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Our guest on BlogTalkRadio.com/kosherscene this evening at 10:00 pm (Eastern Time) will be Chaya Rivka Zwolinski. She blogs at healthyjewishcooking.com. You may want to call in with any questions or comments at 714.333.3357.
Her blog isn't just about traditional Jewish food recipes (there are many of those around!); she asks "Why is it that so many traditional Jewish foods are loaded with fat, salt, sugar and other ingredients best eaten in small quantities (or not at all)?"
She tells us about her own transition to healthy food, after she developed an ulcer at the age of 24, "I did an elaborate apache Tango with eating and cooking healthy. But the back and forth was helpful. It lead to me broadening my concept of eating right. It made me question why the Macro world (filled with plenty of Jews, by the way), was filled with frowning, ultra-serious, unhappy people, perpetually sneering at anyone different from them, that I began to rethink the whole trip."
She is a ghostwriter, editor, and has doctored several books, as well as numerous ope-eds articles. Chaya Rivka writes for, both, adults and children and she's trained/coached and edited a couple best-selling authors.
Meanwhile, in case you missed it last week, please listen to our archived show with Susie Fishbein. It was a fun and informative broadcast you wouldn't want to miss!
Don't forget to tune us in this evening for a fascinating talk at 10:00 pm (Eastern Time) with Chaya Rivka Zwolinski. We will talk about food, Chaya's life journey and chassidus from the Bratzlav perspective. Don't forget to call in with questions or comments at: 714.333.3357. We'll be waiting for you!

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On a night that featured both a triple play and an inside-the-park home run, oddities seemed to be the order of the day on Wednesday as the Nats returned to Nationals Park to kick off a homestand vs. the New York Mets.
Off the field, TV chef and cookbook author Paula Deen offered to cook Nationals mascot Screech before throwing out the first pitch, and the racing presidents ran a rare relay race; but fans of the presidents know that when it's time to kick things up a notch in the oddities department, nothing tops an appearance by "That Cat".
The man-sized panther, who last appeared during an exhibition game in April, showed up to once again disrupt the presidents' rhythm, this time as Abe Lincoln & Teddy Roosevelt formed a relay team vs. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
In the 4th-inning race, Teddy started out strong and handed the lead to Lincoln, running anchor. Abe looked like a sure winner, but he was ambushed by That Cat, who lept from the stands along the first base line to make a flying tackle.
George, running anchor for Tom, high-stepped to an easy victory.
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Golden syrup chocolate cupcakes
These cupcakes have an amazing consistency all-over: the cupcake is moist and rich, and the icing is delicious, smooth and creamy. I used the swiss-meringue buttercream for the icing, and it was a hit! :-)
Cream-cheese strawberry cupcakes
Nothing compliments the strawberries like the cream-cheese icing, and you can enjoy this taste even off-season with strawberry jam! :-) You can skip limit the calories in this recipe by using lighter strawberry jam, or pulverized strawberries, and using half of the sugar in the cupcake part if you want the cupcakes less sweet.
Baked cake doughnuts
Traditional-made doughnuts are made with yeast dough, and deep-fried to make a fluffy, delicious spongy cake. It requires a lot of work to cook them, though, but for quick snacks (Sunday breakfast maybe?) the easier way are the baked cake doughnuts—which are spongy, fluffy and delicious too! You can enjoy them bare (like cakes), or glazed (like traditional yeast doughnuts), or stuffed if you overfill the form by any chance! :-)
Whole-grain bread rolls
There are not many things that can beat the whole grain bread, unless it's 8 delicious little whole grain breadrolls ;-) These are perfect for breakfast, and you can easily prepare and bake them in one evening, for e.g. Sunday breakfast! :-)
My fool-proof recipe will be a great fun, and a good addition to your baking arsenal.
Vanilla-butterscotch cupcakes
These are the nicest cupcakes ever: rich in taste, sweet, smooth and creamy, thanks to the fluffy buttercream and luxurious butterscotch surprise. Who would've thought that it's also one of the easiest recipes ever? ;-)


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Morning Minutes: March 3
Morning Minutes: March 3
Word of the Day
Flabbergast FLAB-er-gast (verb) To overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound. - dictionary.com
Website of the Day
Frequently challenged books of the 21st century
The "Comstock Law," which prohibited the sending of "obscene materials" through the mail, was passed on this day in 1873. This law led to the banning of several books, including James Joyce's "Ulysses." Visit the American Library Association site to see the most commonly banned books of the last decade.
Number to Know
2/3: Majority needed in Congress to override a presidential veto. Congress voted to override a presidential veto for the first time on this date in 1845.
This Day in History
March 3, 1875: Indoor ice hockey makes its public debut in Montreal.
Today's Featured Birthday
Actress Jessica Biel (31)
Daily Quote
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." - Albert Einstein


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A security startup has unveiled a wearable device that's designed to replace the hassle of passwords by using a person's unique heartbeat signature to log on to computers and unlock car doors. While the device is intriguing, the dearth of key technical details makes it impossible to assess the marketers' promise that it provides "complete security without compromising convenience."
The Nymi is a small bracelet equipped with a sensor that reads the electrocardiogram (ECG) of the person wearing it. Once it has verified that the heart signature belongs to the person who registered it, it provides a means of authentication that can in theory be used to access a virtually endless supply of electronic devices, including airport kiosks, hotel room doors, and sensitive computer networks. It relies on three factors of authentication—that is, two things the user has in the form of the bracelet and a paired mobile device, and one thing the user has in the form of a verified ECG. A slick promotional video shows someone gliding from bed to airports to hotels to cafes, effortlessly logging into devices and unlocking doors without once having to enter a password or procure a key. Sure sounds tempting.
Alas, there's not enough information available about the Nymi's inner workings to know if it is truly groundbreaking or another dose of the kind of snake oil that's all too common in the security circuit. Karl Martin, CEO of the Nymi creator Bionym, said the device hasn't yet undergone a formal security audit. That means even he can't say just how impervious it is to the kinds of sophisticated attacks that would inevitably target a universal sign-on gizmo, although he gave some high-level details that are encouraging. That said, there are several classes of hacks that might be used to compromise the security assurances of the device.
The first is what's known as a replay attack. If the attacker is able obtain a person's unique ECG signal and bracelet, the attacker may be able to hook it up to a simple circuit that replays the heartbeat. A variation on this attack is to capture the data packets that the person's bracelet sends during the authentication procedure and use another set of hardware to resend that data. Replay attacks are similar to obtaining a copy of the key to a target's home or office. If the attacker can clone the secret data the user beams to the device he's logging in to, the security of the system can be undermined.
