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At the start of the next class, I divided the students into four groups, according to which of the four subjects they had chosen to explore in their journals. I then asked each group to share their entries with their peers and prepare an informal group report, highlighting evidence that relates to their focus. After twenty minutes of sharing journals and preparing reports, I called on the first group and prepared to serve as their scribe at the board, listing key phrases, examples, and page citations. Not surprisingly, the first group had to be particularly selective, as nearly every page in the novel provides some evidence relative to their subject, "the horrors and absurdities of war." They began their list with the death of Roland Weary in the cattle-car, a victim of gangrene from his feet getting shredded by the clogs that Billy had once worn; they noted, too, that Billy took the blame, and that Lazzaro promised to revenge Weary's death one day (pp. 101, 106). They also listed
- The first prison camp: the freezing prisoners running through the scalding process of de-lousing (p. 107), the American getting his teeth knocked out for a comment a German soldier didn't like (p. 116); in the Dresden slaughterhouse, where Billy's body shakes with "ravenous gratitude and applause" (p. 204) as he and his fellow prisoners sneak malt syrup to nourish their starving bodies, nourishment that proves far too little to eliminate all their sores (p. 208)
- Dresden: the shooting of Edgar Derby, tea-pot thief (p. 274); the "fire-storm" that incinerated "everything organic, everything that would burn" (p. 227); Billy and other prisoners, who survived the bombing in the meat-locker, serving with shovels and wheelbarrows in the Dresden "corpse mines" (p. 273); the Official History of the Army Air Force that said "almost nothing" about the raid on Dresden, keeping it a "secret from the American people" (p. 244)
The second group provided an equally disturbing list of the cultural decadence spawned directly or indirectly by the recurrence of 'children's crusades' and the devaluation of life. They spoke of Kilgore Trout, the science fiction writer, who recruits children to sell subscriptions to the Illium Gazette and motivates them by telling them to "get off their dead butts and get their daily customers to subscribe to the fucking Sunday edition, too" (p. 212); they mentioned the bookstore that carries Trout's novels as well as photographs of naked children performing sex (p. 256); and they cited a talk show focused on the "function of the novel in modern society," one guest suggesting that books provide color in rooms with white walls, another praising novels that "describe blow-jobs artistically," another favoring novels that give advice on how to behave in French restaurants (p. 264). They also listed the racist American Nazi, Howard Campbell; Eliot Rosewater, the former infantry captain, who told Billy in the veterans' hospital that psychiatrists will have to "come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living" (p. 129); and finally Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, both shot within one month in 1968 (p. 268).
Turning to the third group, I asked if they had found more evidence of insanity or sanity in Billy's responses to this corrupt, brutal culture. Dafina, a member of group three, said that they had found several references to Billy's mental or emotional instability. Her list included Billy's terror at the rim of the Grand Canyon, not long after his father had thrown him in the pool to 'sink or swim' (p. 127); his certainty that "he was going crazy when he heard himself proposing marriage" to the enormous Valencia Merble, a "girl nobody in his right mind would have married" (pp. 137, 151); his daughter Barbara chastising him in 1968 for acting like a "child," failing to turn on the heater in his freezing house (p. 167); a mother at Billy's optometry office telling Barbara that her father had gone "crazy," telling her son about Tralfamadore as he tended to his eyes (p. 172). Dafina then launched into a second list, one that, in her words, "makes Billy seem the only sane person in the book": Billy's excitement on Tralfamadore when he learns that their planet lives "in peace," a lesson he wants them to teach to Earthlings (p. 148); Montana Wildhack, stunned by his modesty and gentleness, coming to "love and trust Billy Pilgrim" (p. 170); and, in the aftermath to the fire-bombing at Dresden, the sight of horses pulling a wagon loaded with objects looted from suburban houses, but doing so "insane with thirst" and tormented by their "bleeding" mouths and broken hooves, a sight that makes Billy "burst into tears" (pp. 251, 252).
Gezim, spokesperson for group four, volunteered at this point that his group had also selected Billy's tearful response to the horses as their prime example of the kind of intelligence and compassion that Faulkner charged all novelists with weaving into their fictions that tell the truth about an otherwise chaotic and violent postmodern reality. I then asked the group to what extent Vonnegut's dark novel engenders hope that humanity will endure its often self-inflicted suffering and "prevail" over its penchant for self-serving, destructive behavior. Gezim reported that they struggled with this question. On the one hand, he explained, his group admires Billy's acceptance of death as simply a moment, not to be feared (p. 180), but they also find it depressing to watch Billy Pilgrim's death, the consequence of Lazzaro's bullet to his forehead (p. 182). Similarly, he continued, they admire Billy's courageous acceptance of the randomness of experience, which allows him to get on an airplane he knows will crash, but they also find it discouraging that the report of the crash leads to Valencia's death (p. 234). Noting the same pattern—a note of hopefulness followed by gratuitous suffering and death—he explained that they admire Derby's patriotic speech in defiance of the Nazi Campbell (p. 209), but that his patriotism makes it all the harder to watch him stand before the firing squad in the ashes of Dresden (p. 274).
"So you're saying," I asked, "that Vonnegut provides credible examples of badly damaged but admirable human beings, Billy and Edgar most notably, but that Vonnegut holds out little hope that Children's Crusades will end or that we will quit assassinating those who dare to effect positive change, people like Kennedy and King?" Members of group four all shook their heads "yes." Thanking the group for their thoughtful analysis, I said that the last page would seem to support their sense that cruelty and injustice will prevail, ending as it does with the birds' meaningless song, "Poo-tee-weet," and with the image of horses pulling a "coffin-shaped" wagon out of Dresden. "Yet did you notice the next-to-last image?" I prodded. Edita read it for us: "The trees were leafing out" (p. 275).


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Guam isn't in the news very often. But right now it is. The reason? North Korea has threatened to "nuke" it first. It seems to have the technology to do it. But will it? That is the question.
A North Korean attack on the US Pacific island would likely kill most of the 160,000 Americans who live there; but, within minutes, most of North Korea's population would also be dead in a US retaliatory strike. That figure would include North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. Even if he has a bunker to retire to through the attack, he would no longer have a kingdom to rule over. Kim would lose everything in minutes. The three-generation Kim dynasty would be history!
Logic and common sense say he won't do it. But logic and common sense are sadly lacking in North Korea.
The world awaits developments and hopes for a good outcome.
Back to Guam.
The world was much simpler when the US took possession of the island in 1898. It was one of four territories acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War. The others were Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Guam had been a Spanish territory for 230 years, since 1668.
When the USS Charleston arrived in Guam to capture the territory, the ship fired its cannons in the direction of the Spanish fort on the island. The Spanish garrison took some time to respond. Eventually, they sent a delegation to apologize to the Americans. They had thought the cannons were a salute and they had no means of reciprocating – they hadn't realized this was an invasion. It had been a while since they had received any communication from Spain.
So Guam fell into American hands.
Not without some opposition – at home. The United States was terribly divided on the issue of foreign adventures. Pro-interventionists included President McKinley, the future Vice President Theodore Roosevelt and newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, a man of great influence at the time. All three felt that America needed overseas possessions, like European nations. Against the acquisition of colonies were Mark Twain, Dale Carnegie and William Jennings Bryan. These two were often referred to as the "pro-imperialists" and the "anti-imperialists." Imperialism was very much in vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.
The great debate around the birth of the American Empire is the subject of a new history book, entitled "The True Flag" by Stephen Kinzer, a foreign correspondent who now writes for the Boston Globe. The Spanish-American War was a major turning point in American history and, indeed, in world history. It launched the US as a global power.
