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February 24, 2014
Emily Dhurandhar, PhD, postdoctoral trainee at the Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), is the winner of the 2014 Outstanding Woman UAB Student Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions.
Dr. Dhurandhar is strongly dedicated to helping ensure the success of others. Over the last two years, she has mentored female undergraduate summer interns from Puerto Rico through a National Science Foundation program in which the Section on Statistical Genetics participates, empowering them with the necessary skills and confidence that are crucial to gaining acceptance to graduate school. And in her interactions with fellows and other postdocs and mentorees—many of whom are female—She is always generous with her time and welcoming with her spirit of inclusion. She is a true team player, graciously giving credit to colleagues and allowing them opportunities to shine.
Dr. Dhurandhar sought out training that would allow her to do research that increases the public's awareness of the complexities of obesity. She has published several peer-reviewed publications that challenge the accepted stance that obesity is easily explained away by too much food and not enough exercise. Of particular note are the papers regarding a virus called Ad-36 that causes obesity in animals and may also contribute to human obesity, as well as a paper reviewing evidence for 10 alternative contributors to the obesity epidemic. Throughout her research, Dr. Dhurandhar has confronted a general lack of understanding of the nature and causes of obesity, which she believes fuels bias and discrimination—attitudes and beliefs that impede the prevention and treatment of obesity.
She was recently appointed chair of The Obesity Society's Advocacy Committee, which works to educate legislators, medical care providers, and insurers as well as patients about the leading research in the field in order to increase understanding and to reduce weight bias and discrimination. This advocacy work is yet another example of Dr. Dhurandhar's commitment to the advancement of knowledge and open-mindedness in her chosen field of study and to the advancement of women's health concerns—all of which earned her this well-deserved honor.


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DRACUT — A few patrons who unloaded their bags after shopping at the Dracut Food Pantry Saturday discovered something unexpected when they got home.
Tucked into one of their bags was a tiny red envelope that said "For You" with money inside.
The card and money were given anonymously from a volunteer at the food pantry and retired Lowell schoolteacher, who is completing 26 acts of kindness in honor of the 20 children and six adults killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"I think of them so often and what is their Christmas going to be like," said Jackie Carr, who retired in late October from teaching sixth grade at Lowell's Butler Middle School.
She felt helpless in the wake of the tragedy and compelled to give, as have people around the country and the world.
While some are sending teddy bears and money, others have turned to doing good deeds.
The campaign has gone viral.
It might have been launched days after the shooting by NBC News correspondent Ann Curry when she tweeted: "Imagine if all us committed to 20 mitzvahs/acts of kindness to honor each child lost in Newtown? I'm in. If you are RT #20Acts."
The movement eventually included 26 acts for all those killed in the school.
The Facebook page "26 Acts of Kindness" had over 80,000 "likes" Monday and #26Acts was streaming on Twitter last week.
People are sharing their acts-of-kindness stories on social media, from finding $20 gift cards hidden in random spots at stores to paying for coffee for the person behind them in the drive-through.
Carr is choosing her acts of kindness as they come up.
A couple of weeks ago, her friend from St. Francis Church, Debbie Hovanasian, came home from doing her own act of kindness and found a surprise on her front porch.
Hovanasian drives her friend to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for treatment once a week.
The pair left Dracut at 9 a.m. and didn't return until 6 p.m.
After a day of several appointments and treatment for Hovanasian's friend, both women were exhausted, although they sang Christmas carols slogging through the rush-hour traffic.
Hovanasian was thinking about what she would make for dinner when she got home.
When she pulled in the driveway, she found a cooler filled with a quart of clam chowder from the Chowder Factory, one of her favorites, along with oyster crackers and praline cookies.
"I'm thinking, 'What the heck is this?' " recalled Hovanasian. "'I have no idea who left it or why.'"
Hovanasian immediately suspected the anonymous donor was Carr.
"I probably will never forget that," said Hovanasian. "When something comes to you when you really need it and don't expect it, that's what makes it really meaningful."
Carr also went back to her former students' classroom Friday with sugar cookies.
"They just loved that," she said. "They're simple little sugar cookies, but it's a big deal to them because some of them never get homemade cookies."
Carr said she received lots of "beautiful hugs."
"I got much more out of it than they did," she said.
Carr was reluctant to be named for this story, but thought her former students might be inspired by her acts of giving and "pay it forward."
Although Carr is no stranger to doing acts of kindness — Hovanasian said Carr would bake treats for her students every holiday — being part of the 26-acts-of-kindness campaign is special for her.
"You get joy from giving joy," Carr said.
Follow Sarah Favot on Twitter @sarahfavot.

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The search is on for Union College's 19th president, and the rate of progress suggests the new leader will be named as scheduled in late April.
The field is currently narrowed from an initial group of more than 130 prospects to a short list of very impressive candidates who would bring an effective brand of leadership to Union.
"I'm pleased and excited to report that Union College is in an extremely good situation," said board chairman Paul Isaacs. "This pool of candidates represents a level of strength that makes the board of trustees' decision on the next president very difficult because all the current candidates are extremely qualified, which will make the final decision particularly challenging. That's a nice problem to face."
Prior to beginning the search, a search committee--comprised of Union College faculty, staff, trustees and students--established a list of qualities and qualifications that they expect to see in the next president. This list was used as criteria in selecting the remaining candidates. A substantial number of reference calls were made to help aid the search.
The next step in the process is for the remaining candidates to participate in confidential interviews with the search committee. After these interviews, the list will be narrowed once again to the finalists who will be invited for another round of interviews on campus. The candidates, the college community and local citizens will have an opportunity to learn more about each other in this final round of meetings, which are planned for late March and early April.
Founded in 1879, Union College in Barbourville is a liberal arts institution related to the United Methodist Church.


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Pocket Pals
This story appears in the January 1996 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Don't have time to get organized? Time management theories sound wonderful, but they don't always work for mobile small-business owners who barely have time to grab their files before dashing out the door to handle sales calls and appointments. Being on the go usually means leaving your office-with all its neatly arranged files and electronic equipment-behind.
Or does it?
