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New Plan to Save the Republican Party Will Fail
November 23, 2012 | Republicans think it will be easy to come back — just appeal to culturally conservative Latinos! It will fail. [The Republicans are finished if they don't appeal to the White voting bloc.]
Drop the anti-immigrant rhetoric! Focus on the "family values"that Latinos supposedly share with the party! But that magic solution to Republicans' demographic problem that some conservatives are touting — which conveniently allows the party to resist moderating on so-called social issues like gay marriage and abortion — is unlikely to pan out.
Two days after Latino voters broadly rejected the Republican Party, Charles Krauthammer saw reason for optimism. Latinos, he said, "should be a natural Republican constituency: striving immigrant community, religious, Catholic, family-oriented and socially conservative (on abortion, for example.)" George W. Bush and Karl Rove found a way to approach 40 percent of the Latino vote; Romney barely netted half that. So Republicans, facing a demographic time bomb as their base of white men ages, have comforted themselves by thinking all they really need to do is perform as well as Bush did among Latinos to get near the White House again.
Whether or not Republicans have any chance of capturing more than a tiny fraction of the Latino vote, Krauthammer (and the straw-grasping Republicans who echoed him) shouldn't take Latinos' conservatism, including their views on abortion, for granted.
An ethnocentric European-American voting bloc is the only way White Americans should vote. The American Third Position Party is the only party that puts European-American interests and values first.
An ethnocentric European-American voting bloc is the only way White Americans should vote. The American Third Position Party is the only party that puts European-American interests and values first.
First of all, being religious doesn't mean you vote according to the dictates of your church, and Latino voters have consistently told pollsters that they don't. Last December, a Latino Decisions poll found that 53 percent of Latinos said religion would have no impact at all on their vote. And only 14 percent agreed that "politics is more about moral issues such as abortion, family values, and same-sex marriage." In fact, exit polling from the election this month showed that Latinos were more likely than other voters to support same-sex marriage recognition.
Polling on abortion rights is notoriously hard to characterize and can fluctuate depending on how the question is asked — from framing it in terms of legality to asking about the fuzzy labels "pro-life" and "pro-choice." Some polls have shown less support for abortion rights from Latinos, especially foreign-born Latinos, than from the general population. In a Pew survey last year, 58 percent of immigrant Latinos said abortion should be mainly illegal, compared with 40 percent of second-generation Latinos. In another poll conducted by Univision around the same time, only 38 percent of Latinos said they believed abortion should be legal in most cases, compared with 49 percent of the general population.
But then came the actual election. Not only did Latinos broadly go for pro-choice candidates, according to ABC's exit polling, but 66 percent of Latino voters across the country also said abortion should be legal. That's higher than the general population, 59 percent of whom said abortion should be legal. There was no gender gap in the exit polling of Latinos on abortion, but Latinas were even more likely to support Obama than their male counterparts: 76 percent of Latina women voted for Obama; 65 percent of Latino men did. In other words, female support helped secure the overwhelming support of Latinos for the president.
Jessica González-Rojas, the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, told Salon that when it comes to asking the Latino community questions about abortion and gay marriage, the framing makes a big difference. When her organization conducted its own polling, it didn't ask about legality: It asked about "voters' feelings related to judgment and support around abortion." In that poll, 74 percent of Latino registered voters agreed that "a woman has a right to make her own personal, private decisions about abortion without politicians interfering." And 68 percent agreed that "even though church leaders take a position against abortion, when it comes to the law, I believe it should remain legal."
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With the formalities out of the way, lets move on to the beer and food, shall we? I guess we will start off with the first course that I decided to try, which was Chef Chazzy Edwards' stuffed crab with an aioli from Bluewater Seafood that I believe was made with the beer that this dish was paired with, the Saison Dupont. This was a great start to the meal, and I can't tell you enough how much I love Saison Dupont, but I will try to do it anyway. The Dupont is considered the quintessential example of the Saison style, which happens to be my favorite style of beer. Saisons, or farmhouse ales, were traditionally made with a lower alcohol content to be drunk by farmhands during the harvest season (need to talk to my boss about this idea). Today Saisons are much stronger, but they retain their origin using lighter malts and having a refreshing taste and a little bit of funk. This was a fine pairing, not that I am an expert at pairing food and beer (I think beer tastes good with just about every meal).
Next up, I tried the Chinese steamed buns with shortibs and kimchi and pickles, which was paired with Bacchus Sour Ale. The dish was made by Chef James Balchak of Pack's Tavern. James is a great friend, and also a great chef. The sweetness of the steamed buns and the Bacchus reduction paired well with the Sour Ale, and contrasted nicely with the mildly spicy kimchi. This was the first time I had tried the Bacchus Sour, and it won't be my last. The style of the beer is called Flanders Oud Bruin, or "old brown", and the beers are typically aged for up to a year, yielding fruity flavors that have a refreshing sour finish.
I am in the camp that says there is no such thing as too much shortribs, so I went straight for the shortrib pastie made with Dubbel pimento cheese, Lusty Monk Mustard, and a pickled slaw made by Chef Jason Brian of Jack of the Wood. A pastie is not what some of you may be thinking, but is actually a traditional Irish stuffed pie, and the shortrib was braised for 24 hours. It was paired with one of our new 'local' beers, a Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel. The style is named for 'double', which denoted a stronger version of the lighter beers that were typical of Trappist breweries, and it originated at Westmalle Abbey in 1856. Not unlike several other dishes, the shortrib was braised in the Dubbel, as well as the pimento cheese being made with the beer. The Ovila Dubbel is a great American brewed version of this classic Belgian beer.
A plate that caught my eye early was a braised elk dish that was made by Chef Mauricio Abreu of Chef Mo's. The elk was braised in New Belgium Trippel and served along with rice and cornbread. The New Belgium Trippel was used in just about every part of the dish. The elk was wonderfully tender, and had a hint of earthiness from the ground achiote that coated the outside of the elk before braising. The New Belgium Trippel is a American brewed version of a Belgian style beer that got its origins roughly eighty years ago, in what was rumored to be an ale that was meant to compete with the ever more popular pilsner style beers of the day. Trippels are light in color, fruity, and often a little bit spicy, which was the case with New Belgium's Trippel whose addition of coriander complimented the elk nicely.
One of the more playful dishes of the evening was the Lamb Fennel 'Hot Dog' that was made by Chef Greg Kilpatrick from Homegrown. It more closely resembled a small pulled pork sandwich, with a spiced minced lamb that was topped with fennel which gave the dish a nice twist, along with a great homemade ketchup and a side of sweet potato chips. The dish went well with the Omer Traditional Blonde, a Belgian Strong Pale Ale that had a fruity, slightly spicy finish that held up to the lamb without overpowering the dish. This was my first time having the Omer, and if you like Duvel, I would suggest giving the Omer a try.
Perhaps my favorite dish of the night was the braised pig "wings" (knuckles to be exact) by Chef Michel Baudouin from Bouchon. Once again, we see the chef incorporating the featured beer into the dish. This time the beer was The Ovila Quadrupel, and the pig knuckles were braised in the beer to tender perfection, leaving a wonderful broth behind that I wish I had more of. Quadrupels are so full of rich, dark fruit flavors that I think they really lend themselves to being used in cooking preparations (me, I would be too tempted to drink it all). The Ovila Quad was also one of my favorite beers of the evening, and it goes to prove that Sierra Nevada can successfully brew any style they want to.
