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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day
Will you be my Valentine, Pramod Muthalik??
Come on, Pramodji. Be a sport. I can't think of a better candidate to send a Valentine to.I love you. So do all the women of India. Sach- much. We find you seriously cute. A real hottie. The thinking woman's sex symbol.Aapke saamne Farhan Akhtar kuch nahi.You should be flattered. Are you going to arrest me for declaring my feelings in public?No problem. Pyar kiya to darna kya?You are cho chweet. So cute. Today being Valentine's Day, and you being my Chosen One, I'm going to the nearest pub to drink a pint or two of beer in your honour. Theek hai?
I suspect Pramod Muthalik will drown in a pink panties deluge today, and his inbox will overflow with lovey dovey messages sent by the women from across the country. He may even receive pyaar ki jhappies if he ventures out, and who knows, if he runs into Renuka Choudhary somewhere, she may clasp him to her ample bosom and plant a kiss. Isko kehtey hain, Luck by Chance. Pramod, you are one sexy dude – single and ready to mingle.And whether you like it or not, women are going to chase you… invite you for a drink at the nearest pub, maybe get you to shake a leg. Don't knock it till you've tried it. Confess : when was the last time you went on a date? Held hands? Romanced a lady?? Never? Toba. You don't know what you are missing. I think Nisha Susan is the right person to have as your special date on this very special day. Check out a few bars and pubs with her and see for yourself what exactly goes on there. It may surprise you.
' The Pink Chaddi' Campaign kicked off by Susan has snow- balled into something major. It started as a personal protest, a strong reaction to the abominable conduct of Muthalik's Sri Ram Sene activists. But it rapidly gained momentum as women across the board decided to display their utter contempt for these men by mocking them like never before. What better weapon than women's underwear to register a lack of respect for men like Muthalik who are fixated on precisely that garment – even if they'll never admit as much? These are the sickos of our society. Men arrogant enough to believe they are the guardians of our chastity. Go to hell, you guys. Handle your own hang ups, your frustrations, your insecurities and leave us alone to figure out what we want to do with our time and leisure. Those days are gone, when the Gehlots and Muthaliks of the world could dictate the agenda for women. Or issue diktats. Our enlightened Home Minister ( God Bless Chid's kind heart), has stated in clear and precise language that he considers Muthalik's SRS a 'threat' to the country. By articulating that the SRS has 'crossed limits',P. Chidambaram has earned an extra Valentine from me – and thousands like me – women who were waiting for 'real men' to put these borderline, iffy fellows into their rightful place – the nearest dustbin.
I am not a pub- goer, nor do I drink beer. That hardly matters. Whether or not I subscribe to the 'pub culture' is also irrelevant. Who the hell is Muthalik to sit in judgement over ladies who enjoy such activities? It is entirely their prerogative, their money, their desire, their decision. Mangalore is not Kabul. And unlike Afghanistan, women in India cannot be so easily browbeaten by such bully boys. If these men were sincere about 'protecting' women, they would be addressing far more serious issues, like domestic violence, rape, female foeticide. Why waste time harassing a miniscule number of urban women who form a .000-something of our population?Why accost carefree teenagers with bangles and sindhoor and force them to marry?Why not intervene and help underprivileged women in distress over dowry issues?What's more important – bride- burning or hand- holding? What skewered priorities are these? Ever since 'The Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women,' was formed a few days ago, the site caught fire , as men and women signed up to express their solidarity and cock a snook at the SRS. I responded instantly to the email and shared it with several girlfriends across the world. Now I can proudly declare myself a card-holding (or should that be 'panties-holding'?) member of the association. The response has been overwhelming. It is like a cultural marathon being launched, with the best runners taking the lead against tyranny. Dr. V.S.Acharaya, the Home Minister of Karnataka,has also become the absolute darling of the pink panties donors – he'd better have an explanation ready for his family before the courier chap arrives bearing a bulky carton stuffed with frilly, lacey, risqué lingerie. This unique form of protest has found several takers for an obvious reason. It is a simple, inexpensive yet potent way of making a point. Some may dub it childish and attention-seeking. But in my view, it is the ultimate insult. Men who get their perverse kicks by humiliating women sexually, deserve nothing more 'serious' than this gift.Molestors are perverts who obviously do not possess a legitimate avenue to satisfy their sexual needs. The only way they can touch a female, get anywhere close to forbidden fruit, is by attacking her under the guise of guarding her morality. Ha!
The NCP in Maharashtra is taking a twisted lead by distributing Valentine's Day cards in Thane, a Shiv Sena stronghold. Politicising this harmless day, reserved for Cupid and his arrow, is another way to attract youth votes. Since all is fair in love and war, no issues with the strategy. Perhaps Shiv Sainiks themselves have had a change of heart and won't vandalize gift shops and restaurants celebrating Valentine's Day. Bharatiya sanskriti faces zero danger from an exchange of dil-shaped greetings and other romantic expressions of love. Think of Krishna and his Gopis. How chilled out were they??Our Great Indian Culture is alive and well. No worries. The real threat to it does not come from mini- skirted women knocking back a couple of beers, nor from young lovers walking hand in hand through malls. It comes from goons who assault defenceless females, demand marriage certificates from amourous couples, and threaten to marry off those found 'guilty' of a crime called romance.What shall we call this? How about "Emoshanal Atyachar?"
42 comments:
- Balvinder Balli said...
The tragic incidents of Mumbai carnage and the Mangalore goodaism were not very different from the similar happenings in the past but this time around these incidents have made a difference. Both have brought out the anger of the nation out in the open. While a loud message has been sounded to Pakistan not to train their guns any more on our nation, at the same time a clear warning has also gone to the goons of Muthaliks his tribe to keep their hands off our women folk. Well done crusaders.
- February 14, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Farishta said...
A wonderful post!!
I subscribe to all the views that you have expressed in this post.It is really shameful that people are ready to politicise something as trivial(if I may say so) and personal as V-day.
Wonder where we are heading. - February 14, 2009 at 5:17 PM
ndtv sued a blogger......actually i thinkit was barkha dutt vs .mr. kunte.
any comments on meida freedom of speech?
does only television media have the freedom?not bloggers?
as a fellow blogger, what do u have to say? - February 14, 2009 at 5:27 PM
thanks for a bold post
- February 14, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- id said...
I happened to be at the lobby of a top hotel in chennai both when the pub/disco opened and closed for the night . I was shocked at the attire of the girls and more over at the utter disregard for decency in their conduct .At closure time they emerged from the pub quite drunk and probably high on drugs . The girls with escorts left in cars with their friends ; those without escorts were seen hanging around the porch . It sickened me to see autorickshaw /taxidrivers drag the girls into their vehicles and drive off . They were in no condition to protest and one wonders how they would have reacted had someone tried to protect them! This I am told is a very common occurrence at the hotel . There was a much publicised story of a foreign lady being taken away and raped by a privileged card holding member of the disco.
Now , I am no prude nor a sympathiser of the Ram Sene . But this is an issue that needs to be addressed . Young girls are hurting themselves and civil society needs to offer a way out .Talking stridently about rights and choices is not responsible response . - February 14, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Isha said...
Hahaha, I was in stitches reading this in the Deccan Chronicle this morning. You are an amazingly articulate. Stay gorgeous honey.
- February 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- Usha Pisharody said...
