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Happy Friday! Whew it's been a long, cold, tiring week. I'm excited to sleep in tomorrow. Last night I went to an Orchestra concert at my old university. It was so beautiful! I need to get out an enrich my mind with events like that more often. No thoughts of makeup the whole time, just enjoying beautiful music.
Anywho, a few weekends ago I did a makeover on a friend of a previous client. Adrienne was having a big birthday party thrown for her, and her friend gave her a makeover as a present.
Her makeup was pretty easy to do. We wanted to do something fun and sparkly. On her eyes I used a mixture of purples. We put Stars N Rockets eyeshadow from MAC on her inner lid and Adrienne loved it so much she asked me to pack on some more. Moving forward, I'll get more closed eye shots so that you can see the lid colors better.
As you can see in the picture, I did a little bit of contouring with the eyes. With the help of eyeshadow and liner, I gave the illusion of lifting up Adrienne's eyes on the outer corner. All with the power of makeup!
Unfortunately I don't remember all of the products I used, but I thought I'd post the picture anyways. Don't you love her hair too? Short and sassy!
Any big plans this weekend?
Also, my girl Ann at www.cosmeticjunkielover.com is having $1.99 on all US Shipping orders, get your discounted NYX products!
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
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Blue Jays - 020 053 100 - 11 17 0We actually had a brief lead in this one, thanks to the first of Victor Martinez's two home runs. But to no one's surprise, Lackey (4.1-8-7-2-3, 83) gave it back, immediately -- and then some.
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Boston trailed 10-2 in the sixth, but clawed back and had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was Martinez, who had driven in the Sox's third run with a groundout in the sixth, then belted another two-run dong in the eighth. He came up empty this time, however, ending the game with a pop-up to shortstop.
The Yankees rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth and beat the Orioles 4-3, while the Angels broke a tie with a run in the top of their ninth and beat the Rays 4-3.
Boston lost a half-game in both standings, and are 7 GB in the East and 6.5 GB in the WC. 15 games to go.Brett Cecil / John Lackey
Boston is 11-4 against Toronto this season. Two of those four losses were in games started by Lackey, who has allowed 24 hits and 10 walks in 18.2 innings (three starts, 7.71 ERA) to the Blue Jays this year.Scutaro, 2B
McDonald, RF
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Toronto has lost seven of its last eight games.
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The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and leading the pack with 11 nominations is the 3D movie "Hugo." It's about a Paris street urchin who befriends one of the inventors of cinema. "Hugo" was nominated for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay, among others. NPR's Neda Ulaby joins us to talk about the Oscar nominations, and good morning.
NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: Good morning.
MONTAGNE: What else was nominated for best picture?
ULABY: Besides "Hugo," best picture nominees were "Moneyball," "The Descendants," "War Horse," "Tree of Life" - that was the surprise - "Midnight in Paris," "The Help," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" - another surprise - and "The Artist." And we've got a clip from "The Artist" to play for you right now.
That was a joke. "The Artist" is a silent movie, and it's all about the decline of silent film. But, for real, here's a little of the soundtrack from the film.
MONTAGNE: Which, by the way, functions as narration in this movie.
ULABY: Absolutely. It's bouncy. It's fun, and it really sort of brings you into this era that Hollywood adores - at least it adores this year, between both "Hugo" and "The Artist."
MONTAGNE: And Neda, you mentioned a few surprises just now. Does that have anything to do with the Academy's new rules about picking the best picture this year? This year's new rules, not last year's new rules.
ULABY: Right. Right. It's been a little crazy recently. It used to be that only five movies got nominated for best picture. Then the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences changed it to 10. This year, they've changed the rules a little bit so that people's first choice got a lot more weight. And what means is that a lot of Academy members picked "Tree of Life" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as their number-one movie - favorite movie of the year. It also means that we've ended up with nine best picture nominees this year.
MONTAGNE: OK. So this year's most competitive category, I must say, has got to be for best actress.
ULABY: Best actress. Here's who we have. We've got Michelle Williams from "My Week with Marilyn," Viola Davis, "The Help," Rooney Mara - dark horse - "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs" - that's the movie where she plays a woman passing as a man in Ireland - and, inevitably, Meryl Streep. And we've got a clip of her from "The Iron Lady."
ULABY: This is Meryl Streep's 17th Oscar nomination. She does get nominated with the regularity of a metronome. But it should be noted she has not actually won an Oscar since 1983, "Sophie's Choice." So even though there's a lot of speculation that Viola Davis has this category wrapped up with "The Help," Streep's a contender. You can't cut out Streep.
And, you know, they changed the rules - what we were talking about earlier - to attract more audience members to the Oscar telecast, but I've got to say, if they really wanted to attract a bigger audience, they should include an animal category - at least this year. We had those wonderful dogs in "Beginners" and in "The Artist," the horses of "War Horse," and the orangutan in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."
MONTAGNE: Last question: Any surprises?
ULABY: I was surprised "The Help" didn't get nominated for its screenplay, adapted from the best-selling novel. And even though I was not the biggest fan of "The Help," I thought Tate Taylor would get a best director nomination. The other directors were Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist," Alexander Payne for "The Descendents," Woody Allen for "Midnight in Paris," Martin Scorsese for "Hugo" and Terrence Malik for "The Tree of Life." The other big surprise for me was best actor. Mexican actor Demian Bichir was nominated for his wonderful performance in the movie "A Better Life," along with - for their movies, George Clooney in "The Descendents," Jean Dujardin in "The Artist," Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."
MONTAGNE: Neda, thanks much.
ULABY: Thank you.
MONTAGNE: That's NPR's Neda Ulaby. This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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GENEVA — Texas blues icon Johnny Winter, who rose to fame in the late 1960s and '70s for his energetic performances and musical collaborations including with childhood hero Muddy Waters, has died. He was 70.
His representative, Carla Parisi, confirmed Thursday that Winter died in a hotel room in Zurich a day earlier. The statement said his wife, family and bandmates were all saddened by the loss of one of the world's finest guitarists.
He had been on an extensive tour this year that brought him to Europe. His last performance came Saturday at the Lovely Days Festival in Wiesen, Austria.
Winter was scheduled to play Aug. 2 at the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland. The rock and blues show set for that night will be played as a tribute to him. In an e-mail, organizer Chuck Kruger called Winter "one of the world's greatest guitarists."
Winter was one of the most popular live acts of the early 1970s, when his signature fast blues guitar solos attracted a wide following.
His career received a big boost early on when Rolling Stone magazine singled him out as one of the best blues guitarists on the Texas scene. This helped secure a substantial recording contract from Columbia Records and gave him a wide following among college students and young blues fans.
The magazine later named him one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Winter, who was instantly recognizable for his long white hair, worked with some of the greatest bluesmen, producing several albums for Waters and recording with John Lee Hooker. He paid homage to Waters on "Tribute to Muddy," a song from his 1969 release "The Progressive Blues Experiment."
Among the blues classics that Winter played from that era were "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "Bad Luck and Trouble" and "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl." He also teamed up with his brother Edgar for their 1976 live album "Together."
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Whether you're trying to survive an intensive college schedule or just want to seem smarter in front of your friends, you can do a lot of things to both look and be smarter. Here are ten simple tricks for boosting your real (and perceived) brain power.
