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Monterey Market in Berkeley CA apparently had Antica Salina Trapani Sea Salt for $1.99/1000gms.
For pizza dough you need a salt with high hydrospicity (I am not sure of the translation...), which is the capacity of be dissolved in water.Sea salt have the highest and Sicilian sea salt was proved to be the best.
I read an interesting article this morning at the online Slate magazine (April, 2005), at http://slate.msn.com/id/2117243/, in which several different salts, including a Sicilian sea salt, were put to a blind test. The Sicilian sea salt rated highly but it was not the top overall choice of the testers.


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Ross Porter is a cool guy. First, he loves jazz - so much that he writes books about it and makes TV about it and basically lives it. And he also makes some great Jazz radio. And he's got his own wiki entry. Oh yeah, he also shared some real maple syrup with Rhonda Hamilton when she interviewed him. It's a great conversation - Ross starts out talking about his book - The Essential Jazz Recordings. Take a listen:


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Market research firm In-Stat believes we are entering a very critical time for smartphone operating systems (OSs), as exemplified by four major smartphone announcements on October 6 from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Palm, and Microsoft.
"With Android on the upswing, Palm's Web OS starting to expand, and Apple's iPhone not showing signs of slowing down, the battleground, and subsequent weeding-out phase of the smartphone OS war has started," said In-Stat analyst Allen Nogee.
AT&T announced that it would now allow VoIP applications that run over its cellular network to be installed on iPhones. In-Stat believes AT&T has been watching the FCC become more serious about network neutrality in the mobile space; it may be only a matter of time before AT&T would be forced to allow these applications anyway. Currently, many high-voice usage customers are business customers. These subscribers likely won't switch to VoIP in the near-term as their business pays for their service. Still, the AT&T announcement will have long-term implications for the current US cell phone billing model. If AT&T and other operators cannot charge high prices for voice, they will likely make it up by raising prices for data.
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Microsoft announced that Windows Mobile 6.5 was finally ready. Microsoft has been slowly bleeding market share over the years. Windows Mobile 6.5 is Microsoft's best hope of slowing the defectors. While users may wait for a Microsoft for a PC OS update, In-Stat believes this is not the case in mobile. Even for a giant like Microsoft, it will be difficult to rebound as the smartphone OS market heats up.
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3) air-tight porcelain container
4) non-air-tight clay container
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AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Holds Dialogue on Fort Ord, Applauds Local Commitment to Preserve Site
MARINA, CA—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a public listening session to engage with the public, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority and friends groups on exploring the best path forward to preserve the public lands at Fort Ord for the enjoyment of all Americans. Secretary Salazar was joined by Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes, Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey, U.S. Congressman Sam Farr, and California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird.
Today's listening session was part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to support locally-driven efforts to preserve and protect places that hold special historical and cultural meaning to communities across the country.
"Today I heard broad-based community support from many diverse stakeholder groups and organizations who want to protect the unique natural resources of Fort Ord and to build upon the great recreational opportunities that the public lands have to offer," said Salazar. "We have a tremendous opportunity to not only support a world-class destination for hikers, mountain bikers and those simply wanting to get out and enjoy the great outdoors, but we can also strengthen local economies."
"I want to thank Secretary Salazar for visiting and recognizing Fort Ord, the beautiful resources it has to offer and the community members who have worked with us to preserve its grand open spaces," said Congressman Sam Farr. "For more than a century Fort Ord has served as a critical component of our Central Coast community, economy and proud history. With the help of President Obama's Great Outdoors Initiative and continued community support, I have no doubt that we can continue to preserve this Central Coast jewel for future generations." The Fort Ord Reuse Authority, known as FORA, was created by state legislation in 1994 under Senate Bill 899 to plan for, finance and manage the transition of Fort Ord from military to civilian use. The FORA is governed by a board representing local jurisdictions affected by the base closure that includes city council members from Marina, Seaside, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey, Salinas, Sand City, Pacific Grove and Monterey County supervisors.
In 1996 the U.S. Army transferred 7,200 acres of the former Fort Ord military installation to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan. As a result, the BLM currently protects and manages 35 species of rare plants and animals along with their native coastal habitats. Once the Army completes a clean-up, an additional 7,450 acres will likely be transferred to the BLM.
"Already, over 100,000 people come every year to enjoy all that Ford Ord public lands have to offer," said Director Abbey. "BLM looks forward to continuing the strong partnership we have with the local communities to ensure that this special area is protected and available for the enjoyment of all for generations to come."
During his comments at the public meeting, Salazar noted the power of public lands to create jobs and grow the economy. Hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation contribute an estimated $730 billion to the U.S. economy each year. Accounting for one in 20 U.S. jobs, recreational workers exceed the number of doctors, lawyers or teachers. Department of the Interior lands support $363 billion in economic activity and 2.2 million jobs annually, with BLM public lands in California alone hosting more than 10 million recreation visitors a year. This translates to an estimated contribution of $980 million to local California economies and 7,600 recreation-related jobs.
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Best Place To Buy Your Veggies, Grocery Store, Farmers Market Or Maybe From A CSA
Posted By V Ol Blak On November 11, 2010 @ 11:36 am In Gardening Organically,GreenChef Foodie Talk | 7 Comments
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Okay I hope I am not going to bore you with this post. This one is for all the monkies out there who have already drank the "G" kool-aid and are getting deeper into the lifestyle, like me. I know, a post about shopping for food might not be exciting, edgy or include any celeb gossip, but it's something all of us fleshy's have to do. Personally, I love Food Shopping Day: I have full on dreams about a lush full fridge, oozing with fresh veggies. So please, your going to have to bear with me as I explore the idea of joining a CSA.
The question in the title is a real one for me. Where is the best place to buy your veggies? I know some of you out there are shaking your heads at me. I guess if your blood runs green, you start by joining a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and then go on down the line, farmers market, maybe a organic local grocery store and last resort the old big box grocery store. But not everyone is born with green blood pumping through their veins, believe me. Most of us grew up thinking Kraft was a food company? My own childhood was filled with things like Coke and Kraft deluxe mac n' cheese. I remember our high end dinner option was the deluxe Kraft mac n' cheese vs the powder mac and cheese. Hmmm… what to choose?
