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Novell Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by SCO Group that accuses it of undercutting SCO's business by raising questions over the ownership of the Unix operating system. SCO, which bought licensing rights to Unix from Novell a decade ago, sued for slander of title after Waltham-based Novell disputed SCO's ownership of the rights. Novell argued that it can't be sued for telling the truth. SCO says it owns the copyright to Unix, which it says is included in the Linux operating system. Also, Novell reported a loss of $15.7 million, or 4 cents a share, compared to income of $10.4 million, or 4 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales rose 1.2 percent to $297.1 million in the period. (Bloomberg)
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Suitor pursues Brookstone despite sales agreement
Brookstone Inc., the chain of gadget stores, said a group is showing ''continued interest" in acquiring the company, despite the retailer's $450 million sale agreement with an investment group. The suitor wasn't identified in a Brookstone filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Dow Jones/AP)
FBI investigating computer breach at Stanford center
The FBI is investigating a computer security breach at Stanford University that resulted in the theft of personal data -- including letters of recommendation and Social Security numbers -- for nearly 10,000 people. The breach occurred May 11, when someone gained access to the school's network, Stanford general counsel Debra Zumwalt said. The university would not say whether the breach happened as a result of a remote hacker, the physical theft of a laptop, or other means. Stanford began mailing notifications Monday to about 300 recruiters and 9,600 others who visited the school's Career Development Center since 1996. (AP)
Airline, mechanics union at negotiations impasse
Northwest Airlines said its talks with mechanics are at an impasse and has asked for a 30-day cooling-off period, the mechanics' union said. The next step would be arbitration, but if either side refuses, mechanics could strike after the 30-day period ends. Also, Northwest said it plans to recall all 691 laid-off flight attendants because of summer travel demand and possible labor strife, the attendants union said. The Professional Flight Attendants Association expects more than half of the workers to return to the airline, union spokesman Bob Krabbe said. Some of the attendants have been on furlough since October 2001 and may stay in other jobs, he said. (Wire services)
New York preparing civil complaint against AIG
New York regulators have almost finished drafting a civil complaint against American International Group that would be the first lawsuit by regulators against the insurer relating to its accounting errors, a source familiar with the situation said. Sources who asked not to be named said the lawsuit could be finished and filed as early as this week. The complaint will allege AIG improperly burnished its financial results and misled regulators and investors, The Wall Street Journal said. A spokesman for Spitzer's office declined to comment. (Reuters)


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The airbag light was on (driver side) in my Saturn vue 06 and the auto shop ran the computer on it and got a configuration error. I took it home and replaced the clock springs in the steering wheel. No luck. I unplugged the battery again and changed the airbag module (computer) in between the passenger and driver seat from a vehicle in which the airbag was working properly and still no luck. Could it be that I need to go back to the auto shop and have them run the computer on it again now that its been replaced? Or is it because the module/computer is from an 05 and my car is an 06? I've exhausted all my options
Also, now that I've changed the computer the passenger airbag says off. It was working fine.
And the service engine soon light popped on after all of this. SVS NOT SES
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@Charles: I haven't had a chance to install Windows 8, but I'm excited about giving it a try as soon as I have some downtime from QFEs. I am looking forward to the changes in Windows, especially WinRT. Everyone at work that I've spoken to, are all pretty excited about Windows 8 for various reasons.
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The GPU debugger and the other DirectX tools are a nice surprise and I wish I had some reason to use it; I will be giving it a try on my free time, eventually.
I've been tracking Roslyn for a long time now, and because I have source control access to Roslyn, so I knew that it wasn't ready for BUILD but was still being worked on right up to BUILD. I was a bit dissappointed that it didn't make it into the Dev11 preview, but I am glad to hear it should be ready in the coming months.
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Cutting-Off Water to a Delinquent Owner
Any condo that has delinquent owners is frustrated by this state of affairs, and is always looking for any pressure they can apply to get these people to pay.
Rather than a municipal water supply, some condos have their own water supply (often in the form of a well).
They don't actually own this water supply (it isn't common property), since water is a national resource that always belongs to the Republic. What they should have is a concession from the Comisión Nacional del Agua – CONAGUA (National Water Commission). This is a federal body, set up to administer the nation's water, along with a decentralised management system for it. This concession gives them a temporary right to use and distribute this water to users in their condo.
Other condos might have a common property aljibe (water tank) that's filled by the municipal water utility, and then water is pumped from this aljibe through the condo by a common property water pumping and distribution system.
In either case, it's tempting to want to shut off water to a delinquent owner to give them an incentive to pay.
Water is highly regulated in Mexico
The laws governing water use in the state of Jalisco are as follows (from highest authority to lowest):
- the Mexican Constitution and International Treaties on Human Rights (NEW – more on this later)
- the Ley de Aguas Nacional (National Water Law)
- the State of Jalisco Constitution
- the Ley Del Agua Para el Estado de Jalisco y Sus Municipios (Water Law for the State of Jalisco and its Municipalities)
- the Reglamento (rules of procedure) for the above law
- the Reglas de Operación de la Comisión Estatal del Agua de Jalisco – CEA (Rules of Operation of the State Water Commission of Jalisco – CEA)
There are also several Normas Oficiales (official standards) for such things as the quality of water delivered for human use and consumption.
The CEA is an organization made up of the representatives of local water boards or local organizations of water users (such as fraccs and condos), CONAGUA, and other competent authorities, and acts as the coordinating body in the respective watersheds in terms of the law.
You cannot cut-off water
Deriving from the National Water Law, and being amplified in the lower laws, is the right to water for drinking and sanitation. This is considered a basic need for life, and cannot be cut off.
That said, you do have the right to enforce sanctions if you have a contract for water delivery with your owners, and this contract spells out the violations and the corresponding penalties. This contract could include a clause to limit water use in the case of non-payment. NOTE: the terms of your contract with your users cannot violate or contradict the terms of your water concession.
Turning it down to a trickle
A common practice has been to decrease the water flow to the unit to a minimal amount. Then you could argue that you hadn't cut-off the water, but the owner might be inconvenienced enough to pay up.
If your condo has its own water supply, and you have a water concession from CONAGUA, you need to carefully read the Terms and Conditions of your concession. It might have limitations on what penalties you can impose on your water users, including reducing or limiting their water. If you decrease water flow to a user, and your concession doesn't let you do this, you could lose your concession.
