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Dennis Ortiz-Lopez is an East Los Angeles born Graphic Designer who began his career from a Compton, California home base in 1967 creating typographic posters and alphabets. Typography came easily thanks to the excellent mechanical drawing classes offered by Compton Junior College and the typographic tutelage of George Turnbull and James Van Eimeren at California State University at Long Beach. Shortly after marrying, the Ortiz-Lopez / Tartt-Lopez team moved to New York City and attempted to reignite their design career with only partial success. Dennis Ortiz-Lopez was destined to be a Typographer, it was what he excelled at, and Typography was the most rewarding. He began with elaborate revivals; fonts with ornamentation such as shadows and outlines created photomechanically from pen and ink originals usually rendered at a cap height of 24 – 36 picas. This became the foundation of his 2" Film Font Phototypositor™ Library. His typographic library blossomed again when he was hired by Rolling Stone Magazine as their staff Typographer. His ability to create a complete font practically overnight enabled The Rolling Stone Design Staff to resurrect any Typestyle they desired — the Secret behind their Award Winning Typographic Resources. This was a Partnership that began in 1979 and ended in 1996 during which dozens of Fonts were created, first in pen and ink and then, in 1990, in digital form. The acquisition of a Macintosh™ II combined with Altsys Fontographer™, Adobe Illustrator™ and Adobe Photoshop™ gave him the power to increase his production and the number of his Fonts. After Rolling Stone Magazine, Mr. Ortiz-Lopez went on to teach at the School of Visual Arts for 3-1/2 years and at the same time serving as a production artist and Letterer beside Master Graphic Designer Paula Scher at CBS Records. Paula has since achieved her own level of Typographic Excellence as one of the Partners at Pentagram Design. Here is what Ms Scher has to say about Dennis Ortiz-Lopez: "Dennis Ortiz-Lopez has designed absolutely beautiful faces for me. I have worked with him for many years and he is an excellent Fontographer. Give him a try!" Dennis Ortiz-Lopez is a recipient of various awards, including awards from the Type Director's Club, the Art Director's Club and the Society of Publication Designers as well as having taught Hand Lettering at The School of Visual Arts, Montclair State University and New Jersey City University. One of his most controversial assignments came in December 8 – 9, 1980, when John Lennon was murdered. Annie Leibovitz was the last to see him alive and had taken the last photos of John with the intent of using the photos not only for the feature pages but at John's insistence, the Cover as well. John had insisted that the pictures would only run if the now famous nude would run on the Cover. Rolling Stone Owner and Editor, Jann Wenner would have it no other way and made certain that nothing commercial appeared in the Classified ads and the ads that did were replaced with Dedications and Statements of Love and Emotional Memories. It was a fitting and Loving Farewell to an Old Friend. In addition to his typographic skills, Mr. Ortiz-Lopez is fluent in English and Castilian Spanish as well as being a translator of Biblical Period Hebrew and Aramaic. One of his favorite skills is involved in the rendering of Hebraic religious artwork in digital form. Currently the Foundry has over one hundred Latin Fonts in Serif and Sans Serif formats available, as well as 40 or so Hebraic Fonts all of which are either formal or decorative styles, available in OTF and TTF encoding. His entire Commercial Font Collection is available for sale from MyFonts.com™ in OTF and TTF encoding for his Hebrew and Latin type styles.

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Universe : | Prime Timeline |
Location of Event : | Delta Quadrant [1] |
Year : | 2371 [1] |
Nature of Event : | Alternate Timeline [1] |
On approximately Stardate 48486, Voyager was proceeding on course for the Alpha Quadrant when the ship encountered a powerful shock wave emanating from a nearby planet. Investigating, Captain Janeway found that the planet had been completely devastated by a massive polaric explosion. Lieutenant Paris experienced a brief "time jump" whilst on an away team on the surface. It became apparent that the polaric explosion had caused breaks in space-time, resulting in segments of the past drifting around like "icebergs in time". As the away team prepared to beam back to the ship, one such segment swept both of them several days into the past. [1]
Since the planet appeared to be pre-warp, the Starfleet officers were bound by the full force of the prime directive which directed that there should be "no identification of self or mission, no interference with the social development of said planet, and no references to space, other worlds, or advanced civilizations." [2] They acquired local clothing and investigated the local area. They found that the planet used a polaric energy system to supply power for day to day life, apparently not realising or not caring that the system is inherently unstable and prone to catastrophic failure. Hoping to use polaric power to help them return to their own time, they travelled to the nearby power plant where they became unintentionally involved in a demonstration against the use of polaric power. When Janeway was injured by the plant's security forces, the pair were rescued by the protesters and taken back to their headquarters. [1]
Voyager's crew, meanwhile, was attempting to devise a method of rescuing their officers. They devised a method of preventing the "icebergs" from affecting personnel on the surface and a device which could open a portal into the correct time and place to retrieve the Captain and Lieutenant Paris. A first attempt succeeded only in establishing brief communication with the past, but the crew resolved to try again. [1]
In the past, Paris and Janeway were suspected of being agents of the government attempting to infiltrate the anti polaric power movement. Realising that their presence had already violated the prime directive, Janeway confessed to their true origin but this was not believed. The movement was planning a raid on the power plant and decided to take the officers along, hoping that if they were agents they may be able to secure access to the facility. On arrival Janeway confessed to the security guards at the gate so as to foil the raid, but this was unsuccessful. The raid proceeds, with Janeway pursuing the rebels inside the plant. [1]
As the moment of the disaster approached, the portal from Voyager appeared in the past. It came close to one of the polaric energy conduits, and Janeway realised that it was the attempt to rescue her which actually caused the accident in the first place. She used her phaser to disrupt the portal, preventing the explosion and so avoiding the entire sequence of events. [1]
In the new timeline the original accident never happened; Voyager did not encounter the shockwave but simply continued on it's course to the Alpha Quadrant. [1]
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Episode : | Bread and Circuses |
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Armstrong to swim in return to competition
AUSTIN, Texas - The Associated Press
Lance Armstrong had been pursuing a post-cycling career in triathlons before he was banned by USADA. REUTERS photo
Lance Armstrong is looking to make a splash with a return to competition.The disgraced cyclist is signed up to swim three events this weekend at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas. Armstrong spokesman Mark Higgins said on April 3 that Armstrong, 41, will compete in the 40-44 age group in the 500-, 1,000- and the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Rob Butcher, executive director of U.S. Masters Swimming, said the organization is not covered under the same anti-doping rules as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which banned Armstrong for life from its sanctioned events for his performance-enhancing drug use during his cycling career.
