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The Worst Op-Ed Ever Written?
A professor makes you feel sorry for Starbucks.
It was Aug. 5, and professor Stanley Fish, the famous postmodernist and "guest columnist" for the New York Times, had some breaking news to expound upon in an op-ed piece. He had discovered a new development in American culture that deserved the kind of exegesis only he could deliver: the appearance of a new kind of coffee place.
Have you heard about these new coffee places? Professor Fish's column made it seem as though they had never been noticed or discussed before.
"Getting Coffee Is Hard To Do" was the title of his essay, which in its self-satisfied cluelessness may just qualify as the worst op-ed ever written. (I'm not sure if "Worst Ever" will become a recurrent feature in this space, but my column on "The Worst Celebrity Profile Ever Written" (Esquire's pretentiously fawning profile of "the best woman in the world," Angelina Jolie) stirred up some useful controversy.)
At the very least, Fish's column showcases what happens when certain academics descend from the ivory tower to offer us their special insights on popular culture.
Not that Fish would cop to living in a tower. The professor took great pains to demonstrate that he is not one of those academics who mingle among the commoners for a mere 20 minutes or so before pronouncing on their baffling customs.
It seems that professor Fish is a real man of the people who has been getting his coffee served to him amidst the regular folk for years, at the kind of place where you could order your coffee and cheese Danish, and "twenty seconds later, tops, they arrived, just as you were settling into the sports page."
You can tell he's a down-to-the-earth guy, not some pointy-headed intellectual, because he uses phrases like "twenty seconds later, tops" and reads "the sports page."
But our professor seems to think he has encountered a brand-new cultural phenomenon: coffee places that are disturbingly different from the lunch counters of yesteryear.
Well, I did a little Googling, and it turns out he's right! There are hosts of these coffee chain stores, including one with the improbable name Starbucks, infiltrating our cities. I don't understand why the Times' cutting-edge "Styles" section hasn't done something on this before. Wake up and smell the coffee, "Styles" section editors!
It turns out these new coffee places are incredibly difficult to navigate, even for a brilliant academic like professor Fish.
Here's how he describes his harrowing experience: "As you walk in, everything is saying, 'This is very sophisticated and you'd better be up to it.' "
Of course, we know that professor Fish is being ironic here. Some might say condescendingly so. From his tone, we know that the elements of what he mockingly describes as "sophistication"—"wood or concrete floors, lots of earth tones, soft, high-style lighting, open barrels of coffee beans, folk-rock and indie music, photographs of urban landscapes, and copies of The Onion"—aren't true sophistication to a man of professor Fish's discernment. They're kitsch, faux-sophistication—and you can't fool him. He can see right through it!
Although at this point you begin to wonder if his op-ed wasn't meant to be a feature in the Onion ("Area professor befuddled by coffee place"), Fish is apparently serious about the profound difficulty this new cultural phenomenon presents.
In any case, professor Fish's description of his terrifying encounter with this coffee store is enough to make a grown man weep:
First, unlike his previous coffee shop, which evidently was never crowded, you have to get in line [!] and wait to be served for more than 20 seconds, tops. In fact, "You may have one or two people in front of you who are ordering a drink with more parts than an internal combustion engine." Oh the humanity!
What's worse, these, these PEOPLE, whoever they are, use unfamiliar terms: "something about 'double shot,' 'skinny,' 'breve,' 'grande,' 'au lait' and a lot of other words that never pass my lips."
Not only are they unfamiliar, practically indecipherable, these terms (what could au lait possibly mean? It doesn't even sound like English!), you virtually have to sound them out to read them. They are, furthermore, literally, unspeakably vulgar to a man of educated taste. (They "never pass my lips"—imagine if a man of his intellectual distinction had to say au lait!)
And by the way, you satirists and improv comics out there. Why haven't you picked up on this elaborate coffee-name trend and made fun of it? That new show I've heard of, Seinfeld, could really get some mileage out of those funny names for coffee sizes. Tall is small! Comedy gold! (I myself have tangled with Starbucks, though mostly back in the day when Seinfeld was still on the air. But my tiffs were with its management, not with the 20-second-plus wait or the beleaguered baristas.)
But professor Fish's ordeal does not end with the profoundly confusing names, confusing even for someone who specializes in language. (And I should say here I am an admirer of his early, pre-postmodern work Surprised by Sin, a controversial study of Milton's Paradise Lost.)
No, the ordeal continues even after you master the ordering process: "[Y]ou get to put in your order, but then you have to find a place to stand while you wait for it."
Professor Fish is particularly good on the inhuman stress positions this requires of him. "[Y]ou shift your body, first here and then there, trying to get out of the way of those you can't help get in the way of."
How he maintains his priceless sense of humor in this Abu Ghraib-like environment of torment is hard to imagine. But it gets worse. You can bump into people and spill coffee, and it's hard to find a seat. I'm not kidding. (Well, he isn't.)
But there's more! "[T]hen your real problems begin," he says with stoic grit. Some readers, the faint of heart, may want to skip this next part, because things really get ugly: the "accessories" difficulty. (Note to self: Tell agent about plans for thriller to rival The Bourne Ultimatum—The Accessories Difficulty.)
You must face "a staggering array" of "things you put in, on and around your coffee ... " Here, he's referring to such highly fraught choices as sugar or Splenda, whole milk or skim. High stakes choices, with so little time to tease out the implications and consequences. What's more, there's no service person to help him make these terrible decisions. "[S]o you lunge after one thing and then after another with awkward reaches."
At this point, one can sympathize not so much with professor Fish as with the Times op-ed editors who had to come up with a "pull quote" for the hard-copy edition. You know, the pithy phrase that billboards the column's essence. Here's what they came up with:
Get it yourself."
