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Personal recollections of the 1968 student uprising at Columbia University. I was an active participant, but not a member of any particular faction (the only organization I belonged to was Veterans Against the War). I wrote this article for publication in the "Columbia Librarian" at the request of Columbia's Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Elaine Sloan (then my boss's boss), on the 30th anniversary of the student rebellion (a). In 1968 I was an Army veteran working my way through a Columbia degree with a student casual job in the library; in 1998 I worked in Academic Information Systems (the academic half of what used to be called the Computer Center), which, after 1986, was part of the University Library; hence the library connection.
Because this article was written for a Columbia audience, familiarity with the Columbia campus and setting are assumed. The article was placed on the Web and slightly updated in February 2001, with periodic updates after that. Pictures were added in June 2001, which you can view by following the links or by clicking on VIEW ALL IMAGES above; I hope to find and add more pictures as time goes on, but I've been saying that for years. While this is a personal recollection and not an attempt at a definitive history, corrections, comments, additional information, and especially photos are welcome, and will be acknowledged.
May 31, 2011: This page and its sub-pages and images were moved from http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/ to http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/. On July 1, 2011, I was laid off after 45 years at Columbia. April 16, 2018: Converted to HTML5 and validated, all links verified, this and all sub-pages made "fluid", e.g. to fit on cell phone screens.
Throughout the mid-to-late 60s there was all sorts of political activity on campus – teach-ins on Pentagon economics, Sundial rallies against the war, demonstrations against class rank reporting, confrontations with military recruiters, etc. It was an era of bullhorns. Amidst all this, the University was constructing a new gym in Morningside Park – the barrier separating Columbia from Harlem – with a "back door" on the Harlem side. This offended many people, and one day in April some students went to Morningside Drive and tore down the fence, attempting to break into the construction site. They were restrained by police and some were arrested. The ensuing Sundial rally wandered into Hamilton Hall and stayed the night. The original idea was that the united student body, or at least the considerable left wing of it would occupy Hamilton until the charges against the students were dropped and some other demands were met. Various factions debated tactics and what the demands should be. Eventually six demands were formulated. Their thrust was against Columbia's complicity the war, against racism, and for better and more responsible relations with the surrounding communities.
I spent the week in Low Library. There was a carnival atmosphere the first day, with press photographers and reporters from magazines, the local newspapers, etc (the Post was fair, the News was atrocious, but the Times was beyond belief – small wonder, considering the connections (d)). There was an unforgettable, Felliniesque visit from a faculty member who swooped through the window in full academic regalia, Batmanlike, to "reason" with us. Security guards and office workers brought us snacks. Life magazine (May 10, 1968) ran a cover story featuring pictures taken in Low, including my favorite: a group of us seated on the carpet, each with a Grayson Kirk face, complete with pipe (from President Kirk's desk drawer, which was stocked with dozens of 8x10 glossy book-jacket poses).
After the first day, activities grew more structured, and thenceforth the occupation was one long meeting governed by Robert's Rules of Order, interpreted creatively ("Point of obfuscation!"), interspersed by housework. Contrary to popular belief and press reports, the President's suite of offices was kept immaculate and orderly after the chaotic first day (e). Cleanup detail included vacuuming, shaking out blankets, scrubbing the bathroom, etc. The administration's fears of vandalism (and their special concern for the Rembrandt hanging above President Kirk's desk) were poorly founded, at least in Low.
Outside, a system of rings developed around Low Library. Opponents ("jocks") formed the inner ring; student supporters (known, along with us, as "pukes") formed an outer ring, and later concerned faculty formed an intermediate buffer ring. Each group wore distinctive armbands, not that they were needed: jocks (Columbia light blue) looked like jocks; pukes (red) were scruffy; faculty (white) wore tweed with elbow patches. Black armbands came later. Beyond the rings were crowds of onlookers and press. The outside pukes would try to send food up to us, but the jocks intercepted most of it and made a great show of wolfing it down con mucho gusto as we looked on with envy (most food didn't throw well and fell short; what little got through was mainly oranges and baloney packets). One day a tall stranger with waist-length hair appeared at the distant fringe of the crowd (almost all the way to Earl Hall) and began to hurl five-pound bags of home-made fried chicken our way, one after another, with perfect aim, over the jocks' heads and right into our windows. What an arm! (The chicken was cooked by Mrs. Gloria Sánchez of the Bronx, and it was delicious; I never learned the identity of the mysterious stranger.)
. . . Until June 1, 2001, when I had a call from Jerry Kisslinger of Columbia's Office of University Development and Alumni Relations, who recognized the waist-length hair and powerful arm of John Taylor, son of Nürnberg prosecutor and Columbia Law Professor Telford Taylor (who declined to lend his name to a statement signed by most other Law School faculty, which said the student protests exceeded the "allowable limits" of civil disobedience [New York Times, 24 May 1998]). Thanks to both John and his dad!
Aside from the meetings and work details, a concerted effort was made to rifle through the many file cabinets and turn up evidence of covert links with the war machine and defense contractors, large corporations planning to divide up the spoils in Viet Nam, etc, all of which were to be found in abundance. These were photocopied and later published in the East Village underground newspaper, Rat. Some items were picked up by the mainstream press, resulting in some embarrassment among the rich and powerful, which quickly passed.
|As of April 2018, the Spring 1968 issue of Columbia College Today is online HERE in some kind of strange, nonportable, semi-animated multimedia format in black and white only. You'll need a large screen, and to maximize your browser, to read it. The narrative is emphatically anti-uprising (and often dishonest), but the photographs are invaluable.
Which, inevitably, came. After the final warning to vacate or be arrested, we discussed (still observing proper parliamentary procedure) whether to resist or go peacefully. Opinion was divided and many variations were proposed. After much discussion, consensus converged on civil-rights-movement-style passive resistance; we would go limp and the police would have to carry us out.
We devoted the final moments to preparations – the Defense Committee piled furniture up against door, while the rest of us picked up trash, vacuumed, and scrubbed so the President's suite would be left in pristine condition, better than we had found it (except for tape criss-crossed on the window glass and the jimmied file-cabinet locks). Those with pierced earrings took them off (a routine precaution in those days of police actions) and then we formed a 100-person, 10,000-pound clump singing "We Shall Not Be Moved", knowing that we would.
Soon axes were crashing through the door, the barricade was breached, and an army of TPF piled in, first prying apart the singing clump of us, then forming a gauntlet to pass our limp bodies down the corridors, whacking our heads with flashlights along the way, and dragging us by the feet down the marble steps so our heads bounced. Superficial head wounds are harmless but they bleed a lot, and journalists got some terrific photos of us on our way to the paddy wagons waiting on College Walk.
Soon we were in the Tombs [the jail and criminal court building at 100 Centre Street]. I was in a cell with six others including Tom Hayden (one of many luminaries who visited and/or sat in with us – others included H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael, and Charles 37X Kenyatta). Later, students from the other buildings began to arrive, much bloodier than we were. The students in Math (some of whom – the ones who weren't killed in the 1970 East 11th Street townhouse explosion – later went on to the Democratic convention in Chicago, and then formed the Weather Underground) received less gentle treatment – one student was thrown from a second-story window and landed on a professor (Jim Shenton), breaking the professor's arm.
