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Research in Motion has kicked off the next phase of its BlackBerry 10 Developer Program with a giveaway of a brand-new BlackBerry developer device.
Dubbed the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C, the new testing device is the first to incorporate what RIM describes as "our industry-defining BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard."
Since launching its developer program in May, RIM has used a series of live events to seed its developer community with a pair of touchscreen-only devices it calls the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B.
With the introduction of the Dev Alpha C, developers can now get a crack at both styles of BlackBerry 10 handsets – those with keyboards and without – that RIM says it will launch in the first quarter of 2013.
While RIM has been rather generous with its earlier Dev Alpha models – it says it has given away more than 7,500 of them to date – the struggling mobile maker says its latest testing device will only go to a select group.
Only those developers who can submit two or more BlackBerry apps for evaluation may apply to receive a Dev Alpha C, and out of those, only 1,500 will get the device. The selection won't be random, either; instead, RIM plans to choose its lucky few based on merit points.
Developers who have already received a Dev Alpha A or B get a 200-point head start, as do BlackBerry Elite Members. After that, points will be awarded based on the types of apps submitted.
Apps that have been awarded Built For BlackBerry certification earn the developer 1,500 points. All other applications earn 250 points, with the exception of apps ported from other platforms, which only earn 50. The more apps the developer has to submit, the more points.
The competition could be tough, because by this point anyone who's interested in developing for BlackBerry 10 but doesn't have apps to submit only has themselves to blame. RIM has been beating the drum for developers relentlessly since May, even going as far as to guarantee $10,000 in revenue for successful apps.
Just this week, Appcelerator chipped in to offer free devices and free cloud services to developers who build BlackBerry 10 apps using its cross-platform Titanium tools.
Given all those incentives, RIM is likely to have a well-stocked app catalog when BlackBerry 10 launches, despite lingering doubts about the platform's chances of success.
Fortunately, developers who want to beef up their app portfolios to earn points for the giveaway still have time. The Dev Alpha C offer runs from December 1, 2012 through February 5, 2013 – so get coding. ®
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Running more than 200 miles across the northern half of the state is the unequalled splendor of the Grand Canyon—one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. Reaching up to a mile deep, the Colorado River has unearthed 2 billion years of history here, creating some astonishing views. There are more fabulous vistas to be had in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, where wind and water have worked for eons to carve spectacular towers from its banded red sandstones. The millennium-old culture of the Pueblo Peoples comes to life in the cliff-side settlements of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument. More recent, but equally inspirational, are the 300-year old Spanish colonial missions of Tumacacori National Historical Park. And for a touch of the eclectic cultural mix that Arizona is famed for, try staying at a hotel in Sedona and soak up its unique artistic atmosphere of New Age and Old West.
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For the widest choice of hotels in Arizona, Phoenix undoubtedly tops the list. Both business travelers and vacationers will find plenty of options here. There are shopping hotels and luxury resorts catering to the city break crowd. For a touch of romance and pampering, the spa resorts in the hills around upmarket Scottsdale provide style and opulence you'd expect from 5-star hotels in Arizona. To the south is Tucson, which has some more smaller establishments scattered among its historic Hispanic neighborhoods. But for the spectacular canyons and buttes of the north, try Flagstaff, which has the best accommodation to view the state's splendor at its most dramatic.
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Abigail Unruh was seven months pregnant when she came down with what she thought was a cold. Before she knew it, however, she was in a medically-induced coma because she was suffering from a particularly nasty strain of influenza, and while she was out, she had her baby boy.
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Unruh didn't get a flu shot this year, and didn't really think anything was amiss when she came down with a cold. Unfortunately, her condition rapidly spiraled downward and she wound up in the hospital after collapsing on her kitchen floor. It turns out that she had a powerful strain of H1N1 influenza that unfortunately turned into pneumonia.
She was rushed to the hospital after being discovered by her grandmother and was reportedly clinging to life when she arrived. To help her body heal, she was placed in a medically-induced coma and put on a ventilator.
Two days later, however, the staff encountered a surprise — she went into labor. Her body went on autopilot, it seems, and while she was still sleeping, she delivered her baby boy with assistance from her obstetrician.
Amazingly, both the new mother and her infant son are on the road to recovery. Unruh is still rather weak, but she's making progress every day and hopes to be able to hold her little boy for longer periods of time. Her son, a boy named Douglas, is doing well but is still receiving treatment. However, both are expected to recover.
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Community Trees are lineage-linked genealogies from specific time periods and geographic localities around the world. The information also includes the supporting sources. Most of the genealogies are joint projects between FamilySearch and others who live locally or have expertise in the area or records used to create the genealogies. Each Community Tree is a searchable database with views of individuals, families, ancestors and descendants, as well as printing options.
The scope of partner projects may be a small, grass roots village or township working together to form a family tree of all the known residents of its community for a given time period. Some are genealogical and historical societies working with FamilySearch to index several sources of data to link them to common, lineage-linked genealogies of a targeted geographic area of interest.
The scope could also be focused on a particular record set and locality. The goal may be to identify and reconstitute all families of a particular place from a village, county, or even a country. Many of the current projects were produced by FamilySearch's Family Reconstitution team and date back to the medieval times. One even has the audio of the oral genealogies attached.
This program is up and running on the FamilySearch Labs Website for places as diverse as Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Iceland, Norway the Pacific Islands and Peru. There are also several areas in the United States. As an example, try doing a Surname search from the Surname list, there are tens of thousands of individuals just in the top 30 surnames. By clicking on a name, you can search a list of individuals. Clicking on the individuals takes you to the family information with fully developed family group records. By clicking on a magnifying glass next to a geographic location, you get a list of all of the people in the database in that locality.
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A modern take on Romeo
Larry Reiff, a Grade 9 humanities teacher, has taught Shakespeare for years, but not quite like he does today. With iPad, Larry brings classics like Romeo and Juliet to life through apps and social media — making a play from 1597 relevant and relatable to modern‑day teenagers.
"How do I get my students excited about 400‑year‑old literature? By making it an experience, not just words on a page."
Larry Reiff, Humanities Teacher, Roslyn High School, New York
Introduce the topic.
iPad gives students new ways to explore classic language.
Shakespeare's language can be challenging for many students to understand. That's why Larry starts with two close reading activities that help students decode the bard's lines.
Words introduced into the English language by Shakespeare
Putting the words first.
