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Guest post by Diana Monte.

Featured image is “Still waters at Dawn…… An original oil painting by Diana Monte. “

I would love to tell you that what I remember fondly about Diana is her long, rich, black hair or her amazing height, but that’s not it. Every time I think of her , I remember a woman being patient and loving and ready to meet me in my broken-ness. She did not know me then, but I was crying and sobbing my heart out at church one evening, and she came and sat with me ( and pretended for a short time that she did not see my tears ) and told me she was waiting eagerly for her daughters to come back from college on vacation. She made small talk and drew me out. Once we were conversing she asked me what was on my heart, and do you know it, it brought the tears back! This time in release. I’m forever grateful to Diana for just hearing me out, and then praying with me and seeking me out after this episode. I think you’d love what constitutes worship to her. I pray you will be blessed by her post as I have been by the person.

Some other posts on worship by other authors are Guest post by Kailee Diaz., Guest post by Carole Sparks.Guest post by Vanessa A Harris. and Guest post by Bruce Cooper.  These godly authors have written on what worship means to them and each of the posts are very different. My hope is to inspire you to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, and to do so daily, minute by minute, hour by hour. He deserves your worship.

16" x 20" Taos Winter by Diana Monte
Painting by Diana Monte.

Arabian prince by Diana Monte

Diana Monte has been teaching private painting classes for the past twenty years. She is a ‘juried’ artist whose work has been shown at the New Mexico State Fair, local Art Studio Tours, Los Ranchos Lavender Festival, Encantada Art Exhibition and several other venues. She currently is the featured poster winner for  being held on July 15th.

It is Diana’s genuine hope that her paintings bring an atmosphere of peace to a home and reflect the beauty displayed in God’s creation. You can find her art at

Diana and her husband John live in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque with their two beautiful  daughters, Ariana and Lydia. Her husband John is on the Pastoral Staff at Legacy Church and Diana is actively involved Directing the Bliss Women’s Ministry at the East Campus at her church. Her passion is to use her art to glorify Him and to bring women into a deeper knowledge of Him.

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Diana Monte

I was asked by Vanessa to share a little bit about Worship and how it is a part of my daily life.  I agreed and I am delighted to share a few things with you that hopefully will help you along in life. ☺

I am an artist and I am so very thankful to God for this gift/talent of creativity. Using oil paint on a canvas is an expression and passion of mine to glorify and honor Him. Over the course of many years, I have said “If I don’t use it, I’ll lose it!”   So I regularly and continually utilize and broaden my painting skills so that the God given talent increases.  It is my heart’s desire that my paintings will minister to people in some way. I pray and ask God for wisdom and ability when I paint.   Bottom line: I want to utilize my artistic talents more and more to glorify God.

Worship – the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration.

“the worship of God”

reverence, veneration, adoration, glorification, glory, exaltation;

devotion, praise, thanksgiving, homage, honor;

archaic magnification

Every day is a new day to grow and transform into the person that God has destined you and I to be.  What talent/gift has God given you to utilize??

Every day isn’t a bed of roses, we all face challenges, obstacles and trials in one way or another.  In the midst of these trying times, do we press into God for help and direction?  You see, our transformation usually occurs when we are being hard pressed and challenged in an uncomfortable circumstance or situation.

No matter the circumstances around you remember that God is for you and not against you. He is your strength when you are weak and weary. And He will never leave you nor forsake you. “I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”

II Corinthians 12:9 / Psalm 121:1-2

I often will journal the struggles I am facing and write down the following:

  • The date and description of what the circumstances are
  • What I am praying and believing God for
  • And the emotions I am going through at the time.
  • I pray for wisdom and direction and declare that I am trusting God to be with me through it!  I always try to pray until I have a peace knowing that it is God’s hands and not mine.
  • I also find a couple of scripture verses that I can say out loud to continually pray over every situation. It is only then that I can rejoice & praise Him by faith, for the victory.

Some prayers are answered quickly and some may take years to see.

But the Fact remains, our God is Faithful !

I cannot have a victory without having the battle! A Victory reminds me that God has heard my cries for help. Growing through the tough times makes you and me stronger in so many areas.  The most important thing is knowing that God is actively involved in my life.  To me, that makes life worth living and gives me something wonderful to Worship Him for!

A situation could might be staring me in the Face, and I KNOW that it’s going to work itself out. How do I know?? Because God has ALWAYS brought me through every single situation!  I can wholeheartedly say that I can Worship God every day regardless of what I feel like.

10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] Philippians 3:10 (AMPC)

I pray God’s blessing over you, that your gifts/talents and abilities continue to grow and increase.  May you also express Worship wholeheartedly in your daily life!

Olive Harvest by Diana Monte

Daises by Diana Monte

Some of Diana’s paintings on view at the Lavender festival. My favourites are the “Jesus the good shepherd” (3rd row, 2nd painting) and the “Still waters at Dawn” (2nd row, 1st painting, also the featured image)

I hope you enjoyed reading Diana’s post. Bring your talents to Him and watch Him do wonders with it.

In Him,

The Mothers in the line of Jesus.

Happy Mother’s day to the mothers who are reading this post and I hope you had a great weekend with your family .

To those of you who are not yet mothers, I’m thinking of you. I don’t know His ways and I don’t understand Him often, but He has still been Faithful.

To those of you who have had children and they are no longer here, I’m so so sorry, I will never have the words to comfort you, but He can.

To those of you who are spiritual mothers and mentors, I thank you. You make a difference in people’s lives for generations to come. We rise and call you blessed.

To those of you who are mothers, you make a difference. You are seen. You are valued. You hold your families together and you are loved.

For Mother’s day 2017, I’m going to write a little about the women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus. They have been spoken on and dissected and discussed often, but I’m always grateful when women (and men)’s names are mentioned in the Bible. They were real, flawed, human and felt things. They made mistakes. They made sacrifices. They prospered and failed and loved and hated. They were known to Him and He made sure their names/ their lives were written down for us to know them as well.

In Matthew 1:1-17, the genealogy of Joseph (who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus) is mentioned. The women mentioned by name / circumstance are Tamar , Rahab, Ruth, (Bathsheba) she isn’t mentioned by name but the Bible says “who had been Uriah’s wife”, and Mary, the mother of Jesus. In Luke 3 :21-38, the genealogy of Jesus through Joseph is mentioned as well, but the names of the women are not.

Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah.

She was not an Israelite, but she was given in marriage to Er. He sinned against God and was struck down. She was then given in marriage to his brother Onan, who used her, but refused to give her children to carry on the name of his brother and was struck down as well. Judah in fear that his third son would be killed as well asked her to live in her father’s house. She did. Judah dealt with her falsely, and when she saw that she wasn’t given to Selah as his wife, Tamar seduced Judah by pretending to be a shrine prostitute. She conceived and was nearly stoned for adultery, but she sent out Judah’s pledges to him for him to recognize. Judah said that she had been more righteous than him,  and lets her live, but does not have sexual relations again with her for the rest of her life. Tamar gives birth to twins, one of whom would be the fore father of kings and of Jesus Himself.

Why Tamar?

Tamar wasn’t part of the chosen people, was deceived and in turn was deceitful herself. But God . God chooses to give her children and take away her shame. He chooses her name to be mentioned in His family line.

No matter how often we slip up, He can turn our lowest, weakest, ugliest moments around and use us for His Glory.

Rahab was a harlot. The few times in scripture that she is mentioned, she is known as Rahab the harlot /prostitute. She lived in Jericho. She had heard of what God had done during Moses’ time (a good 35-40 years ago) and was terrified. She chose to hide the 2 spies that Joshua sent, but she made sure to ask for a favour. She wanted to be safe when God destroyed Jericho. The two spies promised her that her family would be safe as long as they were in the house and she had tied a scarlet ribbon in her window. She believed them and did exactly as they commanded her to. Rahab was the instrument through which her family was saved. Later she was allowed to marry an Israelite and through her son, kings and later the Messiah would come.

Why Rahab?

Rahab was not a Hebrew, she lived an immoral lifestyle. But God. God gave her the faith to believe in Him, and she and her family were saved because they had a reverent fear of Him.

What we have done is the past does not determine what God can do with us. God can and will turn your lifestyle around when you call upon Him and choose to leave everything behind for His Name’s Sake.

Ruth was a  Moabite. She had been a wife, then became a widow. She chose  to stay with her mother-in-law in spite of being urged to go back to he father’s family. She was hard working and went to glean grain behind the workers. Ruth was obedient to Naomi and did what she asked regarding marriage customs, even if they seemed foreign to her. She was then given a husband and a child and children , and became the great grandmother of King David.

Why Ruth?

