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By Geneva P. at 2016-07-31
It has been a year or two since we last came here for dinner. It's such a nice, cozy atmosphere so I was happy to be back. We were pretty hungry and ordered way too much food.
Starting with a variety of fried foods, we thought we just ordered arancini. Instead we got 4 large fried balls stuffed with different things - risotto, mushroom spaghetti, one was fried dough...too much food! In addition to the super delicious bread to start the meal, this was already too much food! For our meal we split a pizza and pasta and barely ate any! The pizza was prosciutto, mozzarella and balsamic. The pasta was potato, sausage, light sauce and mozzarella. Both very good but enjoyed the pizza the most. The crust was nice and chewy.
Overall a good meal and we plan to be back for more pizza!
By Mary Z. at 2016-10-15
I met my sister at Fiamma for her birthday dinner. It was 6:45 on a Friday. We had been there a few years back just for a drink at the bar.
The first thing we noticed is that the restaurant had been rearranged. This allowed for more tables in the dining area. However, they've put too many tables in the dining area. The table next to us was mere inches away, and the wait staff kept bumping into the back of my chair as they worked their way around. They've allowed a large space for a glassed-in wine cellar. Perhaps that space would have been better for giving a bit more space to the dining area.
Our pizzas were good, and I liked that it was up to us to cut the pizza, as I like to slice smaller pieces when I'm dining out. They were no better or worse than any other wood fired pizzas I've had.
The service was attentive. In one case, it was a bit overattentive. The bus person kept trying to clean off the table while my sister was opening her gifts and even asked her to lift up her take-out box from a glass so she could remove it. We were mid-conversation at the time, and preparing to leave, so she could have waited a minute.
There is one huge problem with Fiamma. It smells like you are IN the wood pizza oven instead of in a restaurant. The smell of smoke is overpowering. At one point in our meal, an overwhelming hot chemical smell was emitted by the kitchen (kind of like lighter fluid). It really put us off our food, and we had to cover our noses with our napkins until the stench passed. When I returned home, my husband exclaimed "Phew! Where have YOU been?" I had to take a shower before retiring for the night. I've never experienced this problem in any other similar type of restaurant. In fact, in the old Gate House location, my husband's and my favorite spot was at the bar watching the choreography at the pizza oven and in the kitchen. No smells except for the food.
Fiamma's is a popular place. It was busy, and I know several people who dine there often. I'll be freeing up a table for them.
By Edward K. at 2016-12-22
I've made three attempts to go way out of my way to try their pizza and ultimately it was very disappointing. First I went to the centro location wanting to sit at the bar and was told there was only a limited menu. So I decided that the next day I would go to the buffalo road location for lunch. I got there at 1:30 (12/20) and was told they were no longer selling pizza! Very frustrating since I had just driven 30 minutes to eat, was starving, and now I had to drive back. Today I was extremely excited to finally get to try the pizza! I even timed it so I could get in a good workout and buildup a strong appetite. The problems started from the get go...
There was no hostess to greet you and seat you. The servers were doing it themselves so I just sat at the bar (since this location lets you order a full menu at the bar!). Then it was not at all a warm welcome from the server. Another person walked up (supervisor?) and she started complaining to him w me right there about how aweful it was to work w other people there (not a good sign!).
I get a drink (it was ok) and am having a hard time trying to decide what to eat. I asked her recommendation and she says the margherita, I asked if there's any other pizzas she recommends and her response was 'just order what you like'!!! Zero help. She disappears and after a while another server asks me if I'd like to order. I order a pizza. Now bear in mind that I got there right when it opened and it's now 12:15 (30 minutes). My food comes out at 1pm!! 45 minutes since I had ordered and not once did anyone apologize or try to explain during that time. The server mumbled something when she finally delivered the food that I'm assuming was an apology.
Awful service ruined the food.
By Gil O. at 2016-01-11
We were a party of 6 there on a Saturday night. of course, the place was packed and the staff busy.
Service was OK at best, but the food was great. My wife had the Margherita pizza and enjoyed it tremendously. I had a garganelli dish that is not showing up on their online menu. Again, extremely tasty with cauliflower, garlic, prosciutto.
I felt that the lighting was a little low. I understand "atmosphere," but I'd really prefer to be able to see what i'm eating.
By Lea B. at 2015-07-06
Sat at the bar. Liked the happy hour.
$4 beers
$4 house wine
$5 sue vial wine
$10 pizzas
Server and bartenders (Gianna and Samantha) were knowledgeable... And answered all of my questions.
The owner will not allow you to add/subtract toppings to his pizzas.... He is a stickler, and will not allow it, period!
Also no real outdoor seating. It has a few tables and chairs outside, but it's not exciting or spacious.
I ordered the Diavola pizza:
tomato sauce, mozzarella, spicy italian soppressata, basil, spicy olive oil...... It was not spicy at all. Found myself adding lots of red pepper flakes to make up for what I expected.
By Jennifer O. at 2015-07-04
Nice place, great happy hour. The Regina margarita is my favorite pizza. Half price bottles of wine during happy hour! And half off pizzas! 4 dollar beers. Their happy hour is from 4 to 7. I love 4 to 7 happy hours! My gripe with the place is that they won't let you add anything to their pizzas, you can only get on the side. This is silly to me as most restaurants will cater to their guest within reason. I was only asking to add garlic.
You also need to try the chicken cutlets! They are huge and come on a bed of arugula. The perfect balance of mozzarella, tomatoes and balsamic vinegarette give these perfectly cooked pieces of chicken some pizazz!
Oh, and they only accept CASH at happy hour
By Andrew A. at 2015-07-18
Was drawn here today by the great Yelp reviews. This ended up being one of the most disappointing places that I have been to.
To start with, the place was littered with flies. The constant buzzing of the flies around our table and food was distracting and annoying.
Oh, and the door to the entrance is on backwards, btw.
Secondly, the hounding employees - it was aggravating that at any time 5 different employees were watching our every move.
Thirdly, the place is overpriced. The quality of the food was lacking in comparison to the cost. The pasta was overcooked, and my calzone was all bread with little filling. For these prices, the place could've at least had some ambiance, but there was none. Our table was sticky, and there were mismatched chairs everywhere.
Sorry, but for these prices, there are tons of better places. Same goes for the food. $55 for 2 dishes and a soup? Sorry bruh!
By Aar B. at 2016-03-30
It's in a somewhat dodgy looking strip mall in an industrial part of town but once you are inside, the ambience is quite nice. The low lighting made it ideal for a date night.
I saw some reviews on Yelp about less than ideal service but my experience was quite opposite - our server made frequent rounds to the table and was very helpful with her suggestions.
Now the main part - the food. We got the Diavola wood/fired pizza (tomato sauce, mozzarella, spicy italian salami, basil, spicy olive). It looks great and it was as good a pizza as you would get in Rochester - at par with Tony D, Pizza Stop and Joe's Brooklyn pizza. And it was unique in its own way - very thin crust in the middle and puffy on the outside. The cheese was delicious and the salami was perfectly spicy.
The meatballs I thought suffered from being a little too meat-y. Too much meat in meatballs shouldn't be a bad thing but I felt the meat was packed too tightly and could have used some 'breathing room' which I believe is achieved via bread crumbs.
Everything on the dessert menu (see photo) looked so good - it was hard to pick. Our server suggested the profiteroles since there aren't too many places in Rochester that have them and that ended up being a good choice.
Pretty good prices:
$14 for pizza
$14 for meatballs
$7 for profiteroles
$7 per glass of Montepulciano
Definitely one of the nicer Italian restaurants in Rochester.
