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Hannity & Colmes , Horowitz ignored facts undermining GOP student's claim that professor failed him for "pro-American" paper
Foothill College student Ahmad al-Qloushi -- who claims that he received a failing grade on a term paper about the U.S. Constitution because it was "pro-American" and whose allegations have been publicized by right-wing pundit David Horowitz -- appeared as a guest on the February 17 edition of FOX News' Hannity & Colmes. But no one on the show mentioned that al-Qloushi's professor disputes his version of events, that al-Qloushi's claims were originally publicized by the Foothill College Republicans (of which al-Qloushi is president), or that al-Qloushi has been touted by Horowitz to promote Horowitz's right-wing university campus initiatives.
"The Foothill College Republicans blasted faxes to reporters this month complaining that a professor had forced a student to see the college therapist merely because the student wrote a pro-American essay," the San Jose Mercury News reported on December 26, 2004. On January 6, Horowitz's right-wing website FrontPageMag.com posted an article by al-Qloushi about the incident. The Washington Times ran an January 16 article titled "California professor flunks Kuwaiti's pro-U.S. essay," in which it relayed al-Qloushi's claims and noted only that "Mr. Woolcock did not respond to telephone and e-mail inquiries." On February 1, al-Qloushi appeared on a segment of ABC's World News Tonight about "conservatives who claim they are victims of a double standard on college campuses," where his assertion that "I was attacked and intimidated because I love America" went unchallenged.
On the February 17 edition of Hannity & Colmes, al-Qloushi reiterated his story, claiming that his professor, Joseph Woolcock, "threatened [him] into seeking regular psychological treatment ... by threatening [his] visa status." But in a statement responding to al-Qloushi, Woolcock provided his version of events, which was ignored on Hannity & Colmes. According to Woolcock, he never "threatened" al-Qloushi's visa status or "threatened" him "into seeking regular psychological treatment," as al-Qloushi claimed. Woolcock also noted that al-Qloushi had "failed to write the mid-term assignment" and had turned down offers of assistance before turning in his final term paper:
When I read the paper, it became clear to me that it did not respond to the question. In late November, after grading all final papers, I asked Mr. al-Qloushi to come and discuss with me the grade. ... [H]e expressed in great detail, concerns and feelings of high anxiety he was having about certain developments which had occurred over ten years ago in his country. Some aspects of his concerns were similar to certain concerns expressed in his paper.
Based on the nature of the concerns and the feelings of high anxiety which he expressed, I encouraged him to visit one of the college counselors. I neither forced nor ordered Mr. al-Qloushi to see a counselor; I have no authority to do so. My suggestion to him was a recommendation he freely chose to accept and which he acknowledged in an e-mail message to me on December 1, 2004.
Foothill College counselors are competent and highly respected professionals capable of providing professional services to students, and faculty members are always encouraged by the college administration to make such referrals to college counselors as the need may arise.
In my conversation with Mr. al-Qloushi, I did not make any reference, explicitly or implicity [sic], to the Dean of International Students or to any other Dean. In my conversation with Mr. al-Qloushi, I did not make any reference, explicit or implicit, to Mr. al-Qloushi's status as an international student. At the time of our conversation, Mr. al-Qloushi was still enrolled in my class, but after he met with the counselor, he never returned to the class.
I deny unequivocally all the allegations Mr. al-Qloushi has attributed to me regarding my suggestion to him that it might be helpful for him to discuss his long-standing concerns with a college counselor, as I have described here. All the other allegations made are false and have no basis whatsoever in fact.
Al-Qloushi's essay, which is posted on Horowitz's Students for Academic Freedom website, has been described by conservative blogger and political science professor James Joyner as "an incredibly poorly written, error-ridden, pabulum-filled [sic], essay that essentially ignores the question put forth by the instructor." Another conservative blogger, political science professor Steven Taylor, concluded: "I can see how this essay resulted in a failing grade."
As Media Matters for America has noted, Horowitz is president and co-founder of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC) and the editor-in-chief of FrontPageMag.com, which serves as the CSPC's online journal. The center's agenda includes right-wing campus organizing and opposing affirmative action programs. At the end of al-Qloushi's FrontPageMag.com article and in a February 1 interview with the website, al-Qloushi expressed his support for Horowitz's "Student Bill of Rights," a campus initiative seeking to prevent professors from "forc[ing] their opinions about philosophy, politics and other contestable issues on students in the classroom."


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Smith offers few details on Bears' injuries
Urlacher among Bears hurt Sunday
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Coach Lovie Smith says the Chicago Bears are still evaluating injuries to linebacker Brian Urlacher and several other players in Sunday's overtime loss to Seattle.
Smith seemed to indicate Monday that Urlacher pulled a hamstring on the game's final drive, but backed away from that after a follow-up question. Urlacher told a Chicago TV station he was simply sore.
Either way, the Bears (8-4) are banged-up.
They had already lost guard Lance Louis to a season-ending knee injury in the previous game and ruled out Devin Hester (concussion) and guard Chris Spencer (knee) during the week. They lost a few more players in a 23-17 loss to Seattle.
Safety Chris Conte (illness) and receiver Earl Bennett (concussion) left the game, and cornerback Tim Jennings (shoulder) was injured on the final drive.

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WASHINGTON — Seven years ago, then-President George W. Bush stood beneath a banner on an aircraft carrier and declared that "major combat operations" in Iraq had ended. Wednesday, they actually did — and, by design, Bush was nowhere to be seen.
It was a moment of political closure brought to us not by Bush, but by his successor, who delivered on a campaign promise that was the original seed from which his campaign for president grew.
As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to end the "war" in Iraq. And though troops will remain, skirmishes will continue, and there's no guarantee that the age-old sectarian forces in Mesopotamia won't resume their bloody rivalry — Bush's war is over.
Bush thinks that history will be kind to him, but that is unlikely. The war cost America more than 4,000 lives, at least a trillion dollars, and a serious loss of world esteem. And it left behind a country with no ruling government and an ever stronger Iran.
And yet, at the same time, the former president is enjoying a mini-moment of grudging acceptance, if not affection, in America.
He doesn't dare take note of it himself, at least publicly. Were he to swagger back onto the stage, Republican friends say, the mellowing mood would evaporate — and complicate the GOP's effort to win back Congress.
But it's real. Several factors have combined to make it so: Obama's declining political standing, the continuing economic crisis, the rise of divisive issues such as immigration and Islam in America (on which Bush is seen as a comparative moderate), and new fault lines within the GOP.
To answer the billboard question of a year ago — Do You Miss Him Yet? — the answer about Bush remains "no." But it's less emphatic than it was a few months ago.
Politics, especially the presidential kind, is a game of comparison. Bush is benefiting from the physics of Obama's decline. The current president's job-approval rating in the new Gallup Poll is at a personal low of 41 percent. (The overall poll average is 45 percent, still low by Obama standards.)
In the last year, Obama's overall "favorable" rating — a measure of personal regard for a president, past or present — has dropped from 62 percent to 52 percent, while Bush's has risen from 35 percent to 45 percent as of mid-July. The two trends seem likely to continue.
Bush has been the beneficiary of weeks worth of back-handed compliments from the national punditocracy, which is sharply critical of the Tea Party's (and other conservatives' views) on immigration and the construction of an Islamic Community Center two blocks from the Ground Zero site in Manhattan.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
It's been widely noted that Bush was, especially by today's standards, a moderate and rhetorically benign figure on both issues: pushing for an immigration reform bill that would have offered a "path to citizenship" for many illegals, and stressing from the outset of the "war on terror" that he deeply respected Islam and its message of peaceful submission to God.
Some key figures from the Bush era, including former solicitor Ted Olson and tax lobbyist Grover Norquist, have come out in support of building the Islamic Center at the site.
Several writers — including those who lost no love for Bush when he was president — have used him as a foil for attacking Tea Party activists who support sweeping anti-immigration measures (such as Arizona's law and a change in the 14th Amendment), and for attacking those who oppose the Islam site.
Bush has remained studiously silent on both matters — and on anything else having directly to do with politics.
That very silence, advisers and friends say, has a lot to do with why more independents and even a few Democrats are looking at him tolerantly, if not fondly. "He's playing the role of the statesman, and in good part that means keeping a respectful silence," said Brian Walsh of the GOP Senatorial Committee.
Nor will rising poll numbers — let alone a few nice mentions on the op-ed page of The New York Times — lure Bush into making public comments offering to campaign for Republican candidates.
Leaders of the party campaign committees are making it clear, publicly and privately, that they don't want to see or hear him on the trail. "We want to keep the focus exclusively Obama and on his record," said Ken Spain of the GOP House Committee.
Bush is more than willing to go along with that — and his longtime "architect," Karl Rove, privately advises him to continue to lay low. The former president and his wife, Laura, made an appearance at a Dallas USO last week, to welcome troops home from Iraq. Pictures of the event were posted on Facebook, but that was the only stone dropped in the publicity pond.
