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Small-Scale Food Producers, Guardians of Biodiversity
20 Sep 2012 | English
Almost 2 million of the world's plant and animal species have been formally described, probably just a fraction of the total number. The health of our environments and the quality of our lives depends on this incredible wealth of biodiversity, yet in recent decades the rate at which species are becoming extinct has risen rapidly. According to entomologist Edward O. Wilson, who coined the term "biodiversity," an estimated 27,000 species disappear every year.
Since 2003, the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has been protecting and promoting agricultural varieties and food products at risk of extinction, working with 10,000 farmers, fishers and food artisans in over 50 countries. Slow Food is working to fix the problem of poor coordination between various protective initiatives, almost always too narrowly focused and unable to properly promote the role of small-scale producers.
One of the association's new projects is the narrative label, which is currently being tried out on selected Presidia. This new type of label gives consumers more exhaustive information than regular labels and highlights the choices made by producers, the ones that truly make the difference between a mediocre and a quality product. The Presidia involved include Monreale White Plums in Sicily and Mondovì Cornmeal Biscuits in Piedmont, Italy; Fadiouth Island Salted Millet Couscous in Senegal; Pozegaca Plum Slatko in Bosnia and Wild Palm Oil in Guinea-Bissau. The narrative labels will be presented at the "Say It on the Label" events organized at the Biodiversity House in the Oval on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2.30 pm.
Here are the new international Presidia that will be presented at the 2012 Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre:
Guinea Bissau – Wild Palm Oil. Throughout Guinea-Bissau, and especially in the northern region of Cacheu where the climate is humid and the soil is sandy, the fruits of wild palm trees are pressed into a dense, orangish-red oil with scents of tomato, fruit and spice. The large bunches of red fruits are harvested by the men, while the women make the oil following a process that can take up to four days.
Guinea Bissau – Farim Salt. Around Farim, along the Cacheu River, local communities catch fish, grow a few vegetables and harvest salt. The river is actually a marine inlet over 100 kilometers long; when the water retreats at low tide and the wind blows from the east, a crust of salt forms on the surface of the ground. The women who collect the salt spread it out on cloths, wash it with salt water and filter it, then dry it in rectangular pans set over a fire.
Mali – Timbuktu and Gao Katta Pasta. Women in Timbuktu and Gao prepare a sophisticated dish for important guests and ceremonies: katta, thin, short threads of pasta made from wheat flour. To make these traditional noodles, the women mix flour and water into a dough then form it into a ball. They tear off small pieces of dough and roll them between two fingers, almost like spinning wool. The pasta threads are left to dry for a day, then toasted in a frying pan until they turn golden brown. Traditionally katta is cooked for a few minutes in a sauce of dried fish, tomato, meat and spices, diluted with water.
Senegal – Fadiouth Island Salted Millet Couscous. The Serer people, the indigenous community that lives on Fadiouth Island, have long been the main growers of the local Sunnà variety of millet. The women use the millet to make an unusual salted couscous. They husk the grain, sift it and wash it in the sea, then grind it and use the flour to make couscous. The couscous is stored in traditional gourds and left to ferment overnight. In the morning they add powdered baobab leaves, which serve as a thickener. The couscous is then cooked and typically served with a sauce made from mangrove flowers, peanuts and meat or shellfish.
Sierra Leone – Kenema Kola Nut. Native to the tropical forests of West Africa, kola belongs to the same family as cacao and still grows wild in Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau. The nuts, white or dark red in color, contain oblong fruits, which are cut in two and opened with a machete. They are eaten during ceremonies or to welcome guests. A piece of kola chewed after a meal helps digestion, while the caffeine contained in the fruit improves concentration and reduces hunger. Presidium Kenema Kola Nuts are now being used as an ingredient in a natural cola, a "virtuous" version of the world's most globalized beverage.
Tunisia – Lansarin and Gaffaya Ancient Durum Wheat Varieties. In northern Tunisia, two ancient varieties of wheat, Mahmoudi and Schili, are still grown at altitudes between 500 and 800 meters in the Lansarin and Gaffaya hills. The wheat is characterized by long straw and glassy amber grains. The wheat is ground into semolina for use in couscous and bread and the dried, crushed grains are steamed to make burghul. Threatened by the introduction of more productive hybrids, these two varieties, grown using traditional techniques and without the use of chemicals, are now at risk of extinction.
Uganda – Luwero Robusta Coffee. Uganda is Africa's second-largest coffee producer, after Ethiopia. While the Ethiopian highlands are the birthplace of Coffea arabica, Central-East Africa's equatorial forests are home to Coffea canephora, known as robusta. This species is appreciated around the world in espresso blends, and it represents 85 percent of the coffee produced in Uganda. At altitudes of 1,200 meters, not far from the banks of Lake Victoria, the ancient robusta varieties of Kisansa and Nganga are grown under shade trees, like the banana. In the local culture, coffee has a strong symbolic value: the coffee cherries are not just toasted, but also eaten fresh, in soups or simply chewed for their stimulating properties.
Latin America
Brazil – licurì. With its bunches containing thousands of green fruits and imposing presence, the licurì palm is an integral part of the landscape of the caatinga, the characteristic ecosystem of northeastern Brazil. Birds love to eat the outer flesh of the fruit, which surrounds a shell which in turn hides a kernel with a very intense coconut-like flavor. The fruits can be eaten unripe or ripe, raw or toasted, or they can be pressed into milk or oil. They are an essential ingredient in traditional Easter dishes, served with fish or chicken, while the milk is used to flavor rice.
Honduras – Camapara Mountain Coffee. The Copán area, in the west of the country near the border with Guatemala and El Salvador, is known for the quality of its mountain coffee. Today the mountain is home to around 500 small-scale coffee growers organized into cooperatives who traditionally cultivate arabica plants of the Typica, Bourbon and Caturra varieties in the shade of native trees at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,600 meters above sea level. They produce a washed coffee that produces a brew with strong aromas of peach and amaretto and notes of fruit and chocolate.
Mexico – Puebla Sierra Norte Native Bees Honey. The Sierra Norte is a mountain chain reaching heights of 2,300 meters, stretching across the northern part of the state of Puebla. The indigenous Nahuat and Totonaca people who live here have developed the "productive forest" system. This centuries-old method allows them to live off wild and domesticated species without cutting down the forest. The native bee Scaptotrigona mexicana has a fundamental role within this system as a pollinator and protector of biodiversity. The collected honey is left to ferment and then used by families not only as a food but also as an essential ingredient for traditional medicine.
