text: Bitch magazine, the "feminist response to pop culture," is, like most of us during this recession, experiencing financial woes. Bitch's Debbie Rasmussen and Andi Zeisler posted a cute YouTube video yesterday, asking for donations to the tune of $40,000 - the cost of printing one issue. The quarterly magazine is a non-profit organization, which means that, while the people who work there get paid, the company doesn't really have to pay any taxes to the federal government. Having worked at a different independent, feminist magazine, I know how difficult and frustrating the whole cash flow thing can be, but not having to pay taxes must alleviate at least some of that burden. However, the mag only sells ads to "smaller, independent advertisers whose products and services are aligned with [their] mission of formulating replies to the sexist and narrow-minded media," so its income is, um, limited.The thing is, this isn't the first time the mag has had its hand out for "donations." For a publication that is so concerned about the way women act and are portrayed in the media, I'm afraid its publishers are reinforcing the negative stereotype that women are shit when it comes to business. Granted, I doubt that Bitch's "noncommercial publishing policy" deters larger companies from advertising, anyway. With a circ of only 47,000, Banana Republic and Absolut probably aren't banging down its ad sales team's door for placement. But its ad policy (its website is an "ad-free blog") is perhaps an indication of why such stringent idealism isn't exactly realistic. But here's the question, if Bitch is only asking for enough money to print one issue, what happens after that? What's the long-term goal here? In the FAQ on the magazine's website, editors state that "we're in the process of evolving into a multimedia organization. Right now our sights are set on building a strong online presence, but in the not-so-distant future, we're hoping to get into book publishing, audio and video production, and more." I don't see how this is possible. Like I said, I worked at the same kind of publication - granted with a much higher circulation - with an incredibly small staff (4-6 women at a time), in a city (New York) with tons more overhead, and managed subscriptions for a time, so I'm fairly familiar with these kinds of budgets. And I know this sounds kind of assy, but maybe it isn't about doing business poorly at all. Maybe the reason why Bitch isn't succeeding is because, although it's trudged along for 12 years, it just isn't successful. Has anyone stopped to think that it's the content, and not the mean, evil corporate world that's costing them money? A lot of women don't really subscribe to the stilted rhetoric of first-year women's studies. And it would seem that a lot of women don't really subscribe to Bitch either. Bitch Magazine Needs Your Help! [Feministing]


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Q: I bought an aeration system this year. What maintenance should I be doing?
Gary – Saginaw, MI
A: Congratulations on your purchase of an Airmax® Aeration System—and good for you for thinking about regular maintenance, which will keep it operating well for years to come. Here are some things to inspect on a routine basis:
- Check Your Cooling Fan and Pre-Filter: Regularly clean out your pre-filter and check to see that the fan is indeed operating. Hot air should be blowing out, not air being pulled in. An easy way to remember to do this is to always check your fan and shake off your pre-filter when you cut your lawn.
- Check Your Air Pressure: Check to see that your air pressure has not risen or dropped significantly. Normal operation will range between 5 and 10 psi. Also be sure to check your pressure relief valve to make sure no air is escaping.
- Check Your Air Filter: Clean and replace your air filter every three to six months, depending on your environment, and do not place a wet air filter back into the unit. For deep-water units, use the Airmax® SilentAir™ Piston Compressor Air Filter; for shallow-water units, use the Airmax® SilentAir™ LR Series Air Filter.
- Purge Your Membrane Sticks: Once per year, purge your membrane diffuser sticks. See the product manual for additional instructions.
- Use the Maintenance Kit: Finally, be sure to use your maintenance kit for the system you have installed. For shallow-water systems, use the Airmax® SilentAir™ Diaphragm Compressor Maintenance Kit every 12 months to keep your diaphragm compressor running its best. For deep-water systems, use the Pond Logic® SilentAir™ Piston Compressor Maintenance Kit every 24 months to keep your piston compressor humming.
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Putting the Big B in Broncos
Goodness. These Broncos are getting big.
Let's review the free-agent players the Broncos have lined up for visits today:
Offensive guard-tackle Tony Pashos is 6-foot-6, 326 pounds. If he plays left guard, that's 36 pounds more than former left guard Ben Hamilton. Pashos is 20 pounds heavier than right tackle Ryan Harris.
Center Rex Hadnot is 320 pounds — 35 pounds heavier than former Broncos center Casey Wiegmann. (Jacksonville is also interested in Hadnot but Broncos have first dibbs).
Five-technique defensive end Justin Bannan is 310 pounds. That's 15 pounds heavier than either Kenny Peterson or Ryan McBean, the Broncos' starting defensive ends last year.
The names may not be sexy. But they're players who would add considerable brawn to the Broncos' line of scrimmage. Remember, in losing eight of their last 10, the Broncos primary weakness was an inability to run the ball in short-yardage situations and stop the run.


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LONG BEACH, Calif. – The VCU baseball team saw its dramatic weekend series with perennial power Long Beach State come to an end on Sunday, with yet another one-run ball game that kept the fans on the edge of their seats.
Unfortunately for the Black & Gold, they cameout on the wrong side with the Dirtbags taking home a 3-2 victory to claim the rubber match of the three-game series. Although, the Rams came out of the weekend 1-2, Head Coach Paul Keyes and his coaching staff saw a lot to be proud of.
"I thought we controlled the game as far as the stat sheet went," said VCU Head Coach Paul Keyes. "(RHP) Kyle Pelchy was outstanding on the mound and gave us exactly the kind of outing we needed from a senior after a tough loss last night. I thought we jumped out on them early pretty well, but had some execution problems early in the game offensively. If we had been able to execute, we could have spaced the lead out and put together a five or six nothing lead. You have to give credit to Long Beach State though, they did a good job creating runs, especially since Kyle may have had one real mistake all day."
