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For all of you who have ever been involved in an online debate in any way, Arthur Schopenhauer's "38 Ways To Win An Argument" is indispensable. Most of these techniques will seem familiar to you, right from questioning the motive of a person making the argument instead of the argument itself (No. 35), exaggerating the propositions stated by the other person (No. 1) , misrepresenting the other person's words (No. 2) and attacking a straw man instead (No. 3). It's a full handbook of intellectual dishonesty there. Indeed, I generally avoid online debates because they inevitably degenerate to No. 38.
The full text is below the fold. Many thanks to my friend Nitin Pai for reintroducing me to it.
38 Ways To Win An Argument
by Arthur Schopenhauer
1 Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it.
The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it.
The more restricted and narrow your own propositions remain, the easier they are to defend.
2 Use different meanings of your opponent's words to refute his argument.
Example: Person A says, "You do not understand the mysteries of Kant's philosophy."
Person B replies, "Oh, if it's mysteries you're talking about, I'll have nothing to do with them."
3 Ignore your opponent's proposition, which was intended to refer to some particular thing.
Rather, understand it in some quite different sense, and then refute it.
Attack something different than what was asserted.
4 Hide your conclusion from your opponent until the end.
Mingle your premises here and there in your talk.
Get your opponent to agree to them in no definite order.
By this circuitous route you conceal your goal until you have reached all the admissions necessary to reach your goal.
5 Use your opponent's beliefs against him.
If your opponent refuses to accept your premises, use his own premises to your advantage.
Example, if the opponent is a member of an organization or a religious sect to which you do not belong, you may employ the declared opinions of this group against the opponent.
6 Confuse the issue by changing your opponent's words or what he or she seeks to prove.
Example: Call something by a different name: "good repute" instead of "honor," "virtue" instead of "virginity," "red-blooded" instead of "vertebrates".
7 State your proposition and show the truth of it by asking the opponent many questions.
By asking many wide-reaching questions at once, you may hide what you want to get admitted.
Then you quickly propound the argument resulting from the proponent's admissions.
8 Make your opponent angry.
An angry person is less capable of using judgment or perceiving where his or her advantage lies.
9 Use your opponent's answers to your question to reach different or even opposite conclusions.
10 If your opponent answers all your questions negatively and refuses to grant you any points, ask him or her to concede the opposite of your premises.
This may confuse the opponent as to which point you actually seek him to concede.
11 If the opponent grants you the truth of some of your premises, refrain from asking him or her to agree to your conclusion.
Later, introduce your conclusions as a settled and admitted fact.
Your opponent and others in attendance may come to believe that your conclusion was admitted.
12 If the argument turns upon general ideas with no particular names, you must use language or a metaphor that is favorable to your proposition.
Example: What an impartial person would call "public worship" or a "system of religion" is described by an adherent as "piety" or "godliness" and by an opponent as "bigotry" or "superstition."
In other words, insert what you intend to prove into the definition of the idea.
13 To make your opponent accept a proposition, you must give him an opposite, counter-proposition as well.
If the contrast is glaring, the opponent will accept your proposition to avoid being paradoxical.
Example: If you want him to admit that a boy must to everything that his father tells him to do, ask him, "whether in all things we must obey or disobey our parents."
Or , if a thing is said to occur "often" you are to understand few or many times, the opponent will say "many."
It is as though you were to put gray next to black and call it white; or gray next to white and call it black.
14 Try to bluff your opponent.
If he or she has answered several of your question without the answers turning out in favor of your conclusion, advance your conclusion triumphantly, even if it does not follow.
If your opponent is shy or stupid, and you yourself possess a great deal of impudence and a good voice, the technique may succeed.
15 If you wish to advance a proposition that is difficult to prove, put it aside for the moment.
Instead, submit for your opponent's acceptance or rejection some true proposition, as though you wished to draw your proof from it.
Should the opponent reject it because he suspects a trick, you can obtain your triumph by showing how absurd the opponent is to reject an obviously true proposition.
Should the opponent accept it, you now have reason on your side for the moment.
You can either try to prove your original proposition, as in #14, maintain that your original proposition is proved by what your opponent accepted.
For this an extreme degree of impudence is required, but experience shows cases of it succeeding.
16 When your opponent puts forth a proposition, find it inconsistent with his or her other statements, beliefs, actions or lack of action.
Example: Should your opponent defend suicide, you may at once exclaim, "Why don't you hang yourself?"
Should the opponent maintain that his city is an unpleasant place to live, you may say, "Why don't you leave on the first plane?"
17 If your opponent presses you with a counter-proof, you will often be able to save yourself by advancing some subtle distinction.
Try to find a second meaning or an ambiguous sense for your opponent's idea.
