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Where did this phrase originate? The earliest place I recall hearing it was on a episode of the TV series M*A*S*H. Did the writers of that show invent it or did it appear somewhere else before that?
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For example if a guy eats a bfl type diet 40/40/20 and has 2000 calories a day but then swtiches to a lower carb diet but increases his fat and protein so that his calorie total is 2250 his fatloss will decrease not increase
Did you kniw that in the 60s and 70s bodybuilders got ripped for shows and their dietswhere closer to 70% carbs 20% protein and 10% fats, how could they get ripped on such a macro profile you may ask? its because their calories were below maintence which I have ssid already is the main factor in fatloss
6Pack,
I agree - based on my personal experience, too. I eat way more carbs than protein, and still ended up with that lean, defined look. About 70% of my fat was lost before I started excercing, or doing BFL. In my first challenge, I lost the balance of the weight, and toned up. My last two meals have plenty of calories, but maybe since I excercise at night, my body needs them to build muscle. I am a big believer in the value of complex carbs as opposed to simple ones, however. I've also seen a lot of posts advocating balancing protein and carbs 1:1, and that's definitely against what the USDA gives as food recommendations, and as you point out, what body builders used to do. I think the recommended amount is 0.33 g. of protein per lb of body weight. In the past, I've posted about the conservation of energy, and 1st Law of Thermodyamics, and now you've experienced it first hand! Hope your challenge is going well. Just stay the course, and the fat will burn off....
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Not necessarily as they may increase their carbs earlier in the day to be used more efficiently or exchanging the amount of carbs for a slight increase in protein...but assuming as you said with no adjustments they are also losing "water weight" as carbs are stored with water...
Bottom line, people have to do what works for them. Also depends on what stage of fat loss the person is at. The equation is not so simple.
But either way, if people follow BFL exactly as written they will blast fat. Maybe some slower than others but they will do it.
I have to wonder if that's because when they follow BFL as written, they're finally getting the correct portion size and not eating 2X or 3X what is really need in the way of calories, simple carbs, and unhealthy fats.
I have to wonder if that's because when they follow BFL as written, they're finally getting the correct portion size and not eating 2X or 3X what is really need in the way of calories, simple carbs, and unhealthy fats.
Yes, I agree. I think that any plan that is followed WILL work as portion sizes etc are reduced.
What I have chosen to do with BFL is make it my way of life. There are no beginnings and ends of challenges...I will always challenge myself and strive to eat right to constantly be getting leaner, stronger, add lean muscle...whatever my goals are.
Here's something else for you to consider:
I located an article, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Oct. 24, 2010, "Rethinking Protein Powder" by James S. Fell. Article states most people don't need supplements to achieve their goals, but admits protein powder (& shakes) are a convenience. The daily dietary reference intake (DRI) is 0.36 g. per pound of body weight, but the folks who sell supplements recommend 1.1 g/lb. Not surprising eh? Helps profits. Anyway, various researchers chime in; one at Northeastern Univerisity recommends 0.45 - 0.54 g/lb for people engaged in endurance training, but the DRI's are adequate for weight lifters. A highly regarded nutrition consultant, Alan Aragon specializes in bodybuilders, physique models, pro athletes, including LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks hockey and LA Lakers. He recommends 0.77 g/lb for those looking to lose fat and build muscle, but only 0.63 g/lb if solely building muscle. An article from the Journal of International Sports Nutrition showed the optimal results for weighlifting athletes was at 0.72 g/lb. I haven't found any references going at 1.0 g/lb. The real shocker is the statement that "researchers from McMaster Univ. in Mailton, Ontario recommended athletes consume a 60% to 65% carbohydrate diet to fuel sport performance - a figure that sends Dr. Atkins fans into apoplexy...." I'm sure it would. I think it's understood these would be complex carbs, as we eat.
Having read all this, I don't even bother to monitor protein in my diet.
I'm glad I did Atkins. It taught me a lot about good carbs vs bad carbs! Brown rice vs white rice, whole wheat vs white, etc...I wish that more people knew what Atkins was really about. Not just cutting all carbs but cutting the ones that pack on the pounds, cookies, chips, white bread, white rice, pasta (not whole wheat) etc. It really does promote all of the good complex carbs that are listed as safe to eat on the BFL plan :)
Tia~
You can choose the pain of discipline or the pain of regret...
The original post is both true and somewhat off. It's absolutely true that cutting carbs specifically is not the answer to weight loss. We need carbs and they are not the enemy. As for the last meal, no, it doesn't have to do with cutting calories that many choose to go lighter on carbs.
We grow muscle at night when Human Growth Hormone rises. It can only rise if insulin is low and that naturally happens at night, once it goes down from what we ate. That's why complex carbs are not recommended in the evening and why some don't have any carb with meal 6. Personally, I do have a traditional BFL 6 meals that are balanced. I eat meal 6 not just before bed and therefore am okay with timing. If I were to have it before bed I might have some berries, but would likely instead opt for casein protein and some veggies.
I agree with all of what Jessica says. This is just one of the many complexities of the human body. This notion of breaking down any diet back into calories is seriously flawed. Calorie counting used without regard for anything else is stupid. Stable blood sugar levels play a much more crucial role in fat loss. All calories are not equal because more important then the calories themselves is your body's reactions to them i.e. changes in hormones and blood sugar. Ultimately you are trying to speed up your metabolism which cannot be done through simple calorie restriction. Suggesting that the prescribed methods were only restricting calories is silly. It's trying to generate feedback from your body.
The prescribed BFL program has all kinds of efforts built in to control hormones and blood sugar. This thread has done the opposite of its intention as I did not participate in the afformentioned practice of no carbs in the last two meals but understanding its intention through literature, I now will. There are numerous books about raising your metabolism, talking about the different ways each type of fat protien and carbs interact with your body. I would really recommend you read one.
Jessica and Brian are correct! Carbs increase insulin and therefore inhibits the release of growth hormone. Growth hormone is a protein hormone released from the pituitary gland that plays a vital role in growth and metabolism. Besides increasing strength and size, growth hormone also boosts fat loss by removing fat from fat cells and making it available to be burned for energy.
With that said, as reiterated, too much of the hormone insulin in the blood inhibits the release of growth hormone from the pituitary gland . Since carbohydrates increase insulin levels, reducing carb intake or choosing slow-digesting carbs can reduce the amount of insulin in the blood. Slow-digesting carbs, such as sweet potatoes and brown rice, release less insulin than fast-digesting carbs such as rice cakes and white bread.
Keep in mind that carbs are an essential component to good health and they fuel the body and brain.
Lori
Believe it or not protein elicits an insulin response also and all the research for the release of growth hormone during sleep indicate that the person needs to be in a fasted state for up to 4 hours before bed,also brian your wrong calorie deficet is the most important factor when it comes to fatloss, you could eat a very low glycemic diet but if your calories are above maintenance you wont lose fat, i used to believe all this stuff too but I have done my home work, here are some podcasts that will open up alot of yer minds
Many of us have done extensive research. Personally, I read scientific journals. Although protein does increase insulin, it does so for a very short period of time and it's a really small increase. This is why so many body builders, if waking at night, have a "protein shooter". I know many BFLers that do it too. Chris Cary is a great example. He will have a small amount of whey and water mixed and then straight back to bed. Chris has no issues with muscle growth. Glucose really is what spikes insulin.
I also would like to add that definitive statements in regard to the "best ways for fat loss" or what you "should and should not do" are better left off this forum. There are many ways to skin a cat. There is no "one size fits all" for everyone. What works for some may not work for others and vise versa. I happen to agree with the ladies here (oooops sorry, and Brian too), but like I said, I keep an open mind and realize it really depends on the person. Everyone is different. Some can have loads of good quality carbs anytime and be fine and fat loss is flying. Yet there are others of us that are not so lucky. We can make any suggestions we want and one can choose to go that route or not.
It is unfair to call it "nonsense" though.
With that said, we are here to help and support each other. People are sharing what worked for THEM, maybe when all else failed. Please remember everyone is different and so a different approach may be needed with some.There is no RIGHT or WRONG way to fat loss. Just DIFFERENT.
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R.D. Gluibizzi; ROOT COUPLE; Ink on paper; 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Pierogi Flat Files.
Peter Moysaenko: Adrienne Rich—hearkening perhaps the spirit of late ’60s feminist thought—has intimated that poetry, by virtue of being “root-tangled in the grit of human arrangements and relationships,” figures as a necessarily political medium. But is such a claim only a willful conflation of connotation: to what degree may a poem be expected to persuade public policy, to effectively address the demands of a massed citizenry, to significantly alter systems of government and economy; and anyway, should such achievements remain as any of its concern?
Yael Shinar: To me, it is obvious that poetry is political. I am a student of Adrienne Rich’s work.
When I read, I am open and willing to be transformed; when I am transformed, my political life is transformed, including my intimate relationships and my voting in elections.
Who or what transforms me? I don’t know. Transformation occurs as an interaction among several parts. Adrienne Rich helped me to see that.
I met Adrienne Rich, briefly, in 2002. I said, “Thank you for your work. Your writing changed my life.”
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Midday
for children in Gaza, 2006
by Yael Shinar
One
at a time,
limbs
distended
from their tending parts.
As in,
a child was wiping his asshole,
when he heard a sound he hadn’t heard before
and thought
to lick the wound of his right shoulder
(like he licks the juice off roasted lamb,
shredded by his mother with a knife,
while he waits
with spongy bread).
His belly
so full now, though,
with a smell he’s never smelled before,
and he’s not sure his arm’s
the only thing gone.
He thinks
some walls
between his bladder and his belly
button may have torn away, as well.
His abdomen feels open,
like a monk’s cave
in the desert;
like dust,
his insides swirling out,
filling God’s great nose.
Then he screams.
It is a word
he has heard before,
but he never knew before
why
it was a word.
Yael Shinar was born in California and now lives near Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is working towards a degree of Master of Divinity at Harvard University. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Mid-American Review, The Drunken Boat, Slush Pile, Beloit Poetry Journal, Meridian, Third Coast, and other publications.
For more on R.D. Gliubizzi, visit the artist’s page at Pierogi Flat Files.
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Posted by Bookfool (Mississippi, United States) on 24 July 2009 in Animal & Insect.
I want to be a polar bear!! They have all the fun! This photo was taken at the Memphis Zoo, last month, when we took our youngest son up to spend a weekend with his big brother. While they spent time together, hubby and I went to the zoo.
I'm not sure you do oh Bookalicious one, not at the rate their habitat is dissapearing. Lovely photo though, full of movement and energy
24 Jul 2009 9:57am
@grouser: Well, apart from the disappearing habitat, they do seem to have an awful lot of fun. I've got a shot of this fellow coming up out of the water and then deliberately slapping the surface to splash the other bear. Neither shot is great, but they do make me laugh. Those guys are so playful!
What a great photo to capture these lovely creatures..great shot!
24 Jul 2009 10:05am
@MrsAmber: Thank you! They're definitely lovely creatures. I wish I was as graceful in the water!
A gigantic photo indeed, how lovely :0
24 Jul 2009 10:24am
@Lorraine: Thank you, Rainy!
I love how their hair/fur floats and moves as they swim. This is a good capture of him at play.
24 Jul 2009 2:41pm
@Judy: Oh, yes, isn't it beautiful? I love that waving fur, too. Thank you, Judy!
I agree but wonder about freedom... seems happy there though.
24 Jul 2009 4:12pm
@Earnest: The polar bears really do always seem to figure out how to have a good time. I love watching them. Plus, the polar bear building is air conditioned. Gotta love that.
polar bears are such amazing animals! what a fun capture : )
24 Jul 2009 4:29pm
@peter: Thanks, Peter! I think they're absolutely enthralling. I could probably hang out in the polar bear building all day. But, everyone gets sick of the way I stop, set up, and click, click, click, click, as is. No need to make them all comatose. LOL
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Will share more wahoos, later.
Bookfool, about to rush out the door to fetch the youngest.!
Definitely a big wahoo for that! Those storms were horrible...Glad to hear he's safe!
I agree, definitely a big wahoo! Listening to the news this morning was astounding. Your relief must be palpable!
Thanks, Chris. Yeah, those were some pretty scary, deadly storms.
Bookfool,
Did you stay safe last night?I thought of my fellow southerners last night while watching tv News of the storms?
Jenclair,
Eldest called me frequently, last night, so I was getting a bit of a play-by-play. Yeah, it was a huge relief. That storm system was really nasty and I was horrified to read how many people died, but honestly not surprised after hearing him describe what he saw and heard. It was intense.
Yolanda,
We were fine, here. The only major damage in our area was one home that was destroyed by a fallen tree. Fortunately, nobody was home (and the cats were fine -- there's a photo of a police officer carrying a cat away from the house on the front page of the paper). We do have lots of limbs to pick up. While I was driving the kiddo to swim practice, a very large limb landed on the front walkway. I had to move chunks of it to get to the front door and it dented the guttering a bit, but that was the worst of it for us so we're happy. :)
Wahoo indeed! I'm glad he's safe and sound.
Horrible storms, but I'm SO glad your son is safe!! A definite wahoo is in order!!
Thanks, Andi. :)
hey ,
I lived in Oxford for 5 years before moving here and prior to that up around corinth in our fair state.
Thanks, Stephanie. We are definitely appreciating Eldest's safety. I was glued to the computer screen, watching the photos roll in. Scary, scary and so much loss of life.
Yolanda,
Uber cool! I love Oxford. Eldest just graduated from Ole Miss. I don't know if I've ever been to Corinth, but I love the northern part of the state because it's not hot for *quite* so long. :)
Okay, so a blizzard isn't really all that bad...
I'm glad you're all safe, especially the eldest. That had to be scary for all of you.
And how is it you've got to such good looking young men?
cjh
CJ,
Yeah, I guess blizzards are pretty tame by comparison with killer tornadoes.
It was an interesting night, that's for sure. Eldest and I spoke by phone quite a bit; and, I had my eye on Weather Underground (watching the big mean storm go over him) and the Memphis news online. He did make a comment about the roof in the middle of the road on his path home, while he was waiting for the storm to let up: "I hope it's not my roof." But, otherwise, he was quite calm and even awestruck by his first sighting of a tornado. I trusted that he'd know when to move away from the door.
I blame their father for the good looks, although Eldest looks more like me and has told me he would rather look like his dad. Lovely. :)
What a relief! I am so glad your son is safe. I've read a little bit about the tornadoes and it's so tragic. My heart goes out to those impacted by the storms.
Wendy,
Thanks; we're very grateful that Eldest is safe and had the sense to wait out the storm. Many, many people are picking up pieces and mourning, today.
A most wahoo-ey occasion! I've gotten emails from people worrying about me because I live in Tennessee, and I'm waaaaaay over to the east while Memphis sits on the western edge of Tennessee. I'm so glad your eldest was safely out of danger ... and stayed there.
Bonnie,
Now I can't remember where you're located in Tennessee. Chattanooga? I heard Knoxville got hit and that's pretty far east. Yep, Memphis is way west and took at least one direct hit. They've got quite a mess to clean up. I watched video of a Memphis tornado and was really quite stunned how long it stayed on the ground. Anyone who was fortunate or sensible enough to stay away from the danger has reason to celebrate. That was one bad-ass storm.
Thank goodness he's ok. If he could see a tornado form, he was pretty damm close. My sister lives in Memphis too and was on her way home when the sirens sounded. She was doing 80 on the highway but thankfully got home safely. Whew! I hjope you're ok too. The storms were all over the news here in Singapore too.
Indigo,
He was closer than I realized. Having grown up in Oklahoma (where you could pretty much see forever to the west), I've seen tornadoes form 30 or more miles away and then heard about the damage the next day, but my eldest was apparently just a handful of miles down the road from the shopping mall that was damaged. So, I'm wondering why he wasn't hiding in the restaurant fridge, but I'm glad he at least had the sense not to head home till it cleared.
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Fall Recipe Exchange: Pumpkin Roll
As promised… here is my recipe for My Friend Amy’s recipe Exchange. Pop on over to her blog and add yours to her linky as well as check out all the other wonderful recipes that have been linked. YUM!
Pumpkin Roll
This is one I usually make around Christmas time and then deliver to neighbors and friends. I wrap the finished product in wax paper, then cover it with colored saran wrap and use crafting twine to add a home made gift tag and tie it with a bow.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup of flour
1/2 teaspoon each of baking soda and baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup of canned pumpkin
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet with sides and line ir with waxed paper. Put a light cooking spray on the wax paper and sprinkle a little powdered sugar on the paper as well. Sprinkle towel with powdered sugar.
Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon,nutmeg, and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and sugar in a separate large bowl. When well mixed, add in the pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread into pan.
Bake about 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. Take pumpkin roll out of pan right away by turning it on to a flour sack towel that is covered with a light layer of powdered sugar. Carefully peel off wax paper. Roll up pumpkin roll and towel together, then let cool.
FILLING:
8 ounces of cream cheese
1/4 cup of powdered sugar
6 Tablespoons of butter (softened)
1 teaspoon of vanilla
BEAT cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll the pumpkin roll and remove the towel. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin roll. Roll it up again . Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
* Once refrigerated, you can freeze these as well. They keep for 60 days and thaw quickly for company, dinners, etc… This recipe makes one but I have tripled this recipe to make three at a time and that has worked out well.
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Oh my gosh, I’ve actually had that before and thought it was delicious! I’m so glad to have the recipe. Thanks!
This looks and sounds yummy; thanks
Looks simple enough that even I could make it! ha!
Thank you for the recipe — it sounds yummy!
Oh, yummy! Pumpkin treats of any kind are my fave.
Looks and sound yummy!
This is similar to bouche de noel-my spelling is attrocious tonight. I love this dessert -are you coming to BEA in LA? Say Yes -we can go on a long bike ride together- and stay up all night reading books-seriously are you coming to LA?
I want to come to BEA really bad! I am planning on it… in LA? I thought it was in New York. Are there two?
I’m not a huge pumpkin fan. But I do love the pumpkin roll! I’m excited to have a recipe to try now!!
Hi Stephanie, I love the pumpkin roll too and I will pass on pie every time…. I think it is the cream cheese filling LOL. It is like kryptonite to me.
This looks really good. I love things with pumpkin in them !
Good morning Cindy! I need to buzz over to your blog and see what you are conquering now! You are such an inspiration!
Having seen neighbours take baked goods to each other on several different American shows, I always wondered if that did happen – obviously it does. A custom I would love to see happen here in the UK.
Good morning pettywitter, I am not sure if that is the norm around other areas – or even in my home town (the taking of baked good to neighbors). Where I live is the same home I grew up in. I have been on this property since I was three, left a few years from 18-29, came back after mom passed away because I did not have the heart to sell it. The people who’s homes are int his area, are all the ones who I grew up with. No one has moved. All of them are older, most of them I grew up with their kids. This is why I usually send a little something their way for Christmas. I have been very blessed to have great neighbors. (My aunt lives three houses from me!)
It looks delicous! I’ve been seeing some great fall recipes at several blogs now! Did you hear that Libby’s said the canned pumpkin shortage is over, shelves will be stocked soon? One of those things I missed, I didn’t even realize there was a shortage! Have a great day! Rainy here, must be warmer than they thought.
I’ve printed out this recipe; it looks wonderful! We just celebrated out Thanksgiving here, in Canada, but I’m sure I’ll find an occasion for it. Thanks!
This sounds really good.
OMG, I’m definitely going to have to make this!
Yum yum yum! I love this time of year!
Man, oh man, you have really tempted me with this one.
I just copied down this recipe and am going to make it today to take to a party tonight! I’ll let you know how it turns out. | http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/fall-recipe-exchange-pumpkin-roll/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Heeding the call of the wild
With The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin, award-winning children's author and illustrator Peter Sís offers a top-notch picture book biography for young readers. Sís, who has also written about Galileo and Columbus, says he aims to discover "the human element" behind each hero, and he succeeds here. He starts the story off with a bang, beginning on February 12, 1809: ." How's that for an attention-grabbing opener?
Readers then learn how Darwin's mother died when he was eight, how his father wanted him to be a doctor, or failing that, a clergyman. Young Charles, however, preferred shooting, riding, collecting beetles and exploring the countryside. In fact, when Darwin was asked to voyage aboard the Beagle as a naturalist, his father objected, and only through the mediation of an uncle was he allowed to go. Sís seamlessly blends myriad details into the story and into his illustrations. For instance, it's remarkable to learn that aboard the Beagle, Darwin occasionally became seasick. Only lying in a hammock and eating raisins gave him comfort. He also grew tremendously homesick during the journey. Darwin once wrote that he wished he had learned to draw. But Sís draws as though he were Darwin, using text from the naturalist's writings, as well as maps and charts on each page.
Later in the book, Sís divides the naturalist's life into public, private and "secret" including his work on trying to prove his theories about evolution with all three categories appearing on the same page, so readers can quickly grasp how events coincide. In lesser hands, such cataloging might become dull, but Sís never loses sight of the magic of the man.
Finally, Sís never preaches he lets the details and the story speak strongly for themselves. Here is a book that will entertain and educate readers time after time.
Alice Cary is a contributing editor for Biography magazine. | http://bookpage.com/review/the-tree-of-life:-charles-darwin/heeding-the-call-of-the-wild | 2013-05-18T10:23:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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William I. Dorfman, Ph.D., ABPP is Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training in the Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University. He was formerly the Executive Director of Nova Southeastern Universitys Community Mental Health Center and Chief Psychologist of its APA-approved Internship in Clinical Psychology. Prior to coming to the Center for Psychological Studies, Dr. Dorfman was Executive Director of the Rockbridge Area Community Mental Health Center in Lexington, Virginia where he also taught at Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute. From 1972-1977, while serving in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, he was Director of Training of an APA-approved community-clinical internship at Fort Ord, California. Dr. Dorfman who attained the rank of Major before leaving reserve duty consulted with several military organizations including the Military Police and post hospital installations.
