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CRAMMED into this year's field of 10 best picture Oscar nominees are British aristocrats, Volvo-driving Los Angeles lesbians, a flock of swans, a gaggle of Harvard computer geeks, clans of Massachusetts fighters and Missouri meth dealers, as well as 19th-century bounty hunters, dream detectives and animated toys. It's a fairly diverse selection in terms of genre, topic, sensibility, style and ambition. But it's also more racially homogenous more white than the 10 films that were up for best picture in 1940, when Hattie McDaniel became the first black American to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." In view of recent history the whiteness of the 2011 Academy Awards is a little blinding.
Nine years ago, when Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won his and her Oscars he was only the second African-American man to win best actor, and she was the first African-American woman to win best actress each took a moment to look back at the performers from earlier generations who had struggled against prejudice and fought to claim the recognition too often denied them.
"This moment is so much bigger than me," Ms. Berry said, before convulsing with sobs. "This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll." When Mr. Washington took the stage, he praised God and then recognized another higher power, Sidney Poitier, who received an honorary Academy Award earlier that evening for helping to dismantle the color line in film." "I'll always be chasing you, Sidney," Mr. Washington said, holding his Oscar toward Mr. Poitier, who had won his own best actor prize in 1964 for "The Lilies of the Field." "I'll always be following in your footsteps."
Real change seemed to have come to movies or at least the Academy, which had given statuettes to a total of seven black actors in the previous 73 years. After Mr. Washington and Ms. Berry, there would be Jamie Foxx and Forest Whitaker (both best actors); Morgan Freeman (best supporting actor); Jennifer Hudson and Mo'Nique (best supporting actresses). The consolidation of a black presence in the movies and television did not signal the arrival of a postracial Hollywood any more than the election of Barack Obama in 2008 spelled the end of America's 400-year-old racial drama. But it was possible, over much of the past decade, to believe that a few of the old demons of suspicion and exclusion might finally be laid to rest.
Are the coming Oscars an anomaly, or an unsettling sign of the times? The Academy, in any case, does not work in a vacuum. A look back at the American films of 2010 reveals fewer of the kinds of movies biographies like "Ray" and urban dramas like "Training Day" that have propelled black actors, screenwriters and directors into contention in the recent past. With a few exceptions, like the romance "Just Wright" and the ghetto farce "Lottery Ticket," it was perhaps the whitest year for Hollywood since the post-Richard Pryor, pre-Spike Lee 1980s. The superhero, fantasy and action genres were drained of color. The urban dramas were set in Irish-American New England neighborhoods. Even the male-male buddy picture, a staple of interracial bonding since 1958, when Mr. Poitier and Tony Curtis were chained together in "The Defiant Ones," has become a largely white-on-white affair.
The possibility that a new black independent film movement or even a genuinely crossover cinema would emerge in the wake of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," now seems as remote as it did before this art-house phenomenon made its way, assisted by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, from the Sundance Film Festival to the Oscars. But while Ms. Winfrey and Mr. Perry, as executive producers, brought attention to this story of an abused black teenage girl, "Precious" now looks more like a one-off than a harbinger of change, much like another of last year's nominees, "The Princess and the Frog," the first Disney movie with a black princess. (The latest Disney princess, Rapunzel in "Tangled," is as blond as Sleeping Beauty back in 1959.)
What happened? Is 2010 an exception to a general rule of growing diversity? Or has Hollywood, a supposed bastion of liberalism so eager in 2008 to help Mr. Obama make it to the White House, slid back into its old, timid ways? Can it be that the president's status as the most visible and powerful African-American man in the world has inaugurated a new era of racial confusion or perhaps a crisis in representation? Mr. Obama's complex, seemingly contradictory identity as both a man (black, white, mixed) and a politician (right, left, center) have inspired puzzlement among his supporters who want him to be one thing and detractors who fear that he might be something else.
In their modest way American movies helped pave the way for the Obama presidency by popularizing and normalizing positive images of black masculinity. Actors like Mr. Poitier and Harry Belafonte made the leap, allowing black men to move beyond porters and pimps to play detectives, judges, the guy next door, the God upstairs and the decider in the Oval Office. At the same time, while the variety of roles increased, the commercially circumscribed representational conservatism of American cinema with its genre prerogatives and appetite for uplift, its insistence on archetypes and stereotypes, villains and heroes meant that these images tended to fit rather than break or bend the mold. Certainly this isn't a cinema that jibes with what, in his 1995 memoir "Dreams From My Father," Mr. Obama called "the fluid state of identity."
The recognition of that fluidity, and the exploitation of it for creative and commercial ends, has, from the swing era through hip-hop, been much more the province of America's popular music than its movies. Partly because movies remain a top-down, capital-intensive art form, they have been more cautious and apt to cater to rather than to subvert the perceived prejudices of the audience. In Hollywood race has often been a social problem to be earnestly addressed (and then set aside), or a marketing challenge. In the 1960s the studios congratulated themselves for making sober, correct-thinking dramas that often starred Mr. Poitier in films like "In the Heat of the Night" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," both released in 1967 and which together reaped 17 Oscar nominations.
A few years later, when a new generation of actors and filmmakers emerged from the rubble of the old studio system, Mr. Poitier was no longer alone as African-Americans began to appear on screen and behind the camera to an unprecedented extent. Faces and voices that had once been found only in "race movies" or art-house films by the likes of Shirley Clarke ("The Cool World") filtered into the mainstream. There were blaxploitation hits like "Shaft," as well as crossover dramas ("Sounder") and popular comedies, including the trilogy "Uptown Saturday Night," "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action," directed by Mr. Poitier and starring him and Bill Cosby. The independent world saw the emergence of off-Hollywood directors like Charles Burnett, Haile Gerima, Billy Woodberry and Julie Dash.
Race in American cinema has rarely been a matter of simple step-by-step progress. It has more often proceeded in fits and starts, with backlashes coming on the heels of breakthroughs, and periods of intense argument followed by uncomfortable silence. To that end, the 1980s were, with a few exceptions or maybe just the exception of Eddie Murphy in "48 Hours," Trading Places" and "Beverly Hills Cop" marked as much by racial retrenchment as by the consolidation of the blockbuster mentality. More hopefully, the end of that decade ushered in a new generation of do-it-yourself black filmmakers, most famously and outspokenly Spike Lee, who tried to beat the system and then joined it.
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Mr. Murphy, Mr. Lee and the African-American stars who ascended in the 1990s and the decade that followed notably Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx and of course Mr. Washington often had to shoulder the burden of representing their race even as they pursued their individual ambitions. For the most part, these stars rode to the top of the box office in stories that did not engage or address race, while the films that did take the subject on more directly like "Ali" and "Dreamgirls" often did so at a historical safe distance. It was almost as if, with the ascendancy of individual black movie stars, Hollywood no longer felt the need to tell stories about black people as a group.
This retreat from race by the big studios partly explains the emergence of a newly separate black cinema with its own stars (Morris Chestnut, Vivica A. Fox), auteurs (Ice Cube, Tyler Perry) and genres (including tales of buppie courtship like "Two Can Play That Game" and of neighborhood striving like the "Barbershop" franchise). Emerging from outside the mainstream and indie world, the prolific Mr. Perry has become one of the most successful directors and producers of any color. Last year he directed a much-maligned adaptation of Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." Some complained that Mr. Perry had bowdlerized that's famous feminist work, but he had made it his own, complete with melodramatic flourishes and divas like Janet Jackson.
Mr. Lee has been among Mr. Perry's critics. "We've got a black president, and we're going back," Mr. Lee said in 2009. "The image is troubling, and it harkens back to Amos 'n' Andy." The philosopher Cornel West has been more charitable ("Brother Tyler can mature") and last year he put a larger frame around the issue of race and the movies in America, noting that with "all the richness in black life right now," that "the only thing Hollywood gives us is black pathology. Look at the Oscars. Even 'Precious,' with my dear sister Mo'Nique, what is it? Rape, violation, the marginalized. Or else you get white missionary attitudes toward black folk. 'The Blind Side?' Oh my God! In 2010? I respect Sandra Bullock's work, but that is not art."
"The Blind Side" might not have been art, but along with three other best picture nominees "Precious," "District 9" and "Avatar" it did take on questions of black and white relations. At the center of "The Hurt Locker," which won best picture, was the volatile friendship between two soldiers, a hot-headed white bomb-disposal specialist played by Jeremy Renner and his cautious black sergeant, played by Anthony Mackie. Race in that movie was not a theme or a problem to be solved, but rather a subtle, complex fact of life. These nominees suggested a range of approaches to a volatile subject, from allegory to melodrama to various kinds of realism.
Did filmmakers somehow exhaust the subject? Or has the cultural ground shifted and, with the economic crisis, made other kinds of stories feel more urgent? While it might be a stretch to yoke together the differently privileged milieus of "The King's Speech," "The Kids Are All Right" and "The Social Network," it is hard to escape the impression that class made something of a comeback in 2010. "The Fighter" relates the story of working-class, boxing brothers from a former Massachusetts mill town. Set in the Ozarks, "Winter's Bone" involves the violent, clannish world of crystal meth producers whose grandfathers likely ran moonshine. "The Town," which brought Mr. Renner his second nomination in two years, depicts a similar milieu, but with Boston bank robbers.
So is class the new race? It may be tempting to think so, given the state of the economy and the political discourse, but the two have never really stood apart in American life. And the racial complexity of American life seems, at least at the moment, to have stymied the collective imagination of the movie industry. Perhaps this next year will bring more change we can believe in. For now, though, looking down the roster of the most popular movies released in 2010, only one seems capable of acknowledging, and making a story of the perfectly ordinary reality of a black man with a blue-collar job. That was Tony Scott's "Unstoppable," starring none other than Denzel Washington. The rest of Hollywood, it seems, will always be chasing him.


