The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Why do I need to know les carottes sont cuites Because this expression might signal the end of something Les carottes sont cuites - roughly pronounced lay ca-rote sohn queet - translates as ‘the carrots are cooked’ While you might use this literally when preparing a meal it means ‘the situation is hopeless’ or ‘the decision is final’ The expression is very similar to ‘your goose is cooked’ or ‘your tea is out’ in English which might be explained by the phrase’s origins There are a few guesses - the first involves the word carrotte having a close pronunciation to crotte (poop) The second evokes a phrase used in the 18th and 19th centuries avoir ses carottes cuites meant ‘to be dying’ or close to death It was a bit of gallows humour - carrots were usually accompanied by meat dishes so the joke is that the dying person would soon be meat themselves les carottes sont cuites went on to describe hopeless or unchangeable situations it has been used for some optimistic moments when les carottes sont cuites was a coded message from Radio Londres announcing the imminent landings  to their listeners L'homme d'affaires a déjà décidé de le licencier The businessman already decided to sack him Please log in here to leave a comment mike.lucas@rutgers.edu Two Rutgers faculty members – a health psychologist who studies food insecurity and a design professor whose work engages marginalized communities in self-advocacy – teamed up with staff and students from Hudson County Community College (HCCC) to promote New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) The ongoing project involved creating a print and digital publication featuring HCCC student art and anonymous testimonies and 15-foot decals displayed on the windows of the college’s library in Jersey City with the aim of decreasing the stigma and hesitancy around obtaining food benefits Graphic designer Jackie Thaw, an associate professor and the director of the Master of Fine Arts in Design program at the Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, and Cara Cuite a social scientist at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) initiated the collaboration with HCCC.  Thaw and Cuite, an associate extension specialist and associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology at SEBS, received a nearly $117,500 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at promoting SNAP a federally funded program that provides food benefits to low-income families.  “Our fundamental idea was to activate the entire campus in talking about personal stories of food and food insecurity looking at it as something more than an economic problem a problem of family life and relationships because food affects all these different things,” said Thaw adding she and Cuite wanted people “to think about their own food stories as something beyond have or have not The foundation’s grant helped the Rutgers Cooperative Extension which provides science-based educational programs to partner with the Mason Gross School of the Arts and HCCC to conduct a SNAP outreach campaign in Hudson County Cuite said based on surveys of students on campus the project had engaged more than half of the students at HCCC and that those students who engaged with the project were more likely to be aware of SNAP and to see it as a program that is intended for them Thaw and Cuite are creating a project toolkit to encourage other institutions of higher education to conduct similar art-based outreach projects My biggest takeaway from this experience is how common food insecurity is and how many forms there are of it a Hudson County Community College student involved in the project an HCCC professor and partner on the project said the professional experience proved meaningful for the students not to mention the exposure of their work.  "And then of course there was the ability for them to see how their work can be powerful in affecting change in their community – how it can be used for advocating for themselves and others,” said Teipen an artist and coordinator of HCCC’s computer arts program.  an HCCC student who was involved in the project said she approached the issue of food insecurity by creating something relatable “I read and heard the interviews from my classmates and peers of their food struggles and noticed a commonality between them: They often spoke of Hispanic meals as their comfort food,” said Toczynski a Bayonne resident who just earned her associate degree in studio arts I decided to create an art piece featuring the ingredients to make the meal I saw spoken of the most: rice and beans My biggest takeaway from this experience is how common food insecurity is and how many forms there are of it.” “We asked these students to share their stories,” said Cuite who along with Thaw is a co-principal investigator on the project “We didn't just ask about food insecurity: It was about food stories more generally The thinking was that the art and stories would draw people in and get their attention and then we could include information about SNAP into this bigger picture This could break through the disinterest or stigma or whatever else might be stopping people from learning more about SNAP SNAP is something that I should pursue for myself.’”  Cuite said the “Food Fuels Minds” project demonstrates “how Rutgers can work closely” with community college administration the community college was the right place to do it because that's where students are struggling most in the state with food insecurity – and that's also who's most likely to be eligible for SNAP,” Cuite said Other members of the project team include Stephanie Brescia of the Rutgers Graduate School of Education; Sara Elnakib and Delma Yorimoto of the Rutgers Department of Family and Consumer Health Sciences; and Katherine Morales director of HCCC’s Hudson Helps Resource Center.  Rutgers is an equal access/equal opportunity 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Contact webmaster Metrics details Risk theories and empirical research indicate that a variety of factors can influence people’s protective decisions for natural hazards Using data from an online survey that presented coastal U.S residents with a hypothetical hurricane scenario this study investigates the relative importance of cognitive risk perceptions and other factors in explaining people’s anticipated evacuation decisions including individual and household characteristics can help predict hurricane evacuation intentions the largest amount of variance in survey participants’ evacuation intentions is explained by their evacuation-related response efficacy (coping appraisals) and their perceived likelihood of getting hurt if they stay home during the storm Additional analysis explores how risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs interact to influence people’s responses to risk information Although further investigation in additional situations is needed these results suggest that persuading people at high risk that evacuating is likely to reduce harm can serve as an important risk communication lever for motivating hurricane evacuation which further complicates understanding the primary factors driving hurricane evacuation decisions The top-left box indicates the hurricane risk information that survey respondents received in the experimental module studied here Solid arrows indicate relationships explored in this article; dashed arrows indicate relationships anticipated based on theory and prior empirical research but not directly investigated here but less is known about how different types of efficacy influence hurricane evacuation decisions improving understanding about how different aspects of risk perceptions and other factors influence evacuation decisions can help improve hurricane risk communication This article analyzes these data to investigate three research questions: To what extent do different types of situation-specific risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs predict evacuation intentions How do situation-specific risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs interact in influencing evacuation intentions How do situation-specific perceptions and beliefs compare with general hurricane-related factors as predictors of evacuation intentions synthesized from the theories and prior research results discussed above By investigating the extent to which different situation-specific and other factors directly influence evacuation intentions we aim to improve understanding about what can help motivate people at risk from hurricanes to take protective actions by investigating different types of risk perceptions along with efficacy beliefs we aim to develop new knowledge about how different dimensions of these concepts interact with natural hazard decision making Our goal is to explore these topics within the scope of the hypothetical hurricane situation and measures used in this survey The findings presented here can inform future empirical research by illustrating the importance of studying multiple dimensions of risk perceptions along with situation-specific efficacy beliefs They also help advance understanding about how existing risk theories apply in the context of near-term the individual/household characteristics and the three experimentally manipulated message conditions explain only a small amount (2%) of the variance in evacuation intentions in these data while we include the experimental message conditions as controls in subsequent regression analyses we focus on the other variables investigated and we interpret survey participants’ responses to the hurricane scenario in terms of the information that was received by all respondents Models 2–5 test adding different sets of situation-specific perceptions and beliefs as