"Various forces united to push McKinley toward his decision to seize the Philippines. Navy commanders recognized Manila Bay as a magnificent platform from which to project American strategic power into East Asia. Business leaders saw millions of new customers for American goods, the prospect of rich resources, and a springboard to the potentially immense China market. Missionaries and religious groups swooned at the prospect of saving millions of lost souls for Christ. McKinley himself recognized above all the political value of annexation – and the furor he feared would engulf him if he turned away from empire at this crucial moment." ("The True Flag," page 87.)
Later, McKinley, a deeply religious man, recounted a vision he had at this time.
"When McKinley emerged from his trance, he found himself believing that the United States could not grant independence to the Philippines because its people were 'unfit for self-government,' and that 'there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died." (ibid.)
The following paragraph adds: "McKinley was deeply religious, and his account of this vision was no doubt sincere. Nevertheless he must have recognized the happy coincidence: what God wanted him to do would also be popular with voters. This time, God sounded remarkably like Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge."
These paragraphs show just how much American thinking has changed in the last century. America's track record in international affairs has been mixed, at best. The Spanish-American War was won by the US. World Wars One and Two, were also won, with allies, but there were many problems after the fighting was over. Wars since World War Two have largely not been won and the country is now caught up in never ending conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The resultant turmoil has created an unprecedented refugee problem and untold suffering.
Americans are often woefully ignorant of these wars and the mess that is left behind. President McKinley did not know where the Philippines and Guam were when he ordered US forces to take both. Somebody once said that "wars are nature's way of teaching Americans geography" — there is a great deal of truth to that.
History, too. A review of a new book on President James Buchanan, who was in office immediately before Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, described him as one of the worst ever leaders of the free world. This remark fails to appreciate that Americans presidents did not lead the Free World until after World War Two.
"The first time the phrase 'Leader of the free world' appeared in The New York Times was in a November 1948 essay by the British economist Barbara Ward, which urged Western unity against the communist threat. With its unchallenged economic might, the United States was 'potentially the political leader of the free world.'" ('What does it mean that Trump is "Leader of the Free World," by Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic, January 2017.)
Dozens of nations have been truly and deeply thankful for the American umbrella, especially the nuclear umbrella, which protected them from communism during the Cold War. However, the Cold War ended over a quarter of a century ago. Now, there are other threats and the US is not doing so well.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech in 1961 warned:
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
A powerful military-industrial complex will constantly be pushing the country toward war to justify its existence and its cost to the tax-payer. Each of these wars divides the country as assuredly as the first overseas military adventures in 1898. The wars in the Islamic world have cost the US billions, in addition to thousands of lives. The result has been described by historian Geoffrey Wawro (University of North Texas) as "Quicksand," the title of his 2010 book – the more we struggle to get out, the more we get sucked in!
President Trump has vowed to maintain American hegemony, while at the same time promising to put "America First." Ultimately, these two are opposites. America already suffers from a bad case of "imperial over-reach," with too many commitments around the globe. Can the US handle a major conflict on the Korean peninsula, together with unfinished wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan? Can the US afford another major conflict, with a $20 trillion overdraft? Will American voters support more wars? President Trump has added another possible military intervention, saying that the US may have to intervene militarily in Venezuela.
History shows that every great power eventually burns out. Before the US, the British Empire was the world's number one superpower. After World War Two, the British had to deal with three major international problems all at the same time – in India, Palestine and Greece. Imperial over-reach led to a withdrawal from Greece and the US was well on the way to replacing the United Kingdom as the world's policeman. Americans should not fall into the trap of thinking the same cannot happen to them. The country has a bad case of imperial hubris, just as Britain did before the US.
History shows the inevitability of America's demise.
So does the Bible.
Bible scholars have long known that the US plays no role in the final prophesied events, which center on Europe and the Middle East.
This implies that something big is going to happen to America, which returns the country to its pre-1898 status, isolated from the rest of the world. However, it won't be the same as pre-1898 – then, the US was secure in its isolation; now, there's too much bitterness and resentment around the world toward the United States. Additionally, the United States is more divided now than it was then.
Daniel 2:21 reminds us that God is behind the rise and fall of nations.
"And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding."
In the sixth century BC, while living in the Babylonian Empire, Daniel had a vision that revealed to him that Babylon would soon fall and be replaced by Persia; in turn, Persia would give way to Greece and Greece to Rome. This is exactly what happened over the next few centuries. Each of those superpowers, in turn, thought it was invincible; yet, each one fell. Both history and the Bible show the inevitability of this continuing.
Already, there are voices declaring the 21st century China's century, just as the twentieth was America's and the nineteenth Great Britain's. Certainly, China is a rising power. It's the main reason North Korea can threaten the US at this time and seemingly get away with it.
But the Bible shows that the final superpower is a power that has not yet formed; that ten nations will come together and threaten the peace and security of the world.
Revelation 17:12-13 says the following:
"The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast."
The term "for one hour" means that this superpower will not last very long. America's supremacy has lasted 70 years, Britain's was much longer; the next one will be a lot shorter.
Which brings us back to Guam.
When the USS Charleston took possession of Guam en route to the Philippines, America became a major power in Asia. A successful attack on Guam from North Korea would signal the end of the American Empire. It happened once before in 1942 when the Japanese took the island, but the US returned after defeating Japan. A nuclear attack on the island would mean there's nothing to return to.
It's likely that something will be worked out and we will return to peace – this time. But at some point American hegemony will end and it could end on an island thousands of miles away or somewhere closer to home. It's worth remembering that the British Empire suffered two major defeats, in Singapore (1942) and Suez (1956).
Stephen Kinzer, who wrote "The True Flag," has an accompanying article in the latest issue of American History magazine. He ends with an observation by Mark Twain, who opposed America's international expansion.
The last two paragraphs make for sobering reading: "Despondent, Twain wrote a bitter lament. His observations, trenchant then, sound eerily appropriate today. (italics mine)
"It was impossible to save the Great Republic," Twain wrote. "She was rotten to the heart. Lust of conquest had long ago done it's work. Trampling upon the helpless abroad had taught her, by natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home; multitudes who had applauded the crushing of other people's liberties, lived to suffer for their mistake in their own persons. The government was irrevocably in the hands of the prodigiously rich and their hangers-on, the suffrage was become a mere machine, which they used as they chose. There was no principle but commercialism, no patriotism but of the pocket."
(This blog is a fully independent blog that has no connection to any church or secular organization. It was started to keep people informed on international affairs in light of the scriptures. Financial support comes from myself and readers who generously donate to help cover costs.)

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Wildlife in Crisis is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, founded in 1989 to care for injured and orphaned wildlife. Our facility in Weston, Connecticut was donated to us by an anonymous benefactor in 1990, and in the years since we've received an average of 10,000 calls about wildlife every year.
At WIC, the emphasis is on emergency medical care and temporary housing for injured and orphaned animals—not on keeping releasable animals in cages for public display. We run a nurture center—not a "nature" center.
Our habitat protection, wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education programs share the parallel goal of protecting wildlife while improving the quality of life in our community.
Because of the generosity of our supporters we feel it is important to devote ALL funding directly to the animals. No salaries are paid at Wildlife in Crisis (WIC). WIC is entirely volunteer run!
LONG story short -- I had to pick up a fox at WIC today for rabies testing. The poor thing had probably been hit by a car, then some dogs got at it and it died later in the day.
While there, I got to watch some yearlings get fed, then I GOT TO FEED THEM!!! What an AMAZING experience!!! I am still in awe.
