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With summer on the way and the school year coming to a close for many districts, Floridians can expect an uptick in the number of tourists coming into the state to enjoy its many natural and man-made attractions. Over the years, Florida has been home to a wide variety of tourist attractions, some beautiful, some exotic, and some that would be quite shocking if they were around today.
The Lewis Plantation, a tourist stop just south of Brooksville on U.S. 41 in Hernando County, falls squarely into the last category. After operating for a number of years merely as one of Florida's many turpentine distilleries, its owner, Pearce Lewis, hit upon a scheme in the 1930s to tap into the booming tourist industry. After making a few adjustments to the buildings and adding a few vintage objects, Lewis rebranded the distillery as an "authentic" antebellum plantation, and invited visitors to come see what life had been like in the South before slavery was abolished. So far, this may not sound too different from most other historic plantation sites and museums, but with the Lewis Plantation there was a twist. Because Lewis already had dozens of workers, mostly African-American, operating the turpentine distillery on the site, he decided to incorporate them into the tourist attraction, so that his employees doubled as reenactors of antebellum slavery.
For a nominal fee (fifteen cents in the early days) visitors to the Lewis Plantation could take a tour of the grounds in a mule-drawn wagon. Along the way, they could see the actual homes where the African-American employees lived, which were mostly without electricity or running water. Newspaper accounts of the tour commented cheerily on the quaintness of these scenes, noting how closely they resembled what life must have looked like in the slave quarters of the South's antebellum plantations. Although it was something of an anachronism, the tour usually included a trip to the distillery, where the people who lived in these ramshackle houses carried out the tedious process of extracting turpentine from the sap of nearby stands of pine trees.
Along the way, the tour guide would often stop and have one of the African-American employees tell a story to the visitors. "Uncle Doug" Ambrose, born into slavery in 1860 just before the outbreak of the Civil War, was one of the more popular storytellers, and was at one time featured in the popular Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column. The entertainment also sometimes included singing from some of the employees, some of whom were organized into a "harmony quartet."
The Lewis Plantation had other amenities, including overnight lodging and a restaurant called "The Plantation Kitchen." Blanche, an African-American woman who did the cooking during most of the attraction's lifetime, was described in advertisements as being the "personality" of the kitchen, dressed as a typical antebellum African-American "mammy." In the souvenir shop nearby, visitors could purchase tradition plantation handicrafts, as well as "pine perfume" and miniature barrels of rosin, a by-product of the turpentine distillation process.
Although the Lewis Plantation did very well for a number of years, its days were numbered as the tides of history continued to shift. The labor-intensive process of extracting turpentine from pine sap gave way to other methods, and the idea of reenacting slavery as a tourist attraction was increasingly disturbing to Floridians and visitors alike. By the 1960s, the Lewis Plantation had faded away. Some of the buildings still remain at the old site, although they are overgrown with weeds. Only a handful of postcards, placards, and photographs remain to remind us of the vibrant if somewhat unusual institution that once operated there.
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Shane Franklin Miller is considered heavily armed and dangerous, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. The 45-year-old is believed to have gunned down his family at their home in rural Shingletown, Calif., about 230 miles northeast of San Francisco on Tuesday.
"There is a manhunt for him right now. He's a prime suspect. We're not looking for anybody else," Lt. Dave Kent said. "We found several different types of weapons, ammunition in the house, so he may be heavily fortified at this time."
Police have launched a nationwide manhunt for Miller.
The bodies of Miller's wife, Sandy, 34, and two daughters, Shelby, 8, and Shasta, 4, were discovered after a call was received from the family's residence just before 8 p.m. It is unclear who placed the call, but authorities said that it came from one of the victims while the shooting was in progress.
Police have yet to determine a motive for the shooting. Kent said last month officers went to Miller's home on a domestic dispute call.
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Police told The AP that Miller be heading to a cabin in coastal Humboldt County, where authorities have said several weapons may be stored.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
A bountiful buffet of baseball links
What's got us down this morning is that we're still recovering from watching Lyle Overbay throw last night's game way over Marco Scutaro's head and into left-centerfield (d'oh!), then swing weakly at the first pitch he faced in the ninth (d'oh!) and pop out. FML.
Also disturbing: We were watching the game fall apart while on the treadmill at our gym, which out of nowhere has become meathead central. The entire last three innings, we had to listen to a bunch of jarheaded rejects from the 1989 Oakland A's grunt and do that thing where they exhale through their teeth and create this disgusting vapor spray of spit all over the place. Again, FML.
So fuck it. Here are the links.
The Drunk Jays Typists: The DJF took the time to transcribe a big chunk of Keith Law's appearance on Michael Kay's show yesterday, and you should really read it. The KLaw was fully revved up over the tack taken by his former boss in recent years, and it's a pretty interesting and accurate take down of the Ricciardi years. (And doesn't it already feel like we're talking about them in the past tense?)
eyebleaf has grievances, and he knows how to post them: Sometimes it's great fun to see one of our fellow bloggers start to really lose their shit, and it looks like the Editor-in-Chief at Sports and the City has started to come unhinged.
Let's not rest our hopes on Shaun Marcum just yet: The recovering righthander had another rehab start at Double-A New Hampshire last night, in which he went just three innings, giving up five runs (one earned) while striking out four in a 9-2 loss to Trenton. And while there may be a knee-jerk inclination to forgive him for the four extra runs and call last night a success, the truth is that Marcum was asked to get one additional out because of a throwing error and ended up giving up an RBI single and a homer.
Travis Snider is on the mend: The Great Big Giant Pasty White HopeTM has been back in action for a couple of weeks now in Vegas, and has hit four homers since coming off the DL with back problems. He's also taking a few more walks, which help to offset his high strikeout rate.
Cowboy Down: It's a few days old now, but Ian at the Blue Jay Hunter has a good piece asking why the Jays are holding onto a replacement level veteran like Kevin Millar. With Randy Ruiz, Buck Coats and Snider waiting for the call in Vegas, it would seem like the Jays could take a shot on someone else rather than being content with Millar's tepidly evil .666 OPS.
