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An erratic trip with Hudson Mohawke
By Sami Yenigun
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Hudson Mohawke's Tuesday night set launched from a port of silence. The DJ's first track sent slow, rolling waves of sound over a restless U Street Music Hall crowd. Then, another cut, better suited to standing still than dancing, stretched into the new Kanye West single, "I Am a God," on which Mohawke has a co--producer credit. What followed was a journey that wandered all over the map, venturing between romping battle cries and mellowed--out sample sources. It was an erratic trip, one that, at times, crashed into the thumping shores of drums and bass but more often left the crowd looking lost.
Mohawke is the stage name for Ross Birchard, a Scottish DJ and producer who is part of the breakout electro--hip--hop production duo TNGHT and has recently raised his profile by working with the likes of West and Harlem rapper Azealia Banks. Mohawke's music sometimes functions as a bed for rappers to rhyme over, and other times as stand--alone blocks of brass and percussion. All of it feels firmly grounded in hip--hop.
And on Tuesday night, hip--hop was what Hudson Mohawke delivered. Sort of. Although many of his selections were tried--and--true staples of the party side of the genre, others were cuts that famous hip--hop songs have sampled over the years. At one point, Mohawke dropped into Nina Simone's "Strange Fruit," the song that he used to create Kanye West's "Blood on the Leaves." It was an odd fit, between booming instrumentals and lyrics peppered with drug references, but it made sense given that he played West's version immediately afterward.
But Simone's song felt like the exception. Each time the crowd started to get wild, every time the energy got to a point that felt electric, Mohawke would veer off on a different course. His next move was either too chill, or too chaotic, when put in context of the move before it. And it wasn't just the music that was all over the place. The volume in the club rose and fell abruptly, at random, peaking in the red and straining the speakers.
Mohawke put some of his finest work on display, but he didn't always present it well. The selections were strong ---- TNGHT's "Higher Ground" sent the male--dominated dance floor into a tizzy ---- but the mixing was careless and sequenced in a way that left little room for momentum to build. The whole trip was less than the sum of its parts.
DJ Boys Noize serves up hard--charging techno
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
When most people think of a Monday night in the District, home--cooked meals and early bedtimes likely come to mind. But surveying the packed club at U Street Music Hall on Monday night, nobody seemed hungry for anything other than swarming techno. And it didn't seem like anyone was ever going to go to bed again. With spastic, angular sounds that came down with relentless force, the German DJ Alex Ridha, better known Boys Noize, brought Monday night to its knees.
Ridha grew up in Hamburg and cut his teeth supporting big--name DJs such as Felix Da Housecat and DJ Hell. He has released three original LPs and has remixed tracks for such hip--hop big shots as Snoop Dogg and N.E.R.D. He is also a renowned producer, working with the likes of Kelis and the Black Eyed Peas.
But for all of his links to pop music, very little pop sound worked its way into the set. His timbres oozed with menace, bass lines blackened by undulating sub--tones. There was very little sweetener: a melodic ping here, a hip--hop sample there, but, thankfully, nothing too saccharine to spoil the bitter intensity.
Instead, metallic growls slashed across rotund bass kicks, sending thick vibrations through a sweaty fog. From the back of the club, the room looked like a tangled mess of arms and tank tops, moving faithfully to a drum, all set under strobing blue and white lanterns.
The performance vacillated between stuttering Baltimore break beats and locked--in techno grooves. Tempos aside, Ridha played at one speed, never taking his foot off the gas. The set suffered a bit because of this. The bang--you--over--the--head drops, rolling in one after another, would have been more effective had he given them room to breathe. Still, the sea of X--marked hands rocketed into the air every time another banger clamored into the room. Ridha never overestimated the stamina of those on the dance floor.
U Hall: A club without pretense
By Fritz Hahn
Friday, May 7, 2010
The buzz: By just about any measure, U Street Music Hall is the best dance club in the region.
On the decks: Certified party-rockers who've moved crowds and pushed barriers in clubs from New York to Berlin. Underfoot: a 1,200-square-foot hardwood dance floor that "floats" on a cushion of cork so that feet don't get tired dancing until 3 a.m. Overhead: A top-flight 20,000-watt sound system similar to the ones used in such clubs as London's Fabric, capable of pumping out bass with the aural density of honey. It's so crisp and clear that you can hear the full spectrum of sound, but punchy enough that you feel every beat in your gut and joints.
Dubfire (of D.C.'s own Deep Dish), DJ Spun, Nadastrom and New York's Flashing Lights posse are among the selectors who've dropped electro, house, Baltimore club and drum 'n' bass since the subterranean nightspot opened in mid-March, drawing crowds that could look like they stepped out of a Benetton ad. You'll find women in strapless dresses and cowboy boots dancing next to guys in fluorescent T-shirts and jeans and preppy kids getting down alongside college students waving glow sticks.
And, most important, U Street Music Hall -- U Hall to its friends -- ditches most of the trappings associated with D.C. nightclubs. No dress code. No bottle service. No party photographers. No VIP areas, or seating more complex than bar stools. Just a huge room with a DJ booth at one end, a stage at the other and bars along the sides. It's a black box theater that lets DJs focus on the music.
"It's not pretentious like many other places -- people can come and rock out," said Matt Aruch, a 28-year-old Alexandria science teacher who was dancing to the Pacemaker DJs last week. "The music is different from what you normally hear. It's good, and not Top 40 or hip-hop."
But, it has to be said, if you don't want to dance for a couple of hours, or if you want to catch up with friends, this isn't the place. There's not much seating, and while the all-conquering sound system is mind-blowing when you're on the dance floor, it can be loud enough to preclude conversation. (Ear plugs are sold at the coat check.)
The scene: U Street Music Hall is the baby of Will Eastman and Jesse Tittsworth, two longtime D.C. DJs who decided to open their own space after years of being shoe-horned into clubs designed for rock bands or playing in much larger venues that didn't have the feel they wanted.
"The four years I spent touring had a big influence" on the club's design, says the globe-trotting Tittsworth, who has traveled around Australia with Kanye West and DJ A-Trak. "I played clubs in Sao Paulo that were relatively small, really stripped down, but had such great sound. I played places that were really dark. And here I get to do things I've always wanted to do, like being able to control the air flow and temperature from the DJ booth."
The other thing they set out to do, Eastman says, is to book DJs who are pushing the envelope and moving dance music forward, even if some (or most) of the names aren't familiar.
"If someone comes to the club and has a great time dancing, even though they say, 'Hey, I've never heard of this person,' then we're doing our jobs, introducing people to new sounds," Eastman says.
Adds Tittsworth: "I want to scratch beneath the surface and bring in things that people in D.C. haven't seen."
One exception: Michael Mayer, one of the men behind the groundbreaking German record label Kompakt, is paying a visit on May 25. (This year, the Resident Advisor music site dubbed his 2002 "Immer" album the top mix CD of the decade.) And he's spinning for free.
U Hall books more than just DJs, though. Concerts so far have featured the retro-soul band Kings Go Forth (broadcast live on NPR), local hip-hop star Tabi Bonney and melodic Iranian punk band Hypernova. This Sunday, the club sponsors its first all-ages Sunday matinee, with the high-energy Brooklyn punk group the Death Set, DJs Dave Nada and Stereofaith spinning punk and hardcore music, and former Government Issue singer John Stabb leading the crowd in a round of punk rock karaoke.
In your glass: Beer and whiskey. U Hall has 10 taps and more than a dozen canned and bottled beers, though the most popular choice is National Bohemian, which sells for $4 a can. There are a dozen highlighted bourbons and whiskeys for $6-$7.
On your plate: A menu of bar snacks will be available in the next few weeks.
Dates to watch: Saturday night features the hands-in-the-air Nouveau Riche electro DJs, who have brought the party over from DC9. Andy Butler, the mastermind of Hercules and Love Affair, spins classic house May 14. Tittsworth takes over May 15. Legendary Chicago house DJ Derrick Carter visits May 21. Eastman's Bliss Dance Party, a staple for seven years at the Black Cat, is on the fourth Saturday of every month.
Nice to know: Most shows are 18 and older.
Price points: Most weekend nights have a $10 cover; weeknights, free to $5.