While laptops, cellular phones and other portables are slimmer than ever, they still weigh more than you might want to carry. Even that snazzy leather-bound daily organizer seems to get heavier and heavier as the day goes on. All you really need on the road are your files, a schedule planner, a notepad, a calculator, your address book, a reminder list, a travel itinerary . . . still sounds like a lot of stuff, doesn't it? Not if you can pack it all into a single electronic device.
Small electronic handheld organizers, also known as personal information managers (PIMs), have been around for years. But manufacturers recently went one step further and created personal digital asssistants (PDAs), which have greater capabilities than PIMs. Texas Instruments, for example, now offers a sophisticated new product called the PS-6800. Its optional docking-station add-on kit allows you to hook this organizer up to your computer so you can download data. While Texas Instruments refers to the PS-6800 as a personal organizer, this new feature takes it into PDA territory.
Several PDAs are powerful minicomputers that not only perform all your organizing duties but also have fax and e-mail capabilities and allow you to network with your computer. Some PDAs have slots for PCMCIA cards for extra memory or file backup.
The newest PDAs are pen-based devices with a message-pad screen. They allow you to create notes and drawings on screen, then they read your scribbles and translate them into neatly typed text. An add-on keyboard is generally an option with pen-based PDAs. Some PDAs can also be used as pagers.
Jill Amadio is a writer in Newport Beach, California, and ghostwriter of Help! I've Hired a Lawyer! (Emptypockets Venture).
Shopping List
When shopping for a PDA, Kevin Cheek, hardware product manager for Apple Computer in Cupertino, California, recommends asking yourself the following questions:
- How many functions must your PDA fulfill? If you use only a Rolodex and an appointment calendar while on the road, you won't need a highly sophisticated, costly device with e-mail capabilities. On the other hand, if you usually need a substantial amount of data, look for a PDA with lots of memory.
- How careful are you with your equipment? Should your PDA come equipped with a protective lid?
- How lightweight must your PDA be?
- Does your PDA need to communicate with your desktop computer?
- How well and how fast does your PDA need to recognize handwriting?
- Do you need wireless communication capability?
- Do you need a "password" function for confidentiality?
Bear in mind, as with any electronic equipment, manufacturer's list prices and street prices are often very different. For instance, Sharp's OZ-6500 has a manufacturer's list price of $499, but one computer superstore sells it for $269.
Latest Models
To get you started on your research, here's a rundown of the most popular PDAs on the market:
- Apple: The MessagePad 120 with a Newton 2.0 operating system is an organizer, minicomputer, and electronic notepad you write on with a special telescoping pen. This latest version has more features than its predecessor, including a date book, more storage, a fax-send feature, fax-receive onto the message-pad screen so you can read it, e-mail exchange through the Internet, and a vastly improved handwriting recognition function.
The $699 MessagePad 120 includes a telephone log, calendar and calculator, plus daily, weekly and monthly planners. Its Rolodex is presented in business-card format. It also includes Pocket Quicken software, which puts information about your cash, checking, savings and credit-card accounts at your fingertips.
You can hook the MessagePad 120 up to most bubble-jet and laser printers via an optional accessory, back up data onto your office desktop for safekeeping, and send messages to someone's pager. An optional add-on notebook-sized keyboard costs $89.
- Casio: While most people associate Casio with low-end pocket calculators and organizers, Casio's Z-7000 is a $599 pen-based PDA that is able to translate handwriting into text. The Z-7000 also organizes your date book, to-do lists, addresses and notes. It calculates; communicates with American Online (with the help of your modem); and has a dictionary, spelling checker, clock and reference sources. This PDA will also manage your expense reports and balance and summarize your bank accounts.
One of the Z-7000's strengths is its variety of accessories, such as the Z-125 PalmConnect, at $129, which links to your PC for data entry, transfer and backup.
- Motorola: This company is a relative newcomer to the PDA market, but its products, the Marco and Envoy, are becoming extremely popular. Both models have infrared receivers and rotating antennas for wireless communication. You can also send, receive and fax information through Motorola's integrated wireless modems. However, you must subscribe to RadioMail and ARDIS, the wireless data services through which the Marco and Envoy PDAs communicate.
Envoy is aimed at the mobile businessperson who wants wireless messaging, faxing, airline flight information and personal expense management. The $1,000 Envoy integrates e-mail, fax, telephone and paging abilities, and has all the bells and whistles of most pocket organizers, plus two slots for PCMCIA cards to add memory for more data or using other software applications.
Motorola's Marco pen-based notepad uses Newton technology and is best suited for users who frequently need to download databases on the road. With features similar to the Envoy, the $900 Marco is slightly less powerful, has just one PCMCIA slot, and has user interfaces that depend heavily on Newton applications.
- Psion: A worldwide leader in the mobile and hand-held computing industry, this company calls its Series 3a models "palmtops," but the $595 1MB and the $695 2MB fit into the PDA category.
Both models have multitask operating systems, weigh just under 10 ounces, have relatively large keyboards and are wider than most PDAs. You can send and receive faxes, manage your to-do list, translate words into several languages and find out the time around the world; a password protection feature keeps your data confidential. A computer connecting kit for advanced applications is available for $120.
- Sharp: This company's pocket-sized Wizard products have been consistently popular for the past seven years. But with businesspeople wanting more from their small organizers than just Rolodexes and calculators, Sharp developed two new models. The $599 Zaurus is a high-performance electronic notebook with a pen and keyboard. The $499 Wizard OZ-6500 is more similar to a PIM but has many PDA capabilities, including faxing. Add $100 to the base price of each for fax capabilities (sending but not receiving).
The Zaurus boasts a large easy-to-read screen and has an infrared port for wireless communication. Files can be uploaded or downloaded from other software, and, using optional mail software, users can send or receive e-mail messages using a Windows-based PC as an electronic post office.
Sharp's OZ-6500 features 512K memory and can display up to 40 characters on 14 lines. In addition to the organizing functions, calculator and time clocks, you can hook up the OZ-6500 to an online service or to your PC to exchange data. Well-suited for first-time PDA users, its on-screen instructions and graphics are large and easy to understand.
- Texas Instruments: Although this company refers to its low-priced PS-6700 and PS-6800 models as personal organizers, both have moved into the PDA market by virtue of a docking kit with Windows software that enables them to connect to a PC and exchange information.
