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Michael Zegan Says Joe is 'Still Evolving'
The actor shares an inside joke from set and why he relates to Girls.
How did you get involved with Girls? Were you already a fan?
Absolutely. I watched it from the beginning. I auditioned for a small part in the first season and, though I didn't get it, Lena Dunham really liked me and kept me in mind. She was also aware of me from my role in ?Frances Ha.'
And what about playing Joe appealed to you?
To be honest, I only got to read one scene for the audition. Just the fact that it was a role on ?Girls' -- and that he had scenes with Hannah -- was what really appealed to me. Since I started watching the show I wanted to work with Lena.
In general, are there aspects of the show that you relate to?
I was always a fan of ?Sex and the City' -- ?Girls' is like a younger, hipster-y version. I'd also really liked Lena's movie ?Tiny Furniture,' and I was curious to see what she would come up with next. I definitely identified with ?Girls.' I'm young and live in New York, though not Brooklyn, and frequent the same kind of places that are shown on the show.
Somebody asked me recently what I thought about the accusation that the show is not representative of my generation, or Lena's generation. It's not for everybody, not everybody who watches it is going to think, "Oh, that's totally me."
Would you say that Joe is indicative of a certain kind of twenty-something professional?
I have a friend who I kind of based him on, who's the funny guy in the office. I think Joe, more so than the other male characters, has his shit together. He has his own place, a job he likes. I think there's a chance he might be getting too complacent because he does want to be a writer. He hasn't been doing what he wants to do, but he does make a good living. I'm still figuring him out too. I don't know if he'll continue into future seasons, but in my mind he's still evolving.
How do you think Joe would be categorized in the GQ section he works on, the Field Guide for the Urban Man? He is spectacularly dressed.
Oh, I have no idea! But the shirt he's wearing when he and Hannah first meet is a girl's shirt -- it's the shirt Hannah actually wore in the pilot. It's kind of an inside joke on set and it informed the costumers in terms of my wardrobe for the rest of the season.
Hannah worries about selling out in this episode. As an actor, are you able to relate to the struggle of making compromises to get to the big time?
I totally identify with that vibe. I've been acting for years and only now has it really started to get going. It just takes time. In the previous episode, Hannah learns she has to wait three years to use her material again, and three years is nothing! But for a young person in their 20s, that's like a lifetime.
He gives Hannah kind advice about keeping up with her writing. He seems like he's in a much better place mentally than she is.
He is, but I'm sure he'd also rather be doing something else. But it's GQ, it's not some dinky magazine, so it's kind of like the big time. It's just not the department that either of them really wants to work in.
We learn that Joe has a thing for Karen, but do you think he might be developing a thing for Hannah as well?
I don't know! I think it's unclear as well -- purposely so. [Laughs.] I don't want to give away anything, but things are more friendly than flirtatious. Either way, they work together, so it can't start out as this big, flirtatious thing. It's got to evolve. But they do have a connection. There's an easygoing manner in which they talk to each other. It almost feels as if they've known each other for a while. If the story leads them to a relationship, I'd have to get used to doing more nudity!
That seems intimidating!
I've never done any real nudity before, and it's something that's challenging. As an actor you like being challenged, but it's still...frightening. [Laughs.]

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Was Augustine Bi-Sexual?, The Conclusion
What does it matter?
It doesn't, depending on what a person thinks of the implications. Because Augustine converted with a simultaneous vow of celibacy, all of his sexual activities are strictly pre-conversion. It would be hard for GLBT groups to use him as much of a poster boy for their causes considering he in no way condones his own sexuality, or hardly anyone's sexuality for that matter. In Augustine's eyes, sex is worldly, temporal and usually lustful, so any attempt at expressing acceptance of any kind of pleasurable sexuality is cut off before it even begins.
For some Christian groups, it might be unsettling to imagine their patron saint engaging in sexual acts with other men/boys and I would think many would resist any idea speculating about Augustine's bi-sexualty.
On the other hand, I can imagine that some Christian groups would gladly take Augustine as the prime example of an "ex-gay/ex-bi" person whose behavior was changed by belief in and commitment to the Christian God.
Augustine could be co-opted by either side of the divide.
14 comments:
- JSA said...
I don't think it's correct to use the term "bi-sexual". I think it's quite possible that he had physical relations with male friends, but I don't think this is the same as what people today call "bi-sexual". He was operating in a different cultural milieu, and the term "bisexual" carries a lot of connotations that don't make sense in Augustine's milieu.
Today, the term is defined as being against a presumed norm of "heterosexual". IOW, saying "I'm bisexual" is to say, "Don't assume that I'm like every other guy. *I* have no problems messing around with my buddies". People today use the term as a statement of hard-won identity that is an enduring part of who they are.
But that would make no sense in Augustine's world, or even in C.S. Lewis's boarding school. Of the boys who screwed around with other boys as youth, only a small fraction would have continued with that into their thirties. The ones who did might be worthy of the label "bi-sexual", but the fact of having messed around with other young men would generally not be evidence of an enduring personality trait.
Think of it this way. Is every reprobate little boy who does "red rocket" on the family dog, really a "beastosexual"? Is every young man who masturbates a "handosexual"? For that matter, most gay men have messed around with women in their youth. I have at least 3 gay friends who were exclusively with women, had married, and were into their adulthood before realizing they were gay. And my old friend Aaron Carl ranted about this before:
"If a "straight" man gets a blowjob from another guy, it does NOT make him GAY." Don't ask me how THIS conversation got started, but it did. I've had this same conversation plenty of times with plenty of folks -- and it's surprising to me how much I've had to ARGUE my stance on the subject!!! Let's flip the script, shall we? I've eaten "the cookoo's nest" a few times throughout my life... Does that make me a hetero? Because I like to watch the Detroit Pistons games, am I automatically straight? Stupid question, I know. But I swear, I deal with stupid people on a daily basis. I'll say it like this: Since you're so certain about YOUR sexuality, then go out and experience sex with someone of the same gender... Enjoy it. See how it feels... Then ask yourself the next day, if you've been converted. ...I HIGHLY DOUBT IT!!! I have never, nor have I ever tried to convert someone from straight to gay. Or vice versa... Personally, I don't give a fuck either way. Straight, gay, bi... If you're handsome, willing and able, that's all I care about. Go back home and be straight. I'll go back home and be gay. And the world will continue to spin..."
- terri said...
I have already acknowledged in my past comment on this subject that the modern category of "bi-sexuality" is a modern, mental construct.
The term is simply an easy identifier for "having sex with other men in the context of close relationships but still also being attracted to and having sex with women". That's too long to write out every single time! :-)
Sex is not one of my usual topics on the blog. I am actually quite victorian when it comes to publicly talking about sex and sexual acts...and my reaction to South Park and your link is merely..."Ewwww!! that's gross!" But then...we are talking about South Park, the comedy writing equivalent of sixth grade boys! :-)
As far as the whole Augustine thing, I don't really care whether he was omni-sexual. It's just something that popped out at me and I had never heard anyone address. I wasn't expecting that impression because I went into Confessions imagining him as the womanizer he is always portrayed to be and expecting to read about his long-term relationship with the mother of his son. I was taken aback by how utilitarian his language about her was and how very little he wrote about her.
- JSA said...
