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Friday, February 03, 2012
Estonian recipes: Alexander cake (Aleksandrikook)
Alexander cake, March 2011, dyed with sea-buckthorn juice concentrate
I'm dedicating February to various Estonian recipes, so if you've travelled to Estonia and want a specific recipe or two, let me know. Aleksandrikook aka Alexander cake has been requested here on Nami-Nami on several occasions, so it's about time to listen to my dear readers and post a recipe :)
To start with, Alexander cake is not actually Estonian in its origin, even though it's rather popular here and found in many traditional coffee and pastry shops. Our Nordic neighbours, Finns, claim the cake as their own. But then I've even come across recipes for Alexander cake in Latvian cookbooks, so it's popular in all over the North-Eastern corner of Europe.
Apparently its history goes back to 1814 or 1818, depending on your sources, when Alexander I of Russia, the reigning czar, visited Helsinki, and was served this concoction on his birthday. The cake is mentioned in Kullo manor's ledger books from 1819-1821. By 1850s, the cakes were sold in Café Ekberg (they still are, gorgeously pink in colour and sandwiched with apple spread).
In principle, it's a simple cake. Two layers of shorcrust pastry, sandwiched with thick raspberry (or other) jam, and topped with simple icing. However, as one talented Estonian food blogger has written somewhere, it's actually a tricky cake to do well. First, it's important not to overmix the pastry, as it won't have the right texture. It's important to roll out the pastry evenly, as otherwise it won't bake evenly. To lift one cake layer on top of the other is tricky as well - if you're unlucky, it'll break apart. If you're making this in a cafeteria, then you'll need to cut perfectly even-sized rectangles, and the glaze needs to be pretty and pink (or cocoa-brown, if you're opting for the cocoa glaze).
NOTE: this should be baked and put together a day before serving, otherwise it'll be too dry and crumbly!
Alexander cake, September 2009, dyed with fresh black aronia juice and white chocolate
I've included some links to Estonian and Finnish foodbloggers that have written about the cake - you'll find them at the end of this post.
Alexander cake
Cuts into 12 rectangles
Alexander cake, March 2011, dyed with sea-buckthorn juice concentrate
Pastry layers:
125 g caster sugar (150 ml)
300 g all-purpose flour (500 ml, about 2 cups)
1 tsp baking powder
200 g butter, at room temperature
1 egg
250 ml (1 cup) thick raspberry jam
250 g icing sugar/confectioners sugar (about 400 ml)
3-4 Tbsp raspberry or black aronia juice
Make the pastry by mixing all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the butter, and using your fingers for mixing, mix until you've got large crumbs. Add the egg and quickly mix the pastry until it comes together.
Take a parchment paper that fits your baking sheet. Place the pastry on top of the paper and using a slightly floured rolling pin, roll the pastry to fit the baking sheet.
Bake in a preheated 175C/350F oven until dry and light golden brown (about 20 minutes).
Take out from the oven, and cut into two even-sized rectangles (the final cake will be half the size of your baking sheet). Cool lightly.*
Spread the jam over one shortcake base. Then very carefully lift the other shortcake layer on top of the one covered with jam.
Cut into squares (but don't separate the pieces) and leave to cool completely.
Make the glaze by mixing some colourful juice into the icing sugar until you've got a runny sugar glaze. Pour and spread that over the cake pieces and leave to set.
* Note that there is an alternative way of baking this cake - you'll sandwich two shortcake layers together with jam BEFORE baking (obviously you'll need to bake it a bit longer then). I've never tried this version.
Alexander cake, March 2011, dyed with sea-buckthorn juice concentrate
Fancy more? Here are some links to other foodbloggers' posts about Alexander cake - these give you a good idea about the different ways of glazing the cake.
Aniitram (a classic cocoa frosting and white frosting, zigzag pattern), MARU (Estonian designer and food writer), Qsti, Ragne, Liina, Sille
Kinuskikissa (one of the most popular Finnish foodbloggers, she used a cappuccino-flavoured glaze), Jaana, Sarppu (apple version), Maija (she uses marzipan in the filling!).
8 comments:
- Alanna Kellogg said...
Something twigged in me, that this is a Finnish cake -- even though I don't remember having.
So looking forward to more Estonian recipes, Pille!
I remember realizing when I visited South Africa that one benefit of some years of isolation is that your OWN traditions are stronger, less influenced by the outside world. This will change over time but bloggers can play an important role in preserving these traditional recipes for the future, putting them out there for the world to adopt rather than leaving them in a dusty cookbook.
- 6:04 pm, February 03, 2012
- armstrongsix said...
growing up in NY with Estonian parents this was the cake we had for every birthday (along with a kringel) - but this was my favorite and I still make it for my kids... thanks for sharing the recipe and different variations. Love your blog Pille!
- 8:38 am, February 04, 2012
Ahh, Toome poes müüdi Aleksandri kooki... Tavaliselt me ostsime enne kunstikooli sealt Komeedi kommi, aga kui oli ikka suur nälg, siis kooki ka.
(Ragne lingi alt ilmub uuesti Qsti :))
- 8:27 pm, February 04, 2012
Delicious-looking and I love the decorations. Congrats on your magazine appearance!
- 4:02 am, February 05, 2012
Tere from a 'golden oldie' from near Sydney in Australia! What a treat to find you: a number of my friends will have your site within their sights soonest :D ! Have been a 'foodie' forever. Remember collecting 'Time-Life' regional books some 50 years ago. There was one on the Baltics, Russia etc - wonderful!! Altho' a number of Esto/Baltic recipes [and good ones too!] were given, it was said that the ONLY real Estonian recipe was 'Alexandrikook'?!
- 6:41 pm, February 07, 2012
"Even" Latvians?! Up until today, I didn't realize Estonians or Finns ate "Aleksandra kuka"!
Latvian style, the topping was usually a simple pale lemon glaze.
- 7:00 pm, February 07, 2012
- Pille said...
Alanna - I bet you did have it in Finland all those years ago!
Armstrongsix - thank you for your kind words about Nami-Nami blog! And how exciting to read this used to be your birthday cake!
Triin - ma ei suudagi ühtegi konkreetset Tallinna kohvikut nimetada, kus ma seda 1980ndail ja 1990ndail ostmas käisin, aga ostetud seda ikka sai :)
Paz - cheers :)
Eha - welcome to Nami-Nami! And here you go - this "only" Estonian recipe is also claimed by Latvians and Finns :)
Anon. - yay, we can have a tri-national food fight :D :D :D I've now also added a Latvian food blog to the list, hope that's fine?
- 2:41 pm, February 21, 2012
So excited to find this blog. My father was Estonian, but I have never met another Estonian outside my family. (We live in America.)