There are things that Jeff Blair hates: Lots of them, actually. MMA. Fashion. Golf. Attractive women. The smell of freshly cut grass. David Shoalts' Hawaiian shirts. Brandon League's Canadian shirts. So plentiful are the things that make Blairsy grumpy that we've started to list them over on Twitter under the tag #ThingsGloBlairHates. Feel free to add your own.
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Hi Tao,
Any idea where Adam Lind was last night? No word from the TSN broadcast crew on his whereabouts or his solid numbers against Cleveland this year.
- July 22, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Drew said...
Cliff Lee eats guys like Adam Lind for breakfast.
Because he's a tough lefty and a cannabalistic hillbilly, you see.
- July 22, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- The Ack said...
^^ On the bench, having a rest against Clifford the shitty red dog Lee.
Apparently, Cito decided the rigours of DHing were taking it's toll on young Adam, and thus more AB's for sweet-swingin' Kevin Millar.
Oh, Cito.
- July 22, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Hey man, don't be dissing Kevin Millar and his .751 OPS against lefties.
That dude is, you know, just about average against lefties.
(Of course, Lyle Overbay has sunk to a .611 against lefties, which is pretty much why Millar is still here.)
- July 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Joanna said...
Jeff Blair really likes Salma Hayek...so the attractive woman thing isn't true cause Senora is a fox.
- July 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I don't know that "attractive" accurately captures just how caliente Salma is.
- July 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Tao, thanks for the link.
Regarding Law, and I posted this over at Hum and Chuck as well, what the fuck does it take in Mr. Law's eyes to be declared a "player development machine?" Look at the list of players drafted by Ricciardi, especially fucking pitchers, and tell me how he's not been very successful and developing talent? I'm sorry but I call bullshit on Law. He'll never get over the fact that Ricciardi canned his ass, and will never be able to report fairly on him for that reason.
The same "scrap heap" he chides Ricciardi on reaching into time and time again is where Tampa Bay found fucking Carlos Pena. They picked him up for nothing, on a minor league deal, and now he's a home run hitting machine, and an All-Star. So props to Tampa Bay for actually hitting gold on the scrap heap. Pena worked out. The guys Ricciardi's signed haven't. It's the nature of the scrap heap. It's luck.
Don't get me wrong, Tampa Bay's made some great trades - Huff for Zobrist, acquiring Garza and Bartlett, etc., but our man Ricciardi's made some decent trades as well - Scoots, Rolen.
As I've said before, Ricciardi's free agent contracts haven't worked out. And looky down in Tampa Bay, Pat Burrell's a piece of shit.
I'm not saying J.P. shouldn't be fired. Like Law says, he's been here a long time, but, fuck, he's done a lot of good while here, except get us to the playoffs. Perhaps it is time for a change, but the Ricciardi years have done more good than bad to the organization, in my humble opinion.
- July 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Unknown said...
Ack, I love the new moniker for Cliff Lee. That one is priceless.
Whenever I see the name "Kevin Millar" marked as the Designated Hitter, I cringe. That .666 OPS is not sexy enough to warrant a title of "Designated Hitter".
A silver lining; how good has Bautista been in the outfield? That dude has a cannon of an arm. Put Rios and JoBau in centre and right field and the Jays have a dynamite outfield.
- July 22, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Yes. The Bautista Appreciation Society has arrived. He's made some great plays in the outfield this year.
- July 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Why don't we trade for Milton Bradley. I'm sure that the Cubs would love to dump him and maybe some Cito-love is what he needs.
Wells +$40m?
Rios for Bradley and intriguing prospect?
- July 22, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
The Bautista Appreciation Society? Where do I sign up for that shit? More importantly, where does Drew sign up for that shit?
- July 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Torgen said...
I thought it was pretty ridiculous that Peter Gammons had Millar in the list of guys we would trade if we traded Halladay.
- July 22, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Unknown said...
Count me in for the Bautista Appreciation Society (BAS for short).
- July 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM
I'm down for the BAS. Is he to 2009 as Scutaro was to 2008?
- July 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Darren Priest said...
What is Keith Law's secret? From everything I've read, he just shits out the most caustic and negative ruminations on everything yet it gets lapped up like manna from baseball heaven.
He's got nothing on this Klaw.
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Having once been a waitress myself for a whole three hours before being fired for dropping plates and accidentally pouring wine on a customer who shouted at me, I am usually sympathetic and polite to restaurant staff. I get it, I know what it's like, and I don't want to be an arsehole. But there's one thing that's been igniting my ire recently, and been sapping away at my sympathy, being as it is a Very Bizarre Thing happening at uncomfortably frequent intervals. And this is, of course, the issue of the Gendered Wine Tasting.
As a disclaimer, before I go on, I should point out that this applies in the main to heterosexuals, for reasons that will be imminently clear. At this point you are offered the choice of ignoring the rest of this article, but should you so desire, press on.
When sitting at a perfectly charming establishment's table enjoying a delightful dinner with your significant other, someone you're pretending to have an important meeting with, or some weirdo you found on Tinder and managed to persuade into a suit for the evening – but who may yet still wrap you in bin-liners and preserve you, Damien Hirst-style, in his loft – you might decide to splash out on some wine. This could be either to lubricate the flagging conversation with said internet pervert, or just for the sake of spending an extra needless 15 quid, but either way, you're drinking.
Now, I ain't talking just any old plonk. Same as I ain't talking about just any old place. The kind of throbbing dive where the walls are peeling due to the condensation of a mixture of sweat and fear is not the kind of place up for debate here, so change your imagery. I am talking SWANKY SHIT.
You decide to order the booze. Obvs I mean something slightly more sophisticated than a Neknominate cocktail; I mean the kind of thing you have to ask the waiter for, because it's written down on a menu on actual paper, perhaps in French or ancient Etruscan.
You attract the waiter's attention, either by clicking your fingers imperiously as if Britain still governed the colonies and everyone is still in jodhpurs, or alternatively by nervously catching his eye and looking away again just as quickly, like a 13 year old boy at a disco.
