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68 Projects Support Nearly 2 Million Students
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced more than $4.5 million in grants for 68 projects, spanning 37 states and the District of Columbia, to connect school cafeterias with local agricultural producers.
"When schools buy food from nearby producers, their purchasing power helps create local jobs and economic benefits, particularly in rural agricultural communities," Merrigan said. "Evidence also suggests that when kids understand more about where food comes from and how it is produced, they are more likely to make healthy eating choices."
The first-ever USDA Farm to School grants will help schools respond to the growing demand for locally sourced foods and increase market opportunities for producers and food businesses, including food processors, manufacturers, distributors. Grants will also be used to support agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as school gardens, field trips to local farms, and cooking classes.
The grants will serve more than 3,200 schools and 1.75 million students, nearly half of whom live in rural communities. Projects are diverse. Some award recipients, such as the Lawrence County District in Walnut Ridge, Ark., are using grant funds to coordinate efforts with other school districts to aggregate buying power and attract new producers to the school food service market.
Other funded projects, such as Weld County School District 6 in Greeley, Colo., will expand kitchen facilities to serve local products year-round through processing and freezing techniques. Also, Des Moines Municipal Schools in New Mexico will receive grant funding to increase the types of products it buys from local vendors. Local cattle farmers already supply the school district with 100 percent locally produced beef; USDA grant funds will be used to develop relationships with local fruit and vegetable producers to serve a full meal using locally sourced products.
This year's funding also includes:
- Twenty-five programs that create jobs by hiring new farm to school coordinators, with 43 projects supporting and maintaining existing staff. In New Haven, Conn., CitySeed, Inc. will hire a procurement specialist to help New Haven School Food Programs increase the amount of regionally grown produce in the meals of more than 20,900 urban public school students. (Nearly 80 percent of them qualify for free or reduced-cost lunch).
- Thirty-one programs that use food hubs, or partner with mainline distributors. In California, the Community Alliance of Family Farmers will work with a local distributor to create a new line of local produce, making it easier for schools to source products through current distribution channels.
- Forty-four projects that will result in development of new products and menu items. For example, the Lake County Community Development Corporation, in Ronan, Mont., will coordinate with regional lentil farmers to procure protein and fiber rich lentil patties.
- An estimated 47 projects will develop new partnerships by working with and educating farmers and ranchers new to the school food market. For example, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will conduct regional "mobile tours" in which agricultural producers and school food service directors tour the state together, learning about agricultural specialties, identifying opportunities for partnership, and solidifying regional networks.
- Three projects support American Indian communities, including the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Cloquet, Minn. The reservation will implement a program to improve access to local and traditional foods to increase local economic benefits for producers as well as promote a healthy diet among their youth.
- More than 50 projects support hands-on learning activities, such as field trips to farms and creation of school gardens. The Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc. will coordinate tours of nearby farms for its 35 school partners, serving nearly 21,000 students.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) amended Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to establish a Farm to School program in order to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools. Farm to School grants are administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. The full list of awards granted for fiscal year 2013 is available at http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/F2S_Grants-FY2013.pdf.
Farm to School is one component of USDA's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, launched in 2009 to coordinate the Department's work on local and regional food systems and create new opportunities for farmers, ranchers, consumers and rural communities. An interactive view of USDA programs that support local and regional foods, including farm to school and farm to institution, is available in the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass. The KYF Compass consists of an interactive map of USDA-supported local and regional food projects and an accompanying guide to our programs and results on the ground. In October, the map was expanded and now includes projects from nine other federal agencies.
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An only-at-the-Olympics tale:
As Michael Phelps left a news conference at the Olympic Aquatic Center on Saturday, a photographer rushed up and asked, "Can I get one more photo?"
There is, of course, no shortage of photos of the American swimming great. He has posed for them more times than most of us ever will. But this time, Phelps continued walking through a doorway, not stopping or turning back, cradling a silver trophy honoring him as the greatest Olympian of all time. And before the door shut behind him, after one of the last news conferences of his career, Phelps had a one-word answer.
"No," he shouted, emphatically.
The photographer, Ed Hula III of , turned to me smiling.
"Michael Phelps just talked to me!" he said. "He talked to ME!"
Update at 11:35 a.m. ET. A Parting Shot.
Hula sent along a photo he snapped just as Phelps was leaving the room, right before the "no!"
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Cranberry Apple Pie
For the crust:
(modified from The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion)
2 & 1/2 c. unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cold shortening (Crisco)
1 stick unsalted butter
1/4 to 1/2 c. ice water
1 egg white, lightly beaten
Reserve a few tablespoons of flour, set aside. Whisk together remaining flour and salt. Cut in the shortening until it is crumbly.
Sprinkle water over the dough while tossing with a fork just until it is easily squeezed into a ball. Flatten into 2 disks, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.
On a floured surface, roll each disk into a 12 x 9" rectangle (approx). Fold into thirds, like a letter, then fold again in thirds to form a square. (A bench scraper REALLY helps here!) Wrap both pieces again and refrigerate 30 more minutes.
Line a glass pie pan with the crust and brush with beaten egg white.
Fill with pie filling and add the top crust, venting as desired. Brush with egg white.
For the Cranberry Apple Filling:
{modified from an old Williams-Sonoma Pies & Tarts cookbook}
1 c. sugar
2 TBSP flour
1/4 tsp salt
4 Granny Smith apples, not the JUMBO ones
2 c. fresh cranberries
zest of one orange
2 TBSP unsalted butter, cubed
Preheat the oven to 425. Line the bottom of a glass pie pan with pie crust as directed above. Brush with lightly beaten egg white.
Stir together the sugar, flour, and salt.
Peel, core, and slice the apples.
Add the apple slices, cranberries and orange zest to the sugar mixture and toss well. Pile into the prepared pie pan. Top with bits of butter.
Cover the pie with the top crust and vent as desired. Brush with the beaten egg white.
Bake for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and bake 40-50 minutes more, until the fruit is tender when pierced with a knife. (Check the crust periodically and tent with foil if it browns before cooking through.)


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A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students at Catholic high schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania killed himself at a western Pennsylvania monastery, police said Saturday.
Brother Stephen Baker, 62, was found dead of a self-inflicted knife wound at the St. Bernardine Monastery in Hollidaysburg on Saturday morning, Blair Township Police Chief Roger White said. He declined to say whether a note was found.
