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Toronto's Ravi Jain is at home in the theatre, and with A Brimful of Asha, at Soulpepper till Saturday during its national tour, he and his mom, Asha, make everyone feel at home, greeting each audience member with a fresh samosa and a "Thank you for coming!" Are they getting into character or just being themselves? "I'm not an actor," begins Asha. What they present, with more reality than The Bachelor, is "not a play" but "a dispute" over the attempt to arrange Ravi's marriage.
Asha and Ravi give contrasting perspectives on what happened when Ravi, at age 27, went to his parents' homeland India to give an acting workshop in 2007 and they decided to come along to find him a bride. On each side of the generational and cultural divide, the question seems so clear cut whether it is for the parents to choose when and to whom their child will be married. But there are points to be made on both sides. As Apu says on the Simpsons, "Mother, come on, you know that 1 in 25 arranged marriages ends in divorce."
Asha wears a vibrant fuchsia sari; her son wears a traditional Indian shirt with jeans and sneakers. No costume designer is credited, as the two are surely wearing their own clothes. The simple, homey set is a dining table and two chairs on a rug-covered platform, framed by a curtain in the centre of which is a wide-screen monitor where Jain periodically refers to family photos, maps, and video clips (set designer, Julie Fox; lighting and video designer, Beth Kates).
Ravi Jain is the director of this show he created with his mother primarily through improvisation, and he is an experienced, thoroughly trained actor and award-winning director (2012 Pauline McGibbon Award; founding artistic director of Why Not Theatre; an artist in residence at Soulpepper Theatre Company; inaugural artistic director in residence at The Theatre Centre), but while it is sometimes evident that Ravi is stepping in to keep a scene on track, it is untrained Asha, a self-described "dedicated housewife and abused mother", who steals scene after scene. This is the role Asha was born to play.
Although the duo has performed this show many times in many cities since its premiere at Tarragon in 2012, it does not feel over-rehearsed, in fact it feels perpetually spontaneous, and it probably is a little different every night. The show is primarily humorous but with an undercurrent of tension always ready to pull you in. There is little by way of overt action and the simple production looks easy, an occasionally heated conversation as mother and son sit at the table drinking tea, but the story they tell is a rollercoaster ride, a contentious and intimate conversation to which they welcome us as witnesses. Asha very much seems to be enjoying being herself, and yet the two of them are going over a lot of emotionally charged memories and it must be a taxing experience to relive such painful and personal conflict in front of a packed audience night after night.
As early as age five, Ravi regularly entertained the "extended family" that was his community by mimicking India's legendary film actor Amitabh Bachchan. Asha teases that, by pursuing a life in the theatre, Ravi is not allowing himself to move on from the first of life's four stages, establishing a "real" profession, onto the next stage of finding a wife. The debate is real, but so is the love. At least in the context of the Jain family, the intent of arranged marriage is not to dictate but to ensure a secure and happy future for the child. Fittingly, the name Asha means "hope".


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A couple weekends ago, we had some unseasonably warm weather, so we took advantage of one last day out in the yard.
It also marked the transition of "summer" toys to "winter" toys, so Sylvia took full advantage of double the toys...
Teeter-Totter with Sylvia, Violet, and Monkey
Arrrrrr!!!!! I am a crazy girl!
Arrrrr! I am crazy like my big sister!!
I said "ARRRRRRRRR"
I'm a cutie!
Case #1 of winter and summer blending together... Stuffed animals in snow sled
I said no more pictures!
Case #2 of winter and summer blending together... Stuffed animals in snow sled behind wagon with purple chairs with stuffed animals on top
Above contraption running over little sister... I think we are done playing
Time for a picnic on the front steps!


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In an impressive way, the motorcycle exhibition at our castle presents its visitors with the foundation of the DKW Factory by Jorgen Skafte Rasmussen at the beginning of the 20th century.
With his own economic foresight and side by side with other clever allies, he managed to entrench the two-stroke engine and bring various motorcycle models on the market. Thus, the company turned into the world's biggest motorcycle factory only two decades after its foundation.
The exhibition's main highlight is the recently re-designed "Collection Rasmussen" presenting precious historic
motorcycles, stationary engines as well as unique items and personal belongings from the beginnings of DKW. The exhibits are the result of the long-lasting collecting and restoring by Mr Jorgen Skafte Rassmussen in order to remind of his grandfather and founder of DKW. The collection serves as a reminder of the skills of the engineers and workers in our region. Thus, Mr Rasmussen handed the collection over to Zschopau, to bring it back to its roots and too be sure that he found a trustworthy place to cherish and keep alive the lifework of his grandfather.
Furthermore, the exhibition presents major parts of the MZ products – such as most of the well-known serial produced motorcycles, as well as Enduro and street racing machines.
A special feature is the video screen on which the visitors can choose between several documentaries about the history of DKW, MZ and Zschopau to enter the fascinating world of motorcycles.


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While by no means exhaustive, the HTML5Test by Niels Leenheer, does a good job of showing off how well a browser tackles the web standard, HTML5. As you can see, the iPad has a ways to go, but among mobile devices, it – along with the entire iDevice family – is still on top, losing only marginally to the desktop version of Firefox. In many ways, this test mirrors the results of the Acid3 test, proving that Apple play better by web standards than their rivals. I could not test iOS 4's Safari on my iPod touch because of a God-awful Wifi router, but I assume it to be equally as OKAY. Here are the results compared to various browsers run under OSX 10.6.4 with all the latest trimmings on a 2007 MacBook Pro.
|Web Broswer:
|HTML5Test Score:
|iPad Safari (iOS 3.2.1)
|OSX Safari 5.01
|OSX Chrome 5.0.375.125
|OSX Firefox 3.6.8
|OSX Opera 10.6.0
At Jeffrey Zeldman's blog, controversy is starting over the inclusion of certain features in the test.


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Adam Riess, the Nobel Prize-winning astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss the expansion of the universe and its mysteries in an event at Bolton Street Synagogue on Sunday.
Riess will present and lead a discussion titled "Exploding Stars, an Expanding Universe and Mysterious Dark Energy" at the Roland Park house of worship. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized him for his work in that area in 2011.
He shared the $1.49 million prize with fellow American Saul Perlmutter and U.S.-Australian citizen Brian Schmidt "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae," according to the announcement.
But a Ph.D. isn't required to check out the lecture.
"He's very good at explaining things in ways that don't require you to be an astrophysicist to understand," said Mark Hyman, a former president of the synagogue who helped organize the event. (Hyman is also a former Baltimore Sun reporter.)
The lecture is part of the synagogue's "Uncommon Voices Series", in partnership with the Maryland Science Center. The synagogue launched the series after moving from Bolton Hill to Roland Park in 2003, in an effort to reach out to the community around it, Hyman said.
They were also helped in lining up Riess as a speaker because he's a member of the congregation, Hyman said.
The event is free and open to the public. It starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue, 212 W. Cold Spring Lane.