A related hack is known as a relay attack. If a someone uses Nymi to unlock her smartphone while eating in a restaurant, what's stopping a nearby attacker from relaying those signals to unlock the user's car in the parking lot? Yet another closely related hack is to mount a man-in-the-middle attack, in which the attacker sits in between the user bracelet and the device she's logging into. The hacker intercepts the signal her Nymi sends to the computer and sends it himself. The hacker then takes any response sent from the computer and relays it to the user. Once the authentication is complete, it's the attacker who has been authenticated, not the user.
"You're not telling the thing authenticating that it's your computer that you want to authenticate to," said Josh Dustin, who is the director of security at a company called HireVue and an expert in authentication. "So if somebody is able to rebroadcast that to your car... then you can unlock it."
Martin, the Bionym CEO, wrote in an e-mail that the device has been designed to withstand such attacks. Specifically, it uses elliptic curve cryptography to ensure data traveling between the bracelet and the device can't be monitored by anyone else. He also said the encryption secures the handshake performed between the bracelet and the devices being unlocked. Depending on how the technology is implemented, it might make replay attacks infeasible. One possible way to do this is for the car door to send a "challenge" in the form of random data that's encrypted with the users' public key. The car door only unlocks if the user's "response" includes that data after it has been decrypted using the corresponding private key.
A fact sheet goes on to say the Nymi is able to sense the proximity of the device being unlocked, another measure that could help prevent hacking.
What about convenience?
Even if the Nymi is able to withstand sophisticated attacks, there are other important considerations. For one, what happens when a user misplaces either his bracelet or the paired mobile device that has to be nearby when a user first puts on the wristband? Just about everyone loses phones, car keys, or other important devices from time to time. Nymi means a user has two things to hold on to. If either is lost, people will demand a workaround so they can check e-mail and open car doors until the devices are replaced. Engineers have a delicate balancing act ahead of them. Create a temporary measure that's too rigid and users will be furious that they're locked out of their digital domains. Create one too loose, and it will become a loophole that attackers will exploit to bypass the system.
It's also unclear how the device might work in the event that the user has a heart attack or other severe medical condition.
There are plenty of other unanswered questions. For instance, just how unique are ECGs and how hard are they to be passively read by others? For instance, can an ECG be read by other pieces of custom-made jewelry? And how will the databases that store these signatures be maintained in a way that makes them secure but also provides the ubiquity needed to link them to a wealth of devices and services? The device is still available mostly for developers who may want to consider folding it into their third-party products or services. Martin said the company plans to publish technical details in the coming months as the hardware and software designs are finalized. He also said the software development kits made available so the service can be folded into third-party products and services will be open source so the technical underpinnings can be scrutinized.
Until then, readers should consider Nymi an intriguing device that may or may not live up to the lofty promise of providing security without the typical login and authentication headaches.
"This could be a very nice technology and an upgrade over password security for most users," Joe Bonneau, a researcher who recently completed a PhD thesis on passwords and personal identification numbers. "I'd like to see something like this work out. I just hope that they get some security experts to vet this before people trust it for anything important."


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It's hard to believe that until about 21 months ago I had never eaten fish, other than a small piece of gefilte on Friday evenings (and even then, none too willingly!). Having learned how to enjoy them, thanks to Orchideä and the defunct Avenue Plaza Dining (both in Boro Park), I now savor the taste and appreciate the nutritional value of that which for decades I'd considered untouchable, inedible, food.
Since, I've made this recipe a few times because it tastes great and it's easy:
Salmon in Lemon Sauce
- 4 tbsp. margarine
- 1 lb. salmon filets
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp tarragon
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 tsp. fresh chopped parsley
- 1 pinch oregano
- 3 oz. dry white wine
- 2 oz. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp. capers
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- Melt 2 tbsp butter in a skillet. Lightly salt and pepper the fish. Cook the fish over medium-high heat for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side.
- Add the tarragon, garlic, parsley, oregano. When garlic browns add capers, white wine and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove fish from fire to a plate keeping it warm as you make the sauce. Melt the remaining butter in the same skillet. Whisk in the cornstarch; when smooth, add the cream and milk, whisking until smooth, cook until it thickens.
- Simmer for one minute, return the fish to the pan, and reheat for another minute. Top fish with sauce and serve with rice.
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It is my contention that the church has been invaded and conquered by Post-modernism. When I say the church, I mean that which goes my the name today, in general terms. I am not of course speaking of the true church in the Biblical sense.
How else can we explain the eclectic and ever varying viewpoints and paradigms of churches throughout the country (Australia) and the world, except that the church has been invaded and conquered by Post-modernism? It is rampant everywhere and it no longer needs a subtle approach to infiltrate the church. It can now appear in blinding light as Post-modernism and be found acceptable by most 'Christians' within this country and I suspect the world.
Opposition to Post-modernist ideas is difficult to find, though admittedly it is there. The particularbaptist.com website is one outpost of Biblical Evangelical Christianity (Particular Baptist). It is not the only one – there are many such outposts on the World Wide Web and throughout the spiritual wilderness one can find an occasional welcome oasis in a dry, barren desert.
Yet the overwhelming scenario is that entering a random 'Christian' church on any Sunday you will find a place devoid of the Spirit of God, for He has long ago withdrawn His candlestick from that place. It is quite likely that you will find a place that for some time has given itself over to fanciful stories, human devised fables and crowd-pleasing activities. The people there have welcomed leaders that have been only too pleased to scratch the ears of their followers and have eagerly lapped up fleshly pleasing rhetoric that has fallen from their poisoned lips.
What are we to do who find ourselves hungering and thirsting in the wilderness? Are we to join ourselves to one of these dens of iniquity because we are not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together? Is this the last desperate act left open for a believer who longs to be obedient to His Lord?
I think it is high time that we who truly believe the Bible and follow the God of the Bible and His Beloved Son and the leadings of His Spirit, separate ourselves from such synagogues of Satan and form true Christian churches after the form outlined in the New Testament. It is time that we leave these forsaken places to their own devices and set out on a pathway that has been marked out by those that have gone before.
Our congregations may only be small and seem to have little impact when contrasted with the Post-modernist mega-churches of our time, yet we will be faithful servants of our God. We will be able to trust Him who is our Refuge and Our Strength, knowing that He who will go before us is the all-conquering sovereign Lord.
I find myself in this barren spiritual desert, surrounded by Post-modernist churches and have often felt the need to meet with Christians as I know I should. Yet I find myself unable to meet with those that worship another God and peddle another gospel that I find abhorrent. I long for the day when I will be able to meet with even two or three like-minded godly brethren who will also not yield to the pressures of the day and simply meet with a 'powerless' church that has long lost the powerful Spirit of God and is no longer a true witness of Jesus Christ.
May the Lord raise up like-minded brethren who will come together and form the godly churches of tomorrow. May God yet come among us again through the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit and visit us with fresh displays of His gracious power in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.


