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The company's management board postponed €250 million PLN offer due to "uncertain market conditions". It was originally scheduled for October.
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This isn't your most recent episode of Unsolved Mysteries. In fact, these are five authentic skulls dug up and discovered from nearly every corner of the globe. If the skulls are actually of human origin has been put up for debate by some. Either way, these anomalies will either give you a great costume idea, inspiration to go on your own Indian Jones-style adventure, or just provide a reason for some really freaky dreams.
The Horned Skull
During an archaeological dig in Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in the 1880s, a number of human skulls were unearthed. These skeletons were anatomically correct, except for the anomaly of their projections, two inches above the eyebrow, and the fact that their average height in life would have been around seven feet tall. The bones were sent to the American Investigating Museum in Philadelphia, where they were stolen - never to be seen again.
Above: Instances today of genetic throwbacks to this race.
Starchild Skull
This peculiar skull was found in a mine tunnel, 100 miles Southwest of Chihuahua. Dental analysis have ascertained that the skull is that of a five year old child. However, the interior of the skull is 20cm larger than the average adult cranial cavity. The optic nerve is situated at the bottom of the eye socket, rather than the back.
The back of the skull is flattened, but not by artificial means. Carbon dating places the skull's age at approximately 1100 BCE. DNA testing has determined that the child had a human mother, but useful lengths of nuclear DNA for further testing could not be recovered. In 2004, Royal Holloway College of the University of London revealed "fibers" in the bone of the skull and a reddish residue, neither of which are known or recorded to exist prior to the discovery.
Peruvian Skulls
These odd elongated skulls originate from Peru. They were excavated in Nazca - close to the mysterious Nazca lines. As with the horned skull race, skeletal remains reveal that this race was extremely tall - up to nine feet in height. Similar skulls have been excavated in Mexico and are on display in museums. Some of the elongated skulls showed evidence of ancient brain surgery, suggesting an advanced knowledge and understanding of biology. Suggestions that the skulls were altered by a process of binding the skull in infancy, when the cranial bones are soft, encouraging them to grow into an un-natural shape, have been rejected.
Nevertheless, skull binding cannot increase the internal capacity of the cranial void - and evidence points to the fact that in the case of the Peruvian and Mexican skulls, the cranial void is significantly larger than in a normal skull. It is intriguing also to consider the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family - who were depicted in hieroglyphics as having a large misshapen skull.
Above: Depictions of Akhenaten and his Daughter
Robert Connolly Discoveries
Robert Connolly was researching the paper "In Search of Ancient Wisdom" when he came across these intriguing skulls. During his research, Robert photographed them:
This skull is in all respects similar to modern skulls, with only several factors out of proportion. The size of eye sockets are about 15% larger than normal. The cranial cavity is almost double that of a normal human - the estimated cranial capacity ranges between minimum of 2600 cm3 to 3200 cm3.
Above: The lower jaw bone of this skull is missing.
What is noticeable about the remnants of the facial portion is that the characteristics are entirely within the range of a normal human skull. The cranial cavity, on the other hand, is extremely large - with the cavity exceeding 3000cm3 Also, the two protruding "lobes" are highly anomalous.
Bulgarian Skull
This skull cannot visibly classified as human - but is interesting. It was discovered in 2001, the Rodopi Mountains, Bulgaria. Very little else is known at this point in time.
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Bertram Brooker
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Sounds Assembling, 1928
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Bertram Brooker, who lived in Manitoba from 1905 to 1921, was a close colleague of the Group of Seven. In addition to being an artist, Brooker worked as journalist, advertising strategist, cinema manager, and fiction writer. His 1936 novel Think of the Earth won the first Governor General's Award for Fiction. In 1927 he became the first artist in Canada to exhibit abstract paintings, of which the WAG's Sounds Assembling is a defining example. In this work Brooker sought to create a visual analogue to music, capturing the dynamism of sound through ricocheting poles of colour and light. In the early 1930s, after meeting the artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, Brooker developed a highly representational style. Sounds Assembling was purchased for the Gallery by FitzGerald, who was Principal of the WAG-affiliated Winnipeg School of Art from 1929 to 1949.
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For several years I've been moving more and more into containers for vegetables. In my somewhat cool, short summer climate, containers have the advantage of warming up sooner than the ground. They are easy to maintain, easy to pull out the few weeds that form, easy to top dress to reduce weed growth, and very productive for a small household. Veggies can be grown in a much more concentrated form than in the ground, so a small space results in more vegetables than expected. I grow potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, green peppers, lettuce, mesclun, radishes, eggplants, beans, onions, strawberries, and others in containers.
I originally started containers for Chinese Chives. My partner came from NE China where a special dumpling is made from this vegetable. Chinese chives are flat leafed, like garlic, and have a more garlic flavor, stronger than the hollow leafed European chive. I wanted to grow our own, because they can be hard to find even in the Asian grocery stores. They were difficult for me to grow because invasive grasses intermingle with the grassy chives. I discovered that in containers, I could grow them easily and have been doing so for 8 years now. They are perennial, and every couple of years I add a layer of compost, pull out the few weeds that form, and that's about all. As a leafy vegetable, they like fish emulsion to stimulate growth. When Chinese chives bloom, they have a very pretty cluster of white flowers that honey bees love to pollinate.
These are " Egyptian Walking Onion", a heritage variety of onion that self replicates quickly and easily, via sets that form on the tops where flowers would be expected. My grandfather's sister grew these more than half a century ago, but my starts are from the seed savers exchange. This tub was planted in november and left out to overwinter. Using this method, we get scallions in feb and march, before the soil can be worked. Onion bulbs form in the fall. While I'm not a fan of plastic, these tubs were $7, while the "garden tubs" were $30. I drilled multiple holes in the bottom for drainage.
Garlic, also planted last October. They flourished in the same type of tub. These were also from the seed savers exchange, labeled as "German garlic". It's a very large clover type of garlic. I also grow a native American variety called Inchelium Red, which has a highly pungent red clove. My tub grown garlic is bigger and more flavorful than ground-grown garlic. We eat about a head or two a week, so a couple of tubs goes a long way.
These are frrom bean seeds, planted 2 weeks ago. They are "yellow wax pencil pod" beans. Last year I grew pole peans in tubs and they were very productive. The main challenge is to keep them well watered in the dry summer. These are a bush bean, which I hope will be less likely to wilt, and expect to be earlier. I'm planning on several good meals of stir fry from these beans.
I do have several oak tubs that a neighbor discarded. I had to cut the barrels in half and drill holes in them, quite easy. I have strawberries in a few, everbearing varieties. Very easy to maintain by this method, very productive, and I got enough last summer to freeze several containers full for smoothies and strawberry rhubarb pies. They are deep, so they don't need as much watering, and the wood insulates against heat and cold better than plastic. This tub contains mesclun and radish seedlings, among the 3 tomato plants that I bought last week. The mesclun and radishes should be gone long before the tomatoes take over. There are also some sticks taken from my mulberry tree, to see if they will "strike" - take root. I just take foot-long prunings from winter pruning, embed them 3/4 of their length in the soil, and see if they grow. This method works very well for figs and grapes, and forsythia, but I don't know about mulberries. The care that the veggies get, is also all that the cuttings need. It's a no-risk experiment, since I don't really need more mulberry trees.