If your condo collects and redistributes municipal water, you might be in a better position. The aljibe, the pumps, and the distribution piping are common property and are jointly owned by all owners (including the delinquent owner). As such, you can't deny an owner access to property (in this case equipment) that they own (jointly or fully). However, you can argue that in this situation the water itself (not the distribution system) is a service for which the condo pays from revenue received in the form of fees. Non-payment of these fees might be cause to reduce the non-paying owner's water supply.
Two important and recent changes to the Constitution
Two recent changes to the Mexican Constitution might make the practice of reducing water risky.
1. In June of 2011 Articles 1 and 103 of the Constitution were changed to give equal weight to human rights contained in international human rights treaties to which Mexico is a party, and to make these enforceable by the Federal courts.
The General Assembly of the United Nations at its 108th plenary meeting on June 28, 2010, adopted resolution A/RES/64/292 which says, in part:
"1. Recognizes the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights;"
As of June 2011, this is now part of the Mexican Constitution and Federal Law.
2. To further shore this up, in February 2012 a new paragraph was added to Article 4 of the Constitution, as follows:
"Every person has the right to the access, distribution, and sanitation of water for personal and domestic consumption in a form that is sufficient, healthy, acceptable, and accessible. The State will guarantee this right and the law will define the basis, the assistance, and the means for access and fair and sustainable use of the water resources, establishing the participation of the Federation, federated entities, and municipalities, as well as the participation of the citizens for the attainment of these goals."
It'll take a few more years before this filters down into procedures in the other Federal and State laws, but it signals a significant change. Mexico is clearly getting in sync with a global movement towards making access to water a basic and fundamental human right. And, even though there might not be systems in place for fully carrying this out, it's now a Constitutional right in Mexico.
One of the more important words in this new article (that may have been intended to plug the trickle loop-hole) is "sufficient." What exactly does this mean? In the context of the right to water, the internationally accepted meaning is this:
"The water supply for each person must be sufficient and continuous for personal and domestic uses. These uses ordinarily include drinking, personal sanitation, washing of clothes, food preparation, personal and household hygiene. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 50 and 100 litres of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met and few health concerns arise."
Not exactly a trickle!
These new changes could make it easy for a delinquent owner to get an injunction against the condo for seriously reducing their water. The injunction process is different from a lawsuit, and is much faster.
Anyway… something to think about.
Garry Musgrave
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One Response to Cutting-Off Water to a Delinquent Owner
I have a related question(s) Our Administration has, in fact, turned off the water to a delinquent owner. They have also turned off the electricity and possibly the phone services and television cable that is provided by the Association to all owners. The electricity is not metered or billed to individual units but provided through the complex and those expenses are included in our maintenance fees as are the other services listed above. There are numerous other delinquent owners and units in foreclosure that have NOT had their services cut off. Gossip states the owner has fallen on hard times financially due to medical expenses.
Reading our by laws it appears to require a majority vote by the Advisory Counsel to take action against an owner. This did not occur.
Question? Can the Administration cut off Electricity?
Question? Can the Administration cut off those other services?
Question? What would you recommend to the Administration and Advisory Council how to manage the situation?
Question? What recourse might that delinquent owner have other than litigation that he likely might not have the financial resources to do or live long enough to see it resolved in the courts?


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Soy-Braised Pig's Ears (NOT a Valentine's day recipe)
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I bet the butcher wanted to kiss u.ReplyDelete
I love this too, love the crunch factor!
Why not a Valentine's day recipe? Its pink alright, more pink than most other foods:)ReplyDelete
I've never tried pig ears, would love it. I heard its really delicious deep fried.
It will be one of my favourite posts on your blog! I am really happy to see you post it just before St Valentine's Day I try to ignore every year. I absolutely adoooore the shaving photo!ReplyDelete
Your post reminds me of the day when I bought pig ears and decided to grill one and bake the other one, breaded. Both recipes proved awful and I was very disappointed because I was almost sure I would love pig ears (I love cartilage). I must try your recipe instead!
Best. Valentine's Day. Post. Ever. I had pigs' ears once at a Filipino restaurant -- best as I can remember, they were chopped up and fried crispy. To be candid, I didn't love them although it wasn't an 'ick' factor thing; they were just REALLY crunchy which I wasn't too keen on. I too *love* offal. Next on my list is tripe, which completely fascinates me ... I fell in love with it very recently and now order it whenever I see it on a menu. It's on the 'things I must cook very soon' list. Valentine's Day, perhaps.ReplyDelete
Awwww..... it's a tedious work to clean the ear pig, but it's so delicious.Love the crunch.ReplyDelete
Well, its kind of pink, right? Great idea for a V-day post, actually!ReplyDelete
oh wow I have never heard of pigs ears in a dish. thats soo exciting! I ll have to check out if I can get those in the market. is it crunchy like squids?ReplyDelete
so funny, shaving the ears. =)
thanks for sharing it was very interessting, I learned a bunch of things!
I don't think I have tried pig's ears before but kind of like the sound of them and hope I would like the crunchy aspect. I think your poaching broth does sounds delicious and a lovely sharp chilli sauce on the side sounds perfect!ReplyDelete
wendy: haha I like the bite of it, not necessarily the crunch though, i.e. i cook it a bit longer beyond the crunch stage!ReplyDelete
three-cookies: hur hur, that is true.
sissi: haha glad it provided some relief from all the valentine's day gay-ness around! don't you just love the pink shaver ;)
susan: haha i can just see the look on your valentine's face when you serve up tripe. which, coincidentally, i LOVE. have you tried tripe in dim sum restaurants before? so good. it's just boiled till soft, with a sweet, tangy dressing, sometimes with chilli. yum.
yummylittlecooks: i was half disgusted half amused while shaving the ear. but it was worth it.
indie.tea: haha you can say that...
helene: hmm come to think of it, it is a bit like squid, but then again not really, because the crunchy/springy bit is only in the centre, and the skin is quite soft. i'm glad you foudn it helpful (:
laura: yup, for anyone scared of ears, you can pretty much use the same poaching broth for pork belly or pork ribs or sth.
lol at Sissi's comment: "I love cartilage" .... eeek. Shu Han - if you made this, or if someone made this for me, I would be so happy to try it, but preparing it myself... I'm not sure, I'm sorry - I think it might be a bit out of my comfort zone. The idea of shaving it first and then boiling it and throwing away the water with the "gunk"... what sort of gunk is in there? Ear-wax? :DReplyDelete
As I said though - I'd really like to try eating it... I'm not familiar eating things like this. Do you just eat the whole strip of ear, or do you kind of chew on it and slurp up bits of meat-stuff away from the layer of cartilage?Replies
to be honest, charles, i think it IS earwax.... ;/Delete
nope you eat it all up, skin and cartilage and all hehe i bet you must be recoiling now.
