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Pressure is the last thing Aberdeen wrestling coach Dick Slutzky wants to contend with.
Last year, the Eagles became the first state team ever to win three consecutive titles (all in Class 1A/2A). but Slutzky is not pressing for a fourth. "We don't even think about it." said Slutzky, who begins his 19th year as Aberdeen's head coach. "We're so young. This is a different team than we've had the last year or two."
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ATLANTA -- The agent for Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray and Bill Ripken will meet with Orioles officials tomorrow to begin contract discussions for those three players.
Ron Shapiro, the Baltimore-based agent, said he ran into general manager Pat Gillick yesterday and set up the meeting. Cal Ripken wants to extend his current contract, which runs out after next season, so his impending free agency won't be a distraction in 1997.
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MAMARONECK, N.Y. — MAMARONECK, N.Y.-- --The leader board was definitely worth a second look. This year's U.S. Open started like a flashback sequence.
Colin Montgomerie at the top? Tiger Woods and David Duval neck and neck? What year was it exactly and does this mean there's a new Seinfeld episode on tonight?
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Business Definitions – O
obligations incurred – Business costs or expenses that need to be paid, but wait for a time as Accounts payable (Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business) instead of being paid immediately.
offering – The total benefits or satisfaction provided to target markets by an organization. An offering consists of a tangible product or service plus related services such as installation, repair, warranties or guarantees, packaging, technical support, field support, and other services.
offering mix or portfolio – The complete array of an organization’s offerings including all products and services.
on-costs – (Australia): Labor costs in addition to salaries and wages; that is, payroll tax, workers’ compensation and other liability insurance, the cost of subsidized services to employees, training costs, etc.
operating expenses – Expenses incurred in conducting normal business operations. Operating expenses may include wages, salaries, administrative and research and development costs, but excludes interest, depreciation, and taxes.
operating leverage – The extent to which fixed costs and variable costs are used in the production and marketing of products and services.
operations control – The practice of assessing how well an organization performs marketing activities as it seeks to achieve planned outcomes.
opportunities vs. ideas – Ideas are the basis of potential business opportunities. Good ideas do not necessarily represent good opportunities (that is, actual business opportunities).
opportunity analysis – The process of identifying and exploring revenue enhancement or expense reduction situations to better position the organization to realize increased profitability, efficiencies, market potential or other desirable objectives.
opportunity cost – Resource use options that are given up as a consequence of pursuing one activity among several possibilities. Potential benefits foregone as a result of choosing an alternative course of action..
other ST liabilities – These are short-term debts that don’t cause interest expenses. For example, they might be loans from founders or accrued taxes (taxes owed, already incurred, but not yet paid).
outsourcing – Purchasing an item or a service from an outside vendor to replace performance of the task with an organization’s internal operations.
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Dr. Steve Noe, a general surgeon, has joined the practice of Dr. Becky Bartee as a result of the affiliation between Clark Regional Medical Center and UK HealthCare.
Both surgeons are UK faculty members. The addition of Noe is part of a long-term plan to bring additional specialty services to Clark Regional. Last November, Clark Regional and UK HealthCare announced an affiliation to provide enhanced services locally.
For almost a year, UK HealthCare, in consultation with the board of trustees of Clark Regional, community leaders and medical staff, have worked together to identify health needs in the area, according to UK HealthCare.
Noe joined UK in October. He is a former UK general surgery resident who came to Clark Regional from Maysville where he was in private practice. Noe is originally from Cincinnati and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has been watching the Chicago Bears’ offseason moves with interest, and was particularly intrigued to see the Bears acquire receiver Brandon Marshall.
“Brandon is a problem for defenses matching up,” he said. “He’s a No. 1 receiver, he’s a hard guy to single up and play. They definitely got better.
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Matt Cassel will start at quarterback.
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The 60beat GamePad, a slightly bloated controller — a Sony Dualshock3 for PS3 with indigestion? — could make the iPad more attractive to serious gamers if only game developers cooperate.
The GamePad, from 60beat of New Britain, Conn., launched the controller with only two compatible games, Bugdom 2 and Aftermath. Less than a month later, it works with 10 games. It will need a lot more than that, however, before the retail price ($50) seems realistic.
This gaming lightweight, however, sees a lot of potential in an iPad-GamePad hookup. It's an actual, not virtual, controller that needs no batteries and doesn't hog the iPad's dock port like some other made-for-Apple joysticks.
So charge the iPad, if needed, while playing Katana Jack with the GamePad attached to the tablet's headphone jack. (60beat includes a splitter to accommodate both the GamePad and a cable for external speakers.)
The company hit all the right buttons with the GamePad: a D-pad, dual analog sticks, 10 action buttons and three menu buttons. It made it so easy for me to run my dune buggy right off the course in Nitro RC.
The GamePad, which also works with the iPhone and iPod Touch, needs some help from gaming developers. The new iPad could be the game changer with its 2048x1536 resolution — 3.1 million pixels, or a million more than HDTV — an ideal mini gaming display.
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Boogie Board Rip
Is the Boogie Board Rip a 21st-century Etch A Sketch or a landmark electronic replacement for paper and ink?
Right now, it's too expensive for a toy ($130) and perhaps too much of a toy for a serious tool. But at least one elementary school, in Edmonton, Alberta, has already equipped students with Boogie Boards, cutting paper costs by close to 50 percent.
Maybe note-taking and idle doodling are the career paths of this electronic tablet from Improv Electronics.
The Boogie Board Rip uses LCD technology that allows people to write or draw using the supplied stylus, a finger or a toothpick — anything that applies pressure to the 9.5-inch surface.
The original Boogie Board ($40) needed power only to erase the screen. Once erased, it was gone. What a waste of doodle masterworks! The Rip, which has power and memory, preserves each saved "page" as a PDF file. With 8MB of memory, it stores about 200 pages. A single charge should last about a week.
The Rip has two controls, for save/wake and erase, with a nearby status indicator. The first-time user, including this one, might expect the board, or at least the doodles, to somehow illuminate but a stylus pressed to the board reveals only a dull green against a dark background.
The work might not look fully realized until transferred to a computer by attaching the Rip via a USB cable and dragging-dropping as if the Boogie Board were a flash drive. The Rip, without question, is note- and doodleworthy. The amount of pressure applied to the screen is the wild card — lighter lines sometimes barely show when transferred to a computer. This is not a professional tool for an engineer or architect.
The most fun — kids, pay attention — is software available at the Improv website that displays a drawing/doodle in real time on a computer screen when the Rip is connected to a PC or Mac.
It's difficult to classify the Boogie Board Rip as toy or tool, but it's certainly fun.
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Game Truck
A rentable, video game arcade on wheels sounds like a kid's (or fratboy's) dream come true. Well, it's here: When the Game Truck comes rolling into town, it'll have a soundproofed trailer full of 50-inch plasma televisions, multiple gaming consoles, a Kinect station for motion games and a high-tech sound system.
And if the weather's nice, pop-up side panels that reveal two high-def screens for outside-the-truck gaming.
Cool!
In my area, that'll cost $325 for the first two hours on weekends, $100 for each additional hour.
Information: gametruckparty.com
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As the brother of his victim looked on Wednesday in Franklin County Court, Antonio Barcenas was sentenced to 17 to 40 years in state prison for the Jan. 1, 2002, stabbing death of an Indiana man.
"I am very sorry for what happened and I ask the whole family to forgive me, especially the wife and two children who are now alone," Barcenas, 22, said through a translator.
Barcenas, of 20 W. Washington St. in Chambersburg, pleaded no contest Wednesday to a third-degree murder charge in the death of Javier Brena-Lugo, 31, of Zionsville, Ind. He waived his right to a pre-sentence investigation and received the prison sentence the prosecution and defense had agreed to under the plea.
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Russ Wiebel will be missed
To the editor:
When I found out that Russ Wiebel had left this earth, I was shocked. Russ was definitely one of a kind. No one was or is like Russ.
When you were around Russ, you knew that he was with you and no one else. He had a way of making you feel comfortable. When you played golf with Russ, you always knew it was going to take longer than usual because golfers would seek Russ out and talk to him.
I saw conversations carried on from fairway to fairway and even across fairways. Russ was well known because of his radio broadcasts of basketball and football and his involvement in athletics in general. He was not a pretentious person nor was he a member of the I, Me, My or Mine society. When you were around Russ, he always made you feel good. Like many others, I'm going to miss Russ and I will never forget his easy going and friendly demeanor.
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Viola d'amore player John Anthony Calabrese and violinist Gabriela Olcese, known as Duo Calabrese, will give a free concert, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Edmund D. Edelman Hollywood Bowl Museum on the grounds of the Hollywood Bowl.
The duo will play music by Louis Toussaint Milandre, Johann Albrechtsberger, Karl Braun and Charles de Beriot.
Admission and parking are free.
Information: (213) 850-2058.
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Rapid advancement in technology nearly always means somebody is going to be left in the dust, unable to keep up with changes that seem to come hourly, but new research suggests it doesn't have to be that way.
The ubiquitous automated teller machine is so easy to operate and so convenient that it has dramatically altered the way most of us do our banking. I haven't seen the insides of a bank in months.
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The task is daunting enough--biking 3,040 miles in six days through 110,000 feet of elevation, dark and sometimes treacherous roads and stifling heat and humidity. Then throw in the fact that one of your riders is blind and partially deaf and another is blind with no sense of taste or smell, and you get a feel for what the tandem cycling team of 2 Mixed Up is trying to accomplish this week in Race Across America.
"It's the challenge, the adventure, the excitement, the pain, the exhaustion and the fun," said Newhall's Tim Skipper, who came up with the idea to invite two blind riders to participate in the Race Across America.
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In just hours, Elvis will indeed be in the building – or at least one of the singer’s biggest fans will be in the building: former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He'll soon arrive at a federal prison in Colorado to begin serving a sentence on corruption charges.
Blagojevich left his North Side Chicago home before dawn on Thursday for the trip to the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood outside Denver, where the 55-year-old former invincible iron man of Illinois politics will surrender in the afternoon. The governor, who gained notoriety for his Elvis impersonations, was surrounded by reporters as he made one more -- and one of his last -- trips through the media crush.
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But both are point guards, and Coach Ben Howland said Thursday they'll often be in the same lineup.
"I've always loved having two points.
Anderson wasn't in the equation for sure until Wednesday, when the NCAA declared him eligible after a lengthy investigation into his father's ties with a sports agent.
"We're so excited for him to have that weight lifted off his shoulders," Howland said.
That weight is still weighing on another UCLA freshman, Shabazz Muhammad, who has yet to be declared eligible by the NCAA. Investigators are looking into his family's and AAU team's ties to two financial planners.
The NCAA was expected to interview Muhammad's parents, Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad, late this week, according to people close to the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly. The timeline for a possible resolution is unclear. Howland said he's "very optimistic" Muhammad will be deemed eligible.
In the meantime, Howland can finally discuss Anderson's role, knowing that he will be available for UCLA's season opener Nov. 9 against Indiana State at Pauley Pavilion.
Aside from playing point guard on offense, Anderson probably will defend small forwards, Howland said.
"He's the one kid on our team who probably has to know more positions than anybody else," said Howland, whose team was picked in a vote of media members to finish second in the Pac-12 behind Arizona.
On offense, Howland said Anderson excels at pushing the ball up the court with passes, whereas Drew, a transfer from North Carolina who sat out last season, will jet up the court by dribbling.
Those skill sets could be crucial for a team that says it wants to play more up-tempo on offense this season.
However, if the Bruins revert to the grind-it-out offense for which Howland is known, Anderson and Drew will operate mostly in the half court.
Howland said that if Drew isn't in the game, Norman Powell will be for the purpose of guarding opposing point guards, a task for which Anderson isn't physically suited.
Regardless, UCLA's offense will be in good hands — no matter whom those hands belong to, forward David Wear said.
Wear noted how well the Bruins' offense flowed when Anderson and Drew were on the court together when UCLA went 3-0 during an exhibition trip to China last summer.
"They're both really good decision makers; they're both dynamic in their own way," Wear said. "We have two guys out there with great vision. That's going to benefit us."
Of note
UCLA will play host to Nevada Las Vegas in a closed scrimmage on Saturday. By NCAA rule, UCLA is not allowed to publicize the results.
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Twitter: @BaxterHolmes
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After a bit of a slow start by our Junior players, Dave Fisher of Jordan Lanes broke out in a big way with a 726 series.
That three-game total is 216 pins above his current average of 170. The series establishes a new career high for the senior division player.
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Florence A. Bortz, 97, formerly of Cetronia, died Saturday, March 27, in the Phoebe Home, Allentown. She was the wife of the late Ira E. "Ike" Bortz.
She was head cook for the Parkland School District, first at Parkland High School and later at the James W. Good School, Cetronia, for 27 years.
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A Tamaqua woman who lied to Borough Council last week when she said her 2-year-old grandson contracted rabies after being bitten by a rat has been cited for disorderly conduct.
Wendy Fredericks said she'll fight the charge.
"I'm going to get a lawyer and fight it," said Fredericks, 45, of Spruce Street. "Yeah, I'm guilty. I did lie, but they have the system cover up their lies."
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Melba E. Gehman, 97, of Emmaus, died June 24, 2008 in her residence. Born in Kreidersville, she was the daughter of the late Moulton and Estella (Edelman) Henninger. She worked for Allen Organ for 21 years, retiring in 1985. She was a member of Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Church, Allentown.
Survivors: Sons, Francis H. Gehman III and wife Vicki of Emmaus, and Phil Gehman and wife Sheila of Emmaus; daughters, Elizabeth M. Merry of Honesdale, Nancy L. wife of Gary McMaken of Thornton, Ill., and Ginny Fehnel of Emmaus; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
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There is no military silver bullet for the U.S. dilemma in Iraq. Unless Iraqi leaders make tough decisions to improve political dialogue and governance, President Bush's proposed increase in U.S. combat forces will be a waste of our precious human resources. Leading advocates of a surge in U.S. military deployment to Iraq are correct in saying it would be effective only if it were substantial and sustained. But the necessary political accommodations by Iraq's ruling groups and the necessary level of economic assistance to the least-secure areas must also be substantial and sustained. Moreover, the United States would have to be willing to give other governments a stake in stabilizing Iraq, unless it is prepared to maintain the increase in military force and economic assistance indefinitely. Iraqi sectarianism, suppressed under decades of Baathist rule, has polarized political identities during the past few years of extreme personal insecurity, hardship and uncertainty. The leading Shiite politician with a reputation for reaching across the sectarian divide, Ayad Allawi, is unpopular because of his cooperation with forceful U.S. military measures against Sunni insurgents and the Shiite Mahdi Army. No Sunni Arab leader has emerged with the combination of courage, political skills and a loyal constituency necessary to negotiate effectively with the better-organized Kurdish and Shiite leaders. The vast majority of Sunni Arabs no longer aspire to dominate Iraq, but they will fight for their neighborhoods and homes. In the absence of better leaders, they can be tools for extremists. There are few indications that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has the will or capability to engineer the required political changes. Inevitably, they require giving constitutional and power-sharing concessions to Sunni Arab or secular Shiite opponents of the government at the expense of al-Maliki's sectarian Shiite base. His personal toughness has been found wanting in the past, perhaps because his viability as prime minister depends on satisfying the real political power-brokers of his coalition: Abdulaziz Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. Sunni Arabs view his timid and vacillating outreach as the halfhearted result of American pressure. Few Iraqis believe political concessions will be sustained as U.S. involvement and influence ebb. Moreover, the Kurds do not support constitutional revisions and guarantees for equal distribution of oil revenues to Sunni Arabs. Constitutional reform, oil revenues, political power-sharing and a relaxation of extreme measures against former Baath Party members have been showstoppers in the past for a prime minister who is unable to buck his political base. The Iraq Study Group advised making these issues conditions for continued U.S. support, but President Bush is providing U.S. military backing up front and thereby surrendering the leverage he might have used during the past two years. At the same time, Iran has gained political influence in Baghdad partly through subversion but also through an Iraqi electoral process that emphasized sectarian identity. Reversing the real and perceived impediments to Sunni participation in future governments would require sustained support from elements of the Shiite majority for painful compromises. On the economic side, the government has failed to provide adequate reconstruction resources to Sunni Arab areas devastated by fighting. Basic services in such areas are just as essential as security and must be sustained for a long time to be effective. Bush says, "The Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money," but Sunni Arabs in Baghdad have only to look at the relatively pacified but economically desolate cities of Fallujah and Tal Afar to imagine what lies ahead for them. A meaningful jobs program must offer more than short-term projects to overcome the purely economic attractions of collusion with the insurgency. Personal insecurity and anti-occupation grievances are additional impediments. The lack of an international diplomatic framework for stabilizing Iraq, combined with continuing U.S. threats of regime change in Tehran and Damascus, ensures that Iran and Syria see little reason to cooperate. Although both governments have dirty hands, the absence of U.S. backing for a multilateral effort to engage them on issues such as border control is puzzling. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group would require the United States to tone down its messianic goals of victory for democracy in Iraq and regional transformation. Instead, it should embrace the stabilization of Iraq in an international context, emphasizing diplomacy rather than military force. The United States also should reposition itself on other issues where its long-term agenda is suspect and works against our effective leadership of other nations regarding Iraq. We should clearly announce that we do not seek permanent bases. We need temporary facilities for force protection, not for projecting force outside Iraq. We also need to make clear that controlling Iraqi oil is not a U.S. objective, although we want equal treatment for American oil companies. Finally, we must give substance to the president's 2003 commitment to work for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. At the time, he said he would be as active on this long-festering issue as he had been on Iraq. To date, this promise rings hollow. David L. Mack was a member of the Iraq Study Group and a deputy assistant secretary of state, and is acting president of the Middle East Institute.
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An Elkhart driver was arrested after an accident left him temporarily pinned in his vehicle. Phillip Short, 36 was driving north on County Road 7, just north of Hallie Rd., when his vehicle veered east off the road. The 2000 Pontiac then rolled onto its roof, trapping the driver. After being removed from the vehicle, Short was taken to Elkhart General Hospital. Authorities found Short's blood alcohol level at .285 and arrested him for operating while intoxicated. Short suffered minor injuries in the crash. His two passengers were not injured.
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GAINESVILLE — University of Florida football coach Galen Hall is pleased with what he has seen during the first week of spring practice.
``We`ve improved everyday, so I`m satisfied so far,`` Hall said.
Hall spent the time evaluating the Gators` strengths and weaknesses and searching for replacements at key positions.
Among Hall`s main priorities during spring drills are finding replacements at running back for John L. Williams and Neal Anderson, and at wide receiver for Ray McDonald, and Frankie Neal, who was declared academically ineligible.
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The David Posnack Jewish Community Center's annual fund-raiser was another success, says Nancy Steinberg, a spokeswoman for the center.
Steinberg says last month's charity event helped raise about $34,000, which does not include expenses and a $20,000 grand prize.
The proceeds will go toward social, educational and cultural activities for center members and community residents. Children will benefit through scholarships designed to help them attend camps and other activities.
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Harry Kostiak was one of the early converts to car leasing. For a mere $200 per month, the Delray Beach retiree was able to drive a snazzy Infiniti G-20 up and down Florida's highways for the past four years.
"I thought it was great - I was able to get more car for less money," Kostiak said. But at the end of his lease, Kostiak was socked with a surprise bill. The flat tire he once had, the parking-lot door ding, the rocks that flipped up from the road and nicked the paint constituted "excess wear and tear" to his credit company.
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Those long lines at U.S. airports are not just on the runways. As the number of airline passengers swells -- to 614 million last year, up from 488 million in 1993 -- and airports remain the same size, waiting in line has become a frustrating experience. The airlines, hearing growing complaints and eager to cut costs, have begun adopting new techniques to speed people on their way.
