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If all you care about is having a phone that you only have to charge once a week you can buy a jitterbug, I'm always near a wall or a car charger, even when I'm not my 1 year, 8 month old iPhone 4 lasts all day all while running two homescreen widgets and being jailbroken.
If Apple were to ever open up the doors to widgets, they would likely stay in the Notification Center, but Android has set a decent precedent for Home screen widgets; as far as I'm concerned, the home screen widget is one of the biggest defining characteristics of Android, and if implemented well in iOS, they could make sure iOS users don't stray from the flock. Apple has already borrowed the notification windowshade idea, so it's not so far out that we'd see more Android-style features on an iPhone or iPad.
If full Home screen widgets proved too taxing on the battery, Windows Phone is doing some neat stuff with Live Tiles that could influence iOS. Right now, we don't get much more than tomato splat noifications on app icons, but what if there was more? Maybe app icons themselves could change based on contextual information - the current level in a game you're playing, who's tagged you on Facebook, a thumbnail of a popular picture on Pinterest ... that sort of thing. The native Calendar app already does this sort of thing, so why doesn't Weather? Why don't all other apps?
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|For Raul, the Enclave mechanic in Fallout 2, see Raul (Fallout 2).
Raul Alfonso Tejada is a Mexican ghoul mechanic and gunslinger living in the prison building at the top of Black Mountain in 2281.
Born in 2047, Raul has had a long and storied history. Before the Great War, Raul grew up on Hidalgo Ranch just outside of Mexico City. He was a marksman and mechanic, both of which occasionally got him in trouble with the law. During the war, the ranch he lived on was spared from atomic destruction due to being located in a remote area. Raul also witnessed Mr. House's missile defense system protecting most of Las Vegas from an impressive amount of distance. Soon, the ranch was beset by refugees seeking food and shelter. The Tejada family was as accommodating as they could be, but the amount of refugees was too much for them to handle. Raul's father was forced to turn down any more unfortunates seeking help, due to their resources becoming scarce.
At one point, Raul and his father even had to drive off the remaining refugees, as things became violent. Later that night, about two dozen men returned and set fire to the ranch house, barring the doors from the outside to prevent any escape. Raul awoke to the smell of smoke and was able to sneak himself and his sister, Rafaela Tejada out a window, receiving burns across his body in the process. The rest of his family, consisting of his mother, father, grandmother, two brothers, and two sisters, perished in the flames. As they escaped, a few of the men pursued them. Raul killed the pursuers, and left the rest to live, since he did not want to throw away his life in revenge; he still had a sister to take care of.
The pair traveled to the radioactive ruin of Mexico City to begin anew, amidst the large number of looters in the city. They both scraped by as scavengers, constantly looking for food, and medicine to treat Raul's burns. The intense radiation of their surroundings soon started affecting Raul, commencing the first stages of his ghoulification. It was also there that Raul found a novelty costume shop, where he found a Vaquero outfit in good condition while searching for cloth to wrap his wounds. Raul took the outfit, and wore it as he returned to his sister. For the first time since the bombs fell, Rafaela laughed. Soon, Raul became a legend; his sharp eye and top-notch gunslinging always meant the end for glory seekers who were looking to prove themselves. Even though this kept Raul and his sister safe from trouble, it always created more.
Suffering from radiation poisoning, Raul eventually became too ill to scavenge with his sister. As such, she was left to provide for the two on her own. One day, after she failed to return from a market where she had been scavenging for food, Raul noticed raiders nearby, fearing the worst he went in search of her only to find her brutally murdered. Her corpse was violated so horribly that she was identifiable only by a tiny scar on her knee from when she was a little girl. Fueled by anger, Raul tracked down the raiders responsible at a market and killed them to the very last man. He salvaged what was left of the raider gang's possessions and left Mexico City, now the lone survivor of his family.
Leaving every aspect of his former life behind, including, as Raul says, his "face," he wandered to the Gulf Coast and inhabited an unclaimed Petró-Chico refinery. There, he spent a long time thinking about his life. He realized that his gunslinging hadn't given him anything; he discarded his guns and took off his old vaquero outfit. He put on a Petró-Chico jumpsuit that he found, and took the name "Miguel"; the name found on the jumpsuit's nametag.
Bearing a new identity, he eventually arrived in the Arizona town of Tucson, now known as Two Sun. He settled there, becoming a mechanic and a general handyman, his guns stashed away where they could do no further harm, although he still kept them oiled out of professional pride. After seventy-five years of relative peace, he met Claudia; a prostitute working in a local brothel who bore a striking resemblance to Rafaela. Spurred by this reminder of what he lost, he took the time to look out for her, though for obvious reasons never visited her.
This peace was not to last. Arizona was overrun with raiders and tribals before the rise of Caesar's Legion brought stability to that region; the conditions brought "Dirty Dave" and his six brothers to town looking for ammunition. Raul sold it to them, hoping they would leave now that they had what they wanted. Instead, they decided to take their edge off in the brothel. They massacred the place and took Claudia as a prisoner when they left. Enraged, Raul pursued the gang. They had a head-start, and slept nights; Raul didn't. After three days of continuous pursuit, he finally caught up with them. By the time he found Claudia, she was already dead. This ignited a familiar feeling in Raul; the vengefulness he'd felt at Rafaela's death. In a state of fury, Raul charged head-on into the middle of the camp, and kept shooting his guns until Dirty Dave and his gang were all dead. Youth wasn't on his side anymore; the battle left Raul severely injured and nearly lifeless. After days of gathering his energy to carry his injured body, Raul returned back to town.
Dejected, Raul has wandered west to the Mojave Wasteland. He swore to himself that he was done with the gunslinging life, since he is starting to feel his age. While there, he stumbled upon the signal of the Black Mountain Radio, and started listening to it to pass time. One day, he lost the signal being transmitted and decided to have a look. He ended up meeting a nightkin named Tabitha, the radio's broadcaster and supreme ruler of Black Mountain. Raul fulfilled his purpose and fixed the radio's transmitter, but much to his dismay, Tabitha decided to keep him; after all, he couldn't disagree with a super mutant twice his size. Raul was then turned into Black Mountain's handyman, fixing toasters and things the super mutants wanted fixed. He has also been tasked with the repair of Rhonda, Tabitha's robot and best friend, in which he has been unsuccessful. To guarantee his cooperation, Raul is imprisoned in a building near the mountain's broadcast station to which he later claims he was held against his will for years.
