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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Reality check for Dev Patel
Which is why we must respect our top stars for not crawling all the way to Hollywood, begging for breaks. If Hollywood has nothing substantial to offer SRK, Bachchan, Salman and Aamir - it is Hollywood's loss. These guys are superstars in Bollywood with a fan base of millions across the world. Why should they settle for stereotypical roles designed to project Asians in a certain light ( I am not using the word 'negative'). Poor Patel. He is really stuck - like the proverbial dhobi ka kutta - neither here nor there. I mean, Bollywood isn't queuing up to sign him, either. If you ask me, the smartest 'import' around is 'Omi' - the Chatur from 3 Idiots. He figured out fast enough his future is here. Today the guy anchors tv shows, has bagged several desi roles, lost weight, is losing his accent.... SMART! Perhaps Patel's new film, 'The Last Airbender', will do the trick. But hey - it doesn't help the cause if Patel keeps up the racist charge against Hollywood honchos. The doors will slam on his face real hard. Then what? Taiwanese cinema , maybe?
46 comments:
- Mystical Taurean said...
Congratulations on your 100th blog this year...
Yes, i guess Patel is too obsessed with Hollywood, It doesn't work. He might be better off working in india :) - August 10, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- anamika said...
De!!! This is news to me...but interesting one:D
http://www.wiseshe.com - August 10, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Indians should stop using race card for everything.Freida pinto who is also an indian is doing much better than most of the white actress career wise.she is playing lead role in 2 big budget films like Immortals($80 mill),Rise of apes($95 mill) and has already worked with best directors like woody and julian schnabel.
- August 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Sudhanshoo said...
I can bet SRK, Aamir, Mr Big B and all our directors are no match to Hollywood. Quality is important after-all and we seldom produce that. I can also bet that all our idols dream of adulation from the West as much as they receive it from fans here. In a way, you are saying: hey we cant match those guys anyways in quality so lets be happy with whatever crap we produce.
- August 10, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
This is no news to me. I've been hearing stuff about this boy. Apparently, now he's planning to marry Freida in India only. And they've commercialized this in a very huge way. I guess lack of publicity last year forced them to concoct this 'so called marriage show'. As far as Freida is concerned, she surely knows how to get full attention. Earlier too she was in the news because of ditching her boyfriend/hubby...not sure who exactly he was but she certainly got enormous publicity for that and now this...
After the success of Slum, these people have no life! - August 10, 2010 at 6:09 PM
@divya virmani:Im sick of backward indians like u who can't even be happy for the success of ur own country girl..One thing most of the white wannabe indians need to understand is pinto is appreciated in west because she corresponds to there beauty ideals.All those so called indian beauties like kareena or katrina would never be considered as even average looking in west
- August 10, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Vijay said...
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- a hindu seeker said...
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- August 10, 2010 at 6:25 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
@Lolita... Lady, firstly calm down! Secondly, if you think Freida Pinto is a beauty then you need a reality check. She's no better than an average girl. Yup, her luck was amazing at the time and she got a break w/ Slum. Glad she made our country proud. And heck no, not comparing her to Kareena or Katrina. Both are plastic for me.
And white wannabe Indians? Are you serious? What do you know about Indians living in abroad? Who have you met? Have you seen how we celebrate every single festival here? Have you come across how we follow every single tradition? - August 10, 2010 at 6:37 PM
@divya: lol if freida is not attractive why would she be considered as one the most stunning women in the world by western media and ppl there.Do u think a director like woody allen or even a production company like fox studio would hire for there big budget film(Rise of apes) if she is so avg as many indians say.I wish u would look at ur face in mirror before commenting about others look.Like many other crab mentality indians ur too jealous of pinto's fame in the west
- August 10, 2010 at 6:48 PM
@lolita:well said baby.The only ones who make hatred/racist comments against freida are all indians or some other south asians who can't digest the fact tat she has become more popular than all there stupid bolly stars.Just look at any of pinto's post in rediff.Almost all the comments are like she is ugly/black/dark/ housemaid.But luckily for girls like freida and mindy they don't need to be in a racist country like india to be successful.
- August 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- a hindu seeker said...
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- August 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM
@krunal:Are u so dumb to compare pink panther with a successful franchise like apes prequel?..first of all ash played only supporting role in pink panther.But pinto is playing leading role in two of the most anticipated 3d films of 2011 like rise of apes and immortals...kareena and katrina won all those titles only frm indian magazines(where even a pig would be considered as beautiful if it looks white)
- August 10, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
@Krunal, couldn't agree more!
@Adman, if it wasn't for Slum, you would have never even looked at her. Only because she was casted in Oscar winning film, you are going gaga over her. And I guess the only reason she got a chance in those two movies is because she was supremely famous at the time. People like you want to see her more and there you go, dream come true.
Fox or the director of Slum did not pick her because of her looks, they only picked her because of her acting skills. Which, I'm sorry but was no where to be seen. Dev Patel is a good actor and so is Anil kapoor but she barely had to show off her skills. - August 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
@Krunal, couldn't agree more!
@Adman, if it wasn't for Slum, you would have never even looked at her. Only because she was casted in Oscar winning film, you are going gaga over her. And I guess the only reason she got a chance in those two movies is because she was supremely famous at the time. People like you want to see her more and there you go, dream come true.
Fox or the director of Slum did not pick her because of her looks, they only picked her because of her acting skills. Which, I'm sorry but was no where to be seen. Dev Patel is a good actor and so is Anil kapoor but she barely had to show off her skills. - August 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM
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- August 10, 2010 at 7:28 PM
@divya:ur once again proving tat a ur dumb bitch.pinto was hired for immortals and rise of apes only this year.why would they hire a avg looking girl tat too for the role of greek and mexican girl when there lot of white actress who are much popular than pinto?..if i go by ur theory then megan fox and rachel bilson should be getting all these roles considering the fact tat they get much more media coverage than pinto.freida is doing much better than most of the famous white actresses despite being an indian.Before a month forbes listed her as the 2nd most wanted minority actress in holly behind zoe saldana.Do u think a popular cosmetic brand like loreal would make her as there international brand ambassador if she is avg?.. pinto commercials are shown in all the countries in the world except for racist india
- August 10, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
The language you used clearly shows you are a true WHITE WANNABE INDIAN [actually non-Indian] living in US.
Well, mister, you may enjoy Pinto's performance in the two upcoming movies. I'm okay with the fact that 'she's just an average girl'.
very well said! Adman proved everything you wrote in your previous comment... - August 10, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Unknown said...
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LOT MORE TO YOU BUT HONESTLY I DONT THINK YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND. GOD I PRAY YOU READ THIS! - August 10, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- a hindu seeker said...
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- August 10, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- चंद्रमौलेश्वर प्रसाद said...
nice civilised comments :)
- August 10, 2010 at 8:13 PM
@krunal:lol why would she do a crappy indian films when best directors in holly are casting her for there films?..ur copycat bolly directors could never make a masterpiece like slumdog....................@divya:Im sure americans have better taste than fair skin obsessed indians like u. pinto has looks which will be appreciated in US.