You order. Depending on how the evening's shaping up, you may plump for higher alcohol content over quality. We've all been there.
What seems to happen next is something that I find so utterly galling that even writing this makes my armpit hair clench, fold itself into a pliable ball and roll away like tumbleweed.
Because the fact is, in this scenario where one of you is me and the other is my partner, one of you has a peen. The other looks like she probably has a vaj hidden somewhere. Peen and vaj are seated at opposite ends of the table. The waiter arrives, bearing wine.
He pours it for the peen first.
Bit annoying, but never mind. Whatever happened to 'ladies first', eh? Some kinds of entrenched patriarchal subjugatory hierarchies assuming the weakness and fragility of the fairer sex, I can cope with. First dibs on the lifeboats on the Titanic, for instance.
So the peen is in a suit (probably. Maybe he's in a horrible hipster outfit made entirely out of kale, but same difference) and he's sitting opposite you and he gets his wine. The waiter steps back. You extend your glass, natch. What transpires then is, frankly, just too appalling for words, but I'll try. The waiter just stands there, arms akimbo. He seems to be expecting something. A pat? A biscuit? A friendly squeeze?
Oh. It seems he has finished. The besuited peen takes a satisfied sip, swirls it around his mouth and, nodding sagely, bellows: "This wine pleases me…fetch me some more! Bring mead! Bring slave girls! Tonight we will feast and be merry!"
Well, maybe something not quite along those lines, but with a similar sentiment. The waiter looks on, most satisfied, job done. It seems that the wine has been unanimously approved by all important parties concerned. Only then, after a really dramatic and tense pause whilst he awaits approval, does he deign to pour it for me.
If I'd been waited any longer for the wine that wasn't fucking appearing last time this happened, I'd have been collecting my bus pass. What would've happened if he'd found out that I was actually England's most prominent up-and-coming regional expert on wine and its niceness, come down especially for the day from my enormous wine farm where I farm wines? INCIDENTALLY, I'm not, but he didn't know that. What's important is that I could've been.
So I had to sit there, mute yet apoplectic, because, you see, my silly lady tastebuds are simply not well developed enough to tell the difference between nice wine and shit wine or, heaven forefend, even to decide for myself what tastes nice. It's honestly quite shocking I've lived this long without someone at my side round the clock to follow me around Waitrose, making sure I don't ingest anything poisonous like car park tarmac or accidentally buy a shipment of quinoa in a premenstrual rage. Frankly, if it had been me making the wine decisions I'd have probably plumped for something that was really vinegary with cork bits floating in it, or worse still, an inferior rosé. Must be something to do with the moon.
I was so surprised when this happened to me the first time that I didn't even have time to harrumph indignantly, 1920s colonel-style as though from behind a nice big walrusy moustache.
The third or fourth time this actual real life situation happened and I had more time to take stock, I said, cringing behind my natural British politeness which expressly forbids me from saying or doing what I really think: "Er. Excuse me. I would also like to try the wine, actually."
This time, and I'm actually serious here, the waiter LOOKED AT THE MAN OPPOSITE ME FIRST. To check. It was the sort of grown-up glance I imagine new au pairs give to the mothers of their small charges when they've demanded something in a grey area, as if to say, "Is she allowed to play with the glitter glue just before lunch?"
I felt so infantilised in that split second that I was, if you can suspend your disbelief, rendered fucking speechless.
The guy had to nod in embarrassment to the waiter, on my behalf, mainly because my uterus and ovaries had amalgamated into a huge vengeful tidal wave of oestrogen like that scene in The Shining, and hung, pendulous, in the air, threatening to engulf the whole restaurant with its wrath.
But then the fire alarm went off and the crowds in front of the fire exits parted before me and my helpless womb as though I were Moses himself.
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The following sample recipes were tested and enjoyed in my kitchen as written. I hope they will bring delicious smiles to your household too …
Cinn-ful Sweet Potato Cookies
This recipe is adapted from Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living. This book/cookbook is also available as an ebook to be downloaded in an instant worldwide.
These deliciously soft cookies are perfect for sharing this holiday season. See the options at the end the recipe for jazzing them up even more.
If you use coconut oil (as I did), just make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature. I have a bad habit of adding chilled maple syrup, which causes the coconut oil to solidify. Also, if you like a soft cookie, store any leftovers in a ziploc bag once cool. This recipe is Vegan, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Soy-Free, and optionally Nut-Free.
- 2 Cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour or All-Purpose (Plain) Flour (Can sub your flour blend of choice though I haven't tested GF flours in this cookie as of yet)
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 3/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Cup Melted Coconut Oil, Grapeseed Oil, or other Neutral-Tasting Oil
- 1 Cup Sweet Potato Puree (can sub pumpkin puree)
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
- 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Preheat your oven to 350ºF (175ºC).
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, mix the oil, sweet potato, sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture into the wet mixture. The dough will be rather sticky. For best results and better manageability, chill the dough for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour. If using coconut oil, it will firm up particularly well.
Drop the dough by the heaping tablespoonful onto baking sheets (ungreased non-stick or lined with non-stick silpats or parchment paper).
Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, or until they no longer look wet, and are just beginning to brown around the edges, or to your desired doneness. (I like them a little softer on the insides, so I bake them for 10 to 12 minutes, depending on the size).
Cinnamon-Sugar Topping: If desired, combine 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar (white sugar, palm sugar, etc.) and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in a small dish, and sprinkle the mixture atop each ball of dough before baking.
Pecan Topper: I like the festive touch of pressing one nice half pecan into the top of each ball of dough before baking. The pecans toast up nicely.
Flavorful Add-ins: If you like, you can add dried cranberries, raisins, chocolate chips, or nuts to your cookies. Stir about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of your desired add-ins into the dough after you stir in the dry ingredients.
Yields 3 to 4 dozen cookies, depending on how big you make 'em
No Waste: Orange-Oat Muffins
This recipe is from Sweet Freedom by Ricki Heller. See Ricki's blog for deals and specials on this cookbook. She does ship direct to U.S. and Canadian customers, and also has an ebook available for worldwide purchase.
