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This Thanksgiving we were spending time with friends. Friends from days way back and it was a wonderful time spent with great food, company and total relaxation if you can relax with 3 kids shouting and screaming under one roof that is.
The morning of the day we were to drive back, we went to a nearby state park. The drive from their home to the park was beautiful. Amidst rolling green fields and farms, the street meandered. You know it was that idyllic kind of thing, with cute farms and red barns and healthy cows and shiny horses.
As is my nature, I said "One day I want to have a farm like that". Immediately the friend said "Yeah this is the kind of work I would like to do, raising hens and planting seeds and growing trees".Then the other said " In a couple of years I am going to leave my job, I am so tired of it and I would love to buy a farm"
Now all of us here discussing buying and living in a farm have never ever roughed it out in a farm. All we have done is planted petunias and daisies, maybe a Japanese maple or two and grown tomatoes and okra in summer. We have no clue what it takes to raise a hen, to grow enough crop to sustain, to milk a cow, to live a life determined by the seasons. We just think it is wonderful and quaint.
What is it that makes farm life so glamorous? Or is it people like me who thinks it is glorified ? I am like that, for a while after a trip to Goa, I thought having a shanty shop selling tea and omlette at the bend of curve is the best thing to do.
Maybe for you it is the life of the Wall Street Banker eating sushi and doing power yoga on the move that is most glamorous. So what kind of life attracts you ?
What kind of a life do you dream of when you are dreaming or are you rooted to the present and think you have already gotten that perfect life.
Tell me, I am all ears.
Now to the cauliflower. Cauliflower is one of my best loved veggies. I just don't understand when people say cauliflower smells or it is bland. I am sure they are picking up the wrong kind. This cauliflower in yogurt sauce or Doi Fulkopi is something both my Ma and Ma-in-law makes. Flavored with whole spices like cloves and cinnamon, it has a rich fragrance. There is almost no other spices used than the Garam masala and wrapped in this fragrance doi fulkopi is the perfect winter dish to heat up a cold evening.
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Doi Fulkopi
Chop 1 medium sized cauliflower in big florets. Wash well and soak in warm water with a little salt for 15-20 mins. Remove from water after 20 mins.
In a big bowl add
1 cup of yogurt,
1 tsp of Ginger paste ,
1 tsp Garlic Paste,
1 tsp Red Chili powder,
1 tsp Biryani Masala/Garam masala
and salt. Mix well till smooth.
Add the cauliflower florets to the above and mix so that the marinade coats each floret. Keep aside for 30 minutes
Heat white oil in a Kadhai/Saute Pan
Temper the oil with
1-2 small Bay leaf/TejPatta,
1"Cinnamon stick/Dalchini,
4 Cardamom/Elaichi,
4 Clove/Laung
When the spices sputter add 1 fat clove of garlic minced and paste of 1 onion. I make a rough paste of 1 red onion in the blender, you don't need a smooth paste
Fry with a sprinkle of sugar(optional) till the onion turns a pinkish brown
Add 1" ginger peeled and grated and saute
Add 1/2 tsp of Paprika for color and 1/2 tsp of R. Chili powder for heat. Adjust chilli powder to taste. Mix well
Pick the cauliflower florets from the marinade with a slotted spoon (or use your hands) and add to the above masala in the saute pan. Don't dunk the marinade at this time and keep it aside.
Sprinkle 1/4 tsp or more of Turmeric powder and fry the cauliflower
Once the cauliflower takes on some color, golden yellow with tinges of brown, lower heat and add the marinade
Cook the masala for a few minutes
Add salt about 1/3 cup of water and mix well
Cook till the cauliflower is just done. If you need to add more water to cook the cauliflower add some but this dish does not have a flowing gravy so be aware. Taste for seasonings and adjust.
Sprinkle 1/2-1 tsp of Garam Masala on the cauliflower, mix well and let it sit to absorb the flavors. Serve hot with Roti or rice. This tastes best when cooked on the same day as serving.
Trivia: Mark Twain called cauliflower "nothing but cabbage with a college education." I say it has been well educated to move up.


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The iPad was first launched in April 2010. One month later my organization, AnswerLab, conducted its first UX research on the new device. We sought to understand what kinds of content consumers expect across mobile platforms, how it should differ on the mobile phone from the touchscreen tablet, and how native app content should differ from the web experience on both mobile phones and touchscreen tablets.
Since the iPad's launch and our first foray into tablet research, the proliferation of iPads and the new content opportunities they offer have kept developers, designers, product managers and marketers very busy. As a result, we've spent dozens of hours across multiple ethnographic and laboratory research interviews with iPad users over the last year. We have learned that although many people purchased iPads thinking they would be "big iPhones," nearly everyone said the iPad exceeded their expectations. Yet the tablet platform breaks the mold from certain commonly accepted paradigms on traditional computer and mobile platforms, and raises unique concerns and potential barriers to adoption in some areas. As a guide for developers, designers, and product managers, we have identified three key trends across our tablet UX research and provide five lessons for creating tablet experiences.
Trend #1: Trading (Home) Computer Time for iPad Time
The trend we most frequently observed in our research is of the iPad serving as a replacement for users' home computers. People describe the experience of using the iPad as "fun," "easy," and "convenient." In fact, convenience is the number-one driver for many individuals using their iPads instead of desktop or even laptop computers. In cases where they would otherwise turn on a computer and sit down at a desk, iPad users instead grab their iPad from the kitchen counter or coffee table and have instant access to content while walking around the house, sitting on the couch, or lying in bed.
Recently published research from Nielsen indicates that 70% of tablet owners use their device while watching TV, and 57% use their device while in bed. However, consumers don't think of iPads as truly "mobile" devices at this point; instead, they think of them as a "portable" device, more akin to an extra-convenient laptop than to an iPhone. Nielsen reports that only 21% of tablet owners use their device while shopping or running errands, compared to a full 59% of smartphone owners. This means that for many iPad owners the iPad lives primarily at their home and goes with them only when they have a specific reason to bring it along.
On the topic of portability: we have observed that many Wi-Fi-only iPad owners take their iPads with them to locations they know will provide wireless Internet. 3G-enabled iPad owners, on the other hand, take special pride in knowing they can use their iPads anywhere. If we expect mobile broadband adoption to increase in the years coming, we should also expect tablet owners to use their devices more frequently outside the home.
Users see the iPad as a fun device to use. The gestural touch interface is important to the overall delight factor of the device. Users expect intuitive experiences that are sleek and well presented. Compared to a desktop or laptop computer, the iPad is seen as something more personal and customizable (here, the iPad is similar to a smartphone device). Amazon's iPad app, for instance, gives access to the full Amazon catalog through a fun and intuitive interface that users have said "beats the Amazon website."
When it comes to using the iPad for work- or school-related purposes, the same Nielsen research also notes that approximately one in four tablet owners use their devices while attending a meeting or class. That level of adoption for those use cases is higher than had been initially expected when the iPad was launched in 2010. We anticipate that work- or school-related iPad usage will continue to rise as users to turn to their iPads over their computers.
Despite all this enthusiasm for the iPad, however, tablet owners still frequently opt to use their computers instead of their iPads. Most individuals prefer to use a desktop or laptop computer in these circumstances:
- tasks that require significant amounts of text entry
- anything that requires multi-tasking, e.g. browsing with multiple tabs
- work that requires specialized programs or detailed manipulation, e.g., Excel or Photoshop
- activities where security is a major concern
- tasks that require information that is stored only on the computer
But for the majority of their web browsing, reading, and casual computer usage, people turn to their iPads.
