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Get ready for DiRT 3! Race through the snow, rain and dirt and experience dramatic night races with the most amount of rally content in the series yet.
Express yourself in the stunning new Gymkhana mode, inspired by Ken Block's incredible freestyle driving event, and upload your best runs direct to YouTube! Compete in iconic rally cars representing 50 years of the sport, from the classic Audi Quattro to the 2011 Ford Fiesta WRC, and take on all game modes in split-screen and competitive online multiplayer.
Competing as a professional rally star you'll enjoy intense racing across three continents – from the forests of Michigan to the infamous roads of Finland and the national parks of Kenya.

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270 National Parks, 12 Years Old
Georgia girl hopes to visit all 391 National Parks before age 14
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There's nothing more I'd like to do than spend all my days visiting every national park in the park system. Working at BACKPACKER certainly helps, but this thing called the Internet keeps dragging me back to society.
Maybe I'd have better luck if I was a 12-year-old girl. Chandler Johnson of Rome, Georgia hopes to visit every unit in the NPS system by the time she turns 14. So far, she's got a great head start: With the help of some pretty awesome parents, she's driven more than 100,000 miles in two cars to 48 states and racked up 270 national park visits in the process.
"I enjoy going to the parks because I learn about the historical, cultural and environmental relevance they each have," said Chandler.
With only 121 parks to go, she's well over halfway there, but she'll have to amp up her frequency to meet her goal (though if she doesn't make it until, say, age 16, I certainly wouldn't hold it against her). Chandler's favorite park so far is Yellowstone, and not surprisingly, she'd like to work for the NPS someday.
"I want to be a National Parks interpreter when I grow up," Chandler said. "Someone who informs visitors and talks about the parks."
I'd say she's already overqualified, and perhaps aiming a little low. Is there a National Parks Overlord position open?
—Ted Alvarez
12-year-old seeks to accomplish lofty parks goal by the age of 14 (Rome News-Journal)


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Above Frits stands in front of a camera attached to a multicopter, one of his current projects.
Frits Lyneborg is co-host of MAKE's video series, The Latest in Hobby Robotics and runs Let's Make Robots! the largest online community of its kind, which he started in 2008 as a forum for robot electronics, programming, and funny ideas and inspiration. For MAKE Vol. 27 Frits describes how to make his YouTube sensation, the Yellow Drum Machine, a funky little free-range drumbot that roams, makes beats, and samples.
Tell us a bit about yourself
I am 41 years old, and I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, the isle of Amager, where I have my workshop in a little red and white wooden shack.
I have a background in developing community websites and working in the music industry. Today I make a living from my two hobbies: robot building and acting. I work as an actor in films and commercials. How can one make a living from making hobby robots, you might ask :) Well, I founded Let's Make Robots! three or four years ago. The site has turned into a general meeting place, and that has given me connections to almost every player in the industry. From publishing houses like MAKE, to shops, and most importantly, the many talented people out there, and the manufacturers of products related to hobby robotics. I make money very individually, many little deals, and mostly behind the scenes; For one company I work as a consultant on their web presence. For another I developed a new sensor. I design boards, I write manuals, I put people together and form projects, and I hold seminars… anything related to "hobby robotics."
Frits' lab: where the magic happens.
How did you become interested in robotics?
I did not know anything about electronics four years ago. As a kid, I was having fun programming my ZX Spectrum computer in BASIC, and that was all the background I had. While shopping around for random cool stuff on the net, I stumbled over PICAXE microcontrollers. I never thought I'd be able to do anything with the mysterious little chips that I had seen on circuit boards. But learning that I could actually program them, in BASIC, and it wasn't hard at all, it got me all fired up in a creative rush from another world. At a point I got the crazy idea of making a robot, and I thought I was the only one in the world doing so. To my surprise it was very easy and extremely fun — and a very creative process. So I searched the Internet for fellow builders, but all the info I could find was on how complex and technically orientated it was. Everyone wrote about how much planning was needed, and everything I am bad at. That was what made me do the "How to make your first robot" article, that today is Google's #1 return for searches on "how to make a robot." You can build a robot in 20 minutes, and it's easy and fun!
Why do you like making robots?
I do not think that any creative person who has tried to make an autonomous robot has not felt the magic: you sit with a bunch of absolutely dead parts scattered on a table. There is no life at all. You put them together, in a way you invent, and all the sudden they are longer "dead parts" — you have made "a live thing that is trying to get out to the kitchen" — perhaps even against your will. If you have any creativity in you, that just sparks your imagination; you are sold.
Tell us about the Yellow Drum Machine you wrote about for MAKE. People always laugh and smile when they watch the video of it or see it in person.
The Yellow Drum machine was 100% targeted to be a viral advertising for my then new website. I had made "a community website" (letsmakerobots.com), but obviously. I had no members in it at first, so I figured I'd make something to spark people's imagination, and send out the signal that "over here we're having fun building robots, come join in!" As written in the article in MAKE magazine, I was sitting with some parts, and the robot practically made itself, while I was just having fun doing it. I felt like it was already made, I just had to put it together — which was also why the first version was made really, really fast, mostly with hot glue and sticks. It was first put on Google video (which was the big thing back then), and one week, three different videos of it were the number 1, 4, and 6 most seen on the channel. Later, I re-released it on YouTube, where it was featured, and seen by over a million people. When I made it, there was no other drumming robots that I could find. Today, they are everywhere — though I am surprised that they usually are very "robotic," and not very funky at all in the music they make. I was making the Yellow Drum Machine out of love for the whole process of really creating something — it was a fun weekend project. But I am happy to say that it also served its purpose as a viral video, as it is still drawing people to the website today. I am also happy to finally be able to release a good article about it and a kit, so everyone can build their own version.
What kind of robot do you dream of making?
I am working on a team doing some really exciting new sensors for SeeedStudio. I cannot reveal details yet, but I can promise you that the world has not yet seen sensors like this — and I am really looking forward to seeing what people make with them — and to play around with them myself, as they will take small easy-to-do robots to a new level of life form.
Can you tell us about one of your favorite tools?