Dr. Dorfman received his Bachelor of Science degree, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Scranton and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Psychology from the Ohio State University. He is a licensed psychologist in Florida, a member of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and is Board Certified in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.
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Any breeder can tell you about a dog’s bloodline, but the canine narrator of Andrew O’Hagan’s fourth novel has a pedigree of a very different kind. Mafia Honey, a scruffy little Maltese, has the kind of social circle that would put today’s celebrities to shame: not only did Frank Sinatra present him as a gift to Marilyn Monroe in 1960, but he also wears a collar inherited from Virginia Woolf’s old pet. He hobnobs with everyone from literary critic Cyril Connolly to President John F. Kennedy. Once, as a puppy, Maf even got hit in the face with a croquet ball launched by Evelyn Waugh.
So it’s perhaps no surprise that The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe is similarly refined, balancing high-mindedness with an agreeably ramshackle story. Maf contributes hardly anything in the way of action. Instead, he Forrest Gumps his way through the early ’60s, soaking up culture and politics from underneath whatever table Monroe, his “fated companion”, happens to be sitting at.
What Maf does offer is a unique insight into the chattering class of animals—from cats that speak in verse to Nabokov-channelling butterflies and grumpy bedbugs. Every one of them is almost ridiculously sophisticated. Maf himself is partial to Leon Trotsky; his narration is full of light quips and thoughtful asides. “A dog is bound to like footnotes,” he says, in the middle of one of them. “We spend our lives down here.”
As for the world of high-flying Hollywood royalty surrounding him, Maf’s outsider perspective casts this, too, in an unfamiliar light. The clash that recurs again and again is between the performer and his routine—or, put another way, the corrosive effect that celebrity has on the person enduring it. This is what turns Sinatra paranoid and increasingly violent. This is also what makes Maf’s fated companion succumb to drugs and depression; the novel closes a few months before her death in August 1962.
The London, England–based O’Hagan captures this moment in the American consciousness with exquisite poise, and in the process manages to breathe tremendous amounts of fresh air into these cultural icons. His Monroe is a bright, fundamentally insecure woman who’s struggling to live up to her runaway public image and remain a decent person at heart. Maf spends much of the book trying to assure her that she’s on the right track—but all she hears is yapping.
McClelland & Stewart, 279 pp, $29.99, hardcover
(review originally appeared in The Georgia Straight, October 14, 2010)Oct 14, 2010 | http://booksinthekitchen.tumblr.com/post/1313618664/andrew-ohagan-the-life-and-opinions-of-maf-the-dog | 2013-05-18T10:21:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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WoW is just a game... right?
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I think the point that World of Warcraft stops being a game and becomes more of a hobby is when you start involving and organizing things with other people. At that point, you've got commitment going on that requires a certain level of participation to be successful. Baseball, Hockey (my preffered sport!), Football, Soccer, and so on -- they're all games, but there's still the added added feeling of working on a team.
And, just as in the sporting world, there are various levels of performance and commitment. Someone who plays professionally (whether a sport or World of Warcraft through advertisers and supporters) is going to view the game differently than someone who plays a little more casually and instead meets up with a bunch of friends each week.
Oh, definitely more than a game for me, but one thing is for sure.. it never ceases to be entertainment, one way or another. | http://boomrequiem.blogspot.com/2008/07/wow-is-just-game-right.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Braves GM on Dempster: “We’ve Moved On”
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After two days of Ryan Dempster making up his mind, when he really already had it made up the Atlanta Braves have appeared to move on from a deal for Dempster.
Braves GM Frank Wren was on the radio this morning,
“We’re not going to be painted into a corner,” the GM said on an Atlanta radio station this morning. “We have moved on.” He added that it is “highly unlikely” that the Braves will now acquire Dempster, and said that the deal the two sides had in place “expired yesterday.” That is horrible news for the Cubs organization and Cubs fans as Randall Delgado to the Cubs is no more. That’s a shame as Dempster informed the Cubs that the Braves would be an adequate landing spot, so the Cubs went out and agreed to an AWESOME deal with the Braves only to have it blown up by the man that everyone is trying to please, Ryan Dempster.
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Before taking ownership of The Harbour, Emily ran an outside catering company providing food for events such as at Windsor Castle, private dinner parties, weddings and corporate events. Emily lives just outside Port Isaac and has three children.
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Phil began his career by doing school work experience, followed by an apprenticeship at Rosewarne Manor, near Hayle. He spent eight years at The Garrack Hotel in St.Ives, achieving various accolades, including 2 Rosettes. Following this, he moved to Tregenna Castle Hotel and Resort to experience a busy function operation. After 14 months in the job, he was approached by the new owner of Rosewarne Manor to assist with the reopening after it had been closed for several years.
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Temple Beth El is getting geared up for a wonderful year of Jewish studies and Hebrew School. Registration for Hebrew and Religious School will start on Sunday, August 26th from 1-4 pm at our “Open House” and will then continue by phone thereafter. We offer Jewish studies through artwork, drama, storytelling, games, and lively discussion. Children will learn Jewish culture and history, reading/writing of Hebrew, Torah study, special events,
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Safety rules are a nuisance. They restrict you from doing what
you want to do in the way you want to do it. You would think that
the person who wrote safety rules must have been an old
fuddy-duddy who couldn't stand to see people having fun--that
they sat down with their aching corns and wrote the safety rules
much the way some musicians compose music at one sitting. Such is
not the case: Safety rules were written with the splinters of
human bones dipped in human blood.
The rules began to be written before people even began to
think. They perhaps were what started them to think in the first
place.
People crawling around in the prehistoric age had no safety
rules; they had no language either. They noticed that a furry
looking animal with yellow stripes was eating their spouse and
children. They had a thought (their first one): "That beast
not friend," then a second thought: " That beast
enemy!"
Then came the first invention in the history of humankind --
they made a safety rule: "Beware of the Tiger."
The first safety rule was perhaps just a screech emitted in
the same key every time a tiger was sighted. It was annoying to
the people who had to stop doing whatever they were doing and go
climb a tree or crawl under a rock. It was annoying, but the
tigers began to get skinny, and people became more numerous.
Following the same line of thought, they decided that the
lion, too, was an enemy and invented a different screech for the
lion and another safety rule.
People who were annoyed at having to run for their lives now
for the first time knew from why they were running, without first
having seen it.
The tragic thing about safety rules is that they were slow in
being made. The people had to be eaten by the tiger and the lion
before the rules came into existence.
How much nicer it would have been if the person who invented
the emery wheel also made a sign at the same time and hung it
over the machine saying, "Wear goggles but not gloves when
using this machine." Think of the countless mangled hands
and sightless eyes and lives lost during the interval between the
invention of the grinding wheel and the hanging of that annoying
safety sign above it!
In the event that an accident should befall you, it is
conceivable that the person the company has to train to take your
job will be a better worker than you; or that the person your
widow marries will be a better person than you; or your
children's stepparent will be better for them than you.
But -- why put it to a test? The person who gains the most by
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The chances are you have already heard the rather extraordinary voice of the rather ordinarily named John Newman, even if you hadn’t put a face to the name or a name to the voice. The twenty one year old singer from Settle, Yorkshire who is now based in London provides the unmistakable vocal on Feel The Love by Rudimental – a massive number 1 hit in the UK. So in some ways featuring Newman on a new music blog when he’s already topped the charts is a little bit wrong, but there’s three things to remember here. First that the internet is global and that 40% of Breaking More Waves readership is based outside of the UK where it’s unlikely many have heard of Rudimental or Newman. Secondly Newman may have been a guest vocalist on Feel The Love, but his fully fledged solo material has yet to see the light of day; he’s currently working on his debut album. Third this is a music blog, there are no rules, we can write what and how we like.
So what can we expect from Newman’s future music? His website references James Brown, Prince and The Black Keys, ambitious reference points perhaps, but reaching for the stars is surely preferable to the gutter. Imagine if we were told that Newman took the music of Brother or Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong as his inspiration. Exactly.
But whatever Newman puts out as his own solo material, what’s going to hit you is his phenomenal vocal. A raw crackle of a voice, the kind of smoke-thirty-fags-a-day arse-clenching soul sound that James Morrison aims for but fails at. It’s pretty special. Huskily special. With the likes of Michael Kiwanuka delving into the catalogue of Bill Withers and The Milk reinventing the sound of Stax and Motown for a modern generation there seems to be a hunger for this deeply old fashioned but incredibly powerful sound again – maybe it’s a reaction against the deluge of synthetic faceless pop that clutters the UK charts ? Whatever it is John Newman looks like being the next most likely British soul man. It may be that his guest spot with Rudimental isn’t his only and last hit. Listen to an acoustic version of Cheating below and you'll see why we think this. You can also download another song Stay The Night which for the moment is free using this link (although you'll have to 'like' it before you've played it.)
John Newman - Cheating (Acoustic)
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I hear Otis. That's about the highest praise anyone could give. | http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/2012/06/john-newman-new-waves.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
My copy of the New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume 1: Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
My life is complete now. It doesn’t introduce the long stories “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Sing of Four” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” but only the short stories under the titles The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Other features in this copy are the short biographies of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, original illustrations of Sidney Paget from Strand Magazine, conspiracy theories on Holmes, Moriarty and Irene Adler, information about several things mentioned in the stories and London between 1880s-1900s (you really breathe the Victorian atmosphere and feel like you are actually wandering at the streets of London thanks to these great illustrations of Sidney Paget), etc. So it is almost a full package for Sherlockians. Mine is the Turkish translation and the English copy may be seen here:
Amazing 3D Book Collages Bring Classic Stories to Life
(Source: unicorn-meat-is-too-mainstream, via reinventthewheel)
I made a new Jane Austen themed bookmark :)
Lovely.
Le Bouquiniste
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Excellent film
Did you know Tom Hanks collects typewriters?
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Matt Nuzzaco, Very Large Array, New Mexico
Rückenfigur (awesome Flickr group | Tumblr tag) are those photographs or paintings of a person’s back in a landscape or composition. Mr. Nuzzaco’s photograph has another layer, which exploits the photographic “mistake” of having something in the background grow out of the subject’s head.
Wondering: is there is a word for utilizing background / foreground confusion? Because you can’t see the face in Rückenfigur, I always call it something-head. In this photograph, it’s the satellite dish-head. The are of course tree-heads, pole-heads, sign-heads, etc. | http://bremser.tumblr.com/page/4 | 2013-05-18T10:40:55 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I had the good fortune to serve as a regular photographer for the Tropical Science Center and the Monteverde Preserve (Costa Rica) for several years, and to author the official photography book of the Preserve. Monteverde is a natural wonderland, with breathtaking scenery and staggering biodiversity, and it's an important model for tropical protected areas and scientific research.
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Mobile officials said Thursday is cutting edge medical care.
The MSED unit, currently up and running in the parking lot of Ocean Medical Center, is one of only a few in the nation, paid for mainly by Homeland Security grants.
The core of the mobile hospital complex is a 43-foot semi truck with expandable sides, outfitted with seven critical care beds, each having monitor-defibrillator capability. The unit also includes a portable digital X-ray unit, telemedicine capability, a portable field laboratory, a small pharmaceutical cache, overhead medical procedure lighting and onboard medical gases.
The unit also has a separate, tent-based triage area which can treat about 40 patients.
Some patients who would normally be taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood or Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune are being treated at the unit in order to save traditional emergency beds for the sickliest patients.
Ambulances from communities across the state – Gloucester County EMS and Passaic County EMS rigs brought in patients while Patch was on scene – were serving storm-affected towns locally.
“The state and FEMA have developed this program, and they were eager to mobilize it,” said Dr. Bradley Pulver, Medical Director at Ocean Medical Center. “It’s helpful. It allows us, basically, to decompress some of the overflow in our emergency department.”
The volume of emergency patients at the Brick hospital itself has increased “dramatically” since the hurricane hit, Pulver said.
“Our volume on Tuesday and Wednesday was 50 percent above our normal volume,” he said.
Well over 200 patients came to Ocean Medical Center’s emergency department each day, said Pulver.
“The staff is mobilized, we’ve upstaffed, and we are handling it, but it is certainly helpful to have this resource,” he said.
Inside, the warm rooms of the triage unit housed several patients Thursday evening. The trailer-based mobile emergency department itself, filled with flat-screen monitors and electronic devices, was as well equipped as any hospital ER, staff inside said.
“There is a good relief valve now,” for hospital staff, said Pulver.
Americo Cruz
9:29 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Great job guys
karen byrne
11:02 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Was there today...amazing to see this unit and all the great staff! Reminded me of a Mash unit! Thanks!
Daniel Nee
1:33 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
It's pretty cool, right? Honestly, it reminded me of the movie "ET" when they brought him to a mobile hospital post. Although everyone was much friendlier, in good spirits and they didn't have LCD flat-screen heart monitors back in the '80s. Ha.
Daniel Nee
1:34 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
Another interesting thing they told me is that, if they needed it, there is a mobile operating room available as well that rivals many actual hospital ORs.
Ines Novacic
10:09 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Hello, I am a journalist with Vocativ working on a piece about patient care after Sandy, wonderful to see this forum - is there any way I can speak to those who have experienced the Mobile Emergency Rooms? Would love to chat this morning! MY email inovacic@vocativ.com
Qwerty
11:52 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Trying to find out any info on 315 barkentine lane in mantoking. Anyone know condition of the houses over there ?
Scott
6:39 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
I heard we can get on LBI with a re entry pass is this correct information
Daniel Nee
1:37 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
This is not correct, at least not yet. It is presumed that once LBI reopens, the re-entry pass will be required.
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Eagles Clinch Spot In ODAC Tournament With 1-0 Victory Over Quakers
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Bridgewater College picked up a huge 1-0 victory Saturday night at Guilford to clinch a spot in the upcoming conference tournament.
The Eagles will be no worse than a No. 7 seed when the ODAC tournament begins next weekend. Bridgewater last qualified for the conference tournament in 2006.
Bridgewater scored the game's lone goal early in the first half when Ryan Tavernaris (Staunton, Va./Fort Defiance) punched in a ball off the goal line after it was misplayed by the Guilford defense.
Guilford kept the pressure on the Eagles throughout as the Quakers held a 20-10 advantage in shots. Only four of the shots were on goal, however, and BC keeper Travis Morris (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) recorded the save each time.
The Eagles, now 7-9-1 overall and 4-4-1 in the ODAC, will close out their regular season Tuesday when the Eagles host rival Eastern Mennonite. Game time is 4:00 p.m. | http://bridgewatereagles.com/sports/msoc/2011-12/releases/2011102204i43y | 2013-05-18T10:53:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Once upon a time there was a little girl who spent much of her time lost in a daydream, drawing pictures and writing stories…
Years later, I’m pleased to say that little has changed, I feel very lucky to have fulfilled my dream of becoming an illustrator!
I graduated from Loughborough University in 2005, completing a degree in Illustration. After leaving university I started freelancing within the greetings card industry, designing for all kinds of giftware products. Three years later I felt I needed to return to my main passion, which has always been story telling. So in 2008 I joined Bright, where I felt I could really grow as an illustrator; still working with my greetings work, but also branching out into children’s book illustration, which I love!
I like to work in a variety of styles, which I think keeps my work fresh, helping me to develop my range and adapt my work to suit a variety of age groups; which presents me with a wide spectrum of commissions, every one a new and exciting challenge!
I’ve recently started to create my own stories and have thoroughly enjoyed illustrating them, giving my imagination a real work out.
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DIE Lunæ, 28 die Maii.
Information against Rewen for treasonable Words;
Henbury Do;
and Blacklock.
Letter from the King.
L Chandos's Witnesses.
Harrison to deliver a Cloth of State.
Kynnersly to be paid for furnishing the Parl. House.
Noy to discover Crown Lands.
Message from H C. about the Ordinance for a Monthly Assessment; and with the following Bill.
Act to confirm the Ordinance for a Monthly Assessment.
Answer to H. C.
Adjournment.
King desires the House to attend Him at Whitehall
Letter from Him.
Adjourn.
Footnotes
PRAYERS, by Mr. Hodges.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
An Information of John Ronnalls, of Ewell, touching treasonable Words which William
(fn. *)
Rewer spake
against the King.
And the House, being informed that the said (fn. *)
Rewen
was committed to safe Custody, gave no further Directions at this Time.
Upon Information, "That Captain Henbury hath
spoken treasonable Words against the King:"
It is ORDERED, That the said Henbury shall be forthwith apprehended, and brought before this House.
Divers Informations were read, taken by Sir John
Lenthall, a Justice of the Peace for Surrey, touching
treasonable Words spoken by one Blacklock and
others.
Hereupon it is ORDERED, That Sir John Lenthall
shall attend this House To-morrow, to give an Account
what is become of these Persons that have spoken the
treasonable Words, and whether they be secured.
The Speaker acquainted the House, with a Letter
which his Lordship received by the Hand of Mr. Berkley; which being opened, it was a Letter from His Majesty, and read, as followeth. (Here enter it.)
ORDERED, That John Fulcher, and the Witnesses
concerning the Lord Chandos's Business, shall attend
this House this Day Sevennight; and then their Lordships will consider further of that Business.
The House being informed, "That one Mr. Harrison
hath a Cloth of Estate in his Custody, belonging to
His Majesty:"
It is ORDERED, That the said Harrison shall deliver
the said Cloth of Estate to Mr. Clement Kynnersley,
Wardrobe Keeper to His Majesty, for the present Use
of His Majesty; and it is referred to the Committee
for the King's Goods, to examine how it came to his
Hands.
Upon reading the Accompt of Clement Kynnersley,
"That there is due to him, upon Accompt, Two Hundred Eleven Pounds, Four Shillings, and Four Pence,
for furnishing the Parliament House, and the Rooms
adjoining, with Necessaties."
It is ORDERED, To be referred to the Officers of the
Exchequer, to examine it; and if they find it just and
true, to pay it, and certify the same to this House.
ORDERED, That Humphrey Noy Esquire do attend
this House To-morrow Morning, to give his Information
what Lands he can discover of the King's and others,
that are unsold and wrongfully detained; and that he
shall be free in his Person from Arrests coming to, and
going from this House, concerning this Business."
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Richard Knightly Esquire, &c.
To let their Lordships know, that the House of
Commons do agree to all the Alterations and Amendments in the Ordinance for raising and assessing of Seventy Thousand Pounds per Mensem.
And he brought up an Act, intituled, "An Act for
putting in Execution an Ordinance mentioned in this
Act."
Hodie 1a
et 2a
vice lecta est Billa, an Act, intituled,
"An Act for putting in Execution an Ordinance mentioned in this Act."
Committed to these Lords following:
Any Seven; to meet this Afternoon, at Three a
Clock, in the Prince's Lodgings.
The Answer returned was:
That this House will take the Act now brought up into
Consideration, and will return an Answer by Messengers
of their own.
The Question being put, "Whether to have this
House adjourned before this Committee do
meet?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
The Lord Berkeley (One of the Lords Commissioners
that were sent to the King) reported to this House,
"That he was commanded, by the King, to let their
Lordships know, that the King intends to be, Tomorrow, at Twelve of the Clock, at Whitehall; where
he expects their Lordships to attend Him there in a
full Assembly."
"To Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved
the Speaker of Our House of Peers; to be
communicated to the Lords there assembled.
"Charles R.
"Right Trusty and Entirely-beloved Cousins, Right
Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousins, Right Trusty
and Well-beloved Cousins, and Right Trusty and
Well-beloved, We Greet you well. After We had
received your Invitation, We made all possible Expedition to embark, and return to Our native Kingdom.
It hath pleased God to bring Us safe to Land; and
We hope that Peace and Happiness shall be brought
to Our Kingdoms with Us. We know Our own
Heart to have nothing but Affection to the Good of
Our People; and We cannot doubt of God's Blessing on Our Counsels and Endeavours for the advancing the Honour and Happiness of Our Kingdoms. We cannot distrust but that you will answer
the Professions you have made of your Loyalty and
Affection to Our Service. And you may be secure,
that We will be deficient in nothing that becomes a
Gracious Prince to His faithful Subjects. We hope
shortly to see you; and do intend to set forward from
hence on Monday next, and hope to arrive at London
on Tuesday in the Afternoon, and will then give you
timely Notice where and when to attend Us. And in
the mean Time We bid you heartily Farewell.
"Given at Our Court at Canterbury, this 26th
Day of May, 1660, in the Twelfth Year of
Our Reign."
