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When Good Intentions Go Awry: The Great GoogaMooga's Setback to Post-Sandy Recovery
How Brooklyn's largest food festival raised—and broke—hopes for food businesses on the brink
For businesses recovering from Hurricane Sandy's devastation—those driven deep into debt, others looking for new homes—no opportunity to regain lost sales has been too small. So when the Great GoogaMooga offered some the opportunity to sell food at a three-day food festival for 100,000 people, restaurants like Kasadela Izakaya and Caracas Rockaways felt that they couldn't pass up the opportunity.
But as we all know by now, GoogaMooga didn't go as planned. What began as a gesture of goodwill ended with poor communication, overestimated sales, and possibly thousands more dollars down the drain for restaurants already on the brink.
For the much missed Kasadela, GoogaMooga looked like a blessing. The Alphabet City restaurant sustained enormous damages from flooding during the hurricane. A post-Sandy fundraising campaign raised $17,000, but fell short of the $50,000 the owners needed to continue. In February, they told the Village Voice that they received no insurance money and were kicked out by their landlord. Their situation looked grim, until GoogaMooga organizer Superfly came along.
Kasadela was a returning vendor from the first GoogaMooga, and the owners were given a sweetheart deal. They could participate free of charge and, sources tell us, Superfly even helped them raise the money they needed to make a go of it. The plan was to use the profits to help re-launch their business.
But it didn't work out that way. Sunday's festival was cancelled due to rain, leaving the owners with product they had to race to sell at an independent pop-up. We couldn't reach Kasadela's owners by press time; their next steps—and whether they'll be able to get back to business at all—are uncertain.
The Rockaway Beach Club, a partnership formed between Caracas Rockaway, Rippers, Rockaway Taco, and Motorboat and the Big Banana, was coming off its inaugural season when Sandy hit in November. Each of their three buildings (at Beach 86th, 97th, and 106th Sts respectively), which the Beach Club leases from the Parks Department, sustained damage from the storm. At the Beach 97th Street building, the floor was completely washed away along with half of their equipment. According to owner Maribel Araujo, the damages have cost Caracas $100,000.
Caracas has had to tackle that debt without aid. Like many businesses in New York, the Beach Club did not have flood insurance when Sandy hit, and as they missed the 2012 application deadline, they were only able to seek it out months after the storm. But despite the lack of coverage, there was the hope of a Small Business Administration loan, which Maribel applied for in December.
"In March or the beginning of April I got a call from the SBA saying that because I am not a U.S. citizen my application was rejected. I was totally counting on that money. And it blew my mind," Maribel told me, "because I have what the U.S. government calls a business visa. The visa is given to the business through my person. I'm paying taxes the same way any U.S. resident or citizen is."
Meanwhile, the rebuilding effort of the Rockaway Beach Club's three buildings has been complicated by the fact that the city is their landlord. The city's efforts to help reconstruction haven't been too speedy.
"We were hoping to take the opportunity to—knowing that this is something that could happen again—maybe give the city some time to really look into the options and what other countries do in situations like this," Maribel said.
The partners proposed to the city that the concessions be put in shipping containers with wheels so that they could be moved in the event of another hurricane or just to accommodate the changing shoreline. Instead, the city elected a more traditional engineering route, using "super-solid, huge foundations." Until the boardwalk, which serves as the community's artery, is reconstructed, the concessions this summer will be more like islands.
Maribel expressed concern about losing the momentum they built last summer. "It's a whole new world. We don't really know what our mobile vendor situation is going to be. We have been trying to anticipate it as much as we can, but it's really hard to get the right information from 20 agencies."
Getting Caracas Rockaway back this summer has meant moving ahead without any of the expected loans, submitting to the government's approach to rebuilding, and dealing with a heavy dose of bureaucratic red-tape. After all these headaches, GoogaMooga offered an opportunity for hope.
Earlier this year, two of Maribel's partners in the Beach Club, the Meat Hook (part of Rippers), and the Big Banana, approached Superfly with a special request. They asked the organizers to invite Rockaway businesses and, in turn, take a reduced commission to help them get back on their feet. Maribel was understandably hesitant to take the risk. But with the rejection of her loan application, she felt GoogaMooga was her best, if not only, option to get Caracas Rockaway out of its hole. The government had skimped on her, and with no other recourse, the chance to wipe out a third of that debt in one fell swoop proved too enticing.
While much has been said about Sunday's cancellation, Maribel insisted that weather wasn't the biggest problem. Vendors would have been stuck with literal tons of leftovers even if the final day were not cancelled. Wary of repeating the same mistakes that plagued the first GoogaMooga, notorious for its extremely long lines and severe food shortages, Superfly provided vendors with data on festival attendance that "basically pinned [them] to [excessive] numbers." Caracas was led to believe they'd need 4,000 servings of food. No customers wanted to buy water, because it was bottled tap priced at $3 a pop, but vendors were encouraged by Spectrum Concessions to pre-order in bulk.
"If you pre-ordered from them then they would deliver it to you at your booth on Friday. Otherwise you'd have to go to wherever they were with your hand truck and make 20 trips," Maribel told me. "They didn't require you to order so much, but you would ask them and they would say, 'oh, you're going to sell a lot of water. That was the case last year.'"
Their biggest hit, though, came from operating costs. Vendors were given an assigned booth, with an amount of equipment and staff that needed to be approved by the organizers. As with food, Superfly overestimated what was necessary.
"The people who were in the charge of the vendors, the culinary team, they were really amazing people," Maribel said. "They were professional and really into it. But they were following guidelines from the owners, so it was like, 'my boss is asking me to make you produce triple the amount of the food you are going to be able to sell just to make sure they don't look bad on that end.' Even with the most amazing weather ever, we were not going to sell what they made us prepare for."
Like the owners of Kasadela, Maribel thought GoogaMooga would help Caracas Rockaway get out of that gaping hole Sandy punched in her business. She had expected to sell $36,000 worth of food, but ended up selling only $9,000. When we talked on Wednesday, she estimated that she'd end up losing $6,000 to $8,000. Superfly, granted, did offer insurance to vendors, but it was at the cost of 2% of their projected sales. In an article published on May 24th, fellow vendor Allison Robicelli wrote that Superfly would be compensating participating businesses with "refunds [for] many of the fees they paid." Considering that rentals alone cost them $3,600, this is no small thing.
"I really feel for those guys, they really took a kick in the gut with this thing. For what it's worth, however, Superfly has gone above and beyond to do right by vendors. Mistakes were made and things didn't go according to plan, but Superfly has owned their failings as much as any organization that I've ever worked with," Christophe Hille, co-owner of GoogaMooga participant Northern Spy Food Co., wrote to me in an email this morning.
"I can't elaborate on the specific financial compensation that they've offered, but it's far more than I ever would have anticipated and was offered with a minimum of pushing on our end," Christophe comtinued. "I don't know what other vendors have received, though I'd assume it to be proportional since we're in no way a special case. And if anything, I would think that Superfly tried to provide extra attention to the Rockaway vendors and hope they did. Their speed and good intentions should serve as a model to insurers everywhere, who barely ponied up a cent for anyone in NYC post-Sandy."
For Caracas Rockaway and Kasadela in particular, GoogaMooga was a lost opportunity, another setback out of their control. Somewhere along the line there was a miscommunication, either between Superfly and the Prospect Park Alliance or Superfly and their vendors. Just one hour after a vendor coordinator dismissed Maribel's concerns over cancellations, GoogaMooga was called off. But these squandered weekends are not something these businesses can withstand. What was an earnest attempt by Superfly's culinary team to help businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy was seemingly undermined by management's insistence on skewed statistics that benefited only themselves.
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In a conference call with reports, Al Gore responded to the news by unleashing a torrent of invective at geoengineering and those who support research into it. Here are some notable quotes:
- Geoengineering would be "insane, utterly mad and delusional in the extreme."
- "The fact that some scientists who should know better are actually engaged in serious discussion of those alternatives is a mark of how desperate some of them are feeling due to the paralysis in the global political system."
- "The most discussed so-called geoengineering proposals - like putting sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere to reflect incoming sunlight - that's just insane. Let's just describe that clearly - it is utterly mad."
- "We are already engaged in a planet-wide experiment with consequences we can already tell are unpleasant for the future of humanity. So the hubris involved in thinking we can come up with a second planet-wide experiment that would exactly counteract the first experiment is delusional in the extreme."
This is disappointing. In the first place, Gore has the basic facts wrong--SRM would not "exactly counteract" global warming. No researchers argue this, in fact they emphasize that this is not possible and trade-offs would be inevitable. His statement that researchers "should know better" comes across as patronizing and insulting to the many excellent scientists working in this field. And using words like "insane," "mad," and "delusional" drags the debate into the gutter. Those searching for solutions to the climate crisis deserve better than this.