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DIEM, Edward F., 78, of Alpena, died Friday, June 28, 2013, at his home.
He is survived by his wife, Rita Ann; six children, William (Andrea) Diem, Steven Diem, Debra (Tim) Ballor, James (Brenda) Diem, Randall Diem of Chesterfield Twp., Susann Haskal of California; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Priscilla (Steve) Bile, Kathy (Chet) Gorski, Marlene Diem, Joanne (Tom) Hazel, Sandra (Florian) Wozniak.
Visitation for the family and friends will be held at the Bannan Funeral Home on Monday from 2-8 p.m. with the rosary at 2 p.m. and a fireman's honor guard service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Tuesday at the Infant of Prague Catholic Church, 112 S. VanBuren Street, Bay City from 12 noon until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. with Fr. Hovath officiating.
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Skip to comments.The American City Is Dying-And why the country will inevitable follow
Posted on 01/30/2013 4:54:05 AM PST by SJackson
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The American City Is Dying
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On January 30, 2013 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 5 Comments
In an interview with the New Republic, Obama finally admitted that gun control was an urban problem. The reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas, he said. That admission might have been welcome if it had been packaged along with a serious conversation about what is wrong with cities like Chicago. Instead all the big problems are covered over with more claptrap about doing it for the children.
Speaking of the children, Mayor Emanuel and Mayor Bloomberg, Obamas favorite big city mayors who can be reliably counted on to push his agenda, found themselves kneecapped by education unions who arent there for the children, but are there for themselves.
The New York City bus driver strike is underway along with the usual tire slashings and union leaders insisting that theyre only slashing the tires for the children. These tactics usually work, they did in Chicago, as harried parents can be counted on to tell the city to shut up and give the nice teachers what they want so that the behemoth of the educational system can roll on. But what they want is quickly becoming impossible.
Chicago teachers have the highest average salary of any city, $75,000 a year, while administrators make $120,000, even though only 20 percent of their 8th grade students are grade-proficient in math. Chicago schools have an annual budget of $5.11 billion for a student body that is 87% low-income and likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
In 1985, the budget for all of Chicago was $2.1 billion or less than half of the current school budget. But that doesnt work too well now when Chicago teacher pensions alone account for $1 billion a year. Arne Duncan tried and failed to reform the system, and as a reward got kicked upstairs to become Obamas Secretary of Education. Rahm Emanuel tried to buy off the teachers with a pay hike in exchange for evaluations and had his teeth handed to him.
In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg was too busy pushing big issues like gun control and global warming to be ready to cope with a strike by bus drivers. Transporting students to school now costs over 1 billion dollars a year or $7,000 per student. New York City has 1.1 million students of whom 165,000 are special education students. That percentage is similar to that of Chicago and Los Angeles, which speaks volumes about resident demographics.
Bloomberg came into office as the education mayor and during his time in office the citys debt doubled to $110 billion. In 1975, New York City almost went bankrupt over $14 billion of debt. The reasons for that crisis were the same bad habits that the city and most cities are still governed by today. Pensions are underfunded, budgets are based on imaginary revenues and accounting tricks are used to hide debt and inflate revenue until the bottom falls out.
In Chicago, in Daleys last ten years, its debt rose 96.9 percent and almost a quarter of the city budget goes to servicing that debt. The worst is yet to come with unfunded pensions in Chicago, in New York City and across the country spilling over and eventually consuming as much as 75% of tax revenues. Not that this is likely to happen, because by then most of the tax base will be gone, leaving behind schools full of low-income special education students waiting to be put through a unionized educational bridge to nowhere that no one can afford to pay for anymore.
Thats not some wild post-apocalyptic fantasy; its the near future.
The American city is dying. It used to serve as a center of transportation and industry. Today the city holds a few knowledge industries and some secondary industries catering to them, but is mostly full of low-income immigrants whose big dream is to get a government job with good benefits. Until then there are government benefits that dont require government jobs.
Chicagos population fell by 150,000 in the last 3 years. New York City lost 200,000 people around the same time. Most American cities have been facing population declines, and while they havent entered the population freefall zone of Detroit or New Orleans, which are permanently broken, even those that havent gone all the way down the hole have an uncertain future.
The social reformers who used to be the band aids on the citys growth have become its entire reason for being. Social welfare is the only thing that cities do anymore. Its broken school systems are forever trying to dig their students out of a hole while plunging their economy deeper into it. The alliance between community activists and public sector unions has created a runaway monster that no one from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Rahm Emanuel has been able to stop.
Politicians have usually found it easier to pay off the representatives of human dysfunction and their caretakers than put up a fight. With the coming of the recession even liberal politicians have discovered that they may need to fight, but its too late.
Its easier for cities like New York City and Chicago to shake down their remaining financial industries than to try and win the bloody fight against the unions and their affiliated parasites. Unlike unions, corporations are willing to pay out, but they will also move on. Financial industries are now less tied to cities than ever before. The city is a matter of image and convenience, and a collapsing city is good for neither.
Its no wonder that the cities voted for Obama and that their vote carried him over the top. Unlike the rest of the country, there is no answer to the problems of the cities except more government money. Their tottering educational systems depend on large infusions of federal cash. So does the rest of it.
When New York City hit the wall in 1975, it needed federal help. But most of the major cities are going to hit the wall sooner or later. Whether or not there will be enough federal money by then to bail them out is an open question, but for the moment federal money can delay the moment of collision. And the worst news is that the federal government is the city on a macroscopic scale run by a representative of the worst in urban politics.
The Obama administration has won a triumphant victory in imposing the irrational social and economic values of the city on the rest of the country. But while the liberal tycoons and college students who made it happen are celebrating, its a coup with no future. All that they have done is put the country on the same dead end track as the city.
Interesting read. Thanks. I might add that its a good analysis, but it isn't "news". The U.S. city scape has been in decline since the 1960's.
This article clearly states the problem but fails to arrive at a solution to the problem, and that's because there is no solution. Please allow me to explain:
Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (often referred to as The Theory of Survival of the Fittest) describes the positive effects resulting from any pressure on an animal species that removes the least fit among the species and allows only the most fit of the species to reproduce. Most of us are well aware of this Survival of the Fittest theory, but few are aware that Darwin also makes mention of the negative effects resulting from unlimited reproduction of a species least fit when the weak, the lazy, and the stupid are left unchecked.
We like to think otherwise, but our species, Homo sapiens, isnt that long out of the trees and the same laws of nature that affect all of Gods creatures apply equally to us. If we were to observe any other species that had been allowed to reproduce without limitations, we would know immediately what the consequences will be.
Whenever the weak; lazy; and stupid of a species is allowed to reproduce unimpeded by predators that feed off the weak; lazy; and stupid, they soon outnumber the strong, productive, and intelligent. When the weak/lazy/stupid dominate the gene pool, the entire population becomes weak/ lazy/stupid, and then the population collapses.
In the past, when these collapses occurred within human populations, they have been referred to as a Malthusian Collapse. Thomas Malthus, a Nineteenth Century Economist, thought these collapses were caused simply because past civilizations had reached a point where human populations could no longer produce sufficient food supplies to feed themselves, but he never pinned down the exact reason for these food shortages.
It is now thought by some that these collapses of past human civilizations have occurred whenever the unproductive weak/lazy/stupid greatly outnumber the strong/productive/intelligent of the population. In other words, the majority of the population becomes too lazy to perform the work necessary to provide for themselves and whats left of the strong/productive/intelligent refuses to continue to do it for them.
These collapses have occurred at frequent intervals throughout human history, and Western Civilization is, in my humble opinion, currently on the cusp of one of these collapses.
Not true, the issue of urban vs. rural is not really the issue. Let's be honest, the reality of gun violence is primarily a racial divide.
So if Obama is going to suspend civil rights for the purpose of ensuring safety, why not address the statistical heart of the issue and suspend the civil rights of those "male urban youths" between the ages of 12 and 35?
Why would that violation of rights be more unpalatable than the suspension of a specific civil right for everyone, when Obama himself is conceding that its not really a problem outside of the identified demographic?