Baker was named in legal settlements last week involving 11 men who alleged that he sexually abused them at a Catholic high school in northeast Ohio three decades ago. The undisclosed financial settlements announced Jan. 16 involved his contact with students at John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, Ohio from 1986-90.
The Youngstown diocese previously said it was unaware of the allegations until nearly 20 years after the alleged abuse.
"Let us continue to pray for all victims of abuse, for Brother Baker's family and the repose of his soul," Youngstown Bishop George Murry said in a statement Saturday.
After the settlements were announced, the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese in central Pennsylvania said it received complaints in 2011 of possible abuse by Baker at Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Bishop McCort High School hired an attorney to investigate after several former students alleged they were molested by Baker in the 1990s. Attorney Susan Williams said three former students had talked to her in detail about the alleged abuse.
Baker taught and coached at John F. Kennedy High School in the late 1980's and early 1990's and was at Bishop McCort from 1992-2000.
Bishop Mark Bartchak of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese said in a statement that he was saddened by the news of Baker's death, but declined further comment citing pending legal action involving the diocese.
A message left for Father Patrick Quinn, the head of Baker's order, the Third Order Regular Franciscans, was not immediately returned.
Judy Jones, assistant Midwest director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said the organization still hopes people who know about other abuse allegations against Baker will continue to come forward.
"We feel sad for Br. Baker's family but even sadder for the dozens of boys who Baker assaulted," she said in a statement.
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From his pictures of exotic wild animals to dramatic depictions of the major buildings in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, artist William Hawkins always wanted his pictures to sweep viewers off their feet. William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography is the first major exhibition in more than a decade to feature this fascinating autodidact, presenting his varied work with important examples from his favorite types of subject matter.
Hawkins explored the world through mass media and then re-presented it to the public with a uniquely expressive bravado. He appropriated most of his subjects from drawings and photographic reproductions collected from newspapers, books, calendars, magazines and other popular print media.
Simplifying the forms and heightening the colors, he elaborated passages with vigorous, swirling brushwork. He also taught himself sophisticated techniques such as scumbling, which he used to great effect. As he became more successful, Hawkins began to collage magazine clippings and found objects into his paintings. He also developed a technique he called "puffing up" a shape: building it up from the painting surface by mixing cornmeal into the enamel paint.
Drawn from important public and private collections across the United States and Europe, William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography will include 52 of Hawkins's most important paintings, some well-known pieces and others rarely seen. The exhibition will cover all of Hawkins's favorite subject matter, including cityscapes, landscapes, exotic places, animals, current events, historic scenes and religious scenes. The exhibition also will include one of his rare freestanding sculptural assemblages.
Hawkins left a large body of drawings, 10 of which are in the exhibition. Also featured are many of Hawkins's most powerful paintings, including Prudential NYC and two versions each of Ohio Stadium, Red Dog Running, Tasmanian Tiger and other iconic subjects.
One of the more remarkable accomplishments of this exhibition is that it brings together eight of the nine known versions of Hawkins's Last Supper, one of his best-known subjects.
William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography was fully organized by the Figge Art Museum and is accompanied by a fully illustrated 192-page catalogue with essays by Susan M. Crawley, Jenifer P. Borum, Curlee R. Holton and others.
About William Hawkins
As he boldly declared on his paintings, William Lawrence Hawkins was born on July 27, 1895. He grew up on his family's prosperous farm in Kentucky and moved to Columbus, Ohio, when he was 21.
Although Hawkins probably started drawing as a child and is thought to have been selling drawings by the 1930s or 1940s, his earlier work had disappeared by 1970. He began painting seriously in the 1970s, first with found paint on found supports and later with sign painter's enamel on standard-sized Masonite boards.
In 1981 a friend entered one of Hawkins's paintings in the Ohio State Fair, where the judge moved it out of the amateur category and awarded it first prize.
Since his death, Hawkins's work has been shown in a number of solo exhibitions and in dozens of group shows, but for 13 years, no major exhibition has been exclusively devoted to his work.
Read an article about Hawkins and the exhibition in Art & Antiques.
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As you know, I've started this party a wee bit early by having a few giveaways the past few months to celebrate YOUR upcoming birthday because everyone has an upcoming birthday!
For my 39 11/12th, one lucky reader has the chance to win a $39 11/12 Amazon Gift Card ($39.92 U.S. Dollars).
As my blog name implies, I'm interested in Food and Libraries (public librarian by day, baker by night). Unfortunately, there are many who have limited access to both. In addition to the gift card, I'll be donating to two charities in your name! Feeding America to support local feed banks, and Oxfam's Book for Kids gift to provide children with books. ($30 to Feeding America and $20 to Oxfam). The holiday season is fast approaching (what?!), so I hope you consider giving the gift of food or books to those in need.
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I received my favorite lemon bar for my 39 11/12th birthday! This is a lavender lemon bar from Cafe Surfas in Culver City, CA. The Surfas restaurant store is my crack den. Thanks Jessica for the lovely lemon bar! If anyone has the recipe for this delightful treat, pass it along. The lemon is creamy, not like a regular lemon bar. It is one of my very favorite desserts! - mary the food librarian, enjoying my 39 11/12 years!


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This is "West Side Story" - on six legs. Dr. Mark Stoeckle, who's a researcher at Rockefeller University, says that New York cockroaches can be just about as territorial as the Sharks and the Jets. He joins us from the studios of the Radio Foundation on the Upper West Side. Thanks so much for being with us.
MARK STOECKLE: It's good to be here. Thank you.
SIMON: So are cockroaches as native to New York as poppy seed bagels?
STOECKLE: No, I think cockroaches are really immigrants like the rest of New Yorkers. They came here from somewhere else, but they've made a home here.
SIMON: And am I right? I gather that they kind of, as they say, the lyrics have it in "West Side Story," they stick to their own kind, stick to their own kind?
STOECKLE: Well, the study we did was looking at genetic types in this one species, the American cockroach, and we found four distinct genetic types, and that was a surprise, and they differ by neighborhood in New York.
SIMON: Such as?
STOECKLE: Well, we've looked in detail at three neighborhoods: Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island. In each of those areas, about 70 or 80 percent of the cockroaches are one genetic type and is different than the other areas.