"Our mission, dating back to the 60s, is we encourage adults to swim," Butcher said. "Lance is a member of USMS so he is eligible to swim." But the U.S. Master's Swimming web site suggests U.S. Masters Swimming falls under the umbrella of FINA, the international swimming federation, which is covered by the World Anti-Doping Code that bars Armstrong from competing. The web site portion covering rules links to the FINA Masters rules, which states FINA adopted the World Anti-Doping Code in 2007.
No drug test
Butcher and Higgins did not respond to emails on the night of April 3 seeking clarification. U.S. Master's Swimming does not drug test. Butcher said earlier in the day U.S. Masters Swimming has debated in the past whether to start testing and whether Armstrong or other athletes who have been caught doping should be allowed to compete.
"We just stick to the fact that our purpose is encouraging adults to swim," Butcher said.
Armstrong had been pursuing a post-cycling career in triathlons before he was banned by USADA for performance-enhancing drug use. A message was left seeking comment from USADA.
Armstrong had to register for the Austin event by March 31. According to the meet event sheets, Armstrong has the second-best qualifying time in the 1,000 and No. 3 in the 1,650 and 500.


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Carlos who? The Dodgers actually won a game, but tonight's game was about fighting.
In the fifth inning, Zack Greinke — it had to be him — nicked Cody Ross with a pitch that was slightly inside. Jason Kubel followed with a homer.
In the sixth, Ian Kennedy came high and inside to Yasiel Puig, who leaned back and got hit in the nose. Amazingly, he stayed in the game, and Andre Ethier followed with a homer.
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In the eighth, reliever Joe Paterson hit Mark Ellis on the leg, but I think everybody was tired of fighting at that point.
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Learning To Lose is a captivating novel, which tells the stories of complex lives as they collide in contemporary Madrid. Connected by their familial bonds, three generations of the Roque family struggle with modern life and relationships.
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The Way We Were
And I thought, I can do this. I want to do this.
I was under treatment for post-partum depression at the time. My psychiatrist had advised me to keep a diary, to vent and to sort through my thoughts and to keep track of them so that maybe I would maintain enough self-reflectivity about the depression to keep myself a step or two ahead of it (because if you actually write down the words 'bought single airline ticket to Mexico today; am abandoning husband and baby' you're more likely to recognize that that's the depression talking.) But I didn't want to keep a diary. I'd kept diaries in the past, and they always turned into the worst kind of sappy, self-absorbed rambling (ahem).
But this, this blogging thing - this seemed different. I could keep a sort of diary and have a handful of people - my husband and friends and family and the like - as an audience, or as a sort of virtual Greek chorus, listening in and commenting upon the action of my mothering struggles as I strutted and fretted these upon the stage of the blog. It would be a way of recording my experience, of articulating my experience, and of drawing a few intimates in to my experience.
So I started the blog as a sort of semi-public diary. That I had an audience, however small, was key: I was writing for that audience - for my husband and for my mom and for the circle of friends that I'd informed about the blog. I was both self-conscious about my writing and remarkably unself-conscious: I'd ramble on about spit-up and swaddling and breastfeeding and swaddling and swaddling again and it was a way of both showing off my writing and performing my motherhood. It somehow made it all easier, more manageable, more fun to work through the struggles of motherhood as a kind of performance. Spit-up is just unpleasant if it's just you alone, on the couch, wondering what the fack you did to deserve being sprayed with partially-digested breastmilk. But it's funny if it becomes a story that someone else gets to hear or read. The same is true of snot-sucking and swaddle-busting and sleep-deprivation. And once these things become funny, they become manageable.
My early posts seem, at first glance, to be just so much long-winded rambling about swaddles and sore nipples and snot-suckage and weird toys - but they're also performative rambles. They're rambly because the stories felt rambly, because that's how I would have told those stories to a friend. I would have been breathless and wide-eyed and I would have been cursing a blue streak. That hypothetical delivery made it all the more funny and - to my own mind - accessible. Because that's how I would have performed those stories, in my living room or at the dining table.
Those early posts, in other words, were just as performative as the posts that came later, once I'd realized that I had a much wider audience, and that I was performing motherhood on a shared virtual stage. In a way, I think, they were actually more performative: there was probably more exaggeration of my frustrations and of my confusion, because I was trying to communicate my experience to an audience that I felt wouldn't immediately (in the literal sense of without mediation) grasp my struggle. My husband, my family, friends without children - I wanted them to laugh and to admire my skill with the written word, but more than anything I wanted them to get that this shit was hard. That I was struggling. That I was a little bit crazy. That if I was laughing, it was through tears.