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The Old Country Store was located on Airways Boulevard (formerly Poplar) from 1965 to 1978. In our need for a larger campus, we moved and re-opened the Old Country Store in the newly developed Casey Jones Village in April of 1978. The outside was constructed to resemble our original store. Today the Old Country Store's first location is an automobile business called Old Country Auto.
Much of the interior of the Store reflects our rich local and regional history. For example, we've used eleven wooden doors that were originally in Edgewood, an antebellum home in Jackson, that was built before the Civil War. Despite efforts by the late Brooks Shaw (who passed away in 1971) to save the home from being torn down many years ago, he had the foresight to save many parts of the home for future use. The brick floors in the store are also from this home and were handmade by slaves.
The large posts on the front of the store were once lamp posts in Bemis, Tennessee, a community south of Jackson. The staircase post and rail are from the old two-story Cochran Grocery that once stood on East Chester Street.
The boards on the walls of the main dining room and hall came from very old barns located on the Vaughn farm on Anglin Lane in our county and the Alexander farm on the Cotton Grove Road.
You'll notice in our beautiful 1890's Ice Cream Parlor the silver and marble soda fountain. This was obtained in Okolona, Mississippi, from the Gilliam family. It was placed in their store in the late 1880's. As we understand it, there were only seventy-five built and only three left in existence.
The Lunchroom sign was on an old railroad depot in North Mississippi. While browsing around, be sure to see the hog bladder filled with snuff, a chicken duster, and over 15,000 thousand other rare and unusual items that are a part of our wonderful and fascinating collection of early American antiques. Most of the antiques were collected in the early 1960's by Brooks Shaw on weekend jaunts with his family around West Tennessee, Kentucky and northern Mississippi. They are a true glimpse into America's past.


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Tech giant Snap shares dropped nearly 7 percent on Thursday, after reality star Kylie Jenner tweeted to her 24.5 million Twitter followers that she is no longer using the popular app due to design changes, CNBC reported.
Jenner tweeted: "sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad."
Soon after Snap lost over an estimated $1 billion in market capitalization.
The new layout first debuted in November and was rolled out gradually. It is a drastically different design from its previous design changes and many users felt it became confusing to use.


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Fourteen future radiologic technologists were recognized in a pinning ceremony Thursday after completing Blinn College's rigorous Radiologic Technology Program.
Program graduates learn a multitude of imaging methods and must have extensive knowledge and understanding of the human body for comprehensive patient care. They must also have an in-depth understanding of medical informatics, computers, medical physics and radiobiology. Students must achieve a 3.0 grade point average or better in all academic courses for the degree plan.
Approximately 20 students are accepted to the program each semester based on market demand. Limited enrollment ensures a quality learning experience including hands-on training in local healthcare facilities.
The Spring 2014 graduating class included: Nolan Waddell (Columbus), Erica Reeves (Ganado), Sarah Silvis (Needville), Andres Monreal (Caldwell), Fernando Valdes (Saltillo, Mexico), Amber Bailey (Harker Heights), Georgia Brown (Fredericksburg), Lindsey Gibson (Palestine), Sunil Ali (Karachi, Pakistan), Russell Poling (College Station), Jasmine Jonse (Waco), Halie Albanese (Nederland), Joshua Hoyt (Normangee) and Riley Vaclavik (Fairfield).
Within two weeks of beginning the program, students start volunteering at local healthcare facilities across the Brazos Valley as part of their coursework. At clinical sites, students are evaluated daily by their clinical supervisors on their understanding of radiologic technology, willingness to learn, professionalism and patient care.
With an Associate of Applied Sciences degree, students can earn a starting salary around $35,000. With additional training and education, a graduate can significantly increase their earnings by specializing in computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound and radiation therapy. The program has a 100 percent job placement rate since 1994.
"Regardless of how many groups I graduate, each one seems to go above and beyond my expectations," said Shelley Pearson, interim director of the Radiologic Technology Program. "I love that I've been a part of their education process, watching them grow from students to professionals. I could not be more proud."
Blinn's Division of Health Sciences, based at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, offers associate degree nursing, dental hygiene, emergency medical services, physical therapist assistant, radiologic technology, fire science, therapeutics manufacturing, veterinary technology and vocational nursing programs designed to train students for high-demand professions.
In addition to its campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg and Sealy, Blinn teaches online courses, dual credit for high school and prepares students for quick employment through its career and technical certification programs. Registration is now available for Blinn's May minimester (May 12-28) as well as the Summer I, Summer II and Fall semesters. For enrollment information and to learn about financial aid opportunities, visit: www.blinn.edu. Story and photo courtesy of Blinn College.


