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Top 5 Most Robbed Finalists Ever

With the emotional wound of Pia Toscano’s elimination fresh, it’s interesting to look back to see how really robbed Pia was, in the scheme of things. Here is a list of the best 5 performances that ever resulted in a contestant being voted off. Unsuprisingly, this list is made up of 4 women and 1 man. Statistically speaking, here are the biggest outliers ever.

5. Carly Smithson

When: Season 7, Top 6 WNTS Score: 70
Theme: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Song: Jesus Christ Superstar
Who should have gone home:
Brooke White (score: 14)
or Jason Castro (score: 15)

Carly Smithson was obviously one of the most talented contestants to ever sing on the Idol stage. With a huge chest-voice range, good looks, penchant for raucus rock, and a bevy of tattoos, there was a lot to recommend her. She started out in the finals with a highly popular, memorable, and well-rated (WNTS score 81) version of The Beatles’ Come Together, still the song I think of when I think of Carly to this day.

Alas, her spotty record on the show began immediately, as a scandal came out that she was a “ringer”: Carly was already a signed artist who had released a record. Her very next performance, Blackbird, also by the Beatles, landed her in the Bottom 3, a place she occupied once more before getting the boot for good.

That fated day came in (for christ’s sake) Andrew Lloyd Webber week, probably the most ill-conceived, contestant contorting themes of all time. Carly was convinced by Webber to sing “Jesus Christ Superstar”, probably her best option. And she did a good job:

The same night, Brooke White turned in horrifyingly bad version of You Must Love Me from Evita, and Jason Castro made hearts swoon but ears hurt with a rendition of Memory from Cats. CATS for god’s sake. But, justice wasn’t served; Brooke and Jason were native-born and seemed more “authentic” to the voting public, and so Carly was sent home.

4. Jennifer Hudson

When: Season 3, Top 7 WNTS Score: 72
Theme: Barry Manilow
Song:Weekend in New England
Who should have gone home:
George Huff (score: 17)
or John Stevens (score: 31)

I think in all this talk about Pia, or even Chris Daughtry, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that one of the best contestants ever got majorly screwed by the public. Jennifer Hudson failed to even make it into the top 12 by vote: the judges chose her in a wild-card round. And then again, right off the bat, Hudson was in the Bottom 3, in a week whose theme was “soul” music. Then again in Motown week, just 2 weeks later.

But it was Barry Manilow week (what the hell were they thinking???) that finally did Ms. Hudson in. She turned in a fine version of a song I believe nobody knew:

Whatever America was looking for that year, it wasn’t great singing. George Huff turned in a dismal version of the equally poorly known Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again, and John Stevens drew Mandy, significantly better than Huff’s, but still awful by any standard.

The rest is history. Ms. Hudson signed a record deal and went on to win an Academy Award for her part in the musical Dream Girls. She is still often brought up, rightly I think, as an example of women, and in particular black women, getting screwed by the Idol voting public.

3. Trenyce

When: Season 2, Top 5 WNTS Score: 74 and 75
Theme: 1960s
Song: Proud Mary
and Love Will Keep Us Together
Who should have gone home:
Josh Gracin (score: 15 and 29)

Trenyce started out very strong in the Season 2 contest, logging two performances over 81 in the approval ratings. She finally stumbled during Disco week, landing in the Bottom 3 for I’m Every Woman. After that, she was in the Bottom 3 every week until her elimination in Top 5 week. That week had contestants singing two songs each from the 1960s with help from Neil Sedaka. Clay Aiken broke out with Solitaire, while Ruben Studdard, the eventual winner, landed in the bottom 3.

Trenyce, for her part, chose the Tina (and Ike) Turner arrangement of Proud Mary, and Love Will Keep Us Together, a song by Captain and Tennille. Both were rated in the mid 70s, lower than Aiken’s but higher than anybody else.

Nobody really remembers Trenyce, but they should. As a strong contender, her elimination from the Top 5 was a pretty big upset. Viewing that year as a whole, Ruben Studdard sure didn’t seem like the front runner compared with Trenyce in the first few weeks. It was only when the producers started throwing in counter-type themes (like Country) that she started to stumble.

2. Phil Stacey

When: Season 6, Top 6 (ii) WNTS Score: 79
Theme: Bon Jovi
Song: Blaze of Glory
Who should have gone home:
Jordin Sparks (score: 13) or
Chris Richardson (score: 39)

Where to begin with Phil Stacey? He was ex-navy, and curried favor as a country-tinged crooner. However, in the finals he began to struggle, and ended up in the Bottom 3 four out of six times before he was finally eliminated. After the fall of the Great Sanjaya, he was the Vote For The Worst pick, where he was frequently likened to Max Schreck’s portrayal of Dracula in Nosferatu.

