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As language evolves we sometimes need to nudge it to keep up with us. Thus I propose a new word: Muesday. Not a day to look for inspiration, but a day after a school or federal holiday where your Tuesday becomes a Monday.
This Museday had me behind the eight ball. Vivien growled at me from her nightgown, "where is the Nutella mom? You said you do the shopping on Monday."
Yes, I started to answer, it is Monday. But, wait!! Cut to sharp close up of my face in startled terror. Oh, no it's TUESDAY.
Everything gets backed up. Right after drop off I ran to the store. I actually had to tell myself when I remembered the calls and tasks for work related things I had to do, "just act like an adult, just bear down." I wanted it to be Fuesday. That would mean the end of the week.


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Round Lake, Steven worked in public accounting for 5 years at KPMG, and has served in various
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This post and the three that follow it are articles derived from the 2012 Inclusive Language Convocation at Wartburg Theological Seminary. The convocation was introduced by the Rev. Dr. Gwen Sayler, Professor of Bible with the following words.
Words have incredible power to shape our self-identity and behavior. Today, focusing on inclusive language/inclusive community, we'll hear Alan speaking about the language we use for God/humanity. Kate will speak to the language we use within the church to talk about "family" and "singleness". And Patty will speak from the perspective of a parent of one who is homosexual, about the power of words used/left unsaid to include or exclude persons whose sexual orientation is other than heterosexual.


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|*October 15 - 21
|Praise and Prayer
Read for This Week's Study:
|Luke 1:37; Eph. 1:15-23; Col. 4:5; James 2:20, 26; 3:13, 17.
Memory Text:
| "And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him
to be head over everything for the church"
Praise and prayer. Paul was a man who had many struggles, many trials, many griefs; but he was also a man of praise and prayer. Thus, after recounting in the earlier verses the wonderful things God has done for us in Christ, he then gives thanks to God for the faith of the church in Ephesus because, as he said, he has heard, not only of their faith but of their "love unto all the saints" (Eph. 1:15). He then tells about the prayer of intercession he makes in behalf of the Ephesians.
So often we tend to think of prayer only for those who are in bad shape, those who really need prayer; but here we have Paul praying for those who, apparently, are doing very well. The lesson for us, of course, is to take nothing for granted: Whether people we know are thriving in their faith or barely hanging on, prayer needs to be offered in their behalf.
Meanwhile, Paul's prayer of intercession gives us greater insight into what God has done for us in Christ and the great hope that's ours as a result.
The Week at a Glance:
|What was the spiritual state of the church at Ephesus? How is love related to faith for the Christian? How do we obtain knowledge of God? How does Paul describe God's power?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, October 22.
|October 16
Faith and Love
"Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers" (Eph. 1:15, 16, NKJV).
The Greek word for "therefore" can also be translated "for this reason" (NIV). For the reason of "every spiritual blessing" (Eph. 1:3, NKJV), with which God has blessed the church at Ephesus, Paul bursts forth in thanksgiving. These blessings, as we saw last week, include election, adoption, redemption, forgiveness, unity in Christ, and the ultimate restoration of all creation to its original purpose (vss. 3-14).
Christian thanksgiving goes beyond merely being thankful. Thanksgiving must lead to a life that reflects and shares God's blessings in active, meaningful, and day-to-day living. With the Ephesians, that seemed to be the case. They were Christians who lived their profession. Indeed, while jailed, Paul heard about their "faith in the Lord Jesus" and "love for all the saints" (vss. 15, 16, NKJV). To them Christianity was more than a system of beliefs; it was a call to transformed living and dynamic relationship. If faith leads to belief, belief must lead to action. For faith works through love (Gal. 5:6), and "faith without works is dead" (James 2:20, 26).
How would you tie in this idea of "love for all saints" with the notion that "faith without works is dead"? How are faith and love related?
Love, faith, and hope are the basic graces that mark the Christian life (1 Cor 13:13; Col. 1:4, 5). However orthodox our doctrines, however laudable our worship and witness, and however faithful our stewardship, we cannot be Christians until we are marked by a double lovelove to God, love to people. Is this not the commandment Jesus gave (Matt. 22:37-39)? Is it possible to love God and not to love His people? (See 1 John 4:20, 21.)
|How, as a Christian, can you express your love for others? What outward, tangible, visible effort, can you make in the next few days to show someone that your faith in Christ is real?
|October 17
Wisdom and the Knowledge of God (Eph. 1:17)
Having noted the first part of Paul's prayer-thanksgiving for the life of faith and love-we now turn to the intercessory aspect of the apostle's petition (Eph. 1:17-23). We are often tempted to make our petitions naive, concentrating on material- and self-oriented needs. The nobler aspect of petition is intercession, pleading in someone else's behalf. Paul prays that God may give the Ephesians "the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him" (vs. 17, NKJV).
According to these texts (Ps. 111:10; Prov. 2:2; 4:5; 9:10; 11:12; Col. 4:5; James 3:13,17), is biblical wisdom only head knowledge? Justify your answer.
Philosophy may say "Know thyself" Psychology may assert that in understanding self and its potential, one can find life's meaning. But there is no knowledge greater than the knowledge of God, and the greatest knowledge that we can have about God is knowledge that He Himself reveals to us.
How has God revealed Himself to us?
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God's revelation makes possible "the knowledge of him" (Eph. 1:17), but "we cannot rightly understand or appreciate divine revelation without the aid of that Spirit by whom the word was given."Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 241. Hence, Paul prays for the enlightenment of "the eyes of your heart" (vs. 18, NIV). Believers need more than rational knowledge. They need spiritual insight so that, with the inner eyes of the heart, they may know better four great truths: "the hope of his calling," "the glory of his inheritance" (vs. 18), "the working of his mighty power" (vs. 19), and Christ's headship over the church (vss. 22, 23).
|October 18
The Hope and Inheritance (Eph. 1:18)
Read Ephesians 1:18. In your own words, write out what you believe the Lord is telling us with this single text.
In addition to wisdom and knowledge, Paul prays that the Ephesian church would comprehend fully "the hope of his calling" and "the riches of the glory of his inheritance" (vs. 18). In Paul's writings, calling underscores both Christian privilege and responsibility. God has called us to belong to Christ, to be His saints (Rom. 1:6, 7), and to have "fellowship with his Son" (1 Cor 1:9, NIV). Because of God's call, those of us who were not His people have become His people (Rom. 9:24). To those who are called, Christ becomes "the power of God and the wisdom of God" (1 Cor. 1:24, NKJV). Believers are called to eternal life (1 Tim. 6:12). The call makes them free and enables them to "serve one another in love" (Gal. 5:13, NIV). The call ensures a harmonious fellowship, cutting across race and class, as we are "called in one body" (Col. 3:15, NKJV) and we are charged to lead a life "worthy of the calling" (Eph. 4:1, NKJV). This calling expects us "not .. . to be impure, but to live a holy life" (1 Thess. 4:7, NIV) and a peaceful life (Col. 3:15)"worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory" (1 Thess. 2:12, NKJV). This call to the kingdom is "the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:14, NKJV), which should motivate us to press forward in the Christian race.