Absolutely! Am really proud to be a woman, and Indian, carrying that PCC logo on my blog.. :):)
This educates and entertains, and that is when real education takes place... :) - February 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM
What is the message that Ms.Shoba de wants to convey to the still to mature young minds?? that they can go overboard witht heir sexualities ?Does she think India is prepared for such sexual permissiveness as is prevalent in Western world??Can she for that matter ever stand to see a girl stripping in the pub naked ?does she expect young ladies to go about nude in the beaches or on the public roads as happens in the west?Will any girl walk away with a guy for sex on mere proposal in our country?If the answer is no then India is not a place for V-days.For it is well known that V-day in the garb of love day loosely allows for sexual permissiveness.This kind of ambiguity in culture is leading to a confused psychology in the minds of the young and is a predisposition for violent tendencies like rape ,lust murders etc.The very people who defend the females liberty to go pubs and booze and indulge in promiscuity support the liquor prohibition and oppose legalisation of prostitution.Why this double standards?
Finally these women who plan to send pink panties to Ram sene ,can they ever dare to stirp their panties and bra in the public like their western counterparts?The fact is V- day is celebrated in the west as a day of promicuity.True love knows no day or time & in India 90% of girls are not prepared for promicuous occasions like V-Day.Proponents ,like Shoba de only indulge in "ink diarroea" because they have to jot out something to be in the limelight. - February 14, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I totally agree with you.....
Your editorial published in the newspapers must have blown off Mutthu's Socks!!!! I think the Pink Chaddi campaign has changed Muthu's mind..... Muthu has said to the media that he wont interfere with V Day Celebrations....
Marrying off couples forcibly.. that is the limit. Even brothers and sisters are assualted and labelled as couples!! So Sick!!!!
But other "moral police officers" of VHP and the likes are on the prowl...
Someone really needs to take the pains to reform these Sick!! - February 14, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Sidhusaaheb said...
The V-day plans of the Shri Ram Sene have been dropped...More on account of orders from the 'high command' (read top BJP leadership) than anything else, I suspect...
My bet is that after the violence against Christians was overtaken in public memory by the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which the Sangh Parivar and its political face i.e. the BJP failed to draw much political mileage from despite strong attempts (as evident from election results for the Delhi and Rajasthan state legislatures), the Parivar turned to 'protecting' Hindu youngsters against forming relationships with non-Hindus as well as against 'Western culture, in view of the coming general elections.
The 'vote-bank' being aimed at is obviously comprised of those who vote to reward the BJP and other constituents of the Sangh Parivar with election victories, whenever they organise violence against minorities.
Whether the current endeavour turns out to be just as profitable remains to be seen.
BTW, the under-wear campaign appears to have little sympathy for the girls 'punished' for interacting with non-Hindu young men. - February 14, 2009 at 8:38 PM
nice post .... i laughed my heart out when i heard about the pink chaddi campaign from my friends ..... well written. If anyone is interested, they can visit www.behindmywords.blogspot.com to check out another cool V day post
- February 14, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Dear Shobhaji,
It would be great if you write a blog on Baba Ramdev's campaign against corrupt and criminal politicians. People need to be aware about his campaign and I think you could be the best medium as you are true patriot. - February 14, 2009 at 10:12 PM
- Nandini Rao said...
Your article says it all!! Thank you.
I've been wanting to scream my lungs out & express my utter disgust towards these so called "Saviors of the Indian Culture".
Shame on them! More importantly, shame on those mothers, who have taken pride in nurturing these hooligans. Certainly, change is always an uncomfortable truth. But then, change is a also a constant.
Tradition calls for the bride to adopt a new home & a new family. Indian women have always succeeded in adjusting their life to changes such as this. Hats off to their courage. On the other hand, our beloved Indian men have been fed, nurtured, pampered & in a nutshell, been thoroughly prepared to lead a life of certainty that will not allow any kind of surprise. Obviously, they have not been able to cope with the changing times. It certainly calls for a revision of our mindset & a revision of our priorities, because globalization also means that what would have been a priority 10 years ago doesn't necessarily have to be important even today.
However, this comment is only for those insensitive souls. I still believe that beautiful hearts & minds do exist.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Nandini Rao. - February 14, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Sanket Korgaonkar said...
Bravo De!
A great piece and The Pink Chaddi campaign deserved nothing less. Thumbs up to all men and women wanting to move forward with the times.
We shall change India - it is happening already!!!
- Sanket - February 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
What shall we call this?
ye ishq nahi aasan... - February 14, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- selva kumar said...
it's a very sensible and apt post for the present time.
if a man wants to drink or whatever , it's his wish
and so also
if a woman wants to drink or whatever , it's her wish and no one has any right to decide anything on her behalf. - February 14, 2009 at 11:46 PM
A brilliant write-up....keep going!
Punch the sickos where it hurts the most...methinks they really need pink panties to cover their inert pink balls! - February 15, 2009 at 1:22 AM
- Madhumita Jena said...
Loved the post :)
- February 15, 2009 at 2:14 AM
You have rightly hit these goondas where it hurts the most.
- February 15, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Shobhaa De,
Do you know how ridiculuous all this sounds coming from YOU, a self-confessed Raj Thackeray supporter?
People idolising this hypocritical woman should watch the Devil's Advocate interview (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-shobhaa-de-on-mumbai-vs-bombay/76806-3.html) - February 15, 2009 at 10:35 AM
- Soul Searcher said...
The Muthaliks of the world need to be dealt with and the PCC campaign is a hilariously topical way to drive the point home.
However it should not be trivialized into a womens Liber versus MCP campaign as the issues are far more serious since there are several "traditional" ladies on Muthaliks side of the fence. - February 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- rainboy said...
belated valentine's wishes mam
post was mast ...maza aa gaya !
tc - February 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- kaleidoscope said...
De, you are a darling and a true one at that. This is such a powerful post. More power to you and all women who've ever been traumatized by Muthu's of our society.
On a different note, who are these Lathas and anonymous people plaguing this space with their constant reference to your Karan Thapar interview on IBN? Its high time such crop of people see the difference between a. thoughtful criticism and superficial fault-finding and between b.commenting and referencing.
On yet another note, isn't it nice, Nepal celebrated not just red, but also "pink" Valentine's day? More power to gays too. - February 15, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Shrutzz said...
Had a great time; reading the blog!!! well written and Bold!!! am Happy..Thanks:)
- February 15, 2009 at 4:12 PM
- Blogger said...
shobhaa de ji..!!i have a small doubt..!!one of my friend here always says that he is a close associate of ur's...his name is Arun a.k.a Lensa who is from hyderabad A.P.He also says that he wrote the books nomenclature and phenomenon...and it seems that u read those books also..!!!is that true...??plss plss reply to this comment..!!waiting to hear from u..!!
plss reply to firstname.lastname@example.com - February 15, 2009 at 5:11 PM
You said it all! I thought it would be better to throw pink stones on MR.M or give him pink dupatta to hang himself rather than giving your precious lacy pink lingrie to him!
- February 15, 2009 at 6:02 PM
- Piper .. said...
Shobhaa, I cant for the life of me,imagine why you would allow such morons to publish incoherent remarks on your post. To quote and also reply to one:
"Can she for that matter ever stand to see a girl stripping in the pub naked ?does she expect young ladies to go about nude in the beaches or on the public roads as happens in the west?Will any girl walk away with a guy for sex on mere proposal in our country?If the answer is no then India is not a place for V-days.For it is well known that V-day in the garb of love day loosely allows for sexual permissiveness."
