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The window is closing fast on the chances of having an Africanist as US Secretary of State (Minister of Foreign Affairs). Republicans in the US Congress, human rights activists and a section of Africanists have come out in opposition to Ambassador Susan Rice. Republicans insist that she lied to Americans about the real masterminds of the attack on the US embassy in Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the ambassador. The Africanists and human rights activists are not enthused by Ms Rice's cozy relationship with the regimes of Paul Kagame of Rwanda and the late Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. A section of African elites (the
elitist sovereignty crowd) may also be wary of her support for interventionism on humanitarian grounds.
As things stand Pres. Obama might be forced to choose Sen. John Kerry over Ms Rice in order to avoid an unnecessary war with a section of Congress at a time when everyone and their dogs and cats should be worrying about the fiscal cliff.
John Kerry would not be a terrible choice. His past focus on drug trafficking in Latin America, free trade agreements and climate change would make him useful to Africa.
As I have written before, Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point for drugs from Asia and Latin America destined for the European market. Africa also needs more trade with the US beyond AGOA. And climate change will probably affect Africans the most since the vast majority of them depend on rain-fed agriculture and live under conditions that can least withstand natural disasters. But Kerry is not an Africa expert and has done little on the region beyond his support for the South Sudanese cause. This makes it hard to see how he will connect his global focus on these important issues to the African context.
Susan Rice on the other hand has studied Africa and has in the past shown a pragmatism that you want in the top US diplomat. Plus it helps that Ms Rice would have Obama's ear as she is reported to be very close to the president. She has had successes at the UNSC, the highlight of which was the intervention in Libya to stop Gaddafi from butchering civilians in Benghazi. Rice is a smart straight-talker whose undiplomatic streaks can be a plus in a region full of under-achieving strongmen.
For a very long time Foggy Bottom has seen Africa through a humanitarian lens. Even Hillary Clinton, with all her awesomeness, has done little in new initiatives for Africa beyond human rights issues and a campaign that involved providing cameras for rape victims in eastern DRC. These are not unimportant issues. I am not saying that human rights catastrophes in Africa should be ignored. Just that this should not be a secretary of state's pet project for the entire the region.
In my opinion Ms Rice's biggest plus is that she gets one of Africa's biggest challenges: state incapacity.
It would be nice to have a US secretary of state who takes state capacity development in the region as her pet project (and has the guts to at times subordinate democracy promotion to this project). Her praise of Kagame and Zenawi (no doubt both rabid and at times murderous autocrats) was centred around this very same idea (and to be honest, the ghosts of Rwanda circa 1994). Democracy promotion is a noble cause. But it must be done with a sober mind. The last thing you want is a procrustean approach to the promotion of rights, freedoms and liberties like we have seen in the past.
(Just for the record, I am pro-democracy and have criticized the likes of Kagame here and here, among other forums).
Anyone who reads the development reports side by side with the human rights reports from Rwanda and Ethiopia must be conflicted. I have talked to a senior opposition figure from Ethiopia who told me that she thinks the biggest challenge to fighting Meles Zenawi (at the time) is that "people see the dams and the roads." It is hard to ignore revealed competence. I would hazard to guess that most people would rather live in autocratic Singapore than democratic Malawi. Yes, it is not an either/or argument with these regimes. All I am saying is that interventionism has to be constructive and not lead to the rolling back of hard fought gains against disease, illiteracy and poverty in these states.
As I opined following Obama's reelection, I think that security will be at the top of the US Africa policy, of course dressed up in rhetoric about democracy and human rights. John Kerry will handle that on auto pilot. His focus will be on the Middle East and South Asia. It would have been better to have an Africanist at the helm who understands more about the continent and could sneak in a few policy agendas here and there that could make a difference on the ground. An aggressive focus on state capacity development could have been one of those policies.
This is a missed opportunity for Africa. For the first time in history Africa had a chance to have the number one American diplomat be a person who is an expert on a section of the region (Ms Rice wrote a thesis on Zimbabwe). Her defense of a couple of African autocrats aside, I think Ms Rice would have been better for Africa than John Kerry – who in all likelihood will focus on the Middle East and South Asia and continue Sub-Saharan Africa's designation to the "humanitarianism column."


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This weekend our boys, once again, amazed friends by eating vegetables. And it wasn't even pizza. They ate winter squash, green beans, salad (with garlic, cilantro and cabbage), sliced kolhrabi, beets…
We always get comments on this, apparent, oddity. Our five-year old and two-year old beg us for carrots and green beans. I've been known to complain to my sister that H ate all the carrots and now I don't have enough for tonight's dinner. And I've had to hide tomatoes from them.
People always ask how we got them to be this way. My number one rule is that I'm not a short order cook. What I make for dinner is what we all eat together. No exceptions. Besides that, here are my tips on how to get your kids to eat their vegetables:
- Grow Veggies. It is cool to see something go from seed to plant to fruit to table. Let them plant. Let them water. Let them harvest. I betcha they'll eat it. If I ask H which vegetables taste the best, the ones from the garden or those from the store, his answer is not surprising… the garden!
- Let Them Shop. After the garden, H likes vegetables in this order: "The Farm" (our CSA), the farmer's market, then the store. He loves knowing where his food comes from. Our dinner conversation typically involves some, "where is this from" Q & A. He is more invested in the farm vegetables, because he has seen the ground it was grown in. The farm is fun. He like the farmers market because we talk it up, and because he usually gets to pick something out to take home. But even at the grocery store, he gets to weigh in on choices. "Would you rather have kale or broccoli for dinner this week?" Making a choice, gives them an investment in eating the vegetable later.
- Let them cook. Even little kids can pull up a step stool and wash carrots and potatoes. Older kids can stir the onions as they sauté. If they've helped make it, they are more likely to want to help eat it. Putting work into it makes it more appealing.
- Eat YOUR Veggies. Kids don't buy the "do as I say, not as I do" garbage. They will do what you do. If I hear my kids saying something I don't like, chances are they heard it from me first. Same goes for food. If you don't like something, only eat a bite or two. But eat some, and eat it with a happy face. This applies to your partner too. If Dad doesn't want to eat the green stuff, you kids probably won't either.
- Offer Veggies. I know that I've already grown tired of hearing "Can we have a snack?" But I know I can grab the bag of green beans from the ice box and they can go to town. This is because I say, "Sure, would you guys like green beans or carrots?" They usually say yes to both. If I offered green beans or bunny crackers, they're going to pick the crackers. So I don't offer the crackers.
- Remember, Tastes Change. Remind them of that too. Just because they didn't like it last time, doesn't mean they won't like it this time. Babies and children need to try foods several times before they really know if they like them or not. At every meal, they have to at least try every thing that is served. This is good practice as adults too, and it's great for teaching good manners as a dinner guest – just because you don't like Mom's potato salad, doesn't mean you won't like Mrs. Dickinson's. You need to at least try a bite. It's polite, and you might be surprised.
