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MovieBob takes a close look into the upcoming release of Halo 4 and its possible ramifications.
Hmm. Vote for President. Frag noobs.
Vote for President.
Frag noobs.
Vote for President.
Frag noobs.
Would be a rather odd way of trying to swing the vote but it's not like they haven't tried dumber shit.
Why couldn't you put this much effort into understanding ME3?
You know... i think people who would rather play a video game instead of voting in one of the worlds most important political elections have no business voting anyway. I mean, dude, the game can wait.
Cortana might be a Democrat but Master Chief would definitely vote Republican.
The game can wait.. THE GAME CAN WAIT? We know for SURE that there will be another election in 4 years, but Another Halo in 4 years? THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, DUDEBRAH! *hurries over to his kitchen to get Doritos and Mountain Dew, then plays Gears of War with a bro*
I'am just glad this didn't out to be a halo is teh evil from bob. Also people who place video games> real life, likely shouldn't vote anyways....
I get the feeling that, since Halo appeals more to the war-loving conservative base, THOSE people will more likely go out and buy Halo, meaning that Barack Obama should have an easy (or easier) win. It makes a lot of sense, in my mind anyway...
The conspiracy theory is just that: a conspiracy theory.
Seriously? Just drop it already. The ME3 thing is over. It's done. He had an unpopular opinion. Let. It. Go.
Do they not have advance polls in the US?
Vote by mail, problem solved.
I love ya, Bob, but the only place I've heard this conspiracy theory is on *your* twitter feed. I'm not going to pretend that I pay nearly as much attention to this sort of stuff as someone who relies on it for their well-being, but I still question just how widespread this issue really was/is.
At 4:45 - However
Oh well another reason to get Halo 4 I guess?
(as a non-american person, this is a spoof, right? Noone believes this,,,, right?)
Can't people both vote and buy Halo 4?
Meh, in Australia, voting is compulsory anyway, so I doubt a videogame would produce much of an impact on percentage turnout. I find American politics to be much more bombastic, so I guess an impact like that could be a bit of an upset, but I don't really understand it all that well anyway, to be honest. Interesting, if nothing else.
If they REALLY wanted to shake things up? If I were Microsoft, I'd offer a discount or rebate on Halo 4 if the customer produces proof that they voted. There are potential problems aplenty there, but that kind of concept might work.
That almost completely contradicts every stereotype that people assume Republicans have or that they place on the gaming culture in general.
For example, aren't all Republicans stuffy old people who don't like new fangled video games, especially since they cause violence in all youngsters, as per this Fox News report?
In fact, its Bob's whole point that the youth vote is more likely to vote Democrat, and that Halo 4 would take away said votes.
We're not talking about 'real' adults, the age 35+ with families who have effectively made up their minds months (or years) ago, we're talking about the youth vote. The demographic that is most likely to vote for both Barrack Obama and have Video Gaming as a hobby.
Edit: Me, I'll probably end up Midnight Releasing Halo 4 and voting anyway, assuming either candidate inspires anything in me.
You talked for an entire episode about that? Really? Next time, try keeping it exclusive to twitter .
Why bother voting at all? The American public votes don't matter, and the elections are rigged in favor to the one with the most corporate support and those with the dirtiest tactics.
This is coming from an American.
Only an option in a few places.
Only an option in a few other places. I plan on being able to take advantage of this myself.
Yes. I know that my brother is taking that option himself, voting at about 9 AM, then going down 150 feet and buying Halo 4.
I agree with a lot of the obvious solutions between a Halo or voting split, just do both. It's relatively easy to vote, mail in or voting both here in the US. I can understand if others in my age demographic see voting as extra time consuming because they lack background on the new legislation they're voting for or against, but that's really the individuals fault. The government sends out free packets in advanced describing all the laws with their final prints in black and white, but if take five minutes I can still find a dozen people I know my age that won't vote.
Good show Bob, I rather enjoyed this episode. I haven't had this much conspiracy fun since the X-files.
Yeah, I've been really thinking this conspiracy theory of Bob's is quite a bit of a stretch. Obama isn't going to lose this election because of Halo 4 and I highly doubt anyone was ever going for that. It's really weird that he's this paranoid about this, especially considering the things he's said about the Cult of Rand and their master, Ron Paul.
Just going to point out that Mitt Romney is not the republican Nominee yet...
Meh I always just do early voting anyways.
I wish my country did not force me to vote. If I do not vote I pay a fine (2.25 US dollars) and can not become a public servant :(
On topic: it's a coincidence. Obama already said that is against regulating video games. That's all that they (the industry) ever wanted to hear.
It's just insulting that he dismissed Retake Mass Effect out of hand, but goes to the trouble of calling the freaking president's campaign office over something as trivial as a Halo/Republican conspiracy theory. Does he REALLY have so little respect for gamers that he has to address the possibility that they might not be a capable of voting and buying a game on the same day?
Captch: Royal flush -_^
Now, I'm not a US citizen, but I was under the impression that the conservative party was the people who dislike and try to pass legislation against games, game distributors and gamedevelopers for "corrupting the youth". Why would Microsoft want to influence the elections against the liberals in favor of someone who has apparently got some sort of deepseated grudge against them for the capitol crime of existing?
Interesting theory and there is a grain of truth to the theory but yeah I say it's mostly BS.
In fact I think we should do what japan did and limit big game releases to Sunday, since Halo, GTA, and COD are America's Dragon Quest(ie for those that don't know, 3 million japanese call in sick when a new DQ comes out, I expect people calling in for a week after launch with DQX being an MMO). It makes more sense since more people will be off by default on Sunday and there is no polls open so it's a win-win.
Conspiracy always makes for some fun... but more importantly!
Or hold the elections on Saturday when people are less likely to be burdened by work or other midweek commitments.
The people who would ditch voting to buy a game don't strike me as the kind of people who would bother voting in the first place. So what's the problem?
Not quite seeing where the problem lies either. You go to your local gamestore, you pick up Halo 4, and while going home you pop in your vote. It takes, what, 5 minutes to vote?
Voting is a very fragile thing, the people who bother to vote in the first place in fact generally don't drive elections and its much more about the people who may or may not vote if they feel like it on the day.
