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Drumbeat for change grows as Connecticut town grieves
NEWTOWN, Conn. — As this small town mourned the victims of one of the nation's worst school shootings, state police said Sunday that the gunman carried multiple 30-round magazines of ammunition and hundreds of bullets when he launched his bloody rampage that killed 26 people.
Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance said authorities had publicly identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, 20. His mother Nancy was one of the victims of Friday's shootings.
Vance, delivering a brief report on the investigation into the slayings, said Lanza used a .223 Bushmaster asssault rifle for most of the killings and also had two handguns, a Glock 10 mm and a Sig Sauer 9 mm. Vance said he used the assault rifle on his school victims before killing himself with a handgun.
The Bushmaster is a type of gun commonly seen at competitions and was the type used in the 2002 sniper killings in the Washington area. Vance said the assault rifle magazines each contained 30 rounds.
In addition to the fusillade of shell casings recovered at the scene, Vance said hundreds more unexpended rounds were found at the scene with the dead shooter. A fourth weapon, a shotgun, was found in the car Lanza drove to the school.
Vance said investigators are trying to determine a motive. "this is a very long, tedious process,'' he said of the investigation. "It's going to take many, many man hours to attempt to ... put this puzzle together.''
President Obama was arriving here to speak at an evening memorial service.
Also Sunday, President Obama was schedule to arrive and speak at an evening memorial service.
In Washington, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told Fox News Sunday that a national commission could scrutinize gun laws, the mental health system and the impact that violent video games might have in gun violence. Sen . Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., promised to introduce a ban when Congress returns in January.
"It can be done," Feinstein told NBC's Meet the Press.
The drive for stiffer gun laws came as law enforcement officials here continued the painful business of investigating details of Friday's senseless slaughter that left dead a deranged gunman and his 27 victims.
Connecticut's chief medical examiner, H. Wayne Carver II, said Sunday that Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother, Nancy, multiple times in the head before going to Sandy Hook Elementary school and gunning down 26 people, including 20 children. Carver said Lanza then killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head.
At an earlier briefing, Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance said "misinformation" was being posted on some social websites, some of it "in a threatening manner" by people posing as the shooter, law enforcement officials and others close to the investigation.
"These issues are crimes, they will be investigated, state and federally, and prosecution will take place" when those posting the information are identified," Vance said.
Vance reiterated that authorities have recovered some evidence he believes will help explain what prompted Adam Lanza to launch his killing spree. Vance declined to elaborate on the nature of the evidence. But he said local and federal investigators were tracing the weapons used in the attack, including the .223-caliber assault rifle used in the killings, "all the way back to the work bench'' to learn how they ended up in Lanza's possession.
Three weapons found at the scene, two handguns and the rifle, were registered to Lanza's mother, who was killed before Lanza set out for the school.
"A great deal of work must be done on those weapons,'' Vance said.
Federal law enforcement officials are visiting area gun dealers and shooting ranges that could provide additional information about the gunman's preparations before Friday's attacks. Authorities have cast a broad investigative net with a goal of interviewing an estimated 400 dealers and range operators in a four-county area.
Dean Price, manager of the Wooster Mountain Shooting Range, about 15 miles from the school, said two agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spent about two hours going through all the sign-in sheets for 2012. Price said the agents were trying to determine if either Nancy or Adam Lanza had been at the range. Neither had, Price said, adding that he did not know either of them.
On Saturday, the horrifying details about the victims' last moments emerged as authorities released their names and ages — the youngest 6 and 7, the oldest 56. Many of the Sandy Hook Elementary victims were shot several times at close range by an assault rifle,Carver said.
He said most of the kids killed early Friday morning were first-graders. Among seven he personally examined, all had three to 11 bullet wounds.
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"All of the wounds I know of were caused by a rifle,'' he said. Twelve of the youngsters killed were girls, eight were boys. All six school officials, including principal Dawn Hochsprung, were women. Sixteen of the kids were just 6 years old; the rest were seven.
"I've been at this for a third of a century,'' Carver said of the gruesome crime scene and young victims, who were massacred in one of the worst mass shooting sprees in U.S. history. "This is probably the worst I've seen or the worst any of my colleagues have seen. This was a very devastating set of injuries."
All the victims of the Connecticut elementary school shooting were killed up close by multiple rifle shots, a medical examiner said.
Ray Horvath walked out the front doors of Sandy Hook school Friday morning — minutes before Adam Lanza forced his way in.
"I wish the hell I was there," said the retired 65-year-old Newtown resident, who runs a non-profit group that administers a before-and-after school program for children. "I would rather have given up my life for another."
Horvath says he left the school that day and drove to a local hardware store nearby, where he watched unmarked police cars speeding to the school. Four 6-year-olds in Horvath's program — Ben Wheeler, Noah Pozner, Jesse Lewis and James Matiolli — were murdered.
"They all had bright-eyed wonder and curiosities," says Horvath. "James was a sweetheart of a kid with such an innocent face."
Horvath says he talked every day with the school's principal, Dawn Hochsprung, who was also slain.
"She always had a smile on her face and was a wonderful woman," Horvath says. "I'll never forget the special day she dressed for the kids as a princess with a wand. She had sparkles on her eyelashes, so, when she blinked, her eyes sparkled."
President Obama plans to travel to Newtown tonight to meet with victims' families and thank first-responders. He will speak at an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School.
Family members, friends and former classmates say Adam Lanza was bright, extremely shy, socially awkward and may have suffered from Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism.
MORE: Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence
The killer's family was struggling to make sense of what happened and "trying to find whatever answers we can," his father, Peter Lanza, said in a statement late Saturday that expressed sympathy for the victims' families. Peter and Nancy Lanza were divorced.
Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school. (Dec. 15)
Vance said family members have asked the news media to respect their privacy. "This is an extremely heartbreaking thing for them to endure," he said. State troopers have been assigned to stand outside the homes of victims' families to protect their privacy, he said. A crisis intervention team from Yale University has been set up for people in town who may need to talk to someone, Vance said.
At church vigils and gatherings around Newtown, there was a collective cry of disbelief and grieving. Around town, flags flew at half staff. On Church Hill Road, which leads into Sandy Hook, a large sheet hung on the side of a bridge. The blue lettering read "We (heart) you Sandy Hook Elementary."
As the names of the 26 children and adults who were gunned down at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn,. were made public on Saturday, the shock of Friday's massacre gave way to a profound grief. (Dec. 15)
At the Honan Funeral Home, Newtown's only funeral home, victims' families were preparing burials.
