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Graham Spanier might have been ousted from his post at the helm of Penn State over the sex-abuse scandal that engulfed the university, but it seems he's found a backup employer: the American taxpayer.
Only a disgraced public figure would consider joining the much-maligned ranks of the federal workforce as a step up, reputation-wise. We can assume there were no openings for a used-car salesman.
Spanier was faulted in an internal Penn State report after the conviction on child-molestation charges of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The report said he, head coach Joe Paterno and others helped cover up Sandusky's abuse.
His lawyer confirms to the Loop that Spanier is working on a part-time consulting basis for a "top-secret" agency on national security issues.But the gig is so hush-hush, he couldn't even tell his attorneys the name of the agency. In April — months after his ouster as president but before the release of the internal report — he told the Patriot-News of central Pennsylvania that he was working on a "special project for the U.S. government relating [to] national security."
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Take your best pictures and make them better with editing. iPhoto includes most of the image-editing tools that casual photographers need to spruce up their photos. If you use iPhoto to manage your photo collection, try these fixes before cracking open a dedicated image editor.
Choose a view mode
By default, when you select a photo and click on the Edit icon, iPhoto opens the image in the program's main window. But if you'd like to get a larger view of your edits—or you simply don't want to be distracted by other programs—you can choose to edit in Full Screen mode instead (see "Pick Your View"). To switch to Full Screen mode, click the Full Screen button in the lower left corner of the iPhoto screen, go to View -> Full Screen, or press Option-Command-F. To exit Full Screen mode, click on the X icon in the editing toolbar or press the Escape key.
If you spend far more time looking at pictures in iPhoto than you do editing them, set the Double-Click Photo option to Magnifies in Preferences. That way, when you double-click on a thumbnail, you'll see a bigger version of the shot. However, when you do want to edit an image instead of just viewing it, all you have to do is hold down the Option key when you double-click. This takes you directly to Edit mode instead.
In Full Screen mode, your Mac's menu bar, Dock, and entire desktop disappear to make room for iPhoto. This view is more than just a larger version of the usual iPhoto interface. It has been tweaked so that users get the most out of the expanded space. A simplified iPhoto menu bar that stretches across the bottom of the screen keeps clutter to a minimum. In the middle are buttons for Events, Faces, Places, Albums, and Projects views. On the right side of the menu bar is a secondary set of options that changes according to which view you are in. The left side of the menu bar has zoom and search options in every mode but Projects.
You can use all of the usual iPhoto features in Full Screen mode, including edit, design, and sharing tools. Whether you're working on a Mac or a MacBook Air, you'll appreciate being able to take advantage of every last inch of precious screen real estate.
Navigate the edit menu
To edit an image in iPhoto, click the Edit button. There are three different Edit panes, each with a selection of options: Quick Fixes, Effects, and Adjust. Quick Fixes has six easy edits that will cover most casual photographers' needs. Effects contains fun and arty filters, as well as simple color and tone adjustments. The final tab, Adjust, contains the image's histogram and the advanced settings and sliders. At the bottom of each tab are two buttons if you want to backtrack one step or remove all edits and start from scratch: Revert To Original and Undo.
Make quick fixes
Most photos only need freshening up in the Quick Fixes tab before you can print, upload, and e-mail them, or use them to create fun projects. Here's a rundown of the Quick Fixes controls.
Rotate sideways snapshots Most cameras are pretty good at telling which end is up when taking a photo, but occasionally you'll end up with a photo turned on its side. When this happens, the Rotate tool (located in the Edit pane under Quick Fixes) makes quick work of turning things around. By default, the Rotate tool turns your photo counterclockwise in 90-degree increments. To instead move clockwise, simply hold down the Option key; the Rotate arrow will flip around. If you'd prefer iPhoto to rotate clockwise by default, you can change the setting by opening iPhoto's General preferences and choosing the clockwise rotation option.
Have iPhoto make the fixes Before trying to do too much to an image yourself, give iPhoto's Enhance button a try. It automatically tweaks the colors and tone of your image to be their best. If you don't like the results, you can press the Undo button. But what if you want to fine-tune the results? You can. After clicking Enhance, go to the Adjust palette. You'll see that iPhoto tells you exactly what it did by moving the appropriate sliders in the Adjust palette. Not only can you learn how Enhance works its magic, you can fine-tune the results by further adjusting the sliders it moved.
Remove red-eye To eliminate the bright red glow in your cousin's eyes, select the Fix Red-Eye tool. Start by clicking on the Auto option to see if iPhoto can do the work for you. If you don't like the results of iPhoto's attempt, press Command-Z to undo the change and then use the manual controls. Move the Zoom slider at the bottom of the window to enlarge the image and then click in the center of each eye. If you're having trouble getting good results—for example, if the tool removes color from the surrounding area—try adjusting the size of the red-eye correction (see "Bye-bye, Red-eye").
Straighten crooked photos If it looks like everything is about to topple off one side of your image, click on Straighten and use the resulting slider to level things out. iPhoto places a grid over your image to help you gauge when a line is straight. Keep in mind that part of your image will be cropped in the process—so use this feature carefully.
Crop out cluttered backgrounds If your photo's main subject is too small or appears overwhelmed by background details, the Crop tool can help you refocus the viewer's attention. When you click on the Crop button, located under Quick Fixes in the Edit pane, iPhoto places a white border around your image. Cropping will remove any part of your image outside this border. You can enlarge or reduce the cropping area by clicking on and dragging any corner. To crop to a specific dimension—for example, to create a 4-by-6-inch print—turn on the Constrain option and select the size from the pull-down menu.
As you adjust the cropping area, you'll notice that iPhoto displays a grid, dividing the crop area into thirds horizontally and vertically. You can often improve the composition of a photo by placing its main subject along one of the inner lines of this grid. This composition technique is referred to as the "rule of thirds" (see "Cropping by the Rules"). Once you've set the cropping area, click on Apply, and iPhoto will trim the excess. Changes you make with the Crop tool appear everywhere the image appears, including books, calendars, prints, and smart albums.
You don't need to use the Crop tool just to resize a photo for printing. To crop a photo for a specific print, instead use the resizing tool included in iPhoto's Print dialog box. Select the photo and choose File -> Print. Select your print template and click on Customize. Now click once on your image and use the resulting Zoom slider and hand tool to determine how much of the image appears. For more on cropping, see the "Improve Photos Fast with Cropping" section later in this chapter.
Repair blemishes and other flaws The pictures from your birthday party would be perfect if only there weren't that bright red splotch in the center of your forehead! To try removing it, click on the Retouch button. Adjust the Size slider so that the selection area is just slightly larger than the blemish you're trying to eliminate, and then click once on the blemish—or click and drag to cover a larger area. (This also works with small wrinkles, scratches, or other imperfections.) iPhoto will attempt to remove the imperfection by blending the area with the surrounding pixels. But don't overdo it; the corrected area may begin to look blurred or may pick up odd colors from surrounding image details. If this happens, press Command-Z to undo the change. When you're done, click on the Retouch tool a second time to turn it off.