So why is he on this list? Well, Phil finally found his bearings in the second Top 6 round. The first Top 6 round saw no eliminations due to Idol Gives Back, but Phil put in a decent version of The Change that week, far better than Blake Lewis, Lakisha Jones, or Chris Richardson’s performances. But the results didn’t matter (and were never revealed). The following week the Top 6 were back, this time doing Bon Jovi tunes. And, quite frankly, Phil nailed it:

Although it wasn’t the best of the week (that went to Blake Lewis, with his rendition of You Give Love A Bad Name), it should have been more than enough to get him through. The double-elimination round saw him go home anyway, even as Jordin Sparks’ version of Livin on a Prayer dropped like a lead balloon, as did Chris Richardson’s laughable Wanted Dead Or Alive (something like Justin Timberlake at the Grand Ole Opry would be like).

1. Pia Toscano

When: Season 10, Top 9 WNTS Score: 84
Theme: Rock and Roll
Song: River Deep, Mountain High
Who should have gone home:
Stefano Langone (score: 34)
or Jacob Lusk (score: 45)

The biggest outlier in my entire database, Pia was shockingly eliminated in the Top 9 week of Season 10. Combining supermodel good looks and an unmatched vocal ability, about the only criticism anyone had for her was that she didn’t move around very much (neither did Crystal Bowersox. At all.) Having never been in the Bottom 3 before, Pia was sent packing while the stunned Stefano Langone, agape, looked on with awful guilt.

The performance itself, I have to say, was technically very good. It wasn’t a well known song, River Deep, Mountain High, but it should have been more than enough to get Pia into the next week:

Can this be rationalized? Not really. The only supposition one can make is that because Haley and Stefano had been in the Bottom 3 before, a small subset of power-voters pumped them up, shifting the bottom 2 vote getters up one position, and leaving Pia out. I must admit, I don’t know anyone who voted for Pia, as her performance that week was underwhelming, and she was considered extremely safe.

There is no want of hypotheses, some of which I don’t buy, but in the end, it doesn’t matter. Pia Toscano is far and away the most robbed contestant in all of Idol history.

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The extraordinary story of the breakthrough discoveries in cell aging, stem cell research, and therapeutic cloning, and the tremendous promise they hold for dramatically extending human life.
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The internet is a fantastic resource for finding information on all sorts of topics, including health, and health conditions. It can provide answers to the questions you forgot to ask your doctor, help you to understand your condition, and help to you feel less isolated, but, like the old saying goes, “Don’t believe everything you read!”.

Here are some tips to help you to make a judgement about information you may find on the internet.

1.Who has written the information? What are their qualifications? Are they a member of a professional association?

2.Does the organisation they claim to belong to actually exist? Just because information isn’t written by a medical professional doesn’t mean it isn’t useful, but consider who has written the information and why. Many sites provide information from people with first-hand experience of the condition – the patients themselves. While information from other patients is often valuable, remember that usually they will have no medical qualifications, and you should check the accuracy of information before acting on it.

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 Bill Status of HB1354  95th General Assembly

House Sponsors
Rep. William B. Black - Ron Stephens - Mike Bost - Bill Mitchell - Rich Brauer, Raymond Poe, Richard P. Myers, Ruth Munson, Dennis M. Reboletti, James H. Meyer, Mike Fortner, Jim Watson, Roger L. Eddy and Brandon W. Phelps

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DateChamber Action
  1/13/2009HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/7-10from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-12from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/10-9from Ch. 46, par. 10-9
10 ILCS 5/22-1from Ch. 46, par. 22-1
10 ILCS 5/22-7from Ch. 46, par. 22-7
35 ILCS 5/218 new
35 ILCS 5/219 new
35 ILCS 505/8from Ch. 120, par. 424
220 ILCS 5/2-101from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101
220 ILCS 5/2-101.5 new
220 ILCS 5/2-102from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-102
220 ILCS 5/9-254 new
220 ILCS 5/16-102
220 ILCS 5/16-111
220 ILCS 5/16-111.4 new
220 ILCS 5/16-113

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates tax credits, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2007 and on or before December 30, 2010, for the cost of electricity purchased from AmerenIP, AmerenCILCO, or AmerenCIPS for residential or small-business purposes. Sets forth the amounts of the credits. Requires the electricity providers to send a statement of the annual electrical costs to customers. Provides that the credits may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Requires that, from the tax proceeds, $4,066,667 must be transferred each month to the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund to be used by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the purposes of LIHEAP, established under the Energy Assistance Act of 1989. Amends the Election Code. Requires that the election of commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission be included on general election ballots. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides for a Commerce Commission consisting of 5 members. Provides that an electric utility must credit customers for times of service disruption by reducing the customer's bill at the end of that month proportionately to the length of time of the service disruption. Provides that the rates of residential customers with all electric residential service shall not be increased prior to January 1, 2008. Provides that residential customers may participate in a deferral program for electric rates that increase subsequent to the mandatory transition period, and prohibits an electric utility from charging interest on the deferred amount. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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  2/20/2007HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. William B. Black
  2/20/2007HouseFirst Reading
  2/20/2007HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
  2/20/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
  2/21/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
  2/22/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
  2/22/2007HouseAssigned to Electric Utility Oversight Committee
  3/23/2007HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  5/17/2007HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
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My notes from Anthony Lane on Baptism