I think that about captures the unbearable excitement of these revelations. Oh, the exquisite, um, awkwardness of those "awkward reaches"! But he "got it himself" despite the indignity. And he lived to tell about it. And make it relevant! In fact, one can see a hint of professor Fish's signature moral relativism—known in the lit-crit trade as anti-foundationalism—creep into his prose as he attempts to grapple with the accessories difficulty.
"There is no 'right' place to start," he notes, no solid philosophical foundation upon which to base difficult sweetener decisions. As with the most difficult questions of philosophy, politics, and literature, there are only subjective perspectives.
He is once again face to face with the tragedy of the human situation.
But he's got a much larger point to make. The dread "New Coffee Experience" turns out to be emblematic of one of the key ills of modern times, the servant problem:
It is "just one instance of the growing practice of shifting the burden of labor to the consumer—gas stations, grocery and drug stores, bagel shops (why should I put on my own cream cheese?), airline check-ins, parking lots."
Imagine, a man of his distinction, forced to "put on my own cream cheese." Why is there no one to do it for him?
He might have mentioned ATMs. Used to be you could walk into a bank and ask a teller to give you a couple hundred bucks, and they'd hand it over, "twenty seconds, tops." No troubling paperwork, remember? And what about credit card machines? Now, it's "insert this, swipe that, choose credit or debit, enter your PIN, push the red button, error, start again."
One wants to feel sympathy for professor Fish in his distress. But although most of the unintentional humor in professor Fish's column comes from his comic cluelessness about things he thinks are "new" in the culture, this note of entitlement gives it a kind of nasty edge.
He concedes toward the close of his column: "[N]one of us has chosen to take over the jobs of those we pay to serve us."
Is it just me, or is there something grating in that phrase: "those we pay to serve us"? So distasteful, the life of the servant class, compared with the life of the mind.
But at least in the old days the servant class hopped to it and got professor Fish his coffee and Danish in "20 seconds, tops" and worked themselves to the point of exhaustion all day for less than a minimum wage to make sure he would have something to consume with his "sports page."
As multidegreed as he is, I have a feeling that it would be an invaluable addition to his education if professor Fish spent a week "serving" as a barista. You know: For someone who believes in perspectives rather than foundations (except when it comes to grants), it would seem like a useful additional perspective on the whole coffee-servant question.
He also might want to consider that, while in some ways we do more ourselves these days, some of us might just prefer that to having servants? Just another perspective.
Still, the column makes clear why his kind of deep thinking has earned him academic stardom and university deanships. Such a man deserves to be served. Not to have to serve himself.
In any case, the op-ed may not have been a total loss; it might suggest the subject for his next magnum opus: Surprised by Starbucks.


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What's News: The Chicago Board Options Exchange resumes trading after a glitch shutdown the exchange. A factory that collapsed in Bangladesh and killed at least 235 lacked building permits. Exxon Mobil and UPS post earnings. Photo: Getty
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[Richard Bartel is] arguing that "levels" make no in-game sense, that they separate friends from playing together, and that it would be trivial to come up with a better solution
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Dayton Claims Top Seed in Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Dayton Flyers have claimed the top seed in the 2013 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship, which will be played at VCU's Sports Backers Stadium, Thurs. Nov. 7-Sun., Nov. 10. The Flyers, who earned their 11th regular season title, look to win a fourth Atlantic 10 Championship in five years.
Dayton finished the regular season 7-1 in conference play with 21 points and 12-5-1 overall, suffering its only league loss to reigning A-10 Champion, La Salle, in the final weekend of the season. The Flyers will face eighth-seeded VCU at 5:00 pm on Thursday. The Rams, who play host to the Championship, finished 3-3-2 in conference play and 8-7-3 overall.
La Salle completed its regular season schedule with three conference victories to clinch the second seed, finishing 5-2-1 in the A-10, and 13-4-2 overall. The Explorers will face seventh-seeded George Washington at 11:00 am on Thursday, to open the Championship. The Colonials needed a win on the final day of the regular season to claim a spot in eight-team field, finishing 3-3-2 against conference foes, and 7-5-5 overall.
Saint Louis picked up the third seed in this year's championship, finishing with 16 points with a 5-2-1 mark in the A-10, 6-10-2 overall. The Billikens tied for second place with the Explorers, but lost the tiebreaker. Saint Louis will face off against sixth-seeded Massachusetts in the 1:30 pm match on Thursday. The Minutewomen punched their ticket with a win over St. Bonaventure in their final game of the season. UMass also finished 3-3-2 in league play, winning the tiebreaker against George Washington and VCU.
Clinching the fourth seed in the Championship is St. Bonaventure, who rattled off four consecutive conference wins to finish with a 4-4-0 mark in the A-10. The Bonnies will face A-10 newcomer and fifth-seeded George Mason, in the 7:30 pm game on Thursday. The Patriots finished their first season in the league with a 4-4-0 record, and 7-10-1 overall.
The winner of the La Salle-George Washington game will play the winner of the Saint Louis-Massachusetts match, Friday at 5:00 pm. The winner of the Dayton-VCU game will face the winner of the St. Bonaventure-George Mason game in the semifinals, Friday at 7:30 pm. The Championship game will be played Sunday at 1:00 pm. The championship format, featuring an eight-team bracket, is single elimination, with the winner earning the A-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
For complete coverage of the 2013 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship, log on to the Championship Central at www.atlantic10.com. Each game of the Women's Soccer Championship will be streamed for free on the A-10 Digital Network.


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As a freelance curator, Nadim Samman runs a non-commercial project space in Berlin. International and intellectual in approach, Samman was most recently the curator at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) in Vienna. He previously studied Philosophy at the University College London, before completing a PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art. In 2012 he curated the 4th Marrakech Biennale with Carson Chan, and in 2014 established The Antarctic Pavilion at the 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture.