By Richard K. at 2016-04-21
The best homemade Italian food in Rochester. I've had so much over a lifetime. Most places offer " Rochester" Italian. This place serves "Italian" Italian. Like I had when I was in Italy. The pizza oven was imported from Naples. The Pizziolas we're also imported from Naples, and you can hear them chattering away in Italian. The housemade house perfected octopus with beans was a surprisingly filling and delicious appetizer. We had a focaccia with that, that was made in their woodfired oven. Simple food that was just amazing. The Burrata salad featured fresh cheese , olives and arugula. The seafood dish had ample seafood and house made pasta, that was delicious, perfectly seasoned and imaginative cuisine. The wine list is also impressive. You can get an Amarone by the glass. Imagine that. The Space is eclectic and Intimate. It feels like a traditional Tratoria. Lots of activity, lots of food, and lots of people really having a good time.
By Jan N. at 2015-03-28
Crust is usually not a good thing, except when it comes to pizza and boy, the crust here is mindblowing! Soft. Fluffy. Scrumptious. It's tasty by itself.
The bf ordered the Diavola which was mostly spicy Italian salami, basil with additional sprinkles of red pepper flakes in a red sauce. I skipped part of my meal, the rigatoni al forne, to munch on the crust of the pizza alone. I couldn't stop!
The rigatoni al forne was okay, a little hard for my liking, but it's baked in the pizza oven. Because of this, not only was the extra large rigatoni hard, it was also dry. It just wasn't my kind of dish, that's why I was picking on my bf's pizza.
I definitely want to go back for pizza! They had a stack of pizza boxes near the oven so I believe they have pizza takeout.
P.S. They have a pizza crust/Nutella dessert. There's HUGE Nutella jars near the oven.
By Claire B. at 2015-10-20
The good:
They had a great selection of craft beers on tap. I was happy to find Pumking (which is a rarity where I'm from). I did enjoy my pizza and my coworkers really enjoyed their pasta and pizza. The crust on the pizza is the perfect thickness and everything warmed up well the next day. The service was friendly and food came out in a reasonable time. The atmosphere was nice for a dark, chilly night.
The bad:
I ordered a dish with anchovies. They were the salty, hairy, dark kind. I can't stand those anchovies because the little hairs make the back of my throat itch. Considering the prices, I assumed they would be the light, pickled kind without the little hairs. The prices were quite high, although I've heard that to be true for much of Rochester. The mixed cocktail I ordered was just meh, which was a letdown considering the yummy beer I started with. Also, we had to wait 10-15 minutes to be seated in a restaurant with multiple open tables. What's up with that?!
The ugly:
They will not let you do additions, substitutions, etc. If you don't like what's on the menu... too bad. I'm sorry, but this is not the Ritz or fine dining. I understand the menu has been put together with care, but I'm not a child and I know what I like and don't like. If I'm paying $15 for a personal-sized pizza, give me what I want.
I ordered a pizza that doesn't come with cheese normally and asked if they'd add a couple of slices of buffalo mozzarella. I wouldn't have balked at an upcharge, but nope, they couldn't accommodate. They suggested that, if I wanted cheese, I could use the dry parmesan shaker on the table (yep, they couldn't even spare some decent parm from the ktichen). Annoyed, I went ahead and ordered the pizza. And lo and behold, it could have really used some cheese to balance those super-salty anchovies. Parmesan didn't help because it made the pizza gritty and even saltier. So, by their suggestion, I took a pizza that I liked but didn't love and made it worse with the cheese they provided me. I just feel like that is terrible customer service right there.
By Tim M. at 2016-04-09
Came back after a long layoff. Past 2 visits were really disappointing. Glad to say that Fiamma found its mojo again. Very good visit. Much better service and good to see owner engaged with customers and kitchen again.
By Max S. at 2016-03-15
Food was great, service was sub par.
Started with meatballs which were good, sauce was awesome. I ordered the breaded chicken cutlet over arugula. The portion was huge and the chicken was tasty. Party of six and five of us ate while one waited about ten minutes for her food. The cook apparently burnt her dish. Menu is authentic Italian without the normal Americanization. They do not have butter or coffee but as the server said they serve "exxpresso ." I'd go back for the food.
By Megan S. at 2016-01-17
The food is great but the service is atrocious. I once purchased a few groupons for Fiamma that only had stipulations regarding the day of the week they can be redeemed. No problem. I intended to use them to order take out as I have two small children.
I called to order take out, only to be told you can't call ahead. You literally have to go in, order the take out and sit there while they make it. Can't understand that rule at all. Anyway, I drive there, order and wait. I was literally the only one there. The bartender brings me my food and tells me my total. I hand her the groupon voucher and she flipped. She said it can't be used for take out. There was NO STIPULATION on the groupon saying that. She and I went back and forth but she refused. She called the owner on the phone and he said she'd be in trouble if she redeemed my groupon (according to her).
That's not the only time I've experienced poor customer service. The food is good but I can't stomach the way I'm treated there. I feel like a second hand citizen.
By James S. at 2015-07-17
Fiamma's is a small Italian restaurant located on Buffalo Rd in Gates that specializes in wood fired pizzas. In my opinion, they're one of the best pizza establishments in the Rochester area.
The pizzas are prepared quickly, and damn do they taste amazing. The dough has a unique toasty flavor that you don't find anywhere else in the area, even among other wood fire pizzerias. Fiamma generously applies their tasty tomato sauce. Mmm it's so good. My favorite varieties are the margherita, napoletana, capricciosa, and diavola. They have a number of exotic offerings too, such as a butternut squash pizza. Sounds weird to me, but every review I've read of it has been positive.
My one and only quibble is that they won't allow you to phone in a takeout order. They offer takeout, yes, but you must come in, order at the bar, and wait 5-8 minutes for your pizzas. When the bell goes DING, your pizza is ready. I wish you could call in ahead (if someone from Fiamma is reading this, please make it happen!!! You'll see me phone in orders all the time). Regardless, I love their pizza and highly recommend Fiamma to any pizza aficionado.
Seriously, go there now.
By Sharon F. at 2016-09-06
Fiamma is priced high end but it isn't. I gave this review a 3 for two reasons: our server and the appetizers. The "hostess" didn't say hello to us upon our 5pm arrival and seated us in the center of the restaurant and walked away! No greeting or asking if the seating was adequate - nothing, So we moved! She didn't even notice! The server didn't introduce himself but he was very attentive. We chose the house salad for two and it was very good, we also ordered the mussels fra diavlo, very nice flavor but 4 were empty and we didn't find the meat in the sauce. We mentioned to the server and he brought four more. I ordered the chicken with provolone, escarole and spek. Oh my gosh the presentation was so unappetizing! The chicken Marco Polo was tender but had no color and the provolone was totally white and melted with a small amount of escarole, way too much spek (prosciutto) on top of the provolone topped chicken, yuk! I had two bites and sent it back. My husband had the porkchops, poor presentation but he liked the flavor. We each had two Titos & tonic and they were in two different sized glasses! Who does that? It wasn't worth the $89 bill. Won't be going back. It's too bad because we live close by.
By Pat F. at 2016-08-25
I'll start by saying the food was delicious! So why only 2 stars then? Service! Our party of 6 had a fairly nice time until it came to the end of the night. The manager came over to inform us that the credit card machine wasn't working. So, we have to scrape together our pennies to pay our $300 bill?! Yep, that was their expectation. They told us to go find an atm to take cash out. Why should we have to drive somewhere to go get money?! The owner apparently didn't want to deal with it and stopped taking the manager's calls. We offered to give our credit card information and have them charge it and they wouldn't even do that. Not only that, they didn't even offer to compensate any of the bill for the inconvenience. The lack of customer care is inexcusable.
By Mike S. at 2016-02-06
DONT buy alcohol there unless it's happy hour. We were just fleeced. $16/ tall tanqueray and tonic? $10 for a Well Manhattan? Good lord. That's atrocious.
Great food, a way too dark in there, people at surrounding tables were using the lights on their phones to be able to see the bill.
I really liked the food, it's a shame they were so overpriced. The waitress suggested a little side of sauce for the food, told us its a bit dry, ok! Then they even charged for a little side scoop of sauce. Really?
The pluses- again, good food. But needs to be much more realistic on drink pricing. Well, I guess the jokes on me because I paid it, and the place was packed. Good for them!