Party strategists hope this was the PR highpoint for now. "If Bush engages in any way, if he gets in the debate or answers back, then he becomes the story, which is precisely what we don't want, " said a top GOP official. "He cannot engage under any circumstances."
Democrats are still hoping to leverage Bush's unpopularity in November. In a new ad, the DNC warns against "going back to the same Republican policies that got us into this mess" before featuring Bush's statement "fool me once, you can't get fooled again."
Bush and Rove have privately assured party officials that the big promotional blitz for Bush's auto-biography, "Decision Points," won't begin until AFTER Election Day, on Nov. 2. The "pub date" of the book is Nov. 9, and insiders hope to keep the contents private until then. "A former president does not need to leak tidbits to generate publicity," Rove told me.
We'll see if that vow holds — and if Bush (and his party) are enjoying another, even bigger moment in November.
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Flight to Hawaii Makes Emergency Landing After Losing Engine Over Pacific
A United Airlines flight that took off from San Francisco around 9 a.m this morning managed to safely land at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport after one of its engines failed over the Pacific.
Passengers aboard United Flight Airlines 1175 tweeted photos and video of the Boeing 777's engine that appeared to be missing its cowling.
The airliner is a wide-body twin engine jet that is one of the most advanced jetliners in the air today. The 777 can even fly on just one engine for more than three hours over water - a feature that likely came in handy today.
An FAA official told NBC News the pilot declared an emergency due to a vibration in its right engine, and landed on the runway in Hawaii without incident or injury. Further reports say the engine did not appear to have come apart, and was operating normally - without the casing.
FlightRadar24 records the flight taking off from San Francisco just after 9 a.m. and landing in Hawaii around 2:42 PST.
At least one person managed to keep their sense of humor intact.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
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I haven't got much time available for regular blogging at the moment because there's a lot to do, but I thought I'd just do an update on progress to date on our forthcoming house move.
We are still in the pre-contract stage and have lots of forms to fill in for the solicitor. We have most of the information now. Unfortunately my dad's condition has deteriorated quite a lot recently and he is now quite unable to sign anything. The doctor came out to see him at the care home at the beginning of this week, and wants him to have a full psychiatric and neurological assessment, to see exactly what's going on. This is something we had been hoping for quite a while back, but he probably wouldn't have agreed to it at the time. We visited him this afternoon and he was in a world of his own, talking nonsense and not really making eye contact, and in the end we just had to walk away, because he wasn't taking on board our "goodbyes" and "we've got to go now." He seems much more shrunken into himself, and in physical size, too, even since I last saw him early last week. It's very sad to see. My poor, wonderful, lovely Dad.
Mum's leg, which she injured tripping on the stairs a few weeks ago, is making good progress. The district nurse is now coming out three times a week to change the dressing, which is a huge burden taken off my hubby, who on top of everything else, was having to drive her into the surgery to have it done. They say it will take the full estimated 12 weeks for it to heal completely.
I spent last Tuesday at her place with my sister and cousin, helping her sort out what she wants to keep, what to sell, and what each of us wanted. She is being very sensible about it all, but feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the whole thing – who wouldn't, especially at her advanced age – we are trying to make it as easy as possible for her and encouraging her all the time not to worry, as we are here to look after her. Since she hurt her leg, she has felt much more vulnerable living alone. As soon as most of the house has been cleared, she is going to stay with my sister until the new house is ready to move into, which will make our job easier, sorting out the remainder of the stuff and getting the house ready for completion of the sale, and also relieving my hubby of the burden he has carried over the past six months, and giving him a chance to concentrate on his own part of the house move, sorting out his garage stuff and his books, etc. He deserves a break from it all!
We have contacted a builder, who is a close friend of Wonderwoman, my home help. I have seen some of his work first-hand, in her house – his attention to detail and pride in his work is second-to-none, and everyone says he doesn't charge enough! He is also very nice, and enthusiastic about what he does. Today I went over to the house and met him there, and we were able to have a good look round and he could see exactly what was required, having previously only seen floor plans. With a few amendments to our original ideas, he will be going ahead as soon as his current job is complete, probably at the beginning of May.
We are at present looking at a completion date for our move in mid-April, although I think that may be a bit over-optimistic – the solicitors are chasing up the powers of attorney for my parents, and once they are through, life will be a lot easier because we will be able to sign things and deal with things more swiftly than otherwise.
Because we don't have to vacate our house (tied accommodation) until May 2014 when my hubby retires, there is no pressure on us at this end, although we will be moving in as soon as the work is finished on the new house, and my hubby will commute back here for work. We have therefore got a bit longer to get our stuff sorted out than Mum, and after completion, while the work is being done, every time we go over we will load up the car.
I have been spending quite a lot of time online, choosing what we want the builder to put in the new kitchen and bathroom. The existing kitchen units will go in Mum's kitchen in the annexe, and the utility room. The builder is happy with the kitchen company I have chosen – they are trade only, and he has dealt with them before. We have chosen a nice light oak contemporary style, and I am also having a rise-and-fall unit incorporating a shallow sink and electric hob, which will be wheelchair accessible. I am super-excited about this, because over the past couple of years I have found it increasingly difficult to manage in a conventional kitchen because I can't stand for more than a few minutes, and working from the perching stool is extremely uncomfortable. We are having a built-in oven at a good height, as well as a fridge freezer with the fridge at the top, and I shall soon be cooking again! (Mum is having my old cooker and fridge, both of which are in excellent condition.) I used to enjoy being a creative cook, and I have missed it. My hubby has done his absolute best, and has done incredibly well, but we have lived off a lot of ready meals and takeaways and we've both piled the weight on a bit, so it will be nice to be a bit more in control of what we eat!
I found a wonderful Ebay shop for the bathroom stuff – beautifully modern and stylish, and much cheaper than many other places. There are two bathrooms upstairs – one is a relatively recent addition and needs no work doing on it – this will be my hubby's bathroom and he's well pleased with it. We are knocking the wall through between the other bathroom and loo (both fairly antiquated), and creating a door from the bedroom to create a lovely modern en-suite for me with wet-room shower and fully accessible – the room will also be big enough for me to have a bath, which is great because I enjoy a nice long soak in the tub!
As for my new ARTHaven – I cannot express how excited I am about this! When the builder had seen it, and what I proposed should be done, he said that was the easiest job in the house, and the room was positively crying out for it to be done! It is one of the smaller bedrooms, partially divided off for a "dressing room" which will be my office. The basin will be changed for a sink (the one from the existing kitchen) and the rest of the room will be fitted out with cheap white kitchen units minus their plinths and doors, spaced around the room and joined with a continuous work surface all around, divided into separate work zones for different activities. This means that I can have all my stuff out (e.g. sewing machine, melting pot, cutting machine, main work area etc.) with storage for the respective materials underneath, and in the open-fronted kitchen wall units above, with shelves between. There is a small blocked-off fireplace which will be the focal point for displaying various pieces of work – my own, and the beautiful pieces I've been so blessed to receive from my various creative friends online – thank you all! – your work will be displayed as it should be, at last!
One of the best things about my new ARThaven is the north light. Today, looking round the house, it was a beautiful bright sunny day, and if I had been working (particularly this afternoon) in my present ARTHaven, I would have had the curtains drawn because the sun from the south-facing window is far too bright. Most of the time I'm working in artificial light, which isn't too bad as I have Pure-Lite bulbs, but in the new one, the light was diffused and clear, and I shall be working in natural light most of the time! Outside the window is a balcony, accessed from a door in the dressing-room part, and I intend filling it with flowers, grow-bags with tomatoes, and strawberries! I told my sister this, and she said, "Oh good! Now I know what to get you for a house-warming present – a strawberry pot!" What a star!! I have asked my hubby to put a shelf onto the balcony balustrade so I can put troughs on it, and have flowers hanging over the balcony. I did this with the fences at the back of the little cottage that was my first home, and it was lovely.
There is storage room a-plenty throughout the house. It was built in about 1925 and with the addition of maintenance-free replacement windows throughout, many of the original features remain, including built-in cupboards in many of the rooms. There are picture rails and dados, and the hall and landing are spacious, and all the rooms are beautifully proportioned. The garden is manageable for my hubby (a lot less work than here) and is on 2 levels. The lower level consists of two small patio areas, one outside the annexe, which will be Mum's own little garden, with room for her garden furniture and ornaments, and a right-angle of house wall sticking out, where we will hang her bird feeders so she can watch them from her sitting room. There's a little raised rockery to one side if she feels like pottering a bit, and a low wall running around where she can have her tubs. Behind this is a small bank rising to the main lawn, and it is planted with masses of primroses and snowdrops against a carpet of moss and ferns. I know she will love this! The other little patio area is outside the main kitchen and will be our own little area to sit out. There are 2 sheds (as well as some brick-built outhouse storage for the mower etc.) and quite a nice sized garage which will suit my hubby down to the ground with his tools and things.