SIMON: So where you are on the Upper West Side, not that there are any cockroaches in the studios of the Radio Foundation, but if there were, in theory, they would be different than the ones you might find on Park Avenue?
STOECKLE: That's exactly right. That's what, so far that's what we have. We didn't get a lot of cockroaches sent in from Park Avenue yet.
SIMON: They're there, believe you me. Dr. Stoeckle, you work a lot with cockroaches?
STOECKLE: No, this is a new project.
SIMON: You know, come to think of it, I've asked that question of a lot of New Yorkers who are not insect researchers and they all say I sure do work with a lot of cockroaches. But you really do.
STOECKLE: Well, I do. Whenever I'm out, you know, I always have my eyes out for cockroaches. We do have a good-sized collection in the freezer at home that we haven't analyzed yet.
SIMON: Oh that's delightful. Do you ever get them confused with the popsicles?
STOECKLE: Well, we don't let guests open the freezer.
SIMON: So you don't find cockroaches yucky?
STOECKLE: I really don't like seeing them walking across the floor, but for the purposes of the study, this is just fine.
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STOECKLE: Thank you.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Crispy Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cake
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This dessert is the adult version of an ice cream cake that I make often for my grandchildren. It is really easy to assemble and it is surprising good for something that requires so little effort. The original version of the cake came from Real Simple magazine and it can be seen here. If you glance through their recipe, you can see that this is an easy recipe to make your own. The flavor combinations are limited only by the imagination of the cook and the cake is a lovely finish to an informal summer meal. The Silver Fox and I like the butterscotch version but our little guys were really fond of a peanut butter and chocolate combination that I made for them. I hope you'll give this a try with favorite flavors of your own. Here are the directions for my favorite version of the cake.
Crispy Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Real Simple Magazine
8 ounces butterscotch chips, melted
4 cups crisped rice cereal (such as Rice Krispies)
2 pints butter pecan ice cream, slightly softened
2 cups whipped topping
1) Combine melted butterscotch chips and cereal in a large bowl. Toss until cereal is completely coated. Set aside 1 cup of mixture for later use. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray. Lightly press 3 cups of coated cereal into bottom of pan. Do not pack. Freeze just until firm, about 10 minutes.
2) Spread ice cream in prepared crust and freeze, covered, until firm, for at least 2 hours and up to 3 day. Just before serving, spread top of cake with whipped topping and sprinkle with reserved
coated cereal. Yield: 8 servings.
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53 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This is so cool (pun intended), I even think our girls can make it with some supervision!
- August 17, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- Shireen said...
This is a lovely slice of cake. I have never attempted making Ice Cream cakes, thanks for sharing the recipe Mary and thanks for leaving your kind comments on my blog!
- August 17, 2011 at 1:35 AM
- yummylittlecooks said...
Delicious ice cream cake.I love butterscotch.
- August 17, 2011 at 1:48 AM
Nice twist on baked potato.And ice cream cake haven't seen one for a long long time.looks delicious;)
- August 17, 2011 at 3:31 AM
Hi Mary,
Thanks so much for your lovely comment on my blog. Wow - you have a lovely blog!
Kind regards,
Anna Spiro - August 17, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
This is lovely! Ice creams are always a welcome dessert in my house. The rice cereal sounds good, a nice added crunch. Yummy!
- August 17, 2011 at 4:21 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
What a great photo!! My family would really enjoy this.
- August 17, 2011 at 4:59 AM
- Clint said...
This looks and sounds sensational.
- August 17, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- Tanna said...
Oh, I bet the crisp, crunch of that cereal coated with butterscotch is perfect with the Butter Pecan ice cream! Yum. blessings ~ tanna
- August 17, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Mr. Bill said...
Nice idea! Thanks.
- August 17, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
This looks yummy, I loooove butter pecan ice cream, and the crust is one that seems like it could be reused for other kid-friendly pies. I've gotten some great ideas from Real Simple, too!
- August 17, 2011 at 7:12 AM
- Young Adventures... said...
I have been craving butter pecan ice cream! This sounds like a wonderful way to end a summer meal.
- August 17, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Debbie said...
Oh my...could I have a slice of that cake right now, please! Beautiful Mary....a great recipe!
- August 17, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- zaida said...
It looks delicious. Great crisp and creamy combination.
- August 17, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- Sprigs of Rosemary said...
A perfect summer treat! I'm thinking coffee ice cream (with chocolate) -- maybe this weekend!
- August 17, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Karen S Booth said...
Pure perfection ~ just lovely!
- August 17, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...
I love ice cream cakes we eat alot of them in Florida because its cooler and not so filling in 110 degree weather lol... this is bookmarked!
- August 17, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Kim said...
This is a real and perfect treat! I like it!
- August 17, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Unknown said...
Ice cream cake...whoever came up with that idea is a genius!! I love cake, I love ice cream, let's throw them together and everyone can be happy!! :) This looks so delicious, Mary... I wish I had a slice right now, I don't care that I have a dentist appointment in two hours!! lol
- August 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Susan Lindquist said...
This is a great dessert! Clever use of the chips and cereal! I was thinking that our kids in the Sunday school program could make pies like yours for our summer potluck barbeque! Everyone will love them (the kids AND the pies!). Thanks Mary!
- August 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
what a great idea... rice crispies in the ice cream! Hanging on to thsi idea for sure!
- August 17, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Heather S-G said...
Oh yes...I must make this soon!! Butter Pecan is one of my favorite ice creams...this sounds just dreamy :D
- August 17, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- The Magic Pie said...
Hello Mary,
this slice of cake is perfect in summer! I think it's great! and the picture is so nice. :)
see you soon - August 17, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
This is a great recipe for a summer dessert! Butter Pecan is my favorite.
- August 17, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- lena said...
good day mary! this sounds like a killer dessert! i can imagine how good this is!!
- August 17, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- Claudia said...
I always forget how wonderful the butterscotch flavor is. I need to plan an "event" in my home (read: lots of people) so I can make this.
- August 17, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Donna Elick said...
Oh my word! This is fantastic. I think I may have to ask my friend to make me this cake for my birthday! YUM!
- August 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- That Girl said...
This is the kind of ice cream cake I grew up with - all ice cream.
- August 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Amalia said...
