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In a recent editorial shake-up, the Los Angeles Times removed liberal columnist and 29-year Times veteran Robert Scheer and replaced him with Sunday columnist Joel Stein, who, in his second offering in the Tuesday slot Scheer formerly held, wrote the following about poor people:
I know the high cost of energy takes an unfair toll on the poor because it's a much bigger percentage of their income. Those people are always getting screwed: checking account charges, easy-credit rip-offs, hangin' in a chow line. OK, most of what I know about poor people comes from watching 'Good Times.'
Stein had been writing a regular entertainment column on Sundays but ascended to the Tuesday slot after Scheer's departure. New editorial page editor Andrés Martinez, who succeeded Michael Kinsley in September, announced Scheer's departure and Stein's move into the Tuesday slot on November 15.
Stein has already begun generating a strong reaction from Times readers. In his first Tuesday column -- from November 15 -- titled "Voting for Stupidity," Stein asked readers, "You weren't one of those suckers who voted last week, were you? Wearing that dorky sticker on your chest all day like you just got named school safety guard?" He declared: "The first clue that you've been tricked into helping people in authority keep their power is when you're given a badge. It wasn't as though the bus driver slapped an 'I Rode in the Front!' sticker on Rosa Parks." The column prompted one reader to question Stein's move to the editorial page, "[I]f this is the type of writing we can expect from your Robert Scheer replacement, I am disappointed. ... I hope we can expect more substantial work from Joel Stein in the valuable space he takes up on the Op-Ed page."
In a June 12 column, Stein wrote of his style:
People don't seem to like it when I joke about race. They have no problem when I make fun of their mothers, their deepest insecurities, Darfur, even Tom Hanks. And yet when my friends in the Council on Foreign Relations talk about how China is a growing threat and I suggest installing urine shields at our Coca-Cola factories, I've suddenly gone too far.
Stein also mentioned the poor in a July 3 column (reprinted on the Jewish World Review website) condemning PBS:
There is no other station so obviously aimed at rich, well-educated, white people. Should our government be responsible for providing Edith Piaf documentaries, 98-hour histories of jazz and baseball, Broadway shows, discussions between Charlie Rose and Yo-Yo Ma and rich people figuring out how much their antiques are worth? This is a demo that was clamoring for Alan Alda before his gig on "The West Wing."
Sure, there must be some poor people who don't have basic cable and really enjoy "Sesame Street" and "Nova." But for $400 million we could have Big Bird fly to their houses every morning and teach their kids how to count in Spanish.
According to a November 1, 2004, New York Observer article, Kinsley hired Stein to write about entertainment -- not politics -- and offered him a freelance position indefinitely. Notwithstanding his hiring of Stein, Kinsley told the Observer he had reservations about Stein's previous work: "I really had problems with the column he wrote for Time." An LA Weekly article excoriating Kinsley for hiring Stein provided Stein's rebuttal, in which he pointed to a generation gap between his editorial style and Kinsley's: "I call it a generational difference of opinion. I think people under a certain age like the honesty of the solipsism, and people over a certain age think it's obnoxious."
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When asked about the impact electronic and digital material availability has on reading habits, urban residents are more likely than suburban residents to say they are spending more time reading now that content is available digitally. Suburban residents say they are spending about the same amount of time reading as they have in the past.
Overall, device owners across communities read e-content on e-readers, tablet computers, and cell phones about equally. One finding of note: Rural residents are more likely than either urban or suburban residents to read e-content on a computer at least a few times a week (31% rural vs. 18% urban, 14% suburban).

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A Manila based friend of mine in Facebook posted photos of a band, then the name of the band written on the description hit me – Franco. My memory brought me back about a decade, I remember there used to be a "grunge sound" Cebu based band whose singer's voice I admired. It was named Frank, and the singer's name was still vivid in my mind – Franco.
My friend obviously liked this band based on his comments on Facebook. Then I searched about the band, it gets majority of good reviews, in Youtube, most of the comments are positive.
Listen to Franco's "Next Train Out".
To know more about the band, visit EverythingCebu, it has a short article about Franco.
Buenaventura Rodriguez
So the street B. Rodriguez was named after Buenaventura Rodriguez?
According to Cebuano Studies Center:
Buenaventura Rodriguez, a native of Cebu, was a renowned playwright, journalist, stage actor and a distinguished politician.
He was one of the more recognized dramatists in the Sugbuhanon dialect. He wrote the play, El Muñeco Roto which was performed by the Compañia de Zarzuela Española in 1915. A noted writer and politician from Cebu, Manuel Briones, believed that another play by Rodriguez entitled El Mal se Aprende was a spiritual event.
In 1937, Buenaventura Rodriguez was elected as governer of Cebu.
In 1940, his play La Adjusta Leja de la Vaguada was made into movie.
He was also recipient of the Premio Zobel in 1924 for his novel La Pugna.
Sotero Cabahug
I got this photo of Sotero Cabahug from a painting hanged on the wall of Cebu Capitol Building in Osmena Boulevard.
Son of a farmer, he was born on April 22, 1891 in Mandaue City, Cebu.
For his collegiate education he went to the then Colegio Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu City and San Juan de Letran College and University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
Sotero Cabahug served as Cebu Governor from 1934 to 1937. He also held a number of positions in Mandaue City, Cebu and nationally. In Cebu he was a Deputy Provincial Fiscal (1918–1919), Municipal Councilor (1920–1925), Acting Municipal President (1928–1931), Representative, 2nd District of Cebu (1931–1934).
He became National Defense Secretary (1954- 1956) under the regime of Carlos P. Garcia.
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña was the first Cebuano and Visayan to become the President of the Philippines. He was the fourth President of the Republic.
Prior to the presidency, Osmeña also served as Vice President (1935 t 1944), congressman, and senator.
Osmeña was born in Cebu City on September 9, 1878 and died on October 19, 1961, but was buried in North Cemetery in Manila.
He went to University of San Carlos for his elementary education, and for his college, it was San Juan de Letran College and University of Santo Tomas.
Lito Osmeña and current congressman Tomas Osmeña are his grandsons.
Teban and Goliat Jokes
Here are the two Cebuano legends sharing us their hilarious jokes!
Lingaw lingaw lang sa ta!
Budoy at Outpost
Budoy Marabiles or Errol in real life, is probably the most popular Cebuano musician in his generation. He is the lead vocalist of the reggae group Jr. Kilat. Their most popular song is "Ako si M-16."
These photos were shot in Outpost in Nivel Hills, Lahug Cebu City. Outpost is a restobar frequented by artists, musicians, and yuppies. Yes, Outpost have good tasting foods.
Photos of Lalai Lim of Urbandub
I had a reunion dinner with former officemates at The Outpost in Nivel Hills Lahug. One lady ex-office mate went out for a while, then when she came back, Lalai Lim was with her. Lalai is the bassist of Urbandub.


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It went by in a flash, but it was easily one of the best weeks of my life. There's always this enveloping feeling of happiness and rightness and peace when I'm on a cruise ship, as if it's where I'm meant to be all along. So much happened this week: lots of laughs and adventures and afternoon naps and time in the sunshine. I wanted to be outside and in the sun as much as possible, since so much of my life is spent inside. Usually, when I recap my cruises, I only talk about my time spent in the ports of call and leave out everything that happens on the ship itself but this time around, I'm going to do a daily recap of everything I did.
Let's jump right into my first day of my cruise: Monday!
Check-in was a breeze. It probably took us no longer than 30 minutes from the time our driver dropped us off in front of the port until we were on the ship. Sometimes, it can take an hour or more but we got there as early as possible to avoid delays (and we just wanted to be on the ship already!). When we were checked in, we were informed our rooms were ready for us so once we were on the ship, we headed straight to our room.
We had the perfect room that was right next to the elevator and in the middle of the ship. It was in the perfect location! Our room was very similar to the room layout we had on our first cruise, so it was spacious enough. We unpacked and then headed out to the lido deck to have lunch.
Lunch was good, but what was the best was buying my first mango swirl of the cruise! It was just as delicious as I remember.
A little after 4pm, the ship began to leave Tampa. I wrote down in my Notes app on my iPhone how I was feeling at that moment in time, because I wanted to capture the essence of my thoughts as they were happening: "It's hard to describe my feelings right now. Excitement for what lies ahead. A little anxiety, which is normal for me. Nothing debilitating but there. And just complete happiness about being on a cruise again. I'm just so, so happy and at peace and in my element on a cruise ship."
