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Foodie Friday: Smothered Fish
Welcome back to Foodie Friday! Let's get cooking . . . Bahamian style!
Today, we feature "smothered fish." As with most of my cooking, this is more of an approach than a strict recipe. Our favorite version is with fish, but you could certainly use this with chicken or even over pasta. Also, it lends itself to endless variations. Since I took the photos for this blog post months ago (ummm, I got a little sidetracked), this recipe has evolved even further, which I'll note as we go along.
So, let's get started!
We usually use mahi-mahi or grouper (have even used Wahoo just be careful not to overcook), but any firm fish will do. And, of course, the fresher, the better!
Do not be surprised by the January date in the picture below. That just reflects my blog procrastination, NOT how long Beau's freshly caught fish remains in our freezer!
Take your fresh or thawed fish and prepare in portion-size filets. Season with lots of fresh-squeezed lime and sprinkle with seasoned salt and black pepper. Set aside. (Ideally, this is done in advance, so cover and return to fridge.)
If you like to prep in advance – like me – get your veggies ready. We use lots of thinly sliced onions and green peppers. Onions, obviously, are just delicious. The green pepper seems to cut the tomatoes well, especially when using the stronger "Eleuthra sauce" discussed below. So, talk to the dog lounging at your feet (or sing, as is more likely with me) and slice away.
So, the key ingredient for us is "Eleuthra sauce." I don't know what it's really called; that's just our name for it since we get it from Eleuthra, Bahamas. Basically, it's freshly chopped tomatoes bottled up, and we get cases at a time!
For my non-Bahamian readers, do not fear. Eleuthra sauce is not essential. You can get the same effect by dicing a whole bunch of fresh tomatoes and cooking them down. I've done that when I've run out of Eleuthra sauce. I've also taken to adding freshly diced tomatoes to my veggie prep even when I'm using the Eleuthra sauce for an extra fresh, sweet kick.
Here's a close-up of the Eleuthra sauce. Note that it's bottled in a Kalik bottle – Bahamian national beer. TeeHee!
During prep, I check that all my other ingredients are gathered:
You can use any of your favorite herbs, and I prefer fresh when available. As this recipe has evolved for me since this picture, I've taken to:
- sometimes using basil, sometimes not, but using fresh from my own basil plant when I do!
- omitting oregano, except for the fabulous fresh stuff my sweet neighbor gave me 🙂
- using fresh garlic, finely minced and lots of it!
- using fresh thyme and rosemary
And, always, a bit of locally grown pepper. We use bird or finger pepper, chopped finely (and seeded if a larger pepper). This gets cooked into the sauce later. However, if we're using turbin (triggerfish) or other steaked-style fish, we score the fish and rub it with the pepper which has been finely diced and ground into salt.
When it's time to cook, start with the sauce. In a large skillet (large enough for the fish you will later add), heat olive oil and sautee the onions and green pepper. As they start to soften, add the freshly chopped tomatoes and garlic.
After that has cooked down, add a generous portion of Eleuthra sauce (or keep cooking your larger portion of fresh tomatoes if no Eleuthra Sauce). Stir in the finely chopped hot pepper and your favorite fresh herbs (usually thyme and rosemary for me).
Now, just start tasting! Adjust as necessary. It's ok if the flavors are strong at this point. When the fish cooks later, its juices will add to the mix.
After you're satisfied with the sauce, time for the next step. I pour most of the veggies/sauce into another bowl temporarily, leaving a light layer of sauce. Then, place the fish into the pan in an even single layer. Pour the remaining sauce and spread the cooked veggies on top of the fish.
Cover tightly and cook on a high simmer/low boil. Essentially, you're steaming the fish. Did I mention this recipe is oh-so-healthy?!
Baste occasionally but don't take the cover off too often – let it steam. After you see the fish has released its juice, you can start tasting the sauce when you baste and make any adjustments. Ok to add a little water, too.
Cooking times will vary depending on the type of fish you use. For mahi or grouper, we check around 15-20 minutes. For wahoo, we check earlier, at 8-10 minutes. Do not overcook the fish, so check early and take it from there.
When your fish is done (flakes when you poke it with a fork), it's time to eat! We usually eat it served over fluffy white rice or, when we're trying to be even healthier, over brown rice. Beau also loves a version where we cook thinly sliced potatoes as the bottom layer of the sauce and serve the fish with the potatoes instead of (or in addition to) the rice.
As with most of our dinners, I make enough for lunch the next day. As the flavors set in overnight, smothered fish becomes great leftovers!
Recipe/Approach Recap
- Fish filets
- Lime, black pepper, seasoned salt
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Green Pepper
- Tomatoes
- "Eleuthra sauce" or extra tomatoes
- Hot pepper (e.g., bird pepper, finger pepper)
- Garlic
- Herbs (e.g., thyme, rosemary, oregano, basil)
- Season fish fillets with freshly squeezed lime (at least 1/2 lime per filet) and light dusting of seasoned salt and black pepper. Cover and set aside (refrigerate).
- Thinly slice onions and green pepper. For two large fish filets, use approximately 1/2-1 large onion and 1/2 large green pepper.
- Finely dice 1 fresh tomato. (If you do not use Eleuthra sauce, dice an extra 2-3 tomatoes.)
- Seed (if necessary) and finely chop hot pepper. Amount depends on your heat tolerance! We use 1/2-1 pepper for two filets for mild-medium heat.
- Finely chop garlic. Amount depends on your love of garlic. We use 1/2-1 clove per filet.
- Heat approximately 2 tbsp of olive oil in large skillet.
- Add onions and green pepper. Sautee.