There are many versions of Romeo and Juliet in the iBooks Store. Larry chooses the Folger Shakespeare Library Edition because it features the play in its original form. Since it has no added stage directions or other enhancements, students must pay close attention to the words themselves.Learn more about iBooks
Tellagami & iMovie
Putting the words first.
Larry's class uses Tellagami and iMovie to visually define the language and reinforce the concepts covered. Students record themselves reading the Prologue and associate a relevant image with each line to show they understand its meaning.Learn more about iMovie
"The iPad lets students go from reading something to interacting with it. And once they're interacting, they're interested, they're engaged."
Build student understanding.
iPad turns a literature lesson into an interactive experience.
Classroom reenactments are a traditional way to explore Shakespeare. Larry's class takes it to a whole new level with student-led activities that culminate in an engaging performance piece.
Of Larry's students felt iPad enhanced their learning of Romeo and Juliet
Playing with direction.
Students use the iAnnotate app to add their own stage directions and voice inflections to a PDF of the play's text, so it can be acted out as they understand it. This exercise shows students the many ways language can be interpreted.
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Fine-tuning their voices
To emphasize the power of inflection, students practice their lines and play with sound effects using the Voice Recorder and GarageBand apps. As they experiment, re-record and add sound effects, they learn that the way they speak the words can be as important as the words themselves.Learn more about GarageBand
From page to stage.
With their annotated prompt book as a guide, students team up to perform and capture a scene using the iPad's built-in camera. When the class comes together to watch and discuss each team's interpretation, students see how their directorial choices can shift the meaning of a line or the feeling of an entire scene — deepening their comprehension of the story.Learn more about Camera
Bringing it all together.
Larry's students use iMovie to edit their scene, incorporating what they've discovered in their exploration of staging, movement, vocal delivery and sound effects. When they share with the class, they learn from their peers' interpretations.Learn more about iMovie
Forming their own opinions
Next, students watch scenes from the Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann movie adaptations of the play from iTunes. Larry encourages them to think about how the directors' interpretations of the play's language affect the audience's experience and understanding.
"What I love about teaching with iPad is that it gives my students an infinite number of methods to show me they understand the material."
Demonstrate learning.
With iPad, each student's abilities takes centre stage
The last act: for their final project, students analyze a scene from one of the play's modern adaptations. Larry empowers students to choose whichever app will allow them to best express their ideas.
Shakespeare-related videos created by Larry's students using iMovie and other apps
Creating their director's cut.
For the final project, students compare a scene from the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann films. Some create a director's cut commentary in iMovie. They discuss Shakespeare's intent, each director's interpretation and the impact of staging choices on the audience's understanding.Learn more about iMovie
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Channelling their inner film critic.
Some students use Green Screen to create their director's cut project. They analyze the play's modern adaptations and include clips from the film to support the conclusions. By giving students options for how they complete their final project, every student has a chance to shine.View Green Screen in the App Store
Writing it up.
Students who prefer a more traditional approach compose a paper — and it's easy to do on iPad. They write an essay to show that they're able to compare Shakespeare's intent with each director's vision and analyze how the differences affect a viewer's comprehension.Learn more about Pages
"No matter what level I'm teaching, I teach the same unit. If you're an honours student or struggling to pass, you still get something out of it. The possibilities for learning are that differentiated."
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Larry Reiff uses iTunes U to organize and deliver all of his lesson's books, materials, apps, movies and assignments directly to each student's iPad.See what you can do with iTunes U
Personalize and perfect your lesson.
With the variety of apps, books, podcasts, movies and music available through iTunes, designing a customized lesson is easier than you might think. Get started with the apps Larry's class uses or explore other ways to integrate iPad into your classroom.View the Shakespeare collection on iTunes


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It's not the most modern home gym on the market, but can the Bowflex Xtreme 2 still produce quality results as it did for those models in the infomercials? We got our hands on an Xtreme 2 and put it through its paces, with some interesting results.
Compact & Quick
The Bowflex Xtreme 2 is a space saving, easy to use machine. Unlike many older model home gyms, the footprint of the actual device is relatively small, and the technology is still on par with many modern creations.
We found the no-change cable system still provided much needed efficiency during our workout. Additionally, everything we needed to touch or adjust on the machine was within an easy reach of the main exercise area. No problems here.
Upgradeable 210lbs
The Bowflex Xtreme 2 comes standard with 210lbs of resistance, but is upgradeable to both 310lbs and 410lbs if you need it. This provides flexibility and customization – and is impressive given the age of the product.
Quiet & Smooth
For an older generation machine, the X2 was eerily quiet. No clanging of weight, and no creaking of support structures. The Power Rod technology still shines through in these regards and despite the well known (and arguable) variation in resistance throughout each repetition, the machine provides a smooth and flowing workout.
Strong Design
Whenever you buy a Bowflex product, no matter how old – you know that you will be investing in quality. The Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym is no exception, with a sturdy design and reinforced materials.
What We Liked About The Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym
Even though this product was invented almost half a decade ago, it still feels relatively new. No doubt if we took a similar home gym machine from the same era – from a different manufacturer – we would not be saying the same thing.
The X2 provides a solid workout, with over 70 exercises possible in different positions. The cushioning and supports felt solid, and overall we were pleased with the design and logic that the machine offered.
What We Didn't Like About The Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym
Installation and assembly was a bit of an issue – perhaps due to the lack of caffeine consumed prior to the X2's arrival. More likely, the issue is that products from this time period have more "bits" which need to be placed here and there.
If you have a handy man in the house – or if you are quite handy yourself, the Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym should present no problems at all. But if you don't readily know the difference between a spanner and a screw driver – perhaps a more simplified home gym would be better suited to your liking.


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As if Japan isn't already exceptional in everything they do, they're also outstanding when it comes to chocolate, wouldn't you know. Often called the Rolls Royce of chocolate, Royce' is manufactured in Hokkaido, Japan, a utopia of mountains, sparkling waters, fresh air, and undoubtedly, the finest ingredients.
True to the Japanese commitment to perfection, Royce' is wrapped in three layers of packaging, as well as a cooling gel pack to ensure that the chocolates make it from the shop to one's home (wherever in the world that may be). There is also a little note recommending storage at below 10°C, because the ingredients are highly perishable.
My Royce' were little blocks o' chocolates heavily dusted in cocoa powder, which made for messy but finger-licking good eating. Smooth to the tongue as they were to the touch, its texture can only be described as gossamer. Light as a whisper, it disappears quickly, leaving just a lingering chocolate taste. Sweet enough to satisfy, these were subtle.