For any knuckle-headed opus writer who mistakenly reads this as a racist post, the point is to demonstrate the unacceptable restriction of any civil rights, and that cutting off every innocent citizen's right hand is not a fair alternative to cutting off just a few innocent right hands. Better that we observe the Constitution and personal liberties in ALL situations, and leave innocent free citizens alone altogether.
Thomas Jefferson
The perspective is not long enough. The view is still too close. The assumption is the cities, the great cities, are ongoing forever.
It can be argued the cities are obsolete. The reasons compelling businesses gathering in close proximity are gone. The need to have people very close to the jobs gathered in close proximity is gone. The skids greased over and over to make the system continue have become worn and rough.
The grease no longer reduces the friction like it did for so long. There is no new rational thought. There is only extrapolation of existing dogma.
There is an obvious biological component. The nature of the city residents has changed. The new residents lack the native ability to conduct business in a non corrupt manner. They lack the ability to innovate successfully. They can only stagnate. They are innately harmful to the collective freedom necessary for the city to function.
There is no solution but to let the coming conflagration occur.
"These collapses have occurred at frequent intervals throughout human history, and Western Civilization is, in my humble opinion, currently on the cusp of one of these collapses."
I agree. It is somewhat analogs to "The Peter Principle".
In the case of the US, it is being spurred on by the Marxist ideology of Obama, as well as a Marxist media and educational system.
Jefferson also said, "The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Murder rates, regardless of the availability and use of guns, are strikingly consistent by racial group worldwide.
That's very much the same as educational test results. E.g., American whites are no more murderous than whites worldwide, and American Chinese/Korean/Japanese kids score on achievement tests in the range of their counterparts worldwide.
The difference between now and the past is that technology makes it increasingly possible to produce without people. In short, technology serves to insulate us from the reality of our practices. Sadly, I can foresee a world where an increasingly intelligent AI infrastructure takes care of an increasingly degenerate human population.
"The American City Is Dying-And why the country will inevitable follow"
good read
Excellent comment....
To sum it up, Idiocracy.
We all know wht is wrong in America's large cities. We all know who is killing each other robbing, selling and using dope.
We just cannot say it. It isn't politically correct.
"Politicians have usually found it easier to pay off the representatives of human dysfunction and their caretakers than put up a fight."
That sums it up pretty well.
"In the case of the US, it is being spurred on by the Marxist ideology of Obama, as well as a Marxist media and educational system."
You are correct. Anyone who didn't see this one comeing just wasn't looking.
In our countrys recent history weve celebrated diversity in our population as if it were a good thing. However, one look at world history will show you that no country with a diverse population of different races, languages, and religion has long survived.
Countries dont naturally form with a diverse population, and when in the past theyve occurred its usually been as the result of armed conquest. These unnaturally formed countries have either melded together into a single population made up of one mixed race with one language and one religion or theyve come apart, and theyve usually come apart with extreme violence. The longer these diverse populations are forced to coexist with one another without mixing and becoming one, the more the hatred grows among them and the more violently they break apart, but break apart they will, or genocide will settle the issue once and for all.
Why is this and why cant we all just get along? The truth of the matter is that we (the human race) just aren't as civilized as we would like to think we are. Genus Homo sapiens isnt that long out of the trees and the veneer of civilization is very thin, to non-existent, upon us all. We are all carrying the genes that got us here and some of those genes carry a very basic survival instinct that has allowed us to survive thus far.
This most basic of all survival instincts is the one that warns us to be very wary of those who are different than us, our family, and our tribe. Those who possessed this survival instinct survived and reproduced, and those who had no fear/distrust of strangers didnt survive. Over the years, this survival instinct has been referred to as tribalism, nationalism, ethnocentrism, racism, and various other isms, but its an inborn instinct carried in our genes whether we like it or not.
This celebration of diversity in the American population was introduced in the 1960s and 70s as a deliberate divisive revolutionary tool wielded by Marxists like Bill Ayers and other radicals. It became dogma taught by Marxists in our universities, then spread by our leftist controlled news media and leftist controlled Hollywood. The intent was, and is, to split American culture along race and class lines and set off a "proletarian" revolution to destroy capitalism. The Left has now managed to elect a half-Black radical as President and their revolution is proceeding along very predictable lines, with him using every opportunity to stir up more division and discontent. A reading of the Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA at this link should make clear their goals and methods: http://revcom.us/Constitution/constitution.html
At the beginning of the 21st Century, the American people are about to learn the savage lesson of Communist Revolution that the Russian people learned at the beginning of the last century. Millions died in Russias Communist experiment before they learned that Communism doesnt work, as the concept of Communism (You didnt make that) is completely alien to basic human nature. Now its our turn to learn what Russia after a century of death and misery now knows.
However, the coming American Communist Revolution that Karl Marx and his acolyte Barack Hussein Obama is bringing upon us wont progress in the comparatively orderly fashion as it did with the Bolsheviks in Russia. The cursed diversity within the U.S. population will quickly turn this Communist Revolution into a no-holds-barred, and to-the-death, Race War. How our country with its Constitution intact could possibly survive such a blood-bath is a near impossibility.
I once believed our country would one day become a mixed race people of olive skinned, brown eyed, black haired, Spanish speaking Muslims, but Barack Hussein Obama has started a Communist Revolution that will undoubtedly destroy any possibility of that ever occurring.
There is no expiration date on any of our survival instincts, and white Liberal Democrats in their Gun Free zones will be the first among us to be reminded of this at the very beginning of our coming Communist Revolution turned Race War.
As we Americans continue to live out the old Chinese curse, May you live in interesting times.
The Jefferson quote that I like better is
"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man."
The title of this thread is not correct - the country will not follow. Rural, agrarian based communities will thrive.
Apparently DJ Taylor believes that he will be spared. :)
If you look at the physical design of modern cities, their arrangement and infrastructure are counterintuitive to the developments of modern warfare. Physical concentrations of capital present efficient high yield targets. In any kind of conflict, foreign or domestic, I don't want to be in one. I better start packing!
I live in the suburbs of a medium size city in the Northeast. The new tact in the city to clean the downtown of the city is to park new social service recipients in motels at or near the city line, in effect to spread the problems all around. This puts vagrants, bums, druggies, and aggressive panhandlers in ever closer proximity to what where relatively nice neighborhoods. And now, the city wants to merge with the County, which will allow the City to push an ever increasing number of dirtbags out into motels on the suburbs.
I cant wait to retire and get out of the Northeast.
>>Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (often referred to as The Theory of Survival of the Fittest) <<
Yep. I like an irony how commies made Darwinism their top agenda in attacks on religion yet they actively deny Darwinism function within a human society propping unfittest against worthy species.
A kind of cognitive dissonance isn't it.
If Darwinism is actually a Lord's way we now see the reason why every socialist paradise failed that miserably. Along with Detroit and now Chicago.
There are ways to return cities to vitality and efficiency, but it takes a lot of planning, and it varies somewhat, based on the city. Here are some highlights.
1) Of all places, Detroit had a good idea. A city in an advanced state of decay, with large areas of abandoned buildings, they got the simple notion of bulldozing huge tracts of decay, and planting forest-like parks in their place. Positively brilliant, if not for the best reasons.
Why? To start with, the curve for redevelopment strongly increases with available area. That is, you can only put so much on the lot of a single building, with existing infrastructure. But if you have an entire square block to develop, you can do a lot more, from below the ground up.
And, if you have several square blocks, you can have almost completely new everything. Good water and sewer, good electrical and communications, even better transportation and your own residential neighborhood and retailers. Together it is worth far more than its individual parts.
But while you are waiting, planting a forest there is the fastest and cheapest way to clean the ground of toxins and poisons. Just periodically cut everything down and haul it off for waste disposal, then plant anew.
2) "Rolling gentrification and maintenance". Subdivide the city into districts, and intensively gentrify and maintain each district in turn. This means doing little work in quality areas, and most work in the areas that need it the most. It creates a cycle that prevents parts of the city from becoming run down and staying that way.
I'm not afraid to say it, it's true. And it's black who are doing the vast majority of the killing and ribbing and raping. That's just a plain fact. I wish we could build walls around their ghettoes and not let them out among the rest of us.