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A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be essential for the growth and spread of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children. In their report in the Feb. 28 issue of Cell, they show that blocking this pathway – which involves interactions between tumor cells and the surrounding tissues – leads to regression of all four molecular subtypes of medulloblastoma in several mouse models.
"Our finding that a pathway carrying signals from host cells to tumor cells via placental growth factor and its receptor neuropilin 1 is critical to the growth of medulloblastoma, regardless of molecular subtype, strongly supports evaluating antibodies against these proteins as a novel therapeutic approach to this pediatric cancer," says Rakesh K. Jain, PhD, director of the Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology at MGH and corresponding author of the study.
A highly malignant tumor that originates in the cerebellum, medulloblastoma accounts for about 20 percent of all pediatric brain tumors and is ten times more common in children than in adults. While aggressive treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation significantly improves patient survival, those treatments can have long-term developmental, behavioral, and neurological side effects, particularly in the youngest patients, making the need for less damaging therapies essential.
Impetus for the current investigation began with studies by Peter Carmeliet, MD, PhD, of the Vesalius Research Center in Belgium, a co-author of the current study. Carmeliet found that an antibody against placental growth factor (PlGF) could block angiogenesis in a number of adult tumors. Since PlGF, unlike other angiogenic proteins, is not required for normal postnatal development, Jain and his Steele Lab colleague Lei Xu, MD, PhD, proposed targeting PlGF as anti-angiogenic treatment for pediatric tumors. Matija Snuderl, MD, of the Steele Lab, a co-lead author of the current study, then found that PlGF was highly expressed in all types of medulloblastoma. Other members of Jain's team found that high expression of the P1GF receptor neuropilin 1 (Nrp1) was associated with poor survival in medulloblastoma patients.
To investigate mechanisms behind the potential role of PlGF in medulloblastoma, the MGH investigators collaborated with colleagues in the U.S., Belgium, Canada and Germany. They first confirmed that PlGF is expressed in patient samples of all subtypes of medulloblastoma and that expression of Nrp1 was more significant than that of PlGF's more common receptor, VEGFR1. Experiments in several mouse models revealed that the presence of PlGF is essential for the progression of medulloblastoma and that treatment with several antibodies against the growth factor reduced tumor growth and spread, increasing animal survival even without substantially inhibiting angiogenesis
The researchers were surprised to find that most PlGF was produced by surrounding supportive tissue called stroma and not by the tumor cells. Further investigation revealed that release of the developmental protein Shh (sonic hedgehog) by tumor cells induces expression in nearby stromal cells of PlGF, which then binds to the Nrp1 receptor on tumor cells, leading to further tumor growth. The authors note that therapies that block the interaction between PlGF and Nrp1 are less likely to lead to treatment resistance than are therapies directly targeting mutations that drive tumor growth.
Medulloblastoma cells secrete the developmental protein Shh, which binds to receptors in stromal cells and triggers signaling that leads to the production of PlGF. Stromal-derived PlGF then binds to Nrp1 receptors in the cancer cell and conveys signals that sustain the growth and spread of the tumor. (Lance Munn, PhD, and Nathaniel Kirkpatrick, PhD, Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital)
"The importance of tumor-stromal interactions has been recognized for decades, especially the formation of new blood vessels to supply tumors," says Jain, the Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology (Tumor Biology) at Harvard Medical School. "Our discovery of an entirely different way that tumor-stromal interactions drive cancer progression supports the exciting possibility that targeting that pathway in medulloblastoma could be more broadly effective with fewer side effects for patients. Antibodies against both PlGF and Nrp1 have been developed and tested in adult patients. There is hope that they could be safe in pediatric patients, but that needs to be established in clinical trials."
In addition to Snuderl, co-lead authors of the Cell article are Ana Batista, PhD, and Nathaniel D. Kirkpatrick, PhD, of the Steele Lab, and Carmen Ruiz de Almodovar, PhD, of the Vesalius Research Center. Collaborating institutions include Children's Hospital Boston, the Vesalius Research Center, University of Leuven, Belgium; Genentech, Inc.; the University of British Columbia; and University Hospital, Münster, Germany. Support for this study includes a grant from Hoffmann-La Roche and National Institutes of Health grant R01CA163815. Carmeliet has patent applications for intellectual property related to this study, and Jain is on the boards of trustees of H&Q Healthcare Investors and H&Q Life Science Investors.
Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $775 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine. In July 2012, MGH moved into the number one spot on the 2012-13 U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Hospitals."
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Joined the Dominicans in Fiesole, Italy in 1407, taking the name Fra Giovanna. He was taught to illuminate missals and manuscripts, and immediately exhibited a natural talent as an artist. Today his works can be seen in the Italian cities Cortona, Fiesole, Florence, and in the Vatican. His dedication to religious art earned him the title Angelico.
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Miss Shirley's Cafe owner dies of leukemia
Eddie Dopkin well-known restaurateur in Baltimore
Funeral services will be held Monday for a local food giant.
Eddie Dopkin, 61, the owner of the popular brunch spot Miss Shirley's Café, died over the weekend after a long battle with leukemia.
Dopkin also founded Classic Catering and won the city's Restaurateur of the Year award.
He was celebrated for various leadership roles he held in the Baltimore community, such as serving on the board of the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society of Maryland.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday at the Sol Levinson and Brothers Funeral Home on Reisterstown Road.
Parking is available after 5 p.m. next door at Hunt's Memorial United Methodist Church. Prior to 5 p.m., visitors will be directed. Services will be held on Monday at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. The family will be receiving visitors Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
Contributions in Dopkin's memory may be made to:
St. Vincent's Villa
2600 Pot Spring Rd.
Timonium, MD 21093
RAM Marcia S. Harris Legacy Fund Scholarship
6301 Hillside Court
Columbia, MD 21046
Camp Sunrise-Kimmel Cancer Center
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Several witnesses saw lights in the sky over didim…..
colour: yellowish shape: melon shaped spotters: guards at the Police Academy (Yesilkent) and people from the Ark cafe bar (hunters valley).
Time: 9.30pm, last saturday
see here for article on this, with witness accounts.
Will update if/when any more details are forthcoming…. of course, the theory of what it was is hard to tell, although the usual hoax suspects cannot be ruled out, i'm afraid.
UPDATE 28th july 2007
The matter of the Didum ufo sighting (Voices Newspaper) has moved on again…..
It mentions that "The intrigue has been added further by a Voices reader who emailed us in the wake of the strange lights.
Ms Gill Peck, who lives in Yeşilkent, said she had first seen the strange lights two weeks ago. She said: "Three of us were sitting on the patio at about 10.30pm, when a huge bright orange light came into view.
"It looked like there was a flame in the middle of the light. It passed over at great speed. It, or a second light, came over again on the same trajectory about a half an hour later. Both of these phenomena were completely silent."
She added that she then saw the strange lights whipping over Yeşilkent the next night.
She added: "Four of us were sitting on the patio when we saw a similar sight the other evening. This time the light was even lower in the sky.
"The only way I can describe it is, that it was almost a pentagonal shape with a slightly curved top. The "flame" inside was really bright. This was also completely silent and travelling at great speed."
She said: "Logical explanation or not, it was certainly like nothing any of us have ever seen before."
The full article can be seen here .
I cannot draw any conclusions from all this as i have seen no videos, photos or detailed reports on this…. all i have available is what i have put on this site.
I have also just heard of a possible mass sighting, around Istanbul? but i cannot get any more information… at the moment (will post another article if this becomes available).