Once you're in Edit mode, you might want a closer look at a particular area. This is handy if you want to gauge sharpness and quality, or fix a small flaw in your image. Place your cursor over the area that you want to magnify, then press the 1 key. iPhoto takes you to a 100 percent view of the very spot you want to see. Want to get even closer? Press the 2 key. Now you're at 200 percent. Whoa, too close? Just press the 0 key to return to the normal view (in which the image fits the screen).
There are a few other basic edits that most images can benefit from. For these, you need to venture into the Adjust tab on the Edit menu.
Sharpen soft images
Most digital images will benefit from a little sharpening. Navigate to the Adjust palette and drag the Sharpness slider slightly to the right to make details crisper. But don't go too far, or you'll add too much contrast to the image and create unsightly artifacts. Keep in mind that no amount of sharpening will bring a truly blurred image back into focus.
If your image shows digital noise—mottled specks that often result from high ISO settings—you'll want to be extracareful about sharpening. You'll often emphasize the noise in the process. And although iPhoto's Adjust palette offers a De-Noise option, we recommend skipping it. In most cases, this slider creates more problems than it solves.
Add vibrancy to a dull scene
Many high-end image editors, such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Camera Raw, and Apple's Aperture, have a vibrance (or vibrancy) control that lets you increase the richness of color in a photo without polluting the overall picture. As part of this wonderful feature, the skin tones are protected even while the environment becomes more rich and colorful. Vibrancy adjustments look more natural than increasing saturation.
Fortunately, iPhoto also has a vibrancy slider—you just don't see it. To enable it, check the box labeled Avoid Saturating Skin Tones that's beneath the Saturation slider. By doing so, you change the behavior of the Saturation slider to that of a vibrancy slider. Even though its label remains the same, the results will be very different. Checking the box not only helps protect the skin tones from gaining odd color tints, it prevents the entire photo from becoming garish. Your boosted colors will look far more natural using vibrancy. It makes such an improvement, in fact, that you can leave the box checked all the time.
Change your mind
Once you've made your edits and are satisfied with the results, you can click on the Done button (in windowed mode) or the X button (in Full Screen mode) to save your changes and exit Edit mode. Alternately, if you'd like to edit another photo, you can simply select a new image from the thumbnail slider. iPhoto will save your changes before moving on to the next image.
Should you regret your editing decisions later, don't worry. iPhoto never writes over your original image. Instead, it merely keeps a record of edits you've made. That means you can always open the image in editing mode again and further fine-tune your settings.
If you want to throw away all of your edits and start from scratch, you can do that as well. Simply control-click on the photo in your library and choose Revert To Original. iPhoto will turn back the clock to reveal your original image—flaws and all.


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Warwick McKibbin does not expect further cuts in interest rates.AUSTRALIAN shares closed the week near a 20-month high, buoyed by resurgent mining stocks and a raft of economic data.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 61.7 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 4771.2 for the week, while the broader All Ordinaries rose 60.9 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 4733.8.
Data released during the week included retail sales, inflation figures, business and consumer sentiment, and housing finance.
Economists said the figures betrayed weakness in the local economy, with key unemployment data showing the jobless rate picking up in December, to 5.4 per cent from 5.3 per cent. But the news was unlikely to persuade the Reserve Bank to cut the cash rate when it met in February, though further cuts were likely, they said.
However, former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin said he did not think the central bank should cut rates again, because further cuts would only serve to misallocate capital, while doing little to ease pressure on the high Australian dollar.
"[Rates] should stay where they are, otherwise you'll end up where the Europeans and Americans are," he said.
"[The importance of] monetary policy hasn't diminished, but it's a question of where the problem is. If the problem is that there's a shortfall in demand in the economy which is temporary, then monetary policy can be very effective to offset that.
"But the problem that we face, which is a massive increase in input costs, and big portfolio shifts from foreigners who want to hold Australian assets, monetary policy's not a very good tool to offset that," he said.
Chinese data released on Friday showed gross domestic product accelerated to 7.9 per cent in the December quarter, up from 7.4 per cent in the September quarter.
Economists said this was a good thing for Australia, given China was the country's most important trading partner.
During the week, Rio Tinto shares had trickled down a little, but they rose again on Friday after the company announced it had sacked chief executive Tom Albanese and made a $US14 billion write-down on its Mozambique assets.
The news was announced after the market closed on Thursday, and Rio's shares surged $1.75 on Friday to $66.35.
Santos shares also rose for the week, up 28¢, or 2.3 per cent, to $11.78 after the oil and gas company said it was on track to meet its 2013 production forecasts, having enjoyed a 10 per cent rise in 2012.
Woodside Petroleum rose 63¢, or 1.8 per cent, this week to $35.30 after it reported record production in 2012 and said it hoped to do even better this year as it developed more projects overseas.
Billabong International surged 16¢, or 18.6 per cent, to $1.02, amid hopes that a takeover offer from US retailer VF Corporation would ignite a bidding war for the embattled surf wear company.
Qantas slipped 1¢ over the week to $1.52, after the airline cut its order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners, to be bought for its Jetstar subsidiary, as the low-cost carrier prepares for slower growth on its long-haul routes.
It was also announced during the week that travellers would soon know how much it would cost to fly on a combined Qantas-Emirates network after their alliance received interim authorisation from the competition watchdog.
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What was Asma Assad's reaction when she looked at her inbox yesterday? The wife of the notorious Syrian dictator has been sent an open letter in the form of a video, by the spouses of the German and British ambassadors to the UN. The video urges Syria's first lady to help end the bloodshed in her country.
The four-minute clip has been disseminated to news sites globally. Contrasting the images of dead and injured children with photos of Asma looking chic and modernising, it urges her to speak out on behalf of all mothers. "Stop being a bystander" the video implores and "take action!"
Huberta von Voss Wittig and Sheila Lyall Grant, the two spouses in question, say the video was made on their own initiative. But strangely they are nowhere in the video. Infact the clip could have been made by anyone, with nothing about it to indicate it's theirs. Suddenly their conviction seems lukewarm, laying themselves open to accusations that they have been cajoled into lending their name only.
The PR Verdict: "C" for style and content which never really differentiated itself from what's already out there. Good intentions no doubt, but the urgency of the issue needed a stronger and more distinctive voice.
PR Takeaway: Use differences to make a difference. What gave this video global attention was who produced it. So why not take a stand in the video directly? Make the demands yourselves and even better, ask a couple of prominent Arab women to join. This clip needed to look different from any other campaigning organisation's efforts. Answer? Make it intensely personal and in so doing, almost impossible for Asma to turn the other cheek.
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Over two days, Fox News spent 42 segments and more than two hours of airtime manufacturing a scandal by deceptively editing comments President Obama made at a campaign appearance in Virginia.
On July 13, Obama made the unremarkable observation that business owners do not achieve success in a vacuum, but that public infrastructure - such as roads, schools, and fire departments - create a community that supports businesses:
OBAMA: If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
Media conservatives have distorted those comments to accuse the president of expressing hostility toward business.
In discussing the speech relentlessly in the past 2 days, Fox has fixated on the passage where Obama said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that." But Fox ignores what Obama was talking about before saying "you didn't build that," when he touted "this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive," and said: "Somebody invested in those roads and bridges."
