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The Cider Press: Foggy Ridge Cider in Dugspur, Virginia
While the American hard cider community is thriving in the Pacific Northwest, the East Coast shouldn't be overlooked. In fact, East Coast cideries are turning out some of the best ciders in the country right now. One of our favorites is Foggy Ridge Cider in Dugspur, Virginia. We recently caught up with Diane Flynt, the orchardist (as well as picker, presser, and cidermaker) at Foggy Ridge to discuss what makes her ciders so unique.
Foggy Ridge is a particularly interesting orchard. Can you tell us a bit about the farm and how it shapes your ciders?
Every farmer who makes a beverage, whether it's wine or cider, hopes the finished product will reflect the site. Our orchards are at 3000 feet elevation, so we have cold, snowy winters. But we're in Virginia, so we get warm sunny summers. Apples love cold winters and lots of sun, so we're an ideal site for fruit. Virginia has a long tradition of apple growing—nearby Bent Mountain produced the Newtown Pippin apple that Queen Victoria loved so much, it was the only agricultural product sent to England with no tax.
Our fruit is highly flavored with pronounced acidity. The later apples are especially complex with many layers of ginger and tropical fruit notes. As a cidermaker, my first job is to get this great fruit in the bottle without messing it up! That said, I would characterize the Foggy Ridge cider style as balanced with pronounced fruit aromas and complex flavors. You are always going to find a strong acid line in our ciders, even the fruitier blends. I also am a firm believer in blending cider from many batches of individually fermented varieties.
Foggy Ridge has three orchards—the Old Orchard was our original test orchard with over 30 varieties. It is on an east facing slope above Rock House Creek—mist rises from that creek most mornings and bathes the side of Long Mountain with fog. In this orchard I experimented with classic English cider apples like Dabinett, Kingston Black, Tremlett's Bitter, Stoke Red and Yarlington Mill. But the real focus at Foggy Ridge is American heirlooms like Harrison, Ashmead's Kernel and Newtown Pippin. Our two production orchards include our most successful cider apples as well as the Hewe's Crab, a crabapple that Thomas Jefferson used for cidermaking.
What made you decide to start producing cider?
I grew up in a very small town in Georgia, from a farming family. Although my Dad was the first generation off the farm, he had a keen interest in the natural world. I've always liked growing things, trees in particular. I still drive by the first home I ever purchased in Charlotte, NC to check on the maple tree that I planted in 1979. I knew I wouldn't live in that spot for long, but I just had to plant a tree. My career goal was always to have a "last career" that involved agriculture. When we found our farm here in the southern Appalachians, the site dictated fruit trees.
Can you describe the cider community in Virginia right now?
Cider is growing in Virginia! I am a member of the Virginia Wine Board, the governor-appointed board that distributes marketing and research funds allocated to the wine industry by the state. Agriculture is the largest segment of VA's economy, and wine (and cider!) making are the fastest growing part of agriculture. Foggy Ridge and Albemarle Ciderworks are now "old timers"; this year we are joined by Castle Hill Cider which will release their first cider this summer. There are two more cidermakers in the application process and I think this growth is very good for cider. We will inspire apple growers to grow more cider fruit, and we will keep experimenting with cider apples in our own orchards. My husband says I am too old to plant more apples, but I ripped out 90 trees last year to change varieties.
What makes Foggy Ridge such a good cider for pairing with food?
Good acidity always pairs well with food. Lower alcohol also contributes to good food pairings, especially with cheese and spicy food. And while well made cider reflects "fruit", good cider is not the fruit bomb that some wines are these days.
Your Sweet Stayman is a particularly unique cider. Can you tell us a bit about it?
Sweet Stayman is less than half the sweetness level of commercial cider blends like Crispin and Woodchuck, and about what you would find in a dry Riesling. I pair Sweet Stayman with the types of dishes you would pair with northern European white wines that have more retained sugar, good acidity and lots of fruit. Spicy dishes are classic, such as Asian or Indian dishes. I like Sweet Stayman with spicy buffalo chili that we make with meat from the local buffalo farm. And I use Sweet Stayman when cooking dishes inspired by Normandy, like squab roasted in butter then finished with cider and cream. Very French!
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Besides your own cider, what are you drinking right now?
As a sparkling beverage maker, I always like to try sparkling products from other regions. We enjoyed a sparkling pinot noir from Austria last night. I'm a huge fan of the beers at Full Steam brewery in Durham, NC. Sean Wilson's inspired "farm to pint" approach results in some amazing brews, like his Carver made from NC-grown sweet potatoes.
That said, I drink lots of cider. The Maloney's cider from West County is wonderful, especially Redfield. I wish I had a block of Redfield apples in our orchard! I also like Chuck Shelton's cider at Albemarle Ciderworks, located down the mountain from Foggy Ridge near Charlottesville. Chuck is a talented cidermaker who grows many of the same varieties as Foggy Ridge, but creates very different, and quite pleasing, blends. Steve Wood's cider at Farnum Hill is totally different from Foggy Ridge but wonderful, especially when I pull out a great sheep's milk cheese. And I wish Wandering Aengus were closer so I could drink more of Nick Gunn's well made cider.
The cider landscape in America is rapidly expanding and changing. Where do you see American cider down the road?
I hope cidermakers stay true to making good quality cider from cider apples—I would hate to see new cidermakers take the "industrial cider" approach with chaptalized juice and watered down cider. Over half of what is available on grocery store shelves as "cider" really isn't cider at all—it is to cider as a wine cooler is to wine. My hope is that the cidermakers who are planting trees and making cider today will continue the tradition of crafting cider from well chosen apples.
Tasting Foggy Ridge Cider
Foggy Ridge ciders are sold in North Carolina, Virginia and Washington DC, with plans to expand into South Carolina and Georgia soon. While the best place to pick up a bottle is right from the Foggy Ridge farm, there are some Virginia retailers that will ship out of state.
If you are lucky enough to get your hands on a bottle, make sure to try Foggy Ridge's First Fruit, an aromatic, semi-dry cider with nice mineral characteristics along with notes of preserved lemon, pear, and green apple. First Fruit is an amazingly versatile cider that will stand up to most food pairings but works particularly well with washed rind cheeses.
If you prefer a more full-bodied cider then try the Sweet Stayman. With 2.3% residual sugar, the Sweet Stayman will compliment any spice-forward dishes from Buffalo wings to Thai curries.
Finally, for the cider purist, Foggy Ridge offers their Serious Cider. Produced with a higher concentration of bittersharp apples, the prominent tannins and dry finish in the Serious Cider works as an excellent Champagne alternative and pairs especially well with delicate pork dishes and flaky fish.
