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Monday, January 25, 2010
Do Ya Wanna Get Wrecked...?
So here it is, the run-up to the brain-flayingly anticipated launch of LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS, my reason for living for the last six months, as well as my reason for almost expiring, and DEFINITELY my reason for not spending time here. But where to start? Hmmm? You wanna win an original sketch of Springer by me?
Course ya do. Then buy a copy of Last Stand of The Wreckers #1 at Forbidden Planet Dublin. Every copy bought enters you into a raffle to win this grey-tone pic of ol' Springybits himself. Poster below:
I'm gonna sneak into the good 'ol FP on delivery day and scrawl a signature on each and every copy, so for signed comics, you know where to go kids! And a big thanks to Kevin and Jay at Forbidden Planet for wrangling this.
The Eclectic Micks are a bunch of Irish comic book artists who run a daily sketchblog. But all this week, the site has been transformed (I wonder if anyone will get that...?) to ECLECTIC WRECKS! Yep, each day, instead of crafting career-enchancing chances to make it big in the comics industry, the boys on the blog are sullying themselves by drawing a Wrecker A DAY! First up is Stephen 'Angel/The A-Team' Mooney with his sweet as a well-meaned love-thrust colour sketch of that Springer guy. Go to eclecticmicks.blogspot.com for a daily dose of damn fine drawings, and please leave a comment. The guys are going above and beyond drawing these guys for me, so send 'em your love. And tomorrow on the blog, 28 Days Later artist Declan Shalvey draws Kup. I wonder what possible overlap there could be there...
Done with reading about me talking about Wreckers? Well as of tomorrow evening, The Comic Cast (thecomiccast.com) will have a podcast available for you, your ears, and whatver other bits of the anatomy you feel I'd fit snugly into. Liam from the CC had a chat with me last week, so come and listen to what I have to say. Followed by buying my comic. Did I say that that's important?
A text interview is also available at the wonderful Transformers Ireland Online site, specifically at http://tfio.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=staffaves&thread=716&page=1. Sign up, log in and say hi. It's a very informal and fun place to talk ro-bollocks with like-minded fools.
And I need to take a second to thank the Wrecking Crew: James Roberts, my co-writer and Duocon partner; Josh 'Josh' Burcham, colour ninja and heart of the Wreckers; and John 'Waki' Wycough, ink fiend who's helping out on a very tough gig. And Denton, Andy and Carlos, our editors deserve a mighty mention for pulling this thing together.
So folks, go make Last Stand of The Wreckers a success. We've seen the hype online, and we've listened to what everyone has to say. This is a book for Transformers fans BY Transformers fans. I know that not everyone has stuck around at the IDW party over recent times, but good golly: big, honking robots in a story about a space prison-break? You can surely give this a twirl! This is the rigid filling for your empty holes, Transpeople! It's dark, it's scary, it's funny, it's tragic, and #1 features at least one decapitation!
That not all? God, you're like my mother. Alright then: every issue (bar #2 - oops!) contains EXCLUSIVE supplementary material that will NOT be reprinted in the trade paperback collection - there'll be all-new extra material for that. So for background goodies put together by James, Josh and myself, the monthly Wreckers series is the only place to be.
Theme to 'Last Stand of The Wreckers'. Says everything the characters and creators want to say.
WRECK 'n' RULE.
4 comments:
- Web said...
Already ready dying for this, all the pimping isn't helping... =P
- January 26, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- Wadeboski said...
Hey Nick - I've got this on order now I am back in NZ - will let you know what I think!!!
I'm just dying to own that sketch - shame I am halfway arouind the world now!
- January 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Monzo said...
Hiya, Nick! Matt Karpowich/Monzo here, AKA "that guy that had you draw Baron von Joy" (and, ah, "that guy on Onslaught", I suppose). I was going to e-mail, but couldn't find your card anywhere, so, uh - hi!
I guess I'll keep this short? The guys over at the TF wiki were trying to figure out if this was one of your pieces for the Beast Wars Sourcebook.
It's credited to Dan Khanna, but it doesn't really look like his style, and you were the first guess to come up. If you could confirm or deny it, that'd be great.
If you have time, I'd love it if you could drop a line directly sometime - the e-mail address on my business card in the Obscure Omnibus should still work. (I guess you could try e-mailing me through blogger, but I don't know if I have my address set to public or not... confounded blog technology.)
Anyway, thanks for your time, and hope to hear back.
- January 26, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- Damien Baumgart said...
Being a UK Marvel TF fan from yonks ago it is awesome to see you incorporate some of the most influential characters of my childhood (even though he got half his face blown off a few issues after I started collecting - it's Australia and getting my hands on the comic was a battle unto itself back in the 80s). This series is shaping up to be epic and mind-blowing and I just wanted to let you know how excited I am for the next issue. Great work dude! It's also good to see you pick up Verity and run with her character after AHM just let her and the others slip by the wayside. Will you be explaining her appearance on Magnus' ship in more depth? Will we see Jimmy at all?
Keep it up!
- January 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM


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LPG lake on Titan evaporating in scorchio -180°C heatwave
Lake turns to barbecue gas in Saturn's barbecue summer
NASA boffins have released a video travelogue entitled "See Beautiful Ontario Lacus", revealing the delights that travellers to the moons of Saturn might encounter during a visit to the freezing antarctic patio-gas lakes of Titan.
The film might better have been entitled "See Beautiful, Disappearing Ontario Lacus", as brainboxes analysing the same Cassini spaceprobe radar data used to generate the travelogue have discovered that Titan's antarctic lakes are rapidly evaporating as scorching local summer temperatures soar above the polar norm of -184°C.
According to boffins Alexander Hayes and Oded Aharonson of Cal Tech, the level of liquefied patio gases and methane in Ontario Lacus has fallen by a metre on average during each of the last four Earth years.
"It's really exciting because, on this distant object, we're able to see this meter-scale drop in lake depth," says Hayes. "We didn't know Cassini would even be able to see these things."
Titan is of especial interest to planetologists as it is the only body in the solar system known to have bodies of liquid on its surface which interact with clouds of evaporated fluids in a hydrological cycle like that of Earth's seas, rivers, clouds and rain.
The difference is that on freezing Titan, water behaves more as rock does on Earth. The liquids involved there are mainly methane, ethane and propane, familiar to us as the fuels LNG and LPG. Lakes such as Ontario and the Sea of Krakens at Titan's north pole evaporate to produce clouds of patio and natural gas, which then fall as rain and flow downhill into the lakes once more.
On Earth this would present some risk of the entire world exploding in a vast, global horrific barbecue mishap type fireball. However Titan, not being home to any plant life, has no free oxygen in its atmosphere and thus the fire hazard of its clouds and lakes is minimal.
According to Hayes and Aharonson, Lacus Ontario in particular has lost some six miles of shoreline to baking somewhat-less-freezing antarctic midsummer evaporation from 2005 to 2009. The Titanian year lasts 29.5 Earth years.
For those who like to know these things, Lacus Ontario is slightly smaller than the Earthly Lake Ontario at 15,000 square kilometres - roughly three-quarters as big as Wales.