For example it's standard practice for parties to physically drive known potential voters/supporters to the election place so that they actually will register a vote.
EDIT: Here's an illustration
Every inch of rain on election day decreases voter turnout by 1% and works out as a 2.5% gain for the republicans, since in recent times you've elected a President who had less than 50% of the vote compared to the other guy, that is a huge huge deal.
I'm to lazy to even eVote or mVote. The biggest lie in local politics is that it matters.
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City looks to nonprofits to find more revenue
New London - With state aid decreasing and the cost of providing municipal services growing, some nonprofits are helping their host municipalities by voluntarily kicking in dollars.
Following the lead of Providence and New Haven, where Brown University and Yale University respectively contribute millions for city services, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said he wants to have discussions with the nonprofits in New London, including Mitchell College, Connecticut College and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, about ways to come up with more cash for the city.
But that may be complicated. Mitchell and Conn already make annual voluntary payments to New London. And L&M says it contributes millions every year in services and programs for the community.
"We're more than happy to sit down with the mayor and discuss different options, but increasing what we already do is going to be a tall order," said William Stanley, vice president of development and community services at L&M.
About half of this 6.5-square-mile city, which is home to a regional hospital, many social service agencies, three colleges and dozens of churches, is nontaxable. The largest nonprofits - Connecticut and Mitchell colleges and the hospital - cover nearly 400 acres with an assessed value of $444.8 million. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a federal installation on 103 acres, is assessed at $96 million.
Together, all four cover about 0.7 square miles.
And while New London receives millions from the state's Payment In Lieu of Taxes program plus federal money for education, property owners provide the rest of what it costs to run the city.
Seeking revenue
Last month, residents rejected a general-government budget that would have increased taxes by 7.5 percent. The City Council is revising the 2012-13 budget to get to a roughly 5 percent increase, but some residents say that the $41.4 million budget is still too high. The city also spends about $39.8 million on public education.
Finizio said he is looking into ways for nonprofits to contribute more, but he acknowledged that the larger organizations are also economic engines and bring other assets to the table. They are some of the largest employers in the region, and visitors to their institutions patronize local businesses. They also provide volunteers for projects around the city, from tutoring in the schools to cleaning up the parks.
"They do contribute significantly,'' Finizio said. "But we need to recognize we are in a new economic reality. Taxpayers and voters have demonstrated fairly clearly they don't want to pay significant increases to keep the city solvent and pay for services we all use."
He said he'd like to negotiate with the colleges and nonprofits to see whether there is any way to get more voluntary cash donations. He also wants to lobby the legislature to increase PILOT program funding.
Already contributing
Connecticut College is in the middle of a 10-year, $100,000 contract with the city, paying $7,500 a year from 2008 to 2012 and $12,500 a year from 2013 to 2017. The city and the college reached the agreement in 2007, after a dispute over whether Dayton Arena, the college ice rink, should be exempt from property taxes.
In 2003, Mitchell College began paying $35,000 a year since reaching an agreement with the city over taxable parcels that were added to the campus. A new four-year agreement was reached last week with Mitchell, which has been facing its own economic troubles and laid off 20 percent of its full-time faculty last week. The college will pay the city $28,750 a year in property taxes.
"Although all of Mitchell College's facilities are used for educational purposes, we recognize that the college has deep roots in this community, and we want to do our part to contribute to the programs and services which the city provides to residents,'' college President Mary Ellen Jukoski said.
While the colleges are under no legal obligation to pay real-estate taxes, Conn's and Mitchell's monetary donations to the city are significantly less than those from nearby, much larger Ivy League schools that own massive amounts of real estate in their communities and have endowments in the billions.
Yale, with an endowment of $19.4 billion, donates $8 million to New Haven every year and pays about $4 million in real-estate taxes. Brown, which has an endowment of $2.5 billion, gives nearly $6.4 million to Providence, in addition to the $1.5 million in real-estate taxes it pays.
By contrast, Mitchell College has a $6.1 million endowment. Connecticut College has a $212 million endowment.
Mitchell and Conn provided lists of support and activities that the faculty and students contribute to the city every year. At Mitchell, its beach and facilities are open to public events. The fire department trained at its boat dock, and about 150 students each volunteer 20 hours annually for the city through a community service program.
"We recognize that although we may be an exempt institution, we are part of the larger community,'' said the college's attorney, Glenn Carberry, who negotiated the agreement with the city. "There is a sense of community that has developed and, for the time being, it makes good sense to continue this long-standing tradition."
Connecticut College hosts the Connecticut Early Music Festival and the Connecticut Storytelling Festival. Many of its facilities are open to the public at little or no cost, including the library, the Connecticut Arboretum, Olin Observatory and Dayton Arena. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Camp Rotary and the Science and Technology Magnet High School use space for free or at reduced rates.
"As an educational institution, we have an obligation to spend tuition and gifts to the college in a way that provides a direct educational benefit to our students,'' President Leo Higdon recently told the students. "We support New London within the framework of this mission."
Tough economy for all
Stanley, at L&M, said the hospital provides $12 million in free programs and services, such as discounted or free health services and donations to support youth groups, the homeless hospitality shelter and the Garde Arts Center. The hospital, which employs 2,800, also offers incentives for its employees to purchase homes in New London.
"We do it because we are part of the community,'' he said. "We think we have a great, mutually supportive relationship with our community and the city. If there are opportunities to expand them, we are willing to sit down and talk about it."
But, he added, health care providers are also "looking down the barrel of our own very difficult economic times. Once the new health care kicks in, we are going to face very difficult financial challenges ourselves, not unlike what the city is facing now."
Through the PILOT program, the state pays cities and towns about 25 percent of what the tax assessments would be on property owned by nonprofits, according to city Finance Director Jeffrey Smith. The statute allows for the state to pay up to 45 percent, he said.
Finizio said that after the November election, he wants to lobby local legislators to seek increased PILOT funds as a way of raising revenue. It is an issue for all municipalities, he said, especially for small cities such as New London.
"It's always going to be something on the agenda, as we move forward during the next year or two," Finizio said.
"In theory, the hospital and other services are here in our city, and the state PILOT program is supposed to help balance that out,'' Smith said. "But it's not fully funded."
