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The Young and the Nestless
The rising cost of education and a booming real estate market are weighing heavily on Hawaii's 20- and 30-somethings
Go to school. Get a good job. Buy a house. Start a family. Repeat.
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This five-point formula has reliably guided generations of young and clueless adults to economic prosperity. It's what helped the Greatest Generation scale even greater heights on the home front and made the Baby Boomers boom. However, for Generation X and succeeding generations of young Americans, the simple formula has gotten increasingly complicated, especially during the past decade, when soaring education costs coupled with slow income growth meant that young adults were entering the workforce later. They were also making less and owing more. In addition, in Hawaii, a red-hot real estate market, which has pushed the median sales price of a single-family home to $615,000 and condominium to $295,000, is making the American Dream just that, a dream.
"I always thought that my education would pay off someday. If I got an advanced degree, I could get a better job, or land a higher position," says Vera Sanchez, a 30-year-old accountant, who recently relocated to Las Vegas (see textbox below). "However, when I started to interview with companies, it quickly became apparent that I wouldn't be able to get the kind of job I wanted at the pay that someone with my experience and education deserves."
Vera Sanchez never dreamed of living any other place but Hawaii, but in March the 30-year-old Kauai native packed up her things and moved to Las Vegas, without a job, job prospects or business contacts. For Sanchez, the uncertainty of a new city was preferable to the certainty of Oahu's limited job market and its out-of-control real estate world.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know why I chose Las Vegas," said Sanchez a week before her departure. "I'm not familiar with the job market there. But I've been to Las Vegas enough, so that I do know what's a good area to live in and what's not."
Sanchez, who was an accountant at the Queen's Development Corp., got her degree in Business Management from Honolulu's University of Phoenix, before receiving her MBA from Chaminade University in 2004. Her seven years of higher education were financed with more than $40,000 in student loans, a sum which she will have to start repaying later this year.
The last straw came this past summer, when Sanchez started to look for a small condominium to purchase. She concentrated her efforts in the Makiki and Punahou areas and was shocked by what she found. Everything she saw was either too small or too old or too expensive.
"I just couldn't see myself living in those places. The market is just ridiculous right now," says Sanchez. "I would have loved to stay in Hawaii, but I just don't think that I can survive financially."
Education Pays
Despite Sanchez's sentiments about her qualifications, statistics prove one part of the prosperity formula: education pays. Higher education is a critical component of workers' earning power. According to a 2002 report sponsored by the state Public Interest Research Groups, a collection of nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest advocacy groups, a college degree is worth as much as 75 percent more than a high school degree. Spread out over the course of a normal career, that amounts to more than $1 million in earnings. In Hawaii, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median earnings of a high school graduate 25 years and over in 2004 was $25,518 compared to $39,028 for college graduates, a 52.9 percent difference.
Following World War II, Islanders hit the books in ever-growing numbers. In 1940, only 5.3 percent of Hawaii residents had completed four years of college, but spurred on by the G.I. Bill, that number slowly grew to 6.1 percent in 1950 and 9 percent in 1960. The rate then took off, most likely the result of the passage of the Higher Education Act in 1965, which set up the college financial aid system as we know it. In addition, a couple of years later, Congress established the Pell Grant program, which covered a majority of tuition costs for needy students. By 1970, 14 percent of Hawaii residents had completed four years of college or more. By 1980, that number was up to 20.3 percent. In 2003, the rate reached 28.2 percent.
However, even the degree and the extra dollars it earns may not be enough to keep up with the cost of living. In 2004, the median annual household income in Hawaii was $53,123, which was No. 8 among the 50 states and an 11 percent gain over 1994's income numbers. But the rate was far behind the previous decade's increase of 32 percent, when Island median income grew from $28,877 in 1984 to $42,255 in 1994. Meanwhile, from 1994 to 2004, median household spending increased 30 percent.
The Graduate
When Shea Crawford came to Honolulu in July 2004 to attend Hawaii Pacific University, he was intent on not acquiring any student debt to finance his education. The 25-year-old native of Huntsville, Ala., had seen his family's small business fold and his parents struggle for years with bankruptcy.
Crawford, who attended a junior college in Alabama for two years, secured a full scholarship from HPU to help coach the school's cheerleading squad. He shared a one-bedroom Waikiki apartment with three roommates, paying $200 a month. To help with living expenses, he got a job coaching gymnastics to children in the afternoon. He also worked the graveyard shift at Abercrombie & Fitch restocking shelves. The problem was that, between school and his three jobs, Crawford only had enough time for a couple hours of sleep a night. He worked the hellish schedule for three weeks before his body finally gave out, and he couldn't get out of bed one morning.
Crawford, who has never owned a credit card, finally relented and borrowed money. He quit his job at Abercrombie & Fitch and took out a student loan to help pay his living expenses. Today, he lives in a tiny studio in the back of a house in Liliha. It's not much to look at, but he doesn't have to share a single square foot with anyone else.