Potatoes are great for containers. I put in about 9 inches of soil, plant the sets, then cover with 6 inches. As the potato plants grow, I add more soil until the container is filled to the top. It's OK to cover leaves, just leave about 6 inches of growth above the new soil level. Potatoes form all along the buried stems. Gourmet varieties, such as fingerling potatoes, have such a great flavor, and make great new potatoes. YOU can get several pounds per tub.
So that's my take on containers. My yard is messy, but we get a lot from it. I have a neighbor with bad arthritis, who had raised beds constructed about the same height as these tubs, and she finds it much easier to maintain her garden than growing at ground level. Same idea, but more space for her. I use purchased potting mix. After a few years, I replenish with about equal parts new potting mix. Since these are a controlled environment, and water can leach out nutrients, I do use some mineral-based plant food for tomatoes and chilis, but for other plants I use fish emulsion. I don't use any pesticides. I use an organic slug bait made from iron phosphate, that takes care of the big slug problem we have in the Pacific Northwest. Topping the soil with a couple of inches of new soil, when it sinks down, reduces weed growth significantly.
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I am rather 'forced' to plant in containers rather than in the ground due to the caleche soil and the fact that I am renting. My tomatoes suffer a little as obviously they need a lot of root space but they are just not quite as bushy as ground planted but I am getting a lot of toms and they are juicy and tasty as heck!. The plants that I have planted in the ground are easy to remove or multiply so I can dig them up and take them with me if we choose to move.
I find that I need to water my pot planted toms a lot more, ie: keep them very moist (tis rather hot here this spring 80 and 90 degree days already).
I fear my lemon boy may have prematurely ejaculated..... as I got about 8 toms off him and he is not bearing any more nor does he have any flowers. I am talking to him daily to encourage him. I have saved some seeds though (well, attempted. I have not tried to do tom seeds before).
Sandi, the need for more watering is an issue for me too - containers do dry out faster. One year I did an experiment and wrapped aluminum foil around the containers, shiny side out, and measured the temperature difference. The containers with foil were 10 degrees cooler than the ones without foil. Using white containers or painting them white might help. The problem is they don't look so great that way. Your climate is so much warmer than mine, it's probably more of an issue for you. Every year I add more containers, because overall it works so well for me. Just got a big batch of salad greens from one yesterday and the tomatoes and peppers are growing nicely.
I had just got a hold of some light lime green pots to use for my next batch of planting maybe these will be close to white whilst still being 'green looking' in the garden. I have potted plants dotted around amongst other plants so the black doesn't stand out as much and hopefully keeps cool in the shade. I had not put much thought into the heat of the pots before so thank you for the info. I have to water morning and evening as the top layer of my soil dries out very quickly, though moist underneath and despite the mulch cover. Luckily we have had on and off rain for the last week or so and has helped.
I'm also forced to plant in containers because I live on the 4th floor. I've got twenty rectangular plastic boxes of flowers that I call my roof garden, but I've decided that I'll change to vegetables a.s.a.p. How are your containers doing?
Chris, I got more beans, peppers, and strawberries than I could eat. The garlic was fantastic - heads several times bigger than grocery garlic, and more punguent. It's a different variety of course. But it shows it's possible and works very well. The multiplier onions were the most productive I've had. This method definitely extended the season for me. The main challenge with containers is keeping them watered.
My tomatoes were a little "off" this year. I got a few pounds. I may need to get new soil for those next year.
I bought a new place, 2 acres, and will do more raised beds, and fewer of these containers next year. The reason is how much I can grow, and the watering issue. Of course, raised beds are just a different type of container, without a bottom.
Container gardening works better than I imagined. I recommend it to anyone who wants more control over their plants, has no place else, or not enough place else, to plant, or is just gardening obsessed like me. Also, I'll probably do peppers, some tomatoes, and a few others to extend the season, since the containers are warmer. And early season for scallions and mesclun and greens.
Thanks Sentient, it's good to hear that there are more possibilities than I thought. I have made four buckets of bokashi compost, harvested the kitchen herbs and I'll plant garlic this week - I hope it survives the winter, althought it won't be very cold. We'll probably have a few weeks of mild frost, mostly at night and the rest of the winter is just wet.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
"I'm Tired of Hearing It"
Sometimes, I'm almost certain the thing that's being said on TV is not true, because it fails the "That doesn't sound right to me" test. And sometimes, I'm almost certain it's not true because of something I vaguely remember that says to me, "If that thing I vaguely remember is true, this isn't."
I admit neither of these criteria meet the scientific standard for validity, but since I'm am just trying to figure things out, and have no stake in the outcome one way or the other, I have a comfortable faith in my observations. I mean, they're my observations, and I'm a pretty good guy. How bad can they be?
To narrow things down, I will restrict today's gripes concerning things I've heard on TV I'm almost certain are not true to two examples in the area of income taxes. No, I am not a secret accountant. I am merely applying my logical and relatively unbiased mind to the things I'm being told. If that's not enough for you, come back when I'm talking about television, where my expertise is more firmly established. Although even there, I've been told I don't know what I'm talking about.
I don't know how many times I've heard this said on TV, but it bugs me every time. A guy comes on, and either to make the point that current tax rates are comparatively low, or to make the point "They've done it before, they can do it again", says,
"You know, back in the Eisenhower Administration, the highest tax bracket was ninety percent."
If I've heard that once, I've heard it twenty-seven times. My response to this pronouncement, which I make directly to my television, is
"Nobody ever paid that."
I mean, can you imagine? Rich people paying ninety percent of their money in taxes? They'd have blown up Washington first.
Here's how they got around it. During the Eisenhower Administration, there were loopholes galore in the tax code that allowed people in the "ninety percent" tax bracket to pay considerably less than that, and, in some cases, nothing at all. Nobody paid ninety percent.
I'm almost certain of it.
Find someone who lived during the Eisenhower Administration. Hurry, because they're old. Ask them if they remember anyone paying ninety percent in taxes back then. I'm sure, if they can remember and can talk, they'll say no. Or give you one of those "Get outta here!" gestures. Which means the same thing.
Nobody paid ninety percent.
And yet, this statement continues to be made – which literally is true, it just doesn't mean anything. And, at least in my TV watching experience, nobody ever calls them on it.
Okay, that one was, "That doesn't sound right me." This next one I know from personal experience. So I have stronger evidence that it's true.
A guy comes on TV. He'd really like income taxes to be lowered (or disappear completely). He's absolutely against taxes being raised. Especially on people in the highest tax bracket. His reason?
"If you raise taxes on the wealthiest of our citizens, those great entrepreneurs, who start businesses, and innovate, and create jobs, and produce goods the world wants to buy thus boosting our economy, those entrepreneurs will be dis-incentivized from doing those things, and they'll all go sailing."