House adjourned till 9a cras.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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In 1086 there were two
teams on the demesne of Churcham manor. (fn. 40) A
survey of 1649 extended 579 a. as being held in hand
by the lessees of the manor but probably only 416 a.
represented the demesne farm; the remainder was
grouped as six holdings ranging in size from 11 a. to
47 a., each with a house, and may actually have been
held by tenants on leases or at will. The 416 a.
included 60 a. in the open fields but twice as much
arable in closes; it also included 59 a. of meadow, of
which 9 a. were in the common meadows, as well as
177 a. in pasture closes. (fn. 41)
The tenants of Churcham manor in 1086 were
seven villani and two bordars with 6 ploughs. (fn. 42) By
c. 1267 four freeholds had been created. The largest,
held by Ralph Brown, was two yardlands (a yardland
being 48 a.), there were two of ½ yardland and
another of 12 a.; all four were held by charter in
perpetuity but they still owed heriots and one owed
a few labour-services. There were also 22 holdings
of varying sizes, including three of ½ yardland, which
were held either for life or at will. Most of them
owed cash rents and several also owed some labourservices and other customs or else some specific
service; a smith held by the service of providing
ironwork for the lord's ploughs, two other tenants
had to supply ploughshares, and three owed a fixed
quota of honey. (fn. 43)
The customary tenants c. 1267 were 10 holding ½
yardlands, 7 pairs holding jointly a ½ yardland, 12
mondaymen each holding 4 a., and 5 cottars. In the
October-July period the half-yardlander was required to work four days and plough ½ a. every other
week; the work might include mowing, threshing,
and carrying, but a moiety of his works might be
commuted if he did woodward service at Birdwood instead. In August and September the half-yardlander
had to work the whole of every other week and on
one day of that week find three men to work; in the
alternative weeks he had to find two men to work
two days. He also owed a number of bedrips. The
mondayman owed one day's work each week in the
October-July period and two days in the harvest
months. The cottars owed 8 bedrips. Other customs
included toll on ale brewed for sale and on the sale
of horses, two heriots, one to the abbey as lord and
one as rector, and pannage of ½d. for a young pig
and 1d. for a full-grown one. (fn. 44)
Between 1519 and 1527 the abbey granted leases
of several tenements for terms of years or lives with
heriots payable, (fn. 45) but in 1649 most of the land was
held by copyhold, although there were also three
freeholds, one of a yardland. There were 21 copyholders in 1649: one had 45 a., five had 30-40 a.,
seven 20-30 a., and eight 4-17 a. (fn. 46) The lessees of
the manor could grant copyholds for up to three
lives but could make no reversionary grants; widows
had freebench. Heriots were paid in cash or chosen
from the best goods. One labour service remained:
on one day each year every tenant owning a cart had
to collect and carry one load of wood from Birdwood
to College Green in Gloucester for the use of the
dean and chapter; they were provided with food by
the lessee of the manor who also had to give 1d. to
each and 2d. to the one who arrived and unloaded
first. The dues of c. 1267 for pannage, then called
tack pig, remained in force. (fn. 47) There were still 18
copyholders on the manor in 1812; there were then
also 35 leaseholders, about half of them holding
cottages built on the waste. (fn. 48) A large part of the
estate continued to be held by copyhold tenure until
the later 19th century. (fn. 49)
In 1649 there were seven open fields on Churcham
manor. The largest, Hanlow field with 60 a. or more,
lay in the north-east part of the manor near Highnam
Woods. Easterworth field, between Church Lane
and Oakle Street, and Oakle field, west of Oakle
Street, each had over 30 a., and there were four
smaller fields, Sainthill field north of Sainthill, Hook
field to the south-west of it, and Dishland field and
Landfurlong east and west of Oakle Street. One
copyholder had land in four of the fields but the
others had land in only either one or two; only three
had more than 10 a. of open-field land, most having
the bulk of their arable in closes. There were four
main common meadows: Blakemoor, the largest
with 25 a. or more, lay between Sainthill and Oakle
Street, while Sow Meadow (later South Meadow),
New Meadow, and Rod Meadow lay at different
places by the brook on the southern boundary of the
manor. Only five of the copyholders had parcels in
more than one of the meadows, but most also had
a few acres of meadow in closes. The copyholders had
between 1 a. and 20 a. in pasture closes and they also
had common in Birdwood and in the common
meadows and open fields after the hay- and cornharvests. (fn. 50)
By the beginning of the 19th century some inclosure had taken place in Easterworth field, which
was evidently represented by 15 a. lying in two fields
called Great and Little Easterwood, and in Oakle
field which had also been reduced to 15 a., but there
had been little reduction of the other open fields and
little or no reduction of the common meadow land.
All the fields and meadows were inclosed under Act
of Parliament in 1803; the award also inclosed
Birdwood Common and small strips of roadside
waste in Oakle Street, and reallotted certain old
inclosures. The Dean and Chapter of Gloucester as
lords of the manor were allotted a number of
cottages built on the waste, but the remainder of the
land of their estate was allotted directly to the
various leaseholders and copyholders. Ninety-five
acres of the waste, most of it in Birdwood Common,
were sold to meet the cost of the inclosure. (fn. 51)
In 1649 the cultivated land of Churcham manor
was under crops and grass in roughly equal proportions. (fn. 52) About 1780 the whole of Churcham
parish was said to consist of arable and grassland in
nearly equal proportions, (fn. 53) but c. 1803 arable
predominated. (fn. 54) The crops being grown in Churcham
manor c. 1267 included wheat, rye, barley, beans,
and oats, (fn. 55) and later in the medieval period flax was
also being grown in the parish. (fn. 56) Flax, hemp, and
turnips were among tithable produce in 1681. (fn. 57)
Cider-making was recorded from 1649 when four
tenants of Churcham manor had cider-mills, (fn. 58) and a
cider-retailer lived at Birdwood in 1841. (fn. 59) The main
farms on Churcham manor in 1812 were 265 a.
farmed from Churcham Court, 120 a. farmed from
the house west of the church, another farm of 105 a.,
Stone End (later Church Lane) farm with 68 a., and
Cursleys (later Beauchamp House) farm with 67 a. (fn. 60)
There were 14 farms in the Churcham division of
the parish in 1856 (fn. 61) but the number had risen to 20
by 1879; (fn. 62) by 1906 there had been an apparent
reduction to 14 (fn. 63) but there was another increase to
20 by 1939 when four of the farms were over 150 a. (fn. 64)
By 1970 the number of farms had been reduced by
about half; most of them then specialized in dairying
but two had considerable proportions of arable.
In 1086 there were three plough-teams and eight
servi on the demesne of Highnam manor. (fn. 65) In 1291
Gloucester Abbey had seven plough-lands in Highnam and Highleadon. (fn. 66) In 1607 the demesne of
Highnam manor comprised, apart from the immediate grounds of Highnam Court and the woods
and park, 153 a. of arable, 77½ a. of meadow and
139 a. of pasture; only 14½ a. of the arable lay in the
open fields but 53 a. of the meadow was common
meadow land. The lords of the manor then also
claimed the right to pasture 280 sheep in the Town
Ham east of Over Bridge; (fn. 67) the right to pasture
two horses in another of the Gloucester city
meadows, Wallham, further east, was retained by
the manor until 1797. (fn. 68) The vineyard belonging to
Gloucester Abbey at Over north-west of the bridge
was recorded from the mid 13th century. (fn. 69)
The tenants of Highnam manor in 1086 were 22
villani and four bordars with seven ploughs. (fn. 70) By c.
1267 a variety of tenements and tenures had
evolved. There was then one tenant holding ½
yardland freely but still owing some boon-reapings.
There were 43 tenements held for life or at the will
of the lord; they were of varying sizes, although
several, being evidently former mondaylands or
cottars' holdings, comprised either 4 a. of land and
½ a. of meadow or a messuage and curtilage. Most
of the holders of those tenements owed cash rents
and aid and eight also owed a few bedrips and
works in the hay-harvest; four owed ploughshares as
rent and one owed service to the sub-cellarer of the
abbey. The customary tenants c. 1267 were 19
half-yardlanders each holding 24 a. of arable and
3 a. of meadow, 16 pairs of tenants jointly holding ½
yardlands, 15 mondaymen holding 4 a. of land and
½ a. of meadow, and 12 cottars holding just a
messuage and curtilage. The labour-services owed
from ½ yardland every other week in the October-
July period were a day's ploughing (and harrowing
at seed-time) and four days' manual work which
might include threshing, mowing, weeding, haymaking, and carrying; in August and September the
half-yardlander had to provide two men to work each
Monday and one man for the four days following. He
also owed bedrips, and customary ploughings called
unlawenherthe and a harrowing called lonegginge. The
mondayman owed one day's work each week in the
October-July period and two days' in the harvest
months; he also owed two bedrips and had to collect
rushes at the feast of St. Peter. Some of the cottars
owed eight bedrips and three days' haymaking and
others sixteen bedrips and three days' haymaking.
The customary tenants also owed toll on ale and
animals sold, pannage of 1d. for each fully-grown
pig and ½d. for a young pig, and heriots of their best
beast, and they had to have the lord's licence for
their daughters to marry or for their sons to be
tonsured. (fn. 71)
Some customary tenements were leased for terms
of years or lives in the 1520s and 1530s, (fn. 72) but in 1607
the bulk of the land of the manor was held by copy.
There were 36 copyhold tenements, 18 in Highnam,
13 in Over, and 5 in Linton. The largest copyhold
was 71 a., three were c. 40 a., ten were 30-40 a.,
five 20-30 a., and the remainder under 20 a. The
copyholds were granted for up to three lives and
widows had freebench. In 1607 there were also four
free tenements, including one of 69 a. held by the
heirs of John Browne, 14 leaseholds, only one of
which with 39 a. was of any size, and four small
tenements held at will. (fn. 73)
There was a total of 15 open fields on Highnam
manor in 1607. Six were reserved to the tenants in
Highnam hamlet and lay between Highnam village
and Highnam Woods and north-west of the village
by the Newent road; they included the largest field,
the inappropriately-named Twelve Acre field with
86 a., Forehill field with 46 a., and Northway field,
Longhurst, Bleach field, and West field with between
7 a. and 28 a. There were four fields at Over reserved
to the inhabitants of that hamlet, Boulton, Ryecroft,
Bargus field, and Bovernhill, all lying in the vicinity
of Over Farm and ranging in size from 4 a. to 23 a.
The Linton tenants had two fields, Crash field with
21 a. and Gunnell field with 8 a., both lying west
of the lane leading to Linton Cottages. In addition
there was an open field called East Downs with 45 a.
lying east of the Newent road between Highnam and
Over and shared by the tenants of all three hamlets,
and two smaller fields, Reddings and Ell field lying
north and south of the junction of the Gloucester
and Newent roads and shared by the tenants of
Over and Linton. Most of the common meadow land
of the manor lay in two large meadows, Mickle Mead
with 107 a. and the Ham with 57 a., bordering the
Severn in the south-east part of the manor; there
were three smaller meadows with between 5 a. and
13 a., Rodway by the Leadon in the north-west,
Bickley by the Leadon north of Over, and Darley
near the Ham; and some tenants had meadow in
Maddox Holm and Kay Meadow, two common
meadows in Rudford parish. (fn. 74) In the mid 18th
century the Ham and Mickle Mead comprised
eight 'lengths' of intermixed meadow and two
lengths held in hand by the lords of the manor.
About 1 a. of the Ham was lot-meadow; it was then
divided into 19 lots held among 16 tenants. (fn. 75) In
1607 the copyholders had the bulk of their arable in
the open fields although most also had some arable
in closes; the open-field land of each tenant lay in
from one to six fields with holdings in five fields the
most usual. Most had meadow in three or four of the
common meadows and there were only a few meadow
closes. All the tenants had a fairly high proportion
of their land in pasture closes. (fn. 76) Common of pasture
in the open fields and common meadow after the
harvests was stinted at a beast and two sheep for
every 2 a. of land held. (fn. 77) There were also two small
common pastures, Over Pigham with 6 a. and
Linton Pigham with 4 a.; c. 1755 the former was
divided into 18 pastures shared among 13 tenants and
the latter into 7 pastures shared among 4 tenants. (fn. 78)
Considerable inclosure took place in Highnam
manor during the 17th and earlier 18th centuries;
between 1607 and c. 1755 the open-field arable was
reduced from 351 a. to 199 a. Little inclosure of
common meadow land took place in that period. (fn. 79)
The process of inclosure by private agreement had
been completed by 1841. (fn. 80)
Wheat, rye, peas, beans, barley, and oats were
among the crops being grown on Highnam manor c.
1267. (fn. 81) The cultivation of hops had given its name
to one of the fields adjoining Highnam Court by
1607 (fn. 82) and hops were still being grown there in the
early 18th century. (fn. 83) In 1769 turnips were being
grown on the home farm of the manor and in 1792
oats, barley, wheat, and potatoes; large numbers of
cheeses were also produced in the late 18th century. (fn. 84)
In the 1750s the main farms on the manor were
Home farm at Highnam with 251 a., others at
Highnam with 181 a. and 72 a., Over farm with
103 a., another at Over with 69 a., and three farms
at Linton, in the vicinity of Linton Cottages, with
148 a., 108 a., and 100 a. The land was then predominantly pasture, meadow, and orchard; only one
of the eight largest farms had more than one third
of its acreage arable. (fn. 85) From the mid 19th century
there have been four fair-sized farms in Highnam,
Linton, and Over: in 1854 they were Linton farm
with 500 a., Over farm with 330 a., Home farm with
269 a., and Highnam farm with 270 a. (fn. 86) In the later
19th century cheese-making and the production of
cider were carried on at all the farms. (fn. 87) In 1970
Linton farm, which remained the largest, specialized
in stock-raising.
There was a smith on Churcham manor c. 1267. (fn. 88)
In 1608 the only inhabitants recorded in nonagricultural occupations in the Churcham division
of the parish were a sailor and a carpenter. (fn. 89) There
was a smith's shop at a cottage on the GloucesterRoss road west of Church Lane in 1803, (fn. 90) and
between 1856 and the 1920s Churcham had two
blacksmiths, (fn. 91) evidently occupying that smithy and
another at Stone End. (fn. 92) A shoemaker was recorded
at Churcham in 1856. In 1856 there were also a
carpenter and a cooper there, (fn. 93) and two wheelwrights were working there in the earlier 20th
century. (fn. 94) A surgeon of Churcham was admitted to
practise in 1704, (fn. 95) and a veterinary surgeon lived
there in 1856. (fn. 96)
Alexander the smith held land at Over from
Highnam manor before 1258 (fn. 97) and there were three
smiths living on the manor c. 1267. (fn. 98) In 1803 there
was a blacksmith's shop at Over, (fn. 99) presumably that
on the north of the main road west of the hamlet
which was demolished in the 1840s and replaced by
another smithy nearer the Dog Inn. (fn. 1) During the
later 19th century Highnam, Over, and Linton had
a carpenter, a shoemaker, a tailor, and a straw-hat
maker, (fn. 2) the two last occupying Pope's Cottages west
of Over, which were built by Thomas Gambier Parry
for the purpose of settling new tradesmen on the
Highnam estate. (fn. 3) There were coach-builders at Over
from 1863 until the early 20th century. (fn. 4)
A mill was built or rebuilt on the New Leadon at
Over (fn. 5) in the mid 13th century by Gloucester Abbey,
which as a result became involved in a dispute with
Walter Mucegros, lord of Lassington, apparently
because the mill was causing the Leadon to flood in
Lassington; the dispute was settled by an agreement
of c. 1248 when the abbey undertook to restrict the
height of the sluice gates and mill-pond. (fn. 6) In 1525 the
abbey leased Over Mill to Adam Lye of Evesham
who agreed to build a new corn-mill on the site. (fn. 7)
It comprised two water-mills in 1607 (fn. 8) and three by
1682, (fn. 9) and in 1772 it was described as a complete
stack of corn-mills. (fn. 10) Over Mill remained in the
possession of lords of Highnam manor in 1843 (fn. 11) and
apparently until the 1860s when it was purchased by
the Leadon drainage commissioners whose works
involved a considerable reduction in the flow of
water to the mill. (fn. 12) It may have ceased functioning
as a water-mill at that time; by 1885, at least, it was
driven by steam. It apparently ceased working soon
afterwards, and was demolished in 1903. (fn. 13) There
was another water corn-mill on Highnam manor by
1607 situated at the south of the Great Pool; it had
apparently been built fairly recently, being described
as the new mill. (fn. 14) The mill was rebuilt in 1797, (fn. 15)
but it presumably ceased working c. 1818 when the
Great Pool was drained. (fn. 16) A windmill which stood
near the boundary of Churcham and Highnam
manors, west of Highnam Woods, had apparently
been demolished by 1765; (fn. 17) it may have existed by
1607 when part of the woods in that area was known
as Windmillhill Wood. (fn. 18)
There were five fishermen among the tenants of
Highnam manor c. 1267. (fn. 19) Gloucester Abbey had
two fishing weirs, called Lille Weir and New Weir,
in the Severn appertaining to Highnam manor in
1395 when the abbot and the kitchener were reported
to use 'seines, drags, fornwiles, and cornwiles' there
and another fish-trap called a 'butt' which was too
closely wrought and trapped the fry of lamprey and
salmon. (fn. 20) The two weirs were thrown down by
royal commissioners before 1541 when neither they
nor the fishery of a stretch of the Severn called the
Abbot's Pool yielded any profits. (fn. 21) A lease of the
Abbot's Pool fishery was granted by Sir Thomas
Lucy in 1598. (fn. 22) The lords of Highnam manor also
owned the fishing rights in the part of the Leadon
adjoining the manor; they were leased with Over
Mill in 1603. (fn. 23) The fishponds in the grounds of
Highnam Court are described above. (fn. 24)
Court rolls for
Churcham manor survive for the years 1291-2, (fn. 25)
1389, 1439-40, and 1443-5; (fn. 26) there are draft rolls
and other records of the courts held by the lessees of
the two moieties of the manor for several years in the
period 1719-77, (fn. 27) and a book of records of courts
held by the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester between
1778 and 1847, (fn. 28) presumably relating until c. 1800
to only one moiety of the manor. (fn. 29) For Highnam
manor court rolls survive for 1291-2, (fn. 30) 1385, 1388,
1396, 1417-18, 1421-2, and 1558-9, (fn. 31) and there is
an isolated record for 1779. (fn. 32) In the medieval period
the courts of both manors were merely courts baron
dealing mainly with tenurial and estate matters and
occasionally hearing pleas; by 1558, however, the
Highnam court claimed view of frankpledge. From
c. 1800 the Churcham court dealt solely with admissions and surrenders of copyholds and it
evidently ceased to be held altogether after 1847. (fn. 33)
The Highnam court had jurisdiction over Highleadon in Rudford parish as well as over Highnam,
Linton, and Over, and the four townships made
separate presentments in the court in the medieval
period and in the mid 16th century. The court
elected a tithingman and constable in the mid 16th
century, (fn. 34) and in 1679 there was one constable for
Highnam, Linton, Over, Highleadon, and Lassington, and another for the Churcham division. (fn. 35)
Four churchwardens were sworn for the parish in
1576, (fn. 36) and in 1681 there were two for the Churcham
division and one for Highnam, Linton, and Over. (fn. 37)
By the late 18th century, however, there was one for
each of the two divisions of the parish; they kept
separate accounts, those of the churchwarden for
Highnam, Linton, and Over surviving from 1767. (fn. 38)
The two divisions were also separate for the purposes
of poor-relief in the early 19th century when there
were two overseers levying rates and accounting for
Highnam, Linton, and Over; their accounts survive
from 1819. (fn. 39) The usual forms of relief were then
being administered by the overseers for Highnam,
Linton, and Over who had the use of a poorhouse
at Over. (fn. 40) The cost of relief in that division increased
steadily during the late 18th and early 19th centuries
from £38 in 1776 to £210 in 1814; (fn. 41) it remained
about the same in 1824 but by 1831 had risen again
to £307. (fn. 42) Ten people were receiving permanent
relief in 1803 (fn. 43) but from 1813 the number was
usually about 19. (fn. 44) The cost of poor relief in the
Churcham division of the parish rose from £75 in
1776 to £274 in 1814; (fn. 45) by 1825 the cost had fallen
to £133, but later it was usually higher, reaching a
peak of £289 in 1833. (fn. 46) Ten people were receiving
permanent relief there in 1803 and 24 in 1815. (fn. 47)
Highnam, Linton, and Over became part of the
Gloucester Union in 1835 (fn. 48) and remained in the
Gloucester Rural District in 1970. The Churcham
division of the parish was included in the Westbury
Union in 1835 (fn. 49) and became part of East Dean
Rural District. (fn. 50)
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Tuesday, the 4th of November, 1656.
Milward's Estate.
Yarmouth Ministers.
Ministers Maintenance.
Thanks to Gen. Mountague.
Members to attend.
Vagrants.
Union with Scotland.
A BILL for enabling of William Milward, Esquire,
to sell Part of his Lands, for Payment of his Debts,
was this Day read the First time; and, upon the Question, ordered to be read the Second time on Monday
Morning next.
Ordered, That the Bill for raising Money for the
Maintenance of the Ministers of Great Yarmouth, be
read on Thursday Morning next.
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to prepare
and bring in a Bill for raising Maintenance for Ministers
in such Cities; Corporations, and Market-Towns, where
Maintenance is wanting: Viz. to Mr. Bampfeild, Mr.
Aldworth, Major-General Whaley, Colonel Rous, Mr.
Crooke, Mr. Fowell, Mr. Buller, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Sheild,
Mr. Bedford, Lord Commissioner Whitelock: And are
to meet this Afternoon, at Two of the Clock, in the
Speaker's Chamber.
Notice being taken, That General Mountague, one of
the Generals at Sea, being lately returned from Sea with
the Spanish Prizes, was come into the House, he being
returned to be a Member; It was
Resolved, That Thanks be given from this House to
General Mountague, for his great and good Services done
for this Commonwealth at Sea.
Mr. Speaker did give him the Thanks of the House,
accordingly.
Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of the Great
Seal, the Chief Justice Baron Parker, and the rest of the
Members of this House, that are in Westminster Hall,
be sent for, to attend the Service of the House.
And the Serjeant was sent, with the Mace, for them
accordingly.
An Act against Vagrants, and wandering, idle, dissolute
Persons, was this Day read the Second time; and, upon
the Question, committed to the Committee that brought
it in: And that Alderman Pack, Mr. Robinson, Sir
Thomas Wroth, and Alderman Foote, be added to that
Committee.
A Bill for Uniting of Scotland into one Commonwealth
with England, was this Day read the Second time; and,
upon the Question, committed to a Committee of the
whole House; to sit on Friday Morning, at Nine of the
Clock.
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Roberts speaks
SARASOTA, Fla. — Second baseman Brian Roberts was standing in the Orioles clubhouse
Wednesday morning chatting with his teammates with a bat in his hands. But the scene wasn’t nearly as optimistic as it appeared, as Roberts confirmed holding the bat is pretty much all he can do right now.
After receiving an epidural in his back in Baltimore on Monday, Roberts is resting until he consults with Dr. Lee Riley of John Hopkins either Wednesday night or Thursday, to determine the next course of action.