i'm not afraid of this, i eat this too. the last time i made this, i asked the butcher to clean it for me, not totally cleaned but save a lot of cleaning work for me! i used a knife to trim off the remaining hair.ReplyDeleteReplies
what a kind butcher you have! intro please.Delete
I can see that this wouldn't be a valentine meal, that would be pig's heart right? I love pigs ear, particularly when it's served sichuan style with plenty of chilli and numbing pepper corns. Gorgeous. I've had it crispy fried as a bar snack in a pub too, and delicious it was.ReplyDelete
So I'm with you all the way on this, even if i haven't actually cooked it yet. That's the next stage. I wonder if Mrs GW would mind if I *borrowed* one of her razors ;)
And this is why I love your blog: you are fearless and totally awesome (I'm pretty sick of the valentine's stuff too). The picture of the razor and the pig's ear made me laugh. I can't believe you actually had to shave it!ReplyDelete
This is an exotic dish! You are really brave to cook this.ReplyDelete
I bet you lotsa people would think pigs' ears are pink and sweet. It just depends on your point of view. I actually like offal and agree on everything you write about it. I n Sweeden they sell dried crunchy pig ears to give to dogs as snacks. Our German Sheperd used to love them. I will admit I sometimes eyed them enviously because they looked crunchy and savory... so I would definitely yty this recipe... if I knew where to get the ears!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I love the picture of you shaving the hair off... too funny!ReplyDelete
We just cooked a pig's head last night for what turned out to be not particularly great head cheese. Wish we'd used the ears for this instead!ReplyDelete
the grubworm: HUR HUR. ok that'll be next on my list to try.ReplyDelete
kyleen: I was pretty freaked out at that too! but halfway through I became amused at the whole situation haha!
zoe: haha it actually felt quite alright, though it did look abit freaky.
nuts about food: haha you could also sneak a few crunchy pig's ears from your german sheperd's dinner...
michelle: I've always wondererd about head cheese actually! i'm sorry it didn't turn out that great ): give this a try the next time!
Grubworm, Shu HanReplyDelete
I am gonna expand on Grubworm's idea: a big pig heart in the middle, surrounded by lots of little chicken (or duck) hearts forming a heart shape. You think that's going a bit overboard?Replies
sounds lovely ;)Delete
Anyone has a calorie count for this dish?ReplyDeleteReplies
Nope, but pig's ears are not fatty at all, more cartilage than anything. THOUGH you shouldn't fret about calories, just eat real food from a good source and your body will thank you for it :)Delete
WOW ..it looks fab ...so tempting..ReplyDelete
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Good to know about soya chaap. That's very new to me :) Online Food OrderReplyDelete
Looks yummy! Where did you get the pig's eats from? Do o have to go to a specific wet market?ReplyDelete


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Accession no: LL 6050
Object type: Ceramic
Name: Vase
Materials: Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Place made: Jingdezhen, China
Date made: Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722 AD)
Measurements: H. 28 cm (with cover), DB. 11.5 cm
Description: Vase, one of a pair (to LL 6025), of slender oval form, with straight neck and dome-shaped cover. On the sides, a garden scene with rocks and plantain trees. Two ladies seated at a table playing checkers, another approaching with a musical instrument. Rock and flowering plants on the neck. Boys on the cover. Borders of hatched Vandyke pattern and flowers.
Literature R. L. Hobson, Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1928, No. 195.
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Unlike last year, when the Fourth of July was a brief respite from a busy, busy month, I have a full week off for Independence Day this year. It's the closest to an old-school summer vacation I've had in a while, and you have every right to be extremely jealous.
However, just like last year (and earlier this summer), when looking for dessert ideas for this week's festivities, I turned to berries and yogurt. Berries were a no-brainer. Sure, there are plenty of other red, white and blue sweets out there, but too many of them rely on weird food coloring. Why use dyes or chemicals when summer's bounty hands you ruby and sapphire gems in the form of raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries?
There are plenty of options when considering the "white" part of Fourth of July desserts. Whipped cream is the easiest, but many desserts use cheesecake, cream cheese frosting, ice cream or even meringues to form the snowy base upon which the berries lie. But my favorite pairing with berries is yogurt — whether for breakfast, a snack or dessert, I love the way tart-sweet berries pair with thick, creamy yogurt. And since it's often used to lighten up otherwise heavy cheesecakes or sheet cakes, it seems a natural fit for summertime.
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Red White and Blue Berry Yogurt Cake
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For the cake:
– 2 cups cake flour
– 1 teaspoon baking powder
– 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
– 1/2 teaspoon salt
– 1 cup sugar
– 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
– 1 large egg + 1 large egg white
– 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
– 1 cup (nonfat) plain Greek yogurt
– 3 ounces fresh blueberries
– 3 ounces fresh raspberries
– cream cheese frosting (recipe below)
– fresh berries, to garnish
1) Preheat oven to 350F. Butter a 9-x-13 baking pan.
2) Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
3) In a large bowl, cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and egg white, then stir in the vanilla extract.
4) Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three additions, alternating with the yogurt and starting and ending with the flour. Use a spatula to stir just until combined after each addition.
5) Pour about 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Then fold the raspberries and blueberries into the remaining batter carefully. Spread the berry batter evenly over the plain batter in the cake pan.
6) Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean and the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
7) Cool cake for 15 minutes, then turn it out onto a serving plate. Let it cool completely before frosting.
For the cream cheese frosting:
– 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
– 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
– 1 tablespoon milk
– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
– 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1) Cream the cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add the powdered sugar until the frosting is thick and creamy.
2) Once the cake is completely cooled, spread the frosting on top of the cake in an even layer. Top with remaining berries.


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My sweet peas have not done well this year. I was late putting them in but havent had as many as expected.
I think one day this country will be over run with animals of all sorts as so many people think more of animals than the rest of the human race.There comes a time when culls are neccessary but then there is an uproar and the powers that be back down. Every thing in moderation but when farmers livelyhood is threatened by bovine then the cause should be erradicated. Now we are having wild animals introduced here and watch out for troubles with that in years to come.