Such is the magnitude of God's call. It covers the past (forgiveness), embraces the present (life of fellowship and peace), and awaits the future for that "blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13, NKJV). This is the "hope to which he has called you" (Eph. 1:18, NIV), says Paul, and he prays that we may be enlightened to see its enormity and loftiness.
To hope, Paul adds "the riches of his glorious inheritance" (vs. 18, NIV). Inheritance can be understood in two ways. First, believers are God's heritage: "heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ" (Rom. 8:17, NKJV). Second, inheritance is what saints receive from God as His heirs. The latter suggests that inheritance is both a present privilege in that we have the joy of salvation now and a future reward that has been guaranteed and sealed by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13, 14). This final reward "is . . . kept in heaven for you" (1 Pet. 1:4, RSV).
|The Bible says we are to be "worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory" (1 Thess. 2:12, NKJV). As sinners, we can never be worthy enough to be saved, but because we are saved, we now want to live "worthy of God." In this context, what changes do you need to make in order to exhibit this worthiness in your own life?
|October 19
The Working of His Mighty Power (Eph. 1:19-21)
Paul's prayer has dwelt on the need for wisdom and knowledge and for the understanding of God's calling and inheritance. Now the apostle concentrates on the need to know "what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power" (Eph. 1:19, NKJV).
characteristic of God is omnipotence. That means God
is all-powerful. How is His power manifested? Give some examples with supporting
texts. See, for example,
Cor 5:17,
Paul uses four Greek words in Ephesians 1:19 to emphasize the all-inclusive, incomparable nature of God's power. First, "the exceeding greatness of his power," the word for "power" is dunamis, denoting innate ability to accomplish what one has set out to do. The other three words are "according to the working [energeia] of his mighty [might = ischys] power [kratos]." Paul heaps word upon word, almost similar in meaning, to stress the immeasurable and absolute nature of what God's power has accomplished in the universe. Energeia suggests activity and effectiveness. God's power is at work. Ischys refers to intrinsic strength or might. Kratos, used in the New Testament in connection with only God or His Word, suggests the power that subdues or is victorious. Putting these four words together, we have a grand declaration: "The exceeding greatness of God's power is seen in what He has set out to accomplish. This He did with all His strength, winning a great victory by subduing and defeating His opponent."
The apostle immediately adds that this supreme demonstration of God's power is seen in what God has "accomplished in Christ" (Eph. 1:20, RSV). Paul defines this attainment in three ideas:
Resurrection: "He raised him from the dead" (vs. 20). To Paul, the supreme manifestation of God's love is the death of Christ (Rom. 5:8), and the supreme manifestation of God's power is Christ's resurrection (Eph. 1:19, 20).
Exaltation: "Seated Him at His right hand" (vs. 20, NKJV).
Universal dominion: "He put all things under His feet" (vs. 22, NKJV). Christ is the Lord of the universe.
|The power that brought Christ from the dead is the same power that saves us from sin to salvation. Why, then, do we continue to fall as much as we do if we have such an incredible power working in us? Where must the fault lie? How do our own choices determine the extent of what God will do in us?
|October 20
The Church, Christ's Body
How does Paul declare the majesty and glory of Christ's ultimate victory over Satan and His intimate relationship with the church? Eph. 1:20-23.
The fourth entreaty in Paul's prayer is a masterful mix of praise and petition. Praise because of the resurrection and exaltation of Christ. Petition that the believers may know that Christ's victory over death and His exaltation had two effects of cosmic significance. First, God has placed Christ above "all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet" (Eph. 1:21, 22, NKJV). Here is the signal to the universe that in the great cosmic battle between Christ and Satan, Christ has won the ultimate victory, and now all things are put under Him. He is the acknowledged Lord of all (Phil. 2:9-11).
Second, God has made Christ "head over all things to the church, which is His body" (Eph. 1:22, 23, NKJV).
Dwell on the implications of Ephesians 1:23, when it says that the church is Christ's body. What does that mean? What kind of responsibilities does that entail for those who are members of that body? See also 1 Cor 12:12-25.
The body metaphor emphasizes the essential unity of the church with/in Christ. The very existence of the church as a community of believers is dependent upon the saving work of Christ. Its founding and its ultimate destination in the new earth are all grounded in Him. Apart from Christ, there is no church. The risen Lord is the Lord not only of the universe but also of the church. Hence Paul says, He is the Head of the church "which is his body" (Eph. 1:23). As the Head, the source and locus of authority and mission of the church is Christ.
Because of this closeness, this oneness of the church as the body of Christ, God has filled the church with "fullness of Him who fills all in all" (vs. 23, NKJV). Here is perfect assurance: Christ fills the church with every blessing and gift (Eph. 4:11-16) in order that the church may remain faithful to Him as His body.
What words of admonition and counsel would you give to someone (in light of today's lesson) who said, "I don't need to be part of any church or organized body in order to serve the Lord"?
|October 21
Further Study:
|Saving faith. "It is not enough to believe about Christ; we must believe
in Him. . . . Saving faith is a transaction by which those who receive Christ
join themselves in covenant relation with God. . . . A living faith means
an increase of vigor, a confiding trust, by which the soul becomes a conquering
power."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages,
p. 347.
On God's revelation. "The revelation of Himself that God has given in His word is for our study. This we may seek to understand. But beyond this we are not to penetrate. The highest intellect may tax itself until it is wearied out in conjectures regarding the nature of God; but the effort will be fruitless. This problem has not been given us to solve. No human mind can comprehend God. Let not finite man attempt to interpret Him. . . . Here silence is eloquence. The Omniscient One is above discussion."Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, p. 279.
Christ, the Head of the church. "Very close and sacred is the relation between Christ and His churchHe the bridegroom, and the church the bride; He the head, and the church the body. Connection with Christ, then, involves connection with His church. . . .
"Loyalty to Christ demands the faithful performance of church duties. This is an important part of one's training; and in a church imbued with the Master's life, it will lead directly to effort for the world without."Ellen G. White, Education, pp. 268, 269.
Discussion Questions:
| As a class, review the essence of Paul's prayer, as
revealed in the texts for this week. For what, essentially, is he praying?
Is this something you should be praying for, as well? Discuss.
Paul prays for wisdom and knowledge in order that the believes may fully know God. For the Greeks, to know God means to know Him intellectually; in the Hebrew sense, it means to know Him experientially. Discuss the difference between the two.
In light of what Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:20-23 about the victory Christ has won, discuss, as a class, the important question of why the battle with Satan and sin still continues. What insights in our understanding of the great controversy help us answer this question?
|I N S I D E Story
|The Extra Day of School
by JULIA KOSINKOVA
Julia Kosinkova is an elementary school teacher in Bulgaria. At the end of the school year, the principal told the teachers that the schools had to make up two days of classes. However, instead of extending the school year two days, the authorities had decided to hold classes on two Saturdays.
