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Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp

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What’s your go-to quick midweek meal? Mine often involves angel hair pasta, because it cooks in only 3 minutes. My other standby is shrimp, which also cooks almost as fast.

In this Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp we are using both, and tossing them with quickly cooked fresh tomatoes (that’s the “pomodoro” part), garlic, and basil. You could use canned tomatoes, but if tomatoes are in season, and they are ripe and juicy, you can use them with hardly any extra time.

September is peak tomato season here in Sacramento, even more than August. Our tomatoes are all ripening at once, catching the last rays of sunshine before we slip into fall. They’re sweet and ripe, perfect for using for a quick pasta dish like this one.

Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp

Fresh tomatoes do require peeling which you can easily accomplish by scoring them and blanching them in boiling water. Our trick for saving time? Since you’re already boiling water for the pasta, you can use that water for a minute to blanch the tomatoes, before cooking the pasta.

Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp Recipe

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 3 to 4

To safely defrost frozen shrimp, place in a bowl of ice water.

  • 1/2 pound angel hair pasta
  • 3/4 pound raw, peeled, deveined shrimp (medium sized)
  • 4 medium ripe tomatoes
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/3 cup torn fresh basil leaves
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil (divided, 1 Tbsp and 2 Tbsp)
  • Salt
  • Pepper

1 Blanch and peel the tomatoes: Fill a large pot with 2 quarts of water. Bring to a boil. (You will be using this water to both blanch the tomatoes and boil the pasta.)

Core the tomatoes and use a sharp knife to cut a small X into the bottom end of each tomato. When the water is boiling, use a slotted spoon to lower the tomatoes into the water.

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Blanch for no more than one minute, just enough to loosen the skins. Remove tomatoes with a slotted spoon to a bowl of icy water, saving the blanching water.

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Peel off the tomato skins from the tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes crosswise in half, and squeeze out most of the seeds and juices.

Chop the tomatoes into 1-inch pieces.

2 Sauté the shrimp: Heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium high heat. Add the shrimp to the pan and cook for 1 minute. Turn the shrimp over in the pan. Lower the heat to medium.

3 Add garlic, tomatoes, basil: Add the garlic, cook a minute more. Add the chopped tomatoes and basil. Sprinkle with salt. Cook for a minute more and remove from heat.

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4 Cook the angel hair pasta: Add a tablespoon of salt to the water you used to blanch the tomatoes. Bring to a boil again. Add the angel hair pasta and cook for 3 minutes.

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5 Add cooked pasta to shrimp and tomatoes: Drain the pasta and immediately add to pot with the shrimp and tomatoes. Drizzle the pasta with 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Then stir the pasta in with the shrimp and tomatoes.

Serve immediately or at room temp.

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  • Rose Rodier

    I have been looking for a good shrimp recipe and this was just delicious. I love all your recipes and everyone I cook for loves them too. Thank You…Rose Rodier

  • Kevin Sullin

    I made this today exact to recipe and you totally nailed it! Skinning the tomatoes was something I’ve never done and it made the sauce rich and added a nice touch to the meal! The only change I made was adding fresh grated Romano cheese to top it off in the end but otherwise it was soooooo good and I appreciate what you do and your recipes are real cooking for everyday use.

  • Amber

    The recipe looks so awesome, Elise, I’m going to eat the screen! I’ve been cooking with a lot of angel hair pasta, lately, and it seems like a perfect continuation. I’ve done the recipe before with normal-sized pasta. What I add is a tsp of sugar when adding the tomatoes. That will interfere with the sour taste of the tomatoes.

    In the end, I sprinkle them with a dash of lemon zest – I can’t imagine seafood without a note of lemon somewhere there!

  • Laura ~ RYG

    This reminds me of my favorite dish from T.F.I. Fridays except they use chicken instead of shrimp. (don’t hate me for mentioning a chain on your blog….occasionally, I do like chains, confession. I just feel like I’d like a few Parm shavings on top? And now maybe I’m just clueless, but I’ve never peeled the tomatoes before, just left them on. They don’t bother me. Should they?

  • Dawn

    Wow Elise, you must be psychic. We made this for dinner last night, using gluten-free penne rather than angel hair. Really fresh flavors and the tomatoes are SO good at this time of year. Like you, I really think the texture is better if you peel them, and it only takes a few extra minutes. Now, if I could find some gluten-free angel hair, that would make my day the next time I make this!

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 wasn’t an out and out critical smash, but the film has performed well at the box office. Dreamworks Animation announced today that the film has hit the $600m milestone across the globe, with a $174m domestic tally. But the next film in the series won’t be rushed out the door. While the third adventure of Hiccup and Toothless was originally set for June 2016 (on the same date as Shane Black’s just-dated The Nice Guys, and Finding Dory) the sequel has now been pushed back. We don’t have an official line on what sees How to Train Your Dragon 3 delayed, but what info we do have is below.

The press release says,

On the heels of the success of their latest epic adventure, Hiccup and Toothless have plans to soar across the big screen once again with the announcement of the third chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon series shifting to a June 9, 2017 release date.  From the same creative team as the first two films, writer/director Dean DeBlois and producer Bonnie Arnold, How to Train Your Dragon 3 continues the story where the sequel leaves off (sorry folks, no spoilers here).  Returning cast includes Jay Baruchel as Hiccup, America Ferrera as Astrid and Cate Blanchett as Valka.