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Ninja Academy Terms
Does anyone have a decent estimate as to how long the education at the Ninja Academy is supposed to last? It is noted that Naruto failed the Final Test twice before the term that he actually graduated. Since Naruto is listed to be the same age as the rest of his class in his final year, that means he was either enrolled early or the rest of the class also failed twice. Food for thought. Chase Network (talk) 06:52, May 27, 2010 (UTC)
Report Cards
I included the Report Cards from Naruto: the Official Fanbook. I was personally rather amused the Uchiha Sasuke did not come out on top where-as Yamanaka Ino did. I guess Rookie of the Year only has to do with your grades in the ninja arts. Chase Network (talk) 06:27, May 27, 2010 (UTC)
Is Shikamaru a teacher too?? I wanna know when does he saw this.--Nara Shikamaru (talk) 15:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah. Besides that, I could not find a mention of that in Shikamaru's profile. Or did I miss it? Geijustu wa bakuhatsu da (talk) 03:41, October 2, 2009 (UTC)
- I know Shikamaru is involved with organising the chūnin exams, but I can't remember anything being said about him being an Academy teacher. Maybe it was in the anime... --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 14:31, October 2, 2009 (UTC)
- "He later saw the Sand Siblings off and, in the anime, was appointed as an Academy instructor." ~SnapperTo 15:42, October 2, 2009 (UTC)
Age for academy
How old did someone have to be to enter the academy?
- Iruka said that Naruto had been there for three years; Sasuke entered before the masacre. 7/8 perhaps?
- Sign your posts.
- Sasuke entered the Academy half a year after Itachi became a chūnin. Sasuke would have been about five or six years old. Itachi finished the Academy in one year. he graduated when he was seven, so he would have been about six when he entered. Kakashi graduated at five and he's the youngest graduate. The Sannin and Tenzō graduated at six. All of them are talented enough to finish the Academy in a year or less, which again brings us to five or six being the general age of enrolment. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 20:26, January 23, 2010 (UTC)
Trivia Section
Who are some students that have been highly respected and powerful despite being dead last in their class? ~ Fmakck© → Talk → Contributions ~ 02:22, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Naruto Uzumaki, Jiraya, Might Guy to name a few Fangzntalonz (talk) 02:34, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
- You sure Naruto was dead last? I think I remember an episode when Asuma said Shikamaru's test scored were lower than Naruto's due to his laziness. ~ Fmakck© → Talk → Contributions ~ 02:41, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Shikamaru actually did somewhat better than Naruto. Still, I would also like to point out that there is no evidence that Jiraiya and Guy were also 'dead last'. It's not like it's an official title or anything. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 11:23, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
Two Things
- Why are we using 'Ninja Academy' for Konoha's ninja school, when it is simply called 'Academy' in Japanese?
- I don't think it has ever been mentioned that Kiri actually had a ninja school as well.
—ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 12:39, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I agree. It should be called simply 'Academy'. I know the Kiri's ninja school is hinted in Zabuza's massacre. --NejiLoverr26 (Ilnarutoanime) 12:48, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Never a school, just a graduation system.--Cerez365™ 13:01, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Then, so we should change it right? --NejiLoverr26 (Ilnarutoanime) 13:16, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Never a school, just a graduation system.--Cerez365™ 13:01, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
Why is the picture of Hokage residence being used? Does it have the purpose of an academy also? --Vecanoi (talk) 07:40, June 17, 2011 (UTC)
graduation ...
How for example Itachi and such were able to graduate from the Academy in 1 year and to Sasuke it took 7 years ? I don't understand how this works ...--Elveonora (talk) 13:39, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah! Your question has a point. Probably because Sasuke's cooperation is bad. —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me) 13:49, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
I don't know if Naruto Academy is based on real world stuff, and dunno how it works in Asia and such ... but are not there grades ?--Elveonora (talk) 15:16, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
- I think it is. It's like a pre-school xD but as I read on Sasuke's article IIRC, his cooperation and participation is low, probably because he's a sociopath. —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me) 03:59, April 13, 2012 (UTC)
People in Naruto world are not being taught math, grammar and just normal stuff than jutsu ? If they are, how can someone graduate in 1 year 0_o--Elveonora (talk) 13:46, April 13, 2012 (UTC)
# of Academy Students
I noticed a potential error on the page it mentions that there are 27 students in the graduating class however this cannot be possible as there are 10 Squads that graduate from the academy (Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji are Squad 10) so there would be 30 students who graduate from the Academy and not 27 (I know that sometimes it counts for students who do it twice which is understandable but still) I think that it should at least be mentioned that at least in Naruto's Year there were 30 Students who graduated. just thought I would say something about it. Lordofninjas1 (talk) 04:06, April 3, 2013 (UTC)
- They can graduate, but that doesn't mean they'll stay as ninja. Kakashi failed every team they had him examine before Team 7, so there must have been at least one team that was failed by their assigned jōnin leader, meaning they were sent back to the Academy. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:58, April 3, 2013 (UTC)
I know that. I think I said something like that in so many words. I'm just saying that there is an inaccuracy in the page as it mentions only 27 students being in the Academy but there being a Squad 10 and 3 People per squad (minus the Sensei as I know some people count them and stuff) means that there are 30 Students and not the aformentioned 27 as the page says. 3X10=30 or in a longer format 3 People X 10 Squads= 30 Students. so yeah. sorry for the confusion (although it happens a lot on here by the way people word things and understand/misunderstand whats being said to them. not meaning to be rude or call you out or anything but I'm pretty sure that you have noticed the same stuff happening all over the place here.) and just a question where did you get the thought of me saying "why are there Squads 7,8, and 10 what happened to the others?" 126.96.36.199 (talk) 03:30, April 4, 2013 (UTC)
sorry for the IP address Signature I forgot that I wasn't Signed in at the time but I'm just typing this so that you know its me and not some bot or something. Lordofninjas1 (talk) 03:32, April 4, 2013 (UTC)
There was only 9 teams because if you remember team 9, Gai's team, was still active so that number was skipped. That means that there was 27 graduates and not 30. (220.127.116.11 (talk) 18:32, May 7, 2013 (UTC))
Chiming on late on this, but it was said in the databooks that only 36 students graduate from the academy, this was said of the time it was first built, But I remember it was shown by the chunin exams from one of the chapters that there was supposed to be 12 teams but 9 students failed the exams besides Naruto?, 3x12 = 36 and remember Gai's team is from the graduating class from before Naruto's graduating class. So coupled with what the databook said, in actuality there are 36 students at a time in the academy. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 07:39, January 25, 2014 (UTC)


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There's only one America's Beauty Show and it's almost here! Cosmetologists Chicago (CC) is presenting its 90th consecutive America's Beauty Show (ABS), (formerly The Midwest Beauty Show) March 9-11, 2013, at McCormick Place West in downtown Chicago.