When my cousin was down, she said that I would be able to have my uncle's mobility scooter. By the time he died just over a year ago, he was bedridden and hadn't been out of the house for many months, and it has been sitting in their garage ever since. We are delighted to be able to have it. It will live in the garage where we can keep it charged up, and all I have to do is go up through the garden with my crutches, and launch forth from the garage onto the back road, and trundle along to the shops – there's a corner shop 30 yards from the house, and a little row of shops with a small Tesco, Co-op, pharmacy etc. about 100 yards from the house. There's a surgery and even a vet not far from the house, and a choice of 2 churches!
I still can't believe all this is happening. I keep thinking I'll wake up in a minute and find that Mum's house is still on the market and nothing has changed! When we viewed the first house about a year ago I fell in love with it, and told myself not to get too disappointed if we lost it (which we did) because God knows what He is doing and would have something better lined up, and we just had to trust Him! This has proved to be so much the case. Where we are moving is infinitely more suitable in so many ways; also, when we were first looking, Dad was still in the equation and it was my hubby and I who would have been living in the smaller accommodation and having to put loads of stuff into storage etc. What we have now got is perfect for us all, and for our situation, and in the future, we will have a place we can stay on as long as we need, with a ready-made annexe to offer as holiday accommodation if any of our friends want to come and visit. They could be self-catering and free to come and go, which would be ideal for me as I am not well enough to have guests and do entertaining! (We had friends in Cornwall who did this – she had MS and they converted the house into 2 self-contained flats, living downstairs and letting out the top flat for friends like us to have a nice holiday by the sea.)
Lots more boxes to pack! Stuff to sort for recycling, etc. etc. Plenty of time to work through it at my own pace, though. I feel so right about it all. A year ago I was dreading leaving here, with an uncertain future and not knowing where we might end up, but this solution is ideal for us all.
I'll keep updating my blog with news as it happens, and as soon as the house is ours, there will be photos of the progress of the work – before, during and after!


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How to: Make a DIY Pebble Bath Mat
Just finished this mat to go with my Bathroom Redo. It has a peculiar providence, I was mooching around the CB2 website, doing a little window shopping and I spotted a cool pebble mat like this fellow for $54.
Me: 'Hey, I had that idea too!' I just didn't get around to doing it!"
My Sweetie: "So you're saying they stole your idea from inside your head?"
Me, kinda indignant: "YEAH"
Him: "Would you like me to make you a tinfoil hat?"
Crazy aside, here's how I made the mat.
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I smooshed down the glue then arranged the rocks. Not hard at all. In retrospect I think it would have been better to start in the center and work my way out. It's also probably best to let the glue set for a good 24 hours before walking on it.
The only difficult part for me was to not try and arrange the rocks too much, I didn't want straight lines or uniform colour, but it's hard to let go of the whole symmetry thing. I think it turned out pretty organic looking though. It feels really lovely on bare feet and the rocks get shiny when they are wet.
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Etude House is a Korean brand with so much variety in skincare and cosmetics it's quite mind boggling. They have tons of ranges I'm sure, I've not even found out about yet. A brand like Etude House will have lots of little sub ranges in it…which is exciting for a beauty buff!
The Missing U line may sound like and oddly named set but in fact it's inspired by 4 endangered animals (Seal, Dolphin, Panda, Penguin). The range brings awareness to this (I'm afraid I'm not sure if a portion of profits is donated) and it comes in recycled cardboard too (in my case an egg carton!).
The whole egg carton packaging thing is so in, in Korea!Each animal has it's own smell as documented on the front of each egg shaped pot.
The Seal is green tea, the Penguin is Baby Powder, the Dolphin is floral and the Panda is peaches.
Each container has a reasonable amount of hand cream – it would last new a few weeks, it would last Mr C about 2 days. It's a light gel texture which sinks in quickly and smells quite nice albeit strong.
I'm not sure I like sticking my fingers into the container every single time I want to get some cream out but it'd be used up quite quickly so then again…it's not a bad thing. It means I can use the container for other things sooner!
My hands feel good though and I'm happy to have these. I bought the entire set for just £11! I'd recommend this for anyone who wants a dose of cute and some nice smelling light gel.


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Before they shot a frame of film, Gerard Butler escaped "Escape From New York," the remake of the John Carpenter film.
Right after his turn as the Spartan in "300," Butler made a deal to play Snake Plissken in a film bought at auction by New Line. He left for creative differences. New Line is persevering: studio has brought Jonathan Mostow in to rewrite, with an option to direct.
Butler just began production on Lakeshore's "Game," which Lionsgate will distribute. He'll next be seen starring in the Richard LaGravanese-directed "P.S., I Love You," the Guy Ritchie-directed "Rock N Rolla," and Fox-Walden's "Nim's Island."


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A very happy thanksgiving to all of you. Here is something simple if you want to try for this occasion. It's a bit of a summery treat using peaches and berries, but you can always substitute the fruits with anything of your choice or use canned ones or frozen ones as I did. After all the berry picking that I did few weeks back and making the fresh blackberry ice cream, I was left with thought of what to make with the leftover juicy blackberries. I still had loads of them which I had to freeze later to prevent them from rotting. Blackberries are my favourite berries for baking and desserts and I had a whirlwind of ideas as of what to make with blackberries.
I have already tried few recipes using blackberries including jam, macarons and a crumble cake which are all great. So I wanted to try something different this time. Crumble sounded like a great idea but crumbles and I don't go well together. I somehow don't like crumbles and that too after having it from a restaurant recently, I went totally against it. I had lots of egg yolks sitting in the fridge from my macaron baking and some sponge cake that I tried. It had to be something with custard, berries and cake and this trifle was born in my kitchen.
I always wanted to give trifle a go, but I dint plan to make a custard from scratch. As I had lot of egg yolks, I decided to use them up than throwing them away. I have tried making custard before as I always get few egg yolks after baking macarons. If you have good vanilla and use full fat cream and milk, you will get rich tasting, silky smooth custard.
I put them all together just under 40 minutes of which 25 minutes was taken for making custard! It has to be cooked slowly, with much attention and constant stirring. As you are dealing with eggs, too much of heat cooks the eggs and scramble them if you don't pay enough attention. You really don't have to make authentic custard here for this recipe. You can use custard powder and make the simplest of custard which is what I wanted to do and would have made it really easy. But I had to save the yolks from binning, so made the custard from scratch.
Anyhow, the recipe is very versatile; you can just play around with any combination of good fruits like grapes, canned pineapple, apples, and berries. You can substitute strawberries for blackberries and you don't even have to cook it. You can use fruit cocktail that comes in can and use ready-made custard instead of the fresh ones. You can also use dry fruits like figs and dates along with nuts. If you are pressed for time, get a shop bought cake, canned fruits, pre-packed custard and assemble it all together. You can wet your cake with syrup that comes in the can. Nothing can get simpler. But here is a more elaborated version of trifle, with home-made custard for you to try. Peaches and blackberries are one of the best to use together.
Blackberry and Peach trifle
Serves about 10
300g blackberries (You could use about ½ kilo if you want more berries in your trifle), plus extra for garnishing
1/3 cup of water
¼ - 1/3 cup caster sugar
2 tins of 420g can of canned peaches in syrup
500g pound cake, butter cake or Madeira cake, cut into 1-2 inch cubes
For whipped cream:
300 mls whipping cream/double cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
a splash of vanilla essence
For custard:
5-6 large egg yolks
400mls whole milk
300mls double cream
1 vanilla pod
100g caster sugar
2 tbs corn flour or use 1 tbsp of custard powder for depth of flavour
1.Cut cake into 2 inch pieces.
2. Add blackberries, water and sugar in to a pan and bring to boil, reduce and simmer for 5 minutes-7 minutes until the fruits go soft. Strain and reserve the juice which will be about a cup.
3. Drain the peaches and discard the liquid. Slice the peaches into smaller size if need be.
Make custard:
1. In a sauce pan, heat milk and cream. Split open the vanilla pod, scrape out the seeds and add them to the milk along with the pod. Simmer them to scalding point, i.e. simmer it until the mixture is hot and starts steaming and small bubbles. Do not boil. Remove from heat and then pass this through sieve and leave aside for about 5 -10 minutes to cool it down. Discard the vanilla pod.
2. Meanwhile, using an electric whisk beat together the egg yolks and sugar until it is pale yellow and thick; for about 6-8 minutes. Add in corn flour and whisk again.
3. Pour the milk into the egg mixture in thin stream whisking simultaneously to avoid scrambling the egg from the hot milk.
4. Strain the egg-milk and pour the mixture in a heavy base saucepan and heat it on a very low heat stirring constantly for about 20 minutes to avoid cooking and scrambling the egg. Once the custard gets thick and coats the back of the spoon, take off the heat. Transfer to another bowl, cover it using cling film to prevent from skin forming. Let it cool completely before layering the trifle.
In another bowl, add icing sugar to whipping cream and using an electric beater, whip until it forms soft peaks. Add in vanilla essence and mix.