Fox's manufactured controversy has now become the focus of an official Mitt Romney campaign ad.
Fox Devotes More Than Two Hours And 42 Segments To Manufactured Controversy
Fox's campaign began during the July 16 edition of Fox & Friends, where Obama's comments were edited to make it seem as though Obama said small business owners do not deserve any credit for their own success. The edited clip featured the following two lines:
OBAMA: If you've got a business, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen.[...]The point is that, when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
Co-host Gretchen Carlson called the heavily edited clip "most startling."
Media Matters monitored Fox's coverage of Obama's comments on July 16 and July 17, and found that Fox News devoted 2 hours and 19 minutes to covering the controversy -- one largely manufactured by the network itself. The coverage culminated with Fox's afternoon and primetime lineup on July 17, with Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Five, Special Report, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, and On the Record with Greta Van Susterencontributing 1 hour and 5 minutes to the story.
Two prime-time shows, Hannity and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, devoted a total of more than 15 minutes to the story on July 17. The O'Reilly Factor similarly devoted more than 14 minutes.


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It was really a good trip and we all did so much shopping, except me.. came back with 9.8kg of luggage only.. hehe
The 2nd time i went to Bangkok, i visited the Aquarium and Madam Tussauds at Siam Paragon
Bangkok is where i got my black lovely pretty chandelier :D
This coming August, will be my 3rd time going to Bangkok and i can't waiiiiit!!
My friend will be getting married end of this year and she was asking where should we go for her hen's night.. i suggested that we take a flight to Bangkok.. why not Bangkok?
It is the perfect place for us.. we can shop, dine, massage AND... have fun *wink*
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If there's one thing we learned while sifting through the assorted vitriolic, typo-ridden responses to the Why Your Team Sucks series, it's that many fans have no perspective when it comes to their favorite teams and players. Morals go out the window ("He basically paid his debt to society!"), logical fallacies become tent poles of backseat strategizing ("He just needs receivers!"), and expectations change drastically according the color of uniform a given player is wearing ("We traded him because he's a traitor!"). Anyone who draws attention to any of these things is, obviously, a hater, and more pertinently, a fan of the rival team. It's math.
Steelers safety Ryan Clark has noticed this, so go ahead and count him among the haters and possibly among the card-carrying Ravens fans. Yesterday, he pointed out that those who lionize noted rapist Ben Roethlisberger while impugning noted accessory to murder Ray Lewis are "sad":
Apart from the existence of Steelers fans who likely understand the hypocrisy involved and still do it because it's fun, he's right, it is a little sad. Fandom can pervert your perception at times, and those that support Rothlisberger do occupy a moral grey area, one which should factor into their decision to accuse Ray Lewis of any special dissoluteness.
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The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus curiae brief yesterday with the Supreme Court of the United States in the same-sex marriage cases currently pending before the court. The ASA's brief highlights the social science consensus that children raised by same-sex parents fare just as well as children raised by different-sex parents.
With the Supreme Court of the United States expected to rule imminently in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which addresses the matter of marriage equality and the constitutional status of state bans on same-sex marriage, the American Sociological Association (ASA) has a number of sociologists available to discuss same-sex marriage.
This study examines whether working with a broker increases or reduces the payment received for the last client among female sex workers. Building on research on the informal economy and sex work, we formulate a positive embeddedness hypothesis, expecting a positive association, and an exploitation hypothesis, expecting a negative association. We analyze a large survey combined with intensive interview data on female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India. These data uniquely distinguish between the amount the sex worker actually received and the amount the client paid.
Lawyers keep the gates of public justice institutions, particularly through their roles in formal procedures like hearings and trials. Yet, it is not clear what lawyers do in such quintessentially legal settings: conclusions from past research are bedeviled by a lack of clear theory and inconsistencies in research design. Conceptualizing litigation work in terms of professional expertise, I conduct a theoretically grounded synthesis of the findings of extant studies of lawyers' impact on civil case outcomes.
The article focuses on the relationship between street vendors and local authorities in Bangkok. We examine the goals, the means, and the effects of everyday regulation of street vending. We document how the district administration produces and maintains informality by creating a parallel set of rules where street vendors enjoy negligible rents and little competition. We provide detailed empirical evidence on earnings, rents, fines, and rules regarding commercial real estate.
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(Poem #601) Hall and Knight
or 'z + b + x = y + b + z' When he was young his cousins used to say of Mr Knight: 'This boy will write an algebra - or looks as if he might.' And sure enough, when Mr Knight had grown to be a man, He purchased pen and paper and an inkpot, and began. But he very soon discovered that he couldn't write at all, And his heart was filled with yearnings for a certain Mr Hall; Till, after many years of doubt, he sent his friend a card: 'Have tried to write an Algebra, but find it very hard.' Now Mr Hall himself had tried to write a book for schools, But suffered from a handicap: he didn't know the rules. So when he heard from Mr Knight and understood his gist, He answered him by telegram: 'Delighted to assist.' So Mr Hall and Mr Knight they took a house together, And they worked away at algebra in any kind of weather, Determined not to give up until they had evolved A problem so constructed that it never could be solved. 'How hard it is', said Mr Knight, 'to hide the fact from youth That x and y are equal: it is such an obvious truth!' 'It is', said Mr Hall, 'but if we gave a b to each, We'd put the problem well beyond our little victims' reach. 'Or are you anxious, Mr Knight, lest any boy should see The utter superfluity of this repeated b?' 'I scarcely fear it', he replied, and scratched this grizzled head, 'But perhaps it would be safer if to b we added z.' 'A brilliant stroke!', said Hall, and added z to either side; Then looked at his accomplice with a flush of happy pride. And Knight, he winked at Hall (a very pardonable lapse). And they printed off the Algebra and sold it to the chaps.