By Jen P. at 2015-06-21
Ate here a second time a couple days ago (Fri night), this time just for pizza. The place was packed and we were glad we had made a reservation! Every table we saw seemed to be eating pizza too and they all looked good!
I ordered the San Daniele pizza with imported prosciutto, two kinds of cheese, cherry tomatoes, arugula and a balsamic cream sauce. Flavors were great, but the crust was soggy and could not hold up to the toppings. I was so disappointed. The crust around the rim was cooked well, crisp and nicely charred, but the slices were so limp that all the toppings just slid right off. I was looking forward to a stiff crunchy bottom crust, but maybe this was because of how thin the crust was??
Next time I would eat it with a fork and knife....but beware if you are looking for something firmer/crunchier - we've had better luck finding that consistency at Napa.
By Thomas B. at 2016-07-08
This place is like a trip to Naples Italy! Homemade pasta done perfectly and the staff were great! We live on the east side of town but will definitely back!
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Australian Shepherd Molly Montana writes of her outdoor adventures with human, Kinsey Barnard. Kinsey takes the photos. They live in Montana and travel in their RV Clementine. Exploring is their favorite thing to do. Follow them and enjoy great stories, travel photos as well as travel & hiking tips particularly in Montana
12 June 2010
Blackfeet Horses-American Drinkers of the Wind
It's hard to, at least for me, imagine American Indians without horses and yet prior to circa the 1730's the Blackfeet had never seen one. The Blackfeet who roamed the great plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta were among the last Native Americans to know the wonders of the horse. The time before horses was known as "Dog Days" and all portage was accomplished using dogs. All hunting was done afoot. Acquiring horses was a tremendous boon.
Horses were in fact native to North America in prehistoric times but they died out between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago. Horses were reintroduced to the continent by European explorers. Because of their geographic location the Blackfeet were amongst the last Indian tribes to come into contact with the Europeans. The Blackfeet first became aware of the horse whilst battling the Shoshone from the south around 1730.
The photo below is a photo of a photo which can be found just inside Glacier National Park at St. Mary. It was taken in 1914 and I think it's simply romantic and stunning.
On my recent visit to the Blackfeet Reservation and Glacier Park I decided to look around the reservation for some descendants of the ponies that once chased buffalo across the plains. June is prime foaling time so I was not disappointed.
North of St Mary I took a dirt road to, I knew not where, and discovered a small herd of horses with several foals.
Horses, as well as cattle, are pretty much free range and can be found grazing just about anywhere. In the small band that I found was a very new paint foal. Two things I found very interesting about this encounter. First, these horses wanted no part of me and started nervously milling around and moving away as soon as I stopped the car. In the photo below you can see three generations of Blackfeet horses; the sorrel mare, the new foal and the foal's older sibling.
The other thing that was interesting was how quickly the band joined ranks to shield the little paint colt from view. What made this so interesting to me is that there were other foals in the band but it was as though this little pinto foal was a crown prince and to be guarded and protected from the likes of me. It reminded me of the way elephants move to surround their young. Clearly a herd instinct but the little pinto was the obvious object of their concern.
When they got far enough away they stopped and seemed to relax going back to their grazing. The little paint was a fine looking foal with lovely long legs and wild blue eyes. You can't see them in this photo but trust me they were very blue and very wild. He was a prince!
This next fellow, whilst not a paint, I thought was a particularly regal the way he carried himself. It was easy to envision him prancing into battle with a Blackfoot warrior astride his back.
In addition to it being foaling time it was also wildflower time and this fellow was looking quite beautiful trotting off in a field of flowers. But, that was the thing, they were always trotting or galloping off! I'm thinking these horses are not getting a lot of use these days because they seemed wild as March hares to me. You'd have a dickens of a time catching one.
I didn't really put any serious time into photographing these marvelous beasts but now I wish that I had done. I'm thinking I may have to come back next June and try again in earnest. My imagination saw the wind drinkers of the the Great Plains and the Blackfeet who rode them. My heart yearns to honor them! All you have to do is look into their eyes and see the what was and what might have been.
©Kinsey Barnard Photography
2 comments:
- Heather said...
That had to have been so thrilling to be around them wild horses. They are all so beautiful!
I really had never thought about what indians did before horses, I found this post to be very interesting. I am always intruiged with the wonders of history.
- June 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM
- Kinsey Barnard said...
Apparently, the dogs the Indians used were a lot like Koty, not very obedient. ;)
The Blackfeet were only able to travel five to six miles per day using dogs as their beasts of burden.
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So let me get this straight.
Multiple males who were in political power and abused power in major scandals GOT THE SAME SENTENCES I GOT FOR WRITING "RACIST N*GGERS AND SP*CS WORK HERE" ON THE SIDE OF A MCDONALDS IN CENTRAL SQ CAMBRIDGE MA in SHARPIE MARKER they WASHED OFF THAT DAY easily.
After I was BAITED and SET UP and AGITATED on purpose in order to cause me to react and I had (and have) been forced to live under duress in my own country as a US citizen and denied my Constitutional rights as well as had been a victim of US war crimes (MK Ultra unethical human experimentation) under international law and was SLEEP DEPRIVED and all other sorts of things lawyers could come up with I suffered from due to the situation I've been put in. Especially since its now obvious that a large population of AFRICAN AMERICANS had largely been the major perpetrators of harassment in groups as well as present for the MILABs, one including Ritual Abuse.
And I had to travel 1000+ miles to TX in order to complete my 100 hours of community service due to interference from harassment and my lawyer had to intervene becuz the probation officer kept claim ing he did not receive the hours faxed to him?!!?? (And I only accepted the charge of destruction of property becuz my lawyer claimed that if I defaulted that I would only have to serve 2.5 months as opposed to the 2.5 years for tagging, so I was forced to accept becuz I was being messed with constantly trying to do community service and didn't know if I could make it or if I would be set up again etc.) And I had to live in fear of having to go to a moldy Boston jail or prison as this would have continued to brain damage and other tissue damage I sustained in that moldy apartment I sued the realty company for ( I should have sued HUD too. Well at least the Wiki page shows the source of rigging housing and grants-they use if for payoffs if you harass Targeted Individuals. Ive seen it at Pine Street Inn and Ive met enough perps doing harassment who claim they are desperate for housing.)
I got the worst headache I'd had in years just from spending the night in Cambridge jail the day I got arrested.
Then I had to deal with people around Cambridge trying to brainwash me into not being afraid to go to jail. WTF?
When I had no prior history of such levels of racism or any kind of acting out of this kind. I now see this is parallel with lone shooting incidents. That graffiti incident was a version of a lone shooting except it was for a female and someone on my level that they probably want to just gain control of and discredit not have killed or suffer the trauma of killing others.
Unlike these guys I got the opposite of a pardon by Bush. I got hunted and almost pushed into forced suicide. Ive had no life for 10 plus years. Is this where the judge got the sentencing from? As a joke to revisit how pathetic the sentencing was for these clowns? Its just the kind of joke these people would use actually.
This explains why the employees of that McDonalds leaned over one day and told me "don't worry they will be gone soon" in reference to the low class blacks in the Central Sq neighborhood. Yet, blacks blindly support other blacks and leaders even though COINTELPRO and obviously other stealth, psy ops based sick ass programs are alive and well in poor areas.
Fuck You.
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Those in Reagan Administration Scandal(s) Found Guilty Got Same Sentences I Got For Writing On Side Of McDonalds In Central Sq Cambridge, MA
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Don't worry I've been a traveler for Two yrs and I'm black. Thing will get better. Your blog is very helpful
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INSURANCE experts last night revealed Renfrewshire's repair bill for this week's violent storm will run into MILLIONS of pounds.
And, as the massive cleaning-up operation continued yesterday, weather experts warned families to brace themselves for more strong winds.
