it, it was not good enough, but I don't know why but everything looked like an effort.
"Barry Fuller, who bombs up and down all match and you think 'Blimey, where does he get his energy from' looked like every run he made was hard work."
He added: "It was a hard Christmas with players carrying knocks and some illness in the camp, so maybe that is part of it. I would be beating myself up had I over-cooked them in training, but that is not the case.
"We have players coming back to full fitness, and we are working to bring in new faces to compliment that, so hopefully it will gear us up for a strong second half of the season."
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My buddy got me a pretty nice bottle of scotch... gotta compliment the smoothness and taste.
Any other scotch fans?
Not a fan of it neat, but I loves me some Dewars-and-soda.
The widow is gathering nettles for her children's dinner; a perfumed seigneur, delicately lounging in the Oeil de Boeuf, hath an alchemy whereby he will extract the third nettle and call it rent. ~ Carlyle
Are you a pure scotch drinker, or are you a blend drinker?
Name your taste.
For me, I'm a huge Johnnie Walker Blue fan, but also appreciate the Green and Gold varieties.
I also definitely enjoy Macallan, preferably 18 year or older, and particularly with Highland water (the choice way to serve @ Nicholson's across from the Aronoff)
Every now and then, I'll sip some Talisker, and ironically the 10 year isn't bad, but obviously the older the better, as with most scotches.
So yeah, that's a little sampling of the scotch I consume on a semi-regular basis.
it's a 12 year old Dalmore.
I'm a relative noob when it comes to scotches... he said this was a good one to start out with.
He told me he'd kick my ass if I drank it any way other than neat! LOL
uisge beatha. Single malts. One of the joys of being alive. Currently have Balvenie 12 yr and 15 yr and Lagavulin in the liquor cabinet.
We enjoy J&B. I wouldn't mind an aged scotch, but the husband is cheap, and the longest a new bottle has aged in this house, is a month:all_cohol :
Scotch! Scotch! Scotch! I love Scotch. It tastes so good. Into my belly.
Johnnie Walker Red and Blue.
Scotch??? Scotch???
....Pabst Blue Ribbon!
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I'm not picky.
Put it in front of me, I'll more than likley drink it.
Ah, the life of a college student with relativley little responsibility.
I'm nuts about scotch, particularly with baseball, particularly with late-season baseball...just about this weather, actually. But I am not at all an expert on it -- I've had people rag on me for getting Dewars before (apparently this is not fine scotch).
Tastes great on the rocks, feels great going down, doesn't make you crazy and doesn't really make you drunk unless you drink five glasses in an hour or something.
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