Ooh...Mr.Wimp(err..Mr.Pink), do you think stripping and nudity is all that`s there to Valentine`s day or even love for that matter??Well known to whom, Dear Wimpie?? To retarded morons like you, who just dont get it??? And if that be so, pray, would you mind explaining how your pervert mind doesnt ostracize men but ONLY WOMEN who go to pubs? Pray,do inform us about the culture which preaches that its OK for men to go to pubs and rape and harrass women, but NOT OK for women to retaliate???
Wimpie dear...instead of jumping to type your next nasty comment directed at me, go think. But then again, if that brain of yours is as wimpy as you, which I strongly suspect it is, I dont think 'go think' is a great idea. Just go. Let us live in peace.
Shobhaa, excellent post! :) - February 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM
This is not clash of cultures..but clash of rich vs ordinary. This is not going to end here. Majority even if they don't accept in public are in support of these incidents of 'moral policing'.
If you had observed clearly you wouldn't find even a single person who is rich enough to go to pub and still protest against it. So its clearly clash of classes.
The pub attack was one off incident but in India there is so much of domestic violence against women that happens on day to day basis...why dont they raise their voice against that?
do these people who religiously celebrate valentines day know that there is something called Domestic violence awareness month too?
There are still dowry-deaths that happen so regularly..why don't u young pub going girls protest against it in the same fashion as u r doing now?
Media giving you space because u speak posh english and have a photogenic face.
And what did you people do? gave publicity to a guy like muthalik..u gave him so much publicity that he might even win in the next elections if he contests. - February 15, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Please leave space after your punctuation marks!
- February 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- vesa50 said...
S, I wouldn't behave in too friendly a manner with PM in public lest you run into BRDal guys & they force you two poor souls into a marriage!
nice post.
According to the press the goons enjoyed receiving the pink chaddis, but don't know if the preference went to strings..
hmmm , by the way, i prefer normal vintage Moet; don't care for rosé normally - February 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
- Harish said...
Hehehe. Headlines 'shobhaa dé loves Mutti boy'... Wah re wah dé, kitna mast post hai. Thanks for slapping mutti boi on hs face and everywhere.
- February 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Harish said...
Dé, my female frnds hv been receiving nice phone calls fm mutti boi's men. They use words like mother f;&%ker, ar&ehole, etc. And guess what, the cutest thng is that all are in chasté hindi. A comment tht r anonymous in ths blog speaks about indian culture getting harmed. Do we mean to say that indians are apes who would blindly follow what they see. If people are naked in pubs (whch they arnt) would our girls get inspired to go nude? Are we that fickle minded?... My india is a thnking india. Not a blindly aping india. I believe indian culture is in 'athithi devo bhava', and our culture could be influenced by the athithi, but cant shake our roots.
- February 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Unknown said...
Dear Madam
Apropos your thought provoking article captioned To Promdji with love, from pink chaddi girls in the Deccan Chronicle dated 14 Feb 2009. I am 69 turning 70. My generation has seen the transition from ghunghat culture to more open society for women. The women have also been exposed to equal educational opportunities and today we find them working shoulder to shoulder with men including armed forces, police and Government and are not merely confined to teaching profession. However, I feel this has been mainly an urban phenomenon. A large chunk of our women folk in diverse places and amongst various social groups in our country are still subject to primitive restrictions. They live in thrall, in penury and utter drudgery. At the same time taking to pub culture in the name of women emancipation is no solution. If anything, it arouses abhorrence. Recently, I came across a newspaper ( Deccan Chronicle) photograph showing some young girls sitting on bar stools in a pub drinking and one of them smoking a hookah. I confess I was horrified to see it and felt it was sheer perversion, the forerunner of a decadent culture being ushered in the name woman lib. I am not a reactionary and my own daughters- in- law are free to wear jeans should they so choose but the basic ethos of our culture are maintained. If we choose to ape the western culture we should also be prepared to accept all its ills. The choice is ours.
Article 14 of our Constitution prescribes freedom as fundamental right but with reasonable restrictions. However, these restrictions should not be imposed on the pub culture either by the government or by the goons of frustrated libidos posing as protectors of our culture. Such hooliganism is just not acceptable in a liberal democracy like ours. Nor is the pub bharo movement as advocated by our honourable minister's daughter a solution. If anything, it is a perverse reaction. After all what do we want? Do want our boys and girls to be drunken debauchees and hussies? It will be too optimistic to presume that the grown up boys and girls drinking and smoking together will exercise restraint in the charged atmosphere of the pub. Are we not exposing them to cancer? Why this hara-kiri instinct? I think that the solution lies in proper counseling in the educational institutions and by the parents of these spoilt brats if the novae riche can find time for their offspring or else these youngsters are so pampered that they have stopped listening to any one – parents and teachers alike.
Yours truly,
Visakhapatnam - February 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- Dr. Ally Critter said...
Good Job! I totally agree with you. Save Indian Culture Indeed- with saviors like those that Culture needs going down the drain.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- Kush said...
Regardless of those opposed to you, I endorse you. Period.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I guess this mutthu guy was too desparate when he was young..no girl gave him any bhav...so he is taking his revenge...
I have not seen shamless shit like this guy b4...y cant he be thrown in jail? - February 18, 2009 at 5:06 AM
- Raefah said...
I wish Bollywood story writers are reading this.. this could be a great Munna Bhai kind of movie, Muthalik honoring Shobhaa's wish and so on.. Cant wait to see the ending..?
- February 18, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Hi There,
I am a resident of Trivandrum. Just wanted to write about the Mangalore incidents...You created such hue of a small incident in Mangalore and brouhgt it to the limelight! There was a similar incident of the same sort where the DYFI workers thrashed a guy and a gal in broad daylight some time back in Thiruvanathapuram..Just wanted to know how and why you press persons report selectively
The way in which the press reports has gone from bad to worse - February 18, 2009 at 8:08 PM
This is the best post I have read on the subject. Thank you.
- February 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
- Chandra said...
I was boiling all over seeing the unbelievable atrocities in the media...so much so that I could nt get the right words to xpress my feelings.But ur post does it ma'am,its the most powerful post I ve read on this issue.
- February 23, 2009 at 1:33 AM
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2012 January Andrew Quinn joins the lab as graduate researcher.
2011 December Maggie Simons, undergraduate researcher, wins the second place Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. ChBE article
2011 October Matt Conway, undergraduate researcher, wins a first place poster award at the undergraduate poster session at the AIChE annual meeting.
2011 August Dr. Sriram is named Keystone Professor by the A. James Clark School of Engineering. ChBE article
2011 May Dr. Sriram is announced as the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Young Engineer Award and the Allan C. Davis Medal by the Maryland Academy of Sciences and the Maryland Science Center. ChBE article Clark School article
2011 April Congratulations to graduate researchers Shilpa Nargund and Yuting Zheng for being awarded two of the three Best Teaching Assistant awards by the ChBE department for their service as graduate teaching assistants in 2010-11.
2011 April Matt Conway, undergraduate researcher, is awarded the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Fellowship to support his research in the lab. Article on ChBE website
2011 April Ho-Man Yeung, undergraduate researcher, is one of the three University of Maryland Library Awards for Undergraduate Research. This $1,000 award honors undergraduates for producing quality research projects by effectively using library resources. Ho-Man received the award in a ceremony during Undergraduate Research Day on April 27. Congrats Ho-Man and his mentor Shilpa! Article on ChBE website
2011 February Yuting Zheng, graduate researcher, wins a best presentation award at ResearchFest. Photos on ChBE website
2011 January Shilpa Nargund and Yuting Zheng, graduate researchers, both pass their Ph.D. proposal exams and advance to candidacy. Congratulations!
