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My friend Ilana is quite possibly the world's greatest expert on my food. She's offered to marry my lemon bars. She's eaten half a tart in a single sitting. And I make sure my jar of "trail mix" (in quotes because how often am I really hiking on a trail?) is full whenever she drops by.
A few weeks ago, she asked me to make a dish for a potluck. Here's how the conversation went:
Ilana: I am in love with your quinoa salad with the avocado. I could eat that every day. (You can make whatever you want, is what I'm trying to say.)
Me: As for quinoa, I actually don't have a recipe with avo.
Ilana: Wait, what is in that recipe with the black rice and the avocado? That isn't quinoa? (If I had access here at work, I could obviously check that on your blog right now. Yay blogs!)
Me: I never posted it! And I'm not sure I have pix.
Ilana: Booooo that was so delicious.
I'm not surprised that she was right. Ilana knows me better than I know myself, and recipes are a big part of who I am.
She moved to New York just a few days ago. I was in town for the US Open and we were able to grab a welcome-to-the-city coffee (well, she drank tea) just a few blocks from her apartment. It already felt different.
Ilana will only be in New York for a year before returning to Boston (fingers crossed!), but Cambridge feels empty. I know we'll still email every day and chat a few times a week, but who will watch Top Chef with me? Go to Russo's with me? Eat pound after pound of roasted brussels sprouts, carrots, and chickpeas with me?
Now seems the right time to share the recipe she requested so long ago. If I make this quinoa dish, Ilana, can I tempt you back? I'll even throw in a few lemon bars.
Cumin-scented quinoa with black rice and avocado
This recipe is adapted from Bon Appetit and the picture hung on my refrigerator for six months before I remembered to pick up black rice at the grocery store. You can find black rice (and quinoa) at higher-end or natural food markets. I suspect that this would also be great (though less striking) with short grain brown rice. The original recipe calls for a single avocado, but Ilana is the Cookie Monster of avocados ("Me want avo! Me eat avo! ") so I opted for three.
Serves 6-8
– 1/2 C short-grain black rice
– 1 C quinoa
– 1 bay leaf
– 1/4 t kosher salt plus more to taste
– 1/4 C chopped fresh cilantro
– 1/4 C chopped flat-leaf parsley
– 4 T olive oil, divided
– 1 small onion, finely chopped
– 3 large garlic cloves, minced
– 2 t cumin powder
– 2 lemons for zest and juice
– Freshly ground black pepper
– 2-3 avocados
Boil. Bring rice and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until water is absorbed and rice is tender, 25–30 minutes. (Or just follow directions on the package.)
Boil again. Meanwhile, rinse the quinoa in a few changes of water. Then combine quinoa, bay leaf, salt, and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until quinoa is tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and then return quinoa to hot saucepan. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes. (Or just follow directions on the package.) Discard bay leaf, fluff quinoa with a fork, and transfer to a large bowl.
Chop. While the rice and quinoa are cooking, prepare the rest of the vegetables. Finely chop cilantro and parsley. Finely chop the onion and mince the garlic.
Saute. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat until it shimmers. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes – if it starts to brown, lower the heat. Add garlic and cumin and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
Mix. Add the vegetables to the quinoa. Add rice and mix well. Zest and juice the lemons over the bowl. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and the cilantro and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve. Pit and peel the avocado and slice into cubes right before you're ready to eat. Spread them out on the salad and serve. Hide a few avocado pieces at the bottom of the bowl so that there are some left for the rest of us.


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'There is no such thing, at this date in the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it.
The business of the Journalist is to destroy truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread.
You know it and I know it and what folly , is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals for rich men behind the scenes.
We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.' ~ John Swinton, former Chief of Staff, The New York Times, 1953
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"We are not denying and are not afraid to confess that this war is our war and that it is waged for the liberation of Jewry... Stronger than all fronts together is our front, that of Jewry.
We are not only giving this war our financial support on which the entire war production is based, we are not only providing our full propaganda power which is the moral energy that keeps this war going.
The guarantee of victory is predominantly based on weakening the enemy forces, on destroying them in their own country, within the resistance.
And we are the Trojan horses in the enemy's fortress. Thousands of Jews living in Europe constitute the principal factor in the destruction of our enemy. There, our front is a fact and the most valuable aid for victory."
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Insider tips to transforming the legal department
Paul Mandell, founder and the CEO of Consero Group describes the transformation of the legal departments.
Most general counsel have arrived in their current positions because of their legal knowledge and skills, but the changing nature of the role demands more.
The role of the general counsel has evolved significantly over the last decade. The position now includes a substantial strategy element — placing the GC in the inner circle of those making the decisions that guide the business. General counsel are expected to run the legal department more efficiently than ever before while also providing new kinds of value to the company through the strategic use of departmental assets. For today's general counsel to have the impact that large businesses have come to expect, they must transform not only their way of thinking, but the very operation of their departments. The following are some suggestions drawn from leading general counsel to assist in this effort.
1. Start with a vision
In order to achieve meaningful transformation within the legal department, you must have buy in from the team. However, the legal team will not buy into the idea of a new way of doing business without a vision of the new, more efficient legal department and their roles within it.
Start by imagining what functions could be more efficient, what more the legal department could be doing, and how best the legal team can serve the business generally. Share your vision and ideas with your team, and challenge them to evaluate and contribute to that vision. By doing so, you will not only develop a broad goal for the department toward which everyone can strive, but you will develop a culture of creativity and innovation among your team that will ensure a continuing effort to transform the department for the better.
2. Invest in technology
One of the most obvious but daunting investments that in-house lawyers can make lie within the technology sphere. General counsel typically are not trained to evaluate software products, and as a result, they routinely rely on outside parties to provide technology on an as-needed basis. However, a new crop of innovative technology designed to accelerate transactions, manage contracts, store data and more seem to enter the market each year. It is important to keep abreast of what technological tools are making the work of in-house lawyers more efficient, and it is critical to undertake an occasional cost-benefit analysis to determine whether a particular kind of product can add value.
Fortunately, this is not a process that a GC or even the legal department must manage alone. Rather, the GC should identify and leverage one or more internal IT champions, either from the legal team or the IT department, who can help evaluate the latest products on the market. Investing in the right technology can transform the legal function and do wonders for the company's bottom line over the long run.
3. Develop collaborative initiatives
While a clear vision and useful tools are integral to the process of transforming a legal department, execution of transformation efforts are very hard to execute alone. Among the most powerful resources available to enable major department change are colleagues from other departments. Having support from HR to minimize employment risk, help from technologists in monetizing intellectual property, and advice from other departments on other efforts that can accelerate the evolution of the legal function are invaluable. Seek out such help, and you may be surprised by how willing the non-lawyers may be to guide you on your way, as well as have valuable that guidance may be.