10. Read Faster and Better
Obviously, one of the best ways to boost your intelligence is to read more! You can read faster (and thus consume more knowledge) by getting your speech mechanism out of the equation. So give your mouth something to do, like eating, humming, or chewing gum to get through that stuff quickly. Then, take some time to absorb and reflect on what you read to keep it in your memory. Whether it's War and Peace or just the Wikipedia Random button, you'll be surprised by how much more you learn when you're reading not just fast, but well. Photo by Zitona.
9. Speak Up (and Do It With Expression)
The more you can contribute to a conversation, a meeting, or other discourse, the smarter you'll come off. Even if it means admitting ignorance or asking questions, you'll still look better than if you stay silent—and you might actually learn something in the process. Expressive speech is key: you can boost your credibility a lot by simply making sure you speak with an engaging tone. Change your pitch and volume as necessary, and try to minimize the number of pauses as you speak. A little confidence goes a long way. Photo by MagneticNorth.
8. Don't Fall Prey to BS
When someone's trying to convince you of something, they can often resort to logical fallacies, appeals to your emotion, and other "workarounds". Learn the most common forms of BS so you can detect them as they come up. By knowing what they are, you'll also be able to avoid dishing out those same fallacies yourself, which can be a big hit to your credibility if someone catches you. Image remixed from Evan Vucci (AP) and Pablo Martinez Monsivals (AP).
7. Focus on What You Know
When engaged in a heated discussion with your friends, you're bound to stumble upon a few holes in your knowledge. It's okay to admit when you don't know something, but if you're feeling particularly self-conscious and want to keep up the appearance of intelligence, the key is emphasizing what you do know. If you're in an argument, don't stress disagreement so much as agreement—that way, you aren't straying away from things you know about. You're stressing the parts you do know while still taking part in the discussion. Photo remixed from originals by auremar and artenot (Shutterstock).
6. Get Some Exercise
A healthy body means a healthy brain. So, in between all the reading and mind-expanding, make sure you're leading a healthy physical life, too. That means eating right and getting regular exercise. A number of studies. have shown links between regular activity and intellecual capacity, productivity, and creativity. Will spending all day at the gym make you smarter? Not quite, but sitting around all day will not only kill you, but hinder your brain from being at its absolute best.
5. Talk to Yourself
While mumbling to oneself is often looked at the behavior of a crazy person, a recent study showed that talking out loud to yourself can help give you a temporary cognitive boost when trying to find something. The theory behind it: when you give yourself verbal labels to a task you're performing, you focus better on the task at hand at any given moment. So when you feel the need to open your mouth, don't fight the urge—it might help you get things done faster. Photo by atomicjeep.
4. Learn a Second Language
People who know a second or third language are often perceived as smart by others, but research shows that it can actually make you smarter, too. If you know a second language, you're able to adapt to and switch between certain mental tasks better than those that only know one, so if you want to give your brain a real boost, learning a new language is a real (and useful!) way to do so. It's not actually hard to do, either: all you need is this simple four step method to learn in just a few months.
3. Do Things the Hard Way
Technology really has made our lives easier (after all, that's what Lifehacker's all about), but sometimes it's worth doing things the hard way. Take GPS navigation, for example: it's great that you can essentially never get lost, but if you rely on it too much, you'll never truly learn your way around. Instead, wean yourself off your GPS dependency and actually learn your way around town, develop a sense of direction, and learn to navigate using your brain. Doing things the hard way can help keep your brain sharp, so don't be afraid to forgo the easy stuff once in a while. Photo by Ramunas Geciauskas.
2. Know What Won't Make You Smarter
There's a lot of work going into researching what makes us smarter—much of which we've mentioned here—but it's also important to know what won't make you smarter. Check out our list of nine stubborn brain myths that just won't die to see just a few examples, like "the internet is making us dumber" (it isn't, if you use it properly), "listening to classical music makes children smarter" (unlikely), or that "brain games make you smarter" (don't waste your time). The less time you spend on silly myths, the more time you can spend actually expanding your brain, so get these out of your system now. Photo by Igor Nazarenko (Shutterstock).
1. Just Believe You Can Be Smarter
The last step? Just believe you can be smarter. Studies have shown that this simple belief can actually make it true. That isn't to say you should be pompous: you need to assume you aren't that great yet, which will leave you open to learning new things and asking new questions—the exact sort of things that can make you smarter. But it'll never happen if you believe your intelligence is somehow fixed, so once that roadblock is gone, you may find you're much freer to pursue the level of intelligence you want. If you're having trouble doing that, it may be time to recalibrate your reality—attitude is everything. Title image remixed from Alberto Zornetta (Shutterstock) and Petr84 (Shutterstock).
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One of the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is the appearance of two men on the flight manifest who were apparently traveling with stolen passports.
On U.S.-bound flights there are safeguards aimed at preventing that from happening. Interpol, the international police organization, issued a statement criticizing Malaysia for allowing the passengers to board the flight.
Since 9/11, Interpol has maintained a database of stolen passports containing more than 40 million entries, according to the agency. Airlines and nations are supposed to check passenger lists against that database to prevent people from flying with false identification. But relatively few nations do.
Among those that do is the United States. Former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Stewart Baker helped institute the policy.
"We said to the carriers, the airliners, 'Before you close the door and take off on your flight to the United States, we already have to have all the airline passengers' names and passport numbers in our hands electronically,' so that we can make a decision to say, 'Don't take off. There's somebody on that plane we don't want coming here," Baker says.
Baker says countries who's citizens don't need visas to enter the U.S. must report stolen passports to Interpol within 24 hours, and the passport numbers of passengers flying here must be sent online to the U.S. in advance of the flight departing.
"We've got redundant checks that ought to make it very difficult to take off on a flight to the U.S. with a properly reported stolen passport, as these evidently were," he says.
The U.S. and Britain are among the few nations that do regularly check for stolen documents. Interpol says passengers were able to board aircraft more than a billion times last year alone without having their passports checked against its databases.
Michael Greenberger, director of the University of Maryland's Center for Health and Homeland Security, says the system is broken.
"The world passport system is in total disarray, and the conventional wisdom that somehow a passport is going to keep unwanted people out of a country is just a fiction," Greenberger says. "It is far too easy to get into a country with illegal documents."
While the presence of two people with stolen passports on the Malaysia Airlines flight has drawn attention to the issue, Greenberger says the use of stolen or forged passports is rampant and has serious implications:
"This use of fake passports vastly increases organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking," he says.
A 2011 Government Accountability Office report says the use of fake passports represented a key gap in the abilities of different countries to prevent terrorist travel overseas.
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The Los Angeles Times Food Section is opening its vault and has the Top 10 recipes of the past 25 years on the website. See the listing here. Earlier, I made the Cafe Beaujolais' Buttermilk-Cinnamon Coffeecake from 1985.
And the LA Times Food Section will be moving to Thursday (from Wednesday). This will be tough! The Wednesday Food Section is such a "hump day" treat...oh well, it used to be on Thursday and it's going back. I know the Los Angeles Times staff has taken a beating in this economic climate...I can't imagine life without the LA Times, especially the Food Section. I've been reading the paper forever...and will run out to the driveway on Thursdays now to grab the Food Section. Thanks LA Times Food Section and @latimesfood for all the great recipes and articles!