My response, based on personal experience?
They won't.
I know a number of really wealthy people, and I know that if you raised their taxes, those people would continue doing what they're doing, with not a single thought about sailing or any other rich guy retirement pastime.
Because they're crazy about what they do.
They love it. They're totally addicted. And not to the money.
They're addicted to the game.
You can see it in the way they throw themselves into their work. You can see it in how hard they find it to go home. You can see in the way they almost salivate when they talk about what they do. And they don't when they talk about anything else, including how much money they have.
Rich people almost never talk about how much money they have. And it's not because they're modest or they don't want to make you feel bad. It's because, though money is important, it's nowhere close to what it's all about. Money, as former pitching star Orel Hersheiser is reputed to have said, is simply "our way of keeping score."
The score, of course, matters. But it's a by-product. What these folks really love – and can't do without – is the action.
Put them in prison and they'll play for matchsticks. Take away their matchsticks – why would you give prisoners matchsticks in the first place? – and they'll play for fingernail clippings. Hair follicles. The "special dessert." The rewards are secondary. Primarily, it's the playing itself.
And how the playing makes you feel.
They'd do it for nothing. Fortunately, they don't have to.
That's why I know if you raised the tax rates, as has been suggested, from thirty-six percent to forty-one percent, no entrepreneur worth his salt would close up and go fishin'. They'd grumble about it, then they'd play for less.
It wouldn't stop their competitive juices from flowing. It wouldn't deaden their enthusiasm. It wouldn't keep them from going, "I'm in."
No one on TV says that. They just say "dis-incentive."
It's wrong.
And I'm tired of hearing it.
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- A. Buck Short Form 1040A said...
Hair follicles? Now hold on. I think you've gone way too far.But
did we ever tell you how sexy you look when you're angry?
Other than that, you are correct, a very insightful treatment of the issues I haven't seen before. Now if you can just send me somebody I can use these arguments against - my social circle's kind of inbred. Oh wait, I know a guy….
Having at least some internal logic to them, the widely held examples you argue against don't quite fall into the relatively newly defined category of ho-meme: an especially boorish and simplistic, yet persistent likely erroneous meme. As I've just said, it doesn't quite fit – but without saying that, I would not have had the opportunity to introduce the word ho-meme -- and we'd all, of course, be the worse for it.
Under the model set by Amazon of "If you liked this -- then you'll like…." I assume you are not the last person in American unacquainted with some version of the widely distributed Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge, which applies a similar logic to other widely-held beliefs. I'd therefore like to direct your attention to a short entertaining piece suggesting an alternate method of dealing with such, that might be seen as the debater's equivalent of strip poker .
- February 22, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- A. Buck Short said...
Sent you to the same site twice, did I? Well, if there's a God in heaven,
here's the debater's equivalent to strip poker.
- February 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM
I think three out of four "Beatles" left England and became U.S. citizens because of taxes. Didn't Bjorn Borg do it too? They didn't stop what they did. They just moved away from the higher taxes. While this works against your point (obliquely), the plain fact of the matter is that most of those top 10% income people are not able to suddenly become citizens of the Cayman Islands. I know one of them. What he can do is donate a great deal of money to the party of his choice. And he does.
- February 22, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Jo said...
I'd think that the reason that the man on the TV says that the high earners will be dis-incentivized is that he is worried that as a relatively high earner himself (I am presuming that he is an economist or accountant that has been wheeled out rather than an ordinary Joe from the street...), he'll be one of the ones paying the higher rates of tax!
I'd like to think that the highest earners all paid the higher rates of tax, and helped take the burden off of the poor, but there is that little cynical voice inside me that talks about tax loopholes, Swiss bank accounts and writing things off as business expenses that help bring their personal tax rate down to something approaching 0%...
- February 24, 2010 at 12:16 AM
No, none of the Beatles became US citizens, although John Lennon was living in New York at the time of his assassination at least partially because of taxes. Paul, of course, married Linda, an American, and they owned property in Tucson. George and Ringo also were wealthy enough to domicile themselves wherever their tax advisors found most advantageous. But they were all loyal subjects of the Queen and would no more have changed their citizenship than Elvis would have renounced his.
Earl, you are correct that nobody paid the ninety percent tax rates that existed under Eisenhower. But taxes have always been a shell game in this country since the Whisky Rebellion. And I do enjoy pointing out to right-wingers that JFK cut those taxes of Ike's as soon as he got into office. It kind of turns their paradigm of tax-and-spend Democrats on it's head.
Oh, and I was happy to see another of your commentators link to Daily Kos. Now that's a blog.
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Backflow/Grease Trap
Water management
Cross-connection control program
This City program has one coordinator that can be reached at (910) 892-2948.
Federal law requires the City of Dunn to protect the water supply from potenial contamination or pollution. Contamination can occur when a water supply line to a customer is connected to equipment containing a substance not fit for drinking. These connections are called cross-connections. In order to prevent contamination of supply lines from these cross-connections, the city has developed and implemented an ordinance which requires all industrial, commercial, and irrigation customers to obtain a permit and install backflow prevention assemblies. These assemblies must be installed on the customer's property before any branching of the private system.
Both new and existing customers of the city's water supply are evaluated by cross-connection control staff to determine which hazard, if any exist and the type of backflow preventers that will be required.
After an approved backflow prevention assembly has been installed and tested, it must be retested annually by individuals who have been certified by an approved testing school. A copy of the tester's licenses and calibration test report must be on file with the public works department, cross-connection section. The calibration report must be done annually. The city maintains a list of qualified testers that is available to all customers. To download a cross connection tester form click here.
Grease Trap Prgram
When Wastewater pipes become blocked by oil and grease, a common result may be sewer overflows. Sewer overflows can have potentially serious environmental health impacts. The easiest way to help prevent overflows it to minimize grease disposal into the collection system from homes and restaurants. All restaurants in the city are required to have grease traps and maintain them and keep a written record of maintenance for three(3) years. All such records must be available for inspection by the city at all times. At this time there are no requirements on homes but everyones help is needed to keep our sanitary sewer systems flowing freely. Click on the Water Environmental Federation link at the right of page for more information.


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This morning I woke up and it was raining. The rain is ruining all my plans for an awesome family Saturday. Everything that we have planned to do today is outside!!! First, we had planned to go to Fort Harrod and tour around. Then tonight we were going to eat at Sadie's favorite Mexican restaurant. If we eat here she absolutely has to eat out on the patio. Then it was going to be off to the Shelbyville Street party. For a minute I was pretty disappointed at the prospect of ruined plans. Then I came across some photos that put it all in perspective. They are pictures of the orphanage in DRC, where most of the children that have been adopted through our agency recently have come from. The pictures are compliments of Carrie- you can check out her blog HERE and see pictures of her adorable Haven from DRC and Grace from China.
These pictures of the orphange have once again broken my heart for the children of Congo.