2010 August Dr. Sriram is part of an interdisciplinary team that was awarded a $1.9 million NSF grant toward the purchase of a high-resolution (800 MHz) nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometer. The team is lead by Dr. Kwaku Dayie (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland), and includes Dr. David Fushman, Dr. Vitali Tugarinov (both from Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Dr. Sriram. This instrument will facilitate enhanced study of biomolecular structures such as protein and RNA and the measurement of isotopic labels for metabolic pathway analysis. Details: article on umd.edu, article on ChBE website.
2010 May The Baltimore Sun publishes a front-page story on the NSF poplar project. Project and lab pictures from the print and online versions of the paper: 1, 2, 3, 4.
2010 April Ali Eslami, undergraduate researcher, is awarded a $3,000 grant from A Scholars Program for Industry-Oriented Research in Engineering (ASPIRE), University of Maryland, to fund his summer research.
2010 April Emily Lin, undergraduate researcher, was selected as one of the University of Maryland's five "2010 Student Researchers of the Year". This carries a $500 award, which Emily received in a ceremony at Undergraduate Research Day on April 22.
2010 April Ganesh's paper is accepted in Metabolic Engineering.
2010 March Yuting's paper is accepted in Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology.
2010 February News release about the NSF poplar grant: official press release, article on umd.edu, article on ChBE website. Press coverage: NBC Washington.
2010 February Dr. Ashish Misra joins the lab as postdoctoral researcher to work on the NSF poplar project.
2010 February Xiaofeng Zhang, graduate researcher, is awarded a McAvoy Family Fellowship, which will partially fund his first year in graduate school.
2010 February Xiaofeng Zhang joins the lab as graduate researcher.
2009 September Ian MacIntire, undergraduate researcher, is awarded a $1,000 grant from A Scholars Program for Industry-Oriented Research in Engineering (ASPIRE), University of Maryland, for the second time. This grant will fund his research in the lab in Fall 2009.
2009 August Dr. Sriram is part of a team that was awarded a $3.2 million NSF grant to study nitrogen storage and cycling in poplar, an economically viable, non-food future source of biofuel feedstock. The team is led by Dr. Gary Coleman (Plant Science and Landscape Architecture [PSLA], University of Maryland) and includes as co-PIs Dr. Sriram, Dr. Jianhua Zhu (PSLA) and Dr. George Ude (Bowie State University). The work funded by this grant will quantify gene expression, metabolic flux and protein phosphorylation during nitrogen storage and cycling in poplar, integrate the multiscale data from these approaches and then use reverse genetics to identify gene function.
2009 August Emily Lin, undergraduate researcher, is awarded a $2,500 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant for the second time. This award will fund her research in the lab during the 2009-10 academic year.
2009 July Dr. Sriram and Baltimore-based Fyodor Biotechnologies Inc. have been awarded a $170,105 Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) seed grant to explore and optimize the production of the antimalarial therapeutic artemisinin in yeast through a novel metabolic route. Mtech press release
2009 April Ian MacIntire, undergraduate researcher, is awarded a $3,000 grant from A Scholars Program for Industry-Oriented Research in Engineering (ASPIRE), University of Maryland, to fund his summer research.
2009 March Emily Lin, undergraduate researcher, is awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) to support her summer research. This award carries over $4,000 in fellowship, research and travel funds. UM story
2009 February Yuting Zheng, holder of a Jan and Anneke Sengers Fellowship, joins the lab as graduate researcher.
2009 February Shilpa Nargund, graduate researcher, wins first place at ResearchFest. UM story

Open positions
Postdocs and graduate researchers
There are currently no open positions.
We will be seeking one graduate student in 2014-15 to work on metabolic and gene regulatory pathway analysis in diatoms. To be a graduate student in the Sriram Lab, you must be admitted to a graduate (Ph.D. or M.S.) program in chemical engineering or a related area at University of Maryland. If you are seeking admission and would like assistance or information about future projects, please contact Dr. Sriram.
Undergraduate researchers
We are seeking an undergraduate researcher to work on a computational project involving mining of metabolic pathway databases and assembly of genome-scale metabolic models. To apply, you should be an undergraduate student at University of Maryland, preferably with exposure to chemical engineering and cell biology. Please contact Dr. Sriram for details.


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"I don't know if I'm an idiot or I'm just really, really motivated, or
super stubborn, but with every time I've been knocked down, so to speak,
I've been able to say, it's okay, I can do it." - Cub Swanson
Despite what some people may tell you, adversity isn't losing a fight. That's just a notch on your record, an experience you should use to fuel you and help you get better. To many, losing is a gift. But adversity, that's a different animal altogether. Adversity is getting your head split open in a fight, literally having your face broken in training, and watching your prime years slip away as you try to get healthy enough to compete.
That's adversity. And when someone gets past that and succeeds, you can't be impartial; you have to cheer for that person.
You have to cheer for Cub Swanson.
So as we enter the fall of 2012 and prepare for UFC 152 in Toronto this weekend, Swanson isn't a fighter that could have been. He's a fighter who is. Winner of two consecutive fights this year via knockout over George Roop and Ross Pearson, the 28-year-old from Palm Springs, California is on the verge of entering title contention at featherweight should he defeat Charles Oliveira on Saturday, and he's finally starting to see his years of toil paying off.
"I don't know if I'm an idiot or I'm just really, really motivated, or super stubborn, but with every time I've been knocked down, so to speak, I've been able to say, it's okay, I can do it," he said. "Even when people around me were more bummed than I was at certain things, and there were a couple times where you get down, I've always stayed positive and always told myself that I could do better, and that's always been my mentality. And I've had good people around me."
Those good people, both at home in California and in the Jackson's MMA camp in Albuquerque, have always known what he could do if given a level playing field – not necessarily in the Octagon, but in life. He always seemed to be dealt a bad hand when it came to freak injuries and his body betraying him at crucial moments though. Yet the worst was watching the world go by as he sat on the sidelines.
"The hardest part is you see certain guys that when you're in the WEC, those guys were just starting to fight, and they kinda look up to you, and then they make it to the UFC before you," said Swanson, who fought just five times in two years in the WEC, and then sat out a year before his UFC debut against Ricardo Lamas in November of 2011. "And you're kinda like 'man, they're in the UFC already and I still haven't fought.' That's hard, and it's hard to not feel like time's passing you by, but I always felt that the road I've had to travel has been rough and it's had its ups and downs, but when I get there, it's going to be the peak of my career and I really feel like it can be with a belt. And if I'm standing there with that belt, it's gonna mean so much more to me than it does to the average champion. And that's my personality – I like to learn the hard way. It's just me."
Like it? Swanson must love the hard way, because he didn't just take the road less traveled; he took the road no one was traveling. But he made it, and even during the hard times, he would do whatever it took to get to the gym and do something – anything – in order to get better.
"Through all my injuries, I always thought it was funny because I've been out for years with a fight here and there, but I've been in the gym that whole time trying to get better," he said. "And I always thought to myself that one day this is gonna pay off and I'm gonna shine and people are gonna be like 'where did this come from?'"
That was most definitely the case in June, when he put on a clinic of dynamic striking against always tough Ross Pearson, finishing off the former Ultimate Fighter winner in the second round and earning Knockout of the Night honors in the process. The victory put a smile on the face of one of his cornermen that night, former boxing contender Antonio Diaz, and when you heard that Swanson was working with the likes of former US Olympian Vicente Escobedo, rising star Omar Figueroa, and the man who beat Manny Pacquiao – world champion Tim Bradley, it wasn't surprising that Swanson's standup was drawing rave reviews.
