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Need some carving help? Let Russ Parsons show you how. |
Is it too late to dry-brine? |
Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! Have you got last minute Thanksgiving cooking, cocktail or entertaining advice? Ask us here and we will answer live! |
At the Pearl Jam concert this week, @ChefDLeFevre was asked multiple times how to make good gravy. Live chat now! |
How far in advance can you make mashed potatoes? |
But Noelle puts it out there: steam/boil potatoes whole, in the skin; refrigerate them, then nuke them. Then make the mashed potatoes. |
David Lefevre says you can put mashed potatoes in a crock pot an hour ahead of time. |
How do I know I've added enough chicken stock to my stuffing? I'm using dry bread crumbs (store bought). |
Oh, snap! Egg nog ice cream on pumpkin pie! |
Salt your pumpkin pie, Chef David Lefevre says. It will bring out the pumpkin pie flavor and make it less sweet. |
What do you suggest I add to my stuffing to spice it up? (I was thinking fresh or pickled jalapenos). |
This turducken just came out of an oven in the test kitchen. |
Research has been shining new light on the human microbiome as a possible factor in who gets rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune illnesses. The microbiome is the collection of microbes that have residence in our gastrointestinal tracts. |
This community is made up of trillions of cells and usually weighs one to three pounds. Each of us has more microbiome cells than our own cells. This can be so because bacteria cells are much smaller than human cells. |
Medscape.com describes the gut microbiome as being important in developing and maintaining our immune systems. The more information becomes available, the greater the chance that new and better treatments may become possible. |
These bacteria are now believed to influence many aspects of our lives. Some can prevent some diseases while others may trigger illnesses. |
As autoimmune illnesses have been multiplying in the last few decades, microbiome research, as well as study of the compounds produced by microbes, may hold a key or two in treating and/or preventing some of these diseases. |
Jose Scher, a rheumatologist at New York University and the director of NYU’s Microbiome Center for Rheumatology and Autoimmunity, saw a potential connection between rheumatoid arthritis and intestinal bugs. He is hopeful that further data about the microbiome in the future may make arthritis treatment a future reality... |
Martin Blaser, a microbiologist at NYU, as reported in an article on TheAtlantic.com, observed that our microbiomes have gone through drastic changes in the last hundred years. These changes have sped up in the last half century, due to differences in our diets, the increased effects of chemicals and diminished exposur... |
Researches say that members of our microbiome use us to avoid attack by other invaders, and actively influence our immune systems for their own advantage. Unfortunately while they are protecting themselves, our immune systems may be out of balance because of this, leaving us more vulnerable to other bacteria, as well a... |
Two-thirds of your immune cells are in your gut. |
Several well-known Nashville artists will be raising money for presidential hopeful John Kerry during “Kerry-oke,” an event hosted by the Music Row Democrats. The karaoke shows will take place every Monday in June at Two Doors Down, a sports bar located near Music Row. Participants include Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, R... |
The long running economic development tussle in Kansas City between Missouri and Kansas grabbed headlines for good reason. From 2009 to 2013, taxpayers footed the bill for $212 million in tax forgiveness only to move companies from one side of town to the other—3,300 jobs moved from Missouri to Kansas and 2,800 the oth... |
One city. Two states. Two governors. Millions of economic development incentive dollars. No new economic expansion. Regrettably, stories like these litter the economic development landscape in America and demonstrate the need for a major overhaul. Ironically, it is state governments that have the opportunity to lead th... |
Out of the Great Depression and the New Deal and into the urban tumult of the 1960s and 1970s, the economic development field expanded from rural efforts such as the Tennessee Valley Authority to urban strategies aimed at stemming the decline of the inner city. Well-intentioned financial tools, programs, and policies w... |
Most objective economic development professionals acknowledge that this simplistic approach merely redistributes jobs from one place to another. It might create eye-catching headlines, but it rarely creates anything new; and it is expensive. New Brookings research from Amy Liu underscores this fact. |
Within this system, the state government’s role in modern economic development must change from being yet another service provider to leveraging its role as a disciplined investor—incentivizing consolidation, collaboration, and measurable outcomes. Fortunately, a roadmap of how to get there is unfolding, and it starts ... |
The economy does not adhere to state lines on a map. Economies are regional and spillover local and state lines. As Oregon’s former chief economic development officer, I saw firsthand just how diverse a state’s economy can be – from potato and onion farming in the east, to lumber and wood products manufacturing on the ... |