predictors in Model 1 adding the three cognitive risk perception variables related to the overall (cross-hazard) hurricane threat explains an additional 58% of the variance in evacuation intentions—considerable explanatory power for this type of data Model 5 shows that adding the two efficacy variables explains even more of the variance in evacuation intentions: 67% Models 3 and 4 indicate that respondents’ perceptions of which hurricane hazards are a threat to their home in this situation can also help explain evacuation intentions as can their affective risk perceptions (worry and fear) these latter two sets of variables have less explanatory power than the other three cognitive risk perceptions or the efficacy beliefs Model 6 explains 73% of the variance in evacuation intentions which included the two efficacy variables but none of the risk perception variables The three risk theories summarized in the introduction also posit more specific relationships among risk perceptions when a person receives information about a potential threat then no protective action needs to be considered then the person initiates a second appraisal this time of protective actions that may alleviate the risk in all three theories this second appraisal includes constructs related to response efficacy and self-efficacy The two appraisals then combine to influence if and how the individual responds to the threat Left panels: Matrices depicting mean evacuation intentions for respondents with different combinations of situation-related response efficacy and (a) self-efficacy or (g) perceived likelihood of home affected The background of each cell is colored on a yellow (low) to green (high) scale based on the value of mean evacuation intentions The font for the numbers in each cell is colored gray (low) to black (high) based on the number of respondents with the variable combination represented by that cell based on the N used to calculate that cell’s mean evacuation intentions; cells with N < 5 are left blank Right panels: Box and whisker plots depicting the same data as in the left panels to illustrate variability across respondents are shown for respondents with different combinations of situation-related response efficacy and (b) self-efficacy or (h) perceived likelihood of home affected risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs are compacted from 7 to 4 categories it does help elucidate several of the variables’ effects they are unlikely to evacuate regardless of their belief in their ability to evacuate although few respondents reported low self-efficacy higher response efficacy is associated with higher evacuation intentions across all levels of self-efficacy and moderate to high evacuation intentions if either is high that few respondents reported high perceived likelihood of getting hurt and low response efficacy The analyses in Fig. 2c–h also show an additional result that is not evident in the regression models. For each of the three cognitive risk perception variables related to the overall hurricane threat, the results on the left-hand side of Fig. 2c–d and g–h illustrate that even respondents with low risk perceptions can have high response efficacy and high evacuation intentions This is counter to the predictions of the risk theories discussed above which suggest that if risk perceptions are low people will not consider taking protective action even among respondents with low risk perceptions higher response efficacy is associated with higher likelihood of evacuating these general hurricane-related factors explain much less of the variance in evacuation intentions than the situation-specific cognitive risk perception and efficacy belief variables investigated above Note that the two general hurricane-related variables that remain direct predictors in Model 8 are both dichotomous (0 or 1), whereas the cognitive risk perception and efficacy belief variables are on a 1–7 scale. This, along with the standardized coefficients for Model 8 shown in Supplementary Table S2 provides further evidence that the situation-specific cognitive risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs are stronger direct predictors of respondents’ evacuation intentions than the general hurricane-related perceptions These questions were included in the survey to measure negative reactance to information and it did not appear that respondents with high risk perceptions but low efficacy tend to perceive the risk information as overblown or misleading Further investigation revealed that many of the respondents who agreed that the information was misleading and/or overblown reported high evacuation intentions All of these results are counter to EPPM predictions further investigation of emotion-focused coping is needed in the context of hurricane risk communication evacuation-related response efficacy is a consistently strong predictor which suggests that it is a significant driver of respondents’ evacuation intentions in the scenario presented hurricane-related efficacy has been less extensively studied than hurricane risk perceptions we close the analysis by further exploring what might underlie the efficacy measures used here and why response efficacy might offer so much explanatory power for evacuation decisions in these survey data Looking at the response efficacy measure in Table 1 we see that it relates to this specific hazardous weather situation and the specific protective action of interest: evacuating one’s home The measure also refers to the hurricane’s possible negative impacts that the protective action may help reduce: harm to oneself or one’s family all respondents lived in areas that had recently experienced Hurricane Sandy and the scenario presented in the survey said that a strong hurricane was approaching The information that all respondents received further stated that people living in evacuation zones should evacuate and it briefly described options for evacuating All of these may contribute to the explanatory power of response efficacy in this study As another approach to understanding this measure of response efficacy, we examined what other variables measured in the survey are associated with higher or lower response efficacy. As shown in Table 5 of the situation-specific perceptions and beliefs the three cognitive risk perceptions related to the overall threat have the strongest correlations with response efficacy all three of these risk perception measures relate to the personal risks that the hurricane poses to the respondent or their home—and the strongest correlation is with the likelihood of getting hurt measure This suggests that an important component of this response efficacy measure is the wording related to reducing personal harm Table 6 shows that response efficacy is correlated with all of the six general hurricane-related perceptions but not as strongly as with the situation-specific measures Response efficacy is not meaningfully correlated with any of the four individual/household variables included as controls in the analysis Correlations are also insignificant for other individual/household characteristics measured in the survey and presence of children in home (|r | <0.06 these results suggest that the response efficacy measure used here is more closely related to the personal risk that respondents perceive in this specific hurricane situation—and their beliefs about the extent to which evacuation can reduce this personal risk—than to the types of general hurricane-related perceptions and experiences measured here or generally available demographic data we cannot fully investigate this hypothesis using these data because the survey did not measure respondents’ general evacuation-related response efficacy The survey also did not measure response efficacy in the other three experimental modules that were part of the survey the survey did measure respondents’ evacuation intentions in the other three experimental modules each of which presented a different hurricane scenario (see Methods) as our best available proxy for respondents’ propensity to evacuate across multiple hurricane situations we use their average evacuation intentions in the other three experimental modules that were part of the survey the regression coefficient for response efficacy is somewhat smaller than in Model 8 but response efficacy remains a strong predictor of evacuation intentions This suggests the response efficacy measure used here is partly associated with respondents’ general beliefs that evacuation is effective at reducing personal harm from hurricanes and partly associated with their beliefs that evacuation is effective in the specific hurricane scenario presented Further work is needed with additional measures of general and situation-specific efficacy along with other measures such as prior evacuation experience Such barriers to evacuation are likely to be more important for actual evacuation behaviors compared to the evacuation intentions studied here especially for populations that are likely to experience the most harm while this analysis is a step towards understanding the importance of response and self-efficacy for hurricane evacuation decision making additional research is needed to understand what underlies different types of efficacy and how these influence people’s responses to approaching hazard risks This article uses data from a hypothetical hurricane situation presented in a survey to examine the roles of different factors in influencing evacuation decisions Our analysis finds that the strongest predictors of respondents’ evacuation intentions are their beliefs about the effectiveness of evacuation for reducing personal harm (response efficacy) and their perceptions that they could get hurt if they stay home during the hurricane These types of situation-specific cognitive risk