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You have probably noticed that I am a bit of a shrimp fanatic and I am constantly on the lookout for new ways to enjoy shrimp. A while ago I came across a recipe for shrimp bisque on Kalofagas (originally from the Toronto Star by Marion Kane) that sounded like it might just be the ultimate shrimp dish. This soup uses shrimp in no less than 4 different ways. The shells are simmered in the broth to release their flavour, the body of the soup contains pureed shrimp, chopped shrimp and whole shrimp for garnish. I looked at a few recipes for shrimp bisque and I ended up choosing this one because I like the fact that the shrimp were sauteed in butter and then the pan was deglazed with wine to pick up the extra shrimp flavour. The recipe looks a bit long but don't let that intimidate you as the results are well worth he effort! The shrimp bisque was amazing! It was nice and thick and rich and creamy and full of shrimp flavour. I really enjoyed the texture that the pureed shrimp added to the soup and the every spoonful was filled with juicy succulent chunks of shrimp that were burst in your mouth good.
Shrimp Bisque
A decadently smooth and creamy shrimp bisque filled with chunks of succulent shrimp.
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, roughly chopped, shells reserved
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons flour (or rice flour for gluten-free)
- 2 cups shrimp stock (or chicken broth or dashi)
- 2 cups water
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can tomatoes, crushed
- 1/4 cup dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup arborio rice
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine
- 1/4 cup dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 lemon, juice
- Heat the oil and melt the butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat, add the onion, carrots and celery and cook until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the garlic and shrimp shells and cook for 2 minutes.
- Mix in the flour and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the stock, water, tomatoes, sherry, brandy, thyme and bay leaf, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
- Strain the liquid into another saucepan and discard the solids.
- Add the rice, tomato paste and paprika, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the rice is cooked, about 20-30 minutes.
- Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the shrimp, and cook until just cooked, about 2-3 minutes per side.
- Add the wine and deglaze the pan.
- Add half of the shrimp and the juices to the soup and puree until smooth with an immersion blender or in a food processor or blender.
- Add the remaining shrimp, sherry, brandy and cream and heat to serve.
- Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.


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Some early works by the legendary Joseph Byrd, mastermind of The United States of America, and Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies - classics both. Written under the influence, and in close company with, first the West coast experimentalists (Young, Riley, Reich &c) then the downtown New Yorkers: Feldman and Cage (whose influences you clearly hear, especially Feldman) and the many-headed Fluxists, the majority of these pieces employ prepared pianos, strings and some percussion, lightly and exquisitely organised. There�s also some fascinating live-voices-imitating-spliced-tape-voices in Four Sound Poems. And finally, Water Music for exotic percussion and tape, (written for Max Neuhaus) and Prelude to the Mystery Cheese Ball, originally performed by Jackson MacLow, Yoko Ono, David Tudor, La Monte Young, Diane Wakoski and the composer, and here performed on balloons. A welcome release.
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Admitting To Affair, Petraeus Resigns As CIA Chief
The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has brought a sudden and unexpected end to the public career of a four-star general who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and was thought to be a potential candidate for president.
Petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in tendering his resignation, which President Barack Obama accepted Friday.
Petraeus carried on the affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, a reserve Army officer, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss publicly the investigation that led to the resignation.
The FBI discovered the relationship by monitoring Petraeus' emails, after being alerted Broadwell may have had access to his personal email account, two of the officials said.
Broadwell did not respond to voice mail or email messages seeking comment.
Lawmakers from both parties joined Obama in praising Petraeus. Obama said in a statement that Petraeus had provided "extraordinary service to the United States for decades" and had given a lifetime of service that "made our country safer and stronger."
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell will serve as acting director, Obama said. Morell was the key CIA aide in the White House to President George W. Bush during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
"I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission," Obama said.
The resignation comes at a sensitive time. The administration and the CIA have struggled to defend security and intelligence lapses before the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three others. It was an issue during the presidential campaign that ended with Obama's re-election Tuesday.
The CIA has come under intense scrutiny for providing the White House and other administration officials with talking points that led them to say the Benghazi attack was a result of a film protest, not a militant terror attack. It has become clear that the CIA was aware the attack was distinct from the film protests roiling across other parts of the Muslim world.
Morell rather than Petraeus now is expected to testify at closed congressional briefings next week on the assault on the consulate in Benghazi, which occurred on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Petraeus, who turned 60 on Wednesday, has been married for 38 years to Holly Petraeus, whom he met when he was a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She was the daughter of the academy superintendent. They have two children, and their son led an infantry platoon in Afghanistan.
The retired general told his staffers in a statement that he was guilty of "extremely poor judgment" in engaging in the affair. "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." He said he had offered his resignation to Obama on Thursday and the president accepted it Friday.
Administration officials said the White House was first notified about the Petraeus affair on Wednesday, the day after the election. Obama, who returned to the White House that evening after spending Election Day in Chicago, wasn't informed until Thursday morning.
For the director of the CIA, being engaged in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat. If a foreign government had learned of the affair, the reasoning goes, Petraeus or Broadwell could have been blackmailed or otherwise compromised. Military justice considers conduct such as an extramarital affair to be possible grounds for court-martial.
Failure to resign also could create the perception for the rank and file that such behavior is acceptable.
At FBI headquarters, spokesman Paul Bresson declined to comment on the information that the affair had been discovered in the course of an investigation by the bureau.
Holly Petraeus is known for her work helping military families. She joined the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to set up an office dedicated to helping service members with financial issues.
Though Obama made no direct mention of Petraeus' reason for resigning, he offered his thoughts and prayers to the general and his wife, saying that Holly Petraeus had "done so much to help military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at this difficult time."
Petraeus, who became CIA director in September 2011, was known as a shrewd thinker and hard-charging competitor. His management style was recently lauded in a Newsweek article by Broadwell, co-author of the biography "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."
The article listed Petraeus' "rules for living." No. 5 was: "We all make mistakes. The key is to recognize them, to learn from them, and to take off the rear view mirrors - drive on and avoid making them again."
Petraeus told his CIA employees that he treasured his work with them "and I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end."
The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Petraeus' departure represented "the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants. From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country."
Other CIA directors have resigned under unflattering circumstances. CIA Director Jim Woolsey left over the discovery of a KGB mole, and director John Deutch left after the revelation that he had kept classified information on his home computer.
Before Obama brought Petraeus to the CIA, he was credited with salvaging the U.S. war in Iraq.
"His inspirational leadership and his genius were directly responsible - after years of failure - for the success of the surge in Iraq," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday.
President George W. Bush sent Petraeus to Iraq in February 2007, at the peak of sectarian violence, to turn things around as head of U.S. forces. He oversaw an influx of 30,000 U.S. troops and moved troops out of big bases so they could work more closely with Iraqi forces scattered throughout Baghdad.
Petraeus' success was credited with paving the way for the eventual U.S. withdrawal.
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House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., said he regretted Petraeus' resignation, calling him "one of America's most outstanding and distinguished military leaders and a true American patriot."
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also regretted the resignation but gave Morell high marks, too.
Morell had served as deputy director since May 2010, after holding a number of top roles, including director for the agency's analytical arm, which helps feed intelligence into the president's daily brief. He also worked as an aide to former CIA Director George Tenet.
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"I really enjoy showing my mom around campus and having her meet my roommates and my hallmates," Slaughter-Johnson said in "Princeton Freshman Parents Weekend," a video highlighting the events. "It's definitely a bonding experience for both of us."
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Along with draft rules for how to become a licensed grower or seller of marijuana, the Washington State Liquor Control Board this week released the official "icon logo" that will need to be put on packages of pot and "marijuana-infused products sold at retail."
A marijuana leaf inside a circle, and centered over a map of the state, the logo comes in black or green. The Puget Sound Business Journal thinks it "looks like a decal fit for a Cheech and Chong van."
