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Sharon Case, who has played Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless since 1994, is as surprised as anyone that Sharon and Adam are in love and got married. As an actress who takes a deep interest in her character, like many fans of the show, she thought her baby would bring Nick and Sharon back together. However, Maria Bell, co-executive producer and head writer, had something else up her sleeve.
Daytime Dial: There has been a lot of crazy stuff going on in Genoa City for Sharon lately. As an actress, has life on the set been fun for you?
Sharon Case: Oh yeah. I love it when I get such a great story line. Always coming in and having something to do makes my job so much easier than to come in and do something where you have kind of stagnant scenes where nothing is really happening. It's fine when that happens, and it is necessary for you to have times where your story line is to support someone else and letting something slowly build up.
DD: What did you think when you first read in the script that Sharon was going to think her daughter died during childbirth, and that Adam was going to give her child to Ashley?
SC: I was surprised that it was going to be a dramatic story. I guess I always thought that when Nick and Sharon had their baby together, I envisioned that being a happily-ever-after story. They had been through so much — lost a daughter, married different people — I just thought that when they had their daughter together, it would be right. I thought that while Sharon was pregnant they would get back together, maybe even get married and have the baby, with it being a happy occasion for them. I just thought it would be a very lovely, happy time for them.
When I found out it wasn't going to go that way, I was surprised. When I found out the story was going to be a baby-switch story, I thought, "Oh no, not a baby switch!" Those story lines usually end up being common story lines, but this story ended up being anything but common. This was so fantastically written, and I had no idea something this amazing was around the corner.
This is the most fun I've ever had in a story, that's for sure. I love all the twists and turns in it, and all the layers. I love Sharon and Adam as a couple. I don't know why I didn't see this before. It just makes so much more sense, that if Nick and Sharon weren't going to be together, that Sharon would be with Nick's brother. It keeps the triangle going, it keeps it in the family. And I love the chemistry that I have with Michael Muhney, who plays Adam. I love working with him.
DD: What was going through Sharon's mind to make her marry Adam so impulsively?
SC: When he first asked her to marry him, she did think that it was sudden and too fast. Then she thought twice and realized, I'm not getting any younger and I do love this man. What am I waiting for? There was no reason for her not to marry him. Being with Adam is about moving on — they both wanted to put their ugly pasts behind them and just take giant leaps into the future, and have fun doing it. Adam is about laughing and enjoying life, and that is what Sharon needs. She thinks of Adam as someone she can really talk to. He is her best friend.
DD: How would you like to see Sharon react when/if she finally finds out that Faith is indeed alive, and her husband is the one who made the switch?
SC: I would like to see the story line keep going. I really like working with Michael, but I realize that things eventually have to come out. Obviously Sharon is going to be pretty upset. I don't like to say how it should happen, because Maria is so much better than me. She will always write something a thousand times better than anything I could have thought of. So, it's silly for me to even try to predict. I just leave her to do her thing!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Interview Y&R: Sharon and Adam, an Unexpected Love (Part 1)
Sharon Case, who has played Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless since 1994, is as surprised as anyone that Sharon and Adam are in love and got married. As an actress who takes a deep interest in her character, like many fans of the show, she thought her baby would bring Nick and Sharon back together. However, Maria Bell, co-executive producer and head writer, had something else up her sleeve.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
ATWT: Such a Tease!
Sneak Peek This Week:
B&B: Such a Tease!
· A confrontation about infidelity is made.
· A mother intervenes to protect her child from being hurt once again.
· A friendship becomes complicated.
· A budding relationship takes a serious turn.
· A deviant plan to gain the upper hand is put into play.
Y&R: Such a Tease!
* Ashley (Eileen Davidson, pictured) and Jack learn the fate of Jabot.
* Adam makes a shocking decision after learning devastating news.
* Kay turns the tables on Tucker.
* An unexpected storm forces Victoria and Billy together.
* As Emily and Jack's wedding draws closer, Patty's psychosis gets further out of hand.
Days: Such a Tease!
*Daniel comforts Chloe after a great loss.
*Stephanie makes love to Nathan.
*Kate persuades Philip to be wary of Vivian.
*Rafe (Galen Gering, pictured) is forced to tell Sami about his findings.
*Hope mistakes Justin for Bo.
Thursday – Carly and Vivian are arrested.
Friday – Sami, EJ and Rafe come to a turning point in Sydney's case.


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BOSTON — The Boston Bruins had three rookie defensemen in their lineup Thursday night, plus second-year 20-year-old Dougie Hamilton.
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins had three rookie defensemen in their lineup Thursday night, plus second-year 20-year-old Dougie Hamilton.
With the exception of heavyweight Kevan Miller, the young blue liners are fast, mobile and looking to push the puck at every chance. Offense is their game.
But against the Chicago Blackhawks, that doesn't work. If the combination of Dougie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski and Torey Krug are an Amtrak train, then Chicago is an Acela Express.
In the Bruins' 3-0 win over the 'Hawks on Thursday night, Chicago's first visit to TD Garden since using every bit of speed it had to nip the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final last year, instructions were changed. The defensemen backed up and clogged the neutral zone; speed bumps were erected and the Blackhawks' offense got a flat tire.
"The adjustment we had to make tonight was pretty good because they always pull their forward out," coach Claude Julien said. "We backed our D's and they couldn't pinch as much as we could've because of that situation. Our guys did a good job in the neutral zone sitting on top of those guys."
Chicago put 28 shots on Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, who stopped them all to increase his league-leading shutout total to seven, two ahead of the field. For Rask, 8-0-1 in his last nine starts, it was another bullet point in his candidacy for the Vezina Trophy.
There weren't many of the Blackhawks' signature breakouts Thursday, the kind of offensive movement that partially doomed the Bruins in last June's six-game series.
Defenseman Duncan Keith is perhaps the best in the NHL at making the first pass. His stretch passes were eliminated.
"We did a good job with back pressure," defenseman Johnny Boychuk said. "Our gaps were pretty good. They have a bunch of stretch guys, and when you have stretch guys and one (defenseman) realizes it or both guys realize it, it kind of takes them away."
It was a good test for the Bruins with the playoffs starting in less than three weeks. If their defensemen can shut down the Blackhawks — the NHL's highest-scoring team — they can control anybody the Eastern Conference has to offer.
"It was a pretty good paced game and everyone was moving their feet," Chris Kelly said. "Maybe it wasn't as physical as the playoffs, but I thought we did a good job of managing the puck."
At 13-0-1, the Bruins have a 14-game points streak dating to March 2, and moved within a point of clinching the Atlantic Division title. With the Penguins losing to the Kings, the Bruins bumped their lead atop the Eastern Conference to nine points. There are just nine games left, so it would take a collapse for Boston to not be the No. 1 seed in the East.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice Thursday, giving him 25 on the season and a career-best five-game goal streak.
His first goal came 11:50 into the game, after the Hawks had a strong start. Bergeron was battling in front with Keith when Bartkowski took the puck at the left point. Bartkowski patiently handled the rubber as Bergeron worked for elbow room.
"I was just trying to be there and get my stick open," Bergeron said. "I kind of saw Bart was looking for me to be on the side of the net to be there for that tip, so I knew the puck was coming. I just knew the puck was coming and it was a perfect play by Bart."
The game was put away in the third period. At 5:28, Carl Soderberg finished when Kelly got stationed in front and redirected a Boychuk point shot to Soderberg for a snapper.
Bergeron got his second just 13 seconds later, scoring into a net that had been raised from behind. The play was reviewed, but stood up.
From there the Blackhawks couldn't make their usual push. Off their A-game and without stud speedster Patrick Kane, Chicago couldn't make magic happen. The Blackhawks were the better team for the first 10 minutes — a 6-1 shots advantage in the first five minutes — and then were ground down in the last 50. A heavily anticipated rematch that had made for exhilarating hockey turned into a routine Boston win.
"They were on us early, but I think we started to find our rhythm there," Miller said. "We were forechecking guys. I think overall we were pretty happy with it."

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Caer Weber's never really had trouble getting jobs, but keeping them is another matter.
Weber struggles with mental illness. But training that comes with her new job at the Willow Bean Cafe, a social enterprise venture at Vancouver General Hospital, means she just might achieve a dream of keeping a job and building a life on Galiano Island.
Meanwhile, the organizations that created Willow Bean Cafe — the Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver Coastal Health and Sodexo Canada — are hoping the little café that's helping people become more employable will eventually pay for itself.
Social enterprise has come a long way from its dreamy "granola" roots. Many of today's ventures are vibrant businesses meeting rigorous financial criteria.