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We're a non-religious family that celebrates Christmas, and while we fill our Christmas tree with ornaments picked up from our travels or made by the kids, we've always found the tree topper something of a dilemma. There was an angel on my tree growing up, but that didn't seem right for us. My daughter has made some construction paper stars in years past, but we wanted something that would last. An heirloom.
When the Archie McPhee holiday catalog arrived a couple weeks ago, I knew we had finally found what we were looking for – a rubber chicken wearing a santa suit. At last! We put up our tree, and after a few surgical incisions, the chicken was ready to go up, too. My husband and I looked at each other. Tears were welling up. "It's perfect," I said. Then, to the kids, "When you grow up and get married, your husband or wife may have ideas about stars or angels, but then you'll explain that it's a rubber Santa chicken that belongs on the tree."
This made me wonder what other alternatives are out there. A friend of mine was just at Ikea, where they had put their Vandring Uggla owl puppet on the display tree. She bought one for her tree immediately. Really, any puppet could go up there.
For instance, Etsy seller dessertfirstdesigns makes these adorable luchadore puppets for the top of your tree.
Maybe a giant fake cupcake is more your speed?
You could also be non-traditionally traditional with a Mario star for your tree. If I had that, though, I'd want all of the presents wrapped to look like bricks or question blocks.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
A New Take on Noses
I've been experimenting with how I color nose-less images and thought I would share since I'm pretty happy with the new look. I'm also throwing in a little bit of altering, just because I did it. The finished card will be on my blog tomorrow. Thanks!
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- Astrid said...
Its great Amy, when i saw the colours of her hear i thought, oeps, but it is GORGEOUS.
Thank you again for the video.
Hugs Astrid
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- Anonymous said...
awesome job :) thank you !!
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones knows he has taken criticism for his work as the team's general manager over the last 15 years. He also says he wants the credit if the team he has assembled ever wins a Super Bowl.
Jones reiterated at the Scouting Combine that he will remain the team's General Manager, and he told reporters that they should give him the credit for the Cowboys' future success.
"I pretty much go with what I did the night I bought the team," Jones said, via the Star-Telegram. "I said I was going to be the GM. . . . It would be a facade if someone else was sitting in my shoes and someone thought they were spending the money. It would be deception. . . . I would grant you the decisions that have been made over the years have not produced a Super Bowl, two Super Bowls or three Super Bowls that I would like to have been a part of. And the only thing I am going to do there is keep trying and then make sure I get the credit when we do get that one. Y'all are going to give it to me, aren't you?"
If the Cowboys do win the Super Bowl, Jones will, indeed, deserve credit. And if they keep missing the playoffs, Jones will deserve blame.


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The iPad Mini appears to be outselling the big iPad by a margin of two to one.
Citi's trio of analysts report Apple has increased its manufacturing order of iPad Minis while decreasing its order of big iPads.
According to Citi's analysts, Apple ordered 10 million iPad Minis and 10 million big iPads for the holiday quarter. They believe Apple will have left over big iPads, but not many left over iPad Minis.
Their supply chain sources tell them Apple ordered 12-14 million iPad Minis for the first quarter of 2013, and just 5-7 million big iPads for the same quarter.
This suggests the iPad Mini is crushing the bigger iPad in sales.
Since Apple makes less money from the iPad Mini than the big iPad, analysts are dialing back their earnings forecasts for next year.
That's depressing the stock a bit, but it's better than the alternative: People buying smaller tablets from Google, Samsung, or Amazon. In that case, Apple gets no money.


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By DAVID WOODING
LABOUR MP Tom Watson has quit the Shadow Cabinet in the heat of a growing storm over a union plot to seize control of candidate selection.
In his resignation letter to Ed Miliband, he has a dig at "unattributed briefings" by fellow front-benchers.
This story is far from over. Here's Mr Watson's resignation letter to the Labour leader.
Dear Ed,
I said that I'd stay with you as general election co-ordinator within the Shadow Cabinet as long as I was useful. I think it would be a good idea for you, and me, if I stood down from the role now.
As you know, I offered my resignation on Tuesday and you asked me to reconsider. I've thought about it and still feel it is better for you and the future unity of the party that I go now. There are some who have not forgiven me for resigning in 2006. I fully accept the consequences of that decision and genuinely hope my departure allows the party to move on.
Yet it's not the unattributed shadow cabinet briefings around the mess in Falkirk that has convinced me that the arrangement has run its course (though they don't help). I believe that the report should be published – in full – and the whole truth told as soon as possible so that the record can be made clear. I've still not seen the report but believe there are an awful lot of spurious suppositions being written.
I wish to use the backbenches to speak out in areas of personal interest: open government and the surveillance state, the digital economy, drones and the future of conflict, the child abuse inquiries, the aftermath of the Murdoch scandal and grass roots responses to austerity.
Having resigned a couple of times before, I know how puckish lobby hacks might choose to misconstrue the departure. So to make it harder for them let me say this: I'm proud of your Buddha-like qualities of patience, deep thought, compassion and resolve. I remain your loyal servant. I'll always be on hand to help you if you need me. I just don't think you need me in the Shadow Cabinet any more. After nearly thirty years of this, I feel like I've seen the merry-go-round turn too many times. Whereas the Shadow Cabinet's for people who still want to get dizzy.
You have it in you to be an outstanding Labour Prime Minister. The road ahead is always rocky but I will be with you all of the way, cheering you on from the backbenches. You're my friend and leader, and I'm going to do all I can to make sure you win in 2015.


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Melbourne needed all their class to hold off a tremendous display by Leeds and become the first Australian team to claim a third victory in the annual Probiz World Club Challenge.
The Rhinos were never in front but staged two thrilling fightbacks to remain in contention throughout a compelling contest at Headingley before falling just short in their attempt to secure what would have been a record fourth victory.
Leeds' spirited efforts were typified by 35-year-old former England captain Jamie Peacock, who rolled back the years with a vintage performance on his record sixth appearance in the global challenge.
Second rower Tohu Harris, one of three Melbourne debutants, full-back Billy Slater and prop Jesse Bromwich scored the tries that enabled the Australian champions to complete their second win over the Rhinos in four years.
Despite the freezing temperature and an intimidating atmosphere created by a capacity 20,400 crowd, the Storm were the first to settle and dominated the opening quarter.
The Rhinos were continually pegged back deep inside their own half by the clever kicks of Kangaroos duo Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith, who pulled all the strings for the visitors.
Kallum Watkins initially looked a secure full-back replacement for the injured Zak Hardaker, pulling off a tremendous tackle to bring down Slater and comfortably taking one high ball from Cronk but, when he fumbled another, it presented Smith with an easy kick to open the scoring on 12 minutes.
It was no real surprise when Melbourne extended their lead seven minutes later, former Wigan second rower Ryan Hoffman taking Cronk's short pass to go between Kevin Sinfield and Carl Ablett and sending the supporting Slater over for the first try.
Smith's second goal made it 8-0 but, even with scant possession, Leeds had begun to demonstrate their attacking prowess and they gradually clawed their way back into the game.
Centre Joel Moon had been bundled into touch early on by Slater and Danny McGuire, on his 300th appearance for his home-town club, cut through the first line of defence only to put out a forward pass while winger Ryan Hall was literally thrown back from the line.
Clearly up for the challenge, Leeds' passions were further aroused by a late tackle by Melbourne prop Jason Ryles on Sinfield and they eventually cracked the visitors defence on 28 minutes when Rob Burrow, Sinfield and McGuire all combined to give Hall a chance at the corner to which he produced a typical clinical finish.
Sinfield's touchline conversion made it 8-6 and he drew his side level on the stroke of half-time with a penalty but the Rhinos would have held a useful lead but for a couple of blunders.
Watkins sliced effortlessly through the heart of the Melbourne to create a clear-cut chance for Burrow but the hooker inexplicably dropped the ball while McGuire also failed to take Stevie Ward's offload with the line breached.
The misses began to look especially costly when the Storm exploded into life after the break, scoring two tries within seven minutes of the resumption.
Bromwich swatted aside the attempted tackles of Paul McShane and Watkins to charge over within four minutes of the re-start and Leeds had barely recovered from that shock when their visitors struck again.
After playing a direct game for the first 40 minutes Melbourne suddenly went wide with devastating effect as winger Sisi Waqa collected McGuire's kick 10 metres from his own line and Harris finished off the counter-attack moments later by crossing at the corner.
At 18-8, there looked to be no way back for the Super League champions but Hall had different ideas.
He collected Sinfield's pinpoint kick to the corner, found his partner Moon and took a return pass to get back rower Jamie Jones-Buchanan over for the Rhinos' second try.
Sinfield's third goal cut the deficit to just four points and, with Peacock once more leading the charge, Leeds pressed for the winning try.
However, Melbourne's superb defence stood firm and they even had late tries by winger Mahe Fonua and England stand-off Gareth Widdop disallowed as they clung on for a deserved victory.


