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Red Lentil Sauerkraut Soup
This soup is called korhelyleves in Hungarian. Is is originally a meaty cabbage soup that is often eaten on New Year's Day. Korhely often refers to a person who likes to drink alcohol and as a result is lazy and careless. Sour cabbage (sauerkraut) soup is thought to relieve the symptoms of a hangover, and this is probaby the reason why this traditional Hungarian soup is so popular on New Year's Eve and also called korhelyleves.
Sauerkraut is made by a process of pickling called lacto-fermentation that is analogous to how traditional (not heat-treated) pickled cucumbers and kimchi are made. The cabbage is finely shredded, layered with salt and left to ferment. Fully cured sauerkraut keeps for several months in an airtight container stored at 15 °C (60 °F) or below. It is extremely high in vitamins C, B, and K; the fermentation process increases the bioavailability of nutrients rendering sauerkraut even more nutritious than the original cabbage. It is also low in calories and high in calcium and magnesium, and it is a very good source of dietary fiber, folate, iron, potassium, copper and manganese.
I love this soup especially during cold months so I cook it quiet often. Of course, mine is a vegan version and I usually add vegan what sausage to the soup which gives a great smoky flavor to the soup.
Red Lentil Sauerkraut Soup
Ingredients (serves3-4)
– 1 onion, chopped
– 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
– 2 medium carrot, grated
– 200 g red lentil
– 200 g sauerkraut
– 1 and 1/2 liter water
– 2 bay leaves
– vegan wheat sausages (optional)
– salt
– sunflower oil
– sour cream/soy yoghurt for serving the soup
Wash the sauerkraut well in cold water and chop them.
In a pan heat 3-4 tablespouns sunflower oil and saute the onion and garlic for a few minutes. Then add the grated carrot, red lentil and just enough water to cover. Season with salt, add bay leaves, wheat sausage (if you use) and sauerkraut. Put a lid on top and simmer for 20 minutes.
Serve the soup with sour cream or soy yoghurt.
Kale Tempeh Salad
I cooked tempeh before but I still would like to try more tempeh recipes because I really love this ingredient. I didn't know that tempeh comes originally from Indonesia (especially popular on the island of Java, where it is a staple source of protein). It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form.
Like tofu, tempeh is made from soybeans, but it is a whole soybean product with different nutritional characteristics and textural qualities. Tempeh's fermentation process and its retention of the whole bean give it a higher content of protein, dietary fiber, and vitamins. It has a firm texture and an earthy flavor which becomes more pronounced as it ages. Because of its nutritional value, tempeh is used worldwide in vegetarian and cuisine.
This salad is very easy to make and if you would like to make it more filling, cook brown rice, quinoa or millet and serve it with the salad.
Kale Tempeh Salad
Ingredients (serves 2)
For the salad
– a bunch of kale, leaves removed and torn into small pieces
– 2-3 spring onion, chopped
– 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
– 1/4 cup walnut, toasted in a dry pan and chopped
– 250 g tempeh, cut into small cubes
– 1 tablespoon soy sauce
– 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
– 1 teaspoon honey
– salt, pepper
– olive oil
For the dressing
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
– 2-3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
– 1 teaspoon honey
– 1 clove garlic, chopped
– 2 tablespoons tahini
– 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
– salt, pepper
– chili flakes
– water
Heat a pan with 2 tablespoons olive oil and roast tempeh cubes for a few minutes. Add soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, honey and cook for 2-3 minutes and set aside.
In a bowl mix together olive oil, lemon juice, honey and garlic for the dressing. Season with salt, pepper, then add tahini, nutritional yeast, chili flakes and dilute with a bit of water.
Place kale leaves, parsley, sprin onion and walnut on a plate. Add roasted tempeh and sprinkle with the dressing.
Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes With Vegan Gravy
When it comes to comfort food what you would say? Mac and cheese, a bowl of soup, hamburger, chili, casserole, pie or mashed potatoes?
Comfort foods may be consumed to positively pique emotions, to relieve negative psychological effects or to increase positive feelings. The term was first used, according to Webster's Dictionary, in 1977.
Comfort food for me is a meal that it's easy to make, warms your heart and soul and it makes you feel you cooked something extraordinary. This mashed potatoes with caramelized onion and a vegan brown sauce is absolutely a worth-to-try meal and it can be a dinner on its own.
I used nutritional yeast before added it to salads, pasta meals but making a gravy from it takes you to a new level. Nutritional yeast is a source of protein and vitamins, especially the B-complex vitamins, and is a complete protein. It is also naturally low in fat and sodium and is free of sugar, dairy, and gluten. Sometimes nutritional yeast is fortified with vitamin B12.
Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes With Vegan Gravy
(Recipe inspiration: Daily Garnish)
For the mashed potatoes
– 8 pieces of medium potatoes (about 600 g), peeled and diced
– 2 large onion, chopped
– salt
– nutmeg
– milk (cow or non-dairy), butter, sour cream – as you request to make your mashed potatoes
– olive oil
For the gravy
– 2 cloves garlic, chopped
– 2 tablespoons soy sauce
– 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
– 3 talbespoons white spelt flour (or all-purpose flour)
– 250 ml water
– salt, pepper
– olive oil
Heat 3-4 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add diced onion with a pinch of salt. Put a lid on your pan and keep cooking the onion over low heat. Stir often so the onions don't stick to your pan. Cook for another 25-30 minutes until tender and light brown.
In the meantime cook the potates in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes). Drain the pan into a colander and add the potatoes to a bowl. Season with salt, nutmeg, then add milk, butter or sour cream to your taste and mash the potatoes.
In a small pan heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and saute the chopped garlic for about 3-4 minutes. Add soy sauce and nutritional yeast. he key to smooth gravy is working quickly so add flour to the pan and immediately start whisking the mixture. Pour water slowly, step-by-step, while continuing to whisk the mixture. If you work hard enough the gravy will be smooth after you added all the water. Bring the gravy to simmer and let it thicken in a few minutes. If you find it very thick, add a bit of water to it.
Serve the gravy by pouring it over the mashed potatoes.
Spicy Butternut Squash Lentil Salad
I love butternut squash. It's a versatile vegetable that can be roasted, toasted, puréed for soups, or mashed and used in casseroles, breads, and muffins and cakes. I love that the squash has a sweet, nutty taste. It is also a good source of Vitamin E, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium and Magnesium, and a very good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese. We should eat as much as we can during fall and winter.
This lentil salad is a good example to eat a bowl of healthy lunch full of protein, vitamins and minerals. Did you know that lentils have the third-highest level of protein, by weight, of any legume or nut, after soybeans and hemp?
