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From: Douwdy <Douwdy- at -aol.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998
Subject: Antigone, Hegel and the Communist Manifesto (David Black)
(From David Black) "The task of regenerating revolutionary socialism is both daunting and exhilerating. This tradition has to find a way, not to 'bring socialist consciousness into the working class', but to reconstruct its *own* consciousness" - Cyril Smith
"This tradition" has a history I have been doing some work on for the last couple of years: the study of Marx's relationship with the English Chartists. I plan to put a book out (if I can find a publisher) on Helen Macfarlane, the 'Red Republican' hegelian feminist. She translated the Communist Manifesto into English - who has been truly 'hidden from history'. I would like to share a little bit of this 35,000 word work-in-progress with the group as a way of commemorating the Communist Manifesto and April 10 1848 Chartist mobilization in London.
Hegel argued that philosophy sometimes has to exercise "audacity". So also for Helen Macfarlane, must its practical realization:"We, who rally round the Red Flag, are reproached with entertaining the nefarious design of completely destroying the existing order of things; with the desire of totally abolishing the present system of society; - for the purpose, it is said of putting some fantastic dream, some wild utopia of own own in place of long established and venerable institutions"; the accusers being "bankers, cottonspinners, landowners", as well as "'superior women', educated according to the recipes of Mrs. Ellis for making 'admirable wives and mothers'". "We are low people certainly; disreputable vagabonds without doubt. In ancient times we were accounted 'the enemies of the human race', accused of setting fire to Rome... I am happy to say we still retain our old reputation... and have not failed to follow the laudable example of our precursors in Roman times..."
"Yet even in England, this shopkeeping country of middle-class respectability there are a few of us belonging to the 'better sort' who have repudiated all claim to be considered respectable, because for them the words Justice and Love are not mere empty sounds without a meaning; because they say - like Antigone in Sophocles - the laws of God are not of today, nor of yesterday, they exist from all eternity".
What are we to make of this remarkable unfurling of the Red Flag as the enactment of "laws of God' which "exist from all eternity"? Macfarlane appears to have been influenced by Hegel's analysis of Antigone. The daughter of Oedipus, Antigone chooses to be buried alive rather than let Creon, the ruler of the state, violate the burial rites of her people by leaving her dead brother to be devoured by the birds. The dramitic clash takes place between two irreconcilable principles: on the one hand, that of the City state, which is cruel, but nonetheless, in Hegel's view, historically 'progressive'; on the other hand, that of 'natural' family honour, based on the kinship principles of a stateless tribal society, whose values remain so powerful as to destroy Creon's family when his so n defects to Antigone's rebellion - such is its power:
"Not now, indeed, nor yesterday, but for aye
It lives, and no man knows what time it came".
The dialectical tension occurs because the supposedly less 'civilised' of the two colliding forces gains a "self-conscious actual universality". As George Lukacs points out in his monumental study, 'The Young Hegel', Hegel sees a similar "tragedy in the realm of the ethical" unfolding in capitalism, where great wealth is "indissolubly connected with the direst poverty". Economics now expresses the powers of the "lower world" - which is now inverted with the "higher world" and threatens the very notion of an Ethical State by dissolving the "bonds uniting the whole people".
Lukacs argues that Hegel, in a sense, anticipated the anthropologist Bachofen, who saw in the Oresteia/Antigone the values of a forgotten but real tribal society based on matriarchy. Bachofen's findings were used by Marx in his Ethnological Notebooks. Engels reworked Marx's notes for his own Origin of the Family, in which the notion of the 'historic defeat of the female sex' became the theoretical basis for subsuming Womens Liberation into the overarching statist 'socialism' of the Vanguard Party - thus producing something, according to Raya Dunayevskaya, quite different from, and at odds with, Marx's insights into the development and potential survival of ancient collective social forms, in which women at times enjoyed freedoms denied to them under capitalism.
In the context of the 1970s Womens Liberation movement, Dunayevskaya takes up Lukacs's analysis of the Oresteia and suggests that Antigone is a precursor of a subversive collectivity of consciousness in which the individual's objective experience in revolt can lead to a new subjectivity, one "purified", to quote Hegel, of all that "interferes with its universality". Rather than simply 'externalize' itself in the Totality - the fate of all 'subjective factors' according to Lukacs - the 'autonomy' of self-liberation prevails because the objectivity is, as in Antigone, re-absorbed as a 'principle'. Macfarlane, who opposes the miseducation of women in bourgeois society in roles as admirable wives and mothers", sees family ties as having a different meaning for the women of the Hungarian Revolution, who, as she said in her article on the Austrian Field Marshall Haynau, (the "woman flogger"), "had aided those to whom they were bound by every natural and legal tie" as part of the struggle for Freedom, and thus, like Antigone, upheld a 'higher law' than that laid down by the state.
Macfarlane's recognition of her own subjectivity as one of the "few of us belonging to the 'better sort'", who had defected to the side of the oppressed, comes not from Hegel, or Sophocles, but from her encounter with Marx and Engels in the light of her own political experiences. The Communist Manifesto, as translated by Helen Macfarlane, celebrates the fact that: "a part of the bourgeoisie is joining the proletariat, and particularly a part of bourgeois ideologists, or middle-class thinkers who have attained a theoretical knowledge of the whole historical movement".
Presented by the Chartist leader, Julian Harney as the "most revolutionary document ever given to the world", Macfarlane's translation was serialized in the Red Republican's November 1850 issues; though she wasn't credited in the paper for the translation, either under her own name, or as 'Howard Morton'). The opening passage of the Manifesto appears in later translations as "A spectre is haunting Europe. The spectre of Communism...", but Macfarlane's translation is more exotic:
"A frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout Europe. We are haunted by a ghost. The ghost of Communism."
The rest of her translation is less controversial.