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LETTER- Thanks for no stigma
Thank you for not scapegoating people with mental illness in your coverage of the massacre at Virginia Tech ["After the massacre," April 19]. Your coverage was almost unique in not taking the tack of increasing the general public's fear and ignorance about people living with mental illness. Clearly you already know, as apparently the New York Times does not, that people with mental illness are much more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrators.
Your coverage and its lack of stimatizing people with psychiatric disabilities was a highlight of a very hard week for all of us who work to decrease the prejudice against people with psychiatric labels.
Alison Hymes
Secretary, Virginia Mental Health Planning Council
Albemarle County
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Snap o' the Day: Jason in town
Jason of Friday the 13th fame–- a character bolstered by the remake issued last Friday (the 13th)–- made an appearance in Charlottesville last October during the intentionally short-lived run of a store called Spirit Halloween. This was a larger-as-life stand-up figure for sale. Since the store chain has a habit of finding big, in-transition spaces, it should have a wide choice of spaces in any town this fall.


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We have been loving soups at casa M&M lately - a clear indication that autumn is on its way! This curried pumpkin soup is a favourite for many reasons - the taste of course is one, but also the mere simplicity of it. When pumpkins are in season you can pick them up at the markets really inexpensively and just cook up a huge batch and freeze some for later.
I've gone for traditional curry flavours in this soup and they marry so well with the sweet pumpkin. I've taken the liberty to add some B12-enriched nutritional yeast, but you can certainly leave this out if you prefer. Be bold with those spices though, the pumpkin can definitely handle them!
Curried Pumpkin Soup
700g - 1 kg peeled and roughly chopped butternut pumpkin
2 small brown onions, chopped
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
ground black pepper
water or vegetable stock
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast, optional
1 tablespoon tamari
1. You can start by cooking the onions in a bit of oil, if you wish, but I usually take a short cut and just plonk everything except the nutritional yeast and tamari in a large pot and bring it to boil. The onions won't have that acrid taste even if you take this short cut. You will need just enough water to cover all vegetables, more if you prefer a runnier soup, less if you want it thicker.
2. Leave the soup to simmer on low heat for about 30-40 minutes, until everything is nice and tender. Remove the pot from the heat, then add the nutritional yeast and tamari. Blend or puree the soup until smooth and silky. Serve on its own or with some rye or wholegrain croutons.


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I am studying computer graphics since 3 semesters and we just started with OpenGL. I really enjoy it and want to create my own little engine for learning purposes.
I already read tons of different forum posts and saw the following engines. Panda3d, Ogre3d, NeoAxis, Irrlicht and Horde3d(graphics only).
Now I don't want to use something like Unity or CryEngine because I want to start more low level.
Which of those engines is suited for real-time rendering? Something that CryEngine offers -> no baked lightmaps.
Or at least gives me the option to add a real-time renderer?


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DURHAM -- The Freedom Café, located at 10 Mill Road in Durham, planned to open Feb. 6 from 11-4, and every weekday thereafter, offering local, organic, and ethically sourced coffees and teas for a suggested donation.
All proceeds raised from the Freedom Café will go to organizations working to rescue victims of and end human trafficking on both national and global levels.
The grand opening kick-off event (7-9 PM) will be the first of weekly "Perform for Freedom" nights on Wednesdays—an evening of scheduled local performers and open mic. Other regular events at the café will include educational seminars, artist galleries, and community gatherings. Paid parking is available in UNH C-Lot until 6 PM and free after 6. The location is easily accessed from both downtown and the UNH campus.
The Freedom Café will offer all of its products strictly for a suggested donation. Stop the Traffik, an organization based in the UK since 2006, is currently being highlighted and partnered with by the café. The café is run by volunteer efforts and made possible by individual and corporate donors.
The café in Durham is the second café in the Freedom Café Network. The Freedom Café project at UNH has been initiated by Fusion Community Church and Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. The other location, also initiated by Chi Alpha, is in Amherst, MA. The Network aims to expand to other college campuses and local communities.
Human trafficking can be defined as the act of recruiting, transporting, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, or coercion, and is the second largest organized crime in the world, yearly producing approximately $ 31.6 billion. The Freedom Café hopes to educate the local community and raise money that will directly go to ending this hidden global injustice.
To learn more about the café, or for donating and volunteering information, visit the Freedom Café facebook page (facebook.com/theFreedomCafeatUNH).