Still coaching at school, Crawford has a paying internship at Sports Radio 1420, a sister company of Hawaii Business, as well as a full load of classes. He is scheduled to graduate next month with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and $9,000 in student loans. He plans on staying in Hawaii after graduation, even though friends and relatives have pointed out that the cost of living in the Islands is much higher than his home state or neighboring areas of Florida.
"I've accumulated $9,000 in debt over the last year and a half. At first, I thought that sucked. But after talking with some of my classmates, who owe much more, I'm thinking that that number is pretty awesome," says Crawford. "I'll stick it out here as long as I can. I know when it comes to eventually buying a place for myself, I could get a lot more for my money on the Mainland. But I like my chances in Hawaii. I figure that I'm already used to living on next to nothing, and I'm a very patient guy."
Education Also Costs
The cost of a college education has never been higher. According to the U.S. Department of Education, during the academic year 2004-2005, undergraduates attending public, four-year institutions reported an average price of $14,320 for in-state students and $21,621 for out-of-state students. These prices reflect 22 percent and 33 percent increases, respectively from just three years ago.
But help is on the way, sort of. According to the College Board's 2005 financial data, almost $129 billion in student aid was distributed in academic year 2004-2005, nearly $10 billion more than the previous year. The average aid per student increased by 3 percent between 2003 and 2004 and 2004 and 2005, after adjusting for inflation. However, the type of aid continues to change dramatically. Between the academic years of 1996 and 1997 and 2001 and 2002, total grant aid for undergraduates grew twice as fast as borrowing, but that pattern has since reversed. In 2004-2005, the percentage of total undergraduate aid in the form of grants declined for the third year in a row. In 1975-1976, Pell grants covered 84 percent of tuition at four-year public institutions. Today, that number has dropped to 39 percent.
Loans now comprise the bulk of a student's financial aid package. In just the past decade, the amount of money borrowed in the form of Stafford loans has more than doubled, from $15 billion in 1992-1993 to $35 billion in 1999-2000. As a result, the average student borrower now graduates with $27,000 in debt, three times the amount of a decade ago. The average undergraduate student loan debt now represents about 9 percent of a young adult's income today.
|The High School Graduate
About 16 years ago, "Tracy" (who asked not to be identified for this story) left the University of Hawaii Manoa. The computer science major, who had been at UH for a couple of years, just couldn't imagine herself sitting in front of a monitor for eight hours a day. She got a job as a waitress, partly because she needed a break from school and partly because she was shy and wanted a way to break out of her shell.
It worked. The now-outspoken Tracy was in the restaurant business for a couple of years before landing a job as a jewelry designer, where she learned how to goldsmith and set diamonds. Today, Tracy, 35, works at a jewelry manufacturer. Living on her own since she was 19, she says that she makes a comfortable salary in the $40,000 range and hasn't struggled to make ends meet like many her age. But she also lives differently than many her age.
"I've always been able to afford what I wanted, but, then again, I never really wanted a Gucci bag, or anything like that. I've had only two pairs of shoes for I don't know how many years," says Tracy. "If I don't feel that I have money, I don't spend. However, there's a lot of pressure to dress a certain way or have a certain thing, and I can see how people can get drawn into that."
Homeownership may be another thing entirely. A newlywed, she and her husband have been contemplating buying a house in Hawaii, but the overheated real estate market has given them pause. Since her husband is in the Navy and will eventually be re-posted, they'll probably end up buying elsewhere.
"It's not a matter that I couldn't do it [homeownership]. It's just a matter of that being the only thing I could do. Then you have kids and how do you deal with that?" asks Tracy. "The way the economy is structured, this can't be good for society in general. It is highly odd for me that the government says that this is OK, while there are so many people floundering."
Brain Drain No. 3
For UH Manoa ethnic studies professor Jonathan Okamura, all the bad news sounds like old news. Young people's increasing frustration with not being able to get ahead, or even stay afloat, in a booming state economy is similar to the complaints voiced in the '80s and then again to a certain extent in the mid-'90s.
"The problem is a lack of social mobility. Our economy, still dependent largely on tourism, is a limiting factor," says Okamura. "Today, the economy may be doing well, but most of the jobs are in the retail and service sectors. What we have now is a replication of what happened in the booming late '80s. I think we'll see a lot of young people leaving the Islands again."
Okamura says that this latest brain drain, the third is as many decades, probably won't be as furious as the one in the '90s, when the California economy was taking off, while Hawaii's was still mired in a recession. He also notes that the University of Hawaii's system-wide tuition increase, 140 percent spread over six years, is likely sowing the seeds for future economic and social distress by cutting off higher education opportunities to large segments of the population, especially marginalized minorities.
