Misko Pasta With Sausage & Red Pepper Sauce - Kalofagas - Greek ...

Greeks have been preserving the Summer?s bounty for ages ? anything from sun-drying tomatoes, pickling, curing olives to even meats. In Florina (where my parents come from), you can see red shepherds peppers air-drying outside of homes in the late summer warm and breezy air.

These dried peppers can then be re-hydrated in hot water and use for cooking in the winter months. These same red peppers can also be pickled but thanks to freezers, I love blistering the skins of peppers, cooling them then tuck them into zip-lock bags and placed in the freezer for future use.

Florina peppers are PDO appellation product and they are one of my family?s faves. I enjoyed them peeled of their blistered skins, sprinkled with sea salt and drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil.

There are many other recipes for red shepherds peppers on this site and now you can add this one. It?s the middle of winter and there?s no fresh tomato to be found. Red peppers are sweet, the charred ones I?ve saved in the freezer are smoky and today they will become the base for a warm, comforting pasta sauce.

This dish begins with removing the casings of pork sausages and browning them. Then I add onions, garlic, some diced sweet banana peppers, wine and of course, peeled and seeded roasted red peppers.

I pur?e the peppers so they become the equivalent of tomato paste. Some water or stock is needed to help cook down the sauce and in no time a wonderful, comforting pasta dish is ready. This sauce is ideal for a Misko #5 pasta - a thicking hollow spaghetti akin to bucatini.

I love this pasta shape?a fave for many Greeks as the hollow pasta allows for the sauce to get right inside. There are two cheeses used in this dish: one is Halloumi from Cyprus, melts into the sauce, stringy and gooey then there?s Kefalotyri, a sharp sheep?s milk cheese for finishing the dish.

Misko Pasta With Sausage & Red Pepper Sauce

(serves 4)

1 ? 500gr. package of Misko #5 pasta

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

3-4 of your favourite pork sausages, casings removed and sausage meat crumbled

2 medium onions, diced

1 banana pepper, diced

5-6 clvoes of garlic, minced

5-6 roasted red peppers, charred skins peeled and seeded

1/3 cup dry white wine

1 cup hot water or stock

pinch of chilli flakes (Boukovo)

salt & pepper to taste

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

2 tsp. dried Greek oregano

reserved pasta water

1 cup diced Halloumi cheese

grated Kefalotyri cheese to taste (1/2 cup)

1. Place a large pot of water on your stovetop and bring to a boil. Add a good amount of salt and once a boil returns, add your pasta and cook for about 7 minutes.
2. In the meantime, place a large skillet on your stovetop over medium heat and add your sausage meat. Mash with the back of a wooden spoon and brown then remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.
3. Now add the onions, diced green peppers, garlic and sweat for 5-6 minutes. Meanwhile, remove the skins, seeds and stems of your roasted peppers and pur?e in your food processor. Dilute with hot water or stock and add into your skillet along with the white wine.
4. Bring up to? boil, add the sausage meat back into the sauce, add salt and pepper and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the sauce is thick. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
5. Drain your pasta (reserve some of the water) and add to your sauce along with the diced Halloumi cheese, chilli flakes and chopped basil. Toss to coat the pasta and allow for the cheese to melt. If the sauce is too dry, add some reserved pasta water and toss.
6. Divide and plate, sprinkle with dried Greek oregano, grated Kefalotyri cheese and enjoy with a bottle of Pavlou Estate Kappa 62 Xinomavro-Syrah blend.

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Coroner: Alabama hostage-taker shot multiple times

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a tent covers the bunker where where a 5-year-old child was held for a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a tent covers the bunker where where a 5-year-old child was held for a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

This undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, shows the pipe FBI agents and Dale County negotiators used to communicate with Jimmy Lee Dykes while he held a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker on his Midland City, Ala. property for a week. The pipe was also used to send food, medicine, and other items into the bunker. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

This undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, shows the pipe FBI agents and Dale County negotiators used to communicate with Jimmy Lee Dykes while he held a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker on his Midland City, Ala. property for a week. The pipe was also used to send food, medicine, and other items into the bunker. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, FBI agents and Dale County Sheriff's deputies secure the residence where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost one week by Jimmy Lee Dykes, in Midland City, Ala. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

In this undated photo released by the FBI on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, FBI agents and Dale County Sheriff?s deputies secure the residence where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost one week by Jimmy Lee Dykes, in Midland City, Ala. The bunker where the two were holed up is covered by a blue tent, at rear left. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed when federal agents raided the bunker on Monday. (AP Photo/FBI)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? A man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week before dying in a shootout with the FBI received "multiple gunshot wounds" to his body, a county coroner said Thursday.