In economic terms, social enterprise sits in the middle of the risk/reward spectrum "between your typical gee-whiz tech company and your typical charitable donation, where you have a 100-per-cent certainty of losing all your money (excluding your tax deduction)," said Jim Fletcher, a partner with B.C. Social Venture Partners.
So far, in the hybrid area "you're not going to make 10 times your money, but you have a good chance of making your money back with a 10-per-cent return," Fletcher said.
"A lot of these businesses are viable for sure," he said. "The biggest single constraint on return on investment as opposed to the normal world is typically scale. ... Most social enterprises by their nature tend to be small organizations and very regionally focused. If you're operating a tricycle courier in downtown Vancouver, growth is going from three tricycles to 10 tricycles and you're not going to sell your business to Federal Express."
Fletcher said he's seen the emergence of three models: enterprises where contributors who expect to see their money again; where they'd like the funds back with an eight-per-cent return so they can contribute to another cause; and where if there is return, they'd like the money donated to their foundation or other cause.
Vancouver-based Tyze Personal Networks creates private online networks centred around individuals that allow caregivers, family and professionals to connect and communicate. Tyze has close to $1 million in pure equity investment, Fletcher said. "Eventually, we want it to make at least enough money to be self-sufficient. How much money they make over and above that is not the first criterion."
The sector is growing exponentially.
Vancity financed $9 million in social enterprise ventures in 2012, up from $3.7 million a year earlier, according to Elizabeth Lougheed-Green, manager of Vancity's Community Investment, Impact Business Development Team.
"We're seeing a lot of social enterprise that extends in all directions, from cooperative and for-profit structures to traditional not-for-profit," Lougheed-Green said. The growth has been driven by awareness and increased technical assistance and resources.
But the definition of social enterprise varies.
One definition is businesses owned by non-profit organizations to generate income and achieve social, cultural or environmental goals.
But include green businesses, co-operatives, First Nations and other businesses that wholly reinvest their revenue in their business models, and Lougheed-Green estimates that Vancity financed $60 million in activity in 2012.
Lougheed-Green believes VanCity's fastest growing demographic is for-profit, mission-driven social enterprises in green and environmentally conscious areas that are largely led by the millennial generation. The goal is not personal gain, but community benefit. Many enterprises are competing on par in the marketplace in very competitive environments, Lougheed-Green said. "Their mission is delivered in the margins of their business."
Social enterprise is the "real ability to use a business model to address a social issue," and is much broader in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors than most people realize, said David Lepage, program manager at Enterprising Non Profits.
"Look at the depth and breadth of everything from thrift stores to employment groups to farmers markets across the province," he said.
Seventy per cent of the non-profit sector is using some kind of business model to generate part of their income or deliver their services, he said.
B.C. is the first province in Canada to pass legislation to create a hybrid company — the community contribution company. The model is a for-profit company that may distribute 40 per cent of profits to investors, but 60 per cent toward a social purpose. The first community contribution companies can be formed on July 29, LePage said.
Potluck Cafe and Catering in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is a competitive catering company that employs some people with barriers, LePage said. It's a business operated by a non-profit that has to generate income from sales but also achieves social aims.
A non-profit is exempt from paying income taxes because if it generates revenue, that money has to go back to social purpose, LePage said.
There are more than 100 social enterprises just in downtown Vancouver, LePage said, and they are primarily designed to be self-sustaining, although like any other business they have to make it through their start-up years.
The YWCA operates a 155-room budget hotel in downtown Vancouver. It grosses $3.5 million annually and nets $1 million after providing 24,000 subsidized room nights a year in short-term emergency accommodation to people in need, such as women leaving violence or abuse.
"It's a very important source of discretionary revenue that allows us to support community projects that aren't perhaps as attractive to donors or government," said Janet Austin, CEO of YWCA Metro Vancouver. The business model is totally integrated with the service model, she said, and recently won a TripAdvisor award for a hotel in its category.
Willow Bean Cafe allows six baristas who have experienced mental illness to be trained and employed. They will also receive employment assistance and counselling. The project is intended to become self-sustaining over time and will measure the number of people who eventually secure normal jobs.
Most supporters of social enterprise want to see a business plan and while they may not expect the same return as for a commercial enterprise, they do expect to see clear outcomes and clear returns, said Michael Anhorn, executive director of the Vancouver-Burnaby branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Weber, 60, said she struggles with depression, post-traumatic disorder and multiple personalities (dissociative identity disorder.) "This is one place where it isn't a hurdle for me. ... It's really acknowledged that we have an illness and have got to deal with that on a daily basis."
"I know how to work a cash register now," Weber said. "It may not totally solve the problem for me, but it does mean that I can do more casual or part-time work."
Her only complaint? "I'd like to have more customers," she said. The café had a soft opening in November and customers are only just starting to realize it's there.


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Ukrainian troops attacked pro-Russia separatists Friday in the southern port of Mariupol, apparently driving them out of buildings they had occupied in the city.
MARIUPOL, Ukraine � Ukrainian troops attacked pro-Russia separatists Friday in the southern port of Mariupol, apparently driving them out of buildings they had occupied in the city.
About 100 soldiers emerged triumphant from the previously rebel-occupied buildings, shouting the name of their battalion, Azov, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. They also destroyed an armored vehicle and a heavy truck used by the separatists, leaving the vehicles scorched and riddled with large-caliber bullet holes.
Mariupol is the second-largest city in the eastern Donetsk region, where armed separatists have declared independence from the government in Kiev. The Azov Sea port sits along the main road leading from Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in March from Ukraine.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said four government troops were wounded in what he called a successful operation. Witnesses said they saw troops capture at least four separatist fighters. There was no immediate word of casualties on the rebel side, and Associated Press journalists at the site were blocked from entering the buildings.
Ukraine and the West have accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest in eastern Ukraine and supporting the separatist fighters. Russia, however, has denied sending troops or weapons to Ukraine and has described the Russian citizens fighting with the separatists as volunteers.
The renewed fighting Friday came as rebel leaders confirmed they had obtained three tanks.
Government officials say the tanks were part of a column of armored vehicles that crossed the porous border into Ukraine from Russia, but there has been no independent confirmation that they came from Russia.
Denis Pushilin, a leader of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic, told Russian state television Friday that they had the tanks but it was "improper to ask" where they had gotten them.
"They are in Donetsk and are the minimum that we have to defend the city," he said.
Both the U.S. State Department and NATO have said if the tanks did come from Russia, it would be a "serious escalation" of the crisis.
"I am concerned about reports that pro-Russian armed gangs are acquiring heavy weapons from Russia, including Russian tanks," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement Friday. "We have seen reports that Russian tanks and other armored vehicles may have crossed the border into eastern Ukraine. If these reports are confirmed, this would mark a serious escalation of the crisis in eastern Ukraine."
Rasmussen urged Russia "to complete the withdrawal of its military forces on the border with Ukraine, to stop the flow of weapons and fighters across the border, and to exercise its influence among armed separatists to lay down their weapons and renounce violence."
Russia has not commented on the tanks, but its border guard service said two Ukrainian armored vehicles crossed the border in the opposite direction Friday, into Russian territory near the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. Russian news agencies quoted a spokesman for the border guard service as saying that the Ukrainian troops were able to return to Ukraine but left behind one of the vehicles after it apparently broke down.
Pushilin repeated the separatists' call for Russia to send peacekeeping troops into eastern Ukraine. Russia has said this could only be done with U.N. authorization.


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Dignity and justice, City Market
In last week's story, "May Day rally: Housing authority hides from protesters," the Rally for Dignity and Justice in Public Housing was misidentified.
Last week's story "Vendor bender: Will the City Market stay or go?" contained several errors. While entries in a 2007 design competition included plans for an improved City Market location, the focus was on conceptualizing what a full scale development along Water Street might look like. It is market manager Stephanie Malloy, not City Economic Director Chris Engel, who fields requests from vendors for a spot at the market, and while there is a waiting list, there are fewer than 40 inquiries per week. Finally, the lot the market uses is assessed at $2.3 million.


text: Does anyone paddle out in the winter on the days that are anywhere from 1-3 on a longboard once it gets cold? I haven't surfed the colder months yet, but at this point I feel like an idiot out there by myself when no one else seems to go out. Am I the only one that wastes their time in the small stuff when you gotta get fully suited up?


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I've been playing the original Sonic the Hedgehog through the Virtual Console, and while Nintendo fans may claim that Sonic was a poor Mario rip-off that made up for in speed what it lacked in design, I've always enjoyed the games. Sonic is a great character, and there is something to be said for a platformer that is interested in mind-numbing speed. The addition of roller-coaster-like loops and huge jumps added to the feeling of having your heart in your throat.