I have made this cake, although it didn't turn out too well. Yours looks beautiful! It encourages me to try again. Your other recipes look fantastic too. Will definitely be back often to visit this site. :)
- 2:35 pm, June 25, 2012


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- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
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- 1/2 cup strawberry milk
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Approximately 60 competitors, including six defending National Collegiate champions, competed in Sunday's first official Atlantic Collegiate Alliance of Tae Kwon Do (ACAT) Tournament, held at the PowerKixUSA Martial Arts studio in Stafford, Va.
That venue, operated by former U.S. Olympic gold medalist Arlene Limas, was selected to host the tournament because it features Olympic-sized rings. Members of the American Athletics Union of Tae Kwon Do volunteered to officiate the tournament and extended an invitation to Liberty to join the AAU.
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Flames third-place finishers were freshman Bryar Kader in the men's lightweight green belt division; sophomore Biranganine (John) Ntibonera in the men's middleweight green belt division; senior Darrel Richards in the men's middleweight yellow belt division; and freshman Matthew Gallagher in the men's lightweight black belt division.
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Ever since I got a copy of The Perfect Finish by White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses I can't stop imagining the scenario where he got the call offering him the position. Is there really any higher honor for a pastry chef? It's basically saying that your desserts are the best in the entire country.
Planning and preparing all of the desserts and pastries served at the White House seems like an unfathomable amount of work to begin with, so the fact that Yosses found time to pen a cookbook between all of those state dinners and catered events is doubly impressive. And The Perfect Finish is a real show-stopper of a dessert book.
Co-written by Melissa Clark of The New York Times, it's a book filled with recipes that range from quick and simple for the novice baker to complex and gorgeous desserts for those with a little more baking expertise. The recipes are organized into categories such as Come for Brunch, I'll Bring Dessert, and Pick-Me-Ups that give you insight into what occasion each recipe is appropriate for.
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Week 10 is here, which means we're already taking an early glance at awards on NFL.com. It also means playoff positioning is in play and rankings are solidifying.
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Twenty-two franchises moved spots from last week's rankings, illustrating the in-flux nature of the NFL and the reality that there are no great teams, just a few good, many mediocre and couple of Jags and Chiefs in the league.
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As for the 31 teams not ranked 32nd, proceed with caution ...
... and let the dissension commence.
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The Atlanta Falcons keep winning because Mike Smith's team just doesn't suffer the mental breakdowns that afflict other clubs. The Dallas Cowboys gave the Falcons all they could handle Sunday night, but the key to the game was that Atlanta didn't give Dallas any freebies. Roddy White is an absolute beast at home, too -- darn near uncoverable. His biggest contribution, besides putting up another 100-yard game, was locking up Morris Claiborne to prohibit an interception late in the fourth. That single play might have saved the game. What a player.
Another week, another win, and yet another game of holding the ball for more than 34 minutes. That said, the Houston Texans have a big challenge looming in Chicago. The key for Houston will be sticking with the run game against the Bears' front four, and not having any giveaways on offense, as Chicago absolutely thrives off turnovers (85 points off takeaways). The good news: Houston is excellent at both sticking with the ground game and protecting the football.
Weren't there a lot of people saying the Chicago Bears were fluky, and that the Tennessee Titans would upset them? Thought so. Bears defense: seven touchdowns in the past six games.
Week 9 was a bye in the Bay. Head coach Jim Harbaugh must figure out ways to a) replicate quarterback Alex Smith's 18-for-19 performance in Week 8, b) get tight end Vernon Davis involved early in games, and c) do those things without taking away any mojo from the red-hot running game.
The walking wounded keep winning. This week, the Green Bay Packers lost Jordy Nelson early. Tight end Jermichael Finley still doesn't look right, and has the numbers to prove it (one catch, six yards on Sunday). James Starks and Alex Green were able to give the club a little oomph against the Arizona Cardinals, as the Packers' offense gained 176 yards rushing. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers didn't have his best game, but still racked up four touchdown passes. And the beat goes on ...
The Baltimore Ravens sit at 6-2 after holding off the pesky Cleveland Browns on the road. Head coach John Harbaugh had nothing but positive remarks about his opponent, praising what's being built in Cleveland. Class. You can't teach it. Another thing that can't be taught: resilience. Baltimore is on pace for a 12-4 mark, despite some huge injuries ( Terrell Suggs, Lardarius Webb) and offseason losses like Jarret Johnson, who now resides in San Diego. Give Harbaugh his props.
Given the circumstances, and the fact that Big Blue had a 20-10 second half lead, it's hard to qualify the loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers as anything other than a letdown. That said, the New York Giants still reside in first place, with a trip to Cincinnati next on the docket. The front four should do well versus Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton, who isn't nearly as adept at making things happen when the play breaks down as Ben Roethlisberger.
It was one of those "double whammy" bye weeks. No football for New England Patriots fans ... and a huge groan from the 20 billion fantasy owners who have Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Stevan Ridley, Wes Welker or Aaron Hernandez. Waiver wire, baby, waiver wire. Who doesn't love starting some spare tight end (who catches two balls) over Gronk (who catches two touchdowns)? Next up for the Pats: the struggling Buffalo Bills.
Manning-to-Decker is becoming one of the most lethal combos in pro football. Some of it is Eric Decker's ability to catch the ball in traffic, as well as his knack to be where he is supposed to be -- perhaps the most important trait for a receiver in a Peyton Manning-led offense. Of course, the other aspect to take into account is the attention Demaryius Thomas demands. As long as the Denver Broncos get viable defensive play, they'll be a huge player in the AFC. While we're at it, take a gander at Denver's back stretch: eight opponents, one of which has a winning record.
Everything about the Pittsburgh Steelers' 24-20 win screamed "TEAM." Some writer not only called the win, but the exact score. How about that guy? What made this particular victory so special was the fact the Steelers did it in an emotionally charged stadium in front of an emotionally charged crowd. Despite being down 10 in the second half, with pass protection clearly breaking down, Pittsburgh's offense put together a couple of quality possessions. The running game was phenomenal, particularly Isaac Redman (147 yards). Couple that with incredibly clutch play from the secondary, and the Steelers now sit at 5-3 on the crest of a three-game win streak.
The Seattle Seahawks aren't going away any time soon. With the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins next up on the schedule, it's conceivable the Seahawks could be 7-4 and in strong position for a wild-card spot at the outset of December. The Seahawks now own the head-to-head over the Minnesota Vikings, who are also 5-4 and fighting for a playoff spot. On another note, Russell Wilson was awfully impressive in the bout with Minnesota: 16 of 24 with three touchdowns and a 127.3 passer rating.