There are fears that buildings which suffered structural damage on Tuesday as frightening gusts of more than 90mph left the Paisley area battered could be brought down when gale-force winds return in the coming days.
Last night, a spokeswoman for Bank of Scotland Insurance said around 15 per cent of the total claims made to the firm across Scotland since the storm hit the nation have come from Paisley.
She added: "In Paisley alone, we have received 1,000 calls so far."
Hundreds of homes across Renfrewshire were damaged by Tuesday's storm, with many of them left without part of their roof.
In addition, countless trees were toppled, fences were flattened and walls were knocked over.
A number of cars were left badly damaged as heavy branches and roof tiles were hurled around like confetti but, miraculously, no-one was seriously hurt.
Alan Blyth, director at the Gordon Blyth insurance firm, in Glasgow Road, Paisley, said the town's repair bill will run into seven figures.
He said: "Across home, car and commercial insurance, the bill will definitely run into millions of pounds.
"In Paisley, it's not just the initial damage which is costly – the repairs needed to old sandstone buildings which are difficult to reach will prove very expensive too."
Another Paisley broker added: "Our phones have been ringing off the hook and there are some individual insurance claims which will run into tens of thousands of pounds alone.
"This is the worst damage I can remember in the town for the past decade."
As families and business owners try to come to terms with the trail of destruction, a further weather warning has been issued.
A Met Office spokesman told the Express: "It is going to be unsettled into the weekend, with more wind and rain on the way.
"Although we won't see anything on the scale of Tuesday's winds, gusts could reach up to 70mph in more exposed areas."
Meanwhile, Renfrewshire Council leader Brian Lawson said squads of extra workers, including street cleaners and joiners, have been drafted in to help with the clean-up operation.
He added: "We redeployed around 60 employees and six mechanical sweepers from street scene duties into the town centres, schools, parks and cemeteries to clear storm debris. Around 50 standby staff were also mobilised and employees who would have been doing bin collections were transferred in to help.
"Our tree squads dealt with over 100 fallen trees. We also handled around 20 blocked roads, eight flooding incidents and five dangerous buildings.
"The majority of Renfrewshire roads have been re-opened but some fallen trees have still to be fully dealt with.
"Three teams of joiners were working full shifts yesterday and will continue with efforts to repair classrooms at St James Primary School in Renfrew.
"Work is also under way at Auchenlodment Primary, in Johnstone, which suffered damage to its gym hall.
"Checks are being carried out at all our schools to make sure they are ready to re-open when the new term starts."


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Fleeing besieged Sirte, Ali Durgham couldn't stop the tears as he described how his father had been killed by a stray shell as he walked to the mosque with his brother.
"He died in my arms," Durgham said. "I buried him yesterday."
The young man's uncle is now in Sirte's Ibn Sina hospital – but it, too, has been hit in the fighting, residents said.
"The hospital is being attacked with shells," Durgham said, echoing other people leaving the city. "It's filled with dirt. There's only three doctors who are working with patients."
Despite the shelling and a deeper push into the city by interim government forces ahead of what may be a final battle, he said he was determined to go back into Sirte on Wednesday to bring his uncle out.
The stories told by the people streaming out of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, mostly recounted at checkpoints manned by anti-Gaddafi forces, provide a grim snapshot of life inside.
"It is unimaginable back there," Masoud Awidat, who had just driven out of the town in a car with a bullet-riddled windscreen and door, told Reuters.
"It gets worse every day. There's no food. There are fires, apartments are destroyed."
Terrified residents are sleeping in the streets and under stairs for fear that their roofs will fall in overnight.
People talked of two families whose cars had been hit by rocket propelled grenades as they tried to flee the city.
One man showed a piece of string holding up his trousers because he had not eaten for so long.
"These used to fit me," he said.
A Red Cross team who managed to deliver medical supplies to Sirte's hospital has reported that the city of about 100 000 people has no power. Civilians say many streets are flooded.
Sirte has been under attack for about three weeks, the target of a couple of all-out assaults and near-constant shelling by interim government forces and NATO air strikes.


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Sharp lands ride for Indy 500
Panther Racing has hired Wilton native and Indianapolis veteran Scott Sharp to drive in this year's 500.
The 2001 pole starter last drove in the IRL's IndyCar Series in 2007 with Rahal Letterman Racing and currently drives in the American Le Mans sports car series.
His deal with Panther is for only the Indy 500, where his teammate will be 2005 winner Dan Wheldon.
"We've been having conversations about having Scott drive for us for the last four years," Panther co-owner John Barnes said Thursday. "We certainly feel like Scott is a very capable and experienced driver, and he and Dan Wheldon will really be a force during the month."
The move pairs the most experienced driver in the IRL history with one of its longest-tenured teams.
The 41-year-old Sharp was one of the original IRL drivers in 1996 and still holds the series record with 146 career starts.
The 1996 IRL co-champion also has won nine races, most recently in 2005 at Kentucky Speedway. His best finish in 13 starts at Indianapolis was sixth in 2007.
Panther joined the series in 1998 and has been successful in grooming some of the circuit's best-known drivers.
Wheldon drove for Panther in 2002 and rejoined the team this year. Sam Hornish Jr., another former Indy winner, won two of his three series titles with Panther in 2001 and 2002.
And Vitor Meira drove for the team last year, finishing second at Indy.
The move assures Panther of having at least two cars in the biggest race on the series' schedule.
Wheldon ran in the top five for much of the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday but crashed with 14 laps to go. He finished 14th in the 22-car field.
It's the second Indy deal announced this week.
On Monday, seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty said he would team with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to put John Andretti in the No. 43 car for the May 24 race.


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Jun 17, 2010 —
1. There are, at least two major forms of corruption in infrastructure projects: institutionalized corruption and organized crime. Institutionalized corruption is described as corruption of the opportunistic kind that generally has a bureaucratic component to it. Opportunities for private gain present themselves in bureaucracy and someone internally takes advantage of it. Institutionalized corruption can be repetitive, episodic or chronic. The organized crime version of corruption is not of the opportunistic variety that occurs within bureaucratic structures. It is of the crime and punishment kind involving a combination of outsiders as well as insiders.
2. Both are restrained by competitive thick (large number exchange) markets where price signals are sufficient information sources. With thick-market competition, institutionalized corruption tends not to occur during the tendering process. It occurs, however, after the award of the contract when the large number incentives of competitive tendering change to the small number incentives of project management or autonomous bilateral trading. With thin-market competition, institutionalized corruption does occur during tendering. In other situations, corruption must be taken into specific account, especially for the institutionalized version as organized crime is best handled by other institutions and other means. In quantity terms, most corruption is of the institutionalized episodic variety. In value terms, most corruption is of the institutionalized chronic variety.
3. When bounded rationality and uncertainty are combined and when opportunism and small number exchange are combined, corruption should be assumed to exist. To assume otherwise, is folly as the cost of ignoring adverse selection and moral hazard under these four conditions is higher than the cost of being wrong most of the time. Adverse selection would vanish if individuals candidly disclosed their true attributes ("the absence of opportunism"). Moral hazard would "vanish if expost behavior were costlessly known to all parties (a strong variety of unbounded rationality)." (1996)
4. The first response to a hazard is to price it out. The second response to whatever hazards remain is to tune up the incentive alignment. The third response to remaining hazards is to go beyond the exante incentive and deal with expost incentives, i.e., expost governance.
5. These two into four conditions describe a major part of the components of the economic organization of corruption but not all of it. A large share of all of the administrative tasks that each party carries out under an infrastructure contract is internally organized according to administrative organization; hence bureaucracy of both parties plays a significant role in their contractual performance; and bureaucracy is the home and the source of much institutionalized corruption.
6. Discussion and articulation of the four conditions with the decision makers involved in the transaction during each stage of the project cycle will tend to create a contractual relationship that induces a much needed degree of candidness that rarely exists. Candidness means that issues of corruption can be discussed objectively across a negotiating table without compromising the integrity of the government official or the private sector manager which otherwise often leads to more damage than sometimes can be contained.