To assemble:
1. You can arrange this in a large 2 litre clear glass bowl or small individual serving bowl.
2. Place few pieces of cake as the first layer. Dribble the strained juice of blackberry all over to wet the cake.
3. Scatter some blackberries and peaches over the wet cake
4. Scoop in some custard and level with spoon and repeat the layer once more.
5. Top it up with softly whipped cream and chill for several hours until everything is set.
6. Garnish with peaches, berries and nuts.
I have used warm custard while layering the custard, which was still unset. So the beautiful layers of trifle have not been formed as the custard seeped down through the layers of fruits and cake. If you use custard that is completely cooled, you will be able to see more prominent layers of fruits, custard and cake.
You could also use more fruits. I have used just minimal amount of berries here (300g).


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Kaylee Krysteenah Fynch
is rarely here
Last Activity: May 24th, 2014 5:57 PM
About Me
- About Kaylee Krysteenah Fynch
- Biography
- First of all, I'm not normal. I'm not here to collect "friends", find trades, what-have-you. I borrow chatspeak, but I don't speak it fluently, and prefer English most of the time. I came here for Shiny Gold, I started to post because of Shadow of the Wastes, and I check in because of that game, and those who actually have become friends to me.
I am, however, quiet and introspective, a definite introvert. Too much noise and chaos isn't good for me, and sometimes I need a break from people.
No, Kaylee Krysteenah Fynch is not my real name. And yes, I suppose it would be an epic name, although nobody would ever spell it right. So there's a downside to everything.
Anyway, I'm an intellectual (but I'm not a genius), and I'm a bit on the philosophical side. I value love and loyalty probably more than anything. I'm a bit of a romantic, I guess. My sign is Virgo.
I try to live casually, because I get stressed and/or frustrated very easily. I like a challenge, but only if I can continue making progress, rather than doing the same thing over and over. I hate trial and error, and tend to avoid risks.
In fact, I don't bet on a coin toss. I probably wouldn't bet that a dice won't land on six. I'd rather not trust my luck. It's not that it's bad luck, it's just not reliable.
When there's trouble in my life, I tend to complain about the small things, and keep the big ones to myself, laughing them off, and generally trying to keep my mind off them. It's a matter of dealing with my emotions... I let go of the emotions from the big things by complaining about the small things. And I keep the big things to myself to keep from bothering others with them. My emotions will seem kind of shallow because of this.
And I'm as open as a book - I'm easy to read; what secrets I have are hidden between the lines. An open door hides nothing, but an open man is surely hiding something... to quote from Robert Jorden's Wheel of Time series. Maybe not a direct quote, but close enough... Though, an open door can hide something, too. I don't know if that's relevant or not. But, it's true.
And, I'm not single. Nobody's asked to pair me, which is fine by me... because I'm not single. My love just doesn't have an account on here. Just putting it out there.
I also don't want any PC family UNLESS we've become real friends on here. My real friends can ask me if they want.
Oh, yeah. And although you've probably noticed if you managed to read this far down... I generally feel the need to explain almost everything, and thus write much longer messages than others think is necessary.
-I have not updated this in forever, and things change, but I still explain too much, and I really don't feel like sorting out what should stay and what should go. Same goes for practically all my info, so.
- Interests
- Pokémon, obviously, or I wouldn't be here.
If I was a trainer, I think I would be a breeder. But none of this perfect IV's crud. Not when they're real creatures, especially.
If the Light type existed, I'd primarily be a Light trainer. My other major types are Dragon and Psychic. I also like the Grass type somewhat.
I also like other roleplaying games besides Pokémon, though I don't really like MMOs. They're built for teamwork and competition, and I'm not. But I like turn based games, games where you collect things, and games with customization.
I played Oblivion (X-box 360) because it's super for customizing and collecting, even though it's not turn based. ^-^
Philosophizing and introspection are also things I often do. And I'm a bit of a science-basher. Ask me about that, if you really want to know...
I love creating things. This includes my Pokémon game, computer graphics, writing, and drawing, among other things.
I've been reading since I was two. I like Fantasy or Semi-Fantasy/Sci-fi, generally.
I have a heavy preference for happy endings, though such a thing doesn't actually exist.
Criticizing the school system - yes, that's a hobby. If you want to do that, just send me a VM, or a PM if you like; it's a subject I could probably rant on for days.
I like Yu-Gi-Oh, but... well. It's an interest, but not one I normally tend to talk with others over. Except my sister. ^^"
- Location
- Clear Island, Alacci
- Gender
- Female ♀
- Occupation
- Staying occupied :P
- Nature
- Mild
- Favorite Pokémon
- Latias and Latios;
Dragonite and Dragonair;
Eevee and its evos, especially Espeon;
Gardevoir and Gallade;
Chikorita and Meganium;
and Milotic.
Also, in general, any that I find pretty or cute. ^_~
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BART trains rolled along as usual on Monday morning but a strike threat still loomed for 400,000 San Francisco Bay Area riders because management and unions still hadn't agreed on a compromise.
Bargaining broke off at 2:45 a.m. Monday and was scheduled to resume again at 10:30 a.m.
The new strike deadline is now set for Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.
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"We need to bring this to a close, it's gone on long enough," BART's General Manager Grace Crunican said late Sunday night. BART offered its "last, best and final offer," upping its four-year offer for pay increases from 10.25 percent to 12 percent.
For the unions part, Antonett Bryant, leader of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said progress was being made, but the deal still wasn't sweet enough for the workers.
Riders on Monday said they were just sick of the ups and downs of a possible strike.
"Just get it together and get things done," Tony Hardin told NBC Bay Area from the Walnut Creek BART station. "It's kind of hard on people. I don't think they're thinking about everyday people."
For Antonio Smith, the planning around the possible strike is just a big headache. Take the ferry? Join a carpool?
"The unknown is tricky," he said.
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This new strike deadline follows after a weekend of negotiations. And as there were encouraging words of hope early Sunday from both sides, as the day turned to night, things began to turn bleak.
Sticking points in the 6-month-old negotiations include salaries and workers' contributions to their health and pension plans. BART workers currently pay $92 a month for health care and contribute nothing toward their pensions - generous benefits BART management is seeking to curtail. BART said workers from the two unions now average about $71,000 in base salary and $11,000 in overtime annually. Labor leaders were also pressing demands to make stations safer, such as better lighting in tunnels, bulletproof glass in agents' booths and improved restroom access.
Just after 10 p.m. on Sunday, state lawmakers who had been taking part in the negotiations this weekend held an impromptu news conference outside the negotiations.
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The politicians called on the unions not to strike, saying that the two sides had seen significant movement in the last few days. They also seemed to call out BART management for putting a "final offer" on the table Sunday afternoon and calling off talks. They asked BART to return to the table and continue negotiations and not to make the offer made Sunday a "final" offer.
"We have asked labor to hold off on any strike action, and it's our understanding that they are willing to take more time, and that's what we're encouraging," Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) said.
BART workers went on strike in July, walking off the job for nearly five days.
San Francisco mayor Ed Lee released the following statement on Monday:
"I urge both BART union and management to demonstrate the leadership necessary to get this deal done and end the uncertainty, frustration and cost to Bay Area commuters and the entire region. It is their duty and obligation to reach a fair and responsible agreement that will set BART on a sustainable fiscal path and one that honors workers and the traveling public.
People's very livelihoods hang in the balance adding to the additional frustration felt throughout the Bay Area today when both parties failed yesterday to reach an agreement.
BART carries hundreds of thousands of workers, students and families throughout our Bay Area. A BART strike hurts the very people we are obligated to serve. Again, I urge all parties, in the strongest possible terms, to come to an agreement today."
The Associated Press, NBC Bay Area's Monte Francis and Chase Cain contributed to this report.


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Massive structures spotted in deep space
Massive structures spotted in deep space
Massive structures in deep space discovered by amateur astronomer and astrophotographer John Lenard Walson, is a case I have been following a couple of years now. There has been some articles suggesting he is a hoaxer, but I am still waiting for some real evidence that can point out clearly it is a hoax. That´s why I put up this blogpost about these historic spaceship footages (which must be the right term if these UFOs are real), that has been circling the Internet for some time.
John Lenard Walson is the man who apparently found a new way to extend the capabilities of his small telescope and has been able to achieve optical resolutions at almost the diffraction limit. His specially outfitted amateur telescope has filmed not only the International Space Station, but many unidentified flying objects in the sky, resembling stars and constellations, that are in fact huge structured objects orbiting Earth 2,5 lightyears away. They are following the stars and constellations on their travel around the zodiac with millions of miles per hour, as if they came from these star constellations heading for earth and just stopped 2,5 lightyears away. These massive structures in deep space are captured with a camcorder or still camera attached to a telescope.
See for your self in this video below uploaded by Andy Bell to youtube…
Did William Cooper mention these spaceships in 1989?
