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The Alpine Bistro
620 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
www.thealpinebistro.com - (504) 523-3005
The Alpine Bistro New Orleans Reviews
14 reviews
Crabcakes with Creole Sauce May 01, 2008
Our Haunted Tour Guide personally walked us to this restaurant when we asked if he could recommend a Creole Restaurant in the area. It was after 10PM on a Thursday night and the restaurant only had a handful of diners.
The staff was extremely friendly and suggested that we begin with the Crabcakes and Creole Sauce appetizer. This we did and they were quite tasty.
For my entree I ordered a grilled tuna and shrimp dish with garlic potatoes. The shrimp and garlic potatoes were decent, but the tuna was a bit on the dry tasteless side.
Geri had Fried Chicken and Jambalaya, which she enjoyed. I tasted the Jambalaya, but it reminded me of burnt rice. Hence, not a fan of the Jambalaya.
The entree prices averaged in the mid-$20's. In my opinion, it could have been better.
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620 Chartres St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 523-3005
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|Posted by [email protected] on July 18, 2012 at 5:45 AM
I have a little man that lives inside my head. He isn't a very nice person; he's usually full of mean comments and criticisms. Incessant, unavoidable, and he truly talks more than anyone I've ever met. Some might think he's another character waiting for his story to be written, and believe me, if he were, I would have written that tale long ago and freed myself from his aggravating presence. But I am not that lucky. No, he is my sometimes friend, sometimes enemy, Perfectionism, and we've been together for as long as I can remember.
To some degree, every person has a voice of self-doubt. Some are quieter than others' and speak no more than whispers in the background that don't interfere with life. Confidence is supposed to mute its volume, and proven triumphs should build a barrier wall between the truth outside our heads and that nagging voice within that questions it. For example: I am a writer; other people have told me that I am a good writer; therefore I should consider myself a good writer. If only it were that simple! But here is where Perfectionism puts a wrench in things. Trial and error should have made this fact to me, but I have that cursed little man running circles in my head and insisting otherwise. He never shuts up, no matter what proof I have that his claims are unwarranted. No matter accolades and compliments, no matter the depth to which I love what I do, that voice argues against me.
I look at Perfectionism as a curse some of the time. I cannot enjoy things for what they are because I'm so fixed on making them perfect, which is really sad when reality tells us perfection doesn't exist. Nothing I do can live up to the standard I set for myself. That is the unfavorable truth of the matter. But…for every grief perfectionism causes, there are advantages. I am always pushing myself. Whether it is on the stage singing or devising a new story that is outside my comfort limits, I never settle for anything but throwing everything out there.
In singing, that is such an integral component. I have to get up onstage and just sing without the constant critique in my head. When singing, you can't trust your ears. You have to trust how things feel on the inside. My teacher constantly tells me to stop trying to listen because that's what I pay her for. And it's true. Your ears lie. The sounds you hear are mere echoes of the sounds you're making. For a perfectionist like me, that is practically torture. I have to discredit what I think I'm hearing and trust feeling instead. Gasp! When I'm onstage, I have no choice but to turn off Mr. Perfectionism and sing! He has his say later when we can overanalyze every show together and pick at our faults. But I don't cower to his opinion and decide never to set foot on the stage again. Instead, I try to exceed what I did last time: make my coloratura cleaner, faster, make the high note blossom on the pitch. He is never happy with my performance, but he makes me a better singer because of it.
In writing, it's an entirely different situation. I throw it all out there when a pencil is between my fingers, but later, I have the final product before me to pick apart as I please. A show is just that; once the final bows are taken, critique all you like, but the show is over. Aside from video copies (which I never watch), no one will relive it except in memories. With writing, I have physical proof forever before me.
For that reason, I cannot go back and reread any of my published works or posted stories. That probably seems odd. One would think I would draw inspiration by rereading, or that the mere fact I am so passionate about my stories and characters would mean that I revisit them often. But I can't! I don't read my own stuff for the enjoyment of it; I read and rip it apart. It literally is like both a writer and an editor live in my brain at the same time. That isn't always a bad thing, but when Perfectionism gets thrown into the mix, then every critical word I have to say about myself gets amplified and overtakes.
Those of you who know me from my frequently posted Phantom of the Opera stories have had glimpses of my self-doubting nature and my addled nerves every time a new story goes up. What you don't know is the true extent. I edit everything before it is posted, and as words fly by and I try to fall into my story, I am constantly critical about what others will think of it. That voice speaks up inside and insists that every reader will hate it, that it isn't as good as some of the others I've posted, that it will make my every loyal reader turn away from me and wonder what the heck that particular story was. There have been times where I've edited a story and put off posting it for days because I was so full of doubts that Perfectionism created, and even though they hold no real validity, they make me hesitate and question. He's never satisfied, and when I go back and reread, he makes me unsatisfied as well.
Perfectionism makes me strive for new stories in new places, makes me fight to write tales others wouldn't touch, builds me up by promising if I have an idea, I can always work it out. But then in the end, its voice gives a skewed view of the final product and makes me want to interpret what my readers will say. How foolish indeed! Mr. Perfectionism is a cunning one, and he knows right where to hit me.
It's so difficult to find a balance. Perfectionism is a curse and a blessing. I push myself to more and better things because of it, but at the same time, I am never satisfied with the things I've already done. But despite its undeniable power over me, I'm trying to chip away at its hold. At the end of the day, if I gather courage enough to post the story I mentally ripped apart in edits or sing with every bit of myself on that stage, then I'm winning meager battles. I'm never going to be cured or kill Perfectionism permanently, but for those few moments, I outwit his control, and I guess I'll have to settle for that.
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Early in Tuesday's practice, Alex Smith lofted a perfectly placed 30-yard pass to Mario Manningham, who beat a half-step-too-slow Deante Purvis for a touchdown in the right corner of the end zone.
As Manningham cradled the ball in, Purvis gave him a slight shove and Manningham, calmly, looked at the undrafted rookie cornerback and flicked the ball at his facemask.
As Smith ran down the field to high-five Manningham, Purvis looked to the sky and yelled in frustration.
Not to pick on Purvis – a deep-end-of the-roster rookie I thought might be worth watching in the preseason opener – but the Smith-to-Manningham connection was just the start of a forgettable afternoon for him and other reserves in the secondary.
During Tuesday's practice, offensive first-stringers were routinely matched against backups and the results were predictable.
Some of the other highlights:
** Matched against Purvis, Michael Crabtree ran a fly pattern down the right sideline. As Colin Kaepernick launched a 40-something-yard throw, Crabtree tapped the brakes. Purvis kept sprinting. Crabtree ended up with a go-and-stop reception.
** Once wasn't enough for Smith and Manningham, who connected for another deep ball down the right sideline. This time, at least, Purvis had company as safety Colin Jones couldn't get over in time.
** It wasn't just Purvis. In another Very Unfair Fight, Randy Moss breezed by Cory Nelms for a 40-yard reception from Kaepernick.
** Smith threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis, who jumped high to snag it in the back of the end zone. I didn't write down the closest defender in my notebook, but I don't believe it was Everson Walls. Still, it will go down in Tuesday training-camp lore as The (Practice) Catch.
** Manningham picked on another undrafted rookie, this time it was former Stanford safety Michael Thomas, to haul in a deep pass from Kaepernick down the left sideline.
** Kaepernick had a pair of impressive high-velocity, back-shoulder completions during a press-coverage drill, both coming down the right sideline. First, he stuck a 12-yarder into Manningham, who caught the ball as cornerback Chris Culliver was turning around. Later, he did the same with Moss, who beat a slow-to-turn-his-head Carlos Rogers.
** Kaepernick's throws were nice, but Smith had the best toss during press-coverage work, floating a 40-yard completion to Davis down the left sideline. Perrish Cox, who had decent-to-kind-of-good coverage, was the victim.