The Associated Press reminds us that thanks to an OK from the state's voters last year, "marijuana sales in Washington should begin in early 2014 — unless the Justice Department has something to say about it. Pot remains illegal federally, and the DOJ could sue to try to block the licensing schemes in Washington and Colorado from taking effect."
According to The Seattle Times, other highlights of the draft rules include:
-- "The number and location of retail stores have not been determined, but stores could be open seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m."
-- "Residents and out-of-staters could buy an ounce of dried pot, the maximum allowed for possession. But they couldn't buy hash and other concentrates."
-- "Pot could be grown indoors or in greenhouses with a rigid roof and walls."
-- "Growing operations are not limited in size or in number."
By the way, the liquor control board tweeted late Friday morning that the new rules "have been downloaded 3,373 times in 19hrs ... might be a record for interest in government rules."
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Courtesy of The McKinsey Quarterly, an interesting report on Africa's investment potential:
"…Africa was among the fastest-growing parts of the world between 2001 and 2008, with average growth of 5.6 percent a year. While the commodity boom played a role, stable macroeconomic conditions coupled with structural reforms—including the privatization of state-owned enterprises and lowered barriers to competition—underpinned the impressive growth. It was accompanied by large amounts of foreign direct investment (which more than tripled during these years), including inflows from the Gulf countries and from emerging Asia (China and India).
Resource-rich countries such as Nigeria and South Africa received most of the foreign direct investment during the decade, but new patterns have emerged in the last three to four years. In eastern and northern Africa, for example, new investment has arrived in nonresource sectors such as tourism, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, and construction. Also, a second tier of smaller but high-performing countries, including Ghana, Namibia, and Zambia, has caught investors' attention.
In sum, foreign investment has diversified in recent years as a number of African governments undertook structural reforms to make their economies more attractive. But to sustain foreign investment inflows, governments must pursue measures for strengthening governance and legal frameworks, building financial markets, investing in human capital, developing infrastructure, and deepening regional integration.
Overcoming the global recession
Even though Africa was hit by the global financial and economic crisis, and growth slowed sharply in 2009, to 2.5 percent, the continent avoided the recession. The impact of the crisis varied across regions and countries, though on the whole the decline in growth was less severe than expected, allowing for a faster recovery. In sharp contrast to other parts of the continent, southern Africa has been directly affected by the global crisis because its resource-rich countries are dependent on exports and subject to the "neighborhood effect" emanating from South Africa. But many of these countries should recover quickly as commodity and financial markets rebound. The group of middle-income countries in North Africa, despite their close integration with the European Union, fared much better, partly because of their less open capital accounts and more diversified economies.
Countries with built-up reserves implemented stimulus packages and measures aimed mostly at easing supply-side bottlenecks. African policy makers have resisted the protectionist tendencies that often accompany a crisis of this magnitude. Instead, most countries maintained a prudent macroeconomic stance during the crisis, steered clear of protectionist measures, and in several cases accelerated reforms to create a favorable investment climate. Some countries, such as Botswana, Ghana, and Seychelles, took advantage of financial-aid packages that helped them adjust their economies significantly.
Having weathered the downturn, the continent faces the challenge of returning quickly to high and sustainable growth. In March 2010, the African Development Bank forecast 4.5 percent real GDP growth for Africa in 2010 and 5.2 percent in 2011, in line with the global recovery. While these growth rates are below pre-crisis levels, the recovery is broad-based, with more than 15 countries projected to grow by upward of 5 percent in 2010.
It remains to be seen if the recovery in the advanced economies, a key factor in Africa's own recovery, will be robust and if adequate financial aid to low-income countries follows in a timely manner. So it is even more important that African countries create an economic and business climate to attract stable private capital flows.
Challenges and opportunities ahead
While Africa's growth from 2001 to 2008 marked a turnaround relative to the previous three decades, it was more subdued when measured in terms of per capita GDP growth. In this respect, Africa still lagged behind most parts of the world, and the income gap between Africa and developing countries in other areas closed only slightly. The key question is when Africa's low-income countries will reach a high, sustainable growth path that would allow them to narrow the income and productivity gaps with the more advanced economies.
Poor infrastructure is a major impediment to growth. A recent study1 of 24 countries, conducted by the African Development Bank and its Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) partners, estimated that the total cost of bridging Africa's infrastructure gap over the next decade will be about $93 billion a year, with about 40 percent in the power sector. Furthermore, it found that the continent has the weakest infrastructure on the planet, with Africans in some countries paying twice as much for basic services as people do elsewhere. The study argues that a well-functioning infrastructure is essential to Africa's economic performance and that reducing inefficiencies and waste could result in major improvements in African lives.
Despite the significant progress in creating an environment for private-sector development, more can be done to achieve high and broad-based growth in Africa. Differences across African countries notwithstanding, the African Development Bank's experience suggests that critical reforms would enhance Africa's competitiveness:
Governance and legal frameworks should be strengthened, including property rights, which facilitate transparency and accountability in the management of public resources.
Encouragement should be given to the development of financial markets and the creation of access to credit for private-sector projects, which require funding from sound banking sectors, well-regulated stock exchanges, and venture capital.
The quality of human capital should be enhanced—in particular, by improving the quality of tertiary education and stemming the loss of talented citizens to emigration. The gender gap in education could be closed further.
The infrastructure gap should be narrowed through the development of energy and transportation, which are the main obstacles to competitiveness in Africa and put African entrepreneurs at a disadvantage to the major competitors in Asia. Challenges in the energy sector are particularly complex, requiring the harmonization of the activities of donors and countries, as well as the creation of proper institutional and legal frameworks.
Regional integration to create economies of scale and to leverage the strengths of individual countries should increase. Power pools, transport corridors, and cross-border climate change problems are among the areas to be addressed.
In addition, Africa's fragile states face unique challenges. Given these countries' weaknesses and market failures, the development of a vibrant private sector cannot be left to free markets alone. Experience in many countries shows that an improving business environment is just one condition for private-sector growth. The problem is that in countries with small productive bases, private-sector development often involves entering into completely new activities and hence incurring large fixed costs and risks, which private actors may not want to shoulder alone. Industrial policy aimed at encouraging the most profitable activities and easing the constraints to productive entrepreneurship can facilitate the private sector's takeoff.
The African Development Bank and other multilateral institutions have done their share by working with investors and recipient governments to improve Africa's business climate. To demonstrate that successful projects can be undertaken in African countries, the bank has raised its capacity to finance private enterprises and public–private partnerships. During the past three years, it has approved nonsovereign financing (including about 15 percent in equity) totaling $4.7 billion for 80 projects, primarily in infrastructure and financial services. This financing, with its typical multiplier of about five, has helped mobilize $23.5 billion from private and multilateral investors. Examples of such flagship infrastructure operations financed by the bank include a power generation, transmission, and distribution project in southern Africa, two submarine cables along the east and west coasts of the continent, and two communications satellite projects.
Africa continues to offer numerous opportunities to investors in the post-crisis world, with the options as varied as the countries. On the one hand, some, such as Botswana, Mauritius, Morocco, and South Africa, have investment-grade ratings on the sovereign and corporate levels. On the other, certain countries perform below their potential but offer some highly attractive projects in mining, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. While minerals, particularly hydrocarbons, will most likely attract the bulk of the investment in the medium term, other sectors with growth potential include renewable energy, financial services, and food production. These sectors have registered rapid growth in the last five years, largely because of Africa's rising urban population. Growing global demand for food and the potential of Africa's land make the agricultural sector attractive for investment. The telecommunications sector has continued to draw investment despite the crisis, given Africa's large potential market and the limited impact of the crisis on demand.
Over the last ten years, macroeconomic and governance reforms on the continent have changed the institutional context of social and infrastructure development markedly, including the roles of various actors. Projects and sectors that in the past would have been entirely funded, owned, and operated by the public sector now involve partnerships with the private sector. The private sector invests in development and helps secure financing, diversify risk, and bring in management know-how for such projects. The reassessment of African risk in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis is creating a unique window of opportunity for making the continent an attractive place for profitable investment."


