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GOP Delenda Est – Now Is The Time
Over the weekend, three elected Republicans conservatives announced they would no longer be bound by Grover Norquist's no tax pledge that they had taken. The men in question, Senator Lindsey Graham, Representative Peter King, and Senator Saxby Chambliss, have reneged on the promises they made to their constituents the last time each ran for re-election.
Stacy McCain is correct when he writes:
…It doesn't matter whether you like Grover Norquist or not. This isn't about Grover. This is about preserving the integrity of the Republican Party.
Exactly. Norquist is a Dhimmi, but a promise is a promise, especially one that means a great deal to people who elected you and/or people who gave you money.
Now word comes that GOP Representative Bob Corker of Texas has a plan to raise 'a trillion dollars in revenue' [he never took the pledge].
Bet your bottom dollar these will not be the last Republicans to give-in to The New Order in a pathetic attempt to survive in office.
Unfortunately for the classical liberal / constitutional conservative / libertarian movement, which is very publicly now separating itself out from status quo national politics, there's no real party home. And the coalition, though powerful in its determination to resist, hasn't yet formed a workable strategy for how best to do so using the current political paradigm. The Republican Party, led by John Boehner in the House, is working behind the scenes to sabotage those who represent politically this organic resistance movement, engaging in power grabs, shoring up its own entrenchment, and committed to defeating conservatives and classical liberals with a zeal they never bring to bear when battling leftist Democrats.
Which is precisely why it is no longer just an empty threat that those traditional Republican voters who believe in the principles of limited government and individual autonomy — and who deplore the steady movement from both parties toward a managed centralized state with an entrenched and permanent ruling class with a bureaucratic army at their disposal — must leave the Republican Party.
We can keep electing Republicans, but all that does is give the old bull entrenched career politician like Boehner more power — which in turn gives those doing the voting less by way of representation.
Here, I realize, I'm largely preaching to the choir. And it's not like my voice carries much weight among the entrenched, well-funded, and well-connected network of "conservative" opinion leaders.
Still, that doesn't mean I'm wrong about what needs to happen should we be serious about changing course and trying one last ditch effort collectively to save the country as founded: and that means we have to destroy the Republican party as it currently exists.
It can't be taken over from the inside, I don't believe. And it does not represent the interests of anything but itself and the power and perks of its longtime legislators.
It's a catch-22 for us, I realize. But we have a one-party system using political theater to keep the fundraising money flowing, distracting us with supposed partisan differences as it continues the steady march toward a centralized technocratic State.
What's left to do but opt out?
It's time for us to leave the GOP in the dust.
No matter what small victories we may score on the local, county, or state Republican Party levels, we will never be treated as anything but serfs by the GOP Establishment — this is clear. And, if we do achieve any power within the Party, the Establishment of it will gladly make cause with Leftist groups like the MSM and Democratic Party to destroy our legitimacy — this, too, is clear. For them, as it is for the Left, it is about Privilege and Power.
I don't know how Jeff thinks we should 'destroy the Republican party as it currently exists', but I believe, if we completely cut our ties with it, refuse to help it in any way, the Party will limp along for a while as it slowly dies of loneliness [Some may advocate we take a more active part in bringing about this mercy killing. I'm not so wedded to my proposal that I'm not willing to listen to what you have to proffer.].
The key for me is: the conservatives, classical liberals, and small 'L' libertarians must leave the GOP and conservative Establishment to their own devices. Just as we must not play by the Left's rules in any discussion, so we must not play by their rules.
Enough is enough.
UPDATE at 1721…
Jeff reports that more Republicans are announcing that they'll go back on their tax pledge. Somehow, he performed a Mind-Meld on one of these traitors and transcribed the result. A highlight:
Sure, we'll break our pledge. I mean, you can't actually expect us to be purists when the FISCAL CLIFF is looming. Some of us Care About the Country! Don't you, Hobbits?
In his post, Jeff links to a CNS News story on the rotten renegers. One of the commentators, Artie, is spot-on:
I didn't know pledges, vows etc have time limits. Welcome to the age of Obama where every promise and statement have expiration dates. And Republicans, obama is going to take you on a big time snipe hunt. Don't say you haven't been warned.
Welcome to The New Order, The New Normal…Welcome To The Jungle.
CARLO (R-NY): [gets in front passenger seat of car]
CLEMENZA (D-NY): Hello, Carlo.
26 November 2012 @ 15:41 15:41
You have hit the proverbial nail square on..
First its time we fix a common mistake we are all guilty of making this time, once and for all. We still make the mistake of calling democrats, liberals and we are now making the mistake of identifying republicans as if they were any different than the party they claim to oppose.. our domestic enemy. We are, imo, at a point in the American timeline where Americans need to stop deceiving themselves and begin the journey back home. We can take the first step by identifying all those who would steal our Liberty correctly by calling them by the same name. They have all shown us that they have no care for us and our Liberty and they have no use for us except to pay for their existence.. like slaves with a check book and their whip is taxes. If we don't have the nerve to correctly identify our enemy as what they have all shown themselves to be, Our Domestic Enemy, then we as well no longer have any right to call ourselves Americans and should revert to some tribal conglomeration instead and wait for their enforcers to came and fix their most pressing problem, Us.
You cannot defeat any enemy you refuse to identify correctly, your refusal is your death sentence. Line up in front of the trench.
Yank lll
26 November 2012 @ 22:49 22:49
If we don't have the strength to reform the GOP, we won't be able to muster the strength to replace it.
The problem here is the American people. They don't understand the need for the conservatism we're calling for. They don't want it. So the GOP knows that conservative principles and policies aren't politically profitable right now.
Milton Friedman's remarks come to mind:
M. Thompson permalink27 November 2012 @ 11:13 11:13
If they were smarter, they'd go for Democrat supporters. Big foundation donations, Hollywood, and gunmint employee groups. I'd also radically flatten the income tax system and take away a lot of deductions, like state income taxes, and possibly muni bonds as well.
Shared sacrifice should hit the blue States first!
27 November 2012 @ 18:06 18:06
I think Corker is Senator from Tennessee. He didn't sign the pledge, so he would not be going back. Frankly, I've cast my last vote for anyone with the GOP label. If we can't replace the GOP, then the country is truly doomed.
But, they can give me someone other than some "electable" moderate or I'm staying home. As it stands, they are just a "me too" party.
28 November 2012 @ 09:00 09:00
classical liberal / constitutional conservative / libertarian movement
I think we agree that these are three separate groups–thus making the challenge a bit more acute. In other news, the pro-life folks are reacting negatively to McPain's 'speak and then drop dead' suggestion. Benthamite Materialism is now beginning to eat the (R) Party alive.
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For all who are following our work with Irene, the 15 year-old runner who lives in a White squatter camp near Pretoria, South Africa, here's the news:
On my last trip I went to a school regional track meet where Irene ran in both the 800m and the 1500m races. She won Gold in both. I also discovered that she runs barefoot, as do most of the children, because they can't afford shoes. The shoes we made for Irene were customized since she has no toes. They were stolen within days by a drug addict in the camp. He sold them so we can't get them back even though we know who he is. So now she runs with no shoes.
This is where Irene lives. They eat when there is food. They bathe where there is water. But they praise God everyday for what He has given them.
