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Whether you devour this post in one fell swoop or nibble at it throughout the day, I can guarantee you a lot of food for thought:
The VA scandal is gaining traction, as word comes out that the VA already knew back in 2010 that hospitals were manipulating records. Robert Petzel, the top health official for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has resigned ahead of his previously announced retirement, showing that at least someone understands that part of taking responsibility for a job is that you look like you're getting fired, or fire yourself, when you fail in that role.
Obama, who has never worked in the private sector, still hasn't figured out that ordinary people, accustomed to private sector job losses for workplace malfeasance, believe it's appropriate for heads to roll. How else can one explain that, not only is Obama keeping on VA Secretary Ric Shinseki, he's praising him for a job well done.
The risks from the VA scandal extend beyond any immediate political fallout. Indeed, it may be more damaging than Obama & Co. ever imagined, not because it reflects badly on them but because it reflects badly on their entire world view — namely, Big Government:
Because the Democratic party simply is the party of government. It is the party that insists on the nobility, efficacy and intellectual superiority of government. The VA is at the intersection of all the things liberals insist are wise and good and just about government. It is government-run healthcare. It is the tangible fulfillment of a sacred obligation the government has with those who've sacrificed most for our nation. It is also the one institution and/or constituency that enjoys huge bipartisan support. The VA, rhetorically and politically, is more sacrosanct and less controversial than Medicare, Social Security, road building, the NIH, or public schools. We are constantly told that we could get so many wonderful, super-fantastic things done if only both sides would lay down their ideological blah blah blah blah and work together for yada yada yada. Well, welcome to the VA. How's that working out for you?
Many commentators noticed that Jay Carney, when asked about the VA scandal, said the same thing he and the president have said about myriad scandals: "Hey, don't ask us. We only learned about it on TV, just like the rest of you."
You can tell that their feral little brains are thinking, "Yes! That should let them know that we had nothing to do with the scandal. It's somebody else's fault."
It hasn't seemed to occur to Obama or Carney that there's another, better answer: "The President was apprised yesterday about this issue and has already taken steps to deal with it." That answer would make the President sound like an executive, not an idiot. (Peter Wehner sees "epic incompetence" as the new presidential narrative.)
Jonathan S. Tobin sums up what the President's chosen scandal tactic implies:
The fact that the White House resorted to what has become its standard second-term excuse for government scandal with a line about the president hearing about it on TV or by reading the newspapers raises serious questions about both his leadership and the intelligence of his staff. After all, surely it must have occurred to someone at the White House that using the same excuse about hearing of it in the media wasn't likely to work after it had been employed with little success to distance him from the IRS and other scandals. Such intellectual laziness speaks to a West Wing that is both collapsing from intellectual fatigue as well as having acquired an almost complete contempt for both the press and public opinion.
While I'm on the subject of Obama's incompetence, it seems that the intelligence community is pushing back against both that incompetence and the rank political dishonesty that sees that Obama administration falsely claiming that Islamic terrorism is declining, not increasing.
I feel very strongly that you shouldn't get into pissing matches with the intelligence community because they probably know things about you that you would prefer no one else know. If this fight between the administration and intelligence heats up, I wonder if someone will start leaking interesting revelations about highly placed officials in the administration, including Obama himself.
James O'Keefe has an uncanny knack for exposing Leftist hypocrisy, corruption (financial, intellectual, and moral), and gross illegality. He is back in spectacular style with a video showing three prominent Hollywood types agreeing to take money from an Arab oil sheikh (O'Keefe in disguise) in order to fund an anti-fracking film.
There's nothing subtle about O'Keefe's phony pitch, either. In a phone call with director Josh Tickell, O'Keefe explicitly states "My client's interest is to end American energy independence; your interest is to end fracking. And you guys understand that?" Tickell is okay with that. "Correct. Yes, super clear," he says.
While many people are shocked about environmentalists getting into bed with big oil in order to stop fracking, I was wondering more about their willingness to send money to Saudi Arabia, rather than to keep it at home.
Of course, O'Keefe just showed three fools in Hollywood. But what about the fact that real, not imaginary, Arab oil influence is huge in Washington, D.C. itself? Jeff Dunetz says that we need to pay attention to this very disturbing reality. Looking at the numbers, Dunetz points out that, not only is the UAE by far the biggest foreign lobby in D.C., the entire pro-Israel contribution (remember the "all powerful Jewish lobby" we keep hearing about?) is just 21% of the UAE's contribution. Read the whole thing. It's illuminating.
Chad Felix Greene, who is (I believe) gay, says that it's not unreasonable for people to be wary of transgendered people. It's not one of his best posts (he's a very good writer, but this is a bit muddy because he tries to be respectful of all points of view, even as he challenges some of them), but my takeaway is this:
It's not unreasonable to be dismayed when your chosen sexual partner reveals that he or she started out life as a member of the opposite sex. This is true regardless of whether you're homosexual or heterosexual. Thus, both a man planning to bed a former man, or a gay man planning to bed a former woman, might be upset to learn about the partners gender history.