Sonic became somewhat hit or miss when it made the move to 3D, although I liked the Sonic Adventure games on the Dreamcast more than many. I missed Sonic the Hedgehog when it came to the 360; I was deterred by the terrible demo. Now it's out for the PS3, so I thought I'd give it a second chance. Have some good level-design, let me speed around each area, and this may be worth some time over my weekend. Right?
The problem with Sonic the Hedgehog—and this should be taken as a cautionary tale—is that no matter how good your game is, if you mess up one of the core elements the entire experience is spoiled. Sonic the Hedgehog messes up two huge things: the control and the camera. With these two strikes against it, there is very little the game can do to come back and convince me to keep playing. I knew things were going to be bad when in the first few minutes of walking around the hub-level the camera started flying around wildly. What was it trying to show me? The very act of walking across the screen started to make me ill. The camera never gets better. Action levels will be filled with deaths as you get hit by enemies you can't see, or you careen off the side of a cliff just as the camera pans to let you know it's there.
It doesn't help that the game is hard to control. Sonic moves quickly, we know this, but in this game the controls feel too slippery to be of any use. There are parts of the levels where you have to keep a constant speed as you run over water, and in these areas it's very hard to turn. If you hit an obstacle you lose your momentum, causing you to sink in the water, and then you die. I can't tell you how many times I've fallen into the water—without a splash animation mind you—and the camera watches the spot for a second, as if confused. Then the game takes a life away and you start over. On the chase levels, if you get caught behind an obstacle, Sonic will start to do backflips for a few seconds before dying. The game feels unfinished, and fundamentally flawed. Also: this is the PS3, so why is there slowdown even when nothing interesting is happening on the screen?
Even the cut scenes are creepy. Apparently this is a world filled with regular humans, and no one bats an eye at a talking, super-sonic hedgehog. Seeing Sonic carry the human princess is jarring; he almost looks like a cartoon dropped into the real world. The art style just doesn't work, and I preferred the days when Sonic lived among other talking animals instead of the odd disjointed approach of putting him next to people.
With the fundamentals of the game so badly bungled, there is nothing here worth your time. Stay away.
Verdict: Skip
Price: $60
System: PS3
Developer and Publisher: Sega of America
ESRB Rating: E10
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Hi folks! Back in August, I announced [1] a mini-debconf in Cambridge, to be held on the 14-17 November. With just over a month to go, it's time for an update on the organisation and a reminder for potential attendees and speakers. The plan is: * 2 days for a mini-DebCamp (Thu 14 - Fri 15), with space for dedicated development / sprint / team meetings for up to 40 people * 2 days for a more regular mini-conf (Sat 16 - Sun 17) with space for more general talks, up to 100 people Sponsors -------- As initially announced, ARM are sponsoring us with the space, networking etc. for our event. Since then, Citrix have also offered support. They will be sponsoring lunches on the talk days (Saturday and Sunday), plus T-shirts for attendees. Thanks to both of these fine companies! I'm still hoping to find more sponsors to help with other misc costs for attendees - please contact me if you're interested. Sprint sessions --------------- Hector Oron has proposed an agenda [2] for discussion alongside the sprint sessions, focussing on ARM-related topics so far. While I expect there will be lots of interest in those, please don't be put off if you'd like to come along and work on other stuff! Talks ----- In terms of talks for the weekend, I've had lots of offers from various people but relatively few detailed proposals. That means that the talk schedule is still very open yet. If you're wanting to talk to people about stuff you've been doing in and around Debian, or you have insights that you'd like to share, now is ypur time! Please mail me with talk proposals and we'll schedule things. We'll have some of the awesome DebConf video team around, so we should be able to record all the talks as they happen. With a bit of luck, I'm also hoping that we'll be able to stream live as well but there's still some setup needed there yet. Accommodation ------------- Wookey has helpfully added some more details into the wiki page about local acommodation. There's also probably still some crash space available with local people if desired - try mailing people if you haven't already organised something yet. Sign up! -------- For more details and to sign up to attend, please visit the wiki page at https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Miniconf-UK/2013 If you'd like a T-shirt too, please make sure that you enter your size in the table too, ASAP. I'm told we need to know sizes by October 22nd to allow for preparation time, so don't delay! I look forwards to seeing lots of you in November. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/08/msg00003.html [2] http://people.debian.org/~zumbi/debian-arm.html -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. firstname.lastname@example.com Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer
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Morgan Tien
IMorgan Tien, 14, holds his quadcopter that he flew to film and photograph the Two Bulls Fire from his backyard near Awbrey Glen Golf Club in Bend in June.
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BEND — It cost a Bend teenager about $800 in revenue from chores, yard work and birthday gifts to buy a miniature aircraft and a camera he sent aloft to capture video of a forest fire this summer that was threatening the western edge of the city.
The images were a YouTube hit, but they were also a source of worry for fire bosses concerned about the possibility that drones could interfere with firefighting and possibly bring down a big aircraft.
Morgan Tien, 14, told The Bulletin newspaper of Bend that he had read federal guidelines on when and where he could fly his DJI Phantom, a small quadcopter he fitted with a GoPro camera.
Tien's not in trouble for the flight, which went up from his patio on June 7, followed by a second flight the next day. They didn't get into restricted air space.
But federal authorities cited the flights, along with others this summer in Washington state and California. They called them an "emerging hazard."
Drones may be a problem for firefighters if the drones fly into restricted airspace over and near a wildfire, where air tankers and helicopters could be in the air, said Mike Ferris, a spokesman in Portland for the U.S. Forest Service.
If firefighters spot a drone close to a fire, they may suspend the aerial delivery of retardant and water from air tankers and helicopters, Ferris said.
The number of drones flying around wildfires is expected to increase, he said. "We just want people to be aware and know the rules and know that it could become a hazard," Ferris said.
There have been no collisions reported between airplanes or helicopters and drones in central Oregon or the rest of the country, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Forest Service itself is interested in using drones to collect information about wildfires, such as determining their perimeters and checking for small fires.
Tien said no federal agencies have contacted him about his flights near the Two Bulls Fire. He said he'd fly again near another wildfire, after making sure he was following rules, and he expects to see more people flying drones near wildfires.
"We are just entering this realm of drones," Tien said.
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The NetBeans Mercurial plugin should work with remote Filesytems
Problem description
Based on issue 195124 being fixed the time has approached to rewrite the NetBeans Mercurial plugin to work also with Remote Filesystems as well.
Necessary actions
switch the Mercurial plugin to the SPI in
effort <1dd
Command Execution
command execution has to work for local and remote filesystems
effort 1-3dd
Note that while this seems to be trivial thanks to
extexecution, some minor issues will have to be resolved - e.g.:
- in one running NetBeans instance there has to be setup (e.g. executable path) and depending on local/remote context properly invoked a hg client executable for two different environments.
File type
io.File with
o.n.m.versioning.api.VCSFileProxy wherever necessary
effort 3-5dd
Note that:
- the codebase is big (> 230 files, > 60 000 lines), and
io.Fileis used throughout the whole module
- cases might be discovered where the current
VCSFileProxyfunctionality isn't sufficient yet - e.g.
- error prone because of the huge amount of changes (even though most of them trivial)
Other APIs
deal with other io.File APIs the Mercurial plugin is depending on
- VCS/Indexing bridge - in case scanning/indexing deals with remote sources
effort currently not aware of anything
Other issues
deal with other specific problems caused by the plugin being written only for local usage - e.g.:
- at several places, the mercurial plugin behaves differently depending on the os platform (retrieved via Utilities.isWindows/isMac/isUnix). While the local os might be windows, the remote isn't. Has to be evaluated and handled properly for each case. Note that not always there will be an evident relation to a file which could be used to provide the information about the local or remote context - e.g. the options panel is populated by an os specific hg executable path.
- the plugin honors the os-wide {$userdir}/hgrc file. Now there will be two instances (local, remote) of the config file. Has to be properly handled depending on remote or local usecase.
- remote FS aware FileChoosers have to be used where necessary
- status refresh relies on recursive listener. Is this going to work with remote FS?
- ... and more is to be expected
effort 5-10dd
Not expecting any significant changes in case of local, but due to the mentioned big amount of necessary changes in the codebase at least a rudimentary check for a potential regression would be desirable.
Due to the mentioned big amount of necessary changes regression is to be expected and should be thoroughly tested. Stabilization might drain resources as well.
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Garage Band
Let's talk about this book, because it's one of my favorite things that First Second has ever published.
(Anyone who's ever asked me about this book has heard this diatribe before, but for the sake of everyone else, here we go.)