While the second film only did fairly well domestically, it was a big Chinese opening (and good showings in South Korea, the UK, France, and Germany) that really set the global box office on fire. The film has earned $50m in China, which is a nice tally.

So will we see the third film tailored more specifically for markets outside the US, and specifically for China? Hard to say right now, though a fantasy series such as this wouldn’t be as easy to tweak for Chinese appeal as a modern-set story such as the latest Transformers.

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The Get Down

The Get Down is a lavish production and looks like one, but even fans of Baz Luhrmann‘s opulent style may be surprised to learn just how expensive it is. A new report claims the 1970s hip-hop drama costs something like $16 million per episode, meaning the entire 12-episode first season will come out to a total of around $190 million. Making matters worse, viewership estimates indicate The Get Down may be a rare flop for the streaming service.  Read More »

Moulin Rouge Stage Musical

Hot on the heels of news that Tim Burton’s horror comedy Beetlejuice would be turned into a Broadway musical, another major motion picture will be getting the stage treatment. However, unlike Beetlejuice and many other movies to be turned into musicals in recent years, this particular Best Picture nominated film was a musical to begin with.

Moulin Rouge! is Baz Luhrmann‘s magnificent musical that blends original music with an eclectic mix of chart-topping pop and rock tues repurposed for a vibrant, wild, Bohemian romance. It’s easily one of the best musicals to grace the big screen in the 21st century, and now it’s heading to the stage. Read More »

The Get Down

Baz Luhrmann was on a panel before the Television Critics Association for his Netflix series The Get Down. The show tells a fictional story about the birth of hip-hop in New York in the 1970s. After the panel, he spoke with reporters more. Grandmaster Flash, who is an associate producer on the series, is portrayed onscreen as a character and there are disco and early hip-hop hits. There is also original music in the style of ’70s crooners. Luhrmann’s films like Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! are famous for incorporating anachronistic music. There will be influences of modern music in The Get Down, but only as original music the characters perform.

“We use absolute classic needle drops,” Luhrmann said. “For example, there’s a very famous track that we’ve taken and then we’ll do like a retooling of it. Because they’re mythical characters with a mythical disco style and the boys become a band, so they create their own music. So I do weave some contemporary references or performers in and out of classics, and then sometimes there are just lots and lots of classics. That’s because I wanted to show the point between DJs then and now. I mean, Nile Rodgers works with us on making the disco music so we have the greats in disco as well.”  Read More »

The Get Down trailer

Last month, HBO cancelled Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl after already having renewed it for a second season. But if you’re mourning the loss of your window into the 1970s New York music scene, fear not — Baz Luhrmann‘s The Get Down is arriving in just a few weeks. Though to be fair, this 1970s New York-set music drama looks pretty damn different from that other 1970s New York-set music drama.

The Get Down unfolds at the dawn of punk, hip-hop, and disco, following the “young, scrappy, and hungry” types at the forefront of those movements. The cast is loaded with intriguing up-and-comers like Justice SmithHerizen GuardiolaShameik Moore, and Skylan Brooks, most of whom are trying to make it in music one way or another. Watch the first The Get Down trailer after the jump, but be warned it may make you really frustrated that you can’t watch the show right freakin’ now. Read More »

The Get Down Trailer

Since HBO canceled their ’70s-et, music-infused series Vinyl, it’s up to Netflix and Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann to bring us back to the decade with their new series The Get Down. A quick new trailer has just arrived featuring new footage, and more importantly, some of the new music from rap artist Nas that we’ll be hearing in the series.

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The Get Down trailer

Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope had a lot going for it, but one of the very best things it did was introduce the world to Shameik Moore. The relative unknown immediately won us over with his charming, moving performance, and had us eager to find out just what he was going to do next.

As of today, we have our answer. Moore is part of the sprawling ensemble cast of Baz Luhrmann‘s new Netflix drama The Get Down, about the rise of hip-hop, punk, and disco in 1970s New York. Which, yes, sounds a lot like a certain other drama premiering on HBO next month — but the perspective couldn’t be more different, and in any case we live in an age where streaming and DVR allow us to watch as many ’70s music dramas as the industry is willing to churn out. The Get Down looks like a must-watch no matter what other shows exist out there. Watch The Get Down trailer after the jump.  Read More »

Baz Luhrmann TV Show

The latest big name director to make the move to TV is Baz Luhrmann, and he’s following David Fincher to Netflix. The streaming service has just signed on to make 13 one-hour episodes of Luhrmann’s The Get Down, a music-driven show set in 1970s New York City. Luhrmann will serve as executive producer, and direct the first two episodes of the show as well as the season finale. It’ll hit Netflix worldwide in 2016. Read the full press release about the Baz Luhrmann TV show below.

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Baz Luhrmann‘s razzle-dazzle style isn’t for everyone, and it doesn’t work for every story. But it’s just perfect for high-end perfume ads, which are all about glam and glitz.