If freed from captivity, he will join the Courier out of gratitude. A new taste of adventure reminds Raul of his tumultuous past, prompting him to consider whether he should embrace his old gunslinging ways. In this case, he will be forced to decide between two different ways of life.
When compared to the other human companions of the Wasteland, Raul is perhaps the most tolerant towards the Legion when compared to everyone else who would suffer under their rule. He is not affected by the Legion's presence in the wasteland and admires the security and order they bring, although he wouldn't be able to join them due to their hatred towards all forms of mutants. He also has quite an insightful amount of knowledge about Mr. House, as Raul has lived long enough to remember his pre-War exploits.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
|This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed. Status expires when Hardcore mode begins.
|This character is a permanent companion. They grant the Regular Maintenance, Full Maintenance and Old Vaquero perk.
|This character can repair items.
|Repair cap: 100
|This character starts quests.
|This character is involved in quests.
- Crazy, Crazy, Crazy: Raul can be recruited as part of the quest, or simply by traveling to Black Mountain and busting him out.
- Old School Ghoul: While Raul is an active companion, talk to and exhaust all dialogue options for Loyal, Corporal Sterling, and Ranger Andy. Upon finishing the last conversation, Raul will open up a new dialogue with the Courier. Note that killing any of the non-player characters will cause the mission to fail, resulting in Raul's new apparel to be unobtainable, except through console commands.
Other interactionsEdit
- He is a very competent repairman, but will only offer repairs at his shack, and even then will not offer a discount. He must first be dismissed as a companion ("for the best") before repairs can be done.
- Dismissing him to the Lucky 38 will not enable repairs either.
- Raul will comment on, and eat, anything sweet put in his inventory, like Sunset Sarsaparilla.
- He has unique idle dialogue for locations around the Mojave:
|Raul Tejada's comments
|Camp Forlorn Hope
|Eesh. These soldiers look how I feel, boss.
|Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters, Festus
|It's like looking into a mirror. A tacky, cowboy-festooned mirror.
|Hoover Dam
|I can't believe I'm about to do this, boss. If I buy it out there, I want twelve mariachi bands playing at my funeral. A medal might be nice, too.
|Just putting this out there, boss: if these Super mutants kidnap us and force us to fix toasters for them, it's on you.
|REPCONN test site
|Hey, I'm one of you! Don't eat me, eat the smoothskin! Oh, uh, sorry boss.
|Camp Searchlight
|I guess hunting down ghouls like wild animals is okay. I mean, they're probably going to die anyways, right boss?
|Voice-over narration
|In-game condition
|After a long and eventful life, Raul's luck finally ran out during his time with the Courier.
|Raul dies. (Will override all other endings)
|Still grappling with self-doubt over his usefulness in the face of old age, Raul was never able to find peace with himself. Eventually, he left the Mojave and assumed a new name, as he had done so many times before.
|Free Raul or acquire him as a companion, do not complete his personal quest Old School Ghoul.
|Invigorated by his travels with the Courier, Raul once more took up his guns in memory of his lost Rafaela. Soon after, the Mojave was filled with tales of the ghost-vaquero who hunts down those who prey on the weak.
|Acquire Raul as a companion and complete his personal quest, Old School Ghoul, by convincing him to become a vaquero again.
|Convinced that his time as a gunslinger was past, Raul made peace with the idea of growing old. After traveling with the Courier for a time, he retired and settled down in Outer Vegas, where he would spend his days fixing ancient machinery.
|Acquire Raul as a companion and complete his personal quest, Old School Ghoul, by agreeing that his time as a gunslinger has passed.
|Other items
|On death
|Petró-Chico outfit
|Raul's .44 Magnum revolver
Raul's lead pipe
- Like Desmond Lockheart, Raul's mustache survived his ghoulification.
- Like Jason Bright, Dean Domino, the Chinese remnants, and (potentially) Moira Brown, Raul's voice is not raspy or hoarse, a trait rare among ghouls.
- Raul is exceedingly difficult to pickpocket, even with the aid of a Stealth Boy.
- Raul is the only non-faction non-player character in the base game who can repair items up to 100%.
- All caps paid for his repairs vanish from his inventory when he becomes your companion again.
- Before recruiting him as a companion, Raul will repair items for a fee in his prison room. After recruiting him and asking him for repairs, Raul will wisecrack and recommend asking him at his shack. As long as he is dismissed as a companion to his shack, he will be able to make repairs.
- To free Raul without having to pick any locks, read entry 6 on the non-locked terminal in the same building he is imprisoned in to receive the password (123456789) for the locked terminal next to his prison door. This will let you disengage the lock without having to hack the locked terminal or lockpicking the door (which requires a Lockpick skill of 100).
- When asked what skills he has to offer, Raul claims that his primary value is being a "walking encyclopedia," but he rarely has anything insightful to say. Most of his banter consist of ridiculing the Courier's choices through sarcastic praise and insincere enthusiasm.
- If a Sunset Sarsaparilla (or another sweet item, such as bubblegum) is put into his inventory, he'll say one of the following quotes:
- "You're going to rot my teeth, boss. What's left of them anyways."
- "How did you know I had sweet tooth, boss?"
- "Ahh, sarsaparilla. That's just what this dry old throat needs."
- Raul will make his state of being apparent if the player makes him do certain actions.
- If made to wear heavy armor, he will complain that the player is going to "destroy [his] knees faster than nature."
- When sneaking, he will makes various remarks about how this won't go well. Primarily, he'll retort "Keeping quiet, unless my creaking knees give us away..." If convinced to take up his gun-slinging ways, he'll sarcastically comment on how well a ghoul vaquero will blend in with the scenery.
- When asked to stay close, he will say "any closer and you'll need a RadAway, boss." Only glowing ones irradiate their surroundings, so this is just his sense of humor.
- When damaged enough, he will say "Boss! The pain from my wounds is starting to outweigh the pain from my arthritis!" He will also say "Boss! Is my jaw still attached? Good, can I get some help to keep it that way?"
- Various non-player characters will comment on Raul's ghoul state when he is your companion:
- Most wastelanders will often comment negatively about his ghoul state, saying things such as "Your friend smells like a bag of rotting meat," or "Your friend is one ugly motherfucker!"
