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Sunday, 8 March 2009
Vitamin Q
I managed to sew a Papa'a star!!! So proud of myself! *lol* These blocks will be used in a rather special project - more about that later :o)
Hugs and stitches from
Anne Ida
17 comments:
- Gudveig HN said...
Det var raskt ekspedert! Og så fine blokker du har sydd i helgen! Takk for sist forresten, og for en hyggelig og inspirerende helg :-)
- 8 March 2009 at 16:41
- Lappetausa said...
Du verden kor fint! Og så den vanskelegaste blokka...Eg skal ringe Førde med ein gong og melde meg på kurset Hanne skal ha der i september, sjølv om det er akkurat på den tid eg forhåpentlegvis er blitt bestemor!
- 8 March 2009 at 17:11
- Annelies said...
You made some beautiful blocks !
(110, 35, 1, 3149) another janiac
- 8 March 2009 at 20:20
- Hanne said...
Thanks for a lovely day - the inspiration always goes both ways in the long run :-)
Your blocks are lovely!
- 8 March 2009 at 21:29
- Laila said...
Hi. Great blocs you made. I cant wait untill 2020 to see the whole quilt done ;-)
I belive you are done a long time befor.
Hugs ;-)
- 8 March 2009 at 21:43
- May Britt said...
Wonderful colours in you blocks. I know you had a great weekend together with Hanne. I am still thinking about starting on my DJ blocks.
- 8 March 2009 at 21:51
- Rose said...
Well done sweetie, the blocks look great!! That Papa's Star looks fiddly, great job on completing it!!
Love those colours, now what are you up to with these blocks, hmmmm??
Big hugs xxx
- 8 March 2009 at 23:26
- Leisha Camden said...
Which one is the Papa's Star ... ? o_O
- 9 March 2009 at 00:27
- Pumpkin Patch Quilter said...
Very pretty! ;) I love your fabric selection - and the star is beautiful. Good job!
- 9 March 2009 at 04:43
- Suzie said...
Your blocks looks pretty, I'm curious about what you are going to make with them! It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend!
- 9 March 2009 at 09:49
- Julie said...
It is so good to see you posting, I've been worried about you. Your blocks are fabulous! Is there anything you sew that doesn't look great? Hope you are well. Julie in NH
- 9 March 2009 at 13:48
- Oddbjørg said...
Beautiful blocks you have made!
- 9 March 2009 at 17:24
- Guðrún said...
That was the first thing I thought when I saw the picture of the blocks, she did Papa´s star! I have booked the flight to Norway!
- 9 March 2009 at 19:25
- Butterfly said...
Oooh, de er så fiiiine!!!
Vel, jeg har fått lagt ut mine også, tegner noen nye - så får vi se......
Hadde det veldig gøy, det er jo alltid spennende å utfordre seg selv......
Ha en riktig god natt!!
- 9 March 2009 at 22:20
- Rhonda said...
Oh, great blocks! buttoncounter.blogspot is into the Dear Jane blocks as well.
- 15 March 2009 at 02:46
- May Kristin said...
Beautiful blocks! Wonder what that special project is! Guess we'll have to wait and see!
Sounds like a great class to participate in. I'm still thinking on getting started on
Dear Jane. May be sometime...
- 15 March 2009 at 14:13
- Teresa said...
Your blocks look beautiful. I love the soft colors.
- 19 March 2009 at 23:38


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Full timetable for the Woodside Link road
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Reconstruction of Porz Ave / Poynters Rd / Park Road North roundabout.
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Installing Sandringham Drive retaining wall.
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Drainage work.
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Roundabout construction at Sundon Road.
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Construction work began - majority of earthworks to be completed by October 2015.
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Replacing and rerouting underground some of electricity cables in 'wedge' between Sandringham Drive and Wheatfield Road.
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Development Consent Order application to Planning Inspectorate.
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Central Bedfordshire Council's second consultation.
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Central Bedfordshire Council Executive gives approval to Woodside Link.
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Central Bedfordshire Council's first consultation.

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Friday, March 21, 2008
Your Daily Dose of Calcium
In the category of "who knew?" comes this little item. The water in Paris is full of calcium. I don't know if that helps combat osteoporosis. It does have the unfortunate impact, however, of gunking up your washing machine, dishwasher, and leaving a gross filmy residue on the sink, tub, and faucets. To combat it, you need an impressive array of anti-calcium products: little tablets for the washing machine, extra additives in the dishwasher powder, and a special bottle of anti-calcaire liquid with which to attack the kitchen and bathroom cleaning. (Not to worry if you are coming to visit. We'll have things spiffed up for your arrival and won't make you take on the tub ring when you leave). Some marketing genius is bottling this water and selling it to women for its health benefits, which I assume are the same whether the water comes out of the tap or you pay extra for it. Now that's making silk out of a sow's ear!
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The following is from the February 1958 issue of the Radio COG's recruitment magazine, The Plain Truth (p. 2).
The editors of this issue were Herbert Armstrong. Herman Hoeh, Roderick Meredith and Garner Ted Armstrong.
The leaders of this organization were but false prophets. Such false prophecies make it clear that God is not with them.
Letters to the Editor
Only God Can Heal
"I had an awful pain in both my legs for a long time. After I received the cloth from you I put it on them and prayed. My legs are alright again and I thank God for healing them. Thank you for helping me to find out that there is no one that can heal except God. I am thanking God for His blessings and for healing me. I have now paid out more than $5,000.00 to different doctors, beside that for medicine. I became no better than I was at first. Now I know a Great Doctor that can heal all kinds of sickness. I don't have to give Him money and I don't have to take pills. This Doctor's name is Jesus Christ."
Woman from Mart, Texas
Editor's note: Yes, only God heals!
Healed of Ulcers and Gallstones
"Here is good news, I have been healed of ulcers since I was baptized. And a while back I was also healed of gallstones. The latter happened when I first started receiving the Plain Truth."
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"I wish to thank you for your prayers in my behalf and the anointed cloth I received just recently. It is a great joy to be able to report to you that the condition for which I requested prayer was corrected even before I had time to receive the cloth. I nevertheless followed your instructions sent with the cloth, and thanks be to God and you for what you both have done and continue to do."
Man from Atmore, Alabama
"Dear Mr. Armstrong:
"My little girl is very sick with flu and I want you to send an anointed cloth for her. The Lord God was so good to heal me of rheumatism last year when I sent to you for a prayer cloth. Somehow I've neglected to tell you of it. The healing wasn't all at once but came gradually and was completed. I'm so thankful for it and I thank God for His faithful servants and make mention of you always in my prayers."
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Anointed Cloth Received
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"I want to write and tell you how much I appreciate your last magazine containing your message on faith. I read it while I was in the hospital. I'm afraid I never would have known how to have the faith to get healed.
"On Monday night when we received your letter with the anointed handkerchief I was seriously ill. But thank God when I placed the handkerchief on my body, God immediately stopped all pain-I started moving my leg, then I came out of that hospital bed and began walking. The first I had been able to walk in five weeks. Thank God the doctors and nurses knew a miracle had happened. The following Friday I came home.
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"I received your prayer cloth. I had hemorrhoid-piles and was in so much pain that my husband said that I had to go and be operated on. I told him I wouldn't go. I took the prayer cloth and prayed with all my heart and believed God would help me. In two days all the pain left and it hasn't returned. I was so thankful to God.
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What a terrible, awful and shameful thing these false prophets, the 1% of this organization, did to their followers and people who were vulnerable to being mislead in this way. Their many false prophecies prove that God is not with them.


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Inspired by the holidays, this winter white cosmo is a seasonal take on the classic cosmopolitan.
Simply mix citron vodka with white cranberry juice, cointreau, and a hint of fresh lime.
Traditionally you would serve these in a martini glass, but if you're too clumsy to hold it properly (like me…) just use one of those chic stemless glasses instead. Pour over ice and no one will know the difference!
Garnish these festive tipples with sugar covered cranberries and sprigs of fragrant mint. For a party, make a big batch in advance and chill until ready to serve.