This Chanel No. 5 spot stars Gisele Bündchen and Michiel Huisman (of Treme / Orphan Black / Game of Thrones fame) as star-crossed lovers who variously enjoy surfing (her) and Sam Smith-ified Grease covers (him). Hit the jump to see the sumptuous new Baz Luhrmann perfume ad.

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Elvis Presley was one of the greatest showmen in the history of music. Who better to chronicle his story, then, than one of the greatest showmen in the history of film? Baz Luhrmann, the director of Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby, is in talks to direct an untitled biopic about The King. Kelly Marcel (Terra Nova, Saving Mr. Banks and 50 Shades of Grey) is writing the screenplay for Warner Bros. Read more about the potential Baz Luhrmann Elvis movie below. Read More »

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Several times in the past, Baz Luhrmann has shown a tendency towards tweaked applications of tropes from western movies. So there’s a weird and somewhat thrilling sense of appropriate convergence to the fact that Luhrmann is now in talks to direct Kung Fu for Legendary. The original TV show, which first ran from 1972 to 1975, starred David Carradine as Caine, a Shaolin monk who roamed the American west, and has lived in pop-culture memory in no small part thanks to Quentin Tarantino’s fandom. There will be some changes in the new version, but with Luhrmann as director, there will be no shortage of great-looking visions. Read More »


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star wars toy documentary

One of the best/worst things about being a Star Wars fan is the merchandise. There’s just so much of it. You can try and avoid it, tell yourself you aren’t going to buy it, but eventually someone is going to make that exact piece you’ve always dreamed about and you have to have it. That’s because, in one of the most famous business deals ever, George Lucas turned down a significant chunk of his salary on the original film in exchange for rights to any Star Wars sequels and merchandising. Before the movie came out, that seemed like a no-brainer for the studio. This movie was never making money. Now, over 30 years removed, merchandise makes way more money than the movies, to the tune of billions of dollars.

Toys are at the center of that empire of Star Wars merchandise. Toys you almost certainly owned as a child and beat into submission as you saved the world time and time again. Toys now sold in specialty shops for so much money you kick yourself for destroying them in your childhood. And when there’s a topic so specific yet so universal and fun, it’s bound to prompt a documentary.

Enter director Brian Stillman and a film called Plastic Galaxy, which “explores the groundbreaking and breathtaking world of Star Wars toys. Through interviews with former Kenner employees, experts, authors, and collectors, it looks at the toys’ history, their influence, and the fond and fervent feelings they elicit today.” Um, yes please.

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The popularity and cultural significance of Star Wars is largely derived from its merchandising. That’s a fact. George Lucas definitely crafted a fantastic trilogy of movies but the initial popularity, eventual collectibility and amount of money derived from little plastic men has helped facilitate everything that came after it. Seems like an interesting story, no?

Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys is an upcoming documentary that not only tells that story, but attempts to delve into the psyche of a person who has spend years and years searching for, as well as thousands upon thousands of dollars buying, Star Wars toys. (*Raises hand in shame*)

Directed by Brian Stillman, the documentary will be finished and available for purchase later this year. To get people excited, a short teaser trailer has been released. Check it out below. Read More »


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Paul Clement schools the high court on why some attorneys are worth every penny.

Paul Clement schools the high court on why some attorneys are worth every penny.

Paul Clement schools the high court on why some attorneys are worth every penny.

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Oct. 14 2009 7:49 PM

The $5 Million Man

Paul Clement schools the high court on why some attorneys are worth every last penny.

The court wrestles with a case of attorney compensation. Click image to expand.
The court wrestles with a case of attorney compensation

It's easy to forget that all nine Supreme Court justices are, at bottom, just recovering attorneys with long experience and strong opinions about lawyers, judges, the legal system, money, and trials. And that's why a simple little argument about attorneys' fees tells us a lot about how the justices think about the business of doing justice.

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Dahlia Lithwick writes about the courts and the law for Slate, and hosts the podcast Amicus.

Perdue v. Kenny A. sounds more complicated than it is. About 100 different federal laws provide for fee shifting. They let the winner of a civil rights case recover attorney's fees as an incentive for lawyers to take these tricky cases. In 2002, a suit was filed in Georgia on behalf of the 3,000 abused and neglected children in the foster-care system. The issues were resolved through mediation and a consent decree, with the plaintiffs winning on everything they'd asked for, save for their attorney's fees, which remained in dispute. The district court judge found a base-line—or what's known as a "lodestar"—fee of $6 million, which he then adjusted up to $10.5 million dollars. He said that in his 27 years on the bench, he had never seen more brilliant lawyering. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the hefty increase. The state of Georgia appealed.

The question for the court today is whether, under the relevant civil rights statute, a judge can bump up an attorney's fee award based on the quality of the lawyers' performance. The court has left the door open for a fee bump under extraordinary circumstances but has remained somewhat blurry on what such circumstances might look like.