In December 2001 I received the following email from Thomas Gucciardi: "My dad, Frank Gucciardi, was a cop during the riots. He was paralyzed from the waist down for 3 years. (A student jumped off a building into the crowd) He has had a miraculous recovery & still enjoys a fairly active life. I just found your site & commend you on it. My dad till this day loved his job & he does understand the students uprising. He holds no grudges at all for what the students did to him at 34 years of age & having 3 children. Thank you for your website." Later Thomas sent copies of newspaper clippings that told how Patrolman Gucciardi had been injured when an unidentified white student jumped from the balcony of Hamilton Hall, landing on the officer's back as he bent over to pick up his hat, and of the operations on his spine over the next several years. A series of articles by columnist Martin Gershen in the NY Times, the Long Island Press, and other papers, followed his progress and gained national attention. Also injured was Officer Bernard Wease, kicked in the chest by a student in Fayerweather Hall while giving the vacate-or-be-arrested order, causing damage to his heart.
While an article in the LA Times, 9 September 1969, quotes Mayor Lindsay as acknowledging that some police used "excessive force" and states that "news reports quoted witnesses as having seen nonuniformed policemen punching and kicking both male and female students... one blond girl was said to have been beaten unconscious on the sidewalk in front of Avery Hall... a boy left writhing in front of Ferris Booth Hall with his nose smashed...", the only two injuries serious enough to require prolonged hospitalization were to Officers Gucciardi and Wease.
Many of the later arrivals to the Tombs were bystanders. All hell had broken loose after we left, with mounted police charging through the crowds on South Field, swinging their "batons" at all nearby heads like rampaging Cossacks (NEED PHOTO). Subsequent investigative commissions called it a "police riot." The combat spilled out to Broadway and down the side streets towards Riverside Park, horses galloping after fleeing pedestrians – it must have been quite a sight, and it was a "radicalizing experience" for many former sideliners. Ed Kent (UTS BD 1959, Columbia PhD 1965, currently professor of moral / political / legal philosophy at Brooklyn College, CUNY) recalls:
I made sure that I put on a coat and tie – it was about 1 a.m. and I had been alerted by a colleague at Hunter who had heard the bust was imminent. I then joined the cop assigned to the gate who was entirely sympathetic to the students and we watched with horror as the cops beat up kids that had come out of their dorms to find out what all the ruckus was about (Those occupying buildings had been taken out through the tunnels earlier.). I will never forget one small sized student being chased by a group of cops with clubs intent on beating him up – he finally took refuge on top of a car where he tried to avoid their swings. They finally knocked him off and pounced with their clubs. The next day many faculty and students were treated for head and other injuries – all of them innocent of any connection with the actual building occupations. Incidentally at the Cox hearings I heard the dean [Henry Coleman] who had supposedly been imprisoned by the students in Hamilton admit in response to a question by Anthony Amsterdam that he had in fact been ordered by the President to remain in his office and had been treated with entire courtesy by the students throughout and could have unlocked his office door (and relocked it to protect student records) and left at any time. This was given as the excuse for the police action and Sidney Hook refused to take it out of his book account (I got his galleys to pre-view) although I personally drew his attention to his mis-reporting there. Hook had become very right wing by then.
Meanwhile, back in jail... Escorting a group of incoming wounded was a fellow worker from Butler Library, now wearing a badge. In Butler, posing as a student library assistant, he had been trying to recruit us to "blow stuff up". Luckily he had been an inspiration to no one, but the episode served well for many years in discussions of leftist paranoia. The librarians, to their credit, were shocked to learn they had hired an agent provocateur and fired him immediately, not so very inhumane considering his better-paying day job.
Some 700 people were arrested that night, a logistical nightmare, involving at least 20 precincts and much transportation. We were arraigned and released over the next day or two, with court dates set that would stretch for years into the future, a story in itself. Back on campus... what a mess! The morning's newspapers were full of it. The Times ran a front-page story with a photo of a police officer standing in the President's Office, which was a total wreck (mean-spirited graffiti sprayed on the walls, bookshelves toppled, etc), gesturing sorrowfully towards a mound of mangled books, a forlorn tear in his eye: "The world's knowledge was in those books...". Ironic because it was not us who made the mess and sprayed the graffiti! We caught the author (Sylvan Fox) of the story on campus and asked why he had written such dreck when he had been witness to the whole episode – he freely admitted it was a pack of lies and recommended we complain to his boss (a Columbia trustee). Luckily for posterity, whoever wrecked the office after we left overlooked the Rembrandt.
Community issues loomed large – an apartment building on 114th Street was the scene of a second occupation a couple weeks later, in which several hundred of the newly radicalized onlookers from South Field took part and were promptly arrested (I don't recall exactly what the issue was, but housing has always been a touchy topic at Columbia). Thomas William Hamilton recalls (January 3, 2018):
The May arrests at the Columbia owned building at 618 West 114 Street does not mention that only 113 of the 117 people arrested were actually in 618. Four of us were in the lobby of 622 W 114, not owned by Columbia. Two lived in 622, Mai Ling Rogoff (a pre med student at Columbia), and myself, a 1960 Columbia alumnus. The other two were Mai Ling's boy friend (name long forgotten by me), and a classmate of mine, Jay Russek.On May 22nd, sensing no movement in the administration on the issues of the strike, we went back into Hamilton (déjà vu was the rallying cry). This time the police were summoned onto campus without hesitation, and back we all went to jail (there were 1100 arrests in all). By now it was like commuting. Again, campus erupted after we left – this time, 15-foot-high barricades were erected at the main gates and set ablaze (SEE GALLERY), windows were smashed, cars crushed, crowds surged back and forth, and many heads were bashed – most of them attached to innocent bystanders. As in the first bust, the police again did a fair amount of mischief aimed at discrediting the strikers.
A police sergeant (Last name Healy) opened the lobby door during the police invasion of 618 and screamed "Stay inside." Stupid me replied "We are inside." I saw his face flush and he grabbed Mai Ling and Jay, who were in front of me, pushed them out the door, and grabbed me. At some point the boy friend went also.
We were all charged with trespassing in 618. In court some CU creep testified yes, CU owns 618, and no, CU did not authorize our presence there. As he let the witness stand he had to walk by me, and I said in a low tone "Filthy liar." No one but my fellow criminal, Sam Melville, and the creep heard me, so when he screamed "What! What did you say?" his reaction seemed totally unmotivated. The judge stared, and the assistant D.A. rushed over and tried to calm him down, finally escorting him from the room. Melville kept a poker face, but nudged me.
At Columbia, classified war research was halted, the gym was canceled, ROTC left campus, military and CIA recruiting stopped, and (not that anybody asked for it) the Senate was established. Robert Kennedy, the antiwar presidential candidate, was killed in June 1968, and later that month the French uprising was "voted away" in a national referendum. Mexican students and supporters and bystanders were slaughtered wholesale in October, in La Noche de Tlatelolco. Columbia antiwar rallies continued, and large Columbia contingents chartered buses for the huge demonstrations in Washington, of which there were to be far too many – the war dragged on for another seven years. To this day, I don't know if all the antiwar activities combined had as much affect as the Vietnamese figuring out how to shoot down the American B-52s that were carpet-bombing their cities.
The Cox commission produced a report on the disturbances. Springtime building occupations continued for the next few years, but eventually were replaced by disco. Then came the 80s and 90s: the rich became richer at the expense of everyone else; organized labor was squashed; most real jobs were exported; drugs and greed ruled; social awareness was replaced by political correctness, student activism by ambition, and real work by sitting in front of a PC clicking on investments.
After a semester's suspension and dozens of court appearances (but
no hard time – thanks National
Lawyers Guild!), I received my BA in 1970, held a number of odd jobs
(taxi driver, etc; nobody pays you to save the world), and eventually wound
up back at Columbia getting a graduate degree in electrical engineering and
computer science and working in what was called
the Computer Center, where I
still work
today worked until 2011. And now [1998], thanks to the Information
Age, the Computer Center has been absorbed by the University Libraries and I
suppose that brings us full circle(g).