Continental Airlines and Alaska Airlines have kiosks with computer screens where passengers can check in and obtain boarding passes.
Alaska also has ticketing agents who roam terminals with portable computers that can print out boarding passes the way rental-car agents can issue receipts from hand-held computers.
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Shortly after denying he was involved in the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching search, Heat President Pat Riley held discussions with the team he led to four NBA championships in the 1980s.
Despite those conversations, word Tuesday from within the Lakers' organization was that Riley no longer was part of the pursuit of a replacement for Phil Jackson.
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asansol: about 4,404 detonators and 200 kg of explosives were looted from the magazine room of eastern coalfields limited in phoolbagan colliery under pandaveswar police station of durgapur subdivision early on sunday. five persons have been arrested in this connection so far. laksmi narayan meena, durgapur asp, said that some people broke into the unguarded magazine room and looted the deadly explosives. two explosive boxes of 50 kg each were found near the site by the police later, though two more boxes with 100 kg of explosives each and 4,404 detonators were missing, meena said. three of the arrested were sent to court and were denied bail. the magazine room is situated just behind the office of ecl general manager of pandaveswar area. incidentally, just 48 hours before the arrival of chief minister buddhadeb bhattacharjee in durgapur, about 30,000 detonators were looted from a private magazine room in madanpur under baraboni police station. asansol police still have no clue in this case. there has been a recent spurt in looting explosives meant for mining purposes in burdwan and purulia and the baraboni figure is the largest in the history of south bengal. all political parties have voiced their concern about the spurt in these incidents.
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Nursing is a demanding career. It involves shift duty as well as providing care to those who need it at any time, whether it is night or day. Nurses are typically involved in providing for the physical, mental and emotional needs of patients. They assist physicians and surgeons during treatments and examinations, and in rehabilitation and convalescence.
Nurses work in hospitals in different departments. They may be assigned to general, operating room or maternity room duty. They may specialise in caring for the sick children or working in emergency rooms, intensive care units, or outpatient clinics, in physicians' consulting rooms, in private homes, in school infirmaries, industries and in their own businesses- providing professional and allied services.
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NEW DELHI: Extradited gangster Abu Salem has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a Mumbai TADA court's order rejecting his plea that India's agreement with Portugal for his deportation has been violated with the CBI including him as an accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
Salem, who was extradited along with his girlfriend Monica Bedi last year, has also assailed the TADA court order separating his trial from the 123 accused in the 1993 blasts case.
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KOLKATA: Charging West Bengal's ruling CPM with sponsoring violence in Nandigram, its ally Forward Block on Tuesday claimed the ruling Left Front in West Bengal is heading for a split following CPM's 'mishandling' of Nandigram and Singur issues.
"After thirty years, the Left Front in on course for a split over CPM's unilateralism and the Nandigram and Singur issues," All India Forward Bloc General Secretary, Debabrata Biswas said.
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JAIPUR: Targets for poverty alleviation programmes and social security schemes such as National Old Age Pension Scheme, Annapurna, Antyodaya and other benefits like soft loans for the poor and needy in the city have not been met in the past. People seeking benefits under various schemes have to chase Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) official for the JMC happens to be the processing and facilitating agency.
As per JMC records the city has around 25,000 people living below poverty line (BPL) and there has been over 600 applications seeking benifits under various heads who have not received any benifit due to various reasons. Mohan Chandra Bansal, in-charge for the schemes with the JMC, said on Thursday the delay was due to various banks which do not readily offer money as per the government provision.
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CHANDIGARH: Amaninder Kaur, a homemaker from Muktsar district, has topped the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) exams, the results of which were announced by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) on Thursday.
Nayan Jassal, a qualified dentist and an experienced radio jockey from Phagwara, has bagged the second position.
Sanjiv Sharma, who is a field officer in the civil supplies department and hails from Gurdaspur, came third.
Amaninder, 31, who got married last year to an advocate in Bhagsar village of Muktsar, scored 708 marks out of 1,000.
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It is becoming clear where some of the areas that need improvement are. Somehow, even the lighthearted way of thinking about wardrobe planning that came so easily to me last year is shifting, turning to slightly more "practical" ideas. Not that I've any intention of giving up either my beloved jumpers or my penchant for embellishment, mind you.
When the weather is chilly and damp, often my first layer of choice is a high-neck knit top, most usually a turtleneck pullover, and those are one of the few usable pieces of clothing that show up at Goodwill. Not sure that making my own is the best use of my limited sewing time, but is certainly possible if necessary. There are two lengths of thin merino wool knit in stash, that would be good ideal for exactly such, and now are earmarked for that layer.
There is only one pair of pants in my dresser at all, (other than longjohns), a very worn pair of overalls, so old that the pattern has disappeared. Finding two lengths of durable suitable fabric has become a pretty high priority, as while they are not often needed, when necessary there is no useful substitute. This is not exactly the imagined list of what sewing-for-me would be happening this spring, but summer dresses are fast and easy, and can be a quick evenings project once the weather warms up enough to need them.
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Yesterday, a trip to Costco with E allowed a start on re-stocking the "earthquake shelf" - canned protein, nut butter, dried fruit, and bottled water... (Now if the zombies attack I'll not need to subsist on jam!) Truly, after re-organising my pantry, the amount of jam was rather astonishing. Need to figure out good veggie storage (maybe some kind of solar dehydrator this summer?) and also acquire some of the Indian veggie curry things sealed in bags. Anyone out there have additional Useful Suggestions?
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A call this morning to Mutual Materials about concrete block was informative. Since my last inquiry, the cost has more than doubled. Delivery is available, but at far more than the cost of the desired block. Not sure if that means a switch to plan B, or C, but very possibly. A great drawback to lack of motorized transport is that materials acquisition is significantly more difficult. The water project has two components: tapping into the downspouts, and raising the barrels. Minimal concrete block cost is around $50 and probably finding someone with a suitable vehicle that is willing to trade for transport... The "plumbing" part is simpler, since that requires smaller lighter parts that can be easier to transport.
I'd be happy to trade for transportation to get building materials, m'dear. That's what friends (and vans) are for!
BTW, have I mentioned how much I love your wardrobe?
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* All images used with permission. Please do not distribute without first contacting the artist.
Matthew Geller received a BA from Connecticut College in 1976 and an MFA from University of Delaware in 1978.
He is inspired by often overlooked or under-utilized environments, from solitary imaginary worlds within brick walls to public alleyways and sprawling communal spaces.
His work aims to amplify or augment raw materials and asks the viewer to engage with both the actuality and potentiality of each of these materials.
In all of his work, Geller sets out to engage the public and foster a sense of community. The works are playful, accessible, and very often unexpected. By using disparate elements in surprising and interactive ways, his work aims to disarm and enchant, which encourages engagement with the work and among viewers themselves.
Geller has received grants and fellowships from American Academy in Rome, National Endowment for the Arts and New York Foundation from the Arts, among others, Creative Capital Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Greenwall Foundation, among others..
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Title: Lemon chicken #3
Categories: Chinese, Chicken
Yield: 4 Servings
2 Whole chicken breasts
1/3 c Water chestnut powder
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5 c Vegetable oil
1 tb Water
1/2 tb Sugar
Cornstarch paste
This is one of the most appealing and unique recipes in Chinese cook-
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a brief look back
In January 1995, Artpace San Antonio opened its doors and offered a new model for understanding the art of our time by focusing on the artistic process.
Juan Miguel Ramos
Linda, 2005
Courtesy of the Linda Pace Foundation-aligned (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) art curriculum. Each year, these education initiatives reach thousands of visitors, including more than 20,000 children and families.
Artpace is housed in an 18,000 square foot facility renovated by the eminent San Antonio firm Lake/Flato Architects, winner of the American Institute of Architects' coveted Architecture Firm Award. The 1920's.
Artpace's inaugural exhibitions featured artists chosen by Rob Storr, the then-Senior Curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York. As Artpace's guest curator, he chose three artists: Jesse Amado (San Antonio, Texas), Felix Gonzalez-Torres (New York, New York) and Annette Messager (Paris, France). Today Texas and now reflects the entire state. Artpace's resident artists have been selected in two manners: by a panel of arts professionals and by individual curators. In our early years (1994, 1996, 1998), arts professionals-curators, directors, other artists, and arts writers-nominated artists for the residency slots. Nominated artists would then be.
> Click for archive search of artists or curators
Conceived as a creative laboratory, Artpace is artist-centric. Each residency cycle is four months long, with equal parts for the residency and the exhibition. Effectively fifty percent of Artpace's yearly calendar is devoted to art production. Yet Artpace is not a collecting institution. At the end of each show, the work returns home with the artist. It can leave Artpace and appear in another exhibition at a museum, gallery, or in a collector's home. As such, the legacy of Artpace-its objects, people, and effect-is globally diffused.
Borrowed Landscape
(Citron, Cerulean, Violet, Blue), 1998
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Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™ State College, Pennsylvania
July 11-14, 2013 ~ Children and Youth Day July 10, 2013
PA CIVIL WAR ROAD SHOW
The Pennsylvania Civil War Road Show will visit State College during the 2012 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, July 12-15. It brings interactive exhibits, special programming, and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Based in a 53-foot expandable trailer, the Road Show tells compelling personal stories of the many different ways Pennsylvanians experienced the Civil War, both on the home front and on the battlefield, through interactive features including stereoscopic photographs, original compositions of Civil War-era music and sound effects, interactive map, hands on objects and animated stories.
The Road Show will be parked in lot 44 near the Bryce Jordan Center:
Thursday, July 12, 12:00pm-8:00pm
Friday and Saturday, July 13-14, 11:00 am-8:00 pm
Sunday, July 15, Noon-5:00pm
The Road Show will also unearth Civil War stories through a share your story recording booth. Visitors are invited to share their own Civil War-era photographs, artifacts and stories in the “Share Your Story” recording booth. The recordings will be available to the public at.
The Pennsylvania Civil War Road Show is an initiative of Pennsylvania Civil War 150, the state’s official program commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 2011-2015..
Admission is free.
Photos: Don Giles 2011-The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Meet Our 2013 Sponsors
Contents © Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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Jenny Diski is a novelist and travel writer. Her books include ”On Trying to Keep Still” and “Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America with Interruptions.”
1) What are you working on?
I’m heading towards the end of a novel: think Montaigne’s strange editor, Marie de Gournay. I think it’s going to be called “Apology for the Woman Writing.” I’m miserable about it of course. Which means that it’s as bad as I fear, or it isn’t. I don’t know why writing doesn’t get easier.
2) How much time – if any – do you spend on the Web? Is it a distraction or a blessing?
Acres of time, wasted, wasted. Except … writing is about wasting time, ticking over. I play poker (and lose), I play ludo and mahjong. I check out MetaFilter. I buy frocks. Anything. It’s a kind of hell. I sometimes think I might go back to typewriting. But you can’t get the ribbons.
3) Whose books are generally shelved next to yours in bookstores? How does it feel to be sitting between them?
I had to phone up the London Review of Books bookshop to find out. (Incidently, they’ve just opened a cake annex and made a perfect place for readers.) I don’t look at my books in bookshops out of terror. Turns out in fiction I’m next door to Disraeli, which is plain elegant. My essays sit beside Joan Didion, and that doesn’t get much better. My travel stuff is next to Lawrence Durrell which makes me feel as old as it keeps turning out every morning I am.
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I read “Rainforest” when it came out. I know I liked it but don’t remember what it was shelved next to.— steve
I read “On Trying to Keep Still”, “Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America with Interruptions” and “Skating to Antarctica”, all wonderful. I get so inspired when I read Jenny Diski. I really like her work because it is unconventional – exactly like her answers to this mini-interview. Great.— Maria Fabriani
jenny diski is a wonder…. survived a “difficult” childhood and then went on to write her way into our hearts…. shes jumpy, scathing, brilliant, foreward, and dead on all the time. how does she do it? must be the water in camden town.— warren leming
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A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that he will not quash a subpoena from the oil company Chevron seeking testimony from a lawyer depicted in the documentary “Crude,” and that the lawyer will have to give testimony in a case involving the oil giant’s business in Ecuador.
For several months Chevron has been locked in a legal battle with the filmmaker and subjects of “Crude,” a 2009 feature about a group of Ecuadorians who are suing the company, saying that oil fields established there by Texaco (now owned by Chevron) polluted their water supply.
Chevron has argued that outtakes from “Crude,” depicting what the company says is improper interaction between lawyers for the Ecuadorian plaintiffs and a neutral court-appointed expert, could be useful as Chevron fights litigation seeking $113 billion for environmental damage and the prosecution of two Chevron lawyers in Ecuador.
Courts have previously ruled that the director of “Crude,” Joe Berlinger, must turn over some of his raw film footage to Chevron, and that Mr. Berlinger must submit to additional depositions in the case.
In his order dated Wednesday, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of United States District Court said there was “abundant evidence” that Steven R. Donziger, an American lawyer representing the Ecuadorian plaintiffs, has acted “at least primarily in capacities other than that of an attorney,” and “in major respects” his role has been “that of a political operative, not a lawyer.”
Denying the arguments of lawyers for Mr. Donziger, who said Chevron’s subpoena was “overbroad and unduly burdensome” and seeking privileged material, Judge Kaplan cited scenes from Mr. Berlinger’s outtakes in which Mr. Donziger says the Ecuadorians’ lawsuit “is not a legal case” but “a political battle” and adds, “At the end of the day, this is all for the Court, just a bunch of smoke and mirrors.”
Randy M. Mastro, a lawyer for Chevron, said in a telephone interview, “We’re extremely gratified by the judge’s decision,” pointing to the judge’s remarks on the “extraordinarily revealing” nature of Mr. Berlinger’s outtakes.
Representatives for Mr. Donziger said in a statement that they “respectfully disagree with the court’s decision on Chevron’s discovery motion,” adding that Chevron was trying to use “false allegations to pry open all private communications between lawyers and their clients for the entire 17-year duration of this litigation.”
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Signature Theater on Thursday announced world premiere productions of plays by Sam Shepard (“True West”) and David Henry Hwang (“Chinglish”) during the next 18 months, while another respected Off Broadway stalwart, the Atlantic Theater Company, announced its own world premieres by John Guare (“The House of Blue Leaves”) and Melissa James Gibson (“This”) for its 2012-13 season.
Signature, which moved into its new $66 million complex of three theaters this winter, will produce three plays by Mr. Hwang as part of its mission to present several works consecutively by a single playwright. In fall 2013 the director Leigh Silverman, who staged “Chinglish” on Broadway last fall, will mount Mr. Hwang’s new play “Kung Fu,” inspired by the life of Bruce Lee, about a young martial artist who comes to America from Hong Kong in the 1960s dreaming to be a movie star.
Mr. Hwang had been writing the book for a musical about Lee, but a spokesman for Signature said that “Kung Fu” was not the same project and that Mr. Hwang was no longer involved in that musical. (Mr. Hwang has yet to decide if the main character in “Kung Fu” will be named Bruce Lee.)
This October Ms. Silverman will also stage a Signature revival of Mr. Hwang’s “Golden Child,” which ran on Broadway in 1998, and in February 2013 the director May Adrales will mount his 1981 play “The Dance and the Railroad.”
The director Daniel Aukin (“4000 Miles”) will stage Mr. Shepard’s new play “Heartless,” about a Los Angeles family threatened by their own secrets; the production is scheduled to run Aug. 7-Sept. 16.
This fall Signature will also produce a new project by the actors and clowns Bill Irwin and David Shiner in their first collaboration since the Broadway hit “Fool Moon” in the 1990s. The actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson will direct a revival of “The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson in January 2013, and Jo Bonney will direct Lanford Wilson’s 1975 play “The Mound Builders” next April.
Later that spring Signature will produce a world premiere of “——– and Potatoes” by Regina Taylor, one of five young or mid-career playwrights in Signature’s residency program.
Atlantic Theater Company, meanwhile, will return to producing plays this fall at its main stage in Chelsea following a two-year renovation of the space. The 2012-13 season will begin with “Harper Regan,” a New York premiere by the British playwright Simon Stephens and directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch; the two collaborated last summer for the Atlantic on Mr. Stephens’s “Bluebird,” starring Simon Russell Beale.
Ms. Gibson’s new play, “What Rhymes With America,” will be directed by Mr. Aukin later in the fall. Mr. Guare’s “Three Kinds of Exile,” which draws on the experiences of real Eastern European artists who went into exile during the Soviet era, will run next winter and spring. It will be staged by Neil Pepe, Atlantic’s artistic director.
Also being produced next spring will be “The Jammer,” a play by Rolin Jones (“The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow”), about professional roller derbies in 1950s New York.
Two additional productions will be announced later for Atlantic’s 2012-13 season.
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Abby Elliott has joined the ranks of performers like Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg who are leaving the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” Ms. Elliott, who joined “SNL” as a featured performer during its 2008-9 season, told the Web site Splitsider.com that she would not be returning to that long-running late-night comedy series. NBC declined to comment on Wednesday but a person with direct knowledge of plans at the show confirmed the report.
In her four seasons at “Saturday Night Live,” Ms. Elliott, a daughter of the comedian and onetime “SNL” cast member Chris Elliott (and granddaughter of Bob Elliott, of the Bob and Ray comedy team), provided impersonations of famous figures like Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Zooey Deschanel and Rachel Maddow.
Producers at “Saturday Night Live” are continuing to audition new cast members for the show, which begins its 38th season on Sept. 15. NBC will also broadcast two prime-time “Weekend Update” specials on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27.
Still unknown is the status of the cast member Jason Sudeikis, who, as the show’s resident impersonator of Joe Biden and Mitt Romney, would seem to be a crucial player in the coming election season. In a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times, Mr. Sudeikis suggested he could leave the show, saying, “To stay just for the juice of being in the public eye — of being Mitt Romney — is not enough.”
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Emily Lockhart stars as Pinkalicious in 'Pinkalicious the Musical' at Dallas Children's Theater (Karen Almond)
Parents, you’re out of control (and I mean that in a GOOD way). My best bet on UNT’s Cinderella: A Play For Young People ran today, and I just learned that ALL performances of the show are sold out.
Those still in search of the glass slipper should go to UNT’s Department of Dance and Theatre box office in the Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building one hour before each scheduled performance to be placed on a waiting list, but there are no guarantees. Entry into each performance from the waiting list will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 940-565-2428 for more information.
On another note, I just found out that tonight’s opening night for Dallas Children’s Theater’s Pinkalicious the Musical is sold out as well, but good seats still remain in the run.
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e-flux
Established in January 1999 in New York, e-flux is an international network which reaches more than 50,000 visual art professionals on a daily basis through its website, e-mail list and special projects. Its news digest – e-flux announcements – distributes information on some of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions, publications and symposia.
Artweeters links:
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Wish: To leap into more creative challenges
Jamie asks: What leap do you wish to take?
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I want to leap into more bold creative fun as an artist.
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I want to go on photo safaris everyday!
I want to join photography challenges.
I want to look around for beauty and silliness.
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Here are some silly projects I’ve done in the past.
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Asked people outside my potato show art opening to pretend they spotted an alien ship ufo.
Discovered a mysterious yellow dish in all corners
Pureed my profile pic into a blender
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Do you take silly photos? If so, share one!
Do you participate in photography groups or challenges? If so, let me know!
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Reading this made me so happy! I love it.
As you wish for yourself, i wish for you as well!
I had made a list for a photo scavenger hunt. I will find it and send it to you!
As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also.
I love your passion for artful play!
I don’t know if you call it “silly” but I LOVE through the viewfinder photography (taking a digital photo through the viewfinder of an old camera).
Here are some of my ttv photos on flickr:
And here is a great ttv group on flickr:
Speaking of which there is a hotel sign in town I’ve been meaning to photograph for quite some time now. I might just do that today!
I love photo challenges! When I get stuck, I know one of my flickr groups will yank me right out of it…
As Rebecca wishes for herself, so I wish for her also!
