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Several journalists have recently weighed in on the status of women's religious life in recent years: Ann Carey's Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unraveling of Women's Religious Life (1997); John Fialka's Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America (2003); Cheryl L. Reed's Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns (2004); and Kenneth Briggs's "Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church's Betrayal of American Nuns" (2006). In these books, the authors mix themes of nostalgia with those of conspiracy and betrayal (whether by "feminist sisters" or by authoritarian bishops). These varied interpretations prompt the following questions: How do the sisters themselves understand the changes in their way of life over the last half century? And what gives them hope as they look to the future?
The Council's Call for Renewal
In August 2006, 800 leaders of women's religious congregations gathered in Atlanta to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The theme of the meeting, "Embracing the Dream," climaxed a year of observances. One historian noted with humor the initial reluctance of their predecessors to form such a conference. But, she said, the decision was taken "because Rome wished it." In the intervening years, however, the L.C.W.R. has steadfastly supported congregational leaders in their efforts to guide an unprecedented process of change and renewal. An anniversary prompts some reflections on that process and on the present moments with its challenges and opportunities.
The timing of the decision to form the conference in 1956 was fortunate. A decade later the conference was able to assist congregations in responding to the challenges of the Second Vatican Council. Because of this, plus the success of the sister formation movement launched in the early 1950's, by 1965 a generation of women religious was uniquely poised to embrace the council's mandates. The council's instructions to all religious were clear: they were to renew their communities through a return to the sources of all Christian life and to the original inspiration behind a given community. Communities were also asked to adapt their manner of living, praying, working and governing themselves according to the physical and psychological conditions of the contemporary world and to the needs of the apostolate, the requirements of a given culture and the relevant social and economic circumstances. "The Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life" (1965), also directed that constitutions, directories, custom books, books of prayer and ceremonies, and similar compilations were to be suitably revised and outmoded regulations suppressed.
The scope of the mandate was breathtaking. To note 40 years later that not every change led to the anticipated outcome is not to diminish the enormous generosity with which sisters in the United States embraced the challenge. No summary could do justice to the achievement, but it is worth acknowledging that the path of change was shaped by three overarching factors.
The first is that the Vatican's vision of how change would occur was inadequate to the reality. According to the "Norms for the Implementation of the Council" given to religious congregations in 1966, we were to enter into a period of experimentation, which was to take approximately 12 years, depending on the scheduling of a congregation's governing chapter. At that time the revised constitutions and custom books would be submitted for approval, and experimentation would be finished.
The problem was that "experimentation" connotes a scientific objectivity that was never possible, given that every member was to participate in the experiments and each one found herself changed in the process. After several years of new practices—such as driving cars, modifying our dress or attending evening functions—it was difficult to find the critical distance to evaluate whether or not we were, in fact, more apostolically available or psychologically mature as a result of the changes. Furthermore, adaptation of external norms and interior renewal were inexorably intertwined. To give just one example: modifying the traditional monastic schedule in apostolic communities allowed sisters to attend prayer groups, charismatic weekends, individually directed retreats and so on. The result was an individuation of spirituality that sometimes enriched the individual at the cost of a communal spirituality.
A second circumstance guiding the process of change was the theological vision of the church promulgated by Vatican II—the assertion that all Christians within the people of God enjoy fundamental equality eliminated any elitist interpretation of the religious state. And the assertion that all Christians share the call to mission means that it is not the sole prerogative of religious (or the clergy). As ennobling as these affirmations are, they did relativize the status or role of religious, especially the nonordained, in a way that some found disconcerting. As the years passed, sisters accompanied other lay people in the complicated passage to new pastoral roles in the church. Other concepts from the council that influenced the process of change within religious life were participation, collegiality and authority as service.
Finally, the change process mandated for religious was to be a response to the conditions of the contemporary world, with its myriad cultures and varied economic and social realities. These were the signs of the times that we were to consult as we crafted our adaptation and renewal. To say that we were aiming at a moving target is to under-estimate the challenge! Once we "threw open the windows" on the modern world, the signs were overwhelming and constantly changing. The civil rights movement, the war on poverty, liberation movements in Latin America, the women's movement, globalization, changes in travel and communication, demographic changes on the national and worldwide scale, the AIDS pandemic—these and many other factors prompted changes in our way of life and new ministry initiatives.
In navigating the path since the council, the sisters' efforts have not always been understood or supported by church leaders, the clergy or the laity. We have not told our story in ways that others could understand. Nor have we always been honest in our self-appraisal of how we were faring amid the changes. But on balance, sisters have achieved clear gains over the years, gains which create the foundation for the future. As Pope John Paul II said in his apostolic exhortation following the synod on consecrated life: The period of renewal has been "full of hopes, new experiments and proposals aimed at giving fresh vigor to the profession of the evangelical counsels, but it has also been a time of tension and struggle in which well-meaning endeavors have not always met with positive results." Nevertheless, he said, the difficulties must not lead to discouragement but to fresh enthusiasm, "for the church needs the spiritual and apostolic contribution of a renewed and revitalized consecrated life."
Toward Revitalized Religious Life
What are the signs that a renewed and revitalized consecrated life for American sisters is a dream worth embracing? Which gains make the vision capable of realization? After all, our numbers have dramatically decreased since their peak in the 1960's, our median age has risen, and new members are too few to replace those lost to death. Here is a short list of signs demonstrating that the energies of women religious that enabled them to found Catholic educational, health care and social service systems from coast to coast and to give a decisive impetus to the pastoral mission of the church in this country are still alive.
• Sisters today have a newfound humility, born of external diminishment and rooted in a sober realism. We acknowledge that our status in the church is not one of superiority or privilege. And we are grateful for the gift of a religious vocation that enables us to serve others.
• Sisters today embrace their status as women in the church and in society. We are grateful for the bonds we have forged with other women and men who seek a more just and compassionate world.
• Sisters today are launching new and creative apostolic initiatives. Examples include the African Sisters Education Collaborative currently providing services to Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; Cristo Rey high schools for inner-city students in several cities; N.G.O. presence at the United Nations; multiple AIDS ministries.
• Sisters today are organizing their ministries to ensure their long-term viability and to enable lay leaders to continue them into the future. Examples are the multiple Catholic health systems, the Sisters of Mercy Higher Education Colloquium and the Mercy Secondary Education Association.
• Sisters today are finding new ways to collaborate with one another across congregations. Mergers and other alliances provide ongoing vitality and effective use of limited resources.
• New congregations of sisters are being founded. In 1999 the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reported on 157 new or emerging religious communities in the United States. Most are very small, and not all will survive, but their existence testifies to the enduring attraction of a life lived in total dedication to Jesus Christ and his mission.
• Already established congregations are receiving new members. In 2005 the Center for the Study of Religious Life published interviews with 35 sisters born in 1965 or later. Their descriptions of their dreams and desires speak of being witnesses to God's love and signs of hope, of being risk-takers and part of something communal and collective. Although they see themselves as living and working collaboratively, they do not see themselves as a church workforce.
Overall, the challenge of religious life still today is to forge a new integration of consecration and mission in contemporary culture, a witness that is transparent to the divine and in touch with the needs of suffering humanity. This is the gift that women's religious life seeks to bring to the church and the world today.
The article on Religious Life Today was certainly thought provoking; but what of Today's Brothers? I would like to see an article dealing with them and their call to serve Christ, not only with their hands but intellectually and academically as well, according to the spirituality of their order.