We were able to snag a great spot on Serenity and were able to watch Tampa grow tinier and tinier as we began our travels to Grand Cayman. We would be sailing for a day and a half before seeing land again, but I wasn't sad to see it all go. My phone was on airplane mode, I was stretched out on a deck chair with my Kindle in hand, and I was ready for my vacation to start.
We stayed out on the Serenity deck until 6:30 and were able to watch as we passed under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Such a great landmark! We got ready for dinner pretty quickly, so we tried to go to the top deck to play a game of putt-putt golf but it was so windy and just not fun at all, so we quit after one hole. Actually, not even one hole. After about two putts, we realized it was impossible to play at all so we handed in our clubs and found a window seat inside, where we could people watch and listen to music while waiting for our dining time.
At dinner, we were seated with 4 other couples and at first, I was really, really upset at who we were seated with. They didn't seem very friendly and I was the youngest one there by at least 25 years so I felt out of place. I was very unhappy with Carnival's selection of who to seat us with! Where were all the young people at?!
HOO BOY, was I wrong! This group was the best, friendliest, funniest group I have ever been seated with. I was always excited to come to dinner for what new antics would lay in store for us. At this dinner, we mostly talked about our cruising experience (one of the couples has been on 14 cruises!) and life at home. There were some really hilarious moments, such as when the wife of one couple opened her purse to set out hot sauce, cayenne pepper, and garlic pepper for her husband and her to season their food with. Their own pantry in her purse, it seems!
We also quickly learned that one of our tablemates, Z., is not a fan of his food touching each other on his plate. At all. Every night, we would watch in amusement as he received his dinner plate and then would spend time pushing each food on his plate to its own section so it wasn't touching. When someone remarked that food usually ends up touching anyway, he shot back with, "They can touch at the end, but it doesn't mean they have to hold hands on the way there!" Touché, Z., touché.
Everyone was also shocked when they found out we were mother and daughter. They were convinced we were sisters or friends and our nicknames became the "Sisters" anyway. Ha! (Although, I later learned everyone at the table thought I was still in high school. SO.)
Our first dinner turned out to be such a fun time and I quickly reversed my opinion that the dinners were going to be awful. After dinner, we headed over to the Normandie Lounge, where most of the shows aboard would be held. This was the "Welcome Aboard" show, which would give us a taste of everything that would be happening entertainment-wise while we were on the ship.
Oh, man. This show was so cheesy. The outfits were horrible, the dancing wasn't very good, and it was just very hard to watch. I remember someone talking about how cheesy Carnival cruises are and I never agreed with her until I saw this show. Luckily, we only had to endure the dancing and singing for a short time before the cruise director (seriously, the most goofy man I have ever seen! I adored him!) came on to talk about what would be happening this week. There wasn't any new information, but once he was done, the comedians came on to give short teaser performances to entice us to see their shows. I was crying from laughter and couldn't wait to see their whole shows!
After that show, we walked over to the Queen Mary Lounge where the Punchliner Comedy Club would be held every night. On this night, it was the adults-only comedy and the male comic. It was pretty good, though he mostly picked on people from the audience. It was all in good fun, though, and everyone was a good sport about it. The comedy was tamer than I imagined and it was just a really fun time.
It was a little after midnight by then and it had been a busy, busy day for us so we were ready to get to our room, into our PJ's, and off to dreamland. A relaxing day at sea awaited us in the morning!


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There was a sharp divide in my home growing up about the necessity of background noise. There were some in the family who couldn't get anything done unless the tv or radio was on in the background, even if they weren't actively listening to it. There were others who had to sequester themselves in a quiet area in order to do their work. Such are the trials of living with other people: compromises abound.
I generally fell into the group that preferred background noise, but at some point, I believe during seminary, I made the decision to try to do more in silence. I found that the quiet time I had in prayer in the chapel was the most fruitful, and so I tried to work that into other aspects of my life. If I was working outside, or traveling in the car, I would forego music in order to make space for meditation and prayer.
Lent calls us to rededicate ourselves to fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. While fasting and almsgiving can be increased primarily through effort and discipline, creating a spirit of prayer can be somewhat more difficult, and we don't always know where to start if we want a deeper prayer life. The place to start, quite frankly, is entering into silence.
In his recent book Power of Silence (which I highly recommend), Cardinal Robert Sarah says that quieting our soul and driving out distraction is the only sure path to hearing the voice of God and responding to His call in our lives. "Nestling in silence against the heart of God, with the open Bible over our head like the wings of the Holy Spirit, is still the best antidote, the one thing necessary to chase away from our interior territory all that is useless, superfluous, worldly, and even our own self."
During Lent our region changes some liturgical practices in order to create more silence in the way we pray. We sometimes omit the recessional hymn in order to go forth in a spirit of prayer and silence. During Lent the Church also asks that we only use instruments to support singing, and not play strictly instrumental music. As we see these changes in the way we pray, we should also make the effort to not just notice the silence, but also to enter into it. As we continue this season of Lent, may we do the hard work of quieting our hearts so that we can hear the still small voice of God calling us to conversion, so that we can serve him more faithfully day by day as we journey towards the celebration of Our Lord's victory over death.
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It's Booze-day Tuesday!
A couple of weeks ago at our Farm to Table supper, I served a white scuppernong sangria, and I promised I would share the recipe with you. So here we go!
This recipe is from The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen – one of my very favorite cookbooks. See also: remember that time I got to meet Matt Lee and Ted Lee in Charleston?
The Brothers call it "Muscadine Sangria," but I grew up calling all muscadines scuppernongs instead (really, a scuppernong is just a type of muscadine), but mostly I just appreciate the alliteration.
I froze about 6 gallons of scuppernongs/muscadines last summer that I picked at my parents' house. I've made some into jam, but I think this might be my new favorite use for them.
Scuppernong Sangria Recipe
via The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen
– 1 quart (1 1/4 pounds) ripe green or bronze muscadine/scuppernong grapes
– 1/2 cup purple muscadine/scuppernong grapes
– 2 pinches Kosher salt
– 1 lime, sliced into thin disks
– 1 quart ice cubes, plus more for serving
– 1 (750-ml) bottle dry, fruity white wine, such as pinto grigio, pinot gris, or sauvignon blanc
– 1 cup seltzer water
Pour 3 cups of the green or bronze grapes into a food processor, and process them just to a slurry, with four to five 3-second pulses. Strain the grapes through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing the pulp with the back of a spoon or spatula to extract the juice. Discard the remaining solids.
Slice the remaining grapes in half with a sharp knife. Don't worry about the seeds.
Sprinkle the salt into the bottom of a large pitcher. Scatter one-third of the halved grapes and lime slices on top of the salt, then add one-third of the ice. Continue to fill the pitcher, repeating the layers of fruit and ice, until it's full. Pour the reserved juice, white wine, and seltzer into the pitcher and stir. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill for 20 minutes.
Pour into glasses over ice, garnishing with halves grapes and lime slices from the pitcher.
We served ours in mason jars, but something with a wide mouth so you can pick out the fruit to eat would also be ideal. ;)
Speaking of fruit: I followed The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen recipe to a T. However, if you only have one color available, or more of one than another, feel free to use any color muscadines you want in any proportion you want.
This is the perfect light, bubbly sangria to serve in our sweltering Southern summers. I know I'll be making it again soon!


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A homeless man killed by Los Angeles police officers earlier this year on downtown's skid row was shot six times and had methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death, according to an autopsy report.
The March 1 death of Charly Leundeu Keunang, 43, drew international attention after a bystander posted a video of the shooting on Facebook, where it was watched millions of times.
Los Angeles County coroner's officials determined that Keunang died of multiple gunshot wounds: two shots hit his chest, two elsewhere on his torso and two others on his left arm. The shots to the chest were deemed "contact gunshot wounds" that left gunpowder on his skin and soot inside the wounds.
The death was classified as a homicide, the coroner's standard classification for the death of someone by the hand of another.
Craig Harvey, the chief of coroner investigations, said Wednesday that the public release of the autopsy's findings was delayed until Tuesday while coroner's officials waited for toxicology tests and finished writing the report.
Those toxicology tests revealed meth and marijuana in Keunang's bloodstream at the time of his death, according to the autopsy report.
Dr. Judy Melinek, a San Francisco-based forensic pathologist, said the results suggested "marijuana exposure" -- that Keunang may have used the drug within days of his death, but was not acutely intoxicated at the time. But, she said, there was "evidence of methamphetamine intoxication."