Turkey – Siyez Wheat Bulgur. In the farms of Kastamonu (a province in northern Turkey), amongst large forests and the smell of the Black Sea, farmers continue to cultivate the oldest existing type of wheat, Triticum monococcum, or seyez in Turkish. It is grain that differs both from common and durum wheat as it is high in protein and free from gluten, so is tolerated by celiac sufferers. The whole grains are immersed in boiling water for about twenty minutes, then cooled with cold water and spread out to dry in the sun. Once dried, they are ground in a millstone to clean and split the grains. The bulgur is used for many pilaf recipes, cooked in broth and flavoured with butter and chopped onion.
Bulgaria – Meurche. Meurche is one of the rare unsmoked cured meats from the Balkans. In Gorno Draglishte, a small town in the valley that separates the Vidin mountains, the highest in Bulgaria, from the Rila massif, the women would traditionally mix the more noble cuts of the pig—fat, leg and shoulder—with salt, pepper and spices (cumin, dried dill seeds and leaves, coriander). The mixture would be packed into the pig's bladder and stomach and the resulting sausage would be hung up to dry in the attics of the traditional wooden houses, then aged for up to 16 months in a special wooden container, completely buried in ashes. Today only one producer still regularly prepares meurche.
Switzerland – Furmagin da Cion. Despite its name, Furmagin, which means cheese, is actually a pork pâté typical of the Val Poschiavo. It is made from liver, fresh pork and a number of seasonings including cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, marjoram, onion and wine flavored with fresh garlic. The mixture is wrapped in caul fat and baked in the oven for around 40 minutes. The Presidium has revived a small production chain involving a local organic pig farmer, a charcuterie maker who makes the Furmagin, and a butcher in the valley.
Switzerland – Alpziger. Produced in the Fribourg, Bern and Obwalden Alps, Alpziger is a cow's milk ricotta made from the whey left over after the production of raw milk butter, cream and Sbrinz. Eaten fresh, aged or smoked (especially in Bern), it is also used to fill cakes and breads such as the delicious Zigerkrapfen, little fried pastries filled with Alpziger. The Presidium wants to bring together producers in the historic area and protect the production of this ricotta.
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A pregnancy that lasts more than 42 weeks (294 days since the first day of the last menstrual period) is considered post-term. The vast majority of women deliver between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy. Other terms often used for this include prolonged pregnancy, post-dates pregnancy (after the due date), and postmaturity.
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There are also risks for the fetus and newborn in a post-term pregnancy, including stillbirth and newborn death. Toward the end of pregnancy, the placenta, which supplies the fetus with the nutrients and oxygen from the mother's circulation, begins to age and may not function as efficiently as before. Amniotic fluid volume may decrease and the fetus may stop gaining weight, or may even lose weight. Risks can increase during labor and birth for a fetus with poor oxygen supply. Birth injury may also occur if the baby is large. Babies born after 42 weeks may be at risk for meconium aspiration, when a baby breathes in fluid containing the first stool. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can also occur because the baby has too little glucose-producing stores.
How is post-term pregnancy diagnosed?
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The pool scene in Vegas is always a great spot for beautiful women, particularly celebrities.
Singer and reality TV hottie Nicole Scherzinger continued her birthday celebration on Saturday at LAVO and TAO Beach in Las Vegas, spicing up the weekend pool scene. The current "X Factor UK" judge hung out with friends overlooking the entire pool scene as they took over TAO Beach's Grand Cabana. "Thank you for coming out to celebrate my birthday with me," Nicole stated. "This is my dedication to you." Throughout the day, Nicole was spotted playing with dangling mustache glasses, taking photos with fans and later jumping on the mic once again to surprise the crowd with a performance of "Don't Cha" and a medley of her other hits. All eyes were on Nicole as she let loose and grooved to the sounds of DJ Lema, who dropped the world premier of Nicole's newest record "One More Shot."
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Around The Corner, I Had A Friend
Almost exactly one year ago, I lost a friend.
I lost this friend because new motherhood had caused me to be neglectful of the relationship. The phone calls were fewer, the visits were fewer; the friendship, all told, was left to languish in the dustheap of obligations from my previous, childless life. My friend - a longtime friend, a best friend - felt that neglect. She knew that I couldn't help that my attention was diverted by an infant, and that my head was clouded by depression, but she felt, still, that the neglect was something that she couldn't tolerate. So she left me.
This in itself would be unremarkable - every parent has a story about how some childless friend drifted away, uninterested in the constant baby-prattle, unimpressed by such accomplishments as good latches and regular shits - but that the gap that opened up between me and this particular friend wasn't a gap created entirely by new parenthood. This gap was created, in part, by blogging.
That I was unable to make sufficient time for the friendship was a problem for my friend, but it was not the entirety of the problem. More serious, from her perspective, was the fact that while I did not have time to go for coffee or spend leisurely evenings chatting over a bottle of really good Syrah, I did have time to blog. You make time, she said to me in her 'Dear John' e-mail, for what matters.
She was right. I was making time for what mattered. I needed blogging. In the midst of all of the confusion and isolation and - yes - depression that I was feeling as a new mother, blogging gave me something to cling to. It gave me something to do. It provided me with a means of opening up, of finding my voice and giving voice to the feelings that were threatening to overwhelm me. And it helped me to rediscover myself as a writer.
These were all things that I couldn't do with her, that I couldn't do with anyone in the lived space of real life. These were things that I had discover for myself, in the shadowy company of virtual peers. I needed other parents, other writers, other friends who I could speak to, confess to, through the curtain of virtual space. I needed to do this from the security of my sofa, in the dark of night, in the grey hours before dawn, as I sorted my thoughts alongside freshly laundered onesies. I needed to do it in the company of sympathetic strangers.
I can understand why she felt hurt by my self-imposed isolation. And I can certainly see why she felt hurt by the fact that I had gathered strangers around me, behind my closed doors. But I was angry, last year, when she accused me of neglect, of not caring, of thrusting her into the role of, as she put it, window-licker. I am still, sometimes, angry. But that anger, when it comes, comes mostly from frustration and regret. I regret that the friendship ended. I regret that she'll never know Wonderbaby. I regret that this friendship couldn't survive my motherhood. The loss of this friendship was just that, a loss. I have formed some very, very special friendships in the blogosphere - incalculably special friendships - but this friendship was important, and can't be replaced.