"Unlike many low-fat muffins, these taste great: they are moist and flavorful, with an intense orange presence. There's also substantial fiber from the fruits and whole spelt. Using a food processor means these are incredibly easy to prepare!" – or blender in my case as you shall see. And yes, Ricki includes metric measurements for all of the recipes in Sweet Freedom, just like this one. This recipe is Vegan, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Soy-Free, and Free from Regined Sugars.
- 1 Whole Medium Organic Seedless Orange, washed, whole and with skin [This is one time when you want to spring on that organic orange, since you will be using the peel too]
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Finely Ground Flax Seeds
- 3 Tablespoons (45 ml) Water
- 1/2 Cup (60 g) Chopped Dried Pitted Dates (they should be soft)
- 3 Tablespoons (45 ml) Sunflower or Other Light-Tasting Oil [I used grapeseed]
- 1/4 Cup (60 ml) Pure Maple Syrup
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Blackstrap Molasses
- 1/2 Cup (120 ml) Plain or Vanilla Soy or Almond Milk
- 1 Cup (140 g) Whole Spelt Flour
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon (5 ml) Baking Soda
- 1/4 Teaspoon (1 ml) Sea Salt
- 1 Cup (100 g) Old-Fashioned, Whole Rolled Oats (not instant)
Preheat your oven to 375F (190C). Line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners for small muffins or 9 liners for large muffins, or spray with nonstick coating.
In the bowl of a food processor, process the orange segments until almost smooth. Add the flax seeds, water, dates. oil, maple syrup, molasses, and milk alternative and process almost to a smooth puree (you can leave a few small flecks of date and/or orange, but none should be larger than sunflower seeds). Set aside for a few minutes to rest, while you prepare the dry ingredients.
Alisa's Note: No Food Processor? I don't have one either. I simply added the orange sections through the milk alternative to my little old blender, and let 'er rip until it was well blended, with a few tiny date and orange bits left for interest.
In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Add the oats and stir to mix.
Pour the wet mixture over the dry mixture in the bowl and stir just until combined (it's okay if a few dry spots remain, you just don't want to overmix!). Spoon the batter into your prepared muffin cups or tins – they will be quite full.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, rotating the pan about half-way through [I skipped the rotation], until a tester inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pans before removing to a rack to cool completely. These taste even better the next day, as flavors meld [I can vouch for that!]. These muffins freeze beautifully [I can't vouch for this, since we devoured them all while fresh].
Yields 9 to 12 scrumptious muffins
Honey-Mustard Chicken with Ginger
Recipe adapted from The Garden of Eating by Chef Rachel Albert-Matesz. For faster deliver, this cookbook is available to purchase direct from Chef Rachel via her website.
In the cookbook, it states to cut the chicken into 2-inch wedges. I completely missed this part and broiled them whole – luckily it worked out beautifully. This recipe is Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Soy-Free, Nut-Free, and Free of Refined Sugars.
Prep: 20 minutes ~ Cooking: 8 to 10 minutes ~ Yield: 6 servings
- 1-1/2 to 2 lbs Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
Honey-Mustard Marinade:
- 3 Tablespoons Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/3 Cup Creamy White, Yellow, or Dijon Mustard
- 2 Tablespoons Honey
- 1 Tablespoon Finely Grated or Minced Fresh Gingerroot
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Red or Black Pepper
Add chicken to a glass or Pyrex dish. Mix marinade, pour over chicken, and stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate 6 to 8 hours, all day, or overnight.
Cook chicken pieces on grill, under broiler, or in lightly oiled, heavybottomed skillet over medium heat, about 3 minutes per side, or until firm, meat is beige throughout, and juices run clear when a test piece is cut in half. I opted for broiling.
To broil, preheat your broiler (about 8 to 10 minutes), and move the oven rack so that the meat will be about 5 to 6 inches away from the element. Spread the meat out in a broiler pan or over a wire rack in a roasting pan, to allow the juices to drip while cooking. Give it a good basting of that thick marinade, and broil for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the chicken begins to brown. Flip the chicken and marinade it again (see the next step for heating up that marinade). Return it to the oven and broil until the chicken begins to brown and the meat is cooked through, roughly another 5 to 7 minutes.
Add a dash of water to any leftover marinade, bring to boil, and simmer 4 minutes. Baste chicken with mixture as it cooks. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers and use within 3 days. (They're delicious cold)
- In step 1, add 1 tablespoon minced fresh or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, tarragon, dill, or basil.
- Honey-Mustard Chicken with Chipotlé: Replace ginger with 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotlé. Omit black pepper and garnish final dish with minced cilantro before serving.
- Honey-Mustard Chicken Salad: Serve chicken over heaping individual plates of raw spinach, arugula, or spring greens, minced scallions, parsley, red radishes, celery, fresh or sun-dried tomato slices, avocado, and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice.
Nutrition analysis provided by The Garden of Eating: 1 serving ~ 230 calories, 30 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 9 g fat, 15 mg calcium, 128 mg sodium
Chewy Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Recipe adapted fromThe Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook.
Since I used homemade almond flour, and didn't want to spend all day grinding and sifting, I reduced the batch size of the recipe, and adjusted some of the ingredients accordingly. Also, I didn't have any agave nectar on hand (we aren't big fans), but found that honey and maple syrup do sub nicely.
This recipe is Vegan, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Soy-Free, Free from Refined Sugars, and far easier than it looks – boy I do ramble on, don't I?
- 3/4 Cup Almond Flour, packed*
- 2 Tablespoons Arrowroot Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/8 Teaspoon Sea Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Grapeseed Oil
- 3 Tablespoons Agave Nectar, Honey, or Maple Syrup – or combination (I used 2 tablespoons honey + 1 tablespoon maple syrup)
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Frosting (optional) (I was sampling the frosting from Sean's Food, but you can use the Marshmallow Frosting Recipe in the Almond Flour Cookbook, Elana's Coconut Cream Frosting, the Vanilla Frosting in Go Dairy Free, this Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting, or whatever creamy filling you choose)
Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the almond flour, arrowroot, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together the sweetener(s), oil, and vanilla. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients in your medium bowl, until well combined.