A hilarious poem - if poets and writers can be immortalised in verse, why not those old tormentors of many a student, Hall and Knight? Commentary is almost superfluous - suffice it to say that I loved the poem, and that 'accomplice' is as perfect a choice of words as any I've seen. Notes: Hall and Knight's "Higher Algebra" is surely one of the most famous (I will not speak for 'best-loved' <g>) mathematics textbooks of all time, second perhaps only to Euclid's Elements in its ubiquity[1]. First published in 1887, it is, as far as I know, still in print (at least in India, where it is published by Deepa and Company [2][3]; I could not find a copy on any of the major book sites). The book is a bit dated today, but still well worth a look if only for its historical value. The poem, though, more likely refers to their earlier 'Elementary Algebra for Schools', to which the more famous book was a sequel. 'z' is, of course, pronounced 'zed' throughout. [1] Both Joyce and Wodehouse, for instance, mention it. [2] [broken link] http://www.vidyainfo.com/books/BookDetails.asp?cid=279&cbid=1479 [3] and where it is still popular as an excellent source of problems Biography: Couldn't find a proper biography of Rieu online - here're a few snippets I managed to dig up: - He was the founder editor of the Penguin Classics During the blitz in 1940 a Dr E V. Rieu started a new translation on the Homer's Odyssey. This appeared in 1946 as the first Penguin Classic, and enabled those in education to pass examinations and enlightentened those who read for shear pleasure. -- [broken link] http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/apm/publishing/culture/1997/keating.html - He was a translator of some note (Homer's 'Odyssey', Virgil's 'Ecologues', Apollonius of Rhodes' 'The Voyage of Argo'). Patrick Kavanagh has written a poem titled "On Looking into E. V. Rieu's Homer" - see [broken link] http://www.ume.maine.edu/~npf/cat10.html - He was a friend of the great science fiction writer Olaf Stapledon The preface to Waking World reveals that Stapledon could accept criticism and was willing to rewrite when necessary, for he twice refers to a rejected earlier version of the book and credits five people for helping him revise it into acceptable shape: these included his wife Agnes; E.V. Rieu, a long-time friend and an editor at Methuen; and Professor L.C. Martin of Liverpool University. -- [broken link] http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7628/stapledon/bio.html - An sf/f piece, 'The Paint Box' appeared in an anthology titled 'The Unicorn Treasury' - see [broken link] http://www.locusmag.com/index/t117.html#A9659 Links: Here's another poem by Rieu: [broken link] http://www.gulftel.com/thefacks/poem.html And as for Messrs. Hall and Knight, I was amazed at the sheer lack of webpages devoted to them and their minor classic. Even the Britannica is uncharacteristically silent on the subject. Here are a couple I did manage to find: [broken link] http://www.pa.ash.org.au/canberramaths/doks/Ed_Staple's_article.html makes an interesting read, especially if you're mathematically inclined. (Warning - the page displays all the equations as gifs, and takes forever to load) [broken link] http://libweb.princeton.edu:2003/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/mathoral/pmc38.htm has a passing reference to an entire course at Princeton (in the 1930s) being based on Hall and Knight. Today's poem forms part of the Mathematical Poetry theme, which began with poem #599 -martin


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If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist's fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro's brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.
John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. With All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in 80 years, Taliaferro has turned the lens around, rendering a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.
Hay's friends are a who's who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country's major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the 20th century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader.
Hay's peers esteemed him as "a perfectly cut stone" and "the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known". But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay's best friend, Henry Adams.
With this superb work, Taliaferro brings us an epic tale.
What listeners say about All the Great Prizes
- 09-03-14
Great Historical Biography- Well Read
As a student of history I found this biography to be an excellent book about a man whose career spanned two different period in US History- the period leading up to and including the Civil War and the Guilded Age that covered the development of America up to the Progressive Era prior to World War One. The author does an excellent job of covering the details of not just John Hay's life but the historical events (including the assasination of three presidents, the Spanish American War, The Boxer Rebellion, the Panama Canal land acquisition, and the Russo Japanese War) that were an integral part in US development into an imperial power. Great nuggets were also included (such as the fact that Hay's granddaughter was actually the first owner of the NY Mets baseball franchise).The narration was also excellent and I learned a great deal about a period of history of which I thought I had a good knowledge. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to learn more about the history of America from the American Civil War through 1905.
9 people found this helpful
- Richard
- 14-10-14
History on a Very Personal Level
This book is not only a very good review of some of the most turbulent eras in United States history, it is told from the view of someone both intelligent and honorable. This is not just the personal view of his biographer, but a view found in the written words of those he worked for and with. From the Civil War to the Spanish American War and beyond this man worked for the best interest of the United States as he saw it. He was not perfect, he held the views of his education and his friends including Henry Adams, (yes he of the acerbic Adams clan). This man lost a personal friend at the Battle of Gettysburg, and still was horrified decades later at the thousands dead in a battle which occurred outside of the borders of the United States. Following Hays life gives a personal view of some of the most formative times in American history.
This book actually gave me an understanding of some actions the American government took in the early nineteen hundreds that are still have reverberations all these decades later. It begins slowly like most biographies, but give it time, it is well worth it.
7 people found this helpful
- Wolfpacker
- 02-07-15
Important Story
A little too much emphasis on Hay's personal life and too little on his accomplishments to make this the five star I expected it to be. The parts during Lincoln and Roosevelt presidencies were great.
5 people found this helpful
- Wiregrass18
- 22-02-14
A Wonderful Biography
This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. Mr. Taliaferro has done justice to a man who was an eyewitness to and major player in some of the most important chapters of American history, as well as a figure of great character, wit, warmth, and ability. Hay himself was one of the most graceful and enjoyable writers in American public life, and Mr. Taliaferro's writing comes impressively close to matching that of his subject. I felt as though I was able to share part of John Hay's rich and full life and recommend this book about him with enthusiasm.
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- Lulu
- 22-12-14
Almost a Five Star
This was an engaging book about a fascinating man who at one time was one of the most powerful and important figures in American History. John Hay served the government in various roles from private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, to Secretary of State for Wm. McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He also served in the administration of James Garfield, so he worked for the first 3 presidents assassinated in office. While Secretary of State to Roosevelt, there was no Vice President, so he essentially filled that capacity as well. He was next in line. Along the way he also found time to write poetry, fiction, serve as a newspaper editor and writer, served in several foreign consulates throughout Europe, including a stint as Ambassador to Great Britain. The scope of his life would be considered wide-spread even now. During the time he lived, it was almost unheard of.
But, more than the politics, I found the narrative describing the time that Hay lived in fascinating. He came of age during a period of great upheaval and chaos, yet he spent most of his adulthood among the upper class, moving in circles that remained constant to tradition and resistive to change. He followed the norm for his class and married for money and position yet he and his wife seemed to genuinely care for each other. He very much cared for his position in society, yet his closest friends were either snidely critical of society or secretly flaunted its tenets. And he lived through several scandals that might have brought others down. The writer does a good job of moving between the distinctions in his life, allowing us to see Hay change and grow gradually through the years.
Hay knew essentially everyone worth knowing during the last half of the 19th century and seemed to maintain good relationships with them all. The author spends quite a bit of time addressing his relationship with Henry Adams, and after this book, I am now willing to try and retackle The Education of Henry Adams.
His experiences and adventures through the Civil War were told in an engaging and easily readable fashion. The details of the crisis he dealt with during his years as Secretary of State were a little harder to get through. The writing seemed to slow down and become heavier, as Hay aged.
My only complaint had to do with the discussion of her personal life. I understand that this is a serious biography and the focus is not on his personal life. And it is difficult to prove the accuracy of personal stories relayed 100 years later. But the author skimmed over his adult relationships so fleetingly, that what was said didn't jive with the public persona the author spent most of his time portraying. Hay was hyper critical, and made derogatory statements about his oldest son, yet was devastated by his death. The loss of a child would be devastating regardless of your relationship with that child, but he has Hay doing such a 360 degree change in his feelings and emotions, it doesn't make sense.
The author makes it sound as though Hay was fascinated by the woman he eventually married. He at least a crush on her. But there is no explanation why a 30+ year old man who had avoided commitment, fell at least temporarily in love with a woman that no one describes as attractive. I have to assume it was money. Then once they are married, even though they have four children, she is seldom mentioned.