There's more on the Titanian polar lake evaporation spaceprobe boffinry here courtesy of Cal Tech. There's more about the Cassini probe which brings all the data for the science from NASA here. ®

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Access Hollywod has a quote from Dakota:
"I don't think they'll have to put a lot of makeup on me," she joked. "I'm pretty white already."
A couple of months back, MTV asked Dakota Fanning what she thought about the Twilight craze.
Dakota had experienced a bit of the Twilight craze first hand because she was at Comic Con in July 2008 in connection with her upcoming film Push. She actually had to be escorted in past the screaming Twilight fans because a major traffic snarl had her late for her scheduled appearance. The fans definitely made an impression.
Entertainment Tonight actually talked directly to Dakota in an exclusive:
"Dakota tells ET that although contracts haven't been signed, she does hope to join the cast of 'New Moon.' She tells us she's a big fan of the movie 'Twilight' and would really like to play a vampire, namely the sadistic bloodsucker Jane."
IESB has also spoken with Dakota who is confirming that she is in talks for New Moon.
Granted, it doesn't seem like the ink is dry on the contracts, but in general stars don't talk about an upcoming project unless they are really interested in doing it, and it's almost a done deal. It's considered bad form otherwise.


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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Blogus Interruptus
20 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 7:31 AM
we still love you soReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM
kind of getting sick of this inconsistency. Come on, another week without a cheery, cheeky recap?ReplyDelete
You are like a drug pusher who get us strung out on cheap gin and glitter, only to hold out.
come on Daddy needs some candy...
I've never missed a Survivor blog in my life and that's somehow "inconsistency". My apologies for actually having a fucking job.ReplyDelete
- Canadian FanNovember 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Until next week, then.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Have a good week Lala. Look forward to next time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Noooooo this is all I have to look forward to on Thursdays. LOL.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM
I am not the same anonymous but I know we are all addicted to your blog and even one time of missing your words of wisdom is actually worse than if we missed the show.ReplyDelete
We appreciate you taking the time to check in to let us know that we won't get a recap (otherwise we would be hitting refresh all day)
I do know that everyone appreciates all the time and effort you put in all your bitchy blogs :)
Oh, geez, this episode and the next episode are both being fast-forwarded to save us from the slow turtle-ish death via pagonging. No worries--this is good time (boring epi anyway) if you have to take a work-'vacation' away from your blog.ReplyDelete
And honestly, the timing is not bad for me either. I have a broken tooth that is literally cutting my cheek and also an exposed root that is screaming 'MuRdEr'. ...AND....my Bestie *kisses,ksses* just dropped off a bottle of hydrocodon to hold me over til the nazi dentist is willing to see me next week!!
So, til next week--I raise a bottle of pills to clink against your bottle of Bombay! You will definitely missed--but you're also allowed to have a life. (I wish for your sake it was a real vacation.)
Ok, everyone, let's fill in the blanks with our own favorite highlights. For me--I LOVED Whitney's breakdown after being accused of being a mean girl. Toooo funny, coming right after her vehement "you.DIS-GUST.me"!!!)
Oh come on, what is this bullcrap!ReplyDelete
Just Kidding! :D As Jools said this episode was freaking boring as hell anyway, so boring in fact in Dimples was sighing and playing in the sand during Tribal. At least with this unison of Coach's tribe and Ozzy getting kicked out, we know it's not rigged (like some other shows that won't be mentioned) But, maybe it is too. Safe trip Lala
Feel better Jools. Meanwhile, sleep with one eye open. My hydrocodone detector is like a Beagle's nose - unparalleled.ReplyDelete
NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo......... :(. (fades to only a whisper)....you are human after all.....I always thought u were a gin drinking, glitter throwing godess...ReplyDelete
- Marcus AureliusNovember 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM
Blogus interruptus caused by having a fuckingus jobus?ReplyDelete
I understandus. I once had a fuckingus jobus as the Emperor of Rome... us! Do not be too upsetus. Pay no heedus to any pissinessus. Any commentus that contains pissinessus has been written by an anus... us?
Last week's blogus had two week's worth of qualityus anwayus...
C U next weekus!
Come back soon Lala! Love your blog & will love it more when you can be at your bitchy best!ReplyDelete
Is it just me or is Jim being kind of shockingly cry-babyish about it all? I liked him until this epi but man, what a hypocrite.
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Whitney was hysTERICAL. Me and my boyfriend have been calling her Lindsay Lohan ever since (mean girls, get it? Yeah, not too original...) And I hope your drugs do you well ;)
On another note- How far do you guys think Cochran will go? On paper he would be the first man out after Dawn and Lindsay Lohan go under. But, if he can make it past the implosion of the six strong alliance, he may make it to the end. Thoughts?
- kandeekaneNovember 11, 2011 at 5:15 PM
Someone on Ben Wade's team is going to have to turn before they pick off the rest of Cochran's team. There are 6 of them left and then there is Cochran. Those 6 are going to have to figure out who they want to go to the end with and who's throat they want to slit. They are going to have to keep Dawn & Cochran and say "Hey, let's stab Ben in the back". Brandon and Edna are not going to turn on him and I don't think Sophie is either so that leaves Rancher and Albert. They are going to have to get Cochran and Dawn to side with them so that they can start picking off Ben, Brandon, Edna, and Sophie.ReplyDelete
Mary Jane angry at Cochran for turning from a secret double agent to a secret double-double agent? What did the tribe expect? And after Cochran flipped, I was so afraid Coach was gonna lay down on the ground and start crying Hail Marys! Sophie - You were supposed to carry the coconut water in your mouth, not cheating by vomiting up out of your stomach! Besides, you were on national television, and I guess everyone is attracted to you, now! (Ok, maybe you were choking a little bit). At tribal council, Cochran's former tribe bragged at how many times they saved him, yet somehow forgot they were saving him from them. Whitney bullying Cochran this whole time and calls him despicable for saving himself. Whitney - BooHoo! Lala, we are waiting for your manna!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM
I think it's funny that Jim couldn't stop calling Cochran a coward but when the time came up for him to risk immunity and after he promised to give it to Ozzy, suddenly he got scared and decided it was worth breaking his word to stay another day before getting kicked out. Who's a coward now?ReplyDelete
- yours trulyNovember 12, 2011 at 5:21 PM
I thought it was a pretty good episode for a number of reasons. Whitney put the emphasis on the word ME when she said, "You disgust ME." Her tearful moment later gave me a Big Brother flashback. There's no crying in Survivor unless it's Russel. Ozzy is next.ReplyDelete
Amazing that Coach was touched by Ozzy's humility that lasted a few seconds. Yeah, he really kicked ass in the last immunity challenge. He didn't even get to compete in Part B. Knocking a hole in a coconut with a rock was a new one. I was impressed the gals could do it at all. We found out who spits and who swallows.
Mary Jane actually had a thought and it wasn't bad until he crapped out on his promise to give Ozzy the idol. So much for the speech about honor and integrity and staying true to your word. Of course that sentiment is always bogus and Coach has already promised to put a bullet in Brandon loves Jesus when needed.
Last week I thought the resentment of others would send Cochran home. Yes, it's true that many would love to sit with him in Final 2. That is still a fur piece down the road with this many players and future scheming in the way.