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Important Note:A town can be named in different ways (in Yiddish, in Russian, in Polish, in Ukrainian...), Many town names have changed over time and many can be spelled differently depending on the transliteration rules applied. Ukraine SIG has chosen as the main town name the official one around 1900. Town names in this time period are the ones that are most widely known among Jewish genealogy researchers. The 1900s-era town names are consistent with the clickable maps of 1910 that we feature on our website. In addition, we use Alexander Beider's system for transliterating town names (except for some special very know cases where a different English name is widely know like Moscow or Kiev).
This town list shows only 1900 town names, not modern names. However, the Ukraine SIG database stores most of the alternate names and you can search for them (using D-M soundex) through the town search box on the top-right of each website page. The town page will show all alternate names as well as the different names by period (1900, 1930, 1950, modern).


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Nationals fans who braved the cold at Nationals Park Friday night were rewarded with a walk-off victory as the team kicked off a series vs. the Milwaukee Brewers with a dramatic 10-inning affair.
The Brewers, who are known for both their frugality and their famous sausage race, once again refused to bring their racing mascots to town; and so, for the third consecutive year, the Nationals made do with their own substitutes.
In the fourth-inning presidents race, the "un-racing sausages" made their now annual appearance by blocking the finish line. The Nats racing presidents busted through their cardboard blockade, and Jefferson pulled ahead for the win.
Expect to see more antics from the makeshift sausages as the series continues this weekend.
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The PIN code of the Tikrapara B.O Post Office Deobhog is 493890 and the address of Tikrapara B.O Post Office is – Tikrapara B.O Post Office Deobhog, Raipur. Here we will provide the name of Deobhog, CHATTISGARH Post Office Name, and their relevant information such as office name, office type, delivery status, department, region, circle, taluk, district, and state.
- Post Office – Tikrapara B.O
- PIN Code – 493890
- Town/Taluk – Deobhog
Deobhog Post office pin code number is 493890 .
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|Office Type
|Delivery Status
|Division Name
|Region Name
|Circle Name
|District Name
|State Name
|Related SubOffice
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Here we are telling you about the PIN code of Tikrapara B.O, Deobhog. The PIN code of Tikrapara B.O, Deobhog is 493890. Deobhog is a tehsil that comes under the Raipur District. Raipur is a district of CHATTISGARH state. Deobhog is a post office inside the Raipur region in Chattisgarh Circle of India Post.
The Zip Code of Deobhog Post Office is 493890. The Zipcode is also called the PIN code or Postal Code. Deobhog is located in district Raipur, CHATTISGARH, INDIA.
What is PIN Code
The full Form Of Pin code is Postal Index Number. Pincode is the postal coding system used by the Department of Posts, India. The same Pincode number may be assigned to many the number of post offices usually within a single administrative circle. The PINcode is 6 digits number. The first digit reflects region, second the sub-region, third the sorting district, and the last three represent the post office code. India has nine PIN zones.
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- Postal Index Number
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According to India's Pin Code Directory, the PIN code is a number of 6 digits which is different for every India post zone of the post office in the whole of India. The All India Pincode Directory contains all the pin-code lists across India, including geocodes and other relevant information such as office name, office type, distribution status, division, region, circle, Taluk, district, and state name. Latest All India Pin Code Directory including all changes made up to March 2015.
On this website, we have entered the PIN code of the whole of India from the India Post website. You can use the PIN code as per your requirement. Although we have tried our best to keep the PIN code database updated, it may include technical or other mistakes, mistakes, or typing errors. www.indiapost.gov.in


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WASHINGTON – For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.
Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a mystery, federal health officials say.
"It doesn't make sense," Jonathan Blum, Medicare deputy administrator, said Wednesday. The higher charges don't reflect better care, he said.
And the amounts are too huge to be explained by obvious differences among hospitals, such as a more expensive regional economy, older or sicker patients, or the extra costs of running a teaching hospital, he said.
The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 at an Ada, Okla., hospital to $223,000 in Monterey Park, Calif., the Department of Health and Human Services said. That doesn't include doctors' fees.
Hospitals within the same city also vary greatly. At Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, the average charge to treat a blood clot in a lung is $51,580. Down the street at NYU Hospitals Center, the charge for the same care would be $29,869.
At the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the list price is $16,861.
That isn't necessarily what you pay.
Medicare pays hospitals on its own fee schedule that isn't based on the listed charges, Blum said. And insurance companies routinely negotiate discount rates with the hospitals.
But patients who are uninsured can be billed the full amount. And some with private insurance may find their share of the bill is inflated as a result of a hospital's higher charges, officials said.
Blum said the Obama administration hopes that releasing the information, at the website www.cms.gov, will help lead to answers to the riddle of hospital pricing – and pressure some hospitals to lower their charges.
The database also will help consumers shop around, he said.
The variations shouldn't be a surprise, since hospitals might violate antitrust regulations if they shared "proposed or negotiated rates" with each other, said Rich Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospital Association. Forty states do require or encourage hospitals to make some payment information publicly available, he said.
"The complex and bewildering interplay among 'charges,' 'rates,' 'bills' and 'payments' across dozens of payers, public and private, does not serve any stakeholder well, including hospitals," Umbdenstock said.
Consumer advocates said making the charges public is significant, even if most patients don't pay those rates.
"I think the point is to shame hospitals," said Chapin White of the nonprofit Center for Studying Health System Change.
Dr. David Goodman, co-author of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, said, "It does show how crazy the system really is, and it needs some reform."
Goodman argues that hospitals should be required to go further and post the charges that patients actually pay out-of-pocket, depending on what medical coverage they have. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy has long found wide geographic variation in Medicare payments for the similarly ill, yet people who receive more expensive care don't necessarily receive better care. Sometimes hospitals just add tests or treatments they don't really need.
A hospital's charges are akin to a car dealership's "list price." Hospitals say they frequently give discounts to the uninsured – $41 billion in financial aid in 2011.
But some people pay full price, or try to afford it, because they don't know they can seek a discount, White said.
And even for those who do bargain, the listed charge "is the opening bid in the hospital's attempt to get as much money as possible out of you," he said.
At Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. – serving an affluent community at the gates of the National Institutes of Health – the average charge for simple pneumonia was $5,284. Compare that to $79,365 at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
The database lists the average charges for the 100 most common Medicare inpatient services at more than 3,000 hospitals. The prices, from 2011, represent about 60 percent of Medicare inpatient cases.
"Hospitals that charge two or three times the going rate will rightfully face scrutiny," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters.
And consumers will get insight into a mystifying system that too often leaves them with little way of knowing what a hospital will charge or what their insurance companies are paying for treatments, Sebelius said.
Previously, the price information that the government collects from hospitals wasn't available to the average consumer, although the data could be purchased for uses such as research, officials said.
The department also is making $87 million in federal money available as grants to states to improve their hospital rate review programs, research why hospital charges vary so much, and get more information to patients.