Dr Anthony Lane
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April 6, 2005

Should we Baptize Babies? A Study of Early Church Practices

I. How did you become a Christian in the New Testament

What must I do to be saved? What is Christian initiation? In Acts 14 and other relevant passages we can collect four elements to salvation: (a) repentance; (b) faith; (c) baptism; (d) receiving the Spirit. The point I want to make here is that the early church considered faith and baptism as 2 sides of the same coin. Baptism is part of the gospel message. One (re: “faith”) always implies the other; there is a unity in practice. Gal 3.25-26; Col. 2.11-12; the structure of Romans where chaps. 1-5 are about justification and chapter 6 unselfconsciously talks about baptism without changing the subject. There is, then, a single reality, from 2 different angles.

The early church linked conversion and baptism with the same connectivity as, say, revivalists view conversion & public confession (responding to an altar call. Really, altar calls function as a kind of surrogate baptism.) Christian homes cannot help but practically gravitate toward paedobaptism.

What about an understanding of believer’s baptism vs. the NT attestation to people baptized at the point of conversion, such a the Philippian Jailor who was baptized that very night? Indeed, there wasn’t any waiting on genuineness or evidence. If apostolic baptism is a baptism of converts, what about the baptism of infants? What do we do about the children of the earliest converts? The NT does not provide a clear answer. We are sure they were not required to wait a la converts baptism - a difference was made between those who came to faith as adults and those who were brought up in Christian homes. Some writing on this issue say it wasn’t even an issue until the 2nd Century, but that is silly. Early believers were people with families! There is no doubt that the question of whether or not to baptize children was a pressing issue from the beginning.

II. Did the Apostolic Church Baptize Babies?

All the evidence is ambiguous, thus, I take what I call a seismological approach. A Boston seismologist can observe an earthquake in Los Angeles without leaving their laboratory. How? Because they have instruments which extrapolate and deduce. Similarly, we can deduce 1st Century practice by examination of the earliest church fathers. A verdict must be approached backwards, working from the clear to the not-so-clear. We begin at the 3rd and 4th Centuries and move back.

In the 3rd Century we have 3 sources of information: Tertullian, Cyprian and Origen as well as tomb inscriptions. We also have, writing from Rome, Hippolytus’ Apostolic Witness, which has been shown to be a generated document with roots that could go as far back as the 1st Century. In the Apostolic Witness, the baptism of adults is the norm, but within that you do find the baptism of small children. Tertullian, writing from Carthage, suggests that baptism be delayed as much as possible, yet he never charges infant baptism with innovation. In the ancient world, innovation is bad; it usually springs from heresy. Tertullian would not have hesitated to bring such a charge against the practice of infant baptism if it was an innovation, but he never does. Tertullian actually only wants to baptize the “ready.” Thus, he urges a delay until the greatest redemptive effect may be obtained – largely a result of his understanding of the relationship between baptism & original sin. Cyprian mentions those who baptized their children 8 days after their birth (following the Jewish custom), but also mentions those who immediately baptized their infants. Origen (writing from Alexandria) claims that infant baptism goes all the way back to the apostles. We must remember, too, that Origen was born cir. 185 CE into a Christian family. There is a significance to tradition that we cannot discount. I myself was told by an elderly woman that she remembers her grandmother telling her about witnessing Napoleon going into exile as a little girl; I was getting this 160-year-old event secondhand! Baptism, too, is not a subtle event that can get mixed up in the memory, you either baptize babies or you don’t, yes/no. Certainly, then, informed Christians of the 2nd Century had a good idea about apostolic opinion.

By the last quarter of the 2nd Century at least some Christians were having their babies baptized. Some argue that the first indisputable reference is Tertullian in the 3rd Century. Yes, but when is the first indisputable reference to the baptism of someone raised in a Christian home? Aha! Same reference! Certainly, Tertullian objected to infant baptism and many leading Christians of the 4th Century weren’t baptized until they were adults (and thought nothing wrong of this). So, given this smorgasbord, I can discern no one pattern but only variety.

Gregory of Nazianzus tells his hearers to baptize whenever they want. He and others understood variety in the time/age of baptism. Tombstones agree with this. Thus, if we know there is accepted variety in the 3rd and 4th Centuries, why not infer it back into time? No one took a hard line either way on the grounds of apolosticity. What starts figuring into waiting until people are older is the fear of post-baptismal sin, with which the early church didn’t really know what to do; they came to understand baptism as a kind of trump card. Sin was Tertullian’s concern, but none called him an innovator for suggesting the delay of baptism. In practice, there was variety: from birth to death. The 1st principled objection to infant baptism doesn’t come about until the Anabaptists. The 2nd Century church: Irenaeus in the early 180’s mentions a variety of ages for baptism. Are we reduced to hints for the 1st Century? Household Baptism of Acts 16 and 1 Cor 1, “whole families” could refer to infant baptism.