I love your silly and playful streak!
Hope you can find some time for these fun photo and creativity ideas this summer!
Love the photos! So much fun! As you wish for yourself so I wish for you as well. I look forward to seeing the results of your leap!
Oh my! I love this idea of the UFO sightings! So funny!
You’ve inspired me to start snapping some funny pics. Thank you! Happy leaping, everyone!
As you wish for yourself, I wish also for you. Looks like fun!
As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also.
As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you also.
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Most likely.
Someone has to buy our house first.
If you know of anyone looking to buy a summer home in the Smoky Mountains, our house is on the market.
I complain about the cat-hair-covered carpets, but it's really a pretty nice house. Here's our kitchen.
If you know of anyone who's looking for a summer home in the Smoky Mountains with a pretty red kitchen, our house is on the market. Somebody please buy it.
Cuz, that's so exciting. Congrats on the new house!
What happened to your REAL kitchen?????
Where's the brownies? I want brownies!!
It looks way too spic-and-span. You know...as in not-lived-in. Are you sure this isn't a page from House Beautiful?
so hubby thought that the farmhouse kitchen was too small and it's bigger than this?! What ever will he think of my kitchen? It's about 1/4 the size of yours!
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Everyone identifies themselves with some group politically, socially, culturally etc. There are always cases of people in one of the groups you particularly identify yourself as that do some things to make everyone else in that group look bad. I thought I would after an incident on the Manhattan bound E-train start a series to address people who make things look bad for not only humanity but also distinct portions of the population. I am honored to start this series with someone I still cannot understand why is popular: Lil Wayne.
Lil Wayne Incident w/ the Thunder
Breaking News.”
Recent Developments
The fact that he still has a career is amazing, but to be called by the associated press an icon is beyond me. According to the iconoclastic rapper two Thunder players — Kevin Durant and James Harden— had reached out to offer him tickets to Saturday’s fourth game of the Western Conference Finals. But that’s not the point you said, laughing.
I think that Lil Wayne’s attempt to make this into something about race ? A team spokesman has said Lil Wayne’s representatives insisted that he sit in the front row, and none of those seats were available. Oklahoma City sold out every home game during the regular season and playoffs. You see you may not know this but dimunitive Wayne coming to the basketball game is an act of infinite mercy. He said he felt welcome at other arenas including Miami, and likes being able to energize players — many of whom are fans of his music — on their home court.” That’s like me [Lil Wayne] going on stage and … seeing LeBron (James) in the crowd with his hand up. I’m going to perform a little bit harder,” he said.
According to really tall negro and 3 time scoring champ Kevin Durant: .”
Thoughts
I was shocked when I went on a epic road trip from NYC to Las Vegas. Most Americans from the mid-West look like they grew grown in the Aisle of Dr. Moreau, hillbilly low-life, sweating-gravy, sibling-fucking motherfuckers. Most Americans think that what they see on TV is true, looking at the Jersey Shore I can see why people don’t believe in evolution. However I feel if you make enough movies showing for instance Mexicans worshiping Picante Doritos (the son of Corn born from a virgin plant) many people wills tart to believe that Doritos are evidence of the second coming of Christ and Mexicans will comprise his new and improved apostles)
I think our idiot celebrities really make it worse for us. Their actions don’t just reflect on themselves it reflects really on everyone in the group they are most easily identified with. If I get looks next time I am in the good seat on the bus, I will show everyone my metro card receipt taped too my ballsack, and rectify any incorrect image that people who tape things to their genitals as means of communication, actually pay regular fare like everyone else!
LW is an embarrassment to the human race. It’s so strange that we have this ability (in most cases) to conflate the actions of a single person with the entire group to which he belongs. It’s not just race–we do it for religion and a host of other things.
The one exception–white people. When some asshole does something crazy, it never seems he’s an embarassment to white people, although he may be ‘a source of shame’ to some other group to which he belongs (i.e., religion or organization). One possible exception to this would be Timothy McVeigh.
Praise God, Buddha, Krishna and every other imaginary god there is. Finally, an intelligent black man doesn’t like Lil’ Wayne and isn’t afraid to say it out loud. He will be broke and/or in jail within the next 10 years, not because of his color, because he’s a fucking idiot. When people refer to him as a genius, I throw up in my mouth.
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That’s right; an intelligent black man who doesn’t care much for Lil’Wayne. This is a great read, check it out.
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Will the latest round of new bank fees cause you to change banks?
Yes. I'll take my money elsewhere. 67%
No. A few extra fees won't bother me. 5%
Neither. My bank's not raising fees. 29%
Votes Cast: 66.
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SAP Warns, Sending Shockwaves Through Enterprise Software
SeekingAlpha reports about the results that SAP AG reported today – SAP Warns, Sending Shockwaves Through Enterprise Software.
Eric Savitz of Barron’s reports,
Bad news for the enterprise software sector this afternoon, as SAP (SAP) just warned that fourth quarter software revenue growth came in short of previous guidance. This is a bit confusing, so bear with me. SAP reports product revenues, software revenues, and total revenues, and it reports on both an actual and constant-currency basis. But the bottom line is that software sales came up short for both the quarter and the full year.
The SAP stock (SAP) is off more than 10% as I write and Oracle (ORCL) is also taking a late afternoon dive.
Tags: SAP warns, Enterprise software sales
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Our weekends are simply jam-packed this fall. This past weekend we headed to Raleigh for the “debut” of Big Guy’s sisters (debutante) and then woke up
bright dark and early (4:30am) to head to Columbia to see ECU get spanked my USC. Despite losing, we had an absolute blast with my brothers. Here’s a peak at our whirlwind weekend:
For dinner last night, we went with burgers. Green Chili Turkey Burgers with a green beans from the garden and sweet potato fries. These burgers were insane! Super flavorful and moist. Instead of ground chicken I used turkey because that’s all our local store had (small town!). Make these burgers! I don’t care if summer is almost over (I refuse to admit it’s coming to an end).
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Former Auburn University standout Taryn Gray has been hired as EMCC’s assistant softball coach by the Lady Lions’ newly named head coach Kyndall White. Gray and White previously were teammates for AU’s Lady Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. SCOOBA – Former Auburn University outfielder Taryn Gray has been reunited with her college teammate after being hired as an assistant softball coach at East Mississippi Community College. The announcement was made Friday by newly hired EMCC head softball coach Kyndall White and approved by EMCC President Dr. Rick Young and Vice President/Director of Athletics Mickey Stokes.
“I’m very excited about being able to work together with Kyndall (White) again. It’s always nice to be able to team up with a former teammate on a coaching staff,” Gray said. “I’m definitely ready for this next challenge in my coaching career, and I greatly appreciate East Mississippi Community College for giving me this wonderful opportunity.”
“Taryn will be a tremendous asset to our softball program here at East Mississippi Community College,” EMCC’s White noted. “She will be an integral part of every aspect of our softball program as we strive to take the EMCC Lady Lions to the next level of success.”
Gray previously teamed with White during the 2008 and 2009 softball seasons at Auburn, combining to help lead AU head coach Tina Deese’s Lady Tigers to back-to-back NCAA Regional Tournament appearances. While White remained at Auburn to complete her collegiate playing days and begin her coaching career, Gray ventured to Niceville, Fla., in 2009 to join former AU assistant softball coach Jack Byerley’s staff at Northwest Florida State College.
Initially serving as a volunteer assistant coach at NWF State during the 2009-10 school year, Gray was elevated to full-time status during the summer of 2010. During Gray’s three-year association with Northwest Florida State’s tradition-rich softball program, she served as the team’s outfield coach while also assisting in hitting/slapping techniques and coordinating the team’s strength and conditioning efforts.
Dating back to the 2010 softball season, the Lady Raiders of NWF State put together a composite three-year record of 113-42 competing within the demanding Florida College System Activities Association (formerly known as the FCCAA), including a Panhandle Conference co-championship in 2011 and runner-up league finish the year prior. In 2011 during Gray’s first season in a full-time coaching capacity, Northwest Florida State hit .356 as a team with 79 stolen bases en route to posting a 41-9 overall record, 13-3 conference mark and No. 6 national ranking in the final NJCAA Division I poll. In addition, nine Lady Raider players earned all-conference accolades, including four first-team selections.
All total during Gray’s three-year affiliation with Northwest Florida State’s highly acclaimed softball program, 24 all-conference honors were earned by Lady Raider standouts. Also during this span, nine NWF State players have gone on to compete collegiately at the four-year level.
As a left-handed outfielder during her collegiate days at Auburn, Gray started 167 of the 200 games in which she appeared. During her four-year career (2006-09), she helped lead the Lady Tigers to a collective mark of 130-103 with three NCAA Regional Tournament berths. Gray hit a career-best .315 as a 36-game starter during her freshman year to help lead AU to an NCAA Regional Tournament championship-game appearance. As a junior, she started all 60 games in right field and ranked third on the team with her .277 batting average.
Throughout her collegiate career with the Lady Tigers, Gray also served as an instructor during Auburn’s annual summer softball camp. Responsible for 150 campers, she helped instruct outfield defensive play and hitting drills in addition to organizing camp activities and supervising dorms.
Gray was a two-time all-state performer for head coaches Jennifer Brown and Mark Brooks at Vestavia Hills High School in Alabama. She capped her prep career as a Super 12 All-State performer in helping pace VHHS to a state runner-up finish in 2005.
With a bachelor’s degree in health promotion from Auburn, Gray is the daughter of Edward and Kelly Gray..
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I first held the mirrors up to determine at which height they should be hung. I then measured the mirrors and the headboard to determine how far to indent them on each side so that they were equally spaced and centered above the bed. I decided to use Command Picture Hangers for this project since they are easy to remove from the walls and the mirrors weren't exceptionally heavy.
You first put the hangers together, place them on what you want to hang and then press it against the wall. Once you peel the art from the wall, some hangers should stay on the wall and others stay on the piece you are hanging. You then press them for 30 seconds and then let them sit for an hour. To rehang, just line up the hangers.
Of course since the back is a mirror I had to not only paint the outside of the entire piece but the inside as well so white is reflected in the mirror.
I love the dimension they add to the room. They had three patterns at TJMaxx but the circles were by far my favorite - in fact I saw them from the end of the aisle and rushed toward them before anyone else grabbed them up!
I just love your craftiness....actually, I'm super jealous :)
These are fantastic and I am in love with the color of the room. You really are making this house wonderful and beautiful.
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(05-01-2011 11:03 PM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote: TD drafted Bin Laden in 7th round another injury prone draft pick
(05-01-2011 11:12 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote: Apparently they used DNA samples to identify Bin Laden???
How the hell can they do DNA matches that fast? Did we kill him weeks ago?
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(10-03-2011 12:10 AM)phocis850 Wrote: If the Falcons decided to play football during the 3rd qtr of all their games, it would be a different story. But for some reason, we just don't play good football in the 3rd.
Here is our scoring breakdown of the 3rd qtr for just this year.
Falcons = 13
Opponents = 52
(10-03-2011 12:24 AM)Jimusmc Wrote: not just this year.. every year smittys been here.
the coaches just dont do shit in the 3rd.
(10-03-2011 01:00 AM)harveybirdman Wrote: I hate this about myself, but I literally cannot watch a game without coming completely unglued when the Falcons start getting outmatched. Chat can sometimes become out outlet to vent those frustrations. I imagine that others use the functionality with similar intent.
But like Peyton always says, if you let a football game wreck your life then you have some emotional problems or have some seriously misplaced priorities. Still at some point it becomes so much more than a game. Let's face it, for some of us life is hard. Not getting into specifics because that's all relative, but suffice to say football is a welcome distraction from many of life's problems.
Eventually your team becomes a microcosm of your life, and you want nothing more for them to succeed on the ultimate stage not unlike you want success for yourself. Any setback the team experiences and causes an unwelcome parity between one's own struggles therefore the frustration can become magnified.
I haven't watched more than at passing for the past two weeks, and it some respects it makes the weekend a bit more enjoyable. However I do miss watching the team, but I don't know what to do about next week. I know I'm going to get carried away again...
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(05-06-2011 11:49 AM)ATLBound Wrote: Now you're just adding random players. You and I know jimmy smith wouldn't have been picked and neither Greg little. Both have had off field problems.
Also td said in an interview that at #27 TE and LB would have been the options. Which means he didn't rate any other de high beyind can jordan and also any other wr, I.e. baldwin.
(05-06-2011 12:00 PM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote: I could have lived with the OT Gabe Carimi ( sured up the oline)
traded away next years 1st and 4th for 39th pick TE Kyle Rudolph
then our 2nd round pick Demarco Murray RB
then move up front of 3rd round pick and taken Hankerson
OT Gabe Carimi
TE Kyle Rudolph
RB Demarco Murray
WR Hankerson
talk about a fucking potent draft
IF TD had that kind of draft EVERYONE WOULD BE GOING NUTS HOW GREAT WE DRAFTED .............FACT
(05-06-2011 12:16 PM)ATLBound Wrote: Not too big on hankerson but the other 3 I see as potentially good prospects. But what if 2 of those guys are busts. What if 1? What if in the second round of next years draft there is a better Te prospect than rudolph?
The point is, like papachaz has noted in this thread and I actually had a thread started about this as well that nobody paid attention too...lol, we don't know yet.
I made a thread advising some of us to have no reaction. We always forget about that option. Everybody tends to either be positive or negative. All this players you just drafted could suck and jones could become better than jerry...lol. the point is we just dont know.
(05-06-2011 12:16 PM)ATLBound Wrote: we just dont know.
(05-06-2011 02:15 PM)Beef Wrote: Did this thread get edited by a mod or something? I could have sworn I replied somewhere in this thread but my post is gone. And I didn't say anything that would have broken the rules and warranted it getting deleted. Maybe I'm going crazy but I remember typing some stuff out on this topic.
(05-06-2011 06:54 PM)papachaz Wrote: i checked, nope, nothing by you has been edited/moved/deleted, you sure it was this thread? LMAO there's only 8 or 10 or so on this topic....maybe it's deja vu all over again
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Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
* Address reprint requests to Dr. Rah, MCV Box 878, Richmond, VA 232982 and a decrease in pH were observed after 5 minutes of the bronchoscopic procedure without manual compression of the abdominal wall, while no significant changes in PaCO2 were observed with abdominal compression.
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5 PCOS Diet Strategies
If you have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and worry about your weight, you may be interested in learning some PCOS diet strategies.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive hormone disease among premenopausal women. Women with PCOS often struggle with the following three symptoms:
- Obesity and trouble losing weight
- Excessive hair growth and skin problems (acne)
- Infertility and/or irregular periods
If you have PCOS and are trying to lose weight, we offer you the following helpful PCOS diet tips.
PCOS Diet Tip 1: Stop deprivation dieting.
What does the word “diet” mean to you? The real definition of “diet” means nourishment or nutrition. This implies health and wellness—not starvation. Yet so many popular diets today are associated with pain and distress. On the contrary, healthy eating can and should be enjoyable.
Visit your local health food store for ideas on how to incorporate delicious natural foods like lentils, vegetables, and local, organic ingredients into your daily meals. Many health food stores offer delis and take-home fresh food items that can make your PCOS diet food preparations easier.
PCOS Diet Tip 2: Control your blood sugar.
Weight gain with PCOS can be linked to abnormalities in insulin and glucose metabolism. Insulin’s main job is to control your blood sugar. But insulin also signals your body to store fat. High levels of insulin increase the production of androgens, which can worsen PCOS symptoms.
With insulin resistance (IR), your blood sugar levels rise in spite of high levels of insulin. Eventually type 2 diabetes may result. Yet positive changes in diet and exercise may postpone the development of diabetes. A PCOS diet reducing the amount of sugary carbs that you eat may offer the weight-loss benefits you seek.
To make these healthy PCOS diet changes, cut out white breads, pasta, potatoes, cereals, and some fruits and snack foods. Replace those items with healthy PCOS diet options like the following:
- Nutrient dense, high-fiber carbs
- Foods high in protein (lean meats, legumes)
- Foods containing healthy fats (olive oil, nuts, fish)
Ask your doctor or a registered dietitian for a list of foods to try and a list of foods to avoid. And try to eat mini-meals throughout the day to keep your blood sugar levels even.
PCOS Diet TIP 3: Exercise daily.
OK, we know that exercise is not a diet tip, but if you are looking to burn calories, you must exercise every day! Check in with your doctor first, and once you have the go-ahead, get moving. Exercise is a perfect accompaniment to a PCOS diet, especially for women with PCOS and insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes. Regular exercise is wonderful and necessary for all of us, and here are some reasons why.
Exercise:
- Regulates blood glucose levels
- Offers a mood boost
- Increases endorphins (the body’s natural opioids)
- Gets us in top physical shape for pregnancy
- Increases weight loss
Also, being physically fit may help you carry a healthy baby to term and have an uncomplicated delivery.
PCOS Diet Tip 4: Evaluate your relationship with food.
If you live to eat and want to be successful with a PCOS diet…you must rethink your relationship with food. Some women use food as a reward for an accomplishment or for emotional solace when they feel lonely or blue. Other women live for the next meal at their favorite restaurant or use food as a way to bring family and friends together.
To lose weight on a PCOS diet, reframe your thinking to eating to live, not living to eat. Choose foods that are filling and nutrient dense. Instead of party food, junk food, or comfort food that only adds more fat and pounds, eat food that will nourish your body. Having said that, it is perfectly fine to enjoy delicious, rich foods on occasion, but only in moderation! And certainly not every day. If you have an unhealthy relationship with food, like binge eating, purging, or starving yourself, help is available.
PCOS Diet TIP 5: Ask about metformin.
Metformin (Glucophage) is a drug that was developed for type 2 diabetes and is often prescribed “off label” for obesity and PCOS. Metformin may help women seeking a PCOS diet by offering the following benefits:
- Helping with weight loss
- Lowering blood pressure
- Improving cholesterol levels
- Decreasing levels of androgens
- Restoring normal periods
- Improving sensitivity to fertility drugs
Remember, no one is to blame for PCOS. It is in your hands to work with your doctor to find PCOS diet solutions and to learn how to live healthily with this common hormonal problem.
Ask a doctor in your area about PCOSSources
- ScienceDaily: New Project To Analyze Why Polycystic Ovary Syndrome And Insulin Resistance Are So Closely Linked.
- Health and Human Services: Eating Right with PCOS.
- American Diabetes Association: Living with Diabetes: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
- Thatcher, S. PCOS: The Hidden Epidemic.
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The Wrong Hensher: An Addendum.
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The Wrong Hensher
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He also thinks that:
the liveliness and extravagance of current genre-writing in fantasy and science fiction, such as China Miéville's remarkable novels, make the field a much more plausible candidate for literary exaltation than the rule-bound thriller.
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China has decided to go on full scale with its nuclear power programme in anticipation of a massive energy requirement from a growing and urbanizing population.
Reuters
Natural gas containers burn at a facility following an earthquake in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2011.Explosion was heard at Japan's nuclear plant on Saturday, following melt-down.
On Tuesday, China National Nuclear Power Co. said it will conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in order to raise much needed funds to support its nuclear power projects and plans.
In a statement posted on the Web site of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the nuclear power company said the proceeds of the IPO are specifically earmarked to build and operate nuclear power projects worth $27.26 billion. However, it was not specified when the IPO will be held.
"Unless China National Nuclear prices its offering extremely high, investors will like it even though the overall market sentiment may not be ideal," analyst Patrick Dai said in Bloomberg News. "China National Nuclear will give the market something it has never<<
Moreso, nuclear power plant operators will surely continue to benefit from "decades of steady profits" as utilization of nuclear power continue to rise, well after the nuclear power construction boom had ended, Dai noted.
The IPO plan had been approved by the ministry. It still requires, though, a separate endorsement from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and has also yet to be forwarded to the securities agency.