The Rams took an early lead in the game, pushing across a pair of runs in the top of the third. Sophomore Bill Cullen and junior Jordan Weymouth kicked things off with singles through the right side, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Sophomore Joey Cujas came to the plate, and ripped the early offering down the right field line for a double, scoring both Weymouth and Cullen.
Long Beach State manufactured its first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth, with Ino Patron reaching first on a single up the middle. Brennan Metzger followed that up with a double down the third base line, plating Patron all the way from first.
The Dirtbags took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth, recording two runs in the frame. Robert Vickers started off the inning with a single, before Avila ripped a double down the third base line, scoring Vickers from first. Avila would take third on a groundout to first, before coming home on a squeeze play by Kellen Hoime.
The Rams continued to piece together hits, but were unable to come away with runs down the stretch.
The best opportunity for the Rams came in the top of the ninth, with Cullen, fighting off pitch after pitch with two outs to keep the game going. Cullen finally found a pitch he liked and roped it into right field for a single. Long Beach made a pitching change after Cullen's hit, sending a lefty out to face Weymouth. Weymouth watched three straight pitches go for balls, before a pair of strikes brought the count to 3-2. Weymouth took the 3-2 offering and grounded out to the second baseman to end the game.
Long Beach State starter Ryan Strufing went 6 and 2/3rds innings to earn the victory, allowing two runs and eight hits. Landon Hunt came in to face one batter to earn the save for the Dirtbags. Pelchy absorbed the loss for VCU, throwing seven strong innings and firing off just 92 pitches in the contest.
"I thought the guys effort was there all day long and that we played well; it's a shame that we come out of the weekend at 1-2," Keyes said.
The Rams will continue play in California this week, squaring off against Pepperdine this Tuesday and Wednesday in a two-game set. Game time for both contests is scheduled for 2 p.m., pacific time.


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Holiday Inn® Istanbul City hotel is just steps from Pazartekke tram station on line T1 running to the Old City and a 60 minute taxi ride to Istanbul New Airport (IST). A private transfer service to and from the airport is available.
You can buy colourful rugs, slippers or dishware at the bustling Grand Bazaar, just 15 minutes away by tram, or take a 20-minute taxi ride to shop, dine and view Turkish monuments around lively Taksim Square. It's a 30-minute drive to gaze at Ottoman art, jewellery and artifacts at majestic Topkapi Palace or visit revered Hagia Sophia Museum and the grand Blue Mosque in the historic Sultanahmet district.
The hotel has a 24-hour Business Centre and free WiFi. Five meeting rooms hold up to 500 delegates and a ballroom hosts up to 400 guests for weddings and special events. Guests enjoy free on-site parking.
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Referencing a computer program is a bit like referencing a movie.
In-text you would list the name of the program in italics and the year of publication
eg: (Assassin's Creed 3 2012)
Then you would create a reference list entry based on this format
Title year, video game, publisher, place.
Assassin's Creed 3 2012, video game, Ubisoft, London.
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Montreal 10 Minutes Max frequent-bus network is great - but what about 10 per cent who don't have it?
Douglas O'Shaughnessy should be working for Montreal's transit authority. The West Island resident and frequent bus user is a regular contributor to my inbox and The Gazette's letters page, providing detailed critiques of the Société de transport de Montréal.
Today, he reacted to my Gazette package about the 10 Minutes Max frequent-bus network.
Dear Andy,
A nice article…and of course, I have comments.
1) 10 Minutes Max frequent-bus network: It is not at all surprising that riders appreciate low waits. I have been saying for years that long waits are the worst problems in the bus network. Unfortunately, many of us far from the Metro are also far from one of these buses.
According to the STM's website, there is not a single 10-minute bus for all of: Dorval, Pte-Claire, Beaconsfield, Baie-d-Urfe, Ste-Anne. Even Lachine only gets one in the far east end.
2) (470-Express Pierrefonds): this bus was long overdue. Its popularity shows what interest there is for GOOD service. For those north of Fairview, this is a super service.
3) About 90 per cent of residents of Montreal Island are within one kilometre of one of the routes: perhaps, but the other 10% need better service too. The towns noted above have some of the worst local service on the island.
4) 10 minutes. "That's the maximum interval for a customer to wait," – then, we do we still have waits up to 38 minutes in rush hour on the 201 line? It's great to have 10-minute service on some lines, but terrible when you have to wait so long for a connection.
5) road construction delaying his 211 bus. – indeed; and making things all the worse, the afternoon bus drivers insist on taking terrible routes, which add long delays. It took our bus 50 minutes from L-G Metro to Dorval Friday (June 29). Too many insist on going through Ville St-Pierre with its awful traffic. Cars regularly infringe on the reserve bus lane near its end, adding more delays.
6) we just started the summer bus hours last week, and the STM made things worse:
– the best way to my area is either the 405 or 411 bus…but now they BOTH leave at exactly the same times both to and from L-G…what a waste! When I just miss one (as often happens), I wait 20 minutes.
best regards,
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The London Olympics are not big business for everyone — sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
While the UK's limp economy hopes for an Olympic boost, police in Newham, the deprived east London borough that is home to the stadium, have closed about 80 brothels in the 18 months to March, a study by a local councilor shows.
"For the last two years we've seen a real increase in police activity in relation to sex work in the Olympic host boroughs," said Georgina Perry, who runs Open Doors, a government project supporting east London prostitutes.
"Some of the women who sell sex have experienced so many brothel closures that they are now working on the street, and that is a much less safe place," she said.
The expected influx of 2 million visitors for the Olympics has led British Prime Minister David Cameron to predict a £13 billion (US$20.2 billion) boost for the economy over the next four years.
However, the sex trade looks likely to miss out on any benefits, campaigners say.
Prostitution is legal in the UK, but keeping a brothel is outlawed, as are other related activities such as curb-crawling.