Ruth was not of the holy and set apart people. But whatever she saw and experienced in her husband’s home made her choose to stay with her mother-in-law and follow her God. She left behind everything known to her. But God. God gave her peace and acceptance in the new land and gave her a husband and children of her own.

Do you feel unseen and unknown? And aren’t sure of how to make ends meet? Are you in a new and foreign land and lonely? I can’t say that everything will be roses and peaches ever after, but I can tell you, that God sees. God knows. He takes into account everything. And this faithfulness will be credited to you.

Bathsheba is not mentioned by name. The genealogy only mentions “who had been Uriah’s wife”. She was the grand-daughter of Ahitophel ( King David’s trusted advisor), and was an Israelite. Either she was forced by King David, seduced by him, or she did the seducing, but sexual sins lead to events that caused David to murder her husband. The child that she conceived was taken by God when he was born ( 7 days later), but she gave birth to at least 4 other sons, who were taught by the prophet Nathan. Her son Solomon/ Jedidiah would become king after his father David even though he was not the first born.

Why Bathsheba?

Either things she did or were done to her caused events to spiral out of control. But God. God renewed her womb and restored her honour. She was wife to one king and a mother of another. She is mentioned in the line of Jesus.

When God honours you, your past can and will become a clean slate. He will lift you higher than you imagined. He will give you more than you ask. He will do strange and incredible and marvelous works than you could not even dream of.

Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Mary was most likely a teenager when she

Mary, the mother of Jesus

conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit. She was asked to do something impossible and mind boggling. She did question the angel and even though her response is similar to Zechariah ( husband to Elizabeth and father to John the Baptist), “how can it be?”, apparently her heart and her attitude were very different , as evidenced by the responses given by the angel Gaberiel to the two of them. The few times Mary is mentioned later on the gospels, the accounts portray her as a considerate mother. It is also mentioned that “she pondered all the things [that happened around and to Jesus] in her heart”

Why Mary?

This one is interesting. By all accounts Mary seems to be the proverbial ideal wife and mother. In some accounts though, it feels like she doesn’t believe Jesus ( when she and her other sons went to Jesus when he was preaching and getting “in trouble” with the religious leaders because they thought He had lost His mind), but in other accounts, she absolutely believes in Him ( she tells the servants to do everything Jesus tells them at the wedding in Cana).

Mary’s but God. God used a simple, young, humble, possibly poor girl to bring His Son into this world. No one and nothing is beyond His control.

No matter who we are, we are loved by God. We are known to Him. He cares for us. He died for us. He rose again for us. He is preparing a place for us . And He will come back for us.

With joy, until next time.

My hour has not yet come, but it will.

Featured image from St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

In John 2 , Jesus has just chosen His first disciples and had gone to His hometown in Galilee. He and His disciples and His family were invited to a wedding in Cana. The wine for the celebration has run out, so the first thing that Mary, the mother of Jesus does, is  tell Him. She tells Him, Jesus says His time has not yet come, and not to involve Him. So Mary instead goes to the servants and tells them to do whatever He tells them. Jesus, out of respect for His mother, tells the servants to fill nearby jars with water and then changes the water into wine. The wine that He makes , tastes so much better , that even the master of the banquet comments on that to the hosts.

John mentions that this was the first of the signs* that Jesus did and so revealed His glory to His disciples.

But this was nearly three years before Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. In the beginning of Jesus’ ministry He warns various people He healed not to tell others. Jesus tells Simon (when he declared that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God) not to tell others. Jesus tells the three disciples who witnessed His transfiguration not to tell the others. Jesus also told them that they should remain silent about it, until He was glorified. That happened as Jesus conquered death when He rose again  from the dead and ascended up to Heaven to sit at the Father’s right hand. When He was lifted up, He drew all people to Him.

He made a way for us to receive salvation, hope and eternal life. But it is up to us to do so. He will respect our choice. Because it is not  yet His time. When He comes back in glory, and He will, He will come as King. He will come to administer justice and judgement. He will come and accept the reverence and worship of ALL people. Whether they are willing or not. As it is written in Phillipians 2:10-11, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. At that time, it will be HIS TIME. There won’t be any time left to make a decision regarding Jesus. So do so now. Now is the time to make Him Lord and Saviour of your life since He is patient and kind and not willing for any to perish but that all should come to Him as it says in 2 Peter 3:9  The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

If you are looking for Him, if you sincerely desire Him, just ask Him. Let Jesus know , you want to make Him Lord of your life. Look for a Bible based church close to you. Google the questions you want or look up sermons on YouTube. Now it’s easier than ever to find Him. Make use of that. Hebrews 3:13  says But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today’, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

In Ecclesiastes 1:1  it says The words of the Teacher,[a] son of David, king of Jerusalem: ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher. ‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. This book is believed to be written by Solomon in his later years. He has by now, become very rich ( God gave that to Him), he’s married several women (700 wives and 300 concubines), he’s indulged in every pleasure known to man, he’s become very well known and sought after for his wisdom (He asked God for that). Solomon’s tried everything and done all and he then discovers it is ‘meaningless, a chasing after the wind’. At the end of the book he discovers that remembering the Creator and fearing him and keeping all His commandments is the only thing that matters.

Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14

13 Now all has been heard;
    here is the conclusion of the matter:
fear God and keep his commandments,
    for this is the duty of all mankind.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
    including every hidden thing,
    whether it is good or evil.

I’ve been reading my old posts and there seems to be a common theme underlying all of them. I talk/ weave into/ write about the temporary nature of our lives. How the joy and the sorrow, the tears and laughter, the sickness and health, the life and death will all be worth it, when Christ comes to take us home. I write about the temporary versus the eternal. Temporary being our lives, and the Eternal being the life we will have with Him. And I’m reminded that our days are very short. Our time on this Earth will come to an end soon. Right now is the time to make the choice for Him.

*Signs- John describes the signs that Jesus did in the gospel of John. These are signs that reveal / point to the Messiah and are fulfillments of prophesies in the OT. John shows that these signs are fulfilled by Jesus and acknowledges that Jesus alone is the promised Messiah (meaning “Anointed”) who is capable of saving man from his sins and judgement and can give man eternal life.

May I encourage you if you don’t know Him, to come to Him and make Him the Lord of your life. We don’t know how long we have, but the time has come. It is now.

With awe at God’s graciousness,

Eating marshmallows in church.

When we first moved to a new city in 2016 for my husband’s job and started going to a new church, I wanted to jump in and start serving in the church right away. After all that’s what I did in the previous two churches in the 2 different cities that we had been a part of for the last 6 years. Monica, though, told me to wait. Monica, who has become a dear friend, and a godly mentor to me these last few months. Monica, on that Saturday, had just met me at a ladies’ brunch at the church. She barely knew me, but prompted by the Holy Spirit, told me to wait. Wait on the Lord first and foremost. Wait to serve Him, but serve Him by serving my husband and my children in the meantime. Serve Him by investing in my children’s lives (like an investment broker 🙂 ). Serve Him by being present with my husband. Honour Him with what I was doing and not worry about what I thought I should be doing.

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I’m so glad that I did listen to her.

My younger son who had been diagnosed with Autism in 2015, started up ABA therapy and his hours went up from 15 to 20 and then 26 and 30 hours per week. I’ve had therapists in and out of my house for the past 2 years (2 different states) and I still do :-). Sometimes things happen, they are sick or their children are, a tire’s flat and they can’t drive, it’s a snow day and they can’t come, and sessions have had to be rescheduled. Because I wasn’t signed up in church, to serve in any capacity on a weekly basis and I wasn’t expected anywhere, I was able to accommodate any and all changes within reason 🙂

In the nearly 2 years of therapy, we’ve seen a lot of changes and improvements, some steps going back, but everything we’ve done so far, and everything we’ve sacrificed , all the time we’ve spent has been worth it 🙂

We’ve gone from merely surviving to a place where we can say , as a family in the midst of the fullness and busyness of life, we’re thriving. My daughter loves her school and enjoys every minute spent there. My son and I, our days are filled with his therapy and we’re learning to have fun during the long days, with visits to parks and play areas thrown in. My husband’s learning to balance his work and home life with us. Apart from our daily schedules, the only places we go “out” to are churches ( we still attend 3-4 churches often, with 1-2 churches being our stable that we attend every week), different parks and play areas in malls/ MacDonald’s/ Chick-Fill-A’s. We eat out very rarely and do other fun things almost never. It’s easier taking my son to places that he’s used to, so that he’s not overwhelmed.

There are several instances in the last few months that I’ve seen God’s Hand at work in our lives. I’ve also seen confirmation that the advice Monica gave me to wait, was indeed from the Holy Spirit. Adam has been making more eye contact, understanding more of what we say, speaking more and letting us know his wants appropriately. He’s been affectionate, demonstrating and asking for attention and affection like other boys his age. He’s been sleeping well and eating more as well. Christina is talking up a storm and dreaming up stories and able to articulate what she feels and tell us exactly what happened in school and what her friends did ( for a child who needed speech therapy to start talking, this is amazing!).