7. Disabled bureaucracy is often mistaken for corruption. For example, unilateral decision making is often mistaken for untrammeled corruption when it is often ignorance that decisions should be taken in accordance with mutual consent.
8. Much of the above sums-up to combating corruption as analogous to promoting good governance. I believe this to be true from the perspective of economic organization which is the approach taken here.
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An Australian social media influencer has candidly admitted the secret to her slim figure was a diet of "cocaine and tapas." In a tweet promoting an article about the mum-of-two, Yahoo lifestyle felt the need to state the obvious.
The 25-year-old Australian model and parenting blogger Ruby Tuesday Matthews recently did an Ask Me Anything with her over 193,000 followers. When asked how she maintained such a svelte figure, Matthews gave an unexpectedly candid answer that not many were expecting from the mother-of-two.
"I did a lot of cocaine, like a lot," she said in the video. "So basically I just smoked cigarettes, had long blacks and did coke. And in between, had the tapas. Like my life was tapas and cocaine."
Matthews described how, before having her two children, she would subsist on "cocaine, black coffee and cigarettes" with the occasional Spanish snack.
"The role influencers play in affecting their followers' diet and lifestyle decisions is really scary," Marissa Meshulam, a dietitian and nutritionist, told Yahoo.
"People look at influencers as 'goals' in so many ways. Followers then try everything to replicate their influencers' lifestyles, thinking that they too can achieve these goals.'"
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However, in a tweet promoting an article about Matthews and how she turned her life around, Yahoo felt the need to explain that such a diet was, perhaps, not recommended.
Needless to say, reactions were derisive, sardonic and hilarious in equal measure.
I've waiting years for this article to explain things
— JonBonHovis (@DJHipsters) January 11, 2019
Is this an elaborate spoof by The Onion??
— katie kelly mack (@KatieKellyMack) January 11, 2019
Wait, wait lemme guess. Is it an unhealthy diet because, cocaine?? Or the tapas? Is it the tapas?
— caitlin castelaz (@caitcastelaz) January 11, 2019
Is the "here's why that's not healthy" really necessary…?
— Gabriela Garcia (@thegabygarcia) January 11, 2019
Do you sprinkle the cocaine on the tapas or do you put the tapas on a bed of cocaine?
— Goofrider 🏳🌈 (@goofrider) January 11, 2019
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|Sad, but true that we now have PKR also sounding very much like the Barisan Nasional (the UMNO led-coalition), for they too are talking 'Malay', 'Chinese' ... and not Malaysians. Will we not come of age to be able to look at us as just 'Malaysians' - and not ethnically. If percentages are considered for who will be the 'Chief Minister' and who will be the "State Excecutive Members' - we, Malaysians are just back to square one. Racial politics we rejected but here we have PKR also talking like that....
So the minorities will never be the leaders in Malaysian governments - the Orang Asli, the Ceylonese, the Indian Muslims, the minor Chinese ethnic groups, the Siamese...
Let us get rid of all the polarization that the UMNO-led coalition of parties, the majority of whom were single-ethnic parties, have been propagating for the last 50 years. It is time we became Malaysians first and last....The choice of a leader or a rep should NEVER be based on the question of his/her ethnic background, religious belief, who is or her parents were, his class backgroud, his education achievements, his facial features, etc... only his ability to be the best of leaders or representative..
PKR, DAP and PAS PLEASE do not lead us again down that road where Malaysians were divided and SEEN as to what is their race, ethnicity, religion....
DAP has shown great maturity in allowing a PAS member be the Chief Minister in a State where DAP won far more seats that both PAS and PKR....
Is there not going to be collective leadership - and if that be the case does it really matter who be Chief Minister or State Exco???
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| Just as one fire has been doused in Perak over the appointment of a PAS man as the new mentri besar post, another one is taking place.
PKR has today threatened to pull out from the Perak coalition government on hearing that eight of the 10 executive council posts will go to DAP while the remaining two going to other parties.
In a statement issued by PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali, the opposition party expressed its objection to "the agreement made between PAS and DAP with regards to the composition of the Perak state exco".
"In the spirit of sincere openness, we stress that the composition of the exco must reflect the composition of the population of Perak and represent the interests of all ethnic groups fairly," said Syed Husin.
"We ask that this composition be discussed again and if the composition is not altered to the satisfaction of all parties involved, PKR will not take part in the administration of Perak."
However, he said that PKR will honour its agreement to support the coalition government.
According to available statistics, Malays represent 53.7 percent of the population in Perak, Chinese (31.4 percent) and Indians (13 percent).
It is believed that an earlier agreement between the three parties was for the 10 exco posts to be distributed among them where DAP will have six, PKR two and PAS two.
In last Saturday's general election, the opposition won an unprecedented 31 of 59 state seats - DAP 18, while PKR has seven and PAS six. The remaining 28 are in the hands of BN, with Umno 27 and MCA 1.
According to Syed Husin, PKR accepts Sultan Azlan Shah's decision to appoint PAS state assemblyman, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, as menteri besar of Perak.
"While at first we stressed the need to choose an individual that will be well received by the majority, we now accept the decision in the spirit of cooperation between PKR, PAS and DAP as well as in the interests of stability and harmony for Perak and for the whole of Malaysia."
Furore in Perak
Yesterday, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang created a furore when he said DAP would boycott the swearing-in ceremony today in protest against Nizar's appointment as mentri besar.
However, in a dramatic reversal this morning, he apologised for any offence caused to the Perak royalty over his statement, which he said was not made out of disrespect to the Perak sultan and regent.
Meanwhile, state DAP chairperson and Sitiawan state assemblyperson Ngeh Khoo Ham told Malaysiakini that all the party's elected representatives will attend the swearing in ceremony before the Sultan of Perak in Kuala Kangsar at 4pm.
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Titus 2:14 says, "who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works."
A rising trend that I have personally seen in many churches is an emphasis on excitement in serving God. The American church, from my perspective, has seemed content to sit on the sidelines and not get involved in social issues. Now we are seeing a rise in missions, locally and worldwide, along with a renewed interest in engaging our nation's political and social causes. These areas are long overdue for a real encounter with the God and the gospel we proclaim.
But as always, along with the good comes a danger. We see in the Scripture above that zeal for good works is not optional, but when we zoom out a bit and look at the rest of the passage we see an area we could be in danger of failing in.
Titus 2:11-14, says, "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works."
Paul says we "should live soberly, righteously, and godly," looking for the appearing of Christ, but that we will be zealous for good works. We see that we must strive to be righteous, but that we will be zealous as a result of Christ's redeeming power and purifying work.
We see where the zeal comes from. We do not make ourselves zealous for good works. We do not stir ourselves like cheerleaders getting pumped for a game. Our zeal comes from Christ's transforming work in our hearts. With the modern church putting so much stress on young people being "on fire" for Jesus and excited to go out and do good stuff, we must be careful about our excitement. Zeal not built on the foundation of Christ's work in us will lead to a restlessness that is misdirected and ultimately sinful.
How can restlessness for good works be sinful?
Are we excited to simply "do good stuff," or is genuine love for Christ our great motivator? We often get so "zealous for good works" our attitude becomes, "Do all the things!" Christ did not do every "good thing" He could have during His time on earth. How many countless lepers, lame beggars, and blind men did He pass by? He only did what His Father directed Him to do: "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me" (John 6:38). We have to live in a stature of prayer and depend on God's wisdom for discernment to know the difference between His will and those things that are simply good ideas. Obedience to God is not only doing what He commands, it is also not doing what He does not command.
Being restless for good works is not a sin. Restlessness is the chomping-at-the-bit excitement to get out and do something. But if we are restless for any reason other than God's reputation and the salvation of sinners, then the good works flowing from this restlessness are misguided and in danger of becoming acts of self-righteousness. When we feel this excitement and impatience to get our hands dirty in gospel work, we need to bring our hearts in line with God's heart and ask Him whether or not we are restless for the right reasons.