Most general counsel have arrived in their current positions because of their legal knowledge and skills, but the changing nature of the role demands more. In working to stay ahead of the curve, general counsel should continue thinking about and pursuing opportunities for transformative change.


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[alt: People go to the website because they can't wait for the next alumni magazine, right? What do you mean, you want a campus map? One of our students made one as a CS class project back in '01! You can click to zoom and everything!]
This is, of course, no exception. The joke is about the relative usefulness of college websites. What Randall is doing with this, having been out of school for several years, is beyond me. Actually, no, it's not - given that most visitors to the main page of a school's site are prospective students, I know exactly what he's doing: Appealing to high school students, as usual.
But in this case I'll ignore that, because there are bigger problem with this comic. First off, the joke. The punchline comes in the overlapping segment, as is usual with Venn Diagram jokes (for example.) I don't think anyone would disagree that the punchline to this comic is "the one thing that university websites have that people are actually looking for is the full name of the University." Now, step back a bit and read that again. I basically did a double take with this punchline where I read it, shrugged, thought it was dumb, and then had this realization that it is not merely "dumb," it is in fact mind-blowingly shitty. What college has so complicated a name that you need to get the entire thing written out for you? I mean I am sure there are a few where you don't know the exact phrase (like "ohio state university" vs "the ohio state university") but a) that happens in only a tiny fraction of colleges and b) it doesn't matter. If you all made a list of the 25 reasons you go to university websites, would this be on there? Of course not. So why is it on this list? Alas, humor is generally about using unusual means to get at the core truth of a topic, and in this case, there is no truth there. It's based on random stuff he made up that no one can relate to.
Now, it could be said that one might be able to relate to the general concept of not being able to find what one needs on a college website. That's a terrible joke for a few reasons (including the fact that colleges generally spend a lot of effort to make fancy, well designed sites, so this is just wrong, and the fact that if you want to mock crappy websites a venn diagram with an out-of-nowhere punchline is a crappy way to do it) but let's pretend he has a point. Are University websites poorly designed?
Of course, there's no clear answer to that, because they vary. So I just picked two completely at random and looked at whether it was hard to find the information Randall claims people are looking for but cannot find. The first randomly chosen school was Christopher Newport University, where Randall went to college (click for actual size):
You'll note that I've highlighted a few relevant links from - gasp! - the front page. Let's take another example though, say, i don't know, MIT, the place Randall wanted to go to college and likes to pretend he is currently attending:
Again, a few relevant links are highlighted.
Now it's true that there are some things Randall says people are looking for when they go to a University website, like campus police phone numbers, that are not on these sites. Well, to be accurate, they are on the sites, just not on the front pages. Now we get to another central problem here: Randall is comparing "what people want" with "what is on the front page." But there's no good reason for him to do that. People want any of a thousand things when they go to a University website, but you can't put them all on the front page. It would be impossible to find your way around and it would look like shit.
Luckily, most web designers have learned that you can created other web pages, and merely link to them from the front page. So if you have a long list of course names and numbers, rather than put all the names and all the numbers on the front page, you can have an "Academics" link that takes you there! Astounding. Likewise, a visitor to xkcd.com may be looking for a certain comic. Say (to take one actually at random this time), the one about accidentally hearing the power rangers song whilst sexin' it up. But HOLY FUCKING MOTHER OF GOD, it is not there on the front page of xkcd! Someone might be looking to purchase xkcd merchandise, yet to do so, they would have to click to another page, oh my god. This is what I would call "web design for complete idiots" and yet it seems to be confusing Randall Munroe for some reason.
It's almost like Colleges have an image of themselves they want to present - usually something along the lines of, "our students are happy, our faculty make amazing discoveries, and our alumni do great things." They're presenting a brand, basically, and - sweet jesus! - their websites reflect this. stop the mother fucking presses. Not everyone wants to see the campus police phone number prominently displayed on the main site? Well glory hallelujah. If only there were a simple 3 digit number that you could use in case of emergencies! Something that started with 9 and ended with 1 and had, I dunno, a 1 in the middle. No, that's silly, in an emergency most people will have time to visit exactly one website and won't have time to click on a single link, so yeah, the best option is to put it on the front page.
You've also got some dishonesty in the left-hand circle. "virtual tour" is totally something an applicant might want. Maybe not 100% of them, but some would. "Campus events" ? Why is that so bad? Does Randall really think no one wants to read about those? It certainly seems more likely than "Academic Calendar." or "parking information."
In short, there is nothing about this comic that isn't neuron-crushingly stupid and it's all in the service of an illogical, made up joke that just bored the loving crap out of me. GOOD JOB.
update: It gets better - I looked up Christopher Newport University on Wikipedia and guess what? Apparently it isn't the tech/engineering school I thought it was. It is, in fact, a liberal arts college. So the next time Randall mocks the liberal arts - which includes a lot of math, keep in mind - think about the fact that he went to a liberal arts school.
Assorted and sundry other thoughts:
--I've finally, FINALLY, gotten around to reading Dr. McNinja. I really enjoy it! I just finished the second part of Dare To Resist Ninja Drugs and Ninja Violence. I don't tend to read comics that have long story arcs, because they tend to be boring (not their fault, it's really hard to tell a long story that has a lot of regular laugh points throughout the whole thing) but Dr. McNinja stays funny and entertaining. I hope it stays this good.
--That said, I don't like the Dr. McNinja / Axe Cop crossover that's going on now. The joy of Axe Cop is that it's all told through the crazy imagination of an actual six year old. Giving him characters made by adults doesn't work, and just feels super gimmicky (which it is). I can see why people would compare the two comics, because they do have a lot in common, and I can see why someone would even think of doing a crossover like this. But that doesn't mean it is a good idea.
--Penny Arcade TV finally reached the point of running out of new topics and doing an episode of the show about the show itself. Quite frankly, I'm impressed the made it as long as they did without resorting to that. And it's understandable that they'd do it; as Robert Khoo mentions, you just plain run out of things to make episodes about if you want them to be interesting and new. So I guess that means it's a good time for the first season to wrap up, and I'm intrigued by the idea of new folks coming on to make the next season. But that said, I think the Two Player Productions people did an absolutely fantastic job with this series and I really enjoyed watching it. I hope the next crew is as good.


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Today is Purim, and I had elaborate plans to fulfill the mishloach manot mitzvah by baking Ashkenazi and Sephardi hamantashen, oznei haman, and fazuelos from around the globe to share with my friends and with you my new friends.
I did my background research. I looked into the history and my culinary options.