- Add tomatoes and garlic.
- After that has cooked down, add the Eleuthra sauce (if using), hot pepper and your favorite herbs to taste.
- When satisfied with sauce, remove most of it to another bowl.
- Place fish filets in pan on a thin layer of sauce. Pour remaining sauce back into pan and spread veggies on top of fish.
- Cover tightly. Cook on high simmer or low boil to steam fish. Baste/taste occasionally.
- Check fish (early) for doneness.
- When ready, serve over rice or potatoes.
- Enjoy!
What do you think? Have you had the Eleuthra sauce? Have you made your own versions of this? Please share!
8 Responses to Foodie Friday: Smothered Fish
The fish looks fantastic — but now what about sharing what sidetracked you! We're curious about "better life procrastination."
Hi. What can I say? YUM!! This looks fantastic. Question for you – how do you think it would taste with sweet potatoes rather than regular potatoes and rice? Think it would work, or would the sweet taste strange with the sauce? I'm curious, as I've been thinking about sweet potatoes lately. Regardless, I'll have to try this, even sans Eleuthra Sauce.
Just the recipe I was looking for, I even have some Eluthura sauce but I call it Long Island sauce 🙂 (we are almost neighbors). I was looking for a healthy version of this recipe so thanks for posting.
My folks built a house outside Hopetown back in the 80s. All of our neighbors were Bahamian and taught my mom this recipe. Spot on as far as I can tell. Makes me want a Matusalem and water…..


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Colorist wanted: lilwerewolfgirl
Name of horse: Uwihi
Owner: Johanna K. Gambino
Gender: Male
Temper (one word for horse's personality): Dancing Mad
Breed: Cosplay
Description(eye color/hair color/hair style etc):
Kefka Palazzo is the tragic and insane final boss of Final Fantasy VI.
Now, on to Soquifying heem into Uwihi. 8D
Ice blue eyes with facial makeup as seen in the reference pics. Notice you can't see his eyebrows. Light and thin on the lipstick, though, to accent the horsey lips, not overpower. Like my Anuyi. A pale golden mane and tail (think Skye's Aziraphale), tied with various mismatched, flamboyant feathers, your choice where and what color scheme. Perhaps a ponytail for this pony as seen in the reference pics, but I don't know if that's available as a standard mane style. It's fine if it's not! 3nodding I'd love if he could have two or three plumes at the back of his head, styled as the character reference shows, but again, it's not important if it can't be done.
Where his face is luminous white save for the makeup, from mid-neck down much of the rest of him looks like Hidalgo met a few paintbuckets. Much of the spotting of his coat should be a lot....specklier than that, though. Like nature slapped him with confetti. XD The colors used for the spotting should be red, blue, and gold, with a hint of green about the legs.
Front left hoof gold like his hair, front right white like his primary coat, hind right red, hind left blue.
A crazy, clownish, evil, yet beautiful pinto. 'nuff said. xd
Reference Image(s):
Makeup reference 1.
Makeup and hair reference 2.
Makeup reference 3.
What is under the makeup ref.
Which stage you want them to start as?(basket,foal,or adult): Adult
Default accessory color(s)?: Red and gold barring, like you see on the character's collar in the character reference pics. Feathers in blue and green and white.
Tag Frame color: Gold and red.
Tag Feather color: Blue, green, and white.
Lastly, I would like to see this image as the background, faded slightly so as not to detract from the Soq himself. whee heart
8x July '06 - 472,000
2x December '06 - 27,500
500 pure
= 500,000. heart If this calls for the extra 50K, just let me know.
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You can form a spell to have the universe aid in recalling an item that is truly yours. If you don't get it back, it probably was needed elsewhere.
How you form this spell is up to you. What forms of spellwork do you like most and are comfortable with?
This is not conjuration in the sense that you are making the item appear out of no-where. It's conjuration in the sense that you are creating events for it to be physically put back. More like calling, if you'd like.


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Free Singles + MP3s by Pedal Distorsionador, Arc Rev One, Martin Van Ruin, Saintseneca, Emil and Caroline
A great assortment of free mp3 for you today. We have music from Poland, Chicago and Sweden. Something for everybody here from Americana to soul crushing gothic pop all mixed up. Some of these tunes will make for that awesome mix-tape of yours that you've been dying to make for that hot chick or dope dude.
SINGLE: Pedal Distorsionador – Is like godflesh went all disco on you. Lots of thick noise manipulation if you can imagine. A dark looming guttural gothic voice is put in place to scare you, but you don't scare. You love horror films. You like Leatherface or latex. You think he's sexy and it's the only way you get off. You'll like this but first we must tie you up. You don't like blood but like being constrained. You are weird. This music takes you to the edge. To that dark place down you go straight away. I think this place may be Gdynia, Poland. Facebook
DOWNLOAD: Detroit MP3
Arc Rev One – On the other end of the spectrum of late nights. Which are really when the rest of us are going to work. I imagine people go and listen to music like this. Also wearing latex underneath their cloths, trippin and talking about their vampire implants. Seriously this is space sound track music for lunar spaceports. Let play in the background and it will elevate you.
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Martin Van Ruin – Bob Dylan meets Neutral Milk Hotel in a mid-western bar submerged in violins and whiskey. This is a great jam. Uplifting how this type of music should be. These Chicago-ians throw it down. The rest of the release is heavy folk rock and I don't use that term loosely because most that music is pure garbage. On other tracks with big drums laying down on a track called "Wilderness" which has well balanced backing female vocals and slides to support their slithering tempos (solid timing). Good musicians making quality Americana for the people like you and me order beers within our budget for the week. Somewhat reminds me of Los Halos.