Spicy Butternut Squash Lentil Salad
Ingredients (serves 2)
– 1 and 1/4 cups brown lentils
– 3 cups (about 430 g) peeled and cubed butternut squash
– 1 avocado, peeled, deseeded and cubed
– 1/2 red onion, chopped
– 4 tablespoons olive oil
– 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
– 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
– 1/2 teaspoon salt
Soak the lentils for at least 3 hours (or overnight). Drain then put into a pan with fresh water and a pinch of salt and cook for about 20-30 minutes until tender.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
In a bowl mix together cubed butternut squash with 3 tablespoons olive oil, cinnamon, salt and chili powder. Place the mixture in the baking tray and bake at 170-180C (350F) until tender (about 20 minutes).
In a bowl mix together cooked lentils, baked butternut squash, chopped red onion and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season to your taste. Serve with avocado.
Homemade Cashew Butter
It started with a jar of cashew butter I had got from a friend of mine from the USA. I tasted it and I fell in love with it instantly. All this happened after Adam was born and I needed natural foods that increase breast milk production. And cashew is one of them that boosts lactation. I think it is important that if you have a low milk supply it's always best to try first to increase milk production naturally through herbs, drinks or your daily food intake.
Raw almonds, cashews, walnuts, macadamia nuts are the best ones to snack on during breastfeeding. Choose raw nuts instead of salted or roasted ones!
Make sure that you are eating (leafy green vegetables; carrots; beets; whole wheat pasta; grains like oats, barley; garlic; ginger, etc.) enough calories through your day. This will help increase breastmilk quantity and quality in general.
And the most important advice from me is to drink enough water (at least 3 liters a day). Your body will need extra water to keep up with milk production and keeping you hydrated.
So after the whole jar of cashew butter was gone I was heart-broken. Cashew butter is not available at stores in Hungary. It's not common to use nut butters in my country but thanks for the open minded people (like me! 🙂 ) who are willing to eat more healthier, nut butters are getting popular. The most common is peanut butter of course… it is availabe at few stores. I had to do something to have cashew butter in my pantry. I decided to make it on my own… I was so happy with the result. Since than I didn't stop making it!
My favourite way to eat it: whole wheat bread slices are toasted, spreaded with cashew butter and I spoon my mom's homemade sugar free plum jam on top. Oh My!
Here are a few phase photos of the making from the beginning until it turns into creamy cashew butter…
After 1 minute it will turn from whole cashews into cashew pieces. Spin 3-4 minutes more and it'll turn almost flour.
Another 3 minutes and you'll see oiliness of the cashews. Keep the food processor spining and it'll slowly stick together into a paste.
Another 3-5 minutes and it really becomes a thick paste. It starts to look like a "dough ball". Keep going, you are almost there! 🙂 In the meantime give your food processor a few breaks otherwise it'll be ruined from the too much work!!!
When the butter looks like a ball, stop the processor and push your finger into it. The consistency should be very soft. Turn the processor on and keep it spining. The ball will slowly fall into creamy butter after 3-4 minutes.
And voila! Your cashew butter is made! Now give your food processor a rest!
Homemade Cashew Butter
Ingredients (makes about 250-300 ml = 1 cup)
– 400 g raw cashew
Add cashew to the bowl of your food processor and process for a very long time, until creamy and smooth. Giving your processor a few breaks it'll be ready in about 25 minutes.


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The advantages of incumbency still outweigh the drawbacks, as shown by two California events this week.
In an attempt to highlight his role in creating the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Democratic Rep. Howard Berman kicks off his "accomplishments tour" today on the "Berman Trail" — named, naturally, after the veteran Southern California congressman.
The event follows Monday's renaming of a major road in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in honor of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi is currently in her 25th year in Congress and Berman is approaching his 30th, so credit is due for devoting a significant portion of their careers to public service.
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On the same day as the mOOn Lake cookout/ride I stopped at Frances Slocum on the way home from mOOn to get a ride at FS. Still quite a bit of packed ice all around, and the woodpecker was very busy, also something very interesting, I noticed horse droppings and hoof prints on the trail.
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By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 8, 2010; A07
The Chesapeake Bay does not like your lawn.
That green grass is probably coated with pesticides and fertilizers and studded with pet poop. All that washes off in the rain and causes environmental problems downstream in the Chesapeake.
Now, the humble suburban lawn is a test case for the Obama administration, which is trying to overhaul the long-failed effort to clean up the bay.
Its vision calls for unprecedented - and perhaps uncomfortable - changes on land. Farmers will cut back on fertilizer. Taxpayers will shell out to improve sewer plants and filter storm runoff.
And your lawn might need to be replaced by rain gardens or shaggy fields of native plants.
What's missing is a detailed plan - and an assurance that residents will choose a distant estuary over the beloved patch of green outside their door.
"The well-manicured, beautiful, dark-green, over-fertilized lawn can be part of the problem," said Randy Bartlett, a public works official in Fairfax County. He said that in addition to paying more fees, residents might see new rules or incentive programs designed to make them view their lawn differently. "It's kind of like with the seat belts. It took us a while to get used to it."
The Chesapeake's main problems are a pair of pollutants, nitrogen and phosphorus, that wash downstream in manure, treated sewage and fertilizer. In the bay, these feed unnatural algae blooms that rob the water of dissolved oxygen, creating underwater "dead zones."
These problems have not been resolved, despite a 27-year cleanup effort that has cost billions of dollars, but the EPA says it is determined to put the cleanup on course.
This fall, it scolded several states for not doing enough to curtail the pollution they send downstream. For those states, including Virginia and Pennsylvania, the Environmental Protection Agency threatened unprecedented punishments: It would force costly sewer-plant upgrades or limit new development in some areas.
Oliver Houck, a professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, said that the EPA has made the Chesapeake a national laboratory. He said that other bodies of water, including the Gulf of Mexico, have similar dead zones but that the problem hasn't been tackled with the same ambition.
"You win this thing, you're winning it for the country," Houck said.
As minuscule as lawns seem, they add up. This year, the Chesapeake Stormwater Network, an advocacy group, found that turf grass was the largest "crop" in the Chesapeake watershed, more widespread than any crop grown on farms.
So part of the new save-the-bay effort, officials and environmentalists say, should be a re-imagining of the lawn.
Rainwater that falls onto lawns often washes off laden with nitrogen and phosphorus. It runs into storm sewers, mixing with runoff from parking lots and roads.
"Everything that is laying on . . . grass or sidewalk or parking lot, whether that be dirt or fertilizer or trash," comes downstream, said Brent Bolin of the Anacostia Watershed Society.
This is an urban area's wash water, and it accounts for 8 percent of the nitrogen and 15 percent of the phosphorus entering the Chesapeake. Those totals have continued to grow, despite the cleanup's efforts, because development has increased parking lots, roads and lawns.
The EPA's plans to clean up this runoff include re-imagining what a storm sewer is. Instead of using pipes, the agency envisions that states and counties will have to install grassy ditches and restore natural streams in place of concrete channels. The idea is to slow down runoff and let it seep into dirt and roots.
For homeowners, the main effect of these efforts will be increased fees. It's not clear how much fees will increase: The EPA says cost increases will be "marginal." But in Fairfax, Bartlett estimated building them might bring fees up to $250 to $600 a household per year, up from $70 now.