UH Manoa's 2005-2006 in-state tuition is still a bargain at $3,504, but, according to Okamura, administrators are missing a unique opportunity to level the educational playing field. Besides, Honolulu is a very expensive city to live in.
Think Different
Times are tough for some young folks. However, times have always been tough. Every generation has had its unique challenges and today's young adults are no different. According to Ron Wall, extension specialist in family economics at the University of Hawaii Manoa, they just have to start thinking differently. No other generation has had as much material wealth as early as today's young adults. Financial security is within reach. They just have to stop spending.
"As high as housing prices are in Hawaii, it is still possible for many young people to eventually buy a home," says Wall. "Politicians like to talk about how they'd like to change the rules of the world we live in. We can't, we've just got to live by them. I would ask these kids, who say they can't afford real estate, what kind of car they are driving and how often they buy a new car. Keeping a car for maybe 10 years saves a lot of money. Also, in Hawaii, we have a lot of people living with their parents well into their 30s, maybe even later, and many of them aren't paying any rent. That's a lot of money to invest and save, but they're not doing that. They're spending it."
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SHREWSBURY — She has watched Ted shoot pigeons at Fenway. Heard the sickening sound of the fastball that crushed Tony C's cheekbone. Hung out with the DiMaggio brothers. And written letters for an appreciative Yaz.
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By Kelsea Stahler, Hollywood.com Staff
Taylor Swift became something of a teen girl hero after weathering Kanye West's "Imma Let You Finish, But... " storm, championing over vapidity as the nerdy girl who gets the guy in the "You Belong With Me" video, and spreading her girl power all over the teen-skewing music industry like pixie dust. A dude breaks her heart? He becomes persona-non-grata to her millions of fans come time for her next album. Who needs him? In doing so, Swift has built a mini-empire on concert tickets, number-one-selling albums, merchandise, and anything she can put a picture of her face on.
There was a time in which Swift was the ultimate poster child for crushing all that boy drama into tiny, ground-up pieces and re-purposing it as fuel for her career and her seemingly endless success. Swift, while still the girliest of girls, was upheld as someone who was all about turning her experiences into industry. It was an admirable feat. It was mature. It was independent.
Now, as Swift's fiercest, angriest album yet sells big in stores all over the country, Harper's Bazaar releases her most docile interview to date. Where Swift was previously concerned with making a name for herself and being a self-professed over-achiever, she now talks about letting her boyfriend "take the wheel," touts a huge wardrobe dilemma (she can never wear the same dress twice, so she has to buy so, so many pretty dresses, you guys!), and gives us an idea of the only topic upstanding young ladies should talk about with their friends: boys!
Yes, girls love dresses. Yes, all girls have boy problems and need to turn to their friends to air them. Yes, relationships should have give and take. But that's not what Swift is saying here, and the fact of the matter is that the Fearless singer occupies a very sacred and important celebrity space: that of a powerful young girl who other young girls emulate and idolize. In this interview, she takes a mere second to say that's she's in control of her own financial destiny and descends immediately into a series of silly schoolgirl chats. Swift is given the chance to speak her mind and instead spends most of her time gushing over boys and pretty things it puts a bit of a halt on her status as a role model. Although we know Swift is a dynamic young woman (or at least we hope that part of her still exists deep down), her interview reads more like a 1950s etiquette manual than that of a symbol of girl power.
It's a little dramatic, we know, but just take a look for yourself. Here's a teen etiquette video from 1947 followed by a few choice quotes from Swift's interview. They go together like sweetheart necklines and subservient housewives. Really.
'50s Etiquette Says: Boys like a girl because ""she always looks nice ... especially when you compare her to some of the weird characters"" out there.
Swifty Says: ""Whether it's a summertime dress that makes me feel carefree, an evening cocktail dress that makes me feel fancy, or a vintage dress that makes me feel like a '50s housewifewhich I enjoy feeling like, for some reasonI just really like dresses.""
'50s Etiquette Says: Pretend you don't know anything about something a boy is interested in. Take Clara in the video, for instance. She says she knows nothing about gathering props for a play when she's actually way better at it than Wally. You're just a silly girl, who needs all this thinking?
Swifty Says: When she's with her friends, ""We never talk about fashion, about career, about our ambitions or our projects ... We just talk about relationships, feelings, love, and boys."" Yes, she does as all titans of of the music industry do: giggle about boys.
'50s Etiquette Says: Boys should make plans. ""It's doing the girl no favor to leave it entirely up to her.""
Swifty Says: ""Relationships are the ultimate collaboration but it's wonderful to hand over the reins to your boyfriend when you control so much of these big, high-pressure decisions, you know?""
'50s Etiquette Says: Bad boyfriends expect their girlfriends to have date ideas or take the initiative to call them.
Swifty Says: ""If I feel too much like I'm wearing the pants, I start to feel uncomfortable and then we break up.""
