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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm David Greene.
And I'm Renee Montagne.
It's the third and final day for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the Obama health care overhaul. The justices hear arguments today on what parts could remain in effect if the court rules the individual mandate of the health care law is unconstitutional. After yesterday's arguments, that seemed more likely than most experts had expected.
NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Predicting what the Supreme Court will do is a dangerous game, but it was clear by the end of the two-hour argument yesterday that two justices, Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts, hold the fate of the president's health care overhaul in their hands.
The mandate is widely perceived as the heart of the overhaul because it spreads the risk of paying for health care across generations, in exchange for making sure that people can buy affordable insurance without regard to pre-existing medical conditions. Most people already have health insurance through employer-provided plans, Medicare or Medicaid. But if you don't, the law requires you to buy insurance or pay a penalty.
It's an idea originally conceived of by conservative Republicans in the early 1990s. But it is now the flashpoint of conservative opposition to President Obama in this year's election campaign. And at the Supreme Court yesterday, the administration could draw little comfort from the tone of the questions. In order to prevail, supporters of the law must win the votes of at least one conservative justice; either Anthony Kennedy, who occasionally switches sides and aligns himself with the liberal justices, or Chief Justice John Roberts.
And while neither closed the door to upholding the law, they both sounded at best doubtful. Here, for example, is Kennedy:
JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY: Here, the government is saying that the federal government has a duty to tell the individual citizens that it must act. And that is different from what we have in previous cases. That changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in a very fundamental way.
TOTENBERG: And here is Roberts suggesting that the government is wrong, that health care is not unique.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS: The same, it seems to me would true, say, for the market in emergency services - police, fire, ambulance, roadside assistance, whatever. You don't know when you're going to need it, you're not sure that you will.
DONALD VERRILLI: I think the fundamental difference, Mr. Chief Justice, is that that's not an issue of market regulation. This is an issue of market regulation.
TOTENBERG: That last was Solicitor General Donald Verrilli defending the law. He was repeatedly battered with questions from the court's most conservative members. Justice Alito wondered whether Americans would be forced to buy funeral insurance next. Justice Scalia asked what there is to prevent the government from forcing people to buy broccoli.
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA: It may well be that everybody needs health care sooner or later. But not everybody needs a heart transplant. Not everybody needs a liver transplant. Why...
VERRILLI: That's correct, Justice Scalia, but you never know whether you're going to need that...
SCALIA: Could you define the market? Everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food. Therefore, everybody is in the market. Therefore you can make people buy broccoli.
TOTENBERG: That isn't how insurance works, interjected Justice Ginsburg. The whole point of insurance is to spread the risk. Instead, she said, the system as it now operates, shifts the cost on to people who do have insurance, raising their premiums to pay for people who don't have insurance.
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: The problem is that they are making the rest of us pay for it.
TOTENBERG: As several justices observed, families who do have insurance pay on average a thousand dollars more each year in premium costs, to offset the costs of health care for people who do not have insurance. Congress, Justice Ginsburg said, reasonably decided the only solution was to have everyone pay up front.
Justices Alito and Scalia, however, saw the mandate as forced onto the backs of young and healthy Americans. Here's Scalia:
SCALIA: We're not stupid. They're going to buy insurance later. They're young and need the money now.
TOTENBERG: Justice Kennedy noted that Congress does have constitutional alternatives to the mandate, namely a federally-financed single payer system. In essence, a national health system.
Solicitor General Verrilli responded this way:
VERRILLI: I do think one striking feature of the argument here that this is a novel exercise of power, is that what Congress chose to do was to rely on market mechanisms and efficiency, and a method that has more choice than would the traditional Medicare or Medicaid-type model. And so, it seems a little ironic to suggest that that counts against it.
TOTENBERG: Verrilli said that even opponents of the mandate concede that health care represents one-sixth of the U.S. economy and that Congress may, under the Constitution, regulate such interstate commerce. He pointed out that both federal and state laws require hospitals to treat people who show up at their doorsteps and that the cost is then shifted to people who do have insurance and to taxpayers. To that Justice Scalia responded...
SCALIA: Well, don't obligate yourself to that, you know?
VERRILLI: I can't imagine that that - that the Commerce Clause would forbid Congress from taking into account this deeply embedded social norm.
SCALIA: You could do it. But does that expand your ability to issue mandates?
TOTENBERG: Chief Justice Roberts chimed in to observe that under the Obama health care overhaul, every health care plan has to have a set of basic services that many people may not want.
ROBERTS: You're requiring people who are not - never going to need pediatric or maternity services to participate in that market.
TOTENBERG: Roberts argued the other side of the coin when lawyers challenging the mandate got up to argue. Lawyer Paul Clement, representing 26 states, contended that Congress can legislate incentives to buying health insurance, just as it legislated incentives to buying cars with the Cash for Clunkers program, but he said Congress cannot impose a mandate.
Here is Chief Justice Roberts testing that proposition, but notice that he frames the question, not as his own, but as the government's.
ROBERTS: Well Mr. Clementi, the key to the government's argument to the contrary is that everybody is in this market. So that makes it very different than the market for cars or the other hypotheticals that you came up with. And all they're regulating is how you pay for it.
TOTENBERG: Justice Ginsburg observed that the theory behind the mandate is the same as the theory behind Medicare or Social Security.
GINSBURG: It seems to me you're saying the only way that could be done is if the government does it itself. It can't involve the private market. It can't involve the private insurers.
TOTENBERG: Justice Kennedy, also seemed to acknowledge the realities of the health insurance industry.
KENNEDY: I think it is true that most questions in life are matters of degree. In the insurance and health care world, both markets - stipulate two markets - the young person who's uninsured is uniquely, approximately very close to affecting the rates of insurance and the cost of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries. That's my concern in the case.
TOTENBERG: Lawyer Michael Carvin, representing the National Federation of Independent Business, contended that the government's statistical argument would allow it to regulate almost anything. That prompted this question from Justice Breyer, who wondered what the federal government's power would be if a terrible disease were affecting 50 percent of the U.S. population.
JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER: You'd say the federal government doesn't have the power to get people inoculated, to require them to be inoculated, because that's just statistical.
TOTENBERG: All in all, it was a very serious and tense two hours, except for this one moment of levity, when Justice Breyer, having interrupted a question from Justice Kagan, ceded the floor back to her.
BREYER: Go back to Justice Kagan. Don't forget her question.
JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN: I've forgotten my question.
TOTENBERG: A serious-faced Ginsburg, picked up the slack with another question, but a grinning Kagan said: See, that's what it means to be the junior justice.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Last year, researchers at University College London's Institute of Healthy Ageing were looking through their microscopes when they saw something amazing.
David Gems, professor of biogerentology, was part of the team looking for answers to big questions about human aging in small, squishy little creatures nearing the end of their lives. Their official name: Caenorhabditis elegans. You and I know them as worms. As they neared the end of their life, the tiny worms moved more and more slowly.
"Suddenly there appears a sort of ghostly blue fluorescence," Gems tells Jacki Lyden, host of weekends on All Things Considered. "And then it spreads in a kind of flashing wave from the front end to the back end. ... It's really quite a sort of eerie phenomenon because it's reminiscent of the soul departing the worm."
Do worms have souls? That's a question for another time. But what the researchers were really seeing was a blue, fluorescent dye that appears as worms expire. Scientists had seen that before. But with the help of a time-lapse camera, Gems and his colleagues had front-row seats to a new, more morbid show: death. They published their findings July 23 in PLoS Biology.
"You can actually see it passing through the organism," says Gems.
Cell by cell, over the course of a few hours — or a few minutes, if the worm is under great duress — the chemical cascade of death advances. But, says Gems, interfering with that process by tinkering with genes has some pretty dramatic consequences.
"Because we can see death, it means we've been able to find ways of stopping death. It actually extends the life of the worm a little bit," he says. "If we can just figure out aging in one animal, we've got our foot in the door to a broader understanding of aging."
And that broader understanding could extend to our own species.
"In principle, you might be able to work out ways, for example, of where you have damaged tissue — from infection or injury or stroke — of stopping the death from spreading from the dead part to the live part," Gem says. "And in the end, if we can slow aging down, work out ways to intervene in aging, then we can protect against the whole spectrum of aging-related diseases."
An exciting prospect for the future of medicine. But doesn't the study of all this death and dying get a bit, well, depressing? We put the question to Gems.
"The thing which is depressing is when you're faced with something which is completely undefeatable," he says. "But when you work on the biology of aging, and you realize that aging is something that's plastic, that's changeable, then you're in the position of confronting really a terrible evil and having the chance to do something about it; I mean, that's quite the opposite of depressing. It's actually a very exciting challenge."
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Corned Beef and Cabbage - More Jewish than Irish
When Irish immigrants, fleeing the great potato famines, arrived in the Northeast they couldn't find, or afford, the traditional cuts of meat used for their beloved braised dinner. The original Irish recipe actually used a type of lean bacon, made with a cut of pork similar to Canadian bacon.