Ashkenazis make hamantashen, Haman's pocket (since he accepted bribes) or Haman's hat – a tri-corn like our Colonial "fathers" wore – filled with prune or poppy seed. The German word for poppy seeds is mohn, and Gil Marks in Olive Trees and Honey reports that the word's similarity to Haman's name is the genesis for this fillings. Prune — I have no idea where that comes from. Call them dried plums, but they're still prunes in my book. The few times I have actually made hamantashen, I used a cookie-like dough and filled them with chocolate and chopped hazelnuts.
Askenizim from different origins not surprisingly make different types of dough. There's soft yeasty dough and more crispy cookie-type dough. The former lets the filling shine. Apparently Poles and Hungarians tend to make the latter. And the French, bless them, sometimes make a brioche style dough (Faye Levy's 1,000 Jewish Recipes).
To me, Sephardim are a bit more exotic – probably because I'm not Sephardic. Many Sephardim make oznei haman, Haman's ears, as thin sheets of dough shaped in half circles and pinched in the middle, fried and covered with confectioners' sugar, called fazuelos (Claudia Roden's The Book of Jewish Food),or, in Italian, orcchie di Amman (Joyce Goldstein's Cucina Ebraica) — the name reminds me of orchiette, the ear shaped pasta. I had a really hard time picturing these until I came across step-by-step illustrations online.
And then come the nuts. Moroccans make Gorayebah – almond topped butter cookies (Joyce Goldstein's Saffron Shores). Greeks make a lot of interesting food for Purim depending on which area of Greece you are from – marzipan (called novies) in the shape of the Purim characters, buns (called folares) in the shape of Haman's foot, sesame bars (multiple names) seen to represent Haman's fleas (hmmm…), walnut squares to represent Haman's teeth, and almond pastries. I bought Nicholas Stavroulakis' Cookbook of the Jews of Greece in the Jewish Museum in Athens a few years ago.
I looked to my friend Ellie Levi, aka The Baking Architect, for inspiration and motivation. Like KH Krena's valentines (exhibit I mentioned in" sticky fingers") Ellie's mishloach manot deserve their own art exhibit. Somewhat more perishable and difficult to store over the years, I dare you to resist their call for more than an afternoon.
One year, Ellie and her sister Yali cooked and baked according to a Persian theme, in accordance with the site of the Purim story.
I had the best of intentions. Really I did.
Eventually, I decided to throw all of my research to the wayside and make Ashkenazi-style hamantashen my way. Different from every past year — no chocolate — but with a flair that I could only call á la francais. I was going to make mini apple triangle galettes — little hand-shaped freeform pies filled with freshly sliced apples (no prunes here!), perhaps atop a slather of dolce de leche or luscious caramel, sprinked with some turbinado sugar. Voilà! The perfect new Zahavah tradition.
And then I ended up fulfilling one of the other Purim traditions — ad d'lo yada — a few days early. Nothing crazy, just enough that I didn't feel like spending my day baking.
NOTE: In case someone was concerned, I did make sure to fulfill my mishloach manot obligation – thank you, Monica Hirsh, for delivering with care such a classy, beautiful gift of flowers and food to my sister's office and really making her day a special one. What is great about Monica, beyond her amazing aesthetic and what I found out later is our shared time in Cantabrigia, is her personalized service. I requested delivery confirmation, having never sent anything to my sister's office, and received an email note later in the day that detailed the delivery (time, signed by) and felt like a communication from a friend or colleague. Such small details make such a big difference in the whole experience.


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Thursday, August 7, 2008
If you want to jump off the bandwagon, then shut up and do it already
But while our language may have been a little off-putting, the substance of that comment stands: we are sick and tired of people smugly going declaring that they are through with the Jays, or that they are going to stop following them, or that they are never going to the 'Dome again.
Here's the thing: It shouldn't be a source of pride that you are giving up on your team.
Sure, every team needs their casual fans who will drift in and drift out depending on the team's fortunes. That's a given. But if you are a casual fan, then don't be a fucking obnoxious douchebag about how you've had enough of the team. Just pack up your shit and leave quietly, because your lack of commitment to the Blue Jays means that you don't have any right to be indignant at the shite state of affairs that the team may be in. So fuck off.
Seriously: you think this is bad? Do you remember sitting through about five years of Alex Fucking Gonzalez whiffing on a breaking ball away for strike one in every goddamned at bat? Do you remember when Orlando Merced was the big masher in the heart of the order? Do you remember Shawn Green being benched in favour of Reuben Sierra? Or having to cheer for Craig Grebeck, Jacob Brumfield, or Frank Castillo? Do you remember watching Joey Hamilton haul his stupid goatee and his fat ass out to the mound every five days to disappoint us once again? Do you remember the Jays signing Danny Darwin and Frank Viola in the same year? And releasing them both within months?
You wanna fucking talk about Russ Adams again? How about we talk about Eddie Zosky?
You think that Alex Rios doesn't always have his head in the game? Check the Level of Excellence for the name George Bell. If you are a fan, you may remember that he suffered from some of the same lapses.
You think that watching a team that is seven games out of the Wild Card and two games above .500 is painful? You don't know what pain is!
You know why we sat through all of those years? Because we are die-hard. Which is to say that we don't discard the team when they get off to a slow start, or when another team is leapfrogging them in the standings. We stick with it because the promise is out there that one day, we'll reach the glorious heights again, and we'll feel that elation.
And you know when that day comes, you fuckers will be out there celebrating in the streets as though you didn't betray the team a dozen times since Joe Carter touched 'em all (Judas!!). But deep down, you'll know what a pathetic fraud you are. So don't be so proud of yourselves and your bold declarations now.
There are lots of you fairweather fans out there who can talk about the salad days of the franchise, and how excited you were when they won in '92 and '93. But do you know how we can tell who the real fans are? They're the people who remember the collapses in 1987 and 1990. They remember Garth Iorg's dribbler and Frank Tanana's junkballing and Mickey Tettleton hitting a walkoff homer on the last day of the season off Tom Henke.
That pain runs deep.
So seriously: if you want to brag about what a choking crybaby girlie-man panty-waisted nancy-boy you are, and how you're too much of an emotional wimp to make any sort of a commitment to a team, then go right ahead. Tell the world that you were over-pampered by your clinging mother, and you're too much of a sissy to hang in there through the bad times.
Maybe while you are at it (and in between your manicure and chest-waxing), you could tell your significant other how you'll leave them as soon as the going gets tough because you can't hack it if everything doesn't go your way.
But believe us when we tell you that you'll maintain your dignity if you just shut up and leave quietly.
Good riddance.
33 comments:
- Unknown said...
I'm relatively new here and I love the blog...
That. Was. Awesome...well said.
It's tough to get good Blue Jays news and perspective in South Carolina so I rely on you guys for that.
Keep up the good work.