Royce' isn't available in Manila, so addicts get their fix from nearby Singapore and Hong Kong, and of course Japan, too. Aside from the chocolates, Royce' also makes cookies, but I've heard that the Royce' chocolate-covered potato chips are worth committing murder for.


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What you see here is a flock of the most desirable Ferraris ever built — all assembled on a single ferry. That includes a huge percentage of the entire GTO production run. An estimated $160 million worth of Italian metal calmly crossing the sea. Even the police escort is impressed. What's going on here?
The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance attracts the rarest and most valuable cars, like the $3.7 million Porsche 550 sold on Saturday. But it's an island, as the name implies.
Thus the ferry.
Photographer Justin Lapriore of Let's Make Media, who was cool enough to provide the photo to Jalopnik, explains how he captured this once-in-a-lifetime shot:
Here's the skinny on how this went down. The GTOs were supposed to go for a road tour with Cobras, Cadillacs and Corvettes, but they left on their own.
My Father and I set up on the South Bridge off of Amelia Island for some video and quick stills. The group blew past us at full song. We hopped in the car and chased them to the Mayport ferry, we were the last car onto the ferry with the GTOs. We paraded out to the naval/air station at Mayport, the group parked in a back lot and went inside for some time, the cars were all ours for 45 mins or so.
We took roughly 6.5 gazillion photos (days and chances like this are rare). I made friends with the owner of the 1951 212 Import and he offered me the passenger seat for the ride back (A sweet and MOST generous guy. Thanks Peter!) so we chased the GTO's back to Fernandina beach where they parked and were mobbed.
It's an amazing get and a wonderful photo.
There are more images over on Justin's site if you don't believe the photo is real.
We took an estimate of $140-$160 million in cars based on the vehicles we saw there. Can you name them all?
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Taking on industry in the name of safety
Arlene Blum, Ph.D., has crossed mountains and conquered mountainous obstacles.
Her unique blend of career paths has her coming to Colorado on a multi-tasking mission: She'll be speaking at Conference on World Affairs panels on extreme living and environmental health, approach the EPA to talk about toxic flame retardants, and cap the week off with an induction into the Mountaineering Hall of Fame. Blum wrote about her career in an essay published in Thinking Reed, an alumni publication for Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She agreed to have this excerpt from that essay reprinted here.
My memoir of mountains and molecules called Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life describes how my life changed after Bruce Carson, a brilliant young climber and environmentalist, tragically fell to his death through a summit cornice on our expedition to Mount Trisul in India in 1975. Devastated by the loss, I decided to continue Bruce's work of helping protect the world's environment. And so I found my current adventure: bringing science out of the laboratory and into the policy arena in an effort to reduce toxics and protect our health and environment.
My work began when Bruce Ames, a biochemistry professor at the University of California at Berkeley, suggested I study the flame-retardant chemical tris (2,3,-dibromopropyl) phosphate, commonly known as Tris, which was used in children's pajamas in the 1970s. Ames suspected Tris caused cancer and was worried that most of the children in America were exposed to it every night. To prevent children's burn injuries, manufacturers added organohalogen flame retardants to pajamas. No one apparently considered that the flame retardant would move from the sleepwear to inside the children or that most chemicals in this family were known to be toxic, long-lived and likely to bioaccumulate.
Tris, the most widely used flame retardant, was layered onto pajamas in amounts of about 10 percent of the weight of the fabric. When I added a small amount of Tris to petri plates of growing bacteria, it caused a very high level of mutations or changes in the bacterial DNA. Tris was a potent mutagen and likely to contribute to cancer.
And almost all the children in America, including newborn infants, wore Tristreated pajamas — a tragic example of the good intention of preventing burn injuries gone very wrong.
At about this time I was invited to join the 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition, the first time an American woman had the opportunity to climb the world's highest mountain. Although I was writing an article warning of the dangers of Tris, I couldn't turn down this invitation. I continued working on the article while climbing amidst the ice falls on Everest. At 21,000 feet, I received the final galley proof from Bruce Ames, edited it, and sent it by mail runner back to Katmandu.
Although scientific articles traditionally call for further study rather than action, Bruce and I subtitled our piece, "The main flame retardant in children's pajamas is a mutagen and should not be used." It was published as a lead article in Science three months after our team reached the summit of Everest. Three months later Tris was banned in children's sleepwear — an example of how good science can influence policy to protect human health.
When Ronald Regan took office in 1980, he cancelled funding for environmental work and moved brilliant EPA scientists to desk jobs. I had always dreamed of walking across the Himalayas, and his term seemed the right time to take a break from my science policy work. This break lasted 26 years, much longer than I could ever have expected.
During those years, I led the first ascent of 21,000-foot-high Bhrigupanth in the Indian Himalaya and hiked 3,000 miles along the Great Himalaya Range of Bhutan, Nepal, and India. My favorite adventure began with the birth of my daughter Annalise Gomersall Blum in 1987. Motherhood and memoir writing eclipsed mountains and molecules while Annalise was young. I wanted to fully enjoy raising my daughter and also to understand how my own childhood and my years at Reed in the 1960s nurtured my climbing and science careers. Annalise attended third grade at the Cloud Forest School in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and eighth grade at Lincoln School in Kathmandu while I worked on writing my memoir. Each year we enjoyed mountain trips: in the Cascades and Sierra when she was young and the Himalaya, Andes, Alps as she grew older.
In September 2006, with my memoir, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life, finished, Annalise starting college, and my mother having recently passed away, I wanted to return to science policy work and find a way to use my knowledge of chemistry to reduce toxics and protect public health. Although I had no idea how to return to a career I had left 26 years earlier, I attended a green chemistry meeting in Oakland and found my next mountain. Since I believe working with industry can lead to the most rapid change, I introduced myself to Bob Leudeka, the director of the Polyurethane Foam Association who wore a suit and stood out from the casually clad activists and scientists. When I told him I had studied flame retardants decades ago, he looked very interested. "Flame retardants are a big problem for us," he said.
Surprised, I asked him to explain. "The foam we make for California furniture has to be flame-retardant and the chemical penta (pentabrominated diphenyl ether), which we have used for years, was banned a couple of years ago. I don't know much about the replacements. Our chemical suppliers tell us everything is fine, but they told us Penta was fine too. Maybe you can give us some advice."