Corned beef came into the picture as a lower-cost substitution, to replace the more expensive and harder to find cut. But, why corned beef? New York's early immigrant populations lived in very crowded neighborhoods, and there was a close proximity between the Irish and Jewish communities.
If there is one thing that history has taught us (besides, do unto others as you would have them do unto you), it's two ethnic groups living close to each other will always borrow from each other's culinary traditions. This is a common theme in many of the world's greatest recipes - the just posted Pork al Pastor was a perfect example.
By the way, I make a couple drinking jokes in the video, but I feel entitled since many of my closest friends and relatives have very deep Irish roots, and it's all meant in good fun.
I actually think it's terribly unfair that so many people believe the stereotype that all Irish people are heavy drinkers. It's just not true - I know hundreds of Irish folks, and several of them don't have a drinking problem. Enjoy!
4-5 pound corned beef
spice packet
3 quarts water
1 onion, quartered
3 carrots, cut in large chunks
3 ribs celery, cut in 2-inch pieces
1 tsp salt
2 pounds red potatoes
1 small green cabbage, cut in 8ths
hot mustard and rye bread
41 comments:
- Unknown said...
Leaping Leprechauns, how about a little Irish melody to accompany your vid? Speak nicely to the little green people... or else!
- March 13, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Chef John said...
iMovie has a serious lack of iRish music options!
- March 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- PrimeBrit said...
My father-in-law was born in Dublin and he doesn't have a drinking problem. He drinks, gets drunk, falls down, no problem!
My mouth watered as I watched corned beef slowly simmering! - March 13, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I have 4 of those corned beef pieces in my fridge and a couple of heads of cabbage and 5 pounds of red potatoes just waiting for St. Pat's Day.
Your dish looked wonderful. Thanks. - March 13, 2009 at 7:50 PM
love the site chef John - you inspire me to cook more often!
- March 13, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Unknown said...
I really love your recipes and watching your videos (I've been subscribed on YouTube for quite a while) but I was wondering if you could possibly do a fish recipe for Lent (or those who don't eat meat). :) Thanks.
- March 14, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Harr harr nice riff on the 'And as always...enjoy!"
Love it
Keep it up Chef John!
LC - March 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Unknown said...
You just made my morning. My mum loves Corned Beef or Silverside as us australians so wrongly call it. One question - What is in the spice mix as Corned Beef doesn't come with spices in australia?
- March 14, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Hi Chef John. I noticed you used a Le Crueset pot for this recipe so I thought this would be the perfect time to ask "What the heck am I doing wrong?" I have recently noticed that the finish is coming off (pitting? chipping?) in a few small places on the bottom of my Le Crueset. I have had this pot for about 10 years and use it a lot. Do they just wear out eventually?
- March 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- milkshake said...
Whats the difference between Irish wedding and Irish funeral?
One less drunk. - March 15, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- kc said...
I left you a comment on youtube just now but I'm thinking I have better chances of getting an answer here.
1. Do you have to put oil while heating tortillas? Any benefits?
2. LOVE this! I'm going to try it this week... what spices do you use if your corned beef did not come with a spice pack?
Thanks John! GREAT work :)
-Cat - March 15, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Chef John said...
a little oil helps it brown and crisp up a bit, but you dont have to. It's peppercorns, celery seed, coriander, mustard seed, pepper flakes, and bay leaves usually, but you can find lots of various spice mix recipes online
- March 15, 2009 at 1:47 AM
- Chef John said...
milkshake, you'll have to do better...like I said, with so many Irish connections I've heard all those!
- March 15, 2009 at 1:48 AM
- Chef John said...
eventually they do, but 10 years is kind of soon, maybe your utensils are a bit too hardcore.
- March 15, 2009 at 1:49 AM
- C said...
Earlier, I didn't realize the computer was logged into someone elses blogger. =)
I just spent the last hour an a half browsing your site haha. Really want to try the ciabatta.. I'll send you photos of how my cooking goes :) where should I send to? - March 15, 2009 at 3:26 AM
- Chef John said...
there is a contact link in the menu on the sidebar
- March 15, 2009 at 3:57 AM
- San-Man said...
Here's a tip: Add a can or bottle of beer to the cooking liquid...Nothing fancy, a can of Bud will do...This also works well when boiling hot dogs or other similar meats too...
- March 15, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Pyrofish said...
Nicole, here's the fish I cooked last night, it is my favorite way to prepare trout:
Get some jasmine rice started with a bay leaf in it.
Heat a large pan with 1 Tbsp butter and 1Tbsp peanut oil.
Season your fish, then lightly dredge in flour.
Fry until golden brown in the butter/oil mix. Plate the fish, and the rice, which should be done. Then add some drained capers to the pan, and fry until they start to open, a minute or so. Turn off the heat, squeeze in half a lemon and swirl the pan to get everything integrated. Pour the pan sauce and capers over the fish and rice.
Even people who tell me they don't like fish, eat this fish :-) - March 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Sounds good Pyrofisher
re: Le Creuset
Original owners pans come with a lifetime guarantee - check with the company website for suggestions about your cookware I don't think you can damage them with utensils - not unless that's what you're trying to do, anyway. I have some that are 70+ years old - and the interior finish is dull on some, but no pitting or chipping. I am not the original owner, these were from my mother-in-law, so the warranty doesn't apply to mine. - March 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Thanks for this recipe, Chef John. Made this for dinner tonight. It was delicious and super easy. We're gonna try out your corned beef hash recipe with the left overs tomorrow. Keep up the good work!
- March 15, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- Chris K. said...
Corned beef is on the menu for tomorrow, for which I have a 5 lb. slab of brisket flat that's been brining for the past week. It's too big to fit into any of my pots, so I'm cutting off a chunk and reserving it for... pastrami!
Yes, that's right: home-made pastrami. I prepare a dry rub by toasting black peppercorns, coriander seeds, and juniper berries (ratio 2:2:1), grinding them coarsely and applying to the chunk of raw corned beef.
That gets thrown into a smoker at 200-250°F for about 2-3 hours. When cooled, it's ready to slice thin, and serve on good rye bread with mustard.
The rest of the corned beef - if any is left after dinner - will find its way into Chef John's hash recipe the next morning. Good stuff! - March 16, 2010 at 6:01 PM
What did I do wrong? I made corned beef and cabbage for st. Patty's day, 1st time. The corned beef was stringy and tough, totally inedible. I was so disappointed. The flavor was good just the meat was terrible. Could it have the the cut of meat? I used flat cut because I read that it was better. It was 3lb and I cooked it for 4 hours, I started checking it at 3 hours it just never got tender.
- March 19, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Chef John said...
Sounds like you cut it with the grain and not across the grain. 4 hours is plenty of time and the beef would been cooked. probably not the beef, since even "bad" beef would be cooked in 4 hr. Did you boil or gently simmer? Watch the end of the video where I cut it and see if that was the problem.
- March 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Excellent choice in lager. When not enjoying Shiraz, it is my own. But please ppl, put it in a glass and smell it.
- March 22, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- Reuben Ware said...
I love the Salmon with the taragon mustard sauce. Will be making it soon.
- December 27, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Big Jim said...
Do you have timing information for if I wanted to make this recipe in a slow cooker? Thanks!
- February 3, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- Chef John said...
Sorry, don't own one, but I bet there are thousands of times if you google.
- February 3, 2011 at 5:58 PM
I made this today for dinner and all I can say is -Damn that turned out good!!
Kim - March 12, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Getting ready to ROCK this recipe tomorrow!
- March 17, 2011 at 12:52 AM
OK, so Chef John is not (bleeping) around with this recipe. It's amazing, super easy, and mostly amazing. Enjoying leftovers as we speak.
- March 23, 2011 at 11:50 PM
Chef John - help this rookie, please! Mine is only 2.75 pounds instead of 4-5. How do you adjust the 3 hour cooking time for that (or do you? I'm assuming so...). I'm really afraid of this not turning out well - my only other try several years ago was disgusting!
- February 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Chef John said...
same time!
- February 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM
you are the best blogging chef instructor guy EVER!
- February 2, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Made this tonight...oh my gosh, it was incredible! This is the first time I've ever been able to do this right. Kudos again, Chef John!
- February 6, 2012 at 9:43 PM
- Lily said...
Hi chef John! I did some research last night about how to remove the sodium out of corned beef. Most of reviews stated boil the meat twice or third time or keep the meat in the warm water to soak the sodium out. Could you tell me more specific how to do it? Thank you!
- March 21, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Chef John said...
Sorry, never done that! Sounds like a recipe for bland meat!
- March 21, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- Lily said...
Thanks for the quick reply! I never had the corned beef and the highly sodium just blow me away lol..
- March 21, 2012 at 1:08 PM
- Matt said...