Yeah, I'm just belaboring the point because, in your Victorian naivety, you're bound to be offending gay and bi people. It's far from clear that Augustine would fit any historical or current definition of bisexual. You might be more accurate to say "Did Augustine have sex with other young men, according to the typical youthful behavior of men of his standing?".
Using the word bisexual risks pandering to modern homophobia and invoking the spectre that Augustine was somehow deviant from normal. In fact, I think that Augustine would find modern young men's copious consumption of porn to be far more deviant than the behaviour you suspect he may have engaged in. I think we need to be very careful when staring across such wide cultural gulfs. (And this applies also to your negative commentary about the way he spoke of women -- he was a creature of his time and culture, and love for women in those days was no less loving because it was not the sort of adulation we practice today).
- terri said...
Well, I certainly don't mean to offend gay or bi people. Considering that I have found GLBT sites using the same language about Augustine, it hadn't occurred to me that the GLBT community would take offense at the term.
As far as how Augustine talks about women....Sorry, no dice or concession from me. Was his attitude culturally accepted? Most definitely.....but that saddens me and no matter how "loving" he and his cultural equals may have thought they were being, I can't help but cringe at the way women are treated and discussed.
Augustine's use for women was wholly selfish, ego-driven, and utilitarian. Saying that's just the way it was doesn't do much for me as a woman and it certainly doesn't lead me take him seriously when he's talking about marriage or love between men and women. He doesn't address that specifically in Confessions, but I came across many footnotes and supplemental material that bore out my feelings about how he writes in Confessions.
Look...I can read someone from the past and try to appreciate their ideas. I can grant them leeway and realize they are part of a particular culture and outside the thought-world I currently live in...but sometimes it's not going too far to realize that they can be a real jerk or a selfish clod in some areas.
Augustine did not love women...period.
The only poignancy he expresses is when his mother dies and he writes a very beautiful tribute to her, crediting her many prayers for his salvation.....but even in that he makes the comment that her faith wasn't like a woman's, but was masculine in nature.
It's always lurking there...a certain level of misogyny. As a woman, it's hard not to see it.
- JSA said...
Of course there are people in the GBLT community who would love to claim Augustine as bi, but my point is that they wouldn't be talking about the same thing that you are talking about here. You are talking about "enjoyed same-sex sexual relations", while they are actually talking about bisexual. You've made a potential case for the former, but not for the latter (a case for the latter may be possible, but seems completely out of scope for your discussion). To the GBLT community, those are two very different things, and for very important reasons.
"Augustine did not love women...period"
What man in that age did love women, per your definition? My point isn't that Augustine's perspective on gender relations is worthy of emulation -- it isn't. My point is that it's not Augustine's perspective. It's the perspective of every man in the his world. It was taken as a given that the female was the passive, receptive, and weaker sex; while the man was active, potent, and stronger. The sexes were not to be taken as peers, and for Augustine to adore a woman as moderns do would've been seen to be even more perverse than his youthful playing of "bottom" to his friend's "top". At least in those relationships he was playing subservient to someone who was his natural peer, rather than someone who was inferior.
Obviously it was misogynistic, but you can't single out Augustine or even claim that he should've bucked the dominant cultural milieu. Furthermore, I think it's a bit extreme and bigoted to say that he didn't love women, simply because it wasn't how you would want to be loved. It's analogous to radical Islamic societies today, where the husband would never dare to express public affection for the wife, and may consider her partially a beast and beat her at times, but it's not our right to claim that there are no bonds of affection or tenderness between them, or that they don't love one another.
- terri said...
First, I would like to do more reading from AUgustine's time in order to say that his particular view is normative. Although I generally feel that it isn't excessively abnormal, I don't know that there aren't contemporary to Augustine's times examples of women being more appreciated than Augustine appreciated them. I'm going to reserve judgement on that because I have found that my initial impressions about ancient history aren't always supported by the evidence.
Second, I'm not talking about "adoring" women. WOmen have lived in misogynistic cultures throughout most of history, but there are degrees to misogyny. There are many men I think of as sexist who still can express some sympathy, or appreciation for women even in their own limited way.
It's analogous to radical Islamic societies today, where the husband would never dare to express public affection for the wife, and may consider her partially a beast and beat her at times, but it's not our right to claim that there are no bonds of affection or tenderness between them, or that they don't love one another.
That makes me want to throw up. Abusive and dysfunctional relationships abound. WE don't need to go to Islamic countries to see that. I know that abusive women "love" their abusers and car about them. I know that abusers "love" their victims and "care" about them.
I would imagine that an abusive father would claim to love his abused children and have affection for them sometimes too.
That is not healthy love or true love. And I do have a right as a human being and a woman to express the opinion that any man who beats women and thinks of them as beasts doesn't truly "love" his woman.
Cultural understanding can only be extended so far before it becomes utterly ridiculous.
And to put in a good word for Augustine, even he seems saddened by the beatings his father inflicted upon his mother, though he does admire her for bearing up under them and not complaining about it....gag.
So even though he's removed by me by 1700 years, he's still human and an see that beatings aren't fun or loving.
- JSA said...
I'm not trying to say that I, personally, consider the radical Islamic manifestation of marriage to be loving. I'm just saying that a billion other people have their own definition of love, and they're sticking with it. From my understanding of Augustine's cultural milieu, he was a lot more loving (under our modern definition) than the typical radical Islamist, and probably significantly more loving than the typical noblemen and businessmen of the time.
Remember that corporal punishment of children was also considered to be a very loving thing to do, and parents did not place their children on an equal level to the parents. As Augustine's comments seem to show, he considered women to be something like in a state of permanent childhood, though a bit higher than children, not capable of loving the way that men could love. Even the Biblical admonition of "Husbands love your wives; wives respect your husbands" shows something of this prejudice. The way that parents love their children is disanalogous to the way that children love parents; and it would make sense to say "Children respect your parents; parents love your children".
Anyway, I am very hesitant to condemn an entire period of history, or an entire culture of 100 billion people, just because I feel more enlightened than them. We ALL love imperfectly, and I am sure that you and I would appear more hideous in contrast to Christ's love as the radical Imam appears to us. On this earth, none of us owns big-L Love; we just try at little-l love.
- terri said...
I'm going to push back a little, and I don't want this to be as confrontational as it may come across.
On the one hand you worry that I might be offending gay/bi-sexual people....pandering to homophobia by using the term bi-sexual. I honestly don't get your concern. I'd be pandering to homophobia if were using Augustine's sexuality to disparage him. I'm not and I'm not using an offensive term to describe him.
Then you worry about me judging that radical Islamists who beat their wives and think of them as beasts are not having affection for them. You made similar comments on that Donald Rumsfeld post a while back, listing a bunch of stereotypes about how that reporter would or should behave in his own culture.
Do you not see that you are doing the very thing you accuse me of?
You are making stereotypical, sweeping, cultural comments and then fretting about whether I might hurt "radical islamists'" feelings?
You can characterize them all as wife beaters, but I can't say their actions are unloving?
Sorry. I just think that's ridiculous and a little disingenuous when you are the one claiming to accurately portray the feelings of the gay community and Islamists and how "they" behave.
I somehow doubt that if you saw an American couple in which the husband and wife dynamics were equivalent to your description of radical islamists that you would be so quick to caution me to not be so "judgmental".
- JSA said...
Well, I didn't mean to come across as judgmental. I happen to have a lot of personal experience with both issues, and I'm just trying to share a perspective that might not match yours, for your consideration.
