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The Atlanta Braves entered last September in prime position to reach the playoffs for a second straight season.
They ended the month, and their season, on a five-game losing streak and one game out of the National League Wild Card position.
That collapse has put a big chip on the shoulder of this year's Atlanta squad, which enters its second season under manager Fredi Gonzalez following Bobby Cox's retirement. The Braves could have used the experience of their former manager down the stretch as they held an 8 1/2-game lead for the league's extra playoff spot with 23 games to play.
However, a three-game sweep in Philadelphia started things on a downward spiral, but Atlanta still led the wild card race by three games with five to play. They lost all five, two in Washington and the final three at home to the Phillies. A victory on the season's final day would have forced a tiebreaker with the eventual World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
The Braves lost 4-3 in extra innings.
Offense was once again a struggle for the Braves in 2011. Despite better-than- expected seasons out of rookie first baseman Freddie Freeman and switch-hitter Chipper Jones, who will turn 40 on April 24 and announced he will retire at season's end, Atlanta was near the bottom of the league with a .243 average and scored just 641 runs. The Braves were also forced into 55 one-run games, going 29-26.
In his first season with the Braves, second baseman Dan Uggla got off to a terrible start before ending his first campaign with the club very strong, and sophomore outfield Jason Heyward struggled all season long. Shortstop Alex Gonzalez also hit under .250, but the Braves opted to let him walk as a free agent.
In fact, replacing Gonzalez with rookie Tyler Pastornicky marks the only significant change to the Braves. They also cleared some salary by dealing veteran starter Derek Lowe to Cleveland and declining a 2012 option on outfielder Nate McLouth, but the Braves decided against adding any impact players over free agency.
General manager Frank Wren was awarded that luxury thanks to a talented young core that includes Pastornicky, closer Craig Kimbrel and a host of youthful arms to battle for spots in the rotation. Gonzalez will also get to pencil in center fielder Michael Bourn into his leadoff position all season after the Braves got the speedster and upcoming free agent from the Astros last season for prospects.
Gonzalez said he isn't worried about last year's finish having an impact on the 2012 season, but a slow start in April could cause a panic in Atlanta.
Below we take a capsule look at the 2012 edition of the Braves, with a personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2011 FINISH (89-73) - Second Place (NL East)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: None
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Derek Lowe (RHP), Alex Gonzalez (SS), Nate McLouth (OF), George Sherrill (LHP), Scott Linebrink (RHP)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Michael Bourn (CF), Martin Prado (LF), Chipper Jones (3B), Brian McCann (C), Dan Uggla (2B), Freddie Freeman (1B), Jason Heyward (RF), Tyler Pastornicky (SS)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Jair Jurrjens (RHP), Tommy Hanson (RHP), Tim Hudson (RHP), Brandon Beachy (RHP), Mike Minor (LHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Craig Kimbrel (RHP)
MANAGER: Fredi Gonzalez
No player has more riding on the 2012 season than Heyward, who the Braves entertained trading this offseason before opting to stick with the 22-year old right fielder. That was a shocking turn for Heyward, who appeared to be the future of the Braves' offense after hitting .277 with 18 homes and 71 runs batted in over 142 games as a rookie in 2010.
Heyward, though, slumped badly as a sophomore, hitting only .227 with 14 homers and 42 RBI in 128 games while striking out 93 times to 51 walks. Heyward never seemed to get on track following an early-season shoulder injury.
Heyward will be working with a new hitting coach in Greg Walker, who replaces the fired Larry Parrish after serving in the same role with the White Sox for the previous 8 1/2 seasons.
Walker will also look to get Martin Prado back on track. Prado made the move to the outfield full time after the Braves acquired Uggla, but hit just .260 in 129 games while missing time with a staph infection. A 2010 All-Star, Prado had hit .307 in each of the previous two seasons.
It wasn't all bad for Atlanta's offense though. Uggla was hitting just .173 on July 4 before putting together an Atlanta-record 33-game hitting streak on the way to hitting a career-high 36 homers. Freeman also put together an excellent rookie campaign, batting .282 with 21 homers in 157 games.
The pressure will be on Freeman again, especially if Heyward continues to struggle. A similar sophomore slump for the first baseman could torpedo Atlanta's offense again this season.
Gonzalez did a lot of things right in his first year replacing Cox, but he may have leaned on his outstanding bullpen trio a little too often.
Kimbrel set a major league rookie record with 46 saves and was a 2011 All-Star along with left-hander Jonny Venters, who had an excellent 1.84 earned run average in his second big-league season.
Fellow southpaw Eric O'Flaherty was just as solid with a 0.98 ERA, but all three relievers ranked in the top five in appearances. Venters, in fact, led baseball with 85 appearances, with Kimbrel and O'Flaherty logged 79 and 78 respectively.
It all came to a head on the regular season's final day, with Kimbrel blowing a save to cap his NL Rookie of the Year season in disappointing fashion.
Venters, meanwhile, had a 5.11 ERA in 13 appearances in September.
Those late-season struggles may cause Gonzalez to limit the trio's appearances early. Playing in fewer close games would also help.
Not only will Gonzalez have to juggle his bullpen better, but he'll need to keep an eye on the health of his starters. The skipper will be tested right off the bat with right-hander Tim Hudson expected to miss the first month of the season recovering from back surgery.
Not only that, but Tommy Hanson was involved in a one-car accident during the spring that resulted in the right-hander suffering a mild concussion. It was the latest setback for one of Atlanta's top pitching prospects, who was limited to 22 starts because of a shoulder issue.
Hanson had a 2.44 ERA in 17 first-half games, but struggled to an 8.10 ERA in five starts following the All-Star break.
Righty Jair Jurrjens, who also saw his name appear in trade rumors this offseason, suffered a similar setback, putting together an excellent 12-3 record and 1.87 ERA in 16 starts prior to the All-Star Game before going 1-3 with a 5.88 ERA in seven second-half starts while battling a right knee issue.
The duo will look to stay healthy in 2012, but the Braves do have plenty of options if needed. Brandon Beachy and Mike Minor should also begin the season in the rotation, while top pitching prospect Julio Teheran and highly-regarded righty Randall Delgado are ready to step in after getting a taste of the majors last year.
Teheran is ranked as the fourth-best prospect in baseball according to MLB.com, while Delgado is 42nd.
With two solid shortstops in their system, the Braves let Gonzalez walk and didn't pursue a big name in free agency like Jimmy Rollins or Jose Reyes. Instead, the Braves will go with 22-year-old Tyler Pastornicky on Opening Day in the hopes he can hold his own at the big league level.
Expected to bat in the eighth spot, Pastornicky hit .365 in 27 games with Triple-A Gwinnett after hitting .299 at the Double-A level. Defense could be some concern as Pastornicky committed 26 errors in 117 games a season ago.