He said asking the colleges to make voluntary payments is fine, but the city has to look at their ability to pay.
Finizio said he will be going to Hartford and will work with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities on changing the PILOT legislation.
"We need the state to increase pilot funds,'' he said.
|What they give, what they have
|Annual contribution
|to host community
|Connecticut College
|$212 million
|Mitchell College
|$6.1 million
|Wesleyan University
|$601 million
|Brown University
|$6.4 million
|$2.5 billion
|Yale University
|$8 million
|$19.4 billion
|Sources: Conn, Mitchell, Wesleyan, Brown and Yale.
This year's state funding to the city
• $5.1 million in PILOT funds
• $1.6 million in Distressed Municipality Funds
• $1.8 million in Pequot Funds from casino slots sharing
• $22 million in Education Cost Sharing
Source: New London 2012-13 budget (not yet adopted)
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The top-seeded Mount Abraham Union High School girls' basketball team will meet No. 3 BFA-Fairfax on Saturday in the Division II final, to be played at 3:45 p.m. in the Barre Auditorium.
The 22-1 Eagles, of course, reached the final by defeating No. 4 Hartford on Monday, 56-48, to avenge their loss in the 2012 final. Fairfax earned its berth in the final by upsetting No. 2 U-32 on Tuesday, 39-33.
Fairfax is making its first-ever D-II finals appearance and the program's sixth-ever run to a final four. Most recently, in 2003, a Bullet team reached the D-III semifinal round, and in 2000 Fairfax lost in the D-III final. Overall, the program is 1-1 in D-III finals and 3-4 in semifinal appearances, including Tuesda's win.
Mount Abe will be making its third straight appearance in D-II finals at the Aud and fifth since the program won the crown in 1997. Coach Connie LaRose also led teams to finals in 2004 and 2007, and to semifinals in Barre in 1998 and 1999.
Several Eagles will be playing their fourth games in the Aud on Saturday, while two Eagles, junior Ashlie Fay and senior Jessie Martin, will be there for their sixth games. They might be getting used to the old barn.
The teams play different schedules. The Bullets did not face a Division I foe this season, while the Eagles played eight D-I games in the Lake Division. Four of those games came against teams not having strong seasons, but Mount Abe went 3-1 against South Burlington and Colchester, the Nos. 4 and 6 seeds in D-I.
The Bullets' two losses were close: at D-II No. 5 seed Lake Region by five, and at D-III No. 1 seed Hazen by four. They have won six straight since that 40-36 loss at Hazen, including three playoff wins.
Mount Abe has won 13 straight since its only loss, a 52-48 home setback to South Burlington that the Eagles avenged with a 12-point win at SBHS down the stretch.
But the Eagles and the 21-2 Bullets have played five games apiece against three common opponents — Milton, Vergennes and Fair Haven.
Both teams swept those five games, while the Eagles compiled larger margins in four of the five, sometimes considerably larger.
Vs. Milton, the Eagles won by 72-28 at home and by 49-36 away; the total point differential was 57.
Vs. Milton, the Bullets won by 43-33 at home and by 46-28 away; the point differential was 28.
Vs. VUHS, the Eagles won by 50-19 away and by 62-27 home; the point differential was 66.
The Bullets played VUHS twice at home because the second game came in the playoffs; the scores were 49-21 and 53-26, and the point differential was 55.
Mount Abe won at Fair Haven in the final of the Slater's holiday tourney, 38-25.
Fairfax faced FHUHS at home in a D-II quarterfinal and won, 31-29.
For what it's worth, the Eagles outscored those same five opponents by 62 points more than the Bullets did, or by just more than 12 points a game.
If Vegas were setting a line, it might be Mount Abe by 12.
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After settling a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co., Robb Havassy ended up with 365 surfboards.
Ever since then, he's set out to diminish that number. On Thursday, he'll be raffling off 150 of the boards in Huntington Beach.
Sixteen years ago, the Costa Mesa resident painted and gifted a board to his friend — a Hollister Co. photographer who lived in Florida. When a photograph of Havassy's creation, with a purple phoenix on one side and a shield constructed from the words "peace," "love," "life" and "surf" on the other, reached the Ohio-headquartered apparel behemoth, it became a key part of the company's surf-centric ad campaign.
Hollister executives created exact replicas of the board, each one detailed and aged to rival the original, Havassy said, so they would reflect "a surf shack feel." His "RH" signature was replaced by "Hollister Co." logos on clear view in malls nationwide starting in 1999.
"Surf culture is a big part of my life," said Havassy, 43, who found out about the usage in 2005. "And it was kind of a slap in my face. So I sued them for copyright infringement and right of publicity violations."
After a litany of litigation in federal court, Havassy, in an attempt to avoid spending the foreseeable future tied up in appeals, settled the case and later received all the boards the company had produced, including the original.
Attorney Derek Lemkin, part of the team that represented Havassy, said the terms of the settlement are confidential.
One hundred and fifty of the boards will be up for grabs at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum between 5 and 10 p.m. Thursday. Havassy will construct a large art installation with the surfboards, and all proceeds from the raffle will be contributed to the museum.
"I always wanted to recycle and upcycle these surfboards for collectors and museums and do various activities for fundraising purposes," he said. "I want to use them to do something positive, but they were created not to surf but simply to market a brand."
The Huntington Beach Downtown Art Walk has partnered with the museum to host the event. Art Walk, held the third Thursday of each month, is free and showcases art in local restaurants and businesses. A registration table with maps and wristbands will be located in the parking lot.
"I met [Robb] briefly at our last Art Walk," said Susan Welfringer, Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District manager. "His young daughter was one of the children having so much fun with the wet clay. I could tell from the buzz around him that he had several fans excited about the upcoming exhibit."
Since 2007, the remaining boards have generated substantial income for charities, with individual pieces going for well over $1,000. This week, patrons who purchase one of the 400 raffle tickets have a chance at landing a highly coveted board for $50.
With this event, Havassy hopes the museum will receive much-needed support, attention and resources.
"I want to do something fun, something cool and find a way to bring people together to support the surf culture," he said, happy that the boards will be dispersed in the community instead of becoming part of a landfill.
