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David Corse, LPC, CADCI, CGACII, NCGCII Program Director of Community Counseling Services
David provides clinical, cultural, programmatic, and financial oversight and cultivation for a group of specialty addictions treatment and mental health services in East Multnomah County. Adelante provides outpatient addictions and mental health treatment specialized for Latinos. Problem Gambling Services provides outpatient group, individual, families, and couples therapy for problem gamblers and their families. Open Services provides outpatient addictions and mental health treatment for self motivated individuals embracing change. Homebase Recovery offers a blended residential treatment concept that includes intensive outpatient addictions and mental health treatment with recovery housing to Men dealing with homelessness in Multnomah County. Integrated Services works with embedding addictions treatment in medical settings and vice versa.
David began his career in mental health working on a crisis line. On the crisis line, he spoke with many people including those dealing with gambling addiction. David recognized that many people in our culture are unaware of gambling addiction and the toll it takes on people's lives – gamblers and family members alike. At that point, David decided that deepening his and others understanding of problem gambling was a necessity. David worked as a problem gambling counselor here at VOA for years before moving into his current role as Program Director. Problem Gambling and Recovery continue to be a top priority in his work at VOA and in the community.
Azusa Ogawa, MS, CGACII, CADCI Asian Problem Gambling
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." MLK Jr.
All our clients get here from different walks of life. So do all counselors. Azusa is no exception. She left her hometown of Kyoto, Japan, reached Portland in search of herself and in pursuit of her dreams, and found strong purpose and astonishing passion in working with problem gamblers.
Azusa is the very first native Japanese person who is a Certified Gambling Addiction Counselor (by ACCBO). Azusa serves as a bilingual/bicultural counselor, prevention specialist – focusing on Asian communities - and also an active member of Oregon Asian Problem Gambling Advisory Committee. This Committee meets to work towards the goals of increaseing awareness of problem gambling among the Asian/ Asian American populations, and to make education and treatment more accessible.
Just take the first step; by creating a genuine and collaborative relationship with individual clients, Azusa relies on the conversation to get at the truth of steps to be taken. She helps refine your goals by exploring your own visions, values, and drives. You don't have to be fully ready for change, but be curious about possibilities. If you feel change is extremely difficult, she can help you remove barriers to change such as your worries, fears, and anxiety around it, to begin with.
Nate Peterson, CADCI, CGRM Problem Gambling
Nate was one of the first person's in the State of Oregon to be certified as a Gambling Recovery Mentor and is also a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Nate has played a very active role in problem gambling issues for the past 6 ½ years as both a person in recovery from a gambling addiction and as an advocate and sitting board member of Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery, a non-profit that speaks for those who suffer from or are affected by problem gambling. Nate has given personal testimonial to Oregon State Legislature Committee's and has advocated in front of the Oregon Lottery Commission to ensure funding for Problem Gambling in the state
Nate has been with Volunteers of America for the past 2 ½ years, first completing his Practicum for his CADCI and then as a counselor with VOA's Community Partners Reinvestment Program working with young men in both jail and prison. He was brought on at InAct/Problem Gambling Services for his expertise and experience with problem gambling and recovery from problem gambling.
Currently Nate is our Problem Gambling Education Coordinator for Problem Gambling Services and our Gambling Recovery Mentor here at InAct. As our recovery mentor he provides support, information, and resources for those in early recovery by using his own experiences in both gambling addiction and recovery to provide the individual their own pathway to success in recovery. You could say that Nate walks the talk of recovery.
Miguel Tellez, CADC II, CGAC II, B.S. - Program Director, Adelante!
Miguel has been an addictions counselor for the past 17 yrs. 7 of those working with Gang affected Latino youth. A leader in the Latino Community he sits on 3 different boards and has vast experience advocating for the Latino Community. He is a cultural competency trainer, conference speaker, both national and regional and program developer for the Latino community. For his work with gang affected Latino youth, in 2004 he was Awarded the "Spirit of Portland Award" from Mayor of Portland Oregon for the Non-Profit of the Year and in 2000 he was Awarded the "Community Advancement Award" from US Drug Czar, General McCaffery, for the Non-Profit of the Year. Senor Tellez has also developed a Hazelden published Cultural Awareness exercises that has been implemented by the Oregon Youth Authority.
He has been leading the Adelante program for the past 6 years as the Clinical Supervisor and has been instrumental in developing Latino services both in Clackamas and Multnomah County.
Miguel Tellez, CADC II, CGAC II, B.S.
Miguel ha sido consejero de adicciones durante los últimos diecisiete años, siete de cuales han sido trabajando con jóvenes latinos afectados por pandillas. Un líder en la comunidad Latina, es miembro de tres diferentes consejos y tiene vasta experiencia abogando por los Latinos. Es un entrenador de competencia cultural, conferencista - tanto nacional y regional y desarrollador del programa para la comunidad Latina.
Por su trabajo con los jóvenes latinos afectados por pandillas, en 2004 se le concedió el "Premio Spirit of Portland" del alcalde de Portland, Oregon para las organizaciones no lucrativas del año. En el año 2000 fue galardonado con el "Premio Promoción Comunitaria" de Zar Antidrogas de EEUU, el General McCaffery, para las organizaciones no lucrativas del año.
El Sr. Tellez también ha desarrollado ejercicios de Conciencia Cultural, publicados por Hazelden, que han sido puesto en práctica por la Autoridad Juvenil de Oregon. Él ha liderado el programa Adelante durante los últimos seis años como supervisor clínico y ha sido instrumental en el desarrollo de servicios latinos en los condados de Clackamas y Multnomah.
Julio Iniguez MFT, CGACII Counselor III, Adelante!
Julio is a Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapist that specializes in the treatment of addiction. His training includes a Master's degree in counseling psychology from Lewis & Clark college and a Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, Irvine. He is passionate about working with people who want to move from a place of struggle into balance and wholeness in their life.
He comes to Portland by way of Santa Ana, California, where he was raised after his family re-located from Guadalajara, Jalisco. Julio has a firsthand perspective on how navigating different cultures can create opportunities for addictive processes to arise. He believes that the interweaving of physical, psychological, and societal processes that surround us can create personal and relational difficulties that are uncomfortable to navigate. Through exploring the stories of our lives and the impact of these on our ability to live life in a wholesome manner, we can move towards more balance in our lives. In the process of connecting our stories to the emotions and needs within them, we can find empowerment to create the change we are seeking. Our strengths can get buried beneath expectations, desires, and oppressions. The process of therapy allows the drawing out of those strengths to empower individuals, couples, and families to be resilient in their lives.