My dad has a lovely Meyer Lemon tree. It's old, short and stout. Hum, that kinda sounds like my dad too. :) Anyway, when I saw the Upside-Down Lemon Cake on the LA Times website, I knew I had to use my dad's Meyer lemons.
I just bought a new cast iron pan for the TWD Tarte Tatin, and was happy to use it again! A layer of brown sugar and butter is topped with the lemon slices. Then a cake batter is cooked on top.
Although difficult to cut because of the rind (make sure you use a sharp knife), this was a fan favorite at the library. Give it a try and let me know how you like it!
Check out the other LA Times favorites over the years here: Opening the vault: 25 years of our best recipes. This recipe was part of: Top 10 recipes of 2007
Lemon Upside-Down Cake
From Los Angeles Times test kitchen director Donna Deane. Published March 14, 2007.
From the article (Hello, I'm a librarian and had to get the citation :)
Blingtime for lemons; Let this season's precious fewer fruits sparkle and shine in desserts that make the most of every sweet-tart bit of golden citrus. Susan LaTempa, Donna Deane. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Mar 14, 2007. pg. F.3
Lemon Upside-Down Cake
Printable recipe here or on Los Angeles Times
4 small lemons (about 4 ounces each) - I used Meyer lemons
One-half cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) butter, divided
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 vanilla bean, split - I used 1 tablespoon of vanilla paste instead
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
2. Cut 3 of the lemons into one-eighth inch thick slices. (I ended up using 4 smaller Meyer lemons) Remove seeds and set aside. You will have about 30 lemon slices. Grate 1 teaspoon lemon peel from the remaining lemon. Set aside the grated peel; save the lemon for another use.
3. Heat 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) of the butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet or an ovenproof 10-inch saute pan until melted. Brush the sides of skillet with a little of the melted butter. Add the brown sugar, stir until it is moistened with the butter and spread it into an even layer. Arrange the lemon slices, slightly overlapping, to cover the bottom of the skillet. Set aside.
4. Cut the remaining 6 tablespoons butter into a mixing bowl. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean with the point of a knife onto the butter. (I used 1 Tablespoon of vanilla paste). Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until creamy. Add the sugar and grated lemon peel and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
5. Add half the flour mixture and beat until blended. Add milk and beat until combined, then add the remaining flour mixture and beat until blended.
6. Spread the batter over the lemons in the skillet to cover evenly. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the cake is golden and the center tests done. Let the cake stand 5 minutes, then invert the skillet onto a platter. To serve, slice into wedges with a sharp knife. (It is difficult to cut so make sure your knife is sharp to get through the rind).


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Another thing you'll notice in all versions of iGoogle is the integration of Google Suggest in the search box. As usually, this can be disabled in the preferences page by selecting "Do not provide query suggestions in the search box".
Preparing to become a full-fledged social site, iGoogle added a contact manager to the settings page so you can separate your contacts and view their profiles.
If these new features aren't yet enabled in your account, visit http://www.google.com/ig/v2invite to add them. For those who hate everything about the new iGoogle, from the unfinished Gmail gadget to the big sidebar and the annoying bug that displays the canvas view of the most recently opened gadget when you open iGoogle, there's an address that shows the old version of iGoogle: http://www.google.com/ig?gl=all.
orkut, the other social network owned by Google, continues to add last season's Facebook features, now cleverly integrating Gmail Chat. "To get you started, we've come up with a formula that automatically predicts which of your orkut friends you probably want to chat with, and only tells those people that you're signed into Google Talk. Our formula takes a bunch of things into consideration, giving preference to people who you've labeled as 'best friends' or written scraps to recently, and people who have friends in common with you."
In addition to showing Google Talk contacts, orkut will also add some friends you are likely to chat with. Like iGoogle's sidebar chat, orkut's chat boxes are persistent so you can visit different orkut pages while continuing to chat.
The new orkut feature will be rolled out in the next weeks to orkut's
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Matta El-Meskeen
Note: This article or section represents an Oriental Orthodox (Non-Chalcedonian) perspective, which may differ from an Eastern Orthodox (Chalcedonian) understanding. |
Father Matta El Meskeen (Maskeen or Meskine; translated as Matthew the Poor), born Youssef Eskander (September 20, 1919 - June 8, 2006), was a Coptic Orthodox monk and spiritual father of 130 monks in the Monastery of St. Macarius the Great at Scetis in Wadi Natrun, Egypt. He is considered by many to be a renowned Orthodox theologian, and was an author of voluminous texts on numerous topics, including biblical exegesis, ecclesiastical rites, and other spiritual and theological matters (181 books, besides hundreds of journal articles).
Father Matta is celebrated by many Copts as a reformer and a prominent figure in recent Coptic history. Following the repose of Pope Kyrillos VI in 1971, Father Matta and two others (Bishops Samuel[5] and Shenouda) were considered as candidates for the Patriarchal throne. Bishop Shenouda was chosen to be the Coptic Pope of Alexandria.
Father Matta and Pope Shenouda share some common history. Both participated in the Sunday school movement and Matta was Shenouda's confessor in the 1950s. Pope Shenouda acknowledges his debt to his teacher, Father Matta El-Meskeen, whom he calls 'my father monk' in the introduction to his book Intelaq Al-Rouh (The Release of the Spirit).[6],[7] (Father Matta was also the spiritual guide of the late Alexandrian priest Father Bishoy Kamel, a contemporary Coptic Orthodox saint.)
But more recently, some misunderstandings between both leaders and their followers[8],[9],[10],[11] have surfaced, e.g., recent discussions on the concept of theosis[12],[13],[14] and also the position Father Matta held on the sixteenth chapter of St. Mark's gospel. See: Web site by some of Fr. Matta's proponents, a detailed study about the Mark 16 controversy (Arabic), Pope Shenouda III's reply concerning the theological and dogmatic opinions of Fr. Matta: Part 1,Part 2 (Arabic RealAudio; recorded in 1991/2003 - zipped mirror), and HE Metropolitan Bishoy's lecture about Fr Matta: 4 parts zipped together (Arabic Audio; recorded on 18 September 2006).
Early life
Father Matta El Meskeen was born in Benha, elKaliobia, Egypt, in 1919. (One source says he was born in Damanhour, Egypt.[15]) In 1944, he graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Cairo. In 1948, after leading a successful life and establishing a wealthy lifestyle for himself--Eskander at the time was the owner of two pharmacies, two villas, and two cars--he renounced his material possessions, and entered the Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor in Qualmun (roughly near Maghagha, Upper Egypt). In 1951, he was ordained a priest against his will.
Monastic life
In 1954 Pope Yusab II invited Abba Matta to serve as Patriarchal Vicar, and elevated him to the rank of hegumen. After holding this position for a little over a year, he returned to monastic life, first at Dayr al-Suryan, then at the Monastery of St Samuel.[16]
In 1960, after living for a few years in the Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor, Matta decided to move out into Wadi al Rayyan in the late 1950s. There, he lived as a recluse in the spirit of the ancient Desert Fathers for twelve years. By 1960, seven other monks joined him. The community expanded to twelve by 1964. These twelve monks were sent by Pope Kyrillos VI to Wadi El Natroun in 1969 to develop the monastery of St. Macarius the Great. At that time only six elderly, frail fathers lived near the road between Cairo and Alexandria. Matta and his twelve companions cared for them while reconstructing the monastery. The administrative, agricultural, institutional, and printing/publishing developments at the renewed Monastery of St. Macarius the Great were staggering. But the spiritual revolution was much greater. By 1981 Matta had over eighty monks in the monastery.[17],[18] The monastery also finances services and projects for the poor, Muslims and Christians alike.[19]
- Whenever physical hunger turned cruel against me, I found my gratification in prayer. Whenever the biting cold of winter was unkind to me, I found my warmth in prayer. Whenever people were harsh to me (and their harshness was severe indeed) I found my comfort in prayer. In short, prayer became my food and my drink, my outfit and my armor, whether by night or by day.