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"...About 7 of 100,000 people die due to birth mortality. About 3 in 100,000 die of abortion in the United States. [1,1]
Other complications of abortions are in Germany and Portugal, for example. Germany has a rate of 100 women dead due to abortion per 100,000. [3] In Portugal, it was 2,106. [2]
[1] -- Maternal Mortality Surveillance ?79-?86, Center for Disease Control, M&M Weekly report July ?91, Vol. 40, No. SS-1
[2] -- Portuguese Anuario Estatistico, Tables 11, 16, 111 221
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Quoting Thbear59:
Why is it that everyone goes to the extreme, like rape, incest and medical. The incidence of those is very, very rare. As a mother, I would die for any of my children, so why would I not die for my unborn child? Also, most of the time, having an abortion only adds to a womens depression about a rape, it does not make it go away, nor does it help. Also why should any child die because of the wrong doing of a parent? If my father does something wrong, should I pay with my life?
I totally agree! Life is so precious! If i were to get pregnant and it came between my life and the baby's because of some complication then i would give the baby the chance to live. I believe abortion is WRONG!
Abortion is murder. Plain and simple.
I agree with the one woman who wrote that she could give a rat's a** about aborted fetuses and the one who wrote that the only children she cares about are her own. Who really has the right to dictate what a woman decides to do? It's her body and she has to live with her decision every day of her life. What I AM against though are these women who use abortion as birth control, figuring 'well, I'll have un-protected sex. If I get pregnant, I'll just go get rid of it.' And really, in today's world there's really no reason for anybody to become pregnant if they don't want to. THAT'S where the choice comes in, before the fact, NOT after. And extra education in the schools isn't helping either. We all know teenagers think they know everything better and usually don't listen anyhow. And starting kids on birth control at an early age doesn't necessarily make them promiscuous either. The fact is, if they're gonna do it then they're gonna do it, with or without birth control.
In MY house.. I am 100% ProLife.. In YOUR house I am 100% ProChoice I dont have to raise your children.. nor am I willing to be accountable for the life an unwanted child maybe subjected to because I imposed my personal beliefs..
well im pro-choice.
doesnt mean that im FOR abortions..thats just ridiculous and sick and i dont think anyone can honestly say they are.
but i do fully support a woman's right to choose.
its not MY business or anyone elses business...if someone decides to have a abortion. it doesnt effect me or my family..so i really dont care.
I against abortion 100% . I am not even a hint of pro choice
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those who said you don't give a bum about aborted babies. . i guess its ok parents abuse their kids.. .you dont care about that either?
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What does being against abortions, not giving a crap about aborted babies and abused children have to do with each other? That sounds like a pro-choice thing to say, because If I'm correct, a lot of women who are pro-choice would rather have abortions and have abortions occur than to see a child abused by parents who don't want them. And I'm not talking about in the event that the woman is forced to keep the baby, give birth, and give it up for adoption.
Quoting ColtsFan1912:
those who said you don't give a bum about aborted babies. . i guess its ok parents abuse their kids.. .you dont care about that either?
I'm Pro-Life.
I have no respect for ANYONE that has a abortion, if a pregnancy wasn't ment to be then God wouldn't of allowed you to be pregnant, its not right to abort a baby because they may have medical issues.
We fought long and hard for my sons life and don't ever put someone in front of me that has had a abortion, no good to me.
While my son was fighting for his life, there are plenty of crack moms who have perfect children.....now thats just messed up, there the ones that don't deserve any children.
Don't have sex if you don't want a baby, its really that easy..or get the Mirena..its 99% effective.....
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I had always felt that the choice to abort was with the mother. I my self had two abortions in my teens! My mother felt that it was the responsible thing to do. The last thing we needed was more "unwanted children" in this world. As if self respect, birth control. or maybe even abstance wasnt a choice. At twelve weeks I went to my daughters ultra sound for her twin girls. They were perfectly formed little people. They had arms, legs fingers and toes, touching each other. Baby A looked right at the wand and there was a perfect little face. They were already people, without a choice!!!!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7946148286132269143..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Forgotten BardJames Maliszewskihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69250661090269812232011-01-18T23:46:35.488-05:002011-01-18T23:46:35.488-05:00I loved the Isle of the Torturers. But I've be...I loved the Isle of the Torturers. But I've been reading through "The Return of the Sorceror: The Best of Clark Ashton Smith", and the City of Singing Flame tended to annoy me, with the creatures that were indescribable, "totally unlike anything ... human" but what description follows clearly implies they're bipedal humanoids. Or, "Their faces, featured with organs of unsurmisable use" (then how do you know they're faces?) "were not those of animals; and I felt sure they were beings of a high order of development." (Really. Unsurmisable but obviously a sign of intelligence.)Prosfilaeshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-76947390534282352342011-01-14T17:37:15.963-05:002011-01-14T17:37:15.963-05:00Appendix N might not mention Smith's stories, ...Appendix N might not mention Smith's stories, but, naturally, Tom Moldvay didn't neglect them when he compiled the page of "Inspirational Source Material" for his Basic Rules. He included three collections: Xiccarph, Lost Worlds and Genius Loci.

In fact, comparing the lists, I was surprised to see that Moldvay recommended quite a few major authors overlooked (or unread?) by Gygax, including Alan Garner, Ursula Le Guin, and E.R. Eddison.

While we're talking favourite CAS stories, I feel I must mention "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" - not only for its splendid language and marvellous wit, but also because it features a pair of ill-starred, roguish protagonists who march off to loot a temple in a ruined city in the jungle because they see "no reason why we should not replenish our deflated finances at the expense of a few dead kings or gods." D&D, anyone?ClawCarverhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43817744575251930062011-01-14T01:25:30.954-05:002011-01-14T01:25:30.954-05:00Greg: At least Smith has "good guys." ...Greg:

At least Smith has "good guys." :^) And yes, your right, Smith wrote a lot about the Dying Earth. Nevertheless I've found that Smith has at least somewhat of a heart for people where Lovecraft has a heart for nihilism. Not that Smith can't paint a bleak picture too, but there's an optimism in Smith that is absent in Lovecraft. One way in which that optimism is expressed is how Smith's bad guys often "get it" via poetic justice. Poetic justice implies a moral code. Also, I've yet to read of a "magic-user" in Smith who is "good." And many of them bring themselves down via their arts (for example,the Double Shadow). Wizards are portrayed as warped power mongers (this was the way Howard portrayed them too). Another way Smith expresses optimism is by upholding human love, as in the Charnel God. Lovecraft is (in)famous for hardly ever even including females in his stories. Lovecraft seems utterly uninterested in anything heartwarming, which is fine (though I understand his life was about as bleak as his stories, and that makes me wish it could have been different for him). I find Lovecraft's tales to be literary exercises in expressing philosophy, just as C. S. Lewis's children's stories are literary exercises in expressing Christianity. Not that these two were similar in the way they expressed their worldview . . . but they are equally effective in expressing them. In fact I don't think I've ever read any other author who better communicates "worldview" in literature than Lovecraft and Lewis. Oops, didn't mean to write so much.THOMAShttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39637379637643917222011-01-13T22:30:18.748-05:002011-01-13T22:30:18.748-05:00I'm still reading through the definitive colle...I'm still reading through the definitive collection of his works (just got the latest volume for Yule). A few clunkers, a few are merely "workmanlike," but most are outstanding.Josephhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88115745827027797822011-01-13T19:06:44.329-05:002011-01-13T19:06:44.329-05:00@THOMAS: Lovecraft would likely approve of your ...@THOMAS:

Lovecraft would likely approve of your analysis of his work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmicism

But don't be misled. The good guys get their share of knocks in Smith's work. And there's not much of a silver lining to the clouds that hang over doomed Zothique.Greghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68601347608642770922011-01-13T17:45:18.595-05:002011-01-13T17:45:18.595-05:00Just finished "The Charnal God." Decent ...Just finished "The Charnal God." Decent little story with some human interest (man trying to rescue wife from cult of hyena-ghoul-men). A lot of the Lovecraft and CAS stories have the weirdness but no human interest, except the "what's gonna happen to this little self-absorbed chap?" type. It was fun to read about a guy who's obviously in love with his wife and will save her at any cost. That sort of thing held against the black backdrop of all the horror is especially effective in not only showing the horror to be horrific, but to show the good to be attractive. There's a moral fibre to CAS that I find completely lacking in Lovecraft.THOMAShttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37385658460920169422011-01-13T15:14:23.453-05:002011-01-13T15:14:23.453-05:00In relation to D&D and fantasy RPG's in ge...In relation to D&D and fantasy RPG's in general, It's those times when you find your PC's are out of spells, down to their last hp's or thrown into a pit facing a mated pair of hungry Otyugh's, that's what Smith taps into: the sheer horror (and humor) of seeing the adventure go from bad to even worse and how it all plays out in the end. That's why " The Weaver in the Vault" and" The Isle of the Tortures" hold a special place in my heart as I've been in games with those situations.crowkinghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41103581011382428222011-01-13T15:02:16.667-05:002011-01-13T15:02:16.667-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.crowkinghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85345516287029580222011-01-13T14:53:46.686-05:002011-01-13T14:53:46.686-05:00Bah, I meant Abhoth of course.Bah, I meant Abhoth of course.Roger the GShttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43124848714243876272011-01-13T14:52:18.019-05:002011-01-13T14:52:18.019-05:00He's not entirely absent from the canon. The L...He's not entirely absent from the canon. The Lovecraft section of Deities & Demigods gives Shub-Niggurath (never physically described by Lovecraft) a spawning aspect very similar to Ubbo-Sathla and places her underneath Mt. Voormithadreth. If Gygax wasn't aware of CAS, Messrs. Ward & Kuntz sure were.Roger the GShttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77104225933637856512011-01-13T14:44:43.842-05:002011-01-13T14:44:43.842-05:00It seems Zothique gets most praise. Is it better t...It seems Zothique gets most praise. Is it better than Hyperborea, Averoigne or Poseidonis?

I prefer Hyperborea, personally. But Zothique is arguably more influential, if for no other reason than because it was a huge inspiration (or at least parallel) to Jack Vance's Dying Earth.Joshuahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80758762164118186142011-01-13T14:16:34.750-05:002011-01-13T14:16:34.750-05:00Every fan of Smith's, or any good author, has ...Every fan of Smith's, or any good author, has their own favorite story. Mine is that which inspired the wicked-cool cover of the Castle Amber module, The Colossus of Ylourgne. As my girlfriend so eloquently put it at the time of my reading, "You should be slapped for just reading that." And why not, with all its talk of the devil-worshipping disciples of the grim Nathaire, and his home furnished with queer oddities.radnoffhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78220196139970418202011-01-13T13:58:48.159-05:002011-01-13T13:58:48.159-05:00It seems Zothique gets most praise. Is it better t...It seems Zothique gets most praise. Is it better than Hyperborea, Averoigne or Poseidonis?

"The Double Shadow" is my favorite so far, but I haven't read "Dark Eidolon," "Empire of the Necromancers," or "The Charnel God."THOMAShttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29872008056312560072011-01-13T13:25:13.606-05:002011-01-13T13:25:13.606-05:00Great post. Big thumbs-up.Great post. Big thumbs-up.Deltahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87225779014883779572011-01-13T13:10:38.470-05:002011-01-13T13:10:38.470-05:00Although CAS was not mentioned in Appendix N, he w...Although CAS was not mentioned in Appendix N, he was recommended in the Bibliography chapters of both RuneQuest and the Arduin Adventure. The later of the two even dedicated the book to him and praised Zothique as a major inspiration.crowkinghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13475644780624890492011-01-13T11:00:13.769-05:002011-01-13T11:00:13.769-05:00It would also be the 89th birthday of Albert Lamor...It would also be the 89th birthday of Albert Lamorisse, who died in 1970. Lamorisse is the inventor of the boardgame Risk (in 1957) as well as the creator of that French short film The Red Balloon (1956) that most of us would probably have seen as kids.

For whatever that's worth.Joshuahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62358330900059608552011-01-13T10:57:15.117-05:002011-01-13T10:57:15.117-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joshuahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21998540858146735492011-01-13T10:22:40.226-05:002011-01-13T10:22:40.226-05:00I get the impression that Smith is more well-known...I get the impression that Smith is more well-known in the Commonwealth countries. I have always see his works in print by Gollancz and similar houses.

These days, I am not convinced that he is any well less known than Vance. There was a short period around the time of the Vance integral edition that you could find Vance's stuff in bookstores, but not so much anymore.Walkerhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22782518201191884742011-01-13T10:15:25.011-05:002011-01-13T10:15:25.011-05:00Well said, James. Smith evokes atmosphere like non...Well said, James. Smith evokes atmosphere like none other -- his use of colors, sounds, smells, the impossible vistas, his use of the macabre, his subtle humor -- it's all very inspiring. I hope that your modest blog and its dedication to the forgotten bard of the "Big Three" produces a few more CAS readers.Lord Ghulhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89025387720919781062011-01-13T09:52:05.836-05:002011-01-13T09:52:05.836-05:00I just received the collection, 'Return of the...I just received the collection, 'Return of the Sorcerer'. I'd read bits of CAS before, but this review sold me on getting this collection.

http://www.blackgate.com/2010/07/08/the-return-of-the-sorcerer-falling-under-clark-ashton-smith's-potent-spell-for-the-first-time/

It can be ordered through Amazon.Paul R. McNameehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85283196011594169122011-01-13T04:36:58.915-05:002011-01-13T04:36:58.915-05:00Amen. I first read Clark years ago. The story was ...Amen. I first read Clark years ago. The story was The Double Shadow* and I thought to myself that it was pure D&D at the time.
As years go by, and I read more of Clark, and see his mentions of liches and whatnot, I feel he really is essential reading for this hobby.

*http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53Claytonianhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88473932779182774822011-01-13T02:43:44.244-05:002011-01-13T02:43:44.244-05:00I read some Smith early on around '76 when I ...I read some Smith early on around '76 when I first got into D&D and nobody I knew had ever heard of him. I ran an adventure once inspired by "The Death of Malygris" in which the only way to defeat the lich that ruled the island was to convince him that he was dead. The king is dead, long live the king...Zarcanthropushttps://email@example.com


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When it comes to population growth, Houston is No. 1
New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are still America's largest metropolitan areas. But of the nation's 366 metropolitan areas, none added more people than Houston over the 2000-2010 decade. Based on analyses of the 2000 and 2010 censuses by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, the greater Houston metropolitan area grew by a whopping 1,231,393 people, increasing by more than 123,000 per year over the decade.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Downtown Hangover
I wasn't even supposed to be downtown last night. I had made plans to see Michael Pollan speak at Unity Temple last night. The Scout had an extra ticket and agreed to let me have it. So we made plans to go last night. But then The Scout decided that she had someone better to take along and gave me the boot. So I had a free evening and nothing to do.
Then John in KC twittered that he had an extra free pass to see "The Hangover" and was looking for takers. I was the big winner. He emailed me the pass and we made plans to meet up for the movie. I was then left with an evening downtown before my movie, Kay Barnes' wet dream.
My trusty inbox led me to the free staff pick wine tasting at Cellar Rat. I got there about 5:45 and texted Abbey Ale to meet me, but she was still at work threatening to cut people. I fought the crowd of about 40 people and was able to try all 10-12 wines available. I only found one that I really enjoyed, the Chateau Ste. Michele Indian Wells Chardonnay. A couple of the other ones I didn't think much of at all. Overall I wasn't that impressed with the staff's picks this month. I'm willing to give them more shots assuming I can make it out again (a couple of times in the past week people have laughed at me for thinking that anything after 6 is a little too late to be out).
I then made my way over to the Saucer and reinforced my feelings about sitting at the bar there. I don't like it and don't want to do it again. But, I was unsure of Abbey Ale's arrival and I didn't want to take the only available booth in the place and sit alone. Of course, Abbey Ale eventually got there making my worries moot, but we decided to stay at the bar. She brought her work pal, Deschutes along with her. I was drinking a Maharaja IPA. Abbey Ale asked what she should get and I told her to get the Goose Island Matilda which is on tap at the Saucer now. She was quite impressed with Matilda (Deschutes and I both thought she might enjoy a different Matilda if you get my drift). Deschutes and Abbey Ale both told how much they loved Deschutes' Black Butte Porter and were discouraged they could only get it when they go to the west coast for work. I'm discouraged by that too, since I don't even get to go to the west coast to drink it. The time has come for Deschutes come to Missouri.
After we finished our beers I made my way over to the AMC Mainstreet Theatre to meet up with John in KC. I walked in and had no hassle getting into the theater. The theater with "The Hangover" was about two-thirds full when I got there, I called John to see if he was there yet but he was polishing off a Texan at ChefBurger (another of Kay Barnes' wet dreams). I found some seats a little closer to the screen than optimal and a little far to the right. John called a couple of minutes after I sat down.
I was a little chatty with John as I'm prone to be after sucking down a Maharaja. We had some good discussion about downtown KC and walking rather than driving (the best part about a downtown). Then the movie started and it was everything I hoped it would be. I laughed out loud at least 10 times and 3 or 4 of those times led to a coughing fit for me (I'm pretty sure I'm dying). The moral of "The Hangover" is one I think we can all get behind, don't mix Jagermeister and Rohypnol, it seems obvious but "The Hangover" cements it in your mind. My only complaint is that I didn't really care about them finding their friend, plus I didn't really need to see full frontal, untrimmed at that, obstetrician from "Knocked Up" (but I didn't much mind the gratuitous Zack Galifianakas nudity). The payoff of the movie is the slideshow of the evening before the hangover (which you don't see at all during the movie). When that little slideshow hits YouTube, or whatever similar thing that allows nudity, it will take the world by storm. It may be the funniest 2 minutes of film ever put together, with the montage of penis from "Superbad" coming in a close second.
I liked the Mainstreet Theatre, but it's not a whole lot different than other AMC theaters. Had I bought anything I might have a little more to say about the whole thing. I really only walked into the place, sat down and watched a movie.
Big thanks to John in KC for hooking me up with a free ticket. I had a pretty fun downtown evening for $20. I can just imagine how moist this post makes Kay.
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I was just back out in Portland for a couple weeks a while ago visiting family and I was reminded how much I miss Deschutes. They have a new restaurant in downtown Portland. My wife and I ended up going there a couple times. They have some great restaurant exclusive stuff at the brewery. I've finally come off the fence and decided they beat Rogue as the best of the widely-available breweries in Oregon.ReplyDelete
polishing off a Texan?ReplyDelete
The Texan burger at ChefBurger. It's what I order too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Why don't you like sitting at the bar?ReplyDelete
Damn, thanks for outing me. It looks like you had a way better time downtown than you would have had at Pollan. No liquor, just organic food jokes.ReplyDelete
I owe you a beer sometime soon for being so understanding.
- WestonMay 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Please don't talk about Kay's "Moisture" ever again. Also, the penis montage trumps all.ReplyDelete
Anonymous, It's weird sitting with your back to the rest of the bar at the Saucer. Everything interesting is happening behind you all the time. I just don't like it.ReplyDelete
Mar, don't worry about it, you've invited me places 20 different times and I didn't show up. No big whoop.
Weston, you know my primary concern in this life is how moist Kay is at any given time.
- WestonMay 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Just thought I would shoot you a note. I saw the Two Jokers post already, but didn't know if you knew ETA's on the Pilsner. This is a quote straight from the bossman.ReplyDelete
Some beer stuff...the new double wit, Two Jokers is out in the market and the Boulevard Pilsner will be in the K.C market in long necks on or about the fourth of July.
- AnonymousJune 7, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Just so you know, the penis was dildo Zach picked out. Sorry to spoil the fun for ya, they did an interview with him about it, and he talks about how embarrassing it was for him to do that scene.ReplyDelete


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The recipe was very simple, just a combination of arugula, sliced stone fruit (I decided to use peaches), Thai chili, mint, burrata, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
I cleaned my produce and arranged everything on a plate.
This was a great, quick salad and it made for a delicious lunch. As recommended, I paired the salad with a glass of the 2014 If a Tree Falls Riesling. The slight sweetness of the wine nicely complemented the spiciness from the Thai chili, and the cold wine was a great accompaniment to this late summer salad.
Verdict: This was a great box from Club W, and I loved the burrata salad recipe paired with the Riesling. This was my first time trying one of their more expensive reds, and it definitely paid off. Since fall is here, I'm guessing next month's recipes will likely feature some cold-weather foods. There's been a chill in the air these past few days, so I'm ready. Bring on the stews and soups!
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An original novel based on the hit television series, Reign.
Since Mary, Queen of Scotland was a child, the English have wanted her country and her crown. She is sent to France to wed its next king - to save herself and her people. It's a bond that should protect her, but there are forces that conspire...forces of darkness, forces of the heart. Mary's rule, and her life, has never been safe.
Find out what happens to Mary, Francis, Bash, and the rest of the French court after the season one finale.
Long may she reign.
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I first saw this fancy seeded bread on my instagram feed, immediately Googled it, found it, read this wonderful woman's whole post about it, made it, and thoroughly savored it. She's named this bread 'The Life-Changing Loaf of Bread.'
Mind you, as tasty and nutritionally packed as this bread is, I would never turn a fresh, hot out of the oven loaf of Greek, Italian, Spanish, French, etc, etc….bread covered in butter away, ever. For me, this is simply another wonderful addition to the bread line-up.
There is so much information that goes along with this recipe from the ingredients, the nutritional values, substitutions, etc…that instead of trying to rewrite an entire post that covers all this beautifully, I highly suggest taking the time to read Sarah's post all the way through.
For those of you who were wondering what was holding this bread together….the answer is…psyllium seed husks.
A couple of things from my first try with this bread:
- First, you will need a silicon bread pan. No one in town had one, so Amazon it was. Just in case you can't find one close to you either, here is the one I got.
- I let my mixture sit overnight.
- When I baked it for the first step and took it out of the loaf pan, one side crumbled a little bit. It's really fragile. When you turn it out, be really gentle with it.
- I did not put the loaf directly on my rack in my oven, but instead placed in on a cooling rack and placed the cooling rack in my oven with a sheet pan under it. I was a little afraid more
may have crumbled out and I didn't want any burnt little bits on my oven floor. None did.
- Don't be tempted to cut into it until it has cooled. Use a bread knife.
It was already a bit on the 'toasted' side when finished, but we did toast a few slices and I agree with Sarah, it makes the best toast, ever. I served it smeared with sweet orange marmalade and used it crumbled over a creamy cauliflower soup, but I can see this as a base for all kinds of sweet and savory toppings.
So, get your pan, gather your ingredients, make this most amazing "Life Changing Bread" and share it with everyone you know.
- 1 cup / 135g sunflower seeds
- ½ cup / 90g flax seeds
- ½ cup / 65g hazelnuts or almonds
- 1 ½ cups / 145g rolled oats
- 2 Tbsp. chia seeds
- 4 Tbsp. psyllium seed husks (3 Tbsp. if using psyllium husk powder)
- 1 tsp. fine grain sea salt (add ½ tsp. if using coarse salt)
- 1 Tbsp. maple syrup (for sugar-free diets, use a pinch of stevia)
- 3 Tbsp. melted coconut oil or ghee
- 1 ½ cups / 350ml water
- In a flexible, silicon loaf pan combine all dry ingredients, stirring well. Whisk maple syrup, oil and water together in a measuring cup. Add this to the dry ingredients and mix very well until everything is completely soaked and dough becomes very thick (if the dough is too thick to stir, add one or two teaspoons of water until the dough is manageable). Smooth out the top with the back of a spoon. Let sit out on the counter for at least 2 hours, or all day or overnight. To ensure the dough is ready, it should retain its shape even when you pull the sides of the loaf pan away from it it.
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C.
- Place loaf pan in the oven on the middle rack, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove bread from loaf pan, place it upside down directly on the rack and bake for another 30-40 minutes. Bread is done when it sounds hollow when tapped. Let cool completely before slicing (difficult, but important).
- Store bread in a tightly sealed container for up to five days. Freezes well too – slice before freezing for quick and easy toast!


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....."Life is a Beach".....
by Ego Amigo
18 year old, fresh faced teen,
Grew up in the Midwest, beach unseen,
Dreamed of a day, he'd finally get a chance,
After graduation, he'd finally get a glance.
Water in my lungs, gun powder in the air,
Taste of blood on my tongue, but I don't care,
Just out of reach, gotta make it to the shore,
Finally made it to the beach, no bikinis anywhere.
All I feel is burning lead,
Never felt so ALIVE,
Does this mean I will be dead,
All I want is to SURVIVE.
Sun in my face, fellow soldiers give chase,
The worst wicked rat race, most left in despair,
Lying on my back, too many pounds in my pack,
Got sand in every crack, should have asked for a hammock,
I've brought too many clothes to wear.
All I feel is burning lead,
Never felt so ALIVE,
Does this mean I will be dead,
All I want is to SURVIVE,
I close my eyes, as I breath in,
Wanna know why, please forgive all my sin,
Nothing left to give, not much more to live,
Struggle to breath, strangely relieved,
Time to rest, I've done my best,
Now on my own, finally coming home,
All I want is to come home.
"Bring our Heroes Home." - Ego Amigo
- Tuesday, June 6, 1944; D-Day; the Allied Invasion of Normandy; World War II.
Might does not make right,
Fight does not make flight,
Redundant wrongs do not make right,
What if we could speak to the sword,
And watch it fold?
When shown the light,
Life with diplomacy is bright.
Choose Value over vice,
Silence will not suffice,
Perspective of prosperity, we'll never know,
Unless we honor sacrifice,
Celebration and compensation
For contribution to community,
The process of progress, upholding legacy,
Silence supports the status quo,
Who had to pay for our present day prosperity?
Beaches built on bodies buried below.
- Ego Amigo: "Life is a Beach"


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|Q and A: Jupiter Mahadasha and Rahu Antardasha- Priyadarshi Singh
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Priyadarshi Singh asks: These days I am going through the Rahu Antardasha in Jupiter Mahadasha. I Think I am facing the toughest time of my life in every field. Some astrologers have advised me to wear a Neelam and an Opal. Some others have suggested wearing a Khooni Neelam. I want to know whether it is okay and beneficial to wear these two gems or should I wear some other gemstones. My birth details are: Date- 21 july- 1979, Time- 20:30 Hrs, Place- Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Astrologer Ashutosh: You have correctly said that you are passing through the last three months of Rahu antardasha in the Mahadasha of Jupiter. You were born under a Kumbh (Aquarius) ascendant and a Mithun (Gemini) moon sign.
On 9th December 2012 you will enter Shani ( Saturn) Mahadasha which will last for next nineteen years which will be a much more beneficial and stable period for you than the present Jupiter Mahadasha which has been going on since last sixteen years.


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Keystone oil pipeline clears major hurdle
Updated 10:44 pm, Friday, January 31, 2014
Washington --
The State Department's conclusion Friday that the Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to dramatically boost demand for Canada's oil sands gives President Obama the ammunition he needs to counter environmental critics if he approves the project.
But the government review of the TransCanada Corp. pipeline that would link Alberta's oil sands with Gulf Coast refineries is far from over. Obama could delay the politically treacherous decision until after November's mid-term elections.
Now that it has released the long-awaited final environmental impact statement, the State Department will begin assessing whether the $7 billion pipeline is in the "national interest" - an analysis required for border-spanning projects that folds in security, economic and environmental concerns.
The project would transport 900,000 barrels a day of crude from Alberta to the oil hub in Cushing, Okla., where it would connect with TransCanada's just-opened Gulf Coast line through Texas.
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In the study, the State Department held firm to an earlier, preliminary finding that the amount of carbon emissions linked to oil sands development in Canada won't be affected much by the Keystone XL because trains and other pipelines also can transport the crude.
"The dominant drivers of oil sands development are more global than any single infrastructural project," the State Department said. Keystone XL "is unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands or the continued demand for heavy crude oil at refineries in the United States."
Those calculations are critical because Obama vowed last June he would only approve the pipeline if it does not "significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
Although the report did not give any specific recommendation to Obama, analysts and project allies said it boosts the chances the president will approve Keystone XL.
Kevin Book, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners, said the research agency's review of the report "reinforces our view that the Obama administration has left the door open to final approval."
But Obama administration officials emphasized the report is just one more step in a long process. During the national interest determination, "there will be a lot of other considerations on the table," said Kerri-Ann Jones, the assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs.
Environmentalists took some comfort in the report's acknowledgement that Keystone XL potentially could generate an extra 1.3 million to 27.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually over non-oil sands alternatives, the equivalent of emissions from as many as 5.7 million cars each year.
But the State Department essentially said that the oil sands ultimately would be produced and used, and those emissions generated, regardless of Keystone XL.
"The State Department wisely walked away from its earlier contention that Keystone XL would have 'no significant impact' on climate disruption," said Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune.
Still, for already wary environmentalists, the project is a major test of Obama's commitment to combatting climate change. If he approves the pipeline, he could alienate a key faction of voters that helped put him into the White House.
"I hope President Obama will take a hard look at the facts before he makes a decision on this enormously risky project," said Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund manager in San Francisco who is a leader of the opposition to the pipeline. "In his State of the Union address this week, the president pledged to 'act with more urgency' to combat the threat of climate change. His first step should be to reject the Keystone XL pipeline."
The release of the State Department report opened a public comment period from Feb. 5 to March 7. Other federal agencies have up to three months to weigh in. The general public also will be able to comment on the "national interest" question in writing and possibly at a public hearing.
Jennifer A. Dlouhy is a reporter in the Hearst Newspapers Washington bureau.


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There is not a lot to do in Ostersund itself, but it does have Jamtli, a village showing the history of the area which is really interesting, and there are lots of winter activities in the area.
Nearby there is a moose garden and the Frösö zoo. You'll also find the city museum, glass blowing, handicrafts, geohuset, and the northern most ruin stone in Sweden. Östersund also offers hiking trails nearby as well as recreational paths along the lake.
The city has an airport which has a bus service connecting to the city, train station, and a few hotels and hostels. The city offers many cafes for fika as well as plenty of restaurants.


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Season over for McNamara
Ian McCall has confirmed that on-loan veteran Jackie McNamara's season is over after breaking his leg.
Last Updated: 12/03/10 9:46am
Partick manager Ian McCall has confirmed that on-loan veteran Jackie McNamara's season is over after breaking his leg on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old Celtic legend had to be stretchered from the Somerset Park pitch following a collision with Ayr defender Martyn Campbell.
McCall has now confirmed that the ex-Wolves and Aberdeen man broke his leg in the clash and that regardless of whether he requires surgery or not his season is over.
McNamara only signed a one-month loan move to Partick last month and is now expected to return to Falkirk, although it remains to be seen whether he continues his playing career next season.
Bad one
"We could tell at the time it was a bad one and it has been confirmed Jackie has broken his leg," explained McCall.
"He's going to see a specialist to determine how serious the break is, but it's obviously a bad injury and our hope is that there isn't any cruciate damage.
"There are two scenarios and neither of them are good. The first is that if there is no operation required Jackie could make it for pre-season at the end of June.
"The second is that if he requires surgery he will be out until next August or September. Either way, Jackie will not play again this season."


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|Superior School District Employees, Local 1397
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Wis. appeals court refuses to reinstate Act 10
UPDATE: ACT 10 CASE ORAL ARGUMENTS SCHEDULED…The State Supreme Court has set October 23 at 1:30 pm to hear oral arguments for the "Colas case" (MTI v. Walker). We'll keep you informed as we learn more.
A Wisconsin appeals court has refused to put on hold a judge's decision repealing major parts of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen asked the 4th District Court of Appeals to place the September ruling of Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas on hold while an appeal is pending. Colas refused in October and the appeals court on Tuesday upheld that decision.
The appeals court says it sees "no basis to set aside the circuit court's decision that a stay was not warranted."
A spokeswoman for Van Hollen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last year's ruling overturned the law as it pertained to school and local government workers. (read more) (read decision)
A Dane County judge has ruled many of the provisions of Wis Act 10 unconsititutional. The judge found that certain provisions of the act violate the free speech, freedom of association and equal protection clauses. Read more >>>
Key Points
A special meeting was called by Local 1397 Pres. Randy Berndt on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 9am, at Superior Middle School Cafetorium to inform members of Local 1397 of the changes that will take place July 1, 2012 when the working contract between Local 1397 and the School District of Superior expires. An Employee Handbook will take the place of the working contract. Key points from the meeting are presented here by Vice Pres., Sally Thompson. Page, Article and Section references are to the draft of the employee handbook reviewed by the Labor Management committee members.
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Walker recall effort says 300,000 signatures in Organizers of the effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office said Monday they have collected 300,000 signatures, more than half of what is needed to force an election. By: Scott Bauer, Associated Press, Superior Telegram
During the May 2011 Labor Management Meeting, Pres. Randy Berndt signed off on the 2011-2012 contract agreement between the School District of Superior and AFSCME, AFL-CIO Local 1397.
The new working contract is attached below the summary of changes under Additional Resources.
Local 1397 Monthly Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Executive Committee meets at 4:00PM and the regular meeting starts at 4:30PM at Superior Middle School in Room B139.
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BEIJING — When their beds began to shake and the dishes clattered off the shelves, people knew what to do this time.
The temblor Saturday morning in Sichuan province was a lesser replay of a killer quake that struck along the same fault line almost five years ago. Still, it was severe enough to leave at least 179 dead and more than 8,000 injured by Sunday, Chinese authorities reported.
The 8 a.m. jolt roused residents from their beds, and many people ran into the streets in their pajamas, according to reports from the scene.
"We were very calm. We have gained experience from the last earthquake," one middle-aged man told Chinese media. "It took us 30 seconds to leave everything and run."


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Themes and Meanings
(Literary Essentials: World Fiction)
A Ticket to the Stars contains several themes that are particularly relevant to Russian society and, at the same time, universal. The theme of the independence of mind and spirit is played out in a society that has fought against such independence from the very beginning of its existence. Mindful of the significance of educating the young according to the Party blueprint, Soviet society has always worked to inculcate in its youth the spirit of obedience and single-mindedness. Until the 1950's, there were very few literary works available depicting any deviation from that path. Writers have been compelled, or have agreed, to present Soviet youth in one light only: as totally obedient members of a society that does not tolerate difference of opinion. Only since the death of Joseph Stalin have Soviet writers been able, with greater or lesser success, to depict themes and characters that deviate from the norm as dictated by the tenets of Socialist Realism. In this respect, the four characters in Aksyonov's novel present a refreshing change. More important, they are believable characters of flesh and blood, rather than the cardboard imitations of human beings found in most Soviet literature prior to the 1950's. In this respect, the theme of the independence of mind and spirit among young people is not only novel in Soviet literature but also indicative of the indestructibility of the human spirit.
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Arsene Wenger's British Core for Arsenal Is Beginning to Bear FruitOctober 2, 2013
On Tuesday, Arsene Wenger celebrated 17 years in charge of Arsenal Football Club.
It's an incredible length of time to be at any one club. Some managers won't have a career that lasts for that long, let alone in one post.
When your time in charge of club spans almost two decades, its inevitable that there will be shifts in policy along the way. Sir Alex Ferguson is the ultimate example of a coach who continually reinvented both himself and his teams in order to remain competitive. Wenger shares that chameleon tendency.
Perhaps the greatest shift in Arsene Wenger's philosophy has been in regard to his attitude toward British talent.
When Wenger arrived at Arsenal in the mid-1990s, he inherited a squad that was primarily British. There was a sprinkling of foreign talent: Dennis Bergkamp had been signed previously, and Patrick Vieira and Remi Garde had been acquired at Wenger's say-so. However, the team had a predominantly English core.
Wenger discovered an English game that was full of antiquated attitudes to training and preparation. He revolutionised the club's fitness program and began supplementing his squad with an increasing number of foreign imports, some of whom were more successful than others.
Players like Vieira and Emmanuel Petit are remembered as Arsenal greats. However, the less said about the likes of Alberto Mendez and Fabian Caballero, the better.
There was the occasional British signing, but Wenger was largely burned by his experiences signing English players.
Francis Jeffers and Richard Wright both arrived at Arsenal in the summer of 2001 with big price tags and equally high expectations. However, neither ever reached anything like their potential in an Arsenal shirt. Both players confirmed Wenger's underlying fear that English players were both overpriced and fundamentally lacking in technique.
It would be five years before Arsene Wenger would sign another English player.
With financial restrictions beginning to creep in to fund the move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Wenger could no longer afford to gamble on the inflated price tags attached to English talent. The Frenchman believed he could find cheaper players better suited to Arsenal's playing style on the continent.
The culmination of Wenger's drive to turn Arsenal in to a multinational outfit occurred on Valentine's Day of 2005. When Arsenal took to the field to face Crystal Palace for a London derby, there was not a single British player in the Gunners' matchday squad. Palace, by contrast, fielded eight British players in just their starting XI. Arsenal, it should be pointed out, triumphed 5-1.
Wenger's policy was paying dividends. The Invincibles team of 2004 contained just two British regulars: Sol Campbell and the homegrown Ashley Cole.
However, almost 10 years on, Wenger seems to have reneged on his ideals.
Last season, Arsenal made much fanfare of signing up a British sextet on long-term contracts. Kieran Gibbs, Carl Jenkinson, Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott were all handed bumper contracts to ensure they will be at Arsenal for years to come.
Gibbs and Wilshere are academy products who'd been with the club for years prior to making their first-team bow. Jenkinson was a shrewd signing from Charlton, languishing in League One at the time. However, the likes of Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott were all acquired from other British clubs at a young age with hefty price tags.
It was interesting that when Wenger chose to break Arsenal's rigid pay structure, it was not to sign a foreign import, but to secure Walcott's long-term future. The English winger is seen as integral to Arsenal's future. It's not just what he does on the pitch: It's the fact that he's part of a growing British core to the squad.
Why has Wenger changed his policy so dramatically?
There are several reasons. The first is that British coaching methods are catching up with those on the continent, and subsequently the technical level of players being produced is higher. Arsenal's academy has been attuned to Wenger's specifications. When Wenger first arrived in England, Arsenal simply didn't have a youth system capable of producing players of Wilshere's ilk.
Wenger has also learnt to appreciate the value of British players in the highly combative Premier League. They instinctively understand the challenges better than many foreign imports can ever hope to. It is telling that the recent title-winning sides of Manchester United and Chelsea have both had a strong British element at their heart.
However, Wenger also became sick of losing the young foreigners he developed. All too often a player would reach their peak at Arsenal, only to seek pastures new. The prime example is Cesc Fabregas. Wenger coaxed Fabregas to London from Barcelona as a teenager, only to lose him just as he was arriving at the apogee of his talents.
Wenger will hope the British youngsters he is building around now will be less keen to fly the coup. The likes of Jack Wilshere are already home. The new contracts signed last year should ensure that their best years are experienced at Arsenal. As the superb form of Aaron Ramsey shows, the Gunners are already reaping the benefits of Wenger's wisdom.
Arsenal's future is bright. What's more, it seems their future is British.
James McNicholas is Bleacher Report's lead Arsenal correspondent and will be following the club from a London base throughout the 2013/14 season. Follow him on Twitter here.


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Shay's Big Day
Lifford-born Shay Given says Monday was one of the proudest days of his life, as he was presented with the Freedom Of Donegal.
The Toon goalkeeper has been linked with a host of top clubs during his time on Tyneside, but like Alan Shearer, has stayed loyal to the cause.
He says the ceremony was an honour to himself and his family.
Given: 'I remember driving around this town 15 years ago selling fruit and vegetables, and I never thought then that I would return for such a proud day'.


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There have been couple of occasions when developers have come to me saying the query used to run fine on production a week back but it's taking long time now. To be better equipped to answer these issues in future I thought of creating a table from v$sql_paln with "create table as select" every week so that explain plan of queries can be compared to see if there are any changes. I hit this bug#4434689 with 18.104.22.168 where selects on v$sql_plan failes with ora-600 [504].
Now, is there a better approach to achieve comparison between current plan and in past other than dumping v$sql_plan at regular intervals? I have statspack report but that's not set at the level(current level -5) to grab sql plan. Also I think that should fail as well because of the bug. I cannot set tracing as this is production db. I can use statspack to check if that query appears in it and if there are any changes to the logical or physical reads its doing, but I cannot come to a conclusion instantly about what's changed. There is a patch available but applying it would be a lengthy process of approvals and meetings.
Is someone aware of better approach or workaround?
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Anyone who has seen the movie Office Space (and if you haven't, then you need to stop reading this post right now and go rent it) knows about the "Jump to Conclusions mat."
I couldn't find a clip of the scene, so here is a transcript of the dialogue:
Michael Bolton: You think the pet rock was a really great idea?
Tom Smykowski: Sure it was. The guy made a million dollars. You know, I had an idea like that once. A long time ago.
Peter Gibbons: Really, what was it, Tom?
Tom Smykowski: Well, all right. It was a "Jump to Conclusions" mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and it would have different conclusions written on it that you could jump to.
Now, you can buy one of your own at ThinkGeek.com:
Yes, the mat is silly, but there are plenty of people who wish they could rely on a Jump to Conclusions Mat. Don't believe me? How much money do you think is spent each year on Magic 8-balls? Yes, they are meant for entertainment, but I think the fact that Magic 8-balls, horoscopes, and psychic readings are widely used show that we fear making decisions on our own.
If you could pay someone to make all of your decisions for you, would you?
Learn more about critical thinking by downloading the Think About It! eBook.
Motivation Problems
Office Space
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U.S. Rep Nan Hayworth will co-chair a group that will make sure FEMA has "the resources" to support the post-Irene recovery and that Congressional members can turn to when looking for information on how to help their districts. The bipartisan coalition, she said, was formed this morning after a meeting hosted by Rep. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat.
"Forming the coalition will allow us as members of Congress to come together across the aisle to provide both the best immediate relief we can for our constituents and, more than that, do the meaningful planning for the longer term as we recover from this catastrophe," Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, said in a statement. "The coalition will prepare for future events to minimize loss of life, loss of property, and damage to our communities."
Hayworth said coalition members met this morning with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Deputy Administrator Richard Serino, and White House staff.
You can see her announcement here.
She was criticized last week after expressing support for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's apparent call linking disaster aid with federal spending cuts.