How do we know we are restless for the right reasons?
Christ's work in your heart will make you love sinners and not want to see them condemned. If your restlessness is empty of a real love for the sinners you are ministering to, you can be sure the influence of Christ is not in your zeal.
Christ's work in your heart will cause you to love righteousness. Not the self-righteous legalism of the Pharisees, but a true desire to see the gospel transform the world around you without bringing you recognition. Jesus illustrates this truth in Matthew 6:16-18 speaking of hypocritical men who fast, who"disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly." The purpose of the fast is in God seeing us, not man.
Christ's work in your heart will give you a desire to see God glorified. This should be the Christian's ultimate goal in all good works. "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). A Christian does not do good works from a knee-jerk reaction to the apathy of the church, nor does a Christian do good works so the world will think better of the church. The reputation of God is the Christian's greatest motivator.


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A hobby of mine is collecting antique books on health and medicine. One of my favorites, which might even be better enjoyed by a pharmacist, is Secret Nostrums and Systems by Dr. Charles W. Oleson from Harvard University, written in the late 1800's. In this fascinating book, Dr. Oleson compiled formulas of secret remedies and methods that were published in medical and pharmaceutical journals. His purpose was to provide a convenient reference book for the public who were being sold products that contained ingredients that were not listed on the bottle.
Some of these remedies were sold over the counter and Dr. Oleson revealed what their true contents were. He shared with readers that a bottle of a solution for skin care would go for $1.50 and cost $.25 to prepare, and would then give the exact formula so it could be made at home. Ever heard of fluid extract of capsicum, ginger, and sassafras? How about oil of tar, thyme, and turpentine? These were the ingredients found in Parker's Tonic and Barker's Bone and Nerve Liniment, respectively.
As I reviewed this fascinating little book, I was reminded that several commonly used medications in end-of-life care are now available in a cream that can be applied to the skin rather than ingested! This is wonderful for people who are unable to swallow tablets for one reason or the other.
Medications for pain and nausea can be applied topically, as well as medications for anxiety and restlessness. Medications such as those for heart abnormalities and those that aid in sea sickness and vertigo are also available in topical form, sometimes applied in patches.
Dr. Radway's Renovating Resolvent, probably no longer available at your local pharmacy, consisted of ginger extract and contained cardamom. A note by Dr. Oleson said it contained a lot of sugar and it was inclined to ferment! I, for one, am glad that we have the modern medicines we do and the testing for safety that is required before the public can use them. It is clear that at the turn of the century, just about anybody could bottle up some ingredients and sell them for a profit. While we may not know the exact ingredients of every medication we take today, I believe we can rest assured that, if taken as directed and prescribed by a physician, they are safe.
One exception to the safety issue is herbal preparations. Unfortunately, most are not regulated by the FDA, and because they are not, the companies that prepare and sell herbals can put all sorts of ingredients in them. I attended a lecture by an MD once and she explained that some companies put anti-anxiety medications in the herbs, and the unsuspecting consumer, after taking these herbal preparations for a short time, can begin to feel much better. The consumer may think the herbs are what are making the difference, but it may be the add-ons provided by the manufacturer that are responsible for such a dramatic and positive response.


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"(Politicians) hate to admit mistakes, and I guess I'm one of them."
It's the kind of statement a politician would make only when he's been under sustained pressure. This was what former US president Richard Nixon stumbled into when he agreed to be interviewed on camera by journalist David Frost in 1977.
At the time, Nixon was about to publish his biography and probably thought a public interview would give it good publicity. The public needed to know about his achievements, despite that large black mark called Watergate against his presidency.
"I did some of the big things rather well. I screwed up terribly on what was a little thing and became a big thing."
Nixon's apologists try to make the case that he had the makings of a grand presidency. He was moderate for a Republican and had chalked up successes such as founding the Environmental Protection Agency, initiated diplomatic relations between the US and China, and negotiated treaties to defuse the risk of nuclear war with Russia.
But the truth was, people only saw Watergate. Contrary to what Nixon claimed in the interview, it wasn't "a little thing" but rather that one thing he got caught at in a morass of many, many very bad things.
Principally, he held a strong distrust of the media and effectively sanctioned illegal or underhand operations to smear his political enemies and stifle the press.
When the scandal broke, Nixon tried to distance himself by denying he knew the people who directed the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building.
But his lies caught up with him when it was made known that conversations in the Oval Office were recorded. The tapes revealed that Nixon knew about the robbers being paid through a slush fund, and that they tried to stop the investigation by saying it was related to national security.
It was this evidence, a kind of smoking gun, that was very difficult to explain away. Faced by facts, Nixon tried to talk around it without really admitting to anything. However, to the public, his evasiveness pointed to complicity and conspiracy. The evidence was overwhelming.
"When I resigned, people didn't think it was enough to admit mistakes; fine. If they want me to get down and grovel on the floor, no. Never. Because I don't believe I should."
Frost recalled that when the topic turned to Watergate, Nixon arrived late with a "haunted look" on his face. Discussing it was a real effort for him, unlike the rest of the interview.
I believe this is why Nixon found it hard to process the truth – that people saw him as a villain. He knew he wasn't innocent, but he must have felt the pressure of the entire Watergate blame squarely on his shoulders, and that there were mitigating circumstances why things happened the way they did.
In short, the public was being unfair.
"I didn't intend it to cover up. Let me say, if I intended to cover up, believe me, I'd have done it."
But why did Nixon allow the tapes to even exist? In fact, the recording machines were taken out of the Oval Office when Nixon become president, but he directed them to be installed again.
He could have destroyed the tapes when the scandal broke but chose not to. It has been suggested that it was pride that stopped him from doing it. He wanted the tapes to record his legacy and the policies he presided over, but he underestimated the risk they represented.
When reality finally caught up, Nixon apologised to his staff in private. In public, he admitted "we have done some things wrong in this Administration, and the top man always takes the responsibility".
Then during the Frost interview, he said: "When the President does it, that means it is not illegal."
It was an admission but without an acceptance of responsibility. I believe it was this quote from the whole interview that defined him to the people who watched the broadcast.
A public poll taken after the interviews found that 69% thought that Nixon was still trying to cover up, 72% thought he was guilty of obstruction of justice, and 75% thought he deserved no more role in public life.
That last one must have stung. Despite being an embarrassment, Nixon hoped he could still make some contribution to his country. In the Frost interview, he said he wanted to "give a little advice from time to time".
That took a while, which was helped by a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford. After being a pariah, Nixon gradually returned to the limelight.
In 1980, he supported Ronald Reagan's bid for presidency. In 1986, Nixon visited Russia and returned with a memorandum of foreign policy suggestions for President Reagan. One Gallup Poll ranked Nixon as among the 10 most admired men in the world. Newsweek ran a story with the headline, "He's back".
By 2014, one Roper Center poll found that more Americans considered George W Bush and Barack Obama as the "worst US Presidents" over Nixon.
It's easy to caricaturise politicians, but reality is a bit more complicated. Presidents, Prime Ministers, even Deputy Prime Ministers who have endured criticism while in power, whom many celebrate to see the back of when they fall, sometimes have the will, capability and resources to turn things around and return to some semblance of authority – even if it takes decades.
It seems the line between hero and villain is just time.
Logic is the antithesis of emotion but mathematician-turned-scriptwriter Dzof Azmi's theory is that people need both to make sense of life's vagaries and contradictions. Write to Dzof at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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INHD to Distribute MLB Series
In Demand LLC's INHD basic HDTV channel will distribute a 15-part original series highlighting Major League Baseball's ballparks, beginning in July.
The series, which captures the nostalgic essence of each featured ballpark, will launch July 11 with a focus on Houston's Minute Maid Park.