But as I began to discover that there was a larger community, out there, out here, beyond the stage and yet, somehow, still on the stage, my performances, my writing, changed. They became, I think, less self-conscious. I did not have to persuade my new audience, my fellow performers, of my experience. They - you - knew. You already knew what this whole mothering was like; I didn't have to persuade you that it was hard, because you knew that. You know that. Our common experience as parents and as writers made it possible for me to settle down and think about those experiences. Once I was freed from the perceived necessity of dramatizing my true stories - necessary, I felt, if my close circle of non-mother intimates - was to understand what I was going through - I was able to get down to the business of simply telling those stories. And reflecting on those stories, and seeking out other stories, and reflecting on those stories, and so on and so forth.
A dear bloggy friend told me, recently, that she loved my old posts - the swaddle rants, the snot rambles - and that she had wondered whether my writing was looser then because I was less self-conscious, less inhibited by the idea of audience. Curiously, the answer is no. I may be more writerly now, but that writerliness has, I think, come hand-in-hand with the loosening of my inhibitions. It was only once I became freed from the perceived need to show that I became better able to tell. And it was you - my audience, my friends, my fellow players - and my awareness of you and my awareness of myself as one of you that freed me.
Thank you.
This is my contribution to our first! ever! BlogRhet meme - on the question of how your blogging has evolved. You can check out the details here (and track the links to check out other posts). And because it's a meme, I need to do some tagging, and so... Redneck Mommy, Mothergoosemouse, PunditMom, Beck, Julie and Fidget? And you too, Liz. Because you need a distraction from all of that baby love. Have at it. And all the rest of you, too (MBTers? You catch that?). If you're not too busy doing this.
On the topic of bloggy love, Bon nominated this post for a Perfect Post award. All the nicer because I especially love that post, too, and am so heartened to know that it struck a chord.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Avgolemono - Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If you're looking for a soup to span the seasons, I suspect you'll love this light chicken soup that's patterned after Avgolemono, a Greek soup made with chicken, rice and lemon broth. I've taken some real shortcuts with this recipe. Busy folks will love them, but they'll cost me points in my quest to earn a "foodie" merit badge. I hope you share my dislike of that word. It makes me downright uncomfortable. Someone, several years ago, decided there was an unpleasant class connotation associated with the words gourmet and gourmand. They, whoever "they" might be, wanted a word that spoke to the common man and the great unwashed. In a flash of brilliance, they plucked the word "foodie" from the rarefied atmosphere surrounding them and the era of the gourmet was put to rest. Those who love to cook and eat, and love other people who love to cook and eat, smiled and carried on, sure in the knowledge that the games and self-importance would continue unabated. I suspect we'll always remain on the outside looking in. We take shortcuts, make substitutions and listen more to table banter than the words of the current culinary super star. We - I - am a mess! I cook for fun, but I want my fun to be part of a life that revolves around more than food. I need great recipes, but I need shortcuts that make them feasible for my kitchen and family. Now here's where I'm going to get myself in trouble. I love deli chickens and canned broth. I love pre-minced garlic and, yes, I love frozen vegetables. The thing is, I want to consume my food rather than have it consume me. Now, if you want to make this soup from scratch I'll be the first to salute you. I did that once myself, and it was wonderful. It just wasn't necessary. What is necessary, is using the right kind of rice. Hopefully, you'll have access to (sushi)pearl or arborio rice. If not, use anything that works for you, save for instant or converted rice. The rice helps thicken the soup and give it its lovely creamy color. Don't overcook it. While I prefer to use fresh lemon juice for the soup, there have been occasions when I've used the bottled variety, and I'm happy to report the world didn't end. This is a very light soup and I think it works best for lunch. It takes about 30 minutes to prepare. Here's the recipe.
Avgolemono - Greek Lemon Chicken Soup...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
8 cups canned chicken broth
1 cup uncooked pearl or arborio rice
1/2 cooked deli-chicken, skinned, boned and coarsely chopped or shredded
2 large eggs, separated
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
1) Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in rice, lower heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Add chicken and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
2) Meanwhile, whisk egg whites in a small bowl until they are frothy. Stir in yolks and lemon juice and whisk to combine.
3) Remove 1 cup of broth from soup. Slowly whisk it into egg mixture. Add another cup of broth in the same manner. Remove soup from heat and pour egg mixture into it. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
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Celery Soup - One Perfect Bite
Creamy Carrot Soup - One Perfect Bite
Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup - One Perfect Bite
54 comments :
- La Bella Cooks said...
A local Greek restaurant serves this fantastic lemon chicken soup that I crave. Yours looks just as heavenly. I can almost taste it from here.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:25 AM
- Jessica - The Novice Chef said...
This looks fabulous! I am so glad I discovered your blog!!
- March 18, 2010 at 2:34 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Looks delicious and I like your fast and easy tips. ;-)
I love Avgolemono--in fact I made a take on it with lamb meatballs from Sunset magazine this week to post on Sunday. Yum! - March 18, 2010 at 4:02 AM
- MaryMoh said...
This looks delicious. I have never added lemon juice to soup. I would love to try this. I love that tangy taste. Thanks for sharing.
- March 18, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- Martha said...
This is one of our favorites and yes, I believe in shortcuts, too. As one TV Chef says, take help where you can get it!