Calvin Myers, LCSW, CADCI
Calvin earned a Master's Degree in Social Work with Emphasis in Interpersonal Practice at the University of Michigan in December 1987. He earned his LCSW and CADCI as well. His career as a clinician spans more than 2 decades and has served the mentally ill, geriatric and substance abusing communities. Calvin's roles have ranged from line staff to Regional Clinical Consultant, and he has taken part in 10 start-up operations in 3 states.
In addition to Counseling, he has had experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries. Calvin performed stand-up comedy and acted on television and in film. He studied Acting under Arthur Mendoza, protégé of Stella Adler and coach to Selma Hyak, Benicio del Toro, Mark Ruffalo, and others.
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The most recent administration of the SSI was in 2014. It provided a generally positive view of student satisfaction at TWU. TWU students consistently reported greater overall satisfaction in 2014 than in 2011 when the previous SSI was administered. Of the 85 total items available for comparison, only one item ("There was an adequate selection of food available in the cafeteria") indicated less satisfaction in 2014 than in 2011; 9 responses did not indicate a statistically significant different results.
The information provided in the survey results is useful in both identifying strengths and challenges and in planning strategies to enhance and improve the experience of students at Texas Woman's University. TWU is committed to achieving perpetual standards of excellence in all areas of the University experience – including customer satisfaction. Areas of high customer satisfaction are maintained and areas with lower levels of customer satisfaction are addressed with the focus on improving the customer service experience at TWU.
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Record keeping: A record of excused and unexcused absences will be maintained by faculty member. When requested by the student, teachers will inform the student who has been absent whether make-up work is allowed and whether absences jeopardize the student's standing in a class.
Makeup Work: Students missing work due to an excused absence bear the responsibility of informing the instruction about their excused absence within one week following the period of the excused absence and of making up the missed work. The instructor shall give the student an opportunity to make up the work and/or the exams missed due to an excused absence, and shall do so during the semester in which the absence occurred. The method of making up this work shall be determined by the faculty member. If a student has an excused absence on a day when a quiz is given, the instructor may deny permission for a makeup exam and simply calculate the student's grade on the basis of the remaining requirements. The faculty member should discuss the decision with the student.
Excused absences (mandatory): Student must be granted absences whenever they are representing the University in an official capacity and has been granted permission by the Office the University's top Academic Office (Provost). Students are responsible for all work missed while representing the University. Students are responsible for requesting makeup work when they return. Faculty members shall work with students that miss course work while representing the University.
Excused absences (discretionary): Students are responsible for providing the faculty member reason(s) for his or her absence. The faculty member then determines the validity of the reason(s) for the absence and whether the student is to be excused for the absence. Faculty members will consider the following reasons for absence as excusable: verified illness; death in a student's immediate family; obligation of a student at legal proceedings in fulfilling responsibility as a citizen; major religious holidays, and others determined by individual faculty to be excusable (e.g., elective University activities, etc). Appeals can be made through normal administrative channels.
Sanction for non-attendance: Within the first 20 days of a class, a student may be dropped from the course after accumulating absences in excess of 10 percent of the total hours of instruction (lecture and/or lab). Class absences will be recorded and counted only from the actual day of enrollment for the individual student in that specific class. For example: For a three credit-hour lecture class meeting three hours per week (48 hours of instruction), a student can be dropped after six hours of absence.
For a four credit-hour lecture/lab course meeting six hours per week (96 hours of instruction), a student can be dropped after 12 hours of absence.
Departments and programs governed by accreditation or certification standards may have different attendance policies.
Drop Procedure: Administrative drops are at the discretion of the instructor. Failure to withdraw officially may result in a grade of F in the course. Students who wish to drop a course or withdraw from the university are responsible for initiating this action. It is the prerogative of the faculty to drop students from courses in which they have accrued excessive absences. In such cases, faculty recommends through the department head to the appropriate college dean that a student be dropped from a class. The faculty member will document absences and will make a reasonable effort to communicate with the student prior to initiating the drop. If approved, the college dean will forward the recommendation to the Registrar's Office.
Withdrawal due to excessive absences: If attendance is required or serves as a criterion for a grade in a course, and if a student has excused absences in excess of one-fifth of the class contact hours for that course, a student shall have the right to petition for a "W", and faculty member may require the student to petition for a "W" or take an "I" in the course.
Test responsible students: Students who fail any part of the Placement Test are required by the State of Texas to attend remediation. The Test responsible students who do not attend remediation and tutorials will be withdrawn from the university.
Juniors and Seniors Attendance Rule: For students who are classified as juniors or seniors, the following rule applies: A student is encouraged to attend classes regularly and he or she has the responsibility for performance of the work of the course, including the taking of examinations at the time they are administered to the entire class. A student must complete all classroom assignments even though he or she might not have been in class when the assignment was made. Instructors are not obligated to give any "make-up work." The student must realize that while absence from class itself is not justification for receiving a failing grade in a course, missing tests or assignments due to absences from class is a legitimate cause for failure.
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This site will help you change the life of a child through a simple gift. Take a look at the pages, videos, and attachments on each page. Follow the simple instructions for making a box, packing it, and dropping it off.


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From the President
Feathers to Flowers
Gordon Wylie
Eugene, Washington
A few years ago the place in our house where I pursued another of my hobbies - fly tying - was usurped by a different undertaking. The hooks, the feathers, the furs, the threads and other materials, and the tools by which one fashions those ingredients to entice fish, became instead a place of seed packets and all the other paraphernalia of the ARS Seed Exchange. The changed scene has proved quite fascinating, and I would like to share with the membership some brief observations and thoughts from this opportunity to see the day to day workings of the Seed Exchange.
Contributions of seed, orders, comments and inquiries come from virtually all comers of the globe, and the postage stamps from the many different countries represented are an interesting study by themselves. They are in many instances truly an art form. The often vivid colors, particularly from countries other than the United States, and unending variety of subjects provide what must be one of the reasons attracting many to stamp collecting. Though not personally a collector, it's not difficult to literally see what surely must be one of the attractions of philately.
The mail also serves as a striking reminder of the extensive impact made possible by the very existence of the American Rhododendron Society. Clientele of the Seed Exchange range across both eastern and western Europe, Asia, the Americas, New Zealand and Australia. In many instances propagation by seed is apparently the primary source for new plants. A wonderful trading alliance!
Most rhododendron gardeners soon realize the seed of their favored genus is very tiny - in many instances little more than dust like. That one of those diminutive specks may some day reach the proportions of a large tree is awesome. But are you aware of other variations that occur in rhododendron seed? Some for example, are quite sticky; other varieties may provoke an allergic sneezing response; or colors, the shades of golden brown or buff are in many instances strikingly beautiful.
