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Against Me!
Laura Jane GraceTotal Treble Music
By Bobby Gorman on July 3rd, 2015 at Phone
It's surprising to think that this is our eighth interview with Against Me!. Over the decade since we interviewed former-former-former drummer Warren Oakes back in 2005, Against Me! has been in a constant state of evolution. Line-up changes, record label swaps, arrests, coming out as transgender, several albums and so much more.
For our latest conversation with the polarizing and popular punk band, we called up front-woman Laura Jane Grace in the middle of their tour with Frank Iero & The Celebration and Annie Girl and the Flight and talked to her about what she's been up to lately. We cover a wide range of topics including everything from their new live album, 23 Live Sex Acts (scheduled to come out September 4th), to whether or not they consider themselves a Florida band to playing with Miley Cyrus for her Happy Hippie Foundation and the importance of educating people about transgender issues.
As always, Grace gave honest and open answers with a level of detail many overlook and gave an eye-opening look into the inner workings of Against Me! – a band made up of four friends from around the globe.
Unfortunately, before we could get into the some anticipated questions about their new album that Grace hinted at, her upcoming book and some long last recordings, we got disconnected. Instead of dragging the interview out for too much longer and trying to reconnect, we figured we'll save the questions for interview number nine with Against Me!.
Don't forget to catch the band on their current tour.
All photos by Kaitlyn Laurel McGann.
Bobby: I guess we'll start with the basics, you're in the middle of the tour with Frank Iero and the Celebration and Annie Girl and The Flight – how's that been?
Laura: It's been awesome. Really good shows and just a really good vibe between everybody. For me, I really wanted these bands all to be on tour together. I met Annie in San Francisco. I played this solo show in December and she just popped back stage and said hi; she said she played in a band and I checked it out and fell in love with the record and had been listening to it all year. I was like "hey, I want to do this tour" and connected her with Frank. We have this kind of weird history between us and the bands, so I was like I want to do this tour and I want to go out with Annie Girl and the Flight and it would be awesome if we all did it. It really kind of came together on a real friendship level in that way and it's just been a cool summer vibe.
Bobby: I know over your world tour in 2014 you recorded your live album that's going to be released in September, 23 Live Sex Acts. This is going to be your second live album after Americans Abroad!!! – what made you decide to do a second one?
Laura: Multiple reasons really. On the one hand, it's a totally different band now than the band that recorded Live In London. That record was recorded like a decade ago. So there are the songs that were written after that live record and also there are the songs that were on that live record which sound really radically different. It was wanting to show case that and really capture the band that it is now. And also wanting to kind of capture that year of touring too – the set list is really representative of the songs that were being played on that tour. We kind of approached it as wanting to do an almost greatest hits of the set list. Those are all the songs that when we play, we get a reaction from and people go off on for. Just trying to build a dream show.
Bobby: And it is representative of the entire year because unlike the London album, this one wasn't recorded all in one night. You picked and choose songs from the entire tour right?
Laura: Well no, we recorded like three months worth of touring but then we ended up just settling on the one show because that was just a good show that really captured what everyone was looking for from it. But we have all these other shows – I mean we have like a hard drive worth of stuff that maybe sometime we'll end up doing stuff with. There were definitely songs that were on the shows that aren't on the record. So we'll see what happens.
Bobby: Ok, so it is all from one show not from the entire three months of touring?
Laura: Yeah, it was recorded in Kiev, Indiana at a club called the Dirty Clit and it was just this total dive bar shit hole and it was just a really rockus show with lots of bodies flying and beer being spit into the air. A messy scene. (Editor's Note: Despite research, I can't find anything about this venue or city online).
Bobby: For the album art, when I saw it, I was instantly reminded of H.R. Geiger's Penis Landscape from the Dead Kennedy's Frankenchrist album. Although taken to a bit more of a new extreme, it also has a nice connection to Transgender Dysphoria's dismembered breast artwork. Who's idea was the art for this?
Laura: All credit there goes to Chris Norris – Steak Mtn. I told him the title and told him what it was and he came back with that and I just loved it. It was immediate, like "Oh my god." And obviously it ties into the fact that the tour this was recorded on was in support of Transgender Dysphoria Blues – so there's that link to it and it's a snapshot of that period of time. But then it's also just pretty classic artwork and it really reminded me of GNR Live too and definitely your point of reference as well. I'm a huge Chris Norris fan, I think he's the best.
Bobby: Now Against Me! has always been a Gainesville band, connected to the city and the scene. But now you're spread out all over. You're in Chicago, James is in Jersey, Atom's in LA, Inge is in Norway and you practice in Chicago. With members from all over, do you still consider Against Me! a Florida band?
Laura: I don't. You know, it's weird when people say that too because I haven't lived in Gainesville – I think the last time I rented a house there was 2007 or 2008. I hadn't really been in Gainesville since 2002 when we really started touring full on. I mean from 2002 to 2008, we were on tour 200 plus days a year and really were never in Gainesville. So I've long felt a sense of detachment from Gainesville. I mean I have nothing but love but I don't feel the band is related to that anymore.
Even being there, it wasn't a band that started in Gainesville. The band started in Naples, Florida and then I moved to Gainesville and continued it there. So I always felt kind of detached from the scene in that way too. Gainesville bands are always so incestuous. People have always played in other bands with other people and we were always just kind of apart from that. We weren't a band that was full of people from Gainesville.
Bobby: Do you think it's weird when people do connect a band so intrinsically to a city? Something that is so fleeting in the long run?