In summary: there is no clear evidence until the 2nd Century, though using this seismological method we can infer it backward. In the end, there are 3 possible scenarios. (1) They did Baptize Babies. This is plausible per the epistolary mention of children & whole houses believing. Those who favored infant baptism didn’t charge Tertullian with innovation or not being true to the apostolic witness. (2) Didn’t. How is the variety that we see later to be explained, then? No one was saying that the apostolic church didn’t do it, including Tertullian, who wished people would wait. There is certainly inconclusive evidence for infant Baptism, but there is a total lack of evidence for an assertion as to only doing believer’s baptism. (3) Variety. This is, IMHO, the best option.

What caused this variety? A few off the cuff suggestions. Children born before & after their parent’s baptism. Jews or gentiles. Geographical differences attest for different baptismal practices.

III. Silence of the Bible.

There is a famous tract entitled, What the Bible Teaches about Infant Baptism. Apparently, you open it and it is blank. That is analogous to what we know about the initiation of children brought up in Christian homes. Acts 16.33 Luke wasn’t overly specific about what they did with the children, and we certainly wish he had been. On the other hand, if we are committed to living under the authority of the Bible, then shouldn’t we live under the authority of its silence as well as its assertion? Doesn’t it, then, give liberty to churches by allowing variety in its practice according to need and circumstance. The NT, then, warrants the variety of practice that we do see in the 3rd Century.

Practically speaking, when you examine the way that churches bring up their young, both paedobaptist and believer’s baptism, the similarities far outweigh the differences. Where one has baptism, another has dedication. Where one has public confession, the other has baptism. The pattern is pretty much the same. And, frankly, the two groups honestly don’t care enough about it to alter their curricula when it comes to children; both groups will minister to children in the same way without even asking whether a child has been baptized or not. Indeed, Christian parents in both treat their children as simil justis et peccator. Now, certainly, evangelicals today has far too low a view of baptism, but the early church had a high, high view and they still got along with all sorts of ages being baptized. Consider, for example, the Didache. There are all kinds of different ways of baptizing someone – only water is required in each. In other words, it could care less about the mode.

Other issues I didn’t get to for the sake of time: significant of the Old Testament; Diversity being the filling out of the whole witness. What I mean here is that some are called to be married, some not. Some are pacifists, some aren’t. In the variation of so many things, the variety fills out the whole, “thick” theology of the church.

Question & Answer

Q: Couldn’t you use your seismological method to support things such as the use of relics in the 1st Century?
A: But, see, in the case of relics, there is no evidence in the 1st Century. Clearly you have the immediate need of baptism in the 1st Century, where, with relics, there is no such need.

Q: What about the long separation which catechumens eventually had to go through before baptism?
A: This was either a response to paganism or the church got grace and works screwed up. Lent leads to Easter, but with Jesus it was the other way round. Augustine’s view of baptism addresses original sin.

Q: Any insights into baptism for the dead.
A: An off-the-cuff one. Think about the temporal difference between someone who has finished the work for their PhD and is waiting for commencement. Conversion is, then, more the finishing of all papers, and commencement is the public nature of baptism. I once saw a couple whose daughter had died in between these two moments and they had come to receive her diploma. She had done all the work – by right the diploma was hers. Perhaps we could think of baptism for the dead in the same way.

(The above are my notes/impressions and should not be quoted as direct statements by Dr. Lang)


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Thursday July 8, 2010

I hardly know were to begin…

The weekend was so packed full of special moments and exciting events (exciting for our little world anyway).  The children spent the  entire time being dirty and delighted!  It all began on Friday.  My dad spent his day off putting together the new play structure we bought for the children.

Jude was never more than 3 feet away from his Grandpa the entire time.  It was a never ending stream of questions that my dad answered with the patience only a Grandfather can muster   Justin came home from work and headed out to finish up the work.

Grandma and Grandpa W. came for supper that night.  We feasted on what I like to call “gourmet junk food” i.e, hot dogs, garlic fries, sweet potato fries, fresh sweet corn, and watermelon!  Then we went out front to get the camp fire going and have dessert.

Now that’s how you start a fire!

Homemade cookies and ice cream

I love this picture

Grandma didn’t get very much of her ice cream

At the beginning of the week Daddy had promise the boys a camp-out, so we set the tent up in the front yard.

They really do bring so much joy and excitement to our lives.  They are delighted with little things like, sleeping in tents, sparklers, and campfires.  They make the whole world seem new again.

Pumping up the air mattress

Oh yeah that’s the good stuff!

Grandpa surprised the children with sparklers.

Daddy was good to sacrifice a night of sleep and he was repaid with the undying gratitude and admiration of the boys!

Usually on the 4th of July we have our choice of several firework shows but not this year.  The closest one was in Stockton on the Delta, so we packed snacks and loaded up into Grandpa’s boat.