Can you imagine living like this? It is a reality for millions around the world. So now instead of being mad about my ruined plans, I am going to sit here and be exceedingly grateful for all of the blessings surrounding me. I have a belly full of food (even if I did eat brownies for breakfast!) a house that is keeping me dry, and most importantly, a healthy, loving family.
- Religion that God the father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their distress and to keep one-self from being polluted by the world. -James 1:27
The world will tell you over and over again that you need more, you need better, you need faster, etc. I am totally guilty of it too. But no matter what you are going through today, take a deep breath and count your blessings- for we are all truly blessed!
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Elizabeth Gaskell eBooks
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Gaskell was born Elizabeth Stevenson on 29 September 1810, at 93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, which was then on the outskirts of London. Gaskell was the eighth and last of her parents' children; only she and her brother John survived infancy. Her father, William Stevenson, was a Scottish Unitarian minister at Failsworth, Lancashire but resigned his orders on conscientious grounds, moving his family to London in 1806 with intention of going to India after he had been named private secretary to the Earl of Lauderdale, who was to become Governor-General of India. This position did not materialise, and Stevenson was instead nominated Keeper of the Treasury Records. Stevenson's wife, Elizabeth Holland, came from a family from the English Midlands that was well connected with other Unitarian and prominent families like the Wedgwoods, the Turners and the Darwins, and when she died three months after giving birth to Gaskell she left a bewildered husband who saw no other alternative for young Elizabeth but to be sent away to live with her mother's sister Hannah Lumb, in Knutsford, Cheshire.
While she was growing up Gaskell's future was very uncertain as she had no personal wealth and no firm home, even though she was a permanent guest at her aunt and grandparents' house. Her father had married again to Catherine Thomson in 1814 and the couple had a male heir, William (born 1815) and a daughter, Catherine (born 1816). Although Gaskell would sometimes spend several years without seeing her father and his new family, her older brother John would often visit her in Knutsford. John had early been destined for the Royal Navy, like his grandfathers and uncles, but he had no entry and had to go into the Merchant Navy with the East India Company's fleet. John went missing in 1827 during an expedition to India.
Much of Elizabeth's childhood was spent in Cheshire, where she lived with her aunt Hannah Lumb in Knutsford, a town she would later immortalise as Cranford. They lived in a large red brick house, Heathwaite, on Heathside (now Gaskell Avenue), which faces the large open area of Knutsford Heath.
She also spent some time in Newcastle upon Tyne (with Rev. William Turner's family) and in Edinburgh. Her stepmother was a sister of the Scottish miniature artist, William John Thomson, who painted the famous 1832 portrait of Gaskell in Manchester. Also during this period, Gaskell met and married William Gaskell, the minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, who had a literary career of his own. They spent their honeymoon in North Wales, staying with Elizabeth's uncle, Samuel Holland, who lived near Porthmadog.


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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
On A Yummy Note!
Courtesy Jamie Schler; Huffington Post
Happy Birthday, Julia And Thank You For The Gift!
I was given a set of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1986 just after I had moved to France, which was, when I come to think of it, a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle or, as I did, bringing a pasta machine to Italy. Although I have always loved my copies of "Mastering," it wasn't Julia Child who taught me to make Blanquette and Daube, ratatouille and mayonnaise. No, I learned how to make the French classics from my French husband, a man who had never even heard of Julia Child, The French Chef, until well into our marriage when I explained who she was. His response? There was no revelation, no epiphany, no beginning of a love affair with her recipes. No, he shrugged his shoulders and promptly forgot about her. I mean, he is French, grew up learning to cook from his own Maman so what would he need with Julia Child, une américaine?
I have long been fascinated by Julia yet, unlike so many of my American friends, it's never really been about the food. Oh, I know the lady could cook! I do have charming memories of watching The French Chef when I was a kid but it didn't particularly inspire me to cook. If we learn from example, then I was more likely to make a big pot of cabbage soup or pop a tv dinner into the oven than try and concoct clafoutis or coq au vin. I never attempted to cook like Julia Child nor did I expect French food to ever appear on my mother's kitchen table. No, I wasn't an enthusiastic fan of The French Chef for the food. What I loved about those shows was Julia herself. It was her enormous personality, her energy, her own passion for cooking -- and eating -- and her humor that inspired and entertained me. Her casual nonchalance, her endearing lack of grace and lack of beauty made me, a clumsy ugly duckling, a little more at ease with myself, less embarrassed by my faults and maybe a bit more confident in my own talents, whatever they would turn out to be. The Galloping Gourmet, my other television hero, was all sexiness and suavity, charisma, British accent and perfection while Julia was, well, Julia.
Today, my personal relationship with, my passion for Julia Child has transformed into something else completely. As I have gotten older, our connection has grown more complex. Thirty some odd years after first discovering her on television, twenty-five years after receiving her cookbooks, what fascinates and inspires me today was Julia's age when she discovered her passion for cooking, her age when she embarked on an entirely new career. Julia was a ripe old 36 when she arrived in Paris and succumbed to the incredible cuisine and ambiance of her adopted country, 37 when she enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. She was in her forties, stoutly Middle Aged, when she embarked on her career of teaching, cooking and writing, 49 when published for the first time. You see, I moved to France, not quite as old as Julia was -- but almost -- and slowly discovered the incredible food. I was married and pushing middle age before I, too, began my own love affair with French cuisine. And here I am, like Julia, a woman of a certain age, on the brink of starting over, embarking on my own new career. Julia has become my role model, a woman who was able to transform and recreate herself, daring to start over long past the age that we are told we should already know who we are and where we are going. Long past my own prime, or so society tells me, I glance around at all the young whippersnappers in their twenties and thirties who have discovered their own passions for writing or photography, some of whom leave college armed with creative writing or journalism degrees or those who go onto culinary school or are given a camera when still a babe in arms and it intimidates me. I question my choices and the possibilities of a future. I wonder if I am just plain crazy to be doing this now and up against all of those who have been at it for years. And so Julia's own history, her life, which is in many ways similar to my own, reassures and spurs me on.
I look at those old black and white episodes of The French Chef and see a funny, witty woman, not particularly elegant, larger than life who tromped fearlessly through France in her size twelve shoes, who grabbed at life with much more gusto than the average human can muster up on any ordinary day. I see a woman who made a name for herself in what was thoroughly and insistently a man's world in both France and the US. And I am encouraged. Connected by the revelation of a first sole meunière, mine eaten at that venerable old Parisian icon Chartier, hers at La Couronne in Rouen, a first oyster, mine tasted with the same mixture of curiosity and fear at a bustling brasserie on La Place de la Bourse, culinary lightbulbs popping and flashing, Julia and I are united by the irresistible urge to make food our life, our career. And while she dove in head first, no looking back, and I tiptoed in rather hesitantly, we both stumbled upon a passion and a new start quite by accident and surprise and later in life than either one of us should have. In my constant search for inspiration, Julia is my muse.