Todd Park, an assistant to President Barack Obama on technology issues, said he envisions entrepreneurs creating apps to help consumers compare hospitals and researchers combing through the data to explain the cost differences.
"Transparent marketplaces are more competitive, and more competitive marketplaces drive down costs," Park told reporters at the White House. "And that's certainly the hope here."t


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Are you wearing the wrong bra size?
Admit it, you've tugged at the band around your bra, you've readjusted the cups and you've slyly tried to slide a slipping bra strap back onto your shoulder.
Don't be embarrassed, ladies, you're not alone. According to Bare Necessities, about 80 percent of women are wearing the wrong size bra.
Even if you once had the perfect-fitting bra, chances are it needs to be updated. According to MyIntimacy.com, the average woman's breasts change shape, size and distribution more than six times in her lifetime due to factors such as weight loss, weight gain, amount of exercise, childbirth and medications.
If you think it's time you got a bra that fits right, and to give yourself a comfy fit and a more flattering look, follow these tips to find the right-sized bra for you.
First up, size does really matter …
No. 5: Size yourself up
When it comes to finding a bra, you can't just eye up the undergarment to see if it's the right size. Finding the right bra requires measuring to determine your bust and band size.
To determine your band size, slip the measuring tape under your arms, across the high section of your back and over the top of your chest, above your bust. According to Bare Necessities, if your measurement is an odd number, add 1 inch. Otherwise, this measurement is your band size.
To determine your cup size, Bare Necessities recommends measuring loosely around the fullest part of your bust. Then subtract your bust size from your band size, and use that number to determine what your cup size is by looking at a size conversation chart. For example, a difference of 2 inches would be a B cup.
Once you find the right size, it's time to look for the type of bra that fits you best …
No. 4: Avoid spillage
When trying on a bra, make sure your breasts are properly contained inside of the undergarment.
Bare Necessities recommends that you look at the front of the bra to ensure there isn't any breast tissue spilling out the front or the sides of the bra, and no skin sneaking out the bottom of the cups. If your tissue is creeping out, then the cup size is likely too small.
In contrast, Susan Nethero of Intimacy stores told Oprah.com that if there are dimples in the bra material then the cup size is probably too large and you should consider trying a smaller size.
She should know too: Nethero trained under the Queen of England's royal bra fitter and has earned the nickname "bra whisperer."
Once you find the right-fitting cup, you are only halfway there to finding the right bra. Next up — finding a bra with the right-sized band …
No. 3: Banish back fat
Instead of tugging at your bra or wearing loose-fitting shirts to cover up the dreaded back fat that's hanging out along the edges of your bra, there is an easier solution — buy a bra with a smaller band size.
According to Nethero, most women think that back-fat sightings mean that the band of their bra is too small. However, it actually means that the band is too big.
Nethero told Oprah.com that getting a smaller band size and wearing the bra lower on your back should eliminate back fat. She added that your bra band should be level front to back.
One fitting suggestion Nethero recommends is when trying on a bra, make sure it fits you correctly on the loosest hook. Then, as the bra becomes older and stretches out, you can tighten it to the second and third hooks to keep a snug fit.
Once you find the right-fitting bra, buy a couple of them so you don't have to worry about wearing them out …
No. 2: Give your bras a rest
Everyone needs a day off, even your bras. They work overtime to keep you looking your best, so every couple of days, give one bra a break and wear a different one.
"I always say a bra needs a day of rest," Nethero told Oprah.com.
Nethero says that you shouldn't wear the same bra two days in a row because the bra needs time to go back to its original form, and you risk wearing out the band if you wear a bra too often. A bra needs to "find its memory," as Nethero says.
And while many women hand wash their delicates to ensure they last longer, Nethero told Women's Health magazine that's not always necessary. For most bras, the gentle cycle and a bleach-free detergent will do the trick.
Why is it important to make sure your bra is in tip-top shape? Because the better it works, the better you look …
No. 1: Good fit means you look good
Finding the right-sized bra doesn't just mean that you will be more comfortable, it also means you will look good.
The right-fitting bra can make you look taller, it will lift your breasts to reveal more of your waist, and it can even make you look slimmer.
Bare Necessities recommends wearing a T-shirt when you try on bras to help determine how you look in the undergarment.
Nethero also adds that wearing the right-sized bra can restore some youthfulness to your look. She told Good Housekeeping that a contour-cup bra has stiff, molded cups that can help give shape and support to your bust.
So put those old, ill-fitting bras in a drawer and go out and find one that offers you a better look and fit.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Amid severe drought conditions, California officials announced Friday they won't send any water from the state's vast reservoir system to local agencies beginning this spring, an unprecedented move that affects drinking water supplies for 25 million people and irrigation for 1 million acres of farmland.
The announcement marks the first time in the 54-year history of the State Water Project that such an action has been taken, but it does not mean that every farm field will turn to dust and every city tap will run dry.
The 29 agencies that draw from the state's water-delivery system have other sources, although those also have been hard-hit by the drought.
Many farmers in California's Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country, also draw water from a separate system of federally run reservoirs and canals, but that system also will deliver just a fraction of its normal water allotment this year.
The announcement affects water deliveries planned to begin this spring, and the allotment could increase if weather patterns change and send more storms into the state.
Nevertheless, Friday's announcement puts an exclamation point on California's water shortage, which has been building during three years of below-normal rain and snow.
"This is the most serious drought we've faced in modern times," said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board. "We need to conserve what little we have to use later in the year, or even in future years."
State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin said there simply is not enough water in the system to meet the needs of farmers, cities and the conservation efforts that are intended to save dwindling populations of salmon and other fish throughout Northern California.
For perspective, California would have to experience heavy rain and snowfall every other day from now until May to get the state back to its average annual precipitation totals, according to the Department of Water Resources.
"These actions will protect us all in the long run," Cowin said during a news conference that included numerous state and federal officials, including those from wildlife and agricultural agencies.
Friday's announcement came after Gov. Jerry Brown's official drought declaration in mid-January, a decision that cleared the way for state and federal agencies to co-ordinate efforts to preserve water and send it where it is needed most. The governor urged Californians to reduce their water use by 20 per cent.
It also reflects the severity of the dry conditions in the nation's most populous state. Officials say 2013 was the state's driest calendar year since records started being kept, and this year is heading in the same direction.
A snow survey on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada, one of the state's key water sources, found the water content in the meagre snowpack is just 12 per cent of normal. Reservoirs are lower than they were at the same time in 1977, which is one of the two previous driest water years on record.
State officials say 17 rural communities are in danger of a severe water shortage within four months. Wells are running dry or reservoirs are nearly empty in some communities. Others have long-running problems that predate the drought.
The timing for of Friday's historic announcement was important: State water officials typically announce they are raising the water allotment on Feb. 1, but this year's winter has been so dry they wanted to ensure they could keep the remaining water behind the dams. The announcement also will give farmers more time to determine what crops they will plant this year and in what quantities.