Of course, we sincerely hope Swift hasn't lost her proclivity for spreading the girl power message (and with her usual excess of sparkles and polka dots), but seeing that her level of fame is so high, we're just hoping she stays away from any further comments that detract from her power as an artist and a role model for young women who measures her success in goals reached and not by the number of pretty dresses in her closet. Girl, we know you've got more in that brain. Use it!
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yeah, that's not good. way to taint a beautiful song...
if anyone's interested, I splurged some words about The Family Jewels in my end-of-year blog a while back.
― m the g, Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Good piece.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
awesome piece, need to hear all the ones I haven't yet
― WD-40 (acoleuthic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
also yeah the M&D album is great to dip into - the second half is almost ridiculously good as second halves of pop albums go - starting halfway through was kinda my way into this
thanks folks.
for me, it took a while to get to grips with the second half of The Family Jewels. it seemed weak compared to the opening tirade, but it definitely eventually revealed itself as the stronger half. seeing her do these songs live was the key, I think. rootless and numb and, especially, guilty were so powerful in the flesh.
― m the g, Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think I'm about ready for a new album. After a long break, The Family Jewels is sounding great again.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 7 August 2011 14:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
New stuffs
Radioactive is particularly poppy, but not in the way that will bring her any chart success.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
They seem less interesting to me than what she's already released, but I could maybe become preoccupied with some of the changes she is making. Definitely hear her using her voice differently. Were these collaborations? It doesn't seem that the overall musical feel has her unique imprint. On first listens, Fear & Loathing appeals to me more.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fear & Loathing is definitely the more nuanced of the two, as Radioactive is clearly a push for a hit single (produced by Stargate even). Apparently, there's some kind of "two sides of Marina" theme building for this second album...which seems gimmicky and dumb imo...but I'll wait until there are more than two songs by which to judge it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Only two sides?
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Apparently, there's some kind of "two sides of Marina" theme building for this second album
There's an awful "more facets to this diamond" promo tag line that I'm tempted to run with.
― "Please let your friends know about it!!" (R Baez), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
The first video also looks more like her idea. The second one is just too boring and cliche-ridden. (Could still be her idea.)
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not really feeling Radioactive despite it being the kind of thing I usually like. Maybe I get easily bored by songs that repeat the title really blatantly over and over? but there's an acoustic version which I actually prefer (this v rarely happens with me). She's been tweeting about 'electra heart' for about a million years; I assumed it was some kind of alter ego which yeah, seems beneath her....I only recently heard 'Sinful' which has stuck in my head far more strongly.
― kinder, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 06:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sounds like Womanizer
― kinder, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm about 1/20th excited for this new album as I was her first one.
(perhaps even less)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
There's a youtube of a new one Primadonna from a gig but the sound quality is crap so I stopped listening.
― kinder, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's supposed to be the "real" lead single from the album. I like it far more than Homewrecker.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sounds like Pet Shop Boys. (Homewrecker, that is.)
― !Alicia!, Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the video distortion trick.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Prima Donna
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
really wanna like this new stuff but that sounds like .. the old stuff Xd with bits of the production off Femme Fatale era Britney.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
in its defense, Prima Donna is probably the best of these new tracks and I understand why they've saved it to be the "kickoff" single.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
pisces otm, was thinking same.
― kinder, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like this prima donna song it's cute
sounds like katy perry a lot more than britbrit
― surm, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
six track stream here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/marina-diamonds-electra-heart-review
― piscesx, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Whole thing has actually leaked fwiw. It's way more polished and poppy than the first album, but that works to her advantage imo. Also, I think her singing is getting better.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2012 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
electra heart is awesome, who knew
― avicii usque ad arse (imago), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:46 (2 months ago) Permalink
I went digging around the other day to see what she's up to. She's been keeping a super low profile for months, so there's an album being recorded I'd presume.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
nothing rly against charli xcx but it saddens me that she got blanket coverage p much and her slightly more intellectual, tricksy m8 basically got ignored
this album repeats the debut's trick of sneaking up as it progresses, with an incredibly strong run of middle/end tracks
― avicii usque ad arse (imago), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:54 (2 months ago) Permalink


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Sofia Russo wants Franklin Reyes, 17, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The teenager was in court Wednesday. It was the first time Sofia and her husband, Allen, have come face to face with the Reyes, who is charged with killing their 4-year-old daughter, Ariel, two weeks ago.
In court Reyes dropped his head and cried. He is accused of driving without a license, then fleeing police, jumping a curb, and hitting Ariel and her grandmother as they were walking to school. The grandmother suffered a broken back and leg.