It is reasonable, however to refuse to deny the biological reality that underlies transgendered self-definition. Just because someone says "I am a woman," doesn't mean you have to pretend that the person once had or still has a penis. You can be respectful of that person's self-identity (no bullying, teasing, or discriminating), but you don't have to deny biological and historical reality.
Gay marriage is a done deal in America, folks. Although the Supreme Court addressed only the federal Defense of Marriage Act, courts across America are viewing that decision as a green light to overturn voters who said that, in their state, marriage is between a man and a woman. One really can't blame the judges too much now that, years after those votes were originally cast, the same-sex marriage lobby's endless advocacy means that 55% of Americans support gay marriage.
I've made it pretty clear that my opposition to gay marriage arises primarily because I foresee a coming clash between the First Amendment's explicit guarantee that Americans have the right to exercise their religion freely and the newly created civil right to marry outside of the traditional boundaries of monogamous, heterosexual marriage. We already know that gay couples will sue business people who, for religious reasons, refuse to provide services for same-sex marriage ceremonies, although they are willing to do business with same-sex couples in all other matters. How long will it be before same-sex partners sue the Catholic Church or a Baptist ministry for violating their civil rights?
Spain has been Judenrein since 1492. That has done nothing to prevent the oldest hatred. (You can read more about Spain's apparently atavistic antisemitism here.)
How can one resist Jonah Goldberg on "trigger warnings," which are just the latest insanity to issue from America's loony academic citadels? After noting that he doesn't have a problem with obscure, privately run Leftist blog sites catering to every trigger from audio of snapping fingers to pictures of animals in wigs, Goldberg adds:
But as is so often the case, common sense is barely a speed bump for the steamroller of political correctness. Oberlin College's Office of Equity Concerns advised professors to avoid such triggering subjects as racism, colonialism, and sexism. They soon rescinded it, perhaps because they realized that if such subjects become taboo, much of their faculty would be left with nothing to talk about.
While I'm quoting, I was just kvelling with glee over John Hinderaker's masterful use of imagery and the English language in connection with Howard Dean's lunatic claim that Republicans are no longer Americans:
A terrible sort of insanity has gripped the Democratic Party. On almost a daily basis, when you see the party's leaders in action, you want to start edging toward the door, murmuring "Nice doggie. Nice doggie."
This is a very bad thing. We need two functional political parties, and these days the Democrats don't get over the bar, no matter how low you set it.
Reid and Pelosi are so low-rent that you feel embarrassed for them whenever you see them. Screening a video [about Charles and David Koch] that is sheer partisan libel in the United States Capitol–illegally, as best I can tell–is right up their alley.
Read the whole thing, please, both because it's beautifully written and because it's substantively informative and important.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the fact that it was no surprise to me that the poorest of the poor aren't rushing to sign up for Obamacare. Contrary to our middle class expectations, they don't mind having the ER serve as their preferred provider. Getting top flight medical care for free on an as-needed basis is a better deal for them than having to pay a monthly fee (no matter how low) for some hard to reach little clinic that makes them jump through hoops just to see a dermatologist.
Thanks to Obamacare, it looks as if a significant number of formerly insured (i.e., people who lost their insurance because of Obamacare) are also finding that the ER is a good option. Some haven't even tried to get new insurance. Some have gotten trapped in the Obamacare exchange. Some have been told that they're the wrong sex. Some cannot accept the substandard care in their new, narrow coverage. Whatever the reason, they're joining the bottom 1% in seeing the ER as first and best when it comes to medical treatment.
Monica Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon in Oregon, won the Republican party primary and will now challenge incumbent Democrat Jeff Merkley for Oregon's Senate seat. No surprise, then, that Democrats have unearthed records showing that, in both a divorce and a contentious break-up with a boyfriend, the men contended that she was stalking, harassing, or even striking them. Neither sought restraining orders and the boyfriend has since become an enthusiastic (i.e., monied) supporter for her political campaign.
I'm dismissing the boyfriend stalking charge since he now supports her campaign. Whatever happened then, he clearly doesn't think it affects Wehby's ability to serve the people of Oregon and America.
The ex-husband charge (harassment and striking) intrigues me, because it reminds me very strongly of something that happened to a friend of mine. She and her husband were involved in a contentious divorce. Things came to a head when she went to his house (he owned it before they were married) to pick up some of her stuff. He refused to let her in, and said he would call the cops on her. She responded by yelling at him and swatting his chest.
You have to understand here that her soon-to-be ex stood at 6'2″ and was a burly man. My friend was 5'2″ and one of the physically weakest people I've ever met. She needed help lifting big binders. There was no possibility that she hurt or threatened him as she swatted him. Nevertheless, he had someone restrain her until the cops came along and then insisted that they arrest her.
My friend told me later that the cops apologized profusely for having to arrest her, because they recognized that the arrest was a travesty. Nevertheless, California law mandates that if a spouse says he was abused and demands that the alleged abuser gets arrested, then the alleged abuser must be arrested and prosecuted.