- August 10, 2010 at 8:18 PM
As an non indian(french) fan of FP I have noticed many indians say hateful things about her and cite aishwarya and karina as more beautiful.I looked up to these two ladies and yes aishwarya is beautiful but she wears too much of makeup.I Prefer FP's high cheekbone and lively face.karina on the other hand is no beauty.she has huge face and big head and very masculine jaws. Look at perfect symmetry of freida's face.All features are nice balanced and her cheekbones are to die for.Her is figure is great too and to top it off she has that million dollar smile.Indians should be proud of her
- August 10, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- The Panorama said...
I think it was brave of Dev Patel to come out with his statements. Just because the great Omar Sharif had to get a regular job after Hollywood, that makes it ok to cast Asian actors in stereotyped roles? Sorry,ms De, I don't agree. Hollywood needs to change with the times. I mean, America elected Barack Obama to symbolise change, so why should we accept such attitudes as are prevalent in Hollywood?
Dev is right about racism. Please don't mock the poor boy, ms De. He is talented and deserves to be treated better. - August 10, 2010 at 9:06 PM
@adman:Omg are indians blind?..she is the only attractive indian i have seen in my life.Its funny reading comment like she is avg looking/typical indian girl (in just jared) when in reality she looks more like latina than indian.Even in her next few films she is playing the role of latin girl.Indians should obviously be jealous of her considering the fact that she earns much more than what 85% indians could never think of earning even if they work for 100 years.yep according to Forbes pinto's earning from 2009- july 2010 is $4 million.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Dev Patel is very young. The young say many things they regret later when life actually does bite them in the arse. I am still learning that. OW! OW!
Dev Patel got his soundbite in. Some casting director will read his soundbite and put a post-it marker on his file before putting it away in thier "ethnic look actor" filing cabinet. Not bad really. Atleast his folder will be found more easily when the filing cabinet is opened. As a strategy his little outburst may not exactly backfire.
Now he will need to put his head down and do all the roles of cabdrivers and gas station attendants and mideastern terrorists that come his way until he is type-cast enough to be the "go to" guy for all ethnic roles. A working actor without the ego of instant stardom is the best kind of actor. That is the only kind of actor who has a rats chance of becoming anything at all in Hollywood. Come middle age perhaps he will get his breakthrough role where he gets to be more than a pretty boy. Think Harrison Ford not Tom Cruise!
Lets face it, Dev Patel is never going to look like or be convincing as a pretty boy in his underwear (Tim Cruise and various vampires) which is what very young breakthough stars usually have to be. Its simple economics yaar.
It is not racism, it not jewish lobby, its not white fatcats. It is the same reason that South male actors are not cast as Hindi Movie heros. Most times Southern male stars simply dont look like or speak like the people buying the majority of the tickets. It is economics. Shitty and unfair but there it is.
And no, Amitabh, Aamir, SRK etc would never have been successful as young actors in Hollywood either. And now in middle age they just too complacent. too stylised and too full of themselves to take on the real acting challenges that Hollywood demands. They will never again have the abject shamlessness that acting demands.
It takes a not-recently-so-successful actor like Anil Kapoor to go forth and work in the west like he has nothing to lose. He wins I think by sheer dint of not letting his ego precede him.
Unfortunately our cultural baggage does not include appreciating the learning experience there is in failure and sheer persistance. Dev will be wise to remember that.
As for Frieda. I think she is lovely and she is very personable and articulate ... totally works for western sensibilities. - August 10, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- Sidhusaaheb said...
Perhaps he should seek a few words of advice from a certain Mr. Kal Penn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal_Penn).
- August 11, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- Unknown said...
to the lovely "The Panorama". your comment was so pleasing and it really made me smile from the heart. wish there were more people like you in this world who were positive and very forward and keeping with the times. I have always argued the fact that us indians and many of us once colonised by the british happily speak the "english" language, but when it comes to being part of films that are made in that very same language , our own countrymen rise up against us saying that we are being stupid dreaming about being part of those films. when there are so many indians living in every part of the world and not just india , why cant we be represented approproately in western films as well which honestly a lot of indians living in india DO watch
- August 11, 2010 at 2:09 AM
- Latha said...
'we must respect our top stars for not crawling all the way to Hollywood, begging for breaks. If Hollywood has nothing substantial to offer SRK, Bachchan, Salman and Aamir - it is Hollywood's loss.'
Bravo, Shobhaa, this is why I come to your blog. You say it just like it is.
I think there are many dhobhi ka kuththas here who are ashamed to be Indians & will never be accepted as Americans. Even if they get the citizenship, they are always American Indians. You can't blame the Americans. We don't look like one among them. Why would we want to ?
@krunal 'first of all i have zero respect for freida who ditched out the guy who she was engaged to and who was financing her modelling profession. i wish she falls flat on her face.' Me too.
@others, I don't care what the western world thinks of Kareena & Katrina. We have our own taste & it is fine that they are pleasing to our eyes. Who cares what other people think of them ?
@Emmanuelle beart- 'she is the only attractive indian i have seen in my life....when in reality she looks more like latina than indian.' That says it all. You like Freida 'cause she doesn't look Indian - looks latino with high cheek bones. fine. (Look who is racist). Good that you are frank. Well our standards of judging beauty is different. We also like people with a little chubby cheeks who look very much Indian. We need not adhere to the western standards & like Indians who look like somebody else. That doesn't mean we are blind, okay ?
And we are supposed to be jealous 'cause she earns a lot. Well you'd be disappointed to note that we are not. We are not obsessed with money. There are other things like character, trustworthiness....leave it. You will not understand.
@Lolita (nice name)..'ur copycat bolly directors could never make a masterpiece like slumdog....................'
hahaha. I'm sure you haven't seen a single malayalam film. Slumdog is a combination of 2 or 3 malayalam films. But of course, even if we know the truth, our worship for everything white will tie our tongues from admitting it. One needs guts like that of Shobhaa De to tell the truth as it is.
Maybe the dark skinned malayalys copied Slumdog years before it was made ! - August 11, 2010 at 2:13 AM
- kakaka said...
not true take penelope cruz her bf...javier bardem(i think), these spanish/latin actors retain their accent and act in gr8 movies, act well and win awards too.
Freida will not do well becuz i can tell shes not a good actress. Dev patel is not attractive to me, he needs to build his muscles and stuff if he doesnot want to do the geeky boy roles.
But lets get real, most Indians i meet here are geeks, we come here to study and work in non glamorous fields. Plus we are only .6% of the population. There is a huge latin and afro american population here to watch these guys.
Dev Patel does not stand half the chance say denzel washington stands....so there Americans are not racist, it is just simple business. - August 11, 2010 at 2:43 AM
@latha:If u think im racist then u should read the horrible racist comments pinto gets from ur fellow country ppl in Just jared.Actually some went to the level of saying she is too dark to represent india.
- August 11, 2010 at 4:51 AM
Why do we Indians think that we hae "arrived" only when Hollywood acknowledges us? It is high time we let go of that subtle inferiority complex.