perceptions and response efficacy beliefs explain a much larger amount of the variance in evacuation intentions than respondents’ worry Respondents’ beliefs about their ability to evacuate (self-efficacy) are also influential but primarily for those with moderate to high response efficacy we also find that variables measured outside the context of the specific hurricane situation including individual/household characteristics the situation-specific risk perception and efficacy belief variables explain a larger amount of the variance in evacuation intentions these findings illustrate the value of including people’s situational perceptions of personal risk and protective action beliefs in studies of natural hazard decision making This suggests that some of these results are likely to extend to real hurricane situations and still have substantial explanatory power Other possible contributors to the large explanatory power of response efficacy include the nature of the hurricane scenario The survey presented all respondents with a scenario of a strong hurricane For many members of the coastal population sampled here who lived in areas that experienced Hurricane Sandy several years prior to the survey prompting concerns about harm and awareness of the need for protective action The efficacy information presented to all respondents which said that people in evacuation zones should evacuate and briefly described options for evacuation may have also influenced the role of response efficacy These two components of the information about the hurricane scenario were not experimentally manipulated and so additional research is needed to understand the effects of the type of efficacy information included Research with other data sets is also needed to further understand what underlies the types of response efficacy measure used in this survey as well as the extent to which these results generalize to other situations and populations These findings can inform applications of existing risk theories for understanding protective decision making and improving risk communication in near-term If further research finds that these results extend to other situations they can also help advance theory by informing models of how risk perceptions and other constructs influence people’s responses to risks people’s decision-making processes and responses can also vary across regions and populations with different characteristics and experiences it is important to investigate the topics studied here in other populations and hazards contexts to understand the generalizability and potential implications of these results The analysis presented in this article provides valuable insight for informing these types of follow-on work it is important to investigate these topics for different populations most of our respondents reported moderate to high self-efficacy but capacities and constraints are key factors limiting protective behaviors for some populations although response efficacy may be highly influential for many people removing evacuation barriers or otherwise enabling capacity (both generally and in specific situations) can be critical for others our results together with other research suggest that some people would typically evacuate or not across a variety of hurricane threats while others decide based on the situation Which factors most influence evacuation decisions may vary across these populations leading to different strategies for effective risk communication A corresponding implication is the need for testing communication strategies that can increase response efficacy during specific hurricane situations and more generally over time Since believing that evacuation will reduce harm will not enable evacuation for people who do not have the ability to evacuate it is also important to advance interventions that increase capacity and self-efficacy for diverse populations Additional research on these topics can inform the design of hazard risk communications that help a variety of people at risk reduce harm when natural hazards threaten the survey referred to the storm as “Sandy” in this article we refer to the storm as “Hurricane Sandy” using NWS MOM [Maximum of MEOW (Maximum Envelopes of Water)] data to represent areas with potential for storm surge flooding from a category 2 hurricane respondents were recruited from ZIP codes with 40% or more of the landmass in those areas in New Jersey and New York and 1% or more of the landmass in those areas in Connecticut Although the sample was limited to people who lived in these areas at the time of the survey 9.3% reported living in a different home during Hurricane Sandy even though we sampled respondents from areas that were at risk during Hurricane Sandy respondents lived in areas with varying levels of hurricane risk and they had a range of experiences related to Hurricane Sandy This set of questions was followed by a series of four separate experimental modules each of which presented information about a different hypothetical scenario of an approaching hurricane or other coastal storm and then asked a set of questions related to that scenario This article focuses on one of the four experimental modules that were part of the survey We calculated the average of each respondents’ evacuation intentions across the other three modules and used this variable (mean = 4.66 SD = 1.64) in the analyses as an indication of respondents’ propensity to evacuate or not across a variety of hurricane scenarios It also allows us to interpret our results in the context of other work that examines these variables separately as components of or responses to risk messages here we focus on testing which variables are the strongest predictors of evacuation intentions which also provides a starting point for investigating more complex relationships in future work To investigate RQ1, Models 2–6 (Table 2) compare different types of situation-specific perceptions and beliefs as predictors of evacuation intentions Models 2–5 add the situation-specific predictor variables to Model 1 in four conceptual sets: cognitive risk perceptions related to the overall (cross-hazard) hurricane threat and specific hurricane hazards Model 6 includes all of the predictors in Models 2–5 in the same regression analysis we then tested 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Ron DeSantis told reporters during a news conference Tuesday But when it comes to evacuating from the path of a major storm like Idalia some residents in hurricane-prone areas have no choice but to stay put and ride things out those with disabilities or people with a language barrier the reality is often far more complicated for those who can't easily get up and evacuate to safety "Evacuation is not as easy as it may seem if you are outside of the evacuation area," said Cara Cuite an assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University Cuite, who has studied evacuation decisions people made during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 says it's not as simple as one may think when you're not in the moment people should just pack up and leave," she said those with pets or simply [if] you don't have a car or enough money on hand to leave People walk through flood waters on SR44 Wednesday Hurricane Idalia made landfall earlier this morning along the Big Bend of the state Depending on a family's financial situation evacuating away from a storm can be costly "Many modest- to low-income households simply don't have the cash or credit," said Joshua Behr, research professor at Old Dominion University, in a 2018 interview with NPR "When they return home they have difficulty paying the rent or mortgage," he added Behr emphasized that the poorest may often wait until the last minute to evacuate resulting in little to no availability for affordable hotel rooms "When you go through that cycle once or twice When English isn't someone's first language planning for a natural disaster such as a hurricane makes things a tad bit difficult And while many emergency warnings and notices are now printed in both English and Spanish there's still a gap for those who speak other languages More than 400,000 households in Florida speak Haitian Creole as their primary shared language, according to the Census Bureau Tens of thousands of Floridians speak Portuguese Italian or another language as their primary shared language at home "While looking at an evacuation map at a county in Florida I saw they have it in both English and Spanish and thought 'OK that's great.' But also there are people there who may not speak either language," said Cuite Cuite says alongside the language barrier being an issue for people there are also different levels of literacy to account for which makes things like finding their evacuation zone a challenge," she said There are elderly people living alone in flood-prone areas who might be able to evacuate "They might be elderly residents who are living independently. And so, you know, they're relying upon the government," John Renne, professor at Florida Atlantic University's School of Urban and Regional Planning, said in a 2017 interview with NPR "The more we can bring in social service organizations nonprofit organizations to help them with their evacuation the more prepared and the better everyone will be and the less tragic the event could become," he added Become an NPR sponsor students and community members attended the online conference “Envisioning Hunger-Free College in New Jersey.” The conference which focused on addressing student food insecurity at colleges and universities in New Jersey was funded by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education and hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Division of Student Affairs in partnership with Hunger Free New Jersey Among