Br. Justin DeChance, S.J. Vice President of Jesuit Community Corporation Minister of the Jesuit Community Sacramento, California
The article on Religious Life Today was certainly thought provoking; but what of Today's Brothers? I would like to see an article dealing with them and their call to serve Christ, not only with their hands but intellectually and academically as well, according to the spirituality of their order.
Br. Justin DeChance, S.J. Vice President of Jesuit Community Corporation Minister of the Jesuit Community Sacramento, California


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what is your first memory of free people?
age 15 or so. falling in love with, having to have, couldn't leave behind so many of the free people tank tops and sweaters that i had a pile of about 20 in my arms. i was at the neighborhood loehmann's (a discount mecca for the fashion-frenzied) and was dropping bits of clothing as i walked around the store.
what is the inspiration behind your blog?
my blog, as its been said before by many bloggers, started as a place to productively and effectively organize the thousands of images i had been accumulating in a few 'inspiration' folders on my computer. i comb the internet like a mad woman, and will save up to 20 photos to that folder a day. i had to find something that would make all the procrastinating from school work worthwhile! that, and for the last two years or so, i've been really trying to pick up photography. the best thing i've discovered for expanding your own aesthetic is by being exposed to the aesthetic of others. the blog was a way for me to compile this, and create a sort of inspiration board day by day.
what is your current state of mind?
expectant. i'm heading to a dirty projectors concert here in baltimore later tonight!
who are your heroes?
people who have the courage to go their own way, explore, be their own person, discover or at least hope to discover what makes them tick, and pursue it.
if you could choose what to come back to life as, what would you be?
this is a hard question! maybe a beautiful perennial flower. then, i could hide underground in the warm dirt during cold, wet months, regroup, and leap to life again every spring season. though the dying every winter thing might be tricky…
what or who is your greatest love?
john cusack, say anything.
name one thing necessary to your happiness.
things to look forward to (whether it's a concert, going shopping, meeting up with friends, cooking some fancy and over-my-head recipe… etc.)
what do you hate the most?
cheese on pizza. and musicians who look horridly bored when performing in front of a crowd.
what would the name of your band be and what genre? what instruments do you play in this band?
summer teeth. oops! that's the name of my blog… oops! that's the name of a wilco album! actually, i really don't know what i'd call it, but i think i'd design the sets and try and have a hand in the wardrobe of the band. i'm not so musically-endowed. But i do like to be surrounded by music.
what color are you?
iridescent. depends on which angle and in what light you look!
what is your motto?
don't feel guilty for being a dreamer in a harsh world.
what is the one article of clothing you can't live without?
this is much too hard. can i give three articles of clothing for this fall season instead? i'd say: well-fitting, worn-in jeans, my perforated oxford flats, and chunky knits (socks… sweaters… scarves).

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It all started back in 1993 when Pat called me at work to say, "I know what we're going to do with the rest of our lives". Honestly, I wondered if he had been drinking but he had, in fact, just visited Fleet Feet Adams Morgan in Washington DC (we lived in a suburb there at the time). About a year later, we sold our house, put our yellow lab in our SUV and drove across country to buy Fleet Feet Sacramento and have never looked back. Within that year we took ownership of the store (April 1, 1995), had a son (now off to college at ASU), added an events business (2003) then a training division (2004). When we bought the store we had 4 employees and now with nearly 40 store staff, 30 coaches, and over 30 event crew, we are amazed at how much activity goes on in this building and that we get to call this "work." We LOVE northern California, our Sacramento Kings, our extended family of staff and loyal customers, and Sacramento, the best city in the state.
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With our appetites satisfied after eating at Anthony's in the SeaTac Airport it was time to take a shuttle to the Rental Car Facility which is now offsite. The sliding glass doors opened from the airport and I stepped out and stopped in my tracks. I closed my eyes with my head tilted back slightly to take a long, slow, deep inhale of the moist Seattle air. To have my moment.
My aunt slammed into me from behind. I spun around to be greeted by her beautiful, petite dog-head-tilted-to-the-side look of incredulity at me.
Her, "Why did you stop?!"
Me, "I was going to take in the moment."
Her, "Oh. Well, let's get the shuttle silly."
I guess hanging my head out of the window of the rental car while I was driving like Phoenix used to would be that taking-the-air-in moment if there was going to be one right now.
In my previous trips to Seattle, Washington 20 years ago I had never needed or wanted a rental car. My (ex) wife and I always walked everywhere, using the public transportation system when necessary. It was my choice for the rental car this time, not out of need, but to reacclimate myself to the entire traveling process again.
The SeaTac Rental Car Facility is ginormous! I chatted up a cutie at the customer service counter. She was moving to somewhere else in the country. I asked why and she said, "The rain…"
I reserved this high end, no money spared, luxury Matchbox Car.
My aunt said, "Oh my, will you fit into that, honey?"
Obviously her reference to my long legs and not the weight I had put on the previous two months. *ahem*
Finally we were headed into the city and I was bouncing in my seat playing some hip music on the radio that my aunt actually liked! Seeing the skyline. A panorama like no other and the little kid in me said while driving, "Looky Auntie B, it's Seattle!!"
Her, looking up…then down…at my maps and my cell phone in her lap (having been there SO many times and a month earlier) "Um hum. Ok, the Google Maps girl says the exit is 2 miles ahead."
I knew where to go. Why can't the Google Map audio girl be Kate Beckinsale? Just sayin'…
Pay attention to the constantly changing speed limits folks! I was on it.
I was back in Seattle, Washington and wanted to hug someone. Ok, everyone! My eyes were watered up with happiness.
We pulled into the valet at the Grand Hyatt Seattle (this was taken later that night obviously)…
The streets were absolutely packed with people. I asked a local, "What's up with all of the people??!"
She said, "I know, you should have seen it here this summer."
Lots of dog walkers…my eyes were peeled for a Golden Retriever. I had talked with Phoenix about this trip for 11 years and he sat at my feet at the computer me saying, "You'll get there again, Daddy."
I wanted him here with me. Maybe he was? The next day would be shocking…but until then…
We headed down the street and my aunt gave me the low-down on each national chain. Including where Michelle Obama shops. Good to know. *eyeroll*
If this is your liking…I would be happy to go window shopping with you. If you want to model potential purchases for me, I'm so there for you. You will have to spend a very long time with me before we discuss that ring on your left finger.
I looked through the viewfinder and lifted the camera away to do a double take! My clone in Seattle? (black leather coat in faded jeans sans ballcap) It was the Truman Show busted!
The Seattle Great Ferris Wheel at 175 feet is the highest one of it's kind on the West Coast of the U.S. No, we didn't ride on it because that ferry crashed into it. Kidding!
Century Link Field and Safeco Field for my sports friends…
If I could freeze frame this life moment with headphones on listening to music I would have. By the way, we never received a single drop of rain over the two days…
This sweet boy filled me my heart with both love and sadness. No, we didn't go for a ride but I sooooo wanted to take him back to the hotel room. He was tired and done. Merely serving a purpose when he should be out in a pasture enjoying fresh, moist grass in his mouth, in the company of his kindred. I did walk up and pet him and looked into his eyes. I saw dried tears on his lower eyelids and the drops came rolling down my own cheeks. My aunt quickly removed me, grabbing my hand to move along, as she saw what was happening with me.