Mark Cohen represents the state, and he opens by telling the court that the purpose of the statute is "to attract competent counsel without providing a windfall." The statute we're talking about (42 USC Section 1988(b), if you must know) lets trial-court judges award the prevailing party "reasonable attorney's fees," and Supreme Court cases say that courts must come up with a base-line, "lodestar" figure by multiplying billable hours by a reasonable hourly rate. Cohen thinks the district court turned that lodestar into a supernova when he tacked on about $4.5 million for lawyerly fabulousness.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor asks why courts shouldn't be able to recognize "extraordinary circumstances" when, say, "a second-year associate whose billing rate for two years of experience is $200 … did the quality and kind of work of someone far superior in years in skill and experience?" Shouldn't the judge be allowed to reward such prowess with higher attorney's fees?

Justice Antonin Scalia asks whether a law firm could reasonably do the same thing in billing its clients. Could the firm just say, "We're going to kick it up another $10,000 because this—this second-year associate, boy, he's a whiz, and he performed like a senior partner. So we are billing him at the $500 rate, instead of the $200!" When Cohen says a firm couldn't do that, Sotomayor interrupts him: "That's not true. Law firms get bonuses from clients all the time."

Pratik Shah is an assistant to the solicitor general, and he is on Georgia's side in this case. When Scalia asks him whether there is ever a situation in which a judge can crank up the lodestar amount, Shah can only think of one: If an attorney "takes on a particularly unpopular client or cause that causes some harm to his practice or income." Chief Justice John Roberts responds loftily that "it's one of the outstanding traditions of the bar that lawyers are expected to do that in the normal course, and it's not a special circumstance."

He adds philosophically: "And how do you tell whether a client is popular or unpopular? … I suppose one of the more unpopular clients these days is a Wall Street banker. But you wouldn't suggest that law firms charge more when they represent them?"

Shah replies that he means unpopular in the sense that "all my clients will leave my firm if I take on this case." To which Scalia retorts: "You think that is what we had in mind, huh? When we said they are 'extraordinary circumstances'? I think it's very imaginative, but I never would have thought of it …"

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asks whether judges have the discretion to reduce a lodestar award for a rotten performance, saying, "You have the hourly rate, the number of hours, and the judge then says, even though they prevailed, the lawyer wasn't prepared, and I am not going to give the hourly rate?" Justice Anthony Kennedy giggles through that question and adds his own: "And what about a very, very popular cause, and [the lawyer] wins, and they are beating his door down? Can we reduce it for that?"

Shah says no. But Scalia reminds him "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. … If you get rewarded for unpopularity, you ought to be get penalized for popularity."

Sotomayor notes that "one of the purposes of Congress was to ensure that litigants could attract competent counsel, correct?" She continues: "If the market doesn't give them attorneys to start with because there are so many risks involved in this process, how do you attract counsel that is better than the norm in that field to pursue … cases that Congress has determined are worthy of being pursued?"

Shah replies that "no reasonable attorney making a … determination whether to take on a representation would rely on the speculative and remote possibility that the district judge is going to have found this to be one of the best cases he has ever seen."

Paul Clement, who used to argue before the high court as President Bush's solicitor general, reappears on behalf of the plaintiffs' lawyers. Clement reportedly got a cool $5 million when he became head of King & Spalding's appellate practice, and since I would pay at least $2 million just to hear Clement argue a case, or read his telephone bill, I'm thinking they got their money's worth.

Justice Samuel Alito tells Clement he rather likes the mechanical lodestar calculation because "sometimes there is a great advantage in doing things mechanically—it provides an element of fairness. … Here the district judge in effect takes four-plus million dollars from the taxpayers of Georgia and—and awards it above the lodestar calculation to these attorneys. … But it seems totally standard-less, and I see no way of policing it."

Scalia adds: "It's certainly not in the tradition of the bench to comment upon the performance of lawyers. I can't tell you how often I would like to give a separate grade for the lawyer who won a case. You know, one grade for the case and the other for the lawyer. But we don't do that."

But Roberts out-lofties him again: "I don't understand the concept of extraordinary success or results obtained. The results that are obtained are presumably the results that are dictated or command or required under the law," as opposed to the quality of the lawyering.

Clement smiles a bit as he begs to differ: "I'm not sure that comports with my experience. I have seen lawyers come into this court and concede a point in oral argument, and I have seen that prominently featured in this court's opinion. So it does seem to me that sometimes the quality of the performance and the results obtained do depend on the lawyer's performance."

Roberts hates that idea: "Well, but what does a judge say when you have achieved extraordinary results. That if you weren't there, I would have made a mistake on the law?" Roberts goes even more meta: "Maybe we have a different perspective. You think the lawyers are responsible for a good result, and I think the judges are." Everyone laughs.

Clement comes back: "And maybe your perspective's changed, your honor." (Roberts was once a monster appellate litigator.) Everyone laughs harder.

Justice Stephen Breyer adds that he is bothered by the optics here as well. According to his back-of-the-napkin math, the Georgia taxpayer paid these lawyers close to $700,000 per year and "that's more money than 99 percent of the taxpayers hope to see in their lives. … OK, pay them $400,000. … But $700,000 a year for a lawyer. Wow."