Trend #2: The Tablet Is a Shared Device and Raises Security Concerns
Many iPad owners share the device, especially at home among family members. This is different from how most people in the U.S. use their mobile phones, so many of the paradigms from the mobile platform (e.g., persistent login) need to be revisited. For example, many iPad owners are reluctant to log into websites or apps on the iPad because they share the device with others, and they don't want to be bothered to remember their login credentials and log out every time they access a service. These same users are more comfortable handling multiple users on a traditional computer platform, where they can have multiple user profiles and are generally more accustomed to juggling multiple logins. The fact that iOS still doesn't support multiple users presents a challenge to many iPad owners; perhaps Apple will choose to support multiple users in future iOS releases.
A common workaround for family members is to share a single login for each site or app they frequent. While this works reasonably well as a workaround, it means that the experience is no longer personalized for each individual.
Another area of concern for many iPad owners is security. Tablet platforms are uncharted waters for most of the population. The shared-device factor, worries about theft or accidental purchases, and general lack of familiarity make users more worried about security on the iPad compared to computer or mobile platforms. Users want to know where their personal information is going, who has it, and how it is being used. While most people have ample experience with using the Web on a computer and have established a certain level of understanding (and therefore trust) those same people are skeptical of entering personal information on the iPad. As one of our research participants told us, "For security reasons I don't like having my credit card number in a gazillion devices, so I only have that on one computer."
While these security concerns apply to both the Web and apps on the iPad, users are especially wary of apps. This can be attributed again to an overall lack of familiarly with apps, and the fact that users don't know how their information is being used or where it is being saved. Many users feel that by entering their credentials on multiple devices they are exposing themselves to a greater risk of that information being compromised. Skepticism towards apps may also stem from prior negative experiences with apps that were buggy or otherwise poorly designed; people feel that if the UI design has problems, then the underlying security structure cannot be trusted. All of these factors, especially when combined, make users less likely to log into a website or app on the iPad compared to their home computers or mobile phones.
Trend # 3: Tablet Users Need an Experience-Based Incentive to Access Apps Over the Web
Although iPad users have security concerns, they maintain high expectations for iPad native apps. Many people report using the Web on their iPads even when equivalent apps are available. What explains this behavior?
Using the Web (as opposed to native apps) to access content is habit. Our field studies have shown repeatedly that most users' first impulse is to open Safari and either search using the toolbar, or navigate directly to a specific site via a bookmark or direct URL input. The web browsing experience on the iPad is very good, especially compared to smartphone devices. Users feel like they can access the full web experience on their iPads, and therefore apps are not a necessity for most sites. The one notable exception here is that nearly everyone we speak to understands that they cannot access sites that utilize Flash on the iPad, a problem that they find particularly annoying.
The major takeaway for app developers is that they must provide an experience that goes above and beyond the Web in order to give users an incentive to use an app over the web equivalent. Users expect apps to be faster, better looking, and more streamlined. However, content must not be limited; otherwise users will feel that they still need to refer to the Web, and the last thing users want is to duplicate effort on a device where the web experience is so good to begin with.
We find that when users want a "streamlined" experience from iPad apps, which means a sleek, intuitive interface and improved loading speed compared to the Web. Users delight in natural interactions that take advantage of unique touch gestures available in apps, and describe using the iPad as "fun." "Streamlined" does not mean limiting the amount of content or information that users can access. This differs from expectations on smartphones, where users accept that apps will provide a limited feature set and browsing the full versions of many websites is tedious. iPad users demand better. For example, Target's iPad app simply directs users to target.com to view product details, instead of providing full product details and an engaging experience within the app. This has left many users confused and wondering why full product details were not offered in the app itself.
App discovery is another issue for many developers, as users are less likely to seek out apps on their own when they have a perfectly acceptable web experience at their fingertips. Most people appreciate a prompt when they visit a website from their iPad to let them know an app is available, as long as the prompt is easy to dismiss and does not appear on subsequent visits.
Users may also be confused when separate versions of an app are offered for the iPhone and iPad. We have seen many people using iPhone apps on their iPad, completely unaware that a separate iPad version exists. Users expect a universal app, even if they don't know what this means. They expect that selecting and downloading an app on their iPad will automatically get them the optimized version. A similar issue arises with app naming conventions. Apps with "mobile" in their titles can lead to confusion on the iPad, as users may think the app is not optimized for the iPad ("Amazon Mobile" is one such example).
What it All Means: Five Lessons for Creating Tablet Experiences
When creating experiences for the iPad (or tablet platforms in general), developers, designers, and product managers should keep the following lessons in mind:
- The iPad is viewed as more of a small computer than a big iPhone, so apps should be designed to provide a fast, intuitive, and full-featured experience that is fun to use, and that beats the Web.
- People use their iPads as extra-portable laptops, but don't necessarily bring them with them everywhere. This means that in the iPad's current state, location-specific experiences are secondary to core functionality. However, look for this to change as the proliferation rate of mobile broadband increases in the coming years.
- When browsing the Web, users expect to access the full version of websites, so ensure that your site is optimized to deliver a great experience on the iPad in addition to on traditional computer platforms. For example, input fields should include the appropriate HTML5 tags to streamline information entry on the iPad by serving up the appropriate iPad keypad.
- The fact that the iPad serves as a shared device (without iOS support for multiple users) presents unique challenges, so be sure to consider how features and use cases (e.g., one-click purchases) may be affected by multiple users sharing a single device.
- Security is a major concern for iPad users as many are still unfamiliar with the platform. Plan accordingly and be aware that users may be less likely to log in or enter their personal information when using a tablet device.

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Do you see the little owls perched on the yoke? I've always found Kate Davies' Owl sweater patterns so incredibly clever. I've been meaning to knit myself one for quite awhile. Eventually it would be great to make one for my daughter as well so that her and her brother can match. One day I will get around to doing that... :) |
28 comments:
- greenbean said...
What is with those grouchy craft store ladies. I have encountered a few myself. So happy it fit, and what a gorgeous sweater. Congratulations on your little one. He is adorable. These sweaters alone are making me want baby #2. :)
- November 16, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- drMolly, the BeanQueen said...
Oh so cute - a good job!
- November 16, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Shilo said...
I love this sweater! I want to make a teenager-sized gramps for my brother, but I'm wondering if I might be able to convince him that owls are "in" for teenagers too?! One of my friends MUST be having a baby soon or had a baby last week? Okay, okay - I'll get back to my Ishbel now. :-)
- November 16, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- grandmastatus said...
Gorgeous! The yarn is perfect. i've had this sweater in my queue for a while now- i want me and my son to have matching owlie sweaters :D
- November 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Nicky said...
Dontcha just love sticky beak know it all's.
How funny. - November 16, 2011 at 9:31 PM
- cookalotje said...
Totally understand where you're coming from! We too have a very grumpy craftstore lady. She runs the store with her daughter who is lovely. I never go in when it's the grumpy mom!
- November 16, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- washi said...
Oh how lovely! Please post a pic with your baby wearing his owls :)
- November 17, 2011 at 12:11 AM
- Gracey is not my name.... said...
Gorgeous sweater...I love these sweaters and think about making one all the time...
- November 17, 2011 at 3:22 AM
- T. said...
It's lovely! And those buttons really are perfect!
And high five for showing the ornery craft lady what's what! - November 17, 2011 at 4:12 AM
- Jessica said...