Environmentalists also say lawns should change. A more bay-friendly choice, they say, would be to remove grass and replace it with native plants that need no fertilizer and less watering.
Or, they say, homeowners could replace some of their grass with a "rain garden," which catches the water in a depression and lets it soak into the roots of trees and shrubs.
"I mean, look at how beautiful it is," said Jane Good, who paid about $7,000 to install a rain garden behind her Bethesda home. Montgomery County provided guidance and a rebate that paid less than half of the cost. "You look at this, and you don't think that it has a special purpose."'A giant, huge hole'
Not everybody is as pleased, though, to have a rain garden behind their house.
In Gainesville, the Hopewell's Landing subdivision was built with rain gardens throughout one section. Resident Kenneth Padgett said the one near his house is a pit as deep as six feet, with very steep sides.
"I thought it was a great thing until they started putting them in," Padgett said. The idea was introduced, he said, in "a pamphlet with a beautiful picture. When it was implemented, it was a giant huge hole in the ground."
Among those worried about the EPA's new crackdown is the National Association of Home Builders. Association officials fear that the new rules could discourage redevelopment of older sites because costly new rules would require installing rain-catching features as part of the renovations.
"Those requirements are going to be very, very aggressive, very, very costly, and a stretch for anybody to try to meet," said Glynn Rountree of the association. As costs and restrictions mount, he predicted, residents are "going to reassess how much the Chesapeake Bay is worth to them."
EPA officials say that the change will not be that drastic and that homeowners who don't make large-scale renovations probably won't have to change anything about their lawns.
"We cannot envision anybody telling homeowners to tear up their lawns or replant our lawns with something," said J. Charles Fox, the EPA's bay cleanup czar.Possible rule changes
Residents could still see a series of smaller rule changes affecting lawns and lawn care. In some places, they already are.
In Annapolis, authorities have outlawed most use of fertilizer containing phosphorus on lawns. Virginia and Maryland officials said they could imagine other jurisdictions adopting similar rules.
Joe Lerch of the Virginia Municipal League, which represents the state's local governments, said he wondered how laws such as that might be enforced.
"We're laying off teachers, you know, policemen, firemen," Lerch said. "And now you want to hire fertilizer cops?"
In Montgomery County, drainage rules enacted in 2007 apply when there are significant additions on small lots. Homeowners might need to install things that trap or filter rainwater before it flows off their property.
In Bethesda recently, home builder Brad Beeson pulled up outside a property his company, Bethesda Bungalows, had recently built. He said county regulations required the business to install 10 large "recharge chambers" underground. These are porous boxes that look like large milk crates. Water from the gutters flows underground and into these boxes, where it leaks slowly into the soil.
"He had to spend $50,000 to do this," Beeson said, referring to the homeowner. "And now he can't do his pool, and he can't do any kind of landscaping." Instead, he said, the homeowner had to opt for the cheapest kind of lawn: short, green grass.


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hard drive advice (raid 1 sata)
Distro Debian Etch stable.
I am going to use a home machine as a server until the traffic requires something more professional. The board is an Asus a7v600-x with 2 sata slots. I planned to use these a a raid 1 set up for data only and keep the IDE channel for the OS.
My questions:
It seems some hard drives are made for RAID (bearing the mention "RAID edition" or similar), is it a true feature or some commercial gimmick?
If it is a true feature, why do they still have a cache (raid is supposed NOT to use the HD cache) and are they worth choosing over other drives?
Does anyone know of current info on the subject that could help me in the selection of the drives?
Thank you for your help.
There is noting special about RAID drives. Some manufacturers use the term when they implement time-limited error recovery (which they should have anyway; it's more of a bug if they don't). Every disk I/O subsystem (both hardware and software) will consider a drive non-responsive if it doesn't end a command in a given interval. The way to read "RAID Edition" is that the manufacturer is saying "These drives aren't broken".
Cache and RAID are not mutually exclusive; I'm not sure how you got that impression. Some very old hard drives did not properly flush the cache when told to do so. However, that could cause filesystem corruption whether the drive was used for RAID or not.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that RAID is not a substitute for backup. Not even a little bit. Ever.
Thank you for your answer.
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As we head into a holiday weekend, a few laughs. Here's to good times and great sales ...
'Bridezilla' fined $90
Parrot's parody causes commotion [especially for Charlie]
Deer blindsides jogger
Enjoy & have a great weekend!
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August 29th, 2003, 12:11 PM #2
It's pretty pathetic when I hear news from my own area for the first time on phillyburbs in PA. hehe blindsided by a deer lmao
Oh well have a good drunken weekend
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Then, the piece on the stage of the City Art Gallery Boris Georgiev in Varna on Friday 9 June at 8.30pm
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26 Jun2017
Kata (extract for 2 dancers) at Clignancourt Danse Sur les Rails – Sa. 01 July
Save the date! Saturday 01 July at 3.15pm, two dancers from Kata will perform an extract of the show at Clignancourt Danse Sur Les Rails #5!
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28 Apr2017
Autarcie (….) in Goussainville (95) on Fr. 5 May 2017
The next performance of Autarcie (….) will be on Friday 5 May 2017 at l'Espace Sarah Bernhardt in Goussainville (near Paris) at 8.30pm.
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KKK Debut Collection @NYFW
Move over Marc Jacobs, Brandon Maxwell and Raf Simmons because the KKK debuts its ready-to-wear collection @NYFW. Will Anna Wintour sit front row? The White House has requested front row seats for Melania Trump, while Ivanka Kushner has refused to attend in solidarity with her Jewish husband, Jared, the nebbish.… Read More »
Kanye West Loves Donald Trump
Just when you thought you couldn't despise Kanye West anymore, comes his admission that he did not vote, making him an old wanna-be millennial. To make you hate him even more than I do already and have since forever, he professed his love for the Orange Fuhrer, Donald Trump.… Read More »
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I mentioned yesterday that I'd be making this new-to-me recipe and I'm happy to report back that we enjoyed it quite a bit! This recipe makes A LOT of soup so we will be having it for dinner again as planned…and I will probably also eat it for lunch. Normally that would seem like overkill, but it's… Continue reading Creamy Crock-Pot Tortellini Soup
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Dinner plan for the week
Good morning! I just finished making a menu plan for the week, which I should have done last night, so that I could already be home from the grocery store this morning. Alas I will have to go at lunch when it is already busy and terrible. Oh well. I'll do better next week? This… Continue reading Dinner plan for the week
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
I promise I don't exist simply to reblog Smitten Kitchen recipes. It's just that I follow that blog on Facebook, save a lot of the links, and thus have easy access to them. ANYWAY. Some time ago my husband sent me this cookie recipe from The New York Times. I don't think I've ever had a bad… Continue reading Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
ATK/Cook's Country Spinach and Tomato Lasagna
Since I last updated I have celebrated a birthday and went on a short vacation, which itself was a combination wedding anniversary/birthday celebration. My husband was out of town for work on my birthday, but the day after he returned we packed up the car for a short-ish drive to the Finger Lakes region of… Continue reading ATK/Cook's Country Spinach and Tomato Lasagna
Turkey chili verde
We are having a fence installed in our backyard. It's been very hot, and it seems like the least we can do is have some drinks in a cooler for the guys working back there. The project is stretching out over a couple of weeks, longer than we thought, and yesterday it was time to… Continue reading Turkey chili verde
Chocolate peanut butter cake
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More Weeknight Dinners
I've referenced the excellent cookbook Keepers in the past and recently I had another flip through it to source some new-to-me dinner ideas. All of the recipes I've tried from this book have been fairly quick to assemble and cook; and the only one I haven't L-U-V loved is the chicken pot pie recipe. (That is… Continue reading More Weeknight Dinners


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Unanswered: Deleted records show as #error in XP
I have a browse screen that opens the current record on the double click event.