Teenagers today are under a huge amount of pressure to succeed all the time. It turns out that if you want to get a good job, go to a good college, basically to be a successful adult individual, it is oftentimes not enough to get moderately good grades and be a good person. There are now fewer jobs than ever, and less financial aid to help out with college tuition, and when people look at a teenager and think, 'why this one?' there are queues of other people with equally superb qualifications for them to look at as well.
So: not only do you have to be in the top 10% of your class, with no disciplinary record of any sort, no underage drug use or arrests for vandalism, not even a detention, but you also have to be the starter on your high school basketball team (and it'd be better if you went to all-state, honestly), and a musical prodigy (preferably on a rare instrument, like the bassoon; there'll be fewer bassoonists), volunteering for Habitat for Humanity every summer since you were fourteen, and aren't you doing something else on top of that? Running your own internet business? Starting up a program that helps impoverished inner-city children learn to read? You mean you're not the international expert on the conditions for children in Afghanistan?
Well, then. Why would we want you?
Teenagers everywhere are being told that they have to succeed excellently on every possible front of their lives to have a chance at success in their future lives. Bomb your SATs because your girlfriend broke up with you the night before? Break your leg and miss a summer of volunteer work? Can't find anyone to publish your first novel, written at age 15? Come on, seriously. After that, there is no hope for you.
Garage Band is about four teenagers who pretty much fail at this version of life. (Though they do have the assortment of adult figures who wander around expecting their teenagers' lives will crash into the sea at any moment.) It's a book about four guys who spend pretty much all their time having extremely good intentions but regardless messing up in just about the worst ways possible.
And you know what?
At the end of the book, no great tragedies occur. There is no, 'so you are not going to college and had to give up your practice space and didn't take that record deal: now all your dreams are ruined.' There is not a lesson about a single road to success that results from behaiving perfectly all the time.
In fact, it looks like there's a reasonable chance they'll all be just fine. They've still got a chance to achieve their dreams, and they're taking it.
I'm good with that.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Merry Christmas, Jon Whitcomb!
Of course it would never happen.
But in what is surely one of the most concrete examples I could give you of the kind of prominence enjoyed by illustrators in the first half of the 20th century, that's exactly what Cosmopolitan magazine did.
I'd mentioned a while back, when I first did a week of posts on Jon Whitcomb, that I felt he became the heir to Albert Dorne's throne as the most successful and popular illustrator in America. Perhaps you'll agree that this article goes a long way in supporting my proposal. Honestly, I've never seen anything like it!
Barbara Bradley sent a wonderful note to me last night that I think makes a fitting commentary to accompany this post. She agreed to allow me to share it with you:
"Almost every semester I plan a day in which to show students and discuss the work of the great 50's illustrators of women: Whitmore, Whitcomb, De Mers, Bowler. (Parker's so great he gets a day of his own) Each has his own wonderful strengths and characteristics. So, I've especially enjoyed reading comments about Whitcomb's work. I believe his abilities and skills are underappreciated today. He could draw! He made people look the way he wanted them to. He designed their gorgeous clothes. No one, even if they wanted to, could make eyes sparkle, lips as moist, and hair shine quite as much as did Whitcomb. His technique in watercolor and his brushwork were amazing: fluid, controlled, and varied. His portrayal of women date more than those of many other illustrators, probably because of their almost exaggerated glamour. When he painted a housewife, she wore stiletto heels, her apron ties were starched, and the flowers in her hair were fresh. But, how he could paint!"
"Whitcomb was the first magazine illustrator I really noticed. He was actually number one in my Hit Parade in my early high school years. Then I discovered Parker and that was that!"
"I remember with thankfulness a special thing that Whitcomb did for Parker once. About twenty five years ago, in preparation for the Academy of Art awarding Al Parker an honorary degree, I asked several of Al's contemporaries to record comments to be aired during the presentation. Whitcomb's was outstanding. He went to great effort, recording a long, beautifully written, gracious, and eloquent appreciation of Parker, one that he later used as an article in the society of Illustrators Bulletin. I also remember the graciousness of Joe Bowler who helped the ailing Coby Whitmore do his tribute in the form of a lengthy question/answer interview."
"For lack of time, we had to edit many comments, I still recall Coby opening with "I just loved Al".
"There were others, including Bernie Fuchs and David Stone Martin. (How I wish I knew now where these tapes were hiding out.) This did begin as an appreciation of Whitcomb. Let it end so. He was a masterful illustrator!"
My thanks to Barbara for her wonderfully insightful appraisal.
Jon Whitcomb Flickr set
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Thanks! What a treat.ReplyDelete
What a rich week of interesting insights into very talented icons! Thanks Leif and contributors!ReplyDelete
I agree with Ms. Bradley that Whitcomb was a talented guy, but in my view each of the five (less successful) illustrators who drew a card in his honor were more talented.ReplyDelete
To follow up on your previous posting, I retrieved a couple of revealing quotes. When Whitcomb explained to art students how he had become so successful, he said "you give the guy what he wants to buy... If you can come up with a new gimmick the clients are waiting for it." Fawcett's advice to students, on the other hand, barely concealed his disdain: "If we had been content...polishing simple figure studies, they might now be blinding in their degree of finish, dazzing as exercises of virtuosity, but we ourselves would be neatly trapped in that comfortable corner from which so many students fail to find the exit."
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I'm thinking of posting on Craig's list a stunning original Jon Whitcomb illustration portrait of my mother holding a cigarette. She was one of his close friends and he illustrated her stories. About 17 x 20 plus the original frame. I can send a photo if anybody is interested. Try Daysie1882 at America online.ReplyDelete
Oh, look here https://samedaypaper.org/blog/ethics-essay , darling. The best guide on ethics essay so far.ReplyDelete


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The Brown Betty Dessert Boutique's Apple Brown Betty
Forget about plain old apple crumble. This Brown Betty is made from 3 kinds of apples, with a rum sauce and potato bread crust.
Reprinted with permission from The Brown Betty Cookbook by Linda Hinton Brown and Norrinda Brown Hayat. Copyright © 2012. Published by John Wiley & Sons. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Yield:serves 10
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:2 hours 15 minutes
- Rum Sauce
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons light rum
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Crumb Crust Topping
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons superfine sugar
- Pinch of regular salt
- Potato Bread Crust
- 1 loaf potato bread, crusts removed, cut into 1-inch cubes
- Apple Mixture
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 7 Golden Delicious apples
- 5 Granny Smith apples
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon regular salt
- 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly butter a 9x13x2-inch baking dish.
To prepare the rum sauce, in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the water, sugar, butter, rum, cornstarch, and cinnamon, stirring frequently, until the sauce comes to a boil. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Set aside.
To prepare the crumb crust topping, in a large bowl, combine the oats, butter, flour, brown sugar, superfine sugar, and salt. With your hands, mix all the ingredients until large moist clumps form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
To prepare the potato bread crust, in another large bowl, toss the bread cubes with the melted butter and arrange two-thirds of the bread crumbs over the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
To prepare the apple mixture, fill a third large bowl with water and add the lemon juice. Halve, core, and slice all the apples, adding the slices to the lemon water as you go along to prevent them from browning.
In another large bowl, combine the raisins, brown sugar, superfine sugar, flour, lemon zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Drain the lemon water from the apples, add the apples to the sugar and spice mixture, and toss to coat.
Place two-thirds of the apples on top of the bread cubes in the baking dish. Layer the remaining one-third of the bread cubes on top of the apples and follow with the remaining apples. Top with the butter pieces and 11/2 cups of the rum sauce, and sprinkle with 11/2 cups of the crumb topping. Cover and bake for 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and pour 1/2 cup more rum sauce and 1/2 cup more crumb topping over the casserole. Return to the oven uncovered and bake until the apples are soft and the topping is golden brown, about 20 minutes longer.
Serve warm with ice cream, if desired.
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Our top picks remains Keppel Land and UOL. Keppel Land is currently trading at 46 per cent discount to RNAV of $5.57 and offers 40 per cent upside to our lowered TP of $4.18.
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Iran Politics Club supports the fight to establish Freedom, Secularism, Federalism, Human Rights and Democracy in Iran.
Moderator: Club Operations
"Only Iranians can free Iran!"
"If the US would attack Iran it would just mean destruction of Iranian cities and Bloodshed, if 100.000 were killed in Iraq 1.000.000 would be killed in Iran, is that what you want,dr.x?"
"Iranians can all unite like this http://60000000.com/"
"While Iranians have many different views everybody agrees that this constitution and regime is wrong. With some effort they can enlighten those who are brainwashed by this regime and make them understand that they haven't done anything good for our country."
"They support this regimes religious views but what about the economy? no, i dont think so, this regime is so corrupt that the people dont even get half of the 7000 GDP. But dont forget that the real hezb-allahis arent probably more than 10-15% so in a real election they wouldnt get much power."