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I became interested in implementing Bentley and Sedgewick's Ternary Trees by reading the challenge proposed on Programming Praxis (a great blog, by the way). I thought the algorithms would be a good fit for a purely functional data structure, and I am happy with the results. Here is my implementation.
I follow the
Map.S signature, so that this can be a drop-in replacement for
string-keyed maps, so that the interface (.mli file) is simply:
include Map.S with type key = string
For the implementation I restrict the key space to
type key = string
Trees are optional references to nodes, and these are records containing the mapped value whenever this node represents a full key, the character suffix for the tree and the three branches:
type 'a t = 'a node option and 'a node = { value : 'a option; split : char; lokid : 'a t; eqkid : 'a t; hikid : 'a t; }
In this I follow closely the paper, except for a crucial detail: in it, the authors make use of the terminator inherent to every C string, the null byte
'\0'. This forces a design decision:
- emulate the termination character. This has the distinct disadvantage of having to prohibit it from occurring in string keys
- use a
char optionas the key. This forces boxing the key into a constructed type and complicates the logic in all the comparisons, which has a negative impact in the inner loops
- use a
char listor string as the key. This has the advantage that it can be adapted to compress the search paths, but it requires generating substrings of everything
- guard on the string length. This is the choice I took. It complicates the comparison logic somewhat, but it has the advantage of making the node representation more regular and compact, and allowing the full range of characters in string keys
An empty tree is represented by a
None reference:
let empty = None
Consequently, the test for an empty tree is a match on the
let is_empty = function None -> true | Some _ -> false
This means that I'll be forced to normalize trees on deletion, of which more later. The workhorse function is
let lookup k t = let n = String.length k in let rec go i = function | None -> None | Some t -> let cmp = Char.compare k.[i] t.split in if cmp < 0 then go i t.lokid else if cmp > 0 then go i t.hikid else if i+1 < n then go (i+1) t.eqkid else t.value in go 0 t
It is as simple as it can be given the choices I outlined above. The crucial bit is that the presence or absence of the value is the flag that indicates if this node represents a present or absent key in the tree. The signature's retrieval and membership functions are simply wrappers around this:
let find k t = match lookup k t with | Some x -> x | None -> raise Not_found let mem k t = match lookup k t with | Some _ -> true | None -> false
Inserting a key-value pair in the tree is a bit more involved:
let add k v t = let n = String.length k in let rec go i = function | None when i+1 < n -> Some { value = None ; split = k.[i]; lokid = None; eqkid = go (i+1) None; hikid = None } | None -> Some { value = Some v; split = k.[i]; lokid = None; eqkid = None; hikid = None } | Some t -> let cmp = Char.compare k.[i] t.split in if cmp < 0 then Some { t with lokid = go i t.lokid } else if cmp > 0 then Some { t with hikid = go i t.hikid } else if i+1 < n then Some { t with eqkid = go (i+1) t.eqkid } else Some { t with value = Some v } in go 0 t
The case when the end of a branch is reached is inlined, so that a descending branch keyed on the key's suffix is built until reaching its last character, which stores the keyed value. Otherwise, the suffix is compared to the node key, and the appropriate child is built. Note that the recursively built subtree replaces the corresponding child in the node; this is what makes this data structure purely functional and persistent. Removing a mapping is similar, but complicated by the need to normalize the tree so that an empty tree is represented by
let remove k t = let prune = function | { value = None; lokid = None; eqkid = None; hikid = None } -> None | t -> Some t in let n = String.length k in let rec go i = function | None -> None | Some t -> let cmp = Char.compare k.[i] t.split in if cmp < 0 then prune { t with lokid = go i t.lokid } else if cmp > 0 then prune { t with hikid = go i t.hikid } else if i+1 < n then prune { t with eqkid = go (i+1) t.eqkid } else prune { t with value = None } in go 0 t
In this case,
prune works somewhat as a smart constructor for node references.
The big advantage of ternary search trees is that, since they are modeled on three-way quicksort, they provide ordered key storage with relative insensitivity to the order of insertions. The big disadvantage is that they don't have a canonical form for a given key set, that is, their shape depends on the order in which the keys are inserted. This means that they provide a cheap
fold but no easy way to
compare trees:
let fold f t e = let rec go prefix e = function | None -> e | Some t -> let e = go prefix e t.lokid in let key = prefix ^ String.make 1 t.split in let e = match t.value with None -> e | Some v -> f key v e in let e = go key e t.eqkid in go prefix e t.hikid in go "" e t
Note that the key is built character by character but only on the equal kids. Note also that the resulting fold is guaranteed to be ordered on the keys by the sequence in which the recursion is carried out. The rest of the iteration functions in the signature are trivial wrappers:
let iter f t = fold (fun k v () -> f k v ) t () and map f t = fold (fun k v -> add k (f v )) t empty and mapi f t = fold (fun k v -> add k (f k v)) t empty
As I indicated above, ternary search trees have no canonical form, so to compare two trees you have to somehow traverse them in synchronization. One easy but expensive way would be to turn both into key-value lists and compare those; this would require O(n min m) time and O(n + m) space. The best way would be to turn the fold into a continuation-passing iterator that lazily streams keys and traverse both in tandem. I leave it as an exercise to the reader:
let compare _ _ _ = failwith "Not comparable" let equal eq t t' = 0 == compare (fun v w -> if eq v w then 0 else 1) t t'


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If you are looking to turn your laptop into desktop workstations with one single USB 2.0 cable, driving monitors up to 2048×1152 pixels, you must be out of your freaking mind. Or maybe you just need these.
They are two new Kesington Universal Notebook Docking Stations, both powered by the DisplayLink DL-195USB graphics processor. That means that your notebook graphic card would not be used. The DL-195USB will process all the graphics and send it to your monitor, so your build-in fancy GPU will sit idling and whistling.
The $US149.99 K33926US can connect to DVI or VGA monitors at that resolution, providing with Ethernet connectivity at the same time. The $US129.99 K33930US will do the same, sans the Ethernet. [Kensington ]