Julia Child's 100th birthday is bringing out the nostalgic in all of us. Fans all across America talk about how Julia inspired, gave them the courage to take to the kitchen and, whisk in hand, whip up their own mayonnaise or hollandaise; she encouraged them to master a traditional bouillabaisse; she offered the perfect recipe for the perfect clafoutis; she had the country rolling out homemade pastry dough for an authentic Quiche Lorraine. Proverbial sticks of butter are being laid at the altar of the Grande Dame of classic French cooking updated for the modern American kitchen. Yet while all wax eloquent on how Julia got them cooking, I thank her for simply, unknowingly inspiring me to write, to forge a new career, for giving me the assurance to start over at my age and for doing it joyously, confidently and with relish. As Julia once said, "Find something you are passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it." And to slightly appropriate another of Julia's truths "The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking -- and writing -- you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude."
Happy Birthday, Julia Child, and thank you for the gift!
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rcrcomputing needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Need logo, letterhead, and biz card.
RCR Computing
Need an idea here. Phone is 358-1111 Give you ideas, like 911?
Desired Color Scheme:
open, but I like red, white and blue?
Desired Style:
Clean, Crisp, Professional
Accepted File Formats:
eps jpg and any other folks will be asking for
Need a change. We are primarily a retail shop in a small town, and have networking specialist on hand for job calls.
You can go to http://www.rcrcomputing.com and see my little icon I like at the top left that says RCR.


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OU School of Visual Arts Events
The OU School of Visual Arts at the University of Oklahoma cultivates a vibrant intellectual community that fosters the greatest possible excellence in the study of the visual arts, design, and art history. The School was established in 1915, and is the oldest and most comprehensive school of art in the state of Oklahoma. Through civic engagement, we endeavor to meet the artistic needs of Oklahoma's citizens and promote the growth of culture. We offer the BFA and MFA in Art and the BA, MA, and Ph.D. in Art History. We strive for excellence in teaching, publishing, and creating art and design at the highest level. The School prepares our students for success nationally and internationally as artists, designers, scholars, teachers, and influential patrons of all the arts.
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Sugar Desktop
Provide the sugar desktop as well as the basic activities required in a fashion that can be used as a choice on the GDM login screen, or as the basis for a Live image spin.
More help welcome :-)
Current status
- Targeted release: F10
- Last updated: Thursday, September 18 2008
- Percentage of completion: 75%
Detailed Description
We want to provide the base sugar desktop environment as well as some activities to allow further building upon the collaborative environment.
Users curious about the sugar interface can test out sugar either on an existing Fedora system, or with the live image.
Developers interested in working on the Sugar interface or writing activities can have a development platform without needing an XO laptop.
Benefit to Fedora
This helps to make it easier for OLPC to use Fedora bits as well as to advance the OLPC platform. By making Sugar more readily available, it is easier for users to play with it, become involved, and contribute back.
If a Fedora Sugar spin is an easy way to experience and develop sugar, it will introduce new users to Fedora as an operating system and the Fedora community.
- Build updated sugar packages
- Build useful sugar activities (list on the Wishlist of packages)
- Add a session for gdm to be able to choose Sugar as the login environment
- Build a Sugar LiveCD/Spin
Test Plan
Can select Sugar as an option on the gdm screen for your account, log in, and use Sugar. Will require the @sugar-desktop group to be installed, but otherwise be straight-forward
User Experience
Only noticeable by those wanting to use sugar
This depends on Sugar work upstream as well as on getting a pyxpcom package from xulrunner so that the browser can be built.
Contingency Plan
None necessary. Many of the packages will be included in Fedora, but will be less useful without the work done to tie them together.
- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WishList#Activities
- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities
Release Notes
We'll have some stuff here eventually
How To Help
- Visit #fedora-olpc on Freenode
- Join the mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-olpc-list
- Package or review some of the packages listed on the wishlist
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Departing from Sydney on 10 February 2013, you'll be sailing on the exciting Royal Caribbean ship Voyager of the Seas and visiting South Pacific islands New Caledonia and Fiji. Voyager of the Seas is a destination in itself, with 15 decks, the ship comes with its own ice-skating rink, rock climbing wall, huge Show lounge, 14 bars and lounges, 7 restaurants, 10 pools & jacuzzis, library, duty-free shopping, medical centre, gym and health spa, this makes not only for an incredible holiday, but a wonderful way to further your genealogy and history knowledge.
The team of presenters is headed by Paul Milner from the United States, but British born and for 30 years a British Isles specialist. Other presenters include Google and technology expert, Dan Lynch (USA), Bob Velke of Wholly Genes and Archive CD Books USA, Louis Kessler of GenSoftReviews.com (Canada), Jan Gow (New Zealand) and Australians, Jill Ball, Carol Baxter, Stephen Dando-Collins (internationally acclaimed author), Shauna Hicks, Rosemary Kopittke, Helen Smith. A truly international team to bring an international program.
The six full days at sea and exclusive use of a 330 seat theatre which can be divided into four smaller rooms gives scope for a wide and varied program. 120 topics will be offered in 60 different time slots. The program will be feature several key streams, including England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, writing, technology, Google for family historians, genealogy software, online data and resources as well as a number of other general and specialised topics, case studies and more. A special feature will be the Research Help Zone for one on open advice from experts.
Add to all this the fun of a cruise - the Voyager's own daily program allows you to do as much or as little as you like when you are not attending one of the fascinating genealogy seminars. She also visits two great ports – enticing Noumea, the capital of the French territory of New Caledonia, where the South Pacific meets the Riveria and Lautoka, Fiji's second largest city which offers dancing waves of the sea, sandy beaches and a vibrant local culture to ensure a refreshing and memorable visit. So sit back relax and let the Captain and Unlock the Past make this a truly memorable journey.
Unlock the Past have chosen Clean Cruising to be their partner again for this cruise. They have a wonderful, enthusiastic team, who will help you with any of your needs or questions.
"We have loved getting everyone away on the previous two cruises with Unlock the Past and the ships and onboard program just get more exciting, so let us help you choose just the right place to be onboard and answer all your cruising questions" – Ciaran, Natalya & Terri , Clean Cruising
"Having been on two genealogy cruises before, I know that I'm going to have fun and learn a lot to assist my family history research. What makes this cruise even more exciting is the great range of speakers, wide variety of topics and the fact that we have a dedicated conference area for the whole cruise. I can't wait!" – Shauna Hicks, leading Unlock the Past presenter
This third Unlock the Past cruise offers an unparalleled opportunity and value for those from the northern hemisphere to combine a great cruise to the South Pacific with a truly international and wide ranging program.
Full information including costs and booking details can be found on the cruise pages of the Unlock the Past website: www.unlockthepast.com.au
Join us for 3rd Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Cruise
– you won't be disappointed
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UNLOCK the PAST – Australian company Unlock the Past started as an innovative venture promoting history, genealogy and heritage in Australia and New Zealand. It is a collaborative venture involving a team of expert speakers, writers, organisations and commercial partners throughout Australia, New Zealand and overseas.
CLEAN CRUISING – Clean Cruising is one of Australia's largest and most innovative cruise agencies. Recognised as an ICCA Cruise Agency of the Year Finalist in 2010, the family owned operation takes pride in ensuring travellers get aboard the right cruise for them. Having a team of accredited consultants who are passionate about cruising makes this task even easier.