So, I was happy to see Ozzy the Magnificent skip back to RI. Enough RI already, I thought that was over at the merge. It's even more ridiculous since Ozzy has already been redeemed once. Reminds me of one of Russel's seasons when he was finding hidden idols every time he snuck off to take a crap.
I'll miss the Lala, she's damn considerate. Real jobs suck unless you are writing for the GOP primary candidates. Great job so far. Keep up the good work. Oops.
- yours trulyNovember 12, 2011 at 5:23 PM
I forgot to mention my title guess for this episode.ReplyDelete
It's a no brainer...
@yours truly: Ouch, my side hurts!!! The idea of Lala writing for the GOP primary candidates--TOO awesome!!! (I might actually watch one of those crazy debates if I was promised a glitter-filled recap by our favorite bloggette!) So, what do you say, Lala--if you're not hired out to write for one of these bozos, what d'ya think about a debate recap?ReplyDelete
Well, five days of pills means that I'm in a better place today. And yes, I did try to sleep with one eye open! Tricky coincidence that you mentioned that, Ms. Glitter. The last time I took Vicodin I was convinced (every time I woke in bed) that I could actually see out of my one eye that is completely blind. Major trip--I did not get much sleep that night! But this time, I dozed off smiling, thinking of Lala creeping around my house, sniffing out the good stuff. Did you see the cookies and milk I left out for you?
I'm soooo excited about having a new epi tonight. Does Coach reach B-Rob levels of annoyance and make sure that Upulo-folks are paired up at all times? Does Whitney finally get true mean girl status with Lindsay or Shannon as her new nickname? Will the pagong continue? Or will Albert be in a three way with Oz and Jim?? **shiver!**
Hope you had a great week off from the blog!


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Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Special: Planet of the Apes" Trekkers visit the last strongholds of several rare and sometimes endangered species of primates.G
1:00 am
NOVA "The Fabric of the Cosmos - Universe Or Multiverse?" Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. Part 4 of 4G
2:00 am
Golf's Grand Design The history and role of American golf course architecture is examined in this film that also explores the relationship between the people who play the game and the places where they play. The focus is on golf course architecture from the late 1800s through the present, highlighting some of America's best-known and influential courses.G
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Small Farm Rising Right now, in our back yards, a new generation of farmers is redefining agriculture in America. Small, modern, sustainable and rooted in the community, these local farms are in the forefront of a movement growing across the nation. A family owned and operated farm produces award-winning goat milk cheeses; a farm powered solely by horses provides members with a full diet year-round; and two youthful entrepreneurs run an organic vegetable farm. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Harmony of the Spheres" A last lingering look back at mechanics to see new connections between old discoveries. D
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Economics U$A "Federal Deficits" This program examines efforts to reduce the deficit, including the Gramm-Rudman Act and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets. Updated 2003. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Asf Fue: II" This episode is the second segment of the four-part review and covers the time Raquel spent in Argentina.G
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Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique "Strengthen & Shape Your Legs" NULL
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Nothing to Fur But Fur Itself/Jetta's Project" NOTHING TO FUR BUT FUR ITSELF - Clifford's Big Idea: Believe in Yourself Having been scared by a ghost movie, T-Bone resolves to not let fear get the better of him. That is easier said than done! JETTA'S PROJECT - Clifford's Big Idea: Be Respectful When Jetta decides she really wants to win a model-building contest, she uses her friendship with Charley and Emily to get her way. D
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Arthur "Arthur Unravels/All The Rage" Arthur Unravels - Knit, one, pearl two, knit one, pearl two. Grandma Thora teaches Arthur to knit and he's really into this new hobby. But. D
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Martha Speaks "Eyes on the Skies/Camp Truman" Eyes on the Skies - Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Truman's #1 hero), is holding a seminar at the library. Truman becomes more and more certain that his activity partner T.D. is going to embarrass him in front of his idol. D
8:00 am
Curious George "Buoy Wonder/Roller Monkey" He finds what building materials will make a boat float and learns about momentum while skating.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Long Winter's Nap/The Tree Doctor" A Long Winter's Nap - Sally and Nick are so excited to go ice skating tomorrow, that they can't fall asleep! Cat's friend Boris the bear can help! Off they go to the Gleep-sneep Woods to learn how Boris gets ready to take his long winter's nap. Back at home, Nick and Sally follow Boris' advice, and follow their own bedtime routine to get ready for bed. With the help of a bedtime story from Cat, they quickly fall asleep. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "Little Red Riding Hood" Boo! Wolfy won't stop tricking Littlest Pig, and he has had enough! The Super Readers travel "Over the River and Through the Woods" into the story of Little Red Riding Hood on an adventure to find Little Red, her Grandma and the Wolf himself! Will talking to the Wolf help Pig, or does this wolf have more tricks up his sleeve? Educational Objectives: To learn about advocating for yourself. Also to recognize the alphabet, play fun spelling games and use the power to read to change the story. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "I'm A T. Rex!/Ned The Quadruped" I'm a T. rex! - Buddy travels to Rexville on the Dinosaur Train and meets Delores Tyrannosaurus and her daughter Annie. When he sees that he shares all the same features, Buddy learns that he is a Tyrannosaurus rex! Ned the Quadruped - Buddy and Tiny tour the Dinosaur Train and earn their Junior Conductor hats while their friend Ned, a four-legged, long-necked Brachiosaurus and regular Train rider, tags along. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "The Latinization of Marco" Gina is reading a book to Marco about the Spanish names for animals. Rosita asks what she is doing and Gina explains that since Marco was born in Guatemala where people speak Spanish, she would like him (and herself) to learn Spanish too. Rosita explains that there is so much more to learn and dashes off to get her guitar. D
11:00 am
Sid The Science Kid "Slide to the Side!" Sid is trying out his new dance called "The Sid Slide To The Side!" On his room's hardwood floor, he boogies to the left, jumps to the right and then tries to slide to the side. But in his new sneakers, he can't slide.he just squeaks to a stop! Sid and his friends investigate how different materials and surfaces can create friction, causing something to slow down. D
11:30 am
WordWorld "Boppin' with the Bug Band/Shuffleword" Boppin' with the Bug Band - Ant is having a band showcase on his radio show and while Bug, Fly and Bee have some really good music, they need a lot of help with their lyrics. Frog teaches the Bug Band all about rhyming and they eventually give a fantastic performance. Shuffleword - When Pig and Ant get into an argument while playing Shuffleword, Pig storms off with the consonants and Ant storms off with the vowels but they soon realize that not only do they need each other's letters to make words but they also need each other to have fun!. D
12:00 pm
Caillou "Machines! Brrrrrmmm!" Caillou learns to deal with a change in plans, when Daddy has to use the car and Mommy and Caillou have to take the subway. Caillou learns that a change in plans can be fun, checking out the map, getting tickets and listening to the musicians! Caillou learns about 'recycling' -- literally! When Caillou gets an eyeful of Leo's new bicycle, he wishes his bike looked special too. So Dad helps Caillou decorate his own bike with streamers and Mom comes through with a new horn! On an autumn day, Caillou and his Mommy take a walk and pass by a construction site. D
12:30 pm
Barney & Friends "Ahora Mismo: Spain" When Ben arrives too late to get a pony ride he must learn how to wait the hard way. He's always wanted a horse and now it looks as if he's missed his opportunity. Luckily, Barney takes him to Spain where they meet Regalo, a dancing horse! Ben and Barney return to the park just in time for Ben to get a pony ride after all!. D
1:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Long Winter's Nap/The Tree Doctor" A Long Winter's Nap - Sally and Nick are so excited to go ice skating tomorrow, that they can't fall asleep! Cat's friend Boris the bear can help! Off they go to the Gleep-sneep Woods to learn how Boris gets ready to take his long winter's nap. Back at home, Nick and Sally follow Boris' advice, and follow their own bedtime routine to get ready for bed. With the help of a bedtime story from Cat, they quickly fall asleep. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Giving and Sharing" When Victor has to be away from the Sodor Steam Works, Thomas is asked to take over for the day. Victor tries to tell Thomas how to run the Sodor Steam Works, but Thomas doesn't listen. He just wants to get started with his very special job. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Buoy Wonder/Roller Monkey" He finds what building materials will make a boat float and learns about momentum while skating.G
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Eyes on the Skies/Camp Truman" Eyes on the Skies - Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Truman's #1 hero), is holding a seminar at the library. Truman becomes more and more certain that his activity partner T.D. is going to embarrass him in front of his idol. D
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "Oh Danny Boy" Hector and Danny join forces in a doubles ping pong tournament. Will they find friendship in victory?. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "Slumber Party Pooper /Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman" Slumber Party Pooper - Becky finally convinces her parents to let her have her first slumber party. But who invited Eileen, A.k.a. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Let The Rhinos Roll!" The Wild Kratts team is on an important mission to unearth why Rhinos are mysteriously disappearing from the African Savannah. They soon discover that Zach Varmitech has been kidnapping them to create a new super Rhino Dozers so the creature adventurers devise a plan to rescue them - and it just might work! Along the way, they explore the nature of symbiotic relationships and learn that animals have different structures and behaviors that help them defend themselves. Rhinos use their size, sharp horn, mud bathing and their relationship with a small bird for defense. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "The Grapes of Plath" A terrible cyberglitch afflicts the young prince of the Crab Kingdom and the CyberSquad must cure him and stop Hacker before all is lost. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "How Much Frosting Can You Bear?" Grandma Ruffman takes over today's show. Her friends Fig and Tucker's person is getting married, so she calls upon Ruff and the FETCHers to help her with the wedding gifts! She sends Rubye and Jay to meet up with some experts at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center to engineer a bear-proof picnic basket for the couple. Meanwhile Shreya, Emmie, Marc, and Marco bake the bride and groom's actual wedding cake!. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Tucson, Az - Hour 1" Experts round up two Picasso-designed vases bought in France and a court affidavit submitted to the State of Maine by Jimmy Carter appealing a decision to list his first name on the ballot as James. An ornate saddle the owner used to compete for the title of rodeo queen in Coolidge, Arizona, is valued up to $8,000.G
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Market Warriors "Antiquing In Brimfield, MA" At the home of the largest outdoor market in the world, Miller, John, Bob and Kevin are assigned to find art glass among the market's 6,000 vendors. Some of the notable picks include examples of Bohemian art glass, a vintage scale and a handmade dollhouse. Success or failure will be determined at Cowan's Auction in Cincinnati, Ohio.G
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War "FUBAR" (September 1944-December 1944) While Allied generals plan for victory in Europe, things go wrong on the battlegrounds. American and British troops on the German border are short of fuel. The plan to drop airborne troops behind enemy lines goes awry. Fierce fighting on the Belgian-German border, in the Vosages Mountains of France, and in the skies over Germany pin down troops and make survival the only victory. In the Pacific, General MacArthur is poised to invade the Philippines at Leyte. Part 5 of 7G
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Reviewed by Cora T. (age 6)
I liked this story so much. I was really mad at Little Mouse until I saw what he made for Big Mouse. Then that made me happy. The pictures are so cool in this book because they make things like the wheelbarrow out of clothespins, a cardboard box, and a spool of thread. The clothesline is made with a spoon and a pencil. It is really fun to look at the things they use for the pictures.
Anyone who likes animal stores will want to read this book. I think it is a really funny story.


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Spoiler: No.
Seriously Time? Wtf kind of reporting is this?
"For a number of Christian theologians, it's enough to suggest the end of days is near."
Shocking! So does EVERY SINGLE OTHER EVENT, EVER.
What is that statistic? Something like 80% of all believers in the last thousand years has believed the return of Hey-Zeus was going to be in their time? Even Growing Pains said he didn't think that the dead birds were a sign and he's the poster boy for the end of days delusion.
"The owner, whose name has been withheld by authorities, told deputies that he suspected the animals died of IBR (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis), a respiratory condition, or BVD (bovine virus diarrhea), an illness that can damage a cow's digestive and immune systems, lead to pneumonia and kill unborn calves."
What?! No way! You can't just blame it on disease! We need MORE than that! It's a sign!
Someone should tell these wackos that 1/3 of the world population died from the black plague and sky wizard didn't show up. Disease happens, luckily SCIENCE can help ya out.
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I thought Time pandered to the idiots from time to time(oh dear..my pun is flat). But this is a bit much. 200 cows dying is not prophecy. It's someone putt something bad in the freaking grain and doesn't want to be responsible(or any other logical explination).
But this shouldn't be surprising, with 2012 getting close and folks thinking the world is going to end. We're going to get more and more of this(complete with more groups asserting they know when it will end) until it finally happens. Which reminds me about christian dominionism and their desire to ship Jews to Isreal....
I thought Time was circling the toilet drain a few years ago. Unfortunately, becoming more stupid will not save the once venerable news magazine. Another victim of stupidification via life in the internet age.
The problem with christorrhea is that it is incurable. Almost any interesting event causes these people to start spewing their religious bullshit. Most likely, they know it's nonsense, but they still can't control themselves. They're basically Charlie Sheen on Jesus.
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When talking about the Notre Dame defense on the team that went undefeated in the 2012 regular season, the first two names that will come up are Manti Teo and Louis Nix III. The next guy that should probably come up in the conversation is Stephon Tuitt, who was a tremendous player for the Irish as a sophomore as a defensive end and defensive tackle along with Nix and the two of them combined to make Teos and the rest of the defenses life easier as they caused problems up front for the opposition.
Tuitt was remarkably productive with 22 solo tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, a forced fumble, and a recovery that he took back for 77 yards and a score. The potential for Tuitt to get even better this year is definitely there because he has a lot of areas he could improve technically that would help him dramatically both to produce more for Notre Dame and then projecting forward to the NFL. Tuitts production is all the more impressive when considering how ineffective he was with leverage, his ability to anticipate the snap and his first step.
His physical tools alone will earn him consideration in the top 100 picks but if he can correct these issues and play with lower pad level consistently and get off the ball better, his production and stock could sky rocket and the potential is there for him to go as high as the first round.
