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More than two centuries ago, our Founding Fathers declared that all humans are born with the same inherent potential. Ever since, having the phrase "created equal" in our Declaration of Independence has been one the coolest things about being an American.
Now, married Yale law professors Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld have stepped forward to say that being "created equal" doesn't matter. Instead, their controversial (and sometimes cringe-inducing) new book, "The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America," argues that our cultural background largely determines our fate and the fate of our progeny. Whether our kids get into Harvard, for instance, or end up laboring for minimum wage.
The luckiest Americans, they say, are born with "The Triple Package," a set of can-do values handed down to them by their families. Chua and Rubenfeld know that saying some of us are born to more ambitious cultures than others makes them sound "un-American," but they don't care. Chua's contentious previous book, "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," with its portrayal of Asian American mothers as obsessed control freaks, seems to have emboldened the author and her husband.
"The reality, uncomfortable as it may be to talk about, is that some religious, ethnic and national-origin groups are starkly more successful than others," Chua and Rubenfeld write. They point to Jews, Mormons and immigrants from China, Iran and Nigeria as examples of groups that raise their children with three contradictory but powerful qualities: 1) They believe themselves to be superior to other groups while 2) remaining deeply insecure about their place in American society. And 3) they all impose an extraordinary sense of self-discipline on their children.
Successful American groups teach their kids to resist immediate gratification, telling them, "You are capable of great things because of the group to which you belong," the authors write. But also that "individually, you are not good enough; so you need to control yourself … prove yourself."
Not surprisingly these arguments have already brought forth a torrent of criticism. In Time magazine, Suketu Mehta wrote that the book is emblematic of a "new racism" that has seen "a new strain of racial, ethnic and cultural reductivism" creep into the American public discourse. In the Atlantic, Olga Khazan accused the couple of a crassly materialistic definition of success as "money, fame and power."
"The Triple Package" is a deliberately provocative book, yet it is also measured and defensive. The duo make all sorts of qualifications and exceptions to their basic thesis: Not everyone raised in a Triple Package culture succeeds, they acknowledge. And being raised in one can be corrosive to the soul.
They also argue that there are individuals who triumph despite being born into groups without the Triple Package, like Supreme Court Justice
I wasn't born into a Triple Package culture either. However, I did have: a demanding immigrant father ("What's this B on your report card?") who imbued me with the idea of Guatemalan exceptionalism ("Our Spanish is better than anyone else's") and a California childhood in which I never shook the sense that I was a brown-skinned outsider. Chua and Rubenfeld suggest that these characteristics put me in the same league with a wide variety of successful individuals born into Triple Package cultures, such as the financial wizard and presidential nominee
Aside from its assault on American egalitarian sensibilities, "The Triple Package" is a sloppy book, as is evident in the authors' description of what constitutes a group's "success." In lieu of a definition, Chua and Rubenfeld cobble together assorted celebrity anecdotes and academic studies into arguments that have all the profundity of a rookie salesman's first PowerPoint presentation.
In introducing the Mormons, for example, the authors establish the group's success by rattling off the names of a series of Mormon CEOs of U.S. corporations. "If there's one group in the U.S. today that's hitting it out of the park with conventional success, it's Mormons," the authors write. Mormon executives exercise "impulse control" by not drinking martinis with their non-Mormon counterparts and are driven by being seen as weird outsiders in an otherwise WASP-dominated culture.
This is an exceedingly shallow vision of the modern Mormon experience, which treats Mormon as a synonym for affluence and ignores that Salt Lake City is riven with class divisions between Mormon haves and have-nots.
The failure to consider historical and economic factors runs through the book and is one of its most telling weaknesses. Time and again, Chua and Rubenfeld paint portraits of various groups with the broadest brush imaginable. Appalachians are not successful because they lack "impulse control," as evidenced by their high rates of obesity. And even White Anglo Saxon Protestants are supposedly losing their Triple Package edge: Thanks in part to the 1990s' self-esteem movement, WASPs aren't as hungry as they used to be, accelerating the decline of U.S. culture.
The author's discussion of the 20th century Jewish experience is one of the more nuanced sections. They argue that Jews' ambition, their status as perpetual outsiders and "chosen people" narrative are responsible for Jewish success on North American shores. But for the Jews, as with other groups, the Triple Package is a blessing and a curse. It isn't fun to be born to parents who always find something lacking in their children, though it has spawned countless jokes about Jewish mothers, including this one the authors relate: "You see that girl up there?" asks the Jewish mother whose daughter is being inaugurated president. "Her brother's a doctor." The Triple Package advantage is apparently waning in Jewish American circles, however, as generations grow more distant from their hardscrabble Eastern European roots. "Extremely few American Jews under the age of thirty today are in position to be embarrassed by having a peddler for a father," the duo writes.
And what about the vast number of Americans born without the Triple Package? Chua and Rubenfeld do their best to tiptoe around several minefields. If the Triple Package isn't present in the culture of black Americans it's because "the United States did everything it could for centuries to grind the Triple Package out of African American culture — and is still doing so today," the authors write.
But the gravest sin in "The Triple Package" is its refusal to look at these groups in the larger economic context. For Chua and Rubenfeld, the 1980s and '90s were times of plenty because a lot of Americans got filthy rich. But a vast literature (including George Packer's excellent "The Unwinding") has shown how fiscal austerity and de-industrialization policies ravaged the U.S. middle class during this same time period.
The authors do not blame political or corporate leaders for America's decline but Americans themselves. They even blame the Great Recession on our gradual rejection of Triple Package values. "America had lost the Triple Package, and this loss had infected the whole system," they write.