But it's done. I can't do the calculus on gains and losses here - I would no sooner give up what I've gained from my friendships in the blogosphere, and from the rediscovery of my voice and my (figurative) pen, than give up my motherhood. These are among the most precious things - after WonderBaby - that this new life has given me. To say that I've been empowered as a woman and as a mother doesn't even begin to adequately describe what I've gained from this community, this experience. From blogging.
But there has been - rightly or wrongly, fairly or unfairly - some cost, some loss. I suppose that with every new stage in life, every new road travelled, there is something lost, something left behind. Does it mitigate the quote-unquote empowerment that I've discovered on this journey? No.
But it does make it somewhat bittersweet.
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In Chicago, we're very lucky to have a lot of Mexican food and culture at our fingertips. But one of my favorite places, particularly around Día de los Muertos, is the National Museum of Mexican Art. Located in the Pilsen neighborhood, the museum is free (thanks to sponsors) and open six days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Every year, they have an excellent exhibit for Día de los Muertos. This year's exhibit, titled "Hanal Pixán" which means "food for the souls" in the Mayan language, is no exception. And it runs until December 16 if you haven't seen it yet.
Every year, I love going to the museum around Día de los Muertos not only for the exhibit, but also for the calaveritas de azúcar (sugar skulls) that are handmade and decorated by the famous Mondragón family from Toluca, Mexico.
But one of the things I love most about the museum is open year-round: the Tzintzuntzán gift shop, which has all kinds of Mexican treasures from art to books and music to home decorations and more. Especially during Day of the Dead festivities, the gift shop is filled with Día de los Muertos trinkets and goodies—they've got papel picado (that is actually reasonably priced), shadowboxes with mini ofrendas, sugar skulls, paper mache food for ofrendas such as paper mache pan dulce, and the list goes on and on.
Below is a slideshow of some of my favorite items for sale in the gift shop during a recent visit.
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The National Museum of Mexican Art is located at 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL 60608.
- Have you been to the museum? What's your favorite exhibit or thing you've seen in the gift shop?


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Monday, October 12, 2009
Do These Drumsticks Taste Funny to You?
Monday, October 12, 2009
Steph A., I'm pretty sure that this is the stuff nightmares are made of. Tasty, tasty nightmares.
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- Taylor@MyOlderBrothers said...
Is this a CCCCC?!
Circus Clown CupCake Cake! - October 12, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Karen Valinda said...
This has to be one of the worst ccc ideas yet! Please! How could you possibly serve someone a cupcake with a "leg" on it??? Not to Anyone over 2!
- October 12, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Helena Handcart said...
Don't worry about the clowns, sweetie, they're quite 'armless.
- October 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Unknown said...
Ewwww, I hate clowns....and this just further exemplifies why!!!! BLECH!
- October 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Perhaps it's lack of Sleep, but I think they're not nearly as Awful as some CCC's I've seen on here.
Pull off the Clown pick heads, and you've got over iced Cupcakes, with Sprinkles!
Why , what was once a Clown Leg is now simply a ..Oh, my. - October 12, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Twirly McSwirl said...
I actually have nothing constructive to say, but my WV amuses me.
sydabl - the exact way you pronounce "syllable" when you have the plague of death, which I happen to currently possess.
Carry on. - October 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
It's like Cirque di Clown.
- October 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- L. Denise said...
- October 12, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Cathy said...
What is with all these pop ups about survey's? Never seen that here before. I'm not going to visit if I have to spend so much time clicking off survey pop ups.
- October 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Unknown said...
I can deal with the one that at least has the leg ends under the torso blob. It's the one with the severely dislocated hip that bothers me...
- October 12, 2009 at 10:22 AM
I'm not even scared of clowns but I think I might be NOW!
- October 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM
They are all squatting, with sprinkles spewing forth from...well, you know. That's the first sign that you need help. The second is denial. What do you have to say, Mr. or Mrs. Wreckerator...?
WV: alesters: I'll need a few of these before this monstrosity starts to make sense! - October 12, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- hattalahutta said...
Uhg, I hate clowns... *shudder*
- October 12, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- October 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Thanks for the turkey related wreck on our Thanksgiving -from your Canadian fans!
- October 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Gary said...
Helena Handcart sez:
"Don't worry about the clowns, sweetie, they're quite 'armless."
Best comment of the day.
To eat this CCCCC, I gues you just pull off one of the clown's legs ... or his head ... and ...
EEEEeeeeeeeeeeee! - October 12, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- Haiku Joy said...
Wee clown butterflies
flutter around the birthday boy.
Their laughs drown his screams. - October 12, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- VeggieT said...
@taylor: you forgot patooie...
@haiku: That's the stuff that horror movies made from - October 12, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- Jessica said...
The one on the right seems to have his eye on the one on the left... creepy stalker clown.
- October 12, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Squirrel said...
Where are the arms? Or are those supposed to be the arms as those "feet" are just round blobs and as everyone knows clowns are actually Sasquatches who perm and dye their hair, shave and paint their faces, and wear comically large shoes to disguise their identities.
I want to draw and quarter my clowns, I demand arms...errr, legs....whatever! - October 12, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Chatterley said...
Haha, Clowns on gyno chairs.
- October 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Haley said...
C is for creepy.
- October 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Jessie said...
Yep, that's exactly what I want for my Birthday... a cupcake with a limb from a clown on it.
- October 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- lisadh said...
So I guess these clowns were drawn to be quartered?
- October 12, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Oh, god... where are their hands? What are they doing with their... hands? AUGH, NO! NO! PUT OUT MY EYES!
- October 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- dharmamama said...
Best post title ever!!
- October 12, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Miranda said...
oh, ewwwww!
And the position they're in?
ewwwww! - October 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Nevermind the hideous Cupcake Clown disaster -- all of todays COMMENTS are absolutely HYSTERICAL!! I can't stop laughing!! You guys are too darn clever!!!
"Clowns on gyno chairs" -- Bwwwwaaaaahhhhhhhahahahahaha!! - October 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Aviatrix said...
I did the survey, pretending to be a 27 year old from Arkansas with a paid off mortgage, and it hasn't come back yet. I figured the richer and more target demographically American I was, the better for Jen.
It's Thankgsgiving today here, so I though the drumsticks were going to be turkey. - October 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Elizabeth C. said...
Taylor - it's worse than that! It's a CCCCCCC - A Colorful Creepy Circus Clown CupCake Cake.
- October 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- Caroline B said...
Either they are giving birth to some horrible confectionary abomination or just fiddling with themselves...can't quite decide which.