Laura: Well, we really played into that early on. In like 2003 we made a shirt that had the cowboy on the horse and the shield and it said "Gainesville, FL" on it. That was just what the dude who made the shirt did and we were all like "yeah, sure. We all live in Gainesville now, we'll put that on the shirt." But it was just kind of stupid bits of where you live pride, not really expecting forever to be defined by the city. *laughs*
Bobby: Also, ultimately a city shouldn't really have too much impact on someone's music. It's kind of weird how you supplant these ideals based on different scenes.
Laura: And there was a real scene and there's still a scene there now in Gainesville, but it's not the same scene. I'm not a part of that scene anymore – and I don't really know that scene. But I was when I lived in Gainesville, there was a period of time where I was very much a part of the Gainesville scene and it was a special period of time. It was really fun. Those periods of times definitely define bands and create sounds.
That was one of the cool things about being a band in Gainesville is that you had peers who were also playing in bands. So there was this competition to be a good band. Like "oh, they're a good band, we want to be a good band. Let's practice. They're touring. We wanna tour. Let's tour. They're putting out records, let's put out records too." That fuels you. That's a creative environment. And the rent's cheap too.
Bobby: One more question about Gainesville: any chance you'll be playing The Fest this year?
Laura: I don't think so, no.
Bobby: Ah damn. Now going back in history a bit, in 2013 when Andrew left the band you said "it may look pretty ridiculous to carry on playing under the name Against Me! If I didn't feel like I had something that I really needed to say" with the new album. Was it hard continuing under the Against Me! moniker after such a big lineup change?
Laura: You know, I really made that statement at the time missing Andrew and being sad that he wasn't playing with us anymore. But I don't know. The name Against Me! – I've played under Against Me! since I was seventeen years old. Andrew didn't join the band until I was twenty three. There's a long history preceding him. There's a long history just between me and James. I met James on the first day of high school and we've been playing in bands together since we were fourteen.
There is still relevance to it, to the band for me. There's still things that I want to say and have to say and want to do with it. And most importantly we all feel like we're having a good time. It's crazy and it's never something that I thought I'd feel again where there were periods of time playing when it was me, James, Warren and Andrew and it felt like we had hit a peak of what we could do musically. That that was the extent of our musical ability as a group together. So changing that, even bringing George into the band changed a lot. Even playing now with Atom and Inge who – on their own, without any bands – are names to me. And the bands that they played with – Inge with International Noise Conspiracy and Atom with Rocket From The Crypt and so many bands – I really feel like as a musical unit, there's still so much cool shit we can do together and it's still worthwhile pursuing considering how much fun it is and how good the live shows are.
To feel that, it's not like it's a cash grab because the cash ain't that good *laughs*. I don't know, it's just fun. This is what we all do. All of us are committed musicians. Nobody has this side ambition of "I eventually want to become a history teacher or open a restaurant or do something else other than be in a band that tours." That's not to say it'll last forever. Who knows.
Bobby: But right now it's what you guys want to do. It seems right and its working very well together.
Laura: Yeah, totally.
Bobby: Do you think it's weird having these pre and post member change fans? Like I only like Scott Raynor Blink 182, not Travis Barker Blink 182 or Wade McNeil versus Frank Carter with Gallows or Pennywise with Jim versus Zoli. Or does it all come down to a mind set at the end of the time – Against Me! will always be Against Me! Blink 182 always Blink 182 and Pennywise always Pennywise.
Laura: I don't know. I think it depends. Each band is its own thing. To me it was never about an original moment where four people got into a room and each picked up an instrument and this magic happened and a sound was born. To me, it was always something that was born in my bedroom when I still lived with my mother on an acoustic guitar and a four track tape recorder with no intentions of doing anything with it. So anything that has happened since has just been this crazy surprise of "wow, I can't believe it's changed into this. I can't believe it evolved into this. I can't believe I can do this with it now" just because I decided to do that when I was bored and I was seventeen. I was sick of playing in bands with people and I wanted to have something that I could control.
But, like, I get it at the same time too when people get into a band at a very specific period of time and they also aren't just listening to records. They're coming to shows and multiple shows and they develop relationships with that band because they hang out in the parking lot after and they talk to you. That there are personal connections to lineups and periods of time, because those were periods of times. Those were eras in the band and I get it if it's not the same thing for some people anymore. It doesn't have to be.
Bobby: People in everyday life are always evolving and changing. You can't always expect your favourite band to always stay the same because then they're not being true to themselves. People have to change.There's a lot of reasons why something isn't the same for people anymore too, it's something that I feel like I have a little bit of insight on having been doing it for a while. Seeing people move on just from the music scene in general, of hanging out and going to shows, of buying records in record stores and going off into whatever other life adventures. To people coming new to that, seeing people after shows and them being like "this is my first show I've ever been to." There's that regeneration that's just continually happening with music that's a part of it.
Laura: Right, and often times if a line up change happens, it's often because someone wasn't happy playing in a band or playing with each other for whatever reason. But nonetheless, if they continued on doing that – getting up on stage and pretending to like each other, pretending they were enjoying playing in a band. That'll be shitty for the band and it wouldn't be good – it wouldn't be a good live experience.
Bobby: The fans would be able to tell if they're just going through the motions and not into it.
Laura: Totally.
Bobby: Now your studio, Total Treble Studios that was set up in Elkton, Florida. I think it was 2014 a tree fell on it and damaged a lot of the studio. What happened there?