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Summer entertaining season arrives early with Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo and my birthday share the same date on the calendar. The fifth of May starts the summer season for me, rather than Memorial Day, and I like to welcome my favorite season with flair.
Many think it is the celebration of Mexico's independence, which it is not. It marks the day in 1862 when the Mexican Army surprisingly defeated the French in the Battle of Puebla. What I find interesting is that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the United States than Mexico, although it is a big celebration in Puebla.
Mexican pinatas, flags, music and ethnic fare make for a festive occasion. To help me plan this day of celebration, I looked through "Just Tacos: 100 Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner" by Shelley Wiseman, Taunton Press, 2011, $19.95, a colorful cookbook from my collection that delivers a fun way to "do" Mexican.
Tacos are a popular dish that has become a meal in itself. I have noticed on restaurant menus, tacos, once a humble Mexican street food, have entered the popular food culture to such an extent that other cuisines are discovering them as a way to sell their own ethnic dishes.
Wiseman said, "Tacos are so popular because in this increasingly fast-paced world, a taco is the quintessential food on the go. Almost anything can be enclosed in a tortilla. Add an interesting sauce, some crunchy vegetables, and you are good to go."
Tacos make a great party dish for outdoor summer entertaining. Wiseman suggests making tacos with freshly sliced steak from the grill or roasted chicken tossed with onion and topped with a delicious sauce or salsa. A make-your-own taco party leaves the creativity to your guests.
Wiseman lived in Mexico as a teenager and returned in her 30s, when she perfected her Mexican culinary skills. Her extensive knowledge of Mexican cuisine was used to develop recipes at Gourmet magazine. She wanted to share these recipes to help us celebrate Cinco de Mayo and those who celebrate a Cinco de Mayo birthday.
While fish dishes with tomatoes, olives and capers are emblematic of the Veracruz Coast, these battered, fried tacos are typical of the Baja peninsula. A little shredded cabbage mixed with chipotle mayonnaise adds just the right crunch and spice.
For the batter
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 cup beer
For the fish
-3-4 cups vegetable oil for frying; see note
-1 pound tilapia, cod or other white fish fillets
-½ teaspoon salt
-1 cup flour
Whisk together the batter ingredients and let stand for 15 minutes.
Heat oil in a 4-quart pot or a wok until a deep-fat thermometer registers 375 degrees.
While the oil heats, cut the fish into ½- by 4-inch strips, and toss with the salt. Place the flour in a wide, shallow bowl. Dredge the fish in the flour, then in the batter, and fry a few pieces at a time, until the batter is golden and the fish is just cooked through, 3-4 minutes. Transfer the fish to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain.
Serve tacos with warm corn tortillas, Lime-Chipotle Mayonnaise mixed with shredded cabbage and the rest of the mayonnaise on the side along with lime wedges. Makes about 20 tacos.
Note: If you have a wok for deep-frying, you can use less oil, 2-3 cups.
Lime-Chipotle Mayonnaise: Mix 1 cup mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons chipotles en adobo, finely chopped, including the sauce; and 1 tablespoon lime juice. If you'd like to thin the sauce for drizzling, add a little water to the mixture. Makes 1 cup.
These are the quintessential scrambled eggs in Mexico, practically a pico de gallo cooked with the eggs. Like all Mexican breakfasts, the presence of chile makes this a good dish for the morning after a late night.
-½ cup chopped white onion
-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
-1 cup chopped, seeded tomato
-1 chopped serrano or jalapeño chile; remove the seeds for less heat
-6 large eggs
-2 tablespoons milk or Mexican crema
-½ teaspoon salt
Cook onion in the oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring, for 1 minute. Add tomato and chile and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more.
Whisk the eggs with the milk or crema and the salt, then add to the pan and cook, stirring, until just set, about 2 minutes.
Serve tacos with warm corn or flour tortillas, sliced avocado and chopped cilantro. Makes 4-6 tacos.
The Healing Arts of Food: free, 6 p.m. April 27, Elm City Market, 777 Chapel St., New Haven. Every day we eat foods but what are the specific items we eat and how do they help us? In our life, we have a choice to eat foods that can be good for us or those that can bring us harm. Bill Klar explains what is happening to a lot of the foods we eat and why a whole-food diet can make such a huge impact on our lives. Klar describes the macrobiotic diet as "eating foods that mankind hasn't intervened with." It is a dietary regimen which involves eating grains as a staple food supplemented with foodstuffs such as local vegetables, while avoiding the use of highly processed or refined foods and most animal products. As a professional chef focused on high-end French cuisine, Klar never dreamed that he would ever turn to living a macrobiotic lifestyle - and helping others do the same.
Whiskey Tasting Dinner: Gable Erenzo, head distiller of Tuthilltown Spirits in New York, leads the five whiskeys and four courses, 6 p.m. April 26, 116 Crown, 116 Crown St., New Haven, $49, reservations required, 203-777-3116, email@example.com.
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A Maryland dad is facing manslaughter charges after police say he gave his 3-year-old son a fatal cocktail of drugs, including cocaine.
Thomas E. Holland, 38, drove his unresponsive son to the United Medical Center in southeast Washington in January, police said. Officers were called to the hospital after the boy died, and an investigation into his death was launched.
A toxicology report revealed a number of drugs in the child's system, including toxic levels of of cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine.
The amount of drugs in the boy's system would have killed him within four hours, according to court documents. Police say he could not have accidentally swallowed them.
"The investigators and the medical examiner feel very strongly there's no way this child accidentally ingested this collection of drugs all together," said Bill Alexander of Prince George's County Police.
Holland had a court-ordered visit with his 3-year-old just before the boy's hospital visit. News4's Pat Collins spoke to the boy's great-grandparent Maurice Gaither.
"It's the most horrific and the most terrible thing I've ever experienced," Gaither said.
Holland was taken into custody May 15 and remains behind bars, facing manslaughter and child abuse charges.
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The New Zealand Spy Bill Amendment Seeks To Expand Digital Surveillance of New Zealanders.
Big brother surveillance is once step closer for New Zealanders as the government seeks to expand the powers of the The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) – New Zealand's spy agency. The amendments would give the normally foreign-focused GCSB powers to spy on New Zealand citizens, effectively transforming it from a foreign intelligence agency into a domestic one without any justification being given.


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Hairy wood mint (Blephilia hirsuta) is a wonderful native plant that can be grown in a rock garden or in light dappled shade at the edge of the woodland garden. Like most mints, it is fragrant, and the small, tubular flowers are dotted with purple at the edge of the lip. It has unusually hairy stems, opposite leaves and whorls of small flowers. It is closely related to the downy wood mint (Blephilia ciliata), a more forested species — but the two are easy to tell apart, because the hairy wood mint is really hairy, versus slightly hairy, and the leaves of hairy wood mint have short stems or petioles. Its primary pollinators are bees — honeybees, carpenter bees, bumblebees, mason bees, leaf-cutter bees, miner bees and cuckoo bees. The genus Blephilia is Greek for eyelash, which refers to the hairy fringes on the flower bracts. This species is fairly resistant to deer browsing, but it is susceptible to powdery mildew and insects.
