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Peyton Manning's supporting cast helped him reach the Super Bowl.
The Colts' inability to get the little things right Sunday left all of them empty-handed.
From the dropped passes to the missed tackles, the failure to recover an onside kick to Manning's game-sealing interception, Indianapolis blew chance after chance.
The result: Saints 31, Colts 17.
"I can't say we ever saw that coming at all," center Jeff Saturday said. "They just outplayed us."
It was the first time all season Indianapolis could definitively say that.
After all, this was the can't-miss Colts.
After breaking the NFL record with 23 consecutive regular-season wins, setting the league record for most victories in a decade (115) and giving up a shot at a perfect season, the Colts had only one goal: earning a second ring.
Well, that quest can start again next year. The Colts got it all wrong in Miami.
Indy's young receivers, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie, both failed to come up with big third-down catches. Reggie Wayne had only five catches for 46 yards and failed to get into the end zone.
Manning made an uncharacteristic gaffe, too, throwing a ball straight to cornerback Tracy Porter, who jumped Wayne's route and ran it back 74 yards for the decisive score.
"He made a great play, he just made a great play, that's all I can say," Manning said.
The Colts defense had its own problems.
All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney was the only pass rusher to get consistent pressure on New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. And Freeney was playing with a torn ligament in his right ankle, which became more problematic in the second half after it stiffened up.
The Colts also repeatedly missed tackles, allowing New Orleans to pick up extra yardage and keep driving for scores.
None of it went according to the plan.
"What we did do well was take away the big plays," defensive captain Gary Brackett said. "What we didn't do well was wrapping up."
One of the decisive miscues came on special teams.
Hank Baskett had a chance to make the Saints pay when they opened the second half with a surprise onside kick, trailing 10-6. The little-used receiver got his hands on the ball, but let it bounce away and New Orleans recovered to set up a TD drive.
Baskett's wife, Kendra Wilkinson, was so upset she walked to the back of her suite. Baskett didn't take questions after the game.
Teammates, however, called it the turning point.
"As the special teams captain, I felt like we didn't do the little things right," safety Melvin Bullitt said. "If we do, we're getting the ball there at the (Saints') 40 and it might have been a totally different game."
But the way Indy played, it might not have mattered.
After New Orleans kicked its first field goal early in the second quarter, Garcon dropped a third-down pass that hit him in the shoulder. Indy ran only six plays in the period and didn't pick up a first down.
There was more of the same in the second half.
Collie was stopped for a 3-yard loss on second-and-8, a play Manning bemoaned could've have gone for a first down had the rookie turned upfield. Manning came right back to Collie, who couldn't catch a third-down pass.
On Indy's next series, Porter picked off Manning and the Saints led 31-17 with 3:12 to go.
"You never know how it's going to turn out," said Manning, a former Super Bowl MVP. "The Colts started hot, the Saints came back. We just didn't play well enough at certain times and in certain phases. The Saints deserved to win."
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Halftime: Heat 55, Knicks 44
By Jared Zwerling
Here are five quick hits at the half of the Knicks-Heat game:
1. Mike Bibby's hot first quarter. He hit two 3-pointers and even knocked down a baseline jumpshot off of a screen, looking like a true shooting guard. At the end of the first quarter, he had eight points, three rebounds and a tremendous back screen on LeBron James that resulted in a Carmelo Anthony two-hand dunk. He also ran the pick-and-roll well a few times, and his best pass (his only assist) found Landry Fields cutting to the basket in the middle of the lane for the dunk.
2. Anthony ran point-forward, as predicted. That enabled Bibby to get going as more of a two guard, just like in Game 4 (when he made two clutch 3-pointers at the end of the third quarter and fourth to keep the Knicks in it). With Melo running the show, he scored seven points in the first period on 3-for-6 shooting. What limited him, however, were his two fouls and he was subbed out with the Knicks up 20-19. That's when the Heat went on a run, and when Melo checked back in with 8:52 remaining in the second, the Heat were up 36-30. The Knicks couldn't generate enough offense with J.R. Smith on the court as the only scorer.
3. The Heat's defense on Amare Stoudemire. Since they know he has a bum left hand, they're playing up on him to take away his midrange jumpshot and force him to dribble. That's caused STAT to turn the ball over twice and miss a couple of layups at the rim. He simply doesn't have full control of the ball when making a move.
4. Toney Douglas' play. He stated the second quarter, replacing Bibby, which was his first action of the series. Douglas basically did what he needed to do: bring the ball up the court, not buckle down in the Heat's swarming pick-and-roll defense and give the ball to Anthony without turning it over. Douglas also had two points on a fastbreak layup and an assist on a Jared Jeffries' jumpshot.
5. The Knicks' defense on the Heat's Big 2. After James and Dwyane Wade didn't make one field goal in the first quarter -- James' was, however, 7-for-8 from the foul line -- Wade broke that streak with 10:08 left in the second quarter on a fastbreak layup. From that point on, the Knicks couldn't contain James in the paint and Wade just hit some spectacular midrange fallaway shots. In the first quarter, the Knicks double-teamed James and Wade nearly every time they touched the ball, but they lacked that defensive effort and energy to close the half.
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Practice makes perfect
Friday's practice was extremely laid back compared to ones earlier in the week. For example, the No.3 and 4's got a lot of reps today. Matt Moore looked solid, making a lot of good throws. He, however, did throw a bad pass that was picked off by linebacker Alan Darlin.
His favorite target was slot receiver Brandon Powers, who hauled in two touchdown passes during the 7-on-7 drills. One came against good coverage by Sabby Piscitelli, prompting the senior safety to moan with disgust.
Joe Newton also saw a lot of balls thrown his way. And once again, caught everything. The only problem is he seems to get open too easily. Hopefully, it's just a testament to how good he is.
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DETROIT -- Believe it or not, there may have been two Tigers who were lonelier than Justin Verlander during his no-hitter on Tuesday night against the Brewers.
Everybody knows the rule about not speaking to a pitcher while a no-no is in process in order not to jinx him.
But Mike Maroth and Chad Durbin didn't even have an opportunity to bother Verlander while he was in the process of making history. That's because they were away from the dugout charting the game from the television inside the Tigers clubhouse.
"You don't know how bad I wanted to be out there on the field," Durbin said. "I was charting in here, watching. The last inning, we wanted to scoot our chairs closer to the doors. When he got the last out, we jumped out of there."
Durbin and Maroth joined the rest of the Tigers in a mob scene on the mound after the Verlander completed the first Tigers no-hitter since 1984. They both knew Verlander had special stuff, even if they weren't watching the game on the actual playing field.
"It was like a watching a kid in Little League who just dominates," Durbin said. "Everybody's just fouling balls off. It was a lot of fun to watch, even if I didn't watch a pitch live."
Maroth, who will start on Wednesday, chose to chart the game with Durbin from inside because he had never faced the Brewers and wanted to pay extra attention to the game. He didn't have to remain inside since Durbin was the one officially charting the game. But he didn't want to disrupt any type of mythical karma or good luck Verlander was experiencing.
"You get to the point where you don't change anything," Maroth said. "Everybody's in the same spot."
None of the other Tigers wanted to disturb Verlander either. That proved difficult for the 24-year-old, who is one of the more social players on the team. He sat next to Omar Infante after coming off the field from the eighth inning, but Infante clearly wanted no part of a discussion with Verlander.
Justin Verlander, No-hitter
"The last inning I went to sit down next to Infante," Verlander said. "And he got up and walked away."
Undaunted, Verlander tried to chat with his catcher Ivan Rodriguez entering the ninth to discuss how to approach the final three outs. The veteran catcher, who also caught current Tiger Kenny Rogers' perfect game in 1994, also knew to leave his pitcher alone.
"I didn't talk to him, I just left him alone," Rodriguez said. "Then, in the ninth inning, he tried to come over and talk to me and I told him 'You know what, go away. Just do what you've been doing. You're fine. You don't have to change anything.'"
Sean Casey had seen a pitcher come close to a no-hitter, though he was partially to blame for never seeing one during his 10 years as a Major Leaguer. He broke up a no-hitter with just two outs to go during his rookie year.
"I got a hit off Andy Benes with 8 1/3 [innings] to break it up," Casey said. "I was proud I was on the other side tonight."
Casey said the way Verlander works so quickly was one of the reasons he was able to complete the task. That included nice defensive plays from Brandon Inge, Magglio Ordonez and Neifi Perez.
"No doubt about it. The way he works, how he works, it keeps the defense on their toes," Casey said. "Everything worked out the way it should have."
The outfield didn't have to do much of that work though. Center fielder Curtis Granderson had just one putout, on the final out of the first inning. Left fielder Craig Monroe didn't field a ball the entire game and Ordonez had just two catches.
"I remember back in high school when we had good pitchers go, you wouldn't have too much action out there," Granderson said. "It can definitely get a little slow and boring but not today. The quick pace of the game definitely helped and we scored runs. Definitely not like in high school."
All-in-all, it was just a memorable night for Verlander, who is in just his second year in the Majors. Both Casey and Rodriguez likened the experience to playing in the World Series and the excitement was nearly an equal match
"I think I was more excited than him," Rodriguez said. "When I saw the replay [of the final out], I see that [Ordonez is] on the warning track."
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Tikolo determined to see Kenya back on the rise
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BACK ON THE RISE: Steve Tikolo wants to keep Kenya's cricket World Cup appearance streak alive.
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Eleven years on from the greatest triumph in Kenyan cricket, Steve Tikolo is still seething.
Kenya stunned the cricketing world at the 2003 World Cup, qualifying for the semifinals after beating Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Canada. They also gained a crucial walkover win against New Zealand, who forfeited their game in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, due to safety concerns.
After the World Cup, there were calls for Kenya to gain test playing status, but instead of building on their success, the game deteriorated badly.
Tikolo, who is now player-coach of Kenya, is in New Zealand for the 10-team World Cup qualifying tournament, which begins on Monday. He believed Kenya's cricket administrators at the time squandered a golden opportunity to grow the sport in the east African nation.
It's something they have never really recovered from.
"After the 2003 World Cup, I think our cricket took a nosedive, which is really hurting for me and the guys who took part in that event," Tikolo says.
"I'm sorry to say after that, the vibe just died. You'd have thought that's when Kenya cricket should have risen."
Tikolo said money started rolling in and the International Cricket Council promised to help fund Kenya to become the next test nation, but the Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) acted negligently. Matters were compounded when former skipper Maurice Odumbe was slapped with a five-year ban in 2004 after being found guilty of receiving money from bookmakers.
The KCA was eventually dissolved by the government in 2005 and replaced with a new body, Cricket Kenya.
"Our management let us down big time and that is what has caused the downfall of Kenyan cricket," Tikolo explained.
"That particular board in place couldn't account for that money and I think that's where things started to go wrong - court cases, mismanagement. It culminated in those officials being thrown out of office.
"It's tough to take. My heart bleeds for Kenyan cricket."
Tikolo, who is Kenya's all-time leading one-day international run-scorer and most capped player, retired after the 2011 World Cup - his fifth tournament.
The 42-year-old wasn't done, however, answering an SOS call late last year to provide some much needed experience and guidance. Tikolo is acting as interim coach after Robin Brown stood down late last year after failing to guide Kenya to a spot at this year's Twenty20 World Cup.
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He admits this is likely to be his last stint in the national side and is determined to help them through to the final of the World Cup qualifier over the next few weeks, which would secure their passage to the 2015 tournament in New Zealand and Australia.
Tikolo and Kenya have been to every ODI World Cup since their inaugural showing in 1996, where they produced a shock result, beating a star-studded West Indies team, including Brian Lara, Richie Richardson, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose.
Tikolo still regards as one of the most memorable matches of his 20-year international career.
"For me, that World Cup was an eye-opener. It showed, we could play at the highest level.
"They were our role models. Just to be on the same ground as them was an achievement. Let alone beating them."
Tikolo impressed at the 1996 World Cup, finishing as Kenya's top run-scorer with 196 at 39 from five innings, which included 96 against Sri Lanka. His best individual return at a World Cup came at the 2007 version in the West Indies, where he averaged 77.50 with the bat, notching 70s against England and Canada.
If Kenya fail to qualify for next year's World Cup, Tikolo said it would be a bitter pill to swallow.
"It would be a big blow for Kenyan cricket. A lot of things might change in terms of the structures and funding from the ICC. We basically depend on funding from the ICC, we don't have any sponsors."
Despite the heartache of the last decade, Tikolo remains upbeat about where the sport is headed in his homeland. He was complimentary of the new board and said they had several talented young players in their ODI squad, who had the ability to make an impact.
Tikolo thinks Kenya is capable of contending for a top two berth at the World Cup qualifying tournament.
They possessed some promising top order batsmen and he believed the squad was improving with each training session together.
"I feel the team is well prepared and we have a fair chance of getting to the final."
- © Fairfax NZ News
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New York Mets' power fades late in games
Jeremy D Cothran By Jeremy D Cothran
on August 27, 2008 at 7:46 PM, updated August 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
The Mets hope to see celebrations like this one late in games down the stretch.
Sure, the Mets scored seven runs. On most days that is more than enough. But not a single run came across after the fourth inning. While the Phillies kept mounting one threat after another, the Mets failed to put runners in scoring position.
What irks interim manager Jerry Manuel is that tack-on runs often serve as knockout punches. Had the Mets been able to generate more runs over the course of the game, they would have taken a considerable amount of pressure off the bullpen.
It took 13 innings for Tuesday's marathon to play out. The Mets finished with 14 hits. But from the fifth inning on, they had only four more. Manuel wants to give credit to the Phillies bullpen, but he's pinning the problem on an internal issue.
"We are trying to address that," Manuel said. "That's kind of an issue that we have that we're trying to figure out different ways as to why we're having that particular problem."
Here's the thing: There is not a cut-and-dried solution. But it's progressed past the point where Manuel believes it's just coincidence. He's seen the trend too long. Even his predecessor, Willie Randolph, constantly bemoaned the Mets' inability to add tack-on runs.
At one point in their last series against the Astros, the Mets made 34 consecutive outs. Granted, 20 of those came against Roy Oswalt, but it helps to frame the issue.
As a whole, the offense operates at an incredibly productive level. Entering Wednesday night, the Mets were the second-best team in the National League in scoring runs. They are the best team in the majors at scoring in the first inning, which helps wear down the starting pitcher. On Tuesday, Jamie Moyer was out of the game after just three innings.
"It's just one of those things. Hopefully at some point it might be better to reverse that," Manuel said with a hearty laugh. "We start getting them late, we might have some wiggle room."
Players say it's part of the game. Their reasoning is simple: Sometimes the team hits well, and sometimes it doesn't. That was how Fernando Tatis -- who mashed a three-run homer Tuesday -- put it. But is it that simple? Manuel felt the quality of his team's at-bats falls dramatically in the later innings. He watches a team that was once taking pitches and swinging at good pitches revert to bad habits. The Mets grounded into three double plays and finished just 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
Manuel just wants productive at-bats. What angers him is to watch hitters swing at pitches out of the strike zone and ground into double plays.
"You don't always have to get hits to have good at-bats," Manuel said. "If you hit a line drive, I'm good with that. If they catch it, they catch it."
The Mets scored early because they put continual pressure on Moyer. Jose Reyes led off the game with a triple, crushing the second pitch of the game into the gap in left-center field. In the third, the first two hitters reached base on singles. Tatis then brought them all home with a towering shot.
Compare that with extra innings. From the 10th on, the Mets put only two baserunners on. No one even reached second base. The bullpen allowed only three runs over the course of eight innings, but they're finding a lot of the blame directed at them because of the overall result.
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Matt Dawson on Sir Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian McGeechan
Knighthood still sinking in - McGeechan
Matt Dawson
By Matt Dawson
Former Northampton, Wasps, England and Lions scrum-half
For me, Sir Ian McGeechan is the ultimate Lion.
There have been many great players associated with the Lions over the years, with names like Willie John McBride, Martin Johnson, Scott Gibbs and Gareth Edwards springing to mind.
But as someone who embodies everything it is to be a Lion, there is nobody who will come close to what Geech has brought to the red jersey.
From player, to coach, to manager - not to mention assistant manager and consultant - he epitomises the Lions as a brand and as a team.
He laughed when I asked to speak to Sir Ian when I phoned to congratulate him on his knighthood, an embarrassing giggle of disbelief.
I can imagine him opening his post, just like any other person, and being completely gobsmacked to read the letter when the news came through; I can picture his wife Judy asking what's wrong and him showing her the letter; and I can almost see the sheer disbelief on their faces - but it makes perfect sense.
That's one of the reasons why everyone thinks he deserves the honour: his humility and his under-the-radar dedication to be successful on behalf of the teams he has worked for.