Gosh thats a good sunny sunday morning rant I'm out to do some watering before I get pelted.
We have tried all sorts even spent £50 on supposed miracle deterrant which was blown away on the 1st day. vaseline on pergola top, red strips around balcony rails,shiny discs. black metal cats and still get the mess
If I drank alcohol I wld suggest a large one just so that you relax and let them get on with it. Its easy to keep them off plants but not to stop the mess on the balcony etc.
Hey ho are you all enjoying this weather, too hot for me but hope it lasts for childrens hols.
my pear trees and apple trees are laden with blossom but peach and plums are non existent they are all pruned by a professional fruit grower(not me) I am thinking of moving the peach tree this year as last year I only had 8 peaches and they were attacked by wood lice. Its on a sth facing wall but I am thinking of putting it in greenhouse.
so should I lift them from greenhouse and plant outside. By the way its not only onion soup but the base for all soups of which I am very fond.
Would someone please tell me how to grow onions. I have planted sets in greenhouse and outside but only have greenery, some roots have come on bulbs but they not not swell at all. I use lots of onions for making soup.
I split up a supermatket Basil today into 5 plants put 1 back into the kitchen and 4 in the greenhouse in pots, did the same with parsley but put some in a raised bed under a tunnell hope they all survive
gosh that shows my ignorance I thought it was the opposite but how much sun gets through the bubble wrap can I still plant the leggy seedlings and if so shld I put them in deep -methinks I shld start again
my lettuce are leggy what sould I do with them they are still tiny


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A TEENAGER shot by the Taleban for promoting girls' education has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honour to prevent militant attacks on students, an official claimed yesterday.
Malala Yousufzai, 15, who became a symbol of Pakistani youth resistance to the Taleban, made the request after pupils broke into the school, tore down pictures of her and boycotted classes in her home town of Mingora. They said renaming the school put their lives at risk.
Senior government official Kamran Rehman said Malala had called him from London, where she was being treated for critical wounds following the attack outside the school in October. The Taleban said it had targeted her for promoting secular education for girls.
Her case drew publicity for women's rights in Pakistan, and the Taleban – which has a strong presence in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan – vowed to target her again.


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This is the follow-up post to Driving Towards The End Of The World – After The End Of The World, Part One, a look back on 2012 and my own personal adventure during that year riding the bipolarcoaster, creating art and watching the wheels go round and round as each day we moved closer to the end of the world…
In this post we go down a rabbit hole of books – into fear and loathing, conspiracy theories, alien abductions, near-death experiences and finally into the NOW as I write about my reading journey to the fringes of the world of ideas in pursuit of my subject, consciousness – while looking for better descriptions of the human experience.
After The End Of The World, Part Two
Change is an unpredictable process. Every day you're constantly in the process of changing, but once in a great while a quantum leap kind-of-change can come along and really speed up the process.
It arrives suddenly, quickly, in a moment, but it's usually the result of a number of changes over a period of time which have built on each other like a kind of pressure. When there's a new vibration, frequency or idea which pushes the pressure past the tipping point a quantum leap change can happen – and then suddenly everything becomes different.
After the year I'd had in 2012, and the devastation which depression was wrecking upon my psyche, I desperately needed a change. Not an external change but one inside me… and not a little change but the quantum leap size change. I just had no idea what it could be that would do this, or how to get there… Continue reading


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The decadence of 1920s Paris is captured in a new, anarchic collaboration by pianist Alexandre Tharaud centred on a strangely named nightclub
ON SATURDAY, as part of Glasgow's Piano Month, we will see a side to French pianist Alexandre Tharaud that is the flipside of the musical persona of his latest Virgin Classics album. For while his Strathclyde Suite programme at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is largely about the standard classical repertoire, encompassing Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, Ravel's Miroirs and sonatas by Scarlatti, his newly released collaborative CD – Le Bœuf sur le Toit – inhabits the smoky, decadent abandon of "gai Paris" in the 1920s.
It's that latter obsession that defines an original streak in Tharaud, stemming from his childhood fascination with the recordings of legendary composers and cabaret piano duo Jean Wiéner and Clément Doucet, the tales of his grandfather who played violin in the cafés and dance halls of 1920s Paris, and from his belief that one particular historic cabaret bar – Le Bœuf sur le Toit – was, by the eclectic and salubrious nature of its clientele, hugely influential in shaping the sensual landscape of French classical music after the First World War.
The list of patrons who frequented Le Bœuf says it all – writer and joint founder of the establishment Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Maurice Chevalier, Stravinsky, and the anti-Wagner/Debussy mob known as Les Six, chief among them being Darius Milhaud whose jazzy pantomime ballet Le bœuf sur le toit (based on a Brazilian carnival hit song he picked up in Rio de Janeiro in 1917) was to provide the venue with its enigmatic name (which translates roughly as "the bull on the roof").
"It's a moment in musical history that I feel passionate about, and wanted to pay tribute to in this new recording," Tharaud says "And it's from the name of the club that the phrase 'faire le bœuf' came, meaning 'to have a jam session'."
To make it happen, Tharaud enlisted a broad spectrum of collaborators to "faire le bœuf" with him in what he terms "a crazy project", encompassing music as diverse as cheeky foxtrot versions of Chopin and Liszt, distilled Milhaud (the composer's brief transcription of his own Le bœuf), songs by Gershwin and Cole Porter, a thoroughly camp "novelty piano solo" by Doucet on themes from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, to those scorching, original piano duos of Wiéner and Doucet themselves, painstakingly transcribed from sound archives by Tharaud.
The result is intoxicating, in that no track is without its individually fresh quirks. American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux cuts a sexy, suave version of Porter's Let's Do It…; French operatic coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay is hauntingly ethereal in the strange vocalisations of Wiéner's Blues chanté; Jean Delescluse spins out the whimsical vocals in Cocteau's and Milhaud's 1921 collaboration Caramel mou; French chanson artists Bénabar and the Edith Piaf-like Juliette add a husky, steamy quality to night club songs; and there's even a tap dance accompaniment (yes, on CD!) to Paul Segnitz's Poppy Cock.
And how strange is Tharaud's harpsichord version of the Saint Louis Blues, the athletic foxtrot banjo playing of David Chevalier, a two-and-a-half minute cabaret operetta, Louis XIV, featuring the voices of all the contributors (Tharaud included), all set intriguingly, but not incongruously, alongside a piano-arranged extract from Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges?