Clement seems to be rushing his argument toward the end, and I worry, briefly, that he's short-handing his points and racing to conclude before the red light goes on. But I should know better. He's just setting up his three-pointer for the court. And it's about perfect: "If you accept the petitioner's position that the lodestar is a ceiling, and not subject to adjustment then what you are telling lawyers is that the maximum amount they can make in a civil rights case is the minimum amount they can make in a different case. … You are also telling them something else, which is that there are multiple ways for district courts to cut down on the lodestar amount, either because you spent too much time on this or we didn't like your travel expenditures. And so there are multiple ways for those hours to be cut down." Why would any lawyer take on a civil rights case if the meter only runs backward?

That was the whole point of the statute, and that is all Paul Clement really needs to say. Sometimes, high-quality lawyers can make all the difference in the world. Clement is Exhibit A.


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Death Is Wrong, the transhumanist kids’ book by Gennady Stolyarov.

Death Is Wrong, Says Creepy Kids’ Book

Death Is Wrong, Says Creepy Kids’ Book

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March 14 2014 8:25 AM

The Most Terrifying Kids’ Book

A transhumanist wants children to know that Death Is Wrong.

A good kids’ book delivers knowledge fundamental to living in the world, such as the (now apparently out of print) classic Everyone Poops. But Death Is Wrong, a new children’s title from transhumanist author Gennady Stolyarov, can only steer children toward confusion about mortality.

The book encourages kids to help eradicate death with technology. Its front cover takes that message literally, showing a kid banishing the Grim Reaper, who is down on one knee in defeat.

In late February, Stolyarov and the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $5,000 to distribute 1,000 free copies to kids. The campaign ends on April 23, and so far the funds fall well short of the goal. There’s no specified age range, but Stolyarov describes it as “the book I would have wanted to have as a child, but did not” and recalls asking his grandmother at age 5 how “could it ever be right for all this experience to just end?” Based on the illustrations (done by Stolyarov’s wife) that depict everything from famous scientists and immortal jellyfish, the only prerequisite for readers seems to be knowing about death.

Stolyarov is part of transhumanism and Humanity+, movements that endorse “the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities.” However, Death Is Wrong simplifies the transhumanist stance, which also advocates research, deliberation, and discussion about how to implement such technologies. A 2012 World Future Society study revealed that 76 percent of self-identified transhumanist respondents desire immortality, but the rest don’t, for reasons including overpopulation, boredom, and death’s important role in life. (In the book, Stolyarov dismisses those objections to immortality as “excuses.”)

Should immortality be humanity’s goal? Google seems to think so. But there’s a difference between curing grave diseases, which would increase our lifespans, and “solving” death. Stolyarov sells kids an updated myth of pharaohs, the fountain of youth, and Gilgamesh cloaked in the singularity, the theorized point at which technology and superior artificial intelligence fundamentally alter life. He implies that death is the Problem and that solving it will ensure smooth sailing, which is irresponsible at best and disastrous at worst. He mentions how much interest our accounts will accrue, how much free time we’ll have, and how we’ll treat Earth better since we’ll be around longer. But he glosses over the downsides, including the inevitable class divides and social strife that would arise from the continued death of those who can’t afford immortality. Vanquishing his own lifelong dread of death seems to trump the consequences.

“My greatest fear is that, in the year 2045, I will be 58 years old and already marked by notable signs of senescence, sitting at the kitchen table, drinking my morning coffee, and wondering, ‘What happened to that singularity we were promised by now?’ ” Stolyarov wrote in an article for his website, the Rational Argumentator. There are only three responses to death: fear it, accept it, or, apparently, fight it. Stolyarov rails against acceptance, even when unaccompanied by belief in the afterlife; he rejects the Buddhist position of experiencing pain caused by death while knowing death has released a loved one from suffering. Instead, he targets an audience that could conceivably solve death before he has to stare it down, which is neither braver nor better.

What we should teach kids about technological frontiers warrants serious consideration—before we extend our lifespans. Preparing kids for the future might include discussing transhumanist ideas (depending on how many sets of Google Glass the parents own), but Stolyarov doesn’t seem to have fully considered the impact of telling kids death is wrong.

Death Is Wrong makes immortality seem within reach, describing doubling a roundworm’s life via genetic mutation and the cell-rejuvenating Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence proposed by bio-gerontologist and anti-aging crusader Aubrey de Grey. While we can’t currently stop ourselves from getting older, Stolyarov argues, we can age without decaying, like tortoises, quahogs, and trees. “Technology gives us more food, energy, and space than our ancestors had, and the growth in population only gives us more and more smart people who can create more technologies,” is just one example of Stolyarov’s reductionism. Representing a legitimate problem as a solution invites disaster, especially if it means ignoring issues such as overpopulation.

The transhumanist declaration acknowledges technology’s double-edges: “humanity faces serious risks, especially from the misuse of new technologies. … Although all progress is change, not all change is progress.” This consideration is missing from the book. Part of preparing kids for a technological future is teaching them that not all technology is necessary or beneficial, and that we can make technological mistakes.  Putting all our eggs in the “technology will fix everything” basket is even more dangerous than putting them all in the “death is wrong” basket. What if technology doesn’t cure death? What if it, or the rush to develop it, actually causes death?