One of the times I remember was a Sunday when we were at our main church, which is a family service (the children sit with us so we take play doh, writing things, markers, pipe cleaners and snacks to keep them occupied and busy during the service). Adam had just started demonstrating affection in the weeks before that Sunday. He came and sat on my lap and was busy with his things and Christina came over and sat on my lap too. Adam kept looking at me, and touching my face, and smiling when I smiled back at home. Christina didn’t fight or push her brother off 🙂 and was busy with her own things. My husband had the snacks, he would offer the marshmallows (from the Lucky Charms cereal ) or the veggie straws or the cookies to them. They went and took it from him, and came back to my lap. This pattern went on throughout the hour and half service. That was also the first time that Adam sat throughout the service without making a ruckus.

Usually halfway through one of us takes him to the car. We love the pastor and the family and their love for God and the teaching of His Word authentically and so we continue to worship there. We go to 2 of the churches because the children’s programs are amazing and they make a real effort to include Adam in the regular classes (and the teaching is straight from God’s Word too which we appreciate). The other regular church that we attend weekly is down the street from us, and we love attending the mid week service, it gives us a safe place to take the children as well as an opportunity to worship God together as a couple.

So on that Sunday in December, Adam and Christina sat on my lap and were cuddly and loving and gentle and I was grateful. I was grateful for God working in their lives. I was grateful to Him for showing me that my time invested in them was paying dividends. I was grateful that all the months and years and minutes uncounted that I was working with Adam that nobody saw was showing tangible results. I was grateful to God for our family and marriage which He had restored. I was grateful that our children are happy, fun-loving, cuddly children and were thriving.

I still am. When I think of how far away these milestones were 2 years ago, I’m overwhelmed with His goodness. How Kind, how Compassionate, how Gentle, how Good our God is. To show me He is working, He is still working with all of us. To show me He is in control. To show me He loves Christina and Adam more than I ever will. To show me that they are made in His Image, and He will use them to Glorify Himself through them. To show me that He Is God. He Will Always Be. He knows what He’s doing. I just have to trust Him.

I want to mention at this time, that I don’t go by my “feelings and emotions”. I’m up and down, but whatever happens then, whatever I feel, First I bring it to the Lord, Second I wait, Third I search through scripture to back it up or refute it, and finally I either bring it to my husband or a trusted godly family member or my mentor. (When I “feel’ that God said something or something was from God or that God is doing something in my life )

There are times when I have peace about certain things, but I don’t naturally assume every time I have peace about something, it is from God. Which is why I’ve taken so long to write this post. Our feelings and emotions are part of who we are, and are definitely given to us from God ( Psalm 139 For I am fearfully and wonderfully made), but Jeremiah 17:9 the heart is deceitful above all things, is true as well. God is a good Father from whom we receive every good and perfect gift and who does not change like shifting shadows James 1:7. We can wait on Him, if it is definitely from Him, it will stand the test of time, it will not change. If it is not from Him, the passing of time will reveal it as well.

There are also times, when you know, it is from God. Those moment/s and situation/s look different for everybody. At those times, it is in your best interest (and mine) to completely follow through on the instructions/ direction / commandments being given by God.

Anyway this post is about seeing His faithfulness and marveling at His goodness for me and mine. It’s about remembering where we were and how far He’s brought us. He has definitely been working in all four of us and we can see the results. I write this to praise Him for what He has done, knowing He will continue to do so. I write this to glorify Him for Who He Is. My Maker, my Father, my Shepherd, my Healer, my God and my LORD.

Some of my favourite verses on waiting are

1.Psalm 46:10

10 He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God;

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth.’

2.Isaiah 30:15

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

‘In repentance and rest is your salvation,

    in quietness and trust is your strength,

    but you would have none of it.

3.2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

4.Philippians 1:6

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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If you’ve seen God’s faithfulness to you, would you share that with me?

With gratitude and praise,


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Blueberry Muffins and Snowstorms

So Friday night was a blizzard here on the East Coast.  Thankfully we didn’t get hit too badly.  We got probably about a foot of snow-nothing compared with Connecticut and other places further east and north that got upwards of two and three feet.  But it was nice to watch the snow come down and although I didn’t get any shots of the snow (maybe next time) I did get some shots today when I went out to pick up our winter CSA share.

To the left is the stairs going down into the basement of our brownstone and below is a picture of a pretty cool icicle that was hanging from the second floor of our building.
So, winter CSA.  I have always wanted to be part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) but for a variety of reasons, haven’t gotten around to actually joining one.  Part of the reason is that many of them require volunteer time and during the summer, that is impossible for me to commit to.  So when I found out about the Winter Sun Farms Share, I figured this was the perfect way to start.  Once a month between November and March or April we get a bag of stuff that was flash frozen.  We’ve gotten lots of corn, butternut squash puree, soybeans, peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, collard greens and jars of tomato sauce.  We’ve also gotten tons of blueberries.
I decided I was going to take advantage of these amazingly delicious looking blueberries and make a batch of blueberry something.  My first thought was blueberry peach scones but in the end I decided to make blueberry muffins.  I immediately hopped onto my recipe app, Paprika (which is awesome and someday I will write a post all about it), and found a recipe by Alton Brown on the Food Network.

So I may not be the best at photography yet but I hope to improve as the posts go on!   I no longer have a sifter, somehow it broke so I used a fork to mix together the dry ingredients.

I think the secret weapon to keep these muffins super moist is yogurt.  I’m a big fan of Greek Yogurt so I used Fage full fat yogurt and it worked out great.

I love all my mixing bowls!  I have two sets of mixing bowls right now, the top set, porcelain, from Crate and Barrel-A Hanukkah gift from my aunt and uncle a few years ago and this set, with the blue bowl, is a set from Target when I moved to New York and they are plastic melamine.  I love that they are all different colors and I have a multitude of sizes with which to work.

Muffins before going into the oven.  I didn’t have any regular size muffin tins nor did I have any muffin liners so I used mini muffin tins and sprayed vegetable oil spray into them.

They are delicious!  I made 48 mini muffins and about half of them are already gone-my downstairs neighbor came and grabbed several, my roommate and best friend had some for dinner and of course I had a few.
I also tried to make corn bread which did not turn out so well but I did make honey butter to go with it and we ate it with the muffins and that was delicious!
Blueberry Muffins (
12 1/2 ounces cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
Heavy pinch salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used corn)
1 egg
1 cup yogurt (I used Fage full fat)
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
Vegetable spray, for the muffin tins (I used Trader Joe’s pam stuff)
Preheat oven to 380 degrees F.
In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
In another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, egg and yogurt.  Add the dry ingredients, reserving 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients and toss with the blueberries.  Stir mixture for a count of 10.  Add 1 cup blueberries to mixture and stir 3 more times.  Reserve the 1/2 cup of blueberries.
Using a #20 ice cream scoop (I used a 1/4 cup measurer), add the mixture to greased muffin pans.  Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of berries on top of muffins and press down lightly.  Place into the oven and increase the temperature to 400 degrees.  Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Remove from oven and turn out, upside down on tea towel to cool completely.  Serve immediately or store in airtight container for 2 to 3 days.
My one note would be that it needs to be closer to the 20 minutes rather than the 25 minutes.  My muffins were a bit darker brown than I would have liked but they are still delicious and moist!!  Overall, it was a great recipe and one that I will make again, especially since I have four more bags of blueberries in my freezer.

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Gaddafi’s call for splitting of Nigeria

Casmir Igbokwe

Published in SUNDAY PUNCH, March 21, 2010

Last Thursday, a certain chief in Lagos called me. He was furious that the Senate President, David Mark, called Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a mad man. He wanted Punch to run an opinion poll on what Gaddafi said and see if the majority of Nigerians would not side the Libyan gadfly.

Shortly after this conversation, I got text messages from some concerned Nigerians. One Smollett in Victoria Island, Lagos, wondered why some people were trying to rubbish Gaddafi; a man who, he said, had put plenty of food on the table of his subjects, and who had surmounted many economic sanctions by the international community.

To Mr. Wale Ogunkua, it is really pathetic and totally unacceptable for a top level political office holder of our country to call a country’s leader a madman. He said the view Gaddafi expressed was very popular among Nigerians.

Last week, Gaddafi stirred up a hornet’s nest by suggesting the splitting of Nigeria into two countries – North for Muslims and South for Christians. According to him, splitting Nigeria will put an end to the bloodshed and burning of places of worship between Muslims and Christians. He reportedly drew an example with India and Pakistan which had serious religious crises until 1947 when Pakistan was excised from India. India is populated mainly by Hindus while Pakistan is largely a Muslim country.