The PS-6700 and PS-6800 are identical in styling and function; the only difference is the amount of their memory. The $69 PS-6700 has 64KB of storage; the $89 PS-6800 has 128KB. Both have keyboards but no electronic notepad.
Both models can store thousands of reminders, addresses, notes and secret data. Features include an audio alarm, dates and times for five world cities, a 100-year monthly calendar and password protection.
Shopping List
Model 800 Number Built-in Keyboard
Organizer Functions
Electronic Notepad Weight Fax? Price
Apple Messagepad 120 (800) 767-2775 No
Calendar, address book, calculator, maps, currency exchange, notepad
Yes 1 pound Yes $699
Casio Z-7000 (800) 96-CASIO No
Date book, Rolodex, calculator, dictionary, translator, password protection
Yes 1 pound Yes $599
Motorola Envoy (800) 894-7353 No
Calendar, Rolodex, calculator, world clock
Yes 1.7 pounds Yes $1,000
Motorola Marco (800) 894-7353 No
Same as Motorola Envoy
Yes 1.8 pounds Yes $900
Psion Series 3A (800) 99-PSION Yes
Agenda/time management, world clock, password protection
No 9.7 ounces Yes 1MB $595;2MB $695
Sharp Wizard OZ-5500 (800) BE-SHARP Yes
Calendar, scheduler, rolodex, calculator, clock, expense/financial tracking
No 9.3 ounces No $289
Sharp Wizard OZ-6500 (800) BE-SHARP Yes
Rolodex, calculator, calendar, scheduler, clock
No 8.6 ounces Yes (option only) $499
Sharp Zaurus (800) BE-SHARP Yes
Calendar, calculator, daily planner, spelling checker, reminders, world clock
Yes 13.6 ounces Yes (option only) $599
Sony Magiclink PIC-2000 (800) 571-SONY No
Speakerphone, spelling checker, Rolodex, calendar, reminders
Yes 1.5 pounds No $499
Texas Instruments PS-6700 & PS-6800(800) 842-2737 Yes
Rolodex, reminders, clock, 100-year calendar, password protection
No 6 ounces No PS-6700 $69; PS-6800 $89


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Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
It's light years beyond ultrasound and will make you practically fall off your chair when you see it.
We at Priests for Life are now promoting and distributing to every sector of the Church and the pro-life movement the most vivid, powerful, and striking videography of the unborn child that exists. Obtained through a rarely used technique called embryoscopy, in which a video camera the size of a pen-point is inserted abdominally or cervically, this video footage has been incorporated into a 42-minute video called "The Biology of Prenatal Development," now available from Priests for Life.
You can see segments of this imagery at Priests for Life's special website www.Unborn.info.
It is widely known in the pro-life movement that ultrasound imagery changes peoples' minds and hearts. With this stunning, color imagery of the child from four to twelve weeks after fertilization, we expect even more radical conversions.
The DVD was produced by the Endowment for Human Development, written and researched by a medical doctor, and endorsed by numerous medical experts. The video has received 11 video awards for its excellence, and has even been distributed by National Geographic!
The video does not address the abortion issue, but certainly will inoculate anyone from pro-abortion arguments. The video is intended for a non-professional audience of ages 12 and higher, and yet does not oversimplify its subject matter. Hence, it is even useful for medical school audiences. Along with the embryoscopy method, five other medical imaging techologies are used in the video, with accompanying commentary on the scientific facts of the child's development. Some of those facts are outlined below.
Priests for Life intends to make this video available to every pregnancy center, every school, and every Church in America. You can help us to do that! Here are some steps you can take:
1. Sign up at www.unborn.info to keep informed about this project.
2. Purchase your own copy of the DVD from Priests for Life and an additional copy to give to a school principal or pastor in your community. Let us know that you are doing this so that we can keep track of what parishes and schools are covered.
3. Make a donation to cover the cost of sending the DVD to every parish or school in your community, diocese, or state!
4. Recruit others to support the project by showing the DVD at your pro-life group meeting, other meetings, or at gatherings you can host in your home.
Among the developmental facts documented in the DVD are the following:
The heartbeat is observed three weeks and one day after fertilization, and the heart will beat 54 million times before birth!
At 6 weeks the embryo begins making spontaneous movements. Touch his mouth and he will withdraw his head.
At eight weeks, 90% of the anatomical structures found in adults are present – that's 4000 distinct anatomical structures!
The child has unique fingerprints at 10 weeks – the same fingerprints he or she keeps throughout life.
Find out more at www.unborn.info.


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Digest Comment: Determining the Proper Scope of Prior Restraints against Blogs in Defamation Cases
By Harry Zhou - Edited by Gary Pong
Libel litigation against bloggers has intensified in recent years as the blogosphere continues to experience rapid growth. The threats database of the Citizen Media Law Project ("CMLP") shows that since 2000, there have been more than 310 lawsuits accusing blog and forum owners of defamation in U.S. courts. Often central to these disputes is the tension between the right to free speech and the need to restrict the rapid spread of defamatory materials on the Internet. The balance is particularly hard to strike when a plaintiff seeks a prior restraint, an extraordinary remedy that immediately enjoins the defendant's speech at the onset of a lawsuit.
In December 2009, a New Jersey court issued such a prior restraint that compelled the complete shutdown of three blogs in Apex Tech. Group, Inc. v. Doe(s) 1-10. The order evoked keen debate among media law experts regarding the proper scope of prior restraints on Internet media such as blogs and forums. Kurt Opsahl, a senior attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF"), criticized the prior restraint for being "dangerously overreaching" in an EFF blog post. Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research associate at Harvard Law School, voiced his support for the takedown on TechCrunch, claiming that the EFF was "a tad overzealous" in defending the websites involved. Taken together, the two articles serve as an appropriate starting point for determining how much of a blog can be properly censored by a prior restraint under a defamation claim.
