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Larry Summers has removed his name from the running to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. The former Treasury secretary informed President Obama of his decision in a phone call Sunday. The withdrawal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
"I have reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the Federal Reserve, the Administration or, ultimately, the interests of the nation's ongoing economic recovery," Summers said in a letter he sent Obama after their phone call.
Summers had been seen as a front-runner to replace Ben Bernanke, whose term expires in January. But he faced opposition from Democrats in Congress, for reasons that include his role in helping to deregulate the financial industry under President Clinton, as The Washington Post reported in a recent article on the possible political battle over his nomination.
The other top candidate is widely seen as Janet Yellen, the head of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank who was appointed by Obama to be vice chairman of the Fed in 2010.
"Earlier today, I spoke with Larry Summers and accepted his decision to withdraw his name from consideration for Chairman of the Federal Reserve," Obama said in a White House statement released Sunday afternoon.
The president continued, "Larry was a critical member of my team as we faced down the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it was in no small part because of his expertise, wisdom, and leadership that we wrestled the economy back to growth and made the kind of progress we are seeing today."
In withdrawing his name, Summers told Obama that he will continue to support efforts "to reform our financial system so that no President ever again faces what you and your economic team faced upon taking office in 2009."
Summers was one of Obama's key economic advisers until late 2010, serving as the assistant to the president for economic policy and director of the National Economic Council. Since then, he has been a professor at Harvard University, an institution that he once led.
Earlier this month, a group of more than 350 economists signed a letter to Obama that backs Yellen as the next chief of the Federal Reserve.
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Sometimes it can feel like a lot of what we hear is bad news. Well, we're going to hear next about some stories that inspire. All month, we've been collecting stories on NPR.org about good things Americans are doing, how they're working together to improve their communities.
We call it Participation Nation. You've told us about a California doctor who turned a two-room free clinic into a community health center.
GREENE: A writing program to help young people in Maine become storytellers.
MONTAGNE: We've heard about a group of bakers in Boise who make birthday cakes for people who might not otherwise have one.
GREENE: NPR's Linton Weeks is curating the project, along with Tanya Ballard Brown.
MONTAGNE: And Linton brought us tape of some of your stories.
GREENE: Lin, good morning.
LINTON WEEKS, BYLINE: Good morning. Thank you.
GREENE: So, were you looking for feel good stories or any sorts of stories that came in, or what were you expecting?
WEEKS: Well, actually we weren't looking for feel good stories or good news stories. We were looking for what we think are underreported stories of every day people helping other people in all kinds of ways.
GREENE: And, you know, it's so interesting, because as I've been out doing political stories, so many people are complaining that the whole country right now feels so bitter and partisan and neighbors don't get along anymore. You've been seeing the other side of things, when people really come together.
WEEKS: Well, we have. And it seems to be scratching an itch, too. It is true that good news doesn't sell like bad news. But when you put it all together - which is what we're trying to do with this month-long blog. When you put the whole thing together and fashion a story in that way, it's pretty powerful, because there is a lot of good going on in the country.
GREENE: What's a story that really stood out to you?
WEEKS: Well, one that really struck is out of Baltimore, Maryland, where Heather Harvison runs a mentorship group called My Sister's Circle. And they pair at-risk girls going into Middle School with mentors and they try to keep those pairs together through college.
HEATHER HARVISON: And I just thought, you know, their phones get cut off, they move, they change schools. What if they just had one consistent person in their life during these, you know, often challenging and turbulent adolescent years?
GREENE: And has the program been successful so far?
WEEKS: It seems to be working. Ninty-seven percent of the program's graduates have gone on to college.
GREENE: And we should say, I mean, that's Baltimore, Maryland, but you've got a real cross-section of the whole country, I mean, from coast to coast.
WEEKS: Yeah. There's one from San Diego. A man named David Kuttnauer, he discovered a group called the Blind Stokers Club after going blind himself about three years ago. The group pairs sighted bike riders with visually impaired peddlers on tandem bikes.
GREENE: Who are the stokers?
WEEKS: So the stokers are he ones that provide the power. They sit on the back of the tandem bike and they pedal like hell.
GREENE: Well, let's listen to what David had to say about this program he started.
DAVID KUTTNAUER: For a blind person, especially somebody like me who had been riding motorcycles and surfing, and playing soccer, you know, one thing you don't do anymore as a visually impaired, blind person, is you don't sprint down the street, because you run into telephone poles and fire hydrants. And this is an opportunity to go fast and be free and, you know, do the things I used to do, just in a slightly different way.
GREENE: As I understand it, you've heard of several bike related stories from around the country.
WEEKS: Well, we've heard a couple. There's another one, actually, a group called Boulder Food Rescue. They collect tossed out food from grocery stores. They take it to shelters and housing projects. They transport about 700 pounds of food a day, and as volunteer Elliott Smith told us, sometimes, things can get a bit messy.
ELLIOTT SMITH: My second pickup with Boulder Food Rescue ever, takes you over down a little hill here in Boulder. And the trailer wasn't as tight as it should be and it began to wobble on the downhill, and I had about 130 pounds of, mostly, apples and oranges. And by the time I got to that bottom of the hill, the trailer had wobbled enough to tip. And in the four-way inters I had about, you know, 70 oranges, 50 or 60 apples, and a couple of limes rolling around.
GREENE: And so Lin, Elliott mentioned trailers right there but these trailers, what, are they attached to bicycles? I mean, they're on bikes with all this food?
WEEKS: Yeah. They pedal their bikes around and they have trailers attached. They stick a bunch of food in the trailers and they take them to people who need the food.
GREENE: Wow. As our listeners are hearing about these stories, how could they get involved if they'd like to?
WEEKS: Well, we really would like to hear from more listeners, a 100 words or less. Please include a good, crisp photo and tell us, in your own words, about good people doing good things.
GREENE: And I know you have an email address set up for people to send it to and that's email@example.com. Linton, thanks so much for much for stopping by and telling us about the project.
WEEKS: Thank you very much, David.
GREENE: That's Linton Weeks. He is a national correspondent for Digital News here at NPR.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don't drink and then climb behind the wheel. They don't do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red lights or tailgate. And their reaction times are quicker.
They do such a good job, in fact, that a new study says self-driving cars and trucks hold the potential to transform driving by eliminating the majority of traffic deaths, significantly reducing congestion and providing tens of billions of dollars in economic benefits.
But significant hurdles to widespread use of self-driving cars remain, the most important of which is likely to be cost. Added sensors, software, engineering and power and computing requirements currently tally over $100,000 per vehicle, clearly unaffordable for most people, the study said. But large-scale production "promises greater affordability over time," it concluded.
Questions also remain about public acceptance, liability in event of an accident, and the ability of automakers to prevent car computers from being hacked.
Nevertheless, the advantages of self-driving cars are such that if only 10 percent of cars and trucks on the road were self-driving, they could reduce traffic deaths by 1,000 per year and produce nearly $38 billion in economic and other savings, said the study by the Eno Center for Transportation, a foundation dedicated to improving transportation.
If 90 percent of vehicles were self-driving, as many as 21,700 lives per year could be saved, and economic and other benefits could reach a staggering $447 billion, said the study, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press.
"There will be many steps before we get to that, but it does feel like there is a whole new world that completely changes everything in terms of our perspective on driving that could emerge eventually," said Joshua Schank, Eno's president and CEO.
For example, the passenger compartment may be transformed as former drivers safely work on laptops, eat meals, read books, watch movies and call friends. And cars that can be programmed to pick up people, drive them to their destination and then park by themselves may change the lives of the elderly and disabled by providing critical mobility.
Once a critical mass of self-driving cars is on the road, they can start "platooning" — driving closely together but keeping a steady distance between each other without the fuel-burning, time-wasting, stop-and-go typical of traffic congestion. That could smooth traffic flows, reduce commute times and increase highway capacity.