I'm not afraid to say it, it's true. And it's black who are doing the vast majority of the killing and robbing and raping. That's just a plain fact. I wish we could build walls around their ghettoes and not let them out among the rest of us.
Remember the old adage,
"As goes Detroit, so goes the nation."
The social reformers who used to be the band aids on the citys growth have become its entire reason for being.
For me the money quote and one of the main fallacies of socialism/communism/progressivism call it what you want.
What once "worked" when it was an insignificant fraction of the whole can no longer work when it starts to subsume the whole. In other words extrapolating to infinity is never a good idea in the real world.
And I don't mean just that stolen from taxpayers or borrowed on that backs of our children, but also private money extorted from businesses as "charity" and outreach;" capital that certainly could have been used to actually create more wealth.
Not to mention the destruction of the cities themselves and the loss of irreplaceable cultural memories.
Did the taxpayers who are their employers, treat them badly? Did the taxpayers not provide safe work environments, did the taxpayers deny them a good salary and benefits, so that they needed to organize against the taxpayers for equal rights in the workplace?
I am serious, why do the workers of the various government entities need a union for protection against a raging, mean corporation..ah taxpayer?
Previously, housing projects were clearly demarcated and easy for decent people to avoid.
But it's almost like ythey were used as incubators, because then they were ttorn down and the contagion was unleashed and spread out so that it may pop up anywhere.
The apartment my wife and I moved into after the birth of our first child had been, in my youth, one of many in an area that had been filled with young single professionals.
By the mid-90's, Atlanta's infamous housing projects had been razed, and I found myself living among roving bands of demi-feral children, and shirtless, scowling, working-age men of color roaming the parking lots in midday.
They did this in the South Bronx. The Bronx had blocks of burned out and abandoned buildings. Almost all are gone now. Single family homes have replaced most of the old brownstones.
They are starting to clean up Harlem. The problem is what to do with the current residents.
It used to be that "getting a job with a large, city-based factory" would set someone up for life. They could raise a family, and enjoy a middle-class lifestyle. If they worked hard, maybe got a little more education than their peers, they could be promoted to manager, or shift foreman. Unions saw the potential to raise money by "protecting the workers," and they inserted themselves into those cities as well.
Soon, the unholy alliance of government AND unions merged, and they've been feeding off this smorgasbord ever since. Cities are now struggling to keep their tax base, because many companies moved outside the city, along with those taxpayers. All that's left in many cities now, is a hollow shell...un-educated, and under-educated people working in minimum wage jobs. The "successful" ones might have government jobs, paying a little more, but bleeding what little tax base that's left. Just parasites, feeding of the remnants of the carcass.
You raise an interesting point. Does a people that can not or will not abide by the social contract even deserve so-called civil rights?
I don't think you even have to go that far, though. Just apply the law as it is already written because as it currently stands the law is not applied, like it is not applied to the tens of millions of illegal aliens that are allowed to roam the country at will. The fact is these male urban youths are coddled and treated with kid gloves.
But, then again, if the law was fairly applied to them our prisons would burst at the seams. Not to mention the apoplectic howls of "RACISM!". I think these cretins who have proven themselves incorrigible should be stripped of their citizenship, deported, and then decent people can wipe their hands clean of the responsibility for them.
As more and more city inmates find they are living in prison, they stop caring about either jobs or preserving a common culture. Obama and his minions are simply accelerating the collapse into an angry mob that wants revenge on those of us outside the limits of their hellholes. Even cities like Boston, which have vibrant high-tech businesses, colleges, and lots of private money, are failing. Scam artists like Menino have been able to hide the collapse with the help of a drooling lap-dog press and lots of money from billionaire Leftists, but the truth is there for any visitor to see.
The culture shift from Boston Leftist to country conservative is like a brick wall just 40 miles outside of Boston.
Derbyshire was thrown-out of The National Review recently for suggesting that there is a big difference in the innate abilities among the different racial groups in the U.S. Even discussing urban problems results in being punished or branded a racist.
I was just looking at an old NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Dec 2011 in which the last article was THE CITY SOLUTION TO EARTH'S PROBLEMS.
It is about how modernized cities are the wave of the future.
No thanks. I'll keep my hovel and my 15 acres. I like room to move around in.
Past-month illicit drug use: 9.1% of whites, 10.7% of blacks.
"When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go...downtown.
When you've got worries all the noise and the hurries seem to help I know...downtown."
Petula Clark, Futurist
Dang it, you just gave me a flashback. As a young Marine Corporal, I crossed the Pacific in July (Typhoon Season) 1961 on the Troopship USS General J. C. Breckinridge and I still have unpleasant memories of the experience.
That ship was infested with body lice from bow to stern, and when I finally got off in Okinawa I had crabs on me from head to toe. The memory of thirty days of being locked up below deck in a troop compartment with a company unbathed Marines while a Typhoon tossed the ship around and I scratched my crab bites is still with me.
There was a Twilight Zone episode called "The Little Black Bag" wherein Chill Wills, a drunkard. discovers a doctors bag, full of special tools, from the future. It seems that the population had been dumbed down to such a degree that the tools had to have intelligence built into them. He started out making big bucks with the tools but then . . .
At the time, 1970s, I thought it was pretty far out. About a year or so later I was at a MacDonalds and saw a cash register with nothing but pictures of their wares on it. I asked the young girl what that was all about and she said that she no longer had to know the prices of the burgers, etc. - all she had to do was press the picture.
Soon after I quit reading Sci-Fi because all the things they were predicting were coming true within a year or so - and some of the things weren't pretty.
Cities nowadays are less for production and more for consumption. That may not be sustainable, but a lot of people have moved back to the cities over the last 20 years or so.
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Posted by Reviewer3187468 on Jan 30, 2010
Wow. I read the other reviews, which mentioned the strange taste, but knowing that coconut oil in general can taste strange to some people, I thought I'd try the Now brand anyway. I like other Now products, but this one is terrible. I don't know what they do to their coconut oil, but it tastes bloody aweful. I'm accustomed to Spectrum brand, which actually tastes very nice to me, and I use it on toast and in hot cereal. If you're just going to down it like medicine, maybe it won't matter so much, but on food, Now's coconut oil is best avoided!
Worse coconut oil I've ever tasted
Posted by 4826102247440688872 on Sep 29, 2015
Well, unfortunately I'm very disapointed as this coconut oil is the first one that I do not enjoy using. It has the most awful after taste, maybe it is because the container is in plastic? I don't know but I will only use it for cosmetic use and not put in in any of my food. I tried baking with it, and even then it gave my brownie the same weird after taste.
not good
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Excellent value and works great. It doesn't fit well attached to my door/window on my F150 (too close to the steering wheel for me) but it works well in my built-in cup holder on my dash!I recommend it to anyone.
This thing does the job. I use it everyday in my work van (shhh.... don't tell the boss. LOL) It keeps the smell down and now I have a place to set down my cigar when I arrive to my service call.
Works well. I think I'm going to get the Xikar Ashcan though because the top of it can be closed.
Being a trucker for years on end, I have seen all kinds of gimicky ashtrays(butt cups) they sell out on the road, and thought I had seen them all. Finally one I can use without modification, and even a place to lay my cigar when I need it. Where has this been for all these years?
Wonderful ashtray for people on the go. Have mine mounted on my truck door for easy use. Keep the cab relatively smoke and odor free. Now need a new one for the shop
This is great! Have to get one for the other truck.
Took this little guy golfing with me over the holiday. It was great when I was in a cart as it kept my sticks safe while I swung at balls. When I used a pull cart, it even fit into one of the holes in my bag so I could still use it. Definitely worth the cash as it will keep your sticks safe while you enjoy your time outdoors or in the car.
The little hook thing on this is wonky. I've yet to find anything it hooks on very effectively, but as a drink holder ashtray, it's great. Definitely a secure way to plop down your stogie when you need to execute some maneuvers in traffic.
This works great in a golf cart or out on the beach! Easy to use and easy to discard ashes without blowing all over in the wind!