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Whenever my dad would make grilled cheese sandwiches, he would always end up coating the top of his with grape jelly. As a kid, I copied him and have grown up enjoying the delicious pairing of sweet and savory. It may sound weird, but a lot of folks use fig spread and it's not much different than that. Last night I ended up having a simple one with raspberry-peach jam, and thought it was an extremely flavorful pairing. So tell me, would you eat this grilled cheese sandwich?
bluephiya 3 years
I love grape or apple jam on my grilled cheese sandwich.! I didn't come across it until I used to babysit my little cousin and for breakfast I would make her a grilled cheese sandwich. When it was done she would put grape jam on top of the sandwich. At first i thought it was weird, until i tried it. It has a sweet yet wonderful unexplainable taste to it. That is now my favorite way to eat my grilled cheese.
BJMallory 5 years
Holy shit - I never thought of this! I bet you can put together a million different combos...I will be trying it! Thanks!!
BJMallory 5 years
Holy shit - I never thought of this! I bet you can put together a million different combos...I will be trying it! Thanks!!
keiraz 6 years
ewww sugar & cheese :-S
keiraz 6 years
ewww sugar & cheese :-S
HonestMuffin 6 years
dear lord... that sounds DELICIOUS!
So-Fab 6 years
NoNoNo, don't mess with my classic! j/k I'm biased because I hate Jam and Jelly on my PB&J I put it on and scrape it off, lol.
JaimeLeah526 6 years
Depending on the cheese and the jam it might be good. Sounds interesting and I could see why someone would like it.
Lambsauce 6 years
I tried this!! Last night I had a grilled tomato and mozarella sandwich made for me in my dorm's cafeteria, but the woman making the sandwich only put two slices of tomato on the whole thing, so I was left with a lot of plain grilled cheese... so I grabbed the only jam I have in my room (raspberry), and it was actually pretty good!! I'll have to keep experimenting when I have the resources for the perfect jam and cheese combination. :)
kendallina 6 years
I never thought to try this combination, but I will now.
BeautiJunki 6 years
mild cheese and fig are so yummy on pumpernickel and instead of butter for the grilling use a thin spread of real mayo. another winner is same bread sharp cheddar, smoked turkey, basil and tomatoes salt and pepper. I love grilled cheese and will try it most ways.
emperatriche 6 years
delightful combo
emperatriche 6 years
delightful combo
jenybryan 6 years
well i love brie and raspberry preserves together, so this seems like a natural pairing to me! plus, i'll try most anything once :)
starkiss23 6 years
I think that sounds kind of good, surprisingly.
Nicwolf 6 years
I love Fig or Strawberry preserves with my grilled cheese. I typically use white cheddar, brie, or gruyere cheese on sourdough bread. It's so yummy! And it reminds me of Paris.
CestlavieSJP 6 years
I'm a HUGE fan of peanut butter on my grilled cheese and bet the jam/jelly would be good, especially if you used a slightly salty cheese to compliment the sweet spread. Mmmm, now I'm hungry...
swwonder 6 years
They have jam and cheese panini's at my college, which are yummy. I love trying interesting combination sandwiches.
MandyJoBo 6 years
That's a good picture! I would try it at least once. It doesn't sound too terrible.
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mlleannie 6 years
Try dipping your grill cheese in ketchup, it's killer!
leeluvfashion 6 years
Maybe. I would have to be in a mood for trying new food combinations. Sometimes I just want something I already know is good, rather than expiermenting,lol.
will205 6 years
i put splenda on mine - i like them sweet ;-)
terrormisu 6 years
I love the combination of sweet and savory- I love sweet with EVERYTHING! I'm not really a cheese fan, but this sounds yummy. I'd definitely use all-fruit spread instead of jam or jelly though.
madball 6 years
Ooh! I've got a spicy-sweet red pepper jelly that would probably taste great on a grilled fontina sandwich!
taratootie 6 years
Maryanabananas- That sounds like brie en croute... and it IS very very delicious!
GrapeBubbleGum 6 years
I think with the right cheese/jam combo, this would be amazing. My best friend makes a great appetizer by spreading jam over a wheel of brie, covering it in crescent roll dough, and then baking it. its amazing! I also looooooove to eat salty cheese (like cheddar or feta) with juicy sweet fruits (like pears or watermelon) so combining these flavors into a sandwich sounds great to me!
ahappierdiane 6 years
OK, this is like the fattest thing ever. But has anyone tried the "Monte Cristo" from Bennigan's? It's a fried ham and turkey sandwich served with powdered sugar and raspberry jam? It's so good, but I can only eat it once a year since it's huge, battered and deep fried. That why me and my sister call it the "Monte CRISCO"
ahappierdiane 6 years
OK, this is like the fattest thing ever. But has anyone tried the "Monte Cristo" from Bennigan's?It's a fried ham and turkey sandwich served with powdered sugar and raspberry jam? It's so good, but I can only eat it once a year since it's huge, battered and deep fried. That why me and my sister call it the "Monte CRISCO"
refined101 6 years
I love sweet/savory combos! One of my favorite quick breakfasts at home is a piece of toast with jelly and a fried egg on top. Yummmm....