Her cure was to snap me out of it with food! Cute women or food. She knows my antidote. We were walking by this food cart and she said,"Will you have a hotdog with me, sweetheart?"
My aunt does not eat meat.
She evaluated the menu, scouring all of the options.
Then her eyes lit up, "Found it!! Oh Mike, will you have a Tofurkey Dog with me please?" (it was on the other side and in the excitement I didn't take a pic)
I only heard "dog" as in hotdog, and said, "For real?"
The Obi-Wan of Seattle hot dogs demonstrating his version of The Force in tubular form.
I glanced up…tomorrow was pending. I did not want to go back home…
What?? If you were a guy you would too. She was smokin' hot beautiful…
See what I mean??!! Ohhhh…you thought I was talking about the girl walking by in the pic above. The hotdog below. Gutter minds! Duh…
My aunt compromised on toppings. I told her to keep it simple so that we actually tasted the dog itself. She chose sauerkraut (yes! I love sauerkraut) and I chose mustard. The soft, steamed bun. The tang of the sauerkraut. The sharp taste of mustard. A crisp snap of tofu and turkey. It was soooo moist and savory. It was amazing. To my buddies who say, "Never!" Dudes, had you not known beforehand, you would have been all in after a bite.
I asked my aunt to take a picture of me. She took my camera apprehensively in her hands saying, "Oh gosh, I'm not very good with cameras honey."
Giving her instructions as I stood there she exclaimed with joy, "Oh my gawd sweetheart this camera view is so crystal clear!!"
Afterwards, I looked at the first screen preview. *sigh*
I asked her where she was looking.
She said, "Ooops, I was looking through that space between the camera and the flash thingie." Meaning she was looking at me in "real" time, not the viewfinder. Oy vey…
Me, beyond myself, "You took a picture of my crotch."
Her, with those gorgeous eyes of hers, softly blinking up at me, said with total (pretend) seriousness, "Well, you have a very nice crotch so the girls back home will love this picture and thank me!"
Then she spun around away from me bursting out laughing.
My aunt…the comedian. And my pimp.
The smile at this moment was very real. I wasn't home in that empty house and I did not want to go back to Reno. Being honest.
As twilight set in…and that is my favorite part of any day…
Next will be our Pike Place Market adventure…so much fun!
76 Responses to "Seattle, Washington – I'm Back And Not Wanting To Go Home!"
Wow, as someone who isn't into traveling, I found myself really enjoying these pictures. Of course being a sports nut, I would love to see Safeco and Century Link. (Hate those damned Seahawks though!) No thanks on the Ferris Wheel! Not sure this guy could handle it!
I really like the picture of the boats on the water and the city at twilight.
Also, cant blame you for not wanting to go home, but we're glad you came back! And that was a great pic too by the way!
It looks like a beautiful city and would be fun to stroll along and hit up the shops! Looking forward to more!
Oh yeah, you had me at hot dog!
If someone has the time there is shopping galore in the greater downtown area, Tony 🙂
Hi Mike,
It seems you have some precious memories embedded in Seattle but you have been very brave dear friend! A lump in my throat refused to go down as I was reading this piece, you have very subtly covered up those emotional moments with little interspersing of anecdotes, which tug at the heart rather than evoke a smile.
Love those pictures, they too speak volumes and touched my heart. I can understand the symbolism of the title! Please tell your aunt to spend a few more days with you and come home now.
You may have missed the rain, but it looks like you got some of the dreary skies. The last time I was there (probably 10 years now), we had 3 days of brilliant sunshine and it was hot—and weird. The other times I was there, it lived up to its climactic reputation for rainy grayness. I don't think I could live there just because of that, but obviously, a lot of people would disagree. Um, the Seahawks. After last Sunday, here in Philly, we don't want to discuss the Seahawks at this time. There wasn't a big ferris wheel when we were there. Write a few cities have copied off the London Eye. Great shot of the wheel and the boat. I'm looking forward to reading about the rest of your too short visit
Lovely story, Mike 🙂
Great post!, I loved it and the hot dogs looked great!
Great tour. Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh Mike, what fun to see Seattle through your eyes. Afraid ours have become jaded with traffic congestion, protest marchers, etc. You have made me want to go downtown again. . .and only a couple of days ago – having had my fill of negative headlines about the problems there, I'd vowed not to do so. You have made me change my mind! Thank you and I look forward to the Pike Place Market report.
Seattle looks so European and I really enjoyed your happy day, though seeing your aunts talents with a camera and the shots from the road had me kind of worried. Surely, you can't drive and photograph at the same time, or….?
I know the feeling of being somewhere and not wanting to leave…..Newfoundland is my "happy place" in the same way Seattle is yours. Totally get it. Enjoying the stories and living vicariously through YOUR trip until the next one of ours. 🙂
Ha! Your Aunt is hilarious, Mike! I think you may have gotten some of her humor genetically speaking. Also, Phoenix it seems was right there with you two. I really enjoy Seattle. It's such a pretty and cool city. I'm not that far away and really should take my kids there for a road trip 🙂 Looking forward to the Pike Place post. Aw, I'm so glad you've got such nice memories of the city and now new ones!
***The smile at this moment was very real***
smiling w/ you in Duluth, MN. 🙂 xxxx KISSES.
I'm still laughing at your headless photo. It's a keeper and so is your aunt. 😉
Your post reminds me that I would like to go on that Ferris Wheel someday. I've only been to Seattle three times, and two of those were for a writing conference. Maybe next time I will give myself an extra day so I can see some more sights. Looking forward to your Pike Place adventures 😉
Oh I so would love to see Seattle, Sleepless in Seattle is one of my favorite movies!
That hot dog {girl} sure had your attention.
Your Aunty sounds so very cool, love her sense of adventure.
As I have only just started eating red meat now and then I am not sure I would be up for a Hot Dog but I do love sauerkraut,
I so would have cried along with you, that horse so should be resting in a paddock full of grass.
They guy at the lights, he is like a double you for real – is there a twin out there that you didn't know about?
Good to see you smiling again xxx
I think… no, I KNOW I love your Aunt! She's a trip and 'da bomb. So hysterical. Keep talking, and I'm going to end up in Seattle yet! I love cobblestone streets and yes, that horse needed a pasture. GREAT post – more, more, more!
I've always wanted to go to Seattle so loved seeing the photos and reading about it! I agree though poor horse! 🙁
ohhhh you make me want to go there SO BAD!!! Anywhere that has tofudogs is a place for Beth! Very cool scenery. Incredibly atmospheric. I can tell that place is electric, like New York, but in its own special way. So happy you got to go with your aunt! And your smile in that photo is happy and infectious! LOVE. xoxo
Thanks for taking us along on this trip.. I've never been to Seattle , but it looks as lovely as l've heard. Glad it brought back great memories for you, and l love your Aunt's sense of humor..totally me! Crotch shot..lol!
Des loves sauerkraut too, actually! You're twins.
I had a very spiritual experience in Toronto when I was 16. I went back in my 20's and your descriptions of landing in Seattle remind me so much of that. I just wanted to breathe it all in and eat it all and check it all out.
Your aunt sounds amazing! So funny and so kind! Would love to go a trip with her myself 🙂 Glad you had such a good time and that hot dog does sound delicious!
