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What if they worked for support?
In keeping with my theme from this morning, I noticed a very interesting post from Gary at "{missional} space" called "A way around the IMB cutbacks". Gary – an itinerant missionary himself – says the following:
What if instead of entering the field as a missionary on a platform you….got a real job in the host culture? Novel idea huh? There are some plus sides to it….no bureaucracy to deal with, no platforms to establish, and best of all….you get to do a real job and develop relationships the same way you would in the US.
I'm beginning to wonder if the best itinerant missionaries wouldn't be those who would come into a location with a marketable skill. Gary even offers a website that helps people find jobs overseas.
What would be the negative implications of this? What would be positive about it?
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so Alan… your friends doing translation work do not have a "real" job?
While the question might be valid, I find the terminology of "real job" offensive. I think folks doing translation work and planting churches is "real work". The folks I know work very hard and long hours, serving and helping people in very practical ways. Some folks who don't have a "real job" sufffer greatly for the Gosple and many have died not doing "real work".
In an effort to promote a personal agenda, I am sorry some people find it necessary to degrade and diminish the work and real sacrifice others do for the Gospel of Christ.
If folks want to talk about restoring NT Christianity… People should stop blogging their discontent. When Paul had a criticism of a church, he sent a letter via personal messenger. He did not hide behind an impersonal form of combination like the internet. He did not publish books for profit. Paul did not just "mail-it-in"… he lived with people, invested in people, loved them, and then brought loving criticism through personal interaction (his or through a surrogate).
I think if folks want to recapture the NT faith, stop taking the easy way. Stop "mailing it in" and start loving our brothers and sisters in Christ before you judge them.
As a cross-cultural missionary, I have wrestled with this question a lot over the past year or so. The only real drawback I see (which can be a significant one) has to do with time/focus. If you're working a 40- to 60-hour a week job, it can be hard to give the time and energy to discipleship you would like to give as a cross-cultural missionary. Being a foreigner, you have a limited role and want to make reproducing disciples and then move on as quickly as reasonably possible (in my opinion). A job divides your focus, although of course you would be trying to do as much discipleship as possible on the job.
Apart from that, though, there's a lot of upside. It gives you a viable identity with the locals and can get you through a lot of snags with the government. It's more reproducible in the sense that if you're trying to plant simple churches that aren't dependent on paid clergy, you're expecting your disciples to work full-time jobs but still reproduce.
I don't know if it's right for every situation, but I would love to see more cross-cultural missionaries wrestling with these issues rather than automatically leaning on support.
If I mow my lawn (which takes about 2 hours) I have worked really hard. But that isn't my job. I don't think Alan said that the current missionaries who receive financial support are lazy or don't do any work. But the fact of the matter, they do not have a "real job" according to any definition of "job" that I've heard.
Someone who has a job can also be called an employee. An employee is someone who receives financial support from an employer for a service. I do not think the SBC missionaries are considered employees of the IMB. If they are, then they aren't missionaries, they're just doing their jobs.
If I want someone to translate the Bible in Korean for me, I may pay someone to do that. That person would be my employee. If someone decides to translate the Bible in Korean because of their love for Koreans, then they are not employee's, that is not their "job", but that doesn't mean it's not hard work.
Planting churches can be a lot of yard work, but who is the planter's employer?
Paul worked for himself, he was his own employee… actually, he was the employee of whoever wanted to purchase one of his tents. He offered a service to support his needs. Doing this gave him the opportunity to build relationship, disciple people, plant churches, etc.
If we followed Paul's example of supporting ourselves, then as missionaries we could be freed from a lot of the "red tape" that comes from being a "missionary".
Just my two cents.
God Speed.
I agree with Lew A. I think you missed the point of what Alan is saying. I have met Alan and have read enough of his writings to know his heart.
I don't think he is trying to "promote a personal agenda" or is trying to "degrade and diminish the work" of anybody. I see no "discontent" in Alan's voice nor any motives other than to challenge the traditional thinking of the body of Christ.
Go back and read his post again. I think you may see it another light.
Joe (JR),
I understand that you are offended by the term "real job". I would suggest that "work" and "job" mean different things. Yes, church planting, translation, etc. are work, but I would not call them a job.
Apart from being offended by the phrase "real job", I don't really understand your comment. As far as I can tell, Grady is doing exactly what he suggests that others consider in his post. And, as far as I know, he hasn't written a book, but maybe he has and I just don't know about it.
Perhaps one problem stems from the context. I did not explain the context in this short post. I've been part of several conversation recently concerning the fact that the IMB cannot support everyone who wants to go overseas because of the decrease in giving.
The purpose of this post and my previous post is to show that the IMB (or any other missions support group) is not the only way that God provides for itinerant missions.
As you can tell from my previous post, I actively support itinerant missions. As you can tell from this post, I also think it would be good if more itinerant missionaries considered getting a job that would support themselves and others.
Thanks for the pros and cons. You said that a job would cause discipleship to be more difficult because of time. Could a job also be a source of discipling relationships (like it is for many who are not itinerant missionaries)?
Some do consider SBC itinerant missionaries to be employees of the IMB. I think the IMB feels that way. There's a big discussion that's been going on for the last few years concerning the roles of the IMB and the churches in sending itinerant missionaries.
Yes, my goal was to suggest a viable option that some itinerant missionaries do not consider.
Paul seemed to be quite capable of working a trade and planting churches and he also seems to have been rather productive.
In fact although we are talking about missionaries/church planters, Paul even commanded the local elders/pastors to follow his example of working hard with their own hands in order to provide for their own expenses and that of the poor.
Paul seemed to think there was great benefit in this approach both for the one doing the ministering (both missionaries and older more mature believers/ local elders/pastors) and the ones being ministered to.
Thanks for sharing Alan, this is a very positive development for the church.
Mike Hutchison
Growing up, one of the most cutting remarks you could make to someone was "get a real job!"
If someone worked at McDonalds and you did not like the service, someone would say, "get a real job"
If someone got a call from salesman during dinner, you just cut them to the quick by saying, "get a real job."
I don't acknowledge the artifiical distinction between "job" and "work". If someone is a fully supported missionary, then doing a translation, planting a church, or building a village IS their job and their work.