Hey, don't look now, but this Detroit Lions club that everyone wrote off is now 4-4 and making its move. The NFC North doesn't have a losing team. Give some credit for the Lions' recent success to an unusual suspect: the ground game. Detroit ran for 149 yards and four touchdowns in Jacksonville. Next up: the Vikings, who just allowed 195 rushing yards to the Seahawks.
Remember when Tiki Barber wanted to come back last year? He has, as a T-1000 in Doug Martin's body.
Whatever Andrew Luck does differently at home, it sure is working. The No. 1 overall pick resumed his brilliant play at Lucas Oil Stadium with a rookie record 433 yards passing against Miami. Luck has put up over 300 yards per game and boasts an 8-to-3 TD-INT ratio over five contests in Indy. The interesting part is how well he's been able to spread it around to three guys who many analysts didn't think would give this team much production: Reggie Wayne (age, no Peyton), Donnie Avery (injury-ravaged career, three teams in five years) and T.Y. Hilton (who?). Impressive stuff, and kudos to offensive coordinator/interim head coach Bruce Arians.
The Minnesota Vikings have been making opposing quarterbacks look like Hall of Famers lately. Over the last two weeks, opponents have thrown six touchdown passes with no picks and a 115.5 passer rating. Compounding the problem is the absence of a pass rush. After totaling 22 sacks over the first seven games, the Vikings have compiled two sacks in the last two. Not good.
Ryan Tannehill felt the pressure late in Sunday's loss in Indy, but overall you have to be impressed with the rookie out of Texas A&M. He might not exude confidence on the field all the time, and struggled on the Miami Dolphins' do-or-die possession near the end of the game, but the NFL isn't too big for him. Tannehill keeps his composure, and frankly, hasn't received enough credit because of all the praise spray-painted on Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. Speaking of the latter, how Miami's defensive backs don't make a play on the go-ahead bomb to T.Y. Hilton is anyone's guess. Luck threw that ball up for grabs.
Another frustrating loss for the beat-up Dallas Cowboys. Prior to the loss, Jerry Jones said that even he would have fired Jerry Jones The GM (i.e., if another general manager had his track record over the last 15 years). Wondering aloud over Twitter if Jones would write a resignation letter to himself, I got this response ...
@harrison_nfl "Dear Jerry - I now realize I am not qualified to do the job and I think you should take over from here. Signed, Jerry."â Diego Lopez (@Diego24fps) November 5, 2012
Philip Rivers looked awfully good Thursday night, save one poor decision in throwing a bad pick in the end zone. Once again, Rivers aimed the ball and looked to do too much. If he can just coach himself out of that, the San Diego Chargers will be right in the thick of the AFC West race. The defense played well in Cleveland and held down the Chiefs with little difficulty. While that competition might not be stiff, defensive coordinator John Pagano leads a unit that can at least keep the Bolts in games. Now San Diego just needs some healthy wideouts.
The Cincinnati Bengals are in serious trouble. At 3-5, they cannot afford a clunker at home against the defending champs. Another loss, and the Bengals will be in a serious hole in the playoff race. This group went 10-6 last season. Quarterback Andy Dalton's play will be dissected, and with good reason. The second-year man from TCU has already thrown 11 interceptions after throwing only 13 as a rookie last season.
The Arizona Cardinals got much more out of their offense at Green Bay than they did versus San Francisco at home, but the Cards were also penalized more and turned the ball over more than the Packers. You just can't do that against a superior team on the road. Arizona also only held the ball for 26 minutes. Any way you look at it, the Cardinals are in free-fall. Going into a bye week with a five-game losing streak in tow is not exactly ideal.
Much like the Cardinals, the St. Louis Rams are in a steep decline. During the bye week, head coach Jeff Fisher and staff must've taken a hard look at a defense that isn't playing nearly as well as it did early in the season. The secondary had its difficulties with both the Packers and the Patriots, which is understandable, given that those teams are quarterbacked by Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, respectively. But New England seemingly did whatever it wanted offensively, exploiting the Rams on the ground, too. The schedule provides no breaks, with a trip to San Francisco in Week 10. Remember: Alex Smith went 18-for-19 with three touchdowns his last time out. Big game for the Rams.
At 3-5, the show ain't over. Heckuva response by the New Orleans Saints' defense after letting Peyton Manning Tecmo them a week ago. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's unit was especially impressive when backed up inside its own 20 on Monday night, shutting the door time and again on the Philadelphia Eagles. Philly ventured into the red zone five times, and New Orleans gave them all of six points. Uh, that's a win.
You thought Cam Newton looked defeated in recent postgame press conferences? Oh man, Andy Reid looked like a guy who had to sit through a Lifetime movie marathon on Monday night. Going 0-for-5 in the red zone will do that to a man. So will gaining 447 yards and only having 13 points to show for it. So will losing five of six games.
Encouraging showing by Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers in Washington. The coaching staff said the Panthers would play more aggressively, and they did. Case in point: Newton airing it out deep in his own end zone with a 14-6 lead in the fourth quarter. Most clubs would've run the ball on the road in that scenario. Newton delivered a perfect vertical shot to Armanti Edwards, and 82 yards later, Carolina was looking to go up 21-6 and play defense.
The Washington Redskins continue to hurt their own cause with penalties and drops. If 'Skins receivers could consistently catch the ball, Robert Griffin III would be hovering around a 70 percent completion rate. Cornerback Josh Wilson's fourth-quarter pass interference in the end zone pretty much guaranteed a Carolina touchdown, and then he wouldn't get his butt off the field to allow the Redskins' defense to properly set -- problems that are a microcosm of the Redskins' season.
It was a bye week in an area of the country that had bigger fish to fry than football games. But it will be nice to have the New York Jets back in action ... as long as its not the team we saw against the Dolphins.
You never know what Oakland Raiders team is going to show up -- from game to game, quarter to quarter or play to play. At 3-5, the season isn't entirely slipping away. The Raiders are only two games back in the AFC West, but have already suffered losses to both Denver and San Diego. The only way to get the 2012 season on the rails is for head coach Dennis Allen to take a hard look at what his team is doing defensively, from a scheme and personnel standpoint. Allen was hired for this gig largely because of what he accomplished as a defensive coordinator in Denver. Yet, his defense in Oakland is allowing 28.6 points per game ( 28th in the NFL).
Losing 51-20 is bad enough. But losing the way the Tennessee Titans did made the blowout unpalatable. Five turnovers, 22 minutes of possession and never really being in the game? Yeah, life as a Titans fan was nothing short of awful on Sunday. At 3-6, the Titans' chances of recovery seem remote, even in the swamp of mediocrity that is the AFC. Chris Johnson ran for 141 yards, taking one 80 yards to the house. Where was that in September?