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Syracuse Hot Stove & Jersey Retirement
A couple weeks ago I went to Syracuse for a little Hot Stove Dinner to kick off the union of the Nationals with the Chiefs. I never new that it could really get colder than it was in Columbus. The team was nice enough to let my fiancee come along, so once we got to the airport they had one of their interns there waiting to pick us up. And you know, we started some small talk like regular humans, and they started telling me what the plans were for the day. Let me inform you that all I thought I was doing was going to the dinner to meet the fans. But they had a different itinerary in mind. The intern said I had a photo shoot and an interview lined up beginning in an hour. (There goes the relaxing afternoon I had planned, haha). So I went to the photo shoot at a local photographer. It was a photo shoot for Time Warner Cable and they had a Syracuse Chiefs jersey and hat for me to wear. They took about 15-20 shots that are actually going to be used for billboards around town and other media pamphlets, so I thought that was really cool. After that, we went over to the radio station to do some radio commercial for Time Warner. The local Time Warner is trying to focus on "local celebrities" like the minor league hockey team there and also Carmello Anthony, since he went to Syracuse in college. They gave me 4 full sheets to read for radio ads. As you can imagine, this took me a while, about an hour and a half to be exact, I'm not the best reader, haha.
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V. Stiviano had grown accustomed to being the glamorous companion of Donald Sterling, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Once a catering truck operator from Boyle Heights, now she lived in a house Sterling bought her, drove a red Ferrari that he gave her and sat courtside at Staples Center.
In early April, though, their relationship became strained. Sterling's wife, Shelly, had sued Stiviano in March, charging that the 31-year-old had extracted four luxury cars, $240,000 in cash and the $1.8-million house from her 80-year-old husband.
Shelly Sterling also put a lien on the house that her husband had given Stiviano. Six days later, on April 9, Stiviano got a text from a Clippers employee: Donald Sterling had ordered the tickets, parking pass and luxury suite access he had given her for that night's game to be sold.
Stiviano texted that it didn't matter — another regular had given her tickets. The employee texted back: "Mr. Sterling said to let me know if you need anything. We don't want to have any issues at the game."
Stiviano responded: "No tell Mr. Sterling that I don't need anything nor do I want anything…But thanks for asking. LET THE GAMES BEGAN. . . ."
Two minutes later, Stiviano sent the employee an audio file. In it, Sterling could be heard making disparaging remarks about Magic Johnson, blacks and other minorities, and how he didn't want Stiviano associating with them publicly.
The world would learn about Sterling's rant 16 days later, when the celebrity website TMZ posted it. Then came the worldwide condemnation, the threats of player boycotts, the flight of Clippers advertisers. After an investigation, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver fined Sterling $2.5 million, banned him for life from the pro basketball league and asked the other owners to strip Sterling of his team.
On Monday, the NBA lodged formal allegations against Sterling, and presented hundreds of pages of supporting documents that revealed new facets of the scandal: the scramble by Sterling and allies to make the problem go away, one Clippers employee's rebuffed plea to warn the NBA of the recording, Stiviano's determination not to be pushed aside.
Those and other allegations, contained in the confidential documents reviewed by The Times, will come center stage on June 3, when the other 29 NBA owners convene in New York City to hold a hearing that could force Sterling to sell the team he has owned for 33 years. Sterling has until May 27 to respond to the allegations.
The NBA's investigation contended the trouble unfolded this way:
It was close to mid-September, in the NBA off-season, when Sterling, Stiviano and her sister, Lucy Vasquez, were out together in Century City. On the way back to Stiviano's home, she and Sterling began to argue. Sterling was upset that she had posted a photo on Instagram of herself alongside former Laker Magic Johnson.
Stiviano often recorded Sterling on her iPhone, to try to teach him a lesson about how poorly he came across at times, her lawyers would later say. She recorded the argument as it continued inside her home.
Six months later, while relaxing with girlfriends in a VIP lounge at Staples Center, Stiviano was served with Shelly Sterling's lawsuit. Because of Shelly's antagonism, Stiviano said, she gave copies of the recording to friends for "safekeeping." She said she suspects one of them sold it to the gossip site.
"Ms. Stiviano vehemently denies having done anything wrong and did not make any threats," said her attorney Mac Nehoray, who added that at the time his client lost her Clippers privileges, she did not know about the lien on her house.
The Clippers employee passed the recording on to Andy Roeser, the team president, who informed Sterling, according a sworn statement from David B. Anders, the attorney who is the NBA's lead investigator in the case. Later, the longtime Clippers executive would tell another employee that Sterling "was not worried about the tape."
After Sterling and Roeser spoke, the executive asked the employee to delete the audio and the text messages, Anders said. The employee "at first questioned Mr. Roeser, asking him if he was sure that the employee should delete the files. Mr. Roeser said he was sure," according to Anders.
TMZ contacted an unnamed Clippers employee on April 23, two days before the posting of the audio, and asked whether the team wanted to comment. The following day, sources told The Times, Clippers chief spokesman Seth Burton urged Roeser to inform top NBA officials about the recording. Roeser said not to contact the NBA, Anders said. Roeser has declined to comment.
But late that night, Roeser did call NBA Commissioner Silver, warning him that the recording was likely to go online the next day. At 10 p.m. on Friday, April 25, TMZ put the audio up, under the headline: "L.A. Clippers Owner to GF: Don't Bring Black People to My Games ...Including Magic Johnson."
The next day, in San Francisco for his team's playoff game with the Golden State Warriors, Sterling reviewed a statement along with his wife and Roeser. Shelly Sterling said it needed to mention her lawsuit against Stiviano. The statement, which suggested the recording might have been altered, was issued that afternoon by Roeser.
Shelly Sterling's involvement surprised no one in the Clippers organization, whose employees believed that "Mrs. Sterling remains inextricably intertwined with Mr. Sterling," said Anders, who interviewed 20 people who worked for the team. Those employees made it clear they wanted her out.
Shelly Sterling has repeatedly said she is estranged from her husband of 58 years, and her attorney asserts that she had nothing to do with that statement.
That same afternoon, Sterling spoke on the phone with Anders, the investigator. Anders says that when Sterling was pressed, he admitted some of the statements were his, Anders said. But Sterling also insisted to Anders that the recording "had been doctored and words he did not and would never say were inserted."
He told Anders that he had expressed a concern about "gangbangers," not African Americans in general. He added that he knew his companion as "V," but did not know her last name. He said the release of the recording had to be viewed in context of his wife's lawsuit against Stiviano and that his companion "had warned him that she would 'teach him a lesson' if the litigation was not withdrawn," Anders' declaration says.
On Tuesday, April 29, Silver announced his sanctions against Sterling. Silver and Sterling had not spoken to that point, but had a phone conversation the day after the commissioner banned his longest-tenured owner.
Sterling acknowledged making the offensive remarks, according to Silver's sworn statement. There were "so many problems," Sterling said, he realized Silver had to impose the stiff penalty. But then, the commissioner recalled, the owner also insisted "there's nothing in that recording that's bad."
Anders described in detail the unusual scene that unfolded when Stiviano and Sterling showed up May 2 at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel:
Shortly before being interviewed by ABC's Barbara Walters on May 2, Stiviano said, she was told by Sterling that she should "falsely state to the NBA that the voice on the recording was not Mr. Sterling's." He wanted her to say she'd altered the audio and lied to the league about the whole incident, the NBA's lead investigator said.
The Clippers owner also proposed to make Shelly Sterling's lawsuit go away: Stiviano should "pay the full value of the claim asserted in the lawsuit," said Anders' statement, and Sterling would "return the value of that payment to Ms. Stiviano through back channels."
Stiviano said she responded by asking her lawyers to join the pair, then asked Sterling to restate his requests. At that point, Sterling "became extremely upset, and subsequently left."
In the following days, a deputy NBA commissioner flew to L.A. to reassure the team and other Clippers employees and make a grief counselor available. Silver said he placed Roeser on an indefinite leave after "multiple team employees" said they no longer wanted to work with their boss.
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Then on May 12, Sterling went on national TV with CNN's Cooper. Weepy, contrite and combative, he proceeded to describe Magic Johnson as a do-nothing, and African Americans in general as too slow to support their community.
But he also told the CNN host, "it's not like I don't deserve" the punishment. He even said he thought the NBA's sanctions could have been harsher.
"I'm embarrassed," Sterling said, "that I would cause them so much grief."


