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COLORADO SPRINGS — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi.
Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, used a wheelchair, went into repeated cardiac arrest and could barely speak. As a last resort, her mother began calling medical marijuana shops.
Two years later, Charlotte is largely seizure-free and able to walk, talk and feed herself after taking oil infused with a special pot strain. Her recovery has inspired both a name for the strain of marijuana she takes that is bred not to make users high — Charlotte's Web — and an influx of families with seizure-stricken children to Colorado from states that ban the drug.
"She can walk, talk; she ate chili in the car," her mother, Paige Figi, said as her dark-haired daughter strolled through a cavernous greenhouse full of marijuana plants that will later be broken down into their anti-seizure components and mixed with olive oil so patients can consume them. "So I'll fight for whoever wants this."
Doctors warn there is no proof that Charlotte's Web is effective, or even safe.
In the frenzy to find the drug, there have been reports of non-authorized suppliers offering bogus strains of Charlotte's Web. In one case, a doctor said, parents were told they could replicate the strain by cooking marijuana in butter. Their child went into heavy seizures.
"We don't have any peer-reviewed, published literature to support it," Dr. Larry Wolk, the state health department's chief medical officer, said of Charlotte's Web.
Still, more than 100 families have relocated since Charlotte's story first began spreading last summer, according to Figi and her husband and the five brothers who grow the drug and sell it at cost through a nonprofit. The relocated families have formed a close-knit group in Colorado Springs, the law-and-order town where the dispensary selling the drug is located. They meet for lunch, support sessions and hikes.
"It's the most hope lots of us have ever had," said Holli Brown, whose 9-year-old daughter, Sydni, began speaking in sentences and laughing since moving to Colorado from Kansas City and taking the marijuana strain.
Amy Brooks-Kayal, vice president of the American Epilepsy Society, warned that a few miraculous stories may not mean anything—epileptic seizures come and go for no apparent reason—and scientists do not know what sort of damage Charlotte's Web could be doing to young brains.
"Until we have that information, as physicians, we can't follow our first creed, which is do no harm," she said, suggesting that parents relocate so their children can get treated at one of the nation's 28 top-tier pediatric epilepsy centers rather than move to Colorado.
However, the society urges more study of pot's possibilities. The families using Charlotte's Web, as well as the brothers who grow it, say they want the drug rigorously tested, and their efforts to ensure its purity have won them praise from skeptics like Wolk.
For many, Charlotte's story was something they couldn't ignore.
Charlotte is a twin, but her sister, Chase, doesn't have Dravet's syndrome, which kills kids before they reach adulthood.
In early 2012, it seemed Charlotte would be added to that grim roster. Her vital signs flat-lined three times, leading her parents to begin preparing for her death. They even signed an order for doctors not to take heroic measures to save her life again should she go into cardiac arrest.
Her father, Matt, a former Green Beret who took a job as a contractor working in Afghanistan, started looking online for ways to help his daughter and thought they should give pot a try. But there was a danger: Marijuana's psychoactive ingredient, THC, can trigger seizures.
The drug also contains another chemical known as CBD (cannabidiol) that may have seizure-fighting properties. In October, the Food and Drug Administration approved testing a British pharmaceutical firm's marijuana-derived drug that is CBD-based and has all its THC removed.
Few dispensaries stock CBD-heavy weed that doesn't get you high. Then Paige Figi found Joel Stanley.
One of 11 siblings raised by a single mother and their grandmother in Oklahoma, Stanley and four of his brothers had found themselves in the medical marijuana business after moving to Colorado. Almost as an experiment, they bred a low-THC, high-CBD plant after hearing it could fight tumors.
Stanley went to the Figis' house with reservations about giving pot to a child.
"But she had done her homework," Stanley said of Paige Figi. "She wasn't a pot activist or a hippy, just a conservative mom."
Now, Stanley and his brothers provide the marijuana to nearly 300 patients and have a waitlist of 2,000.
The CBD is extracted by a chemist who once worked for drug giant Pfizer, mixed with olive oil so it can be ingested through the mouth or the feeding tube that many sufferers from childhood epilepsy use, then sent to a third-party lab to test its purity.
Charlotte takes the medication twice a day. "A year ago, she could only say one word," her father said. "Now she says complete sentences."
The recovery of Charlotte and other kids has inspired the Figis and others to travel the country, pushing for medical marijuana laws or statutes that would allow high-CBD, low-THC pot strains.
Donald Burger recently urged a New York state legislative panel to legalize medical marijuana while his wife, Aileen, was in the family's new rental house in Colorado Springs, giving Charlotte's Web to their daughter Elizabeth, 4. The family only relocated to Colorado after neurologists told them Elizabeth's best hope—brain surgery—could only stop some of her seizures.
"It's a very big strain being away from the rest of our family," Aileen Burger said recently while waiting for her husband to return from a trip to sell their Long Island house. "But she doesn't have to have pieces of her brain removed."
Ray Mirazabegian, an optician in Glendale, Calif., brought Charlotte's Web to his state, where medical marijuana is legal. He convinced the Stanley brothers to give him some seeds he could use to treat his 9-year-old daughter Emily, who spent her days slumped on the couch. Now, she's running, jumping and talking. Mirazabegian is cloning the Charlotte's Web seeds and has opened the California branch of the Stanleys' foundation.