...and push! - October 12, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- queenb said...
"Why , what was once a Clown Leg is now simply a ..Oh, my."
scorpguy...that's exactly what i was thinking...wreckerators-you gotta think about what happens when you pull these pull-apart cakes apart...haha...you get a "part" (snort) i just cracked myself up...
Happy Columbus Day to all!
(hey Jen, you got any Happy Columbus Day cakes?)
~Bonnie B - October 12, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Unknown said...
I like the one on top the best. Blue frosting and a clown. Yum-my!
- October 12, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
You know, originally these were the only clowns I didn't feel like I should run screaming from. The little faces are actually rather cute.
Then I noticed that they look like little frogs. Clown frogs. With sprinkles.
*runs away* AAAAAAAAHHH!! - October 12, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Pamela said...
Happy Thanksgiving from Canada!!!
- October 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Is it my own sick mind, or does the white on the clowns' bodies look like pairs of billowing-sleeved arms clasping together "somewhere" between the clowns' legs?
Don't tell me you don't see it. - October 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- teenarisley said...
Exactly WHAT are the clowns doing with their hands in their laps..EEWW!
- October 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM
'Scuse my French, but poullet d'autre un.
- October 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- gaylechoo said...
Now, now, people - these were obviously made in recognition of National Cervical Health Awareness month. Sure, it's not 'til January, but that's not really the point...
Get your Pap smears, ladies! - October 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Each clown's lap appears to be buried in a pile of cream. Their hands appear to be under that pile of cream... hmmm
- October 12, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Betty Crocker Experiment said...
It looks as if the clowns are giving birth....though I can promise you, birth does not include that much frosting.
- October 12, 2009 at 6:15 PM
- Melina said...
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:) - October 12, 2009 at 6:20 PM
The clown on the bottom right looks like he's plotting something...
- October 12, 2009 at 6:35 PM
I've always hated clowns and now I have more reasons why.
I love doing the WV - but not today for obvious censorable reasons.
WV - suckh. Really. 'nuff said. - October 12, 2009 at 7:11 PM
What bothers me the most is that they are all spread-eagle. Eww.
- October 12, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I actually took your Nielson survey because it said it would take 10 minutes and I wanted to be helpful...but it actually took a good 20, FYI.
- October 12, 2009 at 10:06 PM
- Jules said...
Nightmares of children made all of these. =D lolz.
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Brown Mestizo - October 13, 2009 at 12:04 AM
- Mary Kirkland said...
LOL clown cupcakes would be fine but these are down right creepy.
- October 13, 2009 at 1:22 AM
- step0nmi2 said...
it took me three times lookin' at this and my husband "John" to come tell me why this was funny! NOW I get it! But clowns don't scare me LOL
and why does the one clown leg look broken? - October 13, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Armless icing clowns with "drumstick" legs giving birth to sprinkles on top of four-leaf cupcake clovers.
At this point, I think even Salvador Dali is going, "Woah, guys, this is weird." - October 13, 2009 at 1:53 AM
So when I first saw this, I assumed the "ruffles" for their collars were actually their arms... in which case, they must be in line for the bathroom because they need to pee. Really, really badly.
- October 13, 2009 at 3:48 AM
- mudslicker said...
Oh look..they've got sprinkles on their junk! That makes it okay and fun doesn't it?
- October 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Mouse said...
Crapping Clown Cupcakes?
I just...
I just...
*slow headtilt* - October 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Lets compile what we have so far shall we?
This is a CCCCCCC
a 'creepy crapping circus clown cupcake cake'
aka a 'Cx7'
(because every other way to say it is a pain, unless you are good at tongue twisters that is) - October 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Are those clowns mutants or aliens?
- October 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Do none of you watch MST3K? Clearly, these little clowns with the drumstick legs are an homage to Torgo. Do not mock the Torgo cakes. The Master does not approve of such things!
- October 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Ryan said...
You are on the front page of the NYTimes.com right now!
- October 13, 2009 at 6:46 PM
- Anne said...
Right...um..well...those are very happy clowns. Yes.
WV: frisje... These clowns are...
Like Karen, 'nuff said. - October 14, 2009 at 4:30 AM
- Heleyna said...
send me those .... send me those ...
but the clowns should not be there
KEWL ... LMAO - October 14, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- CaySedai said...
Coincidentally, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is No. 25 on this list of 25 best horror-comedy movies: http://horror.about.com/od/horrortoppicklists/tp/25horrorcomedies.htm
Obviously this CCC is in honor of the movie making the list. - October 14, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- BlueBerry Pick'n said...
I'm reminded of Irish Sheila-na-gig sculptures...
but much PC cuter...
... & with polka dots! - October 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- EveryoneInside said...
As if clowns aren't scary enough already!! AAAAAAAGGGHHH!!!
- October 17, 2009 at 12:58 AM
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You will need all of the supplies listed above, as well as the notably missing iron, thread, scissors, and sewing machine. The 'wallpaper' fabric, or base fabric, for the rooms needs to be at least a whole fat quarter (depending on the size of your suitcase), but the remaining fabric can be scraps - it's a great way to use up some of your stash.
I made three interchangeable rooms for mine, so I used three pieces of poster board. You may also need a piece of poster board for the 'floor' backing. The foam board just needs to be a big as your suitcase. Speaking of the suitcase, I found this vintage green beauty at the thrift store for $3. The key to this project is the ruffle edging along the inside of the top lid - that ruffle is what will hold your interchangeable rooms in place.
First, measure the inside of the lid and cut out the poster board(s) so it fits snugly behind the ruffle, but you can still pull it out.
Next, take a large piece of freezer paper and trace the outline of the poster board so you know exactly how much space you have to fill. Draw a pattern of your room - know the more detailed it is, the more work it will be! I didn't end up putting all of these little details in my kitchen, but the main components are important at this point.
Cut out all of the main components of your drawing to create freezer paper pattern pieces.
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Now you can decide what color felt or fabric print you want to use for each piece. Iron the freezer paper pattern onto your choice of material, I chose to make my fridge out of blue felt.
This will make it easy to cut out the shape, then simply peel the freezer paper off (you can use the same freezer paper pattern several times if needed - I kept all of mine just in case I want to make another doll suitcase someday for my other daughter, although maybe I would want to make it look different!).
Next take the double stick fusible and place your cut out pattern piece onto it. I don't worry about covering every square inch, that way I can use up scrap pieces of fusible if needed.