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Emil and Caroline – Make music something like Bjork, disjointed but in sync. I might even hip my daughters to this dreamy Swedish single "Singing In A Choir" because it's not a regular type of song but you will probably hear it in the club tonight — somewhere around the world. Apparently they were singers who in their younger years were part of a black gospel choir from Camden, New Jersey. Weird Swedes. There is some sense of soul in here. Listen follow them on the facebooks.
Saintseneca – "Happy Alone"From Anti Record. Debut album Dark Arc coming on April 1. I love this video. Bubble head man stuck with his bubble head doing every day things a man with a bubble head will do. Well done. The song is good too!
More Free Singls + MP3s by: Gloom Balloon, Dead Waves, Tri-State, Futuristic Blast, Panes, Night Surgeon.
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STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Campaign Continues Global Expansion with Mobile Security Collaboration in Singapore and South Korea
Oct 29, 2013, 11:17 ET from National Cyber Security Alliance
Campaign Unveils New International Mobile Security Tips and Interactive Online Game in Conjunction with National Cyber Security Awareness Month
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the 10th year of National Cyber Security Awareness Month comes to a close, the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Campaign today announced a new education and awareness effort in partnership with infollutionZERO, an online safety education non-profit in Singapore and South Korea, and the Singapore Cyber Security Awareness Alliance. The goal of the initiative is to provide children, families, and schools all across the world, with core principles and simple tips that can help people of all ages enjoy safer and more secure use of digital devices and digital media – such as smartphones and the Internet.
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The first available resources from this effort include a set of international mobile safety tips and the launch of an interactive online game created by infollutionZERO and Nanyang Technological University. The online resource provides children with a game-playing experience to learn about various cyber-issues such as online predators, game addiction and cyber-bullying. Both the tips and information about the game are available in English and can be found at:
This effort comes at an important time amidst the growing need for more international collaboration in educating the world about online safety. And, the demand for global online safety resources will continue to rise considering that many people use their mobile device as a main way to access the Internet every day. A recent study commissioned by NCSA and PayPal about mobile security practices showed that in the U.S. alone, 32 percent of smartphone owners are increasing use of their device for shopping while 28 percent are increasing shopping via tablets. Similar trends are also being observed in Singapore and South Korea, two of the world's most highly connected nations. Such reliance on mobile Internet access should be matched by increased vigilance to use these devices safely and more securely.
"The extension of STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Campaign and National Cyber Security Awareness Month as an international effort in Singapore and South Korea speaks volumes about the global demand for online safety education resources," said Michael Kaiser, executive director of NCSA. "As the world's largest and most populous continent, we believe our new partnership with infollutionZERO and the Singapore Cyber Security Alliance will encourage a stronger society of digital citizens and mobile device users in Asia."
"There is a critical need to have a unified voice across nations in order to protect our children from cyber-risks," said Dr. Yuhyun Park, CEO & Co-Founder of infollutionZERO. "We are thrilled to partner with NCSA and participate in the global cyber-awareness campaign. As mobile phone usage among children starts at increasingly younger ages, it is important that we publish mobile safety tips for children and an online iZ HERO game which help children intuitively assimilate the core principles of cyber-security from an early age."
The STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Campaign is a joint cybersecurity education and awareness campaign promoted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance in the USA. infollutionZERO is based in Singapore and South Korea, and promotes online safety and security, especially among youth (http://izhero.org, http://www.infollutionzero.or.kr). Future campaign materials will include posters, trading cards, key chain toys, and more fun educational tools. More information about the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Campaign and the joint effort is available at: www.stopthinkconnect.org.
About National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Now in its 10th year, NCSAM is an awareness raising initiative to increase the resistance to cyber attacks and resilience if a cyber incident occurs. Since President Obama's proclamation in 2004, NCSAM has been formally recognized by Congress; federal, state and local governments, as well as leaders from industry and academia. The effort of government, industry and others during the month brings online safety and security messaging to millions of people so they are empowered to use the Internet safely and more secure. For more information, visit http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam or www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month.
About The National Cyber Security Alliance
The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit organization. Through collaboration with the government, corporate, non-profit and academic sectors, the mission of the NCSA is to educate and empower a digital citizenry to use the Internet securely and safely protect themselves and the technology they use and the digital assets we all share. NCSA board members include: ADP, AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast, EMC Corporation, ESET, Facebook, Google, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft, PayPal, Leidos, Symantec, Trend Micro, Verizon and Visa. Visit www.staysafeonline.org for more information and join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/staysafeonline.
About infollutionZERO:
infollutionZERO is a nonpartisan grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization based in South Korea. The principal goal of infollutionZERO is to address the challenges of "infollution" (information + pollution) such as obscene and violent contents, abusive language, sexual predators, cyber-bullies, and technology addiction besieging future generations. Please visit http://www.infollutionzero.or.kr for more information.
About iZ HERO™:
iZ HERO™ is an innovative educational entertainment program that provides a safe and fun interactive experience for children to naturally learn about responsible digital citizenship. It is a research-based and research-generating program that provides an integrated multimedia learning experience, including an interactive digital exhibition at Singapore Science Centre along with an online game, web portal, and comic book. iZ HERO™ has received two international awards from UNESCO as one of the world's most cutting-edge initiatives in the educational technology field. Please visit http://izhero.org for more information.