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Chirp changes: NY study finds PCBs affect birdsong
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A chickadee's two-note song and a song sparrow's trill can be subtly modified by low levels of PCBs, according to a study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE.
The study compared the songs of birds from a stretch of the Hudson River contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls to those from an uncontaminated area in the Adirondacks. Lead author Sara DeLeon, who studied birdsongs for her doctoral thesis at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, said computer analysis of song patterns showed variations in the chickadee's "fee-bee" song and higher quality in the song sparrow's trills.
Blood samples confirmed the presence of PCBs, which the birds ingest by eating contaminated insects.
The differences in the songs are not apparent to the human ear. But DeLeon identified distinct patterns by using sound analysis software developed at the Cornell lab. She said the songs of both species are well-studied and it's been documented that there's normally very little variation in the way black-capped chickadees sing.
Since dominant male chickadees are the ones that produce the most consistent songs, the variation linked to PCBs could have important consequences for breeding, DeLeon said.
A key finding was that the song disruption was tied to specific types of PCBS, which have 209 variations, say DeLeon and the other authors of the study released Wednesday.
"Effects of PCBs are extremely complicated," co-author Andre Dhondt of the Lab of Ornithology said. "What this demonstrates is that most previous PCB studies may not give us the whole picture because they did not look at the specific type of PCB involved but just measured overall levels."
He said DeLeon found that birds with PCB exposure had changes in their songs, and then took the next step to isolate the specific type of PCB causing it.
The ill effects of PCBs on birds and wildlife are well-documented by decades of research, including many studies centered on the massive Superfund cleanup site where General Electric is dredging contaminated sediment from a stretch of the Hudson north of Albany. Most of the research has looked at mortality, reproduction and growth.
The impact of prolonged exposure to low levels of PCBs is less studied.
The research was funded by New York Sea Grant, a joint program of the State University of New York, Cornell University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


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A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT & my 2013 year in review
It's been a long while since I've written about what's going on with me and Zen Pencils, so here is a long overdue catch-up post and a look back at 2013.
But first, I have a big announcement to make. Many of you have wanted this and I can now finally reveal that I'VE SIGNED A BOOK DEAL!!! Yes, I'm very excited to say there will be a Zen Pencils book collection out in 2014. It's being published by Andrews McMeel, who specialise in comic collections, publishing iconic strips such as Calvin and Hobbes, Zits, Get Fuzzy and also other webcomics like The Oatmeal. It's planned for release in the second half of 2014. The book will collect 40-50 of my best strips and will also include an exclusive fold-out poster. Pretty cool, right? It's a dream come true for me and I still can't quite believe it's happening. We're still in the early stages of putting it together, but expect many more updates in the new year.
Right, so that's the big announcement out of the way and something to look forward to in 2014, but how did 2013 fare? This was the second full year of Zen Pencils and I'm glad to say it's continued to grow and find new readers from all over the world. The comics and quotes really seem to have had a positive impact on a lot of people and I'm continually amazed by the response and feedback from you. I kind of create the comics in a vacuum, post them online and then they go off and spread like wildfire around the world. I'll post a comic from Melbourne, then two minutes later I get an email from a reader in India, or Brazil, or Serbia, or Vietnam saying they really liked it and it cheered them up. It's so cool and surreal at the same time.
I am very glad to say that I am now making a full-time living purely from Zen Pencils. My income comes from the selling of the prints at Society 6, poster royalties, advertising on the site, and recently the limited edition T-shirts. It's hard to believe that the big dream I had when I quit my job two years ago has actually come to fruition. It's kind of snuck up on me and I'm so settled into my new routine of working from home that a lot of the time I take it for granted – a friend of mine recently was like "You get to work from home and do whatever you want, you're living the dream, Gav!" and I was like "Shit, I guess I am." My new life isn't very exciting or glamourous I'm afraid, but I couldn't be happier. I basically just sit in my room and work really hard until a comic is produced. Sometimes I'm wearing pants, sometimes I'm not. So that happened in 2013, I fulfilled my lifetime dream and became a professional cartoonist (pats self on back).
One of my personal highlights of the year was my recent trip to Peru. A lot of you were kind enough to support my fundraising efforts for World Vision. It was an incredible trip – I know I haven't posted any photos or written about it yet but I promise I will soon. I was a bit behind on the comics when I returned home last month so I've been focusing on getting new updates out since I got back. Another highlight was attending my first comic convention as a 'pro' here in Melbourne earlier in the year at Supanova, which was a great experience. I will hopefully leave my fortress of solitude more often in 2014 and attend a few more events – possibly even the biggest of them all, San Diego Comic Con. In an attempt to get out of my comfort zone and meet more of you, I'm having my first meet-up events in Singapore and Myanmar in January.
But of course, what made 2013 so incredible was you, my wonderful readers. Your continued support, encouragement, comments, sharing and feedback is what drives me to keep going and to keep getting better. The Zen Pencils community has been the best thing to come out of the site and is a big reason readers keep coming back. I'm not as active on the comments as I used to be, mainly because I can't reply to all of them. If I reply to one comment, I feel bad for not replying to someone else. But I do still monitor them and whenever I am not feeling particularly motivated all I have to do is read my comment threads to perk myself back up (while ignoring the 0.00001% of troll comments). And don't get me started with the emails! I've got a backlog of emails going back six months. I'm sorry to all of you who don't get a reply from me – it's just not physically possible for me to answer all the emails (not to mention the Facebook, Tumblr, Google+ and Twitter interactions I get). If I did answer them all, there would be no new comics being released! Keep sending those quotes though, because 95% of quotes I use are reader submitted. So please don't think that just because the site's getting more popular and I'm going to be J.K. Rowling-rich soon thanks to my book deal (highly unlikely) that I don't care about my readers anymore.
From the bottom of my heart I would just like to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you. I hope you enjoyed the comics and that they put a smile on your face a few times, or maybe a frown if one of the quotes made you realise a harsh truth. Either way I hope you got something out of Zen Pencils this year and I wish you all the very best for 2014.
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I walked home via Orlando Road today, which in my opinion is one of the nicest corners of Clarendon Park. So of course I got to wondering how it came by its name (you do that too, of course).
Well it transpires that Orlando Road began life as Holland Road, and was renamed along with a number of others throughout Leicester, as part of a rationalisation project to remove duplication. In 1894 there were 40 streets with the same name; in seven cases there were three streets with the same name; four cases of four streets with the same name and one of the same name repeated five times throughout the city. Which must have made the postman's job something of a nightmare.
So in April 1894 the council made changes, including adding the qualification of north or south to some existing names. An early suggestion was to change Holland Road to Dutch Road – a bit unimaginative, Councillors Smith and Booth – but in the end they settled on Orlando Road. Our Lorne Road was allowed to remain, whilst the Lorne Road in Aylestone was changed to Lorrimer Road.
And why Orlando? In 1890 the artist G F Watts had presented his painting 'Orlando Pursuing the Fata Morgana' to the Corporation, to help with the establishment of the permanent art gallery. You can still find it at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, though perhaps not on display as that kind of art isn't fashionable just now. Personally I love a bit of narrative art and if it includes over blown close-ups of wobbly flesh, so much the better. Anyway, I suspect that the painting is the reason for the name, though I'd be interested to hear another theory. So the next time you are in Orlando Road (which probably isn't that often unless you live there, or like me are forced by small boys to take an alleged 'short cut' through the alley from Cecilia Road), you can think of G F Watts and feel much better for it. Regards, Elizabeth