I also found it odd that a 60+ year old man who essentially serves as the Premier of the United States, conducting multiple complex treaties at one time, still maintained a decades-long school-boy crush on a woman considerably younger than him, a woman that his best friend also loved, who, based on what I read, had no interest in him.
A little more backfill on his personal life might have made these discrepancies in his behavior and actions a little more understandable.
However, my overall impression of the book was very favorable. The narrator did a good job. I highly recommend.
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- Jean
- 07-12-13
A must read book for history buffs
John Hay (1838-1905) spent his early life in Warsaw, Illinois a son of a doctor. He attended Brown University and study law in an uncle's law office (with A. Lincoln) in Springfield Ill. He was adapt with languages and learned German, French, Latin and Greek. He helped on the 1860 campaign of Abraham Lincoln where he met John Nicolay. He and Nicolay became Lincoln private secretaries when he was elected President. He married Clara Stone daughter of the wealthy Ohio Industrialist. Hay's served as undersecretary of state to Rutherford B. Hayes, he also served James A. Garfield. He became Ambassador to England for William McKinley and after a year his Secretary of State. He also served Theodore Roosevelt as Secretary of State. I found it interesting that 3 of the president Hay served were assassinated. During Hay's career he was a journalist, writer, poet, businessman and politician. Between the highlights I have listed John Taliaferro packed a lot of information about Hay's life and his career. I noted from the information provided by Taliaferro Hay played key roles in several area's when he was Secretary of State, the open door policy about China, the role he played with the creation of Panama. When he was Ambassador to England he played a key role in developing positive relationship with England. Taliaferro provided great insight into John Hay the man but I feel he relied too much on Hay's own papers and a few other manuscripts when writing about Hay's the diplomat. It would have been great if he had obtained insight about Hay's from foreign archival material to better portray his diplomatic role. Taliaferro attempted to provide an unbiased view of Hay revealing his faults as well as his virtues. The last biography of Hay was Tyler Dennett's "John Hay: From Poetry to Politics" written eighty years ago. It was about time we had another look at this interesting man and the role he play during a critical time in our history. Joe Barrett did a good job narrating the book. If you are interested in history this is a must read book.
10 people found this helpful
- Nate
- 06-01-16
Overall great
Last 6hrs you're subjected to periodic moments of awful, and unnecessary, Spanish (and other) accents. Worth a listen nonetheless, John Hay deserved a better remembered place in US history.
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- B. Riddick
- 15-08-13
Haven't finished it yet It's a LONG Life....
What did you like best about All the Great Prizes? What did you like least?
Well the most enjoyable thing was the investigation of an interesting man with a long and quite historic life. John Hay was a part of some of the most important events in US History and his place in those events makes for an interesting read. There is a little too much speculation in this book for my biographical tastes, but given how many of Hay's letters didn't survive I guess that's understandable
What I liked least is that by the time Mr. Hay became Secretary of State to Roosevelt, I'd just had enough of hearing about his unrequited love, his friendship with Adams, his treatment of his family. It makes John Hay VERY human, which I appreciate. But he was Human for a LONG time.
If you've listened to books by John Taliaferro before, how does this one compare?
This is my first one. As a biographer, I'll say this much....he's thorough
Which scene was your favorite?
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
If this was a movie it'd likely be on HBO or PBS like the Adams documentary so I'd likely see it when it came to Nexiq
8 people found this helpful
- Shevaun Fennell
- 14-07-15
Fascinating History
What did you love best about All the Great Prizes?
The detail of the story
What was one of the most memorable moments of All the Great Prizes?
The longevity of Hay's career.
Have you listened to any of Joe Barrett's other performances before? How does this one compare?
I haven't listened to Joe Barrett before, but found his narrative very pleasing.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I think All the Great Prizes is perfect.
Any additional comments?
This book gave some fascinating insight into world politics in the late 1800's.
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- William
- 29-09-13
Interesting view of the way things were (done)
If you could sum up All the Great Prizes in three words, what would they be?
This is a good description of a pretty remarkable man. But it is the person inter-twinings that make it fascinating.
Any additional comments?
However, the third download is damaged. I will never finish it because every time I pause my iPhone5 (iOS7.0.2), doing something else for any length of time and go back to listen, I watch that little marker always (and I do mean always) slowly slide back to about 4 minutes from the beginning. Very disappointing. If iPhones supported Whisper Sync, I would have said this Whisper had Sunk. Shame because the 3rd volume was the most interesting.
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Current Holdings: SIRI, F, AIB and still looking...
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The news I have seen confuses me...it is horrible for Ireland, but good for the crooked bankers....what do you think, Newman?
The main thing that worries me about AIB as I have done a bit more research is that they seem to be mirroring the US banks, but about 2 months behind. If this is the case, we could be hurting with our current investments in it. The good thing is that Ireland seems to be moving MUCH faster than the US government did... so perhaps it will save us. I am just not sure at this point, and wishing I had gotten out when it hit 3.50 last week.
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This guy is sharp!
This is my long pick. JASO
I think AIB can be temporarily put on hold to see what happens...have to watch it though..it is unpredictable. If it mirrors U.S. stocks and has a lag it could go down, down, down, which is a good thing for us.
The BK talk with SIRI is complete B.S.. Mel isn't walking without a chance to get his money back....It is drama, and besides he could get clobbered by creditors and lawsuits, etc.. He may lose some pride, but not his money. That is my opinion, but I don't want to state it in the intraday and stock talk.
F is a good investment....and it is cheap right now...I wonder if it will go lower.
SBLK is dyanmite. Star Bulk Shipping. That has to be watched.
Honestly, if SIRI makes a hard drive up, I will sell then buy on the rebound.
Ray has a tremendous one - RVSC?? It cannot lose. What is the symbol, Ray? I have been into the Maker's.
That little hummer, JASO, might be what I go with Tuesday. I will not buy more SIRI with my own money at this point. I will play with the house's and keep my investment once it passes .16 and will sell as high as I can before a pullback.
Any thoughts? Give em to me good or bad.
sorry bill I went to bed early
prsc... is the one
I've had some VERY good returns this year on: DFT, YGE and BCS. I will continue to add to those as well.......SIRI will blow the doors off the wall tomorrow!!!!! 40k SIRI shares at .32 avg, so it could be a nice week.
I'll take a look at those today. We are always looking for good stocks. Glad to see you in here
Thanks Bill and let's all share our thoughts on stocks more often (other than the obvious one) and maybe we can all be better off for it!
Anyone own or know any info about Clearwire?
Someone told me to research this company as it could grow on a global scale with it's WIMAX technology.
Just wondering if anyone is currently invested.
For tomorrow: I have 2 sell orders in. One for 10% of my SIRI at 0.35, and one for 10% at 0.42, which is the highest scottrade would let me place the sell order. Tried to put 20% at 0.50, but they said it was "to far from the current price". What do they care?
I doubt the 0.50 will hit, but just in case premarket has a wild spike, I want to take advantage of it. I think it will settle back down around 0.20 in the next 2-3 days or so and I will buy back to lower my cost average.
As far as the others, Im out of trading cash right now, so unless Ford or AIB spike and I can pull a profit, I am done until next paycheck (Friday).