States must ruthlessly eliminate duplicative programs, services, and staff that local and regional efforts and local partners are already providing. Regional public-private partnerships (like Greater Portland Inc.) have sprung up across the United States and successfully engage CEOs, mayors, and philanthropists to deli... |
As regional partnerships increasingly set the agenda for their region’s economic strategy, states should invest their rescued dollars into each region’s priorities. The nation’s leading example of this approach is in New York, where regions have competed for state funds that total nearly $4 billion after five years. Go... |
Setting clear metrics and expectations, while holding partners accountable for results, is central to reclaiming order and logic in publicly funded economic development. Unfortunately, it’s often overlooked. Not so in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where Greater MSP established perhaps the nation’s most concrete and specific pe... |
To be clear, state government has an important role to play in building a strong economy, but it looks quite different than the role it played in the last century. Nevertheless, some states and metropolitan regions have gotten the message and are showing the way forward. |
Sean M. Robbins recently served as the state of Oregon’s chief economic development officer under Governors Kitzhaber and Brown, after leading Portland’s regional economic development partnership. He now works for a Wisconsin real estate investment firm. |
Startups with ideas for improving energy efficiency in the transportation, construction, and utility industries got their first big chance to promote their businesses at last week’s semi-annual demo day at Greenstart, San Francisco’s cleantech startup accelerator. |
It was the second such event at Greenstart, which was established last summer and hatched its first batch of companies in December. For the most part, Greenstart’s 2011 graduates were working on big challenges ranging from construction materials to biofuels to smart electrical sockets; only one, an online game called W... |
It’s a change Lowe foreshadowed in a February interview, back when the current class of startups had just entered the program. Startups have a better chance of making a dent in the energy business if they focus on distribution and efficiency— areas where software innovation can make a difference—rather than energy gene... |
Greenstart’s three-month program is all about that iteration, with guidance from a network of mentors experienced in the energy, investing, and product design. A new addition this time around: David Merkoski, the former executive creative director at Frog Design, who was brought onto advise companies about branding and... |
Here are thumbnail introductions to the five companies, based both on their presentations and one-to-one interviews with founders (except in the case of Scoot Networks, whose CEO, Michael Keating, said he didn’t have time to speak with me). |
GELI founder and CEO Ryan Wartena. Photo courtesy of Greenstart. |
GELI—the name is an acronym for Growing Energy Labs Incorporate—hopes to become the leading software provider in a market that doesn’t quite exist yet: software for grid-scale batteries. Founder and CEO Ryan Wartena, who earned a PhD in electrochemical engineering at Georgia Tech, points out that companies have investe... |
kWhOURS founder and CEO Colin Davis. Photo courtesy of Greenstart. |
The big idea at kWhOURS s is to supply engineering service companies with tablet-based software for conducting commercial building assessments. The software, called Field, is already being used to run audits of everything from 7-Elevens to military bases. “We guide people through the process,” Davis says. “We standardi... |
Windows Fax and Scan enables businesses to view and manage incoming and outgoing faxes, create new electronic documents and send faxes via email. You can use the application with a fax modem installed to the computer or a fax machine connected to a fax server. To test and confirm that your fax device is fully operation... |
Press "Windows-Q" to open the Search function. Enter "fax" into the search field and select "Windows Fax and Scan" from the results. |
Select "New Fax" from the toolbar. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the fax modem or connect to the fax server, if prompted. |
Enter "1-888-877-1655" into the To field. Create a subject and enter text or images into the document body. |
Click "Send" to deliver the electronic document. Navigate to FaxToy.net (link in Resources) from a browser. |
Review the thumbnails on the main page to see if your document was posted. Resend the fax if, after 10 minutes, the website still has not uploaded the document. If your fax fails to appear on Fax Toy, the device might not be properly configured. |
When we started down this path, a path that we were not mentally or physically prepared for, our first feeling was one of complete disbelief—cancer—not our family, not our child. |
As parents, Nancy and I always believed we knew what to do for our children, and we now were faced with a situation over which we had no control. That was and to this day still is the worst part of going through cancer. You wake up and go to sleep feeling that you should be doing something, but you are not sure what to... |
Rebecca and I had talked about our goal to write a book some day. I am sure many of you have thought about writing a book as well. Many ideas came to mind but have always lacked a real deep- down passion to start writing. Now, for the first time in my life I had something to write about that I was passionate about. Thi... |