My first bobken arrived incomplete. I contacted CI customer service and they sent a new to me free of charge and within a few days. The Bobken is absolutely perfect for that long drive/smoke. CI is the best and remains my #1 choice for cigars and accessories. -GB
The Cigar Bobken is the best invention I've found. I got mine to use in the golf cart. Got smart after having had too many $15 sticks roll of the floor and have to go back and hunt for them. It fits nicely in the drink holder easy to reach but out of harms way. So good I bought two more as gifts for cigar puffing golf buddies. Rate it a 10.


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Zero Tolerance
Face the challenge of running gluten free
Imagine a world where there are no puffy post-run bagels. Or what if you were suddenly banned from your favorite cereal ...
Photo by Chris Hunter
Imagine a world where there are no puffy post-run bagels. Or what if you were suddenly banned from your favorite cereal (the one that always gets you through that hilly run)? Runners with celiac disease face such scenarios. Celiac disease is a lifelong autoimmune intestinal disorder estimated to affect nearly one in 132 individuals in the United States. Gluten, a protein found in grains like wheat, rye and barley, acts as a poison to celiacs, damaging the hair-like projections called villi that line the small intestine. Eventually, the intestines stop absorbing basic nutrients.
If left untreated, the condition can damage the small bowel and lead to an increased risk of certain long-term conditions and autoimmune disorders like anemia, osteoporosis and thyroid disease.
Since eliminating gluten from the diet is the only way to combat celiac disease, it is a huge challenge for trail runners whose diets consists largely of cereals, bagels, energy bars, pastas and other grain-based foods. What's a runner to do?


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- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 1 teaspoon warm water
- 1 large egg
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Dissolve coffee in water; add to creamed mixture with egg and melted chocolate until blended. Combine the flour, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well (dough will be sticky). Shape into two 6-1/2-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm.
- Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.
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"Very good! Perfect fall/winter flavor. I don't cook with shortening so I used 1/2 cup coconut oil instead. I also added 1 tsp of corn starch to the flour mixture so that the cookies will stay soft. I also used just melted chocolate chips for the "glaze" and dipped the tops of the cookies. Rather than rolling the dough and chilling for 4 hours, I just gently folded the dough into a ball of sorts in the mixing bowl and chilled for about an hour and a half, then used my cookie scoop to put the balls of dough onto the baking sheet and baked at 350 for 10 minutes. Will definitely make these again as it gets cooler."
"Love the flavors! This is a nice cookie to make ahead of time - mix, shape & refrigerate one day and then slice & bake the next. I dipped half of my batch in white chocolate just to change it up a bit. Great Recipe!"
"If you love the combination of coffee and chocolate, you will love these. They are so delicious and look just like the picture. Easy to make but so impressive."
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AVOID - Now contains MALTODEXTRIN
Publié par Reviewer2203486 le Jun 17, 2015
This product has gone from great to one that should be avoided. I loved this product and I could always feel its beneficial effects. I didn't even notice the change on the labeling so I continued using it, but I started having strange gastrointestinal issues that couldn't be attribute to anything else; upon investigation I discovered that Madre Labs are now using MALTODEXTRIN as a carrier for the Camu Camu and Acerola Berry extracts. They used to use Manioc Root before. Needless to say I was extremely disappointed as I used to trust Madre Labs. I stopped using this and my gastrointestinal symptoms resolved immediately. Unfortunately I will have to look for an alternative product; I am disappointed to say the least.
Not the same any longer
Publié par 4634823745968750819 le Jun 22, 2016
I have used this vit C for so many years and it has always worked so well because it was so pure and the taste was quite refreshing. When my last bottle finished, i looked forward to opening my new bottle. The powder colour was different as it is darker in orange now but I didn't think much of it. Then I gave it to my kids to take and they spat it out when they have always liked the taste before. I got angry with them for suddenly becoming so fussy. So I took it and I could taste rice. I read the label and found it has now other ingredients like maltodextrin and rice concentrate which were not part of the ingredients before. Also, the camu camu is NO MORE wildcrafted NOR an extract any longer. It is also NOT the first ingredient in the list anymore. So goodbye forever to Madre Labs C Complex!
They screwed it up
Publié par Reviewer2543011 le Jun 02, 2015
This used to be my regular supplement. I wouldn't go a day without it. No flu, no cold of any kind. But they screwed it up. Instead of the plant powder, they now add some dehydrated dried up puree. It no longer has the same effect and it tastes horrible. I now buy the camu camu powder and rose hips powder by itself and mix my own plant based vitamin C.
Used to buy by the case but maltodextein means I cannot have
Publié par Reviewer1055187 le Sep 26, 2015
I'm really sad to see my favorite vitamin C supplement now has maltodextein - I cannot buy it anymore as I will not put this in my body daily. I also have SIBO and it is not something I can tolerate. Really too bad as it was the only one I trusted but now the search continues - if anyone has another option like the old formula with no fillers please add it here as a comment thanks!
maltodextrin not listed on site
Publié par 4844891731003692326 le Apr 27, 2016
the website does not have the full ingredients listed. maltodextrin is added to this product
Was a great product until they changed the ingredients list
Publié par 5218793069812610982 le Aug 21, 2014
I have gone through 5 tubs of this, but I will not be repurchasing due to the change of ingredients
New formula very disappointing
Publié par 5715946197330458815 le Nov 27, 2016
The preivous version of Madre-C was much better. The new version has maltodextrin. It tastes terrible and dissolves poorly. It is such a shame as this type of product has so much potential. I wish they would stick to pure ingredients instead of fillers. This way only a small amount would be needed. It could be used as a good selling point.
Didn't care for this
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This product was very difficult to mix with water. Taste was unpleasant too.
Does NOT
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Jar only a 1/4 full
Publié par Reviewer1448542 le Dec 19, 2013
I am sorry but this constitutes a real rip off! Its a pricey product and I find this really offensive-and NO it has nothing to do with 'settling'. It is just bare faced greed on Madre labs part-I have purchased two other whole food vit C powders here, in the past,and both were full to the brim- no 'settling' involved!
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Students answer a few questions about the end of finals week at Cogswell College! Looks like most are ready for the holiday break.
What's the hardest final you had?
- Robotics
- Physics
- Calculus
- Sculpting
- All of the above plus life
- Painting
- Modeling
How much sleep did you get last night?
- Three to four hours
- Five hours
- Sleep?
- Two hours
- Six Hours
Best thing about finals?
- It's almost over
- Everyone is sharing in my pain
- Once it's done, it's done
- Nothing
What will you do on break?
- Sleep
- Have fun
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (94 votes).
In short: Enough twists and turns to the route to keep it interesting.Date of review: May 12, 2013
In short: Very friendly atmosphere and excellent organisationIn full: The demanding hill (whichever way round you run this event) means that PBs are most unlikely. However, everyone seems to relish the challenge and the views from the top and on the way up are stunning. The friendliness of the organisers, marshals and everyone involved makes this a race well worth doing.Date of review: December 30, 2012
In short: Great race ,one massive hill ,In full: Love this race series ,no spectators but great comradely between the runners.Great to have chip timing at such a small event .The hill is a real challenge , but once completed this is a most enjoyable race.And a packet of sausages to all competitors at the finish.Looking forward to completing all five races in the series.Date of review: October 30, 2012
In short: no water on a hot dayIn full: the stratford big 10k,good course friendly helpful marshalls decent medal and t-shirt spoilt by lack of organization and lack of water at the end of the event which led to me paying for bottles of water.Date of review: September 13, 2012
In short: NO WATER AT THE 5K POINT, BOUGHT A BOTTLE AT THE FINISHIn full: My third 10k so i'm no expert, but on such a warm day to have run out of water at the half way point for what seems to have been the middle markers and beyond was poor.The organisation at the end was not much better and it was easier to buy a bottle of water at the finish than get any from the organisers.The positives: great route; Marshalls as ever were supportive and encouraging; the atmosphere of the whole event was positive despite the 'drought'.I think I'd do it again but will carry water next time...just to be sure. Date of review: September 11, 2012
In short: Poor preparation for the weatherIn full: I haven't done this race before but had heard it was a good one. The race itself was great - challenging route, helpful marshalls, friendly atmosphere, but the organisation for the finish was awful.Given that it was an extremely hot day, and the forecast predicted this so it isn't as if it was a surprise, there was nowhere near enough water for the athletes. I came in around the middle of the pack, and the first water station had almost run out of water. We were directed by other finishing athletes to another water station which had no queue, but when we got there there were no cups, and whoever was supposed to be manning the station had disappeared. As a result, athletes were letting the water pour out of the bottle nozzle all over the floor just to get a handful of water. A friend of mine ended up going off to find cups from elsewhere, and when he returned we discovered the water container now had a broken nozzle, so I ended up having to take the lid off and pour water for the now big queue of people waiting for it. I was not impressed that there did not appear to be a volunteer in sight. I first thought they were going to get more water but 10 minutes later they had not returned. Water is a pretty obvious thing to have enough of, and there were a lot of struggling athletes at the end. I was not happy that I ended up helping out - I should have got an employee discount on the race!Not impressed unfortunately.Date of review: September 10, 2012
In short: My first 10K and will returnIn full: Great for my 1st race; its on the flat and only two laps, so you were able to judge your timings once you had hit the 1/2 way water station. Lovely park venue and local to The Space Centre, so plenty of family entertainment for the entourage.Date of review: April 19, 2012
In short: Really friendly race, excellent marshallsDate of review: April 19, 2012
In short: Enjoyable, but significantly longer than 10 km.In full: Many people reported that it was more than 10 km. My GPS measured 10.4 km, a big difference. The fact that no-one managed to finish in under 36 mins on a flat course in perfect weather seems to support this. Hopefully this can be sorted for next year, as it has the potential to be a great race.Date of review: April 2, 2012
In short: Bit steep and a bit long for a 10k, def do again.Date of review: April 1, 2012
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Junior rodeo opens weeklong run
July 14, 2008
The High Plains Junior Rodeo Association Finals are a 30-year tradition in Clovis, and are important for the contestants as well as the community, according to organizers.