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McDermott scores 35, Creighton tops Xavier 95-89
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug McDermott scored 35 points with his sprained left shoulder, and Creighton held off Xavier 95-89 Sunday to move into a tie for first place in the Big East.
Ethan Wragge added 15 points on five 3-pointers, including three in a row to help the Bluejays add to a four-point halftime lead. Devin Brooks added 14 points as the Bluejays (14-2, 4-0) won their ninth straight game.
Semaj Christon scored 27 points, Justin Martin had 21 and Matt Stainbrook added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Musketeers (13-4, 3-1), whose eight-game win streak ended.
Xavier trailed by as much as 14 points in the second half but cut it to three, 89-86, when Myles Davis hit a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left. Austin Chatman and Jahenns Manigat combined to make six free throws to secure Creighton's win. The Bluejays are tied with Villanova atop the Big East standings.
McDermott didn't appear to have any problem with his left shoulder, which he sprained Tuesday against DePaul. He made 13 of 24 shots, including 4 of 10 3s, and had seven rebounds and three assists.
The two-time first-team All-American had 30 or more points for the sixth time this season.
The Bluejays, who came in shooting a Big East-leading 43 percent on 3-pointers, made 14 of 28. Xavier made 12 of 26 from beyond the arc.
Creighton scored on five straight possessions to start the second half, stretching the advantage to 12 when Chatman's 3-pointer from the corner hit the back of the rim, bounced straight up and dropped through.
Stainbrook muscled his way in for a basket and Martin cut through the lane for a layup to trim Creighton's lead to 57-49. But the Bluejays stemmed the Musketeers' momentum when Avery Dingman drove the baseline for a dunk and McDermott put back Devin Brooks' missed layup. Manigat's 3-pointer made it 71-57 with 8 minutes to play.
The Bluejays were without guard Grant Gibbs, who is out at least four weeks after dislocating his right kneecap against DePaul. Dingman got his first start in 87 career games and had four points, four assists and four rebounds.
The Musketeers looked ready to blow out the Bluejays early, jumping out to a 12-0 lead on three 3-pointers by Martin and another by Dee Davis. The Bluejays were down by 13 points less than seven minutes into the game, their biggest deficit since their Dec. 1 loss to George Washington. But the Bluejays outscored the Musketeers 31-14 over the next 13 minutes and led 39-35 at half.
After Xavier's surge to start the game, Creighton got itself and the sold-out CenturyLink Center crowd of 17,589 back into it with a 15-1 run Wragge finished with a 3-pointer. A 3-pointer and layup by McDermott gave the Bluejays a 33-28 lead, but the Musketeers rattled off seven of the next nine points to tie it at 35. Wragge's deep shot in traffic from behind the top of the key gave Creighton the lead for good.
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For the past five years, Pennsylvania residents have been regaled with predictions of new-found wealth that the Marcellus Shale gas boom would produce, and for some individuals these predictions have become reality.
For the 49 career and technology centers (CTCs) and 309 K-12 school districts within the Marcellus footprint, however, the outcomes have been more uneven.
Kai Schafft, associate professor of education, along with colleagues in rural sociology, conducted a survey of school district administrators in all the public school districts in the Marcellus region, and conducted follow-up group interviews in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier—an area among the most heavily affected by Marcellus drilling. The study, "Educational Administrator Perspectives on Boomtown Impacts within Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region" will be published in an upcoming issue of Society & Natural Resources.
"CTCs are booming. They've gotten lots of attention from the industry, and from Pennsylvania students and residents interested in retooling their skills to match the requirements of the gas industry," Schafft stated.
However, this work revealed that while the development of Marcellus Shale has significantly changed the focus and activity of CTCs, shale gas development hasn't necessarily resulted in benefits for Pennsylvania school districts. Further, while school district respondents in areas with high drilling activity report significant local economic activity, they report that little, if any, benefit accruing back to schools.
To the contrary, it has triggered a variety of related concerns in some districts—particularly for those in the closest proximity to drilling activity:
- Problems with road congestion, damage, and repair, and schedules as well as public safety,
- Significantly tightened housing markets, dramatic increases in housing rental costs, and increased residential insecurity and homelessness,
- Concerns regarding water quality, and especially in cases in which district buildings rely on well water,
- Concerns regarding recruitment and retention of key staff (e.g., bus drivers) when district salaries can neither keep pace with nor match gas industry-related salaries.
To share research findings and discuss the implications with local educators and community stakeholders, the Center on Rural Education and Communities, in collaboration with The Pennsylvania School Studies Council, held a one-day Marcellus conference in March 2012 to focus on unconventional gas development in Pennsylvania. Titled Understanding & Preparing for Marcellus Shale Impacts in Your School District, the conference attracted over 100 participants from Pennsylvania school districts, with other attendees from New York and Ohio.
"'Vo-tech' is no longer perceived as an educational 'second-class citizen,' but rather as a means of acquiring high-paid gas industry jobs associated with industry build-out," Schafft stated. "However, the opportunities associated with new Marcellus-related job opportunities need to be balanced against the relative uncertainty and volatility within the gas industry as well as the longevity of jobs associated with the initial build-out."
"A pressing—and difficult—question," Schafft said, "is how the shorter term economic boom of Marcellus development can be strategically managed so that Pennsylvania schools and communities can maximize their opportunities for long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability."
Schafft and his colleagues are continuing work in this area through a new research project funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania in which they are documenting the multiple social, institutional and economic impacts of Marcellus Shale gas development.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Recover, recover, recover...
I'm feeling more like myself. The bloat of salt and carbs and water and whatever else is leaving my body. I was up in weight as high as 146 this week, today I am at 138. Pretty soon I should be back to 135. It sure feels good. I don't feel like quite the blow fish anymore.
I'm feeling very, very strong. Tuesday and Wednesday I wore a pair of my Inov-8's that are 1 size larger than the road shoes I wore during Vermont 100 and was able to get out and walk for 45 minutes, along the gravel road that Topaz and I have been training on so much lately. I was thinking about how the last time I had run upon this very road, I didn't know what my outcome would be. Had my behaviors lined up with my goal? Had I trained as I should have? Would I be here on this road a week later as a finisher?
Today I was again planning a 45 minute walk on the gravel roads with Topaz. I was surprised when I put on my Asics Gel Kayano road shoes and they fit! I was moving along a bit better, not quite so stiff this morning. Topaz and I reached the visitor parking area, I was able to remove myself quite well from the car and began to walk. Then run! I was able to run 6 miles and it felt oh so good. I didn't move quickly, just a slow run, working out any lingering stiffness. It felt wonderful.
Poor Topaz; one of the two ponds he lays in during our runs is totally dried up. He became quite warm, drinking water out of my bottle instead of his second pond. It's another 95F day today. Lots of heat here in Minnesota. I love it.
While I was running I was thinking about:
Lisa Smith, running the Badwater Double. Go Girl! Go!
My friends: Pierre Ostor, finishing Badwater in 41 hours. You Dog You! Our hill repeats at Buck Hill paid off! John Storkamp and Paul Hasse, crewing and pacing for him. Way to go you guys!! Congratulations!!
The two crew members that I saw along the route at EVERY aid station. They always commented on my smile, good nature and pink I was wearing. I saw them each and every station. I saw them at the award ceremony when they asked me my name so they wouldn't have to call me pink anymore.
Each and every finisher that Nancy and I saw cross the finish line. As we sat in our chairs, bundled in our blankets, we cried with those who cried, laughed with those who laughed.
The woman who crossed the finish line in 28 hours or so and DID A CARTWHEEL across the finish line and pounced up on her feet! I couldn't believe the flexibility she had. Then she found her guy, he lifted up her arms and inhaled each armpit, deeply! Wow.
Jamshid Khajavi who was laying in the finish tent as I went in to lay down and warm up. He is such a great guy, always happy and a great conversationalist. I met him at McNaughton this past April. He was yelling to the Doctor "Doctor, come quickly, Julie has runners cough, she needs help" I told the Doctor I was fine, just coughy after a long hard run. I never did need my albuterol that I brought along after the McNaughton episode. I hope to run into Jamshid again, when I feel up to a conversation!
The girl running in the wee hours of the dark morning, telling her pacer 'I have to buckle, I have to buckle'; her pacer 'You will, just follow my legs, look at my legs, follow...I'll get you there' He did!
All of the great aid station volunteers who laughed with me, filled my bottles, fed me and sent me on my way.
Watching Alicia and Tom cross the finish line. Crying tears of relief and joy with Alicia, Tom and Nancy.
The nice weekend we spent at Pond View Motel, Woodstock, VT.
Calling home and having Steve tell me that he honed his culinary skills by grilling steak, corn on the cob, potatoes and carrots on the grill. He was darn proud..and they enjoyed the meal. The boys were shocked that Dad could cook!
Showing Alicia how to maneuver up the outside stairway at the motel by pulling up onto the banister with my upper body, jutting my hips and butt out and making my way up like a crab. It works!
Listening to my fellow Town Board Members laugh at me at our meeting as I hobble to the bathroom and can't quite grasp what is going on, as my brain isn't quite recovered.
Coming back home and having Topaz greet me with wet kisses and a wet body at my car door. Tyler and Troy shortly followed and carried all of my gear to the house, and yes, they gave me kisses too. Not always easy for a 15 and 11 year old boy to do for their mother!
Watching Troy come into the kitchen with two gallons of milk in his arms. 'Mom, you left the milk in the garage. It's 95 degrees outside. You have ultra-brain' :)
Having Steve place my legs and feet upon his lap each night and rub, rub, rub as we watch the Twins game.
Oh yeah, life is good.
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You are a complete inspiration to so many
Kathi Olson
- Heidi Swift said...
I'm late on the uptake here but congratulations!
Kathi Olson nails it - you are a HUGE inspiration.
Shut up!! So Lisa ran to the finish, then is she turning around and going back???????????
That is so amazing to me.
Man all that stuff makes me cry.
I read your race report and tears, I read your post from today and tears.
I had been following badwater and cried when the only person who was left to complete it ended up with a DNF because he ran out of time. That sucks so bad!!!! I can't even imagine. Ultra runners are amazing to me. I ran 20 miles last Sunday to get ready for Paavo and just had a grin on my face because I ran 20 miles. 100 miles....135 miles. SO AWESOME!!! You are quite the lady iceberg!!!! Sounds like you are feeling pretty good. So happy to hear it. If you are still doing hills after I run Paavo I might come out to Buck Hill and join in the fun.
Reading your reports and posts is always an inspiration to all ultrarunners out there, even over here in 'far' Europe. Your wonderful positive spirit is exceptionnal and an example to many of us.
Happy running.
Marc QUIX
Belgium, Europe
- redcat said...
Just catching up with you blog - Congratulations! You Rock!! You make me want to do ultras. :)
- Ryan said...
Great photos! Happy recovery!