That form has an option to delete the displayed record and close the form which effectively returnes you to the browse screen where you left off.
In access 97, this worked fine, the deleted record displayed as "#deleted".
After conversion to XP, it now displays "#error" and when a new record is selected, cascading errors lock up the app.
I could close the browse screen before opening opening the current record and then re-open it when done. But then the client would lose his position in the record set.
any ideas?
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I don't think you can delete a record while the record is open/locked.
You can do it at the table level...or perform the actual "deletion" as they move to the next record.
(of course I could be wrong--there may be a way to do it...but without knowing more details, it could be the wrong answer.)


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" Genre: Hip-Hop & Rap / Artist: Lupe Fiasco / Explicit Lyrics / Audio CD released 2006-09-25 at Atlantic "
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As I stated in my review of laser (please go and read if you haven't already!) I am a big Lupe fan. So why not review where it all began!
Track #1 : Intro - I'm not going to rate this based on how it is as a song, instead I will rate it based on intros themselves. That being said although I'm not a fan of spoken word, the first poem heard is very deep and is a good transition to the rest of the intro track. Then the beat that comes on gets you ready for the classic you are about to hear. We also get introduced to the meaning behind Food & Liquor. "You got your good, y'know, and your bad, You got your food, and your liquor" I'd say the CD simply isn't complete without this.
Score : 10/10
Track #2 : Real (Feat. Sarah Green) - Real is like finding silver in a goldmine. It is not disappointing by any means but it is my least favorite off this classic. However I look back and look at the lyrics and there are a couple ways the lyrics can be interpreted. So who am I to say what exactly he is talking about. But I believe he goes through a couple different subjects here, including but not limited to, relationships and cheating, the drug game, and simply being poor in general. The beat is great of course, and the lyrics are very meaningful but it lacks the wordplay that we all love to hear from Lupe.
Score : 8/10
Track #3 : Just Might Be Okay (Feat. Gemini) - I don't know where to start with this song. Well I'll try to start with the foundation, the beat. The beat is great, I really don't know how to describe it. The best I can do is say it's like the beat is building up to something amazing, which it does. Next we have the lyrics. Once again, I'm almost speechless. This is where Lupe shines, the perfect metaphors and wordplay "I back-flipped on the mattress they slept on me on" to the perfect flows "I ain't an accredited instituted graduate, I ain't from Nazareth
My conception wasn't immaculate, I ain't master no calculus" This song is just amazing. Then we have the hook, very simple but to the point.
Score : 10/10
Track #4 : Kick, Push - Kick, Push is essentially a story about a young skater, and their "struggles". It's a great story, and has a great flow, however there is no overly complex rhyme scheme or wordplay that I love to see from Lupe. The beat is relaxing and the hook pushes the theme of the story.
Score : 8.5/10
Track #5 : I Gotcha (Feat. Pharrell) - Okay let me start by saying I love this beat. Especially the piano. I'll also say I feel like this song is very under rated. The wordplay in this song is off the charts. "I warn y'all cornballs I Hush Puppies" and "I'm on my pimp, my temperature is tempura, I take it easy on my watch I'm watchin' TV" are just two examples. Then the hook is about Lupe bringing back real hip-hop to music. Great song.
Score : 9/10
Track #6 : The Instrumental (Feat. Jonah Matranga) - Perfection. One of my hands down favorites from this classic album. Produced by Mike Shinoda, this beat is hard to describe and samples Nestle by Far, I wish I knew more about instruments so I could describe it better but unfortunately I'll just have to say it's amazing. This is another story by Lupe Fiasco, this song addresses some of the problems with television and how sucked up in it someone can become. Wordplay and metaphors are off the charts. The hook is just great, talking about how it causes people to no longer have an opinion for themselves. The bridge is perfect as well talking about how everything we buy is because of something/someone or to cover something up.
Score : 10 /10
Track #7 : He Say She Say (Feat. Gemini and Sarah Green) - Another classic story. Rappers tell the "My father wasn't around" story a lot but none do it quite as well as Lupe. What makes this one special is it talks about the subject matter from different perspectives. Beat and hook are great. Storytelling is wonderful. Classic song.
Score : 10 / 10
Track #8 : Sunshine - This track is goood, the beat is great. It's hardly a stand out track but it suits the feel of the album and how it works. It doesn't stack up wordplay wise as some of the others sure, but it works. I do however love the line "out of all the millions of numbers in the world, just leave me a few, that lead to you."
Score : 9/10
Track #9 : Daydreamin' (Feat. Jill Scott) - Classic. Jill Scott gets the job done on the hook, absolutely amazing. Beat is great. Lyrics are great starts off with the robot metaphor expanding into the ghetto neighborhood and why he's daydreaming. I really don't know what else to say. This song is amazing, perfect 10.
Score : 10/10
Track #10 : The Cool - Another great story by Lupe Fiasco about a gangster who's business eventually got him killed. Another great beat for Lupe to go on, the hook is about how living in the moment is great and everything but what about when it goes wrong. "Hustler for death, no heaven for a gangsta". Lyric wise, it's a great story and is definitely worthy of being on this album.
Score : 9.5/10
Track #11: Hurt Me Soul - This song took me a while to enjoy when I first listened. This is about Lupe's journey to becoming a rapper. It sort of hits home. Wordplay is amazing here of course. Great beat, and perfect hook. If you had asked me a couple years ago I probably wouldn't have given this song over an 8.
Score : 10/10
Track #12 : Pressure (Feat. Jay-Z) - This song never gets old. The beat is amazing, especially the piano line. Lupe's verse filled with his epic metaphors and wordplay. I mean his first line is "And so it seems that I'm sewing jeans And 1st and 15th is just a sewing machine, So I cut the pattern and I sew in seams, And button in this hustling then publically I'm Buddy Lee" Enough said. Then the hook is great, followed by another great lupe verse. Then comes the only other rapper on this album. Jay-Z's verse is great. Excellent track on an amazing album.
Score : 10/10
Track #13 : American Terrorist (Feat. Matthew Santos) - The start of a beautiful relationship between Lupe and Matthew Santos. Great hook, and very deep song meaning. Flow and wordplay are on point of course. Would love to go into more detail but I feel like I'm making these too long already. Beat is great of course.