Mm, mm, mm, this looks delicious! Butter pecan ice cream is perfect for the summer time :)
- August 17, 2011 at 1:16 PM
- Rita said...
This sure looks heavenly good!
Rita - August 17, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Jessica | Cajunlicious said...
You are talking my ice cream flavor! This sounds and looks so delicious Mary!
- August 17, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- StarletStarlet said...
I really really love your blog too. So many ideas to bring home to my kitchn! I also love that you link to your a year ago recipe and years ago. I will check out the twice baked potato fosho. - August 17, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Ice cream cake is so delicious, but definitely more difficult to make than regular cake. Great flavor combo. I think I'd really enjoy the butterscotch cake as well. :)
- August 17, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...
Oh, this looks fabulous! I love ice cream pies and cakes...especially this hot, hot summer! Thanks for sharing this winner~
- August 17, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Healthy World Cuisine said...
My teenagers are going to love this recipe- creamy, crunchy. Yum.
- August 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- My Farmhouse Kitchen said...
hi mary...i was happy to see you at farmhouse kitchen...everything here looks just lovely
i will be back to visit often
xx - August 17, 2011 at 7:24 PM
- Joanne said...
I've never made my own ice cream cake before but butter pecan sounds like a lovely way to start!
- August 17, 2011 at 8:09 PM
This recipe looks delicious! We've never made an ice cream cake before, but you make it look so easy. We'll have to try it!
- August 17, 2011 at 8:18 PM
- Ryan said...
This looks wonderful! I love every ingredient in this dessert and it sounds perfect for this time of year. Yum!!
- August 17, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Maris (In Good Taste) said...
So seriously craving this right now!
- August 17, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Jocie's Mom said...
Butterscotch is totally my undoing. I'm horrible about sitting on the couch and eating the chips...
This is a good way to preempt me from chip munching :) - August 17, 2011 at 11:24 PM
- SweetSavoryPlanet said...
If the lime milk shake doesn't do me in, this sure will!
- August 17, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- Elaine said...
If you haven't already, I hope you post the peanut butter chocolate version. I am with with grandchildren on that one!
- August 18, 2011 at 12:17 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Ice cream in a cereal crust..that sounds just marvelous!
- August 18, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- Amy said...
I love butter pecan ice cream and this pie is calling my name!!! I gotta make one soon...okay, I promise to share. :)
- August 18, 2011 at 1:21 AM
- Faith said...
anything butterpecan I am all over! My hubs asked for an icecream cake for his birthday but didnt specify what kind. Looks like I know what he is getting now!!
- August 18, 2011 at 3:44 AM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
I love your interpretation of the Real Simple recipe. Butter pecan ice cream is one of my all-time favorites so this really appeals to me!
- August 18, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Christine's Pantry said...
I love ice cream cakes. Perfect for a hot.
- August 18, 2011 at 11:41 PM
- Mini Baker said...
butter pecan anything is so delicious. i bet the pie was to die for!
- August 19, 2011 at 12:05 AM
- Sanctified Spaces said...
You've got a fab blog yourself. Your recipe list is extensive and fun. Glad I stopped here.
- August 19, 2011 at 2:59 AM
i like your ice cream cake .. looks so delicious ..
- August 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- My Little Space said...
Gosh, this surely looks incredibly delicious. Am salivating here!
Kristy - August 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Ruxana Gafoor said...
this looks so yummm !!
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"I respect [Beltran] but I'm going to outclass him. I'd be really surprised if he could bully me around. Come next week, he's going to experience grown man strength."
Matt Mitrione doesn't mind being the underdog.
He gladly accepted the role when he defeated cast mate Scott Junk on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter. He did it again in December 2009, when he KOed heavy favorite and fellow NFL alum Marcus Jones at the series' live finale. And then he played the part a third time when he unexpectedly dominated internet phenom-turned-legit fighter Kimbo Slice at UFC 113.
Along the way, the former defensive tackle for the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings also upset skeptics who questioned the legitimacy of crossover athletes in MMA.
For having a career that's only ten months old, Mitrione has already accomplished quite a bit.
"No one knew anything about me, so they were free to go ahead and underestimate me," says the 32-year-old heavyweight. "It was fine because it gave me the upper hand. People could have bet their home mortgage against me – too bad for them because I've felt good going into every one of my matches. I know my own potential and feel confident about what I can do."
The tides are turning now, and given Mitrione's last performance, fans finally seem to be getting on board with the rising star. Will the switch from low expectations to high ones add some pressure to his mental game?
Love him or hate him, he says neither will affect him.
"I never feel pressure," he says. "If people think I'm going to beat my next opponent, that's great, but it doesn't really matter. I can be either the underdog or the favorite; either way still I have to go in there and make things happen."
Anyone who's seen his behavior during his run on TUF 10 – vacant stares and faraway looks in the face of screaming housemates and coaches – knows that Mitrione is telling the truth. His ability to tune out the superfluous is his strong suit, if not infuriating to those around him. So whether you bet for him or against him, he won't know it. He'll be zoned in on trying to pass what he calls his first true test in the Octagon.
"I don't mean to be offensive in any way but I don't feel that either of my last opponents were real challenges," he says. "With Marcus [Jones], the test was that I was up against a supposed jiu-jitsu guy. But the skills were limited to the basics: arm bar, triangle, etc… and I didn't see sweeps coming from him. I knew that as soon as I touched his chin he'd sleep."
And as far as putting Kimbo Slice out of business, Mitrione says it was a high profile move, but nowhere near a crowning achievement.
"I didn't expect much from him," he says. "He has a bigger record but his history of opponents (save current UFC light heavyweight Seth Petruzelli) was hardly challenging. I knew I was going to smash him."
He also smashed his own foot in the process. Upon landing his first kick on Kimbo, Mitrione suffered a broken navicular in his left foot. The same bone was broken in his right foot in 2003 and eventually led to the end of his football career, but he insists that this time the injury was just a small hiccup. After six weeks on the sidelines he immediately jumped back into a busy training regimen: workouts at Colon MMA in Indiana, striking with Duke Roufus in Wisconsin, and wrestling at his alma mater, Purdue University.