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Skyforce Take Wild Ride for First Win at Sanford Pentagon
A slow steady climb followed by a steep decline with a loop or two added for good measure. You may think it would be some amusement park roller coaster, but it could also be game one of the 2013-14 season in the NBA Development League for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Reno Bighorns.
The home team christened its new venue the Sanford Pentagon with a victory, though the 86-85 score is just the start. Skyforce guard Quincy Douby topped all scoring with 29 points. Staying step-for-step was Ray McCallum on assignment from the Sacramento Kings with 28 counters and 7 rebounds.
Sioux Falls built leads of 16 points in the first quarter and 18 points in the third quarter, but the Bighorns were equal to the challenge throughout. Leading only once at 83-81 on a McCallum layup with 2:23 left, Douby answered quickly with a comeback three to take the lead the 'Force would not relinquish. However the game was in doubt until a Reno desperation lob in the frontcourt was knocked away giving Pat Delany his first win as a head coach. It was also a night for a reunion of sorts as Joel Abelson last year's Skyforce head coach was on the opposite bench.
Other significant contributions came from a couple of rookies for Sioux Falls in the form of Ryan Evans with 21 points and A.J. Davis posting a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. For Reno Trent Lockett added 14 with DeQuan Jones 11 and Reggie Larry off the bench with 10 points. The same two teams will finish off the season series on Saturday night.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One-third of Arkansas is in an exceptional drought — the most severe classification by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Thursday's new report from the Drought Monitor says 33.64 percent of Arkansas is in exceptional drought. That area includes parts of north, central and southwest Arkansas, along with Clay and Greene counties in northeast Arkansas.
Last week, 10 percent of Arkansas was classified as in exceptional drought status.
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Part 2 of MY 2010 Road Trip What a Rocky Road it was.
This is the 2nd part of my 2010 Road trip it starts at the second game I attended at Citi Field in NY on August 11, 2010 to a Game I attended in Indianapolis on August 16, 2010.
While I was getting ready to head to the train station to the stadium my phone rang and it was Zack Hample. My friend Robert from Coors Field told him I was going to be in town and we should meet up. Zack said he would meet up with me before the game. Zack only stuck around for BP. This was a few days before his most recent books deadline. Zack has his own blog The Baseball Collector. Heres a link http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/. It was realy cool meeting him and the rest of the Citi Field Ball Snagging crew. Here a photo of the group of us outside Citi Field. An below that a photo of Zack in Left Field Seats.
Photo and text courtesy of Zack. In the photo above, you're looking at:
1) Greg Barasch, who recently joined the 1,000-ball club.
2) Gary, who has some pretty impressive stats of his own.
3) Brian (aka "puck collector") who's not too far behind Gary.
4) Zack!
5) Mateo, my Watch With Zack client from 7/27/10 at Citi Field.
6) Mike from Denver. I had just met him through a mutual friend: Robert Harmon of 762 fame.
7) Brian's father Wayne (aka "father puck") who's holding up his copy of the new Sports Illustrated article about Zack.
Mets pitches warming up along the 3rd base line during BP. A few minutes after this photo was taken. I caught a ball that was fouled off and bounce on the warning track and into the stands.
A look at the 2 LED scoreboards they have at Citi Field.
A view of Citi Field during warm ups before the game.
The starting line ups for The Aug. 11th game between The Rockies and Mets.
Both Pitches heading to the dugout after pre game warm ups in the bullpen. Starting Pitchers were Jeff Francis for the Rox and Jonathan Niese for the Mets.
Jonathan Niese throws 1st pitch to Dexter Fowler.
Jeff Francis throws his first pitch to Mets Short Stop Jose Reyes.
Mr. Met visits the upper deck and trows out a few tee shirts to the fans.
A photo of Citi Field during the 4th inning.
Jeff Francis Pitching in the 4th inning.
The Mets 2 runs were scored in the first inning by an Angel Pagan 2 Run HR. The Rockies 1st Run was score by a Chris Iannetta Sac Fly to center scoring Tulo in the 7th at that point it was 2-1 Mets.
Melvin Mora rounds 3rd after hitting a 8th inning Grand Slam Home Run, Scoring Helton, Tulo and Cargo.
Tulo Crosses the plate for the 3rd run from Mora's HR.
Cargo high fives Melvin Mora after his trot around the bases.
Making the score 5-2 Rockies
Dexter Fowler make final out hit by NY Mets Centerfielder Carlos Beltran.
The scoreboard at the end of the game. The Rockies Win 6-2.After the Mora Home Run Clint Barmes single scored Brad Hawpe. Bringing the score to the 6-2 final.
Rockies celabrate their 6-2 win over the Mets.
The Rockies winning did make the train ride back to the Island a lot easier. Everybody on the trains were very cool and realy intrested about Colorado and the Rockies. A few even said how "The Rockies have a very good team and the Mets need some work". Not my Words that was from a Mets fan on the train. Had a lot of fun and good conversations on baseball.
August 12, 2010
That day a very unusual thing occured. Do to a late start from LI and NY traffic we got to the game in the 2nd inning the Rockies were already down 2 runs when we got there.
Above is Jason Hammel Pitching in the 3rd inning.
This is a view from My seat on the left field side of the stadium. Thanks to Mike M for the great tickets that also included acces to many of the clubs in Citi Field which is where we spent most of the game. It was realy cool to see things I normaly do not see at stadiums. especially with such uneventful game for the Rockies.
This was the day after Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez was arrested outside the Mets clubhouse for punchinhg his father in law. Here is a fan showing support for him.
A view of the Jackie Robinson Pavillion from the inside of Citi Field.
The scoreboard at the end of the game the Mets Won 4-0. That evened the 6 games the 2 teams played this year to 3-3. It made the Rockies 3-4 on this road trip and 1-3 with me in attendance. Some would say it was a rocky road trip.
Signs outside CitiField.
August 16, 2010 Victory Field Indianapolis, Indiana
Home of the Indanapolis Indians. They Played the Rochester Chiefs
The Indians are the triple a affiliate of the Pittsburgh pirates.
Another one for the Ranter. Can't be a baseball game with out the hosers.
A view of the Stadium from the birm in right field.
A sign hanging over the concourse.
The centerfield wall celebrating the Indians being at Victory Field 15 years.
Indians Mascot Rowdy.
A view from my seat on the 3rd baseline in the 5th inning. Thanks Chris for the tickets.
The scoreboard at the end of the game was not a good one for the Indians losing to the Chiefs 11-4. This game was definatly not a pitching battle.
Here is a view of Victory Field after the game outside the center field gates.
After all the games I was going to attend were done I had one more piece of baseball history to check out. It is an old abandon stadium on the outskirts of Indianapolis. This stadium was the old home of the Indianapolis Indians. Bush Stadium was built in 1931 by the Indians owner Norm Perry and was called Perry Stadium During WWII it was renamed Victory Field. After the stadium was sold to the City of Indianapolis it was renamed after a MLB baseball player Donnie Bush. It remaned Bush Stadium till the Indians moved to there new stadium in Downtown Indianapolis Victory Field.
Some of the masonary work on the front of Bush Stadium.
Outside wall of the stadiums 1st baseline.Covered in Ivy. Bush stadium. In 1987 the field was also used in the movie eight men out. Where it was used to depict Cominsky Park and Crosley Field.
The back of the center field wall and old scoreboard.
My first look of the field after a peek through a gate that was in left field. To my suprise there were hundreds of cars parked on what once was a baseball field.
The old will call ticket window a reminder of what once was.
First look over the wall to see the field and stands. In 1984 the field was used for the Pan American games which where held in Indianapolis.
After almost 60 years of being home of the Indianapolis Indians it was turned into a dirt race track for midget race cars. An was renamed the 16th street speedway.
Bush stadium is now being rented by Pick a Part from the City of Indianapolis. Thats why there are cars all over what was the field. Bush Stadium is on the list of Historical places.An is why it is still in existence today.
Both these photos are a look from behind the leftfield wall an the leftfield stands.
This is a view of the stands and homeplate area photographed while standing on the roof of my truck over looking the left field wall. Before someone from pick a part approached me to see what I was doing. then I left.
All facts and dates about Bush Stadium courtesy of wikipedia.
After checking out Bush Stadium I headed to Downtown Indy for a little urban hiking. Her are a few places I past by on my hike.
Lucas Oil Stadium Home of the Indianapolis Colts. I think they use this as a airplane hanger in the off season realy intresting looking building.
This is the NCAA National Headquaters located just outside of downtown Indianapolis.
This was the sunset while I was driving back to Denver somewhere in central Kansas.
Normaly I am not a fan of driving through Kansas But This sunset on my way home was a incredible end to my trip.
This was a great trip. I drove over 4000 miles in the 2 weeks I was gone. I visited 2 MLB Ball Parks. 3 Minor League Parks and caught 3 BP Baseball. Got to meet many players in both the Majors and Minor Leagues. I would like to Thank My Family and friends across the country that let me stay at there homes and/or got me tickets to games.
Thanks to Viviene for letting me stay at your house both going to NY and heading back to Denver. Chris for getting me tix to the Indians game, Mike M in NY for tix to the 8/12 game, Rich Woodworth for getting me tix for the 8/10 game. The whole Gioia family for letting me stay at there house and for dealing with my crazy schedule while I was in NY. Everybody that headed to Millers Ale House to meet up with me even know I did not make it there. Catcha next time.
My Next Cross Country adventure is in the planning stage and will take place at the end of June when the Rockies Head to The New Yankee Stadium. Thats unless the plans get postponed due to a new endeavors in life that may be taking place in the next few months. More info to follow.
To All the Rockies Fans Keep Believing. I know I will.