- Don't Buy Junk. Just don't. If potato chips aren't available, they'll eat an apple instead. You will too. 😉
The recurring theme here is investment. The more work they put into their food, the more they will want to get out of it. And you can't argue with delicious results. We don't draw battle lines with food, but we do negotiate. This summer, the only vegetable H really didn't like was zucchini. That was tough at first. I still made lots of zucchini. But at every meal, I told him, he didn't have to eat all of it, but he had to try it. By the end of the summer, he had no problem with it. It still wasn't his favorite. I put one into a late ratatouille, and when he asked for seconds, he said, "but no zucchini, please." I'm ok with him picking it out, especially on seconds. Especially because he ate some with his first serving.
It's not automatic. We still have to remind them to try things. Sometimes although I offer two veggies, they ask for crackers. But generally, it works. You too can amaze your friends! 😉
Moms, what are your tips for getting the greens into your kids?

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"I just got the results back from all of my tests and great news - the thyroid cancer has been removed from my body and all my lymph nodes are clear," Burke wrote in her blog on Modern Mom.
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The Dancing with the Stars co-host is now enjoying putting the ordeal behind her and focusing on recovery. "It's so out of the ordinary for me - to not be working or rushing from place to place driving the kids around," she wrote. "But I have to admit I could kinda get used to this. I'm starting to feel like a housewife, minus the household chores... not a bad gig."
Burke continues to look ahead, keeping up the positive attitude she displayed throughout the harrowing ordeal. "Every day I'm feeling better and I'm looking forward to getting back to my usual routine, but with a bit of a different outlook," Burke said. "I've never been one to take life for granted and it sounds so cliché to say it, but this whole thyroid experience has given my family such a scare that it seems to have brought us all closer. And it's allowing us to ring in the New Year with a newfound respect for life."
Burke has been very candid throughout the ordeal, and recovery is no exception. The mother of four has shared how she's progressing on Twitter, a process which currently consists of marathoning Homeland and eating old Halloween candy.
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Greg Zyla: Eastern one-mile 'dragstrip' is ECTA home
Q: Hi, Greg. I know you race a drag car, so is it true that there is a one-mile dragstrip in the east somewhere that officially sanctions races? I'd love to see it in person. David D., email from Pennsylvania.
A: David, yes and no. The track you are talking about is a 9,000-foot-long private airport used mostly by DHL business delivery airplanes. The landing strip is 150 feet wide and offers two 33-foot lanes. The GPS address is 2870 Old State Road 73 if you have navigation in your vehicle.
Instead of side-by-side drag racing, the track is utilized for land speed record racing. It is the official track of the growing East Coast Timing Association (ECTA), and it has been the organization's home base since 2003.
The good news is that ECTA's first event for 2013 is scheduled for April 27 and 28.
Although I haven't written much about land speed racing, it is still a very popular side of motorsports where everything from motorcycles to specially constructed streamlines try to set land speed records. Each participant receives a time slip with both half-mile and full mile speeds recorded at ECTA events.
Land speed racing dates back to hot rodding's early days out west where racers like Ed Iskenderain, the Summers brothers, Vic Edelbrock, Ed Winfield and hundreds of others made names for themselves. The most popular land speed sites are the salt flat dry lake beds in Bonneville, Utah, and El Mirage, Calif. Both are run to this day by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA).
Since land speed racers needed a place to run in the east, Bonneville racers Tom Sarda and John Beckett founded ECTA. ECTA is a membership organization, and you must be a member to participate in the events. (See http://ecta-lsr.com for more info).
The event this April is the first of four on the ECTA 2013 scheduled, and is called the "Top Speed Challenge." Since the entry list is already filled, I'd say it will be a worthwhile event for you to attend.
I want to thank Jeff Clarkin, from Wiseco Pistons in Mentor, Ohio, for helping with all the information. Clarkin will be competing on a motorcycle at the event, as motorcycles are a big part of the show. Additionally, if you'd like to view a great movie about land speed racing, one of my favorite actors, Anthony Hopkins, stars in "The World's Fastest Indian" from 2006.
Thanks for your question, and I am going to attend one of these events in the future.
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Posted by Arctic Wolf on July 12, 2012
Spicebox Whisky is based in Montreal, Quebec where they blend and bottle their Spicebox Canadian Spiced Whisky. According to their website the spiced whisky is blended from Canadian whisky stocks which are aged from 3 years to 6 years. The spices and vanilla used to flavour the blend are extracted through a process they call cold fusion. Apparently three different vanilla beans are used (from various parts of the world) as well as the blender's "secret spices".
The product is bottled at 70 proof or 35 % alcohol by volume and has been brought into the Alberta Marketplace by Mondia Alliance Wine and Spirits of Montreal. here is an excerpt from my review:
"… The whisky displays a nice light copper colour in the glass and a quick tilt of the glass and a slow swirl reveals a light coating of liquid on the inside of the glass which coalesces into thin legs running down into the whisky. The initial aroma is of vanilla and rye spice. I also notice some lighter notes of cinnamon and cloves with perhaps a smattering of nutmeg and citrus zest …"
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William Howard Taft is the Washington Nationals' new racing president, joining George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt in the team's fourth-inning presidents race.
The peerless Dan Steinberg broke the story for The Washington Post late Friday, in advance of the team's official announcement planned for today at NatsFest, the Nationals' mid-winter fan festival at the DC Convention Center. "Bill," as the Nats will call him, will make his official appearance at 2:15pm.
Taft, who also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, has been nicknamed "Big Chief" by the Nats brass. A Twitter account appeared Friday evening at @NatsBigChief27, signaling the prominent role the team plans for him in social media. He is just the second racing president to have his own Twitter account.
Taft had been pegged as a 35-to-1 longshot on this page just this morning, but apparently Teddy Roosevelt himself made the decision to go with the notoriously obese Republican who succeeded him as president.
"Teddy has handpicked the next president for the Presidents' Race," Nationals COO Andy Feffer told Steinberg. "There was a great amount of banter and discussion back and forth, but Teddy won out with his recommendation."
If Big Bill is to in fact displace Teddy as a fan favorite, it would not be the first time that Roosevelt hand-picked his successor. At the beginning of his second term, Roosevelt tapped the former judge to be his Secretary of War, then four years later campaigned aggressively for Taft and helped hand him the White House.
It wasn't long, however, before Roosevelt concluded that Taft had abandoned his progressive ideals, and became one of President Taft's most vocal critics. Roosevelt ultimately formed the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party to run against his former colleague.
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This Contract is between the Client, whose name and address is listed above, and Lindsay Rae D'Ottavio
AGE OF CONSENT: Only people age 21 or older are eligible for boudoir photography services.
RETAINER AND PAYMENTS: The Client shall make a non-refundable booking retainer of $295.00 for the Photographer to perform the services specified herein. Upon payment, the Photographer will reserve the time and date agreed upon by both parties. The Client agrees that this retainer is earned by the Photographer when paid, and is remitted in consideration of the experience, reputation, skill of the Photographer, and in consideration of the inability of the Photographer to schedule other clients during this time.