America needs to gets its edge back, the authors say. In the book's final pages, they come perilously close to suggesting another war might give us all the collective chip on our shoulder we need to thrive.
"The Triple Package" is a grim book, a kind of scolding rebuke about the softening of America dressed up in pseudo-academic arguments. It will convince few and offend many, though one senses the authors believe themselves to be too special to care.
The Triple Package
How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
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Floating in blue southern California sky, the MetLife blimp seems to be held aloft by the hot air of mass bedlam below. Inside packed Los Angeles Coliseum, two crosstown rival football teams clash - and the crowd reacts as if the future of the free world is at stake.
Amid earsplitting sound where neither conversation nor one's own thoughts can be heard, a lone figure gestures animatedly toward the stands from a stepladder on the sidelines. He rolls his arms, lassos the air, stomps his feet. He shakes his fingers, shimmies his shoulders, pumps his fists. He bleats, barks, and snarls - apparent commands lost in the tumult. "Do NOT allow so much as a nanosecond of peace or quiet in this stadium," his cries and actions seem to say.
He is Art Bartner, and he is standing in front of the University of Southern California Trojan marching band. His carefully cultivated überconductor routine - part drill-sergeant, part mime - is the engine for one of the biggest success stories in the history of college marching bands. As he'll demonstrate on national TV Jan. 4 - when his school battles for the national championship vs. Texas in the Rose Bowl - the arm-flailing and dragon persona are all about personal excellence and school spirit. By most accounts he has achieved both in 35 years at USC - teaching students the meaning of passion and self-discipline through music, marching, and having a ball.
"Art Bartner is unquestionably one of the great elder statesmen of the American college marching band," says Mark Spede, chair of the College Band Directors National Association. He says Dr. Bartner has developed a high-energy, high-stepping style known for its free-wheeling creativity, swaying horns, versatility, and surprises. Other bands, he says, are usually bestknown for a particular style - military precision at Texas, Ohio State, or Michigan for instance, the show-style of many southern university bands, or the iconoclasm of Yale or Stanford. Bartner's Trojans do it all.
Bartner will perform on the sidelines and on field in the Rose Bowl.
"It's outstanding and unique," says Bartner, that the broadcast contract with ABC guarantees that each band's halftime show will get about three minutes of coverage. "Over the years, the networks have sold halftimes for commercials - that 20-minute period where bands used to shine."
Play by play, from kickoff to final buzzer, Bartner cues his players from a full menu of fight songs, charges, cheers, and musical tributes keyed to the on-field game. (First down means "Fight On;" third down is "Charge;" a quarterback sack means "Another One Bites the Dust;" and a Trojan fumble or lost interception brings "All Right Now.")
"He doesn't allow one second of down time ... we're either yelling, or chanting, or playing, or screaming - it's all about focus," says Julie Mattson, a clarinetist and the band's student general manager. "We train for music and marching but we also practice spirit."
On field, Bartner will direct carefully crafted, meticulously drilled marching, dancing, gliding, boogieing, and high-stepping with over-the-top energy. Bartner calls his style "driving it," requiring lifting each leg until the calf is perpendicular to the ground with toes pointed down - more difficult than the common glide step.
How Bartner gets 275 helmeted, uniformed, and instrument-wielding marchers to do it is an annual saga that legions of alumni are only too happy to recount - usually with equal parts antipathy and affection. They recall 16 hours of weekly practice and grueling field sessions where band members must "hold the chair" - stand on one foot with the other leg raised. Errant notes or missteps can cost a couple of laps around the field, pushups, embarrassment, ridicule, or all of the above.
"He is a taskmaster and domineering. And you're hating him and at the same time thanking him in the realization that the only reason you are doing what you are doing with such excellence is that he has achieved what he has achieved," says Ross Simmons, who played trombone for the Trojans from 1981-85.
Baton twirler Taylr Takagi, who has traveled the world with the band, sums up Bartner's effect: "Being in this band is the best thing that's ever happened to me."
The sense of excellence comes from an exhaustive list of national appearances including 28 Rose Bowls, the 1984 L.A. Olympics, Super Bowls, presidential inaugurations, international theme park openings, and the rededication of the Statue of Liberty. In 1979, the Trojans performed on Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" album.
"We're the only marching band in America to have a No. 1 song on the pop charts," Bartner says. The band's reputation as "Hollywood's Band" has come with credits in movies, commercials, and sitcoms. (In "The Naked Gun," the band marched famously over former USC Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson.)
An uncommon bond between team and band came in Bartner's first years at USC when a defensive coach began impromptu pep talks on Fridays before big games. Coaches and players stood and talked from the heart about the importance of excellence and winning. The band was invited to circle around the team and play fight songs.
Thirty-five years later the bond is epoxy-tight. "The first thing [Heisman Trophy winner] Reggie Bush did after beating UCLA in the biggest game of the season," says Bartner, "was to come directly over to the band and direct us using a Rose as a baton. The students were there, the alumni, the faculty with the whole world watching ... a moment of true school unity. Those are the moments I live for."
Bartner says he has no intention of ever leaving a job that keeps him hoarse half the year, where helicopter-cams hover, where a sword-wielding Trojan mascot on horseback gallops by his director's ladder after every score. (And where his practice podium has been nicknamed the "god tower.")
He says he will continue to tackle his work as hard as he flattened an errant fan who dashed onto the field to grab the drum major in 1993.
"This isn't a job.... This is what I love to do," says the former Michigan University student who played for famed conductor - and task master - William B. Revelli. "I wanted to be just like him. He was a dictator from the old school. He wanted involvement from the students at every level and got it. That's what I demand here and I think is the secret of whatever success we've had."