"The methamphetamine is at a significant level that has been seen in intoxicated individuals who have been arrested for driving under the influence," she said.
However, Melinek said, it was difficult to determine how the drugs may have affected Keunang's behavior based solely on autopsy report.
"More information would be needed about his drug use history, which helps establish tolerance, the circumstances and his behavior prior to death," she said.
An attorney representing Keunang's family did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck declined to comment on the specifics of the case, but told reporters Wednesday that the encounter highlighted the need to help the city's homeless, who often have difficulty accessing programs or medication that may help address drug and alcohol use or mental health issues.
"The combination of mental illness and drug abuse on skid row leads to multiple violent confrontations, and it appeared to have an impact on this confrontation," he said. "It is a tragedy, and one of the things that makes addressing homelessness in Los Angeles so important."
Police said officers shot Keunang, a Cameroonian immigrant known to others on skid row as "Africa," after he grabbed an officer's holstered gun when they tried to take him into custody on suspicion of robbery. Witnesses at the scene gave conflicting accounts of what they saw.
The shooting stoked long-simmering tensions and anger among skid row inhabitants and advocates who accuse Los Angeles police of being too quick to resort to heavy-handed, violent tactics.
The LAPD's investigation into Keunang's death is ongoing. The shooting will also be reviewed by the district attorney's office, the Police Commission and its independent inspector general.
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hi all
im doing this conversion at the moment just like to whats the best starter motor to use.
ive tried a sv11 fits but fouls on the coloum.(pic below)
im using a 3y bellhousing.
The small and large outlet on the back of the gen 3 heads are incorporated into one outlet. The turbo line then comes off the that coolant "manifold".
I have one in the shed if anyone wants a pic.
The double row spigot is easy to find, just measure (from memory it's 36mm OD and 12mm ID) then go to your trusty bearing supplies and spend $45 bucks buying a 16mm wide double row ball race.
Standard one is 9mm wide and under $10. This is what I have used. I had to machine the bell (-8mm front, -2mm rear) and reset the fulcrum ball for the clutch fork. I also had to extend the bearing slide.
These last 2 things were done to push the clutch plate further onto the gearbox input shaft and may not have to
be done on the gen 1 as the flywheel is more of a rwd profile.
Slydar can confirm this though. He has first hand experience with the gen1.
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hi all
im doing this conversion at the moment just like to whats the best starter motor to use.
ive tried a sv11 fits but fouls on the coloum.(pic below)
im using a 3y bellhousing.
doesnt the bellhousing off the 2S engine hold the starter on the other side?
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yeah its does but im using a 3y bellhousing because im going turbo. dont want the starter to get hot.
There is more issue with the return lines on the water pump fouling on the starter than there is with exhaust heat.
I know a workshop in Melbourne that has built a few (over 10) rwd 3s motors using 2s bells and the owner tells me that there has never been an issue with starters cooking.
understand wont have problems also i wanted to have my exhaust runners abit longer than normal and to do that needed stater on the otherside.
i like the clutch master being on the inlet side also.
have you got a pick of your exhaust manifold we could have a look at.
I'll get one happening for you. Give me a couple of days.
ill show you mine if you show me urs haha.
I used the 3Y bellhousing in my car, yes it is fairly close to the steering rack but it fits....
May I suggest looking at the mounting of the engine, as I can tell you it definately fits without any issues at all.
Also, as stated, either the 3Y or 2S bellhousing can be used, the 3Y being the better of the two as the starter and clutch throw out are both out of the way on the inlet side of the engine, putting them on the other side is nothing but a pain in the arse with exhaust routing and heat issues, no matter if its NA or turbo....
Water outlet at the back of the head is probably one of the easier fixes in the RWD conversion, simply have a plate laser cut using the gasket as a template and fab up some steel piping to run around the back of the head and back along under the inlet plenum to the front of the engine. Dizzy needs to have the cap removed (unless you want to butcher the firewall) and use the sensor as a CAS to trigger a direct fire igintion system (aftermarket ecu required). Some 3s blocks (cant remember exactly which ones) already have all necessary holes tapped into them to allow fitment of the 2s engine mounts. Mine (Gen2 gTe) didnt, I had to fab up a mount to pick up the nearest 4 holes. If you're lucky enough to have the 2s mounts bolt up to the 3s block, then its simply a matter of cutting the mounts off the cross member and rewelding them on to suit the 3s mounting. You can here adjust exactly how/where you want the 3s to sit in relation to the crossmember. Simply trim the mounts to get the engine sitting lower/closer to the cross member prior to rewelding them in place.
It isnt really all that much of a difficult conversion. I honestly dont see why it isnt done more often. In my eyes, the only advantages an SR/CA conversion has over a 3s are the dizzy and water outlet issues dont exist.


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Nicole Hart and the NRG Band sings blues, funk and jam band. The members are Nicole Hart - lead vocals, tamborine and shakers, Lance Ong - musical director, keyboards and backing, Vonnie Hudson - Bass, Joe Piteo - drums.Special guests include - Gil Parris on guitar, Marc Shulman on guitar and Dave Moore on drums.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Inspired by Penny Black Day 3
22 comments:
- judkajudi said...
You are so right: Penny Black really does know about cute!! And so do you!! These are adorable, and beautifully, perfectly done!!
- October 2, 2013 at 1:25 AM
- ...the yorkshire fox... said...
...gorgeous cards Kath, simply adorable... Mel:)xx
- October 2, 2013 at 5:52 AM
- Buttons said...
More beautiful samples Kath. Hope the Dyson does the job for you. Hugs, Jenny x
- October 2, 2013 at 6:34 AM
- scrappymo! said...
These are darling!
- October 2, 2013 at 7:05 AM
- Craftin Suzie (Susan Flynn) said...
Beautiful cards Kath love the lemon theme! The bag is beautiful I am sure it will cheer your friend immensely! Susan x
- October 2, 2013 at 7:48 AM
- Redanne said...
Those critters really are adorable Kath and your cards are beautiful. Great idea to put a recipe on the bag too. Hugs, Anne x
- October 2, 2013 at 8:02 AM
- Marianne's Craftroom said...
Fabulous makes, love those mice
- October 2, 2013 at 8:26 AM
- Neet said...
Yes, I am with you on the Penny Black critters. Beautiful cards (and bag) you have made - I love the 'suck lemons' one particularly. So fresh and zesty looking.
Are you dem'ing somewhere this weekend?
Hugs, Neet
- October 2, 2013 at 8:39 AM
- rachel said...
definitely agree on the cute front with Penny Black - these are absolutely stunning - love them xx
- October 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM
- May said...
Gorgeous samples Kath... Hugs May x x x
- October 2, 2013 at 11:16 AM
- gmtb said...
Kath..your cards are so cute! Love the recipe bag and was reading the recipe and never heard of a "knob" of butter...how much would a knob be? Hope Buddy is doing okay and have a great day! Linda
- October 2, 2013 at 1:49 PM
- Martinas Welt said...
Oh wow...one piece of work is more beautiful than the other! Gorgeous work Kath!!! Love all of them!!
- October 2, 2013 at 2:42 PM
- hotpotato said...
love the cute cards.
- October 2, 2013 at 2:43 PM
- Helena (Gvendalen) said...
Very beautiful all progects, so cute stamps. hugs, Helena
- October 2, 2013 at 7:09 PM
- Lorraine said...
These are gorgeous. Fabulous images and designs
Lorraine x
- October 2, 2013 at 7:50 PM
- michele said...
Just adorable Kath xx
- October 2, 2013 at 8:13 PM
- trish said...
Hi Kath, beautiful cards made from adorable stamps. Gorgeous bag for a friend feeling not so well, I'd be over the moon with the bag never mind the jam...Trish
- October 2, 2013 at 8:51 PM
- craftyfoxglove said...
what a lovely gift to give to someone who is a bit down. The mice are adorable and the lemonade looks good enough to drink too.
Happy Wednesday
- October 2, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Emma Williams said...
Beautiful projects as always Kath...
Hugs, Emma xxx
- October 2, 2013 at 9:49 PM
- Paper Junkie said...
I'm loving this Penny Black week Kath - lovely samples again today - looking forward to tomorrow (another sewing day for me). X
- October 2, 2013 at 10:41 PM
- Jill said...
What a week! These are fantastic along with the life's messages cards today!! Congrats on the tweet from PB! HUGS!
- October 3, 2013 at 2:50 AM
- Karen Petitt said...