"I go into the gym and I'll work one punch for a week," said Swanson of his boxing training in California. "(Coach) Joel Diaz, who is becoming pretty famous lately, will tell me 'you're doing this wrong,' and I'll work that one punch and then the footwork to go behind it. It's been a lot of hard work, and then when I go out to Albuquerque, I use what I learned and I have to translate it to MMA and change the distance and figure it out, and that's been a whole other thing. And then there's the sparring. My regular sparring partners are Vicente Escobedo and Omar Figueroa, and any guy who comes into the boxing gym with 20 pro fights, they're like 'oh, you could spar Cub,' (Laughs) because I'm always there. I've sparred guys that are on Friday Night Fights and Showtime all the time."
And yes, boxing isn't MMA, but working with world-class boxers has had a big effect on Swanson, and the proof is in his performances.
"Because they (boxers) only focus on that one aspect, they're so good and so fast, and they make you pay for little mistakes," he said. "I'm able to get so much out of that, and when I go and I spar good MMA fighters, I feel like my reaction time is just a little bit faster. It does take some adjusting every time to translate it into kickboxing with takedowns and do that whole side of it. But it's something that excites me and keeps me coming back to the gym. Sometimes I'm just hitting the bag and I'll watch Vicente and (former world champ) Julio Diaz spar, and I'm like man, these guys are bad ass. I've watched Tim Bradley spar, and I'm a fan of it. I'm a fan of all the different aspects of MMA – I'm a fan of judo, I'm a fan of wrestling, I'm a fan of boxing and jiu-jitsu. I'm a fan of all of it, and I'm able to see the different aspects and what it takes to make an MMA fighter and I feel like I'm a little bit more open-minded to say what works and what doesn't and not what style."
As soon as the bell rang against Pearson, the gap between the two 145-pounders in the striking realm was huge, and that's saying a lot because the Brit is a solid standup fighter. But whether Swanson was pecking and probing, or shooting in with power shots from non-traditional angles, the fight got one-sided real fast.
"With Pearson in particular, I asked for that fight, and I go man, this kid's tough, but I feel like I can beat him, I know I can," said Swanson. "And the whole thing behind it was that I purposely didn't put on too much weight after the weigh ins, I was very strict with myself, and I put on just enough weight to be content and have my power, but not be too heavy because I knew my footwork was going to be everything. And he's a guy who marches forward, so I wanted to be able to pepper him in the face and kinda piss him off because he was going to do one of two things: just back up and then let me fire, which I didn't think was going to happen, or what I really thought was gonna happen, which was him coming forward harder. And when he comes forward, he comes straightforward, and he's a counterpuncher, so when I hit, he comes forward. So I wanted to hit and cut angles so he could never find his rhythm, and that's what it was, and my rhythm was making him not find his rhythm."
In the second, Swanson finished it, lifting him to 2-1 in the UFC and 17-5 overall. Now he'll battle Oliveira in the UFC 152 Pay-Per-View opener. Oliveira is known for his ground game, but he can bang a little too. Swanson has a BJJ black belt, but striking has become his bread and butter. In short, this is some fight to get the main card off to a good start.
"He's very dangerous," said Swanson of Oliveira. "When he came into the UFC he was kind of a one trick pony, but very dangerous at that one thing. Now he's really brought his Muay Thai along and he's definitely becoming a dual threat. But I feel like I've done everything I need to do, I'm confident in my abilities, and I'm happy with this matchup."
And what about opening the show?
"My last fight with Pearson, I was so excited just to hear Bruce Buffer say 'we are live' starting with my fight because I knew there were going to be fireworks, and I didn't shy away from it at all," he said. "I know that this one is gonna be even bigger. Something's going to infect me when I'm in there, and when we're in the cage and it's me and him, I'm gonna bring it, and I'm not afraid of that – I'm excited."
Why wouldn't he be? It's finally Cub Swanson's time.
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Faced with sharp financial losses stemming from the Boston Marathon bombing attack and the days of forced closure that followed, businesses in the affected Copley Square area can apply for federal help, the Small Business Administration announced Friday.
The news comes as people continue to flock to Boylston Street, to pay their respects to victims of the April 15 attacks and to support stores and restaurants that were open for the first Saturday since the bombings and the ensuing manhunt.
"We're looking at millions of dollars in losses," Meg Mainzer-Cohen, president of the Back Bay Association, tells The Boston Globe. "Some of it can be recouped by the passionate support we're receiving now. But there are some that, no matter what, won't be able to make it up."
The Small Business Administration plan would allow businesses to apply for long-term federal loans that come with low costs and an interest rate of 4 percent.
Today, Boylston Street's shops are open for business; the area reopened to pedestrians Wednesday.
As Rachel Gotbaum reports from Boston for our Newscast unit, one of the newly reopened stores is Marathon Sports. Its windows still showed signs of the attacks, but customers were there in force, manager Shane O'Hara tells Rachel.
"I've never opened up the door on a normal Saturday and had probably 15-20 people walk in, and also saying thank you," he said, his voice beginning to crack with emotion, "and giving me flowers and stuff."
Prior to the SBA announcement, some business owners in the Copley Square area had found themselves in the odd position of hoping the bombing attack would not be officially deemed an act of terrorism.
As WBUR's Curt Nickish reported Friday, that's because not all store owners have insurance policies that cover losses associated with a terrorist attack.
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By H. Knox Thames
CSCE Counsel
United States Helsinki Commission staff held consultations in Tbilisi, Georgia from October 14-16, 2002, with senior government officials, religious groups and NGOs to assess religious freedom and other human rights developments in that country. The discussions specifically focused on the ongoing mob violence against non-Georgian Orthodox religious groups, the prospects for ending the attacks, and what actions the Georgian Government should take to stop the depredations.
The trip occurred on the heals of a Commission hearing on democracy, human rights and security in Georgia. During that hearing, Members of Congress raised their concerns regarding the ongoing violence against members of minority religious communities, Georgian authorities' unwillingness to take action against the perpetrators of violence, and Georgia's relationship with Russia concerning the Panksi Gorge. Commission Members have also written three letters in as many years to President Eduard Shevardnadze urging him to take concrete steps to quell the violence.
The violence against minority religious communities began roughly three years ago, with Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Baptists and Pentecostals all being victimized. Over that period, the frequency and intensity of the attacks have increased. Police have been implicated in the attacks, but as of late, their transgressions consist of omissions, such as reportedly refusing to intervene when notified of assaults in-progress. More recently, the main instigators of mob violence are Vasili Mkalavishvili, a defrocked Orthodox priest, and Paata Bluashvili, director of the Orthodox "Jvari" Union. In addition, demagogic parliamentarians, like Guram Sharadze, have led rallies and made inflammatory statements about the so-called "dangers" of non-Georgian Orthodox religious groups to Georgian society and nationhood.
The victimization of minority religious groups is often justified through the language of Georgian nationalism. The small former Soviet Republic is squeezed between Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Russian Republic of Chechnya. Once a desired Soviet vacation destination, Georgia's economy and infrastructure are crumbling, with the government struggling to provide the most basic of services. For example, there is much debate on whether sufficient gas and electricity will be available to avoid outages during the upcoming winter. Some Georgian public figures and religious leaders apparently see political profit from fighting religious pluralism behind the flag of Georgian nationalism, and non-Georgian Orthodox religious groups and their adherents have been characterized as unpatriotic and dangerous to Georgian society.