Maybe I don't want onions, cabbage and so on, or maybe I do want things not in the box. Will I end up just composting it?
But now as an adult with all the buying options completely open to me, which option is best? Or maybe the real question is what mix of options is best. I understand the concept of the CSA and love it. For those of you out there who don't know what a CSA is, here is the quick answer. A CSA is a members club basically and you pay a lump sum in advance to a farmer or a group of farms and in return, they deliver a box of veggies every week to your home or a pick up location for a certain number of weeks. The cost runs about $30 a week and you pay in advance for a certain number of weeks, 4, 8, 12 or even up to 52 weeks. All the boxes are the same. You don't get to choose what is in the box, since the farmer can only give you what they are growing and what happens to be ripe that week.
The CSA idea of cutting out all the middle men and buying directly from a organic family farm is a great idea. I love the idea of supporting small farms, eating fresh organic foods and enabling the farms to completely focus on growing and not worrying about selling the produce. But I have to be honest, I am a little hesitant about the idea of just receiving whatever the farmer happens to have that week. Maybe I don't want onions, cabbage and so on, or maybe I do want things not in the box. Will I end up just composting it? Do I really want to go pick a box every week? I know, what a brat! I am just voicing what most of us are thinking. Face it, most of us only know grocery store shopping. Picking out exactly what we feel like making that day or week. Deciding as we shop. Being inspired by what we see on the store shelves. This whole idea of being handed a box of veggies is almost a bizarre concept. Are we communist? Comrade you will eat potato this week! Okay, I am joking, you can still go out shop until you drop.
I am now living out here in Palm Desert which has a very mild winter climate. The low temperature is around 60 degrees. I have my winter garden growing in the side yard and there are several organic grocery stores options within a few miles of my front door. I can even bike straight to them without seeing much traffic at all. With all these options, I don't really need to buy from a CSA, but that isn't the point. I am going to give it a shot anyways. Why? Well, maybe its because I actually have been gardening and now I finally understand the real happiness that comes from being out there growing your own food. Maybe deep inside, I wish I was a small farmer (a black hearted, edgy farmer that is) and by joining my local CSA, I will be helping someone else live the farming dream. By simply paying a small farmer directly, in advance, I will be enabling them to focus on loving the plants, loving the land and most of all loving life for as little as $4 dollars a day.
My local CSA is called the Inland Empire CSA and the two farms which provide the veggies are: Sage Mountain Farm (organic spring watered farm) and De Luz Farms and Nursery. De Luz Farm focus on tree farming, which means they provide the Avocados, Grapefruits, Oranges, Pluots, Bananas and so on. While Sage Mountain Farms focus is row crops. They grow, lettuce, basil, potatoes, beets, artichokes, apples, spinach, radishes.. and so on.
Joining a CSA is really an investment. You don't pay as you go. You pay in advance, making this option not really practical for people out there living check to check. It would take some saving up and planning to start with a full years members, which they call a Pledge. Here are the in advance cost:
My CSA has things called Full Pledges, Half Pledges and Annual Full / Half Pledges. Lots of optional ways to jump in. The basic break down is this:
Full Pledge – 13 weeks X $34.00/week = $442.00 (pre-paid)
Full Pledge – 8 weeks X $36.00/week = $288.00 (pre-paid)
Half Pledge – 13 weeks X $28.00/week = $364.00 (pre-paid)
Half Pledge – 8 weeks X $30.00/week = $240.00 (pre-paid)
Annual Full Pledge – 52 weeks available for $1568 (A $200 discount!)
Annual Half Pledge – 52 weeks available for $1256 (A $200 discount!)
A one month trial period is available for new members:
A Full Pledge box is available for $136.00 (4 boxes)
A Half Pledge box is available for $112.00 (4 boxes)
While I was writing this, I have convinced myself, I am going to give it a try and will see have to see how it goes. I am think I will go with the trial period box and if I like it, move on up. I do have the garden growing and once it's ready to start harvesting, I may not need a whole lot of extra veggies. Wish me luck and if you belong to a CSA or are thinking about joining one… leave a comment, share your experiences with the rest of us. Do you love them, hate them, don't have a clue? Give us all the pro's and cons. If you have a Kraft Mac n'Cheese membership… well, good luck with that.
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Danny Perez: I made a movie called ODDSAC, which was a video collaboration with Animal Collective that blurs the boundaries between sound and vision. I also perform, mixing live visuals for bands like Black Dice and Panda Bear. Over the years I've also done a handful of music videos, incorporating props, costume design, and physical objects into the overall look of a lot of my work in addition to abstract video elements. It lends to an interesting coexistence.
Let's talk abut the amazing artists you work with.
I was a roadie for Black Dice. I had been hanging out for years with them on the road. Our first tour together was with Animal Collective. After years of all listening to the same music, watching the same movies, and hanging out in the same late night hotel rooms, we found we shared the same sensibility and liked the same things.
The vignettes in ODDSAC are reminiscent of late night horror films. How important was it for you to capture that late night horror movie vibe?
We certainly wanted to capture that feeling and experience: late night hangout. At the same time there is a fine line between something being an homage and a rip-off. I like to think it is successful is in having these heavily stark images and hypnotic sequences that are always an underbelly in this genre. And yet, it is also just a movie. Working with Animal Collective, we are all huge movie lovers; and we wanted something that we would be psyched to watch all the way through the same way we'd watch late night horror movies in hotel rooms. But then you have to consider the context of when it was made, how it looks, and also what is the greater experience. Horror movies can totally be traumatizing when you're younger. There is something to be said for that. Above narrative and above the literal arc, the movie is an experience. It's subjective, like music. In that regard it lends itself well to multiple viewings. I'm able to see stuff in ODDSAC that is totally new to me, and I edited it for 4 years.
We've had an experience where we see a film and want to leave immediately when it's over because we feel so uncomfortable, and then we walk all the way home and immediately want to watch it again.
People have had that reaction, being repelled to that degree, and ask me if that's intentional. I would argue that especially in this day and age an extremely negative reaction is just as valid as a positive reaction. I would rather be repulsed or repelled than feel nothing, because at least then I'll remember it.
Can you talk a little bit about mixing high tech and lo tech?
I didn't want the bridge between the two to be arbitrary – I wanted them to fit seamlessly together. A lot of the effects come from how these disparate techs come together and accumulate. I wanted to occupy the awkward space between extremes.