South Indian heroines feel superior when they work in Hindi cinema..and Hindi cinema ppl think that they are superior after working with the gora.... As an entire country , we definitely need a huge change of mindset. - August 11, 2010 at 8:21 AM
@emmanuelle beart:Indians are self hating white wannabes.They try so hard to make there black skin look white by wearing to tons of white makeup.ppl here hate freida only because of her dark skin.If u visit sites like just jared or eonline u would know wat i mean
- August 11, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Ugich Konitari said...
Please. A simple walk around, say, Bandra, will throw up hundreds of young people like Frieda and Dev. For that matter, even better than them. They were just at the right place at the right time.
That they should cause so many people to get nasty with each other on this blog, is amazing.
Leave them alone. - August 11, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Akshay said...
Good he received a reality check..after living in Europe for almsot 4 years now, I have come to realise that its not only Films that are restricted to "goras" but also jobs. But i guess that the way the cookie crumbles..
@ Divya Virmani...i soo agree with you any1 who thinks Frieda Pinto looks good need some kind of shock to jolt them back to realtiy...why do ppl keep 4getting that she was chosen to play the older slumgirl..i mean has any1 tried to imagine wat the casting director must hav had in his/her mind at that point of time... - August 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM
@akshay:u sound like a jealous retard.If pinto is n't attractive why would loreal chose her as there international brand ambassador?..Danny boyle in his interview has said tat he has chosen freida for her stunning looks.Except for freida all the other indians look worst than a slumdog.we have better taste than backward indian white wannabes like u.
- August 11, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- Latha said...
@Lolita-definitely you are not Indian. Your filthy language shows your culture ! We Indians are tolerant enough even to publish your rant irrespective your colour. But definitely you have the audacity to write about us in our own sites. Our opinion about Freida or any other Indian is our business. But you better mind your language when you write about us. Why don't you get out & pour your dirt in some of your own sites instead of littering other people's places ?
@other Indians-why do we allow these people to come to an Indian website & write filth about us ? Or is it true what they write - that we don't have any shame-or self respect that we will take all their shit because they are white ? - August 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Lolita:well said gurl...one of my asian frnd told me about how much indians worship fair skin ppl..but wat more can u expect from white ass lickers alias slumdogs?..pinto should feel happy tat she is not in tat racist country anymore
- August 11, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- nishant said...
@ppl concerned
u were born in india and still say things abt it. leave freida and evrythng else aside, u shud be ashamed of urself. peace out !!! - August 12, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Harish said...
dev might be on the world map. but he had no contribution to it per se, slumdog was a director's and a child artists' phillim. and it also belonged to rasul and rahman and thoda thoda to freida. see how beautifully the others managed their climb in hollywood. ekdam smooth sail.
and this confused videshi export is trying to play the bollywood trick... poor patel doesnt know that such controversies only work in bollywood. hollywood mein nahi. it is not wrong that he raises his concerns, just that, he has to be smart enough to bake the cake, and eat it too, with the cherry.
having said that, i feel he is exactly what you called him - Bachha. And in the long run, he will learn the ropes and do summersaults.
i am so happy that the one film wonder has so many supporters. look at the comments.. WOW.
even i appreciate his braveness, just that he has to be little smarter in using his firebrandness in a proper way that he lagaaos vaat and doesnt get marooed laath.
i know what hollywood will be telling to him.. in parsee tone..
kaiko kaali peeli bom maarta hai.. - August 12, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Akshay said...
@Emmanuelle beart......good going mate..ur apt choice of words reflects ur maturity...1stly i feel sorry for your choice...2ndly what sells now at the moment (no matter how avg. he/she might look) will b the face of products no matter wat...plus if u invest in a multi million dollar project will u b wise enough to degrade the people u take for it...think abt it u say he said she looks stunning??..haha..stunning lookin chick to play a slumgirl..i think he was being more sarcastic...oh ya n next time u commnet have some respect for others opinions...i was jus agreeing with some1 abt wat i think abt her...ur wise response was never required....so u try not to b so retarded the next time...
- August 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Akshay said...
@Lolita and Adman.....very mature looser's.....i do not want to waste my energy on dolts like u who dnt even knw how to talk...
- August 12, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- The Guy Next Door said...
And forgot to add to the debate above - I think Freida is pretty
- August 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- MangoMan said...
Sooper post! I just wish Dev Patel gets to read this. :D
- August 20, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Joseph said...
Before a month forbes listed her as the 2nd most wanted minority actress in holly behind zoe saldana.Do u think a popular cosmetic brand like loreal would make her as there international brand ambassador if she is avg?.. pinto commercials are shown in all the countries in the world except for racist india
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A royal saga needs a touch of uncertainty, and experts point out that despite politicians' promises, the law giving males primacy in succession has not yet been changed - and the clock is ticking.
"We know that the wishes of politicians are written in water," said royal historian Robert Lacey. "Law only becomes law when the law is made - and the law has not been made."
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge - the former Kate Middleton - was "continuing to feel better" Tuesday as she spent a second day in a London hospital being treated for acute morning sickness, St. James' Palace said. William visited his wife in the hospital for several hours, as photographers and camera crews from around the world camped outside, eager for news on the royal pregnancy. Officials said earlier that the duchess was not yet 12 weeks pregnant.
Congratulations poured in from around the world at the good news, which follows Kate and William's lavish royal wedding in 2011 and Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations this year.
Officials say that Kate and William's baby will displace Prince Harry, William's younger brother, as third in line to the throne - and the child will stay there, even if she is a princess who later acquires a younger brother.
For centuries, preference was given to male heirs, so a first-born princess would be leapfrogged in the succession by a younger brother. As a result, there have been some 35 kings of England since the Norman Conquest in 1066, but only seven queens.
Last year, the leaders of Britain and the 15 former colonies that have the queen as their head of state informally agreed to establish new rules giving female children equal status with males in the order of succession - something that will require legal changes in each country.
"Put simply, if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were to have a little girl, that girl would one day be our queen," Prime Minister David Cameron said at the time.
Months passed with little progress. But the prospect of a royal birth next year seems to have focused political minds, at least somewhat: Clegg announced Tuesday that all 16 nations had now formally agreed to change their laws.
Clegg also said that a Succession to the Crown Bill would be introduced in Britain's House of Commons as soon as the parliamentary schedule permits.
"Notwithstanding a few parliamentary turns of the wheel, this is now going to happen," Clegg said, adding that "the old-fashioned rules ... have been swept aside."
In Britain, implementing the new rule means changing bits of several key constitutional documents, including the Bill of Rights and Coronation Oath Act of 1688, the 1701 Act of Settlement and the 1706 Act of Union with Scotland.
Lacey said that if it is not done by the time the baby is born, uncertainty is bound to remain. A first-born girl could find her younger brother challenging her for the throne on the grounds that the law had not been changed at the time of her birth.
And what if Kate has twins? Experts say that the firstborn will be the heir - but things could get complicated if the succession rules are not changed before the birth.
"Say they have twins and a girl comes out first and 20 years later the boy turns out to be the more attractive character," Lacey said. "People will say that, at the time, the law meant the boy should have inherited."
Rebecca Probert, a professor at the University of Warwick's school of law, said that there are other issues that the law should address to bring the monarchy up to date.