I was told that Irene's time in the 1500m was 4:48. The world record for 15-year-olds is 4:00. She is doing very well.
I also found out that she is in a Special Ed school. I don't believe this has anything to do with her abilities. I think that as a result of the trauma in her life, which we are still investigating, she simply cannot cope with regular classes and in South Africa, the solution is to send all these students, regardless of the real issues, to Special Ed schools. Unfortunately, this turns out to be baby-sitting, not education. So, one more issue that we must address with Irene.
Please pray for her. We are doing what we can, thanks to many of you, but the problems are much deeper than we thought.
When Irene was a child, boiling water spilled on her feet. She lost most of her toes.
For everyone who is following the story about Irene, please read.
1. I will be back in South Africa in about 10 days. I am planning to see Irene and her family and do more interviews and video
2. IF YOU MADE ANY CONTRIBUTION toward Irene's needs, PLEASE SEND ME A SMALL PICTURE OF YOURSELF so that I can show your face to Irene and she will know who it is that has blessed her. Just send the photo to my email address (with name please). firstname.lastname@example.com DO IT RIGHT AWAY.
3. Irene has had pneumonia, not uncommon for her living conditions, but dangerous at 14 years old. She seems to have recovered after much prayer, etc. but please keep her in your prayers. I have also learned that as a child she suffered damage to her rib-cage and needs now some support equipment. It is amazing that she is such an athlete. So I will investigate this when I get there.
4. Irene won 2 gold medals on November 2 in spite of the above. At God's Table provided her with the registration support. THANKS
I will give all of you a full report after I see her.
Thank you so much for your compassion.
9 people now have made contributions to Irene's running. One person is following up on some other help and one couple even asked about how to get Irene and her family to the USA.
In total, we raised more than $2000 for Irene.
This will go into the At God's Table bank account in South Africa and be used to sponsor Irene's entry fees into races.
THANK YOU! There is hardly anything more satisfying in the world than being the hands and feet of YHWH.
But Irene didn't quit. Now Irene runs – fast and far. She is a champion long distance runner from a place that no one wants to admit even exists in a world where she is a complete outsider.
Each time that Irene runs, people notice. Each time she wins, she moves just a bit further away from the victimized life of the camps. Irene is running away from her poverty one race at a time until someone finally sees that she is a winner, an over-comer, a young girl who needs to be given a better opportunity to succeed.
Irene needs sponsors to enter these events. The government provides nothing, not even school assistance. But we can help Irene. Will you join with the rest of the community to become a sponsor of a poor white girl in the midst of a racially motivated government?

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Ralph Lambiase
Director, Connecticut Division of Securities
President, North American Securities Administrators Associaion
April 30, 2004
NASAA 2004 CRD/IARD Training
Atlanta, Georgia
Good morning. I'd like to thank CRD/IARD Steering Committee Chair Maryland Securities Commissioner Melanie Lubin and Project Group co-chairs Pam Epting and Kelvin Blake for inviting me to speak with you today. Looking around the room, I see many friends. Some I've known for more than 20 years; and many who will represent the next generation of investor protection.
On behalf of NASAA, I'd like to thank you for everything you do to ensure that investors in your states are protected from investment fraud and abuse. I'm also pleased to see many familiar faces from NASD. We have a close working relationship with the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange in a number of areas. Besides being a partner with NASD in development, use and maintenance of the Central Registration Depository (CRD), NASAA – along with the SEC – relies on NASD as the vendor to operate the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD).
I've been asked to outline NASAA's accomplishments over the past year and our current goals. Before I do, however, I'd like to spend a few minutes talking about the important role CRD and IARD play in helping protect investors in your states. The number of firms and individuals holding themselves out as investment professionals has grown significantly in the past two decades. It is critical that full information about individuals and firms be readily accessible to regulators, industry, and the investing public. Two of the more notable success stories in accomplishing this accessibility have been the CRD and IARD systems.
Developed by NASAA and NASD and implemented in 1981, CRD consolidated a multiple paper-based state licensing and regulatory process into a single, national computer system. Today, the CRD is arguably the best licensing system in existence, in part because of the outstanding contributions on behalf of many of you here today. Its computerized database contains the licensing and disciplinary histories on more than 650,000 securities professionals and 5,200 securities firms.
While CRD has evolved over the years to the point where it is an essential registration and enforcement resource, it cannot remain static. Securities industry business practices have changed significantly over the past decade. The CRD system must be able to accommodate these changes. For example, advances in technology also have expanded the opportunities for working arrangements at other-than-traditional branch locations, including home offices. For this reason, states had sought adoption of an updated and uniform definition of "branch office" that can be delivered and monitored through CRD. This change would facilitate the continued effectiveness of the uniform system of registration that has evolved over the past 20-plus years and lower industry costs.
State regulators also need to be able to track the branch locations and agents for supervision, compliance/exams, and enforcement. I'd like to take a few minutes to discuss the NASD's new expungement rule, which took effect earlier this month. The rule requires the NASD to send to state securities regulators notices of orders to expunge disciplinary information from a CRD record issued by arbitration panels in cases initiated after April 12, 2004. This process is new. As with all new processes, there will be challenges. We encourage you to provide feedback on how well the system is operating. There will be those who will attempt to abuse the rule by coercing investors as a condition to settlement to sign affidavits attesting that the initial complaint was filed in error, so the record will be expunged. You should be vigilant about monitoring this and other loopholes that may surface. I want you to know that we're working with the NASD to establish procedures for implementing the rule.
The IARD, developed jointly by NASAA and the SEC, is our newest licensing, registration and enforcement system and is to investment advisers what the CRD is to broker-dealers. Its database helps promote uniformity, through use of common forms, and a paperless environment. It streamlines procedures, promotes consistency and helps investors research the employment and disciplinary histories of more than 11,000 investment adviser firms and 173,000 individual investment advisers.
IARD and CRD give you powerful tools to weed out any "bad apples" seeking licenses to do business with your state's investors.
NASAA Accomplishments and Goals
I'd like to focus my remarks now on the accomplishments of NASAA and our current initiatives and goals. Since becoming NASAA's president last September, I've had an opportunity to talk with many of you at various seminars, trainings sessions and conferences. Your unselfish dedication to investor protection clearly demonstrates that "putting investors first" is more than just a slogan. It is what we do for our citizens on a daily basis. Accomplishments The past year has been significant for state securities regulators and NASAA.
One year ago this week, NASAA, along with the SEC, NASD, the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Attorney General, announced the historic $1.4 billion global settlement of enforcement actions against 10 major Wall Street firms for providing investment research sometimes tainted by the desire to promote investment banking. Then, in July, securities regulators in Massachusetts launched the first of what would become a series of investigations by other states, the SEC and SROs into the nation's $7.4 trillion mutual fund industry. These investigations and subsequent enforcement continue to demonstrate the tremendous value of having more, not fewer cops on the securities beat.
While these events have made headlines the world over, I'd like to take a few minutes to spotlight other significant NASAA initiatives in five key areas, including:
- our continued commitment to the preservation of state regulatory authority;
- organizational enhancements and strategic planning at NASAA;
- the steps we've taken to strengthen member training;
- our emphasis on investor protection through education; and, finally,
- the association's efforts to reach out to the international financial services community.