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If you are coming to the show, say hello at MODERN's Booth 299 and visit our Texture Pavilion at stage #233. The MODERN team will also be at the special BeautyBASH Saturday night, and helping host the Beauty Changes Lives and Wella Student Competition Events. Read on for more ABS details.
Last year's inaugural event brought together 700 industry leaders, salon owners, professionals and students for an evening celebrating CC's history. BeautyBASH 2013 will celebrate the amazing talent of beauty professionals—from hair and nail fashion to performance art.
Winners of Cosmetologists Chicago STARS photo contest for professionals and students, along with the Leo Passage Gold Trophy Award, will be recognized. A new surprise element to the evening will feature multi-talented salon professionals. All proceeds from BeautyBASH benefit the CC Presidents Scholarship Fund that annually awards cash scholarships for advanced education. (Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.)
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The World's Best Quiche Recipe
Quiches are easy to make and take under an hour from start to finish, making them an ideal weeknight dinner item, and – the bonus – can be served hot or cold. Another good thing about quiche … the divine smell that fills the house. And to the person who coined the phrase about men and quiche I would point out that a basic quiche consists of bacon, eggs, cheese and looks like a pie — what's not to love?
Pastry for 9-inch pie
8 slices bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces
¼ cup chopped green onions
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese
6 eggs, beaten
1 cup whipping cream
½ tsp salt
Dash of white pepper
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
Ground nutmeg
Line a 9-inch quiche dish (any round pie dish will do) with pastry. Trim excess pastry around edges. Prick bottom and sides of pastry with a fork. Bake at 400° for 3 minutes, remove from oven, and gently prick with a fork. Bake an additional 5 minutes.
Mix together the Swiss and Cheddar and divide mixture in half. Sauté bacon and onions in a skillet until browned; drain well, and sprinkle evenly in pastry shell. Top with 1 cup cheese and set aside.
Combine eggs, cream, salt, and pepper and 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg, stirring well. Pour mixture into pastry shell, and top with remaining 1 cup cheese. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until set. Let stand 10 minutes.
Nat's Notes:
- I use a pair of kitchen shears to cut up the bacon and onions.
- I find it's worth the time to make a super-easy homemade piecrust instead of using a store-bought one.
- Better to undercook the quiche than to overcook it. It will set a bit during the cooling period. You can always put it back in the oven if needed.


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The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree that integrates leadership, management experiences and team projects. As a business school graduate, you will emerge highly trained and broadly trained to assume positions in a wide variety of business settings — from corporations and health care to nonprofit and entrepreneurial arenas.
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Experience is a key factor in selection of applicants for most schools.
Real-world insight.
Some business schools will accept students directly from an undergraduate program, or with less than two years of experience. However, the more competitive graduate programs in business are typically looking for two-to-four years of professional experience. They are very willing, however, to consider experience from a range of industries (corporate, nonprofit, entrepreneurial or government service, for example).
Proven skills.
You can still be a competitive applicant without "traditional" business experience. Schools will look to see that you have the quantitative, analytical, teamwork, leadership, communication and other skills that predict for success in an MBA program.
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Schools vary in curriculum, specialty areas, teaching methodologies and overall atmosphere. It is important that you consider a number of factors before you begin the application process. In addition to the reputation of the school and published ranking, you should consider other factors that may contribute to your overall satisfaction with the program or school:
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There are a number of places online where you can get more information about business careers and MBA programs. A great place to start may be the MBA.com website.
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Applications may be reviewed as early as October and November, and there may be two or three application rounds with final deadlines in March. Every school will provide information about deadlines and procedures on their website.
Apply Early
It is in your best interest to apply early, as many admissions decisions will be made prior to the official deadline. The popularity of the MBA has created a very competitive atmosphere, such that it has become increasingly important to submit applications early for the greatest chances of success in being admitted.


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Yesterday, I posted a mocking attack on Prometheus that also linked to other attacks. I hated the movie, and so did plenty of other people.
But I don't want to give the impression that it is Friday the 13th Part XXVI: Jason vs. Maximus Prime. (Actually, that movie could be awesome!) Plenty of perfectly intelligent moviegoers have not merely enjoyed Prometheus, but embraced it. Adored it. Gone to see it more than once.
So, for some balance, here are four quotes from reviews and comments on the film that view it more positively than I or the people I quoted yesterday:
Roger Ebert:
Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers. It's in the classic tradition of golden age sci-fi, echoing Scott's "Alien" (1979), but creating a world of its own. I'm a pushover for material like this; it's a seamless blend of story, special effects and pitch-perfect casting, filmed in sane, effective 3-D that doesn't distract.