My last course before heading to dessert was one I knew I would love before I took my first bite. Luella's BBQ has outstanding ribs, and the ribs that were being served this night did not disappoint. Yes, there was some great potato salad as a side, but really, this was all about the Chef Jeff Miller's ribs, which were fall-off-the-bone tender and were served with a mustardy sauce made with New Belgium's Belgo-IPA. The Belgo-IPA is New Belgium's take on one of the newest styles to emerge from Belgium. Most Belgian style beers are not known for being aggressively hoppy, but Belgian brewers began to experiment with a new style that appealed to American tastes, and the Belgian IPA was born. It retains some characteristics of beers like the Tripel, but they incorporate more hops that play nice with the spicy character that Belgian yeasts often impart.
And finally it was time for dessert, which was made for us by Chef Anthony Cerrato of the new downtown restaurant Strada. Poor Chef Serrato had little to do while most of the people at the dinner made their way through the seven other food stations. But before long, people needed to get their sweet on, and he did not disappoint. A natural given his Italian cooking roots, Chef Seratto made a wonderful tiramisu, consisting of cream, and I am guessing marscapone, coffee, and ladyfingers (I can never tire of saying or writing the word ladyfingers). This was paired with a Kasteel Rouge, a Belgian fruit beer that is flavored with cherries. Unfortunately, this was not my favorite pairing. Don't get me wrong, I loved the tiramisu and would gladly order it at Strada. I just did not think it went well with the sweet and sour cherry goodness that is Kasteel Rouge, which I also love. Others that I talked to liked the pairing fine, so what do I know. I think some sort of dark chocolate dessert would have matched better.
I hope you are still awake after this long post. Two nights in a row of great food, great beer , and great people. If you haven't been to a beer dinner before, I suggest keeping your eyes and ears open for the next event. Beer and food go great together, but more important to me was having a shared experience with old and new friends alike.
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My first post here.
Clean install of 12.04.1. Previously 10.04. Have been running a p2035n printer without problem.
Now, no matter what paper tray I select it prints to the top "by-pass" feeder--not the lower main tray. And when I select to print to manual feed, it does not wait for me to put in paper (like it used to), but prints immediately.
The printer is on a samba share and is physically plugged into a WinXP machine. Its uri is smb:///computername/p2035n.
I have tried several of the offered drivers for this hp machine, and even tried generic-laser. Same result on all.
Here are some other things I have tried (losing 2-3 hours of my time!):
hp-check -t reports "error: User needs to be member of group 'lp' to enable print, scan & fax. " and "warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP."
needed to download HPLIP 3.12.11
followed http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
sh hplip-3.12.11-run
says that before setup logout and then on login run hp-setup
hp-setup could not find the printer
ran hp-check -t again, found I was not in group lp
ran hp-check --fix and it fixed that problem, asks for reboot
rebooted after running update manager (new kernel) and hp-check -t shows no errors this time
all the tray selections end up on the bypass tray
hp-setup still cannot find the printer
So is there a way to make this work?
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Roman's Holiday
Head over to visit Ashley at her crack house on Babbage Drive in Alderney. As usual, she'll call you and ask for your help, which will catalyze the origins of this mission. When you arrive at her place, you'll notice the mysterious name of this mission. Roman, of course, is Niko's cousin in the main quest of Grand Theft Auto IV, and this mission very much has to do with the Cousins Bellic. It seems that Ashley over-borrowed from a man familiar to GTAIV veterans, Dmitri, and in order for Ashley not to be slain, Johnny has to kidnap someone for the Russians. And that someone is none other than Roman Bellic, who himself (as you know already) has a gambling problem.
When you get outside, jump on your bike. Even though you might not often call for backup when you get the chance, Johnny will automatically call his new good friend Malc for some help. Malc agrees to help him out and tells Johnny to come pick him up in Algonquin. More specifically, Malc can be found on Exeter Avenue at the north end of Algonquin in between Xenotime and Wardite Streets. When you arrive, you'll find Malc and his Japanese bike waiting for you. After some jovial back and forth, the two criminals agree to ditch their respective bikes for a sleek ride sitting nearby.
The gambling den where Roman Bellic is holed up in is located all the way in Broker, your old stomping grounds if you're a main quest veteran of GTAIV. Considering you picked up Malc at the north end of Algonquin, your easier route to Broker is likely eastward across Northwood Heights Bridge, then southward into Bohan, crossing over the East Borough Bridge via Charge Island. Once you reach Dukes, simply head south until you reach your destination in Broker, on Dillon Street. Park your car and wait, as the game prompts you to do, for Roman to emerge from his card game. When he does, Malc and Johnny will put him in the car -- an effective kidnapping -- automatically.
Begin driving towards the location in Bohan that will automatically appear on your HUD hereafter. This is where the Russians want their catch to be dropped off, so they can do whatever they need to do to him. You're going to no doubt feel bad for Roman en route to this new location. After all, Roman is a pretty nice, standup dude, as you know from playing through the game's main quest. This won't stop Roman from trying to make a run for it, however. This will likely happen when you stop/slow to pay the toll leading into Bohan. When this happens, reluctantly (yet effectively) chase after him. Do this on foot. Don't run him over or shoot him; simply aim your gun at him to threaten him, and then slowly walk him back to the car. He certainly won't try that again.
Now, it's time to head to our destination in Bohan once and for all. The GPS should guide youto where you need to go. You're headed to the far southeastern edge of the small island borough of Bohan, to an abandoned lot off of the busy Northern Expressway that covers the entire borough. When you arrive, the Russian gangsters will take Roman off of your hands. Prepare to feel guilty for delivering him to the enemy!
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The Mets claimed 25–year-old infielder Justin Turner off waivers from the Orioles, and designated him to Triple-A Buffalo.
He hit just .111 in 17 games the last two seasons in Baltimore, while playing second, short and third.
He had been batting .250 with nine extra base hits and 32 RBI in 23 minor leagues games this season.
"I know we have a lot of Turner fans out there, but I didn't see him becoming the heir to Brian Roberts at second or ever becoming an everyday starting infielder- he just didn't have the bat for it," writes the Baltimore Sports Report. "It always stings to lose a potential complimentary piece however, and while he wasn't getting many reps in Baltimore, it would have been good to have him around and try to work him into the mix down the line."
In a post from December 2008 to MiLB.com, minor-league expert Jonathan Mayo described Turner as: "The kind of baseball rat that every winning team needs to have."
He was drafted by the Reds in during the seventh round in 2006, when Wayne Krivsky was GM.
Krivsky is now a special assistant for the Mets.


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In the 1970s Franco Sargiani and Eija Helander designed "Programma 8" for Alessi. This was an organic and complete project of small, modular and compoundable household objects that were based on the same methodological philosophy of the international style of architecture of that period: the theory of metadesign of a system that was open and adapted to the free composition of an infinity of object types. The project, described in 1979 by Mendini as "the most advanced system of household objects ever created at an international level, bar none", is now continued and completed by adding the functions of conservation and setting the table to the original functions of cooking and serving.
An architect, he was born in Modena in 1940 and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Milan Polytechnic. After an early experience at Studio Morassutti and numerous training periods abroad, in England, Sweden, Finland and Denmark in particular, where he came into contact with some of the most distinguished design and production centres in those countries, he began his autonomous professional activity by opening a Studio in Milan. His interventions range from civil architecture to industrial and interior architecture, from industrial design to corporate image organisation, the latter often in collaboration with Eija Helander. He has taught industrial and visual design at the Scuola Politecnica e di Design, run by Nino Di Salvatore. He has collaborated with numerous other companies, including Alessi, Fantini, Filasp, Fidenza Vetraria, Inda, Emicar, Sipea… His designs have been published in books and specialised magazines, have been selected for the Golden Compass Award and have been presented in numerous museums, including the Beaubourg in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Applied Art in Helsinki, the Kunst Museum in Dűsseldorf, the Milan Triennial, etc. His creations can be found in the permanent collections of the Milan Triennial, the Museo de Arte de Sao Paolo in Brazil, the Kunstgewerbemuseum SMPK in Berlin, the Kunstmuseum in Dűsseldorf and in the Deutsches Deushes Klingenmuseum in Solingen in Germany.