Dale County Coroner Woodrow Hilboldt said he was allowed into the bunker in the southeastern Alabama community of Midland City on Wednesday evening. He pronounced 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes dead at 8:58 p.m.

"He had multiple gunshot wounds," Hilboldt told The Associated Press. The coroner declined to say how many times Dykes had been shot or where the wounds were on his body. He said the body was taken to a state forensics laboratory in Montgomery for an autopsy.

The body was removed from the bunker Wednesday night, FBI agent Jason Pack said Thursday, hours after the FBI announced that it had found no more explosives on the property besides those that were discovered in a PVC pipe leading into the bunker and inside the bunker itself.

FBI Special Agent Paul Bresson said in an email late Wednesday that the technicians who scoured the 100-acre property in the days after the standoff ended had "completed their work and cleared the crime scene."

"No additional devices were found," he added.

Bresson said evidence-review teams are now sifting through the crime scene, a process that could take two to three more days. A shooting-review team from Washington also is reviewing the hostage-taking episode, which began Jan. 29 and ended Monday when Dykes was killed in a gunfight with the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team.

The team, which is the agency's full-time counterterrorism unit, raided the bunker and rescued the 5-year-old boy, FBI spokesman Jason Pack said. Trained in military tactics and outfitted with combat-style gear and weapons, the group was formed 30 years ago in preparation for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

According to a U.S. official, about a dozen Navy Seabees, who specialize in naval construction, helped authorities build a mock-up of the bunker to plan the FBI assault. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the rescue effort, spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity.

Hilboldt, who got a close look at the bunker Wednesday night, described it as being about 6 feet-by-8 feet with an 8-foot-high plywood ceiling. The ceiling contained a 2-foot-by-2-foot hatch for a door and a ladder extending to the floor from the opening, Hilboldt said. The interior was lined with concrete blocks and the bunker contained only "makeshift" furniture, he said.

"There wasn't much room," Hilboldt said, adding that the officers who stormed the bunker "did good with what they had to work with."

Hilboldt said the FBI already had removed many items from the bunker and conducted an inventory. He wouldn't go into details about what was still there, such as toys that had been delivered to the child or electronic equipment.

Authorities said the standoff began a week ago Tuesday when Dykes boarded a bus full of children and gunned down driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. as Poland sought to protect the 21 children on board. According to officials, the gunman then seized the boy, whom law enforcement authorities have identified only by his first name, Ethan, and fled with his hostage to the nearby bunker, setting up the standoff that captured national attention.

On Wednesday, Ethan's sixth birthday, Midland City residents sought to resume a normal life in their tight-knit rural community nestled amid peanut and cotton farms.

The boy, who has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was said to be acting like a normal kid despite his ordeal.

Officials hope to eventually throw a party to celebrate Ethan's birthday. They also plan to honor Poland's memory.

Associated Press

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South Africa police arrest alleged M23 rebels

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Police in South Africa say they've arrested 19 alleged members of the Congo rebel group M23 on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government there.

The South African Police Service issued a statement Tuesday announcing the arrests, but offered few details other than to say their "objective is believed to be to overthrow the current government" of Congo. The statement said the alleged rebels would appear in court later Tuesday.

Brig. Lindela Mashigo, a police spokesman, could not be immediately reached for comment.

The M23, an armed group said to be backed by Rwanda, is currently in the process of beginning negotiations with the Congolese government. The rebels briefly held and later withdrew from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern Congo, last year.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-police-arrest-alleged-m23-rebels-085248152.html

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Blue Microphone Nessie at Macworld|iWorld 2013

Blue makes legendary mics. That's according to Hillary Money, who spoke to us at Macworld|iWorld 2013. Their Yeti are frequently used by podcasters amateur and professional alike, and due to both those markets, Blue is amping things up yet again with the Nessie. Take everything you like about the Yeti, give is a sexy, serpentine new body, and add a ton of automagic-ness, and that's what you get.

If you're new to microphones, the Nessie will do all the heavy-lifting for you. It's got a built-in shock mount to prevent rumbling trucks, appliances, or machines from introducing noise, and a built-in pop-filter to cancel out p-p-puffs of expiration. Nessie also automatically applies audio processing that's smart enough to adjust to what you're trying to record, giving your audio the same treatment auto-focus, auto-exposure video's been enjoying for years.

There's also a raw audio option for pros, who know what they're putting in, and want complete control over what they're getting out. Combine that with a zero-latency headphone out for direct monitoring, volume, and an easy to get to mute button, and you have all the power of a supercar, with all the amenities of a luxury ride.

It even has an articulated "neck" so you can position it just where you like it.

It'll work with your iPad via USB to Lightning or USB to 30-pin Dock connector, or with your Mac or Windows PC.

And it should be available sometime in the next few months.