- The Fiends in Vault 3 will often remark "Your friend smells like ass," and "Take your pet ghoul away from me!" when fighting them.
- Gomorrah floor managers will treat Raul normally like other gamblers, assuring him that he can "have a good time" even if he's a ghoul.
- Hookers dancing in front of Gomorrah will occasionally comment "Mmm, I haven't had a ghoul before. Do I get to keep the tip?" - This is a reference to a dirty joke in which a man with leprosy hires a prostitute, and says he "let her keep the tip," referring to a specific part of his anatomy detaching while she was servicing him.
- Gamblers will remark on Raul being on the Strip, saying "I thought they didn't allow ghouls on the Strip."
- Boomers will say "I've never seen a ghoul up close before. Not sure I wanted to."
- Brotherhood of Steel members will say "Oh good, now I have to put up with the stench of rotting ghoul as well. I hope the air filters are working."
- There will be unique dialogue when Raul is taken to certain locations:
- When brought into the NCR Embassy at the Strip, an MP will randomly approach you just to comment on Raul (more specifically, to the presence of ghouls on the Strip).
- If taken to the REPCONN test site, Raul will comment on the attacking feral ghouls by stating "Hey, I'm one of you! Don't eat me, eat the smooth-skin! Oh, uh, sorry boss."
- When taken to Jacobstown for the first time, he will comment that "If these super mutants take us hostage and make us fix toasters for them, it's on you," referencing his time at Black Mountain.
- If you obtain Raul as a companion before dealing with Tabitha, she will broadcast her displeasure through her radio station, saying "No! I won't let you take my Raul!" Afterwards, the station will no longer play music. She will then appear outside the prison building and attack with a few other Nightkin.
- If the Courier deals with Tabitha and frees Raul but does not recruit him, he will take note of the Black Mountain radio silence and asks if he can leave.
- If you keep asking who he is after the first time, he will eventually ask you if you got shot in the head because you forget so fast.
- If asked why his jumpsuit says Miguel, he will simply state: "I don't know; probably because it used to be Miguel's."
- He is similar to Vic from Fallout 2 in that they are both enslaved, are repairmen, and refer to the player character as "boss."
- Raul has various sarcastic quips when the Courier is vilified by different factions such as the NCR, Caesar's Legion, and the Brotherhood of Steel.
- A Courier with low Intelligence will end up taking Raul's sarcasm literally.
- Despite his sarcasm, it appears that Raul enjoys the Courier's company, judging by his response when dismissed.
- While the English version of the game does not make a big deal of his accent other than his correctly pronouncing Spanish words and names, the Spanish, French, German and Italian versions give Raul a heavily stereotyped "charro mexicano" voice.
- Also, in the Italian version, Raul speaks hoarsely, like almost all the other ghouls.
- Raul is the only humanoid companion who has a fairly passive opinion of the Legion.
- Raul is 234 years old as of 2281.
- Despite having Science as a TAG skill, Raul never shows any notable computer based abilities. This is especially visible during Crazy, Crazy, Crazy when if asked about Rhonda, Raul states he easily repaired the mechanical issues but was unable to correct the programming problems.
Notable quotesEdit
- "I'm an open book, boss. Granted, the book's in Spanish and some of the pages have fallen out, but I'm an open book."
- "My name is Raul Alfonso Tejada. Can I leave now? Or did you want to ask me again in five minutes?"
- "<Sigh.> No. No, boss, I'm, a prisoner of the crazy Super Mutant with the wig and the glasses. I was kind of hoping you were here to set me free. But maybe I'm not a pretty enough damsel for that, huh?"
- "Sure, boss. I'd be happy to prolong my captivity and psychological abuse to tighten some lug nuts for you."
- "Sure, boss, the old man will crawl around in the dirt to keep hidden."
- "Hey, don't worry about it, boss. The decrepit old man can easily carry all your stuff for you. Really." – Under heavy strain, being sarcastic
- "Hey, as long as you're not asking me to go back to Black Mountain, I'm a happy old man."
- "Oh, good. Now there's an army of robots. You don't do things by halves, do you, boss?"
- "Sure, I'll stop using my rather effective gun and switch to, ah, this piece of metal tubing here. Great plan, boss."
- "I'm sure pissing off a ruthless warlord with a tribe of fanatically-devoted warriors was a good move. How could it not be? It was your idea."
Raul Tejada appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Raul Tejada was written by Travis Stout.
- His quote about the super mutants asking him to fix toasters is yet another Fallout nod to the strangely useful skill in Wasteland, "Toaster Repair."
- Ghoul in trouble, indicating that Raul was being held captive on Black Mountain, was to be given to the player after listening some kind of radio broadcast. The holodisk
- Xbox 360 When asked to go to the Lucky 38, a notification will pop up saying he has gone there. When you go looking for him in the Lucky 38 later, he's nowhere to be found. It turns out that he stays at the last location you asked him to leave. [verified]
- PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Unlike other companions, Raul won't walk around while in the Lucky 38, merely standing in the main room to the right of the door until spoken to. [verified]
- PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 After fast-traveling to a location, Raul will occasionally start running away as quick as he can for no reason, and cannot be interacted with. Loading to a new area or simply waiting for him to turn around will correct this. This also happens with Cass as a companion. [verified]
- PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 When Raul awakens after being knocked unconscious, he will sometimes claim to have had a nightmare of Petro Chico Boy "stealing his chicharrones (Spanish for pork rinds)", but the subtitles will incorrectly use the word "chitlins" instead of "chicharrones". [verified]
- Xbox 360 Sometimes if the player speaks to him in the Lucky 38 presidential suite, a generic Great Khan will spawn. [verified]
- Playstation 3 Xbox 360 By pressing "Take All" when pickpocketing Raul, the caps will still appear in the player's inventory despite being caught. To repeat this again, take him outside of his shack and dismiss him as a companion. This means you can get infinite free repairs. [verified]
- Xbox 360 When leaving a casino, if Raul is given a weapon, the weapon's weight will be present, but no item can be seen. [verified]
- PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 His voice will change if given a stimpak. [verified]


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GB 'smashed it' - Black
Great Britain's athletes "smashed it" at the record-breaking European Championships, according to the team's performance director Neil Black.
Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford starred on Sunday as the British team ended a marvellous six days of athletics in Zurich with a flourish.
They won eight medals on the final day at the Stadion Letzigrund, taking the overall tally to 23 - four more than the previous best of 19 set in Barcelona four years ago.
Mo Farah won 5,000m gold to complete a double success in Zurich
Furthermore, Great Britain finished top of the medal table for just the third time ever thanks to 12 golds, which blew away the previous best of nine set in Budapest in 1998.
Five of those podium-topping performances came on the last day, with Farah and Rutherford's individual displays complementing relay glory.
The men's 4x400 metres team got the ball rolling on Sunday afternoon, before both 4x100m teams romped to victory - performances which understandably delighted British Athletics performance director Black.
''It was an incredibly special Sunday,'' he said.
''To see Mo flying around the track after all that stuff was brilliant; to see the relays converting and the girls setting a British record and to understand the effort, the pain, the trials and tribulations behind that to get these guys, to get these guys slick, has not been easy.
''They should be really happy and enjoy it for a few hours, for a few days and just think 'we smashed it'."
Jo Pavey started the medal rush as the 40-year-old rolled back the years on the opening night to win 10,000m gold, becoming the oldest female European champion in the process.
This was a championships in which young talent came to the fore, though, so it was somewhat fitting that 18-year-old Desiree Henry brought the women's 4x100m relay team home, securing Great Britain's last medal in a national record time.
"There is a feeling of excitement and happiness," Black added.
"It is just great to see athletes performing strongly, and those who had genuine medal prospects convert.
"We all saw them looking confident, going out and holding their heads high competing for Great Britain.
"Yes, these are the European Championships, and we all accept that these are European as opposed to global, but there were still some seriously impressive results. I'm just chuffed.
"I think it's incredible. As the championships go on, we all go through the questions of 'what's the potential?' and 'can we convert?'
"But as the days went on, the conversions were maintained. We started to realise that if we did keep it up, we had the chance of becoming the top country in Europe, and that is just brilliant."
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Slovenian freestyler, Andraz Zan (RRD, RRD), will be riding on all RRD gear for 2010.
The stylish Italian windsurfing brand known mainly for their boards, look set to take on the sail manufacturers, and are therefore putting together a team of PWA hotshots, which includes Zan.
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The alleged splitting of attorney fees between foreclosure law firms and third-party mortgage servicing providers is the subject of another lawsuit, bringing the number of cases filed on this issue to five within the past seven months, said Nick Wooten, an Alabama-based plaintiff's attorney involved in all of the cases.
By mid-May, Wooten said he expects to file 10 to 12 additional cases, making similar allegations about what he claims are illegal, split-attorney fee arrangements between mortgage servicing outsourcers and law firms. The cases are concentrated in the Northern District of Mississippi, the Southern District of Alabama and the Northern District of Florida-Pensacola division.


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Experts discuss water future at State of River meeting
Do not let April's powder skiing and late-season snow shoveling deceive you. Western Colorado is still in the grip of a drought and the reservoirs in Grand County (like Granby and Wolford Mountain) still have big holes to fill after last year's near-record dry year.
Storing and moving water are two of the main solutions to enhance the environmental health of rivers and streams and improve water quality and quantity for municipal and other uses. A panel of key water leaders that negotiate these and other solutions will discuss and respond to questions about the progress of the provisions of the historic Colorado River Cooperative Agreement and several other major collaborative and cooperative measures concerning our precious water resources.
Hear from:
• County Commissioner and Colorado River District Board President James Newberry
• Grand County Manager Lurline Underbrink Curran
• Colorado River District General Manager Eric Kuhn
• Denver Water Director of Planning Dave Little
• Northern Water General Manager Eric Wilkinson
Eric Kuhn will also discuss the Western Colorado perspective of the new Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study that predicts Colorado and beyond water shortages in the millions of acre-feet for the in the coming decades.
Eric Wilkinson will also provide an update on the Windy Gap Firming Project and the fire pre-treatment and pre-planning efforts in Grand County.
The public can also learn more about the long-term drought, snowpack and critical reservoir operations from Don Meyer, Colorado River District and Andrew Gilmore, US Bureau of Reclamation.
This annual Grand County State of the River meeting is set for 6:30pm on Wednesday, May 22 at the Inn at Silver Creek, 62927 US Highway 40, near Granby. The event is sponsored by the Colorado River District and the Grand County Water Information Network. Refreshments will be available starting at 6 p.m.
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The Dr. Phil House: Heroin Twins Follow-Up
Addicted twin sisters, Sarah and Tecoa, check back in with Dr. Phil after four months of drug rehabilitation. Which twin is cleaning up and which twin is still shooting up?
Dom is a respected church leader, dedicated father and loving husband who has been living a dangerous double life. He leads the addiction recovery group at his church, and then sneaks off to get high on crack cocaine.
Sarah and Tecoa were street prostitutes addicted to crack and heroin, when they were brought to The Dr. Phil House. Tecoa was pregnant, and Sarah was on the verge of death. How are they now?
"I'm just a junkie ... That's all I've amounted to, and that's all I'm going to be."
After Sarah and Tecoa left for rehab, Joani found herself back to her old life of abusing pain killers and lying to doctors. Unfortunately, this time, she knew all about street drugs too, so she went in search of Sarah's old drug dealer for heroin.
"It was like putting a loaded gun in my hand."
Dr. Phil meets with the founder of Creative Care, Dr. Khaleghi, about the best plan for the twins moving forward.
What is their biggest challenge in getting sober?
Just five days after Dr. Phil meets with the women, Tecoa relapses again. Dr. Phil reminds his viewers, "We deal with real lives and real people. They're not always going to lead to happy endings. Drug addiction is a complex disease. It is subject to relapse and resistant to treatment, and sometimes getting past this is a process."
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The Bogus Charge of 'Shipping Jobs Overseas'
In the final push before Election Day, President Obama has been traveling the country criticizing Republicans for favoring tax breaks for U.S. companies that supposedly ship U.S. jobs overseas. It's a bogus charge that I dismantle in an op-ed in this morning's New York Post:
The charge sounds logical: Under the US corporate tax code, US-based companies aren't taxed on profits that their affiliates abroad earn until those profits are returned here. Supposedly, this "tax break" gives firms an incentive to create jobs overseas rather than at home, so any candidate who doesn't want to impose higher taxes on those foreign operations is guilty of "shipping jobs overseas."