Andrew O'Hehir:
..."Prometheus" damn near lives up to the unsustainable hype, at least at the level of cinematography, production design, special effects and pure wow factor. This tale of a deep-space mission late in the 21st century, several decades before Sigourney Weaver's Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo will discover an abandoned alien spacecraft and its sinister cargo, is a sleek, shimmering, gorgeous and often haunting visual mood piece. No other recent science-fiction film, with the sole exception of "Avatar," has created such a textured, detailed and colorful vision of the human space-traveling future, and indeed it's reasonable to assume that Scott conceives of "Prometheus" as a pessimistic counter-argument to James Cameron's eco-parable on various levels.
Caitlín R. Kiernan:
And, lest charges of sexism arise, Kane is the first of the crew "raped" – a man – then Brett – also male – and then the ship's captain, Dallas – also male. Now, turning to charges of sexism in Prometheus (which I am seeing) as regards "rape" by the alien: What? The first person infected is Holloway, who unintentionally impregnates Shaw through consensual sex. Then we see Milburn mouth-fucked by a proto-facehugger. That's two men impregnated (though you might argue Holloway is, rather, infected) to one woman (the presumably male "engineers" not included). So, charges of a sexual bias towards women are simply baseless.
Glenn Kenny:
I've said before that I tend to measure certain genre pictures by the number, and quality, of what I call (if you'll excuse the phrase) Holy Crap! Moments. (I don't call them that, exactly, but what I actually call them can't be printed here.) In any event, in the notes I took for this film, on one page, in big block letters taking up pretty much two thirds of the page, I indeed wrote that phrase in the middle of one particular scene. You'll know it when you see it, and it is insane, one of the most perfectly perverse and beautifully executed pieces of shock cinema I've seen in years, an absolutely breathtaking and staggering and exhilarating set piece that kind of reminds you of every sick thing that cinema is good for. And that scene is more or less bracketed by sequences that, while not of equal impact (they couldn't possibly be), serve to buttress the truly insane sequence with whiplash-inducing excitement.
So far, Prometheus does not seem to be as epically polarizing a picture as, for instance, Tree of Life or 2001. Viewers' reactions vary, certainly, but I found it much harder to collect substantive quotes for this post than for the previous one, and far fewer people with a passion for the film that matched the passion of those of us who hated the film. There are certainly plenty of people who like the movie, or at least have mixed feelings that tend toward the positive, but the sort of writing about it that I've been able to find is mostly less specific on the positive side than on the negative, and most of the positive writings so far focus on the visuals, on Michael Fassbender's performance, and on the thrill/horror of the surgery scene. That may change with time, especially once the movie is available for home viewing, or once enough lovers of the movie get fed up with us haters and start firing back.
What's interesting to me, though, and why I keep coming back to a movie I strongly disliked, is the way so many, if not all, movies require us to be in sympathy with, for lack of a better term, their affectual aesthetics even before we can begin to appreciate them. I expect it's as much a neurobiological (and neural-biological) response as it is rational. This may be true of all art — first, we feel it, then we think up ways to justify our feelings — but probably especially true of performing arts, because their appeal is to so many of our senses. There is likely nothing I could argue that would make any of the four writers above find Prometheus less thrilling, wondrous, and enrapturing, nor any template they could give me to experience the same emotional connection to the movie that they did. It's possible through argument to increase certain types of appreciation, but I, at least, have rarely, if ever, been able to argue my way into a stronger emotional response to a movie.
Text is different for me — there are books and stories that I have found emotional keys to through other people's explication and criticism. This may be because of how I read: as I've said before, I'm not, in general, a particularly immersive reader, and so the pleasure of reading for me is primarily an analytical/intellectual one. Certain stylistic qualities do affect me with writing, though — particular types of "hardboiled" prose are like nails on the chalkboard of my mind, for instance.
Movies, though, I usually watch in an immersive way, and at movie theatres we're seeking the immersive (hence the need for anyone with a cell phone out at a movie to be tortured mercilessly and exiled to a distant island where they can no longer ruin viewers' experiences. Also, talkers and coughers and — well, yes, I'm a bit sensitive...) But there are levels of immersion: sitting in a movie theatre in the dark is the basic level, but actual engagement with the film is something different, a mix of attention, emotion, and physical response that may have rational components but is not, as far as I can tell, essentially rational. Indeed, part of the joy of watching movies is experiencing that non-rational, neurophysical response.
Such response may, obviously, be different at various points in our lives, and we respond differently given the circumstances of our moods and moments (Ani DiFranco: "Every pop song on the radio is suddenly speaking to me..."). Just because a response is non-rational doesn't mean it can't be educated, that we can't train ourselves to be more or less patient viewers, that we can't strengthen and shape the muscles of our response. If you've only ever encountered Hollywood blockbusters, the first time you watch a different sort of film you're probably going to have a strongly negative affectual response, because your brain and body are unlikely to know what to do with this profoundly different sort of experience (or maybe you'll find that thrilling). But watch enough and think enough and listen enough to people who appreciate such things and you might bring yourself more into alignment with such experiences. (My post before my first on Prometheus was about learning to love Fassbender, and my initial response to The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant was fiercely, viscerally negative. The change in that response is, for me, a rare exception to just about everything I'm saying here!)