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Oregon City, Oregon: Mi Famiglia Wood Oven Pizzeria
Mi Famiglia Wood Oven Pizzeria
701 Main Street, Oregon City OR 97045 (map); 503-594-0601; mi-famiglia.com
Oven Type: Wood-fired
Price: $9 to $12 for 10-inch pizzas
Mi Famiglia is located in the Canemah district of Oregon City, an outlying Portland suburb which marks the end of the historic Oregon Trail. These days, a hungry Lewis-and-Clark type has no need for elk trapping or mushroom hunting. Instead, you can find a cozy, homey spot for wood-fired pies at the end of the fabled pioneering pathway. You'd expect something more basic in the 'burbs, yet the menu at this corner eatery was all over the pizza map.
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The unexpected seemed commonplace at Mi Famiglia. The pizza menu was quite extensive, with 40 plus 'do it yourself' ingredients, in addition to their prefab combinations. Pies were advertised in the 10" personal size, but in a strange twist (new to this reviewer), a small menu side-note offered everything in a 5" size upon request. The crust on the pies was a topic of intense discussion. It was both sweet and savory; laced with cinnamon. Despite the typical dessert-y application of the spice, it really worked with most savory flavor combinations presented. The crusts were nicely charred and achieved a balance of crisp and chew, but lacked puff. The oven here is held around 850 degrees Fahrenheit, and a local pizza flour mix from Shepherd's Grain is utilized in their dough.
You say Margherita ("The Original", $8.99), I say plain cheese. Either way, this pie was approachable, simple, and cheese-forward. The basil accented the warm spice flavors of the cinnamon-tinged crust. A salty note, however, was sorely missed here. The sauce seemed properly herbed and seasoned, but the pizza could have used more of it. The leopard-spotting on the cheese's surface, and the matching spots underneath made for an attractive slice.
A Roasted Garlic ($9.79) pizza can go either way: abrasive and overpowering, or savory and rich. Most striking about this pie was the creaminess inside the orbs of roasted garlic which, upon visual examination, appeared rather potently numbered. Some slices had upwards of 8-10 cloves, which raised some eyebrows around the table. However, proper roasting mellowed the garlic's sharpness to produce a pizza that any garlic lover would undoubtedly deem a crave-worthy success. Texturally, the soft garlic, browned cheese, and crisp crust created an almost-perfect bite of pizza.
Mi Famiglia's penchant for creative pies is evidenced by their experimental riff on the traditional Hawaiian pie, the Prosciutto and Mango ($10.99). At its best this topping combo was unforgettable, but best passed on. The extreme heat of the wood fired oven melted the mango cubes, making them taste sweet and vegetal, a characteristic that brought out a salty gaminess in the prosciutto.
The Garlic Shrimp Pesto ($11.99) was the clear winner of the lot. Perfectly-cooked, the springy shrimp added briny harmony to Mi Famiglia's sweeter plain pie base. Toasted pine nuts added an additional textural dimension, and sweet red peppers brightened the overall affect of the pesto-topped pizza. On paper, it sounds like a bit of a mess, but in its execution this is the pie that will demand additional visits to this restaurant.
Mi Famiglia was a welcome surprise. Their willingness to play around with flavor combinations was inspirational and impressive. If you live in Oregon City, I don't think you're going to do much better than this for local pizza of any sort. If you're coming south from the big city, leave the simpler options behind and order up something creative and exciting. You will be rewarded with a memorable experience and can consider yourself a Lewis and Clark of pizza for making the trip.
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The Sun is detailing how and where the almost 40,000 immigrants who arrive each year in Metro Vancouver are putting down roots in this region of 2.2 million people. Based on Census Canada data, The Sun has created unique online maps that show the precise Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods where people of South Asian, Chinese, Filipino, English and many other ethnic origins make their homes. The maps were created using data adapted from Statistics Canada Census Tract Boundary Files (Cat. 92-168-X) and Census Tract Profiles (Cat. 92-597-X), 2006 Census.Chinese:South Asian:Filipino:Korean:Japanese:Aboriginal:English:Scottish:Irish:German:Black:Latin American:Mixed race:Dutch:Danish:Swedish:Norwegian:Polish:Ukrainian:Italian:Iranian:Vietnamese:French:
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The Basics: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
The basics
LinkedIn is the most professional networking site of the group. Typical users have a LinkedIn profile as a means of establishing and maintaining professional relationships. Most profiles have the look and feel of a résumé - users can list their current and past employers, accomplishments, education, and professional affiliations and memberships. Other users can search your profile to see if there is an opportunity to build a business relationship, or an associate can browse your other connections to see if you have a trusted contact that they can do business with as well.
How can it benefit pharmacists?
LinkedIn offers pharmacists many potential benefits. One benefit is the "Recommendations" feature, where past customers, associates, or employers can recommend you to others. This is great for the pharmacist seeking new employment, the pharmacy seeking new customers or employees, or the vendor seeking new relationships.
Using connections is a great way to find familiar people to work with. If you see that one of your fellow pharmacists has a connection with a particular vendor, it can bridge the gap for you to establish a connection. Also, you can ask the pharmacist about that vendor to see if they are trustworthy or worthwhile to do business with.
What does OPA offer?
It is no secret that professional memberships are value-added mechanisms in the business world. Memberships to groups like OPA show your professional network that you take your profession seriously. Having the OPA "stamp" on your LinkedIn profile demonstrates your commitment to the industry. The OPA group also features a news feed, discussion groups, and links to OPA Career Center job postings.
For general information about LinkedIn, CLICK HERE.
Sign up for OPA's LinkedIn group today.
The basics
Facebook is predominantly a social tool, rather than a professional one. Typical users have Facebook as a means to reconnect with old friends, chat with current friends, post pictures. Facebook allows users to create a profile where they can share every detail about their lives.
What does OPA offer?
OPA's Facebook page will keep you updated on all upcoming events. If you are attending any of the events, you have the option to "RSVP," which will tell others in the group or your network of "friends" that you will be attending. OPA also will post news relevant to pharmacists on the page, and you can share that information with others in your network as you see fit. Anyone who signs up as a "Fan" (a Facebook way of saying you are following a group) of OPA will also be connected as part of the OPA network where you can post comments, engage in discussions, or post photos from OPA events.
For more information on Facebook, CLICK HERE.
Sign up as a "Fan" of OPA on Facebook today.