"What chemicals do you use?" I asked. His response astonished me. The foam manufacturers were using Tris, the same flame retardant my research had helped remove from children's sleepwear 30 years earlier.
Bob invited me to be the keynote speaker at the annual polyurethane foam meeting in the fall to tell the chemical industry about the toxicity of Tris.
"Why don't you tell them yourself that Tris is a mutagen and carcinogen?"
I asked. "You don't need me."
"I can't tell them," he replied.
"They'd kill me!" "And you want me to tell them?" My stomach turned a somersault, but my climbing courage returned, and I agreed to give the talk. The audience at the meeting would include the companies who manufactured Tris and similar chemicals. As I unearthed my old lecture notes and learned that little had changed since 1980, I became more worried, about both the world's continued exposure to Tris and the reception for my talk. Friends told me they would wait outside to help me escape in case the audience turned into an angry mob.
At the meeting I listened with incredulity as the chemical producers claimed Tris and its chemical cousin flame retardants were perfectly safe. Feeling very nervous, I began my talk with a slide of Rip Van Winkle and admitted I had been away from chemistry for decades. During those years the toxic qualities of Tris had not gone away. We knew Tris migrated out of clothing into children's bodies, and that you could find toxic Tris breakdown products in their urine after they wore treated pajamas. A long round of applause from the foam industry and a cold silence from the chemical industry followed my presentation. My "Rip Van Winkle" lecture marked the beginning of my most challenging and important challenge, bringing good science into policy to stop the use of toxic chemicals and protect the health of the world.
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(1) How did you become interested/involved in preparing tax returns or teaching taxes?
I majored in history at the College of the Holy Cross. After graduation I went into VISTA and form there to the University of Chicago in history. While at Holy Cross I knew quite a few Economics/Accounting g majors (a major I think unique to Holy Cross). There was always this sense that accounting didn't belong in a liberal arts college. At any rate they were getting good jobs and didn't really seem all that bright so I conceived of accounting as a back-up plan. After abandoning history I got a second bachelors degree in Accounting while working as a hotel night auditor and an internal accountant for a travel agency. A headhunter asked me if I was willing to try public accounting and I said what the heck which ended me up at Joseph Cohan and Associates a 50 person firm in Worcester. We did everything, so I learned to prepare individual returns on the job. Mainly it was a matter of reading the instructions. If the instructions referenced a regulation I read that. The constant change in the early 80's made my penchant for actually looking things up into a real virtue
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On-the-job training and reading the instructions. As we automated I always insisted on reviewing actual returns rather than just input. Since the 1990's thought I have gotten pretty decent at profx.
(3) When and why did you decide to write a blog on tax issues?
December 2009. I stopped for a while due to firm concerns but finally worked out something making it clear that the firm was not responsible for the blog. I was given an eight week sabbatical and started blogging in earnest while I drove all around the country. It is a creative outlet for me. I always reviewed original source material and now I have a more disciplined approach
(4) How has blogging helped your business?
Nothing I can identify so far
(5) What do you consider the "best tax advice" you can give anyone?
Sometimes you should just pay the taxes.
(6) Do you think the regulation of tax return preparers is a good thing?
(7) Do you think CPAs and attorneys should be exempt from testing and required CPEs in taxation?
I think attorneys should be banned from preparing returns (LOL). CPA's have a 40 hour CPE requirement and ethical constraints on doing work that they are not qualified to do. Somehow that should get integrated into any regulation the IRS lays on.
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Guys and Dolls – Sky Masterson's speech on getting cider in his ear and Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat.
Good tax advice, and an excellent choice of favorite musical. I produced a benefit of G+D for a local charity on whose Board I sat many years ago, and can still probably sing the entire score. "The Biltmore Garage wants a grand – but we ain't got a grand on hand. . ."
As for the issue of exempting CPAs from the tax return regulation regime – methinks he has somewhat avoided the question.
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Tonight I will be celebrating the end of the year at home (I have not been out on New Years Eve for 30+ years) with Jack (Daniels) and Dick (Clark) and some thick cigars, after spending the day typing more W-2s, as is my annual tradition.
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Is it weird that Valentines Day is one of my #1 favorite holidays? Especially considering the fact that I can't actually remember the last time I've had a boyfriend during this emo-as-hell day? Maybe it's just that I le love the idea of love (and that i want my life to be a magnetic fields song).
But this also might stem from my preconceived ideas about living in New York. When I moved up here I had this really romantic idea that I'd find a super cute boyfriend who listened to good music, had a nice pup pup, and a sweet smile. Whenever we'd walk around, Jens Lekman and Todd Rundgren would be playing in the background and we'd drink bottles of wine all day in Central Park and laugh until our teeth fell out. BUT NOPE – not so much. Though for some reason or another (maybe it's just the Stevie Nicks in me) it's really easy for me to forget about all the d-bags I've dated (ok, so i guess there are a few nice ones mixed in there… somewhere) and be semi-optimistic about the future. semi.
But enough about me, let's talk about this super sweet and kindhearted breakfast-in-bed grilled cheese that won't stand you up on a Friday night I'm making for you and your lovie.
And now here are the sweet ingredients:
– 3 heart shaped pieces of challah bread (I used a giant cookie cutter)
– your favorite french toast batter (I used 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/4 tsp vanilla, and 1/4 tsp cinnamon)
– 3 large sliced organic strawberries
– 2 pads of salted butter
– 2 tbs of Mascarpone Cheese
– 2 tbs of Nutella (ZOMG, right?)
*optional whipped cream*
Ok lover, once you get your bread cut up into hearts and your french toast batter whisked, heat your skillet to medium high and melt some butter. Then lightly submerge your challah for a hot sec into the batter. After you dredge each piece, carefully place on your skillet without getting too much drip-age everywhere. I created a nice little trail (on accident) so cupid would know where to find me. yep.
Once the hearts become nice and beautiful on each side, take them off your skillet and let them cool for a few minutes. You don't want to melt the mascarpone too soon.
Once they are the perfect temperature (i prefer room-temp) gently spread on your mascarpone. If you've never had this fancy schmancy type of cheese, let me melt your heart and tell you about it. It's a sweet Italian creamy soft cheese that is kind of like mix of ricotta, whipped cream, and cream cheese. Super yummy.