I'm very proud to know him and I know that, despite the knighthood, he will be exactly the same as he always has been.
I first met Geech in 1995 when he was thinking about coming to coach at Northampton - and he hasn't changed.
He was very quiet and thorough in his preparation, but always so positive and incredibly knowledgeable. And he had an ability to communicate with his players in a way which always made them perform to their best.
I was aspiring to be an international rugby player at the time and after watching me for a couple of months, he said to me: "Daws, you're a scrum-half, I don't want you to force it."
When Geech spoke, you didn't just feel like you were flicking through history books reading about JPR Williams, Willie John McBride or Gareth Edwards - you felt like you were sitting next to them
I asked him what he meant and he said: "You have two options in your rugby life - you either make a break or pass the ball. Whichever you choose to do, you do it 100%."
As simple as that sounds, he was absolutely spot on.
If I made a break followed by a mistake, I had to learn from it and try not do it again. Or if I made a pass when I should have made a break, I watched the video and next time I made the right decision.
Whatever I chose to do I did it 100% and he would always back me. He was like that with every player - as long as you weren't hesitant, he would always back you.
He has an empathy with players - not because he played at the highest level but because he has this ability to understand what the players are going through.
Jerry Guscott celebrates with McGeechan after the Lions win the 1997 series in South Africa
McGeechan led the 1997 Lions to victory in South Africa
As a coach, he has developed and changed in the 14 years I have known him, which marks the quality of the man.
He appreciates the game has moved on - the skills he had in 1995 were very different to what he took with the Lions in 2009. But he still manages to bring quality to the table.
When I first met him he was very much into wearing a tracksuit and getting stuck into the technical stuff in training.
He moved on as a coach and got into the management side, but he never left the training field altogether.
Geech has the ability to get the right people around him, perhaps guys who were a little bit closer to the modern game, and bring out his own little nuggets of wisdom when it's needed.
For everything he achieved with Northampton, Wasps and Scotland, it is the Lions where he really marked himself out as a legend.
On Lions tours there is so much tradition and history, you have to be aware of what it means to put that red jersey on.
But when Geech spoke, you didn't just feel like you were flicking through history books reading about JPR Williams, Willie John McBride or Gareth Edwards - you felt like you were sitting next to them. Geech's words brought the whole thing alive.
You weren't just a 1997 or 2009 Lion: you were a Lion. You felt two inches taller, two inches wider and two paces quicker: not only did you not want to let your own team down, but you didn't want to let the Lions "brand" down. Geech fully understood that.
Ian McGeechan and Matt Dawson during a Wasps photo call
Dawson played under McGeechan at Wasps until he retired
With the Lions, relationships are not just built on the rugby field - it is imperative to get it right off the field.
Other coaches have failed miserably and overlooked the social aspect. But Geech never did - you only need to look at the players from the 2009 tour and see how well they played.
There would be plenty of coaches who wouldn't participate with the players' court (where various fines are administered for "offences"). Geech would and could be one of the lads but he knew where the line was and never overstepped it.
I can't remember an angry word from him - he always had an angry sidekick like Jim Telfer, Warren Gatland or Shaun Edwards.
Those players who went to South Africa in 2009 will tell you that if they bumped into one of their fellow Lions, they would give them an enormous embrace because there is a bond that will be there forever.
And that's because of Geech - the ultimate Lion.
Matt Dawson was talking to BBC Sport's Pranav Soneji
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By Chris Devine
Legendary Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram has labelled James Anderson the best bowler in the world and believes the leader of England's attack has "mastered the art" of reverse swing.
Renowned for his ability to move the ball at pace, left-armer Wasim claimed 414 Test wickets and a further 502 in one-day internationals during a glittering career.
He also enjoyed great success as a county cricketer with Lancashire and feels his former club now boast the game's premier seamer in Anderson.
"For me, at the moment, he is the number one bowler in the world," Wasim told yesterday at Grappenhall Cricket Club in Warrington, where he was guesting for Australia in a charity legends match against England.
"I've seen a lot of bowlers in the last 10 years but Jimmy Anderson is at the top of the ladder.
"It's actually a treat to watch a bowler like him. I think he is at the peak of his game."
Having worked hard to develop his skills, Anderson is now able to pose a threat in any conditions, a fact emphasised by his impressive performances on recent tours of Australia and the sub-continent.
His prowess as an exponent of reverse swing has certainly caught the eye of Wasim, who added: "In my book, he has mastered the art now. I'm very impressed."
Wasim was not the only former Test cricketer to lavish praise on Anderson at Grappenhall.
Ex-England paceman Andy Caddick also paid tribute to the 31-year-old, who currently sits third on his country's list of Test wicket-takers, five behind Bob Willis.
"He's in his prime now," said Caddick of Anderson. "He's got a few years left and I think you'll see a lot of better bowling from Jimmy because he is the finished article and he knows his game.
"When you start knowing your game as a bowler you are going to continue doing very well."
Caddick, a veteran of 62 Tests and 54 ODIs, also expects Steven Finn to bounce back from his recent dip in form.
Finn was left out of England's squad for the third Investec Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford, but Caddick points to Anderson as a perfect example to follow.
"I think he (Finn) has just got to show consistency. Jimmy was the same," said Caddick. "He came into the side in 2003 at the World Cup and then had a struggle. He went away, worked on his game and to his credit he's come back as a better bowler and that's what pace bowlers need to do.
"Finny's got a long time ahead of him. He's a fantastic bowler.He bowls wicket-to-wicket, has got tall levers, hits the wicket hard and bowls at 90mph, so you can't be a better bowler than that."
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Brisbane proves to be 'All Blacks' 'banana skin'
Last updated 05:00 10/11/2012
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HANDLING ISSUES: Cory Jane fails to hang on to a pass.
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OPINION: Sometimes you hate to be right, and this was definitely one of those occasions as the All Blacks had their winning streak snapped in Brisbane with a draw that would have felt like a loss in the aftermath.
I wondered beforehand if this could be a "banana skin" match for the All Blacks and, sure enough, it played out pretty much as I'd thought it might, right down to my theory that the Australians might not be good enough or experienced enough to close out victory.
I had a feeling it would be one of those tight test matches and, if the Wallabies could stay in touch on the scoreboard, and even get themselves ahead, they would gain some encouragement and confidence.
They put themselves in a position to win the test match, then they proceeded to go about losing it as best they could.
The All Blacks were very lucky they were able to haul in a nine-point deficit all on the back of Australia making errors and doing foolish things.
They didn't construct anything because they didn't have any ball and because of that weren't able to build pressure and points.
The All Blacks instead had to rely on the Australians giving them opportunities to score points - and Robbie Deans' men duly obliged.
The Wallabies let the All Blacks back in to the point they could even have lost and, when they reflect on this match, they will probably be kicking themselves for letting the victory get away from them.
Australia were the dominant team and had every opportunity to win.
But I always felt that if it got close, New Zealand had an edge because they had so much experience and nous.
Sure enough, Australia got themselves into a winning position yet lacked the personnel and ability to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.
I don't think the All Blacks underestimated the Wallabies but they never got into the game early.
They were just feeding off turnovers and the odd error from Australia, but that doesn't give you ball in hand to establish a rhythm.
When they're playing well, the All Blacks construct seven-plus phases and put opponents under pressure. They hardly did that at all in this test.
At the end, the players sounded frustrated they couldn't get into the game and didn't have the ball to assert their game plan.
It was similar to what happened in the first half in South Africa, except there they were able to score the tries against the run of play to stay in the game.
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But that's two test matches in a row they've really struggled to get ball and implement the game plan.
Make no mistake, for the All Blacks this will feel like a loss.
The players would have been desperate to win for Keven Mealamu and for Steve Hansen, who's had a tough week with the death of his father, Des.
Plus, All Blacks love smashing records and take great pride in their achievements, and the fact they let that winning streak slip will be incredibly frustrating in the cold light of day.
Also, when an opponent is as dominant as the Wallabies were, a draw does feel like a loss.
But it would be unfair to let this result detract too much from the team's achievements this season. There are going to be games like that where it is hard work and you don't get enough ball.
They had a pretty full-on week, and it was hard not to admire the way Hansen dealt with it afterwards.
He was critical of the way they played and felt they hadn't played intelligently, and didn't get their hands on enough ball. He also felt there were too many unnecessary penalties given away.
But the positive was they performed well below par and still got away with a draw.
The defence was again extremely good. The Wallabies threw everything at them but never looked like scoring a try. While they might be having issues getting the attack going, the All Blacks' defence remains superb.
This team is capable of some special things, but the scary thing for the rest of the world is they're not there yet. They're still working at it.
I'm not sure that too much changes now either, just because the streak is over.
The All Blacks want to win every test match they play, and nothing changes on that front. It's what makes New Zealand rugby so powerful.
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Consider a square planar grid. (The vertices are pair of points in the plane with integer coordinates and two vertices are adjacent if they agree in one coordinate and differ by one in the other.)
Give every edge a length one with probability a half and length two with probability a half.
Consider a shortest path between the origin and the vertex $(n,0)$.
Show that with probability that tends to one as $n$ tends to infinity the shortest path will not contain the "middle edge" on the x-axis inbetween the orgin and $(n,0)$. (Namely, the edge between the vertices $(\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor,0)$ and $(\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor+1,0)$.)
This question is in the category of "a missing lemma". It is not really a full fledged open problem but rather a statement which looks correct that was needed in some paper and resisted proof. Of course, some such "lemmas" turn out to be very difficult, but sometimes maybe a simple argument was simply missed. The relevant paper is with Itai Benjamini and Oded Schramm: First Passage Percolation Has Sublinear Distance Variance
While MO have chosen to accept one answer, and there were some nice suggestions, the problem is still wide open.
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Thanks Alon, I myself cannot see the latex (it leaves the formulas uncompiled) so I prefer the plain text. – Gil Kalai Dec 23 '09 at 10:34
Nitpicking: is it "a shortest path" or "the shortest path"? Do you want to show there is a shortest path avoiding the given edge, or that all shortest paths avoid the given edge. – Boris Bukh Dec 23 '09 at 11:26
That's really a shame, Gil. Have you tried installing jsMath along with the fonts? It's not supposed to be necessary but perhaps it'll help. – Alon Amit Dec 23 '09 at 18:00
Boris, I suppose I just want to show that there is a shortest path avoiding this middle edge. Alon, jsMath? where – Gil Kalai Dec 23 '09 at 18:50
Boris: That's not nitpicky, it's actually an important point. If the distribution of passage times is continuous, then with probability one, there is a unique minimizing path between any two points. Here, since the distribution has atoms, with positive probability, there are multiple shortest paths. – Tom LaGatta Dec 26 '09 at 2:02
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Gil: This is a type of problem that I know little about so here I am thinking out loud about problems that seem natural to ask about this situation. It is hard to believe that people have not already thought about these questions and perhaps answered them. Where would I look to find out more?
You write you are interested in a "square planar grid." So I took this to mean that you were thinking about the points of a "square grid graph" with lx1 squares as the cells that goes from (0,0) to (n,n) and where weights were going to be assigned to the edges of size 1 or 2.
The paths that you are talking about need not be constrained to move up and to the right but it might be interesting to contrast the behavior of general shortest paths with those that move up and to the right. It would also seem to be of interest to see what happens if one selects half of the edges at random and makes them all length 1 edges and makes all the others of length 2. Since there are 4n edges this means 2n are 1's and 2n are 2's. Furthermore, If we insist that paths move up and to the right, such paths all have length 2n, so "very shortest" paths would consist only on 1's.
In both settings:
a. What is the probability there is a shortest path to (n,n) consisting of all 1's?
b. What can be said about the expected value of the length of a shortest path to (n, n)? What can be said about the expected number of paths of this value?
c. When one insists that each of the two lengths appear equally often how many different ways can this happen? (One can also ask how many of these are different up to symmetry of the "colored" graph, treating the lengths as two colors.) One could count in the general case too but the up and to the right case seems more interesting here.
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To whomever gave this post a negative vote: Shame on you. This post does not answer the question Gil asked, but so what? It is exploratory and raises some interesting ideas; perhaps one of those could lead to a correct answer. Posts like this are exactly what MathOverflow needs. – Tom LaGatta Dec 26 '09 at 1:57
Joe, it is a very good idea to consider paths from (0,0) to (n,n) and to consider also the case where you only go north and east. This restricted model is called "directed percolation". As far as I know the lemma is not known for directed percolation. There is one version where the distribution of edge length is exponential and you want the path of MAXIMUM length where this model is understood very well and is strongly connected to maximum eigenvalues of random symmetric matrices, largest monotone subsequences etc. – Gil Kalai Dec 26 '09 at 19:27
It may be possible that for this version (directed percolation; exponential lengths, maximum path), the detailed understanding of the model may lead to a proof of the lemma; but I am not sure even about it. (There are hopes, but no proofs for universality: that various models will behave in some sense the same way.) Strangely, I dont know the answer for a) off-hand. Nice question. – Gil Kalai Dec 26 '09 at 19:34
@Tom. I think you are wrong --- if someone read it and find it not helpful then it is right thing to vote down. (BTW, it was not me) – Anton Petrunin Jan 27 '10 at 19:37
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Gil, as you said, this is one of those typical FPP problems which seems obvious but is hard to prove. What have you tried already? It'd be helpful to know of some naïve attempts which didn't work.
Here are my thoughts:
Claim: There exists non-random $\lambda$ such that, with probability one, for large n, all shortest paths between $0$ and $(n,0)$ meet $\lambda n + o(n)$ edges. (this is a LLN-type theorem so it shouldn't be hard to prove; e.g., via energy-entropy methods, since your passage time distributions are bounded)
Thus one can consider the probability space $\Omega_n$ consisting of all paths between $0$ and $(n,0)$ which meet $\lambda n + o(n)$ edges. A shortest path is a random variable $X_n$ on this space with a certain probability distribution.
Claim: There exists $\sigma$ such that $|\Omega_n| \approx \sigma^n$. (should be easy: $\log|\Omega_n|$ is probably subadditive)
Let $\Omega_n'$ be the subspace of paths which meet the middle edge, so that $|\Omega_n'| \approx \sigma^{n/2} + \sigma^{n/2}$.
Suppose that there exists $p > 0$ such that the shortest path between $0$ and $(n,0)$ meets the middle edge with probability at least $p$. (*)
Here is the part which I'm struggling to quantify. Intuitively, the distribution of $X_n$ should be smeared smoothly over $\Omega_n$. Certainly the mean is a horizontal line segment, but even paths which veer quite far away aren't unreasonable. However, if (*) holds, with probability at least $p$, $X_n$ concentrates on the much smaller subspace $\Omega_n'$. This seems wrong.
Perhaps all I've done is to translate one "obvious" statement into another. Hopefully this helps a bit. Good luck!
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Tom, Interseting suggestion. I dont remember so much what we tried. At the end we managed to go around this lemma. – Gil Kalai Dec 26 '09 at 19:38
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Gil, thanks for bumping this post. I think I've got a new idea for you, but it's not a proof yet. Let $\gamma_n$ be a minimizing geodesic between $(-n,0)$ and $(n,0)$, and let $\gamma^{\pm}_n$ be a minimizing geodesic betwen $(\pm n, 0)$ and the origin.
Denote by $d(\gamma_n)$ the maximal Euclidean distance from the geodesic $\gamma_n$ to the straight line path between $(-n,0)$ and $(n,0)$, and define $d(\gamma^\pm_n)$ similarly for $\gamma^\pm_n$. By the definition of the transversal fluctuation exponent $\xi$, $d(\gamma^\pm_n)$ scales like $n^\xi$ and $d(\gamma_n)$ scales like $(2n)
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So, my site (www.around-around.com), has a lot of borders and they work fine on Safari, FF, and IE; but on Chrome, occasionally, they disappear. I've searched through the code and it doesn't make sense to me.
If you go to http://www.around-around.com/8/ on FF, you'll see the borders around the article. But on Chrome, they disappear.
The relevant CSS is:
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I'm totally baffled. On other pages, such as http://www.around-around.com/dream-perfume/, Chrome displays the borders fine. The code is exactly the same - the only difference is the post content.
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I believe you are hitting http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32702
The bug has been fixed, verified against Chromium src@139014! Should go live in Chrome 21.
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I think you're right Alexander. Thanks. I'm going to follow that thread and hopefully they'll figure it out. What a dumb problem. – Luke Finsaas May 16 '12 at 19:20
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because default border-style in Chrome is "none". for each border attribute in Chrome you must assign border-style value.