A summary of the facts is necessary to contextualize Opsahl and Wadhwa's arguments. The plaintiff, Apex Technology Group, Inc. ("Apex"), described itself as "in the business of providing skilled computer consultants." On or about November 30, 2009, Apex became aware that an anonymous party had posted two allegedly defamatory posts about Apex on Endh1b.com, an Internet forum that allowed its users to anonymously post about the H–1B visa program.[1] Apex contacted the owner of Endh1b.com via e-mail and asked for the removal of the posts in question. Instead of complying with Apex's request, the owner of Endh1b.com published Apex's e-mail in a new post, accused Apex of being an "Indian bodyshop," and solicited donations for legal fees. The allegedly defamatory materials on Endh1b.com were subsequently cross-posted to Itgrunt.com and Guestworkerfraud.com, two blogs similarly dedicated to advocating for the abolishment of the H–1B visa program. Apex asked the court to compel the temporary removal of the allegedly defamatory materials and the disclosure of identifying information for the anonymous individuals who posted about Apex. On December 23, the court issued a prior restraint after an evidentiary hearing. The court's order went beyond what Apex sought by ordering several hosting service providers to "immediately shut down and disable" Endh1b.com, Itgrunt.com, and Guestworkerfraud.com.
Opsahl proposed two arguments in suggesting that the prior restraint reached too broadly. The first line of argument focused on how much content the restraint affected. Opsahl claimed that the order improperly took down blog posts on the three websites that were completely unrelated to Apex, analogizing the case to shutting down Amazon.com or Yelp.com because of a few disparaging reviews. Opsahl argued that the court should have issued a narrow prior restraint that limited removal to the offending posts.
This seemingly straightforward analogy between Endh1b.com and Yelp.com overlooks a key distinction between the two. Yelp.com is a comment-driven website where users rate unrelated business establishments. The reviews for each business, as quantified by a number-of-star rating system, are usually diverse. In comparison, Endh1b.com hosted user postings that dealt exclusively with one topic: the H–1B visa program. As suggested by the forum's name, its users advocated predominately for the visa program's abolishment. Yelp.com and Endh1b.com represent two extremes of a sliding scale based on comment multiplicity and diversity. On one end of the spectrum are websites like Yelp.com and Amazon.com whose users express diverse viewpoints on unrelated items. On the other end are websites like Endh1b.com whose user comments revolve around one pivotal topic and are often one-sided.
The efficacy of narrow removal depends on a website's position on this sliding scale. Targeted removal of allegedly defamatory materials is usually sufficient to limit the damage to a plaintiff's reputation on a website where user comments are various and diverse. When a restaurant learns that its Yelp.com page contains potentially defamatory information, a targeted temporary removal of that information before trial suffices because the restaurant usually would not have to worry about the same strand of libelous information popping up elsewhere on the website. The same logic does not apply to websites where user comments converge both topically and ideologically. In Apex, if the court limits the scope of the prior restraint to posts mentioning Apex, it remains likely that a potentially defamatory discourse about Apex would recur among other users of Endh1b.com, who are similarly interested in the H–1B visa and share the same view that the program should be abolished. The combative behavior of the owner of Endh1b.com after receiving Apex's removal request demonstrates that a narrow removal may escalate, instead of mitigate, the reputational harm to Apex. Thus, given the homogeneity of user comments on Endh1b.com, a prior restraint should still be proper even if it reaches beyond posts directly related to Apex.
Opsahl's second argument relied on section 230(c)(1) of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996. This section essentially shields "interactive computer service" providers from liability arising from content published by "another information content provider." Opsahl claimed that the owner of Endh1b.com cannot be enjoined for allowing anonymous posts about Apex to remain public because they fell under "information provided by another information content provider." This argument disregarded the fact that, generally speaking, owners of blogs and forum are often among the most active creators of information on their websites. The owner of Endh1b.com became personally involved in potential defamation when he or she referred to Apex as an "Indian bodyshop." Allowing section 230 to shield the owner of Endh1b.com from an injunction when he or she is also the one that posted some of the allegedly defamatory information would lead to absurd results.
As shown above, a prior restraint against a blog should not be strictly constrained to posts directly relevant to the plaintiff without taking other factors into account. But the problem remains whether a prior restraint ordering the complete shutdown of websites is proper in Apex. In the TechCrunch article, Wadhaw claimed the answer should be yes, citing examples of the racial slurs, profanity, and the open solicitation of hatred and violence that the three websites were riddled with. This reasoning is problematic. Because Apex did not assert any discrimination or hate crime claims in its brief, Wadhaw is essentially advocating that courts should feel free to hijack a defamation claim and turn it into a crusade against discrimination by broadening the scope of prior restraints. This would result in gross abuse of judiciary discretion and disregard Apex's status as the master of its own complaint.
To conclude, a prior restraint should be able to reach beyond directly relevant materials to the extent that it serves the purpose of curbing immediate reputational harm. But a court should caution against expanding the scope of a prior restraint for values unrelated to the plaintiff's claims. When determining the proper scope of a prior restraint against a blog, a court should consider: 1) whether the blog deals with a variety of topics, 2) whether the opinions expressed on the blog are diversified, 3) whether the blog owner directly contributed to the allegedly defamatory materials, and 4) whether a narrow removal would escalate instead of mitigate reputational harm. In Apex, the takedown was likely proper because it may have been the only effective way to temporarily stop the numerous anonymous users from spreading the allegedly defamatory information about Apex.
[1] The H–1B visa program authorizes U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in "specialty occupations." 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(H)(i)(b). A "specialty occupation" is defined as an occupation that requires "theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge" and the attainment of certain course of study. 8 U.S.C. § 1184(i)(3).
Harry Zhou is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. He is interested in the promotion of Free, Libre and Open Source Software.


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Comcast has begun the production rollout of its new IPv6 service, with 100 customers installed in San Francisco's East Bay in one week.
IPv6 is an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol, which is called IPv4. IPv6 features an expanded addressing scheme that can support billions of devices connected directly to the Internet at faster speeds and lower cost than IPv4, which is running out of addresses.
Comcast began an IPv6 trial 18 months ago and is a leader in the deployment of IPv6-based services among U.S. ISPs.
The production rollout began on Oct. 31. It offers customers "native dual-stack service," which means Comcast is supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 services.
BACKGROUND: Comcast signs first IPv6 corporate customer
The initial subscribers of Comcast's production-quality IPv6 service have stand-alone computers running Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista or Apple Mac OS X that are connected directly to a Comcast cable modem. Comcast plans to support IPv6 for customers with home routers at a later date.