British monarchs are banned from marrying Roman Catholics, but not members of other faiths - something Clegg said the new law would change.
An heir also cannot marry without the monarch's permission, and can't marry in a civil ceremony - even though Prince Charles, William's father, did just that when he wed his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, in 2005.
Probert said that it's important "to have a clause in there confirming that monarchs are able to marry in the same ways that are open to their subjects."
But she thinks that that may prove too complicated for lawmakers in the short term.
"They might decide in the interests of time to stick to the single issue of gender and leave the rest to a more convenient time - which tends to be never," she said.


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They were so cute in my head. Here's how they turned out:
Even after thinning the coating, the dough wouldn't stay on the sticks. It wasn't until I re-read Lindsay's instructions for making cookie dough lollipops this morning that I saw she said to insert the sticks THEN freeze. See, boys and girls, it pays to read the instructions thoroughly. ;)
Oh well. I *did* eat, oh, about 17 pounds of cookie dough yesterday, so that helped to ease the pain. What is it about cookie dough that eases the pain of heartache? **Ding, ding...science fair idea!**
Since I'm a glutton for punishment, today I'm making macarons.
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Funny how one week can differ so drastically from another and the days are a constant roller coaster ride filled with barrel rolls, boomerangs and catapults. On the positive days it is often enthralling but on those dark and negative calibrated days this is emotionally draining. On these days all you really want is come home, run a hot bath to drown out the emotional and mental noise and look forward to a comforting meal, maybe even at having a good bitch with the partner!
The past week I have been shooting for my regular clients Köstlich Vegetarisch for their Italian edition and I have had the pleasure of cooking dishes, styling and shooting for a trattoria special feature with some incredibly delicious dishes. The creative director and I make a really efficient and effective team where she trusts my judgement and I have confidence in her ideas. We've been working together since the beginning of the year and we've become a good team. It's a lot of fun and the shoots always guarantees a lot of good food to indulge in after the shoots.
On other days, working together with a colleague of mine is at times destructive, time consuming and totally saps the energy out of me. I am used to working very efficiently, conveying my concept and messages clearly and with structure making it easy for all in the team to quickly find their strengths and together we have been creating some high quality work. The bad dynamics of the new colleague is demotivating and has become a hindrance for a few of us causing static and exasperation. But there is something I have realized about myself during these interactions
I am at a point where I feel confident about myself and my strengths, I know where my weaknesses lie but am not afraid of them. I am open to constructive critic when it helps me to improve and actually see this as a benefit. It is probably something that comes with age, something you accumulate with experience as I do not remember being like this at 25 or even at 30. I am also at a point where although most of me is saying "Screw diplomacy!" I am able to step back and view the scene with a certain composure that I do not remember having. Back then, I would blurt out gibberish in my distemper! There most certainly are times when I am fuming when hit below the belt, and there is nothing more I would like to do than to retaliate with my sharp tongue.
Yes dear readers, I am armed with a sharp tongue and paired with my sarcasm I know it can do harm. However, maybe with that confidence comes a hint of arrogance that allows me to stand above it and smile... turn around … and walk away from the bad vibes.
But I am not infallible and this does not leave me cold.
For days like this I am happy to have friends, family and colleagues that offer balsam with their words and catch me when I trip. On days like this I turn to comfort food with soothing and healing powers. And always, my bounce rate is fast.
How better to bounce back: a risotto, cooked slowly, massaged and pampered, then infused with lemon, thyme and fennel to create a sublime mouthfeel.
Printable version of recipe here
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
- 1 liter vegetable broth
- 375 ml dry white wine
- 2 lemons, zest from both and juice from 1
- 2 fennels, sliced
- 2 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 300 g risotto rice
- 100 g Parmesan cheese, grated
- Salt and pepper
- Bring the broth to a boil and keep warm. In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon butter and olive oil together, add the chopped shallots and fennel, then on a low heat sauté very gently for 8-10 minutes until the flavors have combined and caramelized. Be careful and do not allow them to take on color. Add the rice and increase the heat.
- Keep stirring the rice while it cooks and takes on a glassy color - approx. 1 minute. At this point add the wine and as it bubbles, allow the rice to infuse with the wonderful aroma.
- Once the liquid has evaporated and the rice begins to get dry add a ladle full of broth. Stir well and add a touch of salt. Reduce the temperature so that the mixture bubbles gently. Now, keep adding the broth, a ladle at a time, and allow the rice to soak this up, stirring every now and then. When the rice has soaked the liquid add another ladle full. By "massaging" the rice this way you release the creamy starch from the rice giving the dish a fantastic creamy consistency. This whole process takes approx. 15 minutes. The rice grains should be soft but still have a slight crunch to them. Now add a bit of salt and pepper, but be careful as the stock is normally salty enough - so please taste before!
- Take the pot off the heat and stir through the thyme, lemon juice and zest along with most of the Parmesan. Mix well and cover. Allow the rice to take on all the flavors - 2 minutes. Giving the risotto this time allows it to unfold it's perfect creamy-moist consistency. Check and adjust seasoning.
- To serve scatter the remaining Parmesan cheese over the top and enjoy with a glass of chilled white wine.
The Food Guide Tips:
- Tips and tricks on how to make a basic risotto
Is this what it means to "grow up?" At 40 this might be a rather naive question but I am very critical of myself and scrutinize my reactions and my self minutely. Self-reflection has been an adept teacher and over the years I have learnt to listen to it more carefully. It helps when there is a nice steaming bowl of comfort food in your hands that helps to process the thoughts constructively!
Next week the bags will be packed once again, as I take off to the beautiful green shores of Ireland. I am excited to be seeing my 3 dear friends and gorgeous ladies - Ilva, Jamie and Jeanne. That is the big added plus of From Plate to Page!
Are we ready? I say yes we are. Our incredible sponsors have started to send their shipments across the seas. Our awesome participants have sent in their homework, presentations are almost ready, assignments have been discussed, our menu looks too scrumptious to be true, goodie bags are being printed ready to be filled and even the Sage & Stone market where we will be taking out participants for their on-location shoot are welcoming us with a super friendly welcome! How cool is that! So next week make sure you all tune into Twitter (@plate2page or @meetawflh) following the hashtag #p2pIreland, on my Instgram profile or of course on my Facebook page or our Plate to Page page to keep a track of the rocking Plate to Page Workshop weekend. I'll see you when I return.
You might like these comfort food ideas from WFLH:
Salmon Kedgeree with Butternut Squash, Parsnip, Fennel and Quail Eggs | The Hyderabadi Lamb Biryani | Lemon and Herb Risotto with Balsamic Roasted Asparagus |
All photographs and written content on What's For Lunch, Honey? © 2006-2012 Meeta Khurana Wolff unless otherwise indicated. | All rights reserved | Please Ask First


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A conservative U.S. senator from Idaho who has said he doesn't drink because of his Mormon faith has been charged with drunken driving.
Sen. Michael Crapo, a three-term Republican with a reputation as a social and fiscal conservative, registered a blood alcohol content of .11 percent after police pulled his car over in this suburb south of Washington, D.C., authorities said.