Love it! You tell her Alana!!!
jpeled on rav - November 17, 2011 at 5:09 AM
- Ellen said...
Ha ha ha! I got a really good laugh out of that one. You go girl!
Would love to see your little boy wearing his owlet when he grows into it! - November 17, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- Suzanne said...
Alana, there is something awesome about your knits and photography. The sweater is droolworthy alone but with the photography, it's over the top.
- November 17, 2011 at 5:36 AM
- Ana said...
Congratulations Alana...the baby is beautiful. When I knit my last little boy a sweater/bunting, (while sitting the NICU), I was also told "that will NEVER fit". They were ALL wrong. But I honestly think people forget how very tiny, sweet, curled-up and soft newborns are....and that window of time is sooooo short!
- November 17, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- ctexas said...
how quickly we for get how little a newborn is, but craft lady keep it to yourself.
The sweater is just lovely.
Casssandra - November 17, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Lori said...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I assume you're going to need to visit the store soon? With your son wearing that sweater, of course. :D
I really want to make that sweater for my granddaughter, and seeing yours and that gorgeous yarn has inspired me. I'm thinking I could afford some Madeline Tosh for such a small project. Um, pardon me, but I have to go over to yarn.com for something ...
:) Lori - November 17, 2011 at 7:20 AM
- Deb said...
This sweater is a beauty! And yes - big sis deserves one too! I'm sure she'll want to twin with her new baby brother!
- November 17, 2011 at 9:29 AM
- Amy Grace said...
She apparently didn't know who she was dealing with!
Great work! - November 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Julie said...
haha, that's awesome!! I hate it when people tell you a 'fact' about your unborn child or future style of parenting like they know so much better. Advice is fine, but declarations are so annoying. The owlet sweater is so cute!! And when the little one grows a tiny bit, I bet he'll look super handsome in it.
- November 17, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Evelyn said...
Madtosh baby knits are the best! I love your sweater and I hope you bring your wee one dressed in this sweater back to the shop and show him off!
- November 17, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- RRM said...
Your Baby is adorable and you are amazing, your knits always look so beautiful.
- November 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Monica said...
I love that sweater, am making it for my niece for Christmas. Though I am not as fast a knitter as you are, I hope to finish on time!
- November 17, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- suesueb said...
Another gorgeous sweater for your baby boy! He is absolutely beautiful! Isn't is funny how God surprises us with our kids? I remember being shocked that I had 3 blond, blue-eyed kids and only one with my coloring. Now she had a baby in October who is blond! Sweet precious babies~miracles!! Wishing y'all all the best!
- November 18, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- Karen said...
What an adorable little sweater! ♥ Never mind what that old craft store lady said! I'll bet that your little guy looks so cute and cuddly in it! =)
- November 18, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Sabrina's Creations said...
It looks adorable!!! I can't wait to see a pic of your baby wearing it! Love the color too!
- November 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Maryse said...
Yeah for Owls Sweater that fit! ;-) It is so cute! The yarn is perfect, the buttons as well! It must be lovely modeled by your son!
- November 18, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Ertman-Trowbridge Family said...
I made the owlet for my second daughter's first birthday this past January. It was SO cute on her! I cannot wait to see your daughter and son in their matching owlets!
And . . . Only six days after your son came into this world my daughter decided to make her appearance, nearly six weeks early! She's still in the NICU but doing very well. And I just keep knitting for her! - November 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Shorty said...
That is a beautiful sweater! And, I'm so glad to hear that it's too big... room to grow into and time for you to take your little bundle back to the store so you can show Ms. Know-It-Nothing that it fits.
- November 29, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- Melanthe said...
Is it mean of me to hope that you took the baby to that store wearing the sweater? :)
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Well, you knew it was coming. In the aftermath of the nearly unfathomable events in Kansas City, that most mindless of sports clichés was heard yet again: Something like this really puts it all in perspective. Well, if so, that sort of perspective has a very short shelf-life since we will inevitably hear about the perspective we have supposedly again regained the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games. Please, those who need tragedies to continually recalibrate their sense of proportion about sports would seem to have little hope of ever truly achieving perspective.Here's my perspective: A man committed murder and then murdered himself. But no, the perspective we're supposed to achieve is about how it's the gun that did it. Costas proceeds to read from a column by sportswriter Jason Whitlock, which I recommend reading in full. Here are my — not Costas's — extracts from that column:
A 25-year-old kid gunned down his 22-year-old girlfriend in front of his mother and three-month-old child, and all he could think to do in the immediate aftermath is rush to thank his football coach and football employer....Kid? A 25-year-old kid? Why are we infantalizing the adults who play sports? A man committed a vicious murder. All he could think to do? As if he were mentally deficient! When I first read this, it struck me as racist, but now I see that Whitlock himself is black. Perhaps that allows him to feel free to talk about the dead murderer as if he were a child.
... Twenty-eight hours after one of their best friends killed the mother of his child and himself, Chiefs players will take the field and play a violent game.Their best friend transformed himself into a dead murderer. They should grind their lives to a halt in his memory? A violent game? A man kills 2 human beings and they should respond by feeling squeamish about the violence of the sport? They should equate play violence to real violence? No. I'd say it's an occasion for drawing a sharp line between a game — a game with rules, played voluntarily — and the most evil transgression.
You may argue that we all grieve differently. You may argue that playing the game is the best way to move on and heal....Heal? Grieve? It was murder. Displays of sympathy for the murderer are inappropriate. To play the game was to deny the murderer any more power than he seized for himself. Put him at a distance. He is not you.
I would argue that your rationalizations speak to how numb we are in this society to gun violence and murder. We've come to accept our insanity. We'd prefer to avoid seriously reflecting upon the absurdity of the prevailing notion that the second amendment somehow enhances our liberty rather than threatens it.We're numb unless we react to one man's transgressions by relinquishing our attachment to traditional liberty? What other constitutional rights should we give up to prove our sensitivity to a transgressor's act of violence? Throw out free speech, because look at those riots over there? Freedom from search and seizure — that can't be worth it, now, numbsters, can it?
That is the message I wish Chiefs players, professional athletes and all of us would focus on Sunday and moving forward. Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it.Belcher was a murderer, responsible for what he did. To say otherwise is infantalizing, dehumanizing. There's not some outside force "wickedness" — unless you believe in The Devil! — that possesses a man and "explodes." How do you know that one day, that might not happen to you? In Whitlock's view, we're blind and complacent if we don't see that potential. We might just go nuts one day and if there are any weapons around, that random explosion will lead to death. Better ban the guns.
But we won't. We'll watch Sunday's game and comfort ourselves with the false belief we're incapable of the wickedness that exploded inside Jovan Belcher Saturday morning.


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It's clear from Dick Knox's story just now that there are a lot of caveats that come along with the study of finasteride. One physician, Dr. Michael LeFevre, certainly feels that way. Dr. LeFevre is a professor at University of Missouri Medical School, and he's co-vice chair of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. He joins us now from Columbia, Missouri. Welcome.
DR. MICHAEL LEFEVRE: Thanks very much.
SIEGEL: I take it you do not see this new drug finasteride as a game changer in the fight against prostate cancer. Is that right?
LEFEVRE: Well, I don't think that this is a major turning point in the debate about the balance, the benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening. But I do think it's a very important study.
SIEGEL: But the argument against widespread PSA screening is that a high percentage of men treated - as a result of screenings and positive results - would never have really been liable to get cancer and they're treated nonetheless. Is that correct?
LEFEVRE: Absolutely true.