In addition to the funds raised, the opportunity to have Havassy supporting the museum is meaningful to its director at large, Cindy Cross.
"I hope everyone comes to '150 Surfboards' to meet Robb, support the museum and maybe take a piece of surfing culture and history with them in the form of one of his boards," she wrote in an email. "You don't have to be a surfer to want one (although they are actually ridable). Everyone with a home or business in Surf City should want one!"
Havassy's legal battle led to more than just a surplus of surfboards. It inspired him to compile the book "Surf Story," which will be on sale at Thursday's event. The 440-page volume celebrates the art and creative culture of surfing and was published by Havassy in 2008.
"I love the ocean, the environment and the connection we have to Mother Nature," he said. "There's this incredible energy in the culture surrounding surfing and the creators in it."
According to Havassy, an art kit, gifted to him when he was 26, guided him to his craft. The UC Irvine psychology and sociology major, who once modeled for Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior and Armani, had never taken an art class and had no idea what to do with the set.
"Finally, I did one painting and then another, and this is at an age when you figure you know yourself pretty well," he said. "I didn't know how easily it would flow out of me, and that's what I've been doing ever since."
A surfer, golfer and father to 4-year-old Marin, Havassy does multiple freelance jobs to make ends meet: painting, sculpting, photography and designing clothing, surfboards and skateboards. He also owns a signature apparel and sandal line.
He does everything he can to support his family.
To this end, Havassy is planning on moving to Costa Rica in June. Once there, he hopes to work on the second edition of his book and open a gallery and surf boutique. He also intends to launch an art school.
"Art happened to me — I didn't have a say in it," he said.
Twitter: @RMahbubani
If You Go
What: "150 Surfboards," a fundraiser by Robb Havassy
Where: Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, 411 Olive Ave., Huntington Beach
When: 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday in conjunction with Downtown Art Walk
Cost: Free to attend ($2 donation requested); $50 for raffle; boards can be purchased before the event for $100 unsigned or $250 signed by Havassy at the event
Information: Call Cindy Cross at (714) 960-3483


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Suggestions, suggestions
My Greek beau moved to Amsterdam to start his PhD at the end of August, and came over for a visit last weekend. Few days earlier I had received a parcel from Amazon. I was a bit confused, as I hadn't ordered anything from them recently. At least I couldn't remember ordering anything from them lately. When I opened the parcel, I realised immediately what was going on, and it brought a big smile to my face. The parcel contained a book I've wanted for a while, The Real Greek at Home. My Greek beau claimed that he only ordered it because it was at the top of my Books I Want list, although I suspect he had some alterior motives. I think he was suggesting what I should/could cook this weekend. Just in case I was struggling with the idea:)
I must admit that although my usual food repertoire includes some Greek dishes (my feta-spinach pie has been one of the favourites for almost a decade now and I'm quite a fan of tzatziki), my love affair with a Greek food is new. I went to Greece for the first time in July 2002, to attend an IVSA conference on Santorini (see the pic on the right). And to be honest, I didn't eat much. It was 40 degrees Celsius, it was hottest and sunniest place I'd ever been to and, to be frank, I was struggling to stay alive (interestingly, dipping in and out of a 100˚C sauna doesn't seem to drain me as much. Maybe it's the sun?) In any case, food was the last thing in my mind, and I was on a diet of frappes and gallons of water for two weeks, having some light nibbles in the evenings when it was cooler. And even then I was on a self-imposed diet - as most of my friends were keen to try various seafood dishes in various seaside establishments - deep-fried squid, grilled octopus etc - I was inevitably left with another plate of horiatiki. I don't eat shellfish & molluscs, you see.
I spent another few days with a Greek friend on Sifnos after the conference, where I had a pleasure of trying his Granny's fabulous meatballs and a traditional Sifnos chick-pea dish - tsoukali revithia alias 'revithia se sifniwtiko tsoukali'. My friend Stam (who was also a student in Edinburgh, but always returned home for summer) mixed chickpeas, oil and seasonings in a special clay pot - tsoukali revidion, which he then took to a communal oven in the evening (see pic, it's hard to see but all clay pots have family names written on them), where it slowly cooked over night. Apparently it's done every Saturday night, and the chickpeas are then picked up on Sunday morning and eaten during the day. I also brought along some really tasty almond and nut biscuits from the local bakery which I still miss occasionally.
But overall the culinary side of Greece remained somewhat unexplored back then. I did buy a Greek cookbook on the way back in the airport, but that turned out to be utter crap - for instance, it has a taramasalata recipe that forgets to mention fish roe etc, it's full of typos and it annoys me more than educates me.
I was again in Athens in October 2003, this time attending a really beautiful and romantic wedding of my friends Anna & David. As it was much cooler - the temperature was a very agreeable 20˚C or so - my appetite was much bigger. And I got to try some really lovely Greek dishes at the banquet and dinner.
Since early this year I've been flirting much more regularly with all the delicacies Greece has on offer. I've read a lot about Greek food, and tried out several dishes. Mostly with a great success. Only my Cypriot halloumi & mint bread got a lukewarm reception, but I think this had more to do with personal politics than my cooking skills, as the bread was finished quickly by non-Greek eaters:) I made tsoureki and stifado for Easter, and have cooked spanakopita, moussaka, gigantes beans, paputsakia, Greek meatballs, roasted feta with olives and red peppers, on other occasions. To sum up - feta cheese and Total Greek Yogurt are some of my kitchen staples nowadays. And last weekend saw me preparing another Greek meal. For inspiration, I scanned both The Real Greek Food that suggestingly appeared in my mailbox, as well as the fabulous The Olive and the Caper that I had bought few months ago. Eventually, as I was running out of time and could not lovingly simmer a tomato sauce for an hour before baking it for yet another, I stuck with an old and tested favourite - hob-to-table moussaka. And I'll tell you all about it soon.
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- angelika said...
Hi Pille, I think I SHOULD definitely make a book wishlist on my blog...;-)) And these are the suggestions we do like, right ? I have also started reading about the Greek cuisine (but probably it's not half the fun without knowing a Greek beau ;-(( and have tried one and the other recipe, will post about it. It's good to have a change - and it means fun to widen our repertoire. Kind regards, angelika
- 12:54 pm, September 13, 2005
- Paz said...