Twilight is my favorite time of day too and I want to try a tofu dog!!! Seriously!! I used to love loaded hotdogs but no longer eat them (because gross) but a tofu dog??? Awesome. Your aunt sounds amazing and like she knows just what you need, including crotch photos 🙂
Hahaha, your Aunt seems like a hoot, Mike! I think I would really like her, and not just cause of the tofu dogs;-) So awesome that you guys didn't have any rain for your trip, and it's obvious you REALLY made the most of your time exploring the city! I'm excited to hear all about Pike Market…I was there, gosh, 11 years ago, so it will be interesting to see how much has changed/stayed the same!
Thanks for taking on us with you on this tour through Seattle! 🙂 Like your aunt, I am also a vegetarian so I'd pick the same thing she did.
Sounds like it was a great trip for you! I am glad for you (and a little bit hungry, now!). 🙂
Haha sounds like there's never a dull day with your aunt! Since I was a child I've wanted to go to Seattle because Bruce Lee was and kind of still is my idol and he's buried there! Plus I'm a fan of Frasier 😀 Glad you had a great time Mike!
LOL. Your aunt is funny . Your post was such a joy to read. It seems you had a good time, I wouldn;t want to go back home either.
If you like funny aunts then mine is most definitely one to hang out with, Rachael! It's funny, as I've been going back over the posts and writing news about the trip I've wanted to go back badly! 🙂
Seattle seems like a beautiful city, and so lively! I don't blame you for never wanting to leave. Maybe you should visit more often? I'm sure there's so much to explore.
The gal I was chatting up at the car rental desk said that Mt Ranier is a must. I've done other things there but it's just walking around downtown and the amazing vibration. It's like a natural energy vibe that's almost a narcotic for me, Tarana 🙂
Enjoyed reading the play by play of your first day back in Seattle! I've never been, but I could feel the excitement you experienced and know those feelings from my own travels elsewhere 🙂
It is most definitely a special place and there are sooooo many other memories for me that are attached to Seattle at different chapters in my life, Dana 🙂
hahahahaha I love that crotch picture! I mean, you know, the idea of the whole thing! A good friend of mine just this year had the opportunity to take a picture of me with the mayor of Chicago, and the picture looked almost exactly the same! It's the picture of our chest/crotchal area and NO HEADS or faces in the picture! It could be anyone! Too funny. Use that as your holiday card photo! ha.
These are fantastic, what a beautiful place. Those dogs look crazy delicious! I didn't even know you could do that many things w/hotdogs and I'm from Chicago w/the famous "Chicago dog" which is basically a regular hotdog w/sport peppers & veggies and NO KETCHUP!
I'm glad to hear the ferry didn't actually crash into that HUGE ferris wheel, because it really looks like it in the photo!
OMG the photographer didn't reshoot the picture with both of your heads in it?? That's freakin' awesome you got to have your picture taken with the mayor, Joy! I sooooo wish I had my pictures from an AMAZING trip I took to Chicago with my best buddy and his wife about 20 years ago. It was the 4th of July and The Taste of Chicago week. I called it my Ferris Bueller's weekend 🙂
Thanks for the story, Mike. Love your entertaining writing 🙂 and photos! Especially, the one of two smokin' hot dogs in a grey shirt 😉
I was SO hoping you would read this, Alex, and see that picture!! I 100% thought of you my friend and our offline photography conversation 🙂
Hi Mike, I so enjoyed reading about your first day in Seattle with your Aunt. The two of you together make for a perfect sitcom. I'm sure Phoenix was happy that you finally made this trip. I'm pretty sure he was there with you.
My husband hates those Matchbox Cars. He especially hated one during Christmas that had a wined up key spinning on the back of it like a toy lol.
Are you talking about an actual toy or a car like the one in the picture, Krystle?
So it takes 20 years to get on a plane and then you don't want to leave Seattle. There is a message here Mike and I hope you're listening. And I must say it's great to hear.
It is a treat to see Seattle through your eyes. I feel like I'm in a new country with all the sensory overload that goes with it. And no rain is a huge bonus.
I'm wondering if you're planning your next trip yet…………
I was like a little kid that entire trip, Leigh! Even having been there a half dozen times my excitement was the same this visit as it had been a couple of decades ago. No new trips planned yet 🙂
I am interested in Seattle (and I read every word lol) so I'm looking forward to Pike Street. Your Aunt has a wonderful sense of humour. I like how she took you in hand when you were feeling bad for the horse. I gather she is a no-nonsense gal!
She's a very real gal to all emotions and experiences in life. She can be light-hearted and funny but also veryyyyy no-nonsense just like you said, Jan 🙂
Great pictures of Seattle Mike!
I'm glad you enjoyed them, Rita! It's such a beautiful city 🙂
Loved your pics of the hot dogs, but my sympathy to you for never trying a Wisconsin Brat – yes, the meaty kind. Your aunt sounds like a hoot and lover of obscene photos (jk).
Haha, thank you Neva. Definitely sign me up for a Wisconsin Brat along with some of the cheese! 🙂
This just popped up in my feed – how delightful to see your name again! Hope all is wel.
Hi Elizabeth! That notification was actually a glitch with my website. I still haven't returned to writing but I contemplate it frequently! I hope all is well with all of you!! 🙂
OOOOOO, Mike,
So nice to see you, Sweets.
I've miss you LOTS. Everybody has.
Love your photos, FOOD, & funny stories.
Your aunt is a real KICK))!!
Love from COLD MN. x
Hi my dear! This post was actually from 2 years ago and you had commented on it back then LOL! It's nice to hear from you always!! I hope all is wonderful with all of you! 🙂


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The Neuro-Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) is seeking applications for Developmental Research Program (DRP) projects focused on adult or pediatric gliomas.
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS: Developmental Research Projects
AWARD AMOUNT: $42,750 total (direct plus indirect) from the grant to be spent by July 31, 2018 plus $25,000 (direct) from the applicant's department
APPLICATION DEADLINE: On or before May 1, 2017
ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: August 1, 2017
Funding will be provided through the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) mechanism for two awards. Applicants must be faculty members of Harvard Medical School or the Harvard School of Public Health at the level of Instructor or higher. While the proposed research may be basic or clinical, bench-to-bedside or bedside-to-bench strategies must be addressed in the application, as the ultimate purpose of the program is to promote translational research in gliomas. Minority and women applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be judged on 1) their scientific merit, 2) relevance to the overall mission of the DF/HCC Neuro-Oncology program 3) their potential for upgrade to full project status in the DF/HCC glioma SPORE Program and 4) the agreement of the applicant's departmental chair to provide matching funds in the amount of $25,000 direct (+ institutional/nonfederal indirects), to be included in the application as a letter from the chair.
Application deadline is May 1, 2017. Awardees will be notified by June 1, 2017. Funding will start on August 1, 2017 and will be provided at $42,750 total (direct plus indirect) from the grant to be spent by July 31, 2018 plus $25,000 (direct) from the applicant's department. Funds can be used for salary and/or support of research at Harvard Medical School or Harvard-affiliated hospitals and institutions.
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With the Concourse Project, the New York University Stern School of Business aimed to renovate their undergraduate upper and lower concourse educational spaces, modernise the building lobbies, and create connections between the school's graduate and undergraduate buildings.