- March 18, 2010 at 4:14 AM
- 3 hungry tummies said...
This is our favourite during the colder months too :)
What a comforting dish! - March 18, 2010 at 5:20 AM
- Sinful Southern Sweets said...
I could not agree more.
I do believe this soup looks like a lovely combination of flavors and textures! - March 18, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
I've only eat this soup once and it was fabulous. Hope you had a great St. Patrick's day.
Sam - March 18, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
In a pinch I like to use orzo as well. This soup is a perfect rendition!!
- March 18, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
Good morning. The soup looks like sunshine! Just wanted to let you know that the Irish Soda Bread was/is delicious. Thank you so much for posting the recipe. It gave me the little push I needed. Oh, and my husband thanks you too.
Bonnie - March 18, 2010 at 7:50 AM
- Kim said...
I like all your tips and shortcuts too. I'm a fan of both canned broth and rotisserie chicken. This soup has been on my to do list for awhile now. Looks delicious.
- March 18, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Carla and Michael said...
Here,here, here! Bravo on this fantastic post. I fully agree with all of it. Yes, if you use good quality products the food police should just back off :)! I have seen this recipe several times in the past , however I've never gotten around to trying it. Now I have a reason to. Thank you for the inspiration. Looks wonderful,sounds even better.
- March 18, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Sarah @ Mum In Bloom said...
This soup looks wonderful and I'm looking forward to making it. I'd never heard the term "foodie" until I started blogging & posting my recipes. Then I thought am I one too? What is it? Thanks for the definition :) Again, this soup looks delightful.
- March 18, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- NikiTheo said...
As a crazy Greek "foodie" I approve! :)
Your picture has me craving some right now. I'm so hungry now and I just finished breakfast! - March 18, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Lori said...
This is one of my favorite soups Mary. Oh I just love the lemony goodness. Its sheer comfort in a bowl.
- March 18, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- MONONOKE KITCHEN said...
What a beautiful site you have!
I adore soups and this combination sounds heavenly...
Have a delicious day! - March 18, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Mary, you said everything I've been thinking for a long time. So glad I'm not alone in my thoughts. I love avgolemono and will try this version
xoxo Pattie - March 18, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
Mary, this chicken soup sound healthy and yummy!
- March 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Diana's Cocina said...
I agree! This could easily become my favorite.
- March 18, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Ana Powell said...
Fabulous and so delicious x
- March 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Karen said...
This sounds hearty and refreshing at the same time. I need to try this one before our 'soup weather' runs out!
- March 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Maryrose said...
Hi Mary,
This sounds delicious. I have never met a soup I didn't like and this one looks to be no exception. I have never had Avgolemono soup and this will be a definite must try...thanks so much for sharing your good tastes. - March 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi Mary.
The soup looks lovely and I'll definitely give this a try.
ps. yes, I think I am hooked :) - March 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- ♥ Kathy said...
Chicken, lemon and rice. YUM.
- March 18, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Big Dude said...
Your dishes are always so sophisticated - even soup.
- March 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Bonnie, I'm so glad you enjoyed the soda bread. Ina's recipes are truly wonderful.
- March 18, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- ashsdelicacies.blogspot.ca said...
An amazing recipe....love this soup....
- March 18, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
I love a creamy chicken soup but I never make them- I will try this one over the weekend- I suspect three out of four in my house will say yum.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- hobby baker Kelly said...
Lol, here's to being a mess and still making good food!
- March 18, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Hungry Dog said...
Hey, I'm pro-deli chickens too! They're good and such a great time saver! No shame there. This soup looks awesome.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Maria said...
My hubs favorite soup! I can't wait to make it for him!
- March 18, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Joanne said...
I think a huge part of learning to cook at home is figuring out where you can cut corners and where you can't. I'm a big fan of boxed chicken broth and even frozen veggies on occasion. And I am NOT ashamed of that. This soup looks so light and delicious...love the infusion of lemon.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
I have never tasted this soup but heard so much about it! It must taste wonderful!
- March 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Debbie said...
I have always wanted to try this soup. I also like shortcuts!!!
- March 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- NKP said...
I have always wanted to try this soup. It looks delicious!
I am a firm believer in AND.
We keep dry pasta and make fresh. Homemade stock and store bought. Cartons of ice cream and fresh churned...
It is good to have the ability to make a quicker meal when you need to. - March 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Bob said...
I've never had this before, I must try it! I love lemon and I bet the eggs give the soup a marvelous mouth feel.
- March 18, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Sweet Cheeks said...
canned broth... you didn't get the chicken from your personal chicken house and spend days making a broth that would make the gods weep??? No you clearly are not a "foodie." :)
I love short cuts. I agree, I would rather spend the time enjoying the company than impressing them...
Oh and this soup, sounds amazing. I have a particular love for lemon though. - March 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- Andreas said...
Interesting soup variation.
Here on Germany there's even more hair-splitting, with people arguing whether they consider themselves
a foodie, an amateur cook or a hobby cook.
And let's just note that we might disagree on frozen vegetables and move on to more important things. - March 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Penny said...
I'm with you Mary. Deli Chicken, boxed broth and frozen vegies serve as tasty ingredients in my everyday kitchen. This soup looks so nourishing and satisfying.
- March 18, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- The Diva on a Diet said...
I love deli chickens and canned broth too ... and I really love your short-cut recipe for Avgolemono. It looks fantastic!
- March 18, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
I jus so know that will love this hearty soup with all ur delicious additions ,i love a squeeze of lime in my soups:-)))
cheers and fantastic day Mary!!! - March 18, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Miss Meat and Potatoes said...