That's the thing about this wildly diverse disc. Its manic incongruity – held together by Tharaud's versatile and omnipresent piano playing – is clearly intended to conjure up the "anything goes" spirit that was the lifeblood of the original Bœuf sur le Toit.
That's not something you can physically experience these days. "The name still exists in the same district of Paris near the Madeleine. But it's now an expensive restaurant, and not a very good one," says Tharaud. "It's very different from the days when all Paris's young artists and intellectuals came every night to discuss American jazz and hear the best jazzmen."
As for the impact the club had on French musical style, its regular patronage by so many leading composers made sure that happened.
"Ravel visited Le Bœuf practically every night. It's where he discovered jazz, where he learnt to understand it, and you only have to look at his two piano concertos to realise how important an inspiration jazz was to have his music."
If there was an element of hero worship guiding Tharaud's hand through this recording project, it was surely his unqualified admiration for the lesser-known Wiéner, whose chief job it was to dazzle the Le Bœuf's clients with his pianism, and to get them up dancing in a way that fuelled the electrifying energy of the club.
In particular, it was Wiéner's enthusiasm for American jazz that got the joint jumping; that introduced the music of Gershwin and Cole Porter to Paris gatherings frequently counting Picasso, Gide or Chanel among their number; that, with the added enthusiasm of Cocteau, led to the likes of Poulenc, Stravinsky and all the other new-breed composers infusing their own music with streams of jazz that went way beyond the century's earlier cross-fertilised examples of Debussy and Satie.
In the end, the interwar heyday of Le Bœuf sur le Toit was as much a flash in the pan as the Roaring 20s. The jealousy of other night club owners led to them snitching on Le Bœuf's tendency to flout Paris' late licensing laws. It moved location several times, running out of steam as the economy dipped after the 1929 Wall Street Crash. It struggled on to 1941, but never regained the thrills of its early days.
Tharaud has no plans to play any of the music on his CD in Glasgow this week, though who knows – an impromptu encore might not be out of the question. But he is including a significant piano transcription of his own – a version only recently completed of Mahler's Adagietto from the Fifth Symphony.
"It was a difficult exercise, as Mahler's music is very, very slow, and the durational sound of the piano is short. I've had to add in many extra notes, but they have to be played very quietly, very calmly," he said in advance of premiering the transcription in Belgium last week. "I'm waiting to see the audience reaction. I won't know how successful it is until I know what that reaction will be."
Sounds just like the adventurous spirit that made Le Bœuf the place to be back in 1920s Paris.
• Alexander Tharaud perfoms at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's Strathclyde Suite on 17 November. His latest CD, Le Bœuf sur le Toit – Swinging Paris is out now on Virgin Classics.


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Seldom has an appointment been received with such unanimity! A rarity in a country which seems to thrive on the destruction of others, a country where "it should have been me" is more often the refrain than is "congratulations, well done!"
But Peter Irvin Foster has never been one to dwell on the perceptions of others. He has long been his own man, a lawyer who goes the extra mile to ensure the proper representation of his clients, a meticulous man to be sure. From as early as his days at St. Mary's College Peter always wanted to be a lawyer, an ambition no doubt spurred on by his legendary father's success in the field. Several of Kenneth Foster's children would enter the legal field—in fact no Saint Lucian family has produced as many lawyers—but it would be Peter who would be the standout.
Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in London, England and in Castries, Saint Lucia, in 1983, Peter has practiced here continuously ever since and heads of one of the largest and leading law firms in the country which he established 1988. While he primarily specializes in corporate and civil matters he has not shied away from the criminal law. Peter is especially well-known for his prowess in defamation and libel matters where he has recorded several successes. His numerous defenses of STAR publisher, Rick Wayne, are generally considered essential reading.
In 1992, Peter was involved in a case which remains the leading authority on negligence in Saint Lucia. In that case The Right Hon Sir Vincent Floissac, writing for a unanimous court, stated: "Where the cause of action is negligence, the plaintiff must prove by reference to the English Law of negligence and English rules of evidence (1) that the defendant owed a duty to take care (2) that the defendant was negligent or in breach of that duty and (3) that the damage suffered by the plaintiff was caused by that negligence or breach of duty."
The Court of Appeal further held that all three elements must all be present at the same time.
Peter was involved in another landmark decision where a newspaper published an article relating to the passing of a mother and child. The newspaper alleged that the child had contracted HIV from the mother and sought to support its contention by publishing the mother's death certificate. Peter, representing the deceased woman's partner, successfully argued before the court that the manner of the article would draw an inference from the reading public that the mother contracted the disease from the said male partner and that he was, therefore, himself HIV positive. That decision established that it is possible to defame someone by association.
Peter also argued that the publication of the death certificate amounted to a breach of confidence as the newspaper had obtained the dead mother's medical records without his client's authorization. The court concurred!
More recently, Peter was part of the legal team which convinced the court that the government had acted unlawfully in the manner of its transfer of a commissioner of police.
Peter credits all of his success to his father Kenneth, in whose firm he was first employed after being called to the bar. According to the younger Foster: "My dad taught me everything. He taught me to represent every client honestly, faithfully and without fear or favor." Foster continued: "Dad told me that I would get out of the profession only what I put into it. So I have worked very hard, always mindful of my dad's words that over time and with continuous investment in it, I would be rewarded."
Over the past twenty-eight years Peter has acted as a temporary Magistrate and more recently as a judge of the OECS Supreme Court.
Passionate as he is about the law, he hardly limits his schedule to its practice. Peter is a former Chairman of the Castries City Corporation as well as a past Chairman of the Council of the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards and Director of St. Lucia Electricity Services Company. He was also the Chairman of the utility company's Governance Committee. A fitness enthusiast he has twice participated in the New York marathon.
On January 6, 2012, Peter was elected to serve as Speaker of Saint Lucia's House of Assembly and earlier this month he was appointed one of Her Majesty's Queen's Counsel. That appointment made it only the third time in our legal history that both father and son have attained this high honor.
The STAR joins with the rest of the nation in congratulating the Hon. Peter Irvin Foster QC.
Peter Foster named QC!
Seldom has an appointment been received with such unanimity! A rarity in a country which seems to thrive on the destruction of others, a country where "it should have been me" is more often the refrain than is "congratulations, well done!"