Laura: It destroyed it. It's gone. The building wasn't salvageable and I didn't own the building so I just put all the gear into storage. You mentioned earlier that the band has been based kind out of Chicago now which isn't even true anymore, we've really been kind of basing out of Michigan where our front of house and tour manager and engineer who we've been working with recording and who we're going to be doing our next record with – I moved all my gear into his studio there. It's just a fucking rad setup where we can all meet there, rehearse and record. It's really in the middle of nowhere in the woods and there's really no distractions. It's nice.
Bobby: So now the studio is set up in Michigan you said?
Laura: Yeah.
Bobby: You've obviously been getting into the producing world. You started with Cheap Girls' Giant Orange, you also did the amazing These Maps Are Dreams by The Wild and you just finished Lauren Measure's new band, Worriers, for their album Imaginary Life. How do you pick which bands you want to work with? That you want to produce with?
Laura: I don't know. I guess I'm trying to figure out how to pick what I want to do. Right now I've just usually been flattered when someone asks me and I really want to do it and I want to gain that experience and that knowledge. With Worriers, the real connection was that my friend Justin Sullivan started out playing with Lauren and Worriers so I knew that was something that I'd be into. I checked it out and I fell in love with one song in particularly – Precarity Rules – where I just realized there's that spark there. That thing that's kind of intangible where someone can create something that's rad and I thought "this will be cool, I want to do it."
Bobby: Nice. You also self-produced Transgender Dysphoria Blues. What's the difference you feel about self-producing an album and producing for others?
Laura: Well, it's a lot less work producing for others. It's just different. You have more of an attachment, that's the hard thing: recognizing how to not be precious with stuff. It's just a different experience. When you self produce, it's a little more loose in that you're just doing it yourself. You're just doing what you want to do with it and that's it.
I think with this new record that we're going to start working on in the fall that it's just going to be more of a group effort to produce. We'll all weigh in with what we want to happen with the record, continuing with the momentum that we've had touring together and working together as we are now having developed a way to do it. I think it'll be kind of easy comparared to the last record – maybe a little bit more light and fun.
Bobby: With the last record, you had said that since it was an extremely personal record that you wanted to isolate yourself and have full control of the album as you developed the songs.
Laura: A lot of that just had to do with what I was going through then with accepting myself and coming out and just needing that kind of guard up. Where I could have full control over that no matter what else was about to start happening around me. I needed full control over that. It was really therapeutic and what I needed at the time. Now feeling like I'm part of a family and part of a team again and feeling like we can all work together and that it's something that we can do awesome on stage live, then it's surely something we can do together in the studio. I want that. I want to be a part of that, that's a good feeling. There are times in life when you just really feel like you need to do something and when you're an artist, sometimes there's times where you feel like you're trying to prove something to yourself. I feel like I did that for myself. I finished that record and I'm still standing and now I want to do something different.
Bobby: You've said before that seventy percent of Transgender Dysphoria Blues was written before you came out and began your transitioning. Did writing these songs kind of help you come to the conclusion that you did want to come out and start the process?
Laura: I mean it was definitely something that pushed me along as I was pushing it along myself.
Bobby: Do you find there's a contrast between the seven songs you wrote before you started transitioning and the three songs you wrote after you started transitioning? Like a difference between the first song you wrote, Paralytic States, and the last which was FUCKMYLIFE666?
Laura: I don't know. It's hard to see it now. I see it now as just all a part of each other, all a part of that period of time just because there is a distance now between then, when I was really in it, and now. At the time it was really like dealing with whatever I was dealing with when I was writing the songs or recording the songs. It was very much a real time. Now having travelled around and seeing people embrace those songs and what it means to other people, having people sing back lyrics and having joyful, joyful experiences behind it – changes your perspective on things and you're able to look at it in a different way.
Bobby: You have one song that you recorded, mixed and mastered that Fat Mike played on that didn't make the album. Any plans for that song?
Laura: I don't know. We'll do something with it eventually. I have a couple hard drives full of things like random songs that we finished when making records that we decided not to put them on the record. There's a couple from the New Wave sessions, there's a couple from White Crosses that just never happened. Maybe eventually we'll do a rarities thing or something – who knows.
Bobby: You mentioned before that you had several friends over the years that helped give you the courage to start the transitioning process, January Hunt was one recent example I saw you talk about. With coming out in Rolling Stone, you made this very personal decision very public – did you hope doing that would help show others suffering through Transgender Dysphoria that they're not alone there?
Laura: Totally. Just being visible and being out and saying fuck it and accepting something and also connect me with other trans people and connect me with that kind of community which I really needed at the time. It was a big SOS flag in a lot of ways.
Bobby: Over the past few years, there's been a large amount of public visibility concerning transgender transitioning. You with Rolling Stone, Laverne Cox on the cover of Time and just recently Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair. However, in your conversation with Stephanie McCarthy about her assault at your show in Australia, you mentioned that you were skeptical about how much of that visibility translates into the general public's actual education and understanding concerning transgender issues. How can someone balance the act of simply being visible while still educating about the needs?
Laura: You know, I don't know. All you can really do is do your best. Be the best version of yourself that you can be and be as honest as you can. Being open and being willing to answer questions is all I can offer to do. Give my perspective. People can listen to that, people can take something from that from or they cannot.
I think that there was a piece that John Oliver did recently on his show that really nailed it. He was talking about the way that people have been accepting of that but at the same time not really supportive. Like there was this one where it was a military officer who was transgender who is being given a medal but at the same time being discharged because they're trans. Or one with this person giving an impassioned speech about some bathroom bill and everyone on the council patting them on the back and telling them how brave they are, but then passing the bill anyway. It's just that kind of bull shit.