What a smart and nice beau! ;-)
You've certainly been busy with Greek cuisine.
I love feta cheese. I love Santorini!
I look forward to reading more on your Greek culinary exploits.
- 1:56 pm, September 13, 2005
- joey said...
Greece stories too? Oh yey! :) I stayed in Greece for three months on assignement and I ate Greek food all day and night and never once tired of it...so I am definitely looking forward to your exploits with this new book :) My favorites are lamb youvetsi and dolmas...YUM! Miss the yogurt terribly! And the bake shops loaded with every kind of baklava imaginable! Can't wait for your posts...
Oh, and thanks for the great book-wishlist-on-the-sidebar idea! Will beef mine up and then subtly maneuver my boyfriend towards it, hehe!
- 7:51 pm, September 13, 2005
- J said...
hi pille, how very ingenious of your beau (and of yourself, of course) ;)
- 6:21 am, September 14, 2005
- Pille said...
Angelika - you should - although it wasn't initially meant as a hint-list, it worked. And now I will definitely keep it there:) I'm looking forward to comparing our Greek cooking notes! And I'm sure the Greek food is delicious even if there's no Greek beau tasting it (although it was extremely flattering to hear that my spinach pie is at least as good, if not better, as the one his grandmother makes:)))
Paz - he is smart & nice, isn't he:) I will definitely cook & write about Greek food more in the coming months, with two new cookbooks like that!
Joey - I have eaten on many occasions and would like to try making dolmas, but lamb youvetsi is new to me. I'll check out if the books mention that dish. Luckily we get the Total Greek yogurts here in the UK, which are very very good.
And good luck with the book-wishlist-on-the-sidebar! (It wasn't my idea, although I can't remember now where I saw it first)
J - thanks for popping by! And I'm quite pleased with how it worked out myself;)
- 12:06 pm, September 14, 2005


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The first time I had moussaka was back in February, when I made the recipe from the Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook. That recipe didn't really wow me, being just a simple eggplant and tomato casserole with simple spices covered in a soy milk sauce. However, I had hope that future experiments would yield a more exciting vegetarian moussaka. Obviously, I didn't think about trying it again for quite a while… Until the DH suddenly made a request for more hearty "European style" family meals. Ok, moussaka being Greek would be better characterized as Mediterranean than European, but it is certainly a hearty family dish.
But what is Moussaka, anyway? According to my friend Wikipedia:
"Moussaka is a traditional eggplant-based dish in the Balkans and the Middle East, but most closely associated with Greece and Turkey. The Greek version, which is the best-known outside the region, traditionally consists of layers of ground meat, sliced eggplant and tomato, topped with a white sauce and baked. Turkish musakka, unlike the Greek version, is not layered. Instead, it is prepared with sautéed and fried eggplants, green peppers, tomatoes, onions, and minced meat. In the Arab world, moussaka is a cooked salad made up primarily of tomatoes and eggplant, similar to Italian caponata, and is usually served cold as a mezze dish. " (source: Wikipedia Moussaka Entry)
Those all sound lovely, except for the whole meat and (probable) gluten thing. I decided that instead of ignoring the usual "meaty" element of moussaka, I would replace it with a vegetarian substitute. I considered using Trader Joe's Soy Vegetarian Chorizo, but I found myself shopping at Whole Foods instead of Trader Joe's this week, and I was unexpectedly inspired by the tempeh. Turtle Island Home-Style Soy Tempeh is labeled gluten-free, and I thought that the grainy texture of the fermented soy would work beautifully for replicating a "meaty" texture in moussaka. I found inspiration from the Vegan Coach blog's Tempeh Sausage Recipe, but the resulting recipe was mine, all mine.
Happily, the DH thoroughly enjoyed the Moussaka, gobbling it up with some jasmine rice and a salad with kalamata olives and a light italian vinaigrette dressing. I was at last satisfied- and felt like I had truly made a "real" complex and tasty moussaka that could compete with its less vegetarian friendly cousin. And happily, I had come up with a way of preparing tempeh that even the tempeh-skeptical DH could thoroughly enjoy. We both gave the recipe a nine out of ten on the yum scale, and I will definitely be making this recipe again.
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1 cup vegetarian broth
1 Tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
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1/2 tsp garlic powder
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1 sprig fresh thyme, diced
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To prepare tempeh, slice the tempeh in half horizontally and bring one cup vegetarian broth (from bullion is fine)to a boil in a small saucepan. Immerse the tempeh in the broth and turn down heat to low. Cover and simmer for fifteen minutes or more. Remove tempeh from the pan and place in a medium bowl. Mash with a potato masher until you have a nice crumbly texture. Heat olive oil in a nonstick fry pan or cast iron pan and then add your mashed tempeh, distributing it evenly in the pan. Season with spices. Let tempeh brown and then turn. Add mushrooms to the empty edges of the pan and let begin to brown, eventually stirring into the tempeh. Add pecans to the edge of the pan again, letting toast, and then stir into the rest of the ingredients. Add your tamari evenly to the dish and mix again. Sprinkle with smoked paprika. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed. Make sure the tempeh has browned thoroughly before you remove from pan and reserve.
Prepare eggplant for Moussaka by slicing into rounds. Sprinkle pasta seasoning blend in a small measuring bowl (really, really small) and add olive oil and salt. whisk ingredients together and then baste eggplant rounds with seasoned olive oil on both sides. Place on baking dish (like a cookie sheet) and broil until browned. Turn and broil the other side until golden brown. Remove from oven and reserve.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Take your nonstick pan and heat a little more olive oil. Add your onion and let it begin to turn translucent. Add your pressed garlic cloves and begin to cook. Add the prepared tempeh "ground" that you made, above. Combine and let flavors marry and heat. Add tomatoes, oregano, and tomato paste. Taste and season with any additional salt or pepper if needed. Cook for a few more minutes. When it has approached sufficient yumminess, remove from heat and reserve.
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Assemble Moussaka immediately!
Bake for 30-40 minutes, rotating halfway through so that it is evenly browned. Remove from oven, let cool slightly, and serve hot.