- 3 oz. citron vodka
- 1 oz. white cranberry juice
- ½ oz. cointreau
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- fresh mint
- sugar covered cranberries*
- red toothpicks or wooden skewers
- Fill a small glass with ice.
- Combine the cocktail ingredients and mix well. Adjust with extra lime or cranberry juice to suit your taste. There should be a fine balance between sweet & tart. Alternatively, you can shake up your ingredients with ice and strain into chilled martini glasses.
- For the garnish, skewer mint sprigs and sugar covered cranberries (2) onto a toothpick. Place on the rim of the glass (not in the drink) so that the sugar doesn't melt. Let your guests use it to stir their cocktail. *See note below.
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Steel Industry Powerhouse Returns as Title Sponsor of Texas Auto Writers Association Truck Rodeo
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DALLAS, Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), returns as title sponsor of the 2015 Texas Truck Rodeo. The Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) truck rodeo brings journalists from throughout Texas and the U.S. to evaluate the nation's top trucks and SUVs and choose the coveted "Truck of Texas." The event will be held Oct. 8-10 at the Knibbe Ranch outside San Antonio.
"We are thrilled to have SMDI return as title sponsor for this year's truck rodeo," said Michael Marrs, president of TAWA. "Since steel is an integral part of the automotive industry, we are fortunate to have SMDI partner with us to keep members updated on the industry. This year's event is shaping up to be the best yet."
"We're also proud to announce Michelin and BFGoodrich Tires as official lunch sponsors for the 2015 TAWA Truck Rodeo. Representatives from both tire brands will be on hand to talk about their new truck and SUV tire offerings. They may also have some amazing door prizes to give away at these lunches," said Marrs.
Lawrence W. Kavanagh, president, SMDI, said, "Texans buy more trucks than residents of any other state in the U.S. They understand the need for a truck to provide the highest value. By sponsoring the Texas Truck Rodeo, SMDI and its members can share how advanced high-strength steel provides the value Texans look for."
TAWA has promoted professionalism and quality in automotive journalism, producing two annual events that have gained national traction: the Texas Truck Rodeo and the Texas Auto Roundup at Texas Motor Speedway. These events give TAWA's journalists the opportunity to evaluate vehicles back-to-back on the street, track or off-road. Manufacturers and dealerships promote the award winners and the "Truck of Texas" is touted in national television commercials.
Each year, TAWA awards scholarships to Texas college students who major in journalism, while their Excellence in Craft Competition recognizes exceptional coverage of the automotive industry by members.
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April 30, 2001
Doesn't Anyone Want the Job?
Story Utilities
More than three months into the Bush administration and Wall Street was still waiting to hear who will be nominated to succeed Arthur Levitt.
Harvey Pitt, a former general counsel to the SEC, was said to be the leading candidate to be the next Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman as Traders Magazine went to press.
Pitt is a heavyweight securities attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Fried Frank Harris. He served at the SEC in the late 1970s as a general counsel.
No Guarantee
However, there is no guarantee that Pitt will take the job, which reportedly has already been offered and declined by several people.
In the Running
Some candidates who were still in the running included James Doty, a former SEC counsel, Dana Mead, former chairman of Tenneco, Peter Walison, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Richard Posner, a federal judge in Chicago. NASD Chairman Frank Zarb also surfaced as a contender.
In the absence of a permanent chairman, Laura Unger, an SEC commissioner, is the acting chairwoman of the commission. Some securities industry observers also consider her a possible candidate to replace Levitt on a permanent basis.


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There was a very long spell where comic book movies just were not being made. Whether it was thanks to the lack of technology in terms of effects, the rights or the fact that the ones being made were just plain bad, who knows? But every once in a while one comic book movie comes along to inspire a rash of others (although this can actually be said of any genre in Hollywood really). In the 70s it was Richard Donner's epic SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE which was followed by the fabulously fun SUPERMAN II directed by Richard Lester (and partially by Donner before he was fired. A new cut of the film supervised by Donner has just been released on DVD). But then came the disastrous SUPERMAN III (which had a couple of good scenes), the worse than bad HOWARD THE DUCK and the even worse SUPERMAN IV and suddenly the comic-book movie was box office poison – especially the Superman franchise.
Then there came 1989's BATMAN which at the time was one of the highest grossing films ever. And after a period where it seemed that comics were back in vogue, a rash of incredibly bad sequels and other forgettable films such as SPAWN, THE SHADOW and THE PHANTOM to name a few (I somehow liked the oft forgotten ROCKETEER – great James Horner score on that one, but I digress) killed the buzz once again.
In 2000 and 2002, the comic book movie was back with a vengeance, and this time Marvel had the upper hand with SPIDER-MAN and X-MEN which was followed by the even more successful SPIDER-MAN 2 and X2, and nestled in there somewhere was BATMAN BEGINS (DC) which revitalized the dead-and-buried Batman film series. These were 5 phenomenal movies that not only worked as comic book movies, but essentially were also extremely good films that non-comic book readers could enjoy (the same can definitely be said of Donner's '78 SUPERMAN). But now here we are in 2007, and it seems that every comic book under the sun is being produced, in development or being optioned for a film no matter what the cost, or if we even need or want it. Singer's SUPERMAN RETURNS did a good job of resurrecting the cinematically dead Man of Steel, but the film itself was a drag, and now we have disasters like HULK, DAREDEVIL and the equally vapid GHOST RIDER and X-MEN UNITED (that effectively killed that franchise) littering theatres. This year we have 300 and SPIDER-MAN 3 due with IRON MAN, THE DARK KNIGHT (Batman Begins 2!?!) and 30 DAYS OF NIGHT on tap for next summer with many more expected. WONDER WOMAN, THE FLASH, GREEN LANTERN, CAPTAIN AMERICA and more are all in the development wings waiting for their moment in the sun. Will this insanity ever end?
Do we really need all these comic book movies? It seems that studios and publishers (Marvel in particular) are now rushing to get their characters on screen so they can boost comic sales and create infinite tie-ins and now they're just going to piss off the fans who, by the way will go see the worst dreck no matter what. And if SNAKES ON A PLANE proved anything, you can't always listen to the online chatter of 12 year-olds who spend most of their waking hours in front of a computer screen, then won't go to the cinema but instead find a way to download an illegal copy (you almost wonder if these people are truly fans, or do they just think it's cool to be on top of all this stuff….I think the latter). Did we really need a GHOST RIDER movie? Were people screaming for it? And, did it have to be so bad? Most of the reviewers state that if you shut your brain off, you'll enjoy the cheese factor of it all. But, while I sat there, my IQ dropping rapidly, I felt like lighting my own head on fire because it probably would have been less painful than sitting through the rest of the movie (at least the ticket was free). You know it is bad when you see solid talents like Sam Elliot, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda and Nicolas Cage give cold readings of lines without any feeling, gaping plot holes, continuity errors and a just outright stupid film. It makes Hollywood look bad, and drives more and more people to their homes to wait for the DVD rather than watch films in the theatre where they should be seen – and remember, these movies are not cheap to make in the first place!
Admittedly, comic fans are the most gullible lot. They'll gush over any comic adaptation that is announced, spend hours obsessing over details and casting, try to get as many spoilers as possible then go out in droves to see the film, say they did not mind it right after then bash it repeatedly later on. Ahh for these Peters, the cock crows 3 times after every bad movie. Sound familiar Star Wars fans (the most fickle of all movie/sci-fi fans!)?
The thing with comic books is that they are almost tailored as being ready to film. A comic book is easy to translate given the fact that it is essentially one long story board. In fact, I have even noticed at the last few San Diego Comic-con events that people are now just releasing their movie ideas and treatments in comic form in order to suck fan-boys in, and then prove to the powers that be buying up this stuff that their material is worth filming. 5 years ago I went to a panel where a company (name slipping my mind at the moment) announced a huge deal with Artisan to make all their properties into films. 5 years later, and those films have not been made, nor are they on the horizon. Let's face it, when it comes to comic material, the marketplace is so jam packed at the moment, it's probably harder to sell your adaptation than it is to sell something you wrote from scratch. There are even a glut of non-comic book superhero movies out as well like MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, SKY HIGH, ZOOM and THE INCREDIBLES which are further killing the genre (except THE INCREDIBLES. Pixar can get away with it where others cannot).