SIEGEL: And would finasteride in any way figure in those cases and alter the treatments men would receive?
LEFEVRE: I think this has the potential to change the equation somewhat. When the task force looked at this issue, the task force did not feel that the potential benefit from prostate cancer screening, which was probably at most one death avoided per 1,000 men screened, outweighed the harms associated with principally finding and treating more cancers than we need to. So I do think that for men who choose to be screened, this is a new and important consideration.
SIEGEL: Of course, when a doctor like yourself says that - only one in 1,000 - there are a lot of men out there saying: Yeah, but if I'm that one in 1,000, I say go for it.
LEFEVRE: Yeah, we always hear that story, of course, from the positive side of things. But you can do the flip, which is if we're looking at avoiding the harms of screening, let's just hone right in on death. Prostatectomy is the most common treatment for prostate cancer in the United States today. Certainly, one estimate puts about 1 in 250 men dying from complications of the surgery. And unfortunately, that's surgery that didn't need to happen for a significant number of men.
SIEGEL: And short of death, other harms of treating prostate cancer?
LEFEVRE: Absolutely. Of those thousand men screened, we're looking at about 30 to 40 men who would develop sexual dysfunction or erectile dysfunction or urinary incontinence - loss of control over your urine - or both. A couple of men will have a serious event such as a heart attack or a stroke. At least one man will have a serious blood clot in his legs or lungs due to the treatment. And as I already said, about one in 3,000 men will actually die.
But if we can, as we are now seeing with the finasteride trial, reduce the number of men who are treated unnecessarily, then very clearly, we're doing less harm in shifting that balance somewhat.
SIEGEL: Now what about, as you understand them, the harms of finasteride as opposed to the benefits?
LEFEVRE: Well, I think that men who choose to take finasteride should certainly still be aware that we have some uncertainty about what the effect is on the diagnosis of advance cancer. Whatever effect it has on the diagnosis, either low-grade or aggressive cancers, it doesn't change how long you're going to live.
SIEGEL: So as a physician, would you see a point to prescribing finasteride, or would there be a very, very long informed consent conversation before you did?
LEFEVRE: I think that a man might make a very reasonable decision after they've already decided that they want to be screened with PSA. Then I think they could make a reasonable decision to try to minimize the harms of that screening by taking finasteride to lower the chance that they're going to be diagnosed with the cancer and suffer from the treatment of that cancer and, in many circumstances, a cancer that would not have hurt them.
SIEGEL: And what do you make of this seemingly odd phenomenon of people who do then have prostate cancer getting a more lethal form of it if they've taken finasteride?
LEFEVRE: There have been many people who have challenged that finding and said: Well, this is really because of the way we looked for cancers or some of the other, we would call biases associated with the study. You would expect that if, in fact, finasteride causes a significant increase in high-grade cancers, that over time, we would see that those men, in fact, would have shorter lives.
And we did not see that. And so, I think that it's certainly a reassuring study in terms of the safety of finasteride.
SIEGEL: Dr. Michael LeFevre, thank you very much.
LEFEVRE: Absolutely. Thanks for having me.
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One of the most storied programs in college football history, Notre Dame's Fighting Irish have won 11 national titles over the past nine decades — four of them in the 1940s alone. But none of those championships were as controversial, or as downright weird, as the title the Irish won in 1966 under head coach and future College Football Hall of Famer Ara Parseghian.
That year, Notre Dame and the Michigan State Spartans — coached by a future Hall of Famer himself, Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty — met on November 19 for what was billed as "the game of the century." (The fact that nine or 10 other contests through the years have also earned that designation — games played by Army, Navy, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Penn State, OSU and others — just goes to show how crazed most college football fans really are.) Both teams were undefeated going into that '66 game at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Notre Dame was 8-0 and ranked No. 1; the Spartans were 9-0 and ranked No. 2. Despite the fact that Alabama was also undefeated — and, in fact, would end the 1966 season as the only undefeated Division I team in the country — no one doubted that the winner of the Notre Dame-Michigan State game would end up as the unanimous national champion.
In the end, everyone was wrong.
Instead of a decisive victory by either side, 80,000 fans in Spartan Stadium and more than 30 million viewers watching on TV saw the two teams — with more than two dozen future All-Americans and future pro players between them, including Bubba Smith (Michigan State) and the great Alan Page (Irish) — battle to a 10-10 tie.
That's right. A tie.
It was a thrilling, albeit grinding, low-scoring game, with neither team able to break it wide open. Finally, Parseghian controversially opted to run out the clock as the fourth quarter wound down, rather than spend the last few minutes trying to get within field goal range for a shot at winning it. To this day, there are Irish and Spartan fans who get apoplectic at the mention of the game, both sides feeling that their schools — and college football itself — was cheated out of a true, definitive national title that year because of Parseghian's overly cautious coaching in the fourth quarter.
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White Material is the latest feature film from acclaimed French director, Claire Denis. Like many of her other works it focuses on Africa and depicts a former French colony. The exact premise of the film is unclear and no wider context is ever hinted at: suffice to say there is revolution – the army against a band of rebels, fuelled by the provocative allegations of a radio DJ.
In the midst of this conflict is the Vial family, or more specifically Maria Vial (Isabelle Huppert). Huppert is commanding as the unsympathetic Madame Vial; stubbornly clinging to the family coffee plantation and the remains of her life. The film is beautifully shot and captures well the futility and tragedy of Maria's obstinate endeavour to keep the coffee farm running despite the threat of violence.
Though the threat of action constantly looms, the film is painfully slow moving and when drama does transpire it does so in a muted fashion. Dialogue is sparse and atmosphere takes precedence, expanding into suffocating tension. A subtle and oblique piece of cinema that won't be to everyone's tastes.
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The final component of my Thanksgiving dinner was of course the dessert! Normally when I am thinking about a dessert for Thanksgiving I head toward pumpkin or sometimes even sweet potato but this year I wanted to try something new and I went with another great fall ingredient, the chestnut. I don't use chestnuts nearly enough and I was thinking that a chestnut cheesecake would be a perfect way to end my Thanksgiving feast! After looking around for a while I settled on this recipe for a chestnut cheesecake that is topped with a rum-y syrup.
Overall this recipe is pretty standard for a cheesecake and it is actually quite easy to make. You basically just press the crumb crust into a pan, mix all of the filling ingredients, pour the mixture into the pan and bake it. This recipe uses a hot water bath to help ensure that the top does not crack but you could skip this part if you prefer. You could use canned chestnut puree or if you have the time it is pretty easy to make your own.
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A creamy chestnut cheesecake that is perfect for any special occasion.
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon chestnut puree
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
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- 3/4 cups sour cream
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons rum
- 1 cup chestnut puree
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1 tablespoon chestnut puree
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Process the Graham cracker crumbs, butter, chestnut puree and sugar in a food processor until it form small crumbs.
- Press the crumbs into the bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan and place it in the fridge.
- Beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs and egg yolks one at a time until incorporated.
- Add the sour cream, lime juice, vanilla extract and rum and beat until smooth.
- Fold in the chestnut puree. (You can go for smooth or streaky.)
- Double wrap the bottom of the spring-from pan with foil, place it in an oven safe pan and pour recently boiled water into the into the pan so that it goes one inch up the foil wrapping.
