| In the Big Easy, gumbo goes meatless on Friday
In these northern environs, gumbo is a dish that many think of but once a year, as a marker of the pre-Lent celebration of Mardi Gras. But down in New Orleans, where gumbo is the most important dish in the Louisiana lexicon, most restaurants serve some version of it year round - at least once a week. At this time of year, two days post-Carnival, with strands of glittering beads, doubloons and plastic spears - parade throws all - already gathering dust, Lent has arrived in the largely Catholic city. And the people must suffer with seafood gumbo. For Friday is gumbo day in scores of New Orleans restaurants, and many comply with the Lenten restrictions, preparing it without meat. One of NOLA's best gumbo haunts, Dunbar's Creole Cooking, flooded badly following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and has since relocated to the cafeteria space at Loyola University's law school.
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Fred Thompson, missing and presumed dead in the real world, comes in third at 6 percent. The Websites for actual front-runners Giuliani, Romney, and McCain are barely above 4 percent, 3 percent, and 2 percent. Why does the Republican second-tier have a Second Life on the 'net? We know it's not the writers. Perhaps, in Huckabee's case, it's the prelude to a genuine, real-world breakthrough. Or perhaps, in the face of grim political realities, escape is just more entertaining. ... 4:20 P.M. (link) Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 Special Favors: This week, Republican leaders officially gave up hope that Larry Craig will ever leave. A day after Craig passed Mr. Potato Head as the most popular Halloween costume in Idaho history, The Hill reported that the GOP has abandoned the last siege engine it had left against him, by agreeing to let the man keep his earmarks.
We’ve given birth — to an improved Web site
A kid-friendly calendar of events focused on family activities. (So you can stop hunting around for stuff to do with your kids!) A kid-friendly restaurant database that only lists restaurants where kids are welcome. A guide to 30-minute meals and a recipe database to help you get a healthy dinner on the table quickly when you get home from work. A brand-new blog from food writer Jeanne Besser focused on balancing work, family and food. A mother of two, Jeanne writes among other things our 5:30 Challenges each week and will be talking about feeding your family in her new blog. And just to stir things up, we have created a new space for DAD on the MOMania Web site. We have invented the DAD Vent. This can work both ways: Dads can come and vent or Moms can vent about Dads.
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I was incensed when I read Kate Coe's article "Tribes to Voters: How Dare You?" [Feb. 8-14]. You should be careful who you let freelance for your paper. The only things she got right were from my business card, which I gave her, and the AFL-CIO button I wear proudly. .
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That's why we have been pushing a proposal to internet service providers for a commonsense system of warning notices which, if unheeded, would ultimately result in a user having their account suspended or disconnected." ISPs are unhappy with the move. National Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Corones plans on airing his constituents' complaints to Mr. Conroy later this week. Mr. Corones argues that current penalties are "stiff enough". In Australia downloading music can land you injunctions, damages and costs, fines of up to $60,500 for individuals and up to $302,500 for corporations per infringement and up to five years' jail -- nothing to sneeze at. Corones argues, "Internet service providers are not the enforcers of copyright." The statement is a sharp juxtaposition to ISP policies in the U.S.
February Special: A 29th Day to Save
At the Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort, Puerto Penasco, Mexico, guests booking two or three consecutive nights this month can get a third or fourth night free through Feb. 29. Let It Snow Record snowfall is enabling ski resorts to stay open later than usual this spring, and some are offering late-season deals. Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., is extending its season by two weeks to May 4. In Vail, Colo., guests who buy three nights' lodging and three-day lift tickets can receive an additional night and day free. The deal, which can be booked at www.vail.com or by calling 800-404-3535, starts at $417 per person and is valid March 30 to April 13. At Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, Idaho, from March through the end of the ski season, kids under 18 can ski for no additional charge with a minimum two-night stay at Morning Star Lodge.
Univ. of Houston goes old school for security
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Foods We Love: Dishes that make hearts go pitter-patter
My mother-in-law has been carrying on a love affair with butter for years. She slathers it on warm, crusty bread and spreads it on sandwiches, knowing butter, like a bad boyfriend, will never change -- but loving it just the same. We all seem to have a food or foods that we are passionate about. One that makes our heart go pitter-patter and our salivary glands work overtime at the mere mention. Bon Appetit magazine takes an annual readers' survey about what foods they love and so in honor of Valentine's Day, the holiday of love, we decided to follow suit and take our own completely unscientific local survey of what foods people love. Let's start with appetizers. Several years ago many Bon Appetit readers admitted that their guilty pleasure was onion dip.
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Because no one explores for uranium when you've got half a century's worth of it already found. The truth of the matter is uranium prospecting has barely begun, with most of the earth's surface not surveyed for uranium, and many low-yield mines shut down due to the 1980s plummet in uranium prices.The true amount of reserves we have are at least 15X higher. But for purposes of this calculation, lets just assume they're only 5X higher. That gives us 250 years. So where's the rest come from?Right now we burn uranium fuel once, then throw it away. In the 1970s we used to reprocess that fuel. Burned in a breeder reactor, it actually makes more fuel...a process that can be repeated up to 20 times. President Carter banned fuel reprocessing for proliferation concerns, and the industry has never recovered.
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