The five nuclear power projects will be built in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Hainan. The said projects have long been approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission between 2008 and 2010.
China National Nuclear Power Co.'s announcement comes after China had approved a nuclear power use safety framework that ultimately lifts a ban on allowing the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants. The ban came in effect immediately after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan which destroyed the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant.
China's Cabinet, on its website on May 31, said it accepted "in principle" a proposed plan on nuclear safety for the five years ending 2015 and long-term targets for 2020.
It was not stated however when the actual approval for new plants will restart.
Chinese authorities immediately conducted an inspection of the country's 13 working reactors following the Fukushima disaster. No problems were found.
The other 28 reactors under construction are also being inspected and monitored.]
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Third seed Tomas Berdych saved three match points before beating defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Dubai championships on Friday to set up a final against Novak Djok<<
Czech Berdych recorded his fifth win in eight matches over Federer, triumphing 3-6 7-6 6-4 while top seed Djokovic extended his winning streak to 17 matches by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 7-6.
Djokovic and Federer have claimed eight of the past 10 Dubai titles between them and the 5,000 capacity crowd were urging the world's top two to win through under the floodlights.
Serb Djokovic obliged in the first semi went into the match with an 11-5 winning record against the world number six, although the Czech had been victorious in four of their past seven meetings, including at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Federer broke in the first set when Berdych slugged a whipped forehand from mid-court into the net for a 5-3 lead. He sealed the set with a second set ace.
The Swiss told reporters. "The match was in my racket. You do all the right things for so long and then at the end you've got to explain why you didn't hit two shots decent."
FOREHAND WINNER
Earlier, Djokovic came from 3-0 down in the second set against Del Potro to serve for the match at 5-4.
But expect to claim a fourth Dubai title in five years on Saturday, although the Czech, who seems stronger and more agile this season, could yet spring another surprise.
"I will have my homework for tonight to try to find out something that could work at least a little bit," said Berdych.
"He's one of the best moving players I've ever seen, especially on the hard court. This makes him very, very tough to play. I will try to be patient. Wait for my chances. The court is very fast, so it could help my strokes."
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A founding father of the WA Nationals has accused leader Brendon Grylls of putting the party at risk by selling out on its traditional grassroots values.
Former deputy premier Hendy Cowan, who co-formed the party in 1978 after defecting from the National Country Party, said it was inexcusable for Mr Grylls not to be stronger on endorsed Nationals' commitments to keep more seasonal rail lines open. He said this mirrored reasons the NCP split in 1978.
Grain handler CBH wants to take over Tier 3 freight rail lines from Brookfield Rail and wants $30 million from the State Government to keep the lines open beyond October, when they are scheduled to close despite rural protests. Brookfield says $92 million is needed.
The Government and Nationals want the lines to stay open but have made no financial commitment.
Mr Cowan said Mr Grylls' Royalties for Regions package was a masterpiece and that he faultlessly represented his seat in the Central Wheatbelt.
But his "one blemish" was too serious to ignore.
Mr Cowan said an immediate review of Royalties for Regions spending priorities was needed.
And Mr Grylls should demand the deputy premiership and form a true coalition after the March 9 State election if he won the Pilbara seat and the Liberal Party retained government.
Asked if Mr Grylls had sold out on the Nationals' grassroots, Mr Cowan said: "Of course."
"If we go down that path again, the National Party can't survive," he said. "The very reason the National Country Party split was because the wishes of the grassroots were not listened to and now we've got this again.
"People feel very bad about the fact that there was a policy endorsed by the conference of the National Party and its leader to maintain the seasonal lines, irrespective of where they were, and it's now been reneged."
Mr Cowan said the Nationals' partnership with the Liberal Party, instead of a coalition, meant there was not enough political "bloodshed in Cabinet".
He accepted his brother Bill's decision to run alongside former Nationals leader Max Trenorden as a rural independent for the Upper House's Agricultural Region would be galling for some of his old party's supporters.
But he would vote for his brother and said some traditional supporters were angry that Mr Trenorden was not given an amicable exit strategy.
But Mr Cowan was convinced the Liberals would win the election.
Last night, Mr Grylls said he respected Mr Cowan as a "National Party icon". But he said he had held his line on all party commitments on the rail issue and the Government had satisfied all requests by key industry stakeholders to date.
He was adamant he had never abandoned the party's policies.
Mr Grylls said the Government had made the biggest investment in rail logistics in WA's history.
"I'm not quite sure how Hendy or anyone else can label this a broken election promise," Mr Grylls said.
"We asked the players to tell us what to do and we did exactly what they asked us to do.
"The reason the Tier 3 lines are open today and capable of carrying grain and still have the chance to be proved up for future investment is because I sit at the Cabinet table. .
"I'm not sure how we could have done any more any quicker."
Mr Grylls said he had no urgent desire to become deputy premier. He believed the degree of independence the Nationals held gave them an impact on the Government.
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* Operation 'Cast Lead *
Continues throughout the Gaza Strip
Day Eighteen thru Twenty-two - Week Three/Four
Retaliation for Ongoing Rocket Attacks against the Jewish State
Israel/Palestinian Conflict
Post Dates: Tuesday-Saturday, January 13-17, 2009
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Eight IDF Soldiers Wounded During the Night; Operation Continues
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On Monday night (Jan. 12), an IDF officer was critically wounded and two IDF soldiers were lightly to moderately wounded after an explosive device, used to target forces, was detonated in a booby trapped house. The soldiers were evacuated to hospitals in Israel and their families have been notified. The forces were performing searches in the northern Gaza Strip. Additional weaponry was uncovered while searching the booby-trapped house, which included a machine gun and a flak-jacket.
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During Armored Corps, Engineering Corps and Infantry Corps operations on Monday night (Jan.12) in the northern Gaza Strip, two booby-trap rigged tunnels and large amounts of weaponry were uncovered close to the security fence. The forces fired at three terror operatives and uncovered many weapons in the area. In addition, forces uncovered a number of additional smuggling tunnels used by Hamas. Throughout the night, approximately 30 terror operatives were hit.
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Hamas continues to use mosques as operational centers in order to fire at IDF soldiers. Fire was opened from the yard of a mosque at IDF forces, who then returned the fire. In a separate incident, the IAF hit terror operatives in the yard of a mosque.
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IDF forces spotted a number of terror operatives planting an explosive device in Gaza City and directed aerial forces that struck them. Different pieces of equipment used by Hamas, including four mortar launchers, an explosive device, a vest and a camera were uncovered in the outskirts of Gaza City.
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The IAF continued to target terrorist sites on Monday night (Jan. 12) and hit over 60 targets, among them a hotel in which terror operatives were fathering in order to fire at IDF forces, a number of Hamas terror operatives who were rigging a house with explosive devices, fifteen smuggling tunnels in the Philadelphi Corridor, over fifteen rocket launching sites, ten Hamas outposts, fifteen squads of armed operatives, seven weaponry storage facilities, a weaponry manufacturing facility located in the house of a Hamas terror operative, and a rocket launching squad. Dozens of additional targets were struck in order to assist Ground Forces, when preparations for fire at IDF forces were identified from those sites.
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Israel Navy boats assisted in enforcing the marine closure on the Gaza Strip and prevented the passage of boats that might arrive in the area.
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Gaza CNN: Cameraman Captures Death of Younger Brother - But is the TRUE STORY being told???
News Video posted on YouTube by tafatefo007
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Bloggers Uncover Possible CNN Video Fraud
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Most with 24/7 up-to-date News on this Operation
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* YNET News
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Seven Soldiers Wounded by Anti-Tank Missile
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On Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 14), an IDF soldier was severely wounded, another soldier was moderately wounded and five other soldiers were lightly injured when an anti-tank missile was fired at the forces in the northern Gaza Strip. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to hospital to receive medical treatment. Their families have been notified.
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Earlier during the day, Paratrooper Brigade forces hit a terror operative who was approaching to attack them. While searching a building in the northern Gaza Strip, the forces identified a suicide bomber armed with a weapon and an explosive belt. The forces opened fire at him, which caused the explosive belt on his person to detonate.
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In addition, Combat Engineering Corps forces, in a joint operation with Armored Corps forces, uncovered a stockpile of 20 rockets inside a house in Gaza City. The rockets were detonated in a controlled matter. In another incident, an armed terror operative was identified in close proximity to Armored Corps forces. The forces fired at him and identified hitting the terrorist. Ground forces identified armed terror operatives in a number of additional incidents, and assisted in directing aerial strikes on them.
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At about 14:00, the IAF hit a rocket launcher just after that launcher fired a rocket at Beersheba. The IAF targeted approximately 20 targets between Wednesday morning and Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 14), among them 3 weapons smuggling tunnels, 9 rockets launching sites – some of them located underground and some of them loaded and ready for firing at Israeli territory – a number of armed terror operatives, 5 weaponry storage facilities. A number of aerial strikes were also carried out with the assistance of ground forces who directed the IAF after they identified operatives preparing to fire.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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YNETNews.com brings us this report early, early this Thursday morning and it starts off like this... Senior diplomatic official tells Ynet that if Egyptian truce proposal fails to meet Israeli objectives, other options remain open, hinting military op could expand. Decision of whether to accept ceasefire plan or deepen offensive to be made by Friday, he adds...
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Israeli official: Keeping all options open
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Night Strike on Hamas Terrorists 14 Jan. 2009
About Video: The Israel Defense Forces carries out a joint mission employing infantry, armor, and airpower against Hamas terrorists.
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* IHT.com has the following report early this afternoon...
Israeli forces shelled neighborhoods deep inside Gaza City on Thursday, hitting the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and wounding at least three people among the hundreds sheltering in the compound, UN officials and witnesses said... Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed regret for the incident but said that Israeli forces were fired on by Hamas militants from just outside the compound and that the militants raced inside the compound to take cover, Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev said...
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UN outraged after Israel shells its compound
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* AlBawaba.com has the following two short reports posted up on their website...
> Report: Israel warns Lebanon over rocket firing
> “Arab states urge Israel to kill Gaza leaders”
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* AFP website has this short report today. It starts off like this...
Israel killed one of Hamas's top leaders in Gaza, interior minister Said Siam, the most senior Islamist to have been killed in the 20-day-old war in the enclave, Hamas television said...
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* Israel to Vote on Gaza Truce *
* VOANews.com brings us this report and it starts off like this... Israeli officials say their government is considering halting its three-week offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, that has killed at least 1,100 Palestinians... Officials say Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to convene his security cabinet on Saturday for a vote on a unilateral ceasefire... Earlier on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni signed an agreement in Washington offering U.S. help to Israel in solving the problem of arms smuggling in Gaza. The deal is intended to keep Hamas from re-arming if a cease-fire is reached...
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* Guardian.co.uk website has this bit of news today that starts off like peace settlement could be reached and has already attracted the attention of US president-elect Barack Obama...
Read the full story at link below...
Syria urges full Arab boycott of Israel as divisions deepen over Gaza
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Israel to Announce Ceasefire TODAY
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* BBC.co.uk brings us this report this Saturday Morning and it starts off like this......
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Israel 'to announce ceasefire'
Operation in Gaza:
Statement by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Beginning at 2:00 a.m., Israel will cease its actions against the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip...
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To my friends in Israel...
I hope now you can finally have a
Long Lasting Peace
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Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson and quarterback Danny Sullivan spoke with members of the media Monday at the school's weekly press conference regarding the loss to Stanford and upcoming game against Cal. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
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After gaining two commitments from Alpharetta, Ga. in Milton offensive linemen Josh Harris and Cory Helms Wake Forest is hoping to keep its hot-streak in the Peach State alive as the Demon Deacons have their sights set on the duo's rival quarterback in Joshua Dobbs.The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Alpharetta quarterback, who is rated as a three-star recruit and as the No. 71 prospect in Georgia, grew up playing baseball with Helms."They let me know that they both committed to Wake Forest and how they would love for me to come join them up at Wake and for me to be their teammate," Dobbs said."Of course it's always great to go somewhere that you know some of the kids that you're going to go to school with, especially some of the kids that you're going to be able to play football with. Wake picking up very, very large linemen that's very encouraging."He said he spoke with his primary recruiter for the Demon Deacons, wide receivers coach Lonnie Galloway Monday, June 11. Dobbs has also been in contact with Wake's quarterback coach Tom Elrod."They [Elrod and Galloway] reiterate just how much they want me at Wake," Dobbs said. "I was able to take an unofficial visit to Wake Forest over spring break and get a chance to sit down with the coaches and meet them and talk with them, get a chance to see Wake Forest, see the university and athletics at Wake Forest. I've also been keeping in touch with them throughout the process."Dobbs claims scholarship offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Boston College, Duke, Harvard, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi State, Princeton, South Florida, Syracuse, TCU, UCF, Wake Forest and Yale, while Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Virginia have also shown interest."Schools that I have really liked so far have been Boston College," Dobbs said. "I also enjoyed Arizona State, and then I enjoyed Duke and Wake Forest and then also the Ivy League schools [Harvard and Yale]. I also enjoyed Mississippi State."Duke, Harvard and Yale have also offered Dobbs for baseball, which he said is something to think about.Dobbs moves back and forth from shortstop to third base."This year I batted around high .300's, low .400's," Dobbs said. "I'm pretty sure I led the team in RBIs and stolen bases."The two-sport athlete also passed for an eye-popping 3,200 yards and 32 touchdowns, and rushed for 200 yards last football season."They [college coaches] like my ability to read different defenses quickly," Dobbs said. "They love my ability to make a lot of throws on the field and my ability to drive my team down the field with ease and staying calm under pressure. As a person they of course like what I've done off the field, being a very strong student. The coaches really like that and how I'm not just a football player [but] how I'm great in the classroom and great around the community when they hear about all of the things I'm involved with around the community."The Peach State product, who is a member of the National Honors Society, the B.E.T.A. Club, tutors elementary school children and will run for class president this fall, hopes to choose a school before the beginning of his senior year. He wants to attend a school that will enable him to excel academically and athletically. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
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*The Alabama Crimson Tide practiced in full pads Wednesday afternoon. *The stellar play of the quarterbacks was the story of Wednesday's practice as John Parker Wilson and Marc Guillon each shined during the day's 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 periods. *In 7-on-7, Wilson was extremely sharp in completing 10 of 13 passes (one of his incompletions coming on a dropped pass). The sophomore had lengthy touchdown passes to wide receiver DJ Hall and tight end Nick Walker during the period. Both passes were perfectly thrown. He also ripped in throws to Hall and Matt Caddell on crossing routes. While the Tide's passing game has been limited mostly to outside routes the last few years, it appears as if the middle of the field will be attacked by this offense.*Guillon was also impressive during the period, completing 4 of 5 passes. Highlighting his reps were tosses to tight end Travis McCall over the middle and another to wide receiver Earl Alexander on a square in.*Redshirt freshman Jimmy Barnes made the most of his limited reps, connecting on all three of his pass attempts. Completions to Darwin Salaam, Nikita Stover and Danny Barger all came on crossing routes. Barger made an impressive grab of a pass that was initially deflected. Freshman Greg McElroy was 2 for 2 in 7-on-7 n injuries and the rest of practice shortly. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
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American Shakespeare Center opens the 2013 Spring Season Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, and Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost in rotating repertory.
Rock the Blackfriars Playhouse
On April 7th at 7:30 p.m., music lovers and fans of the American Shakespeare Center will convene at the Blackfriars Playhouse for a night of rock and roll, folk, blues, and pop. The current Blackfriars Playhouse troupe (with a special appearance by everyone’s favorite touring troupe) will perform audience favorites from the 2013 Actors’ Renaissance Season as well as memorable tunes from seasons past.
American Shakespeare Center featured in acclaimed BBC series
The American Shakespeare Center proudly announces its inclusion as the only non-British theatre company included in the British Broadcasting Corporation’s six-part series, “Shakespeare Uncovered.”
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WVPT Public Television and the American Shakespeare Center announced on Wednesday a wide-ranging partnership, celebrating 25 years of Shakespeare in Staunton through a community event and national broadcasts.
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The American Shakespeare Center kicks off the new year and the start of the seventh.
ASC begins production of Winter’s Tale
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… if you have never heard her or heard of her this is a great opportunity to get acquainted with her … she is truly brilliant …
Dr. Vandana Shiva expresses her strong views about the problems of hunger in the developing world; the struggle of farmers in India; biotechnology, and her prescription for the type of farming model she believes the world needs.
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There are three sections to the report: (a) ocean floor soil types and characteristics; (b) stability analysis of submarine slopes; and (c) discussion of problems, w-ith conclusions and recommendations. in the first section the physical and mechanical properties of the soils encountered in various types of ocean-floor terrain are described and summarized in tables and diagrams. The application of conventional subacrial slope stability analyses to ocean-floor soils and their environment is examined in the second section. Some aspects of the stability of under consolidated soils forming in areas of rapid deposition are given particular attention. Following a summary of the conclusions reached in the study, some detailed recommendations regarding future studies and experimental work are given in the final section of the report.
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Limited proteolysis of phage Mu transposase with three proteases of differing specificities produced a common pattern of fragmentation. The fragments were mapped by using a combination of immunoblotting and amino acid sequence analysis. Our results suggest that the transposase molecule is organized principally into three domains: an amino-terminal domain of molecular mass 30 kDa, a core region of approximately 35 kDa, and a carboxyl-terminal domain of approximately 10 kDa. The amino-terminal domain has at least two additional sites that are partially accessible to proteases. Filter binding and nuclease protection studies were done to determine the functions of the isolated domains. Site-specific binding to Mu DNA was localized to the amino-terminal domain. The core domain showed nonspecific DNA-binding activity.
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The present work is an experimental investigation of the possible forces of fluid dynamic origin that can act on a turbomachine rotor particularly when it is situated off its normal center position. An experimental facility, the Rotor Force Test Facility, has been designed and contructed in order to measure these kinds of forces acting on a centrifugal pump impeller when the latter is made to whirl in a slightly eccentric circular orbit. displacent from this center. These latter are interpreted as stiffness matrices. Such matrices were obtained for two different volutes and both were found to be the sum of a diagonal and a skewsymmetric matrix. It can be shown that a stiffness matrix of this type can lead to dynamic instability of impeller shaft system in certain circumstances. This new experimental finding may explain some operational problems of "high-speed" hydraulic machinery. Comparison is made with various existing theoretical and experimental results.
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9/11 Anniversary: Ohioans Encouraged to Fly Flags at Half-Staff, Observe Moment of Silence
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Remember 9/11 by flying your flag at half-staff on Tuesday in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. …
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Thank you to the ALHYS Key Club for the positioning of American flags on the front lawn of the school The ceremony of reading the names was impressive as I am sure was the ceremony in the 9/11 Garden. Another reason I am so proud of our Avon Lake teachers and students. more ›
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Millennial Snapshots
My ex-roomieAlan Henderson once passed along an idea he'd heard from a friend of his: imagine taking high-resolution satellite images of Earth every 1,000 years starting around the time of the first large-scale civilizations in the Near East. The pictures from 4000 BC through 1000 AD would show some interesting differences if you looked closely enough. But that 2000 AD picture would be something else.
Well, now there's a book out that sorta does that, at least by comparing 1000 AD with 2000. It's calledThe World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. From the ad between pp 174-5 of the Nov/Dec 2001 Foreign Affairs:
or Africa."
It's That Time of Year ...
... to check up on failed predictions.
And there's a whopper in the Nov/Dec 2001 issue of Foreign Affairs, promisingly -- and misleadingly -- headlined "9/11 and After," with the telling subhead "The Afghan Quagmire." As lots of other 'bloggers, especiallyGlenn Reynolds, have noted, the q-word was simply irresistible to certain media types, at least up until mid-November when the Taliban lost most of Afghanistan in a 72-hour period.
This time it's one Milton Bearden, who turns out to have been a CIA station chief in Pakistan from 1986-89. The real title of his article, which runs on pp 17-30, is "Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires," and lest the implication be lost on anyone, on p 29 he comes right out and says "... arming and forming an alliance with Afghanistan's now-leaderless Northern Alliance ... to locate and neutralize the bin Ladin network and replace the Taliban regime. But that is not a wise course ... it is not likely to achieve either goal.."
Now, in the interest of fairness, there are also some very good things about Bearden's article; on p 20 he reminds us of how decisive was President Carter's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, something most Americans have long since forgotten. And on p 24 he explodes the myth that bin Ladin, or indeed any Arab forces, were recruited by the CIA to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Having said that, it seems to me that many people -- usually but not always liberal-arts types -- are utterly unprepared to predict, or even adequately comprehend, positive outcomes in modern, non-linear warfighting. Precision-guided munitions that hit their intended targets 98% of the time, as opposed to gravity bombs with a performance record of 1%, or bullets (0.01%), really do make a difference. And in another generation, even the bullets will be PGMs.
Thinking About the Unthinkable
Arcturus reader and all-round Renaissance guyBill Walker writes (in response to my "Cities and Commutes" post, which disappeared when Blogger got hacked): "And the lesser number of people within the same blast radius," by which he meant that nuking "sprawl" would do a whole lot less damage than nuking cities as they were 50-100 years ago. OK, techno-nerds, time to sharpen your metaphorical pencils.
The title of this post is that ofHerman Kahn's book, by which I mean the original from the early 1960s. I'm still on the Foreign Affairs kick; having been bold enough to critique a former CIA station chief, I will now question the wisdom of a former Secretary of Defense (1994-97), William J. Perry, author of the article "Preparing for the Next Attack," on pp 31-45 of the Nov/Dec 2001 edition.
Perry writes: "The most immediate danger is of a terrorist group delivering a nuclear bomb or biological weapon with a truck, cargo ship, airplane, or boat." (p 36) This may be the most immediate danger, but it is far from the greatest danger.
Without wishing to devalue anyone's sorrow or anger, I must state that any attack on a nation the size of the United States that kills only a few thousand people, including of course the attacks of 9/11, is a pinprick. An attack which killed tens of thousands would be a somewhat larger pinprick. In a country of 285 million people producing nearly $10 trillion a year of economic output, the death toll would need to reach well into six figures -- and be concentrated among key decision-makers and highly-sought-after skill sets -- to have a noticeable effect on our capabilities. EvenCantor Fitzgerald was ready for business by the time the markets reopened, two days after the 9/11 attacks.
No conventionally-delivered nuke or bioterror weapon could seriously hamper the functioning of American society. There is some question whether any biological attack, in particular, could result in a high death toll. Contrary to certainalarmist predictions, smallpox is not contagious prior to the symptomatic (not to say bedridden) phase of the disease, and is therefore almost never transmitted to more than 1 or 2 people by each victim. Epidemics in impoverished third-world communities were routinely contained with the technology available in the 1960s and '70s.
The obvious historical example is the Spanish flu (which should have been called the Kansas flu -- it started at Ft Riley), which killed half a million people in the US, several times our contemporaneous losses in WW I. No biological attack is remotely likely to kill even one-tenth that number, and this in a country whose population has nearly tripled since 1918. (Not to overlook the obvious, we now have the ability toprevent a repeat of the Spanish flu pandemic.)
And even a tactical nuclear weapon would, in most places, produce no higher a toll than 9/11. Turning to p 271, "Airblast Effects," ofArsenal: Understanding Weapons in the Nuclear Age, we find formulas for calculating overpressure, in particular:
PO = 14.7(Y/R3) + 12.8(Y/R3)1/2
PO is peak overpressure in psi; Y is weapon yield in megatons; and R is radius in nautical miles (x1.15 for statute miles). Note that the radius of blast effect scales as the cube root of weapon yield, so for a 1-megaton weapon the distances are exactly 10 times what they are for a 1-kiloton weapon. A few minutes of figuring establishes that the 5-psi overpressure radius for a 10-kiloton tac nuke is 0.489 nmi = 906 m = 2,970' = 9/16 of a statute mile.
The 5-psi overpressure radius describes the area within which most structures are destroyed; it is also the circle within which there are likely to be as many fatalities as there are outside the circle, and in an area of roughly uniform population density, the total number of fatalities will be close to the the total number of people inside the circle (without necessarily being those same people, you understand). So in this example, a terrorist attack using a 10-kT warhead would result in a devastated area of almost exactly 1 square mile. This seems formidable until we consultthis source, which states: "In 1990, 78 percent of Americans lived in metropolitan areas .... Between 1960 and 1990, the total land area in [US] metropolitan areas more than doubled, from 308,000 to 673,000 square miles." A quick check here to grab the right number and divide it by the area given above establishes that the average residential population density of American metro areas in 1990 was only 370 persons to the square mile! A randomly-placed atomic bomb in a populated area would thus kill far fewer people than the 9/11 attacks. A carefully-placed one, eg in a downtown area during working hours, might conceivably kill as many as 10,000 people, but there are only a relative handful of urban areas with the requisite density.
Contrast this with the premiere weapon aimed at us back in the bad old days, the SovietSS-18 mod 4 ICBM, which carried 10 550-kT hydrogen warheads, to be detonated about 6,500 feet above their targets (unless, of course, the targets were missile silos, in which case they would detonate as close to the surface as possible). Each bomb would have leveled 67 square miles and, weather permitting, set fires over an area of perhaps 100 square miles. One missile could thus devastate an area over 30 miles across and, even with poor aim, kill several hundred thousand people.
To truly wound the American economy and polity would require the destruction of an entire city, which can be done only by multiple independently-targeted thermonuclear warheads delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile. And a killing wound is possible only by EMP.
But without an ABM system in place, we are wide open to just this possibility, and of course to the possibility of losing hundreds of thousands of people in an accidental strike on a city -- from one missile, not a full-blown nuclear exchange. ABM technology is not about stopping hundreds of missiles and leaving the rest of the world vulnerable to a decapitating first strike by the US. It is about keeping Americans from the grievous harm resulting from one missile.
So when Perry writes "..." (p 43) -- a fair description of "moderate" and Democrat opinion on the issue -- it is simply a massive non sequitur. A missile defense capable of intercepting a single accidentally launched ICBM before it incinerates an American city, or a single deliberately launched missile before it sends most of the country back to 1820, is a threat to no nation. It is, rather, an excellent insurance policy against the ghastliest of accidents and the deadliest imaginable act of terrorism.
The Best Bounce Message Ever
Or, at least, the one I'm most proud of. As most of you reading this are now aware, I just sent out my self-described e-mail etiquette-violating post-holiday "newsletter." An organization associated with two of the recipients responded with this, which as Dave Barry says, I am not making up:
"(Organization) automatically screens all e-mail for inappropriate subject matter (i.e. material that is discriminatory, hateful, vulgar, pornographic, sexually-explicit, or obscene). This e-mail contains information that is considered inappropriate for the business environment and will not be forwarded to the intended recipient. If you believe that your e-mail was stopped by mistake, please forward your mail to (address) for review and final disposition."
I guess cat poop "is considered inappropriate for the business environment" at (Organization). Funny, I think it's inappropriate for the home environment, which is why I went to so much trouble to get rid of it. What, I wonder, does (Organization) do with its cat poop? Try to bounce it in software? Hah!
Xmas, Cont'd
OK, this is another "day in the life" post, so the techie brigade can skip it. ;)
First, a couple of serendipitous events I forgot to mention earlier: while in Florida, we visitedGuana River State Park, where my mother and She Who Must Be Obeyed went shelling and I laid around looking at things through binoculars. What to my wondering eyes should appear but a pair of porpoises, frolicking proverbially just beyond the surf. They were the first ones I'd ever seen in the wild. The other serendipitous event consisted of picking stuff out of the neighbors' trash in a walk with my mom on Boxing Day (12/26). I'm getting some insight into where my ability to ignore social conventions comes from.
This morning we did Christmas in the Manifold household. You may infer what you will from our respective gifts: Leigh Ann got a Dremel tool, a jig saw, etc, while I got software and a desk lamp. Our "children" were not excluded -- they were fed special canned food and given small toys as stocking stuffers, and the feline dependents got another window perch, a fleece-covered plastic framework which clamps to a window sill. Very popular, especially in southward-facing windows on cold, sunny winter days.
The Movie
A few days ago Iwrote something about the book. Now for the movie.
I've only seen it once, but plan to see it at least once more. The good news is that it's decently executed, a solid three-star film that leaves the moral seriousness of the book fundamentally intact while being approachable for those who haven't read LOTR. The production values are excellent.
There are some unfortunate omissions, the greatest of which, to my mind, was the veneration of Galadriel by Gimli; the scenes in Lothlorien completely omit their dialogue and the healing of a historic distrust. In the odd (but not necessarily bad, and probably inevitable) category are the brevity of scenes involving travel and complex dialog, and the tremendous dilation of fight scenes. The first episode of combat in Moria, as it reads in the book, would appear to last only a few seconds; in the movie it goes on for several minutes. Entire chapters of travel, meanwhile, are reduced to a minute or less on film.
On the unambiguously positive side, the movie is visually stunning, with entirely appropriate casting, costuming, and set design. It seemed to me that this extended as far as making Liv Tyler, who plays Arwen, look like -- at least in her first scene -- Edith Bratt, the woman with whom Tolkien fell in love while still in his teens and married several years later; she became the model for Luthien Tinùviël in the Silmarillion, who was in turn the model for Arwen Undòmiël. The acting is uniformly competent. The special effects and backdrops are very well done; Isengard, Minas Tirith, and the pillars of the Argonath all appeared to have been designed with careful attention to the book. Perhaps best of all, the intrinsic danger of using the Ring is repeatedly emphasized, and the bad guys are effectively portrayed as "the peril of the world."
And the final scene, showing Frodo and Sam looking out over the jagged ranges of the Emyn Muil, is as perfectly composed as one can imagine. In that frame is captured not only the physical difficulties, but also the spiritual struggle which lies ahead.
What we may look forward to in The Two Towers, then, is tremendous battle scenes when Eomer's Rohirrim surround the orcs, in the battle of Helm's Deep, in the destruction of Isengard by the Ents, and in the ambush in Ithilien by Faramir's patrol. The journey of Frodo and Sam is likely to occupy only a small portion of the movie. And in The Return of the King, the battle of the Pelennor Fields is likely to take up much of the running time.
Published!
Myletter to the editor on cloning ran today.
Xmas Brush With Greatness (?)
We attended Mass on Sunday morning the 23rd withmy sister and family here, then a Christmas Eve candlelight service with my mother here, where the pastor is the father of Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland. This would probably mean a lot more to me if I were 10 or 20 years younger.
Holiday Status and Administrivia
I'm posting this from my mother's house in Jacksonville, using her PC -- and therefore also using her AOL account, so now I know what those of you on AOL are experiencing when you read A Voyage To Arcturus. Not as bad as I'd feared, but not all that I would wish, either. In particular, some of the hyperlinks aren't obvious, so you might try pointing at anything underlined, bolded, or in italics. Not all such punctuation implies a link, but most of it does.
Otherwise, we're hanging out with my mom, sister, brother-in-law, and nephews. Returning to KC late Wednesday the 26th. Don't expect to see a lot of new stuff here before Thursday.
The Holly and the Ivy
Or, a rather unconventional Christmas message.
Actually, since even the phrase "unconventional Christmas message" is practically a cliché, I should perhaps mention a few things that this post is not: an ironic retelling of the Gospel story of Christmas, a snide attack on retailing, or a completely secularized homily about how we should all be nice to each other.
It is sort of about paganism, though. A couple-three weeks back, in the course of using a rental truck to bring a few thousand pounds of fill dirt over to the house and fill in some holes we'd dug -- it's a long story involving a damp basement, now thankfully waterproofed --She Who Must Be Obeyed suggested that we seize the opportunity to use the truck to get a Christmas tree. So off we went to Warren's Christmas Tree Farm, hereafter WCTF,which is quite an operation.
WCTF is located on the exurban fringe of the KC area, on the Kansas side, about 25 miles south-southwest of downtown KC MO. Large new houses on half-acre lots are popping up in the neighborhood, but it still has very much a rural midwestern feel: rolling hills, open pasture and cropland bordered by windbreaks of mature trees, and patches of forest on hilltops and along creek beds.
There were at least a hundred vehicles parked in a field when we got there, nearly every one of which had brought an entire family; people swarming around the various spots at which one selects an already-cut tree, or picks out a still-growing tree to be cut, or picks up one's prepared order -- trees are trimmed slightly and wrapped in plastic mesh for easy transport. The cashier is in a barn, along with urns of hot chocolate and wassail, prodigious quantities of greenery, a straw-covered floor, various knick-knacks for sale, and a live choral group.
This is the point at which some people would go into rant mode about how crass it all was. But it didn't feel that way to me; it simply felt charming, and rather innocent. Everyone seemed to be having a genuinely good time, including the employees. The hordes of children were excited but not obnoxious. And from a "process standpoint," as we say on my day job, it was all very well designed and executed: maximum throughput with minimum hassle.
I also noticed that the only overtly Christian imagery anywhere at WCTF was the fish symbols on the backs of a lot of the customers' cars. Everything else could have been lifted straight out of northwestern Europe prior to evangelization, ie 300-900 AD depending on location, ranging from France to Scandinavia. It just so happened that while we were waiting in line in the barn to pay for our tree, the choral group was singingThe Holly and the Ivy, a scantily Christianized hymn of the nature religion of my distant ancestors.
Of course, this is not a unique perception -- plenty of people in this part of the country avoid explicit observance of Christmas precisely because of things like The Holly and the Ivy, and the New Testament gives them an out in Romans 14:5-6a: "One man prefers one day to another; another man approves of every day. Let each one be convinced in his own mind; for he who favors a day favors it for the Lord." (Lattimore translation)
This isn't the place for a sermon on Romans 14, though I'll probably write one eventually; the relevant point this time is that I have once again surprised myself by joining the mainstream. A filtered paganism, blended into American Christianity, holds no threat for me; if anything, it's rather sweet. I am fortunate in many ways, not least in the history of my forebears; the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons was relatively voluntary, and the disestablishment of the Church in America kept it from becoming the ossified monopoly it often appears to have become elsewhere in the world. My own experience has been one of deliverance from bitterness and alienation rather than descent into them. So I can think of this season as a time to remember a gift from beyond the world, the beginning of a victory that makes every other victory possible.
Alternate History
Other than thegrim scenario I came up with the other day, there hasn't been any alternate history in here yet. So it is with great pleasure that I pass along the following, from my ex-roomie, Alan K. Henderson, speculating on a Pat Buchanan-ish America eschewing war in the Pacific, circa 1941:
"What if we left Japan alone? Instead of eastern Asia being dominated by two evil Marxist empires that have a long history of animosity toward each other (China, Russia), that region would have been dominated by one evil Marxist and one evil feudalistic/fascist empire that have a long history of animosity toward each other. We would not have militarily fought the Cold War in Vietnam or Korea (since they would have been Japanese provinces, assuming the USSR would not have seized the latter in a later war), but our troops may have been lured elsewhere. Without the Vietnam experience, might our leaders have been more eager to send massive troop deployments to fight Communism in Angola or Ethiopia? And where would the first nuclear bomb have been dropped -- and by whom?"
Since I doubt that Alan and I are the onlyHarry Turtledove fans around here, feel free to send in your own ideas.
Do I Know How to Call 'em, or What?
The title of this post is a copy of Glenn Reynolds' frequent (and justified) crowing over having correctly predicted a news story. I'm unlikely to ever matchInstaPundit, but I inadvertently anticipated one of today's lead stories.
Behind the bland headlineCircuitry Advancement Wins Award is the #1 science story of the year.
Of course it was nanotech. Future generations will wonder why we didn't drop everything else for an all-out push to develop molecular manufacturing and cell repair. But we'll get there soon enough anyway.
For further reading: Yahoo! maintains aNanotechnology Full Coverage section, which points to, among many other things, this astounding development.
Great Follow-Up
Regardinga certain earlier entry, the Emir of McMullenstan answers "yes," and asks the elegantly simple follow-up question: Why is America good?
Send your answers in to the Emir, and don't forget to copy theAnarch of the Manifold Autonomous Zone to become eligible to win a swell prize!
(You may also send suggestions regarding the swell prize, which must be inexpensive enough not to arouse the wrath ofShe Who Must Be Obeyed.)
The Sky Tonight
There's a really nice conjunction of the Moon and Mars; it's worth stepping outside to take a look at -- weather permitting. The bright thing rising in the east is Jupiter. More infohere.
Example Nanotech Story
Graze (midwesterners don't surf) on over to UniSci and check outProtein Structure Reveals Elegant Water Flow Solution. Wretched technical nit-pick: Since 1 Å = 0.1 nm, 2.2 Å is actually 0.22 billionths of a meter, or 220 trillionths of a meter, not "22 billionths of a meter" as stated in the article -- that would be 22 nm, the diameter of a large molecule containing hundreds of atoms. A single small atom, like hydrogen, is about 1 Å across.
Nanotechnology will be a regular topic here on A Voyage To Arcturus. Much of the gritty, practical work of getting us to the nanotech threshold will consist of elucidating protein structure and folding. UniSci has a "Special Archive" on nanotech which does not appear to be regularly maintained; a better source is theForesight Institute.
The original primer on the subject,Engines of Creation, is still the best. I regard it as the most important work of non-fiction published in my lifetime.
An Extraordinary Commentary
Thanks toInstaPundit for pointing to this white-hot commentary by legendary Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci. Get a kleenex box first. This is not for the faint of heart. Also contains R-rated language.
The Book
It was perfectly timed for the rise of the Boomer generation; The Hobbit had become an immediate children's classic in the decade before the birth of their first cohorts, so many of them were introduced to Tolkien's enchanting invented world while still in grade school. Word of mouth, and the spiritual perplexities of adolescence and early adulthood in the minds of millions of budding idealists, did the rest.
Tolkien liked individual Americans well enough, but was not fond of them in groups, despised American culture even as its market-driven energies made him rich, and was horrified by the sex-drugs-rock&roll culture that appeared during the final decade of his life. The Matthew 13:24-30 scene that is the English-speaking world has something to offend everyone. I nonetheless hope and believe that he had some understanding of how his work blessed a vast number of people who were products of a very different educational system and who embraced -- among other things -- music he could not appreciate.
For it is all of a piece: the music, the times, the friends, the beliefs, and the book. The application process for the University of Chicago, at least in the 1970s, required the applicant to pen short essays about three books of his choosing: one non-fiction and two fiction -- by which the applicant felt most influenced. Everyone I ever knew well enough at Chicago to ask about this told me that one of their fiction choices wasThe Lord of the Rings. It cut completely across personalities, native regions, religions, and even majors. Tolkien may have inadvertently done more to bridge CP Snow's "Two Cultures" than any other 20th-century academic.
As a meditation on the dangers of power, the book is without parallel, and I have often thought that one of its most crucial passages is Galadriel's explanation to Frodo that to use the Ring, his will would have to be trained to the domination of others. Contra many critics, Tolkien was no Luddite. What he loathed about Europe in the first half of the last century was not its technology but its all-too-common treatment of individual human beings and human values, ranging from shabbiness through authoritarianism to mass murder. The Ring was not the Bomb -- rather, it was something very much like what the Bomb was built to defeat.
InJ.R.R Tolkien: Author of the Century, T.A. Shippey characterizes the chapter "The Council of Elrond" as the keystone of the trilogy and ranks it among the greatest accomplishments of English literature. There will undoubtedly be a boom in Tolkien criticism in the coming months. One obvious (to me) aspect of LOTR which I have never seen in print -- OK, now, all you liberal-arts majors groping for a dissertation topic be sure and give me full credit on this -- is that the arguably four most prominent characters in the book map directly to the Four Living Creatures of Revelation 4:7, which in Christian tradition in turn represent, or are represented by, the Four Evangelists. Going further back, closely similar imagery appears in Ezekiel 1:10.
Now to avoid spoiling things just in case there's somebody reading this who hasn't read LOTR at least half a dozen times, the four characters I have in mind are 1) a king, 2) a servant, 3) an "everyman" character with whom countless readers have felt an especially close identification, and 4) a divine representative who occasionally flies around on the back of a giant eagle. Thus "the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle." (RSV)
The remarkable thing about all this -- and about the numerous other Biblical and variously Catholic allusions strewn throughout the work which others (far more qualified than I) have spotted and commented on -- is that at least initially, Tolkien had no idea where he was going with the book. His publisher wanted a sequel to The Hobbit. He decided to center the story on the Ring, as bequeathed to a nephew of the protagonist of the earlier book, rounded up some characters, started them on their way, and got stuck in Bree with a proto-#1-major-character (see above). After a considerable interval, he got off the dime (shilling?) and from then on always knew his final destination. But in his own famous phrase, "the tale grew in the telling" -- in a "subcreative" (Tolkien's own term) process something very much like aHayekian spontaneous ordering -- helped along by constant nagging from CS Lewis, who insisted that Tolkien bring a new installment to each weekly meeting of the Inklings.
Thus are epics produced -- not necessarily planned, at least not at first (though Tolkien did an enormous amount of planning and outlining later, to achieve internal consistency on matters as initially unnoticeable as two characters on the same date, but widely separated in geography, seeing the Moon in the sky in the same phase). The necessary elements were a good imagination and the right friends. About which I will have more to say in a future post.
I Get Letters, Cont'd
The original announcement went to 95 addresses. I got 10 bounce messages and one "remove us" -- evidently somebody different getting e-mail at one particular address these days -- leaving 84, of which I happen to know that 2 addresses are no longer active, leaving 82 (86.5%). I then got 20 replies, which is 24.4% of 82. Any of the 20 would be printable in a family newspaper and none made any reference to my checkered career.
So now I owe a bunch of people personal notes, and am therefore more-or-less immediately posting this as a kind of placeholder. The generic reply is thanks, great to hear from you, long time, hope we can meet physically at some point, and thanks for not dredging up any interesting incidents from my past.
I will try to set aside some regular time for individual responses. Be aware that the turnaround time on these may be a week or more. I will also occasionally solicit particular reactions in the form of "what 3 things would you take to a desert island"-type questions. Don't answer that; it's not a real one.
As already noted, however, geeky techno-replies make it through my defenses every time.
Another Anniversary
Speaking of anniversaries, space buffs may recall that this week is the 29th anniversary of the return ofApollo 17, the last manned mission to the Moon. The returning crew took the most famous full-Earth photograph ever during the trans-Earth phase of the mission.
Imagine that it's late May of 1956, the same anniversary ofLindbergh's achievement. America has four aircraft. All are owned by the Federal government, and each can carry a maximum of seven persons and has about the same cargo capacity as a tractor-trailer. There is one flight a month; each plane flies three times a year. All flights are between Washington, DC and New York City.
No one has flown across the Atlantic since 1927. Nonetheless, the aeronautical industry employs tens of thousands of people and obtains several billion dollars a year in subsidies. Flying has remained primarily a scientific curiosity, though it has found practical application intelecommunications. And of course there are unmanned "intercontinental flying missiles" (ICFMs), ready to be launched at a moment's notice to carry a nuclear bomb halfway around the world to vaporize an enemy's military base or industrial complex within twenty-four hours.
One tourist has flown, and the idea of conducting regular air tours for profit is being openly discussed, but only about one American in a million has ever been airborne. Millions of Americans suspect that Lindbergh's flight was a hoax.
This rather grim alternate-history scenario, besides inadvertently illustrating the perils of historical analogy, is how many space enthusiasts regard America's, and humanity's, position in the early 21st century. You might imagine that someone who sees things this way would be deeply alienated, and you would be right.
Indeed, mankind's failure to begin working in space on any large scale is ridiculous, and to a generation raised on Apollo, embarrassing. A few months after the Apollo 17 mission,Skylab was put in orbit. The International Space Station, nearly thirty years later, is about the same size and, like Skylab, holds only 3 people, the equivalent of 2½ of whom must work full-time just to keep it operating. One-half of one worker in space, three decades later, for at least 20 times as much money. In no other technical field, in all of history, has the same endeavor become more expensive over time. Only in spaceflight has this happened.
Detecting the leaden hand of government here is not difficult. And some of us aretrying to do something about it, but one of the greatest problems may be the bitterness of so many people involved in the nascent commercial space industry, in which the typical enterprise has the social skills of a den of badgers. ASR has sought to distinguish itself in this respect, largely at the behest of my business partner, Denise Norris.
Whether we succeed with our mission may be less important for the history of the future than whether we can help change the hearts of some of those trying to make that history.
PS - Those interested in my personal vision in this field may wish to readthis.
Chaos Is Good
Thanks toGlenn Reynolds for ref'ing this whacking great article. The penultimate paragraph is phenomenal.
Slamming Bill Tammeus
Actually apretty good guy. It just so happens that I've written highly critical letters to the editor in response to a couple of his recent columns. Here's the latest (slightly reformatted):
I don't get"Cloning begs many questions of us" (12/15).
I don't get why anyone should "react with visceral repugnance to the prospect of cloning humans."
I don't get how "cloning ... distorts the natural process of procreation by replacing it with a manipulative form of manufacturing." What about IVF, which has been around since 1978, and to which over 50,000 Americans (one of them a nephew of mine), owe their existence?
I _really_ don't get Leon Kass. Any parent who picks their spouse -- which, in this society, at any rate, is the norm -- has helped "design" their children.
And I don't get what's supposed to be wrong with "using genetic manipulation to yield designer children." A friend of mine in California takes his 4-year-old son to the hospital every few weeks because the boy has cystic fibrosis. Five percent of the entire population carries a recessive CF gene. I'll bet my friend wishes he could have done a little "designing."
Under theWeldon bill (HR 1644), any attempt my friend might have made to alter his son's genome -- and thereby save a child from cystic fibrosis -- could have resulted in a 10-year prison term.
If this bill passes the Senate and is signed into law, we will find out how many parents -- and "renegade scientists" -- are willing to spend 10 years behind bars to save children's lives.
You can read some more perspectives on thishere.
Goats to Make Malaria Vaccine
Stories likethis make me wonder why anybody, anywhere, thinks that genetic engineering is wrong (here's malaria's toll).
I Get Letters
Watch this space for a report on reader e-mail, coming Real Soon Now, together with my initial gropings toward a policy thereon.
The Giftie
I gotthis astonishing tribute to America off of The Scene.
Given that The Guardian is notoriously left-wing, it is particularly interesting to see what impresses them about the US. Also ironic, given that most of the 52 items on the list are obvious results of vigorous economic competition.
A "no" appears to have crept into #19, but the list appears accurate otherwise. I got the title to this post fromthis.
Geek Bait
Regarding "Cities and Commutes," my engineer buddyChris Struble writes:
"Since the invention of the automobile, we've moved all the services we want to get to (employment, schools, shopping, parks, etc.) farther and farther away from where we live. Yes, it may take the same amount of time to get there because we can go faster, but it takes a lot more energy. Energy also goes as the square of the velocity. So increasing speed by a factor of 10 increases the distance you can cover by a factor of 100, but it also increases energy cost by a factor of 100."
And: "The actual number of people one can interact with in a day is still limited by time, no matter how fast one travels."
This is irresistible geek bait foryours truly.
Energy costs increase with velocity, but not as the square of velocity, KE = ½mv2 notwithstanding. Cars do not, for example, get ¼ the gas mileage at 60 mph that they do at 30 mph. And highway driving is notoriously less stressful on cars than city streets, so overall costs per unit distance may well decrease. I don't know the real relationship, though, and the increasing physical separation to which Chris alludes -- and the zoning regulations which cause much of it -- do represent a limitation of the potential gain of using cars instead of legs.
Chris' second point is dead on, and has other applications as well, notably to bandwidth. Go tothis link and read the letter at the very end, the one from the really long-winded guy, who if he had it to do all over again, would merely say that in the past decade, both the rate and size of e-mails has risen by two orders of magnitude. So we're still reading about the same number of them each day, because, whaddaya know, the days aren't any longer than they were in 1991.
The reason large cities with cars and highways are better than small cities without them is the greater potential number of interactions. One can be equally busy in both types of environments, but the possibilities of the latter can be hundreds of times greater and more complex.
Chris, by the way, counts himself as firmly in the contentment camp, making him emotionally impervious to criticism, just like me. ☺
They Said WHAT?
Over onInstaPundit , Glenn Reynolds calls this contribution from a reader "cats and dogs living together." As well he might:
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Les Arts Florissants
We attendedthis event Friday night. Here is the Kansas City Star review.
The Noël: Joseph est bien marié, H.534, No. 3 was especially beautiful, as was Noël: Or nous dites Marie, H.534, No. 4 the Seventh «O», O Emmanuel Rex:
O Emmanuel Rex,
Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium,
et Salvator earum:
veni, ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster.
"O Emmanuel/our King and legislator, the hope of nations/and their Savior:/come, and save us, Lord our God."
Ludwig van Beethoven is 231 Today
As all good Peanuts fans know, December 16th is Beethoven's birthday. A tribute to the great composer ishere.
Hey, I didn't say it was a serious tribute.
Keep 'em Guessing and Make 'em Squirm
Approach anyone you know who has strongly held political views (left, right, libertarian, populist, whatever). Ask for their reaction to this statement:
America is great because America is good.
How they respond is a better litmus test than any ideological or issue-based question could possibly provide.
Don't even bother with the full version of the quote -- "the pulpits aflame with righteousness," and all that. Anddon't claim that it was written by a famous person.
Nope, just "America is great because America is good." Yes or No?
Lefties, and populists of the Pat Buchanan variety, won't admit it. They're consumed with passion for the downtrodden, the oppressed, the taken-advantage-of. If all those poor people turn out to be living in a fundamentally decent country, maybe most of their problems are their own fault. And that just won't do.
The Religious Right won't admit it either. They've convinced themselves that America is crawling with perverts, abortionists, and atheists. It can't possibly be good. If it were, who would we look down on? Who would we call to repentance -- ourselves? Perish the thought.
And neither will a lot of libertarians. Why, just look at all the terrible things our government did! It practically invited the 9/11 attacks! And now it's becoming a police state!
This may be a whole new political axis: not left-right, not libertarian-authoritarian, not dynamist-stasist. More like content-malcontent. It's the difference between quiet gratitude and compulsive bitching.
Note that contentment does not mean complacency, and therefore does not preclude deliberate and determined action to make one's country an even better place. We do not withhold charity from people who've messed up their lives. We do not refrain from calling out wickedness -- or from self-examination. And we certainly do not give the State a free pass to act however, and upon whomever, it sees fit.
But we recognize that we are living in the middle of the most overwhelmingly successful experiment in human history. Not perfect. Just the best place in the world to live in, that's all.
Coming to you from "The Breadbasket, of which Kansas City is undisputably the capital ... that North American nation most at peace with itself. It is the nation that works best." (Joel Garreau,The Nine Nations of North America)
Cities and Commutes
On Friday, December 31, 1999, I took a walk withShe Who Must Be Obeyed down Janssen Place, the only private street in Kansas City, located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
It was an occasion for reflection on the immense improvement in the human condition during the 20th century. In 1900, the largest employer in KC was the stockyards. The typical chicken-processing plant job today -- now considered emblematic of unsanitary, dangerous working conditions -- is far cleaner and safer than the stockyards were then. Not only that, there wasn't a water works! Water was pumped directly out of the Missouri River, run through a screen to take out the bigger chunks, placed in a settling tank to let the rest of the visible stuff precipitate out, and then pumped into factories, offices, and residences, without any chemical treatment whatsoever. Due to political wrangling, this didn't get fixed until 1928, by which time KC had the highest infant-mortality rate in the country. But I digress.
Only the wealthiest, perhaps the top few tenths of one percent, could afford the likes of the houses on Janssen Place. And not many of us could afford them now, though the portion of the population capable of buying such a house has probably risen to several percent. But most of us -- literally most of us -- can afford a house with indoor plumbing, numerous electrical appliances, an attached garage, central air conditioning, efficient insulation, and sundry other elements and devices either rare or unobtainable a century ago.
Imagining this city dominated by disgusting jobs and bereft of potable water is one thing. But imagining it without the automobile -- and the limited-access highway -- is something else. Non-locals reading this may need a little help here. Kansas City is what LA was supposed to become, or perhaps what Dallas and Houston would have become had their growth been properly foreseen. Rush hour in KC means occasionally slowing down to 65 mph in the right-most lane. I have a 15-mile commute to work which almost never takes more than 20 minutes, from the time I step out the door of my house to the time I step into my cubicle.
This may be the greatest change of all over the course of the 20th century. A one-order-of-magnitude increase in commuter velocity, from 3-6 mph on foot or horse-drawn conveyance to 30-60 mph by car on city streets and highways, means a two-order-of-magnitude increase (100x) in the area which can be reached per unit time. InEdge City, Joel Garreau mentions that the average maximum duration of a commute has remained roughly constant for millenia: three-quarters of an hour is about the limit for most people.
Three-quarters of an hour on foot gets you 2¼ miles. The area of a circle of this radius is 15.9 mi2.
Three-quarters of an hour by car can get you 45 miles. The area now reachable is 6,360 mi2. (Perhaps not coincidentally, this is very nearly the size of the Kansas City CMSA.)
Not surprisingly, with this kind of technology available, even as the KC metro area grew in population by over an order of magnitude, its population density plummeted. But even if the density dropped by a full order of magnitude, each member of the population could physically reach 10 times as many other members in a given amount of time!
What this means, in turn, is that the number of possible face-to-face interactions between people increased enormously. The formula for determining the maximum number of channels of communication among all members of a group is C = (N*(N-1))/2.
Among 100,000 people in a medium-sized city, there are just under 5 billion possible channels of communication. But among 1 million people in a big city, there are just under 500 billion. As KC has grown in population by a factor of 14 in the past century, the number of possible combinations of its inhabitants has multiplied nearly 200 times.
Whatever conclusions we may draw from this, the idea that the automobile has destroyed community should probably not be one of them.
Where do we go from here?
The July 2001 issue ofAerospace America discusses NASA's Small Aircraft Transportation System initiative. A sidebar discusses Moller International's "SkyCar."
Paul Moller, president and founder, says: "We think of ourselves as a very mobile population today, but we have to move at slower and slower speeds as we near our cities. Consider how much the extent of our world would change if we could move (at altitude) at speeds of, say, 300 mph, or at 175-200 mph, with the same efficiencies, at sea level."
Your homework assignment is to work out the implications of another 5x increase in commuter velocities and 25x increase in the area reachable by short trips. NASA says SATS will take 30 years to implement; Moller thinks ubiquitous air-car travel is less than a decade off.
The Real Revolution
In hisfarewell column in the NYTimes, Anthony Lewis writes:
"In my lifetime we have carried out two revolutions, unfinished but extraordinary: the ending of racial discrimination and the move toward equality for women."
A theme to which I will frequently return in this space is the perception of many non-technical people that "advance" consists only of political or social developments, with material progress strangely invisible or overlooked.
In this case, the relevant facts are:
I will not deny that there was a substantial element of "memetic engineering," in the form of moral suasion, in ending racial discrimination. Some of the most poignant episodes in modern American history were associated with that effort.
But a wealthy economy, with its underpinning of technical prowess, provided fertile soil for the seeds sown by the civil rights movement.
For more good news, readthis (the Executive Summary is just 1 page). The technological revolution is also unfinished, and it is the most extraordinary of all.
Bill of Rights Day
Today isBill of Rights Day.
Read about the Bill of Rightshere.
By Way of Explanation
I will post this message, which purports to explain what I'm doing with this thing, every month or so. Maybe every week if things get busy.
A Voyage To Arcturus is my weblog. It is named for my short-lived BBS, which ran for a few months in late '91 and early '92, and which in turn was named for theDavid Lindsay SF novel that served as an inspiration for CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters.
There are hundreds of thousands of active weblogs on the 'net in the US alone. Most are day-in-the-life, public diary-type things. A few hundred, perhaps, are political commentaries with a relatively large following, that is, thousands of regular readers; two of the best are Virginia Postrel'sThe Scene and Glenn Reynolds' InstaPundit.
Barring some miraculous infusion of talent, mine will never be in a class with Postrel, Reynolds, et al. Some of what I post will indeed be in the day-in-the-life category, though I will try to make any such material relatively enjoyable. Most of it will be in the broader realm of ideas, primarily societal-technological, some explicitly political. And I expect to write a few out-and-out sermons (feel free to tell me if you think I missed my calling).
I will occasionally request feedback and quote from correspondence, so if you want to see your stuff posted here and viewed by, gosh, maybe a two-digit number of people, please comment on my stuff, or justsend something in.
My only guideline is the broad (and in context, a bit cheeky) clause in Jeremiah 15:19, "... utter what is precious, and not what is worthless ..." - at least, I'll try to avoid the completely worthless.
I hope you will enjoy what you find here, bookmark this site, and pop in every few days.
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Black Mountain and Stevens Creek Loop
Level: Moderate
Total Distance: 6.0 miles round-trip
Hiking Time: 3 hours
Elevation Change: 1,300 feet
People who live on the Peninsula are well acquainted with 2,800-foot Black Mountain, the peak that forms a rounded green backdrop for the communities around Palo Alto. The town of Mountain View was named for its vista of the verdant peak. It's always there, anchoring the background in the lives of thousands.
Black Mountain doesn't have a singular peaked summit; rather it's the highest point on long and narrow Monte Bello Ridge. It's also the most prominent feature of Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, a preserve comprised of a varied mix of grasslands, conifers, and chaparral. This six-mile loop trip tours Monte Bello and pays a visit to the summit of Black Mountain.
Begin your hike at the preserve's main entrance on Stevens Creek Nature Trail. The path leads a level few hundred feet to a stone bench and overlook. There you gaze at the source of Stevens Creek, which follows the San Andreas fault zone. Mount Umunhum and Shotgun Valley appear far in the distance.
Take the left fork in the nature trail, heading to Canyon Trail in 0.3 mile. Turn right on wide Canyon Trail, walk 0.2 mile, then leave that road for the mountain bikers and bear left on Bella Vista Trail. A wide single-track trail, Bella Vista Trail climbs steadily but moderately and bestows lovely views of the Stevens Creek canyon. Contouring along grassy slopes, the trail provides many opportunities for spotting wildlife. We watched a coyote gallop across the grasslands while two curious deer watched us. During the autumn mating season, large herds of deer are often seen in this preserve.
After almost a mile of climbing, you've nearly reached the ridge top. Bear right on Old Ranch Trail and in 0.5 mile you come to Black Mountain Backpack Camp, the only campground in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Four family campsites and one group campsite are available for backpackers who have obtained a permit from the district office. You must pack in your own water and camp stove; no fires are permitted. Oddly, the camp has one "civilized" amenity: a pay telephone, just in case your cell phone doesn't work.
Walk around the camp and join Monte Bello Road in a few hundred feet. It's only 0.25 mile to the microwave tower–covered summit of Black Mountain, elevation 2,800 feet even. Black Mountain Trail intersects with Monte Bello Road at the summit. This popular trail is for hikers and equestrians only. Starting from the Duveneck Windmill Pasture Area of Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, it's an eight-mile round-trip to the summit with a 2,300-foot elevation gain.
From Black Mountain's summit, you have a wide view of the Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley. But the lovelier view is just to the west of the summit. To see it, follow Monte Bello Road for another 150 feet, then exit the trail on the right near an odd marker: a 15-mile-per-hour speed limit sign. Here, at a fascinating outcrop of scattered rocks, is the best picnic site and finest view of the day. Stevens Creek canyon lies below you. Untrammeled grassland hills spread to the north and south along Skyline Ridge. In springtime, blue-eyed grass, checkerbloom, farewell-to-spring, and California poppies bloom in the hilltop grasses. It's time to throw down your pack and have lunch.
After admiring the view, backtrack to just before the camp and bear left on Indian Creek Trail. You'll face a steep downhill on the ranch road with views of Indian Creek canyon. (Be sure to take the short spur trail on the left to see more of the densely forested canyon.) Hiking through chaparral, toyon, and lichen-covered oaks, descend 1.2 miles to Canyon Trail. Bear right, walk 0.25 mile, then turn left on Stevens Creek Nature Trail.
Soon you'll cross a footbridge over Stevens Creek and travel alongside the stream. Ferns, Douglas firs, and oaks line the banks of Stevens Creek. This lush riparian area is in extreme contrast to the open grasslands of Black Mountain. After crossing two more footbridges, bear right to stay on Stevens Creek Nature Trail, now on single-track.
The final 1.2 miles of the trip are an easy, streamside ascent with plenty of shade and switchbacks. You'll climb out of the stream canyon, head back into the grasslands, and wind up right back at the stone bench and overlook where you began the hike. Turn left to walk back to your car.
Options
Pay a visit to the San Andreas Fault, one of the world's longest and most active earthquake faults, at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve, directly across Page Mill Road from Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. A trail brochure interprets visible fault signs along the 1.5-mile San Andreas Fault Trail. If you want to hike longer, you can connect to two outer loops on Franciscan and Lost Creek Trails (total mileage is three miles). The trails lead through a shady bay and oak forest along Los Trancos Creek and a flower-filled stretch of grasslands.
Directions
From I-280 in Palo Alto, take the Page Mill Road exit west. Drive 7.2 winding miles on Page Mill Road to the signed preserve entrance on the left.
Or, from the junction of Highways 35 and 9 at Saratoga Gap, drive seven miles north on Highway 35 (Skyline Boulevard). Turn right on Page Mill Road and drive 1.7 miles to the preserve entrance on the right.
Information and Contact
There is no fee. Dogs are not allowed. Bikes are allowed on most sections of this loop. Free trail maps are available at the trailhead, or by download at. For more information, contact the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022, 650/691-1200,.
From the book Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area by Ann Marie Brown. Excerpted by arrangement with Avalon Travel, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2011. For more information, visit.
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Sexuality & Women´s Rights
This participatory workshop looked at perceptions of women around the world by examining what constitutes "bad women" and "good women" in different cultures. It explored the ways in which culture and society influence our opinion of the place of women.
The participants were asked to "create" "bad women" and the "good women" and allocate to them particular characteristics.
- Dian Van Maasdijk Mama Cash, Netherlands
- Marjan Sax Mama Cash, Netherlands
The "good woman" was characterized as not talking, not moving, having no pen and unable to write, married, wearing her hair tight on her back, wearing a long skirt and covering her shoulders, married, never looking people in the eye, speaking in a low and soft voice, not touching things freely and not looking very happy. The "bad" woman was described as well dressed and casual, she drinks, smokes and chews gum, her hair is loose, she wears high heals, is outspoken, looks people straight in the eye, has a pen and is sexy.
Next the group considered the make up of these different types of women. The "good women" include virgins, religious women, mothers, home-makers, catholics, nurses, wives, care workers, teachers, and generally those that work outside home. The "bad women" were women who work in male-dominated professions, who are sexually promiscuous, strippers, single mothers, professional women, women who are ambitious, pro-choice, love money and desert their children.
Next the means of oppression and control were discussed. Participants compiled a list of the ways in which the classifications of bad and good are created in our minds. The list included: patriarchy, the media, lack of childcare systems, religion, homophobia, violence against women, cultural values, educational systems, neo-liberalism, other women, the family, and the law.
Women who try to move from one category to the other and become "bad" are most likely to experience poverty, rape, single-motherhood, infertility, etc. Women who try to move away from being branded as "bad" will most likely try to become nuns, heterosexual and/or very successful. Generally women will find it very difficult to make such a change in status.
Many of us identified with the "bad women". Society most often has not changed its traditional way of judging and labeling women. It was noted that the characteristics of what constitute "good" and "bad" may vary considerably in different cultures.
Finally we looked at what could we do to combat this disempowering compartmentalization. Some of the many possible strategies that were suggested include: (re)define ourselves, recognize our sexuality and gender roles in society, work to change laws, take risks, recognize our own sexism, watch ourselves and how we evaluate other women, educate our daughters, reconstruct "the good" and "the bad", respect the choices women make, and finally, voluntarily join "the bad side".
2002 AWID Forum, Session #214
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I miss you, sugar.
I’ve made it through week one of Lent. I gave up refined sugar and caffeine, which makes me a little crazy, I realize, but I consume both of those things pretty mindlessly, so I think it will be good for me. (Not that I expect to keep it going. 2 years ago I gave up meat for Lent and never looked back (except for meatcations and my summer in France) but sugar? Not going to say a permanent...
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Defeated by the French press
This week was an experiment in going without the morning coffee. Not because I think caffeine is evil or I’m doing a detox or anything. Mostly because my mornings were hectic this week and I could feel better about it by saying I “chose” to go without coffee. The truth is, thanks to Santa, I have a stash of chocolate-covered espresso beans in my desk drawer. And it’s a...
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It may be cloudy with a chance of bro, but regardless, I’m all yours– Sasha (Boyfriend)
Finding yourself where you don't belong.
I have taken two big trips abroad in my life - twice, I’ve lived in Europe for a number of months. Both places have a special place in my heart. Both places are beautiful and fill me with nostalgia and longing, but neither place is my home. Neither place holds people that I am deeply connected to. With the first, Edinburgh, I had to learn this the hard way. I had to be blown off by two...
Things I am too old (of a soul) to know about...
Skrillex. Coachella, what is Coachella? French people know about it, and that makes me feel like I should too…but I am not motivated enough to look it up. I do think I can learn a lot about myself from the title of the article my friend Adam sent me to teach me about Skrillex, who I am dubbing The Human Migraine:
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Long brunette hair with some waves (which you can do with a fat curling iron) and Edward Cullen's hair just needs gel and a blowdry, then brush out the gel so it's not stiff.
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Well I just watch twilightyesterday....yep the beginning was eh, but yeah other than that it was just very funny and good settings. The way Edward glittered was disappointing.
I think the glittering was for the gals. Got to keep the fan base happy. ;-)
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This month’s meeting will be held at Siemens Industry Inc. Manufacturing facility in Sacramento. Siemens builds lightrail cars for numerous cities throughout Ca, and N. America. We will be looking at their processes of welding on items ranging from sheet metal to castings, to thicker sections of steel and the fabrication and design as it applies to the their cars.
In the 1970s Siemens transportation established a presence in N. America and in the 90s several Siemens transportation-related businesses consolidated to form Siemens transportation Systems Inc.(STS) . STS has since merged into the Industry sector under Infrastructure and cities-Rail division.
Siemens has since become a leading supplier of technology and engineering expertise to the North American transportation industry.
Today Siemens continues to lead in innovation and efficient rail solutions for mass transit and mainline applications in the rail industry. The company’s products and services for mass transit and mainline rail applications include signaling and operation control systems, rail electrification and rolling stock. For example Siemens connects over 400 of New York City’s metro stations with a network infrastructure for systems to provide real-time information for enhanced security and realtime information for daily commuters.
As of March 2009 Siemens in Sacramento has in-sourced the Bogie frames (Power truck, center truck) production. These were previously purchased from our sister company in Graz, Austria. This makes us now a fully independent Light Rail Vehicle supplier. Siemens was recently awarded a $466 million contract by Amtrak to build 70 electric locomotives for Amtrak’s Northeast and keystone corridor lines traveling at speeds up to 125 mph. the contract will require an additional 250 people to build the locomotives including several welders.
Mayk Lehmann has been with Siemens for 22 years. His profession is in welding and is a European welding specialist. He transferred to Southern California in 1995 to support a carshell knowledge transfer from Germany to the U.S. In 2005 Siemens moved the Carshell fabrication to Sacramento. Mayk’s current role is director of Bogie manufacturing. Also in attendance welding specialist Brandon Beattie discussing some of the different welding processes used at Seimens.
Meeting Location:
Seimens Industry
7464 French Rd.
Sacramento, Ca 95828
Date and time:
May 16, 2012
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Social hour.
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Presentation and Tour.
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Princess Beatrice showed off the results of her dramatic weight loss yesterday, donning a black strapless swimsuit while on holiday in France.
The 22-year-old royal looked lean and toned in the frilly one-piece and seemed confident and happy as she relaxed with boyfriend Dave Clark on a yacht off the coast of Antibes.
Beatrice's new body is the result of three years of dieting and a gruelling exercise regime. The princess decided to transform her figure after unflattering photos of her in a bikini were published in 2008.
Beatrice was devastated by the photos, and vowed to lose her "puppy fat" for good.
"I thought people were a bit mean, although I know it comes with the territory," Beatrice told the UK's Daily Mail at the time.
"The trouble is, I don't have much confidence so it can be quite upsetting. I could probably do with losing the odd pound though, so perhaps it is the kick I need."
Beatrice might be a princess, but it turns out she's just like any other woman when it comes to weight loss. Seeing an unflattering photo of yourself is one of the biggest weight loss triggers, alongside being dumped, not fitting into a favourite piece of clothing and health problems.
Video: Weight loss roadblocks
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These resources are intended to assist members in inviting all to listen to living prophets. In the April 2011 general conference, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, .
"Most of our congregation, seen or unseen, is made up of members of the Church. However, with marvelous new methods of communication, ever larger proportions of the audience for our conferences are not members of the Church - yet."
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Thanks for posting this thoughtful lesson.
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Tucson Padres owner Jeff Moorad said late Thursday night he will "pursue the possibility of selling the club" after a California Supreme Court ruling scuttled a proposed Escondido stadium.
The court ruled Thursday against redevelopment agencies, which had allowed cities to keep a larger share of property tax revenue rather than give it to the state.
Agencies were an enticement to build projects such as the proposed $50 million ballpark 30 miles north of San Diego where Moorad planned to move Tucson's Triple-A team.
Escondido mayor Sam Abed told the Star the deal was "totally dead," though Moorad held out hope that an Escondido plan with a "new approach" could materialize sometime in the next 90 days.
Moorad's interest in holding onto the Triple-A team is tied to it moving to Escondido. As the owner of the San Diego Padres, he had hoped to establish synergy between the two teams.
Moorad, who purchased the Portland Beavers and parked them in Tucson last season to await Escondido construction, said three cities outside of California contacted him Thursday. He declined to name the cities.
"I have not heard from anyone in Tucson," he said. "There may very well be a group there that materializes."
Tucson Padres general manager Mike Feder said he was unaware of any Tucson-based group interested in purchasing the team.
Feder has 12 investors that pay for game operations, while Moorad owns the Tucson Padres and pays players and personnel.
Feder said the investors lost money last year, but he declined to detail how much.
The ruling "changes nothing" for the upcoming season, Feder said.
The Tucson Padres are assured of playing at Kino Stadium in 2012, and have signed a one-year player development deal with the parent club.
"If we do well and we can prove to whomever owns the team that Tucson is a viable market, then that probably gives us a better chance as a long-term solution," Feder said.
Feder said the team does not know where it will play after this season, though it could stay in Tucson, even on a temporary basis.
"If somebody were to buy the team, they have to determine where they want to put the team," Feder said.
Finding a landing spot for the Pacific Coast League Padres might be difficult.
Moorad purchased the Portland Beavers after the city converted its baseball stadium for pro soccer, which would seem to eliminate it from contention.
Some are pushing for a Triple-A downtown stadium in Boise, Idaho, but Single-A Boise Hawks president Todd Rahr said this month the city could not support one.
El Paso has shown interest and is one of a few possible cities for the Padres in a PCL footprint that runs from Tacoma, Wash., to Memphis, Tenn.
A phone message and email left with PCL president Branch Rickey were not immediately returned Thursday.
Moorad said cities he spoke with Thursday have been "open-minded," and said they were willing to build ballparks or buy the team, or both. Moorad is likely to sell the team if it leaves Southern California.
He said other cities in North County near San Diego also could pitch a stadium, and that he would like to know whether there was a viable option within three months.
Moorad wants to make a decision soon, saying his group had "been patient for more than a year."
Interested California cities will be hampered by Thursday's ruling, which will save the state $1.7 billion by eliminating 400 redevelopment agencies across the state.
Even if the agencies return in the coming years, "it's not likely that will occur on a timeline that would be sufficient," said Steve Peace, an adviser and spokesman for Moorad's development group.
The odds of staying in Escondido "have diminished," Moorad admitted.
The Tucson Padres' future beyond 2012 remains just as uncertain.
"At this point," Feder said, "Jeff and his investment group have to make a decision."
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My Didjamazing, Australia, Creative, didgeridoo, Dreams, Memoir, Music, Personal, Sacred, Toys, Truth Add comments
Most of you know that I received a didjeridoo of the highest order
from Australia when I was at the Cape.
(thank you Maureen and Mark)
(especially Mark, for the packaging . . . thanks, mate)
I have, in all honesty, devoted myself to playing it.
Although I’ve yet to master the art of circular breathing, I can play the didj now.
When I first blew into the beeswax mouthpiece the first thing I thought was, “Wow, this thing tastes funny.”
It was the beeswax.
No worries.
No more chapped lips either.
The first sound I got was something similar to what would come out of my ass after 13 bowls of kidney beans.
Yup. It was shit.
Sounded like a blunder under water.
Since I’ve been reading and practicing, I can get the fundamental drone (sweet spot) and actually make this sucker growl.
I do promise to put up a YouTube video when I feel proficient enough to
not look like a total American asshole trying to play an authentic instrument from another country.
I’ve so much of Australia in my blood right now (Vegemite, too)
that it’s only a matter of time.
Stay tuned folks.
This is going to get interesting.
Promise.
The short video below is an aboriginal playing the didj.
Pretty amazing in my opinion.
The dude can blow.
Don’t look for me wearing the makeup though . . .
As far as the hair? I might get a wig just to be funny.
Stay tuned.
Check it out, y’all
August 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Cool! Can’t wait to hear you play it.
.-= Mrs. V´s last blog ..Peaking out over my sunglasses =-.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
the video was amazing! seemed very casual, but he was working… looking forward to your video! go get ‘em!
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August 20th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
The neighbors are wondering what is going on in our back yard at night.
The boy has been practicing every evening and is making progress.
It’s starting to sound different.
It has sort of a low sound like a tugboat pulling into the harbor Sometimes it growls .
Like I said,the neighbors are scratching their heads.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:21 am
Wow, didn’t know a didj could be played like that! I’d always just heard sort of a droning monotone. You’ve taken on quite a challenge, I’d say.
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August 21st, 2009 at 5:22 am
LMAO @ Pam’s comment! Knowing how this thing sounds when it’s played properly, the neighbours are in for quite a treat when you get it going…
I have to admit to being quite impressed today too BTW…the last little bit sounded like a fart, yes, but the rest of it was good…
This guy is certainly working too…he had quite the pace up didn’t he? You’d love Darling Harbour in Sydney ~m…buskers everywhere, mostly Aussies and that strange sense of humor we have, and taking the piss something fierce! Lots of Aboriginals with didj’s too…
*sigh* I know, I know…one day…
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August 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Are all the creatures in the area flocking to your yard? I mean animals, not humans!
I’m getting a visual of you sitting by the shed, looking like the dude in the picture, playing your didj!
Seriously, can’t wait to hear it! Somebody special has a 16th birthday coming up……will you be playing it then??????????????
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Holy Rolf Harris, Batman! Tie me kangaroo down, sport . . . .
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So, to get you ready, we're having 3 days of giveaways.
One today.
Two tomorrow.
Three on Wednesday.
Get ready.
I'm planning to use these cookie cutters soon, but I also wanted YOU to have them ASAP. They are just adorable!
- 3 cookie cutters: igloo, polar bear, eskimo
- set of colored sparkling sugars
- large container of clear sparkling sugar
- set of AmeriColor food coloring
- coupon for King Arthur Flour
For an extra entry, visit King Arthur Flour and leave a separate comment stating one item you'd love to try.
"This is such a great giveaway Bridget! Absolutely love KAF and us their perfected and natural flours all the time!they're a beautiful company to work with too if you ever have questions or a problem with purchased items."
{Notes: US only, please be sure to leave a way to contact you if you win, entries accepted through 11:59pm CST, December 12th.}
Good luck...and come back tomorrow and Wednesday...and you know, whenever! :)
super cute!! thanks for the chance to win!
Such a cool giveaway! I have used that brand before and love it!
Yep I use it all the time! :-)
The shortbread pan looks really neat!
I have not used the actual flour or ordered from them online. I have been to their website and it's so fun!
I have yet to try it. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Love the igloo, I hope I win.
ooh what a handy giveaway. i use kaf white whole wheat like all purpose and kaf bread flour for the best sourdough to ever grace my table!
Thanks for posting an awesome giveaway! I've never tried King Arthur Flour but i would LOVE to give it a try!
The Golden Eggnog Cake Mix sounds yummy!
I would love to try out the sourdough starter, sourdough bread makes me weak in the knees! :p
Ack! 15 days! I love this time of year but it is going SO FAST! Love the giveaway, love King Arthur! :) thespicedlife AT gmail DOT com
King Arthur Flour is a staple in our kitchen!
What a fun giveaway. I'd have a ball decorating a batch of cookies with these delightful items!
I want to try their holiday eggnog sugar cookie mix!
The only flour I use! My sister took to me a bread making seminar with KAF and I was HOOKED! Thanks for the opportunity!
These would make great cookies for Santa
I would love love love to try the sticky bun sugar and if I could get my hands on a bread proofer, my heart would be really happy!
We make a LOT of bread around my house and I swear their bread flour makes a difference that you can taste! Love it.
I just used King Arthur today for sugar cookies! And I use their bread flour for bread and wheat flour for pancakes. Love them so much!
my email is aisleen at spooypress dot com :D
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I use King Arthur flours for all my baked goods!
I've never tried King Arthur flours but I've heard they are wonderful
I haven't used King Arthur flour - yet! They have a great catalog.
I use their white whole wheat flour all the time! Love it!
Love the springerle rolling pin.
I have never used it but look forward to trying it. Thanks for a chance to win.
I haven't had a chance to use King Arthur Flour before but I would love to try it out! Thanks so much for the chance to win and for your blog. I wish you and your family the brightest holiday season. :)
Yes! I love KA. I use their bread flour all the time. They have so many great products.
Just recently to make some dinner rolls.
their whole wheat flour is my favorite whole wheat flour out there. :)
I've been wanting those cookie cutters since I saw them in the catalog! I also want the mini springform pans and the shortbread pans-both of them!
Nope, never tried King Arthur flour, but I've heard great things about it. That polar bear cutter is too cute!
I have their bread flour in the pantry right now. Love the catalog too!
What a wonderful giveaway prize pack. King Arthur Flour is always my flour of choice. I love their products.
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I would love to try their Orange Juice Powder. I can imagine it will add lots of flavor without adding the liquid. Totally awesome.
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I LOVE King Arthur! I have their baking cookbook and I'd love to try a their Gold yeast for bread making as well as a zillion other things!
Yes I use King Arthur flour for ALL my baking - cookies, bread, etc. Their allpurpose and bread flour is the only thing I'll bake with!
Great giveaway!
You know, I never have used King Arthur flour, but I've heard great things about the company. I'd love to win and give it a try. Okay, really I want that polar bear cookie cutter. It is so cute!
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It's my first visit here. I think I have used King Arthur flour long long time ago when I used a breadmaker. I would love to learn to bake with it. I am most interested in learning how to color food and decorate it. Hope I win!
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I've heard great things about this brand, but haven't had a chance to use it. Hopefully, I could win this giveaway and try out their products!
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I'd love to win because here in Australia we don't have polar bears!!!!!
We WOULD if I won, though!!!!!
I've only used their whole wheat flour.
I have never used King Arthur products, but I do receive their catalog.
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I have not ever tried the King Arthur products but I would love too! The commissary here has the flour I just have used Pillsbury for so long that I am having a hard time trying new things.
OF COURSE i've used KAF--it's my go-to brand. :)
What an awesome giveaway. I looooove KAF! I just bought a bag of bread flour yesterday. And those gels are even on my Christmas list.
I've spent many hours on their recipe blog but haven't tried the flour yet-would love to! The item that jumped out at me (especially this time of year) is the candied cherries, I could put them to good use! Thanks for the fun give-away:@)
yes, i do use their flour. It's really nice to work with.
hard to choose just one product. Right now I could really use their grating pod...looks like a handy tool.
These are so cute. I cannot wait to make them. Thank you for sharing and the great giveaway.I have used King Arthur flours.
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Such a beautiful display and giveaway you have offered! I've never tried King Arthur flour since I'm not a huge baker, but I intend to go out this morning and buy some to make Christmas cookies! [email protected]
I haven't used King Arthur flour before, not sure if they carry it around here! Great giveaway!!
Kara
I visited their website, didn't realize they had so many products other than flour!! I would try the chocolate chunk scone mix! Hope I win!
Kara
I love, love, love King Arthur flour. I have 3 bags awaiting my Christmas baking.
I haven't used it before, I'd love to try!
I've never used any of their products but I've drooled over their catalog many, many times!
King Arthur flour is the best, their catalogs will make you want to spend all your time baking. I buy rye flour there because NO ONE carries rye flour anymore. Thanks for the chance to win.
I have used King Arthur bread flour only.
Honey, you mean to try and tell me that other brands might be anywhere near as good as the King? SACRILEDGE!!! shame on you!! This is THE ULTIMATE! Sure, other stuff is in my kitchen, but it's good for dusting boards, stuff like that!! I'm a spoiled, greedy lil thing! Lol... And shameless plug, I'll be 57 on the 19th... Nice birthday gift!!(hint, hint..hahaha!!) Happy Yule, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas! Love to all!! =)
I've never used their flour (well, not yet...).
I think I have used it but in all my cooking knowledge I couldn't tell you if it was any different! Ha! Maybe I need to try it again... :)
I'd love to play with the mini alphabet cookie cutters!
I would love to get KA's snowflake cookie cutter set. Really the catalog is filled with must haves.
My 62nd birthday is December 12.....hint.
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Yes I have used King Arthur flour.
I use their stuff ALL the time! It's wonderful! :)
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I use their whole wheat flour for making bread. Love it!
I love King Arthur Flour, and I LOVE that eskimo cookie cutter! It looks like the Hallmark ornaments I collect every year :)
I've seen it in stores but never used it before.
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Hi Bridget, I love KA Flour. It is so fine and clump free. I love to use it on my cookies!
I have recently started using the flour, and I will never go back to the other kind...I have seen such a difference in my baking when using King Authur....thank you for the chance to win these wonderful products.
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I use their stuff all the time, both the ingredients and their pans!
King Arthur Flour is tops! If you ever get a chance to attend one of their demos, go for it!
I've always been curious to try the cake enhancer.
I use their flour for much of my baking. I prefer organic.
I have purchased their scone mixes which are wonderful and many different pans and kitchen gadgets.
They are a favorite store.
How fun!! I'm new to your blog, love the cookie cutters and supplies :)
I'd love to try the sugar and the sugar pearls... So much cute stuff on their site!!
I love KA flour! We even visited their store on vacation last year.
Great giveaway! Happy Holidays.
I've never tried King Arthur flour, but I loved to try those cookies cutters!
I almost exclusively use KA Flour. Love it.
This is a great giveaway and I love the King Arthur catalog. I get so excited when a new one comes, I sit with a cup of coffee and pour over every page!
We do not have King Arthur flour in our area but, if it made my cookies turn out like yours, I would travel to get it...
I would like to try some of their gluten free stuff
I have never used King Arthur flour, but am curious to try it.
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King Arthur is the only flour I use! Just used it to bake the pieces for my gingerbread house. Love their products and your blog, too...
I love Kind Arthur flour. But I never tried it until reading about it on your blog!
I have not seen king Arthur flour.
King Arthur Flour is a Staple in my pantry.
I would love to try the potato pancake mix.
I would like to try out the snowflake shortbread pan.
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I have used it and love it!
I only use King Arthur flour. Their catalogs are fantastic - I want it all!!! Thanks for these giveaways - yay!
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I love King Arthur Flour! The cookie cutters are adorable.
I love King Arthur Flour. Its an important staple in our pantry!
I'd love to try their vermont cheese powder!
I'd like to try their non-melting white sugar for sprinkling on baked goods. Thanks for these fabulous giveaways!
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I love King Arthur Flour in everything I make. They have awesome support available too!
I would love to try the perfect pizza blend.
ever used? we LOVE KA Flour, we always try to get KA whole wheat (when it;s in stock at our local grocery) for our bread and we love to order parchment paper and yeast in big bags from the website!
I'd like to try KA's gluten-free mixes sometime.
I've used their flour before, but I'd love to try some other products!
I love it!
I love KAF! You know they just opened up their new store up in VT, would love to vist there...and yes I have tried their flour , I'm lucky our local supermarket carries it!
I have never tried King Arthur flour! I will definitely have to give it a go! I LOVE your cookies!
Yes, I've tried King Arthur flour and loved it.
Love KAF, all I buy for flour nowadays.
I would like to try their whole wheat flour
KA is the only flour I use to bake challah....love combining their bread and whole wheat flours!
I have always wanted to try their new exclusive brand of vanilla extract...thank you for a chance to win Bridget!!
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Love your blog and have used King Arthur Flour for years. Bought your book and love how easy, tasty and sturdy the basic cookie recipe is.
We often use King Arthur flour
I would want to try their cookie sheets or their pie rolling mat (since I'm fairly new to pies).
I've never tried King Arthur flour.
I only use King Arthur Flour!
I've never tried their flour, but will do so soon!
1. "Christmas is fifteen days away" = meanest things you've ever said. #panic
2. I have never used King Arthur Flour.
I am new to cookie decorating and I love your blog! I also love King Arthur Flour - my MOST FAVORITE brownie recipe is from their website!
I would like to try their sour dough starter kit.
I'd love to try their organic bread flour.
3. I had no idea they had "things"! I want all of the things! But I immediately get the apple peeler, corer, slicer. And a cupcake corer. And a waffle maker. And, and, and... :-)
I would like to try the gel paste food colors
Those cookie cutters look like such fun!
I'm a big fan of their cranberry orange muffins and scones along with their gingerbread!
I'm looking forward to trying their pumpernickel for making pumpernickel bagels!
I have tried the whole what flour. It was great.
I want to test good luck on myself, thanks for this opportunity
I do use King Arthur flour-- especially when baking bread. I get better results when using their whole wheat flour and their bread flour, so I've stopped making bread with other brands.
I use King Arthur bread flour to make bread in my bread maker every week
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I would like to try some King Arthur sparkling sugars
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I use KAF. My mom is a 6th, 7th & 8th grade home ec teacher and KAF came and did a demonstration on how to make bread for the students. Each child got supplies to make a loaf for their family and one to give to the local food pantry. Such a wonderful company and product. Will never use anything else!
I didn't know King ARthur did sprinkles and sanding sugars! I've learned something new from their website. However, I'm in need of rice flour right now, so I would love to get my hands on some of that! (And maybe some of that sanding sugar for the cookies that I'm wanting to make with that rice flour!!)
I got so excited when I saw King Arthur Flour in this post! Their cookbooks and catalogs are fantastic and always remind me of baking in the kitchen with my grandma and all the women in my family this time of year. As great as the products look in the catalog, they're even better in person - who would have thought something as simple as "cake enhancer" would actually make a world of a differnce!?
I love their white whole wheat flour. I use it all the time. [email protected].
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What a wonderfujl give-away. I'd love to win those extra cute cookie cutters. My pick of a new product to try is King Arthur's black cocoa.....sounds so enticing.
I love their white whole wheat flour. I use it all the time. [email protected].
I have not used it but am anxious to try it after seeing all of the amazing creations on your blog! [email protected]
I've been thrilled that grocery stores are now selling KA flour. Thanks for letting us enter the contest on two sites. I'm anxious to place an order now that free shipping is in effect.
One item I'd love to try is an item I'd love to buy (or get for Christmas from my husband!) is the book of chocolate!
What better thing to try than something that has a whole slew of all things chocolate recipes? Surely it's the gift that keeps on giving.
Yes! Absolutely, I use it all the time!
I tried their flour last year for the first time and liked it a lot!
I have used King Arthur flour and it is the best. I would love to win this great giveaway, thank you for the chance.
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What fun - I just finished over 200 cookies yesterday but still have more to go - the cookies cutters would be a fun new addition!
I'd like to try their multi-grain pancake mix.
I have used and highly recommend many items from their baker's catalog, and I have to also add that their customer service is amazing!
What I would like to try that I haven't yet is ALL of their specialty chocolates.
Always use KA flour! The cookie cutters are cute!
This is the first year I am going to do cutout cookies with my twins, the cutters would be awesome!
I would like to purchase the Mini Springform Pans.
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I have recently used King Arthur flour. They don't carry it in my grocery store. But I found it at target! So I knew I had to pick up a bag to try!
I only use king Arthur flour:))
I'm a huge fan of KAF, use their products all the time!
I LOVE King Arthur Flour-use it all the time!
I love King Arthur Flour! I will only use their flour for my Irish soda bread. It's the best!
Hi love your blog read it everyday I use King Arthur flour too most of the time for my cookies and cakes thank there are a few stores in my area that sell it : )
I have not tried King Arthur *yet* but I am fortunate enough to receive their catalogs thanks to the person who live in my house before me!! :) Thank you for the opportunity! :)
I have never used King Arthur Flour. Looks like a great product!
I have used King Arthur flour and I do find it to be superior to the "regular", "cheaper" stuff!
I have sugar cookies on my list, this would be perfect!
I have never tried King Arthur Flour, but would love to! Hope I win!
King Arthur Flour is the only flour I use.
Oh my goodness! Love all the baking tools, especially the ABC pastry cutters!
I visited the King Arthur site.
what a fun prize, thank you for the chance!
Love King Arthur!!
I would love to try some of the flours from King Arthur and also their cookies ideas are really cute!
This is such a great giveaway Bridget! Absolutely love KAF and us their perfected and natural flours all the time!they're a beautiful company to work with too if you ever have questions or a problem with purchased items.
I have never used King Arthur brand before but I've heard nothing but good things so I'm excited at the chance to win!
I have never used King Arthur flour, but I'd love to try it out. Those cookie cutters are adorable!
What a great giveaway!
I ONLY use King Arthur Flour. Love their products! and the baked goods I make with them. =)
I'd like to try the perfect pasta flour blend.
I would love to try their Chicago Bistro French Onion Soup Mix
I have never used King Arthur flour. I've heard about it and have seen it in my store, but have never tried it. Looks like I need to!
I do not use their flour but you are not the only one that swears by them. I'd love to try it out!
I'd love to try KAF's yeast stater and let it grow in their beautiful yeast crock. Other than that, I'd love to just have a mix of all of their savory and sweet items (chocolates, spices, extracts, grains) residing in my pantry.
I would love to win! [email protected]
We have not yet used KA products, but hear wonderful things about them!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Every year I make plain old "round" cookies with decorating sugar this year its time for a change! Need to try something new! keeping my fingers crossed!
I want to try their scone mixes - especially the Vanilla Raspberry & French Toast! YUM!!
My credit card is quite familiar with King Arthur!
I have never used King Arthur :(
I want to try their praline paste and the pastry flour they have
I always use King Arthur flour. I was so happy when they started selling it in the local grocery store here in Florida.
I have not used King Arthur flour, but I did receive a gift package of hot chocolate and it was delicious!
I would like to try their sourdough starter.
I just used it to make Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread!!
What a great giveaway. The cookie cutters are adorable.
I haven't ever used King Arthur flour, but I'd love to try it!
I would love to try the Dark Pumpernickel Bread. I love King Arthur Flour.
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I have used King Arthur Flour before - my aunt even gave me a couple of their cookbooks as a graduation gift!
What a fun giveaway! I honestly don't believe I've ever used KAF. I've heard nothing but good things, though!
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I have used King Arthur flour and had great results!
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We are so lucky to have a great year-round market here in Charlotte that features local farmers, specialty food and craft vendors. I try to make it to the Atherton Mill Market a couple of times a month during the winter to pick up fresh eggs, local cheeses and whatever winter produce looks good.
My produce purchases have featured a lot of greens, sweet potatoes and various winter squash. I love all of these foods but I’m guilty of sticking to the same preparation methods due to ease and lack of time. I actually had some downtime last night to spend in the kitchen so I started researching recipes that used the ingredients I had on hand and found an amazing sounding vegetarian curry on Smitten Kitchen.
Deb’s recipe was for Curried Lentils and Sweet Potatoes with Swiss Chard. I used her recipe as a guide but made quite a few changes based on what I had on hand in the kitchen. I used collards instead of swiss chard but I think any winter green would work well in this dish. I also omitted some ingredients that I didn’t have and substituted others. The resulting dish was still incredible and I couldn’t get over how well all of the flavors came together. I am a big fan of curry and I loved this vegetarian combo that was protein-packed thanks to the lentils.
I served the curry over brown rice and topped it with plain Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of almonds. The Greek yogurt was a nice touch to cool it down a bit (I was a little heavy handed with the cayenne pepper – I love spice!). I can only imagine that the leftovers will be even better after the flavors have a chance to develop even more with time.
Curried Lentils and Sweet Potatoes with Greens
(Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen, original source The New York Times)
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger (or 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated – I love fresh ginger but didn’t have any)
3/4 teaspoons garam masala
3/4 teaspoons curry powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 to 3 cups vegetable broth as needed
1 sweet potato, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
3/4 cup dried lentils (I used green)
1 bay leaf
1/2 pound greens such as swiss chard, collards, kale, etc., center ribs removed and leaves thinly sliced (I used about 7 big leaves)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or more to taste
Zest of 1/2 lime
1 tablespoon lime juice
Plain Greek yogurt and sliced almonds for topping, if desired
Directions:
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, gramam masala, curry powder and cayenne and sauté, stirring constantly, for about one minute. Will be very fragrant.
Stir in 2 cups of broth, sweet potatoes, lentils and bay leaf. Increase to high heat and bring mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and partially cover (leave the lid ajar). Simmer for 25 minutes. (If lentils soak up all the broth, add up to 1 more cup of stock, slowly, as needed.) Stir in greens and salt and continue cooking until lentils and greens are tender. Start checking after about 25 minutes. It can take up to 45 depending on your greens and lentils.
Just before serving, stir in lime zest and juice. Serve over desired base – rice, quinoa, etc. or on its own. Top with garnishes of your choice.
Yield: 2-3 main course servings
This is definitely getting starred in the good ole google reader!! Sounds so tasty!
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Not about lentils, but is your chicken parmesan recipe on this blog? I saw you mention it a few times on your other blog as one of your favorites. Would love to know how you make it.
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2013 Convention Preview: Virginia's GOP delegates to choose nominees for lt. gov and AG this weekend!
Roberta Abdul-Salaam
Abdul-Salaam worked as a Paralegal with Golden and Associates LLP from 2001-2004, Legal Assistant with Swift Currie McGhee and Hiers LLP from 1998-2000, and a Paralegal/Administrative Assistant with the United States Federal Government from 1980-1992.
She is the Regional Director of the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, President/Founder of Grassroots Connections Incorporated, Subscribing Life Member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Associate Director of the SCLF Foundation, and Vice Chair of Shoot-The-Hoop, Incorporated.[1]
Owes back taxes
In March 2010 watchdog website Atlanta Unfiltered revealed that Abdul-Salaam owes $22,381 in unpaid taxes. Georgia Department of Revenue documents show that she has not paid taxes since 2001.[2] She insists that her taxes are current, and that her issues in that area are behind her.[3]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Abdul-Salaam served on the following committees:
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Abdul-Salaam served on the following committees:
- Economic Development and Tourism Committee
- Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
- Subcommittee on Crimes Against Children/Controlled Substances/General
- Subcommittee on Entrepreneurship and Business
- Subcommittee on Ports
- Transportation Committee
Elections
2010
Abdul-Salaam ran for re-election to the 74th District seat in 2010. No one filed to run against her in the general election. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[4]
She defeated Emory Wilkerson in the July 20 primary by a margin of 2,552-1,526.[5]
2008
In 2008 Abdual-Salaam was re-elected to the Georgia House of Representatives District 74. Abdul-Salaam (D) ran unopposed and finished with 18,940 votes.[6] Abdual-Salaam raised $5,655 for her campaign fund.[7]
Campaign donors
2010
In 2010, Abdul-Salaam collected $12,100 in campaign contributions.[8] The largest contributors to the campaign were as follows:
2008
In 2008, Abdul-Salaam collected $5,655 in campaign contributions.[9] The five largest contributors to her campaign were as follows:
Recent news
This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term Roberta + Abdul-Salaam + Georgia + Legislature
- All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.
Roberta Abdul-Salaam News Feed
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External links
- Georgia House of Representatives - Rep. Roberta Abdul-Salaam
- Project Vote Smart legislative profile
- Project Vote Smart biography
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004
- Roberta Abdul-Salaam on Facebook
References
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Abdul-Salaam
- ↑ CBS Atlanta, "Court Records Show Legislator Owes Back Taxes," March 10, 2010
- ↑ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Legislator with tax-troubled past says Revenue Department didn't cite her," March 12, 2010
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State - 2010 Election results
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "July 20, 2010 State Representative primary results
- ↑ Georgia House of Representatives election results
- ↑ Campaign funds
- ↑ Georgia House 2010 contributions
- ↑ 2008 contributions to Roberta Abdul-Salaam
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Quartet gets called to Futures Game
Bautista, Carmona, Herrera, Johnson head for Comerica
With less than a week until the 2005 XM Satellite Radio All-Star Futures Game, four Minor Leaguers have been called upon to replace three players.
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman John Hattig, Cleveland pitcher Fernando Cabrera and Cubs outfielder Felix Pie had to bow off the World team, while White Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks won't be able to go for the U.S. squad.
Taking their places will be Altoona third baseman Jose Bautista, Buffalo pitcher Fausto Carmona and Kane County outfielder Javier Herrera on the world team and Frederick's James Johnson on the U.S. side.
Bautista, from the Dominican Republic, is hitting .302 for the Curve with 11 home runs and 53 RBIs. He was selected by the Pirates in the 20th round of the 2000 draft.
After compiling a 6-5 record in two-plus months with the Akron Aeros, Indians prospect Carmona shuffled off to Buffalo. The right-hander, a non-drafted free agent signed out of the Dominican Republic, allowed one run in eight innings in his Triple-A debut, and now has a 2.57 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 14 innings of work.
Herrera, who was signed by the A's as a free agent in 2001, has 54 hits, 38 runs and 34 RBIs for the Cougars. The Caracas, Venezuela product has swiped 15 bases and has an average of .276.
Johnson (6-4, 3.26) has struck out 95 batters in 91 innings pitched for the Keys. The Orioles selected the right-hander in the fifth round of the 2001 draft.
The Futures Game will be contested Sunday at Comerica Park.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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