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Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme
Vetiver Pour Elle by Guerlain (from the last of my sample)
So here's my theory: Guerlain took their old, original, vetiver formula (the one in vintage bottles of the EdT) and added some florals to it, then re-bottled it and made it an exclusvie-only fragrance at 4 times the price - calling it Vetiver Pour Elle, which is just lovely stuff. Then they changed the formula for the EdT (and the bottle) to something cheaper and made it a win-win situation for Guerlain and us Guerlain fans got screwed on both accounts.
You'd think this would be enough for me to be angry, and just avoid wearing VPE, but damnit...it smells SO good.
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"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
-- Eckhart Tolle
Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme
S o t E~ Sans Soucis Basics
Chanel Egoiste
Aoud Lime by Montale
Just got this, and I think I've worn this three times this week, I never do that. This has everything I like about Black Aoud, without the rosiness that I am not so crazy about. The people at my office say this isn't their favorite, but I think it may now be mine, so they are just going to have to deal with it!
Mon Précieux Nectar by Guerlain
Ralph Lauren's Safari
Habit Rouge EdT
Happy Eid al Fitr to our Muslim Basenoters!
Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts. Daniel Moynihan
New Haarlem
By Kilian Prelude to Love today for a trip to Seaworld (and refreshed it with more this evening and ended up getting a full bottle). It's a great take on citrus + orange blossom. Love it!
I'm a colognosaurus. Rawr!
Back from a 950 mile 4 day round trip by car. My 2009 Prius Touring model clocked a reasonable 45.9 mpg at a highway average of 70+ miles per hour.
This AM I was swathed in Czech & Speake Oxford and Cambridge as I rolled through the miles, A/C blowing cool and CD's of Mozart, Chopin and Rachmaninoff wonderfully filling the automobile interior for most of my return trip.
Tonight I am in Czech & Speake Cuba. Both AM and PM frags complementary samples from the manufacturer.
we have seen the enemy...and he is us.-Pogo
Canali Men (2005)
by Canali
Top Notes:
Bergamot, Mandarin, Pineapple, Apple, Coriander, Nutmeg, Cardamom.
Middle Notes:
Muguet, Jasmine, Orange blossom, Violet.
Base Notes:
Iris essence, Leather, Guaiacum wood, Cedar wood, Oak musk, Sandalwood, Vetyver, Tonka bean, Amber
"Work is the curse of the Drinking Classes"
Vetiver Extraordinaire
by Fred Malle and the Gang
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Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
Ck One Summer 2008
Don't Smell the Flowers,
They're an Evil Drug to Make You Lose Your Mind --- Dio
Creed - Millesime Imperial
Ambre Sultan
Serge Lutens - Musc Kublai Khan (it was a good Sunday!)
Tabarome Private Collection (vintage) Creed
Wall Street by Bond No.9
Versace eau fraiche
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Guerlain Eau de Cologne du Coq.
Acqua di Parma
Sporani Uomo
Chevalier D'Orsay


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Opinion focus with Eugene Robinson: Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack
Tuesday, December 1, 2009; 1:00 PM
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson was online Tuesday, Dec. 1 to discuss his recent columns and the latest news.
Read today's column: Target practice in Copenhagen in which Gene writes: "Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack. The shell game being played isn't with the science, it's with the solutions -- specifically, the carbon emissions targets that enlightened world leaders are pledging to meet. That's where the numbers don't add up."
Eugene Robinson: Hi, everybody. We have the Afghanistan speech tonight, the climate change conference in Copenhagen next week, and the health care debate (apparently) for the rest of our lives. Let's get started.
Atlanta: I'm far from an expert on climate change - but I am getting the feeling that we are over-reacting here. The complexity of the world atmosphere is obvious, and at this point I just don't by the alarm. Look here in Atlanta - 3 years ago we were scrambling under an historic drought that threatened our drinking supply and today we sit with a flush Lake Lanier and flooding rains that destroy homes. I don't buy that this is somehow a result of overall climate change, and I'm not willing to extend national resources to combat something that is still so unknown. We changed our habits in Atlanta to adjust to the concerns and these changes were relatively painless and individual (use less water, buy more efficient water-consuming appliances, recycle rainwater) - isn't the proper course one that empowers the people to individually adjust to changes rather than impose government-wide emissions caps that, frankly, don't indicate much change (the earth has been cooler than anytime in the last 100 years in the past 12-14 months and surprise: two years of relative hurricane-free summers! Science doesn't match facts today...
Eugene Robinson: Well, it would be nice to ignore the climate change issue. It really would. But you do have to take a somewhat longer view than just the last year or two, and even if we confine ourselves to the most basic, directly observable facts, it's hard to conclude there's not a problem. We know that the past decade was the hottest since accurate records have been kept, and that it came after decades of warming. We know from ice cores that there's more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in the last 800,000 years. We know CO2 is a greenhouse gas, and we know that humans have been spewing extraordinary amounts of the stuff into the air. Even if you don't go beyond that, you've got a problem.
I've been a climate skeptic...: ...and always will be.
Here's why: global warming is supposedly caused by CO2 spewed by automobiles, factories, and even cows which cause a kind of greenhouse effect which raises temperatures.
Yet with that logic, nobody has been able to explain to me why there have been many global warmings and global coolings throughout history, way before the industrial revolution spewed its toxic stuff into the atmosphere.
Eugene Robinson: There are plenty of climatologists who can give you the best theories on natural cooling/warming cycles, including the extreme cycles that produced successive Ice Ages. They think it has to do with the Earth's orbit. What I can't get past is that even in warm cycles in the past, there has never been such a high concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere -- at least not in the last 8000 centuries.
Baltimore: Mr. Robinson:
Given what we have learned in the past fortnight about the CRU emails, how was it even possible for you to write the independent clause "(t)he shell game being played isn't with the science"?