"It is easy for us in the west who sits in our comfortable homes to wish for war,"
" it is not as fun for those living in Iran."
" We have done one revolution which was high-jacked by the Mullahs, we can do it again."
The American gvt is fully aware of Iran's capabilities and if they were a real threat trust me they would have actually bombed the nuclear plant the moment they knew Iran did actully pose a threat
I do believe in the right for a nation to defend it self but I also believe in the right to defend Iran
"This is insulting and totally uncalled for my friend. Why do you think that Bush will free Iran? You actually think the US gvt cares about OUR COUNTRY or FUTURE? DO you honestly think that they will spend BILLIONS of dollars to free us from mullahs and not get something in it for them?"
"The current state of which the US gvt is in, they can NOT be trusted. Afghanistan was not for the Taliban but for opium and oil, opium production has increased by 60% after american invasion. Iraq wasnt for saddam, the WMD were the same ones the US gave him to use on OUR PEOPLE ( chemical weapons , sarin gas) The first things the american army secured were the oil production faculities. "
"Wake up my friend, the only ones out there who care are TRUE IRANIANS, those are the people who we should be uniting with and supporting and being alongside with them when we march upon the islamic republic. "
"When you look into history, it proves when Iranians are united we can ACCOMPLISH anything no matter the odds."
" WHy would you support bush, who is the same or maybe even worse than the mullahs? why would you lower yourself to hand over your NATIONS future to a man who has lied to the world, and sleeps at night knowing he is responsible for millions of deaths and the decline of so many countries? "
"Irans future is decided by Iranians ONLY! We WILL NOT ever GIVE IN or LET ANY FORIGEN GVT INTO OUR COUNTRY! THEY HAVE CAUSED US ENOUGH PAIN AND SUFFERING! THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR LANDS OF WHICH MILLIONS OF OUR PEOPLE DIED FOR PROTECTING AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE dignity and PRIDE. WE must stand because UNITED we WILL PREVAIL!"
"I respect what you say but you must understand today's world is very complicated and this has to do with politics.The American gvt is fully aware of Iran's capabilities and if they were a real threat trust me they would have actually bombed the nuclear plant the moment they knew Iran did actully pose a threat, no nation would even do anything about because it has been proven that the American gvt can invade a country with false accusations and get away with it. I do believe in the right for a nation to defend it self but I also believe in the right to defend Iran"
" when i know if we let American forces into Iran not only will it cause us more harm but also put us and our future at the mercy of the american gvt. At this current state of the American GVT, they can NOT be trusted."
" The mullahs are puppets to them as the Americans profit from their regime."
" This is not about war on terrorism but who controls the wealth of the world (oil) at this moment."
"Long Live Shahanshah! "
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"From assembly of the first steel frame to having all seven halls erected took less than three months, which is a great result for Lindab's hall systems," says Henry Svensson. "Lindab's cantilevered solution has given us a 40 m span across the large hall, and we can now easily adapt the use of floor space for every type of situation. Since all the buildings are standing on a slightly sloping surface, the majority of the steel-frames have been height adjusted for this. Hans Jageteg, Jorgen Carlsson and the rest of the team at Lindab have given us excellent support and a solution that delights us and impresses our visitors."
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At 7:30 a.m., a few minutes before the protest began in earnest, a 1969 Camaro Z28 drove up, its engine growling. It stopped behind the cement traffic barriers blocking off Point Grey Road.
It was like a herald of a past era — a muscle car flexing its muscles — and on the side of the car was a big stencil that read "Vote Cedar, Rooted in Democracy."
The driver, who was young, got out, and when a bunch of guys drifted over to the car to admire it, he popped the hood for them so they could look at the engine. Then he handed out business cards that read "Cedar Party, Nicholas Chernen." He was running for councillor in the next Vancouver civic election, he said, and his brother, Glen, was running for mayor.
Point Grey Road between MacDonald and Alma had been closed since Saturday so construction of the new bike lane along it could begin, but this was the first day commuters were having to brave the road closure.
So the protesters — about three dozen of them, almost all of them older — stood behind the barriers at the intersection at Point Grey and MacDonald and held up placards that read "Re-Open Point Grey Road, It Belongs to All of Us" and "Vancouver is For Everyone."
As the morning's commuters slowed to take the corner, a lot of them honked their horns and gave the protesters the thumbs-up. Even several TransLink bus drivers honked their horns in support — a moral victory for the protesters. They found allies in bureaucracy, such as it was.
While I watched the flow of traffic, protesters wandered over to air their grievances, and every protester seemed to have a different one.
One man, who didn't want to give his name, complained that the new bike route had meant his elderly father had lost the parking in front of his residence and would now have to walk several blocks.
Another man said the diverted traffic would now pass by a couple of schools, while there were no schools on the closed section of Point Grey.
Jean Gordon, who was holding up one of the placards, and who lived on West Second Avenue a half-block east of MacDonald, said that the public displeasure in the neighbourhood with the closure "was not about bike lanes," as city hall was trying to portray it, but because the decision "was made without public collaboration."
"We're totally pro-bike, but we don't want a road that benefits one part of a neighbourhood enormously at the expense of another part.
"How about closing Point Grey Road on weekends," she said. "That's when you get the tourists and the recreational bikers. San Francisco does it, Bologna does it. But the city wouldn't even look at it."
Linda Light, who lives a half-block east of MacDonald on West Third Avenue, reiterated the most common complaint about the city's plan: the city had ignored neighbourhood concerns, and refused to consider any amendments residents suggested. She had been a supporter of Vision Vancouver in the last election, she said, but not any longer.
"For a lot of people in Vancouver it doesn't feel like democracy."
When Light wondered why a referendum hadn't been held on the issue, I offered that a referendum on such a local issue would be impractical, and since democratic governments are given mandates to make decisions, voters can vote them out of office if they are unhappy with the decisions those governments made.
It was then that the man who earlier made the point about traffic being diverted nearby two neighbourhood schools interrupted and said, sure, the Nazis had been democratically elected, too, and they didn't hold a referendum either when they decided to build concentration camps. It was that kind of morning.
The rush hour built in volume and, while it was busy, there was never the kind of gridlock that would have made the protesters cheer. At one point, a commuter turning onto Point Grey almost hit a bicyclist crossing with the light, and words were exchanged. The commuter gave the bicyclist the finger and then, when the light changed, gunned it and sped east toward downtown.
Then minutes later, the Camaro Z28 drove by the protesters up MacDonald, its horn blaring in one long blast, and some of the protesters cheered at the sight of the "Vote Cedar" sign stencilled on the side of the car.
It was a moment that seemed to both define and confuse the issue. These well-meaning residents had valid concerns, and they were angry at their government for not listening to them. They felt their neighbourhood was under siege. But to find a champion and ally in a 45-year-old gas-guzzling muscle car? If it wasn't a protest about bikes, as they protesters insisted, was it, by default, for cars?
And in this day and age, is that a campaign vehicle you can ride into office?


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ATLANTA – Throughout 2012, Georgia-Pacific Professional <http://www.gppro.com> is celebrating 10 years of hand hygiene innovation with the industry-leading enMotion® touchless dispensing systems. Details of the celebratory activities can now be found at the enMotion brand, party-themed microsite <http://www.enmotion10.com> (www.enmotion10.com). The company launched this site to offer professionals concerned with hygiene and efficiency the opportunity to follow and experience all aspects of the anniversary.
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Hiker Falls to His Death in Berkeley Hills
A man was found dead from an apparent fall in the Berkeley Hills on Wednesday evening, a University of California at Berkeley police captain said. -more-
A man was found dead from an apparent fall in the Berkeley Hills on Wednesday evening, a University of California at Berkeley police captain said. -more-
THURSDAY UPDATE: Figures posted today were the same as those posted yesterday. So far there's no explanation of why this might be. -more-
Measure T continues to lose, now by close to 500 votes. : -more-
The Oakland City Council tonight agreed to postpone until December 18 their final decision on Safeway's proposed expansion of their store at College and Claremont on the Oakland-Berkeley border.
It was announced this afternoon that Safeway had reached a settlement agreement with a trio of neighborhood organizations who have appealed the Oakland planning commission's decision to grant Safeway the permits they sought in their initial proposal.
The settlement reduces the size of the new building to 45,500 gross square feet, puts parking on the roof and provides up to an hour of free parking for shoppers at other nearby stores.