Hey Chef John,
How about a complete corned beef starting with the beef brisket and brining it? I also would like to ask if it would be worth doing the whole thing start to finish homemade. - June 26, 2013 at 10:48 PM
- The G(arrison) Spot said...
This was absolutely amazing, ax was the oxtail soup.
Your videos are now the leading cause of my rare insomnia!
- May 7, 2014 at 10:40 PM
- Tunalou said...
Chef John- You are awesome, and that's not a work I use frequently. You are my go-to guy when I either don't know what to make on a particular evening, or don't know how to make what I want!
Thank You for all you do, I especially appreciate your little comments, and sense of humor.
- March 14, 2015 at 6:52 PM
- Lois said...
Chef John, I'm writing this while I'm eating the corned beef and cabbage. It is so soft, tender and delicious. Not at all like you get in the jewish deli's. Most times the corned beef sandwiches are so tough, chewy, and just plain unenjoyable. Not to mention so very expensive. If I didn't give up bread for Lent, this corned beef would be between two big pieces of rye bread right now. As always, your recipe is a hit. Thank you.
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'Arsenio Hall Show' canceled after 1 season
By Lynn Elber
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Arsenio Hall Show" has been canceled because of low ratings, ending Hall's late-night comeback bid after a single season.
Hall's bid to recreate the success he enjoyed 20 years ago failed to find a big enough audience in the ever-crowded TV market.
CBS Television Production had previously announced Hall's syndicated show would be back for a second season, but faced the prospect of stations moving it to lesser time slots as ratings fell.
In a statement, Hall said he knew launching the show would be a challenge.
"I'm gratified for the year we've had and proud of the show we created," the actor and comedian added.
The show is in reruns and won't resume production, a show spokesman said. The last original episode aired May 21.
When Hall began his original series in 1989, he was seen as the cool alternative to Johnny Carson and "The Tonight Show" on NBC. Guests including sax playing-presidential candidate Bill Clinton helped push Hall into the spotlight.
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When Hall returned last year, he was fighting for attention with even more programs, including ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and the Comedy Central lineup.
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I love Thursday nights! It's my favorite night of the week. The day before Friday, lots of TV - we usually have a little TV date night! Tonight I'm cooking steaks and we are going to just relax! I'm so excited!
I have so much going on in my head.............we are leaving Monday morning for El Salvador and I'm so excited! It is going to be an amazing trip and I will be blogging daily and I want to share with you and make you feel like you are right there with me! If possible - I plan to twitter also so if you want to follow me - my user name is kellyskorner. (Real imaginative, huh?) Please pray for our trip! I'll give you more detailed prayer requests on Sunday. I have so much to get ready before we leave - yikes! I have to get busy.
Just a couple of notes and then I'm off to enjoy my night:
- There is a little boy named Noah is who probably not going to live until Christmas - he has cancer. His family is celebrating Christmas this week with him and he has requested that people send him Christmas Cards. We can all do that, huh? So go HERE and read more about it and if you have an extra card maybe from last year - send it. Let's FLOOD their mail box and make that little boy happy!
- There is also a 13 year old girl name Lauren Smith who also was told she would not live until Christmas - she has bone cancer. They have a site set up for her with all kinds of things you can do for - fundraisers for her family or just prayer sites. Go visit and see if you can encourage or help. Pray for a miracle above all else.
- I wrote recently about a young mother, Danielle Cripe, who was told she would not live until the end of the year and who has two children - one with special needs. There is an update you can read HERE. They still need our prayers and support if you would go visit them and share with others.
One more thing - the prayer blog for women waiting on husbands and children has been up for right around a year. I just looked and there have been 132 praises of pregnancies and adoptions (that includes 4 that I know about that aren't posted yet) and 12 of those are TWINS!
(And I would like to add that I'm sad we don't have any praises on the husband part (or that I know of - if you are engaged and on that list - you better write me soon!) but that can take more time than those who are actively trying to have a baby). So I'm patiently waiting but I know we will be blessed with praises on that list too!)


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But as Swols sits in a small office in the Robinson Health Clinic at Fort Bragg, his hand drops to the furry head beside him and his mood brightens. Settled at his feet, Lexy, a 5-year-old German shepherd, gives Swols a few moments of distraction.
It's her job. And, according to Swols, she's good at it.
"I have a hard time talking to people about my deployments and everything," says Swols, who is with the 82nd Airborne's 4th Brigade Combat Team. After taking part in the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the march into Baghdad in 2003, he's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress. "But having her here, I just pet Lexy. Or I'm just sitting here and we won't talk about deployments, we'll just (talk) about the dog. ... My day is better every time I come in."
For 82nd Airborne psychiatrist Maj. Christine Rumayor, Lexy is a partner, a conversation starter and a living, breathing medical tool that can calm a patient and make a therapy appointment a little more enjoyable.
There's nothing better than coming to an appointment where you get to have a warm fuzzy thing that you get to pet all the time. People don't want to come in the door. When they see her coming in, it makes them want to come in the door.
A slowly evolving form of treatment, animal therapy is used in only a few other Army installations, including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. A small number of dogs like Lexy are being used almost as co-therapists. Others routinely work as service animals and are often used for animal-assisted therapy, including in visits to patients in the hospitals.
Lexy's move into therapy was unexpected. Rumayor decided to put her new puppy through the training when she realized Lexy was less of a guard dog and more of a calm cuddler. So, Lexy went through about 2½ years of training before she was able to pin on her rank — she's a lieutenant colonel — and become certified as Fort Bragg's only therapy dog.
As the Army struggles to address the broad swath of stress disorders and mental health problems brought on by more than a decade of war, one of the biggest hurdles is getting soldiers to put aside the bravado and seek treatment. Lexy, it turns out, is particularly good at that.
Van Woodruff, who was a sergeant first class, went to his scheduled appointment just a few days before he was set to get his medical retirement and move out of the Army after 13 years in the service.
"It's hard for me to come to these appointments. I can't really sit in the waiting room," said Woodruff, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. "I don't look forward to this whole process of being here. ... The whole process of being here is something that's agitative to my diagnosis."
But on a sunny Wednesday morning, the Alabama native is sitting in Rumayer's office. "This is the only one I look forward to going to because of Lexy. I love dogs."
Rumayor, who wrote the Fort Bragg policy that allows her to use Lexy in her practice, said there was resistance at first.
"You don't want everybody to think they can just bring their dog to work," she said.
Rumayor also has seen what an asset the dog can be in getting soldiers to seek out therapy and consistently attend their appointments.
Walking around the base, she uses Lexy as a lightning rod to attract soldiers, then draws them into conversation. On any given day, she and Lexy will wander over to the motor pool or anywhere troops might gather, to see who might be interested in having a chat.
"Stigma is one of the huge things the military is trying super hard to overcome — behavioral health stigma being the biggest one, I think. And Lexy is probably the biggest asset I have in overcoming that stigma," Rumayor said. "There's nothing better than coming to an appointment where you get to have a warm fuzzy thing that you get to pet all the time. People don't want to come in the door. When they see her coming in, it makes them want to come in the door."
And often the soldiers reward her.
On her vest, Lexy sports an Army Ranger tab and a spray of other badges and patches that she got from patients. The special forces tab came from a soldier who had been injured in a roadside bomb blast, and Lexy and Rumayor visited him in the hospital.
Navy Capt. Robert Koffman, the senior consultant for behavioral health at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, has a therapy dog of his own, named Ron. And he's seen the broad impact the dogs can have.
Ron, a 3-year-old golden retriever/labrador mix, holds the rank of a one-star general and his designated military occupation is a "psych tech." He's even trained to bring tissues to distressed patients and put his head on a person's lap if he or she is stressed.
Lt. Col. Matthew St. Laurent, who is the occupational therapy chief at Walter Reed, said the use of dogs to aid therapy has been endorsed by U.S. Army Medical Command and appears to be getting more support across the military. Both he and Koffman said additional research is needed to determine how and when it is best to use the animals.
"It's tough for anybody to go to their mental health provider," said St. Laurent, who also runs the Therapeutic Service Dog Training Program. "But they need to see mental health providers and if you're introduced to the mental health community by a fluffy, loving canine, you'd be more inclined to come to the clinic and pet the dog. And one thing leads to another, and you're in the clinic."
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Risotto is one of my favorite foods. It is generally made with a medium grain rice and it is stirred constantly while cooking to coax out the starch to give it a nice and creamy texture. Risotto is pretty versatile in that you can add pretty much any flavours that you want. It can be anything from a side dish to a light meal or even a full meal. I have made risotto many times and enjoyed it each time. This time I made a pretty basic risotto to be a side dish or a bed for the chicken cacciatore . Making it with the chicken cacciatore worked out well as I could pay attention to the risotto while the chicken was braising. One of the keys to a nice risotto is to use a good quality stock and I like to use home made chicken stock when making a basic risotto. This risotto turned out really well! It was one of the creamiest risottos that I have made. It was nice and cheesy and full of flavour and went really well with the chicken cacciatore.