The resulting design emphasises connectedness, transparency, and light by reconfiguring the space and reclaiming unpleasant and underutilised (even unutilised) 1970's underground spaces through a combination of innovative design and careful engineering. It transforms the existing concourses into a state-of-the art educational center linked by light-filled corridors, and adds student lounges and gathering spaces to promote the interaction between students and faculty that make for a vibrant, active academic community.
The design solutions and features include a three-storey atrium and dramatic central glass stair brings light and energy into the below-ground concourses. Skylights cut into the grade-level plaza bring natural light deep into the spaces and ample use of fire-rated glass provides views into classrooms. Intricately intertwined building services were sorted out and re-routed to allow ceiling heights to be raised.
Interconnecting stairs between the floors foster a sense of connectivity, while reconfigurable classrooms allow for varied room setups based on curriculum changes. Finally, the energy of NYU Stern's brand is integrated throughout the space with super graphics, banners, and elegant donor signage.
The result of the Concourse Project is the transformation of some of the least desirable spaces in the NYU inventory into some of the most exciting and memorable. The school has undergone a transition from a place that students simply enter for classes, to a destination; a place in which they want to meet, engage with one another and linger. The project has reinvented the physical image the school presents to the City and global business community.
The project opened to students in September 2009, and is expected to earn a LEED-CI Silver rating.
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IN any other town about to be invaded by the Russian Army, local people would be jamming buses and commandeering vehicles in a panic to leave.
But in Samashkin, a desolate village in the self-declared independent Russian republic of Chechnya, even teenagers and the elderly were preparing to fight on Dec. 13, arming themselves with knives, sticks, and a vast array of simple firearms that ranged from AK-47s to crudely fashioned grenades and Molotov cocktails.
``If the Russians continue to wage war against us, I will get on their planes and take hostages, and try to blow up their nuclear power stations,'' boasts Idris Vigeyev, wearing the green headband of the Smertniks - ``death warriors'' who have vowed to sacrifice themselves for their cause.
``It is better to die once than to be a slave for ever,'' he declares.
As the Russian Army slowly continued its advance on Grozny, the Chechen capital, the forces gathering to oppose it appeared a haphazard bunch. The wealthier among them were dressed for the cold in heavy sheepskin coats and ashtrakhan hats - the rest wore ragged work clothes.
Even as Chechen officials loyal to separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev's government continued to negotiate a peaceful solution to the crisis with a Russian team in Vladikavkaz, near the Chechnya border, Moscow was pressing ahead with its bombardment of the rebel republic.
It has sent columns of tanks and armored vehicles rumbling close to Grozny, and has dropped bombs on Chechen villages and military positions not far away, with several civilian casualties already reported. Russian jets have buzzed the capital.
[Russian troops are to seal off Grozny by the end of Dec. 13, according to the Itar-Tass news agency. Government spokesman Valentin Sergeyev told Interfax news agency that nine Russian soldiers had been killed and 14 wounded by midday Dec. 13.]
But the Chechen people, along with their cousins from the neighboring regions of Ingushetia, North Ossetia, and Karbardino-Balkaria, are fighting back.
A proud and fierce Islamic people who still follow a strict honor code involving clan loyalty and blood vendettas, Chechens have long been feared by their northern neighbors. A sinister line written by the 19th century poet Mikhail Lermontov, who fought with the Russian Army in the Caucasus, is familiar to every Russian: ``The evil Chechen crawls onto the riverbank, sharpening his knife.''
Chechens, in turn, see Russia as a fading superpower with imperialist ambitions determined to keep its grip on former Soviet territory under its jurisdiction. This most recent rebellion against Moscow has lasted since 1991.
``The Koran says that everything has a beginning, and everything has an end,'' says Salavdeen Chilayev, an agricultural engineer who has a complete armory at home and is ready to use it. Two years ago, he says, he killed a man who had murdered his uncle. ``The Russian empire existed, but now it will be destroyed,'' he says.
Others who are taking up arms against the Russians were less sanguine about the outcome. ``What the Russians are doing is genocide against two peoples, Chechen and Ingusheti,'' says Umar Arabkhanov, a leader of the Islamist Rebirth Youth Movement in Ingushetia, who says his cousin was killed by Russian helicopter fire Dec. 11. ``They have got us by the throat and they are cutting off our air,'' he says.
Grozny is relatively calm, although loud explosions can be heard on the outskirts of the city, which has had its heat and water cut off by the Russians.
Few Chechens believe Moscow's assurances that its troops intend only to surround Grozny rather than storm it. Open truckloads of Chechen volunteers, waving weapons and cheering, careened along the streets on Dec. 13.
In villages near Grozny, men remained defiant, while women and children looked dazed but not beaten, watching bombs fall on nearby hills from the relative safety of their wooden homes.
``The Russians say they are just here to restore order, but what kind of order is it when they start shooting at peaceful citizens?'' asks Ruslan Galatkov, a young man from neighboring Ingushetia who had come to show his solidarity with Chechen fighters.
``Russia just wants to retain control over the Caucasus,'' he says.
But not all Russians appear keen on such a policy. In the village of Osinkoye on the Ingusheti-Chechen border, about 50 tanks and armored vehicles waited on Dec. 13 for orders to enter Chechnya. Dirty and tired, the battalion of mainly baby-faced Russian soldiers looked warily from the hatches of their tanks.
``I don't want to fight,'' says Sergei, a tank commander. ``It's difficult to say who is to blame for this mess, but I say it is probably [Russian President] Yeltsin.''
Ingusheti villagers near the Chechen border say that some Russian soldiers were so unwilling to enter the breakaway region that they conspired in the sabotage of their vehicles, asking local residents to drain the fuel from their tanks to immobilize them.


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A European exploration is the cool thing to do during summers at UNC. Did you even graduate from Carolina if you didn't do a European exploration during your four years? At this point they should make "soul searching in Europe" a gen Ed requirement. It has become incredibly common for Carolina students to prance off to Europe for a few weeks- or if you're really daring- a few months. In my observations, this is not only for the privileged. With fellowships, a part time job, or loans, it feels like everyone is finding a way to get their European fix. Given that "everyone is doing it," I wanted to write about a few trends I have noticed through my fellow travellers.
No one has been dumb enough to try and come back with a new accent yet. However, many come back with alter egos, new personal values, and a stream of lofty proclamations about the meaning of life. All of this typically adds up to having an entirely new personality for a month or two after the trip. Then you get back into your routine, forget the mantra you collected while roaming the streets of Florence with pizza in your left hand and a cannoli in your right. The next thing you know, you're back to being you.
Back to being you can be frustrating though. Going from the glories of Europe to La Rez on Saturday night is certainly a buzzkill. What many do at this point is turn to ink to legitimize their life changing European experience. If you get a tattoo, no one can question the fact that you were permanently changed and enlightened by your abroad experience, right? The shoulder blade and under the wrist are two common locations for a small blotch of ink to tell the world that you are a daring free spirit.
You can fake a lot of things, but being cultured is not one of them. A little tattoo symbolizing your travels is almost the new symbol of education and acceptance. It screams "I've been places and I'm a badass for getting a tattoo. Respect me." Some of us, in turn, view these tattoos as symbols of the person's lack of self-understanding. Your month of traveling should not be the beacon you plaster onto your skin for the rest of your life. What about the other 300 months you have lived? It inherently feels like the person is trying to prove something about him/herself to the outside world. But whatever floats your boat-right?