PROOFS: The photographer will produce a minimum of 45 proofs from the session. The photographer has sole discretion in selecting the images to show from your session and is under no obligation to show more. Unedited proofs are never presented or sold to clients.
PHOTOGRAPHER'S STANDARD PRICE LIST: The charges in this Contract are based on the Photographer's Standard Price List. This price list is adjusted periodically and future orders shall be charged at the prices in effect at the time when the order is placed. Orders placed after the event are billed at the rates in effect on the most recently published price list. Unless otherwise noted, the number of Client chosen photographs included in an album is limited based on the size and selection of album chosen (which is specified on our most current price list). Inclusion of additional images will require an upgrade in the number of book pages. Any additional retouching requested by Client will be billed at $25 per image. Products are subject to availability from the manufacturer. Shipping and handling charges are not included unless otherwise stated.
PUNCTUALITY: Please arrive on time to your appointment. Sometimes shoots are scheduled back to back, and to avoid a rushed shoot, or having to reschedule altogether, it is imperative that you arrive on time. If you are more than 15 minutes late to your appointment, you may be asked to reschedule.
CANCELLATION AND RESCHEDULING: If for any reason Client cancels this Contract prior to or on the booking date, the Photographer shall keep the retainer and any monies paid on the date of cancellation. All cancellations must be made in writing and signed by all contracted parties. If the Client fails to supply written cancellation or cancels within sixty (60) days of the contracted date, the Client shall be required to pay the full balance of the Contract. The session retainer, required at the time of booking, is not refundable upon cancellation of appointment. If you need to reschedule, you must do so at least 60 days before your scheduled session start time. The retainer can be applied towards a new date if cancelled with more than 60 days notice of your appointment. If less than 60 days notice is given, your retainer will not be refunded or able to be applied to a new date. If more than 60 days notice is given, there will be a $300 rescheduling fee upon first time rescheduling. For subsequent reschedules, a $400 fee will be charged for each appointment change. Any rescheduling fees charged are due before the session will take place. If the photographer cancels your session for any reason other than late or missed payment, and cannot reschedule within 90 days, your retainer will be returned in full. If a "force majeure" causes the cancellation of your session, the photographer may reschedule your session at a future date within 365 days or distribute a refund of the session fee at her discretion.
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS: All photographic materials, including but not limited to negatives, transparencies, proofs, and previews, shall be the exclusive property of the Photographer. All images must be selected and product ordering must occur at your in person reveal and ordering session. Reveal and ordering sessions will be scheduled within 2-4 weeks after your session date, based on the photographer's availability. Only one reveal and ordering session will be made available for the session. No products, including digital files, will be released until the agreed upon amount is paid in full per the payment schedule decided upon at the reveal and ordering session.
ARTISTIC RIGHTS: The Photographer retains the right of discretion in selecting the photographic materials released to the Client. The Photographer also retains the right to make adjustments to the photographs in post-processing as the Photographer deems within their creative control. Additional processing may be requested for $25 per file.
COPYRIGHT AND REPRODUCTIONS: The Photographer shall retain copyright ownership of all works created in the course of this Contract, including but not limited to all images in their original and processed formats. It is understood that any duplication or alteration of original images is strictly prohibited {Copyright Law Title 17, Appendix V. Additional Provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005, Section 102} without the written permission of the Photographer. Alterations include, but are not limited to, application of filters, cropping, or modifications of any kind.
CLIENT USAGE: The Client shall only use the photographic prints, including digital files, in accordance with the permissions within this Contract. The Client's prints are for personal use only and shall not be submitted to contests or reproduced for commercial use. The Client shall not make, or provide authorization to a third-party to make, reproductions of works resulting from this Contract without express written permission of the Photographer. Additional prints and/or digital files may be purchased between third-parties and the Photographer with the permission of the Client.
SOCIAL MEDIA: The Client may share web/blog post links and social media albums through use of the share functions and dissemination of direct links. The Client shall not copy, download, screen shot, or capture the photographs in any other fashion. The Client shall identify the "2019 Photography by Lindsay Rae" in the caption of all photographs uploaded to social media websites and profiles.
FAILURE TO PERFORM: If the Photographer is unable to deliver photographic materials due to technological malfunctions, including but not limited to the equipment operation and image processing, or photographic materials are otherwise lost or damaged without fault of the Photographer, liability shall be limited to rescheduling the session at no additional cost to the client within 365 days of the session.
COMPLETION SCHEDULE: Completion schedules and delivery of products shall be determined from the date of final approval by the Client. Third-party manufacturing laboratories are utilized for products and may provide restrictions on an order not outlined in this Contract. Prints can take 3-6 weeks from time of final approval to be processed and delivered to the Client. The Client should place orders with sufficient time to allow for normal delays and notify the Photographer at the time of the order if there are any extenuating circumstances requiring a quicker turn around. A fee of $500 shall be applied to expedited product requests. The photographer will notify Client at the reveal and ordering session if expediting the process is an option. The Photographer shall not be held responsible for delivery delays due to the fault of manufacturing and/or delivery services.
PRODUCTION: Once the images are chosen/submitted at the time of your viewing and ordering session, the order is considered in production. Due to the custom nature of orders, an order cannot be changed or cancelled once it is in production. No refunds will be given or changes able to be made on products after the order has been placed. Any remaining balance on orders must be paid in full before final proofs will be sent or products delivered. If the Client fails to pay for their order 45 days after the order is placed, the order becomes the sole property of The Photographer. The Photographer reserves the right to use the product for her own use.
LIMIT OF FILE STORAGE: The Photographer may destroy, delete, or otherwise erase all photos from your session at any time after you place your order. She may choose to keep the photos you purchase for a limited time after your order however, images will never be kept longer than 100 days.
SALES TAX: Applicable sales tax will be added to all print/product orders.
PRIVACY STATEMENT: All information provided via any of the intake forms on this site will NOT be shared with any third parties. Images with any nudity or implied nudity will not be posted online or for advertisement without your permission as stated in our model release (please see separate model release).
ARBITRATION: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Contract, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration, administered in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, administered by a licensed Arbitrator in the jurisdiction closest to the Photographer's office and the arbitration award may be entered for judgment in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may refuse to arbitrate when the dispute is for a sum less than $1000. In no event shall an award in an arbitration initiated under this clause exceed the contracted price of the controversy in dispute.
INDEMNIFICATION: The Photographer shall be held harmless for any and all injury to the Client and the Client's property during the course of the photographic event and the immediately surrounding events.