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BUFORD, Ga. — Representative Paul C. Broun earned national notoriety by invoking Hitler and Marxism to critique President Obama. He dismissed global warming as "one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community." Evolution, the physician has warned, is a lie "straight from the pit of hell."
Sounds like a candidate the Democratic Party could never get behind, right?
Not so fast.
To some Democrats, Broun's extreme and colorful comments sound like sweet music, the makings of a perfect Republican candidate for Georgia's open Senate seat — perfect, that is, if you want the Republican to lose.
"He's so far out on the extreme, even for the people of Georgia, that he could be a key player in helping the Democrats win," said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist and former aide to Senate majority leader Harry Reid. "There would be pages of comments that Democrats could use against him in a general election."
As party leaders look ahead to the 2014 mid-term elections, some are looking for a replay of 2012, when Democrats honed a strategy that some credit for the surprising defeat of Republicans in Senate races in Indiana and Missouri.
Democrats, for example, ran ads that praised the credentials of a Republican candidate known for extreme right-wing views, hoping that would dim the chances of the more mainstream GOP contenders, those with the best chance of beating the Democratic nominee.
When the tactic worked and the fringe candidate won the primary, the Democrats then opened fire on his or her record of extreme views and combustible comments.
And this interparty "meddling," as some labeled it, worked — at least it did in Indiana and Missouri.
There is, however, an ironic byproduct of this approach. While Democrats routinely denounce the intransigence of dogmatic Tea Party conservatives, they are in effect supporting their ascendance, both in numbers and clout, and helping to knock off the few remaining Republican moderates who might be open to compromise on major issues such as the budget, pollution regulation, gun control, and immigration.
A by-any-means approach to preserving the fragile Democratic majority in the Senate is, thus, helping increase the political polarization that afflicts the nation.
Yet the possibility of finding the next Todd Akin of Missouri or Sharron Angle of Nevada — to name two far-right conservatives whose primary victories paved the way for Democratic victories in tough elections — can be too tempting to resist.
Democrats and their allies — with tens of millions of dollars in superPAC cash and other streams of outside money — are actively researching the backgrounds and positions of insurgent candidates in Kentucky, Iowa, and North Carolina among other states with contested Senate primaries.
They are poring over video footage, records, and polling data in hopes of finding candidates they can boost in the primaries and then paint as extreme in the general election.
Georgia represents one of the most striking opportunities. The state's Republican primary field is crowded and chaotic, with three members of the US House, a former Georgia secretary of state, and two wealthy businessmen among the field of seven vying to replace Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, who is retiring.
In addition to Broun, Representative Phil Gingrey has also made statements that could be used against him in a general election.
"If I'm the Democrats, I'm trying to promote Paul Broun. I'm trying to promote Phil Gingrey," said Joel McElhannon, a Georgia Republican consultant not involved in the race. "They're the most likely candidates to really say something that would undermine the Republican Party's chances to win next November."
The Democratic establishment has coalesced around a first-time candidate, Michelle Nunn, the daughter of the popular moderate Democrat, Sam Nunn.
Party leaders hope Michelle Nunn can appeal to the middle and win in a state that has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since Zell Miller left office at the beginning of 2005. But those hopes hinge, in large measure, on Nunn drawing a beatable opponent.
"There's certain people and certain candidates, even if you're not actively involved in a race, that just come across your radar for some of the more extreme things that they've said," said Rodell J. Mollineau, president of American Bridge, a Democratic superPAC that collects opposition research used by a constellation of liberal political groups, including labor unions, Emily's List, and the League of Conservation Votes.
"There are a few of those in Georgia," he added with a chuckle.
The political calculus in Senate elections shifted sharply in 2010 when Democrats received a surprising gift — three of them actually. Insurgent Tea Party candidates won upset primary victories in Nevada, Delaware, and Colorado, then stumbled in general elections against Democrats who had been perceived as vulnerable, including Senate majority leader Harry Reid in Nevada. The blunt language and antiestablishment fervor that made the candidates popular with the GOP base proved polarizing in general elections, sapping whatever advantage Republicans held.
Making own luck
By 2012, Democrats realized they could harness the Tea Party's power to disrupt Republican primaries — "to make our own luck," in the words of Adrianne Marsh, who served as campaign manager for Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat whose victorious campaign over Akin benefitted from the strategy.
Conservative groups such as Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, and the National Rifle Association got involved in a public way. But behind the scenes, Democrats and their allies also quietly worked to boost conservatives, even as their party railed publicly against Tea Party obstruction in Congress.
McCaskill was one of the GOP's top Democratic targets in 2012, having won only a narrow victory in 2006 and running for reelection in a state where Mitt Romney was ahead of Obama in the polls (Romney went on to win Missouri by more than 9 percentage points).
"They were going to put Senator McCaskill's head on a pike," said Mollineau, of American Bridge.
But Democratic groups including American Bridge and the McCaskill campaign calculated that Akin, a conservative known for making off the cuff intemperate remarks, was the most likely among three Republican primary candidates to stumble in a general election.
"Our fate wasn't certain either way, no matter who won that primary," Marsh said in an e-mail. "But we always figured that our chances would be best with Akin."
"He was a cowboy," Mollineau said. "He just kind of shot off at the mouth."
American Bridge had ample material that it could use against Akin, but it withheld all of that research firepower during the primary. Instead, it waged a campaign against Akin's two primary opponents, the type of attacks meant to instill suspicion among conservatives. The group released research showing former state treasurer Sarah Steelman had voted for a tax increase when she was a state senator and a video highlighting government subsidies to John Brunner's business.