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In this post, I will be discussing the misguided notion that laetrile (aka amygdalin or, misleadingly, "vitamin B17") acts as an effective therapy against cancer, with particular attention to the website "World Without Cancer". This is not because it's been in the news recently, but because of this site's "Google positioning", so to speak: googling "nontoxic.org.uk" brings up the World Without Cancer website as one of the top results. Hence, I see it as something of a duty to use this position wisely, and to demonstrate why some of the wild (yet at first glance convincing) claims made on the site are unjustified. It is also the first post on this blog in which I attempt to address the thorny issue of religion, where I feel my opinions are very different to a large proportion of the pseudoscience-debunking blogging community.
First of all, however, the World Without Cancer site.
"World Without Cancer" takes its name from a book by G. Edward Griffin which rather fancifully claims that "laetrile suppression" is part of a major conspiracy from a number of groups with financial interests in drug-related research. The book appears on Quackwatch's list of nonrecommended books for cancer patients who may be considering alternative treatments. The site makes similar claims, that laetrile was hailed by "many" as a control for all cancers, and that:
[the] pharmaceutical multinationals, unable to patent or claim exclusive rights to the vitamin [laetrile], launched a propaganda attack of unprecedented viciousness against B-17 [laetrile], despite the fact that hard proof of its efficiency in controlling all forms of cancer surrounds us in overwhelming abundance.
Laetrile is a synthetic compound made from amygdalin, itself an extract from almonds or apricot stones. However, despite the fact that the two are distinct chemical compounds, the names are frequently confounded. Further confusion arises by the fact that Ernest T. Krebs, who "discovered" the compound, arbitrarily named it as "vitamin B17", despite the fact that laetrile is not a vitamin. It is, however, marketed as a vitamin to give it a false sense of legitimacy.
Much is made on the World Without Cancer website of the "overwhelming abundance" of "hard proof" of laetrile's "efficiency of controlling all forms of cancer". In a nutshell (boom boom), the mechanism by which this "control" (a very ambiguous term which appears repeatedly to imply "cure", an implication which the hard-to-find small-print denies) is alleged to work (on this page) appears to be as follows: the compound amygdalin can be decomposed into cyanide, benzaldehyde and glucose; this decomposition only takes place with the presence of a particular enzyme (betaglucosidase); this enzyme is only found in cancer cells; thus, voilà, the poisons cyanide and benzaldehyde only attack the cancer cells and not benign cells from body organs. Abracadabra. It is also claimed (on another page) that our "normal cells" (but not cancerous cells) contain an enzyme called Rhodanese, which allegedly "neutralises" the amygdalin, preventing it from releasing cyanide. How convenient.
If this claim is true (or at least, justifiable), then we should now be able to turn to the references and examine the "overwhelming abundance" of "hard proof" of this effect. Of course, because this is a scientific claim, these references should be presented clearly so that they are easy to follow, refer to peer-reviewed research that can be found in academic library collections, and be an accurate representation of the wider body of scientific research. Sadly, this practice appears not to have been followed. Here, out of an overwhelming list of 79 references, are the first 15:
- Clinical Oncology for Medical Students and Physicians, op. cit, pp.32 , 34
- Spontaneous Regression of Cancer: "The Metabolic Triumph of the Host!", op. cit.,pp. 136, 137.
- Manner, HW, Michaelson, TL, and DiSanti, SJ. "Enzymatic Analysis of Normal and Malignant Tissues." Presented at the Illinois State Academy of Science, April 1978. Also, Manner, HW, Michaelson, TL, and DiSanti, SJ, "Amygdalin, Vitamin A and Enzymes Induced Regression of Murine Mammary Adenocarcinomas", Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Vol 1, No. 4, December 1978. 200 East Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL 60148 USA
- Vitamin B15 (Pangamic Acid); Properties, Functions, and Use. (Moscow: Science Publishing House, 1965), translated and reprinted by McNaughton Foundation, Sausalito, Calif.
- Catalona, et al. Medical World News, 6/23/72, pg 82M California cancer Advisory council, 1963, pg 10 Weilerstein, R. W., ACS Volunteer, 19, #1, 1973
- Burger, Hospital Practice, July, 1973, 55-62
- Currie & Bagshawe, Lancet, 1, (7492), 708, 1967
- Abercrombie, Ca. Res. 22, 525, 1962
- Cormack, Ca. Res. 30, (5), 1459, 1970
- catalona, et al. Medical World News, 6/23/72, pg 82M
- Jose, Nut. Today, March, 1973, pgs 4-9
- Burk & Winzler, VITAMINS AND HORMONES, vol. II, 1944
- Adcock et al, Science, 181, 8/31/73, 845-47
- Dr. Dean Burk formerly chief of cytochemistry, The National cancer institute, and Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, Science Director of The National Health Federation, Formerly an editor of chemical Abstracts.
- Fairley, Brit. Med. J. 2,1969, 467-473
Just about everything is wrong here. The remaining 64 are not much better. None of the 79 references date from conference paper third on the list, i.e. 1978. Very few of these references are full – in many cases the titles are missing. In some cases, like the first two, the dates are missing. In a number of cases, this makes finding the reference either a complete pain in the ass or a totally impossible task. Something tells me that this is not done by accident. Correct referencing is, in fact, surprisingly simple, particularly in this day and age with free, open-source reference managers such as BibTeX, Zotero and CiteULike. Zotero, in particular, is a fantastic software project which I recommend to all researchers wholeheartedly. There really is no excuse for incomplete referencing these days.
Let's start at the beginning, with the two undated references. Both of these contain the abbreviation "op. cit.". I admit I had to look up what this meant:
Op. cit. (Latin, short for "opus citatum"/"opere citato", meaning "the work cited/from the cited work") is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation to refer the reader to an earlier citation. To find the Op. cit. source, one has to look at the previous footnotes or general references section to find the relevant author.
Wait, what? What previous citation? These two are top of the list!
The second reference contains another error: it is misquoted. The actual, full citation is this:
Cole, W.H., 1974. Spontaneous Regression Of Cancer: The Metabolic Triumph Of The Host? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 230(Paraneoplastic Syndromes), 111-141.
The subtle change of a question mark to an exclamation mark completely changes the title's meaning. Don't believe me? Try reading "Sorry!" and "Sorry?" out loud and see for yourself. In fact, just for fun, while you're at it, try reading "O Watana Siam" out loud as well. Particularly if you're reading this in a library or a busy internet café.