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Once you have all of your main pieces cut out with the fusible, place them onto a piece of fabric that will act as the 'wallpaper'. A fat quarter was the perfect size for my suitcase, just make sure your piece is big enough to cover the poster board piece you cut out in the first step with a few inches around to spare. Iron all of the main pieces in place, the fusible will adhere them to the fabric.
Add the rest of the details in your room in the same manner and iron them in place. Then sew around everything to secure it and add other details, for example, I sewed the sink outline onto the counter.
Fun details include pictures cut out from printed fabrics. I also used pops of gold and silver fabric for added shine and texture.
Embroider any small details as needed. I used embroidery on my sewing machine in the bedroom, for the cord on my light and the word on the fridge in the kitchen, and for the clock face in the front room.
For the floor, measure around the lip of the bottom portion of your suitcase and cut out the foam board to fit. Wrap fabric around the foam board and hot glue in place, add a ribbon pull tab (not pictured), and then back it with a piece of poster board. You may be able to use a leftover piece of poster board if you cut using space carefully at the start.
The bottom of the suitcase serves as storage for my daughter's doll and all of her clothes, so the floor will hide this space during playtime.
Pop your room(s) and floor into place and you're done! All three of my rooms fit behind the ruffle at once, so that is how I store them. Just pull the ribbon tabs to get them out and switch them up (tip: in retrospect I should have used a different color ribbon for each room so I would know which tab to pull accordingly).
Here are my finished rooms - the front room, the bedroom, and the kitchen:


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Chennai is getting scorched under the blazing sun with temperatures soaring to 40+ and all we can do is sit and sigh.Add to it a daily dose of power cuts and it completes a fairy tale story[not!].I'd been spending less and less time in the kitchen thanks to this.Meanwhile,baking too had taken a sudden break what with the scarcity of butter and then my oven going kaput.The broadband ouster completed the misery.
Now that everything's back on track,I am all set.More so because Ajay set me up a small music corner in the kitchen to keep me occupied while I cooked/baked with strict instructions to keep both the phones within hearing distance.He only knows too well that I tend to get carried away into a different world while I am listening to my favorite tracks!!
Since Mangoes are available in abundance this time of the year,I decided to bake with it.I have become a great fan of fruits in baking and took the plunge by tweaking this recipe of a Simple Loaf Cake by Dorie Greenspan.Dorie is someone whom I consider my Baking guru.Read through her recipes in BFMHTY and you'll agree with me.
The recipe by itself is a very simple one.The name says it all.It can be baked as a simple loaf cake or can be pepped up with fruit purees[like I did] or it can be used as a base for Trifle puddings etc,the choices are numerous.
Fresh Mango Loaf Cake
Recipe source - Dorie Greenspan
All purpose flour - 1 ½ cups*
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - ¼ tsp
Eggs - 3 large**
Sugar - 1 cup
Fresh Mango chopped - ½ cup
Sour cream - ½ cup [I substituted it with yogurt]
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Oil - ½ cup
Almond slivers for garnish
Preheat the oven to 350ºF /175 C and generously butter an 8x4x2–inch loaf pan (6-cup capacity)***.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Blend together mango cubes and sour cream/yogurt to a smooth paste.The said amount would yield approximately ¾ cups of puree or maybe a little more.
Whisk the eggs, sugar,yogurt-mango puree, and vanilla together until well blended.
Add the dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Finally, pour in the oil and use the whisk to gently but thoroughly fold it into the batter.
Put the batter in the loaf pan,sprinkle Almond slivers on top and bake 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool on a rack for 5 minutes, then unmold and cool to room temperature right-side up.
- *I added ¼ cup of whole wheat flour along with all purpose flour,so the amount used is 1¼ cups APF and ¼ cup whole wheat flour.
- **Since I used Mango puree along with Yogurt,I reduced the number of eggs from 3 to 2.So in place of the substituted egg,I added ¼ cup of yogurt-mango puree.
- ***I used a small loaf pan[7/3'] and baked the rest of the batter in mini loaf pans.


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With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging farmers and ranchers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of farming in America. USDA has already received more than 2 million completed Census forms.
"Our nation needs your help to ensure that decisions about U.S. agriculture accurately represent you, your communities, and your industry," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "For every 158 people in America there is one farm. I urge you to take action today and respond to the Census – your country is counting on the information to help ensure a continued supply of food, fiber and fuel for generations to come."
The Census of Agriculture, conducted only once every five years, is the only source of consistent and comprehensive agricultural data for every state and county in the nation. It looks at farms, value of land, market value of agricultural production, farm practices, expenditures, and other factors that affect the way farmers and ranchers do business. The information is used by agribusinesses, town planners, local governments, and policy makers, as well as farmers, ranchers, growers and others to shape farm programs, boost rural services and grow the future of farming.
"Agriculture in America is an industry built on tradition, honor and pride," said Vilsack. "We have heard this from the farmers and ranchers who completed their Census of Agriculture form. It's not too late for those who have not yet responded to join the generations of producers who participated in the Agriculture Census since it was first conducted in 1840. Only you can continue to provide the facts straight from the farm."
The 2012 Census will provide a complete picture of agriculture that will be used to shape the future of agriculture, rural America, and the lives of those USDA serves for years to come. The deadline to respond to the Census of Agriculture is only a few weeks away on May 31. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) may contact producers by phone or in person to collect Census information since time is running out.
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This recipe uses three simple ingredients and 15 minutes of your time. The coconut oil keeps skin supple and smooth, the water rehydrates while the beeswax works as an emulsifier to keep the two together, as well as creating a barrier to protect skin.
1 tbsp grated beeswax
3 tbsp coconut oil (or another skin-friendly oil such as olive, or a mixture)
2 tbsp water (or green tea)
Place beeswax in a glass jar (wide enough to fit a hand blender) in a pot of boiling water until it just melts. Add the oils and continue heating slowly until the mixture is just melted. Remove from heat and blend with a hand blender. Slowly drizzle in the water and continue blending. Give it a whiz once a minute for the following 10 minutes until it is completely cool. It can be used as a face or body moisturizer. Use within a week, longer in colder environments, or store in the fridge.


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Hiroki Kuroda (13-16, 3.17) vs. Jarrod Parker, (0-0, -.--)
In this, the Dodgers' penultimate game, they have an outside chance at ending the season five games over .500 AND screwing the Diamondbacks out of a second seed in the playoffs (which would matter for home-field advantage in the NLDS, and potentially for opponent if Atlanta hangs on to the Wild Card).