They're all stunning! Super cute and lovely colours x
- October 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM


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UK charity Surf Relief is currently working on exciting plans for a unique free beach festival at Watergate Bay this summer. Leading fashion lifestyle clothing label White Stuff has stepped in to sponsor Surf Relief Day 2007 and organisers and participants alike are preparing for what will be one of the biggest UK beach festivals of the summer.
The White Stuff Surf Relief Day will draw together live music, pro surfing and a raft of beach games at Watergate Bay, near Newquay on Saturday 7th July, and all money raised at the event will be used by Surf Relief UK (SRUK) to fund their current 'Surfable' project. Set up in the wake of the 2004 tsunami disaster, SRUK has evolved into a significant charity that helps introduce surfing to disadvantaged and disabled people across the UK and further afield.
The invaluable results of SRUK's work in Sri Lanka continues to be felt and following last year's launch of the innovative 'Surfable' project, young, deaf and partially hearing people from across the South West have had new, unique chances to take to the waves in a personalised, safe, supportive environment. This year the Charity aims to expand its work introducing other disabled young people to the sport of surfing.
White Stuff Surf Relief Day is a free beach festival at the awesome Watergate Bay and supported by The Hotel and Extreme Academy, Watergate Bay. A day and night of fun events for the whole family is planned with a host of beach activities including a Premier Sixes Beach Football tournament, a sand castle building contest, Ultimate Frisbee, face painting, a Rock Pool Roadshow with the Blue Reef Aquarium, a design your own White Stuff T-shirt competition and a beach BBQ.
The event will also provide surf coaching sessions for a number of disabled young people giving them an exciting new experience. And to get the event started with a guaranteed blast, five divers from the Cornwall Parachute Club will be literally dropping in on the White Stuff Surf Relief Day! The Sunset Sessions have been created with the assistance of Barefeet Promotions, the founders of the K Festival.
After a day on the beach, spectators, surfers, organisers and volunteers alike can chill back in the sand and enjoy some of the best music that the South West has to offer. Jackson Analogue, the Barnaby Ray Quartet, TwoSpotGobi, The Tarka Groove Experiment, and Johnny Pioneer are already confirmed.
The Jamie Oliver inspired Fifteen Cornwall will also be getting involved. Students from the restaurant will be helping out during the day. Buddying up with disabled young people in some surfing coaching sessions, the students will experience working with other disadvantaged young people introducing them to a whole new and exciting experience.
Throughout the day, the UK's top surfers will compete for the SRUK Cup, and proceeds from their entry fees will go to the charity. Spectators can expect to experience a day of extreme competition and to see some inspiring manoeuvres. Categories include the White Stuff Surf Relief Open, the Surf Relief Day Women's Competition, the Surf Relief Day Grommet Competition as well as a Fancy Dress Surf Comp (open to all) and a Fun Board/Swell Board competition.
Numbers for each category are limited and demand is expected to be high so if you are interested, sign up soon. Anton Roberts from Soundworx will be supporting the event, providing commentary and all the required PA kit throughout the day.
For more information go to: www.surfrelief.org.uk


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Effects of Biological-Physical Interactions on Gene Flow in Marine Planktonic PopulationsEPA Grant Number: U915629
Title: Effects of Biological-Physical Interactions on Gene Flow in Marine Planktonic Populations
Investigators: Goetze, Erica
Institution: Scripps Institution of Oceanography , University of California - San Diego
EPA Project Officer: Michaud, Jayne
Project Period: September 1, 1999 through September 1, 2002
Project Amount: $87,520
RFA: STAR Graduate Fellowships (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Academic Fellowships , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Fellowship - Ecology and Ecosystems
The central objective of this research project is to determine the relative importance of physical, oceanographic, and biological factors, as well as their interactions, in controlling the extent of gene flow between populations of pelagic marine organisms.
The central questions of this research are: (1) What biological characteristics are important in determining the magnitude of gene flow between populations of holoplanktonic organisms? (2) What are the temporal and spatial scales over which gene flow occurs in marine planktonic environments? and (3) How does temporal and spatial variability in advection and diffusion act to control homogeneity of population genetic structure? A coupled biological-physical ocean modeling approach will be used to examine the research questions. Stochastic differential equations and kinematic models will be explored for characterization of the physical component. The biological processes to be coupled with the physical model include characteristics of the vertical distribution of organisms in the water column (including diel vertical migration, ontogenetic migration, and seasonal changes in depth distribution), parameters controlling physiological tolerance to environmental conditions (temperature, salinity, food availability), and reproductive biology (generation time, asexual and sexual reproductive behaviors). Sensitivity analyses will explore what range of parameter values critically affect the extent of gene flow.
Expected Results:
The investigators hope to identify particular biological characteristics that act either singly or in conjunction with the flow field, to critically alter the magnitude and direction of dispersal.


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No sin in the world grips the soul as the accursed sodomy; this sin has always been detested by all those who live according to God…Deviant passion is close to madness; this vice disturbs the intellect, destroys elevation and generosity of soul, brings the mind down from great thoughts to the lowliest…They become blind and, when their thoughts should soar to high and great things, they are broken down and reduced to vile and useless and putrid things, which could never make them happy…Just as people participate in the glory of God in different degrees, so also in hell some suffer more than others…for this is the greatest sin.
— St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444)
How beautiful you are, how fair, my love, daughter of delights! Your very form resembles a date-palm, and your breasts, clusters. I thought, "Let me climb the date-palm! Let me take hold of its branches! Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine—and the fragrance of your breath like apples, And your mouth like the best wine that flows down smoothly for my lover, gliding over my lips and teeth."
— Song of Songs 7:7-10
|St. Bernardine of Siena
In this Culture of Death era, when Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson nearly lost his job by quoting St. Paul's teaching on homosexuality, it's unlikely Pope Francis or many—if any—bishops will publicly proclaim the Catholic Church Fathers on the same subject. Due to a combination of concentration on compassion owed the homosexual person, trying to stay politically correct, or perhaps even fearing jail time for a homophobic hate crime, the clergy have largely begged off talking about the not-so-pleasant consequences of the sexual act. Still for the sake of seeing the incredible continuity of Church teachings through the ages, it's now necessary to revisit these directives that both agree with Paul's warnings to the Romans and Corinthians and at the same time would make his skin crawl.
Our first quote comes from Tertullian (160–225), who although a towering Church Father in the early Church, never made sainthood after falling for the Montanist heresy later in life. But his early teachings are still considered quite orthodox, and his directive on the homosexual act not only picks up where St. Paul (and Christ) left off, but as stating the act is something beyond ordinary sin, seems to take the gravity of gay sex to another level:
But all the other frenzies of passions — impious both toward the bodies and toward the sexes — beyond the laws of nature, we banish not only from the threshold, but from all shelter of the Church, because they are not sins, but monstrosities.
In the fourth century, St. John Chrysostom (347–407), a Doctor of the Church and perhaps the greatest of the Greek Fathers, continued on the theme, while using the analogy of gay sex being the equivalent of hell on earth:
But if thou scoffest at hearing of hell and believest not that fire, remember Sodom. For we have seen…even in this present life, a semblance of hell…an unquenchable fire…[f]or such is the burning of Sodom…Consider how great is that sin, to have forced hell to appear even before its time!…For that rain was unwonted, for the intercourse was contrary to nature, and it deluged the land, since lust had done so with their souls.
Pope St. Gregory the Great (540–604), a very holy and versatile Doctor/Father of the Church, who was responsible for wide ranging accomplishments from clergy reform to the introduction of Gregorian chants into worship, continues on the hellish theme, explaining how the metaphoric stench of gay sex becomes literal:
Sacred Scripture itself confirms that sulfur evokes the stench of the flesh, as it speaks of the rain of fire and sulfur poured upon Sodom by the Lord. He had decided to punish Sodom for the crimes of the flesh, and the very type of punishment he chose emphasized the shame of that crime. For sulfur stinks, and fire burns. So it was just that Sodomites, burning with perverse desires arising from the flesh like stench, should perish by fire and sulfur so that through this just punishment they would realize the evil they had committed, led by a perverse desire.
St. Peter Damian (1007–1072), a renowned Church Father from the middle ages who had to deal with homosexuality within the clergy, elaborates on the damning nature of gay sex even further, explaining that this sin against the body causes one to lose his mind as well:
Truly, this vice is never to be compared with any other vice because it surpasses the enormity of all vices…It defiles everything, stains everything, pollutes everything. And as for itself, it permits nothing pure, nothing clean, nothing other than filth…The miserable flesh burns with the heat of lust; the cold mind trembles with the rancor of suspicion; and in the heart of the miserable man chaos boils like Tartarus [Hell]…In fact, after this most poisonous serpent once sinks its fangs into the unhappy soul, sense is snatched away, memory is borne off, the sharpness of the mind is obscured.