"We are in the process of meeting with families," said funeral director Daniel Honan.
Separately, members of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association were meeting to determine how they can help Honan and families of victims, said the association's spokeswoman, Laura Soll.
Declan Procaccini was with his daughter at Sandy Hook Elementary in a reading class with other children and two teachers on Friday when the shooting started. He said they locked themselves in a bathroom until police banged on the door and led then through the school and the bloody scene to safety.
Laura and Nick Phelps have a 6-year-old boy who is a first-grader and a daughter in third grade. Both got out safely. Laura Phelps told CNN her son "said he saw people on the floor, sleeping." They said their son doesn't seem to understand what happened. Their daughter is more upset.
"They all heard and saw things children shouldn't see," she said. "It's unspeakable. It's like reaching into your insides and pulling them out. ... It's something we'll get through, but I don't think it's something we'll ever get over."
The father of a 6-year-old girl killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre says his deep pain is comforted by the memory of how bright, loving and creative his daughter was. (Dec. 15)
After receiving word of the shooting, Tracy Hoekenga said she was paralyzed with fear for her two boys, fourth-grader C.J. and second-grader Matthew. "I couldn't breathe. It's indescribable. For a half an hour, 45 minutes, I had no idea if my kids were OK," she said.
The nightmare on Friday began when Adam Lanza drove his mother's car through 300-year-old Newtown to he village of Sandy Hook, where teacher Theodore Varga and other fourth-grade instructors were meeting; the glow remaining from a fourth-grade concert Thursday night.
"It was a lovely day," Varga said. "Everybody was joyful and cheerful. We were ending the week on a high note."
Then, gunshots rang out. "I can't even remember how many," Varga said.
The incident is the latest in a series of mass shootings in the U.S. this year, including Tuesday's assault by a lone gunman at a Portland, Ore., shopping mall that left two dead and one wounded.
The family of Nancy Lanza, the mother of elementary school shooter Adam Lanza, issued a statement of grief and condolence about Friday's massacre through local law enforcement in Kingston, N.H. (Dec. 15)
Police said the shootings took place in two rooms in one section of the school building, including a kindergarten classroom.
As the shooting erupted, quick-thinking teachers and faculty members hid some students in closets and bathrooms, while others rounded up students and spirited them out of the building.
"A lot of children are alive today because of actions the teacher took," Dr. Janet Robinson, superintendent of the Newtown Public School District, told CNN. Robinson said Hochspring died trying to block Lanza.
Vance said the murder scene was so gruesome that first responders, including tactical squad police, were provided counseling later in the day. "This was a tragic, horrific scene they encountered,'' he said.
Sandy Hook is in a residential, wooded village in the town of Newtown about 65 miles northeast of New York City. The school, which serves kindergartners to fourth-graders, has 39 teachers and nearly 700 students. A reverse 911 call went out to parents warning of an incident, shaking the quiet, middle- and upper-middle class community of 27,000 to its core.
"This is the most tragic thing we've ever encountered,'' said Newtown Police Lt. George Sinko. "We have to think about the families right now."
Contributing: Laura Petrecca, Gary Stoller, Carolyn Pesce, Wendy Koch, Gary Stoller; the Associated Press


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I tried to determine the toughest draws conquered at the respective events since the start of the 1988 season. The Australian Open did not have 1 draw that jumped out at me. The U.S. Open had several draws that stood out as quite difficult for the champion to navigate (1992, 1994, 1998, 2002). At any rate, these are the 4 draws I selected. Tell me and the rest of the Tennis-x readers what other draws were exceptionally deep and rough.
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Young Jr. designated for assignment; Volstad up
DENVER -- Needing to bolster their bullpen, the Rockies designated outfielder Eric Young Jr. for assignment before Wednesday night's game against the Nationals and recalled right-hander pitcher Chris Volstad from Triple-A Colorado Springs.
The Rockies have 10 days to trade, release or assign Young to the Minors.
With the Rockies dealing with various pitching injuries and two games into 13 days without a day off, the need to bolster pitching was clear. The back end of the bullpen has undergone shuffling since right-hander Rafael Betancourt went on the 15-day disabled list on June 2 with a groin injury, and the Rockies announced Tuesday that middle reliever Edgmer Escalona would be on the disabled list with right elbow inflammation.
In addition, righty Tyler Chatwood missed his last start with a right arm issue and left-hander Jorge De La Rosa is being watched closely because of a cut left middle finger.
Volstad made the Opening Day roster and was 0-0 with an 8.53 ERA in four games before being optioned to Colorado Springs on April 19, and went 3-1 with a 5.31 ERA in eight Triple-A starts. The hope is Volstad can help a staff that's already been affected by long stretches of games at home and in hitters' parks on the road, with Interleague road series at Toronto and Boston on the horizon.
The pitching is important for the Rockies, who entered Wednesday 35-30, second in the National League West, one game behind the D-backs.
"What precipitated this was the need to add a pitcher of length," said Bill Geivett, the Rockies' senior vice president of Major League operations. "We're in a stretch of 15-of-18 at home, and the three on the road were in Cincinnati. Then we're going to go to Toronto. The level of pitching we've had, we're trying to keep that intact as best we can."
Young, 28, a 30th-round pick in the 2003 MLB First-Year Player Draft, found big league traction by hitting .316 in 98 games last year before suffering an oblique injury that ended his season early. This year, he won a roster spot in Spring Training. He posted a.242 batting average and took a step backward defensively in the outfield. Young was a second baseman before being moved into the outfield in 2009.
Also, outfielder Tyler Colvin, after a long stint in Colorado Springs to find his swing, has been an immediate contributor since being called up Saturday. Like the switch-hitting Young, Colvin plays all three outfield positions.
"There's been an attachment to 'E.Y.' since he showed up, in the Minor Leagues and all the things that he's done," Geivett said. "It's not only his toughness, but his energy level and that he's a tremendous person. He's got to be one of my all-time favorites as a guy and a competitor and all that. And his performance last year before he got hurt was tremendous, and he performed well in Spring Training."
Young is son of Eric Young, who forever became a fan favorite during the team's inaugural home game at Mile High Stadium on April 4, 1993, when he led off the bottom of the first with a home run off the Expos' Kent Bottenfield in the Rockies' 11-4 victory.