To him, the problems in such places as Plateau State are religious in nature. They were also caused, he said, by the nature of the Nigerian federation, which had been imposed by the British despite people’s resistance to it.

This comment drew the ire of some Nigerian leaders. Mark described him as a madman who said the same thing about Switzerland, England and some other countries. As far as Mark was concerned, Gaddafi did not deserve the attention of the Senate.

The Arewa Consultative Forum spoke in the same vein. According to the organisation, which represents the interests of the North, Gaddafi knows nothing about Nigeria. It said though the Jos crises brought Nigeria a bad name, the situation was not beyond redemption.

In a further show of anger, the Federal Government recalled the country’s ambassador to Libya, Alhaji Isa Mohammed. A statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry described Gaddafi’s utterances as irresponsible. His theatrics and grandstanding, the statement added, had become too numerous to recount. The House of Representatives even called for the severance of diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Libya.

These outbursts are understandable. Nigerians are a proud people. We say we are the giant of Africa; that out of every five Blackman in the world, one is a Nigerian. We take pride in reminding whoever cares to listen that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. We are the land of the Wole Soyinkas, the Chinua Achebes, and the Philip Emeagwalis. We like to boast that though we have had crises that seemed to threaten our existence, we remain one indivisible nation. As the slogan in the Second Republic goes, “One nation, one destiny!”

So, whenever any foreign leader tells us some home truths about ourselves, we tend to overreact. The other day, the American Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, made some negative remarks about our democracy. Some of us told her to mind her business. Some reports in the same US had predicted that Nigeria could disintegrate by 2015. We dismissed it with a wave of the hand. Even when the US categorised us as a terrorist nation on account of last year’s failed Christmas bomb attempt by a Nigerian on a US-bound plane, we shouted blue murder. Our Senate even asked America to rescind that decision or else…

True, Gaddafi may not have shown a deep understanding of the complexities of Nigeria. In the North, for instance, there are many Christians as there are many Muslims. If the country is divided on religious boundaries, where will the millions of northern Christians go? And where will the equal number of Muslims in the South go?

He may also have some sinister motives. Here is a man who had once called for a United States of Africa. If he truly wanted a united Africa, why is he now interested in Nigeria’s dismemberment? His past activities and utterances do not help matters. On a few occasions when the North African leader visited the country, his female security details had altercations with our security forces. The man is pompous, abrasive and controversial.

But while we condemn him for his presumed reckless comments on Nigeria, we need not throw the baby out with the bath water. We should discard our pride and emotions and draw some lessons from his remarks.

First, Gaddafi could not have made that comment if we had put our house in order. As has been observed by some readers of this column, Gaddafi utilised his country’s resources to better the lives of his people. Today, Nigerians flock to Libya in search of the proverbial greener pastures. Thousands of these fellow countrymen have been deported in recent times.

What have our own leaders done to better the lots of their people and stop unnecessary migration to foreign lands? We have an executive that is not executing anything. What has the Ministry of Works achieved with the billions of naira allocated to it every year? How many roads have been built and repaired? I understand that the Yar’Adua government has spent more money on power than the Obasanjo administration. How has that improved the power situation in the country?

The sorry state of our existence has encouraged the proliferation of ethnic militias. We have the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Odua Peoples Congress, Ijaw National Congress, Arewa Consultative Assembly and so forth. Can we pretend that all is well when these groups exist to champion parochial interests? Can we pretend that all is well when thousands of innocent people have been dispatched to their graves on account of their religion or tribe? Can we pretend that all is well when the amount of arms and ammunition in circulation in Nigeria today are probably more than what we had during the civil war?

Nigerians need to sit down and talk. Many of us want a united Nigeria. But we need to discuss the basis and conditions for that coexistence. We need to discuss how to share the resources of this country without any group feeling cheated.

The foundation for conflict is laid when one group feels cheated and marginalised. Yugoslavia under Marshal Tito enjoyed inter-ethnic peace, security and relative prosperity. The astute and non-discriminatory policies of Tito made this possible. But when the man died in 1980, subsequent leaders toyed with balancing the ethnic diversities of the country. Today, Yugoslavia is a disintegrated country.

For Nigeria to move forward, we must have a strong and purposeful leadership that will galvanise our people. We need strong institutions, impartial judiciary, effective legislature that represents the interest of the people.

Above all, we must stop the culture of impunity and allow the rule of law to prevail. Whoever kills in the name of God must face the full wrath of the law. If we don’t face these realities, many more Gaddafis will continue to haunt us.

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    If you stupid Yoruba people agree to this rubbish, and you think life is hard now you haven’t seen hard yet, Igbo would wipe you off the face of earth they want Lagos so badly, Hausa is the one keeping the Igbo from wiping you out.

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We went to visit the construction site for our new home over the weekend, we are excited with progress, brick and stonework is nearly finished and the inside walls have been painted.  We also met our new neighbours who told us they had their first child on Wednesday and signed and completed all the paperwork and got the keys for their new home the following day!!!! It is the perfect opportunity for a card 🙂

The card base in 11 x 41/4 in Wisteria Wonder with a 5 1/4 x 4 layer in Whisper White.  I used one of my bestest (it is a word!) favorite stamp sets ~ Georgous Grunge with Sahara Sand ink to give texture in the back the ‘Congrats’ from the Bravo stamp set in Elegant Eggplant.  To soften the look I punched out 4 flowers in Whisper White with the Itty Bitty Accent punch pack and sponged the edges with Wisteria Wonder, before attaching them to the card with a little all purpose glue (Tombow).  A small bow make with silver bakers twine and dots of silver dazzling details in the center of my flowers gave a final ‘sparkling’ touch.

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Axle Dilemma

Discussion in 'The Garage' started by goldwing2000, Mar 21, 2006.

Pick an option

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  5. I'm nekkid and want to be covered with gear lube.

  1. goldwing2000

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    Ok, so here's my problem. I'm going to install a new axles and I have a couple different paths I could choose. Current axles are a set of 3.42s, 10-bolt front and 12-bolt rear.

    I have a 14bff with 4.10 gears that's going in the back. That's the easy part.

    To go with that,
    I have one 10-bolt axle with 4.10 gears but the housing is rusted to hell.
    I have one 10-bolt axle with 2.73 gears and the housing is painted but showing some rust.
    I have one Dana 44 with 4.10 gears and the housing is almost pristine.

    Option 1:
    Take the 4.10 gears out of the rusty axle and have them installed in the 2.73.
    Cost: about $300. Setting up axles is a pain in the ass and I'm not willing to do it myself.
    Benefit: I'll have the right gears in a decent housing.
    Problems: The paint on the good axle isn't going to last forever, so I'll still have to do something about protecting it from rust.

    Option 2:
    Have the 4.10 axle sand blasted and powder coated.
    Cost: About $260, including the knuckles
    Benefit: No actual work to do besides removing the knuckles and draining the fluid. The axle will be completely impervious to salt and dirt.
    Problems: Has the rust removed enough metal to affect structural integrity?

    Option 3:
    Install the Dana 44.
    Cost: Pretty much free, since I already have the parts.
    Benefit: Pretty much free, since I already have the parts. :D
    Problems: The axle doesn't have the outers, so I'm going to have to swap over the 10-bolt parts. That leaves me with only one set of axle shafts, no spares. If I use a 10-bolt, I have three sets of shafts.

    As of right now, the plan is to install the Dana just to get me going and then switch over to option 1 or 2.
  2. redneckdude

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    if it were me, id just hit the 4.10ed 10b with a wire brush on a grinder then spray bomb it. $20 for the brush, $5 for some cheapo spray paint, and you are good to go.
  3. 6.2Blazer

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    Option 1 - just wire-wheel the housing and shoot it with $4 in spray paint. I obviously can't see the housing in person, but I've never seen one with more than a thick layer of surface rust on it......nothing that would affect the structural integrity.

    Not sure why you would need to powder coat it, especially since you don't mention powder coating the other two options??? I'm sure it would be nice, but why?
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    I'm not completely against spending money (like some of the people I've seen), I just want to spend wisely.
    The rust is a little beyond the wire wheel stage. It's heavy, nasty scaly crap. Anything I could do at home, short of taking an angle grinder to it and removing LOTS of metal, wouldn't get all the rust. Spray bombing is more or less useless and the rust would just come back eventually.

    The reason for the powder coating is two fold. One, because the powder coaters will blast it down to bare metal before they coat it. And two, because it looks cool as hell, it's tough as nails and the powder coating will probably outlast the rest of the truck. :D
    The reason it's not on the other two options is because the other two axles are "good enough" to just stick under there and drive. The 4.10 10B HAS to have something done to it.