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Tuitt is listed at 66 303lbs and he seems to carry the weight really well. He only seems to have a little bit of extra weight around his midsection. Tuitt brings terrific athleticism combined with impressive functional strength, but he needs to do more in terms of technique for his athletic gifts to show through more consistently. His motor seems to be good for the most part as he makes a lot of plays on second and third efforts and with his height and length for the position, his physical potential is extremely high.
Snap Anticipation & First Step
Tuitts snap anticipation depends entirely on his stance. He routinely uses two; one where his feet are under him commonly seen on obvious running downs and one where has his feet behind him which is most often seen in more obvious passing situations. When Tuitt is anticipating run with his feet under him, his ability to anticipate the snap is mediocre and he is often the last one off the line. The times where he anticipates pass, his snap anticipation is solid and he gets a decent jump. He puts himself at a significant disadvantage when he comes off of the ball late and makes it so he has to work that much harder to get the job done.
In his running stance, his first step is not effective and usually ends up just stepping down. It is better when he is looking for pass and does more to get up the field, but he runs into the same problem regardless of his stance. Tuitt stands almost straight up out of his stance with his first step the vast majority of the time, which is a problem for anyone, but especially for someone of his height. The times he does not are in goal line situations or short yardage when he is diving low to create a pile and stop the run. The other times, Tuitt comes out with a good pad level and he is incredibly effective. If he can do that consistently and make all of that motion and energy go forward instead of going up, the results could be scary.
Tuitt should spend a significant amount of time working on getting a consistent stance that allows him to fire off the ball quickly and enables him to fire out rather than up, which makes him work so much harder than he should have to with his strength and athleticism. If he can just become a more natural bender and be able to play lower, it will have a dramatic impact on his play.
Block Shedding
Tuitt has an array of moves that he uses to try to shed blocks. His arm length makes it so he can simply shake opponents off of him at times along with a bull rush, but he also flashes a nice swim move and rip move that help free himself of blocks and make plays on the ball carrier. All of them except the swim move are less effective when he plays too high, but the bull rush most of all. When a player tries to bull rush high, they are only really able to use their arms and legs for power. They are getting minimal benefit from their core, back or shoulders.
When Tuitt gets behind his pads and is able to take advantage of all of them, he is incredibly impressive and difficult to stop, which opens up all of his other moves to him as the offensive lineman is at a decided disadvantage. At that point, he is basically playing with them and he can casually pick from his moves which will do the job. If he can do it consistently, he becomes a terror wherever he lines up, but if not, it will continue to merely be flashes of what could be.
Run Stopping
Tuitt has questionable instincts at the run and gets fooled going for fakes he is never going to be able to make plays on anyway, which causes him to get out of his lane and open up opportunities for opponents. For example, Tuitt crashing down to on a running play that is going away from him, which then turns into a quarterback bootlegging right where Tuitt would have been standing had he followed through on his assignment.
He has a bad habit of wanting to go outside against the offensive tackle far too often considering his size and strength. Tuitt is certainly an impressive athlete but when he takes himself out of the middle or puts himself in a position where he can be washed out of the play, he is helping the defense. He has explosive power when he wants to use it, so he can be a disruptive player when he goes at the outside shoulder of the offensive tackle to maintain contain rather than trying to speed rush to the outside.
On the plays where he is able to get into the backfield, he needs to do a better job of sinking his hips and breaking down because he ends up having trouble adjusting in small spaces and can have trouble securing the play that is right next to him as a result.
When he does stay inside, he is extremely stout against the run and will not only hold up, but has shown the ability to occasionally collapse the pocket. If he can get more consistent leverage, this would happen more often. He has the ability to hold up against double teams but he can get knocked off balance. Tuitt is a player who can move extremely well down the line and cover a lot of ground but he needs to stay lower to corner more effectively and avoid being taken off of his feet.
Pass Rushing
Tuitt offers a lot of ability as a pass rusher from both the end and tackle positions. He is a little too in love with rushing outside, but he can be tremendous when he goes from speed to power and can really jolt the offensive tackle into the quarterback in those situations. The reason he likely wants to go outside so much is because of his lack of leverage, which is less of a problem when he can go to the outside with speed. If he can maintain his leverage and pad level, he can be an extremely disruptive player with his bull rush.
The times when Tuitt flashes good pad level and rushes on the outside, he has been virtually unstoppable and treats the offensive lineman trying to block him like a speed bump on his way to the quarterback. Between his speed and getting everything out of his power, tackles are just unable to stop him and struggle to really even get a hand on him. He is so much faster off of the snap, which puts his opponent at a disadvantage and then he has all of his power behind his pads, so he is a freight train on his way to the quarterback with the power to level the quarterback. Whether he rushes inside or from the outside, if he can fire off the ball low and maintain that pad level, he is a scary, scary player.
Tuitt is also a guy who keeps up his effort and has gotten a number of sacks because teammates forced them into him or he cleaned up someone elses unfinished play and his numbers add up quickly. His effort level and motor are both impressive and are a great reason he should be a viable pass rush threat at the next level.
System Fit
Tuitts best fit is probably as a 5-tecnique defensive end like he is playing in Notre Dames defense because he does have so much athleticism and versatility. He has the ideal length and ability to hold up on the outside with the speed and agility to be a pass rusher either from that spot or if teams want to kick him inside as a rush tackle.
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- My Sweet Prairie said...
Bloomin' Peacock. : ) There - I've completely drawn a blank. I need to see the whole thing. : ) You could still use peacock, no? "Blooming". Simply blooming. What about that? I love single word titles. ; )
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- January 15, 2012 at 7:18 PM
- Miss McD said...
I thought Daphne Grigg's idea was great. She pointed to a name on a globe, or in an Atlas, and used the place name in name of the pattern. Maybe you could find a random method like that, to take the pressure off.
- January 15, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Mama Pea said...
Good job on the quilting! And, yes, I love your hand dyed fabrics. LOVE what you are doing for your binding! I like My Sweet Prairie's ideas....Or maybe Peacock Blooms?
The first thing that came to my mind was Flower Power. It will come to you as you are stitching and finishing. I know it will. Oh, yeah, and don't forget to add the wine. It will come!
- January 15, 2012 at 9:12 PM
- Lynn said...
Peacock Flower? Hard to make good suggestions from only the little peaks you've given us so far.
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- Brooke said...
Here's hoping for some inspiration!!
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- Peg said...
Looks like it's a gorgeous quilt, with all those colors. How about something with 'rainbow' in it? I'm stumped too, without seeing the whole thing.
- January 16, 2012 at 8:14 AM
- gpc said...
I am a new follower -- I found you at Lily Pad Quilting!
I am also new to the idea of actually quilting -- I signed up for a class!
Looking at the beautiful quilt back, I would call it Riding the Waves -- the spin on your 'flower' reminds me of the curl of water, too. But I like Blooming Peacock, if you want to keep the bird!
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- hueisei said...
Beautiful hand dyed fabric! Actually the name is okay, don't worry...
- January 17, 2012 at 7:24 AM
- robin said...
Just stopping over from Lily Pad - I'm already your follower, and would love to win some fabric! Thanks!!! :)
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- gill said...
Just come over from lily pad! I'm already a follower and I love your flower tutorial - thanks!
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Love your blog......I'm a new follower.I really like the flower tutorial al lily pad....