Farmers and ranchers throughout the state already have felt the drought's impact, tearing out orchards, fallowing fields and trucking in alfalfa to feed cattle on withered range land.
Without deliveries of surface water, farmers and other water users often turn to pumping from underground aquifers. The state has no role in regulating such pumping.
"A zero allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and businesses," Ted Page, president the Kern County Water Agency's board, said in a statement. "While many areas of the county will continue to rely on ground water to make up at least part of the difference, some areas have exhausted their supply."
Groundwater levels already have been stressed, after pumping accelerated during the dry winter in 2008 and 2009.
"The challenge is that in last drought we drew down groundwater resources and never allowed them to recover," said Heather Cooley, water program co-director for the Pacific Institute, a water policy think-tank in Oakland. "We're seeing long term, ongoing declining groundwater levels, and that's a major problem."
Many towns and cities already have ordered severe cutbacks in water use.
With some rivers reduced to a trickle, fish populations also are being affected. Eggs in salmon-spawning beds of the American River near Sacramento were sacrificed after upstream releases from Folsom Dam were severely cut back.
The drought is highlighting the traditional tensions between groups that claim the state's limited water for their own priorities — farmers, city residents and conservationists.
Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, urged everyone to come together during the crisis.
"This is not about picking between delta smelt and long-fin smelt and chinook salmon, and it's not about picking between fish and farms or people and the environment," he said. "It is about really hard decisions on a real-time basis where we may have to accept some impact now to avoid much greater impact later."
Associated Press reporter Scott Smith contributed to this report from Fresno.
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On the Same Poem welcomes North Carolina Poet Joseph Mills. The award-winning poet, novelist, scholar and educator will be our featured poet for Forsyth County Public Library's On the Same Poem Luncheon, Thursday, April 24th at noon in the Central Library auditorium. Mr. Mills featured poems are from his newest work, Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet.
On the Same Poem Luncheon
The On the Same Poem Luncheon has become a staple of National Poetry Month in Forsyth County. On the Same Poem (an extension of On the Same Page — the county's annual Community Read Project) is the shared experience of reading and discussing a single poem, selected for the occasion by the featured poet. Joseph Mills will be reading "Telling Time," as well as other works from his collection Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet. Over a brown bag lunch, participants will discuss the poem, facilitated by discussion leaders at each table. The luncheon will conclude with Joseph Mills answering questions from the audience.
As space is limited, please contact us to make reservations. For information or to reserve your seats, call or email Candace Brennan at 703-3022 or email@example.com or Jenny Boneno at 703-2970 or email@example.com.
Joseph Mills Biography
Joseph Mills is the author of four poetry collections: Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet; Love and Other Collisions; Somewhere During the Spin Cycle; and Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers. His poetry has appeared in numerous publications and has been featured on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor and in former United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry. He holds degrees in literature from the University of Chicago (B.A.), the University of New Mexico (M.A.), and the University of California-Davis (Ph.D) and now holds the Susan Burress Wall Professorship in Humanities at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His fifth collection of poems, This Miraculous Turning, will be published in September, 2014, by Press 53.
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Teens in 6th through 12th grades are invited to write an original poem, rap or song for National Poetry Month. Winners will receive signed copies of Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet, Whole Foods boxlunch at On the Same Poem and a Barnes & Noble gift card. Entry forms can be found at any Library location, or from your student's teachers and media specialists. Entries must be submitted to the Teen Central Department at Central Library by 5 pm on Thursday, April 17th. Central Library is located at 660 W. Fifth Street in Winston-Salem. For more information, call Janis Fox at 703-3080 or call or email Candace Brennan at 703-3022 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Wilmington, DE – With Sandy's impending arrival tomorrow bringing sustained 30-40 mph winds in the
morning, heavy rains and wind throughout the day and limited visibility for motorists, Governor
Jack Markell ordered statewide "Level Two" driving restrictions beginning at 5:00 a.m. on Monday.
According to state law, a 'Level 2 Driving Restriction' provides that no person shall operate a motor vehicle on Delaware roadways other than essential personnel. 'Essential personnel' includes those employees necessary to maintain the core functions of government and maintain health and safety by providing utility services, healthcare services, and food and fuel deliveries. In addition, some private employers have received a waiver from the Delaware Emergency Management Agency for essential employees.
For Monday morning, forecasters now expect 30 to 40 mile per hour sustained winds and heavy driving
rain, which will make driving visibility very poor. Traffic managers say traffic signals will be hard to see because of the sustained wind. At 40 mile per hour winds, DelDOT and other responders are not supposed to be out of their vehicles. At 50 miles per hour, which may be reached Monday afternoon, bridges over the Chesapeake and Delaware canal will close.
"People have had several days to be out preparing for the storm's arrival. When Sandy hits on Monday, they should be at home or if necessary a shelter to wait out the worst of the storm," Markell said. "Do not put yourself on the road. Do not put yourself – and those who may need to rescue you – at risk."
A violation of Level Two driving restriction has a penalty of a fine of up to $115 on first offense, and a fine of up to $200 and up to 30 days in jail for subsequent offenses.
On Saturday, Markell declared a State of Emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of flood-prone areas. Earlier this evening, when the evacuation period had ended, Markell implemented a Level One driving warning, encouraging motorists to stay off the roads and businesses to keep employees home.


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The Science Behind Threadmaking
You can't sew without it, but when was the last time you gave thread a second thought? To find out how this notion is made, take a tour of a Coats & Clark spinning mill and dye house in Marion, North Carolina, and a finishing plant in Toccoa, Georgia.
Bales Arrive
The process begins with giant bales of cotton or polyester. Each of these bales weighs 613 pounds and will produce about 25,000 spools of thread.
The cotton or polyester bales are opened into tufts, blended with like fibers in a garden-shed-size machine, and rolled into sheets called laps. Because cotton is a natural fiber, it also goes through a cleaning process to remove dirt, seeds, and other impurities.
Individual fibers are separated, straightened, cleaned, and brought together into fluffy ropes called slivers.
Carding, Continued
The slivers are coiled in giant bins. They are still 200 to 600 times thicker than finished thread.
Drawing and Roving
Six to eight slivers travel overhead and are then blended into one thick sliver. Cotton slivers must go through additional blending and combing processes. Finally, both cotton and polyester slivers undergo a drawing process to ensure fibers are uniform and parallel to each other. At this point slivers are reduced in thickness and given a slight twist in order to hold the weakened fibers together for spinning. These finer slivers are called rovings.
Ring Spinning
Next a series of rollers spins the rovings into yarns that are the necessary weight and thickness for the type of thread being produced. After the yarn is twisted, it is wound onto a ring tube.
Core Spinning
Some thread types must go through an additional core-spinning process, in which the cotton or polyester yarns are wrapped around another material, such as continuous polyester filament.