The basics
Twitter is the newest major social networking tool on the scene. It is the simplest one to use once you learn the lingo and procedures. Twitter can best be described as "short and sweet." Twitter operates a lot like a blog. Each post is called a "Tweet," and it is limited to 140 characters. Twitter recognizes how short our attention spans are - so if you can't explain it in less than a few words, you've lost out on making your point.
How can it benefit pharmacists?
It is important to think of blogs when trying to wrap your mind around Twitter. Many of us read blogs for two reasons: to get different perspectives on current events and issues, and to serve as a filter for the infinite amount of information on the web. Twitter can offer the same thing, but it gets to the point.
Once you set up a Twitter account, you can follow APhA, NCPA, your local government officials, vendors, and your favorite columnists. The best part is that Twitter won't them bore you, and you can get all the news you need in a fraction of the normal time.
What does OPA offer?
OPA's Twitter page offers a lighter side of our association - here, you can get everything from the hard news (legislative updates, action alerts, and important deadlines) to the soft news (pharmacy fun facts and random news of interest). We recognize that for the most part, life is built on personal relationships - OPA's Twitter page is a fun, informal way to keep up with your professional organization.
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South Side Eats: The Return of Wingz Around the World
Some things are just meant to be, like me finding out that an old South Side favorite is back and just as the big game approaches. According to the statistics, Americans will consume over 1.2 billion pounds of chicken wings this upcoming Super Bowl weekend. There was a time when Wingz Around the World would always be mentioned in the discussion of the best chicken wings in Chicago. But then when they suddenly closed, I only had places like Toons, Birds Nest, and House of Wing to recommend. All three remain great, but unfortunately if you wanted lots of sauce options your choices were limited to a couple chains that will remain unnamed (for they are not worth your stomach space). No need for them anyway as I'd like to take this post to welcome the newest incarnation of Wingz Around the World. They now go by Chicago Wingz Around the World and sport a nice clean space with plenty of inside seating at the corner of 75th and St. Lawrence.
I was very excited upon driving by and felt like luck was on my side this day. That it was. Monday is their 3 Wings for $.99 special and you can order as many flavor combinations as you want. If you feel the need to try them all, you'll need at least $33 as they have 33 flavors. Some of the more interesting options include a Bourbon glaze, Parmesan jalapeño, and their signature Maple sauce—you know for those times when the taste for breakfast hits. All of them came from the crew experimenting in the kitchen. For instance, the maple was developed to capture the taste of chicken and waffles, which also happens to be on the new extended menu. I didn't get to try that dish on this trip, but will be back as the offering of "light and fluffy waffles served with 4 wingz and one of our flavorful sauces: Rambling Strawberry, Blueberry Banger or Butter Maple Twist" sounded like something I'd enjoy. That was the case with the wings, which were as good as they were back at the old location.
I decided to stay with my favorite three sauces from before—Jerk, Garlic Parmesan and Bangin' Buffalo, which is the normal Buffalo sauce kicked up with extra spices. The Jerk sauce is a really nice representation of it, with the perfect amount of heat to make your tongue tingle for just a little bit. The Bangin' Buffalo was loaded with butter, and deserves to be included in the discussion of best Buffalo wings in the city. The Garlic Parmesan had the same appealing aroma as I remembered. The wings are sized just right, not too small or too big.
I asked what else is good these days and unfortunately they were out of Tennessee-style chicken on a stick, so the owner recommended a chicken tender dog instead. A couple of tenders are tossed in blue cheese and placed in a long toasted bun (add fries for $1). It's a filling meal for $3.99. Desserts are all homemade, as is the sweet tea. As a way of giving back to the community they offer free chicken to the homeless on Sundays. If you want to make your upcoming Sunday a super one, as far as food goes, they'll cater as many wings as you need while supplying all the wetnaps and napkins you can handle. Quite a return for Wingz Around the World.


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Cloverfield widget mania – the making of a monster widget!
Posted by widgetgirl on December 28, 2007
Last week I briefly mentioned a widget that Paramount launched for their new movie Cloverfield. Little did I know that this widget would become a phenomenon! Paramount knew what they were doing when they created a contest to see who could spread the widget the most. The end goal being that whoever has the widget "grabbed" (new placements created from their placement) would win a private screening of the movie in their home town.
Specifically, the contest works like this:
- Visitor clicks on the widget to view the video trailer.
- The Producer of the movie, J.J. Abrams, pre-rolls on the trailer to introduce the contest and encourage visitors to grab the widget and place it on their web site.
- Visitors can then register for the contest by entering a screen name and email address for the contest. By doing so, the placement ID assigned to their instance of the widget will be registered to their contest registration information.
- The visitor then places the widget on their social networking profile page, blog or web site for others to grab for themselves.
Check out the steps for the contest here:
The first thumbnail is what the actual widget looks like. The second thumbnail is the screen that displays when you click on "Grab this!". The last two thumbnails are of the widget trivia quiz. I obviously didn't take the time to answer all of the questions, so forgive my score of 2 out of 20. You can go check out the widget on the Clearspring widget home page here.
Some interesting things to note:
The Cloverfield widget has experienced monster growth (no pun intended) due to the contest and the mysterious nature of the movie. The widget was publicly launched on December 7, 2007 and to date has over 17M views and over 25k placements – yes, 25 THOUSAND placements. That means that visitors have clicked on the "Grab This!" link on the widget and placed it on a web page where it has been viewed at least once. Those are some amazing statistics. What drove this?
- Paramount hit the jackpot with a two-pronged approach:
- Widget content that is engaging and interactive. The widget contains a streaming video trailer of extraordinary quality, a contest with compelling prizes and a trivia quiz. One thing to note too is that the trivia quiz is updated every few days and encourages visitors to come back frequently to check out the new questions.
- Strong seeding strategy – Paramount reached out to bloggers that they were familiar with and had them place the widget on their sites on the same day that the widget was launched. They also created a Facebook Canvas page to seed the widget inside of Facebook for maximum spread. You can go directly to the Facebook page here.
Facebook offers some very creative merchandising options for advertisers. The viral aspect to be able to hook prospective movie goers directly to the Cloverfield community provides a channel for engaging these customers and building interest and a direct relationship with consumers. The page (like any other Facebook page) includes features like:
- Fan section – this is a section to join the Cloverfield community.
- The Wall – a place for Facebook users to write comments about the movie.
- Information section – details about the movie such as the web site, director, actors and summary of the plot.
- Photo album – pics from the set of the movie.
- Movie ticket and location finder tool.
- Facebook apps – the Cloverfield widget plus a new widget that displays the leaderboard stats.