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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thanksgiving Food Sucks: A Rant
Thanksgiving is the dullest holiday on Earth. I know, I know, I am a terrible person. Thanksgiving is supposed to be about gratitude, and spending time with those dearest to your heart, and realizing how blessed you are. But when Thanksgiving actually dawns, it's about slaving for an entire day to produce a meal that's devoured in 30 minutes and takes 3 times that long to clean up.
Fun? Not so much.
Plus, I don't even like Thanksgiving food. I'm serious. If I spent the day slaving over, say, shrimp dumplings and kung pao chicken and sesame snow peas and dan dan noodles, I'd be all over that. But no. I'm stuck with traditional Thanksgiving dinner, which is--admit it--a beige meal.
And no, I can't just serve my dream Asian Feast for Thanksgiving dinner. Because my father, bless his rigid German heart, would cry in his dan dan noodles if I did that. My father lives for Thanksgiving food. You can't make your daddy cry on Thanksgiving.
A couple of times, in the folly of my youth, I tried to shake up the Thanksgiving menu a little bit. One year, I scratched the creamed pearl onions and made sauteed broccolini and shiitakes. Another year, I jettisoned the waldorf salad in favor of tomatoes Provencal.
And guess what happened? My father ate with gusto, proclaimed the dinner The Best He'd Ever Eaten, gave me a huge hug...and the next day, begged my poor mother to cook the REAL dinner. Which she did. Cursing me every step of the way, although she won't admit it.
So once again, we are eating the beige Thanksgiving dinner that's been served since I was crawling on North Dakota linoleum:
-Herb Roasted Turkey: is it just me, but even if you injected old Tom Turkey with an herb infusion, he'd still taste like...umm, a blank canvas? Turkey is a vehicle for gravy. Period.
-Cranberry Relish: homemade, not canned, but still fucking inedible. Cranberries suck. Unless they are infused with sugar and baked in buttery streusel for coffecake. We even spike our cranberry relish with Grand Marnier, which should help (because booze improves everything!), but nope. Still gross.
-Stuffing: WTF is up with people eating soggy bread? Admit it, people! Stuffing is just that: soggy bread. Am I the only person on the planet who would rather eat lima beans than the crap people call stuffing? My mom even makes a crispy version, which everyone loves, except me. Crispy stuffing+gravy=soggy freaking bread!
-Waldorf Salad: ewwww. Mayonnaise and fruit. Seven shades of wrong.
-Creamed Pearl Onions: yes, there's some Yankee at our table, gratis of my grandfather. He had to have these foul little bulbs, bathed in cream and cheese, every year. And now my father loves them. They slip and slide all over the plate, taunting your fork, and later, after consumption, turn your intestines into Chernobyl. Two hours after creamed onion consumption, you are hazardous waste.
-Mashed Potatoes and Gravy: the only edible part of the meal. Gimme a plate of just that, and I'm okey-dokey.
-Clover-leaf rolls: Gee, we don't have enough carbs on the table? Apply directly to my thighs, why don't you?
-Pie: Only suitable for breakfast. The next day. Who really wants pie after that ass-busting meal, anyways? Plus, crust is nasty.
I'm sorry. I'm a crank and a killjoy, so I'll shut up now. I'm ready to suck it up and cook this slop...gimme a few glasses of wine and I'll be fine. And when it's all said and done, I'll be the first one to express my gratitude. That it's over. For 364 blessed days.
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A knife in my heart! I love Thanksgiving food! Rub that turkey in olive oil, butter and oregano, and whatever I feel like that day adn I love cornbread stuffing with tons of gravy. And lima beans and corn on the cob though I think green bean casserole should be declared a biohazard. And look up Tamar's Tangerine Meringue Pie recipe in the Mom's cookbook. Lovely and I use her recipe for the crust on all my pies. Perection. Really just serve the turkey and mix it up the way you want.
ReplyDeleteVisiting via Momalom - and so happy to be here! TOO funny! I will admit, I love Thanksgiving food. EVERY BIT OF IT. And especially because of all the colors along with the beige. (Why is it that little kids will only eat BEIGE FOOD or vaguely YELLOW food? Mashed potatoes, french fries, bananas, apple sauce, plain bread or rolls - enough with the beige already!)
By the way, I have a secret to pecan pie. And an easy recipe. A French secret at that. But not yet. A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N.... (hearing that ketchup commercial in your head?)
Hell. Serve pizza if you like. It's all about family, right?I agree with you about the waldorf salad and some of the other dishes, but fie upon your cranberry blaspheming! I love cranberries (not raw, of course, but IN stuff)! Love them. I love cranberry sauce (homemade). I love apple-cranberry pie. And I love pie crust. I especially love the crust in a pumpkin pie.
Oh, and sweet potatoes? Yum. Not the nasty stuff with the marshmallows, but sliced and baked with hazel nuts, cranberries, and booze.
And we always have homemade mac and cheese, which I love.
But this is all easy for me to say since my mom cooks the dinner. :)Oh, Witchie. I hear ya. We are veggies over here, but really, those damn green bean casseroles are just not what I want to be eating. At any time. Several years back I flew down to Fla. to have Thanksgiving with Sarah. Her husband made a delicious sea bass meal. (Yes, I was eating critters back then.) It was awesome. But it was not.quite.Thanksgiving.
Persevere. And just keep the wine nearbyGEW: Honey, potatoes ain't meant to be sweet, girl! Potatoes need butter and salt! Potatoes+sugar=wrong!
Ungourmet: Brussel sprouts? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
BLWolf: If you come from Momalom, you have good taste. I hear you about the kids--mine are weirdly attached to white food. Which is why they are terminally constipated.
Jessica-I know, right? Waldorf salad is barf-o-rama.
Kestrel: dear God, the monstrosity that is Green Bean Casserole. You are so correct--it IS a biohazard. If we combine it with creamed pearl onions, I think we'd have homemade chemical weaponry on our hands.
Jen: How did both you and Sarah turn up veggies? She challenged me to come up with a Thanksgiving-worthy veggie recipe (that saucy wench) and I think I found it! Details later :)Growing up in Colombia, we obviously didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Until my uncle's Catholic (and American-born) wife decided she needed a neutral holiday to host both her family and our (Jewish) family. Unfortunately, she was a horrible cook, and her family were all snobs, which made for a lousy evening. Every November we would dread going to their house.
And then I married Zach. And he wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving, but only so he could cook a turkey. Having grown up with that dry turkey, it took him a couple of years to convince me to host it. Well... I became a convert. His turkey is amazing. He sticks lardons in the turkey's skin and makes sure to baste it with enough butter all day long. I think he actually published his way of cooking turkey somewhere online (I'll send you a link). And use good butter. No generic and not even Land o'Lakes. Go for good Irish butter, like Kerrygold. Same goes for pie crusts. Good butter is the secret. As for mashed potatoes, also butter and milk. And leave the skins on.
All this said, we don't do Thanksgiving anymore. Zach goes to a tradeshow in Germany every year right before, so we've started going out and trying the local spots.Once again, I smiled then I laughed. The creamed pearl onions are on my family's table each Thanksgiving (Yuck)....We always have a guest at our table and "us" kids always place bets on who is going to be too polite to say "Hell No" to those nasty creamed onions.
No doubt, you will need to post about your Thanksgiving cooking adventure.I'm with you. Boring. And for some reason, I always end up making the green bean casserole that no one eats any other time of year but for some reason is necessary on Tgiving.
I think yams should be called yaks.
But...creamed onions? If cooked like my aunt makes 'em, they are a delectable explosion of butter and, um, butter. Mmmmmm. Can't wait.Reading that post makes me glad we don't do Thanksgiving.
Cranberries are nasty no matter how they are served, unless they are in liquid form and mixed with vodka.
WTF is up with pumpkin pie? I can't get my head around it at all. Is it sweet? It sounds very very wrong.
I think the onions sound good though. I'd eat them and risk the hazardous gas aftermath.