Scoop the dough by the tablespoon onto your prepared baking sheet. I found the dough to be just a touch sticky but fairly pliable, allowing me to loosely roll them into balls.
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Do not overcook them. The tops of the cookies will start to look a little dry and crack a bit when done, but not as much as chocolate cookies that contain eggs. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet or a wire rack for 30 minutes.
If making sandwich cookies, spread frosting (however much you want!) on the bottom of one cookie and top it with the bottom of another cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies. Take a bite, smoosh and enjoy.
*Elana recommends blanched almond flour, which I am sure is superior. If you are like me and just have some raw almonds on hand and want to trial this recipe out, pulse them in your spice grinder until a mealy/floury consistency is reached. This happens very fast, do not overgrind lest you end up with almond butter. Using a mesh sieve, sift the almond flour to extract the finest bits to use for your flour. Repeat until you have the amount you need. Don't fear waste either; you can turn any rejects into almond butter!
Yields a dozen soft and chewy cookies or six smooshable sandwich cookies
Hollandaze Sauce
This recipe is from 1,000 Vegan Recipes by Robin Robertson, published by John Wiley & Sons.
- 3/4 Cup Unsalted Raw Cashews
- 3 Tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
- 1/2 Cup Hot Water
- 3 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Teaspoon Yellow Mustard
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/8 Teaspoon Turmeric
- Pinch Ground Cayenne
- 3 Tablespoons Vegan Margarine
In a high-speed blender, process the cashews to a fine powder. Add the nutritional yeast, water, lemon juice, mustard, salt, turmeric, and cayenne and blend until smooth.
In a small saucepan, melt the margarine over medium heat and add to the cashew mixture. Blend until smooth. Serve as is or return the sauce to the same saucepan and heat, stirring, over low heat.
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DAYVILLE � Chief Matt Desrosiers has two goals for Saturday during the Attawaugan Fire Department�s second boot drive to benefit the Tommy Toy Fund.
�I�m hoping to double what we got last year, make a difference, and hope to not freeze our butts off again!� said Desrosiers, who is leading this year�s drive.
In their first year, the Attawaugan firefighters raised almost $3,000 and collected toys for the fund. This year�s event will be in memory of Don Bond, the former Bulletin reporter who was actively involved in the Tommy Toy Fund for its first 39 years. Bond died this summer.
�Don Bond is actually the one who started it last year and involved the firehouse with the charity group,� Desrosiers said. �Before he passed away a few months ago he asked me if I could host it this year for him and I said I would be more than happy to.�
The boot-drive will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the intersection of Attawaugan Crossing Road and Route 12 in Dayville.
�It�s a beautiful thing to see a community become more involved with each other just to help a great cause,� Desrosiers said. �It shows how caring people can be and that�s an important trait during the holidays.�
The Tommy Toy Fund, which began in 1974, provides toys, books and gloves for underprivileged children in Eastern Connecticut. Those who wish to receive toys can sign up through a registered social services provider until Dec. 13. Toys will be distributed in New London, Norwich and Danielson on Dec. 18-19.
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App Review: Battery Doctor Pro – Max Your Battery Life by Game Lingo
July 30, 2010 by Dustin
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This is an app that should be the first on your device. This is a great app that will show you when you need to charge, how long to charge, and even keeps a log of your charges along with the dates they were recorded. Unlike other battery management apps this one lets you take full control and customize it by changing the themes of it. This great app also offers battery tips, health bar, full help guide that will take you step by step throughout the app along with information on contacting the seller. It has a great settings feature that has a reminder to charge, you can lock your theme, change the sound your alarm makes, trickle charge time, and a status list.
I got this app and followed the guide and I have seen a BIG improvement on my ipod touch battery life. This app will also run in sleep mode keeping up with your charge time. Gamelingo also has a Battery Lite version and a FREE version but I would suggest getting the full version. Overall this is a MUST have app, it is well worth the dollar.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.


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This year's symposium will showcase a discussion on innovative solutions to promote planning for different demographics, local food, and active transportation. The event will explore the process of transforming communities by making structural alterations to the built environment and implementing policies that facilitate and promote healthier living for all groups of residents.
Please check our website for speaker updates
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$10 students
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Then it was Sadie's turn to shine! Today was the day she's been working hard for since January- the test to become a yellow belt in tae kwon do. The girl strutted her stuff on the mat today!
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She earned the yellow belt! Woo Hoo!
I'm so proud of my stars today! But I think this is the thing that I am most proud of. As part of earning the yellow belt Sadie had to write an essay about what tae kwon do has taught her. This is what she came up with:
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Wendy Williams; She Does It .. BIG
She makes for great radio and makes even greater television because now we can see her face as she attacks her unsuspecting prey—case in point, poor Omarosa, if you did not see the clip, Google it please.
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Thanks to Aqua Net's Extra Super Hold Hairspray, she has the big hair, the big bad mouth, and a slamming personality.
You've got to either love her or hate her, but it is really hard to be indifferent. She is the self-proclaimed "Queen of All Media"; Wendy Williams, and she is living up to her title as she heats up daytime television.
The Wendy Williams Show is the newest addition to Wendy's growing media empire which includes her radio show, The Wendy Williams Experience, her show in VH1 Wendy Williams is on Fire, and two New York Times best sellers, Wendy's Got The Heat by Simon & Schuster and her latest book, The Wendy Williams Experience by Dutton Books and her current novel, Drama Is Her Middle Name by Harlem Moon/Broadway Books.
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The girl spares no punches and everything is fair game. She makes for great radio and makes even greater television because now we can see her face as she attacks her unsuspecting prey—case in point, poor Omarosa, if you did not see the clip, Google it please.
Wendy is witty, quick and yes, she always has the last word. It is rib-breaking funny when she does it to others; but really, who wants to be on the receiving end of Wendy's venom?
One week before Wendy started the live taping of her show, I had a chance to visit her at the T.V studio here in New York City. It was the first day of rehearsal and she was marking out her show to be ready for D-Day.
