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Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, The Hague? Utrecht? ca. 1588 - 1629 Utrecht)
Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene, 1625
Signed and dated at top, left of center: HTBrugghen fecit 1625 (HTB in monogram)
Oil on canvas
58 11/16 x 47 in. (149 x 119.4 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1953
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The tending of Saint Sebastian by Irene was a popular theme in seventeenth-century art, indicative of a contemporary drive to project Catholicism as a caring faith. The extraordinary power and pathos of Ter Brugghen's painting is largely due to the compact immediacy of the figures, and the artist's skilled manipulation of eerie, crepuscular lighting effects.
The popularity that the story of Saint Sebastian and Irene gained at the beginning of the seventeenth century was due at least in part to the Counter-Reformatory focus on the early history of the Church.1 Saint Sebastian was applauded as a militant defender and martyr of the Church, and as the epitome of steadfast faith; Irene, as a virtuous and pious woman. The increased importance accorded Irene in seventeenth-century depictions may have been fostered by the publication of Caesar Baronius's Annales ecclesiastici (1586), which placed much emphasis on her life. More generally, the seventeenth-century focus on the tender ministrations of Irene--rather than on the isolated and pathetic figure of the near-martyred (arrow-pierced) saint--expressed the Counter-Reformatory desire to project Catholicism as a caring faith, with a visible dimension of social responsibility.2
Saint Sebastian's intercession was commonly invoked against the plague, a disease that claimed many victims in pre-modern Europe. In Utrecht, for example, large numbers of people succumbed to the disease in the years 1624-32 and 1634-37.3 It is quite possible that representations of Saint Sebastian were inspired by particularly virulent outbreaks of the plague.
Although Saint Sebastian appears occasionally in Dutch art prior to the seventeenth century, the theme was decidedly more popular in Catholic countries such as Italy, France, and Flanders. In the northern Netherlands in the seventeenth century, it appears to have enjoyed widespread popularity only in Utrecht, one of the few Dutch cities that was predominantly Catholic.
Several representations of Saint Sebastian are known to have been commissioned by Dutch militia companies (schutterijen) under the patronage of this saint.4 In Utrecht, however, these companies played a comparatively minor role, and Carr's assertion that Ter Brugghen's painting, now at Oberlin, was commissioned by such a militia company appears to be unfounded.5
Like many other early seventeenth-century interpretations of Saint Sebastian tended by Irene, Ter Brugghen's Saint Sebastian adopts the formal conventions of depictions of Christ's Descent from the Cross: a pathetically lifeless, seminude male figure, supported and tended by two or more (female) figures. Compositionally, Ter Brugghen's painting is related to--and probably influenced by--nearly contemporaneous representations of the subject by other Utrecht Caravaggisti.
The earliest treatment of the theme by a northern Caravaggesque painter is the Saint Sebastian, by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656), which was possibly painted as early as 1620.6 Although this work includes only the isolated figure of the wounded saint, Saint Sebastian's slumped, lifeless pose may have been an important source for Ter Brugghen.7 The more specific subject of Irene tending to Saint Sebastian and removing his arrows was first introduced into the north by Dirck van Baburen (ca. 1595-1624), in a work probably painted in Utrecht shortly before the artist's death in February 1624.8 Baburen's composition gives equal weight to the motifs of deposition and healing embodied in the Counter-Reformatory vision of the event. Jan van Bylert's (1597/98-1671) Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene, signed and dated 1624, is also indebted to Baburen's innovative composition.9 In his study of Ter Brugghen's painting at Oberlin, Stechow also drew attention to an anonymous Italian Caravaggesque painting of Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene that may have been the model for one or all of these Dutch works.10
This enumeration of the formal sources for Ter Brugghen's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene does not address the unique achievements of his masterful and poetic composition. The powerful immediacy of the three figures within the shallow space is heightened by the close cropping of the composition, and by the figures' seemingly inextricable fusion into a single pyramidal form. This monumental grouping is both softened and sculpted by the cool, silvery light that plays over the greenish forms of Sebastian's flesh, and over the muted tones and simple folds of the women's garments. The parallel alignment of the three heads, and the close proximity of the hands at the upper right, are concise reiterations of the greater pathos projected by the juxtaposition of Saint Sebastian's awkwardly slumped and inert body with the alert and tender efficiency of Irene and her maid. The frail clump of trees in the landscape at the right poses a similarly poignant contrast with the solid, yet equally vulnerable, body of the saint.
M. E. Wieseman
The date and place of Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen's birth are not securely documented; he seems to have been born either in The Hague or possibly Utrecht, probably about 1588.11 He was a pupil of Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651) in Utrecht, then traveled in Italy to complete his artistic training, spending most of his time in Rome. There he was profoundly influenced by the tenebrism and often brutal realism of paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) and his followers. Ter Brugghen was recorded in Milan on his way back to Holland in 1614, and was back in Utrecht before April 1615. He entered that city's Guild of Saint Luke in 1616 or 1617; from 1620 or '22 until 1624 he was closely associated with, and may have shared a studio with, the painter Dirck van Baburen. Aside from a possible return visit to Italy between 1619 and 1621, he lived the remainder of his life in Utrecht, and was buried in the Buurkerk there on 7 November 1629.
Ter Brugghen was one of the leading representatives of Caravaggesque painting in the Netherlands. His sensitive and poetic style combines chiaroscuro lighting and simple, monumental forms with subtle painterly effects. Though clearly influenced by Italian painting, his work also carries echoes of Northern Renaissance traditions. Ter Brugghen painted mostly religious subjects and genre scenes (musicians and drinkers), as well as a few mythological and literary subjects.
General References
Nicolson, Benedict. Hendrick Terbrugghen. London, 1958.
Blankert, Albert, Leonard J. Slatkes, et al. Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten. Exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87.
Collection Pieter Fris, Amsterdam ("Een Sint Sebastiaen van Ter Brugghe")
Given by Fris to Jan de Waale (Walé) in payment of a debt, 30 August 1668 12
Collection Jan de Waale
His sale, Amsterdam, 12 May 1706, lot 43 ("Een doode St. Sebastiaen van TerBrugge")
Private collection, Rouen, by 1841 13
Château de Laroque, Sarlat, Dordogne (former residence of the Archbishop of Beaumont)
Sale Sarlat, 11 May 1952 14
With Rolan Robert, Nice (1952)
With Frederick Mont, Inc., New York, from whom purchased in 1953
New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1954. Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries: Collection Allen Memorial Art Museum. 3 - 21 February. Cat. no. 39.
Fort Worth Art Center, 1954. Inaugural Exhibition. 3 - 20 October. Cat. no. 98.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1954. Dutch Painting: The Golden Age. 28 October - 15 December (also shown at Toledo Museum of Art and Art Gallery of Toronto). Cat. no. 81.
Urbana, University of Illinois Department of Art, 1955. Great Traditions in Painting from Midwestern Collections. 23 October - 27 November. Cat. no. 34.
Malmö, Sweden, Radhüs,1956. Masterworks from American University Museums (sponsored by the College Art Association). 30 June - 15 July (also shown at Utrecht, Centraal Museum; Birmingham; London, University of London, Senate House; Durham, University of Durham; Kings College; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts [as no. 37]; Marburg, University Museum; Tübingen, Tübingen University Museum; and Besançon). Cat. no. 45.
Kansas City, Mo., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, 1958. Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition. 11 - 28 December. Cat. no. 4.
Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exhibition), 1962. Masterpieces of Art. 21 April - 4 September. Cat. no. 24.
The Dayton Art Institute, 1966. Hendrick Terbrugghen in America. 15 October - 28 November (also shown at The Baltimore Museum of Art). Cat. no. 10.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1966. Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum. 21 July - 11 September. No cat.
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1966. The Age of Rembrandt. 10 October - 13 November (also shown at Toledo Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Cat. no. 11.
New York, Wildenstein and Co., 1967. The Italian Heritage (An Exhibition of Works of Art Lent from American Collections for the Benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art). 17 May - 29 August. Cat. no. 57.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971-72. Caravaggio and his Followers. 27 October - 2 January. Cat. no. 68.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975-76. Extended loan for exhibition with permanent collection. 9 April 1975 - 22 December 1976. No cat.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, 1986-87. Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten. 13 November - 12 January (also shown at Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum). Cat. no. 20.
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, 1996. Rings: The Five Passions in World Art. 4 July -29 September. Unnumbered catalogue.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1996-97. Georges de la Tour and his World. 6 October - 5 January (also shown at Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum). Cat. no. 39.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997. Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age. September - 30 November (also shown at Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery; and London, The National Gallery). Cat. no. 10.