I think a lot of it still stems from people still viewing it as a mental illness, they have developed this ability to be empathetic but then not respectful. That's really what needs to happen in a lot of ways. Because the reality is that most transgender don't have any rights or protection for their jobs, their healthcare, for anything like that. Suicide rates are still 41% of transgender people will attempt suicide. It's crazy when you look at the statistics. It's more than a magazine cover. People are still getting attacked, killed, it's a real thing. That's what needs to change. But hopefully it all lends itself to educating and pushing it forward. Things have pushed forward. It's just that things need to push further.
Bobby: You mentioned John Oliver, I always saw a great segment that Jon Stewart on Caitlyn Jenner transitioning and how many news channels were very supportive of her transition but then instantly began focusing on how beautiful she looks, sexy, stunning, hot, amazing and comparing her to other women. "Does she have a better body than Kim Kardashian" or the dress looks like a playboy bunny dress. Instantly it became all focused on her sex appeal and discounted any of her past successes. Do you feel that's a sad display of sexism in the media along with a way to instantly ignore the real points of the story?
Laura: I think it's dangerous in a way because then there is the idea of being then pressured when you transition to then fit into a gender role. It's part of the problem. I've tried to take a real step back from formulating a proper opinion on the whole Caitlyn Jenner thing because ultimately I have nothing but love and support and I have a shared bond because I've gone through kind of a similar experience – coming out publically too but just in general most trans people will have that bond of a transgender experience. So of course I wish them the best and everything like that. Awesome, it's good for you. You're fucking on the cover of Vanity Fair, that's rad.
I do understand other transgender people's opinion of it not being a full representative of them. But that's always going to be the case. You can only ever represent yourself. I think like moments like that are definitely pushing the envelope forward and is making an impact of being a part of the everyday conversation. You just need to continue to steer that conversation in the right way. And sexism isn't alright just like transphobia isn't alright. Unrealistic expectations of beauty standards placed on young girls or young boys or whoever – that's not right either. If you choose to not transition into something that's the idea of "passing" well that's fine too. Fuck passing. I don't know, there's so many angles to it.
Bobby: I know you've mentioned many times that you don't like the idea of people needing to go from Box A to Box B that there's a whole bunch of different scenarios. Everybody's different.
Laura: Totally. But at the same time, if you want to go from Box A to Box B – go from Box A to B. But that shouldn't be forced upon people and that shouldn't be another standard for people to reach for or try to achieve that further causes depression or suicide or violence.
It's weird because I think often times that's why more often than not attacks on transgender people are on transwomen as opposed to transgender men. I think a lot of that kind of stems from the fact that men are fucking sexist pigs most of the time and that you see a woman walk by and men check out the woman and then if they feel like they've somehow been tricked or something and all of a sudden they're like "wait, this is a transgender person" and then that somehow offends their sexuality or their perception of manliness or whatever. That's when the violent reaction happens.
Bobby: Trying to defend their own ego or something.
Laura: I don't know, it's so fucked up.
Bobby: One celebrity figure that has been working hard to educate and help homeless youth and LGTB youth is Miley Cyrus with her Happy Hippie foundation – in May you performed two songs with her and Joan Jett – how'd that come together?
Laura: They asked me to be a part of it. I was on a flight, landed and got a call and they were like "hey, we're doing this – come and hang out and play music." I was like "okay, awesome – that sounds amazing." So they had me come out to California and we went to Miley's house and played some songs in her backyard with her band. It was all for a good cause, for charity. I've known Joan for a while and played with her a couple times before and worked a little bit on her last record, so any chance to hang out with her I'm up for. I had never met Miley before but she was really cool and really welcoming and it was really fun playing music with her. I don't know. A surreal experience.
Bobby: That's awesome, do you think it's important to have a figure with such a younger fan base introducing these problems to kids so they are more aware of what's happening? Do you feel that's a good form of the needed education you were talking about?
Laura: I think that, Miley with what she's doing with InstaPride and her Happy Hippie Foundation is great. Her fan base is younger and they're being introduced to those ideas and those concepts as a normal thing and a thing you should support at a very young age. She has an army of fans and if you can use that to educate people or do something good, then more power [to her].


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October 11, 2011 at 7:36 am, by Carl
A few weeks ago, one of my former students knocked at my door. I love it when this happens, so I happily welcomed him into the office. He couldn't stay long, but merely wanted to drop off a letter to me. It was simple and direct, yet powerful. What he gave me was an amazing "Thank you" note.
He wasn't the first student to let me know of their appreciation. Each time I get such a note from a student, it is a wonderful moment of realizing that, at least for that person, I had done a good job.
How about you? Who in your life do you need to thank? Is appreciation and thanks a part of your worldview?
I always make it my practice to say "thank you" to the men and women who clean up our campus. Their jobs are the dirty ones (you should see the men's restroom from time to time, and I use the word "men" loosely, based on the actions of some in that room; you'd think they have never had to aim properly before). Trash is often everywhere; students even leave half-drunk cans of soda in the hallway. So, when I see these heroes of our campus, I thank them.
Whenever I interact with soldiers, current or former, again, thanks and appreciation come out of my mouth. Some have literally put their lives on the line; all have sacrificed years in service to the country. Regardless of how I feel about the politics of a certain administration, I should easily be able to say "thank you."