Preserving State Authority. The first area I'd like to discuss this morning is one that affects each of us. I'm talking about preserving the authority of individual states to regulate at the state and local level and to bring enforcement actions with appropriate remedies against those firms that violate securities laws in our jurisdictions.
Earlier this year, Congress recognized that state securities regulators are essential partners to federal regulators in protecting investors when it removed federal preemptive provisions from H.R. 2179. But as Senator Paul Sarbanes, the Ranking Member on the Senate Banking Committee, told us two weeks ago, we must remain vigilant and prepared to face a broad push by "special interests" to preempt state laws. He also suggested that the states make sure our message is being heard. Part of what these special interests are trying to do is to knock out state regulators who are aggressively protecting investors.
These special interests will continue to complain about the "patchwork quilt" they think they see whenever they look out across the country. What they should see is a blanket of 50 state agencies working collaboratively to keep the industry free of wrongdoing and instilling consumer confidence in the marketplace. It is not regulation that keeps investors away from the marketplace — it is greed and wrongdoing that goes unchecked that keeps them away.
We've all heard industry make an issue about the cost of regulatory compliance. I remind you that despite all of the publicized problems, 2003 was one of the most profitable years ever for Wall Street. According to the Securities Industry Association, profits in the securities industry were $15 billion last year, nearly double those of 2002 and the third best year ever for Wall Street. Complaining about regulatory costs isn't justified.
We've all heard industry say, "trust us." Just last year, the president of the mutual fund industry's trade association, praised industry executives for "your unshakeable commitment to putting mutual fund shareholder interests first." Three months later, state regulators launched the first of several investigations into the $7.4 trillion mutual fund industry for, in essence, putting its own interests ahead of those of its shareholders.
Our securities markets may operate on Wall Street, but stocks, bonds and other securities are sold on Main Street, in our neighborhoods and even over our kitchen tables. When it comes to investigation and enforcement of Wall Street wrongdoing – Investors are calling for more cops on the beat, not fewer. That's why I believe there must be continued cooperation and shared efforts among state, federal, and industry regulators. Protecting investors against fraud and punishing those who would commit fraud are fundamental roles of government, be it federal, state, local or in the case of our neighbors to the north, provincial. We should not compromise on the right of a state or province to protect its citizens in the manner its elected officials deem appropriate.
Organizational Enhancements/Strategic Planning at NASAA. NASAA's mission is two-fold. We have a proud history of strong leadership in protecting investors and advancing their interests. And we have an equally proud history of responding to our membership to ensure that your needs are being met. Toward that end, we will be holding a strategic planning session in June to ensure that we are meeting our goals in a productive and efficient manner. We have some 240 member representatives from the states and the Canadian provinces working on various Board, Sections and Project Groups.
We reorganized several NASAA committees and project groups; eliminating those that no longer supported the organization's mission and creating new groups to address the evolving challenges of state securities regulation. NASAA's Board approved the creation of several new project groups within our association. Among the new groups are the Corporation Finance Section's Shareholder Rights Project Group, the Broker-Dealer Section's Arbitration Project Group, the Investor Education Section's Senior Outreach Project Group, the Enforcement Section's Special Projects Group, and Regulatory Policy Committees in the Corporation Finance, Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser sections. And, in order to ensure that the interests of our Canadian members are fully represented, in addition to Canadians who serve on our Board, Section Committees and Project Groups, we have named a Canadian liaison for each of our sections. We've also taken several steps to enhance the capabilities of NASAA's Washington office.
Improving Member Training. Today's seminar serves as a reminder that training our members is a vital part of NASAA's mission. One of the Board's priorities this year has been to determine how to improve our training and make it even more effective.
NASAA wants to make sure that you are getting the training you need to better protect investors. Therefore, we created a Board-level Training Project Group, chaired by Fred Joseph of Colorado, to conduct an in-depth review of NASAA's training needs going forward. This year NASAA is hosting 12 training seminars — an average of one per month — including the first-ever training session with insurance regulators with the goal of sharing information about laws and enforcement practices that can be put to practical use in combating securities fraud committed by insurance agents.
Investor Education. The best defense against investment fraud is knowledge. State and provincial securities regulators have a long tradition of protecting investors through education. Several years ago, recognizing the importance of financial literacy to the prevention of fraud and abuse, NASAA's Board created an Investor Education Section to develop and support financial literacy and education programs to be delivered at the state level.
Last fall, under the guidance of the section's Senior Outreach Project Group, NASAA initiated a major education campaign aimed at senior investors. NASAA held a news conference in September to call attention to the growing problem of senior investment fraud and launched an online Senior Investor Resource Center on the NASAA website to give senior investors the tools they need to reduce their risk of being a victim of fraud. Last month, NASAA, through Tanya Solov, Illinois Securities Director and Broker-Dealer Section Chair provided testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, about the success of this initiative and the risks seniors still face. As part of a continuing effort to improve the level of youth financial literacy in our jurisdictions, the Investor Education Section's Youth Outreach Project Group recently has developed a Teacher Training Event blueprint. This resource provides a comprehensive, step-by-step system for developing and delivering a teacher training event that provides our teachers – K through 12 – with the knowledge, resources, and tools they need to efficiently and effectively integrate personal finance education into their classroom curriculums.
Globalization/International Outreach. As you know, investment fraud knows no borders. Through NASAA, state securities agencies have joined in cooperative enforcement agreements in the international arena. NASAA plays an active role in the International Organization of Securities Commissioners (IOSCO) and the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas (COSRA). Last month, NASAA Enforcement Section Chair and Alabama Securities Commissioner Joe Borg briefed the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the need to develop cooperative information sharing programs, policies and laws to move toward greater enforcement and protection from fraud. To facilitate this effort, NASAA's Board last fall created an International Project Group. We also are exploring the feasibility of expanding NASAA's membership to include a number of other North American jurisdictions.
Goals Moving Forward. Looking ahead, NASAA will continue to work with the SEC and the SROs to collectively use our resources to protect investors. State securities regulators welcome the opportunity to work more closely with each other. I also look forward to the continued progress of our ongoing series of discussions with the SEC as part of the joint initiative we launched last September to explore ways to improve coordination and communication between state and federal securities regulators. I had asked NASAA's Broker-Dealer Section to thoroughly examine the issue of arbitration. Since our nation's investors are compelled to seek arbitration to resolve disputes with Wall Street, states need to make sure that investors are treated fairly. Plans now are underway for the first "NASAA Listens" public forum, which will explore a host
of issues related to arbitration. Look for more information about this event and others soon on the NASAA website.
Closing Remarks. In closing, I'd like to remind you that you truly are an investor's first line of defense against investment fraud. And by standing together, you protect more than 100 million North American investors. NASAA's leadership is proud of the important work you do on a daily basis for the investors – and you should be as well. It is indeed an honor and my privilege to serve as your President. Thank you.
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Following is the suggested sequence of courses required for an Associate in Arts degree in pre-Art. Additional developmental studies courses may be required before you can take college English or mathematics. Check with your transferring institution to ensure transferability of courses or specific program requirements.