I prefer simple tools that I master — so I can focus on creating, instead of the process. The multimeter used to see if there are connections, and the hot glue gun must be my favorite tools, just after my DSO NanoScope (small cheap pocket size oscilloscope).
One is a random test shot, where you can see how it authentically looks on any average night. The two others are showing one of my latest projects, which is a form of stabilizer for cameras flying on multicopters. It uses the Steadicam (™) principle, and I use the multicopters battery as weight, in an attempt to give a natural balance to the camera. The idea is that servos should only be used to guide and dampen movements, but natural forces of weight and balance should keep the camera in a nice steady position. Time will tell if it works :)
See Frits' Latest in Hobby Robotics video series
From the Pages of MAKE
MAKE Volume 27, Robots!
The robots have returned! MAKE Volume 27 features a special package with robotics projects for every age and skill level. They play music; they outwit your pets; they learn from their mistakes! In addition, we'll show you how to build a special aquarium to keep jellyfish, create pre-Edison incandescent lighting, spy via the internet, and make a go-anywhere digital message board! All this and much, much more, in MAKE Volume 27.
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I can't get through a football game anymore without a nap.
I have always loved Saturday and Sunday afternoon football games, but they have taken on a bit of a new meaning of late. It's become more of a time for me to nap with my little boy than to actually root on any particular team.
Last Sunday, my wife, son and I went to a few holiday gatherings in the early afternoon before returning home in time for the 4:15 p.m. game between the Steelers and Cowboys. Beckett was in Daddy Day Care, while Pam ran out and took care of some errands that are made difficult while lugging around a 20-pound baby.
The plan was for me to feed Beckett (his three-course meal consisted of lamb from a jar, of course, green beans and bananas) and put him down for his afternoon nap. All went according to plan, but instead of putting him down in his crib, I figured I would watch some of the game while he drifted off to his familiar series of moans that we have become accustomed to in recent weeks and then take him up to the nursery.
Well, I made it halfway through the first quarter before both of us were crashed in the chair. As a matter of fact, the house was full of napping males when my wife returned home. Beckett and I were out in the big chair in front of the television surrounded by a 90-pound black Lab on one side and an 80-pound yellow Lab on the other.
It's funny how a football game I looked forward to all day lost its significance in favor of a nap with my son. Looking down at that sleeping boy was all it took to convince me a little afternoon siesta fit the mood of a cold, blustery Sunday. So, there we were sleeping through the supposedly exciting football game, while my wife took her time, strolling from aisle to aisle at a local store humming Christmas music heard over the speakers.
The game of the day for me was the Ravens/Redskins matchup, but that didn't start till after 8 p.m. and I knew there was no chance I would stay up for all that. Those games start and end way too late for me. I don't even stand a chance of staying awake for them. All I can hope is to make it to halftime. That's why I get excited for those afternoon football games, but it now appears I cannot even stay awake for those.
Beckett's first encounter with Santa Claus went just about as expected. There was nothing that stands out as far as the first meeting. No crying, no frightening looks, no accidents. In other words, nothing really for the baby book except some great photos. It was only memorable because it was his first experience on the lap of a chubby man dressed like a candy cane, sporting a white beard and matching hair. Otherwise, it was fairly uneventful.
The introduction took place at Worcester Prep's annual Holiday Bazaar. It just happened that Santa and Mrs. Claus was our first stop. They were there with a big sleigh, all staged perfectly before a holiday backdrop for a photo op and framed keepsake.
My wife handed him over to the jolly one and we hoped for the best. There was no crying, but plenty of wide eyes and a few tugs on the beard and attempted grabs at Santa's glasses. Most of the photos consisted of him looking up at Santa in bewilderment. Later, we even jumped in and got some Greens meet the Clauses photos.
We now have some good "first Christmas" snapshots to savor, and I really liked his little black hat and overalls, featuring a reindeer in holiday garb riding in a snazzy vehicle with oversized buttons as wheels. The outfit was a result of what happens when my wife goes into the Children's Place at the Ocean City Factory Outlets. It's a good thing she does the clothes shopping. Otherwise, he would have been sitting on Santa's lap with carpenter jeans, sneakers and a long-sleeve T-shirt saying something like, "I am on Daddy's team" or "Daddy's little helper."
Our 7-month-old may not be crawling yet, but it's coming soon enough, and we are constantly reminded how extremely mobile he has become in a short amount of time. He can get around and essentially move wherever he needs to go.
The effort is there to crawl, but the ability not so much. He is passionate about trying, but it's just not working. He uses his arms to push up off the floor with all his strength, manages to lift his little butt off the ground and even moves his knees toward the upright position, but he cannot master the move yet. It's fun to watch him try and figure it out on his own. Through his many attempts, he is learning how to move around and get where he wants to be and that's a little scary for his parents.
Whether its through a series of barrel rolls or using his arms to pull himself along or a combination of both, its amazing how quick he can get from point A, say the center of his mat full of toys, to point B, perhaps halfway under a chaise across the room. Leave him in one place to make a bottle and before you know it he's under furniture doing what looks like advanced yoga moves. It's a sign of things to come and a reminder nothing below three feet is off limits any longer.
In the meantime, we are keeping him as far away from the Christmas tree as possible. We figure as long as there is a closed door between him and the tree we are golden. He will not be able to open doors on his own for a while. At least we hope.


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Question 36 is supposed to be 'check as many as apply', but it's only allowing one selection. I need them all. :)
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Question 36 is supposed to be 'check as many as apply', but it's only allowing one selection. I need them all. :)
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Just an fyi, but this survey forced me to select the number of employees in my company and the field in which I worked even though I'm a homemaker. Just wanted to let you know... I chose "Travel and Hospitality!" :-)
Just wanting you to know that I did go to bat for ya. (And others who really, really dig uni's.)
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I think Trent had this same survey over at TSD recently. Same problem - homemakers were supposed to choose an industry and number of employees. He got a lot of complaints. You would think that Federated Media could fix these things!
Just like the survey on TSD they failed to take into consideration that there are people in the world that don't work in high-tech and related industries. Does Federated Media think that only Techies read blogs or are they so used to only serving high-tech blogs that they are blinded to the real world?