Is there anything that supports JLW´s discovery? Well maybe. William Cooper mentioned an event from 1953, where astronomers discovered large objects in space, which were moving towards the Earth. The astronomers first believed it was asteroids, but later concluded it had to be intelligent controlled spaceships. Then the objects reached the earth, they took a very high geosynchronous orbit around the equator, and this seem to support JLW´s discovery of large objects in orbit far away from Earth, following the star constellations movement through the zodiac, which means these UFOs are located in an equatorial orbit. There were several huge ships, and their actual intent was unknown. Hear William Cooper talk about this particular event, starting from here
If they are not ours, which I do not believe they are, you have to ask yourself who operates these massive spaceships? How could we ever build such enormous structures? The machinery created to build structures on a massive scale like this, would be incomprehensible for us. If these are manmade, they have been very clever to hide it from us. Actually, they had to do it somewhere else than Earth. And the technology, energy and propulsion systems implied to these ships, must be way ahead of us. It´s simply far beyond what we know here on earth…
In some of John Lenard Walson´s video footages, one of the structures seem to transform (see that in the attached video at 14:50). If that is an atmospheric phenomenon that is causing this, I don´t know, but the size of the structure taken into consideration, recalls something I would express as God-like, and lots of questions comes up to mind…
- Who built these enormous structures?
- How many of them exists out there?
- How did they get there?
- Why are they there?
- Friend or foe..?
Well, I hope we some day will know what is up there.


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An injured and staggering girl is captured in the woods. She awakens tied to a post in a basement, with many people present. The girl's father, Harold, is about to light her on fire, and she initially pleads for him to save her but then quickly reveals she is possessed. She is then set on fire before Harold shoots her in the head.
The gory scene sets the stage for this much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-horror film, co-written and directed by Fede Alvarez. 'Evil Dead' is the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series. While it is the first not to be directed by Sam Raimi, Raimi himself chose Alvarez who will make his feature debut.
In the 2013 film, 'Evil Dead', five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.
Rated R for strong, bloody violence and gore, some sexual content and language, 'Evil Dead' will hit the big screen at Brush's Sands Theatre on the night of Friday, May 3 and run through Thursday, May 9, with show times set for 7:30 pm nightly and a 3pm Sunday matinee.
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Sisters and United MileagePlus® Premier® 1k members, Kelsey and Courtney Montague, are constantly traveling to create street art pieces for communities around the world. This year they teamed up with us to travel to Peru to explore the beautiful country, and to create a custom mural for a very special group of young women participating in the Peruvian Hearts program. Peruvian Hearts, now part of our Miles on a Mission program, works to support female leaders with access to education, counseling and peer support
Finding tranquility at Machu Picchu
As we hiked up the ancient steps of Machu Picchu, we were surrounded by Incan merchants, servants and townsfolk climbing the stairs to start their day. As foreigners not used to hiking at 7,9000 feet, the locals sprinted by us as we struggled up the steep steps, with the lush rainforest behind us and ancient city just beyond. But even with burning legs and straining lungs, it's likely anyone's breath would be taken away (as ours was) once they reached the clearing above this sprawling city in the clouds. All thoughts of the slightly tortuous route we took to this dazzling ancient city were forgotten the second we laid eyes on this UNESCO World Heritage site.
Along with my sister Kelsey, our Dad and our friend Clay felt the power and mystery when we all arrived at the vantage point over the city of Machu Picchu. The day before we had traveled all day from Denver flying in United's stunning United Polaris®. We slept fully flat on two excellent flights, curled up on down pillows and wrapped in Saks Fifth Avenue comforters. We slept soundly after feasting on steak and chocolate sundaes and spent a layover chatting with bartender, Steven, as he made us cosmos at the United Polaris lounge in Houston. It was wonderful, but the best part? Arriving in Peru so rested and relaxed we were able to completely savor this moment at Machu Picchu. A moment only made sweeter when our Dad turned to us and thanked us for taking him on the trip of a lifetime and giving him the opportunity to see a place he never thought he'd get to visit.
We explore the ruins with the wide eyes of children, enjoying every view and savoring every piece of information from our guide. Llamas 'own' the ruins and gently nudge tourists aside as they scamper between buildings to their favorite pasture. The terraces on the outskirts of the town were used to prevent soil erosion and to farm maize and beans. Condors soar above our heads, their keen eyes hunting for chinchillas tucked into the terrace rock walls.
Incan community members that lived or worked in Machu Picchu must have felt the same way we felt the first time they came across this thriving metropolis, situated on top of a mountain. Incan urban planners neatly organized centers for astrological studies, religious ceremonies, sports, commerce and farming. The buildings were built from granite and limestone, likely from a quarry located on the same mountaintop. Some buildings were so finely constructed scientists still don't quite know how the Incans did it.
At the end of the tour we come to the sacred rock — a perfect, flat replica of the Yanantin mountain behind it. Some mystical members of society believe that touching the rock transmits tremendous power. I won't lie that I quietly let my fingers graze the stone as a I walked by. Did I feel a sudden power rush? No. But did I leave Machu Picchu filled with a sense of wonder and a reaffirmed belief that anything is possible? Yes.
Partnering with Peruvian Hearts
The next morning, we awoke ready to tackle the most meaningful part of our trip to Peru — working with Peruvian Hearts.
Peruvian Hearts works to support women by giving them access to education, counseling and peer support. They are currently working with 32 talented, bright young women who they have hand-picked from secondary institutions across Cusco. They focus on supporting brilliant engineers, psychologists, teachers, scientists and doctors. These are the future female leaders that will change their communities, their country and the world for the better.
When we arrive to meet these scholars, they cheer, and each young woman gives Kelsey and me a hug. Overwhelmed, we both begin to cry. We are so grateful for our job as a traveling street art team, but we are on the road so much we are often very lonely. We can't remember the last time we received so many hugs or saw so many bright smiles.
When we arrive to the Peruvian Hearts headquarters a number of the young women tell us how they found Peruvian Hearts. Aldi, a brilliant engineer in training, was asked to join this special organization because she was first in her class in secondary school. She grew up in tough financial circumstances — her mother is ill and unable to work, and her father works in construction. As the only person in her family who has attended university, she is the primary hope of her family. Tears stream down her face as she describes how tough it has been for her family to survive. So many of these young women tell similar stories and carry the weight of their entire family's future squarely and proudly on their shoulders.
These stories reaffirm the reason Kelsey and I decided to join forces with United — we hope to make that weight on their shoulders a little lighter. As we worked on the mock-up for the mural to commemorate Peruvian Hearts, United decided to help in another way by including Peruvian Hearts in their new Miles on a Mission program. A first of its kind program, United MileagePlus members can now donate their miles to nonprofits they care about. Miles that will help young women like Aldi attend conferences in the United States or study abroad in Mexico.
Other women will be able to travel more freely between their studies in Lima and their families in Cusco. The young scholars were so excited to now be part of the United family and to have access to the connections a major airline can bring.
After an ideation period Kelsey decided to create a large-scale heart flock mural with 32 hearts on one side to represent the young women in the program and 32 hearts on the other side to represent those to come. Over two days we painted the piece and filled it with items that represent Peru (a llama, a condor, Peru's national flower and butterflies), Peruvian Hearts (pencils, books, and a shooting star) and a United airplane. As we worked on the piece the ladies sang, danced and told us their dreams. Dreams to travel, learn new languages, start meaningful careers and change their communities for the better.
When we finished the piece — two massive streams of hearts that appear to be coming from the person standing in the middle of the mural — the girls came to thank us. With cheers, hugs and kisses they explained how proud they were that this mural was for them and how it would continue to lift them up as they work hard to improve their circumstances.
At the end of this project Kelsey and I felt so blessed to be connected to such a wonderful group of women. At that moment we realized that is what art and travel should be about. Art and travel should connect us to each other as humans and to something deeper within ourselves — a desire to lift each other up.Visit United's Miles on a Mission program to support Peruvian Hearts .
February 12, 2020
As we continue to evaluate our operation between our U.S. airport hub locations and Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai as well as Hong Kong, we have decided to extend the suspension of those flights until April 24. We will continue to monitor the situation and will evaluate our schedule as we remain in close contact with the CDC and other public health experts around the globe.
We suspend travel to Hong Kong
February 4, 2020
In response to the continued drop in demand, we are suspending travel to Hong Kong beginning February 8 until February 20. Our last flights will depart San Francisco on February 5 (flight 877 and flight 869) and the last returning flight will depart Hong Kong on February 7 (flight 862).
Please check united.com for important travel information as well as current travel waivers.
Story by Priya Krishna | Photography by Marco Arguello | Hemispheres February 2020
A term that's often used to describe India's capital city is "organized chaos." This concept applies to every aspect of Delhi: the crowded streets, the boutiques and art galleries coexisting with centuries-old ruins, even the steady rhythms of the fruit vendors and chaiwalas traversing the city with their wares. As the capital, Delhi is home to some of the subcontinent's most famous sites, such as India Gate and Red Fort, but it also bears the scars of colonization—centuries during which it was divided and redeveloped in the name of the British Raj. In recent years, however, the city has undergone a transformation. Interwoven among the stately buildings and relics and beloved food stalls are new restaurants, markets, and developments that are leaning into India's bountiful heritage. Instead of gazing outward, Delhi, it seems, is finally looking inward.