Julia immediately applied to the principal to be absent on these two days. The first Saturday was designated as a sports day, so the principal gave her permission to have the day off. However, the second Saturday he could not excuse. It would be the last day of classes, and in Bulgaria, teachers give their students their final grades this day. Children usually bring the teacher gifts, and the day becomes more like a celebration. When Julia asked to be absent on this day, the principal said No. "If you insist on having the day off," he said, "I will be forced to fire you."
Julia did not want to lose her job, but she told the principal that she would not be present on Saturday, even if she lost her job. Then she went home and prayed about the situation.
A few days later the principal summoned Julia to his office. Once more he asked her to come to school on the last day. "It is such a big day for the children and the school," he said, "and you know that only the children's official teacher can give the students their record books." Still Julia refused, saying that Saturday was not a holiday or just a day off for her; it was her Sabbath.
The principal asked Julia to send her pastor to see him. When the pastor arrived, the principal asked if he could give Julia special permission to miss one day in church so that she would not be fired from her job. "I cannot do that," the pastor explained. "God commands His children to keep the Sabbath day holy, and no human-not a pastor, priest, or judge can give permission to break God's law."
The principal thanked the pastor and asked him for a book to read that would help him understand Julia's faith.
A few days later the principal called Julia into his office. "I think I have found a solution for our problem," he said, smiling. "I will ask your students to come to class on Sunday instead of Saturday. Since the children were planning to go on a field trip this day anyway, they can combine the trip with the school closing ceremonies." Julia thanked the principal and made arrangements with the children. In her heart she knew that God had worked a miracle on her behalf.
JULIA KOSINKOVA teaches primary school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Spring trend: Ombre's faded glory
Ombre -- the slow fade from one shade to another -- pops up in fashion every few years. It made news not long ago, as celebs like Beyoncé, Drew Barrymore and Rachel Bilson adopted the beachy, blonde-tipped, growing-out-my-roots look for the red carpet.
In clothing, it's strong for spring/summer. Bloomingdale's offers beachy cover-ups (by Echo, Gottex, Ralph Lauren), dresses (Rachel Roy, Erin Fetherston), and tops (Eileen Fisher, Aqua, Quotation). Macy's brims from high (Calvin Klein gown) to low (Levi's trucker vest) to menswear (casual shirts).
In beauty, L'Oréal Paris is also betting on the trend. This winter, the brand launched its new Féria Wild Ombré, the first at-home coloring system that lightens the ends of hair.
Some Long Island salons offer slight variations, "We've been doing 'color melting' -- it's more mature," says John Vater, color director and co-owner of Spa Adriana in Huntington. Similar to ombre, this technique (about $195 to $300) "melts" progressively lighter shades down the hair shaft toward the ends "in a more natural way," he says.
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[SatNews] With no confirmed eruptions in the historical record...then BOOM a seeming dormant volcano erupts.
Until 2010, Indonesia's Sinabung volcano was dormant, with no confirmed eruptions in the historical record. A brief burst of activity in August and September 2010 caused the temporary evacuation of about 30,000 nearby residents, but most people quickly returned as the eruption waned.
Three years later, fresh gas and ash plumes marked the arrival of a new series of eruptions. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite collected this natural-color image of an ash plume from Sinabung on January 16, 2014. Frequent collapses from the unstable lava dome near Sinabung's summit create pyroclastic flows that have swept at least 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) down the volcano's slopes. The southeast margin of these flows is just visible to the lower right of the plume.
Ash from the eruption has coated nearby villages, as well as the coffee, chili pepper, and other plantations clustered at the foot of the volcano. (The light-colored villages and fields near Sinabung, as well as the dark green forests of Gunung Leuser National Park, are visible in a 2003 Landsat 7 image.)
The ongoing eruption has forced the permanent evacuation of the closest villages. Some evacuees are sheltering in Kabanjahe, the closest town.
Global Volcanism Program (2010) First Holocene eruption; ash explosions during August-September 2010. Accessed January 16, 2014.
Jakarta Post (2016, January 16) Settlements within 3-kilometer radius of Sinabung to be relocated. Accessed January 16, 2014.
Eruptions Blog, via Wired (2016, January 16) Eruption Update for January 16, 2014: Sinabung and Nishinoshima. Accessed January 16, 2014.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Robert Simmon.


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State AG Gary King and Gov. Susana Martinez' administration trade barbs.
New Mexico book businesses are dismayed that the guv went mostly out of state for a high volume buy.
Mountains of presidential campaign money keep growing, and growing...
The really big Apple.
Walter White is wanted for manufacturing meth. In Tuscaloosa.
Narcocorridos likened to gangster rap.
Swedish designers unveil their "invisible," inflatable bike helmet.
The cold "heartbeat" of ice.
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but honestly I don't, other than "Jesus God, someone is angry."
I feel like you must not understand what privilege actually is, to frame non-defensiveness as a privilege.
For real does everything have to go bugshit on the internet?
Maybe if my fellow perverts (and well-meaning self-appointed allies) stopped acting like there was such a thing as "non kink sexuality privilege" and stopped insisting that kink IS TOO more egalitarian and less oppression-y than what gets called "vanilla" sexuality, maybe people would be too busy going about their business, not caring what others do in the sack, to be bothered with a "wait, what? are you kidding?"
There IS something about some kinky people and their need for validation. I would add that it's my observation that there are also non-kinky people (although god help us all it mostly seems to be fucking women) who need validation for their non-kinky sex-having-ness as well. Hence an endless supply of "I love push up bras and deep throating and it's unfeminist for you to critique either one!" missives on the internet.
Every single BDSM related media that I've ever seen promotes female subjugation and male supremacy as the sexiest thing that ever could happen to anybody. The presence of other pairings – female tops and female bottoms, female tops and male bottoms, billy goats and people they like to butt off mountain sides – does not mitigate the fact that the majority of BDSM imagery is about female people submitting to male people and being hurt. The fact that people who are into BDSM may experience pleasure through sensations and experiences that other people would identify as strictly painful also does not mitigate the blueprint of what's happening.
Someone living in a small midwest town where they can't go out in full leathers to their heart's content, leading their "slave" around on a leash, is no more oppressed than someone whose desire to suck cock in the middle of a restaurant is also unwelcome. And if you're living on either coast, shame the fuck on you if you ever pretend like kink isn't wholly accepted and even encouraged.
(Cue "you're using The Tone Argument" in five, four, three, two...)