Eric Young Jr. has been a fan favorite with his hustle, as well as his fan interaction and charity work.
Young Jr. Tweeted: "Best wishes to the Rockies organization. Thank you for my time with you. Truly a blessing to be with the city of Denver. Thank you all for the support. Love you all. Always have faith in the man upstairs and in yourselves. #blessings Phil 4:13"
Rockies manager Walt Weiss, a teammate of Young's father who watched Young Jr. grow up from a clubhouse perspective, said the move touched him.
"Extremely difficult," Weiss said. "I've known him a long time. He's almost like another son to me. A really tough day, from that aspect."
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said: "It always makes it tough when a guy has known only one organization, such as E.Y. You feel for him, but at the same time, you've got to look at it as hopefully he gets an opportunity with a team, and whoever gets him is getting a good guy."


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Wednesday night World Serious time. Sadly, it isn't in Philly but in St. Louis.
Sort of reminds me of 2007. Rockies got hot in September, eliminated the Phillies in the NLDS and won the NLCS. Cardinals took the same path this year.
Let's compare season numbers:
Average: Tex. .283, StL .273. Each led respective leagues.
Runs: Tex. 855 (3rd); StL 762, led NL.
Fewest strikeouts: Tex. 930, StL 978. Each had fewest in respective leagues.
ERA: 3.74 StL, 3.79 Tex.
Save opportunities/saves: StL 73/47, Tex. 55/39.
Okay, how about the postseason?
Average: StL .288, Tex. .259
Runs: StL 62, Tex. 55
ERA: Tex. 4.11, StL 4.18.
Opponents batting average: both .241
During the postseason, St. Louis starters had a 7.66 ERA; the no-name bullpen, 1.88. Sometimes you can't figure out this game.
No complete games but plenty of runs and plenty of relief pitchers, which will make for long games.
Got to stick with the NL.
Former Phillies
Cardinals have Kyle Loshe, Nick Punto and Arthur Rhodes.
Rangers, pitching coach, Mike Maddux.
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"My fondest postseason memory is the parade down Broad Street and interacting with the fans. I was amazed at the number of fans lining the parade route and the outpouring of emotion. It was a combination of joy and relief that the Phillies had won it all."
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"Rockies got hot in September, eliminated the Phillies in the NLDS and won the NLCS. Cardinals took the same path this year." Question. When do the Phils get hot? During the offseason, laying on some beach in Bora Bora counting their fat, win or lose multi million $$$ paychecks? Perhaps we need to petition MLB to alter the season dates to correspond to when the Phils play their best…during the off season!!!


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The Four Stages of Loyalty:
From Overlook martial Arts Reader Volume 2
From "Arts of Serenity, Arts of Strength" by Nicklaus Suino
Page 246-247
1. Beginner students: Must trust in the school and follow instruction without question because they do not know enough to question yet.
2. Intermediate students: Begin to feel part of the family and do not want to let people down. They should also practice hard now because they have the experience to see it is a good path.
3. Advanced Students: The advanced student demonstrates loyalty by giving back to and supporting the school and the teacher.
4. Senior Students: Quote Page 247 (Spacing modified for internet reading):
"Some mention should be made at his point of the fact that advanced students must often leave their home dojo to complete their development.
A natural part of the close relationship between teacher and student is that some students will grow and eventually become relatively close to the teacher in ability.
There will probably always be a difference in the depth of their understanding since the most advanced ten percent of knowledge in martial arts is far more difficult to achieve than the first ninety percent, but just as children nearing adulthood must challenge their parents and seek their own role in the world, so must students of the martial arts eventually become complete individuals by seeking independence.
While this separation might seem to be a severing of the ties of loyalty, and in some cases may end up being so, it is a necessary step in the maturation of students.
By testing their abilities in a larger arena, students will come to have a better appreciation of what their teachers have gone through before them, and while their abilities sharpen through contact with other martial artists, they will come to have a new respect for their teachers for having endured some of the difficulties they now face.
As long as the students remember that nothing in their martial arts career would have been possible without the guidance of their teachers, they will understand their proper place in the continuing succession of martial artists."


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Mix flour and water together to form a firm dough. Knead the dough for 3 to 5 minutes. Cover the dough with cold water and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. Next, knead the dough in the water, gently, until the water turns milky. Pour the water off. Now cover the dough with warm water, and knead again until the water turns milky again. Repeat adding cold water, kneading, adding warm water and kneading until the water finally becomes more clear. This process washes out the white starch and the brown bran from the dough leaving you with a spongy mass called wheat gluten which is the wheat protein.
Bring 3 cups of water to a boil. Place the gluten in the boiling water and boil uncovered for 5 minutes. Reduce the flame to medium and add the shoyu. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes. The gluten becomes brown, soft, tender and salty. This is now called seitan.
Per serving - 390 calories, 2 g fat (4% calories from fat), 16 g protein, 83 g carbohydrate, 14 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 395 mg sodium


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Twenty years ago, I founded the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee, with the simple purpose of letting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community define itself at a time when bigots were defining us.
In those 20 years, Queens Pride has grown to become one of the city's leading LGBT organizations. The progress around LGBT rights, including the election of LGBT and LGBT-friendly officials in Queens, is a testament to the community members over the past 20 years who have organized, marched, and advocated. Queens Pride has truly transformed hearts and minds in Queens, throughout New York, and beyond.
Despite the progress we have seen over the past two decades, the need for our families, friends, and neighbors to come out and celebrate Pride remains as strong now as ever.
We are battling to maintain funding for programs critical to people living with HIV/AIDS. Transgender individuals are still not explicitly protected from discrimination in our state's human rights law. Queer youth, many of whom are coming out of the closet at a younger age, face harassment and abuse in their homes and schools.
While the movement for LGBT rights is growing across the world, so are officially sanctioned homophobia and transphobia in countries like Uganda, Russia, and China.
As the founder of Queens Pride and now the chair of the City Council's Immigration Committee, I have consciously worked to highlight the linkages between our city's immigrant and LGBT communities.
With its distinctly international flavor, Queens Pride plays a special role among the city's Pride celebrations as a local event whose impact is felt globally. Recent immigrants, many from countries where LGBT individuals are actively persecuted, fill the streets and line the parade route.
For the LGBT individuals in the crowd, Queens Pride is a much-needed affirmation of their value as equal members of this society. For the others, the sight of an out, proud, and diverse LGBT community in the middle of Queens is a much-needed reminder that discrimination and bigotry have no place in a free and open society.