Majority PAC, a group led by former aides to Reid, ran television ads criticizing Brunner's jobs record. The McCaskill campaign followed up with three separate television ads — two that slammed Steelman and Brunner. The third, ostensibly aimed to hurt Akin, had the trappings of a negative ad but actually helped him with Republican voters, calling him "the most conservative congressman in Missouri" and "Missouri's true conservative."
"We threw the kitchen sink at it," Marsh said. "Television ads labeling him as too conservative, social media, letters to the editor, you name it."
Akin began to notice Democrats were on his side, but was too eager to win his primary to worry about it.
"We had kind of gotten the sense as we went along that the McCaskill campaign was looking at the various candidates, seeing who they wanted to run against," Akin said in a phone interview. "Because I had a record, I think she thought I was a better target."
Akin celebrated his primary victory in August in a suburban hotel ballroom, as campaign aides congratulated each for the underdog's 6-point victory. Democrats also were celebrating. The next morning, they unleashed a flood of opposition research portraying Akin as an extremist and a political hypocrite who had attacked Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlement programs while requesting budget earmarks for his own favored programs.
The Democrats' strategy yielded its biggest payoff 10 days later, when a local television interview made Akin a national name.
"If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin declared, defending his view that abortion should not be legal even for rape victims.
Democrats pounced, and even many Republicans, including Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, denounced Akin publicly.
"Their plan was to make Todd look like the leader of the neanderthal idiots from the right, just completely out of touch with the real world," Akin said of Democrats, though he blamed his own comment and Republicans who shied away from him for his downfall.
A few hundred miles away in Indiana, Democratic groups employed a similar strategy, withholding opposition research against Tea Party challenger Richard Mourdock, the state treasurer, while relentlessly attacking Richard Lugar, an elder statesman of the Senate known for bold agreements with Democrats on significant issues — including nuclear nonproliferation.
When antiestablishment conservatives began attacking Lugar for lacking a home in Indiana, Democratic groups joined in. American Bridge fed research to reporters and created a website, "Virginia is for Lugars," full of videos and stories mocking the Indiana senator's home in McLean, Va.
"The third party groups played a huge role. They kept issues on the front burner," said Brian Howey, publisher of an Indiana political newsletter since 1994. "The whole residency thing, when it first surfaced, I thought it might be a weeklong issue, or several news cycles. It lasted almost two months."
American Bridge even attacked Lugar on conservative issues, knocking him for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling, a stance with which most Democrats agree, believing that to do otherwise would risk putting the nation into default.
Mourdock won the primary. Like Akin, he imploded in the general election, saying during a debate that "even when life begins in the horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended."
Gloating over wins
Though they could not have predicted the self-destructive gaffes, Democrats gloated over their victories. Hoping to spread knowledge about the strategy, Mollineau assessed his group's success in recent article "Anatomy of a Tea Party Takedown," that he wrote for the trade publication Campaigns and Elections.
"Anyone who had bothered to take a cursory look at their records knew Akin and Mourdock were time bombs waiting to explode," he wrote.
Mainstream Republicans have begun fighting back.
"What we learned in Indiana in 2012 is that even in a deep red state, when the Democrats put up their best candidate against a flawed candidate, we have the potential to lose," said a top Republican strategist, who requested anonymity to discuss the Indiana race.
The Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads super-PAC initiated an effort in February to take a more aggressive role in Republican primaries, to bolster mainstream candidates and keep insurgent Republican groups at bay, while also preparing to counter Democratic meddling.
"The Democrats had tremendous success in 2010 and 2012 in picking the Republican candidates that they wanted to face in the general. It was so successful that we fully expect them to repeat or expand this strategy in 2014," said Jonathan Collegio, the group's spokesman.
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The Republican candidates in Georgia are well aware that their Senate primary, even at this early stage, is being studied by interest groups from across the political spectrum.
During a muggy August barbecue at a lakefront pavilion, hundreds of local and state Republican activists ate pulled-pork sandwiches and peach cobbler and listened to country music, while House and Senate candidates worked the crowd. The annual "Grillin' with the Governor" is an opportunity to reach Georgia's most influential party leaders, long before next year's primary.
Polls show the field divided among four or five top Senate candidates, the candidates milling in the crowd observed. It won't take many votes to keep the more moderate candidates out of the expected two-person primary runoff. Democrats, in fact, can vote in the Republican primary, amplifying the potential for mischief.
"This race is so dicey," said Representative Jack Kingston, a Senate candidate with mainstream Republican backing, who may prove a top target for Democrats during the primary. "Because it's just a classic, open-seat multicandidate shoot-out that anybody can come in there and influence, say 20,000 voters, which would knock somebody out of the runoff.''
Several candidates said they have been followed by "trackers'' from both political parties taking video in search of embarrassing statements, now a standard practice in political campaigns.
Broun stands tall, wearing a Marines cap and grinning as he sips iced tea and chats. He knows Republican primaries are often a contest for the party's right flank. He said he will become a senator regardless of what Democrats do and is happy that trackers from both parties are after him.
"My opponents are showing up on both sides, Democrats as well as Republicans," he said. "That's fine. I am what I am and I don't back away from who I am and what I'm all about."
Gingrey dismissed any suggestion that he is one of the Democrats' favorite potential opponents.
In a conversation with a party activist, he tried to make the case that he is the best equipped to beat Nunn.
"Even this liberal leaning poll said that I stack up the best against her," he said, referring to an August survey by Public Policy Polling indicating that Nunn and Gingrey would be tied with 41 percent of the vote in a general election matchup. "It's encouraging."
Party officials at the barbecue said they have seen cross-party primary meddling at the local level for years, to little effect. "There is not a Democrat who can beat any one of these candidates," said Ron Johnson, 66, a state committeeman. "They won't beat Paul Broun in this state and he's the most extreme one."