With 135 contestants registered to compete in the week-long event at the Curry County Fairgrounds, the rodeo is expected to draw around 500 people to Clovis.
"The participants and their families bring a lot of business to Clovis' hotels and restaurants," said Karen McDaniel, director of the HPJRA Finals. "They spend the entire week and eat out at least two to three times a day."
The event requires a year of planning, according to McDaniel, and is the most important competition for area junior rodeo contestants.
"It is the year end for the junior rodeo season. It is like the Super Bowl for them," McDaniel said.
Contestants qualify for the finals if they receive at least one point and if they compete in at least three of the 14 rodeos held during the season, according to the JoAnn Middleton, the HPJRA coordinating secretary
Contestants in four age groups will compete in nine roping, riding and racing events.
The rodeo starts at 6 p.m. today and continues through Saturday.


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Here's how RW members rated this race (191 votes).
In short: Fast, Flat, FriendlyIn full: Well organised. Clearly posted route. Great marshals plenty of water stations. One of the best looking medals I've got from a race and you get a t-shirt too! What more can you ask for. Well done Nice WorkDate of review: March 12, 2014
In short: Well done Nice Work!In full: A really enjoyable half marathon. Very good organisation, friendly atmosphere and a decent route. It has bundles of PB potential but somehow all my PB's are on undulating runs. Great medal and decent shirt. Thanks to all the supportive stewards. Marvellous weather. Only part I disliked was at about 6 miles there is a run around a cone, not into that, but I understand the reasons why! Many thanks. Date of review: March 11, 2014
In short: Wat a medal !In full: This was my 3rd time but I struggled for whatever reason(not a fast runner anyway)maybe heat, too many jelly tots, that extra banana- who knows ?? BUT medal splendiferous, t-shirt-WOW and I enjoyed it as always, will definitely do it again next year (but I wont drink the lemon and mint fizzy water yuk)Date of review: March 11, 2014
In short: Great to see the younsters involved, cubs scouts and brownies. Fantastic weather and smooth course bar a few pot-holes from the dreadful wet winter and a few miles of rough surface. I was a race chair entry and was very pleased to get a pb. Date of review: March 11, 2014
In short: well organised and fast, flat courseIn full: Clearly the organisers have responded to the feedback from previous year's as the medal this year was one of the best I have ever seen (and I'm not usually bothered about a medal). Pot holes were not a problem. Course was virtually traffic free. Lacked support but that isnt't the organisers fault.Date of review: March 11, 2014
In short: Great race for runners and supporters In full: This is the first time I've run this race and although it didn't go to plan in terms of my time (unlike for most people who get a PB) I did enjoy it. I was at the back for a lot of it and if you prefer to be in a race with a lot of people but you're not very fast this is something to consider as you will be either on your own or in a very small group for a lot of the race. The course itself was good, the lanes were wide enough that you didn't feel cramped when being over taken and had sections where the hedges were high enough to provide a bit of shade to cool you down. When cars were passing the runners helped each other out by shouting 'car', this was not too often so didn't really have an impact on the race. From mile 5-7 the course is a bit more rough with pot holes and stones but didn't cause any problems. If like me you were struggling a bit the fact that I could see the finish line with 3 miles to go was not very motivating but I'm sure if you're on for a good time it would be!The best part of this race though has to be the people who organise it, there is a clear passion for the event from everyone involved and they just what volunteers should be - I even saw someone wearing a Sport Maker t-shirt which proves the Olympic Legacy of volunteering lives on!! I must also mention the water girls who also clearly enjoyed trying to get the runners to pick them to take water from :) All in all a very good race and with the lovely weather I couldn't fault it. Date of review: March 10, 2014
In short: Great for a PB providing the weather is good, open to the elements across the Romney marshIn full: Personally a great race for me, 3rd time for me this year and a PB every time. A few pot holes at about 6 miles on a single track course but didn't slow me down. Good level of marshalling and water stations. I do like the U-turn at about 5 miles where you see the runners behind you coming towards you, a nice touch.Date of review: March 10, 2014
In short: Stunning ViewsIn full: Nice fast course,well organised. Can't fault it. Date of review: March 10, 2014
In short: Excellent experience for a 1st timer halferIn full: Very flat but with a challenging wind in places. Well organised, friendly and enjoyable.Scenery was special. I work in Lydd and did not know how beautiful it is just outside my office door. Date of review: March 10, 2014
In short: Fun, friendly and flat!In full: I've run this twice now and really enjoyed both times. It's a great flat course and the organisation is excellent. It's not that well supported but I quite enjoy the fact that some of it is nice and quiet. Everyone involved in the organisation is incredibly friendly.Date of review: March 10, 2014
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 recipe
Calories 250
Calories from Fat 15
Total Fat 2 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 5 mg
Sodium 85 mg
Total Carbohydrate 55 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sugars 46 g
Proteins 6 g
Vitamin A 2% DV
Vitamin C 25% DV
Calcium 15% DV
Iron 4% DV
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Servings 1
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 2.0
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Fresh or frozen unsweetened fruit 1 cup
Low-fat, vanilla yogurt (4 ounces) ½ cup
Apple juice concentrate 1 tablespoon
Grape Nuts
- Place fruit, yogurt, and apple juice concentrate in blender. Whirl until well-blended. The smoothie will be thick.
- Pour into a glass.
- Garnish with Grape Nuts if desired.


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John M. Vannatta Jr., Jason Vannatta, Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher
In 1991 John M. Vannatta Jr. and his brother Jason founded VANBROS & Associates, Inc. in 1999, following her reign as Miss Kansas, their sister Jennifer joined the family business. In 1992 the company joined the MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION as their licensee and State Director for the MISS USA & MISS TEEN USA Pageants in Kansas. They Added Missouri in 1993, Oklahoma in 1997, Nebraska in 2002, and Arkansas in 2007. John holds Bachelor Degrees in both Political Science and Sociology with a Minor in History, Jason holds his Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design and Jennifer holds her's in Broadcast Journalism; all, from the University of Kansas. They are the Proud "Pageant Parents" to 158 titleholders.


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Meryl Davis and Charlie White completed their best performance of the season Saturday in Sochi, Russia, to become the first ice dancers to ever win four ISU Grand Prix Final titles. They scored 183.39 points.
"Emotionally, technically, we really put it all out there," White said. "I'm proud of the way we fought through it. It's a great step to help us build toward winning worlds."