I have been dying to make this soup ever since trying a pork dish at a local restaurant with an amazing 'Avgolemono' inspired sauce. I could literally drink the stuff it's so delicious. And YES - I love you standing up for shortcuts. They're okay sometimes. In fact I'd rather cook more with them than cook less without them:)
- March 18, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
First, a great soup and one Ihave everything I need to make. So we may be seeing this soon.
Next... You know this already, but you are a genius. My flous was too dense. I sifted, used less and the bread I made today came out great... Thanks for the tip..
As to foodie. i feel like I can almost claim that title... Ages (and I don;t have that much time left) before I would dream of using a word like gourmet to describe me. But, it is semantics and I have been called worse.
Thanks again - March 18, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Joe Ambrosino said...
Great recipe, Mary. I'm with you on the use of shortcuts to a point. Of course, I have more free time,so I can afford to be a "foodie", but I would recommend adding a piece of onion,carrot and celery to the canned broth and simmering it for awhile before you use it. It freshens the taste. Also, I prefer Swanson's, how about you?
- March 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Katy ~ said...
I don't take umbrage with the word "foodie", though words ending in "ie" tend to be dimunitive; gourmet is a little too high brow for a hillbilly like me, though I think. We need to come up with another word.
I have been thinking of making this soup for a long time but have procrastinated. This version sounds wonderful. - March 18, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I've never tried this!
And I love fried food, but I rarely eat it. Unfortunately. - March 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Velva said...
A Greek soup made with lemon and rice seems like it would have a fresh lemon flavor. I need to try to make this recipe too. I know I would really like it.
- March 18, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Chats the Comfy Cook said...
It makes me feel more secure knowing that a cook, as talented as you are, does use frozen vegetable, also.
I would, rather, any day, pull out some frozen corn, than go to the store for corn on the cob which is most likely, not fresh.
We used to grow all our vegetables and after tasting fresh corn and fresh peas, one knows that the rest are poor substitutions, which does not stop me from using frozen. - March 19, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Foodiewife said...
I have been craving this exact soup, and kept meaning to search for recipes. I found it. I need look no further. It's so simple to make, but one of my very favorite soups. So Spring!
- March 19, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Claudia said...
I love this fresh lemony soup and have never made it. Always was a restaurant item for me. Hmmmm, things are going to change now.
- March 19, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- SashaInTheKitchen said...
This looks AMAZING. My husband is of greek ancestry and would LOVE if I made this sometime. Fabulous recipe
- March 21, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- D said...
Hello Mary, I'm trying to play catch-up on your blog and wonderful recipes. Avgolemono, one of my favorite soups; my Mother worked for a Greek man when I was growing up and perhaps that is why I love Greek food. I have made the soup several times as he did, but this looks like a very fine time saver. Thank you.
- March 22, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I just made this for dinner tonight. I would recommend less rice, maybe 1/4c and modify the lemon juice to your taste. I thought the lemon flavor was a bit too strong. I really did like the soup we ate it with crunchy bread.
- January 24, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Kittyjb said...
My girlfriend had a Greek friend who taught her this recipe, of course it was from scatch and in the 60's. She and i would make this soup often. I love shortcuts also ,but boiling chicken to make chicken stock is so easy and not time consuming since chicken can simmer in 30 minutes or less. I always have more broth then I need, so I freeze it for soup like this.
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"Everytime I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H. G. WellsLet's get one thing straight. While we're not banner-waving activists, we think activism is fantastic. We're all for it, especially the activism towards creating bike culture and infrastructure like we have in Copenhagen in other cities in the world.We just feel the need to play devil's advocate regarding the Critical Mass movement. Certainly the style of Critical Mass prevalent in, for example, North American cities. Rides that feature an aggressive, in-your-face tone. There are many positive examples of protest rides that are calm, cool and accepted. Budapest comes to mind. Even the rides in Prague - where they changed the name from Critical Mass to something akin to 'bike ride' in order to remove themselves from the North American versions.
Generlally, it's a brilliant concept. Democratic to the core. Celebrations, even. Even if there are only a couple of dozen cyclists. Although we loved to ride in Budapest, with tens of thousands of other bikes. That would be a rush. We also think that movements like the Naked Bike Ride protests tackle important issues with humour.