Clearing, Splicing, and Winding
From ring tubes (pictured), the yarn then passes through detectors to find faults that may affect the thread's future sewing performance. If a fault is removed or short yarns need to be lengthened, ends are spliced together. The number of yarns necessary for the final thread are laid side by side. (For example, Dual Duty XP, a two-ply thread, requires two polyester core-spun yarns.)
A twist applied in a left direction gives the fibers strength and flexibility. The twisted fibers, called greige thread, are wound onto a notched dye center tube, which is similar to a hair curler, to create a dye package.
Dye Mixing
In the color kitchen a fully automated computer system weighs and mixes dyes and chemicals according to the necessary color recipe. The mixture moves through a series of pipes to the dye room.
Color Development
New colors for Coats & Clark's consumer thread lines and for manufacturing clients are also developed in the color kitchen. These samples were developed for spring 2011 fashion lines. Demand for colors is largely dependent on the season and trends.
In the dye room the dye packages are loaded onto a carrier and submerged in a dye vat, which works like a pressure cooker.
Dyed Thread
Holes in the dye centers allow the mixed dye to permeate the thread completely. Each one of these dye packages contains about 38,000 yards of thread.
Pulleys transfer carriers of dyed thread to huge dryers that steam the thread dry.
After the thread is dyed, it is transported to the finishing plant. It arrives from the dye house on a dye package. Some thread is heated to remove stray hairs that could cause lint to build up when the thread is used.
Lubing and Drying
A lubricant formulated specifically for the thread's final purpose is applied next. It gives the thread a finish that allows it to slide easily through a machine or a needle's head. The lubricant takes eight hours to dry.
Hand Quilting Thread
Hand quilting thread is not singed or lubricated. Instead, a machine applies a glacé finish to the thread so it won't tangle, knot, or twist while hand sewing. The glacé finish also reduces abrasion that may cause fraying. After the glacé finish dries, the thread is then transferred directly to spools.
Thread is transferred to retail-size spools by spooling machines. The empty spools are dispensed from a clear bin that resembles a gum ball machine.
Spooling, Continued
After snap spools are loaded, they drop down and the machine closes them.
Loading Thread on Tubes
A different machine transfers thread onto the large tubes used for brands such as Star quilting thread.
Specialty Thread
Some thread, such as monofilament thread must be handled with care throughout the process, especially after it is transferred to spools.
After the spools are filled, an operator inspects them as an automated system turns them upright, preparing them for the next step.
Ticketing, Continued
The ticketing machine also prints stickers and adheres them to the tops and bottoms of the spools.
After the spools have stickers, they make their way on a conveyer belt through the machine to be packaged in boxes.
Boxing, Continued
The same ticketing machine also assembles the boxes. After the spools drop into a box, a lever pushes down on them to ensure they fit snugly. The machine then closes and adds labels to the boxes.
Packaging Tubes of Thread
Tubes of thread are shrink-wrapped by a different machine and labeled and boxed by hand.
Quality Control
Samples from every lot go through many rounds of vigorous tests to ensure the thread meets the company's standards for quality. The thread color is also checked at several steps in the process.
Many Types of Thread
The boxes are shipped to a distribution center that later sends the thread to stores.
Other Thread Applications
Coats & Clark produces enough consumer thread to circle the world about 6.8 times.
Besides the consumer thread we use for our sewing projects, Coats & Clark also makes thread for the following applications:
- Medical sutures
- Manufactured apparel, uniforms, and shoes
- Airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels, and tires
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The collection consists of 7,935 Western European documents and other manuscript materials collected by William T. Scheide (1847-1907) and his son John Hinsdale Scheide (Princeton Class of 1896). More than half of the collection is comprised of notarial documents (contracts, wills, deeds, etc.) from Fabriano, Vicenza, Bergamo, Tirano, Caravaggio, and other northern Italian towns in the period 1200-1650. Also includes a substantial number of medieval documents from England and France; 16th-19th century family papers from France; 14th -19th century papal bulls; a few documents from the Low Countries; and miscellaneous documents from Germany, Ireland, Malta, Russia, Spain, and Wales. The collection provides source material for the localized study of Italian and French social, economic, legal, and institutional history during the late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early modern period.
More than half of the 7,935 items in the Scheide collection are Italian notarial documents from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the bulk of them dating from about 1200 to 1650. The documents include wills, dowers, pious donations to churches, leases, business contracts, and other legal documents. They tend to document particular towns, including 500 or more documents each for Vicenza and Fabriano; 100-200 each for Bergamo, Tirano, and Caravaggio; and scattered documents for Asti, Beneventum, Ferrara, Florence, Venice, Verona, and many other northern Italian towns. Though the inventory gives the names of particular towns where the notaries practiced their trade, the documents themselves may concern the surroundingcontadoor other places. The notarial documents include: (1) the original minutes for legal documents of a contractual nature, such as land conveyances, prepared by the notaries, filed archivally for future reference by the notary, and in most cases recorded in notarial protocols or registers; (2) engrossed personal copies made by notaries for individuals and bearing later endorsements; and (3) non-contractual documents such as estate inventories and court judgments.
Perhaps the most important part of the Scheide collection is a substantial part of the archives of an Italian monastery. The Benedictine (later Silvestrine) abbey of S. Vittore delle Chiuse was founded in the 10th century on the right bank of the River Sentito, in the hills overlooking Castel Petroso (now Pierosara), near the town of Fabriano in the March of Ancona. Dating from 1007 until the beginning of the 15th century, the hundreds of S. Vittore documents now in the Scheide collection had been taken for safekeeping after 1810 by the monk Benedetto Rosei di Fabriano, whose heirs sold the material to Leo S. Olschki, who in turn sold them to William T. Scheide. The S. Vittore archives include notarial documents retained by the monastery.
French materials account for almost 2,500 items in the Scheide collection, chiefly the papers of the D'Olive family of Toulouse, whose noble lineage may be traced back to the mid-15th century. The papers were kept by members of the family for centuries and organized in the latter half of the 18th century by Joseph-Denis d'Olive (d. 1783), who served as President of the Chambre des Requêtes of the Parlement of Toulouse. In defense of its landed wealth and seigniorial rights, chiefly in the villages and manors of Esperce as well as Brugiéres and others, the D'Olive family was frequently involved in litigation and retained records of at least 26 court cases.