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I remember a movie, probably italian or some similar latin language, where a cartoonist is slowly transformed into an animated character. It was released, I think, in the same decade as Who Framed Roger Rabbit which is why I remember the combination of live action and animation (not 100% on the timing, though).
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Arrivederci: Christina Ball bids farewell
After three years of scouring the Charlottesville area for the most delicious dining news, this Dish has decided to hang up her fork.–editor
As much as I adore this assignment and all the flavorful foods and folks it has allowed me to meet, my new Italian enterprise and related travels are making it evermore challenging to cover the local restaurant scene on a weekly basis.
My friends have consistently reminded me that I have one of the best jobs in Charlottesville, and for the most part, I've agreed with them wholeheartedly.
Though some weeks I needed to scrounge for a story, lately it's been difficult to keep up with all the changes in the restaurant universe. When I started, for instance, there were few reasons to drive past Lowes on Route 29. But the Forest Lakes area is now booming with new restaurants and cafés already too many to count! Crozet, too, is in the midst of a new dining era.
Sitting on the sunny patio at Mas Tapas in Belmont last Sunday, I was transported back to the site of my first Dish story in November 2002. Brand new reporter's notebook in hand, I snaked my way around two-by-fours and sawhorses to witness the transformation of a barbecue joint into what was to become one of Charlottesville's most stylish and trend-setting new-millennium restaurants.
Given our mutual passion for the subject, my first interview with Chef Tomas Rahal lasted over an hour. Much to my editors' dismay, the resulting column tallied a whopping 2,000 words more than three times the limit!
Over time, I learned to whittle my words but the passion for food and food writing/ reporting has grown with each bite of brick-oven bread, each bowl of bouillabaisse, each glorious Gusburger, each sip of local coffee, beer, or wine.
A sign of the many transitions this town has experienced since I've been writing The Dish, Belmont is no longer a dining desert. Once almost entirely dormant, this little residential enclave is now buzzing with activity and it's about to intensify.
Just a few doors down stands La Taza, and the nearby restaurant/ jazz club Sax is in the middle of construction (and permits...) and should open some time after the new year. Just a few steps across Monticello Road, Hal Brindley's wildlife gallery and café, Creature, will likely open in January 2006.
Last week, I found the doors to Creature's gallery open, with Brindley's stunning color photographs of bats, birds, barn owls, and wolves hanging on the exposed brick wall under new track lights. Beneath the glass top of a large L-shaped bar sit hundreds of wildlife slides that come to life with the flick of a light switch. As I imagined pulling up a stool and a glass of syrah, I was suddenly so thankful to live in Charlottesville. (I get that feeling a lot lately).
Many give thanks before the meal, but in this case the thanks come after. Besides the savvy journalists in the Hook newsroom, I want to send a big grazie to all the restaurateurs and chefs in and around Charlottesville thanks for feeding me, for talking with me, and ultimately for inspiring me. The next time you see me, I'll bring only my appetite– no notebook or camera, I promise.
Like you, I will look to my talented replacement, Dave McNair, to find yummy new stories and to answer some lingering questions: When will Tokyo Rose re-open? What the heck is Dmitris Tavampis planning to do with the spot next to The White Spot? When will the new creperie open on Water Street? What restaurant will Coran Capshaw buy next?
You'll find me teaching Italian language, culture, and cooking and orchestrating food-and-wine events at the Main Street Market. Yes, instead of writing about it, I'll be serving it!
Salute e grazie.
Full circle: Christina Ball, back where it all began– at Mas in Belmont


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Tom Davies, the Director of our projects in Ghana, explains, "We did a study and found out that people are complaining about medical bills but when extra exercise is put in, their health status improves and in turn reduces health care costs." This walk is a positive symbol of things to come and our volunteers have set up a keep fit club at the orphanage so that the children can take part in regular exercise.
The staff at the home have expressed great joy at the success of the children's new routine, noting that as well as being beneficial for the youngsters, they are also feeling the difference. Sharron Abbey, head of the Osu Children's Home, says that "since the first exercise event was held we have had less cases of illness being reported and the children's attitudes have changed. They respond more actively to duties."
In order for this initiative to be sustained, Projects Abroad has donated sports equipment to the Osu Children's Home including basketballs, volleyballs and table tennis equipment, as well as helping to refurbish its playing field. The motivation to help the children keep fit has become great and Tom goes on to say, 'we are now looking forward to forming a soccer team!'