- August 7, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- August 7, 2008 at 8:06 PM
- August 7, 2008 at 8:45 PM
I don't even know how people can complain about lack of success; 5 Division Titles, 2 Pennants and 2 World Series Championships in 30 years. Chicago Cubs' fans would KILL to have that kind of success.
Sure, I understand complaining, I'm annoyed too, but to ditch out because we haven't won it all lately? Spoiled brat. Haven't been in the playoffs in a long while?Sorry if Baseball doesn't let most of the league into the playoffs like the NHL.
I agree, good riddance.
Also, George Bell = Manny Ramirez.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:29 PM
:Thumbs up:
Well put.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Fuckin' sweet post.
That list of failures brings back alot of bad memories and actually makes me proud for sticking with the Jays, unlike those douchebags who haven't followed the team since they dropped off in mid-90s. Throw in a little Carlos Garcia and Randy Myers shit while you're at it. Oh, how awful the Gord Ash years truly were at times.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- The Southpaw said...
I'll be pimping this little beauty....
- August 7, 2008 at 10:01 PM
badass post, way to go. this is exactly the kind of stuff I've been thinking after seeing and hearing all the morons call in to bitch to wilner and/or JP.
- August 7, 2008 at 10:15 PM
- mathesond said...
Well said, bravo
- August 7, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- sager said...
Effin' A. I promise to build many churches, temples and mosques in your honour.
Did I watch less of the Jays when they went for a dump in May, June, whenever? Sure I did. And I joked about coming out as a Rays fan, or a Brewers fan, but I know there's no force that could ever make me cheer for another team. I might give the Jays a break now and again, but I'm always back.
As the season slips down, I find myself making sure to watch some of each game, or listen to the post-game, because I know we're getting closer to the end of the season when I won't have my Jays to watch anymore, and when I don't have that, the days seem a lot longer.
The playoffs are a long shot, but as long as there's a game, there's something to look forward to.
Travis Snider in his Triple-A debut: 2-for-3, 2 RBI.
- August 7, 2008 at 10:56 PM
- The Ack said...
This post makes me proud to be Weekend Editor of this blog.
- August 7, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Interesting post. One of the better posts I have read here on the blog in a while.
On the positive side, the Jays do have some Fantasy Studs like Halladay and Rios (if he could hit some more long bombs).
- August 8, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
this post is why i read, and love, The Tao of Stieb...
cheers, tao.
- August 8, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Excellent post and FWIW, I've been following the Jays since 1985 from Scotland and have only had the opportunity to visit in 1990 and 1998. Got down to spring training in 2003 also and cherish every fucking minute of those times. These fair weather fans would do well to heed your advice.
- August 8, 2008 at 5:12 AM
Argh! Up 3-1 in the AL pennant in '85.
Jays fans also experience new kind of pain this year -- I sit and look at my baseball card shrine to Jesse Barfield, and then I skim over his blog over at CBC. Such promise ... such promise...
Bravo on the piece Tao.
- August 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM
- Darren Priest said...
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- August 8, 2008 at 9:13 AM
That was good - lots of truth in there. However, as one of those JP bashers i feel obliged to point out that there is a large difference between being a diehard fan (which i am and always will be) and blindly swallowing JP bullshit. He's a thoroughly mediocre GM, who happens to come across as completely unlikable on a personal level. Some (15%? maybe) of the people who call in to criticize him make fair and reasonable points that are never addressed because he is such a condescending prick.
- August 8, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Darren Priest said...
One good thing about the Alex Gonzalez years: he was really handsome.
- August 8, 2008 at 9:39 AM
really, the only fair and reasonable point to make against jp is that he's said some things he shouldn't have. But how many GMs have a weekly talk show? some stuff is gonna come out that sounds bad. Any other criticism is purely hindsight.
- August 8, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Any other criticism is purely hindsight.
Well isn't that true of any person, in any job? You get judged on your record and achievements. Not too many people get canned because of what they might do in the future.
- August 8, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Ian Hunter said...
Did Mike Toth also happen to see this post? I couldn't help but notice his latest rant is also on fairweather fans:
- August 8, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- AGF said...
A-frigging-men. Beautiful. This might be the best thing ever posted on The Tao, and that's saying something.
- August 8, 2008 at 1:24 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Mike Toth thinks the "wave" is lame and only started by guys who live in their mother's basement. Basement dwellers seem to be responsible for a lot: blogging about baseball stats; sending out viruses; starting the wave.
I hear some basement dwellers are actually fair-weather fans of the Blue Jays too.
Before you ask, I have a house. But I live in the Maritimes and they give you a house, a goat, and a dory for getting your grade 10 out here.
- August 8, 2008 at 1:35 PM
- Buck16 said...
I bow to the Tao.
When we return to the promise land I hope the 6,400 real fans in Toronto and around the world are the only ones allowed to celebrate inside the Dome and on Blue Jays Way.
Unfortunately, the wagon will be overflowing (see: Raptors, Toronto) by then.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Excellent post. Just excellent.
The people who jump on and off the bandwagon aren't just not Jays' fans, they're also not baseball fans. Baseball's a game of long seasons that repeat themselves year after year. The true fan appreciates something like winning a pennant or a World Series not as an accomplishment for one season, but something that's been built up over years and decades. When the Jays won the World Series in 1992, true fans thought back to all that it took to get there, from 1977 to 1991, every small step forward and every step back, including the near-misses in 85, 87, 89, etc. -- not just the elation of one stellar season.
In 1992, in celebration of the Jays' WS win, my wife bought me a beautiful Blue Jays watch. With few exceptions, I've worn that watch every day since, through seasons so dismal that people laughed at me for supporting such a poor team. But, for me, it's been a source of pride and I've never once considered not wearing it. It's a small point, but if you're a real fan, nothing will deter you from supporting your team.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- Darryl said...
I think fairweather fans are fine, as I somewhat consider myeself one... even though I write about the Jays, I would consider myself a baseball fan much more than a Jays fan, mostly because this team has had very little to cheer about for the past 15 years... so I'm not sure where your disdain lies with people who follow the team, but lose interest when they find the team is actually still pretty shit after 15 seasons... I'll post on my blog soon to flush this out... but yeah, Tao, I see where you're coming from, but I'll try to re-but a few things here :) Go Jays???
- August 8, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- John Brattain said...
Personally, I think the difference between the die-hard and the bandwagoneer is simple addiction.
The addicts vent, scream, yell, bellyache and sometimes wish they could wash their hands to it all. But we can't. We keep coming back thinking that it cannot possibly get any worse. When it does, we come back and think that it can cannot possibly get any worse…
Rinse, blather, repeat.
The bandwagoneers never got the Blue Jays into their bloodstream hence it's easy to break away when things get bad.