Score : 10/10
Track #14 : The Emperor's Soundtrack - Another classic. The beat is hard to describe, almost like you are ascending to some type of greater plane. Meaningful lyrics surrounded by intense wordplay make this song another classic Lupe Fiasco song. The hook gets the job done, perfect for this song.
Score : 10/10
Track #15 : Kick, Push II - The sequel to Kick, Push, it continues the story and focuses more on the home life of the original protagonist. The hook is talking about escaping from life, many people can relate to this in their lives at some point. The story here is deeper and has more meaning to me, which is why I'm giving this a higher score than the original.
Score : 9/10
Track #16 : Outro - Once again not going to rank this as a song but I'm going to rank it as an outro. Basically this is a shoutout track, using the same beat from the intro. It's a great outro by all means, the only thing that gets me is how long this damn thing is.
Score : 9.5/10
Lupe Fiasco's classic debut CD is laced together perfectly, completely utilizing his verbal arsenal and storytelling ability to show both the good (Food) and the bad (Liquor) of his life, ghetto neighborhoods, and people's lives. This album is a must listen classic.
Final Rating : 9.5/10
This is a pretty good debut from Chicago resident, Lupe Fiasco, showing some of the flare of his buddy Kanye West (You may remember him from West's Touch the Sky, where he performs a verse in excellent fashion), he eschews traditional hip hop slatings and tall tales for a really experimental approach, rhyming in new and innovative fashion.
His first album, Food and Liquor is a mixed bag with some outstanding songs and some real filler.
The album includes the excellent, 'Kick, Push' which is a chilled out slice of rap mixed with pop, there is a wonderful song called Daydreamin (Samplin Daydream in Blue) and allowing the wonderful Jill Scott to show her vocal range. Other highlights include 'Real' which is very rock influenced for a rap song and 'The Cool' a weird and beautiful little song which seems influenced by old school rock as much as current hip hop and R&B.
Ok, the intro is never going to be a big part of the album, but at least this is well thought through as a woman recites poetry and introduces the star of the show, I guarantee you'll not need to hear it again though, the intro and the ending are both listenable once only.
Bringing music back to being 'real', Lupe Fiasco talks about taking rap back from the commercial and the thug like and making it real, about real experiences, a modern poetic take on the blues rather than one man's mission to dismiss women and foes over a beat. This is stylish, unconventional, thoughtful and thought provoking, utterly cool and doesn't lose content over style at any point.
3.Just Might Be OK
A fast beat with some really excellent rhymes over the top, its almost like Lupe Fiasco wants to show off his skills early on the album. This is fun, creative and really well put together, its not the best track on the album, but it is well thought through and worth further listens.
4.Kick, Push
I love this tune, its an ode to Skateboarding and love, its fresh and still sounds it now, the rhyming is different to most i've heard and the beat is really interesting and dynamic, this is definitely a stand out track and worthy of repeated listening.
5.I Gotcha
This smells of the Neptunes, they produced this and the thumping bass really sounds like one of their tracks but with this wonderfully inventive young rapper taking the lead and spitting his own words out over them. This is a tad more commercial than most of the album, but nonetheless this isn't soft or too poppy its just a bit more commercial musically, the raps are still well thought out and maintained.
6.The Instrumental
An interesting track produced by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, this is different to most hip hop tunes and is incredibly inventive, the song itself is questioning of media influence and how we are almost en thrall of machines and television over our patriarchs and respected friends. Its a really cool tune and one of the most inventive and thoughtful on the album.
7.He Say She Say
A very interesting tune sung in first and third person telling the tale of a child trying to grow up and make it without a father. I liked this, its sentimental, thought provoking and as consistently proven on this album, intelligently performed and produced.
A sweet little love song. For me this is one of the weaker songs on the album, although it still displays good pop and hip hop sensibilities overall, it just feels a little bit fluffy and weak.
A cool song with a weird and wonderful sample, I like this, its poppy and fun and Jill Scott is as powerful and amazing as always, this is simply a great pop song with some excellent rhymes laid over it.
10.The Cool
A second chance for a man who did wrong, but he does it again, this is a creepy sounding track with some superb rhyming from Fiasco, it shows his story telling prowess and reminds me a lot of Nas in this respect.
11.Hurt Me Soul
I love this, a hip hop song questioning some of the older school attitudes displayed in hip hop, this is an eloquent riposte to some of the sexist, malevolent trash that passes for hip hop, it is well structured and Fiasco isn't angry, just honest and refreshingly so.
12.Pressure ft Jay-Z
A decent track as our hero discussed pressure under some bass heavy beats, he is joined by Jay-Z for a chorus and the ubiquitous Jigga man provides his usual flair, style and substance and shows the high regard this debutant must be held in to gain such star guests on his debut album.
13.American Terrorist
A really thoughtful track on the world and America's foreign policy, Fiasco questions whether the attitude of some American's might actually encourage others to behave reprehensibly to them, this is done in a thoughtful measured way and is simply thought provoking rather than angry and destructive. This is a really good song that does what good art should and really makes you think.
14.The Emperor's Soundtrack
This is a decent enough song, although it feels like filler to me, it drags somewhat and while Fiasco continues to rhyme with flow and verve, the tune itself is a tad dull.
15.Kick, Push II
A fine story about escaping isolation and bad times through skateboarding, this is one of the darker songs on the album, but Fiasco has a fantastic knack for developing these stories and makes it enthralling.
This is an incredibly long thank you to anyone who ever helped him, its not something you will listen to more than once, although it does show the young fella is a respectful young man who really appreciates the opportunity he has to show his skills on record.
The album title reflects on Fiasco as a man, apparently as a young muslim he recounts that the food represents the good and the liquor the bad part of him.
This is an interesting album with production from Kanye, the Neptunes and Linkin Park and guest appearances from Jay-Z and Jill Scott, its a really promising debut which shows a young rapper filled with fresh ideas which he wants to introduce. I enjoyed this no end and found his approach really thought provoking, as debuts go its not a classic but is a damned good album nonetheless.
Its good to hear positive hip-hop and a desire to take it back to the music and the telling of a good story, with people like Fiasco, Common, Nas and Jurrasic 5 still spitting beats this offers a wonderful alternative to some of the less enjoyable facets of hip hop.
The album is available on I-Tunes or from Amazon for £5.25, it is cheaper on Marketplace or Ebay and I would definitely recommend a listen for this 4 out of 5 album.
"Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor" was the debut album from the Chicago MC, Lupe Fiasco. The Mid-Western Hip Hopper was seen to take great influence form fellow Chi-Town native, Kanye West, who had just made it big at the time (2006) in the fact that he contrasted so greatly from the general Gangsta Rap which dominated the Hip Hop world at the time.