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HayburnerHeights 02-02-2009 09:20 PM
arena location, thoughts
I have a delima,
I have 2 different spots I can have a outdoor ring set up. One spot is near the barn, solid clay. Size would be roughly 50 x 75 feet, Pretty open area. I set up a ring years ago there, then moved it to spot mentioned below
the current spot is a little softer ground, ring is 60 x 110 feet, Problem is its right next door to our neighbors property and there is a hedge row about 10 feet from the side of my ring. The neighbors dogs constantly go through the hedgerow and spook my horses when we are trying to ride (hedge row is about 10 ft wide, consists of trees, long grass & brushey undergrowth). One of their dog houses is right on the other side of the hedgerow also, so the one dog can still raise heck without leaving their yard (one is tied, the other dog runs loose)
I would almost rather move it up toward the barn, but am concerned that the ring won't be large enough for two us to ride comfortably.
sandy2u1 02-02-2009 09:28 PM
I would be concerned about the dogs too. Not just the spooking...but are they gonna be barking the whole time you are riding? if so...that would be so annoying
HayburnerHeights 02-02-2009 09:39 PM
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They usually stop after a bit, I've chased them back over the hedgerow a few times with the lunge whip. They are just a pain in the rear end. :-(
rosie9r 02-02-2009 10:27 PM
Can you talk to your neighbors about moving their dogs farther from the hedge? Or put up a privacy fence on that side?
I would like a bigger arena personally, so you dont feel cramped or wont be able to really work your horse. (just like you can only do so much in a round pen.)
Miss Katie 02-02-2009 10:54 PM
I would tell your neighbour that you are having issues with their dogs venturing onto your land, and ask them to either tie both dogs or put up a fence. It is your land after all.
As for the barking, if it is excessive is there someone to report it to?? Otherwise, if they stop after a while I dont see it as being a problem. Its just something the horse has to get used to.
xilikeggs0 02-02-2009 11:50 PM
Either call animal control when the dogs come onto your property, or put up a fence.
appylover31803 02-03-2009 12:02 AM
I would suggest going over and talking to your neighbors. Say that not only is it dangerous for you and the horses, but to the dog too.
If they don't seem to care, see if you can put up a fence in that location.
I would rather have more room to ride, then less, though I dont know if I would always want to deal with the dogs everytime I ride
~*~anebel~*~ 02-03-2009 12:59 AM
Put up a fence and the next time the dogs come running through, boy are they and their little heads getting a surprise! Ir even one strand of electric will have the dogs thinking again about running through to your property. I also like the animal control idea. Be rude about it. I would not put up with neighbor's dogs on my property, regardless of where my horses and riding arena were.
I would opt for the larger space. And if possible I would actually put in a base, pack it and get some footing on there. It's a bunch better for the horses.
HayburnerHeights 02-03-2009 05:40 AM
our stupid little dog barks alot too, Its not the barking that spooks the horses and they do stop. Its the hedgerow wandering by the Jack Russell Terrier and occasional trip by the bigger dog. The horse think its a lion coming through there.
They are pretty good neighbors overall. They are just "old school" type people and are retired from the working world (a long time ago) Everyone just stays pretty much to themselves around here. They really don't have a lot of room where they are as far as their yard goes.(its just a small lot) Its just the way their house & lot are designed it means their main back yard is right next to my ring. I thought about talking to them but I can just see their dog darting out under their feet anyways. They are older folks and not as quick as they used to be
Thats why I was kind of leaning towards moving the ring.
Miss Katie 02-03-2009 08:59 AM
I think a fence would fix the problem, and they seem reasonable so maybe ask if they will split the cost with you.
They sound like they dont mean you no harm, just dont know any better. Im sure if you talked to them everything will work out the best for both of you.
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OK, I'll have a look at it and see if the method can be applied to the stronger statement. – Pascal Maillard Sep 26 '11 at 12:59
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Midway Problem (a reformulation only)
This is not an Answer. Start with a 2n x2n grid graph. all edges length one, all even pairs linked.
The "both even" numbered vertices are "the original graph". Add (x odd, y even) vertices half the time. Add (x even, y odd) vertices the time. The (odd, odd) vertices are always out. Seems a decent starting point. Point Midway is now (n+1, 0), and in the graph half of the time.
The two questions may then be:
Strongest question, as n grows: Show with probability approaching one that the set of all shortest paths between (0,0) and (2n,0) almost never contains Midway.
Weaker question, as n grows: Show with probability approaching one that there is a shortest path
between (0,0) and (2n,0) that does not contain Midway.
They may even have different answers, unless the shortest path has "uniqueness" properties. So again, this is not an answer.
But, the fractions are gone, and the edge lengths are all one!
Apologies for the initial typo. Is this variation more accessible?
The Far Corner variant of Midway, with an exclusion somewhere, may be easier for purists; but again, I do not know the answer (Nor even close). Propertys of shortest path sets from (0,0) to (2n,2n) may shed light on the axial case. Some small variety of forbidden minor, behaving as Midway, may be worthy of considering. I would try constant sized cycles.
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That's an interesting variation of the problem that might be easier. When you say add (x odd y even) hald the time do you mean with probability 1/2? I suppose also the (x even y odd) vertices are also added half the time. that's interesting. – Gil Kalai Jan 31 '10 at 16:52
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From: Yvette P. Hoitink <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:16:19 +0100
To: "'Wendy A Chisholm'" <wendy@w3.org>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Cc: <nabe@lab.twcu.ac.jp>, <seeman@netvision.net.il>, <shadi@w3.org>, <charles@w3.org>
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Hello Wendy and list,
> From: Wendy A Chisholm [mailto:wendy@w3.org]
> Sent: vrijdag 19 maart 2004 2:14
> To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Cc: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl; nabe@lab.twcu.ac.jp;
> seeman@netvision.net.il; shadi@w3.org; charles@w3.org
> Subject: CleverKeys, dictionary.com and "programmatically located"
> Language questions:
> 1. Are there similar tools and dictionaries that are freely
> available in other languages?
I wish! We only have 1 Dutch dictionary online with a reasonable amount of
words. This is http://www.vandale.nl, an abbreviated version of the leading
Dutch dictionary. The website does not conform to WCAG 1. Even people
without disabilities find it hard to find out where to type the word they're
looking for (the _brown_ text box labelled "Zoek een woord in Hedendaags
No other major Dutch dictionaries are available online, at least none that I
know of. I have checked some Dutch dictionary portal sites but most of the
links they give are to translation dictionaries or specialized dictionaries
(the Harry Potter dictionary etc.).
I do not know of any online dictionary tools for Dutch. Some translation
tools exist, so you could first translate it in English and then look it up
in an English dictionary but this is shaky at best.
> 2. Assuming there are similar tools for Dutch, how would the
> results differ for Dutch words that are aggregates of words?
Dutch dictionaries only list common aggregates. But words you create on the
fly cannot be found in dictionaries. Normally, you just look up the word
anyway and see what the first constituent is. For example if I want to know
what the word "liefdesbrief" means, I look up "liefdesbrief" which I don't
find, but I do find "liefde" which means "love". The's' is recognized by
most people as a 'glue' letter to glue two words together, so you can then
look up "brief" which means "letter". Combining them gives you "love
letter". (Actually, "liefdesbrief" is so common it will be in most
dictionaries but it's just an example).
> As with idioms, will tools look for the meaning of each separate word?
To do it that way, you first need an algorithm to split the words into their
constituents. This is an area of much research, as I already wrote to the
list earlier.
But is that necessary? (Most) Dutch people have no problem using
dictionaries to determine the meaning of compound words. Why should we make
it a problem? If we offer a link to a dictionary so that a user can
determine the meaning of the word, than we have achieved our goal haven't
we? I think we should formulate our checkpoint in such a way that the user
can determine the meaning of the words from dictionaries that are provided
or linked to by the web content. I do not think we should require the web
content to automatically determine the meaning of every word.
> 3. What about Japanese? Hebrew? Spanish? Arabic? German?
> French? Are there similar tools for these languages? What
> issues would tools have in other languages?
> 4. If automatic lookup of words works for some languages and
> not others, how do we create guidelines that will apply
> across languages?
> 5. If the tools are possible, but not available today, do we
> write "lowest common denominator" guidelines that apply
> across all languages, or do we have different guidelines
> depending on tools available today?
"Until advanced dictionaries exist..." sure has a familiar feel to it :-)
I think we should stick to what we want to say and not get into the
technical implementations required to do that. That's for the techniques
> 6. Is user agent support a sufficient technique?
That question is on a totally different level than your other questions.
Many accessibility problems can be fixed by a certain user agent, but that
doesn't absolve the writers from making their web content accessible. For
example, black letters on a dark blue background can be turned to black and
white by a user agent (e.g. by turning off CSS) but that doesn't stop us
from formulating guidelines about contrast. In WCAG we should focus on
creating accessible content, and let the UAAG handle on how to present that
content in the most accessible way.
For dictionaries, I think authors should (at level 3) provide links to
dictionaries where users can determine the meaning of the words used in the
BTW: In the Netherlands we also have a minority language called Frisian. No
online explaining dictionaries exist for Frisian, just a Frisian-Dutch
translation dictionary. Since most people who speak Frisian also speak
Dutch, this isn't a problem in most cases.
Yvette Hoitink
Heritas, Enschede, The Netherlands
E-mail: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl
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The North of England Home Service, by Gordon Burn (Faber, £7.99)
"Nostalgia, or homesickness, is never about the past but about felt absences or a sense of something lacking in the present." Ray Cruddas - a once-famous Northern comedian now operating in the showbusiness shadows - has turned nostalgia into a living with Bobby's, "the kind of club that takes you back even if you were never there originally". Former boxer Jackie Mabe helps him run it, as he has helped by being Ray's "eyes and ears, his butler and gofer" for 30 years. There's no plot as such, just one day in these men's lives serving as the framework for a series of looping reminiscences that span the postwar years, and travel from the mining towns of the northeast down to Hackney's boxing clubs, Spitalfield's Jewish tenements, Brixton's cellar bars and Soho's strip joints. Burn is also known for his non-fiction; dense with description, his third novel has an almost forensic attention to detail. ES
The Search, by Geoff Dyer (Abacus, £7.99)
Walker is a tracker, hired by Rachel to find her missing husband, Malory. He wants to sleep with Rachel, which is one reason why he takes the job. But he's also drifting, waiting to see what comes his way. There is nothing to go on, not even a photograph, yet Walker has a knack for thinking himself into his target's head, and arriving in places Malory has just left: towns such as Usfret, where all the people inexplicably crowd together to form a vast millipede, and Despond, where each day starts with contentment, turns to disappointment and ends in a frantic urge to leave. Walker's search also takes him to a town completely empty of people and one where everyone is frozen still. Dyer describes his latest book, Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, as an unreliable map of some of the landscapes of his life. The Search, first published in 1993, is an intoxicating road trip in the company of a man sleepwalking his way across an unmapped landscape. ES
The Bride Stripped Bare, by Anonymous (Harper Perennial, £6.99)
When this came out in hardback, we were expected to swallow the conceit of its anonymity, even though its author's identity was revealed as soon as the book found a publisher. Now the conceit is stretched even further, thanks to a "Meet the author" addendum and a "Dear reader" letter from Nikki Gemmell herself. The story - the secret emotional and sexual life of a "seemingly good, contented wife" - is also loaded with conceits: that the heroine's infidelities are a victory for women's rights; that having a baby "as an insurance policy against panicky loneliness" is anything but repugnant. Then there's the conceit of the second-person narrative, as if her story is your story; and, ultimately, the conceit that the flaunted anonymity is about honesty and not publicity. Gemmell, an ex-journalist, researched this novel by emailing friends to ask their opinions about sex. The result has all the profundity of a pile of old women's magazines. ES
Joseph Knight, by James Robertson (Fourth Estate, £7.99)
The Scots presence among 18th-century sugar planters in the West Indies was so strong that slaves in certain parts of the colonies were versed in Gaelic. This was something of an embarrassment to enlightened Edinburgh, and Robertson engages an exhaustive cast of notable Scots to debate the landmark case of Joseph Knight, a slave transported to Scotland who refused to be a slave any longer. The case for abolition is cogently argued, but the emotional balance of the book is scuppered by Robertson's strange decision to withhold his hero's presence until the final section. There's a fine, affectionate passage evoking the tempestuous voyage from Jamaica in which Knight's owner coaxes his protégé from the brink of death. But as an explication of the unusually intense bond between master and slave, it is too little, too late and leaves the rest of the book's arguments feeling as dry as an old ship's biscuit. AH
Seven Tales of Sex and Death, by Patricia Duncker (Picador, £7.99)
Patricia Duncker's disquieting volume is a collection of night pieces, the product of watching too many bad thrillers in the small hours at her French retreat. When Duncker has difficulty sleeping, she nods off in front of pulpy psycho-dramas, whose staple cast of cops, pimps and homicidal maniacs inhabit the stories of this collection. The outstanding piece is a tale that stylishly weaves together modern archaeology and myths of ancient sacrifice with a brutal media murder reminiscent of the Jill Dando affair. At the other end of the scale is a splendidly grumpy piece about a bad-tempered British playwright holidaying in France, who nurses a deep loathing for her convivial Gallic neighbours. Allowing the dark side of her imagination such free reign means that Duncker often oversteps the boundaries of good taste. But bad taste never tasted quite as piquant as it frequently does here. AH
Someone to Run With, by David Grossman (Bloomsbury, £7.99)
Lego is the most versatile of toys. For the very young, there are oversized bricks, from which you graduate to regular Lego, and finally Technical Lego for kids who want to become mechanical engineers. Grossman introduces an interesting innovation - psychological Lego, which enables the author to snap together readymade characters. Tamar, a 16-year-old Israeli, is "missing that Lego part in her soul that could connect her to another person". The missing brick turns out to be Assaf, the kind of boy who keeps a small screwdriver attached to the back of his shoe. Perhaps the most absurd thing of all is that Grossman attempts to load a thin analysis of urban street kids with fairytale symbolism. When they're not described as Lego pieces, Tamar and Assaf are "lonely human snowflakes, desperate for assurance that somewhere in that empty space hovered another like it". I suppose that's more poetic than being a little plastic brick. AH
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Just to add some extra info; there's also a town in The Netherlands where the border between The Netherlands and Germany runs through the length of a street with houses on both sides. The odd numbered houses are Dutch and the even ones are German (or the other way around, I forgot).
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• Mira Mesa: Too many Jews, A-rabes, I-talians, Filipinos and other ethnics moved there. Once an all-American patriotic hub for the US Naval base soon-to-be-an airport. So much for white Christian striaght males in uniform got laid off. OY VEY!
• Logan Heights: The newly lined US-Mexican border as of 2000, except gentrification ethnically cleansed the former barrio and the Chicano Park mural art facility has closed as of 2009.
Other cities and communities
About 20 cities, towns and hoods to mention to compose San Diego county. Note: Imperial Beach isn't listed, it's too close to Tijuana, Mexico. And oh, Imperial Valley to the east? LoL, forget those losers. It has more Mexicans than San Diego does, thanks to our 20-foot high border fence.
Los Osos
OOPS! Did you mean San Luis Obispo? LOLZ. Might well be near Tijuana. A small town of complaining old people and weed-smoking teenagers. Normal activities of locals are complaining about the lack of a sewer, stealing bike innertubes from Rite Aid and getting caught, smoking pot, and buying pot. Due to the level of crime, law enforcement is made up of 33.33% DARE officer, 33.33% Officer Maiz, and 33.33% police dog named Rover. Despite the town being called "Valley of the Bears", no bear has been seen in Los Osos for centuries. This was probably caused by a massive bear extermination facilitated by Spanish explorers during the second Spano-Bear War during the 18th century. This can be verified by a large mural behind a gas station depicting a bear getting shot in the face with a plasma rifle by a Spanish explorer.
El Cajon
Alcoholic-town, next to La Mesa: the Meth-lab. It has Grossmont College, where I can't give out the description of what goes on there, because it's gross. Sycuan Casino PWNed Barona, Pechanga, Pala and 10 other imitation Indian gaming casinos.
Lemon Grove
No lemon trees, but has a sourpus aroma. San Diego mayor-turned Cal. governor Pete Wilson lived there. Once a hub of racists and the KKK, it now boasts of pride when the freeway was named for Martin Luther King Jr. Oddly, it was a town settled by Confederate veterans retired to live under the Southern California Sun in the late 19th century.
Despite the French name, this is the worst place ever in the history of the world, inhabited by all Mexicans. It is the barrio of San Diego and is hot and sticky. Like Mira Mesa, it attempts to secede from the city to become its own "community". LOL.
Home of a futuristic laser military base surrounded by a large flooded slum, used for target practice. From a photo satellite, you can find an US Navy building shaped like a swastika! Nazis! They are planning an attack on Israel, Iran, India, China, Mexico or Kenya (say "hi" to Obama's half-bro for us).