Day 1: Exploring Old Delhi's mosques, street food stalls, and spice markets
There is no better way to deal with jet lag than to dive headfirst into the belly of the beast. Here, that means Old Delhi—the former capital of the Mughal Empire and, as the name suggests, the oldest part of the city. Old Delhi is 1,500 acres of sensory overload: rickshaw horns blaring, frying pooris giving off their nutty scent, and throngs of people (about 20 percent of the city lives here) weaving through narrow alleys and bustling streets.
But first, I load up on breakfast at The Oberoi, New Delhi, a venerable hotel right in the heart of the city. The spread is vast and varied, but I'm here for the idli, fluffy steamed rice cakes that taste like miniature clouds, served with a side of sambar (a tangy lentil and tamarind soup) and coconut chutney. To drink, a cup of milky, cardamom-laced chai. No one does mornings quite like Indians.
I've been visiting this city every couple of years since I was a kid. Also, I recently wrote a cookbook, Indian-ish, which features recipes partially inspired by what my parents ate growing up near Delhi. Indian culture normally dictates that I stay at my aunt's place, so it'll take some time to adjust to having a spacious room (and an automated toilet!) all to myself. But I'm excited to explore the city on my own for the first time.
After breakfast, I meet up with a Tours by Locals guide, Vishnu, and we take a short drive to Old Delhi. Along the way, we pass seventh-century ruins and the moat-lined stone wall that separated the palace complex from the rest of the city during Mughal times. I know we've reached our destination when we begin to share the road with cows and sugarcane juice vendors. Our first stop is one of India's largest mosques, the Jama Masjid, which was completed in 1656 to house relics of the prophet Muhammad. I can't help but compare the breathtaking structure—soaring red sandstone minarets, white marble domes, lines from the Quran carved in black onyx, a wide courtyard—to the Taj Mahal. "There's a reason for that," Vishnu says. "Same architect." That is, Persian visionary Ustad Ahmad Lahori, whom emperor Shah Jahan commissioned to design both.
From there, we take a brisk walk into Chandni Chowk, a busy stretch of markets where people are hawking everything from silver jewelry to gulab jamun (rosewater-dipped milk balls). I want to stop and browse at every stand, but Vishnu is on a mission—he wants to show me the havelis, centuries-old townhouses known for their elaborately decorated doors. I see one etched with incredibly detailed roses, another that's bright blue and outlined in mint-green vines. It's amazing that these painstakingly crafted relics are lingering in plain sight—you just have to know which alley to duck into.
That last part is tricky, because Chandni Chowk has a lot of alleyways (galis, in Hindi). I have my stomach set on one in particular: Paranthe Wale Gali, which is home to a cluster of stands that sell only stuffed breads called parathas. Vishnu directs me to the oldest of them, a simple setup with just a few tables and no decorations that dates back to 1872. The sign out front says, "Minimum Two Parathas are Necessary." That won't be a problem. I order two stuffed with paneer, a mild, non-melting Indian cheese, and watch as a cook rolls out the dough, folds in crumbled paneer dotted with fenugreek and coriander, rolls it out again, and then slides it into a pan filled with ghee. It's served alongside sabzis (stewed vegetables). I tear a piece off and dip it into a pumpkin sabzi. It's a rich, crisp, spicy, and slightly sweet mess.
I'm struggling to keep up as Vishnu bounds through the crowded streets. Here, pedestrians occupy the same space as animals, rickshaws, and cars. "Walk like an Indian," Vishnu advises as he charges into traffic. Rickshaws magically get out of the way. "It's about walking confidently." I try my best to mimic him, but I can't help but flinch at oncoming cows.
On Khari Baoli, one of the district's most bustling streets (and that's saying something), we browse a spice market, with its fragrant bags of cardamom pods and saffron threads, and then I pick up a vial of saffron perfume at a 100-year-old perfumery. My stomach rumbles. After all that walking, I'm hungry again.
I've been told that Karim's kebab house in Chandni Chowk is the spot for the city's finest grilled meats. The unadorned restaurant was started more than 100 years ago by the son of a chef who had been a cook in the court of the Mughal emperor, and the seekh kebabs are appropriately splendid. The glistening cubes of beef speckled with cumin and coriander are so tender they literally fall off the skewer.
After our (second) lunch, Vishnu motions me to follow him up a flight of stairs a few blocks from the restaurant. We ascend all the way to the rooftop, which yields a spectacular view. The entire city unfolds before me, from the grandeur of the Jama Masjid to the ornately decorated balconies of Chandni Chowk to the palatial government buildings freckled throughout New Delhi.
Back at street level, I spy a group of plumbers, electricians, and carpenters napping in the shade, awaiting customers. "It's a good system," Vishnu insists. "If you need a plumber, you know exactly where to find one." I've started adjusting to the pace of Old Delhi, but looking at those snoozing handymen, I'm reminded that I could use a nap too. Back to the hotel.
When I wake up, it's time for dinner at Indian Accent. The famed tasting menu restaurant by globe-trotting chef Manish Mehrotra is a far cry from Old Delhi—the dining room is spacious, serene, and dimly lit, with a certain earthy glamour. A parade of dishes appears: pepper crab topped with idiyappam (crisp rice noodles); pork ribs laced with Old Monk rum and mango pickle; and for dessert, makhan malai, impossibly light saffron cream topped with rose-petal jiggery brittle and almonds. "The idea is to do pan-Indian regional food, but make it new," Mehrotra explains as he serves the last course. "The presentations and combinations are unique, but it is all rooted in the food I grew up eating."
Belly full, I head back to The Oberoi and crawl into bed. I may be stuffed, but I'm already looking forward to everything I'll eat tomorrow.
Day 2: Checking out a famous fort, a gorgeous garden, and a giant jewel
Today starts with another round of idli and sambar. I could get used to this. Post-breakfast, my driver (it's relatively cheap to hire one, and you can usually book through your hotel) takes me to Red Fort, a fortress that was the Mughal emperors' primary residence. Considered by many to be Delhi's most important monument, it's surrounded by a mile and a half of imposing red sandstone walls, with ornately carved domes and tall watchtowers. Inside, I explore the houses of the Mughal royals: Rang Mahal, which was home to the emperor's wives and was once painted in bright colors and decorated with mirrors; and Diwan-i-Khas, where the emperor doled out justice from his bejeweled Peacock Throne (which was stolen in the 18th century).
Next on my list: Humayun's Tomb, which was built in 1569 to honor Emperor Humayun. With its triptych-style facade capped by an imposing dome, the tomb served as inspiration for the Taj Mahal, which was erected nearly a century later. As I get closer, I can see all the tiny details that make the 154-foot-tall structure so stunning: the complicated marble inlay patterns that line the facade, the latticed windows where light streams in. Surrounding the building is an almost artificially green garden.
Speaking of gardens, you might be surprised to know that Delhi—a city known for its crowded streets—is full of public parks. I'm off to see the most famous one: Lodi Garden, which was both a garden and a tomb for the rulers of the 15th- and 16th-century Lodi dynasty. By the time I arrive, the sun is out, and the infamous Delhi heat is arresting. It's well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and I've soaked through my T-shirt before I pass the entrance. That doesn't stop me from being amazed by the little differences in design from all of the other structures I've seen. The tomb of the ruler Muhammad Shah, for example, is octagonal, and the dome is topped with a lotus flower. Around me, I see couples cuddling on benches and elderly aunties out for a stroll, admiring all the native tree varieties.
I'm melting, though. Time for indoor activities.
Back in the car, air conditioner blasting, we drive by India Gate, another of the country's most famous landmarks, a memorial to Indian soldiers who died fighting in World War I. A sturdy 138 feet in height, it's an anchoring point of the city. We drive around the entirety of the monument, which is crowded with tourists taking photos. I'd do the same, but I'm still drying out. Also, I'm hungry.
I meet up with my aunt Manisha, who has lived her whole life in Delhi, at Café Lota. We're more than a decade apart in age, but when we're together we gab like old college friends. Warm, bubbly, and open to eating anything, she is also the perfect dining companion. Housed in the National Crafts Museum—a celebration of India's rich history of artisans and textiles—the breezy, indoor-outdoor café serves hyper-regional food showcasing the country's range of heritage lentils and grains. There's corn dhokla, savory fermented cakes from Gujarat adorned with crisped curry leaves, mustard seeds, and a fiery tomato chutney; cheela, a tangy pancake made of millet flour studded with chilies, paneer, cilantro, and green beans; and bhatt ki churkani, a stew of a local variety of black bean paired with rice and spicy potatoes. The flavors are wildly vibrant—unlike anything I've had before. I want to order even more food, but Manisha cuts me off. "We can barely fit what we have on the table," she points out.