- It is no joy for the church to have many active members of varied services who lack the spiritual proficiency for renewing souls and regenerating them in a genuine spiritual rebirth to win them for the Kingdom of Heaven. The true joy of the Church lies in leaders who possess spiritual insight, who walk ahead of their flocks so that the flocks can follow a sure path. It is not possible to obtain spiritual insight by action or study, spiritual insight is attained by silence, retreat and long prayers in their various stages.
- I felt I was late to come to the knowledge of Christ; studying the Bible appeared such a daunting task. In desperation, I asked the Lord to give me either a long life to have enough time to study the Bible well, or enough wisdom to grasp its hidden meanings. In His everlasting generosity, God gave me both.
- When asked why he never defended himself against the many accusations regarding some of his writings, Father Matta El-Meskeen replied, "Did you read the Exposition of the Gospel of John and benefit from it? ... My son I won't spend my time replying to anyone, but, my son, I will die and they will die and the Church will remain, as well as what we offered to her, and the next generations will judge us."[20] (The Gospel of the day of his departure (June 8, 2006) according to the Coptic Lectionary was John 15:17-25.)
- "Abouna Matta Al-Meskeen (1919-2006)." The Monastery of St. Macarius the Great at Scetis (Wadi Natrun - Egypt). 29 Jun. 2006. <http://www.stmacariusmonastery.org/f_matta_E_06.htm>
- "Abouna Matta El Meskeen." Wikipedia. 19 Jun. 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abouna_Matta_El_Meskeen>
- Hanna, William A. "Between Pope (87) Matthew the Poor, Anba Abraam, and the departed Fr Matta El-Meskeen." Online posting. 11 Jun. 2006. Zeitun-eg.org electronic mailing list. 19 Jun. 2006. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arbible/message/30997>
- Hulsman, Cornelis. "Reviving an Ancient Faith: Two strong-willed reformers bring Coptic Orthodoxy back to life." Christianity Today 3 Dec. 2001: 38. 19 Jun. 2006. <http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/015/2.38.html>
- Medina, Sara. "Egypt's Copts in Crisis." TIME Magazine Archive Article 28 Sep. 1981. 27 Jun. 2006. <http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/printout/0,23657,953135,00.html> (comment on article)
- Salama, Victor. "Father Matta al-Miskeen (1919-2006): A life well-lived." Watani 11 Jun. 2006: 13. 19 Jun. 2006. <http://www.wataninet.com/article_en.asp?ArticleID=7884>
- "Spiritual Quotes by Fr. Matta El-Meskeen (1919-2006)." Zeitun-eg.net. Online video clip. 19 Jun. 2006. <http://www.zeitun-eg.net/frmatta_el-meskeen.wmv> (Arabic video - 2 hours and half)
- "Biography of Fr Matthew the Poor" Archive of Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Theology. 2021. <https://accot.stcyrils.edu.au/authors/matthew-the-poor-1919-2006/>
Further reading
A comprehensive bibliography of writings by and about of Fr Matta is maintained on the Archive of Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Theology: Bibliography of Fr Matthew in English Translation, Biographies and Academic Studies.
In Vol.27, No. 3 & 4, Fall & Winter 2006 of Coptic Church Review, there is an important article by Rev. Dr. John Watson, who lives in Highclisse, Dorset, UK. It is in 27 pages and its title is "Abouna Matta El Meskeen Contemporary Desert Mystic". Coptic Church Review is published by Society of Coptic Church Studies, P.O. Box 714, E. Brunswick, NJ 08816, USA. The article is also available in microfilm format from University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA.
External links
- The Monastery of St. Macarius
- Fr Matthew the Poor (Archive of Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Theology)
- Video interview of Fr Matta El-Meskeen
- http://www.fathermatta.com (English section)
- Photo of Fr Matta's tomb in the mountain near his monastery, Video (See also [21] (Arabic).)
- Photos of Wadi Al-Rayan, where Fr Matta al-Meskeen, the father of modern Coptic monasticism, lived in the 1950 and 1960s
- Fr. Matta El-Meskeen entry at CopticHistory.org (Arabic)
- Memoirs of Fr. Matta El-Meskeen - Al-Ahram newspaper 19 August 2006 Permanent mirror with extra photos
- TIME Magazine Archive Article -- SAINTS AMONG US -- Dec. 29, 1975 (F Matta El Meskin is listed as one of six 'living saints')
- TIME Magazine Archive Article -- The Desert Revival -- Apr. 19, 1976
- H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy answer to questions about Fr. Matta El-Meskeen
- Hanna, William A. "For Christ Sake; The hate campaigns should stop." Online posting. 21 Jun. 2006. Zeitun-eg.org electronic mailing list. 21 Jun. 2006. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arbible/message/31352>
- Arabic article about Fr. Matta Al-Meskeen
- Important history and opinion article in Arabic about the real origins of the problems that faced Fr. Matta El-Meskeen Part 2 (Arabic)
- Another Arabic article about Fr. Matta Al-Meskeen
- Hegumen Matta El-Meskeen "Confrontation" with the Church (Arabic)
- Eulogy in Memory of Fr. Hegumenos Matta El-Meskeen By His Beatitude Metropolitan Mikhail, Metropolitan of Assiut and Head of the Monastery of St. Macarius
- Abouna Matta el Meskin--The Coptophile Column By Revd. Dr. John H. Watson (Watani)
- Nader Habib. Obituary: Life of the spirit - Father Matta El-Miskeen (1919-2006). Al-Ahram Weekly 15 - 21 June 2006, Issue No. 799
- Fr Matta El Meskeen. The Independent newspaper, UK - 27 June 2006
- Amid the discipline and spirituality of the desert a saint was discovered. The Times newspaper, UK - 14 October 2006
- An interview with the renowned theologian Prof. Samuel Rubenson of Lund University, Sweden, about Fr Matta El-Meskeen (interview in Arabic)
- A Muslim lady, speaking at a public seminar organized by the Egyptian State's Higher Council for Culture, relates about a miracle of physical cure from a dislocated vertebral disc that God did to her after the departure of Fr Matta El-Meskeen and through his prayers (article in Arabic)
Articles by Fr. Matta El-Maskeen
- English Articles by Fr Matta El Maskeen from coptichymns.net
- Articles by Fr Matta El-Meskine Translated into English
- http://www.coptic.net/public/boston/youth/lessons/Christ_and_sinners.pdf
- http://www.coptic.net/public/boston/youth/lessons/Paul.pdf
- http://www.coptic.net/public/boston/youth/lessons/resurrection.pdf
- http://www.zeitun-eg.net/members_contrib/Coptcaln.rar
- http://www.saint-mary.net/servants/geninfo/Matthew%20the%20Poor%20-%20Fasting%20-%20Gethsemane.pdf
- Fr Matta El-Meskeen: Arabic Sermons (RealAudio) - More (MP3)
- Father Matta El-Maskeen. Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way (ISBN 0881412503) (Excerpt 1,Excerpt 2)
- Father Matta El-Maskeen. The Communion of Love (ISBN 0881410365) (Excerpt)
- More English titles by Fr. Matthew The Poor


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By Ryan Nakashima
It was too expensive. It lacked editorial focus. And for a digital publication, it was strangely cut off from the internet. That's the obituary being written in real time through posts, tweets and online chats about The Daily, the first-of-its-kind iPad newspaper that is being shut down this month.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said Monday that The Daily will publish its final issue on December 15, less than two years after its January 2011 launch. The app has already been removed from Apple's iTunes, where it once received lukewarm ratings.