** Don't worry, Scott Tolzien fans, he had his moments. At one point, he rolled right and threw a BB to A.J. Jenkins, who bobbled it and hung on.


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A 32-year-old North Jacksonville man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the May 18 shooting death of 42-year-old Armando Jackson at a party in the 1500 block of West 21st Street, according to the State Attorney's Office.
Christopher Leon Anderson left the party after fighting with the victim over a woman, police said.
He returned with a gun around 11 p.m. and shot the victim twice in the front and four times in the back and head after the victim fell to the ground, police said.
Anderson was sentenced to mandatory life in prison, with a 42-year minimum, for the first degree murder charge and 15 years in prison, with a three-year minimum, for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the State Attorney's Office said.
The sentences will run at the same time.
Joe Daraskevich
Officer's patrol car hits vehicle, injures driver
A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office patrol car crashed into the back of a Honda around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Atlantic and Sutton Lakes boulevards, injuring the female driver of the Honda, said Officer Ron Scott.
Both vehicles were westbound on Atlantic and the driver of the Honda, a minor, was taken to a hospital with limited injuries, Scott said.
The officer was not injured.
It is unclear what caused the crash, but the Sheriff's Office traffic homicide unit is investigating because a victim had to be taken to the hospital, Scott said.
Joe Daraskevich
Woman dead, two injured in Friday crash in Palm Coast
A Friday night crash in Palm Coast has left one woman dead and two others in serious condition.
Michelle Hunter Roberts, 59, of Palm Coast was killed when the 2003 Chevy Malibu in which she was a passenger turned into the path of an oncoming car about midnight Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Richard R. Kelley, 38, was driving the Malibu southbound on Belle Terre Parkway and attempted to turn left onto Pine Grove Drive.
The car was struck in the passenger side by a northbound Nissan Sentra driven by 25-year-old Christopher Goodwin of Palm Coast, according to the report.
Roberts was taken to Florida Hospital in Flagler County where she died of her injuries.
Kelley and another passenger, 36-year-old Stephanie N. Daley, are in serious condition.
Goodwin suffered minor injuries.
All passengers and drivers were wearing seat belts.
Clifford Davis


text: Detroit bankruptcy Director of the DIA says 'too soon to panic' By Jennifer White & Mercedes Mejia • Jul 31, 2013 Listen Listening... / 5:13 Interview aired on Tuesday, July 30th, 2013. Detroit's bankruptcy filing has triggered waves of speculation about what the future holds for the city. In recent months questions have circled around the Detroit Institute of Arts. The debate is whether the institution's art collection could be used to help Detroit balance its budget. But a recent opinion piece in the New York Times written by Director of the DIA, Graham Beal, cautioned against speculation about the museum's future. Here's a quote from the article: I call upon journalists to resist the temptation to jump to disaster scenarios or to make the D.I.A.'s singular and highly complicated situation part of a broader story about the structural challenges faced by museums in general. Listen to the full interview above. Detroit bankruptcy could scuttle wrongly-imprisoned man's lawsuit By Sarah Cwiek • Jul 30, 2013 The human costs of Detroit's bankruptcy are revealing themselves as the case proceeds in court. For Dwayne Provience, it means yet more uncertainty over an already years-long wrongful imprisonment lawsuit. When a city files for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, all its lawsuits get put on hold. That's a good thing for the city, as it struggles to conserve cash and get its financial house in order. 'We didn't get anything before the bankruptcy, we're not going to get anything after it' By Sarah Hulett • Jul 30, 2013 Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio Listen Listening... / 4:03 Click here to hear the story. Detroit's bankruptcy has been national, even international, news for more than a week now. But inside Detroit, many residents say they feel like they've been living in a bankrupt city for years. They've been working to do what the city should be doing, but doesn't have the money to do. And they say more of their neighbors need to realize: nobody's going to "save" their city but themselves. Twenty-five years ago, John George got fed up with the blight in his neighborhood. He marshaled some neighbors, and boarded up the house in back of his.That effort evolved into a group he calls Motor City Blight Busters. "We just got done tearing down both these properties to your right and your left and this house is going to be next," he said.George's crew is demolishing the vacant homes on two city blocks, and plans a large-scale garden for the neighborhood.Let's be clear here: It's the city's job to board up and tear down dangerous abandoned buildings, but there are almost 40,000 of them. The city just doesn't have the money to put much of a dent in the problem, let alone keep on top of it.George says he's demolished, boarded up, built or rehabbed 1,500 buildings since 1988. He loves this city. But he says he doesn't count on city hall for much of anything. Detroit and other Michigan municipalities are behind in pension and retiree health care obligations By Stateside Staff • Jul 30, 2013 Clarita / MorgueFile Listen Listening... / 8:12 An interview with Anthony Minghine, the chief operating officer of the Michigan Municipal League. By now you've heard a bit about Detroit's Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing. About half of Detroit's nearly $20 billion in debt is due to shortfalls in the funds for retiree's benefits. According to emergency manager Kevyn Orr's estimates, the pension funds are behind by about $3.5 billion and behind in retiree health care funds by about $5.7 billion. Detroit is not unique in its unfunded pension and retiree health care obligations. Other municipalities in the state are also behind. Anthony Minghine is the chief operating officer of the Michigan Municipal League. He joined us today. Listen to the full interview above. Detroit native finds the silver lining in bankruptcy By Stateside Staff • Jul 30, 2013 Sam Beebe / Ecotrust Listen Listening... / 8:15 An interview with Matthew Naimi, the founder of the non-profit Recycle Here in Detroit. An opinion piece caught our attention in the wake of the Detroit bankruptcy filing. The headline of the piece in the online magazine site Model D reads "Bankruptcy, the beginning of another opportunity." The author was Matthew Naimi, founder of the non-profit Recycle Here in Detroit. He describes bankruptcy as a chance to finally address the city's dysfunction. Naimi joined us today to discuss his piece. Listen to the full interview above. Stateside for Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 By Stateside Staff • Jul 30, 2013 Listen Listening... / 49:16 Still not sure what the Affordable Care Act means or what it does or doesn't do? You're not alone. Politics aside, we took a closer look at Obamacare and what it all means for you. And, the unseasonable cool weather in Michigan is probably good for you, but not so good for the crops. Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa joined us today to talk about what is causing it. And, a Detroit native joined us today to tell us how he sees the city's bankruptcy as a new opportunity. Also, the fourth annual Upper Peninsula book tour is about to begin. We spoke with a couple Michigan authors who will be participating. First on the show, by now you've heard a bit about Detroit's Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing. About half of Detroit's nearly $20 billion in debt is due to shortfalls in the funds for retiree benefits. According to emergency manager Kevyn Orr's estimates, the pension funds are behind by about $3.5 billion. Unfunded health care obligations are pegged at about $5.7 billion. Detroit is not unique in its unfunded pension and retiree health care obligations. Other municipalities in the state are also behind. Anthony Minghine is the chief operating officer of Michigan municipal league. He joined us today. Detroit just among the first facing troubles funding retiree costs By Lester Graham • Jul 30, 2013 Sam Beebe / Ecotrust Detroit's bankruptcy is getting the headlines right now, but many governments in Michigan could be facing similar financial troubles in the future. Detroit might be just the first of many financial catastrophes in the state. Detroit's debt is supposed to be as much as $20 billion. About half of that is blamed on underfunded pensions and benefits for Detroit city retirees. How does Detroit compare to other bankrupt cities? By Stateside Staff • Jul 29, 2013 Wikipedia Listen Listening... / 10:50 An interview with Bridge Magazine writer Ron French. It's been just over a week since Detroit became the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9. Until now, that unwanted distinction belonged to Stockton, California. Earlier this year, Bridge Magazine writer Ron French wrote an article about his visit to bankrupt Stockton and Vallejo, a California town that has emerged from bankruptcy. As Ron puts it, if Stockton is an example of a city just being diagnosed with fiscal "cancer," Vallejo is a community that has finished chemotherapy. And so far nobody seems particularly thrilled with the results. Ron French joined us today. Stateside for Monday, July 29th, 2013 By Stateside Staff • Jul 29, 2013 Listen Listening... / 48:58 Today we focused our attention on what it takes to run an auto company, and the future of Michigan's automakers. And, we met a real life "Rosie the Riveter." She helped turn out bombers at the Willow Run Bomber Plant nearly 70 years ago. And, we a got a preview of this year's Traverse City Film Festival, which kicks off this week. Also, we took a look at what invasive plant species are threatening the Great Lakes and what can be done to stop them. And, more and more people are doing their shopping on their smart phones. We spoke with a man from Ann Arbor who created an app to help with mobile shopping. Also, John Fierst with the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University joined us to discuss Michigan In Letters, an online collection of letters that give insight to Michigan's past. First on the show, it's been just over a week since Detroit became the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9. Until now, that unwanted distinction belonged to Stockton, California. Earlier this year, Bridge Magazine writer Ron French wrote an article about his visit to bankrupt Stockton and Vallejo, a California town that has emerged from bankruptcy. As Ron puts it, if Stockton is an example of a city just being diagnosed with fiscal "cancer," Vallejo is a community that has finished chemotherapy. And so far nobody seems particularly thrilled with the results. Ron French joined us today. Moody's: Detroit could set municipal bankruptcy prededent By Tracy Samilton • Jul 29, 2013 user pasa47 / Flickr Moody's Investors Service says other financially distressed cities in the U.S. are closely watching Detroit as it goes through bankruptcy. Analyst Anne Van Praagh of Moody's says other cities might follow Detroit's path, if the city can jettison most of its bond debt and reduce its pension obligations. "But if Detroit finds itself bogged down in years of onerous proceedingd, or fails to materially reduce its debt, than that may actually be a deterrent for others to follow their approach," Van Praagh notes. Michigan Attorney General to challenge changes to Detroit pensions By Rick Pluta • Jul 27, 2013 AG's office Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says the state constitution protects Detroit pension benefits from being reduced or eliminated by the city's bankruptcy. Schuette says he will be in court Monday asking to join the case on behalf of pensioners. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes took control of lawsuits challenging the bankruptcy filing because it puts city pension benefits in jeopardy. But he has not ruled on the substance of the question, which is whether the benefits are shielded by protections in the Michigan Constitution. U.S. senators want to prevent a federal bailout of Detroit By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 25, 2013 Patricia Drury / Flickr A group of Republican U.S. senators wants to prohibit the federal government from providing financial support to Detroit. Weekly Political Roundup: In Detroit, bankruptcy timeline, impact on residents By Jennifer White & Mercedes Mejia • Jul 25, 2013 Flickr/Patricia Drury Listen Listening... / 5:36 The eyes of the nation are on Detroit, as the city navigates through the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. And a group of Republican U.S. senators has wasted no time responding to the prospect of federal aid for the Motor City. They've crafted amendments to two separate appropriation bills to block federal intervention in municipal bankruptcy. That's despite the fact that neither Governor Rick Snyder nor Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr have put federal assistance on the table as a solution. So, moving forward, what does all this mean for Detroit, and for the state? For this, we talk with Ken Sikkema, former senate majority leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, columnist with Mlive.com. In this morning's news: Detroit bankruptcy, Medicaid legislation, and a new sports arena By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 25, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr Bankruptcy hearings begin Municipal bankruptcy hearings began yesterday in Detroit. Federal Judge Stephen Rhodes says the bankruptcy process will progress in federal court. Michigan Radio's Kate Wells reports that Detroit city workers and retirees were hoping to argue the case against cutting pensions in state court. State Senate finished with Medicaid draft A state Senate work group has released a plan to expand Medicaid in Michigan. The group has worked for weeks since the state Senate adjourned for summer recess. Michigan Radio's Jake Neher reports that "officials in Governor Rick Snyder's administration are already embracing the revised plan." Detroit could get new sports complex Michigan economic officials are supporting plans for a new sports arena in Detroit. Michigan Radio's Rick Pluta reports "The project includes a new hockey arena for the Detroit Red Wings. It would be within walking distance of the city's football and baseball stadiums." Stateside for Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 By Stateside Staff • Jul 24, 2013 Listen Listening... / 48:58 This week marks three years since an Enbridge Energy pipeline ruptured near Marshall, Michigan. More than a million gallons of tar sands oil have been cleaned up from Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River, but the cleanup isn't over yet. We got an update on the cleanup efforts and what still needs to be done. And, we heard from Michigan storyteller Allison Downey. She brought us the voices of the workers at a recent summer carnival. And, a new study at Michigan State University is investigating how dioxins affect human health. The lead researcher for this study joined us today. Also, bankruptcy isn't the only issue Detroit is facing. We took a look at how crime is plaguing the city. First on the show, eventually Detroit's bankruptcy filing will be over. Eventually, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr will no longer be in charge of Detroit's finances. When those things happen, Detroit will go back to being run by its city government… by a mayor, and a city council. Daniel Howes, columnist at The Detroit News, focused on this future in his column yesterday in the News. He joined us today to discuss whether Detroit can shed its bad governance habits in light of the bankruptcy. What will Detroit look like after the bankruptcy? By Stateside Staff • Jul 24, 2013 Bernt Rostad / creative commons Listen Listening... / 9:31 An interview with Daniel Howes. Eventually, Detroit's bankruptcy filing will be over. Eventually, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr will no longer be in charge of Detroit's finances. When those things happen, Detroit will go back to being run by its city government, by a mayor, and a city council. Daniel Howes, columnist at The Detroit News, focused on this future in his column yesterday in the News. He joined us today to discuss whether Detroit can shed its bad governance habits in light of the bankruptcy. Listen to the full interview above. Snyder drums up 'relentless positive action' after bad news weekend about Detroit By Lindsey Smith • Jul 24, 2013 Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio Detroit's bankruptcy will make it tricky to brand Michigan as the comeback state. True to his "relentless-positive-action" style, Governor Rick Snyder didn't let a weekend of bad news about Detroit's dismal finances get him down. On Wednesday morning, as a hearing on the bankruptcy was beginning in federal court in Detroit, Snyder attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for an auto supplier that's expanding in Muskegon. He urged factory workers to spread the good news about Michigan to everyone they meet. "I'm not talking just 'Pure Michigan" tourism messages, Snyder told the crowd. He asked they spread the news about Michigan's educated workforce and its culture "of making the world's best products." He admitted to reporters the bankruptcy has sidelined conversations about the state's economy. Detroit firefighters, police show up for bankruptcy hearings By Kate Wells • Jul 24, 2013 user: jodelli / Flickr In Detroit today, firefighters and police came out to watch the first day of federal bankruptcy hearings. They know their pensions could be on the line. Detroit's pension funds are $3.5 billion short, according to the emergency manager. So pensions will likely be slashed as the city tries to dig out of debt. But some Detroit employees are filing to block the bankruptcy. This week in Michigan politics: Detroit's bankruptcy case, Judge Steven Rhodes, dissolving schools By Jack Lessenberry, Emily Fox & Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 24, 2013 Matthileo / Flickr Listen Listening... / 3:25 Week in Michigan politics interview for 7/24/2013 This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the legality of Detroit's filing for bankruptcy, Judge Steven Rhodes and the first federal bankruptcy hearing today, and the fate of Buena Vista and Inkster school districts. In this morning's news: Federal bankruptcy hearing, teacher evaluations, and funding for Great Lakes By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 24, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr First federal bankruptcy hearing today Detroit kicks off federal bankruptcy hearings today, and the first order of business will be deciding if the city can cut pensions to pay down its debts. "City officials say the pension funds are $3.5 billion short. But Michigan's state constitution says you can't cut public pensions. That's why city employees and retirees are suing to block the bankruptcy. A federal judge will consider whether the pension debate is a state or federal issue," Michigan Radio's Kate Wells report. New teacher evaluations submitted to state A new evaluation system for Michigan teachers has been submitted to the state. Under the new system, teachers would be evaluated by student growth based on standardized test scores and classroom observations of their teaching