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Anne Bradstreet (1612?-1672)
Contributing Editor: Pattie Cowell
Classroom Issues and Strategies
There are many ways to approach Bradstreet: as a "first" (given that she is the first North American to publish a book of poems), as a Puritan, as a woman. I've found an interplay of all three approaches useful for piquing student interest. Those who are skeptical of my feminist readings may be caught by historical and cultural perspectives. Those who think they want nothing to do with Puritanism may be intrigued by Bradstreet's more personal writings.
Beginning students are generally unfamiliar with the historical and theological contexts in which she wrote. Many close off their reading of Bradstreet and other Puritan writers because they disapprove of what they think they know about Puritan theology. Brief background materials make that context more accessible and less narrowly theological.
Again for reasons of accessibility, I usually begin with the more personal poems from the second edition. The poignancy of Bradstreet's elegies, the simplicity of her love poems, the stark reality of her poem on childbirth, the wit of "The Author to Her Book"--all travel across the centuries with relative ease, even for less skilled readers. When these immediately readable poems are placed in the context of women's lives in the seventeenth century and in the North American colonies, most students find a point of entry.
Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues
Thematically, Bradstreet's body of work is both extensive and varied. Teachers will find much that can be linked with other materials in a given course. Bradstreet wrote on culture and nature, on spirituality and theology, on the tension between faith and doubt, on family, on death, on history. I like to suggest the range of her subject matter for students and then concentrate on a single thematic thread (though the thread I choose varies with my interests of the moment). It is a strategy that helps students follow their own interests of the moment at the same time that it allows us (by close reading) to see the skills Bradstreet had developed. "Contemplations" is a fine poem for tracing both thematic threads and poetic technique, though its length and complexity present problems for beginning students. "The Prologue" is more manageable in a single class session, short enough to allow multiple readings to develop but complex enough to tantalize. Many of the other short personal pieces--well represented in The Heath Anthology selections--work effectively with this approach too.
The remarkable nature of Bradstreet's accomplishment is highlighted when students learn the historical conditions women poets struggled with. Women who wrote stepped outside their appropriate sphere, and those who published their work frequently faced social censure. The Reverend Thomas Parker, a minister in Newbury, Massachusetts, gives a succinct statement of cultural attitudes in an open letter to his sister, Elizabeth Avery, in England: "Your printing of a book, beyond the custom of your sex, doth rankly smell" (1650). Compounding this social pressure, many women faced crushing workloads and struggled with lack of leisure for writing. Others suffered from unequal access to education. Some internalized the sense of intellectual inferiority offered to them from nearly every authoritative voice.
Bradstreet's personal situation gave her the means to cope with some of these obstacles. Before she came to North America, she received an extensive education; she had access as a child to private tutors and the Earl of Lincoln's large library. She was part of an influential, well-to-do family that encouraged her writing and circulated it in manuscript with pride. Her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, took the manuscript collection to London for publication. Such private support did much to counteract the possibility of public disapproval.
Significant Form, Style, or Artistic Conventions
Bradstreet's attention to form and technique is usefully studied in the context of two quite different aesthetics, both of which influence her: Puritanism's so-called "plain style" (marked by didactic intent, artful simplicity, accessibility, and an absence of rhetorical ornamentation) and seventeenth-century versions of classicism (which stressed poetry as imitation, exalted the genres of tragedy and epic, and worked toward unity of action, place, and time).
Original Audience
Discussions of seventeenth-century English and New English audiences allow room for fruitful digressions on colonial literacy, manuscript culture, print culture, publishing, and book distribution. I frequently challenge beginning students to develop a description of Bradstreet's original readers by exercising their historical imaginations. Those who haven't read much history keep running into the barriers I set for them, but the exercise is useful nonetheless. They begin to "see" the circumstances of literate and literary culture in an environment that is sparsely populated, with only a fledgling publishing and book distribution establishment, without libraries, with books as relatively expensive luxuries.
Having imagined how Bradstreet's poems might have fared with her original audience, I ask students to compare themselves with those readers. How well do her themes and strategies travel across time? What elements seem to connect to contemporary concerns? What fails to relate? Why?
Comparisons, Contrasts, Connections
Bradstreet can usefully be read in relation to:
Caldwell, Patricia. "Why Our First Poet Was a Woman: Bradstreet and the Birth of an American Poetic Voice." Prospects 13 (1988): 1-35.
Cowell, Pattie and Ann Stanford, eds. Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
Eberwein, Jane Donahue. " 'No Ret'ric We Expect': Argumentation in Bradstreet's 'The Prologue.' " In Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet, edited by Pattie Cowell and Ann Stanford, 218-25. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
Kopacz, Paula. " 'Men can doe best, and women know it well': Anne Bradstreet and Feminist Aesthetics." Kentucky Philological Review 2 (1987): 21-29.
Richardson, Robert D., Jr. "The Puritan Poetry of Anne Bradstreet." In Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet, edited by Pattie Cowell and Ann Stanford, 101-15. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
Schweitzer, Ivy. "Anne Bradstreet Wrestles with the Renaissance." Early American Literature 23 (1988): 291-312.
Stanford, Ann. "Anne Bradstreet: Dogmatist and Rebel." In Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet, edited by Pattie Cowell and Ann Stanford, 76-88. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
White, Elizabeth Wade. "The Tenth Muse--A Tercentenary Appraisal of Anne Bradstreet." In Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet, edited by Pattie Cowell and Ann Stanford, 55-75. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.