We met friends for dinner.

Then we made our way down the Delta towards the fireworks.

Don’t tell my Lucky Yellow Hat but, I’ve been seeing another hat lately and it’s getting kind of serious.

Eliza being a good sport and munching on a sandwich in her life jacket

At last… what we had all been waiting for!

I love the look on the boys faces in this picture

Amidst all the fun we also got a lot of work done… but more on that later.

In other exciting news, we had our first real harvest from our garden!

A handful of carrots and a basket of green beans.  Here’s hoping that the excitement of picking vegetables leads to an excitement of EATING vegetables

In addition to our veggies we’ve also had a nice crop of Zinnias and sunflowers come up.  They look so happy sitting in vases around the house.

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend too!

5 thoughts on “Thursday July 8, 2010

  1. H0LDfast

    i like your life …. or should i say i like your blog : )

    i’m jealous of the fireworks – thats what we were hoping to see.  but no, they did ‘safe & sane’ fireworks.  i.e. sparklers on the ground.  rex said he wanted unsafe & insane in the air : )

    i just got a new yellow hat – that i’m loving.
    your beans look wonderful. so do your flowers.

    i never told them about the campout …. but if you do it again, i’m sure rex would be up for a missed night of sleep too : )

  2. inanorchard

    @H0LDfast - I think you are qualified to say you like our life   “Unsafe, Insane & In the Air” would be a great name for a firework show!  I can’t believe they didn’t have any at the coast?  Not even in Santa Cruz?!  I saw your darling yellow hat and your sweet flirty white skirt (I’m jealous that you can wear ruffles around your hips and bum and look great doing it!).

    I didn’t tell Rex but we have some of the offspring from his giant pumpkins growing in our garden.  Apparently the pumpkins he gave the boys decomposed in the exact spot we chose to put our garden.  Now we have pumpkins everywhere!

  3. georgene

    Precious memories! I was reminded of the tree house your Dad made for you and your brother in the backyard when you were a child. I’ve never seen such an elaborate tree house in my life.

  4. celebration_of_life

    You make it look so wonderful and easy…so glad that even after the hard work of being the mom and helping make all those things happen for your family that you still see the blessing in it all!

    Have you won the war with the bermuda grass in the garden???

    …love the new floor…the new hat…and now I want to make homemade ice cream!!!

  5. inanorchard

    @celebration_of_life - Speaking of homemade ice cream… I need to get your recipe for coffee ice cream!  Unfortunately, right now the bermuda grass had taken over the middle portion of the garden and I think I need heavier equipment than my own hands   I really love our new flooring, the living room has become my favorite room in the house!

    Oh and… you are a good friend Holly (just thought you should know that )

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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Vankaaya Pachadi - Egg Plant Chutney

This particular recipe is similar to the Punjabi dish Baigan ka Burtha.Down south in Andhra,we dont use any of the spice powders which are used in preparing the burtha.To prepare the pachadi,mustard seeds,cumin seeds and black gram are used for tempering and the egg plant is grilled or placed directly over the gas burner so that the insides of the egg plant is cooked.The flavour of the grilled brinjal/egg plant is very different to the one where brinjals are chopped and cooked in any gravy or stir fry dish.The big round white-green egg plants are used to prepare vankaaya pachadi.When choosing the egg plants check if there are any tiny holes and if you find any such holes it means that it is infected with worms. The egg plant should be firm to touch but not hard.It should be tender and the seeds will be white.If very hard it means its very mature and the seeds will be black and those can be discarded as they dont taste good at all.

1 large green brinjal
1 1/2 tbsp tamarind paste
1/2 mustard seeds
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
10 curry leaves
1/2 tsp urad dal(split black gram)
1 large onion chopped
3 green chillis slit length wise
1 tsp chopped ginger
chopped coriander leaves for garnish
1 tbsp oil

Apply oil to the egg plant and place it on the burner and keep turning the brinjal, so that the skin on the surface is uniformly blackened.Place over the burner till the egg plant softens and cooked.(Alternately you can put it on the baking sheet and bake it at 350 degrees C and keep checking it and turning it till the skin starts cracking and can be peeled off without difficulty. Remember, this process has to be done carefully so that the inner part of the egg plant is cooked well)

Remove from fire when done and wash the egg plant with water. Peel the skin and mash the egg plant.This is how it looks like after the skin is peeled.

Add tamarind paste and salt to the mashed egg plant and keep aside.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.Now add the cumin seeds and black gram dal and let them fry till brown i.e 1 minute approx.
Now add the curry leaves and fry for few seconds.
Add the chopped onions,ginger and green chillis and fry till transparent.Dont brown it.
Now add the mashed egg plant which has been mixed with the tamarind paste and salt.Mix well.Let it cook for 3-4 minutes.
Turn off heat and garnish with chopped coriander.
Serve with hot rice and ghee or rotis.

Andhras love their brinjals and one special dish is stuffed brinjal curry called 'gutti vankaaya kura' which is made with the small purple egg plants.It can be eaten with rotis or rice.