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Professor Alexander Todorov showed the students in his freshman seminar a series of images of the same blurry face — with the hint that it was a non-American political leader — as it would appear from 200, 100 and 50 meters. At 50 meters, only one student figured out who it was — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Todorov's next example illustrated how facial recognition can have serious consequences. He showed the students a photo of Darrell Edwards, a man who is currently fighting a 1999 murder conviction based in part on eyewitness testimony. Then Todorov demonstrated what Edwards would have looked like to the eyewitness who said she saw him the night of the murder from 271 feet (about 82 meters) away, without her prescription eyeglasses. The shocked students laughed at the blurry photograph.
"The jurors didn't have that reaction. They thought it was actually possible from this distance to identify a person," Todorov said. "The fact of the matter is, from this distance, you can't identify a person. You might be able to identify somebody who's a highly familiar person based on their gait and other things, but in this case an unfamiliar person, the eyewitness, didn't know who Darrell is."
Todorov, an associate professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, uses a wide array of visual aids in his course "The Face: The Forces That Shape How We Perceive Others," which is being offered for the first time this fall. His 15 students are learning about humans' specialized mechanisms for processing, recognizing and socially assessing faces — as well as the biases that lead to errors in perception.
"My ambition is to make them excited about psychology and cognitive science. It's a specialized topic but has something for everybody," Todorov said, with applications from eyewitness testimony to electoral outcomes to Hollywood casting of "attractive" performers.
Freshman Miriam Pearsall had enjoyed her psychology class in high school and was drawn immediately to the seminar topic.
"I was especially attracted to the fact that face perception has such great relevance in understanding society and the world as a whole," Pearsall said. "I love that this freshman seminar allows me to voluntarily delve in the topic. Then I can discuss what I've learned with people who are just as interested in the topic as I am."
Todorov began the course, which is designated as the Shelly and Michael Kassen '76 Freshman Seminar in the Life Sciences, by explaining how the brain develops facial representations. Students learned about unique ways the brain processes faces unlike other objects almost from birth; the fact that it takes less than 50 milliseconds of glimpsing a face to extract informatino about its familiarity, age, sex, race and attractiveness; and parts of the brain such as the fusiform face area dedicated to face processing.
The class also visited the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) lab in Green Hall on campus where Todorov, with the help of a graduate student, demonstrated how brain scans are done, and students received a primer on analyzing the scans.
For Sarah Cuneo, the trip to the fMRI lab has been the highlight of the class up to this point.
"It was amazing to be able to see for ourselves all the techniques and results that we had been reading about for weeks — there's definitely a huge difference between understanding something in theory and seeing it in practice," Cuneo said.
The classroom discussions have also shed light on and enlivened some of the more technical material, she said.
"The small size of our freshman seminar gives the class an incredibly collaborative feel; we get to really engage our classmates in discussion, which means that we legitimately learn from each other," Cuneo said. "A lot of what we do in class is discussion of scientific journal articles, and it's great to have an active debate about the results. Different people in the class will offer several perspectives on the significance of any given study, and that means we get to examine a hypothesis from a variety of angles."
Todorov's lesson on eyewitnesses was meant to contrast sophisticated perception skills for familiar faces with the factors in play when observing unfamiliar faces. Scientists have not yet discovered why and how the processes for perceiving familiar and unfamiliar faces are so different.
In the same class as the discussion on Edwards, students picked out Michael Jordan, Bill Clinton and Jay Leno in a slide of blurry faces. Yet earlier, students had performed poorly on a hypothetical lineup. When they were asked to match the photo of a suspect to one of 10 mug shots, the students came to a consensus on one man and were surprised when Todorov told them that none of the 10 was the suspect.
"It makes sense that we would be less able to identify unfamiliar faces, but I didn't think we would be as bad as we were. We were really, really bad," Cuneo said.
Students suggested many factors and biases that could lead to a misidentification — witnesses may be agitated or motivated to find a culprit, or they may compare the faces in the lineup to each other rather than their own memory, or expect some variation between their memory and the lineup, among other factors.
"We can use these insights for better police procedures for not arresting innocent people," Todorov said, adding that New Jersey is one of the states that changed its lineup procedures to reflect research in this area and remove some sources of bias. "The point is not to dismiss this sort of evidence but to look at it with a critical eye."
In his own lab, Todorov studies the social perceptions of faces, and he will focus on related issues for the rest of the semester. Some discussion topics include how people perceive emotional expressions, how people form first impressions, how they assess personality traits such as trustworthiness, and what makes a face attractive.
"It's great to explain the basic concepts, and I also learn from teaching them," Todorov said. "I don't really want the students to be face experts, but if they get excited about the right way to do an experiment, how to test a theory, how to rule out alternative explanations and get excited about psychology, that's great."


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More often than not, when we hear about hot tech companies, all the founders are male (see: Google, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga). But in an effort to change that profile, a new funding source is targeting companies founded by women.
Kelly Hoey thinks a lot of investors may be missing some good business opportunities because they aren't coming from someone who looks like the next Mark Zuckerberg.
"You're looking for a white guy in a hoodie, and that next visionary is ... going to be wearing a skirt and a great pair of shoes," she says. "They're going to look different."
Hoey is one of the three women behind Women Innovate Mobile, a startup accelerator. The group invests small sums of money in startups, gives them an office for three months, and helps them refine their business plan. Hoey says it's like a greenhouse for startups.
"They get mentoring, they are given access to the networks of resources — that may be funding, that may be expertise," she says.
Accelerators are not a new idea. Among the most well-known is Y Combinator, based in Silicon Valley, which has nurtured new stars like Dropbox and Reddit. But only 4 percent of Y Combinator's grants went to startups with a female founder.
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Veronika Sonsev, another of the founders of Women Innovate Mobile, says Silicon Valley may be missing some great opportunities, especially in the mobile space, where the perspective on, say, how to design a phone might be a little different coming from a woman.
"They use phones to plan every aspect of their life, to manage their kids' schedules," she says. "Given the nature of how women use telephones and all of the things that they do in their household, I can only imagine some of the ideas that they may come up with."
The question is, of course, why aren't women already out there turning their ideas into companies? The answer is complex, says Sharon Vosmek, the CEO of a nonprofit called Astia that helps women develop their business ideas. Vosmek says a lot of research indicates that women lack confidence. When a woman gets a C in calculus, for instance, she may figure she's bad at math, but that's not necessarily so for a guy.
"A young man with the same grade will perceive that he's a math whiz," Vosmek says. "He'll use it in the furtherance of his career, to negotiate a higher salary and actually to have higher aspirations."
And starting your own company often requires a big dose of confidence, Vosmek says.
'A Great Problem For You To Solve'
Bill Reichert, a partner in Garage Technology Ventures, says another reason is that a lot of the female entrepreneurs he sees don't have the computer science background.
"We tend to invest in companies that have very strong core technical teams, and ... that population is disproportionately male," Reichert says.
But starting an Internet company isn't as technically difficult as it used to be. A female founder can bring an idea or marketing experience.
Women Innovate Mobile's Sonsev, a former executive at AOL who now has her own startup, says women have to stop being shy about their ideas. Sonsev says women can turn their daily challenges into business opportunity that a man might not see, whether it's seeing their child's calendar online, or finding relevant health information.
"How many times have you been in a situation [where] you're like, 'You know, if only someone would start a company to solve that problem, I would be a customer.' Well, that's a great problem for you to solve," she says. "Why don't you start that company and help find other customers who are similar?"
Women Innovate Mobile is taking its first round of applications through Feb. 1. Sonsev notes that the group has already gotten inquiries from women as far away as Ireland and India.
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If you even dream of denying me you need to wake up and apologize!
Thank you to Rikyrah for bringing this shit to a bitch's attention.