For the first, a man who has enjoyed sex with other men isn't necessarily bi or gay. And I'm just letting you know that heteros who insist otherwise are judged with suspicion by the GBLT community. This is because it's usually a prelude to saying that gays or bis can be "cured", or that it's a lifestyle choice or a preference. And it's just not accurate.
You can take that however you want. No skin off my back if you want to insist on your own definition of bi. I'm just sharing information.
Second, I'm not at all worried about you expressing disgust at Mediterranean men circa 400AD, or Muslim men circa now. Go right ahead, and I'll mainly agree with you. But I think it's really weird to say that they didn't really "love" their wives, just because you think their definition of love is reprehensible. I think you're confusing your moral disgust with a debate over the definition of words, when the definition of words (and *especially* a word like "love") can vary widely from individual to individual and from culture to culture.
- terri said...
I'm not expressing disgust at men. I'm expressing disgust at the attitude. I try not to personally disparage people or groups of people.
Whatever love Augustine felt for his mistress, it was extremely minimal. You can read Confessions for yourself to see what I mean.
Augustine broke with his mistress not because he wanted to convert, but because he wanted to marry and advance his career. He states this himself. The girl he was arranged to marry was only ten and not wouldn't be marriageable for 2 more years.
He didn't even know her. His emotional bond with his mistress was never powerful enough for him to consider marrying her, even though he could have.
Now, was he acting in accordance with his culture? Maybe, but even taking that into consideration I think there is room for personal excess in this area.
- james said...
If he were alive, would he consent to be so co-opted?
I'm trying to imagine what he would say about Rev. Young's "Seven Days of Sex Challenge."
- terri said...
Would he want to be co-opted? I highly doubt it.
I'm sure Augustine would hate any discussion of sex in church that wasn't cautionary. He really viewed sex, even within marriage, as an obstacle in Christian faith. It was sinful in most instances and a distraction even in marriage.
During this time, many of the early Christian leaders were celibate, so there may have been a motivation on Augustine's part to want to emulate those whom he admired. Plus, he took very seriously those verses from Paul about being better able to serve God by remaining single and the instance of Jesus discussing people who were eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of God.
- JSA said...
"I'm not expressing disgust at men. I'm expressing disgust at the attitude."
Sure, but it's a pretty unalterable part of who they are.
I did read Confessions not too long ago, and maybe my issue is that I identified too closely with his story about his mistress. The world is a messy place, and it's not realistic to expect that every couple will be on their first intimate relationship forever, and that nobody will have their hearts broken. People move on for various reasons, and leave a trail of wreckage. I *will* say that the women a guy feels most guilty about are not going to be the ones who he used for physical comfort, but the ones he formed a strong emotional bond with, and allowed to form a strong emotional bond back. The ones you leave behind are not the necessarily the ones you didn't love.
Anyway, I'm not defending it; I wouldn't claim to be a shining example of how to love, but neither would Augustine, I presume. I just think he's expressing a very real situation that many men today end up in, and maybe he could be a cautionary tale.
To your point about arranged marriage and marrying someone you don't even know -- I have tons of Indian friends, and am close friends with at least 4 couples in mixed Indian/Caucasian or Indian/Chinese marriages. Indian people marrying people they don't know at all is still quite common, and cultural gender expectations are very different for Indians. Thirty years ago, I would've labeled many of these relationships to be either non-existent, unhealthy, or in some cases even co-dependent. But when I've known these people for a decade or more and see how their relationships go, I think they love each other very much.
Likewise, I'm on my second marriage, both to women from completely different cultures. Entering a committed relationship with someone who has very different cultural expectations about what love means, can be like kick in the teeth. You have to abandon what seems obvious and sometimes adopt behaviors that you would have previously considered dysfunctional, if you really care about the other person.
Anyway, I'm not arguing some postmodern B.S. about "Everybody loves different, so anything you do could be seen as love". What I'm saying is that everybody thinks their love is the most unique and most perfect, but the truth is that most of us are pretty crappy at it. I think there *is* one universally true definition of what real love looks like, but none of us has any right to boast about achieving it.
- terri said...
I'm sorry if my comments hit you in a spot that is closely identified with Augustine.
In the same way that you can identify with certain parts of Augustine, I have great sympathy for the mistress. Here's a woman who spent 15 years of her life with this man...gave him a son...followed him everywhere..and then she finds out he's going to put her aside for a marriage intended to further his career. She's given him the best years of her life and is left with nothing.
No security. No marriage. No love.
Of course this is a story that has been played out for millennia between men and women and her tale is a cautionary one even today. Many contemporary women have lived an exact replica of her life.
I don't identify with her through personal experience, but simply from the common bond of womanhood.
I'm not down on arranged marriages, in general. I only object to Augustine's because he already had someone he had a built a sort of life with, and having it cast aside for an arranged marriage with a girl who isn't old enough to marry yet just further underlines his utilitarian-ness in my mind.
Arranged marriages between adults who are willing to accept them can work out beautifully. I can't say that I would be able to relate to it, but I can see the benefits in entering marriage through a more contractual process than relying on mere emotion.


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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Obituaries, and Other Good News
It's been a somber week for the HoseMaster. Death can do that to you. I mean actual Death, not the living death that reading Reign of Terroir can bring. It is my sad duty to inform my loyal readers of the deaths of the following significant figures in my life, and in the life of the wine business. I'd ask for a moment of silence, but that seems unnecessary given the quality of my comedy.
A renowned and important figure in wine, once the heir apparent to Merlot as the wine every pinhead orders in a restaurant, a position now held by admitted sissy Pinot Noir, Syrah has died. The cause of death has not been announced, but Syrah had long been suffering from dementia and was thought to have been homeless for many years. When last seen alive, Syrah was noticeably disheveled and smelled gamey. His remains had washed ashore in Australia, the place widely believed responsible for his death.
At an early age Syrah made his reputation in the Northern Rhone Valley of France where his Hermitage was considered one of the greatest wines in the world. The Chave family, among others, adopted Syrah in his formative years and groomed him into greatness. But a falling out had Syrah fleeing to Australia where he changed his name to Shiraz after living with Peter Allen and falling in love with musicals. For many years thereafter people believed that Shiraz had originally been from the city of Shiraz in Persia. This rumor lives on today, though it's clear that there is no Chave of Iran.
Shiraz was an enormous success in Australia. Abandoning his familiar roots, no pun intended, in Hermitage, Shiraz put Australia on the map, though it must have been a pretty crappy map if it didn't have Australia on it, hell, it's damn continent, though a puny one. Within a few years, Shiraz was seemingly ubiquitous on the world wine stage. Syrah was quickly forgotten, his old identity hidden like Tom Cruise's sexuality beneath Nicole Kidman. Shiraz was at the forefront, sitting on top of the world from his home Down Under, like a viticultural Crocodile Dundee. Indeed, Shiraz would soon turn out to be a big Croc.
His fans came to expect him to be inexpensive. His fame rested on Rosemount, the pseudonym he used to infiltrate every supermarket in the world. Then he made some poor decisions and slowly drifted into the sexual underbelly of nearby Thailand, falling under the spell of Yellow Tail. It was the Yellow Tail that began his undoing, his addiction to wanting it often and wanting it cheap.