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I'm a new follower.
I just love your blog. You are so creative.
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- Sallie said...
I'm already a follower. I'm coming from Lily Pad Quilting and would love to win some of your hand dyed fat quarters. Thanks!
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- Linda V said...
HI! I am a follower, here. Thanks for the giveaway at Lily Pad Quilting.
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- Margaret said...
Lily Pad Quilting sent me. I am a new follower. Love this quilt. I am no good at picking names. Not enough imagination I guess. Good luck finding one you like.
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- Janet said...
I like the Blooming Peacock idea.
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Amazing! Stunning postcards i love it the first one reminds me about the pollo candy it has also a hole and the peacock i also love it because you choose fine colors.
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Got this length bar for our bikes. We were told it should fit 4 bikes across the Honda CRV 2012 rack, but we don't see how. The black towers that hold the whisp bars at either end eat up so much room that we can't get four bike racks mounted in the space in between. The product works well, but should not be advertised to hold more than 3 bikes.
It depends on which type of bike mount you have. If you own the Whispbar specific racks, WB200 and WB201, that attach using the slot on top of the Whispbar then you can easily fit 4 bikes. However, if you're using a different brand or style of bike rack that clamps over the Whispbar, you may not be able to fit 4 bikes. Additionally, keep in mind that fork mounting racks are narrower than wheel-attached mounting racks.
Honda Fit
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Just got these for a roofbox on my Honda Fit. I like the shape, and they seem lower than normal bars. I don't have any to compare to, but they seem quiet. The only thing I don't like is that the rubber gaskets gap open where they seat on the roof, because of the curve of the roof. It doesn't cause anything to happen, but it doesn't look finished. Other than that, they are great!
Great crossbars and they're Quiet!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Mounted these (s18w) on top of Thule tracks (using k450 fit kit) on a 2012 jeep wrangler hard top. Super clean install and crossbar curvature matches the roof perfectly. These are heavy duty and well built bars and quiet as hell for aftermarket standards. looking forward to use these with the yakima big powderhound
Love the look
I had a set of Yakima control towers on too of my 08 Toyota Tundra. Was a lot of wind noise even with a fairing. The noise was cut by 80% when I added these bars. They look really really good. They installed really easy. The Yakima control towers were a little easier, but not by much. The bars are made of aluminum so they will never rust. In conclusion they look great, reduced the noise and will last longer then the Yakima or Thule bars.
Would this fit on a 2017 Subaru Impreza base model.?
What's the max. load weight for these?
What's the difference between the three style/size options? I am looking to put on a LEER truck cap with existing track system. Want the widest crossbars possible, up to 58
2015 Nissan 4 door Sentra what do I need ? 2 bike, 26 & or 29 with locks 🔐
What would fit a Hyundai Tucson 2013 with side rails ?
What are the size of the rails in the S16 Whispbar? and is the K328 the correct fit kit for a 2014 Jeep CHerokee with side rails?
Hey William,
Here are the dimensions for the Whispbar through bars - L 49.61" X W 6.70" X H 5.91"
Yes the K328 is the right fit kit for your 2014 Cherokee with rails! Yakima recommends the S16 with K328 for your car.
Thank you, what about a size for theYakima Whispbar Flush Bar Rack Kit for a 2014 Cherokee?
Will this fit Camry 2012?
Will this fit Camry 2012?
Hey Lucerio,
This will fit your Camery. You will need to pick up the S16 Through 1190/2B option in the drop down as well as the K652W fitting kit which we seem to be sold out of at the moment.
Hi Wayne thanks for the reply! When are you guys having new stocks for my 2012 Camry?
Will this fit on my 2014 TOYOTA PRIUS?
Will this fit on my 2014 TOYOTA PRIUS?
Yes, the Yakima Whispbar has a size to fit pretty much all vehicles including the 2014 Prius C and Prius. Go to the Yakima website to enter the year, make, model, etc to determine which size fits your Prius. http://www.whispbar.com/shop/
I'm confused with half through and the...
I'm confused with half through and the other?
Some vehicles need a different fit in the front and a different fit for the back so the "half" options are not a set but rather individual rails.


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TALLAHASSEE � More than two million Floridians are expected to take to the state�s roadways during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to AAA. The majority of travelers plan to leave Wednesday and return on Sunday, which could result in heavy traffic on major roadways throughout the state. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) encourages travelers to check its 511 Traveler Information System to get the latest information on crashes, congestion, construction and more on all of Florida�s interstates, toll roads and other major metropolitan roadways.
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AAA forecasts nearly 39 million Americans will travel nationwide by automobile during Thanksgiving, accounting for approximately 90 percent of all holiday travelers.
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Harper's Weekly, March 18, 1871
Since its independence from France, Haiti has been vilified. In the early nineteenth century, there was widespread fear that the slave revolt would spread to other parts of the slaveholding world. After slavery was abolished in the Americas, negative stereotyping continued with cartoons such as these depicting Haitian people in a degrading way.


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Recently I walked into Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants in NW Portland to pour a sample of one of my wines, and the most perfect looking inexpensive red wine caught my eye. It was the 2007 Mas d'Intras Vin de Pays des Coteaux de l'Ardeche "Cuvee du Helviens." The label, as you can see, just screams country French, and you can only hope the wine is as authentic. I brought a bottle up to the counter and the staff joked, not incorrectly, that I really must be in the wine business now because I'm buying buying cheap wine. It's true, any money is going into the business. But they knew even more than I knew - this not only looked like the perfect French country wine, it is the perfect French country wine.
This is vin de pays, country wine, in a small, humble 750mL glass bottle that asks to be poured into tumblers with a simple meal. But the wine inside, a half and half blend of grenache and syrah, is absolutely delicious. What any $10 or slightly less wine ought to be. Aromas of raspberries and strawberries, warm stones and garrigue, that brushy, dry herb scent of the countryside. Then dry, savory flavors of raspberries and stones, with a rough hewn but smooth texture, a country table of a wine that slakes your thirst but satisfies well beyond the price tag. I simply can't get enough of this kind of wine, and it really deserves to be served in tumblers out of a large carafe rather than a bottle and crystal glasses.
Estelle Imports here in Portland is the American importer, and from the looks of the producer's web site, there are lots more bottlings to investigate. I'll have to check to see what more is available locally. This bottle I believe retails for $9.50. It's not sweet and fruity, but it's also not unclean or sour. If you want the vinous equivalent of the perfect simple omelette or crepe, this is your wine. We had it with simple polenta, green and a blue cheese sauce. Simply delicious.


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Arch Generated Desired Responseby Howard W. Hewitt • January 14, 2008 Share:
Critical Arch – is what Nick Roudebush '09 and Kevin Wasie '09 titled their public art piece for Joe Gower's Sculpture class. By duplicating the College arch and placing it in the middle of campus, they got response beyond all their hopes.
The arch mysteriously appeared Monday morning, Jan. 7, and immediately became a campus curiosity. The students loved the idea of posting a blog and encouraging comment which drew more than 50 responses. You can still comment by going to the blog here.
"It's been great," Roudebush said, who often stayed away but observed reactions. "Some students would walk underneath at the same time other students were walking around it."