Again, the question itself may be valid, are there benefits for an overseas missionary to getting a job locally?
I have a friend who does medical missions in Egypt, and that (on a short term basis) is effective.
But then I have friends who work in 100% Muslum countries where they are not be allowed to work. I know folks who do missions in South America among indigenous tribes where there is no such thing as a "job" that could pay for their travel, resources, or feed their kids.
I would suggest that my friend who was a fully sponsored missionary to a small tribe in Africa, ate with the people, helped them build huts, brought medicines, helped them fish, dig irrigation ditches, and did the work of learning their language, translating the Bible, got sick and almost died… did have a job and did work for a living–he made his living at the Gospel supported by faithful Christians in America.
To suggest that he, or others like him, were, in Alan's words, "less" or "more" effective than someone in a totally different country in a completely different situation among a different people group is a moot question.
I am thankful for BOTH kinds of missionaries who work hard at the Gospel and have brought the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ to otherwise lost people. I would rather let each missionary consider the options, pray, and trust the leading and conviction of the Holy Spirit.
Otherwise, I will leave the discussion to people, who are clearly more wise than me, to cast their judgement and decide which missinaries are the "most" biblical and which missionaries were "failures" because they raised support from Americans rather than working a local "job" for pay.
Regarding "work" vs. "job" you wrote, "Yes, church planting, translation, etc. are work, but I would not call them a job."
I would draw your attention to the title of your post, "What if they WORKED for support?" Oddly enough, you did not title it, "What if they had a JOB for their support?"
Mike Hutchison,
Actually Paul did both; he made tents and received support from churches for his church planting efforts. You should check it out by reading through the NT.
Also, he did not "commAnd" the Elders not to receive support, he did "commEnd" them. Again, the difference in those two words may not fit into your theology, but there is a biblical difference.
I try to keep the discussion about elders (non-itinerant servants) separate from the discussion about itinerant servants. I think Scripture treats them differently, so I try to do the same.
Joe (JR),
You said: "Otherwise, I will leave the discussion to people, who are clearly more wise than me, to cast their judgement and decide which missinaries are the 'most' biblical and which missionaries were 'failures' because they raised support from Americans rather than working a local "job" for pay."
I haven't noticed anyone else use terms like "most biblical" and "failures". Again, I'm simply offering another option that is rarely mentioned by itinerant missionaries today, although it was a valid option in Scripture, as was support from churches outside the area where the missionary was working. Like I said, I like both options.
By the way, you're absolutely correct. The title of my post is ambiguous and should have been worded better.
Alan, you first wrote, "I'm beginning to wonder if the BEST itinerant missionaries wouldn't be those who would come into a location with a marketable skill."
The term "best" is used in the English language to designate a value judgement. This seems to suggest more than an equal value for BOTH, but a preference as one being BETTER than the other?
True, you did not use the term "more biblical" and you did just make a correction to Hutch's attempt to make this a discussion about "biblical" vs. "unbiblical"… I appreciate that clarification on your part.
But also recognize that my comments are not directed solely at you my brother, but at folks like Hutch (and others who might just be reading without making comment) who think missionaries who raise support are violating a NT command and therefore "unbiblical" or unfaithful to the Faith.
I was speaking to the issue of missionaries following Paul's example of tent-making, A thorough reading of the NT better expresses the fact that Paul accepted financial gifts when they were given. If you will read my comment again you will see that I did not say that it is wrong for church planters to accept financial gifts. I said they should follow Paul's example of expecting to have to work at a trade to provdie for their needs, if someone wants to give somebody a financial gift what is that to me or you? I give financial gifts to both missionaries and church planters. What I said stands true, Paul did work a trade to provide for his needs and the needs of othrs and he planted churches, and he was quite effective.
Your rude, high-minded and condescending attitude is very telling. Did you say you were an elder?
Mike Hutchison
I did not say that missionaries are violating a NT command.
Hutch/Mike Hutchison
I did not say that missionaries who recieve support are unfaithful to the faith or violating a NT command. Read what I said and stop putting words in my mouth.
Mike Hutchison
Here is what I wrote in response to Alans post: Paul seemed to be quite capable of working a trade and planting churches and he also seems to have been rather productive.
In fact although we are talking about missionaries/church planters, Paul even commanded the local elders/pastors to follow his example of working hard with their own hands in order to provide for their own expenses and that of the poor.
Paul seemed to think there was great benefit in this approach both for the one doing the ministering (both missionaries and older more mature believers/ local elders/pastors) and the ones being ministered to.
Thanks for sharing Alan, this is a very positive development for the church.
Please show me were I said that missionaries who receive support are unfaithful to the faith or violating a NT command.
Thank you.
Mike Hutchison
Joe (JR) and Hutch,
Please contact one another privately if either of you are offended by the other. I do not think this is the proper channel to discuss such issues.
However, I would welcome either of your inputs into this post in particular. I think this is a very important issue for the church. I'll explain why in my next comment.
I hope that others – especially itinerant missionaries – will weigh in on this topic. This is still a very important issue.
I have talked with people who had decided that God had "called" them to travel overseas, but they decided against going because their mission organization could not support them. Many times, the person made this decision without even considering the possibility of seeking a vocational position in order to support themselves.
And, yes, I did suggest this option to the people that I talked with.
Huth, you wrote, "I did not say that missionaries are violating a NT command."
But you did say Paul "COMMANDED" them… that would be a NT command Hutch.
Also, your first post did not mention anything about Paul getting support from Churches, so yes it lacked balance. If you were aware of this, it was not clear in your first comment.
And, as Alan noted, your post conflated two different things.
Your subsequent corrections notwithstanding, I will stick my my original critique.
Hutch, based on a few blog posts, you made the following judgement, "Your rude, high-minded and condescending attitude is very telling. Did you say you were an elder?"
Did you say you were a Christian? 😉
Seriously Hutch, attitude is hard to interpret from a blog post, but maybe you have abilities to discern the motives of the heart that I do not posses. I don't know you outside of this series of posts. Maybe you think anyone who disagrees with you is arrogant… I don't know. But you are entitled to your opinion.. and that's all it is, an opinion of one person with limited and fallible knowledge. Thanks for you input, but I'll wait for the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
Alan, I just read your last suggestion.