Shiraz attempted comebacks many times under his old name, but his public wanted nothing to do with California Syrah. His act was tired, he showed visible signs of stress, and in many of his California appearances he was obviously green and unpolished, as if he'd been left too long on his weary stems. But Syrah kept trying and trying to recapture his glory days, his days of high prices and high praise. But the public, the press, turned their back on him. His days in the limelight were over.
Syrah was pronounced dead by Eric Asimov in June of 2010. There will undoubtedly be attempts to revive Syrah, but he's dead. In a statement released today, Syrah's old friend Grenache said, "There was just something about Syrah when he was at his best. In his youth, he was muscular, yet charming, like Hilary Swank but not so butch. And even in his later years when he was fat, he had the ability to make you smile, to make you remember the beauty he once possessed. He will be much missed."
Once the up-and-coming player in the wine game, Organic fell prey to corruption and was discovered last month dead in a compost pile. From the aroma of chicken shit, authorities suspect foul play.
There was a time when Organic was the darling of the wine business. Wineries flocked to her like wine bloggers to unemployment lines. Her name was on the lips of every winery owner, whether he actually knew her or not. When Organic allowed you to put her name on your wine bottle it was prestigious and hip. Wine lovers wanted her. Organic made them feel like they were contributing to society. Sure, they drove SUV's and drank water from plastic bottles, but at least they got drunk saving the environment. The illusion served Organic well, made her desirable and famous.
But her popularity was her downfall. Corruption followed success, as it often does in the wine business (see Wine Spectator, Chateau and Estates obits). Corporations lobbied her, successfully getting Organic to lower both her standards, and then her 100% Organic panties and show them her emergency evacuation route. Her name began appearing everywhere, often in places she never would have allowed before. Walmart produce, clothing made in Indonesia, chain restaurants, boutique coffee chains that herald the end of civilization as we know it. Organic became meaningless. But it was to get worse.
BioDynamics emerged as Organic's replacement and sounded her death knell. Created by Rudolf Steiner, and promulgated by a long list of delusional winemakers, BioDynamics quickly replaced Organic in the minds of short-sighted consumers. Organic had sold out. BioDynamics was pure and spiritual, the Tammy Faye Bakker of viticulture. It wasn't long after the appearance of BioDynamics on the American wine scene that Organic was found dead. No charges have been filed against Steiner's estate, but BioDynamics is under investigation. Authorities believe evidence has been buried in cow horns in an undisclosed location.
There was no one at the Organic service. No one cares.
26 comments:
- abc said...
Authorities believe evidence has been buried in cow horns in an undisclosed location.
I needed a smile today.
I will miss my fine friend syrah.
- June 16, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Eric V. Orange said...
can you put a stake in Demystify?
he is well worn his welcome.
- June 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Eric V. Orange said...
okay, worn out.
- June 16, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Amy Love,
Sure, you'll miss Syrah, but you never visited him when he was alive. Now Syrah is dead and you'll have to live with those regrets.
Where have you been? Welcome back.
I killed Robert Parker and Syrah and Organic. I've only got so much time. But, never fear, I'm sure more Obits will come one day soon.
- June 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Thomas said...
A memorial service seems in order. Maybe we can hold it at the orange wine festival.
- June 16, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
It was not more than fifteen years ago that Riesling was dead. Fortunately, it has risen from the ashes.
Syrah will rise again as well. It is just hard to know when, but it will not disappear the way Sangiovese has fled the scene. Sure, expensive Syrah is a drag on the market, but Syrah sales have not died on the national scene.
Organic is a different story. This puppy never had a chance. For one thing, only hippies and nut cases made truly organic wine. And those who argue that sulfur is organic so it is OK to use it in the vineyard and in wine cheapen their own argument. And when they do not use sulfur, they destroy the wine. So, they have invented a new term. It is called Organically Grown. If the grapes were organic, it does not matter what you do to the wine in the winery if you are Organically Grown.
But BioDynamic is by far the worst offender. I went to a Bio-Dynamic conference once and learned the following. Every country has its own rules for BioDynamic. Some want to add water (try growing grapes in Australia without using water). Some wanted other elements not known to Steiner because that was how they made wine (think acidulation, megapurple, ion exchangers).
Ultimately, the BioD practitioner who was explaining all this proudly proclaimed that they were working on a compromise that would suit everybody.
WTF? You can't compromise with BioD. Either you believe that cow dung in horns helps and that elves live in the ground pushing up the fruit or you do not.
But here is what ultimately turned me off to BioD. At least half of the conference was spent talking about how to monetize the BioD name.
In that, at least, they beat the bloggers to the punch.
This was actually a very funny post, Ron. It just seemed to ring a couple of bells. Besides, rants are good for the soul.
- June 16, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Joe said...
HA! Pure rhinestone, sir.
- June 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM
I poured some Syrah on its grave and drank the rest.
Charlie, while I do believe that the less junk in the soil the better (and therefore am a sorta cow horn girl), I went off Biodynamic TRADEMARK when I discovered that Demeter US had trademarked everything you could possibly make/want/do with the word (including t-shirts and all that stuff). This was after Demeter made a deal with/bought out the non-profit that had originally trademarked it for crop applications in the US (in '97, I think).
And I was told during a wild car ride in Italy that the reason why they trademarked all those words (go check it out) was to protect the sanctity of Biodynamic religion after organic had been spoiled by the lax church of the USDA. They have a point there, as we mourn its loss, but a monopoly is not a point.
Eventually, I lost interest in the politics of it all (actually, editors lost interest. I rarely loose interest in politics).
- June 16, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- Sip with Me! said...
I predict Syrah will have more comebacks and more names than Prince.
They'll look for years and never find that cow horn, but then, years later, when they discover another cowhorn, Biodynamics will finally admit guilt and rot away in an Austrian prison.
All joking aside, fascinating information from Kathy about the politics of biodynamics movement and I love how she discovered that biodynamics had bought "protection".
- June 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Those are not elves, they're gophers and they're not pushing up the fruit, they are kicking up the poison pellets dropped into their burrows.
- June 16, 2010 at 8:37 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
Thank you, Arthur. Obviously, I need to go back and read my Steiner.
One of the other delights at the BioD, "how can we monetize the word", meeting I attended was the comment by one of the panelists who admonished the unwashed to stop describing BioD as a religion, and then was followed by five panelists who described it in religious terms.
I am entirely in favor of using whatever natural methods can be substituted for additives to the vineyard. But, when folks start telling me that copper and sulfur and other elements are natural and thus okay but water is not (except apparently in Australia where water is allowed by Demeter), my eyes glaze over.
Protect the land, honor it and make it healthy, but for goodness sake, talk to me about wine, not about how you can market your wines better.
- June 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM
Repetitio est mater studiorum
- June 17, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Ron Washam said...
I have been kicking around BioDynamic satires in my head for a long time and never found one I liked. Yet. It clearly invokes a naturist religion every chance it gets, while sporting a hypocritical marketing angle at every turn. It's a lot like network television making a fortune promoting Mediums and vampires and Mentalists. We can make you feel good about believing in this stuff, AND make money doing it by selling you cars and makeup, and then use product placement to make even more money.
Promoting the health of the environment is obviously a good thing. But there's always a sort of defensive apologetic tone to BioDynamic people, an embarrassed tone when the details of BioDynamics are discussed. Which is where the comedy lies. Does BioDynamics work? Sure! It says so on the Internet.
Well, anything people get for free, like when BioDynamics was a non-profit, they believe is worthless. Pay for it, give them 25 cents a case for the right to use their brand name, and, bingo, you've got converts. I paid for it, I practice it, I put it on my marketing material and promote it on my bottles, and I'm no sucker, so of course it works!
It's good to know that there is a use for the manure from a lactating cow. Aside from me flinging it at everybody on HoseMaster.
And, Kathy, I'd love to know your background, who you are, what you do. If you want to stay anonymous here, that's fine. Email me at my private email, email@example.com, to satisfy my curiosity.
You are very welcome here.
- June 17, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Ron Washam said...
Riesling is not Syrah. Its disappearance a decade ago or more was hardly noticed or commented on, and while it has come back, it hasn't been much of a comeback. Think Pia Zadora, not Betty White. People are more excited about the abhorrent Gruner than they are about Riesling. That doesn't say much for its comeback.
Cheap Syrah will be with us for a long time to come. But Syrah at the high end, say over $35, is deader than Gary Coleman. Everybody I talk to can't give it away, high score or no high score. It's a critical darling, but a public disaster. You are right that it will eventually make a comeback. I doubt it will be in my lifetime.
I don't get it. Repeat it ten more times.
- June 17, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Thomas said...
Che syrah?
Non ti media brettanomyces?
- June 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM
At such a solemn time as this, we must take a moment to reflect. Look at all the good that has come from Syrah (Billy Ray & his daughter), Organics & BioD (new jobs for PR people) and the web sites (no real jobs for anyone!)
And on the eve of the pontification of STEVE! and Charlie's son @ the canine convention in WaWa,Wa., I say we raise a glass of '03 Guigal Hermitage Blanc...and toast the past and future.
Ron - I am beginning to notice a similarity between R. Steiner and a red-headed female wine writer from NYC.
- June 17, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- VinoMama said...
How do I get some 100% Organic Panties? I strongly believe Vegen wine will be the next big wine movement.
- June 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Ron Washam said...
Oh yeah, you mean MenoDynamics.
I don't even know what that means.
There are already a few wines advertised as Vegan. I kid you not. They promise they don't use egg whites for fining. The wines go perfectly with anhedonist cuisine.
And 100% Organic Panties are the ones God gave you.
- June 17, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Heard it through the grapevine that it was a murder/suicide and Shiraz took Syrah Palin down with him. She was about to be booked at the Big Fresno Fair, if it's true there sure are gonna be a lot of disappointed and sad inbreds down here (not for Shiraz, nobody knows what the hell that is).
- June 17, 2010 at 5:00 PM
A friend who practices generic biodynamie asked me if I could get a horn from the cows in the field next door or their farmer (really). I could not. (I was worried the bull might think my puny jigsaw is a puntilla.) Yet, I am a fan (as are workers) of what vineyard managers are doing to reduce chemicals. The taste is, IMHO, different in a way organic is not. Don't hold it against me, Charlie.
Without sulfur, long-life biogra wines will need the skills of Hardy Rodenstock.
Thank you, Ron.
- June 18, 2010 at 12:17 AM
- 1WineDude said...
And yet, the zombie Retsina is permitted to roam freely among us and terrorize our children...
- June 18, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Charlie Olken said...
Guess who I got a letter from regarding my comments about Demeter?
None other than Demeter. The writer argued that folks work hard to get the certification and they are serious about their soils and their wine, not just about marketing. OK, I agree with that. But, it is still a kind of religion to them, and it has marketing overtones, otherwise they would not have spent so much time talking about capitalizing on it.
And as I also pointed out, the wines of the leading practitioners of BioD do not convince me that Biod is changing the course of wine quality.
On the other hand, I do respect anyone who wants to farm with less chenical interference.
- June 18, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Thomas said...
Well, Charlie, isn't it nice to know that Demeter has someone scanning the Internet for use of its name and then sending a note to "set people straight?"
Kind of like the fellow from WSpectator who responds whenever someone makes a comment about the magazine that either doesn't fit the marketing scheme or threatens to expose something.
- June 19, 2010 at 6:21 AM
Dude, I saw him!
Syrah is alive and thriving in Washington state....
Paul G hangs with him and plays music, Dr. J(ay) talks about the Bosox with him and Harvey takes secret vacations to Walla Walla with him!
I can't leave my name because I have been known to add him to a Rhone party....
- June 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Ron Washam said...
I'm not surprised a bit that the Demeter folks contacted you. And they don't need anyone scanning the Internet, Thomas, they get a vibration. The vibration comes with a disclaimer, "If you wish to unsubscribe from this vibration, drop your pants and show us your cow horn."
There's no doubt using fewer chemicals is a good thing. Does it make for better wine? There's definitely not a one-to-one correlation on that score. But it sure sells wine to the rubes.
There are reports of Syrah roaming the great Northwest, much like the rumors about Sasquatch. Those photos and sightings are doctored. Dr. J wouldn't know Syrah if it married his sister. Syrah be dead.
- June 19, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- Veronique - The American formerly known as Ceci said...
Love it! Tom Cruise and Hilary Swank comments were incredible. Hahaha. And the cow horns in the undisclosed location just about made me soil myself! hahahahaha!
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Bento Xpress takes the Japanese tradition of fast, convenient, tasty lunches, adds a dash of aloha and comes up with an only-in-Silicon Valley multicultural and affordable eatery.
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Smith, a 6-foot-5, 240-pound forward who played the last two seasons at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Fla., averaged 13 points and nine rebounds a game in 2012-13.
During his prep career at Fulton County High School from 2007-2011, Smith set school records for points (1,903) and rebounds (1,156), and was consistently picked to his all-district and all-region teams throughout his four-year career. He ended his senior season averaging 19.9 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a senior.
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"The biggest thing that jumps out when you watch Leonard play is that he is a very competitive kid," Smith said. "He will bring an air of toughness and tenacity to our team – which is something we need. He's not a guy with a true position, and we've had a lot of guys like that in our program who aren't a 3 or a 4, but fit somewhere in between. He's a good passer and defender, and a capable shooter, and we really like his strength. He has the ability to play in the post and be an inside/outside guy for us. We think he will be a good addition to our team."
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jimreb wrote:Lt. Dish wrote:Amazing how different I feel from yesterday. No estrogen involved, either.
I'm concerned about becoming concerned. Does that sound nuts?
(I know a long season has its ups and downs, but I'm scarred! I'm a broken fan!)
Hopefully Cole can stem the tide tomorrow. I'm not ready to go into panic mode yet, just keeping tell yourself all teams go through losing streaks at sometime, even the good ones.
You know, I keep telling myself all teams go through losing streaks at some time, even the good ones. Wait a minute...
Planning ahead, I think I may need to self-medicate during the Cardinal series at the end of the month. Good thing I'll be off that week.


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Auckland-based music student Sarah Ballard is this year's NZSO Todd Corporation Young Composers Awards winner.
It is the second time Sarah has been a participant in the prestigious national composers' programme, but she didn't expect to take home the grand prize at yesterday's award ceremony in Wellington.
"I'm surprised and overwhelmed," she said following the announcement. "This programme is a melting pot of compositional styles and I love absorbing all of them."
Sarah plans to keep composing and complete her Masters in composition at the University of Auckland under the tutelage of John Elmsly and Leonie Holmes.