Kids will likely eventually find out about transhumanism and the singularity, given their increasing prominence in everything from science classes to video games. I’ve introduced many college students to these concepts in the research seminar I teach on artificial intelligence. They accept that technology will drastically change life, and most say there’s no point in resistance or fear because it’s inevitable. I don’t disagree. The difference is that college students are far better equipped than kids to contextualize these ideas and consider their implications—they recognize death’s wrongness as an idea, not a fact.

One of my students was 7 years old when he learned about the singularity in the online Dresden Codak comic. In the story, a transhumanist imagines fighting with someone about Ray Kurzweil and the law of accelerating returns, which provides the basis for the exponential growth of technology. The comic addresses objections to transhumanism, though it doesn’t mention immortality. My student says the comic helped him accept the transhumanist vision of the future, but that another approach may have left him either skeptical or opposed to transhumanism. I wonder what he would have thought about Death Is Wrong. While the singularity isn’t as paradigm-shifting for my students as it is for me, they can’t undo a lifetime of coming to grips with death, either—they draw a line between transhumanism and immortality.

Stolyarov might argue he’s advocating adaptation, and thus survival, but curing death would constitute artificial selection—a drastic and deliberate change in our own evolution. Inherent in that argument is a troubling notion of human exceptionalism—that we shouldn’t have to play by evolution’s rules. Stolyarov suggests we select ourselves (those who can afford it, anyway), rather than leave it to nature.

Representing death as wrong gives it greater power, especially when people do die. If death is wrong, are people who die bad, or are they victims of an obsolete paradigm? Either way, making peace with death would be particularly challenging. Kids could grow up not just afraid of death, but also afraid of failing to fix it. Stolyarov makes death a powerful nemesis that could rule their lives—just as it’s ruled his.

This article is part of Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, the New America Foundation, and SlateFuture Tense explores the ways emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture. To read more, visit the Future Tense blog and the Future Tense home page. You can also follow us on Twitter.

Joelle Renstrom lives in Boston, where she teaches and writes about all things geeky. Her blog, Could This Happen?, explores the relationship between science and science fiction.


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San José del Cabo boasts numerous galleries full of vibrant paintings, ceramics and crafts by local artists and artisans. Stroll the colourful town streets dipping into art galleries, cafés and the San José mission church. Stop for a glass of wine and local fare as you wander; San José del Cabo’s restaurants are full of delicious choices.

San José itself might be mild, but next-door Cabo San Lucas is wild. Take the short journey over to see and be seen in the town’s famous venues. Everything from contemporary bars and high-class clubs to beachside tavernas can be found here. Enjoy a simple cerveza or be tempted by tequila before donning your dancing shoes.

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5 questions to simplify your life during the holidays.

About inviting our children to live with intention. This goes for grown ups too.

And this excited puppy is one of the best things I've ever seen.

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Buying property away from home can be a great option, but you should consider seeking help from professionals to ensure your investment is a successful one.

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It’s a timeless property investment question: should I invest interstate or look in my home state? The main advantage of buying locally is you're less likely to get ripped off because you understand the market and you roughly know the property values. On the downside, unless you live in a high capital growth area, your property value won’t significantly increase. With this in mind, investing interstate can be a great option, but you should definitely consider seeking help from professionals to ensure your investment is a successful one.

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Consulting with a buyer's agent with specialist knowledge of the locality is a worthwhile consideration. Buyer's agents are in the market all day every day, and so there’s a good chance that they’re going to do it better than someone who only does it occasionally. Normally you need to see 50 to 100 properties to understand local value and to recognise what is a good property and what isn't. If you live in Sydney and want to buy in Brisbane, you can't fly up and expect to understand the whole local market in a couple of days (ie, what side of the street is good, what side of the street is bad, etc) and buy a property in one weekend.

Furthermore, if you want to buy six properties in six different areas, there's no way you're going to see 500-600 properties; you've got to delegate to the professionals. Spending $20,000 to $30,000 on buyer's agents' fees is a good investment because their fee is only 2 per cent to 3 per cent of the property value, which they will save you by buying you a better property at a cheaper price.

Property valuers

Recruiting the help of property valuers to double-check what you're proposing to buy and how much you intend to pay can definitely help you make the right interstate investment decision. It's integral to know the market you're buying into – what is good value and what is overpriced?

My number one tip in investing is to always use an independent valuer every time you purchase a property. You need someone who is not emotionally tied to the investment, who will provide an independent professional opinion of what a property is worth. It might cost $500 to $600 (on a $1 million property) but can easily save you $100,000 from an emotional overpayment. You might also be able to use this information in your property negotiations.

Building inspectors

With a house purchase it’s definitely worth using a building inspector to ensure you get the most value from your interstate investment. A building inspector will ensure construction is sound and can also help with any other subsidiary issues that may arise in the future. For example, one of my properties required a $50,000 per unit expenditure to render the building, fix the roof, guttering and a whole number of other issues. While that's money well spent – because it will probably increase the property's value by $100,000 to $150,000 – I needed to know that I was facing this sort of expenditure in advance so I could work out my cash flow. A building inspection may cost $400 to $500 but if that inspector reports that the property needs $10,000 to $20,000 spent on it soon, it's well worth buying that information.