I want to preface my next statements with the fact that I think travelling is an amazing and unmatched experience. Spend all of your money on experiences; not things. Seriously (unless there are holes in your shirts or your socks stink- buy something new). But I certainly find it amusing that if you click through many of your friends' European pictures- they all seem to be with the same backdrops, in the same countries, doing the same poses.
Despite all that Europe has to add to us intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, I have found many to be guilty of merely using Europe as set for their 3 week long photo shoot. I found this to be the case on my own European adventure, and not by choice but by association. The group I was travelling with had a borderline compulsive obsession with photo documenting their every single move. Take two steps one direction and we need to snap a different pose in front of the ocean that literally surrounded us. The backdrop was not going to be different every five steps… but you better bet we have a photo of practically every breath we took in each country.
Then the uploads in the hundreds are thrown up on Facebook, to which I am also guilty of. No one but your parents actually goes through all of these photos, but the 4 that pop up in everyone's news feeds are enough to scream that you were looking cute in Europe. No one looks at your photos because there are millions of them, and they are literally all of you or the one or two people you travelled with. So when our timelines have been spanned by everyone's 400 photo collection. They start to blend in.
For those of you who have not gone on your European adventure yet- I highly recommend it. Also something to keep in mind is that Southeast Asia is becoming the new trend. It's cheap and beautiful. Regardless of where you decide to go- do not forget the formula! Travel around (preferably on mom and dad's credit card), take 2 billion photographs; become a new person; and then get a tattoo once you're forgetting about the new person you became.


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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember
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Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism
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There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of
There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.
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Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved.
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Corporations are finding that measuring, reporting and reducing their sustainability impacts delivers both short term and long-term benefits. Higher financial return and sustainability management are no longer trade-offs, and companies are enjoying positive returns on investment from embedding sustainability management across the value chain.
Supply chain (or value chain) impacts and dependencies together often represent both present and latent commercial and reputational risks and opportunities for an organization. Competitive pressures - such as a tightening regulatory environment, fluctuating energy costs, issues of supply chain resiliency and efficiencies, and a competitive market - are making supply chain sustainability management a strategic imperative.
Figure 1 shows the range of near and longer-term benefits that can be derived from Supply Chain / Scope 3 sustainable Spend Analysis, and the subsequent interventions that can be informed by that initial business information.
In Figure 2 Value-at-Stake (VaS) is used to show how a company can accumulate tangible benefits over time. VaS can be defined as the lost benefits from not measuring, monitoring and reducing impacts over time.
As shown in Figure 2, any sudden change(s) in legislation that puts a price on a given resource, like a carbon tax, immediately further increases the VaS.
Figure 3 depicts how the VaS increases over time once benefits from improved corporate image and brand value, enhanced competitiveness and risk reduction are factored.
These benefits are strategic and contribute to the sustainability of the company and its return on investment. With changing legislation, the market appeal of proactive companies will increase dramatically, while companies that carry on with BaU (business as usual) will incur increasing costs and erosion of reputation.
The following risks from not measuring, managing, and reporting emissions are increasingly recognized: profit exposure; market value at risk; brand value at risk; stakeholder reputational risk; insurance & credit rating risks; supply chain resiliency exposure, and investor relationships.
Losses from some risks take more time than others to recover e.g. brand value erosion. A damaged company image could take years and considerable resources to be restored. It is also accepted that a company's proactive engagement regarding its sustainability impacts factors to attract and retain talent.
With that in mind, it is critical to note that the biggest potential benefits from sustainability impacts management lie in supply chain sustainability impacts management.
A CDP Supply Chain report looked at 57 global companies and 1,000 of their suppliers across a broad cross-section of industries. It found that 86% of companies saw tangible commercial benefits from working closely with suppliers to improve performance, and mutual return on investment.
Supply Chain analysis can reveal savings that otherwise would not have been unearthed. For example, Walkers Crisps discovered an unexpected opportunity to save energy while calculating its value chain and product carbon footprint. It turned out that because Walkers was buying its potatoes by gross weight, farmers were keeping their potatoes in humidified sheds to increase the water content. Walkers had to fry the sliced potatoes for longer duration to drive out the extra moisture. By switching to buying potatoes by dry weight, Walkers could reduce frying time by 10% and farmers could avoid the cost of humidification. Both measures saved money and energy and reduced the carbon footprint of the final product.
As in case of Walker Crisps, appropriate scope 3 accounting can help companies get a whole system view by mapping their emissions across the whole supply chain in order to detect the hotspots for significant efficiency improvement. In addition to simply avoiding the costs of poor performance in the supply chain, such analysis can bring about other very real, calculable and tangible benefits.
These include increased knowledge about suppliers. Engaging with suppliers for ongoing improvement improves communication and collaboration - essential for a robust and agile supply chain. Measuring and sharing an understanding of supply chain impacts leads to shared responsibilities, and creates ways to innovate efficient processes and new products.


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As disease spreads through a population, scientists want to know who gets sick, how best to prevent a large outbreak, and if an epidemic may occur. For many years, mathematicians used models to approximate answers to these questions; however, these older models used simplifying assumptions about the host population that drastically reduced the accuracy of the model's predictions. Within the last ten years, however, graph theory was introduced to computational epidemiology so that we now have more realistic models of the contact patterns that facilitate the spread of disease. This thesis used these models in conjunction with probability generating functions to explore the effects of individuals changing contacts during the course of an epidemic on two different degree distributions, the Poisson and the power-law. We found that at all rates of swapping contacts, the total epidemic size for the Poisson distribution is larger than that of the power-law, but that the time to total epidemic size is lower for power-law than for Poisson.


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English for Multi-Lingual Speakers (EMS)
Students who are multilingual or who have non-native English speaking parents are welcome to work with Lisa Flanagan, Bowdoin College's English for Multilingual Speakers (EMS) advisor.
Topics addressed in individual, confidential, tutoring sessions with Lisa:
- Pronunciation, grammar, register, and academic norms of Western writing
- First year adjustment to rigorous college demands for reading and writing
- Western conventions on citations and plagiarism
- Offering supplemental support to domestic students who wish to augment their writing skills.
Any student is welcome to make an appointment with Lisa on the Center for Learning and Teaching Appointment Scheduling calendar (you'll need to register the first time you use it). You may schedule a regular weekly appointment or meet when you have something in particular you want to discuss.
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Jurgen Klopp has revealed his decision to reject Manchester United for a chance to replace David Moyes.
The German manager took over from Brendan Rodgers in Liverpool, four months after stepping down from his post at Dortmund.
Klopp left Dortmund at his peak, leading the club to consecutive Bundesliga titles, becoming one of the most sought after coaches.
"Yes, there was interest – Manchester United, yes, they were interested a year or a year and a half before, but it didn't feel right," he said.
"I couldn't say Man United is not my club, it didn't feel right."
"Yes, I'm a football romantic," he said. "I'm confident but not as confident as other managers, thinking this club will call, that club will call.
"A lot of clubs called and I said 'No, no chance, I need to make a break now'. Even my wife knew, if Liverpool is calling, I go.
"When Liverpool called, I had no chance. It was actually too early for my plans. I said, 'Wow, come on!'
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I really like this vegan pea soup, and so does my husband. As for the kids, the votes are split. ;) The youngest one loves it, the older wouldn't even try it. If you're not a pea-hater, you'll probably like it, too! Especially with a swirl of organic sour cream or creme fraiche or vegan sour cream and maybe some homemade croutons ...