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- Discussion board
No need to tell you what my favorite widget is this week. This is a fun one to watch. The contest ends on December 31st at 12am PST. To see who the winner is, you can check out the leader board here. Happy New Year!
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Slater works in many different mediums. In the past she has created fabric sculpture and ceramic forms. Recently, her focus has been on two-dimensional work. Abstract floral patterning dominates her exuberant and colorful use of oil pastel. A strong sense of design characterizes her figurative work as well. Layered over a vibrant, monochromatic background, sequences of linked, doll-like figures filled with vibrant washes of color cover the picture plane. Often done in marker and watercolor, on paper or wood, Slater's palette and precise compositions are animated with the movement of dance and the tenderness shown in her connection with others.
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[Dr. Muller's book was reviewed in the October 2009 edition of P&S. The course he describes here has developed a reputation as "one of the courses you MUST take at Berkeley" and in 2008 and 2009 was voted "Best Class at Berkeley" in a poll taken by the student newspaper – Ed.]
"Physics for Future Presidents" is the name of a course I have taught at Berkeley for the past ten years, as well as the title of the book derived from the course. I created it when I was asked to teach a "Physics for Poets" course at Berkeley. Many of my students have become government and business leaders, and I have high regard for them. They are smart, effective, and in many ways more productive than the typical physics professor. I became convinced that it was not only vitally important to teach these students some "real physics" but also that it could be done in an effective way. Many important issues have physics or high-tech components: energy and alternative energy, nuclear power and weapons, terrorism and counter-terrorism, health, internet, satellites, global warming, remote sensing, ICBMs and ABMs, DVDs and HDTVs. So many people in our government have a poor grasp of science, and yet if they misjudge the science, they can make a wrong decision. My new approach to teaching physics was inspired by this concern and also by the enormous success at Berkeley of an introductory astronomy course by Alex Filippenko that attracted 800 students compared to the meager 35 who signed up for our "qualitative physics" course. What was the difference? Alex showed me his curriculum, and I was amazed to discover that his course had a huge amount of substance, far more than we had in our qualitative physics course. I realized that the way you get students to take physics is to give them a course where they can come away saying "I have really learned something." In this article I will describe my class and the book with the hope that others may wish to use them as models for course offerings of their own.
Too often in the "Physics for Poets" approach professors assume that students can't learn "real physics." We end up talking down to them, rather than treating them as the future leaders many will become. We hide behind the fog of math: Any time a question is too hard, write an equation on the board. Then say that the reason you can't answer it is that the math is too advanced for the student to understand. That's almost always nonsense. The reason that so many students dislike physics is because we are trying to teach them to become mini-physicists, and you can't accomplish that in one semester. Physics is the liberal arts of high technology. PffP (my abbreviation for the course) is designed to attract students and teach them the physics they need to know to make effective leadership decisions.
Can real physics be taught without math? Yes! Math is a tool for computation, but it is not the essence of physics. We often cajole our advanced students, "Think physics, not math!" You can understand light without knowing Maxwell's equations. If a leader needs a computation, they can always hire a physicist. But the knowledge of physics will help them judge, on their own, if the physicist is right.
An anecdote: the ideal student
To illustrate what a student can learn, I like to cite the example of Liz. A year after she took my class she came to see me, eager to share an experience she had had a few days earlier. Her family had invited a physicist over for dinner. He regaled them with stories of controlled thermonuclear fusion and its great future for the power needs of our country. The family sat in awe as this great man described his work. Liz knew about fusion because we had covered it in our class.
There was a period of quiet admiration at the end. Finally Liz spoke up. "Solar power has a future too," she said.
"Ha!" the physicist laughed. "If you want enough power just for California," he continued, "you'd have to plaster the whole state with solar cells!"
Liz answered right back. "No, you're wrong," she said. "There is a gigawatt in a square kilometer of sunlight, and that's about the same as a nuclear power plant."
Stunned silence from the physicist. Liz said he frowned. Finally he said, "Hmm. Your numbers don't sound wrong. Of course, present solar cells are only 15% efficient… but that's not a huge factor. Hmm. I'll have to check my numbers."
That's what I want my students to be able to do. Liz was able to shut up an arrogant physicist who hadn't done his homework! She knew enough about the subject that she could confidently present her case under duress when confronted by a supposed expert. Her performance is even more impressive when you recognize that solar power is only a tiny part of this course. She remembered the important numbers because she had found them fascinating and important. She hadn't just memorized them, but had thought about them and discussed them with her classmates. They had become part of her, a part she could bring out and use when she needed them, even a year later.
The Class: Advanced Physics
PffP is not watered-down physics. It is advanced physics in the sense that it is the physics that most physics majors learn only after finishing their PhDs. It covers interesting and important topics. Students recognize the value of what they are learning, and are naturally motivated to do well. Rather than keep the students beneath the math glass ceiling, I take them above it. "You don't have the time or the inclination to learn the math," I tell them. "So we'll skip over that part, and get to the important stuff right away."
In fact, a typical physics major, even a typical PhD, does not know the material in my book. He or she often knows little about nuclear power or weapons, optics, fluids, batteries, lasers, IR and UV, x-rays and gamma rays, MRI, CAT, and PET scans. Ask a physics major how a nuclear bomb works and you'll hear what they learned in high school. For that reason we have now opened this course for credit for physics majors at Berkeley. In fact, the physics department at Berkeley now recommends that a potential physicist take my course before beginning their major. This is material that typically is not taught in the other courses, and yet it puts the material of the other courses in context.
I made one major concession to my students. They really do want to learn about relativity and cosmology, subjects superfluous for world leadership but fascinating to thinking people. So I added two chapters at the end. They cover subjects that every educated person should know, but they won't help the President make key decisions.
I have email correspondence with every one of my students. That has gotten a bit difficult as the class has grown to over 500 but I've kept it up. Prior to our first meeting I send all students a message and ask them things such as their name, the most advanced physics they have studied, why they are taking the course, and the subject they are most interested in learning about. From the responses, I've discovered that about half of my students have physics dread. They either hate it because they had a bad experience in high school, or they are simply really afraid of it.
Virtually all of my students –by now eight or nine thousand – lost whatever physics dread they had. Most of them have learned to love physics, and they now know that when they don't understand something, it isn't their fault. They have become the "physics expert" to their friends and family. I tell them that if you learn some of this physics you'll go home and start winning arguments with your parents – over nukes, space, alternative energy, terrorism, global warming. The best way to win an argument is not by having a forceful opinion but by having some knowledge. I tell the students that I don't care if they are anti-nuke or pro-nuke; they are going to learn a lot about nukes – nuclear weapons, nuclear power, nuclear terrorism. My course has developed a reputation as "one of the courses you MUST take at Berkeley". In fact, for the past two years (2008 and 2009) in a poll taken by the student newspaper, my course was voted "Best Class at Berkeley." I get students from every discipline, from English majors to music to pre-law and pre-business. I try very hard to keep my own opinions out of the class.