Reference number three refers in fact to two conference papers presented by Harold W. Manner and colleagues in the 70's. These papers are not readily available. However, much of Manner's work has been widely debunked by the American Cancer Society. Manner operated (or maybe still operates) a clinic in Mexico offering courses of laetrile therapy at extortionate cost. Conflict of interests, perhaps?
The fourth reference cites literature on another bogus "vitamin": pangamic acid. Quite what its relevance is to laetrile is anyone's guess. In any case, the lack of evidence supporting the medicinal value of pangamic acid is discussed here.
The fifth reference is, again, an untidy mish-mash, this time of three articles. One of them is in fact repeated later in the list (the tenth reference). None of the three articles could be easily sourced.
I could go on, but even going through these 15 references would be a pointless slog, not least because none of them is complete. Even finding the ones that are readily available is difficult and requires some extensive detective work. I would like to hope that this is just unintentional sloppiness, though I doubt it. Making the references as difficult as possible to check, whilst still retaining a sense of "sciency-ness" about their sheer number, is a very deliberate ploy. If this is a false allegation, then I challenge the authors to tidy up their references, after which I will retract that statement.
A couple of more recent papers regarding the efficacy of laetrile have emerged. The first, published in 2007, contains a systematic review of all the published data related to "the effectiveness or safety of laetrile interventions as a treatment of any type of cancer". The study included articles sourced not only from "conventional" medical literature databases such as PubMed and Medline, but also from alternative medicine publication databases. Thirty-six studies were included. No controlled clinical trials were found. The authors concluded (unsurprisingly) that "the claim that laetrile has anticancer effects is, therefore, not supported by data from controlled clinical trials". The authors also noted that a number of apparently positive results had been reported, however "all positive results came from case reports and case series where subjective responses could erroneously be interpreted as objective evidence of efficacy". This paragraph from the discussion describes the biases inherent in these studies beautifully:
There are several reasons why the few allegedly positive results may, in fact, be 'false positives'. In particular, one should question whether patients actually had cancer to
start with, whether the alleged benefit was due to laetrile or to concomitant treatments, and whether the outcome was real or assumed. None of the "positive" cases have been reported in sufficient detail to be sure on all these accounts. Furthermore, some of them were reported by authors who one might suspect of a conflict of interest.
The paper even mentions that the proposed mechanism of magic enzymes conveniently appearing in the right places may be (surprise, surprise) mythical. There is "no experimental evidence to show that malignant and healthy cells differ in rhodanese enzymes [citation] nor that betaglucosidase is contained in tumor tissues [citation]." In other words, the neutralising enzyme appears not only in your body cells but also in the cancer cells to a more or less equal extent, and the enzyme that releases the cyanide from amygdalin isn't in the cancer cells at all. Whoops.
The second, published in January this year, is from the "Internet Journal of Alternative Medicine". The paper claims that evidence on laetrile is mixed between supportive and unsupportive, and that there is evidence suggesting that "condemnation of laetrile may have been premature". The author is Stephen D. Krashen, emeritus professor at the University of Southern California's… School of Education. His expertise is in the field of linguistics and second language acquisition. Not, as one might assume from the paper alone, in medicine or public health.
Still, credentials are often misleading; what's important is whether the data are unbiased, the methods are rigorous and the analysis is sound. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The first part of the paper looks at how different "studies" have categorised cancer cases and "positive responses from laetrile" as reported in a single paper (this one). Krashen identifies nine studies:
The first five entries are from refereed journals, the sixth (NCI) is a website, the seventh is a report from the US Congress, and the eighth and ninth are books.
Ah yes, "books", those reliable, peer-reviewed sources of informed, unbiased, unopinionated study. "Books", where one can safely assume no competing interests at all. Give me strength. Unsurprisingly, the "books" show the most favourable categorisation of the results. It is even more unsurprising to learn that one of the books is the World Without Cancer Book mentioned above. The other one, "The Cancer Industry" is written by Ralph Moss, who sells "Cancer Reports" for $297 a pop (so has a financial interest embedded in confusing people about cancer). His site is full of the usual canards, testimonials from customers and "experts", numerous mentions of CAM, use of the letters PhD to bolster credentials, and so on. Quackwatch has a good, concise review of the book.
Krashen's grasp of statistical methods is as poor as his regard for bias within his sources. Oddly, he begins by stating that statistical analysis was not suitable "because of the selection process used". He then proceeds to conduct a statistical analysis. Eh?
The analysis compares data for the laetrile-treatment group with the no-treatment group. Quite why one would choose to do that is anyone's guess, since Ellison's report contained data on cases treated with chemotherapy. It is not sufficient only to show that a new treatment is better than nothing; it has to be shown to be better than the best currently available treatment.
The analysis proceeds rather curiously by whittling away the total number of cases in the laetrile-treatment group until the data finally showed a "statistically significant" result. The basis for this is that some of the results were inconclusive or represented "stable disease". Funnily enough, the Krashen is not so scrupulous with the comparison group. Furthermore, Krashen presents results from both one-tailed and two-tailed tests, implying that his hypothesis is not clearly set out before commencing his analysis. He then has the gall to state that because he didn't then go all the way and include the questionable positive cases as categorised by Moss and Griffin, that his analysis was "conservative".
So, in summary, Krashen bases his argument on a statistical analysis where there is no clear hypothesis, a dodgy comparison group and arbitrary disposal of negative results, and these are considered conservative because they don't diagnose positive and negative cases according to the most biased categorisation criteria he could find. Instead, it appears, he chose the second or third most biased categorisation. Still not exactly neutral then. As the final nail in the coffin, Krashen's closing statement spectacularly misses the point of evidence-based medicine:
Clearly, Laetrile is considered guilty until it is proven innocent.
Sigh. Try "considered useless until it is proven effective" and then you might be closer to the mark.