Anyhow, if you don't have to see GHOST RIDER, I suggest you don't. Avoid the DVD (you know there will be several releases too. A regular edition, a director's cut, an unrated director's cut, the director's mother's cut, etc.) and do not waste your time, money or energy. Maybe then Marvel and DC will spend more time to make sure their material turns out as good as say SPIDER-MAN rather than trying to beat each other out to get their film released. Well, in a perfect world perhaps, but sadly not this one.
The tally thus far:
Superman: The Movie (1978, Warner Bros.; Richard Donner)
Superman II (1980, Warner Bros.; Richard Lester)
X-Men (2000, 20th Century Fox; Bryan Singer)
Spider-man (2002, Columbia; Sam Raimi)
X2 (2003, 20th Century Fox; Bryan Singer)
Spider-man 2 (2004, Columbia; Sam Raimi)
Batman Begins (2005, Warner Bros.; Christopher Nolan)
Sin City (2005, Dimension; Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and Frank Miller)
Conan: The Barbarian (1982, Universal; John Milius)
Batman (1989, Warner Bros.; Tim Burton)
The Rocketeer (1990, Walt Disney; Joe Johnson)
Blade (1998, New Line Cinema; Stephen Norrington)
Ghost World (2001, United Artists; Terry Zwigoff)
Batman Returns (1992, Warner Bros.; Tim Burton)
Superman Returns (2006, Warner Bros.; Bryan Singer)
Blade II (2002, New Line Cinema; Guillermo del Toro)
Road to Perdition (2002, Dreamworks; Sam Mendes)
Hellboy (2004, Columbia/Revolution; Guillermo del Toro)
The Fantastic Four (2005, 20th Century Fox; Tim Story)
Superman III (1983, Warner Bros.; Richard Lester)
The Punisher (1989, New World; Mark Goldblatt)
The Shadow (1994, Universal; Russell Mulcahy)
The Phantom (1996, Paramount; Simon Wincer)
Spawn (1997, New Line Cinema; Mark Dippe)
Hulk (2003, Universal; Ang Lee)
Blade: Trinity (2004, New Line Cinema; David Goyer)
The Punisher (2004, Artisan; Jonathan Hensleigh)
Constantine (2005, Warner Bros.; Francis Lawrence)
A History of Violence (2005, New Line Cinema; David Cronenberg)
V For Vendetta (2006, Warner Bros.; James McTeigue)
Conan: The Destroyer (1984, Universal; Richard Fleischer)
Supergirl (1984, TriStar; Jeanne Szwarc)
Red Sonja (1985, DEG; Richard Fleischer)
Howard the Duck (1986, Universal; Willard Huyck)
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987, Warner Bros.; Sidney J. Furie)
The Fantastic Four (1994, New Horizons; Oley Sassone)
Judge Dredd (1995, Hollywood; Danny Canon)
Batman Forever (1995, Warner Bros; Joel Schumacher)
Batman & Robin (1997, Warner Bros.; Joel Schumacher)
Daredevil (2003, 20th Century Fox; Mark Steven Johnson)
Catwoman (2004, Warner Bros.; Pitof)
X-Men: United (2006, 20th Century Fox; Brett Ratner)
Ghost Rider (2007, Columbia; Mark Steven Johnson)
If I missed any, let me know.


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Drink of the Week newsletter: Like Shakespeare, except you get to drink.
Drink of the Week for Apr 16th, 2004: The Graduate
What we had to say
This week we thought we'd take an in-depth look at how the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) works. This seemed like a good idea to us, because we've been drinking. Did you know that you can patent anything you want? That's right! In fact, we've got a patent on saying "Did you know that you can patent anything you want", so you owe us some money after reading that. Twice. Did you see how easy that was? You can do it too. Simply make something stupid up, then add some big words. It might go something like this:
You : I've got an [invention or discovery] here that uses big words.
Sometimes it's not that simple. The USPTO has strict quality control that makes sure only new and inventive ideas receive legal recognition. You might be subject to an expert review process like this:
You : I've got an [invention or discovery] here that uses big words.
It's all true, we swear. What else could explain United States Patent number 5443036, issued August 22, 1995, "Method of exercising a cat"? If you've ever teased your cat with a laser pointer, you are violating the rights and intellectual property of Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott of Virginia. After all, they invented it.
So get out there and patent some stupid crap! If you follow the example of US Patent number 5576951 and use the phrase "Multiple micro-programs automatically compose the sales presentations initiated by determinants derived from customer profile information", you'll be in line to sue as many companies as you want for hoards of cash! Happy pillaging!
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The average urban American peak commuter spends an extra 38 hours stuck in traffic.
[Source: Texas Transportation Institute]
That's the equivalent of listening to Stairway to Heaven 285 times. It also amounts to 26 gallons of wasted fuel, and an extra 520 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted into our atmosphere.
The Texas Transportation Institute's 2007 Annual Urban Mobility Report found that cities of all sizes are facing increased congestion. Everywhere, from Anchorage to Akron to Atlanta, trips take longer, streets are clogged for more of the day, freight shipments are delayed, and travel times are getting less reliable.
"There is no 'magic' technology or solution on the horizon because there is no single cause of congestion," said Tim Lomax, one of the report's authors. "The good news is that there are multiple strategies involving traffic operations and public transit available right now that if applied together, can lessen this problem."
What you can do
Obviously the greenest option is to ditch the car and bike, skate, or walk to work. The next best thing is to join the growing number of Americans who are taking public transit. According to the American Public Transportation Association, public transit ridership, reduces America's carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons each year. That's the equivalent of completely cutting off electricity for every household in New York City, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles.
If you must drive, consider carpooling. If you don't work with people who live near you (or if you do but couldn't bear sharing a ride with them) then check out one of the myriad ride-sharing sites out there.
Looking ahead
Advances in communications technology are making it easier to connect empty car seats with commuters' backsides. This study by Nokia (PDF) describes how smartphones can facilitate digital hitchhiking. Basically you stand by the road and enter in your starting point and destination. A driver who is part of the same ride sharing network and who is approaching you gets a notification on his smartphone (probably in the form of their irritating ringtone), pulls over, and after some kind of electronic authentication process, lets you in. Your phone account is billed, and the driver gets a cut.
Technology can also help you avoid traffic. TrafficGauge is a subscription-based service that gives you current traffic conditions to certain cities via your cellphone or their special hand-held wireless device. Many GPS services also incorporate real-time traffic data.
Cities are getting into the act, too. Atlanta, one of the most congested areas of the country, launched a "Cash for Commuters" program as part of its Clean Air Campaign (if that stock photo of the carpoolers looks familiar, it's probably because you saw it first in this Onion story). The program will give commuters up to $3 a day simply for not driving alone.
Sharing is just not for cars. Next month, Washington, DC, is launching the nation's first bike-sharing program. Similar public-private ventures are being considered in San Francisco. Chicago, and Portland, Ore.


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large flat on the 6th floor, many playgrounds for children,good for a big family
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Internet providers appear to be gaining ground in a long-running dispute with Connecticut municipalities that want to offer competing ultra-fast web service by stringing up fiber cables on utility poles.
The Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) — a key ally of cities and towns that had been trying for several years to build fiber networks within their borders before the effort eventually fizzled out — has been urging the state's utilities regulator much of this year to allow municipalities to use their statutorily reserved space on utility poles to erect broadband networks, which would compete with the likes of Comcast, Cox and Frontier.
The telecom industry has fought hard against the push, arguing it would create unfair, government-subsidized competition and be unconstitutional.
A key point of contention is whether or not adequate access exists to high-speed internet, which is seen as an increasingly important building block to a vibrant economy dependent on big data and technology. Internet providers say they're doing a good job spreading high-speed access; municipal broadband advocates argue more needs to be done and that high-speed service is too costly.