This year, my frustration is with Ricciardi--he'll give a shot to John Parrish and Scott Richmond but stick with Brad Wilkerson and Matt Stairs even though there are probably guys in the minors who could outhit them at this point.
When offense is the team's Achilles heel yet he blithely ignores the need to make any changes yet tinkers endlessly with the pitching staff…
Yeah, there's a different between injuries and ineffectiveness but the bottom line is the same--they cannot contribute in the field.
Wilkie batting second? Is there any other team that would run a guy slugging less than .250 (since Cito was rehired) into RF and bat him second? If my manager were doing that I'd make sure he doesn't have that option and give him more productive players to use.
That's what is so frustrating--Ricciardi sees no problem with it and seems befuddled that fans object. He'd rather have Wilkerson than Adam Dunn and cannot understand why he's criticized?
Anyway Tao--great post. Very well said.
I just wish the addiction didn't hurt so damned much--then again, who am I to talk? I'm four-plus decades cheering for the Maple Leafs--truly an Oedipus Complexing offspring of an unmarried parents.
Best Regards
- August 9, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Well said Tao.
- August 9, 2008 at 8:51 AM
As usual I agree with Mr. Brattain, and silvestre said almost verbatim what I was thinking. Those of us who have given up on the team aren't always fair-weather fans. Some of us are die-hard fans who have had enough of watching our team's fine legacy fading into the background due to the actions of the general manager who repeatedly contradicts himself in words and action, and seems more than willing to sacrifice the team's long-term success to save his own job.
Further to that, I've had enough of the "how many other GM's respond to calls every week on a radio show?" defense for Ricciardi's smug, self-involved, and often flat-out dishonest and idiotic behavior in the media. I'll ignore for a minute the fact that most of his self-serving lies and head-shaking quotes don't even come from the call-in show. Let's focus on the concept that when a certain act has very little upside and a whole lot of potential for disaster, an intelligent observer should not defend the person committing those acts. Doesn't it make more sense to condemn the act itself? Doesn't it make more sense to wonder why Ricciardi even bothers to do the call-in show if he gives such a distasteful impression of himself as a result? When a drunk driver crashes their car, you don't defend the act by saying that of course they crashed their car, what would you expect of a drunk driver? Maybe deciding against driving drunk would make more sense. That might not be the best analogy, but I think it reinforces the point I'm trying to make. For JP to be thought of as even an average general manager, he needs to keep his mouth shut a whole lot more. At the very least.
- August 9, 2008 at 3:59 PM
- MK Piatkowski said...
Whenever I see posts like this, I thank God I'm not a Mariners fan. They came in the same time we did and we have a hell of a lot more to show for it.
Me, I suffered through the Rick Bosetti years so I think I trump all of you.
And I'm really sick of all the dumping on Riccardi. Yes, he's made mistakes but you know what, everyone does. And he's done some great things too. And the reality is that as much as we lust after the star deals, he's working with a middling team with a lot of upside and a foreign city as its home base. He's become the whipping boy for fan frustration and I feel that's really undeserved.
- August 9, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Honestly, JP actually brought me back to the Jays. I loved the late 80's teams. I didn't really care about 90's teams. JP dumped Gonzalez and I have been hooked ever since.
-brent in Korea
- August 9, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Chris Pope said...
posted a link to your rant on my blog! GREAT ARTICLE!
- August 13, 2008 at 11:30 AM
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In my opinion everybody should browse on this.
- November 28, 2011 at 7:05 AM


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First, to content: Ha, guys, people are making movies of kids' books, and they usually suck! What I love about xkcd is that Randall (or am I supposed to call him Mr. Munroe now?) always manages to make fun of things that are totally true and obvious, yet which no one is making jokes about already!
For example, Penny Arcade. People say those guys are funny, but they've never made comics about action-packed versions of childhood staples which only barely cling to their source material! Not once! Thanks to Maleloth for pointing that penny arcade could never do this.
Or heck, here's another example: What xkcd is pointing out here is that crappy hollywood blockbuster directors are basically taking elements of your childhood and violently assaulting them, which is, again, not something anyone's ever commented on.
You'd also think that with such obvious wit and insight, xkcd might have noticed this whole "innocent children's book is turned into violent movie" craze and comment on it, but NO! again! NO! this joke is refreshingly orignal!
Harriet the Spy is not only totally a girls' book, but was already made into a movie. If the joke is supposed to be taking an actual phenomenon (books --> movies) and exaggerate it (as per usual comedy practice) he should have chosen something that is actually, you know, exaggerated. As in, something that would never in 10,000 years be made into a movie. Or at least something that is unlikely to be. Not something that already is a movie. That just confuses things.
Now for the layout. Gah, this is terrible. Way below his usual standards. Look at it - we have just shitloads of white space there. Serving no purpose, making it feel all unbalanced and weird. Makes it look like the page is failing to load.
so at the very, very least, center that top panel:
So much better. But still not great - you still have a lot of white space. It also gives equal emphasis to the "title" panel, the one at the end, as it does to the scenes from the movie. I think that last panel should get more emphasis, have a heavier finality to it, so it feels a little more like the end of a movie trailer (or, alternatively, looks more like a movie poster, depending on what you think he should be emulating). So I threw this together - sorry for the blur on the panels I had to enlarge, but that's how it goes. Just rough, proportions aren't quite right or anything, just to give you an idea of what I mean:
EH? isn't it better? Of course it is.
Randall: If you let me be your editor I swear I will be nice about it, and just work to make xkcd a better comic for everyone. If not me, please hire someone to edit these, you need it.


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Many of you will remember Delphi as revolutionizing Windows development when it was first released. Not only did Delphi deliver a complete application framework as a component library with visual design, but it did so with a true native language. This best of both worlds approach has kept Delphi a popular development solution on Windows.
With the most recent release of RAD Studio XE4, Delphi has become a multi-device and mobile solution that works for the first time on a non-Intel based processor, ARM. Delivering Delphi for iOS required changes to the language, compiler, runtime library, framework, and IDE. Perhaps the most important of these changes was the addition of automatic memory and object reclamation using reference counting.
Reclaiming Memory with ARC
From a language perspective, one of the new features we knew was going to be important on mobile was Automatic Reference Counting (ARC). ARC is a way to manage an object's lifetime without having to explicitly free/destroy the object. Basically, when the object goes out of scope, it is destroyed automatically (that is, when its reference count is 0). This is different from traditional garbage collection (GC) in that ARC is deterministic and objects are destroyed within the application flow rather than depending on a separate background task. ARC is important because it simplifies memory management considerably, which is critical on a mobile device with a low, fixed RAM profile. In fact, ARC is fully supported by Apple in the Objective-C language for iOS and is the preferred approach (as opposed to a GC) on Mac OS X as well.