So anyway, back to World Without Cancer. There is no evidence that laetrile is effective in controlling cancer, despite the fanciful claims. What's particularly galling – and here's the religion bit – is the sporadic interspertion of Bible verses around the site. As those of you who have seen my about page will know, I am a Christian, and openly subscribe to the teachings of Jesus, and use the concept of "God" to frame my understanding of the world. I make no apology for my own beliefs, and use them to underpin a lot of my scientific understanding. For me, God represents "all knowledge", and "seeking to be more like God" is another way of saying "furthering my scientific understanding". I don't subscribe to the increasingly fashionable view that religion and science are diametrically opposed combatives in an eternal war against each other. I do agree with many skeptics that there are a lot of (pseudo-)religious nutcases spouting utter nonsense out there, claiming to offer religious or spiritual guidance. I do not, however, conclude that this means that religion as a whole is a nonsensical waste of time which is by definition dangerous. In a similar vein, there are a number of pseudo-scientists spouting equally despicable nonsense, claiming to offer the next new miracle cure. The difference, in my view, is that practitioners of good scientific study are active and vocal in their debunking of pseudo-science, yet those for whom religious activity is a positive thing (through cultural identification, pastoral care of the isolated and vulnerable, provision of a regular community focal point enhancing social cohesion, and so on) have unfortunately chosen to largely turn a blind eye to the nonsense and the bigotry and thus allow it to hijack the concept of "religion" and thus the public perception of it. Jesus, the story goes, was highly active in debunking the corrupt and nonsensical religious establishments of the time. I see it as my duty to debunk pseudo-science such as World Without Cancer, and at the same time, when I see it accompanied by pseudo-theology such as the following:
"These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgement in your courts." (Zechariah 8:16)
"Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body." (Ephesians 4:25)
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)
it upsets me on two fronts. This sort of pseudo-theology suffers from similar canardery to bad science: cherry-picking (of Bible verses, rather than scientific studies), misrepresentation, over-extrapolation, taking things out of context, and so on. The Bible verses they cite speak of "truth" but alas, there is none to be found. In fact, in this post I aim to have done exactly what those verses instruct.
I hope to return to this theme in future blog posts, that holding spiritual beliefs does not automatically mean you have to be completely incapable of scientific thinking. For now, though, I wish to reiterate the point of this post: the quack miracle cures promoted by World Without Cancer are falsehoods and are more likely to relieve you of your money than your cancer. I hope that discussion will focus on this.


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MICK O'DOWD, who was unanimously ratified as Meath manager at last night's county committee meeting, has said his priority will be to build team spirit and develop a sense of unity amongthe players, as he takes over the challenging task of restoring the county to football's top table.
"I feel very strongly we need spirit and unity and when that's 100 per cent right you can move on to questions of tactics," he told The Irish Times on a night that also saw Louth appoint former Armagh All-Ireland medallist Aidan O'Rourke, who has worked in inter-county management with Kieran McGeeney in Kildare, and Down extend James McCartan's tenure.
"People have been analysing teams in terms of systems and whereas some games are very tactical, Donegal built fitness and trust in each other before they tried to implement tactics.
"They were hungry and defended very, very well but that wasn't new; Tyrone did it and Meath in their day did it – bringing a very, very intense approach. It's the same principle."
O'Dowd, a former Meath player who on retirement from the inter-county scene coached his club Skryne to the senior title eight year ago, brings a strong backroom team, including former selectors Trevor Giles and Seán Kelly as well as fitness and conditioning coach Colm Brady, who has worked with two previous managements. All three have won All-Ireland medals.
"I'd say probably since I finished playing I'd hoped to manage Meath at some stage," says O'Dowd, who was selected ahead of Colm O'Rourke, Graham Geraghty and Paddy Carr.
"This time everything seemed right, family-wise, and my employers Rabo Bank were very supportive and once those two things were in place I was happy to let my name go forward.
"I knew the people I wanted with me and when they were available it didn't bother me I was definitely a lower-profile candidate. I'd enough confidence in myself and the wealth of experience my management team have."
He doesn't anticipate it being a difficult task to restore spirits after a bruising couple of seasons, which saw the board last spring vote no confidence in his predecessor Séamus McEnaney after a disastrous league season ended in relegation to Division Three although the county went on to reach the Leinster final.
"I don't think so. Meath have a strong tradition in football and there's enormous work being done in every club at all levels. Maybe players haven't had a fair platform.
"A lot of the controversial stuff has been external to them and I would hope to get a platform in place that enables players to get the best out of themselves."
He looks forward to meeting players and selectors alike and starting the process that will lead through to next summer and the opening championship contest with the winners of Wicklow v Longford.
"I haven't met the players and so far haven't even had a collective management meeting. When that's done we'll look at what we want to do. I look on it as a good challenge. Since word emerged I was the candidate I've had nothing but enormous support from everyone and I would like to recreate those year in the 1980s and '90s when we were a united county going up to Croke Park every summer."
As well as O'Dowd and O'Rourke being appointed, Frank Dawson was given the green light to take over the Antrim footballers. Dawson's inter-county experience was with the Down hurlers, who he took to the county's most recent Ulster title, in 1997, before they lost to Tipperary in that year's All-Ireland quarter-finals. Also in Down he had successful spells with football clubs Burren and Longstone, taking the former to a county title and the latter to a county final.
These appointments leave just three vacancies in intercounty football management: Roscommon, Clare and Waterford. The first two are not expected to fill the posts for a number of weeks but Waterford hope to be able to propose a successor for John Owens by the end of the month.
Two other counties are hopeful their managers will accept offers of reappointment. Cork's Conor Counihan has until this day week's county committee meeting to decide whether to commit for a sixth successive year.
Sligo say Kevin Walsh should have given them an answer by the end of this week. By the time all posts have been filled there will have been nearly a 50 per cent turnover with 14 new appointments for the 2013 season.


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Research suggests eating spicy foods can increase metabolism and may actually help you eat less. A Canadian study this year showed that men, who had hot sauce with an appetizer, ate on average 200 fewer calories than men who did not.Foods that give your metabolism an extra boost – including chili peppers -- are called thermogenic foods. Thermogenic foods help you burn fat better and give you more energy, so anybody can shed those extra ... [full story]
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Thirty-eight years after he began his career as a teenage journalist for Rolling Stone, filmmaker Cameron Crowe has re-immersed himself in documenting musicians' lives, with two movies out this year: Pearl Jam Twenty, marking the band's 20th anniversary, and The Union, about Elton John and Leon Russell's 2010 LP. "For Elton, the camera is a buddy," Crowe says. "Pearl Jam is not prone to opening the curtain the same way – but that's the delight of it."
Narrated by John, The Union captures the creation of the record and includes interviews with Brian Wilson and Stevie Nicks. Twenty was assembled from "every piece of archival stuff we could find," says Crowe, who has known Pearl Jam since he worked with them on the 1992 movie Singles. "It's equal parts complimentary and really painful," says PJ's Jeff Ament. "it's Cameron's love letter to us."
This story is from the May 26th, 2011 issue of Rolling Stone.