When the case went to trial, my friend was triumphantly acquitted and, I believe, the judge fined her ex for abusing both the divorce and criminal law processes.
That story makes me somewhat dubious about the claims from Wehby's ex. In the context of a divorce, the problem nowadays isn't just that one partner or another might become violent. It's that one partner or another might lie about the other becoming violent.
She murdered two people and then lied about that fact when she came to America, got citizenship, and became an influential activist for Islamic interests in America. You and I might think that the victims in this case are the two dead men and the American people. Au contraire, my naive friends. She is the victim (of course).
The Marines are breathing a sigh of relief that one of their own finally got the recognition he deserved. Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter (ret.) will receive the Medal of Honor for throwing himself on a live grenade to save a comrade's life. He was terribly injured in the blast.
Carpenter has mixed feelings about the honor:
"There are guys who I was with who didn't come back, so it's hard for me to wear this and have the spotlight on me the rest of my life when they lost their life on a hot, dusty field in Afghanistan and most people don't even know their names," Carpenter said. "Even at Walter Reed, I recovered with quadruple-amputees. How am I supposed to wear this knowing and seeing all the hardships that are much worse than mine that guys have gone through without any recognition?"
Carpenter sounds like a very worthy recipient for the nation's highest military honor. To fully appreciate just how worthy, check out this article and check out this video:
And to leave things on an equally uplifting, but somewhat more cheerful-in-a-silly-way note, here's an adorable dancing two-year old. What I like particularly isn't actually his dancing but is, instead, his "Vogue-ish" posing between dance moves:


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- 2.141. The picture is a fact.
- 2.15. That the elements of the picture are combined with one another in a definite way, represents that the things are so combined with one another.
This connexion of the elements of the picture is called its structure, and the possibility of this structure is called the form of representation of the picture.
- 2.151. The form of representation is the possibility that the things are combined with one another as are the elements of the picture.
- 2.1511. Thus the picture is linked with reality; it reaches up to it.
2.1513. According to this view the representing relation which makes it a picture, also belongs to the picture.
2.1514. The representing relation consists of the co-ordinations of the elements of the picture and the things.
2.1515. These co-ordinations are as it were the feelers of its elements with which the picture touches reality.
- From Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921 (trans. C. K. Ogden)
Salt lake at Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California (lowest point in North America): photo by Jialiang Gao, 2004

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A potent brain tonic
In Ayurveda, several herbs have been used as brain or nerve tonics. One of the most popular of these neurotonics is Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri). It has special recognition as Medhya (Brain tonic) and smritivardhak (Memory enhancer). Globally it is renowned for its efficacy to boost memory power, intelligence and mental health for all age groups.


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On February 22, Brandon Dowdy allegedly saw locomotive No. 2617 sitting all by its lonesome on the tracks. Cops are charging him with taking it on a seven-mile joyride down the tracks. But the story behind his trainjacking is just now emerging.
Dowdy's alleged accomplice, Alex Johnson-Self, said the plan was to break into the 120-ton vehicle, get it moving down the track, and then drive it to a bar. Johnson-Self would drive his truck to the bar and pick Dowdy up there.
The full story in the Herald is a must-read, in part because it feautures "a classic-rock band called Big Dick and the Extenders," and in part because it looks this was an opportunity Dowdy had waited his whole life for:
Dowdy's mother, flight attendant Elizabeth Combs, says her son has always had a thing for railroads.
The family celebrated his eighth birthday party at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in South Miami-Dade County. Family photos show Dowdy smiling broadly, wearing a blue and white conductor's hat. His vanilla-frosted birthday cake was decorated with multicolored train figurines.
By age 10, he was volunteering in the model-train room at the museum. The director there confirmed that Dowdy was a volunteer, but did not want to say more.
Dowdy is now charged grand theft, burglary and illegally interfering with a railroad track. CSX railroad told the Herald it takes locomotive theft particularly seriously in the aftermath of 9/11.


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I want to tell you a story.
On New Year's Day, I received a message from one of my dearest friends. She's in New York now, far away, but we still talk frequently. All through the fall, however, we barely talked. After we saw her in the city in September, and stayed in her apartment while she was away on business, she sort of disappeared. Oh, there was phone tag and text messages and the occasional Facebook exchange. We were a mite busy as well, so I didn't worry. The best friends always allow each other space and silence. Still, I missed her.
So when I received this message on New Year's Day, I was thrilled: "Sweetie, I have the most wonderful news. I've never been this happy. Let's talk soon."
As soon as I read it, I knew. I turned to Danny, read it to him, and said, "If this is about a new job, I'm going to kick her."
It wasn't about a job.
The next day, Lu was taking a nap and I was out for a walk, clutching my cell phone, waiting for my friend to call. There she was.
I could hear the happiness in her voice at hello. She sounded lighter than I had ever heard her before.