I guess that leads in to what I want to say, though, which is that in my own little-bit-more-rad days, the thing that struck me was how angry we all were. Everything was us pushing back against a horribly, horribly hostile world. Every statement had meaning, and that meaning had to do with crushing us. Every little thing people said got exaggerated -- which I see reflected in the "wearing more leather than I'd like you to = blatantly sucking cock at restaurants" remark. Calmness and thinking things through were really not the order of the day. In fact, I lost a friend for good commenting on an article by a gay man and shrilling that he must be "a misogynist" for... I can't remember. I think wanting space for leathermen to be by themselves. Which, okay, yeah, "boys only" has a history... but there are also het women who want into leathermen's space to stare at the pretty. Letting them in is, maybe, not so Politically Importante as I thought, now.
Though I guess one could say I was still angry here, and maybe that's why I don't post much any more. I still hate it when people spread vile nonsense about kinky sex, kinky people, and even, yes, the erotic media that kinky people like (I've said it before and I'll say it again: my belief is that the fact that erotic media are far from perfect does not condemn them. Intelligent people know that not everything they see is realistic or desirable, and my life should not be forced to revolve around keeping complete morons away from porn they'll use as model or excuse.) But I no longer feel like it much matters. Being away from those enclaves, I see that such pearl-clutchers are shrill and obnoxious... but rare. Why bother?
But I still see a difference. When I was kinda wannabe rad, I jumped at shadows. Women not being invited to a party for leathermen was proof that The Man hates all women and women would never have a home in the world oh God oh God they've got us. Whereas even when I was angry as hell here and really should have just calmed down, I was reacting to something real. People "dog-daring" us to defend what we want. People insisting they knew the etiology of our fantasies. People wanting us to change.
And that to me is the difference: Are you legitimately, but perhaps a little too, mad at something concrete you see happening? Or are you interpreting what you see through the eyes of "raised consciousness," which actually, as most frequently used, means "our ideology, without which you'd see something harmless or merely irritating?"


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Even an innocuous graffiti toy like myself feared the Vandal Squad. As explained to me, the Vandal Squad was a division of the New York Police Department specifically tasked with eradicating graffiti and its composers. The exact nature of this force wasn't imparted to me at the time, but graffiti historians implied that it was a sizable group providing round-the-clock surveillance using cameras with night-vision scopes. I was even told that graffiti king SANE was blown off the Brooklyn Bridge by Vandal Squad helicopters that cornered him in front of his most famous piece, a story which is completely untrue. The most insidious aspect of the Vandal Squad was that they encouraged snitching: they'd set up a hotline where writers could drop a dime on their enemies and eliminate their own competition. Any arrest of a graffiti writer was assumed to be the result of snitching, and would lead to further arrests when the suspect was questioned. The world of graf was a scary place in the 1990s, beset by knowledgeable authority figures, rival crews, and increasingly dangerous spots. It was not the casual, social event of the 1970s or the highly technical permitted work of this century.
Though I was loosely a part of it, I largely ignored graffiti in the 1990s when reading up about the outlaw art because, well, I used to think graffiti sucked in the 90s. After pieces ceased running on the subway, hundreds of writers took to the streets to bomb walls and gates. It was no longer a matter of standing around at the subway layup and spraying the insides and outsides of a train car all night, in the 90s you had to move through neighborhoods and hit as many spots as possible–multicolored works were a luxury that the fame-obsessed could no longer afford. The New York graffiti scene on the 1990s is, to my mind, exemplified by big black-and-silver throw-ups that layered over one another on every billboard and on every handball court, in the COST/REVS handbills plastered at every crosswalk and on every work shed. Quantity, not quality, was the order of the day, and as someone who lovingly pored over the pages of Subway Art in the desperate hope that I could create something as colorful and masterful as DONDI, it was a little disheartening. Not disheartening enough to stop me from scrawling my tag on light poles around the neighborhood, but disheartening still.
From the Platform: Subway Graffiti, 1983-1989 by Paul "CAVS" Cavalieri and Vandal Squad: Inside the New York City Transit Police Department, 1984-2004 by Joseph Rivera have helped rehabilitate my personal scorn for the 1990s graffiti era. I already wrote about the former book and described how it dawned on me that the late 80s era of graf was closer to my own personal experience than the 70s and early 80s graffiti heroes that I aped. Vandal Squad is a book I'd heard about when it was released in 2008, principally because of the writer-generated controversy surrounding it. I finally read it, and found it to be much more human than expected: it was not about a valorous defender of municipal property who sought to humiliate and destroy all writers, but a regular cop who was assigned a specific job and did it to the best of his ability. The book is full of humorous and eye-opening anecdotes about the underfunded and understaffed Vandal Squad, which, far from having a fleet of helicopters, only had one used squad car at its inception. The author makes no bones about being a graffiti aficionado, though it's unclear whether he likes or dislikes it artistically. However, he does go down a hit list of writers he apprehended or with whom he had some dealings, effusing the same kind of gushing awe a fan might have after meeting their favorite celebrity. Whether he appreciated graffiti or not, it doesn't seem to have stopped him from performing his duties, despite internal department conflicts and the unforgiving nature of the job.
Probably because Mr. Rivera owes no allegiance to writers, and therefore isn't compelled to keep secrets of the graffiti world, there is a list of New York subway layups with brief descriptions and accompanying stories. There's also a detailed glossary that, unlike most glossaries at the backs of graffiti books, actually provides some useful information. The book is also crammed with full-color pictures of graffiti, including several two-page tiled spreads of tags, throw-ups and pieces that probably wouldn't appeal to an oblivious observer, but which will be a treasure trove to any fan. It was interesting to get this perspective on a graffiti scene with which I was tangentially involved, even though I was dubious about the author's assertions that most of his arrests were the result of careful police work and not other writers talking out of turn. I mean, I'm sure the police work was careful, but how careful do you have to be when you're spying on writers via satellite with thermal vision and launching nuclear police robots to apprehend any kid with ink-stained hands? I can only imagine how the Vandal Squad's budget ballooned under Giuliani.


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Katy Perry Used Real Marines in 'Part of Me' Video
Katy Perry was quite the method actress in her video for 'Part of Me,' where she enlists in the Marines to regain her strength after a breakup. Turns out the singer employed real female members of the Corps to increase the authenticity.
"I used only Marines, no actors or actresses," Perry confirmed in her interview with MTV before the vid aired. "It was me and the Marines. For three days, I was a wannabe Marine. It is so difficult. Can I tell you how much more respect I have for people in the service?"
The military servicewomen taught Perry how to flip someone on their back, how to wrestle under water and she ate "MRE," which are "meals ready to eat."
Perry also acknowledged that she likes to take chances with her videos, saying, "I like to challenge myself." She also addressed the aggressive nature of 'Part of Me,' saying, "It's an affirmation of strength, so I wanted to go the strongest route that I possibly could with the video. I wanted to join the service, use the actual base."
Post premiere, Perry spoke about the forthcoming release of 'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection," saying that is closes the book on the album, which yielded No. 1 hit after No. 1 hit. She stated that if you are on the fence with her, this could push you into full-on fandom. She said that it's also more for the diehards.