"Our approach is to seamlessly introduce IPv6 to subscribers," says John Brzozowski, distinguished engineer and chief architect for IPv6 at Comcast. "You could in essence say that we've begun our national deployment of IPv6 right now."
Comcast will continue to support the hundreds of Internet users nationwide that are participating in its ongoing trial of IPv6 services.
"We're still conducting trial activities in various parts of the country," Brzozowski said. "Since January of 2007, we have gone through a lot of trial activities. We feel the results of those trials have been successful, and that's the reason we are charting our path toward IPv6 further with production-level service in East Bay."
Comcast wouldn't comment on its plans for offering production-level IPv6 service in other parts of the country. Previously, Comcast has said that it will complete its network transition to IPv6 in 2012.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will be the lead sponsor on a Senate bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard is reporting.
Barnes indicated that several sources confirmed the move, with many pro-life groups urging the conservative senator to tackle the issue on the national level — as a similar measure is debated in Texas.
Rubio has been steadfast in his pro-life views, offering several anti-abortion bills while in the Florida state legislature. He holds a 100% rating from the pro-life National Right to Life Committee (while also holding 0% from pro-choice Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America).
"The issue of life is not a political issue, nor is it a policy issue, it is a definitional issue. It is a basic core issue that every society needs to answer," Rubio told a pro-life convention in February of last year.
Writes Barnes:
The bill faces an uphill fight in the Democrat-controlled Senate and a veto threat by President Obama. But win or lose, Republicans and the leaders of the pro-life movement regard the 20-week ban as an especially favorable issue for their cause – and one that might strengthen GOP candidates in the 2014 midterm election.
Rubio's popularity has waned in recent months — especially among conservative Republicans — as he had taken the lead in the immigration debate and alienated "just about everyone" as Brett Logiurato reported.


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Ross Hebrew Grammar
Posted 02 June 2009 - 09:13 AM
If not, would one of our Hebrew scholars be interested in creating one for Accordance?
That would be a great help.
"I was but a Pen in God's hand, and what praise is due to a Pen?"
–Richard Baxter–
Posted 02 June 2009 - 08:11 PM
Speaking of Ross's grammar, are there any plans to clean it up? There are a multitude of typos that need correction, so many, in fact, that I don't think a beginner could safely use it to learn Hebrew.
Posted 02 June 2009 - 09:27 PM
Sorry to hear about the typos. That would be bad news for me. I'm a rank beginner.
I've been primarily using the lectures from animatedhebrew.com and the Ross book. I've recently been considering the Futato book instead of the Ross. It seems to be getting pretty good reviews - especially for learning on your own. I'll probably get the Futato book and use the Ross book to supplement. I can get the Ross book from my local library as needed. Thanks for the response!
"I was but a Pen in God's hand, and what praise is due to a Pen?"
–Richard Baxter–
Posted 02 June 2009 - 11:20 PM
The first release of Ross did have problems with the Hebrew, and we did a careful cleanup. We are not getting reports of errors in version 1.2. Please check that you have the latest release.
OakTree Software
Posted 03 June 2009 - 07:00 PM
Thanks for your response.
I checked to make sure I have the latest release of Ross, and I do have version 1.2. I was glad to hear that you did some cleanup, but I think there is still a way to go, both with the Hebrew and the transliteration. I am in chapter 5 right now, so I will give you some examples from there:
(1) In 5.1, paragraph 1, resh is identified as one of the letters that takes dagesh lene. It should be gimel. Resh, of course, cannot take either dagesh. In paragraph 3, the transliteration for qamets has a dash after the qof (no big deal).
(2) In 5.3, #3, in the second example, the hireq in the hireq-yod is missing in the second word.
(3) In 5.10, a., (1, dagesh forte is missing from the shin in the fourth word. It is missing from the yod in the fifth word. In (2, mappiq is in yod instead of he. These are pretty significant, since the lesson deals with dagesh and mappiq. In d., (1, silluq is missing under the beth of the fourth word. The same for mem in the third word of (2, as for the dahlet of the last word of (4. This isn't too significant, but silluq was previously covered.
Chapter 5 isn't unique. I have run across multiple errors in all the chapters thus far, starting with the alphabet, where the letter sin is transliterated as the letter a followed by the transliteration for aleph, and is spelled with aleph rather than sin. This is carried over into the exercises (e.g., 1.8, a., 1)).
Since I have taken Hebrew in the past, I'm not bothered too much by this. But for someone starting from scratch, some of this could be very confusing.
Thanks for listening,
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Thanks for reporting these issues. Please send all such error reports directly to me. We do file them and use each one when we next release the module (typically in October). Unless errors are reported to us, we cannot correct them, though we always check throughout the module for repeating errors like the seen, which another user reported yesterday.
Hi Helen,
Are there any progress on the update of this resource? I have been using it as my text-book but there are quite a lot of small but fatal mistakes......which are really annoying. And frankly speaking, I feel difficult to 'report' the errors because I find it hard to express the errors.
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Any typos you see, please utilize the "Report A Correction" contextual menu item (control-click, "Report a Correction). By using this method of typo/erratum submission, it ensures your observed erratum will make into our database for future updates.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 04:06 PM
Thanks. I've sent off a report.
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And frankly speaking, I feel difficult to 'report' the errors because I find it hard to express the errors.
While a brief explanation is always helpful, it shouldn't deter you from error submission. Not only does your submission of an error/typo stand to benefit your use of the module, but it will also benefit the many others. If you aren't sure how to express yourself, those who make the corrects have enough Hebrew/Aramaic facility to discern the nature of the report.
Thanks. I've sent off a report.
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As Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren tries to unseat Republican incumbent Scott Brown, she's opted to go on a talking tour this week….of MSNBC.
Warren appeared on Hardball June 13 and Morning Joe June 14, hammering the populist anti-business, pro-government spending themes contained in a new ad her campaign released on Monday, June 11.
Although campaign adviser Hardball host Chris Matthews didn't ask a single question of Warren about the controversy surrounding her heritage—is she part-Cherokee—Joe Scarborough did touch on it at the outset of his interview in a way that could have been scripted by her campaign:
Scarborough: So much has happened… most of it having to do with applications to law school. Can you believe how much your application process dominated the past month, month and a half of your political campaign up in Massachusetts?