DH could tell it contained tempeh, but still loved it. A first for him! An easy 9/10 for both of us. A little time intensive, but the best moussaka I've had- when I made it before from a recipe, I found it bland. This was so flavorful!


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Is America fixed yet?
05 November 2008
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No, and it won't be for about 76 days.
- Anonymous11/05/2008 3:19 PM
It will be as soon as Obama loses the war.ReplyDelete
- Bastiat's Ghost11/05/2008 3:50 PM
Nope and things will get much worse economically. Obama is an adherent to a school of thought that eceonomically never anywhere ever produce anyhting but grinding poverty.ReplyDelete
It is Obama's first day of being President-Elect, and the DOW has already fallen 500 points. I say things have deteriorated since Obama has been elected.ReplyDelete
It's certainly getting better.ReplyDelete
I haven't noticed anything different... but I did get some change for my 2 dollars when I got coffee this morning.ReplyDelete
Talk about expectations!ReplyDelete
That question reminds of kids asking every ten minutes 'if we're there yet?' on the road.
- Anonymous11/05/2008 8:31 PM
"we are the ones"
"rightous wind at our back"
He has raised a lot of expectations and made a lot of promises. He probably owes a lot of favors to neferious donors. He can no longer just say "present". We will see what he is made of. I never bought into the hype and I don't think he is made of very much, but for the sake of our country I hope that I am surprised
Yesterday's 486 point plunge in the DJIA suggests not.ReplyDelete
- the equalizer11/06/2008 5:38 AM
seriously! your blaming Obama for the fall in the market because he is President elect. Now I've heard everything. This problem was years in the making folks, both democrats AND republicans as well as Greenspan played a big role in this mess.ReplyDelete
stop your whining and get a life.
From what I've read, there's been some reactionary downward movement of the DOW because of fear of upcoming corporate taxes and regulations. Imo, it'll resolve itself and the market will eventually stabilize.ReplyDelete
Or it could be a continuation of the downward death spiral the market's been in for the last seven weeks (or fourteen months, depending on how you count).ReplyDelete
- docandchief11/06/2008 9:35 AM
As my memory serves, I believe that the whining and finger pointing started last year within hours of the election conclusion. But when the wheel turns, it suddenly changes everyhting and we must "be patient", wait and see, etc. etc. And when the market fell anytime in the past 8 yrs, it was the direct fault of the president. Now when the stock market tanks immediately after Mr O's election, it is not at all related!!!! Oh please.....be honest enough with yourself to be consistant in your stance.ReplyDelete
Or it could be a continuation of the downward death spiral the market's been in for the last seven weeks.ReplyDelete
Lots of people believe that the likelihood of an Obama presidency started that seven-week death spiral. A good op-ed on that can be read here.
seriously! your [sic] blaming Obama for the fall in the market
Have no fear. I will be every bit as fair to Obama as you guys have been to Bush.
Day 2 of President-Elect Obama: DOW down a total of 1000 points.ReplyDelete
"Now when the stock market tanks immediately after Mr O's election, it is not at all related!!!!"ReplyDelete
Oh, c'mon. Where have you and your portfolio been for the past couple of months? The stock market's been tanking.
You don't think today's drop has anything to do with Cisco's warning about slumping demand for computer components, weak retail sales, or the highest unemployment rate in 25 years all being reported today?
Nope. Not due to the country's ongoing financial problems, but to Obama's election.
My prediction is this is going to be the worst holiday shopping season since the 1930s because of Obama.
If McCain had been elected, the economy would have turned around already! Republicans. Sheesh!
Catron: Investor's Business Daily? LOL. Here's a quote from an article about them:ReplyDelete
Slate: The Big Money
"Politically, IBD's opinion page veers to the outer reaches of the right, making even the Journal's trademark business-friendly editorial line seem moderate. IBD flatly denies that climate change is real and is caused by human activity."
It's an entertaining article; you should read it.
- Anonymous11/06/2008 6:03 PM
Stocks react pretty quickly to what the buyers think will be conditions in six months or so. Those losses represent people selling off after BHO's election.ReplyDelete
Draw the conclusion...
Investor's Business Daily? LOLReplyDelete
Marcia, I assume that your failure to address the substance of the article means that (a) you know it is true or (b) you are unable to follow the argument.
No, Catron, if you look at my first post on this page, I said I had read about there being some reaction due to fear of increased taxes and regulation, which is basically what the article said, except in much more reactionary, right-wing propagandist terms. That rules out (b).ReplyDelete
The editorial also fails to take into account other problems, like lower-than-projected October retail sales (not Obama's fault), lower revised projection for holiday retail sales (not Obama's fault), 25-year-high unemployment statistics (not Obama's fault), projected lower demand for technology sales (not Obama's fault), continued difficulty accessing credit (not Obama's fault), etc. (not Obama's fault), all of which have been in the news over the past few days. Completely discounting the effects of this information flies in the face of logic. That rules out (a).
My LOL at your source had to do with its far-right-wing orientation, which makes its analysis about as broad, fair, critical and insightful as a FOX News broadcast. They're telling you what you want to hear, but not painting the entire picture. They would rather manipulate facts to support a bias than supply you with the fully faceted truth. Imo, you should feel offended that they would insult your intelligence that way.
Your multiple choice selection was not inclusive enough: (c) neither (a) nor (b).
fear of increased taxes and regulation which basically what the article saidReplyDelete
Sorry, Marcia, this cartoon description makes it clear that (b) is indeed the correct explanation for your non-response. I guess you don't do nuance.
except in much more reactionary, right-wing propagandist terms.
The notion that Jack Kemp is a wacky reactionary may pass muster with the morons at Kos, but it's not convincing to grown-ups.
25-year-high unemployment statistics
Just a little reality check: average unemployment in the fabled 1990s was 5.8%, almost exactly what it has been so far this decade.
You people saying the stocks plunged because of Obama are idiots. They plunged because America's biggest car makers are reporting huge losses. Unless Obama somehow cut into their sales....ReplyDelete


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Trophy wives no more
As women's learning and earning powers have increased, marital motivations have shifted
When Jacqueline Kennedy married shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968 on his private Aegean island Skorpios, tongues wagged from Greece to Greenwich.