Mirazabegian has begun to distribute the strain to 25 families and has a waitlist of 400. It includes, he said, families willing to move from Japan and the Philippines.
Follow Nicholas Riccardi on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NickRiccardi.


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On the post where Sarai revealed her new designs, a way-out-of-line commenter (let's call her or him "Commenter X") made the following nasty remark:
"Hate saying this...but if you had put the clothes on someone slimmer they would have looked better..I understand you need to market patterns for bigger sizes but they just don't look that good on your huge models.."I think Commenter X's statement may be true . . . ON OPPOSITE DAY. The clothes look ravishing and the models are far from "huge." It strikes me as sad that Commenter X would look at these beautiful women in these beautiful designs and only be able to issue an insult.
Here's what the ever-eloquent Sarai herself had to say about the incident:
I found this upsetting on a few levels. First, if my clothes only look good on someone very thin (and I don't think that's true), then they are not well designed. Second, the two models are about a size 4/6 and 8/10. That anyone would find this "huge" seems so warped to me. Third, I think variety is beautiful and I find it so upsetting that there are people that are so hellbent on every woman's body conforming in order to be beautiful.I think it's probably pretty clear where my opinion will fall on this matter. In my interview with Sarai from last summer, I commended her for modeling her first line herself; I thought it was fantastic seeing a curvier body type on a pattern envelope. And, obviously, I've written about body image fairly often here and discussed sewing as a way to come to love my own body, which obviously does not meet the super-slim criteria that Commenter X holds for pattern models.
I'd be really interested in what you and your readers think, since you've written about this sort of thing yourself. I really worked hard to find these gorgeous models amidst a sea of sameness, and I know that many women appreciate it, but it's disheartening to hear that some people still think stick-thin is the only way to make clothes look good.
But I can also admit that there is a self-destructive part of me that's internalized the core of what Commenter X is saying (however screwed up it may be): "clothes always look better on skinny women." I've grown up in a culture that accepts that opinion as a truism, so it's not surprising that a small part of me still worries that it may be true, even as another part of me is saying, "Damn, these women look hot." So while it's obvious that this conflict of opinion exists in society in general, it surely also exists as a niggling piece of doubt in many women's individual minds.
But, for Sarai's sake, I think the most productive conversation we can have here is this: How should pattern companies choose models? Should they follow the fashion industry's lead? Should they strive for a variety of body types? Or just a more "average" body type (whatever that means)? Do pattern companies have an ethical responsibility here? Do you think using larger models helps market patterns, as Commenter X suggested? Does it help you to see designs on women who have a similar shape to you? Or do you not care either way?
Whew! So many questions. For discussion's sake, let's please keep the following in mind: it's not productive to demean any body type, whether curvy, skinny, or anything in between. And also: no body type is more "real" than another, i.e. curvy models don't necessarily represent "real women."
Can't wait to hear your thoughts, lovely readers! And don't forget to pre-order your new Colette Patterns here.


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"CIA drone missiles hit militant targets in Pakistan on Sunday for the first time in a month, as the United States ignored the Pakistani government's insistence that such attacks end as a condition for normalized relations between the two perpetually uneasy allies," The Washington Post writes.
But after initial stories focusing on how the strike could set back negotiations over reopening NATO supply routes from Pakistan into Afghanistan, there's now this from The Associated Press:
"Pakistan's prime minister struck a moderate tone Monday amid criticism of the U.S. for carrying out its first drone strike in the country since parliament demanded that Washington end the attacks two weeks ago.
"Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's comments could indicate the government does not want the drone issue to torpedo attempts to patch up ties with the U.S. ...
"When asked about the most recent strike, which killed three suspected Islamist militants Sunday, Gilani pointed out that the resolution passed by parliament also stipulated that foreign fighters must be expelled from the country and Pakistani soil should not be used to attack other countries.
" 'So, when we plan a strategy (with the U.S.), all these aspects would be discussed,' said Gilani."
"The C.I.A. strike underlined the tensions between American diplomatic and security priorities in Pakistan. Officials from the two countries are trying to reset relations that stalled badly after American warplanes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghanistan border in November."
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The only ting missing from my Korean bbq pulled pork sandwich meal was a side and I was thinking of another summer classic, the potato salad. Given the Korean flavour theme that I had going for the rest of the meal wanted to continue it with the potato salad and I knew exactly what I wanted to do, a kimchi sweet potato salad. I figured that the sweetness of sweet potatoes would go nicely with the spicy hot kimchi. Normally potatoes for a potato salad are boiled but I always like roasting sweet potatoes and since it has been a bit cooler over the last few days I did not mind having the oven on as much. I always enjoy pairing bacon with kimchi and it looked like it would be a perfect fit in this potato salad as well. Potato salads are most commonly bound together with mayonnaise and I could not resist adding some gochujang for even more spiciness.