1. "Intro"
2. "Real"
After a long introduction from the artist, you have him performing a track which seem to be a recurring thing in the album as you have him do a track which speaks on real-life thing which he has experienced in his life, and going on advise from those around him, he chooses to do this record with this in mind, and not talk for long on things which don't deal with what the world is really about (unlike the superficial thing manner focus on).
**Three Stars**
3. "Just Might Be OK"
This is a very lively way to get things going as you are still in the early stages of the thin, and it really wakes you up in the way that the producer, Prolyfic chooses to come with lots of energetic things to get it all going, and back Lupe in a way that he feels comfortable. It is an experimental one, to the stage where I couldn't keep up with his themes, but it is a fair one and must be 'slept on'.
**Three Stars***
4. "Kick, Push"
This is the track which Lupe debuted with, and it had him break through as something completely new to the game as he appeared to be a skater rapper. Although this track concentrates around the life of a skate, and their rebellion against all around them, truly he isn't really a skater, as it immerged alter, and this may be a good one, the 'realness' which the album was supposed to be about seemed to fall apart this early on.
**Four Stars**
5. "I Gotcha"
This was another of the bigger singles to come off the album, and I saw it as one of the best that you find on the album as you see him rapping on top of what are some very different beats from The Neptunes. Pharrell has worked with him a lot since here, and this early stage in the relationship gives you nothing but hope for the future as he claims to bring nothing be realness, unlike the fakeness most rappers of his time seemed to come out with.
**Four Stars**
6. "The Instrumental"
Being used on a couple of game soundtracks, I'm sure that I few will recognize it, and I felt that for this reason it seems to stand out a little more on the album, and it even brings back a few memories (despite being that long ago when it dropped). The fact that Mike Shinoda is behind the beats doesn't really do much more me, but I felt that this slightly more matured alt Hip Hop production meant that Lupe was able to easily adapt.
**Four Stars**
7. "He Say, She Say"
This one is sample-rich, but as I can't say that I recognized any of the ones which were used, it did every little for me, and I can't say that it effected the way I looked on it as I hear the rhymes which came from it. I thought that the lay-out to it was quite strong, but the way he goes about flowing really puts me off as it never changes and at times the way he uses excessive enjambment means that it takes away from the tune.
**Two Stars**
8. "Sunshine"
I have to say that this is one of a fair few tracks on the album which really don't stand out at all. As a result it is a tune which you are likely to forget about quickly, and this can never be a good thing for it as there are a few big lines on this track, but Soundtrakk's beats just don't say enough for you to really take much notice of it.
**Three Stars**
9. "Daydreamin'"
I expect more to recognise the sample used in this song, and from hear you find him do a track which basically take from the original and stays in the same sort of dream-like state which the first recorded was built on, and this strange atmosphere allows you engage with the music in a way which isn't capable with many of the others found here.
**Four Stars**
10. "The Cool"
This title was used for the name of his second album, and so it must have a certain degree of significance to it, and I felt that this was transferred into some quality material on this one as it finds him on top of some hot breakbeats to give it a certain feel which differs quite a lot from what else you get on here. He drops big things on this one, and it is one which you should really look out for as it is one of few I would say is really worth a listen.
**Four Stars**
11. "Hurt Me Soul"
Although not getting the chance to be dropped as a single, this was a track which attracted a lot of attention due to the fact that it has him speak on wide issues concerning the Hip Hop world (at the perfect time as it coincided with the 'Hip Hop Is Dead' movement). It has him rap satirically about how the Hip Hop world is plagued with misogyny, violence and drug references. Although he says all this, he understands that he once fell for all this at one pint, but is only now understanding how he can break free of it all.
**Four Stars**
12. "Pressure"
Here you get him alongside Jay-Z in the only Hip Hop collaboration on the album, and I felt as though the influence of the other artist meant that it seemed as though he was forcing the change in the sound of the music in order to make it sound like something that we are much more likely to connect with. For this reason I was put off by it, and it was disappointing (not that Young Hov did too badly).
**Two Stars**
13. "American Terrorist"
This one finds him on top of some funky beats, and it makes a great difference to the quality of things as it seems to lift it all a lot and make it sound a lot better than elsewhere on the album, and I felt as though it made his flow sound much better in general as a result of this. There's a lot to like about this, but the Latino thing (which goes to the extreme in the chorus) put me off a little. I was glad that he didn't choose to go too political hear, and it came across better for this reason.
**Three Stars**
14. "The Emperor's Soundtrack"
This came as the final single off the album and it finds him doing another tune to express his originality and uniqueness in comparison to those others out there. It has him take the basic structure of Slick Rick's "Children's Story", and the same sort of subjects come through, but in a much more darker light .I felt that it ended rather abruptly, possibly even before I had a chance to engage fully with it.
**Three Stars**
15. "Kick, Push II"
In a track which revisits the biggest singles from the album you have him do a tune which has him drop all the light-heartedness which he started off with, and go for something a bit darker (and more in-tune with what the rest of the album is saying) as it has him speak more on what such a skater lifestyle involves, and its complexity beyond just doing tricks. It is significantly worse than the original, but others may feel differently towards it.
**Two Stars**
16. "Outro"
Although I liked a few of the tracks here, it seemed to stay on around the same level throughout. I expect many to think differently towards it as he is clearly doing lots of original and unique things on the album, but for me, a lot of it was rather forced, and so didn't really suit my tastes, but if you like at least three (to a fair degree), then you will probably like the whole thing.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Intro
2 2 Real - Lupe Fiasco & Sarah Green
3 Just Might Be OK - Lupe Fiasco & Gemini
4 Kick Push
5 I Gotcha
6 Instrumental - Lupe Fiasco & Jonah Matranga
7 He Say She Say - Lupe Fiasco & Gemini/Sarah Green
8 Sunshine
9 Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco & Jill Scott
10 Cool
11 Hurt Me Soul
12 Pressure - Lupe Fiasco & Jay-Z
13 American Terrorist - Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos
14 Emperor's Soundtrack
15 Kick Push II
16 Outro


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Original paper
Taxonomic studies of Thozetella Kuntze (anamorphic Chaetosphaeriaceae, Ascomycota)
Silva, Priscila da; Grandi, Rosely Ana Piccolo
Nova Hedwigia Band 97 Heft 3-4 (2013), p. 361 - 399
published: Nov 1, 2013
Thozetella is an anamorphic genus (hyphomycetes) with relationship to Chaetosphaeriaceae (Ascomycota) based on molecular studies. Seventeen species are generally scientifically accepted. Most species were recorded from decaying plant material in tropical environments, but some species were also reported in temperate environments. During the study of Thozetella species in Brazil and the analysis of global type-species, eleven taxa are reported. Thozetella capitata is described as new. Thozetella boonjiensis is considered a new synonym of Th. acerosa. Three species are reported from Brazil for the first time (Th. buxifolia, Th. falcata and Th. havanensis). Furthermore, Th. gigantea, Th. queenslandica, Th. submersa and Th. tocklaiensis were reported for the first time from São Paulo State. Thozetella submersa and Th. aculeata are recorded from Bahia State and São Paulo State, respectively. Microawns were verified as the only useful feature for segregating some species within the genus. The new specimens from Brazil and compared type specimens are described and illustrated in detail.
brazilian fungi • conidial fungi • diversity • leaf litter • south america • taxonomy • tropical fungi


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The Women of ArA'Kus – Part 1
Posted by jukeboxheroine
This is part 1 of my interviews with the women of ArA'Kus. If you don't know about ArA'Kus you can check out my previous post, their website, and other social media such as facebook, bandcamp, and youtube.