Fully rehabbed and picking up on a record of 2-0 since his official debut, Mitrione will look for his third straight win on September 25 at UFC 119 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Opponent Joey Beltran, 12-3 (also 2-0 in the UFC), will return to the Octagon after a four-month old unanimous decision victory over Canadian heavyweight Tim Hague. His previous win was a dominating debut over Rolles Gracie that ended via TKO in the second round.
"I feel that Joey has a tremendous amount of heart and pretty good cardio," says Mitrione. "I think the best part of his game is his takedown defense, and that he seems to have some kind of power, but I can't tell you how much power until he punches me. He's also got strength in his chin. But the fact that his takedown is the best part of his game – that I've seen, at least – is bad for him because I'm not trying to take anyone down."
Mitrione is much too confident (but for what it's worth, far less cocky than he may sound) to back down from a prediction.
"I respect him, but I'm going to outclass him," he says. "I'd be really surprised if he could bully me around. Come next week, he's going to experience grown man strength.
I'll be punching and kicking – that's the kind of stuff I'm looking to do, so that's going to throw his game right out the window. When it comes to touching chins and having power, I think I'll always have the upper hand. I believe in my hands. And I definitely believe in my shins. When I go for the inside of your leg, it's going to land."
Sounding quite sure of himself, one can't help but wonder if Mitrione is anxious to see his career move at a faster pace. A piece of him says yes, but then reason, patience, and logic prevail. Funny for a guy once dubbed a meathead.
"I think I'm already ready to test myself against some legit contenders," he says. "But technically I have all of two fights under my belt. There's no need to put the cart ahead of the horse. I think I have the talent and potential, so things will happen when the time is right."
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"Fighting is fighting. I just needed to be smart, train smart, and understand the game. So far I've been blessed. I've been fighting guys more experienced than me and I've been winning the fights."
Growing up, John Makdessi didn't have much use for other people's advice, opting to figure things out for himself.
"Throughout my childhood, I would never listen," he chuckles. "If somebody told me to turn right, I would turn left just for curiosity. All my life I learned the hard way because of my stubbornness."
"But look where it took me."
On Saturday night, the aptly nicknamed "Bull" will make his UFC debut in his home country of Canada against fellow lightweight prospect Pat Audinwood. He's come a long way in just a little over two years as a pro mixed martial artist, but if you look a little deeper, this trip to the Octagon has been a lifetime in the making, or more accurately, 19 years.
"I was six when I started in Tae Kwon Do," said the 25-year old Nova Scotia native. "I started competing at an early age and I just fell in love with the martial arts."
A talented athlete who also played soccer, Makdessi won a Tae Kwon Do Gold medal in the Junior Olympics, eventually gravitated to Shotokan karate, and after earning his black belt, the next step for him was kickboxing.
"I never really liked the karate stuff because it was a point system," he said. "I was always more of a full-contact guy, so I went into kickboxing and did some competitions and I changed to a more developed kickboxer."
By then, Makdessi was in college, but he had his head and heart set on hooks and not books, and he decided that he would take on the career of a professional kickboxer. Needless to say, for his parents, who had relocated from Lebanon to Canada, it wasn't exactly the career they pictured for their son.
"At the beginning, as parents you're always worried about your kids, and they were never too happy that I was doing this," said Makdessi. "It was a very tough road that I chose. But for me, this is the only thing that makes sense to me and I don't see myself doing anything else."
And as K-1 was in its heyday, it seemed like the perfect road for "The Bull" to take.
"I was always watching K-1 and I was a big fan," he said. "I was following Mirko Cro Cop when he was doing K-1 and I fell in love with all those guys – Andy Hug, Ernesto Hoost."
Then reality set in, and despite a 22-0 record in kickboxing, it was becoming increasingly evident that making a career out of it in Quebec was going to be next to impossible.
"My passion was the striking, but unfortunately it was dying out in North America," he said. "So my coach told me, for you to do kickboxing as a living, it's going to be hard, plus the only way you'll be able to survive is to travel to Europe."
The stubborn and younger side of Makdessi would have disregarded such advice; but now that he was an adult, he thought out his options and began to take more seriously the little bit of training he was doing on the side.
"I was a big fan of the UFC," he said, "and a true martial artist should know more than one discipline. I was still doing kickboxing, but on the side, like secretly, I went to the gym in Montreal, and I was learning the ground game and wrestling. I was doing Muay Thai and boxing as well. It was all new to me."
Meeting up with renowned trainer Firas Zahabi cemented Makdessi's resolve to become a mixed martial artist, but despite his talent in one area of MMA, learning everything proved to be a struggle at first.
"It was very hard for me mentally," he said. "I was a black belt in karate and kickboxing, and I had to basically throw that in the garbage and learn from scratch. I had to change my fighting stance completely and everything else changed as well. You have to hit the reset button and start all over again and learn the basics on up."
Then Makdessi's stubborn personality meshed with his sensible side, and he pushed forward, doing everything he could to become a true student of the sport.
"I'm always training with guys who are better than me and I believe that will help my game get better faster," said Makdessi, who also took inspiration from one of his old kickboxing heroes.
"My inspiration was Cro Cop. When I was starting in MMA, I saw Cro Cop fighting in mixed martial arts back in PRIDE. I believe we're a little similar in the sense that he also was a kickboxer who then went to MMA, and I always looked up to guys like that. At the end of the day, you can't be perfect in everything, but it just clicked for me, and fighting is fighting. I just needed to be smart, train smart, and understand the game. So far I've been blessed. I've been fighting guys more experienced than me and I've been winning the fights."
Turning pro in September of 2008, Makdessi has put together a spotless 7-0 record with six knockouts. In his most recent bout against WEC vet Bendy Casimir, Makdessi showed the ability to go three rounds as he pounded out a unanimous decision over a vastly more experienced foe.
Then the call came from the UFC, and he eagerly responded to that call with a yes; he was ready for the Octagon.
"I was very happy when my manager told me the news, but at the same time, I looked at it like 'this is it,'" he said. "For me, this is do or die. I'm 25 years old now, and in my eyes, this is the perfect age for me to make a name for myself. I can't pass up this opportunity. Regardless if people think it's too soon or whatever it is, at the end of the day, I've been doing martial arts my entire life and a true martial artist can adapt to any circumstances. If this wasn't for me, I wouldn't be talking to you right now. I truly believe its destiny and that hard work pays off."