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Hearing in CA supreme court today about the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
Here's just a smattering of coverage of the day from the internets:
I'm humbled by everyone taking up this struggle in their own way, from arguing directly, to being in the streets, to blogging the events, to donating money, to sending psychic energy….really, I think it all makes a difference in this here global community. And I don't think it can hurt that Ken Starr seemed to be, shall we say, not in top form….here's hoping we don't have to wait the full 90 days for a decision. And that it's the right decision.


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Monday, September 26, 2011
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I'm sure this; http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589809 , is some kind of media/marketing bullshit as Hartnell doesn't have a heart.
Broons, let them think they have a chance.
PHucken' pre-season is just slightly more useless than the regular season. Just make the playoffs then give me a call and we'll see who's the real deal.
- September 26, 2011 7:28 am
- HeadHunter said...
Preseason is perfect for the league and the media to tell us that the Leaf, Phucktards, and Knuckle-dragging B's a playoff bound. Based on all I have seen or read, those three teams are going to share the championship for this season.
- September 26, 2011 9:24 am
- Steve said...
Living in Laff land.
The Laffs IMHO are going for that first overall pick. Both Riemer and Kadri have been left high and dry by GOD. Douche$ark continues to master being anywhere but where the puck is.
The first line sucks so bad the coach says we dont have a first line. Go Down Laffs go down.
Sorry to here NB is not going to be the first 18 year old Canadian since, fuck if I know, Doug Wickenhierseres?
- September 26, 2011 9:24 am
Better that Nathan develop other than under the "system".
He will be a better all around player when he finally gets the promotion.
- September 26, 2011 9:29 am
@Mr. natural, agree, I posted earlier by the time Nathan Beaulieu graduates to the big team, Chokula and his system should be gone...upstairs or on a deserted island perhaps.
I have determined that Mathieu Schneider was the last 18 year old to crack the Habs line-up out of training camp in 1987 although for only 4 games. Maybe somebody can remember if it happened after that.
- September 26, 2011 10:25 am
@ the M: 18 is really young to make the NHL, to state the obvious more an issue of mental toughness and maturity than physical prowess.
Got LOADED at Hurley's on Saturday (haven't seen Mrs n in that state in many a year had to take her outside to walk it off...) and though I have zero stake in Shane Murphy I am a huge fan, the two sets I saw that night were nothing short of amazing, better than any show I've actually paid for in decades!
P.S. To FHF tomorrow is Mr. n's B-day, how 'bout some Salma Hayek?!
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- September 26, 2011 11:17 am
- Steve said...
This may be the most important media you sample this day, week or year, or not! Hockey related only with ice.
- September 26, 2011 11:51 am
- Steve said...
More vital information, its hard to believe one show had this much talent..
- September 26, 2011 2:39 pm
- Steve said...
I know whats wrong with LEGO, they lost a piece for his shoulder.
- September 26, 2011 3:01 pm
- iRiRi said...
Campoli signs for $1.75 mil/1 yr. Twitter is freaking out thinking Markov is in bad shape.
I prefer to believe that, maybe, just maybe Markov is fine and we're finally getting rid of Spacek?
- September 26, 2011 4:02 pm
@iRiRi, this is all speculation on my part, but I would guess Vodkov is not close (maybe 2012) and Campoli is insurance. He is a PP specialist I believe. PFK seems to have an issue with something as well.
Unfortunately, regarding Spaceman, I think Chokula likes him. I'll be surprised if that contract can be moved anyway.
- September 26, 2011 4:49 pm
- Kate said...
I like Spacek too. I guess that makes two of us.
- September 26, 2011 4:50 pm
- Steve said...
I like everyone with a CH, except the Mexicant.
- September 26, 2011 5:01 pm
- iRiRi said...
@the Maritimer - I was being a tad sarcastic with my reasoning. I'm not a fan of Spacek but I know he ain't going nowhere...
- September 26, 2011 5:14 pm
- moeman said...
Overpaying but methinks Vodkov ain't distilled enough.
- September 26, 2011 5:35 pm
- moeman said...
Heh, CBC/hnic two recent hires to replace leaf hacks marek and moronsson, an ex leaf tv hack and an ex hack leaf GM. National mission my sweet ass.
- September 26, 2011 5:50 pm
- moeman said...
Ugly and an idiot tainted "champians".
- September 26, 2011 6:37 pm
@moeman, who are the latest leaf sycophants hired by HNIT?
Lots of cuts today, NB is coming back to N.B. to play for the Sea Dogs. Just waiting on Huberdeau then it's another run for the Memorial Cup.
This Chris Campoli thing...Dallas is paying Souray the same salary I think. I'd rather have that Howitzer back at the point. Right Moey?
- September 26, 2011 6:42 pm
- moeman said...
@the M., two blue and white psychophant wads;
Also, I think our Moey really likes Sheldon's super sweet shot (looks are secondary).
- September 26, 2011 6:47 pm
- moeman said...
Big Fucking Kudos to Squid!;
"Michael Cammalleri, who was awarded the 2010-11 Jean Béliveau trophy earlier Monday for his work in the community"
- September 26, 2011 6:50 pm
- moeman said...
Also, too, did that POS eklund get the Campoli signing? What a buzzed POS.
- September 26, 2011 7:01 pm
- Kate said...
@Mr. N & moe,
The only problem with my Shel is the first time we play Boston he would probably break something STICKING UP FOR HIS TEAMMATES. Then he'd be keeping Marky company knocking back the Vodkov. *sigh*
- September 26, 2011 7:03 pm
@moeman, Gord Stellick and Tim Wharnsby are the newest blue and white wads. I don't know how much leaf love Stellick has since he was fired by them.
HNIT also hired a new female I see. She may cover the Habs. That's gotta be a good thing.
- September 26, 2011 7:07 pm
- moeman said...
Game highlight; Le Gros Bill will be in attendance tonight.
the M. , hnic/cbcockroaches have also hired some ex'leaf tv hack. They are sick fucks.
Gotta love the lovely Moey for typing 'STICKING UP' in her 'Shel' comment.
- September 26, 2011 7:13 pm
- Number31 said...
Campoli-on-ice is here to run the 2nd unit PP because Yemelin isn't here to run powerplays, Diaz needs AHL time and Weber can't do it by himself. Also Spacek can't do much up there any more either, which sucks.
So long as Campoli isn't here to play defence I don't care much. He's the new Wiz, only cheaper.
- September 26, 2011 7:14 pm
- moeman said...
Also, kudos to the Canadiens marketing minds for asking Mr. Beliveau for his presence tonight. If only to counter pure professionalism and personifiable puck perfection to the classless crud and crass that is the broons bastardized organization.
- September 26, 2011 7:16 pm
- moeman said...
RDS 'Québec will be inspired by the Tampa Bay Lightning'. Submit for a new language bill you sick phoques.
- September 26, 2011 7:22 pm
@moe, re: classless organization +1.
Heh, most maritimers have disowned Fuckface marchand. He got booed in his hometown by loyal Habs fans who outnumbered the lowlifers in the Metro Center.
- September 26, 2011 7:24 pm
- moeman said...
M. Beliveau is in da house.
- September 26, 2011 7:40 pm
- moeman said...
Kudos Squid.
- September 26, 2011 7:41 pm
- Number31 said...
Well that was exhausting to watch.
wv. destin
- September 26, 2011 8:18 pm
- moeman said...