Eugene Robinson: I've looked pretty deeply into those CRU e-mails. And believe me, I'm not a climate change zealot -- I'd love it if someone discovered this was all a big misunderstanding. But I really don't think it is. I've read papers by the leading skeptics as well as those by the leading warming theorists, and I just don't believe that the e-mails show that climate science is rigged. They do lift the curtain on Scientists Behaving Badly -- professional jealousy, protection of turf, etc. -- but there's a lot more climate science out there and the CRU scandal doesn't negate it.
Cumberland, Md.: Two thoughts on climate change--
1. If climate change is "man-made" why is there no discussion about population control? Fewer people means less impact on the environment.
2. Why is the WAPO and people like you ignoring the "climategate" scandal which personally I think is pretty big and being ignored by those who "support" climate change without questioning some of the obvious cooked up facts via the E-MAIL posted on web.
Eugene Robinson: Come on, my column last Friday was on the CRU e-mails. I don't know how many of them you've actually read, but I've read a bunch. And I've waded through some pretty dense papers to figure out what the e-mails were talking about.
San Francisco: Eugene,
With all the inability to agree on GHG caps, and the uncertainty as to what those caps would actually produce, climate-wise, wouldn't we be better off spending about half the money on clean water, mosquito nets, AIDS and other medicines, relocating at-rick populations, etc. for the world's poor? These programs are pretty concrete as to cost vs. benefit and would give us some confidence that we saved some lives. Whereas with cutting carbon, we could spend all that money and still have disastrous climate change, or not have it but have no idea if our actions were responsible for the aversion or natural processes.
Eugene Robinson: Actually, I'm almost with you.
I disagree in the sense that I do think it makes sense to cut carbon usage. If we stay on the current trajectory, with China, India, Brazil and other nations developing carbon-based industrial economies, I think we can do real damage to ourselves and to the world we leave our grandchildren.
However, you make a good point. Poor nations are going to suffer most from climate change, since they're less equipped to adapt. But people in the developing world have much more pressing needs. If I had only ten dollars to try to help the people in a Congolese village, I'd use it to buy mosquito nets or water filters instead of some sort of solar oven that would cut their contribution to climate change.
Brevard, N.C.: The question of CO2 is irrelevant. CO2 represents less than 1% of earth's atmosphere. Water vapor is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases, but can't be regulated by U.N., U.S. or global government. CO2 levels follow temperature rise and fall, by centuries, not the inverse. Until the tens of thousands of scientists/skeptics who disagree with the "consensus," and 3,000 climate scientists who submitted data and signed Senator Inhoffe's Minority Report to Congress on climate change are given exposure in MSM and columns, such as yours, this entire discussion is a fraud.
Eugene Robinson: The most respected, or at least credentialed, skeptics -- such as Prof. Richard Lindzer of MIT -- don't deny that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. They do question how much it might have contributed to observed warming. CO2 levels have indeed lagged during episodes of natural warming, as in interglacial periods -- often they've lagged the onset of warming by hundreds of years. But this doesn't look like a natural episode. That's the point -- these levels of CO2 are unprecedented, at least in hundreds of thousands of years.
Skepticville, USA: "What I can't get past is that even in warm cycles in the past, there has never been such a high concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere"
And yet, for the past 10 years the earth has been cooling. And these climate models that we're basing all the horrific consequences on can't account for it. Oh, and they won't let us see the data they're putting into these models. That's what I can't get past when they talk about throwing literally trillions of dollars at the "problem"
Eugene Robinson: It's not true that "for the past 10 years the earth has been cooling." It is true that 2008 was not as warm as 1998, but it's also true that the past decade was on average the warmest on record -- followed by the previous decade, followed by the previous one, etc. If the next ten years are cooler than the past ten, and then the following ten years are cooler still, I'll think that maybe you're onto something.
Silver Spring, Md.: What to do about "Climate Change"?
IMHO, if the government does nothing, we'll all be driving electric cars in 20 years. Most of the world will be driving them in 40 years. Similar changes should be expected in meeting other energy needs.
We can take drastic steps to speed this change up, by maybe 10-20 years. But what is the difference in the global temperature say in 100 years? Is that difference worth the expense? Would it be better to spend that money on "adapting" to a higher global temperature?
Instead, we're told that only our "leaders" are capable enough to understand how we should proceed to reduce global temperatures and "control climate change".
I remain skeptical that "big brother" has the right answer.
Eugene Robinson: When we plug in those cars to charge them up, where's that electricity coming from? How's it going to be generated? Just asking.
You raise a good point, though, in that if the climate models are right (okay, and I know that some of you believe they're not, but humor me), we'll have continued warming for a long time even if we stop emitting carbon tomorrow. That's because it takes time for carbon dioxide to drain out of the atmosphere. So we're going to have to do some adaptation no matter what.
Great Falls Va.: Dear Mr. Robinson, Instead of dismissing skeptics as a reporter why don't you investigate their claims? I know several University Professors who once believed in global warming and today they don't. A graduate student friend at Princeton's physics department recently told me the whole department doesn't believe in global warming anymore. Yes there are a lot of people who believe but that should not be the question - the question should be what does the science say. Opinions or belief means little if the science is flawed and I believe it's flawed. Now there's a story!
Eugene Robinson: Um, isn't that what we're all doing?
Bethesda, Md.: Two arguments of climate change "skeptics" drive me especially nuts.
First, there's the argument that the earth has always had cycles of cooling and warming, so the planet will survive this. OK, sure, I agree that the planet will go on. But whether the currently existing species will continue -- including US, and the particular civilization that we have built -- is not the same question!
Second, they argue that we can't be sure that humans are causing/exacerbating the warming trend, so we don't know enough to justify making major changes and putting significant expense into reducing our impact. But, of course, if we guess wrong, and decide to do little or nothing, the consequences -- and costs, financial and otherwise -- of being wrong are going to be enormous.
In any event, I believe we will get to see those consequences play out, because I'm convinced we won't do anything truly significant until it's far too late to matter. And I'm not going to get much satisfaction out of saying "we told you so."
Eugene Robinson: Nor will I. The thing that drives me a little nuts is the idea that the fact that there have been natural heating-cooling cycles in the past somehow means that an unnatural, human-induced cycle is impossible. Why would that be true? And why would human-induced warming be expected to look just like natural warming?
Herndon, Va.: In my view, climate skeptics are motivated by not wanting to take any action that would cost businesses and consumers in implementing alternative energy sources, etc. But what do climate change skeptics see as motivation on the part of scientists claiming global warming? Anti-business bias, wanting to pay more for energy?
Eugene Robinson: I guess they think the motivation is anti-business, but I'm not sure. Maybe they think the scientists are motivated by wanting to get tenure or win research grants, and believe that they can't advance their careers by taking the "wrong" position. And there's that old line about academic disputes being so fierce because the stakes are so low.
But of course the stakes are sky-high in this case. Look at it this way: Who wants to go down in history as one of the idiots who got it wrong on climate change? Most scientists really do want to get it right.
Cumberland, Md.: How about population control and the result of unchecked population growth on climate change? Why did you ignore that question?
Eugene Robinson: I'm not big on population control. I've always thought of that as real Big Brother stuff. Fertility rates go down when women's education increases. We should build health clinics and schools, not scold people about having children.
Burke, Va.: I'm a scientist who does believe that human activity does have some affect on global climate. However, as it has done for 4+ BILLION years, the Earth will compensate in an attempt to reach equilibrium, and it is not the "fragile ecosystem" climatologists want you to think it is. The Earth was completely covered in ice and snow at least FOUR TIMES, and was many degrees warmer than it is today a little more than 500,000 years ago (less than "day" in the lifespan of the Earth).
That's the real problem I have with all of the global warming theorists. They sound the panic alarms based on miniscule datasets. We only have global climate data from the past 100 or so years, and of those data, only about 25 or so of the most recent years are solidly accurate collected with precision instruments. So these so-called "scientists" have 25 years of defensible data on a planet with billions of years under its belt, yet they try to draw conclusions based on that infinitely small set of data. That's where the media and the general public need to wake up and understand that all of these Chicken Littles are not doing the world any good. They say the Earth was cooler in 1895 when they got those data from local newspapers printing the temperature calculated by crude mercury thermometers on some farmer's porch.
Do I think that humans can work to reduce our footprint on our home planet, sure, but should we bring progress to a grinding halt and revert back to stone-age technologies, absolutely not.
Eugene Robinson: Well, but who's talking about bringing progress to a grinding halt or reverting to Stone Age technologies? Is that really what we're talking about? If you believe that human activity is contributing and that we should reduce our footprint, they're never going to let you into the Skeptics Club.
My time is up for today, folks. Thanks for a lively hour. See you again next week.
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1 2 1/4 ounce active dry
Yeast or 2 3/5-ounce cakes
1 tb Sugar
2 1/4 c Lukewarm water
1/4 c Oil or unsalted butter,
1 c Whole wheat flour
5 c Unbleached all-purpose
1 tb Salt
4 Jalapeno chiles
Seeded/finely chopped
2 c Shredded sharp cheddar
Cheese (1/2 pound)
1 Egg
1 tb Water
Cornmeal for sprinkling
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of the lukewarm water in a cup or small bowl. Leave it for 10 minutes, then
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a floured surface until it is smooth and elastic, flouring the surface
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Are you frightened by the frighteningly commonplace Choking Game epidemic? You should be — just look at the numbers
Today, Yahoo had a link on their main page to an alarming Time story about an alarming trend — actually, it's more like an epidemic! — of children (who are our future and our most precious resource) asphyxiating themselves in an effort to achieve a "high," to just feel something in this callously dull world. This deadly dangerous activity goes by many names, but the most alarming by far is "The Choking Game," and only the most naive among you don't believe it's already infected your community.
Researchers at The Crime Victims' Institute at Sam Houston State University surveyed 837 students at a Texas university and found that the behavior, which works by cutting off blood flow to the brain in order to induce a high, was frighteningly commonplace:
•16% of students said they'd played the game, and three-quarters more than once
•On average, students first played the game at age 14
•Males were more likely to have played than females
•90% of students who had played the game learned about it from friends, and most students said they first played in a group
16% of a group of 837 students at one Texas University might have choked or hyperventilated themselves at some point in the past. And three-quarters of those might have done it twice!
That is "frighteningly commonplace" (by the way, emphasis added, because, see below)! That's practically everybody!
It turns out that The Choking Game is a crisis that media outlets have been trying to manufacture for some time. With limited success, because today was the first I'd ever heard of it — now, of course, I'm panicked. Anyway, back in 2010, Time also sounded an alarm:
Known by various names around the world — including funky chicken, space monkey, sleeper hold and the blackout, choking or fainting game — the activity involves applying pressure to the neck to stop the blood flow to the brain and then releasing the pressure to create a temporary sense of euphoria. It isn't new: French medical books mention the scarf game as early as the 18th century, and deaths in Britain, Canada and the U.S. have occasionally made the headlines over the years. What is new — and frightening — is that teenagers are now uploading instructional videos to the Internet that glamorize the potentially deadly practice.