Chula Vista
Sailors and zoot suiters. To the east of the Inland freeway is a whole new community, Rancho de la Rincon or Nacion (as in Aztlan) or Incarceration. The US Olympic training center is where you can find road rage, doped-up American athletes, and the whole Mexican track-and-field team after they ran up north.
(Inter)National City
Capital of Mexico in the way it's going to be. Lately, a few rich white kids began to buy up everything and changed the character of this "shit-city". The San Diego Bay Sweetwater Wetlands preserve is full of frogs and mosquitos, with the west nile virus and H1N1 virus coming in...let's go out and play with the marsh snakes.
Once a small town turned into a yuppie bedroom community now an overgrown suburban sprawl shithole full of gangs, bums and abandoned buildings. To the east is San Diego Wild Animal Park, where you see animals do the "wild thing" since it's mating season. And to the south is Lake Hodges where nearly all the water is gone, thanks to prolonged drought conditions.
Military school, Norman Rockwell town of US flags everywhere. Anyone want to live on a residential street Vista Way, where the state route 78 freeway ends? A few idiot drivers still think it's a 85-MPH highway. YIKES! The route 76 freeway is worse. Some bean-count demographers said North Oceanside, formerly San Luis rey, has one of the state's most Jews per capita of population...Kikes!
It's beach has a god-awful factory by a lagoon, must be dumping sewage. It's claim to fame is Legotown America, and the colony was founded by a few Germans, Danes and Dutch; the name "Carlsbad" is whale's butthole in German.
A feisty, seista place. "The Other Vista, but Cholo Vista". It is the home to Leisure World Ocean Hills Village's 100,000 senior citizens. What a wonderful place to retire and die in peace. They are often attending the Lawrence Welk corpse's orchestra events.
San Marcos
Countryside village turned college town turned inner city. Stoners are the main residents in town, gotta go find some bud, dope or weed. The Cal. State Univ. San Marcos Cougars vs. the Palomar College Juniors sounds like a real bad idea for a college sports game.
Del Mar
Rich old men own (and hump) their horses here. Horse races are what made Del Mar, the city-by-the-sea a really horseshit place. To the east is America's richest community Rancho Santa Fe, also where the Heaven's Gate cult mass suicide took place in April 1997.
A kind of SouCal "beach" town, strangely the name in Spanish is "pregnant teens". To the north is La Costa, the south is Solana Beach and the east is a forest known as "Elvin Wood" or is it Olivenhain? (or "Oliver Clothesoff"). The West end is Leucadia or Cardiff-by-the-Sea, where bleach blonde ditzy teen blond bimbos are everywhere...just like on Jersey Shore.
"Shitty", also site of a nationally-renowned school shooting in 1999. Traffic jams on I-8 are common (worse than I-15 by Pala Mesa Village), due to so many long distance commuters from Alpine to the east. Should it be renamed Santee Claus?, no... that's the anagram for Satan.
No way, don't. go. there. It turned into a bedroom community over night, and millionaires taken over the town during the real estate boom (like to poop in your pants) in the late 1990s. Also the site of a divisive battle, San Pasqual in the Mexican-American war of the 1840s, where USA! USA! kicked Mexico's butt and acquired San Diego with all of California. USA NO way. So Gay but, what the hey).
An attention whore with no life.
Her pimp who treats her like a bitch.
Borrego Springs
The middle of a fuckin' desert.
A smaller version of T.J., named for one of Mexico's best beers.
Military town next to Camp Pendleton and a few missile defense bases. The current Nazi Germany government in exile, next to the avocado groves filled with militias.
Mexican beach party
San Diego economy's two sources of income. Sorry beach goers, this is only a military exercise!
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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Hallie Michaels (Volume 1)
Deborah Coates
Tor Books
When Sergeant Hallie Michaels arrived in Rapid City, South Dakota, she’d been traveling for twenty-four hours straight. She sat on the plane as it taxied to the gate and tried not to jump out of her skin, so ready to be up, to be moving, to put her head down and go. And Lord help anyone who got in her way.
She hadn’t been able to reach her father or anyone else by phone since she’d gotten the news, just contact with her commanding officer—We’re sorry, your sister’s dead. Here’s ten days’ compassionate leave. Go home.
Three sharp bongs, and the seat belt light went out. The plane filled with the sound of seat belts snapping, people moving, overhead doors opening up. The woman in the seat next to Hallie’s was still fumbling with her buckle when Hallie stepped past her into the aisle. She felt raw and sharp edged as she walked off the plane and up the Jetway, like rusty barbed wire, like she would snap if someone twisted too hard.
Halfway down the long wide concourse, ready—she was—for South Dakota, for her sister’s funeral for—
Eddie Serrano’s ghost floated directly in front of her, right in the middle of the concourse. She swiped a hand across her eyes, hoped it was an artifact of no sleep and too much coffee, though she knew that it wasn’t.
He looked like he’d just stepped out of parade formation—crisp fatigues, pants neatly tucked into his boots, cap stiff and creased and set on his head just exactly perfect. Better than he’d ever looked when he was alive—except for being gray and misty and invisible to everyone but her.
She thought she’d left him in Afghanistan.
She drew a deep breath. This was not happening. She was not seeing a dead soldier in the middle of the Rapid City airport. She wasn’t. She squared her shoulders and walked past him like he wasn’t there.
Approaching the end of the concourse, she paused and scanned the half-dozen people waiting just past security. She didn’t see her father, had almost not expected to see him because—oh for so many reasons—because he wouldn’t want to see her for the first time in a public place, because he had the ranch and funeral arrangements to take care of, because he hated the City, as he always referred to Rapid City, and airports, and people in the collective and, less often though sometimes more spectacularly, individually.
She spotted a woman with straight blond hair underneath a cowboy hat standing by the windows. Brett Fowker. Hallie’d known Brett since before kindergarten, since a community barbecue when they were five, where Brett had told Hallie how trucks worked and Hallie had taken them both for what turned out to be a very short ride. Brett was all right. Hallie could deal with that.
She started forward again and walked into a cold so intense, she thought it would stop her heart. It felt like dying all over again, like breath froze in her lungs. She slapped her hand against the nearest wall and concentrated on breathing, on catching her breath, on taking a breath.
She looked up, expecting Eddie.
But it was her sister. Dell.
Suddenly, Brett was there, a hand on her arm. “Are you all right?” she asked.
Hallie batted her hand away and leaned heavily against the wall, her breath sharp and quick. “I’m fine!” Her voice sounded rough, even in her own ears.
Dell looked exactly as she had the last time Hallie’d seen her, wearing a dark tailored shirt, jeans with a hole in one knee, and cowboy boots. She was a ghost now and pretty much transparent, but Hallie figured the boots were battered and scuffed because she’d always had a favorite pair that she wore everywhere. Even when she’d dressed up sometimes, like no one would notice the boots if she wore a short black dress and dangly silver earrings. And no one did—because it was Dell and she could carry something like that off, like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Hallie scrubbed a hand across her face. Goddamnit, Dell. She wasn’t going to cry. She wasn’t.
“I’m sorry, Hallie. I’m sorry.”
Brett said it over and over, like a mantra, her right hand a tight fist in Hallie’s sleeve. In sixth grade after Hallie’s mother died, she and Brett had made a no-hugging-ever pledge. Because no one had talked to Hallie that whole week, or looked her in the eye—just hugged her and handed her casserole dishes wrapped in aluminum foil.
Trust Brett to honor a pact made twelve years ago by eleven-year-olds.
“Brett,” Hallie said, “I—”
“Hallie!” Suddenly someone was hugging her. “Oh god, Hallie! Isn’t it awful?”
Lorie Bixby grabbed her around the neck, hugged her so tight, Hallie thought she might choke. “It can’t be right. I know it’s not right. Oh, Hallie…”
Hallie unwound Lorie’s hands from her neck and raised an eyebrow at Brett, because Lorie hadn’t been particular friends with Brett or Hallie back in school, though they’d done things together, because they lived close—for certain definitions of close—and were the same age. Hallie hadn’t seen her since she’d enlisted.
Brett raised her left shoulder in a half shrug, like she didn’t know why Lorie was there either, though Hallie suspected it was because Brett hadn’t wanted to come alone.
They were at the top of the stairs leading down to the luggage area and the parking lot. To Hallie’s left was a gift shop full of Mount Rushmore mugs and treasure maps to gold in the Black Hills. To her right was a café. It beckoned like a haven, like a brief respite from Afghanistan, from twenty-four hours with no sleep, from home.
But really, there was no respite. This was the new reality.
“Tell me,” Hallie said to Brett.
Brett hadn’t changed one bit since Hallie’d last seen her, hadn’t changed since she’d graduated from high school, except for the look on her face, which was grim and dark. She had perfect straight blond hair—cowgirl hair, Hallie and Dell had called it because all the perfect cowgirls in perfect cowgirl calendars had hair like Brett’s. She was wearing a bone-colored felt cowboy hat, a pearl-snap Western shirt, and Wranglers. “Tell you?” she said, like she had no idea what Hallie was talking about.
“What happened,” Hallie said, the words even and measured, because there were ghosts—Dell’s ghost, specifically—in the middle of the airport, and if she didn’t hold on tight, she was going to explode.
Brett drew a breath, like a sigh. “You should talk to your daddy about it.”
“Look, no one believes it was really suicide.” Lorie leaned toward them like this was why she’d come, to be with people, to talk about what had happened.
“What?” No one had mentioned suicide to her—accident, they’d said. There’s been a terrible accident.
“No one knows what happened yet,” Brett said cautiously, giving Lorie a long look.
“Tell me,” Hallie said, the words like forged nails, iron hard and sharp enough to draw blood.
Brett didn’t look at Hallie, her face obscured by the shadow of her hat. “They say,” she began, like it had all happened somewhere far away to people who weren’t them. “She was out driving over near Seven Mile Creek that night. Or the morning. I don’t know.” Like that was the worst thing—and for Brett, maybe it was—that she didn’t have all the particulars, the whys and wherefores. “She wracked her car up on a tree. There was no one else around. They’re saying suicide. But I don’t— No one believes that,” she added quickly. “They don’t.” As if to convince herself.
“Dell did not commit suicide,” Hallie said.
She walked away. This was not a discussion.
She didn’t look to see if Brett and Lorie were behind her until she was halfway to the luggage carousel.
Five minutes later, they were crammed into Brett’s gray Honda sedan. Hallie felt cramped and small sitting in the passenger seat, crushed under the low roof. Lorie sat in the back, an occasional sniff the only mark of her presence.
Brett turned the key in the ignition, the starter grinding before it caught. Hallie felt cold emanating from Eddie’s and Dell’s ghosts drifting behind her in the backseat. Though Lorie didn’t act as if she could feel them at all.
“She called me,” Brett said as she pulled out of the parking lot.
“What?” Because Dell and Brett hadn’t been friends.
“Yeah, right out of the blue,” Brett said.
“Monday morning. That morning.” Brett swallowed, then continued. “She wanted me to skip classes—I’m working on a master’s in psychology, you know—well, you don’t know, I guess.” It didn’t surprise Hallie. Brett had always wanted to know how things worked, even people. She’d been a steady B student in high school, but she worked until she knew what she wanted to know or got where she wanted to get.
“I’m thinking about
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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Manchester-Bound Planes Wait While Controller Takes Potty Break
Passengers on the aircraft were probably not informed of the reason for the delay, said the union spokesman, adding, "They'd probably be angry."
Both said the controller, whom neither named, had been on duty at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport about two hours and 40 minutes Friday when he had to take a bathroom break.
Because the only other employee in the tower was not certified to handle takeoffs and landings, the controller notified FAA's Boston consolidated terminal radar approach control, or TRACON, that he was taking the unscheduled break.
FAA spokesman Jim Peters said the controller, who had handled 60 aircraft during the first three hours of his shift, acted responsibly by waiting until a slow period before taking his bathroom break. Boston TRACON assumed responsibility for the airspace and placed two aircraft in a holding pattern until the controller returned.
Peters said the break lasted 12 minutes, but said a few additional minutes may have lapsed as the planes were realigned to land.
Union spokesman Church said Southwest Flights 1187 and 2379 were delayed 18 minutes. He provided CNN with an FAA "traffic management log" indicating an 18-minute lapse during a "bathroom break."
Passengers on the aircraft were probably not informed of the reason for the delay, Church said, adding, "They'd probably be angry."
During the controller's break, a Lifeguard flight pilot radioed the tower and spoke to a trainee, who was not certified to conduct controller operations. The trainee told the pilot he would have to wait 10 minutes for the controller to return.
The pilot replied that he had "lungs on board," Church said.
Peters acknowledged that the Lifeguard flight was told it had to wait 10 minutes, but said there was no indication from the pilot that the delay would cause problems.
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Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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from log to another, Carol moved closer. The paper bag on her lap crinkled noisily. The tiny creature in Daryl's hand flinched. "What is it?" she asked, mesmerized. "That's got the be the most adorable thing I've seen in a long time. It almost looks like a cartoon character."
The tiny 'varmint' was covered in soft, tawny fur, whiskers and huge, shiny eyes. She would think it was a chipmunk, except for the long, furry tail curled around its body. The wee thing held very, very still.
"It's a flying squirrel. See those big eyes? They come out only at night," Daryl said quietly. "This one got knocked out of the tree by an owl. Landed hard over there by my bike. Got stunned, I guess. Don't see any wounds on it."
"Is that why it isn't running away?" Carol asked, leaning closer. "Because it's hurt?"
"Naw. This one is okay. It's just cold and it likes the warmth on my hand. They're too tiny to keep up their body temperature when they get a shock like this. Usually, if you warm'em up, they'll scamper to safety after a small while," Daryl explained. In the reflective firelight, his dirty features were expressive. Open. Carol liked it.
"So, once it's warm enough, it'll just jump out of your hand and run up a tree?" Carol mused, smiling.
"Yep," Daryl affirmed. "Wanna hold it?" he asked with guileless eyes.
"Sure," Carol said automatically. She wasn't sure she did want to hold it. She just didn't want this moment to end. She wasn't particularly fond of hamsters and mice. She wasn't afraid of them either.
Holding out her cupped hands, she braced herself as Daryl carefully transferred the flying squirrel. Carol could feel the little creature shiver, then relax. She could feel tiny whiskers dance over her skin. It was just precious.
"It's so small. Is it a baby?" Carol carefully shifted her hands to look at all sides. It was tiny. Much smaller than a hamster.
"You'd think so, but no. It's an adult. Probably mate to that one chirping in the trees," Daryl pointed off into the dark. "They stick together for the whole breeding season."
"I wondered what that sound was. I heard it earlier." Relaxing herself, Carol shifted her hand so she could stroke the tiny creature with one gentle finger. The fur was very soft. "If it's a flying squirrel, where is it's wings?"
With a snort, Daryl reached over and gently took the squirrel from her. He carefully used two fingers to pull the front and side legs apart, revealing a thin stretching membrane. "They don't actually fly, ya know. Just sorta glide downward from tree to tree."
"I knew that," Carol smirked back. "Just testing you." She shook her head when Daryl tried to give it back to her. It was much more fun to watch him with the squirrel than hold it herself. "I'm amazed that you aren't roasting that thing over the fire. Thought that squirrels were just food to you."
Daryl scoffed. "It wouldn't make more than a mouthful, if that. Sides, I had one as a pet when I was a kid. Lived in a tree outside my bedroom. Eating this one would be like eating a dog." Daryl set the flying squirrel down on his lap. The tiny thing started exploring. "Won't be long now," he said. Carol just nodded.
The two of them sat and watched as the flying squirrel worked its way over every inch of Daryl lap. Then they both chuckled as it his climbed his shirt and managed to scale his shaggy hair. Carol cupped both hands over her mouth to keep from laughing as the little guy perched on top of Daryl's head and proceeded to clean his whiskers. And then, all at once, the squirrel made a mighty jump, landed on a tree trunk and scampered up out of sight.
"I hope he didn't poop in your hair," Carol snickered.
"That your way of telling me I need another bath?" Daryl laughed back. It was a fine night.
"There is a creek just over the hill," Carol said pointedly. "That's how I got your clothes clean."
"I can do that. Thanks," Daryl nodded and made to get up.
"Not right now," Carol said, crinkling the bag. "I've got winnings to share, you know."
One by one, Carol took out the winnings and laid them on the clean clothes; five Hershey kisses, pack of gum, bar of Irish Spring soap, box of mints and a half pack of cigarettes.
Daryl grabbed one of the kisses and the pack of cigs before leaning back. Carol reached over and tossed the bar of soap in his lap as well. "You're gonna need that., but I want it back."
"Yes ma'am," Daryl drawled as he lit one of the cigarettes. It had been a while since he had one.
"Smoking's a nasty habit. I wish you'd quit," Carol griped, as she waved smoke away.