On October 14, President Shevardnadze and the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilya II, signed a concordat concretizing the church's relationship with the state. The Georgian Parliament, by a vote of 203 to one, ratified the concordat, bringing the measure into force. In addition to the questionable legal status of a concordat between a government and an entity lacking both sovereignty and any international legal personality, other problems arise. Foremost, the concordat creates an unbalanced playing field against other religious groups. The agreement grants the Catholicos-Patriarch immunity, excludes Georgian Orthodox clergy from military service and limits the creation of chaplain institutions in both prisons and the military to this one religious group. Also troubling is the provision granting the Georgian Orthodox Church the power to approve licenses for "official symbols and terminology of the Church." As the concordat appendix enumerates a broad and vague list of items and terms falling under the church's purview, which includes, inter alia, church buildings, liturgical items, crosses, and theological literature, other religious groups, like the schismatic True Orthodox Church, fear this will limit their ability to operate freely.
The concordat is not the only legal issue of concern to minority religious communities, as a draft law on religion is circulating in the Georgian Parliament. The draft law, in its current form, contains several problematic articles. The term "improper proselytism" makes impermissible offers of "material or social benefits" or use of "psycho-ideological influence." Charges of "improper proselytism" could have criminal repercussions, as Article 155 of the criminal code punishes the "offering of material or social care to attract new members to a religious organization or confession" by a fine or two-years imprisonment.
Other troubling portions of the legislation include the creation of a registration scheme for religious groups. The draft law mandates the submission of the names of 50 members, as well as information on the group's doctrines and activities, "attitude towards the family and marriage issues" and "the peculiarities of the attitude of the adherents towards health." The draft also restricts the use of "Georgia" or "of Georgia" to groups "operating on the territory of Georgia for not less than 50 years." Denial of registration can occur if, "as a result of the state religious expertise it is established that the entity is not religious." Lastly, the draft law would allow the termination of religious activities, if the group is found to violate "state security and public order" or for refusing to "administer medical assistance on religious grounds."
If passed in its current form, the law would violate Georgia's OSCE commitments, as these provisions appear tailored to ensure the curtailing, if not outright banning, of the Jehovah's Witnesses and other minority religious communities. While there is a legitimate need to provide religious groups juridical personality, the draft law is too invasive and burdensome. The question is will it ever become law. Several officials and NGOs have indicated their general unhappiness with the current draft, saying it is too liberal for some and too limiting for others, but neither viewpoint has the numbers in the fractious parliament to amend the text. Others opined that with the Georgian Orthodox Church secured through the concordat as the preeminent Georgian faith and considering their dissatisfaction with the draft text, the church will no longer push for the religion law. As an alternative, the Supreme Court Chairman has proposed allowing religious groups to access the simple civil code registration process currently provided for non-profit organizations. The Ministry of Justice is reportedly reviewing this option.
In discussions with Commission staff, minority religious community leaders expressed greater concern about the unchecked violence, rather than the future implications under the concordat or law on religion. Their concerns are warranted, as several assaults against Jehovah's Witnesses occurred in the days immediately following the Commission's September 24 hearing. Additionally, during the first week of October, villagers in Shemokmedi destroyed a church built by the in independent True Orthodox Church.
Georgian officials and NGO representatives offered conflicting opinions on the phenomenon of violence inflicted by Vasili Mkalavishvili. Some view Mkalavishvili as an agent of the Russian Government, whose mission is to further destabilize Georgia. Others believe the Georgian Government and the Georgian Orthodox Church purposefully allow Mkalavishvili and his mobs to run wild. The government may benefit from the mob attacks distracting the Georgian polity from numerous government failures. For the Georgian Orthodox Church, the mobs intimidate and harass religious groups considered competition, and elevates the church as the protector of Georgian heritage and nationhood. However, while it is difficult to establish a direct link between the defrocked Mkalavishvili and the government or the Georgian Orthodox Church, the government appears hesitant to stop the cycle of violence.
Commission staff also met with officials of the State Ministry, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Security Council and the Ombudsman for Human Rights, as well as members of the Supreme Court and several parliamentarians. Each admitted the mob violence was a serious problem, but some were quick to raise what they believe to be contributing factors, such as lack of education, poor economic situation, weak government, or Russian aggression. Government officials and religious groups agreed that if authorities had immediately arrested Mkalavishvili and his thugs three years ago, the problem would not exist today. Georgian officials, for the most part, seem fearful of repercussions which may result from any conviction against mob leaders. Nevertheless, most officials admitted that if authorities arrested, tried and jailed the top perpetrators, even for only six months, the violence would end.
Commission staff expressed to Georgian officials the danger of allowing the brutality to continue and escalate, which could have repercussions for the government and the future of Georgia. Staff also made clear the great concern Commissioners maintain about the unwillingness of Georgian authorities to prosecute and jail the perpetrators of violence against members of minority faiths. Commission staff pushed Georgian officials for the provision of proper security for the ongoing trial of Mkalavishvili. In response, each of the Georgian officials repeated their resolution to thwart the violence, with both Georgia's Ministry of Interior and National Security Council promising adequate police protection. Mkalavishvili's trial, which started in January of this year, has been postponed five times, with Mkalavishvili's mob crashing the courtroom and assaulting those in attendance.
Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) wrote President Eduard Shevardnadze in late October 2002, seeking to reaffirmation of these guarantees. To the credit of the Georgian Government, they have provided adequate security personnel at the subsequent court proceedings of Mkalavishvili's case. However, during a November 16th hearing, Mkalavishvili's followers verbally assaulted and forcibly removed a reporter from Radio Free Europe. Security personnel did not intervene. In addition, one of the accused perpetrators reportedly was carrying a concealed firearm inside the courtroom.
In closing, there is little hope for religious freedom if the Georgian Government remains unwilling to arrest, prosecute and jail the perpetrators of the mob attacks. While the providing of proper security at the Mkalavishvili trial is a welcomed step, it is long overdue. Considering the hundreds of criminal complaints against Mkalavishvili and other perpetrators of mob violence, the government must bring more prosecutions on serious criminal charges. It is the Georgian Government's duty to ensure that all its citizens, regardless of their faith, can enjoy religious freedom, as well as personal and communal security.
The United States Helsinki Commission, an independent federal agency, by law monitors and encourages progress in implementing provisions of the Helsinki Accords. The Commission, created in 1976, is composed of nine Senators, nine Representatives, and one official each from the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce.


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No Sew Grommet Drapes
I was on a deadline - we had company coming and I didn't want to be working on this while they were there. Without further ado, here are the no-sew grommet curtains I whipped up on Saturday.
I started with the usual tools - fabric, scissors, fabric glue, tape measure, an iron and some curtain grommets. I should have had 12-16 grommets but I only had 8 - I figured I'd make do and add more later. BIG MISTAKE #1 (more on that later.) The width right off the bolt worked perfectly for these decorative panels so I only had to cut once to make sure there was enough fabric for two panels that reached the floor. I cut so that there would be plenty of room at the bottom to hem in place.
Using the marked ends of the fabric as a guide, I folded over twice (ironing for each fold as I went) to make my left hem. When I was happy with how it looked, I applied a bead of glue to hold it down. When I had completed one side, I flipped the whole thing over and did the other. Technically you should wait until the glue is completely dry before moving on but I didn't wait and it didn't seem to be an issue.