Perry also referred to 'Wide Awake,' the new song that sounds like it was inspired by her split with Russell Brand, confirming that it was recently penned. "I knew we'd do a re-release, so I knew I gotta get in the studio, since I can't wait eight months to put out this feeling, that I am feeling now," she said. "I had two days to write and I wrote it with my crew. I had two days to record. I submitted the lyrics before I submitted the music."
In addition to needing to get the emotion out, she also wanted to include it for her documentary that's coming out. "Not only did I write the song because I needed to flush that out of my system, I wrote it for the film as well," she revealed.
Perry's collabo with Rihanna also came up. She said she wants it to make an impact. She referenced 'Beautiful Liar' again, which she denied dissing, saying she wanted to try something a little more brave, but deemed the video "sexy as hell."


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Around & About Theater: 'Fierce Play' Series by Ragged Wing Ensemble
This weekend, Ragged Wing Ensemble is premiering a new series of short performances by members of that talented group, Fierce Play ...
This weekend, three plays: "Air:born" by Soren Santo ("What cellular ambitions have patently unfolded through evolution?"), "Fish Tank piece" by Addie Ulrey, directed by Keith Davis ("Does a boring job make you boring? Would you rather crochet a enough squares to fill a fish tank or drive all the cars off a container ship?") and "The Music Tree," by Phil Wharton (who cites Berkeley's Jaime De Angulo, 'Indians in Overalls': "Everything is living, even the rocks, even that bench you are sitting on. Everything is alive. That's what we Indians believe. White people think everything is dead." A Miwok origin myth, and the question of a little girl to her geologist grandfather while walking on what's now called Mt. Diablo.)
Fierce Play will resume with a new set of work by different Ragged Wing members February 1-3.
Friday through Sunday at 7, at 1515 Webster,Downtown Oakland, near 15th Street. $15-$30, brownpapertickets.com or raggedwing.org


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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Working in Archives #1
3 comments:
- Coel said...
Thanks for this, and future, posts. I waded into the archives for the first time a few months ago and can confirm that they do indeed reduce grown men to tears. Things have improved since then (the glare of a microfiche screen quickly dries tears).
As a new phd student and newer historian, I look forward to hearing about how to quickly work through probably irrelevant material that might still hold little nuggets of valuable language. (I'm looking at the idea of segregation in the British dominions of Canada and South Africa: thus every reference is crucial to re-imagine the Imperial discourse of the time.)
- February 11, 2009 at 5:19:00 AM EST
- Bruce Boyden said...
I was intrigued to discover, as a new litigation associate embarking upon the dreaded process of "document review" for the first time, how similar it was to archival research as a historian. Now, I'm not sure what that says more about, document review or archival research, but there you have it.
- February 11, 2009 at 4:55:00 PM EST
- Emily Kadens said...
When I was a summer associate, I kept getting document review assignments. The partners couldn't figure out why I was so good at it. I finally pointed out to them that I have a PhD in document review. I decided then that if I ever had to interview for a law firm job again, before they could ask me the standard question that implied that they had no interest in hiring me, "So, I see you have a PhD in medieval history, why did you go to law school," I would immediately state: I have a PhD in document review. I figured that would get me a job anywhere, anytime.
- February 11, 2009 at 10:01:00 PM EST


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WELLINGTON (TV3 News / Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand Parliament's new Speaker is embroiled in his first fight, before he has even had a full day in the debating chamber.
West Papuan freedom fighter Benny Wenda is on his way to New Zealand, and while he has spoken at parliaments around the world, he will not be allowed to here.
Wenda is a colourful character. He starts his talks with a traditional greeting, and then a song. He has done this all around the world – at the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, and even the United Nations.
But Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says he has being blocked from talking here.
"Benny Wenda has spoken at many parliaments around the world, but it appears the New Zealand Parliament will shut its doors."
Wenda says the people of West Papua have suffered atrocities at the hands of the Indonesian military.
In 2002, he was arrested for promoting independence. A year later he escaped prison and fled to the United Kingdom, where he was granted political asylum.
In 2011, interpol issued a red alert at the request of the Indonesian government. But last year, after an investigation, that was removed. It was deemed to be politically motivated.
The Greens, Labour and Mana applied to the new speaker David Carter to have a function here, in the west foyer, but that was refused.
Labour MP Maryan Street says the decision goes against the spirit of Parliament.
"Parliament is exactly the place where people's points of view should be aired," she says.
In the past, Parliament has been used for everything from Ahmed Zaoui's book launch, to a wedding.
But the Greens say the government doesn't want to upset the Indonesians, a big trading partner.
"I think it's pretty clear the Foreign Affairs Minister has had some influence on this decision," says Norman.
Wenda will bring with him West Papua human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson – most famous for being Julian Assange's legal advisor.
The function will now be held across the road from Parliament.
The Speaker's office, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs would not be interviewed for this story.
3 News was simply told the function did not meet the guidelines. There was no further explanation.
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Laura's Law would face understaffed court system
I've received many smart personal responses to a series of columns about Laura's Law, controversial state legislation that allows the creation of a special court to order defiantly and dangerously mentally ill individuals into treatment.
However, one email from a Superior Court judge delivers a dark cloud of depression that must be lifted if Laura's Law is ever going to be woven into San Diego County's safety net.
To allow the judge to speak freely (and, thank God, irreverently), I granted his request for anonymity.
"I have been reading with interest your columns regarding implementation of Laura's Law," the judge begins.
"Unfortunately, in this age of budget constraints, it is one thing to direct the court to have a special court since we have many such mandates — some imposed by statute and some self-imposed — but the current and sad realities of the California judicial system is that although we have plenty of judges in San Diego County (although one can quarrel with the allocation; i.e., North County loses a total of one judge every calendar year who are never replaced and currently we have three completely closed/locked courtrooms with neither judge nor staff while downtown has a surfeit of judges), we have no staff.
"Layoffs of courtroom and business office staff have approached well over 40 percent, and in some instances the very indicia of a justice system has been removed.
"For example, in family court where daily we make important decisions not just involving dissolution but children and issues of domestic violence, we have lost roughly 25 percent of our working staff and no longer have the services of certified shorthand reporters.
"The courts have throughout the years not only have had to deal with mandates from the Legislature regarding such 'special courts' such as Proposition 36 (drug court), veterans court, parole court and (with the criminal realignment laws) new duties regarding probation of recently incarcerated parolees, we also have internally developed 'feel good' courts without direction or mandate from the Legislature such as yet another drug court (essentially a AA meeting run by a judge and in a courthouse), homeless court and specialized criminal courts dealing solely with domestic violence issues — none of which we are required to do by statute.
"All of these mandates, whether legislatively required or not, require court staff. We will always have plenty of judges since we are political appointees and this is a 'plum' to be awarded; however, the real muscle in a justice system are the nonjudicial employees which are always the first to be eliminated or laid off.