"Gonna run out eventually. I'll quit then," he mumbled before taking another drag. All around them, the night forest came alive with sounds. In front of them, the fire popped sparks like fireflies.
"What was Dixon Demolition? Was that your company?"
Daryl nodded. "Family business. Run by my Uncle Joe. Me and Merle both worked there."
"Can you tell me about it? What did you do? How'd you get started?" Carol fingered the Dixon Demolition t-shirt halfway down the pile of laundry. She wondered if she could somehow steal it out of the pile without him noticing. She had a sudden desire to sleep in the thing.
"One question at a time, woman. I don't usually tell this shit to just anyone. You really want to know?" Daryl turned and cocked his head. "My life ain't all that interesting. Got some stories, though."
Carol nodded firmly. She stretched her feet out and warmed them by the fire. The night was rapidly cooling off. The fire was starting to feel good. She nudged the laundry off to one side, hiding it for now.
"Ok then," Daryl settled back against the log and blew a plume of smoke. "It all started when Merle was released from the stockade. He was supposed to get a dishonorable discharge. Damn moron could never keep his mouth shut. Uncle Joe was a retired jarhead with a lot of connections. He somehow managed to get Merle out after eighteen months on some type of probation. Worked a deal, most likely. Anyhow, I was just seventeen and Uncle Joe hired me to keep Merle outta trouble. Worst damn job I ever took."
The End
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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Almost every night, stranded travelers can be found sleeping inside the terminals of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
"This is the new reality," said James Crites, DFW's executive vice president for operations. "You're becoming a hotel."
Cots and catering? Health services and hospitality? Vending machines with diapers? Scott McCartney looks at what airports are doing to accommodate stranded passengers, and what passengers can do when they get stranded by canceled flights.
These days, airlines are canceling flights more readily due to bad weather and other disruptions. Rebooking is tricker than ever—as many discovered during the recent snowstorms in the South and Northeast—because airlines have reduced their schedules and are running at capacity. As a result, passengers should prepare for the dreaded airport sleepover.
Now, however, airports are doing more when they become the hotel of last resort.
Many provide meal vouchers and set up discounted hotel rates for travelers, for example. Some write requirements in leases that restaurants will remain open 24 hours a day when passengers are stranded. Massachusetts Port Authority, which oversees Boston's Logan Airport, has an arrangement with flight kitchens to cook up lots of meals for stranded passengers if the terminal restaurants run out of food or can't stay open. Newsstand vendors at Boston Logan are also required to stock baby formula and diapers for stranded families.
Illustrations by Jason Schneider
At many airports, paramedics are on call for medical care; parking-lot buses are deployed to move people between terminals or to hotels. Among the amenities big airports now routinely stock: cots, blankets, diapers, baby formula, eye masks, prepaid phone cards, ear plugs, deodorant and shampoo. For the second big snowstorm in New York this winter, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey started handing out free WiFi cards to stranded customers at New York City's three major airports so travelers could check their flight status online at airline websites.
But perchance to sleep? At New York's LaGuardia Airport, people stranded in the US Airways and Delta terminals are invited to ride buses to the central terminal, where a sleeping area is set up with cots and security guards. DFW establishes quiet zones for cots where music and paging announcements are muted and lights are dimmed.
And when ash clouds shut down European skies last spring, the Port Authority bused Newark stranded passengers to showers in "snow dorms" built for plow drivers and trucked in portable showers for passengers marooned at Kennedy International Airport.
"It's not the same as staying at the Waldorf. But people were so grateful after three or four days of washing in a bathroom sink," said Susan Baer, Port Authority aviation director.
The overnight-guest trend is raising larger questions of airport design and overnight security staffing.
Passengers sleep on the floor at London's Heathrow Airport in December. Getty Images
"Airports were not designed to hold people. They were designed to move people through," said Deborah McElroy, executive vice president of Airports Council International-North America, a trade group for airports.
The Dallas airport has signs posted by courtesy phones and in bathrooms telling travelers to call the airport operations center if stranded. The phone number goes up on flight-status monitors when storms cancel lots of flights.
Passengers can request anything from cots to ear plugs to eye masks. The airport has three to five workers in each terminal ready to dispatch to wherever stranded travelers are.
The airport even built a common-use shower facility in its newest terminal for stranded travelers. And it's the airport—not the airline—that now arranges for vouchers for discounted hotel rooms if travelers want to leave terminals. With the voucher, rooms cost $31 to $60 a night.
Strategies for Stranded Travelers
When flights are canceled, planning and organization can give you an edge at the airport.
Pre-Flight Preparations
• If bad storms are in the forecast, call the airline and try to change your connection to a hub with better weather.
• Compile a list of local numbers for hotels near the airport. Sometimes calling the front desk can score you a room, even if the hotel's website says it's full.
• If you booked through your company or used a travel agency on your own, call and alert the agent to potential trouble. A good agent will help rebook if things go bad.
• Sign up for flight-status alerts from your airline and If there's trouble, get in line or online early to rebook or find a hotel room before planeloads of other people.
• Consider a back-up reservation on an airline like Southwest that has no change fees.
At the Airport
• Check to see if your connecting flight is still scheduled before you board first flight.
• If your flight has a long delay, ask the crew how much duty time they have left. If not much, start calling for hotel rooms because your flight may well be canceled.
• Use the airline's website or kiosks. You can often get rebooked or find the airline has already rebooked you.
• Find the road warrior types. They know what's working and what's not.
• Use technology. Airport status can be found at Also, some airports have text-message services with operations updates.
Overnight Help
• Many airports are prepared to help with cots, blankets, diapers, even showers. Airport courtesy phones or workers can tell you what concessions or TSA checkpoints are open, where to find an ATM or where the quietest sleeping areas are located.
• Airlines and airports can give you vouchers toward discounted hotel rooms.
• Hotel-booking services like Airport Accommodations (800-935-5995) have rooms reserved at nearby hotels for distressed travelers.
• Keep essentials in your carry-on. Collecting bags may mean leaving secure areas, and you won't be able to go back through security with big bags, even if TSA is still open.
• You might be able to check bags with a bellhop at an airport hotel even if you aren't a guest.
• Work the standby list. Even fully booked flights can have seats open up if other customers don't show up. Be there at the gate ready to go and you might get lucky.
Desperate Measures
• If stranded more than a day, find a creative alternative. Can you get a train to a city with better weather? Can your airline offer an alternative route, even if it's circuitous?
• Consider buying a seat on a discount airline. If you can find one, you can get a refund from the airline that's grounded and buy a ticket (more expensive, no doubt) on another carrier.
DFW is also studying the stranded-traveler luggage problem—what do stranded passengers do about their checked baggage? Airlines often try to return checked bags to stranded travelers, but that means leaving secured areas screened by the Transportation Security Administration. By leaving to retrieve a large bag, they risk not being allowed back into the terminal, where most chairs, cots and food outlets are located. In addition, travelers worry about bags being stolen while they sleep.
Mr. Crites said DFW is looking into providing a bellhop-type luggage service inside the terminal where passengers could leave checked bags and retrieve them when needed.
Some airport managers are exploring using sleeping "pods." Pod hotels have been popular in Asia and Europe as an inexpensive rest area, often rented for just a couple of hours. A pilot program will start in the next few months in DFW's international terminal.
"There is a need for higher-end accommodations for people spending the night," said Kevin Smith, DFW's assistant vice president for terminal management.
European airlines are required by EU policy to accommodate their stranded passengers even if flights were canceled by bad weather. (U.S. airlines are required to pay to house and feed customers only if the cancellation is the airline's fault, such as a mechanical breakdown or crew shortage.)
But European airports can have meltdowns, too. One day of snow in London caused eight days of chaos at London's Heathrow Airport. To protest poor airport service, Virgin Atlantic Airways has stopped landing-fee payments to the company that operates the airport. An investigation into the fiasco by a panel of airport-appointed aviation experts is under way.
In Paris, more than 3,000 passengers were stranded over several nights a week before Christmas. An airport spokeswoman says 3,000 mats, 4,000 blankets, 10,000 cereal bars, 4,600 diapers and 13,700 bottles of water were distributed.
Airport operator Aeroports de Paris has already pledged to invest up to €60 million to better equip the airport, including doubling de-icing capacity. The government launched an investigation into the airport's handling of the storm.
In the U.S., major airlines pinched by years of financial pressure will continue to shift the customer-service role to the airports. Massport even sends workers out at Logan to airline lobbies to help travelers with airline ticketing kiosks.
"Airlines used to have 'Red Coats' out there, but those people are gone," said Thomas Kinton, chief executive of Massport.
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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KC Hoover 6
What a strong lady in a extremely difficult situation. Hats off to the pilot who came along side of her in the air to help her get down with just the 1 engine. Prayers to her and her family over loss of her husband.
Zach Katona 5
Wow, this is simply incredible in a horrible way. Even if she was used to flying with her husband, to be able to take over the controls while something was wrong with him and to then have to deal with an engine going out? And still she lands the plane successfully? Simply amazing and many props to her and the other pilot who helped. He certainly married a quality wife and I'm sure he would be very proud of her.
Zach Katona 3
my thoughts are with her for her loss.
gftt 4
Wow, what a gal!
You know she was driven to get down safely in hopes of obtaining medical attention for her husband. He would be very proud of her.
tim mitchell 4
I tend to believe that he is proud of her and may have even been with here if she had no flight experience....Landing a twin with an engine out and depending on which engine she lost determined how much usable power whe actually had....This is just amazing; a miracle even.
Boyd Hopkins 2
Brave and courageous lady.
Michael Kaufman 2
A great success story for the record books. The "Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program" offers a pilot companion program with ground school and flight instruction on doing just this sort of thing. This story is an indication that this sort of thing does happen and can have a happy ending.
Brent Staulcup 2
Looked like a 421 on the news. That airplane is a handful on one engine for an experienced pilot, much less a non-pilot. Heroic job.
tarnold 1
414. No hump for the geared engines on a 421.
W S Webb 1
Does anyone know of a FAA program for spouses of pilots? So that they can fly the plane in emergency. It was to be taught by CFI and wife didn't need a physical.
Ed Wagner 1
Just saw the updated story and pics...C-414 and the nosewheel collapsed on landing..good job of getting on the ground safely!
Robert Rey 1
An amazing effort, especially also for the pilot talking her down.
Venugopal Menon 1
Very brave and courageous lady with quick reaction in difficult situation. Very good of the pilot who came alongside to help her.Prayers to the lady and her family over her loss of husband.
Ed Wagner 1
Wow! Best example I can think of for Spouses taking co-pilot course. She had to have a lot of skill to bring that twin down...she had "minor injuries"...did she have an incident on landing? Also..."twin-engined" and "cessna"...was this a 310? 340? 401?
AviatorLEO 1
I certainly laud the heroic efforts of the wife landing the aircraft, and the husband and wife team who kept her calm while assisting the wife in landing the C414, however I believe the claims of her landing the aircraft with one engine out appear to be mistaken.
According the the Green Bay Press Gazette article [for which Thomas Skubal kindly provided the link], "The Cessna was getting low on fuel and she had been more than three hours in flight after first leaving Marco Island, Fla., then refueling in Rome, Ga., and heading for Sturgeon Bay. Neither engine lost power, but the plane landed with less than a quarter tank of gas." In looking at the accompanying photos of the stricken C414, the tips of all of the blades are bent backward, providing some evidence that both props were turning upon making contact with the runway.
tarnold 1
There are a lot of programs, like AOPA Pitchhitter course. I know Cirrus owners (COPA) has a course specifically for the non-pilot spouse.
I've had my wife through some, but this is a reminder that she needs to do it again. I'm going to get her in the sim soon...
Tom Arnold
Cirrus Aircraft
Skycop21 1
Most of the major aircraft owners groups have a course like this along with AOPA (as previously mentioned). If you don't own your own plane, then a local CFI should be able to help. I have a course like this that I teach here in Texas about once a year.
Zac Armstrong
Allegiance Aviation
tim mitchell 1
thoughts and prayers to her and her family
Ttchockey27 0
congratulations goes out to my CFI Wayne, who was able to talk from the tower at GRB to tell her where the controls and airspeed was and to drop the gear.
Julia Muriale 0
Our prayers & thoghts are with the family.
Ray Zimmermann 0
Had to be a horrifying situation fro this woman. Not a lot of details in the story, but apparently she landed a twin Cessna with one engine out.
Jeff Lawson 0
Flight track for N53WT -- http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N53WT/history/20120402/1735Z/KRMG/KSUE
Unfortunately, the real positions stop over Indiana so the final approach was not recorded.
Sean Harwood 0
The link in the article for the audio release includes some video of the not-so-smooth landing. All in all, however, she did a fantastic job, considering the circumstances.
Sean Harwood 0
It appears this is a re-post. The Chicago Tribune is calling it "Breaking News" but it seems to have happened a few days ago. Sorry for the double-squawk.
Dan Chiasson 0
A gallant attempt to take his wife with him!
Jon Provencher -3
Interesting comments on this article. What do you think about the idea that everyone older than 70 should be banned from flying?
Jeanette Godfrey 3
It is quite clear that you are still young and stupid. If you are lucky you will get there someday, and you will find that even over 70 your piloting skills are still there.
There is more of a need to ban them from speed walking in the malls at 9 am...
tim mitchell 1
I always thought that was something only done in our little mall..lol...."Either move or get ran over sonny"...lol
James draper 1
Stupid idea! Just what we need, more regulation. Maybe ban all people over 50 from driving cars.
pilot0987 -5
I think when your that old its time to give up alot of things including flying.
Brian Bragg 3
I think commenters should learn to spell before displaying their ignorance in public.
Abdulrahiim Browne 1
Dude, I am an English teacher. So I just cringe when I see these mistakes. They are supposede to be Americans educated here in the states? They're more like my foreign language students, although my students have a valid reason for making mistakes. Don't sweat it man, you'll just give yourself a headache, lol.
Abdulrahiim Browne 1
Excuse the typos. I am not an expert typist. I know that there is not supposed to be an "e" after the "d" in supposed in my previous comment.
.. 1
Typos are nothing. But this 'your' thing is actually very often NOT a mistake but rather an affectation. It signifies membership of a particular internets subculture, just as saying 'internets' instead of 'internet' does.
Nicholas Moss 2
Let's see, in one short sentence there are three spelling errors; your, its, and alot and the lack of proper punctuation. Could be a record.
.. 2
You're. Read it again; YOU'RE.
This is not 4Chan. Here, the laws of grammar are upheld.
Thomas Haines 1
Then what happens when a 62 year old dies while flying? Oh yeah, that's right (must be a congressman) just lower the age to 60!
chalet 1
There is an alternative but it is an expensive one: the FAA shall seek legislaton banning old timers over 65 to fly all by themselves and that a safety pilot should be always on board.
chalet 1
A more economic solution would be to allow the safety pilot to be a senior citizen too, if so both elderly gentlemen can continue enjoying their passion and at the same time do it in a safe manner.
Stephan White 0
Well, actuarially, it would be better to require student pilots to have at least 1000 hours simulator time before being allowed in the air solo!
Abdulrahiim Browne 0
What if you were sick and unable to fly? Is it acceptable for her to save your hide?
Thomas Haines 2
What the
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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F-16 fighter jet crash may have been caused by bird, Air Force says
Tim Roberts lives near the base and says it often sounds like they are landing in his living room.
But Wednesday night was different. It was the first time he heard a 'boom.'
He said he grabbed his camera because he didn't know what it was and that's when he saw a mushroom cloud about a mile away.
"They were already down and there was a crew out that had evacuated them within minutes after they hit the ground," Roberts said.
Luke officials say it's no coincidence the base is surrounded by farmland. It's left that way on purpose, for exactly this type of situation.
"It's kind of scary to know that things like that could happen but I guess it's just a matter of numbers," Roberts said. "It's bound to happen sooner or later."
The report said the FAA's oversight and enforcement efforts were insufficient.
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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Navigating by dead reckoning, they let down through cloud, broke out at 100 feet, "and we were smack dab in the middle of a city".
"I'm frantically thinking to myself, "Where in hell am I?" The Typhoons slipped into line astern, "and with that, what must have been obviously the city hall loomed up in front of me."
The Typhoons circled, "just dragging their wings on the rooftops", zipped into open country, then roared over another urbanized area, where they spotted a railway roundhouse and eight engines waiting. Shooting up the anti-aircraft emplacements on the roundhouse roof, Pederson took aim and unleashed a full salvo of rockets -- which missed the engines, but hit the base of a nearby smokestack, "and then it came down right across the backs of these engines!"
A successful mission -- but when the pilots got back to Eindhoven and made their way to the intelligence officer's tent, Pederson heard one of them say, "Gee, if you ever get an opportunity to fly with Pederson, don't do it because he's crazy!"