June is my favorite month since it is a time when many of the wonderful people I have met in my life come out on the streets to celebrate the journey we have made. You can see me every year dancing down 37th Avenue to the latest dance tune surrounded by people from all walks of life - gay and straight, young and old, immigrant and longtime residents - all rejoicing in the immortal words of Lady Gaga: "Baby, I was born this way."
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Four San Francisco teen-agers recently got the surprise of their young lives. Tooling around in their souped-up car looking for a little fun, they spotted two homosexuals leaving the Naked Grape, a well-known gay bar. The youths roared to a stop, jumped out of their car and began to push the homosexuals around. Suddenly a brawny band, led by a man in a clerical collar, leaped from a gray Volkswagen bus and lit into them. "We didn't even ask questions," said the Rev. Ray Broshears, 38. "We just took out our pool cues and started flailing ass." The teen-agers fled into the night, only to return ten minutes later, begging for their car: "Look, man, we don't want no trouble."
The group they most assuredly did not want trouble with was the Lavender Panthers, a stiff-wristed team of gay vigilantes who have taken to the streets of San Francisco to protect their confreres against just such attacks. Formed by the Rev. Ray, a Pentecostal Evangelist and known homosexual who himself was once beaten severely outside his gay mission center, the Panthers patrol the streets nightly with chains, billy clubs, whistles and cans of red spray paint (a substitute for forbidden Mace). Their purpose, as the Rev. Ray candidly puts it, is to strike terror in the hearts of "all those young punks who have been beating up my faggots."
San Francisco has long had a reputation for permissiveness toward homosexuals, and the police department claims that there are only a couple of isolated incidents of gay beatings on their records. The homosexuals say that that is precisely the point: gays will not file I complaints because the police are likely to accuse them of having invited the beating by propositioning someone. The Rev. Ray's own log shows 300 incidents of muggings and beatings of homosexuals in San Francisco during the past six months, usually by roaming teen-age gangs. A pudgy, confessed coward, Ray says he finally got fed up on the Fourth of July after he had complained to police that some young toughs were setting off fireworks in a parking lot outside his Helping Hands Gay Community Service Center. According to Ray, when the cops arrived all they did was tell the youths he had ratted on them. The toughs proceeded to beat him senseless. Two days later Ray announced that the Lavender Panthers were coming out.
Kung Fu. The basic band numbers 21 homosexuals, including two lesbians who are reputedly the toughest hombres in the lot. Besides their goal of halting the attacks, the Lavender Panthers want to gainsay the popular notion that all homosexuals are "sissies, cowards and pansies" who will do nothing when attacked. All of the Panthers know judo, karate, Kung Fu or plain old alley fighting. For gays without defensive skills, the Panthers hold training sessions with instruction from a judo brown belt and a karate expert. Although Ray has a working arrangement with Elliot Blackstone, the police community relations officer who deals with homosexuals, not to carry firearms on his patrols, he does keep a shotgun in his office, which, he boasts, "will leave a hole in a man big enough to drive a s « tank through Georgia."
Beyond their stipulation against the Panthers' carrying guns, the police have not interfered with the patrols, nor have they received any complaints from anyone the Panthers have accosted. Indeed, the Panthers have gotten more heat from their own brethren than from the police. Bill McWilliams, owner of three gay bars, says, for example, that the patrons of his Boot Camp bar can take good care of themselves. Moreover, many of the city's affluent gays do not like the idea of hard-eyed homosexual toughs causing commotion in the streets. But Ray insists that his Draconian measures are necessary. "Middle America has always had a little tinge of homophobia," he says. "But I've had it up to here. All this queer bashing has simply got to stop."


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Heat the oil in a large skillet and sauté the onions for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the celery and seitan. Sauté another 5 minutes. Place the bread, sautéed vegetables and all remaining ingredients, except the mushrooms, parsley and paprika, in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Preheat the oven to 350° while you stuff the mushrooms. Fill each mushroom with equal amounts of stuffing and sprinkle the parsley and paprika on top. Lightly oil a baking sheet and place the stuffed mushroom on it. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until tender and juicy. Remove and serve 3 mushroom per person.
The mushrooms can be broiled for 7 minutes or so instead of baked, if desired.
Per serving - 268 calories, 11 g fat (36% calories from fat), 10 g protein, 35 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 446 mg sodium


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N° 16–2004: Europe and Russia: a 15-year partnership in human spaceflight
23 March 2004
Fifteen years of fruitful cooperation in human spaceflight activities between Russia and the European Space Agency have set the stage for even closer cooperation. "Growing together" is the theme of a symposium to be held in Moscow on Friday 2 April, an occasion for ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, FKA (formerly Rosaviakosmos), to reflect on their shared achievements in human spaceflight over the past 15 years and their intentions for even closer cooperation in the short to long term.
The cooperation started with initial exchanges of information, small study contracts and some ESA experiments on Russian missions. It covered potential cooperation in the then planned Mir-2 programme, and grew into substantial training of ESA astronauts and flights to the Mir station in 1994 and 1995, which also saw the first extravehicular activity by an ESA astronaut, Thomas Reiter from Germany, during the six-month Euromir 1995 mission. It continued with the training of ESA astronauts as flight engineers for the Soyuz capsule and a number of short-duration flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
With Russia joining the ISS programme, cooperation was refocused, with the main emphasis on the Russian segment of the ISS. Highlights have been ESA's successful development of the Data Management System for the Russian segment, launched in July 2000 and operational since then, and of the European Robotic Arm, still waiting to be launched and attached to the Russian segment.
The Russian side has been developing subsystems for the ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle, which will dock with the Russian segment, and is providing operational support for the first ATV flight (by the Jules Verne vehicle) in 2005 and for future ATV missions during the lifetime of the ISS.
The symposium takes place in Moscow, at the Hotel Metropol, on Friday 2 April and starts at 10:00 hrs. At 17:00 hrs a round-table discussion is expected to be attended by:
Anatoly Perminov – Director General Russian Federal Space Agency,
Jean-Jacques Dordain – Director General ESA,
Yuri Semenov – President RSC Energia,
Vasili Tsibliev – Head of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre,
Nilolai Anfimov - Director General of TsNIIMASH,
Anatoli Grigoriev – Director IBMP,
François Auque – Chief Executive Officer EADS Space,
Maurizio Tucci – Chief Executive Officer Alenia Spazio,
Rainer Klett – Managing Director Kayser Threde,
Alexander Medvedchikov –Russian Federal Space Agency,
Jörg Feustel-Büechl – Director Human Spaceflight ESA.