The 61-year-old lawmaker, who faces a court date Jan. 4, apologized in a statement issued hours after his arrest early Sunday.
"I am deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance," Crapo said in the statement Sunday night. "I made a mistake for which I apologize to my family, my Idaho constituents and any others who have put their trust in me. I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter."
He also said he would take measures to ensure "this circumstance is never repeated."
Crapo, who was elected in 1998 and is in his third Senate term, is expected to take over the top Republican spot next year on the Senate Banking Committee. He also serves on the Senate's budget and finance panels and has been active on environmental and health issues. Crapo was a member of the so-called "Gang of Six" senators that worked in 2011 toward a deficit-reduction deal that was never adopted by Congress. He also served for six years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Police in the suburb of Alexandria said Crapo was stopped early Sunday after his vehicle ran a red light. Police spokesman Jody Donaldson said Crapo failed field sobriety tests and was arrested at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday He was taken to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond at about 5 a.m. Sunday.
"There was no refusal (to take blood alcohol tests), no accident, no injuries," Donaldson said. "Just a traffic stop that resulted in a DUI."
Police said Crapo, who was alone in his vehicle, registered a blood alcohol level of .11 percent. The legal limit in Virginia, which has strict drunken driving laws, is .08 percent.
In Virginia, the driver's license of anyone who registers a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher is automatically suspended for seven days. A first-time conviction for DUI carries a mandatory, minimum $250 fine and license revocation for one year, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
A Crapo spokesman declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the arrest.
Crapo had told The Associated Press in past interviews that he abstains from drinking alcohol.
A Mormon who grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Crapo was named a bishop in the church at age 31. He is an attorney who graduated from Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He has five children with his wife, Susan, and three grandchildren.
The Mormon church prohibits the use of alcohol, as well as coffee, tea and other substances. About one-quarter of Idaho residents are Mormon.
Associated Press writers Norman Gomlak in Atlanta and Josh Lederman in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press


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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.
Nearly two years ago, mass demonstrations against autocrats in Arab countries captivated the world. The Arab Spring would bring democracy, and in many countries, a form of it has come. So, too, has the freedom of assembly and protests, something previous rulers could quash. No longer, and much of that anger is directed towards the United States. Here's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday.
SECRETARY HILLARY CLINTON: The people of Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob.
RAZ: Our cover story today: the price of democracy in the Arab world. From Tahrir Square, to Yemen, to Gaza, Muslim demonstrators have taken to the streets this week, sometimes violently. The protests accrued an obscure film that demeans the Prophet Muhammad.
In Libya earlier this week, four U.S. officials were killed in one of those protests. And today, the State Department ordered nonessential personnel and family members of diplomats based in Khartoum and Tunis to evacuate.
In a moment, we'll take a closer look at what these protests say about the changes happening in the Arab Middle East. But first, the latest on the violence. And I'm joined by NPR's Leila Fadel in Benghazi, Libya.
And, Leila, what's the latest on the investigation into the killing of those four U.S. officials?
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: I just spoke with the president of Libya who says that he believes this was a preplanned attack. That the pretext of this anti-Muslim film was used to orchestrate what he called a foreign plan by al-Qaida using Libyan tools to a group called Ansar al-Sharia or at least part of that group. He says he believes that al-Qaida took advantage of the security vacuum in Libya and was able to infiltrate through Mali and Chad.
That's what he told us today in what I would describe as a very woeful interview. He seemed extremely sad and - by the deaths of the Americans. He called Chris Stevens, Ambassador Chris Stevens, a close friend and a real tragedy for Libya and for the United States. He also said that an FBI investigative team that was expected today has not arrived, and so it's really unclear if they're coming at all.
RAZ: Have protests generally subsided in Libya and in Cairo where you were reporting from earlier in the week?
FADEL: Yes. I would describe Benghazi as a sort of somber place right now. Since Tuesday, they haven't seen really wide-scale protests. On Wednesday, they had protests against the film but also protests against what happened to the four Americans here and the attack on the consulate. In Egypt, they've had consistent clashes with demonstrators since Tuesday. And today, we see a much quieter day after the death of a demonstrator yesterday.
RAZ: Is there a sense, Leila, that much of this is now over?
FADEL: I don't think we know yet. I think that it's unclear if this will continue. We may have seen the worst of it, or we may have seen the start of it. But I think the governments involved want this to stop because it will endanger American diplomatic missions throughout the region and could endanger the relationship with Washington, which is a very important relationship for Libya's fledgling government as well as Egypt's fledgling government.
RAZ: That's NPR's Leila Fadel reporting from Benghazi in Libya. Leila, thank you.
FADEL: Thank you.
RAZ: The question many Middle East watchers are now asking is whether these protests are really about this film or about something much more complicated. For more, I'm joined by Rami Khouri with the American University of Beirut and a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center. Hi, Rami. Welcome to the program.
RAMI KHOURI: Thank you.
RAZ: Also joining the conversation is Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Welcome to you.
STEVEN COOK: Hi, Guy.
RAZ: Back in 2006, when fighting broke out between Israel and Lebanon, then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice characterized it as the birth pangs of democracy. First to you, Steven Cook. The anti-American violence in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere, the birth pangs of democracy?
COOK: Well, I don't know whether they are the birth pangs of democracy. It certainly could be. We do know that countries that are in transition tend to be unstable. The politics there are uncertain, and periodic spasms of violence could break out at any time. We also know that the uprisings throughout the region were about national dignity and self-empowerment. And I think the United States, by and large, represents an overarching power in the region that has been in the region in robust ways, to use a euphemism, over the course of the last decade.
But what we are seeing is not just a reaction to this film clip, this trailer, this movie, whatever it is you want to call it, but an expression of frustration and a desire to throw off what people see as a power that has not been in the region to be benevolent, even though Americans look at it (unintelligible) to this new reality.
RAZ: Rami Khouri, in reality now, any person in the world - anyone - with access with the Internet can easily set off a conflagration in parts of the Islamic world by simply insulting the Prophet Muhammad. That seems to me to be a very unstable state of affairs.
KHOURI: Well, it's a criminal act if you do that in the eyes of most Muslims. It's very insulting. You know, there's laws in the United States and in France and other places against, for instance, anti-Semitism or denying the Holocaust, which there should be.
RAZ: Well, in the United States, there are no such laws at all. You're free to do that...
KHOURI: Well, there - no, but there are limits to what people can do in terms of attacking other people. The law limits what you can...
RAZ: There are no limits to speech. Speech is protected in the United States. I mean, you can insult any religion or faith as vile as it may be, and that is protected.
KHOURI: Yeah. But if you incite people to violence, you're then - the law will stop you. And in Europe, you have many countries that have made clear limits against these things and rightly so. And therefore, yes, you can incite people to anger and violence, in many cases, if you insult their prophet and their religion, because the role of religion in the lives of most Muslims around the world who live mostly in nondemocratic countries, in poor countries with disparities, corruption, et cetera, abuse of power, the lives of most Muslims are such that religion is about the last major thing they have that gives them protection, gives them identity, gives them dignity and a sense of hope. And if you start to puncture that, you get this kind of reactions.