Now it's time for that stubborn kid from Canada to show the world just what "The Bull" is bringing to the 155-pound weight class. And it's more than just knockouts.
"I've never trained so hard in my life, and I want to prove to the UFC and the world that I belong here and hopefully I'll be known one day not just as a good fighter but as a good representative for the sport," he said. "It's a martial art, and that's something that people don't get. We're not thugs that are fighting in the cage; I try to make them understand that this is a martial art, and for me, it's just another way to express myself."
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Harland Ellison
Season Ep :
x 29
Main Cast :
James Doohan
Montgomery Scott
DeForest Kelley
Leonard H. McCoy
Walter Koenig
Pavel A. Chekov
Nichelle Nichols
Nyota Uhura
Leonard Nimoy
William Shatner
James T. Kirk
George Takei
Hikaru Sulu
Grace Lee Whitney
Janice Rand
Guest Cast :
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Hal Baylor
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Edith Keeler
John Harmon
Carey Loftin
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Lieutenant Leslie
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David Perna
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Mary Statier
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This episode opens with the Enterprise doing some scientific research around a planet which is emitting strange "ripples" in time. The ship is constantly buffeted and shaken by these ripples, but Spock insists that the data they are gathering is invaluable so they continue. Then there is an accident - a console burns out and electrocutes a crew member. Bones rushes to the bridge and decides that an injection of Cordrazine is needed, despite Kirk's layman's warning that it is "tricky stuff".
The injection works, but another ripple causes the good doctor to fall on his hypospray, giving himself a massive overdose of the drug. Bones immediately becomes hysterical and rushes from the bridge. He manages to make his way to the transporter room and beams down to the planet below, closely followed by a landing party led by Kirk.
Once on the planet the landing party discovers ruins of an ancient city - and in the centre of them stands a large, irregular ring structure. The crew fan out and are quickly successful in capturing Bones, who is raving with paranoia as a result of his overdose. Spock scans the ring and declares that it is the source of the time distortion. The ring speaks to the crew, announcing itself as "The Guardian of Forever". It claims to have been there for billions of years - greatly predating the ruins around it - and says it is a doorway that can take them to any time or place. Images appear in the middle of the ring, showing Earths past flowing by at the rate of decades every second.
McCoy breaks free of his guards and dashes through the ring. Instantly the Enterprise vanishes from orbit - all trace of the Federation has been wiped out except for the landing party who are protected by their proximity to the Guardian. Spock deduces that McCoy must have caused some change in the past which has prevented the formation of the Federation. The only way to restore history is to go through the Guardian after him. Kirk decides to go, ordering the others to make further attempts if he fails. Spock attempts to judge the exact moment to jump through, and the pair vanish.
Emerging on 1930's Earth, the pair steal some clothes to blend in with the locals - including a hat to cover Spock's ears. They find a local mission run by a woman named Edith Keeler where they can get some lodgings and work. Kirk is fascinated by Edith, who confidently predicts a future free of poverty in which man will travel the stars. While Spock spends his time attempting to build a computer capable of accessing his tricorder to view the images he recorded from the Guardian, Kirk and Edith fall in love.
Eventually, Bones appears in the city, still delusion. He collapses and is taken to the same mission, where Keeler cares for him. Gradually he recovers, although he is naturally reluctant to accept that he is really in the 1930's! Meanwhile Spock makes progress, and discovers the change McCoy introduced - in the original timeline Keeler was killed in a traffic accident. In the alternate timeline McCoy saved her, and she went on to become an important figure in American politics. Her avocation of peace delayed the entry of the USA into World War II, allowing the Nazis to develop the atom bomb first and so win the war. In order to restore time, Kirk must allow the woman he loves to die.
As Kirk escorts Keeler to the movies, she makes casual mention of Doctor McCoy. Kirk rushes back to the mission to be greeted by a delighted Bones. Edith, following him back, steps in front of a car. As McCoy dashes out to save her Kirk grabs hold of him and holds him back. Edith is hit and killed. Time is restored, and the three officers head back through their 'portal' to the future just moments after they left. The Enterprise is back in its normal place, and Kirk orders the landing party beamed up.
This episode is almost uniformly regarded by fans as the best episode of Star Trek : The Original Series, and indeed as the best ever episode of any of the four series. To me, the whole thing just reeks of quality. The acting is excellent throughout - De Forest Kelley makes a very convincing madman, most especially just after he arrives in the 1930's and starts raving about the medical technology of the time to a local drunk. Nimoy is, as ever, excellent as Spock. His finest scene is probably the one in which he tells Kirk that Keeler must die - you can sense the sympathy his character has for Kirk behind that ever-present wall of logic. Many people deride William Shatner's acting abilities, but I've always thought he played Kirk wonderfully and this is especially evident in this episode. The role culminates in the last few minutes of the episode - the look of angst on his face when Keeler is hit by the car is followed by his emergence from the Guardian, where Kirk is obviously holding himself under very tight control. When the Guardian offers him the opportunity of many more journeys like this one, Kirk stares at it in anger before ordering everybody back to the ship. All very nicely played without the over-the-top emotionalism that Shatner is often accused of. Excellent support is also provided by Joan Collins as Keeler, who is believable throughout as the tough-but-caring angel of the mission.
The writing is easily up to the acting. All too often in Trek, the science and technology aspect is used as a story - a trend which seems to be growing over time and which is a long standing gripe of mine. Time travel episodes are especially prone to this, since time travel itself is by its very nature a fairly technobabbly business. But in this episode the use of technobabble is minimized; by making the Guardian a sentient being which can explain its own capabilities, we are spared explanations of chronaton particles or temporal anomalies from Spock. And the Guardian itself comes across very effectively in an almost Lovecraftian manner - offering a world of enticing possibilities, but in actuality a deadly trap for those who venture inside.
Even the whole time travel aspect has only a relatively minor impact on the plot - this story could just as easily have been told by having a fortune teller prognosticate Keeler's future for Kirk, or any number of other methods. So here we have the very best form of science fiction, in which the technology aspect supports a solid story rather than being the story itself.