If the experience of watching a movie is not one that engages you beyond the basic, brute level of immersion, then you end up responding to a movie like Prometheus in the way I did: by falling back on the rational. Not being entranced, I experienced the film with more mind than body. And I doubt even the film's staunchest defenders would argue that it is primarily a complex intellectual experience. I could put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak (the lens on the other eye?) if I bring up Tree of Life, a movie that utterly entranced and immersed me, that I can watch again and again and experience the same sort of full-body engagement (at least until the last sequence; the beach stuff actually kills some of the immersion, forcing me to an intellectual justification of it; I continue to think it's the weakest sequence in any Malick film). Viewers not entranced by Tree of Life find it an unbearable experience and a ridiculous, meretricious movie. (Same with 2001.)
This does not mean we have to fall into a shallow relativism, a "You like your movies, I'll like mine, there's no arguing it, art is whatever you make of it, yabba yabba yabba." Experiences may be beyond argument, but claims aren't. For instance, one of the passages I quoted yesterday, from Genevieve Valentine ("One of the saving graces of the psychosexual terrorization in the Alien franchise is the leveling of the gender playing field – the rape threat they represent is omnipresent and sexually indiscriminate. But not in Prometheus!"), cannot be true if Caitlín R. Kiernan's quote above is also true. The argument would need to be fleshed out so that we knew exactly what we were talking about (and what "rape" refers to in the film; I'm not sure it's the most useful word for the actions under discussion), but it's certainly a line of argument that could get somewhere, and that people with different experiences of the movie as a whole might even find some common ground on. Even when your overall assessment (like/hate) relies on an emotional and non-rational engagement with something, there are still plenty of areas for rational discussion.
Hatred may not be overcome, love may not be undone, but indifference can be moved toward one direction or another. Yesterday, for instance, I said that Michael Fassbender "seemed like a refugee from an incomparably better movie, A.I.", to which Adam Lipkin in comments said, "I'm not sure any phrase could be more damning than, 'an incomparably better movie, A.I.'" But I've come to really like A.I. I put a link on the title to Jonathan Rosenbaum's Film Quarterly essay on it, an essay that got me to look at the film in a new and more appreciative way — I'd watched it, had liked parts well enough, but hadn't been bowled over, and thought the ending was silly. Rosenbaum's essay, and then, later, Ben Sampson's video essay, "A Visual Study of A.I. Artificial Intelligence" gave me the perspective to find my own way into the film and to move from indifference to, if not love (no, not love), then enthusiastic appreciation.
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Tenacity, Jason. That's what makes you unstoppable. Check out the gap you've closed on Radio Freddy since posting my initial 'lens' into the sites traffic sources via Google Analytics. Nice fortitude, homes.
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I'm out here in a balmy SF for the day. Gotta get my work on out here at the Mother Ship. My run this AM was pleasant given the gorgeous weather. Back home: More pow pow. And yes, my big toes are STILL numb. What the _ _ _ _?!?! They are a bit better each day but this is scary. I can not imagine what those Everest climber freaks experience.
I fire up the PC this AM and check out the KC results. NICE JOB MATTY! It's awesome to see how many CO folks are at Nats. Indeed the geography makes it a bit easier for CO folks to get to KC, but I want to run some data to see the demographics after Sunday. It is insane to see this type of growth in the sport. 1900 competitors last year, 2000+ this year.
Speaking of demographics and data, I've been using Google Analytics to provide me with some visibility into who reads my shitty blog. As a data guy, it's sick what you get for free. Some major enterprises I've worked with do not even have this level of data to get a lens into where and how interested people are coming to them from.
Radio Freddy, you will be happy to see that you are the No. 1 reference link into M & C. Rad. It's interesting to see how long people stay (about 2 minutes) which is not quite as long as the average length of time a porno is viewed before it is stopped (about 4.5 minutes) so maybe I need some further bike porn or something to keep people hooked. HA!
Not so shocking is the geographic info. CO is the region where people are from viewing M & C. Probably just due to word of mouth. I need me some advertising or something in those other regions! What up, Wyoming, Arkansas and Mississippi?? What? No cross there? C'mon!


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The couple in question: Samuel AVERY and Jane BIRCHALL. They were married 18 November 1806 in Stoke Dameral, Devon, England. Samuel was a carpenter. Since the Napoleonic Wars happened between 1803-1815, he probably had something to do with building ships for the Navy. Jane is a complete mystery.
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Friday, we woke up to this. Not pictured clearly, the bitterly cold wind that was blowing.
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To top it off, we won't be able to have the help we'd hoped for over Thanksgiving. There isn't any work we can do yet. Despite my disappointment, my children relished the snow. They built snowmen, snowforts, and had an epic snowball fight. It was a good reminder that there is always a silver lining. Just as you can make lemonade from lemons, you can make snowmen out of snow.
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Iconic Christmas Markets : 2019 - 7-Night Cruise with 2-Nights Pre-Cruise, 3 Nights Post-Cruise : Prague to Budapest : ms AmaLea
Iconic Christmas Markets
CRUISE FROM : Budapest to Nuremberg
Travel back through centuries as you walk along cobblestone streets through grand cities and historic towns bedecked with twinkling Christmas trees and lined with wooden huts gleaming with handcrafted treasures. Iconic Christmas Markets are plentiful and are on full display for your pleasure. Budapest's Vorosmarty Square, where all products sold in the market are guaranteed as traditionally handmade; Vienna with its impressive Christmas Markets that seem to majestically appear around every corner; Nuremberg's festive Christkindlesmarkt, the largest and oldest Christmas Market in Germany; Regensburg's Christmas Market at Thurn and Taxis Castle, considered one of Bavaria's most beautiful and romantic; and Prague with its renowned Christmas Markets in the Old Town square; -along with many others throughout your journey-are yours to explore. Sparkling lights; the festive sounds of children dressed as angels singing carols; enticing smells of hot-mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, sausages and sweet treats of every kind; and timeless wonders are a feast for all your senses.