MISCELLANY: This Contract incorporates the entire understanding of the parties. Any modifications of this Contract must be in writing and signed by both parties. Any waiver of a breach or default hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach or default of either the same provision or any other provision of this Contract. This Contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
ATTORNEY'S FEES: If either party to this Contract brings a legal action against the other party to this Contract to secure the specific performance of this Contract, collect damages for breach of this Contract, or otherwise enforce or interpret this Contract, the prevailing party shall recover reasonable attorney's fees and all costs, premiums for bonds, fees, and other expenses expended or incurred in the action in addition to any other relief that may be awarded.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY: Client acknowledges and understands that the Photographer(s) cannot guarantee that any specific photo will be taken. The Photographer(s) will make every effort to accommodate Client's wishes and acknowledges that there is a reasonable expectation of professional quality consistent with the photographers work. The client understands that the work on display through websites, prints, ect. has been retouched and the client will get untouched proofs, additionally retouching outside what is included in the package is an extra charge. The Photographer(s) cannot be held liable for factors over which they have no control which may affect the quality of the photographs, such as Client lateness and photogenicity. Additionally, The Photographer(s) cannot be responsible for the effects of the subjects' physical appearance including body position, facial expressions, blinking or clothing. The Photographer(s) has the right to refuse to produce any image that could violate libel or copyright laws, or in the course of its production could cause or contribute to bodily injury, death, equipment damage or property damage or destruction.
CONSTRUCTION: Any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not apply in interpreting this Contract. The language in this Contract shall be interpreted as to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any party.
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Egypt's president: Unrest will add to battered economy
CAIRO — Egypt's Islamist president used his first address before the newly convened upper house of parliament on Saturday to warn against any unrest that could harm the country's battered economy, as he renewed calls for the opposition to join in a national dialogue.
In the nationally televised speech, Mohammed Morsi said the nation's entire efforts should be focused on "production, work, seriousness and effort" now that a new constitution came into effect this week. He blamed protests and violence the past month for causing further damage to an economy already deteriorating from the turmoil since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak early last year.
In an alarm bell over the economy, the central bank announced soon after Morsi's speech that foreign currency reserves — which have been bleeding away for nearly two years — are at a "critical" level, the minimum needed to cover foreign debt payments and buy strategic imports.
Morsi's strongly worded address to lawmakers appeared aimed at sending a message to the mainly liberal and secular opposition not to engage in any new protests, depicting unrest as a threat to the priority of rebuilding.
All sides must "realize the needs of the moment" and work only through "mature democracy while avoiding violence," Morsi told the 270-member upper house, or Shura Council. "We condemn and reject all forms of violence by individuals, groups, institutions and even from the nation and its government. This is completely rejected."
He appeared to chide the opposition for not working with him.
"We all know the interests of the nation," he said. "Would any of us be happy if the nation goes bankrupt? I don't doubt anyone's intentions. But can anyone here be happy if the nation is exposed to economic weakness?"
The mainly liberal and secular opposition accuses Morsi of concentrating all power on the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hails, and other Islamists and steamrolling any alternative voices.
The main opposition groups have refused to join a national dialogue convened by Morsi, saying past talks have brought no compromise. They also stayed out of the president's appointments last week of a few opposition figures to the overwhelmingly Islamist Shura Council, calling the move tokenism.
The bitterness between the two sides was inflamed by the crisis of the past month leading up to the referendum that passed the new constitution. Mass street rallies were held by both the opposition trying to stop the charter and by Morsi's Islamist supporters determined to push it to victory. Clashes that erupted left 10 dead. The charter was approved by 64 percent, but with a low turnout of around 33 percent. Civil society groups and the opposition also point to incidents of fraud in the vote they say have not been properly investigated.
Opponents fear the new charter will consecrate the Islamists' power. The document allows for a stronger implementation of Islamic law, or Shariah, than in the past and has provisions that could limit civil rights and freedoms of minorities.
Morsi has depicted his national dialogue as a chance for all factions to have a voice in planning the next steps and drawing up key legislation to put before the upper house, including a law organizing parliamentary elections. So far, mainly Islamists and only a few small opposition parties are participating.
Liberal former lawmaker Amr Hamzawi said the president's speech offered no new insights and failed to acknowledge significant opposition to the Islamist-drafted constitution. Hamzawi was among those who walked out in protest of the Islamists' handling of the draft process earlier this year.
"We need binding mechanisms to amend the flawed constitution, guarantee that the legislative role of the upper house of parliament will be temporary and to ensure fair elections," he said. "We will not enter into fraud elections each and every time."
Morsi's address aimed to set the tone as the Shura Council begins work on a slate of new laws. The upper house normally has few powers but it will now serve as the law-making body until a new lower house is chosen in national elections expected within a few months. Two thirds of the Shura Council members were elected in voting last winter, but few Egyptians bothered to vote, and Islamist allies of Morsi swept the chamber.
The ultraconservative Salafi al-Nour Party, the second strongest party after the Brotherhood's political wing, suffered a blow this week when its founder and chief Emad Abdel-Ghafour resigned to start a new party, Al-Watan. He took with him around 150 members, including many who were elected to office. The fracturing of the party may bolster the Brotherhood in the coming elections.
In his speech, Morsi repeatedly said it was time to return to "production" and "work." But he did not give details on an overall economic program, including crucial questions like how the government will tackle a crippling budget deficit or carry out expected tax hikes or reductions of subsidies.
The impending austerity measures are major concerns in a country where some 40 percent of the 85 million population live near or below the poverty line of surviving on $2 a day. Morsi's government has requested a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to bridge the budget deficit, but talks are on hold after the government reversed plans for tax hikes this month.
Instead, Morsi denounced those who he said were spreading panic about Egypt's economy, saying the country will "not go bankrupt." He underlined that banks were healthy, after a rush to buy dollars the past week over fears of devaluation of the Egyptian pound.
"Those who talk about bankruptcy, they are the ones who are bankrupt. Egypt will never be bankrupt and will not kneel, God willing," he said to a round of applause.
He directly blamed the past month's violence for Standard & Poor's downgrading this week of Egypt's long-term credit rating one level this week to B-, six steps below investment grade.
Morsi presented the country's foreign currency reserves, currently at $15 billion, as up slightly from last year, though he acknowledged they were still down dramatically from around $36 billion in 2010.
After last year's anti-Mubarak uprising, foreign investment and tourism — one of the country's biggest money makers — dried up. With fewer dollars coming in, the central bank has been spending reserves furiously to prop up the currency and pay for key imports. The slight uptick in reserves from last year is mainly due to hundreds of millions of dollars provided by the Gulf nation of Qatar.
In its statement Saturday, the central bank announced the introduction of a new auction system for banks buying and selling U.S. dollars, urging citizens to "ration usage" of foreign currency in favor of the Egyptian pound.
Amr Adly, who heads the Social and Economic Justice Unit at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, said Morsi's speech failed to outline a real economic recovery plan.
"We need to know the reality of the economic situation and have an idea of the measures that will be taken to address this situation," Adly said. "We are not bankrupt yet because we can still service the debt, but we are on the verge of bankruptcy."