"I always love being part of this programme because each composer's musical style feeds into my subconscious. It enhances my experience as a composer and may even lead to what I produce next."
Sarah's piece Bitter Hill is based on the landscape around the Waikato River, where she grew up.
"When you look into the river, you can almost hear the steamer boats that used to make their trade there. The farming community across the bridge is Pukekawa, which means 'hill of bitter memories'. The land and atmosphere, accompanied by the senses, is very much a part of my being. Mercer, where I grew up, was a great place to explore my imagination."
This year's NZSO Todd Corporation Young Composers Awards, now in its eighth year, featured compositions by eight aspiring composers from Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Blenheim. Each composer was selected after submitting their scores to a panel of industry professionals.
Dunedin-based composer Anthony Ritchie was this year's programme mentor and judge. He worked closely with each composer throughout the three days, offering compositional tips of the trade.
Ritchie said Sarah's piece Bitter Hill was very "moving".
"Sarah is a composer who has been working on developing her voice further and you can hear it in Bitter Hill. It is a bold work and very professionally produced."
Composer Wesley Webb received the Orchestra's Choice Award for his programmatic work The Last Moa, written from the perspective of the last remaining moa. This award is decided by vote by the players of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
"Wesley's composition is very well-created and he has great skill in the way he puts forward his ideas," said Anthony Ritchie.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, led by Kiwi conductor Tecwyn Evans, performed each work during the three-day programme. NZSO players from the Percussion, Woodwind and Strings sections offered in-depth master classes for the young composers. Radio New Zealand Concert recorded each piece to be broadcast next year.
Sarah received a gift and cash prize from Sir John Todd at the ceremony.
"These young composers are making New Zealand a better place because they're contributing to our culture," said Sir John Todd following the announcement.
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Development of major new features for Django tends to take place in branches — copies of the main codebase focused on a particular feature. Using branches makes it easier to experiment with such sweeping changes without possibly breaking the trunk — the main line of development.
Branches may not be stable, but they offer a chance to test out bleeding-edge code before it hits the mainline. Give them a try, and remember to send feedback to the branch maintainers!
Active Branches
- Django Aggregates, as a part of the 2008 Google Summer of Code project work was done on adding aggregate support to the Django ORM, this is currently under active development
Creating New Branches
Please see http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/#branch-policy for information about creating new feature branches.
DVCS mirrors
If you have a branch of Django maintained with a DVCS tool, please add it below.
Launchpad mirrors Django's trunk: https://launchpad.net/django
You can fetch it with:
bzr branch lp:django
There are several git repositories out there, some of which are used to develop patches that will come to SVN.
- Jannis Leidel has set up a git mirror on github, updated every 30 minutes.
- Repository: http://github.com/django/django/tree/master
- Jacob Kaplan-Moss has also set up an experimental git mirror (django-developers post):
- Repository: git://djangoproject.com/django (browse) (broken as for 2009-03-11)
- Matthias Kestenholz has set up several git repositories for Django and for a selection of Django applications:
- Gitweb with complete list of repositories: http://spinlock.ch/pub/git/ (broken as for 2009-03-11, http protocol works fine as of 2009-03-18, git protocol is stil broken)
- The django changes are sporadically published on repo.or.cz: http://repo.or.cz/w/django.git/ (as for 2009-03-11, last update is 5 months old)
- Other people also published their repositories, in case you want to add them as remotes:
- brosner: git://github.com/brosner/django.git (browse)
- Marc Fargas (telenieko): git://www.marcfargas.com/django.git/ (browse)
- Alex Gaynor: http://github.com/alex/django/tree/master
Mercurial (hg)
- Bitbucket: The Bitbucket crew maintains a number of Mercurial repositories that track official repositories of different projects, all of them owned by the mirror pseudo user. In particular there are a Django trunk and Django 1.0.x mirrors, both always up to date.
- SVN2HG Gateway of Django and Active branches, updated hourly: http://hgsvn.trbs.net/django/
- GeoDjango Mercurial: includes
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Title updates are usually intended to solve problems and squash bugs, but sometimes they introduce new issues of their own. Case in point, the recent Shuffle Party update somehow ended up slightly bugged when published to the Marketplace.
Before we delve into what happened, here are the Shuffle Party version 1.1 release notes:
- Game stability issues fixed. We had noticed more crash reports when connected to a Network than we could stand for.
- Avatars no longer appear standing backwards.
Unfortunately, after installing the update, dark and garbled textures appear on the tables, frame, puck, and bowling pins. As a temporary workaround, just head to the Pro Shop and select new skins to make everything look right again.
Developer Babaroga was surprised to encounter the texture bug, because both they tested the build beforehand. Likewise, Microsoft tested and certified it as well with no problems. Thus the texture bug most likely popped up during the process of publishing the build on the Marketplace. Both parties are investigating right now and hope to release a new, bug-free update soon. In the meantime, the versions 1.1 update has been pulled, so just sit tight if you hadn't already downloaded it.
That little update hitch aside, Shuffle Party is one of the better free Xbox Live games, second only to Wordament. With multiple modes: traditional table shuffleboard gameplay, bowling, and puzzle-like challenges, it'll keep players busy for a good while. See our review for more details, or grab the game here from the Marketplace.


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I found some related topics which shows this problem is common :
How to solve frequent crashes in RTK XI (english pc version)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI problem
But there is no solution for the problem!
Then I found this comment in a pirate torrent website :
Urthurian at 2011-09-29 08:42 CET:
I've downloaded this exact torrent from AiTB twice over past two years or so. This is indeed an amazing game and files are clean and beautiful. HOWEVER, there still is an issue about Deng clan flag crash that was never patched by KOEI.
Whenever a character with a name that starts with "Deng" appears on screen upon marching in an army, convoy, navy, etc., there's chance of game crashing in both XP and Vista mode. If it has not, move the screen the hell away from that Deng Sumthin' character when you are about to save. Loading a game while one of "Deng" unit on the screen will literally FAWCK you up unless you are a prudent player who uses more than one Save location. It is mine, and quiet a few others' Theory this is due to "Deng" clans' flag being graphically bugged. Zoom in on one of them units and see the blur yourself.
Also, game itself will randomly crash at totally unexpected times. There is clearly graphic card issue against newer Graphic Cards with this official version yet KOEI has decided not to create a patch for this. Lastly, Save Files rarely becomes corrupted, causing Deja Vu all over again unless you save quiet often. ... there is yet another problem, but just a simple minor glitch regarding Sovereign's picture. It becomes a blur for no apparent reason in the hours into the game then goes away after a while only to return.
I bloody wish someone could create a patch/fix for above issues that has not only occurred to me but others as well(google it when in doubt), for KOEI has become lame and won't update the game over three years.
Even with all these hassles, i give this game 9 out of 10 for being so L33t.
So the problem is with Deng officers!
Any idea how to omit them from the game completely? (for example by doing some hex editor)


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Learn something new this summer is the message from Derbyshire County Council Adult Community Education Service.
There will be more than 2,000 daytime and evening courses and activities for adults to study for new qualifications or explore new hobbies and interests.
More Saturday workshops and shorter courses are also available.
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Hi all,
I'm not sure that my issue with XCFE but I'lm still in the early stages of hunting this down.
When I first installed Mint 13 with XFCE, I opted out of the password challenge at the initial login and I have only one user acct.
Now, I want a password protected login back...I have tried to use the desktop gui tool to do this, by unchecking the "enable automatic login" box,
from System -> Login Window -> Security
After this attempted fix, the login prompt returned, but an empty entry doesn't cause an error, and the user account loads.
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I'm not using Mint, but I believe you have also to uncheck the option of "passwordless" (not sure the exact terminology) login for that user.
Thanks Darktux I'll look for that ....sounds familiar but I didn't see it.
So I'm missing the usual users and group gui and thus there's no password options for me to manage.
Also, I'm suddenly missing the gui which controls the shutdown, restart and login choices....I have to do it from cli.
Oh yeah, my nm-applet is missing from the notification area in the panel....I'm having to add it to my ~/.config/startup...
I did some tweaking of my system recently, such as
sudo apt-get autoremove
I wish I'd had saved the output from the autoremove, there were a bunch of lib* stuff from gnome...I bet that's my problem.
and I made these two launcher apps which turn off and on the xscreensaver using xscreensaver-command.
I'm about to be very busy with a cross country move for a new job and it's not a great time for reinstalling the XFCE desktop.
TIA to all who respond,
UPDATE: I had the "Enable Timed Login" box checked....now everything works as I wanted...
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I fixed my various problems created by autoremove by installing xfce4-session...
to get the gui back to manage the login I installed gnome-system-tools.
the link below shows how to use strace to find the config file that the gui uses in the case where you want to manage the options
via cli.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/108955/e … mmand-line
however, after logging out, I was still able to login without entering a password, even though the gui Users and Groups
is set to require one....
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"I want you to consider the witnesses that the people are not going to call, [they're] not going to produce Theofan or Clarson — they're calling the current comptroller; he wasn't on the job when Fagen was elected," Gann said. "[Theofan and Clarson] are the people who had direct contact and direct communication with Fagen."
Gann told the jury that Theofan told Fagen shortly after he took office to keep a diary logging his work as a councilman, saying that anytime he spoke to a constituent or attended an event, it counted as work.
Gann said before the trial that Fagen was unaware that the city was submitting payroll records to the state on his behalf stating that he had worked up to 40 hours per week in a job that Fagen considered part-time. He told the Herald that the previous administration submitted false documents on Fagen's behalf for a pension credit to the state, and had turned those documents over to the district attorney's office in an attempt to have Fagen arrested.
Gann said that Fagen, who was laid off in August 2009 from his sports marketing job, believed he was eligible for unemployment as a councilman because his income during the time in question did not exceed $20,000 a year, or $405 per week, the minimum income to disqualify a person from receiving unemployment.
According to Gann, Theofan informed Fagen that he was eligible to collect unemployment at the time, saying that he would present an email corroborating that statement at trial.
"The case comes down to a question of intent," Gann said. "[Fagen] reasonably believed that what he was doing was right."
Regarding the charge involving his consulting work with Willow Advisors, Gann said that Fagen did not begin that job until Sept. 12, 2010, after his unemployment benefits had expired.
"When you use your head, your heart and your common sense, you'll only be able to come to one conclusion: that Michael Fagen is not guilty," Gann told the jury.


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Convicts to Australia. This is a neat site which includes information for Australians (and others) who are researching convict ancestors. It includes a chronological list of all the convict transports sent from England to Australia, convict tales, timeline, and a research guide to the entire subject.
I found this quote from the index page funny, "Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable." My family has a convict ancestor but it is not something we are proud about. However, he was not a pioneer of America in the same way that the convicts sent to Australia were among the pioneers there.
You can also visit the Clayton's Convicts page of the site and create your own convict ancestor if you lack one. I typed in my name, claimed I live in New South Wales (I am in the USA), and got the following story, "My ggg-grandfather George Brown was a historian, who lived in London, England, in the early 1800s. Life was extremely difficult back then and the Brown family was very poor. In 1820 the unfortunate George was caught with two accomplices, Arthur Dodger and Oliver Twirl, stealing a hat from the home of Mr and Mrs Babcock, who resided at 17 Struggle Street, London. George was tried and convicted at London Quarter Sessions and in 1822 was transported to Australia on the convict ship Sterling, for a term of 7 years. There are now many fine, upstanding descendants of George Brown living in Australia, the most upstanding of all being Miland Brown, who currently resides in New South Wales."
Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
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- SQPY23 said...
Numerous of my Australian friends proudly wear the badge of ancestral criminality - it's pretty much a hoot.
I'll never forget a quip made by one of my Aussie pals: "Yeh, the main difference between you lot and us, is the Poms learned their lesson; wouldn't let us have guns."
- Miland said...
Thanks for all the comments. And welcome to the WHB. I hope you keep coming back.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 7, 2004) - The first day of main draw competition began Thursday at the ICY/HOT ITA All American Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sophomore Oscar Posada (Valencia, Venezuela) advanced to the main draw yesterday with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) win over Tony Haerle of Rice University.
Posada is the first Buccaneer since Gustavo Gomez in 2000 to advance to the main draw of an ITA national tournament. The main draw features 46 of the top 50 players in the preseason ITA singles rankings, who were automatic qualifiers for the final draw of 64.
"The Bucs are back in business," said an excited head coach Yaser Zaatini, who played in several ITA Grand Slam national tournaments during his playing career at ETSU. "I'm very proud of Oscar and how he is playing. I hope this is the start of a great future for him."
Posada played his first match of the main draw Thursday against No. 14 Alex Slovic of the University of Washington. The match was hard fought and went to a third set, but Posada was able to pull ahead with a final decision of 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
This win advanced Posada to the round of 32 where he was slotted to play No. 60 John Isner of the University of Georgia. Posada had already faced Isner earlier this fall season and had won in straight sets to advance in the Southern Intercollegiate. However, today Isner would deal Posada a tough 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4 loss. His fall record for this season now stands at 7-2.
The men's tennis team will now have little over a week to regroup before traveling to the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. from Oct. 15.
The Icy/Hot ITA All American Tournament is the first of three national championships for singles and doubles during the 2004-05 season. The Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee hosts the men's section, which runs until Oct. 10. The singles tournament fields can run over 350 players, making it the largest collegiate event of the season. A player who begins in prequalifying may have to win up to seven matches just to reach the main draw. Over 70 schools from across the country will be sending players to compete.
This event has been played annually since 1979. A number of its past participants have enjoyed successful professional tennis careers, including 1999 U.S. Open finalist Todd Martin, formerly of Northwestern, and current pros like James Blake ('98 champ), Bob ('97 champ) and Mike Bryan, Alex Kim, Jeff Morrison and Brian Vahaly ('99 finalist). Washington's Alex Vlaski topped Baylor's Benedikt Dorsch in last year's singles final and Texas A&M's Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic beat Rice's Richard and William Barker in the doubles final.


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Chicken a la King
These special old-time recipe for Chicken a la King evokes a delicious sense of nostalgia
This is my childhood comfort food. I usually make it with leftover cooked chicken. If you don't have leftovers, though, either broil or poach about 1-1/2 pounds of chicken. Use a mix of white and dark meat or one or the other if you prefer. The sauce may be made ahead and reheated in the top of a double boiler. You may have to add a little broth to thin it. Serve over rice, noodles or popovers.
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
3 cups chicken broth, at room temperature
3 cups cooked chicken, skinned, boned and cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced and sautéed in butter until golden brown
1/4 cup pimientos, drained and chopped
2 large egg yolks (at room temperature), slightly beaten
1/4 cup blanched, slivered almonds, sautéed or toasted
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Salt and pepper, to taste.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter, stir in the flour and blend. With the heat at medium, slowly add the chicken broth. When the sauce is boiling, smooth and thickened, add the chicken, mushrooms and pimientos. Reduce the heat to medium low.
Put the egg yolks in a small bowl and pour a little sauce over them. Mix together and return to the pan. Add the almonds, sherry and peas and heat through. Season with salt and pepper.
Recipe by Bonny Wolf from Talking With My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories (St. Martin's, 2006).
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If Glenwood residents approve the construction of an outdoor aquatic center in next month's $4.75 million bond issue election, the new facility would likely be managed by staff from the Mills County YMCA.
"The city council's perception is that's probably the best route to go," city administrator Brian Kissel said. "They (YMCA) already have what they call a CPO – a certified pool operator. If we could take that person and manage the outdoor pool, that person could serve dual purposes."
It's been a busy couple of weeks for area firefighters.
Since Mills County issued a county-wide burning barn beginning March 19, local fire departments have battled 17 grass fires all over the county, stoked by dry, windy conditions.
Due to the abnormally warm temperatures and several months of below normal precipitation, Mills County Emergency Management polled the local fire department chiefs of Mills County and the Mills County Supervisors resulting in a consensus vote to issue the burn ban.
GLENWOOD – A new principal hired less than a year ago who was predicted to "do a great job at the high school" resigned Monday night after failing to meet his own expectations.
Shane Stephens submitted the letter of resignation to the Glenwood School Board in a Special Board Meeting Monday, stating the decision was made with a "heavy heart yet clear mind."
There will be no federal reserve status for the Loess Hills.
One day after the Mills County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution opposing the reserve designation, members of the Loess Hills Alliance board of directors put an end to their pursuit of the federal protection.
The Mills County vote took place Tuesday after supervisors listened to public comments on both sides of the issue.
Glenwood Fire Chief Robert "Butch" Fidler said a discarded cigarette on an outside deck was the likely cause of an early-morning fire Saturday that resulted in extensive damageto a two-story duplex at 511 S. Hazel St.
Fidler said the Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the scene around 3:30 a.m. after occupants of the residence were awakened by a crackling sound and discovered the fire. Firefighters from Pacific Junction and Oak Township assisted at the scene, Fidler said.
MALVERN - Faith Ridge Life Center, a 51-bed skilled nursing facility in Malvern, and 21-bed Kevington Lane in Sidney will close later this year as a result of the owner's ongoing financial woes and legal struggles with the state of Iowa.
Mary Morse-Bolton and her two facilities owe the state over $400,000 in Medicaid overpayments and health care taxes, according to lawyers and representatives of the Iowa Department of Human Services. On Friday, a district court judge in Des Moines honored the state's request to begin the process of closing the facilities.
A Mills County jury needed less than an hour of deliberations last week to find a Nebraska man guilty of sexual abuse charges against two children.
John R. Schondelmeyer, 64, of Bellevue, Neb., was found guilty of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony, and two counts of lascivious acts with a child, a Class C felony. His trial lasted just one day and included emotional and descriptive testimony from two female victims, who were 7 and 8 years old at the time the crimes were committed in their home last September.
A 66-year-old Glenwood man will not go to prison for carrying a gun on school grounds.
Lyle Hillhouse was carrying a 12-gauge shotgun when he was arrested near the Glenwood Middle School Dec. 2. Hillhouse was initially charged with carrying a weapon on school grounds, a Class D felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Hillhouse, who was arrested on school district property near the Keg Creek pedestrian bridge, told arresting officers he was intending to use the gun to hunt squirrels.
A 35-year-old Pacific Junction man is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, after fleeing from law enforcement officers and ramming a Mills County Sheriff's SUV while the deputy was standing near the vehicle.
Myron Lee Brandon is facing charges of attempted murder, eluding, criminal mischief, second-degree theft and third-degree burglary.
Bruce and Marlene Sprain will be recognized in March as the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce's Citizens of the Year.
The Sprains will be among the Mills County residents honored for their public service at the chamber's annual Betterment and Beautification Dinner and Awards program March 6 at The Fountains Ballroom.
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i-KNOW 2014 aims at advancing research at the intersection of disciplines such as Knowledge Discovery, Semantics, Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Social (Semantic) and Ubiquitous Computing. The goal of integrating these approaches is to create cognitive computing systems that will enable humans to utilize massive amounts of data. Since 2001, i-KNOW has successfully brought together leading researchers and developers from these fields and attracted over 450 international attendees every year. The international conference is held annually in Graz, Austria and organized by the Know-Center and Graz University of Technology.
We are very proud to announce our high-profile keynote speakers for 2014
- Bernardo A. Huberman on "Big Data and the Attention Economy"
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We are proud that EC-TEL 2014 (European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning) will be co-located with i-KNOW 2014 in Graz. Therefore, we are also specifically interested in contributions which bridge the two conferences. Topics historically covered at our conference (such as semantics, LOD, social semantic web) will also be integrated into i-KNOW 2014 and contributions are encouraged to also cover these topics.
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For the past 13 years, i-KNOW has focused on knowledge technologies which build the basis for knowledge management. In the light of new trends such as big data and the massive utilization of mobile devices we think it is time to embrace new developments in order to create systems which interact naturally with humans, learn from their experiences and generate and evaluate evidence-based hypotheses. That is, we interpret cognitive computing as the convergence of various knowledge technologies research fields. On the other hand, data-driven business represents the business perspective on cognitive computing and takes application specific knowledge (such as semantics) into account.


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Miles Makes It All Good
On Thanksgiving day the Cowboys showed us that they can be a team to be reckoned with and that WR Miles Austin can very well be the playmaker the team has been searching for over the last season and a half.
Against the Raiders last Thursday, Austin caught seven passes for 145 yards and hauled in another touchdown after being denied one minutes earlier in the game.
Austin had a field day against the Raiders' tight man to man coverage, and ironically he could have had a few more catches had he simply held on to them.
All in all he, Austin showed us that he is back on track after experiencing some down time in the two games prior. Most importantly, he delivered a big game against a Raider secondary that ranks in the upper half of the league, and features two of the league's best man to man coverage cornerbacks. Take a bow Miles!
Additionally, even Roy Williams hauled in a touchdown of his own, while Jason Witten made a couple of long grabs en route to yet another 100+ yard day for the Pro Bowl tightend.
It was a great game to watch as the Cowboys seemingly had everything working for them, and not just in the air but on the ground as well.
Felix Jones finally showed the explosiveness that had been lacking since his knee injury, and dazzled the crowd with an electrifying run for touchdown, and Tashard Choice made a nifty run of his own out of the Razorback formation.
Next week we go to New York for a rematch against the Giants. It's a game that we need to win so that we can finally take control of the division, and put the NFC East race to bed.
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Fee for the seminar is $20, and each participant will receive Linda Pinzon's "Anatomy of a Business Plan: a Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing your Company's Future," a $50 value.
Planning is the map to success in the business world. One needs to write a business plan when:
Richard Pérez, director of the TAMIU-SBDC, explains that a business plan helps one find hidden business flaws and makes one think carefully about each phase of a business.
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