The telecom industry nearly won the fight when the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruled in June that cities and towns could only develop high-speed networks for use by town buildings. But the draft ruling was never finalized, due to a technicality.
Now, telecom providers have petitioned PURA, asking the agency to settle the matter once and for all.
"It would be a death blow to a statute that's been on the books since 1905," William Vallee, the OCC's broadband policy coordinator, said about the potential for PURA to take a narrow interpretation of what communities can do with reserved pole space, which is called "municipal gain."
The fight isn't over, but if the telecom industry wins out, there may be a new game plan for municipalities to follow.
East Hartford this month signed a development agreement with a company, SiFi Networks, that would invest approximately $70 million to build a high-speed network across the town. East Hartford officials say they would avoid the dispute over utility pole rights by burying the fiber cable underground.
However, the town and SiFi say they are anticipating pushback from incumbent telecom providers.
Connecticut began allotting municipalities space on utility poles during the era of the telegraph.
In 2013, the legislature slipped a significant change into the law via the state budget — one that appeared to expand the ways in which cities and towns could use their reserved pole space.
The old law allowed local governments to occupy public utility pole space to develop telecom services for "municipal and state" use; in 2013 the language was broadened to use "for any purpose."
The telecom industry wasn't happy with the change. Telecom and IT services provider Lightower said "the statute was amended in the dead of the night as one paragraph of a 400-page budget implementer bill that was drafted behind closed doors and passed by the legislature with minimal review in a single day at the end of the legislative session."
The move, Lightower added, amounted to "typical sleight of hand."
Soon after the 2013 policy shift, OCC began coordinating a coalition of towns interested in bringing their constituents higher internet speeds at lower costs. CT Gig, as the 46-community group was called, issued a request for information in 2014, receiving responses from 11 potential network developers interested in building high-speed networks. But the effort didn't get much further.
"The towns never quite got it off the ground," Vallee said. "No town signed with an investor."
East Hartford was one of the interested communities. Finance Director Michael Walsh said the coalition, while it offered attractive scale to a developer, was unwieldy. Local politics and concerns about potential financing methods got in the way. The biggest hurdle was the potential for property tax hikes to pay for the network.
"When it came down to adding it to the tax bill, that was literally the death knell," Walsh said.
The legislature has refused to reverse its 2013 policy change, so the legal dispute has been left to PURA. (A bill introduced earlier this year that would have restricted use of municipal gain failed to get out of committee.)
On June 1, PURA commissioners issued a draft decision that concluded "the authorized governmental gain or duct space cannot be utilized by the municipality to provide broadband services to its residents and businesses nor can it be assigned to another party for the provision of broadband services to persons or entities other than the local government."
If the agency sticks with its conclusion, Vallee said it's possible OCC will appeal in court.
Joseph Rosenthal, an OCC attorney, said the June ruling would preclude future options municipalities have to foster competition in the high-speed internet market, where just several companies dominate.
"The ruling took a pretty negative broad brush about what municipalities could do," Rosenthal said. "If there's a reasonable chance that we can bring value to citizens in this enormously important area through more competition … we're going to keep at it."
Organizations that filed the PURA petition included Frontier, the New England Cable and Telecommunications Association (which represents Comcast, Charter and Cox), the Communication Workers of America, and a trade association of wireless providers, CTIA.
All but the telecom employee union either declined comment or did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
CWA Local 1298 President David Weidlich said his members are backing the petition because allowing municipalities to enter the telecom business could hurt Frontier, with which his union has a fruitful relationship (nearly 2,300 of his 3,300 members are Frontier employees).
"We have to make sure they're successful or we won't have jobs," said Weidlich, adding that he doesn't mind competition, but draws the line at government-subsidized service competing with telecom providers.
Over the coming months, SiFi will be canvassing East Hartford residents and businesses to see if a fiber network can be financially viable in the town. It would be the company's first East Coast deployment.
SiFi needs one in every three East Hartford addresses to sign up for the service in order to move forward with the project, Walsh said.
While the telecom industry points to various municipal networks that have run into problems over the years as cautionary tales, including one in Groton, Walsh said a key factor in the arrangement is East Hartford won't be left holding the bag if things go wrong.
SiFi will pay for and own the network. The town is offering to become a SiFi customer and to allow the company to use municipal rights of way.
"We don't want to share or guarantee or backstop an investment," Walsh said.
Burying fiber underground is more expensive than hanging it on poles, but Walsh said the cost isn't prohibitive to the project. SiFi would "microtrench" the fiber in 1-inch-wide, 12-inch-deep trenches.
In the end, SiFi will need to wrangle at least one internet service provider to agree to offer service over its fiber cables, but that could be dicey.
Walsh said Frontier and Comcast have indicated they have no interest in offering that service.
"However, I also look at that as a competitive stance that we would revisit if we successfully get in the ground," Walsh said. "I would love for Comcast and Frontier to embrace this, but they're going to fight it."


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It's actually an epic web-based treasure hunt! Upon uncovering the mystery of The Temple, contestants will earn chance to win one of three amazing prizes!
Will you choose the Chest of Courage, the Chest of Power, or the Chest of Wisdom? Each one contains something different and you won't know what's inside until you open it!
If you open it…
To find one of the three Keys of Virtue will be a month-long adventure of riddles, puzzles, and wits. If you think you have what it takes, journey to The Temple.
The doors unlock at some point on the first of May…
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Colleen Frakes is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies. She was awarded a 2007 Xeric Grant for her comic "Tragic Relief". In 2009 she won the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent for her comic, "Woman King". Her latest book, "Prison Island, A Graphic Memoir" was published in 2015 by Zest Books.
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Lincoln Record Society
The Lincoln Record Society was founded in 1910 to print records and documents relating to the ancient county and diocese of Lincoln. The ancient diocese covered not only Lincolnshire, the second largest county of England, but also the wide area which lay within the medieval diocese: the counties of Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Bedford, Buckingham, Huntingdon and northern Hertford. Since 1910 the Society has published ninety nine volumes many of which are still in print and available for purchase through Boydell & Brewer.
The Society has individual and institutional members from around the world including many leading university and national libraries. Its aim is to publish one volume each year and it always welcomes ideas for new projects. Early volumes were often published in Latin but today its policy is to publish in English whenever possible, or otherwise to provide an English summary.
The 1341 Royal Inquest in LincolnshireEdited by Bernard William McLaneLincoln Record Society$34.95
A Bibliography of Printed Items Relating to the City of LincolnD. Mary ShortLincoln Record Society$34.95
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SHARPES — To some people, a good time is a fast ride through a mud puddle the size of a football field.
The best place to find those people is the Sharpes Off-Road Vehicle Park on U.S. Highway 1 north of Cocoa. They are there on the fourth Saturday of every month -- complete with souped up vehicles and a willingness to get dirty. What they're doing is mug bogging, and the fans love it.


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The Torchbearer
Torchbearer is a magazine for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It services to update, inform, and highlight stories concerning the Knoxville campus. It is published in cooperation with the Office of Alumni Affairs, by the University of Tennessee Office of Communications and Marketing.


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It is difficult to deal with a narcissist when you are a grown, independent, fully functioning adult. The children of narcissists have an especially difficult burden, for they lack the knowledge, power, and resources to deal with their narcissistic parents without becoming their victims. Whether cast into the role of Scapegoat or Golden Child, the Narcissist's Child never truly receives that to which all children are entitled: a parent's unconditional love. Start by reading the 46 memories--it all began there.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Her second grade teacher had told Mommy and Daddy that she was so far ahead of the rest of the kids that she had almost finished the whole year's work, and the year wasn't half over yet. "So," Mommy had asked, showing an uncommon amount of interest…Mommy was never interested in anything about school except for her report cards… "What are you going to do about it?"
Daddy didn't want her to skip. "Give her something more challenging to do," he said. "But keep her with her peers." She didn't know what a peer was, but she didn't really want to go to another classroom. She knew this one, she liked Miss Brandon, she had known most of her classmates since kindergarten. She didn't want a change.