Other ballparks slated for the series include:
- New York's Yankee Stadium
- Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Seattle's Safeco Field
- St. Louis' Busch Stadium
- San Francisco's SBC Park
- Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium
- Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Ballpark
- San Diego's Petco Park and
- Chicago's Wrigley Field


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He opens this one with "Seeds Of A Revolution," a good and timely song dealing with immigration, its first several lines delivered a cappella. This one has a positive-sounding pop vibe. "The tender kiss that freedom brings belongs to everyone." That's followed by "All Dressed Up And No Place To Go," a song that is so bloody fun. It's one you might find yourself singing before too long, at least the title line, which is sung by backing vocalists. "The president's starrin' in a new game show (All dressed up and no place to go)/Santa Claus is singing out 'Ho ho ho' (All dressed up and no place to go)." This song had me smiling, even laughing at various lines like "Plato on a date-o with a beautiful blonde." There are some dire lines too, such as "The Arctic ice is sinkin' low… say it ain't, say it ain't, say it ain't so." But while registering the message in your brain, you probably won't lose your smile, and all the while, you'll be dancing around. You know, sometimes it feels like we're dancing into oblivion. "Where we're headed, baby, I don't know."
"Don't" comes on strong, with a punk energy and attitude that I appreciate even more than usual these days. "Don't let the fuckers kill your buzz." The first time I put on this disc, I kept turning up the volume. The second track demanded a bit more volume than the first. And then this third song needed even more volume. Though my voice shouting along added to it, I'm sure. You'll be shouting along too. The repetition of "They do it all for the money" is more apt than ever. This is a great song. Then Willie Nile gives us "Earth Blues." As bad as a lot of social issues are, perhaps the most important issue is the destruction of the environment. After all, if we don't have an environment, civil rights and reproductive rights are going to be irrelevant. Here is a perfect, angry anthem that should be constantly played on a boom box by someone following that asshole Scott Pruitt through his every hour until the bastard either becomes human or does himself in. Seriously, who lives near Pruitt? Get this album, and play this song on repeat at extreme volume directly at him, night and day, at work and at home. When you need a rest, hand it off to someone else. "Sorry earth, sorry planet, some people here just don't get it/Sorry sun, sorry moon, there's gonna be trouble comin' soon."
"Children Of Paradise," the album's title track, is another strong song with something to say. "Say a prayer for the children of paradise/Born naked in a world of fire and ice/Sing a song for the little ones/As they blow their horns and they beat their drums." Maybe I'm mad, but this serious pop tune feels like a hit to me. I haven't listened to hit radio in decades, but if there is any sense to things still, this song should be popular. We'll see, I suppose. It was written by Willie Nile and Martin Briley. Willie Nile then turns to more of a folk sound for "Getting' Ugly Out There," in which he sings "It's getting ugly out there/It's getting darker, I swear." Yup. This is what most of us feel. "I turned on my TV to watch some news/Saw big shots arguing, spoutin' their views/Saw a child refugee drowned on the seashore/I had to turn it off, I couldn't take it anymore." When is this horror show going to end? When will the healing begin? Every day it seems that the troubles are increasing, that people are getting uglier and stupider. Each step down this dark road is another we'll someday have to fight our way back from. "If the people ever knew what was really goin' on/There'd be another politician who'd be dead and gone." I'm tired of being angry, and I don't like feeling hatred toward anyone, but I sincerely wish that Donald Trump and his entire regime and all his supporters would drop off the face of the earth. Enough already.
"I Defy" has something of a lighter pop sound at the beginning, but then kicks in with a great punk energy. Oh yes! "I never want to be in your society/You can try but you'll never hang on a name on me/No, I don't want to be what you want me to be/I'm never gonna light up like a Christmas tree." This one was written by Willie Nile and Frankie Lee. Willie Nile then gives us a sweet song, a love song, a song to make us feel that perhaps things will be okay, "Have I Ever Told You." Yes, it's like Willie Nile sensed that at this point in the album we'd need something like this, a reminder of the better things in life. "My hands stop from shaking 'cause baby I'm holding you now." Beautiful, right? This is what is going to pull us through this mess – being with the people we love. Holding, and being held. And he follows that with another love song, "Secret Weapon." "I feel you close even when we are apart/You give the kind of love that's real and turn it into art/You're the secret weapon in my heart." And these lines are perhaps the most important reminder we can hear now: "Bombs and guns, they can destroy when in the hands of a fool/But you and I, this girl and boy, are not here to be cruel." I don't want to let my hatred of Donald Trump destroy whatever might be good inside me. It's difficult. But music and my girlfriend's hand on my skin will pull me through. I hope every one of you has a secret weapon too.
I really like that line about love being art in "Secret Weapon." And then in "Lookin' For Someone," the line that stands out for me is also about art: "I want to be a painting, I don't want to be a sketch." This song, which was written by Willie Nile and Andrew Dorff, has a sweet vibe. That's followed by "Rock 'N' Roll Sister," a rock tune that mentions CBGB, The Kinks and The Clash. This is a celebration of that woman who seems to be living on rock and roll. From my earliest experiences at rock concerts, I became aware of this person, drawn to her, and I am still happy whenever I see her at a show. The album then finishes up with "All God's Children," a gentle song delivered on piano. Yes, he gives us a pretty and uplifting and hopeful song to conclude what is one of the best albums I have heard so far this year.
CD Track List
- Seeds Of A Revolution
- All Dressed Up And No Place To Go
- Don't
- Earth Blues
- Children Of Paradise
- Gettin' Ugly Out There
- I Defy
- Have I Ever Told You
- Secret Weapon
- Lookin' For Someone
- Rock 'N' Roll Sister
- All God's Children


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I finished a mystery project in Morehouse merino, my favorite yarn. Trying to get the pattern published, so no more pics - sorry.
Another Habu yarn became a sweater - more of it later, once I have finished felting it.
I have wanted to knit this Rebecca Pale Blue Cardigan since the magazine came out - for two years. Last spring I spun some muted red mohair blend, but in the end, I didn't like it enough to go through with it. Now I raided my stash and found Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool. The pattern is complicated to learn, but after a while it gets strangely repetitive.
Find 5 mistakes in the picture on the right! Should I frog the cables and knit them back up again?
I'm still bombed that my kidsilk yarn turned into a disaster and I can't think of anything else to pair with that exotic Habu yarn from previous post. Suggestions, anyone?
Ja viimeksi murinoita ulkomaisesta salaisesta ystävästä - minun parini on liuennut jonnekin, enkä ole kuullut hänestä vielä pihaustakaan. Olen kyllä hälyyttänyt emännän, mutta eipä hänkään voi paketeiksi muuttua. Mur. Toivottavasti muilla on paremmat kokemukset!


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Exploring & Tracking Volcanoes
1 Hook
Materials needed:
- Popplet: https://popplet.com/ (Optional sign-up, no sign-up required to use for this activity)
- Mystery Science website: http://mysteryscience.com/(teacher sign-up required before completing this activity)
- paper, pencils
- Begin the lesson by dividing students into pairs and asking the essential question: Could a volcano pop-up in your backyard?
- Each paired group will write down what they think on the paper provided and give an explanation of why they think this way.
- Once students have answered the essential question, go to the Popplet website and create a mind map.
- Add the essential question in the center and begin adding students responses in additional bubbles until each group's answers are recorded.
- Discuss everyone's answers before proceeding to the lesson in Mystery Science.
2 Direct Instruction
Materials needed:
- Mystery Science website: http://mysteryscience.com/(Register for a free teacher account prior to activity)
- Log-in to the Mystery Science website and click on 2nd grade units. Then click on the lesson titled, The Birth of Rocks.
- Begin Mystery #1 by clicking on the essential question that was answered at the beginning of the activity. When you are ready to begin, click the "Start Mystery" button.
- Students will begin by watching the video provided to learn more about volcanoes and view a true story of a volcano that erupted in Mexico.
- Once the video is over, ask students to rethink their responses that were written on paper and typed into the Popplet.
- Then continue on to the next video to provide students with additional information regarding the story in the first video.