To help with the transition, the Braves re-signed veteran Jack Wilson to help and mentor the young shortstop. Wilson worked with Pastornicky during the offseason and sees a lot of talent in the 2008 draft pick.
The Braves could once again be their own worst enemy in 2012. The club has all the tools to be contenders in the National League, especially with the inclusion of the second wild card, but needs to stay healthy and get bounce- back seasons from some players. With Jones not getting any younger and probably not going to be able to play every day -- in fact he will open the season on the DL due to knee surgery -- it will be up to Uggla, Prado and Heyward to help catcher Brian McCann out with the offense. Atlanta is in a better spot should injuries again hamper the rotation and will be a tough team to beat late if the trio of Kimbrel, Venters and O'Flaherty can come even close to matching last year's production. Fatigue seemed to be Atlanta's biggest obstacle in reaching the playoffs last year and it will be up to Gonzalez to make sure his team has learned the lesson. If the manager can do that, expect the Braves to be in the hunt for a wild card.


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Purdy art on view at café
Published 9:40 am, Thursday, September 10, 2015
Marty's Café in Washington is presenting an exhibit, "Journeys," through Sept. 30, and will include a reception Sept. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The exhibit features recent paintings by longtime Roxbury resident Susan Gold Purdy, who works in oil, watercolor and pastel and whose work reflects the Connecticut landscape as well as sites she has visited in France, Italy, Mexico, and Morocco.
Purdy is well known as a cookbook author-illustrator and culinary instructor, but is also a respected visual artist who has been painting all her life.
The exhibit may be seen Mondays through Sundays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 6 Green Hill Road café.
For more information, call 860-868-1700.

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Javier Severo with his restless young spirit, is an eternal student of life who loves challenges and constant progress. His critical and observant personality have guided him through the scenery of visual communication since 2002 such as big corporate advertising groups specializing in photography with projects for Y&R, Lowe, McCann, Sancho BBDO to name a few. With important frontline photographers being his personal teachers, he has learned from the best.
Javier uses his profession as a medium to learn more about human nature with every taken picture. His specialty is portrait photography and its application in the advertising sector. Currently traveling between Italy and Spain, Javier is a demanded freelance photographer and creative.
*Photo exhibitions focused on promoting local cultural aspects.
*Social photography in events, in order to promote brands to the public
*production and improvement of fashion editorials
*monitoring and networking of actors
*preparing books for all production models included.
*books for weddings, pre-wedding ceremony, party and honeymoon session
*Art direction for companies products and image.
*Direction Photography for video
*Creating Production strategy and campaigns
*Individual photography classes and editing in photoshop for individuals, beginners or for people with specific midlevel techniques. (Only Barcelona)
*Profile research, urban capture and holding of castings according to project.
*searching for locations for photo or video shoots.
*Transfers to Europe and South America for documentary purposes.
*Accompaniment during honeymoon, photographic report to artist in tour


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Best pizza: Anthony's
Anthony's is home to the best pizza in Ottawa, hands down. Simple and authentic, pizzas are made fresh to order in a wood-fired oven and dressed with quality ingredients. At the moment, Anthony's in Hintonburg is the only location, but a Glebe location is opening soon on Bank street.
Photo via Yelp
Best date spot: Town
This little Elgin street hotspot is the best date spot in town. The menu, made up of smaller plates and hearty mains, is casual, hearty and great for sharing. The tap is everchanging with a great selection of local beer and the cocktails are crafted with love. Reservations are highly recommended as Town is always bustling no matter the day. Grab a seat at the bar, order a bottle of wine and share a few plates (try the meatballs!) with the one you love.
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Best outdoor market: Lansdowne Market
Lansdowne Market in the Glebe is by far the city's largest farmer's market. Hosted outdoors in the warmer months and in the Aberdeen pavillion during the winter, Lansdowne market hosts over 100 local vendors. You can find Ontario-grown produce and meats, as well as artisinal cheeses, food products and goods.
Photo via Centretown blog
Best running route: The canal
The Rideau canal is the oldest operating canal in North America, and is one of the most visited tourist spots in Canada. Its scenic views provide a beautiful running route with many green spaces to stop for a picnic or short break.
photo via Solo Trips and Tips blog
Best coffee shop: Bridgehead
With 15 locations in the city, Ottawa-grown Bridgehead boasts fairly-traded, organic coffee beans, artfully-crafted beverages and killer baked goods. They source locally grown produce, meat and dairy for their menu and even make their own kombucha.
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Best brunch: Edgar
Located in Gatineau, Edgar is a tiny cafe with a lot of heart. Chef and owner Marysol Foucault offers a gourmand-friendly menu that will satisfy meat lovers and sweet tooths alike. Edgar is a cafe during the week, offering lunch specials and a rotating take-home meal selection. On weekends, loyal brunch-goers line up outside the 10-seat restaurant for one of a kind brunch offerings, including the salty and sweet pancake creation known as the Dutch Baby.
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Best architectural building: National Gallery of Canada
Designed by Moshe Safdie in 1988, the National Gallery of Canada is architecturally stunning. Centrally located in the heart of downtown, the gallery is home to indoor and outdoor gardens, a 30-foot tall bronze spider sculpture, as well as one of the best views overlooking the city and neighboring Gatineau.
photo via Insiders Ottawa
Best music venue: Ritual Nightclub
Ritual is a two-floor venue unlike any other in Ottawa. The venue's size allows for ultra-intimate concerts, while the basement nightclub brings in a large weekend crowd. I've seen many a memorable show here, ranging from St. Vincent to Post Malone.
photo via Where
Best cocktail bar: Union Local 613
Union Local 613 is a welcome addition to the Ottawa restauraut scene and is my favorite watering hole. A hidden speakeasy, accessible through a bookshelf in the basement, is home to some of the best bartenders in town. The creative cocktail list is updated regularly, but I usually stick to what I know – they make a mean Negroni.