At tonight's meeting, all councilmembers praised Councilmember Jane Brunner for mediating the agreement. Some stressed points in the deal that they wanted planning staff to examine carefully. The staff will work with Safeway to create a revised proposal that reflects the terms of the agreement, which Brunner's office has made public. -more-
The No votes continue to lead on Berkeley Measure C, a proposal to rezone several large West Berkeley land holdings. -more-
Safeway has released this statement about the settlement with College/Claremont neighbors: -more-
The Rockridge Community Planning Council and Berkeleyans for Pedestrian-Oriented Development (BPOD), the two groups who appealed the Planning Commission's approval of the College Avenue Safeway Project, along with FANS (who was not an appellant) have reached a tentative settlement with Safeway.
The settlement reduces the size of the project by 8,000 sq. ft. It also moves the Safeway store down to ground level, with screened rooftop parking, and opens up a pedestrian plaza east of 63rd St. between College & Claremont. Safeway has agreed to eliminate the project's parking deficit, as well as to pay for residential permit parking within the surrounding two-block area. There are numerous other benefits included in the settlement. They will be spelled out at tonight's hearing. The settlement was reached as a result of a mediation effort undertaken by District One Council Member Jane Brunner. -more-
A settlement between Safeway and neighbors who were opposed to the chain's planned expansion on College and Claremont has been reached, according to a report published on berkeleyside.com and attributed to a Safeway press release. The Berkeley Daily Planet has been aware of the settlement since yesterday, when we received a copy of an email detailing its terms, but we have honored the request of settlement participants from FANS, the neighborhood organizers, and the Rockridge Planning Council to hold the story until after the Oakland City Council meets tonight at 5:30 at the Oakland City Hall. More details will be published later this evening after the meeting. -more-
Tuesday update: Measure T still lags; has little chance of passing
About 2400-2500 more votes were counted today by the Registrar in Oakland. Measure T picked up only 5 votes, reducing its vote deficit from 472 to 467. But with the count expected to be largely over tomorrow, there is little likelihood that the measure will pass.
Measure T is the only undecided race in Berkeley. Measure S, the anti-sitting measure, is now losing by over 2000 votes, a 52% to 48% margin. Measure N, the pools bond measure, has 62.3%, well short of the required two-thirds. Rent board candidates Judy Shelton, Asa Dodsworth and Alejandro Soto-Vigil from the Progressive Affordable Housing slate, and Judy Hunt from the landlord-financed TUFF slate appear to have been elected. There is a small chance that Igor Tregub, the fourth member of the progressive slate will catch up with Soto-Vigil, who leads him by 155 votes for fourth place. At one point in the count, Tregub was only 13 votes behind Soto-Vigil. -more-
The one Nobel Prize you won't hear announced is for Mathematics―because, in contrast to Chemistry, Physics, and Literature, there is no Nobelity in Math. Rumor has it that it's because of a sex scandal: Alfred Nobel's wife had an affair with a mathematician. -more-
The main reason why right-minded people dislike the Republicans is probably that Republicans are mean. Republicans don't care if other people who are not in the rich mean people's club experience suffering. Republicans don't care about helping their fellow human being unless there is something in it for them. They are willing to amass huge piles of wealth while others nearby are starving. They go to church every Sunday and get forgiven because they need to get some relief from the ever-present guilt of being nasty people. -more-
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What a joy to win the uphill battle on behalf of the California tax measure, Prop 30. The grass roots effort to win Prop 30 was immense. The Berkeley based Tax the Rich group which in alliance with The Wellstone Democratic Party encouraged hundreds of activists to reach thousands of likely voters. We organized a vigorous people's campaign, which was more effective than the tens of millions of dollars that the super-rich spent to defeat it. -more-
Well, election day has come and gone, and have we learned anything?
One thing which we seem to have learned is that despite all the weeping and gnashing of teeth by certain parties, Americans seem to think that Barack Obama is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. That's sort of a mandate: You have our permission not to screw up. Nothing wrong with that, but the guy's still walking a tightrope.
The difference between 2008 and 2012 is that the penalty for trying something bolder is much less, thanks to term limits. Whatever he does, Obama will be out in four years, and that must feel like liberation.
Let's hope he takes advantage of the opportunity and proposes trying something radical like—oh, I don't know—taxing the rich. Dealing with immigration. Closing Guantanamo. Improving health care. Replacing No Child Left Behind with something better, not just more of the same. Pursuing a real Keynesian stimulus program instead of the watered-down imitation he tried in the first term. Spending the money on things we really need: not more school buildings, but more teachers. We all have lots of ideas about what he could do, don't we?
Here in Berkeley, the situation is a bit different. The Mayor-for-Life, free from the nasty constraints imposed by term limits, has been re-elected by Berkeleyans who have a strong emotional investment in believing that—cue up the tune from Bernstein's Candide—This is the Best of All Possible Worlds. In fact, all the incumbents were re-elected. No surprise—we love eating our organic lotuses, and we boast of having the best restaurants in the world to cook them up and serve them to us on silver platters .
Some fun has been made in other quarters of the headline in a local "news site" over a post-election insider interview with Bates: "Mayor Bates hails election as harbinger of change." I'm not sure the headline writer didn't have a certain ironic consciousness in writing that line—since by design not much is going to change under the new term won by the old regime. -more-
On November 6th Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney with 50.3 percent of the popular vote and a surprising 332 electoral votes. Here are the top ten reasons Romney tanked. -more-
In September 2011, President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, formally requested full United Nations membership for his as yet undefined country. The initiative developed during a two-year impasse in negotiations with Israel that followed the latter's refusal to freeze its settlement activities in the West Bank. The request failed because Palestine was unable to garner enough support in the UN Security Council, and faced strong opposition, including the threat of veto, from the United States. -more-
One of the ways a person with mental illness might avoid a premature death is to keep up with their health. A part of this is to get a sleep study. Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing during sleep is hindered by an obstruction in the airway. Researchers believe it can cause a whole slew of problems, including but not limited to depression and/or a worsening of other psychiatric conditions. -more-
Cosi fan tutti, the charming Mozart/Da Ponte opera, will be presented for one night only, Friday November 30, by Dazzling Diva Productions, Jonathan Khuner (of Berkeley West Edge Opera) conducting, and Eliza O'Malley producing, directing--and singing the role of Floridiligi--at the Berkeley Piano Club. -more-
Giulio Cesare Perrone, one of the most talented theater designers here, and formerly with both the Grotowski Institute in Italy and Dell'Arte Theater School at Blue Lake near Eureka, has written, directed and designed a new adaptation of 'Dracula,' one that plays up the power of suggestion, possession and somnambulism, for his Inferno Theatre, the European-style physical theater company that performed notably at the Berkeley City Club in Perrone's 'Galileo's Daughters' and 'The Iliad' the past two years. Inferno's a unique company in the Bay Area. -more-
Miles Graber, pianist, and Joe Neeman, violinist, will play Berkeley Chamber Performances second 20th anniversary season concert this Tuesday evening at 8 in the ballroom of the Berkeley City Club, with a program including Mozart's Sonata in D flat major, K454; Beethoven's Sonata in C minor, Opus 20, No. 2; Duo Concertante by Stravinsky; Estonian composer Avo Part's Fratres and Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski's Subito, written just before his death for Anne-Sofie Mutter. The concert will be followed by a complimentary wine and cheese reception for the audience to meet the artists.