The two of us digest our meals with a spin through the museum, where I find an early-20th-century purple sari embroidered with hunting scenes in gold thread. I'm also enamored of two hamsa (swan masks) from West Bengal, used in classical dance.
I'm exhausted, but Manisha wants to check out the National Museum—an exhibit called Jewels of India is showing 173 gems and items of jewelry made of precious stones found in India. I'm dazzled by the main attraction, the 184.75-carat Jacob diamond. I also fall in love with a seven-string pearl necklace called a satlarah. Suddenly, my J. Crew silver chain isn't quite cutting it.
My dinner reservation is at NicoCaara, located in the Chanakya, an upscale mall in Chanakyapuri. The restaurant is a collaboration with the chic Delhi clothing brand Nicobar, and the space is appropriately stylish, with botanical wallpaper and plants in gold pots hanging from the ceiling. Cofounder Ambika Seth is one of only a few restaurateurs in India focusing on local sourcing: The goat cheese comes from Rajasthan, the avocados from Bengaluru. "We have this colonial hangover based on this strange complex that imported was always better," Seth tells me over a plate of nutty zarai cheese, made at a farm in Uttarakhand, near the Himalayas. "That's changing with my generation."
The rest of the meal is a pageant of bold flavors—orecchiette with fresh pesto made using basil grown at Seth's organic farm, and a coconutty prawn stew from Malabar laced with rice noodles, lentils, and earthy mustard seeds. For dessert: a fluffy almond-orange cake with a dollop of not-too-sweet cream. I wish Manisha were here to try this—or at the very least to help me finish it all.
After dinner, I check into Bungalow 99, an apartment-style hotel centrally located in the Defence Colony neighborhood. The design here is minimalist and beautiful, but I barely have time to look around before my head hits the pillow.
Where to stay
Bungalow 99
More like a bed-and-breakfast than a hotel, Bungalow 99 is the kind of place that makes you feel like a local. This plant-filled family-run spot is wonderfully intimate, and Aditya, the owner, treats everyone like a guest in his home. A full breakfast is served in the dining room each morning, and every floor has a sun-filled living room and balcony, where you can lounge while looking out onto the lively area of Defence Colony.
The Oberoi, New Delhi
For a luxurious experience in a convenient location, there's no better place to stay than The Oberoi. Thanks to a 2016 renovation, the hotel has all the modern conveniences you could want—automated Toto toilets in suites, iPads in every room—but the design at this 50-plus-year-old institution still feels timeless. There are yoga classes every morning, and don't miss the breakfast buffet, with its unforgettable selection of regional Indian dishes.
Day 3: Marveling at the Lotus Temple, snacking on sweets, and shopping for saris
I've been told the place to be on Sunday is the farmers market at Bikaner House, a former palace of a maharaja that has been converted into an art gallery and cultural space. Every Sunday, vendors selling everything from fresh dosas to artisanal granola set up shop around the flower-lined entryway. Thankfully, the weather has cooled down, and I have my eye on a family-run stand called The Pickle Studio that specializes in achaar, or Indian pickles. I buy a pungent dry garlic version—whole cloves in chili powder and ghee. I can't wait to mix it into pasta sauce.
From there, I'm off to take in one last architectural marvel: the Lotus Temple, a house of worship for the Baha'i faith. Finished in 1986, it's new by Indian standards, but it's already an icon, drawing 3.5 million visitors a year. The flowering lotus shape, which reminds me of the Sydney Opera House, was chosen because it's a symbol of purity and peace. The petals of the temple are surrounded by nine pools and 26 acres of strikingly groomed gardens. Inside, light soars through the archways, directing my eye to the nine-pointed, gold-embossed star on the ceiling. Crowds of sari-clad elderly women stream by, elbowing me out of the way so they can take selfies against the backdrop of the temple.
For lunch, a few local food writers told me that one of the best restaurants in town is a tiny spot called Little Saigon in upscale Hauz Khas. Vietnamese food in India? I'm surprised. That was also the thinking of Ho Chi Minh City native Hana Ho, who came to Delhi in 2010 to cook at the Taj Palace hotel and opened this place when she noticed that there wasn't anywhere in town to get a decent banh mi or bowl of pho. "I wanted Indian people to know Vietnamese food the same way they know Thai or Chinese," she says. I enjoy a round of summer rolls that are a respite from the heat outside, followed by a cold noodle salad with homemade pork patties dappled with herbs. "The finishing touch," Ho tells me as she drizzles fish sauce over the top. The noodles sing with sweetness and acidity.
For dessert, I must make a stop at Evergreen Sweet House, one of India's most famous sweetshops and a place I've been frequenting since I was a kid. The store, a five-minute drive from Little Saigon, is a Willy Wonka's factory of activity and color. People visit from all across the country to taste its fresh jalebis and ghee-soaked, fudge-like laddoos. I'm here for the kaju ki barfi, silver foil–topped diamonds of cashew, milk, and sugar. They're soft, creamy, and not too sweet. Just perfect.
Now, time for a little shopping. First, I pop by Hauz Khas Village, where a string of eclectic shops have popped up around a historic reservoir. I duck into a vintage sign shop, Indian Art Collection, delighted by the old-school Bollywood posters, and then K.R. Stationers, where I pick up emerald-green envelopes embossed in gold lettering for friends back home.
Next, I head for nearby Khan Market—a posh retail district that's home to some of the most expensive boutiques in the city (as well as plenty of affordable shops). I pick up a few short kurtas (loose, collarless shirts) at FabIndia and tunics at Anokhi, which is known for melding traditional textile-making methods with modern designs.
While Delhi may not be India's epicenter of saris, thanks to the tucked-away shop Kamayani, you can peruse the full range of textiles the country has to offer, from the tie-dyed bandhani saris of Gujarat to the striped leheriya style of Rajasthan. The store's eponymous owner buys textiles from artisans all over India who have spent their lifetimes mastering classic sari-making traditions. She shows me close to 50 different pieces, each with its own story to tell. "These saris are works of art and treasures of our country," she says, unfolding a bright yellow linen garment adorned with orange diamonds and colorful tassels. "I am here to share those." I'm tempted to try one on, but I don't trust my clumsiness and mediocre sari-tying skills with the delicate fabric.
For dinner, I'm excited to try something new at Mizo Diner, which is devoted to the food of Mizoram, a part of northeast India bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh. The cuisine is heavy on rice, pork, and bamboo shoots, and it's not well represented in Indian restaurants, but owner and hip-hop/graffiti artist David Lalrammawia is out to change that. I enjoy vawska rap, a stick-to-your-ribs smoked pork stew with leafy greens, and sawhchiar, a chicken and rice porridge served with an addictive sweet-spicy onion jam. Drum-heavy Mizo music blares on the speakers, purple graffiti lines the walls, and the entrance to the kitchen is adorned with bamboo in a nod to the traditional homes of Mizoram—a region that's now high on my list to visit.
It's late by the time dinner wraps up, but even at 11 p.m. the city shows no sign of slowing. Car horns honk furiously, fruit vendors crowd around me to try and sell the last of their supply, and even with no sun, the air is hot and thick.
I gobbled up all the kaju ki barfi I meant to bring back to friends and family at home, so I make one last pit stop at Evergreen to pick up more sweets. Then I head back to Bungalow 99 and go to bed dreaming of smoky pork and saris the color of cotton candy and all the things I've discovered in a city I thought I knew, and where I've still barely scratched the surface.
The Taj Mahal
If you're visiting Delhi, you really should plan a quick overnight trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, one of the world's great wonders. The most direct way to get there is to hire a driver—the trip can take anywhere from three and a half to five hours, or longer, depending on traffic. You can also hop on the train, which is less expensive, slightly faster, and an experience unto itself (the New Delhi train station at any time of day makes rush hour at Grand Central Terminal seem tame). It's best to arrive in Agra at night and wake up before sunrise to go to the Taj, as this is when the heat and the crowds are the most manageable. Also: Watching the sun rise over the mausoleum's white domes is one of the most serene, stunning experiences you'll ever have.
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Could Sunday be any better for riding? I rode up Old LaHonda and down Old to 84 on the way to the coast. Old LaHonda has more new pavement. There's still a stop light on 84 approaching La Honda.
On the coast I headed south with hazy skies and moderate swell on the vast Pacific. At the overlook before the descent to the Pescadero turnoff I stopped and admired the view. A Japanese tourist riding a folding bike caught up and I took his photo.
As I rode up Pescadero Road I had a chance to see the whimsical triceratops and mammoth located on a landowner's farm. I miss seeing the Terminator on Stage Road. Too bad it was moved to a more secluded location nearby.
In La Honda I ran into John Woodfill. We rode up Alpine Road while discussing all manner of current events. At Skyline John headed down Page Mill and I went left, riding down Crazy Pete's Road and Alpine Road.