the more than 300 participants and speakers were New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin Secretary of Higher Education Brian Bridges assistant extension specialist with Rutgers Cooperative Extension “Our goal for this conference was not only to spread awareness about college student food insecurity but to deepen attendees’ understanding of this as a social justice issue We also hoped to build connections and encourage collaborative approaches among institutions across the state since there are so many innovative programs happening all over New Jersey.” assistant professor of practice at Rutgers Graduate School of Education “Addressing student food insecurity necessitates a campus and community-wide approach that requires support from inside and outside of institutions of higher education ‘Envisioning Hunger-Free College in New Jersey’ provided that rare opportunity for students and government officials to collectively address this critical issue.” The first day of the conference featured welcome remarks from Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy These were followed by a keynote address delivered by Rashida Crutchfield associate professor in the School of Social Work who serves as the executive director for the Center for Equitable Higher Education Crutchfield focused on the prevalence of basic needs in security within the California State University system highlighting the ways that student food and housing insecurity disproportionally affects students of color and other groups that have been systemically marginalized on college campuses In addition to describing the scope and severity of basic needs insecurity Crutchfield’s compelling keynote also challenged attendees to consider how to make meaningful investments in efforts to address student basic needs insecurity Among her many recommendations were a call for institutions of higher education to curate partnerships with community-based organizations and a recommendation to develop creative campaigns to remove the stigma that is often associated with accessing campus or community resources Interweaving the voices of students throughout her presentation Crutchfield’s thoughtful remarks propelled meaningful conversations among attendees as they contemplated what hunger-free college in New Jersey may entail Secretary of Higher Education Brian Bridges discussed the NJ Hunger Free Campus Grants Program to begin the second day of the conference He was followed by a panel that included champions of anti-hunger policy and advocacy including Assembly Speaker Coughlin; Adele La Tourette of Hunger Free NJ; Deputy Human Services Commissioner Elisa Neira; Jake Farbman of NJ Success and a team from the Hope Center for College and Justice and the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education A second panel highlighted innovative programmatic approaches to address campus food insecurity at Ocean County College Among the conference organizers were Lisa Pitz of Hunger Free New Jersey; Anne Newman Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students at Rutgers–New Brunswick; Barbara Blackwell and Kerri Willson of Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships at Rutgers–New Brunswick; Hend El Buri director of the Rutgers-Newark Food Pantry; and Judith Keller and Samantha DeMarse of the Division of Student Affairs Cara Cuite, who has led two basic needs insecurity surveys among students on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus—one in 2016 and more recently in 2019­—summed up the hopes of the conference organizers we hope that as a result of the conference participants are able to envision hunger-free college in New Jersey and to identify ways that we can work collectively to make that a reality.” — The first class of farmers in the Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program have reached an exciting milestone: this past weekend they distributed their third delivery of weekly farm shares to customers Customer feedback has been extremely positive This essentially works as a subscription service for produce that both supports New Jersey […] — The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Office of Urban Extension and Engagement invite urban farmers and growers to explore use and share the new Urban Agriculture Strategies for the State of New Jersey Report and its associated web portal – New Jersey Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Joe Atchison III today presented Upper Pittsgrove School in Salem County with the “Full Bloom Farm to School Award” during a visit to the school’s classrooms The presentation took place during the celebration of the 13th annual Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week and the […] participated in the Global Youth Institute a prestigious youth education program hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation They were among 150 exceptional high school students from around the world selected to travel to Des Moines Nominations sought for young ag leader programs Be sure you have your GPS enabled and try again John’s parish in the Bronx by immigrant parents He also received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from St he had various sales positions until joining Estee Lauder in 1967 where he last served as Executive Vice President until his retirement he also served as chairman of the international center in NYC a private not-for-profit center that welcomes and assists new immigrants and refugees He is involved in several Irish-American organizations; 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Genetically engineered crops: experiences and prospects- new report While Florida residents are being told to flee before the hurricane makes landfall On 7 October, as Hurricane Milton was just days away from making landfall in Tampa issued a dire warning to residents in evacuation zones: “If you choose to stay … you are going to die.” But leaving one’s home to avoid the category 5 hurricane is not possible for everyone When people don’t flee their homes due to weather crises despite warnings from government officials an assistant professor in Rutgers University’s department of human ecology They either don’t believe they’re at risk or that the risk is overblown or there are situational or structural elements that prevent them from doing so In the case of Hurricane Milton, which is set to hit Tampa Bay on Wednesday evening Cuite said the former group is probably pretty small as Castor and other trusted officials have been unequivocal about the dire consequences of staying said that inequalities were only exacerbated by emergency situations hotels and rentals that people in Florida would typically flee to are already full because of Hurricane Helene a professor in emergency management and homeland security at the University of Akron said that a lack of pre-established places to evacuate can prevent people from leaving “Evacuation by invitation is one of the strongest ways to get people to leave,” she said if they know that they have a house in a safe zone – just sometimes knowing and offering that place to that person in that disaster zone is enough to get them to move earlier.” But some people have to figure out accommodations without having the support network of family or friends If shelters within a reasonable distance are packed and hotels are full those people must either travel extreme distances or simply try to ride out the storm the specific needs of disabled or ill people during evacuations may not be front of mind But a disability or illness may prevent someone from being able to leave their homes “If you have a disability and you don’t have an accessible place to evacuate to or you don’t have a vehicle “You have to find help moving that can actually accommodate a wheelchair or whatever you might need for your disability So these things can compound on each other when you fall into multiple categories.” Some shelters are not pet-friendly and those that are may have a cap on the number or types of pets they accept so many people will stay behind and avoid evacuation to care for their pets “Sometimes people stay to protect their home to protect their animals that they can’t take with them,” Cuite said People feel responsible for staying behind to take care of things and their animals that they’re in charge of.” An estimated 1.5 million people evacuated Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina but many of those people were unable to return especially those who have experienced natural disaster caused displacement before the fear of leaving and either not being able to return or returning to nothing is enough to attempt surviving a hurricane by staying put “It’s great that you might have busloads of people that you’re able to get out very quickly but who knows how they make it separated from their families We don’t know what the impacts are gonna be from these different storms,” Chenier said “And so what is the strategy around ensuring that people have a right to their homes and have a right to return?” Today (October 20) is International Chefs Day a day dedicated to promoting the culinary industry and educating the public on healthy eating The day was created in 2004 and this year’s theme there is also an extra focus on sustainability and the environment namely teaching children about the impact of the production and consumption of food on our planet To mark the day we look at three French expressions related to food and cooking: Les carottes sont cuites(literally ‘the carrots are cooked’): When the French say the carrots are cooked This expression was coined in the early 20th century but has origins going back longer Due to its similarity to the word ‘crotte’ (‘turd’) the word ‘carotte’ was used in 17th century slang to refer to excrement this