As exciting and useful as enabling ARC for Delphi is, we also had to consider the huge amount of code that app developers would want to bring to mobile. In particular, a design goal of ours was to enable existing memory-management conventions and patterns to be ARC-compatible. Before ARC, Delphi developers used a specific coding pattern, based on the call to the
Free method and generally protected by a
try-finally exception-handling block. Given most Delphi code will be based on this pattern, it is important to understand what happens with
Free, even under ARC. In short, existing code will work.
For example, a typical Delphi application would have code like:
class procedure TMySimpleClass.TryFinally; var MyObj: TMySimpleClass; begin MyObj := TMySimpleClass.Create; try MyObj.DoSomething; finally MyObj.Free; end; end;
In the classic Delphi compiler,
Free is a method of
TObject, which checks whether the current reference is not
nil and, if it is, calls the
Destroy destructor, which removes the objects from memory after executing the proper destructor code.
In the new compiler, the call to
Free is replaced with the assignment of the variable to
nil. In the case where this was the last reference to the object, the object is removed from memory after calling its destructor. If there are other standing references when
Free is called, only the reference count is decremented.
Similarly, a call such as:
FreeAndNil (MyObj);
sets the object to
nil, and again triggers the object destruction only if there are no other variables referring to it. In most cases, this is correct, as you don't want to destroy objects used in another part of a program. There are scenarios, however, when you really want to execute the destructor code, such as closing a file handle or a database connection right away, regardless of the fact that there might be other pending references.
In other words, while they are often useless, calls to
Free or
FreeAndNil are generally completely harmless, and they can be kept in existing Delphi programs for the mobile platform. There are some limited scenarios, though, in which a different approach should be considered.
Forcing Object Harvesting
To allow the developer to force the execution of the destructor (without releasing the actual object from memory), the new compiler introduces a "dispose" pattern. If you call:
there is a forced execution of the destructor code, even if there are pending references. At this point, the object is placed in a special state so that the destructor won't be called again in case of further disposal operations or when the reference counting reaches zero and memory is actually released.
This "disposed" state (or "zombie" state) is significant in that you can query an object for it via the
Disposed property. This new method also is available on the classic compiler, but in this case, a call to
DisposeOf is remapped to a call to the
Free method. In other words, the new method makes no difference, but has been introduced to improve source code compatibility among different platforms.
Why is this dispose pattern required? Consider the case of a collection of elements or components owned by another component. A common usage pattern is to "destroy" a particular item in the collection in order to both clean up the item itself and remove it from the collection. Another common scenario is to destroy the collection or component owner and dispose of all the owned elements or components. In this case, if there are still pending references to the owned objects, it will likely force their destruction, or at least the execution of their destructor code.


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Visit to Adelaide and Congress 2012
I've just returned from the 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy & Heraldry Adelaide 2012, where I delivered one talk (on 'Which Genealogy Program?') and attended more than 20 others. I thoroughly recommend attending genealogy conferences – they provide access to a wide variety of speakers, with the opportunity to ask questions and discuss particular issues in my own family history. Websites are changing daily, and as more information is published online, conferences such as these allow attendees to learn about what is available and what is coming.
In addition there is the 'buzz' of spending days with others who share my passion for family history research, often also learning from discussions with other conference attendees. Genealogists are generous with their knowledge and usually keen to support other enthusiasts. Once you start attending conferences, your circle of genealogy friends and contacts grows. A highlight for me at this Congress was meeting up with friends from around Australia and some internationals – some friends I had previously only 'met' online.
Morning and afternoon teas, lunches and dinners were all busy times. In addition to looking at the offerings of the exhibitors (purchasing books, trying out websites, asking questions of librarians and society members) I enjoyed catching up with genealogy friends and swapping contact details with 'new friends'.
So many genealogists gathering in one place provides the opportunity for meetings with some groups, sometimes over a lunch or dinner. I am proud to be a member of 'Genealogists for Families', whose motto is "We care about families (past, present and future)". Through Kiva (a non-profit organisation) genealogists worldwide (and their non-genealogist relatives and friends) are working as a team to help less fortunate families. Kiva's motto is "empower people around the world by making a $25 loan". When many $25 loans are combined, borrowers without access to traditional banks can expand their business or support their families, and work towards raising themselves out of poverty. When the loan is repaid we can withdraw the money or lend it again.
Some of the 'Genealogists for Families' group in Adelaide met for dinner on the Wednesday (first) night of Congress. The dinner was an enjoyable time, with good food, chatting and much laughter, and when we passed around a collection box for spare coins, enough money was raised for 2 more Kiva loans.
Other nights were busy too: the (Tuesday) night before Congress was a Congress Welcome, Wednesday was the above Kiva dinner, Thursday night was a Lord Mayor of Adelaide's function for speakers and exhibitors at Congress, and Friday night was the official Congress dinner.
Taking advantage of the trip to Adelaide, I flew over several days earlier in order to have some research time. Arriving on the Saturday afternoon before Congress, I spent Sunday and Monday researching in the State Library of South Australia and Tuesday at State Records South Australia. In addition I made brief visits to the Adelaide City Council Archives, to the Probate Registry – and also to photograph an old house in Norwood where my Grubb family ancestors made soft drinks in the late 19th century (F. C. Grubb soft drinks).
If you're interested in family history and have any occasion to travel to where ancestors lived, prepare as much as possible before you travel. The time flies when you are actually in that library or archive office. You can be much more efficient if you have already searched online catalogues, and come prepared with references for books, microfiche, microfilms or computer files that you want to check. I had my netbook with my family history database, but I also had prepared reports of all those I knew were in South Australia at some time, so that I could quickly check whether accidental discoveries were likely to be my ancestors or not.
A digital camera is a great asset in libraries and archives offices, to quickly capture images of records found. A USB flash drive is also useful, as sometimes you can scan a document directly to a file. I had my new Flip-pal portable scanner with me (only owned for a week). Although scanning is slower than taking digital photographs, the Flip-pal did an excellent job of scanning & stitching documents and even screen images from microfiche or microfilm seen in the State Library. I was not allowed to use it in the State Archives.
So I've returned from a week in Adelaide with many books purchased, records scanned and photographed, pages and pages of lecture notes with clues to follow up for my family history – and also a backlog of emails and work that built up while I was away. One week in Adelaide is going to take me a lot longer than that to process! But it was a most enjoyable time and an experience I would heartily recommend.


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A knee osteotomy is the removal of a wedge of bone from the tibia to reshape and realign the leg. The tibia is the shinbone. Recovery time will depend on certain factors, such as your overall health.
|The Kneecap
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Reasons for Procedure
This procedure aligns the knee joint so the healthy part of the knee surface is able to do more weight-bearing. This takes pressure off the damaged part. Damage is often due to osteoarthritis . This surgery may be done instead of a total knee replacement . It may also be done to correct poor knee alignment for other reasons.