For most Dodger fans, however, tonight's game is all about watching Matt Kemp chase the magic 40/40 threshold (possible, with Kemp at 38/40 today) and potentially the triple crown (unlikely, despite leading HR by 1 and RBI by 8, Kemp trails both Ryan Braun and Jose Reyes by ten thousandths in batting average). I agree with ESPN.com's Jon Weisman; Kemp is probably chasing the "double crown". But only two more blasts would keep Kemp from being a 40-HR virgin. Go Bison!


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Today's post comes from Matt Stapleton, the clinic director at our Doylestown, PA location.
What does the word 'exercise' truly mean to you?
I pose this question because I feel that there is a disparity between the mind and the body's perception of exercise. I realized very early on that my goal in life is to get people motivated to be active and as healthy as they possibly can be to ward off preventable illnesses.
Over my career, I found that people have trouble finding time to 'exercise,' as they simply can't fit it into their schedules. They tell me "By the time they get home and have dinner, it's too late to go to the gym and workout," or "My lunch break is too short to use the elliptical at work," or "I need to watch my kids on the days/nights I have off, and I can't use my treadmill." Sound familiar?
The explanations above all relate exercise to a certain activity, facility, or piece of equipment. I am here to debunk the theory that calories can only be burned on an elliptical and muscles can only get stronger with dumbbells! The body doesn't know the difference between pull downs performed in a gym and using your arms to pull yourself up a ladder. I want to find ways to incorporate 'exercise' into routine daily activities in the hopes that more people can be active. I have listed a few ideas that I have recommended to patients in the past, but I hope that this posting will grow to allow for many more! Always remember that any activity can be an exercise, it just may need to be tweaked a little…
- Use your body to get to work: walk, run, bike, rollerblade, etc.
- Be afraid of elevators and escalators: only use the stairs
- Park in spots that are really far away from your destination: you will always find a spot.
- Don't be as efficient with house cleaning and yard work: you may need to use the stairs more often, but that's a good thing.
- Add little bouts of exercise after a certain number of emails, over TV commercials, etc.: our environment is usually very repetitious in nature, leaving opportunities for you to add exercise (and water!)
- If you need to let the dog out before you go to work or bed, take them for a short jog; it's amazing how a little exercise can get this moving!
- Lunge down long hallways
- Wall sit while waiting for the bus
- Hold your squat position while weeding; it's great for your posture and will definitely improve your leg strength
- Save some money and do your own lawn mowing and landscaping
What ways do you incorporate 'exercise' into your life?


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Fats Out of the Bag & Post Edit
We ordered a lot of food.
Dumplings and bulgogi beef and coconut chicken curry noodles and Thai basil rice and drinks and creme brulee with berries.
And it tasted like excitement, like having my husband all to myself in a little restaurant on a cold January night. It tasted like a perfect date night.
And it was.
After dinner was a frosty car waiting to take us back home, to pay the babysitter, to put the children to bed, to crash on the couch--drunk from sensory consumption--to our habitual life.
I wasn't ready, not yet, to think about responsibility again. The church meeting I had the next afternoon, the obese inbox, the popcorn kernels littering the floor in the den like post-party confetti waiting for a sober vacuuming.
True to form, my anxiety always triggers Fat Talk. The self-absorbed thoughts about my body powerfully disregard health or happiness to zero right in on insecurity. While Chup was paying the bill I exited out into the sidewalk crusted with snow and ice.
Eliminate Fat Talk, Janna said.
The air from my lungs billowed out my mouth and swirled into the atmosphere.
Eliminate Fat Talk, I repeated.
I thought about all the food--the glorious food!--I had ingested. How did I eat so much? How will I feel when I wake up in the morning hung over from pan-Asian spices and meats? I should have denied myself the last four servings! I am faaaaaaaaaaaat!
Eliminate Fat Talk! I chanted with desperate chattering teeth.
And then, something so true and so enabling happened to me, it caught me by surprise.
I heard a voice say, "So what if you're fat?"
And I thought about it. Fat has always been so scary to me. The word, the way it flings out of the mouth when you say it, the way it sticks when it lands. FAT. The Devil's own word to sum up everything that isn't right. I am fat has a thousand meanings, the least being unhealthy, the most being unimportant. I have lived in fear of fat for so long, it eats me furious and terribly and leaves me heavier than any number on the scale.
But here was a thought, holding up a mirror to say, here's fat. So what?
Are your eyes any less blue?
Is your hair any less thick?
Or your body any less vigorous?
Did those noodles taste exquisite?
Was the conversation interesting?
When you cracked the brulee, did it pop?
Does your husband desire you?
Are your children charming?
Is your home still cozy and warm?
If you are fat, are you still from heaven?
Are you always divine?
Or worthy?
No? Yes?
Down the street there were young kids lined up to hear a band play at a nearby venue. They huddled in small good-looking groups, yellow tights, faux fur, top siders.
The electronic sign from the bank farther down the street flashed 18 degrees.
Chup ducked out of the restaurant and found me. Put his arm around me and said, "Let's take you home."
And the scoreboard for the fight against my body image looked like this:
Courtney 1. Fat. 0
I've always thought I was fat. Even when I wasn't. Especially when I wasn't.
And I should say this, I don't want to lose weight, I've done that plenty times before. I want to heal, to cure myself from the disease of a body image illness. That's the unhealthy.
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Win a lunch & eat with me and my famous brother!
Dear C. Jane:
Be sassy in 2011. Here's how.
I am C. Jane Kendrick and it's the small victories, you know? You can contact me personally at cjanemail @ gmail.com or leave comments on my facebook page and if you are on twitter you can find my tweets here. But no pressure.


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Call to Arms
Series :
Deep Space Nine
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First Aired :
16 Jun 1997
Stardate :
Director :
Allan Kroeker
Year :
Writers :
Ira Steven Behr
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Season Ep :
x 26
Main Cast :
Rene Auberjonois
Avery Brooks
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko
Michael Dorn
Worf Rozhenko
Terry Farrell
Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton
Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney
Miles Edward O'Brien
Armin Shimerman
Alexander Siddig
Julian Bashir
Nana Visitor
Kira Nerys
Guest Cast :
Marc Alaimo
Gul Dukat
Casey Biggs
Jeffrey Combs
Aron Eisenberg
Max Grodenchik
J. G. Hertzler
General Martok
Chase Masterson
Andrew J. Robinson
Elim Garak
Melanie Smith
Tora Ziyal
Near the end of the episode, we see the Defiant and Rotarran leaving the station. Where are the Runabouts? Shouldn't they be leaving as well?