London's Metropolitan Police have denied that the brothel raids were connected to the Olympics, saying they were "in response to community concerns."
"Any police activity regarding prostitution has been undertaken as part of normal policing responsibilities," a police spokeswoman said.
However, London Mayor Boris Johnson openly supports a crackdown on the sex trade ahead of the Olympics.
"We are determined to crack down on prostitution and human trafficking in the run up to the London 2012 Games," a statement on his Web site reads.
Scotland Yard said it was unable to specify the number of east London brothels that have been raided and sex workers arrested in the run-up to the Olympics.
Yet charities working with local prostitutes, many of whom are migrants from Brazil and eastern Europe, have reported a spike in the number arrested.
Critics say the crackdown does little to stamp out the sex trade — it simply shifts it around the city, putting sex workers in danger.
Perry said brothel raids have forced prostitutes to confront the dangers of approaching strangers in cars, while clearing them from familiar areas disconnects them from services like Open Doors.
"They are already stigmatized, they are already vulnerable," Perry said. "All that's happening to them is that they're moving further away from services that can support them."
Still, not everyone is so unhappy about the crackdown.
Brick Lane, a stretch of curry restaurants that is home to London's Bangladeshi community, lies just 7km from the Olympic Park.
"This area is a haven for drugs, prostitution and all the other crimes you can think of," mother-of-three Lily Islam said, standing in the middle of her housing estate just off the famous street.
In the last few months, Islam has led a successful campaign to force police to keep prostitutes away from the estate, which its overwhelmingly Muslim residents say has been blighted by the sex trade for decades.
Like Perry, she is worries about the safety of sex workers, but said she and her friends were sick of walking their children through an estate littered with used condoms.
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Dominic Artis, Carlos Emory and Tony Woods had 10 points apiece for the Ducks (13-2, 2-0 Pac-12), who have won 17 straight home games, including all 11 this season.
Mark Lyons scored 21 and Solomon Hill added 16 points to lead the Wildcats (14-1, 2-1), who entered as one of three undefeated teams in the country.
It appeared they were going to stay that way when the Wildcats jumped out to an 11-0 lead. But it was all Oregon from there, as the Ducks outscored Arizona 41-19 the rest of the first half to lead 41-30 at the break.
Arizona trimmed its deficit to 48-42 early in the second half but got no closer until Lyons hit a 3-pointer with 1:18 to play that made it 67-63.
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by Lewis du Pont Smith
The Philadelphia Forum for Anthroposophy will present a talk by Lewis du Pont Smith on Friedrich Schiller, entitled "The Poet of Freedom," on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2 p.m., at the Chestnut Hill Library, 8711 Germantown Ave. Lewis du Pont Smith, and his wife, Andrea, have been residents of Chestnut Hill for over 20 years. Their three daughters attend the Waldorf School of Philadelphia in Mt. Airy.
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, 1759-1805, the most beloved poet in the history of the German language, was the first poet to unite the idea of political freedom with classical poetical beauty. His most famous poem was "Ode to Joy," which Beethoven set to the fourth movement of his "Ninth Symphony." Schiller's most famous play was "William Tell."
Schiller was inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution, but was censored by the ruling authorities and was forced to use the poetic device of setting scenes in an earlier historical period. It was immediately recognized that the story of William Tell being forced to shoot an apple off his son's head with a bow and arrow by an Austrian tyrant was an allusion to the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. In the famous "Rutli Oath," Schiller wrote:
"No, there is a limit to the tyrant's power,
When the oppressed can find no justice, when
The burden grows unbearable — he reaches
With hopeful courage up onto the heavens
And seizes hither his eternal rights,
Which hang above, inalienable
And indestructible as stars themselves…"
I first encountered Schiller, indirectly, in 1968 when I was in 6th grade at the Rectory School in Pomfret, CT. We had a class in music appreciation, and the teacher played records of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. He said that if we did not fall asleep in class, we would get an A. This was the only A I ever received except for an A in Polish Literature, which was a class I never even attended, at the University of Michigan. The professor gave me an A simply because he loved the football team!
The musical compositions I enjoyed most were Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony." When I went to Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT, in 1971, the 9th Symphony suddenly became very important because I discovered on the first day at Chapel that the school's Alma Mater was set to the choral movement of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony," the "Ode to Joy."
But it was not until the spring of 1985 that I discovered Beethoven's immortal "Ninth Symphony" was set to Friedrich Schiller's poem, "An die Freude" ("Ode to Joy"). This was quite a revelation to me because I had never even heard of the poet Schiller. I knew of "William Tell" only because of the "William Tell Overture" in Rossini's opera, which was used as the theme music for my favorite childhood TV show, "The Lone Ranger." Little did I know then that Rossini's opera was based on the play, "William Tell," written by Friedrich Schiller.
Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" and Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" celebrate the inherent goodness and freedom of man and the need to reconcile our conflicts peacefully in order to achieve universal brotherhood.
Then I discovered that Schiller was referred to all over the world as the "Poet of Freedom." After more research, I discovered that the famous American freed slave, Frederick Douglass, was the one who gave Schiller that title. As a teacher of American history and English, I found this to be an extraordinary revelation. Was I the only one who had never heard of Schiller? I went to people I knew and respected — teachers, musicians, department heads at local universities, librarians — and, to my shock, found that almost no one had ever heard of Schiller. I did discover that there was a statue of Schiller in Fairmount Park, but when I asked park officials where it was, they had no idea. In fact, Schiller was the first poet in Germany to be honored with such a statue.
I also learned that in 1859 at the Centenary of Schiller's birth, there were Schiller celebrations all over the world. Celebrations lasting several days long were recorded in the newspapers of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and other American cities. In Philadelphia 2000 people turned out in Fairmount Park to celebrate the life of the Poet of Freedom.