Roberts wasn’t sure if the epidural would be a series of shots or just one, and also didn’t know -until he talked with Riley – when he would be cleared to start doing any sort of workout.
He participated in the team’s infield practice before leaving for Baltimore on Sunday, and prior to his visit Roberts insisted the trip to see Riley was not a setback, but a more aggressive approach in treating the slightly herniated disc in his lower back. The injury was suffered during offseason workouts at the Athletes Performance Institute in Arizona. After a megadose pack of medication gave him an upset stomach earlier in the month, Roberts was put on a different medication for the days leading up to his visit with Roberts.
While he initially had progressed to taking full swings, the inflammation in Roberts back hasn’t gotten any better, leaving the Orioles to come up with a more aggressive approach.
Now, the club will wait and see how Roberts responds to the epidural.
“You have your moments [of going crazy from all the waiting], but you try to be patient,” Roberts said. “[There's] not really anything you can do about it so you try to stay positive and look on the bright side.”
Roberts planned on spending some time on Wednesday watching pitches in the cages and maintained that he is still optimistic that he will be ready for April 6′s Opening Day.
“Not to the point yet where I think any other way,” Roberts said. “But obviously every day that goes by it gets closer and closer. Certainly we have a timeframe that we’re looking at, where you’re going to have to go and start doing things, [but] we’re not there yet. Until we’re there and it passes I’ll certainly remain optimistic.”
Manager Dave Trembley believes a regular position like Roberts needs about 20-25 at-bats in Spring Training to be ready for the regular season. But if Roberts is cleared in the coming days to resume hitting, Trembley won’t try to put the second baseman on an expedited plan.
“You have to do with Brian like you did with all the other regulars,” Trembley said. “His first game will be two at-bats, five innings and work him in that way.”
Trembley did note that with Wednesday’s opening of the Orioles Minor League Spring Training games, Roberts could get some extra swings in those games, with a possible plan to hit every other inning.
“The first thing we need to do is we need to get him on the field then I can develop a plan accordingly,” Trembley said. “And I won’t know that until hopefully [Thursday].” | http://brittghiroli.mlblogs.com/2010/03/17/roberts-speaks-2/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=f9c0eced4e | 2013-05-18T11:02:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This is the philosophy behind Prism Sound and SADiE’s successful series of free seminars, which recently visited a number of key cities around the UK and attracted an audience of students and industry professionals who wanted to brush up on their skills.
Among the venues taking part in the seminar tour were Bournemouth University, the University of Westminster, Manchester University, the Royal Northern College of Music and the National Film and Television School.
The seminars focused on how SADiE digital audio workstations and location recorders are being used by professionals working in broadcast and location recording. Staff from Prism Sound and SADiE were joined by guest speakers including freelance BBC producer and SADiE expert Pete Nash; freelance BBC SADiE editor Peregrine Andrews and renowned classical music recording engineer Tony Faulkner.
As well as discussing the practical aspects of programme making for broadcast and location recording, the seminars.
Feedback from those attending the seminars has been highly complementary and suggests a real need for this type of industry training.
Paul Davis,.”
Equally pleased was one of the attendees at Manchester who says: “I really appreciated seeing SADiE used by people who make programmes like I do, rather than sales people demonstrating it. It was brilliant to have the VCS guys over and to be able to see how SADiE integrates with VCS and how VCS works.”
Commenting on the event, Prism Sound and SADiE’s sales and marketing manager Jody Thorne says: “It is in manufacturers’ interests to give something back to the community and not just be driven by profit. We see our seminar programme as a long-term investment in our products and in the future of the industry that we serve.”
Prism Sound and SADiE are now planning the next seminar tour, which will take place in Autumn 2009. Once again this will visit various universities and colleges – full details of dates and venues will be posted on the Prism Sound and SADiE websites very soon - and
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The California Energy Commission has voted unanimously in favor of the nation’s first efficiency regulations for television sets of up to 58in sold in the state. The rules take effect Jan. 1, 2011.
The five energy commissioners voted to require television manufacturers to produce new models that use 33 percent less electricity by 2011 and 49 percent less electricity by 2013. The action was a move to crack down on the sales of energy-hungry large-screen television sets that now account for about 10 percent of a typical household’s monthly power bill.
The new television standards are similar to those imposed on refrigerators, air-conditioners and dozens of other household appliances since the 1970s. The tightened standards do not apply to any of the approximately 35 million television sets currently in use.
Commissioner Arthur H. Rosenfeld said the new regulation will save consumers money, protect the public’s health and reduce the need to build more electric power plants. The rules cover liquid-crystal, plasma, rear-projection and cathode ray televisions, both standard and high-definition. The average plasma screen TV uses more than three times the power of older cathode ray tube technology.
The Consumer Electronics Association fought the ban, calling it an unneeded interference in a free market that was naturally evolving toward more energy-efficient televisions. Government regulation actually could stifle innovation, the group argued. The group predicted the ban will eliminate about a quarter of all currently available large-screen TV sets.
However, many television manufacturers said they would be able to produce plenty of California-approved replacements to meet future demand without sacrificing quality or raising prices. The LCD TV Association said the average Californian will not see a cost premium in new sets. About 300 set models meeting the requirements are apparently already available.
Vizio, based in Irvine, CA, told the energy commission that it would have no problem complying with the new standards even before it officially takes effect.
The regulations do not apply to televisions with screens larger than 58in. That led Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist with Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco, to urge the commissioners to later revisit establishing energy efficiency standards for those televisions. He said the costs of TVs are coming down, and sets are getting bigger all the time.
The California commission estimated that switching to more efficient TVs would save an average of $30 per set per year and $8.1 billion in electricity bills statewide over the first decade. | http://broadcastengineering.com/products/television-efficiency-rules-approved-california | 2013-05-18T10:41:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I believe I’ve mentioned how much I enjoy Michael K. for my daily gossip and sass. Well, homegirl is tired. I think the plaid was the only thing that got me through Friday … it was mostly successful: lesson plan, study, teach, cafeteria lunch, meeting, collapse.
You got to know when to fold them. Which is why I’m watching Toddlers & Tiaras and thinking about bed, not wading my way through the rest of the 19th century. Who needs any more realism than reality television? I’m even too tired to knit. These exams have got to get finished soon.
Anyway, the skirt: wool plaid from Joann fabrics, Simplicity 2698; zipper put in by a seamstress because my sewing machine was having none of it. This is no masterpiece of construction (except for the zipper) and is riddled with all kinds of amatuer mistakes, but it holds together, is cute and swingy and makes me pretty happy to wear.
Also: how did I ever forget just how warm a stranded hat could be?
adorable. and this photo is fantastic. you can do it. (all of it.) though it might be more fun if you were wearing a tiara…
I love the skirt! Great choice of fabric. Cannot see any mistakes myself!
Love it! The skirt is perfect for winter, and I can see how it would get you through the day! Best of luck with the exams!
Omg, you have a wool skirt! A plaid wool skirt! That’ll definitely get you through the winter. Hope your weekend was refreshing!
I love all of the contrasting colors in your outfit, very cute! And your skirt is wonderful. | http://brokeknits.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/fridays-just-the-day-before-the-weekend/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=836876f408 | 2013-05-18T10:12:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
A Eulogy
BRONAN THE BARBARIAN was the world's greatest humor blogger and mankind's final hope for salvation.
Over two years and one million page views later, Bronan's mighty battle cry was crushed beneath the weight of fat acceptance, his own ego and ten thousand hand-signed copies of Celtic Frost's Cold Lake.
Bronan died as he lived, cranking death metal while banging sorority girls in the back of a 1991 Toyota Camry. May his soul battle eternally in Valhalla.
Legend says Bronan's barbaric spirit still haunts the following sites:
Unleash The Beef
Delicious Tacos
Bang Some Chicks
FlyFreshAndYoung
Cakes & Shakes
Jack Donovan
Nigel's Big Game Blog
Wall Street Playboys
The 3 Bromigos
Danger & Play
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There's nothing more exciting for Ariel Velasquez than hands-on learning. He loves science and there's nothing more hands on than a good old-fashioned frog dissection.
"I love doing dissections because every animal is different," he says. "Every animal's body parts are placed in a very unique way to make their body function work. I find it very unique and remarkable."
Ariel wants to be a doctor. Risa Parlo, his anatomy teacher, says if his high school performance is any indication, he's going to be a good one.
"If he planned to be a surgeon, I could see it," she says. "If I needed surgery, I would go to Ariel because he has amazing talent. Plus, he has a real interest in the subject."
Ariel was a big part of Brooklyn Tech's volleyball team that made a run to the city semi-finals. He's the setter, which is, by nature, a selfless position because he's always putting his teammates in the best possible position to succeed.
"The setter is like the quarterback of the football team," says physical education teacher Rosanne D'Augusta. "He's very unselfish. He doesn't really get the limelight because he's always giving the ball to someone else and he's ok with that role. And that's why they're doing so well. He's such a great person and a great player."
Ariel also volunteers at the JCH of Bensonhurst with younger students.
"I work with kids," he says. "I play sports with them, I help them with their homework. I do it all again because I went there as a kid myself So it's a part of me and I want to give back."
Ariel is headed to NYU next year. He plans to be pre-med and continue to follow his dream.
"I think it started when my grandfather passed away from a heart attack," he says. "I've always wanted to be a cardiologist and try and save and help as many people as I can."
So, for setting big goals for himself in the future and taking every step to achieve them, Ariel Velasquez is our HealthPlus: 107.21.186.38, 184.51.126.28, 10.130.161.84
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Rock out with all of Brooklyn on Saturday, March 2nd at Brooklyn Kids Rock, a kids music festival for the whole community, benefitting The Maple Street School and featuring live music from 4 amazing bands: Jeremy Plays Guitar, Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, AudraRox, and The Anna Banana Band!
Also enjoy carnival games, arts and crafts, face painting, food, drink and more!
Tickets: $14 advance, $17 at the door, or $48 for a family 4-pack.
Children under 2yo free! Acitivity bracelets are $20 for unlimited fun!
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February 24, 2007
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The Corporation of Brown University has appointed a new chancellor, endorsed President Ruth J. Simmons’ response to the Committee on Slavery and Justice, and set tuition and budget for fiscal year 2008. The governing body of the University also discussed the future of The Warren Alpert Medical School, and the Division of Biology and Medicine. The Corporation established a new option for donors – the Social Choice Fund – and reported major progress in its Boldly Brown: Campaign for Academic Enrichment.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The
Corporation of Brown University today (Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007) announced the
election of Thomas J. Tisch as the University’s 20th chancellor. The
Corporation also elected Jerome C. Vascellaro as vice chancellor and reappointed
its treasurer and secretary. (See news release)
Slavery and Justice
President Ruth J. Simmons presented her response to the
recommendations made by the Committee on Slavery and Justice. The Corporation
endorsed her recommendations. (See news release)
Budget and Tuition
The Corporation has approved a fiscal year 2008 consolidated
budget of $704.8 million, an 6.4-percent increase over FY07. Total undergraduate
fees will rise 5.0 percent to $45,948, including a 5-percent rise in tuition to
$35,584. (See news release)
Corporation retreat
The Corporation’s retreat on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007,
encompassed a number of areas critical to the University, including
strategic plans for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
The Corporation reviewed the report of a strategic planning
working group, created by Provost David Kertzer in September 2006, comprising 12
senior faculty members of The Medical School, including six chairs of
clinical departments and others with major leadership responsibilities.
The Corporation also heard a presentation from Charles M. Vest,
president emeritus and professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Boldly Brown: Campaign for Academic Enrichment
The Corporation received an impressive progress report on
Boldly Brown: The Campaign for Academic Enrichment, which has a goal of raising $1.4
billion by Dec. 31, 2010. As of today, the Campaign has reached $950 million. Bolstered by
the recent $100-million gift to name The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the University continues to have very
good momentum with increased donor participation as well as dollars raised.
Social Choice Fund
The Corporation approved the University’s recommendation
that a Social Choice Fund be established with an environmentally responsible
focus. The conditions and terms for the
donations will be set by the University’s Advancement Office in order to
be consistent with existing policies and procedures. The Investment Office will evaluate possible funds, select the
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Pedro '94 Makes History In Athens; Wins 2nd Olympic Medal
Aug. 17, 2004
Athens. Greece -
Jimmy Pedro (Methuen MA), a 1994 graduate of Brown University, made history by becoming the first U.S. Judo player to win two Olympic medals. On Monday he won the bronze medal in the 73 kg category, defeating Daniel Fernandez of France. Earlier in the final session, he defeated Joao Neto of Portugal. Both matches were won by pins, making both fighters submit before full time was up. He also earned a bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
Pedro enlisted his younger brother Mike, currently a junior captain on the Brown wreslting squad, to be his training partner in Athens. Like his brother, Jimmy captained the Bears' wrestling team during his tenure at Brown.
"I made my decision to come back to judo during the (2002) Salt Lake Games when I saw (speedskater) Derek Parra win gold," said Pedro. "I was sitting in the stadium that night, telling my wife on the phone that I needed to go to the Olympics again. Since then, it's been the most enjoyable two years of my life. Today was incredible and is the perfect ending to a fantastic career."
Click here to read an ESPN.com feature on Pedro's journey to Olympic history.
Jimmy Pedro (73 kg)
Defeats Rodrigo Lucentiau (Argentina)
Lost to Won Hee Lee (Korea - eventual Gold Medalist)
Defeats Anatoly Laryakov (Belarus
Defeats Gennady Bilodid ( Ukraine)
Defeats Joao Neto (Portugal)
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I have always believed that meals should be enjoyed in whatever way brings you happiness. No one ever said that pancakes should be a certain color, or a certain shape…as Jim’s Pancakes demonstrates so well:
I also really love the bridge, space odyssey, and flower pancakes. (h/t to my sister for this one!)
I saw this website the other day and was blown away! It’s hard enough for me to make a round one, let alone a piece of art!
I like that you posted about pancakes yesterday and I wrote about waffles today. Mmm…carbs
Well, now you’ve gone and raised the bar. These are fabulous!! But so far from the simple happy pancakes I made for you when you were a tyke.
Dang! I wish I had thought of this stuff! We’d still be laughing.
You really know your b’fast, kiddo!
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Being on vacation and all, I couldn't make it to any local anti-war protests to take some pictures, so I must lean on the master of the protest photo chronicle: Zombie.:
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Hey, there's a No Blood For Oil sign in the background. Did we start this war for cheaper oil? If so, Bush is dumber than we thought!
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Customising CSS and appearance of buddypress within the template
Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to what files I need to edit in order to change fonts, colours, etc, in buddypress?
Are there any plugins out there that make this easier for novice-coders?
Basically my site is progressivetalks.com and I have integrated buddypress with a wordpress template..
I need to fix up the alignment still (which is another problem) but I also would like to adjust the fonts to match, etc…
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Jake
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Update August 24th: Graphs have been updated to reflect accurate representation of B & PC analysis.
Initiative 1185, which will appear on the November 2012 ballot in Washington state, jeopardizes our economic future and undermines basic values held by the vast majority of Washingtonians – such as healthy families, education and opportunity, thriving communities, and economic security.
It would renew the so-called “supermajority law,” which bars policymakers from raising additional tax resources without a two-thirds (supermajority) vote of the legislature, or a vote of the people. That law has already caused enormous damage to Washington’s economy, and renewing it would be a mistake.
During the worst recession of the post-World War II era, the supermajority law has given a small handful of lawmakers the ability to block legislation to raise the additional revenues necessary to bolster Washington’s economy. As a result, policymakers have been forced to slash funding for health care, schools and colleges, and other public investments that create jobs and support a strong state economy.
Just in the past three years, the supermajority law has been responsible for:
It didn’t have to be this way. Without the supermajority law, policymakers could have taken a more responsible and balanced approach to the downturn – one that included new revenue to save jobs and protect basic public priorities and values.
As long as Washington state is saddled with the onerous supermajority law, the state will not be able to make job-creating investments in transportation, public safety, health care, and education. If I-1185 is allowed to cement the law into place for another two years, those investments will continue to erode, forcing the next generation of Washingtonians to accept fewer jobs and limited opportunities.
It is not clear whether the supermajority law is even legal under the Washington State Constitution. Later this year, around the time voters will be deciding whether to approve I-1185 on the November ballot, the State Supreme Court will review the law. No matter how the Court rules, the supermajority law is a destructive policy that has done great damage to Washington state.
For much of the last two decades, the supermajority law has given a small handful of lawmakers de facto control over the state budget. The law, which has been on the books in various forms since 1993, bars policymakers from raising taxes without a two-thirds vote of the legislature or a vote of the people. It allows as few as 17 state Senators (one-third of the 49-member chamber) to block legislation that would raise revenues to support state and local public health, education, and safety investments.
The supermajority law has made it nearly impossible for lawmakers to take a responsible and balanced approach to Washington’s ongoing economic problems. Instead, just a handful of lawmakers – those who are ideologically opposed to any tax increase for any purpose – have forced the majority to accept unnecessarily deep cuts to public health and education priorities in the last few years.
Figure 1 illustrates just how lopsided Washington’s approach to the Great Recession has been under the supermajority law. Since 2009, for every one dollar in new revenue raised to support higher education, child care, and other economic investments, more than $17 has been cut from those services. In fact, tax increases and other revenue enhancements account for a mere four percent of the actions taken to balance the state budget over the past three years.(1)
The supermajority law is so broad that it has prevented lawmakers from raising additional resources simply by ending wasteful tax breaks – even those that don’t create jobs and that predominantly benefit large, profitable corporations. It requires two-thirds of the legislature to modify or eliminate a tax break, but a simple majority to create one. This unequal treatment, making it far easier to create a new tax break than to weed out an underperforming one, has greatly undermined transparency and accountability in Washington’s entire budget process.(2)
Many of the 640 tax breaks on the books in Washington state have no proven ability to create jobs. Since 2007, the Joint Legislative Audit Review Committee (JLARC) has evaluated the performance of state tax breaks, with most subject to scrutiny at least once every ten years. So far, JLARC has reviewed 120 tax breaks. It has recommended terminating six because they do not fulfill their intended purpose and re-examining or clarifying another 29 that have no explicit public purpose whatsoever.(3)
Because of the supermajority law, the legislature has not been able to terminate a single tax break in accordance with JLARC’s findings. In early 2012, one tax break – a wasteful Business and Occupation (B&O) tax deduction claimed mostly by large out-of-state banks – was narrowed.(4,5) However, in exchange for agreeing to limit that tax break, a small group of legislators successfully demanded the expansion and extension of other tax breaks. As a result, the state will actually lose more revenue from these expanded tax breaks in coming years than it will able to recoup from the bank deduction.(6)
Even in normal economic times, the supermajority law has prevented lawmakers from providing adequate funding for higher education, health care, and other public investments essential to building a modern and competitive state economy. However, the greatest economic damage from the law has occurred just in the past few years.
Tens of thousands of Washingtonians have lost jobs as a result of the Great Recession, and the supermajority law has made the situation far worse than it otherwise would have been. Without the law, policymakers could have responded to the recession with a balanced mix of targeted budget cuts and some tax increases. Such a balanced approach would have saved many jobs – both in the public and private sectors – and would have preserved core public health and education investments.
Instead, the supermajority law forced policymakers to cut public investments by $10.6 billion since 2009.(7) This damaging, all-cuts approach to the recession eliminated health care, child care, worker re-training, and other economic services right when they were most needed. It also eliminated thousands of jobs.
Since the deepest part of the recession in June 2009, the jobs of nearly 18,000 child protection workers, parole officers, health care workers, and other frontline public workers have been lost.(8) As Figure 2 shows, while private sector employment has increased by about 3 percent (83,200 jobs) since summer 2009, the state and local government workforce has declined by nearly 4 percent (17,800 jobs) during the same period.
That drop has significantly held down growth in total employment and has held back a broader economic recovery in Washington state. Without the loss of teachers, parole officers, child protection workers, and other state and local government employees, the economy would have added at least 83,000 new jobs since 2009 – well above the actual growth of 65,400 jobs.(9)
The supermajority law didn’t just eliminate the jobs of teachers, public health workers, and parole officers. Thousands of private-sector workers have also lost jobs as a result of the unnecessarily deep state budget cuts.(10) That’s because:
Were it not for the supermajority law, many of these jobs could have been saved.
Beyond the economic damage they have done, state budget cuts have greatly harmed thousands of workers, children, seniors, and people with disabilities in other ways. Since 2009:
These and other severe cuts to core public priorities have made the recession deeper and more painful than it otherwise would have been. However, it’s the next generation of Washingtonians that will shoulder most of the economic damage caused by the supermajority requirement.
The supermajority requirement has jeopardized the economic future of Washington state. Young adults, whether pursuing higher education or beginning their professional lives, are coming of age during a dismal economic reality – one that translates into lower-than-expected lifetime earnings and diminished careers.(20) As young workers age, long-term reductions in income and well-being mean a future of less prosperity, limited economic growth, and a weakened middle class.
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State policymakers can do much to mitigate job losses and reduce overall economic damage during a recession, but not with a supermajority requirement for revenue increases standing in the way.
Losing a job greatly compromises workers’ ability to support their families, get adequate health insurance, and make ends meet. As cash-strapped households rein-in spending, local businesses are forced to eliminate even more jobs due to the reduced demand for their products or services.
State governments can help break this destructive cycle and limit total economic damage by maintaining investments in public services. During a recession, preserving health care, job-training, higher education, and other economy-building public investments helps to stem job losses because to keep delivering these important public services, the state must maintain (or even increase) its purchases of goods and services from local businesses. In doing so, it helps keep consumer demand high, which in turn supports the public and private sector jobs that help meet that demand.
But mass layoffs and reductions in consumer spending also greatly reduce tax resources that pay for public health, education, and safety investments. To keep the state budget in balance, policymakers must either raise taxes or sharply cut these important investments.