Seattle-based heavy metal band, ArA'Kus, weaves a musical tapestry of opera, fantasy, and theatrics into their live performances and musical craft. This web of darkness, epic storytelling, and fervent metal love was founded in 2001 with a little hope, and a big idea. Since then ArA'Kus has been plagued with a variety of line-up changes, yet, has still remained steadfast to producing a live show that combines the best aspects of music with a visually appealing experience. The band consists of 6 members and auxiliary performers including a twelve member chorus, marital artists, fire dancers, and an aerial acrobatic troupe.
Additionally, costumes are an important part of the show. Mixing early medieval influenced outfits, with fantasy art and leather from local vendors, ArA'Kus is a living, breathing LOTR with a metal soundtrack. That soundtrack includes throaty growls from the depths of the beast, ethereal chants via the chorus, hell-rasing guitar solos, and spoken interludes that transition the songs and give a back story to the lyrics. Their debut work, "Aeterno Elementum" is a three-part concept album, which will be released in stages this year, along with a novelization of their music's storylines. You can catch their debut July 31, 2010 at 7:00 pm at the Everett Historical Theater in Everett, Wa. It is easy to get caught in a spider's web of enchantment with the art-metal persona that is ArA'Kus.
Bringing that metal edge and class to the group is Whitney Burdge, Lead Soprano and all around rocker, who isn't afraid to tell Jukebox Heroines all about their latest creation.
Jukebox Heroines (JH): Thanks for doing this interview! So, tell the fans a little about yourself.
Whitney Burdge (WB): I'm a strange (but cool) hybrid of girl who has been created from world travel, architecture and design, classical music, poetry, salsa dancing, fashion, etc. Most of my singing experience in the past has been with an accompanying symphony, but I've been lucky to fall into the recent opportunity of combining my classical skills with the world of metal and seeing what our love-child creates.
JH: How did you become part of Arakus?
WB: My first encounter with Ara'Kus was an unusual one. I was on a dating site. One of the guys in the band who was also on there noticed that I had classical singing experience listed in my profile. Since that was the sound they were going for with their lead female singer, he invited me to come out and audition for them. I checked out their music and liked what they were trying to create, not to mention their absolute professionalism. A few weeks later, I was in!
JH: What draws you to metal music? It's known as a rather masculine genre?
WB: To me, everyone needs to listen to a different music style to match every mood. The range of human emotion is enormous, and metal just fits the bill for either those darker times where you're feeling more intense, or simply need a strong beat to give you energy.
JH: What are your female artist/musician influences?
WB: My influences range from women like Haylie Williams of Paramore for her identifiability, opera singers for their vocal techniques, and some world singers such as Yasmin Levy, for the unique vocal nuances they exhibit which aren't often seen in American music.
JH: When did you begin singing and what made you want to do it?
WB: I actually don't recall what made me want to start singing. I know in 8th grade, I signed up for a class that would sing along to Broadway tunes or Disney songs, and it just felt like a talent that clicked.
JH: What kind of stage persona do you project? Why?
WB: The stage persona I want to project is one of confidence and also elegance. The music of Ara'Kus has a strong dichotomy in blending both edgy and lyrical sounds; as the lead female singer, I want to carry over that same contrast. I think it makes the music more accessible instead of intimating to first-timers to the genre.
JH: What do you want people to experience with your music/live show?
WB: I think I want people to enjoy the transitions of our show, with the highs and lows of intensity and the changing dynamic of the songs. Metal, in general, has a reputation for all sounding "the same"; our show, though, will have several interesting elements to help the audience experience the music more fully. I also want the audience to appreciate everyone's musicianship. These are just a bunch of guys "jamming" in someone's garage. Everyone takes their role seriously, and tries to master their part in the production.
JH: How are you feeling about the big July 31st album premiere?
WB: I'm very excited about our July 31 show. I haven't seen anything like what we are doing before, so I'm looking forward to conveying something musically "new" to the audience. Of course, I'm also nervous! I'm still pretty new to performing in this kind of group, but look at each show as a chance to develop my overall confidence, and to just rock out and have fun!
JH: If Arakus was a type of animal, it would be: ________________. Why?
WB: If Ara'Kus was an animal, we'd be a Komodo dragon. We may look intimidating at first, but we're actually quite cuddly.
JH: Any advice for other lady-metalheads out there?
WB: My advice is just for the ladies to be an active voice in metal. None of the men who have been in it awhile want it to stagnate or remain a male-heavy genre. If you have ideas to help it evolve, or wanna bring your own style to it, then do it!
Stay tuned for Part 2 for an interview with Rachel Brunson!
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Reporter's Notebook: Life In Congo
Gwen Thompkins, NPR's foreign correspondent, talks about the current violence in Goma, Congo, and what it's like to report from the region and how she plans to spend the Thanksgiving holiday.
NEAL CONAN, host:
Every Thanksgiving there's time in the day usually after the turkey when we start making phone calls. It's time to catch up with friends and families who couldn't join us for the day. So today, our call goes to our friend, Gwen Thompkins. Gwen reports on Africa for National Public Radio news. Most recently, she's been sending us stories from the Democratic Republic of Congo where there's been fighting between the Congolese army and various rebel groups, and Gwen joins us now from Goma in Congo. And Gwen, happy Thanksgiving.
GWEN THOMPKINS: Thank you, Neal. Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
CONAN: And how did you celebrate the holiday?
THOMPKINS: Well, I'm not quite sure if I have celebrated the holiday. The day started with, I guess, some ground nuts and some bananas and, but it appears to have ended with a lovely grilled fish. So I'm very grateful for that.
CONAN: The traditional grilled fish.
THOMPKINS: Indeed. No cranberry sauces here though.
CONAN: I'm not sure it would go with the fish. Anyway, Gwen, the situation that you're reporting on there just seems to be awful. The discovery yesterday of mass graves of as many as 2,000 people and it just goes on and on. Tens of thousands of people fled today across the border into Uganda. Can you bring us up-to-date on what's been going on?
THOMPKINS: Well, essentially the rebel army which is the Tutsi rebel army that's led by General Laurent Nkunda, it has already declared a ceasefire - a unilateral ceasefire - with the Congolese army. This rebel force had been moving since August, you know making a push toward Goma. And then at the end of October, it started pushing north, pushing out militia forces above a town called Rutshuru which is a rebel stronghold in eastern Congo. Now, the rebel army said that it is maintaining that ceasefire with the Congolese army but it retains the right to go after Hutu militias who they believe were connected to the 1994 Rwandan genocide who they believe fled over the border from Rwanda into Congo after that genocide and have been regrouping and according to the rebels, terrorizing the Tutsi minority in eastern Congo. That's a very small minority but the rebels' interest in the Tutsi minority is welfare. It's at the center really of their activities here.