Great Moment :
Seeing the Defiant and Rotarran join that massive fleet at the end. Go Starfleet! Go Klingons! Let slip the dogs of war! Yay!
Body Count :
Hundreds, at least. Probably thousands.
Factoid :
The final moments of the episode were described in the script as the Defiant and the Rotarran joining a large Klingon/Federation fleet, nothing more. The special effects guys fulfilled this... but did so by showing the two ships turning around in space to join a fleet that was heading back in the direction from which they had come. The producers were startled by this, because the implication of the visual was that the fleet was headed back towards Deep Space Nine to retake the station, something they had not intended. Thus, the opening shot of season 6 would depict this fleet limping along with many damaged ships, to imply that it had failed in that task and been badly mauled.
This episode is a nominee for the DITL "
Best of Trek
" award.
With Jem'Hadar forces pouring through the wormhole on a regular basis and the Dominion scoring diplomatic successes all over the Alpha Quadrant, the Federation decides to mine the wormhole to prevent further reinforcements arriving. As the Dominion-Cardassian fleet heads for Deep Space Nine, Sisko prepares for battle and the Federation must finally launch an all out war to decide once and for all who will control the Alpha Quadrant.
It's very easy when thinking of this episode to class it as a simple action piece, no more or less. Granted, Call to Arms is not an especially deep episode and it doesn't have any great and meaningful message to impart. But while it certainly is a hell of an action piece, it is also interlaced with some great character moments.
We all know that this is the episode that marked the beginning of the Dominion war, but we don't tend to remember that this is also the episode where Rom marries Leeta. It's the episode where Jadzia and Worf get engaged, where Kira and Odo begin to deal with their feelings for one another and where Jake really becomes a man.
Given such material, the actors are truly on top form here. While Rom was never the greatest character on DS9 he perhaps exemplifies the show's attitude to it's characters, for this is no stuck-in-time, "Same Stuff Different Week" character. Rom started his time on DS9 as a bartender - an
bartender - widely regarded as an idiot. By the time of CTA he is the same scatterbrained guy he always was and always would be, but his natural technical genius is showing through and he is far more secure in himself. We see him get married to a beautiful woman, we see him again asserting his independance from his once-domineering brother - whilst making it perfectly clear that they
still brothers, and that bond will never be broken, a fact that even Quark grudgingly accepts when he gives up his attempts to badger Rom into leaving the station and plants a brotherly kiss on his head.
Kira and Odo's relationship enters a new phase here as well. After she found out about his feelings for her a few episodes ago, the two have been in an uneasy stasis. Both are uncomfortable, both unsure where they stand, and neither knows what to do about it. When Odo admits that he has been thinking of officially asking Kira out, only to then say that he isn't going to because the current crisis takes precedence, the tension is neatly defused, and the two instantly shift to the more friendly and open interaction we are used to. But only for now.
Jadzia doesn't get a great deal here but we do see her in command of the Defiant, a role she will repeat a few times during the Dominion war. Both character and actress look comfortable in the big chair, and make me wish that either she or Worf had been given a permanent captaincy for the ship long ago. With her minefield mission accomplished, Jadzia comes back to DS9 to collect evacuees, and to track down Worf and tell him that yes, she will marry him. Major wars have a way of accelerating relationships, and this is a nice touch that like many of the episode's threads will lead to bigger things in the future.
Perhaps second only to Rom, the character of Jake is one that simply grew and grew over the course of this series. I still remember seeing that kid with the fishing pole in the pilot episode and groaning to myself at the thought of another Wesley Crusher appearing over the horizon. But Jake is no Wesley, this is a
real person
, complete with a personality that grew more complex as he aged. He even decided not to join Starfleet - an issue Wesley seemed to have decided on about five seconds after he emerged from the womb! Jake struggled a little with finding a role for himself in life. He had his writing, but it didn't really seem to be going anywhere until he landed a job as a newspaper man (PADD man?) in Call To Arms. And having found himself a reporter in the middle of a huge unfolding story, he commits himself fully by staying on the station after it falls to the enemy. Truly this episode marks the completion of Jake's growing up and his emergence as his own man, a point his father grudgingly admits.
Sisko had long since accepted into his role as commander of Deep Space Nine, and even come to accept his role as Emissary of the Prophets, but Call To Arms signposts just how settled into both roles he has become. When Leeta tells him what a great honour it would be for the Emissary to perform her wedding ceremony, there is no sign of the flinch that accompanied such requests in the first season - if anything Sisko seems pleased. Any doubt that Deep Space Nine is now his place is utterly dispelled by his final words when he has to leave - "This has become my home and you have become my family... I promise I will not rest until I stand with you again, here, in this place where I belong."
And the good moments carry on down the cast list. We have Dukat at what is probably his most smug moment, proudly strutting onto the station he used to run. We see Weyoun at his most slimy - and how satisfying it is to see his usual impenetrable charm broken for a moment when Sisko calmly tells him that no, he won't be allowing any more Jem'Hadar through the wormhole thank you very much!
As for the action, A Call To Arms probably rates as one of the best rollercoaster ride episodes DS9 ever made, sixth and seventh season included. The eye candy is liberally sprinkled, but also carefully designed for maximum impact. This is not the "blast each other until one side is left standing" type of battle so common to sci-fi. Sisko is fighting for a very specific purpose, to give Defiant time to get the minefield established and so block the wormhole. As soon as that is done he is out of there, saving his people to fight another day. And even amongst the eye candy the characters are shining through - Martok coming to the rescue of the Defiant is but one example, while Weyoun's "this isn't turning out quite the way I had planned" is a laugh-out-loud moment.
But the all time best moment of this episode has to be the last sixty seconds. Dukat finding that Sisko has left his baseball behind and correctly interpreting the message behind it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up... and then we cut to a determined Sisko riding the Defiant into the distance and... well to paraphrase the great Arthur C. Clarke, "my god, it's full of ships!"
I defy anybody to watch the last ten seconds of this episode and not cheer, at least on the inside. The Starfleet/Klingon fleet sweeping through space is an awe-inspiring sight and perhaps the best episode ending that Trek has ever produced, even beating out Riker's "Mister Worf... fire." from Best of Both Worlds. It is a perfect end to the episode, and to the season. It leaves you desparate to know what will happen next, which is all any writer can ask for.