Common Name: Hairy wood mint
Botanical Name: Blephilia hirsuta
Color: Mauve to lavender and white flowers
Blooming Period: Late spring to early summer
Type: Perennial wildflower
Size: Can grow to be 12 to 18 inches tall
Zone: 4–9
Exposure: Sun
Soil: Well-drained, neutral soil
Watering: Water frequently until well established.
When to Plant: Early spring
When to Fertilize: None required
In Your Landscape: Since it does not spread, you will need to plant in a cluster or drift for maximum appeal.
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BROWNWOOD, Texas --- The Mississippi College football team lost four fumbles and threw two interceptions on their way to a 27-14 loss to Howard Payne on Saturday afternoon at Gordon Wood Stadium.
The Choctaws (1-5, 0-3 ASC) grabbed an early lead as sophomore quarterback Jonathon Redd found senior Alex Archer for a 42-yard touchdown pass with 5:39 remaining in the first quarter.
The MC defense stopped the Yellow Jackets (1-5, 1-2 ASC) on the next possession, but gave HPU the ball at the Choctaw 33-yard line with a fumbled punt. Quarterback Thomas Head would score the game-tying touchdown on a nine-yard scamper with 2:17 to go in the second quarter.
The Choctaws gained the lead back when freshman Denzel Dabon scored on a bruising four-yard run with 2:03 to go in the first half. Dabon rushed for 62 yards on 16 carries in the contest.
It looked like MC would go into the half with a lead, but Ke-Ke Stewart took the ensuing kick-off back for 49 yards to the MC 43-yard line. After a personal foul penalty kept the drive alive, Head found Astin Murray for a 14-yard score and the teams went into the break tied, 14-14.
The Choctaws opened the second half with possession, but an HPU interception set up the Yellow Jackets at mid-field. After driving to the MC 17-yard line, junior Stephen Miner blocked a field goal and gave the ball back to the Choctaws.
In the game, Miner tallied 10 tackles, an interception, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal. Junior linebacker Doc Ward led the way with 19 tackles for the Choctaws.
After a punt by MC, HPU drove down the field and scored on a one-yard run by Thomas Head that gave the Jackets their first lead of the contest.
The Choctaws would be forced to punt on the next drive, but junior Austin Gray came up with his first interception of the season and set MC up at the HPU 48-yard line.
The Choctaws could not capitalize and would eventually give the ball to the Jackets in the 4th quarter at the MC 44-yard line on a fumble. Thomas Head would go on to find Tristian Fuentes for a 46-yard score and HPU would snap a 12-game losing streak with the 27-14 win.
Sophomore Joseph McFarland was a bright spot for the Choctaws, averaging 28 yards on four kick returns.
The Choctaws will be back in action next Saturday when they travel to Seguin, Texas to face Texas Lutheran at 1:00 p.m.


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Thursday, July 05, 2012
Review of Jason Mraz's Concert, Gardens By The Bay, 29 June 2012
As you can see, this entry is a week late. Mostly because I've been too busy to post something coherent, but also because I want to make sure my favourite musician gets a proper review rather than a cursory one.
JM's Gardens By The Bay gig marked his return to Singapore after 3 long years, following a sell-out show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
This was his 4th appearance here, and he was bestowed the honour of being the opening act for the Rhythm With Nature festival, in conjunction with the Gardens' official launch on 28 June.
My last experience with large crowds at an outdoor venue was SingFest 2008, which also featured JM doing an hour-long set with an all-star lineup ( review link here ).
It was really rough - hot and humid weather, sardine-can conditions, dehydration, physical exhaustion - and I swore never to put myself through that again.
But I couldn't pass up a chance to see him, even though I had no idea what The Meadow's exact conditions were like.
Only for you, Jason! Nobody else! :)
First, the venue.
It was, to be honest, aesthetically disappointing.
The Meadow should be renamed The Grassy Patch. Because that's what it is.
Considering the $1 billion poured into the construction of the sprawling Gardens, little effort was made to beautify an area which is supposed to host concerts on a large scale.
Fort Canning Park by comparison is practically scenic. At least the Marina Bay Sands provides some nice photography shots especially after sunset, but that's about it.
It's also reaaaally dark.
This became obvious when more than 10,000 concertgoers moved toward the various exits. Some areas were practically pitch black - a danger zone if the ground's uneven or if you have poor eyesight. If kids are involved, they're at risk of getting trampled.
Will someone please consider installing more lamp posts!
And...it's damn confusing for newbies.
Of course, most if not all of us there that night were first-time visitors.
The ushers did their best to direct us, but after a certain point near one of the small gardens / bridges, we were basically moving around en masse, without any clear idea whether it was the right direction or not.
I'd also like to add that if there'd been an emergency - collapse, fire, terrorist attack - good luck to everyone.
Suffice to say, I WILL NOT be attending a show there for a loooong time. I treasure my life too much.
Second, the concert itself.
I've seen JM in action 4 times in total now, and am happy to report that every single performance has been completely different.
His first Esplanade Concert Hall gig will always be my fave ( it's also the BEST concert I've ever attended, no chance of being toppled, period :)), followed by his 2009 Indoor Stadium extravaganza ( review link here ).
I'm no fan of outdoor venues partly because of our tropical weather ( makes things terribly uncomfortable ), and also because the atmosphere changes dramatically.
I suspect The Meadow causes sound to disperse, so even though the crowd was 12,000 to 15,000 strong, JM might not have heard much from the audience.
I chose to stay near the back, just in front of the hilly section. The people around me applauded at the appropriate times, but were otherwise subdued, even during the singalong segments.
A group of young girls just behind me also jabbered for almost half the show, shouting at the top of their lungs when the music drowned out their voices. I chose not to give them dagger stares to avoid any ugliness, but it was definitely annoying. Why even bother to come if you're not going to listen, dammit?!
Here's the list of songs JM performed, in order:
The World As I See It
Everything Is Sound
The Freedom Song
Bella Luna
Be Honest
Only Human
The Woman I Love
A Beautiful Mess
Make It Mine
Frank D. Fixer
Curbside Prophet / The Remedy medley
You And I both
( A song I didn't recognize, with the lyrics "I'm coming over tonight" )
Details In The Fabric ( duet with Corinne May )
Lucky ( with Corinne May )
Living In The Moment
I'm Yours
Mr. Curiosity
93 Million Miles
I Won't Give Up
This makes a total of 23 songs, spanning about 2 hours and 15 minutes. Non-stop! Jason, your stamina never fails to astound me. :)
My general impression of his mood that evening is: introspective, maybe a little sad, hopefully not bored.
People tell me he's been rather mopey this year, perhaps due to his recent breakup, or perhaps other factors are in play.
Whatever it is, the energy level was generally at a plateau, with occasional small spikes. None of the euphoria at the Indoor Stadium and SingFest for sure.