Now lay on some of those pretty, pretty strawberries. I was so excited when I was at Whole Foods today because they had just gotten a shipment in from Florida (my home state!). It was like a special little Valentines Day gift that they gave me without even knowing – besides the fact that they were like 6 bucks for a tiny little carton, but whatevs.
Now for my favorite part – THE NUTELLA. I just love this stuff sooo much. I've heard about people getting getitng in questionable situations with this stuff, and sometimes I fear that in the right time and place and with the right amount of alcohol I could do something a little weird too. But anyways, before i freak you out even more – go ahead and spread on half the nutella onto one heart. COME ON, it's valentines day.
Now stack it on top, nutella side down and then smear some MORE nutella on the other side. Gluttony awaits you.
Now some more berries! awwwWWWWWWwwww!
This seems like there's a lot of steps, but it goes pretty quickly and your lover will love you even more. promise. Now for the almost last step, smear on some more mascarpone!
Then place the last heart, mascarpone side down, on top of your beautiful pile of sweetness. ooooo la la.
And now if you want to make this treat extra special. (insert yummy/nonsexual sounding verb here) some whipped on top and dust with some cinnamon! ALL DONE.
So if you do decide to make this for that special someone – don't forget that mimosas and playing hooky pair perfectly with this little treat.
And if you're alone on Valentines Day, just follow my lead and chug a bottle of vodka turn up some Twin Sister, and binge eat until your emotions go away just like that giant box of chocolates that came in the mail from your mother secret admirer.
Oh and in case someone appreciates this sandwich a little extra, my favorite flowers are stargazer lilies and my favorite chocolates are vosges. thanks. love you, too.


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Over at his blog, Mike Sances investigates the claim that the Occupy Wall Street protests have made concerns about economic inequality an important item on the political agenda. A recent Washington Post poll found that about 60% of respondents believed there was a widening gap between the wealthy and the less well-off and that the government "should pursue policies that try to reduce the gap." Sances notes that this 60% figure is a historical high. Drawing on data from the General Social Survey since the late 1970s, he writes:
Note that the "reduce income differences" category has always had a plurality, though never a majority. Could differences in the way the question is worded account for the apparent 20% jump between the GSS in 2010 and the Washington Post result in 2011?
In a 2008 article in Perspectives on Politics, Lane Kenworthy and Leslie McCall also addressed this topic. Using the similar data from the GSS they found that:
Americans do tend to object to inequality and increasingly believe government should act to redress it, but not via traditional redistributive programs. We examine several alternative possibilities and provide a broad analytical framework for reinterpreting social policy preferences in the era of rising inequality. Our evidence suggests that Americans may be unsure or uninformed about how to address rising inequality and thus swayed by contemporaneous debates.
The question is whether Occupy Wall Street is one of those contemporaneous debates. Will it have a real lasting impact on the salience of income inequality and on government policy?


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My current team is Rolento/Cammy. I really need to practice more with Rolento, though. Otherwise, I have plenty of fun with Nina, Yoshimitsu, Lili, Poison, Julia, Juri, and Pac Man.
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If it's your responsibility to transport a huge, fragile package shaped like a sewer pipe, can we suggest not using a Ford Mustang to do it? And, should you be stuck in this strange predicament, can we further insist you don't connect said pipe to your car with sweatshirts closed into the trunk and hood?
What's most maddening? The contraption seems to be working. Do not try this at home.
The photos here were snapped by Jalopnik reader Christopher, who says he was driving down I-205 in Portland, Oregon and saw "some kind of large tube/pipe strapped to a Mustang held on by sweatshirts closed into the trunk and hood."
Any guesses as to what is in the tube? A poster? Something light-weight?
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State University volleyball team won its second match in as many days by defeating South Dakota State University in straight sets, 25-18, 25-18, 25-9, Saturday afternoon inside the Pan American Center to conclude the NM State/UTEP Tournament. The Aggies now move to 5-7 on the season.
The Aggies were led by senior middle hitter Desiree Scott who finished as the only Aggie with double-figure kills. Scott marked 10 kills including some thunderous strikes during the final set to finish off the Jackrabbits. Senior Lauren Loerch and freshman Aleisha Coates each finished the match with eight kills.
Sophomore setter Taylor Livoti finished with a team-high 19 assists while senior Ciara Brown was right behind with 17 assists. Brown missed marking her first double-double of the season by one dig, finishing with nine. Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Bradley Nash led NM State with 13 digs.
The Aggies were led in set one by Scott and Loerch, each tallied four kills in the set. NM State outhit the Jackrabbits .394 to .259. The Aggies started the set off strong, scoring the first three points of the set. They maintained their three-point lead at 9-6, before proceeding to win seven of the next eight points, culminating in a couple of kills by Loerch. With a 16-7 lead, NM State fought off a late five-point rally by SDSU and finished off the set with the final two points to win 25-18.
NM State once again jumped out to an early lead in set two by marking the first three points of the set. With the Aggies up 8-4, the Jackrabbits went on a 5-0 run, however, to take a 9-8 lead. NM State struck right back and with the set tied at 12 the Aggies won seven of the next nine points to take a 19-4. The run culminated with two service aces by Livoti. NM State would maintain its lead and finish off the set the same as the first, 25-18. Coates led the Aggies in set two with four kills. Although the Aggies only hit at a .156 percentage during the set, they held SDSU to a -.094 kill percentage.
After winning the first two sets, NM State finished off the Jackrabbits with a dominating third-set performance. Down 2-1 early, and with Scott serving, the Aggies proceeded to mark the next eight points to take a 9-2 lead. The rally was highlighted by three consecutive service aces by Scott. A nine-point rally later in the set gave NM State a commanding 21-5 lead that put the match away. Nash put the Jackrabbits away with her fifth kill of the match, ending the set at 25-9.
The Aggies continue their home stand by hosting their in-state rivals New Mexico Lobos on Monday night, Sept. 23. Game time is set for 7 p.m. inside the Pan Am Center. The game will be broadcast live over the AggieVision airwaves.


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Remembering CS Lewis
He gave us Narnia and he gave us Aslan, but, as we find out, this famous Belfast author found inspiration closer to home than you might think
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. From an early age he was entranced with stories of animals. The Icelandic sagas, Greek mythology and Irish folklore equally fascinated him. From these childhood interests emerged the fantasy land of Narnia, first encountered in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and then throughout The Chronicles of Narnia series.
While he remains best known for creating Narnia, Lewis was also a prolific writer. His immense body of work includes contributions to countless journals and articles, several novels and no small amount of poetry.