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Terbrugghen's Saint Sebastian." The Burlington Magazine 96 (March 1954), pp. 70-72.
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Terbrugghen's Saint Sebastian." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 11, no. 3 (Spring 1954), pp. 145-49 (condensed from The Burlington Magazine).
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Saint Sebastian by Terbrugghen." The Art Quarterly 17 (Summer 1954), pp. 197-201 (reprinted from ).
Houtzager, M. Elisabeth. "Opmerkingen over het werk van Hendrick Terbrugghen." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 6 (1955), pp. 144-46, 150.
Nicolson, Benedict. "The Rijksmuseum 'Incredulity' and Terbrugghen's Chronology." The Burlington Magazine 98 (April 1956), pp. 104, 107-8, 110.
Carr, Carolyn K. "St. Sebastian Tended by Irene: An Iconographic Study." Master's thesis, Oberlin College, 1956, pp. 70-72, 75, 81, 83.
Judson, J. Richard. "Gerrit van Honthorst: A Discussion of his Position in Dutch Art." Ph.D. diss., Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1956, p. 88.
Pigler, Anton. Barockthemen. Vol. 1. Budapest and Berlin, 1956, p. 462.
Virch, Claus. "The Crucifixion by Hendrick Terbrugghen." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 16 (1958), p. 226.
Nicolson, Benedict. Hendrick Terbrugghen. London, 1958, pp. 5, 10, 13, 17-18, 41, 86-87, cat. no. A54.
Nicolson, Benedict. In Smith College Museum of Art Bulletin 38 (1958), p. 52.
Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin 1 (December 1958), p. 5.
Judson, J. Richard. Gerrit van Honthorst: A Discussion of His Position in Dutch Art. The Hague, 1959, pp. 89-90.
Miramonde, A. P. de. Review of Nicolson, Terbrugghen. Gazette des Beaux-Arts ser. 6, vol. 53 (May 1959), pp. 373-74.
Gerson, Horst. Review of Nicolson, Terbrugghen. Kunstchronik 12 (November 1959), p. 315.
Hamilton, Chloe. "Catalogue of R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund Acquisitions." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16, no. 2 (Winter 1959), cat. no. 45, ill. p. 54; no. 3 (Spring 1959), ill. p. 227.
Plietzsch, Eduard. Holländische und Flämische Maler des XVII Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1960, p. 144, fig. 251.
Nicolson, Benedict. "The 'Candlelight Master,' a Follower of Honthorst in Rome." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 11 (1960), p. 153.
Gerson, Horst. "Hendrick Terbrugghen." In Kindlers Malerei Lexikon. Vol. 1. Zurich, 1964, p. 563.
Slatkes, Leonard J. Dirck van Baburen (c. 1595-1624). A Dutch Painter in Utrecht and Rome. Utrecht, 1965, p. 158.
Hendrick Terbrugghen in America. Exh. cat., The Dayton Art Institute, 1965, pp. 8-9, 31-33 n. 10.
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Terbrugghen in America." Art News 64 (October 1965), p. 50ff.
Gerson, Horst. "Klassizismus in der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts." Kunstchronik 19 (1966), p. 318.
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Haak, Bob. Rembrandt, his Life, his Work, his Time. New York, 1969, p. 13.
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Slatkes, Leonard J. "Additions to Dirck van Baburen." Album Amicorum J. G. van Gelder. The Hague, 1973, pp. 269-71.
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Haak, Bob. The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century. New York, 1984, p. 210.
Schuckman, Christiaan. "Did Hendrick Ter Brugghen revisit Italy? Notes from an unknown manuscript by Cornelis de Bie." Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury 4 (1986), p. 9.
Slatkes, Leonard J. In Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten. Exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87, pp. 129-32.
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Technical Data
The painting was cleaned by William Suhr in 1952-53, before it entered the museum's collection.15 Narrow strips added at the top, left, and bottom of the canvas (probably fairly modern), which incorporated some "pictorial extensions" (tree trunks, leaves) and additions, were removed at this time. The painting is structurally sound. There is a vertical seam at about the center of the original canvas support. The painting was lined with a glue-paste adhesive, apparently in 1952-53. All original tacking margins have been removed. Along the top and left sides, margins of about 2 cm have been made up with gesso and painted in order to extend the margins of the painting. The texture of the paint surface has been flattened through excessive ironing, and there are some losses to the paint layer, most notably associated with two tears in the original canvas near the head and in the neck of Saint Sebastian.
In the lower right of the composition, Irene's gown was painted using the fugitive pigment smalt; the blue of the smalt has degraded and taken on a typically uneven, blanched appearance. The underlying reddish ground has been exposed over time through numerous abrasions in the paint layer in this area. There are pentimenti throughout the composition, most visible in the figure of Saint Sebastian (along his left leg, in the folds of his garment, along his waist and chin, etc.) and in the hands of the two women.
The painting was most recently cleaned and treated by John Brealey, Conservator of Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in 1982-83. Treatment involved removing discolored and opaque natural resin varnish, and correcting and toning discolored inpainting.
1. On the theme of Saint Sebastian tended by Irene, see Anton Pigler, Barockthemen, vol. 1 (Budapest, 1974), pp. 468-70; Viktor Kraehling, Saint Sébastien dans l'art (Paris, 1938); and Saint Sébastien. Rituels et figures (exh. cat., Musée National des Arts at Traditions Populaires, Paris, 1983).
2. Philip Conisbee, "An Introduction to the Life and Art of Georges de La Tour," in Georges de la Tour and his World (exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996-97), p. 90.
3. On the plague in the Netherlands, see Leo Noordegraaf and Gerrit Valk, De Gave Gods, De pest in Holland vanaf de late Middeleeuwen (Bergen, 1988); and Ronald Rommers, "De pest in en rond Utrecht," Jaarboek Oud Utrecht (1991), pp. 93-120. Concerning the prophylactic qualities attributed to depictions of Sebastian, see Noordegraaf and Valk, op. cit., pp. 165ff.; and Eddy de Jongh, "Een Apollo in plaats van een stekelvarken," Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 11 (1963), pp. 71-79.
4. K. Künstle, Ikonographie der Heiligen (Freiburg, 1926), p. 527; see also Leonard J. Slatkes, in Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten (exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87), pp. 129-30.
5. Carr states that the Oberlin picture was commissioned by a militia company in 1623, but offers no proof of her assertion; Carolyn K. Carr, "St. Sebastian Tended by Irene: An Iconographic Study" (master's thesis, Oberlin College, 1956), p. 70, citing Benedict Nicolson, Hendrick Terbrugghen (London, 1958), p. 86.
6. Oil on canvas, 101 x 117 cm, London, The National Gallery, inv. 4503. In addition, Slatkes notes a Saint Sebastian painted by Dirck van Baburen in Italy in about 1615; the painting, now lost, is known through contemporary copies (e.g., at the Bob Jones University collection); see Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten (exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87), p. 132, fig. 86.
7. J. Richard Judson, "Gerrit van Honthorst: A Discussion of his Position in Dutch Art" (Ph.D. diss., Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1956), p. 88; and idem, Gerrit van Honthorst: a Discussion of his Position in Dutch Art (The Hague, 1959), p. 89.
8. Oil on canvas, 108.9 x 153.7 cm, Hamburg, Kunsthalle. See Leonard J. Slatkes, "Additions to Dirck van Baburen," Album Amicorum J. G. van Gelder (The Hague, 1973), pp. 269-71; also idem, in Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten (exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87), p. 129.
9. Oil on canvas, 113 x 100 cm, signed and dated 1624, Rohrau (Austria), Graf Harrach'sche Familiensammlung, Schlo¤ Rohrau; see Nieuwe Licht op de Gouden Eeuw: Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten (exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1986-87), cat. no. 39.
10. Oil on canvas, 119 x 107 cm, Moscow, Pushkin Museum, inv. 2686, as "Roman, first quarter 17th century"; see State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Catalogue of Painting (Moscow, 1995), p. 193; and Wolfgang Stechow, "Terbrugghen's Saint Sebastian," The Burlington Magazine 96 (March 1954), p. 70, fig. 6.
11. Archival information collected by Marten Jan Bok and Yoriko Kobayashi ("New data on Hendrick ter Brugghen," Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury 1 [1985], pp. 7-34), substantially revises biographical information presented in earlier publications on the artist.
12. Abraham Bredius, Künstler-Inventare, vol. 6 (The Hague, 1919), p. 1985.
13. A dated drawing after the painting by Auguste Bigand locates the painting in Rouen at this time; see Leonard J. Slatkes, in Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age (exh. cat., The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997), p. 158.
14. Leonard J. Slatkes, in Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age (exh. cat., The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997), p. 158.
15. Notes on Suhr's treatment are in the museum files; additional information for this section is taken from Richard D. Buck's preliminary examination of the painting in June 1953, and Brealey's treatment report of May 1983 (both in the museum files).


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Everything in box is modify except skin,eyes and brows ;)
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Good, honest service and reasonable prices. They have been very good to me. I highly recommend EG.
Excellent job on the break system.
EG Automotive is a great place for car service. Joe is always friendly, honest, and professional. Stopped in today to have Joe inspect the brakes on my daughter's car before returning to school. The inspection was done in an hour and I was told that all was fine and that there was no charge for the evaluation. Amazing service. I would highly recommend EG for quality honest service. Mike Palumbo
Great customer service.. honest, fair and quick service!
Goodbye Tire Barn! Hello EG!
Great job, reasonable priced, friendly.
Good owners and techs. Oil change once, then issue with AC, and they diagnosed a major repair, but didn't charge as they knew the car wasn't worth the money.
Quality service! A friendly family environment and a clean waiting area! Great people there. Stop by and ask for Pete or Joe!
The experience I had here was amazing! I am not from the area and while driving to a conference my tire pressure light came on. I still had about 50 more miles and was concerned I was getting a flat or had a leak and didn't have a tire pressure gauge with me. I just so happened to be passing EG Automotive so I pulled in hoping they could help. They were friendly and extremely helpful. They immediately took my car back and tried to troubleshoot the issue. I waited at most, 10 minutes, if that. They checked my tires for a leak and filled them with air. I wish I lived closer so I could continue to give them my business!
Excellent service. Staff is very friendly and accommodating, will be back!
Peter and his son are great. Very accommodating and know the value of customer service. The only place I'll go for automotive needs.
Great services and a very knowledgeable staff! The staff as well as the owner are very knowledgeable in their work. Service is fast and efficient, never tried to guide you in wrong direction, fully trustworthy and always give you proper guidance and valid reason for the service required immediately on your car or wait till next appointment. All in all the one and only stop for your car services. I will recommend them highly!
Took my Range Rover for a service and was blown away by the customer service.
Great customer service, quick repair, and comfortable environment. Highly recommend going to them for any car troubles.
Had EG automotive get my car all prepped to be resold and they did an incredible job. From getting me unbeaten tire prices to my brakes being done, everything was top notch and the service was amazing! Could not reccomend them enough!
Went into the shop for service on my vehicle and the owners bent over backwards for me. Very kind and caring owners and overall a fantastic business; will be back for sure.
Great family business, as well as a very warm and friendly staff. I have come to this shop many times and walked out a very satisfied customer. Highly recommend EG Automotive.
Great Shop, knowledgeable mechanics. Using the latest diagnostic tools. Very reasonable prices.
The service there is outstanding, you're not just another number. The prices are fair, and they are honest which is refreshing. Have been coming here since my first car, won't go anywhere else, not even for a simple tire or oil change.
Had a flat tire. They fixed it really quickly. Great staff and very friedly service.
Great work and very quick!! Great prices and always willing to help out. Great team of guys. Definitely recommend this place.
The service at EG Automotive Center in Dayton, NJ was absolutely amazing. My car was serviced upon my arrival and was done extremely efficiently. The customer service was great and the employees were very kind. I have multiple automotive centers within my area that are closer then EG, but I will happily go out of my way any day to go here. I recommend that everyone goes here.
New management are very responsive and take an interest in your concerns.
The most reliable auto shop around. I never feel like I'm getting cheated or a run for my money. Joe and the crew are excellent workers, are up front and straight with what is needed. Only place I go I know can trust!
Quick and reliable service. Easy to make an appointment. Great prices. Convenient location.
If you have any problems with your vehicle, go see my boy Joe P, him and the crew will get you all squared away!
Good customer service. I went in to inquire about my blown head gasket, and I got 100% attention. Nice people.
Trustworthy and friendly.
Best choice for fair and professional auto service in central NJ.
Family owned. Friendly and trustworthy people. Efficient service and frank advice.
Absolutely fantastic service. Honest, wonderful people.
Good people to do business with.
Nice and clean. Great quality and fast service. Reasonable price.
It's hard to find a mechanic shop you can trust, and when you do you stick with them forever. I will now be a lifetime customer of EG Automotive! Went in thinking I had a major engine problem that would cost me major $$. Turns out it was a minor fix that cost under $100. These guys could've beat me over the head because I told them I was expecting the worst, but they were honest and fixed my vehicle fast. I will never go anywhere else for my car's repairs or maintenance.
I will definitely be going back here again. They were very efficient and pleasant. Extremely satisfied!
Nice people always trying to help you out! They do good work and they're always pleasant.
Good service. Friendly people. I have been going here for 25 yrs. New ownership, but they seem to be keeping their honesty going.
Joe is great. Such a professional. Staff very helpful and friendly. They get you in and out. Highly recommend this place.
EG Auto is the best auto shop I have found in Middlesex County. They are awesome, work hard and let you know everything that is going on. No matter what, you are always on the same page as them!!! Thank u EG.
I stopped here just when the store was about to close, but a staff member stayed a few minutes after to check out the damage to my tires. Very friendly and accommodating. 5/5 Definitely would recommend!
Good service.
I was visiting NJ and my tire went flat. EG helped me out no questions asked. They ordered a tire while I finished up work and they fit me in before they closed so that I can go home 180 miles away. THANKS JOE AND TEAM!
Owner is very respectful and helpful of situations. Went out of their way to make sure my car would be ready for me in a short time. Prices are very fair and they do a great job. Will continue to come here; love the service !
Friendly, professional, and courteous. The price of my repairs was very fair. I couldn't be happier with the service. Joey & Pete know how to treat a customer; with respect!
Today I went to EG Automotive, my car was making a noise and turns out that my brakes were metal to metal. Joe and Steve took excellent care of me. I felt very comfortable and absolutely loved the service.
We stopped here after my car broke down on NYE on a long trip. The owner spent 20 minutes looking at my car and gave me great advice, filled my transmission with a lot of fluid and didn't charge us anything! Very knowledgeable and great customer service.
Quality service. Great prices!
When driving from Philly back home to CT, alternator went. They were able to fit me in and fix it and get me back on the road in a timely fashion. Friendly, fast service. Free TV to watch while you wait.
I showed up this past Saturday (Memorial Day Weekend) with a nail in one of my rear tires. Steve repaired the tire quickly and I was on my way. I've never been to EG but have lived in the area for a long time. I would definitely recommend this shop to friends and family.
Very happy with Steve and his tech crew, honest hard working guys, came in with engine light on, and he took care of it right the way.
Nice friendly and very effiently taken care of. Really busy business in the area.
Been using this place for a few months now. So far it's been a pleasure, great work and great prices, no games. They've done brakes, alignments, tires, and oil change for me on 2 cars. I recommend this place to everyone who is looking for an honest repair shop.
Finally found a local automotive center that is professional, responsive and skilled. We've been blessed to find a family business who is fair priced and always accommodating. We have 2 older cars and, as seniors, truly appreciate their level of competence and customer service.
Wonderful local business, knowledgeable, courteous and HONEST, really honest and their prices are fair, never inflated. I trust them completely, a very rare commodity in this day and age, especially in this type of business.
Great guys. Our car over heated as we were traveling with two toddlers - it was Good Friday and EG was open. They checked out the car, determined we could make it to our destination, gave us a couple gallons of water (just in case it over heated again) and didn't charge us. Thank you!!
I've taken my car here for years, and the guys at EG never let me down, repairs and routine maintenance are always done promptly and well. Unlike other car repair places, they never overcharge or make up fake things that need to be done RIGHT AWAY for the tune of several thousand dollars or else my car is liable to spontaneously combust. The EG guys are courteous and helpful. I hope EG never goes out of business!
Simply excellent.
Great people.
Great service! I would highly recommend! Better than those chain places.
Very professional shop, work was done on time, at a fair price and to my absolute satisfaction. Recommend them.
EG Auto is an AWESOME shop!! Friendly staff and very helpful..I love that they fully explain everything out to you and there are no surprises!!! Thanks EG Auto for all your help, my honda can count on you!
Won't go anywhere else, this is the best service I've gotten from all the auto shops I've been to!
I've been coming to EG Automotive Center since 2014. Besides being friendly and professional, I feel like I can trust them. I've been told by them before "You could get that done, but you don't need to. Don't waste your money". That made me trust them. I appreciate their honesty, even if it prevents them from adding to their cost.
Friendly, professional, and courteous. The price of my repairs was very fair. I couldn't be happier with the service. Joey & Pete know how to treat a customer; with respect!
I've been coming to EG since the 1990s. They are the best. I recommend them to all my friends. Steve and Pete are so friendly and are always there when I need help with my car. Love those guys.
Thanks for checking out my tires when I got my oil change. I didn't know how bad the tires were. You gave me a great price for tires and now my wife and kids can drive safely.
Went there for an oil change and wheel alignment, they were absolutely honest and friendly and reasonably priced! I would send my friends and family to this place!
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CPAC 2014: The final scorecard
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rand Paul romped, Ted Cruz flopped. Chris Christie made nice with the right and Marco Rubio learned that talking up foreign interventionism is about the last way to win over the crowd.
So went CPAC 2014.
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Paul showed again that the conference – filled with young, libertarian leaning Republicans – is his home field and then some. The Kentucky senator won the conference straw poll with 31 percent, nearly tripling the vote count for Cruz, the second place finisher. Rubio finished seventh, after almost beating Paul in the CPAC straw poll a year ago.
Take the results for what they are; the crowd here is a slice of the GOP base, not representative of it. But it does offer one indication of who's exciting conservatives as 2016 speculation heats up.
With that in mind, here's our look at who won and who lost at the three-day confab.
Rick Perry
The base still does not take the Texas governor seriously as a 2016 presidential contender (he only got 3 percent in the straw poll), but he went a long way at this conference toward rehabilitating the "oops" reputation he earned during his disastrous 2012 campaign.
Perry, at ease with his status as a lame duck in the Lone Star State, was a fan favorite. He got a 9 a.m. Friday speaking slot but gave a barn-burner of a speech that brought everyone to their feet. His proclamation that "it's time for a little rebellion on the battlefield of ideas" became a rallying cry of the whole convention. Even Newt Gingrich, a 2012 rival, started his Saturday remarks by quoting Perry.
( See POLITICO's full coverage of CPAC)
Acting like a guy who'd rather be nowhere else, Perry lingered with conservative talk radio hosts, took selfies with fans and popped up at several parties. Whether he seeks the nomination again or not, he is clearly someone who will be on the national stage for a while longer.
Chris Christie
Christie wasn't even invited to CPAC last year; this year the New Jersey governor got what he needed out of the conference. After a year in the doghouse with the base over his embrace of President Barack Obama before the 2012 election, Christie made sure to serve up biting criticism of the president and the media. To no one's surprise, he made no mention of the traffic scandal that has badly tarnished his image.
Christie also focused on areas where he's in sync with conservative activists, recounting his battle with public employee unions and volunteering that he opposes abortion rights.
( Also on POLITICO: Rand Paul wins big in CPAC straw poll)
The widely-read Drudge Report, which has been quite critical of the governor during his bridge scandal, played up the standing ovation he got Thursday.
Ultimately, of course, CPAC is not really Christie's crowd. So his fourth place finish in the straw poll (with 8 percent) was respectable.
Rick Santorum
The last man standing against Romney in 2012 is positioning himself to run as the populist alternative to the libertarian Paul and whoever emerges as the establishment favorite.
With 7 percent, he essentially tied Christie after giving a speech aimed squarely at the New Jersey governor's electability pitch. Notably, the only other serious contender directly from the social-conservative wing of the party, 2008 contender Mike Huckabee, registered at just 2 percent in the straw poll.
( Also on POLITICO: Coulter slams GOP on immigration)
There was noticeable chatter that Huckabee's speech was flat and that the Fox News host looks anything but serious about launching another run for office.
Santorum, who has written a new campaign-style book called "Blue Collar Conservatives" that comes out late next month, is becoming much smoother on the stump. The former Pennsylvania senator sounds genuinely more empathetic when he talks about the working class than he did on the trail two years ago.
Scott Walker
The governor of Wisconsin, facing a competitive reelection campaign in his blue state, skipped this year's conference but was still a star, tying Santorum.
One of the biggest cheers during Christie's speech came when he noted that teacher union membership in Wisconsin has declined 60 percent because Walker's collective bargaining reform made it voluntary.
( Also on POLITICO: CPAC welcomes the convicted, accused)
"Look at what's happening in Wisconsin with my friend," Christie said. Perry also gave Walker a shout out.
Walker increasingly looks like he could become a 2016 candidate who is acceptable to both the tea party and GOP donors and party elders.
No one at CPAC seemed to fault Walker staying in Madison. An appearance would have given Democrats fodder to attack him for catering to conservatives and focusing on his national ambitions.


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Obligatory debunkery via Robert Costa after yesterday's heavy breathing.
Listen very hard and you can hear the sound of Ann Coulter's heart breaking.
Over the past year, relations between Christie and Romney have been warm, but they have not become especially close, sources say. It's more of a mutual respect, rather than a friendship. Christie, for what it's worth, relishes being governor and is planning to run for reelection next year. If asked, he would almost certainly say yes, out of a sense of duty to party and country, but he is not waiting by the phone with bated breath, and he does not expect to be asked. The governor, more than anyone, knows that he doesn't fit Boston's VP mold. He's too frank, too much an executive-type leader, and too extemporaneous. In short, veteran Trenton hands say, this latest boomlet is Beltway buzz from Christie fans, probably nothing more.
Costa's sources don't say that he's definitively out, just that the odds are long; meanwhile, one of Christie's top political advisors in New Jersey just announced that he's headed to the RNC for a "senior advisory role" for the rest of the year. Hmmmmm.
The nastier Obama and Harry Reid get, the more I share Geraghty's gut desire for a VP who'll go out there and throw roundhouses. It'd be viscerally satisfying, but it'd also damage Romney's strategy of making the election a referendum on Obamanomics. That's what makes the VP pick so fascinating: He's at a crossroads here. Either he goes all-in on the idea that voters are prepared to elect "Not Obama" due to despair over the economy, in which case he picks a boring VP like Portman or Pawlenty, or he concludes that an economic argument against O simply isn't enough anymore and brings in someone who'll help reframe the election. Christie, like Ryan, would put entitlements front and center, for better or worse, but he'd also probably be tasked with responding to — and sometimes initiating — the sort of nasty, peripheral, distracting attacks we're seeing with Reid's tax-return smear and Obama's steelworker-cancer ad. Can Romney win a campaign like that? Even with Christie (or some other attack-dog VP) taking off the gloves every day, I'm not sure the final scene to that movie is a bunch of undecideds concluding that it's time to roll the dice on President Romney.
Via Mediaite, here's Bill Kristol yesterday on Fox predicting that Thursday could be the day. National Journal is skeptical, noting that a bunch of VP contenders are traveling with Romney this weekend such that a vice presidential rollout might be … awkward. I don't know. It'd be a major show of unity to have all the shortlisters together standing behind the ticket. Especially if Romney does, as expected, stick with a boring pick whom conservatives that aren't that jazzed about.


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Schweitzer's test: Montana Dems
A few days before last November's elections, Brian Schweitzer — the bolo-tie wearing Montana governor whose gregarious personality and folksy style made him a hit with voters — swung by an evening gathering to rally supporters behind Sen. Jon Tester and fellow Democrats.
Schweitzer's rousing speech, in the copper mining town of Butte, brought Democratic activists to their feet. But it was significant in another way: It was a rare moment when Schweitzer helped Tester in his hard-fought reelection battle.
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And it was also the last time the two men spoke.
Asked about Schweitzer's lack of effort behind his campaign , Tester said this week with a big laugh: "We didn't need him."
For Democrats who know Schweitzer well, it's hardly a surprise: Through eight years as governor, Schweitzer developed a rocky relationship with a number of fellow state Democrats, including Tester and veteran Sen. Max Baucus. His bombastic personality, flair for the dramatic and showmanship style — the same attributes that lifted his image in the eyes of Montanans and helped him win two terms as governor — often rubbed fellow pols there the wrong way.
But as he prepares for his own 2014 Senate run to fill the seat left vacant by the retiring Baucus, Schweitzer may need the Montana political machine built by Baucus — and used effectively by Tester — to pull off a victory in a state crucial for the Democratic Senate majority next year.
Building back those burnt bridges won't be easy.
Asked to characterize his relationship with Schweitzer, Baucus would only say: "He was a good governor. I haven't talked to him in a long time. He hasn't called me."
Schweitzer, up in his ranch in a remote area of Montana, was unavailable for an interview, an associate said. But in an interview with POLITICO in Butte last fall, Schweitzer defended his efforts to help Tester and downplayed any friction with fellow Montana Democrats — particularly the two senators.
"Everything is fine," he said. "When folks go off to Washington, D.C., they are a long ways away from here. I got state issues, they got federal issues."
Interviews with nearly two dozen Montana Democrats paint a picture of Schweitzer as a polarizing politician. His allies adore him, calling him an affable and popular figure incredibly loyal to his friends, who had enormous political successes as governor and would stop at nothing to achieve his objectives.
His critics describe him as a hot-tempered, spiteful and go-it-alone politician — eager to boost his own image while holding little regard for helping the team, something few forget in a small state like Montana.
"He doesn't do anything if it doesn't benefit him," said one Montana Democrat and former Schweitzer ally, who, like many others interviewed for this story, asked not to be identified. "He's an incredibly self-serving politician."
Added another: "He's the most vindictive politician I've ever been in contact with."
His friends have a more positive take on Schweitzer's demeanor, but even they don't dispute he could rub his would-be allies the wrong way.
"He's pretty direct, he's straightforward at times, I'll even say a bit blunt," said Dennis McDonald, a former state Democratic Party chairman under Schweitzer and a cattle rancher in south central Montana. "In our party, we don't hesitate to criticize one another and sometimes to get a bit testy."
If Schweitzer jumps into the race, as is widely expected, he would amount to the Democrats' best and perhaps only chance at keeping the Senate seat in their column, given that he left office with high approval ratings. Guy Cecil, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, the beneficiary of a recent $100,000 donation from Baucus, said Schweitzer would have "tremendous support if he decides to run."
But Schweitzer could still be a wild card, given his penchant for off-the-cuff and, at times, off-putting remarks.
As governor, Schweitzer had a knack for garnering headlines, including by racking up 95 vetoes, 74 of which came after Republicans swept state elections in 2010. And he became known for using his own branding iron at public events to place the word "veto" on a piece of legislation, often fodder for the evening news.
But he'd often perform in front of the cameras in ways that could also ruffle feathers. He once showed up at a Bozeman city council meeting and accused local politicians of squandering economic stimulus money; another time he berated a state Democratic leader over legislation he considered unconstitutional. He was rarely afraid of claiming credit for initiatives that fellow Democrats championed, including over an effort to protect an area of the scenic Flathead River that Baucus had long pushed .


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Mitigating Teleworking Risks by Gordon Jenkins - August 28, 2002
This paper examines the risk of teleworking in two layers - the risk at the remote PC and the risk at the corporate network.
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Road Warriors: Protecting Them from the Wolves - and the Organization from Them by James Hughes - December 18, 2001
This article explores the security issues specific to traveling users, an often overlooked group for which an organization's security team must take extra care because they operate in a dangerous, changing and unpredictable environment. We will cover the special steps which should be taken with them and their computers before they sortie from the secure corporate castle out into a hostile world, the special steps when they access the home base while away, and the special steps which should be taken at the end of the trip to minimize the risk their laptops may pose to the organization should they return under the influence of the evil hacker.
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20th Century Fox has some big stuff on their upcoming slate, from a new David Fincher film to the story of the Bible, and today they've announced a crop of new release dates for some of their projects. According to Box Office Mojo, the studio has not only officially dated both Gone Girl and the feature film version of the miniseries The Bible, but has also shifted around both the animated Book of Life and and the James McAvoy/Daniel Radcliffe-starring adaptation of Frankenstein.
First up, Fincher's Gone Girl adaptation, which first started developing all the way back in January, has officially been dated for October 3, 2014. It's an interesting choice given that the weekend already hold's Universal's Dracula Untold, which is an origin story about Bram Stoker's legendary vampire that stars Luke Evans. Adapted by Gillian Flynn from her own novel, the new movie centers on a former journalist (Ben Affleck) who discovers that his wife (Rosamund Pike) has gone missing on the day of their wedding anniversary. The movie has built a strong supporting cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit, and Tyler Perry.
Next up there's the new cut of The Bible miniseries, which was announced in April and has been renamed The Son of God. The material, which covered everything from God's creation of the Universe to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, has been cut down to three hours and will be out early next year on February 28th - the same date as the Liam Neeson-starring action movie Non-Stop and the low-budget sci-fi flick Almanac, which Michael Bay is producing.
Mixed in with the new release dates are some schedule shifts as well. While the animated Book of Life from director Jorge R. Gutierrez was originally going to come out on October 3, 2014, the Gone Girl date has forced Fox to shift the movie to October 17, 2014, where it will be facing off with the Tate Taylor-directed James Brown biopic Get On Up. Based on a screenplay by Guiterrez and co-writer Douglas Langdale, Book of Life tells a Romeo and Juliet-esque love story set during the famed Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico.
Finally there's Frankenstein, which was originally supposed to be on Book of Life's new date and has now been pushed all the way back to January 16, 2015 - not good news for a movie that was expected to be a big part of next year's Halloween season. Set to be directed by Paul McGuigan - who hasn't helmed a feature since 2009's Push - and based on script by Max Landis, the film has been rather high profile thanks to the fact that it has McAvoy attached to play the titular doctor and Radcliffe set to play his hunchback assistant Igor. Looks like we're going to have to wait a while to see the results of the collaboration.


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the National
Although formed during the post-punk revival of the late '90s, the National took inspiration from a wider set of influences, including country-rock, Americana, indie rock, and Britpop. The lineup began taking shape in Ohio and officially cemented itself in New York, with baritone vocalist Matt Berninger joining forces with two sets of brothers -- Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), and Aaron (guitar) and Bryce Dessner (guitar). After establishing themselves as a live act, the bandmates made their studio debut with The National, a self-titled record that appeared in 2001 to considerable acclaim. Two years later, the band returned with Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, a deft blending of alternative country and chamber pop that found the band partnering with producer Peter Katis.
The National continued working with Katis throughout the rest of the decade. Following the release of an EP, Cherry Tree, in 2004, the band signed with Beggars Banquet and released Alligator. Although sales were modest, Alligator proved to be one of the year's most critically-approved releases. 2007's Boxer, an ambitious effort that featured orchestration by the Clogs' Padma Newsome and piano by Sufjan Stevens, fared similarly well. It also became the band's first album to chart fairly well, peaking at number 67 on the Billboard 200.
A documentary by French filmmaker Vincent Moon was released in 2008, capturing the band during the Boxer recording sessions. That same year, the National released The Virginia EP, a collection of new material and various B-sides, and began working on a new studio album with Katis. High Violet appeared two years later, earning the guys the highest marks of their career and going gold in multiple countries.
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After installing Ubuntu 12.04 and creating a simple RAID 1 mirror everything looked great, until after a reboot. I was unable to assemble the array with an error message like the above. It turned out I had to remove the package mdraid and it magically started working again. Hope it helps someone.
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Courtesy of Elizabeth Arden
Mariah Carey has topped the pop charts for almost two decades, and now she's setting out to conquer the fragrance world with her first signature scent, M by Mariah. With the fragrance just hitting shelves, Mariah chatted a little about the process of making a scent with PEOPLE. Buy the fragrance for yourself, $63 at elizabetharden.com.
What was it like collaborating with Elizabeth Arden?
"It was so much fun working with Elizabeth Arden. I mean, I never expected such a huge corporation to feel like a family. and that's what it feels like to me. Like every time I work with them, they're so welcoming in terms of the concepts. If I have an idea or something that inspires me, there's never a time where they've been like 'No, we hate that.' Every single person from Arden has been fabulous."
Did you tell them what your favorite scents were?
"Before I went there, I told them some of my favorite smells, and I described the Tiare flower — and they actually knew what it was. They had never used it as a base for any person before. When I got there, there was this huge board of all the things that I said that I loved. The thing about the blue grotto, Capri, and just all these references that I had given them. The sunset. It looked like it was a done finished thing. I didn't realize how next level it was going to be. It was really amazing."
So then you went back and forth with the perfumers? Did it take a couple of tries?
Well, we went to a few different perfumers and every time we would test a different fragrance. It was very similar to writing and recording a song for me. And not everybody realizes that I write my own songs — and they definitely don't realize that I produce them. It's a process that I'm really used to. They have told me that no one has been this involved in creating their own fragrance before. So I was like 'Oh, that's cool.'"
Where do you spray the perfume?
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My entire professional career can be summarized by what binder I was holding, and where I was while holding it. I waltzed into my interview for graduate school with a small binder, and a ton of nerves; I entered the current school I'm working in (my first job, ever!) holding my giant binder containing my portfolio. However, the most important binder in my very "speechy" timeline is the one I took to my school practicum.
Many departments offer different variations of clinical experience, whether they're in a clinic, school, or hospital setting. Everyone gets their hours, but sadly to say, some either have poor experiences or don't make the best use of their time. When I entered into the first day of my school practicum, I was chock-full of bulletin board ideas, and holiday-themed crafts. I almost exploded with Velcro and stickers! Then it hit me–I was going to have five faces staring at me every day as I navigated teaching them everything they needed to know. All while attempting to be as entertaining as their Xbox or iPhones. I began to panic.
That's when I recalled the power of supervision. I had almost forgotten the wonderful woman who showed me around the building on my first day. Oh yeah–that nice lady is going to hold my hand through the first few weeks of this! Thank the Speechy Powers That Be!
Not only did my supervisor support me through my practicum, but she let me fly. Our first sessions with the students from the self-contained classroom left my head spinning. Were we shaking maracas and throwing scarves? Did I need to invest in Velcro's stock? How many times can we sing that song? Oh, and when will this song leave my brain!? By the third week, I was singing, shaking, and velcroing with the best of them. We had an intense caseload with fantastic kids. Everything my supervisor uttered, handed me, sent me, all went in my binder. I knew I only had this window of opportunity for so long and I had to keep it all. I left my cozy clinical experience and now have embarked upon my Clinical Fellowship Year. I went to pick up one of my first students, and was met with a non-verbal child with autism spectrum disorder. He, of course, did not have his AAC device. I grabbed his hand, said a small prayer to the Speech Gods, and we went to the classroom. It was scary, sure, but I had this; I knew what to do. Not only did I have the materials from my binder, but I had the training to go with them. Skills I learned in a classroom are necessary and invaluable (especially when I pull out those technical words in a meeting to prove a very Speechy point!). However, the knowledge I gained from my supervisor, and my school practicum, is what makes me a good speech-language pathologist.
So my advice is this: Take the time to cherish, learn from, and stumble during your school practicum. Rewrite things, ask questions, and most importantly, make sure you're in the placement where you will learn best. I'm now navigating my CF in a new building, with new students, new faculty, and a new non-graduate student version of myself. I'm surviving and, even better, also learning something every second (or so it seems). However, I always say that if I had not had the practicum experience that I did, or my handy binder that absorbed it all, I most likely would be crying in a corner hugging my Praxis book!
Alexis Gaines, MA, CF, is a speech-language pathologist for the New York City Department of Education. She is using Instagram to document her clinical fellowship and you can follow her @practicallyspeeching and #instacfy! You also can follow her blog "Practically Speeching." She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) program can help you make lifestyle changes. In cardiac rehab, a team of health professionals provides education and support to help you make new, healthy habits.
Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do to reduce your risk of future problems. Medicines and counseling can help you quit for good.
Education and counseling
can help you learn how to reduce episodes of angina (such as chest pain or discomfort). Angina occurs during activities that make the heart
work harder, such as climbing stairs, having sex, eating a large meal,
having emotional stress, or being exposed to cold. Other symptoms of angina include
shortness of breath, nausea, and a cold, sweaty feeling. Angina is often
relieved by rest and medicines.
Education combined with
exercise, diet, and support can help you stay at a healthy weight or lose
weight if you need to. If you need to lose weight, try not to feel overwhelmed.
Set small, attainable goals, and then get help to keep reaching those goals.
Losing even a small amount of weight can improve your overall health and reduce
your risk for further heart problems.
You will receive tips on
lowering your high blood pressure through methods such as the
dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet.
When combined with exercise and stress management, dietary changes can help
lower your blood pressure.
You will get help improving your cholesterol through lifestyle changes and possibly medicine. Lifestyle
methods include the
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) program. The
lifestyle changes include diet, exercise, weight loss, and other changes like
quitting tobacco use. Your cardiac rehab team can also check on how you are
doing with taking cholesterol medicine. You will want to follow TLC even if you
are taking cholesterol-lowering medicine. Your medicine will be more effective
if you have healthy eating and exercise habits.
The education and
support you receive in a cardiac rehab program can help you feel better about
yourself in your everyday life. Seeking help for depression, along with
managing any anxiety and anger you may have, can help you stay healthy.
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Bringing Terra Madre Home: Slow Food Youth at Quillisascut Farm School
Youth Workshop at Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts
August 6-12, 2009
Posted by Amy Grondin, Slow Food Seattle Board and Sustainable Seafood Consultant
Terra Madre, mother Earth. The place we all live yet often we take our Mother for granted. Terra Madre is also the name chosen by Slow Food International for their biennial meeting that brings together international food communities, cooks, academics and youth delegates for four days to work towards increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production. In Turino, Italy during the fourth week of October 2008, the third edition of Terra Madre hosted representatives from over 150 countries. The guests together were human links in the food chain, supporting sustainable agriculture, fishing, and breeding with the goal of preserving taste and biodiversity. If you were lucky enough to attend Terra Madre, you left the meeting and Italy with a renewed appreciation of what is under your feet and all around you, inspired by the of sustainable foods and rich traditions of every smiling person who shared the experience with you, all 6,300 of them.
I was lucky enough to attend Terra Madre this past October, representing the fleet of hook and line salmon fishermen I work side by side with on the water in Southeast Alaska. As in the past (I also attended Terra Madre in 2004 and 2006!) I had no idea who I would meet, what I would learn or how the experience would forever make me smile while recalling the experience to others.
Who I met was Kim Bast, a former chef and current goat farmer from Lopez Island, and Lora Lea Misterly, owner and cheese maker at the Quillisascut Farm School of Domestic Arts in Rice, Washington. It is incredible to me that we had to travel half way around the world to meet each other but somehow I can't imagine a more powerful way to form a bond with likeminded individuals, never mind that I catch salmon and they make cheese. That is the underlying theme and rich beauty of Terra Madre. People from different countries with different cultures, traditions, religions and language are all so happy to be together in our goal of sustainable food production. It is our differences that make us unique and our common goal of sustainability that makes us one, farmer or fisher, no matter if you gather medicinal herbs in the Kalahari Desert or bob around on waves in Alaska, wishing for fish.
In the way of travelers, a fast and fun camaraderie was struck between Kim, Lora Lea and me. We each had our own sense of wonder to share at what we saw. Each of us had a different passion of the palette to explore so we all learned to appreciate tastes that might have been passed by if we had been on our own. It was the same with the people we were drawn to in conversation while attending the sessions at Terra Madre. A magnet for all, Kim had a way of drawing people to her and a knack for drawing their story out of them. She laughed when she said she inherited this trait from her grandmother. It was the thing that used caused simple trips to the market with her Gran to take hours.
I swear we were channeling the energy of our much younger selves as not much sleep was had. There were too many conversations to be had while sipping sharp Italian espresso with other food producers from other countries or later in the day over glasses of Barolo. Meals never tasted better than when shared with those who appreciate the simple pleasures of the table and equally care about how the food we were eating got there.
A few weeks after returning from Terra Madre to our lives that spread us out over Washington State, Lora Lea emailed Kim and me with a thought. In Italy, Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA, suggested during the meeting of the US Delegates that we each bringing home the message of Terra Madre. He also asked us to consider how we could support the Slow Food Youth Movement.
What Lora Lea suggested was that Kim and I come to Rice, Washington to assist in a week long class on the Quillisascut Farm that would bring the message of Terra Madre home to Washington State. We would share the lessons we have learned as Slow Food members who are sustainable food producers with others who are starting on their own path towards sustainable food production. As at Terra Madre, while at the Slow Food Youth Workshop we would share what we knew about our own work and learn from others in the process.
It was decided that week long Slow Food Youth Workshop at Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts would be offered in the second week of August. While at Quillisascut Farm, the participants of the Slow Food Youth Workshop would be immersed in a working farm experience that includes caring for goats, poultry and honeybees. Students would learn about gardening with a focus on species recognized by RAFT and the Slow Food Ark of Taste. They would participate in cheese making with farm fresh goat milk. All at the farm would together cook meals using the fruits, vegetables and meat raised on the farm and harvested with their hands.
There would be daily discussions with all on the farm to help each participant build their own value system based on Slow Food's principle that food should be "good, clean and fair". Why are GMOs a risk to the biodiversity that is needed to maintain sustainable food systems? This too will be part of the discussion. First hand observation of nature's operating systems and time spent in a rural farm community would demonstrate the value of organic farming and orcharding.
The Slow Food Youth Workshop at Quillisascut is set to host 12 participants. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 29 to qualify as a youth. It was decided that the students need not be Slow Food members as they would most likely be inspired to join by the end of the week!
In planning the event, Lora Lea sought keep the expenses of attending the week to a manageable level. With youth often comes the tight purse strings that we all experienced as we set out to find our own path in life. In a supportive and generous gesture, the DeVlieg Family Foundation donated half of funds for the Slow Food Youth Workshop at Quillisascut.
A letter and fact sheet was sent out to the eleven Slow Food Chapters in Washington to request that they help to sponsor the other half of the cost for the week. They were invited to send a member of their own community out to the Quillisascut Farm for the Slow Food Youth Workshop. This would assure that the message of Terra Madre spread across our State, back to the Slow Food Chapters via the scholarship recipients they sponsored.
Slow Food Seattle responded to the call for sponsorship with not one but two student scholarships! Attending from Seattle will be Danny Barksdale, a chef and instructor at FareStart, and Ariana Rose Taylor-Stanley, a UW Urban Farm member. As part of the agreement, when Danny and Ariana accepted the scholarships, they were asked to make a presentation about their experience on the farm for the Slow Food Seattle membership. The message of Terra Madre would spread even further, from Turino, Italy to Rice, Washington and on to Seattle, Washington.
So here we are, just one week until the Slow Food Youth Workshop at the Quillisascut Farm for the Domestic Arts! Danny is working daily in the kitchen at FareStart and Ariana is apprenticing with a farm on Bainbridge Island while I am on a 46 foot fishing boat just north to Alaska fishing for wild salmon. Our work places are different but our calendars all are marked for the day we drop out sauté pans, shovels and fishing lines to carpool out to Rice, Washington. As our hands are at work, our thoughts are mulling over what we will learn, see and do on the farm. Much anticipation is in the air to get to the Quillisascut Farm and feel the heat and dust of summer in Eastern Washington.
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Here are some links for further reading:
Terra Madre: www.terramadre.info
Quillisascut Farm: quillisascut.com
FareStart: farestart.org
UW Urban Farm: students.washington.edu/uwfarm
Planning is underway for an community event presentation featuring slides from the Slow Food Youth Workshop and a delicious seasonal meal prepared by Chef Karen Jurgensen from the Quillisascut Farm. Watch for future updates about the presentation that Danny, Ariana and Amy will make in November at FareStart in Seattle. Proceeds from the event will go towards scholarships for the 2010 Slow Food Youth Workshop at the Quillisascut Farm School for the Domestic Arts.


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Mexican police: Drug suspect sought rivals' help before capture
MEXICO CITY — The capture this week of Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, the alleged leader of the La Familia crime syndicate, offered a lesson on how short-lived and fickle alliances in Mexico's criminal underworld can be.
Battered by onetime underlings seeking control of his violent criminal syndicate, Mendez Vargas, whose known as "El Chango," or The Monkey, had in recent weeks fled his home turf of Michoacan state and sought help from leaders of Los Zetas, a rival cartel, officials said Wednesday.
"The final accord reached after the meeting was that Los Zetas would support him with 200 elements (fighters)," Federal Police anti-drug chief Ramon Eduardo Pequeno told reporters.
The accord marked a radical change. La Familia and Los Zetas had been at war for more than two years. Mendez Vargas had even sent La Familia gunmen to northeastern Mexico last year in a joint operation with the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels to exterminate Los Zetas.
But in Mexico, the bad blood that sparks such feuds can be forgotten as drug lords grow weaker or stronger and opportunities arise to muscle into new turf.
Federal police presented Mendez Vargas to the press early Wednesday after his transfer from Aguascalientes, the central Mexican city near where he was captured. The burly alleged capo wore a red short-sleeved shirt partially covered by what appeared to be a black bulletproof vest.
Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas said Mendez Vargas' arrest marked the virtual destruction of the leadership of La Familia Michoacana.
The senior U.S. diplomat in Mexico, John Feeley, congratulated the police on the "important step" taken with the arrest.
"As Mexico's federal police and armed forces continue to improve their tactical capabilities to investigate and take down organized criminal networks and their leaders, impunity shrinks and Mexico's people become more secure," Feeley said.
A watershed moment for Mendez Vargas came on Dec. 9, when federal police shot and killed Nazario Moreno, the messianic ideological co-leader of La Familia who wrote bizarre cult-like pamphlets under the pseudonym El Chayo, "The Craziest One."
With Moreno's passing, Mendez Vargas tried to seize undisputed leadership of La Familia but two key underlings resisted, Pequeno said.
By March, those two men, Servando Gomez Martinez ("La Tuta") and Dionicio Loya Plancarte ("La Chiva"), had broken off to form their own faction, which they named Knights Templar. By May, Knights Templar followers had hung banners around Michoacan state declaring Mendez Vargas a traitor and unleashing gun battles with his crime soldiers.
By May 27, the heat on Mendez Vargas was so great that when he convoked his closest operatives to a meeting, they gathered in Las Lomas, a village in neighboring Jalisco state, Pequeno said. As the meeting broke up, federal police swooped in and arrested 40 people, including five mid-level chiefs, he added.
The meeting with the Zetas took place sometime after that. Then Mendez Vargas wended his way north to Aguascalientes. Police were vague about the circumstances of his arrest, except to deny that he'd turned himself in.
Rosas, the Federal police commissioner, said Mendez Vargas was captured in a "surgical" operation without a shot being fired. Whether someone offered a tip to his whereabouts — Knights Templar, Zetas or random but savvy civilians — is not publicly known.
If the alleged capo did reach out to Los Zetas, as police say, he would have been relying on connections from early in his career.
At the beginning of the last decade, Mendez Vargas worked with Michoacan-based crime groups dispatching loads of marijuana from Reynosa along the Texas border, Pequeno said. His bosses made an alliance with the powerful Gulf Cartel in 2002, an alliance that remained strong for six years, at the end of which La Familia was formed and gained strength.
In 2008, La Familia broke with the Gulf Cartel over control of the Michoacan port of Lazaro Cardenas, he said. It was also around then that the Gulf Cartel went through its own split: Gulf Cartel enforcers broke away and formed their own group, which they called Los Zetas.
Gunmen execute Mexican journalist, his wife and son
In Mexico, soccer stars' drug tests reveal steroids in meat
Mexican drug gangs building own tanks as war intensifies
Check out this McClatchy blog: Mexico Unmasked


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Asturian Cider
Traditional 'Wine' of Asturias, cider was around during Roman times, when it was known as 'pomaria'; the Arabs later called it 'siserio'.
Protected under a Denomination of Origin of the same name, it is a drink with a low alcoholic content, between 4% and 6%, obtained through the fermentation of the natural, fresh must of apples, a fruit that is abundant in the region of Asturias. Different types of acid, sweet and sour apples, not for normal consumption, are used. After fermenting the must for 6 months, it is bottled for sale. It contains only naturally occurring carbonation and the minimum alcoholic content is 4.5%. It goes well with many local traditional dishes and, especially, with Cabrales cheese. It is consumed in 'culinos' poured in typical glasses from small ceramic pitchers. The 'espicha', or opening of the kegs, is traditional.
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- Type of product: Others
- Season: As a refreshment, it is drunk mainly in summer - autumn, although it may be consumed year-round.
- Origin: Cider is obtained mainly in the middle of the Principality of Asturias, in Oviedo, Gijon and Villaviciosa. Production is spread throughout the whole province.
- Recipes: Hake or anglerfish in cider


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Saigon, Hoi An, Halong Bay, Hanoi, Luang Prabang, Siem Reap
On this exceptional private tour through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, experience the history, culture and natural beauty of Indochina's most evocative places. Accommodation is at the most luxurious hotels and resorts in each location and all touring is with your own private guide and driver.
Begin in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam's most dynamic city. With an expert private guide and driver, learn about the city's history while touring French colonial-era landmarks, as well as the mid-century Reunification Palace and the War Remnants Museum. Visit interesting neighborhoods like Cholon (Saigon's Chinatown) and explore busy markets and temples. Perhaps stop for a refreshing Vietnamese iced coffee, or snack on a typical Vietnamese banh mi (baguette sandwich). If desired, browse the boutiques of Vietnamese designers and renowned art galleries and museums. One day, take an excursion into the countryside to tour the Cu Chi Tunnels and observe a colorful religious ceremony at the Cao Dai Temple. Upon request, Artisans of Leisure can also arrange additional activities such as river boat rides, meeting with historians, visits to private homes, private musical performances, philanthropic activities, art and design touring, an excursion to the Mekong Delta, private cooking classes and tasting tours, and more.
Continue to Hoi An, an atmospheric port town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stay at a luxury beachfront resort, and experience the best of this centuries-old town during private touring. Visit the vibrant morning market, where stalls are piled high with fresh fish and produce. Explore the colorful backstreets, and tour well-preserved historic homes, temples, the Japanese Covered Bridge and other interesting attractions. Perhaps visit a local tailor for custom-made silk clothing, a Hoi An specialty, and enjoy a boat ride on the river. Also visit the nearby Museum of Cham Sculpture, as well as the Marble Mountains, which contain Buddhist cave temples. Upon request, we can arrange additional activities in and near Hoi An, such as visits to local villages, cooking lessons and farm visits, an excursion to the Cham ruins in My Son, biking through the countryside, or a silk lantern-making lesson at a Confucian temple. There will also be time to relax and enjoy your resort's beautiful architecture, spa and beach.
Next, travel to scenic Halong Bay for an overnight cruise on a luxurious, traditional junk-style boat. Sail among beautiful limestone islands, dine on fresh seafood, enjoy on-board activities such as tai chi at sunrise, and perhaps explore local caves, hike to a scenic overlook, go sea kayaking or visit a floating village. Also enjoy a scenic seaplane flight over Halong Bay.
Spend the next three nights in Hanoi, Vietnam's fascinating capital and intellectual center. During private touring, visit the city's most important historical attractions, such as the Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, the House on Stilts and Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum. Take an in-depth tour of Hanoi's incredible Old Quarter, where each street was historically dedicated to a specific trade or material, such as bamboo, silk and lacquer. While touring the narrow streets, learn about the history of the Old Quarter and its traditional architecture, and see how it has transformed into a fashionable district with cafes, art galleries and boutiques featuring the finest Vietnamese design and style. Explore Hoan Kiem Lake and leafy backstreets lined with beautiful French colonial-era buildings, many of which are now upscale restaurants. If desired, also visit Hanoi's top museums, such as the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology and the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. One day, meet a culinary expert to tour one of Hanoi's excellent markets and sample local street food specialties like bun cha (barbecued pork with noodles) and pho cuon (fresh herb and beef rolls). Also attend a performance of Hanoi's renowned water puppet show, or attend a performance at the landmark Hanoi Opera House.
Continue to Luang Prabang, a charming UNESCO World Heritage-listed town along the Mekong River in northern Laos. During private touring, experience the unique blend of traditional Lao and French colonial architecture lining the streets of this former royal capital. Visit major sites such as the National Museum and Wat Xieng Thong, a revered 16th-century temple. Enjoy unique cultural experiences such as interacting with monks at a local temple, participating in a baci ceremony (a traditional Lao celebration) and visiting local hill tribe villages. Tour markets, meet local silk weavers and learn about the fascinating Buddhist culture. One day, enjoy a private boat cruise on the Mekong.
Finally, fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to explore incredible Angkor, the wondrous ruins of the ancient Khmer empire. With your private guide, tour the most interesting parts of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, including Angkor Wat, an enormous temple city built as a model of the Hindu universe in stone; Angkor Thom, an ancient capital filled with iconic sites such as the Bayon, Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King; Ta Prohm, a temple being devoured by the jungle; and serene Preah Khan, a former monastery and school. Also visit Banteay Srei, a petite temple with elaborate carvings in pink sandstone, and other lesser-known temples. Additional special-interest activities can also be arranged, such as a cruise on Lake Tonle Sap, bike riding, Khmer cooking lessons, private yoga sessions, visits to orphanages and children's centers, Khmer dance performances, photography excursions, shopping, village tours or chartering a helicopter to remote jungle temples.
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LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Gwyneth Paltrow revealed to Britain's You magazine she suffered a miscarriage while pregnant with her third child.
Paltrow, 40, won an Oscar for her performance in "Shakespeare in Love." She and husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, are the parents of a daughter, Apple, 8, and son Moses, 6.
"My children ask me to have a baby all the time. And you never know, I could squeeze one more in. I am missing my third. I'm thinking about it," Paltrow told You magazine. "But I had a really bad experience when I was pregnant with my third. It didn't work out and I nearly died. So I am like, 'Are we good here or should we go back and try again?'"
The "Bounce," "Sliding Doors" and "Iron Man" actress didn't say exactly when she lost the baby or under what circumstances.


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Modern Bargains - Reunion Resort - Welcome To Relaxing 5 Beds 4 Baths Pool Villa - 6 Miles To Disney
- Villa2000 sq. ft.
- Sleeps: 12
- Bedrooms: 5
- Bathrooms: 2
- Half Baths: 1
- Min Stay: 1–10 nights
2000 sq/ft villa with 5 Bedrooms and 4 Bath, Sleep 12. Located in Reunion Resort, just 6 miles to Walt Disney World. Private Pool, Hot Tub, Games Room, Pool Table, Game Console
Property Manager
owner/property manager
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- english, spanish, mandarin
About owner/property manager
We started in 2010 with a handful of properties, and have now grown to offering over 2000 properties in the Orlando Walt Disney World Area. We pride oursleves in providing a welcoming home away from home for all of our guests. People come to us for vacations, reunion, life celebrations, sporting events, and also work conferences. If you are looking for a beautiful place to stay in the Orlando area, we are here to help!
- Washer & Dryer
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- Air Conditioning
- Swimming pool
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- Hot Tub
- Bathrooms: 2, Half Baths: 1
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Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Parties/events allowed
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Children allowed
Minimum age of primary renter:25
Max guests:12
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Reunion Resort is a beautiful Vacation Resort located just 6 miles to Walt Disney World and 16 miles to Universal Studios of Orlando. This feature packed gated resort offers many amenities that will help make your dream Orlando vacation come true!The most popular amenities are definitely the Fitness Center. Other available amenities include Tennis Court. Reunion Resort is located about 30 minutes away from the Orlando International Airport, and 20 minutes away from the Amtrak station. Looking for food? There is a long list of restaurants located just nearby, some of which includes Olive Garden, Charlie's Steakhouse, Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, and Bamaha Breeze. If you are looking for more than just the theme parks, there are also other activities such as shopping, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, and watersports.


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We are grateful for the chance to offer yoga at Neighborhood, often considered an important spiritual practice component, to our members and friends.
Yoga is a Sanskrit word that comes from the Latin root "yoke" – to join together. Perhaps the best translation is "union". Whether your perspective is practical, scientific, religious, or spiritual, some of the common "unions" sought are: union of body, mind, and spirit; union of conscious and unconscious mind; union of the individual soul and the Divine; and union of one's male side and female side.
An introduction from the class instructor, Cara Davis:
Yoga is a discipline that offers practical and definitive results while addressing tension in both the body and the mind. Combining physical stretching, toning exercises, deep breathing and relaxation techniques, yoga is ideal for lowering stress, quieting the mind, soothing the spirit and strengthening the body.Yoga does not require a specific level of fitness, strength, or flexibility, and provides one tools to help balance the demands that are put on your body, mind, and spirit.
Hello, my name is Cara Davis. I have been teaching yoga locally for about seven years and am thrilled for the opportunity to offer yoga at the Neighborhood Church. My personal practice has included a wide variety of yoga styles, from Iyengar to Astanga, Bikram to Kundalini, each with significant contribution to the way I have learned to teach. Each of us is so very different, not only as compared to other individuals, but ourselves different from day to day. When I began this journey nearly twenty years ago, fitness of the physical body was most definitely my emphasis. Over the years, that has changed. Just as all things do in life. After having my twins, recuperating from all that does to ones physical being, I found myself looking deeper. It was no longer about losing that 100+ pounds I gained, it was about finding compassion for myself and honoring all that I had been through. I am learning how to embrace life, with all its obstacles and miracles. For me, yoga is a way to cultivate compassion towards ourselves and others. I hope you will join me on this journey. Namaste.
Class Info:
When: Saturday 7:45 am-8:45 am & 9:00am-10:00am; & Monday 6:30 pm
Cost: FREE to Neighborhood Church members. $15 for walk in and $130/20 classes for non-church member friends and guests.
Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat and towel.
Contact: For more info, contact Cara Davis.
Please consult your physician before starting an exercise program.