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Mets, Yankees have significant holes in outfield
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Before Monday night's game at Tradition Field, a handful of Mets watched the replay of the J.A. Happ fastball that fractured Curtis Granderson's right forearm.
"Yeah," David Wright said. "It got away from him."
With Granderson sidelined for 10 weeks, the Mets can sympathize with the plight of their crosstown neighbors. Despite Sandy Alderson's offseason stand-up act regarding his barren outfield, the Mets find themselves still trying to piece together three players capable of holding down those jobs.
Lucas Duda, penciled in to play left, told Terry Collins after three more strikeouts Sunday that he's not feeling quite up to speed after rehabbing a broken wrist this winter. Not hurt, mind you. Just behind.
Maybe it's nothing. And with five weeks left in spring training, Duda has time to get back in hitting shape. But the Mets are counting on him to supply the power they've expected since Jerry Manuel compared him to Magglio Ordoñez and Moises Alou back in 2010.
In 250 major-league games, Duda has 29 home runs. Last season, he batted .239 with a .389 slugging percentage and whiffed 120 times. He also was demoted to Triple-A Buffalo.
No wonder a Mets official didn't bite when asked about the injury to Granderson. Usually, the misfortunes of the Yankees pique some interest in the other camp. "That's their problem," the official said. "We have our own stuff to deal with."
Both teams have serious issues in the outfield, with no readily available solutions. The Yankees were victimized by tough luck and a bad break Sunday, but their lack of organizational depth at the higher levels is forcing them to scramble.
How hurting are they? Johnny Damon on Monday basically volunteered to be a six-week rental for his former team. When Granderson returns, Damon would leave.
"Losing a Curtis Granderson is a tough thing to swallow," Damon told ESPN Radio. "But the way I hit at Yankee Stadium and the rightfield porch . . . it worked when I played for them. If they want to see what I can do, then I'll definitely be interested."
The Yankees' response? Meh. "We will focus on what we have for now," general manager Brian Cashman said via email.
That's understandable. Damon batted .222 in 64 games last season before the Indians released him. Paying him meal money might not be worth the investment.
Cashman seems to have little appetite for ridiculously overpaid options such as the Cubs' Alfonso Soriano and the Angels' Vernon Wells.
Soriano, 37, hit 32 homers last year but is due $36 million through 2014. He has said he'd consider a trade to the Yankees, but Cashman isn't desperate enough yet to take on that kind of financial commitment, even if the Cubs picked up a significant chunk. Same deal with Wells, who is owed $42 million through 2014.
If the Yankees truly want to get below $189 million for next season, and presumably stay competitive, neither seems like a reasonable fit. Better to evaluate in-house candidates Juan Rivera and Matt Diaz. If Granderson does make it back by mid-May, six weeks of the regular season is a relatively short stretch to fill.
The Mets, however, are dealing with a glaring deficiency that stretches from foul pole to foul pole. After paying off Jason Bay just to get him out of Flushing, they intend to use Marlon Byrd in right, Duda in left and a platoon of Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Collin Cowgill in center.
That's not a Plan B, by the way. It's the Mets' best configuration, and they're assuming Duda will shake off the early rust and become a serviceable leftfielder. Yet with his fairly brief resume, he's still very much a leap of faith for Alderson.
It's early. But when it comes to the outfield, both the Yankees and Mets are operating without much of a safety net.


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ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Florida native and famed country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90.
A family member confirmed Whitman passed away peacefully surrounded by family overnight Wednesday at Orange Park Medical Center. He had heart and kidney failure.
Witman sold more than 120 million records and he's known around the world for songs like Rose Marie, I Remember You, and Indian Love Call. People in Middleburg say he was just a humble, down to earth guy.
Middleburg McDonald's owner Richard Johnson says, "The first time I met him, I was at the front counter and he was sitting at the table by his picture. I was looking at the picture, looking at him, looking at the picture, looking at him. He got up, came over, took my hand and said 'hi I'm Slim Whitman.'"
Whitman's grandson Dewey Beagle says his handshake is something he'll always remember.
"Told me to shake his hand at an early age. And he said, 'Shake it like you mean it. Don't let people think they're shaking a wet dish rag when they grab your hand.' And for some reason, that has stuck with me, probably more than anything else he taught me," remembers Beagle.
He also remembers how simple he was.
"He would be out at the farm out in Middleburg. He mowed his gown grass, grew his own garden, hoe the weeds, bring the vegetables in. He was Paw-Paw to me," says Beagle.
Beagle shares a story about when he found out who his "Paw-Paw" was. They were on vacation and went to Knots Berry Farm in California.
"He set us down in front of the stage and said I'll be right back. Then all of the sudden they introduced this guy Slim Whitman. And he comes out in this white rhinestone suite. And I'm like, 'That's Paw-Paw what's he doing?' And he goes through this whole show and he goes back and takes his suit off and he said 'alright, let's go on the log ride'," says Beagle.
That's the kind of man Slim Whitman was.
"The way he presents himself, you would never know that he was a celebrity," says Middleburg resident Don Fudge.
"Just a really nice guy... Every time he came in he would just be very nice, and just sit there and eat quietly... Didn't really know it was him," says Johnson.
He has two children, two grand-children, and three great grandchildren. His wife died in 2009.
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Ride of Silence
A second Ride of Silence took place in Charlottesville on May 18. This is a worldwide event held every year, 3rd Wednesday in May, beginning in 2003. Locally, the event is organized by cyclist Alan Bewley. The ride highlights the fact that our roads are shared public spaces that are not shared very well. The ride honors, and provides a prolonged moment of meditation/contemplation for cyclists killed in the streets. The rolling police protection which accompanied the 80+ riders through the streets of Charlottesville afforded a level of safety missing for cyclists most days.
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You can't argue with cake
I can't let a birthday pass without having a bit of cake! I really treasure my Aunt so I thought I'd try something I hadn't done before and just go with it. She loves a vintage look and feel, so I tried to get that feel. It didn't turn out as I imagined, or aimed for as I'm not an overly experienced cake decorator. But I was happy with the end result non-the-less. But needless to say, it went down a treat, as it was filled with high quality chocolate butter cream with a vanilla sponge.
To get a box and lid look, you need to use two cake boards. As my cake was 6″ in diameter the 'lid' needed to have a matching size of 6″. The one that holds the whole cake should be at least 1″ bigger than the cake so it's easy to carry. 'Glue' the cake to the base with a touch of frosting and cover it all in your fondant base, board and all so it's hidden.
Pre mix your colours and wash your hands really well as that dye gets everywhere if you're not careful! You can use a pair of latex gloves if you have some. Let your coloured fondant cool back down as it will stick to your roller if it's too warm. But don't let it dry out, cover it with a cup or wrap it in foil. Don't try to refrigerate it to be quick as this will only make your fondant go horrible! Just be patient, it doesn't take long to go back to temperature on a cool surface like a chopping board.
I use gel food colouring to dye my fondant. I have only ever used supermarket fondant as I find it perfectly fine to use and it tastes good as well. To get the paisley look I used my round pastry cutters with the fluted edge usually used for mince pies and tarts. I dotted holes around the edge of the shapes to give it some detail and brushed it with gold shimmer dust.
To get a satin inlay inside the box just roll out a sheet of coloured fondant. I folded mine inside to get a luxury feel of fabric, dust with a white shimmer to give it luster. Of course, to make it look like a jewellery box, you need jewellery draping out of the box. I used some strung pearls that you can buy per meter, you only need one meter. I also used some nice sheer ribbon too. Get them to stay put by putting the cut ends between layers of fondant.
A tip I like to share when trying to transport your tasty treats, especially ones you've worked so hard on! When you only have a container that is just about big enough. Use a triple folded piece of baking paper underneath as pictured – that will go above the sides of your cake to retrieve your cake once inside the tin. Or else you'll never get it out in one piece!
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Somehow, the Mighty PawSox just keep rolling along. Halfway through May, they're ensconced in first place in the North Division. They've done it with a revolving cast of characters. Due to injuries, and promotions, the PawSox of today look very different than the opening day team. All Star Kevin Youkilis is scheduled to arrive here in Durham sometime in the next 24 hours and begin a rehab assignment, presumably as DH. Youk has worked so hard over the years, and has made himself, when healthy, one of the best all-around players in the game. The emergence of Will Middlebrooks in Boston, may make for an interesting decision for the Sox. Along with Youk, I expect a flood of scouts and the like to converge on Durham Bulls Athletic Park to check Kevins' progress themselves.
Incredibly proud of, not only Middlebrooks, but Daniel Nava, as well. Really, an afterthought this year, Nava has re-emerged from the pack. His home run into the Monster seats on Monday night, made me stand up and cheer, very much the same way his 2010 Grand Slam against Philadelphia did. Nava is an incredible young man. If you had a son, you'd want him to be Nava. If you had a daughter, you'd want her to marry Nava. He continues to defy the odds. A person close to the situation recently told me that he thought Nava might be the best hitter in the Sox minor league system. Not bad for a kid who wasn't even invited to Major League Spring Training.
Replacing Nava on the PawSox roster is former American League All Star, Scott Podsednik. A career .279 hitter in ten Major League seasons, Scott was purchased from the Phillies. He'd been playing at Lehigh Valley. Podsednik paid immediate dividends for Pawtucket. In his first game at McCoy, he had a single, a sacrifice fly and two RBI. The veteran seemed to take it all in stride. "It was a pretty fair day one, I guess."
Podsednik didn't seem at all surprised with the transaction that landed him in Rhode Island. "I've been around for a while, been doing this for a long time. I'm not surprised. If you play the game long enough, you see all sorts of movements, trades, and decisions that take place during the season. You've got to take it in stride, focus on what you've got to do and try to come over here and help the club."
Podsednik says the fire stil burns inside of him and he is eager to get back to the Big Leagues. "I still feel that I can compete at that level. My body's in good shape. I'm still running well enough to steal a base. There's still some gas left in the tank. I keep hearing from guys who played the game, to play as long as I can. Until they rip the jersey off my back. With that said- I'm still having fun, and I've got that fire burning deep inside. I enjoy the competition."
One thing that has to be exciting to a guy like Scott, is the willingness of the Red Sox to make room on their 40 man roster for men who produce. Given time to prove himself, he's just a phone call away. "They've made a lot of moves. They've had a lot of unfortunate injuries. A lot of transactions have taken place. I've been around long enough to undestand that there are just certain things you can control as a player. You can waste a lot of time and energy getting caught up in moves and transactions. I try to focus my energy and attention on getting my body ready to go out and compete. If you do that on a day in and day out basis, the rest will take care of itself." Spoken like a true veteran.