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Best patio: Murray Street Kitchen
This Byward Market gem is home to the best, most secluded patio in the city. The patio, found in the restaurant's backyard, is surrounded by lush greenery and trees. It's the perfect spot for a lazy summer day brunch, or a happy hour pint and charcuterie plate.
photo via Insiders Ottawa
Words by Chanelle Foisy, EQ3 Ottawa


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Hello Kitty dresses up Dior
Japanese Vogue's successful spread in June of Hello Kitty dressed in John Galliano's latest Dior line, has hatched these couture mobile accessories. The Hello Kitty Dior Mobile accessory kit will make fashionistas purr with two Hello Kitty charms showing off the autumn and winter looks, the purrfect pair for the Dior mobile phone. Via ChipChick, to order the 65 euro set, see Colette. Read More
Dior phone to woo Chinese, Russians, damn fools
Christian Dior SA has teamed up with ModeLabs to create a beauoooootiful cellphone/speakerphone kit that will cost about $5,000. Why are they so expensive? Because people who buy things like this are stupid. While I could see, perhaps, purchasing a Dior dress to wear to a loved one's murder trial I definitely couldn't see someone like Naomi Campbell doing much damage with this… Read More


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|Reviews for Happy Birthday, Avery
| miss-darkshadow chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Oh, what a nice story! I really enjoyed Kiefer givin' a small gift to her))
| wouldsomebody chapter 1 . 10/12/2011
Baw. Happy birthday! xD I hope your actual birthday wasn't as depressing as Avery's sounded at the beginning . . . O_o
Anyhow, yes, this is cute.
| dog-tooth chapter 1 . 5/12/2011
I really like this!
Cute birthday present to yourself :)
Oh, and Keifer is so cute. Can see why you'd want this as a present :)


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This is a close up of a hybrid page I made .
It's to show the word "Deep". As you will notice, it is shiny!
I thought that in the printed copy of the digital page the black words did not have enough contrast so I used some 3-D Gloss over the top to just lift the letters and give more definition.
I used a thick needle to "paint" the gloss onto the thin image.
It's a quick and easy way to Darken any printed graphic or text.
Here's the full page which was the first in my Random Album.


text: Reader's Digest wanted to know how honest world cities are, so it "lost" 192 wallets in 16 cities - that's 12 wallets in each city - to see how many would be returned. Each wallet contained $50 equivalent of local currency, as well as a name, phone number, family photo, coupons, and business cards. The results, as IBTimes' Lisa Mahapatra illustrates are perhaps surprising. The US ranked well (with 8/12 wallets returned) but the troubled regions of Europe (Spain and Portugal) came a dismal last with only 2 and 1 wallets returned respectively.


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Episode Spoilers, Cast Video Interviews, Fan Reactions, Characters in the Spotlight and More!
Put your knowledge of Downton Abbey's premiere to the test! Take the Episode 1 Trivia Quiz.
It took Downton Abbey's two most lion-hearted characters, Violet and Carson, to bring Mary out of mourning. Read all about the episode.
Find out what happened when Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore), comedian Patton Oswald, and thousands of Downton Abbey fans watched the Season 4 premiere!
…and interfere she does! Explore and discuss Violet and the actress who portrays her, Maggie Smith.


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GAINESVILLE - A palpable buzz started in pregame warm-ups with collective gasps from the Florida student section with each Chris Walker windmill dunk. There was something different about the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Tuesday night and something new on the court.
The freshman scored four points, recorded two rebounds and played seven minutes in his collegiate debut for No. 3 Florida (20-2, 9-0 SEC) in a 68-58 win against Missouri (16-6, 4-5 SEC). Florida extended its school record home-winning streak to 28 games in front of a near sellout crowd.
Gene Frenette: Gators answer Mizzou challenge with trademark defense
Florida's streak would not have been preserved if it were not for guard Michael Frazier II and his shooting touch.
He drained three straight from long range in consecutive possessions to give Florida a second-half lead it would not relinquish. The shooting sparked a 15-5 second-half Gators run. His 3-pointer with nine minutes left broke a 45-45 tie.


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I'm too embarrassed to show you pictures of how bad my quilting room has become. So yesterday as part of the clean up, I cut up the scrap from the bin I unloaded of my Lewis and Clark project. I have enough fabric left over to make pillow cases to match quilt.
I only got the light scrap cut, today I'm working on the dark fabrics. I also found some polyblend that I will use as the base for some string quilt blocks. Slowly the piles are disappearing from the cutting table.
I have a list that I do for the year, but I'm thinking I need to start doing a list for the week too. Like Confessions Of A Fabric Addict does every week. My list won't be near as ambitious, but it will be a start for me. And maybe help me stay on track of projects.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Too Embarrassed
Posted by Karen at 9:53 AM
4 comments:
- Deb said...
Good work! As I've been going through my fabrics, I have found some pillow case combinations. Maybe a pillow case a thon someday?!
- June 10, 2014 at 9:45 PM
- phigginb said...
I hardly think you need to be embarrassed about anything. Yesterday at work I discovered I had only painted my left toes with nail polish over the weekend! Little distracted or just plain goofy??
- June 10, 2014 at 9:49 PM
- Karen in Breezy Point said...
I can relate--my sewing room is horrendous! I started cleaning it up yesterday, but got distracted and started cutting fabrics for a new project--no willpower!
- June 11, 2014 at 8:06 AM
- Jean said...
Sounds like a good goal. Sometimes these summer days just slip past us.
- June 11, 2014 at 9:20 AM
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Fun Facts about Me
Love to Dance
In high school I performed with a Filipino dance group. In college, a friend and I created a performance group in which members taught one another a wide range of Asian dances. During my summer and winter breaks from college, I danced in a Polynesian show. More recently, I took a ballroom dance class with my husband, so we can now pull off a simple swing and a decent rumba.
Love Music
My skills are mediocre at best, but I enjoy playing the piano and accordion. As for what I listen to, I confess I'm mostly stuck in the 1980s. I also enjoy movie soundtracks and songs from Broadway shows. Thanks to my father, I developed a fondness for some of the older singers, like Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.
Love Adventure
I've done some traveling, but not nearly as much as I'd like. I've been as far south as Mexico, as far north as the Arctic Circle, as far east as the Philippines, and as far west as Portland, Oregon. Before grad school, I spent some time in the cruise line industry. I worked on an ocean liner in the Bahamas as a youth counselor and costume character. I also worked on a steamboat along the Mississippi River as a purser and gift shop manager (and in the evenings I got to dance in the ballroom with officers and other staff). My husband prefers warmer climates, so past family vacations have included destinations such as Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thankfully, he's still willing to go north, and in June 2013 we took a short trip to Montreal, Canada with our children.
Love to Cook
My husband shares my passion for eating good food, and he humors me when I try out new recipes however strange they may be. I like to learn from the American TV channel Food Network. I'm thankful that I learned how to make stuffed cabbage from my Polish grandmother, pancit (a noodle dish) from my Filipino father, and good potato salad from my Russian husband. In recent years, I also had the good fortune to learn how to make rice the Brazilian way.Although I grew up eating steamed white rice, my friend from São Paulo taught me to love rice made with oil, onion, salt, and garlic!
Love Children
From babysitting to volunteering in an orphanage, I've always sought out ways to work with children. Now I'm a proud mother of two, a boy and a girl. They keep me very busy…and very amused. During the school year, I like to volunteer at their elementary school.