This movie seems seamless.
That was the point. The cohesion of the audio and the video was intentional. It was never meant to be a series of music videos. I sought out a new format. It's not feature length. It's not a short film. It doesn't have a narrative but it certainly has an emotional arc. There is a structure, which, if anything, is an anti-narrative structure, but there is one there. I shot it as if I'd stumbled across a bunch of my dream footage, as if I had a bunch of tapes and was told to make a movie out of them.
How much of this vision was in your head to begin with and how much was improvised along the way?
There is a weird duality that comes from having meticulously laid out environments – you know, actors, sets – a fabricated reality. I like the awkward arbitrary nature that comes from mixing images like that and creating a new environment you weren't necessarily aware of before. I'm not interested in a piece that tells you what I think the meaning of life is. I'm also not interested in an abstract video loop that looks pretty in its own context and doesn't function outside of that. All these elements coming together allow you to occupy this weird third space that ideally permeates your inner life.
How has technology helped you in this process?
Everything from the cameras we shot it with to using the Internet as a tool to troubleshoot problems we might be having. At this point it is a different medium, like paint.


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In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer last Thursday Gov. Tom Corbett tied state education funding in his soon-to-be-released proposed budget to a package of public pension reforms he supports.
There is no question that Pennsylvania, like a number of other states, is facing a pension crisis. The crisis might be blamed on a perfect storm of spend-thrift governors and legislatures eager to pander to a large constituency and the economic collapse that cost pension systems billions in earnings that were supposed to support the largesse of politicians.
Corbett is determined to do something about it without risking the benefits already being collected by retirees or the amount that current employees have already accrued.
In that matter, we wish him luck.
It is never easy for government to tell a large group of people whose representatives have negotiated contracts through collective bargaining that the future of their retirement benefits will not be as rosey as in the past. Nevertheless, in some respects public employee benefits have been fairly insulated from the economic misfortunes suffered by those working in the private sector.
Education funding, for both public schools and those post-secondary institutions which receive state support, represent a significant chunk of the state budget. We're hoping that the governor dropped that nugget during the interview as simply an assessment of the state's balance sheet and not a veiled threat that education would be held hostage if he doesn't get the pension reforms he wants.
Local school districts, like our own in Warren County, found themselves cutting staff, student services and curriculum during Mr. Corbett's assault on education spending two years ago.
Education should not be a pawn in a political chess game.


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By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
A Cesarean section is a form of abdominal surgery that is performed to deliver a baby via an incision made in the abdomen.
A Cesarean section (C-section) may be planned in cases where it becomes evident during pregnancy that the procedure will be necessary or it may be performed as an emergency intervention.
Some examples of the circumstances where a C-section is needed include:
Prolonged labour is the most common reason for a C-section. The labour may be prolonged because the cervix is not dilating sufficiently despite contractions or because the baby's head is simply too big to pass through the birth canal.
If the baby is not receiving enough oxygen or the heart rate is increasing, a C-section may be recommended.
For a vaginal birth, the baby is usually positioned head-down in the womb and the head comes out before the rest of the baby's body. If the baby's buttocks have moved into the birth canal first (breech position) or the baby is positioned on its side (transverse position), a C-section may be advised.
A medical condition such as unstable heart disease or high blood pressure can make labor dangerous. A C-section may also be recommended in cases where the mother is known to have an infection they could pass onto their baby during delivery, such as HIV.
The most common type of C-section performed is the lower uterine segment C-section (LUSCS), which involves a transverse incision being made across the lower abdomen, just above the bladder.
A less common form of C-section involves a vertical incision being made in the abdomen, which allows a larger space for delivering the baby. However, this procedure is associated with more blood loss and a greater complication rate than LUSCS and is rarely used today.
In most cases, regional anesthesia is administered for a C-section. Epidural anesthesia numbs pain from the waist down. In rare cases, general anesthesia may be used.
Although C-section is a common procedure, it is still associated with a certain degree of risk. Some of the main risks of C-section include:
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Warrior Games athletes draw inspiration from U.S. Navy Lt. Brad Snyder
Prior to lighting the cauldron at the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, U.S. Navy Lt. Brad Snyder spoke at the "For a Noble Cause" brunch, a joint effort between the United States Olympic Committee and The Royal Foundation to raise support for wounded warriors and all people with disabilities.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Angelo Anderson has fond memories of when he first met Navy Lt. Brad Snyder.
"He was wearing glasses, and we all know he's blind," said Anderson, a Navy Hospital Corpsman. "So I was like, 'Brad, why do you have glasses on?' He said, 'It's a disguise.' That right there just goes to show that despite his injury, he can still laugh about it."
Snyder made a name for himself at last year's Warrior Games presented by Deloitte and became a source of inspiration for many of the athletes competing in this year.
Just eight months after losing his eyesight while serving in Afghanistan, he won seven gold medals (four in swimming, three in track and field) at the 2012 Warrior Games, but that was just the beginning.
He went on to the London 2012 Paralympic Games and won two golds and a silver in swimming.
Now, at the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, more than 250 athletes watched as he lit the cauldron alongside fellow swimming sensation, four-time gold medalist Missy Franklin and Prince Harry.
The culmination of achievements since his first Warrior Games didn't seem to stop, and Snyder said he didn't plan any of it.
"I hope what people can take away from my story is I didn't really seek out to do anything that happened last year," Snyder said. "I've said this a couple of times, it still feels like a dream to me; it still feels like I'm going to wake up and be somewhere else and say that was a neat experience."
But it's not a dream.
"Competing here last year was a very, very unique opportunity," Snyder said. "Then right on, it just kept getting better, and it just kept getting better, and all of a sudden, I was in London just blown away to be in the village competing against different countries, and things like that, and it all fell into place."
Many athletes returning to compete in the Warrior Games, such as Army Sgt. Ryan McIntosh, have followed his story.
"What Brad went through to go from losing his sight to being in the pool, then London, it's just phenomenal," said McIntosh, who will compete in volleyball, swimming, track and field and wheelchair basketball. "If he wasn't strong willing, then he wouldn't be where he is today."
Snyder elected not to swim for the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team this season but plans to return to full-time training for the International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships next year.