Investing interstate can definitely take some extra groundwork, but with the right professional help the returns can be well worth the effort in the end.

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During my morning commute last Friday, KNBR’s 6 a.m. to 9 am hosts were broadcasting from Giants Spring Training in sunny Scottsdale, Ariz. They spent time with first baseman, Brandon Belt, called the Baby Giraffe for his size, long loopy strides and general awkwardness on the base paths. He’s anything but that with a bat or glove in his hands or a mic in front of him. Of course, he gave obligatory responses to the same dumb questions like “How do you feel?” and “Do you think this will be a breakout year for you?” He fired back with “If I’m lucky enough to stay healthy” and “I’ve been working hard.” For good measure, he threw in “We have a tight-knit group of guys and we’re capable of great things.” That’s baseball. He did say one of his teammates has a man-crush on another, so that was an unexpected nugget. But, what he wanted to talk about most was his dog! The hound suffers from separation anxiety, and lets out a yelping howl whenever they leave the house. They bought him a ThunderShirt, a $40 product made exclusively for separation anxiety; the gentle pressure of the snug-fitting shirt claims to have a calming effect on dogs. Our behaviorists don’t disagree and feel it can have a positive effect on some dogs. Separation anxiety is one of the most common behavior issues for dogs. Here’s a tip: refrain from making entries to and exits from your house overly eventful. Don’t get excited upon entering or give them the “sad, I’m sorry” voice upon leaving. Instead, when you enter the house, act like it’s no big deal and give no extra attention. Soon, your dog will see this as commonplace too, and will be more comfortable with your absences. If you are worried about leaving a new puppy alone, try shorter trips to raise her confidence level while you’re away before stepping out for longer periods.

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FEWER than six weeks ago, Elders reaffirmed its plan to sell off all non-core assets and concentrate on its largest and pivotal Elders Rural Services business. Yesterday it announced a strategy U-turn. It would sell everything - effective self-liquidation.

It is winding up its own company in the interests of ''value maximisation''.

It is not often that a publicly listed company that has not been declared insolvent decide to sell all assets and return the money to the banks and the investors.

The whole idea of operating a sustainable company (other than a companies that makes money out of trading assets) is that they run profitable businesses and return dividends to shareholders.

They grow - they don't shrink.

But Elders is not your average kind of company. It was a once great Australian brand but it has been

shrinking for years. All the while it has been disappointing its shareholders and testing the mettle of its bankers.

So, it should come as little surprise that the decision to sell the last of its assets was made under duress when a syndicate of its bank lenders, which includes National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Rural Bank and Rabobank, issued an ultimatum last Thursday - sell everything or we will take control and do it for you. This was followed by a weekend board meeting that led to yesterday's announcement that the company would be selling Rural Services.

The company had already announced the sale of its auto parts business and the remainder of its forestry assets. The sales are both shaping up to be long processes.

The banks were said to be keen to see Elders take a look at a merger and recapitalisation proposal put to it in September by a smaller competitor, Ruralco Holdings - a proposal that the company had dead-batted.

Why the banks would choose to force Elders into what is in effect a voluntary winding up at this point should be a cause for alarm. For now at least the company is paying its interest and the value of the assets appear to cover the bank debt.

But in the most recent reporting period the largest contributor to Elder's profit was from the Tax Office following a successful objection to a previous tax impost.

There is no doubt that the company is over-geared - despite the fact that it undertook an equity issue a few years back. But the banking syndicate holds all the cards.

It could be that the syndicate has concerns over the value of the auto parts division or whether the forestry assets may continue to haemorrhage value.

The Ruralco proposal would have allowed the existing Elders shareholders some exposure to the upside if the merged group could have boosted profits.

But under the terms of that deal the hybrid securities would not have been paid out at the full 100¢ in the dollar, but at an amount that reflected the current trading price.

The banks would have been on a more secure footing and shareholders would have retained some skin in the game - but what this is worth is not exactly clear.

Under the plan announced by Elders yesterday, the banks should also be fully paid out and potentially the hybrid security owners will also receive more. How much will be left for shareholders is guess work.

But this is not something the banks have to concern themselves with.

Elders (or its banks) are presumably working on the theory that the only really attractive asset in the company's portfolio will be worth more if put up for international auction.

Agribusiness companies are the new black in corporate fashion in Australia as international predators are vying for a piece of what is considered the future Asian food bowl.

The recent $2.7 billion bid by Archer Daniels Midland for GrainCorp is ample evidence of this.

There is little doubt that Ruralco will now be forced to join the bidding war for the rural services business and the price received will be greater.

Whether this will compensate Elders shareholders for paying the hybrid holders - rather than cutting a deal with them - remains to be seen.

Analysts believe Elders Rural Services may be worth up to $300 million - depending on how many turn up to the auction.

The Futuris auto parts business may be worth $150 million, and the forestry assets could have some value but could equally be a black hole.

One thing is clear - six weeks ago in response to the Ruralco proposal Elders said: ''Our strong preference is to carry through on the path outlined on August 15 [to retain the rural services business]. Having done so we will have a stand-alone rural business and the opportunity to explore options on how to best maximise it.''