What do the students find most exciting? They love to learn about energy. What does "energy" really mean? What can "alternative energy" do, and what can't it do? They love learning about radioactivity and nuclear weapons and nuclear everything else. They are fascinated with space: what can we really do in space, what is it valuable for, and what is it not useful for. They love the non-partisan view – the facts – about global warming.
When other faculty look at my curriculum, they are typically amazed that I cover so much. But sometimes when they look closely they are concerned at what I leave out. The concept of "conservation of energy", something all physicists love, is one. I looked at the introductory physics sequence for majors, and discovered that it takes over a year before even math-adept students begin to understand this subtle concept. It is not only hopeless to teach it to non-scientists in one semester, it is counter-productive. The abstract principle of conservation of energy is just not that important for the future president of the United States, who is likely to be much more concerned about the conservation of useful energy.
Here is the quick summary of my approach to PffP; a more complete description is available in the teachers guide to the textbook (available for free to any certified instructor).
1. Immersion. Teach energy not by definition but by examples. This is analogous to learning a foreign language by living in a foreign country.
2. Order of topics. Put most fascinating topics first: energy, satellites, radioactivity, nukes. This motivates and intrigues.
3. Numbers. Work with scientific notation. Math-phobic students are OK with this; it is problem solving with multiple unknowns that frightens them.
4. Understanding. Teach students the relevant science for issues of importance. Enable them to elicit the relevant facts and numbers and concepts when they are needed. Emphasize writing in the exams so that students learn to explain a subject clearly and concisely, with numbers.
5. Respect. Treat the students with the expectation that one of them will someday be a world leader. This is your one chance to teach such a person.
6. Reading and Writing. Liberal arts students love to read. Encourage them read the material over and over, so that lectures do not have to cover everything.
7. Motivation. Emphasize the importance of everything. Pick subjects that stir interest and curiosity.
8. Physics as a Second Language. Teach students to use terms correctly. We are teaching "physics as a second language."
9. Multiple levels. Provide some material for those students want more math. I sometimes take five minutes out of a lecture to do some computations, telling the students that the material will not be on the exam. Nearly all the students end up listening to the math approach without the anxiety of having to master it.
10. Politics. Keep your politics from your students. I am proud that students don't know my personal views. When asked about a controversial subject, I do my best to give both sides.
11. What not to teach: How to solve problems using conservation laws. The "scientific method".
12. Question period. For the first 10 minutes, answer questions on any subject. The goal here is partly to answer questions, but also to show students how I handle things I don't know.
13. Fun. Make sure that students are finding the class material riveting. If they don't, it shows in their expressions, and tells me to change my approach, maybe through different examples. I encourage students to share their knowledge with their friends and relatives.
14. Commencement. The physics that can be learned in one semester is tiny compared to how much the students can learn in a lifetime. I discovered that prior to my class, many students didn't pay attention to tech issues. I assign a weekly reading of articles on science, to get them in the habit of reading these articles.
Text: Physics and Technology for Future Presidents
The book comes in two versions. The popular one, "Physics for Future Presidents," is a paperback that's meant to be a page-turner, to be read by the general public. For a course, students like to have more structure: they want it broken into segments, to have summary sections and problems, questions for further thinking, things they can research on the internet, places where they can get more information, samples of essay questions, multiple-choice questions – the sorts of things that are likely to appear on exams. For that, I've written a hard-back textbook, "Physics and Technology for Future Presidents." The longer title is mostly to distinguish it from the paperback. This textbook contains about twice as much material as the popular version. An accompanying manual for the professor not only has an answer key but relates much of the experience I've had and the lessons I've learned: What kind of homework and quizzes work best? What are the tricks to really appealing to the nervous student? It gives several of the exams I've used in the class. It has plenty of flexibility; there are lots of sections, and most of them can be easily skipped at the discretion of the teacher. Naturally, the course is somewhat cumulative: you have to know about energy before you can discuss nukes or global warming. But if you want to cut out the section on space and satellites, or the one on "invisible light" (IR, UV, x-rays) you can do that with no significant harm.
Bottom Line
The ultimate goal is to have both elected and electorate be scientifically literate. I have tried to create a course that does not depend on me or my own personal experiences or style of teaching. The course might be intimidating to a potential professor, since so much of it is unfamiliar. But the material is fun to learn. Much of the material in this course was new to me when I began to put it together. I didn't know the energy density of batteries, or of gasoline. I wasn't particularly familiar with the levels of radioactivity needed to cause cancer, or with the detailed data that is used to support arguments on global warming. Now I know these things. I encourage others to give it a try. It is a lot of fun to teach, and I continue to learn. The students love it, and that makes teaching this course very rewarding. Part of the joy I get in teaching this class comes from just looking at the students: they don't appear stressed out but rather have their eyes wide open, trying to understand this stuff. Part of the joy comes from interacting with students who attend my office hours with their list of questions. They've discovered that they can understand it, and so they really want to.
Richard A. Muller
These contributions haven not been peer-refereed. They represent solely the view(s) of the author(s) and not necessarily the views of APS.


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TOPEKA -- The 2007 Kansas Legislature and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius have approved several new laws affecting the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and outdoor recreation in the state. Following are summaries of the bills approved in this year's legislative session.
House Bill 2046
This legislation officially applies the name "Kaw River State Park" to the newest addition to the Kansas state park system. The bill was sponsored by legislators from Shawnee County, where the park is located. Gov. Sebelius signed the bill April 9.
Senate Bill 192
This bill, signed by Gov. Sebelius April 18, enacts several changes, including the following:
- permits a person who is 16 or older to obtain a one-time deferral of hunter education completion. Individuals will be able to purchase an apprentice hunting license to obtain the deferral and must be accompanied by a licensed adult 18 or older while hunting. The deferral will be valid through the end of the license year in which the apprentice license is purchased;
- removes the requirement that bowhunters under 14 complete a bowhunter education course prior to obtaining a big game permit;
- authorizes the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission to annually issue as many as 10 youth "Hunt of a Lifetime" deer permits. The permits are designated for youth younger than 21 who are handicapped or experiencing life threatening illnesses; and
- modifies requirements in state law relating to the seven-member Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission. The new law requires that at least one member of the commission come from each of the department's five administrative regions.