For now, he's encouraging others to continue to share the inspiration that comes from Warrior Games.
"Missy and I were talking about the motto of the (Olympic) Games, (which) was 'Inspire a Generation,' Snyder said. "The next generation of amazing athletes is in this room. … They're going to go back to their communities, and the story of the Warrior Games is going to catch on and ignite the flame of a lot of other athletes who are in their little communities, who really haven't had the idea or aren't exposed to the idea of Paralympics."
For more on the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, visit teamusa.org/WarriorGames/.


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While studying graphic design in Michigan, Keith Williams left college his sophomore year to take a job in ad layout at The Palm Beach Post. After nine years in newspaper design, he was offered the opportunity to work in landscape design with renowned Palm Beach architect Mario Nievera. Now a partner in Nievera Williams Design, he helps create some of the most impressive and admired gardens and outdoor spaces worldwide.
"I would've never guessed this is what I would be doing," he says. After 15 years, he's never looked back.
Words to live by: "Green side up."
Favorite pastime: Painting figurative abstract pieces. I would mix watercolor, oil and charcoal with canvas, wood or metal. I was kind of all over the place.
How he met his business partner, Mario: He bought some of my paintings.
Local project he's most proud of: The gardens at the Royal Poinciana Chapel.
Most unique overseas design challenge: Designing a Palm Beach-style home development in China.
What he's working on now: A Bermuda-style house.
Whom he admires in his field: Thomas Church, who was ahead of his time, and Charlotte Frieze, who has an amazing eye for detail and a great sense of spatial relationships.
What his personal landscape is like: It's an evolving garden. It's like a chameleon; it changes all the time.
His family roots: My mother is a master gardener, and I remember my grandmother gardening a lot.
Stress reliever: Working out.
Hobby: Taking photos on my iPhone with cool camera apps.
Favorite restaurant: Table 26. They have great gardens. (We worked on them, so I'm a little partial.)
Most prized possession: A Nikon camera my mother and father gave me when I was a freshman in high school. I won a photo award with it, so that gave me a little boost from a creative aspect.
Hidden talent: I can ride a unicycle.
Confession: I'm not a book reader. I maybe can count on my hand how many books I've read entirely.
Guilty pleasure: Ferragamo shoes.
How many pairs of shoes he owns: I'm not going to answer that question.
The title of his autobiography: Hurry Up. Everything seems to be so fast-paced, I think mainly because of technology. There seems to be no time to actually sit down and think about things. That's all we deal with—our deadlines—which is fine, great. It keeps you going. It's a challenge.
The best part of his job: The people I work with and meet.
What he'd rather be doing: Nothing. Maybe a rock star, but that's about it.


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In the early 1970s, an abandoned cement factory on the western fringe of Barcelona stood as a crumbling relic of Spain's industrial past. Where some people would have been daunted or deterred by the vast and derelict site, the architect Ricardo Bofill was inspired. He envisioned it as the dramatic setting for his home and offices.
The living area of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill's home on the outskirts of Barcelona. The sofa was designed by his firm, Taller de Arquitectura, and the lounge chairs are by Charles and Ray Eames.
"I wanted to create something halfway between a ruin and a cloister," he says of La Fábrica, as the complex is now known.
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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao -- a.k.a. "Food of the Gods")Contains naturally-occurring mild stimulants, theobromine and caffeine. CocoCeps contains on average 140 mg of Theobromine and 14 mg of Caffeine per serving. Theobromine and Caffeine are naturally occurring thus levels may vary slightly.
Cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis Hybrid Strain) is a mushroom which has been used in Tibetan and Chinese cultures. Originally found wild on the plains of Tibet, our Certified Organic Micronized Cordyceps is genetically bio-identical and lab-grown under low-temperature, low-oxygen conditions for maximum potency.
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I found this to be useful, but it has side effects. When coming down with a cold, I took it several times over a day, and the mushroom extracts seem to have helpful in flushing out the cold. However, I noticed that I was experiencing a lot of prostate symptoms, which I was warned about by my acupuncturist (it seems chocolate has been found to be an irritant to the prostate). I found that the more I took this product the worse they got. I gave away several boxes to women friends who seem to be doing quite well with it.
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It doesn't taste like cocoa, and have a strange chemical aftertaste.
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It have a very good chocolate flavor, mixes well and smooth... My new favorite!
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A friend, who knew I was trying to treat an auto-immune disorder with symptoms of severe fatigue with food and plant based medicine, told me about Cococeps. I tried it and loved it. Its a mellow add-in to my morning coffee. It has a naturally (no sugar added) sweet coco taste, and gives me a gentle boost with my one cup of coffee in the morning.
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I started an online course and this cocoa is my study companion in the evenings. It makes me feel good and alert, but doesn't interfere with my sleep. Nice with a bit of coconut milk.
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Seems our 'ole pal from Wisky still can't shake us out of his pea-sized brain:
Bret Bielema @BretBielema 4h It's a Sunday night and excited about the week ahead. Was good week of recruiting especially against "THE"
University's of the world. #WPS
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Columbus has been selected to host the 2017 and 2018 versions of the Short Course, North America's international horticulture convention and trade show.
Columbus was selected over Pittsburgh and St. Louis, said the event's new sponsoring organization, AmericanHort. The group will make its formal debut on Jan. 1 after the official consolidation of the Association of Horticulture Professionals and the American Nursery & Landscape Association.
"Columbus ranked favorably in all evaluated areas," board chairman Mark Foertmeyer said in a statement. "Additionally, the city and hospitality community continue to make critical investments to provide a world-class experience for visitors. Columbus has made considerable investments in its Downtown area to attract visitors and large conventions."
Experience Columbus, the city's convention and visitors bureau, said the events are expected to bring more than 9,000 people and $11 million in visitor spending each year.
"Our city has grown and innovated alongside the Short Course over the years and look forward to continuing that journey now with AmericanHort," Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, said in a statement.


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Ted Wun, M.D.