The creativity of the pollen daubers among our membership is yet another source of fascinating reflection. Each year's catalog lists hundreds of crosses all made, I'm sure, with the hope of creating a newcomer to the ranks of widely grown hybrids. Tangible evidence that each flowering season engenders thoughts of presiding over a mating of the decade, or perhaps the century. And hybridizers become quite focused in seeking just the right genetic mix for such things as growth habit, heat and cold tolerance, flower color, and so on.
The seed catalog often offers collections from well known gardens. Hybrid crossings from those gardens will sometimes represent the joining of plants not widely grown; or consider the pleasure and pride of germinating and growing plants from hand pollinated examples of the finer forms of species found in a great garden. A grower may thus travel vicariously to many of the renowned gardens through his or her seedlings.
I am further impressed by the splendid generosity of gardeners in sharing their time and expertise. Choosing crosses to make or determining species to self pollinate requires more than casually dabbing a bit of pollen on a stigma. Prior thought and record keeping is essential. Pollination doesn't always take even with repeated tries, and the frustration of no seed from some efforts must be endured. Seed capsules have to be gathered and dried at the proper time after several months wait, the seed extracted and different kinds kept separate, and then forwarded to the Seed Exchange with identifying information. None could afford the resulting seed were this not a labor of love.
And then there is the wild collected seed. We marvel at the conditions faced by Kingdon-Ward and Forest et al., but our modern day collectors find it only marginally easier. Speaking of which, the 1993 catalog promises to contain a wide array of recent collections from native habitats. These are likely to include species not previously in cultivation. Here we will have a wonderful opportunity to be among the first with newly discovered plant material.
Though growing methods are well beyond the scope of this article, they need not be a complex or expensive undertaking. A member of the Birmingham Chapter, Richard Cooper, recently sent pictures to the Seed Exchange of his effective arrangement achieved with an investment of under $200. Its ingredients include a bed of well moistened pine bark over a heat cable. This is enclosed within a tent of plastic suspended on a simple framework of PVC pipe. The resulting growth chamber is lighted with fluorescent shop light controlled by a timer, and utilizes clear plastic boutonniere boxes containing the growing medium on which the seed is sowed. The pictures illustrate many boxes within this relatively small space capable of producing hundreds of plants.
Yet another subject of fascinating contemplation is the positive effect of the rhododendron growing cycle on one's own lifetime. These plants generally require at least four or five years from germination before flowering and years beyond that for proper evaluation. And yet the Seed Exchange numbers among its participants folks in their eighth or even ninth decade. Of course, after the first several years the grower may look forward each year to first flowers and further evidence of other characteristics in new plants. I suspect the on going anticipation of this cycle may add to our own years.
I hope I have captured, by these few comments, something of the spirit embodied in ARS members and their enthusiasm by this one activity. The Seed Exchange exists by and for all of our members, and would not be possible on its present scale without the existence of the American Rhododendron Society. This is, I would argue, a significant contribution to making our world a more interesting and pleasant place.


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Sky Italia to co-produce 'Medici'
BBC, Kudos also partnering on eight-part Renaissance epicCANNES -- Rupert Murdoch's Italian pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia announced its international drama co-production debut Monday, joining the BBC and Kudos Film and Television to develop "The Medici," an eight-part Renaissance epic about finance, corruption and power.
Kudos, part of Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group, will produce the show for the BBC working with Italian production company WildSide, while Sky Italia will have Italian rights to the lavish drama.
Scripted by Frank Deasy and Adrian Hodges, the story traces three generations of the Medici family -- Cosimo, Piero and Lorenzo -- and is set against the backdrop of 15th Century Florence.
In the era of such characters as Machiavelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, the tale follows the power struggles, violence and sexual intrigues of a banking dynasty that was behind an architectural and artistic rebirth that is still unmatched and went on to make the Medicis one of the most powerful families in Italian history.
"This deal marks our first step in the development of an international co-production project," said Nils Hartmann, Sky Italia Entertainment and Cinema Director. "We believe 'The Medici' is a series that has solid roots in Italian history and culture but appeals to a global audience."
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Hull boss Phil Brown wants to sign Manchester City forward Felipe Caicedo on loan in January.
Ecuador striker Caicedo, 21, has been on loan at Sporting Lisbon but the Portuguese club no longer require his services after a disappointing spell.
But Hull are keen to boost their firepower in January and Brown is keen to strike a loan deal as City want to loan him out to give him first team experience.
Caicedo moved to City in January 2008 for £5.2m from Basel and is regarded as a big prospect in Ecuador. Malaga and Real Zaragoa are also interested in signing him on loan.
Agent Nojan Bedroud said: "We will wait and see what happens in January because the loan deal in Portugal is until the summer. But things can change in football."


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Training Workshop on Conflict Management
for Women As a Follow-up to the Consultation on Enhancing Women's Participation in Peace-Building held in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia from 23 to 25 April 2001
Online discussion on gender and microfinance
An online discussion on "Reducing the Gender Dimensions of Poverty: Microfinance policies, processes and practices" will be held 11 June - 20 July 2001. The discussion is expected to facilitate an interactive exchange of practical experiences and lessons learned from key players on reducing poverty among women; engage new actors (e.g. banks and policy makers) in the dialogue as a means of building consensus on effective capacity-building strategies to address gender dimensions of poverty; and profile good practices. Click here for details.
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Ygrene Awards Dinner - Kurt Morrow and Patrick LaPone of New Holland PACE Consulting with Jose Maria Figueres Olson, Founder of the Carbon War Room and past President of Costa Rica
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Ygrene announces $30 million in new financing from Virgo Investment Group and the hiring of Mike Cary, Former President of CIT Home Lending, as its new Chief Operating Officer.


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Animals is the tenth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, released in January 1977. A concept album, it provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late 1970s Britain, and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. Animals was recorded at the band's studio, Britannia Row, in London, but its production was punctuated by the early signs of discord that three years later would culminate in keyboardist Richard Wright leaving the band. The album's cover image, a pig floating between two chimneys on Battersea Power Station, was conceived by bassist and writer Roger Waters, and photographed by long-time collaborators Hipgnosis.
The album was released to generally positive reviews in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2. It was also a success in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200, and although it scored on the American charts for only six months, steady sales have resulted in its certification by the RIAA at four times platinum. The size of the venues on the band's In the Flesh Tour, and an incident in which Waters spat at a fan, prompted him to conceive the band's subsequent album, The Wall.