Warren: No, I really can't, especially at a time when J.P. Morgan Chase has loaded up on risk again…and (Americans') net worth has dropped 38 percent in three years. There's a lot going on out there in the world, a lot of stuff to talk about.
Scarborough: And yet everybody continues talking about whether you properly filled out your forms as Native American or not. Do you think you've gotten that behind you or not…what is the status, do you think people are sick and tired of hearing that?
Warren:…Actually most people were never very interested in it. And we got the facts out early on it. this This is how I grew up, Joe, this is my family. I'm not backing off of my family. It became clear that I didn't get anything for law school application or for college or for any of the jobs I was hired for. Bottom line is: are we going to talk about issues, or are we going to talk about other things. Scott Brown doesn't want to talk about the issues…
Am I the only one scratching her head over Scarborough's misrepresentation of the controversy? He made it sound as if this was an angels-on-a-pinhead debate, whether she "filled out forms" properly—as if some undotted "i" or uncrossed "t" mistake on a form was being blown out of proportion.
No, Joe, that wasn't the issue as I understood it. The issue was—did Elizabeth Warren use–or allow to be used–her alleged Native American ancestry to unfairly advance herself?
Why is that important? Well, for that, let's go to the tape. The tape of the Hardball interview that occurred the night before her Morning Joe appearance (MSNBC embeds a 30 second ad preceding this clip).
While Warren was talking about the financial situation in that clip, here's the money quote for me: "they get that the game is rigged."
Yes, Elizabeth, the game is "rigged" when someone who grew up with none of the hardships of a minority gets to wrap herself in minority status at a critical point in her career.
No matter what Warren's intentions were when she checked off the "Native American" box, she surely had to know that such a label would be used in some way to advance some agenda, or, to use her language, to "rig" some "game."
Libby Sternberg is a novelist and, on her paternal grandfather's side, is part Huguenot. Where are the Huguenot boxes on applications? Where, where, where?
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Marinated Shrimp in Avocado Halves
This is one of my favorite recipes. I used to serve it to a gourmet group in Missouri, and I still use it for entertaining in my new home. It's wonderful!
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + chilling
Makes4 servings
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground mustard
- Dash freshly ground pepper
- 12 ounces fresh or frozen medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced, divided
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 1 small pickled jalapeno pepper, rinsed, seeded, cut in strips
- 2 medium ripe avocados, peeled, halved, seeded and rubbed with lemon juice
- Lemon
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- In a large bowl, combine the vinegar, lemon juice, salt, mustard and pepper; set aside. In large skillet over medium-high heat, cook and stir shrimp, half the onion slices and garlic in 2 tablespoons oil for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.
- Remove onion and garlic with slotted spoon; discard. Add shrimp and remaining oil to vinegar mixture, along with jalapeno pepper and remaining sliced onion. Cover; stir occasionally. Chill overnight.
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by Grant Moser
Erdenheim artist Nancy Beck, 56, sold her first painting when she was in college for $25 to a friend. She doesn't even remember what it was she painted. But that sale didn't make her think of art as a career. "I was very worried about being able to support myself," she said. "That feeling of comfort hasn't come until more recently … If you're going to be in the arts, you absolutely have to want to do the artwork because it's not easy. I was lucky. I was married to someone who afforded me the opportunity to not do well some years."
Nancy's path as an artist began when she was just a young girl growing up in Rhode Island, drawing comic books for her brothers. It's what made her happy, and her parents encouraged her. She attended the University of Utah in the late 1970s to obtain her fine arts degree. "The one thing I vividly remember was having to take figure drawing and painting, and part of that was going to dissect cadavers, so we would know where the muscles were. No heads, though.
"At the time I didn't understand the value of it. But I can look at someone now and understand how the body is built, where the muscles begin and insert, and I think I can draw a better figure, paint a better figure, because I'm looking for the muscles to define the body."
She moved back to Rhode Island after graduation and began working for the local NBC affiliate in Providence in their art department. She provided the graphics for the newscast, and since this was before the advent of computers, she'd have a fast deadline to create the image to put next to the anchors' heads as they read the stories. She drew hundreds of these graphics over four years. "You were at the mercy of the news, but it was a great job."
Beck was doing some of her own painting on the side, but hadn't yet found her stride in terms of process. "I was initially much more of a drawer. It's a much tighter process. I didn't think I was good at painting; it's so much more loose. I struggled all the time trying to make painting drawing. It wasn't until I figured out they were two different things that I began to prefer painting."
Nancy and her husband and children moved to Erdenheim about 25 years ago, and within a few years she began working at The Carol Schwartz Gallery. "We like this area. It's a great place to raise the kids. It was wonderful. It was very storybook."
So was her time at the gallery. "They really encouraged me. They're the nicest people you could possibly work with. They'd see my paintings at my house, and not only did they encourage me to paint, but they would hang up whatever I brought into the gallery. They were fabulous."
Beck's paintings evoke warm memories. It's about everyday things that we might not think much of at the moment but that come back later in life to stand out in our mind. Her paintings give these items depth and are more than just what's in the picture but about what it makes you feel — like her "Olde Ball Game" painting that was part of the recent baseball-centric exhibition at The Carol Schwartz Gallery.
It took her over a month to come up with the concept for the painting. She shied away from the action pictures normally seen in sports paintings. She finally settled on a still life of a Phillies hat and a box of Cracker Jacks. Her painting evoked the game without showing the game, instead focusing on the nostalgia people feel for the game. "When you think of a sports team, you don't think of a still life," she explained, "but it worked.
"I paint at least three days a week. I don't limit myself to painting one thing, like only landscapes. I like to paint a variety of things. With regard to my food paintings, the thing I like is the natural colors that are already random. The textures also appeal to me. It's more than a still life, I'm trying to combine visual colors that wouldn't normally be put together with all those textures.
"I also do a lot of seascapes, all of New England. The colors of nature are just so rich. I find the water very peaceful, and how the sky changes how the water looks. Painting is a process. When I first was starting out, I was timid about using too much color. It's about finding that balance in a painting that allows you to use those strong colors."
Beck and her family are moving back to Rhode Island this coming summer, but she will still be showing her work at The Carol Schwartz Gallery. For more of her work or to contact Beck, visit the Carol Schwartz Gallery at http://www.carolschwartzgallery.com/.