Even with my students, when they do something simple like turning in their work, I thank them. Sometimes, my saying "thanks" or "yes sir" or "yes ma'am" to students who are half my age throws them for a loop. For some students, I can only imagine that they've only rarely seen respect and appreciation between adults before. I've even had some, students or otherwise, urge me to not show such respect for them; I always tell them that my Mother will find out and come smack me if I don't. OK, my Mom never really smacked me, but she would be very disappointed in me if I lost that sense of showing respect, of saying thank you in appreciation.
Today, as you make your way through your day, look for moments to show simple gratitude. Perhaps the other person won't really notice; I think, however, just like I did after my student left, they'll be so happy that you noticed. It will make their day and yours at the same time.
And who knows, maybe, just maybe, your act will be just enough to plant the seed of grace, appreciation and thanks into our culture, seeds that will bloom into something more beautiful than the cultural wasteland we see around us today.
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One hot summer day Scarlett was working hard on the farm as all ways picking up heavy loads of barrels of hay. Now she had to walk through the forest to get to the barrels of hey from her aunty Smaya and her cozens Carys, Benn and Cam. But she got a bit lost so she saw a sparkling in the tree was it a firefly? Was it a moving star?
NO!!!! It was a fairy. It seemed to be lost to so shyly Scarlett said " are you lost?" Scarlett said quietly.
"Yes I am, first I was with my friends. Next minuet im lost!!!" said the fairy
"Can we work together" said Scarlett.
Scarlett wasn't shy any more so she talked it through with the fairy. The fairy name was Cila so she helped her.
When they made it to the end of the woods Scarlett saw her aunty Smaya, Carys, Benn and Cam. Cila had to go when she left and whent home she looked out of her window and saw the stars in the sky that looked like a fairy.
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snap kicks in the octagon
Is it jus me or do snapping style kicks seems to be eerily lacking usage in modern MMA?
I don't see how a jump snap kick to the sternum is any riskier than a head kick attempt.. and a non jumping front kick is very easy to break things with if you perfom the technique properly.
I also see a distinct lack of side kicks, snapping or otherwise..
Are the ball of the foot and the side of the foot viewed as non viable striking surfaces to "real" martial artists these days?
1/29/2008 1:34pm, #2
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Head kicks end fights, snap kicks rarely end fights. Plus I say a snap kick leave you more open for a take down.
regardless you do see push kicks in MMA
1/29/2008 1:43pm, #3
OP, take MT and Jiu Jitsu out of your style field. There is no way you are actually training either if you have this question.
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Jump snap kick?
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That's pretty awesome. Give it a try sometime, let us know how that works out for ya.
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Luke Cummo uses them pretty well but he's the only fighter I've seen do it. I re-incorporated it in my sparring style after watching him fight and they work for me.
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Just over a week ago I cooked a meal for over 30 food and cinema enthusiasts organized by my friends at Real Eats. The evening's theme was centered around the very popular comedy "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and I was given the pleasure of creating a menu that would pay homage to the movie. As the movie played in the background, my trusty "sous" and I prepared a dinner of Greek classics that both Greeks an philhellenes would both appreciate.
The dinner was prepared using Acropolis Organics olive oil and vinegars and the fabulous photos in this post were snapped by my friend Kyla Zanardi. The venue for the dinner was at the cooking studio at Aphrodite Cooks. Many thanks to the gang at Reel Eats, our servers Paula, Amanda and Sharan, our dinner guests (some came from Buffalo, New York) and Christine Cooper and her friends/family who chose to celebrate her 29th Wedding Anniversary with hubby, Dennis. As us Greeks say, Na Zisetai!
When guests arrived, we handed them shooter of Windex, the cure-all as urged by Mr. Portokalos in the movie. This Ouzo-flavoured shot was just thing to put people at ease and set the tome for a fun, delicious dinner amongst friends.
As a meze/appetizer offering I made Dolmades Gialantzi with pita bread and my homemade Tzatziki. These were very popular and although there were some leftovers…many took doggy bags to enjoy them at home.
I do like featuring traditional Greek dishes and nothing is more authentic than a homemade Spanakopita…made with phyllo opened by hand! The spinach was kindly donated by Cookin' Greens.
Next up was a bowl of comfort, the Greeks' cure for the common cold – Chicken Avgolemono Soup with kale from Cookin' Greens.
The main course was braised lamb shanks with baked kritharaki…my ode to Lamb Giouvetsi and finished off with some grated dry Mizithra cheese.
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Kaida Class Space Superiority Vessel
Length: 225m
Width: 105m (habitats)
Mass: 36,000 metric tons
Crew: 35 Officers, 315 enlisted, 20 marines, 1,000 construct (AI, expert systems, ect)
Consumables: 160 days (x24 hours)
Small Craft: 2 SSTO shuttles
Power: 2 gigawatt class fusion plants
Costruction Cost: 166 billion
Engines: 4x AM boosted fusion torch
Thrust: 440MN each
Total Delta-V: 87,000 km/s
Maximum Accel: 49m/s^2 (5g)
FTL System: Triple tandem military flash drive
FTL Velocity(G2 type star): 180c
2x 3 meter fixed ultraviolet free electron lasers
Range: 20,000km
Output: 700MW
Firing Mode: Pulsed beam
6x 1 meter ultraviolet free electron lasers
Range: 7,500km
Output: 400MW
Firing Mode: rapid cyclic pulse
6x 4 tube rapid firing missile launchers
Maximum Range: 20,000km
Standard Warhead: Kinetic
Ammunition: 120 rounds
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The Kaida type of heavy space combatant was designed to counter the large heavily armored "cruisers" of the Larrin space fleet. The Matan Space Army had long since realised that it's standard SSVs were woahfully inadequate for fighting against the large combatants being built by othe nations. The vessels are build around two large, powerful laser cannons, designed to drill through heavy armor and destroy internal systems. Backing up the main lasers are twenty four large missile launchers, each with five reloads, and a full sperical point defence system. Some thought was given to equip these vessels with the then in development Zone Defence Laser system, but the mass requiments of the mains proved to be incermountable. The ZDS was however incorperated into the later Escort LSSV type.