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Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) February 13, 2014
Metro Appliances & More is the regional winner of the BSH 2013 Service Partner of the Year for the Southern region. Metro Appliances & More is being recognized for offering our valued customers exceptional levels of service throughout the entire year of 2013. The Southern Region covers Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona.
BSH Home Appliances Corporation has invited all of the regional winners to attend the USA-ASTI National Service Convention February 25th – March 1st in San Diego, CA, where each winner will be recognized and the national BSH 2013 Service Partner of the Year winner will be announced.
The judging criteria for this award includes: turnaround time for repairs without parts (days from when a customer calls to completion), turnaround time for repairs with parts (days from when customer calls to completion), average cost per call, average parts used, average time on a job, repeat service for call backs and customer surveys. Numeric values are assigned to each category and the winners are chosen from the ranking of those numbers.
BSH Home Appliances Corporation (BSH), headquartered in Irvine, Cali., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group based in Munich, Germany. BSH is the world's third largest leading manufacturer of high-end appliances and sells under the Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau brands in the U.S.
Employee-owned Metro Appliances & More was originally formed as Metro Builders Supply in 1974 by Nick Stavros of Tulsa, Okla. Stavros began the company selling appliances out of his garage to builders. His vision continues as Metro Appliances & More is now recognized as one of the largest appliance dealerships of its kind in the nation. 2014 marks the 40th anniversary for Metro Appliances & More. For more information visit our websites MetroAppliancesAndMore.com and MetroOutdoorLiving.com.


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Dr Gaye Products
The Dr Gaye range of healthy shakes, blends, mixes and snacks offer high-performance foods that deliver bio-available, food-grade nutrients and vitamins which fit into a busy life-style.
All Dr Gaye products are organic, grain-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, 100% raw, unprocessed, vegetarian and perfect for diets such as: Paleo, raw, 5:2, Bullet Proof and alkaline. We design complex, nutrient dense products which take less than 1 minute to make. Our shakes, porridges and blends are all sourced from nature; are suitable for all the family and deliver all the vitamins, minerals and fats needed in a daily diet.
We don't advocate diet pills, meal-replacements or quick-fix detox programmes, instead our product range is intended to be complete nutrition for a healthy life. The products deliver all the vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins you need to complement your current diet. We've noticed that when people start re-mineralising, their sugar-cravings subside, their food choices improve and they have a multitude of long-term, positive health changes.


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11045 St. Joseph Blvd., Mantua, Ohio 44255 ~ 330-274-2253
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"I chose to work at St. Joseph's because of the people!" This community is so loving, approachable, and willing to help one another and the parish".
Growing up in Virginia, Ruth graduated from Radford University with a Bachelor's in Journalism/Public Relations. She has worked in the real estate field as an office manager and administrative assistant and as a claims processor for an insurance company. She currently is an office manager for a commercial real estate company in addition to her part-time duties at St. Joseph Parish. Having moved to Ohio in 1997, Ruth and her husband, Shawn, live in Aurora with their two sons, Jeremiah and Adam. She volunteers her time at St. Joseph's as a Eucharistic Minister, Mass Set-up, Children's Liturgy of the Word Catechist, and Ox Roast Fair chairperson.


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Where it happened: stepmother's house
Langauge: English
Sex: Male
Rating: 8
Category: Straight
My mother died when I was six and my father remarried a 20 year
old farmwoman, with little experience with men. They had three
children of their own, but my father died when I was 13, leaving my
stepmother with three young children. My family decided I should
live with one of my siblings in another state. However, I visited
my stepmother the following summer for a week. I was a horny
fourteen year old and couldn't think of anything but sex, masturbated
whenever I had a chance. Two days before my visit was over, I
noticed that my stepmother appeared to be deliberately leaning over
toward me to show me her breasts. Not only this, but she also
obviously could see how intently I liked to stare at her tits.
This went on the whole day and as you can imagine, I had a hard-on
that wouldn't stop. That night, after putting the three kids to bed,
we went into the living room to watch the fireworks (was the
4th of July) through the window. We were standing close to each
other and she kept giving me these sexy looks. I knew something
was happening but wasn't sure how to proceed. One of had to make
a move or it would never happen. So I got this brilliant idea;
I told her that it was too hot and humid and that I was going
to take my clothes off and did so with no further notice. I will
never forget the expression on her face, because it was filled
with so many different emotions: some anger, that I would dare to
do this; some embarrassment at seeing my big and hard cock; some
desire and lust in seeing a cock for the first time in several
months; and some guilt for having these lustful thoughts toward
her step-son. I was afraid that she would leave the room because
of her guilt, so took her hand and placed it on my cock and
said "It's okay, I won't tell anyone." This is all it took to
release her inhibitions and she started working on my hard and juicy
cock like she had never held one before. Needless to say, it
only took me a minute to come all over the place. My stepmother
must have been as horny as me, cause she almost ripped her clothes
she was so eager to get them off. I was still hard and seeing
the nude body of a grown woman for the first time made my cock
grow even larger. She pulled me down on the couch, took my cock
and guided it into her. Since I had just had a orgasm, I stayed
longer this time, and could feel her getting more and more excited.
Finally, she screamed and I could feel her pussy contracting
around my cock and I came again. I couldn't believe that I had
actually made love to my stepmother. I was even more surprised
when she told me that she had never felt such pleasure before.
Evidently, my father was a "wham bam thank you mamm" type of god
and she had never had an orgasm before; she didn't even know what
to call it. This story is getting too long but to conclude it,
we made love again in a few minutes, and this time it took me
fifteen or so minutes to come and in the meantime she had three
orgasms. She was so delighted with her new-found pleasure that
she made me sleep with her that night, and we woke up in the
middle of the night and made love for what seemed like hours.
It took me forever to come, which was fine with her, since the more
time for me, the more orgasms for her. Unfortunately, I had
to leave the next day, and I moved several states away, and we
were never able to get together sexually again, and never talked
about our night of love (or lust?) together. But I believe the
experience was positive for both of us, I certainly know it was
for me, and I will never forget my sweet, sexy stepmother.


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A useful extension that groff offers the macro writer is the possibility to define a macro that is executed in the presence of blank lines in the input file. This feature is first useful when preparing a macro command file itself, as any blank lines that creep in will turn up in the output document. Later, the blank line macro can be reassigned to, say, the default paragraph formatting for the user's document.