Designer, born in Lathi (Finland) in 1944. After her studies, Eija embarked on a long collaboration with Marimekko, first managing its visual merchandising and later entirely coordinating its corporate image throughout Scandinavia. She has participated in developing the settings for advertising shoots and short films, and has collaborated in the capacity of consultant with many interior décor magazines. In 1969 she moved to Italy to work in the field of Industrial Design, creating projects for companies such as Fivep, Inda and Alessi. In particular, with Alessi she worked with architect Franco Sargiani on the company's coordinated image and packaging. She currently runs her own business, covering a comprehensive range of services, from interior design to advertising graphics, setting up stands and creating corporate logos.


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I am a highly experienced, Wildlife Veterinarian, who has worked on global wildlife conservation issues (you know, one of those guys hanging out of a helicopter, darting rhinos) all over the world for more than 25 years. More recently, my work has morphed into large scale, alternative energy (Solar) and sustainable development (global "eco-cities") projects. I believe that there is a synergy or nexus between these seemingly disparate worlds, and I am forming this small consulting company to explore this.
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As stated earlier, OsoMono is Spanish for "Monkey - Bear". I was given this name by my friend's son in Chile, after i beat him in a game of dominoes, and he slammed down the tiles, and called me "OsoMono". This nickname has remained, and I would like to use it for my consulting firm. I think that there could be a large number of graphical interpretations of this fictional beast (note, some people use the term "monkey - bear" as a nickname for Sun Bears from Malaysia/Indonesia), and I am excited to see what the designers come up with.
One other observation: In the word "OsoMono", every other letter is an "O".
I wonder if there is some way to incorporate this into the design...with the "O's" being eyes, or nostrils or something.... But only if it works to make an interesting design, it is not a requirement.
Also, the "tag-line" for the entity is "Wildlife, Habitat and Energy Conservation Strategies"
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This is a great article, I think, explaining the False Siamese, True Siamese and the Flying Fox. I have never been able to tell the actual False SAE from the real SAE until I read this article and could see the actual drawings of the two.
Both have two sets of barbels but the false SAE has a strip that stops where the tail begans and the strip is different. True SAE has a strip that extends all the way thru it's tail and sits on the bottom of the tank on it's fins, unlike the false SAE. The false is also more aggressive, which was interesting.
Hope this article explains the difference of the two as it did for me. Unfortunately, all I can find around here are the CAE's which are mean, lazy and aggressive.
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rotoworld.comJason Hammel pitched a five-hit shutout Monday for Triple-A Durham.
Hammel is about as uninteresting as any of the Rays' Triple-A starters from a fantasy perspective, but he's as deserving as anyone of getting the first chance to replace Jae Seo in the rotation. He has a 2.85 ERA and a .196 average against through 11 starts.


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• A version of this post ran on the author's blog, Riorealblog.com. The views expressed are the author's own.
When an illegal gas canister exploded one morning last October at the downtown Filé Carioca restaurant, killing four and bringing down much of the building it was housed in, residents of Rio de Janeiro discovered just how spotty safety inspections are.
"The firemen aren't equipped to inspect every building," fire chief Sérgio Simões told the Rio newspaper O Dia. "We inspect in response to reports of irregularities".
After that tragedy, the mayor and the fire department promised to do a better job.
This week a twenty-story building, also downtown, collapsed onto two other buildings, destroying all three. Six bodies have been recovered and 24 people are missing. So far, it appears that unreported renovations may have destabilized the tallest building according to Brazilian newspaper Terra (in Portuguese).
Social media chatter has brought to light a shocking truth: in Rio de Janeiro (and perhaps all of Brazil?), renovations are the full responsibility of the project engineer and the building owner. No government inspections are carried out – except for when the building first goes up.
"You'd need thousand of inspectors, paid with citizens' taxes. Do you want to pay more taxes for this? Or an inspection fee?" asked one Facebook thread commenter.
An architect, in response to the same thread, said the city is responsible for keeping every new building's original plans, for reference during renovation – but that he's found these blueprints are often unavailable.
In many countries, inspection fees are indeed charged when renovation takes place, for everything from commercial construction to home improvement. This involves bureaucracy, but insurance companies don't insure uninspected work. The process is meant to safeguard the public at large, and in the case of an accident, facilitates investigations, prosecution, and legal decisions regarding blame and compensation.
Who will pay for the damages and suffering in this week's tragic case? So far, the State Social Aid Secretariat has said it will pay burial costs for the dead, and the state council of engineers mentioned that the engineer in charge of the unreported work could lose his license. Insurance hasn't been mentioned – and neither the owner's name nor that of the engineer in charge of the work has been made public.
Up until last month when bus corridors were instituted in Rio de Janeiro, it was a city where one could bring a municipal bus to a stop anywhere at all, simply by raising a finger. More of a village, than a city.
But the village is in fact a city of 12 million people, boasting plans for grandeur with hammers, drills, and bulldozers. As the building progresses, as investment flows in, and tourists arrive, demand for city services and oversight is mushrooming. But not being met. When you Google the words inspeção de obras Rio de Janeiro, or construction inspection Rio de Janeiro, this is what you see at the top of the page.
Click here to see the same Google results in English.
In the last year Rio has seen exploding manhole covers, trolley, ferry, and bus accidents, metro stoppages, and electrical blackouts, among other catastrophes.
Meanwhile, the city council plays almost no role in drafting public policy, and Mayor Eduardo Paes has focused on a constant "shock of order" campaign which started in 2009 to combat disorder in public spaces. This has included expanding and training the municipal guard, and prioritizing a crackdown on illegal parking and street vendors.
But it might just be time to create a task force to rethink the city's antiquated building codes and zoning regulations– and the way they are enforced. Otherwise, the grandeur could well remain in the realm of illusion.
--- Julia Michaels, a long-time resident of Brazil, writes the blog Rio Real, which she describes as a constructive and critical view of Rio de Janeiro's ongoing transformation.
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Carnival of Space #38
Trying to be much better about linking to these. The 38th Carnival is up at sortingoutscience.net. Wanderingspace did the 22nd back in September of 07.
Carnival of Space #23
The Carnival of Space 22: The Art of Space
I am honored to be the host of The Carnival of Space's 22nd edition with a focus on the art of space. Wanderingspace considers images of our Solar neighborhood to be art in their own right, so here the line between art and science is thinly drawn to begin with. Enjoy the links! Recently artist Bettina Forget had one of her creations featured on the back cover of a recent Planetary Society periodical. She posts at her Inside the Artist's Studio blog and recently mused on sketching at the eyepiece of a telescope and its benefits. Be sure to also take a look at her Moon Series, which is where the previously mentioned Planetary Society featured painting of Io and Europa can also be viewed.
Another fine arts bit of space creativity can be found in the recent work of artist Robert Whitman. Pixel Pusher has an introduction to his show "Turning" which features glowing, spinning sculptures of such moons as Europa and Ganymede while another installment involves a projection of Io. The show is currently on exhibit at the Pace Wildenstein Gallery in New York City. So hop on the subway, it closes on September 29!