Most press accounts of the time focus on the strike leaders, their affiliations and temperaments and hairstyles, but honestly, I don't recall them being a major force, except on the first night when they decided the white students should leave Hamilton Hall. They certainly didn't choreograph the events after that. Actions were either taken spontaneously, or discussed to death by EVERYBODY until consensus was reached, in the manner of the day (and night!). In Low library, leadership meant nothing more than fairly moderating the open discussion and applying Robert's Rules – a process not nearly as interesting to the media as sound bites from high-profile personalities.
I never felt the strike was motivated primarily by antipathy towards Columbia. After all, students came here voluntarily and received good educations (often obtaining their introduction to radical thought from their own professors) and – even in those days – the student body, if not faculty and administration, was among the most diverse anywhere. Community relations were not all bad: many of us were Project Double Discovery counselors or involved in various Columbia-sponsored Harlem community action projects.
Rather, it was a case of students doing the best they could in the place where they were to stop the war in Viet Nam and fight racism at home, just as they hoped others would do in other places: in the streets, factories, offices, other universities, the military itself, the court of world opinion, and finally in the seats of government. Whether this was the best way to do it is debatable, but it is clear that the more polite methods of previous years were not working, and every DAY that passed cost 2000 lives in Southeast Asia. So to the extent that the Columbia strike hastened the end of the war, it was worthwhile. As to racism and community relations, it's not my place to judge.
Maybe I was being too polite above when I said students weren't motivated antipathy towards Columbia. Students had legitimate grievances and tried repeatedly to get through to the administration with no success. The University was complicit in the Viet Nam war (e.g. in the "automated battlefield" from which the Vietnamese continue to suffer to this day), and its behavior towards its neighbors was arrogant, patronizing, and bellicose. The University administration never appreciated its African-American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican neighbors in Harlem and Manhattan Valley. The administration's door was closed and in the end, students were placed on probation for trying to get in to speak with President Kirk about these issues.
By 2010 or so, Columbia had prevailed in every way over its critics. The surrounding neighborhoods are gentrified to the extent that only hedge-fund managers can afford to live in them. Harlem as we knew it is vanishing; Columbia bought up the buildings and either raised the rents or turned them into luxury condominiums and then gave low-interest loans to Columbia faculty to buy them. Industrial West Harlem ("Manhattanville") has been flattened to make way for a new Columbia campus. Today, students enter Columbia to become Masters of the Universe, not to learn about real life and then leave equipped to make the world a better place.
Sometimes I wonder why I wasn't more involved in SDS; if I had been, my life would have been quite different after nearly everybody I knew went off to Chicago in 1968 and then underground. I noticed recently that Wikipedia pages have appeared about many of my friends from those days: Ted Gold, JJ, and others I won't name because they are still alive. Reading them, it suddenly dawns on me after all these years: as a returning veteran putting myself through college, often working 60 hours a week* in addition to taking a full course load, I simply never had the free time for all the meetings. Teddy and JJ and many others, on the other hand, probably didn't have to work.
|The Vietnam-era GI Bill paid only $100 a month.
The last moral leader the USA knew was Martin Luther King. When he began to speak openly about the Vietnam war and of social and economic justice (right next door at Riverside Church just a year before the Columbia strike) he was killed. Since then nobody has stood up to take his place. In fact, every prominent leader who posed a serious threat to the Vietnam War was assassinated: JFK (when he tried to stop the war and make peace with the USSR and Cuba), Malcolm X (the first Black leader to speak out against the war), MLK, and finally Robert Kennedy.
This country and the planet itself are spiraling into Armageddon. Can we stop it? The kinds of mass movements and open rebellion that made some difference in the 1960s don't happen any more, or if they do nobody pays attention. American government at every level as well as the two-party system are utterly corrupt, the electoral system rigged, the population torn by hatred, depression, despair, and addiction. Even if elections were fair, open, and honest, at least 40% of the electorate is openly racist. And of the other 60%, probably most feel threatened by "radical Islamic terrorism" and favor the wars, the security state, the drones, and all the rest. The best hope we had for meaningful change, Bernie Sanders' campaign, was squashed like a bug. Fifty years ago, I could never have predicted a world like this. In 1968 and the years that followed we tried to fix things and the world has been engulfed in the backlash (to 1968 as well as to the New Deal) ever since. I don't know what else to say, except to recall what we were taught as children: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. A simple rule, what became of it? When, exactly, did morality die?
23 April 1968 Assault on gym site, occupation of Hamilton Hall 24 April 1968 Occupation of Low Library 26-28 April 1968 Occupation of Math, Avery, Fayerweather 30 April 1968 712 building occupiers and bystanders arrested 6 May 1968 University reopened, students boycott classes 17 May 1968 117 arrested at 114th Street SRO 21 May 1968 138 arrested in "Hamilton II" + bystanders 4 June 1968 Counter-commencement on Low Plaza.
BPP Black Panther Party CORE Congress Of Racial Equality (then); Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (now) IDA Institute for Defense Analyses PL (PLP) Progressive Labor Party ROTC Reserve Officers Training Corps SAS Students Afro-American Society SDS Students for a Democratic Society SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SRO Single Room Occupancy SWP Socialist Workers Party TPF Tactical Police Force WKCR The Columbia student-run radio station YAWF Youth Against War and Fascism YCL Young Communist League YSA Young Socialist Alliance
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Nativity of the Mother of God
Ukrainian Catholic Church
Fr. Richard Janowicz, Pastor
John Patterson, Deacon
Cantor: Joe Escobar
704 Aspen Street
Springfield, Oregon 97477
(541) 726-7309
"We believe that the venerable and ancient tradition of the Eastern Churches is an integral part of the heritage of Christ's Church . . . the first need for Catholics is to be familiar with that tradition..."
- Pope John Paul II, Orientale Lumen, "Light of the East" (1995)
"That the Eastern Catholic Churches and their venerable traditions may be known and esteemed as a spiritual treasure for the whole Church."
- Pope Benedict XVI, Prayer Intention for November 2011
Nativity Parish is an Eastern Catholic parish which celebrates the Byzantine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Divine Liturgy is at 10 a.m. every Sunday
Confessions before and after any service
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Os (Hordaland)
Os is in Hordaland county in Norway. Located south of Bergen, most visitors visit on day trips from the city.
The municipality Os is situated in the southern part of Bergenshalvøya - The Bergen Peninsula - where the fjord and the coast meet. To the north Os borders on the city Bergen. Otherwise Os faces Krossfjorden, Bjørnefjorden and Fusafjorden, and borders on the municipality Samnanger to the east. The driving distance to the centre of Bergen, and also to Flesland Airport, is 30 kilometres.
The centre of Os Osøyro is the ancient seaside settlement that has developed into a modern centre. The centre of Os can be reached both on land and at sea. Here you can find the municipal council and most of the services both inhabitants and tourists need. The centre circles around the river mouth, and faces seafarers as well as wayfarers.
Population Os has about 16 000 inhabitants. The last 100 years the population has increased steadily. This has also been the situation in the other municipalities around Bergen. Osøyro, the centre, is most densely populated. Other areas with a concentration of population are Lysefjorden, Søfteland, Søre Neset and Nore Neset.
Area Os covers about 140 square kilometres. Towards the south and the west there are hills and open fields and a coastline with islands, bays and sounds. Towards the north-east there are rather steep fjord sides, narrow valleys and mountains with peaks as high as 850 metres.