You see, my dear friend was heartbroken when she was in her early 20s. Actually, heartbroken isn't even the word. Heart-stomped-upon-and-smashed is perhaps the more apt phrase. The story of what happened is hers, and I don't want to encroach on her privacy. Just suffice it to say that it involved a trans-continental four-year romance and a wedding called off a few days before it was supposed to happen because of horrible betrayal. I think, for the first decade after it happened, my friend sealed up tight against the world so as not to get hurt again. By the time I met her, eleven years ago, she had opened just a crack.
We laughed, a lot. The two of us were fast friends the last years I was in New York, and then in Seattle together. We lived in apartments across the hall from each other; we joked that we were living in a sitcom. We grew up together, in a lot of ways. We both opened to the world because we were friends.
And then I met Danny. At first, she didn't approve. Of course, it makes sense to me now. It all happened so fast. I knew within a few dates that this was the man I would love for the rest of my life. With her history, my friend grew frightened. She closed up again. She didn't want to hear about it.
Once she met him, however, she relaxed. It was Danny. She recognized us. He adores her too.
The day after our wedding, she left for New York. My heart broke a bit, but I knew she needed to go home.
In all that time I knew her, my friend didn't really date anyone. Neither did I, before I met Danny. We were the two musketeers. Danny and I broke that up, unwittingly. I hoped that when she moved back home to New York, she would meet a new person, someone who could embrace her and soften her more. But she found a job that sucked up all her time and she seemed to be growing tighter again, instead.
And then this fall of silence. And this phone call.
"I'm in love with a wonderful man," she told me, her voice full of soft amazement. "And last night, he proposed."
I screamed with joy, out in the woods, jumped up and down. Yahoo!! And who was he?
"You know him. Do you remember P?"
It all came flooding out. Of course.
My friend has been good, close friends with this man for over 20 years. He is smart, kind, aware, courageous, and funny. The two of them understand each other, deeply. I knew that when I met him, years ago in Seattle. I watched the banter between them, the sympathy and understanding, the history. They were connected, in all the best ways.
My friend had been good friends with this man for years. She had also been friends with his wife.
His wife battled cancer for years. My friend walked with them through those struggles, marveled at their strength, helped them in any way she could. For a few years, it seemed she would be okay. Then, four years ago or so, the cancer came back. Pernicious. Fatal. The man stayed with his wife through her cancer. She died over a year ago.
Several months ago, my friend connected again with her friend. They spent time together as friends. He had moved away from New York, but he returned for visits, again. It made sense. They had been friends for two decades. Why would they not want to spend time together?
But something shifted after the visits and conversations, the connections and laughter. My friend bought her friend a series of cooking classes for his birthday. He called to thank her. And then he said, "This feels like more than an act of friendship."
I imagine my friend in that moment, terrified and exhilarated both. Would she open to this? Could she be honest?
She said yes, even though she didn't know what he would answer next. She said yes.
So did he.
And now, they are madly in love, together, and engaged. I think every day about the two of them, about their connection and friendship, their courage in loving again. This is no one's perfect Hollywood-ending love story. This is the hard choice to love again in spite of enormous heartbreak. I think every day about the joy in my friend's voice and I start laughing.
She opened.
They are getting married this summer, in the backyard of a dear friend of ours, here on our island. Lu might even be a flower girl. And I will be crying.
I've been thinking about my friend's story in the midst of this Valentine's Day week. I see all kinds of websites offering chocolates and roses, singing telegrams and lingerie. Ew.
I never liked Valentine's Day when I was single. In spite of the fact I knew it was a Hallmark holiday, I still felt bad that other people were out there celebrating their love with champagne and truffles, arms intertwined around each other, and I was home in my pajamas.
Now that I'm married to a wonderful man, with whom I am more in love every day, I still spend the night of Valentine's Day in my pajamas. Danny will be cooking ("…for the people!" as Lu likes to say), not home until late. I'll be reading bedtime stories to our daughter, laughing and hoping she'll go to bed early enough that I can finish a blog post before midnight. Danny will arrive home late, and we'll kiss. I'll have some dinner for him the earlier the kid's bedtime, the more elaborate the dinner will be and we'll sit on the couch and talk about our days, perhaps with a Law and Order: SVU on the television. Probably there will be mashed potatoes.
That's my love story at the moment.
We all could use more love right now. When could we not use more love? But these are fractured days, full of bad news that only seems to multiply with the internet and 24-hour-news cycles. However, there are heroic stories and small moments of glory happening all the time.
I think of my dearest, oldest friend in the world, whose father has been in my life since I was 14. He's not doing well. In fact, last week, we all thought he was dying. I walked around with joy in my heart for one friend and grief in my heart for the other. The day she told me it didn't look good, she said, "I just miss him already. I want him back now." We cried together on the phone. Last week, however, he had an unexpected recovery. An astounding recovery for an 80-year-old. We're not out of the woods yet, but it's much easier to deal with today. I think of my friend, all her siblings, her father's partner gathered around his bed, willing him to breathe. And now, cheering him on as he learns to use his swallowing muscles again.
That's love.