If you don't just want to look at space art but actually create it, Artsnova Digital Art and Space has a few words on a new NASA Space Art Contest whose theme is "Life and Work on The Moon".
Still feeling creative? The Wired Science Blog is hosting a NASA Slogan Contest where we all have an opportunity to come up with our own slogan and submit it. This contest is only open to entries for about another 24 hours after this goes live, so hurry over!
In the strange category, The Podcast Troubadour offers up two Carnival of Space Themes for your listening pleasure. One is more theatrical and breaks into what can only be described space carnival music while the other will shake your descent stage thrusters. Yes... theme music for The Carnival of Space. The internet is a place where anything can happen and usually does.
If you are unfamiliar with the work of IMAX in a Basement you need to take a look at what exactly is coming out of that basement. The film "Outside In" is entirely made of Cassini still images and is somehow made into what feels like a 3-dimensional voyage to Saturn without the use of any 3-d modeling software. Check out his new offering of 100 Megapixels of Saturn Ring Magnificence with both a hires still and a sneak-peek video segment.
Bridging the gap between art and pure space science, I feel the need to link to Don Mitchell's Mental Landscapes site for his Soviet Venus Images collection. This is not a blog... i know... but if you scroll about half-way down the page you will see his re-worked Soviet Venera images of the surface of Venus which is just about the most incredible feat i have seen by any freelance imager. Maybe you are familiar with his work already, but if not... every fan of space exploration needs to know that these images now exist thanks to Don.
Riding with Robots reflects on that recent Hubble image of Ceres in, "The Clear Power of a Fuzzy Image" which according to the author "embodies his fascination with space exploration".
While we are in a reflecting mood Cumbrian Sky compares the 1981 experience of images of Iapetus coming from Voyager to the 2007 experience of images of Iapetus coming directly to our computer screens from Cassini. Space exploration has certainly changed in 25 years. If you want to see more about the recent Iapetus flyby be sure to check out Emily Lakdawalla's post on the Voyager Mountains and her most excellent link at the end of the article to the full set of images and metadata from the event.
For some off topic posts, A Babe in the Universe offers a new video Images of a New Space Age. Sorting Out Science considers the recent meteorite impact in Peru. Unenumerated has some real options analysis for space projects and takes a fresh look at risk evaluation for deep space missions. Robot Guy posts a whole episode of The Universe's Mars Episode. Astroblogger captures the ISS whiz past Jupiter. Hobbyspace is telling us about how Google Moon is getting sharper as well as a new 3-D Hubble IMAX movie in the works. And Mr. Gerhards is hoping to record the goings on in going to see Shuttle launches before its too late.
Finally, some posts on two books from completely opposite ends of the spectrum. Lunar Photo of the Day takes a peek into the book-by-committee publication, "The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon" which is apparently the kind of book that may hold some sway in terms of Lunar decision making over at NASA. On the other hand, Music of the Spheres blogs on "Cosmos for Beginners" which, unlike the previous title, could be a nice purchase for children of all ages between 12 and 90.
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Supporting a creative approach to the teaching of writing, Dreams and Inward Journeys presents a rich mixture of reflective essays, stories, and poems. Thematically focused on dream-related topics, the readings chapters discuss such topics as memory, myths/fairy tales, obsessions, sexuality, gender roles, the other, technology, popular culture, nature, and spirituality. Readings move from the personal to the abstract, encouraging students to investigate new ways of seeing and understanding themselves and their relationship to fundamental social issues and universal human concerns. Featuring a dual thematic and rhetorical organization, each chapter also provides practical writing advice on a specific rhetorical pattern, strategies for writing, critical thinking questions, and two to three student sample papers. Beautiful, stimulating art opens each chapter to support the theme and provide prompts for prewriting.
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GOP Rep. Charles Boustany defeated his GOP rival, freshman tea-partier Rep. Jeff Landry, in a runoff in Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District Saturday night.
Fittingly, the last race of 2012 was a redistricting battle between two members of the same party — one that ended in a runoff more than a month after Election Day. It did not affect Democrats' net gain of eight House seats in 2012.
The four-term congressman Boustany was expected to win, having topped the multi-way field on Nov. 6 with just less than 45 percent of the vote. Landry collected 30 percent, while Democrat Ron Richard collected 22 percent. Richard later endorsed Boustany.
Landry, a member of the House Tea Party Caucus who voted against last year's deal to raise the debt limit, was supported by conservative Sen. Jim DeMint and the tea-party group FreedomWorks.
The two congressmen had split southern Louisiana for one term before the state lost one seat in 2010′s redistricting, but the new 3rd District included far more of Boustany's old 7th District than Landry's old 3rd.
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For the first time in six centuries, the head of the Catholic Church is stepping down. Some, like Huffington Post Religion's Senior Editor Paul Raushenbush, have suggested this is an indication that the stodgy religious institution is creeping its way toward modernism. Could it be that the role of Pope will be considered to be that more like a CEO than a sovereign ruler? Is there room within today's church for its leadership to step down when they feel they can no longer adequately fill the tremendous demands heaped upon them?
Can Popes retire? And if so, do they have to give up those cool red shoes?
So if, indeed, the Catholic Church is moving in a new direction, why not consider a more thorough overhaul? Some have suggested that the next Pope should come from the southern hemisphere, given that this is where the faith is growing the most (actually, it's not really growing much at all in the northern half of the world). But as some have suggested within the church, the process of selecting a Pope is not necessarily driven by creating a representative leadership.
That said, it seems a rare opportunity to do something exciting. I, like many people, assumed that the successor to Pope Benedict would have to come from within the College of Cardinals. But though this has been tradition for most of the life of the Church, Pope Clement V is a rare exception. He was plucked from a monastery to become Pope, with the hope of overcoming much of the perceived corruption within the College.
And though the College of Cardinals is not explicitly mired in scandal at the moment, the Church itself certainly has suffered some blows in the court of public opinion, as well as in the court of law, in some cases. So given that precedent, perhaps it's time for another radical departure from tradition; one that will signal to the world that the Church is more committed than ever before to its mandate to care for the poor, and support the marginalized.
Who better to exemplify this than a woman of color who comes from modest means? Who better to embody the Christ-like compassionate suffering alongside the poor than one who knows the experience first-hand? But the question remains whether a woman ever could be the Pope. Given the historic exclusion of women from the priesthood, and therefore the process that leads one to become part of the College of Cardinals, it's an admitted long shot. But as I mentioned above, the Cardinals technically can call whomever they choose to serve as Pope.
There are even legends of a female Pope, Pope Joan, who allegedly disguised herself as a man in the Middle Ages, but this is largely dismissed as myth by historians and leadership within the Church. But given the enduring popularity of the legend, it's clear that more than a handful of people are intrigued by the idea, if not the reality, of what the Church would look like if a woman took the helm.
We need compassion. I love the idea that those in the priesthood take a vow of poverty, but the reality of that is more farce than fact. Yes, priests, bishops and the Pope may not technically own anything, but from parsonages to cars and drivers to expense accounts, their lives hardly reflect the kind of poverty much of the world experiences on a daily basis. Dimensions of Catholicism, like Catholic Charities, are committed to care for the poor.
And yet the leadership seems to experience a general disconnect from such struggles. To have someone from a developing nation serve as the next Pope, if not someone who actually has lived in poverty, might send a message to the world about the Church's priorities, while also refocusing the church on one of its most important missions.