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An online dating scam is when a scammer, male or female, creates a false personal profile and makes contact with you via an online dating agency or chat room. The scammer says that they are seeking romance or a soul mate but are really out to steal not only your heart but your cash too.
How do I know it is a scam?
The scammer will ask for your money! This will not happen immediately - however, before long the scammer will ask for financial help for any number of reasons. Almost always, they will ask you to send money using an untraceable source such as a wire transfer service. Some of the most common reasons they give for why they need your help include:
- They want to meet you but don't have enough money to travel to see you
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What can you do to protect yourself from online dating scams? Only use a reputable online dating or chat service and follow the basic safety tips for online dating. Be skeptical and ask yourself simple questions like, "why am I the only person who can help them but I have just met them?" These scammers will claim you are their one and only love, but really you are their one and only target.
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This is shaping up to be quite the year for Vikings, and not the purple clan pillaging their way toward the Super Bowl behind their grizzled quarterback.
Mel Gibson, who donned Scottish war paint in "Braveheart," is taking on another piece of history with a yet-untitled Viking project also featuring Leonard DiCaprio. Seems Gibson's always wanted to wear a helmet with horns and speak a language no one understands.
"I was 16 years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie. I wanted to make it in Old Norse," Gibson said at a press conference for "Edge of Darkness. "That was the first big, epic idea I had. To show Vikings real."
While Gibson was criticized for his grasp of history in "Braveheart," more recent projects have famously striven for language accuracy. He made "The Passion of the Christ "in a mix of Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew. "Apocalypto" was entirely in subtitled Mayan.
The people Gibson's 9th century Vikings pillage and the raiders themselves will speak "the English that would have been spoken back then. And Old Norse," said Gibson. "Whatever the 9th century had to offer. I'm going to give you real, man."
"I want a Viking to scare you," he added. "I want to see somebody I have never seen before who speaks low-guttural German who scares the s--- out of me coming up to my house."
Gibson believes Leo DiCaprio would have the chops to take the part on. He "will be amazing. He's a great actor this kid." And if there's not enough actors in Hollywood to pillage onscreen? "I'll just get my family," Gibson laughed.


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Italian-style beef stew
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Easily doubled / halved
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal225
- fat11g
- saturates3g
- carbs7g
- sugars6g
- fibre2g
- protein25g
- salt0.87g
- 1 onion, sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
Part of the lily, or alium, family, of which onions are also a member, garlic is one of the most…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 300g pack beef stir-fry strips, or use beef steak, thinly sliced
The classic choice of meat for a British Sunday roast. Beef is full of flavour, as…
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
- 400g can chopped tomato
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- sprig rosemary, chopped
Rosemary's intense, fragrant aroma has traditionally been paired with lamb, chicken and game…
- handful pitted olives
Widely grown all over the Mediterranean, where they've been cultivated since biblical times…
In a large saucepan, cook onion and garlic in olive oil for 5 mins until softened and turning golden. Tip in the beef strips, pepper, tomatoes and rosemary, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the meat is cooked through, adding some boiling water if needed. Stir through the olives and serve with mash or polenta.
Recipe Tip
Make it vegetarianLeave out the beef and cook 1 chopped aubergine and 1 chopped courgette along with the pepper. Finish by sprinkling over some feta cheese.


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Hear the words "street food" and most of us think of food trucks, fusion taco waffles, and Portland, Oregon. But for Susan Feniger, eating street food is the quintessential cultural dining experience all over the world. Feniger originally made her name cooking Latin American dishes at the venerable Border Grill, but these days she is taking on a world of roadside fare at her restaurant STREET.
She's brought the restaurant's most popular dishes to the home kitchen in her new cookbook, Susan Feniger's Street Food. The book covers quite an array of cuisine types, recipes rooted everywhere from Malaysia and Vietnam to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The book is bright, eclectic, and full of international cooking technqiues. While many of the recipes require a trip to a specialty store (or at least a well-stocked grocery), the results are totally worth the effort.
This week, we'll be starting our street food journey in Ukraine with Spinach Dumplings with Lemon Marmalade and Sour Cream, traveling through Romania with Sweet and Sour Eggplant, stopping in Burma (Myanmar) for Gin Thoke Melon Salad, eating Tatsutage Fried Chicken from Japan, and finishing our meal in Malaysia with Sesame-Crusted Banana Fritters with Coconut Kaya Jam.
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Thanks to the generous folks at Clarkston Potter, we are giving away five (5) copies of Street Food this week. All you have to do is tell us your favorite street food meal or snack, from anywhere, in the comments section below.