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 cup arborio rice (or other medium or short grained rice)
- 1/2 cup wine
- 2 cups chicken stock (warm or vegetable broth)
- 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano (grated)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- salt & pepper to taste
- Heat butter in large sauce pan.
- Add the onions and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the rice and stir to coat with the butter.
- Add the wine, deglaze the pan and stir while simmering until it is gone.
- Add 1/2 cup of the stock at a time and stir while simmering until it is gone. Continue until the rice is al dente.
- Add the parmigiano reggiano and butter and stir to combine.


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The generation, propagation and perception of noise is one of those fields where concepts are deceptively simple and yet devilishly complex. Anybody can buy a sound level meter at Radio Shack, but that doesn't make one a noise expert any more than buying a calculator makes one a math whiz. Thankfully, the FRA publishes a well-written guidebook on High-Speed Ground Transportation Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment that describes a standard methodology for determining noise impacts from new high-speed rail projects. While this guidebook was published in 2005, the physical laws of acoustics remain the same as always.
Despite citing the FRA guidebook, there is little evidence in the CHSRA's program-level EIR noise and vibration chapter and its appendices that the source-path-receiver model framework described in the handbook has actually been applied. Impacts are broadly classified as high, medium or low, and crudely bumped down by one level on the peninsula (from "high" to "medium") because horn noise would be eliminated from more than 40 grade crossings.
To make the issue of noise impacts more accessible to the layperson, an implementation of the FRA noise impact assessment model is provided in the form of a train noise calculator spreadsheet (45 kB Excel 2007 .xlsx file or 140 kB Excel 2003 .xls file, no macros, made virus-free on a Mac.) Before playing with this, it's probably best to study up on the basics of noise in the FRA guidebook as well as CARRD's compilation on noise pollution to tell your dBA's from your Ldn's.
By crunching the FRA parameters and equations behind the scenes, the spreadsheet allows a rapid evaluation of noise impacts (None, Low, Moderate, Severe) as shown in the screenshot at right. The blue circle represents the project's impact, and you can see how it moves around the noise impact diagram based on:
- Train speeds (anywhere from 20 mph all the way up to 220 mph)
- Train length
- Train frequency (both peak frequency, and nighttime traffic)
- Train type (diesel, electric, maglev)
- Track configuration (elevated, at-grade, trench...)
- Screening effects from intervening rows of buildings
- Distance from the tracks
- Property use (residential, institutional, outdoor...)
- Existing noise environment (suburban, urban, etc.)
Some interesting findings, which one is free to experiment with in the spreadsheet:
- Elevated viaducts, as currently proposed, are twice as loud (+9 dBA) as elevated berms at the train speeds envisioned on the peninsula, everything else being equal. Viaducts amplify rolling noise because they are hollow structures that act as a resonating chamber. Belmont and San Carlos might be well-advised to leave their berms as they are.
- At-grade tracks can be made half as loud (-10 dBA) with a noise barrier, when train speeds are in the 100 - 125 mph range proposed for the peninsula. Noise barriers become less effective as train speed increases and noise becomes dominated by aerodynamics, but here on the peninsula, they would probably do just fine.
- Trenches are extremely effective at shielding train noise; they are overkill as far as noise mitigation is concerned. With a trench, even very high levels of traffic (several hundred trains a day) would create less noise than Caltrain does today. The trench need not even be covered for this benefit to be realized.
- The proximity to an existing grade crossing with horns has a significant effect on the severity of the impact from the HSR project, as pointed out in the EIR noise chapter. A suburban residence within 500 ft of a grade crossing experiences ambient sound levels twice as loud (+10 dBA) than a suburban residence located away from grade crossings with horns. Since the existing noise level is the basis against which the noise added by the project is evaluated, areas near grade crossings can be expected to rate a lower impact. Nevertheless, not all areas along the peninsula corridor are close to a grade crossing.
- Not surprisingly, Caltrain's fantasy schedule (10 tph peak, 162 trains/day) combined with HSR's fantasy schedule (10 tph peak, 6 tph off-peak, 228 trains/day) results in ~5 dBA worse noise impacts than a more realistic traffic level of 6 tph Caltrain and 4 tph HSR.
- Out in the central valley, urban areas with ~150 trains/day blasting at 220 mph on concrete viaducts would experience severe noise impact within ~500 feet on either side of the tracks. Suburban and rural areas would experience even wider areas of noise blight, especially if the tracks are built on viaducts.


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Backup contactos, calendário, notas and call logs from Nokia 114
Available guides for synchronization to the secure cloud
Supported functions
- contact synchronization
- calendar synchronization
- note synchronization
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Nokia 114 is supported on PhoneCopy. Please note that following settings may vary a little depending on the firmware version.
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Confirmed versions
- 31/10/19
- A new phone user has synchronized his contactos to PhoneCopy from India.
Nokia 114 users around the world
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- Choose Menu - Settings - Configuration - Personal config. sett..
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- Account name: Write PhoneCopy and press OK.
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- User name: your_username
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- Contacts database: To Database address write contacts. Do not fill in any user name or password. Press Back.
- Calendar database: To Database address write calendar. Do not fill in any user name or password. Press Back.
- Notes database: To Database address write notes. Do not fill in any user name or password. Press Back.
- Use pref. access pt.: Choose Yes,If you want to use your preferred access point GPRS to connect to PhoneCopy. otherwise choose No, and set up the access point at your operator.
- Press Back, go to the name of the profile you have just created, and press Options and choose Activate.
- Press twice Back and choose Sync and backup - Data transfer.
- Find Server sync, press Options and choose Edit.
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Why World Vision? Today's Q&A with Joel Hughey, World Vision's senior director of program insights and results, explores World Vision's unique approach to community development.
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What are the key ingredients to World Vision's community development approach?
World Vision's core mission is to focus intentionally on the well-being of children. By partnering closely with local community groups, churches, families, and children themselves, we address the root causes of poverty that directly impact children, especially the most vulnerable. We believe that boys and girls should enjoy good health, be educated for life, experience the love of God and their neighbors, and be cared for, protected, and participating in their own development.
Our vision: "For every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so." We believe that the best way to fulfill this vision is with rigor and integrity that honors the communities we serve and our donors. We're not only focused on individual children, but on all of the surrounding conditions that impact children's lives.
What's different about World Vision's sponsorship model? Why do we believe in it so strongly?
Early in my career, I had concerns about child sponsorship, many based on ideas that may have been inaccurate to World Vision's approach. I've come to be a strong supporter of sponsorship because I believe it can be a transformative tool for children and sponsors while providing a unique platform for long-term community development. Few other funding sources provide this kind of stable support.
I believe in child sponsorship because it improves the well-being of sponsored and non-sponsored children equitably; brings hope and joy to children, their communities, and supporters; improves children's sense of self and value; gives a voice to all children and communities, empowering them as agents of change; enables community-based care and protection of children; and helps supporters grow their understanding of poverty and how they can make a difference.
World Vision sponsorship is designed toward our belief that the most effective way to provide for a child is to address issues at the community level to improve the situation for all children and to reflect God's love as we serve.
How is community development connected to child sponsorship?
Sponsorship supports our community development focus by enabling long-term engagement, fostering an approach that centers on sustainable change for children and their communities, and enabling children's holistic development — connecting children, sponsors, and their communities.
It also strengthens support networks for children and their families while creating a platform for community development that attracts additional resources to communities and helps supporters understand poverty, engaging them as advocates for change.
Why does World Vision use this model?
We believe the best way to build better lives for children is to invest in the communities in which they live. Strengthening communities and families creates a safety net that empowers children to experience fullness of life. By partnering with families and local community groups, we strengthen the good work they're already doing, ensuring that the ownership of their children's future remains in their hands. We work best by supporting those who already have a vested interest in the future of their children.
By working with community stakeholders, we aim to effect change at a structural level. Many issues and challenges in these communities have deep roots, and it takes time to address these issues in constructive ways that will lead to lasting change.
What is an ADP?
ADP is World Vision's acronym for area development program. It is a distinct geographical area where we partner with local stakeholders to improve the well-being of children through multiple sector projects aimed at the root causes of issues that negatively impact children. These geographic areas can vary in size, context, and population. Typically, they are where the children and families we help live and work. Each ADP has its own staff and design, and while each ADP is unique, they all seek to support families and communities to address child well-being.
World Vision U.S. donors support close to 400 of the more than 1,600 total ADPs around the world.
How does an ADP work?
When an ADP begins, we work with the community to assess their needs. While identifying partners, we create a collaborative plan based on the community's vision for its children. Together, we look at what's already being done, what more can be done, and what we can do together.
Often communities select key areas of focus for our work, which may cover critical topics such as health, education, economic empowerment, and child protection. Each project is selected with children in mind, and children often participate and even lead the community through important changes.