Even Lewis's friends were gifted. It was at Oxford University where he met fellow literary legend, J.R.R Tolkien. The two struck up a firm and fruitful friendship.
Deeply proud of where he grew up, Lewis will be remembered by that same city, Belfast, 50 years after his death (November 22nd 1963). The CS Lewis Festival will run from 18 – 23 November and feature events for all ages throughout Belfast and the surrounding areas.
"On this, the 50th anniversary of his death", said councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, the Lord Mayor of Belfast "it is right that we cherish his memory and nurture the inspiration that his writings have given us".
The festival, though, will be much more than simply a somber remembrance. Not only can you hear readings, visit his old school, Campbell College, and bring the children to an Aslan Workshop, but there's also a dedicated CS Lewis Trail where you can visit several sites of inspiration that he drew on during his literary career.
In fact, there are many secrets around Belfast that may have influenced the young Clive Staples to create his famous kingdom. To find them, you just have to look hard enough.
For example, the rectory near to St Mark's Church, Dundela, where Lewis was baptised, has a doorknob shaped like a lion. Coincidence? Maybe. Of course, if that's not a clue to Lewis's inspiration for Aslan, a more potent one may be found just a touch further south.
Tollymore Forest Park in Castlewellan, County Down, stands on the southern slopes of the Mourne Mountains. The whole park appears as one huge folly, brimming over with romance, eccentric beauty and scatterings of natural curiosities. Should you visit, keep your eyes peeled for the Horn Bridge straddling the Azalea Walk and its small, classical fountain set into the wall. On it is an almost life-sized head of a stone lion, through which water spouts.
According to local legend, this is Aslan.
It's this mountain range, however, that truly bewitched Lewis with its spectacular peaks and seemingly endless views. In his essay, On Stories, the author said of the area, "I have seen landscapes, notably in the Mourne Mountains and southwards, which under a particular light made me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge."
According to local mythology, the Cloghmore Stone – a 40-ton granite boulder standing on a mountain ridge 1,000ft above Rostrevor – arrived there through the work of a giant. It was most likely launched at the famously argumentative Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool), hero of the Ulster sagas, during an argument with another mythical creature. No doubt Lewis marveled at its ideal location overlooking Carlingford Lough.
CS Lewis's fantastical world has been brought to life on the big screen and introduced to a whole new generation of fans worldwide. Even as you read this, a movie version of The Silver Chair is in development.
It's safe to say that this literary Belfast legend won't be forgotten any time soon. But should you wish to remember him properly, you know where to go.
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Subsea 7 Wins Pemex Contract (Mexico)
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced an award to its Mexican joint venture from Pemex valued at approximately $140 million.
The contract comprises the engineering, fabrication and installation of a 16km pipe, two slug catchers and two cantilever structures for the Line 60 Project in the Bay of Campeche. This contract is the first award to the joint venture.
Project management and engineering have already commenced in our offices in Ciudad del Carmen and Houston. Offshore operations are due to commence on Q1 2013, with pipelay activities being conducted in Q3 2013 with the Seven Borealis.
Ian Cobban, Subsea 7´s Vice President Gulf of Mexico, said "Subsea 7 Mexico is very pleased to be awarded this first contract in Mexico. It represents a fine example of one of our core values – collaboration. We look forward to delivering this key field development and in doing so further strengthening our relationship with Pemex."
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Atanas Yanev and Ognian Lulchev own "Bravo", a modern meat processing company located in the outskirts of Sofia.
Both men are in their forties. In 1993, they started a small meat processing company with a handful of people. Their daily output was around 300 kg. Three years later, the economic meltdown that brought down Bulgaria's banking system and its currency almost delivered a fatal blow to "Bravo". Atanas Yanev recalls the early days of hardship:
"At that time we got up at four o'clock every day. We started work at five. We came home at midnight. And we did this every day. It took months before we weathered the crisis.
"At the beginning we were on the verge of bankruptcy two or three times a year. The business climate was terrible. There was no market and there weren't any rules or reliable banks. Interest rates were at ten percent per month."
In 1997 business began to improve, however. That year Bravo produced its first sausages and could expand its payroll to 100 employees.
Today, Bravo's premises extend over 3 hectares. Its new buildings offer 6,000 square metres of space. The grass between the buildings is perfectly maintained like on a golf course. "We're currently processing between ten and twenty tons of meat per day. The business employs around 250 people," explains Yanev.
In the company's meeting room a huge illuminated map shows the network of distributors across the country. In 2005 turnover stood at € 12 million; it has increased by another 20% in the fist six months of 2006.
Like 356 other food processors, Bravo has benefited from SAPARD projects. The first of these, amounting to a total investment cost of € 1.5 million, allowed the company to buy 6 machines for the production of sausages. One of these can inject sauces or cheese into sausages.
Bravo also hired a lawyer specialised in EU issues; it had already prepared a strategy for meeting EU standards in 2002. "Over the last years we not only brought our production standards up to EU level, but we also reformed the internal structure of our company. An additional benefit of SAPARD was that we have learned how to design EU-style projects," says Ognian Lulchev.
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Our lab tests gave us an idea of the overall performance of each brand of toilet paper, but we all know that actual usage is the true test. We filled the bathroom stalls on our two floors here at the Hearst Tower with blind toilet paper and had our staffers rate the softness via a questionnaire on the stall door. We then had staffers come into the lab and rate the "hand" softness. This means that they felt four sheets of one type folded over together to see which felt softest to the touch. Surprisingly, the products that did best in the touch test weren't always the ones that fared best in the stall, so we learned a lot from our TP road test.
Our lab techs then set out to make sure the details the manufacturer's put on the packaging are true — in other words, checking to see that you've gotten what you've paid for. They rolled out rolls and rolls of toilet paper and counted the number of sheets per roll. As the product was rolled out, they examined the toilet paper for overall quality — were there lots of pinholes, tears, and thin spots? Breaks in the paper? The technicians visually assessed the overall opacity of the toilet paper; the thinner the product, sometimes the less the performance. After all that counting they calculated the square footage to make sure all was correct on the product's package.
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Brewers Fan Fest…Happy's gameplan
Tonight (Jan. 23rd), here in Milwaukee, the Brewers will be holding their "Winter Warmup" event which will be emceed by Bob Uecker. Many of the Brewers current roster will be in attendance.