Cultural life The Place with Sculptures In the roundabout at Osøyro, in the shopping centre, in shops, in parks and public buildings you will find sculptures in steel and bronze, marble and granite. Not like in Carrara or other famous sculpture cities, but enough to characterise Os as "The Place with Sculptures". A couple of excellent, local sculptors, and also the international sculpture symposium must be given credit for this. The sculpture symposium is a biennial event which has tempted artists from all over the world to spend a couple of summer weeks at Os working with chisel and angel grinder in a big tent at the banks of The Os River. They have used both Italian marble and Norwegian granite, but mostly marble. During the two weeks of the symposium each of the sculptors finishes one sculpture, and it is open for the public to come and watch the sculptors working. Many of the sculptures from the symposiums have remained at Os, to the great delight of both inhabitants and visitors. During the month of May 2002 the sculptor Mette Midtseter could open the first sculpture workshop in Western Norway at Lysefjorden, where she has her studio together with some other artists.
"Fritio i Os" - "Time off at Os" "Fritio i Os" was first arranged in 1978. It is a great cultural event that receives the attention of most people at Os for some hectic November days. Every other year a whole week is devoted to various kinds of music and theatre: traditional concerts, plays, musicals, cabarets, jazz concerts and revues. An exhibition of arts and crafts, where the Os people can show what they are doing in their spare time, is always a part of "Fritio i Os". Most people involved in the cultural life at Os contribute to "Fritio", even if it is not possible for everyone to participate each time.
Music and theatre Strong music traditions, with choirs and bands at a high level, have traditionally been the most important aspect of the cultural life at Os. That is the reason why several young musicians from Os, mostly jazz musicians, have become professional. A raising star on the national rock scene is Furia, a girl band from Os that has been touring the whole country. However, brass bands and choirs - and the municipal music school for children and young people - are still the cornerstone in the local music life, from which coming stars will grow up. The municipal culture- and music school offers a versatile education in music, dance and art.
Art At present several artists are working at Os. Some of them are full-time, professional artists, others work on a part-time basis having other sources of income to support them. Many genres are represented by these local artists, ranging from more or less abstract installations to naturalistic oil paintings. Perhaps it is the sculptors who have reached the furthest, with works in both stone and ceramics, wood and bronze. Some artists working two-dimensional have succeeded too. About 30 artists and handicraftsmen have been organised in a network that among other things arrange an annual exhibition. "Os kunstlag" and the municipal culture council have for many years arranged art school for children, with courses twice a year.
Rose painting The most distinctive art form that has a tradition at Os is rose painting. This local tradition, "The Os-painting", has been developed from the eighteen twenties and further on, and it is the only one of the styles of rose painting in Norway that has an unbroken tradition until today. Rose painting has traditionally been a male profession, but today it is women that carry the tradition on to new generations.
Sports At Os there are different kinds of sporting activities with special emphasis on a few sports. Handball and football are most popular, but other sports also have strong traditions. Race walking has an exceptional position. Kjersti Tysse Plätzer's silver medal at 20 kilometres in the Olympic Games is the greatest trophy any person from Os has ever won. Otherwise she and other athletes from Søfteland have won a lot of royal cups and other great trophies in race walking. Athletes from Os have also excelled in rowing, swimming and karate. The same goes for the brave men and women in Os Aeroklubb, flying their gliders high up in the air. Os Aeroklubb is one of the most active glider clubs in the country. Otherwise you can enjoy sports ranging from horse sports, shooting and sailing to athletics and most ball games. A recent development is the increasing interest in golf, which has led the golf club to become the biggest sports club. Bjørnefjorden Golfklubb runs a nine hole golf course at Hauge, some hundred metres from Osøyro.
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From the city centre of Bergen, follow E39 south.
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Bergen Airport, Flesland is the closest airport. From the airport, follow the signs to Nesttun and then follow E39. Alternatively, follow the signs to Nesttun until right before the shopping centre Lagunen, from where you follow the signs to Fana and then to Os/Drange (towards Lysøen).
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No one likes to see riders like CVV abandon because of injuries sustained in a crash, but watching Brad Wiggins be all but eliminated from the GC when he couldn't get back to the first echelon, just as overnight leader Cadel Evans lost the leader's jersey because he, too, missed the split and was left isolated, without a single BMC teammate to help him chase...this was fiercely beautiful racing that evoked memories of the Merckx-era, when anyone with aspirations of winning a GT was expected to fight for supremacy from the first kilometers of the race if the conditions demanded it. Francois the Postman, a contributor to the CyclingNews.com forum, explained it best after today's stage (3) and we quote him here:
It's a shame some folk got really hurt on the road, but I totally disagree with the Eurosport commentators. To me the last two days highlighted what I really dislike in most stage races, that they are taking all risks out of racing by sticking to wide roads and perfect run-ins. Always felt they were neutering something that I think is part and parcel of a GT: endurance, trial, challenge.
Knowing that the end run ins are following the usual pattern, and cruising on great roads to it, it just breeds that calculated let's have an escape group dangling out there and then reel them comfortably in when it's "that time". A flat stage style that I hate, but have been forced to endure far far too often. Here, that really doesn't work as a race approach.
The only thing that would have worked, as pointed out, is to make the race on Dutch roads hard from the get-go, to make that big group smaller, and thus the road less risky. I know we have a long 3 weeks ahead of us. So what? Isn't it the point that no stage should be "comfortable, controllable and predictable? We got waaay to used to "the normal way" a 3 week GT rolls out. The last 2 days showed that that doesn't need to be the way. You don't even need tome bonuses to create interesting gaps artificially.
Everyone knew yard by yard where they would be racing. If they were so keen their main man really safe, teams were simply not deploying the right attack attitude: make the race a lot harder. They chose not to. And reaped the rewards for that attitude: Dutch lottery.
But why should only mountain stages run folk into the red in the last week and a bit?
As a group, they were bloody nervous, out of their comfort zone, and, ironically, too careful. And that was responsible for more crashes than anything the road threw at them.
And the main riders who actually have more all-round skills knew it. Even after yesterday's crash fest, the only thing I got from most interviews by the big names was that the nervousness was fingered more than the actual route taken.
So, to my delight, 2 great telly days. And we are having some great gaps, after the first 2 proper stages. And all we crossed was a pancake. Wow.
Glad they brought the Tour here too. Could keep me more awake than usual during the first days."
For Pappillon, the real treat is to see Vino in pink! We can't wait for Wednesday's TTT!


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Brighten Your Day with 10 Dogs Celebrating Their Birthdays
Few things brighten our day more than puppies. They're troopers when it comes to adorably tortuous makeovers, after all. OK, so they might not be superfans of unfortunate haircuts or miniature shoes. But we've discovered something dogs really enjoy-- celebrating their birthdays. What's not to love about party hats and cupcakes made out of dog food and blowing out candles and noisemakers?! Our point exactly.
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Welcome! Kalos Orisate!
John and one of his klarina, Summer 2007.
Yiannis Pappayiorgas in Foustanella of Kandyla, Tripoleos, Arkadia.
My name is John Pappas; my original, Greek name is Yiannis (Ioannis) Pappayiorgas. This site contains information on Greek folk music, Greek dance, traditional Greek costume, and related Greek folklore. I will be adding and changing my Greek music and Greek dance information on a fairly regular basis, so feel free to drop in regularly to see what is new!
What's New - 11/22/2012
- Our shipping rates have changed. Details here...
- Purchase a handmade Greek shepherd's flute (floyera or tzamara), via the "For Sale" page!
- John's latest CD is here! "The Lost Recordings" is a collection of archival tracks from the 1960s and 1970s, featuring John and his various bands! Buy the CD here...
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- If you need a traditional Greek folk band for your Northern California event, consider T'Adelphia...
I have produced recordings of traditional folk music for many of the regional Greek folk dances, which you can order through this site. Right now we offer four CD volumes of music. You may also purchase dance descriptions for many of the Greek dances that I have learned and researched over the years. On occasion, I may also sell items from my folk instrument collection here on the site.