The following macro defined near the top of a macro collection will alert the user (through stderr) to the presence of any blank lines in the file:
\# continuing the alias scheme: .ALIAS BLANKMAC blm .ALIAS MESSAGE tm .ALIASNR _FILE .F .ALIASNR _LINE .c \# define the macro: .MACRO GOTBLANK __END__ . MESSAGE \ Notice: blank line in file \\n[_FILE], line \\n[_LINE]. .__END__ \# assign this macro to fire at blank lines: .BLANKMAC GOTBLANKAt the end of the macro command file, the blank line macro could be reassigned to another macro, such as the default paragraph control:
.BLANKMAC <p>Notice also from this example that the technique of reporting messages during groff processing can be built into any macro definition.
.MACRO MYMACRO __END__Groff enables the \\$0 escape inside a macro to list the name with which the macro was called. While you are developing macros, such messages can be used to show the state of internal variables and otherwise help in debugging.
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Codemotion Milan 2017 is a 4 days event: 2 days of workshops (8th-9th of November) and 2 days of conference (10th-11th of November).
Machine Learning and predictive analytics for the Enterprise
Teacher: Simone Scardapane
The workshop will introduce predictive analytics and machine learning tools in Python. We will show how to implement a complete ML workflow, including data preprocessing, model selection, and evaluation. Appropriate libraries for handling big data situations (e.g., Spark) will also be discussed.
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5% Day was created to give back to the community by providing support to nonprofit organizations and are held quarterly in each Whole Foods Market location. On the day of the event, selected organizations receive 5% of the store's total pretax sales for that day.
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Four ancient tombs containing well-preserved mummies, ornate painted coffins, and mummified dogs have been unearthed in El Faiyum, an oasis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Cairo.
A female mummy was found wearing a gold mask, a rare treasure on the site known as the necropolis of Deir el-Banat. The funeral complex is a frequent target for the current grave robbers and had been thought plundered its riches.
"An important point is that these mummies are almost unaffected," said Galina A. Belova, a Russian Egyptologist, led the excavation.
"There are not so many [good condition] mummies in El Faiyum at this moment. They are very rare."
In a separate grave, discovered the first excavator completely intact mummy ever found in the necropolis.
The team of American and Russian archaeologists stumbled upon the burials as part of the routine work in a section of the cemetery, which was used from the early fourth century BC In the seventh century AD
Some 150 other tombs from different eras and dozens of poorly-preserved mummies have been excavated, although most of the tombs were plundered during a rash of robberies in the 20th Century.
Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, that some of the newly discovered ruins are still the best, from the Ptolemaic period, the range of Greek domination began shortly after the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC
"A mummy was beautiful gold, and another is in very good condition," said Hawass, which is also a National Geographic Explorer-in-residence. "They show some of the best examples of mummies from that time." (The National Geographic Society has National Geographic News.)
Archaeologists also found a strange funeral at the edge of the area with the nonmummified remains of a child and a group of mummified dogs, a grave unlike any other so far in Egypt.
The four best preserved and largest of the newfound tombs contained human-shaped coffins that were mostly intact.
Some showed slight damage near the feet, probably the result of ancient robbers rummaging for riches, experts said.
The coffins' exteriors were inscribed with verses and pictures from the old Egytpian Book of the Dead, the Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at the American University in Cairo (AUC), said that was standard decoration "to help you get out of this world in the next. "
Three of the coffins were made of wood and were parallel. A smaller fourth coffin probability of a child-was made of papyrus or a similar material, and was at a slightly different angle.
The joint funeral have belonged to a single family, experts said, adding that it is rare to find coffins at different orientations in the region.
Inside two of the coffins, mummies were in the head and legs with colorful papier-cardboard material as often plastered mummified body and decorated.
One of the mummies bore a painted cartonnage mask in gold, as a symbol of eternity.
"It was a very sweet little mask," said Ikram, the X-ray mummies after the discovery.
In a grave nearby, archaeologists found a completely intact mummified woman-the first ever major generations of treasure hunters here.
The archaeologists that they plan to do more research, including facial reconstructions of the mummies to determine their origin.
Thievery has damaged almost all the tombs in Deir el-Banat, making it hard for experts to know what the graves looked like in antiquity.
"The robbers come in regularly, so it is quite unusual to get intact burials," said Ikram of AUC.
As a measure of how widespread the crime is, the excavations even turned up some contemporary digging tools, which were probably stashed away by frightened thieves who left hastily.
The shallowness of the tombs—some of which are no more than a meter below the surface—makes them particularly attractive for looters.
"Robbers have always investigated cemeteries since the ancient times," Belova, the Russian archaeologist, said. "We have a lot of robbers who want to have a lot of gold."
The newly unearthed tombs may have been spared because of their relatively simple exteriors. Belova said her team had to rapidly document and remove the items because of security concerns.
She also said she hoped the discovery would change Deir el-Banat's reputation as a site that has been looted clean.
"It looks like a robbed area, but robbers cannot do a systematic study of a cemetery," she said. "That's why we still have a lot of chances to find something new here."
Mummified Dogs
One of the strangest discoveries made at the site was the nonmummified body of a child buried with several mummified dogs.
The human remains, which were naturally mummified by the arid climate, were partially covered in a sack, its lower half surrounded by crudely mummified canines ranging from puppies to fully mature animals.
"They are put in any which way, with no real sense of orientation," said AUC's Ikram, an animal mummy expert.
Ancient Egyptians were known to keep domesticated pets and sometimes were buried with them.
Other animals were included in burials as part of a religious ritual, but this find is unlike any that has been documented, he said.
"The kind of deposit [of animals] you have here is neither like a sacred deposit [nor] like a pet deposit," Ikram said.
"It really is a very interesting new page in the archaeology of humans and animals in Egypt."


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Vodafone Bordon customers angry over two-year signal problems
Residents in part of Hampshire say they have been badly treated by Vodafone after two years of signal problems.
Mobile phone customers in Bordon say the latest service outage has so far left them without a signal for 23 days.
Many customers say they were advised to buy a plug-in signal booster, costing £100, which would only work at home.
Vodafone said it had been aware of a problem involving one of its masts since 28 January but bad weather meant it had been unable to fix it.
A spokeswoman said: "The issue we have got is that the engineers have not been able to climb the mast. We have got to have low wind and a clear day.
"They are assessing it on a daily basis. We are treating it as an absolute priority."
A Facebook group set up in December 2011 to share information about the signal problems at Bordon has attracted more than 200 members.
Throughout 2012 and 2013, many posted messages complaining of no signal for days or weeks at a time. Others were told there was a known problem with mast "3027 GU35".
A Vodafone spokeswoman said: "We have a team looking into the performance of the network in Borden.