The round-table discussion will cover past achievements, the outlook for industrial cooperation and general aspects of future cooperation with Russia, including the role of the European Commission in special undertakings.
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by Terri Kirby Erickson
One of the most emotionally charged words in the English language has to be "home." For good or ill, this is the place where our lives begin and often where they end, if we are fortunate. For most people, hearing, reading or simply thinking about the word, "home," conjures up feelings of warmth and comfort, love and acceptance—a portal through which we may enter either physically or emotionally, that seems almost magical in its ability to heal and to nurture our minds and bodies. Above all, home is a "safe haven" in a world fraught with risk and uncertainty.
"Home" can also be embodied by a person or any number of people with whom we associate feelings of warmth and acceptance—our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, lovers or close friends. When we are with these people or even thinking about them, we feel the utmost sense of connection and intimacy. After all, they are the ones who know and love us just as we are, "warts" and all. We often yearn to be in their company for at least long enough to gather the necessary resources to face the rest of civilization, since most people are not as kindly disposed to look over our quirks and faults. In fact, the people outside of our "home circle" are often our competitors with whom we feel we must "measure up" in the work environment, even if we view them as cordial co-workers, valued team mates, and even friends.
For all the reasons stated above, and because I'm one of the fortunate people who grew up in a loving and supportive environment, "home" is a recurrent theme in many of my poems. Of course, I understand that homes can also be abusive and as frightening if not more so, than any place in the world at large. But nothing and no one can control our minds, and we can create a haven for ourselves within the confines of our own imaginations, if nowhere else. We all know what we need and want, even if our needs and wants aren't being fulfilled. It is my feeling that poems and stories that validate our ideas of what a home can or should be, give us something to work towards, something to imagine during the times when the reality is something quite different, at least for now—and I take this responsibility very seriously in my work.
In my latest collection, Telling Tales of Dusk (Press 53), there are many poems that refer to various aspects of "home." In a poem called, "Star Lite Motel," travelers find a welcoming oasis at a local "inn," where "the name/Star Lite Motel shines through the windows like a benediction." In the poem, "Daisy Chain," drivers pass a mother chatting with neighbors by the side of the road, whose children are gathered around her, creating a "scene like this: belonging so/palpable, it beat like a heart/on the pavement." And in the poem, "Oak Tree," which refers to an old oak that is "leaning over a farmhouse where the same/family has lived for generations," the oak is a symbol of stability as it "keeps watch outside their/little farmhouse, its arms spread wide/over their comings and goings…," the very sight of which stirs the hearts and minds of those who dwell beneath its branches.
"He travels toward the horizon with the steady gait
of someone with a place to go, whose tender gaze
will soon find home, that place more sacred than
communion wafers nestled in the palms of angels."
Peace and love,
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So I stop by Crystal River Rural King in Citrus County with my thoughts on buying a gun. That EAA pink tangfolio 9mm had been calling to me and I saw that they had it back in stock. The price is right and it's mostly just for fun but I need to dry fire it before I can buy it obviously. Tough luck for me.
The clerk behind the counter tells me I cannot dry-fire the gun (it has a trigger lock on it). I explain that I just need to test the trigger pull and then I will buy it. The clerk says he cannot let me. I ask why. He says "because you could easily drop a round in the gun and then shoot me" - This is mostly silly to me since I am 99 percent sure I was carrying my loaded 45 on my hip at the time and I managed to not shoot anyone with it accidentally or otherwise. But whats even worse is that they think thats some sort of protection for them.
Then I hand the gun back to him and say (with other customers at the counter) - "who would buy a gun without dry firing it first." - The clerk just walked away. He wouldn't even acknowledge me after that.
It really disappoints me that a gun store would act like this. This behavior tells me that you believe your staff and your customers cannot be trusted to handle a firearm. If thats the case, you have no business selling guns. Surely there is some protocol that could be created to allow customers to dry fire a weapon even if its not right there at the counter. I'm not against some strict oversight - maybe a private room with that security guard that escorts you out of the store as soon as you purchase a gun (yes really).
Anyhow - so unless they change this policy - if you are a serious gun buyer - there is no good reason to be shopping for guns at Rural King.


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Please keep in mind that I didn't write this, it arrived in a mail, so don't all pack on me. Hope it raises a smile.....
Once a year there is a special "open season" in Scotland. Intrepid hunters don their hiking clothes, load their guns and head for the hills. Their quarry ? An elusive wee beastie called The Haggis.
This time of year, with Burn's Night being on the 25th the demand for these wee creatures is such that special permits are issued to all those with contacts in the right places, but poaching does take place.
The Haggis are intelligent wee creatures and tend to go into hiding around this time of year, so the Haggis Hunters take with them such helpers as ferrets who can sniff out a Haggis and burrow into Haggis holes in order to flush them out.
Once caught, unspeakable things are done to the Haggis and they are offered for sale with a fake plastic skin and very little dignity.
So, spare a thought for the tiny, timid Haggis as I will be doing so later, along with mashed potato, swede and carrots.


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Saint Carthage the Younger
- Carthage of Lismore
- Carthage of Mochuda
- Cartaco….
- Carthach….
- Carthagus….
- Mo Chutu mac Fínaill
- Mochuda….
Swineherd near Castlemaine, Ireland. Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Carthage the Elder. Priest. Hermit at Kiltallagh, Ireland in 580. He attracted would-be students, founded the monastery in Raithean in County Offaly, Ireland c.590, and served as its abbot. Abbot–Bishop of the Fercal district. He composed a rule for his monks. Wrote a metrical poem of 580 lines. Exiled from Raithean in 635 with 800 of his brother monks. With them he established a monastery which later became the famous school of Lismore.
- "Saint Carthage the Younger". CatholicSaints.Info. 23 May 2017. Web. 27 May 2020. <>


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Your morning roundup for June 26, a day after a man who lost his arm to a rocket in Afghanistan caught a foul ball.
What we watched: Mexico defeated America 4-2 in the Gold Cup finals at the Rose Bowl last night. The "visitors" scored four unanswered goals after the #USMNT took a two-goal lead in the 22nd minute. At first, head coach Bob Bradley looked to be the prophet for starting Freddy Adu and putting Landon Donovan way up top to attack. Later, the hues and cries for Bradley's head returned.