Pepper 6 years
It'd be nice with Chili Jam.
Pepper 6 years
It'd be nice with Chili Jam.
emalove 6 years
I don't like jelly...but if I did, I'd try it!
Lambsauce 6 years
I've never considered that before. It sounds like it would be good, though. Will definitely have to try!
AmberHoney 6 years
I'm with taratootie & Rigatoni - hubby turned me on to this 25 years ago. YUMMY!
suziryder 6 years
Mm, I think it'd be especially good with sour cherry jam or cranberry jam and brie. Mmm mmm!!!
kaybear 6 years
sure, I would try it..it sounds good
kia 6 years
I think a good cheese and fruit preserve pairing would taste amazing.
chiefdishwasher 6 years
NO jamm way.
chiefdishwasher 6 years
NO jamm way.
mnp 6 years
I think I'd use onion jam with grilled cheese. Does that combination count though? Since onions are usually savory...
Rigatoni 6 years
Mmmm, I love jam and grilled cheese. Everything taratootie said sounds good- cheddar with green apple slices is one of my faves, actually! But I think my absolute favorite combo, to this point, has been blackberry jam with mozzarella or provolone.
Rigatoni 6 years
Mmmm, I love jam and grilled cheese.Everything taratootie said sounds good- cheddar with green apple slices is one of my faves, actually!But I think my absolute favorite combo, to this point, has been blackberry jam with mozzarella or provolone.
amyonedge 6 years
Yes, I love grape jelly on grilled cheese!
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LaLa0428 6 years
I got admit, I never thought about it, but thats a very convincing picture.
sonnabobble 6 years
i eat rasberry jame with a monte cristo so why not? sounds kinda tasty!
ladypenguin 6 years
Mu husband made this for hiself when I was out one day after seeing it on Ham on the Street. I think he used swiss and strawberry jam...he said it was great!
anniekim 6 years
I was thinking, probably not, but I'd give it a try. Then I read CiaoBella's post and remembered how yummy apricot preserves are with brie--I love that combo in puff pastry! I'm convinced, now. Lisabarn--Fontina and fig sounds good too
anniekim 6 years
I was thinking, probably not, but I'd give it a try. Then I read CiaoBella's postand remembered how yummy apricot preserves are with brie--I love that combo in puff pastry!I'm convinced, now. Lisabarn--Fontina and fig sounds good too
maevyn 6 years
I would probably try it, though it does sound strange--it reminds me of how my dad would always eat bacon & strawberry jelly sandwiches on toast when I was little, and I ended up loving the same combination.
faerymagick15 6 years
the only sandwiches I will eat jam or preserves on are PB&J or a Monte Cristo.
ilanac13 6 years
nope - no jam for me. although i do put ketchup on the plate to dip - kind of like a cheeseburger w/o the meat (yay vegetarianism)
SugarCat 6 years
Sure, sounds good!
SugarCat 6 years
Sure, sounds good!
Francoisehardly 6 years
Why not? It depends on the cheese though. I think raspberry with the right cheese would be yummy.
Phasekitty 6 years
I'm willing to try it, but I would never think of doing it on my own!
grrl13 6 years
it's awesome.. i love block cheddar with strawberry preserves...soooooo gooey and delicious!
ElizabethRae 6 years
So yummy! I don't usually eat it on top though. I peel back a slice of the bread and put the jelly inside.
taratootie 6 years
I love grilled cheeses with fruit or jam! Brie with anything is yummy! I like apple chutney or white grape preserves. Honeyed goat cheese with pears... mmmm. Cream cheese and banana! Cheddar and apple.
taratootie 6 years
I love grilled cheeses with fruit or jam!Brie with anything is yummy! I like apple chutney or white grape preserves.Honeyed goat cheese with pears... mmmm.Cream cheese and banana!Cheddar and apple.
CaterpillarGirl 6 years
i use Lingonberry, being norwegian
dradsin 6 years
i've tried this once...it certainly gives a different taste:D which is not for me...
ur_momm 6 years
At first i thought NO WAY GROSS!!! but when i was young, i would sometimes have toast with mozzarella and jam. the cheese wasnt melted because it wasnt a grilled cheese, it was just toasted bread... i havent had that in YEARS... but i guess this would be good after all.
Le-Luxe 6 years
Not thanks- I am ALLL set with that. But then again, no one would think a peanut butter, mayo and olive sandwich would be good either? haha
CiaoBella2 6 years
Fig or apricot jam is good with melted brie and ham.
bythesea 6 years
I've actually never heard of that, but it does sound pretty good!
linb 6 years
Interesting combo - I've never considered adding jelly on top, but I will now.
lisabarn 6 years
I recently made a fontina and fig jam gcs that was to die for!
CoconutPie 6 years
That's how we served it at the café I used to work at. Not my favorite though. My husband and I (wow, it feels weird to say husband) sometimes add a fried egg and some ketchup on top.