    I'm all about permanent fixes. For example, I just discovered rusty floor pans yesterday and I'm going to be replacing them with 1/8" diamond plate and rhino lining the whole interior. I hate doing a job more than once.

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Joe Romm: Hottest Winter On Record By Far Drives Devastating Weather Disasters Globally

by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, March 17, 2016

December 2015 through February 2016 was the hottest meteorological winter ever by far, topping the previous record by a jaw-dropping half a degree Fahrenheit. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that this winter was a remarkable 2.03 °F above the 20th century average.
This extreme warmth — caused primarily by the accelerating human-caused global warming trend (with a boost from El Niño) — is a key reason a number of countries have already “set records for the all-time most expensive weather-related disaster in their nations’ history” this year, as meteorologist Jeff Masters has explained.
We already knew from NASA surface temperature data and from the satellite data that this was the hottest February on record by far. Indeed, every database confirms that February was the most extreme deviation from “normal” temperatures ever recorded for any month!
NOAA’s latest monthly “State of the Climate” report reveals just how hot temperatures over land were, as recorded by the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN), an “integrated database of climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe.” NOAA reports that “a total of 115 individual GHCN stations from 38 countries across all inhabited continents and several island nations set new February high temperature records.”
The Earth’s landmasses were so hot in February that NOAA reports these stunning facts:
The February globally-averaged land surface temperature was 4.16 °F (2.31 °C) above the 20th century average. This was the highest for February in the 1880–2016 record, surpassing the previous records set in 1998 and 2015 by 1.13 °F (0.63 °C).
Yes, last month beat the all time record for hottest February over land by a staggering 1.13 °F.
Because of such scorching heat in February and indeed all winter, it’s no surprise that a number of countries saw record-setting weather-related natural disasters.
“According to the February 2016 Catastrophe Report from insurance broker Aon Benfield, three nations suffered extreme weather disasters in February 2016 that cost at least 4% of their GDP — roughly the equivalent of what in the U.S. would be five simultaneous Hurricane Katrinas,” Jeff Masters and and Bob Henson explain at Weather Underground:
The three unlucky nations that suffered their most expensive weather-related natural disasters ever are Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and Fiji:
  • “Vietnam has suffered $6.7 billion in damage from its 2016 drought, which has hit farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong Delta. This cost is approximately 4% of Vietnam’s GDP, and beats the $785 million cost (2009 USD) of Typhoon Ketsana of September 28, 2009, for most expensive disaster in their history.”
  • “Zimbabwe has suffered $1.6 billion in damage from its 2016 drought [with more than a quarter of the population facing food shortages]. This is approximately 12% of their GDP, and beats the $200 million cost (2003 USD) of a February 2003 flood for most expensive disaster in their history.”
  • “Fiji suffered $470 million in damage from Category 5 Cyclone Winston’s impact in February [peak strength 185 mph winds]. This is approximately 10% of their GDP. The previous costliest disaster in Fiji was Tropical Cyclone Kina in January 1993, at $182 million (2016 USD) in damage.”
Given that this month looks to be headed toward the hottest March on record by far — and given that it would surprise no one if this were the hottest spring on record by far — much more such extreme weather disasters are yet to come.
It’s worth remembering, though, that however bad it gets this year, if we don’t continue to sharply reverse global emissions trends, then our current extreme weather will simply be the norm by mid-century — and it will be considered mild by century’s end.

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Saturday, March 12, 2016

rock beats scissors

2 oz Old Overholt Rye
1/2 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Bigallet China-China Amer
2 dash Housemade Clove Bitters (*)

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.
(*) Perhaps sub a dash or two of Angostura Bitters, or a clove muddled in a dash of Angostura Bitters.
Two Mondays ago, Andrea and I ventured north to Woburn to have dinner at the Baldwin Bar in Sichuan Garden II. For a first drink, I asked Vannaluck Hongthong for the Rock Beats Scissors on the menu that he attributed to bar manager Ran Duan. Overall, the combination appeared like a vermouth-less cross of a Brooklyn with a Bensonhurst (a Cynar for Picon swap in a Brooklyn, with a recipe post here in around a week). Once built, it gave forth a malt aroma with dark orange and herbal accents. The malt continued on into the sip where it mingled with the Amer's caramel, and the swallow began with rye and dark herbal notes and ended with a funky clove finish.

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A clove muddled in Ango? Hallelujah!!!


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Python Question

How do I finde the Code of "tf.nn.dynamic_rnn" in the tensorflow repository?

I'm trying to understand the structure and the coding of tensorflow. While going through this tutorial "" I have searched for the code that is used in the functions.
For example the line

cell = GRUCell(num_neurons) # Or LSTMCell(num_neurons)

uses the function GRUCell, which I can find in the file "" in the tensorflow repository. Furthermore the GRUCell is wrapped by a function called "tf.nn.dynamic_rnn" as follows:

output, state = tf.nn.dynamic_rnn(cell, data, dtype=tf.float32)

Unfortunately I am not able to find the code for this function. Where do I find it? Everything I find is this documentation:

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LINQ: Compare two Sequences

Posted by Viral Sarvaiya on April 4, 2012

Today i get very good and very simple way to compare two arrays.

.Net provide very simple way to compare sequences with Enumerable.SequenceEqual()

Function SequenceEqual() compare target and source sequence and return Boolean value, so we  can know that sequence is similar or not.

for ex.

var ar1 = new[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
var ar2 = new[] {1, 3, 4, 6 };

var result = ar1.SequenceEqual(ar2);

Result : False

Now we want to get that element that is different, for that LINQ gives us best function Except() which works as like below.

var differ = ar1.Except(ar2);
Array.ForEach(differ.ToArray(), a => Console.WriteLine(a));

Out Put:

Hope this will helps you,

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  1. Ajay said

    Good one ..
    Hi Viral.
    Have you any Idea to compare Property Name of two class whether it is same or not

  2. Ramani Sandeep said

    Good !!!

  3. Minoy Kansara said

    That was good example. Thank you for sharing this article.

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Use Pidgin SIPE plugin on Windows 7

It is possible to replace your Microsoft Lync client by a free IM client : Pidgin with a special enabled-plugin : SIPE

To download the latest win32 Pidgin version :

Pidgin 2.10.3

Download the SIPE plugin compiled for Windows :

Then, install your new IM client by launching the installer. Do the same for the SIPE client. Now, add your Lync account into Pidgin by providing the following information :

Protocol : Office Communicator

Username : your professional email address

Login user : your_firm_Active_Directory_domain_name\your_windows_login_name

and that’s all. For your first connection, you will be asked to enter your AD password and probably to accept some security certificates. No further configuration needed. It should work out of the box.

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    • How did you set up the requested credentials?
      Did you accept all the certificates given by Exchange?
      Make sure that your AD login account does not get locked as well.

      • actually I’ve got the same, read error. there are workarounds for linux, but I am unable to solve it in Windows. all the setting looks good…

  1. To solve pidgin’s read error with sipe you have to create an environment variable. the solution is the same posted on
    Set NSS_SSL_CBC_RANDOM_IV=0. If you have admin rights you can do it for you computer.
    If you just want to run pidgin you may then creat a batch file to set the variable and then start pidgin, like this:
    echo off

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Cooking Outside the Box

I am in complete agreement with Sybarite Sauvage who recently remarked that it was just “too darn hot” to mess around with elaborate stories. Hot weather makes creative juices dry up, and one needs an extra effort and a reason to get excited about writing and cooking. So, why not use a little trick, and challenge yourself by using fun new ingredients?

1. Cucuzza squash

During a recent trip to the farmer’s market, I was delighted to see an old friend, – gargantuan-sized Italian squash that goes by the name of “cucuzza”. When we were hiking on the Amalfi coast last September, we saw cucuzzi hanging down from the trellis like some alien baseball bats:

So, I quickly bought the smallest specimen I could find, and spent a good part of my yoga practice thinking about what I was going to do with the darn things. All-in-all, they could be used like other types of summer squash; but they tend to be more flavorful and nutty, plus they keep their shape very well during cooking.

Once I started thinking Italy, squash, zucchini,…the next thing I was remembering was the fabulous zucchini pizza from Forno Campo de’ Fiori in Rome:

Thus, it was decided: it is going to be quasi-pizza, with WholeFood’s tandoori bread as the base:

The first creation was “pizza bianca” with cucuzzi, mountain oregano (indigenous to Amalfi), whole-milk ricotta blobs, a little drizzle of olive oil and lemon juice, freshly ground pepper, and shredded Pecorino (salty and sharp sheep’s milk cheese). Before serving, I sprinkled it with finely julienned mint.