"We know how frustrating it is when customers are unable to use our service but we are constantly working on improvements to our network.
"Our Sure Signal device [plug-in signal booster] is available for customers with a broadband connection. It creates a strong 3G signal in areas where the signal is limited, or even non-existent."
'Quite rude'
Roy Waby, who runs a transport business in Blackmoor, said Vodafone had persuaded him, during a period of good signal, to renew his contract, claiming the problems had been permanently resolved.
He said: "It's been ongoing for about two years, which is why people are getting so angry. Vodafone keep coming up with stories about fixing it but it never happens.
"We had two vehicles break down and the drivers couldn't get in touch and we had an issue with the alarm last week and the security company couldn't get in touch with us either.
"It's really starting to have a knock-on effect."
Another resident, Kelly Gardiner, who is 32 weeks pregnant, says she has no means of contacting her husband between 07:30 and 17:00.
She said: "Vodafone have been... actually quite rude at times with one of their operators asking us what we would have done before mobile phones."
Customers who have been unable to resolve disputes through their provider's complaints procedure can contact Ombudsman Services for help.


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In Abuelita's Kitchen / Sounds, aromas and tastes of Mexico's culinary heritage pass to a new generation
"Should I pick through the beans?" the younger one asks.
"Yes mija," comes the answer.
She clatters them on the counter and with cupped hands sweeps them into a close, single layer. She crawls her tender fingers over the speckled seeds, her soft hair draped over her shoulder and shading her cheek as she bends intently. Soon, the older one's hardened hands follow behind. Rapidly and knowingly, the fingers pick out the shriveled, flawed beans that the younger fingers missed.
"I throw out the cracked ones. You know, you never can be sure about them, " says the older one.
Then Christina Noz and Julianna Gutierrez bend their heads again, as if choreographed.
They know this dance, this ritual of every Mexican kitchen.
Noz, 25, of Sunnyvale, has asked to cook at the side of a Mexican grandmother, and now finds herself in the kitchen of Gutierrez, 60, of Los Gatos.
Minutes ago, the pair The Chronicle matched up for this installment of our Rent-a-Grandma series, trooped into the kitchen, arms hung with grocery bags. They had come from shopping on Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, a Latino Row of the Peninsula.
Before even catching her breath, Gutierrez announced, "We have to put on the beans." So began a seven-hour day in the kitchen for the two adoptive cooks. It was a day of chatter and memories, set in a tight apartment kitchen. It began with a shopping spree during which Gutierrez befriended every vendor, and roped Noz into tasting all types of cheeses and meats.
The snug galley kitchen seemed to expand as aromas and flavors rose. Even as counter space shrunk, Gutierrez' excitement grew. The space was salted by Spanish words and peppered by staccato sayings that rippled off her tongue, in tune with the chiles sizzling on the placa and the beans bubbling in the pot. "Listen," she says, "listen to the sound of the pork. Ooh, it's beautiful.
"Do you hear the chiles sizzle? I love that sound. It meant my grandma was starting the salsa for dinner."
Outside, the day was overcast, but inside the kitchen glowed with an inexplicable, unshakeable brightness. Instructions fly, stories flow, tidbits are nibbled. Gutierrez tunes her adopted granddaughter's ears to this song of food and home.
Not your ordinary grandma
She is an ordinary not-so-ordinary grandma. At 60, she cruises the aisles of a supermarket in black leather pants. She smiles and chatters through bright-red lips. She is single, she works and she lives in an apartment that would not suggest an Old World, tepid, retiring grandmother. The only grandmotherly things around her are photos of her family, including her 3 1/2- year-old grandson.
Gutierrez had written to The Chronicle about her own grandmother. "There was always a large pot of pinto beans simmering on the stove and the scent of garlic and onion sauteed for Spanish rice. I would like to share and demonstrate ... recipes in memory of my abuelita." Sounds, sights and smells of her immigrant grandmother's kitchen nurtured Gutierrez and her seven siblings in Gilroy through the 1950s and '60s. Cooking and eating together now unite the four-generation family spread out from Gilroy through the Peninsula. She learned Spanish from her grandmother, who came from Mexico City.
She does not resemble, in any form, the strong, silent and sometimes severe grandmother Noz grew up with.
Noz, a UC Berkeley graduate, grew up in the blue collar communities of East Covina and East Los Angeles. She had asked to learn her own grandmother's culinary methods, but grandma was elusive. Why should her Americanized granddaughter want to learn the old ways -- especially when it threatened her own place in the family? "I'm here aren't I?" she would say.
Language and distance also created a barrier between the two. How could she pass on the secrets to a grandchild who didn't speak Spanish? It was only when Noz moved away to Northern California that she realized that her grandmother's regular Sunday dinners were no longer the foundation of her weekend. In addition, Noz's grandmother is now 81, her memory is faulty and "she's too fragile" to cook like she used to.
So Noz, who is comfortable cooking Korean, Chinese, Indian, Thai or Italian recipes, can't recreate the food she grew up on.
"I miss grandma's dishes dearly," she wrote.
Eager to learn
Noz and Gutierrez decided to cook two versions of chile con carne that are classics in Gutierrez's family, and one of Noz's specific requests, nopales (cactus paddles) with eggs. Then, at Gutierrez's insistence, beans and Spanish rice are stamped onto the to-do list; no meal is complete without beans and rice.
In her adopted grandmother's kitchen, Noz waits for instruction. "Now get a colander and wash them really well," Gutierrez instructs. "Rub them like this." Like her speech, the beans between her hands trill like castanets.
"The most important thing about beans is the heat must be constant -- kind of at medium. Always. It's a rule. Not a bubbling boil, but lower. See?" Then, "Make sure you have plenty of water." Adding cold water will make the beans turn black, Gutierrez says. If you must add water, it should be hot.
She drives the lesson home. Do it right, she says, and you have a pot of beans on the stove throughout the day. The beans can feed a whole family. Her grandfather would bring a sack each of rice, beans and flour home to her grandmother, and consider their larder full. The aroma of beans cooking is sweet to her, although non-Mexicans don't like it, she says.
"Really?" says Noz. To her also, "it's the smell of home."
Although she studied Spanish, Noz and her parents speak English. She has never dared to speak Spanish to her grandmother. In their relationship, "I can't speak back."
In Gutierrez's kitchen, she is released from a lifetime of tongue- tiedness. She unleashes questions at the adopted grandma.
"Do you soak the beans? If they float do they come out? Why don't you use the pan my grandma used, the blue one with freckles?"
The answers are no, no and Le Creuset is better than enamel.