The Grand Prix Final was held at the same venue that will be used for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Davis and White, the 2010 Olympic silver medalists and 2011 world champions, were responsible for one of the five medals the United States earned in Sochi.
Reigning U.S. champion Ashley Wagner's free skate program to "Samson and Delilah" was highlighted by a triple flip-double toe-double toe combination, four more triple jumps and a level-four layback spin, but she fell on a triple Salchow and a second time on a double Axel. Still, combined with her second-place finish in the short program, it was enough for her to earn a silver medal.
Meanwhile, in the Junior Grand Prix Final, which also was held in Sochi, Hannah Miller took the women's silver and Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton took the ice dancing bronze Friday after Joshua Farris earned men's silver Thursday.
Kikkan Randall swept weekend Cross Country World Cup sprint events in Quebec City, Canada.
Randall, the defending FIS World Cup sprint champion, moved into the points lead in sprints and climbed to second overall.
Randall joined Jessie Diggins to become the first American team event win Friday then won the individual freestyle sprint Saturday.
Diggins came from behind on her third and final leg to take a lead that Randall maintained as the anchor.
"The crowd was unbelievable to see so many American flags and face paint," Randall said after her individual win. "To be able to do that victory lap afterward was something I will definitely remember for the rest of my life."
View photos of the historic team event win.
Andy Newell was fifth among the men for his best finish in nearly three seasons.
Elsewhere, Sarah Hendrickson won Saturday and the United States placed three women in the top 10 Sunday in the ski jumping World Cup that tested the Olympic facility in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, which is near Sochi. Lindsey Van was sixth, Hendrickson seventh and Abby Hughes ninth Sunday.
In alpine skiing, Ted Ligety finished third in the giant slalom Sunday at Val D'Isere, France, to stay in the World Cup points lead in that event. The race was moved back a day and shortened because of poor conditions. Ligety was 12th in the slalom Saturday.
Lindsey Vonn won a weather-shortened super-G race Saturday at St. Moritz, Switzerland, for her 57th career FIS Audi Alpine World Cup victory and her fourth this season. Julia Mancuso was third.
Mancuso was 21st in the giant slalom Sunday and Vonn, who was fifth after the first run, finished 27th after nearly crashing in the second.
Mancusco was 11th in the super combined Friday. Vonn was fourth after the super G, but did not finish her slalom run.
Jared Goldberg and Jacqueline Wiles won U.S. Championship downhill titles Friday at Copper Mountain, Colo.
Heather Richardson had a big weekend at the Essent ISU World Cup event in Nagano, Japan.
Richardson struck gold in the 1000 meters with a track record time of 1:15.24 and a bronze in the 500 meters Saturday before adding a silver in Sunday's 1000.
"After her performances in Heerenveen three weeks ago, it's great to see that she's able to continue her consistency here in Nagano," U.S. long track national sprint coach Ryan Shimabukuro said. "And to get the 1000-meter track record was just icing on the cake."
Tucker Fredricks had a bronze in Saturday's 500. Sugar Todd had a third-place finish in the B Group women's 500 Saturday. Shani Davis was fourth in the A Group men's 1000 Sunday.
Elizabeth Price won her second consecutive FIG World Cup all-around title Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Price, an alternate for the London 2012 Olympic Games, had the highest scores on all four events — vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise — to run away with the all-around title.
Danell Leyva, the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, finished fourth in the men's all-around.
Carli Lloyd and Sydney Leroux scored second-half goals Saturday when the U.S. women defeated China, 2-0, in Detroit to improve to 6-0-2 with two games left in their Fan Tribute Tour after winning an Olympic gold in London.
Amy Rodriguez and Alex Morgan each reached milestones in the game. Rodriguez earned her 100th career cap for the U.S. Women's National Team and served as team captain for the day.
Morgan was out of the starting lineup for the first time since January, but she came in for the second half and assisted Leroux's goal. Morgan has 20 assists to go along with 28 goals, making her only the second U.S. woman to reach at least 20 in each category in one calendar year. Mia Hamm had exactly 20 goals and 20 assists in 1998.
The tour concludes with more games against China, Wednesday in Houston and Friday in Boca Raton, Fla.
Taylor Chace scored in the second period and Steve Cash stopped all eight shots he faced Saturday as the United States won the World Sledge Hockey Challenge title with a 1-0 victory against host Canada in Calgary.
"Those are the two best teams in the world and it should be a game like that," U.S. coach Jeff Sauer said. "I thought it was great for our fans."
Declan Farmer cleared away a puck that seemed headed for the net after Cash made an initial stop on a third-period breakaway. Chace was named U.S. player of the game.
The United States, which also won this event in 2009, has won its last four major international tournaments, including the gold medal at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
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The United States placed two women's bobsled teams in the top four Saturday morning at the World Cup event in Winterberg, Germany.
Elana Meyers and Katie Eberling were second while Jamie Greubel and Emily Azevedo were fourth.
Noelle Pikus-Pace took the bronze in women's skeleton Friday for her first World Cup podium finish in three years. Pikus-Pace was the fastest women's skeleton competitor in the team event Saturday, which was held on her 30th birthday.
Read more about Noelle Pikus-Pace's comeback here.
The United States took fourth and fifth place.
Kyle Tress in men's skeleton, Elana Meyers-Lolo Jones in women's bobsled, Pikus-Pace in women's skeleton and Nick Cunningham-Chris Langston in men's bobsled formed the fourth-place team.
John Daly, Jazmine Fenlator-Tianna Bartoletta, Katie Uhlaender and Steven Holcomb-Justin Olsen were fifth.
Holcomb and Curt Tomasevicz were fifth in the two-man bobsled Saturday.
The top U.S. finish in the four-man bobsled Sunday was sixth.
Meanwhile, the United States won four medals at an Intercontinental Cup event when Kimber Gabryszak swept the women's skeleton races on her home track in Park City, Utah, Friday and Saturday and her husband, Brad Stewart, earned a men's skeleton bronze Friday. Mike Dellemann added a bronze in the skeleton Saturday.
"Yesterday, I could sit at the bottom and watch the competition fall behind me, while today I had to sit at the top and try not to pay attention to how everyone else was doing," Gabryszak said Saturday. "I knew it was all up to me at that point. To see the No. 1 on the finish clock as I came across the finish was such a relief."
FENCING: Maya Lawrence, a bronze medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, won the Division I women's epée title Sunday at the North American Cup in Milwaukee. Jason Pryor won the men's epée Saturday when Soren Thompson took silver in his first competition since the Games. Adrienne Jarocki won the women's saber. The first Division I title was decided Friday when Olympian Race Imboden won the men's foil. The last titles are Monday in women's foil and men's saber.
RUGBY: The United States went 2-1 Saturday then dropped both Sunday matches at the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens, an HSBC World Series event in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
CURLING: Pete and Maureen Stolt won the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Bismarck, N.D.
EQUESTRIAN: Both the U.S. three-gaited and five-gaited teams won gold medals at the Saddle Seat World Cup, a four-day event that concluded Saturday in Parys, South Africa. Abigail Mutrux was the captain of the three-gaited team that included Brooke Boyer, Emily Chapman, Brooke Jacobs and Alexandra Lawson. Nick Maupin was captain of the five-gaited team that included Angela Darrow, Drew Taylor, Hunter Chancellor and Ali Judah.
TAEKWONDO: The United States earned eight medals, the third-best total at the WTF World Poomsae Championships in Tunja, Colombia. Noreen Thackery, in third master, and Jason Hwang and Claire Kim, in second pair, won gold medals. Kristi George was second in second master. Amber Rodriguez earned bronze medals as an individual and in the team freestyle competition.
LUGE: Erin Hamlin finished seventh and Emily Sweeney finished a career-best 10th Saturday during the World Cup stop in Altenberg, Germany. Hamlin, a 2009 world champion and two-time Olympian, is seventh in the World Cup points standings. Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk placed 12th in doubles, their best career World Cup finish.
BIATHLON: Two-time Olympian Lowell Bailey finished 10th in the 12.5k Pursuit Saturday in the IBU World Cup at Hochfilzen, Austria. The U.S. women finished 12th and the U.S. men 17th Sunday in the 4 x 6.5k relay.