What are yams? Sweet potato?Thank god we don't have Waldorf salad on Thanksgiving, I wouldn't eat that anytime, like you, ewwwww to mayo on fruit, then they throw in what? lettuce,nuts and raisins. Another thanks, we don't serve creamed pearl onions. And who ever decided that brown sugar and marshmallows were ok to add to sweet potatoes? So I am thankful that my family is up in Michigan and we are down south in Florida, with our small gathering eating what we like, with lots of wine:) Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOMG! My husband thinks I'm totally lost it. I'm snortin', my shoulders are shaking and crying with laughter. This is beyond funny. Know what? I'm not cooking this year. That's right. I quit. Kitchen closed. While I like turkey, three slices please. I don't want to have to re-invent it all. As far as stuffing goes, I'm told mine is amazing. I wouldn't know. I hate it, too. The rest of your dishes...too funny. The creamed onions, well I totally lost it at "Chernobyl". You and Erma Bombeck were related. Albeit, you spice up the language a bit, but I can't help loving it!
As far as your German dad loving my food-- how much will you pay me to cater his dinner for ya?
I'm making reservations for Thanksgiving. I'll take my prime rib medium-rare. No popovers (stupidest thing ever) and au jus on the side.
Thanks for the laughs!- AnonymousNovember 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Totally with you. Turkey--blech. Cranberries suck, the preposterous onion and waldorf crap you mention (I'd never even heard of those, thankfully) are unmerciful crap, too. My aunt makes yummy stuffing, but it doesn't go in the bird. and it's all sourdough and celery and dried cranberries (yeah, well, those are sugary enough) and yumminess because it's not soggy.
But every year, you know what I have? Mashed potato sandwich. Taters, pepper, and sourdough. That's it. Cuz Thanksgiving food is totally secondary to the dessert extravaganza my family puts on. dozens of desserts, potluck, to make a carb-and-sugar junkie like me VERY thankful. Here in the UK there is no thanksgiving dinner...but there is the Sunday roast. I love the Sunday roast...and at Christmas it gets very exciting with added bits. The thing about a Sunday roast is that you can jazz it up a bit. It can vary from time to time -especially if it is being served EVERY sunday (it is not we don't always have time but it is regular enough). My dream roast is as follows (let's make this dream Christmas roast whilst I'm here)
- turkey (garlic and lemon infused) and gammon
- roasted potatoes, roasted parnips with honey, roasted sweet potatoes
- sausages wrapped in bacon
- prunes wrapped in bacon
-carrots and celery sauted in wine and garlic
- brocoli and cauliflower cheese
-(maybe some red cabbage? Is that too much)
-sprouts with roasted chestnuts
- sage and onion stuffing (or perk it up with some added sausage meat)
- cranberry sauce bought from the butchers in a jelly form with port.
You can see how this brings on food coma in the afternoon... it is very yum though...I'd argue it is better than Thanksgiving dinners that I have had... Sorry guys! xxxTKW, you have my sympathies. We're definitely NOT a turkey house. In fact, we change the menu each year. But it's easier to do that when you're only feeding two.
My most interesting thanksgiving ever would have to be the year we feasted on Turducken. I was in no way responsible for that train wreck. I was merely a bystander.You are a woman after my own heart, TKW. The very fact that the food is beige says it all. It's boring and takes too long to make and, then, in the end, IT'S STILL BORING! The holiday, however, is worth doing: Tense family moments (you've read my blog) spent around a dead animal, headless and, well, dead, in celebration of the annihilation of the native people of this county.
Ah, I feel better.
Screw the glasses of wine, I'm thinking bottles...?- AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Cracker Barrel has the BEST roast beef sandwiches with mash potatoes.
I'm a fan of beige traditional food, but stuffing doused with bacon juice topped with bacon bits isn't getting stuffed in my mouth. I hate turkey leftover and I will suffocate the next person who offers a damn cooking bag! Cooking the bird in a plastic bag doesn't make the leftovers more edible or more juicy or more crispy. Turkey is done being tasty the minute it leaves the pan. Feed it to the dog. Cranberry has been tainted by the dum commercials with the idjits in the waders. Mashed potatoes is all about the gravy, so it's sorta worth peeling the suckers. My plate will have turkey, potatoes, and gravy. I'm saving all the room in my belly for PUMPKIN ROLL!
jc TKW-I'm going to try and convince you otherwise on Thanksgiving. I hosted last year and it was a great feast. Totally agree with you on the prep time and clean up time, but other than that, the food was delicious.
I used this recipe from Bon Appetite for my turkey and gravy.
The smoked applewood bacon and herb butter rub infused a ton of flavor into the bird. It was not dry at all. Plus, I purchased a Bell and Evans turkey. I think that made a big difference flavor wise.
You sides sound really... how to put it delicately...uggh!! But, I totally sympathize with you on not being able to change them. Some people are traditionalists. Could you just add some additional sides that you like? That way, you can skip the creamed onions and waldorf salad in lieu of something more spicy or flavorful? And you Dad couldn't be upset because his are still there.
I know, more work for you, but it could be worth it. Because if you are going to put forth the effort it takes to cook Thanksgiving, you should at least enjoy it. And it breaks my heart that TKW would not enjoy a holiday that is all about food!!Recipe for you, TKW: take one large bottle of red wine, some nice cheeses, and things wrapped in puff pastry. Order out a complete turkey dinner- whatever the makings might be.
Or better yet, tell your Dad to jump right in and cook it himself if he's so partial to certain things. Happy Thanksgiving, Dad!::hears angels singing::
KitchWitch, I too hate Thanksgiving dinner. It probably has to do with me coming down with a stomach virus hours after one Christmas dinner (which is, alas, essentially the same as Thanksgiving in my parents' home), but mashed potatoes especially make me gag. Some people get depressed over the holidays because of family stuff or similar; I get depressed because my food options diminish greatly.You had me at dan dan noodles... :-) My parents-in-law fly in every year, so yes, we have to do the traditional thing too. Although I don't like turkey at all, I do look forward to the honey baked ham from The Honey Baked Ham. We also get our turkey breast from there. The stars are always the fixin': mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, corn chowder. I get our pies from Baker Square. There is always a long line on Thanksgiving morning: it's part of the annual ritual for me now. LOL. I am sorry that this means so much work for you. Well, do it like me: eat the side dishes and forget the turkey!
ReplyDeleteHere via Momalom--aren't they doing a great job connecting folks? I HATE turkey, but my Sweetie loves it. We've slowly shifted my family towards side dishes we love: roasted pearl onions, roasted brussel sprouts, green beans with almonds, turnips. Stuffing, gravy and pie are all terrific too. Ever since I gave myself permission to skip that blasted bird I've had much less of a hate on Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteYour rant makes me laugh... but I do think you're crazy! I'll admit, I've never cooked the meal, so I don't have any room to compare. I'm lucky to have grown up in a family that likes to shake up the holiday meals, so we see thankgiving as a chance to play in the kitchen with new recipes. Although my dad has requested mashed turnips or something like that this year, because he wants to reminisce back to his childhood. It's been 5 years since my family has been together for Turkey day, so I'm excited to see what we cook up this year! And it should be a beer-soaked thanksgiving, since my hubby, dad, and future bro in law all have batches of homebrewed beer to share with the family.
Also, I live the other 364 days counting down to my next chance to eat stuffing :)Oh, I ADORE Thanksgiving food! The turkey, the gravy, the mashed potatoes, yum, yum, yum. And yes, I realize it is mostly starch but for one day of the year I don't feel guilty about eating all those calories. We have "dinner" early and then we put everything away. A few hours later another round of family comes and we dig everything out and it tastes so much better the second time around. I am salivating right now.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I do turkey and mashed potatoes. All the rest I could do without. My mom threatened me with no potatoes this year because they're not traditional. Instead of arguing her blue in the face, I just told her I'm still grandma's favorite and she'll still cook them for me. And Pie for breakfast is the best. I'll miss not visiting the in-laws this year because my MIL always cooked three pies though there was only five adults and two children. Pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Hi all! Reading all your comments with extreme interest!