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Carlton Arnold: Convicted killer arrested in UVA robbery, assaults
One day after a gray hoodie-clad perpetrator accosted two female UVA students, taking one by the shoulder and forcing the other to withdraw money from an ATM before fondling her, police have made an arrest in the cases. And they say the suspect is a notorious local killer.
Thanks to a convenience store security tape, authorities arrested twenty-eight-year old Carlton William Arnold on Thursday, September 30, the day after the recent assault. He now faces a litany of charges that threaten to do what frustrated authorities failed to do before: put him behind bars for a long time.
Back in September 1998, when Arnold was 16, he was the shooter in the robbery/slaying at the Ivy Road Shell station. Clerk Osama Hassan, an Egyptian immigrant working the overnight shift, had been sitting in a wooden rocking chair on the store's front porch when he was gunned down by a reported eight shots from a handgun.
One of the attorneys at the time claimed Arnold was challenged by an unusually malleable will, comparing his mental depth to the sheen of petroleum in a parking lot puddle. The file from that case shows that a court-ordered test measured Arnold's IQ as 49 to 68, and a school psychologist reported that he had few social skills and could read no better than a first-grader.
As the myriad co-defendants–- including a UVA student who allegedly had foreknowledge of the crime–- lawyered up, then prosecutor Jim Camblos found himself dropping the charges against the UVA student and filing murder charges late against the alleged mastermind of the crime, Dylan L. Tyree.
"Justice wasn't served in this case," says political activist Randolph Byrd. "This was a pre-meditated robbery, and someone should have been charged and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole."
Thirty-one-year-old Osama Hassan had hoped to make a new life in America. Instead, his life ended with eight bullets to his chest. A year after the killing, Arnold was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 40 years with 27 years suspended.
In July of this year, Arnold was released. Police are now looking to see if he may be responsible for any other recent crimes.
For the two alleged UVA assaults, Arnold faces charges of abduction by force, robbery with a firearm, aggravated sexual battery, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
–last updated 4:14pm Friday
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Bullet to the back of the head
Thank god Camblos is gone....just another example of his incompetence. Well at least he will get the 27 years he has over his head, I believe only judges in Richmond suspend "suspended" time.
Cville Eye - it was Shiree Carr. Im pretty sure all 4 were locals in that murder
Why pay to house him? Needle.
If I remember correctly the UVA student was a locally grown female that hid one of the perpetrators in her dorm room in order to avoid arrest. She wasn't prosecuted because her family immediately got her a lawyer when her actions were discovered. I don't recall her name ever appearing in the papers so maybe she was under 18 at the time.
I know the issue is a perp problem and we should all feel safe anywhere, but what are these victims doing walking around alone at 1-3am?
These are supposed to be the intelligent, future leaders of our Country and corporations?
Get a grip kiddies- "smart up"!
It's a hunting ground out there.
as a victim and family member that has seen violent crime first-hand, i can tell you no amount of incarceration works in positively changing lives when it comes to violent felons and their cohorts. we're just stealing from those that need the resources now for kindergarten, primary education and later college and professional education to give to these private prison corporations and corrupt state institutions. for what? can a life ever be returned once taken? a child's innocence be restored, a rape victim made whole? never. we need to act as a society with the same cold conviction that the felons do in making sure they can never harm innocents again. talk about your rehabilitation. our prisons are nurseries for growing thugs and felons, providing shelter from all the havoc they bring to us. spare society, their families, and the families of the murdered the time and resources necessary to shelter these lost causes. take away non-violent offenders, leave the molesters, dui killers, and murderers and their accomplices together in one big room with a few weapons, sell the broadcast rights to Fox Reality Channel, funnel the profits to the families left behind by these cruel and insane sociopaths. what good is incarceration knowing what we know now about recidivism? we can never get rid of these 'weeds' but we can sure mow the grass every now and then.
and shiree carr should be stripped of her degree. talk about your honor code violation!
New twist- since the perp suppossedly has a low IQ, perhaps he criminal should get a year for every IQ point. That would satisfy the attorneys, doctors and the perp.
Picture this- "yes your honor it was a dumb thing to do, but I have a low IQ".
"yes your honor, it was a dumb thing to do, but I have a high IQ".
Who should get more time?
Offender Name: Tyree, Dylan Lopez
DOC Number: 1073420
Inmate Number: 342628
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Location: Baskerville Correctional Center
Projected Release Date: 12/19/2011
Our little Uva murderess is doing ok.
Apex Properties LLC to Shiree R. Carr, 2002 Captain Drive Salem VA 24153, $141,950 10/23/2009.
Any body know what Shiree Carr is doing?
He actually served just shy of 11 years. According to the article, he was convicted a year after the shooting, which would have been Sept. 1999, and he was released in July of this year. Of course, that doesn't account for time served, which would have been roughly another year, depending on when he was arrested, which I don't recall. Either way, it was less than 13 and faaar less than the 40 he should have served.
sorry, my mistake for not recognizing the "background" that would prove its a mugshot. I hope then that this picture is right in front of the judge so that he can sentence that smirk right off his face.
Anyone daring to draw broader inferences from this incident relating to who is the "existential threat" in this community would be pilloried and certainly his/her post would be deleted.
Anyone walking at night alone in that area best be armed and ready. There are scores of Carlton Arnolds slouching through certain Charlottesville neighborhoods and they're looking for you, ready to use force to take your wallet, your virtue, your life even at a whim. And they aren't interested in whether you're a "nice person".
Let's just chalk this up to another casualty of the pre-Lunsford era, where poorly prosecuted crimes led to dropped charges, light sentences, and aquittals. There is no excuse for this guy being on our streets. The justice system has failed us yet again.
If he's guilty I hope they leave this loser to rot in jail.
Wow at 16 he was robbing and killing. Got 7 years to "cook" with even worse...guess our "rehibilitation" system works. He gets out and continues on his "sheet" and gets caught (which mind you I am glad he did). So now he goes back for how long to "cook" again....imagine what he will be like when he gets out the second time (and he will due to overcrowding and the "system" just can't keep but so many of them locked away forever)...scary thought.
This guy ought to still be in prison for murder regardless of whether he had anything to do with these latest crimes. I hope they lock him away for a long time if he can be proven guilty.
I really have to wonder though what the author was getting at with her comments about his co-defendants from his earlier trial "lawyering up." They were accused of very serious crimes. What should they have done other than hire lawyers?
One of those lawyers apparently got the charges against his client dropped. Isn't that the way the system is supposed to work? If guilt can not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then the accused is not guilty. If charges were dropped, then those charges may not have been so well founded in the first place.
He should be shot.
Strap a bomb to his chest and drop him off in the tribal region of Pakistan
maybe he'll get "time served"............who knows.
@13year plan, I'm assuming if he's found guilty of the new charges, he will also have to finish out the 40.
He has a nice smile and is innocent until proven guilty kids!
sept 1998? more awesome state legal system examples for this model federal funding darling and university endowment record holder!
@ BillMarshall...
Owned! ;D
I could tell this was a mug shot just from looking at the background.