Love to Skate
Having children gave me the opportunity to roller-skate again. We've taken lessons with two other families at a local roller rink, and it's been great fun. Click here to learn more!
Love to Fight?
Actually no! I don't enjoy fighting at all, either in real life or in movies, but for just over a year I took taekwondo classes with my children as a way to stay fit. Before this class, I never threw a punch or kick at someone in my life. I can't say that I loved sparring, but I did enjoy being more active and learning a few self-defense moves. The forms took me back to my cheerleading days in high school. (The difference is you don't smile and you only yell HIYAH!) I also learned how to use the nunchucks ("nanchaku" or, in Korean, "Ssahng Jeol Bong"). Knowing how to use the Maori poi balls from my dance days gave me a bit of head start!


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"I's big and black and I say 'Yes, suh' as loudly as any burrhead when it's convenient, but I'm still the king down here. . . . The only ones I even pretend to please are big white folk, and even those I control more than they control me. . . . That's my life, telling white folk how to think about the things I know about. . . . It's a nasty deal and I don't always like it myself. . . . But I've made my place in it and I'll have every Negro in the country hanging on tree limbs by morning if it means staying where I am."
Dr. Bledsoe speaks these words to the narrator in Chapter 6 while rebuking him for taking Mr. Norton to the less desirable parts of campus. Bledsoe explains how playing the role of the subservient, fawning black to powerful white men has enabled him to maintain his own position of power and authority over the college. He mockingly lapses into the dialect of uneducated Southern blacks, saying "I's" instead of "I am." By playing the role of the "ignorant" black man, Bledsoe has made himself nonthreatening to whites. Bledsoe claims that by telling white men what they want to hear, he is able to control what they think and thereby control them entirely. His chilling final statement that he would rather see every black man in America lynched than give up his place of authority evidences his single-minded desire to maintain his power.
This quote contributes to the larger development of the novel in several ways. First, it helps to explain Bledsoe's motivation for expelling and betraying the narrator: the narrator has upset Bledsoe's strategy of dissimulation and deception by giving Norton an uncensored peek into the real lives of the area's blacks. More important, this speech marks the first of the narrator's many moments of sudden disenchantment in the novel. As a loyal, naïve adherent of the college's philosophy, the narrator has always considered Bledsoe an admirable exponent of black advancement; his sudden recognition of Bledsoe's power-hungry, cynical hypocrisy comes as a devastating blow. This disillusionment constitutes the first of many that the narrator suffers as the novel progresses, perhaps most notably at the hands of the Brotherhood.
"Our white is so white you can paint a chunka coal and you'd have to crack it open with a sledge hammer to prove it wasn't white clear through."
Lucius Brockway makes this boast to the narrator in Chapter 10. The narrator has taken a job at the Liberty Paints plant, and Brockway is describing the properties of the "Optic White" paint whose production he supervises. This quote exemplifies Ellison's use of the Liberty Paints plant as a metaphor. In both Ellison's descriptions of the paint-mixing process and the relations between blacks and whites in the company, the Liberty Paints plant emerges as a symbol for the racial dynamics in American society. The main property of Optic White, Brockway notes, is its ability to cover up blackness; it can even whiten charcoal, which is often used to make black marks upon—to spoil, in a sense—white paper. This dynamic evokes the larger notion that the white power structure in America, like the white paint, tries to subvert and smother black identity. Prejudice forces black men and women to assimilate to white culture, to mask their true thoughts and feelings in an effort to gain acceptance and tolerance.
. . . the cast-iron figure of a very black, red-lipped and wide-mouthed Negro . . . stared up at me from the floor, his face an enormous grin, his single large black hand held palm up before his chest. It was a bank, a piece of early Americana, the kind of bank which, if a coin is placed in the hand and a lever pressed upon the back, will raise its arm and flip the coin into the grinning mouth.
This passage, from Chapter 15, describes the coin bank that the narrator finds at Mary's just before he leaves to join the Brotherhood. Ellison uses the coin bank as a symbol for the harmful racial stereotypes that the narrator has tried in vain to escape. The figure represents the servile, obsequious slave, eager to provide self-effacing amusement to white people, performing petlike tricks for them. Moreover, the bank establishes a black man as an object, a decoration and a trivial toy to be played with and used by white people. After the narrator leaves Mary's, he finds himself frustratingly unable to get rid of this insulting coin bank. The bank thus illustrates another aspect of stereotype—its stubborn permanence, its horrible tendency to follow a person throughout his or her life.
I looked at Ras on his horse and at their handful of guns and recognized the absurdity of the whole night and of the simple yet confoundingly complex arrangement of hope and desire, fear and hate, that had brought me here still running, and knowing now who I was and where I was and knowing too that I had no longer to run for or from the Jacks and the Emersons and the Bledsoes and Nortons, but only from their confusion, impatience, and refusal to recognize the beautiful absurdity of their American identity and mine. . . . And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others, whether for Ras's or Jack's.
The narrator experiences this moment of epiphany during his confrontation with Ras in Chapter 25. This scene represents a key moment in the narrator's existential breakthrough, as he realizes that his own identity is the source of meaning in his life and that acting to fulfill the expectations of others can only prove destructive. Ras's threatening to kill the narrator makes the narrator see the world as meaningless and absurd and the complexity of American life as equally absurd. (Ellison borrows the word "absurd" directly from the work of the French existentialists, who characterized the universe as such and claimed that the only meaning to be found in existence is that with which the individual invests his own life.) The only motivation to which the narrator can cling is an affirmation that his own absurdity is more important to him than Jack's or Ras's. The action of hurling Ras's spear back at him demonstrates the narrator's refusal to be subject any longer to others' visions and demands—he finally commits himself fully to an attempt to assert his true identity.
And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.
In this quote from the Epilogue, the narrator very neatly encapsulates the main source of his difficulties throughout the twenty-five chapters of the novel. He has not been himself and has not lived his own life but rather has allowed the complexity of his identity to be limited by the social expectations and prejudices of others. He has followed the ideology of the college and the ideology of the Brotherhood without trusting or developing his own identity. Now, however, he has realized that his own identity, both in its flexibility and authenticity, is the key to freedom. Rinehart, a master of many identities, first suggests to the narrator the limitless capacity for variation within oneself. However, Rinehart ultimately proves an unsatisfactory model for the narrator because Rinehart's life lacks authenticity. The meaning of the narrator's assertion that he is "an invisible man" has changed slightly since he made the same claim at the beginning of the novel: whereas at the outset he means to call attention to the fact that others cannot not see him, he now means to call attention to the fact that his identity, his inner self, is real, even if others cannot see it.