As I became more familiar with Schiller, my love for him grew even stronger. Schiller wrote extensively on aesthetics. For Schiller, the purpose of all great art is the construction of political freedom, which rings from his greatest poems and plays such as "The Maid of Orleans," on the heroic life of Saint Joan of Arc, and "Don Carlo," about Philip II and the struggle to free Flanders, which was the inspiration for Verdi's most ambitious opera (of the same name).
Schiller thus became the poet of freedom fighters everywhere. Hitler banned "William Tell" for fear that the people would rise up and snatch their rights from the dictator. Schiller inspired the poetry of the English poet Shelley, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, among many others. Schiller inspired the great educational reforms of Rudolf Steiner, who developed the Waldorf School curriculum. Let us therefore celebrate the immortal poet of freedom and measure ourselves and our country by his ideals.
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Updated: March 2019Charter OrganizationEach Boy Scout Troop belongs to a church, a school, or some other community group, which is known as their Charter Organization. Boy Scout Troop 1052 is proud to be chartered by the Denmark Lions Club in Denmark, WI.Meetings are held every Tuesday (during the school year). The meetings are held at the Scout Cabin, starting at 7 PM and ending at 8 PM.
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U.K. Conservatives gather to woo wary voters
LONDON (AP) — If a political commentator has brawled with a protester on a seaside promenade, and a lawmaker has been suspended after calling women in his party "sluts," it must be political conference season in Britain.
Every autumn, the country's political clans gather in holiday resorts or provincial cities for meetings that are part pep rally, part campaign pitch and part political sideshow. And with all of the country's leading political players going through rough patches, they need all the conference cheer they can muster.
Britain won't hold a national election until May 2015, and electoral campaigns are short — a matter of weeks rather than months. The conferences, which get heavy media coverage, give the parties a rare midterm chance to grab the attention of the electorate — for good or for ill.
"They are great opportunities, but there are dangers if things go slightly awry," said Steven Fielding, director of the Center for British Politics at the University of Nottingham.
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives begin their four-day conference on Sunday in Manchester, northwest England, following gatherings this month of the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party and the United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP.
Like Britain's economy — slammed by the 2008 financial crisis and now spluttering along with a growth rate below 1 percent — none of the parties is exactly riding high.
Cameron suffered a shock defeat last month when Parliament rejected his attempt to authorize British military intervention in Syria — a reversal that eroded both his status on the world stage and his authority among party lawmakers. Meanwhile, the rising right-wing, Euroskeptic party UKIP is nibbling away at his electoral support.
Ahead of the Conservatives' conference, Cameron sought to score some political points with plans for a tax break for married couples. The new policy, announced Saturday, would be worth roughly 200 pounds ($321) a year to about 4 million couples.
Fielding said Cameron's task when he makes his big conference speech on Wednesday is straightforward: "To get the message across: 'The economy is mending. Labour was to blame and we're fixing it.'"
"The only story that is going to win them the next election is 'We have turned the corner,'" Fielding said.
The two other big parties arguably have trickier messages to communicate.
Cameron's coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, favor centrist economics and social liberalism. But they are demoralized after three years in a government that has slashed spending, curbed services and cut welfare benefits in a bid to rein in the deficit.
Party leader Nick Clegg, who is also the deputy prime minister, rallied the troops by painting the Lib Dems as the Goldilocks party — not too left, not too right — that tempers the excesses of both Conservatives and Labour.
He told party members to "feel proud that we are right here, in the center of government and the center of British politics, standing up for the millions of people in the middle."
Labour, which governed for 13 years until losing power in 2010 after the global banking crisis, is struggling to persuade voters it should be trusted with the economy again. Opponents have successfully painted its leader, Ed Miliband, as ineffectual. (His nickname is Wallace, evoking the cheese-loving plasticine companion of genius dog Gromit).
But Miliband fought back at Labour's conference earlier this week, making a headline-grabbing promise to freeze energy bills for almost two years and saying the party would fight for ordinary Britons whose standard of living has failed to rebound with the economic recovery.
"They used to say a rising tide lifted all boats. Now the rising tide just seems to lift the yachts," Miliband said.
The price-freeze proposal was loudly condemned by energy firms and the Conservatives, but veteran political analyst John Curtice said it was an astute move, a classic example of a conference strategy going right.
"The Labour Party has succeeded in grabbing the political agenda and made waves," said Curtice, a politics professor at the University of Strathclyde.
"(The message) is very, very clear: 'Your cost of living is being affected by energy prices, we're going to do something about it.'"
But conferences are unpredictable things, and it's not always the speeches that make the news.
Labour's conference in the resort town of Brighton was overshadowed by the release of a book by a former spin doctor dredging up past backstabbing and skullduggery. And there was a brief media frenzy when the book's publisher, political blogger Iain Dale, scuffled on-camera with Stuart Holmes, a protester who has a habit of waving his placard behind people doing live television interviews. Dale was given an official warning by police.
An even more spectacular derailment was suffered by UKIP, whose maverick image and Britain-first populism have brought growing support. The small party's conference this month was given national media coverage — coverage completely dominated by the moment when Godfrey Bloom, a UKIP European lawmaker, jokingly told a group of female party members they were "sluts."
The 63-year-old Bloom appeared to be using the word in its former meaning, denoting slobbery rather than promiscuity, but it didn't matter. The politician — who had previously been criticized for referring to developing nations as "Bongo Bongo Land" — was first suspended and then quit as a UKIP legislator.
The Conservatives' married couples tax break was a classic promise for a cash-strapped government: a sweetener to voters, but fairly inexpensive. It wouldn't start until late 2016, and Cameron can present it as both traditional and modern. It encourages marriage but is open to straight and gay couples alike.
Even if Cameron avoids gaffes and gets his message across, neither the Conservatives nor any other party have a clear path to victory in 2015.