Within this wonderful plot we have many fascinating moments. The scene where Kirk and Spock are caught attempting to steal some clothes is one of the funniest moments in any episode - most especially when the cop examines Spock's ears only to have Kirk declare that his friend is of course Chinese, and as a child caught his head in a mechanical rice picker. Another good moment comes when he watches Keeler giving her speech about the glorious future to come; Kirk is clearly smitten with her, and when a nearby hobo begins to make a disparaging comment Kirks face is a picture as he snaps at the man then tries to justify it with "I want to hear what she has to say..."
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It's cookie baking season at our home and we have been enjoying spending hours huddled in the kitchen in a cloud of flour, vanilla, cinnamon, icing sugar and everything nice.
Typical winter - the rain beats relentlessly against the windows and the wind howls through the tiny gaps. The world outside is wearing a grey veil, with traces of green speckled over the bare fields.
But this is not getting us down. We are in high spirits.
It's cosy, warm and inviting here. We're wearing our big smiles and our aprons are dotted with colorful leftovers of our baking escapades. Christmas music fills the air and nothing can dim our cheer. Because we're baking cookies. There is nothing more satisfying than getting the whole family together to bake old favorites or try our newly found cookie recipes.
One of my all time favorites is the crumbly and ever so elegant Austrian Vanilla Kipferl. It started a few years ago when I wanted to impress my, at the time new, mother-in-law. It was my first Christmas in the family and I wanted to do the whole shabang! We had invited them for Christmas Eve tea and later dinner and I decided that they were going to get the works. I dove right in and dug out many typical German recipes for duck, goose, vegetable sides, desserts and of course cookies. It was my project for weeks, fretting over this and that and in my perfectly organized manner wrote lists and planned everything to the last detail.
It was Tom and my number one topic throughout the whole month of December and to be honest I would not have blamed him if he had packed up his bags and ran back to mummy. How did he get involved with this Christmas crazed chick? The truth be told - it was to be my first self-planned, self-prepared and self-cooked Christmas dinner!
Well one of the things I baked for our tea was Vanilla Kipferl. These traditional Austrian specialties really epitomize Christmas cookies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. You'll find them in every store, bakery and home during Christmas.
The small crescent shaped, nutty, butter tasting cookie has a strong flavor of vanilla. Usually the Kipferls are sprinkled in vanilla sugar after baking and when still warm. But they can also be baked with the flavoring of vanilla in the dough and then dipped only in powdered sugar.
What can I say - in Germany they have a saying "Love goes through the stomach" - and if it is true then I think my in-laws fell in love with me that Christmas. As for me - I was exhausted that evening, but Tom told me the next day I went to sleep with a smile on my face.
Ever since then we have been baking these Kipferls for Christmas commemorating that crazy time. Last year however, I was feeling a bit rebellious and skipped making them. Although both of us did not mention it, we had an empty space in the pit of our stomachs - definitely meant to be filled by the Kipferls ;-)
Over at the Daily Tiffin you might find my post about cookie baking with family and friends interesting. There are helpful tips, ideas and tricks and how to organize yourself prior to a big baking session. Read more about Christmas Baking - A Family Affair
Printable version of recipe here.
1 vanilla bean
210 g all-purpose flour
180 g butter - softened
50 g confectioners' sugar
Pinch of salt
70 g blanched almonds - finely ground. I sometimes coarsely grind them to add a new texture into the cookie.
2 egg yolks
60 g vanilla sugar - see below
Cut open the vanilla bean and scrape out the pith. Combine together the almonds with the flour, sugar, salt, vanilla pith, and butter. Using your fingers, work flour–nut mixture into butter until dough resembles coarse meal or breadcrumbs.
Mix in the egg yolks and knead to form a smooth dough. Wrap the dough in some plastic wrap and chill for approx. 30 minutes. This is an essential step, without the resting period, the dough will break when being formed into cookies.
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C.
After resting cut the dough into 1/2 inch slices and roll each slice into a 3 inches long piece with pointy tapering ends; bend these into crescents shapes. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the center of the oven until light golden, about 12 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through for even baking. The kipferls should not turn brown.
After baking dip the still hot cookies into powdered sugar and/or vanilla sugar.
Handle the cookies with care, as they break quite easily, especially after baking. The cookies will keep for at least two weeks is a air tight container or a sealed cookie tin.
My tip: Place the vanilla pod without the pith in the tin or container with the cookies. This gives the cookies an additional vanilla aroma.
Making vanilla sugar: Keep granulated sugar and a vanilla bean in an air tight jar, after a few weeks the sugar will taste of vanilla.
It's the mellow aroma of vanilla that makes us love these cookies. That and the wonderful flaky texture of the cookies when you sink your teeth into one. ´The way it crumbles onto the tongue opening up the vanilla and almond aromas is always pure joy.
Other Christmas specialties on WFLH:
Nougat Orange Treats
Havana Pralines
Rich Creamy Truffles
Persimmon Spice Cake
Cranberry Upside Downer
I'd like to send these favorites to the very lovely Susan of Food Blogga for her very fitting event Eat Christmas Cookies
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While it is been "one of the more poorly kept national security secrets in Washington and Islamabad" that Pakistani leaders privately endorse U.S. drone strikes aimed at terrorists in their country, The Washington Post says that:
"Top-secret CIA documents and Pakistani diplomatic memos" it has obtained show that "top officials in Pakistan's government have for years secretly endorsed the program and routinely received classified briefings on strikes and casualty counts."
The Post's exclusive, written by intelligence correspondent Greg Miller and investigative legend Bob Woodward of Watergate fame, adds that:
"The files expose the explicit nature of a secret arrangement struck between the two countries at a time when neither was willing to publicly acknowledge the existence of the drone program. The documents detailed at least 65 strikes in Pakistan and were described as 'talking points' for CIA briefings, which occurred with such regularity that they became a matter of diplomatic routine. The documents are marked 'top secret' but cleared for release to Pakistan.
"A spokesman for the Pakistani Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. A CIA spokesman declined to discuss the documents but did not dispute their authenticity."
The report came just hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with President Obama at the White House. Voice of America writes that:
"As he has done elsewhere in Washington, Prime Minister Sharif called for an end to drone strikes the United States has used to target al-Qaida and militant figures in Pakistan's tribal areas."
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I'm Celeste Headlee, and this is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. Michel Martin is away. Coming up, we take a closer look at reports from Detroit that local police officers are taking homeless people off the streets only to abandon them outside the city's border.
But first, it's time for Faith Matters, our weekly conversation about religion and spirituality. Today, we focus on the complex relationship between faith and mental health.