Senate Bill 188
This legislation allows holders of game breeder permits to recapture any game bird that has escaped from confinement if the escaped bird is one the breeder is permitted to raise and sell. The bill also increases the minimum values of certain wildlife used in determining whether illegal commercial acts were committed and whether the illegal acts constitute felony crimes. The bill was signed by Gov. Sebelius April 18.
House Bill 2437
This legislation, signed April 16 by Gov. Sebelius, enacts a broad range of changes regarding issuance of deer permits. The changes will take effect in 2008. Among the changes incorporated are the following:
- allows issuance of resident whitetail either-sex permits that are valid statewide during any season with equipment legal for that season;
- makes resident Either Species, Either Sex Archery permits valid statewide;
- eliminates transferable nonresident permits;
- establishes a half-price fee for big game or turkey permits for residents younger than 16;
- authorizes issuance of special Hunt-Own-Land deer permits to a landowner's or tenant's siblings and lineal ascendants or descendants and their spouses, regardless of residence;
- establishes a formula for determining the total number of nonresident deer permits issued annually, based on demand, as well as biological adjustment factors;
- restricts nonresident deer hunters to two adjacent deer management units;
- requires nonresident hunters to select one season (archery, muzzleloader, or firearms) at the time of application; and
- allows nonresident hunters applying for whitetail either-sex archery or muzzleloader permits in designated units to also apply for one of a limited number of mule deer stamps (if successful in both drawings, the applicant would be issued a permit that allows the take of either a whitetail deer or a mule deer in that unit).


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The list of spring trainee invites for the Yankees courtesy of the Yankees:
Luis Ayala, 33, is 29-39 with 18 saves and a 3.67 ERA (390.1IP, 159ER) in 377 career games over parts of six seasons with Montreal (2003-04), Washington (2005-08), Mets (2008), Minnesota (2009) and Florida (2009). Since 2003, he is tied for fifth in the National League in wins as a reliever with 28, behind Ryan Madson (35), Guillermo Mota (31), Chad Qualls (30) and Scott Linebrink (29). In 2010, he combined to go 2-10 with a 6.42 ERA (47.2IP, 34ER) and four saves in 36 appearances out of the bullpen with Triple-A Albuquerque of the Dodgers organization, Triple-A Colorado Springs of the Rockies organization and Triple-A Reno of the Diamondbacks organization. Following the season, he helped lead Mexico to the Caribbean World Series title, tossing five scoreless innings over four relief appearances and recording two saves (0-0, 2H, 1K, 2BB). Ayala was originally signed as a free agent by the Rockies in 1999.
Ronnie Belliard, 35, has batted .273 (1,377-for-5,045) with 328 doubles, 114 home runs and 601 RBI in 1,484 games over parts of 13 seasons with Milwaukee (1998-2002), Colorado (2003), Cleveland (2004-06), St. Louis (2006), Washington (2007-09) and Los Angeles-NL (2009-10). Among active second basemen, he ranks fourth in doubles, fifth in home runs and RBI and sixth in games played. He recorded 30 or more doubles in seven of eight seasons from 2000-07, including a career-best 48 doubles with the Indians in 2004. In 2010, he played in 82 games with the Dodgers and hit .216 (35-for-162) with 10 doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI, committing just three errors in 36 total chances combined at the first, second and third-base positions. Belliard was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth round of the 1994 First-Year Player Draft.
Eric Chavez, 33, owns a .267 (1,276-for-4,783) career average with 282 doubles, 230 home runs and 787 RBI in 1,320 games over 13 seasons with the Athletics. He leaves the A's organization ranking among the franchise's top 10 in nearly every offensive category: second in doubles (282) and extra base hits (532), third in total bases (2,288), fourth in runs (730), home runs (230), RBI (787), games (1,320), at bats (4,783) and strikeouts (922), fifth in hits (1,276) and seventh in walks (565) and slugging percentage (.478). He won six consecutive AL Gold Glove awards at third base from 2001-06, tying Buddy Bell for the second-most awards by an American Leaguer at the position behind Brooks Robinson (16). In 2010, he was limited to just 33 games (.234, 1HR, 10RBI) after landing on the disabled list on 5/22 with neck spasms. Chavez was originally selected by Oakland in the first round (10th overall pick) of the 1996 First-Year Player Draft.
Bartolo Colon, 37, is 153-103 with a 4.10 ERA (2,076.2IP, 945ER) in 328 career games (325 starts) over parts of 13 seasons with Cleveland (1997-2002), Montreal (2002), Chicago-AL (2003, '09), Los Angeles-AL (2004-07) and Boston (2008). He last appeared in the Major Leagues with the White Sox in 2009, where he went 3-6 with a 4.19 ERA in 12 starts. In 2005, Colon was voted to the American League All-Star team and was named the league's Cy Young Award winner after going 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA in 33 starts with the Angels. Following the 2010 Major League season, he made seven starts for the Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican Winter League and went 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA (37.1 IP, 8 ER), recording 28 strikeouts with just six walks. Colon was originally signed as a free agent by the Indians in 1993.
Freddy Garcia, 34, owns a 133-87 career record with a 4.13 ERA (1,929.2 IP, 885 ER) in 303 games (302 starts) over parts of 12 seasons with Seattle (1999-2004), Chicago-AL (2004-06, '09-10), Philadelphia (2007) and Detroit (2008). Among all Venezuelan-born pitchers, he ranks first in innings pitched, is tied for first in wins (also Johan Santana) and ranks third in strikeouts (1,390). Since 2001, he owns the fourth-most wins in the American League among active, right-handed pitchers (106), trailing Tim Wakefield (108), John Lackey (116) and Roy Halladay (135). In 2010, he went 12-6 with a 4.64 ERA (157.0 IP, 81 ER) in 28 starts with the White Sox, marking his most outings in a season since 2006 (33). Garcia was originally signed as a free agent by the Astros in 1993.
Warner Madrigal, 26, went a combined 5-2 with a 3.73 ERA (50.2IP, 21ER) in 35 relief appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Frisco in the Texas Rangers organization in 2010. He has made 44 Major League appearances (one start) over parts of two seasons (2008-09) with Texas, going 0-2 with a 6.10 ERA (48.2IP, 33ER). He began his professional career as an outfielder, before converting to a pitcher in 2006. Warner was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Angels in 2001.