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Simon Abbott
Data Entry Manager
Simon Abbott is a Data Entry Manager and has worked at the Cancer Epidemiology Unit since 1999. He manages the day-to-day running of the system that involves processing of the questionnaires filled in by the participants in the Million Women Study.
Simon is an avid cyclist always on the lookout for hills to climb.
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Guitarist Mick Jones is bringing Foreigner back to the stage this summer with a new lineup. Joining Jones -- the band's only original member -- are drummer Jason Bonham, keyboardist Jeff Jacobs, bassist Jeff Pilson, saxophonist/guitarist Tom Gimbel and vocalist Kelly Hansen, who replaces Lou Gramm.
"We weren't on the same page," Jones says of the split with Gramm. "We weren't really communicating. I think we really tried hard to save it, but it got to the point when we both realized that to go on would be detrimental for both of us."
This isn't the first time Jones has replaced Gramm. When the singer initially left the band in 1989, Jones brought in Johnny Edwards for the 1991 album, Unusual Heat. Gramm returned the next year and remained with the group until 2003.
The last couple of years have been a struggle for both Gramm, who had a benign brain tumor successfully removed in 1997, and Jones. "I had family problems and a lot to cope with," says the guitarist, "and I didn't even know whether I wanted to carry on with music."
After a two-year break, Jones gradually returned to songwriting. Last year, he assembled a version of Foreigner for an impromptu charity show in California. "Suddenly, I got a new lease in life," says Jones. "There was a chance that I could do this honorably and feel right about it inside."
Determined to find a new permanent frontman, Jones had his work cut out for him. "Lou is a tremendously hard act to follow," he says, "and I certainly didn't want a guy who was a Lou clone. Eventually I heard a tape of Kelly Hansen, and, boy, it really got me. He sings the songs so well, I think people don't even register the difference."
Between 1977 and 1988, the group had a string of multi-platinum albums and hit songs, such as "Cold as Ice," "Urgent," "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and the Number One single "I Want to Know What Love Is." Foreigner's recognizable mix of arena rock and pop hooks has been influential to new acts such as Brit glam outfit the Darkness, who met Jones at their New York show. "They voted 'I Want to Know What Love Is' the best song of all time," remembers Jones. "A lot of the younger bands I've met have come up through playing Foreigner in bars!"
Jones views the summer shows as a warm-up for work later this year on a possible new Foreigner album and the world tour planned for 2006. And while Jones won't close the door on working with Gramm again ("Our association will always be very special") he's thrilled with his new lineup. "I haven't had this much fun in years," Jones beams with pride. "I feel twenty years younger."


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The article may be found at: http://www.opb.org/news/article/fishers-hook-the-crowd-with-talent/.
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An Overview of Holy Week for the Curious
As he is, so are we all. Rotting and dead, that is. The same thing struck me when I was reading the Gospel this morning. I'm about midway through the Gospel of Matthew, and Jesus is going around having compassion on the sick and the suffering, healing them, and forgiving their sins. I realized that that is me. The sick and the suffering. Spiritually more than physically, but that Jesus came to heal and restore that which was broken and sick.
And the resurrection is the logical extension of that reality. Father Justin spoke of the horror of this great feast. The horror of this beloved friend of Christ being dead. The horror of God weeping at the tomb of a mortal man. The horror and shock of Jesus saying "I am the resurrection and the Life", a short time after having said "before Abraham was, I AM."
It's creepy, almost, and the cosmos trembles. And the surface is scratched in Hades as it has to give up Lazarus when Jesus calls to him "Come forth!"
And so today we get a glimpse of the Resurrection to come. And tomorrow we walk to Jerusalem with Christ shouting and waving palm branches: "Hosanna in the highest!" and all is glorious. And we catch our breath. And in every Orthodox Church the passion gets re-lived in real-time as we continue through this week.
It is as if time is stood on end, and nothing matters but being there. And in the evening, when we normally have Vespers, we are doing Matins services, and in the morning Vespers. Because the Author of Life is voluntarily going to his death. The world is upside down.
Monday and Tuesday: In the mornings, we pray the Hours, and read the Gospel of Matthew together as a community. And we gather for Bridegroom Matins in the evening .
Wednesday will recall Judas' betrayal with a kiss, and the tearful repentant kisses of the woman who anoints Christ's feet. And Jesus washing His disciples' feet. Matins in the evening with anointing afterwards.
Thursday, in the middle of the day is Vesperal Liturgy of the Mystical Supper, and then it REALLY gets going on Thursday night, with the reading of all the Gospel accounts of Christ's Passion. This is a very long service, but just amazing. To stand and hear the story told again. To enter into it. Even to suffer with it. Fatigue sets in at this point, and it is only the beginning.
The cross gets brought out into the middle of the Nave, and the icon called the Corpus gets nailed to the cross. Unlike anything else, these services have a way of pulling me in, back in time. Being there. And we should be tired. It seems right. We prostrate oursevels, we cry. We kiss Christ's feet.
Friday morning, during Royal Hours the passion is re-lived again. Jesus is on the cross. At 3 pm he is brought down during the Entombment Vespers. The icon of His body is gently laid in state. We make prostrations, and kiss Him.
Friday Evening are Holy Saturday Matins with Praises, and we start liturgically anticipating the resurrection already. A new tone of joy enters into our deep sadness. Hope.
By Saturday morning, we are fully into the liturgical day of Holy Saturday, and we celebrate Vesperal Liturgy...fully anticipating the resurrection and glorying in the harrowing of hell, in the longest Liturgy of the Church year. Often Catecumens are baptized and/or chrismated on this day. As it ends (well after noon) the book of Acts is read continuously until Paschal Nocturnes start at 11:30 pm.
Most families go home, take naps, make preparations, and return to Church late in the evening. At midnight we have a procession and Paschal Matins start. After an hour and a half we move seamelssly into Divine Liturgy, so that at around 3 am we are done and ready to break the fast: Meat, eggs, cheese, and much joy. Usually we are pulling out to head home around 5 am for some sleep.
I can't really describe the fullness of what happens during Orthodox Holy Week. Each service takes at least an hour and a half, and many of them are 2-3 hours long. It's exhausting. It almost kills us, but it is glorious!
Here's a link for a better explanation of all of this.
5 comments:
- H and S said...
This isn't very virtuous of me, but I feel jealous of you Orthodox! Maybe next Pascha...
- Elevation Perception said...
this will be my first Holy Week in the Church, and I almost cried reading your beautiful description. I am looking forward to the struggle. Thank you.
- H and S said...