In fact, American companies have quite valid reasons beyond any tax advantage to establish overseas affiliates: That's how they reach foreign customers with US-branded goods and services.
Those affiliates allow US companies to sell services that can only be delivered where the customer lives (such as fast food and retail) or to customize their products, such as automobiles, to better reflect the taste of customers in foreign markets.
I go on to point out that close to 90 percent of what U.S.-owned affiliates produce abroad is sold abroad; that those foreign affiliates are now the primary way U.S. companies reach global consumers with U.S.-branded goods and services; and that the more jobs they create in their affiliates abroad, the more they create in their parent operations in the United States. If Congress raises taxes on those foreign operations, it will only force U.S. companies to cede market share to their German and Japanese (and French and Korean) competitors.
I unpack the issue at greater length in a Free Trade Bulletin published last year, and on pages 99-104 of my recent Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization.


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Mets rotation shows promise if Gee can step up
Effectiveness of young starters will cause club to soar or sink
NEW YORK -- The Mets won't be going 162-0 this season. They're also probably not going to keep up their current pace, which would make them a 108-54 juggernaut. But even in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Padres, the team's first of the year, New York showed some encouraging indications of how an underdog club could perhaps surprise.
The 2013 Mets will soar or sink with their starting pitching. They're not going to have a great offensive team, though they could have a very nice power core in the middle of the order. The bullpen still has questions. But even with Johan Santana apparently out for the year and Shaun Marcum's return in question, the seeds are here for a quality starting five.
And the linchpin of that rotation may very well be the 26-year-old Texan who returned to the mound on Thursday. Dillon Gee took a big step forward in 2012 before a blood clot in his arm sidelined him for the second half. In his return to active Major League duty, he wasn't at his sharpest, but still managed 6 1/3 strong innings.
"He pitched well enough to win," said catcher John Buck. "We just weren't able to come through [on offense]. ... I'm happy with the way he pitched."
Jon Niese, now the No. 1 starter somewhat -- but not entirely -- by default, showed big-time ability a year ago. Matt Harvey wowed the Mets' faithful again on Wednesday and has No. 1 starter potential. But it's Gee, a lightly regarded prospect who blossomed into a surprising, if unorthodox, big league starter, who could make the difference between the Mets having a couple of good starters and having a good rotation.
If Thursday's game is how he pitches when he's not at his best, then there's reason for optimism.
"Nothing really felt that great," Gee said. "But [I enjoyed] getting that competitiveness back, getting out there and trying to figure out how get people out when you're not feeling good. I think I did a good job of just battling and making some pitches when I really had to."
Gee is a rarity: a right-hander who succeeds in the Major Leagues without throwing hard. In 2012, he averaged right at 90 miles per hour on his fastball, not exactly the typical way of going about it for righties. He leans heavily on a changeup (which he threw extensively on Thursday) to keep hitters off that heater, while mixing in sliders and curveballs.
On Thursday, though, he didn't even do much of that. Gee threw 10 breaking pitches all game long, going almost exclusively fastball-changeup against San Diego.
"I think later in the year, we still have that breaking ball to go to," Buck said. "He got that far with only throwing his breaking ball [a few] times."
In the first half of last season, Gee averaged nearly a strikeout per inning, while slashing his walk rate from the previous year-plus. He keeps the ball in the park and induces lots of groundballs. He's not a sexy pitcher, but he's plenty effective when things are going well. And, it turns out, even when things aren't going well.
That's the kind of pitcher every team needs in its rotation. It's important to have stars, of course, but it's also important to have guys who can take the ball, pitch innings and keep you in the game. And if those pitchers have the upside to do more than that, so much the better.
The Mets have Marcum coming back at some point. They have the intriguing Jeremy Hefner in their rotation now. Zack Wheeler is on the way. There's talent here. There's promise. And if Gee is going to pitch well, it looks even better.


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"It's the world's greatest company, period."
-- Arjun Murti, Goldman Sachs analyst
I'm what a lot of folks would call "obsessed" with finding great stocks. So when I heard Goldman Sachs oil oracle Arjun Murti boldly label a company as the world's greatest, you'd best believe I paid attention.
That's pretty high praise, but the facts speak for themselves. In fact, my research led me to take Murti's claim one step further: This is the greatest company in the history of the world.
The corporate titan in question produced modern-day history's greatest fortune, and earned double the combined 2008 profits of Cisco Systems
The greatest
Meet the world's greatest company: ExxonMobil. Biggest, strongest, most efficient, most evil -- there's hardly a superlative that hasn't been applied to this most successful of the Standard Oil grandchildren. But while much is made of just how great or how evil folks peg Exxon to be, there's strangely little discussion over the core drivers of why its stock has been a huge success.
It would be easy to say that Exxon's success, and that of Standard Oil's lineage -- Chevron, ConocoPhillips, etc. -- was just a function of being in the right place at the right time. Hawking oil and gasoline at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, after all, is a Category 5 tailwind.
But there's much more to Exxon's success. Fortunately, we can also spot those discernible traits in other opportunities.
1. An owner-operator culture
John Rockefeller didn't run an infamously efficient organization just for kicks. As the largest shareholder, he had a vested interest in the success of Standard Oil. When managers and employees are shareholders alongside you, they share your desire to manage the business for the long term.
Take a look at the cutthroat world of big-box retail, where smart growth and a fanatical focus on controlling costs are crucial to long-term success. Which companies in this space have ranked among the biggest winners for investors over the past 20 years? Costco and Wal-Mart. Both are known as much for their insider ownership as for their tenacious zeal for efficiency and maximum value.
By the way, there's still plenty of alignment between Exxon's leadership and outside shareholders. The company consistently posts better margins and returns on capital than its Big Oil brethren. CEO and Chairman Rex Tillerson has plenty of incentive to keep it that way; he owns 1.1 million Exxon shares.
2. Enduring demand
Demand for oil is strikingly consistent. For most companies, steady demand equates to steady cash generation. But for Exxon, the consistency of demand for oil is just as important as the duration of that demand. Constant doubts about the staying power of oil have helped keep Exxon's shares perpetually undervalued, allowing Exxon and dividend reinvestors to steadily gobble up shares at attractive prices.