The Daily had roughly 100,000 subscribers who paid either 99 cents a week or US$40 a year for its daily download of journalism tailored for touch screens. But that wasn't enough to sustain some 100 employees and millions of dollars in losses since its launch. At the time of its debut, News Corp said The Daily's operating costs would amount to about half a million dollars a week, or around $26 million a year.
When News Corp launched The Daily, it was touted as a bold experiment in new media. The company hired top-name journalists from other publications, such as the New York Post's former Page Six editor, Richard Johnson, and said it poured $30 million into the newspaper's launch. Now, the company is acknowledging that The Daily no longer has a place at News Corp, which is being split in two to separate its publishing enterprises from its TV and movie businesses.
Murdoch said in a statement that News Corp "could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term". Some employees are being hired in other parts of the company.
Critics say The Daily's day-to-day mix of news, opinion and info-graphics wasn't that different from content available for free on the internet. And despite a high-profile launch that drew lots of media attention, the publication failed to build a distinctive brand. There was no ad campaign touting its coverage and stories weren't accessible to non-subscribers, so it didn't benefit from buzz that comes from social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Trevor Butterworth, who wrote a weekly column for The Daily called 'The Information Society', says the disconnect between the app and the broader internet curtailed its reach. He was laid off in July when the publication shrank from 170 workers to about 120. As part of the purge, The Daily cut its dedicated opinion section and dropped sports coverage in favour of using a feed from its News Corp sister outfit, Fox Sports.
"Stories weren't widely shared or widely known," says Butterworth. "It felt like I was writing into the void."
When it launched, The Daily was meant to take advantage of the explosion of tablet computer sales, and the notion that people generally read on them in the morning or evening, like a magazine.
But each issue came in a giant file - sometimes 1 gigabyte large - and took 10 or 15 minutes to download over a broadband connection, which is unheard of for news apps, says Matt Haughey, the founder of MetaFilter.com, one of the first community blogs on the internet.
Because the stories weren't linkable, The Daily didn't benefit from new internet traffic that would have come from content aggregators like Flipboard and Tumblr.
"They ignored the obvious, which was the web," Haughey says. Although many people are foregoing buying a laptop for the lightweight convenience of a tablet, the day hasn't arrived yet when all online access will come through apps rather than the web. "Maybe in five or 10 years, the web will be less important," he says. "For now it seems like they were missing out."
It may also have been a problem that News Corp launched The Daily from scratch into an environment where readers tend to gravitate toward trusted sources and established brands. According to a 2011 Pew Research Centre survey, 84 percent of mobile device users said a news app's brand was a major factor in deciding whether to download it.
One of the intangible challenges The Daily had was standing out in a sea of online journalism, both paid and free. Some national newspapers, such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have carved out a niche with informed coverage of sometimes complex topics and have gained paying digital subscribers by limiting the number of free articles they offer online.
Gannett Co, which publishes USA Today and about 80 other newspapers, has succeeded in raising circulation revenue at local papers by putting up so-called online "pay walls," taking advantage of the fact that there are few alternative sources of coverage for certain communities.
Without a unique coverage niche or a local monopoly, The Daily was caught between two worlds.
By being digital-only, the publication didn't have a defined coverage area. It was "in competition with everybody and everything", says Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. Yet it failed to carve out its own niche in that larger universe, he says.
"Its lack of editorial focus played a role," Benton notes. "It was sort of a pleasant, middle-brow, slightly tabloidy mix of news and features. And there's lots of that available for free online. I would imagine if The Daily were starting again now, they would invest more in establishing their brand identity early on."
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Inside out looks like a good film since it takes inside the mind! All those emotions! Watch as we see Riley and her parents emotions as they try to adjust to a new house and city. Riley is a young girl dealing with a new school and of course-the parents daily 50 questions!
Coming to a theater near you on June 19, 2015, but for now watch the trailer!
From an adventurous balloon ride above the clouds to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.," "Up") has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In Disney•Pixar's original movie " Inside Out," he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all—inside the mind. Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco.
Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
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DETROIT (AP) — Superstorm Sandy gave an extra boost to already strong U.S. auto sales last month, although carmakers warned that uncertainty over the "fiscal cliff" could undo some of those gains.
Most major companies, from Toyota to Chrysler, posted impressive increases from a year earlier. Only General Motors was left struggling to explain its 3-percent sales gain and large inventory of unsold trucks.
Americans were already willing to buy a new car or truck last month because they're more confident in the economy. Home values are rising, hiring is up and auto financing is readily available. Also, the average age of a vehicle on U.S. roads is approaching a record 11 years, so many people are looking to replace older cars.
Sandy just boosted that demand. The storm added 20,000 to 30,000 sales industry wide in November, mostly from people who planned to buy cars during the October storm but had to delay their purchases, Ford estimated. People who need to replace storm-damaged vehicles are expected to drive sales for several more months. GM estimates that 50,000 to 100,000 vehicles will eventually need to be replaced.
November sales, when calculated on an annual basis, are likely to be 15 million or more, the highest rate since March of 2008, according to LMC Automotive, a Detroit-area consulting firm. That's higher than the 14.3 million annual rate so far this year, even though November is normally a lackluster month due to cold weather and holiday anticipation. Both GM and Chrysler predicted November sales would run at an annual rate of 15.3 million.
If sales end up at 15 million for the year, it would be a vast improvement over the 10.4 million during the recession in 2009. Sales would still fall short of the recent peak of around 17 million in 2005.
But the ongoing "fiscal cliff" negotiations between Congress and the White House could still derail the industry's recovery. The term refers to sharp government spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start Jan. 1 unless an agreement is reached to cut the budget deficit. Economists say that those measures, if implemented, could push the U.S. economy back into a recession.
"Exactly how much growth we can expect next year will depend in part on how Congress and the president resolve the fiscal cliff issue," said Kurt McNeil, GM's U.S. sales chief. "Markets and consumers hate uncertainty."
McNeil and other GM executives tried to explain the automaker's disappointing performance. GM's biggest brand, Chevrolet, reported flat sales over last year despite new products like the Spark minicar. Silverado pickup sales fell 10 percent.
GM's sales have been trailing the industry all year. They were up 4 percent through October, compared to the industry-wide increase of 14 percent.
GM said its competitors resorted to higher than usual incentives last month to get rid of 2012 model-year trucks. GM, which had more 2013 trucks on its lots, was only offering an average of $500 per truck, or a third of what others were offering. GM has been trying to hold the line on costly incentives, which can hurt resale value and brand image.