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- Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
- Chief of Hematology Oncology, VA Northern California Health Care System
- Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Ted Wun's main professional interests are medical education and clinical translational investigation. His primary areas of research have been in vascular complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) and the association of cancer and thrombosis. He and his colleagues demonstrated significant platelet and leukocyte activation in SCD and described the platelet-erythrocyte aggregates in these patients. He has participated in several multi-center therapeutic trials in SCD and is the former Chair of the Sickle Cell Disease Advisory Committee of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. In collaboration with other investigators at UC Davis and the California Cancer Registry, they are presently engaged in describing the epidemiology of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with a variety of cancers. This work has identified certain cancer types and predictive factors associated with a high risk of symptomatic VTE.
In his role as associate dean for research in the School of Medicine, Wun is responsible for expanding the breadth and depth of research at the health system, as well as implementing the health system's 2011-2016 Strategic Plan to increase high-impact, interdisciplinary research.
Hematology and Oncology
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Clinical and Translational Science Center
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
M.D., Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, 1984
B.S., Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1982
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, 1984-1987
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Chief Resident, Torrance, California, 1987-1988
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, 1992
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 1988-1989
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1989-1992
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American Board of Internal Medicine, 1987
American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology, 2010
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, 2011
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American College of Physicians
American Federation of Medical Research
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Hematology
Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
Association of Subspecialty Professors
International Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Southwest Oncology Group
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Eleventh Annual Tanaka Lecturer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 2009
Award for Excellence in Education, UC Davis Health System, 2004
Postgraduate Medical: Fellow, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 2000
Postgraduate Medical: National Blood Foundation Scholar, 1996
Postgraduate Medical: FIRST Award, NIH/NHLBI, 1995
Postgraduate Medical: Osler Institute Teaching Award, 1993
Postgraduate Medical: Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA, Medical Center, 1989
Undergraduate: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of N.Y., 1982
Undergraduate: Magna Cum Laude, 1982
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Owens, Gillibrand denounce SNAP vote
SARANAC LAKE – The U.S. House of Representatives voted to gouge the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Sept. 19.
In a 217-210 roll call vote, the House GOP passed a bill that would cut $40 billion from the $78.4 billion Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next 10 years. All 217 votes came from Republicans; every Democrat and 15 Republicans voted against the bill.
The bill must still pass the Democrat-controlled Senate and be signed by President Barack Obama before it goes into effect.
If passed, the bill would require adults between 18 and 50 without minor children to find a job or enroll in a work training program to receive benefits. It would also limit the time those recipients could get benefits to three months. Currently, states can extend food stamps benefits past three months for able-bodied people who are working or preparing for work as part of a job-training program.
The legislation would also allow states to drug test food stamp recipients and would stop lottery winners from getting benefits.
In a phone interview with the Enterprise, U.S. Rep. Bill Owens said the cuts go too far.
"I've supported in the past something between $4.5 and $10 billion in cuts," Owens said. "I think that those are reasonable levels of cuts, but you cannot essentially completely gut a program like this that does, in fact, provide very beneficial assistance to people who need it. I just think it's amazing that people want to strip away something that provides food for people who need food."
Nearly 48 million people, or about 15 percent of the population, in the United States use SNAP. North Country numbers aren't that high, but they're close.
According to 2012 census data, the population of Essex County was 38,961. The Essex County Department of Social Services reports that 3,670 individuals, or 9.4 percent of the population, relied on SNAP at the end of August 2013. At the same time last year, 3,562 people, or 9.1 percent of the population, relied on SNAP.
Franklin County is more on par with the national average. The population there was 51,795 according to last year's census data. The Franklin County Department of Social Services reports that 7,150 individuals, or 13.8 percent of the population, relied on SNAP at the end of August 2013. Last August, 6,839 individuals, or 13.2 percent of the population, relied on the program.
"It's going to adversely affect about 3,000 households in our area," Owens said. "It will affect veterans, seniors and kids. Do I think we need to cut back, make the program more efficient? Absolutely, but this is just a wholly inappropriate level of cutting."
If the cuts go through, they'd be arriving at a time when both Franklin and Essex counties are at an all-time high for SNAP recipients. Both counties have seen an increase in those numbers over the past decade even though their populations have declined.
In Franklin County the trajectory of SNAP cases shows a mostly steady incline. In Essex County, it has been more sporadic, dipping some years while increasing dramatically other years.
Owens called House Speaker John Boehner's statement that cutting SNAP benefits will help make getting Americans back to work a priority "completely fallacious.
"If you look at who the folks are who are receiving assistance, they're people who are making $8, $9, $10 an hour," Owens said. "If you do the simple math, if you have a family of two or three, that is not going to allow you to pay for transportation to work, to pay your rent and to buy food. We need to be supporting those people who are trying to get back to work so that we make sure that they continue to do that."
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand echoed Owens' sentiments in a press release.
"We know that one in four American children are hungry," Gillibrand said. "The Institute of Medicine did a report this year on SNAP/food stamps and concluded that our current safety net is inadequate in the face of hunger in the United States. In light of these facts, the House GOP has decided to pass a bill that cuts $40 billion from food stamps, directly punishing the hungry. Millions more won't be able to put food on the table if this draconian legislation were to become law. I will urge my Senate colleagues to stand together and fight these cuts in conference."


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We have seen a dramatic growth in global demand for soldiers, police officers, and diplomats to serve on international peacekeeping missions needed to stabilize some of the world's most challenging hotspots. The United States is helping to meet that need through the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), an effort that has made significant progress toward addressing this demand by working with our international partners to deliver the tools and training peacekeepers require for these critical missions.
In a recent visit to Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia, I had a chance to see how GPOI has supported our Asia-Pacific partners in their efforts to train and develop a new generation of leaders for the increasingly complex peacekeeping missions of tomorrow. The United States has long been the world's top financial contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations, providing on average more than one quarter of the international organization's budget to support more than 100,000 "blue berets," military, police, and civilians working to secure the peace and protect at-risk populations in 16 peacekeeping missions around the world. In 2005, GPOI was launched to expand U.S. support for peacekeeping by providing training, equipment, and other support to 59 partner countries and regional organizations.
I began my trip in Japan, where my team took part in a graduation ceremony of the GPOI's Senior Mission Leaders Course in Tokyo. The Senior Mission Leaders Course is a collaborative multinational effort to increase the number of leaders available for future missions, and one component of a larger effort in growing peacekeeping partner countries' capacity and capabilities. The ultimate goal is to help our partners create their own self-sustaining peacekeeping capabilities, so that they can join in international efforts to help fragile states recover from conflict and rebuild.