18 If your opponent has taken up a line of argument that will end in your defeat, you must not allow him to carry it to its conclusion.
Interrupt the dispute, break it off altogether, or lead the opponent to a different subject.
19 Should your opponent expressly challenge you to produce any objection to some definite point in his argument, and you have nothing to say, try to make the argument less specific.
Example: If you are asked why a particular hypothesis cannot be accepted, you may speak of the fallibility of human knowledge, and give various illustrations of it.
20 If your opponent has admitted to all or most of your premises, do not ask him or her directly to accept your conclusion.
Rather, draw the conclusion yourself as if it too had been admitted.
21 When your opponent uses an argument that is superficial and you see the falsehood, you can refute it by setting forth its superficial character.
But it is better to meet the opponent with a counter-argument that is just as superficial, and so dispose of him.
For it is with victory that you are concerned, not with truth.
Example: If the opponent appeals to prejudice, emotion or attacks you personally, return the attack in the same manner.
22 If your opponent asks you to admit something from which the point in dispute will immediately follow, you must refuse to do so, declaring that it begs the question.
23 Contradiction and contention irritate a person into exaggerating their statements.
By contradicting your opponent you may drive him into extending the statement beyond its natural limit.
When you then contradict the exaggerated form of it, you look as though you had refuted the original statement.
Contrarily, if your opponent tries to extend your own statement further than your intended, redefine your statement's limits and say, "That is what I said, no more."
24 State a false syllogism.
Your opponent makes a proposition, and by false inference and distortion of his ideas you force from the proposition other propositions that are not intended and that appear absurd.
It then appears that opponent's proposition gave rise to these inconsistencies, and so appears to be indirectly refuted.
25 If your opponent is making a generalization, find an instance to the contrary.
Only one valid contradiction is needed to overthrow the opponent's proposition.
Example: "All ruminants are horned," is a generalization that may be upset by the single instance of the camel.
26 A brilliant move is to turn the tables and use your opponent's arguments against himself.
Example: Your opponent declares: "so and so is a child, you must make an allowance for him."
You retort, "Just because he is a child, I must correct him; otherwise he will persist in his bad habits."
27 Should your opponent surprise you by becoming particularly angry at an argument, you must urge it with all the more zeal.
No only will this make your opponent angry, but it will appear that you have put your finger on the weak side of his case, and your opponent is more open to attack on this point than you expected.
28 When the audience consists of individuals (or a person) who is not an expert on a subject, you make an invalid objection to your opponent who seems to be defeated in the eyes of the audience.
This strategy is particularly effective if your objection makes your opponent look ridiculous or if the audience laughs.
If your opponent must make a long, winded and complicated explanation to correct you, the audience will not be disposed to listen to him.
29 If you find that you are being beaten, you can create a diversion—that is, you can suddenly begin to talk of something else, as though it had a bearing on the matter in dispute.
This may be done without presumption if the diversion has some general bearing on the matter.
30 Make an appeal to authority rather than reason.
If your opponent respects an authority or an expert, quote that authority to further your case.
If needed, quote what the authority said in some other sense or circumstance.
Authorities that your opponent fails to understand are those which he generally admires the most.
You may also, should it be necessary, not only twist your authorities, but actually falsify them, or quote something that you have entirely invented yourself.
31 If you know that you have no reply to the arguments that your opponent advances, you by a fine stroke of irony declare yourself to be an incompetent judge.
Example: "What you say passes my poor powers of comprehension; it may well be all very true, but I can't understand it, and I refrain from any expression of opinion on it."
In this way you insinuate to the audience, with whom you are in good repute, that what your opponent says is nonsense.
This technique may be used only when you are quite sure that the audience thinks much better of you than your opponent.
32 A quick way of getting rid of an opponent's assertion, or of throwing suspicion on it, is by putting it into some odious category.
Example: You can say, "That is fascism" or "Atheism" or "Superstition."
In making an objection of this kind you take for granted
1)That the assertion or question is identical with, or at least contained in, the category cited;
2)The system referred to has been entirely refuted by the current audience.
33 You admit your opponent's premises but deny the conclusion.
Example: "That's all very well in theory, but it won't work in practice."
34 When you state a question or an argument, and your opponent gives you no direct answer, or evades it with a counter question, or tries to change the subject, it is sure sign you have touched a weak spot, sometimes without intending to do so.
You have, as it were, reduced your opponent to silence.
You must, therefore, urge the point all the more, and not let your opponent evade it, even when you do not know where the weakness that you have hit upon really lies.
35 Instead of working on an opponent's intellect or the rigor of his arguments, work on his motive.
If you success in making your opponent's opinion, should it prove true, seem distinctly prejudicial to his own interest, he will drop it immediately.