I think of my friend who visited us on Sunday, bearing pie. We all enjoyed our time together, in one of our boisterous brunches, filled with kids running through the house and bouncing on the bed. As our friend was leaving, she realized someone had left our gate ajar. Her dog was nowhere to be found. She and another friend and Danny went running, calling through the neighborhood. No luck. We all grew anxious. Lu went into her room and came back out, the dog following her. She had fallen asleep in Lu's room. We ran outside, calling in joyful voices. Our friend came running back. The look on her face as she embraced her dog was grateful relief.
That's love.
If you can read this story about Liam Witt, and his courageous battle with cancer without any complaining, and not cry, you are made of brittle stuff. "He loved to bake cakes so he could decorate them. He loved Valentine's Day because he always loved telling people he loved them. He did that every day."
And I am moved by the mother love and patience of my friend Lecia, who created incredible Valentine's Day cards with her sons.
Love stories. I want to hear more of them.
How about you?
So here's what we'd like to do for Valentine's Day. We want to hear your love stories.
Write your most important love story, on your blog, or in a comment here. We will compile them all next week, on Valentine's Day, to create a far more nuanced meaning for the day.
Imagine the effect of reading hundreds of love stories, one after another.
We have some prizes to give away, including copies of our cookbook (it's sort of made for Valentine's Day, in a way), cookware, baking supplies, and other books about love. We have a few details to share. We'll tell you about those later. That's not what this is about right now.
We just want to hear your love stories.
This is a dish from our cookbook, Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef. I suppose we should make you buy the book to learn how to make this dish, but that doesn't seem in the spirit, does it? We want to share it here with you now, in case you would like to make a lovely dinner at home for the one you love. (Pssst. That's much better than a restaurant, any day.)
Danny made this in our kitchen, in the home we had just started sharing, back in June of 2006. He went to slice up some bread, some bread with gluten. (He had his own drawer and knew to not kiss me directly after he ate it.) I asked him if he had to eat bread that night. (I wanted to kiss him.) He said, over his shoulder, "Honey, you're marrying a chef. He's going to eat bread."
At that, I turned his face toward me and asked him, "What did you just say?"
He blushed and stammered. We laughed. I knew he'd ask when the time felt right. (We had only been together for 2 months but we knew.)
When I took a bite of this meal, and he saw my joy in tasting it, he got down on one knee.
Let me tell you, however and I'm going to make you buy the book for the entire story love stories in real life are rarely as perfect as they are in the movies. Danny's proposal involved South Park and farting. And it was wonderful.
"I made this dish for Shauna the night I proposed (even though I didnt know I was going to) because I knew she would love it. The first time I ate this flavor combination was at Gramercy Tavern. As I worked, I set aside some scraps to eat later. Theres a rich meatiness to the balsamic onions, as well as the tender beef, and the veal stock in the port sauce rounds it all out. All the textures and flavors blend together.
This dish is one of my favorites to cook for people I love. The night I first made it for Shauna, she swooned. And I didnt need the bread after all."
Balsamic onions
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 large yellow onions, peeled and sliced
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
Beef tenderloin
2 pieces beef tenderloin, 3 to 3[1/2] ounces each
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons canola oil
Port reduction sauce
1 cup port
2 cups veal stock (you can also substitute chicken stock, see below)
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
Caramelizing the onions. Set a large sauté pan over high heat. Pour in the olive oil. When the oil starts to smoke, add the onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions have wilted and shrunk, have turned brown in color, and smell sweet, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the brown sugar to the pan and cook, stirring, until the sugar begins to melt into the onions.
Finishing the onions. Pour the vinegar into the pan and cook, stirring occasionally and tasting continually, until the liquid is reduced and thickened, but not burnt, about 7 minutes; if you reduce it too much, it becomes tarry with a burnt taste. Instead you want a strong balsamic flavor, followed by the sweetness of the onions. Season with salt and pepper, if necessary. Set aside.
Searing the beef tenderloin. Season the tenderloin medallions with salt and pepper. Set a large sauté pans over high heat. Pour the canola oil into the hot pan. Put the tenderloin pieces in the hot oil; dont crowd the pans, or the beef will boil in the oil, and that wastes a good piece of beef. Cook until the bottom of each piece has a lovely brown crust, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip over the tenderloin pieces. For medium-rare doneness, the medallions should have a little firm push at the center when pressed, but with softness all around, and the internal temperature should be 150°. Remove the pans from the heat, transfer the beef to a plate, and allow the beef to rest while you prepare the sauce.
Reducing the port. Pour ½ cup of the port into each pan, scraping the goodness from the bottom. When you have deglazed both pans, pour the contents of one pan into the other. Set the pan with the port over medium heat and simmer until the port is reduced by half its volume.
Finishing the sauce. Scoop the balsamic onions into the reduced port. Pour in the veal stock. Simmer until the liquid is reduced by half its volume. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper, if necessary. Drop in the butter and whisk the sauce until the butter is fully incorporated.
To serve, spoon the sauce with the onions onto each plate. Place a tenderloin piece on top of each serving.