We need Sophia. Orthodox and Roman Catholic tradition has, in the past, embraced the notion of the Holy Spirit being a feminine manifestation of God within the Trinity. And yet, when it comes to earthly leadership and discernment, we lean too heavily only on male perspectives. Reality is that, at least in the West, more women are in church today than men; this is a trend that holds up across the board throughout Christianity. At a grassroots community level, women are keeping our churches going and holding the faith communities together. Some of that wisdom could serve the church well from a position of great power in the Vatican.
We need to celebrate the feminine sacred. For centuries, the images of Mary, breast exposed and nursing the infant Jesus, were prominent on sanctuaries. They were seen as a symbol of provision, nourishment and comfort, especially in distressed periods like the Dark Ages. But with the advent of both the printing press and the growing popularity of human autopsies, the human body became both demystified and scandalized. After all, where there is mass production of media, there is pornography.
Suddenly, the breast was tantalizing, an object of shame. Subsequently, the images of Maria Lactans were replaced with crosses. But in the process, we all experienced a loss of a dimension of the Divine we ought to reclaim. How better to orient people toward that than to have a woman in the Vatican?
We need healing. Plenty of damage has been done in the name of the Christian faith, specifically with regard to ongoing sex scandals within the Catholic Church. In a special program produced by HBO called "Mea Maxima Culpa," blame for the protection of perpetrators over the advocacy for the rights of victims goes all the way to the Pope himself. In the greater culture, the vast majority of sexual offenders are male, Even if it's a matter of perception, there's a sense that the Catholic patriarchy is principally in the business of protecting its own, rather than advocating tirelessly for the vulnerable. And while the Vatican offers rhetorical regret for the wrongdoings within its institutions, little seems to change. A feminine perspective inherently comes with the experience of being disempowered and vulnerable. Though it's no guarantee, that understanding could help speak much about the Church's value of reconciliation without actually saying a word.


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When I was growing up my Mom used to make us these amazing warm sandwiches in the fall. I remember looking forward to fall so I could have a hot pastrami & cheese sandwich (or should I say "samich", as Jon used to say when he was little). My Mom would take deli pastrami (we lived in New Jersey at the time, and those of you who live there or have visited, know that there is nothing like deli pastrami from Jersey), cheddar cheese and a kaiser roll, wrap it all up in foil and stick in the oven for a period of time. Not sure what temp, not sure how long, I just know that when it came out, the cheddar cheese would be melted to perfection on top of the steamy, hot pastrami. The kaiser roll would be all warm and toasty. This, to me, was heaven on a cool & crisp fall day. I can't exactly replicate this sandwich today. I have yet to find a kaiser roll that is GF and tastes like my old favorite or even comes close to the texture. Also, living in Ohio, I don't quite have the deli options that we had available in Jersey. Yes, there are delis here. Being GF, I don't get my deli meat from the deli due to cross-contamination risks. I buy pre-packaged deli meat for the most part. We use a lot of Oscar Mayer, a Kraft company, because they will declare all gluten, if present, on the label clearly. The Deli Fresh line is very good, with many varieties.
What do you do when you want something you can't have? You get creative and make new favorites. One of my favorite sandwiches since going GF has been a tuna melt. I have made these on Kinnikinnick bagels in the past, but now I usually use homemade bagels made from Pamela's Wheat Free Bread Mix or Trader Joe's GF French Rolls. My tuna salad has evolved from your basic tuna, relish & mayo to a spicier version with some crunch added. Yesterday I had mine topped with grape tomatoes and sauteed spinach on the side (spiced with garlic, salt, pepper & nutmeg).
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1 can tuna in water, drained
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Mix first 7 ingredients together. Place tuna mixture on toasted bagel or roll and top with cheese. Broil until melty & bubbly. YUM!! Enjoy!
I have also used the Chebe Roll Mix to make buns (recipe on their site) and then I will make a deli meat & cheese sandwich with the bun, wrap in foil and place in the oven at 350 until the cheese is all melty. Roast beef & cheddar (topped with some horseradish) is especially good like this, as is ham & swiss (topped with spicy dijon mustard).
So, when you can't have your old favorites due to a food allergy/intolerance, don't fret. Make lemonade from your lemons and get creative! Keep positive and try not to worry about what you can't have. Focus on what you can have. There are plenty of wonderful options out there.
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Kaleh of Iran qualify for FIVB Men's Club World Championship
Tehran, Iran April 29, 2013 – Kaleh of Iran qualified for the FIVB Men's Club World Championship after proving too strong for Al-Rayyan of Qatar in the final of the 2013 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship on Monday. The battle of the Asian club giants ended with a straight sets (25-22, 25-17, 25-21) victory for Kaleh and earned them a place in October's World Championship in Brazil.
The victory was Kaleh's ninth club championship after titles in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Power of Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal after beating Liaoning of China 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-13).
The exciting final saw Kaleh gain the upper hand in the first set, using the efficient spikes and the blocking of Mohammad Mousavi and Hamzah Zarrini to lead 8-7 and 16-15. Al-Rayyan came back strongly to level the scores at 18. Qatar was very solid to penetrate the defense by their opponents, but Kaleh performed strong blocks and went easily to win the set 25-22 in 25 minutes. In the second set Kaleh continued their attacking rhythm through Mousvai and Reza Ghara and hence its offensive efforts started paying off with many points. The Iranian was able to break away at 20-14. This was enough for a comfortable finish of 25-17.
Kaleh was quick to take charge of the scoreboard at the beginning of the third set at 5-1, but Al-Rayyan did not give in that easily. Al-Rayyan started to arrange their blocks when Kaleh' players committed some mistakes, allowing their rivals to narrow the margin and to tie at 15-15 and 20-20. Two consecutive rallies won by Kaleh brought the game to 22-20. Though head coach of Al-Rayyan asked for a time out, but Iran kept leading and took the set 25-21 and game in 85 minutes.
Behrouz Ataei, coach of Iran, said "I am happy Kaleh won the champion title. We would step into the world club championship with plan and preparation."
Al-Rayyan coach Travica Ljubomir said, "The Iran team played well. For us it was a tough match. Playing in the final was our main goal. Reaching the final gave us good experience."
In the third place playoff, Power of Chinese Taipei repeated their good performance in the classification round by beating Liaoning of China again in 75 minutes, collecting the first ever medal in Taipei's volleyball history at the Asian men's club volleyball.
Chinese Taipei found themselves more motivated to win the match than their opponents. The first set saw Liaoning in the lead 13-9 with attacks and block, when the Power team started to build up the attacks, narrowing the scores to 19-18. The players of Liaoning committed several mistakes that allowed their rivals to win the set by 25-22.
The second set was very competitive as both teams were trying their best to gain more points till they drew 19-19, finally Chinese Taipei came on time to win the crucial points and win the set 25-23.
After 7-7 in the third set, Power got back their rhythm and succeeded to improve their defense and block to regain the lead at the second technical time out 16-11. Liaoning tried hard, made substitutions, and asked for time outs but could not narrow the points difference. Power won the set 25-13 and the match 3-0 in 75 minutes.
"We had enough confidence in the match against Liaoning because we had beaten them and also to concentrate on the third place and that is what we succeeded, but generally I'm not satisfied with our rank. We should be among top 4 teams" Chinese Taipei head coach Yu Ching-Fang said.
Coach of China team Sui Shensheng said, "We did not work well. All my players did good performance but Chinese Taipei players were better than us, especially in defence and persistence in defence."
Almaty of Kazakhstan clinched the 5th position after beating Toyoda Gosei Trefuef of Japan 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-17,25-23) in a thrilling encounter.