Another Republican at the barbecue, Fred Hemphill, a retired state employee, said he supports Broun because "he'll stand up for what he believes," though he knows some people would never vote for Broun in a general election. But Hemphill bristles at the notion that Democrats might try to pick a winner.
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Pork is most definitely not just "the other white meat" in China.
From the smoky-licious BBQ Pork (叉烧) and Crispy Pork Belly (烧肉) in Cantonese cuisine to the dainty-licious Xiao Long Bao (小笼包) from Shanghai and numerous other famous Chinese pork dishes in between, pork is clearly the meat of choice in Chinese cooking.
In fact, the Chinese character for meat '肉' (ròu), refers to pork if no particular meat is specified (e.g. 咕噜'肉' translates to Sweet and Sour 'Pork').
During one of my travels to China, I had the pleasure of introducing my taste buds to a deservedly popular pork dish in Chinese cuisine—the delicate and delectable Braised Pork Belly, Dongpo Pork (东坡肉). As I have mentioned before, many Chinese dish names tell interesting stories, like Beggar's Chicken (叫化鸡) or Goubuli Baozi (狗不理包子).
Dongpo Pork is an iconic feature of Hangzhou (杭州) cuisine and can be attributed to Su Shi (苏轼) a.k.a Su Dongpo (苏东坡), a scholar and court official during the Song Dynasty (宋朝), renowned today for his brilliance in poetry, calligraphy, and writings in Chinese literary history.
There was a time when Su Dongpo was demoted for criticizing the emperor and sent to Huangzhou (黄州) in exile.
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As he took a bite of the pork, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the dish he thought had been ruined turned out to be even more tender and tastier than expected.
Dongpo Pork was thus born.
When he was later stationed in Hangzhou (杭州) and was overseeing a reconstruction project on the West Lake (西湖), he cooked the same dish with the pork cut up into cubes and distributed them to the workers as a sign of gratitude.
The dish was thoroughly enjoyed by all and Dongpo Pork rapidly gained popularity then and there right up to the present day, where it has become a notable signature dish in Hangzhou cuisine and famous all around the world.
The key discerning factor between Red-Cooked Pork and Dongpo Pork is undoubtedly the lengthier braising process, which increases the caramelization of the sugar to enhance the flavor, infuses the cooking wine into the meat longer for an even richer fragrance, and last but definitely not least, breaks down the fat further to give the pork that tender "melt-in-your-mouth" texture minus the greasiness.
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Google introduced a new service called Google Buzz, a way for users of its Gmail service to share updates, photos and videos.Buzz is Google's boldest attempt to build a social network that can compete with Facebook and Twitter. The service is built into Gmail which already has 176 million users, according to comScore, a market research company.
Like other social services, Buzz allows users to post status updates that include text; photos from services like Google's Picasa and Yahoo!'s Flicker; videos from YouTube; and messages from Twitter. Analysts say many of its features mimic those of Facebook.
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ESD, Erie County IDA and the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. are now sharing office space in downtown Buffalo, providing "one stop shopping" for businesses
Empire State Development Regional President Sam Hoyt, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown have announced the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. have centralized their offices at the vacant space at 95 Perry St., in Buffalo, where Empire State Development's Western New York regional office is currently located. The move allows the state, county and city to have all their economic development entities located in one building, achieving long-term savings for New York taxpayers and the "one-stop shopping" goal the economic development community has supported for years.
"We are rolling out the red carpet for businesses," Hoyt said. "Empire State Development, Erie County Industrial Development Agency and the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. are now located under one roof, creating a collaborative network of resources for business people. Gov. Cuomo knows that by making this excellent first impression with perspective businesses, Western New York is sending an important message about our commitment to growing the economy and creating new jobs."
A business person walking through the door at 95 Perry St., can find information about state, county and City of Buffalo grants, loans, tax incentives, job training, technical assistance, potential shovel-ready sites and existing facilities, to name just a few services provided. This group of economic professionals can handle projects ranging from the small start-up home business to enormous facilities costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
"I want to thank my fellow ECIDA board members for joining with me to streamline our approach to economic development, and for realizing the importance of having all these agencies under one roof," Poloncarz said. "This move was long-needed, creates a critical mass of economic development agencies, and will give businesses access to a wide range of services, helping them to find what's available quickly without spending time and effort traveling from office to office. I promised to the people of Erie County to create a 'one-stop shop' for economic development, which will be a tremendous asset in bringing business to Erie County, will make it easier to showcase our region to interested businesses looking to locate here, and will serve as a single destination for business assistance for companies already located in Erie County. I'm happy we were able to deliver on this promise and look forward to the economic development projects that will follow"
"With over $1.7 billion in economic development projects moving forward in Buffalo - spurring additional investment and job growth - this is a great opportunity for city, county and state agencies to further promote economic development opportunities in our city," Brown said. "I'd like to thank Gov. Andrew Cuomo for adding another critical component to our city's economic development strategy that will help continue to grow our economy, create jobs and put people back to work."
Cuomo said this is more than just a building; it is part of a strategic plan to encourage collaboration and cooperation. These interactions between development professionals will help ignite future growth, he said.
ECIDA and BUDC moved from 143 Genesee St., in Buffalo. ECIDA and BUDC are sub-leasing the space on the fourth floor, which is owned by Savarino Companies.
"The ECIDA's move to 95 Perry St., embodies the importance of streamlining services to better assist the companies, entrepreneurs, developers and individuals in Erie County to grow and be competitive," said interim ECIDA Board Chairman Chris Johnston.