I make homemade cranberry sauce with red wine, cranberries, and sugar. Stick cinnamon and whole cloves. Period. Boil til the berries pop. Remove the spices, and refrigerate. Then get out of my was as I gobble as much as I can get my hands on.
We eat white sweet potatoes, roughly mashed, with butter and salt. A totally different flavor. I hate yams. Yams with marshmallow are just incomprehensible to me!
Squash, turnip, and a green veggie. This year I'm trying brussels sprouts roasted with bacon and shallots. We always have a potato casserole, with lots of butter, sourcream, onion, cheddar. We make everyting ahead of time, and it can go into the oven to heat up.
Two pies. This year it's apple, and I'm trying a new one from a jar of Pumpkin Pecan Butter from Williams Sonoma. You add 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, pour into a pie shell and bake. Can't wait to try it. I bet it would be good with a gingersnap crumb crust.
Everyone have a wonderful, peaceful holiday! - AnonymousNovember 30, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Easiest yet best tasting cranberry sauce ever. (but I am partial to it)
1 bag frozen strawberries thawed
1 can CRUSHED pineapple drained
2 cans WHOLE cranberries
cup or more of walnuts
My family and friends feast on this for dinner, dessert, breakfast, etc. Take it or leave it, its saved our table from jelly can shaped cranberries for years.


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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Birthday Giveaway Palooza!
48 comments:
- Token Asian Friend said...
Happy birthday! What a nice way to celebrate, and how awesome that sisters can be almost 8 years apart and be such good friends!
- December 9, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- CHRIS said...
Happy Birthday!! what a gorgeous photo as well.
Chrisb. - December 9, 2010 at 1:00 AM
- jednoiglec said...
Happy Birthday!!! At the beginning of this year I celebrated my birthday in the same way and I found it great, so for sure you'll love it!
- December 9, 2010 at 1:14 AM
- Tangos Treasures said...
Happy Birthday!!!
- December 9, 2010 at 3:41 AM
- Joan and Kevin said...
Happy Birthday!
- December 9, 2010 at 3:44 AM
- Becks said...
Happy happy birthday! :o)
- December 9, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Lee said...
Happy Birthday to your Heather! I have a sister Heather too - she is a twin and I am 15 years older than they and we are the bestest of friends. Have a great day! And I LOVE seriously the doxie dog fabric - my daugther says I am a freak about it... maybe just a bit :) Thanks for a wonderful giveaway-I cant believe I was not a follower? I am hopping over to you other blog...AND sending my daughter over to be a new follower! Peace and Happy Holidays!
- December 9, 2010 at 5:29 AM
- Sarah Craig said...
Happy Birthday, Heather!!! Woohoo!!!
- December 9, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- Charity said...
Happy Birthday!
I have to say it's wonderful that the two of you share the crafting connection. I'm 7years older than my sister and we don't share much. The bond you have is something to be treasured. - December 9, 2010 at 6:11 AM
- Deanna said...
You look like twins--the genes run pretty even in your family, I'd say. ANd, happy birthday. I read daily (or everytime you post). The stories are great!
- December 9, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- Jo Vandermey said...
Happy Birthday.
The best gift you have for your sisters birthday is that you and your sisters get along so well!
What a blessing....
Have a great day to you both! - December 9, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- Carla said...
What a wonderful friendship you and your sister have! Happy birthday Heather!!!
Great giveaway! - December 9, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Carla said...
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- December 9, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Katie said...
Happy birthday Heather!
(And I'd be more than happy to pay the shipping charges if you decide to send that whole stack of beautiful fabrics to me!) - December 9, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- deserae said...
Happy birthday, Heather!
- December 9, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- robin said...
Happy happy birthday, Heather! :o)
- December 9, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- Jocelyn said...
Happy Birthday Heather! How fun to be receiving a gift for YOUR birthday. You've got a terrific sister ;-)
- December 9, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- Nancy said...
Happy Birthday Heather!! Hope you have a wonderful day. I have a great sister also and her birthday was Monday... She is 5 years older and we get along so much better now that we are older...lol
I love that cream fabric with what looks like snowflakes or jacks..and that brown green yellow with flowers? or wheel? - December 9, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Katie Ringo said...
Yay! Happy Birthday and what a fun way to celebrate!
- December 9, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Kelly O. said...
Happy Happy Birthday!!
- December 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- mckeearts studio said...
This is so nice of you. Happy Birthday Heather! These all look like beautiful fabrics that would be a great addition to any stash. Those bones are so cute!
- December 9, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...
Happy Birthday to Heather!!!
I'm a newbie to the whole quilting world and I am so happy to have found your blogs :)
TFS! hugs to both!
margie - December 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Michele T said...
Happy Birthday to Heather! How awesome that you get along so well that is a gift itself! I am a follower and would love to be entered in your giveaway! Thanks!
- December 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Shannon said...
Happy Birthday!! This is the only way to celebrate a birthday, with fabric!!
- December 9, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Kristie said...
Happy birthday, Heather!!
- December 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- The Captain said...
I know your brother and he put me onto both blogs. I love them! I check them every day, which is overkill, because I'm already a Follower of both blogs! Did I mention I love the pink with the star/snowflakes? Thanks for the inspiration! I'm working on my first quilt and you guys keep me going!
- December 9, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- RedGingerbread said...
Happy Birthday, Heather!!!
- December 9, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Christie describeHappy said...
Happy Birthday Heather!! And wowie that's a pretty stack of fabrics.. the bones, the polka dots, the one with dog houses and dogs, the paisley... ahh the things we could create together! Hope you have a fantasic day!!
- December 9, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- SisterlyLove said...
You gals are SO beautiful and you look so much alike! I have a sister that's 6 years older than me and we are best friends too. :) People think we are twins because we look so much alike!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love the flowered fabric with the dark grey background and the one that's third from the top in the stack. SO pretty!
jenny(at)ykwc(dot)net - December 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM
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- Diane said...
Congrats - my birthday is early next month - everyone forgets. Ew waht were my parents thinking!!
- December 9, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- ConundrumChum said...
Happy Birthday.
- December 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM
What a great sister!
Happy Birthday Heather! I love those beautiful fabrics...who wouldn't like anything that's there! =) - December 9, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Deborah in Atlanta said...
Happy Birthday to Heather! Hmmm...to make this more interesting, you should have had us mail birthday postcards to her in order to enter the giveaway. Can you imagine how many postcards she would have received???? LOL Great giveaway! dmj53(at)hotmail(dot)com
- December 9, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Janet said...
Happy birthday Heather! Thanks for the giveaway.
- December 9, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- SewLindaAnn said...
I'm a Follower here too. You're so lucky to be able to play with your sister!
- December 9, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Unknown said...
CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ Heather!! Ojalá todos vuestros deseos se hagan realidad.
Conocí el blog a traves Someday Crafts. Muchas gracias por la oportunidad de ganar sorteo cumpleaños Heather.
Núria. - December 9, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Jared and Reini said...
Happy Birthday! HOpe you have a fantastic year! I follow both of your blogs EVERYDAY! I LOVE THEM!
- December 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Paula said...
Yay! Happy Birthday, Sister and a happy give-away. It couldn't be better. BTW, I'm participating in your HST quilt-along....I've almost got the quilt top assembled and am still playing with how it is all going to look. I'm contemplating a border, but haven't made any decisions yet. It will all boil down to time, most likely. How did you quilt your final product?
- December 9, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Jen said...
Happy Birthday! Of course, I'm a follower! I love what you girls do: remind everyone what the true meaning of quilting is! Thank you, and hope you have a fantastic birthday Heather!
- December 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Miranda said...
Happy Birthday Heather! Hope you had a lovely day! I am a December baby too but my birthday is on the 28th, three days after Christmas so it is a little bit annoying. I am most definitely already a follower, thankyou for the sweet and generous giveaway :) the fabrics look gorgeous, the tree one especially! Thanks again, Hope you had the best day :)
- December 10, 2010 at 3:07 AM
- Marcia W. said...