Hutch, if you feel that my critique of your first post contained an "attitude" please email me
nospam [at] emerginglife.org
I am sorry if I took this comment that you made as rude and high-minded. "You should check it out by reading through the NT." Academics often overestimate tehir knowledge on a subject and are known for making comments such as you make in order to insult people they view as intellectually inferior. Nothing new.
My comments regarding missionaries stand.
I am not personally offended by your immature remark, I have become used to you coming out swinging each time Alan makes a post by questioning his motive or what you call his own personal aggenda. I have found Alan to be a sincere man who seeks for the truth from God's text, better than that he is a true servant leader.
I did however insert a comment about local elders and although I did make a distinction and call that to attention, I can see how you could have become confused and thought that was directed towards missionaries.
I will stick to the subject of your post/missionaries so as not to take the post down a rabbit trail. My bad. Won't happen again.
Spell check version:
You did not say my post lacked balance, you said I should read the NT an obvious dig and insult. Trying to back out of what you have done does not undo. Hopefully when you counsel folks in your role as pastor/elder you will take you second approach first and lose your first approach as it is neither kind nor mature.
Again, I am not offended, I am just correcting your false statement about my comment. I do not want you mischaracterization to stand uncorrected.
Hutch, you scamp.. you had me at "I'm sorry" 🙂
Really interesting comment chain. Thanks for pointing us to Grady's article. I posted a short response there. I love the fact that people are beginning to engage in this kind of dialog. The brothers here are too, and that is even more exciting to me. God is definitely up to something in today's world, and I love being a small part of it all!
Alan and others,
Thanks for the link…and for the dialogue. Let me clarify a few things…I work for the IMB…and I do think this is real work. I work among a Muslim people in a very difficult part of the world…I don't need to be reminded that it's hard work.
I know there has been discussion of what I meant by "real job" and I'm sorry if you were offended…I didn't mean to imply such an idea…I simply used apostrophes to bring attention to two words…simple as that. I had no personal agenda, nor did I seek to diminish anyone's job…just used apostrophes to bring attention.
I don't think we should abandon traditional sending methods but I also think that someone entering into the market place will have influence among a totally different set of people than we do. There are other "believers" here that work a "real job"…they have office hours, offer a product, pay taxes, have employees and it's amazing to see their influence. They've been woven into the marketplace and are networked among people that I don't have access to. I'm here on a platform and do what my platform is…but I don't have the same type of influence.
I think the overall question is….Do I have to be a professional Christian to be effective in overseas ministry? I believe the answer is NO. I know there are specialized areas of our work that require a pro…translation especially…but I think when it comes to everyday church planting that an embedded believer working a secular job can be as if not more effective.
Said: Hutch, you scamp..
1. an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
2. a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
So you view me as an unscrupulous, naughty young person and upstart.
Yep, Your rude, high-minded and condescending attitude is very telling-indeed. 🙂
Mike Hutchison
I completely agree with your last paragraph. Well stated.
I should have linked to your article concerning this same subject. I'm glad that people – including itinerant missionaries – are talking about this also.
Thank you for the clarifications! And, thank you for starting this discussion. Do you know if anyone at the IMB is considering this option?
As you pointed out (a number of comments back), I do think a job can be a good source of discipling relationships, and I think that model fits well within a simple church framework.
I've been fairly influenced this past year by Roland Allen's "Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours?", which emphasized the importance of cross-cultural mission work being a temporary undertaking. The idea is basically get in, make reproducing disciples, get out (rather than staying for years on end injecting our foreign culture and influencing church decisions). So the only drawback to tentmaking on the Roland Allen model (he would say the Pauline model) I see is this: While a job can provide good discipling relationships, I think the work responsibilities necessarily cut into the missionary's time some, not allowing you as much focused discipleship time as you would have if you raised support. That probably means being a little longer in the host country before your work is done. But could the discipleship you do while tentmaking be better because you're living a more reproducible life for your disciples…?
I definitely see enough upside to tentmaking that I could end up on that model myself (and I'm in Mexico–not a tough country to get into and stay in). At very least, I think the western mission world has to start taking it a lot more seriously as a viable possibility, not just a last resort way to get into a very closed country.
I keep wondering if the economic recession could be very good for North American missions. I think we missionaries would do well to be forced to live a little more on faith and live on less finances (and therefore at a standard of living closer to the average in our host area), and then to seriously consider tentmaking and a lot more of us start doing it. I think the tougher the financial situation gets, the more it could lead to only those who have a real drive to be on the foreign mission field being able to stay–and that could be a pretty good thing.
This is an important topic you've raised, Alan, thanks!
I am an SBC church planter up on the PNW. I am fairly new to the SBC, but have really appreciated the direction things are moving.
Thanks for your clarification. I know so many people who work very hard and make incredible sacrifices (more than we can imagine here in the US) and seeing value in their work, while coming up with approaches that address current conditions is very important.
I think the worst model for missionaries that I have seen is the one I saw growing up where missionaries spent 9 months of the year visiting churches and begging for money. I think it was hard for anything to get done on the field.
I think your option of working an "Indigenous Job" (I submit that this term might be better than a "real-job") is a good solution to the coming financial shortfalls plus, it keeps people in the field, working on relationships and sowing the seed of the Gospel.
Thanks again brother for all your efforts at the IMB.
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad that more itinerant missionaries are talking about this.
Your comment made me think of something else. When I think of itinerant missionaries (like Paul) I think of people who move from place to place, like you talked about. If someone moved to a new location but planned to stay there, do you think should consider themselves an itinerant missionary (like Paul)?
Joe (JR),
I agree that it's good to hear from people like Grady and Chris and Guy and others.
I like this in theory. However it sure would be tough being a missionary in a country where a job would pay $2/day or even $8/day like many jobs in Mexico. With an income like that most missionaries would have a hard time feeding their families, let alone saving enough money to ever fly 'home'.
It would be tough. But I do know that if this was what God was calling someone to do, He would make it work out good.
I understand your concern, and I understand it would be tough living in Mexico only making what Mexicans make. But, I agree with what you said, "[I]f this was what God was calling someone to do, He would make it work out good."