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It's time for an intervention. The brutal massacre of over 100 people, mostly women and children, in Houla, Syria last week shook the world's conscience. Despite more than a year of atrocities, the murder of civilians in Houla has spurred the largest global outcry to date and rare unified condemnation by the United Nations Security Council. It also brought increased calls for military intervention with U.S. General Martin Dempsey warning that he had contingency plans ready and that atrocities like those in Houla made military intervention, although a last resort, all the more likely.
But the massacre in Houla should also raise the specter of another kind of intervention. The international community should have a diplomatic "intervention" with Syria's strongest remaining ally, Russia. In the chorus of condemnation that resounded after the massacre, Russia's voice stood out for its glaring ambiguity. Even as it joined others in condemning what happened in Houla, Russia provided Syria with political cover and quashed any hope for meaningful action.
Russia remains Syria's main arms supplier with deliveries continuing as early as last week. It has also blocked all attempts at the United Nations (UN) Security Council to apply consequences like sanctions to Syria. Even after the Houla massacre, Russia questioned the UN monitor's conclusions that the Assad regime was responsible, criticizing other countries for expelling Syrian diplomats, and making it clear that it would not consider further action.
The Obama administration has begun to pressure Russia, but has not done enough. The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, who is leading the charge, stated yesterday that if Russia did not join in UN Security Council action that a worst case scenario of regional escalation was likely to unfold. Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was pressing her case with Russia and, when asked about military intervention, responded, "every day that goes by makes the argument for it stronger". Yet, the tough talk is undermined by the reality that the United States itself continues to do business with the very same Russian state-owned arms company that is arming the Syrian regime.
The United States should also work with Syria's regional neighbors. Last November, the Arab League kicked Syria out. Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have criticized Russia for blocking earlier resolutions, saying that the action was effectively giving Syria "a license to kill". These countries need to make clear to Russia that supporting Syria is not in its regional interest. They may also be able to provide some incentives to counter Russia's worries over lost business and influence with the fall of Syria.
Russia is not alone in its support of the Syrian regime. Iran continues to pump money and weapons into Syria and mistakenly admitted last week that it was sending its own troops in. Venezuela delivered a ship full of diesel fuel last week, undermining efforts toward building effective pressure. And China has joined Russia in blocking action in the Security Council. But, Russia has been by far the strongest voice in protecting the Syrian regime from international pressure.
The fact is that Russia continues to arm a regime that has killed more than 12,000 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The discovery yesterday of 13 bodies with their hands bound and gunshot wounds to the head, coupled with reports of the further shelling of Houla demonstrates that atrocities are set to continue. As they do, military options may very well become necessary as a last resort. However, first there should be an intervention with Russia.
An opportunity to engage Russia emerges tomorrow when Russian President Vladamir Putin begins a trip to France and Germany. It should be made clear to Russia that, if it truly wants to avoid any military intervention, now is the time to pull out all the diplomatic and economic stops. Russia must stop arming the Assad regime and be clear in its condemnation of the brutality occurring in places like Houla.
Condemnation without consequence is hollow. The current trajectory of atrocities and escalating regional sectarian war is in no one's interest, not even Russia's.
Daniel P. Sullivan is the Director of Policy and Government Relations for United to End Genocide.


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The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine included an article by Peter Bebergal, titled "On the Edge." (The teaser reads as follows: "Can a test reveal if a person has a subconscious desire to kill himself? Peter Bebergal, who lost a brother to suicide, goes inside Mass. General, where Harvard researchers are trying to find out.") Here are a few excerpts.
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Four years after my brother's death, Harvard researchers at MGH are experimenting with a test they think could help clinicians determine just that. It focuses on a patient's subconscious thoughts, and if it can be perfected, these researchers say it could give hospitals more of a legal basis for admitting suicidal patients.
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This missing piece in the suicidal puzzle is what prompted the innovative research study now in its final phase at MGH. The study, led by Dr. Matthew Nock, an associate professor in the psychology department at Harvard University, is called the Suicide Implicit Association Test. It's a variation of the Implicit Association Test, or IAT, which was invented by Anthony Greenwald at the University of Washington and "co-developed" by [Situationist Contributor] Dr. Mahzarin Banaji, now a psychology professor at Harvard who works a few floors above Nock on campus. The premise is that test takers, by associating positive and negative words with certain images (or words) – for example, connecting the word "wonderful" with a grouping that contains the word "good" and a picture of a EuropeanAmerican – reveal their unconscious, or implicit, thoughts. The critical factor in the test is not the associations themselves, but the relative speed at which those connections are made. (If you're curious, take a sample IAT test online at implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/.)
The IAT itself is not new – it was created in 1998 – and has been used to evaluate unconscious bias against African-Americans, Arabs, fat people, and Judaism. But critics question whether the test is actually practical, and up until now no one has tried to apply it to suicide prevention. As part of his training, Nock worked extensively with adolescent self-injurers – self-injury, such as cutting and burning, is an important coping method for those who engage in it, though they are often unlikely to acknowledge it. Nock thought that the IAT could serve as a behavioral measure of who is a self-injurer and whether such a person was in danger of continuing the behavior, even after treatment. In their first major study, Nock and Banaji asserted that the IAT could be adapted to show who was inclined to be self-injurious and who was not. And more important, they said, the test could reveal who was in danger of future self-injury.
The next step, Nock realized, was to use the test to determine, from a person's implicit thoughts, whether someone who had prior suicidal behavior was likely to continue to be suicidal. It would give doctors a third component, along with self-reporting and clinician reporting, and result in a more complete picture of a patient. Nock doesn't assume that a test like the IAT would be 100 percent accurate, but he believes it would have predictive ability. "It is not a lie detector," he says. "But in an ideal situation, a clinician who is struggling with a decision to admit a potentially suicidal patient to the hospital, or with an equally difficult decision to discharge a patient from the hospital following a potentially lethal suicide attempt, the IAT could provide additional information about whether the clinician should admit or keep that patient in the hospital."
Over two years, researchers at MGH asked patients who had attempted suicide if they would be willing to participate in the test. About two-thirds of them agreed (some 200 patients) – even though some had tried killing themselves just hours before – and after answering a battery of questions about their thoughts, sat with a laptop and took the IAT.
During one test, a person was shown two sets of words on a screen, one in the upper left corner, one in the upper right. A single word then appeared in the center, and the test taker was asked to indicate with a keystroke the corner containing the word that connected to the center word. The corner sets were drawn from two groups of words (one group was "escape" and "stay," and another was "me" and "not me"). In one version, the sets were "escape/not me" and "stay/me," and the series of words that appeared in the center included, among others, "quit," "persist," "myself," and "them." The correct answers called for "quit" to be associated with the side that had "escape," for "myself" to be matched with the side that had "me," and so forth. In theory, a delay in answering on "quit," even if the person got it right, could reveal that he was associating the idea of "quit" with the idea of himself. The word sets varied depending on the test, and bias could emerge in a positive or negative way. For example, if the sets were "escape/me" and "stay/not me" and a person hesitated in correctly matching "myself" to the side with "me," it could reveal that he was associating himself with the idea of "stay."