The Buffalo Bills made a game out of it in Houston for the majority of the afternoon, but the offense still seems out of sync. Make no mistake, it's the defense that's been the culprit for most of the failure in 2012. Yet too often in Houston, the offense got nothing going, particularly when it was 21-9 with the bulk of the fourth quarter to play. Ryan Fitzpatrick looked off, and the offense didn't vertical shots despite being down two scores. Going 2-for-11 on third down ain't exactly conducive to winning games, either. Perplexing, and I'm sure maddening for Bills fans.
The Cleveland Browns fought back against a Baltimore team that always handles them in their own stadium. But the Brownies still ended up with another loss. Problem No. 1 for Cleveland: Settling for Phil Dawson field goals instead of getting touchdowns. Red-zone stalls hurt. Something else that hurt: Brandon Weeden and the offense getting less than five yards per passing attempt. That is awful. The defense hung tight, allowing the Ravens just 282 total yards after giving up two early touchdowns. (Cleveland gave up 136 yards on Baltimore's first two possessions, then 146 the rest of the game.) The offense must get more bang for the buck in the air and convert third downs to close the door on teams.
Same old story for Jacksonville Jaguars fans, all 63,050 of them who had to sit through another three hours of bad offensive football. Jacksonville gained just 279 total yards against the Lions, with a good majority of that total coming in garbage time. At some point, this ship must get righted, organizationally speaking. Jacksonville's home crowd has seen losses of 27-7, 27-10, 41-3 and 31-14. Get excited.
Tough to encapsulate what's going wrong in Kansas City, but it should be mentioned that there is too much talent on this roster for the Chiefs to be 1-7. So it must be the coaching, right? Not completely. General manager Scott Pioli is responsible for signing Matt Cassel to a $63 million deal, drafting Jon Baldwin in the first round when a lot of teams didn't want him, alienating long-time employees, fixing leaks with mediocre players ( Peyton Hillis, Steve Breaston, Stanford Routt) and ultimately spearheading a franchise that's gone 22-57 since he came on board.
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After more than 15 hours of expert-level talks, the United States and other major world powers agreed with Iran early Wednesday to move toward resumption of full negotiations to ensure that Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment does not turn into a nuclear weapons program, a European participant at the talks said.
The meeting, in Istanbul's upscale Conrad hotel, began Tuesday amid doubts that talks would resume after they stalled last month.
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The Iran talks hold the key to war and peace in the Gulf, and well beyond.
Israel has threatened a military strike if Iran does not cease enriching uranium to 20 percent -- a degree that, while far short of weapons grade, would allow it to produce nuclear weapons in a matter of a year or more.
But with top Israeli military and intelligence figures and senior U.S. national security officials warning publicly that an Israeli airstrike would only delay the Iranian program for a few years at most, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu agreed to give President Barack Obama a chance to seek a diplomatic solution first.
Political talks were launched here in April and were moved to Baghdad in late mid-May, but stalled in the third round in Moscow in mid-June.
On Sunday, the European Community and the United States introduced a new round of tough unilateral sanctions, which include a cutoff of European oil purchases and U.S. actions against the Iran central bank. In response, Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, chokepoint for oil and gas shipments from the Persian Gulf to the rest of world.
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Iran denies any intention of developing nuclear weapons, and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has issued a fatwa saying it was impermissible to divert nuclear material to bomb-making.
Heading the first three rounds of political negotiations were Catherine Ashton, the EU's top foreign affairs official, and Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator. Ashton represents the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, while Jalili is empowered as personal representative of Iran's supreme leader.
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It took a dozen weeks, but quarterback situations around the NFL have finally collapsed into their natural states of doubt, remorse, recrimination and often-hilarious ineptitude. The Steelers are rummaging for quarterbacks among old strings of Christmas lights, looking for a batch that works. The Jaguars must decide if Chad Henne is the answer to any question other than "why aren't you watching the Jaguars game?" Ken Whisenhunt is happy with his three-quarterback situation, but only because it gives him the joy of benching two of them. Matt Ryan imitates Bart Starr, Russell Wilson channels Fran Tarkenton and Colin Kaepernick excites Jim Harbaugh so much that Alex Smith has to see the writing on the wall, or at least on Kaepernick. All Jay Cutler's base are belong to us, but Lowdown kicks off with two teams that have no quarterback controversies at all, just a bad case of season affective disorder.
Packers at Giants
8:20 p.m. Sunday, NBC
Line: Giants by 2 ½
The human brain is a marvelous pattern recognition device. Our intelligence evolved as a mechanism for using repeatable natural patterns as a survival advantage. When something happens over and over again, humans innately spot the sequence and strive to imbue it with relevance. When our predictions are confirmed, our belief in the pattern becomes so reinforced that it becomes difficult to shake, even when contrary evidence appears, or the pattern proves less than reliable. That can be dangerous: Logical fallacies creep in when our pattern recognition software works too well for its own good.
Let's use astrology as an example. Ancient peoples speculated that when a pattern of stars appeared in the sky, it meant that the mastodon herds would soon reappear. A few millennia later, the pseudoscience that emerged from those ancient observations became so popular that guys in leisure suits used "I'm a Scorpio" as a courtship ritual, and it actually worked. Astrology's usefulness for Ice Age man nearly caused the downfall of civilization in 1978 because our innate pattern recognition software, while brilliant, is also really buggy.
All of which brings us to the state of the Giants when Orion appears in the night sky: they are 4-10 in November since the 2009 season. Belief in the November swoon has become its own astrology; outside of team headquarters, the Giants' back-to-back pre-bye were shrugged off as a "November thing." The Giants will bounce back, like they did last year, and in 2009 (no, wait, they lost three more games and finished 8-8 in 2009), and in 2010 (no, wait, two December losses took them out of the playoffs in 2010).
There's the rub: the November swoon is not much of a pattern, is it? The 2008 Giants went 5-0 in November, then lost three December games and lost consciousness in the playoffs. The swoon is our caveman brain trying to figure out when the mammoths will return, and it's tricking us into going home with the guy in platform shoes.
So there is no need to wait for December for the Giants to come around. The Packers offensive line is wracked with injuries, and their running game struggles to gain that third yard every carry, making Aaron Rodgers a one-man offensive show. The Giants defensive line has been disrupting one-dimensional quarterback showcases since 2007. That's a pattern you can count on. Trust not the stars, unless their names are Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul.
(The editors wish to apologize for the previous game preview and promise that the author will never again be allowed to write about football on Tuesday nights while watching "Mankind: The Story of All of Us.")
Prediction: Giants 24, Packers 21
Falcons at Buccaneers
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Even
Two quarterbacks in history have thrown five interceptions in a game and come away with a victory: Matt Ryan and Bart Starr.