One major flaw in the design however, other then the heavy and vulnerable spin habits which Matan Spacers have long since made thier peace with, is the narrow firing arc of the mains and poor turn mode. It can take as long as twelve minutes for the Kaida to pivot a hunder and eightly degrees. This combined with a fourty five degree off axis firing arc and the long cooldown cycle of the mains make it impossible for the Kaida to fire on a manuvering target, and PDS is far too short ranged to be used as an offensive weapon. This has led to the Kaida being something of a black sheep in the Spacey's design linage. Matan logistics favors long ranged independantly deployable spacecraft that don't require expensive escort during "peacetime". However, Kaidas are vitually incapable of fighting the Larrin's frigate (the equivelent of a Matan Fighter, ~8000 tonnes) flotillas. If deployed singley or in pairs as Matan docterine calls for, a Kaida might be able to severly damage or cripple a Larrin cruiser type before being overwhelmed and destoryed by Larrin frigates. This is the primary reason for the construction of the Kirin Type of LSSVs.
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Kaida's electronic systems are Matan standard, and have been upgraded several times since first assembly, including ECM, ECCM, large amounts of software, expert systems, and the standar Central Construct, from which a vessel draws it's name. Main drives use heavy water brought to fusion density using small mounts of antimatter, magnetic fields and lasers. (Even though water is non magnetic... don't feel like figuring out how it's supposed to work).
Notes: I am very tired as I write this, so spelling bad. Also, the FTL engine works by "pushing off" a star's mass, bigger star, faster travel. The event releases a large amount of visable light due to blueshift and other bullshit, hence Flashdrive. The can be fired in system for a few seconds before buring out, Matan warships mount 3 of them in tandem, lighting off each in short sucession to skip across a starsystem, also provides damage redundency. I don't remember exactly, but it can cross a few lightminutes in a few seconds. This was built for Squadron Strike from Ad Astra Games, but all the fluff is my own doing. Oh, and yes the delta V is accurate given the total propellant tank volume and water as reaction mass. Or I switched to hygrogen and forgot...
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I didn't attend last week's climate summit, but I've talked to a few Oxfam staff who did, and got to thinking about how the talks compare with other negotiations, especially on trade. (For a more specific debrief on the Poznan outcome see here).
It feels like Poznan represented a shift in dynamics, from aid to trade, or from New Testament to Old. Let me explain. In terms of political economy, the key difference between international negotiations on aid and those on trade is that trade talks are fundamentally a domestic issue – changing trade rules creates winners and losers within rich countries, who lobby hard for their interests. Politicians ignore them at their peril. In contrast, aid is primarily a broadly dispersed taxpayer issue, and quite a small one at that, so that negotiators do not come under the same degree of scrutiny and pressure.
And the biblical reference? Personal shorthand – aid is about 'love they neighbour', trade negotiations are more like 'eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth'. Up until Poznan, the EU in particular appeared ready to behave in a somewhat disinterested, New Testament fashion. Both member states and the Commission seemed to be listening to the evidence, agreeing the aggressive '20-20-20' plan in January 2008 – a comprehensive climate and renewable energy package designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent by 2020, increase to 20 percent by 2020 the renewable energy share of the energy mix, and improve energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020. That, and the EU's avowed readiness to channel significant funds to poor countries for adaptation, looked like the ingredients of a grand bargain on climate change.
That was then; this is now. Poznan saw a gathering backlash within the EU, which dragged its feet on helping poor countries to adapt (only a concerted barrage from developing countries and NGOs forced them to back down and allow developing country governments direct access to UN adaptation funds, rather than being forced to go through intermediaries like the World Bank), but then they blocked efforts to raise the amount of adaptation funds available, which currently fall pitifully short of what's needed. Goodwill and trust took a battering, and it feels like the climate change talks have entered their hardball phase.
Why the shift? I find it helpful when thinking about these processes to look at the 'three I's': Ideas, Interests and Institutions. In the case of the channel for adaptation finance, it looks more like a problem of ideas and institutions – EU officials basically don't trust developing country governments to manage their own affairs. They eventually reversed their position on that, but on the volume of funding, interests also kicked in. With billions dependent on the outcome, an increasingly well-organized and experienced corporate lobby also ensured that back in Brussels, the EU watered down the 20/20/20 deal right in the middle of Poznan. Less money will be raised because polluting European industries successfully lobbied for many emissions permits to be handed out free rather than auctioned, and the reduced income that accrues will no longer be earmarked for adaptation. Public backtracking on that scale in front of the rest of the world unsurprisingly further soured the mood in Poznan.
The countervailing forces needed both within the EU and beyond will have to involve progressive industrial lobbies (eg the renewables sector), mass mobilization by civil society organizations and a much greater degree of courage and political leadership than was on offer in Poznan, including from developing countries. Where is the climate change Mandela? Will Obama pick up the baton so publicly dropped by Europe in Poznan? The road to the Copenhagen COP in December 2009, supposedly the culmination of the climate change talks, is looking a good deal steeper after Poznan.