The arch was meant to challenge tradition, concepts of art, and art's place on campus.
"It is an attempt to bring many issues surrounding the Wabash community to the surface," Wasie wrote from John Carroll University, where he is taking second semester classes. "I hope that Critical Arch stirs up thought about issues such as, what are the traditions at Wabash, whether or not the traditions we hold at Wabash are beneficial, the relationship that a community has to its traditions, the psychological effects that take place on members of a community that offer traditions for the basis of action.
"I hope that the arch can be a pebble thrown into a pond that creates ripples of thought, discussion, and opinion."
Gower, who admitted no prior knowledge about the arch or the traditions and legend that surrounds it, is astounded by the students' success. "I have done this assignment at other institutions and have never had the success that this piece has," the Visiting Assistant Professor of Art said.
The reaction was both positive and negative, exactly what Roudebush was hoping. "We wanted both sides," he said. "Those comments are a part of our final work. There are people who are saying bad things or all negative comments and that's part of the art. They're part of the artwork when they say it's a piece of crap."
Roudebush, an art major, insists the piece is open to interpretation. "It questions tradition and it questions art," the Cicero, Indiana native said. "A lot of people here at Wabash have this set idea of things they want to see and this challenges that. What is art? Is it architecture? Is it a psych experiment? In my opinion it is both – art is very psychological."
Wasie admitted amazement at the amount of response. "Criticism and compliment – all of the discussion is wonderful," he wrote. "It is nearly impossible to see the new arch and not interact with it in one way or another. Creating it on such a grand scale, putting it smack dab in the middle of people's paths, and giving the viewer the opportunity of how they want to interact with it (walk under or around) definitely puts a small seed of thought into the views mind."
The students researched the arch in the College archives, talked with a few veteran professors and had a panel react to their idea. The panel included Dean Tom Bambrey, Laura Connors and Tim Riley. It took about a month to build the arch, Roudebush said. They put it up on campus Sunday, Jan. 6, in a few hours. The arch will come down in another week or so.
The lack of public art on campus was also part of the motivation. "We just wanted to put art out there too," Roudebush admitted. "We wanted people to think about art. We need more public art and that was very intentional."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The desired response is a bit of an understatement actually. Besides the 50-some people who posted comments to the blog, the blog entry had more than 2,200 hits as of Monday morning since it's posting Jan. 9. That is a number substantially above usual news entries.
In photos: Roudebush with the arch that took more than a month to construct. At right, Wasie in an art class last spring. Bottom left, Roudebush would often keep his distance, as he was doing here, to observe reactions.


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Take the fight to your adversary without warning. That advice from my father, which he would utter so frequently during the long, brutal training sessions in ninjitsu that consumed my childhood, came back to me as I placed the explosive squib by Brian Mossop's door. Attack without hesitation.
Penetrating the outermost layers of security in the cliffside fortress that PLoS kept as its headquarters had been elementary: the guards silently dispatched, the lasers easily deflected, the genetically engineered honey badgers roaming the grounds distracted by my robotic cobra decoys. But this office was the inner sanctum of the community manager himself, and the defenses that he might have rigged against his countless enemies were impossible to foresee. My only hope was to take him by surprise here, to hope that my training would be sufficient, so that I might at least put an end to his online reign of terror. Strike without mercy.
The squib fired and the heavy walnut door leapt open, askew on its hinges. I dove instantly into the room, rolling low to avoid the instinctive aim of anyone inside, my own twin Beretta 93R pistols at the ready. But no gunfire or hail of curare-tipped darts greeted me; only the acrid stink and fading reverberations of the blast I had set.
The room was a Victorian curiosity shop of scientific detritus. My rapid scan of the recessed shelves identified the skull of a stegosaurus, a reconstructed Antikythera mechanism, a photograph of one of President Grover Cleveland's clandestine meetings with Thomas Edison, a diorama of stuffed marmosets, a floating power crystal salvaged from the Roswell crash, the long-lost left foot of Bono pickled in formaldehyde. No one was in the room, however, least of all Brian Mossop himself. His desk was in fact nearly bare, except for his ever-present silver wolf's head cane placed precisely across the blotter—the first time I had ever seen it outside his grip. Beneath it was a typed note.
I always knew that it would be you who came to settle old scores, Mr. Rennie. Yet by the time you read this, I will be gone.
Gone? I thought. Gone where?
For the next stage of events to transpire, I must absent myself from your physical plane and transcend to a realm of pure digitized thought. You know, at Wired. You cannot conceive of the wonders that await me there: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion; C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser gate—my understanding is that they show Blade Runner in the office on Thursday afternoons. But these things are not for you to understand.
You have always seen me as your great antagonist. What you failed to recognize, however, was my underlying purpose. I brought together you and the other PLoS bloggers so that I might forge you into something stronger and more powerful: a mighty team of Open-Access Avengers whose science network of righteousness can defend earth against the unrelenting tide of ignorance and woo!
The world needs you now. For I have seen disturbing portents in the entrails of Dr. Oz, heard them in the headless chittering of Jenny McCarthy. A darkness rises like none before it! An apocalypse of ignorance that threatens to sweep away all reason and sensibility and reduce mankind to blind, unknowing slime through all eternity!
Can you please ask them to forward any mail to my home address? Thanks. —Brian Mossop
His note inspired a thousand questions—but I had no time to consider any of them. The right wall of his office unexpectedly tore open, rent apart by some incredible and unseen force, pulled into a suddenly yawning, stygian blackness. Hurricane winds ripped at every object in the room, pulling them toward the pit as well. Half shielding my eyes with a raised arm, I nevertheless had the impression of the angled corners of half-perceived objects within that maw as being terrifyingly wrong, distorted by some nightmarish violation of normal geometry.
And worse by far was my further sense of some titanic things moving within that darkness toward the light—of vast monstrosities beyond human reason crawling forward, of tentacles and three-lobed burning eyes. A hideous buzzing din erupting from the rift configured itself against my wishes into a voice, but a voice unlike any from a human throat, one chanting a soul-destroying litany I could not escape:
Iä! Iä Shub-Niggurath! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! B'ra zheevkoveesh!
I tightened my grip on the Berettas and wondered whether the bloggers at Scientopia ever had to put up with this nonsense.


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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Canteen classics: Solyanka, Estonian style
(This recipe was originally posted in December 2006. Fully updated in May 2012).
Here's a recipe for a soup that must have frequently featured in one disguise or another in every single canteen and many households across the former Soviet empire: solyanka (see also this informative article about Russian soups). A hearty soup originally from Russia and Ukraine that can be just as humble or elegant as you want. If you're a flashy Slav, you use seven types of meat (incl. kidneys) and throw in a handful of black olives, a slice of lemon and a generous pinch of capers. If you're a more modest Estonian, you stick to sweating onions and a choice of sausages. You can add cabbage or other vegetables, make a vegetarian, fishy or meaty solyanka.
Whatever you do, you must use salted/brined cucumbers (aka pickles), which give the soup its characteristic salty-sour note.