AyeyiyiBiBi is so full of hisself. Says he knew/knows, that even before the fact that Vodkov isn't /wasn't announced as 100%, he, BB, knew/knows, the Habs D is/was/will be wanting. He then sat back, crossed his tiny arms and pushed back his hornrims from his fat little face. Fuck off.
- September 26, 2011 8:27 pm
- Kate said...
I though TonY "scoop" Marinaro was the only one who had the goods on Markov. Maybe BB was/is his source.
- September 26, 2011 8:32 pm
- moeman said...
They should name a sauce after Marinaro.
Check the best before date before consuming.
- September 26, 2011 8:37 pm
- moeman said...
- September 26, 2011 8:57 pm
- Number31 said...
DeSimone, you're hired.
- September 26, 2011 9:00 pm
- Kate said...
Hab's TV chick. Ugh.
- September 26, 2011 9:05 pm
- Number31 said...
Wonder what Melnick thought of our itty bitty captain tossing Lucic into the boards. According to him, everyone one on the Habs is afraid of the neanderthal. (lol).
- September 26, 2011 9:07 pm
- moeman said...
No Fuckface marchand tonight? Is he off getting his tainted tattoo lasered?
- September 26, 2011 9:13 pm
- Number31 said...
These refs do know that Campbell's dad isn't in charge anymore right?
- September 26, 2011 9:35 pm
- moeman said...
Just like the broons tainted Cup the pre-season isn't worth much, if anything.
- September 26, 2011 9:37 pm
- Number31 said...
Still have the refs on the payroll eh. Fucking AGGRAVATING.
- September 26, 2011 10:00 pm
- moeman said...
Everything the broons touch is tainted.
- September 26, 2011 10:02 pm
- Number31 said...
Um... Dude gets a banana thrown at him (which is VERY BAD) and now he calls Avery a "fucking faggot" right in front of the ref. I mean Wiz gestured he's a cocksucker last year...what will they do with Wayne Simmonds?
- September 26, 2011 10:30 pm
- juce said...
Hi Y'all,
I was out and missed all but the last 7mins of the game. Seemed better than last night.
Wisniewski was handed an 11 game suspension, he was deemed a repeat offender.
- September 26, 2011 10:35 pm
Listening to the boys on AC you would think we are doomed, Guy Carbonneau is the only moderate voice.
Wouldn't it be great if Mario and Bergeron just punched each other in the balls and then got fired, yeah and while I'm dreaming... PJ Stock gets hit by a bus.
I'll be watching out for Salma tomorrow, don't let me down....
Hope there is a Pantscast in our near pre-season future and please have LG participate, she is the only one that can speak intelligently about hockey, they rest of you guys are bums.
- September 26, 2011 10:36 pm
- Number31 said...
For your own sanity: change the channel once L'Anticrap comes on.
- September 26, 2011 11:35 pm
- juce said...
@Mr. n
HAPPY B-DAY, bit early but...that way you won't have to wait till tomorrow.
Warning: Religious content.
- September 26, 2011 11:40 pm
*Sniff* (wipes tears from eyes)Thanks juce. I would hope that that clip will go a long way towards a greater respect for the catholic religion, never saw no miraculous water from Judaism perform a miracle of that stature!
GYFHG! Though the Laffs are an easy perennial joke and the shaved ape, Ol' slope nose, Who's your Daddy, PHuckPHace PHerrence et al will continue to be butt of all tainted/bullying/unsportsmanlike comments I am worried that the team the PHucktards are icing this year may be difficult to get a hate on for that is worthy of the traditional level of bile churning that I have come to expect since the early 70's.
- September 27, 2011 5:57 am
Not 100% sure but according to Hickey, the Habs dressed less than the required number of NHL regulars against the scumbags last night. Wouldn't that mean a fine for Mr. Molson?
- September 27, 2011 8:30 am


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The use of DNA identification as a forensic tool, beginning in 1989, changed the way that we think about guilt, innocence, and traditional police investigation. It isn't just the 311 wrongful convictions that DNA identification has confirmed; it's the far more numerous cases in which DNA has determined guilt — sometimes in cases years or decades old.
Now DNA identification is about to change: it will become even more powerful than it is now. A new way of processing and interpreting DNA has arrived that will make our current DNA techniques look weak by comparison.
On Friday, Nov. 8, I attended an incredibly interesting talk by Dr. Ria David. Dr. David is one of the co-founders of Cybergenetics, a company based in Pittsburgh. Cybergenetics has perfected computer-based techniques and technologies that will change the way that DNA is analyzed. With Cybergenetics' TrueAllele (R) system, the analysis relies the power of computers instead of interpretation done by humans. The talk was sponsored by the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship (CWE) at Chatham University. (Disclosure: my wife runs CWE; my wife and I know Dr. David and her Cybergenetics co-founder, Dr. Mark Perlin, but neither my wife nor I have any personal or financial ties of any kind to Cybergenetics.)
Most of us know that a DNA sample allows forensic scientists to say things like "the odds that this sample came from anyone other than the defendant are fifty million to one." Pretty powerful stuff — until you learn that Cybergenetics' systems will allow prosecutors to offer juries odds of not tens of millions to one, but trillions or even quadrillions to one. In addition, Cybergenetics will allow analysts to pull apart mixtures of DNA from different people, which is common at crime scenes, and which current DNA technology often can't handle. Readers of my book Failed Evidence: Why Law Enforcement Resists Science can get a little more information in Chapter 7, pp. 186-190; you can get the book here.
Cybergenetics' DNA system has found ready acceptance in the United Kingdom, but the process has been slower in the U.S. There has been considerable resistance — something readers of Failed Evidence are quite familiar with — particularly at the FBI, which governs current DNA protocols and use.
There is much more to how the Cybergenetics' TrueAllele system works, and what it can do; I'd urge readers to take a good look at Cybergenetics web site, which gives details on what they do, and the many criminal cases and mass disaster identification cases (including the identification of remains at the World Trade Center site). Once law enforcement sees what this new method of using DNA can do, and once resistance to change is overcome, DNA will be able to identify many more guilty criminals, as well as exonerate many more of the wrongfully convicted, and it will do so with more certainty that we ever thought possible.


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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says Denver Broncos left tackle Ryan Clady will undergo season-ending surgery on his left foot.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the news has yet to be announced by the team.
Clady was hurt in the closing minutes Sunday when Giants defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins rolled up on him while the Broncos were trying to run out the clock in their 41-23 win. Clady, a three-time Pro Bowler, has protected Peyton Manning's blindside since the four-time MVP arrived in Denver last season.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Pumpkin Thai Curry
Pumpkin! I made this curry served with vermicelli rice noodles the other night. I use Thai Kitchen red curry paste for this recipe.I think the overall time to make this meal was about 30 minutes. I didn't use much of the pumpkin for this, so I plan on roasting the rest and using it in muffins and whatnot. More pumpkin posts coming soon....
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 onion- sliced
2 cloves garlic-minced
2 tbsp Thai Kitchen red curry paste
4 cups pumpkin- peeled and chopped
3 cups water/ veggie stock
1 red pepper- sliced
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp brown sugar
fresh cilantro
vermicelli rice noodles- cooked according to package
In a large pot heat oil, add onions and garlic. Saute on medium heat until soft.
Add paste and stir it around to coat the onions. Add pumpkin and continue to stir.
Pour in water/stock and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer and cook until pumpkin is soft.
Add peppers and coconut milk. Season with sugar and salt. Serve over noodles garnished with fresh cilantro.
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For a while there it looked like the Royals might contend in the weak AL central. Much like the Cubs they got off to a decent enough start to the season and had a winning record as recently as May 14. Then they reeled off two five-game losing streaks in the span of two weeks and that was that. They come in to this series riding their fourth five-game losing streak of the season.