practice. The recommendations come from the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness. If approved by the legislature, hearings on the new system could start this summer. Proposed bill to cut funding for the Great Lakes "A bill that will drastically cut federal funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was approved by a U.S. House of Representative subcommittee yesterday. The bill will cut funding from the program from an original budget of $285 million down to $60 million for the 2014 fiscal year. The bill also proposes an 80% cut in a loan fund for local sewer system upgrades," Michigan Radio's Lindsay Hall reports. Stateside for Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 By Stateside Staff • Jul 23, 2013 Listen Listening... / 49:07 Lawmakers in Lansing recently approved a $65 million increase in the state's Great Start Readiness Program. That's Michigan's preschool program for 4-year olds at risk of being under-prepared for kindergarten. But, many childhood advocates say that's not enough. We took a look into whether more needs to be done. We also heard about space exploration 21st century style. We spoke to a Michigan scientist who is using Kickstarter to make his research a reality. Also, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will preside over the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. We spoke with Brent Snavely of the Detroit Free Press about what we can expect from the judge. First on the show, the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing by the city of Detroit has some wondering if Detroit is not an isolated incident. Could other financially struggling cities be on the same path? To help us answer this question, we turned to Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee. Kildee represents Flint and Saginaw. Could Flint and Saginaw face the same fate as Detroit? By Stateside Staff • Jul 23, 2013 Photo courtesy of the Office of Congressman Dan Kildee Listen Listening... / 10:57 An interview with Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee. The Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing by the city of Detroit has some wondering if Detroit is not an isolated incident. Could other financially struggling cities be on the same path? Yesterday on Stateside we spoke with Eric Scorsone, economist at Michigan State University: Certainly other cities in Michigan absolutely face these same cost pressures, whether it's Flint or Lansing or Saginaw. They absolutely face these same problems. And, again, they're better off relative to Detroit than today. But, they're still facing these problems and they need to make sure they're proactive in managing to prevent anything like this. With that in mind, we turned to Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee. Kildee represents two of the cities Scorsone mentioned: Flint and Saginaw. Listen to the full interview above. What can we expect from Judge Steven Rhodes? By Stateside Staff • Jul 23, 2013 Patrick Gibson / Flickr Listen Listening... / 7:37 An interview with Detroit Free Press reporter Brent Snavely. As Detroit moves into the process of Chapter 9 bankruptcy, one of the most powerful people in the city, arguably the most powerful person in the city, has become the judge to whom the case was assigned. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will preside over the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, so many eyes from around the country will be trained on him. We wanted to learn more about Judge Rhodes and for that, we turned to Detroit Free Press reporter Brent Snavely. Listen to the full interview above. Cockrel: 'Bankruptcy likely scenario for quite a while' By Jennifer White & Mercedes Mejia • Jul 23, 2013 Detroit Regional Chamber Listen Listening... / 5:19 Now that the City of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy, everyone is speculating as to how the city got to this point. As a former member of the Detroit City Council, Sheila Cockrel says, "The tendency on the part of some people who don't live in the city, who are not African American, who live in the region, or live in the rest of the country, want to point to a deficiency in leadership. That is absolutely incorrect." Cockrel, who is currently a faculty member in the Honors College at Wayne State University, tells her students that poor leadership is partly to blame, but she says there are a number of other factors: disinvestment, de-industrialization and the migration of capital out of Detroit which has caused a severe reduction in revenue. "When you take a tax base out, you don't have a viable financial basis to provide services," she says. Cockrel served on the Detroit City Council for 16 years and says bankruptcy has been the most likely scenario for quite a while. Michigan Court of Appeals blocks further action in Detroit bankruptcy case By Rick Pluta • Jul 23, 2013 Peter Martorano / Flickr The Michigan Court of Appeals has blocked further action in three lawsuits filed in Lansing that attempt to stop the Detroit bankruptcy case. The decision comes on the eve of the first hearing before a federal bankruptcy judge. The Michigan Court of Appeals has stopped any further proceedings in the Ingham County lawsuit while a three-judge panel looks into the case.The appeals court stayed a judge's order that the bankruptcy filing be withdrawn, and it ordered the next round of arguments to be filed no later than the close of business Friday.But it's possible U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will order all lawsuits dealing with Detroit's bankruptcy to run through his court.Detroit city employees and pension funds say the bankruptcy filing is contrary to the Michigan Constitution. That's because the state Constitution has specific protections for public employee pensions that could be reduced by a bankruptcy. The Daily Show takes on the Detroit bankruptcy, mostly makes fun of the media By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 23, 2013 OfficialTDShow / Youtube Yesterday, The Daily Show's John Oliver did a short feature on Detroit and the city's bankruptcy. In a bit entitled "Chapter 9 Mile," Oliver takes a humorous look at the slow emergency response in the city and his lack of surprise that the Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr (a bankruptcy lawyer) declares bankruptcy. But jabs at the media make for the greatest laughs. Oliver points out the abundance of bad puns about the bankruptcy and the amount of reporting on Detroit that actually takes place in Chicago. Remembering important anniversaries in Detroit's history and their lessons By Jack Lessenberry • Jul 23, 2013 Listen Listening... / 2:54 Lessenberry commentary for 7/23/2013 Today and tomorrow are anniversaries of two of the most important events in Detroit's history, events almost never mentioned in the same breath. Tomorrow it will be exactly three hundred and twelve years since a hundred Frenchmen scrambled up the riverbank, started cutting down trees, and establishing a fort they called Pontchartrain du Detroit. There was an immense celebration of that anniversary a dozen years ago, a celebration virtually forgotten today. Nobody celebrates today's anniversary, though we grimly discuss it. In this morning's news: Dissolving school districts, pipeline protests, and Detroit pension cuts By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 23, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr Buena Vista and Inkster school districts to be dissolved The state is moving ahead to dissolve the Inkster and Buena Vista school districts. Both districts failed to meet a deadline yesterday to prove they could keep their doors open next school year. Now state officials say it could be a matter of days before the districts are dissolved, Michigan Public Radio's Jake Neher reports. Protesters arrested at pipeline worksite Enbridge energy is building a 285 mile pipeline across Michigan that will carry tar sands oil. The pipeline will replace the one that ruptured three years ago. Yesterday, protesters chained themselves to heavy equipment at a worksite southeast of Lansing. They say the new pipeline will present an environmental threat. Twelve people were arrested at a protest yesterday, Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody reports. Will Detroit retirees see pension cuts? A federal bankruptcy court will now be the scene for some huge decisions about the future of Detroit which filed for Chapter Nine protection last week. One of the key issues is whether retirees will see their benefits cut. Michigan Radio's Sarah Hulett has more. Detroit union leaders: "Bankruptcy was the strategy all along" By Sarah Cwiek • Jul 22, 2013 Union leaders say Detroit is in bankruptcy court because "that was the strategy all along." They accuse Governor Snyder and Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr of "sham" negotiations, saying they were never able to actually sit down and bargain with Orr before he filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy last week. "We were disheartened by the fact that we were told negotiations were going to take place, that never took place," says Al Garrett, President of AFSCME Council 25."Instead, they ran to a bankruptcy court." 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A/N: God, this is scary… Well, either way, this is my first Oliver Twist-fic, and I'm basically crawling out of my skin with pure nervousness, but what the hell… Bill and Nancy are my favorite characters, so I decided it was time to go one-on-one with analyzing their relationship! Let's hope I won… (Crosses fingers)
Because I Can't Stand Everything Else
It was after one of those really bad times. When it hadn't just stopped at bruises, but he'd actually knocked her unconscious. One of those times when she'd been in bed, the headache had been red and hot and throbbing, her brain had turned into a swelling sponge that pressed against her temples.
Betsey had sat next to her bed, stroked her forehead and dabbed her black eye in lack of a real treatment method. Jack had come by to check on her, too, and he must've asked Betsey his question in the belief that Nancy didn't hear him.
"Why does she keep going back to him?"
But Nancy did hear him. In her current state, the reality slipped in and out of her grasp, she'd shifted between sleep and consciousness but kept her eyes closed all the while, because she knew that if she opened them, everything would sway around, like when she was really drunk, but so much worse, so much worse.
And she also heard Betsey's answer. On the inside of her eyelids, she even saw her shrug, the weariness in her eyes after asking herself that question so many times.
"She thinks she loves him."
Nancy would've sat up and scoffed. But just opening her eyes was big enough effort, she'd tried it a while ago when Betsey had gone to get a new wet piece of cloth, and if she sat up, the sponge in her head would swell, swell, swell until her skull cracked and it slowly crawled out onto her blanket.
Nancy still remembers that day. Just because of that answer.
She thinks she loves him.
She loves Bill. She really does.
She loves Bill more than anything else in the world. More than Betsey, more than mom when she'd still had one, more than life itself. She loves him so much that it hurts.
Bill had been the one who'd done that to her. He'd been the one who forced her to stay in bed for a whole day until she'd snapped and gotten up, despite Betsey's shrill protests. He'd done it that day, and that wasn't the first or the last time.
And Nancy goes back to him, again and again, as soon as she can step out of bed, she goes to him, sits down on his lap, places an elbow on his shoulder and presses as close to him as she dares. Hides in his thick smell of cheap liquor and dirt.
Hides from reality. Just for a little while.
Because that's what Bill is to her. He's not reality, he's a solid point. Something that will always be there, consistently, and that's very different than the reality Nancy has when she's not with him. She huddles up next to him, and he lifts his arm and puts it around her shoulders. Lets her hide with him. Protects her.
And doesn't that prove that he loves her? That she means as much to him as he does to her? Doesn't it?
Nancy asked Betsey that once. When they'd stayed up too late and talked through the yellow glow of the candle on their nightstand. And through that light, Betsey's eyes had gotten harsh, she'd leaned forward like she probably did when she saw a possible costumer, because Nancy saw straight into her cleavage.
"No, Nancy, it doesn't mean that," Betsey had said, spat out every syllable. "It means that he's a horny drunk who loves to have a good pair of tits available whenever he feels like it."
Nancy hadn't talked to her once during the following day. She should've known better in the first place.
Why would Betsey understand? Why would anyone understand?
Bill had been there whenever she needed him for twelve years. He's but a blanket around her when the boys had disappeared with all the covers to sleep in the docks, waiting for the drunks to come out from the bars so they could put their eager little hands in their pockets. Bill had let her taste his beer, he'd given her food off his plate. And that sure was nicer than Betsey had been against her, than anyone had, so how the hell could any of them understand?
So Nancy goes back to Bill, again and again. She hides from reality by clinging to his worn-down coat, because reality has done her nothing but harm this far.
She escapes reality every day in small doses, and just hopes that that's how much she means to Bill.
Although, if Nancy got the chance to enter Bill's mind, something she's been wanting to do for such a long time, she would see right away that that's not what she means to him. He doesn't let her mean that to him.
Bill could escape reality when he was with her. He could look at her, and she would open gates to a whole new world to him.
She could show him a world where you don't have to beat people up to get them to respect you. A world where it's okay to be a good person.
She could show him that. That's why he loves her. Nancy has a good heart, and Bill needs that just to remind himself that there are worlds like that. They're still out there, and he can walk in them, be a good person, with Nancy by his side.
The problem is that he doesn't dare. He can't walk in those worlds because he doesn't dare.
To be in one of those worlds, Bill has to trust the kind heart that Nancy so obviously sees in him but that he feels slipping away, further and further, more and more every day.
So instead of being in one of those worlds with her, he punishes her for her kind heart, he hates her as much as he loves her for letting a good world dangling right in front of him and not letting him in before he manages to trust it.
"Bill?" Nancy asks one night, when he's putting his shirt back on and she sits on the bed, with her blanket draped around her, feels abandoned already even though he's still there with her.
"Mm?" Bill grunts.
He won't look at her. He wants her bad enough as it is, he wants to stay in bed with her, put an arm around her waist, rock her back to sleep, hide her from the world and all the pain it's done to her.
Because she doesn't deserve it. She's a good person, she deserves to be in the good worlds. And Bill wants to be able to grant her that, but he can't. And this is the second best.
Bill deserves this, though. He knows, in some hidden place in his mind that he very rarely listens to, that he will never get to enter those places she shows him glimpses of when they're together like this. Because he simply doesn't deserve it.
The place he's with now, when he plans burglaries with Fagin and slaps around the only one that really matters, is all he deserves. Before he manages to show the last traces of goodness that he hasn't managed to repress. That makes him horribly frustrated.
"Do you love me?" Nancy asks.
She doesn't know why. Has no idea what she thought she'd achieve by asking this.
He just seemed kinder tonight. Gentler. Touching her old bruises, not kissing as violently.
Or maybe that's just in her imagination.
But weather it was or it wasn't, Bill doesn't even pretend like he heard her. He just fastens the top button in his shirt, exhales slowly and jaggedly.
Glances at her over his shoulder. Sees the ruffled hair, the eyes that stare up at him. Pleading, wanting, begging for him to answer in a way no one else ever has.
That's enough. Bill stands up, walks out the door and slams it shut behind him without bothering to look at her again.
He needed her. For a second, she needed him and he needed her, too. And the only thing that made it different from what it always is like was that they both knew it, but it's still more than Bill can handle.
He'd rather live without those worlds, those stupid fucking worlds than ever showing Nancy what power she has over him. He'd rather lose her all together than letting her know that she's the only one in this world that he actually needs, that actually can give him something more meaningful than the watches Jack and Charlie bring back from the docks.
But Bill's going to keep staring through the window of that good world. He's going to keep Nancy with him, and hope that he can borrow small pieces of her soul, and eventually have many enough pieces to live off them. Live in the good world. With her.
And Nancy is going to keep going back to Bill, and she won't think that she loves him but love him fully and truly, with all her heart, because he lets her escape reality. Even though what she escapes to is almost as harsh and cold as what she escapes from.
And it's all in the hope that one of these days, Bill's going to stay in bed with her until the next morning.
The hope, so childishly vain but still all she has to rely on, that if she dares to ask Bill if he loves her again, he might just snap at her, hit her even, but he will at least answer.
I played Sikes a while ago, and it's sort of depressing, but I got this weird understanding for everything he does. So I decided to use modern technology to give redress to a guy who's been portrayed as the bad guy for two hundred years. XD Anyway, review and make my day!


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On the NewsHour Friday, the Labor Department's February employment report exceeded the economists' expectations. We examine the boost from 175,000 added jobs. Also, Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey discusses pressing matters for the military, Mark Shields and Michael Gerson analyze the week's political news and Miles O'Brien shares news of a serious injury and how he is coping.
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The blood-sucking menace that has infiltrated Manhattan's skyscrapers has taken another scalp, after the headquarters of media empire Time Warner became the latest landlord to own up to the presence of bedbugs.
The city that supposedly never sleeps is under attack by night from an epidemic of stealthy, tiny, red-brown creatures that leave a tell-tale trail of itchy welts, distress, embarrassment and anxiety.
Homes, designer shops and government offices have fallen victim to bedbug infestations, which have exploded from 500 cases in New York during 2004 to 10,000 last year. "As part of a routine cleaning and preventative process, it was discovered that there were bedbugs present in a small contained area within Time Warner's offices," said a terse statement from the parent company of CNN, Warner Bros and Time magazine, following a leaked memo warning staff at the landmark Time Warner centre, on the corner of Central Park.
Time Warner is not alone. Characterised by entomologists as expert tourists, bedbugs cling to clothes, shoes and luggage until they reach a warm crevice, usually a mattress, where they can launch nightly attacks on sleeping hosts. Several high-end clothes retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister and Victoria's Secret have been obliged to temporarily shut Manhattan stores to eradicate unwanted visitors. Even the office of Brooklyn's district attorney has suffered an outbreak.
Alarmed by the proliferation, New York's state legislature approved a requirement for landlords to disclose buildings' "bedbug history" to new tenants and set aside $500,000 for a bedbug battle plan.
The speaker of the city council, Christine Quinn, declared: "To the bedbugs in the city of New York – drop dead. Your days are over, they're numbered, we're not going to take it any more."
One luxury department store, Bergdorf Goodman, has hired an insect-sniffing beagle as an early warning system for the presence of any six-legged parasites.
Common before the second world war, bedbugs seem to have developed a resistance to DDT-based treatments.
Their sudden resurgence is put down to the rise in international travel and New York's cramped quarters."Our great grandparents pretty much knew how to deal with bedbugs and how to prevent them," says Marc Lame, an expert at Indiana University. "Most people now think they're just something out of a nursery rhyme."
Among the few surefire techniques to kill the pests is to heat flats or offices to a temperature of 120F. But this is an expensive, equipment-heavy process.
Timothy Wong, technical director of New York pest control firm M&M Environmental, said his firm is getting as many as 75 phone calls a day from distressed bug victims: "I've had everything from people being very calm to complete hysteria, with people crying. For most people, it's very stressful. Your whole life is upside down until it's taken care of."


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Before he was Lord Voldemort, he was Tom Riddle, a man who could love, lose, and live like everyone else. Set in the Marauder era, can Tom find love with an unnexpectable source: the Potter family?
Genres: Horror/Dark, Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Marauders Characters: James, Lily, Lucius, OC, Regulus, Slytherin, Voldemort Pairings: James/Lily, Other Pairing
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature,
Published: 2006.04.29 Latest Chapter: 2006.05.02 Updated: 2006.05.02 Status: WIP (2569 words)
: The Truth Comes Out by CharmedGoddess
One Shot Companion to Harry Potter and the Green Eye Secret When Sirius is sitting in Azkaban, he reflects on his life that has past, and of the lives of his friends.
Genres: General, Angst, Mystery, Drama Characters: Harry, James, Lily, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2006.02.05 Latest Chapter: 2006.02.05 Updated: 2006.02.05 Status: WIP (1160 words)
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When Harry visits his mothers grave, he gets a strange letter. But what is this letter about and who really wrote it? Involes Inferi Potters, A notsodead Dumbledore, and another Black.
Genres: Action, General, Mystery, Drama Characters: Dumbledore, Harry, James, Lily, Narcissa, OC, Remus Lupin, Voldemort
Advisory: Mild Violence,
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RUTLAND's rock history has been charted in an anthology of little known music locations across the UK.
Author David Roberts has compiled Rock Atlas which looks at 650 places which hold a special place in the heart's of some top musicians.
And despite its size Rutland had its own stories to tell.
David, a former managing editor of the Guinness music books, said: "Britain's smallest county delivers an excellent smattering of Rock Atlas entries from music heavyweights The Who, The Glitter Band, Geno Washington and Kasabian.
"The 70s gave Rutland its most famous rock 'n' roll connection when Rutland Weekend Television and the best ever Beatles parody The Rutles, both the fictitious creations of Neil Innes and Eric Idle, hit our television screens."
The book reveals that members of Kasabian often enjoy a visit to the county, taking in the sites at Normanton and enjoying a drink at The Railway Inn in Oakham.
Vocalist Tom Meighan has apparently described Normanton as the band's "quiet, private place" where they recorded their debut album.
The Who are also found to have connections to the county, often visiting when their tour manager Bob Pridden lived at Fort Henry in Exton Park. In the mid-70s they were often seen rehearsing at Exton Village Hall and socialising at The Sun Inn in Cottesmore.
David, 57, of Church Langley, Essex, said: "In 1975 local music fan Vernon Stokes was star-struck on seeing Moon walk into the gents toilets at The Sun Inn. He remembered accidentally peeing down his own trouser leg, which led Moon to comment in an understanding kind of way, "Hey, that's rock 'n' roll!", leaving the boy from Oakham with a memory he's never forgotten."
Another Rutland entry comes from Geno Washington who first travelled to the UK as a member of the US Air Force. He went on to become a soul singer with The Ram Jam Band, named after the Ram Jam Inn at Stretton which the band frequently passed when travelling the length of the country.
Rock Atlas also covers stories from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Oasis, Michael Jackson and many more. It is published by Pop Publishing and is out now priced £19.99.


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These wacky tricks of Coca Cola are just amazing. You can try this trick of carbonation. You just have to collect ingredients to do this. All you need is a balloon, salt and a bottle of coke. Put salt in the balloon and you can see that salt makes bubbles which fills the balloon. In another experiment coke reacts with the texture of mentos. Grab few mentos and put it in the coke bottle. Then for a little while cover the mouth of the bottle with a card board and pull. In the third trick when coke is boiled, you will see a thick sugary residue left. You can try these tricks and show it to your friends.
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Today, Colonial Insurance launches a new web site: ColonialTruckingInsurance.com. This completely revamped web site offers simple navigation and user-friendly policy service options, and it more clearly demonstrates Colonial's commitment to be the trucking industry's premier insurance provider.
As of one the nation's largest independent trucking insurance agencies, Colonial Insurance specializes in serving the needs of the truck owner-operators and fleets. The agency represents more than 25 top-rated truck insurance providers and provides programs tailored to all common varieties of commercial trucking: long haul trucking insurance, dump truck insurance, dry van insurance, reefer truck insurance, and more.
The new web site features an instant quote option, allowing clients to compare coverage and premium options – or even to schedule a one-on-one complimentary insurance policy review. Colonial Insurance also provides valuable resources specifically targeted towards the trucking industry, including insurance advice tailored specifically for owner-operators and trucking fleets, guides to reduce insurance premiums, and streamlined online customer service options.
The web site also includes a mobile version developed in JQuery Mobile, bridging the desktop web site's streamlined customer service features and intuitive navigation to mobile devices. Unlike many mobile offerings which provide a stripped down version with less features, Colonial Insurance's mobile web site for the commercial trucking industry provides all of the essential features of the desktop site, enabling customers to manage their policy and file claims on-the-go.
Ted Balev, VP of Operations at Colonial, says, "Our staff returns phone calls and emails the day we get them because this is what clients expect. We provide answers to your questions when you need them." He also adds: "The fact that we represent more than 25 insurance carriers gives us the unique ability to offer our clients the best possible terms on their truckers insurance, whether they have one or one hundred trucks."
Established in 2008, Colonial Insurance operates as an independent insurance agency focused on trucking and transportation. Colonial prides itself on its unique consultative approach when it comes to providing risk management and insurance services to its trucking clients.
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Colonial Insurance works with a wide range of insurance carriers, and its specialty is providing affordable commercial trucking insurance with a personal touch. Colonial is proud to have provided sound advice and affordable trucking insurance policies to thousands of satisfied customers across the United States.


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Major Daps ('It's Time') Once in a lifetime,one will experience a voice that can inspire the soul and touch the heart.A voice that seems to echo from the depths of humanity with the capability to uplift the spirits of many.Major Daps or 'Daps' as many of his colleagues call him,was born on the beautiful and influential island of Jamaica.Major Daps uses his experiences from Jamaica as well as the love and wisdom of his Grandmother Irene,Mama Maudlyn,and the rest of his close knit family members to create a sense of passion,culture,and admiration within music.Love is no stranger to Major Daps.His ability to express the pain of heartbreak,the pleasure of companionship, and the anticipation of romance makes him an incredibly versatile artist.Listening to songs like'Part Time Lover','Aroma',and'Once Twice' by Major Daps will give everyone a little insight on his battle with love.His stage presence will captivate an audience,while his voice will draw each listener closer to his personal emotions.Major Daps has had the wonderful opportunity to work with and open up for artists like Anthony B,Capleton,Shabba Ranks,Sizzla,Maxi Priest,Cocoa Tea,Terror Fabulous,and many others.Major Daps is determined to make music that will continue to be informative as well as entertaining. If someone would ask this artist where his music would be in the future he would reply,'Beyond the future,it will uplift the people and teach them the right things about life'.Major Daps has always used Reggae music as a tool and outlet to express his innermost thoughts and feelings.For this reason,he is known as an intimate artist, and songs like 'Dem A Old Murderer','Why Can't We Be More Friendly',and 'Ghetto Vibes' will evoke tears,laughter,and love.Major Daps thanks his grandmother for the development of his voice,but he humbly gives credit for his lyrical inspiration to Emperor Haile Selassie I and the teachings of his Imperial Majesty.Major Daps currently resides in Orlando,but his resounding voice and musical genres of cleanliness,godliness,and righteousness can be heard around the world.
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The Village participates in the RDOS Residential Garbage and recycling service. The cost of the service is included each year on the tax notice. Current fee is $115.00 annually.
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- Tag a Bag stickers may be purchased at the Village Office for extra garbage. Stickers are $1.50 each
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Washington, D.C., April 15, 2003 -- The SEC Chairman and Commissioners will hold a press briefing at 1:00 p.m. today to announce the selection of the Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The press briefing will be webcast in real time on the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov.
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Hachis parmentier is a meat and potatoes meal, popular in France, and reminiscent of shepherd's pie. It's made with layers of leftover beef and mashed potatoes, it's covered with cheese and then it's baked, coming out of the oven looking rather decadent, and tasting rather delicious. I made some at the beginning of this month, and we enjoyed having it for dinner. I didn't have any leftover beef to work with, but I had a small quantity of frozen chuck meat which I defrosted and boiled, combined with some sausage and vegetables, and then turned into hachis parmentier.
A few words about the name for this dish: hachis means chopped up, and it derives from the word hatchet. I find the etymological history of the word fascinating. The online dictionary, one of my favorite sites on the Internet has this to say: "Middle English hachet, from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache, ax, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle." Yes, I do get exited over words and their history, but look: our word ax derives from the French hache, and it came to be just by dropping the letter "h," which the French almost always drop when speaking, and which some English speakers also drop, although they shouldn't. So ax up some cooked meat -without chopping off your fingers please, season it, and you'll be one step closer to creating hachis parmentier.
Boiled and chopped up chuck beef, being seasoned with a healthy dose of black pepper.
As for "parmentier," the word is applied to dishes cooked with or accompanied by potatoes. The name "parmentier" refers to Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, an 18th century French pharmacist who promoted the potato as a food source, and who was responsible for having the French government declare potatoes an edible crop. He used all sorts of methods to do this, including serving potatoes to such luminaries as the visiting Benjamin Franklin. My favorite of Parmentier's stunts was this: he surrounded his potato fields with armed guards to suggest that valuable goods were being guarded there. His guards were instructed to accept bribes from the passing crowds and to withdraw during the night so that the crowds could gain access to the fields and steal the "valuable" potatoes. That's what I call a promoter! The man was way ahead of his time. I love potatoes, and so I thank monsieur Parmentier for his efforts, yes, I thank him wholeheartedly.
Ah, the mashing of the potatoes. Such rituals would probably be missing from our homes were it not for the valiant efforts of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.
Beef: Use leftover cooked beef if you have it. If not, use about a pound of chuck beef cut into small pieces. You really need more, but in my case I didn't have more on hand, so I combined it with half a pound of Italian sausage removed from its casing. I got the idea for using sausage from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook "Around my French Table." You will need to boil the beef and make some bouillon.
- 1 pound chuck beef cut into small pieces(you'll be cutting it up even further once it's done).
- About 5 cups of water
- 1 onion, quartered
- 1 carrot peeled and chopped in half
- 3 celery stalks, cut in half, leaves included
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in half
- 1 bay leaf, half a teaspoon of peppercorns, some salt and and a few sprigs of parsley.
- Place all the ingredients into a soup pot. Bring to a boil and skim off the foam that comes to the surface. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 2 hours until the meat is soft.
- Stain the broth and reserve it, shred the meat in small pieces and reserve it also.
- 3 or 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage, removed from its casing
- 1 tomato, seeded peeled and chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 3 mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 leek, thinly sliced, white and light green parts only
- 2 onions finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon flour
- In a lage pan heat 1 tablespoon of the oil, add the sausage and cook until it's no longer pink. Remove the sausage to a plate lined with paper towels and set aside. Discard any left over grease and wipe the pan clean.
- Add the rest of the oil to the pan and heat. Sauté the onions, tomato, carrots, mushrooms and leeks until they are soft. Mix in the reserved meat and sausage, then sprinkle the flour over and combine it well.
- Add enough of the reserved bouillon to moisten the fillng. You want to have a filling that is nice and juicy, but not one that is swimming in broth.
- Place the filling in a greased oven safe casserole.
- Use 2 pounds of Yukon gold potatoes to make mashed potatoes just the way you like them. I peel them, chop them, cook them in boiling water, then I drain them and mash them. While mashing I add 1/2 cup milk, 3 tablespoons butter, and a seasoning of salt and pepper.
- Pour the mashed potatoes over the filling.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup grated Gruyère and one tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese over the potatoes.
Bake the dish in a preheated 400° F oven for about 20 minutes. It's done when you are able to see the filling bubbling and when the potato topping is a nice golden brown.
Bring to the table and serve. This will make a really delicious and warming meal, especially when it's kind of cold outside. I hope you enjoy it!


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Neurofeedback, sometimes called neurotherapy or EEG biofeedback, is a
procedure that allows a person to train his or her brainwaves to
improve cognitive and behavioral functioning. It has been used
effectively with a variety of problems stemming from difficulties
regulating the nervous system. Our brains produce electrical impulses
at a variety of frequencies. These electrical frequencies can be out
of balance or very unstable for various reasons, including stress,
illness, genetic predisposition, and brain trauma.
If the brain has become unbalanced or unregulated, it may struggle to
accomplish even a simple task; sometimes finding less effort is
required if it takes a "shortcut." However, with this "shortcut" comes
an alteration of brain functioning that is less adaptive in the long
run. Neurofeedback gives the brain the necessary information it needs
to re-learn and improve functioning.
During neurofeedback the brain's electrical impulses are measured and a
computer is programmed to give feedback when the brainwave patterns are
improving. Our clients play a video game with their brains. As
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RJD questions Nitish Govt's secular image
December 07, 2005 03:57 IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is coming to Delhi on Wednesday for the first time, ten days after he took over as chief minister and it is clear he is weighed down with work.
On Tuesday, decorum in the Bihar assembly collapsed under the weight of slogan shouting.
Legislators picked up chairs and hurled them at the assembly staff and squatted in the well of the House.
The immediate cause was the alleged treatment of MP from Siwan, Shahabuddin, currently in custody in Bhagalpur jail.
MLAs from Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal alleged that Shahabuddin was treated like an animal by the jail staff.�
The RJD was already distraught because the BJP MLA Ramadhar Singh remarked that former Chief Minister Rabri Devi was not very educated.
This remark came when leader of the RJD Legislature Party, Shakeel Ahmad Khan used the word Harijan to describe the crimes occurring after the NDA Government took over.
Explaining that Dalits did not like being described as Harijans, Singh said, "Had the word been used by the woman sitting next to you, I would have understood because she has had very little education. But you are a lawyer."
The residual anger of the outburst that followed spilled over to the proceedings that began on Monday.
Today, the Bhagalpur jail staff clarified to reporters that not only had Shahabuddin been treated like any other prisoner and given a choice of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, but also that he had been given clothes, blankets and a bed to sleep on.
However, it was clear that the RJD was following another script -- trying to prove the point that with an NDA government in the saddle in Bihar, even among prisoners, there would be discrimination.
Shahabuddin is a powerful figure who, for the Muslims in the area, represents their empowerment.
Kumar tried to explain that all prisoners would be treated according to the Jail manual.
But given the angry and vengeful mood of the RJD it is clear that the Shahabuddin incident is just a hint of the things to come.
Already, RJD's subtle campaign point has been to drive a wedge between 'communal' BJP leader Sushil Modi and 'secular' leader Nitish Kumar.
Although Kumar and Modi are too seasoned to fall for this campaign, Shakeel Khan embarked on this line of argument when he pointed out that in the NDA there were two 'centres of power' -- Sushil Modi and Nitish Kumar.
However this was countered by MLAs who have now joined Nitish Kumar. "I have been in the RJD long enough to know how helpless and powerless RJD ministers felt," remarked Independent MLA Bijendra Choudhary.
Kumar is likely to meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia when he is in Delhi.
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How does the richest man on earth spend his money?
What Bill Gates does with his $80 billion fortune…Neil Churchill November 20, 2014
At the time of writing, Bill Gates is the richest man on earth. If he was a country, he'd be the 84th richest nation. He has a net worth of $82.2 billion, largely thanks of course to his Microsoft empire, and while he may have stepped down from the role of chairman at his own company earlier this year, you can be sure the world's most famous engineer will continue to see his fortune rise.
But how does he go about spending his 80-plus billion dollars? Are there even enough things in the world to splurge that amount of money on? Well for this tech geek, charity does not begin at home...
Along with his wife, he set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the year 2000, with the aim to help fund and improve healthcare and poverty in the poorest parts of the world. Last year the foundation's assets were reported to be valued at more than $34.6 billion.
In 2007, the couple were named the second-most generous philanthropists in America, giving over $28 billion to charity.
In 2010, along with legendary investor Warren Buffet and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Gates signed a commitment to donate at least half of his wealth to charity over the course of time. Bill and Melinda have previously said they will donate 95 per cent of their wealth to charitable causes.
Polio - $1.8bn
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $1.8 billion over the next six years to eradicate polio, in much the same way smallpox was in the 1970s.
Malaria research - $258m
Describing malaria as the 'forgotten epidemic', Gates has pledged $258 million to the research and development of a vaccine and mosquito control methods. Renewable energy - $35m
The foundation has invested nearly $35 million in the R&D of a new battery technology (AHI) which is hoped to curb the world's dependency on traditional energy sources.
Super bananas - $10m
Gates has given $10 million to fund genetically enhanced bananas enriched with Vitamin A. Bananas are a popular food source across Africa but they lack important nutrients including said vitamin, and the low intake is blamed for poor immune systems and blindness.
Ebola - $5.7m
Just this week, the foundation pledged $5.7 million to fund plasma blood trials to try and find a treatment and vaccine for the Ebola virus. However despite all his philanthropic efforts, Gates still has enough cash left over to enjoy some of the ultra fine things in life - and why shouldn't he?
The Gates family home - all 66,000 square feet of it - sits on the banks of Lake Washington in Seattle, half-buried into the hillside. Nicknamed Xanadu 2.0, in 2006 it was valued at $125 million, meaning Gates pays an annual property tax of almost $1 million. Inside, there is a 60-foot swimming pool with an underwater music system; a 2,500 sq ft gym and a 1,000 sq ft dining room.
The island
Xanadu 2.0 is not the biggest asset in Gates' property portfolio however. That title belongs to The Grand Bugue Island - the largest island in the republic of Belize. The piece of land has beautiful beaches, a huge variety of marine life, specialised areas for saltwater fishes and a forest. Unsurprisingly, it also offers attractive opportunities for growth and return on investor funds.
The second home
In truth, Gates probably has multiple residences the world over, but his Mediterranean-style home in Florida stands out for a sentimental reason. He bought the property for $8.7 million last year after renting it for his daughter's equestrian competitions. It comes with several horse-friendly facilities including a 20-stall barn and a show jumping arena.
A common tribute with the world's wealthiest men, Gates is also a collector of things. In 1994 he paid over $30 million at auction for Codex Leicester - a collection of writings by Leonardo da Vinci. We imagine that's kept somewhere in the huge home library, where a quotation from The Great Gatsby is engraved on the ceiling. Art
He also has an extensive art collection, which includes Winslow Homer's 'Lost on the Grand Banks' that Gates paid an American record $36 million for in 1998. He also bought George Bellows's painting 'Polo Crowd' for $28 million in 1999, and Frederick Childe Hassam's work 'Room of Flowers' for $20 million.
A need for speed
Gates isn't just mad for computer software, he also has a penchant for cars. Over the years he's owned a Porsche 930 turbo, a Porsche Carrera cabriolet 964, a Jaguar XJ6 and a Ferrari 348. He also owns a private jet. But that's not really a surprise now, is it?


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Barack Obama and the Unspecific Glory of the Carling Cup
Posted By Brian Phillips On November 10, 2008 @ 7:42 pm In Uncategorized | 3 Comments
According to the Sun (so…but…) Arsène Wenger is using the example of Barack Obama to inspire his Carling Cup team. Interestingly, what seems to have drawn Wenger to Obama is the idea of his inexperience:
I've always fought for the idea in sport that, if you have the necessary quality, then you play.
Right now we have the example of Barack Obama in the States, where everybody is really happy because he has made it to the very top.
In this election nobody really knows what his ideas are but the system has brought him to the top just because he has the quality.
Nothing else comes into consideration.
Talented but lacking a definite approach. Your preferred Arsenal-in-the-six-yard-box joke could be inserted here.
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30 Days of Night[2007]DvDrip[Eng]-FXG
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TiTLE.........[ 30 Days of Night YEAR..........[ 2007 GENRE.........[ Horror / Thriller RUNTiME.......[ 1:53:06 iMDB RATE.....[ 6.9/10 (17,222 votes) iMDB URL......[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389722/ AUDiO.........[ MP3 48000Hz 112 kb/s CBR (2 chnls) LANGUAGE......[ English ViDEO.........[ 744 kbps XviD 23.976 FPS RESOLUTiON....[ 612 x 256 DAR...........[ 2.391 QUALiTY FRAME.[ 0.198 SUBS..........[ English SiZE..........[ 700 MB SOURCE........[ NTSC DVD
olas im new here guys and ima need som help. is there any places on tha web where i can download subbtitels? like norwegian?
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Why dont people seed ???? you want to download it then seed it bunch of leachers .....everyone seems to be turning there uploading off ....
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EXCELLENT quality!! Will continue to seed for 2 months!!! spread the luv!!!
Where is the Vampirish text sub?
Well......... as loads have asked b4 "where are the vampire translation" the anwser is :- they are there, in an SRT file. open it in notebook and bobs your uncle. only problem is you have to put up with all the rest of the subs. I'm going to edit it and remove all the usless english and only keep the vampire translations.
Ps, u all might need to download a VSfilter. just do a search on google. can't find the link for u, try opening in notebook b4 nething else
Ps, u all might need to download a VSfilter. just do a search on google. can't find the link for u, try opening in notebook b4 nething else
Yanks are SOO ARROGANT, why make everyone speak with yanki accent when they dont have yanki accents. They think Aliens will have American accents.
cool stuff dewdz ... thx!
@shinobiung: How can characters speaking a language other than Engliah have an American accent? Are you criticizing that the subs have American spellings? That just means an American made them -- and for what it's worth, the original subs would have American spellings as well, since it is an American movie and to do otherwise would be to misspell.
Jeesh. Plenty of arrogance in the world that isn't American.
Jeesh. Plenty of arrogance in the world that isn't American.
Great A/V Quality... everything I have ever dl'd from FXG has been superior quality. Thx guys
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