If you're planning a church festival, wedding, baptism, or party to be held in Northern California, our traditional Greek folk orchestra, T'Adelphia, is available to provide dance and listening music for your enjoyment. Our five-piece ensemble performs music from all regions of Greece, featuring the klarino (Greek clarinet), bouzouki, and violin.
The links at left will direct you to the appropriate pages. Thank you for visiting!
About the site design...
- Header Photo: Bouzouki by Kyriakos Lazaridis, once owned by Iordanis Tsomidis.
- Site Design: Kaliopi Pappas
- Ink Drawings: Paula Pappas
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Maps & Directions
We're very easy to find and there are directions below, depending on which form of transport you're using.
St Ives is very hilly and Park Avenue is slightly uphill, click here to read our Access Statement and to find us on Google Maps click on the link below.
By car
The A30 runs through Cornwall from Exeter to Penzance. When you reach Lelant take the A3074 into St Ives, eventually turn right (at the St Ives Harbour Hotel) into the town centre where the road turns sharply right and downhill. Follow it down and turn left onto the B3306 / Gabriel Street (NatWest Bank is on the corner) and Park Avenue is the 3rd turning on the left – just off the mini roundabout. Park in the Park Avenue car park, which you come to on the right hand side and then walk down Park Avenue with the wall on your right hand side.
You'll see a sign for Little Leaf Guest House on the wall on the right hand side: We're just above there but you need to walk to the end of the wall to double back up the path to our house. Click here to visualise.
See our parking section for more details.
From St Ives train station
Those of you who arrive by train are very lucky. The branch line which runs from St Erth to St Ives is one of the most scenic train journeys in the UK.
Little Leaf Guest House is a 7 minute walk from St Ives train station. It is slightly uphill however so if you have heavy or bulky luggage do let us know in advance and we'll be pleased to book a taxi to pick you up from the station. If you're walking follow the main road into St Ives town centre and just before the road turns right to go sharply downhill you'll see a small set of steps in front of you (next to the estate agent), go up those steps and you'll find yourself on Tregenna Terrace, turn right and this leads into Park Avenue. Little Leaf Guest House is part of the row of houses raised above the road on the left hand side.
By air
Little Leaf Guest House is a 45 – 60 minute drive from Newquay Airport which has regular connecting flights from many places in the UK.


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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Some of us are lazy...
Anyway, she wanted me to let you know she's still alive. If you haven't noticed, she still has time to feed us. THANK GOD.
13 comments:
- Sonia Dashti said...
lol too cute!
- March 13, 2012 at 11:46 PM
- Christine said...
So happy to hear from you! Missed it!
- March 14, 2012 at 12:27 AM
- Elle Dreams said...
Such a cute kittie.
- March 14, 2012 at 7:56 AM
- Chatelaine said...
Wow, busy girl. How is Lily getting along with Emma and Quincy?
- March 15, 2012 at 8:04 PM
- Maggi said...
Sweet lazy kitty! So cute!
- March 16, 2012 at 7:06 AM
- Rue said...
Thanks for the update, Quincy! You're as handsome as ever!
Hugs to your Mama!
- March 19, 2012 at 9:54 PM
- Rue said...
Thanks for the update, Quincy! You're as handsome as ever!
Hugs to your Mama!
- March 19, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- Anya said...
Hi sweet Quincy
soooo nice to see you
hugs Kareltje =^.^= Betsie >^.^<
- March 20, 2012 at 12:20 AM
- Debbie said...
I am having a hard time seeing you since you are upside down in the picture but tell your mom we have missed her and all of you too!! But!!....I think it's great that she is busy doing what she loves and especially great that she is still feeding you!!
- March 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Sara's Sweet Surprise said...
Hello Michelle~hopping in to wish you and your kitties a joyous Easter.
at this holiday...I'm always flooded with memories of wearing fluffy dresses and petticoats with fluffy hair to match.
As a young adult one memory stands out in my mind. On one occasion when I couldn't be home for Easter my mom sent me an Easter box, which included dyed eggs...I refer to them as "died" Easter eggs. Snail mail produced a box accompanied with a foul odor. I still laugh hysterically when I think about the stink bomb going off when it was opened. Fortunately I was able to rescue the remaining treats from my box.
Getting these small glimpses of spring has me craving a weather change.
I'm more than ready to welcome a fresh season of color.
Sweet wishes,
- April 6, 2012 at 9:37 PM
- Chrissy...The Apothecary Shop said...
Hi stranger...been way to long since I was last here!! Hope your well(even though your lazy)....miss our funny conversations about baking and all things sweet! x0x0 Chrissy
- April 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- Tracey said...
Hey, I hope your doing okay...miss seeing you online and pray that you are well... hugs , Tracey
- June 28, 2012 at 4:14 AM
- Sara's Sweet Surprise said...
Michelle~I SURE MISS YOU!! I hope you come back soon. I hope all is well with you and the kitties.
Sweet wishes,
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Taste and smell changes
Cancer and its treatments can change your senses of taste and smell. These changes can affect your appetite and are often described as a bitter or metallic taste. If you're having these problems, try foods, marinades, spices, drinks, and ways of preparing foods that are different from those you usually use. Also, keep your mouth clean by rinsing and brushing, which may help foods taste better.
What to do
- Try using plastic flatware and glass cups and plates.
- Try sugar-free lemon drops, gum, or mints.
- Try fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables instead of canned.
- Season foods with tart flavors like lemon wedges, lemonade, citrus fruits, vinegar, and pickled foods. (If you have a sore mouth or throat, do not do this.)
- Try flavoring foods with new tastes or spices – with onion, garlic, chili powder, basil, oregano, rosemary, tarragon, BBQ sauce, mustard, ketchup, or mint.
- Counter a salty taste with added sweeteners, sweet taste with added lemon juice and salt, and bitter taste with added sweeteners.
- Rinse your mouth with a baking soda, salt, and water mouthwash before eating to help foods taste better. (Mix 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 quart water. Shake well before swishing and spitting.)
- Keep your mouth clean and brush your teeth to help ease bad tastes.
- Serve foods cold or at room temperature. This can decrease the foods' tastes and smells, making them easier to tolerate.
- Freeze fruits like cantaloupe, grapes, oranges, and watermelon, and eat them as frozen treats.
- Eat fresh vegetables. They may be more tempting than canned or frozen ones.
- Try marinating meats to make them tender.
- If red meats taste strange, try other protein-rich foods like chicken, fish, eggs, or cheese.
- Blend fresh fruits into shakes, ice cream, or yogurt.
- To reduce smells, cover beverages and drink through a straw; choose foods that don't need to be cooked; and avoid eating in rooms that are stuffy or too warm.
Nutrition for the Person With Cancer During Treatment
- Benefits of good nutrition during cancer treatment
- Cancer and cancer treatment affect nutrition
- Before treatment begins
- Once treatment starts
- Managing eating problems caused by surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy
- For people with weakened immune systems
- How to cope with common eating problems
- Appetite changes
- Constipation
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- Fatigue
- Mouth dryness or thick saliva
- Mouth or throat pain or sores
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- Taste and smell changes
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- To learn more
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Lincoln, Neb. – University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has named Dr. Linda R. Pratt as executive vice president and provost for the University. Pratt has served as interim executive vice president and provost since July of 2006, and will officially take on the permanent appointment on Friday, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents.
"Linda Pratt has exceptional qualifications that make her ideally suited for this position, a key role of senior leadership at the University," Milliken said. "She is respected and valued by faculty, students and administrators. In addition to her national leadership in higher education, she brings invaluable campus experience and an important perspective to the President's Office. She is committed to the mission of the University and serves with personal integrity. And I have been most impressed with her ability to appreciate and articulate the challenges facing higher education today. I am delighted she has agreed to join our staff."