Starr accomplished the feat against the Bears in September 1967. His defending champion Packers were in an early-season slump. One week earlier, Starr threw four picks in 17-17 tie against the Lions. The Packers turned the ball over eight times against the Bears, with Jim Grabowski adding three fumbles to Starr's five interceptions. Luckily, the Bears were trying to decide between quarterbacks Jack Concannon and Larry Rakestraw, the John Skelton and Ryan Lindley of the Summer of Love era, and the pair combined for a whopping 23 passing yards while waiting for Gale Sayers to punch in a game-tying fourth-quarter touchdown. Starr did just enough in the final drive to get Don Chandler in range for a game-winning field goal, and the Packers escaped with a 13-10 win.
Vince Lombardi, history tells us, did not own a panic button. "We're having a hell of a time," he said after the game. "One of these days, these things are going to stop and this is going to be a great football team." Starr also remained upbeat that day. "I hope all these errors come in a lump and we're over it," he said. They were right, of course: The 1967 Packers went on to win Super Bowl II.
None of this is meant to equate Ryan with Starr. It just goes to show that even the Lombardi Packers had awful days, and that the road to history is sometimes paved with narrow wins against Ryan Lindley and Larry Rakestraw. Ryan threw some ugly passes last week, and he may have revealed some fatal flaw in his game, but more likely it was just a lump of errors, and he is over it.
Prediction: Falcons 28, Buccaneers 17
Ravens at Chargers
4:05 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Even
Now, here's a quandary. On the one hand, you have the Ravens on the Trail of Tears, without Ray Lewis, with defenders Haloti Ngata and Terrell Suggs playing through injuries, and with their usually bland offense in a state of agitation. Ray Rice is doing the unthinkable with Terrible Towels (using them to wipe away moisture, the cad), Jacoby Jones is auditioning for workplace training sexual harassment videos and Joe Flacco is moving in the pocket like the Ravens are directing a children's theatre production of "The Giving Tree," and he's the tree.
On the other hand, you have the Chargers in full surrender mode, with half of their offensive line injured (guard Tyronne Green got hurt while making a tackle after an interception, which is symbolic of everything), Philip Rivers lapsing into thousand-mile stares, Ryan Mathews fumbling as if lost footballs get donated to needy children and San Diego columnists speculating openly about what an A.J. Smith-Jon Gruden office meeting would look like (hint: watch the "execution of Gassim" scene from "Lawrence of Arabia").
An Ed Reed suspension would have been the tipping point for the Ravens. Without Reed and Lewis, with other defenders lost or hobbled, the Ravens are about as scary as the Tennessee Titans. Even with Reed, the Ravens don't have enough impact defenders to grind out 13-10 roads wins against teams whose quarterbacks start more than one game per presidential term. After Sunday, the Ravens will be able to sleep in their own beds for a solid month (their only road game is against the Redskins), so they will be able to resume their annual grueling playoff summit climb next week. But the Chargers will win if they show up this week. Maybe if we tell them that, they will.
Prediction: Chargers 27, Ravens 20
Vikings at Bears
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Off due to Cutler injury
Jay Cutler is an MVP candidate by the "value to his team" criteria. Without him, the Bears offense plays as if there's barbed wire at the first down marker. By that same "value to inept teammates" criteria, I should write for a website staffed entirely by the people who translate video games into English ("Adrian Peterson makes sacrifice articles of those who open the combat against him and proves the justice of our culture") and wait for the awards to roll in. No quarterback should be unfairly blamed for the ineptitude of his teammates, but no quarterback should unfairly benefit, either.
Cutler is expected back for Sunday, and the Vikings know they cannot count on injuries or other outside factors to help them complete their unlikely playoff run in a tough division. "We are in position to control our own destiny, and that's all you can ask for," Jared Allen said. Or, as it will be written in my next job, "We are the prevailors that protect right and justice and will go ahead dauntlessly to make rapid progress."
Prediction: Bears 24, Vikings 17 with Cutler; Vikings 23, Bears 13 without Cutler
49ers at Saints
4:25 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Off due to Smith injury
There's a quarterback controversy in San Francisco, and it involves Colin Kaepernick's tattoos. Lots of athletes go overboard on the ink, but few can touch Kaepernick when it comes to sheer verbiage. Kaepernick's body looks like the font selection drop-down box in Microsoft Word, and it takes some dedicated reading to decipher Kaepernick's bare-chested message to the world.
Kaepernick has "Against All Odds" inked in ornate calligraphy along his collarbone and "Faith" in block letters down his right bicep. So, there you have it: Kaepernick's tattoos are a tribute to the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, when Phil Collins and George Michael ruled the world. But wait: His left arm contains a cross and what appears to be a psalm, though the verse scrolls completely around the arm and is impossible to read unless Kaepernick has you in a headlock (in which case, a prayer might be wise).
As for Kaepernick's back, interpret this how you like. It's like Rodin's original Etch a Sketch of the Gates of Hell after a vigorous shaking.
Alex Smith will have to make do with the "love" and "hate" tattoos on his knuckles. His fingers have veins that run straight into his soul, and the when he crosses his hands, love and hate battle with all their might for his heart and soul, and those fingers are always warring and tugging, one against each other, and it looks like love's a goner. But the battle doesn't matter at all. Colin Kaepernick wins.
(The editors would like to once again apologize and will make sure to block "The Night of the Hunter" from Turner Classic Movies when the author is working. Blame the short week, folks.)
Prediction: 49ers 26, Saints 24
Seahawks at Dolphins
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Seahawks by 2 ½
Dolphins defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle could not say enough good things about Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson this week. "I was kidding with the players, and not one guy in the room knew what I was talking about, but I compared him in some respect to Fran Tarkenton, and they all looked at me like, 'What?' If any of you guys had watched Fran Tarkenton in his day, it wasn't laterally going forward: He would lose ground, sometimes five, 10, 15, 20 yards, to try to run away from whoever. This guy can do those things, and he's got that sixth sense of where the rush is coming from, and he finds a way to scoot away and then he looks to throw."
A few points to unpack here: 1) Tarkenton retired in 1978, several years before any Dolphins defensive players were born. They probably wondered why Coyle thought Wilson was anything like that crazy old man who hates Brett Favre. The Dolphins need Jason Taylor back so Coyle has someone close to his own age to talk to. 2) Defensive coaches always love spunky, short, scrambling quarterbacks. They love to talk about how hard those quarterbacks are to stop. They then easily stop those quarterbacks. They must like them in the way they like Sudoku puzzles. 3) "Laterally going forward" is actually Jeff Ireland's corporate motto, and it is great to hear his coaches using it in casual conversation.