The economy remains unpredictable. A year from now, Scotland holds an independence referendum, and a 'yes' vote would change Britain and its politics dramatically.
As it stands, Curtice said, polls put Labour ahead, but not by the nine or 10 points that, at this stage in the electoral cycle, would make them confident of victory.
"People are not that happy with the incumbent government," he said. "But the Labour Party has not really convinced them they are an alternative."
Jill Lawless can be reached at http://Twitter.com/JillLawless
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Pasty Republic to open March 21 in northwest Denver
The Pasty Republic will hold its grand opening in northwest Denver on March 21, and no, it's not a gathering of wan and pale complexions. The shop celebrates the pasty (pronounced pass-tea), a traditional stuffed savory pastry from Cornwall, England, that resembles a large version of an empanada. (With baseball season approaching, we didn't want to make an "empanada on steroids" joke, because, well, we just want to put that whole sordid sports episode behind us.)
The shop is the brainchild of Jon Walker and Sam Elhindi, the husband-and-wife owners. Walker grew up in Cornwall, a region compromising the far southwestern peninsula of England. Since arriving in the United States to study at the University of Colorado, he felt frustrated by his inability to find the delectables.
"We felt this is a place that's perfect for pasties," Elhindi told The Denver Post. "When you fall in love with a place you want to share what you love with that place. We hope we're here at the right place and the right time."
The shop sits at 4166 Tennyson St., close to Tennyson Park. It will be open daily from 11 a.m.-9 p.m., and probably later on busy nights.
Walker and Elhindi visited Cornwall to learn more about making pasties, and actually flew in James Barnecutt, a Cornish pasty chef whose family has owned pasty shops for generations, to perfect making pastries at altitude. They will offer 10 varieties at the cozy, 12-seat restaurant: three beef, three chicken, two veggie and two sweet versions, with the latter including a Nutella version and a fruit-filled one.
"We want it to be a real Cornwall pasty with a Colorado spin," Elhindi said.
I can personally vouch for how delicious a proper pasty can be. I spent 14 years in Arizona, and the charming little copper-mining town of Bisbee boasted a number of pasty shops, the legacy of Cornish miners who were imported to work there in the early years of the 20th century.


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I've mentioned Michael Abbot's efforts at putting together a great syllabus for his 'history of RPGs' class, which has thus far produced a flurry of discussion and a reading list; he's now put together a list of games and the number of people who have recommended them (I'm dying to know which ones will make the final cut). He does mention a few key points:
Games like X-Com and Zelda: Ocarina of Time clearly stretch the definition of "RPG." Many respondents argued these titles illustrate how great games have effectively incorporated RPG elements into other genres like strategy or adventure games. This makes sense to me. Given the short time I have available to me (one semester), I will try to illustrate these influences as best I can without veering too far off the RPG track.
... While it's very interesting for me to consider how many people recommend game X over game Y, ultimately this project isn't an RPG popularity contest, and I must choose a collection of games that best serve my pedagogical goals.
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Caregivers are often so concerned with caring for their relative's needs that they lose sight of their own well-being. Please take just a moment to answer the following questions. Once you have answered the questions, go to the bottom of the page to do a self-evaluation.
During the past week or so, I have ...
1. Had trouble keeping my mind on what I was doing.......... □ Yes □ No
2. Felt that I couldn't leave my relative alone........... □ Yes □ No
3. Had difficulty making decisions........... □ Yes □ No
4. Felt completely overwhelmed……..... □ Yes □ No
5. Felt useful and needed........... □ Yes □ No
6. Felt lonely............ □ Yes □ No
7. Been upset that my relative has changed so much from his/her former self....... □ Yes □ No
8. Felt a loss of privacy and/or personal time........... □ Yes □ No
9. Been edgy or irritable............ □ Yes □ No
10. Had sleep disturbed because of caring for my relative............ □ Yes □ No
11. Had a crying spell(s)............. □ Yes □ No
12. Felt strained between work and family responsibilities........... □ Yes □ No
13. Had back pain........... □ Yes □ No
14. Felt ill (headaches, stomach problems or common cold)............ □ Yes □ No
15. Been satisfied with the support my family has given me............. □ Yes □ No
16. Found my relative's living situation to be inconvenient or a barrier to care...... □ Yes □ No
17. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "not stressful" to 10 being "extremely stressful," please rate your current level of stress. _______
18. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "very healthy" to 10 being "very ill," please rate your current health compared to what it was this time last year. _______
(Please feel free to comment or provide feedback if you plan to share this with a health care professional.)
To determine your score
1. Count up all your "Yes" responses EXCEPT do not count # 5 or 15 yet.
2. Now, look at Questions #5 and 15. If you responded "Yes" to these questions, do NOT count these with your "Yes" count. If you responded "No" to either or both questions, add these to your "Yes" count. (For example, if you had 4 "Yes" answers on the rest of the questions, and you answered "No" to question #5 and "No" to question #15, your total score would be 6.)
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Chances are that you are experiencing a high degree of distress:
- If you answered "Yes" to either or both questions 4 and 11; or
- If your total "Yes" score = 10 or more; or
- If your score on question 17 is 6 or higher; or
- If your score on question 18 is 6 or higher
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If you are having a high degree of distress
- Consider seeing a doctor for a check-up for yourself
- Look for some relief from caregiving (Talk to the patient's doctor, social worker, or cancer care team about resources available in your community.)
- Consider joining a support group for caregivers. Online and phone support is available
- Call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 for more information and referrals
If your distress level is low
It isn't unusual for caregivers to have some of these problems for a short time. But they may mean that you're at risk for higher levels of distress. When caregivers don't attend to their own needs and allow other pressures to take over, they may lose the ability to continue to care for their loved one. Part of caring for someone else is caring for yourself.
You may want to learn more about managing caregivers' responsibilities. You can learn more about caregiving on our website. You can also get ideas about healthy coping from our Coping Checklist for Caregivers.