At this point I had one big rectangle with two unfinished sides (top and bottom). Now it was time for the curtain header. I made another simple 1 inch hem with the glue but when that was dry I made a large 5 inch fold and glued again.
At last it was time for the grommets. Here is where I got tripped up. Somehow I didn't realize that I needed an even number of grommets until after I had completed the first drape. DOH!! MISTAKE #2: YOU MUST HAVE AN EVEN NUMBER. I added another grommet right next to the center one and that worked to make them functional but it will be a lot harder to add more now. Oh well, live and learn.
I hung them via the rod I installed a while back (its a closet rod!) and hemmed them in place to get a perfect fit. I was worried the glue wouldn't look as crisp but it looks great.
A very easy (yet extremely tedious) project complete. I think they add a lot to the room in terms of looking more finished and makes the whole seating area much more cozy. Excuse the droopiness - more grommets are on the way.
This room isn't quite done yet but I think its summer ready. I just need to find that marble cutting board several of you sugested (great idea!) and maybe something on the walls. What do you think?
Room Details:
Fabric is Waverly Cross Section
Light Fixture is custom made by Pickett Furniture
Walls are painted Restoration Hardware Silver Sage
Cabinet bottoms painted Martha Stewart Wrought Iron
Countertops painted with custom tinted Rustoleum Countertop
59 comments:
- Wendy McKenzie10:25 AM
It definitely sounds like the Shore House is shaping up... when I started reading this blog I got the impression the place was kind of like a thorn in your side (with that kitchen, I couldn't blame you for that), but it's beginning to sound now like you're much more enthusiastic about tackling the challenge of the place! As an avid reader of your blog, I find this exciting.
Also.. I really love that fabric you used for the curtains. It fits the window setting so perfectly!
I think you should add some yellow to the room to make it pop if you ask me... with all that gray, a little bit of yellow would be beautiful. Maybe a painting or a picture (or a few) that adds a little bit of contrast to the room? - MrsLimestone10:41 AM
I think they will look a lot less odd once I've finished the grommets. Of course lining is always nice the fabric is heavy enough that it doesn't need any extra weight to fall correctly (I didn't even have to add pennies to the hem!) Plus I like have a little sun peeking in.
ReplyDelete - Aimee@ the Functional Space4:14 PM
Curtains look great! I have to ask how the painted counters are holding up. My M-I-L is constantly scheming on how to get new counters but she's unwilling to pay for or endure the installation of stone (F-I-L hates change too, which makes me think this is all moot!) She keeps asking me about painted counters and I'd love to be able to give her some first hand knowledge.
ReplyDelete - Lisa Rozario2:36 PM
I have recently discovered your blog. My 'to do' list includes "home-crafted" drapes and now I feel more inspired to do undertake this project. Thank you! I have discovered fabric fusion a while ago...amazing product!
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This giveaway is over now, thanks everyone for participating!
Just for fun, I decided to participate in the Fall, Y'All giveaway carnival hosted over at Bloggy Giveaways. I finished up my redwork Christmas ornaments (I'm going to make more, though), and I'm giving away one of them. The lucky winner can choose between the Joy, Tree, or Gift ornaments. (The snowman was embroidered by my son and isn't part of the giveaway. But isn't it cute?)
If you want to make your own, these ornaments are made from patterns in the Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Crafts magazine that is currently on newsstands.
All you have to do is leave a comment here before 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, and we'll randomly pick one lucky winner later that day. If your post doesn't link back to your blog, please include your email address in your comment.


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The present Syrian crisis ranks among the most vexing moments of President Obama's presidency.
The recent heart-rending images of Syrian civilians, many of them young children apparently killed by chemical weapons used by the government of Bashar Assad, have raised the volume on calls for the president to act.
But while there's a clarity to the outrage itself, for Obama things quickly get murky.
The president had most likely hoped his earlier "red line" warning to the Syrian regime on the use of chemical weapons would have dissuaded Assad from using chemical weapons. It didn't.
Instead, now that the weapons have been used, foreign policy experts say Obama must use U.S. military force if only to maintain credibility in the eyes of the world. The administration has given every indication the president intends to use force.
Secretary of State John Kerry furthered that view in a brief statement he delivered Monday at the State Department:
"There is a reason why no matter what you believe about Syria, all peoples in all nations who believe in the cause of our common humanity must stand up to assure that there is accountability for the use of chemical weapons."
But the use of U.S. force by Obama is complicated by a variety of factors, not the least the attitude of the American people. Weary from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many Americans are disinclined to use the U.S. military in Syria. Depending on the poll, majorities are opposed to U.S. military involvement or even providing war materiel to the Syrian opposition.
Then there's the U.S. military itself. In a letter that Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently sent to Democratic congressmen, the nation's top military officer explained that Syria is a confusing muddle of competing interests — none of whom necessarily want the same thing as the U.S. Weighing in to help the opposition as it is currently constituted could have the unintended consequence of eventually harming U.S. interests. The outcome of the Libya intervention testifies to that.
Obama does at least have support for military action from congressional Republicans like Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee. So that gives him some bipartisan cover.
But that doesn't make the decision any easier for a president who would rather focus on his domestic priorities than a foreign riddle wrapped in an enigma like Syria.
All in all, Syria makes the president's coming fiscal fights with congressional Republicans over raising the debt ceiling and funding the federal government beyond October seem like easy problems by comparison.
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I say scribble, because they really were scribbles. I just wanted to make the point as fast as possible and had no time to have someone clean up all my drawing to make them pretty. So excuse the roughness of the drawings.
Here's a sample:
wanna see more?
I don't blame the overseas studios for not following the instructions and drawings you send them. It's the fault of the American system in the 80s and the Americans who trained them in the first place.
But I got stuck with having to retrain so many studios to just do things logically that after awhile I lost it because of so much time and money wasted on retakes. Needless retakes that could be avoided if only service studios would literally use the drawings and instructions you send them-and follow the timing on the ex sheets.
Even though I had changed the creative production system in Spumco, we still had to have service studios not undo all the work we did here.
I eventually had to help start one from scratch that hadn't already been trained by the Hanna Barbera factory system. Then they became the most successful overseas studio of all and everybody uses them now.
It's not enough to have talent and funny ideas. You have to have a sensible production system that exploits the talent.
This post was inspired by Jaime Weinman's comment about "Don't Touch That Dial".
"Back in Style" went to a subpar overseas studio and endured almost a full year of retakes, just to get it as good as it looks.
Didn't "Toby Danger" also go to that studio (Akom) and have to go through a lot of retakes? Or am I misremembering?
Yes, "Don't Touch That Dial," made for a lot less money, actually looks better -- it seems (from the outside) that there was a lot of money being spent inefficiently on studio cartoons in the '90s.
Putting that Scooby parody in "Back in Style" was something I was told to do. I felt it was redundant to do almost exactly what I had a part in doing a decade earlier but was overruled, being just a writer on that show. That picture also should have ended with the Filmation bit, imo. "Back in Style" went to a subpar overseas studio and endured almost a full year of retakes, just to get it as good as it looks. "Don't Touch That Dial", made ten years earlier, probably cost about one-fifth of the Warners short. Retakes were minimal at Bakshi's because we had to get it right the first time. There was no corporate parent company to foot one cent of overage.


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The remains of Urooj Khan, the Chicago man who last July died one day after his $425,000 check from the Illinois lottery was cut, were exhumed today, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Now, a full autopsy will be done to see if more can be learned about his death and whether he may have been murdered. Authorities have previously said they've determined there was a lethal amount of cyanide in Khan's blood system.