Further to the last comment... I'm trying to decide which service to attend on Great Friday: Royal Hours at 8am, or Vespers (bringing out the Winding Sheet of Christ) at 2:30pm, or Matins with burial procession at 6pm? I can only get to one. What do you think? BTW, it will all be in Slavonic, which I don't understand.
- Jennifer F. said...
I'm so glad to have discovered your blog! I'm a convert to Catholicism and find it fascinating and uplifting to see the practices of our Orthodox brothers and sisters. Thank you for sharing this eloquent description of Holy Week.
- Alana said...
All I know is that the first time I was ever at the service when the shroud was taken around, it was like I was THERE and seeing Christ's body pass in front of me. Total "time machine" experience, which is what these Holy Week worship services are designed to do.
So that remains one of my favorites. But the Royal Hours, when you get to venerate Christ on the Cross is also moving and beautiful. If you go with the right heart, you can't go wrong, even if it's all in Slavonic.
See if you can down-load and english translation of whatever service you choose to attend. Or there might be booklets available at the Church.


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I admit it. I am a tree hugger. I've actually hugged trees. I love them, and when I hear about a tree that falls over or dies in some other way, I get really upset about it.
I used to assume that everyone else feels this way. I was wrong. This week, I found out the hard way just how wrong I was. It turns out that living among us in Memphis, there are some people who not only don't love trees, they actually hate them. There are tree haters in our midst!
It was people's reactions to a recent storm that made me aware of these tree haters. When i saw all of the trees that had fallen down, the first thought that went through my mind is that Memphis needs more trees, not less. For every tree that died in this last storm, I'd like to see them plant two in its place. No, I don't mean replacing a tall oak tree with a bradford pear or a privet bush, as MLGW is wont to do. I mean planting two oak saplings for every oak that has fallen.
Okay, I need to take a tangent here for just a second, because I really think that it's important to understand that the city of Memphis is using its so-called reforestation program to replace trees with puny shrubbery. Memphis Light, Gas, and Water comes along, chops a huge oak tree down and plants a privet bush in its place, or even worse, a Bradford pear. Bradford pear trees are grotesque hybrids that almost never live longer than 15 years because their tight, overbred branch system acts like a sail in high winds, ripping the tree apart. The first real storm that comes along, you'll find your Bradford pear tree split open like an overcooked hot dog. Compare the life span of these puny nursery plants to that of the oak tree, which lives for hundreds of years. Yes, eventually the oak tree will fall down, but it almost definitely won't be for generations to come.
MLGW goes around town every year and slaughters once-beautiful trees all over the city so that people can receive their electric power and cable television without incovenient interruptions. They say in writing that for every tree that they take down they'll plant a smaller tree in its place. First of all, that's a lie. They've gone through my neighborhood this year, hacking, slashing , digging, leaving trash all over the place, attacking every tree they could get to. Did they replace one single tree that they took down? You bet they didn't.
One thing that really bugs me about MLGW's tree vivisectors is that most of the time they don't actually cut a tree down all the way. No, instead they'll take what used to be a 40 foot tall tree and prune it back until it's just a 12 foot tall stump. I've never seen anything so ridiculous in my life. Imagine a doctor who has a patient with a cold, so the doctor cuts everything off the patient from the knees up! That patient won't have a cold anymore, but won't ever amount to much either. Neither will a 12 foot tall tree with a trunk 4 feet thick. That tree is never going to grow back. Even if it could, MLGW wouldn't let it -- they'd just hack it back. It would be preferable if they just took the whole tree out, but they won't do it because that would take time to do properly and then they would be under the obligation to replace the tree as promised.
This is what I've learned this week: most people just don't care. They don't care that our cities are losing their trees. In fact, they'd like to have more cut down.
It's true -- take as an example this woman at the office where I used to work. Let's call her Maude. Now, I do my best to get along with Maude, but she's the type of person who's always saying something that just makes your skin crawl. She's the type of person who'll carefully look around to make sure that there aren't any African-Americans withing hearing distance, and then she'll tell me with a straight face that black people don't know how to work and that they think they should get money for nothing. She acts as if it's okay to tell me this, as if I'll understand and agree with her, as if her bigotry won't bother me.
So, the other day we're talking about, for some reason, our yards. She can't stop telling me the problems that she's having with hers. Every week, poor woman, she finds frogs that have jumped into her swimming pool and died there from exposure to the chemicals that she puts in the water. SHe wants to know how she can get rid of them so that she won't have to pick their corpses out of her pool any more. She doesn't seem to understand that because this is spring the frogs are trying to breed and have to use her pool because the real estate developers filled in all the local ponds when they were building her suburban neighborhood.
You may not be very surprised at this point to find out that Maude is a grade-A tree hater. After she was done vilifying the frogs in her back yards, she started in on her trees. She explained that her husband planted a row of sweet gum trees years ago so that they would have privacy from their neighbors. Isn't that a wonderful reason to plant trees, as if the fences weren't enough? Anyway, she says that now she really needs to take them down because they're too messy.
Now, this took me a long time to figure out. What do people mean when they say that trees are messy? They say that pine trees are messy, ginkgo trees are messy, and oak trees are messy. Sweet gums are accused of being the messiest trees of all. But what do people mean when they say that? Well, it turns out that people call sweet gum trees messy because they produce little fruits that fall down onto the ground. These fruits are actually kind of pretty, little balls with soft spines all over them. My mother used to make Christmas ornaments out of them. To some people, though, they're a mess.
Ask yourself: who's the real mess here? Are we supposed to think of trees as messy because they engage in simple acts of reproduction? Well, if that's the case, the I have to say that humans are much messier than even the messiest of trees. I mean, a sweet gum tree will set flower in the spring and then later in the year will drop its fruit. So, there are just two times of the year that we may notice some aspect of their reproduction. To me, that's downright Puritan of them, not very messy at all. Humans are like bunny rabbits compared to sweet gum trees. So, if we're defining messy as a matter of reproductive habits, then humans out-messy sweet gum trees hands down, so to speak.
To be fair, I'm sure that's not what Maude really meant when she was talking about her sweet gum trees being so messy. She was talking about the fact that every spring she has to go around her yard and pick up the remains of the previous year's fruits. Well, first of all, who says she really has to go pick them up? What would happen if she let them lie? Would they pile up over the years? Is this what happens in sweet gum forests? Do the sweet gum fruits fall every year, just piling up higher and higher until they reach the tops of the trees? Of course not. They decompose and add nutrients to the soil, making their parent trees healthier. Some of the fruits are taken up by animals such as squirrels, which eat them or at least take them to other places and forget about them. There, the seeds within sprout and become new sweet gum trees. Those fruits that do sprout under their parents may grow for a while, but unless their parent trees die, they don't actually get that big. They just wait for an opening in the canopy, and when it appears, they shoot for it. In a residential yard, this means that one doesn't have to worry about too many seedlings coming up in the yard. They'll die back soon from lack of sun, and when that old tree finally dies, if the sweet gum fruits have been left on the ground there will be no need to go out an buy a new tree. There will already be a few saplings growing for free.