Throughout our involvement in an ADP, we work with the community to manage, monitor, and evaluate progress toward the ADP's goals. After a number of years, World Vision may transition out with the expectation that the community stakeholders are equipped and empowered to sustain the work. While we walk with communities for a time, we know that these stakeholders have been and will be there for much longer.
How does World Vision select new ADPs?
A few factors include access to the geographical area; population density (high enough for sponsorship to work, small enough to be manageable); risk factors such as natural disasters and violent conflict; the availability of infrastructure; and the community's willingness to participate. Most of our national offices carry out assessments to better understand where to invest, often influenced by where poverty is greatest, as well as looking for areas that are under-served by other organizations.
What's the average life cycle of an ADP?
It varies depending on the community's needs. We tend to carry out three project cycles, each approximately five years long. Many of our ADPs transition after about 15 years. Some ADPs ask for additional time to meet critical goals or to ensure that the community is able to sustain the changes. We want to stay as long as we can help bring change without creating dependencies.
What is your role with World Vision and the ADP model?
I am the senior director for program insight and results with World Vision's International Programs Group. I lead a team that develops and demonstrates evidence of our contribution to child well-being. We work with national offices and ADPs to learn from data and research to better inform donors of the effectiveness of our work, improve practice in the field, and influence how we make decisions.
How did you come to do what you do?
After being raised by missionary parents, always focused on international affairs, I had the opportunity in college to work with Project Mercy, a small community-based organization in Ethiopia. That experience was transformative for me and led me to realize that I wanted to dedicate myself to working on issues of poverty in the developing world.
After undergrad, I returned to work in Ethiopia as a community development organizer. Later, I attained a master's degree in international development from Tulane University. And after working with World Relief for a number of years, I found my way to World Vision, where I've been for five years.
World Vision's ADPs and community development begin with child sponsorship. Join us! Fight poverty holistically for just $39 a month by sponsoring a child.


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As a kid, we didn't go away much but I do remember visiting with cousins and grandma on our summer break. One of the relatives had a tree and would bring figs. Oh, the love affair begins. I love figs and I would take a plate of figs over a box of chocolate.
Puff Pastry.
Butter and sugar.
Yum Summer Fun.
I used Pepperidge Farms Farms Puff Pastry. This is my first time using it as Trader Joe's doesn't carry their butter puff pastry now (it might be a seasonal item). Um, maybe I'm reading the label wrong, but this PF stuff has NO BUTTER. I didn't know you could make puff pastry without butter. Anyway, I cut this palm oil puff pastry into a few circles and squares, sprinkled on some sugar, and placed the fresh figs atop. I sprinkled the figs with a tiny bit of butter (it needs to come from someplace!) and some brown sugar.
Be sure to check out all the other delicious summer pies on the You Want Pies with That? website! I hope you are all enjoying the last days of summer!!
Thanks Jenn for picking a fun theme!


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Chris Brown -- Stuck in Jail 'Til June ... At Least
Chris Brown Stuck in Jail 'Til June ... At Least
Chris Brown will rot behind bars until June -- at the very least -- because the singer's latest bid for freedom was just DENIED.
Brown -- who was jailed last month after getting booted from rehab -- was flown to D.C. and promptly jailed as he awaited trial in his assault case.
The trial was supposed to start today ... but it was just postponed until June.
Brown asked the judge in the Rihanna beating case to release him, but the judge just shut him down.
Translation: Brown will soon be flown back to L.A. -- where he'll remain in jail until June ... at the very least. It looks like he'll be flown back to D.C. on Con air ... a trip way worse than economy.
The stakes are high ... if Brown is convicted in D.C. ... the judge in the Rihanna case could violate his probation and sentence Brown to four years in PRISON.


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How Bixby Library is Funded
Town Support
The towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham vote funds at their annual town meetings. The residents of these towns have free use of the library and are represented on the Library Board of Trustees.
Annual Appeal
Each year the Board of Trustees sends out an appeal for donations to private citizens. The generous donations of many individuals contribute greatly to our operating budget.
Interest from an endowment left by Mr Bixby goes toward the regular operating expenses of the library. The Board believes the endowment should be grown.
In addition staff, Friends and trustees write grants to benefit programs, acquisitions and building renovation and upkeep.


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This light pink cross-stitch fabric will give you the most romantic mood.
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The most popular Malayalam version of the Valmiki Ramayan is the Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu written by Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan. It is especially read during Malayalam month of Karkidakam, which is also known as the Ramayana Masam. You can now download Malayalam Ramayana Text in PDF format for free. The PDF version is in verse format.
You can download here at Google Drive - Malayalam Ramayan (Please note that you will need to login to gmail to view the document and save. The document is shared with all there is no need for permission.)
The PDF version is from the Mobile Malayalam Ramayan version of P Harikumar.
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Safety Ratings.
NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings help consumers compare vehicle safety when searching for a car. More stars mean safer cars.
Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.
Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.
Combines the Side Barrier Driver and the Side Pole Star Ratings into a Front Seat rating. The Rear Seat rating is derived from the Side Barrier Rear Passenger rating.
The Side Barrier test simulates an intersection collision between a standing vehicle and moving barrier at 38.5 mph.
The Side Pole Barrier test simulates a crash into a fixed object like a tree or utility pole.
The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.
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These features have been either verified by NHTSA or reported by the vehicle manufacturers as meeting NHTSA's performance criteria.
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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin.
Florida holds its primary the day after tomorrow. If Mitt Romney wins, it could be a decisive victory for the former Massachusetts governor's bid for the nomination. But if Newt Gingrich comes out on top there will likely be a long battle ahead. Both men have a lot at stake in Tuesday's vote, which explains all the strong attacks they hurled at one another on the campaign trail and in TV spots across Florida yesterday.
NPR national political correspondent Don Gonyea reports from Orlando.
DON GONYEA, BYLINE: Month after month, Mitt Romney has campaigned with his eye fixed on one target: President Obama. But then came last weekend's loss to Newt Gingrich in South Carolina; it brought with it a new approach by Romney. He's going directly after Gingrich. This is from yesterday in Panama City.
MITT ROMNEY: Some of us remember, oh yeah, the Contract with America. That was a good thing. We took over the House - that was great news. What happened four years latter? Well, he was fined for ethics violations. He ultimately had to resign in disgrace.
GONYEA: At that same event, Romney had help from 2008 GOP nominee Senator John McCain. He went after Gingrich for attacking Romney's record at Bain Capital.
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: I do not understand. Do you? Why anyone would attack a person who is successful in business, in the free enterprise system.
MCCAIN: That is a sign of desperation.
GONYEA: But such attacks where matched line for line by Gingrich. This is how he started his day in Port St. Lucie on Saturday
NEWT GINGRICH: All I'll say about Governor Romney is while he was governor he raised taxes, he imposed RomneyCare, the state of Massachusetts was third from the bottom in job creation; not a particularly strong based to debate jobs with Obama.
GONYEA: Actually, that was far from the only thing Gingrich had to say about his opponent. Take this from a session with reporters right after that speech.
GINGRICH: Now, there's no practical way in a civil debate to deal with somebody who is that willing to say something that's just totally dishonest.
GONYEA: Florida is the biggest state so far to hold a 2012 presidential vote. It has many big cities and media markets, so the campaigns can't do it all with stump speeches and town halls. TV ads are mandatory to reach all the voters. And this weekend, sharply-worded messages airing on local Florida TV stations contained even sharper versions of what was heard on the stump.
First from Gingrich, this ad opens with a clip from the unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Romney was one of those Huckabee was running against fours years ago.
GONYEA: Then there's this Romney campaign ad airing this weekend. It features the image and voice of former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw, reading a story about Gingrich on the "Nightly News" in 1997.
GONYEA: For the record, NBC News asked the Romney campaign to take down the ad featuring Brokaw, while Huckabee asked the Gingrich campaign to pull the ad with archival footage of him.
Other than debates, Gingrich and Romney have not had face-to-face encounters on the trail. But yesterday in Florida, two of their surrogates did clash in person. This was in the back of the crowd after a Gingrich event. A Romney supporter, Florida Congressman Connie Mack, showed up to talk to reporters. He was confronted by Gingrich campaign spokesperson RC Hammond.
REPRESENTATIVE CONNIE MACK: I'm just asking you, you came over here but I don't...
RC HAMMOND: No, peddling would be what...
MACK: No, peddling is what Newt did when he was paid $1.6 million. He hasn't answered the question. Why was he hired by the lobbyist? Why was he hired by the lead lobbyist? Why was he hired as a lead lobbyist?
HAMMOND: Your side registered as a lobbyist.
MACK: You should answer that question, it might help the campaign.
HAMMOND: I am answered that question...
GONYEA: In that moment, the race for the republican Presidential nomination resembled a food fight more than anything else.