"We want to be known for great products, not great incentives," McNeil said.
But some analysts think GM will be forced to offer more deals in December to clear out higher-than-forecast inventory.
Asian brands also got a boost from some unusually big discounts, said Jesse Toprak, senior analyst for automotive pricing site TrueCar.com. TrueCar estimated that Hyundai and Kia, which were admonished by the U.S. government in late October for overstating gas mileage, increased incentive spending by nearly 30 percent. Nissan spending was up 45 percent to $4,273 per vehicle, by far the highest incentives in the industry.
Toyota said its 17-percent sales increase was partly due to post-Sandy demand. Honda was up 39 percent thanks to strong sales of the new Accord sedan and clearance deals on the outgoing Civic, which was replaced by a new 2013 Civic at the end of the month.
Luxury cars saw their usual yearend surge as holiday commercials started crowding the airwaves. Porsche's sales rose 71 percent to 3,865, a record month for the automaker. Infiniti, Acura, BMW and Lexus all reported big gains.
Edmunds.com analyst Jessica Caldwell said luxury brands have historically targeted their customers at this time of year because of holiday bonuses. That's no longer a driving factor, she said, but it's still a good time of year for people to buy 2012 model-year luxury vehicles because dealers are trying to clear them out.
Other automakers reporting sales Monday:
— Chrysler's sales were up 14 percent. Ram pickups were up 23 percent, while sales of the Fiat 500 minicar more than doubled.
— Hyundai's sales rose 8 percent, led by the Sonata midsize car and the Elantra compact. TrueCar said Hyundai increased incentives by 30 percent it was admonished by the U.S. government in late October for overstating gas mileage.
— Volkswagen's sales rose 29 percent on the strength of the Passat sedan, which was up 75 percent.
— Nissan's sales climbed 13 percent as sales of its new Pathfinder SUV more than tripled over last year.
Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/12/03/business/ap-us-auto-sales.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


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You might confuse the concept of "solid drawing" with "detailed drawing" or realistic drawing".
Solid just means that the form can be moved well in 3 dimensional space. All the details fit snugly onto the form.
The eyes are in the right place on the head, the face is in perspective....the features don't float around as they do in Terrytoons, Shamus Culhane cartoons and modern Disney fully animated features.
In the 40s, everyone copied the Disney/Warner's style - a style made up of simple yet solid constructions. But not everyone really understood it, so there were a lot of sloppy mushy cartoons made by the lesser studios.No form in any of these drawings.
Some of this sloppiness could be attributed to bad inbetweeners and clean up artists; it's hard to know without seeing the actual animators' drawings.
The more details you have, and the more realistic your proportions (tall characters with small heads) the harder it is to control the solidity of them. 30s and 40s cartoons evolved a drawing approach that made it easier to control your details and forms in 3 dimensions - but you still have to understand form and hierarchy or your characters will melt, like in late 30s early 40s Walter Lantz cartoons.
Here's the gay lead in Disney's "Pleasure Package" who can't make up his mind whether to marry the big burly brute who beats him - or his Mom. (who's the same age as him) (I won't give away the ending)
The animators had a hell of a time turning the character's head in space because he didn't have a solid construction. The angular planes at the top of his head didn't match the perspective of his head positions. His facial features aren't anchored solidly on his face. His nose is too low and too vague. His teeth aren't set into his jaw, so his mouth just floated like a magic hole on a sea of flesh color. - like Anime characters, only not so stylized.
Watch a clip of the character moving if you have this classic in your library. You can see his features floating all over the place. His face is constantly trying to find where his head is. I find this extremely distracting and I can't follow the importance of the storyline of whether he will stay with the butch or leave to marry his Mom. (I won't give away the ending)
On another note, would you hang out with this guy?
Bob McKimson was the king of solid drawing
McKimson was so good at drawing anything from any angle, that he didn't have to rely on animation tricks to move from pose to pose. He could move slowly, directly and naturally - moving his heads and bodies into very difficult to draw angles. His characters move less like typical squashy stretchy cartoon characters and more like people. Clampett was able to act out human scenes to McKimson, who would memorize the acting and just draw the scene straight ahead, with no melting and no reliance on animation tricks.
Milt Kahl is also a very solid animator, but it's a bit harder to see in motion because he does use a lot of the other Disney animation tricks.
There is a lot more to say about solid drawing. To me, it's the most important principle of drawing there is. It seems to be completely out of fashion today.


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The scoreboard made it appear close for a while there, but the truth was that the Dodgers' only runs came off an Ian Desmond error in the fourth inning; the Dodgers were 0-for-5 with RISP and 6 LOB in all. Even still, down 3-2 in the top of the ninth, it was the combined suckitude of Mike MacDougal, Hong-Chih Kuo, and ultimately Matt Guerrier (who gave up the grand slam to Jerry Hairston Jr.), along with the decisions of Don Mattingly, to put the game well out of reach. I don't know, possibly maybe perhaps the combined efforts of James Loney, Rod Barajas, and Jamey Carroll might have scrounged up a run in the ninth (in some bizarro universe; strikeout, fly out, called strikeout was the actual outcome)--but five runs? Forget about it. Dodgers remain 13.5 GB with 63 to play.
Oh, and Hiroki Kuroda had a nice audition for a contender, going 6.1 IP with 3 ER, 7 Ks and 3 BB. He takes the loss, but to his credit he might have bought a ticket out of this hellhole. We will miss you, Hiro!


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A friend of my husband who sold his own house (FSBO) in Willow Glenn had retained the services of a Consumer Drone company to develop a video for his house. He was featuring this video in a website the owner had created.
Granted this seller is very tech savvy and develops WordPress websites for a living, but these are interesting trends to watch for since with the rise of home prices, paying $60,000 in commissions on a $1M listing is not seeing well with most sellers who can buy 2 more homes with that commission check.
Ironically these sellers are now moving to North Carolina where the $60,000 they have saved will indeed buy them 2 more houses.
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- "I'm not aware of too many things
I know what I know, if you know what I mean"
Mermin comments on the "bad habit of physicists to take their most successful abstractions to be real properties of our world." He starts with commenting on the reality of the quantum state:
[T]he recognition that quantum states are calculational devices and not real properties of a system forces one to formulate the sources of that discomfort in more nuanced, less sensational terms. Taking that view of quantum states can diminish the motivation for theoretical or experimental searches for a "mechanism" underlying "spooky actions at a distance" or the "collapse of the wavefunction"—searches that make life harder than it needs to be.He then goes on to distinguish between the real and the abstract on the example of quantum field theory
I hope you will agree that you are not a continuous field of operators on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Nor, for that matter, is the page you are reading or the chair you are sitting in. Quantum fields are useful mathematical tools. They enable us to calculate things.and the spacetime continuum
[S]pacetime is an abstract four-dimensional mathematical continuum of points that approximately represent phenomena whose spatial and temporal extension we find it useful or necessary to ignore. The device of spacetime has been so powerful that we often reify that abstract bookkeeping structure, saying that we inhabit a world that is such a four- (or, for some of us, ten-) dimensional continuum.He warns of the consequences of mistaking abstractions for reality
So when I hear that spacetime becomes a foam at the Planck scale, I don't reach for my gun. (I haven't any.) But I do wonder what that foam has to do with the macroscopic events that spacetime was constructed to represent and the macroscopic means we use to locate events.(Referring to Stephen Hawking's remark "When I hear of Schrödinger's cat I reach for my gun.") Mermin concludes with
Quantum mechanics has brought home to us the necessity of separating that irreducibly real experience from the remarkable, beautiful, and highly abstract superstructure we have found to tie it all together.I completely agree with Mermin. One shouldn't mistake mathematical tools for reality, and mixing up both leads to confusions. Our task as physicists is to explain observations and make predictions for experiments, not to unravel the fundamental nature of reality (wink, wink). However, one should not throw out the baby with the bath water. We have a clear goal, but no map telling us how to get there. And while some might find the philosophy of science a waste of time, and others might say taking abstractions too seriously only creates artificial problems, these considerations could contain the clue, or the inspiration, necessary for progress.