My concern is that many people that I've talked to have decided not to go because funding was not available – and this was after they decided that God had called them.
I also understand your concern…but again this isn't a one size fits all solution. This is simply another path to the same destination. It won't work in all situations and it won't work for all people.
In some countries the person may need to enter with a NGO possibly supported by US churches or even by international funding options such as the UN. UN agencies and other humanitarian options are also another way.
The key is to realize that the goal is to flesh out and proclaim the gospel among a different culture. We no longer are limited to the traditional, professional Christian route. We can be other things. And as more of the world becomes post-Christian and post-modern these "other" options may be the more effective options.
I haven't read all of the comments here, but I have read many. I think that many of the criticisms are unjustified. I have considered this a good idea for some time. It is practically beneficial in many ways and it has a good amount of biblical precedent in Paul (who worked in Corinth, Ephesus, Thessalonica, and indicates in 1 Corinthians that it was his general practice). As long as it is do-able in the country, and it is a job that is portable and little restrictive (as the internet makes available)I think it is an option that should be considered by all and sought by most. Thank you for the post and bringing this opportunity to the awareness of so many.
Grady and Debtor Paul,
Thanks for the continuing discussion.
Why do think this option has not been considered very often historically (at least in recent history)?
I think you may be on to something there. I don't know that missionaries who stay in one place should consider themselves itinerant missionaries like Paul. And I think we missionaries tend to get way too rooted. A more Pauline method would seem to indicate a lot more moving around. I sense a lot of us don't think it's possible to plant churches as quickly and effectively as Paul, but I have to believe it is if we could recover a more truly Pauline ministry.
You're right, it would be tougher living on less. But if the locals make it work…A problem I see is that a lot of missionaries (not all, I'm just saying quite a few) aren't very willing to live near the standard of living of those they're trying to reach. I think that creates a barrier.
I think there are several reasons why we don't see Pauline-type church planting much today. First, let me say that I do not believe that everything in Paul's method must be adopted or else your method is unbiblical. That being said, those that don't do things like him should not call themselves Pauline church planters (which is OK). That being said, we need many more Pauline church planters. So here are some of my reasons:
1. Paul and his team died to their rights to have a wife (1 Cor 9:5), making them much more mobile and giving them less legitimate cares than some legitimately have (1 Cor 7). (this isn't for everyone, but it is for some, though it is rarely considered today).
2. Language barriers weren't as much an issue with Paul (for Paul wasn't a cross-cultural missionary in the same sense as many of us are)(there may have been somewhat of a language barrier in Lystra though, and you see what problems of misunderstanding he had there)
This barrier can be overcome by the training of single nationals to do church planting like Paul. There are also other ways to mitigate this, though they are time consuming at first.
3. Immobility of careers is a problem that Paul didn't have to deal with as much, which helped with his mobility. This can be mitigated sometimes with some people, especially with the advent of a global internet economy.
4. A simple view of the church allowed Paul to leave a body of believers as an autonomous church within a very short time of their conversion (though he usually did this not willingly, but by force, and he usually desired to stay longer when he could)(it should be kept in mind that he maintained very close contact with these churches though by re-visiting, leaving team members behind, sending them later, and writing letters)
5. He had fewer requirements for church leadership than we often do (most of his requirements were based on morality not knowledge, though this did play a part). This sped him up sometimes too.
6. Perhaps the most important factor was that Paul (as a Spirit-guided man himself) was able to trust the leadership of the Spirit in a newly formed church, enabling him to leave them soon, etc.
7. Other factors also may have played a part such as his reliance upon people of peace and other contacts in a city, his ability to live at the level of the people (though the disparities weren't as much as they are now, and he didn't have a family to lead around), etc.
These and other factors play a role (to varying degrees in various fields) in the disparity between Paul and us. However, we also have advantages over him in some areas (communication and travel capabilities, printing abilities, and the ability often to hand new converts a Bible). There are other things that go into this too, but I have gone much too long already. I will be posting on this within the next few weeks in an up-and-coming series on my blog. Just waiting on some stats to come in. Again thanks for the good discussion.
"Why do think this option has not been considered very often historically (at least in recent history)?"
Although I think other comments have already touched upon this, I will say that a lot of it goes back to the colonial mindset that much of modern American "missions" organizations still operate under… (to a certain degree…)
We still operate with this mentality that we have our "base" here at home, amongst our middle-class American "senders", and that we go out into the "mission field", which is basically defined as anywhere poorer that where we're from (and that's most of the world…)
We "raise" thousands of dollars to go somewhere (even if it's a country with lots of indigenous churches already…) to do "mission work", with the underlying assumption that we have the right to continue living a more or less middle-class American lifestyle. Sure, maybe we're giving up cable T.V. or the white picket fence, but there is still all these assumptions about things we must have… Someone mentioned earlier the issue of saving money for trips home… But isn't that the old 'colonial' mindset creeping in? I mean, if I felt God calling me to move my family from Seattle to say, Florida, to preach the gospel, could I then think it was my "right" to fly back to Seattle every couple of years? (to my "home-base") and then ask other people to pay for it?
One of the main reasons that overseas "missionaries" have to fly back to the U.S. (or wherever they originated from) on a regular basis, is to return to raise more money… And this is just accepted as the norm, as the natural way to reach people around the world. It becomes a viscious circle… People reject the idea that God could provide ways to support themselves, and so they end up perpetually living off of other people who have to actually work for a paycheck… We end up flying people back and forth, here and there, because we have accepted the idea that "missions" is something completely and substantially different from what each and every one of us is called to do as a follower of Jesus Christ… – Daniel
I appreciate your thoughts concerning itinerant missionaries. This is a topic I've been thinking about lately, but haven't written about much.
Debtor Paul,
Great list! Very thorough… I'm looking forward to reading your blog post.
You might be right. There are certainly some brothers and sisters who give up alot to travel around the world. In the same sense, I know some who didn't go because of what they would have to give up.
Debtor Paul,
I loved your first paragraph! Well said. Good list of reasons, too. Those are the types of things I hope we'll all think through a little more than many of us have up until now.
Debtor Paul,
excellent summary!