Ever the multi-tasker, she was popping in M&M's, delivering her lines, taking directives from the Executive Producer and others, and mothering her son little Kevin who was seated on the first row, not too far from her caring gaze and entertaining her audience—which was comprised of producers, interns, directors and myself—between takes.
I was pleasantly surprised to walk into a very warm and friendly person. Wendy, the friend in my head, is not such a terror after all. I realized at that point that my heightened worrying about the merciless personality that I was about to interview was all unnecessary. When she was told I was in the audience, she quickly acknowledged me: "Hi Chichi, you're the reporter."
I waved backed and watched as she continued with her rehearsal. The funny thing was that even when she was not trying to be funny, she was; she delivered in the same manner that she does when she has a full audience.
As soon as she wrapped up rehearsal, she walked up to me, offered a warm greeting and prompted me to follow her to her green room. All the time, little Kevin is right by her side. We sit down and she reapplied her pink lipstick and scrunches up her hair. Oh Wendy, I just love it. She is such a girl's girl. She looks ready; so we get started.
I ask, "Wendy, How are you doing?"
Smiles beaming; she responds: "I feel good, comfortable, elated, qualified."
She is thankful for the privilege to work with great people and to see her fans every morning.
It doesn't take much to see that the woman with the seemingly hard edge that seems impenetrable is soft when it comes to being a mother and a wife. "The most important thing to me is keeping my family together—My husband and little Kevin. I want little Kevin to have a balanced life with traditional family values."
The Wendy Williams TV Show on Fox is a hit and airs weekdays at 10:00a.m; so if you have to TiVo it, record it or call in sick for work; make sure you watch it. Don't worry about trying to become an audience member; the show was booked up even before her show hit the ground running.
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Lake Levels Decline Slightly As Drought Persists
Recent rains have had virtually no impact on the areas watershed. The City of Wichita Falls has released the latest lake level numbers and the picture continues to be a grim one.\
Lake Levels as of December 30, 2013: Lake Arrowhead 27.7%, Lake Kickapoo 31.9%; combined total is 28.8%. This is a .1 percent decline from one week ago and a 2 percent drop in the past 60 days.
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Replacing a failed zpool ZFS drive
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"When in doubt, cook". "When in shock, cook". Both of these apply, and cooking has for a long time been a form of therapy to me. Today it was the latter of these two that applied. As I was leaving the yoga class today we had a small car accident at the car park (the other driver was at fault), a car backed into ours and the force shook me sideways injuring my lower back. This was my first car accident of any sort so even if it was a minor one I did suffer a bit of a shock. We were able to drive home, and a few hours later I am feeling quite ok.
I found myself in the kitchen despite all this. I felt like "assembling" something, and a salad was a natural way to go. I found these dandelion leaves at the same markets as the nettle, and of course dandelion grows wild just about everywhere so if you know a clean spot to pick them at, you can pick them yourself. Dried dandelion root makes wonderful tea, and dandelion latte is one of my favourite afternoon treats. It is also packed with medicinal qualities, just like the nettle.
The peppery, slightly bitter dandelion goes lovely with the sweet tomatoes and the salty feta cheese. I've used sherry vinegar, but you could easily use normal balsamic vinegar instead. I never have white bread at home so I made the croutons using rye bread and added some flavour with dried herbs. It's all about the balance of flavours, as always! :-)
bunch of fresh dandelion leaves, washed
green, yellow and red heirloom tomatoes, sliced
piece of Greek style low-fat feta cheese, crumbled
1 slice of rye bread, toasted and cut into cubes
1 tbs olive oil
pinch of dried thyme
pinch of dried rosemary
*Sherry Vinaigrette*
1 tbs extra virgin lemon olive oil
2 tsp Sherry vinegar
tiny pinch of sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
Assemble the leaves, tomatoes and feta on a big platter. To prepare the croutons, heat the olive oil in a small frying pan, add the herbs and heat for a minute, add the croutons and cook for a few minutes tossing the pan so they won't burn. Take the pan off the heat and set aside. Whisk all vinaigrette ingredients together and drizzle over the salad. Season the salad with black pepper and sprinkle with the croutons.


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It is with deep regret that The Royal Opera announces that Jonas Kaufmann has to withdraw from singing the role of Enée in the new production of Berlioz' Les Troyens.
Jonas Kaufmann has been indisposed since late April with a protracted infection and has had to cancel performances at The Metropolitan Opera, New York as well as concerts in Europe.
Kasper Holten, Director of Opera said: "Both we and Jonas were intensely hoping he would be getting better and would be able to join the production. However, after new consultations with his doctor, it is clear that he still needs some further weeks of pause in order to fully recover and that he will not be ready in time to join the production."
Jonas Kaufmann added: "I am deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disappointment caused to my audience, and to The Royal Opera House. I hope my decision will be respected as an act of responsibility towards myself and the audience. I am particularly sad to not be able to participate in the new production of Les Troyens, a project I have been looking forward to for many years".
Kasper Holten continued, "It is never easy for a singer to make the difficult decision to cancel. However, sometimes it is inevitable. The Royal Opera is doing everything we can to avoid cast changes, and we are terribly sorry to disappoint our loyal audiences, who have experienced a number of very unfortunate high profile cast changes this season.
"Knowing that Jonas Kaufmann has been ill since late April, The Royal Opera has recently secured Bryan Hymel who had already joined rehearsals last week, he will now take over the performances at Covent Garden. Bryan has sung the role of Enée at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam recently, and he appeared as the Prince in Rusalka at Covent Garden earlier this season. We are grateful to Bryan for stepping in, and we are very happy that such a gifted artist has been free to undertake this demanding task with such short notice."
All ticket holders will be contacted early next week about the cast change.
Added 1 June: The BBC have confirmed that Jonas Kaufmann has had to withdraw from the Proms performance of Les Troyens and Bryan Hymel will sing the role of Enée.


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Artificial Sweetener, Real Diabetes?