Let's be honest. What Maude is really worried about is a mess. For some reason, she thinks that a back yard with a few sweet gum fruits in it for a small part of the year is messier than a lawn. This is, of course, a subjective value judgment. There's nothing inherently messier about sweet gum fruits than there is about grass. Maude has simply chosen to consider a gold-course style lawn to be attractive.
For the sake of argument, let's say that those fruits really are messy. Does Maude really have much of a right to get angry at her trees for making this mess? I don't think so. Let's compare the mess that the sweet gum trees make to the mess that Maude makes.
The sweet gum tree fruits fall only once a year, and they take care of themselves. They rot, becoming organic matter that enriches the soil and helps it to hold moisture, increasing the health of any plants that Maude allows to grow in it.
Maude's mess is a little, well, messier. It includes wasted food, unrecycled paper, metals, plastics and toxic chemicals. Maude's mess actually poses a threat to the health of humans and other forms of life. So, what does Maude do with it? She hides it inside a big green can which she pays other people to take away every week, dumping it inside a big stinking truck that burns fossil fuels and spouts toxic smoke into the air and drips motor oil, ruining the local water supply. This truck takes Maude's mess away to a place where she doesn't have to look at it any more, a dump where it is mixed in with other people's messes. There it sits, taking up valuable space, Maude's mess. Compared to that, the mess of the sweet gum fruits is nothing.
Maude's mess is also quantitatively larger. Let's suppose that Maude didn't pay anyone to take her mess away. If we piled the mess that the sweet gum trees made in one year next to the mess that Maude made in one year, which pile do you think would be higher? Which pile do you think would be uglier? Maude, if you're worried about a mess, don't cut down your sweet gum trees. Cut back the mess you make first.
Now, it turns out that mess isn't the only reason that Maude wants to cut down her grove of sweet gum trees. She also complains that these trees are too tall. Too tall? How can a tree be too tall? I always thought that the taller a tree is, the more beautiful it looks.
Not Maude. Poor thing, some of those sweet gum trees are shading out her swimming pool for a few hours in the afternoon. She get the pool because it's hot in the summer, and she likes to lie out there floating in her pool, getting a tan, staying cool, and picking up dead frogs. The problem is that she can't get a tan in the shade of a sweet gum tree, so she wants to cut her sweet gum trees down.
To me, Maude's reasoning seems a bit confused. On the one hand, Maude wants to get a pool because it's so hot. On the other hand, she wants to cut down her trees so that she can enjoy the warmth of the sun. What Maude isn't counting on is that if she cuts down those trees, she'll have to spend all of her time in the pool because her house and yard will become much hotter than they were before.
This change in temperature will be due to a little thing they call the urban heat island effect. You see, when we cut down trees and lay down concrete, asphalt, glass and metal surfaces in their place to make a city, we create an area which gets very hot very quickly. There's no shade left and all those artificial surfaces heat up and hold the heat very well. There have been studies done which indicate that a city can be as much as ten degrees hotter in the summer than the surrounding countryside. Yes, the heat island effect includes the suburbs, because if there's one thing the suburbs aren't, it's countryside.
Trees help reduce the urban heat island effect in two ways. First, they provide shade so that the rays of the sun never directly reach us in the first place. Second, they increase the rate of evaporation of water. The water comes up from the ground through the roots of the trees, running through the branches to the shading leaves where a huge amount of evaporation takes place every day. So what, you ask? So what is that when water evaporates, it makes use of energy to change from a liquid to a gas. That means that the more water that evaporates into the air, the less heat there is for us to complain about. The more trees there are, the less heat there is. If Maude cuts down her sweet gum trees, her house and yard, and those of her neighbors, will become much hotter.
This is why I want you to think about all the trees that our cities lose every year. I know that after a big storm like what we had this week, you may want to go out and cut your trees down. You're afraid that they'll fall on your house or your car. Before you get out that chainsaw, think about this: the chances are that your trees won't fall down during your lifetime. Most large trees live hundreds of years, much longer than you.
Practically speaking, those trees are saving you money - 10 or 20 dollars every month on your utilities, depending on your house. That's over a hundred dollars a year. Furthermore the presence of trees improves the value of your property. Houses with trees in their yards consistently sell for higher amounts than houses with nothing but lawn.
Those trees out there are working hard for you. They're cutting back on air pollution, keeping you cool, and saving you money all at the same time? You say you want to cut them down? You ought to be planting more trees instead, so that when those old ones do finally come crashing down years from now there will be new ones there to take their place.
But hey, that's just my opinion. Remember, I'm a tree-hugger.
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We keep hearing that Russian President Vladimir Putin is operating from a position of weakness and that sanctions are having an effect — or something like that. Well, it seems Obama's "flexibility" promised to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev includes some frequent flier miles for Russian military aircraft — REALLY close to our airspace.
As reported by USA Today, "For the second time since June, Russian nuclear bombers escorted by fighter jets have flown near U.S. and Canadian airspace around Alaska in recent days, prompting precautionary intercepts by American warplanes. The encounters come amid Russian war games along the border with eastern Ukraine, raising Western concerns that Moscow might invade to support pro-Moscow separatists battling the Kiev government since spring."
In the military we call this a "probing attack." The purpose is to see how far your adversary can be pushed and of course what its response will be. And at a strategic level it's not just the response of "scrambling" interceptors — Russia expects that. It is a matter of gauging the response of the media outlets and the populace. And I can tell you simply, Putin is masterful and sees this isn't being heavily reported and therefore, no one is paying attention. I'm quite sure the average American on the street could tell you more about the latest Hollywood scandal.
USA Today reports that " U.S. air command official acknowledged at least 16 Russian forays around Alaska and northern Canada in the past 10 days, describing them as routine training missions. One intercept spotted a Russian spy plane among the Tupolev Tu-95″Bear" bombers and Tu-142 reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft. Over the past week, NORAD has visually identified Russian aircraft operating in and around the U.S. air defense identification zones," Maj. Beth Smith, of the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, toldThe Washington Free Beacon. Russian bombers have regularly flown along thesensitive airspace between Russia, Alaska and Arctic Canada, but Smith called the latest missions "a spike in activity."
Commanders are taught not believe in coincidences, but rather to look for indicators and warnings, and make proactive assessments. So one has to ask, why is it this "spike" is happening at this time? Could it be Russia is keeping the U.S. looking at this while they continue to build up a force along the Russia-Ukraine border? As well, is it possible that Russia is positioning assets as a demonstration to create a confrontation if they do cross into Ukraine?