Are you "frightened" by this "frighteningly commonplace" activity? People have been doing it since the 18th century for crying out loud! But, thanks to the murderous internet, that is literally killing people in Asian countries, these misguided children have a new and frightening way of promoting their frightening activity.
But let's get down to it. How many people are dying thanks to this frighteningly commonplace activity? As it turns out, "many." Back to Time's 2010 expose:
Many teenagers already are dying. Figures on choking-game deaths remain sketchy — a lack of awareness among police means that cases often end up being classified as suicides. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates that at least 82 people died from the activity between 1995 and 2007. But according to the Wisconsin-based campaign group Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play (GASP), as many as 1,000 young people die in the U.S. each year playing some variation of the game. In France, officials identified 17 deaths in 2009, but they suspect that many more go unreported.
Hold on a second — you mean that police have a "lack of awareness" of this frighteningly commonplace epidemic??? How could they be unaware of something that has killed 82 people between 1995 and 2007?
Oh, but wait, a special interest group formed to fight this frightening commonplace scourge claims that "as many as 1,000 young people die in the U.S. each year playing some variation on the game." Are you frightened of that astonishingly equivocal statement?
Okay, let's head over to the GASP website. They're the experts on this epidemic I'd never heard of before, despite all the frightening stories out there. What kind of statistics do they have? I bet they're frightening.
Or, maybe not. Here are a couple of screenshots.
According to their spreadsheet, thus far in 2012 there's been one incident. Worldwide. In 2011, that number was a frighteningly commonplace 45. In 2010? 50. Remember, these numbers are from all over the world, and the GASP website doesn't seem to have any information about how they come by them. Oh, they have a "contact us" hyperlink, where users can send an email to report something, but we have no way of knowing where the numbers actually came from.
Even when they don't tell us where they get their numbers, the group dedicated to fighting this frighteningly commonplace problem can't muster more than 151 worldwide incidents in a given year (2006).
But, these are the people who claim that "as many as 1,000 young people die in the U.S. each year playing some variation on the game." Their own statistics — the statistics available on their own alarmist website — are nowhere near that number. So where did they get it?
I don't know and they won't say. But here's something interesting from a 2008 attempt by the New York Times to jump on the frighteningly commonplace bandwagon:
The deaths identified by the C.D.C. are based on media reports of the game over the past decade, but more than 60 of the deaths have occurred since 2005. The agency says the number of deaths is probably understated, and other experts agree, noting that choking game deaths, which involve accidental strangulation with a rope or belt, often look like suicides.
The Web site GASP, which stands for Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play, reports that 65 children died in 2007 alone. Mark Lepore, an assistant professor of counseling psychology at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, told The Houston Press last year that he believed 1,800 people in the United States had died playing the game in the past 10 years; most were children and teenagers.
These frighteningly commonplace Choking Game deaths sometimes look like suicides — which actually are much more common — so we can just make up numbers that we think represent the actual frightening statistics that we don't have because the media hasn't done enough to draw attention to this frighteningly commonplace problem they've been trying to turn into crisis for several years.
But look at what the New York Times says about GASP's 2007 numbers — "65 children died in 2007 alone." Now look at the screen shot that I took of GASP's 2007 numbers. For the USA, they list 77 "Choking Game" incidents, and 12 "Recovered." I don't know what that means, and there's nothing on GASP's site to explain, but the New York Times reporter apparently believes that it represents people who "recovered" from their choking game injuries and survived, because 77 minus 12 is 65. But, if you look at the 2007 total, and add all the numbers together (I used a calculator!), you find that the total includes all of the "Choking Game" incidents and "Recovered" added together.
The "recovered" people are being counted twice? And they still only made it to 147.
As for Mark Lepore, and his "1,800 people" (notice the article says "people," not "young people") dying every year from playing the Choking Game, here is that Houston Press article, and here is the paragraph with Mr. Lepore's quote:
But Mark Lepore, assistant professor of counseling psychology at Pittsburgh's Chatham College, believes 1,800 people in the United States have died playing the game in the past ten years. The majority were children and teens. However, Lepore acknowledges that "it's really hard to make an accurate determination" as to exactly how many deaths can be attributed to the choking game. (Deaths attributed to the choking game are not to be confused with those attributed to autoerotic asphyxiation, in which masturbation and asphyxia are combined in the quest for a more powerful orgasm, and which typically involves older practitioners.)
And, that's it. Mr. Lepore believes it's 1,800 people in ten years, but he's got absolutely no evidence whatsoever to back up his claim. (But the majority of his wholly made up number were children and teens.) Frightened yet? 1,800 in ten years, up to 1,000 a year, 85 people from 1995 to 2007… who really cares? The important thing is that this is a frighteningly commonplace epidemic that is literally choking our future.
So, what is a panicking parent to do? Back to today's Time article:
The good news is that learning that a number of teens and college students have suffocated to death from playing the Choking Game helped deter students from playing. Parents, talk to your kids. And schools can play a role too: related research found that 90% of parents think that including information about the dangers of the game in school health and drug prevention classes is a smart idea.
Talk to your kids.
Except. From the Today show, 2009:
Their son Kevin was a good kid — a bright and generous 15-year-old who seemed to have everything going for him. But the boy played what is most commonly called the "choking game" — a fad among teenagers that experts say could more accurately be called "suffocation roulette" — and he lost. Kevin was discovered unconscious in his room by his 11-year-old sister.
Kevin Tork died on March 30. What made it even more painful for his parents was that Ken Tork had seen a televised report on a young person who died playing the game and talked with his son about it. He told Kevin to promise he would never engage in anything so dangerous, and Kevin promised.