RAZ: Rami Khouri, I'm wondering, though, if there is a selective acceptance of what freedom of expression is. In Egypt and many of these countries, there are - there's plenty of anti-Jewish, anti-American propaganda. Egypt broadcast a whole television series in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Iran held a conference denying the Holocaust. As vile as those may be, to most Americans, those are - that's within their right to do that.
KHOURI: Well, this is the debate that has to happen, and there needs to be some kind of understanding, if possible, between these different cultures. It's very hard. It takes a long time to come to an understanding of what is permissible and what is not. But some of the terrible things that happened in the Arab world, Iran as you described, clearly shouldn't happen. They're unacceptable, morally, politically, ethically and in any way. They happen in the context of warfare, though.
I think there's a difference we have to understand. So the context sometimes makes a difference. But in the final analysis, these values are universal values. People should not insult other people with a desire to incite them to violence or to degrade them in such a devastating way in the area that is so central to their identities.
RAZ: Steven Cook, is there an argument to be made that in the United States, we need to take all of those things into account?
COOK: Well, I think it's clear that you cannot scream fire in a crowded movie theater. The question is whether the Muslim world writ large is a crowded movie theater. I do think that speech obviously needs to be protected. And clearly, this movie clip was intended to offend as many people as possible and elicit this kind of reaction from a very small minority in the Muslim world.
I think that going forward, it's going to be hard for the United States and the Muslim world to square these two very different world views, one in which there is virtually all speech is protected, except in those very specific circumstances, like yelling fire in a crowded movie theater, and a collective dignity. And, in fact, this is what we have witnessed in the Arab world over the course of the last 18 months. People striving to achieve the national dignity and self-empowerment that these uprisings have been about.
What makes this movie trailer so raw and so difficult for people to just pass off is something - gets to something that Romney said just before about people's identity. It hits at the very core of their identity. And what's happening in the Arab world right now as Egyptians, Tunisians, Libyans and others are building new political systems and new more just societies, they're working out a lot of these identity issues. But at its core, the vast majority of people in this part of the world regard their religion as a core identity.
RAZ: Rami Khouri, Americans, as you know - you've studied here and spent a lot of times here - are impatient, and many Americans have asked what is happening in the Muslim world. President Obama has made overtures. He spoke in Cairo. He has tried to repair the relationship. How long will this take?
KHOURI: Look, we can't do very much. As you said, Guy, there's not a lot you can do right now. You're not going to shut down the Internet. You're not going to restrict free speech. But one of the things we can do is address more seriously those huge issues that have been with us - some of them for five or six decades - that create these political antagonisms between the many Arabs and Asians and Muslims and the United States government.
The Arab-Israeli conflict, for instance, the implementation of U.N. resolutions equitably across the region, the Iran nuclear issue. There's a massive sense across the Arab world that the United States is not playing fair on these issues, is tilted against the Arabs, and this is one of the reasons why you get these outbursts against the United States. So addressing those politically contentious issues more rationally and reasonably and resolving some of these conflicts would take away a lot of the anger and reduce that foundation that allows these outbursts to happen.
RAZ: That's Rami Khouri with the American University of Beirut, also a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center. He spoke to us from Boston. Rami, thanks.
KHOURI: Thank you.
RAZ: Thanks also to Steven Cook with the Council on Foreign Relations. He spoke to us from Chicago. Steven, thanks.
COOK: A great pleasure. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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eping is a Scheme implementation of the ICMP ping utility. Although it can be used like an average OS ping utility, eping is intended to be used programmatically (e.g. for gathering statistics, monitoring). It uses raw sockets thus a privileged account must be used.
[procedure] (eping HOST #!key (mode 'probe) (count #f) (timeout 1000) (interval 1000) (ttl 64) (tos 0) (dont-fragment #f) (src-addr #f) (id #f) (seq-start 0) (size 56) (pattern "") (recv-min #f) (lost-max #f) (cons-recv-min #f) (cons-lost-max #f) (msg1 "%i is alive\n") (msg2 "") (dotcols 0) (quiet #t))
HOST can be either an IPv4 address or a hostname: "192.168.1.1", "example.com", and even 'example.com are all valid hosts.
eping supports four modes of operation: probe (default), stats, dot and mtu.
Probe mode
In this mode eping returns either true or false if it considers an host alive or unreachable respectively. The default behavior is to consider an host alive as soon as an echo reply is received. If no reply is received in count attempts (5 by default), the host is considered unreachable. Probe mode is the default one so it can be omitted as parameter.
(eping "call-cc.org")
===> #t
The aliveness criteria can be changed through the five parameters count, recv-min, lost-max, cons-recv-min, cons-lost-max (see "Parameters" section). As soon as one of these conditions is met eping returns the associated boolean value. If no condition is met in count attempts #f is returned.
In non-quiet 'submode' a message is displayed.
(eping "call-cc.org" quiet: #f)
22.214.171.124 is alive
The output messages can be customized through the msg1 and msg2 parameters.
Stats mode
In stats mode eping returns a vector of statistics #(sent lost rtt-min rtt-avg rtt-max rtt-std). The rtt values are expressed in ms.
(eping "call-cc.org" mode: 'stats) ===> #(5 0 133 134.2 136 0.92)
In non-quiet 'submode' the output resembles a standard ping utility:
(eping "call-cc.org" mode: 'stats quiet: #f) 64 bytes from 18.104.22.168: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=139ms 64 bytes from 188.8.131.52: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=227ms 64 bytes from 220.127.116.11: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=135ms 64 bytes from 18.104.22.168: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=170ms 64 bytes from 184.108.40.206: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=256ms --- call-cc.org ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 135.0/185.4/256.0/48.26 ms
Ctrl-\ (SIGQUIT) can be used to print partial statistics without halting the ping (POSIX platforms only). Ctrl-C can be used to stop and collect the statistics at any moment.
By default 5 packets are sent. The count option can be used to change this value (0 meaning non-stop operation).
Dot mode
In this mode eping returns a single character for each echo request:
[.] Echo reply received [!] No response [N] Network unreachable [H] Host unreachable [P] Protocol unreachable [F] Packet too big and DF bit set [A] Administratively filtered [T] Time to live exceeded [O] Network/Host unreachable for TOS [U] Unreachable (generic error)
(eping "call-cc.org" mode: 'dot quiet: #f timeout: 134 count: 20)
The dotcols parameter can be used to set the number of chars to be printed before a newline. The default behavior (0) inserts a newline only after the last echo request.
(eping "call-cc.org mode": 'dot quiet: #f timeout: 134 count: 20 dotcols: 5)
In quiet 'submode' a string built from the generated characters is returned.
(eping "call-cc.org" mode: 'dot count: 3) ===> "..."
MTU mode
In mtu mode eping attempts to discover the MTU along the path. To speed up the process it is advisable to lower the default 1000ms echo requests interval time (interval option).
(eping "call-cc.org" mode: 'mtu interval: 250)
===> 1492
Lossy links may slow down or even prevent the convergence. The count option can be used to increase the number of attempts (default is 64). If the mtu can't be computed #f is returned.