Shall we?
Last night this bitch and C-Money discussed Michael Medved's attempt to put slavery into historical context...which resulted in him finding slavery not to be a bad thing and totally not a bad American thing...and we came up with a fantabulous business idea.
C-Money is always coming up with business ideas...that's why she's called C-Money.
Okay, here's the deal. Michael Medved thinks that American slavery is getting a bum rap and that "America-bashers" are trying to spin the misconception that slavery was all wrong into a reparations money machine.
This bitch thinks that Michael is fucking insane...but not beyond the salvation of correction (anyone can be saved...wink)…which is why C-Money and this bitch think he needs to go to camp.
Mmmhmm, I said camp...
...Slave Camp.
What, damn it?
He's the asshole saying that slavery wasn't genocidal and that any thought of this country finding hundreds of years of forced labor profitable is inaccurate.
We'll just test that theory out.
Mike's journey to camp will begin in West Africa where he, his wife Diane and their three children will be jumped during breakfast and without warning, stripped naked and examined then tossed into the belly of an honest to God slave ship along with everyone else from their zip code.
The Medveds will be housed in the belly of the slave ship chained together and situated head to toe and sometimes on top of one another. Well shit, we need to maximize space to make this slave adventure efficient.
If they survive the multi-month sea adventure...starving and surrounded by the stench of waste and death…they will arrive in Virginia where they will once again be examined then housed with everyone else who survived from their zip code. The young will be separated from the adults, but have no fear for Michael…slave masters weren't big on age discrimination. Trust that Michael and his family will have plenty to do!
Mrs. Medved…oops, make that Dr. Medved…will watch her children sold in front of her to the highest bidder, her husband fondled and sold to the highest bidder only to have herself sold to a master.
Her PhD won't be worth shit...she's a slave after all...but she did produce three children which makes her a potential breeder.
Then it's off to the plantation for everyone where, for the amazing salary of not a motherfucking dime, Michael and his sanctified family will be worked 18 hours a day 7 days a week to put money in his master's pocket and food on his master's table.
We envision Camp Slavery as the kind of year long adventure only a slavery denier like Medved could love.
But what the hell…slavery wasn't all that bad, right?
We silly Negroes keep making much ado about nothing…right?
Denying the atrocity of American slavery isn't denying a genocide happened...right?
This kind of "it wasn't all that bad" revisionist bullshit is unacceptable and wrong. I'm particularly disgusted because I saw Medved's sorry ass on CNN a couple of weeks ago...mmmhmm, just chatting away as if he wasn't the insulting enabling peevish little shit he is.
CNN ought to be ashamed of themselves for having this sick motherfucker appear as a commentator. What's next, Mel Gibson's take on the future of Israel?
Keeping Them Honest, my black ass.
We're working on the Trail of Tears Outdoor Experience concept and should have that one ready for the Medveds just in time for Michael's denial of atrocities and broken treaties regarding Native Americans scheduled for Thanksgiving.
Oh and the next time Michael Medved even dreams about denying me he needs to wake up and apologize...sorry ass motherfucker.
34 comments:
. . . . . And there is nothing left to say, ABB, as you have pegged the racist denier, stripped him and hopefully got his name on the first line of role call for Camp Slavery.
- delux said...
Are you trying to force me to spend all day in a hot kitchen, fixin' you cookies and pie? Are you? Huh? Huh?!!!!! ARE YOU?!
- Joe said...
What possible purpose do freakshows like Medved think is being served by stirring UP this kind of shit? Sorry, but this guy is one sick-assed specimen. Lord. Have. Mercy.
Some people should stick to being movie reviewers. - 6:36 PM
- Shark-Fu said...
Mmmhmmm, crazy ass shit!
But hey, I'm gonna score some pie from Delux out of the deal...excellent. - 7:59 PM
Challenge to the Faithful: Any of y'all with tech skillz hear me now. Thou shalt journey into the land of Second Life and build a digital Slave Camp for the digital Medved to experience, since chances are he won't take the free cruise.
C-Money - 8:08 PM
Additional Request: If y'all are up in Second Life creating shit ... why don't you put ABB in there giving the rod of correction to Medved and Bill Bennett... Just make sure her afro is fluffed.
C-Money - 8:11 PM
I say throw Ann Coulter on the damn boat, too. She is at least as bat-shit crazy as Medved and wouldn't take up much room.
Love your blog.
AWB in CA - 8:55 PM
- Frogspond said...
Ok. I clicked on the link, started reading and made it as far as ""domestication," bestialization and ownership of fellow human beings" part.
At that point I could read no further cause of the nasty words crossing my mind to describe this idiot.
Then I took a break to write this, got curious and read some more. I got to the part about the native people in South America's "limitless lust for human sacrifice" before I decided that having my blood pressure go through the fucking roof right before bedtime is not a good idea. I closed the window.
Then I opened it again and got to the part where he says there is a difference between the issues of institutional racism and those connected to slavery.
So, he thinks that one has nothing to do with the other?????
Lawd forgive me for this next statement
Stupid ass hole idiots should not be allowed to fucking reproduce cause all ya get are more and more stupid ass hole idiots and we got enought of them all fucking ready. Like damn bugs just multiplying all over the place.
Anyone got a can of raid???
(Bad Bad Froggie) - 9:00 PM
- CP said...
I love it. Slave camp. I think that it's time we Jews open a slave camp too...for our 5000 years of repression.
I will start with enrolling Mel Gibson.
- Blue Girl, Red State said...
Fuckin' Brilliant!
Once y'all are turnin' a profit you can expand into Holocaust Camps! This pissed-off Jewish bitch will cinsult! - 10:16 PM
- rikyrah said...
You know ABB,
You could have warned a Sista. I nearly choked with laughter reading this.
I've been mulling around a post,but his original BS is just so ragemaking, it's tough.
I'm with you about the camp.
I've often thought that if I had a million dollars to throw away, I'd give it to the first White Man who spends a year as a Black man- the most reviled being on Planet Earth.
365 Days.
Give them a permanent tan, give them an African name, new ID. Same credentials they have as a White guy, but make them Black. Drop them off in a new city - and see them make it an entire YEAR.
Personally, I doubt they'd make it 3 weeks..
Which means, I'd never have to give up the money..LOL - 10:21 PM
- FM said...
i haven't read such drug-inspired lunacy since i read the book of revelations.
- Blackamazon said...
* slides up behind delux breaks out the curry , banana pudding, and roti*
- SagaciousHillbilly said...
These dumb fucks. . . makes you want to skip right straight to the Auschwitz Indoor Living Experience.
Sadly, the mass of misinformed melanin challenged people will eat this shit up and grab and hold onto it like an antidote to some unknown disease that they KNOW is festering inside them. - 8:00 AM
- Rebel Yankee said...
Oh, ABB, it's so unlike you to forget to leave out the punishments the Family MEdved could experience.
Say, for example, they try to run away and are branded on their face. Say Mr. Medved overhears something he shouldn't - ear cut off.
Say Mrs. Medved opens her mouth about the fact that her master is using her in the bedroom - bye bye tongue.
I'm SURE they're in agreement that these punishments are perfectly reasonable. - 10:01 AM
- Jeffrey Ricker said...
Oh dear lord, how can someone that motherfucking stupid actually live and breathe, let alone, walk, talk, and write?
Camp! Camp! Camp! Send them to Camp! It sounds like just the kind of correction they need.