The executive vice president and provost is the University's ranking academic and administrative officer after the president, and serves as dean of the University-wide Graduate College and as the presiding officer of the graduate faculty and the Executive Graduate Council. Pratt is the first woman to serve in this position at the University of Nebraska.
Harold M. Maurer, M.D., Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said he is very impressed by Linda's performance as interim provost. "She has shown exceptional judgment and good common sense. She has engendered trust with her colleagues throughout the University, and I am confident she will provide excellent leadership in this role."
Harvey Perlman, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, noted Pratt has done an excellent job providing academic leadership. "Linda has a good understanding of the scope of programs at the University. As interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, she quickly achieved the confidence of the variety of departments in that College. As national president of the American Association of University Professors, she also has demonstrated a deep understanding of the issues facing higher education. I am confident the University could not have found a better person for this position."
Pratt is a professor of English and former department chair at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she has taught since 1968. She received her undergraduate degree from Florida Southern College and her master's degree and doctorate from Emory University. Pratt has served as national president of the American Association of University Professors and the Association of Departments of English. She is a recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from the UNL College of Arts and Sciences and the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award from the UNL Faculty Senate. Pratt chaired the 1997 University-wide Gender Equity Task Force and is a former chair of the UNL Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women. She has also served as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL and as chair of the campus Academic Planning Committee.
Pratt has written widely on higher education, addressing issues of academic freedom, part-time and temporary faculty, management of academic institutions, and the fiscal structure of higher education.
Pratt lives in Omaha with her husband, Bill, who is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
"It has been my pleasure to be a part of the University of Nebraska throughout my career," Pratt said. "I am thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to serve all the campuses, university-wide."
For biographical information and a downloadable photo, go to http://www.nebraska.edu/about/admin_chance.shtml.


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Are you a workaholic?
A workaholic is addicted to work. Work addiction leads to long term stress which is a major factor in ill health. There is value in hard work but are you working at the expense of your life? Focusing on goals, being driven and success orientated gets you places but workaholics often find that when they get where they were aiming for, there is nothing there.
Workaholics often neglect family, friends, other interests, sleep, exercise and time to be creative (which can help their work life) because of the obsessive need to work.
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You need time away from work where you are both psychologically and physically distanced from it. If you are still obsessing about work, or endlessly checking your smartphone when you should be focused on your loved ones, then you are still in work mode.
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What: Living with Autism and Breaking through Barriers
When: Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
More info: benjaminbreakingbarriers.com/
L ike a lot of Boulder residents, high school junior Benjamin Tarasewicz has an exercise ball in his living room -- although it's not there to help him stay in shape.
Tarasewicz, 17, said he uses the red rubber ball as a soothing mechanism that assists with him having better control of his speech -- a difficulty he often faces as a result of autism.
As he bounces on the medicine ball, Tarasewicz described how his life has been affected by his diagnosis: high-functioning autism.
"It helps with my craving for stimulation," Tarasewicz said. "It's just the way my brain's wired. Everybody's brains are wired a little differently."
That's the message Tarasewicz said he will share Tuesday at the University of Colorado when he presents "Living with Autism and Breaking through Barriers," a 30-minute presentation that he said he hopes will help people better understand those with special needs.
Tarasewicz gave his first presentation in middle school after a teacher asked him to speak to his classmates about his "quirks." After helping his peers understand his diagnosis better and watching others with special needs in the Boulder and Denver communities speak out about their experiences, Tarasewicz was inspired to continue his presentations.
Tarasewicz said he hopes to help educate audiences about several aspects of his life -- including bullying, recognizing the symptoms and the positive effects of autism.
"I want to educate them and show off to other people what kids and people with special needs can do," Tarasewicz said.
Greta Osgood, general officer for CU's Psi Chi Psychology Club, said she's hoping Tarasewicz will give the students a unique and personal perspective on autism.
"So far, I think the subject has only come up a couple times in classes but we haven't really studied it much," Osgood said. "I think this will hopefully help us understand autism in a way."
Osgood said the presentation is free and open to the public, including free pizza for students with ID.
The presentation includes struggles that Tarasewicz must face on a daily basis, but also focuses on the successes of people with challenges like autism, he said.
Tarasewicz said he has perfect vocal pitch, so he sings in a choir and plays several musical instruments. He also considers himself a theater veteran and has a keen ear for sounds heard in nature.
At the end of every presentation, Tarasewicz shows off his Polynesian poi stick routine, but there's one talent he brags about more often than others.
"I'm kind of a treasure chest of jokes," Tarasewicz said. "Here's an example: What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck."
Tarasewicz will be recognized later this month as a "Compassionate Youth of the Year" by the Autism Society of Colorado for his presentations. As excited as he is about the award, Tarasewicz said he is equally excited about the possibility of inspiring psychology students to work with special needs kids.


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Timeline of key Colorado River water use events.
— Summer 1869: John Wesley Powell's expedition navigates the Colorado River and Grand Canyon by boat.
— 1889: International Boundary and Water Commission created between U.S., Mexico. (Spanish: Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas).
— Nov. 24, 1922: Signing of the Colorado River Compact. "The Law of the River" outlines the rights of northern and southern basins to each use 7.5 million acre feet of water a year. An acre-foot is about enough to serve two homes annually.
— 1928: Boulder Canyon Project Act: Ratifies 1922 compact, authorizes construction of Hoover Dam and lower basin irrigation facilities. California apportioned 4.4 million acre-feet of water a year; Arizona, 2.8 million acre-feet; Nevada 300,000 acre-feet.
— Sept. 30, 1935: Boulder Dam dedication. Later renamed Hoover Dam
— Feb. 3, 1944: Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande: U.S. commits 1.5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water annually to Mexico.
— 1948: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact: Apportions 7.5 million acre-feet of upper basin water a year. Colorado gets 51.75 percent; Utah, 23 percent; Wyoming, 14 percent; New Mexico, 11.25 percent. Arizona also gets 50,000 acre-feet of upper basin water annually.
— 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act: Authorizes construction of Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, Navajo and Curecanti dams.
— 1973: Minute 242 of the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary and Water Commission: Requires U.S. to reduce salinity of water delivered to Mexico at Morelos Dam in Baja California near Yuma, Ariz.
— 1974: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: Authorizes desalting and salinity control projects including the Yuma Desalting Plant.
— 2010: Magnitude-7.2 Easter Sunday earthquake damages Mexico irrigation systems, prompts temporary Lake Mead water storage agreement.
— Nov. 20, 2012: Minute 319 of the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary and Water Commission signing in Coronado, Calif.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, AP research.


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As all sides continue to jostle over a new farm bill, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is an enthusiastic member of the scrum.
Last week, the Republican introduced a new plan hoping to break the current impasse. The plan, a four-point payment limitation proposal developed by the Center for Rural Affairs — a Nebraska-based think tank — could save up to $2 billion over a decade, claims Grassley.
"I plan on writing to (Senate Agriculture Committee) Chairman Tom Harkin and (USDA) Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner to encourage substantive conversations on payment limitations," said Grassley in late March while traveling in his home state. "Farm bill negotiations have clearly pointed to the difficulty in finding acceptable financing mechanisms that meet the demands for farm bill funding as well as having substantial reforms."
Grassley's letter, co-signed by Sen. Byron Dorgan, N.D.-D, was sent March 26. In part, it reads:
Dear Chairman Harkin and Deputy Secretary Connor,
The purpose of this letter is to encourage a conversation between the two of you on the recently proposed four-point plan for payment limitations, both on its merits and in relation to the widely reported need to close a sizeable gap between funding levels and available offsets….