Crazy? Well, badly stressed. "Needless to say, it wasn't too long after that the doc spotted me and grounded me as medically and mentally unfit to fly."
A good thing, too. Pederson said it was calculated that the average lifespan of a Typhoon pilot was 15 "trips". Pederson managed to log 93 of them. "When I left the squadron, my nickname was "Old Pete" and I was 23!" he said. "I was the oldest person on the squadron."
When he attend a reunion of his wing, it was noted that no fewer than 151 Typhoon plots were killed during the D-Day operations alone. During the approximately one year that he was on the squadron, 71 pilots died or disappeared, Before him, only two pilots had completed a full tour: one was blinded in one eye, another went mad -- and then there was Pederson, who had lost 45 of his 185 lbs. "I couldn't sleep at night; I'd tear the sheets to ribbons because of nightmares. I was in pretty bad shape."
As Pederson, who went on to a successful postwar life and eventual leadership of the Saskatchewan Conservative party, said of his wartime experience: "I was just grateful to get the heck out of there and survive."
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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Travel Troubleshooter: Missed his flight; now he's missing a refund
Published: Sunday, Jun. 16, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 3H
I was recently diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm and my surgeon told me I wasn't fit to travel. I had a ticket on British Airways to attend my daughter's wedding. Because of this life-threatening condition, I couldn't use my tickets.
I've contacted British Airways numerous times by phone, fax and email, requesting a refund or a voucher. It's been almost six months, and I have not received an answer. Can you help me get a response from British Airways?
,– Gavin King, San Juan Bautista
I'm sorry to hear about your medical condition, and hope you're feeling better. I'm also sorry that you missed your daughter's wedding. British Airways should have answered your request for a refund or voucher, of course – even if it was to explain that it couldn't do either. I'm puzzled that it wouldn't even give you the time of day.
Here's what appears to have happened: You were flying on a nonrefundable ticket, you had to have surgery, and you missed your flight. Either British Airways didn't receive your voucher request before the flight, or it got the message after it left (at this point, it doesn't matter). You were listed as a "no show" and the airline kept your money. It's allowed to do that, by the way.
I reviewed your written correspondence, and while you're clear and concise about what happened, you're also borderline demanding. While I can understand your frustration, it's always best to approach a request like this with your politeness-meter turned all the way up. Not because they deserve to be treated with extra deference (they don't always) but because it's more effective.
There's no excuse, on the other hand, for British Airways' delayed response. Even if you were completely obnoxious, you're still a customer.
I'm not sure if travel insurance would have helped in this situation. Many policies have pre-existing conditions clauses, and a clever claims adjuster might deny your claim because the condition that caused the aneurysm existed before you purchased the policy. I'm no doctor, but I've seen things like that happen.
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"There were 236 passengers on the flight (almost a full load as AI Dreamliners have a seating capacity of 256). The aircraft had to be grounded due to spoiler snag. The passengers have been sent to hotels and will be flown to Delhi at the earliest," said an AI official.
Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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In a straight flight, the tail of the airplane aligns the fuselage into the relative wind. However, in the beginning of a turn, when the ailerons are being applied in order to bank the airplane, the ailerons also cause an adverse yaw of the airplane. For example, if the airplane is rolling clockwise (from the pilot point of view), the airplane yaws to the left. It assumes a crab-like attitude relative to the wind. This is called a slip. The air is flowing crosswise over the fuselage. In order to correct this adverse slip, the pilot must apply rudder (right rudder in this example). If the pilot applies too much rudder, the airplane will then slip to the other side. This is called a skid.
The skid is more dangerous than the slip if the airplane is close to a stall. In the slip, the raised wing — the left one if the airplane is turning to the right — will stall before the lowered one, and the airplane will reduce the bank angle, which prevents the stall. In the skid, the lowered wing will stall before the raised one, and the airplane will tighten the turn, and the stall can develop to a spin.
At high altitudes, there is plenty of space for recovery. But during the final approach, when the airplane is close to the ground, this stall-spin accident is usually fatal. Pilots will typically enter a skidding turn in the airfield traffic pattern on the turn from base leg to final approach, unconsciously using the rudder in an attempt to tighten the turn and avoid overshooting the runway centreline.[1]
Deliberate skids are used in aerobatics and aerial combat. Deliberate slips done with vigorous application of roll and opposite rudder (lower the right wing and step on the left rudder) can be used as a dive brake. By balancing the roll's turn to the right with the rudder's yaw to the left, the plane continues to fly straight ahead but it presents its side rather than its nose to the airstream. The induced drag from this "clumsy" position slows the otherwise sleek airplane. By modulating the amount of skid with rudder and aileron, the pilot can modulate the braking. Thus the plane can be slowed down quickly in level flight or the descent to a landing can be dramatically steepened while holding the approach speed to a desired value.
See also[edit]
1. ^ John S. Denker, See How It Flies.
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Air India's flight AI 142, to be operted on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft's spoilers -- speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down -- became unservicable and the aircraft had to be grounded.
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was weary from a long journey. It crawled slowly through the city, for the streets were overrun with herds of various races.
In the driver’s and passenger’s seats sat a woman and a young boy. The lady who looked to be in her late 20’s wore a white tank top, green pants, leather boots, goggles and a green touque. She had a thin frame except for a small belly that protruded onto her lap. “We’re almost there Pablo” the women exhaled. She looked over with her dark tired eyes at the exited twelve year old boy beside her. He was skinny, had dark skin and had short shaved hair. He wore simple cotton green pants and a brown leather tunic. His big brown eyes were gorging themselves on all the new sites of the city. He wore a childish grin as he squished his hands and nose against the window.
“I’m sorry for all the running around kid, but I’m sure you understood what it would be like when I took you in” The women said. “This looks like a nice place, much nicer than the brochures made it appear. We’ll try stay here as long as possible; I want you to make some friends your own age alright?” Pablo simply turned to his driver, smiled and gave a vigorous nod.
The boy reached behind his seat, pulled out a notepad and scribbled down the phrase; “Can we stop for food?” On queue the woman’s stomach gave out a loud rumble. “Hahah yeah, I guess we should pick something up before we set up shop. I’ll tell you what; we’ll get your favorite. Hopefully we can find some crab pizza around here…” Pablo flipped the page on his notebook and showed it to the Women. It was a picture of a heart and a name, “Arkai”
Investigate my boot in your face Bitch!
After deliberation the party decided to attempt to lure out our mystery man out in to the open without the unnatural talent for deception that Halem possesses. Peggy, with a liberal application of make up, disguised herself as an older Luupin lady and went around to bars bragging about her new job working for the Dire Straits. Mystery Man took the bait, and after a lively chase through Lawless was subdued by our stalwart adventurers.
Further Investigations
Many questions have been answered while many others have arisen. In the custody of the Undercrew is Massimo Baratelli, the last known target of the so called body snatchers. Massimo and the other victims all had identical surgeries done on their teeth. These surgeries hollowed out their teeth to be able to smuggle an extremely rare and potent drug called Golden Tear through the Air Razers’ customs. The prime suspects according to Nathan Fillion of the Dire Straits are The Air Razers, since it is believed that they caught wind of the operation and are in acting their revenge. After a talk with Air Razor mid boss Shino, he revealed that he knew nothing of the Dire Straits’ actions. The party has been trying to lure out the kidnappers by disguising Halim has Massimo. But the only thing that bites is a mysterious man that follows the group around at night.
Investigations in Lawless
At the direction of Kaisar Jor, Harem, and Tombstone started to investigate the disappearance of Lawless citizens. Starting with the assumed widow of a dentist named Alehandro. Camillia while helpful appeared to be hiding information, Harem found documents indicating that Alehandro was involved in some sort of nefarious dealings with a man named Nathan Fillion, though the documents were singularly vague. Continuing the investigation the party visited Sven Borsholvitz, whose wife Mikë has been missing for two days. Sven indicated that Nathan Fillion owns the Seven Coins bar. After entering the bar, Harem conned her way into Nathan’s office while Jor attempted to arrange a business with Fillion.
Kicking Ass and Taking Names
After Defeating Tordekka and her Duskwallow Marauder goons in the eastern farm lands, Daemon Corde volunteered squad Shadow Terror for another mission. The bandits are encroaching further onto Valencio territory and raiding abandoned guard posts and barracks. Four other squads were sent to investigate but hadn’t returned. Carlo gave them a cart and horses so they could scavenge anything to better outfit the militia.
Upon arriving two days later at a small farm town, they were greeted with a hail of arrows. Duskwallow Marauders and their luupin lieutenant Kazz had captured a barracks. After a Hard fought battle where Flynn Kassian, Aaron Bond and Daemon Corde were nearly killed, Shadow terror managed to defeat the bandits and capture Kazz
Things looked grim when another group of marauders were spotted in the distance. Fortunately squad Death Whisper intervened and routed them. Apparently they had been the only surviving group sent north to counter the raiders. The group is comprised of a Human named Acelynn, a Katzena named Tahani, a Golterra named Bruno, a Luupin named Tai and their Nekro leader named Somber. Together They were able to salvage weapons, armour and other supplies from the barracks. Through some persuasion and death threats, Kazz decided to join the militia. She is currently being held in prison until further notice.
Kazz gave up the names of the other lieutenants: the human Kaito, the nekro Grimm, the skarlati Malkuri, the sho’kar Shar’tu and their leader Kain.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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Reasons why guns are allowed
Reasons why guns are allowed
As I read James Pettican's April 14 guest column, We still live, fearfully, in 'Gunlandia,' I had to shake my head. I can understand the gentleman's concerns, and my heart breaks whenever I read of an innocent victim of gun violence, but the answer is not to ban guns.
Mr. Pettican states that "guns have only one function: to fire a projectile that damages or destroys whatever it hits." That's mostly true, but somewhat misleading. Target shooters are certainly destroying the paper target, but the purpose is the sport — the skill and accuracy of the shooter. The same is true of archery competitions, but I don't hear people screaming we should ban bows and arrows.
The other primary uses of guns are to damage or kill things. Hunters intend on killing their prey. When used in self-defense, the gun's job is to incapacitate, or kill if necessary, the "bad guy." In either case, there's nothing wrong with that.
There's another important use that anti-gun proponents usually don't mention, but it was first in the mind of our founding fathers: to guard against tyranny. They recognized the citizenry needed to be able to protect our nation from internal enemies and a government run amok.
Having a gun in the home doesn't mean an innocent victim will find himself or herself at the wrong end. My father always kept a revolver under his pillow. Every week, when I stripped the sheets and remade his bed, I moved it out of the way, carefully replacing it when I was done.
Not once was I ever tempted to take it out of its sock sleeve and even look at it, much less play with it. Why? Because when I was 4 years old, my father took me out to the woods, set up a target, and while holding my hands, helped me aim and shoot a handgun. Then when we walked over to the target and saw the damage done, he explained to me about what a gun does, why it can be dangerous, and that it was not a toy.
That's all it took. That lesson stayed with me all these many years (I'm now a Grandma). I have four siblings, three of whom are brothers, and I can only assume my father did a similar process with each of them because none of us ever played with any of his guns.
Gun ownership does require a heavy dose of common sense. If there's a shadow in your home, you don't just fire. Only an idiot would do that. You call out, saying something like, "Who's there?" or, "Stop or I'll shoot." If the shadow is a family member, they'll certainly let you know. The same is true if there's someone on your doorstep. A responsible gun owner doesn't just open fire.
The real problem is too many criminals are on our streets instead of in jail where they belong. Because they're on the street, they can get their hands on weapons and use them against others. If it weren't guns, it would be something else, but let's be honest. If you ban guns from responsible citizens, the bad guys will still get their hands on them. And the rest of us will be unable to defend ourselves, our family, our property, or our nation.
Nancy Foster, Clearwater
Re: Pipe band chief is booted for inappropriate behavior | story, April 25, and April 28 letters to the editor
Behavior not acceptable
It is amazing to me how many people feel Dunedin Pipe Band director Sandy Keith's behavior should be ignored. Don't you think it's time he has been dealt with? Thanks to the city, he has.
People are not sticking to the facts. Dunedin City Manager Rob DiSpirito commented in the Times article that the city thanks Keith for his years of service. If this was about one incident, it surely would have been handled differently. What's wrong with people when they say he "gets out of hand" or maybe "he's a little aggressive"? Can we all believe it's okay to use these comments in the same sentence with children? You know that we are all familiar with organized sports, where sometimes there is bad behavior and coaches run thin on patience, but never in the six years my daughter has competed in many sports has there been a coach being aggressive or using bad language. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not all of us agree with this type of behavior.
Bonnie Rowley, Clearwater
Much owed to Sandy Keith
How could Dunedin City Manager Rob DiSpirito allow two or three people and a teacher who holds a grudge toward piping director Sandy Keith to affect the entire future of the Dunedin Pipe Band that represents our city?
Under Sandy Keith's direction, the city's band has earned the No. 1 spot in the world, with individual members receiving the same. Sandy has made the band world-class contenders.
Who was wrong here? Not only DiSpirito for caving in to the few, but the dancers and teacher for not being professional by being on time. It's up to the teacher to make sure students understand how important it is to understand the schedule of performing, along with their personal appearance.
Is Sandy the most personable person? No, but his credentials and talent far outweigh that. The high school band director has slowly but surely eliminated bagpipes and the Scottish tradition. If anyone has attended the recent football games, they will notice that the pipers are now down to a handful versus the 27 that were there when my son was piping. This is exactly what the high school has waited for — to finally end the tradition.
The tattoo, Highland Games and Celtic festival bring in thousands of dollars to the city. This was started by Sandy Keith. People come from around the world because of his reputation. Just try and replace the Scottish man that has brought so much to the city and schools with his rankings and reputation. Good luck! Maybe it's the city manager and band director that need to go!
Lyndee Dolan, Dunedin
Re: PSTA offers cab ride solution | story, April 26
Care Ride's on time and reliable
This may be the single worst idea in the history of providing transportation for the disabled!
No one who has been a DART client would even consider calling Wheelchair Transport instead of Care Ride! I am at a loss to think of how anyone could consider "choice" as a "wonderful option."
I have been a DART client for over 10 years. During that time, PSTA contracted with Wheelchair Transport for the DART service. I missed appointments because drivers were consistently late. I missed several trips to St. Petersburg that I had to make every three months because additional pickups were scheduled in 30-minute "windows," a period that is added to our pickup time so the driver can actually arrive up to 30 minutes after the designated time but still be considered on time.
The client side of this is that DART is only required to wait 5 minutes for us and can then designate us as a no-show.
Wheelchair Transport was unreliable, inadequately trained, unprofessional and in some cases, dangerous. The turnover rate was extremely high, so new drivers didn't stay long enough to become well trained. I made complaints to the owner of the company, the DART liaison at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and three county commissioners, two of whom were on the PSTA board. Neither of those two commissioners replied.
Finally, PSTA gave the contract to another company and in October of 2008, Care Ride began its contract with PSTA. I wondered for years how PSTA could continue to use Wheelchair Transport as I had seen their contract with the specs they were required to meet and they were consistently not meeting them.
The service with Care Ride has been outstanding. On time, vans clean, drivers in uniform, pleasant and not stressed as the Wheelchair drivers were. It is everything that Wheelchair Transport was not. I am not stressed out before I go anywhere, wondering if the transportation will be on time, if I will reach my destination on time.
It becomes clearer with every article about this matter that the service for disabled people is not the prime idea, but instead, money is. Hopefully, someone will become aware that this service is vital to us, and that it should be run well and safely.
Bobbye Blackburn, Clearwater
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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Kitchen being ripped out on mon, need idea's on how to cook!?
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therewearethen Fri 07-Dec-12 15:59:43
Just that really, the cooker and washing machine will have to be disconnected and out of action for hopefully just a few days, but we still need to eat so any idea's on how/what to cook would be great.
I'm going to try and set up a little mini kitchen consisting of a kettle (tea is essential in this weather!), a mini electric oven which only has 1 shelf, and we have a microwave.
We also have a slow cooker but I wont have anything to fry mince etc off on first before adding and everything I've read says you have to brown any meat before cooking to kill bacteria etc.
shrimponastick Fri 07-Dec-12 16:04:11
Can you knock up a couple of days worth now, chilli or curry. Soup? Then just require microwave.
You can do veggies in microwave. Fish strands well in micro too.
Have you a George Foreman type grill? Sausages and griddled veg is nice. Onion, peppers, cpurgette/
valiumredhead Fri 07-Dec-12 16:24:45
You don't need to fry off anything in the SC except for sausages - everything else is fine!