Did I mind? Not at all. I made the trip only to hear his gorgeous voice. Anything extra was a bonus.
And vocals-wise, he continues to impress.
Maybe the predominantly slow tempos appealed to me because I've grown older. But I think it's also because this reminded me of his 2006 acoustic concert at the Esplanade. I've always preferred JM's stripped-bare performances, sans heavy band backup.
Previously, JM would wing it during his gigs, choosing songs on the spot based on audience response. This time, I don't think he had as much freedom considering the programmed video clips flashing behind him during each song.
Another significant difference is the predominance of pieces from his latest release - only 3 tracks were left out. Past shows featured a much more varied repertoire.
I couldn't be happier, of course. Love Is A Four-Letter Word is, IMHO, his best album yet, and I would've been ecstatic if he'd gone through every single song on the list!
Third, highlight moments.
Definitely the slowest pieces. There were many, but I absolutely melted during Bella Luna, Be Honest, A Beautiful Mess and I Won't Give Up.
I was really looking forward to Living In The Moment, but somehow, I couldn't get into the groove, and the audience wasn't very enthusiastic either. What the heck!?
Many would've noticed the paucity of cheeky banter and on-stage antics, but JM's vocals haven't sounded this exquisite since 2006 ( i.e. at the Esplanade ). Flawless, I tell you! :)
So in conclusion, despite not being as exciting as I'd hoped, it was still a great privilege to see JM again.
He didn't tweet anything about Singapore the last time I checked, but he did post something on his blog. I stayed at the MBS in 2010 and don't recall any of the things he mentioned, but hey, I'm glad whatever was arranged managed to impress.
No luck getting a meet-and-greet this year, but I did forward a belated birthday gift via the event organizer. I hope you like it, Jason, and please come back soon! :)
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For more than 200 students in the Quincy school system, playing the game of life came with some surprising and not so fun realities — mostly because the game involved devising an adult-life budget, and their income was based on their prospective jobs.
In its fifth year, the Credit for Life Fair for high school seniors enrolled in some sort of business class can be a wake-up call, as students bounce from table to table at the morning event and watch their play money be consumed by real-life expenses.
"It's certainly very positive," said Keith Segalla, who directs career and technical education for Quincy's school district. "It's real life . . . they have an appreciation for exactly how to budget and what it entails, and some of the challenges of having a budget."
The point of the exercise is to arm soon-to-be grads with basic financial literacy skills, in an effort to round out their experiences beyond academics.
Following in the footsteps of the Brockton and Stoughton school districts, Quincy has a renewed emphasis on this type of education, and officials are optimistic that this program and others will have long-term benefits.
"I think what matters is that we push for them to be academically core-driven, MCAS testing and so forth. This just brings them back to reality," said Virginia Fidalgo, head of the career and technology department at North Quincy High. "When they do something like this, they make the connections."
Students who participated in the event late last month were handed a partially filled-out budget, with their annual salary given, taxes deducted, student loan payments calculated, and a credit card limit prearranged.
Students went to booths throughout the room to figure out their remaining expenses, from clothing to retirement savings.
More than 70 volunteers from Quincy businesses help out at the event, staffing booths in their specialties, and underwriting the cost.
"We find most of the students need this kind of event," said Judy Brazil, senior vice president of marketing for Quincy Credit Union. "Financial literacy is very big in the credit union banking world; the mission to start educating students young on this information is huge."
Hearing the students talk about the experience is almost like sitting with a group of twentysomethings in a bar — no one can quite figure out where all their money went.
North Quincy High senior Michael Alibrandi, 17, planning for a $49,500-a-year career as an FBI agent, lamented that an unexpectedly sick dog meant a $90 veterinarian bill.
Others were surprised at their net income, compared with their total pay.
"You don't realize how much goes into taxes," said Lisa Yang, a 17-year-old North Quincy High senior who was working with a $53,000-a-year career in business management. After taxes, her monthly income was $3,182. "You think, 'Wow, I found this high-paying job,' and then you realize it's not so high."
Hannah Kirby, 17, from Quincy High School, looked longingly at her budget sheet, based on a $33,000 salary as a teacher. She had yet to buy insurance, and Kirby said she would have to take public transportation to make her budget work.
"I didn't think it would be this hard," she said.
Maggie Mahoney, expecting to earn $52,000 a year as a fashion designer, said she'd probably go home and give her mom a hug after realizing the stress of budgeting.
Quincy teachers say they've seen the event make an impact.
"I talked to one of my students. We were just chatting and she told me that this was one of the most important things she got out of high school," said Cynthia Martin, adviser for business technology at Quincy High.
Financial literacy courses have been so successful, and received such positive feedback, that Quincy is expanding the program.
Last month, the investment company TD Ameritrade hosted North Quincy High students for a 45-minute financial literacy lesson, developed by Junior Achievement of Northern New England.
Additionally, with a $50,000 grant from the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state treasurer's office, Quincy will become one of 11 school systems to implement a financial literacy pilot program over the next three years.
For Quincy, the grant will support a 25-hour program for groups such as English language learners or teen mothers, and will be worked into the existing curriculum.
According to Chandra Allard, a spokeswoman for state Treasurer Steven Grossman, the school districts will use the money in slightly different ways, and the hope is to use their findings to eventually develop a statewide financial education program.
"One of the important responsibilities at the state level is to make sure that these students graduate with an education to navigate the waters," Allard said. "The financial waters are tricky to understand; you shouldn't have to take special courses in college to understand how to read a mortgage.''
Grossman, she said, "talked about how there have been people affected within our state from lenders and how some basic financial education could have helped them, and we need to make it mandatory."
Although bringing the program to all 700 seniors in Quincy's school system may be cost-prohibitive, the city is at least spreading the word to other districts, by inviting academic leaders to the Credit for Life event, and providing an example for how the program could work.
Braintree High School picked up the program last year.
The bottom line for educators is that showing young people how to budget is an investment that will repay them countless times over.
"I think that if we're going to be an economically sound community, country, world, people need to know how to handle their money," Martin said.
Jessica Barlett can be reached at jessica.may.bartlett@ gmail.com.


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AMBER alert canceled; child found safe
Authorities have canceled an AMBER alert for a 1-year-old girl who was inside a car when it was stolen.
Police say the child was found safe in the 2003 white Chevrolet Suburban authorities had been looking for since 9:55 p.m Thursday.
Police said the vehicle was found after a citizen saw the AMBER alert, noticed the vehicle and called police.
Shylin's godfather left her and his keys in his 2003 white Chevrolet Suburban when he went into the Food Lion in the Palladium shopping area, police said. Someone stole the car with the girl inside.
Angela Lawrence, Shylin's grandmother, said leaving the girl in the car was a bad decision, and this is "a very high price to pay for that."
Capt. Kirk said multiple units were called in to help with the search, including the violent crimes unit, the street crimes unit, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the FBI.
Police believe the kidnapping was a random occurrence. They do not believe the person who stole the car knew the godfather or the child.