2315 Durant Avenue, between Dana and Ellsworth. $25; students through high school, free; post-secondary school students, $12.50. 848-7800; berkeleychamberconcerts.org< -more-
At the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), "all the school's a stage." A proving ground for over-achievers and multi-taskers, LACHSA challenges a select community of teens to excel academically — researching essays, passing grueling tests — while leading parallel lives, honing their talents as singers, dancers, and actors. And the ground rules are clear: you may play piano like Thelonius Monk, but you aren't going to graduate if you can't make the grade in algebra. -more-
In cinema, documentaries constitute the literature of life. And, on that basis, the latest, 11th edition of SF DocFest rolls into town like a bookmobile for the eyes. Pouring over this DocFest selections — an eclectic list of more than 50 domestic and foreign films set to light up screens in SF and Berkeley from November 8-21— leads one to wonder: What combination of talent and luck does it take to find and film the offbeat tales and oddball personalities that define these projects? While a gifted writer of can endow fictional characters with fatal foibles or superpowers, it would be hard to imagine a novel populated by characters as delightful and daft as some of the protagonists on display in this year's DocFest. -more-
Torange Yeghiazarian's Golden Thread Productions is in the midst of staging its annual ReOrient festival of contemporary plays from and about the Middle East. One of the most important theatrical companies in the Bay Area—or anywhere in North America—Golden Thread brings top quality collaborators to bear on a double string of short plays of immediate importance. -more-
Editior's Note: Who knew? Berkeley Unified School District's ex-Superintendent Jack McLaughlin has written a roman-a-clef about Our Town (but no competition with Thornton Wilder, I imagine.) For the full details, here's the press release we got from the "supported self-publishing provider:" -more-
—Aurora's opening a selection of Thornton Wilder's one-acts (Thursday, November 8 through December 9), directed by founding Artistic Director Barbara Oliver: "Infancy" (1962), "Childhood" ('62), "The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden" (1931) and "The Long Christmas Dinner" ('31)—the latter, his most famous one-act, with its time-lapse view of human lifetimes through a family feast, may've been part inspiration for Orson Welles' famous montage of a marriage at the breakfast table, failing over the years, in 'Citizen Kane.' It was made into an opera by Paul Hindemith. -more-
The San Francisco World Music Festival is celebrating its 13th year, and this weekend at the SF JCC there will be an extraordinary run of opera, or operatic forms, from around the world, including early Italian opera (Monteverdi) and Chinese opera, just to name two of the more familiar forms. -more-
Minutes after the third and last Presidential debate- the one on foreign policy--was over on TV, Mort Sahl came onstage at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley and opened his show by quipping: "What was the argument? Who is the best friend of the Jewish people! ... Either one of them would make a splendid prime minister of Israel. ... When he visited Israel, Obama went to the Holocaust Museum first. And Romney claims to be an intimate of Netanyahu. Romney wants to do what? Buy those countries in the Middle East--and consolidate them!" -more-
Matias Tarnopolsky of Cal Performances has initiated a series of residencies here with major orchestras and conductors--and this month, there are two, the first with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the London Philharmonia this weekend ... and later this month with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. -more-
Locals have the opportunity to look at some of the most interesting design work of famed architect Julia Morgan on a tour this coming Sunday, November 18, 2012. Organized by the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) the afternoon tour takes in ten buildings, including all the structures designed by Morgan standing on the UC Berkeley campus, the elaborate Berkeley City Club, and three off-campus houses Morgan designed as private homes which are now used as student living groups. -more-
Protest on Wednesday, Nov 14 at 11:30 at the Berkeley Post Office, 2000 Allston Street
Comment at the United States Post Office Public Hearing TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 2012 @ 7:00 PM Florence Schwimley Little Theater Berkeley High School 1980 Alston Way, Berkeley -more-
Ten saints & prophets (giant puppets) representing diverse faith traditions including St. Martin des Porres, Our Lady of Guadelupe, Rabbi Hillel, Gandhi and others will be escorting formerly homeless youth leaders from Berkeley's Youth Spirit Artworks as they hold an interfaith prayer circle supporting their proposal to leverage existing homeless youth services to create a day time space for homeless youth. The Tuesday night event will take place at 6pm at Maudelle Shirek Old City Hall, 2134 MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley. -more-
Election Answers No Questions for Berkeley 11-09-2012
Odd Bodkins: Take Five (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 11-09-2012
Bounce: Don't Ask (Cartoon) By Joseph Young 11-09-2012
New: President Obama's Victory and How It Helps Persons with Mental Illness By Jack Bragen 11-12-2012
New: Vote 'United for Community Radio'for the KPFA Local Station Board By Akio Tanaka [KPFA LSB Member 2006-2012] 11-14-2012
New: Winning Proposition 30 By Harry Brill 11-10-2012
Hiker Falls to His Death in Berkeley Hills By BCN and Planet 11-15-2012
Measure T is Toast By Rob Wrenn 11-15-2012
Flash: Berkeley Measure T is Still Losing; So Is Measure S 11-14-2012
Updated: Oakland Council Will Decide Future of Oakland-Berkeley Border Safeway on December 18 Based on Settlement with Neighbors By Becky O'Malley 11-13-2012
Flash: Latest Results on Berkeley Measure T--No Still Ahead 11-13-2012
Press Release: Safeway Announces Terms of Settlement 11-13-2012
Flash: Tentative Settlement of College Safeway Appeal (Press Release) From Nancy McKay, FANS 11-13-2012
Flash: Safeway Settlement with Neighbors Reported By Becky O'Malley 11-13-2012
Updated: Post-Election Vote Count: Berkeley's Measure T Is Losing by More Than 400 Votes; Measure S is Firmly Defeated By Rob Wrenn 11-13-2012
Mathematics, Marriage, and High Explosives: Why There Is No Nobel Prize for Math by Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil. (Oxon.) 11-08-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Top Ten Reasons Romney Lost By Bob Burnett 11-08-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: Will the Palestine Authority Seek Non-Member Status in the United Nations? By Ralph E. Stone 11-08-2012
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: The Epidemic of Sleep Apnea By Jack Bragen 11-08-2012
New: Around & About Opera: Dazzling Divas Production of Cosi Fan Tutti at Berkeley Piano Club By Ken Bullock 11-14-2012
Around & About Theater: Inferno Theater with a New 'Dracula' at South Berkeley Community Church By Ken Bullock 11-14-2012
New: Around & About Music: Neeman-Graber Duo Play at Berkeley Chamber Performances Tuesday By Ken Bullock 11-12-2012
Fame High: When Tomorrow's Young Stars Go to Make the Grade--Plays one night: Sunday, November 11, 7:15 PM, Shattuck Theaters By Gar Smith 11-09-2012
What's Up Doc? The SF Doc Fest Comes to Berkeley By Gar Smith 11-09-2012
Around & About Theater: Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival—Plays from & About the Middle East By Ken Bullock 11-09-2012
Berkeley Unified's ex-Superintendent Tells All 11-09-2012
Around & About Theater: Aurora Opens Wilder Nights; Ram Das 'Acid Test' at the Marsh—& a Few Richards: 'Richard the First' at Central Works & Actors Ensemble of Berkeley's 'Richard III' By Ken Bullock 11-08-2012
Around & About Music & Theater: International Operas at SF World Music Festival--including Free Shows By Ken Bullock 11-08-2012
Review: Mort Sahl on the Debates & the State of Things By Ken Bullock 11-08-2012
Around & About Music: Esa-Pekka Salonen Residency at UC By Ken Bullock 11-08-2012
New: Julia Morgan "Town and Gown" Architectural Tour This Sunday By Steven Finacom 11-13-2012
Berkeley's Historic Post Office is NOT FOR SALE! Margot Smith 11-12-2012
Press Release: "Saints & Prophets" Return to Berkeley Council Supporting Homeless Youth Services Leveraging Proposal on Tuesday Agenda From Sally Hindman 11-11-2012


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In two days, I devoured the entire box -- features, interviews, books and extras; I had to, because of my deadline and other pressing duties. I suppose this was a bit like gulping down a particularly fine bottle of wine, over the tongue and into the belly, but the retrospective was no less intoxicating for it. These films were previously issued on DVD by Fox Lorber in scratchy, stale-looking presentations, so I'm happy to report that Criterion's new high-definition transfers of his establishing works (supervised by Rohmer himself) are exquisite. Have a look for yourself:
THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU (1962) was shot in 16mm, and looks surprisingly crisp and sensual in this presentation.
SUZANNE'S CAREER (1963): Also shot in 16mm, this film has the grainiest-looking transfer, but much of the film was shot in low-light interiors and it actually looks quite good, so all is forgiven.
MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (1969): How many black-and-white DVD transfers have you viewed that can compare to savoring a rich dessert? This may be the most ravishing black-and-white DVD transfer I've ever experienced. In shots like these, of Françoise Fabian, you can actually sense how warm her skin is and can almost read her thoughts.
LA COLLECTIONEUSE (1967): This film was shot third but always intended as the series' fourth segment, as Rohmer wanted the stories split between three black-and-white and three color. Fox Lorber's DVD of this title was ugly trash. Criterion makes the colors and textures of leap off the screen with remarkable sharpness and clarity. Of all the films in the Rohmer set, this is the most surprising transfer and the most gorgeous of the color films. The young lady seen here, Haydée Politoff, later co-starred in Paul Naschy's COUNT DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE and can be seen reading a paperback of DRACULA in this movie.
CLAIRE'S KNEE (1970): This probably isn't the best frame for showing off the transfer's vibrant colors and amazing sense of depth, but I love this shot of Laurence de Monaghan, so that's what you get. A wonderful presentation of a delightful film.
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (aka CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON, 1972): The colors and textures in this film really pop, and when Zouzou strips down to her black chemise, for the first time on video, you can actually see through the sheer fabric. Based on my viewings of this film in 16mm and on Fox Lorber DVD, it was never a favorite of mine, but now I find it the second best of the Moral Tales, after MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S.