For another case study in the importance of demand, consider Procter & Gamble, which I recently recommended to Income Investor members. P&G's core products (razor blades, toilet paper, disposable diapers, etc.) all face little chance of technological obsolescence. Better yet, demand is regular and firmly entrenched. Maybe I'm just a pretty boy, but I'd be living in my car before I stopped buying razors.
Now consider companies whose fates hinge on innovation, such as search player Baidu.com
Again, historical results say it all here. According to dividend guru Jeremy Siegel, among the highest-returning S&P 500 stocks from 1957 to 2003 were:
- Kraft Foods
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (now owned by Reynolds American
- Standard Oil of New Jersey (ExxonMobil)
- Coca-Cola
Cheese. Tobacco. Oil. Coke. I think you get the picture.
3. No one loves a sinner
Some folks feel a bit queasy about investing in so-called sin stocks: tobacco companies, brewers, Big Oil, etc. Just like the long-standing (and false) belief that oil demand will dry up in the not-so-distant future, many investors' aversion to investing in sin stocks just leaves the stocks that much cheaper for the rest of us. Their loss. Our gain.
As an investor, you'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Again, consider the primo status of oil and tobacco on the above list. Care to guess the best-performing survivor of the S&P 500 from 1957 to 2003? None other than Philip Morris, former behemoth parent of what are now known as Altria and Philip Morris International.
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And here you thought Exxon's secret sauce was a blend of industrialization and cold-blooded ruthlessness. OK, sure, maybe there's a pinch of both in there, but plenty more was involved in the company's success. Take that knowledge forth, Fool, and:
- Look for owner-operator cultures and management teams motivated to focus on long-term results.
- Know that steady, lasting demand helps deliver expectation-beating results over time.
- Don't be afraid to snuggle up with sin stocks.
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The mood was gloomy when J.T. Wang (王振堂), chairman and chief executive of Acer Inc (宏碁), took to the stage at the investor conference in Taipei on Thursday.
"When our brain was diagnosed with a problem that had caused the whole body to malfunction, we had to be put on the operating table for a procedure," he said.
Such were Wang's opening remarks — and he once again impressed investors and the media with his straightforward attitude.
This time, he likened brain surgery to the Acer board's dismissal of former chief executive and president Gianfranco Lanci in late March.
"It was a decision that caused jitters both inside and outside ... Everyone was wondering whether it was the end of the road for us," Wang said.
He gave Lanci, a 14-year veteran at Acer, the credit for turning the Taiwanese firm into a worldwide PC name.
The Italian joined Acer after Texas Instrument's PC division was bought by the Taiwanese company in 1997. His rapport with partners in Europe was partly the reason he was appointed, fueling Acer's rise to become the world's No. 2 PC brand.
Things started to turn sour when Lanci missed shipment and revenue targets two quarters in a row, prompting Acer to lose market share and miss out on new growth in the tablets and -smartphone markets.
"Lanci was unshakeable in his view that maximizing shipment volumes was the correct approach, but we found that direction to be a departure from the right track," Wang said. "The board had to make a decision to change the chief executive and then seek to restructure the company."
Both Wang and an internal source to which Taipei Times spoke to get an insight into Lanci's so-called resignation on March 31, described the former chief executive in the same terms: goal-oriented, aggressive and unshakeable on his own decisions.
He was given so much power by Acer that he had a say on everything from sales to shipments and Wang didn't interfere.
Under the old management, every division competed with others, creating problems and undermining competitiveness, Wang said.
"A consulting firm told us that when an executive has a say in almost everything, the company is likely to be slow in formulating strategies to cope with sudden changes in the industry," Wang said.
The changes he referred to were the rise of tablet PCs and smartphones, which Acer believes are opening up a new host of opportunities, two fields in which the company is determined not to miss out.
In contrast to notebook PCs that create data, tablets and smartphones are more focused on -"consuming data," meaning users spend more time using applications such as games on these devices, the chairman said.
At a time when the dominance of the Wintel (Windows and Intel) camp is being chipped away at by the rising strength of the Android and ARM-based system on a chip, Acer sees new chances aplenty.
Lanci's successor, Jim Wong (翁建仁), 53, agreed to lead the Taiwanese maker through the new round of challenges as he saw "new opportunities" arising from this shift in the technology paradigm, Wang said.
The soft-spoken Wong marked his first public appearance at the investor conference since his promotion, making an immediate impression with his command of English during the presentation.
He joined the Latin American regional sales division of Acer in 1986.
In the following decade, Wong held various managerial positions overseeing product management and marketing, gaining extensive experience in original design manufacturer relations and brand management, according to Acer's corporate profile.


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When it comes to looking after kids of all ages, Ireland is just one big playground
Ireland is low-stress, high-energy and people here are very friendly to children. Just ask Miranda Krestovnikoff, who wrote an article in the UK newspaper The Guardian about bringing her kids on an Irish foodie adventure: "My kids have pretty good palates for a couple of under-fives. They've eaten falafel and calamari in Dahab market in Egypt... But nowhere has beaten the warm family welcome and the hands-on food education we had in Ireland."
The blog IrelandWithKids written by travel writer Jody Halsted is also full of recommendations: "Ireland has so much to offer families. From faerie tale [sic] castles to magnificent gardens, wide open spaces to the bustle of international cities, breathtaking natural scenery to man-made megalithic structures, Ireland opens her arms and welcomes you to explore her ancient sites, traverse her green fields and discover her treasures."
It's safe to say, then, that Ireland gets the thumbs up from those who know what it's like to travel with children in arms!
While some restaurants and cafés will feature children's menus, it's still a good idea to check a website before booking, or give them a quick call if you're in any doubt. Even if they do not provide a specific children's menu, most will offer half-portions of dishes as an alternative. The Irish Hotel Federation displays a few sample kids' menus so you can know what to expect from any of their members.
Changing areas for babies are widely available, especially at main attractions and wherever there are public bathroom facilities. Establishments are generally very welcoming to nursing mothers, and will be happy to help you feel more comfortable should you need any assistance.
In the Republic of Ireland
On Dublin Bus, one child under three is carried free in the company of a fare-paying passenger as long as the child isn't taking the seat of another paying passenger. For children under the age of 16, the child or school fare applies, but it is a good idea to carry proof of age for teenagers. Dublin Bus also offers family tickets and, if travelling outside Dublin by bus, check out Bus Eireann for its child and family ticket prices.