The story line was simple: She married him for money, and he married her for effect. She was, after all, arguably the most famous and beautiful woman in the world, and he was one of the richest, three decades older than she. Whether there was love, or even just affection, or whether this was about mutual security of some kind, it all seemed irrelevant. When her friend Truman Capote asked her why she became Mrs. Onassis, she said, "I can't very well marry a dentist from New Jersey!"
In fact, Jackie perfectly fit the traditional definition of a trophy wife in a marriage that ended with Aristotle Onassis's death in 1975, when Jackie was just 45.
Although there have been plenty of high-profile relationships since then that have fit into the trophy category — Marla and then Melania Trump; Ted Turner asking Jane Fonda to stop working — times have changed.
Take last year's marriage of Cassandra Huysentruyt Grey, also known as the Princess of Bel-Air, the pretty, second wife of Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Brad Grey (they are 34 and 54, respectively).
Turns out that Huysentruyt Grey has a self-proclaimed Napoleonic ambition. She also may have the talent to be her own studio mogul — a West Hollywood fashion studio that serves as a style incubator for the rich and famous. A recent headline in the New York Times declared, "Don't Call Her a Trophy Wife."
Is this the new wave?
The recession and the increase in women's education levels are two major factors feeding a shift in cultural norms since Jackie wore knee-length Valentino and a ribbon in her hair for her Greek Orthodox wedding ceremony. Today, to have a wife (even if she is the second or third) who is smart, has a job, and perhaps even a business plan or a PhD, is now highly valued. It means that the man is not a conspicuous consumer, marrying just for the arm-candy factor. It means that he does not want to debase himself by telegraphing to the world that the only reason he's with a gorgeous, much-younger woman is because of his money. It means that he is evolved.
And it means that she doesn't need his cash — she has her own.
Women began outpacing men in educational achievement in 1992 and by 2009, nearly 30 percent of working wives were out-earning their husbands, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women are already receiving the majority of degrees conferred, and the idea of a woman "marrying up" is becoming statistically unlikely.
"That's just not an option," according to Liza Mundy, the author of a biography of Michelle Obama as well as a more recent book called "The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family." "Women don't expect to marry up and can't marry up. Now that we have more college education than men, marrying up is laughable, and even women marrying laterally is becoming more difficult."
Furthermore, it appears that men don't want the obligation of supporting a so-called trophy wife.
An early inkling of this came in 2001 with a University of Texas study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, which looked at 50 years of data that asked men what characteristics they found most admirable in a mate. The study shows that males used to rank high such things as domestic skills and virginity. By the late 1990s, those answers had plummeted while "financial prospects" rose to the top of the desirability list.
Meanwhile, single childless women in their 30s are out-earning men, according to a 2010 report by James Chung of Reach Advisors, who spent more than a year analyzing data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. And those women expect a potential partner to do domestic chores — and be handsome.
"Everyone wants a well-educated, good-looking partner," Mundy says. "The dumpy and bald [older rich man] is no longer acceptable to women — they are bringing their own money to the table. . . . It may be no accident that a lot of women aren't getting married, they're just being single moms. That kind of social mobility through marriage is definitely not available to women in the way that it once was."
A 2011 paper in Psychology Today on the rise of the "power bride" boils down to this revelation: "A woman's ability to hold a steady job [now matters] more than her age, previous marriages, maternal status, religion or race. Men were more willing to marry women with more, rather than less, education than they themselves had. A wise move, since women eclipse men at the same rates at which they attain bachelor's and master's degrees, and the number of women pursuing higher education continues to steadily climb."
The Psychology Today article also noted that a Match.com poll found that 48 percent of men (and an equal percentage of women) reported dating partners who drew the same income as they did.
To flip around the trophy concept, there may be a new definition for women wanting to "have it all." They may want to have a successful and/or powerful partner, but not at the expense of their own success or power.
Which brings us back to Jackie. After Aristotle Onassis died in 1975, she began to forge what would become a longtime relationship with Maurice Tempelsman (also a successful businessman). She never got remarried — but she did get a job.
Tina Cassidy, a former reporter and editor at The Boston Globe, is the author of the new book "Jackie After O: One Remarkable Year When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered Her Dreams." She can be reached at email@example.com.


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The UK's fire and rescue services descended upon the Fire Service College at the weekend to compete at this year's UK Rescue Challenge, operated by the United Kingdom Rescue Organisation.
The vehicle extrication challenge, which has been at the heart of the competition for more than 20 years, once again provided competitors with the opportunity to demonstrate their skill, ingenuity and innovation in order to overcome a range of complex and challenging road traffic collision scenarios. Competition was tight with all teams showing why the UK fire and rescue service is the best in the world but it was Hampshire who triumphed overall with Hereford and Worcester and South Wales A taking second and third places respectively, all of whom earned the right to represent the UK at next year's World Rescue Challenge in Brazil.
Competition was equally tight in the trauma competition where teams demonstrated the ever increasing challenges faced by firefighters in dealing with trauma injuries. Led by Dr Amelia Weaver an Emergency Doctor with the NHS, the scenarios were designed to reflect the types of injuries that firefighters are often confronted with. After two days of severed limbs, walking wounded and lots of fake blood, it was the team from London Fire Brigade who took first place ahead of Hampshire B and West Midlands B in second and third. Like their extrication counterparts, all three teams will be competing on the world stage in Brazil next year. Similarly, Staffordshire, Hereford and Worcester and Hampshire A will be heading to Portugal later in the year as reward for fourth, fifth and sixth place finishes.
The rope rescue challenge was the third discipline in which teams competed and like the extrication and trauma challenges, the bar was raised this year with teams facing a range of demanding scenarios that tested all aspects of rescues from height.
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Tight global rice supplies will lead to slightly higher world prices in 2006, but rice trade is expected to decline because of good supplies in major importing countries, according to Nathan Childs, senior rice market analyst, USDA's Economic Research Service.
Childs, speaking at the 2005 USA Rice Outlook Conference in Austin, Texas, noted that despite the second largest rice crop (406.1 million tons in 2005) the world has ever produced, total supplies are projected lower for the fourth consecutive year as projected world rice consumption (414 million tons projected) continues to outpace production.