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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
He's home
He isn't himself right now. The past few days have obviously taken their toll on all of us. His collar was covered in a black tar substance when we picked him up. It took me a few minutes to realize it is the remnants of the activated charcoal they gave him on Sunday.
His collar and dog bed cover are in the washing machine. And he's getting some much needed rest in his favorite spot on the couch. Hopefully after the blood test tomorrow (if we can make it there... #snomg2), things will quickly get back to normal around here.
Andrew and I thank all of you for your prayers/good thoughts/crossed fingers and paws. And to those of you who donated to the Luke Recovery Fund, you are amazing. I'm taking down the donate button this evening, but all of the donations we have received in the past 24 hours are going towards the hefty bill for his hospitalization. We can't thank you enough. I am thinking about ways that I can express our thanks... so be on the lookout for that in the future.
Oh, and one more thing... Luke says "thank u" too...
Keep those fingers and paws crossed for good results following Luke's final blood work tomorrow!
22 comments:
- pghrugbyangel said...
Yay, glad to hear he's back home & hopefully on the mend! AND that you got him home before snOMG2! I hope you can make the blood test tomorrow & that it's good news!
- February 9, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- yours truly, melissa said...
So glad to hear.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Hillary said...
I am so glad that your boy is home safe. Fingers (and paws ... yeah, I went there) crossed that tomorrow's blood test is normal.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Becky said...
I'm so happy to hear Luke is home. Fingers crossed on tomorrows blood test!
- February 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- MsDarkstar said...
Good to hear that Luke seems to be on the mend. All the best wishes for a good blood test tomorrow!
- February 9, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Sarah said...
Thank goodness! So glad to hear it.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Julianne said...
I'm so happy to hear Luke is getting better and that you were able to bring him home today.
- February 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Unknown said...
So glad to hear he's doing okay! Welcome home Lukie!
- February 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Katelin said...
aw so glad to hear he's doing better. i'll keep my fingers crossed he keeps getting healthy.
- February 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM
- alyssa said...
So glad to hear :) Poor little (Big) man!
- February 9, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Awwwwwww, poor little Luke!!!! SOOOOO glad he's home!
- February 9, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Her said...
I'm so glad he's home! There is not a lot worse than worrying about sick pups.
- February 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Becky said...
Oh so glad he's home!
- February 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- S said...
Yay! I've been praying for this positive update!
- February 10, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Happy all worked out! Enjoy his being home.
Hannah Katy
- February 10, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- angelasw said...
I'm glad to hear he's doing well! Also, he has beautiful coloring :D
- February 10, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Mom 2 Many said...
Is he a Plott hound? The resemblence to my Roxy is amazing! Beautiful markings! Glad all turned out ok, and hope his next test comes back good!!
- February 10, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Unknown said...
Glad to hear Luke is doing better and resting at home. Nothing is better than a nap on the couch. Continue to get well Luke!
- February 10, 2010 at 9:48 PM
- jamie said...
Poor pups. I'm so happy he is home now!
- February 11, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Mermanda said...
Mom 2 Many, he's a greyhound. He used to race at dog tracks all over the country. He's now happily retired and (obviously) getting in trouble at every chance he gets.
- February 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Erin W said...
Cutest picture ever!
- February 12, 2010 at 2:18 AM
Awww! He's so cute with the note! I'm still sending warm thoughts his way, as is the HuskyMutt!
- February 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM


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Tonometry is a test to measure the pressure inside your eyes. The test is used to screen for glaucoma.
Intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement; Glaucoma test; Applanation
There are several methods of testing for glaucoma.
The most accurate method measures the force needed to flatten a certain area of the cornea.
A slightly different method uses a handheld device similar in shape to a pencil. Again, you are given numbing eye drops to prevent any discomfort. The device touches the outside of the eye and instantly records eye pressure.
The last method is the noncontact method (air puff). In this method, your chin rests on a padded stand.
Remove contact lenses before the examination. The dye can permanently stain contact lenses.
Tell your health care provider if you have corneal ulcers and eye infections or a history of glaucoma in your family. Always tell your doctor or nurse what medicines you are taking.
If numbing eye drops were used, you should not have any pain. In the noncontact method, you may feel mild pressure on your eye.
Tonometry is a test to measure the pressure inside your eyes. The test is used to screen for glaucoma.
People over age 40, especially African Americans, have the highest risk for developing glaucoma. Regular eye exams can help detect glaucoma early. If it is detected early, glaucoma can be treated before too much damage is done.
The test may also be done before and after eye surgery.
A normal result means your eye pressure is within the normal range. The normal eye pressure range is 10 - 21 mmHg.
How thick your cornea is can affect measurements. Normal eyes with thick corneas have higher readings and normal eyes with thin corneas have lower readings. A thin cornea with a high reading may be very abnormal (the actual eye pressure will be higher than shown on the tonometer).
Currently, a corneal thickness measurement (pachymetry) is needed to get a correct pressure measurement.
Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Abnormal results may be due to:
If the applanation method is used, there is a small chance the cornea may be scratched (corneal abrasion). This will normally heal itself within a few days.
Stamper RL, Punjabi O, Tanaka G. Intraocular Pressure: Measurement, Regulation, and Flow Relationships. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Foundations of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2012 ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012: vol 2, chap 7.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR (News release) – Peco Foods, a fully integrated poultry processing and further processing company, today announced plans to locate a new, fully integrated poultry facility in Randolph and Clay counties. The new facility will include a hatchery, feed mill and processing plant. Through both locations, the company plans to add 1,000 new jobs and invest an estimated $165 million.
The processing plant and hatchery will be located just outside of Pocahontas' city limits and the feed mill will be in Corning.
Mark Hickman, president and CEO of Peco Foods, joined Governor Mike Beebe, Delta Regional Authority Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill and leadership from Randolph and Clay Counties for the announcement in the Governor's Conference Room at the State Capitol.
"We are extremely pleased to formally announce this new project today," said Mark Hickman, president and chief executive officer of Peco Foods. "Arkansas is an excellent place to do business, and we look forward to providing new jobs and an economic boost to Randolph and Clay Counties. As we have experienced firsthand with our complex in Batesville, this state is home to an outstanding workforce that shares the goals and values of our company. I want to thank Governor Beebe and his team for their assistance in making our Northeast Arkansas expansion a reality. We look forward to a long and very successful partnership."
Peco Foods has had a presence in Arkansas since 2011 when the company acquired the Townsends Poultry Complex in Batesville. In addition to the Batesville facility, the company also operates a feed mill in Newark, Arkansas. Through such acquisitions and expansions, Peco has grown to become the eighth largest poultry producer in the United States, processing approximately 24 million pounds of poultry each week.
"When Peco Foods acquired an existing Arkansas facility a few years ago, it made a significant investment in the workers of Northeast Arkansas," Governor Beebe said. "That investment has ultimately led to this major expansion. We are here today because Peco Foods knows the workforce in Randolph and Clay Counties has the necessary skills to take the company to the next level of success."
Construction will begin in two phases. Groundbreaking on the feed mill site is set for April and the first stages of work on the hatchery and processing plant site will begin in July.
"Peco Foods' expansion of operations in Northeast Arkansas is a vote of confidence in the infrastructure, workforce, and business environment of Arkansas and the Delta region," Chairman Masingill said. "We are proud to support Randolph and Clay counties in ensuring the necessary land and infrastructure to attract and retain great businesses like Peco Foods, so that they may create jobs for our Delta workers."
Peco Foods is recognized worldwide for its dedication to quality and customer satisfaction. As a specialist in boneless breast products for retail grocers and food-service markets, Peco ships its products throughout the United States and into world markets.


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nice segueway from my last post if i do say so myself! a look look lookbook----one of my favorite things i've styled to date. really. from my sisters from another mister, also known as for love and lemons. when they told me they wanted a little creepy frida kahlo vibe with some religious relics thrown in, i peed my pants a little cause, it's no surprise, i love me some religious relics. by the way, this house was insane-----super normal looking spanish style house in the valley, and then inside-----this. if their neighbors only knew! i would be throwing parties like it was going out of style. oh yes, and if you are wondering, i will be wearing all of these things. every. last. bit.
photography//zoey grossman, styling//ashley glorioso, model//valeria efanova, makeup//stacey tan


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So have you heard about the big dust-up caused by the Wall Street Journal essay written by Erica Jong in which she castigates what she calls "motherphilia?" I'm sure you know exactly what she means, but let's let her spell it out:
Unless you've been living on another planet, you know that we have endured an orgy of motherphilia for at least the last two decades. Movie stars proudly display their baby bumps, and the shiny magazines at the checkout counter never tire of describing the joys of celebrity parenthood. Bearing and rearing children has come to be seen as life's greatest good. Never mind that there are now enough abandoned children on the planet to make breeding unnecessary. Professional narcissists like Angelina Jolie and Madonna want their own little replicas in addition to the African and Asian children that they collect to advertise their open-mindedness. Nannies are seldom photographed in these carefully arranged family scenes. We are to assume that all this baby-minding is painless, easy and cheap.
Ms Jong, she of "the zipless f*ck fame" then goes on to talk about the new mommy bible, "The Baby Book" that advocates attachment parenting. Not just a clever phrase: Your baby is your life. Back to Jong (we love her, by the way):
You wear your baby, sleep with her and attune yourself totally to her needs. How you do this and also earn the money to keep her is rarely discussed. You are just assumed to be rich enough. At one point, the [authors of the book] suggest that you borrow money so that you can bend your life to the baby's needs. If there are other caregivers, they are invisible. Mother and father are presumed to be able to do this alone—without the village it takes to raise any child. Add to this the dictates of "green" parenting—homemade baby food, cloth diapers, a cocoon of clockless, unscheduled time—and you have our new ideal.
All of which reminded me of a thank-you note I received from the daughter of a friend for a baby gift of green baby stuff that noted, just slightly sardonically, exactly that: you not only have the obligation to be a good parent these days, but you have to be environmentally conscious while you're at it. Whew. Another ideal to live up to and other way for women to be judged. But that's beside the point.
You can surely predict the fallout to Jong's essay. Over on the Motherlode, the responses were hot, heavy and not at all surprising. This came in, an essay cowritten by Katie Allison Granju, the author of "Attachment Parenting", and mommy blogger Jillian St. Charles:
Jong's stock in trade as a writer and a cultural observer has always been to provoke outrage via the outrageous. These days, however, her ability to shock via suggestions of sexual boundary-pushing have become more than a little passe. Thus, she's apparently now decided to attempt to stir the pot by singing the praises of some sort of detached, Jongian-style "zipless parenting," in which — as she says — "there are no rules." It's a convenient position from which she can throw bombs at any target that doesn't reflect her own choices.
Okay, point taken. As for the "no rules" part, wait for the punch line. But what made me cringe was this:
I do not sleep with my baby because some "guru" told me I should. In fact, lots of experts continue to tell women that we absolutely should NOT do this very thing. No, I sleep with my baby because after a day spent away from her at work, I enjoy feeling her snuggled next to us at night. And while I feel guilty about a whole lot of things as a mother — as Jong admits she also does in her essay — I don't feel one iota of guilt about my decision to breastfeed or spend plenty of time with my kids. I am not imprisoned by my parenting. I enjoy it, most of the time.
Sleep with my baby? After a day spent away from her at work? That's what made me think. Is all this trophy parenting, this uber-attachment, this need to spend every sleeping moment with your baby, the inability to spend any time away from your child when you get home from work, a reaction to the fact that our culture, our policies, our work-life structures have not evolved to the point that there's time for both work and life over the course of daily life? That mom is still the one doing it all and doing it obsessively? And where the hell is dad?
All of which led me back to a "big think" interview with the glorious Gloria Steinem a few weeks ago, where she said, as always, a lot of smart stuff. But check what she says related to this issue, specifically:
For instance, we've demonstrated in this and other modern countries or industrialized countries that women can do what men can do, but we have not demonstrated that men can do what women can do therefore children are still mostly raised, hugely mostly raised by women and women in industrialized modern countries end up having two jobs one outside the home and one inside the home. And more seriously than that children grow up believing that only women can be loving and nurturing, which is a libel on men, and that only men can be powerful in the world outside the home, which is a libel on women. So that's huge step we haven't taken yet.
Right? Don't get me wrong. I loved having kids, and (ahem, fishing here), I think I did a fairly decent job of it. One reason may have been that I also gave myself permission to have a life that was attached to neither work or parenting. But back to where we started. Let's give Erica the last word:
In the oscillations of feminism, theories of child-rearing have played a major part. As long as women remain the gender most responsible for children, we are the ones who have the most to lose by accepting the "noble savage" view of parenting, with its ideals of attachment and naturalness. We need to be released from guilt about our children, not further bound by it. We need someone to say: Do the best you can. There are no rules.
Amen, sister. I'll be happy to say it. Do the best you can. There are no rules. And that, dear readers, goes for everything. Not just parenting.


text: IMABIGPAIN - I suffer from the exact same symtoms I take Xanax but that is not a good sleep med. Benadry wil help for a nifgt or two then you have to wait a week or so before it wil help again. My doc. wo't do sleep meds becacause of the other meds I take, Xanax being the principal one so now I just fall asleep in my chair when I can. I wish you luck, not sleeping is a b-----.