My favorite part of the whole article was where he talked about how slavery didn't exist in this country for "most of its existence", counting from 1776 to 1865 for 89 years, "only three generations" (though even with that it's really closer to 4, a generation being usually 25 years; but I digress). Completely ignoring the 136 years before the actual constitution, when slavery was just as alive and well in our pre-country. He's perfectly comfortable referring to those years in all other sections of the article. Just not in the one that talks about how long (or not long) it's been going on "in this country". Jerk! - 12:01 PM
- dc_speaks said...
**slow methodical clap of approval**
incredible post ABB! - 12:48 PM
Just because historical shit is just that...does not mean it was right or moral.
Just because 'everyone else did the shit' does not make it right or moral.
WTF Medved?
I'll be sure to save you a place right along the Queen of Rancid Ann Coulter at the Second Life 'Slave Camp'. Too bad thats not possible in THIS LIFE..or is it????
What is so scary about Medved is that this view seems to be the prevailing one. May God help us.
Hello ABB:
I just bumped up on the afro-netizen website and through it I found the angry black bitch blog and I though I'd put my two cents in on the Medved article.
I read it all the way through; and honestly he had threads of truth throughout his article but overall his words didn't surprise me. I mean don't we all see how white (pigskin) people act toward us? There attitudes have made a 80 degree turn from the 60's and 70's we are going back in time and I honestly don't exclusively blame them for it. It is up to us brown skinned folks to demand our rights; whether it be through violence, peaceful demonstrations; or just separating ourselves from the pig-skinned people. I feel similar to many of the other blogger comments but I'm at a place in my life where I desire action not talk. Talk is cheap. We must do something because the pig-skinned people are always acting on brown-skinned people. It is time for us to realize we make our own destiny. It is time we make our ancestors proud of their children rather than ashamed that we really haven't moved anywhere at all.
P.S. I'm quite happy to find a place where there are other people who are as disillusioned as I am in these dangerous times. - 3:49 PM
- Shark-Fu said...
I'm an activist and the best part of being an activist is that I've met other people who feel like I do and want to do something to make this world a better place.
Other people...who are prepared to fight for justice...and who represent the diversity that is our human race.
Read the comments again and you will see that all white people aren't trifling (wink)...and that a lot of people from a lot of different backgrounds found Medved's commentary offensive.
Having said that...bring on the people powered revolution!
We all, every one of us, want to be free... - 4:11 PM
- Clio Bluestocking said...
You might be interested in this smack-down, -- it's not as brilliant as "Slave Camp," but it's certainly on point.
Sometimes, there is nothing more I can say than "*WTF*??"
WTF is wrong with that man????
Thanks for being more eloquent for me. - 8:56 PM
- girl6 said...
Love the "Trail of Tears Outdoor Experience" and "Slave Camp" concepts. But I really think that "Survivor: The Middle Passage" is a better idea.
On the other hand, we could totally sell "Slave Camp" as a weight-loss reality show.
You have out did yo bad self. Great post.
www.spockjones.blogspot.com - 10:45 PM
Sharkfur (ABB) Thanks for your words of insight into the world as you have experienced it. I've been reading your postings and you really seem to be an insightful honest human being and I'm so happy to find a place where people tell it as they see it.
But as for me, even though I can't deny the contributions of people of all skin pigmentations on the quest for liberty and freedom for all. What I desire above all is unity among children of the African Diaspora. I want to feel the strength of all my brothas and sistas across the world.
Medved's greatest offense in my opinion is that he wrote the article and thought the thoughts that made up the article. And shame on him for even thinking of writing such filth but the greater offense is that the editors and decision makers of the website where it was published thought that enough people felt the same way so that it was ok to publish it. They united around Medved.
And honestly when it comes down to it we "African Americans" lack unity. We are generally distrusting of one another. And from a historical perspective it seems we would trust the word of people of other skin pigmentations before we would trust people of our own skin pigmentation. This leads me to my opinion that just because people of other skin pigmentations have at times stood up for brown-skinned people the world over it does not wash away (for me, a brown skinned empowered young lady) the sins, the evils that so many of a particular skin pigmentation has done to my ancestors and the insults that they still spew today. And it is a reality, and I hope no one tries to deny me this, that no matter how a white person believes they are actively or passively financially and socially benefiting from their skin coloration. So, I am a believer in African-American (brown-skinned people) separating our selves only for the purpose of realizing innately our true worth to the world at large. To rekindle our bond to each other because no body understands our plight (our discrimination and humiliation) in this world better than another brown-skinned brotha or sistahs. We must unite, as the Latinos, Africans, Indians, Europeans, Asians and yes even the white Americans have done so that at times they can make a huge difference in the world at large and in their little part of the world. Until we unite, and demand respect people like Medved will always spew their garbage and there will always be many who agree with him. I desire our betterment, our rightful standing in this world. I desire an end to our humiliation. I desire a Brown-skinned nation. Well, hopefully I don't offend anybody but at this point in time: I'm a newly disillusioned learner of truth and activism and right now I really am an ANGRY BROWN-SKINNED BITCH; and I don't apologize for it. - 6:22 AM
- Shark-Fu said...
Ah my sister Isis,
You have just articulated one of the great debates of our time. My father used to have the same debate back in the day.
I strongly disagree, but that's because I do not believe that true empowerment can be achieved separate from the source of oppression nor do I beleive that cultures only thrive in isolation.
Take me, for instance. I did not find my empowerment through separatism...not as a woman or as a woman of color. I found it through the struggle, through the dialogue and through a unity of purpose expressed by POC and others that should never be limited by ones background or history.
Anti-oppression work is complex because of the very things you mentioned, Isis...but I have found that it is the way.
And we aren't going to back away from the climb just because it's hard...are we?
Don't get me wrong...I welcome this and other debates because we won't get anywhere dancing around our true feelings.
But I'm a culture junkie...I am not threatened by the diversity of my fellow human beings despite the history of it being used as a sword against me. That's power...knowing myself and loving myself even when society doesn't.
I am...you feel me? I am fully realized...empowered through the process of exploring my life in a sea of diversity.
And you are, Isis.
You feel that?
Explore your glory...your anger...your history, present and future...in the sea of diversity. Confront...resist...but do not step back.
We've miles yet to walk, my sister...and I hope to walk them with you. - 9:40 AM
- Stankoniforous 0ne said...
In a total unstereotypical nerd move for a black male, I'm in love your blog.
- Shark-Fu said...
Hey Stank.
Sorry, a bitch couldn't resist (wink).
Thanks and thank you for reading. - 4:31 PM
- Terrible said...
Love the camp and outdoor experience ideas!!
- Laser Potato said...
Reading Medved's article made me wish it were possible to strangle people via the Internet.
Yeah, I had to pick apart this guy's argument here:
http://nubianwaves.com/white-conservative-says-slavery-is-exaggerated/ - 12:57 PM
- Kristin said...
All I have to say is Slavery Camp...brilliant! Are you holding auditions like DIsney? "I want you to play the part of an auctioneer. You're gonna fondle this man's nuts and check his teeth! Can you do it?"
Anyone looking for some truth on this make sure you watch or rent or buy Tales from the Deep North, a documentary recently on PBS.
Very poignant perspective from the descendants of slave owners and some voices and thoughts you rarely hear spoken/experienced aloud.
Medved and others of his ilk will face their day of atonement! This I do believe. - 1:21 AM
- Miss Trudy said...
Usually I laugh at the verborrhea of these asses and deem them beneath contempt, worthy only of being ignored. But this one needs to be addressed. I hope he gets not-so-metaphorically jumped in a public square. That is not just stupid, it's plain evil.