Anonymous said...

Hai sailu,
Great postings. I remember my mother making this dish & it was my job to remove the burnt skin of the brinjals. Keep up your good work.

Sury said...

Wow! I just can't wait to try this out. Sounds easy and because it has tamarind, I am going to love it. Thanks for sharing!

rums said...

sailu, this is a great alternative to baigan bharta that we make here up north.

mg said...

Hi Sailu,

Everywhere i go, i see aubergine being posted! Since it's one of my favourites too, it's great to know different ways of cooking them. I love them grilled, fried, baked, stewed and even stir fried! I have one in the fridge all the time. Thanks for sharing.

Melissa CookingDiva said...

Sailu, it looks great for a home canning project :) Hugs!

sailu said...

Anonymous,thanks for your kind words..:)

Sury,its very easy and do let me know how it turned out.

Yes,rums,a variation of the famous 'bharta'

Mae,I cook egg plants regularly in my kitchen and love them grilled,baked.....:)

Melissa,that sure is a cool idea...:)

Mona said...

Wow, I can't say I've ever heard of eggplant chutney before. It looks terrific! Thanks for a wonderful new suggestion for my kitchen.

anu said...

I love this recipe Sailu , This reminds me of a dish called "gotsu" in Tamilian cusin which is served with Pongal.

Keep up the great work !!

Rorie said...

Sounds excellent - I love eggplant cooked anyway I can get it!

sailu said...

Thanks for dropping by,Mona.

Yes,very similar to 'gostu',Anu and thank you for your kind words.

Thank you,Rorie.


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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Aloo Tamatar Subzi - Curried Potatoes In Tomato Sauce

Simple,comforting and flavorful – is how I would describe today’s vegetarian dish with overtones of North Indian style of cooking.I learnt this recipe during my college days from one of my numerous North Indian friends who would bring it in her tiffin dabba with rotis.I reminse the days when we would swap our tiffin dabbas and how I'd lap up delicious North Indian fare like stuffed paranthas and chole while my friends would relish our South Indian tiffins like masala dosas,idlis and garellu.

I always tried out different combinations of a particular dish(which is new to me) using different spices with recipes like curried baby potatoes and aloo palak and finally settle for one which is suited to my palate in terms of spice and flavor.North Indian cuisine calls for the use of less spice than our Andhra cuisine.If I feel that the flavor of a dish needs to be peped up a bit in terms of spice then I do make a subtle change without playing too much with the ingredients and cooking style of the authentic original recipe.The end result has never been disappointing so far and I always had my family and friends relish the food served to them..:)

Aloo Tamatar Sabzi or Curried Potatoes in Tomato Sauce is very simple,everyday dish regularly cooked in many North Indian kitchens.Boiled potatoes are cooked in a spiced gravy of onions and tomatoes and it makes a great curry with rotis and chapatis.I also make this sometimes as an accompaniment to a subtle flavored rice or steamed white rice.
Aloo Tamatar Subzi (Potato-Tomato Curry)

4 medium potatoes (boiled and slightly mash with hand roughly to form small chunks)
1 large onion chopped finely
3 cloves garlic finely minced
1" ginger finely minced
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 dry red chillis
10-12 curry leaves
2 green chilli slit length wise
1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust according to your choice)
1 tbsp coriander pwd
1/2 tsp cumin pwd
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
salt to taste
3 medium sized tomatoes finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsp oil
chopped coriander leaves for garnish
1 tsp jaggery or sugar (optional)

Heat oil in a cooking vessel and add the mustard seeds and let them pop.Now add the red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for a few seconds till the flavors are released in the oil.Now add onions,ginger and garlic and saute till the onions turn light brown.Add the green chillis and all the pwds.Combine.
Add the tomatoes and stir fry till the oil seperates and it gets mushy.
Add the potatoes and combine and keep covered with a lid on low heat for 3-4 minutes.
Remove lid and cook further for another 3-4 mts stirring once in a while.
Add salt and enough water to cover the potatoes.
Bring to a boil and let it simmer on low heat till you get the desired curry consistency.Finally add the jaggery/sugar and combine.Turn off heat.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rotis/chapatis/steamed white rice.

This is my entry to Sweetnicks Antioxidant Rich Foods ARF 5 A Day Tuesdays.

Vineela said...

Hi Sailu,
Looks Yummy.

Alanna said...

The curried potatoes look great, Sailu! So does the new design! ;-)

Paz said...

As usual, your food looks delicious!

Lera said...

Looks delicious, sailu this sure is my kind of recipe...love Aloo with gravy ....:)BTW, I had your Miriyala Annam(pepper Rice....)tonight with papad It was great.

BDSN said...

Wow Sailu!!!Pictures look very mouthwatery and definitely a good combo with rotis ...well cant wait to try

Lakshmi said...

hi sailu,
curry chala bavuntundi kadda, even we prepare the same way.

Kitchenmate said...