Pancakeflipper Fri 07-Dec-12 16:28:44
We lost our kitchen for 6 weeks last year. Go crazy now and stock up your freezer ( or your neighbours). As already suggested, soups and curries ( buy microwave rice). Also do spag bol ( serve with potato wedges instead of spaghetti)., shepherds pies etc. I had a stash of apple crumbles for puds, that with custard filled us up. Borrow a George Foreman grill - cheese toasties were good. We also ate out twice a week. Washing up in the bath is great fun ( pick the person with the bendiest back for that delight).
We also got microwave chips. Vile but my kids loved them.
LemonEmmaP Fri 07-Dec-12 16:30:42
Microwave jambalaya is good - I have made it a few times, and it only requires a microwave! There are other dishes you can make exclusively in a microwave - there's often a feature in Easy Cook magazine along those lines, so you may find the recipes on the BBC website anyway.
therewearethen Fri 07-Dec-12 16:34:00
Oh god I hope it doesn't take that long, I'm 33 wks pregnant and can't be doing the dishes in the bath for that long!
So I can just put raw mince in the slow cooker and it will cook through ok valiumredhead
I'll try and get some stuff cooked this weekend if I've got time so we don't have to resort to ready meals!
Pootles2010 Fri 07-Dec-12 16:34:06
Yeah you don't need to fry things off. My friend chucks whole frozen chicken breasts in there and she's not dead yet.
or you could borrow a camping stove off someone?
valiumredhead Fri 07-Dec-12 16:36:13
Yes OP so you can do chili, bolognaise, savoury mince, beef stew with frozen dumplings ( which are amazing!) chicken casseroles, whole gammon, whole chicken, soups, stews, rice pudding!
valiumredhead Fri 07-Dec-12 16:37:53
DO NOT USE FROZEN MEAT especially as you are pregnant. The reason being that the slow cooker takes longer than a normal oven to get up to correct temperature for killing off bacteria. It's hanging around at the stage in-between frozen and cooked for too long.
ShakySingsMerryXmasEveryone Fri 07-Dec-12 16:43:20
Get a halogen oven, they are great
You can cook most things in it. I use mine almost every day.
valiumredhead Fri 07-Dec-12 16:43:58
Yes but they are HUGE!
ShakySingsMerryXmasEveryone Fri 07-Dec-12 16:48:23
Yes they are quite big but very useful.
When we had a new kitchen put in, we set up the microwave, toaster, halogen oven and kettle on the dining room table. I worked well.
Sausages, potato wedges and pizza all cook well in the halogen oven to.
Frozen mash is also very handy.
therewearethen Fri 07-Dec-12 16:51:36
Thanks guys, is it possible to cook pasta in a microwave!? DD is a fussy eater and insists on pasta nearly everyday and without a hob to boil it on I can't see a way of cooking it?
BikeRunSki Fri 07-Dec-12 16:57:05
You can cook pasta in m/w - i discovered this when we had our kitchen replaced a few years ago. Put it in a bowl with boiling water. Put a lid/plate on. Cook as high as you can for 10 mins. Or fresh pasta - soak in boiling water for 5 mins or so.
BikeRunSki Fri 07-Dec-12 16:58:36
Also - frozen fish pies aren't bad, and a Morrison's cafe 2 adults can eat for a tenner and up to 2 kids eat free. And there's a lot of food too.
DazR Fri 07-Dec-12 17:01:33
You could buy a little camping stove & gas cannister from Millets for the odd food that needs boiling (DD's pasta). Or do you know anyone who camps who could lend you a camp cooker? Slow cooker is good for raw meat and meat (my instruction book calls it the 'all in one' method) - but should be defrosted first.
I didn't have a cooker for over a year when I was in my first flat - from experience you can cook just about anything in a microwave. On the other hand, for a few days I wouldn't really bother. You'll have enough going on as it is without trying to cook gormet dinners. Pasta and rice can both be microwaved. You can then use tinned vegetables, tinned pulses (lentils/ chickpeas etc) or Quorn or tofu, and jars of sauce stirred through to make quite satisfying meals with little washing up.
Rwep Fri 07-Dec-12 17:35:17
When we were without a kitchen for a month or so, I managed quite well with microwave, toaster, kettle and my sister's slow cooker.
Might not have been the best food we ever ate, but was perfectly acceptable short term. As yours is hopefully really short-term, I'd be inclined to live off frozen convenience food TBH
Boozeandadietjinglebell Fri 07-Dec-12 17:43:34
Paper and plastic crockery and cutlery and glasses will be your friend. We barbecued a lot, but I'm aware that's not a helpful suggestion. Microwave meals are a winner, but avoid bath washing up at all costs.
CarpeJugulum Fri 07-Dec-12 17:47:23
It's the only thing that kept me sane.
ScienceRocks Fri 07-Dec-12 18:21:12
The microwave is your friend! You can do fish, fresh pasta, jacket potatoes, nachos... The main challenge is only being able to cook one thing at a time. For the first few days, I'd probably go for:
- soup with crusty bread
- nachos (buy ready roasted chicken, salsa, guacamole and cheese and layer up)
- jacket potatoes with various toppings
- fresh pasta with pesto and salad
- scrambled eggs with toast
A sandwich toaster is a marvellous thing too. Can do all kinds of fillings - egg is a favourite here!
sashh Sat 08-Dec-12 01:57:32
You don't need to brown meat - it would only kill bacteria on the surface, cooking kills the bacteria so put it in your mini kitchen.
If you don't have a steamer buy one - you can cook meat and fish wrapped in foil alongside veg.
Slowcooker - all sorts of stews or just roast meat and steam veg - can also be done in a microwave.
Do you like kippers - the ones in a packet can be microwaved.
valiumredhead Sat 08-Dec-12 16:56:31
You don't need to brown a roast chicken before you cook it do you? Or diced beef? - you just bung it in the oven, it's the cooking that kills bacteria.
bubbles1231 Sat 08-Dec-12 17:02:50
use a camping stove- friends might have one to loan you.
KnittyFoxyMa Tue 11-Dec-12 14:42:21
halogen oven!
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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I went in for a fishfinger, but all I could see were flavinoids and lypocenes
Food is no longer sustenance but a subject, as the seriously rich find the best way to dispose of their money is to eat it
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I am deeply moved. The food retailer, Waitrose, is so alarmed by the new American import, Whole Foods, that it is conveying customers by chauffeur-driven car to its Bloomsbury store and home again while its Marylebone outlet is being refurbished. Sensing trouble, Whole Foods has posted security guards outside its Kensington emporium. On the opening night they looked as if they had orecchiette al pesto in their ears. Clearly an iron curtain is descending across London. On either side of the W1 no-man's-land, west is rich and east is cool.
The Guardian is rightly concerned with the afflictions of the poor, but let us turn for a moment turn to those of the rich, the seriously rich with more money than sensible needs to meet. I put this threshold at £100,000 a year. This is no longer a tiny minority nor, thanks to Gordon Brown, one confined to the private sector. A third of a million people in England earn six figures, and outside London I would bet that the majority do so in some sense from the public sector.
Every doctor is now above this threshold, along with 600 local government officers, 302 BBC employees, 91 at the Royal Mail and 76 at Transport for London. These organisations could probably double their published figure by including their private consultants, on which Transport for London, for instance, spent a stupefying £222m last year. Nor do the totals include such state sub-contractors as Serco, Capita and Carillion, or the parastatal utilities running the railways, water, gas and electricity companies.
In other words, a large number of people have large disposable incomes and need new ways to spend them. Brown's policy of holding down income and property taxes and boosting expenditure taxes such as VAT has left the poor poorer and the rich very much richer. For the latter, the mortgage is paid, the second car bought, the country cottage restored. After the sixth overseas holiday in a year, Gatwick palls.
Nor has much of this group yet been hit by Britain's most savage supertax: offspring out of education and not in gainful employment. This floating pool of the middle-class young "waiting for something interesting to turn up" claim parental support for potential careers as actors, writers, film-makers, artists, journalists, publishers and "something creative". Half the rich of my acquaintance are running family Arts Councils and in-house Save the Children funds.
So what do the rich do with their surplus money? They eat it, converting the process into a semi-mystical experience. A loaf of bread is no longer a loaf but, at double the price, a sourdough, ciabatta, sperlonga, chollah, wheat-free or chickpea. Food has contrived to cross a conceptual barrier from banality to intellectualism. When I asked at Whole Foods for my beloved fishfinger, I came close to being asked to leave.
The walls glared down at me with more moral maxims than in a Welsh chapel. "No transfats from hydrogenated oils," they cried. "Eggs from cage-free birds." The store even had a changing room, as if this were a total immersion Baptist church.
Foodism is no longer a sustenance but a subject, located somewhere between chemistry and theology. At its heart lies the new superfood, rich in phytonutrients and anti-oxidants (and mind-boggling in air miles). The ancient pomegranate upstages the humble cranberry. The lettuce vanishes before sprouting purple broccoli, its pristine petals dusted with powdered linseed. It competes with drizzled watercress ("Death to all free radicals"). Potatoes are sold with added earth.
Our old friend the blueberry is outgunned by the Chinese goji, with its 18 amino acids and 21 trace minerals, its betacarotene, its polysaccharides and its mind-numbing price-weight ratio. Getting each berry to London from the hillsides of the Yellow river must require 10 times its bulk in carbon emissions. But superfood travels club class because it is food only in name. Its character is that of moral statement. Nor does any of this require cooking. Shelf upon shelf of "pre-made" foods are designed so that power women and yummy mummies need only five minutes to prepare them, even if they took two hours to buy.
Where once stood sales ladies advising on a bechamel sauce, now stands a different priesthood, laying down the approved balance of omegas, luteins, lypocenes and flavanoids. You may not be allergic but you might still be "intolerant" and thus in need of a personal nutritionist. It is goodbye Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson: chemists are the new kings of the kitchen. A recent newspaper food supplement cited no cook but a dozen scientists from laboratories in Newcastle, Reading, Nottingham, Illinois and the US department of agriculture.
This return to food is a genuine mystery. At one level it is obscene. Before any of this stuff is eaten, 40% is thrown away, to become the most expensive landfill in the world. When it is eaten the overwhelming majority of its chemical compounds simply convert into expensive urine. Food fads have never featured in futurology. The percentage of British national expenditure devoted to food fell steadily in the 50 years after the second world war, mostly because people had enough of it and spent their surplus income on other things. Science fiction predicted that everyone would soon be eating pills.
How the rich spend their money is, of course, their business. What is intriguing about the new stores is their ability to take the base metal of food and convert it into gold, not just of taste but of high seriousness. They offer excess but with added moral purpose. The rich are spending ever more on food, both in restaurants and on exotic ingredients. Perhaps the Bank of England could shortcircuit the production cycle by printing £50 notes on anti-oxidant ricepaper, served as a lightly wilted salad with virgin oil and balsamic dressing.
Despite the waste this is not all bad. The exotic-ingredients mania must be sustaining the economies of many otherwise destitute countries, much as the plethora of food outlets sustains local architects, designers, cooks, waiters, sales staff and van drivers. An economic virtue of the spending pattern of the rich is that it tends to be labour intensive.
But what next? Major food chains are now selling what was considered the preserve of soul food cranks a generation ago. Yoghurt, sesame and nut extract were once strictly for beards, sandals and Glastonbury. Now they have taken Kensington High Street by storm.
I can only assume that after the soul food will come the soul, after the body the mind. Tesco will offer five minutes of oxygen inhalant flown in from the Arctic to raise green awareness. Waitrose will hit back with 30-minute Buddhist chants. Sainsbury's will invite shoppers to sit under a triangle to feel the vibrations of Omega 3. Whole Foods will offer a choice of pre-made religions with "guaranteed happiness or your money back". There will be lectures, therapies, analysis and book signings.
It will cost a packet. But as they said of the Rolls-Royce, if you ask the price you can't afford it. You should have stuck with the sandwich.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
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Yes, there is an insufferable culture of cool surrounding art forms of the past. We get it, you're retro. But that doesn't mean things like super-8 film, VHS tapes, and vinyl records should be outright dismissed.
PBS's always fun Off-Book series returns with a nicely un-pretentious overview of how people use analog media in the digital age. The dude talking about photography especially nails it when he explains that analog isn't necessarily better than digital—it's just nice to have the option. [PBS Off Book via YouTube via Devour]
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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Question for experienced wok users
What kind of problems arise from purchasing inexpensive carbon steel woks? It would be for occasional use only and had my eye on this one frugal item in particular:
not at the expense of occupying kitchen space, if not a good item. Should I be looking for something heavier? Tia!
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1. I don't have exactly this wok, but I have something very similar:
It is on the thin side. Therefore it is very easy to handle, but it is more easy to warp (change shape).
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Chem - in your home kitchen environment, I assume that you're not worried about warping and in need of replacement? I'm thinking it would last a lifetime.
1. re: rosetown
Hey Buddy,
Actually, my thin Williams Sonoma wok warpped on me within the first two-three days. Very minor, but I can feel it. I think warping also depend what kind of bottom we are talking about too.
A minor warping on a round bottom wok is not a problem at all, and will be next to impossible to notice. However, a minor warping on a flat bottom wok can be more noticeable. For the original poster, I don't think this thin wok should be a problem since it is a round bottom wok.
2. You should be fine. We used to only get regular carbon steel woks at our restaurant, used them daily, beat them up, and they lasted easily a year or more before we had to replace them.
I've never really understood buying expensive woks, esp. for home use.
1. That looks like an optimal wok and at a good price.
Woks just don't get expensive, unless you go into stainless or nonstick woks which are without question inferior in performance, although well-to-do consumers who don't know better still buy them.
1. I have a large and and even larger All Clad woks. I use a carbon steel wok that I pick up for about $20 US. It works better than the expensive ones, and I sometimes use it on a 80000 BTU burner.
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1. re: INDIANRIVERFL
Where do you have an 80000BTU burner?
1. re: pabboy
Outdoor burners that you would use for a turkey fryer go up to 100k,
2. Inexpensive carbon steel woks are the thing to use, but in my opinion "hand hammered" is a gimmick. Most likely, at that price, the thing is not created by hand out of a sheet of metal, but formed in the usual way, then a pattern added by hand. I don't see any point to this.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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Fine dining in Philadelphia… what is it and who provides it?
"Georges Perrier and his restaurant introduced me to fine dining."
Yes, to what fine dining WAS.
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1. What is it today? Or should I say what is it today... in Philadelphia? Do we have any fine dining chains? (oops thats the other thread... ).
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1. re: cwdonald
"What is it today?"
It's up for debate. I can only comment on what it was with any certainty.
1. re: Chinon00
I think for starters, you can define "fine dining" as, at a minimum:
1) service that gives a crap
2) comfortable and pleasant decor & atmosphere
3) decent quality table settings
and, last but not least,
4) high-quality, expertly-prepared food
1. re: deprofundis
Does the style of the food qualify or disqualify? What if the "high quality, expertly prepared food" is Carolina BBQ?
1. re: Chinon00
Not if you eat it with your hands.
2. re: deprofundis
Deprofundis: May I enhance your definition of four points from my perspective?
1.) Socially-skilled, gracious and non-solicitous service that is maximally attentive but minimally intrusive,
2.) Visually captivating surroundings and seating that invites a lingering experience
3.) Spotless china, crystal and flatware on fine cloth enhanced by floral arrangements,
4.) Fare that is as fresh as possible, cooked to perfection and seasoned to intrigue not obfuscate.
To me, that's just "fine."
1. re: Chefpaulo
I love that definition ChefPaulo.. now which restaurants would meet that criteria in Philadelphia... I think places like Zahav might fall a bit short, especially from a decore standpoint.
1. re: cwdonald
Interesting discussion. Perhaps you'd get some good input by starting a new thread on this Fine Dining discussion....what is it and who provides it? I agree that i like CP's definition
2. re: Chefpaulo
Here, here. Very well said Chef Paulo and to my mind right on point. I might just adopt your definitions with no claims of origination. Thanks
1. re: Chefpaulo
Could a BYOB qualify? I think all but the rarest could pull off your second requirement. Also I think noise level is an important factor too.
3. Yes, first time in 1983; last time 1999. It ranked in my mind no lower than the seafood buffet I had the pleasure of enjoying at Hotel Du Pont's Green Room.
Recently only a meal at Per Se complete with a handshake with Thomas Keller did compare.
1. We had dinner Saturday night at the Fountain Room at the Four Seasons and it met every criteria for fine dining.
We hadn't been there for dinner for years. It was superb!
The ambience, service, food and presentation could not have been better.
This ranks at the top of my list for taking out somone for a special occasion. This time, we were the fortunate guests!
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1. re: sylviag
What did you have Sylviag? Did you do a tasting menu?
1. re: cwdonald
There were two choices. On the left side of the menu, you could do three courses for $80; on the right side, six courses for $140. You could choose two appetizers and an entree and skip dessert - no way for me!