Don Gonyea, NPR News, Orlando. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The other day I quoted the White Queen from Through the Looking Glass, who famously told Alice that, in her youth, she was capable of believing no fewer than six impossible things before breakfast. Following that theme, this post details Six Impossible Things about corrections policy that the Texas Legislature must come to believe before breakfast on the morning of Sine Die (the session's final day) if their aim is to pass a conservative, rational, and smaller corrections budget:
#1 Prison closures aren't just possible but necessary
It's been said many times, by many different people: Texas has never closed a prison since the first one opened its doors in 1846, and it never will. There's always a first, though, and it looks like the Central Unit in Sugar Land will be the breakthrough case to disprove that rule, after which I'd expect to see more units follow it to the chopping block.
Beyond the Central Unit, there are several categories of facilities that might reasonably be considered for closure: Older units with higher per-inmate costs. Units with ongoing security problems (Mineral Wells comes to mind; at the Central Unit trusties went on shopping trips to the local Walmart). And units that have chronic trouble maintaining adequate staffing - the unit in Dalhart, for example. In addition, Texas leases more than 11% of its capacity from private prison companies and those contracts could be reduced or eliminated more quickly than state-owned units could be mothballed and sold. In any event, 80%+ of TDCJ's budget is spent running prisons but the agency has focused nearly all its budget cut suggestions on community supervision and treatment. LBB has already warned the Legislature that strategy won't work.
#2 Texas can safely incarcerate fewer low-risk, nonviolent offenders
There are two main categories of nonviolent offenders in TDCJ, both of which particularly predominate in state jails (Texas' equivalent of a fourth degree felony): Drug and property offenders. Pick your poison. For drug offenders, the most obvious and elegant cost saving approach for both the state and local jurisdictions would be to ratchet down criminal charges on drug crimes by one level, as described in detail here and here - not decriminalization but reducing penalties to focus limited resources to house more serious, dangerous offenders.
The other main category of nonviolent offenders are those incarcerated for theft. Texas' theft categories were set in 1993, but have never been adjusted for inflation. That means that if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2008 and 1993, they would cost you $1,500 and $1,027 respectively. Since $1,500 is the threshold where theft is treated as a state-jail felony, every year as inflation rises it becomes a felony to steal less and less stuff. Adjusting theft thresholds annually (the same way all sorts of things are pegged to the annually updated federal poverty levels, for example) would serve the twin purposes of a) diverting more low-level property offenders from state prisons and b) preserving the original intent of the statute.
Nonviolent offenders can be diverted through probation programs on the front end, their offense levels adjusted as described above, or they could be released more frequently on a discretionary basis by the parole board (arguably the least likely scenario) to make room for prisoners who've committed more serious crimes. If significant population reductions are to be achieved, they must come from this category.
#3 Incarcerating more people costs more money
OK, this is only an "Impossible Thing" to believe if you work for the Legislative Budget Board. Historically, the LBB has labeled "insignificant" the extra cost of bills sending new prisoners to TDCJ, increasing incarceration lengths, etc., which gave so-called enhancement bills what's known in capitol parlance as a "zero fiscal note." This useful fiction is a much-desired designation because it means a bill can pass without budget writers having to appropriate extra money to pay for any additional prisoners headed to TDCJ. Already since bill filing began in the 82nd Texas Legislature, dozens of suggestions for new crimes, increased penalties and unfunded mandates related to law enforcement are coming out of the woodwork. These legislators do not yet believe Impossible Thing #3, but somehow, some way, that spendthrift mentality must change.
In reality, as Grits readers are well aware, every extra prisoner brings significant cost. Texas leases extra beds from private prisons in addition to the units the state owns outright. So, because beds are fungible, the marginal cost of every extra prisoner equals the cost of the last prison bed leased. Using that calculation, at a (conservative) rate of $17,000 per prisoner-year, an "enhancement" bill that would send just 20 extra people to prison for two years - a day-for-day state jail felony sentence - would cost $680,000 (multiplying 20 x $17,000 x 2 years). Just because LBB puts a zero on that fiscal note doesn't mean that, when the extra prisoners show up, TDCJ won't be obligated to find somewhere to put them.
Since the Texas penal code was overhauled in 1993, every session the Texas Legislature has created dozens of new crimes and increased criminal penalties, often under narrow circumstances at the behest of special interests. Many of these Orwellian-termed "enhancements" make petty offenses into felonies - e.g., graffiti on a school or church (where kids mostly are), theft of a $35 goat - that should be misdemeanors and waste both court and incarceration resources beyond any measurable public safety benefit.
Committee chairs in both chambers should require that anyone proposing a new crime or increased criminal penalties must either a) convince the relevant budget committees to pay for it or b) simultaneously reduce other penalties to avoid boosting overall incarceration levels. That shouldn't be that difficult, and we'd still see some enhancements pass, but at least it would make legislators begin to think about budget implications and force them to pay as they go.
When you find yourself stuck in a hole you can't get out of, the first thing to do is stop digging. Seriously, folks. Stop.
#4 Community supervision is still punishment
Texas' incarceration fetish stems in part from widespread portrayals by the media and tuff-on-crime opinion leaders that probation is a cake walk. It is not. Many offenders actually choose jail time because probation requirements are more onerous than sitting in jail. But in the end, success under supervision is necessary for all of us to be safer, because most people who go to prison are released. It may seem impossible, but legislators must come to believe there are other viable punishments than prison. Because the per-offender costs are so much cheaper, investments in community supervision get far more bang for the buck than paying for prison beds.
Successfully completing community supervision can be far more challenging (and rewarding) than sitting out an incarceration stint - especially if probation comes with alcohol/drug treatment or other programming that requires the offender to actually change their behavior. Yes, there are folks who are so dangerous there's no real alternative but to lock them away from the rest of us. But strong, evidence-based probation has the benefit of a) avoiding much greater incarceration expenses and b) minimizing recidivism risks associated with reentry. Equally important, victim restitution is much more likely for probationers, a factor I often think is undervalued in punishment decisions on drug and property offenses.
All things considered, forcing offenders to live up to their own responsibilities in the real world often can be tougher than giving them a "time out" at the taxpayers' expense without ever forcing someone to change their ways.
As the LBB has recognized, community-based diversion programming created in 2007 is the main reason Texas hasn't already required 17,000 new prison beds. Eliminating those programs now would boost incarceration costs, not reduce them. As a local probation director bluntly told the Amarillo Globe-News, "If I lose things, it's going to mean more people going to prison." He's right; that's what happened in 2003. That's why, rather than eliminate those programs, the best bet for cutting corrections safely is precisely to expand on the success of Texas' 2007 probation reforms. We must improve our ability where possible to achieve the goals of punishment through community supervision for lower-risk offenders.
#5 Releasing people is what prisons do, so we must do reentry better
Nobody thinks Rick Perry's Texas isn't tough on crime, but every single year, Texas releases between 70-75,000 felons back into the free world. About half of these have completed their sentences and leave with no community supervision; the rest are released on parole. Roughly 97% of incarcerated offenders are ultimately released. From the perspective of public safety, then, what often matters most isn't whether the offender did three years or five, but whether they return to their communities able to contribute to the tax base and participate constructively in society.
Facilitating support from family and help finding employment are the biggest contributing factors to whether an offender returns to prison in a few years, but the House and Senate budgets entirely eliminate Project RIO, which is the main (admittedly deficient) state program for helping offenders get jobs. Every offender who finds employment and begins to contribute to the economy instead of suck from the teat of the nanny state (and prison, where government pays for three hots and a cot plus healthcare, is the ultimate nanny state) represents a tremendous boon to the state budget.
Another strong argument for earlier parole dates: Drug use during the early reentry process is a strong predictive factor for recidivism. In that light, releasing folks with at least minimal parole supervision would probably be a good idea, if only so they'll get UAs during the early months after release and treatment options if they need it. Half of offenders released each year (those who served their time day for day without parole) simply don't get any oversight at all when they enter the free world, whereas if they'd been released a year or two earlier they'd have reported periodically to a parole officer (not to mention cost the state less money).
This is an example where being tougher doesn't make us safer.
#6 The prison bureaucracy is not the best judge of its own inefficiencies
TDCJ is, first and foremost, a government bureaucracy that runs prisons. The idea that the best approach to doing its job might be to close prisons and focus on community supervision (which is run by local bureaucracies they can't completely control), well, that's just one of those "Impossible Things" to believe if you are a TDCJ bureaucrat. With the exception of closing the Central Unit, the House budget as filed largely aligns with suggestions from the Department of Criminal Justice's own proposals for what and how to cut. As you'd expect from any arm of government, TDCJ has suggested budget cuts that protect its own institutional, bureaucratic prerogatives, but at the expense of the public weal.
TDCJ has been asked to live within a budget more than $1 billion shy of its estimated need for the next biennium. If the agency closes the Central Unit as a lone, symbolic homage to frugality but cuts the rest from probation and parole, rest assured the agency will be back in two years with their largest budget request in history, telling legislators they "have no choice" because so many new prisoners are coming in the door. And by then it may be true - that is, if legislators continue to follow the agency's advice in the current round of budgetmaking. Today, though, right now, they still have a choice: Prioritize spending based on maximizing public safety per dollar spent, or ensure that corrections costs continue to spiral upward until some future Legislature finds the gumption to take up the challenge.