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Asking for help can be a good thing. You may need more than one kind of help to manage caring for your loved one. See a doctor if you have serious distress, or if you can't accomplish your day-to-day activities. We also encourage you to print out this checklist and talk it over with a doctor, nurse, social worker, or other professional on your loved one's cancer care team.
ACS support programs reach cancer survivors and patients throughout the US. Practical advice is also available online to help caregivers manage day-to-day and cope with physical and emotional changes. At the ACS Cancer Survivors Network website you can trade information and experiences with other caregivers—all without leaving home.
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Official: Fires destroy 2 Truckee homes; caused by spontaneous combustion
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Officials are reminding residents about proper oily rag disposal after two homes were destroyed recently by fires that apparently started by spontaneous combustion.
At about 1:10 a.m. Sunday, Truckee Fire Protection District crews responded to a fully involved blaze at a single-family residence at 10370 Martis Valley Road.
The home's three occupants and a dog got out safely. No one was hurt, and no other structures were threatened, said Paul Spencer, Truckee Fire's public information officer.
The structure sustained serious fire, smoke and water damage. Two vehicles parked in the garage also were destroyed.
While the fire is being investigated, it's believed to be accidental, caused by an oily rag — used for mopping up a recent deck staining project — spontaneously combusting, Spencer said.
"(The rag) was put in a confined space, and not put out in water to dry," Spencer said. "So what happens is the rag literally lights itself on fire because heat builds up."
A similar type of spontaneous combustion started a house fire July 23 at 11973 Ski Run Road in Truckee, according to the district.
Crews arrived shortly after 11:45 p.m. and put out the blaze, which destroyed the garage and heavily damaged the home.
No one was hurt, and no other structures were damaged.
"It was the same scenario — they were working on their house and put material into a container that was not filled with water," Spencer said.
Residents should dispose of oily rags by placing them in a metal container with a lid or in a bucket with water, he said, or spread them out on a noncombustible surface to dry before disposal.
"It's similar to properly disposing fireplace ashes safely in the winter," Spencer said.
While there's no specific data, Spencer said the district deals with "at least two of these types of fires" every year.
For more information on oily rags and spontaneous combustion, visit truckeefire.org or call Truckee Fire at 530-582-7853.


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Cuba approves internet domain rules
HAVANA - The Cuban government has approved a set of guidelines on internet domain names, according to a decree published Thursday.
The guidelines establish a system for the distribution and registration of domain names for all government bodies and other agencies, the decree said.
The rules were aimed at ensuring the internet domain name system is a "distributed, hierarchical, and scalable service with a decentralized control," it said.
The approval of the guidelines indicates Cuba's internet capacity is bound to expand, as the government said an underwater fiber-optic network, set up with Venezuela in 2011 as an alternative to satellite internet service, is currently undergoing "traffic tests."
Once in full operation, the network is expected to greatly expand the internet capacity of the island country, which has been forced to access internet through a much slower and more expensive satellite connection because of the US-led embargo against it.


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By Sgt. Kim Han-byeol (2d ID)January 2, 2014
Many Soldiers face the hardship of being separated from their family and friends during the holidays.
Soldiers deployed to Korea have the same difficulty, but spending the holidays in Korea can be more enjoyable than they think.
Fresno, Calif., native Sgt. 1st Class Maria Estrada, a maintenance supervisor assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 70th Brigade Support Battalion, 210th Fires Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, enjoys her life and holidays in Korea.
At first, she was unsure how much she would enjoy her tour in Korea. However, now that she has spent time here, "It's going to be hard to leave," said Estrada.
Even though Estrada is stationed in Korea and away from home, she has been able to enjoy many of her favorite things with her new friends Ahn young-sil and Cha Eun-jeong who are a married couple she met during a golf tournament.
Since then, she spends a lot of her time with them exploring new things.
"I have spent most of my time here in Korea with them," she said.
Estrada learned more about Korean culture with her friends during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, including a visit to Seoul to watch the original Korean Musical 'Miso.'
"I was so excited to see the popular musical, and it was so beautiful and had great music," said Estrada. Estrada added that the Korean Musical 'Miso' had traditional Korean instruments and clothes.
She also enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with the Soldiers of 70th BSB, followed by a traditional Black Friday shopping trip to the Camp Casey for a taste of home.
Even though she wasn't able to spend time with her family, Estrada found a different way to enjoy the holiday season. She feels lucky to be able to come to Korea and experience a culture that people back in the states don't.


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- Mineral (oil, chromium, copper, iron-nickel, silicates, coal) and hydroelectric potential
- Coastline with several ports
- Abundant and inexpensive labour
- Strength of the lek against the euro
- Large informal economy (30% to 40%)
- Poverty (GDP per capita: 30% of the European average); low priority given to education (3% of GDP)
- Dependent on rainfall: agriculture (25% of GDP for 45% of jobs) and hydropower (95% of electricity)
- Ineffective and politicised court system and administration
- Corruption and organised crime, in some cases linked to drug trafficking
Growth supported by domestic demand
Despite decelerating slightly since the second half of 2018, growth is expected to remain high in 2019. Household consumption will again receive support from falling unemployment, including among young people (from 34% to 22% since 2015), as well as from a rising participation rate linked to the decline in the informal economy and increased employment for both women and men. Economic activity will continue to benefit from ongoing foreign investment in infrastructure, particularly in energy with the continued construction of the TAP to transport Azeri gas to Italy, and the second plant (Moglice) of the Devoll river hydroelectric complex. As would be expected, the electricity grid is being developed to ensure internal and external distribution of the additional power that is expected to be generated. These facilities will take over from local oil production, which peaked in 2014. Conversely, local investment, including the building or upgrading of roads and railways (Tirana-Durres line), will be constrained by fiscal consolidation and prudent lending by banks. Banks, most of which are subsidiaries of Turkish (one third of assets), Italian, and Austrian groups, will continue to lower the percentage of doubtful loans in their portfolios (13% in August 2018 compared with 21% two years earlier), while also reducing the share of the euro (about half) in their deposits and loans. Under these circumstances, growth in corporate credit should remain low while the average interest rate on loans in lek and euro is expected to remain relatively high. Despite the strength of the lek and the stabilisation of energy prices, inflation is set to rise, fuelled by strong domestic demand. This would prompt the central bank to raise its key interest rate, which was lowered to 1% in June 2018 in order to ease the upside pressure on the currency. While all sectors are expected to perform well, electricity production, which is reliant on rainfall, is difficult to predict.