There is reason to hope for Royals fans though. Unlike the Cubs, who pretty much just have Starlin Castro, the Royals have promoted a number of their future stars to the club this year, including players like Eric Hosmer and Danny Duffy. There's a good chance we'll see "short reliever" Tim Colllins, who the twittersphere is all over I guess. On the flip side, they also regularly play the likes of Melky Cabrera and saberist bete noire Jeff Francouer.
Team Overviews
Team stats with respective league ranking in parens:
|.316 (7th)
|.322 (6th)
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|4.2 (4th)
|-16 (15th)
|1.9 (8th)
|4.19 (14th)
|4.74 (14th)
|4.09 (14th)
|4.34 (11th)
Hey, the Cubs bullpen isn't last anymore! They're on pace to move up two slots every series. By the end of the year the Cubs pen will be the -26th ranked pen in the majors!
Billy Butler and Alex Gordon have formed the main core of the Royals offense. Butler has put up a kind of strange line for a guy I seem to remember as a power hitter: .302/.404/.438. The Most Exciting Player in Baseball, Alcides Escobar, has been a black hole of suck in the lineup, batting .249/.285/.313 for a .270 wOBA over a run-killing 288 PAs. On the pitching side, only Felipe Paulino (remember him?) is the only starter to put up deent numbers, albeit over five starts. They've had nine pitchers start a game this season, which is just as many as the Cubs.
Pitching Matchups
Friday Friday: Ryan Dempster, RHP (5.46, 4.15, 3.38, 3.79) vs Bruce Chen, LHP (3.59, 4.95, 4.53, 4.68), 7:10 PM CT
Bruce Chen is still in baseball? What? If you look up "Replacement Level Swingman" in the dictionary you won't find anything, but if you could then there would be a picture of Bruce Chen next to the entry. Of course, this means that you can chalk up a 7 IP, 6 K, 1 ER outing from Chen tonight.
Dempster had a hard time finding the plate in his last start, walking six batters in five and a third innings. Not having to face the patient Yankee lineup this time should give Dempster a break.
Saturday Saturday: Carlos Zambrano, RHP (4.50, 3.85, 4.10, 3.75) vs Danny Duffy, LHP (5.03, 5.11, 4.50, 4.54), 6:10 PM CT
The Royals picked up Duffy as a third round pick in the 2007 draft, and after strong years in A and A+ ball in 2008 and 2009 he blew through AA and AAA to make the big leagues. I'm guessing he was hurt in 2010, or fangraphs has something up with its minor leagues database, as he only pitched 75 innings or so across 5 different teams after pitching 126.2 innings in 2009. ZiPS seems to think he's being a little too rushed to the bigs, but the projection systems sometimes have a hard time playing catchup to guys like Duffy. Of course, they're down on him this season for a reason, as his current 2011 numbers show.
Z turned a rocky first inning into a strong start against the White Sox. He went eight innings for the fourth time this season, striking out five, walking two, and getting eleven grounders. This could be one of the last few starts where we'll see Z in a Cubs uniform, so MB is lucky to see it in person.
Sunday Sunday Sunday: Randy Wells, RHP (5.70, 5.43, 4.66, 4.03) vs Luke Hochevar, RHP (4.97, 4.75, 4.18, 4.28), 1:10 PM CT
Wells struggled at times against the Yankees, but he looked much more like the RAndy Wells we expect to see in that game. He got eleven ground balls, but still continues to walk batters at a much higher pace than his career numbers suggest. It will probably still be a while until the rust gets knocked off.
Hochevar was the Royals opening day starter, and the best thing you can say about him is that he's probably a league averageish pitcher. Like (good) Wells, he doesn't issue too many walks and keeps the ball on the ground. However, this season he's seen a huge drop in his strikeout rate. To his credit, he's averaging over six innings per start. He was knocked around by the D-Backs in his last start.
These matchups work out pretty nicely for the Cubs, but they are on the road. I'll still take the Cubs to win the series. But this Royals team has a much brighter future than the players that Cuey is going to trot out there this series.


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"Jersey Shore" stars Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi are looking towards their future – one of them hopes to break into acting while the other is sure to continue partying in Seaside Heights.
Following reports of a cast strike and intense contract negotiations, MTV announced this week that the cast would return for more "GTL" shenanigans in Jersey following their time in Miami. The second portion of the new season will be billed as "Jersey Shore" Season 3 – but will two of the show's biggest stars return for even more "Shore?"
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Monday, March 12, 2007
I Have Eggs
I have virtually lived on eggs for months on end. The price for a dozen AA eggs in the US was around 80¢ in the 80's if I'm not mistaken. That, along with a few basic ingredients and bread, literally covered the 3 daily meals of 2 hungry young men. Let me make it clear, I'm an egg lover and it's on top of the list of my all time favorite foods. I still eat one soft-cooked egg in the morning everyday. On weekends, I tend to use my imagination and either prepare or ask for some other way to eat the most perfect object in the universe. As a matter of fact read this:
Using a microwave probe of U.S. space agency NASA, scientists said they have evidence that the universe has a shape somewhat akin to an egg, rather than the expected round. 1/10/2006
This post is dedicated to all the young men and women living alone and standing in front of the fridge wondering what to have for dinner. I will skip the fancier methods of preparing eggs and stick to some simple recipes (all with 2 eggs).
1. Mfarket Lahme bi Beid (Ground Beef and Eggs)
In an open skillet, use as much butter, margarine, olive oil or vegetable oil as you like (just about a spoon would do really). Heat then add as much ground beef as you can consume with the eggs. Salt and spice it up to your liking and when the meat turns light brown, break the eggs on top and mix them thoroughly for a couple of minutes. Serve in a plate and enjoy with bread.
2. Mfarket Batata bi Beid (Potatoes and Eggs)*
Same recipe as above except that you substitute the meat with one large potato cut in small cubes (¾" x ¾"). The potato need a little more time than the meat. Just about when it's done, add the eggs on top.
As a third option you can have potatoes, meat and eggs together. Cook the potatoes until half-done, add the meat then the eggs. All quantities as per your appetite.
*Potatoes can be substituted with: eggplants, spinach, green fava beans (fool), sliced mushrooms, … damn it, whatever vegetable you like.
3. Shakshoukeh (Tomatoes and Eggs)
Dice 2 medium sized tomatoes in very small pieces. Half fry them in your choice of (butter, olive oil, …etc.) for a minute or two. Add salt and pepper then break the eggs on top mixing thoroughly until done to your liking. Voila, serve and eat.
4. Crazy Omelette
The sky's the limit and let no one tell you otherwise. Cut whatever you have in the fridge in small pieces and dump them in a bowl. Add a ¾ cup of milk, 2 eggs, salt, pepper and spices (go wild with spices) and mix well. Pour in hot buttered skillet. When almost done, fold in half and cook for another couple of minutes. Serve and eat.
The reader might blame me for being too vague with the above recipes. However, I tried to reproduce the ways I had utilized in the kitchen when I was a student. Let me assure you that everybody who had tried my eggs back then spoke very highly of them. The recipes might sound crude but they are extremely tasty. Don't let the implied simplicity fool you. And, if you haven't already found out, wine is the perfect companion to eggs. Any wine, any way you choose to eat your eggs.
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26 comments:
- Yazan said...
Abu Fares,
away from the enjoyment of reading ur posts...