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A western Sydney family accused of assaulting police say "excessive force" was used against them by officers responding to a domestic dispute.
Five members of the Mehanna family appeared in court on Thursday charged in relation to a brawl with police who were responding to reports of a domestic dispute.
Police allege one family member punched a probationary constable in the face before others joined in at the family's home in Bankstown, in Sydney's west on Wednesday.
A further six officers called to the scene were also injured. Two, along with the constable, were later taken to hospital.
On Thursday, 46-year-old father Mohamad Mehanna and his 18-year-old triplets Ali and Zainab Mehanna and Hussain Mehanni were granted bail after appearing via an audio-visual link from the cells at Penrith police station.
Another sibling, 21-year-old Adel Mehanna, who is charged with affray and resisting police, was granted bail in a separate hearing.
Appearing for Adel Mehanna, defence lawyer Greg Heathcote told the court there were "two sides to the story" and police had reacted "excessively" in dealing with the matter.
"The case of the defence in all matters is excessive force by police," he told the court.
He said Mehanna had pushed an officer after seeing police "assaulting" his family, but did not cause any injuries.
Prosecutors opposed bail, arguing Mehanna had prior police assault charges and five for breach of bail conditions.
"He is no stranger to the criminal justice system. Police were simply doing their job," police prosecutor Carlos Haralovic told the court.
Appearing agitated, Mehanna interjected as the prosecution put forward its case.
"You are going to make things worse.
"It was a family argument between two girls and police pepper-sprayed my f***ing family.
"That's my whole f***ing family."
Relatives of the family were visibly upset, with some crying as magistrate John McIntosh asked Mehanna to stop interrupting proceedings.
"Police have to attend the scene of disputes. They are simply doing their duty to prevent crimes from happening," Mr McIntosh told the court.
Outside the court, solicitor Gus Dib, acting for the Mehanna family, said the family felt hard done by police.
"It's a very sad day for them. A domestic disturbance attended by police has turned into a very sad day for both parties."
All five bailed family members will be required to report to police as part of their bail conditions and are due to appear at Bankstown local court on January 24.
Their 41-year-old mother is due to appear at Bankstown Local Court on February 13 after being issued a summons for affray, assault police and resist arrest.


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Carrie Underwood went from unknown to superstar overnight after her big win on American Idol. But Carrie insists to Cosmopolitan magazine, "An Oklahoma girl like me wouldn't even know how to be a diva. I'm just a person who has a cool job. I love to be at home. I rarely go to clubs … and I always wear underwear! I just know I'd fall down, and that's not for everyone to see."
Thanks, Carrie — we appreciate that!
Carrie, who is featured in Cosmo's March issue, also opened up to the mag about her relationship with her fiance Mike Fisher. "He provided a lot of inspiration for songs, whether it was something he said or just by being supportive," she gushed.


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The Perfect 10
Unlike some bloggers, I cannot churn this out every day, and since my first duty is to my authors, that will never change. But it may get even more sporadic in the coming weeks. I write when the inspiration hits, and right now, nothing is hitting me. I am simply too preoccupied.
In the meantime, maybe you want to check out Miss Snark. I only agree with about 10 percent of what she says (and if I were looking for an agent, I might avoid women altogether just to guarantee I woud not end up with her), but she posts several times a day and seems to have plenty of time to answer questions.
Gee. 10%. That's like...six percent less than the percentage of votes President Bush got in New York City. 10% is so off the Bell curve, I might as well resign myself to being two dimensional instead of three.
Yanno, I've always wanted to be a 10 ... but I don't think this was what I had in mind.
The post got me to wondering why she feels so strongly about someone she doesn't know, and who has certainly never felt the need to take a pot shot at her.
I thought the best place to look for answers might be her blog. I spent a bit of time delving into her archives.
Turns out Agent 007 had A Purpose in starting and maintaining her blog.
She wrote on August 27: (for the full text click here)
Why am I doing this?
Okay, I'd be lying if I said I had no ulterior motives. I'd be lying, too, if I said that I started the blog on a whim—without purpose whatsoever.
A few times, I've brought up that I had this crazy idea that we—agents and editors—could do our jobs better if we understood each other.
I've spent a lot of lunches, drinks dates, dinners, phone chats, and emails telling editors and other agents about the inside scoop and trying to effect change. Not too efficient. There are still a lot of agents out there making hard work for editors. And a lot of editors out there who treat agents (and authors) like the secret enemy.
It sounds to me like 00 wanted her blog to be serious, read seriously, taken seriously, and a vehicle for the improvement of all mankind...or at least publishing. Her posts reflected that. They were long, detailed, well reasoned, carefully thought out.
Then along comes Miss Snark: loud, profane, absolutely irreverent, acerbic, snarky, fast, short and worst of all...frequent. I can see where this blog would drive her crazy...if those kinds of things mattered.
This reminds me a bit of when I had a new young dog who wanted to play play play. She'd chase her tail, she'd bite the rug, she'd pester the older dog to be more fun....until the old bitch just snapped and bit the pesterpup on the ear.
This blog is my idea of fun. I like doing it. I post a lot cause it's fun. If you don't like the blog, don't read it. If you think it's a travesty and should be banned from the face of the earth, get a grip. If you think I should be doing something else with my time, why do you even care?
The funny thing I'd always kinda liked ol' 00. I certainly read her blog periodically and appreciated her insights into this industry--but what the hell do I know, a ten like me.
00 closed her post about Her Mission with this:
It's time we wake up and stop being so adversarial, so suspicious of generosity, so hesitant to be human with each other. It's time to be the best versions of ourselves.
I quite agree Agent 007---but then what do I know? I'm just a perfect ten.
29 comments:
- Brady Westwater said...
Two words.
Epistolary novel.
- 9/21/2005
- Ric said...
See what happens when we all just try to get along?
Personally, I think both sites serve a purpose. We get 007 who purports to have been an editor giving us a side Miss Snark can't. We get Miss Snark showing us how to best get to the elusive editors.
We have the best of both worlds. Now, all we have to do is keep them from lobbing gin pails and striking each other with stilleto heels.
ps. the least she could have done was say 15%.
- 9/22/2005
- Agent 007 said...
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- 9/22/2005
- TillyLost said...
I haven't a clue how good an agent Miss Snark is. But right here, on this blog, she is helping writers. Both blogs are great resources, but humour combined with practical information and advice does a lot to reduce the terrifying mystique the world of publishing holds for me. For that I'm truly grateful.
With all the craptastic nonsense on the net about publishing, I don't think we can have too many sources like these blogs.
- 9/22/2005
- Deran Ludd said...
Well, Moss Snark, I have to say I think you have for some reason gotten to 007. Personally, I read your blog everyday, and even as a published novelist I find it insighful and interesting. Not to mention a hoot and a half. I also read 007 when they post. Very useful stuff there too. Perhaps 007 is irked because they take it all so very seriously, and you do too, but with a bit more penace and humor...not to mention G&T. It's all good to me. Carry on.
- 9/22/2005
- Bernita said...
Miss Snark, you have class.
And you are never pompous.
- 9/22/2005
- kitty said...
My heart sank when I first read 007's post. I chalked it up to her having a bad day and told her that we'd be waiting when she posted again.
Both blogs are great. I'm certain that many of us here read 007 as well. I don't see them as in competition at all. However, 007 seems to feel that way.
I was pleased when I read her comment above ... until she wrote this: "You believe in beating down authors. You don't work for them. Remember? You can't be bothered to explain the way publishing works, or have lunch, or update them on the status of a submission."
Obviously, she doesn't read this blog enough to know that Miss Snark is snarky HERE but not with her writers.