Emboldened, Noz speaks back with a vengeance, as if a delirious toddler. "Do I have to scrape the nopal?"
Noz grimaces. A thorn has pricked her finger.
"Oww. I missed one."
"Good, mija, very good. You're doing well," Gutierrez says, using the Spanish term of endearment, "mi hija" -- my daughter.
If Noz was expecting another strong, silent grandmother-type, she was thwarted. Gutierrez is positive to the extreme. Positive, sunny and pressure- free.
"And don't worry. I got these paddles because I wanted you to have the experience, but most of the time you buy these de-thorned and cut up already."
Like a good Mexican daughter who has lived in and around kitchens, Noz has no quibbles with cleaning beans and peeling chiles. Like any good American kid, she tries to get off easy.
When asked to peel the chiles, she pipes up with, "Is there a secret to peeling those?"
She's not let off the hook. "No. It'll just come off."
As two huge pots of pork cook in their own juices, the women prepare the two sauces, one jalapeno based, the other tomatillo based. Gutierrez's family can never decide on the favored one, so she always makes both. "Both pots always disappear. And then we wipe the side of the pot with tortillas."
Family heirlooms
When the time comes to make the tomatillo sauce for the second pot of carnitas, Gutierrez pulls out the molcajete, the mortar and pestle common to traditional Mexican kitchens. It was her grandmother's, and she has asked her sister for it for the day. It always sat in the middle of the table with the day's salsa in it. Noz picks up the pestle as if she knows what to do. Quickly the garlic turns into a creamy paste with the addition of salt, something that doesn't happen in a blender.
"Is this the right way?" Noz asks, moving the pestle around over garlic.
"I think the motion is more like this," says Gutierrez, rocking it in a rough figure-eight motion. She confesses she uses a blender or small food processor, and Noz says she's going to list one on her bridal registry.
When the pile of diced pork cooks down to half and turns into the golden, crusted carnitas, Gutierrez declares that everyone must be starving. "We ate lunch three hours ago already," as she spoons out bites.
"I love eating as I go," says Noz.
"Me too," says Gutierrez.
Noz declares herself a "total grazer," but to Gutierrez, it is a habit born of necessity. "I learned that when my kids were little. I ate as I went along. Otherwise I would never eat."
Throughout the afternoon, the two continue to compare their different experiences as second generation immigrants. Gutierrez seems to feel firmly planted in the handed-down traditions of language and food. Noz feels she may soon become rootless, without the sounds of the language and the kitchen, especially since her fiance is Taiwanese.
Like the two versions of chile cooking on the stove, the two women's conversation is rooted in memories. Gutierrez's voice softens as she recalls seeing her grandmother with the molcajete, how even when her hands were arthritic, she would make the salsa for the center of the table.
Noz's voice becomes shy as she describes being silent in her grandmother's presence. Gutierrez immediately understands: "You're embarrassed to speak it, aren't you?"
Meanwhile, the two batches of chile which Gutierrez refuses to cook in smaller quantities, look like enough food for an army, but Gutierrez insists on making the Spanish rice and finishing the beans. She won't sit down without them.
Noz tastes the nopales fried in egg and declares that they taste "almost right on," like her grandmother's, although they look different. She is emboldened to go back and ask her own grandmother, who is from Jalisco province, exactly how she does it.
Although Gutierrez judges the tomatillo chile verde the runaway hit of the meal, Noz says the beans and the eggs make the meal come home to her. She resolves to have beans cooking in her apartment kitchen more often. As for the eggs, "It's the quintessential home dish."
At the end of the cook-a-thon, Noz's exhausted and incredulous. "We cooked from 12 to 7!
"I didn't realize it, but my grandma cooked all day. She made it look effortless. I need to carve out time to put into cooking."
It's the basics that strike her. "I realize I miss having salsa on the table," Noz says. She also realizes that it is easy to translate traditional Mexican cookware into good, standard equipment. She will, like Gutierrez, buy a bigger, cast-iron griddle, to roast chiles and tortillas.
The sounds of Gutierrez's home play a special music in her memory.
"I loved how Spanish and English were mixed in," Noz says.
Noz's cousins and relatives are beginning to introduce baked ham and appetizers like spanikopita for the holidays. This Easter relatives plan to drop the traditional mole, partly to save grandmother's energy. Yet, "I can't imagine a holiday without my grandma," she says. Or her food.
Noz feels her culture slipping out of her grasp. She knows she's in a critical transition of generations and she wants to hold on to as much as she can. "By the time we're old enough to learn, half don't care and half don't have the time," she says.
Much can be lost.
Her day with her adopted grandmother has sharpened her Spanish. It has inspired her and her mother to document the foodways of her own grandmother, she says. These generations now realize it.
"The closest thing I have to my culture is my food. My grandmother is seeing how important it is to me. We want to remain close to that core."
This is the third installment of The Chronicle's Rent-a-Grandma series.
If you are like Christina Noz and would like to "rent a grandparent" to teach you the dishes of your memories, please let us know.
Write no more than 75 words describing yourself, what dishes you recall from your childhood kitchen and why you'd like to reclaim them. Is it a pierogi or papaya salad? Tell us what memories the food and grandma's kitchen evoke.
Similarly, if you're a veteran cook looking to pass on cherished foodways, tell us who you are, what your best recipes are and why they mean so much to you -- in 75 words or less. We'll play rental service. We'll try to match you up, and then write about it.
Send your e-mail to email@example.com, with Grandma in the subject line. Or mail your letter to Grandma, Food Department, San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103.
"Chile Verde" Two Ways
In Julianna Gutierrez's family two versions of chile con carne with pork have always been called "chile verde." Both are usually made at the same time. We suggest choosing one of the salsa recipes and making just one version. If you are not used to handling chiles, wear gloves. Save the tomatillo husks if you are making the Nopales with eggs recipe.
Jalapeno Salsa
1/2 pound large, fresh jalapeno chiles (about 6)
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1 can (28-ounce) diced tomatoes
Tomatillo Salsa
3/4 pound tomatillos
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
Scant 1/4 cup chiles japones (about 10 dried chiles)
2 cloves garlic, peeled
8 cilantro sprigs
About 3 pounds boneless Boston butt with some fat attached, cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch chunks
About 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 to 2 teaspoons deli manteca, as needed
1/2 cup each chopped onions, diced avocado and minced cilantro, for garnish
Choose one of the following salsas:
For the jalapeno salsa: Heat a flat griddle or shallow frying pan over high heat. Add the jalapenos and heat until the skin is blackened and blistered all over. Place in a bowl and cover with cold water. When they are cool enough to handle, slip/scrape off the skin. Do not remove the seeds.