As you may have noticed, all six of the films are presented in the standard 1.33:1 ratio. In an accompanying interview, Rohmer explains why this is his favored ratio and the films included amount to a veritable celebration of the format. The last two films in the set, CLAIRE'S KNEE and LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, were composed so they could also be projected at 1.66:1, if necessary. I zoomed both of them up on my widescreen set and, while the images became more enveloping as a result, they also felt incomplete. I quickly returned to the 1.33:1, and I think you will, too.
That's as much as I'm going to say for now. Criterion will be releasing ERIC ROHMER'S SIX MORAL TALES on August 15, and I'll be writing at greater length about the set in next month's issue of SIGHT & SOUND.
But, in closing, let me be the first to tell you this much: If you get the set, be sure to empty the box of all the discs and books, at least once, to look inside. You'll be glad you did.


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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in association with the City of Dallas, has proposed plans to:
- construct freeway-to-freeway roadway ramps linking Interstate Highway (IH) 45 (Julius Schepps Freeway) and United States Highway (US) 175 (CF Hawn Freeway), and
- convert US 175 (SM Wright Freeway) to a low-speed arterial roadway.
Project limits: IH 45 from SM Wright Freeway to Lamar Street (1.7 miles); SM Wright Freeway from IH 45 to State Highway (SH) 310 near Budd Street (2.5 miles); proposed freeway-to-freeway ramps from CF Hawn Freeway to IH 45 near Lamar Street (1.4 miles).
The Project need and purpose is improving travel safety and mobility. Linking the IH 45 and CF Hawn freeways would improve the neighborhood environment by removing freeway/commuter traffic from the SM Wright community and eliminating the sharp, accident-prone CF Hawn/SM Wright Freeway curve.
In addition, the Project's proposed conversion of SM Wright Freeway to a 35 mile-per-hour, six-lane, signalized, at-grade, landscaped arterial with enhanced gateways and walks could initiate community investment, development and rejuvenation.
Environmental documentation prepared for the Project will conform to National Environmental Policy Act guidelines to assess the Project's potential environmental, social and economic effects.


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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, July 8
Today's recommended picks
Ryan Braun, OF, Brewers
.538 AVG (7-for-13) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Todd Wellemeyer; Wellemeyer: .314 AVG against in '09
Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
.389 AVG (7-for-18) since '04 vs. Brewers starter Jeff Suppan
Scott Rolen, 3B, Blue Jays
.380 AVG (38-for-100) during 24-G hit streak
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
Once again, hit-maker Ichiro Suzuki was the go-to guy for the BTS front-runners.
The Seattle speedster came through with a single in four at-bats vs. the O's, pushing the respective streaks of leader greg4263 and co-second-place holder grebecks to 32 and 29 games. Fourth-place contestant ryancaraher also tabbed Ichiro, as did six of the Top 8 fans.
racin248 elected to go a different route, but still held on to a tie for second place thanks to a 2-for-5 night from Washington's Ryan Zimmerman.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 14.3%, 1-for-4
2. Freddy Sanchez (PIT): 7.7%, 0-for-0
3. Michael Young (TEX): 3.8%, 1-for-4
4. Carl Crawford (TB): 3.7%, 0-for-5
5. Kevin Youkilis (BOS): 3.7%, 0-for-4
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Easy to pick Ichiro with his .460 during the day. That equates to 95.41% chance of a hit with 5 AB's. Also, if you find a 95% guy every day, you have a 5.37% chance of 57 in a row.
At this point with all the bloodshed on the BTS Ichiro seems like the closest thing to a sure thing. He's getting a hit in close to 90% of his games this year. Go Ichiro!
As much as I'm a fan of the idea someone getting 57 games in Beat the Streak, I would be very disappointed if someone rode Ichiro for the entire ride (with other players picked when he has a day off.)
C'mon it's just too easy to pick Ichiro. And then the normal response would be, "of course i'm going to choose a pick that makes sense." But Ichiro every single day? There's no thought process there. It's a knee-jerk reaction.
Plus I'm a big Ichiro fan. Great ballplayer. We need more like him. But due to the fact that so many people are being lazy and getting long streaks from their laziness, I'm happy every day that Ichiro does not get a hit.
at ESPN's streakforthecash it's very easy to communicate with other users. Why has mlb.com not allowed that here?
I can't save my pick??
Anybody have the same problem
If Seattle had not blown a 3-0 lead in the top of the ninth Ichiro would have been 0-4 as he singled with a 2 out 2 strike count in the bottom of 9th. Sometimes you have to be lucky and all the streakers with Ichiro were on this day.


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How Sebelius Plans to Save Obamacare: Creating Dependence
By now, probably everyone has heard these old Obamacare saws:
March 9, 2010 — "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi)
March 28, 2010 — "As more and more people get to understand what's in this bill, people are going to like it." (Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell)
August 4, 2010 — "It's very obvious that people have a lack of understanding of our health care reform bill… The more people learn about this bill, the more they like it… The trend is turning all over America today… Once you explain what's in the bill, the American people of course like it." (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid)
Here's how those predictions have borne out:
Thus supporters have now gone from claiming that of course the public will love Obamacare to declaring, We need to make people dependent on government for their health care pronto, or Obamacare is sunk:
January 19, 2012 — "The more we educate people about the law, the more they'll be able to take advantage of the benefits. The more they take advantage of the benefits, the harder it will be for opponents to take those benefits away. Once you have something and you like it and you're using it, you will fight with your own member of Congress to keep it." (HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius)
Obamacare will not benefit people by lowering the cost of medical care, as even Sebelius must know by now. The only way Obamacare will "benefit" anybody is by making him or her the recipient of an explicit or implicit government transfer. That is, Obamacare is going to rob Peter to subsidize Paul. Obamacare's survival depends on making Paul dependent on that government transfer. I'm just surprised Sebelius is being so up front about it.


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I haven't had eggplant parmesan in so many years that I've literally forgotten what it tastes like, so I can't promise that this tastes like the "real thing," but I can promise that it is delicious–rich and creamy inside and a little crunchy outside.
The method I used is taken from a recipe by Bryanna Clark Grogan that I found online. Actually, I messed up the layering a little, but I think I like the results. When putting the dish together, I forgot to add the second layer of bread crumbs and wound up putting them on top, where they browned nicely and got a little crunchy. Try it my mistaken way or put most of the bread crumbs inside and save a few for the top.
If you don't have vegan parmesan, feel free to leave it off. The cheese sauce provides most of the flavor anyway. Or instead of parmesan, try finely ground almonds; just put a quarter cup of almonds in your food processor and pulse to finely chop.
Vegan Eggplant "Parmesan"
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1 large eggplant, sliced 1/4 inch thick
2 pieces of whole grain bread, toasted and made into breadcrumbs
2-3 tbsp. soy parmesan (or 2 tbsp. ground almonds mixed with 1 tbsp. nutritional yeast)
fresh basil leaves, chopped or torn
olive oil spray
Tomato Sauce:
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1 16-ounce can diced tomatoes
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 cup vegetable broth
2 tbsp. tomato paste
salt and pepper to taste
"Cheese" Sauce:
1/2 cup extra-firm silken tofu
1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk
1/2 cup vegetable broth
2 tbsp. cashew butter or tahini
1 tsp. onion powder
1 1/2 tbsp. nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
1/8 tsp. white pepper
2 tsp. corn starch
Salt the eggplant slices and put them in a colander to drain.
Prepare the tomato sauce by sautéing the onion in a non-stick saucepan until it becomes translucent (you may use a little water if you like). Add the garlic and sauté for one more minute. Add the remaining tomato sauce ingredients, and cook for 15-20 minutes.
Prepare the cheese sauce: Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until completely smooth. Blend again right before using to make sure that the ingredients haven't separated.
Rinse the eggplant slices and pat them dry with paper towels. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the slices on it (you may have to do this in two batches). Place under the broiler. Watch carefully, and remove when the slices start to brown, about 3 minutes.
Assemble the casserole: Preheat the oven to 350. Spray or wipe an 8×8-inch non-metal baking dish with a small bit of olive oil. Place half of the eggplant slices on the bottom of the dish, edges overlapping. Sprinkle with half the breadcrumbs. Spoon half the tomato sauce and pour half the cheese sauce over the breadcrumbs and sprinkle lightly with soy parmesan. Repeat the process with the remaining ingredients (reserving some bread crumbs for on top, as mentioned above). Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes, until slightly browned on top. Sprinkle with fresh basil just before serving.
Preparation time: 25 minute(s) | Cooking time: 30 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 4
Nutrition Facts
Each serving provides approximately: 238 Calories (kcal); 9g Total Fat; (30% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 32g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 477mg Sodium; 8g Fiber. (These figures, especially fat and sodium, vary drastically depending on the exact ingredients you use.)
Thanks to Bryanna for helping me figure out how to put together a dish I haven't eaten in so long!