When we talked about writing this book, we wanted to tell this story from the many perspectives of the people who had touched our lives on this journey. |
I also believe it is important for cancer patients to understand how their loved ones are feeling and to understand the effects on them, as well. Rebecca and I talked a lot about feelings: hers, mine, her mom’s, her brothers’, her friends’ and so on. I think it helps us to have a better understanding of life when we th... |
Rebecca’s cancer involved many people who have supported us. There were many times I knew that Rebecca was not aware of my feelings like when she was in surgery, recovery, or as we have come to call it, when she had “chemo brain.” Even though I was there with Rebecca, there were some innermost feelings Rebecca did not ... |
Rebecca’s story will be told from the perspective of her friends, family, diary excerpts and emails based on how she felt at the time. This has provided me with insights into her innermost feelings. It was critical in writing this book to understanding all her feelings and presents her side of the story. |
Lastly, we wanted to express the feelings from our family and friends who have been with us, sharing our tears and laughter. Yes, we have laughed a lot—even about Rebecca’s cancer: That is just the way we, as a family, have always handled the life situations that have been thrown at us. |
When we asked family members, friends, doctors and health care professionals to give us their perspective on Rebecca’s story, we did not share anyone else’s writing to keep each one’s own special message unique. One reason we wanted to tell this story is to let other families know how many people in this world care abo... |
In talking with other families who had cancer suddenly appear in their lives, we noted a lot of similarities in all our situations. It was in these similarities and hardships that we felt there were lessons to be learned for the next generation who will face this disease without notice and without any knowledge as we d... |
Our goals are simple: to provide our gained knowledge about Rebecca’s cancer treatment, to tell our family’s story, to share some tears and laughter, and to talk about our faith, because it was our faith that enabled us to get through this. |
Our faith-filled views are interwoven throughout this book to better prepare others whose lives are suddenly turned upside down. There is no magic pill like the one Becky once asked the doctors about. |
For us, our faith has held us all together, and the truth is that we are all now closer to our faith. It is one of the many gifts we have received from this experience. I know it is strange to say thatwe have received a gift, but now I have come to the conclusion that we were guided down this path with a specific purpo... |
When asked how our faith is today, I simply answer, ‘the same as always’. We trusted in God’s plan, then and now. Dr. Neil Finkler was Rebecca’s oncologist. The words in his reflection about Rebecca help bring an understanding about our family’s faith as he witnessed it first hand. |
Many of us were raised (at least I was) with the understanding that when cancer affected your family, you kept it a secret, and it often was not even discussed openly among family members. When we started this chapter in our life with Rebecca, we made a decision as a family to be very open about our story and to share ... |
There is no way to thank all of you. My ability to be able to complete this story is based on our collective love for each other and from the many late night phone calls and support from my family, friends and co-workers. I think by being such an open family we surprised some people, but that is what we believe in. As ... |
It is also important to acknowledge the people who have agreed to be a part of this 19-month saga. This book is extremely personal to me and to the individuals who contributed their thoughts and feelings in regard to their interactions with Rebecca. The individuals who are quoted have reviewed the book, but I have not ... |
It was never intended and not expected that any person whose statements are quoted in the book were expressing any views, positions, policy, statements or opinions on behalf of any institution, facility or any other person. Therefore the statements, thoughts and feelings expressed in this book should be considered as t... |
Note: The preceding is an excerpt from Paul Stepusin’s book,“Rare, My Daughter’s Faithful Journey Through Cancer,” fromPaul Christopher Productions. Stepusin writes how faith was found through his daughter while she suffered through the worst phases of her cancer. The book can be purchased at rarebookspc.com. |
For the latest edition of “Life in Pictures,” photographer Mark Peterson followed the mirror-image twins—Bob is lefty, and Mike is righty—as they played for charity before their 99th career doubles title at tournament in Cincinnati. They’ll be going for win No. 100 at the U.S. Open. Below, see their pre-match rituals, ... |
8:47 a.m. Bob: Our hotel room was a mess. My daughter Micaela (at left) has her own Twitter account with 13,000 followers. Everyone onthe tour knows who she is. Her best photos are with Novak Djokovic. |
9:21 a.m. Mike: When we turned pro, Bob and I lived together. We bought a house together. We were a package deal, but once we got married, we had to split it up. He lives in Miami (his wife’s family is Cuban), and I’m in Tampa. |