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Although I have quoted only male saints to this point, it's important to note that women saints were equally condemnatory of gay sex. St. Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) was a mystic Doctor of the Church who was instrumental in bringing the papacy back to Rome. She also writes of the sin of homosexuality in one of her visions of Christ, explaining how this transgression against the body and the intellect concludes with a loss of the soul:
[B]ut these wretches not only do not bridle this fragility, but do worse, committing that accursed sin against nature, and as blind and fools, with the light of their intellect darkened, they do not know the stench and misery in which they are. It is not only that this sin stinks before me, who am the Supreme and Eternal Truth, it does indeed displease me so much and I hold it in such abomination that for it alone I buried five cities by a divine judgment, my divine justice being no longer able to endure it."
|St. Thomas Aquinas
But lest these vivid visions of hell fire rouse our passion (both pro and con) to the point our intellect is also inflamed, let us return to the calm and rational reasoning of perhaps the greatest intellect the Church has produced, to explain why this sin "stinks" so much. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), dubbed "The Angelic Doctor" for his prolific yet profound apologetics, explains in his commentary on Romans, Chapter 1, that, "If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature." In other words, it is worse than adultery or fornication because it is also unnatural, degrading man, who was made in the image of God, down past the plane of beasts to the level (in Tertullian's words) of monster, or even demon.
Still, as powerfully as the saints made the argument of homosexuality as a sin against nature, it is important to note that agnostics (up until recently) unanimously made nearly the same argument against it. Natural Law, which explained good and evil apart from God, was accepted nearly universally for centuries, only to be trampled by the small but vocal LGBT lobby. Still, if Natural Law affirmed the union of man and woman because of their physical complementarity, Christianity did this law one better by showing how the natural compatibility of man and woman led to the completeness of their souls. Indeed, far from being prudes, the saints (yes, even the celibate ones) who referred to the Church as "The Bride of Christ," were the most romantic souls of all. Thomas Aquinas had the Song of Songs read to him on his deathbed, while John Chrysostom, so set against sodomy, wrote this beautiful passage on married love, suggesting that young husbands should say it to their wives:
I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is nothing, and my most ardent dream is to spend it with you in such a way that we may be assured of not being separated in the life reserved for us…I place your love above all things, and nothing would be more bitter or painful to me than to be of a different mind than you."
Simply put, this love was so great that the saints knew that anything else paled in comparison. If the natural relationship gave a glimpse of God's love to man, surely Christ brought this love of a man to a woman to completeness. To settle for a version of love that is against God's vision is to proclaim oneself greater than God. The saints and Church Fathers were only doing their duty in revealing the one place such a vision always leads.
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remain in fear of songs about ghosts today
(Spoiler alert: if you plan to see David Byrne on his current tour, do not read this until after you see the show.)
Earlier tonight I saw David Byrne perform live for the nineteenth time, but this one was even more special than usual. The conceit behind his current tour is that he is playing the 'Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno'. With only two exceptions, that's exactly what he played: songs from More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978), Fear of Music (1979), Remain in Light (1980), My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1980), and Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008).
Aside from the brand-new songs, tonight's program was the soundtrack of my life, music that I grew up playing and never stopped. A few of the songs, like 'Heaven' and 'Life during Wartime', I had seen DB perform live on previous tours, but most were lifelong favourites of mine that I never expected to hear live. For me, this was as great a concert as I can ever expect to see. The performance was tight, funky, swelling, and smart. One thing it was not was nostalgic. At times, the style of a song or the musicians' movements recalled Talking Heads' live shows of the early 1980's but always in a layered way that combined new ideas with the old.
The band had five pieces: DB on guitar, Paul Frazier on bass, Mauro Refosco on percussion, Graham Hawthorne on drums, and Mark Degli Antoni on keyboards. There were three backup singers: Redray Frazier, Kaïssa, and Jenni Muldaur. And three dancers: Lily Baldwin, Natalie Kuhn, and Steven Reker. Several of the songs were fully choreographed for the dancers and the band. The choreographers were Noémie Lafrance, Annie-B Parsons, and robbinschilds.
Before I get to the setlist, here is the breakdown of where the songs came from.
Talking Heads albums
More Songs about Buildings and Food: 1
Fear of Music: 4
Remain in Light: 5
Speaking in Tongues: 1*
Byrne & Eno albums
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: 1
Everything That Happens: 7
Byrne albums
The Catherine Wheel: 1*
The asterisks mark the non-Eno songs.
1. Strange Overtones (2008, DB & BE)
This is the catchiest song on the new album thanks to the infectious 'out of fashion' groove that runs through it. The one problem I have with the new album is that I don't agree with some of DB's choices as vocalist, as on this song whose verses he sings almost in a falsetto which suits neither his voice nor the song. Not tonight. Live, he sings the song in a lower, more typical register for him and it sounds great. All through the concert, the new songs, with one exception, hold up very well and outshine their recorded versions.
2. I Zimbra (1979, TH)
The dancers come onstage for the first time. They direct a lot of their attention to the backup singers who enact a scenario of being tempted or lured by the dancers. This is the one song where the choreography seems detached from the song rather than adding to it, but that could be because this is their first number and I did not pick up on the dance themes yet.
3. One Fine Day (2008, DB & BE)
SW and I saw DB perform this song last March at St. Ann's Warehouse with Norah Jones, Damien Rice, and two of the Scissor Sisters doing backup. Really. It's still a gentle-sounding song, although the lyrics could be read more melancholically than they first seem. At this point the crowd was still quite still and sizing up the new songs. That changed very quickly.
4. Help Me Somebody (1980, DB & BE)
This was funky genius on DB's part. The recorded version of this piece on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts consists of found vocals from a radio sermon by Reverend Paul Morton of New Orleans in 1980, over guitars, bass, congas, metal objects, and drums. Live, however, DB does the vocal parts spoken by the preacher, including the shouts. It's very cool. Is there a term for performing found sounds live?
5. Houses in Motion (1980, TH)
The first of many songs tonight from Remain in Light. What was a wailing synthesizer solo on the album is played by DB on guitar. He and the band totally nail it, and the crowd rises to its feet. They will remain there for nearly the rest of the show.
6. My Big Nurse (2008, DB & BE)
This is a great song that everyone should listen to. Bad things happen, good things happen, and after recounting them, the voice of the song says, 'I'm counting all the possibilities / For dancing on this lazy afternoon.' This is at least the fourth DB song with 'big' in the title, after 'My Big Hands (Fall through the Cracks)', 'Big Business', and 'Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)' although none of those were produced or co-written by Eno. Even so, keep it in mind. The song is played with three acoustic guitars added by Mauro the percussionist, one of the backup singers, and one of the dancers. The two other dancers move lazily, as the chorus instructs. The song sounds lovely and gentle live.
7. My Big Hands (Fall through the Cracks) (1981, DB)
I am very happy to hear this particular non-Eno song from The Catherine Wheel. Was it included just because it has the word 'big' in the title? That's a good enough reason for me. DB's vocals and the arrangement sound like they are based not on the 1981 recording but on Talking Heads' live version of the song from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, which still circulates as a bootleg. Hearing the song in this alternative form is an unexpected delight.
8. Heaven (1979, TH)
This is a song SW and I have heard DB and even Jarvis Cocker do live before. In tonight's rendition, the keyboard sounds more like a piano to me that it has in any other version I know. Ah, someone should arrange this song with a piano in the lead or perhaps for piano only. That would totally reimagine the song.
9. Poor Boy (2008, DB & BE)
This dark song may be about a country that is about to reap what it has sown. My favourite line: 'They trust market forces. / It's the only song they know.' Live, the percussion does a lot more work than on the album and DB busts out the tremolo arm in a very rocking guitar solo. In this arrangement, the song sounds like it came from the Remain in Light sessions.
10. Life Is Long (2008, DB & BE)
This new song is full of ambivalence about relationships: 'Chain me down, but I am still free.' The dancers perform in wheeled chairs. Live, it sounds a little flat and slow, which makes it the only new song that suffers in concert.
11. Crosseyed and Painless (1980, TH)
Another favourite from Remain in Light. I am ecstatic just to be hearing it live. They begin with the misleadingly easygoing prologue that one hears on the Stop Making Sense version of the song. Then it kicks into overdrive. This is one of the all-time great songs for backup singers. DB rocks it on guitar.
12. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (1980, TH)
Another great song from Remain in Light. As with the previous song, the audience is emphatically into it and grateful. I judge from people's responses that they share my delight that these amazing songs are being played live again. The many live recordings of these songs, bootleg and otherwise, from the early 1980's are so tantalizing because Talking Heads were the best band in the world at the time and these songs beg to be played live. Finally!
13. Once in a Lifetime (1980, TH)
At this point I'm beside myself with joy. DB has played this song live before, most recently on his 2004 tour, but this band came ready to play songs from Remain in Light in all their funked-up glory and they do.
14. Life during Wartime (1979, TH)
One great song after another. I made a note to myself which I will have to clarify when I see the show again tomorrow night. I think there was an interesting electronic buzz-like sound on the fourth beat during the choruses. Whatever the case, it was good to hear a song from Fear of Music, which has been nelgected for over an hour. And what about More Songs about Buildings and Food? This was the point in the concert where I started to run through the many, many songs still not played that might be played. Anyone who attends a concert by someone whose career spans more than a decade enjoys doing this in the last third of a show. You know what I'm talking about.
15. I Feel My Stuff (2008, DB & BE)
I have yet to work out a reading of this troubling song from the new album. The opening verses of this song are the only time tonight when DB resorts to the higher vocal register heard on the album. Despite that, the live performance communicates the anxiety of the recording and then some.
Encore no. 1
16. Take Me to the River (1978, TH)
This is the only song of the night from More Songs. The backup singers got down low at one point, both vocally and physically. Why neglect this great album? Maybe because it's the Talking Heads/Eno album that emphasizes their art-school days over their funked-up sound. Just a guess. Favouring Remain in Light over More Songs gives one impression about DB's early years; programming the concert the other way would create another. And also, it is an Al Green song. Hmm.
17. The Great Curve (1980, TH)
Wow. A fifth song from Remain in Light. This is too good to be true. There are still three songs left on the album, but they probably would not work at this frenetic point in the concert. Paul Frazier's bass is more up front than was Tina's on the album. DB's guitar is loud and screeching. This is an ecstatic performance in the way that only funk and religion can produce, i.e. 'Of the nature of trance, catalepsy, mystical absorption, stupor, or frenzy'. (OED)
Encore no. 2
18. Air (1979, TH)
'Hit me in the face!' Another great song from Fear of Music. This song soared, particularly at the choruses when he draws out the word 'Air'. The guitar playing is tight and percussive [is that the word I want?], and then DB nails the solo as on the album.
19.Burning Down the House (1983, TH)
The lights were not down long, but the band now appears with white ballet tutus. Menacing, angry sounds are heard. I have no idea what song the band is heading into. My first thought was 'Swamp', so I was not totally off. Mid-song, about thirty young dancers in tutus joined the band onstage and everyone formed a kickline. Why? Presumably because this was Radio City, home of the Rockettes. That probably sounds silly, but everyone enjoyed it, including me. As great as the performance of the song was, I remember the dancers more. It was quite a sight.
Encore no. 3
20. Everything That Happens (2008, DB & BE)
The title track from the new album and a fitting finale. The song sounds beautiful and, again, DB sings it better live than on the record, with a lot more confidence and more emotional commitment. This is a song you have to sing like you mean it:
'I ride on a perfect freeway,Like 'My Big Nurse', the song acknowledges suffering and loss and then reminds us that there is more to this strange life:
Many people on that road.
I heard the sound of someone laughing.
I saw my neighbors car explode.
Just up ahead,
Against the sky,
Quicker than you blink your eye.
'Oh my brother, I still wonder, are you alright?--------------
And among the living, we are giving, all through the night.
Everything that happens will happen today,
And nothing has changed, but nothing's the same.'
The concert's choreography was unlike anything I have seen at a concert of popular music. It was athletic and modern, for one thing. When I think of concerts where dancers interact with the band, I think of unfortunate clips I have seen on cable television of Janet Jackson or Britney Spears. That kind of pop-music dancing tends to be brain-dead, as if all anyone could think to do was re-enact the literal content of the lyrics. Here, the choreography was chasing ideas, not words. They were trying to embody the spirit of the songs in the present. There were a couple of clever moments where the moves mimicked the past, as when everyone on stage did that running-in-place motion seen in Stop Making Sense. Other than those few moments, this was a fresh reading of the music in dance form.
What a great concert. I can't wait to see it again tomorrow night.
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How do you approach protest music?
Femi Kuti: For me, I have to think of how to pass a bitter message to open people's consciousness. It's like having to take a bitter pill with a sweet drink. I use the music as a sweet drink, and the message is a bitter pill. Now, the people will not want to believe you are sick. No matter where you are, if you have to take a pill, you are disgusted: "No, I do not want it!" So, with a child, you have to be like, "I am going to give you Fanta or Coca-Cola, if you take this pill with it." And then they are more likely to cooperate with you. So, it's like using the music to hit on one's subconscious, and then, eventually, "Oh, is this what this is about? Wow!" and then people get fascinated and they become part of things.
It's also like awakening one's consciousness. We are all involved, whether we like it or not, and it just takes something to open it. You cannot believe that, because you are having a good life and all is well with you. It's like believing that, since you have nobody in your family that has died of cancer, to hell with people who have cancer. What kind of thinking is that? "Oh, I thought nobody in my family would ever die." It's an inevitability that one day we are all going to die, and if you pass through life believing that you are not going to die, then of course your consciousness is not awakened. I give you something to awaken your consciousness, so you do not take things for granted in your life.


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Japan's seven-time world judo champion and double Olympic gold medalist Ryoko Tani said Monday she planned to run for parliament but was still shooting for gold at the 2012 London Games.
The 34-year-old mother of two said she would become a candidate for embattled Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in July's upper-house election.
"While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges," she said. "I will remain active in judo. I will try to win the gold in London."


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*waves arms around madly*
Long time, no see! And in the time I've been absent from my blog, I have managed to graduate from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Arts (in English Literature and Philosophy, if anyone is curious!)
YAY I DID IT. xD
Survived all the late nights/early mornings (when things were really desperate!), the bajillion hours spent reading, the crazy first year Halls antics, the essay writing, getting involved in all the fun, extra activities that Vic runs, the even crazier things we got up to in first year (*cough*), the flatting experience, the 9am tutorials that no one ever turns up for, getting lost on campus (more than once!), the lecturers that you just can't stand, the lecturers that you admire/fangirl over (guilty… *winks*), the awesome people I've met and the brilliant friends I've made…
The Time. Of. My. Life!
Thanks to everyone who was a part of it – you all had a special role to play, and I won't ever forget it 🙂
Now, time for some photos!
And now, look what my darling mother made! Graduation Cupcakes. Wheeeeeee! With light pink icing to match my BA hood.
They were delish. All gone now, sorry 😉 My favourite was the one with the white trencher decoration!
And so, that was my graduation ceremony! It was such an exciting night, being able to celebrate with people I'd studied alongside for three years – clapping extra hard when it was their turn on the stage, of course! And thankfully, when it was my turn onstage, I managed a feat of a lifetime and didn't do anything clumsy like trip over, or do an awkward handshake, hooray! (I wouldn't go so far as to say that I moved with grace, because my Mum took a video of me walking across the stage, and I look like a hunchbacked troll slumping my way to my diploma, hahaaaa.) Oh, actually – I just remembered. I did the eyebrow raise greeting at the Vice Chancellor. *meep*
I shall leave you with my "Superman" photo, a pose which I simply *couldn't* resist, what with the "cape" and everything!
Have fun!


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These are the yummy Poptarts I made for breakfast this morning. Seriously, there is NOTHING like eating homemade Poptarts (or popovers)!! The kids gobble them up before I can blink and it is okay because I know exactly what went into them and it is actually good stuff! I actually use a pie crust recipe and I use this recipe for tons of stuff, chicken pot pie, fruit pies, blueberry crisp, and any type of popover or pastry. It works for so many things and it is very light and flaky when it is done right. I used to buy the pie crusts that are boxed and already made, not only do they cost a lot but they have some really terrible stuff in them. Google it. It's gross.
So, here is the recipe:
1 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar (I have used honey and it tastes amazing)
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup coconut oil (you can use veggie oil)
3-4 Tbsp. water or milk (I use water or rice milk)
This will make one pie crust. If your pie crust needs a top just double the recipe and divide it.