Example: A clergyman is defending some philosophical dogma.
You show him that his proposition contradicts a fundamental doctrine of his church.
He will abandon the argument.
36 You may also puzzle and bewilder your opponent by mere bombast.
If your opponent is weak or does not wish to appear as if he has no idea what your are talking about, you can easily impose upon him some argument that sounds very deep or learned, or that sounds indisputable.
37 Should your opponent be in the right but, luckily for you, choose a faulty proof, you can easily refute it and then claim that you have refuted the whole position.
This is the way in which bad advocates lose good cases.
If no accurate proof occurs to your opponent, you have won the day.
38 Become personal, insulting and rude as soon as you perceive that your opponent has the upper hand.
In becoming personal you leave the subject altogether, and turn your attack on the person by remarks of an offensive and spiteful character.
This is a very popular technique, because it takes so little skill to put it into effect.
Phew. Be careful, now…
Update (August 8): Comments are open, albeit a bit late. Are you going to argue?
Posted by Amit Varma in Arts and entertainment | IU Faves | Blogging | Politics
A great list of what not to do, but you're right; online debates usually head this way.
#1 Posted by Jayant Joshi on Wed, August 08, 2007 at 12:09:43
Identify your opponents argument strategy. If you know your opponents strategy you can easily see how sound it is. If it isn't sound, exploit the weak spots. If it is sound or you can't easily identify the strategy, simply say something to the effect of "I see your strategy and you can't win." This will make the audience feel like you you have the confidence and are a step ahead even if you are not.
#2 Posted by anonymous coward on Fri, August 10, 2007 at 10:45:12
what's the point of "winning" an argument if you're only using phallacies? im sorry but this is totally useless, unless you rename the article "38 Ways To Be A Dick"
the whole point of an argument is to discuss your points of view in an intelligent manner… sometimes you may not be right, but that should teach you something, and that's your win
unless, of course, you're a politician
#3 Posted by Benjamin on Fri, August 10, 2007 at 12:01:55
Politics is the art of obtaining victory at all costs especially that of the truth.
#4 Posted by Bill Clinton on Fri, August 10, 2007 at 5:03:57
Very true. By the way, I wasn't too much awake when I first read the article, and I thought the site was actually encouraging you to use this phallacies. I must confess that I didn't read the whole way through since I thought to myself "I know where this is going". Now I see it's not the case. So yeah, it's actually useful to read this to know when you're being attacked in any of these ways, but not to arm yourself with this kind of strategies.
#5 Posted by Benjamin on Sat, August 11, 2007 at 12:49:31
-kind of extreme-
#6 Posted by ridtheeye on Sat, August 11, 2007 at 9:27:19
38 ways to be an asshole. Save yourself time and just pick one.
#7 Posted by arlo on Sun, August 12, 2007 at 7:51:44
Ummm… phallacies? Sounds a bit phallic to me. Surely you mean "fallacies"?
#8 Posted by Johnny Red on Sun, August 12, 2007 at 11:49:03
It seems like you forgot #39, the inevitable invocation of Godwin's Law:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. (from the Wikipedia description)
#9 Posted by Oliver Nicholas on Mon, August 13, 2007 at 1:42:35
I know that it's not funny if you have to explain it. But is this supposed to be toungue in cheek?
#10 Posted by JJ on Wed, August 15, 2007 at 9:18:46
I guess it makes good sense for lawyers and for getting off the hook in public debates with assholes using similar methods.
#11 Posted by Lars Hoej on Wed, August 15, 2007 at 2:13:13
I guess I meant fallacies. I'm sorry, it's the first time I have to spell that in English. (I'm from South America)
#12 Posted by Benjamin on Wed, August 15, 2007 at 8:16:15
This is really a poorly conceived guide. all of these suggestions require that you have more gumption, intellect, moxy, and just general favor with the audience then your opponent. If you have those characteristics you don't need a guide to win said argument.
#13 Posted by Eli on Mon, August 20, 2007 at 9:35:29
Arthur Shopenhauer hates #38, but what about #s 1 thru 37 ? 38 is no less moral than the rest.
People who argue and use ANY of these tactics are truly cancers upon humanity, because they are the reason communication breaks down.
The only REAL way to "win" an argument is to tell the truth.
Resorting to political/lawyerlike/marketing tactics like this list here is quite pathetic.
#14 Posted by Kraig in Loma Linda on Mon, August 20, 2007 at 1:02:22
I wonder why some commenters seem to have completely missed the humour in this list. At least Benjamin has the reasonable excuse of a language barrier, and the half-reasonable excuse of being half-asleep.