GPOI co-sponsors this course with the Government of Japan, working through the Center for Civilian-Military Relations at the Naval Postgraduate School. Also in attendance at the graduation was the Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces Japan, Marine Brigadier General William B. Crowe, Deputy Director-General from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Masafumi Ishii, and representatives from U.S. Pacific Command.
The 23 students attending this intensive two weeks of training hailed from nine countries across the wider Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand. They benefited from the vast cumulative experience of the course's senior mentors and instructors who boasted varied backgrounds as senior military, law enforcement, and civilian leaders in past and current peacekeeping missions. The senior mentors shared their own experiences with students and helped run exercises that included problem solving in challenging scenarios.
My next stop was the Philippines, which is one of our most enduring partners in the Asia-Pacific region on security and peacekeeping issues. The Philippines has a long history of peacekeeping, with contributions to UN missions going back to the 1950s. In recent years, it has increased its commitment to UN peace support operations and is presently in the top 30 of contributing countries with almost 900 deployed peacekeepers. Current commitments include significant police and troop deployments to Darfur, Haiti, Liberia, and Timor L'este, with smaller military observer deployments to Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire and on the India-Pakistan border.
The Philippines became a GPOI partner in 2007, and State continues to work with them to provide training, communications equipment, and upgrades to their peace support operations training center at Camp O'Donnell. As I met with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, I congratulated them on their achievements and encouraged them to continue progressing toward their goal of having one percent of their 115,000 active military deployed on peacekeeping missions. A previous graduate of the first Senior Mission Leaders course from 2009, Major General Natalio C. Encarma of the Philippines was chosen to be the Force Commander for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) mission in the Golan Heights.
Indonesia is one of the top 20 countries in the world in providing peacekeepers and has committed to doubling this number in the coming years. GPOI is actively supporting this effort by working with the government of Indonesia to establish the Peacekeeping Training Center at Sentul, Indonesia. This training facility is well along the way to initial operational capability and once completed will be able to house and train about 1,500 peacekeepers.
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Posted on 06/01/2011 4:31:56 AM PDT by Jemian
Good morning! There are seventeen months left until we retake the country, until November 2012. As far as I know Caligula is the only one who has declared for the RATS. The GOP field is shaping up with many contenders. Sarah Palin is on a JERK THE MEDIA AROUND bus tour in the Northeast and elsewhere to call attention to America's founding documents and our founding fathers and principles. She has promised her radio talk friends in Alaska that she would tell them first of her decision to run. That hasn't happened yet.
And in the hypocriscy department, Caligula's administration spends more money on limos than it does on Food Stamps. Everyone is equal, except some are more equal than others.
Yesterday it was 106 degrees, but don't know the heat index, it's already HOT and I MUST get out there and water my gardens. The okra love this weather, the squash and cucumbers are wilting and the tomatoes are growing in size. I wonder what the dog days of August will be like.
I could almost copy your entire post and have it for mine. The plants aren't exactly the same, but this is August weather in June. I started watering at 0730 and will break off about 11. Then, I'll resume about 1600. I shut off watering around 2100. Tomorrow I'll do the same. I've heard the theories about the best time to water. I have to water almost throughtout it seems.
We're big into wedding planning these days. The youngest is like me, plan early and make lists!
Just came in from watering. It will be 95* here today.......Definitely August weather here, too.
It's hot here - about 96. They are trying to make us feel better about the heat though - it will only be 77 during the night. Doesn't that make you feel better?
By the way, in case you didn't hear about it, we have wild coyotes in Decatur. A number of dogs in one neighborhood have been killed and it is definitely a coyote kill. They aren't sure how many coyotes but are telling everyone to keep their dogs close to home.
I knew we had coyotes - or at least one because I saw him/her - but I had no idea there were lots of them. Duh!
Wow! I feel great now. 77 at night. Time to break out the winter gear.
It doesn't surprise me about the coyotes. I bet they live in the culverts and creeks near the railroad. Does that sound plausible?
I'm a bit like y'all. I plan early and Roomey makes lists. I work the early stuff around whatever happens before the event, and Roomey has his list. He waits till so close to an event, I'm almost prostrate wondering if he'll make it. But he's a logistics person and then "we" get the end part done.
Coyotes live well in suburbia. We live on the edge of town, our driveway begins where town ends. (We live in the country) Many times when we're sitting on the patio at dusk we can hear the puppies yipping. It's not at all surprising to see coyotes run across the golf course early in the a.m. or even very late afternoon. They love cats.
One year I was smoking 17 briskets for the church, I smoke them at 200 degrees for about 20 hours. When I went out to check the fire in the pit, I saw about 4 pair of eyes, on the far side of the 3rd green, watching. They could smell the meat cooking. As far as I know they never came onto the patio. When Beanie lived with us, we never saw a coyote near the 3rd green, they always stayed quite a ways from the house. Coyotes can cause a lot of havoc in families of lost pets.
Actually they live in the woods up the street from us, as do plenty of rabbits, chipmunks, mice and even a deer or two. Fortunately they will be building behind us shortly, and the woods will be further away - which is good.
Most of the places that have had pets taken/killed by the coyotes have more woods than we do, however, I know that there is at least one living in our area - saw him/her with my own two eyes. Off and on we also hear them. Eerie.
Good morning!
Last evening, I got the two posts for the chicken run up and plumb and ready to be tied in to the coop this evening. I also discoverd one of our Black Jersey Giant pullets out of the pen and trying to get back in. She wasnt' too accommodating to me helping her, but I was able to catch her. This morning, I let them out of their cage into the pen and before I was at work, Barb told me that two of them were again out of the pen! I need to expedite the coop completion!
On Sunday, my trusty framing nail gun developed a bad leak around the trigger. I ordered a replacement part from a local company and Jack picked it up, yesterday. I replaced the valve and my trusty friend is back on the line...just in time! I just bought a new case of nails and I figured that would result in a catastrophic failure under Murphy's Law.
Isn't it fun watching Weiner and the RATS flopping on the deck?
Good Morning, it's hot, hot, hot in central Texas. Gotta
water the gardens, again. Tomatoes are beginng to form.
Oh ya!
I soaked everything yesterday. For Northern IL, it's way too hot, way too early!
Weather dudes say it will be in the 50s tomorrow after a storm moves through tonight. Yay!
It is always fun watching the RATS implode, but the story is entirely too tawdry even for me. I have been known to laugh at inappropriate things, but this is beyond the pale. LionsDaughter just made a comment about this making the congressman unpopular. I answered with, "Barney Frank. Bill Clinton." The thing is a resume enhancer for the RATS!
I just ticked off hubby - big time. Today is his mother's birthday. About a month ago, his sister asked if we could have the party here. No problem. I'd be honored to have the family, plus, they NEVER come to my house. In 35 years of marriage, this would be perhaps the third time anyone (except hubby's mom) has set foot in my door. Yes, we're invited to their house, but I'm never allowed to pitch in and do anything. If I start, I'm told to quit, that whatever is someone else's responsibility or plan. So, I'm allowed to sit on the couch and watch TV while the activities swirl around me.
Well, a week ago hubby was told that the party had been moved to his sister's house on the lake because "it was easier to get Mom there." Patent lie. Mom comes here about once-a-week. She enjoys being here with us. The problem is me. I've never been accepted by the in-laws and I never will.
The thing that made hubby mad is that he called his sister to ask what time the festivities were. She said that his mom would be picked up by his sister soon and that we can come "whenever." When I heard that, I told him, fine, you go when you're ready. I'll go about 12:30 or 1300, stay for an hour or so and then come home. I am not about to waste an entire day in a place where I'm hated. Good thing we have two cars.
I forgot to close my tags.
So we sort of partied last night. Had a great time talking about the old days (except that every other time you asked, what happend to so-and-so, you find out they are dead now).
So the upshot of all of that is I didn't wake up until 7AM CST, and it hurts to blink.
Life is good.
May The Lord be with all of good heart who seek Him and His will . . . with all true patriots who seek the true good of our Republic.
I would like Gene. I'm glad you had a "save-the-world" night. This world needs savin' and you and Gene might just be able to pull it off.
Drink lots of water for the hangover.
LOL! Cats are not our friends.
I understand your frustration. My former In-Laws had contempt for me because I wasn't Catholic and didn't speak Spanish. I was just the "big, dumb Gringo".
reid, pelosi, schummer, fwank and many, many more, will one day have to answer for their sleeze. I've read this character has been as bad as nobama, when campaigning. He finds some sleeze or uses a lie about his opponent then slips it anonymously to the public. He's like a boil on his constituents, which may pop at any time.
Have some chocolate icecream and breathe some O/2 straight from the tank.
Yes, they are like that. I have a friend and she is not accepted, tho she speaks Spanish, is not catholic. A pity, because she is a great cook and can is so arty and creates so many interesting things.
It's a shame when an in-law is not accepted by the whole family. The snub nosers must think the family member is intellectually a dupe. Poor things.
I'm back. I went. I sat. I made polite conversation. It's over.
Prayers up for your friend.
Prayers up, Johnny! Please let us know how she is doing.
On tap for us is the visit of a co-worker from Papua. We love her dearly and I'm glad she can stop off here in her travels.
till, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY or is that HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELATEDLY?
Yup. December 30th is the big date and we will be prepping up until then. This will be a busy rest of the year.
Last night we had a bit of rain. It was so appreciated. I'm hoping we'll have more. Right now we have a house guest, a dear, dear friend from Papua. Later today we'll pop over to Columbus with her and she'll help us shop for a wedding gown. Fun times (for women)!
Or perhaps this:
She'd look like TinkerBell!
Yes, it was, Thank you. Don't feel one day older.
I'll be off watching a little girl, about 10, try out for the cheer leading team.
LOL, that was our date too. I told Roomey I was his tax deduction.
Wonderful, a Christmas wedding! I love it!
Great! It is always a good omen (not that I believe in them) when a successful marriage has happened on your chosen day. I agree, a Christmas wedding can look beautiful. One thing which will help - the church will already be decorated and will need only a few more things maybe. We think we have the church nailed down, that will be confirmed on Tuesday.
We had a fun time looking at dresses yesterday. Honestly, my daughter is stunningly beautiful (she gets it from her dad). She can wear a size 4. I hate her, lol! She has forbidden me to post any pictures of her lest her friends would see them. We had it narrowed down to two at the store we went to yesterday. But Tuesday she has an appointment with another bridal shop and we'll see how things go.
HI! Computer has been dead as a old horse, SIL fixed it for me when they got back from vacation in Fl so I am back in the world once again.
I have been having a terrible time with my left eye too. Have to wear a patch over it and got my 'shack' blacked out, the eye patch I am having to wear is drivng me crazy, hard to operate seeing half of everything, so sensative to light.
Just wanted to check in and say hi to you and all.
How can anyone do something like this and not expect to be outed. he is a nut.
I'm so glad you checked in with us. I was getting mighty worried about you. I'm sorry about your eye. You mentioned earlier that you had been having trouble with it. I was hoping it had been cleared up by now. That must be miserable for you.
I hope you've been getting some rain. It has been extremely dry here. I'm hoping the heavens will open later today and rain will come down. We could use a good three-day soaker.
Have a blessed Lord's day tomorrow.
Weiner has requested a leave-of-absence.
I heard something came up. He said his problems comes in spurts
They turned out beautiful. I did use a crisp, sweet dry white wine when I made the peach filling, and also used real cardamom and nutmeg.
I started at 10AM. I've tasted a sample, but they won't be ready for another hour.
Sometimes, I think that money I spent at culinary school was the best investment I ever made.
I remember to this day when I was in Copenhagen there was a bakery next to the hotel and I bought a Danish fresh out of the oven. Yum!!!
I also talked to a US Based Danish chef who said it was too much work to make the dough and he bought his from some place in Seattle
A fresh Danish is one of those unforgettable foods
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I absolutely love my Clone, but I haven't had the best luck with MacDev's customer service. I placed an order for a Tactical Drone back in July of 2011 and it arrived without the parts kit, manual, lube, and allen wrench kit. Opened a ticket inquiring on the location of my missing pieces and received a response within the week. Thought everything was on track but the items never showed up. Continued communications with them all the the way through January of 2012, opening several tickets and talking to several reps along the way. Finally just gave up.