The Dolphins have a rookie quarterback of their own in Ryan Tannehill, but no one is talking much about Tannehill lately. Tannehill threw two late interceptions in last Thursday's loss to the Bills, surprising everyone who never watched his final season at Texas A&M. "Ryan's fine. It's just growing pains. We all got to go through them," said Reggie Bush, who endured his at age 26. The pains will continue against one of the league's best defenses, as the Seahawks probably inspire in Coyle both memories of the Purple People Eaters and a bad case of envy.
Prediction: Seahawks 23, Dolphins 13
Raiders at Bengals
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Bengals by 9 ½
If the Bengals stopped playing football games and concentrated instead on producing You Tube clips of A.J. Green catching circus touchdowns, many of us would not notice the difference. That's a shame, because the Bengals have a lot of other things going for them, like … hmm, their pass rush is pretty dangerous. Andy Dalton has to throw those touchdowns, though Green's tiptoeing, high-jumping receptions suggest that he is the one doing most of the work. And Kevin Huber is really tearing it up. The Bengals are more than just a receiver who can alter the laws of physics in the corner of the end zone. They are also Geno Atkins, a crude launching device and a punter!
Green and his mystery teammates may well make the playoffs. The Raiders will put up twice the fight the Chiefs mustered, so brace for four field goals this week, and road trips to San Diego and Philadelphia will feel like those creepy "urban decay" tours by the time the Bengals arrive. The Bengals reached the playoffs by the same route last year, but they did not last long enough for us to get to know them. Or, perhaps there really is not much to get to know.
Prediction: Bengals 28, Raiders 12
Steelers at Browns
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Off due to Leftwich injury
This is the time of year when many of us venture into the basement to find the Christmas decorations. One dusty inventory later, we discover that Rudolph's nose doesn't light up (and the lead-lined, asbestos treated bulb is no longer replaceable), Frosty's hat is now home to a family of spider crickets, none of the wise men can stand upright and somehow the awning lights spark and fizzle before we plug them in. These annual problems are the result of negligence and poor planning, the foolish assumption that any problem that is not immediate (like the state of the decorations when we took them down, in March) is also not important.
The Steelers' backup quarterback situation is like that. Charlie Batch grabs the old straw hat and shouts "Happy Birthday" this week if Byron Leftwich (shoulder) cannot glue himself back together. Meanwhile, Plaxico Burress is just joined the team, because what every team needs is a receiver who left eight years ago and has since been incarcerated by both our legal system and the Jets organization. Who knows who else is lingering in that dusty old basement from 2002: Kordell Stewart? Amos Zereoue? Whatever other surprises the Steelers have in store should be locked in a box labeled "Do not open until after Christmas."
Prediction: Steelers 16, Browns 10
Bills at Colts
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Colts by 3
The Bills and Colts rank 29th and 32nd in the NFL defense according to Football Outsiders; the Bills clawed their way up from 31st thanks to last Thursday's victory over the Dolphins. The Colts have not intercepted a quarterback other than Blaine Gabbert since Week 4, and the only teams they have stopped from scoring touchdowns in goal-to-go situations all year are the Jaguars and Titans. In fact, you can create an entire "excluding the Jaguars" category for Colts statistics. But Jaguars games count, which is why the Colts defense only ranks in the low 20s (as opposed to dead last) in most official categories, and not coincidentally is also the reason Wade Phillips smiles so much.
The Bills defense ranks dead last or next-to-last in many official categories, like third-down percentage, yards per rush and red zone efficiency, plus minutiae like punt return yardage allowed. But the Football Outsiders DVOA stat gives them from slack for facing the Patriots in "score 52 points to prove one" mode twice. So the Colts defense isn't as good as it looks, the Bills defense isn't as bad, and the first team to reach 35 points gets to worry about making adjustments for the third quarter.
Prediction: Colts 44, Bills 35
Broncos at Chiefs
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Broncos by 11 ½
Willis McGahee (knee) will miss at least six weeks, which will be a big problem for the Broncos when they start facing real competition in December. McGahee has had a strange career. A Heisman finalist who suffered a gruesome triad injury in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, McGahee spent five seasons as an embattled disappointment for the Bills, making uncharitable comments about Buffalo women almost a decade before Reggie Bush made it uncool again. McGahee reinvented himself as a good citizen off the bench in Baltimore, slowly ceding carries to Ray Rice as the years wore on.
Just when he appeared finished, McGahee reinvented himself again as Tim Tebow's option-mate, racking up 100-yard performances in some of the most notorious Tebow Time games and getting roughly zero credit for it. The 100-yard games and complete anonymity continued with Peyton Manning this season. College superstar, malcontent, useful plugger, underappreciated veteran: There is a career arc in there somewhere, it is just in the wrong sequence.
Speedy rookie Ronnie Hillman is the favorite to replace McGahee, though Lance Ball will take his place when John Fox wants more power or a better blocker. Knowshon Moreno is still on the roster, and though he is unlikely to take meaningful snaps, he might play against the Chiefs. Perhaps Moreno can reinvent himself and will still be around in a decade. It's a far more interesting thing to speculate about than the Chiefs' quarterback controversy, which is really saying something.
Prediction: Broncos 31, Chiefs 13
Titans at Jaguars
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Titans by 2 ½
Chad Henne gets the start for the Jaguars this week, as Blaine Gabbert was placed on IR and will be allowed to rest until he is completely healthy. Completely healthy: physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually and reputation-wise. That last part is key, because nowadays our reputations are often defined by our Internet presence. Gabbert must rest until web browsers no longer offer "Why Gabbert stinks" articles or "How the scouts were so wrong on Gabbert" articles, until Gabbert falls off the bottoms of the "All-time draft busts" and "All-time Jaguars mistakes" lists, until Wikipedia gains sentience and enslaves humanity. He can then return to the field and play quarterback upon the charred cinder a forgotten race once called "Earth."
The Titans are the NFL's gremlins: They are incapable of creating their own success but excel at ruining yours. When facing the Jaguars there is nothing to destroy, so there is nothing for the Titans to do except hand off to Chris Johnson and wait for the Texans next week.
Prediction: Jaguars 20, Titans 17
Rams at Cardinals
4:25 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Cardinals by 1
John Skelton: benched for being John Skelton. Adrian Wilson: benched in nickel situations. Rookie receiver Michael Floyd: benched for lining up incorrectly. Sunday's starter: uncertain, with Ryan Lindley ready to provide 35 more net yards if called upon and Kevin Kolb's ribs now equipped with convenient side hinges. Ken Whisenhunt is alternately on the warpath and desperately doing silly, unjustifiable things, which means he has become a nightmare boss, though Beanie Wells feels otherwise. ''It's the way it should be,'' Wells said. ''We get paid to play football and we get paid to play football the right way. When you're not doing it right, you have to come out." Wells has missed several games with turf toe and should return for Sunday's game, giving Whisenhunt one more high-profile player to bench.