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Washington (CNN) - In an extended television interview with Bloomberg News Tuesday, President Barack Obama said the "potential" for a deal to avoid the looming fiscal cliff remains, but that House Speaker John Boehner's initial offer is "still out of balance."
"The issue right now that's relevant is the acknowledgement that if we're going to raise revenues that are sufficient to balance with very tough cuts that we've already made and the further reforms in entitlements that I'm prepared to make, that we're going to have to see the rates on the top two percent go up and we're not going to be able to get a deal without it," the president said.
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Pushing back against claims that this insistence on raising tax rates for wealthier Americans is "stubborn" or "partisan," Obama told Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman that his position is "just a matter of math."
"What I'm going to need, what the country needs, what the business community needs, in order to get to where we need to be is an acknowledgement that folks like me can afford to pay a little bit higher rate if we combine that with a tax reform process and entitlement reform, then we can get to a $4 trillion deficit reduction package that actually helps our economy grow rather than weakens our economy either in the short term or the long term," Obama said.
Asked if he would accept raising tax rates on the top 2% to a point slightly lower than the 39.6% rate they would automatically return to if the Bush-era tax rates were allowed to expire, the president demurred. Finding some savings in federal entitlement programs and allowing rates on high-income earners to increase at the end of 2012 is just the first step in a process, he said.
The second step would be a more specific discussion to hammer out the details of comprehensive tax and entitlement reform. In the president's scenarios, this second step would occur by late 2013, and he signaled a willingness to bring rates back down at that time if such a move was accompanied by a simplification of the tax code.
"Within that framework I am happy to be flexible," Obama said. "I recognize I'm not going to get a hundred percent, but what I'm not going to do is to agree to a plan in which we have some revenue that is vague and potentially comes out of the pockets of middle class families in exchange for some very specific and tough entitlement cuts."
Obama's first interview since securing re-election came the day after members of Congress were invited to the White House for a holiday party Monday night. Various sources told CNN that Obama and Boehner didn't speak at the annual social event, but the president dismissed the suggestion that this is a symbol of the status of his relationship with the Republicans' chief negotiator.
"Speaker Boehner and I speak frequently," Obama said. "I don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room."
The president also addressed a few personnel issues, saying he'd "love" to bring more business leaders into his administration over the next four years, but an increasingly onerous Senate confirmation process has been an obstacle to recruitment.
"For successful folks to want to put themselves through that process – a lot of folks are just shying away," Obama said. "You have to put your life on hold. You may end up getting caught up in some partisan battle up on the Hill that has nothing to do with your own qualifications."
The president later recognized that his relationship with the business community "sometimes was skewed" during his first term, but he said that working with CEOs to expand private-sector growth across the board would continue to be a priority.
And on the controversial issue of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice's potential nomination to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, the president said he hasn't been influenced by the public debate.
"I don't really spend a lot of time on what folks say on cable news programs attacking highly-qualified personnel like Susan Rice," the president said. "I'm going to make a decision about who's going to be the best secretary of state."
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Stick to your guns, friend. Do not let them rob middle class America. God bless!!!!!
Here we go again. The Republicans will not do anything to move this country forward because it might help the Democrats. The truth is that every day that they refuse to work on fiscal issues they are helping the Democrats. It will be clear to voters and perhaps the Republicans will come under even more scrutiny in two years. It is inconceivable that the GOP cannot get together and bring some new ideas to the tal=lllllllllls
Too bad your candidate and party lost!
@Rick and Obubba – You both are out of touch with reality. If Obama were a dictator, this issue would already be resolved. But is it? No, because he's trying to work with Reuplibcans, who have so far shown they have no intention of working with Obama. Republican leaders deserve all of the blame, especially Bohner.


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MARS POLAR LANDER TO ARRIVE ON SMOOTH, LAYERED TERRAINA strip of gentle, rolling plains near the Martian south pole will serve as a welcome mat when NASA's Mars Polar Lander touches down on the red planet on December 3.
NASA unveiled the landing site, a swath of terrain measuring about 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles), at a briefing today at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
"We looked for a site with slopes no steeper than 10 degrees," said Project Scientist Dr. Richard Zurek of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. "We chose a location with some surface features but no cliffs or jagged peaks, because the spacecraft will be able to land safely, yet we'll still accomplish our science goals."
The landing site is located at 76 degrees south latitude and 195 degrees west longitude, near the northern edge of the layered terrain in the vicinity of the Martian south pole.
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The landing will be targeted to the center of the site, a rectangular area 200 kilometers (125 miles) long and 20 kilometers (12-1/2 miles) wide. The site was selected after the project team studied pictures and altimeter information gathered by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, which is currently orbiting the planet. The search was narrowed to four sites before the final location was chosen. A backup landing site is located nearby, at 75 degrees south latitude and 180 degrees west longitude.
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If you are seeking an affordable investment property or a holiday home in Turkey, Didim and its neighbour Altinkum are possibly the areas for you to search.
Sitting on the coast between the cosmopolitan resorts of Bodrum and Kusadasi, the Didim area offers excellent value for money in terms of property purchases, attracting both Turkish buyers and buyers from the UK looking for attractively priced properties to suit low budgets.
Low property prices in the Didim area do not affect the quality of the homes available, so any investor or holiday home buyer can rest assured that low prices doesn't mean you are buying a poor quality home.
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Didim is located on the western Aegean coastline of Turkey, sitting south of the large city of Izmir and north of the popular cosmopolitan peninsula of Bodrum.
A district in the province of Aydin, and a very popular holiday destination with several sub-districts with its most popular destination for holidays being Altinkum, especially amongst British tourists, with many of its visitors returning year after year, closely followed by Yesilkent, Mavisehir and Akbuk which are also popular with Turkish tourists.
The Didim area depends highly on the tourism trade in the summer, for its main income source. Though agriculture also plays a huge part with its main crops being wheat and cotton
Didim sits on the site of the antique city of Didyma, which is where its name originates from, and is home to the fantastic ruins of the Temple of Apollo, which attracts thousands of visitors every day. The history books say that Didyma which translates as 'twin', relating to the God and Goddess, Apollo and Artemis, who were born in the Didim area.