Right at the start it also said, "Its a full handbook of intellectual dishonesty there" implying that it's not a list you should really follow to win an argument. It's not meant as a serious guide.
Another reason discussions go awry is because people often immediately assume a specific tone, intent or motive in another person, and react to that assumption without first checking that it's valid.
#15 Posted by Mark on Wed, August 22, 2007 at 6:52:49
What's really funny, is that many of your comments implement some of the tactics listed in the article. Everything from questioning the motivation of the article, to attacking the mis-spelling of a word. I think you're all just worried that the rest of the world will catch on to your tactics, so you're trying make this list out to be a bad thing. Nice try, but your obvious ploy won't work on me! And now that I've pointed it out, it won't work on other people either.
#16 Posted by Brian on Wed, August 29, 2007 at 8:35:06
I think how to win a debate depends on why you are debating.
If you are trying to get the person you are debating to change views, these strategies are of no help. The other person will just become offended and hardened.
If you are trying win in the eyes of a third party, these strategies may be the right choice (depending on the third party).
#17 Posted by Mark C on Sat, September 08, 2007 at 11:19:55
I agree with Mark. It said right at the beginning"handbook of intellectual dishonesty. Ofcourse your not going to 'win' anything if your just blurting out concepts with no truths…that's why,I guess, I don't do online debating. Usually it's the truth we seek or somehow 'gain' from this. And looking like you know the most truth doesn't even help you either. I laughed so hard when I read the part about "38 Ways to be a Dick." This was a good read this morning-thank you all…
#18 Posted by jonathan david on Mon, September 17, 2007 at 2:35:42
This is a collection of the debating equivalent of kidney punches, eye gouges, knees to the crotch and drugging your opponents water. Tactics not to be used by an honorable person.
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This may seem obvious, but many times we leave in the morning and forget about afternoon heat so check the weather and prepare. Keep blinds closed even if the sun does not hit directly. The heat coming in from the windows on a hot day can bake a room.
Picture: Member Anitastark's bunny "Sable" likes to hang out on the AC vent.
Poor Man's AC: Fan & Damp Sheet
Not all homes are equipped with AC especially if located in an area where high temperatures are not normally an issue. However, that can make an unexpected heat wave even more dangerous.
I soak a sheet or pillow case and then...
...I hang it over pen and place fan nearby. The air cools off as it blows over the damp sheet. (I mist cloth every once in awhile to keep it damp)
On really hot days, I take a whole sheet, and when I had a cage instead of a pen, I covered most of the pen leaving spaces open for air to flow through.
An oscillating fan is best, otherwise make sure the bunny can escape direct air if desired, or be sure to place fan so it's not blowing constantly and directly on your bunny.
Jack stretches out near the cool breeze.
Frozen Water Bottles, Cooler Blocks, Etc
Added Note from BinkyBunny: We have found that if you wrap the frozen containers in a cloth or towel, it stays frozen for MUCH longer. So if your bunny doesn't chew on the towel or cloth it is a great way to keep things cool for longer.
Save at least two bottles so you can rotate melted for a new frozen one.
You can also use larger soda bottles filled with water too - I have discovered mine LOVE those even on days that aren't hot.
Some bunnies, prefer a more cuddly version, one that doesn't feel so cold and isn't wet. If that seems to be the case with your bunny, put a sock on it. Note, some bunnies will chew up the sock so in that case take the sock off so that they don't digest the material.
TIP#1 from Member MyBunny
"Freeze gallon milk jugs full of water. They last longer than the smaller bottles for people that may not be able to change them as often as they would like." Note: Make sure to use the ones that have twist tops, not the flip tops.
TIP#2 from Member MooBunnay
"Lunch box ice blocks (not the soft cooler packages) seem to retain the cool very well."
TIP #3 from Jane R via email (thank you!):
"We bought an inexpensive large glass casserole dish with a plastic top. We fill it with water, freeze it, put the top on and place it upside down in the bunnies' cage. They sit or lay right on top of it and love to lick the cool condensation on the outside. One of the bunnies likes to chew plastic, so we also had to make a little wooden skirt to cover the parts of the plastic top that they can reach. It has been a great solution for those days when the frozen water bottles are not quite enough."
Caution note to readers from BinkyBunny: It is important to be sure to use a casserole dish as stated or similar type dish that is made for temperature changes, otherwise it could crack.
Ceramic Tiles
I use 12 x 12 Ceramic Tiles from Home Depot for about $2 bucks each.
They stay cool even during hot weather. And if I really want to cool the tiles off, I stick them in the freezer for 5 - 10 minutes.
If the tile is too slippery, then turn it over and use the other side - usually has some sort of traction.
Terra Cotta Lid with Ice bag underneath:
This great tip was sent in by Celine. Thanks Celine!
"Get lids big enough for bunnies to lay most of their body on. I lay a smaller flat dish on the ground and fill a bag with ice and put it in the dish and flip the plant lid over on top of it to make an "ice bed". My bunnies love to lay on these to help dissipate the heat. On days that are cooler to me and under 75, I know that they are getting hot when they get up on these beds when there is no ice in them signalling to me that they need cooling off and I go fill them up."
Frozen Bottle Beds
I found this works very well and lasts a long time.
My bunnies like to lean against something so I usually have a bed that has a high edge, but in the summer, I can create that edge with a large frozen water bottle. It's better then "freezing" right up next to them -- just keeps the bed nice a cool.
Dampen Ears
Bunnies cool off with their ears and it helps them cool off even more when you wet their ears. Best way is to dampen your hands or a paper towel and wipe over face and ears.
Ice Cubes in Water
Even if your bunny drinks from a bottle, you can still offer this as some bunnies actually step in it to cool off. Goofy!
Frozen Treats
A frozen treat is a good way to keep a bunny hydrated and cool.
There are many variations of this: You can freeze water with little fruit bits inside or just freeze flavored natural juice like apple. (be sure to dilute it so it doesn't have too much sugar and cause a serious digestive imbalance) You can even freeze a favorite treat, like a raisin in the middle. I've filled flavored ice cube with rosemary and mint leaves, and they love it.
TREAT TIP 1 by member: MooBunnay
"My bunnies really loved frozen grapes, I cut them in half and kept a sack of them in the freezer"
TREAT TIP 2 by member: KokaneaAndKahlua
"Cut up fruit into little pieces, like Banana, Papaya - whatever your bunny likes, and put them in water in little cups or ice cube trays, and freeze them."
Groom Excess Hair
It's bad enough to wear a fur coat on a hot day, but it's worse to have an "old" fur coat on top of a fur coat. This is especially true if a bunny is molting.
We love the hairbuster comb!
It's going to be a blistering hot day. NOW What?
If it's going to be one of those record breaking days that melts ice in seconds and you won't be home to manage a damp sheet, and you don't have AC. then it's best to just move your bunny to cooler location. Like a basement or bathroom......
or even a bathtub blocking an escape with an x-pen. BE SURE that you haven't used any harsh chemicals in the tub recently, and lay down a towel or blanket, so they don't slip and slide. Even in the tub, put a litter box, water, and food. It's tight, but it's cool.
Dampen greens with fresh water - Keep your bunnies hydrated by offering wet greens.
Portable Swamp Coolers
A good solution to beat the heat in a smaller area as well as offers the benefit of being able to move it around.
Swamp coolers, aka: evaporative fans or air coolers can range from $40 - $300 (or even more for industrial versions)
To find them online, just search for "Portable Swamp Cooler" or check out the selection Ebay.
Window Air Conditioner
These can really come in handy during the hottest days. If you don't want to spend $300 bucks for one, scan the want ads, craigslist.org, and garage sales. We found one in perfect working condition for $50 bucks! Be sure when you do use it to test it out first (especially a pre-owned one) to make sure it cools and/or does't make it too cold if the setting is off or you are not paying attention.
Also, if you buy one used, be sure to clean any filters. I know that may go without saying but you just want to make sure there isn't any mold spores or anything since it could have been sitting in someone's garage or attic, etc.
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When we left Thailand back in December the country was about to start their new Visa on Arrival. What used to be a free 30-day Visa for Americans is now only a 15-day Visa. Luckily, it is still free, but this does put a little cramp in a schedule if you're expecting a full 30-day Visa. (If you fly into the country, I believe you still get the initial 30 days, but any land crossing after that now only gets you 15 as far we understand.) Although we didn't have as much time in the country this time around, we did still manage to visit three new cities in Northeast Thailand on our way down to Bangkok from Vientiane, Laos. Therefore, the following is meant as a supplement to the original Budget Wise Thailand.
Our 12 day daily average :: $28.87 USD (for two people: one couple) :: 1 USD = 35 THB (baht)
Since this was the end of our Southeast Asian tour and also our international trip we did relax a bit on our budget, but also on our motivation to get out and do things as well. At this time of the year, it is HOT in this region, so our main priority was a room with A/C and some near by tasty grub.
Nong Khai $27.73 (3 day average) :: Khon Kaen $26.20 (3 d.a.) :: Korat $27.17 (3 d.a.) :: Bangkok $34.37 (3 d.a.)
:: Budget Breakdown Supplement ::
Since this is just a supplement to the original Budget Wise Thailand, I will spare you all the details and just explain the differences we noticed in this region of the country. First of all, guesthouses were about the same price in this region and we paid anywhere from 400-600 Baht for a double A/C room. We did get free WiFi in our guesthouses in Nong Khai and Khon Kaen, but we had to pay for it in Korat (1 Baht/minute) and Bangkok (50 Baht/day). The cost of meals and drinks were pretty much the same as well, but we didn't see as many good food-hole or food market options as we did on the West side of the country – or maybe we just got lazy. We only really did tourist-like activities in Nong Khai because we couldn't pass up visiting the Salakeawkoo Sculpture Park. This was well worth the visit and only cost us 20 Baht per entry ticket. We rented some bikes from our Guesthouse, Ruan Thai, for 30 Baht for the day and just rode out there. Make sure to visit the Mutmee Guesthouse (a cool place also) to pick up a map to the park which also includes a diagram of the circle of life inside the park. We traveled to each city by bus and the costs were as follows: Nong Khai to Khon Kaen for 110 Baht/ticket, then to Korat for 125 Baht/ticket, and finally to Bangkok for 198 Baht/ticket.
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|Who loves mexican? Me! Er, let me rephrase that. Who doesn't love mexican? No one! I'm always in the mood for mexican because its just so easy to put together. Just throw a bunch of stuff in a tortilla and i'll be a happy camper. When I was younger, I used to always get mexican pizza from Taco Bell. They were soooo good! So, today I decided to make my own "adultified", healthy vegetarian version. I used my recipe for refried beans, whole grain tortillas and plain yogurt instead of sour cream! (but sometimes I do use low fat sour cream). Let the fiesta begin!
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Mexican Pizza
27 comments:
- Karyn - (French Charming) said...
Mexican and Pizza, my two favorite things. Yummy!! Can't wait to try this. Finally got around to trying the Chicken Parmesan Bake, it was so delicious! Have a wonderful weekend.
- June 19, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- zoe said...
Karyn- Thats great! Im glad you liked it!
- June 19, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- Pearl said...
thanks for visiting my blog! your mexican pizza looks great!
- June 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- unconfidentialcook said...
I love this! I just saw Tyler Florence make something similar and was sold then....Thanks!
- June 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Grace said...
i ADORE mexican food, and i think a mexican pizza leaves the traditional pizza in the dust. such simple ingredients, such simple preparation, such delicious results. :)
- June 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Justin said...
i love making this kind of thing because I feel like you almost can't go wrong -- salsa, black beans, mushrooms, whatever. as long as you have warm tortillas and cheese, you're set.
- June 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- girlichef said...
I do, I do!!! This is my kinda food...looks tasty :D
- June 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Sara said...
I love mexican food, and this looks really delicious! I bet my husband would love if I made these.
- June 19, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- doggybloggy said...
this is definitely something I could sink my teethe into - beautiful and tasty I am sure!
- June 19, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Michele said...
Yum! So delicious looking!
- June 19, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- Pam said...
I am always in the mood for Mexican food - this pizza is calling my name.
- June 19, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Catherine@Simply Natural said...
This looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend.
- June 19, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Cucinista said...
Love Mexican food + can't find decent Mexican in London = very sad eater. I have to make my own, so every recipe like this is a gift. Thank you!
- June 20, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Marta said...
Zoe! Once more you save my day: I have two packs of tortillas downstairs and I was contemplating what to do with them! This looks perfect since I have some frozen refried beans and all! Super!
- June 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Michelle @ Find Your Balance said...
You're right, everyone loves Mexican! Why is that? Even healthy Mexican is delicious :-)
- June 20, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Kerstin said...
What a great idea, it looks delicious!
- June 20, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- ♥peachkins♥ said...
Mexican Pizza?! That's brilliant... and you're right who doesn't love mexican??
- June 21, 2009 at 5:55 AM
- Joanne said...
Mexican is one of my favorite cuisines! I could eat it all day, every day. This is such a good, throw-together recipe. The theme for Meeta's Monthly Mingle this month over at What's For Lunch, Honey is Mexican Fiesta and you should totally consider entering this!
- June 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
A mouthwatering recipe! Really scrumptious and tasty!
- June 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- JennDZ - The Leftover Queen said...
These dinners are the best! YUM!
- June 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Your pizza looks great and I bet it's a million times better than anything you could buy from Taco Bell:)
- June 22, 2009 at 3:04 PM
- Olga said...
once again, gorgeous photos and such simple, but satisfying recipe.
I would totally add some avocados and cilantro.
- June 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Deseree said...
I too love mexican pizzas from Taco Bell, but have found that they are super easy and great to make at home too. Your recipe looks great!
- June 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Karyn - (French Charming) said...
Hi Zoe,
Just checking in on you...have a great week, and I'm looking forward to another wonderful recipe!
- June 22, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Mexican pizza sounds great! This would be very popular at my house!
- June 22, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer said...
This is so yummy - Make this a lot because it is so easy and there are so many possible variations!! Love it!
- June 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Maris said...
Your blog (and photos) are so beautiful! This recipe looks great and I love that you used whole grain tortillas too!
- June 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM


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I've really enjoyed these get-togethers to chat with people I don't normally see. As an example -- Cynthia, Z-dude, Hikin' Jim and Joycie, Grandmaster Perry, Crystal and Lily. etc.
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The descent and landing of the rover Curiosity, expected to finally reach Mars on Aug. 5, has been described as "seven minutes of terror" by those at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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To play Mars Rover Landing, players will use body movements, read by the Xbox 360's Kinect motion controller, to control the craft and attempt to land it safely on Mars. "We've tried to simulate that heart-pounding, sweat-dripping seven minutes using Kinect and using users' control of their bodies to get the landing right," Microsoft's Dave McCarthy says.
Upon entering the atmosphere of Mars, the craft is traveling at about 13,000 mph. A supersonic parachute must be properly deployed, and the heat shield, which reaches 3800 degrees Fahrenheit at its peak, must be jettisoned during the descent. Rocket engines must be deployed prior to the lowering of the tethered Curiosity rover to the surface. After that, the remainder of the craft must be flown away before the rover lands to prevent a dust cloud that could damage it. Quick reaction, paired with delicate balance is required for you to help the Rover touch down on the Red Planet safely.
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Now 17, she sat before a Worcester Superior Court jury Wednesday and testified that she was sexually abused by Joseph Mayotte over a span of nearly five years.
Mr. Mayotte, 50, and his 49-year-old wife, Linda Mayotte, both of 67 Laura Lane, Northbridge, are on trial on charges that include child rape, child rape aggravated by age difference, indecent assault and battery on a child, indecent assault and battery and assault with intent to rape.
One of the two alleged victims, now 21, testified earlier that Mrs. Mayotte initiated a sexual relationship with him that began in 2005, when he was 13, and ended in 2007 after she became pregnant with his child. Ms. Mayotte told police the boy raped her.
Mr. Mayotte's accuser, who was also in the couple's care at the time, testified Wednesday that she began sleeping in the same bed with Mr. Mayotte when she was 8 because the Mayottes had suggested their house might be haunted and she was afraid to sleep alone in her room.
"It pretty much became a routine right away," the teen said of the sleeping arrangements, which she said did not include Ms. Mayotte.
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"I'd never been in that situation before so I didn't know how to react," she said.
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While she was being questioned in one room of the house, she could hear Ms. Mayotte in the kitchen, crying uncontrollably and saying to Mr. Mayotte in a loud voice, " 'I believe you. I believe you,' " she said.
The teen testified that she told the police officers and DCF officials the allegations were untrue. Weeks later, she said, Ms. Mayotte took her to the police station to give a statement and the girl again told police the allegations were false.
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Pushed by CBS, CNET Drops Dish Hopper From CES Awards
My first reaction when I heard CBS banned the Dish Hopper with Sling from the CNET Best of CES awards was it has to be a mistake.
Crazy: CNET can't review Dish products any more because CBS doesn't like commercial skipping. ces.cnet.com/2731-34437_1-2…
— saschasegan (@saschasegan) January 10, 2013
Unfortunately, it's true — and yes, it is a mistake. It may be legally pragmatic to avoid giving the opposition in a lawsuit homemade ammunition but the CBS corporate decision to ban reviews of products it is in litigation over may do more lasting damage.
CBS and other programmers concerned by the potential economic impact of the "record anything, watch everywhere with easy ad skipping" technology used in the Dish Hopper are suing over the device and the concept. That's going on at the corporate level. At CNET, litigation like that is a running news story, the kind you try to be objective about and post with the right disclosures to make sure your readers get the news and info they need.
CNET, which has a near-impeccable reputation for independent reviews, reviewed the device and liked it so much that it wound up as a finalist for a 2013 Best of CES award. The review, with the headline "Dish Hopper with Sling: HD DVR almost has it all," is still up but the device was yanked from the awards lineup. The review and the awards page have this statement now at the bottom:
The Dish Hopper with Sling was removed from consideration for the Best of CES 2013 awards due to active litigation involving our parent company CBS Corp. We will no longer be reviewing products manufactured by companies with which we are in litigation with respect to such product.
That's the same statement I got from CNET PR when I asked about the decision. The statement stresses reviews, separating that aspect of CNET from news coverage. There's no editor's note on the Dish press conference post from CES.
It's a legalistic sleight of hand that doesn't really work. Instead, CBS undermined CNET's credibility and diminished one of the tech news site's marquee events by trying to avoid a positive note for Dish that could show up in court.
Meanwhile, Dish gets to brag about the device and take a jab at CBS at the same time via a press release about the disappointment. Dish frames its argument for the Hopper and similar battles with programmers as Dish=consumer. This statement from the release is a shining example:
"We are saddened that CNET's staff is being denied its editorial independence because of CBS' heavy-handed tactics. This action has nothing to do with the merits of our new product. Hopper with Sling is all about consumer choice and control over the TV experience. That CBS, which owns CNET.com, would censor that message is insulting to consumers.
DISH is not afraid to stand up for consumer rights and we think that Hopper with Sling will do well, despite the network's questionable actions."
This isn't just about Dish. It covers reviews of products from any company CBS is suing or is being sued by. For instance, this new CBS-mandated policy would block reviews of products from Barry Diller-backed Aereo, the over-the-air-to-broadband streaming video service CBS and other networks.
Bigger issue is @cnet saying at end will no longer review products by those who might litigate against CBS cnet.co/XTdFdM
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It's actually limited to active litigation so might not happen often but unless CBS finds a way to walk this back, it will continue to erode CNET's credibility and authority.


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We already know that aspies can be obsessed with patterns. In many cases, particularly school work, patterns only make sense when something is perfect and/or complete. It therefore follows that aspies often have major hang-ups about perfection and completeness at school and at work.
This obsession with impossible levels of perfection and completion can cause a lot of stress, particularly in young aspies at school and particularly where other factors, such as learning difficulties, writing problems or other forms of work-impairment are present.
For example; An aspie with poor writing skills may find that he is constantly crossing out and redoing entire paragraphs of work because it doesn't meet his or her standards. Often they will tear out a page in their exercise books rather than leave imperfect work on the page.
This isn't limited to writing and can happen during mathematics, science experiments and craft activities. In fact, the perfection issue can pervade all aspects of the aspies life from school, to sport and even solitary play.
Parents need to watch their children closely for signs of perfectionism.
In some careers, such as programming where code only works when it is correct, perfectionism is a bonus. Usually though, perfectionism is not good. In the workplace, perfection can lead to employer cricism for slowness and in school perfectionism is particularly harmful.
In cases where school children have other difficulties, perfectionism can cause students to become stressed, lose confidence in themselves and take considerably longer to complete set tasks.
Completeness is also a form of perfection. Aspie students may become very irritated if they are required to stop working on projects before they are complete.
I have a particularly vivid memory/irritation surrounding a poster I did in Kindergarten. We did a poster with the word Halloween stuck on it. I managed to cut out the last N but was not permitted to stick it on because time had run out. I kept the N for months and constantly pleaded with my teacher to let me put the N on. Instead, the poster was hung up with all the others - and with the irritating misspelling. I still feel irritated about it now, and I'm 38.
My point is simple; not allowing aspies to complete work can lead to stress, fixations and anguish. There are two ways in which work may not be completed;
- You don't allow them enough time - in which case, they should be permitted to take extra time, or perhaps take work home to complete.
- Issues of perfection prevent them from completing the work. In this case, the teachers and parents need to give the child a little "push" to move on to the next stage of the work. (eg: "That first paragraph is fine, now start on the next paragraph").


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Activists in Florida found a way to torture the state's education spending data to make appear as though Florida is 50th in education spending. The only catch is that their rather unconventional method ranks Washington D.C. as 51st, despite the fact that D.C. spends nearly $30,000 per pupil, putting it in first place for spending per pupil according to the U.S. Census Bureau (page 11, table 11).
How did they accomplish this literally unbelievable statistical feat? As Patrick Gibbons explains at RedefinED, the activists have inappropriately seized on the U.S. Census Bureau's "education revenues per $1,000 of personal income" figure. Holding all else constant, Florida could improve its ranking using that figure either by spending more on education or by its citizens becoming poorer. Gibbons crunched the numbers to see what it would take to put Florida in 24th place, just above the median, without increasing spending:
To reach the "above average" point on the spending-per-income statistic, Florida would need education revenues of $49.15 per $1,000 of personal income. Without spending a dime more, or less, on education, Florida could boost its ranking to 24th in the nation if its collective income simply shrank by 26 percent.
Florida would become THE POOREST state in the U.S., but we would have above-average education spending – at least according to this misleading metric. Something tells me nobody will be happy with those results.
Embedded in the activists' use of this figure is the odd notion that it costs more to educate students from wealthier states than students from poorer states. Indeed, if every state had exactly the same "education revenues per $1,000 of personal income" then rich states would far outspend poor states, yet I suspect that the activists citing this figure would not be pleased.


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