Prediction: Rams 20, Cardinals 16
Panthers at Eagles
8:30 p.m. Monday, ESPN
Line: Off due to Vick injury
Take it away, Bob Dylan:
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass
For dignity.
Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity
So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity.
Prediction: Panthers 27, Eagles 17


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Homebrewing is more popular than ever, but what about making your own wine? Turns out making vino at home is easier than you might think—and a growing number of "garagistes" are proving that you can craft great-tasting juice without leaving the house. We recently chatted with former garagiste Ryan Sharp of Enso Winery (pictured to the left in the photo) to get his top tips on how to make drink-worthy wine in your own garage.
Get smart.
By the time you're ready to start making your own wine, you should have done plenty of homework on the process, but don't be afraid to chat with winemakers along the way for advice and suggestions. "Winemakers are a passionate group and love to talk shop with enthusiasts," says Sharp. "And, of course, books, magazines and web forums are great places to gain industry insight." If you're really gung-ho, sign up for a fermentation course at your local community college. "You'll be surprised by the knowledge and connections you'll come away with," says Sharp.
Juice it up.
Whether you're planning to work with whole grapes or just the juice, quality is key. "At the end of the day, your wine will taste like the fruit it came from," says Sharp, "so you want to work with the best possible ingredients from the get-go." If you live in an agricultural area, check with local vineyards to see which ones will sell you just enough fruit for a single batch—you might find getting grapes directly from the source is easier than you think. Even outside of the AVAs, some growers will ship frozen grape juice directly to your (garage) door. But "for most folks, finding fruit/juice is really about finding their local homebrew shop since some will even work out a special deal with a local vineyard to sell their grapes," says Sharp. "And there's always a glut of stuff coming out of California."
Equip yourself.
You don't need to shell out a lot of dough to get started—in fact, a few giant Rubbermaid garbage cans for fermenting the fruit is all you need to get started, says Sharp. An added bonus of using the plastic bins? They're shallow enough that you can push down the cap of grape skins with your fist instead of needing to use a special tool. "Your skin will physically feel the fermentation happening—from the shifts in temperature to the final changes in viscosity—it's a pretty sensory experience." Aside from the plastic bins, Sharp says if you're working from juice, you'll also need something to age the finished wine in (like a glass carboy/demijohn, wood barrel or food-grade poly tank of some sort), racking cane and hose to transfer the wine, and proper yeasts/bacteria/etc, all of which can be found at your local homebrew shop, or with online retailers like F.H. Steinbart. "If you plan on starting with whole grapes, you should count on renting a destemmer as well as a press," he says.
Keep it clean.
As with brewing beer, sterilization is key to producing a clean final product. "If you don't keep things clean, it can result in really muddy-tasting wine," says Sharp. So sterilize, sterilize, sterilize to maintain the integrity of your wine.
Avoid extremes.
Temperature control is key in winemaking, so make sure your DIY setup isn't too hot or too cold. "For fermentation, you want the room to be at a temperature that a human is comfortable at," says Sharp. "Think low 70s." Does that mean making wine in the extreme climates is out of the question? "You can always move the fermentation to your basement if it hovers around that ideal temperature," says Sharp, "or use heating/cooling blankets if you plan on sticking to the garage." As for post-fermentation, Sharp says a cool 50-60 degrees F is ideal.
Feed your yeast.
Happy yeast makes for tasty wine. Stress your yeasts and you run the risk of your wine taking on unpleasant aromas and flavors. "Yeast nutrients are key to creating balanced wines," says Sharp. Yeast and yeast nutrient manufacturer Lallemand has a helpful website that helps you identify which yeast strain best pairs with which grape varietals, and retailer Scott Laboratories makes it easy to order exactly what you need.
Think outside the barrel.
New oak barrels can cost more than some people spend on their first car, but you don't need to splurge on expensive wood to help the flavors fully meld and mingle after fermentation. "Stainless steel is a great option," says Sharp. He suggests buying an empty keg from your local brewery to help further cut down on costs. Or, if you have your heart set on wood, check with area winemakers for used barrels, which cost significantly less than their new counterparts—just note these "neutral" barrels impart significantly less oak notes into the finished wine, so if you're set on imparting oaky tones without breaking the bank, considering using oak chips or powders.
Bottle it up.
Once you transfer the finished wine into bottles, the easiest way seal them is to "buy some corks and rent a floor corker," says Sharp. "Trust me, the floor corker is way better than a desktop corker." But what about screwcaps? "They're cool," says Sharp, "but they generally require specialized applicators and bottles."
Be patient.
You've worked so hard on your first batch of wine and it's killing you to not pop the cork on a bottle for a quick taste. But remember—just because the wine ferments in a matter of weeks doesn't mean that it's ready to drink right away. "Give it at least a few months to rest both before and after it goes into bottle and you'll be happy you did," says Sharp. Store the bottled wine on its side, away from direct light and in a cool, temperature-stable location.


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Full Name: Bridget Amy Camacho
Born: May 15, 1992
Birthplace: Miami, Fla.
Parents: Amy and Bruce Camacho
Siblings: Brothers Andrew (20), Luke (13) and Joseph (11), sisters Nicole (16) and Gemma (8).
Major: Forensic Science
Nickname: B
Prior to VCU
* Four-time All-Region and three-time All-State selection at Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, Ga.
* Serving as a setter and right side hitter, helped lead Pinecrest to its first-ever state championship as a senior in 2009.
* Also helped the Paladins to four regional championships and a state runner-up finish as a freshman.
Getting to know Bridget Camacho
* Chose VCU over Virginia Tech, College of Charleston and American.
* Also plays for the A5 Volleyball Club.
* Is an active member of the National Honor Society.
* Born in Miami, Fla., but has also resided in Atlanta, Ga., Arkansas and England.


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When one gamer's FoxBox630 fails, he trades up to the ESexy3. When the FoxBox630 returns from the shop, it's war. This is Ryan Kinnaird's Next Gen Warz, a two-issue comic series due in September from Image Comics.
Writer and artist Ryan Kinnaird used to do illustrations for PSM, and in 2003 created a "mature" Marvel miniseries called X-Men: Phoenix – Legacy of Fire. Now's he back in the comic book spotlight, leveraging his love of writing, drawing, and gaming into a two-issue miniseries for Image Comics that turns the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 into fighting femme fatales.
In an interview with Newsarama, Kinnaird explains the series' spin.