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Danica and Daytona: So It's 2005 All Over Again
They dared to openly protest the fact that Danica Patrick – then an IndyCar driver – was being promoted by the series far more than her male counterparts.
Of course, this was no secret to anyone. Danica was, in fact, being promoted more than any other driver in IndyCar.
The inequity was so dramatic that the most hardcore Patrick supporter dared not deny it. Even the race series could not deny it. It was a national joke. It was one of those things that everyone knew but no one had the courage to say.
Until Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Brian Herta said it. Then the excrement hit the fan at 225 miles per hour.
IndyCar's Director of Race Operations, Brian Barnhart, went into emergency damage control mode. Frantic, closed-door meetings were held between the series and those unruly drivers who dared to state the obvious. The rebels were finally brought back into line after being threatened with every possible penalty.
Barnhart then went public, claiming that Patrick was a victim who had done nothing to ask for any of the attention given to her (note to Brian: women who don't want attention rarely pose for men's magazines… just sayin'). Then everyone went back to pretending that nothing was wrong.
But the point had been made, and several drivers who were not Danica were eventually offered a few morsels of attention to shut them up.
Ultimately, no matter who was right or wrong, it was a public relations train wreck resulting directly from a monumental inequity in the way the series treated its drivers.
I wonder if NASCAR will learn their lesson in time to avoid a similar embarrassment. Social media was brimming with sarcasm over the media obsession with Danica at Daytona last weekend. Open wheel driver Conor Daly tweeted, "I actually think it would be awesome if she won, but there are a few other people in the race." Former IndyCar drivers Mark Dismore and P. J. Chesson joked about watching the "Danica 500."
Some will call this petty jealousy. But to those who feed their families by risking their necks to drive a racecar and hustling every weekend for their sponsors, it is neither jealousy nor pettiness. It is their livelihood. Remember, when your name is called on television, it is recognition for the sponsor who provides your paycheck. When your name is not called on television, the omission is cause for a sponsor to reconsider your value.
I know of very few drivers who would finish 15th and ask for the same media coverage as the race winner. Further, most drivers expect some extra attention to be drawn by circumstantial factors. Perhaps a teenage sensation is making his or her first start. Sure, that will draw extra attention. Maybe the peculiarity of someone's ethnicity or gender will manufacture a new "first" of some sort. Okay, no problem. Chase the novelty for a few minutes.
But a driver who finishes 15th has every right to ask for the same promotional return as other drivers who finished in a similar position. The accolades should be on par with performance.
Danica drove very well at Daytona, which somewhat justified NASCAR's incredible effort at over-promoting her last week. But ask yourself this… when is the last time a network interviewed the 8th place finisher before even talking to the winner? That's precisely what they did at Daytona on Sunday.
If that's a glimpse of things to come, NASCAR should remember the hard lessons learned by IndyCar and try to maintain some semblance of sanity.
When Danica wins, give her all the proper recognition of a winner. When she finishes 20th, don't publicize her at the expense of other good people who drove their hearts out only to have the spotlight pointed elsewhere.
This isn't about Danica. Never has been. It's about everyone else. It's about treating people fairly and avoiding another major embarrassment to auto racing.
Because no one wants to re-live 2005 all over again.
Stephen Cox
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Since we've been on the subject of awards for games for the past two days, I thought I'd pass on what games got the nod from Ziff-Davis in the 1UP awards this year. I'm not exactly surprised by any of the choices, although I'm glad to see a few smaller games get some recognition. An award sticker to put on a retail box or a mention in a widely-read magazine may give the game a bump in sales, and with somewhat underappreciated gems like Viva Pinata and Defcon getting awards, that's a good thing. Here are the awards from the editorial staff of the respective magazines:
EGM (console gaming):
Game of the Year: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - Nintendo
Artistic Direction: Okami (PS2) - Capcom
Level Design: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - Nintendo
Designer of the Year: Eiji Aonuma
Multiplayer Experience: Wii Sports (Wii) - Nintendo
Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (PC gaming):
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC) - Bethesda Softworks
Best Artistic Direction: Defcon (PC) - Introversion Software
Designer of the Year - Relic Entertainment
Best Multiplayer Experience: Company of Heroes (PC) - THQ
Best Narrative: Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC) - EA/Valve Software
As well as the awards as chosen by voters on the 1UP network:
Game of the Year: Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Wii) - Nintendo
Most Innovative: Wii Sports (Wii) - Nintendo
Puzzle Game: Lumines II (PSP) - Buena Vista Games
Music/Simulation: Guitar Hero II (PS2) - Red Octane
Online/Multiplayer: Guild Wars Nightfall (PC) - NCsoft
Fighting/Wrestling: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 (360, PS2, PSP) - THQ
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Wii) - Nintendo
Action: Dead Rising (360) - Capcom
Racing: Need for Speed: Carbon (360, PS3, PS2, PC) - EA
Sports: Wii Sports (Wii) - Nintendo
Shooter: Gears of War (360) - Microsoft
Strategy: Viva Pinata (360) - Microsoft
Role Playing Game: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360, PC) - 2K Games
Again, no real surprises here, and not much I take exception to. What are your thoughts on these awards? It's kind of unadventurous as far as award-winners go, but I'm not sure what I would change if I had the chance. This is a pretty solid list of games you should be playing, or are at least worth a second look.