Whisk together the dry ingredients (you can do this right in the pie plate), make a well and add wet ingredients. Add more water if needed to get the right consistency. Mix only until dough forms. Spread dough into pie plate. Pull out half to roll out and make top piece. Sooooo easy!
You can use the same exact recipe for popovers, pastries, etc. just mix in a bowl and roll out!
Baking is one of my very favorite things! Go bake something!


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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Kris' Chocolate Salted Caramel Sauce
Me: I'm going to make you salted caramel sauce for your ice cream tonight.
Kris: Can you put some chocolate in it?
Me: No... It's a scientific process or something. I'm not sure if it would work.
Kris: Just try it.
Me: (mentally cursing him for being a chocoholic and a man. Salted Caramel Sauce? Really? You want to add chocolate to that? Should I throw in a cheeseburger and chili fries while I'm at it? Jesus...) I retain my composure, smile, and say-
Me: Okay, I'll try adding some semi sweet chips to half of it.
Kris: Awesome.
Cut to an hour later. I'm adding the chocolate chips into the half of the salted caramel which honestly already smelled like heaven on earth, squared. I grimaced, then watched the chocolate melt into the luscious caramel goo. Suddenly I knew my husband's chocolate obsession might have led to the next great creation after the internet and Spanx. CHOCOLATE salted caramel sauce. Dear God help us all.
Kris' Chocolate Salted Caramel Sauce
* This is actually excellent without the chocolate, for those chocolate haters out there.
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water, plus and additional small bowl of water set aside
3/4 cup heavy cream
3 1/2 tablespoons salted butter, cut into chunks
1/2 teaspoon flaked sea salt
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, for melting into caramel sauce (the amount of chocolate presence is up to you)
a pastry brush, for making the caramel
In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the sugar and water over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves. You can use a whisk to help dissolve the sugar - just don't let it come to a bubble. This step might take a while - up to 20 minutes. After the sugar has dissolved, increase the heat and bring to a boil, without stirring. If necessary, use a wet pastry brush to wash down any crystals on the side of the pan. Boil until the syrup is a deep amber color, about 8-10 minute but ovens vary so keep an eye on it and DON'T leave it alone.
Remove the sugar from the heat and carefully whisk in the heavy cream. The mixture will bubble. Stir in the unsalted butter, and salt. Finally stir in the chocolate chips until melted and incorporated into the sauce. Let cool a little before transferring to an airtight container and depositing in the fridge. To reheat, microwave at 30 second intervals and stir. Serve over ice cream or by the spoonful.
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Porcini and Onion Gravy, for Roast Chicken
It's that time of year again. The time when I start to dream of fall... Fall weather. Fall fashion (layers! boots! oh my!) And most importantly, fall food. I wish I could say that's the reason I made roast chicken with mushroom gravy while it was 105 degrees outside but there's actually a deeper, darker explanation.
After shooting a commercial last week in Prague, I was sent to the ER. I was having a bad stomach ache which led to chest pain which led me to not be able to breathe. In hindsight I feel like a total jack ass. They couldn't find a thing wrong with me and eventually chalked it up to exhaustion and stress (we had just completed two night shoots in a row, wrapping at 6:30 am.) All I can say is, never get sick in Prague. We had been joking the whole trip that we were going to end up in a scene from the movie Hostel and the irony is that's pretty much what happened.
Everyone in the hospital smoked (doctor, nurses, interns), the ceiling was leaking, and I counted 3 spiders on the wall of the dimly lit, sallow hallway they stuck me in for an hour before finally giving me an IV. Oh and the paramedics were laughing as they loaded me up into the ambulance. Good times.
Anyway - I'm fine thanks to the best husband in the world and the best producer in the world (thank you Josh Morse!) But as soon as I got home, I just wanted to be in my kitchen cooking homey, comforting things to make me feel rooted to the ground again. This gravy was one of them - home on a plate with roasted chicken, roasted beet salad with goat cheese, and sweet potato fries. Hurray home!
Porcini and Onion Gravy
* Makes enough for 3-4 servings of roast chicken. Easily doubled.
* This gravy isn't very liquidy - it's more like an onion and mushroom confit. If you like a runnier gravy, don't let the porcini liquid evaporate as much before adding the cornstarch mixture to thicken.
* You can make this up to two days ahead and keep in the fridge. Just reheat in the microwave and stir before serving.
1 tablespoon salted butter
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 large Vidalia onion, chopped
2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and gently smashed
pinch dried sage
pinch kosher salt and pepper
dried bay leaf
large handful of dried porcini mushrooms
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce until dissolved
1 tablespoon butter
additional salt and pepper, if necessary for seasoning
Add the butter and oil to a medium dutch oven and put over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add in the chopped onion and garlic cloves. Add in a pinch of kosher salt, pepper, bay leaf and dried sage. Saute, stirring occasionally and lowering the heat a little if the bottom begins to scorch, for 20-22 minutes or until the onions are nice and soft and JUST beginning to caramelize,
Meanwhile, place a handful of dried porcini mushrooms in a cup of boiling water (I just bring the water to a boil in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave.) Use a spoon to press the mushrooms down into the water, then set them aside and let them soak for 20 minutes while the onions cook.
Once the onions are softened and have begun to brown a little, pour in the white wine and bring to a boil over high heat. Let bubble away, stirring occasionally until all the liquid has evaporated. Pour in the mushrooms and water they soaked in and boil away until most of the liquid has evaporated (leave more liquid if you prefer a more liquidy gravy.) Stir in the cornstarch/Worcestershire mixture and kill the heat. Once thickened, stir in the butter and transfer to a cool burner. Taste for salt and pepper and make any adjustments if necessary. Remove bay leaf and garlic cloves (if desired) before serving.
Serve with roast chicken or pork or beef.
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Labels: Alisa's All Stars, beef, Chicken, gravy, Pork
Monday, July 25, 2011
Salmon Burger Fail
Have you ever made salmon burgers before? I made them for the first time a few weeks ago after seeing Paula make them on her show. I felt so chef-y as I ground the salmon up in the food processor from Whole Paycheck (Whole Foods) then added in the garlic, ginger, and other ingredients.
But then I grilled them and took a bite. To be fair there was nothing wrong with them. The seasoning was good and it tasted okay but for some reason I couldn't get over the fact I was eating ground up salmon. Do I need therapy? I can eat grilled salmon until the cows come home but for some reason this geeked me out.
Oh well. Onward and upward...
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Labels: Failures and disappointments., Fish, Paula Deen
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Chocolate Dream Pie with a Shortbread Crust...For a Crowd
I made this for my dad on Father's Day. It was the first time I've actually been able to spend Father's Day with him in over ten years so I wanted to make a dessert he would really love. He did, as did my husband and myself.
You really can't put this one into words. It's rich yet light (not in the caloric sense, of course) and despite being mostly 'from the box' tastes completely homemade and special. In fact there's only one problem with it - if left alone with the pan you might start eating it and never stop. I had a vision of myself sneaking out of bed in the middle of the night, pulling the pan from the fridge and lifting it up over my head like Sloth from The Goonies.
Chocolate rain, y'all. Chocolate rain...
Chocolate Dream Pie with a Shortbread Crust
Serves 16.
*Downside - easy to do but involves a few steps, mixing bowls and remembering to leave out butter and cream cheese long enough to soften.
*Upside - can make 1 day ahead and keep in the refrigerator. Makes a boatload.
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened (at room temp)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup pecans, toasted and finally chopped
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 large container (12 oz) Cool whip, divided
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 medium bananas, sliced or 3 cups sliced strawberries, OPTIONAL
2 (3.9 oz) pkgs chocolate pudding mix
1 quart cold whole milk
whole pecans, for garnish OR berries or banana slices
Good quality dark chocolate bar, for shaving or grating over finished pie
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream softened butter in a standing mixer or by hand, slowly stir in flour until incorporated then nuts. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch glass or ceramic baking pan. Just take your time and press gently until an even, cohesive layer forms. It looks like it won't be enough dough but it is. Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is just lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
Beat softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl or mixer until smooth. Slowly add in powdered sugar, beating after each addition until smooth. Fold in 1 cup of cool whip and the vanilla extract. Spread this mixture evenly over the cooled shortbread crust.
OPTIONAL - spread slices of banana or strawberry over the cream cheese layer.
In a separate bowl, beat or whisk the pudding mix with the cold milk according to the directions on package. Let set for a couple minutes, then spread over the bananas or strawberries (if using, otherwise spread over the cream cheese/Cool Whip layer.) Let set up another 5 minutes.