"For far too long, the business community has had to negotiate a maze of economic development acronyms, now start-ups and veteran companies, alike, can go to one place to have their needs addressed in an efficient manner with communication at all levels including the county and state and other stakeholders. This represents a business-first approach," Johnston said.
Other organizations located at 95 Perry include the New York Power Authority and Arts Services Initiative of Western New York. NYPA representatives are able to direct interested entities to information on energy-efficiency opportunities, and low-cost power and other economic development benefits the statewide public power utility can provide. ASI promotes the cultural sector's role in economic development and the community through capacity building, collaboration and advocacy.
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One of MLB's top hitting prospects, Wil Myers, has been promoted to the Tampa Bay Rays first team, and will join the squad as they travel to Boston.
Myers replaces Ryan Roberts, who has been optioned to Class AAA Durham (N.C.).
The USA Today Sports' 2012 Minor League Player of the Year was hitting .283 with 14 home runs in Class AAA. He does have 71 strikeouts in 63 games but has been hitting the ball much better recently.
He was acquired by the Rays from the Royals in an offseason deal that sent starters James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas City. David was the winning pitcher against the Rays on Sunday.
Ranked the third-best prospect in the Royals farm system by Baseball America prior to the start of the 2010 baseball season, Myers, now 22, was ranked among the top 50 prospects in the sport. At the beginning of this year he was considered the game's fourth brightest star of the future.
Myers was drafted by the Royals in the third round, with the 91st overall selection. He proceeded to sign a contract with the franchise that included a $2 million dollar signing bonus.
He made his debut in professional baseball in 2009, when he batted .369 with 5 home runs in 84 at bats with Royals' Rookie League affiliates, the Idaho Falls Chukars and the Burlington Royals.
His 2010 season began with playing catcher for the Burlington Bees of the Midwest League, for which he was named to the Midwest League All-Star team.
On July 1, 2010, the Royals promoted Myers to the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League, a league generally considered more advanced than those he had previously played in. In his Carolina League debut, Myers had three hits, including a two-run single that gave his new team a three-run lead. He finished the 2010 season batting .315 with a 429 on-base percentage overall, and totalled 14 home runs, 83 runs batted in, and 85 walks between his time in the Midwest League and Carolina League.
On December 9, 2012, Myers was traded to the Rays (along with Jake Odorizzi, Patrick Leonard and Mike Montgomery) in exchange for Shields and Davis.
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Lifelong learning begins at birth. Creating an environment that fosters development at every stage of life is a primary goal for the Milwaukee Public Library. In 2012, the library enrolled 21,000 children in the summer reading program encouraging literacy skills and a love of reading. Another important component in reaching children and families that might not visit the library is our outreach efforts. 81 summer program sites including Milwaukee Public School's summer school and the Boys & Girls Club participated in summer reading through library outreach. Through the Ready to Read and Books2Go programs which offer literacy skills training and an ongoing supply of books from our collection, we reached 32 childcare sites and more than 1,000 registered Books2Go sites serving children birth to preschool age. And in our libraries we celebrated culture, black history, marine history, Dr. Seuss and the fall harvest in just some of the thousands of free programs for children and adults.
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Jay Leno Takes a Bow
Jay Leno, the longtime host of "The Tonight Show", takes his final bow after two decades on air in an emotional goodbye broadcast. John Jurgensen joins Lunch Break to discuss Leno's future, and the high stakes for new host Jimmy Fallon. Photo: Getty.
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iluvk9 wrote:I thought she looked pregnant. I hope she is okay. Or he.
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I'm just giving my best guess-timate as a non-vet person, based on what has worked for my fishes in the past... I have never heard of Kana, but I'm definitely not opposed to giving it a try.
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OAKLAND — Police officers will be stationed at all future City Council meetings after a 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night for reportedly jumping on top of the dais during a public hearing, officials said Wednesday.
Dante Cano was arrested on suspicion of disturbing a public meeting and trespassing. Because he apparently has outstanding warrants, he was being held in lieu of $70,000 bail at Santa Rita Jail and is due in court Thursday.
The incident happened before 7 p.m. Tuesday inside the chambers at City Hall while council members were discussing a West Oakland development project. No police were in the chambers at the time.
Cano, who was wearing a backpack and baseball cap, jumped a table and then went toward the dais screaming unintelligibly, officials said. He then jumped on top of the dais before being detained by a city staffer and some community members.
Assistant Chief of Police Paul Figueroa was in the city administrator's office at another meeting but saw the television feed and rushed to the chambers. By the time he arrived, the escorted Cano was almost outside the chambers and Figueroa radioed for officers to respond and detain the man.
Two officers were outside in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza and saw Cano run from the building.
They began chasing him and he was arrested without incident at 15th Street and Broadway.
Figueroa said that in the future, officers will be present at all full City Council meetings in the chambers and police will review security procedures for City Hall. Before Tuesday, officers were assigned to council chambers on a case-by-case basis, depending on subject matter and projected size of attendees. It has not been determined whether officers will be present at council committee hearings.


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Thursday, November 25, 2010
The Dance
I had a love/hate relationship with my sister. I say that because that, in fact, was what it was. There is no better way to explain it. She was intensely jealous and vindictive. Yet, despite an undeniable sibling rivalry, she was also extremely protective of me.
I always wished we could have the kind of fairytale relationship that exists between some sisters and their younger siblings, but it simply wasn't meant to be. Our relationship was complicated, often violent and at times, god-awful to the point that I hated her more than I could any enemy. Yet, when she died 9 years ago, she took a piece of my heart with her. Given the nature of our relationship, it seems only fitting.