We despise the exaggerated crackdowns by police in various cities, but we're not too thrilled about those participatnts who are aggressive towards motorists. Democracy becomes anarchy. We don't fancy much the elitist attitude of many in the environmental activist movement either. Those who look down their nose at motorists - and even non-cyclists.We figure that the point of Critical Mass is to profile the need for bike culture and all the enviromental plusses inherent in it. A good thing. Therefore one of the primary goals is to get more people to ride their bikes. For whatever reason: sustainability, oil-dependence reduction, better health for fellow citizens.If so, does Critical Mass work? We don't know. 15 years on and are there any cities that have made massive gains towards a bike culture similar to many European cities?A SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE
We do know that we see a simple alternative. An easier route. What if all those massers merely rode their bikes every day? In normal clothes, like normal people? Like the millions of citizens of Northern Europe.What might happen?Meet our protagonist - Mr. Motorist. He drives to and from work each day as he always has. Listening to the same radio station. Same route, with minor variations. It's what he does.He is an average citizen in a car-based society. Like the vast majority, he is not an environmental activist and he never, ever will be.Mr Motorist looks out of the windows of his car as he putters through traffic. What does he think when he sees a hard-core, lycra-clad, cyclist or a sub-cultural fixie boy on a specialist bike speeding his/her way along the curb?Mr Motorist in the morning traffic might think, "Hmm. I could ride my bike to work, too..."He won't, however, see himself reflected in the image. He'll see a member of an often militant sub-culture. He'll see somebody he would normally label as an 'environmentalist' - not a positive label in many cultures. He'll see a person wearing an unofficial uniform - Mr Motorist has nothing in his closet that even closely resembles the gear on the cyclist - and he'll see a bike so far removed from any bike he has ever owned.He'll realise that in order to ride his bike he would have to infiltrate a sub-culture populated by individuals very unlike himself. He would have to invest in gear and clothes. Worst of all, Mr Motorist would find himself 'making a statement' by riding.Mr Motorist, like most people, doesn't want to make a statement. He just wants to live his life, not climb onto a platform and become a visible statement-maker. He knows the environment is an important issue. He knows the facts. But he is just Joe Average and always will be. He just thinks riding his bike to work would be nice, healthy and quicker than driving. But the idea is quickly dropped. When Mr Motorist is stuck in traffic on the way home because of a bike protest/demonstration/celebration, he isn't going to be any closer to hopping on a bike. He will be pushed farther away from the thought than he ever was. Joe Average doesn't have much respect for this kind of activism. I wish he did, but he doesn't. He's just going to get pissed off.THE GOOD METAPHOR Now let's imagine Mr Motorist sitting in traffic and glancing out of the window. He watches a chap ride past. Briefcase strapped to the back pannier. Wearing a suit. Not flying along like he is out to break records, just riding steady. the only gear on him is clips on his trouser legs. Taking it easy, not challenging the motorized traffic, just working with it. Preferably cycling on safe, protected cycle tracks or bike lanes. The bike on which the man is sitting resembles the one in Mr Motorist's garage.And then Mr Motorist sees a woman pass by him. On a cool 'sit up and beg' bike. Her briefcase in her basket, adorned with plastic flowers. The basket, not the briefcase. She is wearing a skirt and stylish shoes. Listening to her iPod. A good, steady pace.Then, we dare to assume, Mr Motorist would think, "I wouldn't mind riding my bike to work. It's only 15 km. That guy looks like me. Same suit. Same bike. And that woman makes it look easy..." Mr Motorist would instantly see his own reflection in these riders. He would realise that in order to ride to work he would only have to drag his bike out of the garage, invest in trouser leg clips. In far less time than it takes him to drive to work, he would be ready to ride.He wouldn't have to make a statement. He would just be another cyclist on his way to work. He would blend in. He would feel like he is doing something good for himself and for the planet. Without having to climb a soapbox to do so.THE RUBHere's the rub. All those who are so passionate about helping increase bicycle usage in urban areas, understand how Joe Average thinks. Help Joe Average fit in. Don't alienate him by highlighting the differences between you and him. We're all in this together.Activists are first out of the blocks and more power to them, but it is Joe Average and his friends who will end up saving the planet, if given the chance.And when bike usage increases, bike accidents decrease and cities and towns will have no choice but to invest in infrastructure, facilities. If you build it, they will come.Make it look effortless and the journey towards a bike culture with be so, too.That's our take on it.For more effortless bike culture images, see Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
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I have glasses, no problems with that.
I didn't sit zazen with glasses because it didn't feel right.
I started to think about my glasses recently. And I recognized that it didn't felt right because it wasn't the real ME with glasses.
The real ME have naturally bad eyes and the zazen for me should be done for real, I think?
But, then I think, if I sit with glasses, it's is also the real ME. And I want to see clear, always. I would probably sit zazen for real even with or without glasses.
My conclusion is that I drop my glasses for real, or I will not drop them at all.
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'Course, neither does this:
(Now try to read that aloud without sounding French. Go on. Eh? Am I right?)
This next one isn't so much a spelling error as it is a "Hey-o! Lunchtime!" error:
What's worse than misspelling your team's name?
How about misspelling the name of your state?
Hey, is there an echo in here?
(Oh, see, NOW I'm hitting close to home, huh? Yeah. Don't feel bad; I've said it, too.)
Michelee U., Robert G., Will H., Rachel B., Lynda B., Molly S., Stacy M., Sarah O., & Elsha H., go! Fight! Win! (And call me when you get back, dahlings; I enjoy our visits.)
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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Jimi, Mitch and Noel attend a Love-In at Beauregarde Square in New Orleans with music performed by numerous local groups. Jimi speaks to the crowd from a flatbed truck, asking people to attend their concert later that night at City Park Stadium. Jimi Hendrix is photographed on stage during The Jimi Hendrix Experience's August 1, 1968 concert at City Park Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo: Michael Bakkum / © Authentic Hendrix, LLC
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A 40-minute set by the Experience is performed at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. Their set includes performances of "Purple Haze," "Fire," "Foxey Lady," "Hey Joe," "Red House," and "Tax Free" among others. Hendrix closes the set with a destructive sequence has him destroying his Stratocaster and smashing several amps on stage.
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The Experience perform at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas supported by the Soft Machine. Their 62-minute set includes, "Dear Mr. Fantasy," "Rock Me Baby," "Foxey Lady," "I Don't Live Today," an aborted version of "Hey Joe," plus a few notes from "I Feel Fine" and then dive into a version of "Fire." "Red House" follows then "Purple Haze" and closing with "Wild Thing."
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The Experience perform at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas. Among the songs performed at the 8:30 p.m. show are "Red House," "I Don't Live Today," "Spanish Castle Magic," "Fire," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," Purple Haze," and "Manic Depression."