The area is known for its long golden sandy beaches, crystal clear blue waters, and its wonderful climate, with long hot summers and short mild winters with people still using the beaches in January.
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In most coastal areas of Turkey properties with sea views come with a high price tag, however with Didim property for sale sea views all comes as standard. You can purchase a modern 2 bedroom apartment with a spacious balcony and amazing views for as low as £35,000.
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Wednesday, January 17
Citrus Crisis
At the farmers' market this past Sunday, one farmer told us that many of her blood orange trees might not ever produce fruit because they are too young to withstand the cold. Another told us that in the nine years he has been farming, he has never seen such a prolonged cold snap. We heard several similar stories, and what struck us was how stoic these farmers were in the face of adversity. They didn't complain or feel sorry for themselves; they simply related the depressing facts to us. Unbelievably, one farmer whose Cara Cara oranges we have mailed home to Rhode Island on many occasions was actually apologetic that his fruit wasn't as good as last years, as if he could possibly control the weather.
When I started to express my sympathy for his misfortune, he gently rebuffed me: "Please don't feel bad for me. This is the life of a farmer. It's what I do." I stopped. I didn't know what else to say. His eyes were so sincere, his body language so sure. Instead of saying anything else, I simply tossed a few more oranges in my bag and asked him to tally me up. With a wide grin, he added, "Let me know how your family in Rhode Island likes them." "I will," I assured him.
Living here has allowed us to not only buy fresh produce but to also become friendly with many of the farmers. So, the concept of "buying local" resonates with us more now than ever. I can honestly say that preparing and eating the food from these wonderful people makes meals much more meaningful to us. Let's sincerely hope that this cold weather ends soon.
Since many of the farmers told us to buy more oranges now in case their future pickings are limited, we ended up with several bags (some will stay here; some are en route to Rhode Island, as you can see).
This simple Sicilian salad is one of our favorites. I used Cara Cara oranges for this one. These super sweeties look like an ordinary naval orange on the outside, but when you slice them, they reveal a red, juicy flesh the color of a Jolly Rancher watermelon candy. Their sweetness contrasts perfectly with the salty olives and licorice flavored fennel.
SICILIAN SALAD of FENNEL, ORANGES, and OLIVES
Makes 4 servings
Print recipe only here.
2 large cara-cara oranges or naval oranges
1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
10-12 black and green cured olives, halved (I like Kalamata and Cerignola)
A handful of fresh mint leaves
Coarse sea salt
1 Tbsp quality extra virgin olive oil*
Peel oranges, and cut into pinwheels. Arrange orange and fennel slices; drizzle with olive oil; add mint leaves and coarse salt.
*Olive Oil: My favorite olive oil is from a local olive grove, Cook and Ladder. I also like going to Italian markets where knowledgeable staff helps me with my selection. Sometimes they even offer a complimentary tasting, which itself makes the trip worthwhile.
14 comments:
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
Your family in Rhode Island is so lucky to get these oranges! In my local RI market, the best we get at this time of year is clementines (not a local product!).
- January 18, 2007 at 3:12 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
I know what you mean. Sometimes I can't even mention our farmers' market to my mom, as she gets too depressed. Although her visits here are primarily to spend time with Jeff and me, I think secretly she really comes for the organic mesclun table at the farmers' market.
- January 18, 2007 at 5:01 AM
I'd love to live somewhere where fresh produce was abundant all year round. I just have to look forward to the summer!
- January 18, 2007 at 6:02 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
I know, we're fortunate. That's one of the things Jeff and I love most about living here.
- January 18, 2007 at 5:39 PM
- Alanna Kellogg said...
Hi Susan, Welcome to food blogga'in! You've got a wonderful start to your blog - it's easy to tell that like many of the rest of us, you're half (wholly?) obsessed with food and food blogging, already! I hope you find the same warm, welcoming food blog community that I was sooo surprised and pleased to discover, nearly two years ago for me, now, hardly a pioneer but still. Anyway, a warm welcome! AK
- January 19, 2007 at 4:13 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
Thank you. I am having a wonderful time already.
- January 19, 2007 at 7:39 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Hi, Susan!
This is my first visit to your blog and it already won my heart with this post... I'm a citrus maniac - love, love, love limes, oranges and lemons.
This salad would be perfect for me today - the weather is a bit hot here in Sao Paulo.
Regards from Brazil,
- January 20, 2007 at 4:51 PM
- Rachael said...
Your post was very moving. Actually, aside from all of the other virtues of the book "Fast Food Nation", one thing that was quite memorable about reading it was the authors perspective on the American family farm... and how that incredible personality and spirit is disapearing.
Oh, now I feel sad. I hope CA citrus damage wasn't as bad as they are thinking.
Despite that, the salad looks very interesting
-A west coast (Arizona) girl living on the east coast (Connecticut)
- January 20, 2007 at 6:17 PM
You will never guess what I brought home from the market yesterday: organic blood oranges and fennel and some black and green olives!! I was planning on making an orange and fennel salad today for lunch (I hadn't planned on adding the olives but I think I'll try your recipe). The only thing I'm missing is the mint so I'll just add some fresh parsely instead since that's what I have on hand.
- January 20, 2007 at 9:33 PM
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- January 21, 2007 at 12:23 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
Thank you for your kind words.
I'm curious, what types of citrus do you get in San Paulo?
- January 21, 2007 at 12:26 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
I have flipped through chapters of Fast Food Nation at Border's. After your comments,though, I think I'll pick it up at the library and finish it.
It seems like the damage to the citrus groves in CA has varied from region to region. As I'm sure you've heard on the news, most reports are saying it affected upwards of 75% of the crops. I do have one bright spot though--this morning we spoke with the farmer who I mentioned might lose her blood orange trees; she said there was a lot of lost fruit but that the majority of her trees will survive.
- January 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
Fantastic! Don't you just love it when that happens?
- January 21, 2007 at 12:36 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
I haven't bought grapefruit yet because it's easy to find everywhere.
But we eat a lot of oranges, here.
Limes are, to us, what lemons are to you - we use them for everything.
Lemons are not that used, but now they're becoming more common. I buy them all the time and sometimes make "caipirinha" using lemons instead of limes.
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