Thus, while I personally am not too enchanted by taking maths to be reality, I think one should not simply dismiss these studies on the basis of gut-feeling. I was therefore put off, not by the actual opinion Mermin expressed, but by it being uninsightful, and - in its polemic way - potentially counterproductive by encouraging shallow argumentations.
So I wrote the following letter:
"I hope you will agree," David Mermin writes, "that you are not a continuous field of operators on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Nor, for that matter, is the page you are reading or the chair you are sitting in." His comment is a nice example of the logical fallacy known as "appeal to belief": Most people believe X is true, so X is true. That many people believe they are not operators in Hilbert spaces, believe they do have free will, or do or don't believe in global warming makes no difference as to whether a statement is true or false. I have no basis on which to decide what I "really" am. And though I personally think any such argument is a waste of time because it can never be decided anyway, and though I am sympathetic to the opinion Mermin expresses, his article dismisses the relevance of both quantum foundations and the philosophy of science out of hand in a rather polemic and not very insightful way.Sabine Hossenfelder
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
To which Mermin replies
Sabine Hossenfelder takes my rhetorical flourish as an attempt to argue, fallaciously, for the truth of that proposition. That was not my intent any more than I intended, by calling attention to the agreement among most of us that the ether is not real, to establish thereby its unreality. Although Hossenfelder takes my column as a shallow, polemical dismissal of both philosophy of science and quantum foundations, I had viewed it as an amateurish attempt to contribute to both disciplines.It leaves me to wonder though why Physics Today prints such amateurish attempts. It's like opening a journal on medicine and reading a column proclaiming talking is a bad habit since, I hope you will agree, the human body is not made of words. And then find it explained as being an amateurish contribution to psychology.
In any case, I will now go act on some wave-functions.
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Religion is the smile on a dog
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Choke me in the shallow waters
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Dark Chocolate & Bacon Cupcakes
I had run out of the Dutch Processed Cocoa I have been using & decided to try Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa which is a Dutch Processed blend. I was afraid it wouldn't have the flavor I was looking for but I was wrong. This cocoa gives a wonderful dark color & just the dark chocolate flavor I was looking for. Plus its about half the price & I can get it at Target.
Don't skimp on the bacon in this recipe because these cupcakes are best when you get a nice chunk of bacon in each bite. I sprinkle each cupcake with a little Fleur de Sel before serving for just that extra touch of saltiness.
Dark Chocolate & Bacon Cupcake
8 slices good thick-cut bacon
1 c unsalted butter
1/2 c Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
3/4 c water
2 c granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 c well-shaken buttermilk
2 T vanilla
2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare 24 muffin tins.
Chop bacon into about 1/2-inch pieces. Cook over med-high heat in a skillet until bacon is brown & crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel to drain. Pat any remaining oil off the bacon. Set aside.
Melt butter in a large heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, then whisk in cocoa. Add water and whisk until smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in separately sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the cocoa mixture and whisk until just combined (it will be a little bit lumpy). Stir in bacon.
Fill muffin tins to about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes until a skewer or toothpick comes out clean. It's a moist cake, so don't worry if a few crumbs stick to your tester.
Allow cupcakes to cool.
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Dark Chocolate Frosting
1/2 c unsalted butter
2/3 c Hershey's Special Dark
3 c powdered sugar
1/3 c milk
1 t vanilla extract
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.
About 2 cups frosting.
This is Hershey's Frosting recipe & still the best one I've tried.
Frost the cupcakes & sprinkle with a little Fleur de Sel right before serving.
50 comments:
- Neen said...
Oh wow, I can't even imagine. Do you have any photos of what the inside of the cupcake looked like? How Bacon-y was it?
- April 23, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- kat said...
I don't have any pictures of the inside & because the bacon is fried pretty dark it doesn't really show up in the cupcake to look at. It is just slightly bacon-y, I mean you do get a bacon taste when you get a chunk of bacon but its more about the saltiness.
- April 23, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- The Peanut Butter Boy said...
Wow, those sound incredible. How did the frosting come out so dark? I would expect a deep brown, but all I see is black! Excellent work and very nice pictures.
- The Peanut Butter Boy - April 23, 2008 at 10:38 PM
whoa...that's a very wild cake! I really wonder how that really tastes like??! what inspired you?
- April 23, 2008 at 10:48 PM
- kat said...
Nick - The dark cocoa gave me that really nice dark color, I couldn't believe how black it was myself.
Joycey - I was inspired by the Mo's Bacon Bar, a chocolate bar with bacon bits in it. & how does it really taste? It tastes good if you like salty & sweet - April 23, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Wow, I'm fascinated and weird at the same time. I love recipes that bend the rules a little:-) Definitely something I'll have to try for myself!
- April 23, 2008 at 11:40 PM
i love savoury muffins but have never heard of savoury cupcakes! i love the frosting..it's so black and dark i love it! somehow it makes me think of it as a very morbid and individualistic cupcake. :D
great picture...i'm not gonna just make this for halloween, however, because i love dark chocolate too! mmmm. x - April 24, 2008 at 3:05 AM
- Jen said...
Wow-- I think that's all I can say. The cupcakes sound great and your photo is amazing... I've read about the bacon-chocolate bar but haven't seen it in any stores out here either.
- April 24, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- Brilynn said...
That sounds amazing! Bacon makes everything better!
- April 24, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Lot-O-Choc said...
Wow these sounds really unusual?
The picture looks really good though, the frosting looks really good :) its so dark. - April 24, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- x said...
i think they sell vosges at whole foods in mpls!
- April 24, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- R Thomas said...
Yes! Beautiful cupcakes, You can find Vosges Bars (particularly the Bacon ones) at Whole Foods, Kitchen Window in Calhoun Square, and Patina. And thats just in Uptown! Kind of glad you hadn't found them yet or else your ingenuity wouldn't have blessed the web with it's first(probably) Bacon Cupcake.
- April 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Stef said...
Sounds great! I can't believe how dark the frosting is. I've never seen frosting that black. I can't believe you didn't use food coloring.
I made cupcakes with bacon for the super bowl. They were a big hit.
http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2008/01/beer-cheese-cupcakes-with-bacon-cheddar.html - April 24, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- test it comm said...
That dark chocolate is super dark! I like the sound if adding bacon to a chocolate cupcake.
- April 24, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Nemmie said...
My gosh! That picture is stunning, I'm still shocked at the black frosting. Sounds fantastic!