LHP Manuel Banuelos, 19, combined to go 0-4 with a 2.51 ERA (64.2IP, 18ER) in 15 starts with the GCL Yankees, Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton in 2010. He spent the majority of the year with Tampa, where he went 0-3 with a 2.23 ERA (44.1IP, 11ER), recording 62 strikeouts in 10 starts. Following the season, he made seven starts with the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, going 0-2 with a 3.60 ERA and started in the 2010 AFL Rising Stars Game (2.0IP, 1ER, 2K). Banuelos enters the 2011 season tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees' fourth-best prospect and top left-handed pitcher. He was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent in 2008.
OF Daniel Brewer, 23, batted .270 (137-for-508) with 34 doubles, 10 home runs, 84 RBI and 29 stolen bases in 136 games with Double-A Trenton in 2010. He recorded the second-most RBI among all Yankees minor league hitters in 2010 and the fifth-most stolen bases. Brewer was selected by the Yankees in the eighth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
C Jose Gil, 24, combined to hit .247 (61-for-247) with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 44 RBI in 71 games with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton in 2010. Following the season, played in 25 games with the Caribes de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan Winter League and hit .247 (19-for-77) with six doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI. Gil was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent in 2003.
C Kyle Higashioka, 20, played the entire 2010 season with Single-A Charleston and batted. .225 (72-for-320) with 18 doubles, six home runs and 24 RBI in 90 games. He hit .192 (41-for-213) prior to the All-Star break, compared to .290 (31-for-107) during the second half of the season. He also committed just six errors in 479 total chances at the catcher position. Higashioka was the Yankees' seventh round pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
OF Austin Krum, 25, played in 120 games with Double-A Trenton in 2010, batting .229 (105-for-459) with 17 doubles, five home runs and 44 RBI. He played in seven games for the Thunder during the 2010 playoffs and hit .296 (8-for-27) with three doubles, two RBI and three stolen bases, leading all Eastern League postseason players in both doubles and stolen bases. Krum was selected by the Yankees in the ninth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
RHP D.J. Mitchell, 23, spent the majority of the 2010 season with Double-A Trenton where he went 11-4 with a 4.06 ERA (133.0IP, 60ER) in 23 games (22 starts), holding batters to a .183 (26-for-142) batting average with runners in scoring position. A midseason All-Star in the Eastern League, Mitchell was promoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on August 23 where he made one postseason start, but did not record a decision (5.0IP, 4R, 3ER, 8H, 2BB, 4K, 1HR). He was selected by the Yankees in the 10th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft and is attending his second consecutive spring camp.
C Jesus Montero, 21, enters the 2011 season ranked by Baseball America as the Yankees' top prospect and the fifth-best prospect in all of baseball (top catcher). He played in 123 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2010 and batted .289 (131-for-453) with 34 doubles, three triples, 21 home runs and 75 RBI. An International League midseason and postseason All-Star, Montero ranked third in the league in extra-base hits (58), tied for third in doubles and ranked fifth in slugging percentage (.577) and total bases (.234). Among all Yankees minor league hitters in 2010, Montero ranked second in home runs, tied for second in batting average and ranked fourth in RBI. He was also tabbed by Baseball America as the organization's "Best Hitter for Average" and "Best Power Hitter" and was named the organization's top prospect by the Sporting News. Montero was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent in 2006.
OF Jordan Parraz, 26, owns a .289 (672-for-2,324) career batting average with 147 doubles, 54 home runs and 325 RBI in 634 minor league games in the Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals organizations. In 2010, he played the entire season with Triple-A Omaha (KC), batting .266 (115-for-432) with 58 runs, 27 doubles, 11 home runs and 61 RBI in 123 games. Following the season, he played with La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .306 (22-for-72) in 25 games. Parraz was originally selected by Houston in the third round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.
RHP David Phelps, 24, combined to go 10-2 with a 2.50 ERA (158.2IP, 44ER) in 26 games (25 starts) with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2010. At the time of his promotion from Trenton to Scranton/WB on July 2, he led the Eastern League in strikeouts (84) and ranked second in ERA (2.04), earning a spot on the league's midseason All-Star team. Among all Yankees farmhands in 2010, he ranked second in strikeouts (141) and third in ERA. Following the season, he was ranked by Baseball America as having the organization's "Best Curveball." Phelps was selected by the Yankees in the 14th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
C Austin Romine, 22, enters the 2011 season ranked by Baseball America as the sixth-best prospect and the "Best Defensive Catcher" in the Yankees organization. He played the entire 2010 season with Double-A Trenton and batted .268 (122-for-455) with 31 doubles, 10 home runs and 69 RBI in 115 games, earning a spot on the Eastern League's midseason All-Star team. He also committed just five errors in 853 total chances (99.4% fielding percentage). Following the season, Romine played in 16 games with the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, batting .279 (17-for-61) with three doubles and seven RBI. He was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
INF Bradley Suttle, 25, played the entire 2010 season with Single-A Tampa and batted .272 (140-for-514) with 33 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 80 RBI in 133 games. He ranked second in the league in RBI, fourth in hits and fifth in doubles and led all Florida State League third basemen with a .951 fielding percentage. Suttle hit .304 (7-for-23) with three home runs, nine RBI and two stolen bases for the FSL Champions during the postseason, leading all league postseason batters in home runs and RBI. Suttle was selected by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
INF Jorge Vazquez, 28, combined to hit .284 (95-for-334) with 25 doubles, 18 home runs and 68 RBI in 86 games with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2010, ranking fourth among all Yankees minor league hitters in home runs. Following the season, he helped lead Mexico to the Caribbean World Series title, garnering MVP honors after hitting .310 (9-for-29) with two home runs and six RBI in six games. Vazquez was signed by the Yankees as a free agent in 2008 after spending the previous 10 years in the Mexican League.
RHP Adam Warren, 23, combined to go 11-7 with a 2.59 ERA (135.1IP, 39ER) in 25 starts with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton in 2010, allowing three runs or less in 19 of his outings. He was named to the Florida State League midseason All-Star team and was tabbed as the Eastern League "Pitcher of the Week" for the period ending on 8/22, after recording a Trenton franchise-record 15 strikeouts in seven shutout innings on August 18 vs. Bowie. He has combined to go 15-9 with a 2.25 ERA (192.0IP, 48ER) with 176 strikeouts and only 43 walks over his first two professional seasons (2009-10). Warren was selected by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
RHP Eric Wordekemper, 27, went a combined 5-0 with nine saves and a 3.00 ERA (66.0IP, 22ER) in 47 appearances out of the bullpen with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2010. Following the season, he appeared in 21 games for the Tomateros de Culiacan of the Mexican Pacific League and did not record a decision, recording 19 strikeouts in 19.1IP in relief (13ER). Wordekemper was selected by the Yankees in the 46th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft.