10:14 a.m. Bob: It was the first day of the men’s doubles tournament, but we had an off day. We try to get used to the stringing, the balls, the court conditions, the heat. We spend between $15,000 and $20,000 each year on stringing. |
11:16 a.m. Bob: Mike gets blisters if he doesn’t tape. We have to warm up our bodies a little more than we used to. A couple of years ago, I went gluten-free, like Mike. But after we won a tournament, I had a huge waffle. |
12:07 p.m. Mike (at left): We’re on our way to a charity event, emceed by our dad, who used to own a tennis club. Bob would say he is the better driver. We shared a Mercedes and I totaled it. Bob: I am the better driver. |
12:30 p.m. Mike: Bob likes to draw, so his signature is pretty artistic. He makes two Bs and puts a line through it, and he really takes his time while signing autographs. Bob: My autograph takes a half-second longer than his. |
1:43 p.m. Bob: Holding hands when we’re winning is a shtick my dad has had us do for years. It seems to go over every time. My dad has all these shticks; we call them the dog-and-pony show. |
4:35 p.m. Bob: This is a clinic, with two groups of 30 people who got 45 minutes with us. We just sat there and played against them. It was such a long day. We sweated our butts off, and a few people did beat us. |
8:25 p.m. Mike (pictured): We had a big old jam fest with ten guys onstage, for a charity event. Bob: We play really well together, which does have to do with us being twins. Sometimes that will translate to the court. |
10:00 p.m. Mike: I’m a sucker for every gimmick that gives you a one percent advantage. This is a Juvent. I was told it increases bone density. Bob doesn’t try out anything crazy. Bob: I’ll go to Mike’s little shop of horrors before matches. |
10:05 p.m. Mike (right): Before we play, we usually get chicken-burrito bowls. Sometimes twice a day. They have Chipotles everywhere now, even near Wimbledon. |
*This article appears in the August 25, 2014 issue of New York Magazine. |
Thought you could escape Star Wars merchandise in this quiet period post-Force Awakens, pre-Rogue One, era? Well then THINK AGAIN. Anything that can be BB-8-erized will be, as is the case with this delightful teapot. |
The 32-ounce pot, designed to look like everyone’s favorite spherical droid, is actually both teapot and teacup, BB-8's shape being made by the pot’s ability to nest in the cup when not in use. Which should be rare, as this is adorable enough that you’d probably want Star Wars-themed afternoon tea to become a regular o... |
It’s very silly, but as both a Star Wars fan and a walking British stereotype, I can’t help but love this. The teapot is out in October, and it’ll set you back $40 if you want one. |
For someone in the sports business from Vancouver, Sweden feels a little like home. |
The press centre for the world figure skating championships in Goteborg — Gothenburg, for us Anglos — is a sports hall next door to the Scandinavium, the arena that’s host to the figure skating this week, but is normally home to hockey’s Frolunda Indians of the Elitserien, or Swedish Elite League (SEL). |
At a capacity of 12,044, Scandinavium is the largest rink in the SEL, though it only holds about 8,500 for figure skating, once all the media and International Skating Union crowd has been accommodated. |
There’s a lot more hockey in evidence around the rink and sports hall than fancy skating. |
During the NHL lockout, Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson teamed with linemates Sammy Pahlsson (Anaheim) and P. J. Axelsson (Boston) to boost the Indians to the only regular season title in the club’s history, and they also won the playoffs. Inside the press centre, and all around the main floor of the practice rink below it,... |
No evidence of Mattias Ohlund or Alex Edler or the boys from Ornskolsdvik — no Markus Naslund or the Sedins — but that’s okay. |
But the real treasure is in the team souvenir shop, where a magazine is promoting Disco Bowling, with a picture of former Maple Leaf defenceman Borje Salming on the cover. |
The next one is scheduled for Friday night. I’m thinking of taking a recess from figure skating for a couple of hours, dropping downstairs and checking it out. |
The mind reels at the possibilities. |
WHICH Premier League attackers have given their clubs the most value for money this season? |
Manchester City duo Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure are two of the highest earning attacking players in the top flight, with both men taking home £220,000 per week. |
They are closely followed by Manchester United frontman Romelu Lukaku and Liverpool ace Philippe Coutinho who both reportedly earn around £200,000 per week. |
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is believed to have a weekly wage of £190,000, whilst another City man, Raheem Sterling, is on £180,000 per week. |
But which Premier League attacking players are the best value for money? |
CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE TO SEE 20 OF THE HIGHEST EARNING PREMIER LEAGUE ATTACKERS RANKED FROM MOST TO LEAST MONEY EARNED PER GOAL. |
Research courtesy of Ask Fans. |
Activists protesting federal land mismanagement and the imprisonment of Dwight and Steven Hammond recently occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters building in Oregon. Some facts, context and perspective may help people understand what’s really going on here. |
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