The event tonight will be held at an historic downtown theater called the Pabst Theater.
I'm not getting my hopes up for tonight's event…it seems like there won't be many autograph/meet opportunities, just presentation type stuff.
But, the Brewers "On Deck" event, to be held Saturday, looks to be much more rewarding.
Not only will the Brewers be holding their Trevor Hoffman press conference, but they've also added Prince Fielder to the lineup of attendees. Maybe they'll hold a Prince Fielder announcement as well regarding his new 2-yr contract.
There is a long lineup of autograph opportunities available on Saturday.
I've combed through the list, I've checked the prices and I've looked through my collection.
Who do I want autographs from?
Here's my gameplan…(I always have a gameplan-it's essential).
Get there early and get in line-everybody's gonna want Ryan Braun's autograph. With only 250 autograph coupons available, they'll be gone fast. 1 autograph ticket per person/per player. I have to get there early with my daughter and we have to be among the first 250 people at the Ryan Braun autograph pay station. I figure I'll throw her little rear-end on my shoulders and make the mad dash! Otherwise, she might get trampled by crazy Brewers fans like myself…shame, shame.
Here's what I'm going to try to get signed by Ryan Braun…
It's my authentic Milwaukee Brewers retro Friday version of Ryan's rookie jersey. Straight from MLB and ready to be signed and framed…hopefully!!
Here's what my daughter would like to get signed (at my discretion, of course-she's only 3)…
Our Braunie Bomber poster…that would look sweet signed and framed, wouldn't it?
TIP: When you get an item signed by a player, tell him exactly what you want. Also, tell him where you want the autograph. That way, there's no confusion and you won't be letdown.
My next course of action (if I'm lucky enough) will be to jump into Prince Fielder's autograph line. Like I said earlier, only 250 autograph coupons are available per player/per person. That's not a lot when you consider there will probably be over 10,000 fans in attendance.
Here's what I'd like to get signed by the big bopper-Prince Fielder…
Of the 114 career home runs Prince Fielder has hit, 3 have safely found a home in my glove.
Career home run # 61
Career home run # 67
Career home run # 97
I'd like to get those signed and dated before he gets traded out of town.
If I'm able to get those autographs, my day will be complete.
Of course, I'll be taking a ton of pictures for a great big blog that will be coming, too.
Kaybee, I haven't forgotten about you…you won't be disappointed!


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Mark Zuckerberg has already said if he could do Facebook all over again, he would have stayed in Boston -- so perhaps it's not a surprise that's where he went to recruit new Facebook talent.
Zuckerberg is on an East Coast tour trolling for Facebook staffers and will stop by his old alma mater, Harvard University, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on Monday. He will also be heading to Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon on Tuesday, according to the Boston Herald. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard in 2004 to move to Silicon Valley and start Facebook.
Zuckerberg went public last weekend saying that in hindsight he wouldn't have left Boston for the glitz of Silicon Valley. "I didn't know anything," he said at Y Combinator's Startup School. He also criticized the SV for lacking focus and commitment to projects.
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That may have been a punch in the gut to the Silicon Valley faithful, but Zuckerberg wasn't telling tales. There definitely are some get-rich-quick schemes out here, including crazily inflated valuations, and the poaching for software engineers seems to be fierce. That said, Zuckerberg has stayed here comfortably for the last seven years -- so we think he can make the Silicon Valley seem like a desirable place for East Coasters shivering in the snow.


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Team Roberts is angry at the NYT for publishing this, claiming that he's visited all 72 counties in the state recently and insisting that it's a "distortion" to say that he doesn't have his own home there. Is it? He stays at the home of a couple of friends/donors when he makes the trip back to Kansas and pays them a few hundred bucks a month for the privilege. Note the timeline, too, on when he established his voting address there. Close enough to a "home of his own" for government work?
This feels like a re-run of Dick Lugar's last campaign: Midwestern Republican who's spent decades in Washington decides that turning 80 is still too soon to cede power. Lugar didn't reside in his home state either except in the most pro forma way, in order to qualify for the ballot. Roberts has already learned a lesson from that, tacking towards the right over the past year a la Orrin Hatch to pander to tea partiers in hopes that there won't be a groundswell against him as there was against Lugar. The question for Kansas GOP voters is whether, knowing now that Lugar's seat ended up in Democratic hands after he was successfully primaried, they're willing to cut Roberts a break on his ossified-incumbent excesses.
The 77-year-old senator went to Congress in 1981 and became a fixture: a member of the elite Alfalfa Club and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which made him a regular on the Sunday talk shows. His wife became a real estate broker Alexandria, Va., the suburb where the couple live, boasting of her "extensive knowledge" of the area…
In an interview, the three-term senator acknowledged that he did not have a home of his own in Kansas. The house on a country club golf course that he lists as his voting address belongs to two longtime supporters and donors — C. Duane and Phyllis Ross — and he says he stays with them when he is in the area. He established his voting address there the day before his challenger, Milton Wolf, announced his candidacy last fall, arguing that Mr. Roberts was out of touch with his High Plains roots…
Mr. Roberts's aides candidly acknowledge that the moves are an effort to ensure that he will not suffer the same fate as Mr. Lugar, who was criticized for staying in hotels when he returned home and listed on his voter registration an Indianapolis address at which he did not reside. Mr. Roberts moved his address from a rental property he owned in Dodge City but had long since leased to tenants, and got a new driver's license giving the golf course home as his address.
"We're not going to get Lugar'd," a Roberts advisor vowed to the Times. In a way, this is the perfect complement to the last post about Obama appointing rich ignoramuses to ambassadorships: If we're going to dispense with the pretense of nominating qualified people so that ambitious millionaires can enjoy a sinecure abroad for a few years, why not dispense with the pretense that members of the Senate should maintain some close connection to the states they purport to represent? Do away with statewide elections and hold national elections instead. The Senate will be comprised of the top 100 vote-getters, each of whom will be randomly assigned to a state until every state has two. After all, 90 percent of "representing" a state is simply securing federal pork for local projects, a job that can be done just as well without living there. (Right, Pat?) I'm sure Senator Mike Bloomberg, say, would do fine in the chamber twisting arms to get more taxpayer money for Topeka. If Noah Mamet can represent the United States in Argentina despite never having visited and possibly not even knowing how to speak Spanish, why can't a guy from Florida "represent" Oregon or vice versa? Let's drop the pretenses already.