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I liked the way you have alluded to biblical expressions to explain the stalemate at Poznan.Perhaps you can try Hindu mythology next time.
My comments are- global economic down turn has had more profound impact on short term political self preservation.There is no doubt the impact of the down turn had very serious dampening impact at indivual levels particularly in the devloped and emeging economies too- the kind of civic response and interest to that extent has been less than lukewarm.
Far greater civic body expressions in the key Western capital is needed along with Industrail lobby which is already there in small measure and is not inimical to the ideals of the deal.
Lastly, we need mini- millions of Obamas and Mandelas not just few leaders.
2009 is definitely going to be a year of deep shifts in the international politics of climate change, so thinking through the key drivers in this way is really important.
If we go with the aid-to-trade frame, we should also be clear about the dangers of the "zero-sum" approach of the trade negs being applied to the climate negotiations. Holding out on a hard-line position for greater negotiating leverage and concessions down the line has been a common tactic in the Doha round. One analysis says that rich countries — including the EU — were doing exactly the same in Poznan: not giving anything away so as to be able to extract commitments from the G77/China in Copenhagen. This approach is of course understandable from the perspective of a trade association in Washington, DC, or Brussels. But considering what's at stake in the climate negotiations, it's a premise that will lead to no deal at best, and a bad deal at worst (as with the EU package). If countries didn't get what they were bargaining for under the WTO, consumers and export producers might lose out a bit, and poor people would lose opportunities. If countries don't get what science dictates is required and equity says is needed out of Copenhagen, everyone will lose a great deal more, and more than just losing a route out of poverty, many poor people will even lose their lives. This is why equity is so important in the context of climate change.
An important shift that's related but missing from the analysis above is a good news story: the shift from aid to "polluter pays". The G77 in Poznan was clear that it didn't want petty hand-outs, provided by rich countries on a voluntary basis. They've been there (since the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, the 0.7% aid pledge etc.), done that, and know it doesn't work. They're now looking for the big Kahuna, and so held firm on getting what's required for a post-2012 regime that actually delivers adequate, predictable financing along the lines of a true "polluter pays" model. That's why they held out for control of the Adaptation Finance direct access issue, and wouldn't climb down from extending the share of proceeds to the big money. They clearly said that's what's needed in Copenhagen and if Annex One countries (developed nations) offer anything less there won't be a deal. This message is starting to get through to the media and we need political leaders in Washington, Brussels, Tokyo and elsewhere to listen carefully. See Washington Post story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121301913.html?hpid=sec-nation
Most rich countries still think about the climate negotiations mostly as a struggle about the emissions reduction effort. From a developing country perspective, however, that's a necessary but insufficient part of the picture. Poor countries are already being stuck with the adaptation tab, and unless rich countries demonstrate they're willing to pick up their fair share, they can forget about greater contributions from the developing world to the mitigation effort.
Finally, the other good news story from Poznan was the extent to which the G77/China played a pro-active role. They did well, as a bloc, to bring proposals to Poznan on finance & tech & even agreed an internal position on adaptation (which wasn't tabled, probably because they realised it was pretty pointless given the lack of engagement on the part of rich countries). Brazil announced a new emissions reduction plan in the early days of the conference, and Mexico an historic emissions cut pledge on the penultimate day. So we can definitely say they were on the front foot. But we can also ask, "What would have happened if they had come to Poznan with even more, and more detailed, positions — on the shared vision, on mitigation, adaptation, etc.? What if they had come to Poznan with 10 concrete proposals instead of 2?" That could have increased their leverage even more and put them in a much stronger position going into 2009. They can still come in strong in Bonn in March if they really put their mind to it. And they have every reason to do so. If they just sit back now and wait for the rich countries to act, they're likely to be disappointed with the direction the negotiations take. In many ways, the G77/China had it easy in Poznan, with the US effectively absent, and the EU and other Annex 1 countries otherwise preoccupied… developing countries too will need to up their game in 2009 if they hope to get a fair and adequate deal in Copenhagen.


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Vision FAQ's – Adults
This article which appears in the December Healthwise section of The Citizen, answers many common questions about Adult Vision. See our previous article on Children's Vision and look for our January article on Senior's Vision.
I see great, why should I have an eye exam?
Even if you have perfect vision, most organizations, like the American Optometric Association feel that an adult should have an eye exam at least every 3 years. Once you reach your 40's exams are recommended a minimum of every two years. Those 50 years of age or older should have an eye exam annually, as should people who wear corrective lenses and/or have a family history of eye disease. Diabetics must have an exam with dilated pupils and special photographs annually (see below for more on diabetes and the eye).
The reason that even those of us with perfect vision should still have periodic eye exams is that many eye diseases have no symptoms early in their course.
Glaucoma, for example, is often called the "sneak thief of sight" because millions are suffering from this condition with no symptoms. It is not until one has lost 80% or more of their vision that symptoms develop. Unfortunately, any vision you have lost cannot be recovered. That makes early diagnosis essential in the treatment of this disease.
Other conditions like Macular Degeneration (AMD) can sometimes be prevented or at least delayed. Often the precursor to this condition can be seen 20 years before AMD begins to affect vision. With appropriate nutritional therapy, research shows that we can reduce the likelihood of a person developing AMD by up to 30% or more.
I have diabetes, what should I do to protect my eyes?