Government research indicates driver error is likely the main reason behind over 90 percent of all crashes. Over 40 percent of fatal traffic crashes involve alcohol, distraction, drugs or fatigue. But self-driven vehicles wouldn't fall prey to such human failings, suggesting the potential for at least a 40 percent reduction in fatal crashes, the study said.
Crashes can also be due to speeding, aggressive driving, over-compensation, inexperience, slow reaction times, inattention and various other human driver shortcomings, the report noted, suggesting that computers could also reduce those.
But Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Center for Auto Safety, cautioned that while self-driving cars hold great promise for reducing accidents caused by driver error, much will depend upon the safety standards the government sets for the vehicles and how well manufacturers make them.
Otherwise, he said, "you could be substituting computer errors for human errors."
Spurred by what some see as the future direction of the auto industry, carmakers are stepping up their research. General Motor and Nissan are furthest along, but Audi, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo have also begun testing driverless systems. Google's self-driving cars have clocked over 400,000 miles on California public roads.
Many of the features that go into creating a self-driving car are already available, especially in high-end cars. Adaptive cruise control adjusts speed faster or slower in response to traffic. Lane departure systems warn drivers when they're drifting out of their lane, and some can even automatically steer the car back. Collision avoidance systems automatically brake to prevent front-to-rear crashes. And parking assist systems range from rearview cameras that show drivers what is behind them to vehicles that can actually park themselves.
The hardest part will likely be making self-driving cars "cost effective to the point where this is not just a gadget that some people enjoy, but becomes mainstream," Schank said.
For example, hybrid and electric vehicles still haven't overcome their price gap with conventional vehicles, and so remain at a smaller share of the auto market than people had anticipated they would be at this point, he said.
States are already seeking to prepare the way for self-driving cars to join other vehicles on the road. California, Florida and Nevada have passed laws to regulate the licensing and operation of self-driving cars. California has directed that licensing requirements be ready by 2015.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has urged states to establish procedures for testing self-driving cars on public roads, but has also cautioned states against licensing sales of the vehicles to the general public. The agency is also conducting research on the vehicles.


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Laura Gilbert, UFC - Most of us don't get the chance to rewrite our own history. Then again, most of us aren't Matt Hamill. "In my contract, I have the right to change it," he says.
He's not joking, either. The 33-year-old light-heavyweight is talking about Hamill, a movie based on his life that's currently in post-production. "I saw the first version, and we had a lot of tweaking to be done." So Hamill got to re-do his past until it suited him. "The second version is awesome, it blew me away."
By Laura Gilbert
Most of us don't get the chance to rewrite our own history. Then again, most of us aren't Matt Hamill. "In my contract, I have the right to change it," he says.
He's not joking, either. The 33-year-old light-heavyweight is talking about Hamill, a movie based on his life that's currently in post-production. "I saw the first version, and we had a lot of tweaking to be done." So Hamill got to re-do his past until it suited him. "The second version is awesome, it blew me away."
For someone who's got unlimited do-over power, Hamill – who headlines the TUF Finale on Saturday, June 19 against Keith Jardine -- has done a pretty good job of getting most things right the first time. There's his oft-repeated story of growing up deaf, learning to speak and read lips, attending college and becoming a three-time NCAA Division III national wrestling champ.
Discovering Talent
Post-college and working as a bouncer, Hamill broke up a bar fight in a cinematic manner – choking out a college football player and dragging him out of the bar in front of a silent, stunned crowd. Urged to take up MMA, he walked into a gym and met Duff Holmes, who's been his trainer and manager ever since.
Hamill learned quickly and was cast in season three of The Ultimate Fighter, where his physical prowess made him coach Tito Ortiz' first choice and an early standout to win – an episode centered around him was named "The Golden Boy." Meanwhile his relentless good nature and against-the-odds story made him a fan favorite.
"I knew he could be a headliner just because of the fans he has," says Ortiz of Hamill's star potential. "It's awesome to have a community behind you. He's a really tough kid who has put the work together to become a great fighter. I'm proud of him for showing what he could achieve with hard work and dedication."
His career since then has taken him to a 9-2 record, and Hamill now faces Keith Jardine in the co-main event of The Ultimate Fighter Finale at The Palms in Las Vegas. "I'm sure he's really hungry and wants to win, so we're both in the same place," he says.
Though he won't give specifics of his game plan, Hamill has two main points of focus: "Pressure and aggressiveness." Jardine's unorthodox strikes are less of a concern. "I've wrestled for 14 years, so I've seen a lot of people with awkward striking," he says.
"Coming back after being injured in his last fight shows how strong he is," says Ortiz. "He's a special person and the way he handles setbacks is amazing. Jardine has his hands full."
Main Event Status
Hamill's three-fight win streak counters Jardine's three losses, but as has been the case throughout his professional career, the numbers don't tell the full story. Neither of Hamill's losses carry much sting: one was to Rich Franklin, a friend of Hamill's and one of the game's top competitors; the other was a highly controversial decision against Michael Bisping. "I fought my heart out against Bisping and I thought I won that fight," he says. "But he was more experienced than me and I wasn't a very well-rounded fighter."
Each fight, win or lose, pushed him to develop his skills, and the world-class wrestler evolved. "I was a horrible fighter at first, very one-dimensional," he says. "People thought I couldn't strike, or couldn't kick. But I'm a fast learner and I'm like a sponge. I've learned how to fight smarter down to when to breathe and how to move."
Hamill blew through Reese Andy, Tim Boetsch and Mark Munoz – all of them top-notch wrestlers – finishing each fight, shaking off takedowns and demonstrating strikes not expected from a grappler. His highlight-reel head-kick of Munoz at UFC 96 scored him Knockout of the Night.
And then there was Jon Jones, the deus ex machina in the story of unstoppable Matt Hamill.
Plot Twist
Though Hamill won the fight on paper, Jones dominated with an implausible flurry of speed, power and elbows – some of them illegal, it turned out. Jones took down Hamill early in the first round, causing a separated shoulder that incapacitated Hamill during the ensuing ground and pound.
"I was really disappointed by that fight – it's not the kind of fight I wanted to win. But everything happens for a reason. I learned that I made a mistake. I didn't really expect someone to take me down, no one had taken me down in a long time," says Hamill.
Hamill remains open to the possibility of a rematch. "I still have unfinished business with him," he says. "I was fighting with one arm; if I was healthier it would be really different. I'm sure down the road we'll be matched up. I have a feeling we'll fight in New York," he hints – the state, which has pending legislation to regulate MMA, is home to both Hamill and Jones.
Commitment to Causes
Time off to heal gave Hamill time to reflect – and dedicate his time to appearing at deaf-themed events. "MMA expos are calm and mild compared to deaf expos," promises Holmes. Hamill laughs as he describes Holmes – who's used to the chaos of cornering Hamill's arena fights -- overwhelmed by a sea of deaf people, a single bead of sweat trickling down his head.
And though he's been asked "What's it like being a deaf UFC fighter?" a million times, Hamill never tires of being the poster boy. "I'm the only deaf fighter in the UFC. People call me nicknames like Matt 'The Handicap' Hamill and it doesn't bother me at all. The more deaf fans I have, the more motivated I am to do well."
Holmes, who translates for Hamill using both American Sign Language and a shorthand exclusive to old friends, is quick to point out that as inspiring as his story may be, Hamill isn't flawless. "He's a horrible driver," reveals Holmes.
Six months after his fight with Jones, in the same venue at another TUF Finale, the imperfect hero will have the opportunity to show what a win looks like on his terms. "My job is to win," says Hamill. "Period." And in doing so, he gets yet another chance to rewrite his history.
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Michael Vick to plead guilty: Let the closure begin! But only after we speculate over...
How much prison time he'll do!
(Over/under: 12 months)...
When the Falcons will waive him!
(Not soon enough)...
And if his NFL career is over!
(Assumed jail time + NFL suspension afterward + radioactive reputation + the decline of age = all signs point to yes)...
Vick Fatigue? At this point, I think most fans are ready to put the whole thing behind us. We've all got fantasy teams to manage or real-life teams to obsess over.
But there's an interesting spin-off question, now that we're headed into the home stretch of Vick joining the Oz intramural team...
Biggest Waste of Talent Ever? Michael Vick will star in his own version of "The Longest Yard," while the rest of us consider – if we consider anything – what an epic waste of talent Vick has managed to pull off.
Depending on how you feel about Vick as a QB talent -- you can't deny what was his superstardom -- he might have finalized his status as the biggest waste of talent in modern sports history.
Commenter question: Who are the biggest wastes of talent in modern sports history. Consider an elastic definition of "waste," from "coulda-been" waste (Len Bias) to "never-was" waste (Tony Mandarich or Todd Marinovich). I contend Vick is the biggest waste of all.
Then thank the sports fates for perhaps the most classic antithesis of a waste of talent, featured in the next paragraph...
Cardinals within 3 games of NL East Central lead: That would be thanks to a win, led by yet another home run from Rick Ankiel (along with Albert Pujols... how amazing is it that Pujols takes a backseat on his own team, in terms of intriguing must-see player?) YES YES I AM A MORON FOR SAYING EAST. DAMN!
Jenks Watch: He wasn't able to break the MLB record of retiring consecutive batters (gee, thanks, Joey Gathright), but he still ties it at 41, in what could be the most remarkable "milestone" record in what feels like a season of them.
MLB Stud: Mark Teixeira, who hit 2 HR (for the 2nd straight game).
MLB Hot Waiver Action: Jeff Conine joins the Mets. Don't laugh: Jeff Conine has TWO rings. TWO. Say it again: TWO RINGS.
I'm late on this but...: Read this Slate column about MLB's Pitch f/x. I buy it: It's going to revolutionize statistical analysis. (The technology, not the column itself.)
NFL Camping: Trent Green was named Dolphins starting QB. Seriously, this was in doubt? Isn't this why they brought him in? (Is Cleo Lemon that good? He might be, yes. Just not yet. And by then, John Beck will be ready to step in. And Cleo gets the shaft... again.)
Bears 27, Colts 24: And that was DESPITE Rex Grossman, who provided a full game's worth of his personal brand of triple-threat (INT, fumble(s), sacks) -- in all of 26 snaps.
CFB: Jimmy Clausen cited for transporting alcohol. Actually, I didn't know either that transporting someone over 21 to get alcohol, if you're under 21, is illegal. It's not like he was boozing it up himself. No: A college freshman would NEVER drink alcohol. It's UNHEARD of.
More CFB: Sam Keller named starting QB at
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In case you missed it: Yesterday was the debut of my new weekly college football guest-post on Deadspin. I'm thrilled to be writing it, with a lofty bar already set by Deadspin weekly soccer correspondent David Hirshey, who – as one person astutely remarked to me yesterday – creates the single-best soccer column in
RIP, "Wild Bill" Hagy, the uber-Orioles fan who I remember so fondly from my childhood as the lunatic who stood up and led the crowd in a cheer of "O-R-I-O-L-E-S! Orioles!" by using his body to form the letters.
Name to Know: Sheila Drummond, the blind golfer who hit a hole in one. Feel-good story of the week.
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THE OUTLAW TRAIL For stealing a $5 horse, Butch Cassidy spent two years in the Wyoming State Prison. He learned his lesson, though. He never got caught stealing horses again. Instead he turned to robbing trains. Butch figured theyd pay better. He was right.
A square-jawed, stocky, tow-headed cowboy with gray eyes and a winning smile, Butch had a way with women.When he had the money he spent lavishly and he was known in every whorehouse from Miles City, Montana to Fort Worth, Texas. Paperback dollars, bank certificates, and silver and gold coins slipped through his grasp, yet Butch and the Wild Bunch never robbed railroad passengers. He was quick with a gun, but he never killed anyone, at least not in the United States, and just as railroads began to reach their pinnacle of power across the American West in the 1890s and early 1900s, Butch developed a fondness for railway express cars. And he knew how to open safes. With dynamite.
As a Western historian Ive spent years on the trail of Butch and the boys. Ive tracked him down in Browns Park, Colorado, followed him to Hole in the Wall in Wyoming, and Im learning his haunts in the Robbers Roost area of Utah. Ive been on the Outlaw Trail with Butch and he inspired many stories. Some of them are even true.
Yes, he raced horses in McElmo Canyon and yes, he robbed the bank in Telluride. Detective Charles Siringo rode through Durango in search of Butch, but the wily outlaw was already far to the south on the WS Ranch near Alma, N.M. There are many tales to tell of Butch, but lets focus on one of his favorite topicsrobbing trains.
Cassidy would become a wanted man in four states and his loose band of outlaws, nicknamed the Wild Bunch, terrified bank presidents and railroad executives. Pinkerton detectives trailed Butch and came close to catching him, but they were always a step too late at the livery stable, the scene of the crime, his campsite, or a bordello.
Butch knew how to dodge sheriffs and lose posses, but he never learned to save his ill-gotten gains. He either gambled it away, or shared it with friends, or spent it on lawyers, both for himself and his compadres. And when he was out of money, why Butch and the boys knew just what to do. Theyd rob another train.
In between robberies Butch and the gang drifted across the West working at ranches. They never robbed from their employers and the big cattlemen were astonished that when Butch hired on as a ranch hand, all theft of cattle ceased. Consequently, he was often promoted to ranch manager.
He was cool and calculating with gunshe preferred a Colt .45 and a Winchester .44-40 Saddle Ring carbine rifle, but he rarely fired them during a heist. They were all gentlemanly, said trainmen after being robbed by the Wild Bunch. Railroad president E.H. Harriman was not amused. He invented a special horse or posse car complete with armed marshals, deputies, weapons, and fast horses.
Butch carefully planned each robbery. He would spend weeks getting to know the landscape, deciding where to leave extra horses, and deliberating on the best place to separate the railroad engine from the express car, which usually carried two safes. The Wild Bunch preferred to rob trains at night or just before dawn with one outlaw on the train as a paying passenger who would crawl over the tender and sneak up on the engineer.
Butch started robbing trains because his earlier career of stealing horses and busting banks had become uncomfortable. Too many posses too close on his trail. As railroad owners devised steel express cars and posses on wheels, it looked like Butchs train robbing days were over.
Robbing trains had gotten out of hand. Between 1890 and 1899 thieves successfully plotted 261 train robberies resulting in 86 injuries and 88 deaths. Most of the robberies had occurred in the West. What did the trainmen think? They were getting used to robberies and to Butch. Even the Pinkerton Detective Agency stated that Butch was amiable and agreeable. Though occasionally a railroad engineer might be whacked on the head by an outlaws pistol, train robberies were relatively safe compared to operating trains. Statistics for 1889 from the Interstate Commerce Commission revealed 2,000 rail workers killed and over 20,000 injured on the job.
At Tipton, Wyoming, a masked robber crawled over the tender and told the engineer, Slow down when you see a fire along the track and dont try any funny stuff. The engineer complied. Soon valuable express shipments carried extra guards with repeating shotguns. Rumors abounded of the potential use of Gatling guns. Butch had second thoughts, too, but he wanted one last heist before moving to South America.
Under Butchs leadership the final exploit of the Wild Bunch occurred near Wagner, Montana, where on July 3, 1901 the boys held up a Great Northern train. After uncoupling the express car and using their trademark dynamite to open the safe, they took $40,000 in unsigned banknotes. The funds would help Butch and the Sundance Kid begin a ranch in Argentina.
They supplemented their ranch income by robbing Bolivian banks, but Butch never got proficient speaking Spanish. He missed the soiled doves in Fort Worth and there were few female companions on the Argentine pampas. In 1908, Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh robbed their last train near Eucalyptus, Bolivia. The robbers made off with $90,000 in cash. Perhaps they needed the money or maybe they did it for old-times sake.
The cowboy outlaw era ended with Butch. Robbing trains became a thing of the past, but at the turn of the century, railroad executives did their own thieving by conspiring to fix high freight rates which forced small farmers into bankruptcy. Charles Kelly wrote of the Wild Bunch, These wild, free souls saw great fortunes being made all around them by cattle kings, railroad magnates and mining nabobs who got there first. ... Cowboy-outlaws resented this attitude and felt no twinges of conscience whatever in robbing railroads, mines, and banks.
Who was robbing whom? If Butch and the boys stole a few dollars, the unregulated railroad industry squandered human lives. In 1907 unsafe working conditions and long hours killed 4,354 railroad workers and countless accidents injured thousands more. Folksinger Woody Guthrie said it best when he wrote:
As through this world I wander/ I meet lots of funny men
Some men rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen
As through this world I wander, and through this world I roam
I never saw an outlaw drive a family from their home
Next month in Gullifords Travels: Searching for the Sundance Kid and outlaw hideouts in Montezuma County.
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First of all, thank you everyone who left me comments, tweets, and Facebook messages after my post on Tuesday. I did not expect to receive such an amazing outpouring of support and by the end of the day I was bursting with ideas and inspiration. I was so so happy reading your feedback. I can never thank you enough.
Back to business! I've always regarded eyebrows as the most important feature of the face (compare left and right of above picture). It frames and completes the face. If I had only one minute to do my makeup, I'll choose to only do my eyebrows. The unfortunate thing about my face is I barely have any, so it's up to me to fake one from (almost) scratch.
I actually wrote a brow tutorial ages ago, but have been wanting to update it for the longest time. I couldn't bear to link to it anymore because of how terrible my brows looked in those pictures (bat wings!) and I've learned new tricks through time and constant practice. For those who have not seen it, feel free to head over for a look – the basic idea of where the brows should start, arch, and end is the same, but come back to this post after for the fine-tuning.
Many of you already know this but I suppose it's worth repeating – I embrace the reality that is imperfection so I have a no Photoshop policy on Messy Wands. The only thing I change is color values to make it as close to "true" color as can be. I apologize in advance if the blemishes on my skin are distracting. Alright. On to the good stuff!
Things You Need1. Draw on Brows
Grab your tool of choice (I use Shu Uemura's Retractable Brow Pencil in Seal Brown) be it pencil or powder and fill in your eyebrows following its natural shape. Remember to shade gently – it's much easier to add color than to take it away.
Tip: I tweeze my eyebrows after filling them in so I know what hairs to pull out.
I used to think this was enough but clearly not. It looks presentable but not refined.
2. The Two-Finger GuideI am forever indebted to my Shu Uemura brow specialist for giving me this tip. She told me eyebrows should be roughly two fingers apart from each other. As you can see above, my measly brow hair growth is not an adequate guideline, so I place two fingers at the center of my face to gauge and shade the brows closer to each other.
Thing is, I'm just winging it while I draw both sides closer to each other. To make sure it's centered, I align my finger to the center of my nose, measure the distance of both brows against it, and adjust accordingly.
Tip: Brows are not square. Always remember to slightly round out the edges. Unless you're going for a specific look, of course.
3. Make It Look NaturalNot that I'm against dark, bold brows or anything, but to me they don't look natural. Finish up by running a spoolie (I use MAC's) through your lashes and following its natural direction, as demonstrated in the photo above. I also spool the front more because that's where we have the least hair and it should look that way.
Sometimes your spoolie may take away some pigment but that's okay. Just gently fill in the holes with your pencil/powder.
And that's it! It's very easy to manipulate your brow shape. Just add (or remove?) a little below and above the existing hair line and you'll quickly notice the difference. I personally prefer thicker brows because I find it frames the face better.
After three years of struggling, I'm finally happy with how I fill in my brows. I hope this tutorial comes in handy for you!
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Broadcasters will convene this week in Las Vegas to discuss how to win back the "Zero TV Crowd": a rapidly growing demographic of people who don't subscribe to cable or satellite TV services.
The Associated Press reports that this group largely opts for Internet streaming of TV shows and movies, either on their computers or through mobile devices such as cell phones or tablets. Subscriptions to online sites like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon are climbing, eliminating the need for traditional viewing habits that require the viewer to follow network schedules and sit through commercials. This is a big concern for broadcasters as their ad revenues fall at alarming rates. Here's the AP:
"While show creators and networks make money from this group's viewing habits through deals with online video providers and from advertising on their own websites and apps, broadcasters only get paid when they relay such programming in traditional ways. Unless broadcasters can adapt to modern platforms, their revenue from Zero TV viewers will be zero."
The Nielsen Company gets the credit for the "Zero TV" label, after introducing it in its 2012 Cross-Platform Report. According to the study, the U.S. went from about 2 million Zero TV households in 2007 to more than 5 million now.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote in February that Nielsen will begin tracking Internet usage along with traditional ratings measures in order to keep up with the trend. Now broadcasters need a way to follow suit in order to reach the "Zero TV" crowd online.
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Thrifted Gap tee, mesh marshmallow (meshmallow?) Comme des Garcons skirt from last year's Barney's Warehouse Sale, and Jil Sander sandals (Jil Sandals?) for the sportiness, and a tiny sweater (hand-me-downed) just seemed necessary. The bindi came from a set I got for Jul (this kind) a few years ago. Unfortunately I had to wear boots instead of sandals to school. That's funny, weather! I don't remember granting you permission to shed your dandruff all over my beloved fall leaves! It was pretty perfect for the first night of Hanukkah, however.
My friends told me the patch is from Girl Scouts but I wouldn't remember because I was a horrible Brownie and really lazy and would just ask my parents to buy a couple boxes of Thin Mints and then feel disappointed in myself when the other girls proudly accepted their CD holder wall-hangings and I was stuck with a dopey stuffed animal. I still have that stuffed animal. And probably the Thin Mints, somewhere, too.
Seriously though -- Brownie patch on a sweater!! Why didn't I think of that? I need to find my sash and rip off all those bowling patches. That was the other thing I did as a Brownie.
The ladies at Pamflet (which I've written about before here) had a bit on the Just a Girl video in the new issue which I happily received in the mail in the other day. More favorites bits of mine are on boys not crying, nuns and nuns in culture, vanity, indie boys-to-men, and, yeah, a spread on fashion bloggers, and I'm in it, but I genuinely like the issue! Nuns and vanity! Looks like it's going to be their last issue for a while but they'll keep fighting the good fight online. Still, I recommend a print issue. It's barely $3 and you can buy it on their site.


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NEW YORK — Johan Santana's left shoulder has failed him again. Now he must decide if he has the stomach for another grueling comeback.
Santana was a two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Minnesota Twins.
After all that arduous rehab work, all those long hours in the training room and on back fields in lonely Florida, Santana probably will have to endure it all again if he wants to resume his major league career.
Even then, a successful return is no sure thing.
Either way, he may have thrown his final pitch for the New York Mets.
The team said Thursday that the two-time Cy Young Award winner probably has re-torn the anterior capsule in his left shoulder and likely will need a second operation that would sideline him for the entire season. Santana missed 2011 following his first shoulder surgery.
"I am not a doctor, nor am I a medical historian, but these injuries are very difficult to recover from after one surgery, and I'm not sure what the history is of recovery from a second more or less identical surgery," general manager Sandy Alderson said on a conference call.
New York owes the 34-year-old left-hander $31 million more as part of the $137.5 million, six-year deal he signed before the 2008 season, and Alderson said the remainder of the contract is not covered by insurance.
Santana had surgery on Sept. 14, 2010, and did not make it back to the majors until last April 5. He went 6-9 with a 4.85 ERA in 21 starts last year and threw the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1 against St. Louis.
Santana threw a career-high 134 pitches that night in his second consecutive shutout, but was 3-7 with an 8.27 ERA after that, including 0-5 with a 15.63 ERA after throwing eight scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30.
He went on the disabled list for three weeks because of a sprained ankle and didn't pitch after Aug. 17 because of lower back inflammation.
Santana hasn't pitched in any exhibition games during spring training because of arm weakness, and he threw his last bullpen session in early March without the team's permission.
"We don't know when it happened, how it happened," Alderson said. "But what we do know is that at some point symptoms appeared and they worsened rather than improved."
Peter Greenberg, the pitcher's agent, said Santana didn't have any comment yet.
Alderson said an MRI in New York on Wednesday with Dr. David Altchek showed the probable re-tear, and that noted orthopedists Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lewis Yocum concurred with the diagnosis on Thursday after reviewing the MRI.
"Johan will remain in New York over the Easter weekend to decide on next steps," Alderson said. "A second surgery is a strong possibility. If this diagnosis proves to be correct, I think in all likelihood Johan will be lost to the Mets for the season."
Santana is 45-34 with a 3.18 ERA for the Mets after going 93-44 with a 3.22 ERA in eight years with the Minnesota Twins. He won the AL Cy Young Award in 2004 and 2006.
He is owed $25.5 million this year in the final guaranteed season of his $137.5 million, six-year contract, and $5.5 million of this year's salary is deferred at 1.25 percent compounded interest until June 30, 2020. The Mets hold a $25 million option for 2014 with a $5.5 million buyout, and the buyout also is deferred.
Alderson said the Mets may have insured earlier years of the contract and that it is not unusual to choose not to insure the final season.
Coming off four consecutive losing seasons and four straight years of declining attendance, the Mets traded reigning NL Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey to Toronto for a package of prospects during the offseason. New York's remaining rotation includes left-hander Jonathon Niese and righties Matt Harvey, Dillon Gee, Jeremy Hefner and Shaun Marcum, who has been sidelined since March 16 because of a shoulder impingement and neck discomfort.
Niese will start the season opener Monday against San Diego, an assignment that almost surely would have gone to Santana if healthy. Hefner will take Santana's place in the rotation, and Marcum is scheduled to start the sixth game of the season against Miami.
Alderson claimed Santana's injury will not lead the Mets to rush 22-year-old right-hander Zack Wheeler, their top pitching prospect, to the majors.
"We will bring him up when he is ready," Alderson said. "No immediate need will impact that."
In addition to the money owed Santana, the Mets reached an offseason settlement with free-agent bust Jason Bay and released the pricey outfielder after three unproductive seasons. Bay and Santana account for roughly $42 million of New York's 2013 payroll, which will be about $90 million on opening day.


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Sony's Fury debuted in first place this weekend with $23.70 million. The David Ayer directed war film starring Brad Pitt opened on the low end of pre-release expectations. Fury opened 8 percent ahead of the $22.00 million debut of Sony's The Monuments Men back in February and 21.5 percent ahead of the $19.50 million start of Sony's Moneyball back in September of 2011. Like both of those films were able to do, Fury will hope to hold up well going forward.
Fury opened with $8.82 million on Friday (which included a relatively large $1.2 million from Thursday night shows), increased 3 percent on Saturday to take in $9.12 million and fell 37 percent on Sunday to gross $5.76 million. That placed the film's opening weekend to Friday ratio at a somewhat front-loaded 2.69 to 1. The audience breakdown for Fury skewed towards male moviegoers (60 percent) and slightly towards moviegoers over the age of 35 (51 percent). Fury received an encouraging A- rating on CinemaScore.
After leading the box office each of the past two weekends, Fox's Gone Girl placed in second this weekend with $17.51 million. The critically acclaimed David Fincher directed film starring Ben Affleck continued to hold up well, as it was down just 34 percent from last weekend. Gone Girl surpassed the $100 million mark this weekend and has now grossed $106.78 million through 17 days of release. Before much longer, Gone Girl will zoom past the $127.51 million final domestic gross of 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to become Fincher's highest grossing film to date (without adjusting for ticket price inflation).
Fellow Fox release The Book of Life followed closely behind in third with a $17.01 million debut. The modestly budgeted computer animated film opened in line with expectations and likely received an added boost from arriving a couple weeks before Halloween and Day of the Dead. The Book of Life opened nearly on par with the recent $17.28 million launch of The Boxtrolls. The Book of Life started out with $4.99 million on Friday, increased 39 percent on Saturday to take in $6.91 million and declined 26 percent on Sunday to gross $5.16 million. That placed the film's opening weekend to Friday ratio at 3.41 to 1. Like Fury, The Book of Life also received an encouraging A- rating on CinemaScore.
Fellow family film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day claimed fourth place with $11.46 million. The Disney release starring Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner fell 38 percent from last weekend. That represented a very solid hold, especially given the added competition for family audiences from The Book of Life. Alexander has grossed $36.29 million through ten days of release, which is in line with expectations and represents a healthy performance with the film's modest price tag in mind.
Relativity's The Best of Me rounded out the weekend's top with $10.00 million. The Nicholas Sparks adaptation starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden opened on the low end of its modest expectations. The Best of Me opened softer than most Sparks adaptations, with the film's performance more closely representing the $13.42 million start of 2008's Nights in Rodanthe. The Best of Me opened with $4.13 million on Friday, fell 8 percent on Saturday to take in $3.79 million and fell 45 percent on Sunday to gross $2.08 million. That places the film's opening weekend to Friday ratio at just 2.42 to 1. The Best of Me received a solid B+ rating on CinemaScore, which strongly suggests that the film is going over better with moviegoers than it has with critics.
In their second weekend of release, Universal's Dracula Untold and Warner's The Judge claimed sixth and seventh places respectively with $9.99 million and $7.92 million. Dracula Untold was down a sharp 58 percent from last weekend's stronger than expected start, while The Judge was down a solid 40 percent from last weekend's modest debut. Respective ten-day total grosses stand at $40.83 million for Dracula Untold and at $26.82 million for The Judge.
Warner's Annabelle placed in eighth with $7.88 million. The low-budget spin-off to The Conjuring was down a respectable 50 percent and has grossed a stronger than expected $74.08 million in 17 days. Annabelle will face new direct competition next weekend when Universal unleashes Ouija in theaters on Friday.
On the platform front, the critically acclaimed Birdman was off to a terrific start with $424,397 from 4 locations in New York and Los Angeles. The Alejandro González Iñárritu directed film starring Michael Keaton from Fox Searchlight and New Regency generated a massive per-location average of $106,099 for the frame. Birdman will receive a major expansion next weekend.


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The news has gotten worse from Italy. Just after 9:15 a.m. ET, The Associated Press reported that authorities say at least 15 people were killed today by an earthquake that struck the northern part of the country.
Our original post, from 8:05 a.m. ET:
At least 10 people are dead and it's feared others are trapped in rubble and that the death toll will rise after an earthquake today in Northern Italy, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli tells our Newscast Desk from Rome. The 5.8-magnitude temblor is the second deadly quake to hit Italy in the past nine days. On May 20, a 6-magnitude quake in the same area left at least seven people dead.
According to Sylvia, today's quake struck near Modena and "was felt across much of Northern and Central Italy. Aftershocks were felt in Italy's industrial capital, Milan."
She adds that "today, TV footage showed evacuees from the May 20 earthquake peering fearfully peering out of emergency tents." About 7,000 people are reportedly still homeless because of damage from that earlier earthquake. The BBC adds that video showed those tents "shaking as the quake hit on Tuesday."
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Hiroki Kuroda (7-6, 3.86) vs. Livan Hernandez (8-11, 5.22).
DODGERS' MAGIC NUMBERS: 4 (playoffs), 7 (division)
COMMENTS: Irie! Lively up yourself as the Dodgers get ready to roll the Nattys like a big fattie. Kuroda continues to shake off the effects of that nasty knock to the noggin and whip himself into playoff shape while Hernandez, released by the Mets last month, is finding a home with the bottom-feedingest group of rude boys in the majors. As for the Rockies? The harder they come, the harder they fall. What I say now!


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Days after a wide-ranging debate on creationism and evolution between Bill Nye and Ken Ham, the event is driving an online conversation. Themes of belief and literalism, logic and faith — and, for some, relevance — are being aired and disputed. And some wonder what the debate accomplished.
The video of the more than two-hour debate, in which Nye and Ham presented their views on how the Earth and its surroundings were created, has been viewed more than 830,000 times on YouTube. At one point, the live event drew more than 500,000 viewers.
And the interest has persisted. We've sifted through some of the reactions to the debate, along with what people make of the opposing viewpoint. Below is a sampling of what we're seeing:
On our live-blog page for the debate, Richard Arthur came away with the top-rated comment (out of more than 2,000 responses):
"As a Christian I will say this: My faith does not require me to believe in the age of the earth as outlined in the Bible. Christ commanded me to love and that is where all Christians need to focus. Discussing how many fairies can dance on the head of a pin is a distraction."
The top-rated response to Arthur showed signs of common ground and tolerance:
"And this atheist respects you for that," said a reader whose user name is rabidchipmnk.
In terms of who "won" the debate, the audience of Britain's Christian Today website says it was Nye, hands down. With 42,567 responses, the site's online poll finds Nye with 92 percent support, compared with 8 percent for Ham. An option for "neither" is not provided in the poll, which is still taking votes.
Christians also took Ham to task in the more than 1,100 comments on Mark's original post on the morning of the debate. Here's the top response, from a reader known as Slicktop Texan:
"[As] a Christian, it's always amazed me how much other people of faith struggle with this. The bible is written in parables. P A R A B L E S. How about this: evolution exists, it's undeniable, plain and simple. How can your faith lead you to believe that God created everything in the universe... but yet, you can't believe that perhaps evolution was how He did it?"
And another comment from a user named NorthernZack asked Ham to be open to several competing theories of creation:
"Why not set up churches to present evidence for both 7-day Creationism and concepts of Theistic Evolution (ala the Church of England, or the Catholic Church, or ). Millions of Christians believe that God used evolution for creation. Why not let American churchgoing kids hear about multiple Christian perspectives on origins and then decide, instead of insisting they fall lock-step into the interpretation of Genesis that is least consistent with natural evidence."
The performances of Nye and Ham have also been judged, and critiqued. Over at The Daily Beast, Michael Schulson says that Nye's willingness to engage with Ham threatened to reduce " substantive issues to mere spectacle" — even if, as Nye told CNN, his main goal in debating the point was to protect science education in America.
Ham gained publicity and legitimacy, Schulson says, while Nye "spent three-quarters of the debate sounding like a clueless geek, even if his points were scientifically valid."
Here's how Schulson saw the two:
"Ham was at a loss for words only once during the whole debate, when an audience member asked what it would take for him to change his mind. By contrast, Nye seemed most alive when talking about all the things that he couldn't explain."
But Ham has his own critics — among them Pat Robertson, who said Thursday on his show The 700 Club, "Let's be real; let's not make a joke of ourselves."
Robertson went on to say Ham was using a flawed analysis, which he linked to Ireland's Bishop Ussher, reports The Christian Post.
Then Robertson said something that resembled points made by Nye. "Anyone who is in the oil business knows he's drilling down, 2 miles, 3 miles underground, you're coming into all these layers that were laid down by the dinosaurs," Robertson said, according to The Christian Post. "And we have skeletons of dinosaurs that go back like 65 million years. And to say that it all came around 6 thousand years ago is nonsense."
Saying that a cosmic Big Bang doesn't undercut his beliefs, Robertson continued, "I say God did it. God caused all of this. He is the author of all life."
If you're hungry for more discussion about life in the universe, you might want to check out Adam Frank's recent post for NPR's 13.7 Cosmos & Culture blog, titled " Eureka! First Life In The Universe."
Here's a sample:
"The idea of truly ancient 'first' civilizations is a staple in science fiction (check out the video game Mass Effect for a nice example). But when was the earliest moment in the 13.7 billion-year history of the cosmos when life (as we know it) could have first formed?"
The answer has to do with thoughts sparked by the Cosmic Microwave Background. As Adam says, it's "a bath of radiation left over from just after the Big Bang (it emerges just 300,000 years after the moment of creation, which, in the scheme of things, is the blink of an eye)."
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Cheesy Orzo Pilaf
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I bought lamb chops for our holiday dinner, but because I was unsure of the number I'd be feeding, I ended up with more chops than guests at the table. I decided to grill the remainder of the chops tonight. Those we had for the holiday were delicious and I wanted to serve these with something that would compliment, rather than overpower, their marvelous flavor. I decided to make an endive and watercress salad and a very cheesy orzo pilaf. I can attribute the salad to Thomas Keller, but identifying the parentage of the orzo is next to impossible. Rachael Ray did a version of this recipe at least five years ago and since that time it has appeared in various guises on numerous cooking sites. I lack the wisdom of Solomon and have no easy test to establish paternity, so I'm just going to move along and pretend the orzo is a new version of rice pilaf. It is very easy to do and can be on the table in 15 minutes. Chances are you have all the ingredients you need to make this in your pantry, and, if not, they can all be found in any large grocery store. It is a perfect dish to serve with grilled meat or poultry and I know you'll enjoy it. Here's the recipe.
Cheesy Orzo Pilaf...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
3/4 pound orzo
5 minced garlic cloves
1 cup grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese
2 tablespoons finely minced parsley
salt to taste
freshly ground pepper to taste
1) Bring broth to a boil in a large heavy saucepan. Add orzo and garlic and reduce heat to medium high. Simmer, uncovered, for about 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender, and broth is nearly absorbed.
2) Turn heat off, but leave the pan on stove. Add cheese and parsley and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve warm. Yield: 6 servings.
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54 comments :
- Martha said...
I am fixing lamb chops for company dinner Friday night -- and I was looking for a good creamy side dish -- this may just be that one that is perfect and a bit different! Thanks --
- April 7, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
What a great photo!! Can you believe I've never eaten lamb?
- April 7, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
I like this yellow looking pilaf, sound interesting!
- April 7, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
Looks great- Love the bamboo handle on the cutlery-
I think my monkeys would love this. - April 7, 2010 at 1:36 AM
- theUngourmet said...
Your orzo looks so delicious! I hope you had a wonderful Easter!
- April 7, 2010 at 1:56 AM
- bj said...
I have to be honest and say that I had to google Orzo. Never heard of it but it sounds delicious. Will surely be trying this one.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
Flavorful & very delicious pilaf
- April 7, 2010 at 2:08 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
The Orzo dish looks so comforting and delicious!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:07 AM
- Ana Powell said...
Lovely post.
Your photo speaks out.
Awesome work x - April 7, 2010 at 3:13 AM
- Devaki said...
Dear Mary,
I adore Orzo and cheesy Orzo? Now I'm at heaven's door!
Love your recipe and love the flavors you've weaved.
Ciao, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors - April 7, 2010 at 3:25 AM
- Cherine said...
looks great! ur orzo looks delicious
- April 7, 2010 at 3:28 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Hi Maria,
spero che il traduttore on-line, sappia fare un buon lavoro...
Per il fine settimana voglio provare a fare questa ricetta che sembra molto saporita :-)
Buona giornata.
Myriam - April 7, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- B & D said...
i did lamb chops with sauteed mushrooms once and once with mashed patatoes but orzo's sounds great!! will surely give it a try next time :)
- April 7, 2010 at 4:39 AM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
The summer yellow sure annouces the spring time loud and clear :-)))
- April 7, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Alessandra said...
Lovely! Can I ask you if the lemon slice is just for decoration or also for flavour?
- April 7, 2010 at 5:27 AM
- Alessandra said...
Lovely! Can I ask you if the lemon slice is just for decoration or also for flavour?
- April 7, 2010 at 5:28 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
I love orzo and always have it on hand to serve hot, cold, and any way in between. And doesn't parmesan just make everything better? :)
xoxo Pattie - April 7, 2010 at 5:36 AM
- Federica Simoni said...
un piatto unico eccezionale!! complimenti!
- April 7, 2010 at 5:48 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
Orzo is one of those perfect foods. Quick and delicious. I have never done it with cheese before but I've got some in my pantry waiting for a purpose in life... as soon as I finish my lasagna... I'm ready to try this great looking recipe!
- April 7, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- Unknown said...
Great photo. This is such a sunny looking dish. I love it.
*kisses* HH - April 7, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Penny said...
I love the ease of orzo and no matter where this recipe came from, it is a winner. Lamb chops are my preferred cut of lamb.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Irzo has turned into my favourite side dish.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Claudia said...
I always forget about orzo as a side dish and I always have some. Tonight. So pretty. So full of flavor.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Cathy said...
Mmmmm, I love this easy and tasty dish. It has so much flavor and none of the "strange stuff" that my grandchildren like to pick out.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- tasteofbeirut said...
Sounds delicious and easy and fast! I know my daughter would love it , she is a big fan of orzo! Plus I have some parmesan in the fridge waiting to be utilized! Thanks for the idea!
- April 7, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Allie said...
I love creamy dishes they are so comforting and your's looks so simple to make.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
Add a little Mango Rum to the chicken broth and you are there...
But seriously, I am so in love with these rice dishes. Savory or rummy... and now cheesy. A great post - April 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- Joyce said...
I love this recipe. Can't wait to make it for my husband. I have not been cooking all that much lately due to traveling but am itching to get back into my kitchen and grilling and playing with FLOUR:) Your passion for cooking always motivates me.
Joyce - April 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Megan said...
What a lovely recipe. I'll be trying this soon! Thumbs up!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Rita said...
I love Orzo and use it all the time;thank you for giving me another for my collection.
Thank you for your visit.
Rita - April 7, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Holly said...
I should try orzo sometime. This looks pretty yummy:)
- April 7, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Lazaro Cooks said...
Thank you for stopping by the blog. I am glad I read your intelligent and inspirational blog. I look forward to following you here. Cheers! By the way...Thomas Keller or RR...I'll go with TK.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- susan said...
Mary-This will be on our dinner table soon! I am always looking for a good side dish. I missed the other versions--as far as I concerned, you are its "mother". Thanks!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Joanne said...
This reminds me of the orzotto I have a tendency to make far too frequently. Must have been perfect with those lamb chops!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Myriam, I was able to get the translation. I think you will like this very much.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Bob said...
I bet this was awesome with the lamb. Heh, I bet it was awesome by itself! Looks great.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Orzo has always been a favorite, and everything (yes, everything!) tastes better with cheese!
- April 7, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- Namitha said...
awesome picture...I feel like eating from the screen if I could..:D
- April 7, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Valérie said...
I love orzo, but I never know how to prepare it. This is a great idea!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Sunitha said...
Looks delicious. I will have to try this pilaf.
- April 7, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Unknown said...
you always make the best
- April 7, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- Valen said...
This looks great and brings back a lot of childhood memories as my mom made orzo often.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Martha said...
Delicious side dish!
- April 7, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
You can't go wrong with a delicious orzo dish like this!
- April 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Nicole said...
orzo is such a comfort food for me, I just love it with anything. I know I would love this as a side dish!
- April 7, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- DailyChef said...
Wow, Mary, this looks amazing. Thanks for sharing. I really want to make it now.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- sweetlife said...
cheesey orzo..what a great side dish...kid friendly
sweetlife - April 7, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
I love orzo and this looks great. I am sure it was perfect with the lamb.
- April 8, 2010 at 5:53 AM
- ♥ Kathy said...
Adding cheese makes everything better! :)
- April 8, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Mrs. L said...
This dish is a favorite of mine. I admit to maybe putting in a bit more cheese (and I've thrown in some bacon or pancetta a time or two) and just calling it dinner!
- April 8, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Kim said...
I am a fan of any orzo recipe and this looks like it would pair wonderfully with your lamb. Another great recipe.
- April 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Diana's Cocina said...
This orzo dish is perfect. And the lamb sounds devine!
- April 9, 2010 at 12:55 AM
- Mila said...
Any time I hear the word orzo or pilaf I salivate!!! This looks AMAZING! Now I HAVE to go get me some lunch!
- April 10, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Jessie -- The Messie Kitchen said...
Love that your recipes are fresh, easy, and look delicious! Definitely want to try this one out! So happy to have stumbled across your blog. I like your style!!
http://messiekitchen.blogspot.com/ - April 29, 2010 at 8:26 AM


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Ten years ago this week, attorney Mary Bonauto woke up with more than just your average case of pre-wedding jitters. It had been six months since her arguments had persuaded Massachusetts' highest court to allow the nation's first legal gay marriages, but opponents were still trying to stop the weddings before they started.
"I had been so scared, so many times, during really what had been really a ferocious onslaught to try to keep marriages from ever happening, so I continued to worry," Bonauto recalls.
The last of the legal challenges was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court only about 48 hours before the first "I do's" were set to begin. Now, Bonauto was faced with one more challenge: figuring out how many of her clients' weddings she could attend in one day.
Sharpshooters were on the roof of Boston City Hall as Bonauto escorted three couples to get marriage licenses on May 17, 2004. Police led her to their weddings through the throngs of well-wishers and protesters.
At the Arlington Street Church, Bonauto witnessed Rob Compton and Dave Wilson, wearing classic black tuxes and matching red-striped ties, saying their vows, as they all fought back tears.
"I was sitting in the church, and I just didn't realize I was gonna fall apart to see, OK, there are Dave and Rob, and they are finally getting married," she says. "I was sitting next to Rob's mother, and she kept handing me tissues. It was her son, and I was the one who was a total mess."
Hearing the minister say, "By the power vested in me, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" was profound, Bonauto says. "Hearing those words and knowing it was true just changed everything. ... That had never happened before legally in this country. It felt like the cage had been lifted off, and it was just a different world from that point forward."
Early Fights
Barney Frank, an openly gay former congressman, calls Bonauto "the LGBT community's equivalent of Thurgood Marshall" — a brilliant political strategist for the way she methodically built the case for gay marriage, one state at a time.
"Some people said, oh, this state-by-state strategy, that's wimpy — let's do it all at once," Frank says. "Well, we would have lost if we tried it all at once, and Mary was restrained and disciplined and strategic in saying, no, the best way to achieve the national right was not all at once, in a big burst of glory, but in a very systematic chunk — which is what she did."
Indeed, soft-spoken, petite and prone to dressing in plain pantsuits and sensible shoes, there's nothing about Bonauto that says "rabble-rouser" or "fiery litigator." She went to law school, she says, because her own struggle coming out as a lesbian made her want to help others.