I've observed that the bank is getting its extra revenue regardless of which option I choose. When using debit, I am charged twenty-five cents per transaction by the bank.If I choose credit (which I usually do choose),I save the fee but the vendor is charged a fee by the bank.
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Arguments for:
-Oh My God, please just give it to him
-He's funny, he's versatile, he's not overly precious, he's so humble, and sweet
-Devoted to his lady
-Very American
-People miss Mad Men/Don Draper
-The average age of all past SMAs is 39. Jon Hamm is 40.
Arguments against:
-He's a tv star, he's not a Movie Star. Stop f-cking yelling at me. I know Jon Hamm does movies, but does he CARRY a movie? Is he the lead in his movies? In the last 20 years, the SMA has always been a Movie Star. A big time, big deal Movie Star. This is why Patrick Dempsey, at the height of McDreamy, was never the SMA. You're about to throw George Clooney out there, aren't you? For ER? When George Clooney was crowned SMA in 1997, he had already been Batman. Look, Jon Hamm has my vote. But he's not a Movie Star. He's not yet a Movie Star. And if they're to give him the title, they'd be breaking with a 20 year requirement.
-International mass appeal, and it goes back to being a tv actor. Duana will argue that television is just as important. In quality, definitely. But there is a hierarchy in place. It's one they themselves, the actors, the industry, they abide by still.
-Do people miss Mad Men/Don Draper? Does the PEOPLE audience miss Mad Men/Don Draper? Think about this before you answer.
Odds: 8 to 1
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Welcome 2016!
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in navyress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
We at Linderhof wish you and yours
A Very Happy New Year!


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The history of tea drinking
The home of tea
The history of tea in China
The great age of ocean navigation.
Tea in modern society.
About tea
Tea in China
Tea in Europe
Tea in central Asia
The production and effect of tea
The tea plant
Tea production
The effect of tea
History of chanoyu
Introduction of tea into Japan
Tea as medicine
The popularization of tea drinking
The establishment of wabi-style tea
Tea under the shoguns
The formation of schools of chanoyu
Chanoyu becomes a light accomplishment
Chanoyu in the Meiji Period
The chanoyu of sukisha
Chanoyu in the modern age
Portraits of tea devotees
Murata Shuko
Takeno Joo
Furuta Oribe and Kobori Enshu
Matsudaira Fumai and Ii Naosuke
Chanoyu and Japanese culture
Wabi and Sabi
Chanoyu and chasuki
Chanoyu and the classical arts
Chanoyu and religion
Chanoyu and folk customs
The life of Rikyu
Rikyu in his youth
Rikyu and Nobunaga, Hideyoshi
The golden age of the way of tea (sado)
Rikyu's later years
Rikyu's chanoyu
Rikyu's tea utensils - from selection to creation
Rikyu's words - the concept of 'wabi'
Rikyu's tea gatherings - the expression of beauty and spirit
Rikyu's tradition - the history of Omotesenke
Rikyu's successors and the revival of the Sen family
Employment by the Tokugawa family of Kii Province
The separation of the three Sen families
The renaissance of chanoyu
Chanoyu of modern times and today - the decline and revival of sado
Traditional houses and the tea room
Living with nature
Buildings and gardens
The origin of the tatami room
Kyoma tatami
Displaying objects in the zashiki
En (Verandah) -connecting house and garden
The tea room
The perfection of the soan tea room
The special characteristics of a soan-style tea room
The tea room and the tea garden
Hiroma (Large tea rooms) and koma (Small tea rooms)
Techniques and materials
Giving form to chanoyu
Marutazukuri (Using logs in the tea room)
Making the most of bamboo
Clay walls
A solid structure
Omotesenke's tea rooms and gardens
The Juraku residence
The restoration of the Sen family residence
Sotan's one-and-a-half mat Fushin'an tea room
Koshin's Fushin'an
Omotesenke before the Great Fire of 1788
After the Great Fire of Tenmei -The structure of the tea garden up to the present day
From the Nakakuguri gateway to the Zangetsutei tea room
Fushin'an and the inner tea garden
The Shichijo tea room
Sodo (Founder's Hall)
The Hogobari tea room
The new practice room (Keikoba)
The appearance of the Omotesenke
Etiquette and practice
Gentle behavior
Drinking tea
About practice
Holding a tea gathering
Preparation for a tea gathering
About tea gatherings
Chanoyu's almanac
The progress of a tea event
About tea events
The day of the tea event - in the yoritsuki (anteroom)
The first half of the tea event - greeting the guests, the first charcoal procedure, kaiseki cuisine, sweets
The second half of the tea event - the middle break, thick tea, the second charcoal procedure, thin tea, leaving the tea room
Flowers for the tea room
Tea cuisine
Tea sweets
The merits of utensils
Works of art and tea utensils (appreciation and use)
Co-ordinating utensils in the tea room
Colour, form and name
Tea gathering records
Utensil box inscriptions
Utensils handed down
The world of utensils
Chinese, Korean and Japanese utensils
Famous utensils (meibutsu)
Shin-gyo-so (formal semi-formal, informal) ranking of utensils
'Mitate' (utensils originally used for another purpose) and 'Konomimono' (utensils designed by the Iemoto)
Senke's ten designated craftsmen families
Font size
Picture selection
Reconstruction of the site
Pit dwelling
Warehouse on stilts
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Imagine discovering that you don't own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two hundred feet from your front door. Imagine having little recourse, other than accepting an unregulated industry in your backyard. Split Estate maps a tragedy in the making, as citizens in the path of a new drilling boom in the Rocky Mountain West struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.
Zeroing in on Garfield County, Colorado, and the San Juan Basin, this clarion call for accountability examines the growing environmental and social costs to an area now referred to as a "National Sacrifice Zone."
This is no Love Canal or Three Mile Island. With its breathtaking panoramas, aspen-dotted meadows, and clear mountain streams, this is the Colorado of John Denver anthems — the wide-open spaces that have long stirred our national imagination.