Happy Birthday. I already follow Quiltstory. My favorite colors are the floral/geometrics with orange, green,red colors. My baby sister is coming to visit tomorrow! And, we may be able to see my newborn grandniece (hoping she comes home) who turned 1 day old today! My sister is a sweetheart - she has to be to put up with me! Thanks for the generous bithday giveaway.
- December 10, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Jennifer Joshua said...
Happy Birthday and love to win
- December 10, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Beth said...
Happy Birthday to your sis. Isn't it great to celebrate a sister?
Thanks for the generous giveaway. What a fun way to whittle down your stash. I saw some darling dog-related fabric in that pile...squares with little dogs and dog houses. I know I could do something quite cute with that. Something that would please our five--yes, five--dogs. - December 12, 2010 at 2:05 AM
- Twinfibers said...
Happy Birthday!!! What a great way to celebrate!
- December 12, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- lfhpueblo said...
I now Follow (Lauralee Hensley).
A Belated Big Happy Birthday.
Such pretty fabrics, like a pretty sister.
lfhpueblo at msn dot com - December 12, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Kim D. said...
Happy Birthday! I'm already a follower. Thanks for the chance.
- December 13, 2010 at 4:35 AM
- hamudale said...
a new follower via Google follower. :)
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The recipient of several major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Steward serves on the government affairs committee of the Association of Art Museum Directors. He also was a member of the board of directors and a vice president of the Michigan Museums Association.
Steward earned his bachelor's degree in French, history and art history with honors from the University of Virginia. He also studied at the Sorbonne, where he gained his first professional museum experience through a research appointment at the Louvre.
He studied for a master's degree in the history of art at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, where his research focused on two disparate areas: 19th-century French art and national identity, and archaic sculpture of ancient Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in the history of art from Oxford University, where he wrote his dissertation on representations of childhood and family relationships as revealed in 18th-century British art under the tutelage of the distinguished art historian Francis Haskell.
"I'm thrilled and honored to be joining Princeton University at this exciting time, especially in light of President [Shirley M.] Tilghman's deep commitment to the arts," Steward said. "The museum's collections are among the finest of any art museum in the country; coupled with the strengths of the museum's staff, the University's faculty and of a visionary administration, and the broad resources that can support the museum's work, it's an honor to have this opportunity to lead the museum to new levels of excellence in the years to come."
Founded in 1882, the Princeton University Art Museum features a distinguished collection of approximately 70,000 works ranging from ancient to contemporary art, and concentrating geographically on art of the ancient Americas, the United States, the Mediterranean regions, Western Europe, Asia and Africa. Among the greatest strengths are the collections of Greek and Roman antiquities; Chinese art, with important holdings in bronzes and tomb figures, painting and calligraphy; the art of the ancient Americas, with remarkable examples of the art of the Maya; and Western European and American art, with significant examples from the Renaissance through the 19th century. The museum has outstanding collections of old master prints and drawings, a comprehensive collection of original photographs, and a growing collection of modern and contemporary art. In 2008, the museum attracted more than 100,000 visitors.
The museum is an important component of Tilghman's arts initiative, which was announced in 2006. It calls for new gallery spaces in the proposed arts and transit neighborhood near University Place and Alexander Street and for better integration of the museum's exhibitions with the general intellectual life of the University.
"I'm particularly excited to think about ways to continue growing and strengthening the museum's exhibitions program, its extraordinary collections and its engagement with the breadth of the University's student body and with the broader public throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions," Steward added.
He will succeed Susan Taylor, who was director of the museum from 2000 until the end of the last academic year. Rebecca Sender, associate director of the museum, has been serving as acting director.


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Running NetBSD on Neo1973
The NetBSD/evbarm Neo1973 kernel is only ready for kernel developers. Still, it's derived from the longstanding SMDK2410 kernel, given the Neo1973 is Armzone QT2410, so SMDK2410, based.
Required tools
If you don't have a Neo1973, you will need a Qemu Neo1973 emulator, for instance the one running on top of NetBSD.
If you build the kernel yourself, you will need mkimage from u-boot.
Building NetBSD
You'll need to download some kernel files.
In [download-area]
pick Attachment: "NetBSD/evbarm 3.1 NEO1973 syssrc 20071017"
(or "NetBSD/evbarm 4.0 NEO1973 kernel 20080413 (netboot)" for NetBSD 4.0)
Save Link As... syssrc-neo1973-20071017.tar.gz
and extract it over the NetBSD src tree:
tar xfz syssrc-neo1973-20071017.tar.gz -C /
From the NetBSD src tree run:
cd /usr/src
./build.sh -m evbarm tools
./build.sh -u -m evbarm kernel=NEO1973
mkimage -A arm -O netbsd -T kernel -C none -a 30008000 -e 30008110 -n "Kernel Image" -d /usr/obj/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/NEO1973/netbsd /usr/obj/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/NEO1973/netbsd.boot
You'll now have a copy of the NetBSD kernel, called netbsd.boot, that's able to be loaded by u-boot.
Prebuild NetBSD
You'll need to download a kernel.
In [download-area]
pick Attachment: "NetBSD/evbarm 3.1 NEO1973 kernel 20071017 (netboot)"
Save Link As... netbsd-NEO1973-20071017.gz
extract and move this kernel into place:
gzip -d netbsd-NEO1973-20071017.gz mkdir -f /usr/obj/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/NEO1973 mv netbsd-NEO1973-20071017 /usr/obj/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/NEO1973/netbsd.boot
Running NetBSD on the Neo
First, please note that NetBSD isn't actually known to work on the Neo, so your mileage here may vary quite a bit. Having said that, if you want to try to boot NetBSD, it's pretty easy.
First, NetBSD requires a larger kernel partition than Linux. I think this is because NetBSD is a statically-linked kernel, whereas Linux pulls modules out of the jffs partition, but that's just a theory. Also, NetBSD will tend to come with a ramdisk, which is part of the kernel image.
Anyway, to rearrange the partitions, you will need to get into the u-boot console. How you do this varies depending on the operating system you are running. On NetBSD, you're going to type something like:
uma% screen /dev/tty.usbmodem00000001
If you see a prompt like this, you're in business:
GTA01Bv4 #
You can dump the current partition table like this:
GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts
This will print a list of partitions and some other information; it might be a good idea to make a copy if you want to install Linux later and don't want to keep the larger kernel partition size.
To change the partition table, you're going to have to delete all the partitions from the kernel onward, and then re-add them. When you do this, beware: you're going to wipe out the nice boot splash screen. It has its own partition, which you are going to move. So after you've made this change, you're going to see a dead black splash screen when the phone boots, which you may find alarming. Don't say you weren't warned. Also, please read the full instructions here before proceeding - don't just blindly start typing now.
Okay, you've gathered your courage and are ready to go for it. Here are the commands you need, first to delete the partitions:
GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts del kernel GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts del splash GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts del rootfs
and then to add the new ones:
GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts add nand0 0x300000 kernel GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts add nand0 0x0a0000 splash GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts add nand0 0x3a1c000 rootfs
As far as I can tell there's no way to get mtdparts to say "use the rest of the flash memory for this partition." Sorry about that. So you just have to do the math. Also, the amount of space a partition consumes changes if there are bad blocks in it. So you may have to fiddle around with the size of the rootfs partition. You can check to see how the partition table came out like this:
GTA01Bv4 # mtdparts device nand0 <neo1973-nand>, # parts = 5 #: name size offset mask_flags 0: u-boot 0x00040000 0x00000000 0 1: u-boot_env 0x00004000 0x00040000 0 2: kernel 0x00214000 0x00044000 0 3: splash 0x000a0000 0x00258000 0 4: rootfs 0x03a1c000 0x002f8000 0 active partition: nand0,0 - (u-boot) 0x00040000 @ 0x00000000 defaults: mtdids : nand0=neo1973-nand mtdparts: <NULL>
Now, you haven't actually changed anything yet - if you power cycle the phone at this point, the partition table will go back to the way it was. To make it permanent, you have to save it to flash:
GTA01Bv4 # saveenv
This is obvious, but I'll say it anyway: don't delete the u-boot or u-boot_env partitions. If you do, you'll probably brick your phone. Heck, you'll probably brick your phone anyway. I told you you needed to be brave, didn't I?