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Down syndromeSyllabification: Down syn·drome
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A congenital disorder arising from a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities including short stature and a broad facial profile. It arises from a defect involving chromosome 21, usually an extra copy (trisomy-21).
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This time it was the new version of the open source Java-IDE at the Sun Tech Days in Beijing. Following the integration of Ruby developers in version 6.0, first steps in the direction of PHP were taken in version 6.1. The new Netbeans 6.5 provides full support for PHP and a first Python version. Also new is the Groovy and Grails support, with improved support for Ajax and Java script.
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"Formula One car for the road" is an overused and often useless cliché to describe a riced-up coupe or a kid's bewinged wet dream. Most of the time it's crap, but then just sometimes, like today, when the A.D. Tramontana R Edition rolls into view, that phrase fits like a Nomex glove.
Royal College of Art graduate Josep Rubau's creation goes beyond just an F1 car, though. In what looks like an automotive tribute to local boy Salvador Dali, who was born down the road from the Girona farm that houses this most bizarre hypercar's HQ, AD Tramontana has created a mash-up of a Grand Prix car and a fighter jet and unleashed it upon an unsuspecting world. Rubau's original plan was for a smooth, open-top F1 look, but the realities of everyday living led to this unusual marriage of land and sky.
But at 130 mph on a quiet Spanish back road the aesthetics take a distant back seat to the sheer dynamic genius of this creation. With the 5.5-liter, 720-hp MercedesV12 just inches away, the inner beauty of this creation shines through. Get past those in-your-face looks and the Tramontana R can deliver a rapier blow to the heart of the much more famous and aesthetically acceptable Pagani Zonda.
The R is ferocious when truly given its head. Its unique layout adds to the sensation of pure speed, which is what cars like this are truly all about. Sitting high over the nose, it feels like a 200-mph warm and dry motorcyle ride. Add the intoxicating note of the engine, steering so direct it feels hard-wired to your limbs, and every piece of racing tech that could reasonably cross over and you have a recipe for something amazing.
From the carbon-fiber chassis with F1 levels of torsional rigidity and a full-on safety cell, through to the fully adjustable Ohlins horizontal dampers with external reservoirs exquisitely displayed in the front, the engineering is perfect. Then there are Dymag wheels with carbon rims and Magnesium cores, to the inline seats that keep the weight over the center line. Things get even more obsessive under the skin, with silver wiring and gold used throughout the body. That's before you get to the diamond encrusted interior on the options list. No, really.
An LCD display screen contains the vital information. The sequential gearlever is shaped like a jet's joystick, is strapped to a six-speed Cima unit, and is thankfully combined with a clutch. There's a semi-automatic paddleshift on offer, but this is undoubtedly a better, more complete system, and I'd want to get rid of the show-oriented steering wheel and take the plain round one, too, as grabbing fresh air mid-corner would be seriously uncool.
Pulling the canopy shut with a dull thud and a firm shove on the lever through a central point of resistance, we were away, with the constant chirrup of the larger turbos that have been fitted to the engine. They run 1.4 bar of pressure and their operation is near invisible apart from the telltale noise and low-range torque, but we hadn't engaged the full works yet. In a nod to everyday usability, this car has a BMW M-style sanity mode. For the run to the office, the R Edition can stay at a relatively safe 550 hp, until you push the critical button and let loose the dogs of war.
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The Business Administration major prepares students for a wide range of careers in business, government and not-for-profit organizations. It is a general management degree that features required and elective courses from all College of Management majors.
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Even if True Blood never becomes the great show viewers were hoping for, the second episode give us some indication that it might be a perfectly watchable and entertaining bad show. I'm even starting to wonder if all of the wooden dialogue and all the bad Louisiana by way of Hollywood accents aren't going for some kind of meta soap opera camp vibe. Maybe we should stop measuring the show against Buffy and start comparing it to Dark Shadows. Hell, maybe even Passions.
From the trailer, Sexykiller looks like Sam Raimi and Pedro Almodovar had a baby and let John Waters raise it. The story follows a fashionista medical student who moonlights as a serial killer. Zombies are involved. Looks like a lot of fun.
The Toronto International Film Fest has become possibly the most genre-friendly major film festival, with many major international genre movies getting their North American debut. Last year at TIFF North American audiences got their first look at Inside, Frontiers and Takeski Miike's latest, Sukiyaki Western Django.
This year there's an equally strong international genre presence at TIFF. Here's a few film that might be worth a blip on your radar.
Hi everybody and welcome to the BGH True Blood blog. You might have noticed we're beefing up our TV coverage here at BGH and I'll be with you for the next 12 weeks as we have a look at HBO's new vampire show. Before we take off, I should probably check my baggage to give you an idea of where I'm coming from.