Fiscal consolidation necessary to reduce the debt burden
After a hiatus linked to the June 2017 elections, fiscal consolidation will slowly resume in 2019. The stakes are all the higher as the debt burden, while decreasing, remains high. Despite recent issues, including the EUR 500 million 7-year eurobonds with a coupon of 3.55% issued in October 2018, which are aimed at extending the maturity and lowering the cost of debt, two-fifths of the debt is still short-term. Moreover, 60% of the debt is held by local banks and makes up 25% of their assets. Refinancing the debt is estimated at 20% of GDP (2018). Adding to the debt burden, the state is responsible for up to €1 billion under contracts carried out in partnership with the private sector in areas ranging from roads and health to education. The objective is to achieve a primary surplus (i.e. excluding interest) sufficient to provide debt relief. The cost of the electricity sector to the state is expected to decrease with the installation of meters, infrastructure upgrades and the phase-out of subsidised prices. Pension and territorial administration reforms should also help in this regard. Tax collection is benefiting from the reduction of the informal sector and computerisation, while improved investment management has made it possible to eliminate arrears of payments to suppliers.
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Goods trade will continue to show a large deficit (22% of GDP in 2018), despite a smaller increase in imports due to the completion of major energy projects. This reflects the narrow production base (textiles, footwear, oil, minerals, electricity, construction materials), which means the country has to import many capital and consumer goods. Half of Albania's exports are destined for Italy. In addition, the balance is sensitive to rainfall, which can cause hydroelectric power sales to fluctuate. The services surplus (9% of GDP) is expected to increase thanks to tourism and outward processing arrangements in the clothing sector. Remittances from emigrants (8%) could suffer as a result of poor economic conditions in Italy. The current account deficit is largely financed by FDI, which means that infrastructure-related imports are self-financing. Despite the importance of non-debt-generating financing, external debt represented 67% of GDP at the end of June 2018. It is denominated in euros, much of it is long-term (80%), and it is primarily due to public creditors or connected with FDI.
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Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Socialist Party obtained an absolute majority in the June 2017 elections. Structural reforms will continue with a view to EU membership, despite tension with the opposition. This is a condition not just for EU membership but also for encouraging foreign investment. Much remains to be done to improve the effectiveness of administrative and court systems, make local agencies accountable and fight corruption, organised crime and smuggling between Albania and Italy. The legislation is there and prosecutions are taking place, but this is not yet borne out in convictions. In addition, hydroelectric projects are increasingly opposed for their environmental impact.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Pirates And Skeletons
11 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
Love the pirate display.
- February 26, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Pam Morris said...
now that was truly fun to look at! great haunt!
- February 26, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- GoneferalinID said...
Wow, I love those tombstones. Halloween saturation.
- February 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Rot said...
Found a video of the pirates:
VERY cool
- February 26, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Pirate video was great!
- February 26, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- Samhainn said...
This is classy, cool hauntstuff. Love it.
- February 26, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- HalloweeNut said...
I LOVES me some pirates! How about you, Rot, what's your whole angle on the whole "Pirates at Halloween" debate?
- February 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- Rot said...
I've never felt a creative pull in the pirate direction, but I dig seeing it in other haunts.
Once, a long time ago, Rob from skullandbone shot me a concept drawing for a Pirate corpse figure he was contemplating building. It was insane. I wish he would have built it.
- February 27, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- JHMDF said...
Such a great pirate scene. I have about the same view as you Rot of Pirates on Halloween... cool to see, just not interested in doing myself.
- February 27, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- HiRez00 said...
Someone posted in Halloween Forum that our home haunt was blogged about on "PUMPKINROT".
I must say, I feel quite honored. I have been a fan of PumpkinRot's work since I started home haunting 2 years ago and now to get a 'nod' from the man himself makes me truly happy.
I am making many updates / changes to the "Pirate" setup to make it even better ... seeing that the "pnuematics" that were supposed to make the skeletons move back and forth sprung a leak 2 hours before people started showing up for 'Trick or Treating' and I couldn't fix it in time.
In case anyone wants to see the video for the "Cemetery" display ... here it is:
Thanks again.
- February 27, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- The Gill-Man said...
Really diggin' the nods to Haunted Mansion and the original Pirates ride. Good stuff!
- February 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM


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½ teaspoon sesame oil
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1 small pitted avocado, cut into ½-inch cubes (optional)
1 orange
4 seaweed sheets cut with scissors into ½-inch squares (look for the crunchy "seaweed snacks,"rather than nori sheets)
In a sauté pan over moderate heat, warm 1 tablespoon of the canola oil. Add the salmon and cook for 4 minutes. Flip the salmon over and cook for an additional 4 minutes. Transfer the salmon to a bowl and gently shred into 1-inch pieces.
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It's been a good year on every level, and here we are celebrating the end of the old and the dawn of the new. Before I get distracted on my usual ramble, I'd like to get a little sentimental here and say how much I've enjoyed my time in the blogosphere - it's been brilliant, and I'm hoping for plenty more in 2013. Obviously, it's an outlet for my culinary meanderings, but what has really made it so great has been meeting lots of fantastic people (both virtually, and in a couple of cases, in real life), the comments, the tweeting. Thank you for reading my blog.