Now it sounds like 007 has gotten defensive, and, again, I'm really sorry. Something must be going on in her life which we don't know about, so I'm still chalking this up to a bad time for her.
- 9/22/2005
- Bernita said...
Am still shaking my head over the suggestion that perhaps writers avoid all female agents to remove the chance that they might end up with Miss Snark...but what about the purported agent who posts in A Gent's Outlook?
- 9/22/2005
- Pam G said...
I've been pursuing publication for five years now, and in that time I have done my research. I know a crapload about the publishing industry. I can't pick up a book on the subject without putting it back down with a sigh because I already know everything the author is telling me.
After two months with Miss Snark, I now know that while I had a headful of information (use Courier, no pretty file folders, don't send romance to a sci-fi expert, BE PATIENT...) I didn't know squat. Today, I feel like I know a fair amount of squat, and I have Miss Snark to thank for it.
And that's all I'm gonna say.
- 9/22/2005
- kitty said...
Agent 007 has had second thoughts as she has revised her post and has turned off the comments.
- 9/22/2005
- Anne said...
"I cannot churn this out every day, and since my first duty is to my authors..." Snark, snark. "She posts several times a day and seems to have plenty of time to answer questions." C'mon, who's the bitchy one here? This whole thing of she's-sweet-and-you're-not is such horsecrap.
I hate it when people can't recognize tough love. Which you dish out pretty good.
And I HATE the assumption that anyone who engages in extracurricular activities is not doing their job. HATE IT.
Which begs a question, do your clients know you are Miss Snark? How do they feel about it? Has anyone threatened to fire you for blogging, when you should be "working?"
- 9/22/2005
- Kristin said...
Miss Snark, you are the Simon Cowell of the agent-blogging world. Maybe some people hate you, but I think most people with common sense know honesty when they read it. I've learned a lot from your site. Bring on the tough love!
- 9/22/2005
- Bonnie, Of the Multitude of Snarklings said...
What the Blogger commenting system refused to swallow last night: I found 007 through Miss Snark, and I enjoy the two perspectives.
I think Agent 007 misunderstood several things about Miss Snark, the most important being: 1) Miss Snark never solicits clients through her blog, 2) she frequently discourages readers who try to query her (because they don't know anything about her), and 2) Miss Snark isn't using this blog to seek referrals from other agents.
If Agent 007 had realized this, I doubt she would've made the post in question or the subsequent comment here.
Now let's see if Blogger will take my comment this morning!
- 9/22/2005
- Miss Snark said...
who's Simon Cowell?
- 9/22/2005
- Breathe said...
I think she has a thing for you. It's like second grade all over again.
- 9/22/2005
- TillyLost said...
I'm wondering if Miss Snark and 007 know who each other are? If not, could they be working at the same agency? That would be funny.
- 9/22/2005
- Mary Louisa said...
Miss Snark, do you have dachshunds perchance? It seems like every literary agent in NYC walks tiny, sweater-wearing weiner dogs! (I have no room to speak, though, since I walk rats on stilts masquerading as Italian Greyhounds.)
- 9/22/2005
- Mary Louisa said...
I meant wiener. I've just been reading about Jennifer Weiner's new book, Goodnight Nobody and thus befuddled my speller.
- 9/22/2005
- Miss Snark said...
Miss Snark's junk yard poodle is named Killer Yap. No sweaters, he's much too heterosexual. He wears a Knicks jersey of course....and a backwards baseball cap. His bling is a tasteful diamond studded front tooth and he has a pierced eyebrow. We finally got him to stop smoking Camel straights but he's still a regular down at the Dogpile Bar Scratch and Sniff.
- 9/22/2005
- kitty said...
My husband has 3 well trained German Shepherd dogs with German names. They wear nothing but snarls and they can understand German.
- 9/22/2005
- Bernita said...
In My Family and Other Animals, the dogs are named Widdle and Puke.
- 9/22/2005
- Miss Snark said...
Kitty, can I borrow those guys for the Frankfurt Book Fair next month? I could use a staff of German speakers who are tough negotiators.
- 9/22/2005
- BPM Smith said...
Meow! 007 was declawed before this cat fight even started. Oh well, guess that's what happens after having a martini glass shattered on your head. A drunk midget in the Upper West Side said 007 came up with that 10% thing after drinking crap Gibson gin and tonics.
- 9/22/2005
- kitty said...
They're my husband's dogs, so be my guest ;)
- 9/22/2005
- Another Author said...
Okay, I read 007 and find her posts interesting, particularly as a former editor-turned-agent. I like the personal stories.
However, I agree with you, Miss Snark, far more than 10% of the time and notice, with a few minor exceptions, that you and my agent are very similar in your approach to things. 007 might think you're not all that, but considering my near-Miss Snark agent sold me to a major house for far more money than I was told I would make on a first novel, I'm inclined to think you're a perfect 10 in the best sense.
But I want to sell good books with interesting stories and real characters that entertain people--that are (gasp) commercial--not a literary masterpiece that I need to think about and come to some grand epiphany about the human condition or my small place in the world.
I don't drink gin (I prefer margaritas, though tequila shots can be fun, too . . .) but I'll drink a vodka martini to Miss Snark tonight.
- 9/22/2005
- E. Dashwood said...
" In My Family and Other Animals, the dogs are named Widdle and Puke."
Funny you should say that, my kids and I just gave our dog cred with a street name of Puke Doggy Dog.
- 9/22/2005
- Bernita said...
"Puke Doggy Dog"? I like that.
That's funny and cute.
We once had a walking soccer ball of a cat my innocent children named "Puss" - but it was MY job to stand on the stoop in the gloaming and call "Puss,here Pussy, Pussy..."
- 9/23/2005
- Miss Snark said...
"walking soccer ball of a cat"!! What a GREAT line.
I always wondered who that lovelorn lady was calling out for Pussy. Now I know.
- 9/23/2005
- Bernita said...
Thank you.
And then we moved to Puckerbum, Surburbia.
The cat came with us.
- 9/23/2005


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The Eugenic Impulse: The Dream of Engineering Humans Persists
The Eugenic Impulse - the Chronicle Review - the Chronicle of Higher Education
"The ultimate ideal sought," wrote Harvey Ernest Jordan in 1912, "is a perfect society constituted of perfect individuals." Jordan, who would later be dean of medicine at the University of Virginia, was speaking to the importance of eugenics in medicine—a subject that might seem tasteless and obsolete today. Yet nearly a century later, in 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the biomedical research institute on Long Island's north shore, published a book titled Davenport's Dream, which shows that eugenic visions persist. Charles Davenport, a colleague and friend of Jordan's, had directed Cold Spring Harbor for the first third of the 20th century, turning it from a sleepy, summertime marine-biology laboratory into a center for genetics research—and the epicenter of American eugenics.
Davenport's Dream is a facsimile of Davenport's major work, Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (1911), prefaced by nearly 200 pages of commentary by scientists, historians, and legal experts celebrating Davenport and expanding on questions of genetics and eugenics in biomedicine. In the volume, the genome guru Maynard V. Olson writes that dbSNP, the database of small genetic variations, makes possible the fulfillment of Davenport's dream. "Here," he writes, "is the raw material for a real science of human genetic perfection."
Davenport thought he had the raw material for a real science of human perfection. The original conception of eugenics, described by the British polymath Sir Francis Galton in the late 19th century, was based on the breeder's subjective, holistic understanding of heredity. The rediscovery of Mendel's rules of heredity in 1900 seemed to place eugenics on an empirical, quantitative, scientific footing. And so it did, relative to Sir Francis.