association with dead matter went a step further and the expression ‘avoir ses carottes cuites’ (‘to have your carrots cooked’) appeared In the 20th century the association of carrots with death expanded to mean the ending of anything - hope the phrase was used as code by Allied forces on Radio London to announce the imminence of D-day - time had run out and the operation was due to commence Aller se faire cuire un œuf (literally ‘to go cook oneself an egg’): This colloquial expression means to leave someone in peace ‘Va te faire cuire un oeuf’ would be used to mean ‘go away’ It is said that when husbands criticised or commented on their cooking wives would tell them ‘go cook themselves an egg’ to remind them of their culinary incompetence the phrase can be used in almost any context to mean ‘go away’ or ‘leave me alone’ Avoir un cœur d’artichaut(literally ‘to have an artichoke heart’): Someone with a ‘coeur d’artichaut’ falls in love easily and often This expression is believed to date to the 19th century proverb une feuille pour tout le monde’ (literally ‘artichoke heart The analogy is quite literal - to get to the heart of an artichoke someone with the heart of an artichoke does not guard their heart very well and falls in love quickly there is also the implication that somebody with the heart of an artichoke falls in love with many people A saying to describe being in the prime of life This rhyming expression is all about highlighting similarities between people — Hurricane Ian was one of Florida’s deadliest storms in recent memory claiming more than 100 lives in 19 counties The main reason most of the people died was that they failed to evacuate despite mandatory evacuation orders issued by Lee County Emergency Management officials more than 24 hours before the storm Psychologists have studied for years what makes people decide to stay behind despite stern warnings of potential danger and death They have identified multiple factors — from ignorance about the power of the storms to peer pressure to wanting to protect their homes from looters in the aftermath of a hurricane narrating a video he shot with his cell phone on the morning of September 28 He and multiple neighbors decided to ride out the storm warning of a potential 15-foot storm surge for Ft Wrong decision!” Pacyna said in a video he posted at 10:56 that morning Multiple factors influence the decision not to evacuate “Past experience predicts who is likely to evacuate and who is less likely to evacuate,” said Dr. Cara Cuite a Rutgers University psychologist who studies the psychological factors that affect people’s decision to evacuate during hurricanes who stayed in their homes during Hurricane Sandy which decimated the coastline throughout the Northeast Cuite said some who choose to stay have never experienced a hurricane before and don’t know what to expect She said these residents often listen to people they know rather than the local officials who have actual knowledge about the track and severity of storms “A lot of times we rely on our neighbors and what is everyone else doing… I’ll just do what they do So you end up having entire pockets or areas of people who just stay put because they decide ‘we’ll ride it out together’ or ‘we’ll be fine’ or ‘we’ll support each other,’” Cuite said Cuite said longtime residents who have weathered multiple storms can also experience a phenomenon often nicknamed “disaster amnesia” …or forgetting how devastating past storms have been She said for about a year after a disaster the devastation is fresh on people’s minds so they tend to heed the warnings of local officials But Cuite said that sense of caution is often short-lived Memories fade and you don’t see that same vigilance,” Cuite said Mitch Pacyna had been through multiple storms during 16 years on Ft we may have to go on the roof,” he said in a video he posted on Facebook drowned when the storm surge split his house apart Cuite said hurricanes are easier to prepare for than other natural disasters like tornados and earthquakes because we can see them coming days in advance She said it’s important for people to trust the advice of local officials — not neighbors — when it comes to staying safe have resources to help people evacuate and if they tell you that you should evacuate If you have a story you’d like the I-Team to cover, email us at adam@abcactionnews.com Report a typo Gibbard always seems to infuse his songs with elements from eclectic genres and atypical inspirations That’s probably because Gibbard grew up taking in a wide range of music From his initial love of pop groups like The Monkees to his embrace of the grunge scene as a teenager in Seattle Gibbard was able to fuse a wide array of different sounds into his own musical identity Part of that came with a love for pop hooks which Gibbard has taken with him throughout his entire career And it all goes back to a pre-Britpop classic: The La’s ‘There She Goes’ “While I find what I consider the perfect song to be relative to the constantly changing moods and emotions in my life the one song I constantly come back to is ‘There She Goes’ by The La’s,” Gibbard told NPR’s All Songs Considered “It defines the perfectly written pop song: an instantaneously recognizable melody and lyric set to simple Originally released as a single in 1988 before being included on the band’s sole studio album The La’s in 1990 ‘There She Goes’ was actually recorded multiple times by The La’s with band leader Lee Mavers remaining disappointed with each version the classic version of the track has become the band’s signature song one that Gibbard found remarkable in its simplicity “It is such a simple song that it boggles the mind that someone hadn’t already written it,” he said ‘There She Goes’ lifts me off the ground and removes the troubles from my mind in a way no other song has ever done.” The La’s would be a potent bit of counterprogramming to the emerging grunge scene that Gibbard found himself growing up in The La’s were the complete antithesis of groups like Screaming Trees and Soundgarden But it was his appreciation for both ends of the rock spectrum that shaped Gibbard’s musical style I feel the same sense of joy and elation that I did when I heard it for the first time nearly 15 years ago,” Gibbard concluded “I can only hope that I have the ability to write a song that has the same effect on someone else.” A column by Houma native and former Mayor Calvin Wurzlow issue of the Houma Courier reflects on the peculiar origins of the Bayou Dularge community Wurzlow acknowledges the English/Episcopal question without clarifying whether those settlers sought out that section of the Louisiana coast willingly or perhaps were abandoned there after an encounter with pirates of the Jean Lafitte stripe including “la cuite,” were still being produced on the bayou as late as the 1960s Wurzlow's column is reprinted here verbatim sugar cane -- these are reminiscent of a trip to Bayou Dularge in the month of December Bayou Dularge seems to be the most favored by nature in its lavish display of varied products plums and grapes are some of the fruit produced “All winter and all summer plant life seems to thrive and never a day in the year that the thrifty farmer may not have a variety of vegetables for his table Probably the richest of our rich soil is found in the Bayou Dularge region “The little winter weather we have seems to have less effect on the plant life on Bayou Dularge than elsewhere Okra and butter beans were found in bloom when the frosts of autumn had nipped them in other parts has brought nearer to us this beautiful part of our parish and has opened up the last secluded spot “The inhabitants of Bayou Dularge are mostly of Norman-French descent as in other parts of southern Louisiana coming originally from Normandy to Canada and then to Louisiana there is a settlement down in the lower part of the Parish the inhabitants speaking nothing but English the original settlers having traveled up from the sea many years ago and started this settlement language and even the religious faith show a marked difference from the rest of the parish “But perhaps the most interesting thing is its proximity to the salt water lakes that border on the Gulf of Mexico makes an ideal bathing and salt water fishing resort “A movement is on foot to develop this asset and it will not be long before the people of Terrebonne and surrounding territory will be placed within short distance of this lake “The lake itself is about two miles wide and seven miles long and the water is always clear and salty it affords a fine place for catching salt water fish and crabs and only a half hour's ride from Houma.” jdc268@echo.rutgers.edu More students are aware of the Rutgers Student Food Pantry at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and report using the pantry than they did in 2016 according to the findings of a 2019 survey that were presented on campus Thursday an assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences which was done in 2019 and builds on an earlier study from 2016 and discussed the university’s efforts to support food insecure students “Our study represents the first systematic investigation of housing insecurity and homelessness at RU-NB and the second systematic investigation into food insecurity,” she said “Our research will permit limited within-school comparisons on food insecurity over time as well as a comparison of Rutgers-New Brunswick to other universities around the country the findings can guide institutional policies and programming to address basic needs insecurities.” Fewer Rutgers students reported being food insecure in 2019 than in 2016 but the data do not necessarily indicate that the rate has decreased significantly “This is because we used both different recruiting strategies