This father saw an alarmist television report about the "frighteningly commonplace" choking game, and decided to talk to his son about it. And then his son died from the very activity that the alarmist report alarmed him about.
What if Mr. Tork hadn't seen that televised report about a manufactured crisis that is literally killing maybe a couple of dozen people a year, if that, we really have no way of knowing because even though it's frighteningly commonplace the actual numbers that we have are awfully small, too small to be accurate because we just know there's got to be more dying from this than we think because, well, the internet, and, well, kids these days, you know?
Even one death from this dumb "game" is one too many, and I feel terrible for anyone who has to bury their child, for any reason. But for crying out loud this isn't a "frighteningly commonplace" "fad," this is exploiting fear to sell advertising. Maybe the real crisis is lazy "journalists" manufacturing crises? Maybe parents need to sit down and talk to their kids about the importance of being skeptical about the news. That is, if they can calm down enough from their own panic.
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8 Responses to "Are you frightened by the frighteningly commonplace Choking Game epidemic? You should be — just look at the numbers"
Here in the UK we're very aware of this 'choking game':
My 14 year old granddaughter died on September 29, 2011 from "playing" the Choking "Game". I hope, Mr. Sprague, you never have to hear of a friend or family member that has "played" the Choking "Game" and died. I wouldn't wish this pain on anyone. Today is six months since my granddaughter passed away and it is as painful today as it was on the day that my son called me hysterical, unintelligible, to say that his daughter, my granddaughter, had died………99.9% of the children that pass away from "playing" the choking "game" are listed as suicides and until death by the Choking "game" is recognized as accidental asphyxiation, there is nothing out there to alarm parents, educators, emergency personnel. I could go on and on and on, but I truly hope that you change your thoughts and realize that parents, educations and emergency personnel should damn well be alarmed because the Choking "game" is an epidemic. Do you own homework…..Thank you. Karen J. Krajewski
Karen, I am sorry to read about your loss. I cannot imagine the pain you must be going through.
But I do not understand how sensationalizing any issue can do anything other than harm– it's an exploitation of peoples' sadness and pain in an attempt to generate money and advertising. I also don't know where you come up with your figure that "99.9% of the children that pass away from 'playing' the choking 'game' are listed as suicides." Or that the Choking "game" is an "epidemic." All of the information that we have now — or at least that I was able to find — says that it is an exceptionally rare occurrence.
I can't imagine what it is like to lose a child or a grandchild for any reason, and, again, I am sorry for your loss.
Would you prefer ignorance? These parents are alarmed for the fact that their child is dead. They want desperately to educate others so that they can talk to their child about the dangers of this activity. Numbers or not, stating that "only X number of people died in 10 years, so what?" is insulting and reprehensible. Because our medical examiners are lazy and report this as suicide, the statistics are skewed.
I would suggest you try actually talking to a parent or grandparent who has lost a child to this and THEN say "so what". Your article is "frighteningly ignorant" and doesn't do anything except to rub salt in the wounds of those who have lost a child to this type of activity.
I would also suggest that you try journalism that makes a positive contribution rather than demeaning the sorrows of others. Using an example of how a parent talked to their child and then their child actually did the activity and died…
What do you think the fear was when the push to talk about drugs or safe sex to our kids was? Your article would support pushing us back to the dark ages and living in ignorance rather than educating parents, counselors, and the medical community of what to look for.
Had the ER doctors known the signs of recreational asphyxiation when I brought my daughter to them with concerns for unexplained petechiae on her face…she might still be here today.
Additionally taking pot shots at an organization run by bereaved parents has got to be one of the lowest acts I have ever witnessed.
Education yourself:
Mr. Sprague, I would say to you that I think you are as dangerous to the general public as the videos that are on YouTube that tell our young children how to perform the choking "game" and then request that they not be held responsible if one of those children should die or become brain dead from "playing" what they post on YouTube. Your ignorance about the dangers and deaths from the choking "game" is exactly the same ignorance that our Medical Examiners have when they list the choking "game" deaths as suicides. Until you educate yourself and the medical, educational communities are educated, most deaths from the choking "game" will continue to be certified as deaths from "suicide" and the general public, parents, educators and medical professionals will not know what signs they should be aware of and looking for in our youth. Karen J. Krajewski
This month I will be attending the National PTA exhibit in San Jose, CA to display an exhibit on the Choking Game. I made the decision to do this after attending a viewing for a 12 year old boy who died playing the Game. He was a bright, atheletically talented young man who decided to give the game a try. You are correct; we needed to reach out to as many parents, teachers and children as possible and educate them on this subject. I have created a website to fund this trip and exhibit. It is http://fundly.com/s/ia2xe5vd. People need to be aware of this increasingly popular Game!


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Chandigarh's famous Rock Garden creator Nek Chand died here at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Friday, his family members said
Chandigarh: Chandigarh's famous Rock Garden creator Nek Chand died here at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Friday, his family members said.
He was 90 years old and was suffering from diabetes, hypertension and cancer. He was hospitalised for the past few days.
This photo taken on October 31, 2014 shows self-taught Indian artist Nek Chand Saini talking to journalists on the eve of his 90th birthday at the rock garden that he built in Chandigarh. AFP Photo/Narinder Nanu
The body will be kept in the Rock Garden on Friday for the people to pay tributes and will be cremated on Saturday in Chandigarh, the family members said.
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This photo taken on October 31, 2014 shows visitors in the Rock Garden, built by Nek Chand Saini over the course of 18 years, in Chandigarh. AFP Photo/Narinder Nanu
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