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Saturday, June 21, 2008
In-Progress at Milwaukee: Nationwide Series on ESPN2
Dale Jarrett has not yet returned to the ESPN racing line-up, so once again the Nationwide Series race on ESPN2 will feature Rusty Wallace as the Lead Analyst.
Tonight from the Milwaukee Mile, it will be Wallace leading-off the program when he joins Allen Bestwick and Brad Daugherty in the Infield Pit Studio for the NASCAR Countdown pre-race show at 8PM Eastern Time.
Look for the pre-race program to address a lot of issues including the Joey Logano situation at Gibbs Racing and the rumors that he will be in a Cup car for 2009. Daugherty has to comment on the recent developments in the Grant lawsuit and the SI.com interview that the former NASCAR official gave this week. Why Grant did not choose to speak to Daugherty is certainly an interesting issue.
Once underway, Jerry Punch will call the action with Wallace and Andy Petree in the booth. Down on pit road will be Dave Burns, Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake. Tim Brewer will be on-scene in the Tech Center for updates.
This is a grinding, flat track with tough action and usually some upset tempers. With only a handful of Sprint Cup drivers doing double-duty, the regulars of the Nationwide Series should get an opportunity to shine.
This post will serve to host your comments about the Nationwide Series race on ESPN2. To add your comment, just click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. The rules for posting are listed on the right side of the main page. Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
26 comments:
- Anonymous said...
They just said on qualifying coverage that the pre-race show may start as much as 15 minutes earlier than originally planned. In other words, the pre-race show will be coming on around 7:45p.m. Eastern. Evidently, the NHRA qualifying show is going to be shortened.
- June 21, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- bevo said...
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- June 21, 2008 at 7:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sadly, one of the NHRA drivers was killed during qualifying today. So that must be why the Milwaukee pre-race show is coming on earlier than originally planned. Again, they were saying Milwaukee pre-race coverage may start as early as 7:45p.m. Eastern.
- June 21, 2008 at 7:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
HELP! Cox cable in New England has no feed going to its boxes for espn!!!!! The guy is getting feed at the Cox office but it is not transmitting to customers. JD any way to find out whats up? the Cox guy said it was ESPNS problem but CYA and all Thanks.
- June 21, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Make sure to tell them that the rest of the nation is watching ESPN2 with no problems.
Keep calling, its cable!
- June 21, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- Vicky D said...
We had a bad storm come through here a couple of hours ago and lost our satellite signal for a bit but now it's ok. Looks like nice weather in Milwaukee and am certainly happy to see BK get the pole. Grand Marshall, Randy Thompson, looks just like my husband well a skinny husband. Go get 'em.
- June 21, 2008 at 8:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hadn't realized this until Jerry did the promo - next week at New Hampshire the Nationwide series is broadcast over-the-air on ABC and the Sprint Cup race is on TNT on cable. Something just seems odd about that.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
If I remember the schedule correctly ... ABC will carry the Watkins Glen Nationwide race and ESPN will cover the Sprint Cup race the next day. Agree with you ... kind of strange.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
There is nothing strange about that. In this day and age, most people have access to both ABC and ESPN. The reasoning that ABC is a 'higher' network if you will, than ESPN, just doesn't fly anymore.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sure would be a more enjoyable race if Rick & Phil were calling this race.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Vicky D said...
I agree with anon at 9:43 that this race would be more enjoyable with Allen & Parsons, although I think Rusty is better this year. And Tim seems to be giving us good info from the tech center - enjoyed the brake segment.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- alex said...
That was a really cool camera shot panning down from the Scott Wimmer fan club over to his car on the track.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:56 PM
- Glenn said...
I still hate having an in race reporter.
Leave them alone.
- June 21, 2008 at 10:25 PM
- Vicky D said...
JP is having issues pronouncing Colin Braun's name I've heard him stumble over his first and last name!
- June 21, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Glenn said...
ESPN camera's have had good shots of the cup drivers getting into the back of the Nationwide drivers.
I agree Vicky, JP does have trouble. A lot of people have fun at Larry Mac's use of the English language, but he has fun with it.
JP seems to try to be perfect, which we are not.
JP just doesn't sound like he is having fun.
- June 21, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- alex said...
vicky d,
Same thing with Brad Kes-lowski. It bugs me every time I hear JP mispronounce his name.
- June 21, 2008 at 10:48 PM
- Vicky D said...
Alex, I heard BK on Windtunnel a couple of weeks ago mentioning how he wanted his last name pronounced and he wants it like you spelled it.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- alex said...
Oh, I had assumed it was pronounced as it's spelled. Thanks for clearing that up.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:16 PM
- Erik said...
I'm drinking a shot of Crown everytime somebody references the phrase "Cautions Breed Cautions." Man, I'm buzzed now.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- Vicky D said...
But JP pronounced Blickensderfer (sp?) right!
- June 21, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- SquidBuzz said...
They got the finish right. Showed many cars coming across the line.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:32 PM
- Sophia said...
Thanks for showing more finish line but please PLEASE go back to the drop down grid.
Those heads SLIDING into place and then disappearing and then the next batch sliding into place on the crawl...hard to read.
Is it TNT that's doing the drop down grid? My brain is tired. I lOVE the drop down.
Didn't catch much of tonights race..distracted on the phone but glad to see some positive comments.
Hey, Carl did not do the back flip? Said he is upset he hit Clint...hmmm. Clint wasn't too happy. Good for Carl for not doing the back flip...fans want it....but hey, it loses something if he does the flip and IS NOT IN THE MOOD...good for him for not doing it.
P.S. For those with SPEED, NASCAR Performance is on and then Trading Paint EST time..11.30 and midnight.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
He didn't do it because of what happened with Clint and out of respect for Scott and his family :(
But congratulations to Cousin Carl and I know he could have won with PK as well. But if Drew makes him happy I'll be happy for him.
- June 21, 2008 at 11:50 PM
- Sophia said...
Thanks Gymmie for explaining he didn't do the flip out of respect for Scott's family...I was feeding my cats a snack and missed that part.
- June 22, 2008 at 12:01 AM
- Anonymous said...
On MRN what I understood Carl E. to say was that he did not think it would be right to do the back flip in light of Scott Kalitta's passing.
- June 22, 2008 at 12:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
I was feeding my cats a snack and missed that part.
Geez, do you actually WATCH the races?
You spend more time telling us about your household activities than racing.
- June 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM