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The remarks – his most definitive to date – came at a 12:30 lunch in his Capitol suite with a gaggle of Republicans he calls "Team Boehner."
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As Boehner is aiming for a big deal, House Republicans have taken to the House floor to pass small-bore, targeted spending bills to re-open slices of government. The House Thursday passed legislation to fund veterans benefits and pay armed forces reserve troops during the shutdown. House Republicans will go to the Rules Committee Thursday evening to clear several more similar bills.
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During a ceremony at 1st MSOB Headquarters in Camp Pendleton Saturday, the posthumous honor will be received by the families of the Marines killed in action: Staff Sgt. R. Mote and Capt. Matthew P. Manoukian.
Both men were from 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion and died on duty in Afghanistan in 2012. Manoukian, a team commander, was from Los Altos Hills, Calif., while Mote, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, hailed from El Dorado, Calif.
According to Navy officials, the men were both assigned to 1st MSOB, Marine Special Operations Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when they came under intense enemy fire from an Afghan uniformed police officer attacking from inside the perimeter of their tactical operations center.
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Navy officials said Mote was gravely wounded during the initial attack. He then exposed himself to a hail of gunfire in an effort to draw attention away from his fellow Marines, halting the shooter's pursuit of his comrades. Mote continued fighting off the enemy, getting very close to the shooter, until he received mortal wounds and died in combat.
Navy officials said Mote's courageous, selfless actions enabled his teammates to escape and ultimately forced the enemy to withdraw.
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As shots from the enemy's AK-47 ripped through the walls of the operations room, Navy officials said Manoukian commanded his Marines to move to safety as he exposed himself to fire and engaged the enemy.
Manoukian's actions disrupted the enemy's pursuit of his comrades and saved their lives. Outgunned, Manoukian was fatally wounded in action.
At the upcoming ceremony, the Navy Cross will be awarded to the late Marines by Major Gen. Mark A. Clark, the commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.
Their posthumous Navy Cross honors will go down in history, as Mote and Manoukian become the third and fourth Marines in MARSOC's seven-year history to be awarded the extremely prestigious award.
The men will also become the 15th and 16th Marines to receive the award for Operation Enduring Freedom.
Navy officials said the Navy Cross is the second highest valor award, second to the Medal of Honor and must be approved by the Secretary of the Navy before being awarded.
Ed. Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated how many Marines have received the honor of the Navy Cross. The article has been corrected and we regret the error.

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just a note about dim sum.
i don't like it.
at all.
my first dim sum experience was here in l.a. a long, long time ago. my boyfriend at the time was taking me to breakfast with his friends.
he was older than me, and much more, well, cool.
don't get me wrong, i'm pretty cool now. i've been in l.a. for fifteen years, so there's not really a choice in the matter. be cool or leave.
then i was not cool. i was 24, a bit lost ( well, way more than a bit. i was totally screwed. adulthood really did not suit me . . . actually not sure it does now, either).
regardless this smart, sophisticated, kind of intimidating boyfriend tells me we are going to meet some of his friends for brunch in chinatown. now i was not in the position to question anything he said. i just did it. i didn't want to take the risk of a confrontation, which might lead to a break up, which might lead to total and complete hearbreak (flash forward a year, risk taken, broken up, and total and complete heartbreak followed - which was then followed by several years of therapy . . . highly recommended . . the therapy, not the hearbreak).
i digress. where were we? brunch, right. in chinatown.
so i thought to myself, "chinatown seems like a really weird place to get brunch." then i thought, "yum. i love brunch. i love pancakes. oh, and bacon. pancakes and bacon, yummmmmm. this is gonna be great. oh, but his friends. they scare me. they are so old, and smart and together. i'm a loser. damn. i'll just be quiet and eat my pancakes."
the next thing i know i am in a giant hall for lack of a better word, at a giant table with a bunch of fucking l.a. hipsters eating chinese food. at ten in the morning. WHAT? i didn't even know what most of it was. i tried to eat it, but ya know my taste buds were kinda geared up for pancakes . . . and bacon. i got through it, just barely. i felt dumb for not liking it. if i was more like them, i probably would have. i guess, over a decade down the line i ended up not being anything like them, cause gosh darnit, i still hate dim sum.
years later our friends in nyc would take us to dim sum and neither andrew nor i had the heart to tell them that we both hate it. and anyone that knows me knows that i am totally open minded when it comes to food. i might like dim sum if it were served at 8 o'clock at night, but my guess is that would defeat the purpose.
my point, you ask.
my point is that i took these two polaroids while we were at said dim sum (is dim sum a place, and event, what?).
i will give this place props, cause it was pink and it had giant crystal chandeliers. now only if it served pancakes and bacon!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
dim sum
Posted by jen gotch at 9:34 PM
13 comments:
- vanessa joie said...
I probably would have done the same thing. I still might actually... must work on that.
I don't even know what dim sum is.
- January 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Saltina said...
I don't like dim sum either. I think it sometimes involves chicken feet and that is simply not for me.
- January 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- bri. said...
thank god you are my cool friend.
and just so you know, when you guys wanted to go to baskin robbins, i totally didnt have the heart to tell you that i absolutely hate cookie dough ice cream, i just didnt want to, well, let you down or have you not work with me anymore, or worse, not be my friend anymore.
nah, girl. i love ice cream. totally loved it.
and thank god you said you were so confused at age 24. because my non adult brain feels like it is about to absolutely explode. and with my 24th bday right around the corner, i think this may be why.
well, i guess therapy it is.
and bacon.
love, bri
- January 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Anitra said...
I just adore the way you write!..you also have me wanting pancakes and bacon
- January 18, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Ingrid Ostby said...
this is such a very cute story, i like that you are writing longer posts now!
love the pictures as always.
- January 18, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- the purcells said...
that's funny, we were just talking about trying dim sum here - think we might like it though. although we do like pancakes and bacon too, mmm, blueberry pancakes with maple butter and a good bloody mary!
- January 18, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- margot said...
I had an almost identical experience when I was in my '20s in Toronto. Still. Hate. Dim Sum.
- January 19, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Failure is the mother of success...................................................
- January 19, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- sv said...
i live in chinatown. and yet really never feel like eating dim sum. maybe someday i will love it and hate the me that doesn't want dim sum. but probably not.
thanks for the story which reinforced that my feelings on the subject are not lunacy.
- January 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- angela said...
dim sum is part of a chinese dining experience called yum cha, which literally translates into drinking tea. it's definitely not for everyone, but i guess i'm predisposed to loving it since i'm chinese!
- January 28, 2010 at 11:17 PM
- Jocy said...
I love dim sum, didn't at first, but it grew on me. And I love this post.
- May 1, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Zane Wooder said...
I think that everyone wants to be the cool people. Cool people are the ones that are happy. Feeling good will lead people to feel that you are cool. Take care of your health and live a happy lifestyle and your social problems will resolve themselves.
-Zane of ontario honey
- November 6, 2012 at 6:25 PM
I can't stand it either, all that beige deep fried food with slimy, glutinous textures and cubes of jelly for dessert. I can't understand those sweet pork white dumplings either. Gross.
I'm half Chinese so go figure.
Give me Thai, Malaysian, Korean, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Italian food any day!
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When I wrote to Tom Robbins to ask if we could share this with The World Flag community, this is what he said! " I am going on "maternity leave," in an effort to bring to term my new book in progress." He also shared that his memory of the commencement speech below was , virtually nothing, except that he squirted the front row in the auditorium with a water pistol:
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"I am often asked whether there is life after death. Certainly there is. There is also death after life, and life before death, and death before life. It goes on forever. There is just no stopping it. You will live forever, and die forever. In fact, you already have.
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One problem with the notion of Heaven and Hell, however, is that, although they are exact opposites, an astonishing number of people see to be confused about which is which. For example, all over the United States on this very evening, commencement speakers are standing before audiences not greatly unlike yourselves, describing Hell as if they were talking about Heaven.
Their speakers are saying things such as, "Graduating Seniors, you have reached the golden threshold of maturity; it is time now to go out into the world and take up the challenge of life, time to face your hallowed responsibility."And if that isn't one Hell of a note, it's certainly one not of Hell.
Growing up is a trap.
As for responsibility, I am forced to ask, "Responsibility to what?" To our fellow humans? Two weeks ago, the newspapers reported that a federal court had ruled that when a person's brain stops functioning, that person is legally dead, even though his of her heart may continue to beat. That means that 80% of the population of the Earth is legally dead. Must we be responsibly to corpses?
No, you have no responsibility except to be yourself to the fullest limit of yourself, and to find out who you are. Or, perhaps I should say, to remember who you are. Because deep down in the secret velvet of your heart, far beyond your name and your address, each of you knows who you really are. And that being who is the true you cannot help but behave graciously to all other beings- because it is all other beings.
Yet, we are constantly reminded of our…"responsibility". Responsibility means "obey orders without question, don't rock the boat, and for God's sake, get a job." (Get a job. Sha na na na) That's the scary one. Get a job. It is said as if it were a holy and inviolable law of nature. But the fact is although cultural humanity has been on earth for some 2 million years, they very concept of jobs is only about 500 years old. A drop in the bucket, to coin the phrase. And with advent of an electronic cybernetic automated technology, jobs are on the way out again. Jobs were just a splash in the pan, a passing fancy. There is no realistic relationship between jobs and work (work being defined as simply one of the more serious aspects of play) any more than there is a realistic relationship between jobs and eating. It is curious how many people believe that if it weren't for jobs they couldn't eat. As, if it weren't for Boeing, their jaws wouldn't chew; if it weren't for the Navy their bowels wouldn't move, and if it weren't for Weyerhauser (that great destroyer of plants), plants wouldn't grow. Technocratic assumptions about the identity of humanity, society and nature have warped our experience at it's source and obscured the basic natural sense of things. Rabbits don't have jobs. When was the last time you heard of a rabbit starving to death?
Ah, but we must be responsible, and if we are, then we are rewarded with the wite man's legal equivalent of looting: a steady job, secure income, easy credit, free access to all the local emporiums and a home of your own to pile the merchandise in! And so what if there is no magic in your life, no wonder, no amazement, no playfulness, no peace of mind, no sense of unity with the universe, no giggling joy, no burning passion, no deep understanding, no overwhelming love? At least your ego has the satisfaction of knowing you are a responsible citizen.
Responsibility is a trap.
As a matter of fact, the entire System into which you were born, and which now, upon completion of high (high?) school you must perhaps face more directly, is a System designed to trap you – and manipulate you as a co-operating slave, a System designed to steep you you Hell.
Hell is living in your fears, and it is through fear, both subtle and overt, that the System traps you. Fear of failure, fear of social rejection, fear of poverty, fear of punishment, fear of death.
For example, we are taught to fear something called Communism, and millions of Americans go to sleep each night wondering if Mao Tse Tung is under their bed. Conversely, on the other side of the world, millions of Russians and Chinese go to sleep wondering if
Henry Kissenger is under their bed. Our totalitarian government uses the hoax of the threat of Communism to control and enslave us, just as the totalitarian Communist governments use the hoax of the threat of capitalism to control and enslave their people. It's an extremely
old and obviously effective trick.
You see, the powers behind Communism and the powers behind Capitalism are virtually the same people. We might also include the powers behind the Vatican and the powers behind Islam. Their main function is to mystify the popular mind by creating illusions of
omnipotence and omniscience with which to command docility from their subjects, although it does not require much thorough investigation to discover that few of the peoples of this world are happy, healthy, or fulfilled. But never mind. There are ways out of the trap, ways, as I earlier suggested out of Hell. The only advice I have for you tonight is not to actively resist or fight the System, because active protest and resistence merely entangle you in the System. Instead, ignore it, walk away from it, turn your backs on it, laugh at it. Don't be outraged, be outrageous! Never be stupid enough to respect authority unless that authority first proves itself respectable. And, unfortunately, there is no officially sanctioned authority today, from the President of the United States down to the cop on the beat, that has earned the right to your respect. So, be your own authority, lead yourselves. Remember the ways
and means of the Ancient Yogi masters, Pied Pipers, cloud walkers and medicine men. Get in harmony with nature.
Listen to the loony rhythms of your blood. Look for beauty and poetry in everything in life. Let there be no moon that does not know you, no spring that does not lick you with it's tongues. Refuse to play it safe, for it is from the wavering edge of risk that the sweetest honey of freedom drips. Live dangerously, live lovingly, Believe in magic, Nourish your imagination. Use your head, even if it means going out of your mind. Learn, like the lemon and the tomato learned, the laws of the sun. Become aware, like the jungle became aware, of your own perfume. Remember that life is much too serious to take seriously – - so never forget how to play.
In times of doubt and chaos, it has been the duty of the superior persons- artists, poets, scientists, clowns, and philosophers (certainly no statesmen or military heroes)- to create order in the psychic vibrations of their fellow beings. But in times such as ours, times that are too carefully ordered, too strictly organized, too expertly managed thoroughly programmed and craftily planned, times in which too few control too many, it is the duty of all feeling, thinking humanitarian people to toss their favorite monkey wrenches into the machinery. On second thought, you do have some responsibility to your fellow beings. To relieve the repression of the human spirit, it is your sacred duty to screw things up royally.
Looking at you tonight, I know you're going to do just fine.
Let me wrap this up with a few short questions I am often asked.
A difficult question.
(1) Will we be eaten by bugs and worms?
We ought to be. We have eaten, and we ought to be eaten. This is Justice, and there is no stopping it. If you have your body burned, starving the earth to
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(2) Does your soul fly out of your body the moment that you die?
No, this is a foolish superstition. Your soul is constantly
flying out of your body in just the same way that energy is
constantly flying out of the sun. At the monent your body dies, the
soul stops flying out.
(3) Is Jesus coming back?
Yes all the time. And so are you. All souls echo forever throught the universe.
I hope you have a wonderful trip."
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Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding
WASHINGTON—Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called "water-boarding," which creates a sensation of drowning.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn't regard water-boarding as torture and allows the CIA to use it. "It's a no-brainer for me," Cheney said at one point in an interview.
Cheney's comments, in a White House interview on Tuesday with a conservative radio talk show host, appeared to reflect the Bush administration's view that the president has the constitutional power to do whatever he deems necessary to fight terrorism.
The U.S. Army, senior Republican lawmakers, human rights experts and many experts on the laws of war, however, consider water-boarding cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that's banned by U.S. law and by international treaties that prohibit torture. Some intelligence professionals argue that it often provides false or misleading information because many subjects will tell their interrogators what they think they want to hear to make the water-boarding stop.
Republican Sens. John Warner of Virginia, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have said that a law Bush signed last month prohibits water-boarding. The three are the sponsors of the Military Commissions Act, which authorized the administration to continue its interrogations of enemy combatants.
Graham, a military lawyer who serves in the Air Force Reserve, reaffirmed that view in an interview last week with McClatchy Newspapers.
"Water-boarding, in my opinion, would cause extreme physical and psychological pain and suffering, and it very much could run afoul of the War Crimes Act," he said, referring to a 1996 law. "It could very much open people up to prosecution under the War Crimes Act, as well as be a violation of the Detainees Treatment Act."
A revised U.S. Army Field Manual published last month bans water-boarding as "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment."
"There is a disconnect between the president and the vice president and on the other side leading proponents from their own party and leading experts on the laws of war," said Neal Sonnett, the chairman of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Enemy Combatants.
The radio interview Tuesday was the first time that a senior Bush administration official has confirmed that U.S. interrogators used water-boarding against important al Qaida suspects, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged chief architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Mohammad was captured in Pakistan on March 1, 2003, and turned over to the CIA.
Water-boarding means holding a person's head under water or pouring water on cloth or cellophane placed over the nose and mouth to simulate drowning until the subject agrees to talk or confess.
In an interview on Tuesday, Scott Hennen of WDAY Radio in Fargo, N.D., told Cheney that listeners had asked him to "let the vice president know that if it takes dunking a terrorist in water, we're all for it, if it saves American lives."
"Again, this debate seems a little silly given the threat we face, would you agree?" Hennen said.
"I do agree," Cheney replied, according to a transcript of the interview released Wednesday. "And I think the terrorist threat, for example, with respect to our ability to interrogate high-value detainees like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, that's been a very important tool that we've had to be able to secure the nation."
Cheney added that Mohammed had provided "enormously valuable information about how many (al Qaida members) there are, about how they plan, what their training processes are and so forth. We've learned a lot. We need to be able to continue that."
"Would you agree that a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?" asked Hennen.
"It's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there, I was criticized as being the vice president `for torture.' We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in," Cheney replied. "We live up to our obligations in international treaties that we're party to and so forth. But the fact is, you can have a fairly robust interrogation program without torture, and we need to be able to do that."
Lee Ann McBride, a spokeswoman for Cheney, denied that Cheney had confirmed that U.S. interrogators used water-boarding or endorsed the technique.
"What the vice president was referring to was an interrogation program without torture," she said. "The vice president never goes into what may or may not be techniques or methods of questioning."
The interview transcript was posted on the White House Web site (whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/).
CIA spokeswoman Michelle Neff said, "While we do not discuss specific interrogation methods, the techniques we use have been reviewed by the Department of Justice and are in keeping with our laws and treaty obligations. We neither conduct nor condone torture."
(McClatchy correspondents James Rosen and Marisa Taylor contributed to this report.)


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BOULDER — After Thursday night's 74-50 home loss to Stanford, Colorado coach Tad Boyle sounded as surprised and perplexed as the near capacity crowd of 11,036 in the Coors Events Center must have been.
And that's saying something for Boyle, who usually has already thought two steps ahead.
But for Colorado, it was that kind of night. The Buffs fell behind 40-20 at halftime and finished the game shooting 29.6 percent from the field, a season low.
Colorado (18-9, 10-5 Pac-12) lost for the first time in eight conference home games. The Buffs will face co-league leader California here Sunday (3:30 p.m., ROOT).
"We let a golden opportunity slip by, one we'll never have again at least this year," Boyle said. "Our fans that showed up and have been following us all year deserved to get more than they got tonight from the Buffs. For that, I feel bad and I apologize. The question now is, how are we going to rebound and go forward.
"Relative to the conference standings, we had a lot more to play for than Stanford. But we sure didn't look like it and act like it. I didn't see this coming. I'm surprised."
Colorado entered the game leading the Pac-12 in rebounding "and that's two games in a row (Stanford) just 'beasted' us on the boards," Boyle said. "We couldn't put a run together. One of the reasons we couldn't put a run together is we couldn't get stops and we couldn't rebound the basketball. We had no answers. We tried. I didn't see any quit in our team. We just didn't get it done."
Cal poses different challenges, Boyle said.
"I feel our fans that came out tonight got cheated, so we have a lot of things to make up (on Sunday)," Boyle said. "We cannot and will not feel sorry for ourselves. We won't have self-pity. We just have to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and go back to work and figure out a way to compete against Cal.
"Cal is not as deep as Stanford is," Boyle added. "But they're a lot like Stanford in terms of their first five guys, maybe six guys. … They execute well, they're well coached. So a lot of similarities with Stanford, but physically we won't be as overmatched as we were tonight.
"I don't worry about the mindset of our guys. I don't have any answer for why we played like we did. We're searching for answers. But we'll have a game plan for Cal, I can promise you that."


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Santana's roots follow him to Kansas City
LEAWOOD, Kan. -- It's just before noon in a spacious two-story house surrounded by lush trees in a peaceful cul-de-sac about 20 minutes from Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, and the race is on.
Ervin Santana tilts his head back, inhales the aromas of his childhood and quickly navigates his way around the toddler toys in the living room. He then speeds through the steamy kitchen and runs straight to his usual spot at the dining room to join his family at the head of the table.
LEAWOOD, Kan. -- It's just before noon in a spacious two-story house surrounded by lush trees in a peaceful cul-de-sac about 20 minutes from Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, and the race is on.
Ervin Santana tilts his head back, inhales the aromas of his childhood and quickly navigates his way around the toddler toys in the living room. He then speeds through the steamy kitchen and runs straight to his usual spot at the dining room to join his family at the head of the table.
It's lunchtime in the Santana household and the pitcher's mother, Consuelo, is visiting from the Dominican Republic, which means her famous rice, beef, salad and gandules (pigeon peas) will be served at 12 o'clock sharp, so everyone better be seated by the time the platters hit the table.
"This is heaven," Santana said, smiling. "This is just like Santo Domingo."
This is a normal day for Santana when the Royals are in town for a homestand. The days usually consist of video games or a game of catch with his 5-year-old son Jonathan and tea parties or "doll time" with his daughter Sofia, 2, and their mother, Amy. There are also laughs with his older brother, Cristian, and father, Juan, when they visit. Consuelo is there sometimes, too, and she's always beaming with pride for the life her son has made.
But there are always the Dominican-style lunches with the family, prepared most often by Amy, but sometimes by Consuelo, on the table at noon. It's a small taste of the D.R. in the Midwest, and it reminds the pitcher where he comes from.
Santana was an Angel, he's currently a Royal, but he'll always be a son, a father, a husband, a brother and a proud Dominican.
"I was born in a neighborhood called Lavapiés in San Cristóbal," he recalled. "I was raised playing basketball and baseball. Growing up, there was a point in which my father told me to quit basketball in order to focus solely on baseball, since basketball wasn't a sport in which I could make a living. It is popular in the Dominican Republic, but it's not big enough so I could become a pro. So I focused on baseball. I played center field, shortstop and I pitched. I had a good arm, and I hit . Then, my coach told me, 'We are going to turn you into a pitcher, since it's the fastest way so you can get signed.' And I became a full-time pitcher."
Santana signed with Angels as a teenager in 2000. It was not an easy transition.
"I came into the United States without knowing a single word of English. Nothing," Santana said. "It was a very tough moment for me. The good thing about it was that after every game, at 2 or 3 p.m., we had to attend English classes. It was mandatory for us. After classes, I headed out to the mall, so I could try to practice any little English knowledge I learned, you know. It was broken English. I tried to see if people understood me, and I bought the stuff I needed. I didn't know how to cook. So if we went to a restaurant, we chose a place in which the menu had pictures in it."
Santana cried at night during his days in the Minor Leagues. Consuelo cried all of the time because she knew her son was homesick and hungry. Their solution was a simple one: Dominican food cooking lessons.
"When I was learning how to cook, I had to call my mom and be on the phone for a while, and ask her how she cooked gandules, how she cooked the rice," he said. "I learned, but I had to stay on the phone for a long time."
A tradition of cooking was born. It's been passed on.
"When he's not traveling, he only wants to eat at home. Sometimes, when he's away, he just doesn't find stuff to be quite right," Amy said. "His mom taught me how to cook. So when she's not here, I get in charge of the kitchen. But when she's here, I take a break and she cooks."
Amy jokes that Ervin would probably make a good comedian, not cook, if he were not a pitcher. The father of their children is silly, she says. He also has a quiet side.
"We like to sit down outside with our kids at home, and he plays a lot with them," she said. "Sometimes, our girl wants him to brush her hair, and he does it. When I'm twisting her dreadlocks, he's in front of her doing the brushing and I'm on the other side twisting. He plays house with her. And he 'gives milk' to her dolls, and they have their tea parties."
But make no mistake, Santana can also be serious. He scowls when he talks about his "game face," and he's optimistic the Royals can make it into the playoffs. The right-hander is 9-9 with a 3.23 ERA in 30 starts for the Royals this season. Santana, who will be a free agent at the end of the season, went 96-80 with a 4.33 ERA with the Angels in eight seasons before he was traded to Kansas City last October.
Santana threw a no-hitter for the Angels on July 27, 2011, against the Cleveland Indians, and it's still the best memory of his professional career.
"Innings come, innings go. And I don't really think about [the no-hitter], since the other team had scored an unearned run in the first inning," he said. "Until the eighth inning, fans start to yell, 'He's throwing a no-hitter! He's throwing a no-hitter!' And I realize it's true. We were traveling to Detroit that day. And I honestly didn't have a chance to celebrate. Not a single chance. It was interview after interview. I had to sit by my hotel room waiting for an interview to start. So I did nothing."
What Santana did was celebrate during his lunch with his family. In the end, it was more than enough.
"Every day at noon, this meal is my favorite part of the day," Santana said. "We are all together as a family, and it's a very special time for me."
Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB.


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Summit Up 3-10-13: Powder day
Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that is wondering just how awesome the snow was on Saturday.
See, the problem is that the poor souls here in the ol' newsroom were shackled to our desks, working tirelessly to craft this fine publication. We weren't wholly unaware as our office is equipped with windows and an antiquated police scanner, but watching Ullr's bounty fall through a glass pain is just not the same as taking a pow shot to the face on a crisp morning.
From what we gathered from the scanner (or unit seems to only pick up the chatter between ski area workers, leaving us with no other resort but to constantly call our local law enforcement every time we hear sirens) the snow was pretty good.
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Even though I've made a few over the years, I'm not really sure what the point is of making a New Year's Resolution. I get the symbolism of a new beginning and wanting the road ahead to be better than the one in the rearview mirror. But I'm not sure any of my resolutions ever stuck. I've had much more success with positive change when I said "fuck it" and spontaneously jumped in head-first. If you're going to do something, do it.
I promise I'm not discouraging others from making resolutions—just stating that they've never worked for me. I know I'm not alone on that island, just like I know there are tons of folks who make their annual covenant with self and follow through every time. We're all different, obviously, but we're all really kind of the same too. Raise your hand if any of these sounds like you:
Would I like to lose that last 20 pounds? Sure.
Would I like to finish that project I've never been able to polish off? Sure.
Would I like to put myself in a better financial position, eat healthier, learn to play an instrument, learn a foreign language, volunteer in my community, take a cooking class, or become a helicopter pilot?
Sure. All of that sounds wonderful.
But I can't do it all in one year. Hell, all of that stuff would take me at least ten. So what if I pick one and fail? Can I start another one as a March resolution? Seems a bit too gimmicky for me. I'm all for making lists, but this isn't picking up groceries or figuring out the best songs of 1972. This is supposed to be me bettering my life. Not that I have a lot to complain about in the first place…there's just always room for improvement, no?
And that idea is what led me here. There is always room for improvement. You super goal-oriented people: how long do you revel in the achievement of a goal before you start working toward the next one? It would be very easy for me to keep one of the resolutions above and, at the same time, completely blow it in another area of my life. That's not really success in my book.
So I'm not making a New Year's Resolution on January 1 of 2014 or any of the following years I'm fortunate enough to remain on this earth. But I am adopting a new motto. This may be something you're down with and want to try; if so, more power to you and good luck. Or maybe you love the idea of a yearly resolution and think I'm a weirdo; if so, that's fine too. I just think I've come up with something meaningful to my life that doesn't ever have to change, but at the same time could bring about tons of change every day of every year going forward. This isn't anything groundbreaking or planet-saving, but at 12:01 every 01/01 I'm going to say it to myself. Ready? Here it is:
"Do it better this year than you did it last year."
Simple, yet potentially outstanding no matter what I achieve (or don't). Here's to living up to it. Cheers, and Happy New Year.


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Hey guys how is everyone? I guess those of you that requested for a tutorial on drawing anime hair, you are pretty busy. I know this tutorial may seem a bit childish, but I really had to make this lesson for my sister. She asked me if I could explain to her "how to draw Dora easy", and I tried to verbally tell her at first, but then I said, nah, let me just make a step by step tutorial for her instead. So here it is, a very simple way that you can draw Dora and have no problem with tackling the task at all. It's nice making simple tutorials because it gives me a break a bit with making steps and coloring in the finished image. I hope you guys enjoy yourselves, I shall return with more drawing fun. Peace out people and adios amigos!
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McDonald signs two-year deal
It was a grand few days off for me, though I didn't realize the Blue Jays were going to collapse and get tangled up in the steroid scandal in my absence. But, there was a bit of good news on the Toronto front today: shortstop John McDonald has agreed in principle to a two-year contract for the 2008-09 seasons, according to the Toronto Star. Obviously, I'll be following this up when I wander over to the ol' Dome today.
My wife and I had a lovely mini-vacation in Boston. We hoofed it along the Freedom Trail, got "America's Best Burgers" at Mr. Bartley's steps away from Harvard, and even went whale watching and saw about a dozen humpbacks. The highlight, though — and, if you're ever in Boston and have a taste for some solid affordable italian food in the North End — was eating at a little place called Giacomo's. It opened at 5 p.m. and immediately had a line that quickly grew out the door and went down the block. It was spectacular.
Anyway, I'll be back at the ballpark soon enough. Good to see the comments kept flowing for the most part while I was away.
UPDATE — 1:42 pm It's official. The Jays just sent out a release, announcing that they have indeed inked Johnny Mac to a two-year, $3.8 million contract. What're your thoughts on the McDonald signing?
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Is Glaus out for the NYY series?
Well it looks like we wont be looking for a shortstop this winter.
As for the 2 year deal I like it a lot Jmac has been stelar on deffence and his offence is improving to a point where he may hit around the 265 mark which is great and in a full season he may steal 15.
jil consor.
I for one hope they shut Glaus down for the year,Let him get the rest that he needs so he can come back healthy next year we are going to need him.
I think Gibbons over used Accardo and Jannson this year and Wolfe not enough Frasor sat forever Downs can handle it all in all I don't think Gibbons knows how to handle his pitchers very well.
How many posters out there think JP will replace Gibbons and if so with who.
Do you like the 2 year 3.8 mil. deal Jhonny Mac. got.
I like the deal a lot, I actually thought JM could have gotten more-but as you read the Star article you can tell he wants to stay here and win.
It also looks like if he plays 18 of the remaining 19 games he has a chance for the gold glove-likely the only one this team has a shot at.
Of course, dumb Abner will likely sit him for 3-4 games.
No he wont if he does he wont be able to say I helped him win the gold glove lol.
I am super excited the Johnny Mac is sticking around for a couple of years. In theory we have enough offence and Jmac deserves the Gold Glove. I hope he gets enough games under his bat. I watched the end of the 9th and I was in tears watching the Jays give away Doc's game. Gibby does not know how to manage his bullpen and Accardo and anssen have noodle arms, not there faults. There is talk of Gibby in the running for manager of the year. I will protest if that becomes the case. I am attending the Yanks/jays game on Thursday, should be fun!
Although I love Johnny Mac just as much as the next guy, I'm disappointed in this deal for one reason: it means the Jays are likely NOT making a deal to get a leadoff hitter this off season. Every position is pretty much locked up, which means the Jays are stuck with either Johnson or Wells at the leadoff spot next year.
With Johnson's 2006 year probably being a bit of a fluke, I don't have a lot of confidence in him. And having Wells batting leadoff seems like a real waste considering he was signed to that massive contract to drive guys in lower in the order.
Who else is there? Rios? He's better lower in the order, too. Lind? He's probably going to be a solid (if unspectacular) major leaguer, but he's not what you're looking for in a leadoff guy.
I dunno. What do you folks think? Cross our fingers and hope that Johnson rebounds?
The Jays better not be playing Johnson in the leadoff slot, because that means Stairs isn't playing left, and the Jays are 8 or 9 games above .500 this year when Stairs starts in left. If it ends up that we put someone unconventional, eg. Overbay, in the leadoff spot because everyone else is better somewhere else, we should be happy about our lineup being stocked with so much power, not lamenting the necessity of Overbay as our leadoff man.
If Gibby is voted manager of the year I'd puke and organize a riot outside of MLB's office for the next 10 years.
How dose one get nominated for manager of the year,If Gibbons gets nominated I will no longer be a Blue Jay fan.
Garry-Just join me in the riot! lol
Who is pitchen marcum or towers.
Thats it for me I'm not going to watch this team for the rest of the year I will check them out on the computor but they are not worth watchen they just p-iss me off.
I am happy with McDonald's contract, his defense does save runs, despite what I said yesterday (he might be fatigued) he managed to help turn an outstanding double-play. As much as I love Jeter, you wont see stuff like that out of him.
As for people claiming that we need a lead-off hitter, i agree though I doubt it'll happen. I would be happy with a platoon of Stairs and Reed for next year though.
ooohhhhhhhh yeah, another pounding of the Jays!!!!! I love it!!!!!! So much for your WC fantasies. Don't worry my Yanks will definitely finish you guys off this week!!! One last thing, I fart on all your Moms' heads!!!!!
I am thrilled. I think signing Johnny Mac was an extremely smart move. He may not be the best offensive player, but my god he shines with that glove…which if you ask me can be just as valuable to a team.
I'm excited for the 08 season!!


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A national technology survey of students, educators and parents is open through Dec. 20, according to information provided by Nancy Witick, Oak Ridge Schools' curriculum & technology integration facilitator.
A national technology survey of students, educators and parents is open through Dec. 20, according to information provided by Nancy Witick, Oak Ridge Schools' curriculum & technology integration facilitator.
"Speak Up 2013" asks about technology use in and out of school, how parents are learning about "Common Core" state standards and bandwidth capacity for digital content.
Just visit the website at www.tomorrow.org/speakup/ and then enter the zip code 37831 or the state. The password is secretcity, according to an Oak Ridge Schools release.
"Through Dec. 20, more than 400,000 K-12 students, educators and parents will complete the Speak Up 2013 online survey and share their ideas about education and technology with our national leaders," the release stated.
"The annual survey is now open for input and is facilitated through public, private and charter schools all around the country. Every school is eligible to participate.
"The results provide important insights about education, technology and student aspirations to individual schools, state departments of education and national leaders."
The 2013 online survey reportedly offers the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered input on education and technology from those "on the ground" in the schools.
For the first time, Project Tomorrow, will also provide a special online survey for community members.
Local employers, after-school providers, school board members and homeowners without children in the local schools can now provide their views on the role of technology in preparing students for the jobs and careers of the 21st century, the release stated.
"This new set of data will provide valuable insights for schools and districts — as well as state and federal policymakers — on the importance of digital tools and resources for college and career readiness.
"Additionally, both parents and community members will also be asked about their awareness of the new 'Common Core' state standards, and the sources (both digital and non-digital) of their information about the new standards.
"With the upcoming implementations of these new curriculum standards and associated online assessments, students' writing abilities are more important than ever.
"Correspondingly, the new Speak Up surveys also ask parents, teachers and administrators to comment on the impact of technology on students' writing abilities."
In addition to sharing their insights, schools and districts who participate in Speak Up receive a free online report with all of their locally collected data – and the national data findings to use for benchmark comparison, the release stated.
National data findings are expected to be released during two congressional briefings in spring 2014.
Individual participation and responses provided in the Speak Up survey are "completely confidential" and completing the online survey takes 20 minutes, the Oak Ridge Schools release stated. The Speak Up surveys are open to every public and private school and district in the United States, American schools on military bases and other interested schools worldwide.
Speak Up is a national initiative of Project Tomorrow, "the nation's leading education nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that today's students are well prepared to be tomorrow's innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world." The Speak Up data represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered stakeholder input on education, technology, 21st century skills, schools of the future and science instruction, the release concluded.
"Education, business and policy leaders report (they) use the data regularly to inform federal, state and local education programs," according to the release. In a Nov. 15 email to The Oak Ridger, Witick said Oak Ridge Schools is adding a link to the Speak Up Survey to each of the schools' web pages as well as the district site.


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Hundreds of teachers and teacher supporters packed into the Nokia Theater L.A. LIVE Tuesday night, August 14th, to celebrate Teachers Rock 2012. On the evening's menu…a little Garth Brooks, Dierks Bentley, Josh Groban and many more. The taped version of the show will air on Friday, August 17 on CBS at 8 p.m.
As the show started, school aged kids flooded the stage, much like kids in a classroom, sat down and listened as Garth opened with "The River." Not a dry eye in the crowd as the young kids joined him for the chorus.
#GarthBrooks and friends getready to take the stage at #TeachersRock twitter.com/Wildaboutmusic… — David Wild (@Wildaboutmusic) August 15, 2012
FUN., joined by the Inglewood High School Drumline sang their new hit "Some Nights" followed by their popular hit "We Are Young." FUN. was thrilled to be given the opportunity to honor teachers who had shaped their lives.
While the crew reset the stage for the next big act, country superstar Carrie Underwood spoke of her most inspirational teacher, her mom, Maroon 5's frontman Adam Levine spoke of a teacher ensuring his success, and famed actor Morgan Freeman exclaimed, "teachers rock!"
Via satellite, Carrie Underwood surprised the audience with "Nobody Ever Told You," a track from her newly released Blown Away. She had a parent/teacher/student conference with her mom/teacher. Carrie explained to her mom that, as a teacher, she was always tougher on her than the other students. A big thanks to Mrs. Underwood for being a great teacher!
Next up was Dierks Bentley with the classic, "Forever Young." He followed with a song he could "rock," just like teachers, the lead single from his 2012 album Home – "Am I The Only One" and finished it off with a tribute his wife's family, and all teachers, with his hit single and title track "Home."
Los Angeles High School For The Arts, 1999 graduate, Josh Groban kicked off his set with "Changing Colors." Following an introduction explaining his "questioning state," prior to having met some of the great teachers in his life, he performed his hit "February Song." Lastly, joined by his former high school choir, Josh performed an emotional cover of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Not a dry eye in the theater to close the show.
The spectacular tribute to teachers was emceed by Pauley Perrette of NCIS fame, with commentary from iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove, The Hunger Games Josh Hutcherson, award winning actress Viola Davis and Criminal Minds profiler, Joe Mantegna.
Tune in Friday, August 17th at 8 p.m. on CBS to see "Teachers Rock!"
Ashley Pedroza/HS Biology Teacher/Southern California
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A group from India exploring U.S. journalism practices will visit Lincoln from December 3 through 5 as part of a three-week International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The group of three editors, a political reporter and a freelance journalist will meet with Mayor Chris Beutler, State Senator Amanda McGill, staff at the Lincoln Journal Star, the editor of the Waverly News, the news director of KLKN-TV and journalism students at Lincoln East High School.
The Mayor's Committee for International Friendship (MCIF) has organized their visit under the sponsorship of the International Visitor Leadership Program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the World Learning Visitor Exchange Program.
The Indian journalists will explore current trends in journalism and the use of technology in publishing; examine the importance of a free press and the role of investigative journalism in a democracy; and learn about journalistic ethics, training programs and professional development for journalists.
The goal of the IVLP is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries. So far this year, the MCIF has hosted 45 visitors from 32 different countries in Lincoln.


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Usually, when we lose someone or something that has helped us defined much of our lives -- whether a lover or a belief, a job or a home, an ability or a skill -- we feel a sense of loss.
Sometimes, it's more than that.
Or rather, "less."
Sometimes rather than just feeling a void where previously there was a treasure, there is a sense of emptiness that reaches well beyond the contours and borders of the parts of life defined by what has been lost. That sense of emptiness affects all of our experience -- we discover through its sudden absence a now-missing sense of belonging and warmth, confidence and meaning. It seems that we see through new eyes, and they reveal everything to be artificial, a bit contrived. What used to be our sense of belonging and meaning, we now see as structures of a mind that we no longer occupy.
Sometimes there's just a hint of that seeing. But at other times, it's so strong that it's overwhelming.
But it's always disturbing.
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The Heart Sutra, a core text of the Mahayana Buddhist scriptural canon, uses a four-part framing to express this experience:
Form does not differ from emptiness. Emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness. Emptiness is itself form.
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We often associate the sudden, jarring sense of emptiness -- the sense that things and experiences and life itself are hollow or lacking an essential stability and solidity -- as a sense of loss of something we value profoundly, even if we didn't know it until it was gone. But that isn't the only way that most of us have experienced emptiness. All who've lived to adulthood have experienced a time, a moment in our teens or twenties when we just as suddenly had the sensation of seeing the life of grade school -- all the competitions and dramas and dilemmas and challenges and failures and misery -- of seeing all of that suddenly empty of meaning. For most of us, that discovery of emptiness was accompanied not so much by a sense of loss, though that can be a part of it, but rather more as a sense of freedom. And because it feels lightening to move beyond those structures of life, we might not have even paused to consider the discovery of emptiness where we'd previously found meaning and purpose and definition to be a loss of any sort. Giving that up felt good.
Similarly, many of us who've been through depression can remember a time when we realized that the downwardly-spiraling thoughts that were carrying all our life into the depths of misery were, themselves, empty. We remember realizing, "oh...those are just thoughts; that is the way my mind behaves in these circumstances." And rather than feeling that discovery of emptiness to be a loss, on the contrary, it felt like a glimmer of light in the darkness, like a place where we could stand while everything around us was unstable, like remembering in the middle of a horror movie, "oh...this is a movie."
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So the experience of emptiness isn't always a bad thing; though experiencing it in connection with the loss of something we identified with, something we adored, something we depended on -- that experience of emptiness *does* feel like a wrenchingly bad thing.
When I've found myself in that kind of strange, uncomfortable, disquieted mind state, there are three basic ways that I've responded. Since it's an uncomfortable feeling, I've often sought to bring it to an end as fast as possible. One way is to instinctually return to the things that I'd valued previously. Reattach myself to what the momentary perception of emptiness has made seem hollow. I tried this approach the first time I experienced emptiness in connection with my believing and faithful worldview. And I repeated it again and again. But despite my efforts, I never quite forgot afterwards that I'd seen its emptiness. Another response I've tried was to instinctually turn away from what I'd seen as empty and replace it with something that seemed sturdier -- more solid and essential. From my spiritual life, I turned toward scientific materialism. Hard-headed facts that seemed much more trustworthy than my hollow religious beliefs. Seemed. But there came a day when I saw the emptiness of that, too -- when I saw the mind-contrivances that I was engaged in, that the science writers I followed were engaged in. And I saw that scientific materialism, too, was empty of something essential, of solid, irreducible bedrock. Which led me to a third way of responding to the perception of emptiness: rather than turning back to old attachments, and rather than turning toward new attachments, to turn instead toward the emptiness itself, and to allow my eyes to see emptiness in all things.
I had actually become aware of this potential response *long* before I ever attempted it. To my western-shaped mind, "turning toward emptiness" sounded frightfully like nihilism, frightfully like despair. And I wanted nothing more to do with those demons. But eventually I came to see that emptiness only looked like nihilism to an egoic mindshape. And so I ventured. But in the actual *doing* of turning toward emptiness, there was not the weight of judgment condemning existence as vacuous and void that I'd felt when I'd been nihilistic. Instead, there was a little hint of lightness. Of freedom.
But it was only freedom for so long as I was willing to allow the emptiness to be, while seeing all the forms that filled my sense perceptions and my mind.
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bardo (bar-do) (noun)
- (in Tibetan Buddhism) a state of existence between death and rebirth, varying in length according to a person's conduct in life and manner of, or age at, death.
- an indeterminate, transitional state: wandering adrift in a bardo of intense negativity, blame, disappointment, criticism and denial.
Despite the sense of liberation, it isn't easy to stay in that equipoise, seeing the Heart Sutra's form and emptiness equally in all of experience. It's like standing on a tightrope while the wind gusts at me and the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck tantalizes off in the distance. I've given up that perception almost as many times as it has arisen in my life.
But I've come to consider those moments when I am able to stay with that sense of emptiness as powerful times. When I'm in -- and allow myself to remain in -- that sense of emptiness that sometimes arises, I find myself comfortably recogizing the death of one life, of a worldview that once was "me." But I've also come to recognize that I'll eventually enter another life. I know that I'll soon re-enter experiences that will seem solid and tangible and essential from which I'll build a new life, a new worldview. And even knowing that that will eventually happen, I can still stay in equipoise in the experience of emptiness while it is what is.
But after that's happened again and again, I've discovered that I enter the next life a little bit aware that it is both form-and-emptiness, emptiness-and-form. And I think maybe that background awareness lets me be a little bit less rigid in my thought patterns, in my certainty, in my waking dreams. I'm more aware of my own mind's contrivances, of my mind's own role in creating my experience of reality.
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The discovery of emptiness is a kind of falling in love. There is a
vertigo in it: we step off the cliff of what we know and are certain
about. -- Zen Abbot John Tarrant
These insights aren't unique to Buddhism, though I found them while looking through the lens of Buddhist teachings and practices. After I found them there, I went looking for them elsewhere. I was surprised to find them in the teachings of the Catholic saints, Theresa of Avila and John of the Cross. I found them in the teachings of the Advaita school of Hinduism. I found them in the Sufi poetry of Hafiz and Rumi. And I even found them in the temple endowment ceremony of Mormonism.
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In Mormon terms, the gist of it is this: the perception of emptiness can be profoundly disturbing to a mind that has become accustomed to attachment to a specific form of thought -- especially to a particular belief set that promises comfort and success by following a prescribed set of actions; but the very same emptiness is profoundly empowering when we do not resist it, because the very emptiness ("...there is space here...") empowers us to create meaning from the actions of our consciousness in the context of the experiences we have. It takes the endowment's "yonder is matter unorganized" and it brings the truth of that statement to the center of the heart of each individual.
Where there is emptiness, there is potential.
The experience of emptiness brings to our conscious minds the choice that we previously never knew that we had.


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With all that delicious fruit an apple pie should be healthy, but the truth is a slice can have as much as 750 calories and 30 grams of fat. For the most part, the culprit is the crust. We use whole-wheat pastry flour to add fiber and lower the saturated fat by replacing some of the butter with canola oil. The brown sugar-sweetened filling in this pie is made with two kinds of apples for the perfect balance. A slice has half the calories of a typical version and only 10 grams of fat—sweet!
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If it sounds like I am doing a series on the concept of "brick walls" you are right. I have a whole series of classes this month at the Mesa FamilySearch Library on the subject. I would guess that few of the people who come to me with their genealogical problem cases have gone through a research checklist of questions to ask before you give up or claim a brick wall. Here are some of the questions I would ask.
Have I carefully checked the location where your ancestor was supposed to live?
Most of the claimed brick wall issues turn out to be situations where the researchers are looking in the wrong place or have yet to identify the place. Whenever someone comes to me with a question, I immediately examine where and when the event they are looking for supposedly occurred. It is no longer surprising to me to find out that they have been looking in the wrong place all along. Usually, it is a jurisdictional issue, with the county or the city being different than the one they have identified in their passed down records. I use the Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries and other mapping programs, to start to verify the county boundaries at the time of the supposed event.
What do I know about the specific ancestor's family, especially children and grandchildren?
Sometimes people claim that they have hit a brick wall when all they really have hit is one brick. Constant attention directed at the missing person is unproductive. You already know that person is hard to find, so try someone else; brothers, sisters, neighbors, children, grandchildren. You need to learn as much as you can about the entire family and any records that may have survived from family or neighbors.
Have I looked in the newspapers?
I keep asking this question and the answer is almost always no. The number of online digital newspaper collections increases daily. You can also see which newspapers were published in the state and county by going to Historical American Newspaper on the Library of Congress website. There are also several very large online subscription websites.
Have I read a good book lately?
What I mean by a good book is one that talks about the history of the location where my target ancestor lived. Check your local library or historical society for suggestions or go online and search in WorldCat.org for the location plus the words genealogy or history. You might find your ancestor's family in the book or not, but you will come away with a greater appreciation for the area where they lived and just might get some good ideas about where to look.
Have I followed the suggestions in a record selection table?
If you haven't looked at a record selection table, especially for the country or state (province, district etc.) where your ancestors lived, you probably have no idea of what is available. I suggest the United States Record Selection Table on the FamilySearch.org Research Wiki as a starting place.
I am sure I will have further suggestions as the month progresses.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Questions to ask yourself before declaring a brick wall
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It's a brick wall when you can still chisel away at it. It's a dead end when you exhausted all possibilities.ReplyDelete
I have one where I have exhausted all current possibilities. But I don't want to use "dead end".... Sounds too hopeless.ReplyDelete
New information, new resources, new people starting to research, happen all the time.
I just have a **really thick** brick wall, not a dead end. Every year or so, I'm rested up enough to get out the hammer and chisel again. It's been 20. I've found more every few years. Not enough to get through the wall, but maybe next year....
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World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2000
The Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2000 assists countries by providing definitions, concepts, standards and guidelines for censuses in the decade 1996 - 2005. This is to generate a database of internationally comparable figures, such as number of farms by size, number of livestock by type and age/sex classification, and land use by crops and agricultural inputs.
The census programme can be considered as the means to achieve harmonization of national practices: FAO encourages countries to follow the Programme as closely as national conditions and practices allow.
The 2000 programme covered the censuses carried out during the decade (1996 - 2005). Some 122 countries are reported to have carried out an agriculture census during the decade, and 114 countries made available their census reports to FAO. These reports served as the basis for preparation of internationally comparable data and metadata on the agricultural censuses reported in the publication.
Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2000
FAO Statistical Development Series 5
The Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2000 is intended to assist countries by providing definitions, concepts, standards and guidelines for censuses in the decade 1996-2005 in order to generate a data base of internationally comparable figures.
2000 World Census of Agriculture
Main results and metadata by country (1996-2005)
This publication reports the main characteristics of the structure of agriculture in countries as defined by the characteristics of agricultural holdings, gender of holder, land tenure and land use, crops, livestock, etc., and the metadata on each agricultural census covered in the publication.
2000 World Census of Agriculture
Analysis and International Comparison of the Results
This publication presents a comparison of data (not without limitations) received from different countries. It provides selected data on number and area of holdings, gender of the holder, farm population, employment, land tenure, land use, main crops, livestock, irrigation and machinery and equipment.
2000 World Census of Agriculture
Methodological Review (1996-2005)
This publication is a methodological review of the agricultural censuses conducted within the framework of the Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2000. It covers methodological aspects like enumeration methods and techniques, census frames, geographical and holding type coverage, census scope, etc.


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Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 10:00 (CEST)
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By presenting the secular history of Bologna and its art, our local guide will unveil to you secrets of the city, with particulars which tourists do not usually see.
Adventure yourself with JMwalkingtour on winding off and on beaten paths frequented mostly by locals connecting an open space to another.
From the Church of San Petronio in Piazza Maggiore to the Asinelli Towers, from the Ghetto to the hidden "Venetian canals" of Bologna, you will discover traditions, habits and anecdotes of this amazing city.
Each guide has studied and tested itineraries that make every tour unique.
Meeting Point
Next to Garibaldi's Statue in Via dell'Indipendenza,
where you will find our guide with the JMwalkingtour sign.
Departure Time and Length of the Tour
Every day at 10:00 AM and lasts 2 hours in average.
The itinerary may vary due to weather conditions.
Your arrival 15 minutes before it starts will allow the tour depart on schedule.
JMwalkingtour is a project by JM, a Non-Profit Association which works to render Bologna sustainable and accessible to all, believes in the values of humanity and in multicultural wealth, and strives assiduously to facilitate the daily life of disabled people in the context of preserving the architectural patrimony of the city.
Thank you in advance for your participation to JMwalkingtour
For last-minute communications contact our Bologna guide also via WhatsApp
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