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What's ironic about Garcia taking on Woods is that this is a battle that Garcia could never win. No, Tiger Woods is not nice. But neither is Garcia. What was he hoping to do by ripping on the fact that Woods doesn't sit around and give high-fives in the clubhouse — make people like himself more? And what was he hoping to do by insulting Woods and drawing attention to their pairing on a day when he himself was primed to choke again? Did he think he could make Woods wilt under pressure?
When Woods dominated golf in the years before his knee injury and the whole fire hydrant thing, much of his game was his ability. But a big portion was the mental edge he held over competitors on the course — his personal confidence and also the doubt he put in his peers. That doubt has been hard to remember, with most golfers now approaching Woods as just another player, and all of the embarrassing stories about his on- and off-course behavior diminishing his formerly ironclad shell.
But a few golfers still appear to be rattled by Woods, whether he's the infallible Woods he once was or the resurgent Woods he now appears to be. For this crowd, Garcia is the poster boy — constantly tormented by Woods' talent, and constantly unable to do anything but hurl insults from miles away, when his game can't even take a bite from the world's best.
Woods has had his struggles in recent years, but what he hasn't had trouble doing is show how laughable it is to challenge him in areas where he's clearly a cut above. Garcia challenged Woods on the course, and Woods shut him down. Now Garcia has challenged him in an arena where he's even more unquestioned. Race is so far from anyone's mind when it comes to Woods that this isn't even a low blow by Garcia — it seems more like something someone would do to get himself shouted out of the public arena for good. It's hard to encapsulate just how off-base Garcia is, but most of the world will likely take a try in the coming days.
If Garcia was hoping to unite people behind Woods, he's done it. Woods elevated his game to bat off Garcia, and now he has a chance to be lifted back to the position he previously held in the sports world — a spot where his ability and track record is so lofty that bringing up something like race is so out of touch that it's baffling to even hear. Woods may have taken his lumps in years past, but Garcia has now opened the door for him to assume the mantle he was missing for so long — the place where Woods is so good and so respected that criticism only draws eye-rolling, and those who question him or try to tear him down have to resort to ridiculous depths because they don't have much to say.
Woods has his flaws as a golfer and as a human being, but those aren't going to be remembered as long as Garcia is drawing attention to the part of Woods where he can show the greatness he still has.
Garcia, meanwhile, has just polished off the nut graph to the obituary of a sterling career that never was.
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In addition to offering a strong competitor to Sun Microsystems' Swing framework, Eyeopener included a word processor, spreadsheet, charting package, and diagram editor, all written in Java and deployed through the browser.
This is also where he and Ted Peters developed the commonly used UI pattern MVVM.
WindowBuilder is now used by Eclipse for Java GUI design.
It included a broad range of UI components, including text editors and menuing written without OS support, and had switchable visual skinning for Macintosh, NeXT, and our own look and feel.
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The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful "Monty Python's Meaning of Life."
Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He wrote much of the dialogue and acted in Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits" and acted in his next film, "Brazil".
He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in "The Missionary" opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in "A Private Function", which is also a book written by Alan Bennett. For television he wrote "East of Ipswich", inspired by his links with Suffolk.
Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show "Saturday Night Live", in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance. He filmed several journeys for television and became chairman of the pressure group, Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens.
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Michael Palin established his reputation with Monty Python's Flying Circus and Ripping YarnsS. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, Private Function, an award-winning performance as the hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda and, more recently, American Friends and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include two films for the BBC's Great Railway Journeys, the plays East of Ipswitch and Number 27, and Alan Bleasdale's GBH. The books he wrote to accompany his TV travels have all been bestsellers, as was the first volume of his diaries.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the scourge of humanity, is one of the most successful and scientifically challenging pathogens of all time. To catalyze the conception of new prophylactic and therapeutic interventions against tuberculosis, and to enhance our understanding of the biology of the tubercle bacillus, the complete genome sequence of the most widely used strain, H37Rv, has been determined. Bioinformatic analysis led to the identification of approximately 4,000 genes in the 4.41 Mb genome sequence and provided fresh insight into the biochemistry, physiology, genetics and immunology of this much-feared bacterium. Genomic information is centralised in TubercuList (http://www.pasteur.fr/Biol/TubercuList/).
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I've wanted to do something about my thin lips for a while now. I have done some research and not too sure which procedure would be best suited for my lips. I want a extremely natural look. I'm not looking for big lips, i'm just looking for some more volume in the upper and lower lip. With your expertise, I would like to know which is the best option for them? Would a filler work like Juvederum Volebella? or would that just make my lips protrude and get a unwanted 'duck look' ? Thanks.
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Dr. William Richards is among physicians at the University of South Alabama named in the most recent US News and World Report's Top Doctors. He serves as professor and chair of surgery at the USA College of Medicine. He directs the laparoscopic and bariatric surgery programs at USA and is also a member surgeon with the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute. Dr. Richard's clinical interests focus on surgical treatment of achalasia, paraesophageal hernias, Barrett's esophagus, adrenal tumors, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Type 2 diabetes and motility disorders of the gastrointestinal tract using minimally invasive surgical procedures. He has performed thousands of laparoscopic procedures since 1989 and is internationally recognized for his research and surgical expertise. See more...
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When he's not acting, producing TV programs or raising money for the nation's firefighters, straight-talking comic Denis Leary spends time at his beautiful Connecticut horse farm.
The former star of ABC's cop comedy "The Job" was taking time out to relax on his 100-acre spread after finishing up his new film "The Secret Lives of Dentists" and producing a television series starring Elizabeth Hurley when he spoke to The ENQUIRER from his home.
Leary bought the farm, located an hour from New York City, five years ago, and takes every opportunity to enjoy it with his wife Ann, their two children, Jack, 13, and Devin, 11, an Irish wolfhound named Clancey, and six horses.
"The horses are for my kids," Leary explained in an exclusive interview. "We have a red one, a couple of brown ones and some black ones.
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The skate house is where Leary, who once dreamed of playing professional hockey, houses his collection of hockey memorabilia, including sticks used by two athletes Leary respects greatly, Mark Messier and Bobby Orr.
But the people he ad-mires most are firefighters, Leary is quick to point out.