Like Fox Mulder in the old X-Files series, I want to believe.
See related, recent Grits posts:
- Whither Texas prison healthcare with 24% budget cuts
- Adult probation cuts detailed from just-filed Texas budget bill
- Texas corrections budget at second glance
- Corrections budget cuts concentrated in community supervision, set TDCJ up to fail
- Sugar Land anxious to get rid of 'unwelcome neighbor'
- Justice solutions offered at TPPF orientation
- Texas budget shortfall dwarfs corrections budgets
- As 2011 budget crisis looms, should most expensive prison units be closed?
- Privatization and the fallacy of zero fiscal notes on criminal penalty enhancements
- TYC produces data to facilitate unit closures: What about TDCJ?


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NEW YORK: Apple is set for a possible summer launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Apple is also working on a cheaper iPhone model that could win it some market share in developing countries, the paper said. It cited unnamed people "familiar with the device's production."
The report is in line with the expectations of company watchers and Wall Street analysts. The iPhone 5 costs around $600, and while Apple maintains older iPhones in production, even those aren't cheap enough to compete effectively against low-end smartphones running Google's Android software.
Apple doesn't comment on future products before its launch events. Its executives usually emphasize that the company's goal is to make the best products, not the cheapest ones.
The Journal said Apple is set to start production of the new iPhone within the next three months. It's apparently relying on sources among the Asian companies that supply components for the phone and assemble it.
Source -Times Of india


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Thursday, March 3, 2011
PDG Cinnamon Rolls
PDG Cinnamon Rolls...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Susan Loomis, Cook's Illustrated and Cinnamon Roll Recipes
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Here, as promised, is my version of the cinnamon rolls that I spoke about last week. I'm immediately put off by anything that purports to be the best of kind, so I've decided to use an acronym to describe them and will leave the translation and ultimate grading to you. There is nothing original here. The rolls are cobbled together from various recipes and only slight changes have been made to the source from which the elements were stripped. The dough used to make the rolls is the creation of Susan Loomis. The spice mixture that fills them comes from Cook's Illustrated and the icing that crowns them is a clone of the one that's drizzled over Cinnabons. The rolls are meant to be a study in wretched excess, and if you make and sample them, I think you'll agree I've met my goal. The rolls take time to make but only because they rise so slowly. They are actually quite easy to assemble. I make the rolls the night before I plan to serve them and then rewarm and ice them just before they are put on the table. You'll notice I've shaped the rolls in two ways. One, of course, is the standard shape usually associated with the rolls. The other is a flattened form that resembles a baker's sweet roll or Danish. The flattened version is identical to the bun save for its shape and the time it takes to bake. The rolls stay fresh for up to two days if they are well-wrapped. They, of course, taste better when warm and just iced. Leftover rolls will be almost as good as new, if reheated in a microwave for about 15 seconds before serving. The rolls are perfect for a holiday breakfast or brunch. Here's the composite of recipes used to make them.
1 cup whole milk
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2-1/4 teaspoons (1 package) active dry yeast
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon table salt
1/3 cup softened unsalted butter
1/3 cup golden brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1) To make dough: Scald milk over medium-high heat. Pour it into large bowl of an electric mixer. Add butter and stir until butter has melted. Set aside until mixture is lukewarm. Stir yeast and sugar into milk. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add salt and 1 more cup of flour. Mix vigorously until dough is smooth and elastic, about 3 minutes on medium speed. Add reserved 2-1/2 cups flour and mix just until incorporated. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Continue kneading by hand until it is smooth. Place dough in a bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap and set aside until it has doubled in size, about 2 hours.
2) To make filling: Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
3) To assemble rolls: Grease a 13 X 9-inch baking pan. Turn dough onto a well-floured surface. Roll dough with a rolling pin into an evenly shaped 12 x 16-inch rectangle. Brush dough liberally with softened butter. Sprinkle with an even layer of cinnamon sugar, leaving a 1/2-inch border along one of the long sides. Sprinkle with toasted pecans. Roll, beginning with long side of rectangle. Use finger tips to pinch dough as you roll, sealing edges firmly to form a seam. Cut into 12 pieces using a serrated knife or dental floss and arrange in pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise until double in size, about 4 hours. 8) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 9) Bake rolls in center of oven until they are golden, 25 to 30 minutes. Invert rolls onto a wire rack and cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
4) To make icing: Mix all ingredients until smooth, adding more milk as required for drizzling.
5) To ice: Reinvert rolls and place rack over parchment or wax paper to catch drips. Drizzle icing over rolls with spoon. Cut or pull apart to separate. Serve warm. Yield: 12 rolls.
Cook's Note: To make thinner rolls proceed as above, but press sliced rolls into disc shapes and place on 2 lightly greased baking sheets. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes - The Recipe Girl
Bon Ton Bakery Cinnamon Bread - Eat Me Delicious
Cinnamon Crescent Rolls - Jane Deere
Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing - Never Enough Thyme
Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Icing - The Royal Cook
Pretty Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls - Cooking with Libby
Cocoa Cinnamon Swirl Rolls - Sweet Sensations
Cinnamon Rolls - The Saucy Kitchen
Lighter Everyday Cinnamon Rolls - Baking Bites
Cranberry Orange Cinnamon Rolls - The Sweet's Life
Alton Brown's Overnight Cinnamon Rolls - The Culinary Chronicles
Pumpkin Cinnamon Bun Cake - The Bake-Off Flunkie
Maple Glazed Cinnamon Buns - Pennies On A Platter
Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls - Sweet Sensations
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake - Plain Chicken
Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls - The Domestic Mama and the Village Cook
Brioche Cinnamon Rolls - Sweetest Kitchen
88 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
I'm actually salivating!
- March 3, 2011 at 12:08 AM
- Red Nomad OZ said...
AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!! I'm having bakery withdrawal symptoms!!!
Have a great day!! - March 3, 2011 at 12:12 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
wow that looks fantastic:)..loved the icing on the roll..
- March 3, 2011 at 12:12 AM
- Jeannie said...
Time I start baking too, been getting lazy after all the frenzy bakings of a couple of months ago... this looks like a perfect meal for breakfast and office lunch! yum!
- March 3, 2011 at 12:37 AM
- justjoycee said...
- March 3, 2011 at 12:50 AM
Yum! And I just happen to have another package of yeast to try this recipe!
- March 3, 2011 at 1:04 AM
- Elin said...
Mary...this is so delicious with the cream cheese icing on top. I can imagine the taste. Hot cinnamon rolls with cream cheese topping....and with a cup of hot coffee...YUMMY !
Have a great da :)
Elin - March 3, 2011 at 1:21 AM
- muppy said...
I love cinnamon rolls, you are making me hungry! They look really good.
- March 3, 2011 at 2:53 AM
- Katerina said...
Only recently have I discovered cinnamon rolls and I loved them ever since. I am keeping this to try it.
- March 3, 2011 at 3:09 AM
- Diane said...
If these taste as good as they look Mmmmmmm. Dciane
- March 3, 2011 at 3:11 AM
- Lucie said...
I was excitedly waiting for this recipe--it looks magnificent!!! It seems great for a lazy Sunday morning breakfast.
- March 3, 2011 at 3:25 AM
- Su m said...
These are a truly temptation :)
- March 3, 2011 at 3:54 AM
- Fabi said...
How mouthwatering! I wish I could bake them right now! Thank you for this recipe, it's very original and sounds terribly yummy! Big hug, Mary.
- March 3, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
Hi Mary,
Love today post...
I've been dying to try cinnamon rolls, but don't know why i haven't donne them yet...Yours put me salivating and now i'm already ansius to make them...
Have a great day,
Rita - March 3, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- Martha said...
Nothing like a good cinnamon roll. These look yummy and I've made them only once in my life.
- March 3, 2011 at 4:41 AM
- CaThY said...
Awesome cinnamon rolls~ :)
- March 3, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Irresistible rolls!
- March 3, 2011 at 6:01 AM
- Tanna said...
I know for a fact that the dough part is outstanding! I will look forward to the day I try out the filling and icing to go with this delicous dough! Thank you, Mary. Blessings ~ Tanna
- March 3, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- Tanna said...
PS I love that they are a "study in wretched excess"! I know they will be PDG!!
- March 3, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- Barbara said...
Oh dear. My downfall, next to ice cream, that is.
What divine rolls, Mary. I've already copied the recipe! - March 3, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Bichinha said...
I love cinnamon rolls, i coul eat them every single day, and your look delicious.
- March 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I've been waiting, coffee in hand, for this recipe. I'll be giving it a few trial runs before a holiday--just to be sure if you know what I mean!!
Bonnie - March 3, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Kim said...