The kimchi and roasted sweet potato salad exceeded all of my expectations with the combination forming something much more than the sum of the parts! The spicy and creamy gochujang mayo, the crunchy kimchi, the salty bacon and the warm, sweet roasted potatoes came together to create something magical. I have to say that I enjoyed this potato salad most when it was freshly made and still warm from the potatoes roasting in the oven. I warmed the left over up in the microwave for a few seconds as well before eating them. This potato salad was the perfect finish to my Korean bbq pulled pork meal!
Kimchi Sweet Potato Salad
- 2 sweet large potatoes (peeled and cut into bite sized pieces)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 slices bacon (cut into 1 inch pieces)
- 2 tablespoons gochujang
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup kimchi (drained and chopped)
- 2 green onions (sliced
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (toasted)
- Toss the sweet potatoes in the oil.
- Spread the potatoes out in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Roast the potatoes in a preheated 400F/200C oven until the potatoes are nice and tender, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile cook the bacon, drain and set aside.
- Mix the gochujang and mayonnaise.
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Here's an oldie but a goodie from Kristen R.:
Inmagine is a stock photo site, so here's hoping this is a joke, Emily S. Or maybe an ad for Big Love? (Gorgeous cake, though, huh?)
I can forgive many things, Dawn M., but forgetting to ice the cake is not one of them.
And here's another classic, found by Lynna at World's Ugliest Wedding Cakes, I believe:
Wow. Remember when Beanie Babies were such a great investment, because their value could only increase? Kind of like our houses four years ago? (Oh, SNAP, economy.) Yeah. Those were good times.
Tune in tomorrow for part two, because oh yes, there are more.


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TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it will spend $470 million on a subterranean ice wall and other steps in a desperate bid to stop leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear station after repeated failures by the plant's operator.
The decision is widely seen as an attempt to show that the nuclear accident won't be a safety concern just days before the International Olympic Committee chooses between Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid as the host of the 2020 Olympics.
The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has been leaking hundreds of tons of contaminated underground water into the sea since shortly after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami damaged the complex. Several leaks from tanks storing tainted water in recent weeks have heightened the sense of crisis that the plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., isn't able to contain the problem.
"Instead of leaving this up to TEPCO, the government will step forward and take charge," said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after adopting the outline. "The world is watching if we can properly handle the contaminated water but also the entire decommissioning of the plant."
The government plans to spend an estimated 47 billion yen ($470 million) through the end of March 2015 on two projects — 32 billion yen ($320 million) on the ice wall and 15 billion yen ($150 million) on upgraded water treatment units that is supposed to remove all radioactive elements but water-soluble tritium — according to energy agency official Tatsuya Shinkawa.
The government, however, is not paying for urgently needed water tanks and other equipment that TEPCO is using to stop leaks. Shinkawa said the funding is limited to "technologically challenging projects" but the government will open to additional help when needed.
The ice wall would freeze the ground to a depth of up to 30 meters (100 feet) through an electrical system of thin pipes carrying a coolant as cold as minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit). That would block contaminated water from escaping the facility's immediate surroundings, as well as keep underground water from entering the reactor and turbine buildings, where much of the radioactive water has collected.
The project, which TEPCO and the government proposed in May, is being tested for feasibility by a Japanese construction giant Kajima Corp. and set for completion by March 2015.
Similar methods have been used to block water from parts of tunnels and subways, but building a 1.4 kilometer (2-mile) wall that surrounds four reactor buildings and their related facilities is unprecedented.
An underground ice wall has been used to isolate radioactive waste at the U.S. Department of Energy's former site of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that produced plutonium, but only for six years, according to the MIT Technology Review magazine.
Some experts are still skeptical about the technology and say the running costs would be a huge burden.
Atsunao Marui, an underground water expert at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said a frozen wall could be water-tight but is normally intended for use for a couple of years and is not proven for long-term use as planned in the outline. The decommissioning process is expected to take about 40 years.
"We still need a few layers of safety backups in case it fails," Marui told the Associated Press. "Plus the frozen wall won't be ready for another two years, which means contaminated water would continue to leak out."
Marui said additional measures should be taken to stop contaminated water from keep traveling under the seabed during that time and leak further out in the sea.
TEPCO has been pumping water into the wrecked reactors to keep cool nuclear fuel that melted when the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami knocked out the plant's power and cooling system. The utility has built more than 1,000 tanks holding 335,000 tons of contaminated water at the plant, and the amount grows by 400 tons daily. Some tanks have sprung leaks, spilling contaminated water onto the ground.
After spending on the ice wall, the remainder of the public funding — 15 billion yen until March 2015 — will go to the development and production of a water treatment unit that can treat the contaminated water more thoroughly and by a larger volume than an existing machine, which is under repair after corrosion was found during a test run.
Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka has repeatedly said that the contaminated water cannot be stored in tanks forever and eventually has to be released into the sea after fully processed and diluted, but only with local consent.
Other measures include replacing rubber-seamed storage tanks with more durable welded tanks as quickly as possible, and pumping out untainted underground water further inland for release into the sea to reduce the total amount flowing into the plant site. About 1,000 tons of underground water runs into the complex every day.
TEPCO is also constructing an offshore wall of steel panels along the coast to keep contaminants from spreading further into the sea. The utility says radioactive elements have mostly remained near the embankment inside the bay, but experts have reported offshore "hot spots" of sediments contaminated with high levels of cesium.
The leaks came at a worst time as Tokyo headed into the final days of the contest to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. With anti-government demonstrations plaguing Istanbul, Turkey's bid and a recession and high Spanish unemployment hanging over Madrid's candidacy, Tokyo is pushing its bid as the safe choice in uncertain times.
The IOC will select the 2020 host on Sept. 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


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It's one of my favorite philosophical sports debates:
Would you rather root for a mediocre team, for whom ANY postseason success is considered happy news? Where your managed expectations allow for the slightest success to feel as good as a national title?
Or would you rather root for a perennial national contender, racking up regular-season wins, but be so saddled by expectations that you end up essentially unsatisfied if they don't win a national championship?
When I was at Northwestern in the pre-Rose Bowl years, we would dreamily talk about "bowl eligibility" (6-5!) as ultimately satisfying. (Is that pathetic... or glorious?)
Heading into this Tournament and this Final Four, as a
How nuts is that: Making a Final Four (for a second year in a row, no less) isn't enough. It's "title or bust," literally.
I presume this is how Yankees fans feel. Or USC/Ohio State/Notre Dame football fans. Or Mavs fans, at this point. Or Pats fans, though the NFL's parity has beaten the "Super Bowl Champs or Bust" expectations out of all but the most naive fans.
This kind of perennial expectations of huge success is new to me in my mere five years of
When, like this weekend, anything less than a national title is staggeringly disappointing, I almost wish I was back in my pre-Gator-fan days, rooting for Northwestern to make the NIT field. Almost.
How do you feel about it, and how have your own experiences as a fan hit this, one way or the other?
Today's hottest topics:
Final Four: There's a lot of talk about Oden-vs-Hibbert, but if you throw in Al Horford (and, frankly, Joakim Noah and Chris Richard), when was the last time a Final Four had this many talented post players?
Wooden Award: I suppose it's fitting that in the first year of the NBA's new draft age-limit rules, a freshman like Kevin Durant would win an award named for college hoops' poster purist. Durant is a finalist.
NFL: Joe Gibbs pees a little bit on the Briggs rumor, but he does spark more gossip the Redskins want to trade up into the draft's Top 5.
MLB: Ugueth Urbina given 14 years in prison for attempted murder. That ain't gonna be easy time.
So much for Steve Swindal as the heir-apparent to George Steinbrenner to run the Yankees. The son-in-law is going to lose both the "son" and "in-law" parts as George's little girl files for divorce.
Strat for sale: OK, I think the millions of sports-blog readers should come together and buy a majority ownership stake in Strat-o-Matic.
NBA: Guess what? The Raptors are the new trendy pick to win the East (even without Bargnani and Garbajosa). They're not just this season's Clippers; they represent one of the great single-season turnaround stories in the NBA in a long time. They beat the Heat last night.
Mc'D's All-America H.S. Game: Kansas State-bound Michael Beasley showed why he's the best in the class with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Beasley will be next season's Greg Oden, if not its Kevin Durant. He might not score like crazy, but he could lead K-State to a Final Four.Well, that's it: Micheal Ray Richardson has been uninvited from my family's Passover seder. (Sounds like he wouldn't want to be there. UPDATE: On second thought: He absolutely would.)
Another W.R. for Michael Phelps: In the 200 IM. As I said yesterday, he's the world's greatest athlete right now. You don't have to care about swimming to be impressed.
Varsity Dad/Mom x 2: Congrats to Mia and Nomar on
Exciting news coming later this morning.


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Oct 22, 2013 | Carpet One Floor & Home
Whether you're a true connoisseur or you just like a nice glass of wine on a special occasion, your preference could help you focus in on a design style.
If this hearty, spicy red is your wine of choice, you may want to make your design choices bold and intense as well. Petite sofas and frilly accessories are definitely not for you. Look for large bold pieces and substantial art and accessories. Syrah wines take some time to mature so your room should look like it has some age. Shiny, new and modern have no place in a Syrah inspired room. And, just as a Syrah would not be complete without a hint of oak, your room will benefit from wood accents – furniture, accessories and even wood paneled walls are at home in a Syrah room.
This Syrah inspired room shows off an oversized dining room table with substantial chairs and of course a bold red. The intense colors and statement furniture shine on a luxurious marble tile. Photo: Carpet One Floor & Home
Rich and sweet. If you love to indulge in this complex wine, you'll probably enjoy an eclectic space. Just as Port benefits from the combination of a variety of grapes, your room can shine with pieces from a variety of different styles. Celebrate Port's fruity flavors with pops of berry tones in your room. In a Port room, it takes time to take everything in. You and your guests will find something new to enjoy every time you set foot in the space. Port's wide variety translates into endless possibilities for you to add your personality to a room.
Our port inspired room mixes traditional, formal and cottage pieces. A natural pine floor gives this room a more casual dimension.
If you prefer to sip on a crisp, refreshing Pinot Grigio, you'll probably gravitate toward a more contemporary space. Clean and uncluttered, a Pinot Grigio inspired room should mimic the clarity and lightness of a Pinot Grigio wines. Fresh greens and natural materials like stone and wood tap into Pinot Grigio's mineral, pear and apple tones.
Our Pinot Grigio room features light colored, natural wood tones and plenty of fresh green accents. Find more light hardwood options at CarpetOne.com
If you like to indulge in this dry, bubbly treat that adds a sparkle to your glass, you'll want a room that sparkles too. Cream, gold and blush hues are a great start for this space and glass accents like a chandelier will add that touch of sparkle. Your Prosecco inspired room is a space where you want to show off and is a perfect place to celebrate with friends.
Our Prosecco inspired room uses multiple shades of white, beige, cream, gold and platinum to create a luxurious space. Photo: Bigstock
What is your favorite wine inspiration?


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Kathy Hoekstra was a communications specialist with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy from 2008 to 2011. She assisted in the Center's media outreach and did reporting for the Center's Michigan Transparency Project and for Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Prior to joining the Mackinac Center staff, Kathy spent nearly 15 years in broadcast journalism. She was an award-winning news anchor and reporter for radio stations in Port Huron and Saginaw and worked for more than a decade in local television news in the state. In addition to her reporting and anchoring duties, Kathy also produced and hosted a weekly public affairs program that involved in-depth coverage of local and statewide issues.
Kathy graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in both communications and English. She is also a graduate and Hall of Fame member of the Specs Howard School of Broadcasting, and she has done graduate work at Saginaw Valley State University.


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Which rooms should I put a whiteboard in?
Whiteboards are useful in virtually any setting. They are helpful for keeping track of a meeting agenda in the boardroom, planning out a strategy in the locker room, or demonstrating your methods in the classroom. Their highly-visible surfaces can be used with colorful dry erase markers for clear explanations and categorizations. Markerboard placement should definitely be a consideration when determining boardroom and classroom layouts.
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No matter what subjects are being taught, a markerboard is an incredibly useful classroom tool. Math problems can be written out and solved in no time, without the distraction of squeaky chalk. Chemistry diagrams can be color-coded by chemical, and history outlines can be easily organized. If you need to define new vocabulary terms in English or a foreign language, you can easily switch-off between colors for the purpose of differentiation and clarity. Using a selection of board markers is a great way to increase classroom colors and help students stay engaged during a lesson.
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How can I use the whiteboard to help students with Dyslexia?
A whiteboard can be a very important tool for helping students with disabilities, in particular students with Dyslexia. While the dyslexia debate has not yet reached definite conclusions, one thing is for sure: helping students stay organized and presenting information in a clear way is definitely helpful. Small efforts such as writing the schedule on the board, using different colors for each line of information and making sure that writing is well spaced can make a big difference to all students, and those with Dyslexia in particular. A dry erase board is particularly conducive to these strategies because writing with whiteboard markers tends to be big and many marker colors are available.
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BLOCK: Down with the interior minister, is one cry heard from protesting police, as they refuse to work in more than 60 precincts across the country. The strikes come just one day before a court ruling that many fear will provoke new violence in the country. The court in Cairo is scheduled to issue verdicts and sentences for some of the men, including police officers, who were allegedly involved in a deadly soccer riot in the city of Port Said.
NPR's Leila Fadel joins us from Cairo to explain what's going on. And Leila, why don't you start by telling us why the police are striking in the first place.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Well, there's a groundswell of frustration among the young police officers who are on the street. They feel they're being put in an impossible situation between the government and the Muslim Brotherhood and the president and the people themselves. They feel that they're being used as tools of the government, they're being attacked by the people and there's no good answer for them. They want the minister of interior to be fired. They don't want to be put in this position. And they also want to be better armed, they say, to deal with these protests.
BLOCK: Now, what does all this mean for the Morsi government and how are they going to - if they're going to - try to meet these demands from the police?
FADEL: Well, I think this is pretty significant in the sense that we're seeing further and further isolation of the president and his Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization that really controls most of the state right now. The police and the minister of interior clearly don't stand behind the president. And they're making that clear in the ranking file through this, really, a mutiny against him. Without the police can they control the state?
Already we're seeing signs where they're trying to appease the population. They fired the head of the central security forces, which is essentially the riot police. But still, these policemen are on strike and saying, we won't be the tool of this government.
BLOCK: And as we mentioned, Leila, a lot of fears about what could happen tomorrow, when you're expecting the court verdict stemming from a soccer riot last year. Why is that so controversial? What are the fears?
FADEL: Well, really, it's indicative of how little faith there is in state institutions. People feel that the courts are being unjust. So in Port Said, when 21 men were sentenced to death in January, the entire city erupted trying to raid prisons. And it's continued that way since then. It's still unstable. And tomorrow, there are 52 new verdicts coming. And if it's an extremely harsh sentence, the way it was the last time, that city will again erupt. And people are saying they expect a massacre.
If it's not an extremely harsh sentence, you have other people who say justice is not served and Cairo may erupt. So it's a really difficult position and whatever the verdict comes out, people will protest. But really, the larger issue is that it's symbolic of how little faith there is in the justice system, in the police, in the government.
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FADEL: Well, this is an extremely concerning situation of possible security vacuum. Already you're hearing Gamaa Islamiya, extremely fundamentalist group saying, we'll take control of security in the City of Assiut. In Minya, police haven't been on the streets for over a month and the Muslim Brotherhood has been securing the streets. So this is a huge concern. With no police on the streets there is a possible security vacuum.
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FADEL: Right. More than two years ago, when this revolution began, one of the main demands was reform among the security forces. They were seen as brutal tools of oppression. And, really, none of that has changed when you speak to human rights groups. And in fact, under this minister, the fifth minister of interior since the transition started more than two years ago, people are saying the brutality is even worse.
And so, in many ways, when the police aren't there things are less violent, so we'll see what happens tomorrow. But it is a huge concern when you have no way to secure your cities at a time when things are so unstable.
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JOHN LENNON: (Singing) Oh, Yoko...
LYDEN: Yoko Ono celebrates her birthday tomorrow. She'll be 80 years old. Yoko Ono and John Lennon had perhaps one of the most torrid love affairs in rock and roll history. Inseparable after Lennon dropped in on her conceptual art show in New York in 1968, the two would marry, have a son together and become cocreators in music, art and activism.
Writer Jonathan Cott met them in the early days of the romance when he was working on a piece for Rolling Stone magazine. Lennon, 27, was in the middle of recording his new album with The Beatles, the "White Album." To Cott's astonishment, Lennon invited him to the Abbey Road sessions.
JONATHAN COTT: Like as if he said to me, why don't you come along to the "Magical Mystery Tour" or something or go into the "Yellow Submarine" with him and The Beatles, you know? So I went up, and I walked in there and, you know, crossed that zebra pattern and...
LYDEN: Crossed the zebra crossing in London.
COTT: ...which was holy ground. And as soon as the other Beatles saw me, they just really cringed. They didn't care for this at all. They hadn't been informed that he's bringing someone. And I just hid behind one of the speakers, and I stayed there for a number of hours listening to them work on these two songs. One was "Helter Skelter"...
THE BEATLES: (Singing) When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide. Where I stop and I turn and then I go for a ride till I get to the bottom and I see you again, yeah, yeah, yeah.
COTT: ...which was Paul McCartney's song, which, really, is a proto-heavy metal song and very uncharacteristic of Paul McCartney - just totally insane-sounding, crazy, end-of-the-world thing. And then John Lennon was doing "Glass Onion"...
BEATLES: (Singing) I told you about strawberry fields, you know the place where nothing is real. Well, here's another place you can go where everything flows.
COTT: ...which was gentle and kind of stream-of-consciousness, Beatles mythology images of "Fool on the Hill" and "Lady Madonna" and "Strawberry Fields."
BEATLES: (Singing) Do, do, don't you want me to love you?
COTT: The heavy metal stuff was really, like, drove me out of my mind. They were repeating it over and over and editing and remixing and all that and rehearsing. And then the "Glass Onion" song came, and it was just so dreamy. So it was really like having the marriage of heaven and hell.
BEATLES: (Singing) Looking through the bent backed tulips to see how the other half lives, looking through a glass onion.
LYDEN: Yoko Ono would change John Lennon's life. And in your book, he's talking to a friend, and he said, you know, the minute I met this woman, it was as if I had known her before in another lifetime. My life was complete. I want to spend every day of my life with her. You found that a very natural process between the two of them. What did John Lennon tell you?
COTT: Well, you know, their first date, she went over to his home, and he had a music studio on the top floor. He said: Why don't we go up and make a recording, you know? So they went up at midnight, and they made this recording. It was kind of a John Cage-like sound montage. And he was playing piano, organ and percussion, and she was singing, and he was fooling around with sound effects like reverb and backward tapes and white noise and all that.
And they played all night, and then they made love at dawn. And, you know, from that moment on, this was not going to be a one-night stand. This one-night stand lasted until 1973 when they separated for 18 months. And they were never out of each other's sights for all those years. You know, he had a line in one of his songs which go: When we're together or when we're apart, there's never a space in between the beat of our hearts. I mean, how romantic can you get?
YOKO ONO: (Singing) When we're together or when we're apart, there's never a space in between the beat of our hearts, 'cause I'm the apple and you're the tree.
COTT: She was his soul guide and teacher, life teacher and best friend. Their relationship was really 50-50.
LYDEN: In the book, Jonathan, you emphasized that she had a really positive influence on his personality despite this rupture in 1973. How would you say that was manifested?
COTT: You know, when they were together - let me answer it this way, if it's all right - they were so attuned to each other as if they were finishing each other's sentences. Let me give you an example. She would write one of her songs: I said yes, I said yes, I prayed yes a thousand times yes.
ONO: (Singing) I said yes, I said yes, I said yes, I prayed a thousand times yes.
COTT: And he would write: Yes is the answer and you know that for sure. Yes is surrender, you've got to let it go.
LENNON: (Singing) Yes is the answer and you know that for sure.
COTT: Then she would say: Touch, touch, touch, just one touch, that's all I need - something like that - and he'd write a song which had the words: Touch is love, love is touch.
LENNON: (Singing) Love is touch, touch is love.
COTT: And she'd have an instruction in her book "Grapefruit," which is a book of instruction poems and pieces, and she would say: Imagine the crowd stripping, and then he would write: Imagine there's no heaven.
LENNON: (Singing) Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try.
COTT: And they had this kind of a strange, symbiotic connection, if you see what I mean. They were just attuned to each other. I mean, John Lennon called their relationships two minds, one destiny.
LYDEN: My guest is writer Jonathan Cott. His new book is called "Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon and Yoko Ono." You saw John Lennon just a few days before he was murdered. It had to be staggering to learn what had happened.
COTT: For everybody. But I was there December 5, and I was there for nine hours at his home, and then into the recording studio where they were making Yoko Ono's record - very famous record, as it turned out - called "Walking On Thin Ice."
ONO: (Singing) Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price.
COTT: Two nights later, on the 8th, the night of December 8, he was actually carrying a cassette tape that contained the final mix for that song when he went home just before he was killed. So in fact, what's so fascinating to me is that their first date was their musical collaboration, and their last date, so to speak, was also a musical collaboration.
And if I could just quote the last lines from "Walking On Thin Ice," they go: I may cry someday, but the tears will dry whichever way. And when our hearts return to ashes, it'll be just a story, it'll be just a story. Can you imagine writing that song, those lyrics and then what happened half hour later?
LYDEN: It's just the most incredible foreshadowing.
ONO: (Singing) I may cry someday, but the tears will dry whichever way.
LYDEN: If you think about this extraordinary person who was only 40 years old when he died, of all the memories that you've amassed, you know, what stands out?
COTT: Well, that's a really good question. The fact that he asked me to go to a Beatles recording session and had no qualms about doing it and just saying, come on, it's going to be okay. And that's what he also said to me when I sat down to do my first interview with him, because I was really nervous. And he said, there's nothing to be nervous about. Come on, you know, it's going be okay. And we're doing it together, and that's what really matters.
LYDEN: And in your last interview, didn't he also say, you've got loads of time?
COTT: Yeah. He said - I was saying: Oh, I just read the album, but I didn't have enough time to really listen to it deeply. And I don't know - then he just interrupted me. He said: Slow down. We got plenty of time, plenty of time.
LENNON: (Singing) When I was younger living confusion and deep despair.
LYDEN: That's writer Jonathan Cott. He's a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and his new book is called "Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon and Yoko Ono," and it's out now. Jonathan Cott, thank you very much for being here and talking with us.
COTT: And thank you. It really was nice to be here.
LENNON: (Singing) Living on borrowed time without a thought for tomorrow. Living on borrowed time without a thought for tomorrow.
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Today was a crazy day. Besides the fact that it feels like a hurricane is blowing over Weimar, I had a lot of errands to run. On one of my errands I needed to pick up a few documents. As I know what German bureaucracy is like, I had called the person who was to issue me my documents prior to going to the office. I was told it would be no problem at all as there was a very competent lady at the reception who would help me. OK!
NOT! This competent help happened to be the cliché of clichés. Barbie would have been envious of her platinum hair, her lipstick was certainly bought back in the 80s when neon pick was totally hot, and her nails were perfectly manicured with square gel tips colored in purple and a glitter stone in each nail. Just looking at her I knew I was going to hit against a wall. The only thing that was missing was the gum! Thank god for that!
Well as I approached she looked at me from head to toe. I had a meeting to attend and was dressed in a elegant skirt and top with a nice tweed coat. Next to her I looked drab! LOL! There could not have been two contrasts staring at each other. Well I told her my name and that I just needed to pick up a few documents. Then she moved - ever - so - slowl -y! Was she scared that any fast movement would blow her hair out of proportion? She turned - to - the - comp-puter and began to type - with the famous two finger technique. Her nails however, did not like this treatment and one kind of chipped off.
Horror of horrors! She decided to pay attention to her nails. I looked at her unbelievably and she shrugged! So what was I going to be bumped off for a gel fake nail on a fake blond? No! I politely brought her attention to me again and once - ag-ain- she - moved to-wards - the - computer, typed my name and looked at me again. Then she shook her head and told me to take a seat.
What does that mean? I just need to pick up two pieces of A4 papers - you do know what A4 is right?
What was my name again?
Are you for real?
Well I was glad I had the telephone number of the person I talked to before I came and called him from my mobile. Miss Fake Nails looked kind of alarmed and began scuttling around, trying to look busy. Finally, the person who came down found my papers, lying under her InStyle, she gave me a dirty look and I smiled, picked up the chipped nail from off the floor and gave it to her, walking out of the office.
That was 45 minutes down the drain - 45 minutes for a 15 minute job. Still - it was a priceless experience. Before I get attacking mails from all the Barbie look-a-likes, please allow me to say this: I do not care how one dresses or looks like. It does not bother me if someone's sense of style is très chic or très drab. What does bother me is when that someone takes my time for granted and what peeves me off is when someone cannot even see past their fingernails to do a simple job like hand me a few papers.
There! Phew! That was good - I needed to vent.
Now where I do not mind spending time is in the kitchen. We all know that by now, right? I find that in comparison to the lovely lady from above, the beetroot is the exact opposite. On the outside it looks rough and rather knobbly, but inside holds a wonderful crimson shade - an inner beauty. It's a modest looking veggie with no airs about it. Not an easy vegetable to fall in love with but you are either a beetroot fan or not.
I often think beetroot is under-rated. There is so much more to beetroot than the sliced, pickled variety you can get in supermarkets. If you give the fresh variety a try I am sure you will be converted!
The flavor is delicate and they're easy to cook and grow. For most of us in the western part of the world, beetroot went out of fashion a long time ago. It is a messy vegetable to deal with. The juices can stain clothes and hands, it often arrives covered in soil, needs a lot of cleaning and of course people don't know how long it needs to cook. On the other hand its health benefits are legendary.
Health Benefits
Beetroot is in season from around May to October, although many think of it as a winter vegetable, because it's a root crop. Both the root and the leaves can be eaten, however, only a few of us have probably tried the leaves. The beetroot belongs to the same family as spinach and chard, the difference being that with beetroot both the leaves and root can be eaten.
You can eat the root raw or cooked. Baby beetroot are delicious grated raw, in salads. Raw beetroot contains a large amount of vitamin C. However, this reduces with cooking.
Beet greens, which can be used in salads and stir frys, are higher in nutritional value than the roots as they are a richer source of calcium, iron and vitamins A & C. The roots are a very good source of folic acid, fibre, manganese and potassium, whereas both the greens and roots are rich in magnesium, phosphorous, iron and vitamin B6.
The pigments on the beetroot come from compounds known as betalains, which are thought to have powerful and diverse antioxidant effects, including preventing the oxidisation of LDL cholesterol.
Beetroot also has stimulating effects on the liver's detoxification processes. The betacyanin content gives beetroot its rich purple - crimson color and is a potent cancer - fighting agent. Beetroot's fibre promotes both healthy cholesterol levels and bowel function.
Selecting & Storing
Look for fresh beetroot that is unblemished, with firm roots. Damaged beetroot are still edible, but won't store well. As beetroot ages, the roots start to shrivel and eventually go moldy. Small to medium-sized roots have the sweetest flavor, whereas the larger roots may have a woody center.
You can store beetroot in the fridge or on a cool, dark shelf. It will normally keep for a few weeks when it's young and fresh. It depends how long it has already been stored before you get it.
Usually when you buy fresh beetroot it will still have the leaves and stalks attached. To cook the beetroot simply cut off the stalks but make sure you leave some of the stalk in tact. By doing this it will help to stop the beetroot from losing it's color when you cook it and helps to hold in the nutrients.
Printable version of recipe here.
1 kg small beetroot, washed and quartered
1 tablespoon butter - melted
Coarse sea salt
1 bunch chives, chopped
200g apples, grated
2 teaspoons horseradish
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
400g quark - use sour cream as a substitute
100g cream
1 teaspoon honey
Salt and pepper
Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C. Pour the lemon juice over the grated apple juice to keep from turning brown.
Mix the butter and salt together and brush the beetroot quarters with it. Place the beetroot on a baking tray and bake for approx. 1 hour or until they are soft.
In the meantime, prepare the dip by mixing together quark, cream, horseradish and honey in a small bowl. Add the grated apple and chives, salt and pepper to taste. Cool.
Once the beetroot is ready gently peel off the skin and serve, sprinkled with sea salt and the apple-horseradish dip.
Helpful tips:
- Use thin rubber gloves when working with the beetroot as these will protect your hands from taking on a funny color.
- If you are not a beetroot fan substitute with rutabaga. The rutabaga however will take about 30 minutes in the oven.
- Serve the beetroot sliced and allow to bake more crispy. This makes great chips-like snacks.
This is a fantastic snack kind of dish. I love serving this for my brunch parties as it's a wonderful variation to potatoes. I love the sweet flavors of the beetroot combined with the slightly sharp aroma of the dip. The first time I served this a few of my guests did not even suspect it was beetroot. When they asked me what they were eating - they really looked surprised at the fact that a vegetable they had disliked all their lives tasted so good.
That is the thing with beetroot many of us have some terrible memories of slimy, overcooked beetroot dish they ate when they were younger. I am enjoying experimenting and trying out new recipes with it. Even Tom is always a little skeptical when I serve beetroot, however I love the fact he is open about food. As is Soeren, who absolutely loves this. This is his "movie-time" snack, which he gobbles up within minutes.
You might enjoy these brunch & snack ideas too:
Nutty Amaranth Granola with Fresh Berries | |
Baked Potato with Ricotta and Chanterelle Mushrooms | |
Pesto Spirals | |
Berries and Yogurt |
My brunch idea goes to the lovely Mansi of Food and Fun for her addition of Weekend Breakfast Blogging. This month's theme is Balanced Breakfast.
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Because everytime I walk up rue Bonaparte I would see this Eiffel Tower lamp in the window (on the left hand side of the street - it's been there 2 years+(200 euros+). That's why.
Back at chez Parisbreakfast I bought this lamp from Target in a fit of Eiffle Tower insanity.
It has been sitting for months looking like this. The lampshade is the pits. Plus I am a tad dyslexic and I don't do instructions well. A PB reader mentioned this BHV Eiffel Tower as a nice addition to my decor and I found it! But at 129 euros and with a lot of instructions and in French.
If only I could bring home this Eiffel Tower sitting outside the window of the musee Branly and put it outside my window.
Slowly but surely my Eiffel Tower themed appart is coming together.