The four-point proposal … attempts to get us closer to a politically acceptable compromise by:
• Reducing payment limitations and income limitations only when prices are above target price, which should be acceptable to (House Agriculture Committee) Chairman Collin Peterson, who has been willing to sacrifice all payments in years of high commodity prices;
• Softening the impact of reduced limits on cotton, rice and peanuts in recognition of the differences between northern and southern agriculture;
• Incorporating the (Bush) administration proposal to lower Adjusted Gross Income limits, but with a feature to increase the savings by reducing payments on cash rented land owned by high income landlords; and
• Responding to the findings of the GAO (General Accounting Office) and USDA Payment Limitations Commission by incorporating the primary control and actively engaged in farming provisions of (an earlier Grassley/Dorgan proposal).
In recent days, farm bill negotiations have clearly pointed to the continuing difficulty in finding acceptable financing mechanisms that meet the demands for farm bill funding. We believe that a sizeable amount of the gap might be found in adopting the four-point program.
In response to our request, the Congressional Budget Office estimated preliminary savings of $1.186 billion over 10 years for the four-point program.
We understand that the Center for Rural Affairs recently presented Sen. Harkin with a revised version of the four-point program that they believe would be scored in the range of $2 billion.
The farm program, as it currently exists, too often directs payments in amounts that defy common sense or logic. Limiting farm program payments is good government on its own merits. At a time when there is an earnest search to find savings that will allow the farm bill to move forward, we urge the two of you to give careful consideration to (this proposal).
We thank you for your attention to this matter and look forward to hearing back from you concerning discussions on the subject.
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Recipe by Southern Living, America's Best Home Cooking Cookbook
(printable recipe)
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon instant coffee or espresso granules (I used Cafe Bustelo ground espresso)
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted ( I used pecans)
1 cup semisweet chocolate mini-morsels
Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; add to butter mixture, stirring until blended. Fold in chopped nuts and chocolate morsels.
Divide dough in half, and shape each dough portion into a 13 x 2-inch log on a lightly greased baking sheet. Pat dough to 1 inch thickness.
Bake at 350° for 23 - 25 minutes or until firm. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Note: When I tried to move the biscotti dough to the cooling racks they started to break so I left them on the pan to cool and cut them on the baking pan.
Cut each log diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices with a serrated knife using a gentle sawing motion, and place slices, cut side down, on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake slices at 350° for 15 minutes; turn cookies over, and bake 10 - 15 additional minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.


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All of your favorite Nicktoons characters come together for action in this action-packed videogame. Players must defeat Professor Calamitous' vast army of evil toys based on the Nicktoons Heroes in this fast-paced action platform game. Look out for the largest selection of playable Nickelodeon characters from the most popular TV shows including SpongeBob SquarePants, Danny Phantom and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.


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Leeper had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit74 ontwerpen ingezonden door20 freelance designers.
We are a group of Involvement Ministers in Middle Tennessee that are creating a conference for other Involvement Ministers. This ministry is very new in area churches, but one that is proving to be invaluable to the churches that have implemented the ministry. We work to involve our church members in areas of service and ministry that best fits their talents and abilities. This first annual conference is aiming to get Involvement Ministers all across the Eastern US on the same page about what this ministry is about. The logo will carry on from year to year. So, this is not something that will be used once and a new one will come next year.
This is for a fairly new market of ministers called "Involvement Ministers." They have a passion for finding people's talents and helping them use their talents in the best way possible in the church.
The only real requirement we have is that the title be "The Equip Conference". This is the name of the conference. The subtitle is "Creating a culture of Involvement". Feel free to play around with the capitalization of words. All lower or uppercase is fine based on what you feel is best for the design. The design probably should not be in "bubble letters" or anything like that since the target audience is adults. Also, I picture the word Equip being the prominent word in the logo. I'm looking forward to your ideas! One of the ads that this artwork will appear on is due to the publication by close of business on Thursday the 31st, the day after this contest closes. Please be prepared to send artwork immediately if yours is chosen. Thanks!
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Peeps Chocolate Mousse (Bears & Bunnies)
Just Born is expanding its efforts of Peeps World Domination with a new line of Chocolate Mousse Peeps.
The first version will premiere next Valentine's Day in the shape of Peeps Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Bears.
I'm not sure why there hasn't been a bear shaped Peeps all along, they're an ideal Valentine's emblem (and really, why can't we have Bear Peeps all year round?). However, this package is all about love, with its red wrapper & little hearts.
The packages I got were for evaluation purposes only, so I don't have the complete nutritional info & ingredients list. I decided to open the Peeps Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Bunnies for the purposes of the review.
Look familiar?
They're nice looking, medium brown. They're sparkly with the light sanding of sugar. (I've often wondered what corn starch dusted Peeps would be like.)
They're extremely soft, softer than regular Peeps are, if you ask me. They smell like chocolate breakfast cereal, like Cocoa Puffs.
But the big question, at least in my mind, was are these different from the Cocoa Peeps?
I just so happened to have a package of Peeps Cocoa Marshmallow Bunnies (left) for a direct comparison.
Though they looked similar in my memory, putting them side by side, it's easy to see that the new Mousse Peeps are darker.
The cross section shows that the Mousse Peeps is cocoa through and through, where the only slightly creamy colored on the inside.
The difference in taste? Well, if you're expecting some sort of decadent mousse-like product, you're going to be disappointed. The new Mousse version are kind of like a fluffy, watered down Tootsie roll. Pleasant and less-sweet than the ordinary Peeps, but still, not a chocolate phenomenon.
They're great with coffee but like the Cocoa version, it's very hard to get them stale. I've had this package open for two weeks and they're still pretty squishy.
However, these are awesome broiled. The center becomes frothy and runny and the sugar dust becomes a crunchy shell. I put them in the toaster over for 3 minutes. Be sure to have them on foil or parchment or else they run all over the place. You also might need a spoon to eat them. Microwaving also gets the same soupy center, but the outside doesn't get crispy (so it's the confectionery equivalent of trying to make pizza in a microwave ... it's edible but it's not the same).
In the end, I'm more inclined towards the Chocolate Mousse Peeps than any other Peeps to date, but that's not necessarily a rave review.
For the record, the available shapes for Peeps are:
These should be in stores starting in January, but you can also buy many Peeps items all year round now directly from Just Born.
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text: Spas are like oases here in this city where health consciousness is usually not a thing. Nearly every resort has one of these magical places, where people with crazy skills whisk you away and do things to you that, let's face it, you would never in a million years allow a complete stranger to do to you. Keep in mind that some resorts charge an additional facilities fee on top of your treatment cost even if you're a guest at the hotel. And if you're not a guest and you book a treatment, you may be shocked at what they charge you to just walk in the door. (Unless $100 doesn't shock you.) At least you can totally turn the dressing room Zen snacks into an all-you-can-eat experience. Cucumber water and dry organic granola. Mmmmm. Check out our tips and spa service definitions.


