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My cousin made this rice dish for me when I was visiting her in CT last week. She was inspired by a restaurant and I was inspired by her. I don't know who to credit but I do know the dish has probably changed more than a little bit on [...]
Gay Rights Challenge in Illinois
I love this article from today's New York Times on how a first crush can impact a person's career choice. My first crush, at least as far as I remember, was on David Cassidy from "The Partridge Family." Like a lot of us, I had the dark blue patent leather [...]
This is an interesting article from the Washington Post on how Michelle Obama is getting ready to roll out a media campaign urging young people to sign up for health insurance under Obamacare. I love that her previous focus has been on organic, fresh food and that she has overseen [...]
FUTURE THINKING| 4 July 2013 The teenage scientist revolutionising cancer detection Pancreatic cancer 's high death rate is partly blamed on the difficulty of early detection. Teenage scientist Jack Andraka has come up with a cheap and simple way to test for it. Pancreatic cancer is a killer – [...]
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2013 12:00 pm By Debbie Baldwin I remember distinctly the day I moved from New York City to Charlottesville, Va., for graduate school. I sat in a cookie-cutter apartment in a nondescript complex with an incongruously charming name and twiddled my thumbs. Rather than unpack boxes, I [...]
Why did so many SF plane crash victims stop to grab their luggage in evacuation
According to Kaiser, health care spending continues to be lower than it has been in years. The question is why? Maybe it's because in a tight economy, Americans hold fast to their dollars, including their healthcare dollars. But maybe it is the sense that Americans may be shouldering more of [...]
From People magazine, a summer potato salad that my sister said was just great! Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar, 2 c. sugar, 1/4 c. water, 1/2 c. mustard seeds, 4 lbs. red potatoes, 2/3 c. sour cream, 2/3 cup mayo, 1/3 c. champagne vinegar, 1/3 c. dijon mustard, [...]
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:00 pm By Debbie Baldwin So I was having dinner with some friends the other night, and something occurred to me: It doesn’t matter if you have children or a job or dishes in the sink or a dentist appointment to schedule or an oil change [...]