Now, to install the kernel, assuming that you've survived all of these steps, you can use dfu-util:
uma% dfu-util -a kernel -R -D ~/Desktop/netbsd.boot
Running NetBSD under Qemu
From the qemu directory edit openmoko/flash.sh and add the line:
after the four "most_recent" lines.
(if you do use wip/qemu-neo1973, the line is allready there..and you should only have to uncomment the line.)
Next run
This will fetch the required parts and create an image to run. They require you to have bash installed.
Finally run qemu with
cd /usr/pkg/qemu-neo1973; qemu-neo1973 -M neo -m 130 -mtdblock openmoko/openmoko-flash.image -kernel openmoko/openmoko-kernel.bin -usb -show-cursor -serial telnet:localhost:1200,server
And from another xterm
telnet localhost 1200
and qemu will go on with the startup process.
In Qemu running u-boot,
press Space to select option "Boot".
In telnet to the serial port you should see:
host007# telnet localhost 1200 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. U-Boot 1.2.0-moko9_r0 (Aug 19 2007 - 19:17:12) DRAM: 128 MB NAND: 64 MiB Found Environment offset in OOB.. Video: 640x480x8 31kHz 59Hz NAND read: device 0 offset 0x25c000, size 0x5000 Reading data from 0x260e00 -- 100% complete. 20480 bytes read: OK USB: S3C2410 USB Deviced In: serial Out: serial Err: serial GTA01Bv4 # Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. NetBSD 3.1 (NEO1973) #0: Tue Oct 9 23:08:38 CEST 2007 firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/obj/sys/arch/evbarm/compile/NEO1973 total memory = 128 MB avail memory = 119 MB mainbus0 (root) cpu0 at mainbus0: ARM920T rev 0 (ARM9TDMI core) cpu0: DC enabled IC enabled WB enabled EABT cpu0: 16KB/32B 64-way Instruction cache cpu0: 16KB/32B 64-way write-back-locking-A Data cache ssio0 at mainbus0: fclk 266 MHz hclk 133 MHz pclk 66 MHz ohci0 at ssio0 intr 26 ohci0: OHCI version 1.0 usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Samsung OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered sscom0 at ssio0 unit 0: UART0 addr=50000000 sscom0: console (major=104) sscom1 at ssio0 unit 1: UART1 addr=50004000 ssextio0 at ssio0 lcd0 at ssio0 wsdisplay0 at lcd0 kbdmux 1 wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0 ssspi0 at ssio0 unit 0 ssspi1 at ssio0 unit 1 sskbd0 at ssspi1 intr 1 wskbd0 at sskbd0 mux 1 wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0 clock: hz=100 stathz = 64 PCLK=66500000 prescaler=2 tc=32470 ubt0 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 ubt0: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth USB Adapter, rev 2.00/19.58, addr 2 ubt0: has isoc data bthci0 at ubt0 boot device: <unknown> root device:
Here's a screenshot.
I made small progress and now have ramdisk, usb device from qemu and draw_test_pattern to lcd. Here's the screenshot.
Progress again, active in a nfs boot. screenshot.
We have netboot and uname -a. screenshot.
Here's the accompanying 20071017 [syssrc] and [kernel image].
This in comparance to the Linux dmesg
Page thanks to and inspired by the FreeBSD page


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How To Lose a Friend in 10 Months
I read a lot of books and magazines and websites about parenting and motherhood while I was pregnant with WonderBaby. I read about breastfeeding and sleep schedules and sleep arrangements and Attachment Parenting and baby whispering and swaddling and SIDS and PPD and all variety of issues and ideas related to Having a Baby. I learned a lot, and nothing at all. End of the day, even with all of the relevant information swirling around in my head, I was on my own. The books and magazines and websites gave me tools, but they didn't tell me how to distinguish between the tools (most of which, as we all know, have competing functions), or how to choose which tools to use. I was on my own.
I expected this. Even as I studied, frenetically and, ultimately, fruitlessly, about how to cope with sleepless nights and endless feedings and the constant anxiety, I knew that nothing could prepare me for the challenge that I would face on my own, and for being alone (even with my phenomenally supportive husband) in that experience. I knew that I would feel isolated.
What I didn't know was how isolated I would feel. And I didn't know that new motherhood would bring new forms of isolation. I didn't know that it would isolate me from old friends. I didn't know that it would cause me to lose friendships.
I had read about this, of course, losing friends after becoming a mother. I think that it's an editorial rule at all pregnancy and parenting magazines that a story about losing friends as a consequence of new motherhood must appear at least once every three issues. I'd seen the articles. I'd seen the discussions at parenting websites. I just didn't think that the issue applied to me.
My friends were good friends. Life friends. The people that I spent time with and shared myself with were - are - people that I enjoy and trust and really, really like. There aren't a lot of them. Acquaintances come and go, and I assumed that I would have a lot less contact with acquaintances once the mother ship landed. But my friends, I assumed, would understand that I would no longer be able to dash out for coffee or spend long, lazy evenings drinking wine and chatting. Not for a while, anyway.
So I was gobsmacked to read, in a recent e-mail from someone with whom I have been very close friends for over a decade, that I had been neglecting the friendship and that, accordingly, she viewed the friendship as dead. We had been exchanging e-mails and occasional phone calls, but it wasn't, in her view, enough. So that was it. It was over. "I've already mourned the loss," she said, "don't e-mail me back."
There's much that could be said about this, about the shock and hurt that accompanies the sudden and unexpected death of a friendship. About how and why new motherhood - parenthood - might cause such a death. How new motherhood affects one's ability to maintain normal levels of social contact. About how I thought that I was doing pretty well, making sure that I stayed in touch, making sure that I explained why it was so difficult to get out of the house anytime other than weekday afternoons (weekends being reserved, largely, for making up lost time with a very busy Husband). There's much that I would like to say about this, because I know that she'll read it and I want her to hear it. But it wouldn't make much of a difference, because, end of the day, she did not end the friendship because my ability to socialize became impaired by new motherhood.
She ended the friendship because I blog.
Not because I have blogged about her or about the friendship. Not because I have violated confidences or said inappropriate things. This friendship was not dooced. What happened was this: she ended the friendship because, despite the constraints that new motherhood imposes upon my time and energies - constraints that limit the time that I spend socializing - I find time and energy to blog.
You make time, she said, for what matters.
True enough. I do make time for blogging. But I make time in 5 or 10 or, maybe, if I'm very, very lucky, 20 minute increments. I blog late at night, or first thing in the morning. Sometimes, I do it with WonderBaby latched to the boob. Often, I am unwashed and in pajamas, munching on an already-partially-teethed teething biscuit. (I know. I have just shattered the widely-shared romantic vision of HBM seated, with her laptop, at a tidy secretaire in an oak-panelled library, clad in stylish loungewear and sipping tea from a china cup). It is not, in other words, time that would otherwise be spent maintaining real life social networks. If any relationship takes a hit from the blogging, it is my marriage: many an evening, after WonderBaby is abed, the Husband gets assigned dinner duty while I finish a post. And so far as I know, Husband is not planning on leaving me because blogging matters more than helping him make dinner. (Um, Husband... right?)
But 'making time' is not really the issue here, either. I'm pretty sure that my old friend wouldn't begrudge me time spent writing, if writing was - and it certainly is this, as she well knows - a sanity-saver. The issue is that I am writing in what amounts to a public forum. I am not only writing, I am communicating. I am sharing my secrets, confiding my fears, telling my stories - to the Internet. To blog-friends. Secrets and fears and stories that I otherwise would be - should be - confiding to real-life friends. To her.