This is another entry in the always exciting Final Girl Film Club. Click the link to see what all the other cuckoo nutsos are saying.
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There is this really funny video, though. More of a remix than a remake. This is a good opportunity for us all to take a moment to remember those crippled by werewolves throwing bowling balls with their superhuman strength.
The Punisher is not exactly the greatest character in the Marvel catalog. He doesn't have any powers or cool gadgets, he doesn't have much of a rogue's gallery because he kills everybody he goes up against and his backstory is identical to the plot to every Steven Seagal movie ever. About all he's got going for him is a cool shirt.
Over the last few years I've had the chance to travel to a few places around the world and in some countries I've encountered a horror far beyond anything in the movies we talk about on this site. It's a act so vile, so unspeakably foul that it could deprive an underprivileged studio executive of the basic human right of driving a Bentley. I speak, of course, of pirated DVDs. Let this be a warning to you all.
Hola my Bloody Good friends. It's been a while since I last showed up here and I thought I'd check in with you all and let you know what I've been up to. I've been (and still am) in Amman, Jordan for the last month, teaching English to all the little freedom-haters here. Unfortunately, here in the desert the internet is scarce and I usually only have enough to check my email and maybe look at the front page of BGH before it dries up and I have to send little Ahmad down the hill to fetch another jugful of internet.
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Not more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated for this subchapter may be used by the Office of National Drug Control Policy to pay for administrative costs associated with their responsibilities under the subchapter.
Source(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1024, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2),June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 226; amended Pub. L. 107–82, § 1(b), (c),Dec. 14, 2001, 115 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 109–469, title VIII, § 801,Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3535.)
Pub. L. 109–469, § 801, which directed amendment of section 1024 of the "Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997", was executed to this section, which is section 1024 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See 2006 Amendment notes below.
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I know that we considered putting Alice Waters as one of the original four pillars of the chart. Gender balance is important of course. We have four women on our gods list, four goddesses so to speak. And we were considering Alice Waters, but her chart... the thing about Alice is she retains a lot of loyalty, the people who work in her kitchens stay. There are a couple of big names who came out her kitchen, April [Bloomfield] and Dan Barber, I think, but otherwise the tree was sort of thin. So we had to go with someone else at that point. Alice is, of course, iconic.
Well I think it reflects one very harsh reality of the current chefs' world, which unfortunately has been true for years: it's still a boys club. There are of course very good and terrific female chefs: Carme Ruscalleda, Elena Arzak, April [Bloomfield] of course, Anita Lo of course, and of course Alice [Waters]. But it's very strange, the network of women, as Anita herself has been saying for so many years now, isn't as strong as the network of men. And when you look at this chart it's very clear. It's all men because men still take care of themselves. The women really need someone — if not men, themselves actually — to sort of take care of each other. The thing about the women I named, they are all spectacularly good chefs. But they also had to force their way to where they are now, they are almost their own creations. It's unfortunate, the women who are there are very good, but very few of them actually benefited from the boys club, as you can see from the chart.
To say that Alex Atala — who more or less is somebody nobody ever heard of until this Summer — is more influential than Alice Waters, that's pushing it, you know? Sometimes I wonder how much history journalists are getting. Alice Waters, I would say, transformed the way this country eats.


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If you could travel back in time and observe history, where would you go and what would you see?
Here are a few things I would like to see…
• Ancient Rome – a day in the life in ancient Rome
• Egypt – building the pyramids in Egypt
• Ellis Island – a day in the life at Ellis Island in the early 1900s
• Berlin Wall – fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
• Michelangelo – watch Michelangelo work on one of his magnificent sculptures
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Fettuccine With Spinach, Ricotta, and Grilled Eggplant
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- 2 small eggplants (1 1/2 pounds total), sliced lengthwise 1/2 inch thick
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for serving
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 16 to 18 ounces fresh fettuccine
- 5 ounces baby spinach (6 cups)
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 1 cup ricotta
- crushed red pepper (optional)
- Heat grill to medium. Brush the eggplant with the oil and season with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Grill until tender, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into bite-size pieces.
- Meanwhile, cook the fettuccine according to the package directions. Reserve ½ cup of the cooking water; drain the fettuccine and return it to the pot.
- Add the eggplant, spinach, vinegar, ¼ cup of the reserved cooking water, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper to the fettuccine and toss to combine. (Add more cooking water if the fettuccine seems dry.) Serve topped with the ricotta and, if desired, red pepper, and additional oil.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 573
- Fat 20g
- Sat Fat 7g
- Cholesterol 101mg
- Sodium 618mg
- Protein 21g
- Carbohydrate 80g
- Sugar 4g
- Fiber 9g
- Iron 6mg
- Calcium 199mg
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If you want to substitute dried fettuccine for fresh, keep in mind that fresh contains more water, so it's heavier. Use just 12 ounces of dried in place of 18 ounces of fresh.
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