Diabetes is the number one cause of vision loss in Americans under age 65, and number 2 across all ages groups. While most people think of diabetes as a blood sugar disease, in the eye we are concerned about changes to blood vessels that can result in hemorrhaging (bleeding) inside the eye. This results in damage to the retina (which can be thought of as similar to the film in a camera). This damage can result in permanently blurred vision or even total blindness if left untreated. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve good vision for life. Annual eye exams with special photographs of the retina are imperative in preserving sight for people with diabetes.
I'm in my 40's why can't I see up close anymore?
We all lose the ability to focus up close. This process begins in our twenties, and typically becomes a noticeable problem in our early to mid 40's. This loss of focusing, called presbyopia, diminishes our ability to see clearly up close through our distance prescription. Presbyopia is a natural process, it is also a progressive process, so we tend to have greater and greater difficulty with near tasks as we move through our 40's and into our early 50's. By our early to mid-50's, the progression stops, but we never regain our ability to focus up close.
This often means a transition to bifocal glasses (often called progressive lenses) or necessitates the need for reading glasses over our contact lenses. The good news is that with the new digitally surfaced, HD style progressive lenses, it is easier than ever to make a successful transition to multifocal glasses. At Spectrum Eyecare, we are even having good success with people who were previously unable to use this type of eyeglasses lens.
I wear contacts and replace them online, why should I bother with an annual exam?
Contact lenses (CL) are a prescription device that when cared for appropriately are very safe.
However, as we age our eyes change, often requiring a change in the type of contact lens worn, solutions used or the replacement schedule of the lenses. That is why all contact lens prescriptions have an expiration date. Since CL use increases the risk of dry eye, abnormal blood vessel growth and serious eye infections it is critical to have regular, annual checks of your eyes and contacts. This is true regardless of your age. However, our eyes become less resilient as we age requiring even greater care in monitoring the health of our eyes as we age.
At many leading practices, including Spectrum Eyecare, it is understood that you can get your contacts from many sources, so CL's are priced very competitively with mail order and big box retailers. The important thing is to have an annual exam and to replace your contacts as advised by your eye doctor.
Is it safe to sleep in my contacts?
Sleeping in contact lenses is the single greatest cause of complications among those who wear lenses. Even in the safest materials, contact lens over-wear causes at least a tenfold increase in eye infection and other dangerous complications. Teaching and reinforcing the dangers of contact lens over-wear is one of Dr. Henahan's top priorities.
What type of contact lens is best for me?
For most, soft disposable lenses represent the best balance of comfort, easy care, clear vision and safety. For some people, disposable lenses are not an option due to the nature of their prescription, but other lens options do exist which allow us to fit almost any child in contacts. Advances in bifocal contact lens technology have been slow, so most people struggle to succeed with this type of lens, despite what the TV commercials want you to believe.
What about LASIK?
LASIK eye surgery is an excellent option for many people with glasses or contacts who wish to eliminate their dependence on glasses or contacts. However, one must be at least 18 years of age to undergo LASIK. Furthermore, it is important that the prescription is not changing.
It is also important to understand that LASIK does nothing to prevent the loss of focusing capability that afflicts those of us in our 40's.
NEXT MONTH: Eye FAQ's for Seniors
Dr. John Henahan is a fellowship trained doctor of optometry practicing and living right here in Peachtree City with his wife and two sons. You may call his office at (770) 487-0667 or visit him on the web at www.speceye.com.


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RE/MAX Practitioner Sworn in as International Real Estate Leader
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Denver, CO – Wayne D'Amico, a well-respected and experienced commercial real estate practitioner, will be inaugurated tonight in Las Vegas as the newest President of the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM). D'Amico, with RE/MAX Right Choice in Trumbull, CT, has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, and is the fourth CCIM President to come from the RE/MAX Commercial ranks. CCIM is the leader in commercial and investment real estate education and services.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the CCIM community and some of the top commercial practitioners in the business," said D'Amico, who has $400 million in commercial projects to his credit. "I can't wait to get started. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to represent CCIM and our members as we work in strengthening the economic recovery."
D'Amico succeeds other CCIM Presidents from RE/MAX including Richard Juge of RE/MAX Commercial Brokers in Metairie, LA (2009), the late Tim Hatlestad of RE/MAX Commercial Investment in Scottsdale, AZ (2007) and Bob Behrens of RE/MAX Commercial Services in Denver, CO (2004).
As the commercial market has strengthened, RE/MAX Commercial has grown. Since January 1st of this year, 49 new RE/MAX Commercial Divisions have been added, bringing the total number of offices and divisions to 400 in 45 countries with more than 3,000 commercial practitioners. And, those practitioners have been busy. RE/MAX Commercial agents have increased volume by 10% and transactions by 4% over 2011. During the past decade, average sales and lease volume for RE/MAX Commercial has topped $8.1 billion each year.
That measure of success has not gone unnoticed. RE/MAX Commercial is ranked in National Real Estate Investor (NREI) magazine's Top 25 list of commercial brokerage networks, and ranked in the Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brands in the 2012 Lipsey Company Survey.
"It is very rewarding to see how buyers, sellers, investors and other real estate professionals hold RE/MAX Commercial practitioners in high esteem," said Mike Reagan, RE/MAX Senior Vice President, RE/MAX Commercial.
"We know that Wayne will serve in the tradition of the RE/MAX practitioners who went before him, and that his leadership will leave a legacy in the commercial industry."
D'Amico will be sworn in during the CCIM Live! Conference at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino the evening of Monday, October 15.
RE/MAX Commercial has the most Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designees in Canada and one of the largest CCIM contingents in the industry.
For more information about RE/MAX Commercial or to find a RE/MAX Commercial practitioner, visit www.remaxcommercial.com.


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