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Bomber is a novel of war. There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply those who remain alive, and those who die. Bomber follows the progress of an Allied air raid through a period of twenty-four hours in the summer of 1943. It portrays all the participants in a terrifying drama, both in the air and on the ground, in Britain and in Germany. In its documentary style, it is unique. In its emotional power it is overwhelming.
Len Deighton has been equally acclaimed as a novelist and as an historian. In Bomber he has combined both talents to produce a masterpiece. The classic novel of the Second World War that relates in devastating detail the 24-hour story of an allied bombing raid.
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"The original 24 hours"
Is it too long? I wondered halfway through. This book endeavors to put all events of a bombing raid together in a 24 hour time frame. Just like the TV series, it is nearly true to time. But it does work. All the stories are well developed and brought together. Lost one star in making every female character marginal and somewhat silly (this maybe a result the narrator, but is not helped by Mr Deighton, who has written great female characters in subsequent novels). The narrator did an awesome job of giving every one of the characters a recognizable voice and did a fantastic job except for the female ones.
Replete with incredible detail, I feel like I was in the bomber and on the ground at the same time. Almost a perfect book, almost perfectly read. Highly recommended! I don't think there was an agenda to this story, although I felt for the victims, none of them were very sympathetic. I still feel that everything the allies did to try to win the war was justified, after all they did not know how it would end, and were really just trying to win a war they did not start, but had to see through.
"A day in for all flight crews in WW2."
Well done showing the lives of German an allied pilots and flight crews. A 24 hours flow of time with the surrounding events showing clearly the horrors of war.
"Northern Virginia Review"
Tremendous detailed review of a day in the life of a bombing mission in WWII
"War and Peace in the air and under the bombs"
Horror of war
I can't identify a particular moment. The power here is in the broad scope of a single mission.
No, it's too long.
As Tolstoy presented the broad landscape of the Napoleonic Wars through the intimate details of a large number of different people's lives, so the author paints the details of a large number of people's lives during a single fictitious mission by Bomber Command over the Ruhr. War and Peace covers thirteen years, this covers twenty-four hours (on June 31, 1943).
"Deserves 6 stars"
Yes, and I am certain that I will. If you ever want to know what it was really like to be involved in a WW2 night bombing raid from the point of view of all those involved on both sides, read this book!
There are so many that it's difficult to choose, but the fate of Lambert, the English bomber pilot, after all the raids he has done and everything he has been through sums the whole thing up beautifully.
He has a measured delivery that does not sensationalise whilst at the same time never let's you get bored.
It came as close to making me cry as any book I have read / listened to
I spend time with WW2 RAF veterans at an annual event and these interactions just make the events depicted in the book more immediate and more personal. I can imagine these old men in their youth going on these raids, not just the one time depicted in this book but several times a week. And they are the lucky ones who made it through. In WW2, RAF Bomber Command aircrew took almost 50% fatal casualties, and hundreds of thousands of German civilians died in the raids they flew. This book makes those statistics very believable.
I am a former police officer turned history professor. I enjoy a good story, be it fiction or non.
"An Excellent "Read""
Absolutely. In fact, I already have listened to it again.
The buildup really pulls you in as you follow the German civilians, knowing what is going to happen to them. And also the pilots as they go about their preparations.
This was an incredible book. I listened to it over the course of a weekend and was genuinely sorry that it ended. Plus, the forward by the author is really interesting as he describes his process of writing and researching the book.
"A rather ponderous reading"
One of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors, this unabridged reading is good value for money but is somewhat spoiled, to my mind, by the narrator.
Richard Burnip's command of accents is acceptable and his German pronunciation, at least to this non-German speaker, seems good. However, Deighton's technique in this book is to describe the events surrounding a bomber raid on Germany in minute technical detail but in a completely dispassionate way. This has the odd effect, as Deighton of course intends, of emphasising rather than diminishing the sheer horror of the events described. Burnip's rather slow, over-deliberate enunciation, together with his habit of inserting small pauses where none should exist does not, to my mind, fit well with Deighton's narrative style and effortless mastery of technical detail.
"Richard Burnip.....avoid at all costs!"
Not as an audible book due to the dreadful, comedy 'narration. '
In the preview narration it is no surprise that it is the voice of Len himself rather than Burnip....no wonder, Audible know what they are playing at!
It's read out like someone reading a tiresome shopping list.....the characterisation is uninteresting and some of the accents border on offensive. RB clearly has no prior interest or passion about the subject. The narration is too laboured and doesn't flow....imagine being stuck next to this fellow on a plane or in a dinner party!!! :(
Turn off and reach for the paperback!
Avoid Richard Burnip at all costs!
"An old favourite revisited"
I like both formats in this case but I would say that the audiobooks probably brings the characters to life more. It is long time since I read the book though.
It gave the characters greater depth and gave them more life and in a lot of cases death.
Probably the trapped in the cellar sections.
I found it lived up to memories of the original book and though dated in a lot of ways it still brought out the terrible reality of war on people's lives.
Totally brilliant account of air warfare from both sides,not just horrific and gripping but excellently written delivering a story of love,life,death,bravery,courage,and stupidity all in the period of 24 hours,a must for anyone with a sense of humanity and the futility of war.
I have read this book before, narration made it a different experience, it was very enjoyable.
"Not for me"
Maybe a different narrator. Maybe.
Anything that will lighten the mood and feel less wooden.
James Lailey.
I am normally a huge fan of Len Deighton's writing and devoured my way through the Bernard Sampson trilogy of trilogies, SSGB and Winter but Bomber has me stumped. Such a dour plot and at just over the half way point I gave up for my own sanity. I'm afraid Richard Burnip's reading didn't help - sorry, but not a patch on James Lailey.
"Very real"
I was totally immersed in this, the characters and the events portrayed became very real
"Well written! Technical superb"
Just a Star minus for the story because it was overdone in some places especially concerning the chapter at the beginning with a german love story.
But otherwise very detailed. Technical well explained. Rough at times.
"An unusual war story"
A surprisingly good story about 24 hours in the lives of both German and British people, poignant and graphic with many plot lines. Despite this you really get a feeling of how each individual felt and behaved as if they were the main character.
Well worth a listen!
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With employees striking, the Eagle Point school district resumed classes with substitute teachers crossing picket lines.
The district has informed parents of a modified schedule with
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Athletics and graduation remain on schedule.
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