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Dieting on radiation therapy may improve outcomes for breast cancer patients: New clinical trial to begin

Feb. 4, 2013 ? In February, researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center will begin a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that uses calorie restriction to help treat early stage breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

Evidence suggests that reducing patients' calorie intake could help shrink tumors and improve survival because it enhances the effectiveness of radiation therapy, the team explains in a recent review published in the Oncologist.

"In our research, we've seen a 30 percent reduction in tumor size in mice, and they live much longer than mice not on a diet," said Nicole Simone, M.D., Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals. "The next step is to investigate if early stage breast cancer patients are able to adhere to caloric restriction while on radiation. This will then allow us to determine others benefits and factors, such as toxicity, recurrence, and survival."

Until now, the use of calorie restriction to treat cancer or augment standard cancer treatment, such as radiation therapy, has received little attention, with few trials underway in the U.S. Jefferson's trial, however, is the first in breast cancer patients.

The study is being partly funded by a donation from the Ladies of Port Richmond, a local breast cancer group that raises awareness and funds for research.

Caloric restriction has been shown to alter molecular pathways that make cancer cells more susceptible to radiation, enhancing its effectiveness and thus shrinking tumors and improving survival in mice. What's more, clinical evidence over the last several decades has shown a link between cancer incidence and calorie restriction.

Beginning in February, Jefferson will begin enrolling 40 women on a calorie reduction diet (a 25 percent reduction of the patients typical total intake) while undergoing treatment. Stage 0 and I breast cancer patients who are not diabetic but who are candidates for breast conserving therapy will be given dietary counseling and guidance to carry out a liquid diet 36 hours prior to lumpectomy and then a calorie reduction of 25 percent will be done during radiation therapy.

Calorie restriction will start the week of radiation planning and continue for the six weeks of radiation, for a total of 10 weeks. Patients will keep a nutritional journal, have counseling in Jefferson's own Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine to tailor the diet reduction for each individual patient and also meet with counselors during weekly visits.

For the trial, the feasibility of treating breast cancer patients with a calorie-restriction diet modification in conjunction with standard radiation will be assessed. Acute toxicity as per National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria, quality of life, local recurrence, progression-free survival, distant metastases and overall survival will be also assessed.

In the lab, calorie restriction has been used prior to implantation of tumor cells in mouse breast cancer models and has been shown to slow or even prevent tumor growth. The use of calorie restriction to augment standard cancer treatment in patients, however, has not been investigated.

Dr. Simone's laboratory has investigated calorie restriction as a treatment modality, implanting tumors in mice prior to initiation of the diet to mimic the use of a diet in a newly diagnosed patient. For the second approach, calorie restriction was administered with cytotoxic therapy to determine the value of calorie restriction as part of a combination therapy.

Preliminary data demonstrated that calorie restriction repressed tumor growth when administered concurrently with radiation in two types of breast cancer: triple negative breast cancer, which has a propensity for metastases and locally aggressive breast cancer.

Calorie restriction alters molecular pathways, including the insulin and AMP-kinase pathway, the researchers posit, leaving cancer cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Both pathways have been shown to play a role in breast cancer cell proliferation and progression of disease.

Dr. Simone presented the work at the 2012 American Society for Radiation Oncology, and has published several studies on the topic in Cell Cycle and International Journal of Breast Cancer

"Dieting is likely an effective method to enhance the cytotoxicity of radiation therapy because of the overlapping induction of molecular profiles, and it may also provide a beneficial means of improving the overall health and metabolic profiles of patients," said Dr. Simone. "This trial could provide evidence to implement calorie restriction into the care of cancer patients in treatment. What's more, it may provide a cost-effective addition to current treatment modalities that enhances cancer therapy while minimizing side effects."

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White House rebuffed Clinton-Petraeus plan to arm Syrian rebels: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan developed last summer by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm and train Syrian rebels was rebuffed by the White House, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

The United States has sent humanitarian aid to Syria but has declined requests for weapons by rebels fighting to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The White House rejected the Clinton-Petraeus proposal over concerns it could draw the United States into the Syrian conflict and the arms could fall into the wrong hands, the Times said, citing unnamed Obama administration officials.

The plan called for vetting rebels and arming a group of fighters with the assistance of some neighboring countries.

Some administration officials expected the issue to come up again after the November U.S. elections, but the plan apparently died after Petraeus resigned because of an extramarital affair and Clinton missed weeks of work with health issues, the Times said.

Clinton, who stepped down as secretary of state on Friday, declined in a recent interview with the Times to comment on her role in the debate over arming the rebels.

Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was said by some officials to be sympathetic to the idea, the paper reported.

Petraeus and a spokesman for Panetta declined to comment, the Times said.

(Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-rebuffed-clinton-petraeus-plan-arm-syrian-023937923.html

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