It was followed by “pizza rossa”, built with a very thin layer of arrabiata, cucuzzi, Pecorino, pepper, and combination opal & Italian basil. Here is what it looked like just before I put it in the oven for 5 minutes at 400F:

Ok, now I have used up half of the smaller squash…the question is, what in the world am I going to do with the rest???

2. Tamarind

My must-have dish at any good Vietnamese restaurant is Hot and Sour Soup (Canh Chua), the current favorite being from Saigon Café (located across from Eden Center in Virginia). It is, essentially, a shrimp, tomato, and pineapple soup in tamarind broth. My goal was not to recreate anybody’s version, – I was not following any particular recipe, nor did I have all the ingredients that traditionally go into the soup (such as the wonderfully spongy elephant ear). However, I wanted to make sure it maintained its distinctive taste.

This type of soup epitomizes everything that I love about Vietnamese food, such as the use of fresh ingredients (a variety of herbs and vegetables) to provide different textures and flavors within one dish.  The goal is to create perfect balance of hot (from the chili paste or chili flakes), sweet (from the pineapple), and sour (from the tamarind and lime juice) components.

So, first, you must make your stock using vegetable broth (or shrimp stock), water, tamarind paste,  fish sauce, lemongrass, chili flakes, or chili paste (such as the Pantai paste I used, complete with chilis, garlic, shallots, spices, shrimp paste, etc.). Strain it, and if you can, let it sit in the fridge overnight, in order for all the flavors to marry. The rest takes no more than 10 minutes, as you throw in the pineapple, okra (my approximation for elephant ear), and tomatoes.

A symphony of flavors and colors

At the last possible moment, add shrimp, lime juice, and aromatic herbs (I happened to have opal basil and cilantro on hand). Serve with additional basil and cilantro, if you wish.

In order to push things just a bit further, try a Txakoli (pronounced “Chacoli”) from the Basque region of Spain with your makeshift pizza and soup. In general, it can range from a simple, undemanding quaffer to a wine of extreme focus and character. Getariako Txakolina from Mokoroa certainly has enough acidity, minerality and freshness to bring out the most harmonious chorus from the crazy symphony of textures and flavors of the hot & sour soup.

Singing flavors *are* the best remedy for heat-induced sloth!

7 X 7 Link Award: Two Pigs Spill the Beans

First of all, I wanted to thank Anastasia at “While Chasing Kids” for nominating me for the 7X7 blog award! Hip Hip Hooray!  Without further ado, I will now fulfill my end of the bargain, and comply with the rules of the award:

I. Share something about yourself that others don’t know.

Generally I am a secret squirrel, but I will happily recount some random childhood food experiences that have undoubtedly shaped my idiosyncratic likes and dislikes.

  • When I was very young, once I was given two chicks for March 8 (Women’s Day). I named them Chick and Rick, after the characters in a popular children’s book.

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    They spent the first few months in a cage, in our tiny Moscow studio apartment, and in the summer they were taken to the country house (“dacha”), where the boisterous chicks turned out to be girl chickens (!) who laid eggs. At the end of the summer we had to leave the adult chickens with the neighbors who lived there all year round. I kept getting reports about Chick and Rick, till several months later, I was finally told they were made into a delicious soup. I am glad I did not get to eat any; I do not ever want to know the name and the life story of my meal, a la “Portlandia” chicken episode.
  • My father was in the tourism business, so I started joining him in his travels at the age of 6. In Bulgaria, we had access to the finest seafood, cheeses, fruit, meats, you name it. Unfortunately, I was too young to realize that or care at the time; and as much as I would have liked, in retrospect, to be the kind of gourmet kid who asks her parents for smoked duck for her birthday (like Master Sommelier Andrea Immer’s son Lucas), those three summers I primarily subsisted on steamed rice and shunka (canned ham), with occasional sweet crepes (palachinki) for dessert.
  • Throughout my childhood, summer months were typically spent in the country house with my grandmother, some 50 miles away from Moscow in a true “farm to table”, “locavore” mode of existence. We relied on foraging (mushrooms and berries), fishing, and fresh fruits and vegetables (the other villagers lived there all year round  and had self-sustaining, impressive gardens where they grew potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, etc.).  Since we only stayed there a few months out of the year, all we grew ourselves was fresh herbs and strawberries. We also had an orchard where raspberries, gooseberries, and currants grew like weeds, in addition to the twelve formidable apple trees we actually took care of. We bought fresh goat milk from the neighbors (I was allergic to cow milk, or at least, that’s what I made my parents believe). One of my favorite meals was buckwheat porridge with milk and sugar. Years later, I tried feeding that to my boyfriend (now husband), and let’s just say, he did not share my childish excitement, even though he was too polite to say so at the time.
  • When I turned 13, I followed my parents to spend my first summer in the former Yugoslavia (this shows how old I am 🙂 ). We were based on the Adriatic coast, in a 5-star hotel complex near Sibenic, Croatia). It was the first time that I became aware of the infinite culinary possibilities. The hotel chef was a friend of the family, and he was happy to do extra things for us such as bake exquisite “Princess” pastries (puffs with crème anglaise) for our afternoon snack. I had lobster at our going-away dinner at the hotel, and was given the tip of its footlong tail to take to Moscow as a trophy (of course, I left it behind on the balcony of our hotel room 😦 ) This was also the summer I had an authentic Italian wood burning oven pizza for the first time. We were separated from Italy only by a body of water, and there were several ethnically Italian villages in that part of the country. I remember having to wait till 10pm to eat dinner (those damn Italians! 🙂 ), to be able to enjoy the pizza family-style.
  • My international food exploration continued a year later, in the former Czechoslovakia, at the famous resort of Karlovi Vari (the historic name is Karlsbad). The main activity in that sleepy town involved walking up and down the river, sucking on the mineral water from your assigned spring.  Since I was young, I was spared from drinking the gross water, and instead I walked back and forth eating gelato (I had to eat it slowly, as I was only allowed two a day, and I had to make it last). Every morning we went to our favorite bakery and deli to buy amazing freshly baked croissants and fabulous farmstead hams and cheeses…

II. Link 7 posts from your blog that you think are worthy.

III. Nominate 7 other bloggers that deserve the award and haven’t received it yet.

Calling All Vegetarians and Mathematicians

Our Saturday morning routine during much of the year involves a trip (a 2-minute walk across the street) to the Adams Morgan farmer’s market, where I get a few essentials and a few extras that strike my fancy. For me, bad weather is almost synonymous with cooking, so yesterday I had to stick to my routine and go shopping outside in the rain. Cursing under my breath, I was picking through wet vegetables bins, when I was rewarded with a most beautiful Broccolo Romanesco specimen:

Broccolo Romanesco is a native of Lazio, Italy, and is known in the U.S. as Roman cauliflower, Romanesco broccoli, or coral broccoli. It is a beautiful and fascinating object on several different levels, as it is a mathematical plant (its shape is fractal, meaning each mini-floret is arranged along a logarithmical spiral, which, in turn, is part of a larger spiral).

Pasta e broccoli (exactly what it sounds like – pasta with broccoli) is a great way to showcase the nuttiness, sweetness, and fantastic texture of Broccolo Romanesco (much more versatile than regular cauliflower or broccoli). For this simple dish it is best to use short pasta, such as penne, orecchiette, rigatoni, etc. I rather like using Montebello Strozzapreti (an imported organic durum wheat semolina dry pasta), widely available at WholeFoods, Yes Organic grocery store, among other places.

Broccolo Romanesco is first blanched (3-4 min) and then very quickly sautéed in olive oil infused with garlic and crushed red chilis. Once it is added to the cooked pasta, grate a good amount of Pecorino Romano over the steaming top, perhaps, with a bit of fresh pepper. You can add some more high quality olive oil, if you’d like.

Naturally, another immediate association I have with bad weather is drinking wine, especially a nice red, especially one that has warm spices, earthiness, and depth (besides, I would not dream of having a delicious pasta without a glass of wine :-)). I cannot think of a better wine than a 2007 SanValentino Umbria IGT (a harmonious blend of Sangiovese, Montepulciano, and  Sagrantino, a native of Montefalco) by legendary Paolo Bea to drink with my sweetie on a cold night like this (well, out of what I currently have in my wine cabinet).

Feel free to come up with something different that will warm up your heart; maybe it will be another wine, maybe scotch, maybe a nice piece of chocolate…

What's YOUR poison?

Cacio e Pepe Fridays

I am fond of routines, and food routines are no exception. Plenty examples can be found in traditional Roman cuisine, such as the custom to serve gnocchi on Thursdays.  There’s a Roman saying that goes,“Giovedì gnocchi, Venerdi pesce e Sabato trippa” (gnocchi on Thursdays, fish on Fridays, tripe on Saturdays). Its exact origin is unclear; one of the explanations I have heard is that catholics were not supposed to eat meat on Fridays (thus fish), so on Thursdays they would want to have something filling, such as gnocchi; and tripe on Saturdays because that was the day when the animals were slaughtered.