This soup is:
- vegan
- creamy
- protein-rich
- fiber-rich
- aromatic
- fresh
- easy to make
- quick!
Creamy vegan pea soup recipeadapted from Ina Garten
serves 4-6
2 handfuls cashews
200 g/2 cups leeks
500 g/5 cups peas, fresh or frozen
1 tbsp olive oil
1 litre/4 cups vegetable soup
a few sprigs lemon balm
a sprig tarragon
lemon juice to taste (about a half lemon)
salt and pepper to taste
chives, to serve
sour cream, to serve
Dry toast the cashews in a skillet on low temperature. Set aside.
Chop the leeks and set aside. Heat olive oil in a pot. Add leeks and saute until leeks soften a bit (do not let them brown). Add peas, cashews and veggie soup. Let boil and cook for about 5 minutes or until peas soften.
Add fresh lemon balm and tarragon. Transfer the soup into the blender and blend into creamy deliciousness. Taste and add lemon juice to taste (be careful not to make it too tangy).
Swirl in some sour cream or creme fraiche, if using, and sprinkle some chopped chives on top. Serve with croutons - or as it is.
So, how do you like your peas? Do your kids eat them at all?;)
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LA VERNE, Calif. --Bonita High School football coach Eric Podley has instilled one word above all others in the minds of his players: discipline.It has taken discipline for this team from the city of La Verne to overcome last season's disappointed 3-8 record to become the 10-1 powerhouse to be reckoned with in the playoffs this season.
"We like to measure things by our effort," Podley says. "Wins and losses come and go, but how hard you try is the measure of your success.
"We want to try to be our best in what we do," Podley added. "If we can do that, you can look in the mirror and say you're a winner."
For Podley, who is also a world history teacher, winning off the field is as important as racking up wins on the grid iron.
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A SUICIDE bomber aged 10 was seized by police as she tried to carry out a horror attack.
The youngster was detained minutes before trying to kill border police in Afghanistan.
Soldiers spotted the child, named as Spozhmay, who is thought to be the sister of a Taliban commander. She claimed her brother sent her on the murder mission.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said an Afghan soldier realised she was wearing a suicide vest.
But she was either unable to work the button to blow herself up, or was arrested before she could could carry out the attack.
The child has now been transferred to the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.
She is not the only Afghan youngster to have been dragged on to the battlefield.
In July it emerged Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan were bribing children as young as eight to plant roadside booby traps, be decoys in ambushes and act as suicide bombers.
Despite claims they have no children in their ranks, extremists have been recruiting orphaned and homeless boys and training them to use guns.


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Squid Ink Pasta with a Sea Urchin (or Uni) Butter Sauce
I think what I'm beginning to learn is that not everyone loves cooking as much as I do… or they definitely don't geek out about the types of ingredients and potential dishes to make as I do…
Case in point — if you received an email from your weekly CSF (this context might already be pushing it as how many people do you know that get fresh fish delivered to them every week??), saying they will have sea urchins for $10/lb for pick up, what would your reaction be?
Mine was something like… OH MY GOD, SEA URCHINS! I AM SO EXCITED! and then I proceeded to geek out to my coworkers who looked at me like I was myself a creature from the sea! So as I said, I'm beginning to realize I may be a little different from the average person… I'm definitely an adventurous 23 year old and, I dare say, an adventurous foodie.
These sea urchines came to me from diver Doug Cassidy of Marblehead, Massachusetts through way of the wonderful Mermaid's Garden CSF.
I mean, how cool are these?
Sea urchins have the strangest anatomy… those little teeth like and chewing structure in a sea urchin is called 'Aristotle's lantern.' They move around through hundreds of tiny, transparent, adhesive "feet."
And the stranger, possibly more disgusting part (for anyone who would turn their nose up at these creatures) is the delicacy within sea urchins are the gonads. Once you crack them open (I found hacking them with a knife to do the trick), you're left with this beautiful, orange creamy substance. It's firm to the touch and there's about four inside each urchin. Rinse them with a little water and set aside to cook with.
They kind of look like tongues with tastebuds on them… don't worry though, they don't taste or feel like tongues!
*In researching sea urchin dishes, it seemed that usually one receives them pre-scooped from the urchin on a tray or board. Not as fun!
While sea urchin can be eaten in many ways — in sushi, in crudo, on grilled toast — I decided to use it in a pasta dish. I took a cue from the amazing French chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin (who I love) for this Uni butter sauce that I paired with squid ink pasta. (*Uni is the Japanese word for sea urchin).
As Eric Ripert says, "French cuisine is all about three ingredients… butter, butter, butter!" And so yes, this sauce has a stick of butter in it, but butter makes pretty much anything delicious so live a little!
For this pasta sauce, combine your uni with the butter in a large pan over medium heat. Whisk until the uni starts to dissolve. Add a little white wine and lemon juice and cook until the mixture has thickened.
Toss your cooked squid ink pasta in the sauce and garnish with grated parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
It's hard to describe what this dish tasted like but it was delicious! It was a lot better than I thought it would be in all honesty. The sea urchin sauce was buttery but also had a good seafood taste. It wasn't overbearing by any means. I sadly can cook better than I can describe my cooking so my apologies but if you ever have the chance to eat sea urchins I recommend it! #YOLO
Now, I can cross working with sea urchins off my culinary wishlist! On to geeking out over the next strange ingredient or foodie project… homemade mozzarella anyone? Homemade bagels?
- ½ cup sea urchin roe
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon water
- Fine sea salt
- 2 ounces dried squid ink pasta
- For the sea urchin sauce, puree the sea urchin roe in a blender. Pass it through a fine-mesh sieve, and return to the blender. Blend the puree with the softened butter.
- To finish the sauce, bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan. Gradually whisk in the sea urchin butter, about 1 tablespoon at a time. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.
- When ready to serve, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente; drain.
- To serve, use a meat fork to twirl one-quarter of the pasta and mound it in the center of a small bowl. Repeat three times. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the sauce remaining in the stainless steel bowl around each mound.


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THE Common Ground Country Fair is a big draw every fall in Windsor, Maine. From pig calling and pie baking to fiddling and folk art, it is a cornucopia of country life that symbolizes down-home ideals.
Sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, the fair is a showcase for sustainable farming practices. But even more, it is a celebration of community, and ``the ability to find what you need in your own backyard - good food, good times, folks helping others, folks caring for the land,'' says executive director Nancy Ross.
I have come to the fair with my mother in search of pumpkins. I will gather information on the bright orange vine crop, while my mother will buy one for a porch decoration.
Pumpkins have always been a family novelty, we note, as we weave our way through the throngs of fairgoers. Like many families, ours has always associated pumpkins with Halloween (jack-o'-lanterns), Charlie Brown (The Great Pumpkin), a nursery rhyme (Peter Pumpkin Eater), and stories from suburbia.
Every Halloween, our neighbors in New Jersey, the Smiths, displayed the most gigantic pumpkin they could find. Then they held a contest for the neighborhood kids to guess the number of seeds. One particular year, one of my younger brothers made the closest guess and was awarded $5; the local newspaper ran his photo.
While the Smiths ended up dumping their giant pumpkin, my dad had a more entertaining method of disposal for our smaller jack-o'-lanterns: the annual pumpkin bash. He and my oldest brother would drop them one-by-one from the top of a tall water tower. We marveled at the basketball-like fruit in flight, then scurried to examine the pulpy remains.