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While more West Australians are becoming savvy in recognising romance scams, the same can't be said for shady deals involving accommodation, reimbursement and taxes.

Overall, less people lost money to scams in 2015.

Figures released by Commerce Minister Michael Mischin on Wednesday revealed that WA scam victims who reported losses had nearly halved compared to 2014.

Despite the decrease, the amount of money stolen has remained staggering: 456 WA victims reported a total loss of $9.8 million to scams - an average of $21,491 per person.

In November, a Perth woman lost $300,000 in a romance scam where the scammer created a fake Facebook profile to trick the woman into sending money. These scammers are sometimes referred to as 'catfish'.

Mr Mischin said less people were falling victim to romance scams, but online accommodation scams and fake tax debt phone calls had increased.

"Looking at the 2015 figures compared to previous years, it appears that people are now becoming more 'scam smart' with fewer people falling victim and, in most categories, lesser amounts are being lost," Mr Mischin said.

"Romance and relationship fraud tops the list of scam types with $4.9 million lost last year, but is a 55 per cent reduction compared to 2014."

Project Sunbird, a joint initiative of Consumer Protection and the major fraud squad at WA Police, reports the amount of money sent to West African countries primarily for romance and investment fraud fell by 26 per cent in 2015.

"This indicates a high degree of success in the strategy to send letters to people who are transferring money to countries which are known hot spots for fraud activity, and warning them that they may be a victim of a scam," Mr Mischin said.

"The data shows that 72 per cent of scam victims who received the first letter from Project Sunbird in 2015 stopped sending more money immediately, a rise compared to 2014.

"Half of the victims who received a second letter also stopped sending money to scammers."

Accommodation scams, where bogus online advertisements trick holidaymakers and prospective tenants into making payments to scammers instead of the property's owner increased in 2015.

Mr Mischin also said more people were being scammed by people calling their phones and claiming to take legal action against them if they didn't pay a bogus tax debt.

In 2014, 657 scam victims lost $16.8 million to scammers.

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Colleen Zenk-Pinter (Barbara, As the World Turns)Episode #13,586----Barbara and Paul are at a loss as to what James wants this time. Emily arrives with papers for Paul, to keep him from taking his money back from her. She has proof he was of sound mind when he gave the money to her. She leaves and goes to WorldWide where she convinces Dusty to give her an office for the paper. Paul follows her. They end up making love when she refuses to give the money back. Emily offers Paul the chance to be co-owner of the paper. Meanwhile, Audrey tells Henry that she owes Jay money. Audrey knows James will give Henry money as part of his inheritance and she can use that to pay off Jay. Henry refuses to believe Audrey's claims and kicks her out. She goes to Fairwinds, trying to get information on James from Barbara. Barbara later sees Jay accost Audrey. Audrey tells Barbara that she and James were lovers and he promised her money. Audrey gets suspicious when Barbara offers her the money she needs. She swipes Barbara keys and finds James in the wine cellar. She tells James that Henry really is his son and takes off with him. Meanwhile, Vienna convinces Henry to help Audrey out with his Geneva Swift money. They go to tell Audrey the news but in her room, Henry finds the DNA test that proves he is James' son. Later, Barbara finds Paul and tells him that Audrey is looking for James. They return to Fairwinds and find that James is gone. Emily follows and learns James is alive. They race to Henry's room to find Audrey, where Vienna and Henry have also come, where
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Dusty receives a suspended sentence. Bonnie is aggravated when he seemingly pushes her away. She storms off. Dusty later seeks Bonnie out and apologizes. He admits he likes her, but is worried he'll end up hurting her. Bonnie takes Dusty up to his room where they make love.

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Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard will not face criminal charges after kicking a ball-boy in the Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at Swansea.

The match finished 0-0, meaning victory for the Swans after they won the first leg 2-0, but the talking point was the incident involving the Belgium international and the 17-year-old ball boy.

The teenager fell on the ball with Hazard kicking out as he attempted to retrieve it which led to the player being sent off by referee Chris Foy for violent conduct.

Hazard later apologised for the incident and Swansea have now confirmed he will face no action from the police for his behaviour.

“The police have interviewed the boy and his father and there are no charges going to be pressed, as far as they are concerned that is the matter closed,” a Swansea spokesman revealed.

“The ball-boy has been into the Chelsea dressing room after the game and shaken hands with Eden Hazard. The likes of John Terry and Frank Lampard were exemplary in their behaviour in welcoming him into the dressing room.

“Chelsea asked if he could come in and our kit lady took him in and they shook hands, he is fine.

“As far as we are concerned the matter is closed. He has been a ball boy here for six years with no incidents here at the stadium.”

Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez added that the matter would be looked at by the club, and blamed Hazard’s actions on frustration.

“The ball boy has been in the dressing room talking with Hazard and they have apologised to each other. They know they were wrong, that’s it,” he added.

“He was wasting time, Hazard was frustrated, he wanted to get the ball back quickly so they have both made a mistake and we cannot say too much.

“We will deal with this internally. We will analyse and wait to see if there is any action from the FA.”

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