Fall Semester
Art Appreciation
Drawing I*
Design I*
Composition I
Intro to Computers
Successful Learning
Spring Semester
Intro to Photography*
Painting I*
Composition II
Fundamentals of Oral Communication
Fall Semester
Drawing II*
Intro to Philosophy
Social Science Elective (2)
Science Elective
Spring Semester
Painting II*
Ceramics I*
Science Elective
Humanities Elective
Social Science Elective
* Offered only at Estherville
A minimum of 64 hours is required to complete an AA degree at Iowa Lakes.


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There are good reasons why the public has lost confidence in banking and finance. Two issues in particular must be addressed before it can be restored– moral hazard and conflict of interest. Reforms should ensure that banks and bankers–not taxpayers–pay the price of failure and are held fully accountable for their actions.
References and recommended sources
Cecchetti, S.G. and E. Kharroubi (2012), "Reassessing the impact of finance on growth", BIS Working Papers No. 381, BIS, Basel.
Liikanen, E. et al. (2012), High-Level Expert Group on Reforming the Structure of the EU Banking Sector, Final report, European Commission, Brussels.
More OECD articles on taxation
By Thierry Philipponnat, Secretary-General of Finance Watch
and Aline Fares, Advisor to the Secretary-General, Finance Watch
©OECD Yearbook 2013
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Hot summer days call for cool refreshing drinks, and Salvadoran "Refresco de Ensalada" (also known as Agua de Ensalada, Salad Drink, Salad Water, or Fruit Salad Drink), is like drinkable fruit salad. The tiny pieces of minced fruit are not to be swallowed! Sip the sweet liquid, and then savor the apple, mango, pineapple, and orange pieces that find their way onto your tongue. It's a drink and a snack all at once! Assemble your fruit and get chopping!
Refresco de Ensalada
You need:
1 20 oz. can pineapple slices in 100% pineapple juice
1 mango, peeled
3 oranges
2 Granny Smith apples
juice of 1 lemon
6 cups cold water
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Optional: iceberg lettuce
(See notes for additional variations!)
1. Put the lemon juice into a large mixing bowl.
2. Mince the apples into tiny, uniform pieces (as you see in the photo below.) Stir the minced apple into the lemon juice as you go along. (This keeps them from turning brown.)
3. Peel the mango. Mince. Add to the bowl.
4. Open the can of pineapple. Pour the juice into the bowl.
5. Mince the pineapple and add to the bowl.
6. Squeeze the juice of 2 oranges into the bowl. (Do this over a sieve to avoid seeds falling in.)
7. Mince the remaining orange and add it to the bowl.
8. If using lettuce, add 1 cup of minced lettuce to the bowl. (I kept mine on the side and added it to my individual cup later since Carlos didn't want it in his.)
9. Transfer the contents of the bowl to a large pitcher. Add 6 cups of water.
(Note: Once we drank all of the liquid, we later added another couple cups of water to finish off the fruit, so you're able to add more than 6 cups of water, but you'll have increase the sugar and salt in the next steps if you do.)
10. Add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir. (I prefer to keep the juice as natural as possible without adding too much additional sugar and it tasted great to me with 1/3 cup. Some may prefer this drink sweeter and you may add sugar to your personal tastes. Carlos added sugar every time he drank a cup of it but my boys and I liked it without adding more. If your fruit is super sweet, you may find you don't want to add any sugar at all.)
11. You can drink this immediately, but it tastes best if you put it in the fridge for at least 1 hour, (and even better if you can wait until the next day.) Serve cold.
(I like lettuce in mine. It sounds odd, but give it a try!)
Other variations of this recipe typically include mamey, marañon, watercress ("berro"), and even cucumber. Feel free to experiment by adding your favorite fruits and vegetables, or fresh herbs like mint.


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While it seems simple, what you see here is a result of some trial and error. Ruble has to hold this mug firmly in his hand in order to animate it. Originally I twisted a wire around the handle and sculpted the clay hand over that wire. It ended up being flimsy when I tested it on the puppet by plugging it into his wrist-tube.
The other thing that happened was the handle broke off, so I had a twisted wire and clay mess. To make things more secure I drilled a tiny 1/16" hole in the center of the mug and epoxied (and crazy glued) it all in place.
Shimbu the monk was also repaired and I made some special eye balls for Rubles shots where he is shocked to see the beautiful mermaid. A rig was also repaired that I made about 10 years ago and the solder came loose. I'll attach our zombie puppet to it where he will appear behind Ruble. Much of this isn't really worth getting into as these things aren't super entertaining to hear about. But as the title says, it's the "Little Things Add Up".


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As much as I enjoy searching the dark corners of the market for stocks to buy regardless of conditions, it is just as important to identify stocks to avoid. This is especially true now, when there are still substantial market obstacles ahead. I do not think earnings season is going to be particularly robust, and the debt ceiling will no doubt create political fiascos and comedies. Even more disconcerting, mutual fund inflows hit the highest level since 2001, and hedge fund leverage is the highest in four years. This type of buying after the 9% move since mid-November is a little scary for a natural contrarian like me.
I am not saying to run out and sell all your stocks. I have never done that and I base my decisions to sell a stock on fundamentals, not market moves. There are sectors and stocks, however, that should be avoided as the valuation and business prospects imply substantial risk no matter what the market does this year.
Avoid homebuilders and anything associated with the building trade. Residential real estate markets are improving slowly but these stocks discount a recovery back to 2007 levels. Stocks such as Ryland (RYL), PulteGroup (PHM) and Standard Pacific (SPF) have doubled over the past year and it's time to exit or avoid the group. All three stocks trade at substantial premiums to tangible book value, and that is a recipe for potential disaster. Everyone loves them again, and institutions own most of the shares of all three. Even if the market rallies this year, these stocks will not see fundamental improvements that justify the current valuation and price. If there's a decline in general stock prices, homebuilders will lead the way lower.
This is going to carry over to companies that sell to homebuilders. Sherwin-Williams (SHW) has seen its stock rise by more than 70% in the past year based on housing optimism. The company is the leader in paints and coatings and has made several smart acquisitions in the past few years to bolster its position. In November it spent more than $2 billion to buy a privately held Mexican paint and coating company that will broaden exposure into the Latin American markets. The company is doing a lot of things right but it is more than reflected in the stock price. The price-to-earnings ratio is now the highest in a decade and the housing recovery is not robust enough to justify this valuation. Even if the company hits the earnings estimate from Wall Street, the shares are at 80% of the highest PE ratio reached between 2011 and 2012. This is a very good company but at this level, it is not a good stock for long-term investors.
The same applies to Home Depot (HD).Slight improvements in the housing market have driven the stock price higher by almost 50% in the past year. I avoid home-improvement projects like the plague but handy friends tell me Home Depot is still the chain of choice for building supplies and do-it-yourself projects. It is a very good company, but the stock price is double the 2007 price levels and it should not be. The stock trades at the high end of the last 10 years' valuation and I do not think the housing recovery, or the consumer, has recovered enough to justify the pricing.
Lowe's (LOW) has not had as a dramatic run-up in price but I believe it will share the fate of other building-related stocks. These stocks are all partying like its 2006 -- and that simply is not the case. Housing is still struggling to recover fully and there is enough distressed inventory to make homebuilding a risky business. Housing is better than it was, but it is still not good yet. We are probably nearly two years away from clearing distressed and foreclosed inventory to the point that building can normalize.