COUNTRIES: Austria, Germany, Hungary
RIVERS: Danube
Iconic Christmas Markets
At A Glance
On our cruises, you will enjoy an extensive lineup of included tours. In many cases, you will have a choice of excursions, such as standard tours, bike tours, hikes and Special Interest Tours. We always include a large variety of activities so that you can choose how you want to explore. No matter your preference, your days will be full of discovery and wonder.
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Day 1 : ARRIVE IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Arrive in Prague and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2 : PRAGUE
The fairytale city of Prague always enchants, but it really sparkles even more during the holiday season. Prague offers a collection of Art Nouveau, Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic architecture, which you'll get to see on your tour. You will see Rudolfinum, the National Museum, Wenceslas Square and the Dancing House, as well as visit 1,000 year-old Prague Castle and St. Vitus before walking over the romantic Charles Bridge to the Old Market Square, where you will find the capital's famous Astronomical Clock, Tyn Church and the statue of Jan Husek. You will then have free time to explore Prague's renowned Christmas Markets -in the Old Town Square. (B)
Day 3 : PRAGUE
Beer has a long and illustrious history in the Czech Republic with the first brewery known to have existed in 993. Pilsner Urquell was created in 1842, being the first pilsner ever made, whilst Budweiser came into being in the city of Budweis. Beer is a core part of the country's national identity, so much so the Czechs are the biggest consumers of beer in the world. The country is home to more than 100 breweries with a combination of big names and micro establishments offering a huge range of styles, so join a Czech beer tasting and discover for yourself what makes the Czech's beer some of the very best in the world. (B)
Day 4 : PRAGUE - NUREMBERG, GERMANY - EMBARKATION
Depart from Prague via motorcoach. En route, you'll enjoy some time exploring one of Nuremberg's colorful Christmas Markets before boarding your luxury ship. (B,D)
Day 5 : NUREMBERG
Join a city tour of WWII highlights and then walk through Nuremberg's cobblestone streets to the Imperial castle and 900-year-old city ramparts. Later, you can visit Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt (Christmas Market), one of the world's largest and most famous Christmas Markets. Stroll along as the aroma of mulled wine and gingerbread fill the air and browse through over 100 red and white canvas-topped booths offering an assortment of unique treasures, toys and seasonal goodies. En route to Regensburg, you'll cruise through the manmade marvel, the Main-Danube Canal. (B,L,D)
Day 6 : REGENSBURG
Regensburg is one of Germany's best preserved medieval cities, as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Join a guided walking tour showcasing the city's architectural highlights, including the Old Town Hall and the Porta Praetoria before visiting one of Bavaria's most beautiful and romantic Christmas Markets at Thurn and Taxis Castle, where you can watch artisans make their unique arts and crafts. As an alternate option, sample some of Bavaria's specialties-beer, sausage and pretzels. Or bike to Walhalla where you will see the neo- Classical white marble temple inspired by the Parthenon in Athens. (B,L,D)
Day 7 : PASSAU
Join a walking tour of this 2,000-year-old city, noted for its Gothic and Italian Baroque architecture and St. Stephen's. Go in search of Bavarian-style crafts at the Christmas Market. Alternatively, you can travel through the serene Austrian Alps to Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart. Your full-day excursion in Salzburg includes a walking tour of the UNESCO-designated Old Town, its magnificent cathedral and Christmas Market, which is a feast for the senses. For the active adventurer, join a guided bike tour along the Danube. (B,L,D)
Day 8 : MELK, AUSTRIA - VIENNA
Cruise to Melk, known for its magnificent Benedictine Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Europe's largest and most revered monasteries. Visit this magnificent Benedictine Abbey, which now houses a museum chronicling its history and a famous library with countless medieval manuscripts. Alternatively, go on a guided bike ride along the Danube and through the scenic the Wachau Valley. (B,L,D)
Day 9 : VIENNA
The "City of Waltzes" offers a treasure trove of gems just waiting to be discovered. Join a tour showcasing its regal splendors, such as the majestic Opera House and the former Imperial Palace of the Habsburgs before concluding in Vienna's historic city center. Afterwards, you'll visit the Rathaus (Town Hall) Christmas Market. If you prefer a more active adventure, then join a guided bike ride along the Danube. During the afternoon, visit the Karlsplatz (Artisans) Christmas Market, a local favorite, and the market at Schonbrunn Palace with a giant sparkling Christmas tree. Cap the day off with "Vienna by Night" Christmas Markets at the beautifully decorated Maria Theresaplatz Christmas Market, set amongst the world-renowned sights of Vienna's majestic Ringstrasse, and at the illuminated Rathaus, Vienna's largest Christmas Market. (B,L,D)
Day 10 : BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Buda Castle quarter in Castle Hill and Heroes' Square, Budapest offers an unmatched combination of culture, tradition and even a secret labyrinth of caves and caverns under the city. Your city tour begins with a visit to the vibrant Great Market Hall brimming with vendors selling everything from food to souvenirs. The remainder of this tour takes you to both the Buda (hilly) and the Pest (flat) sides of the river. Afterwards, you'll visit Vorosmarty Square, the oldest, richest and the most spectacular of all the Christmas markets in Budapest. (B,L,D)
Day 11 : BUDAPEST - DISEMBARKATION
Bid farewell to Budapest as you prepare for your flight home. (B)
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Christmas Markets NoticeMost Christmas Markets open during the last week of November and remain open until approximately Dec. 22. Check with each country's tourist office for more information.
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Port Charges not included in cruise price$182 per person.
Single Supplement for Cruise50% of twin price; AA+ & Suites 100% of twin price. Please see terms below for details.
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In an effort to cut carbon pollution and combat climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed Clean Air Act standards for new natural gas and coal-fired power plants.