Other French archival materials were acquired in part from the Slade Collection along with D'Olive Family Papers, including several boxes of French documents (boxes 156-164) partially identified in Seymour De Ricci,Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada(vol. 2, pp. 1822-37) and the 1938 Parke-Bernet auction catalog's description of the Slade collection (pp. 48-50). Of particular interest in the boxes are four notarial registers kept between 1382 and 1486 by members of the Borelli family and other notaries in the small southern French town of Montech, Dèpartment de Tarn-et-Garonne, northwest of Toulouse. Also of great research value are an account roll (1476) kept in Castres, Dèpartment de Tarn-et-Garonne, by Pierre Bayard, treasurer and counselor to Charles VIII (1483-98); a 14-pagecensieror roll of quit-rents (1517) for the town of Brugiéres, near Castres; and a 78-pagerentieror rent roll (1562-69) for the manor of Quemper-Guèzennec, a village in the Dèpartment des Cotes-du-Nord, Brittany. Found in the same boxes as the D'Olive Family Papers is a smaller group of notarial documents from the village of Pont Farcy pertaining to Burguet family and the area of Avranches in Normandy, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Scheide Collection also includes a series of documents (boxes 89-97) that were originally collected around 1887 by a certain Dr. Vaunaire of Gannat, France; these materials pertain to Roches, Villars, Percenat, Tronget, and other small French towns in the Dèpartment d'Allier. Boxes 207 and 208 contain 47 documents that were originally part of the Nicolay family archives, dated 1428 to 1731. There are 11 documents in Box 207 (starting with #7017) and 36 in Box 208. (#7092 in Box 208 lacks a date; and although it was filed between 1725 and 1731, it actually belongs in the year 1614.) Although quite diverse, the contents all share a material feature: a row of small holes along the top edge (some with bits of thread remaining), suggesting they were bound at some point. Where a document had a seal, it has generally been cut off.
Finally, John Hinsdale Scheide also included in the collection various small groups of English documents, many from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), as well as French, Italian, Flemish, and other items from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
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Two Denver entrepreneurs with ties to the medical-marijuana industry have started the nation's first marijuana tourism company. For several hundred bucks — prices vary between VIP and economy levels — My 420 Tours will pick visitors up at the airport, connect them to a pot-friendly hotel, set up hash-making demonstrations and dispensary-grow tours, and provide them with tickets to cannabis-themed events and concerts. The company's first package is built around April 20, a date cannabis enthusiasts regard as a holiday known as 4/20.
The tour company is pitching the collection of concerts, conventions and parties surrounding 4/20 in Denver as World Cannabis Week.
"If somebody flies out here," said James Walker, one of the company's owners, "we take care of the whole adventure for them."
Well, not quite.
Because marijuana sales to non-medical-marijuana patients are still illegal for at least a few more months in Colorado, Walker and his business partner, Matt Brown, won't actually be giving pot to pot tourists. Instead, the men say they will help clients gain access to events — such as the High Times Cannabis Cup — where marijuana is likely to be shared freely and, they contend, legally.
The tour company is the first to take advantage of Amendment 64, which legalized use and possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for anybody over 21 in the state — whether they reside here or not.
"So far, we haven't heard any feedback from someone saying, 'No, no, we don't want you to do this,' " Brown said.
But that doesn't mean everybody's enthusiastic about the new tourism industry.
Al White, the director of the Colorado Tourism Office, said Walker reached out to him to talk about the marijuana-tourism venture. White told Walker the tourism office wouldn't provide any marketing assistance.
"There's way too much to see and do in Colorado to use marijuana tourism as a platform for marketing our state," White said in an interview.
Visitors to Colorado spent $9.4 billion in the state in 2011, according to a tourism office report, and "touring" and outdoor trips were the most popular reasons for visiting the state. Even before the election, tourism officials condemned marijuana legalization and pre-emptively warned potential pot tourists that marijuana use remains against federal law.
"Colorado's brand will be damaged, and we may attract fewer conventions and see a decline in leisure travel," Visit Denver president Richard Scharf said in a statement before the election.
Although White said he appreciates Walker and Brown's "entrepreneurial spirit," he said tourism leaders continue to believe marijuana tourism could hurt Colorado's image, which relies heavily on healthy, family-friendly outdoor activities.
"Legalized marijuana promotes just the opposite," White said.
But Brown points out that April is typically among Colorado's slowest tourism months, and the 2011 report found that visits to cities in the state declined that year. Brown believes 4/20 travel could help fill a vacation dead spot.
If marijuana tourism takes off in Colorado — and it might, after a state task force recommended allowing out-of-state visitors to be able to shop in forthcoming recreational marijuana stores — it could be a lucrative business. Medical Marijuana Business Daily, a trade publication for the cannabis industry, suggested in an article that marijuana tourism could rival the multibillion dollar ski tourism industry in Colorado.
"The possibilities are endless in such a scenario, as visitors from all over the country — and possibly from all over the world — would flock to the state specifically to purchase and use marijuana," the publication wrote.
Christian Sederberg, one of Amendment 64's authors, said creating a marijuana-tourism industry wasn't the goal of the measure's proponents. But, he said, marijuana legalization is likely to spin off all sorts of side businesses.
"It sounds like a lot of other things that go on in Colorado," Sederberg said when told of the tourism company. "This one happens to be marijuana-related."
Walker, who used to own a dispensary, and Brown, a former medical-marijuana industry advocate, said they see their business as akin to wine-country tours. They say it could also be expanded beyond just marijuana enthusiasts.
They could set up programs for government officials in other states wanting to learn more about marijuana regulations or prospective business owners seeking ideas about how the industry works. They could organize visits about medical marijuana for people who live in states that don't authorize it.
Brown said about 160 people have signed up for the 4/20 tour so far. Succeed or fail, this April will mark a new era for Colorado.
"Whatever happens," Brown said, "this will be one to remember and say, 'I was there.' "
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I should never let my imagination loose in the French peasant kitchen. I find it terribly hard to leave and tend to overstay my welcome. I do, however, hope you'll indulge me if I linger there another day or two. I have some recipes I want to share with you. The frugality of French housewives is legend and their ability to transform the simplest of table scraps into delicious meals only serves to magnify the legend. It does sometimes seem they have the ability to make something out of nothing. Many of you will be serving roast beef for Passover or the Easter holiday. You're bound to have leftovers and boulettes - meatballs - are a great way to use leftover cooked beef. These are very easy to make and they are wonderfully flavorful. Credit for the recipe should go to Jacques Pepin who, while a celebrity chef, is also a wonderful teacher and author. If you have a food processor, preparation of the meatballs and their sauce will go quickly and you can have dinner on the table in less than an hour. The texture of these meatballs is quite soft. If you find they refuse to hold their shape, add small amounts of breadcrumbs until they can be formed, but don't overdo it. The sauce in which the meatballs simmer has diabolical color, but no heat. It is quite thick and you may want to thin it with stock or white wine. The boulettes can be served with pasta or rice, but I love to serve them with French gnocchi, a dish we'll explore tomorrow. Here's how the boulettes are made.