Almost immediately after she began working in 1990 for the gay advocacy group GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) in Boston, clients started asking Bonauto to sue for gay marriage. But she refused. "It was extremely difficult. I mean, I myself found someone I was committed to and I wanted to marry," she says.
But Bonauto believed a lawsuit was still too risky. A loss — which she felt was far too likely — could have set a precedent that would stymie efforts for years to come. Those were the days when it was a struggle, Bonauto says, to win even an obvious case of discrimination. She recalls a client who was fired the day after his boss saw him get picked up after work by his male partner and called him a "fag."
"People were incredulous that they could be sued for that," Bonauto says. "There was a way that we were viewed as impostors, when we said, 'This was an issue of equality and civil rights.' You couldn't use 'gay people' and 'civil rights' in the same sentence."
In that context, Bonauto says, gay marriage was a pipe dream. "It was as if a man was asking for the right to get pregnant," she says.
But slowly, Bonauto and others began to nudge the conversation from one about equality to one about equal access to the perks of marriage, to one about marriage itself.
By the late 1990s, after seeing an almost-win for gay marriage in Hawaii and getting her own almost-win in Vermont (that ended in civil unions instead of marriage), Bonauto was ready to go for it in Massachusetts.
Now, she was the one pushing, despite warnings from others that it was still too soon. "We had never won anywhere. You could understand their concerns," she says. "At the same time, I felt that simply allowing gay people to continue to suffer was not acceptable. We had to try."
Bonauto lost in the trial court, but in a 4-3 split decision in November 2003, Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court ruled there was "no legitimate reason to exclude same-sex couples from marriage."
"At that point, believe me, I wanted to weep, but I went into alert — high alert. I knew the opposition would set in and, of course, it did," Bonauto says.
Perhaps nowhere more so than at the Massachusetts Statehouse, where opponents were pushing for a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
As lawmakers debated, thousands of demonstrators clashed in the hallways and out on the street, jostling their competing placards, trying to out-shout each other's chants and, often, insults.
"There were times I felt despairing," Bonauto recalls, "knowing the vile, vile things that people said. I just felt like, this is gonna be such a slog. Getting to state No. 2 was so difficult."
That happened in 2008, in another case Bonauto worked on in Connecticut. But setbacks continued as well, like when voters nixed gay marriage in Maine, where Bonauto was living with her wife and twin girls.
"I felt dashed into the rocks, because it was so personal to know that your neighbors voted against you, voted against your family. It was an incredibly painful time," she says.
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To her opponents, it was only fair that the voters had spoken. They'd been railing against the Massachusetts High Court — and Bonauto — for tactics they said trampled the will of the people.
"She pressed forward on obviously a soft spot in the Massachusetts court and exploited it," says Kris Mineau, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Family Institute.
Mineau says it's wrong for Bonauto to cast marriage as a civil right, and opposition to it as akin to racism. He calls Bonauto astute and professional, but says her legal arguments, which he considers faulty, laid the foundation for what he calls today's "intolerance for anyone who dares oppose gay marriage."
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Osso buco is a dish that has been popping up on my radar for a while now and it always looks so good. Even just the description of it sounds great; "Veal shanks braised in a white wine and tomato sauce." Braising is one of my favorite ways of cooking meat as it always turns out perfectly falling apart tender and full of flavour. The ossobuco veal shank is cut such that the marrow of the bone is exposed and it starts to melt into the pot as the veal braises infusing the dish with even more flavour. Osso bucco is commonly served with a gremolata topping that consists of chopped up garlic, parsley and lemon zest. The gremolata topping sounded so good that I could not pass on it. Risotto alla milanese or risotto flavoured with saffron is also commonly served with osso buco and I thought that it would be a perfect bed to soak up all of the excess sauce.
The osso buco takes a bit of time to make for the braising but otherwise it is pretty simple. While the meat is braising you have plenty of time to make the risotto and the gremolata at a relaxed pace. The osso buco with risotto alla milanese and gremolata was great! The meat was so tender and the sauce was absolutely packed with flavour. The tasty sauce went really well with the creamy risotto which quickly soaked up its flavours. The gremolata added a really nice touch of freshness to the meal. (I wonder what other dishes I can use a gremolata with?) I made enough for leftovers and now I will get to enjoy this tasty meal all week.
Osso Buco
- 4 veal shank
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup flour
- 4 ounces pancetta (chopped)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 carrot (chopped)
- 1 stalk celery (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 lemon (zest only)
- 2 cups white wine
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 sprig rosemary
- Season the veal with salt and pepper and dredge in the flour shaking off any excess.
- Cook the pancetta in a large oven proof pan and set aside reserving the grease in the pan.
- Brown the veal on all sides on med/high heat one at a time and set aside.
- Add some oil to the pan if needed and saute the onions, carrots, celery, garlic and lemon zest on medium heat until tender, about 7-9 minutes.
- Add the wine, stock and tomatoes and deglaze the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Add the pancetta, veal, bay leaves, thyme and rosemary and bring to a simmer.
- Cover and transfer to a preheated 350F/180C oven and cook until the veal is fall off the bone tender, about 1 to 2.5 hours, turning the veal over in the middle. (Check the liquid every once in a while and top it off with some more beef broth if it falls to half way up the veal.)
- 1/2 cup parsley (chopped)
- 1 lemon (zest only)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 handful toasted pine nuts
- Mix everything.


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Thursday night, dispatches from a glum future began to appear on the Twitter account of The New Yorker magazine's fiction department - a science fiction story, told sentence by sentence, tweet by tweet, a story about Jennifer Egan titled "Black Box." It features a character from her 2010 novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad" which won the Pulitzer Prize.
That character, Lulu, is now a spy working for the government several decades later. Jennifer Egan joins us and in the spirit of the Tweet form we're going to conduct this interview in 140 seconds. Thanks for being with us.
JENNIFER EGAN: Thanks for having me on the show.
SIMON: Is this just a gimmick or a chance to experiment?
EGAN: I hope it doesn't read as a gimmick. It was an idea that I had for a really long time and I love the fact that you're reaching someone in this very intimate personal device and yet it's also very public. So the question is what sort of storytelling would require both? And I began to have this sense of a spy recording dispatches of her experience.
SIMON: Can we read a few tweets, if you please?
EGAN: Sure.
SIMON: Here's one that just stopped me: The first 30 seconds in a person's presence are the most important. The form can be poetic.
EGAN: The hope was that these pieces have a certain power individually that they don't even necessarily have all together.
SIMON: And for people not familiar, I mean, you cannot exceed 140 characters.
EGAN: No. Which is one of the interesting things about Twitter. I love the severity of those restrictions. I think it can be really interesting to be forced to work in a very small space and just see what happens.
SIMON: And here's one I read last night; I haven't stopped thinking about it. If you were a child who loved the moon, looking at the moon will forever remind you of childhood.
EGAN: The idea is that she's making these observations on the action of the story, although not directly. The idea is that she's trying to learn a lesson from each thing that happens and we're reading the lessons that she learned, but what begins to happen, of course, because in a sense these are just her reflection, is that personal material begins to intrude little by little into this very businesslike account.
SIMON: I remember reading in one Dickens biography that when Dickens would serialize one of his what we know now as novels, he often didn't quite know where he was going. Was that the case with you writing these tweets?
EGAN: Absolutely. Although when I didn't know where I was going was of course long ago. To really be as daring as Dickens I would have to be writing tonight. Right now. That is certainly not the case.
SIMON: So far there's not a Pulitzer Prize for a Twitter stream, is there?
EGAN: Well, you never know.
SIMON: Well, we can hope. Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. The third installment of her new short story, "Black Box," will begin tonight on the Twitter feed of The New Yorker's fiction department. Jennifer, thanks for being with us.
EGAN: My pleasure. Thank you.
SIMON: This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.