Prominent evangelical pastor Rick Warren lost his son Matthew to suicide earlier this month, and that sparked a discussion among evangelical Christians about the stigma surrounding mental illness and suicide in that community.
Joining us now is evangelical Christian and freelance journalist Christine Scheller. She lost her son Gabriel to suicide five years ago. First of all, Christine, welcome to the program, and I'm so sorry for your loss.
CHRISTINE SCHELLER: Thank you.
HEADLEE: So, having had this experience yourself, what was your reaction to the death of Rick Warren's son?
SCHELLER: I was at the Garden State Film Festival about to watch a show, "Girls Rising," when I was trying to figure out how to tweet about that and saw the news on Twitter. It was the fourth young man who I had heard about in a month who had died by suicide. So I actually had to walk out of that screening. And the fifth anniversary of my son's death was in March, so there's all kinds of triggers. But it was more that it was the fourth young man that I had heard about, and it was upsetting.
HEADLEE: For those who don't have a lot of familiarity with the evangelical church, can you explain to us this relationship between the faith and this stigma of mental health issues and mental health professionals?
SCHELLER: In the church that I grew up in, a Baptist church, there really wasn't stigma. People went to psychiatrists and therapists, psychologists, etc. My husband and I moved out to California to be part of a nondenominational mega-church where he was studying to be a pastor, and was really introduced to this kind of stigma about mental illness and more kind of an anti-psychiatry teaching that I had not been familiar with before.
Unfortunately, that move was difficult for a lot of reasons for my teenage sons, and so it coincided with them beginning to have some mental health challenges of their own, and I think it delayed them getting help.
HEADLEE: Why did it delay their getting help? Because of the church? Because of advice from leaders there?
SCHELLER: You know, it was the first time I was exposed to that kind of rhetoric, and so this idea that we can solve our problems just by reading our Bible and praying and that sort of thing - and if you're evangelical, as I am, you're trying to solve your problems yourself, I suppose, and through your faith. And sometimes, mental health problems are a lot more serious than that and require medical intervention.
HEADLEE: Your son was never diagnosed with a mental illness, but you said you started to notice signs of depression when he began college, and he was going to an evangelical college. How did his school or his teachers react?
SCHELLER: Well, my son had a neurological disease called neurofibromatosis. He was also on an asthma medicine that the FDA definitively linked to suicidal ideation. He started taking that medication as soon as he got to college. So he didn't really receive any kind of care at school. About the second or third year he was there, I was encouraging him to go for counseling. He went once or twice, but his younger brother was exhibiting much more prominent signs of depression, much more obvious ones. And so it was kind of hard to see how much he was struggling.
It wasn't until he graduated from college and came home that I really recognized something was not right, that he was not himself. He was increasingly agitated. He was sleeping a lot. He was not eating. In the last couple of months of his life, the life just sort of went out of his eyes. And I didn't recognize, I didn't know the warning signs for suicide - suicidal depression. So I just thought he was kind of lovelorn. He was in a - you know, in and out of a relationship.
HEADLEE: But you've said that perhaps the evangelical church, or those teachings about mental health may have delayed him getting help. Why do you say that?
SCHELLER: I wasn't speaking about him. When I've said that, I was really referring to my younger son, who was home with us. My son who died by suicide was away at college. He was away at college for four years and just home in the summertimes and at, you know, holiday breaks.
My younger son - because I was influenced initially by that teaching, I think my own ignorance - I struggled with some depression and anxiety in my 20s that didn't require medical intervention, and so I just dealt with some stressors in my life. And that resolved, and I assumed the same might be true for my son. It was difficult to find a competent mental health professional. When you're in a community that stigmatizes psychiatry, there's a certain level of fear that you can have that they will be hostile to your faith. And, in fact, his initial psychiatrist was somewhat hostile to his faith and insensitive to this kind of spiritual element of his struggle that had to do with moving across country and becoming a part of a church that had some toxicity to it.
HEADLEE: What advice would you give to someone who may be in the situation that you were, dealing with your sons, who may be trying to balance, say, issues that she sees in herself or her family, along with a message coming out of the church that discourages you from seeking professional help?
SCHELLER: I would probably encourage someone to leave that kind of a community, and then I would encourage them to do exactly what I did in the midst of it - in the middle of - my husband was on staff. He was a pastor at this church and I, you know, went and sought help and found doctors and just ignored the advice that was being given.
I think that the Warren family - I, you know, applaud their transparency in speaking openly and honestly about the mental health struggles, about the cause of their son's death. You know, I think some good can come out of it. It doesn't do anything to alleviate the pain of losing a child by suicide, but it eases it a little bit, I guess, or brings some meaning to it when you can help to inspire change in your own community.
And, you know, stigma about mental illness is not unique to the evangelical community. We have our own particular ways in which it's stigmatized, but it's a pervasive problem.
HEADLEE: Christine Scheller lost her son Gabriel to suicide five years ago. She's a contributing editor to Christianity Today. She joined us from our bureau in New York. Thank you so much, Christine.
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Introduction to Bayesian lecture: Accompanying handouts and demos
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I recently posted the slides from a guest lecture that I gave on Bayesian methods for biologists/ecologist. In an effort to promote active learning, the class was not a straight forward lecture, but rather a combination of informational input from me and opportunities for students to engage with the concepts via activities and discussion of demonstrations. These active components were designed with the goal of promoting students' construction of knowledge, as opposed to a passive transfer from teacher to learner.
In order to bring the online reader into closer allignment with the experience of attending the class, I have decided to provide the additional materials that I used to promote active learning.
1) Monte-Carlo activity:
In pairs, students are provided with a random number sheet and a circle plot handout:
One student is the random number generator, the other is the plotter. After students plot a few points, we collect all the data and walk through a discussion of why this works. We then scale up and take a look at the same experiment using a computer simulation to see how our estimate converges toward the correct value.
2) Metropolis-Hastings in action:
In this demonstration, we walk through the steps of the MH algorithm visually.
Discussion is then facilitated regarding the choice of proposal distribution, autocorrelation, and convergence diagnosis around this demonstration.
I hope that you find this helpful. If you are teaching this topic in your class, feel free to borrow, and improve upon, these materials. If you do, drop me a note and let me know how it went!
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