For about the next five months, Nock and his research team at Harvard will analyze all the data collected from MGH. If they think their findings show promise, they will follow up and run their experiment again to see if it yields similar results. If it does, they may seek to implement the test at an area hospital. For now, following up with patients will be pivotal in assessing the test's effectiveness. Tragically, though, the only way researchers will know for sure whether the test can predict behavior is if a key number of patients attempt suicide again.
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Nock says it's still too early to tell how well the test will predict someone's likelihood of engaging in suicidal behavior. But he says the hope is that the IAT will be able to record subtle distinctions between those who are at risk and those who aren't by measuring how "positively or negatively people value the option of suicide as a potential response to their intolerable distress.
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We recommend the entire article, which you can link to here. For a collection of Situationist posts about implicit associations, click here.


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Lights out: Ravens beat 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — From blowout to blackout to shootout, Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens had just enough power to survive one of the most electric Super Bowls ever.
The outage flipped a switch for the San Francisco 49ers, but the Ravens used a last-gasp defensive stand to hold on Sunday night, 34-31.
America's biggest sporting event came to a half-hour standstill in the third quarter when most of the Superdome lights and the scoreboards went dark. By then, the Ravens had a 22-point lead.
Everything changed after that, though, and the 49ers staged a sensational rally before Ray Lewis and Co. shut it down. But there were plenty of white-knuckle moments and the Ravens (14-6) had to make four stops inside their 7 at the end.
For a Super Bowl with so many subplots, it almost had to end this way.
Flacco's arrival as a championship quarterback coincides with Lewis' retirement — with a second Super Bowl ring no less. The win capped a sensational month since the star linebacker announced he was leaving the game after 17 Hall of Fame-caliber years.
The sibling rivalry between the coaching Harbaughs went to John, older than Jim by 15 months.
"How could it be any other way? It's never pretty. It's never perfect. But it's us," John Harbaugh said. "It was us today."
At 4 hours, 14 minutes, it was the longest Super Bowl ever. Among the most thrilling, too.
The loss of power delayed the game 34 minutes and left players from both sides stretching and chatting with each other. It also cost Baltimore whatever momentum it built, and that was considerable after Jacoby Jones' 108-yard kickoff return and game MVP Flacco's three touchdown passes made it 28-6.
Back came San Francisco (13-5-1) in search of its sixth Lombardi Trophy in as many tries.
Michael Crabtree's 31-yard touchdown reception on which he broke two tackles made it 28-13. A couple minutes later, Frank Gore's 6-yard run followed a 32-yard punt return by Ted Ginn Jr., and the 49ers were within eight.
Ray Rice's fumble at his 24 led to David Akers' 34-yard field goal, but Baltimore woke up for a long drive leading to rookie Justin Tucker's 19-yard field goal.
San Francisco wasn't done challenging, though, and Colin Kaepernick's 15-yard TD run, the longest for a quarterback in a Super Bowl, made it 31-29. A 2-point conversion pass failed when the Ravens blitzed.
Tucker added a 38-yarder with 4:19 remaining, setting up the frantic finish.
Kaepernick couldn't get the Ravens into the end zone on the final three plays — there was contact on Crabtree on the final pass that appeared incidental, and Jim Harbaugh insisted it was pass interference.
Ravens punter Sam Koch took a safety for the final score with 4 seconds left. His free kick was returned by Ginn to midfield as time ran out.
In the first half, Flacco was as brilliant as Tom Brady, Joe Montana or Terry Bradshaw ever were in the NFL's biggest game. The only quarterback to win a playoff game in each of his first five seasons — his coach holds the same distinction — was nearly perfect.
It was typical of Flacco and Baltimore's postseason run. The Ravens stumbled into the playoffs with four defeats in its last five regular-season games as Lewis recovered from a torn right triceps and Flacco struggled. Harbaugh even fired his offensive coordinator in December, a stunning move with the postseason so close.
But that — and every other move Harbaugh, Flacco and the Ravens made since — were right on target. Just like Flacco's TD passes of 13 yards to Anquan Boldin, 1 to Dennis Pitta and 56 to Jones in the first half, tying a Super Bowl record.
New Orleans native Jones, one of the heroes in a double-overtime playoff win at Denver, seemed to put the game away with his record 108-yard sprint with the second-half kickoff.
Soon after, the lights went out — and when they came back on, the Ravens were almost powerless to slow the 49ers.
Until the final moments.
"The final series of Ray Lewis' career was a goal-line stand," Harbaugh said.
"It's no greater way, as a champ, to go out on your last ride with the men that I went out with, with my teammates," Lewis said. "And you looked around this stadium and Baltimore! Baltimore! We coming home, baby! We did it!"
It was a bitter loss for Jim Harbaugh, the coach who turned around the Niners in the last two years and brought them to their first Super Bowl in 18 years. His team made a similarly stunning comeback in the NFC championship at Atlanta, but couldn't finish it off against Baltimore.


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In Las Vegas yesterday, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime was asked about a certain unannounced project that the company has been working on for a number of years. He answered by talking about the game in broad terms, but there is enough new information to get the wheels of speculation turning.
"Without giving away any details, we have some of our most experienced MMO developers, people who spent years working on the World of Warcraft team, working on this project," Morhaime said. "We're really trying to leverage all the lessons we learned through the years. Some of which we were able to address in World of Warcraft and others that maybe because of the design decisions we've made, you just can't address. So we're kind of taking a step back with all that knowledge to make something that's completely new and fresh. We're not trying to make a WoW sequel." In fact, he explained that the two titles will co-exist in the future.
He talked about playing with friends, the ability to make new friends in the game, and the experience of playing in guilds. "That's probably all I can say," he said. Morhaime had previously said that the game he was playing the most outside of Blizzard's properties was Words with Friends on his iPhone, and he noted how much more fun you have when you play against people you know, not strangers. This is a theme we're hearing from a number of people: social gaming is going to be important in the future.
"To break the mold, sometimes you have to start over," Morhaime told the audience.


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Right-wing Harvard prof disses legendary economist for having been gay and childless — then apologizes!
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Niall Ferguson (above), a Scottish-born right-wing history professor at Harvard University, touched off a firestorm of criticism the other day when he said John Maynard Keynes' economic philosophy was flawed and he didn't care about future generations because he was gay and didn't have children. (See HERE).
Keynes, a Briton who died in 1946 at the age of 62, was perhaps the most influential economist of the 20th century. His theories on macroeconomics have greatly influenced many national governments.
In the face of widespread withering criticism (see HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE), Ferguson has APOLOGIZED:...


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PREP BASKETBALL ROUND UP: Raiders fall to Lansing Catholic
Turnovers and struggles on the boards were too much to overcome Friday night for the Portland boys basketball team as they fell to Lansing Catholic 56-34.
The loss was the second Capital Area Activities Conference White loss for the Raiders. Both defeats in league play came at the hands of the Cougars.