"Firefighters are the real heroes in America," declared the 45-year-old actor, who has founded a charity for his heroes called the Leary Firefighters Foundation, and was instrumental in raising millions of dollars for them after the 9-11 terror attacks.
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Science programs in America may take a very hard hit if sequestration of federal funds takes place, according to a new study.
The study, conducted for the Aerospace Industries Association by Center for Regional Analysis Director Steve Fuller, shows that large cuts in employment in U.S. science programs could affect scientific progress and even non-scientific jobs across the country.
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"The direct jobs are clearly the immediate losses and encompass most of the STEM-type jobs. There will be some subcontractor job losses, including some STEM type jobs. For DOD contracts in general, subcontractor jobs are about 26 percent of the total where the direct jobs are about 30 percent. The remaining job losses, 44 percent, are induced."
Furthermore, a potential $56.7 billion cut to the Department of Defense (DOD) would eliminate 14,982 science jobs out of the total 325,693 lost. Another $59 billion cut to the U.S. Geological Survey would mean another 15,980 science jobs lost.
Matthew Hourihan, director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), further added that certain states like California would be hit the hardest with a potenial $11.3 million loss. The other four states in the top five included Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts and Washington D.C.
An even more troubling outcome pointed out by Hourihan would be that American science would be set back by about a decade.
Another issue is grant proposals. Scientists will spend more time writing these grant proposals to keep their labs running and staffed rather than working on actual science. Also, a cut in federal spending could mean a $586 million loss for the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and a grant proposal success rate drop from 22 percent to 16 percent.
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In order to use the platinum cheats below, you'll need to have collected a certain number of Platinum Medals, and then you'll be able to enter the codes. Below is a list of cheats, and the amount of Platinum medals needed for each cheat to work:
All Weapons: Circle, Triangle, X, X, Circle - 17
Cloak: Circle, Triangle, X , Triangle, Square - 13
Double Ammo: Circle, Circle, X, Circle, Triangle - 7
Double Damage: Circle, Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle - 9
Full Ammo: Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square - 11
Full Battery: Circle, Triangle, Triangle, X, Circle - 15
Improved Battery: Circle, Square, Square, X, Circle - 5
Platinum Gun: Circle, Square, Square, Circle, X - 27
Slow Motion Driving: Circle, Square, Triangle, X, Triangle -
Unlimited Ammo: Circle, X, Square, X, Circle - 23
Unlimited Battery: Circle, Square, Circle, Square, Triangle - 19
Cheat: Golden Gun:
At the pause screen, enter CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, X, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE
Unlockable: Arena Mode:
Play through the cooperative missions and acquire multiplayer points by completing the optional objectives.
Unlockable: Characters and Bonus Arenas:
Unlock the following by earning the appropriate number of multi player points, earned by completing objectives in co-op mode.
Hint: Loads of Tips:
Hint: No Medals With Cheats:
If you activate a cheat, such as the Golden Gun, you will not be awarded a medal for completing the mission, no matter how well you do.
Hint: Regain Health:
Crouch, by pressing R2, to slowly refill your health.
Hint: Train Chase Dirt Bike:
At the beginning of the "Train Chase" mission, instead of taking a left to Bond's Porsche, turn right into a small room. Inside, you'll find a dirtbike and a slightly different path through the level.


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Beautiful interface. Good editing tools and effects. Photo organization helpers. Share on Facebook. Journals let you create and share attractive photo scrapbooks.
Limited adjustments and effects compared with Snapseed and Photoshop Touch.
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Apple photo-editing app for its world-leading tablet helps you organize, fix, and share photos using an interface that dazzles. For more effects, look to Snapseed or Adobe Photoshop Touch, but iPhoto will be more than enough for most users.
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Both the Effects and Brushes tools open up a nifty-looking selection control that corresponds to their function. Brushes sprouts up realistic-looking paint brush images, while Effects, which we'll discuss first, brings up a fan-like set of color swatch sticks. You really have to check out the slideshow to see how slick these tools look.
Effects are in six groups: Warm & Cool, Duotone, Black & White, Vintage, and Artistic. Let's look at the last first, since it sounds interesting. Each effect can be adjusted with some kind of touch gesture. For example, the vignette effect lets you use two fingers to control the center point and extent of the darkening effect, while gradient effects let me swipe one finger up or down to position it. Unfortunately, there's only dark-edge vignetting; fading to white at the edges would be nice to have, too.
The oil paint and water color effects were just on or off, but they did a pretty impressive job nevertheless. I was a little disappointed that the tilt shift only worked exactly horizontally – with Snapseed I could rotate it to choose an in-focus area on an angle. Aura was a cool effect, making a picture look nearly black and white except for the strongest colors. The Vintage options were effective but limited compared to what you get in Snapseed.
Apple's iPhoto for iPad offers local edit brushes for repairing blemishes, red eye, saturation, desaturation, lightening, darkening, sharpening, and softening. These are incredibly simple to use and the blemish and soften tools in particular produced excellent effects, but I had trouble getting the red-eye removal to work. By comparison, iPhoto on the Mac removed red eye automatically in the same test photo. The edge-detection option for the brushes is a big help, and it's something not offered by Snapseed, though Photoshop Touch's brushes do have an edge aware mode.
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Unlike the basic iOS Photos app, you can share to Facebook from iPhoto, as well as to Twitter, email, and Flickr. But a couple of new options are also on the table: You can directly "beam" a photo to another iOS device in the vicinity, and you can also build an appealing "Journal." Both options are unique to iPhoto among iOS photo-editing apps. There's a good how-to for iPhoto beaming on our sister site Geek.com. The key to getting beaming to work is that both iOS devices need to be running iPhoto and need to be on the same Wi-Fi network (or in Bluetooth proximity), and you need to enable photo location in iPhoto's settings. After an initial delay, a beamed photo successfully arrived in my iPhone's Camera Roll.
Six designs get you started with the attractive Journal photo collections, with varying light and dark backgrounds and borders. But not only can you use mosaics of photos in your Journals, but you can add text, notes, a calendar, maps and even a weather tile with date and location taken automatically from the photo. You can edit where and how big the photos appear with click-and-dragging and pinch gestures. Journals are a lot of fun to build and enhance, with a half-dozen attractive themes available—Cotton, Border, Denim, Light, Dark, and Mosaic. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Apple add more in the coming months.