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A lifetime membership usually is something you would analyze with skepticism before you rush to sign up. That goes for an announcement last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo giving New Yorkers and visitors the opportunity to purchase lifetime licenses to fish, to hunt and to visit state parks.
The intention of New York's Lifetime Adventure License Series is to help boost tourism and package recreational opportunities to outdoor enthusiasts. It's good to promote hunting, fishing and camping, not just for one-shot trips but for people's lifetimes.
When you consider buying one of these lifetime packages, however, you naturally will look at the price and ask yourself if you would get enough use out of it to make it a good value.
The prices are $535 for a hunting license of small and big game, $460 for a fishing license and $750 for the Empire Passport, which allows holders to use the forests, seashores and lakefronts of New York's state parks, along with a one-time special bonus such as a free week of camping or a free round of golf for four.
Those prices are pretty hefty. The lifetime hunting license costs more than 24 annual licenses at the current year's rate of $22 for state residents – and that's not considering the discounted junior and senior prices of $5 a year. For fishing, the lifetime license costs more than 18 annual ones at the current adult state resident rate of $25, and the lifetime Empire Passport costs more than 11 yearly $65 payments.
We'd like to see lifetime licenses available for less money, especially for New York residents who are stewards of the state parks and Forest Preserve. People who live in places like the Adirondacks have a bigger stake in making sure the resources are protected from overuse and invasive species, and as much as they take animals, they help sustain wildlife populations. They, at least, should get a better deal on a lifetime license.
Again, though, we are glad the state is touting the outdoor adventures that are available. This will remind people to discover how beautiful our entire state is and dispel the misperception by out-of-staters that New York isn't much more than the city.
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Whitehall was left combing its season ticket loan records this weekend as another set of top secret papers did the rounds of the 5.45pm from Waterloo.
Just days after a Cabinet Office worker left a stack of top secret anti-terrorist papers – including an analysis of Al Qaeda - on a train to Surrey, it emerged that a second set of papers detailing Treasury Dept efforts to fight financial fraud had gone walkies on another train around the same time.
As well as detailing weaknesses in how the HMRC's computer systems can counter fraud, the papers covered government efforts to counter terrorist financing and money-laundering, and ways in which the finance system can be manipulated to finance Iran's development of weapons of mass destruction.
Apparently the papers were left on a Surrey-bound train last Wednesday, the same day that the Cabinet Office papers were mislaid on another Surrey-bound train. The Cabinet Office papers were immediately passed on to the BBC which handed them back to the government – albeit on camera. The finance papers found their way to the Independent on Sunday, but not apparently until Sunday.
The question of what happened to them in the meantime will cause someone in Whitehall absolute nightmares. Still, if nothing else, the fact that they were passed on by an Independent on Sunday reader will dramatically narrow the hunt for the picker-upper.
The Surrey-bound civil servants' apparent carelessness with top secret papers is just the latest in a tide of government data breaches. If civil servants aren't losing CDs with the details of every family in the UK, they're leaving laptops chock full of details of servicemen in the pub.
Out of their brains on the 5.15
Whitehall has already launched an investigation into the loss of the Al Qaeda documents, and the civil servant responsible has been suspended.
Home secretary Jacqui Smith has been summoned by MPs to explain how the gaffes might affect the fight against terrorism. Her department didn't actually lose any of last week's papers. In fact, Smith is unlikely to ever leave secret papers on a train, given that she rarely walks the streets of London, never mind takes public transport.
According to The Times, a Treasury spokesman said of the latest gaffe, "We are extremely concerned about what has happened and will be taking steps to ensure it doesn't happen in the future."
Sadly, with this government's record the surest way of clamping down on civil servants leaving important documents on trains is to let the operating companies jack up train fares so that even Whitehall fat cats have to get on their bikes. ®


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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Most of the people assigned to this forward-deployed location as part of Air and Space Expeditionary Force 3/4 have rotated home, but they have left behind a lot of excess baggage – unwanted pounds.
Airmen hit the gym in heavy numbers, sometimes filling the two facilities available, and many left in much better shape than when they arrived, according to a report by the Air Force.
"I've been on a variety of deployments before but never one where such a large number of people have come in with the goal of losing weight and have actually lost the weight," said Staff Sgt. Reginald Johnson, 380th Expeditionary Services Squadron fitness center manager. "In our unit alone we had about 10 people each lose 10 to 15 pounds."
During the deployment cycle, the fitness center began a successful exercise incentive activity called the "Walk, Climb and Run Program," Johnson said. Participants tracked the number of cardio miles they accumulated and received a free T-shirt when they hit the 100-mile mark.
Besides exercise, the fitness staff also encouraged people to change their eating habits.
"People think they have to eat salad and diet foods and they don't," Sergeant Johnson said. "You can continue to eat the same thing, but eat it in moderation. You can't have three or four pieces of cake, but you can have just one. People will see me grab a cookie out the bin, but it is one cookie, not six or seven."
Johnson, who lost 33 pounds, said he didn't come here with the goal of losing weight (see photo of Johnson – U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ward).
"My goal was to come here safely, and go home safely," he said. "But I found I had a lot of time on my hands and wanted to go home in better shape than when I got here."
His typical workout routine included about 40 minutes of weight lifting, 15 minutes on the treadmill, 40 minutes on the elliptical machine and 40 minutes on the stationary bike. "I did it because I wanted people to see that I wasn't just preaching it, I was doing it too," he said.
Johnson said some people, including an Airman in his squadron who wanted to quickly lose 60 pounds, tried extreme diets to lose weight.
"I finally convinced her that the quick fix wasn't a good idea because she would just gain the weight back," he said. "I encouraged her to lose what she could here and continue it at home. She did and lost 37 pounds before she left."
For most people taking off the weight was only half the battle. The other half comes as they return home and try to keep it off.
"That's where discipline comes in," Johnson said. "All we can do is encourage them to keep up with what they have accomplished."
"It's not going to be easy, especially after missing good Mexican food and Italian food," said Staff Sgt. Kirk Roger Nemeth," of the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Operations Squadron, who lost 11 pounds.
Now that Airmen with AEF 5/6 have arrived, there is a new opportunity for people to begin getting in shape. But, while the gym has been busy, it has been far from capacity, something Johnson said may change as the new Airmen settle in.
"Hopefully the fitness tents will be packed," he said. "I like the fact that people can come here and leave in better shape than they came here."


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Elizabeth Hand's fifth young Boba Fett novel is coming in April 2004 with a preview of what's to come in Episode 3.
Boba Fett #5 - A New Threat hit the online news circuit when it's description read the following:
On his first big assignment for Jabba the Hutt, Boba must confront a new galactic villain -- a sinister force who will play a significant role in the upcoming film Star Wars: Episode III!
Any speculation? Is it worth pre-ordering? Or is the hype dying out?


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Sceptics ( Skeptics ) versus Human Magnets.
Human Magnetism —
The sceptics ( skeptics ) show in the media that they can adhere various objects to their torso. They try to duplicate the magnetic effect by bendings lightly backwards and attaching objects onto slightly damp skin to imitate the Human Magnet.
In contrast to the sceptics ( skeptics ), magnetic people show in the media that with mind power they are capable of lifting objects of different materials off the floor without aid. This can be done with the head or palms of the hands to hold objects vertically, horizontally or in circular movements. Some magnetic people are even capable of lifting objects from the floor with the palm of a gloved hand or even with talcum powder on the skin.
You don't have be a scientist to see the difference in the demonstrations between magnetic people and sceptics The sceptics ( skeptics ) demonstrations have nothing in common with the phenomenon of magnetic people as they do not break the laws of gravity.


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He is 63 years old and he has never had english in school. He just learned it by playing "Zelda" and "golden axe" and some of this stuff^^ unbelievable. I'm sure, i would not be able to learn a language bei just play a game!
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Local governments who oppose Gov. Brown's plan to kill redevelopment agencies are talking up projects that might be at risk as a result. Among them: new stadiums for football's San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers.
One problem with these sob stories: the victims aren't sympathetic. Stadiums for rich pro sports teams? Heck, given the Chargers' proven ability to break the hearts of everyone in San Diego, the town might well be happier without them. And if those teams are so important to those cities, Brown's proposal opens the door for a 55 percent vote of local voters who want to tax themselves for the privilege of a new stadium.
On the other hand, a new bar in Sacramento was built with redevelopment funds, and it has a giant tank of water with women swimming around in mermaid get-ups. And you have to love mermaids.