But she hadn't much choice in the matter. Herded along by the momentum that Mommy's insistence created, she ultimately had only the choice of which third grade classroom to join in mid-term…one where she knew some of the kids, and one where she did not. She took Mrs. Webber's class because the two Janeys were in it…both girls lived on her street so at least she was not completely among strangers. The fact that the Janeys would never play with her because she was "too little," being a year younger and a grade behind in school, was not as important to her mind as being in a classroom where she was at least acquainted with some of the kids.
Mrs. Webber was scary. She wasn't the warm, nurturing kind of teacher she was used to. Mrs. Webber had large, bloody red lips and long, long teeth that reminded her of a rabbit, a thin, pointed nose, the most alarming shade of red hair she had ever seen, and a disconcerting habit of running her tongue over her teeth…lips closed…first the top set of teeth from jaw to jaw, and then the bottom. It made her feel a little bit like one of the Three Little Pigs being eyed by The Wolf.
And Mrs. Webber didn't bother to help her learn what the children in her class had learned in the last semester. Perhaps the teacher was given to understand that this "gifted student" was up to speed, perhaps not…but the result was the same: the class was learning division and she didn't yet know how to multiply! When she timidly approached Mrs. Webber at the first recess after the math lesson to explain her dilemma, fully expecting a kindly arm around her shoulder and a promise of help, she was stunned to get the same eye-rolling look of incredulity that generally heralded a tongue-lashing…or worse…from Mommy.
"Oh, great," Mrs. Webber had moaned. "Just great. This is not what I understood when I agreed to take you into my class. I'm going to tell them to send you back to second grade…"
"No!" she interrupted hastily. "Please don't do that!" Mommy would have a true-to-life fit! She was already lording it over her friends and bragging on how her child was a genius and was skipped a whole grade in mid-year. Mommy would not easily accept her being sent back, after only one day. "I'll get my Daddy to help me. He's very good at multiplying," she improvised. "I just thought you might have something to help…"
Mrs. Webber rummaged around in her desk drawer and finally withdrew a list of tables. "Memorize these and you'll be fine," she said in a somewhat more kindly tone. "Now go outside, you need the fresh air."
If she had thought knowing the Janeys would help her in the classroom, she was mistaken. She might be in their class, but she belonged in the second grade and they weren't about to let her forget it. Unfortunately, her second grade friends seemed to view her mid-year promotion as some kind of abandonment or betrayal, and none of them wanted to play with her either. She sat on the steps…third graders weren't allowed on the monkey bars or the swings or in the sand box, they were "too big"…and waited for recess to be over.
Walking home was no better. Her second grade friends, Choosey and Nancy, wouldn't walk with her because she wasn't one of them any more, and the Janeys wouldn't let her walk with them because she was still, in their eyes, "a little kid." It was a long three blocks home, and she wearily changed into her play clothes and began her chores. She wasn't liking school much these days, but there was always hope. That's what Nana liked to say to Grandpa when they were talking about Mommy and didn't know she was listening… "There's always hope, Johnny, always hope."
It took weeks. She quickly became the best reader in her class, the best speller, and once she got the hang of writing rather than printing, her cursive was the most adept. She didn't consider this out of the ordinary…she could not remember being unable to read, she could spell any word she had ever seen, and since she was a fair hand with drawing and cursive was more like drawing than writing, it seemed a rather easy skill to master. Arithmetic, however, continued to plague her. She couldn't seem to keep the number combinations straight in her head, and each time she was faced with reciting in class, doing a problem on the board, or taking a quiz, her brain turned to mush. She could sound out multi-syllabic words, spell them, and even make reasonably accurate guesses as to their meanings, provided she had context…but she simply drew a blank on those multiplication tables. Unlike the kids in the second grade, however, the kids in Mrs. Webber's third grade didn't seem to see her as a friendly resource, someone who could help them with their spelling or reading. Instead, she seemed to be viewed as an interloper, a younger child who made them all look stupid by comparison…except in arithmetic, of course.
But at the end of several weeks, things seemed to be getting a little better. In the Girl's Room at recess on a cloudy, windswept day, the kind of day that blasted stinging gouts of sand through the air, and pelted the children on the playground with an endless spray of tiny pebbles, the Janeys actually deigned to talk to her. She was delighted!
She had gone inside the restroom because the raw, open patch of eczema on the inside of her left calf stung and burned from the blowing sand. Mommy would not let her have knee socks to cover up the ugly, weeping rash that covered most of the inside of her lower leg, saying that it needed exposure to the sun. But without the long socks, the itchy patch was exposed to the rest of the elements, too, not the least of which was the blowing sand that embedded itself in the damp, oozing tissue. On days like this she went to the Girl's Room at recess and stayed until the bell told her she could go back to class.
The Janeys found her in the bathroom, and surprisingly, engaged her in conversation about what kinds of dolls and accessories she had. Knowing the way of little girls, she recognized this as a kind of interview, a preliminary investigation into her worthiness to join their little clique. Janey Kinkki excused herself to use the toilet while Janey Bertolli continued to compare notes with her about their dolls and toys, and when Janey Kinkki came out of the toilet stall, she called the two other girls over. There was a word written on the inside of the stall door, a word she did not recognize.
"What's this word?" Janey K., as she was known in class, asked her. "You can read anything, so maybe you can read this word."
That familiar sense of being drawn into a trap came over her and she shook her head. "I've never seen it before," she said warily.
"C'mon," Janey B. said. "That doesn't stop you in class. Sound the word out, like you do for Mrs. Webber."
She shook her head, backing away from the stall door and the four letter word crudely printed on it. "I don't know that word," she said, edging towards the restroom door. "I haven't seen it before."
Janie K. ran to block her exit from the restroom. "C'mon," Janie B. taunted softly, advancing on her. "C'mon. You can read anything, Mrs. Webber says so. So read this, smarty pants!"
She felt panic rising and began to pray for the bell. The Janeys would have to leave when the bell rang or they would be late to class and Mrs. Webber wouldn't like that. "Yeah," Janey K. chimed in, "Miss Smarty Pants, read it. It's only one word. We're not as smart as you are…we didn't skip a grade like you did, why don't you show us dumb kids how you do it?"
She could feel tears pricking behind her eyes, but stifled them rather than be labelled by these girls a "cry baby." Why were they doing this to her? Even her mother could be pleased when she excelled at something…why were these girls mad at her just because she could read well? Janey B. grabbed her by the hair in a gesture terrifyingly familiar and tried to drag her resisting form back to the stall. "Read it!" she commanded. "Read it!"
She couldn't struggle against the two of them as they pushed her into the little stall. "Read it or we'll lock you in!" one of them said, laughing.
"Fuck!" she cried out, but never having heard the word spoken, she wasn't entirely confident of the pronunciation. "That's what it says!"
The Janeys froze and looked at each other, then burst into laughter. "Boy, are you in trouble now!" one of them said. "That's a really dirty word and I have to tell Mrs. Webber that you said it."
"You forced me!" she cried hotly. "You forced me to!"
Janie K.'s beautiful blue eyes widened to round, innocent circles, her white-blonde curls framing her angelic face. She blinked and looked at Janey B. "Did you see anybody force her to say that nasty word?" she asked, all innocence. The other girl shook her long dark ringlets.
"Did you hear her say that awful word?" Janey B. widened her eyes and nodded vigorously.
"Do you think we should tell Mrs. Webber? Or maybe we should go right to the principal?"
"Let's tell her mother," Janey B. suggested. "I live across the street and she gets a spanking every day, don't you?" the child asked, turning her attention to her miserable victim. "Your mother would give a real good one for this, wouldn't she?"
Not knowing what the word meant, but suspecting it was a serious transgression, she nodded dumbly. The bell rang but the relief she had anticipated did not materialize. If anything, she felt even more threatened.
"Please don't tell my mother," she begged. "You don't know what she will do to me!"
Janey B. giggled. "Yes, I do. I seen her whip you when the front blinds are open. She whips you on your bare butt!"
Janey K. looked incredulous. "Every day?" she asked. "You get a whipping every day?"