text: Chris, I'm using the SIMSO version of the IPMI cards on my machines. No problems using them for what I wanted them for. Remote power, remote sensor monitoring and controlling both the BIOS and boot (via Grub) for Linux. I have also been able to boot Linux, monitor the boot process over the serial line and login on the serial line (via IPMI). The motherboards I have use Intel NICs and this means I can use the out-of-band access to the card. Allows me to use a single Ethernet cable for both normal traffic and IPMI. I've also configured the IP/Mac addresses of the cards entirely from Linux (utils provided by SuperMicro). I've not run the KVM over LAN option. Apparently I can't with my setup anyway (this is documented). Power up and Serial over LAN work fine from Linux via ipmitool - and there is also the Java based GUI SuperMicro application. > I'm currently looking at a whitebox server vendor and the remote > management technology they propose is a Super Micro IPMI add-on card, > apparently from this family of products: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/SIM.cfm > > My needs are pretty minimal -- remote power control. BIOS access and > the ability to trigger a PXE boot off the network. Anything else is > just supplemental. > > Does anyone have any experience/impressions of the "Supermicro > Intelligent Management" stuff? P.S. I am also running SuperMicro Systems - I don't know if (or how well) they work on other boards. They work for what I need, Craig


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DVD Previews: 'Hitchcock,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Rise of the Guardians,' more
"Hitchcock" (PG-13, 98 minutes, Fox): For all his creepy tendencies, Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed mostly sympathetically in "Hitchcock," in which Anthony Hopkins plays the corpulent British auteur with a combination of hauteur and playfulness. The insouciant tone is set right off the bat, when the camera captures a ghastly murder, only to pan to Hitchcock primly holding a teacup and intoning his familiar, "Good evening." The crime we've just witnessed is the very episode that inspired the novel "Psycho." The story's lurid combination of sex, violence, compulsion and amorality was just the thing to recharge a career he feared was on the decline. Sacha Gervasi has made a strangely staid and dutiful film about a movie that changed cinema forever -- from the way violence could be depicted onscreen to how films would be shot and financed thereafter. Rather than take risks of its own, "Hitchcock" is content to be a safe backstage drama and an ultimately reassuring portrait of a marriage. There's something tonally off about the master of anxiety, neurosis and disquiet being depicted in a story this cozy. Contains some violent images and sexual content. Extras: commentary with Gervasi and writer Stephen Rebello; deleted scene; "Becoming the Master: From Hopkins to Hitchcock" and "Obsessed With Hitchcock" featurettes; Gervasi's behind-the-scenes cellphone footage and making-of featurettes "The Story," "The Cast," "Danny Elfman Maestro," "Hitch and Alma " and "Remembering Hitchcock."
"Life of Pi" (PG, 127 minutes, Fox): By design, this adaptation of Yann Martel's 2001 novel takes viewers on an epic journey, but it also plunges them into a story and myriad sub-stories. The story of Piscine Patel, also known as Pi, begins with an Edenic panorama of his youth, spent in a small zoo run by his father in the former French colony of Pondicherry, India. When the Patels decide to move to Canada, taking the animals with them on a cargo ship, the trip is interrupted by a ruinous storm. Pi is thrown overboard, his only salvation a lifeboat he must share with the zoo's ferocious Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. Pi's journey with Richard Parker forms the spine of "Life of Pi," which Oscar-winning director Ang Lee infuses with the graphic, stylized boldness of illustration and moments of dazzling poetry and intimacy. Proving that digital 3-D photography need not sacrifice detail and brightness like it once did, Lee reimagines Martel's story with a vibrant, multi-colored palette, the images and staging suggesting a state-of-the art cinematic fairy tale rather than a whiz-bang technical achievement. Contains emotional thematic material throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril. Extras: Mini-documentaries "Remarkable Vision," "Epic Journey" and "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright"; storyboards. Also, on Blu-ray/3D combo: deleted scenes, VFX progression.
"Rise of the Guardians" (PG, 97 minutes, Paramount): The arrival of the bogeyman, known as Pitch Black (voiced by Jude Law), sets the story in motion. Pitch is the bringer of nightmares. His resurgence mobilizes the Guardians -- Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman -- who must accept the help of the untested and somewhat irresponsible young fifth spirit, Jack Frost (Chris Pine). In addition to the showdown between the Guardians and Pitch there's another conflict. Few kids believe in Jack Frost, other than as a quaint metaphor for cold weather. More and more kids start believing in their nightmares, and fewer and fewer in the Guardians. But, one little boy named Jamie (Dakota Goyo) refuses to give up his beliefs. It's this power of Jamie's belief that makes Jack, and the other Guardians, real again. That's a sweet thought, and the story spins it with magic and dark delight. But there are laughs, too. Contains scary sequences and a frightening character. Extras: commentary with director Peter Ramsey and producers Christina Steinberg and Nancy Bernstein; "Dreamers and Believers" cast and character featurette; "Sandy's Dream Guide," interactive guide in which the Sandman helps interpret dreams. Also, on Blu-ray: four-part behind-the-scenes featurette; "The Man Behind the Guardians" on author William Joyce; two games: "Jack Frost Snowball Showdown!" and "Rock, Paper, Scissors With Sandy."
Also: "This Must Be the Place," "Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away," "Pressed," "Smashed," "The Flat" (Israel), "Ministry of Fear" (1944, Fritz Lang adaptation of a Graham Greene novel, starring Ray Milland, The Criterion Collection), "The Blob" (1958, The Criterion Collection), "Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home," "Duke," "Shaman Healer Sage" (documentary on Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., who transitioned from a successful U.S. medical science career to study ancient energy medicine of legendary South American shamans, True Mind), "TCM Greatest Classic Legends" four four-movie sets featuring Judy Garland, Natalie Wood and Sidney Poitier, "Hellgate," "Storage 24," "The First Time," "Samson and Delilah" (1949, restored Cecil B. DeMille classic, Paramount Home Media Distribution), "Ode to Billy Joe" (1976), "Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish -- The Swearing O' the Green," "Motorway" (Hong Kong), "The Return of The Beverly Hillbillies" (1981), "Curious George Swings Into Spring" and "Red Skelton -- The Farewell Specials."
Television Series: "The Real Vikings Collection" (History channel), "Pioneers of Television: Season 3" (PBS), "The Mob Doctor: The Complete Series," "Ripper Street" (BBC), "Max & Ruby: A Bunny For Every Season" (Nickelodeon), "That '70s Show -- Season 7," "That '70s Show -- Season 8," "Xena: Warrior Princess -- Season Four," "Roseanne -- Season 7," "Roseanne -- Season 8," "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: The Complete Season Two," "Doctor Who: The Ark in Space" (BBC), "Doctor Who: The Aztecs" (BBC), "Foyle's War: The Home Front Files" (sets 1-6) and "Father Dowling Mysteries: The Final Season."


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craving the classic
12 comments:
- Valerina said...
Looks good from here! But I know how crusts can be...well, crusty in their behavior. And the eagerness issue, I can't count the number of times I've burnt my tongue on a brownie or had my frosting turn into a puddle on a cake just so I could have a slice. :)
- June 10, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- apparentlyjessy said...
Oooh you made the apple pie! I want one now too, with custard!! I think the pie looks perfect.
I love the photos of it too, the green apple against the pretty table cloth looks so striking!
- June 10, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- gine said...
Apple pie :-D!! Great idea :-)! XOXO
- June 11, 2009 at 5:37 AM
- Just Cook It said...
Wonderful shots, the one of the apple is stunning
- June 11, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Juliana said...
Apple pie is good at anytime...nice looking pie.
- June 11, 2009 at 11:04 PM
- Chef Chuck said...
Ash, you make that apple pie look so good! Yumm!
- June 12, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- ChichaJo said...
It looks lovely from what I can see :) It's been too long since I've made apple pie...your post is now my inspiration!
- June 15, 2009 at 5:26 AM
- Zita said...
Love the vibrant green colour accent,forget about the pie's edges, all I can see is one delicious looking pie :)
- June 16, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I always have trouble with the edges, too... But you managed to make a very pretty pie, anyway! Your blog is gorgeous!
- June 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- il ramaiolo said...
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- June 19, 2009 at 1:51 AM
- Cherie said...
I'm constantly looking for the perfect pie and tart recipe. Your apple pie looks gorgeous. Are you familiar with the Queen of Tarts in Toronto?
- June 19, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Talita said...
What a beautiful pie! Surely is very tasteful!
- July 6, 2009 at 7:35 AM