Sailu: My mom makes similar version (exact) without sugar and i love it with rotis and with Idli's too. They are good combo..

Ashwini said...

I didnt know the North also has their version. Nice recipe Sailu. I also liked the blue contrast of the bowl with the curry.

Santhi said...

Ur way of presenting makes this curry so beautiful sailu...

Nerissa said...

Oh that looks sooooo good. I think I have everything except the coriander leaves

Priya Bhaskaran said...

The recipe looks so inviting sailu. Going to try soon:)

vanilla said...

mm... even a simple subzee can sound so yummmy.. will try it out tonight. :)

Ulla said...

Priya Bhaskaran said...

Sailu, I tried the recipe for dinner with Rice Noodles( rice sevai) too good combo:) I make the same way of recipe for shrimph curry. Instead of potato I add shrimph and 1/2 tsp of garam masala. Me and my hubby enjoyed your aloo curry :)

Anthony said...

This is one of my base curries.. I keep adding different vegetables and even meat into the same lol...

indianadoc said...

A brilliant site worth bookmarking!

spicehut said...

Looks yummy. This dish has a long family history for me...my dad can cook only this, right from his hostel days :)

Roopa Unnikrishnan said...

Wow - I don't usually use tomato with potato curries, but this looks interesting. What do you think of some of my recipes?

Guvboy said...

I really like the recipe. Exellent work. I have a website at http://guvboy-indiancuisine.blogspot.com

Ashwin said...

Yummy Recipes.. We can add Channa ( Kabuli and make it better)

klasiktatlar said...

your blog is very good..


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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Some Himalayan Wild Flowers

The Himalayan Berberis, Berberis aristata grows wildly near Dharamsala. It is called 'Daruharidra' in Sanskrit which means 'Tree turmeric'. It has many medicinal uses in the Indian systems of medicine . The flowers are a very attractive yellow, which cover the bush entirely.
The Himalayan Clover, Trifolium pratense is found in the meadows. 'Pratense' in latin means found in the meadow. It is useful for relieving cough, skin problems and symptoms caused by menopause.

The tiny violet flowers of the Himalayan Peristrophe are very pretty. This wild flower is also seen near Dharamshala.

Friday, June 18, 2010

The Rhododendron was first discovered by the English plant hunters in 1799 in the Himalayas. Later, in 1850, an expedition to Sikkim, in the Himalayas, found more than 50 species of the flowering plant. Indiscriminate collection by the plant hunters in the last century has brought many species of this beautiful flowering plant to the brink of extinction. Trekkers and mountaineers in the Himalayas use the wood of this tree for fire, as it burns even when wet.
Rhododendron is called Guras in the local language. The flowers of the red rhododendron are used to make jam . Rhododendron flowers are also used in local cooking.
The plant is very popular among gardeners in the west, where many hibrids are available.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Football Lily

The African Football Lily, or Blood Lily Scadoxus multiflorus probably knows about the World Cup. It is blooming everywhere in my garden.
The flower is also known as the Monsoon Lily and the Fireball in India. It has another botanical name, haemanthus multiflorus. The inflorescence is big and spherica, resembling the football.The plant has bulbs which multiply each year. This lily is a native of Namibia in Africa. The leaves are bright green and attractive. The plant flowers during the Monsoons.
All parts of this plant are poisonous.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Himalayan Wild Rose

The white Himalayan Wild Rose is a common wild flower in altitudes of 4000 feet. They compete with the Rhododendron is showing off their spectacular blooms.
The cream coloured flowers attract bees and butterflies, and perfume the surroundings.

I don't know if they are the natives or a spillover from the roses planted by the British in the last century. Whatever it is, the Himalayan Wild Rose is beautiful.


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Sunday, May 20, 2007

Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
14 th Lok Sabha

Constituency : Palghat ( Kerala )

Party : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))

Father’s Name Shri Narayanan
Date of Birth 12 March 1959
Place of Birth Distt. Palghat (Kerala)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 20 March 1992
Spouse’s Name Smt. K. Geetha
Educational Qualifications B.A. (Eco.)
Educated at Chittur Government College, University of Calicut, Palghat (Kerala)
Profession Political & Social Worker
Permanent Address "The Nest", College Road,
Palghat - 678 001(Kerala)
Tel. (0491) 2500001

Present Address 307, V.P.House, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001
Tels. (011) 23736378, 9868180789 (M)

Positions Held
- President, Central Committee, Democratic Youth Federation of India
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Deputy Leader, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1998-99 Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Committee on Commerce
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Deputy Leader, C.P.I. (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1999-2000 Member, Committee on Commerce
1999 - 2001 Member, Estimates Committee
2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)
Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Member, Committee on Commerce
Member, Estimates Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
5 August 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Commerce
Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Won prizes in essay writing, versification and elocution during school and college days

Social And Cultural Activities
Office bearer of village library; President, "Swaralaya"-the wellknown Cultural Organisation which is promoting classical music and all forms of arts
Special Interests
Reading, music and swimming
Countries Visited
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Monday, November 02, 2009

366 cases of dengue in Delhi

Fourteen cases of dengue were confirmed on Sunday morning, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease in the national

capital to 366, a health department official said.