Exempt from federal protections like the Clean Water Act, the oil and gas industry has left this idyllic landscape and its rural communities pockmarked with abandoned homes and polluted waters. One Garfield County resident demonstrates the degree of benzene contamination in a mountain stream by setting it alight with a match. Many others, gravely ill, fight for their health and for the health of their children. All the while, the industry assures us it is a "good neighbor."
Ordinary homeowners and ranchers absorb the cost. Actually, we all pay the price in this devastating clash of interests that extends well beyond the Rockies. Aggressively seeking new leases in as many as 32 states, the industry is even making a bid to drill in the New York City watershed, which provides drinking water to millions.
As public health concerns mount, Split Estate cracks the sugarcoating on an industry touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels, and poignantly drives home the need for real alternatives.
This compelling Emmy Award winning documentary shows the dirty side of hydraulic fracturing and natural gas, an energy source the industry touts as a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
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Some new reports say segments of the economy are springing back. Others aren't so positive.
Depending where you read:
• Consumer attitudes are better than they've been in the past five years.
• Fewer people say that jobs are hard to get.
• Home prices are going up because there are more people trying to buy.
• People are now feeling the results of the increased payroll tax and the bigger bite out of paychecks, and retail sales have fallen.
• Consumer confidence is falling.
• More people expect the unemployment rate to stay high.
How are things at your house? If things are better for you, that's great, but don't let down your guard. Take our collective experiences of the past few years, and don't make assumptions that the economy is going to continue to get better, if indeed it is.
Here are some suggestions:
• Watch the small expenditures, because they add up. If you've gone back to buying morning coffee out, calculate what you spend in a year. Use the public library instead of buying books on Amazon. Decide whether you need all those cable channels. Put a filter on your faucet instead of buying bottled water.
• Pay down your credit cards. Once one is paid off, either put that money on another payment or put it in savings every month. After your cards are paid off, save, save, save every dollar you can. Don't cancel the cards, however, because that will lower your credit score.
• Don't make credit-card purchases unless you know you can pay off the balance in three months. Consider whether you can instead save the money in three months and pay cash instead.
• Consider whether service work on your vehicle will keep it running a bit longer, instead of buying a new one.
• Review your tax deductions to make sure you don't get a big refund at the end of the year. Getting a refund means you've given an interest-free loan to the government.
Do you hear a note of caution in all this? No matter what "consumer confidence" poll you read, you can find one that says the opposite.
Yes, it might give the economy as a whole a boost if millions of people run out and spend, spend, spend. But you're not responsible for the economy. You're only responsible for your home and family.
And being cautious about spending still is the way to go.
Uffington does not personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to email@example.com.
Some new reports say segments of the economy are springing back. Others aren't so positive.


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Who we are
Gridmerge are experts in Smart Grid Communications and Security.
We have been involved in Smart Grid Communications and Security for a number of years now, specialising in wireless Home Area Networking development. We have participated in the development of the following specifications:
- ZigBee and ZigBee PRO
- ZigBee Smart Energy
- ZigBee IP, incorporating IETF 6LoWPAN, PANA and RPL
- Thread
- Bluetooth Mesh
We also have experience in developing embedded implementations of the ZigBee stack and ZigBee IP stack and have experience in the IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth standards.


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Some people think we're all the same beneath our hair,
they hope the thoughts they fear inside their head
are just a common cold. Others, that their
special vision of dominions and desires
is not a stuffy nose.
But I remember turquoise afternoons
when everything was intermediate,
and you and I could be by being,
when all our past was yet to happen
and even sins were innocent.
Sipping facts and artifice,
Sunday's paper split between us,
while up above the sun would lose its blue,
be left with too much orange and
splash it through the windows
facing west.
I didn't know my secret destiny,
dressed in rainy wind and salted fog,
would be a victim of our spoken vacuum.
When the music in the bars was hollow and off-key,
I said the things that people say,
mostly to the mirrors and the floor,
and when I left, you kept
my Cartesian reference frame,
streets and their addresses,
the city, Los Andes and the weather.
I was swept away, motionless on rails,
carried far to impersonal stations
with underwear in my briefcase
beside the CRC Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics.
Later I would wash my clothes,
discover humans, other colors,
and realize any stranger
knew more of life than me.
Autumn knit, unravelling and raveling (spring is here). Travel can change the order of the seasons but apparently you can't do autumn at the end of spring unless your aircraft can fly faster than the speed of light.


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Flourless peanut butter-chocolate cake makes for a rich treat
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The problem with holiday potlucks is the travel factor.
The season tends to inspire us to make fancy — or maybe just fanciful — foods. But what works at home doesn't always transport well. Some people address this by bringing the components of the dish and finishing the assembly on location. But nothing says "troublesome guest" quite like arriving at your host's home and needing to take over the kitchen to finish preparing your dish.
Which leaves you struggling to find something holiday worthy that also transports well. For that, I generally turn to a simple, yet sensational flourless chocolate cake. Basic to make, but the results are anything but. And since this dense, squat cake has no fussy decorations — nor does it need any — it's a dream to transport.
I also like that the core recipe is so versatile. You start with a few essentials — melted chocolate, eggs and cream. From there, you can take it in so many directions. For example, spike it with balsamic vinegar glaze for a sweet-tart cake. Or add dried cherries. Or top it with crumbled chocolate cookies. Or do pretty much whatever inspires you.
For this recipe, I was aiming for a dense and fudgy cake. To get it, I used pureed pitted dates. And since chocolate and peanut butter play so nicely together, I added peanut flour. But if you can't find that, just leave it out; the recipe will still be delicious.
This cake is seriously rich, so a little bit goes a long way. Consider pairing it with coffee and espresso (perhaps topped with vanilla bean-spike whipped cream).
Start to finish: 50 minutes
Servings: 10
1 cup heavy cream
12-ounce bag semi-sweet
chocolate chips
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
8-ounce bag pitted dates
5 eggs
1/4-cup powdered
peanut butter
Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
In a small saucepan over medium-high, heat the cream until just simmering. Remove than pan from the heat and add the chocolate chips. Stir until melted and smooth.