When you're done, you can share them over a Web-based iCloud page, and send email invitations for your contacts to view the Journal on the Web. The online albums are as well-designed and navigable as any you'll see anywhere. Another option is the Journal home page,which lets you share multiple Journals.
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No one is going to confuse iPhoto for iPad with Adobe Photoshop CS6. It's for consumers who just want to organize, correct, and enhance their photos and then share them in a variety of ways. And I was mightily impressed with the responsiveness of the photo-editing app on both an iPad 2 and a new iPad—I never had to wait for an effect to take place or the image to be updated. iPhoto is certainly one of the most stylish, easy to use, and impressive iPad photo apps around—no surprise given the source. And though it doesn't offer quite as many image enhancements as Snapseed or Photoshop Touch, iPhoto for iPad's brilliantly usable interface, photo organization tools, and innovative Journal feature earn it a PCMag.com Editor's choice.
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anyway i completely agree with many of the administrative decisions discussed there. i just have some suggestions to help those work, coming from my experience as a new member my first few days. (few weeks ago)
first of all how did i come here? google searches for questions i had about my captivate. after finding info on XDA few times through google, i realized this is a place i may want to check out more, but it took some looking around just to understand the BASIC POINT of what XDA was all about. Something that would really help people understand "THIS IS THE PLACE!" could use a short, straight to the point "sub-title" at the top of your webpage beside your xdadevelopers logo. something that reads like:
"the home for smartphone development, troubleshooting and ideas.."
the second small issue i want to bring up is new users not being able to post in development forums. WAIT!! I AGREE WITH THIS. BUT, when i was new here i was seeing not able to post in a dev forum talking about something i needed info on, and i was seeing other minor members in other threads getting "chewed out" for posting in a "developers" forum.
HERE WAS MY CONFUSION: www.xda-DEVELOPERS.com it appears to a noob straight off the google express that the whole site is developers...
i started looking for www.xda.com forums.xda.com ect....
it took a bit of searching around the site before i realized the "Developers" section that i couldnt post in was the SUB-forum of the Captivate sub-forum.
it was just a bit confusing until i saw the layout of the site for all the different phones and the sub catagories each had.
i hope these suggestions can bring forth some ideas that can help the integration of new members.


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North Wootton is a village and civil parish near the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 32.33 km2 (12.48 sq mi) and had a population of 2,387 in 935 households at the 2001 UK census, the population increasing to 2,445 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
It is close to the Norfolk coast and is slightly smaller than the nearby South Wootton. North Wootton is near the village of Castle Rising. Both villages were owned by the Howard family who are patrons of both parish churches. Former marshland, drained by the Dutch links the village to the coast. Predominantly a farming village, the village is now experiencing a period of growth owing to new developments with holiday retreats for Londoners being the most recent of these.
The old part of the village is located around the small village green and consists of a few houses, an old schoolhouse and a former post office (now closed).
With the arrival of the railway, a station (now disused) was built in the west of the village towards the marsh. The railway linked King's Lynn with Hunstanton.
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My 14 month old has been having a hard time staying asleep in his crib....someone on here on another post of mine suggested a toddler bed...when is a good time?
I feel hes too young. His crib transitions to a toddler bed
We put DS in a toddler bed right before 18 months.
It's different for every kid. We moved DD1 at 19 months, there is no way she was ready at 14 months.
Every kid is different we are trying mine in her toddler bed tonight for the first time she is 16 months. Worst case it doesnt work and the crib goes back together. I will set up her pack n play tonight just in case.
Moved my son at 13mo. He slept better knowing he could come to me if he needed me.
I moved at 12 months for 2 kids and at 13.5 months for my now 16 month old, she always slept good good in her crib and does the same in her bed.


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|Trad, 3 pitches, 200'
|YDS: 5.10b French: 6a+ Ewbanks: 19 UIAA: VII- ZA: 19 British: E2 5b R [details]
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By Kris Gorny
Feb 16, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Mike Farris's guidebook mentions a chockstone wedged at the end of the first pitch. This chockstone, backed up with a #4.5-#5 cam could at the time be used for a hanging belay. We repeated the climb in October 2006 and the chockstone is no longer there. We ended up on a hanging belay off two large cams. I would recommend setting a safer belay sooner -- on the ledge on Christmas Tree Crack. It's on the left just past the overhang.
By Travis Hibbard
Feb 18, 2007
|Thanks for the beta and pictures for the route, the 1st pitch is awesome, and I can't wait to try all three once it gets nice out again.
By ferrells
Oct 25, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
This was one of the first 5.10 trad routes I ever tried, and I was in way over my head. The first pitch is a wonderful, sustained, slice and dice affair with great pro. On my first attempt, I took what was, to my young mind, a monster whipper on this pitch (perhaps 25 feet - and my first lead fall). Shaky and scared, I placed all my gear low, and didn't have anything bigger than a number 9 hex, and number 3 camalot. After climbing above my last piece - that number three camalot, I gunned it for the belay ledge, and whipped out of a couple of fist jams near the end (first fist jams I ever did).
I finished the pitch, but in poor style (without lowering and pulling rope). Without anything bigger than a number 3 camalot, the second pitch was all but un-protectable. My partner climbed up a little ways, girth hitched a round stone half-way lodged inside the crack, and having no other way to protect the crack, almost shit his pants as he climbed above the "pro". He came down, and gave me the sharp end. I climbed the big right leaning crack without gear, and placed the number three camalot just as the crack wrapped around the corner. I will never forget going around the corner, having no idea what I would find (we didn't bring the topo), and seeing an unprotectable hand traverse stretching far to my right.
I finished the pitch and we finished the route, and it stands as one of the best experiences of my life.
I went back last year and did the route again with another partner, without falling, and with gear that fit the crack. It wasn't as hard as I remember (I now know how to jam, and have climbed much harder routes), but it was just as good, with some of the best exposure and best climbing in the region.
By Kris Gorny
Oct 30, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|That's a cool story. When I climbed it with Adam Therneau, we set up a hanging belay on that chockstone and were both hanging off of it. Then, standing at the second belay, I heard Adam yell to me that the chockstone moved as he stepped on it. We were lucky. I guess this thing eventually fell off on its own or else we'd hear about it.