- count The number of echo requests to be sent. The default is 5 for modes other than mtu and 64 for mtu mode. If set to 0 echo requests are sent until a probe condition is met (probe mode), mtu is computed (mtu mode) or SIGINT (Ctrl-C) is received (all modes).
- timeout The amount of time in ms to let pass before considering an host unreachable (default is 1000ms).
- interval The interval in ms between echo requests (default is 1000ms). This value can't be set lower than timeout (this rule is enforced lowering timeout in case).
- ttl / tos Respectively the Time To Live and TOS in the IP header.
- dont-fragment Sets the Don't Fragment (DF) flag in the IP header.
- src-addr Binds the ICMP socket to a specific IP address.
- size The ICMP payload size.
- pattern A string used to fill the payload (repeated if necessary).
- id The Identifier field (0-65535). By default it is generated randomly for every invocation of the eping function.
- seq-start The initial sequence of the echo requests (0 by default).
- recv-min Minimum number of received replies before considering an host alive.
- lost-max Maximum number of missed replies before considering an host unreachable.
- cons-recv-min Minimum number of consecutive received replies before considering an host alive.
- cons-lost-max Maximum number of consecutive missed replies before considering an host unreachable.
- msg1 The message displayed when an host is considered alive. The default message is "%i is alive\n" where %i is expanded to the IP address of the host. Similarly %h is interpreted as the hostname.
- msg2 The message displayed when an host is considered unreachable. By default it is an empty string.
- dotcols In dot mode the number of displayed chars before a newline is inserted. By default (0) a newline is inserted only after the last displayed char.
- quiet By default eping doesn't display anything unless this option is set to #f.
socket (>= 0.2.4)
$ chicken-install eping
A command-line application is also available:
$ chicken-install -r eping $ cd eping/app $ make $ ./eping eping HOST [-mode probe|stats|dot|mtu] [-count COUNT] [-interval INTERVAL] [-timeout TIMEOUT] [-ttl TTL] [-tos TOS] [-src-addr IP] [-dont-fragment] [-id ID] [-seq-start SEQ] [-size SIZE] [-pattern PATTERN] [-recv-min RMIN] [-lost-max LMAX] [-cons-recv-min CRMIN] [-cons-lost-max CLMAX] [-msg1 MSG1] [-msg2 MSG2] [-dotcols COLS] [-quiet] [-version]
(use eping)
- hop count mode
- pattern matching
- traceroute mode?
- tcp/udp support?
- ipv6?
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Michele La Monaca
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Cheesy Potluck Potatoes
I often forget to plan ahead and post a holiday-themed recipe before the holiday actually occurs so that you all can make it too, but this time I remembered! I am so proud of myself. I know a lot of people make ham as their main course for Easter, and one of the most popular side dishes for ham is a warm, creamy, cheesy potato casserole. I think almost everyone has eaten some version of these potatoes. When brainstorming a light version I ran across many similar recipes titled "funeral potatoes" which made me do a double take. I'm assuming the moniker comes from this dish's prevalence at potluck gatherings, so I am incorporating potluck into the title instead of funeral. It just sounds more appetizing! I'm not always a huge sour cream fan, but I love the tangy flavor it brings to this dish. You can make this with the traditional cream of chicken soup, but it tastes just as good with cream of mushroom for a vegetarian option. This is a generous portion for a side dish, so make sure to leave room on your plate. The potatoes make really good leftovers too, so feel free to hide some before they're all gone! To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Cheesy Potluck Potatoes
- 2 lb (32 oz bag) of frozen cubed hash brown potatoes, defrosted (use a zero point hash brown if following the myWW Purple plan)
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 cup fat free sour cream
- 10.75 oz can of 98% fat free cream of chicken OR cream of mushroom soup for a vegetarian option
- 1 cup 2% reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¾ cup of corn flakes, crushed
- Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly mist a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the corn flakes and stir until thoroughly combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread evenly. Sprinkle the corn flakes over the top and bake for one hour until potatoes are cooked through. Slice into eight pieces and serve.
190 calories, 31 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 2 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 6 g protein, 3 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com) MyWW SmartPoints per (1/8th of the recipe) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) Green: 6 SmartPoints/ Blue: 6 SmartPoints/ Purple: 3 SmartPoints Weight Watchers Points Plus:
5 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) Adapted from Food.com


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Robert Sonneman pioneered modern lighting making it an art form. World renowned and acclaimed for clean lines and alliance to form and function, his world famous award winning designs have been at the forefront of the design world for over four decades. Robert introduced sleek, new functionalist lighting designs in the 60s and 70s that have become classics of the modern era.
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Alison Saar: STILL...
Informed by artistic traditions from the Americas to Africa and beyond, and by her mixed racial upbringing, Alison Saar fuses her paradoxical responses to the black-and-white delineations of political and social forces into a powerful, visual, and kinesthetic tension. She uses the everyday experience, history and associations of her materials, African art and ritual, Greek mythology, and the stark sculptural tradition of German Expressionism to infuse her work with a primal intensity that challenges cultural and historic references and stereotypes.
The metaphorical armature supporting, entwining, embracing this selection of new sculpture is the myriad of meanings for the word "still." Saar teases out the complexities of this little noun/verb in bold and subtle ways. Four stylized glass "stills" express the personal and political challenges of being an artist, woman, and mother in the twenty-first century. These interactive idiosyncratic stills attempt to distill the vile essence of bigotry and transform it into consciousness. Only through awareness and informed mindfulness can negative representations be dispelled and converted into positive reflections.
In contrast to the rustic, mechanical, fragmented feel of the stills, are Saar's figures. These various hybrid creatures stem from trees or boast antlers. They stand at the threshold, caught or balancing between free will and innate evolution. They are mythical portends of inevitable change – shedding fertility to reveal the next saga. Rouse (located at the back of the gallery) depicts a strong, dark, compact woman with a semi-transparent embryonic shell of a female figure nestled and bound inside her large antlers. Saar's inspiration for this work is watching her daughter grow from a teenager to an adult. It also mirrors her desire to remake herself, to emerge from one state of creative pursuit and production to another.
Saar, an alumna from Otis' Graduate Fine Arts program in 1981, is a mature and significant sculptor who has achieved broad recognition for her studio and public art throughout the country. Her work is held in many collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Metropolitan Museum of Art; and she has major public art works in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. She has received numerous prestigious awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, Anonymous Was a Woman, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Saar's work echoes an entirely American process of spiritual and political bifurcation, and the evolution of historical recovery. As Lowry Stokes Sims, Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design, wrote, "Alison Saar's library of references is as varied and rich as her own heritage. Her special gift lies in her ability to translate the personal and the culturally specific in such a way that it embodies concerns that not only transcend race but also gender."*
Meg Linton, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions
Curator of the Exhibition, OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
This exhibition was organized by the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design. Funded in part by the Contemporary Collectors – Orange County. All artworks are lent by the artist and courtesy LA Louver, Venice, CA.
This exhibition will be on view February 9-April 14, 2013
Companion Events
Alison Saar: STILL... Artist Talk • 7 pm Thursday, March 14
Docent-led Tours for Alison Saar: STILL...