- Once students have watched the second video, they will be ready to complete the Mapping Volcanoes Activity sheets with a partner.
3 Guided Practice
Materials needed:
- Mystery Science website: http://mysteryscience.com/
- Mapping Volcanoes Activity Sheets (1 set of 4 maps for each paired group)
- pencils, red pencils (1 of each for each paired group)
- tape
- Students will work with a partner to complete the Mapping Volcanoes Activity sheets provided on the Mystery Science website, a pencil and a red pencil.
- Continue to the Mapping Volcanoes Activity by pressing play. This will guide students through the mapping activity.
- Proceed through the mapping activities until students have completed all four maps that were provided.
- Once students have completed the mapping activities for all four maps, provide each group with the Volcano Discovery Sheet to complete.
- Next, go to each group and tape their maps together to make one large map of the world.
- Then discuss the questions provided in Step 10 of the Lesson with the class.
- After discussing, students will watch the next video to better understand how the pattern of volcanoes shown in their world maps forms what is called, the "Ring of Fire".
- After viewing the video, discuss the following questions provided and watch the final video explaining about extinct volcanoes and the discovery of basalt.
4 Independent Practice
Materials needed:
- Mystery Science website: http://mysteryscience.com/
- Mystery #1 Assessment (1 copy per student)can be downloaded and copied prior to the lesson from the Activity Prep section of this lesson in Mystery Science
To demonstrate individual mastery and understanding of the concepts taught, provide students with the Mystery #1 Assessment to complete individually as a knowledge check of the lesson.
5 Wrap-Up
Materials needed:
- Quiver: http://quivervision.com/
- Quiver 3D Volcano coloring sheets (1 copy per student)
Download the free Quiver app for either your iOS or Android device prior to this activity.
Go to the Quiver website and download the free volcano coloring sheet listed under the Quiver Education Starter pack. Make copies of this sheet for every student.
- To wrap-up the lesson in a fun and exciting way, hand-out the Volcano augmented reality coloring sheets that work with the Quiver app.
- Ask students to color the sheet and tell them that once they have colored their volcanoes, they will be able to see their volcanoes come to life.
- Use the Quiver app on your device to scan the coloring sheets and provide students with a 3-Dimensional view of their volcanoes.
Key Standards Supported
Earth's Systems
Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.
Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.
Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.


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Please report a highway obstruction to us as soon as you can so we can investigate the incident.
You need to give us details such as:
To report any obstructions, please use the contact details below.
Once you have reported a problem, we will:
It's an offence to obstruct the free passage of the highway. Obstructions are objects which have been unlawfully placed on or which overhang the highway. Such obstructions are given by examples below:
Builders' skips: Skip Licences are required to ensure the skips are not placed so as to block access to property or apparatus within the highway.
Scaffolding and hoardings: A Scaffolding and Hoarding licences is required for the erection of any structure on or over a Public Highway to ensure that public health & safety are not compromised.
Builders materials: For safety reasons, Dudley Council do not allow building materials to be placed on the highway. Therefore we do not provide Building Materials Licence.
Street works: You can access the Dudley Council Street Works Register
Overhanging tree branches or high hedges: To report report a dangerous tree affecting public health please use our
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Parking Issues: Civil Parking Enforcement Officers are responsible for dealing with obstructions on the road and pavements where waiting restrictions apply, such as yellow lines.
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Unauthorised vendors/traders: A Street Trading Consent is required for anyone who is proposing to offer goods for sale from a permanent venue. please contact us to report problems.
Blocking "Rights of Way": The Council has powers to deal with a range of nuisance issues, including obstruction of the highway and public rights of way. please contact us to report a problem.
Under the Highways Act 1980 it's necessary for anyone wishing to carry out certain functions (including those listed above) on the highway to first get written permission to do so from the Council. This is usually in the some form of licence, permit or consent form and in some cases a fee will be payable. please see our Highways Licences page for further information.
If a person without lawful authority or excuse in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway, they are guilty of an offence. In such cases the Highway Authority has legal powers to enforce their removal.
A magistrate's court can impose a maximum fine of £1,000 for anyone convicted of wilfully obstructing the highway.
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On the few occasions I have stayed in Olonzac in France's Languedoc region, one of the highlights of the visit is always the weekly market. My husband and I are part owners in a holiday home in Olonzac and some of the stalls of the Tuesday market are literally right outside our front door. There's nothing better than opening the shutters in the morning and looking out over the frantic activity below as stall holders set up their stalls, lay out their goods and chatter with shoppers.
The weekly market draws shoppers from all over the region and is as much a social outing as a shopping trip!
During summer, you'll often be shoulder-to-shoulder with other shoppers as you negotiate the narrow streets lined with stalls.
Locals and tourists flock to the weekly market in Olonzac and you'll hear an array of languages being spoken.
Most stall holders, though, speak very little English, if any, so my purchases are done with a good dose of sign language involved!
With so much fresh food on offer, it's hard not to get caught up in the excitement and buy too much - but that's all part of the fun.
The best thing is our house is close to the action so if my arms are weighed down by shopping, I can pop back to the house to drop them off and head out for more purchases!
Need to know
The weekly market in Olonzac, capital of the Minervois region of Languedoc, is held every Tuesday from about 8am to 1pm.
Find out more about Castel Grand Rue, our holiday home in the south of France here >>
What's the best market you've been to in Europe? Or have you seen or heard about a market you'd love to visit? Let me know in the comments below.


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Small Antler Bear Plush Ornament
This litle ornament is a sweet Antler Bear! He wants to help pull Santa's Sleigh on Christmas, so he's got his vest, scarf and goggles ready! Great as an ornament or a fun decoration anywhere in the house for the holidays. Makes a nice little gift, too.


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In mid-December to download became available iOS 12.1.2. This update didn't contain any major improvements or corrections, and was primarily aimed at elimination of patent violations in connection with the prohibition of sales of iPhones in China. Apparently, Apple is clearly in a hurry with the release of the new version, and did not have time to fully test the systems in different scenarios.
According to the publication TechRadar, iPad users have faced problems when trying to restore the backup from the iPhone. As it turned out, the error lies in the version of the operating system. For iPhone latest version iOS 12.1.2, whereas for tablets Apple — iOS 12.1.1. And as you know, recovering data with new OS versions on older impossible.
I tried to set up your new iPad using iCloud backup of my iPhone. Done I failed, because my phone runs on iOS 12.1.2 — commented on the problem of the users.
The journalists contacted the technical support of Apple, hoping to get any comments on this. Representatives of the company confirmed the error, and advised to wait for the next update.
However, if you are faced with a similar problem, there's a pretty simple solution. However suitable this method is not for all users.
- You must first finish setting up the iPad (by selecting "setup as new");
- You should then install beta iOS profile and reboot the device;
- Install the latest version iOS 12.1.3
- You can then restore a backup from iCloud or iTunes.


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◼ An expedition will leave this Wednesday from Kazakhstan with the ball and the Russian mascot 2018: it's planned to arrive on Friday at the International Space Station.
The Telstar 18, the official ball of the Russian World Cup, will make a private excursion on Wednesday when it is taken to the International Space Station (ISS) through a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which will depart from the Baikonur cosmodrome, based in Kazakhstan. According to the flight plan, the ship will arrive on Friday, March 23 at night.
The wolf Zabivaka, the official mascot of Russia 2018, will also travel with the expedition "We will take with us the ball that will be later taken to the field, probably, in the opening match", commented the Russian Oleg Artemiev, a cosmonaut who will be part of the trip.
In addition, as confirmed by the same navigator, the ball is expected to return to Earth by Antón Shkaplerov, one of his colleagues, who has been on the ISS since last December.
In relation to the activity of the astronauts, they promised that they will be very attentive to the World Cup that will start next June 14th. "We're not going to miss them, we're going to watch the games, the US media will allow us to follow the tournament live, but if we don't see a match in real time, we'll see the recording later", Artemiev said.