On Irish Rail, children between the age of five and 16 will pay half the equivalent adult fare. Children under the age of five travel free when accompanied by a fare-paying passenger and if they are not occupying the seat of a paying passenger. Family rail tickets are available, too, with Day Return and Open Return options valid for one or two adults and up to four children under the age of 16.
In Northern Ireland
All Translink services (Translink includes NI Railways and all NI bus services) offer child fares and family tickets that cover travel on Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Railways services. Translink also offers a Family and Friends Ticket, which offers a day's unlimited travel on bus or rail services in Northern Ireland for two adults and up to four children.
Fundays, Family Friendly HQ, Family Fun and the host of attractions offered by Heritage Island are excellent resources for family-friendly activities on the island of Ireland. Day Out With The Kids has lots of ideas for child-friendly happenings specifically in Northern Ireland while Outdoor NI has plenty of active outdoor options.
Maximum temperatures in the summer reach about 25 degrees in Ireland and winters are generally mild, meaning that you can easily spend a good amount of time outdoors. The weather is changeable, though, so it's bring warm jumpers, Wellington boots for splashing and rainproof gear.
Check out the weather just before you travel, to make sure you can plan your travels and activities in the great outdoors.
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Fun Home
by Alison Bechdel
"If David Sedaris could draw, and if Bleak House had been a little funnier, you'd have Alison Bechdel's Fun Home." — Amy Bloom, author of A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
From cult favorite comic artist Alison Bechdel, this memoir is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form.
Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic and redemptive.
Fun Home won the 2006 Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Nonfiction Award, a Lambda Book Award, an Eisner award, and the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award from the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. The book was also nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and was declared one of the 10 Best Books of 2006 by Time Magazine.
For On the Same Page, the Library has purchased the Mariner Books trade paperback edition of Fun Home. It is also available at the Library in a Spanish language edition.
About the Author
Alison Bechdel has been a careful archivist of her own life and has kept a journal since she was ten. Since 1983, she has been chronicling the lives of various characters in the fictionalized "Dykes to Watch Out For" strip, "one of the preeminent oeuvres in the comics genre, period" (Ms.). The strip is syndicated in 50 alternative newspapers, translated into multiple languages, and collected into a book series with a quarter of a million copies in print. Utne magazine has listed DTWOF as "one of the greatest hits of the twentieth century." The strip recently celebrated its 25th birthday with the publication of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For.
Bechdel has done work for a number of publications, including Ms., Slate, the Village Voice, the Advocate, Out, and many other newspapers, Web sites, comic books, and zines. Her work has been widely anthologized and translated. She lives near Burlington, Vermont.
"Fun Home is a beautiful, assured piece of work, by far the best thing Bechdel has done in over two decades as a cartoonist. Her language and drawings are impressively sensitive to the details of her physical experience and to the trickier folds of her own self-consciousness; she dives over and over into the cloudy waters of her past, swimming deeper every time."
— Salon.com
"If Vladimir Nabokov had been a lesbian feminist graphic novelist, he might have produced something like this witty, erudite memoir. The author of the cult comic strip "Dykes To Watch Out For" shows us the snub-nosed young Alison navigating her parents' gothic mansion, her father's secrets and her own coming out."
—Ms. Magazine
"Just when I thought I couldn't take another dysfunctional childhood memoir . . . along comes Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, a splendid autobiography in the refreshingly tart (and svelte!) form of a comic book. . . . More than the witty art, more than the mordant prose, it is [her] openness that distinguishes Bechdel's generous and intelligent work. Unlike so many memoirs, this one never tries to set the record straight, and while Fun Home takes only a couple of hours to read, it has a depth and sweetness few can match at five times the length."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Hits notes that resemble Jeanette Winterson at her best . . . [A] story that's quiet, dignified, and not easy to put down.."
— Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Bechdel's memoir offers a graphic narrative of uncommon richness, depth, literary resonance, and psychological complexity . . . Though this will likely be stocked with graphic novels, it shares as much in spirit with the work of Mary Karr, Tobias Wolff, and other contemporary memoirists of considerable literary accomplishment."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Brave and forthright and insightful — exactly what Alison Bechdel does best."
— Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
Of Related Interest
Link to reviews of Fun Home and a number of audio interview clips
"What the Little Old Ladies Feel: How I Told My Mother about My Memoir" by Alison Bechdel


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Thursday, December 2
Sweet Potato Pie Recipe from Nancie McDermott's Book, Southern Pies
I'm pie challenged. But I'm working on it. About a month ago, my mom and I spent an entire morning making pie crusts. Two weeks ago I took a class on pie making. And last week, I became the proud owner of Nancie McDermott's cookbook, Southern Pies, A Gracious Plenty of Pie Recipes, From Lemon Chess to Chocolate Pecan.
Whether you're pie-challenged like me or love baking pies (apparently there are people for whom the latter is true), you should have a copy of Southern Pies on your bookshelf.
Upon my first perusal, I was captivated by Leigh Beisch's stunning photography and the book's clean, simple design. When I began reading the recipe titles, I realized that I had never heard of many of them, despite the fact that I lived in North Carolina (McDermott's home) for nearly seven years.
Tell me. Have you ever heard of "Syrup Pie," which McDermott describes as "good and plain and pure, just like the syrup in the pitcher on the kitchen tables in many an old-time Southern home"? How about "Sweet Tea Pie" made with strong brewed tea and lemon juice? Or "Irish Potato Pie" made from mashed white potatoes seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg?
Each of the 60 Southern pie recipes comes with its own story, which is sometimes sweet, sometimes savory, but always delicious. And the recipes are clearly written and easy-to-follow. If you're looking for new-fangled pies, this book is not for you. But if you're looking for a book with classic Southern pie recipes, solid pie making advice and enticing photos, then this is definitely your book.
With the holidays upon us, I just had to make Sweet Potato Pie, which I knew would be in the book. What I didn't know was that there would be two recipes for it. I chose the second one named "Bill Smith's Sweet Potato Pie" because it's from Bill Smith, the nationally renowned owner and chef of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Crook's was one our favorite haunts when we lived in Chapel Hill years ago.)