A modest proposal in lieu your exit question: To reform government, let's give Congress a choice between term limits and ankle monitors. Either they're capped at three terms in either chamber or they can run as much as they like but need to prove that they're physically present in their home state for at least half the year. If you want to stop politicians from going native in D.C., it's time for tough love.


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What's the best advice you've ever received?
My mother said, "Never borrow trouble." Don't go out and find it. It'll find you.
You hold the record for a manuscript's being rejected by publishers. How did you keep your literary aspirations alive?
It's not easy. 'The Lost Get Back Boogie' was rejected 111 times. It was a big lesson because it came in the middle of my career. I'd already had a good amount of success. I finished my first novel when I was 23. I had a six-column banner headline review in the 'New York Times.' And I thought, 'Boy, that's pretty nice.' I published two more, and then I couldn't sell ice water in Haiti. I had a friend who said you should be rich twice and go broke three times. And that's what it feels like.
How did you keep going?
There's just no better life than to be an artist. It's a gift, and eventually it will pay off. Years ago a Franciscan theologian told me, "Don't keep score. Just bear down on the batter, one pitch at a time, and toward the top of the ninth, you'll be pleasantly surprised at the arithmetic on the scoreboard."
Is it difficult to be labeled a genre writer?
I call my work crime novels. There's not much mystery in them. I believe that almost all great work involves crime. Hamlet was a crime. The Bible is filled with crime, all Greek tragedy is. I try to abide by Aristotle's view that art requires the descent of man, from a noble place to one that is ultimately humble. The noble protagonist is the creator of his own doom and usually because of hubris of some kind. It's that view of art that has always influenced my writing.
What should a man know about government?
I was a journalist, and every journalist learns the lesson: When we hear about bad guys in government, we always identify them with the prince of darkness. The guy is demonic until we meet him. And instead of Satan, we discover we're talking to Elmer Fudd. The banality is just mind-numbing.
What's the secret to a successful marriage?
My generation never threw away anything. You learn to make things work. I think today we live in a more disposable society. Younger people hit some bumps, and rather than work it out, they 86 it over the gun hole and full throttle and forget it.
What have you learned about the value of work?
I learned a lesson from my dad. He was a decent man who always wanted to be a journalist, but in 1925 he was very lucky to get a job out on the pipeline. He hated it, but the Depression came along, and if you had a job, you didn't quit. He used to come home every day and wash his hands over and over to get the oil off. He used to say, "Jim, don't work at a job you don't like." But he didn't have that choice. People compare our time today to the Depression. They don't have a clue.
How should a man handle his fears?
The bravest people I've ever known are so nondescript, you can't remember what they look like five minutes after they walk out of the room. Did you ever see the photo of the black children going to school in Little Rock in '57 who were attacked by the mob? It was disgusting. One white woman went out there swinging her purse, saying, "You cowards, you white trash, you make me ashamed to be a member of the white race." These big guys who were twisting the arms of children were just stunned. She showed them up in front of the entire world. It's always the people you never expect to be generous.
How should a man handle getting old?
Oh, you don't handle it; it handles you. My feeling is you make your own deal with the man upstairs.
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So tonight on the menu...Chicken Tagine, a Congolese dish. (From what I've gathered, chicken tagine can be made for many cultures. The difference in the dish from culture to culture is the combination of spices.) I served it over rice with black beans (Miles' favorite!) and fried plantains. I have to say it was fantastic! I think I'm going to have to work this recipe into the regular dinner time rotation. Kamron, my dad and I all agreed that the chicken tasted like something you would order in a really good restaurant. And that is saying something- because I am not that great of a cook. I can bake like nobody's business but when it comes to cooking, my microwave is usually my best friend. I love seeing pictorial food posts on other blogs I read, so I thought I would give it a whirl with this recipe. I see those posts and I get inspired to try something a little different. Only I got so excited about actually serving the chicken tajine, that I forgot to take a picture of the finished product! And there was not a drop leftover to take a snap of either.
Here's what you'll need:
Chicken cut into pieces (for the 5 of us I used 3 boneless, skinless breasts)
1 large clove of garlic- minced
4 tbsp olive oil for pan-frying Chicken and mixing marinade
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4tsp ground ginger
A pinch of saffron- I am too cheap to buy saffron, but if you've got it throw it in
a tiny dash of cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp coriander (optional)
2 onions, finely chopped
2 cups chicken broth or stock
salt, to taste
1 lemon (optional)
1 cup of okra or olives (we don't really like either one, so we just left it out!)
For plantains:
3-4 plantains (for 5 people)
cooking oil
In a large bowl or a Ziploc bag, mix 2 T of your olive oil and your spices to make a marinade. Throw in the raw chicken and mix well. Put in the refrigerator and leave to marinade for a couple of hours or overnight if you are one of those super prepared kind of people.
After you have marinated the chicken, put it in a skillet with the remaining olive oil until it is browned all over.
Add in the onions and stirfry for a few minutes until the onions start to caramelize.
Once the onions start to cook down, add the chicken broth. Heat to boiling for a minute or two, then reduce the temperature, cover the pan and simmer for 30-40 minutes. You may want to stir this once or twice in the process. Stir in okra or olives for the last 10 minutes of cooking if you so desire.
While the chicken is simmering, you can make your plantains. If you've never fried plantains before, you'll want to get them pretty ripe. The ones I bought were a little too green. (If you have some really green ones- check out Corey's blog for a great recipe for Haitian benan pese) Also- you do not peel a plantain like a banana. It just won't work so well! The best way to peel a plantain is to cut each end off with a sharp knife and then run a split all the way from end of the plantain to the other. Then try to strip the peel off in big chunks. Plantain skin is really thick and tough to peel! You'll want to cut the plantains on the diagonal so they have more surface area when you cook them. I like them about 1/4 inch thick.
Put them into a hot skillet full of oil. I use canola oil, but vegetable, palm, peanut or whatever oil you have on hand will also work. Put them in a single layer in the skillet. Unless you use a crazy amount of oil, you'll need to flip them over midway through. You will want to cook them until they are brown and crispy on the outside. Drain them on paper towels. We like them with way too much salt sprinkled on top.
After your chicken has simmered and most of the liquid is gone, you are ready to serve your dish. You'll know the chicken is ready when the remaining liquid is more like a glaze than a soup! I served it on top of white rice with a side of black beans. If you'd like- you can squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top of the chicken for a little extra kick. It is super delish! Enjoy!
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