1:30 pm Sunday, March 3, 10, 17, 24
6 pm Thursday, March 14, 28 and April 11
This exhibition is sponsored by:
*Lowry Stokes Sims, "Alison Saar's Feallan and Fallow: Seasons, Colors, Race and Gender," in Feallan and Fallow: Alison Saar. New York: Mad. Sq. Art, 2011, p. 43.
images: (above) Rouse, 2012, Wood, bronze, paper and antler sheds; 90 x 76 x 73 inches. Photo: Chris Warner; (left) Still Run Dry (detail), 2012, Detail; Glass, copper, rubber, lead and steel; 75 x 116 x 14 inches. Photo: Chris Warner


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Whether KeyArena is "ready" or not, it'll have to do. There's nowhere else for this team to play but the Tacoma Dome, and THAT ain't happening.
Key Arena is more than ready. I'm wating for this new arena to be built and for the NBA to say in 10 years its inadequate and they request a remodel or new arena. Bring on the NHL.


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Natalie Merchant Returns To Pop Scene After Long Absence
Those years weren't spent lounging on the couch. Merchant is a divorced single mom of a 10-year-old. She financed and recorded, with some 130 musicians, a double album that put children's poetry to music. She recorded folk covers and curated retrospectives on 10,000 Maniacs and her solo music. She's worked and done benefits for causes, particularly the anti-fracking movement. She served on the New York State Council on the Arts.
Natalie Merchant, her first album in 13 years, reveals an earthier, even soulful Merchant, particularly on the lead track "Ladybird." She sings about divorce, aging, Hurricane Katrina, people displaced by war and old-time Hollywood on the album, released Tuesday.
The 50-year-old sat in a New York record company office to talk about where she's been and where she's going.
The Associated Press: Did you lose the desire to make music?
Merchant: I kept writing. There was this excruciating point about three years ago when I had a friend come over. She was having a difficult time because of some tragedy in her family. She was lying on the couch and she just asked me to play. I started playing the piano and she said, 'What are you working on?' And I pulled out this giant book of chord progressions and lyrics that I'd been working on for 10 years. I spent the whole afternoon playing for her and she was weeping at points. It was an audience of one. She said, 'Why aren't you recording any of these songs?' I realized it was overdue.
Did you lose interest in being in the business of music?
I wasn't interested in being a part of the music industry after digital downloading happened. My record company, Elektra, just vanished and was revived recently. I signed at my label at 19 and by the time I left at 39, I recognized a handful of people. There was turnover, but then there were just massive executions. Everyone was fired. I just thought it was the appropriate time in my life to step back and start a family, reassess why I dig music and what music I wanted to do, but also get away from the 'sky is falling' mentality.
How does it feel to be back?
Well, I've given up all ambition and all expectations. All that I can do is make the most satisfying recordings of my music as I possibly can, and then it's in God's hands. … I live a pretty humble existence. I really try not to live above the means of a successful, small-town dentist. I have one house; I own that house, one car. Because I was fiscally conservative, I have this incredible luxury of not having to worry about it. So my motivation can be that I just want to make music that moves me and hopefully can move other people. If nobody hears it, I have a wonderful life. I love gardening as much as I love music. The thing that keeps me competitive, or stay engaged, is that I look at popular culture in America and I feel that there's room for my voice and there's a need for my voice.
Do you ever get nostalgic for 10,000 Maniacs and their music and do you think you'll ever play with them again?
It was 21 years ago, and so much has happened since. I play some of that music, sometimes. Like most artists, I'm so much more interested in what I'm doing now.
So many musicians of a certain age feel they have to color their hair to hide any sign of aging. Did you get any pressure to cover up your gray hair?
I've been hearing the opposite. I've been hearing mostly from women how refreshing it is to see someone with gray hair who is comfortable with it.


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The 2013 Regional Stormwater Summit hosted by the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's Office, Pure Oakland Water and Lawrence Technological University (LTU) will be held at on Friday, Oct. 4, on the university's campus, 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield.
The $20 registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the concluding remarks are scheduled for 3:45 p.m. For information and online registration, click on the events tab at http://www.oakgov.com/water/
The conference is intended for regional and local elected officials and staff, industry providers, environmental groups, educators and students, as well as the general public. Anyone interested in the new EPA regulations, sustainability, cutting-edge water projects, planning and related environmental concerns is encouraged to attend.
The summit will be convened by Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash. LTU President Virinder Moudgil and Civil Engineering Professor Donald Carpenter will serve as the hosts.
Topics include:
• EPA's proposed stormwater rulemaking.
• Michigan's phase II stormwater permit application.
• Shifting from gray to green infrastructure in the Rouge River watershed.
• SEMCOG initiatives.
• LTU's stormwater best management practices.
• A panel discussion on stormwater utility funding.
• Climate change in southeast Michigan.
The keynote speaker will be Jim Smullen, senior vice president at Camp, Dresser and McKee, who has 30 years' experience in surface water resources engineering with a specialization in stormwater runoff research and planning. He has served as the project manager for the Philadelphia wet weather and source water protection programs support contract since its inception in 1994. He oversaw the development of the Green City, Clean Water program, the first long-term CSO control plan in the United States relying entirely upon green stormwater infrastructure.
For a related story about efforts to protect water resources in Oakland County, see http://www.candgnews.com/news/pure-oakland-water-tackles-fracking
Lawrence Tech is home to numerous examples of LID best management practices, including a green roof, a bioswale, porous pavers, naturalized areas, cisterns and rain gardens. These features will be detailed at stops along the stormwater management educational trail. Lawrence Tech's campus master plan calls for additional features to reduce stormwater runoff, which will be added to the educational trail as they are implemented.
Carpenter is the founder and director of the Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute at Lawrence Tech, and he is one of Michigan's leading proponents of low-impact development (LID), which is a process for sustainable development and redevelopment that conserves and protects natural resources.
Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation's top 7 percent of universities for return on undergraduate tuition investment, and highest in the Detroit metropolitan area. Lawrence Tech is also listed in the top tier of Midwestern universities by U.S. News and World Report and the Princeton Review. Students benefit from small class sizes and experienced faculty who provide a real-world, hands-on, "theory and practice" education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech's 102-acre campus include over 60 student clubs and organizations and a growing roster of NAIA varsity sports.


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Miss Vegetable Pageant
Nicholle Harrison Rome, GA
I have struggled with my 8 and 4 year old girls on getting them to eat their vegetables. One day we were grocery shopping in the produce aisle and my 4 year old asked me "mom, what is this?" I saw the opportunity. Now we have a Miss Vegetable pageant at our house every week. I buy three vegetables and we talk about them, learn about how they are grown, where they are grown and what they do for our bodies. Then, over the week, I prepare a dish with them and on Friday we vote. We even have a little sash and crown that we put on the "winner" vegetable. Not only do my girls LOVE this idea and love the "pageant" but they learn about the benefits of each vegetable and a little geography about where it comes from, etc. We have had Miss Asparagus, Miss Squash and Miss Carrot. I will do the same with fruits when we get more into the season, but this has been a great way of exposing my children to a wide variety of vegetables (bok choy was runner up one time!!) and they have had a great time eating vegetables!!
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