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On this day in history, one of the true heroes of my life was born; the inimitable Thelonious Sphere Monk. There is simply no sound on earth like the sound of his piano playing; no groove more perfectly, elegantly swinging; no melody more eccentrically soothing; no harmony more angularly, insightfully compelling; no music more idiosyncratically brilliant; Monk.
"There ain't no wrong notes on the piano." As good a mantra for life as any.
Listen, if you haven't already, to Monk's solo piano reinvention of "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea." I defy you to come away unconverted.
Monk is, for me, the archetype of everything I adore in life. My Grandfather Gene Logan, after careers running the gamut from USC football trainer and author of texts on anatomic kinesiology, to Navy man and bluegrass musician, ended up making his money in life as a sculptor; one of his great inspirations was a quote from Francis Bacon (the 16th century English philosopher, not the painter of, among other masterpieces, Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, though the quote could certainly apply to Mr. Bacon's work):
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Which is the sound of Monk. It is also your lover's face, and your child's tummy; it is a perfectly imperfect haiku, and Bukka White performing Shake 'Em On Down; it is a hand-harvested, wild-yeast-fermented, unfiltered, well-matured, gently and perfectly decanted bottle of wine, and it is the friends you share it with; your glorious, imperfect, strange, and wonderful friends.
You and everything around you is imperfect, and beautiful. Drinking wine and listening to Thelonious Monk is a meditation on this, an awareness ritual of the profoundest sort.
That oh-so-equally profound, and perhaps most spiritually intense of jazz musicians John Coltrane, once said of Monk, "When you learn one of Monk's pieces, you can't learn just the melody and chord symbols. You have to learn the inner voicings and rhythms exactly. Everything is so carefully related."
Everything is so carefully related. The Buddhist cosmology.
Complexity for complexity is nothing, just noise in the air. And simplicity for simplicity is just that; simple. But multi-tiered sheets of complexities upon complexities upon complexities; seamless integrated, and inter-related; am I talking Jazz? Or Wine? Or Life itself?
And speaking of mantras, the Monk quote I probably dig the most, because it's an instruction for anyone engaged in the creative act; musician or poet, winemaker or chef, architect or engineer, painter or photographer, any and all of us for whom an act of any kind is an exercise in creativity, to us all, Monk's reminder:
Everyone is influenced by everybody, but you bring it down home the way you feel it.
Bless you Thelonious Sphere Monk, on this, the anniversary of your birth on this earth, for bringing it down home the way you felt it.
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Economics Homework 2 - Model
Economics Homework - [1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12]
1. Fill in the blanks in the following sentence: The supply and demand for a good determine both the _________ and ___________ at which the good is sold.
- price and quantity.
2. Suppose the price demand curve for a particular good is P = $30 - Q, where P is the price and Q is the quantity. Also suppose the price supply curve is P = $6 + Q. At which price and quantity will the good be sold?
- Price and quantity are determined by where supply and demand equal each other. The supply price (P) must equal the demand price (P). Therefore:
- P = $30 - Q is equal to P = $6 + Q
Once we know that Q=12, then we can plug it back in:
We can check this answer by plugging P into the other equation and making sure we get the same value above of Q=12:
- Q=12 (which matches the Q above)
Therefore P=$18 and Q=12. Be sure to include the "$" for P.
3. When the supply of a good or service increases, such as increasing the number of oil wells, what happens to the market price of oil? Explain. When the demand for a good or service increases, such as more people driving cars that need gasoline (refined oil), what happens to the market price of oil? Explain.
- Greater supply of oil means less scarcity, more competition, and a need by the sellers to lower the price to sell their goods. So the market price decreases. When the demand increases for a good, there is greater scarcity and the sellers can raise their prices.
4. Why do grocery stores lower the price of their fruit (such as grapes) when they have an oversupply of ripened fruit? Explain by citing the downward slope of a demand curve, and describe what happens to this fruit after the grocery store lowers its price.
- The downward slope of the demand curve means that when price (P) decreases, then the quantity demanded (Q) increases. The seller needs to caues a greater demand for the ripened grapes, in order to sell them quickly before they rot and no one wants them. How does the seller cause an increase in demand? By lowering the price.
5. When the New York Yankees built their new $1.5 billion ballpark, they made a decision about how many "obstructed view" bleacher seats to include. Due to the design of this new stadium, people sitting in these "obstructed view" bleacher seats would not be able to see all of the field because stadium walls or poles or other fans would block part of their view. An economist studied the "supply and demand" in the market, and developed this table:
|Price/Ticket for an "Obstructed View" seat
|Supply quantity at that price
|Demand quantity at that price
|1000 (the high sales price => high supply)
|300 (the high sales price => low demand)
|300 (the low sales price => low supply)
|1200 (the low sales price => high demand)
(A) Given the above supply and demand (you might find it easier to graph it), how many "obstructed view" bleacher seats did the New York Yankees build, and how much does the team make from sales of "obstructed view" tickets at each game?
The price and quantity are where supply equals demand, which according to the table is at P=$15 and Q=600. Total revenue is then P times Q, which is $9000.
(B) Suppose the City of New York passed a law for a maximum price (a "price control") of $2 per "obstructed view" bleacher ticket, because politicians felt that fans should not pay more if they do not get a full view of the field. Will the obstructed-view seats sell out under this law, and will people have to wait in line in order to buy them? Would you oppose or support such a law, and why?
- The price control causes supply to decrease (because their is less revenue to the seller), and demand to increase (due to the Law of Demand). The result will be waiting lines and a sell-out of the cheap tickets. It will become impossible for some people to obtain these tickets, even though they were willing to pay the market price, and the seller may eventually decide not to offer these seats at all if he loses money on them.
- Most students opposed this government interference with the free market.
6. Suppose you own a restaurant, and your average customer spends $10. Suppose further that your marginal cost for each customer is $5. But in addition you have costs of $20 per hour in electricity and wages. From 6-7pm each night, you usually have about 40 customers, but then it decreases by 50% each hour thereafter as it gets later in the evening. At what time do you close your store for the night? Explain your answer.
The marginal profit (revenue minus cost) per customer is $5
- 6-7pm: profit is 40 customers times $5 each=$200, minus $20 per hour = $180 STAY OPEN
- 7-8pm: profit is 20 customers times $5 each=$100, minus $20 per hour = $80 STAY OPEN
- 8-9pm: profit is 10 customers times $5 each=$50, minus $20 per hour = $30 STAY OPEN
- 9-10pm: profit is 5 customers times $5 each=$25, minus $20 per hour = $5 STAY OPEN
- 10-11pm: profit is 2.5 customers time $5 each=$12.5, minus $20 per hour = NEGATIVE, CLOSE AT 10pm TO PREVENT THIS LOSS
7. Explain why waiting lists develop in countries (like Canada) where the government prohibits anyone from charging more than fixed prices for medical services, assuming that these fixed prices are lower than what the prices would be under supply and demand in the free market. (Hint: the reason is related to the effect of price controls on the supply of a good or service.)
- Price controls (fixed prices) cause the supply to decrease because the sellers cannot make as much as in the free market. If the price controls are much lower than the free market price, then many sellers may go out of business. In the case of medical prices, the price controls discourage people from practicing medicine or providing medical services. So there is not enough, and demand is greater than supply. The lower price, due to the Law of Demand, causes the demand to increase, which makes the shortage even worse. As a result of the shortage, waiting lists exist.


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Irvine Police have issued an arrest warrant for former Angel Scott Spiezio.
I've been extremely busy with a non-baseball project. I'll talk about it when I can.
You probably know that Frankie Rodriguez lost his arbitration hearing. He'll have to scrape by this year on just $10 million. I still think he'll depart as a free agent this winter.
Otherwise, so far it seems to be a blissfully quiet spring. No injuries of note.
Here in my home town, the Irvine Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former Angel Scott Spiezio. He's charged with drunk driving, hit-and-run and assault. The St. Louis Cardinals released Spiezio this afternoon after the story broke.
That's all I can talk about right now. I'll be at the minor league camp games March 16-18. The minor league spring training schedule is on the FutureAngels.com home page.


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On vacation in Savannah, I walked by a Banana Republic and found that they have gone all, "I Married Adventure" this spring. In fact, I stopped because the girl in the picture appeared to be holding her own copy of the Osa Johnson classic. It was entitles, "Banana Republic."
Here they are going for that "Four Years In Paradise" background.
This is their new Desktop Safari collection. Even if one is forced to work in an office, one can still be wanderlust and adventurous.
If you do care about the real adventure of Osa Johnson and not just the decorative flair of her books, check out his new biography by Kelly Enright. It is hard to believe in this twitterworld that people set out for trips that lasted years. ( A week in Charleston/Savannah and I was beat and I didn't have to shoot any of my food or sleep on the ground!) Letters took weeks to arrive and depart, camera equipment was REAL camera equipment with lens and big ol' tripods, and there were no cell phones. No phones at all. And no Banana Republic to buy your adventure frocks.
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