Given those choices, severely cutting public services is the most damaging action a state can take during a recession, according to two highly regarded economists -- Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, and Peter Orszag, former director of the federal Office of Management and Budget.(a,b) While both budget cuts and tax increases reduce demand, budget cuts do more overall damage to a state’s economy, they argue.
That’s because budget cuts directly reduce a state’s investment in the local economy on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In other words, every dollar cut from public services is directly removed from the state economy -- due to a combination of reduced purchases from local businesses, salary reductions for public sector workers, and lower support payments to struggling workers and families.
On the other hand, tax increases – especially those targeted to higher income households – do not reduce demand on a dollar-for-dollar basis. That’s because some of the money used to pay the additional taxes comes from either savings, which would not otherwise be spent in the local economy; or reduced purchases of goods from other states, which would have no impact on the local economy.
Unfortunately, the supermajority law has forced policymakers in Washington state to take the most damaging, cuts-only approach to the Great Recession. By blocking additional resources to maintain crucial health, education, and safety investments, the law has forced some $10.6 billion in damaging cuts to these assets since 2009. Without a change in direction, these cuts will continue to hold down Washington’s economic recovery.
a.Peter Orszag and Joseph Stiglitz, “Budget Cuts vs. Tax Increases at the State Level:Is One More Counter-Productive than the Other During a Recession?” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 2001, Johnson, “Budget Cuts or Tax Increases at the State Level: Which Is Preferable When the Economy Is Weak?, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2010,.
In the past, when young adults have struggled with a poor economy, the state has responded with sustained investments that encourage opportunity and a strong economy by adequately funding higher education, basic supports for lower-income working people and investments in public health. During the Great Recession, the supermajority requirement prevented the state from taking this normal course of action.
Young adults have paid the price. Since 2009, cuts to the higher education system have resulted in a 94 percent increase in the average cost to attending four-year college in Washington state.(21) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a program in which nearly three out of five adults served are between ages 18 and 30, was cut by $127 million this past legislative special session.(22)
As noted above, since the beginning of 2009, cuts to the Basic Health Plan have cost some 66,000 lower- and moderate-income adults their health insurance. Young Washingtonians have been hit hard: 52 percent of those who lost coverage were age 39 or younger (Figure 3).(23) Our state’s young adults are facing higher barriers to care and more out-of-pocket costs, which could saddle them with high levels of debt for years to come.
Young Washington state residents who work hard and have played by the rules, through no fault of their own, see opportunity slipping away through higher tuition costs, fewer available work supports, and heightened fears of unanticipated health care expenses. The supermajority law means a steeper climb to prosperity for our future small business owners, community leaders, middle class families and, consequently, all Washingtonians.
Initiative 1185 would renew a law that has greatly undermined core public values held by the vast majority of Washingtonians – such as education and opportunity, thriving communities, economic security, and healthy families. By giving a small handful of lawmakers de facto control of the state budget, the supermajority law compromises Washington state’s democratic institutions and the republican form of government they support.
Under the law, policymakers have been forced to cut some $10.6 billion in funding for essential public investments that create jobs and build a strong state economy. These cuts have eliminated thousands of jobs in Washington state and have stifled economic growth. They have also taken an enormous toll on the health and well-being of workers and families from Aberdeen to Spokane, while reducing opportunities for the next generation of Washingtonians.
It doesn’t have to be this way, however. Without the supermajority law, Washingtonians would be empowered to make crucial investments needed to create jobs and build a more prosperous state for years to come.. Budget & Policy Center calculations; data from the Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program (LEAP) Committee and the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council (ERFC).2. Andy Nicholas, “Every Dollar Counts: Why It’s Time For Tax Expenditure Reform,” Washington State Budget & Policy Center, February 2011,. Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences, “Recap of Legislative Actions on Prior Reviews,” July 2012,. 2012 Senate Bill 6635 limited the tax deduction for interest paid on loans secured by first home mortgages to banks that operate in 10 or fewer states, which was projected to generate about $15 million per year in additional revenue.5. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee concluded, “There is no evidence that continuation of the [first home mortgage interest deduction] will contribute to the implied public policy objective of making residential loans available to Washington home buyers at lower cost.” See the 2011 report, located at. The net fiscal impact of SB6635 (legislation that narrowed the first mortgage interest deduction and extended other tax preferences) is estimated to be -$1.2 million in 2013-15 fiscal biennium. See the Department of Revenue’s, “Summary of 2012 Tax Legislation,” located at. Budget & Policy Center calculations; data from LEAP.8. Budget & Policy Center calculations; seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).9. Budget & Policy Center calculations; seasonally adjusted data from BLS.10. Estimating the exact number of private sector jobs lost as a result of state and local budget cuts is beyond the scope of this analysis due to data limitations. However, as explained in box on page 6 of this report, that budget cuts remove demand from state economies to a greater degree than tax increases -- and therefore create more economic damage -- is supported by mainstream economic theory. 11. Elizabeth T. Boris, Erwin de Leon, Katie L. Roeger, and Milena Nikolova, “National Study of Nonprofit-Government Contracting: State Profiles,” Urban Institute, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, October 2010,. Budget & Policy Center calculations; caseload data from the Health Care Authority (HCA).13. Kim Justice, “Declining Support for Education Threatens Economic Growth,” Washington State Budget & Policy Center, November 2011,. Kim Justice, “Economic Security: Key to Recovery and Prosperity,” Washington State Budget & Policy Center, October 2011,. Kim Justice, “Cuts on the Rise, Health in Decline: The Impact of Cuts to Washing State’s Health Care Structures,” February 2012,. Washington State Department of Social & Health Services.17. See endnote 15.18. See endnote 15.19. Lori Pfingst, “Women, Work, and Washington’s Economy: How State Budget Cuts are Hurting All Three,” Washington State Budget & Policy Center, February 2012,. Lisa Kahn, Yale School of Management, “The Long-Term Labor Market Consequences of Graduating from College in a Bad Economy” 2009,. See endnote 13.22. Budget & Policy Center analysis; data from LEAP.23. Budget & Policy Center analysis; data from HCA. | http://budgetandpolicy.org/reports/supermajority-laws-damaging-legacy | 2013-05-18T10:13:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
indian style creamed spinach
I fell in love with a new blog last week, it's called US Masala. Lots of delicious looking Indian dishes with gorgeous photos. Because I adore creamed spinach AND Indian spices, I immediately wanted to make this Palak Paneer.
$8.41 recipe / $2.10 serving.
Total Recipe cost: $8.41
Servings Per Recipe: 4 (about 1 cup each)
Cost per serving: $2.10
Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: 30 min. Total: 40 min.
STEP 1: Add the olive oil and two cloves of garlic (minced) to a large skillet. Peel and grate both the onion and ginger straight into the skillet. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until softened.
STEP 2: While the onion, ginger, and garlic are cooking, place the spinach in a large pot along with one cup of water and 1/2.
STEP 3:.
STEP 4: Stir the evaporated milk into the skillet. Add the turmeric and salt. Stir and heat through. Add the cooked and blended spinach along with all of the liquid. Stir, taste, and add more salt if desired. Serve hot with bread for dipping.
Step By Step Photos
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26 comments:
this looks crazy good!
this looks delicious. do you have any alternative suggestions for the evaporated milk?
This looks amazing!
I'm well over the "green goop" look in food. Once I tried to make a spinach soup in my slow cooker. I saved the fresh spinach for the end, but then forgot about it anyway. It dissolved into the soup and I thought all was lost. It turned out to be the best tasting spinach soup I've ever had. Maybe spinach is magical!
Cindy - You could use whole milk or cream instead of evaporated milk... AND it will cut the cost even more!
Traditionally it would be served with rice, dal and a home madeflatbread. There are probably as many ways to make this as there are cooks. I use Trader Joe's frozen chopped spinach, chop it a little more before I add it, skip the blender step. Cooks vary a lot on whether to make it fully blended or allow the spinach to just be itself. :)
I've used both half and half and cream, & both are fine. Instead of a tomato I use a little tomato paste back there in the ginger/garlic/spices phase of things. I don't use a whole cup of whatever cream-type stuff I finish it with. I don't think I've had to go beyond half a cup at most.
I either make my paneer or buy some from the Indian store.
In any event, it's not so expensive as a meal when paired with the other things and I usually have leftovers for lunches.
Trader Joe's frozen garlic naan makes a great accompaniment.
I love creamed spinach, but I've never considered making it Indian style. I love ginger though so I'm thinking I need to give it a try!
I do not see recipe for the cheese.
I've made something similar with no cream/milk at all (but with paneer) and it's delicious. In my experience, cooking down the tomato until it's almost dry and roasted is what makes it extra-delicious. I also use well-drained frozen spinach, which cuts costs quite a bit. And I use an immersion blend to kind of puree the spinach a bit, but not too much. Now I have to add this to next week's menu...
This was amazing! But really spicy, too spicy for the rest of the family. Darn, I guess I'll have to eat all of it by myself! I must have added too much cayenne, but I'm glad I did. I ate this with your coconut lentils and it is the perfect meal! I did use frozen chopped spinach, I'm anxious to try it with fresh when that goes on sale. Thanks for another great recipe that goes into my keep file!
Wow, this is pretty spicy. Will probably not use as much cayenne next time, so the kid can eat some. But this is really good. Might also add some cilantro next time, because this tastes like it would go perfectly with cilantro.
How well do y'all think this will freeze? Should I worry about the cream/milk separating?
This was superb. So superb.
Also with those lentils as well. Delicious!
Is this similar to sagwala (sp??) I would love a good recipe for chicken sagwala & this sounds similar.
I've never had sagwala, but I bet this would be delish with chicken in it!
This is really good and so simple. I used drained caned diced tomatoes (just because that is what I had). I will make this again for sure..
Just made this and it would have been perfect for the fact that it was way too spicy. I wish I'd read the comments here before I made it. I'd probably half the amount of cayenne pepper. I served it with rice, but nan bread would have been needed to further cut the spicyness.
I just made this too and the spice was overwhelming! I usually find myself able to tolerate spicy food, but this was way too much (I didn't even put in all the cayenne it called for!). I also wish I had chopped my onions smaller, or put them in the blender as well. It would have been nice to have the textures meld a little better.
Can't wait to make this - I happen to have all the ingredients in the house right now. And I love spicy food!
Hi Beth! I'm going to be making this within the next couple of days along with your curried chickpeas (one of my and my husband's favorite recipes ever) and naan. I was thinking about giving the homemade paneer thing a try too though and was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing what happened when you tried making it? I've recently succeeded in homemaking ricotta, and as far as I can tell, paneer making isn't so different (just drained more and pressed), but I'd love to be able to troubleshoot in advance in order to avoid any potential disasters and/or wasted food. The fact that your paneer-making experience was less-than-wonderful has got me feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing.
amberpepe - It just didn't have much flavor or texture to speak of and then when I tried to fry it, it allllll fell apart :( I guess I just felt that it wasn't even close to being worth the amount of milk that it took to make it.
Fantastic! We made this with your Tandoori Chicken Nuggets, too... Great job!
@ Cindyrex - I will use coconut milk in place of evaporated.
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:Teddiursa (Pokémon)
Right
is Teddi actually supposed to face right in Crystal? that doesnt seem right. -- MAGNEDETH 01:24, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia proof?
I looked up Teddiursa on Wikipedia and found this.. [1] "Teddiursa have a crescent mark on their forehead, which grows (both in thickness and in circumference) as the Pokémon ages. Once the crescent fully closes into a circle, the Teddiursa is ready to evolve into an Ursaring." Does anyone have any proof to this? It sounds like good info, but I've never heard it before.. There's no proof on Wikipedia either, bleh. --Snowrunt ♥ ♥ 19:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- It's Pokedex information...isn't it? -Sketch 19:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- I didn't see it in any Pokédex entries, but I can look again..
- If it were we would have it on this page, wouldn't we? --Snowrunt ♥ ♥ 19:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- My question is...if this is on Wikipedia, why aren't you asking this there? For their source? -Sketch 19:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- ...Good question. I don't.. belong to Wikipedia? xD I just wanted to know if anyone could justify it here. But I did have an idea. It could be from Pokémon Channel, from the Eggzamination channel. They have Pokémon facts going across the screen on that one.. But yeah. Sorry, just wondering! --Snowrunt ♥ ♥ 19:29, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- I really wouldn't bother questioning it if I were you. That entry, along with most of the others, was put in in August 2007, specifically this diff. It's really just a filler data that came from somewhere that no-one really cares to check because people don't give as much about articles on Pokémon on Wikipedia ever since all individual Pokémon articles were merged into those articles. TheChrisD Rants•Edits 23:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Baby Pokemon?
Should Teddiursa be labled a baby pokemon, like Magby, Azuril, etc?--Blaziken=Tahu 21:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- No, because one of the things that determines whether a Pokémon can be classified as a baby Pokémon is that it can't breed. Teddiursa can. --AndyPKMN 22:26, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
It's..Orange?
A burnt orange.. Is that the way the HGSS sprite looks? Lovely Rose 19:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
SHEAT YOU BEAR!! SHEAT!!
Calm down Zekky. But, anyway, shouldn't Teddi... be based on Ursa Minor?--444Zekrom 14:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Running Pokemon
I had a wild Teddiursa run away on me once. Shouldn't this page have the "Pokémon that run away" category? ---Spudwalt 05:49, 21 June 2011 (UTC) | http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:Teddiursa_(Pok%C3%A9mon) | 2013-05-18T10:31:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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‘Til Tuesday – What About Love (Netherlands 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on November 7th, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
REQUEST
“What About Love” was the first single lifted from ‘Til Tuesday’s second album Welcome Home released in 1986. “What About Love” debuted on the US Hot 100 on September 20, 1986 peaking at #26.
SIDE A:
What About Love (Long Version) 6:30
Producer – Rhett Davies
Written-By – A. Mann*
SIDE B:
Voices Carry 4:20
Producer – Mike Thorne
Executive Producer – Dick Wingate
Written-By – A. Mann*, J. Pesce*, M. Hausman*, R. Holmes*
Will She Just Fall Down 2:50
Producer – Rhett Davies
Written-By – A. Mann*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – EPC 650125 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop/Rock
NOTES:
Track A and B2 taken from The EPIC LP: “Welcome Home” EPC 57094.
Track B1 taken from The EPIC LP: “Voices Carry” EPC 264.
November 7th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Paul, I’ve been looking for this for years! The long version is yet another gem that remains buried in Sony BMG’s vault, left to gather dust and deteriorate (unless, of course, the original master has been lost). This is one of my favorite ’80s songs. It is somewhat overlooked and overshadowed by “Voices Carry”, which I love as well. “What About Love” used to get quite a bit of airplay way back then, but it seems to have disappeared from many radio station playlists. I love the sound of ‘Til Tuesday. Aimee Mann … such a unique, beautiful voice. The long version of “What About Love” is very rare! I think that I stumbled upon it many years ago in a low MP3 vinyl rip quality, but I know that your rip will be much better (in FLAC, after all!) Thank you again for sharing!
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 8:27 am
You’re welcome Bellenger1981! I don’t understand why so many songs by great artists are not played anymore on retro stations it seems they have one list of songs that they play from and that is it. Such a shame.
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Bellenger1981 Reply:
November 12th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Paul, unfortunately, you are correct. ’80s retro radio stations today now only play a handful of songs. Why is this? There are hundreds upon hundreds (maybe thousands) of songs that were legitimate hits which never receive airplay anymore. Apparently, it boils down to research. Does research only show that people like about one hundred ’80s songs (the extent of their playlists). I’m not sure if I believe that.
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November 7th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
We have the same problem here in Canada. Each radio station is playing what the competitor is having on its playlist. I’ve been collecting records for years and I can tell that about 99% of the new releases “disappear” after a short appearance on the charts. Blogs like this one help keep the music alive. The web plays a major role in preserving some atrocities (who likes Disco duck???)but the cream always rises to the top thanks to people like DjPaulT. Great job Dude.
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November 7th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Mario you are very welcome. I am one of the ones who likes “Disco Duck’(lol) but my taste is very eclectic. I love to post variety you never know what will show up next but that is what makes BTg fun.
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November 7th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Wow. Thanks Paul. I almost this song. Aimee sounded a lot like Chrissie Hynde. Keep up the new wave stuff. Thanks.
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November 7th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Omar you’re welcome she does kinda sound like Chrissie I never thought abut it til you mentioned it.
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November 7th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Thanks for this one Paul. This can replace the poppy version I found a while back.
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 7th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Andy glad I was able to post it if I remember correctly you asked me about ‘Til Tuesday” mixes a while ago.
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Andy Reply:
November 7th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Yes, I did request it a while back, but I don’t think you had it at the time This will be a nice addition to my exercise music.
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November 7th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
It’s been drizzling here the entire morning, providing the perfect setting to play this melancholic tune that features Aimee’s chilling vocals!
What an awesome rarity this is, Paul! Thanks!
As for retro stations playing the same old songs, I wouldn’t know coz I’ve given up listening to radio anymore. Ever since radio formatting started in the late 80s and early 90s, the way music is played and the eclectic selection of DJs have totally disappeared. No variety of music get excited over. No personality of DJ to shine through. zzzzzzzz….
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November 7th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
We have been having eartquakes here for the last three days very odd for Oklahoma a 5.6 magnitude which struck on Sunday the strongest in our states history and dozens of after shocks. Just a few minutes ago anther 4.7 plus we are experiencing tornadoes and heavy rain. Weird, Weird, Weird! I don’t listen to radio anymore either everytime I turn it on Bon Jovi is playing they must be paying radio to have them on repeat (lol). Glad I was able to fill your request Ric.
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ric Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 2:29 am
Weather is sure freaky all over the world. Never experienced an earthquake ever in my life so I can’t imagine how I’d react, more likely OVER-react! Nonetheless, please stay safe, Paul!
I think two big reasons a lot of gems don’t get played are because these gems are either 12″ remixes (most radio don’t play them) or/and they are only available in vinyl (radio don’t play vinyls anymore).
Oh, and one more reason, they are too dependent on those Music Service CDs…very limited and only the “Big Hits” are included. *rolleyes*
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November 7th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
thanks once again, this is from one of my favorite albums of all time! i echo the general sentiment that it’s too bad that great songs like this just seem to “slip away” out of public consciousness…so glad you are helping these gems be heard again!
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 8:24 am
Thank you Feanor!
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November 7th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
LOVE this post, Paul. Thank you! I had no idea that ‘Til Tuesday had any extended versions. This one is truly a gem!
I agree with everyone about the state of radio – it is a shame the way great music is pushed aside and forgotten while songs that everyone has heard a million times dominates.
Thanks again for this rarity – it sounds great.
Be safe Paul. I hope the weather and mother nature calm down.
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 8:22 am
MusicMan3 thanks buddy
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November 7th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Wow! One of my favorite songs of this band, there’s nothing better than this single in it’s extended version..! actually it’s very weird that the 12″ version of the huge hit voices carry is not as long as it should be…
Thanks for sharing this with us Paul!
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November 8th, 2011 at 5:14 am
i don’t say it enough…thanks Paul…i didn’t realize you lived in OK…i’m in texas…originally from NE…go big red…lol
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Thanks Michael yep I am in Tulsa =)
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November 10th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Wow I didn’t even know ‘Til Tuesday had any 12″ singles. My favorite from this album though is still probably Coming Up close.
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Bellenger1981 Reply:
November 12th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
“Coming Up Close” is simply beautiful. I love the sound of that song.
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November 11th, 2011 at 8:08 am
WOW! This tune got me into Til Tuesday. I can still remember when i first saw the music video and said… well, “WOW”… just like now. You’re the best Paul!!!
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 13th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Thank you McDoc
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November 12th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
This is one of my all-time 80s favorites. It has held up incredibly well. Aimee’s alto and fierce vocals plus the lush instrumentation make it a pure delight. Thank you so much for posting a flawless version of the extended mix.
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 13th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
You’re welcome DenverDean!
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November 13th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Thanks Paul! Love me some Aimee Mann!
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DjPaulT Reply:
November 13th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
You’re welcome Mark =)
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November 15th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Very nice, kudos to you my friend!
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September 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Been hunting for this, blows me away… can’t thankyou enough!!!
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Drive nets more than 2,000 books for school
It was all about wanting to give others an opportunity that drove Meg Knister to initiate a book drive for a Chicago charter school without a library.
Knister had heard about the Uno Charter School from a friend of her mother. As an avid reader and member of the Hinsdale Central Book Club, it was difficult for the high school senior to fathom any school not having a library.
“It’s for financial reasons that they don’t have a library,” Knister said. “I just love to read and can’t imagine not having access to books. I want everyone to have that opportunity, so I thought it would be appropriate to have a book drive so we could get some books to give to the school.”
Knister received plenty of support for her idea of a book drive when she brought it to fellow book club members Jennie Vasquez, Kat Herron, Max Natanek, Danah Atassi and Andrew Mao. Faculty sponsor Jan Macleod also was on board with the idea.
“A book drive made sense to me because everyone should be able to read,” Knister said. “I thought if we let people know we were looking for books, we’d be able to get some donated to give to the school.”
Herron said she needed no convincing.
“I thought it was a brilliant idea,” Herron said. “To me, it’s really sad and disturbing to not have access to books. We wanted to at least try to help.”
And help they did.
A friend suggested placing flyers into mailboxes, something that was done at about 100 houses in Clarendon Hills and Hinsdale.
The flyers were simple and right to the point. “Do you have any books you don’t want anymore? We’ll take them” was the headline at the top of the one-age flyer. Knister wrote an introduction about herself on the flyer along with information about the Chicago charter school without a library and student access to only a few dozen books.
The wording on the flyer asked for donations of books to be left on the porches of those contributing or dropped off at Knister’s Clarendon Hills home. The time frame for the book drive was short: May 22-26.