Lansing Catholic held an 11-10 lead, then outscored the Raiders 25-10 in the second to take a 36-20 advantage at the half.
Logan Seal and Jared Krausz led Portland with eight points while Zach Gustafson finished with six.
Portland (8-3, 4-2 in CAAC White) will play at home Friday against Lakewood.
P-W 72, Dansville 16
DANSVILLE — The Pirates took control early Friday night, building a 38-9 lead at the half en route to a win over the Aggies.
The victory gives P-W an 8-0 record at the halfway point of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference schedule.
Ty Simon led the Pirates with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Nick Spitzley finished with 12 points and nine assists, while Derek Klein chipped in with 10 points.
P-W (10-1, 8-0 in CMAC) will play host to Fowler on Wednesday night.
Bath 58, St. Pats 47
BATH — The Shamrocks fell back below the .500 mark Friday night with their loss to the Bees.
Colin Lay finished with 24 points and five rebounds while John Carley scored nine points and Jake Miller chipped in with eight.
St. Pats (5-6, 3-5 in CMAC) will play host to Morrice on Monday night at St. Patrick High School.
Williamston 80, Lakewood 48
WILLIAMSOTN — The Hornets scored 35 first-half points Friday night while holding the Vikings to 19 en route to a 32-point victory.
David Parks led Lakewood with 17 points, five rebounds and three assists, while Colin O'Mara finished with eight points and Alex Caudy chipped in with six.
Lakewood will play host to Belding on Tuesday.
Girls Basketball
Portland 59, Lansing Catholic 34
LANSING — The Raiders bounced back from a slow start Friday night by outscoring the Cougars 28-16 over the middle two quarters to remain unbeaten in CAAC White play.
Maddie King finished with 16 points, six steals and three assists to lead Portland.
Kelsey Spitzley scored 13 points, while Allison Russell finished with 11 points and five steals.
Nikki Green scored nine points and made 3 of 4 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter. Madison Adams scored six points and went 6 for 6 from the line down the stretch.
Portland (11-3, 6-0 in CAAC White) will be back home Friday to take on Lakewood.
DeWitt 41, Ionia 35 (JV)
IONIA — The JV Lady Dawgs took a 15-13 halftime lead, but were outscored 28-20 by the Panthers in the second half Thursday night.
Sabrina Swartz finished with 13 points and six rebounds, while Madeline Wieber added 13 points and seven rebounds for Ionia.
The Bulldogs (8-4) will play host to Belding on Tuesday.


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I used to pull out a certain rucksack for sport climbing, another for trad and a third for alpine. Last year I received a pack from Hyperlite Mountain Gear (HMG) and all that changed.
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I used to pull out a certain rucksack for sport climbing, another for trad and a third for alpine. Last year I received a pack from Hyperlite Mountain Gear (HMG) and all that changed.
The design is super simple and I own snazzier packs, but every time I geared up for an alpine route or long approach, I'd find myself reaching for the Ice Pack.
Why? Because it's so light. At 2.13 pounds, the 3,400-cubic-inch Ice Pack is a pound or more lighter than most packs with similar capacities. It's also really durable. The secret to this light but tough mix is a non-woven laminated fabric called Cuben Fiber. Originally designed for use in sailing, Cuben Fiber is made by sandwiching polyethylene fiber filaments .001 of an inch thick in various arrangements between thin outer layers of polyester film.
Cuben Fiber is 50 to 70 percent lighter than Kevlar. It's also reportedly four times stronger than Kevlar, and allows flex without losing strength. Though Cuben Fiber has high tensile strength, it has relatively low abrasion/puncture resistance. As with all HMG packs, an additional layer of nylon is laminated to the Cuben Fiber to improve abrasion resistance.
The result is a superlight pack built to last. I've climbed with the Ice Pack for a couple of seasons now and it fits well and is holding up. Though the suspension system is rudimentary, the pack carries really well. My only design criticism is the position of the interior pocket. This mesh pouch is situated so that all your loose belongings ride against your back and can bulge through and poke you. Moving the pocket to the side of the pack would completely solve the problem. The other obvious drawback is the price. Cuben Fiber is expensive and you'll be paying for that pound of weight savings—about $100 more for a similar capacity. That said, the Ice Pack is still my choice for any adventure where light is right.


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[My good friend, Eran Elhalal, gives us the third and last part of his Intro to Cheese.
Eran Elhalal is a chef/Entrepreneur working in Manhattan. An Honors Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Eran was Executive Chef of two Manhattan restaurants in the past few years and consulted several others. He began educating customers about food and wine pairing and cheese in 2007 while working as the Chef at UES's BarVespa.
These days, Eran talks about food and wine pairing as the chef for the panel of Meetup, a wine club, dedicated to introduce and educate the American public about Israeli wines. Photos: courtesy of Eran Elhalal.
Not every type of cheese described below is, so far, made for the kosher consumer. That situation, however is changing fast as various distributors (here and here) and manufacturers are constantly introducing new and delicious cheeses into the kosher market. CS]
"How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?"
Charles de Gaulle
Trying to Categorize Cheeses
There is no one set of rules by which to categorize the world's cheeses. After thousands of years of cheese-making , we still are unable to agree on one set of rules, and here is why:
- Some factors are very difficult to quantify – for example the classification relying on smell. Detection and rating vary from person to person depending on how accute their sense of smell is. No one category can address all types and nuances. For example, Classification relying on rind alone, puts hundreds of cheeses with no rind in the same category.
- Another example is classification by aging, it would put a Danish blue cheese and a Farmhouse Brie in the same category. Traveling between different categories- Cheese is a living thing. Every cheese is released with a certain fat content and certain water content. As the cheese ages these percentages change due to water evaporation. Hence, the same triple creamed cheese , tastes much more pungent a month after you bought it! Moreover, a cheese that was classified as Semi-hard like a dutch Gouda will turn rock hard as it ages.
Knowing this, we can now learn to pickout, describe and appreciate cheeses using the more common categories for classification:
Classification determined by water content:
- Very soft – 80 % water, spoonable, includes most fresh cheeses like Cottage cheese, Chèvre, Labane.
- Soft – 50 %-70% water, spreadable, includes the double and triple creamed cheeses (Brie, Camembert, Robiola, Taleggio, Colummiers…), but also some Feta cheeses (cow's milk mainly).
- Semihard – 40%-50% water, sliceable, includes Edam, Gouda, Manchego.
- Hard – 30%-50% water, very firm and dense, includes Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino, Piave, Ossau, Iraty, Mimolette…
- Blue -40%-50% water, a classification within the semi hard group of cheeses, may be sliceable, spreadable or crumbly, includes all blue veined cheeses, like; Valdeon, Cabrales, Roquefort, Gorgonzola…
Length of aging prior to release:
- Fresh – Un-aged, produced and released, include Cottage cheese, Cream cheese, Chèvre.
- Brief Molding period – 2 weeks-10 weeks, produced and allowed to take shape in a mold ( tub or basket), or for the rind to bloom, includes Feta, almost all blue cheeses and bloomy rind cheeses (Grayson, Taleggio, Brie…).