By chris deulen
From: Castle Rock
Jun 30, 2008
|I would definitely recommend a double set of #2-4, with a 4.5 and/or a 5 for the upper section. This can be done in two pitches, with enough runners to help the drag, and would make a stellar first pitch. The traverse is creepy; the razor sharp edge feels like its going to break off at any instant! Classic route.
By randy baum
From: Minneapolis, MN
Oct 28, 2008
|with big gear, not R.
By BIATHLON
From: Duluth Mn
May 4, 2009
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
|If you combine the first two pitches it woul be usefull to have 3 #2's, 4 #3's, 2 #4's, and 1 #5 BD's. Otherwise this is probably a R rating in my opinion. The last pitch can be safely protected the whole way. There is a finger crack to the right of the chimney that takes gear well but is pretty mossy.
By Ryan Justen
From: St. Paul, MN
May 24, 2010
|FYI: I removed fixed #4 Camalot from the top of the 1st Pitch
By ferrells
Jun 20, 2010
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|a fixed no. 4 camalot! lucky dog
By JJ Schlick
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Oct 28, 2010
|When I was 18 this route triggered an epiphany that rumbled deep inside me... A freshman, once again, in college, as well as, on the stone... I struggled through the learning curve of hand/wide hands with a minimal rack of cams and probably made it by, by fear alone. When I set my first hanging belay with bloody hands and a racing heart, there was no turning back on crack climbing or adventurous stone. I do love the North Shore.
By Ryan Justen
From: St. Paul, MN
Jul 5, 2011
I carried my #6 Camalot all the way up this planning on shoving it in on the 2nd pitch... it doesn't fit. Bring #5 BD (purple, not the old green size) Camalot for extra pro on 2nd pitch, however a 3rd #4 would probably work just as well, depending on how close you like your gear. A very large hex (BD #11) would be nice on P2 as well.
The rusty bolts at the end of the second pitch can be backed up with a larger cam #4, 5, or 6 BD (if you saved one).
The flake on P2 is as easy as playground monkey bars, but feeling it move while you pull on it (in certain places) and placing gear behind it makes the adrenaline levels rise...
If this climb was solid Yosemite Granite you'd see a lot more traffic on it.
By J.Roatch
From: Leavenworth, WA
Aug 13, 2011
|perfect first pitch, beautifully smooth crack with a few larger areas. The last two pitches actually felt more difficult to me, probably was the mindset.
By Mark Lutterman
Mar 22, 2016
|The R is only for the easy finish chimney. The first two pitches take very good pro. 1st pitch is super fun. 2nd pitch the leader needs to think of protecting the second so they don't pendulum after removing their last piece. So while that 2nd pitch traverse is easy climbing drop a couple large cams in the crack to protect your second as they traverse. Nice photos.
By Greg Kosinski
From: Minneapolis, MN
Aug 10, 2017
|Good bit of loose rock on the second half of the first pitch. I pulled off a basketball sized peice with just a hug that could have gone straight to they belayer if I didn't hold on. If anyone gets my #3 out od the first pitch and is passing through Minneapolis I'd appreciate getting it back


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Ladies, a plate?
Whenever I am asked to bring something to an afternoon or morning tea or suchlike, I have a theory about what it is best to take. This is born out of hard-won experience, and a bit of guesswork, and by way of justification for actually being quite lazy.
We all know I can't bake for toffee. I can't follow recipes. It is kind of depressing. It pretty much rules out making an amazing chocolate cake, or ginger slice, or cheesecake. It's just as well I have a couple of old standbys that always seem to hit the mark and make people think I am better at cooking than I am.
On Sunday I went to my good buddy SG's little boy's third birthday party. The brief was to bring a plate - something to share, and something that the kids might eat too. And there was even a request for one of my go-to dishes. Which is just as well really, 'cos if it had been for a carrot cake, I'd have been screwed...
A while ago I wrote this about one of my favourite southern party bites - the cheese roll, or Southland sushi. I made a bit of a bastardised, hybridised version with some leftover cheese sauce. It was pretty good, regardless, but this time it was time to get back to the "classic" style.
The hilarious thing is that for people who didn't grow up with them, they are a bit of a revelation - they are quite delicious. I made the classic onion soup/reduced cream dip, mixed in a little grated cheddar, and spread it on pieces of sandwich-sliced white bread with the crusts removed, and rolled 'em up. I sprinkled a little more cheese over the top (you can never have too much cheese), cut them down to bite size (hey, it's a kids' party!), brushed with some butter, and chucked them in the oven.
I thought I would also make my other staple - egg sandwiches. Little triangles of mashed boiled egg, chopped parsley and mayo with some cress, or rocket, or, in this case, sprouts for a little peppery kick. So, so simple - plenty of seasoning, and laid out on a big white platter.
Look, here's the thing - I just don't reckon it is worth getting yourself in a flap trying to make something to blow everyone away when basic, hearty tucker like this is always so well received. And I reckon there are a few distinct reasons why this is.
First, most people, apart from raging gutses like me, are only going to eat a couple of things. They will not eat more than one sweet thing, two at the most. If you do savoury things like the egg sarnies and cheese rolls, people convince themselves that they can have a few of these - that it is sort of more like "proper" food - less "treat-y", even though my plates have heaps of cheese, and heaps of mayo, respectively.
Second, these are familiar things that people associate with these "bring a plate" kind of events. I reckon if you give them just a bit of a zhuzh, they really hit the spot - bit of extra cheese on and in the rolls, peppery sprouts in the sandwiches. Whammo!
And third, it means that even if the rest of the spread is ropey savouries and ghastly salmon things, there will at least be something there that I like to eat.
Not that this was the case at this three-year-old's party - ginger loaf (I love ginger loaf!), profiteroles, and a chocolate mud cake. All excellent afters to follow through with after an egg sandwich (or three), or a cheese roll (or four)...
So - how bout it? What is your go-to dish when you are asked to bring a plate? What do you make if you are trying to impress, and what do you like to see at these kind of events? And what do you go for by preference, and in what order?
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