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As an artist living on Mount Desert Island, who also works as a Park Ranger, I have accumulated well over 3,000 photographs of Acadia National Park. Obviously, you never go out into the park unarmed and that's why I always bring my camera. To say the least I was excited to learn about this assignment, I thought, "this is going to be right up my alleyâ€, yet when I reviewed my work I was shocked to see that there was no grand gem of a photo anywhere in my portfolio. Where was that award winner, that stunning vista? How could I have missed it? I instantly went out to try and find that iconic shot. Eventually it dawned on me that the true beauty of Acadia lays in the park's visual complexity. There is no one "trophy shot†– no Half Dome or El Capitan, no Delicate Arch or Old Faithful or a spectacular flume to frame in a viewfinder. Yet every year it attracts some of the best photographers from around the world, not to mention photo workshops and although coastal landscapes, fall foliage and Bass Harbor Lighthouse feature prominently, in my opinion, Acadia's subtle beauty cannot be captured with just one glorious picture. The park is a plethora of photographic opportunities - no matter where you are or what you look at. There are woods, valleys, meadows, streams, bogs, mountains, rocks, cliffs, lakes and wildlife, not to mention the ocean. It's not the grandeur that gives Acadia its value; it's the fact that, like a string of colorful beads, Acadia's wonder lays in the context of the whole. The work of the photographer in Acadia National Park is one of composition and selection. The photographer's mind will start running with all sorts of possibilities; it is the perfect place to be creative. I don't think one picture could ever do Acadia justice, but, who knows, maybe someday the Park will reveal to me it's one perfect gem.
Late fall morning brings fog on the ascent up Bernard Mountain


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Meet and Eat: Jed Portman, Serious Eats Intern
Name: Jed Portman
Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Freelance writer, recent college graduate
Twitter: @jdportman
Guilty pleasures? You know, I don't really believe in guilty pleasures. If I had to name one, though, it would probably be Bagel Bites. God, I can eat those things by the case—the family-sized case, I mean, not the puny nine-bagel regular case. I guess I ought to be ashamed of that. I also like cheap beer.
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Describe your perfect meal. Pork, coarse chopped, extra brown from Lexington BBQ with slaw, hush puppies, pork skins, and a big styrofoam cup of Cheerwine. Topped off with a slice of pecan pie, maybe, and a glass of bourbon. As a fisherman, I also love a cornmeal-dipped, pan-fried trout.
What food won't you eat? There are only two things that I won't eat: yogurt and bananas. I think it's the texture that gets me.
Favorite food person? Sean Brock. A handful of other people doing good things for food and drink in the South—Allan Benton, John Currence, and John T. Edge, to name a few—are in the running, too.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? That was probably the first time I traveled more than an hour just to try a restaurant (my current record is six hours, to Husk in Charleston).
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? People usually humor me as long as I don't give them too much trouble. I was almost picked up and carried out of Prince's Hot Chicken in Nashville by some buddies a couple of years ago when I wouldn't give up and leave after a (pretty typical) two-hour wait for the chicken. We called ahead a couple of hours before we went back the next day, at my insistence, but let me tell you: that chicken is worth waiting for.
Favorite food sites or blogs (besides SE)? Grub Street's a good one. I also keep up with the Southern Foodways Alliance's blog and Field & Stream's Wild Chef blog.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? Depends on where I am. I do spend a lot of time on Yelp and will ask folks around town for suggestions when I'm in a new place.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? Dinner, at Amy Ruth's in Harlem. That place has the best fried chicken and sides in New York City. I dare anyone to tell me otherwise.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? I didn't cook much until I moved out to northwestern Montana and realized that, if I wanted to keep eating the foods I'd grown up with, I'd have to learn to make them myself. The first recipes that I learned by heart were for fried chicken, biscuits, and pimento cheese. I'm a better cook now than I was then, but those three things are still my specialties.
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"More than anything, this is what's terrible about modern media and how these books roll out," Axelrod says. "I was determined to write a book that wasn't going to be characterized by some titillating nugget that had about a three-day half-life, but rather an entire story of my life and the conclusions that life has led me to. I wanted to write a book that people might want to read years from now and not just today's publication because they wanted to find out who had been knifing who."But why would we believe that you have written a thoughtful tome of this sort? What in the entire story of your life could move us to believe that you'd produce a work of timeless literature or even solid personal memoir that tells the truth about what happened and reveals the actual "conclusions that life has led [you] to"?
Even now as you try to bullshit us into believing "Believer" is worth believing, you say things like:
The book treats Hillary Clinton, a client before she was an opponent—and today Axelrod's preferred 2016 presidential candidate—with admiration and respect, even when her operatives are dissed, and even when Axelrod reports that she considered a post-2008 primary conversation with him, aboard the Obama campaign plane, about as welcome as a root canal.So, obviously, he had no intention to tell the truth about Hillary. He's rooting for the Democratic Party candidate in '16, and it's probably going to have to be her, so he's pulling his punches. Who wants to read the inside story of Obama's '08 campaign if you know the writer is committed to being kind to Hillary? What I'd have to believe to want to read "Believer" is that the writer has put the interests of us, the readers, first. Otherwise, it's PR, propaganda... a book-shaped object. We smell that —easily — and we turn up our noses... after picking out the few nuggets that looked tasty.
"I think she's going to be the [Democratic] nominee, and I will strongly support her," says Axelrod, who claims that 2012 was his final campaign and that he has retired once and for all from political consulting; these days he presides over the Institute of Politics, which he founded in 2013 at his alma mater, the University of Chicago. "She's in a very strong position—not to say that she's guaranteed anything," Axelrod says of Clinton. "The question—and only she can answer it when she becomes a candidate—is what kind of candidate she'll be."
And here's something Axelrod said in the interview:
Axelrod is skeptical of the presidential buzz surrounding Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. "So he goes to Iowa and gives a good speech to a few hundred activists…and he's the flavor of the month," he says. "Presidential politics is like pole vaulting. Everyone can clear the early bar. But then the bar gets raised. And the reality is, how do you handle it when it gets really, really rough, when you're under constant scrutiny, when everything you say becomes an issue?"What a hack! 1. He instinctively runs down the Republican, of course. 2. He uses a banal metaphor (raising the bar) and drags it out as if that will make it seem to contain wisdom. 3. He's acting like the first time he noticed Walker was the first thing Walker ever did. That speech in Iowa. But that speech in Iowa was what it was because Walker had gone though four really, really rough years in Wisconsin when he was under constant scrutiny, when everything he said became an issue.


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