WATER POLO: The U.S. women lost to Russia, 13-12, Saturday to finish fourth in the FINA Youth World Championships at Perth, Australia.
The U.S. men lost to Australia, 5-4, Sunday to finish eighth.
TRACK AND FIELD: Estevan De La Rosa won the Young Men's race (ages 17-18) by more than 30 seconds and Melissa Eisele won the Young Women's race at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Saturday in Albuquerque.
Elsewhere, Jacob Riley and Mattie Suver won the Open Men's and Open Women's individual titles at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in Lexington, Ky. Riley helped Hansons-Brooks Distance Project to the men's team title.
SWIMMING: Kathleen Baker was the women's high points winner and Curtis Ogren was the men's at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships, a three-day meet that concluded Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Tom Robinson is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Coq au Vin (Chicken in Red Wine)
Recipe courtesy of Anne Burrell
- Secrets of a Restaurant Chef
Anne Burrell uses a capon instead of the traditional rooster in this French classic. The capon is lightly coated in flour just before it[ begins cooking in oil, giving it perfectly crisp brown skin. To ensure moist, flavorful meat, the bird finishes cooking in a pot with chicken stock, wine and bacon.]
- Olive oil
- One 6- to 8-pound capon, cut into 8 to 10 pieces (You can use regular chicken if you can't find a capon, but I highly recommend searching one out.)
- Kosher salt
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 8 ounces slab bacon, cut into lardons
- 3 ribs celery, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 pound cremini or white button mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 3 cups hearty red wine
- 8 ounces small cipollini onions (If you can't find cipollini onions, pearl onions are a good substitute.)
- 4 to 6 cups chicken stock
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 bundle fresh thyme
- 12 ounces fingerling potatoes, cut in 1-inch slices
- Fresh chives, finely chopped, for garnish
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Coat a large 7-quart Dutch oven or rondeau with olive oil and bring to a medium-high heat. Pat the capon dry and sprinkle generously with salt. Working in batches if necessary, coat the capon gently with flour and put immediately in the hot oil. Only flour the capon that you are working with in that batch-no premature flouring! Premature flouring will result in doughy, gritty, mealy capon rather than crispy. Brown on all sides, and then remove from the pan to paper towels. Remove any excess oil from the pan.
Reduce the heat to medium and add the bacon lardons to the pan with a tiny splash of new olive oil. Cook the bacon until it is brown and crispy. Add the celery and onions, season with salt and cook until the veggies are starting to soften, are very aromatic and have no color, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms give off their juices, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the brandy and cook until it has reduced down. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine. The mixture will become very thick-that is good! Stir in the wine and bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil over medium heat. Toss in the cipollini onions, skin and all! Cook the onions for 3 to 4 minutes and then strain. When the onions are cool enough to handle, remove the skin and discard, reserving the onions.
Return the legs and thighs of the capon to the pan, reserving the breasts. Stir in enough chicken stock until the chicken is three- quarters covered. Add the bay leaves and thyme. Bring the mixture to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Taste for seasoning and adjust if needed. Add the cipollini onions and the potatoes. Partially cover the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
After the capon has simmered for 20 minutes, turn the legs and thighs over and add the breasts. Check the level of liquid and add more chicken stock if needed. Partially cover the pan and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Remove the capon from the pan and skim the sauce if necessary. If the sauce is on the thin side, reduce it down until it becomes a sauce-like consistency. Season. Transfer the capon to a serving platter, garnish with chopped chives and serve with lots of the sauce.
Chicken, bacon and mushrooms oh my!
From Food Network Kitchens; after further testing and to ensure the best results this recipe has been altered from what was in the actual episode.
Recipe courtesy of Anne Burrell
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"We got our grizzly. Finally. In Lewis River. Just south of Lewis Lake. Don't you love the picture?" Steve Lindfors writes from NYC, one day after his return to NY.
( I'm just now starting to recap their amazing family adventures in the Grand Tetons, so Steve's enthusiasm and timing are appreciated. I was simply unable to keep up with them as they traveled. So, I invite you to look with me now through the "rear view mirror" to find out what happens during the last week of the Lindfors' 3-week vacation.)
What begins in Yellowstone ends, by evening, on Lake Jackson, Grand Teton National Park. The family is up and at 'em fairly early. It's August 25. Three bison watch them pack up the car from a tiny island in the parking lot. From Grant Village to Yellowstone's South Entrance is only 22 miles. "But it's some of the prettiest 22 miles you'll ever see," reminisces Steve. "We finally saw a grizzly. Sitting and laying right in the middle of the Lewis River. Their road south followed the Lewis River. "It was so beautiful."
Steve then begins to talk quicker— a free-fall recap of the kaleidoscope adventures that followed during the remainder of the day. "Blown away by Signal Mountain Lodge is an understatement." says Steve. They end up in a room with a picture window facing the Tetons. "We can't believe it here. The Lodge is great and the view of the mountains is unbelievable!" I agree. Seeing the Tetons should be on every one's bucket list!
"After we got settled, we popped up to the Jenny Lake Visitor Center and took a ferry across the lake to visit Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point at the base of Mt. St. John and at the mouth of Hanging Canyon. If you plan to visit the Tetons, Steve recommends, "You absolutely have to get out on the water!"
After their Jenny Lake shuttle crossing and their adventure-of-a-lifetime rafting the Snake River, the Lindfors are giddy about exploration via water. "By taking the shuttle we were able to actually hike up to Inspiration Point. What an experience! But it was nothing like the raft trip we took on the Snake River the next day."
With this, they worked up a good appetite and headed toward Jackson Hole, grabbing lunch at the Cadillac Million Dollar Saloon. Reportedly the Bubba Burgers were "out of this world." They , of course, shopped in and around Jackson and had their picture taken under the famous antler arch at the city park square. In late afternoon they headed back to Signal Mountain Lodge and did nothing.
Nothing but take in a jaw-dropping sunset over the Tetons and indulge a fabulous meal at the Lodge's most popular restaurant, Trapper Grill. "What can I say? We love it here. The food was absolutely fantastic!"
Fast forward to the next day: "The folks at the hotel were great! That Jason–what a nice guy! His staff had arranged for us to go on their regularly-scheduled sunrise scenic float trip.
Wow! Was that neat. We've never done anything like this.
Our guide was fantastic, an excellent navigator and knew all aboutthe river and the area. Janet spied 6 bald eagles along the way. We saw osprey and beaver huts. The water was crystal clear. The weather was perfect. It was paradise out there with the early sun lighting up the mountains." This was obviously a trip highlight for everyone in the family.
In the afternoon our energetic foursome just "poked around." Young Steven desperately wanted to see a moose, and what better place to look than Moose Junction? The Lindfors ended up at the Craig Thomas Visitor Center near Moose Junction, but all they saw was a moose sign on the way. They thoroughly enjoyed this rustic-feeling interpretive Center and spent longer than expected watching the films and looking at all the books and souvenirs. They ate in a small town (perhaps Moran?) nearby, an outdoor BBQ laid-back kind of place, and continued driving the Park, stopping at lookouts, searching for the elusive moose. Steven joked,
"The closest we got to seeing a moose was the road sign and the painting on the wall in the little restaurant where we had dinner in Teton Village." You guessed it folks….it was called the Mangey Moose, so they were fairly sure they'd score a sighting of sorts here.
There's a certain sadness in Steven's voice; he recalls driving back up north, after strolling around in the Village, toward Signal Mountain Lodge. He acknowledges that this is their last night before they have to turn the car around and head back to the East Coast. While he has some fun stops planned for the journey home, the carefree "white line fever" that engulfed the family for the last 15 days is starting to dissapate—to return to "normal." Whatever that now means after such a grand shared adventure.
Steven regrets that they have to chop the last part of their planned vacation from the itinerary. They initially planned to go to Estes Park, Colorado next and stay with Forever Resorts at Rocky Mountain Park Inn. They were psyched to explore Rocky Mountain National Park and do more high altitude driving and sight seeing. But, Eric had to be back at school earlier than expected for orientation. They will begin their journey home the next morning, August 27. But not before they enjoy one more magical night at Signal Mountain Lodge. Another late sunset enjoyed from their balcony. Did I hear Steven say he wants to move here someday??


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Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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