Feeds 2. (You could easily double or triple the amount of beef if you wanted to cook for more people. You will have plenty of onions and port sauce.)
Variations: This dish would work well with rib-eye, porterhouse, or top sirloin steaks in place of the tenderloin. If you dont want to use veal stock, you can substitute chicken stock, but the sauce might take longer to reduce. You might also have to thicken it with a cornstarch slurry (cornstarch mixed with cold water, then mixed into the stock for 1 to 2 minutes).
Suggestions: Whenever we eat this, we serve it with potato puree. In fact, these potatoes really should be part of the dish.
You will probably have some balsamic onions left over. The next day they can also top lamb, hamburgers, or chicken, or make a simple quinoa dish better. The port sauce is great on roasted vegetables, pasta, brown rice, or anything you want.


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H-Hour: World's Elite successfully funded on Kickstarter
H-Hour: World's Elite, the spiritual PC successor to SOCOM has been successfully funded on Kickstarter. Helmed by former SOCON creative lead David Sears and the team at SOF Studios, the tactical squad shooter still has four days of funding to go.
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SOCOM franchise not canned, says Yoshida
Sony's president of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has told the US Official PlayStation Magazine hasn't cancelled the SOCOM franchise. "It's not done. We never retire any franchise," he said before using Sly Cooper as an example of a franchise rebirth. Yoshida added "it's sometimes good to have a fresh look at the franchises we have," […]
SOCOM: Special Forces gets launch trailer with UK release
SOCOM: Special Forces releases in the UK today, after seeing a US release on Tuesday as SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs.
SOCOM 4 dated, new multiplayer trailer
The US PS Blog has confirmed earlier reports of an April release for SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals, debuting a new multiplayer trailer for us to slaver over while we wait.
Mulitplayer detailed for SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 producer, Mark Rogers, has detailed the competitive multiplayer features for the PSP title through the US PS Blog . Looks like it has 16-player competitive multiplayer with eight custom maps and seven new game modes, a new Leader Mode, and also a Tug-of-War mode. While you can play […]
Ghostbusters and SOCOM getting Home space today
Ghostbusters and SOCOM are to get their own Home spaces today, as you can see on the US BS Blog. EA Sports is getting one too. Everyone's doing it. Hit the links for more details than you'll ever need.
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THQ considering Linux support in wake of Humble Bundle
THQ is looking into developing for the Linux community, thanks to its partnership with the Humble Bundle crew.
Responding to a question on Twitter, THQ president Jason Rubin said the publisher will consider releasing games for the oft-overlooked operating system.
"Got the Linux message loud and clear via HumbleBundle feedback. Evaluating cost/benefit as we speak," he said.
THQ's Humble Bundle was seem by some critics as a dramatic deviation from the initiative's usual cross-platform, DRM-free, independent developer focus, but the pay-what-you-want deal pulled in over $5 million, at an average price of $5.76, which was given a serious boost by over $12,000 in donations from THQ executives.
The publisher is going through some hard times, having delayed a number of games, leaving it with few bankable revenue channels until the shine has worn off 2013 and debts to pay. The Bundle may have brought in some much-needed cash – although purchasers had the option to deny any revenue to THQ if they wished – and certainly inspired shareholders to believe once more.
THQ's 2013 slate includes Metro: Last Light, South Park: The Stick of Truth and Company of Heroes 2.
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Will Robert Pattinson Be the Next Indiana Jones?by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
The Internet was abuzz today (June 4) with rumors that Robert Pattinson has been tapped to star as the fedora-wearing, whip-cracking Indiana Jones in the franchise's newest film.
The story began when British tabloid Daily Star quoted a Hollywood source who claims that Harrison Ford has gotten too old to play the beloved action hero — and that Disney is "looking at its long-term options for the 'Indiana Jones' franchise."
"They feel that the series has huge potential on many levels, starting with the films leading to other spin-offs like games which can generate more money than movies," the source explained, revealing that Pattinson is the top contender for the role.
"Rob is top of the initial list because he has showed his acting stripes away from 'Twilight,'" the source continued. "But the competition will be stiff."
According to the tabloid, Shia LaBeouf is not one of the contenders to take over the role — despite the fact that he played Indiana Jones' son in 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'
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In recent years, the federal government hasn't helped solve problems for teachers. The No Child Left Behind Act created incentives for states to lower standards and measure students' skills by using low-quality "bubble tests." The law focused on punitive measures when students didn't reach an absolute standard, yet failed to acknowledge growth.
As I've travelled the country, I've met with thousands of teachers, and I've heard their fears and concerns. Teachers are asking: Are these reforms the Next Big Thing, here today but gone tomorrow? Will they focus on testing in a way that further narrows the curriculum and denies students the great education that we seek to bring? Could we lose our jobs if our students' scores aren't high enough?
In President Obama's Blueprint for Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) we are addressing those concerns and proposing common-sense strategies to move us in the right direction. Many of you have expressed great relief that the Blueprint will fix No Child Left Behind. And teachers have been telling me that they are encouraged, and even energized, by President Obama's vision.