What's more disturbing is that it seemed to spring out of nowhere, where these public officials, and other in the public eye now have the ability to spew out whatever garbage or lies they feel like, and instead of being ignored/shunned/etc, they are embraced and accepted! People like medved, or palin supporters who will vandalise a wikipedia page to change it to what their idiot queen says. How did this happen?
What's funny is that, I'm a afro wearin sistah, and my fiancee is from new zealand, and even HE laughs at rediculous statements and pieces like medveds. You mean to tell me, people that aren't even american have a better grasp on the horros of slavery than we do? Granted, his ancestors weren't the best either,but get a grip dude. What will happen with medced now? Will there be repercussions, or will he be embraced like so many other jackasses? - 11:03 AM
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Triple-S Makes Micheladas Fast And Easy.
Back in May, I told you about my late-in-life discovery of La Michelada, a beer-based cocktail of which I have become a fan.
I still see my girl, Monique, before every Chicago Fire home game. She's the only vendor at Toyota Park who makes them. In case you're a Fire fan and would like to try one, she's behind section 109, just south of the foot long sausage stand.
The term "Michelada" can cover many different preparations. The kind Monique makes is like a beer Bloody Mary.
Shortly after I posted my Michelada piece, I heard from Juan and Sasha Sotelo, who live in Brownsville, Texas, where they make a product called Triple-S Michelada Mix. Monique must be from Brownsville too, because Triple-S is right on the money as far as what I expect from my Michelada.
The Sotelos tell me they're approaching their one year anniversary and their product is flying off the shelves. They just scored a big contract with H.E.B., a local mega-mart. Good for them, they seem like a nice young couple.
A 32-ounce bottle of Triple-S sells for $7.99 in grocery stores, $8.99 in liquor stores. That's enough for eight Micheladas, at four ounces of mix to twelve ounces of beer, the ratio they recommend.
They also recommend ice. It gets really, really hot in Brownsville.
Triple-S makes a tasty Michelada, it eliminates the need to buy a bunch of ingredients you might otherwise not use, and it's quick and easy.
The Sotelos say they'd like to have distribution in Chicago. Maybe I should introduce them to Monique?
31 comments:
Awesome mix.
Greg, Houston - August 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Found these to be great hot weather thirst quenchers when made with a big, hoppy IPA or APA like Boulevard or Sierra Nevada, and lots of ice.
Ralph, New Haven MO - August 27, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Tried this michelada mix on my recent trip to the Rio Grande Valley. Have never tasted anything like it before....amazing!!
Mike, Baton Rouge - September 26, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Bought this mix at HEB. Took it home and tried it with vodka as a bloody mary.....highly recommend it! Joe De La Cruz, Mcallen
- October 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM
The best Michelada Mix out there. Bennie, Houston, Tx. (South Side, baby!!)
- October 22, 2011 at 8:31 PM
Can someone post if they are selling in Dallas yet?
- October 25, 2011 at 5:05 PM
Already counting down to spring break just for that bottle. I believe just up to Houston Heb's. Peter, SMU
- January 4, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Went to HEB in Port Isabel, Tx and these things were selling like crazy during Memorial Day weekend. Wanted to know what all the buzz was about and ended up going back to purchase 5 more bottles to bring back to Austin. When will you guys be in HEB's over here?
Samantha Vidal, UT Austin - May 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM
2 words....THE BEST.
Lindsey Charles, San Antonio, Tx. - June 8, 2012 at 3:21 PM
I just love drinking this mix. This is how my boyfriend and I have it. Fill tall glass with ice about 3/4 then shake Triple-S and slowly add about half-ways into glass. Add your beer and voila.
I recommend a straw cause all the good stuff is in the bottom.
P.S. Try it on olives and pickles too.
Maritza and Dave, Amarillo College Badgers!!!! - June 25, 2012 at 10:17 AM
oohh my gosh this is my favorite mix and my cousin from brownsville brings me a case every time he visits me to atlanta. only wish it would sell over here soon. oh well gotta keep bringing them to me jerry...lol......
esmeralda jackson,
atl - July 7, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Well at least the Rio Grande Valley has something awesome other than drugs coming up north.
George, Dallas, Tx. - July 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM
To George from Dallas..
Be careful cuz I heard thaat mix has crack in it...that's why it's so ADDICTING!! LOL
Raulito, Edinburg High - July 9, 2012 at 10:59 AM
In response to Lindsey Charles from San Antonio.....
3 words---The Very Best!!
Aurora Floyd,
Jacksonville, Florida - August 10, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Will be buying as many as those as possible when Labor Day comes around. Here we come SPI.
Angel Flores,
Port Aransas, Tx - August 19, 2012 at 7:47 PM
This michelada mix is the bomb. I really think there is absolutely no competition that comes close to Triple-S. You don't have to add anything to it just your beer..I tried it with Dos Equis..ooohhh my God...truly mouthwatering and delicious.
Cynthia Sepulveda,
Lockhart, Tx (Bar-B-Que Capital of Texas) - August 28, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
It's fascinating to me that people keep finding this old post and commenting. Meanwhile, Monique is gone from Toyota Park and, of course, I can't get Triple-S here in Chicago, so I'm stuck making my own micheladas from scratch. Just made one last night, in fact.
- August 28, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I'm Dan from New Jersey. This red beer mix is delightful and tastes great with Sam Adams. Found it on eBay....great stuff.
Dan, Scarlet Raiders, Rutgers-Newark - October 2, 2012 at 6:23 PM
Nothing like one of these during a sunset listening to love songs. Love life!!
Gayle, Austin, Tx - October 4, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Being from California and now residing in Houston, Tx I've tried several different bottled ready-michelada mixes and this one by far is par excellence. A toast to the inventors!!!
John Williams III - October 17, 2012 at 1:37 PM
This is my 4th michelada from the bottle tonight and the mariachi has never sounded better. Congrats Steve and Mandy, may your life together last a lifetime.
Jason, Best Man
- October 20, 2012 at 8:55 PM
Attended a wedding in Mcallen, Tx and after a long night of drinks had one of these micheladas the morning after to cure the hangover.....sure did the job. Where them tequilas at??
Martin, San Jose, CA. - November 4, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Finally found them here in San Antonio.....these things are flying off the shelf.
L. Cabler, Spurs 4 Life - December 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Incomparable taste. Very, very good michelada mix.
Joanna Vieyra, Palm Beach - December 19, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Traveling to South Texas for Christmas with the family and the best michelada mix....Priceless.
The Rodriguez-Escalante Family Reunion 2012, Corpus Christi, Tx. - December 25, 2012 at 11:54 AM
A case of Triple-S check, 3 cases of Dos Equis check and 3 bottles of Grey Goose check.....
Let's get this party started.
Jose, Rio Grande City - December 29, 2012 at 4:16 PM
I just tried it and yes I can definitely say it's the best. Nice kick at the end.
Miguel Luna, SA, Tx. - January 18, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Jamas habia probado una michelada tan rica. La tomo todos los fines y me encanta. WOW. Que padre que es de Brownsville.
Laura C.
Reynosa, Tamps. Mex.
- January 25, 2013 at 9:56 PM
It's about time we got a good tasting michelada mix. Kudos to Brownsville, Texas!!
Andy, Dallas - February 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
Just wanted to post that my hangover doesn't come around anymore. Thanks. Luis Garcia, from Laredo, Tx.
- February 24, 2013 at 10:33 AM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
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- March 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM


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