Solyanka, Estonian style
(Seljanka eesti moodi)
Serves: 4
3 large onions (about 400 grams in total)
4 Tbsp oil
100 ml boiling water
100 grams of concentrated tomato puree
1 litre beef stock (use boiling water and 2 beef stock cubes, if necessary)
3 bay leaves
10 black peppercorns
3 salted cucumbers, halved lengthwise and sliced
300-400 grams of cooked lean meat products (choose a mixture of Frankfurters, Polish kabanos or Krakow sausages, sliced cooked beef, mild chorizo sausages etc - 2-3 different types)
To serve:
sour cream or smetana or thick plain yogurt
Quarter the onions and slice thinly crosswise.
Heat oil in a heavy saucepan, add onions and fry gently for 5 minutes. Add peppercorns and bay leaves alongside 100 ml of boiling water and simmer for 15 minutes, until onions have softened.
Add tomato puree and stir until combined.
Add the hot stockm sliced cucumbers, and chopped meat products.
Bring slowly to the boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer gently for about10 minutes, so the flavours can develop.
Taste for seasoning - you can add some lemon juice to sharpen the soup.Serve with a dollop of sour cream and some rye bread.
More solyanka recipes:
Salmon and wild mushroom solyanka @ Nami-Nami
Frau T's solyanka @ Urban Foodie
Solyanka @ Eastern Europan Food (About.com)
Russian meat solyanka @ Food.com
Solyanka @ Pavel Chuchuva (in Melbourne)
Simple Solyanka @ Windows to Russia
6 comments:
- joey said...
That sounds like it would really hit the spot! :)
- 12:15 pm, December 13, 2006
- Jeanne said...
Oooooh, comfort food!! This sounds like just what is needed to get through winter... Quick and probably silly question - do you have a good recipe for salted cucumbers? I fell in love with vinegar-less pickles in New York and want to try and recreate them at home...
- 2:52 pm, December 15, 2006
- Pille said...
Joey - it's very good on a cold autumn/winter night indeed, very heartwarming.
Jeanne - comfort food indeed! I wrote about salting cucumbers here - let me know if you want more detailed instructions. I would try to get those smaller, Lebanese cucumbers (?) from ethnic stores for salting purposes - the long supermarket cucumbers wouldn't probably work as well..
- 10:32 am, December 18, 2006
- Triin Seppel said...
It tasted great and will taste even better tomorrow. I tweaked it a bit.
- 8:17 am, April 18, 2012
- Katrina @ The Gastronomica Me said...
god I love this stuff. haven't had it for ages! the funny thing is that you don't actually see this soup of many menus, say, Ukraine. Or here in London in Russian restaurants. It seems to be one of those Balticanised Russian soups:)
- 12:55 pm, May 13, 2012
- Pille said...
Triin - super!
Katrina - you'll see a version of solyanka in many places over here- at least the canteen-type places. I had an excellent solyanka at Mamo (Tornimäe) just a fortnight ago, that's what actually triggered me to dig up the old post again :)
- 8:42 pm, May 17, 2012


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The Catholic tradition has a very high regard for the right use of natural reason. It urges upon us both the wisdom literature of the Jews and the philosophical and logical brilliance of the Greeks. From Jesus telling us to judge with right judgment (and very often appealing to us to use the sense God gave a goose) down through St. Thomas Aquinas to the present day, the Catholic tradition is chockablock with practical counsels to live by, including the natural virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. The goal is to cultivate the ability to think clearly, to make logical judgments and distinctions, and to keep our heads when all about us are losing theirs.
A well-trained and informed natural reason is the indispensable foundation for thinking with the mind of Christ. This is one of the many reasons people like St. Thomas are doctors of the Church and the reason that the medieval university spent huge amounts of the curriculum teaching things like logic and reason and inventing things like the scientific method.
At the same time, while the Catholic tradition has a very high regard for natural reason — just as it has for natural law and natural morality — it also insists that supernatural revelation teaches us things that we cannot know by the light of merely natural reason, natural law or natural morality. So, for instance, while the Church says that the existence of God is knowable by the light of natural reason, the fact that God is a Trinity is not knowable by the light of natural reason. He has to reveal that to us supernaturally since we are a) merely creatures and b) fallen creatures, at that. Likewise, supernatural revelation takes us to higher planes of moral thought than we would reach on our own. So, we find Jesus constantly upping the ante on the old covenant natural morality by saying things like:
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven" (Mt 5:43-45).
The whole "love your enemies" thing has been tough for Christians since the beginning, precisely because it is something rooted in divine revelation and not in natural (much less fallen) moral reason. Left to ourselves, we would prefer to retaliate against our enemy, not love him every time.
Likewise, Jesus' command that "whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses" (Mk 11:25) is a command to do something that would never occur to us in a million years had not Jesus both commanded it and attached to it a warning so dire — "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Mt 6:14-15) — that we could not ignore it.
The paradox, then, is that at some point we have to offer our natural reason in sacrifice in order to find the mind of God.
Jesus himself is the great exemplar of this and the response of fallen natural reason to this revelation is encapsulated, for all time, in this exchange between Jesus and his great, plain-spoken, and dead wrong disciple, Simon Peter:
"From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, 'God forbid, Lord! This shall never happen to you.' But he turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.' Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it'" (Mt 16:21-25).
In short, the mind of Christ does not break or go below natural reason, but it can and does transcend it. Not a jot of the law is abolished, but it is rather fulfilled by Christ. Idolatry, dishonoring father and mother, murder, theft, lying, adultery, covetousness: none of these become "good." But merely keeping the law is not enough. Mere logic is found to not satisfy the human heart because, as philosopher Blaise Pascal said, the heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of. Natural reason does not satisfy because we are not made merely for nature. We are made for God and can only be satisfied by union with him.
The way to union with God is through the life of Christ offered to us by him in the sacraments and life of the Church. We enter into that life, of course, in baptism: "all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death[.] We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his" (Rom 6:3-5).
This is why the second sacrament of initiation — confirmation — is so vital to us: it gives us the gifts necessary for putting on the mind of Christ and thinking as God thinks. Without the help of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, we continue to live at the level of Peter when he tried to stop Jesus from taking up his cross.
Confirmation is the sacrament ordered toward maturity, friendship with God and mission. Each requires that we both embrace and transcend natural reason. The New Testament tells us: "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food; for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by practice to distinguish good from evil" (Heb 5:12-14).
This letter to the Hebrews is written for those tempted to remain focused on what was old and comfortable: the Mosaic system of sacrifices from their childhood that prefigured Jesus but could not, itself, save. We can fall for the same habits of mind, seeking what is old and familiar and refusing to "put out into the deep" as Jesus told Peter to do (Lk 5:4).
Putting out into the deep means, among other things, embracing the call to simultaneously embrace the shocking promise of Jesus that he will make us "partakers in the divine nature" (2 Pt 1:4) as well as his frightening assurance that the only way to do that is to deny yourself, take up your cross and follow him.
St. Paul, who himself had to acquire the mind of Christ after being spectacularly wrong, gives us the tip about how to proceed:
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith which God has assigned him. For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another" (Rom 12:2-5).
Next time, we will look at how to renew the mind by learning to think with the Church, the Body of Christ.
Mark Shea writes the "Catholic and Enjoying It" blog at www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/.
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