In a blender, combine the chocolate-cream mixture, vanilla and dates. Puree until smooth, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the eggs and powdered peanut butter, then puree again until completely blended. Pour into the prepared pan. Tap the pan gently on the counter to level.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until completely set at the center. Cool completely, then remove the sides of the pan.
Nutrition information per serving: 370 calories; 190 calories from fat (51 percent of total calories); 21 g fat (12 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 125 mg cholesterol; 42 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 36 g sugar; 8 g protein; 65 mg sodium.


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Now remember, he said "get a biscuit." He didn't tell me where. I knew.
South of Route 33 in West Virginia is Tudor's country, and whoa to the traveler through the southern half of our fair state who drive through without stopping at one.
Disclaimer, this is not gourmet. It's not even pretty sometimes. But it IS an institution, and the closest fast-food attempt at recreating some other food that I've ever found.
Check this...McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's. Fast-food attempting to re-create the "real burger" in America. EPIC FAIL. They are what they are. They are not a backyard barbecue burger with tomatoes from Rene's garden down the road.
Taco Bell (and even all the ubiquitous sit down Mexican joints with 37 lunch combos obviating the need for any statement of no substitutions on the menu). NOT a true taco. See HERE, and HERE.
LJS? I LOVE your uber-fried combo. But approximating a fish fry, or even further out there a seafood meal, is not what you really end up doing.
Again, I eat at ALL of those places, I'm just pointing out the obvious to make my Tudor's point.
Tudor's is a fast-food attempt at country cooking breakfasts. And they get that. Portions are large, butter is prevalent, customization of platters is possible dine-in or carry-out (scrambled or over easy on those eggs?). You have multiple meat choices with breakfast, and when you order sausage gravy, you get (figuratively) gallons of hot, molten, chunks-of-sausage-laden gravy.
Biscuits are named. The Mountaineer. The Peppi. The Ron. The Mary B. And each has their devotees. Rabid passion can be found in discussions about the merits of different biscuit sandwiches, and outsiders stare curiously inward to try and understand the phenomenon witnessed when a WV expat comes home and requires a biscuit. Usually before going home and saying hello to Mom and Dad.
I have a friend in the DC area who's from Parkersburg originally and has her Mom ship her biscuits every couple of months. She freezes them and rations them out at what must be an excrutiatingly slow pace to await the next shipment. Hey Kate, check THIS out.
And while you're waiting for the DC-area franchise, take a minute to think about biscuits. In their purest form, they are perfect. Crispy tops, golden-brown with basted butter goodness. Flaky-chewy interiors are fluffy and meltingly sweet. Should you wish to adorn your biscuits with extras, the cheese will bind it all, the eggs are real, the ham is salty, and the bacon is not nuked.
OMG...I'll be right back. I won't admit to this in public, but I may have needed a moment.
I am partial to the Mountaineer. Shocked? No, you're not. Ham, potato, egg, and cheese. ON A BISCUIT? It's the Tudor's moral-equivalent of wrapped in bacon. And I lurve it.
The menu is larger than the biscuits, and includes pancakes and full-breakfast plate mash-ups. Lunch items are foreign to many a Tudor's afficianado. I'd wager many folks don't even realize there are burgers and chicken sandwiches, and corn bread and pintos on the menu. But those things make Tudor's an even closer fast-food version of a country-cookin' diner.
I'm skimpy on my lunch experience at Tudor's, but you can read about their hot dogs here and here.
Take a look at Chris from WV Hot Dogs on Tudor's breakfasts:
It is kind of hard to describe a Tudor's biscuit to someone not from the area. Imagine a biscuit from a major fast food chain, only like 1000x times better. They make gigantic homemade buttermilk biscuits from scratch (and I mean from scratch) and thick slices of bacon, sausage, and/or ham (like you would use at home) on them, real fried eggs (not that reconstituted egg-based product found at the national joints) and the best tasting cheese this side of the government commodity truck (by the way, I challenge anyone to make a better sandwich cheese than the US government. No, I'm not kidding.). If you don't believe me, go to a grouping of fast food joints by an interstate exit any morning. You will see a few out-of-staters at Mickey D's and BK and a shipload of people with WV tags at Tudor's.
Staff's exactly what it should be at a place like that. Orders get yelled back to the kitchen even with the tape register printing it out. Good-natured 'where is my side of fried apples' and 'you never tooold me there was an extra egg on this order' occaisionally float out toward the restaurant.
Regulars come in every day and read their paper; sipping on coffee and having a biscuit or eggs and toast. It's not "Have a nice day;" it's "You have a nice day, dear" when you're paying at the drive-thru window.
Here's what I don't like about Tudor's, and it's a relatively short list. First, the coffee, it's really not good. Tudor's clings to the disproven (in my mind) theory that you don't have to put the extra spoonful of coffee in the filter. Please Mr. Tudor, stop skimping. That extra scoop will definitely remove the slightly tin-ny flavor that can only be overcome now by six creamers and four sugar packets.
Second, and this is KEY for your commuter fans, please instruct your drive-thru employees that one napkin per biscuit in the bag is horribly insufficient to wipe fingers clean of the detritus remaining on the customer post-biscuit. Wait, don't get totally mad; I LOVE the butter that comes on, in, and around your biscuits. It's one of the best parts. I just don't want to have to use a power-washer in the garage of the home-office to clean up. One or two more napkins in the bag will take care of that problem nicely.
I'll leave you with a Tudor's ad, since I don't presently have any photos of my own...


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Writings of Charles S Peirce Preface
The five volumes of Writings of Charles S Peirce appeared in 1982, 1984, 1986, 1986, and 1993. All were published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana. Volume 1 covers the writings of Charles S Peirce during 1857-1866. It is edited by and contains an introduction by Max H Fisch, and has an Preface by Edward C Moore. Volume 2 covers the writings of Charles S Peirce during 1867-1871. It is edited by and has a Preface by Edward C Moore, and has an introduction by Max H Fisch, C F Delaney and Daniel D Merrill. Volume 3 covers the writings of Charles S Peirce during 1872-1878. In is edited by Christian J W Kloesel, and has an introduction by Max H Fisch. Volume 4 covers the writings of Charles S Peirce during 1879-1884. In is edited by Christian J W Kloesel, and has an introduction by Nathan Houser. Volume 5 covers the writings of Charles S Peirce during 1884-1886. In is edited by Christian J W Kloesel, and has an introduction by Nathan Houser.