"Our staff (not the judges, of course) are facing a 10 percent pay cut by means of furlough and many positions have been eliminated. The end result is the taxpaying citizens are having to wait hours in long lines only to find the business office has been closed early.
"If blame is to be assessed, there is plenty to go around. Our leadership is intent on building a $200 million new and unnecessary downtown courthouse which will be nice but, of course, we have no employees to staff the building.
"I guess my long-winded point is that many of these special courts address important issues, but in the absence of funding (which has never occurred in any of the mandates above), it becomes a meaningless gesture which will never deal directly with the very real problems you confront in your columns on this issue."
Fighting off the blues, I asked the judge if Laura's Law advocates could volunteer to make up the staffing gap.
"Volunteer lawyers could be appointed to act as temporary judges pro tem, or temporary judges," he wrote. "But again, judges (with the exception of North County) are a dime a dozen. It is the court clerks and staffing we do not have available."
As the county wrestles with the direct costs — and the potentially huge indirect savings — of a pre-emptive approach to help the clearly and dangerously mentally ill, the judge's warning must be factored into a complex calculation.
One of the vulnerabilities of Laura's Law, the reason why it's only been fully embraced in one small Northern California county, is the easily demagogued fear that a mentally ill individual's civil rights could be violated by Laura's Law courts. To fight off legal challenge, the law must be executed with flawless precision starting with the initial petition to the court from a family member, social worker or police officer.
This summer, after a 90-day cost-benefit analysis has been completed, the Board of Supervisors should have the data to decide if Laura's Law makes moral and financial sense for San Diego County.
If the good judge has it right, one of the main boxes to check is a funded guarantee that Laura's Law, a hopeful baby step toward sanity, will not be starved in the cradle of justice.


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In our earlier review, Ajani gave his impressions of the program using it on an iPhone 3G. This review will be done on a sweet 1 month old iPad version 2. I'm only a minor technophile so I don't know all the iPad's specs except it's got the most memory of all the models. I also have to thank Joanna Graham and the lovely people at GMAC for "the hook-up" on the app.
First Impressions: In keeping with many iPad apps it's a great looking program with limited advantages over existing products.
The Good: Cool interface. Great integration with mba.com. Nice social/gaming features.
The Bad: Disappointing lack of new questions and lack of adaptivity. Somewhat pricy.
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If you're still reading, you probably are planning to buy the app. I'll try here to give you a few more details about it, as well as what I liked and didn't like.
The interface was pretty flawless and all screens loaded basically without delay and with a nice click slide left transition. Answering questions was easy and navigating around the application was fairly clear, except for when you switched from Study Mode to Exam Mode (it took me about 4 times before I saw the indication that the mode had switched). Given that the GMAT is on computer, I think this is the one standardized test practice application that really makes sense. This allows you to simulate the format of the real exam a bit more than with the paper version of the 12th edition would. Its smooth interface makes it easy to use and nice to look at. Keep in mind that the interface here is not the same as that of the official test – if you want that experience you will still have to use GMATPrep.
There are several features that are a nice addition to the program: difficulty rating of questions sets (though I wasn't given any context for what the number given meant), timing, ranking my performance with other app users, and ability to purchase just the question types you want more work on.
All I can say is "Oh please oh please Larry, Joanna, Dave, Sacha, and all the fun folks at GMAC, can we have some new questions?" I know the title tells us this was the 12th edition on iPad, but I was hoping that the app would at least give us access to the GMATFocus pool of questions, which is more recent, robust, and challenging.
Given the requirement of paying for each set of 250 questions in order to get the same number of questions you would with the OG12 you'd end up paying as much or more than you would if you bought a copy of the OG12 online (for example we sell it for $28.95).
Final analysis
Buy it only if you have not used the Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th edition, as this app is just the 12th edition on iPad/iPod/iPhone. Don't expect more and you won't be disappointed.
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This is the first part of a series on the new SAT that will be doled out over the next 18 months as we await more information on the final form of the exam. It's worth noting that these changes will affect test takers in 2016, but anyone planning to take the exam before that will be under the old system (search our blog for informative posts about that exam. We have some goods stuff.)
Today's post was brought to you by one of our lead teachers, John Mahone. Without further ado, here's some of what's coming and what we've concluded.
Following up on last month's event, during which the College Board, amongst horse-drawn carriages and blaring bugles, expanded on the details for the coming changes to the SAT, which will be rolled out in 2016. On April 16th, College Board quietly dropped 208 pages of unanswered questions and teasers on the internet and the world. The first quarter of the tome lays out The College Board's reasoning for changing the test (somehow without mentioning the words "market share") and strategy on how to do so (somehow without saying "we copied the ACT.") But let's get to the useful stuff.
What's Different?
In short, a lot. The test will look and feel a lot different than it currently does.
This is major plastic surgery (cheek implants, nose job, botox, ear lifts, shin implants, tummy tuck, and collagen implants) on the test itself and not just the facelift that the 2005 revision was. Here are some of those big changes (in our coming post we'll address some of the specific changes for math and verbal):
- Back to the 1600 point scale. The new test will consist of two mandatory sections "Evidence Based Reading and Writing" and "Math," each scored on the standard 200-800 point scale. The other section will be the Essay, which will be optional.
- The new test will run 3 hours flat, with 50 minutes allotted for the optional essay, which will now be given at the end.
- No more guessing penalty. Students will no longer have that quarter of a point deducted for wrong answers, eliminating the entire strategy of leaving questions blank and now raising the "Why would you ever leave that blank?" question from teachers to countless students.
- Due to the removal of the guessing penalty, multiple choice questions will now have only 4 answer choices, because everyone hates "E."
The other major change to scoring is the inclusion of what The College Board is calling "test scores," "cross-test scores," and "subscores." This may get a little confusing, so stay with me.
"Test scores" will be individual grades given in the categories of reading, writing and language, math, and the essay (if taken). This format is reminiscent of the scoring system used for the past decade. However, these scores will be given on a 10-40 point scale, rendering them completely meaningless to anyone for at least 5 years.
"Cross-test scores," which I will refer to as "the SAT jungle" because no one really knows what's in it and few will venture in to find out. The cross-test scores, "Analysis in History/Social Studies" and "Analysis in Science," will be based on specific questions across the three "tests" that deal with history/social studies and science. These questions will be combined to comprise the cross-test scores, which will be reported on the same useless 10-40 scale. You're still, here? Impressive.
Finally. there will be seven "subscores," because you didn't have enough scores already. These will also be drawn from the three "tests." The Reading test and the Language and Writing test will contribute to the subscores of "Command of Evidence" and "Relevant Words in Context." The Writing test itself will be used for the subscores "Expression of Ideas" and "Standard English Conventions." Lastly, the Math test will report the subscores of "Heart of Algebra," "Problem Solving and Data Analysis," and "Passport to Advanced Math." The subscores will have an entirely pointless scoring range of their own, 1-15.