In a food processor, mince the garlic. Add the jalapenos and process until almost smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup of the tomatoes and add the rest to the jalapenos and garlic.
Tip: This jalapeno sauce is also the basis of a table salsa. With the addition of chopped green onions, avocado and cilantro, it's great with tortilla chips.
For the tomatillo salsa: Place whole tomatillos in a 1 1/2 quart saucepan with water to cover. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the tomatillos are soft and take on an olive-green color, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool in the water.
Meanwhile, heat a flat griddle or shallow frying pan over low to medium heat. Add the japones chiles and cook until they are blistered on all sides and their aroma is released. Use caution: Turn on the overhead fan and open windows before you begin as the fumes can sting the nose and eyes.
Using a mortar and pestle or food processor or blender, pound or process the garlic and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. If you do use a mortar and pestle the mixture will become creamy. Add the japones (including seeds) and cilantro and grind or process to a paste. Drain the tomatillos, reserving some of the cooking liquid. Add the tomatillos to the paste and pound or process. If the salsa seems too thick, thin with a little of the cooking liquid.
To cook the pork: While you are roasting the chiles for your salsa, heat a 12-inch heavy skillet with 4-inch sides over high heat. If you don't have a deep skillet, use a Dutch oven, ideally with an iron core. Add the pork cubes and the salt.
As the pork cooks, it will release liquid and boil in its own juices. Continue to cook on high until the juices evaporate, about 30 to 45 minutes. Once the liquid is gone, the pork's fat will begin to render and the meat will begin to fry. Turn the meat often with a spatula to prevent burning. If the pork is very lean, you may need to add manteca at this time. Continue frying for about 15 minutes or until the pork is a toasty, golden brown. You'll know you're at the right stage when you no longer see any solid pork fat and the mass is reduced almost by half.
As soon as the carnitas are golden, add the salsa you have made. It will sizzle. Taste and add salt, if necessary, and if making the jalapeno version, use some of the reserved tomatoes if necessary. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or just until the sauce comes to a low boil. You do not want the meat to lose its crunch.
Serve with griddle-warmed tortillas, beans and chopped onions and cilantro or with rice.
Note: Manteca can be purchased at Mexican delicatessens or some butcher shops.
Serves 6
PER SERVING WITH JALAPENO SALSA: 545 calories, 43 g protein, 9 g carbohydrate, 36 g fat (13 g saturated), 159 mg cholesterol, 890 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
PER SERVING WITH TOMATILLO SALSA: 535 calories, 42 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 37 g fat (13 g saturated), 159 mg cholesterol, 843 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
Nopales With Eggs
This dish is good for breakfast, lunch or dinner, as a main dish or a side dish, with beans or wrapped in a tortilla. A secret tip from Grandma Julianna: Cook the nopals with tomatillo husks to cut the mucilage.
1 1/2 quarts water
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2-2 1/2 cups cleaned, diced nopales (see Note)
1/4 yellow onion
6 washed tomatillo husks, optional
8 sprigs cilantro
3 cloves garlic, unpeeled
4 eggs
2 tablespoons deli manteca or olive oil
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Bring water and salt to a boil. Add the nopales, onion, tomatillo husks, cilantro and garlic. Let the water return to a boil and cook over medium heat until the nopales turns an army green color and most of the mucus has decreased, about 15-20 minutes. The husks from the tomatillos help reduce the nopales' slime.
Drain the nopales, discarding all other ingredients and rinse with cold water.
Beat the eggs.
In a heavy 10- to 12-inch skillet over high heat, melt the manteca. Add onions and cook until translucent. Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add drained nopales. When heated through, add the eggs. Allow the eggs to set. Push the outsides toward the center and continue to cook until eggs have reached the desired doneness.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
Note: De-thorned, peeled and diced nopales, or cactus paddles, can be purchased in many Latino markets. Manteca can be purchased at Mexican delicatessens or some specialty butcher shops.
Serves 4
PER SERVING: 160 calories, 7 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 12 g fat (4 g saturated), 219 mg cholesterol, 66 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Grandma's Sopa (Spanish rice)
The caramel colored, aromatic manteca, or pork drippings, is superior to the pure-white, processed and shelf-stable lard. You may substitute rendered bacon fat or use a combination of drippings and vegetable oil. Although Grandma Julianna's family prefers medium grain rice, you may use long grain rice.
8-10 tablespoons deli manteca (see Note)
1 1/2 cups medium grain rice
1/2 cup minced yellow onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
8 ounces tomato sauce
3 cups good chicken broth
Kosher salt, to taste
In a heavy saucepan, melt the manteca. Add the rice and cook over medium heat until the rice is golden in color.
Skim off the excess fat -- about 3 or 4 tablespoons.
Add the onions and garlic and saute until translucent. Add the tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Add the chicken broth. Cover and cook over low to medium low heat until all the liquid is absorbed, about 15-20 minutes. Remove the lid and allow steam to escape for 2 minutes. Season with salt to taste.
Note: Manteca can be purchased at Mexican delicatessens or some butcher shops.
Serves 8
PER SERVING: 185 calories, 3 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate, 13 g fat (6 g saturated), 13 mg cholesterol, 172 mg sodium, 0 fiber.
Grandma Julianna's Frijoles
4-5 cups dried pinto beans
4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
2 slices thick bacon, cut in half
2 teaspoons kosher salt + more to taste
2-3 tablespoons deli manteca (see Note) or a combination of manteca and olive oil
Spread the beans on a flat surface and pick out the shriveled, dried and cracked ones, and any pebbles. Place in a colander and wash under cold water, rubbing the beans between your hands to remove any dirt.
Place the beans in a 5-quart Dutch oven or large saucepan and cover with about 4 inches of cold water.
Add garlic, bacon and the 2 teaspoons salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer.
If more water is needed during the cooking process, add only boiling water. This will keep the beans from discoloring.
Cook until the beans are slightly cracked and easily mashed, 2 to 3 hours. Almost all the water will be absorbed. Remove and discard the bacon and garlic. Season with salt. Stir in the manteca.
If the beans are too watery, mash them with a potato masher to release some of the starch, just enough to make a thick creamy liquid. The beans will continue to absorb water as they sit, especially if refrigerated overnight.
Note: Manteca can be purchased at Mexican delicatessens or some butcher shops.
Serves 12
PER SERVING: 130 calories, 5 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate, 6 g fat (2 g saturated), 6 mg cholesterol, 398 mg sodium, 5 g fiber.