Our small group all chose the three courses. There were lovely little extras - an amuse bouche, something before dessert, etc. Good breads, of course.
You can look at the menu online, but everyone loved what they had. The accompaniments and embellishments were beautiful and delicious.
There were some specials not on the regular menu that went with the more expensive choice.
Although the service was impeccable, at no time did you feel it was pretentious. We were offered ice water, with no mention of bottled water. That was refreshing!
Our hostess is petite, and was given a pillow to put behind her.
The drinks were great.
All in all, a great place to celebrate!
1. re: sylviag
I've given this long thought since my embellishment of deprofundis' definition and concur that my only experience that meets criteria is The Fountain Room. The cuisine is superb but, even more so, the personnel reflect the highest blend of professionalism and innate emotional intelligence. They must have a very rigorous selection process to ensure that there is the social acumen to assuage the unreasonable behavior of the occasional disordered personality yet have the sensitivity to spontaneously get a pillow for your petite hostess. Concern and graciousness are genuine, not feigned, and you've given me impetus to get down there again.
Years ago, some local Hounds may remember my favorite French restaurant, La Truffe, which ran a close second and is sorely missed. Quality and service were comparable to Le Bec-Fin but in a much more relaxed atmosphere.
1. re: Chefpaulo
Isn't fine dining really an outgrowth of the royal kitchen and dining room? So all that attention to care and comfort is an attempt I think to approximate how a royal might expect to be treated. It goes back to that I think.
2. re: cwdonald
I will add this, cw -
our son did the tasting meny at Vetri and while everything was delicious, he felt the food was too rich for him. He is a very good cook and knows his food.
The advantage of Fountain's menu is that if you are on any kind of food regimen, you can
choose the lighter offerings and still have an outstanding meal.
1. re: sylviag
I agree completely that a fine dining establishment should be able to blow you away with a lighter menu as well as with a heavier one. However what I think epitomizes gourmet and should always be available at a fine dining restaurant is rich decadent rare prized menu items: e.g. cavier, foie gras, demi-glace, truffles, sea urchin, etc.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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04-05-2007, 10:34 AM
We are staying at GF concierge in the main building during Thanksgiving, we've never done concierge before, we always stay at WL. Can someone tell me all about it. Should we get refillable mugs, or are there drinks out all day? Should we still get the dining plan since they have breakfast there, and snacks throught the day. I have lots more questions, but this is a start. Thank You.
04-05-2007, 11:07 AM
Well unless you are the sort that NEEDS something more than water to drink after midnight, there is pretty much no reason to get the mugs when staying on the concierge floor, there are always drinks on hand.
I don't really think the concierge level is a good substitute for the dining plan, as some people see it. Most people would still probably be able to save money by adding the dining plan even when staying concierge. Unless you plan on almost no table service meals when you are at Disney and living on appetizers for your time there, you will still be able to get value from the dining plan. It's only one counter service meal, one snack (which you can use for water or something) and one table service meal per day. Also, Disney food prices are so inflated that as long as you use all of your table services and most of your counter services, you will still save money (most table services will run about $30-$40 if you got appetizer, entree, and dessert just on their own). While you could concievably go back to your hotel instead of eating in the parks or getting water or something in the parks, it is kind of an uncessary hassle that isn't always worth it. Also, the afternoon selections aren't quite substantial enough for dinner every night (sometimes we weren't that hungry and they were great, other times, we wanted a full meal), so you will probably still want a few table services and if you plan on doing a character breakfast you will want to use one for that. The best plan might be saving up your table services and using them at a signature dining restaurant like California Grill, Jiko, or Citricos (where even though you are using 2 credits you get your money's worth). That way, you aren't really obligated to eat at a table service every night if you don't want to, and only use them for a great meal. It's important to understand that you can't really see the concierge level as ever being "worth it" in a purely financial sense of the term. You really can't fill yourself up on the concierge offerings and if you are wedded to the three full meals a day system of eating then you might run into problems because the concierge food (except for the continental breakfast) is comprised entirely of snacks and appetizers. You will probably save a little money on food because you can cut back on food you eat in the parks and the universally overpriced breakfasts at Disney, but not enough to cover the difference in price. You probably won't be wasting your money on the dining plan if you add it.
I found when we stayed on concierge level at the Yacht Club (before the dining plan happened), except for one character breakfast we never paid for breakfast. We would just grab something and head into the parks, which also meant we could sleep in a little. Usually in the parks we would need some beverage and we would usually have lunch. Then we would return to our hotel in the afternoon relax and get a snack/drink in the lounge and then either return to the parks or go to dinner somewhere (we ate at a table service restaurant 4 out of our 6 nights) and then we would usually bring a little dessert back to our rooms to end the day. Granted at the time, priority seatings weren't nearly as hard to get (except for fireworks time at California Grill and other really difficult things) I think we made most of our priority seatings when we arrived at Disney (oftentimes we would make our decision that afternoon based on how we were feeling). On our two preplanned priority seating nights, however, we simply incorporated that into our plans and it wasn't a big deal. What is nice, particularly when you are at Disney and you need to keep your energy up, you can use the concierge level to have small meals throughout the day to keep you going without weighing you down combined with a small counter service lunch in the park and then when you are done you can have a nice dinner. It prevents what my family calls "low blood sugar moments" where after a while without food crankiness sets in. Based on how much we spent on other food throughout the park and resort we would definitely save money if we were able to use the dining plan, but you should look into how much you spend on food when you go to Disney.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
zevrix in Not About Food
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to be annoyed by grown adults who say they can't cook?
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Mintyy Sun 18-Nov-12 14:47:25
I don't think I am.
It just makes me think that the person saying as much is a little bit useless.
InNeedOfBrandy Sun 18-Nov-12 15:47:27
I take my dc to school, go to work, vist friends and relatives and go on holiday all without driving. Ok waiting on a bus stop in the cold isn't nice but it's not a real problem. Not driving doesn't stop me doing anything.
InNeedOfBrandy Sun 18-Nov-12 15:48:03
Actually it would be better if no one drived the world would be a cleaner place.
LucieMay Sun 18-Nov-12 15:48:11
If driving was a life skill, why I do have a perfectly normal life (work, school, social activities) without being able to drive?
squoosh Sun 18-Nov-12 15:49:14
Driving is a life skill not an essential life skill.
Cooking is a life skill, not an essential life skill. Sourcing food is an essential life skill.
Everlong Sun 18-Nov-12 15:52:43
My life would be screwed if I didn't drive to a degree. Getting ds to school for just one example would be a major major pain if I didn't drive not to mention, food shopping and visiting people.
Driving makes your life easier now and when you're older too.
chummymummy Sun 18-Nov-12 15:53:22
I remember spending a lot of evenings in the kitchen with my mum n sisters wen we were younger. I hated it at the time and thought it really unfair. However I am so grateful now. I think this is true of a lot of asian families.
I am doing the same with my kids now. I see it as a life skill. like if you were dropped in the middle of a jungle would you be able to take care of yourself? I know it sounds silly but I think I would be able to kill it, cook it n eat it!
LyingWitchInTheWardrobe Sun 18-Nov-12 15:56:06
What on earth is a 'grown adult'... and what the dickens does their ability to cook have to do with you, OP?
You're being ridiculous to get annoyed. Do you normally overreact to things?
InNeedOfBrandy Sun 18-Nov-12 15:58:34
Driving might make your life easier but it is not essential and is not a life skill. Your life might be more awkward not driving but it wouldn't be impossible to live without it. It is quite possible to be independent and not drive as I demonstrate every day.
diddl Sun 18-Nov-12 15:59:55
I can cook-but my God I loathe it!
Loobylou222 Sun 18-Nov-12 16:05:16
Silly me I'm just a man"
My oh cooks pretty much everything from scratch, he was taught by jus grandma, it was a part of every day life.
I hate cooking.
He Is teaching me, but I find it very boring, and he bashes me do the shut jobs like chop the chicken!
It's the timings I can't get the hang of, I always overdo chicken as I worry it won't be cooked properly.
Loobylou222 Sun 18-Nov-12 16:06:44
Wow that totally didn't make sence! He does not bash me!
He gives me the shit jobs!
Cooking keeps me sane. I suppose I feel a bit for people who can't but nobody can do everything - and if they think they can they're fools! I can't sew or knit or making greetings card and I wouldn't expect to be negatively judged on that particular lack of talent.
carabos Sun 18-Nov-12 16:19:54
I think it's worse when people claim to be really good cooks and then turn out to be rubbish. It's a talent IMO. Yes if you can read you can follow a recipe, but there is another dimension to it I believe.
I can make tasty meals from scratch and bake but I would never describe myself as a good cook.
FromEsme Sun 18-Nov-12 16:21:43
I once really upset a friend who said "look, I have cooked dinner from scratch today" and then showed me her stir fry covered in a gelatinous jar-sauce.
Apparently "that's not from scratch" isn't a nice thing to say. I was only 19 at the time, I would just go "mm, yummy" now.
Nothing wrong with sauce from the jar I'm lying, sauce from a jar is disgusting but it's not cooking from scratch.
Trills Sun 18-Nov-12 16:28:42
Once you are an adult you can choose to learn or choose not to bother to learn. Even if your parents have taught you nothing about cooking.
Esme - you're right. There really is nothing more disgusting than sauce from a jar and I do tend to judge people who think that's ok. It's not. A few minutes spent looking at the ingredients would tell anyone that surely?
LucieMay Sun 18-Nov-12 16:31:15
Everlong if I drove I still wouldn't drive to work because the bus is so frequent and parking as a pain, it just wouldn't be worth it. I also wouldn't bother driving him to school as the traffic gets so bad it's usually just easier to walk. So if I did have a car, it would just be sitting there at least five days a week.
Mrsjay Sun 18-Nov-12 16:37:00
I dont drive cant cook and didnt even get my swim certificate I am a complete failure in everything grin
I think making sure you and your family eat is different from getting pleasure out of cooking I really wish i did have that creative thing in me but i dont I cook so we dont starve or live off takeaways where as i have a friend who is an amazing cook and has a huge cook book collection and enjoys reading them i think it is her porn grin
BananaBubbles Sun 18-Nov-12 16:37:38
Does that apply to pasta sauce? I'm looking at the jar of sauce I use reguarly,and I can't see anything that'd make me go eew,on the ingredients list.
I cannot imagine giving a toss about people using jars personally.
Everlong Sun 18-Nov-12 16:39:23
I'm just using myself as an example lucie for me if I didn't drive ds wouldn't be able to attend the school he does, older ds wouldn't be able to stay behind at school to do his music. Not end of the world stuff but it would be a shame.
Driving just gives me more time to do things as opposed to waiting around for buses and trains.
sarahseashell Sun 18-Nov-12 16:40:37
YABU - there are lots of jars of organic stuff/ ready made things which are healthy enough. Some people just detest cooking and are crap at it, get very flustered and stressed by it etc
squoosh Sun 18-Nov-12 16:43:04
Why do people buy jars of carbonara sauce, that baffles me. It's only egg and parmesan and a couple of other ingredients.
Mrsjay Sun 18-Nov-12 16:43:16
I tried to make my own tomato sauce for meatballs once god it was rank yet when i make bolgnaise using just about the same ingredients it tastes nice, I also cant get a cheese sauce right sometimes it works and other times it splits I have no clue what im doing wrong
FromEsme Sun 18-Nov-12 16:44:13
It's weird, isn't it squoosh? If people can't be arsed with the faff, why not just buy a ready meal? It's the same thing.
Then, I can't drive, so maybe I'm not allowed an opinion.
TheSmallPrint Sun 18-Nov-12 16:44:23
I can't cook. What I mean by that is that I rarely have the time to cook 'properly' and so often if I try it doesn't end up anything like the recipe and often tastes horrible or slightly over /under cooked, seasoned wrong etc. some people are naturally skilled at certain things and others aren't. I can draw beautifully and do it for a living, if you can hold a pencil why can't you draw like a professional? That's how I would compare it anyway. <shrugs>
As long as there are ready meals I won't starve.
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Who eats using sterling silver flatware at home each and every day?
Just look up all the healthy properties of silver. It's amazing!
That's the main reason to have and, well, use silver flatware.
Obviously, if you don't care then you don't need it. (Not that I'm using it right now. Ha. But I grew up on a family where only silver was used.)
It's really weird that some people have silver flatware but only keep it for "special occasions". What's the point? It's like having a Brita filter but only use it for special occasions.
Feb 25, 2012
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cookbook purge: how do you choose?
i am facing a chore of having to cut down my tons of cookbooks. i came upon this little story on a blog, and could relate to the very few so far that were culled -- from hundreds. http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatinga...
how do you decide which ones have to go?
one criterion is that the ones that stay must offer something "special" or be beautiful in some way.
"special" can mean, e.g., sheer creativity in food/ingredient combinations, excellency in describing techniques, unusual ingredients references, encyclopedic references (like larousse and oxford companion), anthropological aspects of food development, cultural/regional cookbooks, beautiful photos with good recipes......
there are not really many categories left. i guess that's my problem.
do you use them all, like i do, to cook, or for reference, or planning and dreaming, or reading in bed, like a novel?
what do you think about the "culling criteria"?
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1. I have too many once again, and used to have too many, and then inherited tons more when my mother died.
To be honest, in the first purge, cracked spines and books with pages turned down, little bits of paper in them, etc. got to stay. Ones that "just looked neat" stayed. A lot of the others got donated. Now I have a few on specialty areas: Breads, Baking, Pressure Cooking, one on how to cook almost any veggie, a vegetarian meal one, etc. etc. Still too many. But I"m trying to pare it down to one essential in each area (eg., have 4 books on Pressure Cooking when I ony need one.....I might copy out a recipe or two from the others before liberating them) Then I have a bunch of "standards" JoC, Julia Child, etc.
Finally, I have the "gifted ones" that folks have given me over the years. Some of those I'd like to chuck but don't dare - yet!
I also have 2 nice cork boarded sprial ring binders that I"ve filled with my own ideas or that I have purloined from others and modified. I find I use these the most.
Now, the next project I gotta start is going through my hard drive for all those luscious goodies I found on the internet! That could keep me busy until the NEXT Millenium!
1. My rules: a cookbook gets tossed (donated to the library for their quarterly book sale!) if:
1. I've had it for long enough that I should have made something out of it, but I haven't because nothing has ever sounded worthy of being made, or
2. I've made a few things out of it and they were all icky, or at least not worth making again
These tend to work pretty well for me. I only keep a few "reference" cookbooks (hey, that's what Chowhound is for!) and cook out of the rest.
1. I keep cookbooks signed by the chef.
I keep cookbooks with favorite recipes.
I keep cookbooks from NOLA before Katrina.
I keep my grandmother's Joy of Cooking.
I donate the cookbooks from my college days: many start with take a can of.... or mix a box of yellow cake mix...
For some, I've gone in, checked on their version of recipes I use and if it's dumbed down, the book goes.
1. Oh alkapal...here's my number one rule: If I have room for it, I keep it. This a rule for most books in our house, and I am starting to think of the books as insulaion!
You being a lawyer, I'm certain that you would want to keep the very good reference books you have in your library. The ones that can win you an argument on alfredo v.carbonara, for ex. (A recent argument with my Hub:-) ) Volumes with good descriptions of ingredients should stay. Volumes with good details on techniques should stay. Volumes with info you can't get elsewhere should stay (reeeeaallly look at copyright dates with your decision-making process, as some of the older books are superb and valuable). Likewise books that give you ethnic instructions that you cannot get elsewhere. If you're like me, then save all the culinary history books (again, for argument settling).
I didn't read your link, given computer restraints...and perhaps I am arguing for saving more then you want. Let's say this: If you look at the book and love it (even if you haven't cooked from it) keep. it. If you look at the book and ask yourself whyon earth you have it when you don't like it, chuck it off to another home.
You're inspiring me to chuck a few things (a very few, sadly!). I so wish there was a cookbook exchange in these boards!
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1. re: cayjohan
Same here, cayjohan. I am getting better at culling the fiction books and other non-cooking books, but cookbooks, I cannot get rid of. I have weird 60's cookbooks with food I would never make, but I love being able to pull them out and look through for a laugh (good conversation starters).
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Sooeygun, a lot of the recipes in those 50's-60's books make for a great starting point for a retro dinner that people love. Not just conversations, but food from our childhoods...good for you for keeping them! Try crazy molded foods in aspic! It's a hoot! (And, I admit, tasty.)
1. re: cayjohan
i'm waiting for the "mold" comeback, as i have several! ;-).
aspic is coming back in restaurants? or is it not trendy enough?.... maybe if it were micronized aspic beads suspended in a nitrogen bath?... then served on sous vide veal "carpaccio". lol!
2. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/585613 is a related topic which you may find useful.
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