It sounds ironic, but one of the world's most popular non-caloric sweeteners, sucralose, was found to have a diabetes-promoting effect in those who use it—even though it's been touted as a safe, non-nutritive sweetener for some time now.
A study in the journal Diabetes Care says that the sweetener, which is marketed as a harmless sugar alternative to consumers, including those who are diabetic, can actually help pave the way to diabetes.
Here's what happened: scientists from the Center for Human Nutrition at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, discovered this after they evaluated the metabolic effects of sucralose on a group of obese participants who did not consume artificial sweeteners at the beginning of the study.
Then each of the participants was given sucralose or control water 10 minutes before having a five-hour glucose tolerance test. At the close of the trial, the participants who took sucralose had noticeable changes in terms of insulin production, circulating insulin levels and in their bodies' sensitivity to insulin.
In fact, a single dose of the sucralose increased plasma glucose concentrations by 0.6 nanomoles per liter and led to a 20 percent spike in insulin levels, a 22 percent increased peak insulin secretion rate, a 7 percent decrease in insulin clearance and a 23 percent decrease in insulin sensitivity.
As if messing with blood sugar were not enough, sucralose is also linked to gastrointestinal upset, migraine headaches and other damage.
For example, a 2011 study published in the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology noted a link between sucralose consumption and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), while a 2008 study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health found that minimal daily sucralose consumption disrupted the gut flora in test animals.
Interestingly, according to information from GreenMedInfo.com, the discovery of sucralose was accidental, since pesticide researchers came across it after noting that it is a close relative to the banned pesticide DDT.
No wonder it's wreaking such havoc on health—in everything from blood sugar, digestive health, headaches, in the environment and much more.
The bottom line on the artificial sweetener sucralose? It may set the stage for real diabetes and more.


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The team, led by senior author Charles C. Branas, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, found in a decade-long comparison of vacant lots and improved vacant lots, that greening was linked to significant reductions in gun assaults across most of Philadelphia and significant reductions in vandalism in one section of the city. Vacant lot greening was also associated with residents in certain sections of the city reporting significantly less stress and more exercise.
"Improving the places where people live, work and play, holds great promise for changing health and safety," says Branas. "Greening vacant lots is a low-cost, high-value approach, which may prevent certain crimes and encourage healthy activity for more people and for longer periods of time than many other approaches."
"Dr. Branas's study adds to the growing body of evidence that cleaned and greened lots are important elements in a revitalized community," said Mayor Michael A. Nutter. "The City's partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society enhances health and safety in addition to creating jobs and increasing property values; now we have scientific proof of the benefits of this collaboration."
"The study by Dr. Branas and his team is fantastic news for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [PHS], which in partnership with the City of Philadelphia has reclaimed thousands of blighted vacant lots," said PHS President Drew Becher. "We have known that greening these lots has helped transform neighborhoods in various ways. The Penn findings reveal other significant, direct impacts of this program on the lives of residents."
A Decade of Greening
In 1999, PHS began a program to green vacant lots – abandoned open spaces with no buildings – in Philadelphia. This program involved removing trash and debris, grading the land, planting grass and trees to create a park-like setting, and installing low wooden post-and-rail fences around each lot to show that it was cared for and to deter illegal dumping. Several times a year, PHS returned to each greened lot to perform basic maintenance, such as mowing the grass, tending trees, or repairing fences.
Branas and his team analyzed the impact of this program for a decade, from 1999 to 2008, using a statistical design that considered various health and safety outcomes and numerous other factors occurring on and around vacant lots, before and after they were treated, as compared to vacant lots that were not greened over the same time period.
Across Philadelphia, nearly 4,500 vacant lots totaling over 7.8 million square feet were greened from 1999-2008. Untreated control lots were randomly selected and matched to treated lots by section of the city, within four of the five sections of Philadelphia. The Northeast section was excluded because only a handful of vacant lots were greened there. Vacant lots eligible to serve as matched controls included only those that had never been greened from 1999‐2008, but that could have been chosen by the PHS for greening.
A master database of over 50,000 vacant lots in Philadelphia from 1999-2008 was assembled from Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes and Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections records. This database was separated into lots greened by PHS and lots that were not greened. The Philadelphia Police Department provided the dates and locations for several types of crimes and arrests from 1999-2008: aggravated assaults, aggravated assaults with guns, robberies, robberies with guns, narcotics sales and possession, burglaries, thefts, vandalism and criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, and illegal dumping. The Philadelphia Health Management Corporation provided community-level health data from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey.
The Pluses of Greening
"This is one of the first rigorous studies to show that reducing physical decay in neighborhoods -through such efforts as cleaning up vacant lots – reduces public safety crimes, demonstrating that healthier places are safer places," says co-author John MacDonald, PhD, chair of the Department of Criminology at Penn. "Public policies that promote active living can also enhance personal safety."
Vacant lot greening was associated with significant reductions in gun assaults across all four sections of Philadelphia in the study and significant reductions in vandalism in one section of the city.
Greening was also associated with residents reporting significantly less stress and more exercise in certain sections of Philadelphia. Because newly greened vacant lots may serve as safe havens, residents may have felt less stress or may have seen greater outdoor opportunities for exercise in a cleaner, more attractive, and safer environment, say the authors. Even though these findings pertaining to stress and exercise only applied to certain sections of the city, they have potentially important implications for the future study of urban vacant lot greening as a tool to enhance health.
"Violent crime may have simply been discouraged in the presence of greened and tended vacant lots that signaled someone in the community cared and was watching over the space in question," says Branas. "The effect of greening may have also been more tangible, especially for gun assaults, where vacant lots may have been a haven, storage ground, or disposal point for illegal guns. Because the penalty of being caught with an illegal gun is high, criminals may hide their guns in abandoned vacant lots."
Surprisingly, acts of disorderly conduct – a catch-all category encompassing various violations and nuisances – increased after the greening of vacant lots. A greened lot may serve as a new opportunity for community gatherings, bringing large groups of people together and increasing the opportunity for crowd-based nuisance crimes such as disorderly conduct, say the researchers. Community interest in maintaining a newly greened lot may have also increased calls to police and arrests for disorderly conduct.