The big spin in the story is that the consoles are actually female characters, with competitive personalities, and a desire to be known as the best. The battle itself takes several of the tropes from the video game world, like fanboys, outspoken developers, and spin doctoring hardware manufacturers and has the consoles use that as ammunition against one another. The consoles battle to show who is most "giga," and demonstrate who is most desirable. In flame war-like fashion they summon developers and video game characters to help demonstrate their superiority.
So it's an intellectual take on the video game console wars with female characters representing the systems. Neat. Why is the Xbox 360 red, and covered in whipped cream?
Don't worry, Nintendo fans. The "Gee" makes an appearance in the second issue, which should be out shortly after the first issue's September 22 release.
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A friend of mine has been driving the same car for more than a decade. For most of that time, it's been reliable as a rock. It's started like a charm on some frightfully cold mornings and it's only rarely needed any repairs.
Over the last year, though, lots of little problems have started cropping up. In the last several months, both the brakes and the transmission have been replaced, and my friend reported to me this morning that the car is making a very odd noise that gets worse with any significant acceleration.
The question here is an obvious one: when is it time to sell a car and move to a different one?
From a purely financial perspective, it's never a good idea to sell a car. One could just keep repairing pieces of it as needed in perpetuity and, over the long run, you're going to end up saving money.
There are a few problems with that scenario, though.
One, repairs aren't evenly spaced out. Often, the failure of one system can be enough to push the downfall of another system. Anyone who's had an old car has experienced the phenomenon of how repairs come in batches.
Two, reliability has value. Once systems on a car get significantly past their designed lifetime, the likelihood of failure at any given moment increases.
Sure, you might get lucky and drive a car without significant repair for a very long time, but as a car ages, the likelihood of a vital system failing grows. If the likelihood of a system failure is elevated, that means the car isn't as reliable. You're more likely to walk outside one morning and find that your car doesn't start.
What exactly is that reliability worth? Let's say your current car has a 1 in 500 chance of having a failure of some kind when you go out there to start it in the morning. Getting a replacement improves those odds substantially, moving it to, say, 1 in 5,000. Obviously, over time both of those odds are going to get worse.
What is it worth to make your car ten times less likely to fail in the morning?
That value is going to be different for different people. Do they have easy access to public transportation? Is their job flexible enough to work around a car failure like that? Are they responsible for the care of others? Do they have an additional support network that can help them out in a pinch, or are they going it alone?
Is the stress of dealing with unexpected repairs something you can easily handle in your life?
Another angle to consider is your overall financial health. Can you actually afford a car replacement that's going to significantly improve the car's reliability?
The problem with statements like these is that, as true as they might be, they don't really solve the problem of whether to replace the car or not.
To me, it comes down to your gut. If it feels like it's time to replace a car, then replace that car. As the primary driver, you have a good sense as to when your car is about to experience significant problems and you also have a good sense as to what an unexpected failure would cost you. It's a calculation that's very hard to come up with in terms of dollars and cents.
The best preparation you can make for this moment is to actively save for your next car starting right now.That way, whenever you start to have that gut feeling that my friend's having right now, you're ready.
Sock away $50 a month if you have an active car payment. If you don't have one, sock away an amount each month that's roughly equal to a healthy car payment. Make that savings automatic so that you don't have to manually think about it (or talk yourself out of it).
If you start preparing now, when that moment comes when your gut starts telling you it's time to make a change, making that change will actually be quite easy.


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Patients treated with parenteral aminoglycosides should be under
close clinical observation because of the potential ototoxicity
and nephrotoxicity associated with their use. Safety for treatment
periods which are longer than 14 days has not been established.
Neurotoxicity, manifested as vestibular and permanent bilateral
auditory ototoxicity, can occur in patients with preexisting renal
damage and in patients with normal renal function treated at higher
doses and/or for periods longer than those recommended. The risk
of aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity is greater in patients with
renal damage. High frequency deafness usually occurs first and can
be detected only by audiometric testing. Vertigo may occur and may
be evidence of vestibular injury. Other manifestations of neurotoxicity
may include numbness, skin tingling, muscle twitching, and convulsions.
The risk of hearing loss due to aminoglycosides increases with the
degree of exposure to either high peak or high trough serum concentrations.
Patients developing cochlear damage may not have symptoms during
therapy to warn them of developing eighth-nerve toxicity, and total
or partial irreversible bilateral deafness may occur after the drug
has been discontinued. Aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity is usually
Aminoglycosides are potentially nephrotoxic. The risk of nephrotoxicity
is greater in patients with impaired renal function and in those
who receive high doses or prolonged therapy.
Neuromuscular blockade and respiratory paralysis have been reported
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Serum concentrations of amikacin should be monitored when feasible
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and prolonged peak concentrations above 35 micrograms per mL. Urine
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serum creatinine, or creatinine clearance should be measured periodically.
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Shop Mobility Part II - Mobilizing Shop Built Tools
In the previous Shop Mobility blog post, we discussed adding casters to your existing tool stands. Now let's look at adding wheels to the shop carts, tools and cabinets you build in house.
In my shop I have an older drill press that is too tall to be used on a benchtop, and too short for a floor model, so I built a short cabinet for it some time back. The simple box cabinet below on the left has no feet or toe kick, so making it visible-xs-inline is no more complicated than adding four wheels to the bottom. The drill press never sees any real lateral force being applied, so there is no need to worry too much about keeping it still as it is being used. Simple swivel casters with locks can be used effectively here.
Tools like your router table, on the other hand, do need to resist moving when being used. As you are feeding a board through, especially when using feather boards, the wheels need to hold it in place. In cases like this, I prefer to mount two fixed casters under one side, and have feet on the opposite end. This allows my router table to be lifted from one side and rolled around much like a hand truck. Lifting one side reduces the effort of lifting, but having solid feet on the floor resists moving during use. In these cases, I prefer to bolt the casters through the base since the weight will be acting on the casters at an angle when moving.
Typically, it is much better to design your shop built cabinet from the outset knowing how casters will be incorporated. This downdraft sanding center I am building (above right) will need a wide stance so I added a base frame with the casters well outside the cabinet. Chances are however, that you already have shop cabinets without them, and a purchased router table or the like that needs wheels. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to work with preexisting cabinets or boxes. Casters can be bought with mounting plates that can be screwed or bolted to a flat bottom. Others come with threaded studs for mounting. There are even caster brackets that provide a solid mounting point for boxes where the bottom is not flush with the sides.
Being able to quickly and easily move "stationary" tools out of the way, or rearrange your shop to suit a project will make the most of your shop space and let you spend more time working. Look for creative ways to make the shop tools you built go where you want them to.