She nodded miserably. Now that they knew how bad she was, they were never going to want to play with her. She found out in the first grade that other little girls didn't get spankings every day…some of them had never, ever had a spanking.
Janie K. shook her head. "Your mother is tough!"
They were running for the classroom now, trying to get in line before the second bell rang and they were marked tardy. She miserably took her place in the line, knowing that as soon as the girls told, her life was over. Her mother would wash her mouth out with soap, then take the strap to her, then tell her father, and Daddy would be so disappointed in her! She sniffed, trying to hold back her tears, lest Mrs. Webber see her crying and try to find out why.
Behind her in the queue, Janie K. poked her in the back. "We won't tell," the girl whispered, "But you gotta do whatever we say. OK?"
Relief flooded over her and she nodded her head vigorously.
"OK, then, after school today I'm going to come over and you are going to give me your Dinah Shore paper dolls."
Her heart sank. Nana had bought those paper dolls for her and she played with them all the time! Miserable, but knowing the alternative, she nodded slowly.
"Good," Janey said. "Oh…and if anybody ever asks you to say that word again, say the word is 'fudge.' Then they have to say the bad word instead of you and you can get them in trouble if they don't do what you want. OK?"
She couldn't imagine why she would want to do that to someone, but to keep the fragile peace forged with the Janeys, she nodded. They weren't exactly her friends, but they would have to do.
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It is pretty clear your duplicit peers were reared to be the GCs by their own narcissistic parents. This is often the behavior pattern i see of such supposedly mature children. The taunting, the gaslighting, putting words into someone else's mouth, creating a false alibi and finally blackmailing. The victim who gets spanked everyday and brainwashed by her mother that she is evil and the fact that the peers dont get spanked everyday leads the victims to the conclusion that she indeed is evil despite the fact that she is good pure virtous, never lies, never hurts. It is akin to the aesop's fables of the wolf and the kid goat. The wolf thinks of ways of eating the kid. The wolf accuses the kid goat of hurting him two years back to which the goat says it was never born at that time, several such sundry question and answers and finally the wolf says i couldnt care less, i am gonna eat you. To keep up one's sanity amidst such shit is real difficult. I have seen this at home and and in my college years and it lead to a breakdown where finally i emerged out into a real confident courageous individual whom people get scared of. The moral of the story is to be true to thyself.ReplyDelete
One by one, your mother destroyed every safe bit of your world. I'm so sad for you. I went through merciless bullying in elementary school, so this one resonates in that way, but this was your mother's fault as well. She didn't care what the acceleration did to you, only that it was something she could brag about. :(ReplyDelete
I don't publish rudeness, so please keep your comments respectful, not only to me, but to those who comment as well. We are not all at the same point in our recovery.
Not clear on what constitutes "rudeness"? You can read this blog post for clarification: http://narcissistschild.blogspot.com/2015/07/real-life-exchange-with-narcissist.html#comment-form


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Sorry to disappoint you good Ladies and Gentlemen, but "Take Three" of the Indie Top Video series really doesn't contain that much unheard material. It takes its cues almost entirely from the Volume 8 album, leaving us with only a couple of exclusive titbits. Still, marketing the videos and records in this combined way surely made a hell of a lot more sense to everyone.
There's a distinct decrease in the number of shite videos made by groups titting about with camcorders as well, which can only be a good thing.
1. Inspiral Carpets - Move (Mute)
2. Dub Sex - Time Of Life (Scam)
3. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Mute)
4. Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized (Fire)
5. James - Come Home (Rough Trade)
6. KLF - Kylie Said To Jason (KLF Communications)
7. The Shamen - Omega Amigo (One Little Indian)
8. Kitchens of Distinction - Elephantine (One Little Indian)
9. Wire - In Vivo (Mute)
10. Distant Cousins - You Used To (Ghetto) - Bonus Video
Oho! Now we're in highly curious territory. While Distant Cousins hailed from Manchester and were often lumped in with that "scene", in reality they produced a sophisticated and intricate blend of soul and pop, and possibly arrived a few years too late with their sound.
"You Used To" is probably one of their finest moments, filled to the brim with moody string arrangements and itchy, jazzy little touches to the rhythms and piano lines. It's much more suited to a long post break-up weeping session in the back of a taxi in the small hours of the morning than some Hacienda dancefloor action. As such, it feels more like the sort of moment you would find on a K-Tel "Night Moves" compilation than "Indie Top 20".
None of this makes it a bad record in the slightest, though, and it's certainly one of the most carefully crafted pieces of work to emerge on an indie label in 1989. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when Ghetto Records collapsed the group made a jump to Virgin and tried their luck with this single yet again in 1992 - but when it and other singles flopped all over again, they gave up and called it a day.
11. Tangerine - Sunburst (Creation) - Bonus Video
And here we have it, folks - the first ever Creation Records release to make its presence felt on anything related to the Indie Top 20 series (though we'll have a longer wait before we get to a proper compilation LP or CD with Creation product on it).
The main member of Tangerine was Mark Dumais, who had previously been a member of Crash with Kurt Ralske before the latter moved on to form (or create) Ultra Vivid Scene. Left on his ownsome, Dumais created the altogether poppy and more synthetic Tangerine and released one solitary single (this) and album before calling it a day. At the point of release "Sunburst" enjoyed strong evening airplay and an appearance on BBC2's "Snub" programme, so the fact that no further singles were released seems somewhat baffling in retrospect. Two factors may have combined to create the situation - Creation were often in precarious financial states during this period, and may have simply found the sales of both records too weak to bother continuing with any promotion. In addition to this factor, Dumais had AIDS and his health would deteriorate so badly that he passed away in May 1992, a mere few years after "Sunburst" emerged.
Looking back on it now, "Sunburst" is actually a supremely joyous piece of synthetic indie-pop, sounding like a blissed out and doped up Stock Aitken and Waterman protege wobbling down the stairs in a pie-eyed state. It's everything skewed pop in the indie sector was and still could be, if it wanted to. Creation released some truly horrendous records in the late eighties and very early nineties, many of them by bands who would never be heard from again, but this is far from being an obscurity to apologise for.
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14. Thee Hypnotics - Earth Blues (Situation Two)
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June 21, 2007 at 9:32 am
I was reading the Wild Oats e-mail newsletter yesterday and was surprised by two things. First, I subscribe to the Wild Oats newsletter. When did that happen? Wild Oats is a health food store which stocks organic produce and whey protein and other food items that three years ago I would have simply labeled "crazy hippie kibble." Now I'm the kind of person who's watching for sales on frozen blueberries so I can make more smoothies and oat pancakes. The second surprise was that according to an article called Spoiled Rotten, Americans "throw out 25 percent of the produce they buy because it's gone bad." Wow, that's a lot of rotten tomatoes. Bad comedians beware.
Then I thought about the fresher drawer in my own fridge. It's currently home to a tomato that will probably collapse into a liquid mess like Senator Kelly from the X-Men movies if I try to touch it. There's also a head of lettuce that looks fine from the top, but is turning into a gooey, black mess on the bottom, like a model for the decaying infrastructure of our government. Then there was the entire bag of grapes I tossed last week because I didn't get around to eating them before they started to turn. So yeah, 25 percent of produce sounds like a pretty good estimate. I usually try to save the good parts if possible, like a surgeon amputating someone's leg. I can sometimes just cut off the moldy part of sweet potato or a block of cheese and eat the rest without developing food poisoning.
The article also says "some fruits emit ethylene, an odorless, colorless gas." That sounds kind of scary. I've got a carbon-monoxide detector to warn me about that odorless, colorless gas, but evidently ethylene emitting from my bananas won't kill me. It will however speed the ripening process and "lead to the premature decay of nearby ethylene-sensitive vegetables." I'm supposed to sort my ethylene-emitting vegetables away from my ethylene-absorbing ones. And I thought we'd left segregation behind in the 1960's.
Then the article starts to get kind of complicated since it says which fruits to refrigerate and which ones to under no circumstances to refrigerate and the ones that ohmygod never, ever let near gas releasers. Can you believe I have been refrigerating my peaches, pears, plums, and tomatoes? It all starts to get very complicated and I have to wonder how many separate containers I would need in the fridge to follow all these rules.