Larger rice crops are projected for 2005-06 for China, Burma, Nigeria, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Australia. Smaller crops are projected for Brazil, South Korea and the EU.
According to Childs, world trade is projected to decline in 2006 due to smaller imports from Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Exports are projected lower in Vietnam, India, China, Pakistan and Egypt. "Large importing countries are taking less rice because they have fairly large supplies due to bigger crops," Childs noted.
Global ending stocks are projected to drop about 11 percent in 2005-06, the fifth consecutive year of declining global stocks. Global stocks will be the lowest since 1982-83, while the stocks-to-use ratio is expected to be the lowest since the mid-1970s.
"We expect global trading prices to increase some in 2005-06, especially for medium grain rice, which is grown in California, Australia and Egypt and purchased by Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan," Childs said.
Long grain rice trade, which comprises 75 percent of all world trade, is expected to decline in 2006 with Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia not importing as much. "There will be a little bit of an increase in imports from South Korea which will be offset by a decline from Turkey."
Long grain rice prices, even with the weaker trade, will be up slightly in 2005-06 because of tighter supplies. "But we expect medium grain prices to be very high in 2005-06, due to tight supplies from almost every supplying country."
Bullish factors for long grain prices include much higher fuel and input costs worldwide and the tighter supply situations, especially in India, China and Brazil. "India's crop is projected down slightly, China's crop is up, but its supplies continue to contract and Brazil's supplies continue to contract."
Bearish factors include the weaker import demand from Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia where there were record and near-record crops," Childs said. "There are also record to near-record crops in four of the five major exporting countries, Thailand, Vietnam, United States and Pakistan."
A big bullish factor for medium grain rice, which accounts for 12 percent of all trade, is the huge drop in California's production, a 27 percent decline from a year earlier. "Yields are the lowest since the last 1990s. The crop got off to a late start and encountered difficult weather."
Childs noted that medium grain rice is usually produced and purchased by higher income countries. Major exporters are the United States, Egypt, the EU and Australia. Big buyers include Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. "Increased WTO imports by South Korea could help boost prices. Higher input costs for all producers is also a bullish factor."
Bearish factors begin with Australia, "which is expected to bounce back from three years of dismal crops. The crop projection for 2005-06 is more than doubled from the size of the previous crop. They have substantially more water, area is projected up significantly and they should have a lot of rice to ship into that medium grain market by late spring or summer of 2006. This should have a tendency to push prices down some."
Childs noted that the four-year decline in global ending stocks "is not expected to continue. The rice market cannot continue to go into each year with smaller supplies."
In addition, the world stocks-to-use ratio for medium grain rice is the smallest since 1976-77. "So we have declining stocks and declining stocks-to-use ratio, both of which tends to push prices up."
While global trade for all rice is projected down about 8 percent in 2005-06, trade is expected to continue to grow in the long term. "Within the decade, we expect it will certainly more than surpass previous records."
Meanwhile, the difference between the U.S. price and the Thai price has widened and is now over $40 a ton. Late summer, it was almost zero."
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Clean lines, warm woods, and a serene vibe — the organic modern decor in these hotels is made for relaxation. In addition to being attractive, these hotels are often eco-friendly, incorporating reclaimed wood, energy-efficient design, and local crafts. Best of all? These interiors allow the spectacular scenery to steal the show, from the pampas of Patagonia, to the streets of Paris, to the wineries of Napa.
As eco-friendly travel becomes more popular, hotels continue to incorporate organic modern elements. The style stays pretty similar even across continents — wood beds, white walls, accessories made of natural materials, and so on. Luckily, it seems to work well just about everywhere. Many hotels with this look also strive for LEED or Green Globe certification, so it's a style that goes a bit further than just interior design. That's a nice thing to think about when you're staying somewhere beautiful.
- Hotel Can Simoneta, Canyamel, Mallorca.
- Los Feliz Lodge, Los Angeles, California.
- Tierra Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.
- Bardessono, Yountville, California.
- Hotel Bel Ami, Paris, France.


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Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. headline this romantic comedy about an ambitious Miami executive who meets the man of her dreams and begins reassessing her big-city values after accepting a temporary transfer to the middle of nowhere. When it comes to climbing the corporate latter, Lucy Hill (Zellweger) is a good few rungs above her closest competitor; she's got ambition to spare, and she cares more about driving the latest model car and filling her closet with shoes than making friends around the office. Offered a temporary assignment restructuring a manufacturing plant in the snowbound town of New Ulm, Lucy accepts, knowing that a big promotion is just around the corner. But New Ulm and Miami couldn't be more different if they were each located on separate continents, and as Lucy warms to the locals she discovers that there's more to life than making top dollar and wearing the latest fashions. When handsome local Ted Mitchell (Harry Connick Jr.) takes an interest in Lucy, it isn't long before the whole town is abuzz with rumors of romance, and the girl from the city discovers that a bit of rural magic could work wonders for her outlook on life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Art Is a Way of Knowing
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Making art—giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives—is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art making in this spirit of self-discovery—plus practical instructions on material, methods, and activities such as ways to:
- Discover a personal myth or story
- Recognize patterns and themes in one's life
- Identify and release painful memories
- Combine journaling and image making
- Practice the ancient skill of active imagination
- Connect with others through sharing one's art works
Interwoven with this guidance is the intimate story of the author's own journey as a student, art therapist, teacher, wife, mother, and artist—and, most of all, as a woman who discovered a profound and healing connection with her soul through making art.News & Reviews
"Allen has produced a wonderful book for anyone, artistic or not, who is interested in using art to know more about himself or herself." —Elizabeth Caulfield Felt, Washington State University, Pullman, Library Journal
"Art Is A Way of Knowing has a practical, hands on, and experiential feel to it. It is like a guide book or a manual for those interested in self-exploration through creative activity. Allen persistently invites the reader to join her. I found her to be an encouraging and competent guide." —American Journal of Art Therapy
"Finally, a self-help book that is true to the passionate and turbulent movements of the soul in the process of creation." —Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., author of Art as MedicineReader Reviews


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