and slightly different measurement tools as a result of changes in best practices in studying this issue,” she said there is evidence that food insecurity is being better addressed at Rutgers-New Brunswick from an institutional perspective.” The 2019 survey shows many more students are aware of the Rutgers Student Food Pantry (20.1 percent in 2016 vs 66.1 percent in 2019) and more students report using the pantry than in 2016 (0.3 percent in 2016 vs Cuite said this matches data from the Rutgers Student Food Pantry which show the rate of use has increased significantly during the same time period This is likely because of increased outreach over the past few years including introducing the pantry during New Student Orientation “These solutions include a range of programs policies and partnerships to better meet students’ basic needs,” said Rutgers-New Brunswick chancellor Christopher Molloy who created the Student Essential Needs Task Force to better understand the issues student face and develop creative solutions to address the problems “We are committed to addressing this important issue and to helping our students meet their full potential.” Rutgers-New Brunswick created the Rutgers Student Food Pantry in 2016 and began to systematically study the prevalence causes and consequences of food insecurity among its students including a campus-wide survey of more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students The survey found that 36.9 percent of Rutgers’ undergraduate students and 32.1 percent of graduate students were food insecure indicating a need for increased programming and support services Rutgers-New Brunswick has created several programs based on best practices at other colleges and universities such as meal swipe donations and assistance with SNAP enrollment It also has piloted a Student Community Café that serves free lunch to students as well as a food insecurity “screen and intervene” program conducted through Rutgers Student Health the Rutgers Student Food Pantry has created innovative partnerships with the Rutgers Student Farm at Rutgers Gardens which grows food specifically for food insecure students and the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market to provide free fresh produce to food insecure students While the coronavirus pandemic has left most students learning remotely the Rutgers Student Food Pantry has continued to serve students who have remained on campus as well as off-campus students that live close enough to use it A van has delivered supplies to students who live in Piscataway across the river vice chancellor for Student Affairs at Rutgers-New Brunswick and Robert Goodman executive dean emeritus and University Distinguished Professor said they have spent the last year working to better understand these challenges which also include alleviating housing insecurity and homelessness among students staff and faculty from across the university who work with students in a range of capacities and have a deep understanding of the challenges our students face and how issues of basic needs present in the broader society Our charge is to examine the issues and barriers that impede students from maximizing their academic and co-curricular pursuits at Rutgers University These issues include but are not limited to having access to food housing and mental health services,” Mena said Based on recommendations from the Student Essential Needs Task Force future surveys should explore additional needs  Rutgers also has the opportunity to study basic needs insecurity in other regularly administered surveys of its students such as the Student Experience in the Research University and the National College Health Assessment surveys This would permit an examination of connections between basic needs on other outcomes and topics under study Authors of the Basic Needs Insecurity Among Rutgers-New Brunswick Students study were Cara Cuite Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Rutgers Against Hunger; Stephanie Brescia Graduate School of Education; Kerri Willson Office of Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships; Dayna Weintraub and Planning; Mark Walzer, Graduate School of Education; and La Reina Bates, Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning Combating climate change is one of our greatest challenges social justice reforms and other work that will be necessary to weather the storm Sandy caused extreme flooding across our region it was the most extreme high water on record: a 400-year event Sandy’s water level – about 9 feet above the high tide line – would have about a 1-in-400 chance of occurring in a given year With about 3 feet of regional sea level rise likely they will become five to 13 times as common by the end of the century And that doesn’t take into account that a lot of the flooding in our region isn’t driven by coastal floods but by intense rains like those that accompanied the remnants of Hurricane Ida last year: rains that have become more intense over the last half century as a result of a warming climate and that will continue to strengthen into the future It’s also not just extreme flooding that’s becoming more common: high tide flooding is as well high tide floods that occurred every year or two in the 1950s now occur several days per year on average and by 2050 are likely to occur several dozens of weeks per year As we invest in new infrastructure and as we think about the future shape of our communities it’s critical that we take these changes into account New Jersey adopted several adaptation policies including a requirement that municipal master plan updates account for climate change-related hazards But effectively doing so requires a well-trained workforce It’s incumbent on universities like Rutgers to ensure that today’s and tomorrow’s workforces are prepared We’ve made steps in this direction through initiatives like the Climate Change Risk and Resilience graduate program My impressions of Sandy's impacts are shaped by my perspectives as both a scientist and a part-time Jersey shore resident As I walk around my Ocean County barrier island community there are still some empty lots where houses stood pre-Sandy three-story elevated homes where 800-square-foot bungalows used to exist Other homes that were seriously flooded by the waters of Barnegat Bay have been renovated without being raised leaving them equally vulnerable to future storms Sandy has produced a lot of transformation Some of the changes may have made our communities more resilient and others have not but this is the reality of what has been happening Rebuilding and resiliency responses since Sandy have been highly uneven in coastal New Jersey elevated homes replacing more modest one-story bungalows These new homes are more climate resilient but also typically much less affordable than the homes they’ve replaced This is sometimes described as a process of “climate gentrification,” whereby climate resiliency efforts are associated with new housing development that bring in higher income homeowners or investors Sandy “cleared the deck” for a lot of redevelopment in coastal New Jersey Ensuring that this new development is accessible and affordable is a critical challenge going forward We know New Jerseyans are concerned about climate change and the impacts it will continue to have in our communities. We know preparing for these impacts is not just about coastal storms and coastal flooding as we saw with Sandy short-term droughts and their concomitant consequences for our residents The big pivot we need to make is to systematically integrate scientific data regarding climate change concerns into planning how and where we design site structures and infrastructure and where we invest public resources to prevent climate impacts we have been developing usable science to provide tools for policy makers planners and others to help with that pivot As scientists at New Jersey’s land grant institution continually advancing critical information to help New Jersey is in our DNA Rutgers led the pursuit of climate solutions after Superstorm Sandy.  As New Jersey’s state climatologist these past three decades analyzed and provided insights to the public the media and others regarding countless weather and climate events Sandy remains the preeminent event of my tenure It was a transformative storm with respect to its impacts on natural and built environments to subsequent changes in forecast and emergency-management procedures and to the psyche of everyone who experienced Sandy This has led to a greater appreciation of Mother Nature of the ever-growing vulnerability of communities to storms and to our changing climate This again was brought to the forefront when Ida’s remnants deluged New Jersey on Sept Despite improvements in weather forecasting a heightened awareness of what storms may bring and the growth of the Rutgers NJ Weather Network there remains a need for improved public messaging when the time comes to heed warnings and remain out of harm’s way Stronger storms than Sandy remain within the realm of possibility In the 10 years following Superstorm Sandy our nation has begun to recognize that underlying social inequities – structural racism and discrimination exclusion of marginalized populations from decision-making – result in a reality where risks and opportunities are not equally shared The same populations and communities that were hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are the same ones that have been – and continue to be – hardest hit by natural disasters and they are the same populations and communities with the poorest health we have engaged community leaders to identify climate-resilience strategies that ensure opportunities are directed to people hardest hit by climate change We hear a consistent response: ensure equitable access to the conditions that allow all of us to lead happy and healthy lives and we will build resilience for generations to come we can build healthier and more resilient communities for everyone Superstorm Sandy caused significant damage to New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure transportation agencies in the New Jersey-New York metropolitan region have made significant progress toward improving the resilience of transportation facilities and services The New Jersey Department of Transportation NJ Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have all worked hard to rebuild and restore damaged infrastructure They have revisited and changed their policies and procedures to improve preparedness for future storms All three agencies have made progress to begin adapting infrastructure to address future threats from sea level rise and storm surge flooding and some remain several years from completion Resilience planning and climate action are a long game We can only hope that the progress we make along the way improves outcomes the next time disaster comes our way.   