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Jimi Hendrix joined by Larry Coryell and members of Ten Years After for a jam at the Scene in New York City.
A mid-day session at the Record Plant yields some additional mixes of "Long Hot Summer Night," none of which are tagged as a final version. Linda McCartney photographs the Experience in New York's Central Park. Several small children are gathered and hang-out with Jimi, Mitch, and Noel on the Alice In Wonderland statue in the heart of Park. Hendrix later chooses these photographs for the cover of the forthcoming Electric Ladyland double-LP.
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The Experience are supported by Soft Machine for two performances at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Among the numbers performed were "Foxey Lady," "Fire," "Purple Haze," and "Wild Thing."
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Performing a 45-minute set at the Colonial Ballroom in Davenport, Iowa, the Experience play "Are You Experienced?" "Lover Man," "Tax Free," "Foxey Lady," "Red House," "I Don't Live Today," and "Fire."
The Experience return to New York City where Hendrix joins Joan Baez in attendance at the "Operation Airlift Biafra Benefit" at the Scene Club. Hendrix reportedly performs a small set for the event. Jimi Hendrix is joined by Paul Caruso on harmonica at the Record Plant for three demo recordings of "Room Full of Mirrors."
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The Experience perform a 45-minute set at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland with the Soft Machine as the supporting act. The set includes "Are You Experienced?" "Rock Me Baby," "Foxey Lady," "Hey Joe," "Fire," "I Don't Live Today," "Purple Haze," "Wild Thing," and "Star Spangled Banner."
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The Experience travel to Atlanta where they perform at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.. They are supported by Amboy Dukes (for the first show only), Eire Apparent, Vanilla Fudge and Soft Machine. The second show includes performances of "Red House," "Purple Haze," "Wild Thing," and "Star Spangled Banner" among others.
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Supported by Eire Apparent and Soft Machine, the Experience perform a single set at Curtis Hixton Hall in Tampa, Florida.
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The new Jimi Hendrix film, "Experience" (aka "See My Music Talking") by Peter Neal is shown at London's National Film Theatre as part of a British festival of short films. The film includes a 12-string guitar solo of Hendrix performing "Hear My Train A Comin'."
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A second showing of "Experience" is made at 6:15 p.m. at London's National Film Theatre. Supported by Soft Machine and Eire Apparent, the Experience perform two shows at the Mosque in Richmond, Virginia. Among the song performed were "I Don't Live Today" and "Red House." Jan Bridge interviews Jimi Hendrix for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Completing two performances at the Civic Dome in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Experience are once again supported by Eire Apparent and Soft Machine.
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The Experience perform as part of the "New York Rock Festival" at Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadow, Queens. Also appearing on the bill are Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Chamber Brothers and Soft Machine. The Experience's 50-minute set consists of "Are You Experienced?" "Fire," "Red House," "I Don't Live Today," "Foxey Lady," "Like A Rolling Stone," "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," "Wild Thing," and "Star Spangled Banner." Annie Fisher of the Village Voice interviews the Experience for the August 29th issue. A late recording session at the Record Plant results in the completion of "House Burning Down" for the Electric Ladyland album.
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The Experience perform at Bushnell Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut supported by Eire Apparent. Henry B. McNulty interviews the Experience for the August 26 issue of the Hartford Courant.
The Experience perform two shows at the Carousel Theatre in Framingham, Massachusetts with support from Soft Machine. The set includes "Johnny B. Goode," "Hey Joe," "Sunshine Of Your Love," "Fire," "Purple Haze," "Wild Thing," and "Star Spangled Banner." Jimi drives back to New York City immediately following the show.
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The Experience perform at Kennedy Stadium in Bridgeport, Connecticut with support from Eire Apparent and Soft Machine.
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The Experience return to the Record Plant to put the finishing touches on their forthcoming release, Electric Ladyland. Work on "Gypsy Eyes" on this night focused on the flanging effects, which had studio engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren physically putting pressure on the flange reel of the tape deck during recording. While Hendrix and Kramer labored over the master tape for Electric Ladyland, Kallgren, Mitchell and Redding recorded twelve-takes of Redding's own composition, "How Can I Live," which later appeared on the debut release for Redding's new band, Fat Mattress. With only one more track required to complete the album, the group turned to Earl King's "Come On (Part One)" to fill the final track. After fourteen takes, the final take was selected as the basic track for the album. Electric Ladyland was now complete.
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Radio advertisement promoting The Experience's August 28, 1968 concert in Providence, RI
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The Experience fly from New York to Salt Lake City, Utah and book into the Newhouse Hotel. In his hotel room, Jimi Hendrix writes the intricate liner notes to Warner Bros. for the production of the Electric Ladyland. (See the liner notes from the 1997 remastered edition of Electric Ladyland for complete note transcription). The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at the Langoon Opera House with support from Soft Machine.
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The gorgeous produce at the Berkeley Farmer's Market inspires me to make veggie tarts, pesto, and big salads. In Bali, the market greens are lush, the fruit exotic, and the spices plentiful. Check out these meter-long cinnamon sticks and the pile of star anise at the Ubud Central Market....
Chai, made from an array of such flavors, seems a perfect celebration of the abundance of locally-grown Balinese spices. I have always been a fan of chai, but the Starbucksification of the drink has turned me off. Some buddies and I recently had the chance to cook with a very cool, smart, young Ayurvedic doctor and she taught us how to make Chai from scratch.