Jeff and I instituted a tradition of our own, namely, Cacio e Pepe Fridays. Cacio e pepper (cheese and pepper pasta) is one of the staples of Roman cuisine, and the epitome of vegetarian comfort food (perfect for Jeff :-)). The other pastas in the Roman “holy trinity” feature guanciale (cured pork jowl): carbonara (egg yolk, guanciale, pepper, and pecorino) and amatriciana (tomato sauce, guanciale, spicy red peppers, and pecorino). Not being a vegetarian, I am especially partial to amatriciana, and it is one of the dishes I chose to have during our first dinner in Rome at Roscioli:

La Matriciana o Amatriciana

Our tradition involves me driving down to Vace, – an Italian shop in Cleveland Park, incredibly popular on Friday nights, primarily because of their mediocre pizza offerings. I come for their fresh pasta; more specifically, I like using their version of tonnarelli, which is a bit more squared version of spaghetti:

This is a 3-ingredient dish, therefore their quality is pretty important. I think it is critical to have freshly ground pepper from quality peppercorns (I am fond of tellicherries), and freshly shredded cacio (Pecorino Romano – salty, intense, and pleasantly briny). Sometimes I mix it with Cacio di Roma, which is a smoother, younger, creamy textured sheep’s milk cheese, in order to give the dish a more a mild, balanced flavor.

Both cheeses can be found at WholeFoods (make sure you get the “genuine” Sini Fulvi DOP (name-protected) Pecorino Romano, from Italy’s Lazio region.

Getting the perfect texture can be tricky, as first you have to overcome the temptation to overcook the pasta (the cooking time for this particular one is a bit under 1 min!), and then you have to make sure that the cheese clings but not clumps (I love alliteration! 🙂 The nice thing is that this dish is very forgiving, so even if something terrible happens, you are still left with the delicious gooey, salty, and creamy mess, perfect with a white Burgundy (the one below I miraculously bought at WholeFoods for $19.99!!!):

Oh là là!

While planning our monthly NYC weekend, I was very proud of myself for willing to look ahead (to our Southern France trip in May), as opposed to being hopelessly stuck in the past, in my beloved Italian cuisine :-). As a result, the eating itinerary combined a chic French Saturday with the casual Italian Sunday…thank God for the hard-working American spirit which makes it possible to eat at virtually any restaurant in the US on Sunday, – not so in Rome, for example!)I still remember the horrors of neglecting to make a lunch reservation on Sunday (our second day in Rome) for any of the few open worthwhile restaurants, and walking in the heat for hours around Fori and Circo Massimo, without a semblance of a plan… only to be saved by the unexpected appearance of Cristalli di Zucchero and their delicious miniature artisanal savory and sweet pastries (and fresh apricot and blood orange juices)…but I digress.

Un (I).

Jeff and I had fond memories of having tea and macarons at a premier pastry shop Maison Laduree in Paris,

Maison Laduree, 21 Rue Bonaparte, Paris

and I was pleased to discover that their newest location opened in Manhattan (Upper East Side) just a couple of months ago. I cringed at the prospect of standing in line for an hour (or more realistically, at the prospect of Jeff refusing to stand in line for an hour, and therefore, at the prospect of not eating macarons on our short trip); but thankfully, it all worked out “for the best in the best of all possible worlds”. Some thirty minutes later, we were already tasting the fabulous macarons in lemon, pistachio, coffee, rose petal, orange blossom, and the ultimate treat, sea salt caramel.

it is not is impressionistic... ok, maybe Jeff's hands were shaking a little with anticipation...

Deux (II).

Our evening plans involved a SoHo French-Vietnamese fusion place called Rouge et Blanc (which I kept calling “Rouge et Noir” throughout the night, till I figured out that I needed to think “rouge” and “blanc” wine, as opposed to Stendhal’s mysterious color scheme). I had heard of the place before, and had vague interest, but never acted upon it, till last week, my friend Alex told me that the food there was “exquisite”. Now, you have to understand that the highest epithet Alex typically uses to describe food is “decent” (by the way, he is a dedicated and experienced foodie) So, needless to say, when I heard that kind of language from him, five minutes later, I was already making the Open Table reservation for Saturday night dinner.

And it did not disappoint. Moreover, I was lavishing praise all night: the bone marrow  & charred baby octopus and en papillote forest mushrooms small plates; fall vegetables in green curry with monkey bread; caramelized fois gras dessert were all pretty amazing, as well as the Domaine Charles Joguet Chinon Les Varennes du Grand Clos Franc de Pied 2006.

The interesting thing about the pairing is that typically, a Cab Franc would be too heavy for vegetables, especially given their method of preparation (Cab Franc and green curry???)  But, at 12.5% alcohol, this low-yield Chinon is both rich and elegant & earthy. Also, the higher level of acidity of that particular cuvee makes that marriage even stronger. As for the food, the common theme for this chef seems to be subtlety and earthiness.

I was looking forward to sharing pictures of the dishes we ate (which I diligently took), but they turned out to be disappointing, due to my utter lack of skill and low lighting. The presentation of the bone marrow small plate was especially dramatic, with a very impressively sized bone across the plate, and the baby octopus piled on top of the bone marrow… I will leave you only with a somewhat interesting, if totally unrealistic, picture of our curried vegetables entrée:

the wonders of flash...

Our Favorite Dishes of the Trip

Best gelato:
-Herb-based offerings from Gelateria del Teatro in Rome (sage & raspberry; wild fennel & caramelized almonds, and lavender & white peach.

-Fig gelato from Fior di Latte in Trastevere, Rome managed to capture the essence of seasonal small figs called “settembrini”.

-Crema della Nonna (custard-flavored gelato) from Natale, Lecce.

Best seafood dish:
-Grano con cozze: grano with mussels in a simple tomato base at L’Arco del Porto, Monopoli, Puglia. Grano is one of those fascinating ancient whole grains:

NB: Grano was one of the very few food items we brought home from Italy.

Best fish dish:
Tuna steak (and I don’t even really like tuna and never order it!) as part of the 10-item appetizer course (antipasti della casa) brought to us at L’Arco del Porto in Monopoli, Puglia. It was seared on the outside (with a slight balsamic glaze), pretty rare on the inside, and was unlike any tuna I have ever had. I was already full, but I still wolfed it down with pink peppercorns and red onions from another appetizer. It was as big as my head.

Best pasta dish: We ate MANY pastas on this trip, so I think it is fair to include several:
-Cacio e pepe with fried zucchini flowers at Antico Arco in Rome (pasta with pecorino romano and freshly ground pepper). Jeff also wanted to make sure I gave a shoutout to Roscioli’s version because of its amazing texture :-):

cacio e pepe at Roscioli

-Orecchiette integrale con broccoli e capocollo at Il Ritrovo degli Amici, Martina Franca (whole-grain pasta with broccoli and grated local cheese). It is impossible to describe the complexity and texture of this dish, so I am not even going to try.
-Fusilli mollica e crusco (if you thought the previous pasta was not basic enough, here is a pasta with breadcrumbs and crushed red Senise peppers, a Lucan specialty). The ultimate embodiment of cucina povera (poor man’s cuisine), this dish does not feature any fresh vegetables, fish or meat. The owner of Le Botteghe quizzed me about the translation of “crusco” before I was allowed to order it (I passed); quite understandable, since it sounds like some very rare and delicious crustacean.
-Ceci e tria at il Frantoio in Puglia: a ribbon-shaped pasta with a sauce of whole and pureed chickpeas.
-Bottarga spaghetti at Antico Arco featuring mullet’s roe from Cetara on the Amalfi coast. It was topped with the most amazing seabass carpaccio (actually, “carpaccio” was their description; the pieces of fish were actually pretty substantial, much to my joy.

What all these pastas have in common: absence of fancy ingredients and complex sauces.

Best appetizer:
-Very lightly marinated zucchini with mint (part of the 14-course appetizer offering at Parco di Castro, Puglia). Zucchini were in season, and during the course of the trip, we had them on pizza (at Forno del Campo dei Fiori in Rome, – it was incidentally the most inspired by the slice, or rather, “by the chunk” pizza we had);

zucchini pizza at Forno Campo de' Fiori, Rome

as a carpaccio in a salad, and in a number of pastas.
-Bruschetta at A’Paranza, Atrani, Amalfi coast (crusty country bread, tomatoes and olive oil). Brilliantly simple, it was our favorite rendition of the ubiquitous classic.
-Caponata at Al Vino Al Vino, Rome. This delectable Sicilian dish is made fresh every day by the Sicilian mother of the wine bar’s owner. I am fascinated by the sweet-and-sour combinations, especially by something that is as incredibly balanced as this version.
-Lampascione and other preserved vegetables (verdure sott’olio) at Il Cucco, Cisternino, Puglia.