Many deaths that occurred during Superstorm Sandy could have been avoided if people had evacuated ahead of the storm. However evacuation is no simple task: people with disabilities Emergency plans across New Jersey now more fully accommodate those living in vulnerable situations some people could have evacuated but disregarded evacuation orders Some wanted to stay to protect their property while others thought the risks were overblown the risks of not evacuating were very salient but over time memories fade and new residents arrive Projects like the High Water Mark Initiative in Monmouth County provide visual reminders of past storms Some coastal communities have developed evacuation zone maps and promoted them through outreach campaigns.   Sandy and subsequent storms have highlighted that while we must increase the resiliency of coastal infrastructure in preparation for future storms we also must increase our capacity to successfully evacuate coastal populations the former chief of staff to the late City Council leader Thomas Cuite is receiving the Thomas Cuite Memorial Award He attended Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan His public service career began as a staff member for Congressman Hugh L Legislature’s Joint Legislative Committee for Child Caring Needs He served as executive director of the Sunset Park Community Corporation a community development agency funded by the federal government’s Council Against Poverty he also worked as a consultant on a development project for South Shore Hospital he began working for the New York City Council first as legislative coordinator and then as executive assistant to the speaker of the City Council He ultimately became the first deputy city clerk of New York having been appointed to the City Council for three six-year terms and was the acting city clerk for the City of New York He ended his 16-year career in that office He has served as grand knight for the Knights of Columbus president of the Brooklyn Catholic Interracial Council Patrick’s Society of Brooklyn and president of the Emerald Association of Long Island He has been a loyal member of the Knights of Malta for over 35 years including service as a Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Eastern Lieutenancy He also serves on the boards of the Catholic Home Bureau He is married to Mary Buckley Teatum who was a principal for the N.Y.C Board of Education and was an adjunct professor at St On June 12, 2024, Netflix unveils The Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors, a fascinating documentary from the creators of The Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb Fifty years after the extraordinary discovery of the army of 8,000 terracotta soldiers designed to protect the mausoleum of China's first emperor this film delves deep into the still-buried secrets of this unique archaeological site visually arresting exploration of Qin Shi Huang's tomb shedding light on the mysteries surrounding this thousand-year-old heritage The Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors transports us to China to the site of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang built to protect the emperor in the afterlife continues to fascinate and intrigue archaeologists the world over This documentary invites us to delve into the secrets of this major discovery exploring the techniques used to make these statues and the unsolved mysteries that still surround this monumental site reconstructions and never-before-seen footage the film sheds light on the incredible complexity and rich history of this necropolis Les Mystères des guerriers de terre cuite will appeal to fans ofhistory,archaeology and ancient civilizations This captivating documentary will also find its audience among those who enjoyed similar works such as Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb or Valley of the Kings The film's originality lies in its detailed offering a fresh look at one of the world's greatest archaeological mysteries Through spectacular images and expert accounts the documentary uncovers never-before-seen aspects of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum and its terracotta warriors Netflix offers a fascinating dive into the history and secrets of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum promises to captivate fans ofarchaeology and ancient civilizations with its never-before-seen revelations and striking images It promises a profound and visually stunning exploration of a site that continues to reveal hidden treasures and millennia-old mysteries New Netflix releases to watch in June 2025Discover the films, series and documentaries coming to Netflix in June 2025. 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[Read more] This page may contain AI-assisted elements, more information here Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here A 30-year-old Houma woman wanted on a forgery charge was arrested in the home of a local public official last week Kristin Cutie was charged with forgery and later drug possession last Sunday night in the home of Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority Board Chairman Allan Luke at 113 Olympe Drive according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to Luke’s home after receiving reports of an argument deputies learned Cutie was wanted for a September 2016 forgery “This woman came by the house and I didn’t want her to be there,” Luke said in a phone interview Thursday Evidently she had an outstanding warrant for the forgery When they searched her in the police car they found medicine on her deputies found three Xanax pills and two Oxycodone pills that didn’t have a prescription Cutie was charged with possession of schedule IV drugs and possession of schedule II drugs She was taken to the Terrebonne Parish jail It marked the second time in about five months that someone was arrested at Luke’s home deputies received information through Crime Stoppers that a fugitive was staying in Luke’s residence on a warrant for possession of a controlled dangerous substance Luke cooperated with police in both incidents and told authorities he wasn’t aware of either woman's criminal activities Luke was involved in a relationship with Lowe and only knew Cutie as an acquaintance The Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority oversees public housing in the parish including the Bayou Towers complex for elderly and disabled residents and the Senator Circle complex for low-income residents -- Staff Writer Dan Copp can be reached at 857-2202 or at dan.copp@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter@DanVCopp DULARGE — Black gold is what the Fredericks call the last jars of cane syrup made at the family's now-shuttered mill Dark maroon gears and a tall conveyer belt rust outside the mill while boxes of jars and the tanks and vats that Norman Frederick used to make his syrup rest virtually untouched inside the mill's dilapidated condition caught the eye of Terrebonne Parish officials eager to rid the parish of damaged buildings especially those with loose parts that could easily become projectile dangers during hurricanes The metal building was nearly condemned earlier this month as parish officials approved a slew of homes for demolition as part of a FEMA program that will ultimately tear down about 180 structures petitioned the Parish Council and Planning Department staff to give her family more time to fix it up The parish is set to give the family 60 days starting next month to secure the building repair its roof and remove the old equipment outside “We recognize the need to try to protect and preserve heritage in the local communities,” said Geoffrey Large That plan will have to get the council's approval at the next set of condemnation hearings in mid-November especially the southern part,” said Councilman Clayton Voisin He remembers his own father trekking annually from Bayou Grand Caillou to the mill to bring back two gallons of the syrup for family “They've done a lot for the parish over the years.” The Fredericks' business goes back to Norman's great-great-grandfather after the family decided government-mandated equipment upgrades would compromise the syrup's quality We wanted to do it the way it was always done,” said Peggy who labeled and bottled the syrup at the mill To make one gallon of syrup took eight gallons of cane juice The process took 18 hours but only had three ingredients: cane juice Favorite pairings in the family are syrup with hot biscuits a thicker candy-like version of the syrup that went through longer cooking Norman's family toyed with the idea of making the old mill a tourist attraction someday But the insurance to bring