This one I had to devour like the hungry lonely man Japan has turned me into. I'm reading it with amazement and actually taking notes so that I'd never forget... and although I might have tried all of these, in addition, let me add my own expertise here...
French Toast, or so I like to call it...
Break 2, 3... egs in a bowl, pour some milk [dont drop the milk and spend the whole day cleaning ur room], salt, mix mix mix, and mix some more..
get normal sized, thin sliced toast, dip them in the eggs, and then drop them on the hot buttered pan, and voila...
I can not stress enough the do not spill the milk warning, and try not to "tartesh" all over the place when u drop it in the pan, that would be good too...
hehe, I feel good writing that.
- GraY FoX said...
i never knew that eggs can be useful :|
- Unknown said...
you made me smile dear Abu Fares..
i decided long ago to stop eating "eggs only" three times a day :P
i am having Shanklish instead :D
i like your choice of titles.
- Karin said...
I LOVE eggs as well - nevermind if scrambled, cooked or sunny-side-up!! I prepared Shakshoukeh probably more than 500 times, in all kind of variations and can still eat it every day! I chop up onions, sometimes garlic, tomatoes, a pepper, mix it for a more creamy consitency with a spoon full of tomato-paste and MAYBE a dash of ketchup (I know I know ... WEIRD but the outcome is YUMMY!!!), salt, pepper, mix - and close the lid for some five minutes. After that I break some 4-6 eggs (along the round of the pan), salt and pepper them and close the lid again .. till the eggs have more solid consistency.
Either with pita-bread or ANY bread a REAL YUMMY DISH which is appealing for the eye on top!!!
I personally give a BIG salute to everyone who loves eggs as much as I do. For that reason I have been raising chicken since 1998! I have a small chicken run with eight chicken. They were eleven and a rooster, but then three passed away. As for the rooster ... well one of the nieghbors complained about its crowing. I have had four roosters since 1998, but this last one (born at at my place) was really loud!! It would start around 4am and would not stop till about 8am. So, the City Council asked to me to get rid of it or face the consequences. So, now I have eight chicken who (up till about two months ago) were giving me 3-5 eggs a day. Now, they hardly lay one egg a week!! So, it is time to get rid of them and get a new batch. Anyway, I love eggs and I can eat them any way they are cooked.
Of course Abu Fares, being an x-roomate of yours, I can testify that you used to cook very nice eggs ... or was that because we were always hungry??!:)
Abu Abdo
- Omar said...
slice and dice some mortadella (ok.. I use ham.. sue me ;) chop half an onion to fine cubes, half a cup of milk and 2 eggs... go crazy with the spices..
pour in a wide buttered pan until forms a thin layer... once solid bring the heat down, get a bag of gruyère rappé (grounded gruyère cheese.. or can be any cheese but gruyère is absolutely delicious) and spread over the crêpe-like surface, and add larger slices of some strong cheese (blue cheese is good, but I would recommend camembert.. optional slices of mortadella/ham are also good..
fold the newly created layer and wait until the cheese melt.. and you get the best combination you can ever get..
it was you actually abou Fares who started me on the egg journey (here)... which literally saved my life.
damn it.. my stomache is making sounds again.. gotta go and make some more omlettes..
- Dr.Mad said...
So using a microwave, the super bright smart gifted intellectual people at NASA discovered that the universe has the shape of an egg rather than an orange; billions of dollars are being well spent indeed ;)
My favorite is the crazy omelette special edition which is the same as yours but adding a slice of mature cheddar cheese and sliced hot dogs!!
- Lujayn said...
Eggs, siiiiiighh...
Once I get my elevated cholesterol levels down, first on my list is scrambled eggs and soujouk! Then I can deal with elevated cholesterol levels all over again.
- Unknown said...
I guess you'll all find it OK if I reply to your comments together.
French toast is great and your specific instructions on not spilling any milk were indeed necessary. However you prepare them, eggs are the greatest.
Gray Fox
Now that you know, get at it. I have barely tackled the tip of the iceberg.
My intention, besides contributing to the so-called "student cuisine" was to make you smile. As for my choice of titles I can't really pretend that it was all that innocent.
Shakshoukeh, called JazMaz in Damascus, is one of the best ways to eat eggs. Your recipe is great and I will try it soon. Whatever you add to eggs will work out just fine. They taste so great they'll elevate the flavor of all the ingredients to new levels.
Abu Abdo
The City Council of Melbourne is so insensitive. They should've praised your ecological effort to keep nature a part of their city. As you've said, we had so many eggs together and if I'm not mistaken you were one of the best egg chefs I've ever known. Those were the days.
I got the inspiration to post about eggs ever since that post of yours. I jst needed to be in the right frame of mind before I start to write. The same sounds that got you in the mood for an omellete attacked me yesterday. It jotted down the post quickly and headed straight home for eggs and cheese, their perfect companion.
I'm kind of glad the universe looks like an egg rather than say a banana. It would've been to embarassing to all. Cheese and hot dogs indeed. I don't need to scratch my head on Friday morning.
Eggs = Cholesterol is just a myth. Anything that tastes so good can't be really as bad as they say.
- Dubai Jazz said...
I had so many eggs when I was a little child… (ha ha ha) …at least 3 a day…would simply eat the yolk and through the rest.... then mother heard form a fuddy-duddy doctor that too much eggs can be bad for liver….. a significant cut on the 'eggs' supply has followed!
Later at the Uni, I used to sneak out of the house every once in a while (skipping mother's food) to go to my friends in Madina Jam3iah (Uni hostel) and persuade them to prepare some Jez Mez….that variation with Mortadella was horrifically yummy!
I don't know about you Abu Fares, but it seems to me that bachelors are the BEST when it comes to eggs? ;)
That's good Abufares!
Althought you have forgot the "Sausage&Eggs" that I just had for lunch!
If you haven't tried it before, I think it's worth it!
Keep up the good work!
- The Syrian Brit said...
Oh Happy Days!..
Alone and hungry in Beirut, wife in Damascus, curfew (or more commonly, just different factions fighting) means can't get out to buy food.. Answer: Eggs.. glorious eggs!.. Tried all shapes, forms and fashions.. tried all the above recipes, and many, many more.. delicious in whichever way they are made..
As for the cholesterol 'myth', I say it is 'Mind over Matter.. if you don't 'mind', then it doesn't 'matter'!!..
- The Syrian Brit said...
p.s. I trust this is a glass of milk in the picture?.. (Cow milk, I mean.. not '7aleeb sbaa3'!..)
- Dubai Jazz said...
Would like to know what exactly is '7aleeb sba'a3? sounds very nutritious....
- Ihsan said...
Oh I love eggs....when I was kid my family used to call me "Abu el baid"...(no I didn't look like one)...but I ate..still do, egg like crazy...it's my favorite...
Anyway, since everyone here is braging about a recipe of something...I here introduce you my latest invention....I haven't named it yet so for now I will call it "Tuna & Egg"
It may sound gross or zinkha...or wa3...but you have to have a faith in the eggs...and trust me...it's one of the best easy to make things EVER...so addictive...
Heat some butter...get a tuna can (flakes in water)...through the tuna in the pan...add "all-spices"...pepper and lemon juice...salt of course...fry them all together for 3 to 5 minutes and a half..and then break a couple of eggs in there...and scramble them all together...more lemon juice would be a treat at this point....2 minutes later...and you will have a great super delicious meal...that can feed a horse...
P.S. if you have the luxury...some mushroom in the pan before addining the tuna would be even better.
Sa7tain w 3afieh ya jama3a....w jamee3 el 7oqooq ma7fooza...
- Unknown said...