Each of the five volumes has its own Preface. We quote here from the Preface of Volume 1 written by Edward C Moore:-
Each of the five volumes has its own Preface. We quote here from the Preface of Volume 1 written by Edward C Moore:-
The writings Peirce himself published run to approximately twelve thousand printed pages. At five hundred pages to the volume, these would make 24 volumes. The known manuscripts that he left unpublished run to approximately eighty thousand handwritten pages. If, on the average, two manuscript pages yield one book page, it would take 80 additional volumes for the unpublished papers and a total of 104 volumes for his complete works. Every previous letterpress edition of Peirce's writings might therefore fairly be entitled 'selected papers', with a subtitle indicating the scope of the selection. The present edition is no exception. What follows is a statement of the aims and editorial policies that have governed the selections for the Writings of Charles S Peirce: a chronological edition.
Our primary aim is to facilitate the study of the historical development of Peirce's thought. The Peirce corpus extends over sixty years, and Peirce returns again and again to his most difficult problems. To understand the positions he finally reached it is necessary to understand the problems he discovered along the way and to see why he felt forced to resolve them as he did. For that reason the present edition brings Peirce's writings into a single chronological order according to date of publication or, in the case of unpublished papers, date of composition.
To distinguish the papers Peirce published, the place and date of publication are given immediately following the title, while unpublished writings are identified by a manuscript number and the date of composition as noted by Peirce himself or as determined from other evidence. For papers datable only within a year or two, some latitude was taken in placing them in relation to dated papers.
The second aim of our edition is to demonstrate the degree of coherence and systematic unity of Peirce's thought at each stage of its development. Accordingly, it was necessary to depart occasionally from the strict chronological arrangement in order to present series of papers as uninterrupted units. There are few excerpts in A chronological edition; when an incomplete paper appears, it is, unless otherwise indicated, Peirce's complete fragment. It is hoped that these procedures will preserve the integrity of the efforts Peirce made to give an orderly and more or less complete exposition of his views. Our third aim is to include as high a proportion of previously unpublished papers as possible. In all cases of material not published by Peirce himself, we have returned to the original manuscripts and edited them anew. Overall, we plan to present roughly one-half new material, that is, papers that have not previously appeared in printed form.
In choosing papers for A chronological edition, preference was in general given to the more significant writings in the philosophy of science, in logic, and in metaphysics. Although fewer purely technical writings in science and mathematics are included, we have not overlooked the fact that Peirce's professional career was in science, not in philosophy. Peirce made original contributions to an extraordinarily wide range of the physical sciences, to pure mathematics as well as to mathematical pedagogy, and to the history of science and mathematics. Accordingly, some technical papers have been included when they seemed most useful to our purpose. Because of the work that others have done on Peirce's scientific papers, we believe that twenty volumes will allow us to accomplish the goals we have set for the present edition.
Each volume contains a brief historical introduction giving an account of the activities of Peirce within its time span, including the work he was doing in the sciences, in mathematics, and in the history of science. Each volume will also include a single chronological list of all the papers Peirce wrote within the period covered by that volume. The historical introduction near the beginning and the chronological list near the end of each volume will serve as a frame for the papers that appear between them. It is hoped that reference to these additional materials will provide a comprehensive sense of Peirce's work in mathematics, the sciences, and philosophy.
In 1993, the year volume 5 of the Writings of Charles S Peirce appeared, another book on Charles S Peirce was published, namely C F Delaney, Science, knowledge, and mind : A study in the philosophy of C S Peirce. This was published by University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. Delaney, the author of this book, also assisted with the Writings of Charles S Peirce. We quote from the Preface of Science, knowledge, and mind:-
Charles S Peirce is the most important figure in the history of American philosophy to date for several interrelated reasons. First, with regard to that intangible mix of abilities that philosophers are wont to identify as constituting a great philosophical mind - that combination of analytic acumen and imaginative vision - Peirce is clearly America's candidate for a place on the roster of the great philosophers. Given his expertise both in mathematics and the physical sciences, he possessed to an extraordinary degree those technical skills philosophers so prize, and he mobilized these in the service of a systematic vision of the workings of the human mind and its place in the cosmos. Secondly, the interaction of his personal character traits with the social expectations of the nineteenth century made of his life the kind of personal tragedy that proves continually fascinating. The association of genuine creative genius with personal failure is the stuff, if not always of legends, at least of enduring curiosity. Finally, the issues in the philosophy of science, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind that were central to his philosophical project just happen to be ones that are still on center stage on the contemporary philosophical scene. His reflections still speak directly to our questions and, given the ineradicable egocentrism of human enterprises, this assures him of our continued attention.
For these and other reasons Peirce deserves a voice in our present conversation and the conversation would be enriched by his contribution. This book is an attempt to facilitate that entry. My interest in Peirce is much more than merely historical inasmuch as I feel that his version of pragmatism can function as an antidote to the anti-rational and anti-scientific strains that go under that label today. It seems to me that a pragmatism in the Peircean tradition represents a way of transcending many of the limitations of twentieth-century philosophy without turning our backs on its genuine advances over past ways of philosophizing.
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Today, Chef Big Fat Panda's DIY Disney Recipes column brings us a savory favorite from Animal Kingdom Lodge's Boma! Take it away, Panda!
Hello Disney Food People! It feels like I haven't seen you in forever. You look fantastic? Did you lose weight? I need to feed you something delicious, don't I? Well, I have just the thing.
Today, I am going to recreate something from Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge's Boma restaurant called "Coconut Curry Chicken Soup." Some Disney recipes call it a stew, and it is a hybrid of sorts as I will explain.