Finally, spread over the remaining Cool Whip until even and pretty.
Garnish with shaved chocolate, additional whole pecans and/or fruit. Chill at least 2 hours in the refrigerator or overnight before serving, covered in plastic wrap.
Posted by Miss Meat and Potatoes at 12:29 PM 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Alisa's All Stars, chocolate, Make Ahead, sweets
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Paula Disbrowe's Smoky Red Hens
I've roasted a hundred chickens in my life yet never attempted Cornish Hens until a week ago. I think it was the name. So proper. So gamey. And more important would a hen really taste like a mini chicken? I wasn't convinced.
But then I was flipping through Paula's Book - Cowgirl Cuisine - and the photo convinced me to try them. I love that about food pictures. I guess that puts me in the "Picture Cookbook" camp versus the "Cooks Illustrated" set. That's okay. Something tells me they don't drink enough wine for me anyway.
I now credit Paula for getting me over my fear of hens. What was I so afraid of? They're so freaking cute and tiny! I kind of wanted to dress them up like little dolls instead of cooking them. But then I got hungry.
Smoky Red Hens
* Slightly adapted from Paula Disbrowe.
* Refrigerate hens overnight in spice rub for better flavor.
Serves 4.
2 Cornish Hens
1 tablespoon cumin
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon ground chipotle chile powder (I only had regular chili powder)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
zest of 1 small orange (use rest of orange for cavity)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
4 fresh bay leaves, or 1 teaspoon pink pepper corns
5 -6 fresh thyme sprigs
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 small onion quartered
1 small orange, quartered
4 garlic cloves, unpeeled
Remove neck or giblets from hens and rinse hens under cold water. Pat dry with paper towels and set aside. Meanwhile combine the spices - cumin through the sugar - in a small bowl. Stir in the oil, zest and red wine vinegar. Add the hens to an oversized ziploc and rub all over with the spice rub, being sure to rub inside the cavity as well. Add in the bay leaves (or pink peppercorns), thyme sprigs, smashed garlic cloves, seal, and roll the chickens around a little more in the bag so that everyone gets along. Refrigerate overnight.
Remove hens from fridge and let sit out for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 425. Remove the hens from the bag and carefully stuff each of the cavities with a quarter of the onion, orange, and a garlic clove. Tie the legs if desired.
Roast the hens on a rack in a roasting pan for 30 minutes. Add some water or chicken stock to the bottom of the pan if/when the juices begin to scorch. After 30 minutes, reduce heat to 375 and roast another 30 minutes or until the juices run clear when the hen's inner thigh is pierced with a knife.
Remove from the oven, tent loosely with foil, and allow to rest for 15 minutes before serving (remove and discard cavity filling first.)
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Slow Ripening Peppers
We have our very first ripe cayenne pepper! While the rest of the peppers are still stubbornly hanging on to their green colors, this one pepper somehow popped its red color almost overnight, kind of like... magic.
Oh, I also spotted a baby version of a tobacco hornworm on this plant. Luckily, I caught it before it caused too much damage on the plant. I hope that was the one and only pest this pepper plant brought in from the outside. Just the thought of "growing" one of those hornworms indoors gives me the shudders.
Although this is our first cayenne pepper that ripened on the plant, we have several more cayenne peppers that have turned red since we picked them green last week.
They really are pretty, and I can't help but keep staring at them thinking, "I grew them!"
This post is linked to Tuesday Garden Party.
10 comments:
- meemsnyc said...
Oooh, those are lovely! What will you do with those red peppers?
- October 5, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- The Idiot Gardener said...
Mother of God, the hornworm? Whatever next? Did you try eating it?
It's things like the hornworm that make me glad to live in a rainy cold country where it gets dark before you even finish work!
- October 5, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- Erin said...
They look great!
- October 5, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- The Apple Pie Gal said...
Yeah, sometimes you just gotta stand back and give yourself some due credit! Especially when it goes easy on the eye1!! Good Job!
- October 5, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Sherri B. said...
Your peppers look great. I think I will bring ours in too, last night it got down to 38 degrees!
- October 5, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Robin said...
Well, it looks like you will have quite a few more peppers!
- October 5, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Melinda said...
A tomato horn worm on a pepper?! Yikes! That might explain why one of my pepper plants is eaten down to nothing while the rest of them look vibrant and healthy. Congratulations on a great harvest!
- October 5, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Shawn Ann said...
I know what you mean about the peppers taking forever. One of these seasons I am going to learn! Start early! Very early! They take forever if you want them to fully mature to red! And I do!
I had a hornworm on one of my pepper plants but it was covered in those parasitoid wasps! He didn't last too long! But I have had some other little ity bity worms this year that I have not had before that bore into the pepper and you don't even know it till you cut it open cause the holes are so tiny! I think it may be either a pepper maggot or a corn ear worm, or both. Just when you get one problem fixed, you get another!
- October 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- thyme2garden said...
meemsnyc - we haven't actually gotten around to using any red peppers yet, but we'll figure out a way to toss in a bit here and there to add heat to various dishes. If I come up with any good recipes, I'll share!
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The Idiot Gardener - well, I first put it on my tongue to see if it would squirm, and... No, I'm totally kidding. I brought it outside and it met a quick death by the bottom of my shoe.
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Erin - thank you!
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The Apple Pie Gal - Thanks!!
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Sherri B - Thank you! It sounds like your weather is right on par with ours right now!
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Robin - I'm curious to see if all the green peppers will eventually turn red. Otherwise, we'll just pick them green and be happy with them regardless.
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Melinda - this was a tobacco hornworm, which is a closely related species to the tomato hornworm. My research tells me that they don't discriminate between different solanum species (tomatoes, peppers, etc), so it's very possible that one of them ate your pepper plant.
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Shawn Ann - next year, we'll both start them early and have beautiful ripe peppers by summertime! I haven't had the pleasure of experiencing pepper maggots or corn ear worms, but I'm sure they will all find my garden sooner or later.
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Mr. Riney, founder of discount brokerage firm Scottrade, says the diagnosis didn't hit home right away. "It was business as usual for me. I thought, 'I've always been lucky, and things have worked out for me.' I didn't understand the consequences."
The gravity of the situation began to sink in, he says, several months after he began treatment at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine and learned more about multiple myeloma, a blood cancer diagnosed in about 30,000 Americans each year. While treatment options and survival rates have increased over the past decade, therapy rarely is curative.
It wasn't long before Mr. Riney began thinking about ways he could help change the odds. "Within two or three visits with me, he began asking about multiple myeloma research," says Ravi Vij, MD, Mr. Riney's physician and a professor of medicine at Washington University. "He wanted to know if he could help advance our work."
After meeting with David H. Perlmutter, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, Mr. Riney and his wife, Paula, made a $5 million gift to support multiple myeloma research at Siteman. The gift provided seed funding for three pilot studies that have the potential to transform treatment for the disease.
The studies include efforts to refine a promising immunotherapy technique called CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma; to comprehensively characterize the genomes and proteomes—the collection of proteins—of multiple myeloma patients and mine the data to identify new treatment options; and to use a unique 3-D tissue-engineered bone marrow created from individual patient cells to screen medications for personalized treatment.
"When we learned there was not a lot of money going to multiple myeloma research, Paula and I decided to get more involved," Mr. Riney says. "This is cutting-edge work, and our initial investment may move the needle by opening the door for additional grant funding."
Mr. Riney, who started Scottrade in 1980 and led the company until it was sold to TD Ameritrade, has become a dedicated advocate for multiple myeloma research and treatment. He is a member of the board of directors for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. He also has participated in clinical trials at Siteman, including a study comparing the efficacy of two drug regimens in halting progression of the disease.
"I think it's important for patients to be involved in these trials," he says. "If it contributes to more effective treatment or a cure down the road, it's a home run."
Dr. Vij, a principal investigator for the three pilot projects funded by the Rineys, says the couple's gift provides a significant boost for multiple myeloma research at Siteman. "It allows us to focus the university's tremendous expertise in genomics, immunology, and other key areas on this disease so we can improve outcomes for patients and families."
The Rineys, who also support Alzheimer's disease research at Washington University, are optimistic that goal can be achieved. "I certainly hope our children and grandchildren won't have to worry about this disease," Mrs. Riney says.
"With the research that is being done, we are getting so close," Mr. Riney adds. "The future looks brighter than ever before."
—By Mary Lee
Through their support for multiple myeloma research, Paula and Rodger Riney hope to speed progress against the disease.


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