Dubai Jazz
After reading your (and others)comment I reached the conclusion that the Egg is one of the most under-rated delicacy in the international cuisine. Everybody loves an egg, every which way possible.
Sausage & eggs is one of the best. I really didn't mention at least another well-known methods of preparing good eggs.
Syrian Brit
That's it my friend. You took the words about of my mouth. It's indeed a glass of cold milk.
Dubai Jazz
7aleeb Sba3 poor soul is Arak, the King of All.
Abu Beid could have more than one meaning :))))
I've tried tuna and eggs prepared by a friend not so long ago, and I really liked it. Hurry up, patent the recipe before somebody else claims it.
- Paige said...
From your Texan friend in Oklahoma, nothing is better than a Spanish omelet. Of course, a Spaniard would never really eat this. It would be way too spicy for a Spanish palate. Thus, "Spanish" omelet is really a misnomer for a dish that is truly Tex-Mex. Yummy!
Tex-Mex Omelet
You can turn up the heat or not by varying the amount of green chiles.
1 tablespoon olive or canola oil
1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped onion, either scallions or regular onion
2 tablespoons canned chopped green chiles
2 tablespoons chopped black olives
1/2 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
5 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon butter
chopped cilantro
sour cream
In a small non-stick skillet, sauté the bell peppers and onions in the olive oil just until softened. Remove from heat and stir in the green chiles and olives. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cumin and black pepper until blended.
Melt the butter in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Swirl it around and up the sides of the skillet to coat. When the butter begins to foam, pour in the eggs. Let the eggs cook for about 30 seconds, then begin running the spatula around the sides of the pan, lifting the edges of the omelet. Uncooked egg from the top will flow underneath. You can tilt the pan a little to encourage the flow. Keep this up until the top surface is almost dry. It only takes 3 or 4 minutes.
Spoon the sautéed vegetables evenly over the omelet surface and follow with the grated cheese. Turn off heat.
Take the spatula and run it about halfway under the omelet. Lift that side and fold the omelet in half. Slide the folded omelet back into the center of the pan, and let stand for a few seconds to allow cheese to melt.
Cut into portions and serve. Pass sour cream and cilantro for garnish.
- Unknown said...
I have eggs at least 3 times a week, and I love it.
I'm going to be referring to this post during the summer..
Keep those recipes coming Abufares
- Unknown said...
Hi Red Baron
Thanx for the great recipe. I will give it a try the first chance I get... Ummhhh, Texas food!!!
You are doing the right thing my friend. I particularly like the "at least" bit.
I'm really surprised. Again, everybody love eggs but we rarely talk about them or give them proper credit.
- Angel said...
God! I missed 8 LOVELY posts Abufares... Still! I am so lucky ...as to have some great reading to enjoy this weekend ;-)
Now let me start with this Yummy one!
Eggs! I simply adore it... scrambled, fried (favourite) and omelette... any kind.... The recipes, you and your blogsphere friends provided, are absolutely stunning.... There are several different ways to prepare egg yummy dishes. One call for blending ingredients into the eggs before pouring the mixture into a pan, another involves jerking the pan in a particular way to form a rolled omelette and a third has the ingredients layered on top of the cooked egg and is placed briefly under the broiler to heat the toppings and melt any cheese that might be included..... Whichever method you select, you will be able to make an almost infinite variety of delicious egg dishes..... Hey! No one mentioned 3eggah Belnekha3 عجة بالنخاع?! Do you like it?
I am heading to the kitchen now, thanks a million for your inspiring post :-)
- Unknown said...
Thank you Angel
Your comments are always welcome and your recipes are great.
"EGGS & BRAINS", how about that for a name for your suggestion. I absolutely love it.
- The Syrian Brit said...
Well, what a co-incidnece this is!..
On my waty home this evening, I was listening to the drive-time rpogramme on BBC Radio 2, hosted by the manic and very funny Chris Evans.. and what was he talking about?.. He had an 'egg'stra special 'egg'strvaganza of a show, talking about eggs and everything to do with eggs!!.. How 'egg'citing!!..
I bet he was inspired by this post!..
- Unknown said...
Being also a lonely bachelor in a far off and expensive country (Britain) I decided to take advantage of your recipes! thank you for bringing back some excitement about food in my back-from-university-after-midnight-and-so-tired dinners!
right now I am halfway my first Shakshoukeh!
"As a third option you can have potatoes, meat and eggs together. Cook the potatoes until half-done, add the meat then the eggs. All quantities as per your appetite.
*Potatoes can be substituted with: eggplants, spinach, green fava beans (fool), sliced mushrooms, …"
wow, this is almost musaka! (مسقه؟) just keep the eggs on top (mixed with yoghurt)!
I can add a few recipes too:
eggs and feta cheese
just mash the cheese and eggs together and pour into the pan. most probably you shouldnt salt it (check cheese saltiness first).
this is easiest but not my favourite. eat with bread.
eggs in the panagiurishte way (thats a small town north of mine)
ok that one is somewhat sofisticated - fill several cm water in a deep pan and boil it. remove from the fire and break the eggs in it, preserving the yokes intact. put it back until the eggwhite is well done and yoke still liquid. (similar to poached eggs but in water, not oil). you might have to use a spoon to constantly cover the top of the eggs with water.
when ready place them in a deep plate with bottom covered with crumbled good feta cheese. get rid of the water and fry some oil with lots of paprika (grounded sweet red pepper) - pour on top of the eggs and enjoy!
make sure to mop up every last bit of tasty juice with bread!
fried peppers with eggs and cheese (feta of course ;))
you need baked peppers for this - the ones you burn, peel and close in jars in the autumn (or nowadays - put in the freezer). so you take one batch of these and fill each with a thicker paste of mashed eggs and cheese and fry it.
thats so much delicious i usually eat them without bread, but they are an absolute murderer! - they absorb huge amount of oil! if you are a hardcore fan (and grown up in a poor country) you would also mop up all the oil and bits remaining in the pan!
phew! my shakshoukeh is long finished now!
PS: the egg+cheese paste seems to be ubiquitous. it is also the filling of the staple bulgarian pastry, banitza (related to biorek/bureko in turkey/greece) which is breakfast, dinner, fast-food and even festivity dish!
in that relation an easy cousin is:
butter-pastry with cheese
if you buy ready-rolled puff-pastry (butter-pastry?) in the shop you can put egg+cheese in the middle and wrap it in. bake in the middle of the oven on high temperature (200C+) until golden-brown (30min or less). might have to oil the baking tray to prevent glueing. accompany with airan of course!(yoghurt+water, and salt if desired, its on the picture?)
- Unknown said...
Syrian Brit
I'm glad this post had provoked so much exchange. I'm also extremely pleased to have read some recipes in the comment section. Some of them I knew but others entirely new. Just read what Nicola has to say... He's an egg genuis.
Ni Nicola
Thank you, thank you and thank you. Great recipes indeed. I will make sure and try each one separately. They all sound delicious.
BTW my FRIENDS
We've been having shitty internet service here in Syria for tha last 4 days. I can barely answer your comments, let alone read your blogs or post on mine. As soon as they get around fixing this stupid net of theirs, don't worry about my being too quiet. I'm waiting in the dark...HAHAHAHAHAHA (hysterical laugh, Jack Nicholson style)
- adiamondinsunlight said...
Dear Abu Fares,
I just made shakshoukeh and it was delicious. I am very content now - thank you for the inspiration!
- Unknown said...
Hi adiamondinsunlight
Sa77a Wa Hana
I'm glad it turned out to you liking.


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