I have no idea what the stock market will do today, next week, or for the balance of 2013. I do know that the fundamentals do not justify the valuations of builders and related stocks, and they will probably be laggards in a rally. If we do get a serious decline in the broader market indices, these issues will lead the charge to the bottom. The key to thriving as an investor is surviving, and avoiding these stocks can help achieve that goal in 2013.


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quote: ""The world is ending out there and people are just getting cosmetic surgery and watching debutantes get screwed up the ass." (Claire, Six Feet Under)
links: (1)Anorexia Amongst Ulta-Orthodox Jews (@The Forward), (2) JK About the Ten Dollar Bottles of Pinot Grigio (@The Boston Globe), (3) Everyone is in Jail (@The NY Times), (4) Episode 508 Lay Down the Law Podcast (@The Planet), (5) Ron Sillman on Blog Traffic (@Ron Sillman), (6) OMG I Saw Mary Oliver Read Already, It's Like the Spice Girls, I'm so Lucky!!!! (@Seattle PI)
Temp Image of the day from Episode 509 of The L Word: Liquid Heat
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It's been almost a year since NASA launched Atlantis on STS-135, the final mission of the 30-year space shuttle program. I was there on July 8, 2011 to photograph the launch and I wanted to share an image that has special meaning to me.
This is angle is from the beach on Cape Canaveral and it is one of my favorites. What a canvas, with shuttle Atlantis arching skyward and tiny yellow wild flowers dotting one of Florida's pristine beaches. An interesting note is that I placed this remote camera close to a beach house where astronauts would gather for a cook-out the night before a launch. U.S. astronauts from the Mercury, Apollo and space shuttle programs have countless memories from this slice of beach.
Space shuttle Atlantis completed its mission and along with Endeavour remains at the Kennedy Space Center being prepared for museum display.
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Authorities say that Compton has been located in South Carolina.
Updated at 11:39 a.m.
Authorities say that Compton has been located in South Carolina.
A Silver Alert has been issued for a Surf City man who authorities believe is suffering from dementia or another cognitive impairment.
Teddy Ray Compton, 70, is described as a white man who is 6-feet-two-inches tall and weighs about 185 pounds with short gray hair and brown eyes, according to the alert. He was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and an orange shirt. Authorities say he also wears glasses.
He was last seen at 207N. Bragg Blvd. In Spring Lake.
He could be driving a dark gray 2010 Subaru Forester with a N.C. license plate with the number OVCOB.
Anyone with information should contact Sgt. Voorhees at the Surf City Police Department at 910-328-7711.


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Garces Files Amicus Curiae in Supreme Court Case
UNIVERSITY PARK — Liliana Garces, assistant professor of education and research associate at the Center for the Study of Higher Education, served as counsel of record for the Civil Rights Project at UCLA in an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief filed for a case that was argued Oct. 15 before the United States Supreme Court.
The case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action et al., examined the constitutionality of a Michigan ban on affirmative action. Specifically called Proposal 2, the referendum was designed to overturn affirmative action plans at the University of Michigan and other universities in Michigan and to insert that prohibition into the state constitution.
Last November the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck it down.
As counsel of record, Garces, who earned a law degree at the University of Southern California School of Law, was the author of the brief and oversaw the official filing to the Supreme Court.
"I felt like a translator of sorts. Translating the legal framework to the social scientists. Here are the legal issues, here's the evidence that would be relevant and why. And then summarizing the social science evidence in a way that would be understood by a legal audience."
Amicus curiae briefs are those filed by individuals or organizations that have an interest in the outcome of a case, but aren't directly involved in the lawsuit.
Garces represented the Civil Rights Project by presenting findings from research studies she, and others, conducted that support the sixth circuit's decision for why Proposal 2 is unconstitutional. It's not the first time she has participated in a case at the Supreme Court level.
Garces has now served as counsel of record in three amicus curiae briefs for the Supreme Court, including last year's Fisher v. University of Texas and a previous case involving the constitutionality of K-12 voluntary desegregation policies.
In the oral arguments for Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action et al., Garces included a couple of her own published research articles.
"For this last brief, it was a couple of articles that I had published that were relevant to a section of the brief related to the impact that affirmative action bans have had on the enrollment of students of color in graduate fields," she said. "The findings were relevant in the case to show the consequences that banning affirmative action has had on questions of access and opportunity for students of color."
During oral arguments, however, one of the justices seemed to be lending credence to claims that have been rejected by research.
"This is the mismatch theory, the hypothesis that affirmative action programs harm minorities. That's a theory that has been invalidated by the overwhelming amount of social science evidence that's out there. In fact, the evidence to the contrary is clear and consistent. Yet, it was still something that came up during oral arguments," Garces said.
"The CRP filed the brief in the case because it was concerned about the possible misapplication of research findings and reliance on claims that run counter to the weight of the social science evidence. The exchange reinforced the importance of our brief in the case."
How the court rules, and it may not be until June 2014 that a decision is rendered, could affect Garces' future research.
"It probably will," she said. "In the Fisher case, we didn't anticipate a 7-1 opinion. The case was remanded to the lower court, and I'm helping to bring information from social science evidence that would be relevant to those deliberations, while also thinking about the possible open questions that the case has left for us to address."
-- by Andy Elder (October 2013)


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After some good news reported yesterday, today I have something sad to write on. As reported by Hungarian and Romanian press alike, the seal matrix of the town of Nagybánya has gone missing some time in late July. (Nagybánya was known as Asszonypataka or Neustadt in the Middle Ages, and was one of the most important mining towns in Szatmár county. The town is today called Baia Mare, and is the seat of Maramures county of Romania). The seal matrix was stolen from a glass showcase in the County Historical and Archaeological Museum of Maramures County. The theft was announced on August 2nd.
The octagonal silver seal matrix of Nagybánya is one of the celebrated miniature masterpieces of 14th century Hungarian goldsmith work. It can be dated to the 1360s, and was probably made in a royal workshop. King Louis the Great (1342-1382) has given several privileges to the emerging mining town, and supported construction of its great parish church, dedicated to St. Stephen. The seal shows a seated king atop a hill - likely St. Stephen, with two miners working below. The inscription on the perimeter reads: S[igilium] d[e] R[ivulo] D[ominarum], Mutuus amor civiu[m] optimu[m] e[st] civitatis firmamentu[m] (roughly: 'The mutual love of citizens is the best foundation of the city').
|The original seal matrix and a modern cast on display at Baia Mare
After missing for centuries, the seal matrix was found in a vineyard in 1904. It was put on display in the history museum in 2004. Hopefully it will be recovered soon.
Read more: news report in Romanian and in Hungarian.
Most recent overview of the medieval architecture and sculpture of Nagybánya - in particular an overview of the church of St. Stephen - is available in a new volume about medieval Szatmár county, available in full text in Hungarian and Romanian. Look for the studies of Szilárd Papp and Veronika Csikós.