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As y'all know, my wife and I are the parents of three little kids—Abigail (7), Hannah (4), and Hudson (2). Our house is always hopping with this crew, especially when there's music on (or in their heads). I took the girls to The Muppets Most Wanted recently, and while we were in the car, Hannah and Abigail immediately started singing a heartfelt rendition of every girl's current favorite song, "Let it Go."
Just imagine that for a minute.
Alright, back to the task at hand. Because these kids really enjoy music, I get to expose them to a lot of different material. The challenge has been finding good kids' albums! Many, as you can imagine, are vile, poorly produced, dreck. Some are okay. Few are exceptional.
But the exceptional few are ones I'd like to talk about a bit today. Here's a look at two kids' albums that are actually really good!
1. Coal Train Railroad, self-titled. I was pointed toward these folks by one of my followers on Twitter and I'm so glad they did. Coal Train Railroad is a jazz group for kids from Nashville, and their stuff is exceptional, both what's been released on their self-titled debut and the follow-up, Coal Train Railroad Swings!
Our kids really like to bop to these albums, and Hudson typically asks for "Train!" when we get in the car, so there's that.
Learn more or buy it at: Amazon | iTunes
2. The Verve Pipe, Are We There Yet? Honestly, I never thought I'd put "The Verve Pipe" and "great" in the same sentence, but there you go. These guys had a couple of big songs in the mid-late 90s but they fell off my radar a long time ago. Then I learned they had made a couple of albums for kids, the latest being Are We There Yet? This album has a lot of fun songs, including one called "When Grandma Says No," which describes the all-too-true reality of Grandma's no's true meaning: maybe.
And all the parents said, "amen."
Learn more or buy it at: Amazon | iTunes
So those are a couple of really good kids' albums we've picked up recently. If you're a parent, definitely check them out, and if you have recommendations, share them in the comments!


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MTV, Yahoo! Movies, PopSugar and toofab have posted these first two photos from the set of J.J. Abrams' next Star Trek movie that feature Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) facing Benedict Cumberbatch.
The film also stars John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve and Peter Weller. The movie is scheduled for a May 17, 2013 release.


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Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951) is the head coach of the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other NCAA universities: LSU, Michigan State and Toledo. His eight-year contract for a total of $32 million made him one of the highest paid college football coaches in the United States at the time. He appeared on the September 1, 2008 cover of Forbes magazine as "The Most Powerful Coach in Sports". Saban's career record as a collegiate head coach is 134–53–1.
Saban led LSU to the 2003 BCS National Championship, and Alabama to the 2009 BCS and AP National Championship, making him the second coach in college football history to win a national championship with two different FBS schools. Saban and Paul "Bear" Bryant are the only coaches to win an SEC championship at two different schools.
Saban was an assistant coach at Kent State, Syracuse, West Virginia, Ohio State, Navy and Michigan State in NCAA Division I-A, and with the Houston Oilers and Cleveland Browns in the National Football League. Saban is considered part of the Bill Belichick coaching tree, having worked under him at Cleveland.


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ENE3: "This article aims to shed some light on the hardware that equips the PS4 and Xbox One."
Um site portugues ?
" it is not difficult to reach the conclusion that this announced increase of 4X is one of the biggest PR blunders ever."
See cloud doesn't give you more performance.Just more small calculations, no more performance, no more distance view.
That's juts Microsoft finding an excuse in case ps4 had a more powerfull hardware. Which indeed happen.
The xbox one hardware haven't been finalized. The only thing folks are still using those esrly specs from vgleaks.
The author of the article didnt do much resesrch on the CPU while both are x86 thex1 is a beefed up AmD Kaveri the ps4 is based off the Kabini. Directx 11 .2 can't be done in Open GL..
The article is wrong on the GPU. MS Gpu will be be custom based off AMD Radeon next generation graphics technology GCN 2 .0
I don't understand how the system specs cannot be final yet. Are they going to wait until the last minute to start producing the consoles?
And the xbox bro's go into defense mode.
PS, any changes to hardware this close to launch WILL result in a timely delay. These aren't games, they need months to produce them in large quantities. If M$ isn't already producing then they are in big trouble.


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Something has been nagging at me ever since I read Christina Hoff Sommers' Opinionator piece in Sunday's New York Times. Did you catch it? It's yet another essay lamenting the disconnect between today's school system and, well, the nature of boys.
Her piece, which links declining male achievement with grade school culture, is pegged to a new study that found that, despite the fact that boys do just as well as girls on standardized tests, they are less likely to "get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college."
No previous study, to my knowledge, has demonstrated that the well-known gender gap in school grades begins so early and is almost entirely attributable to differences in behavior. The researchers found that teachers rated boys as less proficient even when the boys did just as well as the girls on tests of reading, math and science. (The teachers did not know the test scores in advance.) If the teachers had not accounted for classroom behavior, the boys' grades, like the girls', would have matched their test scores.
Can we just stop with the "woe be the boys" bullshit? Arrgh.
Before I go on, let me assert my bias straight up. I myself am a girl. My two children are girls. All our pets, save one, have been female. One of my daughters and I wrote a whole book about, and for, women. And if you check the first paragraph of this post, you might surmise — correctly, in fact — that while most of you, my husband included, were watching the Super Bowl, I was snuggled up on the couch reading the newspaper. How girl can you get?
And so, yes, I may well be looking at this issue through pink-colored glasses, but what rankles me is the timing of all this tedious "end of men" business. I have no problem with Sommers' point that boys struggle with school, more so than girls, because classrooms are set up to favor kids who can sit still, do as they're told, and work independently, skills that girls tend to develop before boys do. In fact, I agree completely.
But hasn't that always been the case? What creeps me out is my suspicion that the real reason we are so worried about boys of late is the fact that when it comes to college or grad school or scoring the job with the corner office, girls have started to catch up. Did we ever worry about grade school culture when, not that long ago, the majority of college grads were male? No need to answer.
I think back to my grade school days at a Catholic school in San Francisco taught by no-nonsense nuns who would put the fear of God into God himself. I still remember the names of the class trouble-makers who were sent regularly to the principal's office for mouthing off, who were stuck on the bench at recess, who routinely flunked their spelling tests and, by seventh or eighth grade, were the first to smoke cigarettes and drink beer. Boys, every one. The girls, for the most part, got the gold stars and rarely got in trouble for anything more serious than rolling up their plaid skirts.
And yet, a few years down the line, most of those naughty little boys graduated from college, grad school even, and grew up to be highly successful men, pulling down the big bucks. As for the good little girls? Either married to them or working for them.
My point being, we had no problem with the ways in which schools privileged girls back in the days when we knew that, sooner or later, the boys would grow up to assume their rightful place. But now that girls have begun to hold their own, we wring our hands and kvetch about leveling the playing field.
As if anticipating my riff, Sommers ends her piece this way:
I can sympathize with those who roll their eyes at the relatively recent alarm over boys' achievement. Where was the indignation when men dominated higher education, decade after decade? Isn't it time for women and girls to enjoy the advantages? The impulse is understandable but misguided. I became a feminist in the 1970s because I did not appreciate male chauvinism. I still don't. But the proper corrective to chauvinism is not to reverse it and practice it against males, but rather basic fairness. And fairness today requires us to address the serious educational deficits of boys and young men. The rise of women, however long overdue, does not require the fall of men.
I couldn't agree more: The rise of women does not at all require the fall of men. Where I part company with Sommers, and the rest of the end-of-men contingent, is with the implication that the two are even related.