This brochure provides a summary of some of the reasons that teachers I've met tell me they support the president's Blueprint. After reviewing this, I invite you to read the Blueprint and work within your schools and states to support reform in our nation's public schools. With teachers, parents, and schools working together, I'm so encouraged by what's possible.
Thank you for all you do to support our schools, families, and communities.
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Today I took the kids with me to a few stores. I had in mind when I left the house to actually buy the last few Christmas presents that were on my list. Eddie and Alexa had on their minds to play and laugh and have fun.
I first went to Bed, Bath and Beyond. It was in this store that I realized that there are just way too many breakable items within reach of small hands. Small hands that are attached to small children who are too young to grasp the concept of the words shattered, shards, or "QUIT BEFORE THEY THROW US OUT OF THE STORE!" I don't think I've ever paid attention to just how many things in this store are breakable before. Until my children got there, and started knocking things down. We left without buying anything. It was for the best.
We went to JCPenney next. In this lovely store, I only found one item to buy. I was actually quite busy moderating a fight over the one seated store stroller that Eddie and Alexa both thought that they needed to sit in. Mind you, when I bring my own double stroller, or single stroller for that matter, neither one of them want to sit in it. I end up pushing around a big bulky empty stroller through the store navigating through the small aisles and clothes racks as the kids walk by my side. So I didn't bring it. And instead, they fought. The entire time I was in the store, I was the lady with the screaming children. I made them take turns. While the kid sitting in the stroller was enjoying his or her ride, the other stood on the wheel. Which made it very difficult for me to actually push. Then the standing child would smack the sitting child, because that's just the appropriate thing to do. And then either one of them would scream. Because they were jealous, or the other one was bothering them. *sigh* I paid for my one item and left.
We then tried our hand at Target. My kids love that HUGE big red buggy that two kids can climb into the back of, and stand in or sit down. My son thinks it's his big pirate ship. Or so he claims. I told him that if he climbed on top of it again, that I would have to abandon it and we would just walk. Well he did it again. And this time he was OK with it. It was Alexa who fell apart. She screamed like I had just ran over her foot. She was so mad at me for leaving the buggy there, she almost laid down on the ground. I told her that she could stay right there with the buggy if she wanted, but I was leaving. She screamed for another 5 minutes on and off, but she eventually got over it. I think it must have been nap time, because she got cranky again pretty soon after the buggy incident. I'm not sure what I went in the store to buy, as my concentration was wrecked with my little angels and their perfect behavior.
I think I am going to have to plan just one more trip. No kids. I have no idea how I get anything done with these kids. Shopping and kids just doesn't mix. Ever.


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JPL Software Links Pediatric Doctors With New Research
JPL computer engineers created software that will connect information from various hospitals all over the world into one virtual intensive care unit. The system would link doctors who need detailed and specific information with researchers willing to share their data about pediatric medicine.
For example, if a pediatrician in North Carolina were to want information about the most advanced treatment for a child with bone cancer, he could search the database and find the latest medical studies conducted by researchers all over the country.
The software, called Object Oriented Data Technology Software, was modeled after the Planetary Data System, a large software network that helps space scientists translate terminology used in local databases into standard language. Similar software is used to support the Mars Exploration Rovers, currently exploring the martian environment.
"The problem has been that information has been generated for local use, and now scientists are discovering the value of sharing research within their various communities, said Dan Crichton, JPL senior computer scientist. "This has been true in planetary science and biomedicine and, now, in pediatric medicine."
With the extended databases, pediatricians can also record patient information directly from bedside monitors regardless of their location. The computer system is also capable of storing the information so researchers can use it for clinical trials and helping educate other doctors dealing with similar patients.
Right now, the virtual pediatric intensive care unit is being developed and tested at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Next year the system will be extended to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, and Cornell University Medical Center, New York.
"The goal of the virtual pediatric intensive care unit is to enable us to practice in one critical care unit where we will all have the latest information available to care for critically ill children," said Dr. Randall Wetzel, director of critical care medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. "The fast paced, compelling urgency and the overwhelming diversity of diseases seen in children around the world, makes communication among caregivers life-saving and essential, but at the same time difficult."
The virtual pediatric intensive care unit is ideal for hospitals without advanced intensive care units. In the next few years, engineers hope to install networked cameras, allowing doctors to check on their patients in remote areas and assist their colleagues working in isolated centers.
"It is extremely rewarding to see this NASA funded technology solving a problem of national importance," said Dr. Ken Wolfenbarger, manager of JPL's Innovative Technology Transfer Partnerships Office. "As part of its mission, JPL welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with outside companies to develop and transfer dual-use technology through NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program."
There are about 275 pediatric intensive care units around the country. Every year about 50,000 infants and children who need constant care are admitted into these centers.
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Denver, Adams County officials meet over contested DIA development plans
Denver and Adams County officials, who for several months have been at odds over proposed development plans at Denver International Airport, met Friday morning for the second time in as many months to work out their differences.