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'Sticky Mittens' Give Babies A Head Start
'Sticky Mittens' Give Babies A Head Start
This one falls in the amusing category. Some scientists really need to find something better to do. In the mean time... watch the Velcro stock. :)
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University psychologists have discovered that fitting infants with Velcro-covered "sticky mittens" gives them a developmental jump start in learning to explore objects.
The researchers placed the mittens on infants too young to actually grasp objects, but the mittens allowed the infants to snag Velcro-fitted toys merely by swiping at them. In comparisons with infants who hadn't used the mittens, found the psychologists, those who had used the mitten subsequently showed more sophisticated abilities to explore objects.
The researchers said their study, scheduled to be published in the November 2002 issue of Infant Behavior and Development, suggests that even before infants acquire motor skills for manipulating objects, they are developmentally ready for such interactions. The findings emphasize the importance to infant development of providing a rich set of opportunities for infants to learn about the world around them, said the researchers. Also, they said, the findings support the idea that infants' engagement in objects is facilitated by motor skill development.
The research was sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.
"We were led to these studies by earlier findings that infants between 3 and 4 months are really beginning to catch on that they can use the features of objects to determine their boundaries," said lead author Amy Needham, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences. "And other researchers had found evidence that infants between 2 and 5 months of age are developing strategies for exploring objects, like switching between visual and oral exploration. So, we wondered whether there was a relationship between the cognitive development and the motor development, and whether one might influence the other.
"Our thought was that if we gave infants the ability to act on objects prior to the time they normally would, this might bootstrap some kinds of cognitive function, like being able to engage and learn about objects," she said. Besides Needham, other co-authors of the paper are Tracy Barrett and Karen Peterman.
The researchers based their experiments on the observations that at 2 to 3 months of age, infants can extend their hands to swipe at objects, but can't actually reach out and grasp objects. To enable an early grasping-like capability, the scientists created Velcro-covered mittens, as well as blocks and other small toys with complementary Velcro surfaces. The researchers then enlisted parents to give their infants experience using the mittens with the toys for 10 minutes a day over two weeks. In the process, the parents were to encourage the babies to reach out and swat at the toys, showing them how the objects would stick to the mittens.
In subsequent laboratory studies, the researchers compared the object-exploration of babies who had used the mittens with those who had not.
"We found that the babies who had experience with the mittens outperformed the babies who didn't in a number of ways," said Needham. "For example, whether the experienced babies had the gloves off or on, they looked more at objects. And, with the mittens on, they produced more swipes at objects that were immediately preceded by visual contact. Both of these phenomena suggest that the experienced babies were doing something intentional -- that they were more engaged with the objects, and it wasn't just a general increase in manual activity." The researchers also found more "cross-sensory" exploration, said Needham.
"The experienced babies were doing more combinations of visual and oral exploration of objects and more switching back and forth between visual and oral exploration," she said. "So it wasn't just an increase in activity, but more coordination between different sensory modalities for exploring objects." What's more, said Needham, the "mitten-experienced" babies tended to drop the objects less than the non-experienced babies.
While the researchers found quite significant differences between the two groups, they still need to explain the origin of those differences, said Needham.
"There could have been a cognitive difference, in that the babies with the mittens received more experience in being an actor on the world and being able to produce observable consequences that created the differences," she said. "Or, it could have been that just the extra attention the mitten-using babies received from the parents -- perhaps motivating them to pay attention to objects or systematically bringing the babies' attention to objects."
To answer the many scientific questions the study has raised, Needham and her colleagues plan further studies to explore the causes of the enhanced abilities of the mitten-fitted babies.
A key question, she and her colleagues recognize, is whether this jump-started ability has long-term consequences for development.
"One might argue that -- since learning about the physics of the world is so critical -- a head start on learning to attend to objects might have a lasting developmental head start," said Needham. "However, we have no evidence to support that, and we do plan to look at these issues in further research."
Even in the absence of such evidence, however, Needham urges parents to interact with their infants from a very early age, to help them learn about the world of objects. While she and her colleagues have no plans to market "sticky mittens," she sees them as engaging toys that parents might like to try with their infants. In particular, she said, infants with motor disabilities might find such toys helpful in engaging with objects and the physical world.
Infant Perception Laboratory http://psychweb.psych.duke.edu/depar...ipl/index.html
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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Both Sides Now by Haley Westenra.
The idea of Monday's Muse is to introduce you to unknown, forgotten, or overlooked fiction that has been lost from regular radar. I am WriterGirl. I am in the business of saving lives, one book at a time.
What I do is go to amazon, narrow it down to a YA field and type in a random word, any word that comes to mind. I then take a sampling of some I have never heard of before, or only vaguely heard of (and hopefully you as well). No infringement is intended for any description I take for the books. It's purely for promotional reasons. I will try and cover as many genres as possible that are fitting for the random word. Simple but it really uncovers some incredible gems. I will be doing this every other Monday. If there are any words you want to prompt me with, go ahead and fire away.
New World Order by Ben Jeapes.
Jeapes departs from his usual high-tech, military sf to create an action-packed, low-tech sf-alternative history for the Civil War in the seventeenth-century England. Jeapes employs alien invaders, under the leadership of Dhon Do, to end the English Civil War. The incursion produces a predictable clash of cultures that results in improbable alliances: Charles II and Cromwell, and Dhon Do and his half-English son, Daniel, who sympathize with the conquered English. Jeapes' characterization is first-rate. Both historical and fictional characters are well realized, especially Dhon Do and Daniel, thoughtful men, clearly conflicted about their duties in a new world order--definitely not stock teen action-adventure heroes. The riveting story has enough twists and turns, battles and bloodshed to intrigue even hardcore sf fans, but readers will also get a painless lesson in English history. Give this to teens who have read Harry Turtledove's Guns of the South, in which South Africans from the future alter the outcome of the U.S. Civil War. --Chris Sherman, Booklist.
Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan.
One girl too many . . .
When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go.
Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one girl must leave, she sets out in the middle of the night, vowing not to return.
With luminescent detail, National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan transports readers to China, where law conspires with tradition, tearing a young woman from her family, sending her on a remarkable journey to find a home of her own.
Paradise by Joan Elizabeth Goodman.
In 1542, when sixteen-year-old Marguerite is selected by her uncle, the Sieur de Roberval, as one of the young women to accompany him on his voyage to the New World, she seizes the chance to escape the oppressive household of her father. Marguerite persuades her forbidden young lover, Pierre, to join the voyage so they can be wed when they reach Canada. But when Marguerite and Pierre are caught together on the ship, they are banished to the tiny, wild Isle of Demons, off the coast of Quebec—and their voyage to freedom becomes a fight for their very survival. Inspired by the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, Paradise is a gripping novel of adventure, courage, love, and hardship.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.
Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run?
As she struggles to cope with crutches and a first cyborg-like prosthetic, Jessica feels oddly both in the spotlight and invisible. People who don't know what to say, act like she's not there. Which she could handle better if she weren't now keenly aware that she'd done the same thing herself to a girl with CP named Rosa. A girl who is going to tutor her through all the math she's missed. A girl who sees right into the heart of her.
With the support of family, friends, a coach, and her track teammates, Jessica may actually be able to run again. But that's not enough for her now. She doesn't just want to cross finish lines herself—she wants to take Rosa with her.