Then they list foods in the order of how quickly they go bad, which is very handy and I'll have to print it out and stick it on the fridge. Then I can look at it as I'm throwing away my lettuce and say, "Yep, I really was supposed to eat this earlier in the week. Oops!" because even though I have a list I doubt it will make me eat a salad on a day I don't want to.
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Denise • June 21, 2007 at 10:10 am
Hey PQ,
I've found a way to avoid the issue with my fruits and veggies from going bad before I can eat them. I buy them in small quanities but still more than my daily fruit/veggie requirement by drinking 1-2 ounces of MonaVie twice a day. Its a fruit juice that contains 19 of the worlds superfruits, the crown jewel being the Acai (ah-SAY-ee) berry, that Dr. Perricone states in his book The Perricone Promise as the worlds superfruit. For more information look at http://www.thegreatproduct.com/monavierocks, when you get to a point where it asks for a password, its FREEDOM (for many reasons).
You are awesome and an inspiration, can't wait for the book!!!
melsky • June 21, 2007 at 10:25 am
I live within walking distance to several places to get fresh produce, so I buy small quantities that I am going to use within a day or so. Walking to the stores is one way I get exercise. I also have a lot of time to spend on food preparation, menu planning and that sort of stuff. I keep frozen vegetables on hand just in case. And you know what, sometimes stuff still goes bad and has to be tossed! At least I can put it in the compost so I don't feel quite so bad about it.
Laura • June 21, 2007 at 11:31 am
Thanks for the article summary. I hate throwing out produce and have gotten a lot better at not wasting food (because, gosh, now I actually eat that healthy stuff instead of just planning on eating it), but there are still times when I misjudge what I'm going to eat in a week. That list of foods will go on my fridge too. Here's to no more rotten tomatoes!
Barbara • June 21, 2007 at 11:43 am
I have gotten pretty good at buying approximately the right amount each week, but here's something else I do that somehow seems to make it more likely that I'll actually eat what I buy: when I get home from shopping (and only if I am not at that point hungry, in which case I eat first), I do whatever "prep work" is necessary to make fruits and vegetables truly ready to eat/cook. So, I'll wash and spin the lettuce right away; I'll cut the bottoms off the asparagus; I'll chop the tops off the radishes; and wash the fruit. It's not as if any of this is heavy lifting, but somehow, if I don't do it, I find I get home at night and it feels like "too much work," and that sends me down the road of takeout food or just random eating without fruits/veg… which somehow never ends well!
Debbie • June 21, 2007 at 1:30 pm
No wonder my produce doesn't last. I always refrigerate tomatoes, but never refrigerate apples. But then, I was stupid enough to refrigerate some bananas in college. (For anyone who hasn't tried it, they immediately turn black.) My suitemates kept singing me the "Chiquita Banana" song from the commercial that tells you not to refrigerate bananas. So I don't make that mistake anymore.
Susan • June 21, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Like Barbara, I like to get the "prep work" done early because then it's easy to include them in meals. One other thing that I have found helpful is a whiteboard on the side of the fridge. I list all the fruits/veggies that I have in the house. I have a tendency to incorporate them in my meal planning more when that reminder of their existence is right in front of me.
Keep up the good work PQ and congratulations on finally finding a full title for your upcoming book. I'm looking forward to its release.
GroovyBabe • June 21, 2007 at 4:17 pm
That sounds very complicated to me! I figure I made it 32 years without poisoning myself with fresh fruit and veg so I am sure I'll survive, LOL!
RG • June 21, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Wow, I wonder if I'm poorer than other people or just more inventive. I don't throw away much, but I do end up pureeing or freezing things that I wish I'd eaten fresh. Examples: basil that dried out faster than I expected, I turned into pesto. Tomatos can be frozen to add to stews; avocado can be turned into a guacamole for the freezer. Lettuce is a tough one – but I also find that lettuce stays good for two weeks and so it's okay to overestimate how much I'll eat one week. Cucumbers can be added to leftover pickle juice. Fruits, of course, can be frozen to turn into smoothies, since fruit mostly ripens faster than expected and loses texture but not nutrition or flavor. I suspect I keep my frig colder than other people. Or maybe I'm more forgiving of slightly wilty lettuce?
The flip side of that is that I tend to buy veggies frozen/ prepped for the wastage issue. It's usually a lot cheaper than fresh, and more nutritive; for cooked dishes, with individual quick freezing, I don't even defrost it ahead of time, just pour out what I will use.
Zanitta • June 21, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Yeah, I always keep my bananas on the side in the top of my kitchen scales instead of the fruit bowl so they don't ripen the whole lot. I tried refridgerating bananas too, a sad learning curve when I came home expecting a deliscious and cold snack. But then, freezing bananas works very well (the consistancy is a little like ice-cream, it makes a really good substitute).
K • June 21, 2007 at 6:49 pm
These days I live with the Veggie Vacuum, so nothing gets a chance to go bad!
Well, hardly anything. We try not to waste much, but then we compost all our peelings and so forth, so the guilt is less when we do throw something away (like the last sixth of a cucumber, today – I thought it tasted weird. Nothing nastier than bad cucumber.)
25%, though? Really? Is that counting stalks and so forth, or is it whole things?
Sarah • June 22, 2007 at 2:21 am
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling guilty for letting produce go bad. I always buy fresh fruits and veggies with full intentions of eating them but once it gets down to planning a meal they never "sound good". I've learned to buy less and shop more often which has been a big saver.
Cindy • June 22, 2007 at 7:53 am
I want to respond to something RG posted…Really look at the cost of fresh vs. frozen. I've actually found the opposite to be true, most of the time. I shop at our local farm stand, which has a reputation for being very expensive (and it IS, for all kinds of luxury items!). But the cost of really good veggies is usually quite reasonable and often less than its frozen counterpart at the grocery store (compare price per pound vs. 10 ounce package, usually!). And fresh can be so much healthier…I do keep a few things on hand frozen, especially soup ingredients like peas or spinach, but most things taste better fresh, which means I am more likely to eat it in the first place (which is what this is all about, right?!).
Anyway, thanks for the post on Wild Oats. I'll have to see if there is one in our area—we have Whole Foods, but I think there is Wild Oats in the city…
RG • June 22, 2007 at 9:13 am
Not to abduct your comments or anything, but a reply to Cindy: I'm a mathematician by trade, so trust me when I say I have actually "crunched the numbers" as far as simple cost. Peppers are a great example: 1.29 for a frozen lb of red/yellow/green peppers from Trader Joe's. Even green peppers are usually about that price (maybe $1/ lb before you take away the stem and seeds) before you factor in any labor costs. Red and yellow peppers are NEVER that cheap. And the frozen costs are year-round, whereas the fresh costs will easily double or triple come winter.
It does help to shop for sales – in both directions. I live in the city and the grocery stores with good produce are pricy, even without going to Whole Paycheck. When I visit the suburbs, I do come back with lots of fresh produce from the Asian market. But I can't do that weekly, and I will concentrate on buying things that don't freeze well. Frozen veggies come down to $1/lb about once a month – and they're frozen, so it's trivial to stock up a month's worth.
Nutritionally – I've read numerous articles that extol the quality of frozen – since they are frozen within hours of picking (and cooked within hours of defrosting). The nutritional decay process starts as soon as things are picked and is slowed down considerably with freezing. Picked fresh from your garden is better, but not many of us do that.
RG • June 22, 2007 at 9:37 am
PS – Cindy, I won't squabble about buying what you'll actually eat. Absolutely that's the point, however I think people who haven't tried frozen in a while will be surprised at how good the taste is. Obviously some things freeze better than others (cauliflower and broccoli freeze better than potatos and carrots)
BB • June 22, 2007 at 9:51 am
Hey PQ,
Great post, I love reading your blog! I think the amount of food that gets wasted everyday in this country is something that deserves much more attention. I've had good luck with those Glad fresh-protect bags designed to keep produce fresh for longer. They have saved me a small fortune. Also, I'd like to place a link to your blog on my page. I hope this is OK?