While osteotomy does not cure conditions like osteoarthritis, the surgery may:
- Reduce pain
- Improve movement
- Delay further damage to the joint
- Postpone the need for total knee replacement surgery
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Infection
- Poor healing of the bone
- Excess bleeding
- Swelling
- Blood clots
- Shortening of the leg
- Injuries to nerves or blood vessels
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications such as:
- Smoking
- Drinking
- Chronic disease such as diabetes or obesity
- Poor nutrition
- The use of certain medications
Your risk of complications may be increased if you have a history of blood clots.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Prior to the surgery, tests will be ordered to confirm the diagnosis and decide how much bone to remove.
Tests may include:
Before surgery, you will need to:
- Arrange for a ride home.
- Arrange for help at home while you recover.
- Talk to your doctor about any allergies you have.
- Ask your doctor about assisted devices you will need.
- If you are overweight, lose weight. This will help to decrease the amount of stress on your new joint.
- Install safety equipment in the bathroom, shower, and on the stairs.
- Prepare a bedroom on the first floor if possible. Climbing stairs will be difficult at first.
Talk to your doctor about any medications, herbs, or supplements you are taking. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure.
Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the day before your surgery, unless told otherwise by your doctor.
Anesthesia will keep you pain-free and comfortable during the procedure. Anesthesia methods include:
- General anesthesia —you will be asleep
- Spinal or epidural anesthesia —your lower body will be numbed from an injection into the back
Description of the Procedure
There are many methods that can be used to perform an osteotomy. In one method, imaging technology is used to measure the piece of bone that will be removed. A cut is made in the skin from the knee cap to the top of the shinbone. Several thin wires are placed in the knee to serve as guides, showing where the bone should be cut. An oscillating saw is used to remove the bone wedge. The remaining parts of the bone will be held together with staples, screws, or a plate and screws. The tissue will be stitched together and the area will be closed.
How Long Will It Take?
1-3 hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will block pain during the procedure. You will have pain after the procedure. Ask your doctor about medication to help manage pain.
Average Hospital Stay
You may need to stay in the hospital for 2-3 days. If you have any problems, you may need to stay longer.
Post-procedure Care
Right after the procedure, you will be taken to recovery and monitored closely. The staff may:
Medication to:
- Reduce pain
- Prevent infection
- Prevent blood clots
- Place padded bandages over the incision sites
- Apply ice to reduce swelling
- Give you a splint or brace to hold the knee in the right position
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chances of infection such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding visitors and healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incisions
To help ensure a smooth recovery at home, take these steps:
- Start working with a physical therapist once you are instructed to. The therapist will focus on balance, range-of-motion, and strength training.
- Maintain a healthy weight after surgery.
- Follow your doctor's instructions.
You will need to return to the doctor to have your cast removed or to have x-rays taken. Full recovery can take 6 months.
Call Your Doctor
Contact your doctor if your recovery is not progressing as expected or you develop complications such as:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Swelling, redness, or pain in your legs, calves, or feet
- Pain that you cannot control with the medications you have been given
- Nausea and vomiting
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Your leg, foot, or toes appear chalky white, blue, or black
- Numbness or tingling in your leg, foot, or toes
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine http://www.sportsmed.org
Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.org
Canadian Orthopaedic Association http://www.coa-aco.org
Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation http://www.canorth.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116897/Osteoarthritis-OA-of-the-knee . Updated December 12, 2017. Accessed February 9, 2018.
Knee replacement surgery. Johns Hopkins Medicine website. Available at: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test%5Fprocedures/orthopaedic/knee%5Freplacement%5Fsurgery%5Fprocedure%5F92,P07673/. Accessed February 9, 2018.
Marti R, Verhagen R, Kerkhoffs G, Moojen T. Proximal tibial varus osteotomy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2001;83-A(2):164-170
6/6/2011 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T905141/Treatment-for-tobacco-use : Mills E, Eyawo O, Lockhart I, Kelly S, Wu P, Ebbert JO. Smoking cessation reduces postoperative complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med. 2011;124(2):144-154.e8.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Warren A. Bodine, DO, CAQSM
- Review Date: 03/2018
- Update Date: 01/27/2014


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|Bus — $20
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|Flight — 1h 4min
|Eco-Friendly Way
|Bus — 18 lb CO2
|Available Modes
|4 modes — train, flight, bus and by car
|194 miles
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|Greyhound, Amtrak, Hoosier Ride, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United
There are 1 airports — IND — that make sense to fly out of from Indianapolis and 2 airports — ORD, MDW — to access Beaver Creek. The best deals are usually found by flying out of IND.
United, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines operate flights which can help you travel from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek.The cheapest way by air is via United and flies from Indianapolis Intl (IND) to Chicago Ohare Intl (ORD). Southwest Airlines flies from Indianapolis Intl (IND) to Chicago Ohare Intl (ORD) and is the quickest flight to get you from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek.Out of the 4 total modes of travel to Beaver Creek from Indianapolis, a flight is the quickest method.
It's 194 miles between Indianapolis to Beaver Creek. On a typical day, it might take between 3h 33min and 3h 44min from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek under normal conditions. If traffic is heavy, it could take around 3h 54min and costs will only go up due to traffic and congestion to drive to Beaver Creek by car. In these situations, we would highly recommend public transit if available.
We estimate driving cost by using a 20 mpg fuel economy, fuel costing $2.70 per US gallon, the one-way cost of the drive, excluding tolls, may be about $26.
The are 10 different ways across 4 unique modes of transportation to help you travel from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek. If you're only considering the price, you should check out the bus out of Indianapolis towards Chicago, as it is the cheapest to Beaver Creek. It's common to find tickets for as low as $20. Greyhound operates from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek, so you book your trip with them! Book as soon as you can, as there may be limited availability.
On your trip from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek, it is best to book as soon as possible. It won't necessarily help reduce your price by a large amount, but will ensure that you have a spot on the bus or train.
While buses have recently gotten bad coverage because of cleanliness of bus stations or winter time accidents, they are can be very convenient for travel. The best part about traveling by bus to Beaver Creek is that it can be very cheap. That's because they usually have basic accomodations - WiFi and a restroom. Some of the Indianapolis/Beaver Creek buses' coverage has been overstated. The real thing to consider when taking a bus from Indianapolis is to consider the time of travel and the density of the cities that you're traveling to. If you are traveling by bus between Indianapolis IN and Beaver Creek during high traffic times, you can expect to have your trip altered significantly due to traffic. Further, if you are traveling during winter, the bus schedule might be thrown off due to inclimate winter weather. Be sure to plan accordingly!