The Ring by Bobbie Pyron.
Pyron's debut introduces Mardie, a 15-year-old who drinks, smokes pot, does poorly in school and generally disappoints her family. Stumbling across the boxing class at her stepmother's gym isn't an instant fix, but when she does hit rock bottom (getting arrested for shoplifting shortly after she catches the boy she's been seeing cheating on her), it offers her a lifeline to help put her life back together. Inspired by her coach, Kitty, Mardie focuses on boxing and her mandated community service at a home for special needs children, becoming physically and emotionally grounded. Mardie's journey is far from smooth, as her family's internal struggles and her falling-out with her best friend dominate much of her time. Although the action sequences are well written, it's Mardie's character development that will hook readers: she's plenty capable of making mistakes, but just as able to eventually learn from them. It's standard problem novel material, but Pyron does an admirable job of conveying teenage troubles while generally avoiding the feel of an after-school special, and hits at social issues like racism and homophobia without proselytizing. Publisher's Weekly.


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UPDATE (8/9/2012, 5:19 p.m.):
WASHINGTON – A second victim has died from injuries sustained in a Capitol Heights house fire that occurred Wednesday.
Prince George's County Fire Spokesman Mark Brady says in a news release that Ricky Cole, 15, was pronounced dead about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
He had been hospitalized at the Medstar Washington Hospital Center Burn Unit.
The 24-year-old male remains in critical condition.
Michelle Basch, wtop.com
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. (EARLIER: 8/9/2012, 12:33 p.m.) – A fire that raced through a Capitol Heights duplex killing a 5-year-old girl and critically injuring two others has been ruled accidental.
Prince George's County Fire and EMS spokesman Mark Brady says an overloaded electrical circuit in the living room caused the electrical fire that killed Jade Buffaloe.
The fire also caused $150,000 in damage to the home and displaced the family living there. The adjoining duplex did not sustain any damage.
The fire started Wednesday afternoon in the 6300 block of Carrington Court in a two-story duplex.
The surviving victims — her 24-year-old father and a 15-year-old uncle — remain in critical condition.
Neighbor Janette Gibson says she spotted the flames as she was leaving her house.
"I had walked outside to go to the store, and fire was coming from the side of the house. So I started screaming, 'Help!'," she says.
Those screams caught the attention of another neighbor who called the fire department around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Gibson says she was friendly with the kids who lived in the burned-out half of the duplex.
"They come out and say 'Hi' to me in the evening, the children," Gibson says. "All of them. Even that little baby girl."
Gibson says she often saw Buffaloe riding her bicycle around the neighborhood, and when her grandchildren visit her, she let them play with the neighbor children.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found a 24-year-old man had made it out of the house on his own.
Fire crews used ladders to rescue the 5-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy from the second floor of the house.
The father told firefighters the alarms in his house worked and alerted him to the blaze. The department issued new detectors to area residents who asked for one. They will last for the next 10 years.
Both children were unconscious and not breathing when first rescued, and were given CPR on the way to the hospital.
A fourth person who showed up at the scene later collapsed from emotion and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Brady estimates about 60 firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene.
WTOP's Michelle Basch contributed to this report. Follow Michelle and WTOP on Twitter.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
What's Cooking Wednesday: Scallops Wrapped in Proscuitto with Balsamic Peaches in Mango Sauce
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So, this week we have the lovely M visiting us. M is our Swedish daughter - the fourth of our five, former exchange students.
C and M at Dairy Queen
It's always a delight to see M in so many ways, but one thing she and I definitely share is a love of cooking and a love of using fresh ingredients (um, despite her love of DQ).
M also loves to wander our gourmet markets and get to do some "sampling". She arrived on Saturday, our prime local sample day, and we wandered through Whole Foods. It was a pretty funny wander, because I was telling her that Whole Foods makes awesome guacamole (one of her favorite foods), and voila, there was a sample! Then we rounded the corner to the meat/fish area, and there were scallops on sample (scallops are her absolute favorites). When we went to the baking area, the sample was carrot cake, one of her favorite desserts. Certainly, someone had tipped Whole Foods off that M was coming to town!
We both went ga-ga over the scallops. They were huge sea scallops, wrapped in proscuitto, and served with slices of peaches. We decided we wanted to make these for Monday night's dinner - the night before M would have to return to Sweden.
Monday afternoon we went back to Whole Foods to buy the sea scallops. We asked the fish monger for the recipe of the sample that was showcased the previous Saturday. Well, it turns out there was no recipe - these were special marinated skewers. Since the skewers were an outrageous price per pound, and since we like to cook together anyway, we bought the plain scallops, and the fish monger kindly printed out the ingredients label for the skewers so we could reconstruct the dish.
Except we had a long, busy day, forgot marinades, didn't read the label properly, etc., etc., and the end result turned out to be even better. Love it when that happens.
So here's M and my version of:
Scallops Wrapped in Proscuitto with Balsamic Peaches in Mango Sauce
12 large dry sea scallops (you have to ask for dry because otherwise the scallops might be brined and won't taste as good)
1 package of proscuitto (we used Citterio)
3 fresh pieces
6 sprigs of rosemary
1 small handful of fresh basil, cut into strips (chiffonade)
2 TBS good balsamic vinegar
1 - 2 TBS olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup of mango juice blend (odwalla or equiv - we used Trader Joe's Mango Juice)
1. Peel and slice peaches and toss with basil and balsamic vinegar. Let marinate while you do everything else.
2. Rinse, dry and pepper scallops (I didn't use salt due to the proscuitto).
3. Tear each slice of proscuitto into two strips as best you can (this won't be perfect). Wrap each scallop in the proscuitto.
4. Heat 1 - 2 TBS of olive oil over medium high heat (on the lower end of medium high) in a large nonstick pan.
5. When oil is heated, use tongs to place all the scallops in the pan to brown. Spread the sprigs of rosemary on top, like this:
6. Brown for 2 - 3 minutes depending on the thickness of the scallops, then remove the sprigs of rosemary, turn the scallops over with the tongs, and brown the other side. When you've flipped the scallops, add in the peaches and vinegar, like this:
7. After browning for another couple of minutes, remove the scallops to a plate, and continue cooking the peaches, vinegar, basil and rosemary, until the peaches are caramelized.
8. Scrape peaches from the bottom of the pan, add scallops back in, and pour the mango juice over all. Cover and cook for another 2 - 4 minutes, depending on thickness of the scallops.
9. Remove scallops from pan to a serving platter, pour peaches and sauce over all, and remove the rosemary sprigs.
Serves 4.
We served our scallops with Scaletta Green Bean Salad and corn on the cob.
Smaklig Måltid! ("Bon Appetit" in Swedish)
32 comments:
- Marianne Arkins said...
Looks YUMMY. I love scallops...
How wonderful that M. is visiting you :-)
- August 13, 2008 at 5:54 AM
- anno said...
Oh my! This looks fabulous! With the prosciutto, I might even be able to sneak these past my meat & potatos guy...
- August 13, 2008 at 6:35 AM
- Goofball said...
oh wow wow , I must cook this for Jan. He loves scallops and he loves mango ...(so do I).