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Where's the Beef: Delaware
So begins our ambitious (perhaps too much so) 50-part series called Where's the Beef, America?, in which we present a list of what appear to be the top burgers in each of this fine nation's great states. We say "appear" because we're simply doing some research on the Web, gathering entries from blogs and trolling through posts on Chowhound, eGullet, and RoadFood.com. We'll throw the beef at the wall, and if what sticks turns out to be bullshit, call us on it, especially if you live in the featured state. Leave your thoughts in the Comments section. Ed.
Perhaps Delaware's representatives were visionaries, able to see the greatness that would eventually flow from the charter they were autographing. Or maybe they just envisioned a time down the road when their decendents would reap the benefits of "the most advanced and flexible business formation statute in the nation," i.e., credit card companies can rip you off there more easily than anywhere east of South Dakota.
But we digress. For all their apparent vision back in the day, we were hard-pressed to find much in the way of burgerdom in today's Delaware. But it's a small state, so we're sure there's more out there than the following two places:
JAKE'S HAMBURGERS | Newark, New Castle, Kirkwood Highway, Dover
Founded in Newark, Delaware, in 1991, Jake's is known for its freshnever frozen burgers and its shakes (Jake's make malts as well). Holly Moore of Holly Eats gives it 4 Grease Stains out of a possible 5, reporting that "the hamburgers are loose-packed and grilled." In the photo on Holly's Jake's page, the looseness of the grind is evident. Looks delicious.
A Delaware-native coworker of mine had this to say:
It started out as this little hole in the wall (which is still there), and it has outdoor dining. But it's funny because the outdoor seating area is right next to a four-lane highway. So you're sitting there eating, and all these cars are whizzing by. But people do it'cause it's that good.
It's also apparently good enough to franchise, as there are now three other Jake's in Delaware and one in Maryland. (Click here for Jake's locations)
THE CHARCOAL PIT | Wilmington
... a hamburger joint that's been in operation since the 1950's. Although often touted as Delaware's best burger, I love the place more for its atmosphere and nostalgia. From the 1950's Jetson's architecture to the individual jukeboxes at each table, the place makes you feel like a member of the Cunningham family. Several generations of Delawareans have grown up with The Pit It serves many purposes for many people. A memorable destination for a child, a high school hangout, a meeting place, or simply a place for an inexpensive meal.
That's atmosphere, though. How's the burger? Joe H., a poster on Chowhound, says:
The Charcoal Pit cooks the 1/2 pound fresh ground chuck burger over, obviously, charcoal on a good bun. With your first bite the juice will spurt out in your mouth! Order it medium rare, they will ask, and don't have much more than cheese and maybe pickle and onion. They've won the title of best hamburger in the Delaware Valley (Wilmington plus surrounding area) for decades and I honestly believe it competes with Kincaid's Grocery in Fort Worth for the title of America's best.
Them's pretty strong words. How 'bout a second opinion? This one, from RoadFood.com:
The classic cheeseburger had that unique chargrilled taste that you rarely find anymore, even in places that grill their burgers over fire. The cooks will grill to your specifications, so the adventurous can still get some red in their burgers. We ordered ours medium and it arrived with just the slightest touch of pink; the perfect balance to bring out the meatiness of the burger. Your waitress will dress the burger from a condiment station and tear the lettuce from whole heads of crisp iceberg.
So, Delawarians: What's the word? Do these places stack up? Are the reviewers on target or in the crapper? Let us know. Comment away!
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Just when it seemed that the long-running feud between County Executive Mark Hackel and the Board of Commissioners had subsided, it appears they're headed for another noisy spat.
Let's hope this is all in the family and doesn't lead to irreconcilable differences.
Though the board scored a resounding court victory over Hackel and now seeks to exercise its right, after the fact, to review and approve government contracts, the county executive is ignoring - and, in fact, belittling - the commissioners.
When the board met last week to retroactively scrutinize 124 contracts - worth $82 million - that were signed by Hackel during the yearlong legal battle, the Macomb Township Democrat refused to send any of his top aides or department heads to the board meeting.
At issue here is this: Is the Hackel administration committed to government transparency, or is the board simply using the spending and budgeting process to hold onto control of county government?
In 2011, the 13-member board passed a reasonable ordinance and policy that gave them final approval over contracts and purchases in excess of $35,000, and any construction projects with a price tag above $100,000.
The ordinance/policy was vetoed by Hackel, the veto was overridden by the bipartisan board, and then the executive filed a lawsuit. He won at the circuit court but lost badly at the appeals court.
When the commissioners attempted to backtrack and get a good look at all those financial agreements Hackel signed since he initiated the legal tussle, their requests were ignored. Until April 30, when a computer disc arrived at the board office at 4:50 p.m.
The disc contained more than 2,000 pages of electronic material but it was not indexed, and no list was attached. As county board Chairman Dave Flynn remarked at the time, it was like dumping a bunch of paper documents in a box and forcing the commissioners to sort it all out.
If taxpayers believe that this is no more than an internal struggle, a political soap opera playing out within the upper floors of the county Administration Building, consider this: The electronic files contained details about $60 million in sheriff's patrol contracts for local townships; $11 million in road improvements; several million dollars for jail inmate meals and various services for those on probation or awaiting trial; nearly $1 million in contracts for county Medical Examiner Daniel Spitz; and an allocation of $550 per meeting attended for a contractor tied to sewer/drain issues.
What's all that about? We may never know because no one from the administration was on hand to answer questions.
The April 30 'document dump' painted the commissioners into a corner. Under its own ordinance, the board has 21 days to accept or reject a contract once it is supplied by the executive's office. That meant that two board staffers and one part-timer spent countless hours for three weeks sorting through the electronic material - all written in legalese - of 124 contracts.
When the commissioners met on the morning of May 21, they were under the gun. Because of the 21-day deadline, they had just hours to accept or reject each of the contracts that had been previously hidden from them.
As a result, the commissioners declared a victory for government transparency while they reluctantly, frantically approved - on a retroactive basis - nearly all of the contracts because no information from the administration was forthcoming.
Hackel and his top aides say that the contracts are a done deal and no one has complained about any of the details within those documents. Fair enough. But it's also abundantly clear that Hackel, the former county sheriff, and Assistant Executive Al Lorenzo, the former community college president, have a long memory of hours-long county board meetings in the past where commissioners berated department heads, micromanaged their agencies, and engaged in political pettiness and dysfunction. The pre-charter board, for decades, was a model of inefficiency.
Because the commissioners' reputation precedes them, Hackel and Lorenzo agreed last week that they did not want department heads sitting for hours in a board meeting, waiting for their time at the lectern so the commissioners could get their pound of political flesh. The subject up for discussion was old contracts, some of which have already expired.
That's somewhat understandable, but equally dysfunctional. The executive branch of our new government treats the legislative branch with disrespect and disdain.
We have now degenerated back to the tensions of early 2011, shortly after Hackel took office as Macomb's first executive, when the administration refused to allow department heads to appear before the board or its committees. A bunker mentality in the Administration Building may soon resurface, similar to the long period in 2012 when the board office on the 9th floor and the executive's office on the 8th floor never communicated, except through emails.
Once again, it must be pointed out that the one major flaw in the county charter is that it provided no oversight duties for the board.
When Macomb voters approved the charter in 2009, they expected two coequal branches of government, power sharing, give and take, checks and balances. Instead, they have a legislative branch that has been marginalized - some say the board's powers have been gutted.
When angry unionized workers for the Department of Roads and the crew of jail guards wanted to vent about the new labor contracts imposed upon them, they packed into Thursday's board meeting. But the administration, not the board, now controls labor negotiations and no public forum exists to wage an effective protest.
Despite the board's checkered history, Hackel and Lorenzo need to put their personal sentiments aside and put a priority on transparency. Flynn needs to pull back and engage in a collaborative approach. If not, the same disputes that have plagued our new county government for nearly 2 ½ years may bubble to the surface again in the coming weeks as board Chairman Flynn proposes an ordinance that will mandate much more budget detail from the administration - on pay, benefits, overtime, pensions - than has been provided to the commissioners so far.
Watch for talk of a potential Hackel veto to percolate to the surface soon.
In January, Flynn was selected as the new board chair and he and Hackel promised that a new day had dawned. But the cooperative spirit and the good will of the past four months disappeared in an instant when the board asked to retroactively review and approve contracts, just as the court said they should.
Flynn once talked of new personal bonds and mutual trust but now, after the administration for months declined to supply the budget details the board demanded, the Sterling Heights Democrat seems ready to dare Hackel to veto another matter that appears to center upon government transparency.
I would suggest that this should not be about dares and bluster and I-Told-You-So's.
Hackel and the commissioners may never get along. But this issue should be about good government and maintaining an open door to the taxpayers who foot the bills.