- Aged – Anywhere between 2 months and 5 years, depending on the cheese, produced and allowed to mature until the cheesemaker deems it fully aged and flavored, includes all hard and semi hard cheeses,like; Parmigiano Reggiano, Idiazabal, Pecorino, Cheddar, Gouda…
Type of Milk
Classification by what animal produces the milk:
The most common are Cow, Goat and Sheep (ewe), but there are also cheeses made with a mix of milk from different animals, and even cheeses from Buffalo, Moose, Camel or Yak's milk.
Classification by degree of pungency:
A very difficult classification,works mainly for bloomy rind cheeses like – Taleggio, Robiola, Camembert, Brie…
Methods of cheese-making
Classification by main cheesemaking traditional methods:
- Fresh Cheese – Unaged or matured, includes some slightly pressed cheeses(Feta),whey based cheeses that are only strained (Urda, Ricotta) and the spoonable, Cottage, Cream cheese, Chèvre.
- Pasta Filata Cheese – The curds are cooked, then streched and folded repeatedly before molding or shaping. The cheese is then ready to eat or may be ripened further and even smoked (Mozzarella, Provolone, Paneer, Kashkaval).
- Unpressed Ripened Cheese – The curds are minimally cut and allowed to drain . They are then ripened with mold or bacteria on the cheese surface (Camembert, Brie, Taleggio…) or using a starter culture that is applied to the surface or inoculated into the cheese (Stilton).
- Pressed and Ripened Cheese – The curds are pressed before ripening. Examples: Manchego, Idiazabal, Cheddar.
- Cooked, pressed and ripened – The curds are cooked in whey, then milled, molded and pressed. These cheeses are aged for up to 5 years (Parmigiano Reggiano, Piave, Gouda, Edam, Emmental…).
- Processed – After the initial cheesemaking process is complete (see 2nd part of this series), more milk and emulsifying salts are added, food coloring and preservatives. This yields a very consistent product, yet rather unhealthy. Unfortunately, these cheeses, sold in blocks, slices, tubes and even sprays are the most commonly consumed types in the US. (American cheese, Kraft singles, Cheez Whiz ….and other such varieties of poor excuses for cheese!)
Classification by type of rind:
The rind of the cheese controls the rate of water evaporation from the cheese, oxidation of the surface and escape of gases from within.
- No rind – The cheese is produced and packaged or at most strained, salted and packed. Includes all fresh cheeses like: Ricotta, Urda, Cream cheese, Feta…
- White mold rind – The mold grows on the surface and is edible. The rind is sometimes brushed away a number of times throughout ripening, so the cheese will develop a thicker rind. The mold is white at first but as the cheese ages it darkens. Includes: Camembert, Brie, Robiola Bosina.
- Washed rind – the rind is washed with alcohol, usually Marc (Grape pomace Brandy) or wine. The alcohol dries the surface of the cheese and the white bloomy mold turns pinkish/Orange. The rind is moist and a has a slightly grainy mouthfeel, thus it is not usually eaten. Includes Taleggio, Robiola Pineta, Grayson, Pont I'Eveque.
- Natural dry rind – The rind is in fact the dry outer surface of the cheese. The rind can be brushed, scraped, oiled or wrapped in cloth depending on the desired result. The rind is inedible, types include: Parmigiano Reggiano, Cheddar, Piave…
- Organic rind – Leaves, spices and herbs applied to the surface of the cheese after its made. The reason is to impart flavor and protect from insects traditionally (Fleur de Maquis, Corsican ewe's milk cheese rolled in herbs & Juniper berries, or Majorero Pimenton – rolled in smoked pepper). another reason is to lock in moisture. Examples include: Valdeon, wrapped in sycamore leaves; Banon, tied in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia.
- Artificial rinds – Added after the cheese is made. Rind is generally inedible. Includes Gouda, Edam (wax rind), Cheddar (plastic) and ash edible in St. Maure (for example).
So… these are just the main categories. When I describe a cheese, I try to use all the categories that apply most, focusing on the ones that characterize the paricular cheese category more than others.
One last example. Morbier
Origin: Comte region, North East France
Milk: Raw or Pasteurized Cow's milk.
Texture: Semi hard (40 %-50% water), sliceable.
Method of cheese-making: Pressed and ripened,with a layer of ash running through the center.
Smell: mild pungent
Rind: Natural dry rind,brushed for firmness.
Aging; 2-3 months
Fat content: 45 %
Interesting facts: This cheese was traditionally made for consumption by the cheesemakers themselves. Leftover curds were put in a tub, then covered with ash to repel insects, while waiting for additional leftover curds from the evening or the next day.
Eran Elhalal
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Tigers fire-balling reliever Joel Zumaya just became the most compelling player in the MLB playoffs.
For that 100-plus MPH fastball...
For that SCARY-ASS EYE...
And for the way he protected a series-turning win for the Tigers in New York yesterday, ripping out the heart of the Yankees' order (and perhaps the Yankees' heart itself) in the 7th and 8th, recording 5 outs in 5 chances against:
Jeter: K
Abreu: GO
Giambi: K
A-Rod: K
That's the heart of an order that many argued was the scariest lineup of hitters in MLB playoffs history (ESPN Era).
But not as scary as Zumaya, with his heat, his own heart and that freaking eye, which is straight out of Edgar Allen Poe -- and which just helped obliterate the Yankees' playoffs home-field advantage that took 162 games to create.
Speaking of Poe, there's another "Tell-Tale Heart" in this series besides Zumaya's: A-Rod's.
And the tale being told is even scarier than Zumaya's eye: A-Rod was 0-4 in Game 2 with 3 Ks, the last coming after facing Zumaya in the 8th. The symbolism couldn't have been more staggering:
The rookie pitcher making all of $327,000 this season having the best performance of his life when his team needed it most, blistering the highest-paid, uber-talented player of his era, having the (now-typical) worst performance of his life when his team needed it most.
(A-Rod looks even worse now than he did during his epic slump during the middle of the summer. Win or lose, the Yankees HAVE to trade him this winter, right?)
But punishing A-Rod takes a back-seat (at least for the morning) to praising Zumaya. (Is it too late to hand Zumaya the AL Rookie of the Year award? Yes... but it shouldn't be!)Meanwhile, are bloodshot eyes are the new Thundersticks or Rally Monkey or "Cowboy Up" T-shirt, that postseason fad that catches on across the country as the symbol of a hot team's good fortune?
How many Detroit fans will arrive to the ballpark tonight with bloodshot eyes? And will it be a fashion statement, to honor Zumaya, or simply the effects of 24 hours of celebrating the revival of their team's fortunes in this series?
Comments Question(s): What's your analysis of the Yankees-Tigers series NOW? How do you rate the Tigers' chances, now that they control home-field advantage? Who's the most compelling player of the playoffs so far? Do you agree it's Zumaya?-- D.S.