And now the ramble. Get on your glad rags and your gaiters - have you seen what the weather's like out there?
New Year's Eve is probably my worst night out. From when I can remember, I always wanted to go to a glamorous party, everyone in cocktail dresses (well the ladies) having a sparkling and sophisticated time. The party in When Harry Met Sally - that type of thing - the one where Harry ends up running through the streets of New York to find Sally and tell her that actually he really does love her. Sigh.
I have never been to a party like that.
Not that I have had many bad New Year's Eves, but there seems to be this massive pressure to have absolutely the best time ever on this one night. I've spent New Years Eves in clubs and at parties. I've spent them at home on the sofa, toasting the New Year early and going to bed at 10.30 with a warm cup of cocoa and (skip over this part, Mum) on one occasion, had to leave the festivities early after a mortifying "being sick in the street between pubs" incident in York. Let's draw a quiet veil over that one, shall we, particularly the bit where I tried to argue with the bouncer on the door of the second pub (who had witnessed everything) that I was completely and utterly sober and had every right to be in his establishment? It was a long time ago.
The best times have been those spent with one or two good sets of friends - drinks, dinner and low key amusement. Particularly since the arrival of Blue and Pink, and with babysitters at a premium on NYE, something at home, has been the order of the day. This year, we were supposed to be spending this afternoon and evening in the company of old and dear friends who we haven't seen much of this year. Unfortunately, norovirus on their part has put paid to that, so our celebrations this year kicked off with me and the children "enjoying" a particularly wet and miserable dog walk while the Husband enjoyed an even better (and wetter)
|Can we have some haribo NOW??
I tell you, there is nothing more dispiriting on a wet and windy afternoon than bribing 2 bedraggled and reluctant children with haribo to walk just a bit further...
|the dog enjoyed it, though
We regrouped for mulled wine and mince pies, walks and runs over, and discussed plans for the evening. You see, having postponed our low key dinner with friends, I threw myself on the mercy of another friend who had previously invited us to their big party. Turns out it is likely to be THE party locally this year. The invite I had previously declined.
We have done more and more socialising with the children as they have got older - particularly parties where we all start out at, say, 6, and then end up carrying the home around 9.30. This has worked pretty well. We do most of our 'going to parties with children' in the village so there will usually be friends for them wherever we go, and the usual form is that the adults cram themselves into the smallest room possible and talk loudly and raucously, then, perhaps, dance, while the children rampage, Lord of the Flies style, around the rest of the house. We tend to not then see the kids apart from the occasional raiding party made up of the smallest, sent in between the legs of the adults, to swipe food and bottles of whatever fizzy drinks (the soft ones) are on offer.
Actually going out at 8, which is now the order for this evening, is new for us. As I type, the Husband is trying to keep them amused, but I know they are tired. They've had a busy day, to be fair - the first day of that holidays that I actually wanted them to be up and out so we could brave the shops early for supplies for the dinner we were supposed to be hosting, and they actually slept in - and I'm not sure if they will stay the course. Still, given how foul the weather is, I can confidently predict a duvet day tomorrow whatever happens this evening.
Before the plan changed today, the Husband and I made soup and cooked chilli, and, spurred on by the overall success of the roulade I made a few weeks ago, I had another go, this time a chocolate sponge type one. All went well until, buoyed up on the post walk mulled wine, I set to, to make the final ganache.
Don't you hate it when a recipe is either wrong, or misses some crucial aspect out? I'd based my pud on one from an issue of a Woman & Home publication: "Feel Good Food Christmas", although had decided to change the filling swapping raspberries for chestnut puree. The sponge cooked brilliantly, and rolled up
and then rolled out perfectly.
I filled it with whipped double cream swirled with raspberry coulis, rolled it up and started on the ganache. A water ganache - where you melt the chocolate by pouring boiling water on to it and whisking furiously. Well, I don't know what happened, but I just ended up with chocolate water. I whisked and whisked but nothing. There was nothing in the recipe about cooling or whisking - the implication was that once the chocolate was melted and smooth, the whole thing would be spreadable.
It wasn't.
I added more chocolate. No luck.
I tweeted and googled, and the lovely Slice of Barnes confirmed something I'd read - whisk it madly and refrigerate. The whisk again.
I'm not going to add the recipe here because it's time for me to get on my glad rags and some make up (it does happen sometimes) and head out with the Husband and the children to the party. I'll take some time tomorrow to tell you how I did it, but for now, feast your eyes, my lovelies:
I wish you all a very happy New Year. xxx
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i only got one picture taken before aaron and oscar decided they wanted their pictures taken too
here is the front with two nice big pockets. it's a bit wonky as i used a pattern that wasn't meant to have criss cross straps.
and the back with criss cross straps. i've wanted an apron like this for ages because i dont care for the neck strap most of the time. and ruffles make me feel pretty.
and another picture of the boys - aaron is sweeping his head - and according to oscar's underpants, he's got aaron's back.


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Interesting Old Building - Pyeatte Mill Revisited
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That is the recent (last 20 Yrs) rebuilding of the original structure. The old structure had fallen in and people had helped themselves to the sandstone blocks. I guess they ran out of funds before they were able to finish it, but they were working off the original foundation and photos of the original.ReplyDelete
You really cannot gauge the size of the mill wheel until you see it in person. It is still very heavy even with the years of rust. The force it took to move and bend that is amazing.
I lived a few miles from there for many years, and even when Canehill was flooded the few times while I lived there, the wheel did not budge. My driveway disappeared, but the wheel was always the same.
Thanks! I was happy with the photos. This place gave me a creepy feeling while I was there so I didn't stick around too long.ReplyDelete
wow, it's so beautiful. great photos.ReplyDelete