Best cheese:
-Burrata with semi-dried pugliese tomatoes at Roscioli in Rome
-Different types of ricotta, scamorza, mozzarella, all eaten within 10 seconds of being made (and the smoked and aged stuff – straight in the cheese aging room) at Caseificio Crovace, Puglia:

Best contorno (side dish):
A plate of porcinis with parsley at Cumpa Cosima, Ravello.

Best fruit:
-Moscato grapes from the neighborhood market in Rome on via Montebello.
-A fig from the orchard at b&b Casa Cuccaro, Nocelle

Best dessert:
Miniature cannolo from Cristalli di Zucchero in Rome
Best soup:
Zuppa di fagioli (bean soup with tomatoes and rosemary) at Donna Rosa, Montepertuso, Amalfi coast.
Best pizza:
Di Matteo
I Decumani

(both in Naples…)

Best pastry:
Warm frolla from Sfogliatelle Mary, Naples (more on that later).
Pasticciotto con pignoli from Avio, Lecce, Puglia (Leccese specialty pastry with a custard filling and in this case, pine nuts).

Best sign:

sign in front of a shop in Ravello


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I am working with a system HP-UX machine and a configuration of 128MB RAM & 11.0 version. When around 11 users are logged in at the same time, Sometimes we get "File table overflow" error, "cannot find path..." & sometimes while logging in it gives the following message "quota :unknown user".

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Your system's 'nfile' parameter seems to be too low. Try increasing it to some 6000..

Current usage can be listed using

sar -v 5 4

The value below file-sz will give you the no. of files open/ nfile parameter.

Or you can try increasing 'MAXUSERS' macro which will inturn adjust many of the useful kernel parameters.

In our systems with 128MB RAM, we used to keep MAXUSERS as 128 and nfile approx. 6000

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Also try HP's Glance+ product. It can specifically show which system tables are also having problems or almost full.
There should be a trial version on the Application CD's.

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Hi All,

We are looking at possibly purchasing some MSA 2040, we have a lot of Intel SSD 3700 series drives and wanting to know if we can use these in the MSA, or do they have to be HP Drives?

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Thanks for your question. I'm glad to hear that you're interested in the MSA 2040. Your Intel drives should work, but I would not recommend using them, as you will lose HP support for your add on devices. It's best to use HP drives in order to avoid taking a gamble on performance and reliability. I'm happy to get you in touch with one of our reps who can work out some cost-effective options.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

School Single Member Districts

The school board has something interesting on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting. They want to change the boundaries for SMD 1 and 4. I can understand their concerns. That said, I really have to question their timing. They seem to think they can have all this done in time for the May election? Do they think they will have the DOJ approval back before February 7th?

You may be wondering: if the Election is on May 9th, and early voting starts on April 27th, where does Feb. 7th come in? That's the the first day you can file to run for office. Aren't the legal boundaries in effect on that date the ones you would have to use for that election?

This also seems premature when we have a census coming up next year with mandatory redistricting soon after the results are in. This whole exercise will have to be redone in about three years.

Add in all the work that will have to be done by the secretary of state's office and the local elections office to redo the voter registration records, get updated registration cards to the voters, and get the voters informed before April, and I see this as being a lot of extra work for very little real benefit to the voters and citizens of San Angelo.

The school board has valid concerns about the growth of the Bluffs and the Central vs Lake View mix in the districts. These are not new problems. They could have been addressed when the last redistricting was done. They will need to be readdressed during the next redistricting. Now, less than a month before the boundaries need to be in place for an election, is not the time to make these changes.

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After the success of the first edition of the IEA (Innovation Ecosystems Agora) which took place on December 2 2014, it was decided to renew the event.

IEA 2015 which takes place during the Global Entrepreneurship Week aims to be the first Forum on Innovation Labs.

NB. By Innovation Labs, we mean corporate labs set up by large enterprises (or other institutions) as well as external labs (living labs, fablabs, techshops ...).

Topics covered: benchmark of innovation labs, best practices, tools and methods, impact on strategy and management, open innovation approaches, interactions with startups and incubators, etc.

This Forum will be the occasion to present a preview of the results of French and international studies on innovation labs. Concrete cases will also be presented and discussed.

The program (work in progress ...) is articulated around two roundtables in plenary with in-between two series of workshops.

This conference will be an opportunity to preview the results of French and international studies on innovation labs.

New for this 2015 edition: a speed business meetings session will be held on the event. Stay tuned for more information.

November 17th from 08:30 AM to 06:45 PM

Pôle Léonard de Vinci - Paris La Défense

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Previsionnal program

08:30 am - 09:00 am
09:00 am - 09:05 am
Welcome / Presentation of the day
09:05 am - 10:30 am
1st plenary session
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Break 1
10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Workshop 1: Living Labs and open innovation 2.0 european policy
10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Workshop 2: Cooperation between large corporations and startups
10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Workshop 3: Tools & methods for innovative design
10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Workshop 4: Talents & skills for Labs
10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Workshop 5: Make Place for Innovation at Work

Many leaders consider innovation to be an important part of their culture, though still few workplaces are designed to nourish the creative process, collaborative work and the play. In this hands-on workshop, you will discover an innovative approach of designing user-centered innovation spaces and you’ll learn how putting your employees at the heart of the workspace transformation will put innovation in motion.

12:05 pm - 01:50 pm
Labs speed meetings
12:05 pm - 01:50 pm
Léonard de Vinci Fablab visit
12:50 pm - 01:50 pm
Lunch break
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm
2nd round of workshops
01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 6: Labs & Digital
01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 7: Impact of Labs on organizations and management
01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 8: Tools and methods for prototyping

Speakers : Olivier Picard, Eric Tardy, Jean-Louis Compeau, Mikaël Mangioku

Moderator : Valérie Mérindol

01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 9: Innovation Labs, what value creation?
01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 10: Your Digital Business Card Box 3.0 (in english)

We believe, peoples imagination and creativity is the key to an organisation´s success - and people can and want to do well. We imagine business modelling as a complex adaptive process that people live, imagine and create - not a simple document stored away. The Digital Business Card Box 3.0 is a thinking, communication, and creative problem solving technique for groups. It develop and deliver the framework for and value of getting groups to see and understand the entire interdependent business models they are part of. By creating a dynamic digital box of complete business network picture cards the team gain insight, structure, confidence and commitment to envision and prepare scenarios in dealing with their current and future business models. The digital business card box 3.0 is launched as a freemium platform with clear distinctions between free and paid value offerings directed at interactive research based hands on inspiration for value propositions, revenue models and networking.

An international team of researchers and entrepreneurs from Denmark and Malta within an interactive workshop giving an overview and practical exercises , what can be an optimal start-up & entrepreneurial skills-set to attract your potential clients, customers, investors from the very beginning of the Ideation process.

The presenters will demonstrate an understanding of exactly what you need the money for, what you’ll do with it and how you plan to make money on the back of it. Sounds simple, huh?

01:50 pm - 03:05 pm
Workshop 11: forthcoming
03:05 pm - 03:25 pm
Break 2
03:25 pm - 04:40 pm
Workshop 12: Market trends & forecasting
03:25 pm - 04:40 pm
Workshop 13: Importance of places for Labs
03:25 pm - 04:40 pm
Workshop 14: Labs & social innovation
03:25 pm - 04:40 pm
Workshop 15: The Technion, a pillar of the startup Nation
03:25 pm - 04:40 pm
Workshop 16: Innovation by Design Thinking

Speaker : Intervenant : Olivier Picard, Co Creation & Design Director - Altran Lab

In this workshop, you will discover the basics of "Design Thinking" method of design through its values and concepts and also its application in two concrete examples within a largest Telecom operator and a industrial SMEs:

- Interaction Design: overhaul of SFR webmail in a sustainable development perspective

- Product Design: Innovation product for Bernard Controls by using a user-centric "design" approach

04:40 pm - 05:00 pm
Break 3
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm
2nd plenary session
06:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Cocktail / Networking

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If you are interested by a partnership please contact Julie Credou Tel. +33 6 89 14 63 41


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Green docs fail to bring in major coin

Posted in box office, docs, movies by Diane on August 12, 2009

thecoveThree years after “An Inconvenient Truth,” eco-docs are struggling to replicate its success at the box office, the LAT reports. Latest case in point: “The Cove,” a powerful doc exposing dolphin killing in Japan; despite glowing reviews, it barely made a dent at the B.O. opening weekend. “It’s not what we would have hoped,” Roadside Attractions’ Howard Cohen admitted to the paper. Read it

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