"The large number of vacant lots we studied and the design of our analysis make this study some of the strongest evidence to date that greening vacant urban land is a promising approach to improving health and safety," notes Branas. "As with all studies, it's not the final word, and we are now moving forward with a randomized trial of vacant lot greening to even more thoroughly investigate. Philadelphia, like many cities, still has tens of thousands of vacant and abandoned lots to support such a study."
Co-authors, all from Penn, are Rose A. Cheney, PhD, Department of Surgery; Vicky W. Tam, Cartographic Modeling Laboratory; Tara D. Jackson, PhD, Cartographic Modeling Laboratory; and Thomas R. Ten Have, PhD, MPH, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
This work was completed in part with funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4 billion enterprise.
Penn's Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools and among the top 10 schools for primary care. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $507.6 million awarded in the 2010 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital – the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
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The Tesla Approach to Distributing and Servicing Cars
Quote 1: Our technology is different, our car is different, and, as a result, our stores are intentionally different.
Quote 2: Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.
Quote 3: At Tesla, we will continue to focus on the future and the future of your children, grandchildren and their children.
Questions: Should our schools be intentionally different? Can an existing school transform in such a way? Can we focus that far in the future, or does the institutional imperative to preserve itself override any possibility of that?
Google Street View Goes Into The Wild
Quote 1: Earlier this week, two teams from Google strapped on sophisticated backpacks jammed with cameras, gyroscopes and other gadgets, and descended to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. But this is just the first step in the search giant's plan to digitally map and photograph the world's wild places.
Quote 2: This is just the beginning. Google wants to send the Trekker on expeditions all over the world. Team members talk about everything from the Appalachian Trail to Antarctica — and one day maybe even Everest.
Questions: Holodeck, anyone? Combine this with Siri, Google Glass, Wolfram Alpha, etc. - do we just need to rethink everything about school? About learning?
Monkeys, Flea Jars, Crab Buckets, and Educational Risk-Taking
Quote 1: Yet, all of the new monkeys vigorously enforce the prohibition against trying to get the banana because, hey, that's how we do things around here.
Quote 2: "Are our classrooms like a flea jar?"
Quote 3: In these schools, whenever an enterprising teacher did something new and excellent that also was perceived to be too far beyond the norm, the other teachers would engage in behaviors that were intended to hold her back and instead re-align her to what everyone else was doing (or not doing).
Quote 4: The challenge for us, however, is that we live in a time of significant disruption. As new information environments, economic realities, and learning landscapes form themselves before our very eyes, transitioning our school systems so that they are relevant for today and tomorrow, not just yesterday, is going to require gobs of innovation and experimentation. Yet we have schooling, policy, and leadership cultures that are extremely intolerant of risk-taking and, indeed, will vigorously intervene to reinforce static processes, mindsets, and behaviors.
Questions: Sometimes I need to be the flea, but jump when the lid is off. Sometimes I need to be the jar (without the lid), providing constraints and guidance to help my students jump (and achieve "escape velocity" and leave the jar (me) behind). Is school the lid? Is curriculum the lid? Or am I the lid?
Leaders: Don't Be The Lid
Quote 1: As new hires come on board, the new hires automatically follow this example.
Questions: Can the change really come from within? Does the institutional education jar, almost by definition, have to come with a lid? Is the flea jar a perfect metaphor for Race to the Top?
Divergent Thinking And A Jar Of Fleas
Quote 2: An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak. When you're present in the current moment. When you're resonating with the excitement with this thing you're are experiencing. When you are fully alive. An anesthetic is when you shut yourself off.
Questions: It's said that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. But is it possible that school, by its very nature, is so focused on the past that it's condemned to ignore the present and the future? Is "backwards planning" a stunningly apropos description? Are we figuratively (and sometimes literally) drugging our children so that they don't notice this fact? Are we drugging ourselves?
Like I said, not quite sure I've figured out how this all fits together for me yet. Maybe it doesn't. Or maybe it's just more of my usual education angst. It just seems like if this were a campaign the slogan would be "Backwards!"
Update 11-4-12: Pam Moran leaves a comment that is waaaaay better than this post is.


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Abreu earns second AL Player of Month honor
White Sox slugger also named Junior Circuit's top rookie for July
CHICAGO -- On Monday, the record-setting Jose Abreu was named the American League Player and Rookie of the Month -- again.
Abreu has won the league rookie honors every month this season except May, when he went on the 15-day disabled list with an ankle injury.
He took both honors in April. This second sweep makes him the first rookie in Major League history to win the Player of the Month award twice in one season, and the fourth to be named Rookie of the Month three times or more.
"I don't really like to talk about myself a lot, but I am surprised," Abreu said through interpreter and White Sox coach Lino Diaz. "I wasn't expecting to have all this success and definitely all these awards. But, you know, I am very thankful to God that happened. I just continue to go about my day the same way and continue to work on my routines."
In July, Abreu led the AL in batting average (.374), doubles (11), slugging percentage (.667), extra-base hits (17) and times on base (48).
He also put together a career-best 21-game hitting streak, the AL's longest this season. That was also the longest for the White Sox since Carlos Lee hit in 28 straight games in 2004.
"There is a limit of what guys are going to hit, statistically," said manager Robin Ventura. "But within the game of driving in runs and things like that, he's pretty good, and he's going to continue to get better at that in-game stuff."
Abreu drew more walks and had a higher on-base percentage in July than in any month prior, an indication that pitchers are working around him. He said that the biggest adjustment he's made since the start of the season has been patience at the plate.
"I really don't know the adjustments that [pitchers] made on me, I just know that I concentrate on myself," Abreu said. "I concentrate on my strength when I go there. I'm sure they're making adjustments and things like that, but I try to stay with what I do good."
Added Ventura: "He hasn't had too many at-bats of going after stuff out of the zone. Early he was swinging pretty good, and then he went through a period of trying to do too much, hitting too many homers and swinging at a lot of pitches. If you look at his at-bats over the last month, he's been pretty spot on."


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