I get this. Sort of. Which is to say, I would get this if I had been the sort of friend who regularly confided secrets and fears. But I wasn't. Oh, I would, certainly, regularly catch good friends up on what was going on in my life, things that were bugging me, that kind of thing. But I've never been the sort of friend who easily shares her anxieties and fears and griefs. Hell, I'm not really that sort of wife: the Husband knows that the surest sign that I'm upset about something is if I stop talking. The more bothered I am by something, the less likely I am to talk about it.
Stop the presses: I do not like to 'share.'
To be more clear, I do not like to talk about things that bother me or hurt me or grieve me or move me beyond my comfort zone. I do not like hearing the sound of my own voice drone on about something that pains me. It's like fingernails down a blackboard. And I do not like to cry - hurt cry, pain cry - with other people. I do not like being held by anyone - other than my mother, my father or my husband - while I cry. I hate it. It unnerves me. Makes me feel exposed.
I don't know why this is. There's probably a good long post about why I am emotionally reserved. My psychiatrist thought that it was cause for concern: someone who hates talking about her worries and fears is, she said, going to struggle more desperately with the worries and fears that new motherhood can bring. She was right. But I still never talked about it.
I hate talking about 'it' - about fear or pain or sadness. When my nephew was diagnosed with a terminal illness, I withdrew from everybody but my husband. When we had to go through genetic testing and counselling to address the very likely possibility that I carried the same gene that will kill my nephew - the gene that I would almost certainly pass on any son I might bear, that would certainly kill any son that inherited it from me - I clammed up entirely. Didn't speak of it, unless pressed to. Because I couldn't bear to.
And this - this emotional reservedness, this clamming up - has never been more true for me than it has been during this first half-year of motherhood. It has been hard. Real hard. And I have not wanted to talk about how hard it is. Nor have I wanted to talk about how those challenges, those sometimes painful challenges, are well-steeped in joy. Motherhood has not only challenged me, it has pained me and confused me and amazed me and filled me with such joy that I sometimes cannot breath. And I have found it hard to talk about this, because the sound of my own voice seems to take the feelings away from me, make them not my own, disassociate them from me. It breaks the intimacy of my own experience of those feelings, it removes them from me in a way that is, to me, strange-making.
But writing doesn't do that. Writing about my fears and anxieties and sadnesses and joys - some of them, anyway - brings me closer to those feelings. Somehow, seeing them on the page makes them real in a way that is not strange-making. I don't know why that is.
And sharing those feelings, through writing, with family and friends and other parents, makes them even more real and accessible. It brings them alive for me, to share them in this way, to know that others are reading and nodding their heads or shaking their heads or engaging in any way with those ideas, those feelings. I don't share all of those feelings, and I don't share many details when the feelings are rooted in very personal stories. I remain circumspect on many fronts. But I am saying more - much, much more - out loud, in writing, than I ever have using my own voice.
It would not be the same, exactly, if I reserved all of these stories for utterance in my own voice, in the privacy of a friend's living room, or the intimacy of a coffee-shop huddle. I don't know why. I do know, however, that this is why I blog. This, and the desire to find community with other parents, other people who are going through the same, or similar, experiences as I am, and who are grappling with the same, or similar, fears and anxieties and joys that I am. Who find shit - real shit, in a diaper - funny. Gross, and frustrating, but also fascinating, and funny. Who understand that one can feel profound anxiety and frustration and joy all at once. Who understand that these experiences are sometimes difficult to talk about.
I'm not saying that I can only share myself through writing. I'd be in real trouble if that were true. I would not be able to sustain relationships if that were true. And, so far, I have been able to sustain relationships, while I have struggled through the challenges of new motherhood and while I have sought solace and release in writing. I think, actually, that writing openly has done much to enrich and enliven my relationships. I'm sharing so much more of myself with friends and family, near and far. Getting the shit that bugs me or causes me stress out of my head and onto the page leaves more room for talking about things that matter: I have more space in my mind and heart for chattering about the immense joy that WonderBaby brings once I've gotten the kickin' my ass kickin' my ass kickin' my ass complaints out of the way. And it has reignited my love of storytelling, and my desire to tell stories, stories and more stories. With my keyboard and with my voice.
But this friend does not want to hear them, not now. Not under these circumstances. She does not, she said, want to be "a window-licker," reading about my life alongside other readers. Reading, rather than participating.
I can understand that feeling, and I would be fully sympathetic, and apologetic, if I had shut the doors on her, or on anybody in my life. But I haven't; I really, really haven't. The doors that she begrudges me were never fully open, or were only ever opened after some well-intentioned, loving prying. What's changed is, a new set of doors have been opened, doors that I feel comfortable opening, doors that I enjoy opening. And they open, it seems, onto a public square, rather than a private, exclusive courtyard.
I can't change that. I don't want to change that. I am very, very sorry that this makes my friend unhappy. I didn't want the friendship to end; any perceived neglect was unintentional, the result of the circumstances of a new, strange life, a life that is no longer fully my own. But that friendship could only live in these new circumstances under the terms of these new circumstances. Circumstances that put new loves - WonderBaby - first. Circumstances that draw me toward new friends, friends that share and understand these circumstances. Circumstances that have drawn me out into the world in a different way. Circumstances that have changed me, and my stories.
I didn't want those circumstances - as if a baby, a new life, a new love, the greatest love, is only a circumstance - to undermine our friendship. I didn't expect them too. I'm sorry that they did. But I am not sorry for those circumstances. I can't be; I won't be.
Am I wrong? Have I violated the terms of a friendship? Is it unfair to expect to old friends to adapt as my life changes? Do the changes that parenthood brings necessarily sound the death knell for pre-parental relationships? (And - I have to ask this, I'm sorry - is this a girl thing?) Is blogging - blogging baby, or blogging anything - bad for real-world friendships? Must it be?
**And - NOW PLAYING at MamaBlogsToronto - When WonderBaby Met Bumper (Baby). It's a mommy-blogger/blogger-baby love story, and it's nice. Check it.
Mama loves. Better than ever. And, for fun, sets babies adrift on random bits of styrofoam...


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A-EON Technology, the company behind the AmigaONE X1000, has not exactly been sitting still. They're hard at work developing the successor to the Nemo motherboard (which powers the X1000): it's called Cyrus, and is built around Freescale QorIQ processors, ranging from 32bit 1.5 Ghz (the P3) to 64bit 2.4 Ghz (the P5). Users have been invited to join the beta test programme for this new board, which will eventually power the successor to the X1000. On top of that, A-EON will invest $1.2 million in their partnership with Varisys, the company that builds the Amiga hardware.
Hyperion, the company that develops AmigaOS, hasn't been twiddling their thumbs either. The biggest hurdle the AmigaOS 4 developers are facing right now is SMP, but work on this issue is progressing.
One of the major hurdles right now, as AmigaOS Development Team Lead Steven Solie implied, is getting the AmigaOS Exec-kernel to support multiple CPU cores. As part of the process, a new so called "scheduler" is being implemented. The new scheduler is apparently already running in the current, internal builds of AmigaOS although Steven suggested there will be room for improvement and optimizations prior to an official release. AmigaOS 4.2 will also introduce the Gallium3D WinSys API for hardware accelerated 3D graphics.
As always with these niche products built by and for enthusiasts, it's hard to tell where it will lead to. However, fact remains that the X1000 was apparently a big enough of a success for A-EON to invest into the next generation, and for Hyperion to continue work on getting AmigaOS to support SMP – something that only benefits A-EON's machines.
While everyone else is whining about iOS and Android, the Amiga people are still doing their thing. You have to respect that.


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ARI Ralph White Hampton Corner Set - Outdoor Aluminium & Acacia Modular Corner Lounge White Aluminium with White Fabric
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Blue Christmas patternLook exceptionally stylish when you head out for your morning or evening jog in your own personally designed sweatpants! These pants are guaranteed to keep you feeling comfortable while looking effortlessly cute. Women's Jogger Sweatpants Made with 100% Polyester Fully Customizable Loose Fit Machine Washable
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