Laced with fragrant cinnamon, allspice, this sweet potato pie smells just like the holidays. And since it's make with sweetened condensed milk, the custard is velvety smooth and dense, just the way I like it. You can eat it plain, but I'd suggest topping it with a dollop of bourbon-infused whipped cream, because in case you didn't know, sweet potatoes and bourbon are great friends.
I plan on making several more pies from the book including Blue Grass Cranberry Pie, Butterscotch Pie and Molasses Pie. After which I will no longer be pie-challenged. I hope.
Bill Smith's Sweet Potato Pie from Southern Pies
Makes one 9-inch pie
Printable recipe.
Pastry for a 9-inch single-crust pie (store bought or basic crust, see below)
Pie Filling:
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups mashed, cooked sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds)
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract or vanilla extract (I used vanilla)
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch pie pan with crust and then crimp the edges decoratively.
2. In a small bowl, combine flour cinnamon, allspice, cloves, baking powder, and salt and use a fork to stir them together well.
3. Place the sweet potatoes in a medium bowl and beat them well, using an electric mixer at medium speed or a whisk or big wooden spoon. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Add the sugar and beat to incorporate it completely into the sweet potato-egg mixture. Add the spice mixture, milk, butter, and extract, and beat at low speed to combine everything evenly and well.
5. Pour the filling into the piecrust and place it on the lowest rack of the oven. Bake until the edges puff up and the center is fairly firm, wiggling only a little when you gently nudge the pan, 40 to 50 minutes.
6. Place the pie on a cooling rack or a folded kitchen towel and let cool to room temperature.
Sandra Gutierrez's Butter Piecrust from Southern Pies
Makes two 9-inch single piecrusts or one 9-inch double piecrust
NOTE: Since this sweet potato pie calls for 1 crust only, you will have an extra crust that you can refrigerate or freeze for future use. Please see step 4 for instructions.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup very cold unslated butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
4-6 tablespoons ice water
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1. In the work bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the flour and salt. Pulse for 10 seconds. Add the butter cubes and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand with some small lumps., 30 to 40 seconds.
2. Add 3 tablespoons of the ice water and the vinegar and pulse 5 to 7 times, until the dough just barely holds together in the work bowl. Add another tablespoon or two of ice water if needed just to bring the ingredients together. Turn it out onto plastic wrap and pat the dough into two separate disks; refrigerate them for at least 1 hour. Set one or two disks out at room temperature for 10 minutes before rolling.
3. Roll out one of the dough disks on a lightly floored surface, to a circle about 1'8inch thick and 10 inches wide. Carefully transfer it into ta 9-inch pie plate. Press the dough gently into the pan and trim away any excess dough, leaving about 1/2-inch beyond the edge of the pan. Fold the edges up and over, and then crimp the edges decoratively. Or presst he back of a fork into the pastry rim, working around the pie to make a flat edge marked with the tines of the fork. If not filling the crust soon, refrigerate it until needed.
4. To make the crust in advance, wrap it well in plastic and refrigerate it up to 3 days, or freeze it for up to 2 months.
You can buy Southern Pies, A Gracious Plenty of Pie Recipes, From Lemon Chess to Chocolate Pecan (Chronicle Books, 2010) online at Amazon or wherever books are sold.
Special thanks to Nancie McDermott who generously sent me a signed copy of this book ASAP when the one I ordered online didn't show up in time for Thanksgiving. I owe you a lunch at Crook's Corner next time I'm in Chapel Hill, Nancie!
12 comments:
- Heather (Heather's Dish) said...
oh dear, this looks irresistible! how could anyone say no? :)
- December 2, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
I, too, am pie-challenged and really need to take some steps to get over that. Thanks for the review of this book - I am intrigued by the syrup pie.
- December 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Roxan said...
I fall into the category of people who enjoy making pies. I like that you can just toss everything into a crust and pop it in the oven. I haven't made one in a while though, i find them hard to finish since you can't really half a pie recipe.
PS My husband made the fish tacos from your cookbook again last night! he seemed a lot less stressed out this time around ;]
- December 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- Joanne said...
Some of these classic southern pies sound new-fangled to my northern ears! I never realized how much variety there was in this cookbook. Sounds like a good read.
I love love love sweet potato pie! Total comfort food.
- December 2, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Love this post on pies! I feel like running out now and getting a copy of this book. Can't wait to try out the recipes:) Betty Ann
- December 3, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- MrsJenB said...
Wow. This looks wonderful. And the other pies you mentioned really pique my curiosity! I might just have to pick up a copy of this cookbook!
Bourbon and sweet potatoes are friends, huh? Well maybe the three of us need to get together! :-)
- December 3, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- We Are Not Martha said...
Oh yum. Sweet potato pie is one of my favorites and this looks so rich and delicious! And it'ss weet potatoes so it's healthy, right?? :)
- December 3, 2010 at 11:31 AM
- Goody said...
I used to be pie-challenged, until I found those flexible cutting boards. You can roll out the pie crust, then position it over the pie plate, and gently remove it by bending the board as you go. This avoids using extra flour for rolling, which can make a crust tough. Works great for rolled cookies too. You may need a thin knife to get the dough to dislodge if you rolled too hard, but it still works like a charm.
I've probably made hundreds of pies in my life, but never a sweet-potato one. This goes into the recipe bookmarks.
- December 3, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- UNCgal said...
Happy to hear Nancie has a new book! I'm sure it will be just as great as her cake cookbook. She sat beside of me at a cooking class in Chapel Hill at A Southern Season last year and it was a pleasure to chat with her. I didn't realize you spent a few years in Chapel Hill--my husband & I are UNC grads & our son is waiting to hear if he will be accepted into next fall's freshman class. Go Heels!!
- December 3, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Stacy (Little Blue Hen) said...
In the epic pie-versus-cake battle, I have always been firmly in the pie camp. Pie is one of my very favorite breakfast foods. I've made lemon chess pie (and it was delicious), but never sweet potato pie. Then again, I'm a northern girl.
- December 4, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Chef Dennis said...
it sounds like you made an outstanding sweet potato pie! The crust sounds wonderful, I will definitely check out that cookbook!
- December 5, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Ashley DeVan said...
This looks amazing! For the first time this year, I put on the Thanksgiving dinner for my family. It was busy and crazy, but such a blast! I am deffinately going to try making this sweet potatoe pie!
- December 6, 2010 at 6:06 PM