"40 years with 27 years suspended"? Why bother with the 40year sentence. Unreal.
maybe i missed it, but when was he convicted and sent to jail? How long did he serve? 13 years?
Why would the Hook show a picture of a murderer smiling? I am quite sure there is a mug shot available that shows him to be the animal he has proven at least twice to be.
Thanks, Tim B rown, that name is vaguely familiar.
WHY waste more tax dollars on this waste of skin?
To fix this problem: Make him walk around a city block w/ a gun stuck into his back, when bored of this, shoot him 11 times; cremate what's left, trash the ashes, & be DONE with this mistake.
I know carlton arnold. we went to school together. When he was arrested in 1997 for the murder charge we were at CHS. People were talking about and was on Channel 29 news at the time. so sad to see what has happend. I hope he gets help that he needs.
Help? help? Who cares what he needs. What about the people whose lives he has ruined? Whose lives he has taken? Who have been scared for life by him?
He deserves nothing and is owed nothing by society. He has long ago forfeited his right to remain a member of our, or any free, community


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Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) plan to showcase their Intel consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) platform-based ultra-thin notebooks at CeBIT this year, according to sources at notebook vendors.
In addition to the company's X320 notebook, MSI will showcase two new X-Slim series notebooks - X340 and X600. The three notebooks adopt Intel's CULV platform, which consist of either the ultra low voltage version single-core Celeron, Core 2 Solo or dual-core Centrino 2 CPU.
Currently, Intel has about 20 different configurations for its CULV platform, with related systems from Hewlett-Packard (HP), Asustek and MSI scheduled to appear in the channel before June this year, the sources noted.
The sources also pointed out the slim profit from fierce competition in the 10-inch netbook segment, as well as the product's short life cycle should trigger several vendors to turn their focus to the entry-level ultra-thin notebook market.
MSI CULV-based X-Slim notebooks include the X320, X340 and X600
Photo: Monica Chen, Digitimes, February 2009


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Some people impulse buy gum.
I impulse buy five-pound bags of quinoa.
Oh sure, I thought it was a lovely idea in that moment, romanced by all the things I could do with this versatile, healthy, nutritious ingredient chock full of protein and fibre.
Especially after I saw on the back of the hefty bag that I can cook quinoa in my rice cooker. (Cooking rice and rice-related ingredients? Not my forte. I blame it on a year living in Japan where my apartment came equipped with a rice cooker.)
And then I got the family-sized bag home, jammed it into my cupboard and kind of forgot about it as it occupied valuable real estate in my kitchen. I finally unearthed it many weeks later, concocting a biryani-style salad with currants, chickpeas and a curry-lime dressing.
And then I forgot about it again.
Since then, there has been a bit more experimenting with quinoa.
But there is also something to be said about going back to basics — honest-to-goodness classic dishes that remain in the cooking repertoire for a reason.
Things like tabouli.
Or tabbouli. Or even tabouleh.
Or however you want to spell it.
In theory, this is a salad I should like. Mint and parsley, lemon juice, tomato and cucumber. All those herbs with that zip of acidic lemon, the crunch of cucumber and umami taste of tomato? I like all those things. A lot.
What I don't like is bulgur, the grain traditionally used in tabbouleh salads.
I made a huge bowl of it once using a recipe that called for bulgur and then had to eat it for two days to get through it, hating it the entire time.
I didn't like the taste or the chew and forcing myself to finish the thing, which had taken a bit of time and effort to prepare, did not help the situation.
So, as I was sorting through my cupboards the other day and stumbled across the still half-full bag of impulse quinoa, I was struck by a thought: why not make tabbouleh with a grain-like ingredient I actually enjoy?
And I pulled out my rice cooker and did exactly that.
(As a result of cooking it this way, I can offer you no suggestions or guidelines for cooking quinoa, other than tell you what I was also told: give it a bit of a rinse or a soak – say about 10 minutes or so — before cooking, which should alleviate any of the bitterness you might taste otherwise.)
With the exception of using quinoa and the addition of a red (or orange or yellow) paper for a bit of additional colour and crunch, this recipe holds quite true to traditional tabbouleh.
It's the abundance of herbs, slight onion bite from the green onions and generous amount of lemon juice that gives it such a refreshing and light taste.
It's the substitution of quinoa for bulgur that makes it no hardship to finish it off pretty quickly.
And, thankfully, I still have plenty more quinoa to make this again.
Quinoa Tabbouleh
- 4 cups (1 L) cooked quinoa
- 1 red, orange or yellow pepper, diced
- 1 cup (250 mL) cherry or grape tomatoes, halved or quartered
- 2 to 4 green onions, sliced thinly
- 2 mini cucumbers, halved, seeded and sliced
- ¼ cup (50 mL) mint, chopped
- ¼ cup (50 mL) parsley, chopped
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) lemon juice (from about 2 lemons)
- 1 tsp (5 mL) salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) extra virgin olive oil
Cook quinoa according to directions. Let cool and place in large bowl. Add red pepper, tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, mint and parsley. In separate bowl, mix lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk to dissolve salt. While whisking, slowly drizzle in olive oil to emulsify. Pour about ¾ of the dressing over the salad and toss. Add the remaining dressing if the salad seems dry.
Serves 4.
This piece originally ran in the Calgary Herald. For more great recipes and stories, head to the Herald's food page at CalgaryHerald.com/life.


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Mary "Polly" Futch and John Webb were the parents of John Thomas Webb, and the grandparents of previous subjects, Shellie Lloyd Webb and William Crawford Webb. Mary Futch was a sister of Rhoda Futch.
Mary "Polly" Futch was born October 14, 1842 in Lowndes County (now Berrien) Georgia. She was a daughter of daughter of John M. Futch and Phoebe Mathis. On April 21, 1859 in Berrien County, Georgia she married John Webb, a landowner and planter of Berrien County, GA. John Webb, a son of Dawson Webb and Frances Beall, was born January 22, 1834 in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
To any ordained Minister of of Gospel, Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, Justice of the Peace or any person by the laws of this state authorized to celebrate: These are to authorize permit you to join in the Honorable State of Matrimony Mr. John Webb of the one part and Mifs Mary Futch of the other part according to the constitution and laws of this State and according to the Rites of your church; Provided there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same and this shall be your authority for so doing.
Given under my and Seal this 20th day of April, 1859
John L. Lindsey, Ordinary
I hereby Certify that Mr. John Webb and Mary Futch were duly joined in matrimony by me this 21st day of April, 1859
Reubin Futch, J. I. C.
Recorded May 4th 1860 E. C. Morgan, Ordinary
The census of 1860 enumerates 26-year-old John Webb and 17-year-old Mary in Berrien County. John was a farmer with $1200 dollars worth of real estate and $450 worth of personal property to his name. According to the census neither John nor Mary could read or write, but later records would show he could at least sign his name. Enumerated near the Webbs were John & Elizabeth Baker, and Isham Clyatt.
The following spring,1861, Georgia plunged into the Civil War. By November 1861, Federal troops made their first invasion of Georgia, occupying Tybee Island with designs on Fort Pulaski and Savannah. That winter, John Webb joined the Primitive Baptist congregation at Pleasant church, located a few miles west of his farm. According to church minutes, John was baptized at Pleasant Church on January 1, 1862.