“I didn’t really have a goal for the number of books,” Knister said. “I thought we’d maybe get in the 100s, but we started getting a lot of books; some people gave boxes of books.”
When it was over, the book drive had resulted in a collection of more than 2,000 books.
“It was great,” Knister said. “We weren’t expecting nearly that many books.”
As books were donated, they were packed into boxes, put into a couple of vehicles and driven June 8 to Uno Charter School.
“It was a great experience,” Knister said. “We might do it again. We got a call from the librarian at Clarendon Hills Middle School, who said they might have some books for us. I’m interested in anything we can do to give the opportunity to others to read.” | http://burrridge.suntimes.com/mobile/13152612-463/drive-nets-more-than-2000-books-for-school.html | 2013-05-18T10:52:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Romney's Choice of Paul Ryan Is Savvy: Opinion
According to the RealClearPolitics compilation of state polls, President Obama is well ahead in 19 states and the District of Columbia for a total of 247 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Romney appears certain to win 23 states with 191 electoral votes. That leaves only Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia in play.
If Gov. Romney delivers a compelling message on the economy and jobs and congressman Ryan convinces seniors the ticket has answers to runaway Medicare spending that do not threaten them, the GOP candidates should be able to snag Florida, Iowa, Colorado, and North Carolina. Obama's margin is currently less than 1.5% in each of those states.
Of the remaining states, victories in Ohio and Virginia, with 18 and 13 electoral votes, respectively, would put Romney over the top.
With a robust manufacturing base and history, Ohio voters have a strong affinity for labor unions, and Gov. John Kasich's failed bid to curb public employee collective bargain rights is burdening the GOP. However, with unemployment still at more than 7% in the Buckeye State, Governor Romney has a decent shot at making his case on jobs.
Virginia has a large number of federal employees and contractors and a growing number of African and Hispanic voters. With unemployment at only 5.7%, the state could prove very tough for Romney to capture.
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Golden Arrow Buses said on Thursday it had filed legal action against the City of Cape Town over its plans to introduce extended MyCiti bus services.
"The matter was lodged with the [Western Cape] High Court on Wednesday," Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) spokeswoman Bronwen Dyke said.
The MyCiti bus was the city's own rapid bus service, introduced in 2010 and planned for extension to other areas that Gabs already serviced.
Gabs and its predecessors had been operating road-based public transport in Cape Town for over 150 years.
Dyke said the two, along with Sibanye Bus Services and minibus taxi operators, had been in negotiation for a few years over how to operate the routes fairly and distribute market share equally.
"We are not in agreement with the methodology used by the city to allocate MyCiti operations between the three companies, which will be entering into the negotiated contract," Dyke said.
"The city has refused to refer the deadlock in negotiations to mediation and arbitration."
According to Gabs' lawyers in court papers, the city was working out the market share of each bus company by multiplying the total number of passengers with the fares collected, excluding any government subsidies.
The bus services were asking that the city look instead at the "economic sacrifice" being made in exchange for an integrated transport service, or at the total turnover of each service.
"[All we are asking is] that the city embark on a process that is fair and equitable to all operators, based on a sound financial formula," Dyke said.
The city, in a statement, said it was "deeply disappointed" to hear litigation was being pursued.
"The city has always been committed to open and fair negotiations with all public transport operators in the spirit of achieving this quality public transport service. We respect Gabs' right to protect their business interests, but we will not allow them to confuse their vested interests with the interest of the city and our residents."
The city said it would respond in due course to the court papers. It announced on Thursday it intended launching a transport authority in October 2012, a single body that would ideally manage all commuter-based services.
Transport mayoral committee member Brett Herron said the body would be an administrative, planning, regulating, contracting and monitoring municipal entity, to spearhead the full rollout of integrated road and rail-based public transport.
"It will set the operational, technical and mobility standards of the road and rail network, as well as how the modes of transport work together for the benefit of commuters in the city.
"One timetable and one ticket for all public transport will be the first priority of the transport authority, under a single brand."
Herron said the focus would also be to bring into its jurisdiction the management of subsidised bus contracts, like Gabs and Sibanye.
The city would hold a series of public meetings to get input on the body. It was expected to be fully functional in July 2013. | http://business.iafrica.com/news/801836.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Court of Appeals upholds auction of Pantranco buses to rival firmsBy Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals has junked for lack of merit the petition of three bus companies seeking to nullify the order of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), which allowed the sale of the franchise of the defunct Pantranco North Express Inc. to rival bus firms.
In throwing out the petition for a temporary restraining order, the appellate court said the petitioners failed to support their claim that they would “suffer grave injustice” if the LTFRB allowed the sale of the Pantranco franchise.
The petition was filed by the Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines Inc., Genesis Transport Service Inc. and Pangasinan Solid North Transit Inc., which asked the court to void the LTFRB’s May 21 resolution that allowed the public auction of the Pantranco franchise to its retrenched employees.
“In the case at bar, there is no showing that the matter is of extreme urgency and that the petitioners will suffer grave injustice or sustain injury beyond possibility of repair or beyond possible compensation in damages,” the court said in its June 28 ruling.
“Wherefore, the petitioners’ application for the issuance of a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction is hereby denied,” it added.
The Pantranco Retrenched Employees Association (Panrea) and the Pantranco Employees Association (PEA) welcomed the appeals court’s ruling, saying it was an affirmation of the previous orders of the National Labor Relations Commission and the Supreme Court, which granted their labor claims against Pantranco.
They stressed that the sale of the Pantranco franchise to the Hernandez family, which owns Victory Liner, Luzon Cisco Transport, Bataan Transit, First North Luzon Bus Co. and Pangasinan Five Star, was intended to settle the back wages, separation pay and other financial obligations of the closed bus company to its former workers.
By dismissing the bus owners’ petition, Panrea and PEA said the court also recognized that the franchises for the 489 bus units, which they sold to the Hernandez family “were still valid and were not expired” as alleged by Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas.
“The CPCs (certificates of public convenience) did not expire (when) the bus firm closed due to bankruptcy in 1993. Thus, the CPCs were also legally and validly levied and auctioned,” the groups said.
“Franchise verification documents will show that these franchises were listed as active by no less than the LTFRB itself,” they added.
In allowing the agreement between the two labor unions and the Hernandez family, Panrea and PEA said the LTFRB “merely enforced the constitutional mandate to give protection to labor, as well as the social justice clause, when it affirmed the application of the labor unions with respect to the sale.”
“The crux of the entire issue is the proper satisfaction of the claims of the members of the unions,” they said.
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PSEi retreats below 5,800By Doris C. Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The local stocks index retreated below 5,800 on Thursday as investors pocketed gains from a five-day run-up.
After posting its 38th record high finish on Wednesday, the main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index pulled back by 37.94 points or 0.65 percent to close at 5,794.89 in thin pre-New Year trade.
Holding firms (-1.12 percent) posted the steepest decline while only the financial counter narrowly avoided ending in the red.
Value turnover was thin at P4.59 billion as many investors were on an extended post-Christmas and pre-New Year holiday break.
Apart from profit-taking pressures, risk appetite was also tempered by concerns that the strong peso was hurting the business process outsourcing industry, a key driver of the domestic economy.
There were 67 advancers which were outnumbered by 85 decliners while 46 stocks were unchanged.
Investors sold down shares of AC (-2.67 percent), DMCI (-2.34 percent), ALI (-2.28 percent), Semirara (-1.64 percent),FGEN (-1.35 percent), SMDC (-1.34 percent), URC (-1.34 percent), Metrobank (-0.78 percent) and PLDT (-0.70 percent).
Elsewhere in the region, stock markets were mostly higher despite jitters over the unresolved US “fiscal cliff” before the yearend deadline. The “fiscal cliff” refers to a series of mandated tax increases and spending cuts that could push back the US economy into a recession unless a new budget deal is made by yearend.
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American Pizza Chain – Domino’s to Debut in Nigeria, Open 500 Stores
American Pizza chain Domino’s has sold it’s Nigerian franchise rights to Eat n Go, a Nigerian company.
Eat n Go says it has ambitious plans to establish several Domino’s restaurants in the country over the next 3 years.
A senior official of Eat n Go, Jean Claude Meyer, said the company will make an initial investment of $ 5 million (N 800 million) and the funds will be utilized for real estate, staff training, 24 hour electricity, and equipment purchase.
He said, “We are investing about$5million (N775m) into the project because here in Nigeria, the real estate is very expensive. In Nigeria, an investor has to pay rent for several years and that is not the case in other countries.
“We have to train our staff and of course, electricity is a big factor where we needs a generator and another one as a backup, buy diesel and because we are dealing with food, it is very important for us to ensure that all necessary equipment that would make us have 24 hours electricity for our cold rooms must be put in place so that the food we are going to give to the people of Nigeria is very safe and will not be of any risk to their health.”
He said the company was exploring bringing other brands into the country.
He said, “The Eat N’ Go Company in Nigeria is the operator for Domino’s Pizza in the country and we are working on the other brands. As a take off of the brand in the Nigeria market, we are kicking off with one store and by 2015 we are looking up to over 500 stores.
“The people of Nigeria, by our survey are so excited and impatient for our take off to come, and when we launched our facebook page, we had over 3, 500 fans calling for our immediate take off, even when the stores have not opened and we have not advertised
“The expectations of Nigerians are on the rise on daily basis, we believe that there is a great potential in our projections to capture the Nigeria market because it is peoples’ business as we are investing in the people, since we sent some of our employee to Dubai and USA to learn and execute their talents in the Nigeria market.” | http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/06/05/american-pizza-chain-dominos-to-debut-in-nigeria-open-500-stores/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Clint at least made reference to Iraq, but he was the rare one. And it was only to point out that Obama had been against it. Romney did support the war, but he did not mention the country where over 4,400 U.S. Soldiers lost their lives. Nor was he interested in Afghanistan; over 1,000 have died there. No thank you; no expression of admiration; and no message for the grieving families. Not a word. Dead, and forgotten.
I was certainly against the war in Iraq, not only because it was a strategic error of great magnitude, but also because of the lives that would be lost. Those lives deserve recognition.
The convention was supposed to show us the heart of Mitt Romney. It certainlly did.
UPDATE: Memeorandum shows me that even William Kristol was amazed by this one. | http://bustardblog.typepad.com/bustardblog/2012/08/index.html | 2013-05-18T11:03:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I decided to use beetroot and raspberries to get the colour.
Acidic ingredients play a part to stabilise the colour.
But many factors can cause the colour change!
I am no expert in chemistry, therefore I cannot explain further.
Ingredients:
A
140g cake flour
1 and 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder (don't use dutch processed because of alkali)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
B
115g unsalted butter
200g caster sugar
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
C
65 ml buttermilk
65g yogurt
65 ml raspberry juice
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
75g raw beetroot, cubed
1. Place all ingredients in C into a blender. Puree the beetroot until fine.
2. Sift all ingredients in A together into a bowl.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add one egg at a time and continue creaming and then add vanilla extract.
4. Mix in dry ingredients and wet ingredients alternately.
5. Spoon batter into cupcases, 2/3 full.
6. Bake in preheated oven 170deg C for 20 to 25 mins or more. Test with skewer.
7. Cool and top with cream cheese etc.
They have a lovely red colour before baking!
They have a more brownish red colour after baking!
Cake texture is quite dense and wettish!
Tastewise is good - tangy sweet! No taste of beetroot!
Yes, if you can find a substitute for the red colouring, so much the better. Good attempt!
Looks very good for a first attempt!
Your experiments turn well, the red of your cupcake look nice too :)
Nice attempt! I've not tried red velvet cake yet. Always put off by adding too much red colouring. How about adding some red yeast powder instead?
Hi Cheah,
Still on that search for a good natural red colour!
Hi Phong Hong,
Second attempt on the way!
Hi Doris,
Will try to get a better red!
Hi Ann,
Second attempt with something as natural as possible to get a nice deep red! | http://busygran.blogspot.com/2013/01/red-velvet-cupcakes-1st-attempt.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Perhaps it's because my first model for entertaining was Entertaining by Martha Stewart. Compared to Martha, I am a total scatterbrain. In defense of my overachieving tendencies though, I always feel inclined to quote my global marketing and merchandising professor from my final semester in Italy. Benjamin Malhotra oft preached, "Ultimately, it takes the same amount of time to do something well as it does to do that same thing poorly. And anyway, what's the point of doing a thing if you aren't going to do it well?" He was and still is one of the most tasteful, best dressed men I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I swear the Dos Equis 'most interesting man in the world' campaign is based on this man.
This is all a long drawn out way of saying DH and I are hosting Thanksgiving this year. For as much as I love to cook and as much as Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, (srsly, I'd be fine if it was just Thanksgiving, Halloween and Fourth of July in any given calendar year) I have done the bulk of the cooking only one other year and that was with the help of two close friends...and we bought a pre-smoked turkey. Which is to say I will be cooking my first Thanksgiving turkey this year.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
I wax and wane between confidence and sheer dread about cooking a 20# bird for all of DH's family. In my strong moments I am confident it will go off without a stitch...a true Norman Rockwell holiday. In my weaker moments, usually around 3am every night this week, I visualize something more like the desiccated turkey Clark Griswold cracks into in Christmas vacation.
In preparation of the big feast I decided to sit in on a turkey carving class hosted by John Lee at 18 reasons. From the moment John started talking about birds I felt more at ease. Half the battle is being prepared and the other half is being confident. John expertly carved the bird as a butcher would, dissecting the legs, then the wings, then the breast all while explaining the differences between heritage and traditional, dry and wet brine, stuffing and dressing. He answered all our questions with ease, expertise and patience; the three most valuable qualities in any great teacher.
I plan to wet brine the bird in a apple cider, star anise, black peppercorn brine and cook the bird slow and low. I am still debating whether it is necessary to do a trial turkey. Most experts say no, save for one I trust dearly. It seems excessive, especially since I'm the only one in the house who'd eat it. I will decide today or tomorrow.
Stay tuned!
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Good afternoon! It’s a beautiful sunny day and so I was out enjoying it this morning (and doing a bit of a shopping run! ;) but found a few moments after getting home to participate in this super fun tag challenge over on A Passion for Papertrey. I was hoping to post it later in the week, but I just checked the deadline and it’s tomorrow morning!! YIKES! So here it is now. Almost everything on this card is something new!! I have a nice pile of new things, but everything seems to be getting neglected if it’s not right in my face! So I made a point of going through that pile and picking out some fun stamps, dies and paper to make this Thanksgiving Day card. As you know, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in October and our long weekend is coming up next week :) Yahoo! Come back tomorrow for a fun Blog Hop :) Thanks for visiting :)
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Oh...this is divine Maureen. Such a delicious color combo. I'm lovely the DSP on the top of the card. Such a pretty tone on tone piece! Gorgeous! We're unwinding after Marcel's birthday party. About an hour and I'll be putting the little ones to bed after a very exciting day!
Fall colours make me swoon and this card has a ton of them and that green ribbon is such a gorgeous colour...happy sigh... :) Great card. Love those little acorns and the wood grain set. More things for my PTI wish list LOL!
I spy PTI!! What a fabulous card !
Now this the result of a fabulous inky session with shiny new goodies :)
I really, really, REALLY want (need!) those modern wood mats now!!! Your gorgeous card has me drooling (as does the addition of the green ribbon - adds the perfect contrast to those warm autumnal colours!)
Our mini heat-wave is over now so the autumnal cards are so much more fitting now ;D
Thank you so much for spennding your inky session making a card for our challenge on A Passion for Papertrey!
Hugs!
Duchess
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The Times of Israel..
03 May '12..
This Arab tenant families to be evicted from Sheikh Jarrah were.
If Jewish restitution is encouraged in areas conquered by Israeli in 1967, activists argue, nothing will prevent Palestinians who abandoned their homes in West Jerusalem from demanding them back. In 1973, however, the State of Israel enacted a law to compensate Arab absentee landlords for abandoned property. In contrast, Arab states have yet to recognize that Jewish property — amounting to 50 percent more than what was lost by Palestinians — was stolen from their rightful owners. Very few Jews have been compensated.
The majority arrived in Israel from Arab countries with nothing, having abandoned their homes and possessions. Quite a few were resettled in homes vacated by Arabs who fled the 1948 War of Independence.
Recently a number of these Jewish residents were declared to be squatting in their own homes in what were formerly Palestinian villages. Campaigners fought on behalf of the Jewish residents of Tel Aviv’s Sumail compound, Bat Yam’s Ramat Amidar neighborhood, Kfar Shalem, Givat Amal and other places. Israel attracted the opprobrium of the international community when it announced plans to build luxury apartments on the site of Lifta, at the Western entrance to Jerusalem, the last Arab village that survived intact after the 1948 war. Although these plans have been put on hold for now, redevelopment was portrayed as an affront to the memory of the Palestinian nakba.
Apart from a piece in a public housing supplement of Haaretz, it has not been widely reported that 13 Jewish families from Kurdistan that have been living in Lifta for the last 60 years were threatened with eviction. There is a battle to be fought on behalf of these Jews, who were not even aware that they were entitled to claim ownership of their homes under Israeli law. But international groups such as J-Street and Yachad have yet to show any interest in the rights of disadvantaged Jews. Arab rights, it appears, trump Jewish rights every time.
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The Killing Recap: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
Posted By Brett Harrison Davinger On June 18, 2012 @ 3:23 am In Movies & TV,Television | 4 Comments
Terry- One of the Killers
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
Jamie and Terry killed Rosie Larsen.
Jamie and Terry killed Rosie Larsen. Jamie found her hiding on the 10th floor of the Wapi casino overhearing about the Native American bones scheme and decided (relatively hastily) to shut her up before she destroyed the Richmond campaign. When neither Michael Ames nor Jamie were willing to dump the campaign car with Rosie’s body in the trunk into the lake, Terry did so to win Michael’s affections. She did not know it was Rosie until the next day.
That’s what you came here for, isn’t it? Still, I provide my thoughts on the episode and, if you skip to the bottom, on the series as a whole.
Much like the Pilot, tonight’s episode of The Killing best showed the series’ potential by hitting emotional and narrative heights for all three storylines. While it’s not enough to make one forgive the show all its trespasses, it’s still probably close to the best that you can expect from The Killing. I give credit to the flashback sequences featuring Rosie, as these gave the episode a power that the series rarely has.
Picking up right from where we left off last week, Ted Wright invited Richmond to his home to tell him that Jamie was lying about his whereabouts the night Rosie Larsen was murdered since he’s apparently mad for being deified on television. Jamie takes Richmond back to the office where he confesses everything, but he tries to excuse himself by saying that he did it all for Richmond and his campaign. This sequence employed the “well now that I’ve been outed as evil, I get to act crazy” concept that I really don’t like. I generally find something weak in the idea that once someone is revealed as being bad, they suddenly flip their evil switch to ‘on’ as though all this time they’ve been anxiously waiting for the chance to be grandiose.
Jamie- The Other of the Killers
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
Jamie loses all his composure and goes on a megalomaniacal rant where he expects gratitude from Richmond for murdering a teenage girl on his behalf. This was a guy who didn’t want to campaign negatively. Did Jamie really think that this was going to get Richmond to give him a slap on the back? Regardless, the cops are on his trail and Holder shoots Jamie through a glass door as he brandishes a gun. I appreciate that the show took care of this in the first 15 minutes; I was glad that they left time for the aftermath and that they didn’t decide to re-twist Jamie’s presence on that night. Richmond, by the way, won the election.
Although Holder and Linden get accolades on solving the case, they are still angry that they cannot pin anything substantial on Ames, Chief Jackson, etc. – though Chief Jackson is charged with obstruction of justice. Nevertheless, they figure out that Terry was involved and arrest a broken, remorseful, and sobbing aunt in the Larsen’s home in front of a shocked Mitch and Stan.
The Larsens get the heaviest emotional material of the night as they plan to move from their old house into the new house Stan bought for the family while still trying to rebuild their lives following Mitch’s road trip. Despite the lingering drama, this might be the first time that they come across as a happy family. We don’t learn what’s happening with Stan’s charges regarding the Ahmed beating, but that’s for another day, one that’s beyond the borders of this show. We end our time with them as they watch Rosie’s silent movie Super 8/Instagram recordings with tears in their eyes, the film coincidentally being developed right when the investigation ended. Though to be fair, cheesy and obvious as the “departing message” may be, the show made it work.
Holder and Linden, Putting An End To This
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
Also at the end, Richmond begins his career as the mayor by holding a meeting with Ames and Chief Jackson because what could possibly be an easier for us to see that Richmond is actually willing to sacrifice his values? Well, they could have Gwen almost in tears watching them. Oh wait, the show did that. Still, Richmond gets to close the door on Gwen, in a Michael Corleone/Kay Adams, end of The Godfather move.
And Linden and Holder are back on the beat. They get a call to investigate another body, but Linden leaves Holder’s car, and we close with her walking down the sidewalk on a sunny day.
I offer my thoughts on the series as a whole below the Additional Thoughts section.
Additional Thoughts:
• As for my thoughts upon actually learning who killed Rosie Larsen, “it’s a good enough answer.”
• Linden and Holder visit the Larsens to tell them that they caught (well, killed) the culprit. I wonder why they didn’t think they’d hear about it on the news.
• I appreciate that they didn’t go with a cliffhanger to end the season.
• I liked how, unless I missed it, they stopped putting the “Day” atop the dawn overhead view of Seattle after the investigation was over.
• Thanks for reading.
The Killing: A Look Back
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My overall thoughts on The Killing are primarily negative, I might as well start there. And I have touched on some of these polarizing points before. Mostly, while I think the show had a lot going for it, it rarely achieved its potential. (NOTE: I wrote most of this section before watching What I Know, and the show managed to avoid many of my criticisms in its final hour.)