Today is Thanksgiving and I've been thinking a lot about my sister.
She and I always spent the holidays together and when we did, we danced. It didn't matter what holiday we were celebrating, we danced! I've missed that so very much! The dancing. And the laughter. And the times when we put every other inconsequential emotion behind us.
I've felt, for a very long time, that these were mere moments, lost in time and then today, when my heart really needed those missing pieces...unexpectedly, I danced. I danced with wild, reckless abandon, out on the deck, in the rain. Not with my sister...but with my own daughter. We laughed and danced and it took my breath away.
My heart, will be forever thankful!
In Darkness, Light!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
The Mystery of Faith
Yesterday was a weird day. Ok. Allow me to rephrase. Yesterday was a weirder day than usual.
Firstly, I got about 3 hours sleep because my husband and I were awake and talking until 3 a.m. We were grappling with a difficult decision and 3 a.m. seemed as best a time as any to have this conversation. Yet, despite our efforts and lack of sleep, we still hadn't resolved anything by morning.
I dragged my ass out of bed, much earlier than I ever wanted to, but it was Saturday and on Saturday mornings, I dance. I dance to stay healthy. I dance because it keeps me sane. I danced as if my life depended on it!
At the end of the class, a woman who I'd seen before, but to whom I'd never spoken, walked up and introduced herself. She asked me my name and then held out her hand offering me a brightly colored wrist band. If you are unfamiliar, these are the popular, half inch wide rubber bands, with a word or slogan written on them. I just assumed that the wrist band said, "Zumba", since this was the class we'd just taken, but instead, it held a single word, "Faith".
On a good day, I usually avoid accepting something like this because what usually follows is an admonishment that if I don't accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior there will be a table in Hell with a place card bearing my name. I held my breath and awaited the sermon. "I just wanted to give these out", she said. "To those that might need them". Not at all what I expected! I welcomed both the words and the gift.
You see, as I drove to class this morning, still struggling with the wee morning hour's unresolved dilemma, I called upon those who guide me when I'm beginning to feel that I'm losing faith that the answer I seek will be found.
As a Christian, I'd been taught that if I prayed long and hard enough, God would intercede on my behalf and the only thing I needed to have was "faith". And so, during those times, I prayed just as I'd been taught and when that didn't happen, I pleaded, begged and whined.
What I learned however, was that faith alone wasn't always enough and when I questioned why, after putting my prayers in God's hands they still went unanswered, I was told that, "God works in mysterious ways".
:::Cue annoying buzzer sound:::
Wrong answer!
So, why do millions of Christians "keep the faith", despite numerous unanswered prayers, and I didn't? I believe the reason is that their faith comes from the acceptance that this is all part of "God's Will" and I just considered it false advertising!
You see, I grew up believing the stories of Christ's miracles...a virgin birth, arising from the dead, turning water into wine. So naturally, I had faith that my prayers, which obviously required a lot less effort than, ya know...walking on water, would be answered. When that didn't happen, I began to wonder who I needed to pray to get a refund!
While I can't really say that I've given the concept of "faith" much thought of late, I do believe my perception of the word has changed.
The Wiccan path is one of personal responsibility, so there really hasn't been a need for groveling and begging for Deity to intervene on my behalf. In fact, I've seen more evidence of the existence of the Gods in my life than I ever have before. I believe this comes from the realization that the Gods really don't owe me anything! I've learned that one has to be willing to work on mundane level to manifest their goals before they can expect the Gods to offer any assistance and even then, the choice to do so is there own.
So, does that mean I never ask for help from the Gods? I mean, they are Gods, isn't that why we worship them? Not so much.
My faith lies not in what the Gods are willing to do for me, but in the acceptance that at times they will help me to my feet and at others, will allow me to fall on my ass. After all, they are not the all loving, benevolent beings from my days as a Christian, but instead, have qualities that often mirror the many dark and light aspects of our own personalities. I have also come to understand that they will not venture into the realm of my own personal journey, if the difficulties I encounter, no matter how painful, will ultimately result in my gaining the wisdom and strength to face the next challenge. For this, I am grateful.
I believe that I have relationship with Deity that is based on honor, service and devotion and so I often see their presence in the "mysterious ways" that things have a way of working out just the way I need them to. I've also learned that the gifts of the Gods, while ever sweet, are indeed gifts and are not to be confused with obligation.
Perhaps...therein lies the mystery.
In Darkness, Light!


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This Gruden "Thing"
On Wednesday, the rumor mill regarding the imminent hiring of Jon Gruden as Tennessee's next head football coach vortexed into a category 5 tornado.
But, why would Jon Gruden want to be the next head football coach of the Vols?
This love affair with Jon Gruden has been going on for years. Gruden's name came up before Kiffin was hired. His name came up again before Dooley was hired. And now, according to some, Gruden is all but signed up as the next coach.
On Wednesday, a poster going by the name of "Tenaceous D" put this up on one of the Tennessee fan message board sitess:
I've just been told that the University of Tennessee has completed its negotiations, and that an agreement has been reached to name Jon Gruden as the next head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers. It's done. And by "done" I mean LOI or MOU is being written, and either has been or will be signed in short order. I have no idea as to the announcement of Dooley's "resignation" or of Gruden's acceptance, but I am now confident in saying that it is done. The celebration can safely commence. P.S. – This has also been confirmed by SpringbokVol on TOOS, so kudos to him for being the first to break the news of its finality.
This post was followed by numerous tweets from the site to local and national sports writers linking the posted story to the site. Talk about putting all of your chips in on one hand!
Now, who am I to know if this is true or not?
It's not that I don't think Tennessee might be going after Gruden, or at the very least, engaging him in some discussions about the possibilities.