But the most memorable pumpkin stunt occurred later when my youngest brother came home from kindergarten with pumpkin seedlings. He planted them in our backyard and waited for them to grow. We humored him with comments about New Jersey being the Garden State, saying ``maybe a pumpkin will grow,'' but we were skeptical all along.
Then - to our surprise - a vine did grow: tendrils, blossoms, fruit. Backyard critters (most notably our dog Misha) trampled and gnawed on most of the potential pumpkins, but one managed to survive, hidden under some brush. It soon grew into a large-sized pumpkin, much to my brother's delight and more neighborhood fame. We didn't have to buy a pumpkin that Halloween. After carving it, of course, we cooked and ate the seeds.
Everyone, it seems, has a pumpkin story to tell. Here at the fair, I talk with Rob Johnston, Jr. about pumpkin appeal. ``People are interested in pumpkins because they can bring a piece of the country and have it at home,'' he says.
Mr. Johnston is chairman of Johnny's Selected Seeds, based in Albion, Maine. His farm stand features many different pumpkins and squashes - from the mini Jack-Be-Little pumpkin to the huge Blue Hubbard Wintersquash.
Pumpkin size is down this season in New England, Johnston notes. But he points out some prize varieties: the Baby Bear pumpkin, weighing 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 pounds (about half the size of a normal pie pumpkin) and the large Tom Fox, a 1994 variety. The Tom Fox is ``pretty,'' Johnston observes, as it doesn't flatten on the side that it grows. Plus it has a heavy stem - the perfect Halloween pumpkin.
Pumpkins - genius Cucurbita - can range from a few ounces to hundreds of pounds (the world record is 827 pounds) and are known to keep for a long time.
Although the United States Department of Agriculture has never collected data on squash and pumpkins, it hopes to by 1995, due to increased interest. (Pumpkins have always been a regional crop because they are so heavy to transport. Pumpkin and squash are often applied inconsistently to certain varieties.)
The size, shape, and color of pumpkins vary greatly as do their uses, from weight competition to seed toasting, though most people buy and grow them for decoration and food. Indeed, pumpkins have been around a long time. Seeds from related plants have dated back to 50,000 B.C. in North America.
Which pumpkins are good for cooking? Autumn Gold, Small Sugar (New England Pie), Big Moon, Ghost Rider, Spirit, and Bushkin, just to name a few.
Elizabeth Riely, author of ``A Feast of Fruits,'' (MacMillan, $25, 340 pp.) is a loyal fan of the sugar pumpkin. It's sweet, has good flavor, and isn't too watery, she says.
But many people don't appreciate fresh pumpkin enough, she says, during a phone interview. ``Americans are extremely unadventurous. They just want to buy it canned, from the shelf.''
And there's so much more beyond the basic pumpkin-pie recipe, Ms. Riely says. Some of her favorite pumpkin recipes include Pumpkin, Leek, and Ham Gratin; Pumpkin Cider Conserve; and Pumpkin Chutney. ``My children love to make toasted pumpkin seeds. It's a good snack, and also a nice garnish. You can sprinkle a few on the top of finished soup.''
For Thanksgiving, Riely says, she often makes her Gingered Pumpkin Custard in little pumpkin cups along with pumpkin-pie tartlets - that way people can have as little or as much dessert as they wish.
As pies, bread, muffins, puddings, soup, and stuffings come steaming out of the oven and off the stove, people are reminded: It is no coincidence that we harvest and give thanks in the same season.


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Medium+ ruby in colour intensity with a medium intense nose.
Positives: Pleasant aromas featuring mulberry, cherry, mushroom, oak, oregano, cassis, turmeric & leather. Taste is pleasant with similar notes. The wine is medium body with medium tannins, acidity & length.
Negatives: Some spinach on the finish giving a touch of bitterness.
Drink now on its own or pair it with grilled pork chops.
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You may remember gymnast Jordyn Wieber from her up-and-down fortnight at the 2012 Olympics. A favorite at the outset of the games, Wieber failed to qualify for the individual all-around but recovered to help USA win the all-around team gold medal. So, what does a teenager and former Olympian do after reaching the highest of highs in her sport? She goes to college, of course!
Wieber is currently a freshman at UCLA, majoring in psychology. She isn't competing with the women's gymnastics team this year but she is the team manager. Wieber took some time out of her manager duties during Saturday night's Florida-UCLA meet to chat with Pac-12 Networks' Jim Watson and Amanda Borden about what she has been up to since winning gold in London and what her hopes are while at UCLA. Check out the interview below.
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Golden Gate Bridge Chief Engineer Ewa Bauer calls it "the largest undertaking in the history of the bridge since its construction." Bridge district spokeswoman Mary Currie, who has been with the district for 20 years and is one of its foremost historians, says the seismic retrofit is "the most important project" among a series of renovations dating back to the early 1950s.
It's also the most expensive, by far. Approximately $400 million has been spent reinforcing the bridge since 1997, and another $200 million still needs to be secured to finish the final phase, which should begin within two years and wrap up between 2016 and 2018.
By those metrics, the 20-year, $660 million project surpasses even the original construction, which required only four years and $35 million ($564 million in today's dollars).
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District set out to retrofit the span in response to the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, which collapsed a section of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge, yet left the Golden Gate Bridge unharmed.
The difference was due less to how they were built than where: The Bay Bridge sits on soft bay mud and the Golden Gate Bridge on solid rock.
Still, engineers determined the bridge needed additional lateral support to survive an even larger event and decided to retrofit the landmark to withstand what's known as a "maximum credible earthquake."
That translates to about 8.3 on the Richter scale, greater than the 1906 temblor that leveled The City. The bridge was originally designed to withstand about 7.5 percent of its weight in horizontal forces, Bauer said, and today, after retrofitting, the same measure for the south anchorage housing — a critical component of the bridge foundation — is 220 percent.
Phase 3 of the project, under way since 2008, involves strengthening the north anchorage housing and replacing a portion of the roadway deck with 78 new concrete-on-steel panels measuring 25-by-10 feet and weighing approximately 41,000 pounds each; they'll help the underlying anchorage housing withstand massive quakes by sharing some of the load.
Once the final $200 million infusion is approved by Congress, the bridge's iconic 1.2-mile suspension span will be strengthened over the course of three or four years. None of the work will alter the appearance of the bridge in any way, Bauer said, and it's something she takes great pride in. Still, she's itching to see it complete.
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This answer assumes there was no starting problems or battery light or check engine light or alternator lights on before the maintenance work or your visit to Mr advanced.
Most likely the connection where Mr Advanced spliced the new cable to the old is not strong enough to conduct the 150 amps needed to crank the engine, but is strong enough to conduct the 20 - 30 amps needed to run the lights, etc.
It may be possible to start the car by gently re positioning the spliced area so the new and old wires make better contact and then trying the key.
If it works, it probably won't work more than once or twice so be ready to go back to visit Mr Advanced.
Splicing in a battery cable to an old one is a pretty uncommon repair. Replacing the end of the cable that clamps to the battery is common. Replacing the entire cable is a common repair.
it is also possible that your car is not in park/neutral, the anti-theft needs to be disarmed using the remote door lock opener on your keys or the new battery is defective.
Hope that helps,
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