So that's my take on Call To Arms. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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As Israelis reached the end of another intense election campaign, covering a wide range of complex issues, the president of the United States suddenly intervened by attacking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies and declaring that "Israel doesn't know what its best interests are." Even given the history of friction between President Barack Obama and Netanyahu, this interjection was surprisingly harsh and violated the basic norms of behaviour in relations between democracies.
The citizens of most countries, including the often prickly Americans, generally don't like to be told that they are incapable of choosing leaders and governing themselves, and that outsiders know better. And Israelis are particularly sensitive to the intervention of powerful foreign governments, for whatever reason, including well-intentioned (and paternalistic) motives.
For 2,000 years, the Jewish People did not have the opportunity to govern themselves and were subject to the whims, and often, the hatreds, of the leaders of powerful empires. Indeed, the fundamental objective of Zionism was, and remains, the restoration of Jewish self-determination in a sovereign state in our historic homeland. Like any other nation, we must determine our own fate, for better or for worse, and while mistakes are inevitable, at least they're our mistakes. That's the essence of freedom and democracy.
Powerful outsiders – including foreign political leaders, journalists, Jewish philanthropists and organizations from the Diaspora – are free to give advice and provide assistance, but when it comes to critical decisions, they are, and must, remain the responsibility of the citizens of Israel and our elected leaders. When distant advice turns into manipulation or the imposition of policies, it becomes an infringement on sovereignty and independence.
In addition, in this case, as in many others, Israelis are far more familiar with the complexities and options than distant observers, including the leaders of powerful countries. How simple it must seem to Obama and his advisers, sitting in Washington, to look at Israel, which he failed to visit once during his first four-year term, and repeat the popular mantra that settlements are the main obstacle to peace. If this were indeed the situation, Israelis would be the first to embrace the hope of an end to 65 years of hatred, warfare and mass terror.
But most Israelis live in a different and more complex reality, and they're still recovering from the false optimism of the 1993 Oslo peace accords, which ended in a mass Palestinian terror campaign.
That experience was reinforced by the 2005 Gaza withdrawal, when settlements weren't frozen, they were dismantled. And in response, Gaza became the launching pad for thousands of rockets aimed at Israeli cities. Nevertheless, during Obama's first term, Netanyahu agreed to an unpopular settlement construction freeze, and once again, the Palestinians took no measures toward peace.
Yes, it's easy to find a few Israelis who agree with Obama and other foreigners who think that they know Israel's "true interests" better than the elected government, but this group had every opportunity to present its opinions to the voters, and they have been repeatedly rejected.
This is not due to some conspiracy of "right-wing settler fanatics" – the anti-settler movement in Israel is very prominent in the media, and receives massive financial assistance from European governments and ideological groups such as the New Israel Fund. As the vast majority of Israelis showed again on Jan. 22, they simply remain unconvinced by these claims.
Even more than erring on the substance, or trying to manipulate public opinion and impose his views of "Israel's best interests," Obama erred by failing to show respect. If he and his advisers knew anything about Israeli democracy and the spark at the core of Zionism, they would understand that respect for national sovereignty – for being a state with equal rights to determine our destiny and interests – is essential and not subject to compromise. Given his own personal background, respect is a value that Obama should readily understand.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Ray Rice stepped to the microphone, took a deep breath and spoke for 17 minutes about what he called "the biggest mistake of his life."
His arrest for domestic violence against his then-fiancee last February is something Rice figures will haunt him long after NFL career has ended.
The Baltimore Ravens running back was arrested on assault charges following a Feb. 15 altercation in New Jersey in which he allegedly struck Janay Palmer. Rice has been accepted into a diversion program, which upon completion could lead to the charges being dropped.
"My actions that night were totally inexcusable," said Rice, who during Ravens training camp Thursday spoke publicly for the first time since receiving a two-game suspension from the NFL.
"My daughter is 2 years old now. One day she's going to know the power of Google. Me having to explain that to her, what happened that night, that's something I have to live with the rest of my life."
Rice was referring to a grainy video in which he is shown dragging Palmer, now his wife, from an elevator at an Atlantic City casino. He did not address the incident at an impromptu news conference in May, and although he refused to divulge details on Thursday, he dismissed the notion that he was provoked.
"I don't want to keep re-living the incident. I'm trying to move forward," he said. "What happened that night was a huge mistake, and that's what I'll keep it at. I don't condone any of my behavior. I take full responsibility for my actions. My wife can do no wrong."
Rice wore a Ravens polo shirt and a pained expression throughout the session. More than a dozen TV cameras were in place, some telecasting the interview live, and several of his teammates stood behind the throng to show their support.
Rice, 27, is the team's career leader in total scrimmage yards and ranks behind only Jamal Lewis in total yards rushing. But this press conference wasn't about football.
This was about apologizing for actions that he insisted was one of a kind.
"It was the first time it ever happened," he said. "I've never had a problem with domestic abuse. This was a one-time incident."
In addition to the two-game suspension, Rice was fined three paychecks totaling more than $500,000. There have been reports that the fine was too light. Rice declined to weigh in on that subject except to say that he would have accepted whatever penalty the NFL deemed fit.
"No football games and no money was going to determine what I have to live with the rest of my life. That punishment I received from the NFL, it hurts that I can't play football," he said. "I never planned to appeal any kind of punishment. So whether it was two games, four games, six games, eight games, I was going to own my actions and be a man about it and take whatever was given to me."
Rice's reputation has likely taken a harder hit than he has ever absorbed on the field.
"In some people's eyes, Ray can do no wrong. That's something I take pride in," he said. "I know a lot of people out there have lost respect, maybe not like me anymore. But that's my fault. I have to own that. That's my battle each day."
Rice also pleaded with his fans to make smart decisions.
"I still have kids out there wearing 27 jerseys, and I just want to tell them that please don't make the mistake I did," he said. "I always talk about one or two bad decisions and your dream can become a nightmare, and I was truly living a nightmare."
Rice's teammates still support him.
"I've known Ray for a while. He's a great guy," linebacker Elvis Dumervil said. "We're all human, we all make mistakes."
Rice realizes how many people were hurt by his actions.
"That's not who I am as a man. That's not who my mom raised me to be," he said. "I let her down, I let my wife down, I let my daughter down, I let my wife's parents down, I let the whole Baltimore community down, and I got my teammates here to support me, I let my teammates down. I let so many people down because of 30 seconds of my life that I know I can't take back."
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