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Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the protections provided by former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program were an "unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch."
Sessions, announcing the U.S. would rescind Obama's 2012 order that created the program, said that Congress should be responsible for immigration policy.
"We are people of compassion and we are people of law," Sessions said. "There is nothing compassionate about not enforcing immigration laws."
The Department of Homeland Security will immediately stop accepting applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program – but current recipients would not be affected until March 5 of next year. This gives Congress time to find a legislative solution to replace the program, which currently shields some 800,000 young immigrants from deportation.
Many lawmakers questioned whether Congress, already bogged down on health care and tax reform among other issues, will be able to pass a hot-button immigration bill before March. Pro-immigration groups, meanwhile, suggested they would take the Trump administration to court over ending DACA.
President Trump himself has yet to fully comment on the changes to the program, other than an early Tuesday tweet. "Congress, get ready to do your job - DACA!" Trump said ahead of the announcement.
Congress, get ready to do your job - DACA!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017
Still, Trump signaled his opposition to the DACA program on Tuesday by retweeting comments from an account called "the Trump Train," including one that said "we are a nation of laws. No longer will we incentivize illegal immigration."
Sessions said the effect of providing "amnesty" for young undocumented immigrants meant "aliens" took jobs of Americans. It also contributed to a surge of unaccompanied minors on the southern border that yielded terrible humanitarian consequences, he added.
"To have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest, we cannot admit everyone who would like to come here," Sessions said. "It's just that simple."
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The announcement quickly drew scorn from Democratic lawmakers and even some Republicans who accused Trump of seeking to get rid of hundreds of thousands of migrants who contribute to the U.S. economy, and were brought into the country as children.
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., called Trump's decision "a heartless and grave mistake. We should never be a country that kicks out some of our best and brightest students."
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A Guide to the Tennessee Keys Embree Papers, 1856-1884
Biographical Note
Born to Mahala Kenner Keys in Carrolton, Arkansas, Tennessee Keys (1840-1918) moved to Texas by 1856, living with her sister Lizza Giles in Bosqueville before moving to Bell County. In 1864, she married Dr. John W. Embree (1828-1895), his first wife Henrietta having died the previous year. The couple had five children: Beulah Sanford, Russell Embree, Harvey Embree, Gillian Creswell, and John W. Embree, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Two copies of three transcript volumes of letters and diaries compose the Tennessee Keys Embree Papers, 1856-1884, documenting her family and social life in Texas. Letters from Embree and her sister Anna Keys to their family, 1856, undated, describes their family's health and visiting friends, while one 1864 missive from Embree to her future husband discusses her feelings towards him. The diaries, 1862-1884, chronicle daily activities in Texas, such as attending church, visiting family and friends, and housekeeping.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Tennessee Keys Embree Papers, 1856-1884, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project," 2009-2011.
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