- April 24, 2008 at 10:53 PM
My dad was just telling me how weird my mom & I are for liking the salty/sweet thing. He doesn't believe that there are other people out there that combine the two. I'm going to make these & not tell him about the ingredients, until after he eats one!
- April 25, 2008 at 7:35 AM
- Tempered Woman said...
Oh my gosh~ I can't believe you recreated that chocolate bar. It seems to be everywhere on the itnernetz these days. But I think you are the first recipe I've seen to recreate. Love me some cupcakes- very creative and very cool. So Glad I saw you on the Leftover Queen forums!
- April 25, 2008 at 9:30 AM
at the risk of sounding overly panglossian, this is truly the best of all possible cupcakes.
chocolate and bacon. i could die happy.
i've had other of vosges' bars (my favorite is the naga, milk choc with curry and coconut), but never the bacon. must rectify that. - April 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- kat said...
Thanks everyone for all the great comments. We finished the last cupcake last night & now I'm tempted to make more!
Stef - Your super bowl cupcake looks really interesting!
PJ - Your dad doesn't know what he's missing
XQ & R Thomas - Thanks for the Whole Foods heads up, I need to go there today to get harissa so I'll see what I can find. - April 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- kcb said...
i was linked to your site by yumsugar and in awe at the idea and apparent success of your bacon dark chocolate cupcake. i will definitely test this on my guy friends and try to keep the secret ingredient a secret until they bite into it.
this sounds like a course an iron chef would pump out of iron stadium. - April 25, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Suzy Parker LaCroix said...
Great photo! I am looking forward to trying these out soon.
Who makes that plate? - April 28, 2008 at 3:01 PM
- kat said...
Sparker - Its actually a little shallow bowl from Ikea.
- April 28, 2008 at 3:09 PM
I made these yesterday for a hockey-watching party, and they disappeared rapidly. The icing alone is fantastic, and the salty bits of bacon balance the richness of the cupcake. The only problem I had was wanting to eat the bacon before it went into the batter.
- May 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM
OMG!! I'm worshipping your bacon-ey innovation. Every time I think I've seen everything there is to see that is bacon, I come across more. These are def. on my to-do list. Thanks so much for sharing!
- November 8, 2008 at 4:35 PM
The chocolates you mention (Vosges Mo's Bacon Bar) are made in Chicago. I am surprised you have not been able to find it, but then again it is a rare chocolate. There is a company in California that sells the product. You may be able to call them and find out what stores they sell the Chocolate bar too. The companies name is Cheeseworks and thier number is 510-769-1150. Good Luck in finding the chocolate bar near you.
- November 13, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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- November 20, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- Unknown said...
I am getting ready to make these this afternoon and wondered if you could clarify in the recipe what if the little "t" is a teaspoon and the big "T" is a tablespoon. Will let you know how they turn out! Can't wait!! Thanks. Micheal
- December 6, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- kat said...
Micheal - Yes, "t" is teaspoon & "T" is tablespoon. Hope you like them!
- December 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM
- Amber the gEEk said...
Cooked them for Christmas with me and my "everything is better with bacon (and cheese)" friends. Of course I also doubled the bacon...and skimped by buying dark chocolate frosting instead of making that from scratch also, but...
An absolute hit! So tasty - with the salt on top it's an absolute perfect mix.
Now I'm thinking:
1) I should make some for work and not tell people what's in them until they try it.
2) I should try a batch with cheese somehow.
3) I'm sure someone has done something similar to this, but I'm tempted to experiment with bacon, scrambled eggs and cheddar and baking them with either yellow cake or maybe even krustee's pancake mix and topping fresh with maple sugar and cinnamon for a truly breakfast version. What do you think?
Anyway, thank you for the wonderful recipe and for spurring the desire to experiment even further! (Which, knowing me, might turn out terrible ;^p ) - December 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM
- Greta said...
Kat, I've found the Bacon Chocolate bar at Cost Plus World Market - Bloomington and Plymouth
- December 31, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- Ben Beuchler said...
The Vosges bars can sometimes be found at the various metro Patina locations.
- January 2, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- foodieranter said...
I am a fan of Mo's Bacon Bar and I have just ordered them online. I got them in 2 days and if you're ordering a bunch of chocolate it works out pretty cheap.
http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/bacon_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars - January 12, 2009 at 5:38 PM
- Unknown said...
I just made a batch of these cupcakes. My fiance and I split one while it was still warm and gooey. They are excellent!
So moist and tasty. I used edible silver leaf to decorate the tops - it really goes well with the foil wrappers.
Thank you for the recipe! - January 31, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- Elle said...
These look and sound awesome! I love how dark and rich the icing is. Almost as much as I love your little pig. Want him!
- February 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Your frosting looks perfect! Did you pipe it on? What tip did you use?
- February 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- kat said...
Cuppiegirl - I used a large star tip to pipe it on
- February 23, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- zeldamac said...
I was searching for something to make for my friend's birthday party this weekend and this fits him perfectly, thanks for the inspiration... well idea. ;) I can't wait to make these!
- March 30, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Hey, I found your recipe on tastespotting and they turned out wonderfully.
the frosting is really the best. I stuck a small piece of crisp bacon at the top (as a warning, maybe?).
Anyway, thanks for the great recipe! - April 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Unknown said...
I made these with applewood-smoked bacon. They were devoured. I encourage all doubters to try these.
- May 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM
i just made these and used bacon chocolate sueyts as a garnish that i found athttp://www.cvwine.com/chocolates/sueyts.html
- June 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- Dazy said...
I'm planning to make this tomorrow. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!
- June 25, 2009 at 2:39 AM
These are amazing - even without frosting. Great for breakfast too!
YUM YUM... another good dark chocolate/bacon yummy is ice cream. - July 13, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Kate said...
My significant other is allergic to dairy... is there any way to modify this recipe and still maintain its integrity?
- July 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Gavin said...
I'm trying this today. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!
- September 18, 2009 at 2:20 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks so much for this recipe. I made these today for my husband and they're delicious! The frosting is divine! I think these will be a regular in my recipe box.
- October 4, 2009 at 5:19 PM
I tried these at the weekend (who can see this recipe and not give it a go??) for friends and family, but unlike the other comments we all felt the bacon was completely unnecessary.
The cake itself is fantastic - really dark and chocolaty and so moist. The thing was that the bacon really just seemed like it was in there for the sake of it. It wasn't offensive in any way, and yes it does add a salty hit (which I thought was covered by the salt sprinkled on top), but as my OH pointed out, it just seemed like I'd accidentally tipped the brekkie leftovers into the mixture:)
The frosting was nice but too sweet for me (I'm in the UK so maybe we have it a bit less sugary?), so I added some cream cheese (to keep with the bacon theme obviously:)) which took the edge off nicely for me.
I'll definitely do them again, but minus the bacon. I might add a liquid salted caramel centre to compensate as that would add the sweet/salty hit you get from the bacon. - October 6, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Beautiful photo! Nice work:)
- April 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Chocolate Covered Bacon said...
I have a chocolate cake last year when I went to my province. I used the frost as the chocolate topping of the cake. I also like the style of your recipe.Bacon is indeed very useful in every recipe.
- January 18, 2011 at 9:06 PM
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- August 2, 2011 at 10:45 PM
made these cupacakes this morning..OMG they are good! Thank you so much much for posting!
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