If I were to pick the show’s biggest weakness (other than the writing), it would ironically be its biggest strength(s)- Detectives Linden and Holder. The series placed such a heavy emphasis on the investigation into the killing of Rosie Larsen that the other elements seemed like afterthoughts much of the time. For a show like this, Rosie Larsen should have been more of a focal point, arguably even more than the two detectives looking into her death. Unfortunately, most of the time, finale excluded, I felt as though Rosie Larsen was incidental to the show’s goings-on. In other words, having something to investigate was more important than that which they were investigating.
The annoyingly narrow scope should have been expanded beyond our three main parties (the detectives, the Richmond campaign, and the Larsens) by giving us regular looks at how the murder impacted Rosie’s classmates/friends and other members of the community. Representatives from these groups made brief appearances throughout the first two seasons, but none of them lasted. I don’t think we saw any of the money men (other than Ames this season), and even the villains such as the Wapi casino and Mayor Adams seemed to exist only to serve the plots of the three main parties. Disappointingly, I don’t believe the human aquarium made one appearance in season 2.
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
People, myself included, have compared this show to Twin Peaks, but one of the things that show did right was giving a real personality to the town and its inhabitants. Never forgetting that it was birthed in Who Killed Laura Palmer?, Twin Peaks still could have conceivably lasted outside of her death because of the extensive world it created. It’s hard to imagine that one can say the same about The Killing. The spectre of Rosie’s death could have hung over future seasons, but for the sake of longevity the audience needed more to latch onto than the two main detectives.
The focus on the investigation also limited the show’s suspense greatly. If the show was more about “the killing” instead of “the mystery,” then we could have at least expected that the final couple of episodes would concern the fallout rather than solving the crime. Instead, it became obvious that the reveal of the culprit would be put off until the final episode, which highlighted the pointlessness and filler of many of the show’s subplots (e.g. Beau Soleil). If Linden and Holder didn’t have to be on the main stage every week, this may have been prevented.
This also affected the “realism” excuse used by many of the show’s proponents. I know most murders don’t get solved in 42 minutes and that detectives often encounter red herrings during their crime solving, but at some point in The Killing, probably after the Bennet Ahmed circumcision scheme, these detours no longer felt natural. A sense of padding plagued the show, one that I don’t think it ever really managed to overcome.
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
I also found the realism excuse lacking because of The Killing‘s tendency to drift heavily into heavy handed, soap opera-y melodrama. I’m not even talking about the Extreme Larsen Grief, but elements such as the biological father reveal, the ill thought out (particularly in the second season) mob storyline, and, especially, the Huge Giant Conspiracy Implicating Everyone In the Upper Echelon of Seattle Business and Politics all made it difficult for me to buy into the series as a more serious alternative to the typical police procedural.
However, I did try my best to suspend my disbelief in numerous areas. I accepted the quick healing factors of Richmond and Holder. I never mentioned how the press didn’t pick up on any of the shenanigans going on in the Larsen investigation (you’re telling me that one cop gets beaten brutally at the Native American casino and the next day his partner is institutionalized after trying to commit suicide in the same place and that’s not going to raise some journalist’s eyebrow? Did the reporters stop looking into it after Stan Larsen yelled at them?). But when realism is one of your top selling points, I am more likely to condemn its absence.
Photo credit: Carole Segal/AMC
Overall, I’d probably consider The Killing, a C-/C series. Its placement on AMC following Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Rubicon definitely led to higher-than-warranted expectations. There was good in it- the acting, the direction, the (occasionally overbearing) atmosphere, the subtle bits of humor that I’d like to believe were intentional. Even the momentum during the end of this season picked up enough to make me curious rather than obligated to see how the show ends.
Unfortunately, because of how The Killing was set up, it was too late to change the format by the time it hit season 2; Linden and Holder weren’t going to be side players in their show. Were The Killing to enter into Season 3, I would hope that it could learn from its mistakes. Be smarter. Have (or maintain) a stronger emotional core. Rely on characters rather than than twists. But as it stands right now, do I think it deserves a third chance? Admittedly no. Yet between the three bubble shows I’ve recapped on this site (this one, the slightly better in hindsight Terra Nova, and the worse in hindsight Alcatraz), I’d be most willing to give this show another shot.
As always, thanks for reading.
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: God and the Graphic Novel (9/15/06; NeMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)
38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)Baltimore, MarylandMarch 1-4, 2007
The last thirty years have witnessed a veritable explosion in comics and =comics-related research--in the thorough investigation of virtually all =aspects of this once-marginalized genre (e.g., comics and race, as =explored by Jeffrey Brown in *Black Superheroes*; comics and gender as =discussed by Maurice Horn in *Women in the Comics*, or Trina Robbins in =*From Girls to Grrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines*, =etc.). And yet, in spite of this fact, one subject remains conspicuous =largely by its absence: that of religious experience and/or reflection. =This is all the more astonishing given the prominence of such themes in =the history of graphic narration (just think of Justin Green's =underground classic, *Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary*, Garth =Ennis's provocative *Preacher*-books, Craig Thompson's melancholy =*Blankets*, or even the first "graphic novel" as such: Will Eisner's *A =Contract with God*). Indeed, the recent uproar surrounding Danish =cartoon depictions of the Prophet Mohammed has brought "God and the =comics" to the forefront of current global-cultural debates of the most =earnest (and, unfortunately, acrimonious) kind.
In view of the above, then, the time seems ripe for academic inquiry =into the topic of "God and the Graphic Novel". Accordingly, this panel =invites papers dealing with any aspect of the sacred and its comic book =portrayal, including (but not limited to): comics and comparative =religion, comics and proselytization (e.g., Chick Publications' =*Crusaders* and other titles), comics and the rise of religiously =inflected patriotism, comic book depictions of spiritual and/or mystical =moments (e.g., Osamu Tezuka's multivolume Buddha-books), comic book =encounters between members of differing faiths, comic =re-readings/re-writings of traditional religious doctrines, and comic =book reflections on the word/image matrix in religious discourse.
Please submit abstracts (450 words maximum) to:
Dr. Kelly S. MeyerEnglish DepartmentThe College of Saint Rose432 Western AvenueAlbany, NY 12203meyerk_at_strose.edu
Abstracts may be sent via either email or snail mail, but must be =received by September 15th, 2006, and should include the following =information:
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Some days it just doesn’t pay to answer the phone. The Detroit Tigers would have been better off in denial as opposed to hearing about Victor Martinez‘s left knee injury. Team officials would have enjoyed sitting around the office a couple of extra days smiling and congratulating themselves about running a team that could run away with the American League Central Division.
The Tigers have labored long and intelligently to build a winning team that can reach the World Series and Martinz was a key piece of the equation. This is one of those injuries–during an off-season workout–when executives might well look skyward and shake their fists at the gods.
Martinez wasn’t riding a motorcyle on a rainy night. He wasn’t out at a bar in the middle of the night slipping on stale beer on the floor. He was preparing for the 2012 season, doing the right thing,working out, and it bit him.
Martinez tore his anterior cruciate ligament and the prognosis is that almost certainly he will be out for the year. The Tigers–like most teams–aren’t built to withstand that kind of blow. Nobody has the depth on hand readymade to step in for a .330 hitter. Beyond that there is a shortage of catching depth worldwide. This is a loss that will hurt.
Victor Martinez was a huge pickup for Detroit last year after leaving the Red Sox in free agency. The Tigers won 96 games and their division crown. The Red Sox did not make the playoffs. It can be argued that Martinez’s switch seriously impacted both results.
Martinez also drove in 103 runs as the Tigers ran away with the division, winning by a margin of 15 games. Martinez was a luxury purchase. There were not a half dozen Martinez-like players on the shelf just waiting to be distributed. The Tigers invested $50 million on a four-year contract for Martinez, so he didn’t come cheap, either. More than that if he is grounded completely for the season his high rate of pay hinders the Tigers’ ability to find another quality player to replace him. How much can they afford?
The Tigers may best benefit from finding a rent-a-player, someone who is nearing the end of his career, who might have a little bit left in the tank, who would just like to take one more run with a team good enough to reach the playoffs and just maybe a World Series. What’s Ivan Rodriguez doing? What are your summer plans Jorge Posada? Can you still DH for a few games, Yogi Berra? Just throwing things against the wall and seeing if they stick.
The three players who carried the Tigers last season were Martinez, Miguel Cabrera, who won the American League batting title, and Justin Verlander, who not only won the Cy Young award (and MVP, too), but might as well have been Cy Young.
We already know Martinez can’t repeat his success. Can Cabrera and Verlander? Martinez’s absence will make it easier for teams to pitch around Cabrera and not many pitchers have repeated the type of season Verlander posted back-to-back.
Still, Verlander could go 20-9, Cabrera could still crack .300, and the Tigers might come up with a surprising replacement for Martinez. But the best thing the Tigers might have going for them is playing in a division where all other teams’ prospects, the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins and Kansas Royals, have more roster questions than they do.
No doubt the loss of Martinez jeopardizes the Tigers’ stranglehold on the division title and allows a Minnesota or Cleveland to believe they can be hand.
Topics: Detroit Tigers, Ivan Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez
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Tuesday’s signing of outfielder Shane Victorino may have larger ripple effects on the market than was originally anticipated.
Ellsbury is one year removed from a runner-up finish in the MVP balloting but was limited to 74 games in 2012. Image: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
When the Boston Red Sox gave Victorino $38 million over three years, the indication was that the veteran switch-hitter would be playing right field. Alternately, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reports that the team is open to the idea of trading center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury. Buster Olney followed that report with a tweet offering much the same sentiment.
Sources: #RedSox are open to idea of trading Ellsbury, playing Victorino in CF and signing C. Ross or another RF. Keeping doors open.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) December 5, 2012
Abraham mentions free agent Cody Ross in particular and the Red Sox have reportedly not closed the door on bringing him back, even with Victorino on board.
Ellsbury’s is a name that has been floated in trade rumors once before this off-season, but it makes even more sense for Boston now. The Philadelphia Phillies, in particular, are in search of a center fielder and would like to spend significantly less money than free agent Michael Bourn is seeking. The Phillies could theoretically acquire Ellsbury in exchange for a starting pitcher.
This is all just speculation of course, but this kind of a deal does make sense for Boston. Ellsbury is under team control through the 2013 season but is represented by Scott Boras, making an extension unlikely. The Red Sox likely couldn’t get an elite starter in return based on Ellsbury’s contract situation, but a solid middle-of-the-rotation guy could probably be had for a guy that when healthy ranks among the elite at his position.
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Gail Collins is right on target in talking about McCain and the economy. I never subscribed to the idea that economic issues automatically favored Obama. I think that once Americans compared how both candidates handled the economy (Obama calm and collected, McCain melodramatic), the voters really began turning to Obama. Had McCain acted Presidential over the last few weeks, the polls would have remained close.
Like David Brooks, I can’t wait for Election Day. This campaign has gone on too long, and I think that both parties should give serious consideration to shortening the campaign season.— Pangaea
David Brooks for Editor-in-Chief of the Universe!!!— sghouston
Dear NY Times Editorial Pages –
What a great idea! Please do this more often — I’m looking forward to Maureen Dowd and Bill Kristol having a conversation now. How about Frank Rich and William Safire?
A little cross-fertilization is always good. It might even get the McCain campaign to be nice to you again . . .— Joe Safdie
Brooks!!! You said, “McCain and Clinton genuinely admire each other and it would have been interesting to see them duke it out.”
McCain made a terrible joke about Clinton’s daughter being fathered by Jante Reno. Since when does such a joke show admiration. You’re off the reservation again and running amuck!!!— teddo
A good idea about having the specialists cover the election, David, but a little late.
Read the top trade and association mags for things like telecom and healthcare trends and policy. The old arrogance of the dailies is moot.— Gman
I agree with David’s comments on Obama’s ‘professionally cool’ campaign.
For months people have worried that Obama hasnt been agressive enough. But the fact remains that he had many chips in his favor and his campaign took few risks and it turned out the way they expected. A 10 electoral vote win is just as good as a 100 EV win, so the campaign took their time and played it conservative and it worked.
He asks a good question about if this is a reflection of the way he will govern, and that I am less sure of.— Jon
David -
Didn’t you say in an earlier column that McCain and Obama respected each other in the Senate even if they weren’t pals?
Now they have hated each other since Obama got to the Senate? Which is it?
Love your work, by they way.— Andrew
It really is incredible the lengths to which conservatives will blame the McCain campaign’s bad behavior on Obama. First, it was his fault because he didn’t accept town hall meetings. Now it’s his fault because he’s not Hillary Clinton.
That reasoning sounds eerily similar to Keating blaming sex abuse victims for wearing short skirts.— Ryno
I think the characterization of the American people as Deer, Chipmunks, and squirrels is the only decent peice of information in this tripe.
I think better animals would have been osterichs, Pidgeons, and Roadkill.— John, Boston
David – do you really think that Senators Obama and McCain do not like each other? I am surprised you say so. I think Obama genuinely likes McCain who perhaps reminds him of his own grandfather and truly respects him for his war hero status! McCain on the other hand, perhaps tolerated Obama in the senate, but of late, it seems clear that the people who surround McCains have filled their ears with all kind of hate talk which has caused Sen McCain and his wife Cindy to show less respect for Sen Obama and in turn, his campaign. Which is really tragic. Sen McCain is so well known for working across the aisle and all that fluff.
Its interesting how you perceive this race as being less interesting if it was Senator Clinton running for the Dem ticket rather than Sen Obama. I shudder to think what kind of arsenal and ammo the RNC must have in store to attack Sen Clinton and her husband Pres Clinton by association. One can only imagine all the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater and what not coming out of the deep freeze closet. Thank goodness we the American people were spared all of that.
We thank both you and Gail for covering this campaign season, for your insights and valuable perspectives. You made our journey through these months much more tolerabe and interesting. We wish you restful times ahead. Whoever gets elected has his work cut out, that’s for sure. I only pray that you do not abandon us with indifference – more than any other time in my adult history (I am closer to David’s age) – we need your hand holding through these rough waters. The last thing we need is for people to avert their faces and stop being vigilant. Thanks much, precious Gail and David.— g.k.
gail, i’m so glad you got the keating story in today (2nd time!) i have been following your references to romney and the dog-strapped-to-the-car-roof story for months now and never cease to be amazed at your wonderful cheek in raising it over and over. who do you have a bet going with — david or someone else??
seriously though — your humor has gotten me through some rough patches in this campaign and your wisdom is likewise a tonic for the soul. keep it up!— Jennifer
Dear Joe Safdie,
Check out Maureen Dowd’s column today to see how well the cross-fertilization idea goes over in reality. :-) I also am glad for this column, and I agree with Gail that seeing who is able to speak civilly to a colleague/opponent *especially when* they disagree is very telling, and very worth knowing.— Terri
DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT
The campaign for President itself has not gone on too long. Olympics and then Conventions (running thru Labor Day weekend) – actually a bit shorter than usual.
The good news is that there is an election just around the corner, and that the people can vote for small or large change. It is up to them.
This is a great system, democracy, and no matter who wins, I will still love and honor America.— M.S. Wirtenberg
Why buy one really nice case of wine for a thousand dollars when you can have 50 $10 cases? You’ll need it for the next marathon plebicite of trivialities….— Pierce Randall
Obama is NOT a terrorist.— nr
But,
MacCain is old.
I am particularly in favor of Mr. Brooks’ idea about having specialty area reporters covering political candidates. I think higher quality questions would improve the quality of information we receive.
In general, I wish reporters would ask more follow-up and probing questions as well as put up at least token resistance when a candidate or spokesperson comes back with an obviously bogus response. Please don’t let them to continue to get away with this sort of thing. It’s one of the reasons it’s so boring … everyone is just repeating talking points we’ve already heard.— John Garison
The campaigns get stupid at this time because both sides are vieing for the “independent/ undecided” vote. I have been following both campaigns pretty closely for more than a year now. During the primaries and, briefly, during the general campaign all candidates were focused more on issues. Do you remember the primary debates when Obama and clinton battled over the minutiae of there health care plans?
The problem now is that the candidates have to appeal the “independent s” or “undecideds”. I’m sure there may some who aren’t decided at this point who are genuinely wrestling with the issues but I suspect that the majority haven’t been paying attention and just aren’t that interested in policy. How do you create interest in a group that isn’t that interested? Shout louder.— Russell Lee
Squirrels? Deer? Yes, the election has gone on too long.— Jack
Please, please, let’s stop with the false equivalency.
Saying someone is old in our current climate doesn’t begin to compare with the accusations of being a terrorist. If Sens. Obama and Biden were saying, “McCain’s old, and he hangs out with other old people – we can’t be sure if he has all his marbles” while crowds reply “Euthanize him!!!” and threatening elderly looking reporters with violence, you’d have something closer to equivalency. That’s how ridiculous it would have to be. We all know that’s not happening.
Instead, we have a republican party so bankrupt of solutions to real problems citizens face, we get crowds beaten into racist, xenophobic frenzy time after time by surrogates, Gov. Palin, and Sen McCain. It took them more than 5 days to respond to the remarks from the crowds that were clearly audible to all candidates. And even then, they go back into the fire the next news cycle, national security be damned.
Country first my sweet patoot. From what I can see, McCain would rather tear the country apart and put his opponent’s life at risk than lose with dignity. So much for “Death Before Dishonor” – unless it’s about someone else’s death before your own dishonor.— Janet
I am with Gail, I am a lifelong Republican and McCain started to lose me when I saw how he treated Romney during the primaries. It seemed a little unhinged, and frequently seemed frankly bigoted. Romney had his issues, but McCain’s treatment of him showed how unable he was to filter; or even to dialogue with people didn’t fit into his rubric. This nagging suspicion has definitely been confirmed the way he has sunk to running his campaign.
Why, in heaven’s name can McCain justify “loathing” Obama? The Senator from Illinois has proven himself to be almost painfully inoffensive. Disagree with him? Great, go to it. But LOATHE?
The United States is one great big messy lump of disparate people. When it boils right down to it you don’t deserve to be president if you can’t figure out how to dialogue with and demonstrate respect for people who are different than you. You don’t have to agree with them, but you do have to acknowledge their right to space on the planet. So, I am also with Brooks. McCain and Palin are a cancer on the Republican party. Score one Republican for Obama. He didn’t so much win my vote, as McCain lost it. My suggestion to the Republicans? Serious chemotherapy.— Jennifer
This is absolutely my most favorite column. The erudition and wit of both columnists is fully on display in the kind of passionate, yet measured, wrangling that demonstrates why smart people (and not just Paul Krugman!) become columnists.
The comments on little piles of research all around the office give an immediate and educational insight into the columnist’s work. I fervently share the wish that regular beat reporters – knowledgeable in their topics – would report political campaigns, instead of turning it into endless emo-tainment articles on personality, hairstyle, horseraces, and other tawdry trivia.
Amid the amazing number of “pundits … who are simply campaign mouthpieces” and “bloggers who have lost all independence and are simply operatives” — Brooks is so, so, sadly right — he and Collins stand out.
Please keep up this dual column, even more frequently! It is the reassuring human heart — and wise mind — of the paper.— C. Pine, Idaho
I have found David Brooks a valuable asset in the course of this herky-jerky campaign. I’m no Republican. However, I always appreciate the guys who play it straight. I’m always interested in Brooks’ opinions. I don’t always agree, but I always trust his basic honesty.
Roland Lazenby— Roland Lazenby
Mr. Brooks detests the supposed ‘self-deception’ of everybody toward the end of the election in being utterly partisan for their chosen candidate. Well, what other way would we have it? By now, everybody should have a clear idea of who they’re going to support, and to that end they’re going to become mouthpieces for the campaign. No one says that either side has 100% confidence and belief that their candidate has exactly the right stance and right ideas on every issue, just enough that they are worth supporting. The free exchange of ideas has not dried up, or will it dry up.
I’m an Obama supporter, but I certainly don’t think he’s the Messiah. For one, I do have doubts that his economic plans will work as well as he believes. But compared with McCain, the choice is completely clear for me, on all the issues put together as a whole I side with Obama. To this extent, I have become another one of those ‘mouthpieces’ for him.
As that quote from “The Quite American” has it: “One must choose sides in order to remain human.”— Brandon
I second Joe Safdie— M Zaman
I am skeptical that a more wonkish Dem candidate would have produced a more substantial debate. More likely, the Rep candidate would have gone straight into lambasting the Dem as an elitist NE liberal.
McCain showed up to this fight with no ammunition to deal with an economic crisis that had been boiling steadily hotter and hotter for two full years. Where could he possibly go but negative?— Peter White | http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/the-squirrel-vote/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee. The immediate cause of this dissension – highly unusual in a party primary – was the repugnant newsletters that Paul published.
But there is one major aspect of the newsletters, no less disturbing than their racist content, that has always been present in Paul’s rhetoric, in every forum: a penchant for conspiracy theories.
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Paul is proud of his association with the society, telling. wrote that the ultimate goal of the project was an “integrated North American Union” — yet one more bugbear of conspiracy theorists —.”
The closest Paul has come in his public statements to endorsing violence against the government was during an interview in 2007, when he was asked about Ed and Elaine Brown, a New Hampshire couple who had refused to pay federal income taxes. In the summer of that year, they instigated a five-month armed standoff with United States marshals, whom Ed Brown accused of being part of a “Zionist, Illuminati, Freemason movement.” Echoing a speech he had just delivered on the House floor, Paul praised the pair as “heroic” “true patriots,” likened them to Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., and compared them favorably to “zombies,” that is, those of us who “just go along” and pay income tax.
Finally, there’s Paul’s stance on the most pervasive conspiracy theory in America today, the idea that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were perpetrated not by Al Qaeda, but by the federal government or some other shadowy force. While Paul has never explicitly endorsed this claim, there is a reason so many 9/11 “truthers” flock to his campaign. In a recent YouTube video posted by a leading 9/11 conspiracy group, “We Are Change,” Paul is asked, “Why won’t you come out about the truth about 9/11?”