After Dr. Kekada's cooking class, I had a good excuse to buy all sorts of spices at the market. I have since made many pots of masala chai, played around with her recipe, and now am making a chai that P and I really love! My mom, a huge chai fan, comes to visit us this week and I cannot wait to make some for her.
While you might not find these spices at your local farmer's market, you should be able to easily get everything you need at the supermarket.
adapted from Amrta Siddhi cooking class
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- 6 cardamom pods, crushed in mortar and pestle
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 2 pinches fresh grated nutmeg
- 6 pieces star anise
- 8 black peppercorns
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- assam or darjeeling tea- 6 teaspoons of loose tea, or 6 tea bags
- sugar, as desired (I like to add a couple of tablespoons of coconut sugar into the spice mixture)
- optional for serving: cinnamon stick and star anise
When the liquid comes to a boil, add milk. Let everything return to a boil. Then add tea and simmer for 1 minute.
Pour your chai through a strainer into a clean bowl or a metal pitcher like the photo below. Then pour the chai back into a clean pot/bowl. Check out Dr. Kedada in the photo below: if you continue to pour the chai back and forth like this a few times, you will froth the milk a bit - thus the "latte." I found out that in India, this is the technique the chai vendors use. Clever.
Have fun playing around with the spices and flavor combinations until you get a chai that you love. Who needs to buy packaged chai after knowing how easy it really is to make yourself.
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After a somewhat stormy debate in the Senate over his confirmation, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) was sworn in Wednesday morning at the Pentagon and took over as secretary of defense.
Hagel took the oath of office in a private ceremony. His wife, Lilibet, held the Bible on which Hagel placed his hand. The oath was administered by Pentagon Director of Administration and Management Michael L. Rhodes.
The new Pentagon chief is due to address military and civilian personnel at 10:30 a.m. ET. We'll monitor his remarks and update with any news.
Hagel replaces Leon Panetta, who is among several cabinet members who decided to retire at the start of President Obama's second term.
Update at 11:20 a.m. ET. Hagel's Message:
"Newly minted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is vowing to continue to build strong relations around world and engage with allies," The Associated Press reports. And it adds that "Hagel is telling the Pentagon workforce that he is committed to ensuring that the troops and department civilians are treated fairly and equally."
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A child of 1970s New York, the Love collection serves to seal love that transgresses convention. The stark screws, ideal oval shape and undeniable elegance establish the piece as a timeless tribute to passionate romance. Studded with diamonds, yellow gold or rose gold: how far would you go for Love?
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You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight.
Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York Times that Obama's initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted and therefore unserious.
The next day Jay Carney said precisely the opposite: "Red line" was deliberate.
Which is it? Who knows? Perhaps Obama used the term last August to look tough, sound like a real world leader, never expecting that Syria would do something so crazy. He would have it both ways: sound decisive but never have to deliver.
Or perhaps he thought that Syria might actually use chemical weapons, at which point he would think of something.
So far he's thought of nothing. Instead he's backed himself into a corner: Be forced into a war he is firmly resolved to avoid, or lose credibility, which for a superpower on whose word relies the safety of a dozen allies is not just embarrassing but dangerous.
In his rambling news conference, Obama said that he needed certainty about the crossing of the red line to keep the "international community" behind him. This is absurd. The "international community" is a fiction, especially in Syria. Russia, Iran and Hezbollah are calling the shots.
Nor, he averred, could he act until he could be sure of everything down to the "chain of custody" of the sarin gas.
What is this? "CSI: Damascus"? It's a savage civil war. The antagonists don't exactly stand down for forensic sampling.
Some countries have real red lines. Israel has no real friends on either side of this regional Sunni-Shiite conflict, but it will not permit the alteration of its strategic military balance with Hezbollah.
Everyone in the region knows that the transfer of chemical weapons to Hezbollah or the acquisition of the Fateh-110, with the accuracy and range to hit the heart of Tel Aviv, is a red line. Hence the punishing Israeli airstrikes around Damascus on advanced weaponry making its way to Hezbollah.
The risk to Israel is less a counterattack from Damascus than from Hezbollah.
But Hezbollah has already stretched itself in by sending fighters into Syria to save Assad. And it knows that war with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be far more devastating than its 2006 war with the tepid and tentative Ehud Olmert.
Most important, Iran, Hezbollah's master, wants to keep Hezbollah's missile arsenal intact and in reserve for retaliation against — and thus deterrence of — a possible Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.
These are complicated, inherently risky calculations. But living in the midst of this cauldron, Israel must act.
America does have a choice. It can afford to stay out. And at this late date, it probably will.
Early in the war, before the rise of the jihadists to dominance within the Syrian opposition, intervention might have brought down Assad and produced a decent successor government friendly to the U.S. and non-belligerent to its neighbors.
Today our only hope seems to be supporting and arming Salim Idriss, the one rebel commander who speaks in moderate, tolerant tones. But he could easily turn, or could be overwhelmed by the jihadists. As they say in the Middle East, you don't buy allies here. It's strictly a rental.
Israel's successful strikes around Damascus show that a Western no-fly zone would not require a massive Libyan-style campaign to take out all Syrian air defenses. Syrian helicopters and planes could be grounded more simply with attacks on runways, depots and idle combat aircraft alone, carried out by cruise missile and other standoff weaponry.
But even that may be too much for a president who has assured his country that the tide of war is receding. At this late date, supporting proxies may be the only reasonable option left. It's perversely self-vindicating. Wait long enough, and all other options disappear. As do red lines.
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