Or I should give him the recipe to prepare it for me as he's the better cook in the house :p.
tough dilemma
Aaaaah DQ brings back so many memories. I love DQ ...I don't remember the food (except their soup....pretty weird to remember soup at DQ no?) but I remember hanging our there :p
- August 13, 2008 at 7:46 AM
- Goofball said...
3 fresh pieces = 3 fresh peaches? if not I am missing an ingredient
- August 13, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Korie said...
First of all, YUM!!
That looks so good. And ditto to what Goofball says, I think I'll show this to Hans and make him cook it.
Oh and that's really cool, the Swedish. In Dutch the equivalent of Bon Appetit is "smaakelijk" and the word for meal/meal time is maaltijd.
It's almost identical looking.
- August 13, 2008 at 8:03 AM
- Dru said...
That looks good.
- August 13, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Sarabeth said...
That looks great. What a neat thing to do with a visitor.
- August 13, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- painted maypole said...
love that sort of thing - when it turns out even better
C looks like a great kid (and hey, love his shirt! i just put a magnet on my car and my hubby said "are you trying to get me fired?" ;)
- August 13, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- thailandchani said...
As always, it looks wonderful! Yum! :)
- August 13, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Virtualsprite said...
Oh, my mouth is watering!!!!! I should know better than to stop by here before lunch. :-)
- August 13, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- cathouse teri said...
So cool! I am totally Swedish! :)
- August 13, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Oh baby! You got me at the title!
- August 13, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- Sister Sassy said...
I've never had Scallops, but you made me want to eat them :) YUM!
Funny about Whole Foods, she looks like she's enjoying her DQ too (as does C)
like his shirt ;)
- August 13, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Jenn in Holland said...
Mmmm... It all looks yummy and clearly, I need to go shopping when M is in town. Seems like she is very good luck at the samples stands!
- August 13, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- glamah16 said...
Dry scallops! Thats why I never have success cooking them at home. They always turn watery and Icant get that sear going. M looks so pretty. Its so nice to see young people enjoy cooking and not look at it as dated, non progressive or a chore. Great dish.
- August 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM
- Jen said...
Marianne, it was really lovely having her there. Now she's home though... sigh...
I'll tell you Anno, even C pronounced it "edible" so I think you have a chance there. ;-)
Goofball, we really enjoyed it. It was a nice contrast of flavors. And this DQ is only ice cream... there are some DQs that serve food and some just the ice cream part.
And Lilac and Goofball - YES, fresh peaches... I'd better fix that
- August 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Jen said...
Dru, it's pretty darned easy.
Sarabeth, M is more like family than a visitor, which is part of the reason this works. ;-)
PM - C IS a great kid (if I say so myself, lol). His aunt gave him the shirt. We also have bling on our lawn, my car, etc., etc. I guess we're outed, so to speak. ;-)
Thanks, Chani and Virtual!
Teri, is that your background? Your pic looks like it could be.
And look, CG - no tomatoes! ;-)
- August 13, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- Jen said...
Sassy... scallops are kind of hard to describe. They're rich in taste and texture. A little like lobster, maybe? And yes, C loves DQ, too!
Jenn, she lives closer to you than to me, so maybe you can drag her with you on a market trip one of these days. ;-)
Glamah, I just found that trick about asking for the dry scallops myself. They worked wonderfully. Actually, too, M (Swedish daughter), S (German daughter), H (Armenian daughter) and K (Danish son) all love to cook, as do many of my students. Maybe it will make a comeback! My only exchange student who didn't love cooking was my Japanese daughter (unless it involved cookie dough or a traditional dish that she was showing us). ;-)
- August 13, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- Karen Olson said...
I'm very hungry now! This is what I get for reading this before supper!
Looks like you and M are having a fabulous time together, and I LOVE your T-shirt...I just got one myself!
- August 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Unknown said...
Okay, no fair! I'm sitting at work with nary a sausage to eat. Damn, that looks good!
- August 13, 2008 at 5:51 PM
- Jen said...
Karen, actually, that was my son, C, in the picture with M. I love the t-shirt too, though.
Greg - sorry about that! I hope you're home and well-fed now.
- August 13, 2008 at 8:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Just wanted to stop by and say hello to a fellow WCW-ite. Those scallops look AMAZING. I need to make these.
- August 13, 2008 at 9:59 PM
- Momisodes said...
Prosciutto and scallops? Oh my heaven! I can only imagine how yummy that was. I love that you put photos of the different stages. And thank you for the link to the green bean salad!
- August 13, 2008 at 10:00 PM
I love scallops and am always looking for new ways to cook them. I never thought of pairing them with proscuitto before. Excellent!
I made it through the lean years of law school by filling up on the samples at Sam's.
- August 13, 2008 at 10:13 PM
You have the BEST recipes. You've hit some of my food-favorites with this one (Proscuitto is a top ten food around here).
- August 14, 2008 at 1:07 AM
- Jen said...
City Girl - thanks for stopping by! I'll be checking you out, too - I'm behind right now as I'm away visiting my mom.
Sandy, I would think in Boston, the ingredients to this wouldn't be hard.
Dingo, I hadn't thought of them, either, but it sure worked!
Thanks so much, Amy! I was happy that C actually ate them, too (picky eater of the universe).
- August 14, 2008 at 6:47 AM
- Thistlemoon said...
WOWZA! Those looks awesome, Jen! I am so copying this recipe for later! I am so glad that you and M had such a wonderful time! I wish I had a Whole Foods near by - I love sample day!
- August 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
- Jen said...
Jenn - did Bread and Circus become Whole Foods in the Northampton/Amherst area? Our Whole Foods is an extravaganza, but it also lost the small, local flavor. And we definitely lucked out with that recipe!
- August 14, 2008 at 4:07 PM
I love scallops, though I've never made them. I always have them at restaurants. This dish sounds so good, though.
I love C's hair, by the way.
- August 15, 2008 at 1:30 AM
- Jen said...
Hey Leslie! C's really enjoying his hair, too. I'm happy with it as long as he keeps it clean (I know, TMI). Scallops are amazingly easy to make.
- August 15, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Holy cow! Do you cook like this EVERY night? I'm impressed!
I've been trying to talk Mr.4444 into taking in an exchange student, but he isn't interested. Our son did bring two Spanish boys home for a weekend from summer camp last month, and we all really enjoyed their company. I'll keep working on him!
- August 16, 2008 at 12:37 AM
- Jen said...
half-past - No, I sure don't! ;-) We don't have the budget nor the time, but it was great fun. See if you can get Mr. 4444 to try it as an arrival family - there is a desperate need this year, and you'd only be committed for a few weeks. You can contact www.yfu.org to find out how to do this. I just got a notice this morning about how they really need arrival families!
- August 16, 2008 at 11:58 AM


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I'll know soon enough but was that "The Library" restaurant in the 70s with books everywhere.
No, the library was next door and UVa demolished it a few years earlier.
This will be a "pocket park" only as long as it takes the UVa Real Estate Foundation to snatch up the remaining properties on that side of the road (I'm not positive, but IIRC, they do not have the Motel yet) and then they will , after the economy turns around, build the arts precinct there. They own everything on the Cavalier Inn side of the road (including the Italian Villa), up to Barracks Rd. Shopping Center.
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