The plus side of taking the train from Indianapolis to Beaver Creek? The accomodations, scenery, and lack of Beaver Creek traffic can usually be on point. Moreover, you can usually expect your average concessions - such as food and drinks. Most trains have WiFi these days as well. The worst part about trains are the price. While the train to Beaver Creek is often cheaper than flying, they are generally more expensive than buses. Train prices are usually set and do not vary as much as bus prices or flights or so the likelihood of finding discounts is pretty rare.
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Word Collect level 1027
Word Collect is an easy to play and fun word game. This game offers the classic gameplays of a word game in a new and fun way.
If you have time to kill, word games on your mobile phone are always a great option because they help to build your vocabulary as well as make you more comfortable using new words.
For this purpose, "Word Collect" is one of the best picks that you have to your disposition. It doesn't only have a pleasant and well-organized interface but it is also brain-challenging.
I understand that it is not so easy to find all the words needed to pass level 1027 of Word collect game. Do not worry, below you can find all the answers.
Word Collect level 1027 answers
Answers: Element, Meet, Melee, Melt, Lent, Elm, Eel, Let, Lee, Met, Men, Tee, Net, Ten
*Some bonus words may apply, but not needed to pass the level.
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What happened to Word Addict level 1027?
Well, it is the same level as word collect 1027. Word addict changed its name to Word Collect. So word addict level 1027 is the same as word collect level 1027.
In case you are stuck on a specific chapter and are looking for our help look no further because we have just finished posting all the word collect answers for every level in our homepage.
This game was developed by "Words Puzzle Games" and is available for download on App Store or Google Play Store for your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android devices.


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On Saturday, March 6, 2010, the Georgia Genealogical Society will host a day-long workshop featuring Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, reknowned speaker and author, and editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Dr. Jones will discuss finding "disappearing" ancestors, avoiding deception on the Internet, ethics for family historians, and techniques for discovering an ancestor's European origins.
The workshop will be held at the National Archives-Southeast Region in Morrow, GA. Cost is $25 for GGS members and $35 for non-members. Registration must be postmarked by February 27 to avoid a late registration fee. For more information, see the GGS events web site.


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Child Care Teacher at Childcare Network
Archdale, NC 27263
About the Job
As a leader in early childhood education, Childcare Network is currently seeking qualified teachers for our schools. Join our team of caring adults who help us meet our corporate promise of being "The Working Parent's Best Friend". You will have a chance to be creative, be part of a supportive team, and make a difference in the lives of children. Our primary objective at each school is to provide a fun atmosphere that supports the education and safety of the children in our care.
Salary: We offer competitive salary based on education and experience
Benefits: Medical, Dental,and Vision all available on a pretax basis. Life insurance, 401K, childcare assistance, paid holidays, paid sick time, paid vacation time, and tuition assistance.
This position does require an approved NC background check
Childcare Network's staff take pride in their professional conduct. We are a family of workers who are dedicated, disciplined, and committed to the pursuit of excellence. Individual judgment is encouraged and is considered a valuable part of an employee's job performance. A high standard of ethical and moral conduct has given our parents expectations of our staff to be honest, reliable, hard-working people who provide first-class service.
- Prefer a minimum of 6 months experience working with children
- Minimum of AA preferred in ECE
- ECE semester hours and any BA/BS degree accepted
- Flexible and energetic on the job
- Have the ability to juggle multiple duties
- Ability to resolve conflicts between children
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Must pass a criminal background check
Teachers will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a classroom environment that utilizes space, materials, routines, and guidance techniques to effectively facilitate physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of children. Additionally teachers will enrich the classroom with appropriate teacher-made materials and exhibits of child artwork. Teachers must also maintain a clean, sanitary, attractive and well-organized classroom.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Planning, teaching and implementing the curriculum for all children from infants through preschool children
- Providing love and quality care for the children throughout the day in order to meet their emotional and physical needs
- Planning and executing indoor and outdoor experiences appropriate to the developmental levels of the children
- Interacting with children both physically and verbally throughout the day
- Assisting children with their personal hygiene and clean up of classroom
- Serve and eat meals with the children
- Meet with parents, staff, and administration
- Attend in-service and staff development training programs
- Familiarity with state licensing requirements and CNI policies
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC executives said Sunday they are conscious about the amount of violence they air in the wake of real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, but have made no changes in what has gone on the air or what is planned.
NBC isn't a "shoot-'em-up" network, said network entertainment President Jennifer Salke.
The level of violence on television, in movies and video games has been looked at as a contributing factor — along with the availability of guns and a lack of mental health services — in incidents such as the Dec. 14 attack in a Newtown, Conn., school where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed.
Like many in Hollywood, NBC questioned a link between what is put on the air and what is happening in society.
"It weighs on all of us," said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt. "Most of the people at this network have children and really care about the shows that we're putting out there. It's always something that's been on our mind but this brought it to the forefront."
NBC hasn't needed to take any tangible steps like minimizing violence in its programming or deemphasizing guns, Salke said, because NBC didn't have much violence on the air. It might be different "if we were the 'shoot-'em-up' network, she said.
She didn't name such a network, but said violence might be an issue on a network that airs many crime procedural shows. That's a staple of CBS' lineup. Greenblatt, who was head of Showtime when the "Dexter" series about a serial killer was developed, said CBS' "Criminal Minds" is "worse than 'Dexter' ever was."
Within an hour after both executives spoke, NBC showed reporters at a news conference highlights of its show "Revolution" that included a swordfight, a standoff between two men with guns, a bloodied man, a building blown up with a flying body and a gunfight.
Later clips of the upcoming series "Deception" featured several shots of a bloodied, dead body.
NBC also is developing a drama, "Hannibal," based on one of fiction's most indelible serial killers, Hannibal Lecter. An airtime for the show hasn't been scheduled, but it could come this spring or summer.
Salke said there is more violence in Fox's upcoming drama "The Following," also about a serial killer, than there will be in "Hannibal." Much of the violence in the upcoming NBC show, created by former "Heroes" producer Bryan Fuller, is implied and not gratuitous.
"We respect the talent and like what he is doing, so we are standing behind him," Salke said. She said there's been a spate of programs about creepy killers because they've been such indelible characters.
Greenblatt said he wasn't trying to be glib, but one of the best tonics for people upset about real-life violence is to watch an episode of NBC's "Parenthood." He said it's a great example of a family that loves each other and grapples with many issues.
"Ultimately, I think you feel good at the end of the day," he said.
NBC execs say it's not a 'shoot-'em-up' network
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC executives said Sunday they are conscious about the amount of violence they air in the wake of real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, but have made no changes in what has gone on the air or what is planned.