visitors through the building was too steep who still lives on the land next to the mill worked in the mill as children and teenagers Olivier knows the process of cooking syrup by heart describing the cooling and heating periods and how the syrup would sparkle and “dance” like lava flowing over rocks Her five granddaughters — Mary-Marie Quick he showed them using equipment his brother built using a boiling pot The building is not as historic as the company because it was re-built in 1965 after Hurricane Betsy Cypress lumber from the original structure was used in the recreation Norman made his last batch before the mill closed but took the hiding place with him when he died Olivier was looking through a family shed when she stumbled on the treasure I found two boxes,' and they said ‘Two boxes of what?' I said Staff Writer Naomi King can be reached at 857-2209 or naomi.king@houmatoday.com Initially tacked onto the emo boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s Death Cab took on a more melodic and alternative rock sound on albums like Transatlanticism and Plans When Ben Gibbard finally became comfortable with pop hooks he found solace in one of his original favourite bands: The Monkees before The Velvet Underground and before punk and/or indie rock The Monkees were the first band I truly loved,” Gibbard told NPR in 2012 “Their albums were always on in our home when I was a kid (especially Pisces “I spent countless hours in front of the TV in the ’80s watching Monkees reruns wishing I could climb through the screen and be in the show with them,” he added about falling in love with the band “They made being in a band seem so fun — and goddammit When The Monkees were compiling material for their 2016 album Good Times! a host of famous fans came out of the woodwork to help them Among the most notable were Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger (who also produced the album) and even a collaboration between Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher Gibbard was also tapped to provide a song for the band He eventually came up with the melancholy ‘Me & Magdalena’ which served as a more introspective take on The Monkees’ pop style I can say with absolutely zero hyperbole that contributing ‘Me & Magdalena’ to this album has been the greatest honour of my career,” Gibbard told NPR When Monkees guitarist Mike Nesmith passed away in 2021 Gibbard paid tribute to one of his inspirations I also feel so fortunate to have called him a friend,” Gibbard wrote at the time ”I believe the best way to mourn the loss of a musician is to play their music we keep the beauty of their spirit alive in our hearts.” “The fact that New and The Monkees recorded this tune of mine – it’s truly one of the greatest songs of my life let alone my career,” Gibbard said about ‘Me & Magdalena’ and I grew up with the records on in our family house cos my dad was a huge Monkees fan.” Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker La Rédac' OKDéguster une viande cuite au feu de bois est une chose bien rare de nos jours, et surtout à Paris. Il n’y a pourtant rien de tel, tous les bons vivants en conviendront. Bonne nouvelle, il existe une adresse, la seule de la capitale où vous pourrez retrouver ce goût si particulier j’ai nommé le Flamboire dans le 9e  Prêts pour une expérience gustative imparable ?  Situé à deux pas du Moulin Rouge le Flamboire dénote au milieu de toutes ces adresses bistronomiques si chères au quartier Dès le seuil de la porte passé l’odeur si particulière du feu de bois l’ambiance chalet de montagne et la chaleur des flammes transportent immédiatement Devant l’impressionnante cheminée ouverte sur la salle attelé à cuire ses viandes comme nulle part ailleurs Car s’il existe des adresses de grillades à Paris la cuisson y est faite au charbon et non au feu de bois Et ça change tout : au niveau du goût de la cuisson – grillée à l’extérieur et délicieusement tendre à l’intérieur – et du parfum si particulier conféré par le bois utilisé – du hêtre et du chêne.  Jean-Yves sélectionne avec expertise chaque produit et ne choisit que de la viande maturée et donc nettement plus goûtue de la Limousine ou de l’Aubrac pour les viandes bovines à la côte de veau de cochon ou d’agneau d’Aveyron A noter que chaque plat est accompagné d’une sauce au poivre à la crème fraîche ciboulette ou au roquefort par exemple Une sélection d’éléments qui ne peut que réveiller le viandard en vous !  Les amateurs de poisson grillé seront également servis de la dorade ou encore des coquilles Saint-Jacques Sans oublier les plats à l’ardoise qui évoluent au gré des saisons et de l’humeur du chef… Dans tous les cas Car s’il y a bien une chose qui tient au cœur de Jean-Yves c’est ce qu’il y a dans votre assiette les maîtres-mots de la maison sont simplicité On se laisse ainsi chaleureusement accueillir à cette table d’hôte avant de se rassembler autour de la grande tablée ou de simplement rester en duo l’endroit est privatisable pour une soirée riche en saveur.  Le Flamboire n’est pas un restaurant comme les autres Le Flamboire54, rue Blanche – 9eTél. : 06 95 01 77 38www.leflamboire.comRetrouvez le Flamboire sur Facebook pub et restaurant irlandais typique où le fait maison est roi la boucherie des Batignolles où on renouvelle le traditionnel la boucherie-restaurant qui ravit tous les carnivores du 11e Juliette A OKMalgré une offre pléthorique de nouvelles adresses alléchantes dans la cité girondine le restaurant de viandes avec une cuisson à la cheminée Cette cantine carnivore propose une parenthèse hors du temps dans un cadre rustique où la tradition est maîtresse Le nouveau repère des viandards !Avis à tous les carnivores aguerris de la belle-endormie on tient votre nouveau paradis gustatif  la cantine carnivore juchée à quelques pas de la Garonne sur le Quai de Paludate depuis octobre 2017 on savoure une cuisine traditionnelle de viandes La cuisson est faite intégralement au feu de bois En témoigne la cheminée ouverte face à laquelle les clients dégustent leurs mets dans une ambiance tamisée cocooning et rustique.Le QG des amateurs de bonne chairA la carte  notre cœur oscille entre la côte de bœuf Simmental le civet de lièvre et les diverses suggestions temporaires qui se renouvellent régulièrement pour satisfaire les habitués (faux filets de cheval pâté en croûte ...). En guise d’accompagnements on choisit entre des frites à la graisse de canard du gratin dauphinois ou de la purée maison Des plats d’antan cuisinés avec goût et dans le respect de la tradition La nouvelle carte d'automne essaime de la palombe Les amateurs de plats en sauce ne seront pas en reste avec la traditionnelle choucroute et la garbure une soupe de légumes au canard.  Une carte quotidienne et des produits fraisA noter que les produits sont frais la carte renouvelée chaque jour et les victuailles faites-maison avec amour par un chef de renom qui a exercé dans de grandes maisons Ce qui a valu à l’établissement la validation de maître restaurateur qui atteste que tout est préparé à la main Un gage de qualité incontestable dans le domaine de la restauration Ce que certains appelleraient le graal  si l’établissement a tout d’un grand ses tarifs n’ont rien d’accablant il faudra compter 11€ le plat du jour 6€ l’entrée et 5€ seulement le dessert Ô QG compte 110 couverts intérieurs une salle privative à l’étage et une terrasse ensoleillée de 45 couverts Un repas rythmé par la danse enivrante des flammes  A l’instar de la carte et du mode de cuisson opératoire pas question de se laisser amadouer par la modernité L’adresse tient à conserver son positionnement à l’ancienne Elle est donc l’une des rares à avoir protégé ses vestiges architecturaux poutres et pots en terre créent une ambiance à la pointe de la coutume On déjeune ou on dine en se laissant enivrer par les flammes et la lueur des bougies c’est LE resto qui met le feu à nos papilles Et on y ferait volontiers de vieux os  Ô QG66, quai de Paludate, 33000 Bordeaux05 56 49 11 77Ouvert du lundi au vendredi de 12h à 14h30 Ouvert du mardi au samedi de 12h à 14h30 et de 19h à 22h30 Page Facebook Site internetPage Instagram  L’une des meilleures viandes de France maintenant disponible en ligne you expect nothing less than the finest of foods — but sometimes they can be downright bizarre or eccentric We're speaking of dishes like raw meat with edible mold at Spain's Mugaritz and edible helium balloons at Chicago's Alinea Another dish that's worthy of a mention for its strange optics and unique preparation method is poulet en vessie TikTok user Eric Damier drew attention to this strange culinary wonder on the social media app. In the video, a server at the restaurant Epicure in Paris — which has earned three Michelin stars — cuts a whole Bresse chicken from an inflated bladder Placed atop a gleaming tray with its own silver chicken legs the internet had a field day with it and roasting commenced but I think I'll just stick with KFC," one TikTok user commented "But where's the seasoning?" another user asked "I swear you can get rich people to eat anything over £1000 with a French name," joked another Bresse chicken in a bladder or “Poularde de Bresse en vessie”; a prepared chicken is stuffed with foie gras then enclosed in the bladder and poached in chicken broth 🎥 @kwokchoiwong 📍 France 🇫🇷 🎶 French Cafe Accordion 🪗 ♬ Happy Day in Paris – French Cafe 24 x 7 Bresse is considered the absolute best type of chicken and the most delicious breed in the world To make Poularde de Bresse cuite en vessie the chicken is stuffed into an inside-out pig's bladder and poached in chicken broth The fillets are served with liver and truffle stuffing The legs are sauteéd and served in a soup made with leek The dish serves two and comes with a hefty price tag of around 360 euros when ordered à la carte at Epicure.