I was so trilled to se the result... These cinnamon rolls tempt me a lot! I thonk I will give these a try this week-end!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Unknown said...
I've got to find time this weekend to make these!!! They do sound easy...I just need to have patience, that shouldn't be TOO hard!! Thanks for sharing, these look so incredibly good!!!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Clint said...
That is an incredibly gorgeous work of art. Too pretty to eat... almost. Ha.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- My Little Space said...
Yes, Mary, this is just the way I wanted it. I've tried the bread roll the other day, it was so delicious and going to use it for this cinnabun. Yummm.... Thanks for sharing. Hope you & Bob enjoying the day.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Big Dude said...
Mary - they look RDG to me.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Lorraine said...
These look great! I love cinnamon rolls and have been looking for a good recipe. These sound perfect and look delicious:)
- March 3, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Cinnamon roll looks wonderful and delicious..loved the icing on top...super yummy!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Tasha said...
Just this past weekend, I had an uncharacteristic severe craving for cinnamon rolls. It made me realize that I've never attempted to make them. I will hang on to this recipe for the next time the urge strikes!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Haden News said...
Mary can't wait to try your PDG Cinnamon Rolls!!! They sound amazing.
- March 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- Lizaboo said...
Mmmmmmmm another recipe i must make! These look soo yummy wish i could be devouring them now! xx :o)
- March 3, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I do love a sticky, hooey cream cheesed topped cinnamon roll Mary!!! I have never tried to duplicate them at home since my favourites are a short drive away when I feel the need.
- March 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Emily Malloy said...
Oh boy. I would have much rather eaten this for breakfast!
- March 3, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Yvonne @ StoneGable said...
I can almost smell the cinnamon!
Thanks for the recipe and all ther other links for cinnamon rolls!
Yvonne - March 3, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Oh Mary, I wonder how many other readers became weak in the knees when looking upon the picture of those cinnamon rolls. Mercy!
- March 3, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Chele said...
I reckon I've put on an inch on each hip just looking at those photos. Oh how I want one right now ;0)
- March 3, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Umm Mymoonah said...
Me and my husband we love these rolls, looks absolutely delicious. I love the icing which you have given. Perfectly made with a perfect looking picture.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Rita said...
These look amazing; I really want to try this when I get back home; my darling grand daughter would be in heaven; she Loves cinnamon rolls. thank you for sharing this one.\
Rita - March 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Harika baratam said...
Yummy and tepting rolls perfect look as we see in stores.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- June said...
I've SO been waiting for these! Thanks Mary.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Gloria Baker said...
These are really delicious dear Marie, I love them, look amazing, gloria
- March 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Soumya Vineeth said...
Ohh me! this one is seriously a perfect bite!
- March 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Ah, a Cinnamon Roll "mash up" as they say! I like the acronym!
- March 3, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- That Girl said...
Cinnamon rolls are my weakness. I never make them myself because I don't know that I could stop before eating a full meal.
- March 3, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Brandie said...
Oh Yay - the cinnamon roll recipe. So excited to try this!
I am completely with you on "the best of" phrase as well. I get nervous when I hear that as well because one person's "best" may not be another. Sounds amazing! - March 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
*drools* I want that for breakfast too!
- March 3, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Joanne said...
Oh I am SO happy you posted these! I've yet to attempt cinnamon rolls and with a PDG rating, these might just have to be the ones I go with. Excess and all.
- March 3, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Sarah @ Taste My Plate said...
Omg, yum!!!! When's tea time?
Btw, thanks for stopping by www.tastemyplate.com. I really appreciate your comment :) - March 3, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Alexis AKA MOM said...
Oh goodness Mary that is amazing looking. I don't even want to think of taste, because I'm not sure I could stop! YUMMY as always you keep my baking juices going :)
- March 3, 2011 at 1:42 PM
Pretty Darn Good! I made cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning last year, they are such a great treat on cold winter mornings!
- March 3, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...
Oh, boy, I love the CI cinnamon roll dough, but wasn't crazy about their icing. I love your solution, Mary!
- March 3, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- Eliana said...
I haven't seen a cinnamon roll look this great in ages! I have never made a batch but you have just inspired me to give them a try. I can only hope they turn out as great as yours.
- March 3, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Beth said...
These look just wonderful. You post the most amazing recipes!
- March 3, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Nina Timm said...
I had to keep myself from licking that cream cheese topping off my screen. Looks scrumptious Mary!
- March 3, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Natasha cooks cakes and bakes said...
These look delicious. I've got some serious craving for these now, I love cinnamon.
Looking forward to some more of your posts :)
Natasha. - March 3, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- Caroline Taylor said...
OK Mary I've had enough of looking at your pictures and dribbling. Can you please move in with me and make me beautiful cakes all day? These cinnamon rolls are pretty much my favourite thing on the planet. Thank you for your brilliant recipe.
- March 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- cookies and cups said...
I have always wanted to make my own cinnamon rolls, but have a certain fear of yeast!
I'm thinking I need to get over that!! - March 3, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- PeggyR said...
Those sound very good.
- March 3, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- (Lady Gourmet) Catherine said...
Dear Mary, These cinnamon rolls are calling me! I love cinnamon rolls! Oh a cinnamon roll and a cup of good coffee and who could ask for anything more! Blessings, Catherine
- March 3, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
These cinnamon goodies are just irresistible!
- March 3, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Katie @ This Chick Cooks said...
Yum! These sound delicious! I wish I had one now :)
- March 3, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Maria said...
Great recipe, we have a similar dish in Finland which is a favourite for everyone. Delicious!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
pretty darn good looking... Mary you have such an impressive body of work
- March 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Becky said...
Those look yummy, Mary. I will try these out when I get back home.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Fresh homemade cinnamon rolls are such a treat on weekend mornings. With cream cheese frosting I'm sure they are the ultimate, not just PDG. My grandchildren would love these!
- March 3, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- teresa said...
oh how good do those look! delicious!!
- March 3, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Sandra said...
I can see that this is done with love because it looks so perfect! What a stunning photo and I love the recipe too!
Have a wonderful weekend! - March 3, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Gorgeous Mary--these look perfectly plump, soft and delicious. I'm drooling on my keyboard. ;-)
- March 3, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Lindsay said...
Pretty darn good? They certainly look delicious!
- March 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM
- Ryan said...
You had me at "a study in wretched excess!" That's my kind of cinnamon roll!! I have never found a recipe for them that was just right but I think I have now. Must try this!
- March 3, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- A little bit of everything said...
oh my, every time I visit your blog i read about another delicious baked goodies. the rolls look amazing. thanks for sharing.
- March 3, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Elaine said...
These look fantastic. I really like the square shape.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
Looks fantastic! And the icing is so good.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
While I do enjoy a bit of the oozing icing, it is the doughy, cinnamony goodness I love the most. These have me craving a bite...or three.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
I'm in trouble now - just looking at these goodies! Wish I could have one right now.
- March 3, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- MaryMoh said...
This would make a great breakfast item...mmmm. Love the creamy frosting on top. I can just imagine biting into it.....mmmm...beautiful flavour and taste. Hope you have a wonderful day.
- March 4, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Emma said...
I have a real thing about cinnamon rolls, every winter I buy them regularly.
Yours look so plump and sweet, yum! Sadly I've never made any, I'll have to remedy that. - March 4, 2011 at 2:51 AM
- Claudia said...
Oh Mary - perfect rolls and grand detailed instructions to make sure they come out beautifully each time.
- March 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- lena said...
i noticed that you also added some pecan nut into them, that would be nice too! the square ones look pretty cute!
- March 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Lauren Hairston said...
I've actually never made cream cheese icing for cinnamon rolls--sounds amazing and I bet my husband would just flip!
- March 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- Laural (bhealthier) said...
ahh, delicious! they look just perfect! have a great weekend
- March 4, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- Sue said...
They sure do look Pretty Darn Good! :)
- March 4, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
These do look pdg! I love cinnamon rolls. :)
- March 4, 2011 at 11:42 PM
- Monet said...
I've been waiting for this recipe all week. You don't disappoint! I want to make those rolls right now. Thanks for sharing with me tonight. Enjoy your weekend...take time to rest, laugh and eat some great food!
- March 4, 2011 at 11:51 PM
- Katarina said...
Hi Mary! Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind words! I just love cinnamon rolls! I will know continue to browse through your blog :) Have a nice weekend, hugs!
- March 4, 2011 at 11:54 PM
- Jennifer (Delicieux) said...
Your cinnamon rolls look fantastic. I've never tried making these at home, but you are inspiring me! They really look delicious and I love the smell of cinnamon.
- March 5, 2011 at 4:10 AM
- Kitty Deschanel said...
I'm here with terrible news! My browser went haywire and deleted all of my bookmarks, including all the wonderful recipes I've found here! Yep, I'm going to have to look through your entire blog again.
Okay, maybe it's not so terrible :) - March 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM