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Following the June 22nd episode depicting the much-hyped divorce announcement, viewership has significantly declined on TLC'S Jon & Kate Plus 8. The Season 5 premier had an estimated 9.8 million viewers compared to the 2.4 million viewers that tuned in this past Monday.
The show has been placed on hold but plans to return on August 3rd. According to TLC, this will give the Gosselins time to adjust. Despite the family issues, Kate plans to continue taping the reality hit. In a recent statement released on Tuesday, the Gosselins say they will no longer speak to the press.
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced Monday that Susan Axelrod would become FINRA's Executive Vice President of Regulatory Operations, a newly created position.
In her new role, Axelrod, former head of FINRA's Member Regulation Sales Practice area, will oversee enforcement, the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence and Member Regulation (Sales Practice, Risk Oversight and Operational Regulation and Shared Services).
Mike Rufino, chief operating officer of Member Regulation—Sales Practice, will assume the role of acting head of the Sales Practice group.
A FINRA spokesperson said that after the departure of Steve Luparello, who previously oversaw the groups now reporting to Axelrod in this newly created post, as well as Market Regulation, FINRA "took the time to evaluate the reporting relationships across the organization. After several months, the decision was made to consolidate reporting based upon the synergies between departments and their consistent mission to protect investors and vigorously prosecute those that engage in fraudulent activities."
Luparello's last day at FINRA was Oct. 7; he was interim CEO prior to being named vice chairman in 2009, and oversaw FINRA's regulatory operations, including Enforcement, Market Regulation, Member Regulation and Business Solutions. Luparello was instrumental in the creation of the Office of the Whistleblower and the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence in 2009.
Axelrod will report directly to FINRA's chairman and CEO, Richard Ketchum.
"Susan has dedicated her entire career to making sure investors are treated fairly. Her tremendous expertise across a wide range of FINRA's regulatory programs will support FINRA's critical mission to protect investors and ensure market integrity," said Ketchum, in a statement. "The synergies among the departments Susan will be heading lend themselves to a single reporting relationship, and Susan's passion for protecting investors and unparalleled commitment to achieving results will stand American investors in good stead."
Before becoming head of Member Regulation Sales Practice, Axelrod was senior vice president and deputy of Regulatory Operations, where she assisted in the oversight of Market Regulation, Enforcement and Member Regulation. Prior to joining FINRA in 2007, Axelrod was chief of staff to the CEO of NYSE Regulation. Axelrod began her career at NYSE in 1989 as a staff attorney in the division of enforcement and became an enforcement director in 1997.
Axelrod received her law degree from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1989 and her bachelor's degree from Emory University in 1986.

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Yellowstone National Park ... "Sunrise over Old Faithful"
George Mai Jron January 4, 2012
Great job on all of the images in this gallery. I have a lot of favorites here.
Brenda Tharpon December 8, 2011
Nice work, Dan! Good to see that you finally got the website up and running - a very nice collection of images in all your galleries.
JBon July 25, 2011
A wonderful body of work here Dan. You should be very proud of your images. Strong composition and well crafted from the processing perspective.


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Competition Galleries
The galleries show photographs from Monthly and Annual Internal Competitions.
Currently there are six internal competitions in each season. The first five are roughly spaced at one-monthly intervals, whilst the sixth chooses Images Of The Year.
Monthly competitions have both print and digitally projected image sections, whilst the annual competition also splits the prints into Colour and Monochrome.
Four of the Monthly competitions are "Open" and one has set subjects.
Use the links below to download a printable competition form in .pdf or Word format.


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It's not every Monday that we kick off the week with a round of "awesome indie movie title", but I'm feeling frisky so here it goes. Check out "Bong of the Dead". Aaah, an oldie but a goodie. Enjoy.
The Brian Keene novel "Dark Hollow" has been picked up for adaptation. The Story follows a half-man, half-goat "Satyr" who begins luring all the women of a small town into the woods with his spell. The men, pissed off about losing their women, go out into the woods to confront the evil. Another cool aspect of this is that he dropped the story of the acquisition on his Twitter feed, which seems to be happening more and more lately.
Here's an interesting little Japanese slasher called "Invitation Only". While digging through details I also discovered that it stars Japanese "actress" Maria Ozawa. Who is that you might ask? Let's just say if you're going to Google her, you may want to wait until you're in the privacy of your own home... with the lights off... and the door locked.
I was staying away from the rumor but today we have confirmation, Elizabeth Shue is confirmed for the remake of "Piranha 3D". The film, being shot in the newest 3D technology, is being written/directed by Alexandre Aja, of "Hills Have Eyes" and "Mirrors" fame. Shue will play the role of Sherriff Julie Forester, a "take-charge authority figure in the community of Lake Victoria". Sounds sassy!
And finally, a little treat for you on this Monday, a much better look at Megan Fox in Diablo Cody's "Jennifer's Body". Don't ever say I'm not looking out for you guys.


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Apple Inc chief executive officer Tim Cook said the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers from China to the US next year.
Industry watchers said the announcement is both a cunning public-relations move and a harbinger of more manufacturing jobs moving back to the US as wages rise in China.
Cook made the comments in part of an interview taped for NBC's Rock Center, but aired on Thursday morning on Today and was posted on the network's Web site.
In a separate interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, he said that the company will spend US$100 million next year to move production of the line to the US from China.
"This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people and we'll be investing our money," Cook said.
That suggests the company could be helping one of its Taiwanese manufacturing partners, which run factories in China, to set up production lines in the US devoted to Apple products.
Research firm IHS iSuppli said that both Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), which assembles iPhones, and Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), which does the same for MacBooks, already have small operations in the US.
Apple representatives had no comment on Thursday beyond Cook's remarks.
Apple and Foxconn have faced significant criticism this year over working conditions at the Chinese facilities where Apple products are assembled. The attention prompted Foxconn to raise salaries.
Cook did not say which line of computers would be produced in the US or where in the country they would be made.
However, he said that the production would include more than just final assembly.
That suggests that machining of cases and printing of circuit boards could take place in the US.
The simplest Macs to assemble are the Mac Pro and Mac Mini desktop computers. Since they lack the built-in screens of the MacBooks and iMacs, they would likely be easier to separate from the Asian display supply chain.
Analyst Jeffrey Wu at IHS iSuppli said it is not uncommon for PC makers to build their bulkier products close to their customers to cut down on delivery times and shipping costs.
Regardless, the US manufacturing line is expected to represent just a tiny piece of Apple's overall production, with sales of iPhones and iPads now dwarfing those of its computers.
Apple is latching on to a trend that could see many jobs move back to the US, said Hal Sirkin, a partner with The Boston Consulting Group.
He added that Lenovo Group Ltd (聯想), the Chinese company that is neck-and-neck with Hewlett-Packard Co for the title of world's largest PC maker, announced in October that it will start making PCs and tablets in the US.
Chinese wages are raising 15 percent to 20 percent per year, Sirkin said.
US wages are rising much more slowly, and the country is a cheap place to hire compared to other developed countries like Germany, France and Japan, he said.
"Across a lot of industries, companies are rethinking their strategy of where the manufacturing takes place," Sirkin said.
Cook said in his interview with NBC that companies like Apple chose to produce their products in places like China, not because of the lower costs associated with it, but because the manufacturing skills required are not present in the US anymore.
He added that the consumer electronics world has never really had a big production presence in the US.


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text: Brian Saramago named to U.S. U-19 roster for Copa de Athletico Tweet © HARRISON, N.J. (January 27, 2016) – United States U-19 head coach Brad Friedel has named Red Bulls Academy player Brian Saramago to a 23-player roster for the Copa de Athletico tournament in Canary Islands, Spain, the team's first tournament of 2016. "Brian has been one of the most consistent attacking talents in his age group for the past few seasons," Red Bulls U-18 head coach Simon Nee said. "The U-19 call up was well earned with the form Brian showed before the winter break and the tournament will be an excellent opportunity for him in his development against top class international opposition." Saramago, a native of Garden City Park, N.Y., currently plays for the Red Bulls U-18 in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and has prior experience with the national team. In September 2015, the forward was called up alongside Tyler Adams and Matthew Olosunde to the final U.S. U-17 camp in the lead up to the FIFA U-17 World Cup. With Red Bulls U-18, he started 10 games in the 2015 Fall season and scored a team-high nine goals, including four goals in the final three games of the season at the U-18 Development Academy Winter Showcase. In the 2014-15 season with Red Bulls U-16, Saramago scored a team-high 31 goals in 32 games. Last Spring, Saramago played with New York Red Bulls II, the Red Bulls' professional United Soccer League team, and saw action in five games, including one start. The tournament runs from Jan. 27 - Feb. 6 and will feature three matches. The U.S. will face Spain on Feb. 2, followed by France on Feb. 3, and finish against Canary Islands on Feb. 5. All players on the roster were born in 1998 and could potentially earn a spot on the U.S. U-20 squad that will play in the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Nicaragua with the aim of gaining a berth for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. U.S. U-19 Roster (23 players): GOALKEEPERS (3): Benjamin Hale (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), William Pulisic (Richmond United; Mechaniscville, Va.), Kevin Silva (PDA; Bethlehem, Pa.) DEFENDERS (8): Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; Grapevine, Texas), Tanner Dieterich (RSL Arizona; Nashville, Tenn.), David Longo (Weston FC; Weston, Fla.), Hector Montalvo (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Edwin Munjoma (FC Dallas), John Nelson (Internationals Soccer Club; Medina, Ohio), Grant Robinson (DC United), Auston Trusty (Philadelphia Union; Media, Pa.) MIDFIELDERS (9): Eric Calvillo (Real SoCal; Palmdale, Calif.), Pierre Da Silva (Orlando City SC; Port Chester, N.Y.), John Denis (Beachside SC; Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), McKinze Gaines II (Lonestar SC; Austin Texas), David Loera (Orlando City SC; Orlando, Fla.), Terrell Lowe (Portland Timbers; Hillsboro, Ore.), Weston McKinnie (FC Dallas; Little Elm, Texas), Djordje Mihailovic (Chicago Fire; Lemont, Ill.), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas; Highland Village, Texas) FORWARDS (3): Simon Lekressner (Crossfire Premier; Bellevue, Wash.), Brian Saramago (New York Red Bulls; Garden City Park, N.Y.), Ethan Zubak (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.) Back to news


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Thanks for your comments. I have not been on this sight for some time now .... health issues. About the sheep baby quilt .... instead of using cotton fabric for the sheep bodies, I substituted fleece. That gave the animals the "touch me" feel that babies love. I'd love to see what you do. Glad I was of help. Carol_Ann
Thank you for your kind comments on my baby quilt!
I left you the recipe in your post for the pineapple casserole. Hope you like it!
Hi and thanks for the lovely comment on my quilt. I had seen a picture of it, but didn't know the name at the time I made it. It's just HSTs. But now I know it's called the Carpenters Star. Here's a link http://www.maryquilts.com/wp-content...-Star-rev1.pdf If I do another one, I'll know to change up the colors a little and it'll be dimensional. Hope this helps.
I'm so glad to hear that you like my quilt! I like it, too. It was fun to make. My kitty is only a mutt, not a Siamese at all. His mother was a black with white cat with green eyes and his father a black cat with golden eyes. You never know what kind of kittens you're gonna get out of a litter! He is a sweetie pie, just a bit dumb. He's a pleasant companion when I sew.
Thank you so much for visiting my "Storm At Sea" quilt on Dec.18th and your very kind comments. It was pure pleasure to make that quilt. My teacher said it couldn't be made on a sewing machine, but I proved her wrong. Piece and blessings, Vicki
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(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Kodak said creditors agreed to backstop an offering that would let the Rochester, New York-based company issue 34 million common shares at $11.94 each, equal to about 85 percent of the equity of a reorganized company.
"This agreement, which serves as a critical component of the capital structure for the emerging Kodak, positions us to comprehensively settle our obligations with our various key creditor constituencies," Kodak Chief Executive Antonio Perez said in a statement.
Kodak has said it hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 in the third quarter of this year.
It said proceeds from the rights offering would go to repay various creditors, including more junior second-lien creditors who would no longer receive equity in the reorganized company.
Kodak said its official committee of unsecured creditors has advised that it supports the backstop and rights offering.
Creditors proposing the backstop are GSO Capital Partners, BlueMountain Capital, George Karfunkel, United Equities Group and Contrarian Capital, Kodak said.
Kodak sought protection from creditors in January 2012 amid high pension costs, and after falling many years behind rivals in embracing digital technology in its photography business.
The company has since sold a variety of assets and plans to emerge from Chapter 11 as a commercial imaging business.
The case is In re: Eastman Kodak Co, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-10202.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Stephen Coates


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text: Hi everyone. Today I'd like to show you my current favourite piece in my wardrobe, my new coat from Kitten D'Amour. I loved this coat from the moment I saw it but I wasn't sure if I could justify purchasing it since it was rather pricey and I already have so many coats. But with the 20% off sale, and given that I couldn't get the coat out of my mind, I decided to add it to my collection. I certainly have a need for coats since I leave early for work and live far away. This coat has the added benefit of being much longer than my others so it will be nice and warm (although I do wish it was ever so slightly shorter). I love the faux fur collar. I don't like an excess of fur like with many of the other Kitten D"Amour coats but this one is just the right amount. This coat is very nice and fitted and I love the silhouette but I'm surprised but how much of a small make it is. I can't wait to wear this to and from work tomorrow. What are your most recent purchases?


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1999 Lexus RX 300
The 1999 Lexus RX 300 may be the ultimate luxury car/SUV hybrid. It offers a seemingly perfect compromise between a luxury sedan and a truck-based sport-utility vehicle.
It offers sure traction in foul weather, responsive handling on paved and unpaved roads, a smooth ride, maneuverability in crowded parking lots, and easy access to a luxurious interior. RX 300 is not the ultimate off-road vehicle, but it handles corners almost as well as a sedan and easily tackles unpaved roads and heavy snowfall. A low floor height makes sliding in and out easy, yet there's plenty of ground clearance for light off-highway driving. Four people can sit comfortably or the seats can be folded down for hauling a load a wood.
Modern, sporty and rugged, the unique styling of the RX 300 fits in well in upscale urban settings. Individual round headlamp reflectors are housed under aerodynamic clear covers, while projector-beam foglamps add to the sports appeal. Taillamp lenses designed along a similar theme complement the headlamps. RX 300 is as aerodynamic as it looks with a low 0.36 coefficient of drag, which helps reduce wind noise.
In size, the RX 300 is slightly longer and wider than a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Like a car, it employs a unitbody chassis instead of the inherently heavier body-on-frame design used on most trucks and sport-utilities. Though a few bits come from the Lexus ES 300 sedans, the RX 300 is built on a unique and totally new platform.
A 3.0-liter, all-aluminum V6 delivers 220 horsepower and 222 foot-pounds of torque. It's a sophisticated unit with four cams, 24 valves, continuously variable valve timing, a three-stage variable intake system and a two-way bypass exhaust system. Tuned to deliver good low-rpm torque, it provides brisk launches from standing starts and healthy propulsion up steep hills.
Front-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive models are available.
The four-wheel-drive system operates full time and requires no action from the driver. It splits engine torque equally between the front and rear wheels on the highway, but when things get slippery a viscous limited-slip center differential directs torque to the wheels with the most traction. An optional limited-slip rear differential aids traction further and enhances control. Lexus developed a completely new four-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission with an integrated transfer case to work with the system. No low-range gear set is available.
Four-wheel antilock disc brakes (ABS) are standard. Front and side airbags are standard along with shoulder belts with pretensioners and force limiters.
Prices for a front-wheel-drive model start at $32,500, while the four-wheel-drive model begins at $33,900. (All prices include $495 destination charge.)
Interior Features
While most sport-utilities require a step up and sports cars require ducking down, the RX300 allows you to slide straight in. Once in, drivers are treated to comfortable seats and a beautiful interior. Ours came in an elegant light beige leather.
We thought the U-shaped piece of wood trim capped by a pair of vents on the center looked a bit odd, but our colleagues disagree, saying it nicely complements the RX300's interior and exterior design.
Regardless, everything works magnificently. All the switchgear operates flawlessly and all controls are positioned exactly as one would expect. One thing that isn't positioned exactly as you'd expect is the shift lever, which is mounted in the center instrument panel. This design frees some floor space between the front seats for small packages, purses or a brace of Big Macs. It also makes it easier to slide to the other side.
Rear seats slide forward and aft to create legroom or increase cargo space. They also recline individually.
Underway, the RX 300 is supremely smooth and whisper quiet, though the little sunroof spoiler generates quite a bit of wind noise when the sunroof is open.
Driving Impressions
We spent a rainy day driving a four-wheel-drive RX 300 on a gravel West Virginia road covered with patches of light snow and mud, and a week on interstates, winding rural roads and city streets around Annapolis, Maryland.
While the interior is superb, ride quality and handling prowess are among the RX 300's best features. Supremely stable in high-speed sweeping turns, the RX 300 also seems at home on winding mountain roads, dispatching them as deftly as a sedan. There's none of the wallowing and turn-in stability compromises found on truck-based SUVs.
With 7.7 inches of ground clearance, the RX 300 easily forded a roadside ditch and berm. But its crisp, predictable handling on loose surfaces won our hearts. The RX 300 can be driven quite quickly over gravel and dirt roads and bumps do not upset it when driving hard through loose corners. Pushed beyond its limit, the front tires wash out predictably–the rear end never, ever steps out. All of this instills confidence while driving on loose surfaces. It's also a major benefit when rounding a slippery corner that tightens up just before a deer darts out onto the road. This happened to us and the RX 300 performed precisely and predictably.
The front-drive model is well worth considering for those who live in the Sunbelt because it handles beat up city streets and potholes better than a sedan. Being lighter, it is a bit quicker than the four-wheel-drive model and electronic traction control is available to aid control on slippery surfaces. Still, it seems a shame to pass on the RX 300's four-wheel-drive system because it increases stability in the rain and improves driver control in emergency maneuvers–even on dry, sunny days.
Ride quality on paved roads is silky and controlled. Big bumps on unpaved roads are well damped. RX 300 does not ride quite as well on rough roads as the larger, more expensive, more off-road-oriented Lexus LX 470. Washboard surfaces generated some vibration.
Steering is precise and direct, allowing smooth cornering lines and stable high-speed cruising. Bridgestone Dueler H/T tires are quiet on the highway and provide good grip on and off road. Stiff, light-truck sidewalls give them good protection for light off-pavement use. Overall, they are a good choice. Slightly more aggressive tires would be beneficial for anyone who frequently drives on unpaved roads by reducing braking distances and providing better grip in slippery corners.
The V6 engine is silky smooth and offers excellent around-town and highway performance. It accelerates briskly from a standstill. Passing performance at higher speeds is not its strongest suit, however, and it bogs a bit when upshifting from second to third gear. Overall, it's a wonderful engine.
Braking is smooth and consistent, though we found the pedal a bit soft. Antilock brakes enhance control by allowing the driver to brake and steer away from hazards without losing control. Come around a corner, panic, slam on the brakes, and the RX 300 steers and stops without unwanted drama. But ABS can increase stopping distances on muddy, unpaved roads or in the snow and we wish we could switch it off under certain conditions; RX 300 is by no means unique in this regard.
We give an enthusiastic thumbs up to the Lexus RX 300. Its excellent handling and exceptional traction on slippery surfaces make it a perfect luxury vehicle for people who drive on snow-covered or unpaved roads. RX 300 provides almost as much cargo space as a Jeep Grand Cherokee, but boasts vastly superior ride and handling. Inside it looks, feels and drives like a luxury sport sedan.
However, the RX 300 may not be the ultimate off-road vehicle, nor the brawniest in towing capability. But most people don't drive off road anyway. For that reason, the RX 300 heralds one of the directions SUVs are headed.
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British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) provides a wide ranging sporting programme in 50 sports to member institutions all over Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sporting Opportunities and BUCS are working together to offer students a wider range of volunteering initiatives both in the UK and Overseas.
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"I travelled to Ghana not knowing what to expect, but after just a few days of my cricket coaching placement I felt right at home. All the kids were so keen to learn, and the local staff and coaches were really supportive."Jason Drummond , Cricket, Ghana
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"I never imagined that our presence in the townships could have such a huge impact on the kids and be so greatly appreciated. It's an experience I'll never forget."Matt Harland , Football, South Africa
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"Initially I had minor worries that a girl football coach would not be respected, but as soon as I got there, this illusion was proven very wrong!"Lucy Mills , Football, Ghana
"Hola amigos! Just got back to the UK after a epic trip out in Buenos Aires. I can safely say that it's one of my favourite places in the world.So many things make this city great be it the food, women, wine, or footy!"James Kennedy , Football, Argentina
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The paper summarizes the experience gained with the ISS water management system during the missions ISS-1 through ISS-17 (since November 2, 2000, through October 23, 2008). The water supply sources and structure, consumption and supply balance and balance specifics at various phases of space station operation are reviewed. The performance data of the system for water recovery from humidity condensate SRV-K and urine feed and pretreatment system SPK-U in the Russian orbital segment are presented. The key role of water recovery on board the ISS and the need to supplement the station's water supply hardware with a system for water reclamation from urine SRV-U is emphasized. The prospects of regenerative water supply system development are considered.


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Census Records for Michigan
This entry was originally written by Arleigh P. Helfer, Jr. and Carol L. Maki for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1820 (six counties and Detroit), 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
Industry and Agriculture Schedules
• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Mortality Schedules
• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Union Veterans Schedules
• 1890
A complete set of federal population and supplemental schedules are available on microfilm at the State Archives of Michigan/Library of Michigan along with available AISI indexes (see page 3). Other repositories in the state have population schedules, Soundex, and indexes, while the Burton Historical Collection in Detroit and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hold those for Michigan and numerous other states as well.
Territorial and State
Numerous state and territorial censuses were taken in Michigan, although few are extant. In 1710 the French compiled the first Michigan census. The 1710 census and numerous others through the year 1792 are of the Detroit area, for the most part. Fort Saint Joseph had a census taken in 1780 (Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, vol. 10, 1908, 406-07), as did Wayne County in 1796, which was printed in National Genealogical Society Quarterly 64 (1981): 185-94. A tax list of Wayne County in 1802 and a list of residents of Detroit in 1805 may be considered early enumerations of Michigan population. Sources discussing the state censuses more comprehensively include Donna Valley Russell's Michigan Censuses 1710'1830 Under the French, British, and Americans (Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1982) and 'State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasures,' Family Trails 6 (Summer/Fall, 1978).
Microfilm copies of the state census schedules for 1845, 1854, 1864, 1874, 1884, and 1894 are held by the State Archives of Michigan; some are partial and/or incomplete. The Library of Michigan in Lansing and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, also hold Michigan territorial and state census records as early as 1827. Prior to 1884 the state census names only the head of the household. The 1884 census, however, will identify those in each household that have married within the census year, giving the month of and the location of the marriage. There are also mortality schedules included in the 1884 and 1894 state censuses. A special Civil War Veteran Census was taken by the state in 1888; the manuscript of this census is at the state archives. See State Archives Circular No. 9, State Census Records in the State Archives, available from the archives.
McGinnis's publication (see Background Sources for Michigan) has a county-by-county listing of the state and territorial censuses that do exist. A list and location of schedules is also available from Michigan Historical Collections Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
External Links
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Producers of Broadway tuner "Bring It On" have opted to shutter the show a bit earlier than previously announced, with the musical now set to close Dec. 30.
Originally a limited booking through Oct. 7, "Bring It On" yielded solid enough sales after it opened this summer to spur an extension to Jan. 20. In shortening that extension, "Bring It On" avoids the box office crash that invariably hits Broadway in early January, right after the holiday tourism boom that causes an annual spike in sales.
Based on the franchise of cheerleader comedies that launched with Universal's initial bigscreen outing in 2000, the stage version of "Bring It On" bowed at Atlanta's Alliance Theater ahead of a 13-city tour that finished up on Broadway, where the show opened Aug. 1. Jeff Whitty ("Avenue Q") pens the book for the show with a score by Lin-Manuel Miranda ("In the Heights"), Tom Kitt ("Next to Normal") and Amanda Green ("Hands on a Hardbody"). Andy Blankenbuehler ("In the Heights") directs and choreographs.
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News of the show's new Broadway closing comes just after a down week for the tuner, which saw sales slide 31% to $365,689 and attendance drop to 56% — although that falloff was likely exacerbated by the fact that it was first week of the extension following the show's original Oct. 7 closing date.
Universal Pictures Stage Prods./Glenn Ross, Beacon Communications/Armyan Bernstein and Charlie Lyons produce "Bring It On" with exec producers Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson. Future tour dates for the tuner are a possibility for the 2013-14 season.


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During the past decade, Japan's major source of competitive advantage in the global automotive industry has been its ability to bring new, high-quality products rapidly to market. Simultaneously designing a product and its manufacturing system (often referred to as concurrent or simultaneous engineering of overlapping tasks) is generally seen as the salient characteristic of this competitive edge; Toyota, the most successful Japanese automotive company, is credited as one of the originators of concurrent engineering (CE).1 To compete, U.S. companies have implemented CE, largely through organizational design, creating highly structured design processes and multifunctional, often collocated, design teams, with intense communication among team members, including supplier engineers.2 Several U.S. companies (most notably, Chrysler and Ford) have reduced the length of the product development cycle, in part through such organizational changes.3
Our research has found, however, that Toyota uses a relatively unstructured development process, its multidisciplinary teams are neither collocated nor dedicated, and, in the case of suppliers, Toyota communicates intensively about product development with a smaller portion of its supply base than do U.S. auto companies (but Toyota suppliers give their customer higher marks for communication effectiveness than U.S. suppliers give their automakers). Moreover, while in most cases CE seeks to freeze specifications quickly, Toyota's engineers and managers try to delay decisions and provide their suppliers with hard specifications very late in the process. And, while conventional concurrent engineering reduces the number of prototypes, Toyota's suppliers seem to multiply prototypes, in some cases to an apparently absurd degree.
The Second Toyota Paradox
In our view, the first Toyota paradox is its production system, which includes delivering just-in-time; breaking production into lots far below "minimum economical order quantity"; having each worker, rather than professional inspectors, check the previous worker's results; allowing any worker to stop the line and installing automatic line stops; adding many tasks to a single workstation; and encouraging workers to redesign their own jobs, rather than having trained industrial engineers break the work down and prescribe procedures. Few guessed that these methods would prove compatible with, and perhaps essential to, factory efficiency well above Japanese companies' already high average.
Toyota's use of what we call set-based concurrent engineering is the second Toyota paradox. We believe that Toyota's development innovations may be nearly as important as the Toyota production system — and as confusing at first glance.


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I not only get pleasure out of watching trains go around and of operating a layout, I also increasingly get pleasure out of building a layout. While 3D printing is good for T scale, I've tried experimenting with scratchbuilding a couple of freelance buildings, largely in cardboard . Photos attached:
* A stone station building, fairly typical of a GWR branch line station. I made the card building and faced it with fine glass paper painted grey which I scored to try to get the effect of individual stones - which didn't do the craft knife any good! The roof is just painted card, scored to get a tile effect, but the tiles are much too big. The posters are made from small pieces of pages of magazines, carefully chosen to get a poster effect. Looking closely, they are not exactly 'square' nor all the same size but that doesn't seem too noticeable. The windows are also not 'square' and I tried several ways of getting the window pane effect. Most of them I just ended up using a paintbrush, and it shows, but one on the platform side I made from grey-painted paper on which I painted a white line between two pieces of masking tape. The platform awning also isn't 'square'. All this emphasises the importance of getting things exactly right in this scale.
* A thatched cottage. The card building is faced with ordinary white 80 gsm paper on which I drew the half timbering with a fine black texter pen. This time I tried to get the window frame effect by gluing on thin pieces of white paper, on some more successfully than others. The thatch is human hair obtained from my wife's hairdresser (having her get it for me avoided the need to explain the blonde hairs in the house!), carefully glued onto card. Initially I tried to glue the hair over the ridge but that didn't work well so I tried again by making each side of the roof separately, gluing on the hair and then gluing both sides of the roof onto the building. The top bit that goes over the ridge (don't know what it's called) is just painted paper; obviously I didn't get a perfect match with the hair colour. Even human hair is over-scale for T gauge, of course, but it's the overall effect that counts.
While up close and personal the flaws in the buildings are obvious, from the usual three feet away they don't look too bad. And even though from that distance some of the detail doesn't smack you in the eye, sub-consciously I think it affects how the buildings are viewed.


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Originally posted for Tombstone Tuesday on May 25th, 2010, I thought it appropriate to re-post this blog for Veteran's Day this year. In doing so, I'd also like to take this time to thank all of the Veterans everywhere for serving our Great Nation. Thank-you.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.-- Elmer Davis
The the Franco-American War Veterans' Memorial at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Chelmsford, Massachusetts was dedicated on Tuesday, May 30th, 1933 and sits at what was once the main entrance of the cemetery along Riverneck Road. It's made from the highest grade granite and is twenty-one and one-half feet long, five and one-half feet in height, by one and one-half feet wide, it is surmounted with 3 flag staffs.
On the left and right sides of the monument there are the following inscriptions; A LA MEMOIRE DE CEUX QUI TOMBERENT, and EN L'HONNEUR DE CEUX QUI SERVIRENT which translate to: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED, IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED. In the center of the monument there is the inscriptions GUERRE MONDIALE, 1917-1918 and LES FRANCO-AMERICAINS RECONNAISSANTS. which translate to: WORLD WAR 1917 - 1918, GRATEFUL FRANCO-AMERICANS
According to Albert V. Cote's website, The Franco-Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts, the monument was refurbished by the Franco-American War Veterans, Post No.4 of Lowell, MA, in the early 1990s. This refurbishment added two brass plates (I did not find) and the English translations of the left and right side inscriptions. Also added was the inscription, FRANCO-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS POST NO. 4 1995. And to the back of the monument, Refurbish Committe May 27, 1995. Ronald Sevigny, Roland Provencher, Arthur Papillion, Ronald Guilmette, Leo Cloutier and Leo Martin.
Also laid to rest, in order of interment, are:
Hormisdas Gauthier
*Ernest Villandry
*Oscar Rene
*Peter Dufour
Joseph Forbes
Alexandre Gagnon
*Mathias St. Laurent
Gilbert Richard
*Harry Porter (Ira F. Porter)
Ovila Briere
Salluste Fournier
Joseph Bedard
*Walter St. Hilaire
*Peter Desmarais
*Louis Dube
George A. Richard
Louis Provencher
Rocky Ambrosino
Ovila Frenette
Antonio Roussell
Joseph R. Laferriere
Victor Charette
Rosario Martineau
Raymond O. DeMange
Raymond A. Ferris
Roland Gagne
Henry J.Couture
Armand J. Carbonneau
Leo S. Harnois
Raymond P. Vincent
Perley R. Munsell
Omer Frechette
Raymond. E. L'Heureux
William B.Aresenault
Paul J. Pare
Arthur J. Proulx
Gerard R. Gauthier
Paul L. Greenwood Sr.
John H. James Jr.
Franklin D. Ambrosino
Walter, J. Ciesla
Raymond J. Landry
George N. Gilbert
Joseph R. Corcoran
Joseph Leo Lacourse
John J. Mele Jr.
Eugene Sylvain
Daniel Lavoie
Calvin Simpkins
Robert W. Finn
Leo R. Plante Jr.
Norman M. Ayotte
Daniel A. Thompson
Ralph N. Biron
Richard J. Marshall
Donald G. Foote
Paul H. Durand
Thomas Olivera
Erected to honor the memory of Franco-American war heroes, this monument was dedicated on Tuesday, May 30, 1933 in an open air ceremony at St. Joseph's cemetery in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The dedication was largely attended and a musical program was provided by an augmented choir under the direction of Telesphore Malo, director of the choir at St. Joseph's parish.
Delegations from the many Franco-American organizations in the area were there, as well as: Guard St. Louis, Sacred Heart Guard, Franco-American veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, United Spanish War Veterans, Boy Scouts of America, the C. M. A. C. and the Jewish War Veterans. There was a mass and the eulogy was delivered by Rev. J. A. Fortier, OMI, a former war chaplain and pastor of Notre Dame de Lourdes church in Lowell . The monument, unveiled by Spanish war hero, Lieut. Georges Charette, U. S. N. retired, was presented to the Franco-American population by Arthur H.R. Groux, president and general chairman of the committee in charge of erecting it. Received and accepted by Rev. Louis G. Bachand OMI, superior of St. Joseph's parish, he gave a brief acceptance speech. Also, a burial plot was presented to the American Legion and accepted by Commander James H. Rooney, followed by a few words by Rev. Willliam F. Mahan, OMI, chaplain of the post.
Among those in attendance were Rep, Edith Nourse, Mayor Charles H. Slowley, Rep. Henry Achin Jr., Col. Charles A. Stevens, Rep. Frank E. Maclean, Postmaster Xavier A. Deslise and the following goldstar mothers: Mrs. Olivier Renaud, Mrs.William H. Cloualre, Mrs. Philomene April, Mrs. Eugene Lajeunesse, and Mrs. Ralph Lashua. The following delegations represented Franco-American societies: CMAC, Alphonse Fortier, Leo Barou, Ferdinand Rousseau; Council J. N. Jacques of l'Union St. Jean Baptlste d'Aremique, Telesphore Leblanc, Edouard Casaubon, Eugene Gullbault; Council Ste. Therese, Mrs. Eva Michel, Mrs. Florida Nadeau, Miss Adeline Martin; Council Carillon, Olivier 'A. Page; National Benevolence union,; Louis N. Milot, Eugene Longval,; Donat Vadeboncoeur; Court Pawtucketville ACF, Pierre Leblanc, Joseph E. Lambert, Josephat Sawyer; Pawtueketville Social club, Origene Descoteaux, James St. Hilalre, Emilien Leblanc; CCA, George Pednault, Achille St. Pierre, Alfred Beauchesne; Court St. Antoine OFC, Onesime Tremblay, Joseph Magraa, Armand Beauchesne; St. Joseph's alumal, Stanislaus 0. Paquln, Rev. Brother Alphonse, Richard L. Provencher; Court Ste. Marie, ACF, "Joseph A. Plante, Albert Morln, Zotique Sauvageau; Franco-American Educational association, Mrs. Louis P. Vincent, Mrs. Napoleon Lozeau, Mrs. Clarina H. Morier, RN; Franco-American Civic League of Massachusetts, Lowell branch. Joseph A. Legare, Joseph A. Routhior, Albert J. Blazon; Cercle St. Louis, Elzear J. Dionae, Orlando P. Viau, Joseph A. Biron; Club Lafayette, Dr. Raymond Gendreau, Alphonse Coutu, Georges D. Dozois; Ste. Marie's parish, Edouard Gadreau, Edmond Gendreau; Notre Dame de Bon Secours society, Miss Julia Landry, Mrs. Eugenie St. Ives, Mrs. Jeremie Champagne; Court Ste. Eveline ACF, Mrs. Jules G. Deschenes, Miss Rosa Gagnon; SI. Jean Baptiste ACA, Charles Brousseau, Donat and Omer Joyal; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, local 1610, Philippe Chaput, Damiens Descoteaux. Victor Breton; Franco-American Naturalization association, E. Lajeunesse, Emllien Leblanc, Louis Harnois.
The committees in charge of arrangements follow: General committee, Arthur H. R. Gtroux, president; Maxime Cornellier, secretary; religious program, Maxime Cornellier, chairman; Joseph T. Dusseault, Louis Renaud, Joseph Payotte, Joseph I'Heureux; invitations committee, Dcwey Archambault, chairman; Arthur Monty, Elphege Phaneuf, Onesime Tremblay, Paul Dostaler; committee on speakers, Donat Brunellc, chairman; Zenon Chouinard, Hector Duputs, Barnabe Dusseault, Joseph Robillard; transportation, Heclor J. McDonald, chairman; Alfred S. Gagnon, Donat Dery. Edmond I,. Belley; reception committee, Hon, Arthur I,. Eno, chairman; Albert L. Bourgeois, Paul R. Foisy, Lucien R. Brunelle, Lazare Boule. and Rozider Leclair.


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Tonight we had fusilli, coil-spring shapes designed to hold their sauce nicely. I'd made a pesto of basil from the garden as well as a bunch from the market, with pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, salt, and olive oil, of course; tonight's was heavier than usual on the basil but otherwise very familiar to us. Slice tomatoes before; green salad after, and
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Pasta al pesto
Tonight we had fusilli, coil-spring shapes designed to hold their sauce nicely. I'd made a pesto of basil from the garden as well as a bunch from the market, with pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, salt, and olive oil, of course; tonight's was heavier than usual on the basil but otherwise very familiar to us. Slice tomatoes before; green salad after, and
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuna and cannelini
Eastside Road, September 29, 2010—
A PERFECT SUPPER for a hot day filled with errands. Lindsey bought two cans of imported cannelini. We had a can of albacore in the pantry; we'd bought it a couple of weeks ago outside of Philomath, Oregon; it was fish caught and processed nearby off the Oregon coast.
Lindsey chopped up a small white onion and stirred the three basic ingredients together, binding them with a bit of olive oil and flavoring them with black pepper and marjoram from the garden. One of the Hundred Plates, I'd say.
Cheap Pinot grigio
Oakland, September 28, 2010—
ANOTHER DAY IN Berkeley and, later, Oakland: a chance for another Perfect Sandwich (mortadella and galantina on a buttered ciabatta roll with a little chopped lettuce); then a fine dinner with friends at a restaurant we patronize far too rarely. Oliveto has been around for a number of years; I don't recall who was the first chef; the second was, memorably, Paul Bertolli, before then at Chez Panisse, subsequently on to do his own things. Now the chef is our friend Paul Canales, who combines so many of the essentials: intelligence, seriousness of purpose, good humor, impressive technique, and focus.
I started with carne cruda, knowing (or at least strongly suspecting, nearly as good) that it would have been made from a razza Piemontese steer. In fact I'm sure it was; it had that uniquely sweet beefy soft but not fat quality I've associated with the breed. Paul served it with a small raw egg-yolk on top, nicely peppered, dressed with Parmesan, and surrounded by a halo of very finely chopped walnuts whose own sweetness complemented the beef perfectly.
We had an unexpected entremet, a plate of spaghettini with beautifully sautéed "Lipstick" red peppers generously dusted with finely chopped tuna heart; and then I went on to a plate of stradette, rectangles of pasta made with corn flour — the corn an heirloom Italian variety that's being grown in California's delta country somewhere — served with a thick sauce involving braised leeks and radicchio and aged Provolone. This was an amazing dish, the hard dent corn still recognizable by its taste and hardness, though nicely softened first by being turned into perfectly cooked pasta, then veiled with that intense and, let's face it, rich sauce.
Chocolate cake for dessert. It was a birthday meal.
Vermentino di Gallura, Piero Mancini, Sardinia 2009
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuna sandwich
SURE, I KNOW, you get tired of the same old things: penne with red sauce, sausages, tuna sandwiches. But it was 101° in the shade today; we're both busy as bees; no one wants to think about shopping, cooking, cleaning up afterward.
Fortunately the pantry's got plenty of canned tuna. Lindsey combined it with some pickle relish and some mayonnaise — both of them as commercial as the tuna — and toasted some good Como bread from the bakery. A big red heirloom tomato, sliced. Green salad. That's enough.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Hot dog
BASEBALL GAME on television tonight, so after a first course of steamed broccoli with just a bit of crushed garlic in it we moved on to hot dogs — Kosher frankfurters, broiled, with soft pasty white buns, and tarragon mustard, and some of Lou Preston's delicious sauerkraut, and pickle relish of course, and thin-sliced raw white onion. It was so good I regretted not having another. Then the green salad.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The limas, of course, are from Nancy Skall's Middleton Gardens: Willow-leaf limas, barely cooked. For an appetizer we had some Padron peppers I'd fried in olive oil with salt, along with our usual little dishes of mixed nuts; after the fish and beans, green salad.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Home for dinner
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Ashland, 7: New Sammy's; Pasta Piatti
Dinner at Pasta Piatti, around the corner from our house. This has been a reliable ordinary for years; the outdoor terrace is comfortable; the pasta unexceptional but satisfactory. Tonight, though, the place seemed quite different, the food and service much better and more interesting. I had a spinach salad, tasty with bits of bacon, blue cheese, and pear slices; then a rib-eye steak, nicely grilled, served in a marchand du vin sauce, with broccolini and truffled mashed potatoes on the side. A small cup of spumoni finished things off nicely.
Ashland, 6: Agave; Sesame
•Agave, 92 North Main St., Ashland; tel. (541) 488-1770
•Sesame Asian Kitchen, 21 Winburn Way, Ashland; tel. (541) 482-0119
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Ashland, 5: Going Greek
It closed last year, and has been replaced by a Greek restaurant. It too offers food neither bad nor outstanding, the menu relying on standards like avgolemono, dolmas, moussaka, pastitsio. The wine list offers retsina and ordinary Greek red, along with other labels. A cursory survey of Web-based reviews finds a range of opinion, though there's general agreement that the service could be more professional, a number of wines on the list are not actually available, and the noise level is high.
I started with the avgolemono, a nice cup of soup though its chicken tasted mass-produced, and went on to the pastitsio, generous and rich (I like cloves) though somewhat oversalted — a quality noticed by others at our table. The Greek-style coffee afterward was pleasant.
•Blue Greek on Granite, 5 Granite St., Ashland; tel. (541) 708-5150
Monday, September 20, 2010
Ashland, 4: a casa
DINNER AT "HOME" tonight: you can't go on eating every night in restaurants, even when you're on the road. We stay here with three other couples for a week every year to see plays, and Mondays the theater's dark. Tonight, then, dinner at home.
We walked a short mile or so to the supermarket to buy provisions: pasta, tomatoes, sausages, garlic, olive oil, salad, an onion. Once home, it was a simple matter to seed and chop the tomatoes, fry up the broken-up sausages, cook the pasta, make a salad. Dessert: Straus ice cream (vanilla; Dutch chocolate) with salt caramel sauce from Alma in Portland, a few chopped pecans strewn on top. Dinner was cheaper and in many ways better than many restaurant meals we've been eating…
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Ashland, 3: Amuse
I LIKE THIS RESTAURANT because the menu is well-conceived and the kitchen ably staffed, and I like it because it is called Amuse, a name — a word — rich with possible meanings. Toward the muse? Without the muse? Or simply amusing?
Whatever, it's a restaurant we dine at only perhaps one trip out of three to Ashland, partly because it's not that attractive to other members of the group — we come here annually with three other couples, of varying tastes and enthusiasms. Tonight though we dine alone: we've seen the stage version of Pride and Prejudice already. Off to Amuse ourselves, then, with a French-flavored dinner.
Interesting, because so many dinners seem to have an Italian direction these days, Italian or vaguely Italian, or of course "California," which often turns out to have a strong yearning for something between Nizzese and Tuscan style.
My amuse-bouche was a thimblefull of "roasted carrot soup," creamy and beautifully flavored, and afterward I had romaine leaves with Reggiano shavings and little deep-fried shavings of garlic, in a creamy tarragon dressing. Then it was on to pork two ways: a fennel-flavored sausage and a nice moist loin chop, with shell beans and chard and piperade, in fact a few thin slices of red bell pepper sautéed gently à la Grecque.
•Amuse Restaurant, 15 N 1st St, Ashland; tel. (541) 488-9000
Ashland, 2: New Sammy's
WHAT CAN BE SAID about New Sammy's Cowboy Bistro here that hasn't been said before? It's clearly one of the Five Great Restaurants, with an intelligent, inspired, technically masterful chef in Charlene Rollins and as informed and experienced a sommelier as you could ask for in her husband Vern. The raw materials are as local as possible — vegetables and herbs from the garden behind the restaurant, meats and fish from as nearby as can be. Even the water is local, sweet and clean.
Last September we ate here three days running — you can read about it here, here, and here — and I'd gladly do the same again, but they're closed Monday and Tuesday. We certainly have to get back for lunch: I'm afraid I didn't give dinner the proper attention, as it's hard to focus when you're at a table with eight other diners, after a couple of Martinis at home…
We began with amuses-geule: little cups of white gazpacho with lots of ground almond in a crème-fraîche base. I went on to leek tart served with brandade, romesco sauce, and sautéed Padron peppers, and a small salad with radishes — it sounds over-worked, but everything balanced, adding up to a marvelous course. I went on to lamb chops, because I love them and Charlene knows exactly how far to cook them and how to accompany them, and that's all anyone needs to know. I had a cheese plate for dessert, but by then the entire experience was beginning to dissolve—
•New Sammy's Cowboy Bistro , 2210 South Pacific Highway, Talent, OR 97520; tel. (541) 535-2779
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Ashland, 1: Mix; Loft
ONE OF OUR FAVORITE sandwiches is the jambon beurré: a baguette spread with butter, with a slice of ham on it. Because of the butter, you don't need cheese. The sweet butter brings out the essence of a simple boiled ham; it needn't be prosciutto. And the baguette texture, if it's a good one, completes the thing.
The baguette was good, and why not? It was made in-house, for we were at perhaps my favorite Ashland pit stop, Mix. Established and run by the pastry chef of Amuse, one of Ashland's better restaurants, it's concerned with quality and consistency, and it expresses those values generously. (Hmm: the three virtues of the pastry chef: quality, consistency, generosity.)
DINNER WAS AT a new place in town, Loft, an upstairs dining room in a corner of the old Masonic Lodge. The menu is basically bistro; there's a full bar; the wine list is interesting. I had roast chicken, nicely salted and cooked and set on a bed of mashed potatoes, subtly but effectively flavored with garlic and surrounded by a delicious buttery gravy. The accompanying salad had a nice thick Green Goddess-type dressing, heavily flavored with tarragon; the pot de crème was enormous, a little grainy, but a convincing bistro-like finale.
•Mix,57 N Main St Ashland, OR 97520-2725 - (541) 488-9885
•Loft American Brasserie & Bar, 18 Calle Guanajuato, Ashland; tel. (541) 482-1116
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Lunch on the farm, dinner in town
Dinner was at a new Italian "osteria" in a shopping-plaza just north of Eugene, Sfizio — the word means "whim" or "caprice" in Italian. Full bar, comfortable tables and chairs outside on a terrace if you like, reasonable menu running to the usual appetizers, pastas, second, desserts. After a good Negroni to give me an appetite I had friarelli peppers fried in oil and served with sea salt — exactly the same as padron peppers — and then bucatini with artichoke hearts, anchovy, garlic, chili, lemon & breadcrumbs. Dessert? How can I pass up panna cotta? Delicious.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
WE ATE IN Cuba today, more or less, at a place out at Glisan and 28th, Pambiche, where the food is savory and generous, the prices low, the ambiance colorful. It threatened rain for the first time in days, but though we ate outside at a wooden table-and-benches, on the sidewalk, we were under cover; this improbable building extends out over the sidewalk as if you were in Torino or Bologna.
But the food is completely Cuban. I started with croquetas de bacalao — salt cod croquettes shaped like frankfurters, with a spoonful of cabbage salad — and went on to ropa vieja, shredded beef braised with onions and peppers, garnished with pimientos and green peas, with black beans and rice on the side. I've had it here before, years ago; nothing has changed; it's absolutely delicious. A squeeze of lime, of course.
Eating out
ONE REASON TO COME to Portland, even if you don't have a delightful family to visit, is to eat out. It is truly an eating town, with options ranging from food carts to fine restaurants. Take today, for example: after coffee two blocks from home at Cartola — necessitated by an inexplicable power outage on our block, resulting in no toaster, no espresso machine — we had lunch at Garden State, up on Mississippi Street, where a cart pod— formerly a parking lot — houses it and a number of other promising carts.
A central dining area under a temporary canopy provides tables, chairs, and benches, where we comfortably munched on cod sandwiches: fried cod, a good-sized slice of potato, another of raw orange, chopped lettuce, capers, onion, a little bit of celery, all spilling generously out from a ciabatta-bread housing. Oh, and chick-pea fries — sticks of panisse, in effect — savory and delightful.
After a suitable interval it was dinner time, and, staying on our side of the Willamette, we headed for Laurelhurst Market, a seriously meaty restaurant on a corner parking lot-storefront on busy Burnside Street. Here seven of us were easily accommodated at a table in a good-sized industrial-looking dining room, full bar at one end of the room, open kitchen along one side. (And butcher shop at the restaurant's entry, just to get the juices flowing.)
We downed a couple of plates of Suppli Al Telefono: braised short rib and mozzarella risotto fritters with mizuna and olives. Then I had the steak of the day: hanger steak, grilled rare (and just thick enough to remain cool inside, perfectly cooked outside), with instead of french fries the more healthful steamed-arugula alternative. (I'd have preferred the greens without their liberal sprinkling of Reggiano.)
The steak sat on a bed of Romesco sauce, quite rich with marrow, I suspect, and made a filling meal. With it, a plate of padrona peppers, served with braised cherry tomatoes and a judiciously small number of mint-leaf tatters: an inspired dish.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Chicken Biryani
(A cartoon from The New Yorker hangs on Giovanna's kitchen wall: guests with Martinis in hand peeking into a messy kitchen, woman digging into the refrigerator, lobster walking away from the scene, caption: "So this is where the magic happens." It seems appropriate.)
Well, the results were undoubtedly worth the effort: everyone ate almost everything. I especially liked the dessert, melon balls in a watermelon-and-rose-water purée.
(These are wines we encountered a few months ago in Sicily, complex and extremely interesting, also very tasty.)
Monday, September 13, 2010
Marketing day
This plate of pastries was delivered early in the morning, a gift to Lindsey from Kim Boyce, who sent with it an inscribed copy of her Good to the Grain, a book we've all profited from and which Giovanna's written about (here).
Then a trip to the Farm market for stuff for dinner; and then on a walk around the neighborhood a stop-off at Mio Gelato for a scoop of fior di latte and, beneath it, a scoop of "oro d'oro," deliciously eggy vanilla. Next door at Foster and Dobbs I looked for a bottle of Grillo to no avail: but they had a fine roccolo, a creamy firm cow's-milk cheese from Lombardy I'd never known before, and a nice d'Affinois which is of course a known quantity, and those delicious Picos de Aceite. A bottle of Madam Preston replaced the Grillo beautifully with all this as a late-afternoon preprandial.
Dinner was three salads: Giovanna's green-beans-and-shallots-in-vinaigretteand butter-lettuces-and-tuna; my fried-artichokes-in-oil-and-salt, heaped up on my plate on Lindsey's soft little fingerling potatoes from the market, also dressed with shallots and vinaigrette. With them, a fourth: sliced tomatoes. What a fine dinner!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sausage, polenta, greens
I've never really cottoned to the idea of borage, and the (fairly) recent movie Borat (which, for the record, I thought very funny) has not elevated this coarse, unsought, unkempt green in my opinion. But tonight, for perhaps the first time in my life, it was on my dinner plate.
It grows in my daughter's back yard, apparently, along with collard greens. Also on the menu was — you'd never guess — sausage: a couple of the last of the mangalitsa, and a couple of Franco's Toulouse-style. Also a good-sized platter of polenta. There were a dozen sausages or so, but by the end of the meal the platter looked like this:
Afterward, green salad, and sliced tomatoes.
rough video of some of tonight's kitchen prep here
Friday, September 10, 2010
BLT (reprise)
Finally we're in Portland, where I make a stiff Martini; then a BLT. Second one in a week, after months, years probably, without any. The others had had BLATs, inserting slices of avocado (not apple, as I'd at first feared) into the mix: but I'm not a revisionist. Well, except for substituting the last, the very last of Monday's aïoli for mayonnaise. (Lindsey, who wastes nothing, had brought along the little container of aïoli, no more than a teaspoonful of it.)
Afterward a nice plum upside-down cake. It's nice to be at Giovanna's house: she's among many other things a baker.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Piquillos with brandade
With the stuffed peppers, as you see, garlic-rubbed oil-drizzled toast and broad beans. Afterward, the green salad. Forever, my heartfelt thanks, for this and so much else.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Red sauce
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sandwich; zucchini
And squash. I will not eat winter squash of any sort, in any preparation, unless perhaps in ravioli. And I am not fond of summer squash. Not yellow crookneck; not patty-pan; not even zucchini.
Don't get me wrong: in a restaurant, if I find beets on my plate, I'll eat them, rise though may the gorge. Those other things I'll try to hide under the flatware, exactly as I did as a child, when I'd hope they'd escape notice, so intent were my parents on arguing about something else. Zucchini I will eat, but never with pleasure. I suppose if you'd quarter them lengthwise, brush them with olive oil, grind some black pepper and salt onto them, and grill them — then maybe I'd eat them more willingly.
But generally they seem to be sliced crosswise and boiled or steamed in water. Even salted and buttered, maybe garlicked a bit, they seem to me to have only the faintest taste of grass-clippings, and a dreadful texture, let's not even think about the texture.
Still I try to be grateful for what I get, and tonight it was zucchini. With it, providentially, boiled potatoes and the last of yesterday's aïoli. Afterward, green salad.
LUNCH WAS A SANDWICH from a promising little place behind the Old Mint in San Francisco, where we'd gone to visit the Museum of Modern Art. Two guys were sitting out in front of the place at an umbrella'd terrace table talking in Italian: when we stepped into the empty restaurant one jumped up and followed us in, asking how he might help us. We looked at the menu and asked if we might have a couple of sandwiches to go. We don't do that, he said, but of course you can. We settled on a sausage sandwich and talked a little while the kitchen prepared them — a nice cased sweet Italian sausage, grilled, and set in a good ciabatta bun with some sautéed broccoli rabe, giving it a nice peppery accompaniment.
They're from Umbria, the team running this place. I eyed the back bar and wondered if I might have a little sip of carciofo: "Cynar? Of course!" and an inch or so was poured into a tumbler — I stopped him there — and savored it while the sandwiches were constructed. With them, a decent green salad. Next time we'll eat in house; I think I'll like this place.
Monday, September 6, 2010
A lovely one, too: but we were so intent on having fun I didn't take any photos. You'll just have to take my word for it. The garlic was Yael's Rose de Lautrec, the eggs from up the road; only the oil (Turkish) and the salt (from the Ile de Ré) kept this from being truly local. The Mangalitsa makes beautiful bacon, a little on the fat side but delicious fat (and so good for you, don't you agree?); Lindsey fried it slowly, pouring off the fat; I made little nicks in the edges to keep it flat in the pan. Curt and Mary Jo brought some superb heirloom tomatoes up with them, red and yellow, and a loaf of Acme levain; we compared it with other sandwiches on Downtown Bakery Como bread, and I can't declare a winner. Green salad; and for dessert — root beer floats, with chocolate pavé. A delicious time was had by all.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Picnic in the Grove
We arrived with a couple of bottles of wine and a book for them, a little before noon, and were surprised to find the Grove virtually deserted — on this Labor Day weekend! What a pleasure to stroll past the various camps among the magnificent redwoods, to smell the bark and the duff, listen to a raven scolding and laughing, discuss the marijuana initiative (I was the only one opposed, to six votes in favor), books, editions, typography, Sicily, gossip, politics (we all agreed that it was a fine thing to be liberal), Berkeley, Italy, Paris…
Oh: and, of course, to eat. Andrew grilled hamburgers; Diana I think had prepared the vegetables — a nice potato salad and a fine mixed salad and, greatly to my pleasure, corn off the cob with red peppers. When I was a kid I always looked forward to Mexicorn, a canned version manufactured in those days by Green Giant. It seemed exotic and sophisticated somehow, like the little green peas packed by the same company, I believe, but marketed with the French label Le Sueur (because, according to Wikipedia, the company was founded in the Minnesota town of that name).
Since then the company was bought by Pillsbury, which later was acquired by General Mills; according to another website, Mexicorn now contains golden whole kernel corn, water, red and green sweet peppers, sugar, and salt; and no doubt a fair amount of water. I see no reason to go back to the canned variety. If I were to make it at home I'd use fresh corn, cut off the cob; today's version was likely based on frozen corn, and why not. In any case it was tasty, and it didn't hurt that we had dessert too, an apple-blackberry cobbler. Thanks, friends.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Market day: Salmon
And to the Fish Guy, of coursej, whose stall was busier than usual; we had to wait for several other customers; you always look on breathlessly to see if one of them will take the salmon you've mentally reserved for yourself; hooray, they're after shrimp and flounder and they're leaving the salmon to us.
Then to the bakery for a loaf of Como bread, and croissants for Sunday breakfast; and one more stop to pick up some milk and such.
So tonight it's broiled salmon again, as it so often is these market weekends in the summer, and Nancy Skall's delicious chestnutty lima beans, and one of those tomatoes sliced up. Green salad after; what more could you want?
Sandwich. Peruvian lentils.
|Genoa Delicatessen's galantina and mortadella sandwich
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Alas, galantina's not so easily found any more. It's defined on one website as "an Italian style chopped-ham luncheon meat": not terribly informative. What we get in the Bay Area is apt to come from Molinari and Sons, who refer to it as "a delicious course-ground pork loaf, spiced with wine and pistachio nuts." Lindsey doesn't like it, complaining that it's gristly: but I like a discreet amount of gristle, though I'm not your mange-tout tête-de-veau type. I find mortadellas in this country, even Molinari's, just a little bland; the galantina points it up a bit. And butter's the only logical lubricant here: mayo, mustard, pickles, tomato slices all confuse the issue, and raw onions mask the delicate flavors. So give me GML, galantina-mortadella-lettuce, every time; and on buttered bread, please.
Dinner in the loft-apartment of a couple of friends we hadn't seen in years: Margaret made Peruvian lentils, using smoked salmon with cajun spices in lieu of bacon or chicken, and dressing it with a sauce new to us, aji, essentially (I believe) the Peruvian Capsicum baccatum, ground into a paste with onions, salt and pepper, and vinegar or lime juice — one recipe is here (I'd be leery of cilantro, which seems culturally irrelevant).
Also on the table: dolmades and olives, Peruvian and Sicilian olives, and nuts, and other delicacies… afterward, a green salad.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
I made the usual salad dressing, mashing up a clove of garlic with some good sea salt (Ile de Ré), steeping it in some good olive oil (Turkey), then whisking in a splash of excellent wine vinegar (Eastside Zinfandel). Olives? Potatoes? Green beans? We never missed them.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
|Making pesto
Tonight Lindsey boiled them the normal way, then dressed them with melted butter and the little pesto left from yesterday. And to accompany a plate of pasta she made a fine tomato sauce, browning some onion, chopping in a few ripe red tomatoes, and simmering it with dried porcini we'd come home with the other day (thanks, Bill!). Green salad, naturally.


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