"As of today (Sunday) morning, there were 366 confirmed cases of dengue in Delhi. This is no alarming figure since the numbers of those affected has been consistent," N.K. Yadav, chief medical officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), said.

On Saturday, the total number of cases recorded was 352.

In the past few months there have been two deaths recorded due to dengue - a 15-year-old boy and a nine-year-old boy.

Yadav said temperatures were warmer this year due to lesser rains during the monsoon and, therefore, there was not much breeding of mosquitoes. Last year till Nov 1, a total of 1,070 cases of dengue had been recorded.

"We were well-prepared to handle dengue and our domestic breeding checkers have been taking rounds of their respective areas since May," he said.

But much against the assurances of the MCD that the number of dengue cases in the capital is low, private hospitals have said that in reality the numbers are much higher than what is being said, a claim the civic agency denies.

Core of N-E monsoon rains biding time to enter mainland

Most of the northeast monsoon rains are still falling largely over the open seas around the equator where elevated sea-surface temperatures and resultant convection have thrown up cloud masses across a large area from west to east.

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) wave is locked in over this belt as can be inferred from the negative outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR) values, a proxy for cloud cover.

Model predictions are of the view that the northward migration of the MJO wave and the cloud cover into southeast Arabian Sea and southwest Bay of Bengal would begin from mid-week this week.

May move north

The cloud cover is forecast to hang over these parts up to November 19 according to the Wheeler MJO tracker, while the Jones model and the Empirical Wave Propagation method of US National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) saw the wave effect dissipating a few days earlier.

This phase would likely see the whole of the peninsula receiving rains, to the calibrated move north of a weather system over the southeast Arabian Sea along the Kerala coast.

In fact, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) sees the possibility of a 'low' springing up over southwest Arabian Sea tracking north along the Kerala coast intensifying into a cyclone.

It is forecast to make a landfall over the north Konkan-Mumbai-south Gujarat belt around November 11. But meteorologists are of the view that these are early days yet to take a call.

Arrival of intervening western troughs with opposing flows can decisively influence the formation, life and track of a storm developing over the peninsular seas during this time of the year.

But ECMWF visualises precisely this - a westerly trough trooping in but only to scoop the 'low' over Arabian Sea, allowing it to wheel along the west coast for a landfall over the Mumbai-South Gujarat belt.

Not agreeable

Two other cyclone evolution and tracking models, US Navy's NGP and the Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC), did not agree and indicated that the 'low' may track northwest off Sri Lanka and park itself over central Arabian Sea by November 7 up to which forecasts were available.

The Roundy-Albany model continued to signal some weather activity over the southwest Bay off southeast coastal Tamil Nadu around November 11 but not to the level of intensity initially estimated.

The ECMWF precipitation forecasts seem to more or less agree with the outlook and show some 'unwinding' activity over northern Sri Lanka and southeast Tamil Nadu around this time.

As for the Arabian Sea, this model shows concentrated rains over central and west-central Arabian Sea (away from India coast) tracking the storm movement. This sits well with the storm movement track predicted by NGP and CMC.

Back home, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) update said that the northeast monsoon has been active over Tamil Nadu during the 24 hours ending Sunday. Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated places over north Madhya Maharashtra.

The Regional Met Centre, Chennai, said that rainfall occurred at many places over coastal Tamil Nadu and at a few places over interior Tamil Nadu and Kerala during this period. Isolated rainfall occurred over Lakshadweep.

Heavy rains

Among stations recording very heavy-to-heavy rainfall (in cm) were: Puducherry airport -16; Sirkali and Cherthala (Kerala) - 9 each; Pamban-6, Karaikal, Tiruchi and Nagapatinam-3 each; Coonoor, Minicoy, K. Paramathy and Thanjavur-2 each.

Forecast until November 3 said rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and at a few places over interior Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

Isolated rain or thundershowers are likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka.

Isolated heavy rain is likely to occur over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next two days, a warning issued by the Chennai Met Centre said.

Heavy widespread showers forecast for Chennai and south-Andhra coast in 72 hrs .. .. more to continue over south Tip.
Chennai - Sharp showers now 4:54pm after a 4 day lull ..
Rainfall on 1-Nov-09:: Cheyyur (Kanchipuram dt) and Parangipettai 4 cm
Isolated Very heavy shower on 31-Oct-09:: Puducherry Airport 16, Sirkali (Nagapattinam dt) and Cherthala (Alapuzha dt) 9 CM each
Chennai - Getting cloudy after a partly cloudy day so far..
Chennai - After crossing a DRY october now we are into DRY November as well.
Chennai - 70% Clear skies.. warm and NO wind. now 9:54am
Satellite shows a huge potential LOW formation just south-west of southern tip of India .. .

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