I make no secret of my Italian heritage, but what many people don't know is that among all the pasta and tomato sauce type dishes my mom prepared as I grew up, she also made curry. My mom had an Indian friend (I forgot his name) who taught her how to make all sorts of curries, and she made Beef Curry at least 2 times a month. So, for me, Curry was a taste I grew up with and was introduced to at a very early age. In other words, I absolutely LOVE the taste of curry. If you don't know what curry tastes like, just try it. It is a mixture of many ancient old herbs and spices that create a Kaleidoscope of flavor on your palate.
As usual, the recipe's instructions will be bolded for easy reference should you wish to print this out and skip my commentary. It's just going to make for a bland read, and I think you need some spice in your life. Just sayin'!
You will need:
1 chicken, whole – cut in eight
8 ounces onions, diced chunky
8 ounces red bell peppers, diced chunky
2 jalapeno peppers, sliced
8 ounces potatoes, diced chunky
8 ounce diced tomatoes, drained
8 ounces coconut milk
3 tablespoons curry powder, toasted
1 quart chicken stock
5 ounces honey
4 ounces oil
½ cup cilantro, chopped
To taste cayenne pepper (adjust/add slowly)
To taste salt and pepper
Roux (3 ounces butter and 3 ounces flour)
Now, before we begin, let me say that this recipe feels like it was written by a Chef, for a Chef. It's vague and simple. It says things like "cook until done" without giving any sort of a timeline or hint as to what the final product should be. I am going to try and clear it up based on my firsthand experience in cooking this dish.
Also, I am not a fan of all chicken parts. I eat white meat chicken breast only, so opted to use Chicken Breasts rather than a whole Chicken. You may decide to do the same based on your preference.
1. Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon curry powder. Sear chicken in the skillet until golden brown and ¾ done. Set aside.
Simple enough — let's season our chicken with some salt and pepper and be sure to coat it well with some curry powder. I am not scared of curry (which really is not very hot on its own) so I likely used more than directed.
You can sear the chicken in a skillet, or as I did in a George Foreman type grill. It's very difficult to get chicken to a ¾ done status without it either being raw or overcooked.
When you think it is just DONE — or when it is no longer pink, remove it. It will be cooked more in the soup/stew we are going to make.
A word on Curry Powder. You may see many different types of Curry sold in the stores. Even the McCormick Curry powder is fine as are other store brands. They all have a slightly different flavor profile, and it will take time to find the one that might be your favorite.
If you are lucky enough to have an Indian friend or an authentic Indian foods store near you, go in and ask for their own Curry powder, or see what they recommend. They will almost always have a fresh curry powder they are very proud of. It's a staple in good Indian cuisine.
2. Melt butter and stir in flour to make a roux and set aside.
A roux is basically a thickening agent of flour and fat — in this case, the fat being butter. You simply melt the butter, stir in the flour, and you have this gloppy mixture as seen in the pics.
Why they tell you to set it aside is beyond me, because we are ready to use it right away in the next step.
3. Heat chicken stock, curry powder, coconut milk and roux. Let simmer until thickened.
What detail! 😉 I was like — well, how thick do you want it to be?
I simmered it all for about 15 minutes and did not witness any major thickening. Because the recipe said "soup", I assumed I didn't really want anything too thick, so I moved on.
Had I simmered it more and allowed it to reduce, I am sure it would have become thicker.
4. Add the vegetables (except the cilantro) and seared chicken. Cook until chicken is done.
This next step is really beautiful. I had a moment of enjoying what nature could produce. Really. Don't laugh AT me. 🙂
The colors were great. I had this yellowish curry, in which I could see the reddest red bell pepper, the greenest green jalapeno, etc. It was a feast of colors and smelled delicious.
I disagree with the recipe in saying "cook until chicken is done." The Chicken will be done prior to the potatoes so I would amend that line to "cook until potatoes are done." This could take between 15-25 minutes depending upon how big your chunks of potatoes are.
5. Add honey and cayenne pepper. Adjust seasoning. Garnish with cilantro.
I added some salt and very little cayenne pepper. You can ruin a meal quickly if you go even slightly overboard on the cayenne. If you do not like spicy foods, SKIP THE CAYENNE!
Cilantro is another herb that most people either love or hate. Skip it if you wish. The smell can be gross but then it can add a fabulous flavor to the recipe. Use your own judgment. Same thing with the honey. I found it was not needed but a little sweetness can do just the trick!
The finished result was definitely a hearty soup and yes, even a little stew like. With a little more flour in the Roux, this could definitely have been a thicker Stew.
If I had to change anything, I would likely add some more potatoes or even serve it over rice. I wanted a bit more starch to make it a real entree, but that's just me.
I loved this recipe. The flavors are so distinct and the coconut milk does not overwhelm the soup. It just gives it a creamy subtle offset to the spicy curry.
I just had some for lunch (the day after), and it was thicker and tastier the next day. Like most foods, the next day does wonders for this recipe and I thought it was delicious before.
It's not hard to make, and I hope to hear YOUR comments and what you thought/think of it. Please let me know.
I am planning a dessert next time – soon – so thanks again for allowing me into your kitchen and keep wishing upon those stars! BIG HUGS from Chef BigFatPanda!
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Either the scars run deep, or old habits die hard, but even now, even with this au natural who-knew-sex-could-get-you-pregnant pregnancy, it is so hard to let go of the jinx factor.
When you are going through infertility, you have so little control over what happens – very little control over how your body responds and no control over the final result. You can try as hard as you can, and you still can't influence the result. It's a huge mindfuck, especially for the A types who are used to controlling their world, and who have always believed that effort = reward.
And so, in order to try and wrestle some semblance of control, you (a) educate yourself with as much info as you can and (b) look for 'signs' every where. Even if before you merrily walked under ladders and laughed at black cats in your path, you suddenly become hyper vigilant for signs. A baby sticker on the window of the car in front of you as you drive to the clinic – IT'S A SIGN!! A song playing on the radio that you danced to as your first dance – IT'S A SIGN!! If you can't find a sign, you make one up. Infertiles love signs.
The flip side of looking for signs, is fearing the jinx factor. The jinx factor reigns large. We live in fear of the jinx factor. After so many IVFs, pregnancies and losses, you would think that by now I would know that if something is going to go wrong, it is going to go wrong (because of perfectly logical, explainable MEDICAL factors), but no, I am still so fearful of the jinx factor.