Here are a couple reasons why the Fire Bradley folks should just hush now: Mexico may well be the superior side; if they aren't, they were after defender Steve Cherundulo left the game after being "caught in a tackle" really early thus leaving America vulnerable to the type of quick, gifted attacks that won the match; and, the game could easily have been 4-4, and bound for extra time, had coach's son Michael Bradley's rocket been about three yards to the left and Clint Dempsey's three inches lower. Besides, Jose Mourinho doesn't want the job until his kids are of go-to-college-in-America age.
With breaks going as they did and the rosters being what they were on the pitch, Mexico unquestionably earned the victory, and the ceremony which followed. (You can see the goals here, here and here). And that's where goalkeeper Tim Howard enters the story.
Still stinging from the Americans' 4-2 defeat, Howard ripped organizers for a ceremony designed to cater to what obviously was a pro-Mexican crowd. He emerged from the U.S. locker room and approached a group of reporters, and Sporting News asked the first question. It concerned the game and Mexico's glut of young, talented players.
"CONCACAF should be ashamed of themselves. I think it was a (expletive) disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish. You can bet your (butt) if we were in Mexico City it wouldn't be all in English."
Ah, the old caught-up-in-emotions "This is America, speak English" angle. Nice. But whatever. Is what it is. America lost. Howard was pissed. And last time I checked, bilingual means separate but equal translation. Rock, flag and eagle.
Anyway, there were 26 arrests at the Rose Bowl, mostly for public intoxication. Fin.
What we're watching: Well, there isn't much on today. Women's World Cup. Travelers Championship. Recommendation: Go outside and pray to the heavens that the mighty Pittsburgh Pirates complete their sweep of the Red Sox. [Post-Gazette]
"Balkin' Bob" Davidson gets the win: Bottom of the seventh. Giants up. Bases loaded on a throwing error, fielding error and walk. Indians reliever Tony Sipp on the mound. Emmanuel Burriss at bat. Sipp slightly flinches. Umpire Bob Davidson sees, and calls, a balk. The only run of the game plates. After the game, someone asks Burriss, "How goofy was that inning?" Burriss retorts, "Probably no goofier than this season." [San Francisco Chronicle]
David Price's public poo problem: At the bidding of a Twitter follower/questioner, the Tampa Bay pitcher copped to pooing his pants since he was 10 and intimates that every 25-year-old out there has done so. [Twitter]
Pursuit of double digits: Pitchers Cole Hamels (Phillies), Jair Jurrjens (Braves), CC Sabathia (Yankees) and Justin Verlander (Tigers) all took the mound yesterday seeking their 10th wins of the season. These three did. This one didn't: [Inquirer]
Always be closing: "When the final yellow came out, Sorenson was actually in second place, behind the No. 31 of Justin Allgaier. But Allgaier's car ran out of gas and couldn't make it back to the finish line. That led to a bizarre chase behind the pace car to the finish between Sorenson and Ron Fellows, followed by a video replay." [Green Bay Press Gazette]
Michigan hoops recruit critically injured in second plane crash of his life: Austin Hatch, 16, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was in critical condition Saturday in a northern Michigan hospital after the Friday evening crash that killed his father, Dr. Stephen Hatch, and his stepmother, Kim. Austin and his pilot father had survived a 2003 crash that killed Austin's mother and two siblings. "He never talked about (the previous crash) one time," said Dan Kline, the basketball coach at Canterbury School in Fort Wayne, Ind. "I'm sure he carried it inside." [AP]
Your Freestyle Canoe Interlude:
"He is still the primary suspect in this case": Giovanni Ramirez, the man suspected of brutally beating a Giants fan at the Dodgers home opener, has been transferred to a state prison in San Diego to serve a 10-month sentence for a parole violation. [KTLA]
Neymar in "shocking mass brawl": After Santos (Brazilian) defeated Penarol (Uruguayan) in the finals of South America's version of the UEFA Champions League, a brawl broke out in which Neymar, the "£40million-rated Brazil superstar" sought by Chelsea and Real Madrid, could be seen kicking a floored rival. [The Sun]
Brazilian soccer player has had enough of racist, banana-throwing Russian fans: "I'm outraged by the sickening behavior of this fan, who, in fact, insulted not only me but all the players," a disappointed Roberto Carlos told Sport Express. "I hope the Russian federation, Uefa and Fifa will give an adequate evaluation to this disgusting incident." [Metro UK] (Last two entries H/T Tomuban)
We are all Dave McKenna CXXXVII: Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until the Redskins owner apologizes to each and every fan of the team for what he's done to their beloved franchise.


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I often make the following vegan breakfast toast. I start by finely chopped onions and garlic and heat the combination on a non-stick pan till the onions are brown. Then I add a tomato chopped into small pieces, with some of the juice that comes out. The outcome is a thick cohesive paste that tastes (at least to me) excellent on a breakfast toast sprinkled with salt, pepper, herbes de provence/oregano/powdered coriander.
I like it so much that I would love some pointers on how this recipe could be improved, or if this preparation has a name that I can look up and research. Specifically what I am looking for is a way of making it less dry. I plan on trying olive oil and avocado, but any tips would be welcome.


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Hi everyone,
I am a complete beginner, and would love suggestions from all of you about ways to be effective in my practice. Thank you in advance!
Hi everyone,
I am a complete beginner, and would love suggestions from all of you about ways to be effective in my practice. Thank you in advance!
I can't post a link because I am on my Kindle, but there is series of talks for beginners posted on this site. I'm sure someone will post them if you can't find them.
求道芸化 Kyudo Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
My best suggestion is to develop a regular daily sitting practice, and stick with it. Zazen is the sine qua non of Zen.
My second-best suggestion is to turn off the TV and read. I like "Taking the Path of Zen", followed by "Mind of Clover", by Robert Aitken Roshi.
Perhaps that's too many words...and I should refer you to Ikkyu's advice:
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power
and may people think of befriending one another.
Hi Billabong!
I'm new to the practice as well but the talks and teachings Jundo and Taigu posted in the talks and teachings forum helped me understand a lot more about zazen and the basics of buddhism. I'm on my phone but I'll try post the link.
Also I went to a Half Priced Books store and found a few books geared toward beginners after I researched reviews. Jundo and Taigu also have a list of books they recommend to read as well but I don't have the link to that forum.