So there you have it. I assume this makes total sense to you and leaves you with absolutely no follow up questions, because College Board is making the same assumption and as of the publication of this post has not provided any more explanation.
Stay tuned for our next exciting installment on the new SAT!


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Joined: 07 Feb 2007
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:00 pm
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Well I tried again to crisp my crust, to no avail. 550* again, ~1 hour preheat of the stone. Bottom was pretty much black again, almost/sorta burnt. However, it was still not crispy! The black/brown layer of burnt (cripsy LOOKING) crust goes in about 1/16", but still is soft and chewy. It must be the dough itself. Can someone suggest a recipe that might crisp up? I have tried a few different combos, but here is the basic one that doesn't work:
16oz flour
9.25oz water
2.5 tsp active dry yeast
1.125 tsp sugar
1.625 tsp salt
0.5oz oil
So, why is it burnt, look crispy, yet tastes chewy! FWIW, usually, under the crust, it is a little crispy
(although usually more burnt).
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:44 pm
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Crisp and Chewy is something I actually look for. But you might try substituting 2 Tbs of shortening for the oil. This should drive it a little more towards cracker land.
You might also try it without the sugar. This should result in less leavening.
And if you're not using bread (preferably) or unbleached flour, you might give that a try.
You could also try autolysing the dough. Once you've incorporated the wet and dry ingredients, let it sit for 20 minutes before kneading. Then knead for 7-10 minutes.
Finally, get the dough as thin as you can. Paper thin if possible. This is easier to manage in a pan. For thin crust pizza, I use 9-10 oz of dough for an 18" pizza. It has to be pretty thin for that amount of dough to cover that much area (but I bet I could use even less if pressed).
My newest basic dough is based loosely on Michael's baguette formula:
500g Bread Flour
350g Water
5g Yeast (active dry)
10g Olive Oil
10g Salt (added only after a couple of minutes of kneading)
But don't change everything at once. I've recently found that once a good approximate dough it found, you can more confidently try variations.
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:24 am
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BTW, if you haven't checked out encyclopizza, you should
It is pretty awesome. The basic recipe I listed that I've been trying is their all-purpose. I've tried a few of the others as well. They have SO much info there, but I haven't had time to run through it all. I think I will try some shortening instead of oil, and maybe another batch with no sugar. I've really been trying alot of things lately, maybe too many changes at once even
Thanks again for the for the tips!
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:54 pm
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Might the pans you are talking about be soapstone pans? (see link below)
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:41 am
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I think I made some headway with my problem. Today I pulled the whole stone out and left the pizza on it for 5-10min and voila! crispy crust!
So, I figured out a way to achieve my goal.
Thanks for the help.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:46 am
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Although this thread is over a year old, for posterity, I'd like to add that perhaps my original question is answered with the letters PSTK (Pre Seasoned Tuff Kote).
My Little Caesars pans haven't worn out yet, so I'm not offically in the market yet, but they do have a lot of diameter options... But if anyone get's one of the before I do, please do post your results. These look like the real deal.
I have yet to link this to a major commercial concern (i.e. Little Ceasar's or Pizza hut), but it seems like it does have a commercial following on
which I found via Howard's link to
To me, these two sites enjoy a wonderful sort of symbiosis. Pizzamaking.com is for pizza enthusiasts who may or may not be thinking of going commercial, whereas pmq.com is a commercial pizza magazine for the pizza industry. I've spent quite a bit of time reading forums on both sites this weekend and, what's interesting to me is that they both feed off of each other. Posters at pmq regularly refer pizza making newbies to pizzamaking.com and pizzamaking.com posters almost always refer questions like "I'm thinking about going into the pizza business..." to pmq.com.
For the pizza enthusiast, both sites, IMHO, are instant Favorites.
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:05 pm
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Your quest for the pizza pans you bought are indeed probably made by Lloyd Industries. I am a marketing rep for Lloyd and confirm that we do sell deep dish pizza pans to some Little Caesar's. Our pans are made so well that many pans we sold 10 years ago are still in use. The dark color is a process called hard coat anodizing and makes the pan 30% harder than stainless steel.
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:01 am
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IndyRob wrote:
I don't know if these are "black steel" or not since some are scratched and I can see shiny metal underneath the black finish. I've seen black steel pans referred to in many pizza recipes but the only source I've ever found seemed to be a wholesaler....So, what are these things and where do they come from? What makes them superior? I saw the pan pizza recipe here and no special pan seemed to be used. This encouraged me to try again with a normal sheet pan and the results were predictably pale underneath. I know I can get, say, a dinner roll, to brown on the bottom on a normal pan. But these pans are doing something more. I don't know why.
I think you are looking for these pans - Black carbon Steel is carbon steel put through higher temps. Or as one online site describes ""Black" Steel is not painted or coated steel. It is simply a steel which has undergone a form of heat treatment which gives it its black color, and which protects it temporarily against oxidation."
Here is a place to get them. THe contact page has a US distributor.
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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:06 pm
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I realize this post has been around for quite a while but I stumbled on it in google while looking for something else and being an engineer by education and having been a bakery chef by choice for a number of years and also having run my own pizza store and currently working for a company that refurbishes pizza ovens, I might be able to give a hand here.
First, Lloyd's is the Cadillac of pizza pans. The anodized black aluminum pans or as they call it, PSTK (pre-seasoned tuff kote) is great stuff. The other way to get that effect is via the seasoning of aluminum pans. Follow the following steps:
* Wash in hot, sudsy water
* Rinse, dry well
* Coat lightly with Pam, or a similar Canola-based spray and polish the oil on with a paper towel or rag.
(Important: Do not use soy products as these contribute to sticking.)
* Run products through a 400º-475ºF oven for approximately 5 minutes.
* Cool to room temperature.
* Repeat three times.
Second, you want to make sure that if you have an aluminum pan, it is a heavy weight aluminum. Most of the pans sold for home use are very lightweight. You can usually tell by the price, the lower it is the lighter the aluminum.
Third, the problem might not be with the pan or stone, it might be with the type of flour you are using and the amount of water in the dough. The crustiest pizza comes from a high-gluten flour. Gluten refers to the amount of protein in the flour. For more information on dough mixing and recipes I highly recommend the dough doctor, Tom Lehman at
and the non-profit organization where he works
American Institute of Baking
. Most grocery stores and health food stores sell gluten by itself in their bakery aisles. Just add a tablespoon or so per pizza that you are making to the flour and mix it evenly before adding anything else.
Fourth, while my company, Pizza Equipment Supply, Inc primarily refurbishes and sells pizza ovens, we often buy out whole stores including their pizza pans and have used, well seasoned pans for sell of various sizes. You can check out our websites
Pizza Equipment Supply, Inc
. I believe, we currently have some used, well seasoned pizza pans listed on our
eBay store
or you can call us at 704-629-0000 between 8 AM and 5 PM EST and ask about the used pizza pans.