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This is Page 4 of a four-page article on types of toffee; here, how to store toffee. Click on the black links below to visit other pages.
As with anything else, it's primarily quality ingredients, then the specific recipe proportions.
These variables, or a combination of them can make quite a difference in the finished product.
Our favorite toffees come from high altitudes (e.g., Enstrom's, in Colorado), sea level (Lula Belle, in Los Angeles) and in-between. So, unlike other businesses, where the mantra is "location, location, location," with toffee, the word is, "quality, quality, quality."
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29 November 2013
16:37 | Posted by TRACEY O
Take your Spellbinders products to Jewellery. Beck made this beautiful Necklace pendant easily worn with a black coloured ribbon.
Products Used:
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MB6-011 – Birds One
MT1-005 Grate Works Three
MM1-004 – Aluminium Sheet
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Tsukineko StazOn - Silver
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27 November 2013
21:14 | Posted by TRACEY O
I'm loving the easel card at the moment. The little bit of extra work you put into a card really pays off. I assembled this one in a similar fashion to the butterfly easel card I showed in a post a few weeks ago.
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
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S2-116 Small Circles
S4-334 2011 Heirloom Ornaments
Other Materials Used:
My Mind's Eye Vintage Christmas 6x6 pad and chipboard stickers
Gold cord
Created by Design Team member -TERESA
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24 November 2013
20:13 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here's a layout using some of the new d'lite blooms. The flowers are super easy to make, just keep adding more and more layers until you have a nice full blossom. I have used two of the new blloms along with my old faithful spiral blossom roses.
Materials Used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
19-7558E Frosted teal
19-7561E Intense teal
S5-1239 Foliage Two
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
S2-044 Blooms One
S2-045 Blooms Two
S4-351 Spiral Blossom One
S5-189 Majestic Labels Twenty Five
Other Materials Used:
Manor House Creations patterned paper
Ranger dimensional pearls espresso
Organza ribbon
Kindy Gliltz
Lily Bee alphabet stickers
22 November 2013
20:48 | Posted by TRACEY O
Don't you just love the accent hat pins can make to your projects teamed up with beautiful fanciful Spellbinders Die designs
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S6-008 Exquisite Labels eleven
S4-395 – Les Papillions two
MB3-004 – Diamond Hatpin
MM1-004 – Aluminium Sheet
MD1-014 – Diamonds One
ES006- So trendy
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Assorted velvet ribbon
Prima Say it in pearls
Large crimp bead
Just Rite Stamps – Large Sentiments
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20 November 2013
19:42 | Posted by TRACEY O
Sometimes it's a little disappointing when a die doesn't cut all the way through a material. Other times it can work to your advantage. Take this corrugated cardboard - the circle die didn't cut all the way through, but it cut through enough to enable me to easily remove a layer to expose the corrugations. Perfect!
Products Used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
10-1023E White
S4-116 Small Circles
S4-126 Squares
S4-348 Postage Stamps
Other Materials Used:
Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer stamps
Silver Flowersoft
Authentique patterned paper
Corrugated cardboard
Created by Design Team member-TERESA
Labels: Bazzill, Christmas, Spellbinders | 0 comments
17 November 2013
20:36 | Posted by TRACEY O
Today we have a lovely all occasion card to share with you.
Materials Used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
5-510E Parakeet
S4-328 Foliage
S4-409 Gold Majesty Circles
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
Other Materials Used:
Papermania patterned paper
Ranger Liquid Pearls petal pink
Labels: Bazzill, General Cards, Spellbinders | 0 comments
15 November 2013
12:08 | Posted by TRACEY O
The latest release Spellbinders dies really compliment the mixed media trend in Scrapbooking at the moment with new on trend patterns and designs. Beck has really gotten down and dirty with this one using cardstock with her own input of pattern texture and colour.
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S4-414 – Captivating Squares
S5-197 – Crisscross
S4-126 – Squares large
MB1-006 – Shields One
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Decopage and craft paste
Websters Pages alpha stickers
Scrapmatts words
Pearl flourish
Texture paste
Hessen Pastel Pitt Pencils
Black Pilot Permaball marker
12 November 2013
19:42 | Posted by TRACEY O
Today we have a pretty layout from Alicia.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
S2-048 Sprigs
S2-047 Blooms four
S6-004 5x7 Detailed Scallop
S2-005 Floursih trim
S5-109 Vintage lace Motifs
Other Materials Used:
Prima papers
Organza ribbon
Liquid Pearls: Platinum
Kaisercraft rubons
10 November 2013
20:12 | Posted by TRACEY O
Using paper differently than how it was intended to be used is just what Beck loves to do. Here she has used a very feminine collection Miss Tegan Sue to produce this very masculine layout.
Products Used:
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10-1001E Bazzill White
19-9309 Suede Brown Dark Miss Tegan Sue 'Mini Prints' pattern papers
S5-188 Super ellipse
S5-048 Sprightly Sprockets
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Fun Stampers Journey 'Journey Gears'
Distress ink – Gathered Twiggs
Plasters tape
Dylusions – black magic
Fireworks – Lodon Fog
American Crafts Thickers
6 November 2013
20:46 | Posted by TRACEY O
Today we have a pretty card in lovely soft colours from Alicia.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
9-960E Kraft
S2-048 Sprigs
S2-046 Blooms three
S4-409 Gold Majesty Circles
Other Materials Used:
Maja designs paper
Ranger Liquid Pearls platinum
Organza ribbon
Heartfelt Creations sentiment stamps
Labels: Bazzill, General Cards, Spellbinders | 0 comments
3 November 2013
20:12 | Posted by TRACEY O
Flower balls were quite popular for flower girls a few years ago. I made one here with paper flowers and florist pins. Change the colour scheme and it would look at home on a Christmas tree.
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
3-336E Pollen
6-662E Phlox
S5-050 Rose Creations
Other Materials Used:
Polystyrene ball
Seam binding
Florist pins
Cotton gauze
Basic Grey Plumeria paper
Created by Design Team member-TERESA
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