I just don't think that Gruden will be the next coach in Knoxville because I don't understand why he would want the job.
As you surely know, Jon Gruden is quite the rock star on the American sporting scene. In May 2009, Gruden was hired by ESPN as a commentator on their Monday Night Football telecasts, in addition to other work for the network. Recently he signed a five-year contract extension with ESPN that went into effect at the beginning of this year's NFL season.
The point here is that Gruden makes a tremendous amount of money in what has to be a terrific job. Why would he give that up for a chance to coach UT?
Many say that it would be because he loves the Knoxville area (he owns property and his wife is a former UT cheerleader), and that his first coaching job was with the Vols under Johnny Majors (he was a graduate assistant in 1986-87).
Those are reasons to give up a sweet gig for the pressure cooker of the SEC at a program that has been in degradation mode for the last decade?
Gruden, deservedly so, is living off his successes earned as a head coach in the NFL. He has a sterling reputation as a football coach, which gives him tremendous credibility as an on-the-air expert and commentator. Why in the world would he risk polluting that aura?
Gruden is also known as a bit of an attention seeker — he is known to 'flirt' when it comes to open or possibly open positions. But, nothing ever comes of it, or has so far. There was and still is Tennessee. There has been Oregon, Louisville, and Miami. Nothing ever came of these so-called opportunities.
And this brings up the other reason that people bring up — Gruden is itching to get back in coaching. Well, 2008 was his last season as a coach. That was four years ago. The itch apparently hasn't been very strong, and coaches who leave the game and come back usually don't take that long.
So, I don't believe Gruden is coming to replace Derek Dooley. Or, better put, I won't believe it until the ink is dry and he steps to a podium with the Seven Game Maxims propped behind him.
The more disturbing aspect about this whole Gruden "Thing" is the Tennessee fanbase. To the rest of the nation, we must look like the desperate guy or girl at the dance without a date. We are falling all over ourselves just to get a peek at the object of our infatuation.
And when Gruden doesn't come to Knoxville as the next coach, there is going to be a letdown of epic proportions. And the backlash certainly isn't going to help the guy who is brought in as Dooley's replacement, if that even happens later this year.
Humorous? Absolutely.
Embarrassing? That, too.
9 responses to "This Gruden "Thing""
Sandy says :
And of course here in the great state of North Carolina, the rumor's are all about Cutcliffe:
mchap says :
i have been lifelong vol fan. I live or the fall and football in general. But nobody has really given me on good reason why Gruden will come to Knoxville. Like in article, why leave a cushy job to come back into college coaching.The stress level or college coaches in my opinion is o the charts. Not that the pros don't have stress, but nothing like college.Also, as much as i love and will always love my vols, what do we offer? Im just looking for one solid aspect that would be appealing. I could be wrong and he does sign and come to Knoxville, but i wouldn't bet on it.


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Here is one of the classical programming questions asked to me first time on an interview with multinational Investment bank. After that, this question has been asked to me on several occasions in other programming job interviews as well. What makes this question interesting is that Java developers are not that great with the data structure as compared to C++ developer which is obvious because of the fundamental difference between these two languages. The C++ is more of system programming language while Java is more on application programming , also a rich set of Java API allows the programmer to skip this kind of basic programming techniques.
By the way, if you are preparing for programming job interviews and looking for more coding or algorithm based questions e.g. array, string, or other data structure, you can always search this blog.
If you like to read books then you can also take a look at Cracking the Coding Interviews, which contains 150 Programming Questions and Solutions. One of the best collection of coding questions for beginners, intermediate, and experienced programmers.
It contains questions from both fundamental and advanced data structure like doubly linked list, binary trees, self balanced trees, and binary heaps.
2 Ways to find length of linked list in JavaAnyway let's come back to the question , everybody knows that in the singly linked lists the last element will point to "null" element , So the first answer would most of the times would be "I will use a counter and increment till it reaches the end of the element".
Once you reach at the end of linked list, the value of counter would be equal to the total number of elements encountered i.e. length of the elements.
Here is the sample code to implement this algorithm, you can use the linked list implementation given in this article for understanding the purpose. We are assuming the linked list class hold reference of the head, a pointer which points to the first node in the linked list. To learn more about linked list data structure, you can pick a good on data structure and algorithms e.g. Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas Cormen.
Iterative Solutions
public int length(){ int count=0; Node current = this.head; while(current != null){ count++; current=current.next() } return count; }If you answer this question without any difficulty most interviewer will ask you to write a "recursive" solution for this problem, just to check how you deal with recursion if your first answer would have been recursive they will ask you to write an "iterative solution" as shown above.
You can also check out Cracking the Coding Interviews for more linked list based coding questions.
And now, here is how to find length of singly linked list using recursion in Java:
Recursive Solution:
public int length(Node current){ if(current == null){ //base case return 0; } return 1+length(current.next()); }
You can see that we have used the fact that last node will point to null to terminate the recursion. This is called the base case. It's very important to identify a base case while coding a recursive solution, without a base case, your program will never terminate and result in StackOverFlowError.
Further Learning
Data Structures and Algorithms: Deep Dive Using Java
Algorithms and Data Structures - Part 1 and 2
Data Structures in Java 9 by Heinz Kabutz
Related Data Structure and Algorithm Interview Questions from Javarevisited Blog
- Top 15 Data Structure and Algorithm Interview Questions (see here)
- Top 20 String coding interview questions (see here)
- 133 core Java interview questions of last 5 years (see here)
- Top 30 Array Coding Interview Questions with Answers (see here)
- Top 30 linked list coding interview questions (see here)
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