Feel free to ask for me as well when you call, Don Kidd.
To the moderator and forum at large, I apologize for the blatant advertising but felt in this case it would be helpful to those interested in getting used commercial pans and pertinent to the theme of the original post.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:24 pm
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the pans that everyone seems to be looking for ARE black steel, and made in mexico. very hard to find.
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A Familiar Face
by John Floyd
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His silhouette on the Alfred Hitchcock tv shows was great, too.
- 31 March, 2012 08:14
- John Floyd said...
Janice, I've heard that he created that little sketch of himself, and that he would often draw it alongside his autograph.
I suspect that, back in the fifties and sixties, more people knew him from his TV series than from his movies. I loved some of those episodes.
- 31 March, 2012 08:26
- Leigh Lundin said...
I've watched his early work, a few forgettable, which doesn't detract from his body of great work. I wonder when he first appeared?
- 31 March, 2012 10:06
- Dale Andrews said...
A great read, John!
- 31 March, 2012 10:44
- Anita Page said...
That was fun, John. Thanks!
- 31 March, 2012 11:11
- Robert Lopresti said...
i believe he first appeared in The Lodger - 1928? -and.claimed it was because they needed an extra in a fight scene. If i recall correctly he is seen attacking the star, which ic
S interesting considering his later relationships w actors.
- 31 March, 2012 12:52
I believe it is in "Shadow Of A Doubt" that he appears holding a bridge hand containing thrteen spades. As a bridge player, I have to consider that my favorite Hitch cameo.
Good article, John
- 31 March, 2012 12:55
- David Dean said...
Great fun, John! I've always enjoyed waiting for Hitch to pop up in his movies; sometimes to the distraction of the plot!
- 31 March, 2012 14:18
- Anita Page said...
This was fun, John. Thanks! The newspaper in Lifeboat was very clever.
- 31 March, 2012 14:53
- Anita Page said...
Very clever, the newspaper in Lifeboat. This was fun, John.
- 31 March, 2012 14:56
- Jeff Baker said...
Rob, I think in "The Lodger" A.H. is just sitting in the background at a desk, filling in for an actor who didn't show up. The Internet Movie Database has notes on cameos by directors, writers, ect. But about any movie cameo is going to be called "a Hitchcock-style cameo..."
- 31 March, 2012 14:57
- Elizabeth Zelvin said...
Are you sure about that cameo in "The Trouble with Harry," John? I remember seeing it in a double feature with a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film, possibly concerning zombies. Shirley Maclaine, whom I'd never heard of before, appeared in both movies. And the way I've always remembered it, Hitchcock appeared as the corpse ("the trouble with Harry" being that he was dead).
- 31 March, 2012 15:48
- John Floyd said...
Thanks, everybody, for the great comments. We've been to a family reunion all day and just got back.
I believe Hitchcock's first cameo was indeed The Lodger, which was his third film, in 1927. And Herschel, I remember the hand of cards in Shadow of a Doubt, but did not remember that he was holding thirteen spades. Glad you mentioned that.
Liz, I saw The Trouble With Harry again a few weeks ago, and I definitely spotted Hitch walking in the street while the old man was studying a roadside painting--but for all I know, he might also have appeared later in that film, as Harry's corpse.
- 31 March, 2012 20:59
- John Floyd said...
Anita Page sent a comment that somehow didn't get posted:
This was fun, John. Thanks! The newspaper in Lifeboat was very clever.
(I thought that was clever as well, Anita. It and the reunion photo in Dial M for Murder must have been fun for them to plug into the movie.)
- 31 March, 2012 21:07


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In this review of an older kit we examine the aptly-named "Mini Stereo Amplifier" from Dick Smith Electronics (catalogue number K5008), based on the article published in the October 1992 issue of Silicon Chip magazine.
The purpose of the kit is to offer a stereo 1W+1W amplifier for use with portable audio devices that only used headphones, such as the typical portable tape players or newly available portable CD players. I feel old just writing that. At the time it would have been quite a useful kit, paired with some inexpensive speakers the end user would have a neat and portable sound solution. So let's get started.
Larger kits like this one that couldn't be retailed on hanger cards shipped in corrugated cardboard boxes that were glued shut. They looked good but as soon as a sneaky customer tore one open "to have a look" it was ruined and hard to sell:
The amplifier kit was from the time when DSE still cared about kits, so you received the sixteen page "Guide to Kit Construction" plus the kit instructions, nasty red disclaimer sheet, feedback card, plus all the required components and the obligatory coil of solder that was usually rubbish:
However the completeness of the kit is outstanding, everything is included for completion including an enclosure and handy front panel sticker:
… all the sockets, plenty of jumper wire and even the rubber feet:
The PCB is from the old-school of design – without any silk-screening or solder mask:
However the instructions are quite clear so you can figure out the component placement easily. Which brings us to that point – all the components went in with ease:
… then it was a matter of wiring in the sockets, volume potentiometer and power switch:
Instead of using a 3.5mm phono socket for power input, I used a 9V battery snap instead. The amplifier can run on voltages down to 1.8V so it will do for the limited use I have in mind for the amplifier. However in the excitement of assembly I forgot the power switch:
However it wasn't any effort to rectify that. You will also notice three links on the PCB, which I fitted instead of making coils (more on this later). So at that point the soldering work is finished:
Now to drill out the holes on the faceplate. Instead of tapering out the slots on the side of the housing, I just drilled all the holes on the front panel:
Turns out the adhesive on the front panel sticker had lost its mojo, so I might head off and get some white-on-black tape for the label maker. However in the meanwhile we have one finished mini stereo amplifier, which reminds me of an old grade seven electronics project:
How it works
The amplifier is based on the STMicro TDA2822M (data sheet .pdf) dual low-voltage amplifier IC. In fact the circuit is a slight modification of the stereo example in the data sheet. As mentioned earlier, the benefit of this IC is that it can operate on voltates down to 1.8V, however to reach the maximum power output of 1W per channel into 8Ω loads you need a 9V supply. The output will drop to around 300 mW at 6V.
Finally the Silicon Chip design calls for a triplet of coils, one each on the stereo input wires – used to prevent the RF signal being "shunted away" from the amplifier inputs. The idea behind that was some portable radios used the headphones as an antenna, however we'll use it with the audio out from a mobile phone so it was easier to skip hand-winding the coils and just put links in the PCB.
Using the Amplifier
The purpose of this kit was to have some sound while working in the garage, so I've fitted a pair of cheap 1W 8Ω speakers each to a length of wire and a 3.5mm plug as shown in the image above. And for that purpose, it works very well.
Another kit review over. This is a genuinely useful kit and a real shame you can't buy one today. And again – to those who have been asking me privately, no I don't have a secret line to some underground warehouse of old kits – just keep an eye out on ebay as they pop up now and again. Full-sized images and much more information about the kit are available on flickr.
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