According to the Tribune:
"In court papers last week, Chief Medical Examiner Stephen J. Cina said it was important to exhume the remains 'as expeditiously as possible' since Khan's body was not embalmed. ... Cina said it was necessary to perform a full autopsy to 'further confirm the results of the blood analysis as well as to rule out any other natural causes that might have contributed to or caused Mr. Khan's death.'
"A pathologist will take samples of Khan's stomach contents to try to determine how the cyanide was ingested, Mary Paleologos, Cina's spokeswoman, has said. They will also look at other organs such as the lungs to make certain the cyanide wasn't inhaled, she said."
The medical examiner's office initially ruled that the 46-year-old Khan had died of natural causes. No autopsy was performed. At that time, the medical examiner's office did not routinely do autopsies on those older than 45 unless the death was suspicious. The age cutoff has since been raised to 50.
A few days after that initial ruling, though, a family member contacted the medical examiner's office and expressed concern about Khan's death. That led to tests on some of Khan's blood that had been stored. A lethal amount of cyanide was discovered.
And now, Chicago police are investigating.
Khan's relatives, by the way, have been arguing over who gets the money.
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Kheer - Pink Saturday
Ingredients for Kheer
Kheer - An Indian and Nepalese Rice Pudding
A Namaste for Pink Saturday
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Kheer, the Indian version of rice pudding, was offered at the end of every evening meal Bob and I had while in India and Nepal. It's a very simple preparation of rice and milk that's flavored with a few spices and cooked down to thicken the mixture to a pudding-like consistency. It lacks the custard quality of its American cousin and can often be almost soupy. It is a very popular dessert and no wedding or festival in India or Nepal would be complete without it. It, fortunately, is very easy to prepare and it's a great dish for a novice cook or one who is just beginning to explore the wonders of Indian cooking. There are literally hundreds of recipes available for kheer. Each region of India or Nepal has a version all its own and families within those areas further modify the recipes to suit their tastes and pocketbooks. The version I'm sharing with you is one I was taught while in India and it's barebones easy to do. You'll find other, more sophisticated, versions of the dish in the recommendations found at the bottom of the this post. I hope you'll give kheer a try. Here's how to make a very simple version of Indian rice pudding.
Kheer...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
1/2 cup Basmati rice
1 tablespoon ghee
6 cups milk
10 tablespoons sugar
A few strands of saffron
1 teaspoon golden raisins
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 cup cashews or almonds or pistachios (thinly sliced)
1) Soak rice in water for 30 minutes before cooking. Drain.
2) Melt ghee in a large pan. Add rice and saute until translucent.
3) Add milk to rice and simmer until liquid has been reduced by half.
4) Stir in sugar and saffron and cook until sugar is dissolved. Add raisins, nuts and cardamom and simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat and serve warm or cold. Yield: 4 -6 servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Watermelon, Sago and Carrot Kheer - Priya's Easy N' Tasty Recipes
Sweet Potato Kheer - Food for Thought
Firni: Rice Pudding with Saffron and Nuts - eCurry
Badam Kheer - Sounds Spicy
Pressure Cooker Payasam (Kheer) - Niya's World
Carrot Kheer - Maria's Menu
This post is being linked to:
Pink Saturday, sponsored by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.
29 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
Well, Mary, you're on a roll today!! What a stunning picture, she is georgous!! But the pudding?
- November 12, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Nisha said...
Kheer is one of my favorite dish and your kheer looks totaly yum
- November 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
I have never prepared kheer myself...yours looks so delicious!
- November 13, 2010 at 1:11 AM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This looks so yummy! In my earlier comment, there was just the picture of the little girl and no kheer picture or recipe! Either it was a computer glitch, or I was reading it while you were in the process of posting, I guess!
- November 13, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Jeannie said...
Your kheer looks perfect! A sweet dish not unlike savory porridge!
- November 13, 2010 at 2:26 AM
- Alessandra said...
Looks like a fragrant rice pudding!
- November 13, 2010 at 2:34 AM
- Flavia Galasso said...
I did't know Kheer, it looks very good!!!Thanks
- November 13, 2010 at 2:41 AM
- Joyti said...
Yum! The recipe sounds delicious - I like the addition of saffron
- November 13, 2010 at 3:30 AM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
I'm sure I'd like this as I adore the flavor of cardamom. Such a cute little one!
ButterYum - November 13, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Arti said...
Wow... Came through Ginnys blogroll... Isnt kheer the perfect desert... I love it!! It looks mouth watering.
Have a great weekend:) - November 13, 2010 at 4:44 AM
- Tami @ Creative girl Vintage said...
That looks & sounds just delicious. Thank you for sharing today. I hope you have a delicious PINK Day!
xo Tami - November 13, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Pam said...
Great photos! Kheer sounds delicious! Have a wonderful weekend!
- November 13, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
I like this recipe. beautiful flavours!
- November 13, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
Kheer seems to be a part of the every Indian buffet. Sometimes it is quite delicious. I've done it a number of times using whole cardamom but will have to try it with ground. I'll have to wait for appreciative diners since my husband does not care for rice pudding in any form. Such a stunning photo of a lovely child.
Bonnie - November 13, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Bits said...
Lovely Indian dish! I bet you enjoy it very much!
- November 13, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Katerina said...
We make a rice pudding in Greece too but with different spices. This looks delicious!
- November 13, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Country Wings in Phoenix said...
Happy Pink Saturday Mary Sweetie...
Again what a beautiful share. I can always expect a beautiful treat when I pop over for a visit. I love the photo share, she is just precious and look at that little face. PRICELESS.
I have never tasted kheer, but it looks delish. Maybe I could just pop on over for a little tast test?
Thank you for sharing Mary sweetie.
It is always such a delight to come
over and see what you have to share.
Have a glorious Pink Saturday sweet
friend. Please know that you are
so loved. Many hugs and much love,
Sherry - November 13, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Tasha said...
I've never had any kind of rice pudding to my knowledge, but this looks worth trying. And I have to say that the photo of the little girl is just beautiful!
- November 13, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Erin said...
Such wonderful pictures!
- November 13, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Donnie said...
Such a sweetie. I really love the pinks you shared with me today. Happy Pink Saturday.
- November 13, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Lemon Verbena Lady said...
I just don't know how you got a photo of me from my childhood! I would pray for kheer every day! Nancy
- November 13, 2010 at 5:55 PM
- Jen_from_NJ said...
What a cutie! I love basmati rice so I will give this lovely pudding a whirl!
- November 13, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Barbara said...
Isn't she adorable??
And what a delightful recipe, Mary. I've never made it. The flavors must be wonderful. - November 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- Joanne said...
I adore kheer. I find it to be so refreshing after an intensely flavored Indian meal. Yours looks great!
- November 13, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- My Little Space said...
Is this the recipe you learned from the villagers? And this should be one of those food you've been eating for the past couple of weeks.
Kristy - November 14, 2010 at 3:21 AM
- Viv said...
this looks so delicious and comforting..i can just imagine the fragrance of it! yumm!
- November 14, 2010 at 5:44 AM
Beautiful..Thank you for sharing...
HAPPY PINK SATURDAY - November 14, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- charmine said...
Mary this is a tasty dessert.Now ,they sell kheer in packets here,ie,the powdered form-just add milk and it's ready in 12 mins.We make this at home.
Have a nice day! - November 16, 2010 at 3:56 AM
- Cindy said...
Wow, comfort food--pure and simple. Lovely.
- August 10, 2013 at 2:51 AM


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