Some U.S. military officials feel the excursions carry echoes of the Cold War, when Soviet nuclear bombers tested U.S. air defenses. There is no doubt we are in a Cold War. There is also no doubt that we are reacting — and you never win reacting, or on defense. My assessment is that Putin's actions are more about displaying belligerence and an act of defiance before the United States to elevate his appeal and power before his own people. It also serves to mock President Obama to say, "your sanctions are not effective and Russia is not intimidated." This is classic KGB psychological operations.
Putin knows America is reducing its military and Obama as president continues to tell EVERYBODY that there is "no military solution." And I just gotta tell ya, it's like telling a bully after he hits you and is preparing to hit you again, that fighting back is not an option for you. Guess what the bully will continue to do?
USA Today says "Russian Air Force Chief Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev called the Arctic drills "the top goal" of air exercises in Russia's southern Astrakhan region. In July, Tu-95s bombed simulated naval targets in the Black Sea. In response to the overthrow of the Moscow-backed president of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in April. The July drills came a month after U.S. F-22s intercepted four Tu-95 Bears over the far western Aleutian Islands. Two of the strategic bombers then flew within 50 miles of the Northern California coast before turning away."
As history teaches us, Hitler did lots of "drills" as well before his actions — and an appeasing world did nothing as he took over the Rhineland without firing a shot.
To this point, Vladimir Putin has gotten away with annexing sovereign territory of another state, Crimea. He has gotten away with supporting separatist insurgent forces in Ukraine. He has fired rockets and artillery from Russia against Ukraine. And, he has successfully backed the shooting down of a civilian airline killing 298 people.
And his response? He has massed over 20,000 combat troops at the Ukraine border and increased flying nuclear bombers and fighters VERY close to sovereign American airspace. What should we do? Stop telling bullies there is no military option for starters.


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Good-bye anywhere banking
Freny Patel in Mumbai | December 27, 2003 13:40 IST
If you were sold on the idea that you were banking with a bank and not a particular branch, think again.
This concept of 'anywhere banking' is set to die as banks have started charging customers who choose to bank with branches other than their home branch.
Come January, depositing funds into ICICI Bank accounts at branches other than the account holder's home branch, will attract a transaction fee.
Private sector banks -- HDFC Bank, Global Trust Bank and IDBI Bank -- have put limits on the amounts one can withdraw or deposit at branches where the account is not maintained.
Withdrawals and deposits of up to Rs 50,000 per day do not attract any charge. However, sums beyond Rs 50,000 will require a fee varying between Rs 2.50-Rs 2.90 per Rs 1,000 withdrawn or deposited.
The ICICI Bank will levy a minimum fee of Rs 100 for every cash deposit into one's savings account at a branch other than where the account is maintained.
This private sector bank allows three free transactions every quarter, but levies a fee from the fourth transaction onwards, irrespective of the sum deposited.
"The idea is to plug the misuse of bank savings accounts being used as a current account," said ICICI Bank joint general manager R Muralidharan.
The ease and freedom anywhere banking affords -- having access to one's account or allowing access to one's account -- till recently came without a price.
Many traders have taken advantage of 'anywhere banking' by opening a savings account instead of a current account, as the latter attracts a larger minimum balance with no interest payable on balances.
Banks have seen how traders can get their associates sitting outside the city to deposit cash into their savings account, which they can then access immediately free of cost.
"More than 70 per cent of transactions are happening outside the branch, and more than 99 per cent of account holders do not deposit cash more than once a month, if at all," ICICI Bank officials said, rationalising the move.
But there are a host of account holders belonging to the older generation who are not comfortable with tele-banking, Internet banking or even using ATMs.
"Transactions on the Net work out 60-70 per cent cheaper for the bank, and this explains why banks are trying to migrate customers to use the technology platform with free offers of demand drafts, etc," said HDFC Bank officials.
HSBC, which also used to levy a fee for cash withdrawals from branches but has since stopped, said: "Today we levy no charges if a customer chooses to bank the traditional way. There is a pull factor to encourage him to migrate to other delivery channels, but no push factor."
Private sector bank officials add: "Traditional banking puts extra load on branches and the quality of service thereby suffers. Especially at a time when we are trying to promote cross-selling."
Foreign banks require a minimum quarterly balance between Rs 10,000-25,000, which help off set costs to a certain extent.
Citibank on the other hand, introduced Suvidha, which essentially only allows access to remote banking.
Today, high value amounts being transacted through savings bank accounts are abusing the system. ICICI Bank's Muralidharan pointed out that with the introduction of real time gross settlement, the abuse to the system might get partially resolved.
Said ICICI Bank officials, the abuse to the system is to such an extent that a deposit made at 9:00 am in the morning in Salem is withdrawn within half an hour in Mumbai as the depositor and account-holder converse over cell phones and synchronise the two transactions.
This is as opposed to the trader paying for a telegraphic transfer or a demand draft, which takes a day or so.
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I can hardly believe that today is the last day of November. I have been blogging for years now, and have committed a few times to the #NaBloPoMo challenge, but this is the first year that I have actually pulled it off, writing on this page every day this month.
When I signed up at the beginning of the month, I had no what the results of the election would be, or that our whole family would get sick for days, or that I'd be hosting a big Thanksgiving meal and spending several days away on vacation. I also didn't know that my husband and daughter would give me a shiny new laptop as my birthday present 10 days in, or that I'd have so many recipes and stories in me to share.
We caught the sunset above on our daughter's first day of fall break—the pink and orange took our breath away, and my husband scrambled to get his camera and take a shot of it from the passenger seat of our car. We were rushing to something—I don't even remember what—and this sunset made us take all focus off of our rush and back into the present.
That's this November, in a nutshell: harried, stressful, and disillusioning, and yet also bright, colorful, and full of promise.
My friend, Susanna, wrote eloquently this month about surviving her first Thanksgiving after the death of her mother, poignantly noting how, in the darkness, those little bits of light that break through are particularly brilliant and restorative.
I feel profoundly grateful for this forum, and for all those of you who have been spending time with me, hopefully spreading a little bit of light through friendly advice and tasty food. I feel appreciative that, for the first time, blogging every day has been a joy, even as I write about difficult stuff. I'm thankful for all of you readers, near and far, and hope that as I shift back to regular Monday and Thursday installments (with occasional bonus content), we can continue to enjoy these moments (and recipes) together.
To that end, please drop me a line—either in comments, or through my Submit a Letter or Question form, to let me know how you have used the content here. Should you like to send me a photo, you can find my on Facebook, too.
I've got some great stuff on deck for December, and I can't wait to share it with you.
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