Mymsie • June 25, 2007 at 9:17 am
When my Dad was visiting earlier this year he taught me about not refrigerating certain produce. Good tip!
I hate how much produce I end up throwing away – it's especially rough when you're single. Guess it's best to buy fruits & veggies the day I need 'em.
geosomin • June 29, 2007 at 11:50 am
"some fruits emit ethylene, an odorless, colorless gas."
I'm a biochemist, and I can tell you not to worry…it's part of the way that fruit ripens. It's why if you have a ripening piece of fruit/veggies in a fridge drawer or bowl they all go ripe together. Cold slows it down, but it's all good. Some will ripen others too quickly if stored together…but it's not THAT big of a deal unless you're 'raiding the market on a huge scale. I try and buy fruits and veggies as I need them and it's never a big deal (except my damn peaches keep all going ripe on the same day…but what can ya do?)
Plants have hormones like we do…that is one of them.
Lauren • April 15, 2011 at 10:50 am
I knew about these things, but only found out recently. Now, the way I store my produce is the way the stores do. Makes sense, huh! They don't refrigerate most fruits (you find them off to the side in big produce display boxes usually) so I don't refrigerate them either. Same with tomatoes, potatoes, onions, etc. But all the veggies they have in the fridge boxes like leafy greens, peppers, beans, etc they all go in the crisper!
And I'm still learning which produce emit the gas. Generally I still follow the store rules and the items they sell close together I store close together.
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A mom of seven has been thrown into a Mexican jail after being accused of drug smuggling. The Arizona mother, Yanira Maldonado, a devout Mormon who says she doesn't drink or use drugs, is baffled as to how this happened to her. Maldonado says she had just returned from her aunt's funeral and had boarded a bus headed back to the U.S. when it was stopped at a military checkpoint. She says:
They asked us to get off bus. And they were checking for drugs or I don't know what else. And they say they found something under my seat. But I never saw anything. They didn't show me anything. It was just amazing all that, what they did.
If she is innocent, can you imagine this utter nightmare?
Yanira was with her husband, Gary, when the bus was stopped and everyone was told to get off. First, they arrested him. But after his father contacted the U.S. Consulate, they said they made a mistake. Quite a mistake! After he was released, they charged his wife instead. Gary says that he believes the police wanted a bribe. Even their lawyer told them to raise the funds to pay off a bribe. Yanira says:
I'm not a killer. I'm not a criminal. I'm just here by mistake because people are not doing their work. This is not right. I need to be back with my family. I need to be out of here. I need help.
Being falsely arrested in a foreign country and thrown into prison is probably one of everyone's worst fears. Yanira says the police didn't even show her the marijuana they supposedly found under her seat. Nor did they show up at her first hearing to provide any evidence against her. Yet she remains locked up abroad.
I believe this woman. Not because moms are above reproach -- certainly mothers get into all kinds of trouble, including drug smuggling, running brothels, running porn rings, you name it.
But this just doesn't add up. She seems very credible to me. She is facing a minimum of 10 years in prison. Her daughter, who just had a baby, calls the charges "outrageous" and I agree. If they can't provide hardcore proof, she needs to be let out immediately. And then you wonder what kind of proof they'd give. Something that's been planted? Since she's accused of having six kilos of pot, a source familiar with her case says that would be impossible -- there's no way someone could carry all of that around by herself without being noticed. "She must have been framed," said the source.
And a Mexican state official even told CNN (anonymously) that it appears the mom was framed!
Yanira was born in Mexico and says she always told her friends not to fear going there. She goes there every year to visit family. And now she doesn't think she will ever return.
One thing is working for Yanira -- she's a mom of seven and that means her case has drawn a lot of media attention. A lot of people aren't so lucky. I've only been to Mexico once, but I'd have to seriously consider ever going there in the future.
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Seahawks 6th round selection (194)
Seattle are now over the halfway mark of a very long day. They drafted wide receiver Chris Harper in the 4th round. Then Seattle traded up to get back to back picks in the 5th round where they selected defensive tackle Jesse Williams and then cornerback Tharold Simon.
After those three picks Seattle selected tight end Luke Wilson out of Rice with their third and final pick in the 5th round.
Now the team has used its 6th round pick to select:
Name: Spencer Ware
Position: Running Back
College: LSU
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 228 lbs.
40 yard dash: 4.6 He did not run at the combine
With the 194th pick in the draft the Seahawks select Spencer Ware
My initial reaction was, "Why another running back?"
Until I thought about the pick and realized he's not being drafted to compete with Marshawn Lynch, Robert Turbin and Christine Michael.
He's more than likely being drafted to compete with Michael Robinson.
Robinson's contract has him earning $2.5 million in the final year of his current deal. That it a lot of money to pay a player who rarely sees the field. I really like Michael Robinson but I think they team could spend that money a little more wisely.
Spencer Ware has experience playing fullback and a desire to hit people. Add to the fact that he can catch the ball really well out of the backfield and has a knack for pick up short yardage, and I think he has a good shot at overtaking Robinson's roster spot.
Ware is another running back the Seahawks have brought in who has a colorful history that includes suspensions. This one is drug related, not punching related, not gun related (Lynch).
Though this is not a sexy pick, I like this pick a lot.
At this point in the draft teams must select player that offer a big upside.
Worst case scenario is that Spencer doesn't make the team and Michael Robinson has a new fire lit under him.
From NFL.com…Bottom Line
Ware is a no nonsense runner that openly looks for contact. Ware can run through tacklers, and pick up yards after contact. He lacks the speed to be a game changing runner, or an every down back, but he could carve himself out a nice niche as a third-down/goal-line running back.
Go Seahawks!
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- Round 5/158—Luke Willson, TE, 6-5, 251, Rice
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Termas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
What is a Termas?
In Brazil the Portuguese word Termas litterally means Spa, but it refers to a legal club or facility where Garotas de programa operate. A termas is a combination spa/health club/massage facility/bar/brothel!
How does a Termas Work?
Normally after paying your entrance fee at a reception desk you will receive a locker key. Then proceed to a locker room to change into a robe and to lockup your clothes and personal effects. You can also shower/sauna and in some places even freshen up with disposable toothbrushes and razors that are provided. Your locker key is very important, besides locking up your clothes in a locker it also acts as a "credit card" inside of the termas to purchase drinks, massages, garotas de programa, etc. so keep track of your key at all times.
- There are a few termas where you stay in your street clothes.
- Some termas have a bad habit of providing a girl to help you change, usually these are the worst girls and it is best to ditch them as soon as possible. See below about ditching.
Termas usually have a bar (Boite Pronounced: Bo ar- chi), a sauna, and other amenities such as TVs with football or telenovelas (soap operas) playing. There is a common room like a lounge where you meet the garotas de programa for selection. When you first enter the area where the girls are, you might want to walk around awhile and check the talent out before taking a seat. If you see someone you want to check out closer, just say hi and ask if she wants a drink. If you sit down when you enter, you're likely to be trapped by one of the more aggressive girls, these girls use this tactic because they'll get no takers otherwise.
They have rooms ranging from a basic bed to luxury suites with jacuzzis. Some rooms are included in the basic price and only charge for suite upgrades, but some termas have a charge for even a basic room. In some termas a suite is just a basic room with a private shower, so you should check before upgrading.
Choosing a Girl
Ditching a Girl
Some first timers can get trapped by an overly aggressive girl. If you get trapped by a girl you're not interested in, head off for a shower or sauna, or tell her you're looking for a specific girl you've been with before (you can claim you've forgotten her name). You can also get up and go to the bathroom, when you come back stand at the bar for a while. If she comes back and tries to grab you again, just say you want to relax a bit or keep moving, a moving target is hard to hit, move around.
- It is more difficult if you have already groped her, hence try to be a little distant until you know there is going to be a good chance of going to a room.
List of Termas in Rio de Janeiro
*Total Cost = 1 hour + entrance fee + room fee (if applicable)
*Room fee is sometimes a suite upgrade, more details provided on individual Termas pages