Boulettes - Meatballs with Tomato Sauce...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of Jacques Pepin and Food and Wine Magazine
12 ounces leftover roast beef, veal or pork, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup minced onion
1/4 cup minced celery
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 large eggs, beaten
Vegetable oil, for frying
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
One 28-ounce can diced tomatoes with their liquid
1/3 cup pitted green olives, coarsely chopped
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1) To make meatballs: Put meat in a food processor and process until finely chopped. In a large bowl, mix flour with baking powder and salt. Add chopped meat, onion, celery, garlic, thyme, pepper and eggs and mix with your hands until thoroughly blended. Form mixture into 16 meatballs and flatten slightly.
2) To fry meatballs: Heat 1/4-inch oil in a large skillet until it shimmers. Add meatballs and cook over high heat until browned on bottom. Turn meatballs, reduce heat to moderate and cook until browned on second side, about 3 minutes. Transfer meatballs to a large plate.
3) To make sauce: Heat oil in a medium saucepan. Add garlic, onion, thyme and oregano and cook over moderate heat until softened, about 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, cover and cook over moderate heat for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Using an immersion blender, puree sauce until slightly chunky; alternatively, puree the sauce in a food processor and return the sauce to the saucepan. Set aside.
4) To prepare olives: Put olives into a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Immediately drain and add to tomato sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer. Add meatballs and heat through. Serve with pasta, rice or gnocchi Parisienne. Yield: 4 servings.
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What does an Obama victory mean?
Posted by Al Sahlstrom on November 22, 2008
After eight years under the same president, our country is on the verge of some major changes. This is an exciting time. The election of a new president encourages us to take a collective look in the mirror and it throws the spotlight on the distinctive characteristics of the person we've elected. Whom we choose as president says a great deal about us – who we are, what we want, and how we have changed in the past eight years.
It is beyond doubt that Barack Obama's intelligence, his policy positions, and his remarkable temperament will play a crucial role in the next chapter of world history. At the same time, both the full meaning of this election and its likely impact on the next four years are more difficult to ascertain than we might like to admit.
As a Democrat, it's tempting to interpret an Obama victory as a clear-cut endorsement, both of Obama specifically and the Democratic platform generally. After all, Obama has practically Kennedyesque personal appeal and he's spent the past 21 months campaigning relentlessly on the idea that he would bring progressive change to the country by ending the war in Iraq, providing health care to all Americans, and practicing a new kind of politics.
The idea of the election as a direct choice between the policies of Obama and McCain would also fit into a clean, dispositionist narrative of American politics. But what if voters ultimately made their decisions based on other factors? For example, Douglas Schoen of the Wall Street Journal argues that the results of this election are "not a mandate for Democratic policies" because voters acted primarily out of a desire to reject Bush and the Republicans. What about other factors such as the economy or the personal attributes of the candidates?
Though the economy was hardly a centerpiece of Obama's campaign, his first concrete lead appeared shortly after the advent of the current financial crisis. How do we read the tea leaves? Does the important role of the economy in Obama's victory hint that his policies couldn't gain acceptance under normal circumstances, or did the crisis simply prove that that the American people trust Obama's judgment? What about age, race, or any of the other factors that might have influenced the election? Does Obama's charisma strengthen or weaken the rationale for electing him? What are the implications for an Obama presidency if the election represented something other than a direct up or down referendum on the president-elect's policies?
In the context of dispositionist Enlightenment values, elections present the highest, purest forum for individuals to exercise rational choice. By choosing between various candidates and platforms, we communicate our preferences to the government, in turn providing our rulers with a mandate for the choices they make. It's clear that voting is important and that our choice of a given candidate expresses a preference, but it's not clear how much of that preference derives from stable views or strictly rational evaluation of qualifications and policy positions. Voters' perceptions of issues are susceptible to the influence of emotion and identity appeals. Changes in situational factors such as political climate, economic stability, and "October surprises" affect support for candidates without necessarily altering their positions or qualifications. And it's widely understood that politicians don't reliably follow through on their campaign promises (for example, even before this election, the bailout made both candidates' existing proposals unfeasible). What, then, is the nature of the connection between a vote based on proposals from the campaign season and the mandate for the action a new president actually takes?
Even to the extent that we vote based on conscious policy decisions, it is easy to overestimate the degree to which a president's innate qualities and preferences determine how events unfold during his or her time in office. Our dispositionist assumptions emphasize a view of the chief executive primarily as an independent decision-making actor – the president as "the decider."
But even the deepest convictions and policy positions of a president-elect are not determinative of what the country experiences in the following four years. No initial mandate can render a president immune to political forces. Preexisting conditions (such as our current economic and military challenges) can complicate or preclude efforts to enact new policy. And every president faces historic changes in global and domestic circumstances that come to define his or her term in office. Good judgment is crucial when meeting such challenges, but ultimately the president's choices represent only one of many factors shaping the course of events.
Barack Obama's election has inspired millions and ignited hope around the globe. Given the historic shift in power we're experiencing, it's tempting to jump to conclusions about what we've proven by electing Obama and what the world will look like with him as president of the United States. But in the end, we support candidates for many different reasons and the results of this presidential election don't unambiguously define the country. Likewise, President Obama may go on to accomplish many things, but it's unwise to assume – for better or for worse – that the fate of our country lies in his hands. The full meaning of Obama's presidential victory will take time to emerge. For now, the best first step we can take into the Yes We Can era would be to remember the limitations we all have as individuals and not rely on President Obama to single-handedly change the world.
2 Responses to "What does an Obama victory mean?"
November 22, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Upon reading the headline I was hoping for a little more insight into the situational constraints that must surely be at work within the role of U.S. President, regardless of who is in the office and what party they are aligned with. I suspect that there are a variety of contextual pressures that arise from the momentum of institutional relationships in the organization of federal government that are far more powerful than the role of a president, the person occupying the office of the president, or the party arrangements that enable that person to assume that role.
Do you have any thoughts on that?
(It is my suspicion that such forces are at work tempering his actions that has me almost more excited about what Obama might be able to accomplish when he becomes an ex-president than what he is likely to accomplish in office. Given the record of ex-democratic presidents and a particular ex-vice president in recent years I cannot even imagine what Obama could accomplish.)
November 23, 2008 at 9:15 am
A really interesting post, and a reminder of the way we deal with the facts about our leaders. And it suggests me that maybe partisans could be more sensible to situational explanations for presidential decisions and outcomes that are negative or not in line with their expectations, instead of change their oppnions about the president or their previous oppinions about the issue. That is, and atributional based strategy to deal with vicarous dissonance. But even more interesting, is the possible ocurrence of anticipatory vicarious dissonance. For example, if you are really connected to your leader, but you guess that some (as usual) or most (as sometimes happens) of her/his promises will not be acomplished, you could forewarn yourself (and others) that there are other causes beyond your leader responsability that will explain the possible bad outcomes for the group. In the extreme of this, would be the followers self-blaming for possible bad outcomes that usually would have been atributed to the leader.


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