Davenport and his cronies used genetic arguments to promote the betterment of the human race through marriage, immigration, and sterilization laws, as well as through propaganda and research. But eventually, Progressive-era human genetics and eugenics came to seem out of date. Through the second half of the 20th century, Davenport was geneticist non grata, an embarrassing black mark on the pedigree of human genetics, like a Nazi grandfather you'd rather not bring up in conversation. Since the 1970s "eugenics" has been a dirty word. But in Davenport's Dream, the geneticist and historian Elof Carlson insists that eugenics still has a role in our time, and Matt Ridley wrote that "Charles Davenport had the best of intentions"; it's just that his idealism got ahead of his knowledge and of the available technology. What changed? And what didn't?
Davenport dreamed of biologically engineering society. But the mechanisms available to him were primitive and heavy handed. Progressive-era eugenics sought to eliminate undesirable traits (negative eugenics) and cultivate desirable ones (positive eugenics) by population control, mostly through regulating immigration and sex. Eugenicists were interested in the genetics of disease, personality, intelligence, and race—just as we are today. Birth control, marriage restrictions, and sexual sterilization of "defectives" (a medical term still in use as late as the 1970s) were among their means of effecting genetic change. They hoped people would voluntarily do the right thing for the greater good—but if they didn't, the state had a responsibility to do it for (i.e., to) them.


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First Look: Handsome Pizza in Portland, OR
Early 2010: With former ironworker Ethan Welt at the helm, Pizza Depokos opens in an old garage on the corner of North Greeley and Killingsworth. Featuring a wood-fired oven and excellent pies—including a few rare Greek-themed options—the pizzeria anchors the young North Station food cart pod.
Flash-forward to 2011: Welt decides to cut his ties to Depokos, and longtime Slice reader, pizzaiolo at vegan restaurant Portobello, and certified Pizza Obsessive Will Fain is there to pick up the reins. He spends the next year learning the idiosyncracies of Welt's oven, dialing in his dough recipe, and experiencing firsthand the ins and outs of owning and operating a business singlehandedly.
Now, with winter's grasp upon us, Fain has finally introduced the world to what those who know him say was a long time coming: Handsome Pizza. Offering wood-fired New York–Neapolitan pies, a selection of salads with seasonal vegetables, and Scoop Handmade Ice Cream, Fain's endeavor shines a light of culinary hope on a neighborhood not especially known for quality pizza.
For anyone with thoughts of opening their own pizzeria at some point in the future, be sure to read the interview with Fain below for his insights on the process, as well as his philosophy on pizza itself.
When did the idea for making pizza for a living first pop into your head?
It first showed up around 2009 or 2010 when food carts really started to pick up some buzz, and I saw Pyro Pizza set up in SE Portland with their WFO, and then Wy'east opened. They proved that it's a feasible business.
My initial thought when I was first considering opening a cart was to keep it really, really simple. Do one thing and do it well. With the expectation that there would be a lot of time required to run a business, I was hoping focus on making really high-quality food rather than a lot of menu items. That's not exactly what happened, and in the process of acquiring a business instead of starting my own, I had a customer base that already had certain expectations regarding the menu. So my menu and prep list are longer than I'd like, but the benefit is that I think I was able to keep a good portion of the existing customers.
What adjustments did you have to make going from making pizza at home to making it professionally?
The quantity of food, the pace of the kitchen, and pressure of cooking for paying customers were all markedly greater. I had to learn how to scale up everything, how to prep faster, how to make pizzas faster. There's an extra level or organization required in a restaurant kitchen. At home it doesn't much matter if you run out of a topping, but at work it means lost sales, disappointed customers, or delayed orders. An off night can mean bad Yelp reviews or bad word-of-mouth. A good night can mean positive press. None of that came into effect when I was doing it at home. At home the only person I needed to please was me.
The other thing is that I would only make pizza at home when I really felt like doing it. The business doesn't give me much of a choice. There are definitely days when it's just a job. I'd rather spend my summer Saturdays at the park with friends than roasting onions or washing dishes.
What were some of the unforeseeable obstacles you've had to deal with in your first year in business?
Everything takes three-times longer than you think it will. I upgraded the interior of the garage a little bit—repainted, reworked my service kitchen space, built some tables. The original plan called for about six weeks. It took closer to four or five months to finish it all.
What have been your greatest challenges in owning and operating a pizzeria?
On a day-to-day basis, the thing I fret most about is the customer service. Because I'm the sole person there, I have to both provide customer service and make the food. If I'm taking an order, I'm not making food, and if I'm making food, I am not fully engaging a customer. So, especially during peak eating times, I find myself occasionally alternately apologizing and thanking people profusely for—in my own little time-warped subjective reality—interminable waits for taking their order or serving their pizza. It may really only be about five minutes that someone's waiting to get their order in, but again, in my anxiety-ridden noggin, that seems to be an eternity and feels unforgivable. My hope is that customers don't notice me quietly panicking while I'm serving them. One day I'll have an employee and hopefully this problem will be solved.
The other customer service thing I struggle with is word choice. How do I answer customer questions in an amiable and clear fashion? It's not always obvious. Sometimes I have little epiphanies about how to refine my language after months of saying something in a roundabout or less appealing way. It seems that even minor changes in syntax, tone, or diction can make a major difference in my ability to make a sale, or make a customer feel welcome or comfortable.
On a grander scale, the greatest challenges are maintaining a healthy work-life balance and making sure I don't get too high when things are good or too low when things are slow or I make mistakes. Keeping a level head will make for better decision-making. My work-life balance isn't quite there yet, but the longer I do this, hopefully the better that will be.
What pizza or pizzas are your customers' favorites?
The Margherita. Tied for second are the Pepperoni and the Sausage y Fromage.
In what ways do you want to differentiate Handsome Pizza from the other great pizzerias in Portland? In what ways do you want to emulate them?
The establishment I'd maybe most like to emulate would be Wy'east. [Owners] Red & Squish make stellar pizza and do it while being possibly the nicest people I've met in the food cart world. They have a loyal following and really just seem to love what they do. I can't say for sure if they have major business ambitions, but as a customer you just don't get the sense that it's about the money at all for them (though it is a business and they are trying to support themselves). Handsome Pizza exists because I want to make pizza. Hopefully I can grow the business, but still keep that perspective.
Has working in food service changed the way you act as a customer?
Absolutely. I hope I've always been a pretty courteous customer, but there are things that drive me a little batty at work that's changed my behavior a little bit. I've noticed people don't read signs or menus very carefully, always clean-up after themselves, or put things back where they found them. So I try to be more aware of those things as a customer.
What does pizza mean to you?
It comprises everything. It's food—it keeps me alive. It's my business, my livelihood. It's memories of my youth, eating a half pepperoni, half plain at Jerry's Subs and Pizza with my brother and my dad, sipping on birch beer. It's my dad reminiscing about eating at Yala's in Lorain, Ohio, about the great New York slice. It represents good times with friends, regional accents and history, ontological debates about what it is and what is good. It is arts and crafts. Its circularity, when it is circular, is inclusive, egalitarian—there's pizza of all types for all people: gold-leafed for millionaires, 20-minute delivery for the 99%, and everything in between. It's the neighborhood hangout and the far-off destination. Pizza is perfectly attainable for virtually everyone, but perfect pizza is scarce, subjective, and ephemeral.
Be sure to check out the slideshow for more Handsome Pizza photos!
Handsome Pizza
2730 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217 (map) 503-247-7499; handsomepizza.com
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