During the War, John Webb enlisted in Company E, 54th Georgia Regiment, along with his brother Jordan and other men of Berrien County. John went off to fight leaving Mary on the farm with a baby on her hip and another on the way. He fought with the 54th Regiment throughout the war, although he was on furlough home at the time of their surrender in April of 1865.
That October, perhaps in observance of John's safely reaching the conclusion of the war, Mary Webb joined with Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church. Church minutes show she was baptized October 14, 1865.
Like other men of Berrien County, after the war John Webb swore an oath of allegiance to the United States and to faithfully support the Constitution, and returned to his farming. According to 1867 Berrien County tax records, John Webb owned all 490 acre of land lot 410, 10th Land District. His brother, Jordan Webb, owned 245 acres on the adjacent lot, 419. To the north, William Walters owned 612 acres on lots 373 and 374. Also on Lot 373 were John Ray, with 122 1/2 acres and David S Robinson with 60 acres. Parts of lot 418 were owned by Mary DeVane and Benjamin M. DeVane owned additional 525 acres of land on lots 418 and 419. John Baker was on 122 acres of lot 419.
The census of 1870, indicates the Webbs were getting by in the post-war period. Their land had a aggregate value of $2800, they had $754 in personal property, and now four young children.
By 1876 John Webb had acquired 1560 acres in lots 372, 409, and 410 in the 10th Land District. He owned $200 in household furniture, $454 in livestock,and $90 in plantation and mechanical tools.
The following year, 1877 John Webb had acquired all of lots 372, 409, and 410, 1470 acres in all. He had $150 in furniture, $335 in livestock, and $80 in tools. His wife, Mary Futch Webb had 180 acres in her own name in Lot 373, with $265 in livestock. To the south of the Webb place, on half of lot 419, was William Henry Outlaw, a Webb descendant on his mother's side and a fellow veteran of Company E, 54th Georgia Regiment. Among the Webb's other neighbors were David M. Roberson with 212 acres of lot 365 and David S. Roberson with 550 acres on parts of 373 and 364. William Walters was on Lot 374 and David J. McGee had 395 acres on lots 408 and 411. Miller F. DeVane and George M. DeVane with 165 acres each on 411 and 412. Mary DeVane had 7 acres on 418, Michael B. DeVane with 500 acres on 418 and 419, William DeVane on parts of 418, John Baker on 172 acres of 419.
The 1880 census shows the Webb family continuing to grow. The Webb sons, John Thomas and James, at least, were "at school".
In 1890 John Webb had 1000 acres total on lots 372, 373, and 410 valued at $1500. From 1883 to 1890, a neighbor to the north was Noah Webster Griffin and his family on lot 371. John Webb's son, John Thomas Webb was on 200 acres of the neighboring lots, 408 and 409. Son-in-law Malachi W. Jones was on 490 acres that included parts of 409 and 420, and son-in-law Joel J. Carter had 140 acres of lot 372. Elizabeth J. Carter had 240 acres on lots 365 and 366. George W. Carter had 40 acres straddling 364 and 365. Isaac S. Weaver was on 375 acres that included parts of 418, 419, and 411. John Ray was on 245 acres of 373, and Thomas W. Ray was on 125 acres of lot 364. Aaron A. Knight had 155 acres that included part of lot 374. Sovin J. Knight was on 365 acres of 364 and 365. The Devane land to the south was now in the possession of Georgia R. DeVane. George M. DeVane and Millard F. DeVane had the land to the west o Lots 411 and 412. William E. Fountain Jr. was on Lot 365 with 147 acres. H.H. Green had a piece of 364.
According to Shaw Family Newsletters, on November 5, 1898, Mary and John Webb deeded 350 acres in section 412 of land district 9 (presently under water at the southwest end of Boyette's Pond in Cook County) to daughter Luannie Webb as a wedding gift. She had married Chester D. Shaw earlier that year.
John Webb died December 15, 1900 in Rays Mill, GA (now Ray City). He was buried in Futch Cemetery in present day Cook County, GA.
Children of Mary "Polly" Futch and John Webb:
- Martha Mary Webb, b. April 10, 1861, Berrien County, GA; d. January 30, 1929, Berrien County, GA buried in Pleasant Church Cemetery; m. (1) Joel J. Carter, January 27, 1878, Berrien County GA; m. (2) William W. Parrish, August 10, 1899, Berrien County GA.
- John Thomas Webb, b. January 15, 1863, Berrien County, GA; d. March 16, 1924, Ray City, GA buried in Pleasant Cemetery; m. Mary Jane "Mollie" Patten, November 2, 1882, Berrien County, GA.
- Frances "Fannie" A. Webb, b. May 6, 1866, Berrien County, GA; d. October 3, 1909, Adel, GA buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Cook County, GA; m. Malachi "Mallie" W. Jones, December 24, 1885, Berrien County, GA.
- Phoebe Jane Webb, b. May 23, 1869; d. October 10, 1870.
- James Alfred Webb, b. July 03, 1871, Berrien County GA; d. September 30, 1938, Berrien County GA; m. Pearl "Pearlie" Register, January 18, 1894, Berrien County, GA from Marriage Certificate.
- Mary Delann Webb, b. November 1, 1873; d. February 13, 1879.
- Luther Americus Webb, b. October 5, 1875, Berrien County, GA; d. April 30, 1909, Berrien County, GA, buried in Pleasant Cemetery, Berrien County GA; m. Mary Jane Albritton, January 24, 1897, Berrien County, GA from Marriage Certificate.
- Leona Webb, b. 1877, Berrien County, GA.
- Louannie T. Webb, b. August 7, 1880; d. June 8, 1902, Lenox, GA from Typhoid Fever, buried in Pleasant Cemetery; m. Chester D. Shaw, March 16, 1898, Berrien County Georgia from Marriage Certificate.
The Valdosta Daily Times
March 11, 1926
Mrs. Webb Died at Ray City
Mrs. Mary Webb, widow of the late John Webb, died Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martha Carter, Ray City, after a short illness.
Mrs. Webb was eighty-three years of age and until she suffered from an attack of flu, four or five days ago, had been in her usual good health. However, owing to her advanced age, she was unable to withstand the attack.
Her husband preceded her to the grave twenty-six years ago and she has since made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Carter. Besides Mrs. Carter, she is survived by one son, Mr. J.A. Webb, of Ray City. The deceased was one of the pioneers of her section, and the family is well and favorably known throughout all of this section.
Mrs. Webb was for more than 60 years a consistent member of the Pleasant Primitive Baptist church, near Ray City, and during her days of activity, was famed for her kindly acts and generous disposition, and her death brings great sorrow to her friends and those of the family. In addition to the surviving son and daughter, Mrs. Webb leaves thirty-five grand children. The funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 3:30 by Rev. Mr. McCranie at the Futch cemetery, near Ray City.
Transcript courtesy of Skeeter Parker
Special thanks to Jimmie Webb for contribution images and portions of the content for this article.
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