Announcing that you are pregnant is hugely jinxy. But somehow, if you announce it with the right 'tone' (not too confident or boastful, instead full of gratitude edged with a bit of fear), it is less jinxy. Working out your due date – very, very jinxy. Acting 100% confident / blasé / naïve / boastful about being pregnant – very, very jinxy.
Yesterday when I want for the CVS, I was comforting myself that it would be good because it was at a new doctor, not the one that did the CVS for the last pregnancy that turned out so bad, and that blah blah blah (looking for signs every where) and when the new doctor walked in, I immediately recognized her (and her me) from when I did the CVS with the quads – she was there that day assisting. I was completely stuck as to whether it was a good sing or a jinx. Brain melted.
As you know, we have a brilliant local online support site (Fertilicare) for local infertiles. I hang around the infertile boards giving people encouragement where I can, answering questions where I can and occasionally I lurk on the pregnancy boards. So yesterday I thought I would join them there, announcing my pregnancy and joining in the group. I opened up a new post, was about to start typing my news and then I shut the window down. I just couldn't. Far too jinxy.
I know that my friends and family get, um, irritated is too strong a word, lets say 'concerned' that I am like this, that I am not 100% skippy happy, its not that I don't want to, its just that I can't. It is far too jinxy. I feel as if as long as I hold on to a little bit of the respectful fear, I am somehow am protecting myself and the pregnancy from the jinx.
As I said, the scars run deep and old habits die hard.
PS I have a few good signs that comfort me that just maybe this will end up ok, but I obviously can't share them with you as that would be way too jinxy ;-)
PPS I really am ok, and even dare I say it, happy! This is just my way of dealing with the fear. I am fearfully happy. Happily fearful. Actually just happy touched with a tiny, teeny bit of fear of the jinx.
PPPS Another really jinxy thing is to get all cocky about picking baby names, but I've always picked my names early so I might do the same. Am going to ask you for help as this baby was practically conceived on this blog anyway. Don't post your suggestions yet!!! Too jinxy. Only after Friday's results. Then we will have the name discussion. Put your thinking caps on in the mean time.


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Friday, 17 January 2014 15:00
MOS DEF: The Very Best Discs of 2013
The Digital Bits' Mark A. Altman weighs in on the Top 25 best Blu-ray and DVD releases of the last year… because 10 just wasn't enough
As a longtime discophile (and, I'm not talking about Donna Summer), nothing upsets me more to hear about the so-called end of days for physical media. Cries that the streaming Visigoths are at the gates ready to crush our silver platters into dust in the process make me shudder. [Read on here…]
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Cost of moving house soars
The 9 per cent year-on-year jump in moving expenditure is well above both the 0.5 per cent increase in inflation and the 1.5 per cent rise in average earnings.
Estate agency fees were the biggest factor behind the jump, accounting for half of the increase, up by £402 to £5,404 in 2016.
Stamp Duty is also up by an average of £372 from last year to £2,504, while legal fees account for £1,251 of the total.
Removal costs are £1,111 on average,while £665 in surveyors' fees and £60 for an Energy Performance Certificate all add up.
An 8.3 per cent increase in house prices in the year to the end of July, according to the Office for National Statistics, accounts for much of the 9 per cent jump in moving costs.
However, home buyers in some areas of the country are feeling the strain of moving more than others. London saw an increase of 18 per cent - more than five times the national average.
And the south east has seen the biggest percentage rise, with homemovers having to shell out around £16,828 – 20 per cent more than a year ago.
But in areas with more muted house price growth, moving cost increases have been correspondingly modest. Scotland saw a 2 per cent increase to £6,947, and the north west saw just a per cent rise. Meanwhile, in Wales the cost actually fell by £6 to £7,563.


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Now that Obamacare's implementation is all but inevitable, conservatives are doing all sorts of nutty shit to try to stop it at the last minute. They're threatening to shut down the whole government over it, which is the political equivalent of cutting off one's head to spite one's face. They're filing a metric crapton of lawsuits against it. But my favorite conservative freak out is where they tell people not to sign up for it — with this unbelievably ironic video aimed at young women. "Obamacare is letting the government into your vag!" says the party of the transvaginal ultrasound. Let's go on a journey through the destruction of irony, like, as a concept.
Here are other ways that this ad is among the most hilariously self-implicating pieces of propaganda:
- "OPT OUT" as the name of a conservative-helmed program when, like, it's written right into the GOP's platform that women who become pregnant should not be able to OPT OUT or pregnancy. Other things women seeking abortions would not be able to "OPT OUT" of, if the conservative party had its way: listening to a fetal heartbeat, looking at a fetal ultrasound, a transvaginal ultrasound, a condescending lecture from a doctor about scientifically debunked non-dangers of abortion. One proposed Texas law suggested women who seek abortions should have to take a mandatory adoption class. OPTING OUT!
- "Don't let the government play doctor," says the tag line of an ad created by the same people who do exactly that, like, fucking constantly.
- Uncle Sam long ago became young women's creepy uncle when the government first got into all this vagina policing in the first place.
- Remember when Rick Santorum was all "birth control pills give women a license to 'do things'" and by "things" he meant "fuck"? Creeeee-pyyyyy.
- What if we replaced the soundtrack of this ad with Republicans talking about female bodies? It would actually be a better ad.
Planned Parenthood responded swiftly and without pity. Here's a statement from Eric Ferrero, VP of Communications for PPFA,
"It is hard to tell if this is real or if it's a 'Saturday Night Live' parody about the hypocrisy of extremists who want to be in every exam room in America but don't want to expand access to quality health care. These are the same extreme Koch-funded political groups who have tried to pass transvaginal ultrasound laws and other laws allowing politicians to interfere with people's personal medical decisions. These videos are the height of hypocrisy, but more importantly they are irresponsible and dangerous, designed to spread misinformation and discourage people from getting access to high quality, affordable health care."
Guys. Guys. This ad contains literally the most projection I've ever seen, and the other day stood next to a train to a male hipster reading Oscar Wilde who whispered "fag" under his breath as a trans woman deboarded. This is madness.