What's helped me is that I try to sit daily and increase the amount of time over time. I also read a book and watch the teachings of Jundo and Taigu daily.
Hopefully that helps a little bit!
Don't try to be effective in your practice...just practice.
Don t rush into being experienced, relax and pay attention.
Yes, as many said above, here is our "always beginners series" ...
Also, here is a little pamphlet on basic sitting that I should have sent you when you came (did you receive that mail from me)? ...
We also have some "in a nutshell" talks on basic Buddhist Teachings ...
There is a lot more in this forum too. Oh, and as was mentioned, a book list focused on the flavor of Soto Zen that we Practice in this Dojo ...
SPECIAL READING - ONCE BORN TWICE BORN ZEN (Part 1)
That should keep ya busy for awhile. And as Taigu said above ...
Don t rush into being experienced, relax and pay attention.
Gassho, Jundo
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I would like to add my 2c, Billabong,
the key - to me - is being steady, having a regular practice, and when falling out of my rhythm, coming back to regular practice,
It is also helpful if you have something in your house to remind you to practice. I have a formal altar in my sitting area, but I also have a small shrine in the hallway near the front door. It's the first thing I see when I come home, and the last thing I see when I leave. It's not really formal at all: a small Buddha, a small statue of Kannon, a tiny candle and a few pictures of friends. But, it centers me and reminds me to take my practice out into the world.
Thanks Amelia!
Thanks Piobair!
Seeing as the New Year has begun, I think I can definitely develop a habit of daily sitting. And I love to read, so I definitely will be looking into getting those books.
Hi all,
I apologize that it has taken me multiple posts to figure out where my responses are showing up. Thank you all so much for the help and support! I am so happy to have found this site. I will definitely be taking all of your advice into account, and look forward to the journey ahead of me.
Hello Billabong,
Please give your time on the cushion the priority. If it's a choice between only a sitting session or a reading session, I would recommend you make it a sitting session. It's so easy for many of us to dive into the book-learnin'.
Remember that Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha's loyal scholarly disciple, was not the direct Dharma successor. Mahakasyapa was.
Welcome and kindest regards
Can I make one more recommendation, something that I am utilizing each day: reading as training-encouragement.
Most monasteries and centers have daily talks which have as one principle focus, to encourage training.
Thus, most of what I read, which usually follows a sitting session, is about 15-20 minutes long.
Many of the writings of teachers such as Roshi(s) Uchiyama, Maezumi, Katagiri, Suzuki, and Okumura, to name a handful,
are actually taken from talks/lectures given by them. And thus, just like Rev. Jundo's and Taigu's video talks (often of similar, modest length that I mention) they are encouragements and guidance to training.
Take them as helpful medicine, just like we consume food when hungry that is just the right proportion to help us, not overwhelm or overindulge appetites.
In gassho
Sit, study a bit, work Practice, Sit, eating, everything in life, playing with the kids, Sit ... in balance, each in its proper place and a healthy portion.
This "Way beyond words and letters", by the way, was never completely beyond book study and "words and letters" (except for some rare radicals of centuries past). Primarily it meant to take the Sutras and other writings in small doses, not getting tangled in them, seeing right through them to the light which shines through and as the words. Know when to pick a book up, know when to put it down. Sit on a Zafu, not only in an armchair. Dogen, Bodhidharma, even 6th Ancestor Hui-Neng (though supposedly illiterate) were extremely well read and studied in the Buddhist texts. Perhaps it is better to say that we burn the books ... but only after we have read them!.
Gassho, J
Just sit!
Neika / Ian Adams
寧 Nei - Peaceful/Courteous
火 Ka - Fire
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Welcome to Little Car in the Big City, where I highlight fascinating cars I found walking around a town that is known for being bigger than everything else, but where every car is fighting to stand out: New York, New York.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that writing for Jalopnik is the most glamorous job in the world. But in between all the cash, the cars, the accolades, and the tormented daughters of automotive giants, sometimes you have to make like a paprazzo and chase down an incredibly immaculate early 1980s Toyota Corolla.
I usually take pictures of cars for LCBC when they're parked, because it's much easier and much less creepy that way. I just couldn't resist chasing this Corolla down, though, simply because of how spectacular it looks. Seriously, there's not a scratch, dent, or ding, and that's simply unheard of here in New York. You might as well run for mayor as a Mormon who wants to ban gay marriage. Is it technically possible? Yeah, I guess, if we lived in some sort of parallel universe where Orrin Hatch was born in Brooklyn.
But extremely unlikely.
It's likely from around 1979-1980, judging from the four round headlamps, which were replaced by ugly rectangular blocks until the E70 Corolla was phased out in 1987. Also, before 1982 Corolla's had no power steering, so that's got to be fun when trying to parallel park in Manhattan. The 3T engine only had about 75 horses, but the entire thing weighed less than a ton and it had rear-wheel drive. Don't lie to me and tell me this little car isn't fun.
Seriously, just look at it. Even the wheels shine. This Corolla is like a goddamn unicorn.


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Common Balance: Still Life Paintings by Mike McDonnell
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Date and TimeMonday, August 20, 2018
6:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
- Russel H. Kirkhof Center Gallery, Russell H. Kirkhof Center, Allendale Campus
In the early 1980's, Michigan-based artist Mike McDonnell became enamored with still life arrangements of common household objects. He began by drawing each object individually, then patiently applied multiple glazes of watercolor paint to achieve rich color and the illusion of realism. This selection of work, from 1982-2009, illustrates how McDonnell strived to idealize common objects in balanced and unique groupings.
This exhibit can be viewed from July 13 – October 26, 2018. Free and open to the public. Visit our web site for more information.
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Clump forming perennial flowering in May into summer. Particluarly attractive tall flower spikes of the palest blue. Bright green basal rosette of leaves. H:60cm. Full sun or partial shade. Moist but well drained soil. Hardy,
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Smothered Chicken and Barley (Adapted from CL)
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon dried mint
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
24 ounces (1 1/2 pounds) boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 tablespoon canola oil, divided
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 garlic clove, minced
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 1/4 cups dry pearl barley
14.5 ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes, drained
thinly sliced green onions, for topping
In a small bowl, whisk together cumin, chili powder, cinnamon, mint, salt, cayenne pepper and garlic powder. Scoop out about half of the spice mixture and use it to season the chicken.
In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. Add chicken and cook until each side has browned, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate.
Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to the skillet. Stir in onion, bell pepper and soy sauce - cook until the vegetables are lightly browned, about 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in broth, barley, drained tomatoes and remaining spice mixture. Place chicken back into the skillet. Bring mixture to a boil - cover, reduce heat and simmer until the barely is tender and the chicken has cooked through, about 45 to 55 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 15 minutes. Sprinkle each serving with green onions just before serving.
Makes about 4 to 6 servings.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
VeganMoFo - What's In *Your* Hot Dog?
So what's with the hot dog title, you ask? We all know how disgusting hot dogs can be (except for veggie dogs). Who knows what kind of mystery meat they put in there, right? In the movie "The Naked Gun," some guy even found a finger in his hot dog. Blergh!
Mwahaha! Ladies and gentlemen, the cute food has left the building! If you find *anything* cute about this, then you should have your brain checked out by a professional. Le gross...
Ha! That's SICK! You've probably seen those butter cookies that look like fingers that are called "witches' fingers". That's what I was going to make. But then I was in the shower last night (for some reason I was thinking about how disgusting hot dogs were whilst I shampooed my hair) when I remembered that unforgettable scene from The Naked Gun. Then it hit me that these Halloweegan fingers had to look like hot dogs in a bun. Gross!
So here's how to make these disgusting-looking, yummy-tasting little treats. The fingers are pretty much the same as the Happy Vegan Ghosts and Pumpkins minus the chocolate (yes, I eat a lot of peanut butter). You will also need oval vanilla cookies, preferably vegan ladyfingers. Round cookies will work too, you will just have to cut them in half.
For the fingers:
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter (cold)
2 tbsp maple syrup (or other syrup to taste)
2 tbsp to 1/4 cup of soy milk or other non-dairy milk
1/4 tsp vanilla
Mix the peanut butter, syrup, and vanilla with an electric mixer. If the peanut butter mix is too dry and difficult to handle mix in the milk by the tablespoon. You don't want it to be too soft and sticky though, just soft enough to handle. It should feel a little like Play-Doh.
Take small chunks off the peanut butter mix and roll them between your hands to form six logs. The logs should be about 3 inches long and 3/4 inches wide.
Take one of your oval cookies (or round cookies cut in half, rounded side up) and gently press the log onto the bottom of the cookie. This will be half of your "hot dog" bun. Take another half and press it on the other side of the log to add the other half of your "bun". Both halves should meet (or come close) at the bottom like on my picture. Repeat with all six logs.
Now to shape the fingers, simply pinch one end of each log to make it more narrow and finger-like.
For the nails:
almond slices
strawberry jelly/jam (or other red colored jelly)
Dip almond slices in strawberry jelly and insert the dipped side into the pinched end of the logs. Gently press the almond slice into the peanut butter.
To finish it up, I took a toothpick and drew some knuckles on the top of each finger. You could squeeze some strawberry or raspberry jelly on top as if it was ketchup, but I didn't feel like it.
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Oooh, those look frighteningly delicious! :0)ReplyDelete
Those almost look too gross to eat... Almost! :)ReplyDelete
Love peanut butter...dont quite know if i could make them...although I would love to eat them...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Eww, but yummm! haha when I first saw them I cringed but then when I heard what was in them =)ReplyDelete
What do the "buns" part of the recipe taste like? Are they sweet or just plain? I don't know why but they sound really good to me right now. Just a simple, plain cookie.
Ahhh! Those are so great! If they weren't peanut butter I don't think I could take a bite.ReplyDelete
I get out of bed many nights to go write down food ideas.
Oh... CREEPY nasty!... gotta go make some! Muahhahaha... :D Love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 at 3:36 AM
Last year I saw these fingers for the first time and they sort of freaked me out. But at the same time, I was fascinated by them. Your version is so creative( of course :D)ReplyDelete
oh my gosh, River - those are totally creepy and i super love them! i also love naked gun and now i want to watch them all again and again! ahahahaha! yay! you're awesome, River! i love it all!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 at 7:11 AM
Oh my dog! Those are so gross! I love it! You're a freaking genius! You should write a vegan holiday foods cookbook! Seriously!ReplyDelete
I second Shellyfish! With all of your great photos and ideas, you could definitly do a cookbook! Super-creepy fingers, just the way I like Halloween!ReplyDelete
I love 'em! You should so publish a Halloween Vegan Cookbook.ReplyDelete
"Scary Vegan Foods take over Halloween"?
i'm not sure i could eat those without feeling awkward! haha.ReplyDelete
you are way too talented....ReplyDelete
i am repulsed yet intrigued all at once....
deliciously grotesque....that is a hard combo to deliver nevermind master....
is a vegan allowed to say i want to eat fingers?...
well they are now...
i want to eat fingers :)
Ack! Those look completely disgusting!!! I really wish I had kids, because I would so make these with them.ReplyDelete
OMG those are too creepy. I'd still eat it.ReplyDelete
I get lots of ideas whilst laying in bed at night - I am most creative at night time.
Hi River,ReplyDelete
You are right, these cookies are a far cry from cute. On the plus side, they show that you have a pretty awesome sense of humor.
Yep, Gross, but way to go! They look very real. :o)ReplyDelete
Not cute, not cute at all! But they sound yummy :)ReplyDelete
That is so perfectly disgusting! And so creative :)ReplyDelete
ahhh River!!! They look so so so grossssssssssssssssss.ReplyDelete
You are amazing. I love your blog so very much.
You're totally the vegan Martha Stewart lately! I love it! Gross though finger dogs may be, I'd glady stick of those fingers in my mouth!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 1:52 PM
these look so gross haha but in a good way. i would have to close my eyes to eat oneReplyDelete
Mmmm. Finger.ReplyDelete
I clicked on your blog's name in Google Reader and was thinking to myself "can't wait to see what cutesy stuff she made up this time" and then I quickly thought 'Yuk, what is THAT?' ;-)ReplyDelete
You are so creative. Those look tasty, creepy, and fun to me, all at the same time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2008 at 1:18 AM
I'm not being insulting or anything..they're just so..ew...creative tho. ;P
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I think you did a tremendous job on these fingers. They're so creative, but I can't imagine biting into one! Eek!ReplyDelete
those are so disgusting looking. which is AWESOME! the strawberry "blood" dripping out of the nails looked really nasty.ReplyDelete
at first I thought that you had whittled down hot dogs :)
I think the knuckles need some very fine coconut hair on them.


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