According to the EPA, power plants are the largest concentrated source of emissions in the U.S., accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Although the country has limits in place for arsenic, mercury and lead pollution from power plants, the agency notes there are currently no national limits on the amount of carbon pollution new power plants can emit. The EPA adds it will issue proposed standards for existing power plants by June 1, 2014.
The agency says its proposal achieves the first milestone outlined in President Barack Obama's June 25 memorandum to the EPA on 'Power Sector Carbon Pollution Standards," a major part of the president's Climate Action Plan. (The June climate plan also set a new goal to double U.S. renewable energy generation by 2020.)
Under the proposal, the EPA says new large natural gas-fired turbines would need to meet a limit of 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour, while new small natural gas-fired turbines would need to meet a limit of 1,100 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour. New coal-fired units would need to meet a limit of 1,100 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour and would have the option to meet a somewhat tighter limit if they choose to average emissions over multiple years, the EPA adds.
The agency says these standards would help ensure that the power plants of the future use cleaner energy technologies, such as efficient natural gas, advanced coal technology, nuclear power, and renewable energy like wind and solar.
Nonetheless, Frank Maisano, energy policy analyst at law firm Bracewell Giuliani, believes the potential crackdown on new power plants may not necessarily lead to a boost in renewables anytime soon.
'It won't have much impact on renewable energy in the short term because of low gas prices,' he says, adding that the regulations could begin to have some impact when gas prices rise and volatility returns.
Complicating matters, he predicts opponents will tie up the ruling in courts. 'It will likely face daunting legal challenges that could undo anything they finalize,' he says. 'Legal challenges always occur surrounding controversial rules like this. It is a near certainty.'
Among the utility industry, reactions to the EPA proposal have been mixed.
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents investor-owned electric companies, generally supports the proposal and says it is consistent with the recommendations the group made to the EPA last year.
Meanwhile, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) – representing the nation's private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives – is upset about the potential limits on coal plants.
'NRECA and its member co-ops are disappointed to learn that the administration has abandoned its 'all of the above' energy strategy and embraced an 'all but one' approach that restricts the future use of coal to generate affordable electricity,' says Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of the NRECA.
'NRECA urges the administration to reconsider this proposal and focus on working with co-ops as we continue to reduce power plant emissions, increase efficiency and develop affordable new technologies,' Emerson adds.
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This year, he pops up in five feature films, including two ("Masterminds," "Mountain Top") in which he plays police officers, and another ("A Walk In The Woods" ) in which he takes on the role of a news anchor.
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2' of rock above the drain tile is plenty. If you want to go higher with rock consider drain board on the fdn walls, certainly less labor and equipment cost than filling with rock.
What is the native soil? Unless it's clay you can use it to backfill even semi structural areas, garage slab, drivepad, etc as long as it's proper moisture and compaction. Think of it this way. Your entire house is sitting on a 2-3' wide ftg on that material (unless you sub exc'ed and bridged over the native material).
IMO the reasons most residential dirt guys push using structural fill everywhere are:
They make more by selling you fill and potentially hauling off the extra material. They make more by charging full labor rate to place and compact when placing granular material requires much less compactive effort and moisture control. They limit their liability for settlement when they don't do the above properly and you garage slab cracks and settles.
"premium fill" I'm guessing is not 100% granular material in your case, rather it's material that has a better R value than the native material there. You need to decide where that is absolutely necessary and where you can get away with native. Good example, use premium fill at the front of the garage where the subgrade will get continually pounded by your vehicles pulling in and out. But around the other 3 sides, how much load will the slab see?? Some tool boxes and workbenches is all. Maybe 1 side where the boat gets parked up close to the wall?
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Sandy Hook victims to be honored with playgrounds in Hurricane Sandy towns
A New Jersey firefighters' union will build 26 playgrounds in towns that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in honor of Sandy Hook victims.
After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School approximately two months ago, it's hard to think of a fitting way to honor the memory of the 26 lives lost.
A New Jersey firefighters' union figured out the perfect way to memorialize the children and teachers lost while also benefiting children in local communities.
The firefighters will build 26 playgrounds in towns that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. The project is titled 'The Sandy Ground: Where Angels Play.'
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Construction for the first playground will start in Sea Bright, N.J. and will be named after the special education teacher Ann Marie Murphy.
"The residents of Sea Bright lost so much from Superstorm Sandy that something like a new playground, besides providing a safe place for our children to play, is also a symbol of hope and recovery," Mayor Dina Long told the Wall Street Journal. "It has a far greater impact that just a nice playground."
The park dedicated to Murphy might also include a dog run to honor the teacher's love for dogs.
Other playgrounds will include features that commemorate each victim's personality. For example, Jack Pinto, who loved the New York Giants, will get a football-themed playground. Catherine Hubbard's name will be put on a Staten Island playground by the sea and Noah Posner's playground will be in Rockaway, near his grandfather's house.
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The economic acceleration since the beginning of the year continued in the manufacturing sector, as the February PMI Index from the Institute for Supply Management jumped to its highest level since June 2011.
The 54.2% index reading for the February PMI was the third straight month of growth for the sector. The index climbed to its highest point since a 55.8% reading 20 months ago, and is up almost 9% since the index slipped below the 50% growth point to 49.9% in November 2012.
"The New Orders Index registered 57.8%, an increase of 4.5% over January's reading of 53.3%, indicating growth in new orders for the second consecutive month," said Bradley J. Holcomb, chair of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. "As was the case in January, all five of the PMI's component indexes—new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries and inventories—registered in positive territory in February. In addition, the backlog of orders, exports and imports indexes all grew in February relative to January."
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- "Overall business is good." (Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products)
- "Starting to pick up after a slower than normal year-end." (Miscellaneous Manufacturing)
- "More RFQs coming in than the past three months." (Nonmetallic Mineral Products)
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