Rather than answer, say, that the “9/11 Commission already investigated the attacks,” or ask the questioner what particular element of “the truth” remained unknown, Paul knowingly replied, “Because I can’t handle the controversy, I have the I.M.F., the Federal Reserve to deal with, the I.R.S. to deal with, no because I just have more, too many things on my plate. Because I just have too much to do.”.
In light of the newsletters and his current rhetoric, it is no wonder that Paul has attracted not just prominent racists, but seemingly every conspiracy theorist in America. The title of one of Paul’s newsletter series – the Ron Paul Survival Report – was a conscious appeal to followers of the “survivalist” movement of the 1990s, whose ideology blended white supremacy and anti-government militancy in preparation for what Paul himself termed the “coming race war.”..
James Kirchick is a contributing editor for The New Republic and a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. | http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/ron-pauls-world/?hp | 2013-05-18T10:41:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Pan Am Games Time Trial ResultsValerie Davidge has just filed a report for us from Manitoba, at the individual time trial. Canada had a very good day, with Eric Wohlberg taking the gold in the men's race, and Lyne Bessette silver in the women's. The circuit was 27 kilometres long, very flat, and VERY windy - the men did two laps, the women one. The heat was also a factor, at over 30 degrees Celcius. Eric was first at every time check, although Leipheimer was only 4 seconds back at the halfway mark. For the final circuit, though, Wohlberg cranked things up a notch, to win convincingly by 59 seconds. His average speed was 49.052 kph. 18 men contested the event.In the women's race, American Elizabeth Emery was first off, and remained first as the rest of the small field finished (10 riders). Lyne Bessette consistently rode the second fastest time, to finish 20 seconds down. Favoured Clara Hughes, racing in her home town, started last. She was in third at the halfway mark, but increasing headwinds undoubtedly played a factor in her fourth place result. Emery's winning time translated to an average speed of 43.964 kph.Cycling starts up again on Wednesday, with the track events. Valerie tells us that the track (built by St Catherine's Peter Junek) is in excellent shape, but that it will be very hot in 'the bowl'.Men1. Eric Wohlberg (CAN) 1:07:032. Levi Leipheimer (USA) 1:08:023. Marcio May (BRZ) 1:09:384. Daylan Casey (USA) 1:10:455. Grisles Pena (COL) 1:11:23Women1. Elizabeth Emery (USA) 37:392. Lyne Bessette (CAN) 37:593. Mari Holden (USA) 38:354. Clara Hughes (CAN) 39:225. Maureen Kaila (ELS) 40:06 | http://canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=1725 | 2013-05-18T10:21:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Oh,:.
Wow ... we're building the Afghanis 50 schools! That's so awesome! Maybe if we have some building material left over, we could build one more.
It's just a thought.
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Difference between you and I, is I have met the people you would have us abandon... But it is all relative eh?
Your supporters have already stated my opinion is irrelevant.
So, instead, I will call it like I see it. Once again, you prove to be completely ignorant as to the question posed, and so, you choose to go the path of screeching stupid and ignorance.
How exactly are you different from suzy all caps?
You are not. You just have a different axe to grind in your ignorant stupidity.
This is supposed to be a refutation? This all you got, alpha-boi?
The weakness of your side of the argument is always quickly exposed. The namecalling and invective start almost immediately. There's never any substance, just insults interspersed with mindless appeals to patriotism and glory and all those other empty concepts that got hundreds of millions of people killed in the last century.
Give it up. The war's over. You just don't know it yet.
It's hard out there for a New Conservative cheerleader - what with the troops telling the truth about the mission and the brass caught lying about it.
dear alpha, on the issue of supporting the troops, i do so by hoping that they come home safe and that they do so as soon as is possible. support for a mission is not necessary to the support of the troops. the mission is the dictate of the civilian government and in this instance, it is a mission that is no longer viable. there is no victory to be had. we have displaced theocratic warlords and replaced them with a blend of theocratic, regional/racial and narco-warlords.
the mission has failed to capture bin laden, the instigator of 911, the face attached to the initial impetus to go to afghanistan in the first place. the mission has failed to rout out the fundamentalist lunatics or to improve the lot of the citizenry. the mission has failed to fix the political system, instead of a corrupt theocracy with no hint of democracy, they have a corrupt democracy with a heaping helping of theocracy. the mission has failed to win the hearts and minds of the afghans or the pakistanis and whatever initial popular support for change has long since been squandered.
here at home there is little sense of what the mission is even supposed to be any more. it has turned into a nearly decade long quagmire with no end in site. should we end our military commitment in 2011, the mission will continue to fail until eventually the americans and whoever is left of the coalition throw up their hands and shrug, another failure of western nation building.
should i put on a red t-shirt now?
Thanks for the link to Attawapiskat, CC. Depressingly enlightening.
You know, Alpha Male, given that you are currently a serving Warrant Officer, it's quite possible that your military superiors would not look kindly on your Internet shenanigans, particularly your relentless name-calling and denigration of people whose only sin is to have an opinion of this current mission.
And given that an unnamed commenter once passed on your actual identity to me some time back, you might want to tone down the bluster just a wee bit.
If you catch my drift.
Your supporters have already stated my opinion is irrelevant.
Looks like AM has been attending "Neo"'s school of misrepresenting other peoples' words.
I pointed out that a soldier's opinion of the war is irrelevant. That was in the context that they are expected to follow orders as best they can, and without question (aside from following clearly illegal orders, such as massacring civilians, which is not the issue here).
Has the military changed, AM, so that soldiers now debate their orders with their superiors? Do we now have a vote as to whether a specific operation should proceed and how it should be executed?
You appear to be following our current Harper regime's attempt to make their political fortunes indistinguishable from patriotism. You would have us believe that it is somehow a left-right issue. If that is the case, then I submit that the "right" has an unrealistic "if you build it they will come" attitude. Recall that the Iraqis were supposed to line the streets throwing flowers like they did in France when the Allies liberated them in WWII. Why didn't they? As usual, the "right" did something that on the surface could be good, but they botched the implementation and the details. Recall that the US and Canada were both led by the "left" in WWII, while the Brits had one of the few truly great people of the "right", who was the replacement for the more typical Conservative appeaser. Why do we never hear about WWII as the triumph of the "left"? Even though in fact it was. We hear the myth of Reagan defeating Communism, and the claim this is a triumph of the "right". Why the difference? Perhaps the "left" does not need to puff itself up as the right wingers do endlessly, just as you are doing now.
I sincerely hope you are not an active duty CF, since your condescending attitude would go a long way to explain why we are not winning hearts and minds, why we are not achieving more than "poster child" token successes against a much larger grim reality, and why none of our original objectives have been achieved. If you are representative of our military's moxie, then as "Neo" would say, "I fear for my country".
Ahh, well, there is the threat of removing anonymity... Sweet.
And yet, you are still wrong. Surprise. and dog, I do not bother with refutation any longer, as frankly, you clowns do not bother with listening.
So, since freedom of expression is only for those that believe as CC does (remember all the crying way back when?), I will take my leave for good.
Clearly wasting my time here anyways. Only insults available for those not of the ilk. (I did NOT cast the first stone, that was cast a couple of weeks ago by none other).
Looks like yet another phony, pretending to be military, cuts and runs.
He just doesn't seem to have a clue how he comes across. Barking at everyone at demanding support? Who does he think he is?
And as if what anyone says here will cause soldiers in Afghanistan to suddenly become riddled with self-doubt and insecurity and lose the will to fight. Are they really that fragile?
No. It just strikes me as a ploy to keep everyone from focusing on the fact that no one seems to know why we're even in Afghanistan anymore.
"If you catch my drift."
why don't you withdraw that.
KEvron
"I did NOT cast the first stone, that was cast a couple of weeks ago"
nah, i'm pretty sure i've been callling you names for more'n a year now....
KEvron
Good Jesus, first a bunch of namecalling, then a flounce?
Classic. If I didn't know better, the word "n00b" would come to mind. How long has this guy been on the net?
oh, ferfucksake. name-calling is what this cunt of a blog is all about.
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Clocks should be turned back an hour as of 2 a.m. Sunday.
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A new Walgreens drug store eyed for the northeast corner of Cape Coral and Coronado Parkways cleared the Planning and Zoning hurdle on Wednesday when the board unanimously approved the project.
A public hearing for the project is expected to be in front of city council in two weeks.
The site is currently occupied by a Citgo gas station that fronts Cape Coral Parkway and an office building that fronts Southeast 47th Terrace. Both structures would be removed so the new Walgreens location could be built.
Planning and Zoning Commission Chairwoman Patti Martin praised the project.
"Having a new Walgreens there is really going to set a wonderful standard of development for the CRA," she said. "This is such a wonderful corner ... I think for the CRA its almost like a gateway."
The Land Development Regulations for Cape Coral's downtown Community Redevelopment Agency are being re-written by Miami-based Zyscovich Architects, the company also responsible for rewriting the CRA's long- term vision plan.
Speaking on behalf of RKM Development Corporation, the company currently developing the new Walgreens project, Joe Mazurkiewicz said the store would fall within those new regulations once completed.
"We're building to what we believe is the new vision for downtown and what the new LDRs would require," Mazurkiewicz said.
Plans for the current Walgreens location, once vacated, are unknown, according to Community Redevelopment Agency planner Patrick White.
In other Planning and Zoning action, the commission approved the expansion for the "Shops at Skyline," a planned development at the corner of Skyline Boulevard and Trafalgar Parkway.
The development is expected to have 30,000 square feet of commercial space. A soon-to-open 7/11 convenience store already has been built at the intersection. It's located across the street from Challenger Middle and Patriot Elementary Schools.
Martin said commercial development is good for Cape Coral but the neighborhood directly behind the planned development could feel some unwanted, residual effects.
Martin felt some secondary frontage was needed to help protect the adjoining neighborhood, where many homes would face the rear of the building, and the convenience store, once the project is completed.
"If a neighborhood is degraded in any way it leads to blight," she said. "We have to be very careful about that."
Commissioner Steve Cristaldi thought it was the right project for the right location in the city, as the intersection of Skyline and Trafalgar is heavily traveled.
"It is the absolute epitome of where we need this type of project," Cristaldi said. "I think this project is going to be an asset to this particular part of the community."
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VISIONARY AFRICA: ART AT WORK
CURATED BY:
SIMON NJAMI & DAVID ADJAYE
Contact: Kathleen Louw (Bozar) Cordinator Visionary Africa: Art at Work
kathleen.louw@bozar.be
ITINERANT MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT IN THE AFRICAN CAPITALS
Urban Exhibition of Contemporary African Artistic Practices – Artists’ residencies – Workshops►.html
ITINERANT EXHIBITION PLATFORM IN AFRICAN CAPITALS
September 19-October 14, 2012, Kampala Railway Station Gardens. artists, a snapshot of transformations that have occurred on the African continent during the last half century, as well as put its future development into perspective.
Ghanaian architect David Adjaye has designed the exhibition pavilion installed in the gardens opposite the
Kampala Railway Station, which will house several exhibits, free to the public:
• Pan-African photography, from the exhibit A Useful Dream, celebrating 50 years of African photography, curated by Simon Njami;
• The photo-documentary, Urban Africa, a decade long personal survey by David Adjaye on the architecture of African capitals;
• Traces and Routes, a showcase of Ugandan photographic archives and contemporary photographies co-curated by Katrin Peters-Klaphake,
curator of the Makerere Art Gallery/IHCR, and Margaret Nagawa, independent curator.
All works exhibited are reproductions.
Furthermore, the project includes a regional conference on the role of art and architecture in urban development (18 September),.
IMPORTANT DATES
17 September, 2012:
VISIONARY AFRICA – Art at Work press conference. Media Center, Kampala, 10:00.
18 September, 2012:
Regional Conference on art and architecture in urban development. Kampala City Hall 9:00-17:00. On invitation.
Press interview with David Adjaye. 17:00-17:30. On appointment.
Art at Work pavilion opening, Kampala Railway Station Gardens, 18h30. On invitation.
19 September-14 October, 2012:
VISIONARY AFRICA - Art at Work exhibit, Kampala Railway Station Gardens. Open to the public.
20 September, 2012:
Workshop on artistic curatorial practices at the Uganda Museum. On invitation.
October 9, Union Delegation: Simon.KASYATE@eeas.europa.eu
Anna Kucma, Bayimba Foundation: annakucma@gmail.com
ABOUT VISIONARY AFRICA – Art at work
This exhibition is presented in several African cities. After a launch in Tripoli (Libya) in the form of preview at the 2010 EU-African Union Summit, it was presented in full the ‘green lung’ of Cairo (Egypt), Park AL AZHAR (February 2012), in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare (Zimbabwe) during Africa Week (May 2012), and in Bujumbura (Burundi) at the Palace of Sports and Culture (July 2012).
Simon Njami
Joint Organiser of the “Art at Work” exhibition
© David Damoison
David Adjaye
Joint Organiser of the “Art at Work” project and designer of the itinerant pavilion © Bozar
Remise du Pavillon d'exposition à la Ville de Ougadougou, mars 2011 © Cecoforma
Le pavillon d'exposition à Ougadougou © Cecoforma
Inauguration officielle du pavillon d'exposition à Ouagadougou © Cecoforma
Le pavillon d'exposition conçu par l'architecte David Adjaye. Ougadougou, 19/01/2011 © Cecoforma
S. Uhoda (CECOFORMA), J-M Barroso (EU), P. Dujardin (BOZAR). Tripoli, November 2010
© Cecoforma
Andrew Tshabangu
Untitled
2004
© Andrew Tshabangu
Hasan & Husain Essop
Cape Town
2009
© Essop Brothers, courtesy Goodman Gallery
Jodi Bieber
One, two, three and... The EnnerdaleAcademy of Dance, south of Johannesburg. 2010 © Jodi Bieber, courtesy Goodman Gallery, Parkwood
Studio 3z
Series: Kinshasa
1975
© Dokolo, Revue Noire
Elevation 1 © David Adjaye
Elevation 2 © David Adjaye
Elevation 3 © David Adjaye
Elevation 4 © David Adjaye
Elevation 5 © David Adjaye
President Ping at Art at Work, Addis, 25/01/2012 © Art At Work
Speach of Embassador to AU Gary Quince, Addis, 25/01/2012 © Art At Work
Butterfly © NahlaSebaei (Egypt)
© Ali Abdel Mohsen (Egypt)
© Hany Rashed
© May el Hossamy (Egypt)
© Mina Nasr Tadros (Egypt) © Photo Yiahyia Diwer
© Mina Nasr Tadros (Egypt)
Art at Work in Cairo, Feb 2012 © Photo Yiahyia Diwer
Simon Njami, Art at Work. Opening in Cairo, Feb 2012 © Photo Yiahyia Diwer
Taxi Park at night. Kampala 2010 © Kibuuka Mukisa Oscar. Kampala 2012
A young girl, Piloya Caroline, has invented her own sanitary pads made from local materials to be able to stay in school. Many young girls are dropping out of school when they enter puberty and cannot afford the expensive sanitary pads. Gulu 2011 © Edward Echwalu. Kampala 2012
Portraying Yawe Musoke Kassim Ssentamu Kampala, Katanga 2011 © Rumanzi Canon. Kampala 2012
Uganda Protectorate Public Relations Department, 0525-07 © History in Progress Uganda. Kampala 2012
Beach recreation on the shore of Lake Victoria. Munyonyo 1960 © Kaddu Wasswa Archive
Deo's son John Mwanje before the Independence Monument. Kampala, late 1960s © Deo Kyakulagira/Central Art Studio Limited
Left to right :
Untitled © Andrew Tshabangu.
Portraits of a Genocide © Myriam Abdelaziz.
Treason Trial, End of round One, Mandela boxing on the roof top of a newspaper building in Johannesburg © Bob Gosani © BAHA, courtesy BaileySeippel Gallery, Johannesburg.
Cape Town © Essop Brothers, courtesy Goodman Gallery.
One, two, three and... The Ennerdale Academy of Dance, south of Johannesburg © Jodi Bieber, courtesy Goodman Gallery, Parkwood.
Press release Tripoli Nov 2010
Persbericht Brussel Nov 2010
Dossier de presse Tripoli Nov 2010
Closing press release Ouagadougou, March 2011
Slot persbericht Ouagadougou, maart 2011
Communiqué de clôture Ouagadougou, mars 2011
Folder, Addis, January 2012
Brochure, cultural partner in Addis, January 2012
Press release, Art at Work in Cairo, February 15 > March 7, 2012
Folder, Art at Work in Cairo, February 2012
Joint AU-EU press release, Addis 25/1/2012
Communiqué de presse Bujumbura (Burundi), 12 au 30 juin 2012
Press release Kampala Sept 2012
Press release Kampala Sept 2012 (long)
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(2012) Dramedy (Universal) Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Melissa McCarthy, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Jason Segel, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Annie Mumolo, Robert Smigel, Megan Fox, Charlyne Yi, Graham Parker, Michael Ian Black, Lena Dunham, Joanne Baron, Tatum O’Neal, Chris O’Dowd, Lisa Darr, Ava Sambora. Directed by Judd Apatow
As we get older our priorities change and in changing that aspect of our lives, we ourselves change. In a relationship, we’re constantly having to adjust not only to who we are but to who our partner is. Sometimes, those changes come at the expense of our relationships.
Pete (Rudd) owns a boutique record label that specializes in re-releases and new releases by bands from the 80s and so on. He is thrilled to have Graham Parker on his label, even though most of his friends and loved ones tell him that Parker isn’t going to sell any digital downloads. He is turning 40 although doesn’t look it. His record label is going down the toilet and he’s hinging his future on Parker; to fight the stress he retreats to the bathroom for hours on end and sneaks cupcakes that he swears he’s not eating. He also continues to lend money to his dad (Brooks) even though he can barely keep his own head above water.
His wife Debbie (Mann) is also turning 40 but she’s far less sanguine about it. She tells everyone she’s turning 38. Her trendy clothing store is being robbed blind by one of her employees; the mellow Jodi (Yi) swears it’s Desi (Fox) who drives an expensive car, wears expensive clothes and always seems to have a lot of money. Debbie fights stress by sneaking smokes when she thinks nobody is looking, even though her family thinks she’s quit. She’s completely estranged from her Dad (Lithgow) who ran out on the family when she was four, and the two of them are having trouble finding a way to bond.
Debbie and Pete snipe at each other and argue a lot which drives their kids – teenager Sadie (Maude Apatow) and her little sister Charlotte (Iris Apatow) nuts which they act out by constantly being at one another’s throats. This isn’t a happy family but it’s likely a family you’ve run into in your own neighborhood.
This is kind of a sequel to Knocked Up inasmuch as it concerns two characters who constituted the younger sister and her husband of the main female character. However don’t expect a similar tone as that movie because this is completely different. This isn’t as out-and-out funny as the previous film, for one thing. It’s listed as a comedy but there’s a whole lot of drama here with real world problems creeping into the marriage – financial stress, lack of communication, lack of desire, teenage hormones. Some viewers might find it hitting uncomfortably close to home.
Rudd and Mann come off as a real couple and while they clearly have some intimacy issues, they do have that easy familiarity when it comes to intimacy that couples that have been together awhile possess. It’s easy to picture them as a married couple, which is unsurprising as Mann is Apatow’s real life wife and Rudd has been a friend of his for a long time. The kids are also Mann’s children so her feelings for them (and theirs for her) don’t seem forced.
I was impressed by Mann’s performance particularly. There’s a moment when Debbie asks Pete if they’d have stayed together if she hadn’t have gotten pregnant (which is a bit of the flipside to Knocked Up) and when he hesitates, her look is absolutely priceless and heartbreaking. She does it all non-verbally and I was thinking in the audience “why oh why hasn’t this woman gotten better roles” because frankly she shows here that she can handle anything. I really hope she gets offered a few dramatic leads just so we can see what she’s really capable of. She, like Judy Greer, is much more than a second banana which is what both actresses seem to be cast as mostly.
I thought a few scenes ran a little too long and the pacing could have been a bit better. Universal is selling this as a comedy so I suspect it’s going to get some hating because people are walking into it expecting a laugh riot (and to be fair, with Judd Apatow’s name on it that’s not an unreasonable expectation) and will walk out disappointed. I’m sure that’s affected my rating of the film.
Being not what I expected isn’t a bad thing. There’s a lot to be said for throwing a change-up every once in a while. Young people might look at this and be turned off of marriage for good. All I can say about that is this: every relationship is a struggle and takes a good deal of work. Nothing is ever easy. But making a good woman happy is one of the noblest things a man can do, as is making a good man happy one of the best things a woman can do. In order to do it, there needs to be a lot of communication, a surfeit of honesty, a great deal of humbleness and a glaring lack of ego. These qualities are not always there in quantity and certainly not at every moment. We all go through rough times and they look a lot like this. Kudos to Apatow and his cast for attempting to capture that; it just may not necessarily be what you go to the movies to watch – it maybe what you go to the movies to get away from, and that needs to be a consideration before plunking down your cash at the box office.
REASONS TO GO: Great chemistry between Rudd and Mann. Some moments that are relatable and real.
REASONS TO STAY: Runs a little too long. Lacks the real laugh-out-loud funny jokes. Might be a little too “real” for some.
FAMILY VALUES: There is quite a bit of sexual material, lots of bad language, a little bit of drug usage and some crude jokes.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: While neither of the main characters from Knocked Up appear in the film a picture of Alison (Katherine Heigl) can be seen on the wall of the home and Pete mentions that he got the marijuana cookies from Ben (Seth Rogen).
CRITICAL MASS: As of 12/29/12: Rotten Tomatoes: 50% positive reviews. Metacritic: 58/100. The reviews are pretty mixed.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR LOVERS: In the film, Parker is signed to Pete’s label and performs a couple of songs live – one solo and one with the band. In real life Parker just released a new album which has been acclaimed as one of the best albums he’s ever done.
FINAL RATING: 6.5/10
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