CONAN: And Gwen, I have to tell you that, well, we've been worried about you. I understand that the reporting from Congo has been something of an adventure.
THOMPKINS: You know it is an adventure. I mean the story itself is very difficult to keep up with oftentimes because there are so many different front lines and so many different protagonists in this story. It's not just - of course, the main part of the story is the effect that the fighting has had on the civilian population. You know hundreds of thousands of people displaced as you mentioned. You know 10,000 people are believed to have gone over the border into Uganda today and all. But there are so many other protagonists. It's not just one rebel group. It's not just one militia. You know it's several and so keeping up with it, is a little bit like - I don't know - an advanced mathematics. And I wasn't really good at math.
But you know, the first time that I came to eastern Congo was a few weeks ago actually, and the airport was closed in Goma because of the fighting. And the rebels were just outside the city so I decided to fly to Kigali which is the capital of Rwanda, and then hire a taxi to drive me from Kigali to the border with Congo and Goma is just over the border. So this is like a three-hour drive, and so you know you talking with the taxi driver for three hours. And this fellow was Rwandan but he's lived in Congo for many years before returning to Rwanda. And when he deposited me at the border, the last thing he said to me, was you have reached the end of reason and the end of reason is the beginning of Congo.
CONAN: That's a great line. And I understand there was one night in particular in Congo when you had a reason to suspect that he was correct.
THOMPKINS: That's absolutely true. I've thought about that man so many times, I have to say, and especially on that night. Because you know, a few weeks ago, some other reporters and I, we got word that the rebel leader, Laurent Nkunda, was going to be at this town called Rutshuru, which is north of Goma. So its a few hours drive, so we went up there and we waited for him. And we waited and waited for hours and he didn't show up. And so then, by phone he invited us to his headquarters in another town called Kichanga which is several hours drive from where we were. And so we thought, OK, yeah. We could do this you know. Sure.
It involves driving through some contested territory, and sure, we might need a United Nations escort for a little bit of the way. But of course, we'll be able to find this town on our own by nightfall. And the truth of the matter is, we gave it our best shot, but we didn't count on the mud. And you know it rains everyday here and this is very sort of lush, heavy forested area. And so we're driving through and the mud is getting deeper and deeper and sure enough, we get stuck. And you get out into this mud and it is knee-deep mud, Neal - knee-deep mud. And it makes the sucking sound when you walk, like (unintelligible) you know like that. And it's so thick that it like, tries to pull off your shoes as you're walking.
And in fact, another reporter lost her shoes entirely, you know. And so as I'm walking in this heavily forested area, if not a jungle area, and we're walking in the middle of the night - we've lost the day, we've lost our way, we've lost our car, we have no lights, we're just going by the lights of our non-workable cell phones, and I'm thinking to myself you know maybe I have reached the edge of reason.
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CONAN: We're talking with NPR's Gwen Thompkins from Goma in Congo. You're listening to Talk of the Nation from NPR News. So you're there in the middle of the night, you've lost your car, you've lost all your lights and one reporter's lost, I take it they weren't Jimmy Choo's to begin with. So what did you do?
THOMPKINS: Well, before we actually began our march, we decided, well, it's the middle of the night. We don't really know where we are so we should just sleep in the car for a few hours and then wait until daylight and then try to set out. And so, sure enough, we all piled into the car. There are like eight of us, so it's like a college prank. How many people can, you know, stuff themselves into a car? And we're sitting in there sleeping and then all of a sudden, my colleague, Eddie Sanders who works for the LA Times, out of the blue he says there's somebody out there which is not what you really want to hear in the middle of the night in the forest.
And so, we turned on the headlights and sure enough there are like maybe eight guys standing out in front of the car with guns. And we're thinking friend or foe? We have no idea you know. We step out of the car, we started talking to the fellows. It turns out they're rebel forces. They've been looking for us. They are trying to help us find the rebel leader and they tell us, oh, you're going to have to walk with us for about half an hour and then we'll get you to a vehicle that will take you to the town where the rebel leader is. So we have no choice but to believe these folks and so we set out and start walking and the mud is, as I said, knee-deep, and we're going over a terrain that truly you really don't want to look at anyway because it's just too scary by day. And then all of a sudden, after two hours - this was not a 30-minute walk, this was a two-hour walk.
After two hours, Neal, it was amazing. Like you're at outer darkness, as I said, except for your cell phone which only goes a few feet. And then all of a sudden, we saw this little light in the distance and then we saw another light and then another light came on. And the closer we got, we realized that it was like a band of motorcycles in the middle of nowhere in the dark waiting for us. And my colleague Evelyn Hockstein, a photojournalist, she said you know it's like the Hell's Angels have come to rescue us. So we ended up getting on the backs of these motorbikes with these drivers, and they drove over very difficult terrain for another hour or so. They deposited us with a vehicle which again drove another hour or so. So by daybreak, as the sun was coming out, we were entering this town where the rebel leader was supposed to be. And of course, we get there, and he's not there.
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CONAN: These are the great moments when you call your editor and you have this wonderful story but nothing you can file.
THOMPKINS: Exactly. And the thing is we're all in the car and we're all colleagues and we all get along, but the truth of the matter is we're all competing, too. And so we're still thinking to ourselves, each of us, how am I going to get this story? How am I going to file? How am I going to beat these other guys and all? But we were foiled and at one point one reporter just said, it's like he's taunting us. The rebel leader, he's just taunting us. And then after several hours, he finally does materialize - General Nkunda - and of course, he looks like a million dollars. I mean, he's got his fresh camouflage on, the latest kind of camouflage. It looked like an impressionist painting what he had on and a nice little beret and his walking stick. And we of course, look like we were - we were people who just walked out of the forest.
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THOMPKINS: It was a very strange moment actually. And he said something like, oh, I've heard you've been walking in the forest all night. So sorry about that, and then he just went on with his statement.
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CONAN: Gwen, we're glad you made it out, and we're glad you got that story.
THOMPKINS: Thank you. I am, too.
CONAN: And I'm sure the fish was delicious.
THOMPKINS: Yes, the fish was delicious actually. You know everyone says that it's in the reporting and it is true that's why we say it. This is a truly beautiful part of the world. It is stunningly gorgeous in eastern Congo. There are mountains and beautiful, lush forest, as I mentioned, and you can just walk anywhere and all of a sudden you stop and you see the most beautiful trumpet lily plant you've ever seen in your entire life.
CONAN: And a better place to spend Thanksgiving would be hard to imagine. Gwen Thompkins, NPR News, calling us from Goma where she spent this Thanksgiving Day. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Gwen. Stay safe. I'm Neal Conan. This is NPR News.
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