Signs that icy relations are beginning to thaw were evident as officials talked about how to get around some of their conflicts, selected a mediator, discussed a possible field trip to Dallas Fort Worth's airport and set an April 11 meeting date.
"Back in January, I'm not sure you would have seen anyone schedule a third meeting," said Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan, one of three elected officials at the table in a DIA conference room. Also at the meeting were Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Commerce City Sean Ford and Adams County Commissioner Charles "Chaz" Tedesco.
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Sophomore (2012-13) Stats
Fired one shot against Bentley Oct. 27 ... Posted assists in back-to-back games against Brown (Nov. 2) and Yale (Nov. 3) ... Kept assist streak alive with helpers against Union (Nov. 9) and RPI (Nov. 10) ... Added an assist in 4-1 win over No. 10 Cornell Nov. 16 to cap point/assist streak at five games ... Had a goal and an assist in 2-2 tie at Merrimack Dec. 7 ... Posted a career-high three points (1g, 2a) in 6-5 upset of No. 8 Boston University Jan. 9 ... Netted Harvard's first goal at Brown Jan. 19 ... Had an assist against St. Lawrence Jan. 26 ... Had an assist against No. 11/13 BU Feb. 11 in Beanpot consolation and another against Colgate Feb. 15 ... Chipped in a helper in 6-2 win over Clarkson Feb. 23.
Freshman (2011-12) Stats
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (Feb. 21) ... Recorded three assists in five playoff games, including one in defeat of Cornell in ECAC semifinals ... Notched two assists in Game 3 of ECAC quarterfinals against Yale (March 11) ... Registered assists on both of David Valek's third period goals, the tying and winning tallies, in Harvard's comeback to defeat Clarkson and clinch a playoff bye (Feb. 25) ... Logged an assist on Valek's second goal in win against St. Lawrence (Feb. 24) ... Assisted on Alex Killorn's second goal in tie at Brown (Feb. 17) ... Registered first Beanpot points with two assists in 3-2 defeat of Northeastern in Beanpot consolation game ... Scored game-tying goal in third period at Massachusetts (Dec. 2) ... Assisted on Mike Seward's first career goal at Dartmouth (Nov. 25) ... Notched first assist in comeback from four goals down to defeat New Hampshire (Nov. 22) ... Scored first collegiate goal in win at Clarkson (Nov. 18) ... Made Harvard debut in season opener against Princeton (Nov. 4).
Before Harvard
Played in 2010-11 with the Omaha Lancers and Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League after previously starring for St. Sebastian's School … An all-league selection in senior year of 2009-10 at St. Sebastian's … Earned the Kevin T. Mutch Award as the school's junior who demonstrates leadership, school spirit and athletic success … Most valuable player of the Valicenti Cup, the annual game between St. Sebastian's and Thayer Academy … National Honor Society member … Volunteered, with Sioux Falls teammates, at area elementary school.
Interests include golf, video games and music … Father, Tom, played hockey at Boston University, serving as co-captain of the Terriers in 1982-83, and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Career Highs
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Goals 1 twice, most recently at Massachusetts, Dec. 2, 2011
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Buhler Group signs inorganic nanoparticles agreement with Sigma-Aldrich11.05.2010 The Buhler Group is making selected dispersions of inorganic nanoparticles accessible worldwide to materials science researchers through an exclusive distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich. Buhler and Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL) have signed an agreement in which research volumes of nanoparticle dispersions from Buhler will be sold worldwide exclusively by Sigma-Aldrich. These products are dispersions of nanoscale inorganic particles in water and organic solvents, which show great economic potential in a wide spectrum of possible applications. The initial target group for these products will be materials science research and development. The dispersions are manufactured in the nanotechnology business unit (PARTEC) of the Buhler Group and are sold worldwide through the Aldrich® Materials Science initiative of Sigma-Aldrich.
The agreement covers dispersions of nanoscale titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO) and hydrated iron oxide (FeOOH). Dispersions of nanoscale titanium dioxide in water, xylene and a mixture of ethylene glycol open up development options for the photocatalytically active semiconductor material in such diverse fields as solar energy, printed electronics, and self-cleaning and superhydrophilic surfaces. Dispersions of hydrated iron oxide are available in water and ethanol. Dispersions in water, ethanol, butyl acetate and butyl glycol provide a wide solvent polarity spectrum for researching applications of the nanoscale zinc oxide. Zinc Oxide is already being used in UV absorbers and as a fungicide in coatings, and as a ceramic for electronic components such as varistors. To learn more about the nanomaterials available from Aldrich Materials Science, please visit www.sigma-aldrich.com/nano.
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Who suffers most from climate change?
Fifty years after the game-changing Second Vatican Council a new generation helps the church respond to today's signs of the times. Here, Dom Erwin Krautler stresses the importance of paying attention to climate change because of its human cost.
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The church calls on all people and governments to protect the future of God's creation by addressing the urgent threat of global warming.