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The kilometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: km; or ) or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.
k (pronounced kay) is occasionally used in some English-speaking countries as an alternative for the word kilometre in colloquial writing and speech.[1][2][3] A slang term for the kilometre in the US military is klick.[4]
- Pronunciation 1
- Equivalence to other units of length 2
- History 3
International usage 4
- United Kingdom 4.1
- United States 4.2
- Kilometre records 5
- See also 6
- Notes and references 7
There are two common pronunciations for the word:
- and
The former pronunciation follows the general pattern in English whereby metric units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, and the pronunciation of the actual base unit does not change irrespective of the prefix. It is generally preferred by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Many scientists and other users, particularly in countries where the metric system is not widely used, use the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable.[5][6] The latter pronunciation follows the stress pattern used for the names of measuring instruments (such as micrometer, barometer, thermometer, tachometer and speedometer). The problem with this reasoning, however, is that the word meter in those usages refers to a measuring device, not a unit of length. The contrast is even more obvious in countries using the English rather than American spelling of the word metre.
When Australia introduced the metric system in 1975, the first pronunciation was declared official by the government's Metric Conversion Board. However, the Australian Prime Minister at the time, Gough Whitlam, insisted that the second pronunciation was the correct one because of the Greek origins of the two parts of the word.[7]
Equivalence to other units of length
1 kilometre ≡ 1000 metres ≈ 3281 feet ≈ 1094 yards ≈ 0.621 miles ≈ 0.540 nautical miles ≈ 6.68×10−9 astronomical units[8] ≈ 1.06×10−13 light-years[9] ≈ 3.24×10−14 parsecs
Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the myriametre (10,000 metres) was preferred to the "kilometre" for everyday use. The term "myriamètre" appeared a number of times in the text of Develey's book Physique d'Emile: ou, Principes de la science de la nature,[10] (published in 1802), while the term kilometre only appeared in an appendix. French maps published in 1835 had scales showing myriametres and "lieues de Poste" (Postal leagues of about 4288 metres)[11]
The Dutch on the other hand adopted the kilometre in 1817 but gave it the local name of the mijl.[12] It was only in 1867 that the term "kilometer" became the only official unit of measure in the Netherlands to represent 1000 metres.[13]
Two German textbooks dated 1842[14][15] and 1848[16] respectively give a snapshot of the use of the kilometre across Europe - the kilometre was in use in the Netherlands and in Italy and the myriametre was in use in France.
In 1935, the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) officially abolished the prefix "myria-" and with it the "myriametre", leaving the kilometre as the recognised unit of length for measurements of that magnitude.[17]
International usage
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, road signs show distances in miles[18][19] and location marker posts that are used for reference purposes by road engineers and emergency services show distance references in unspecified units which are kilometre-based.[20] The advent of the mobile phone has been instrumental in the British Department for Transport authorising the use of driver location signs to convey the distance reference information of location marker posts to road users should they need to contact the emergency services.
United States
In the US, the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 prohibits the use of federal-aid highway funds to convert existing signs or purchase new signs with metric units.[21] The Executive Director of the US Federal Highway Administration, Jeffrey Paniati, wrote in a 2008 memo: "Section 205(c)(2) of the National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act of 1995 prohibited us from requiring any State DOT [Department of Transport] to use the metric system during project development activities. Although the State DOT's had the option of using metric measurements or dual units (metrics/inch-pounds), all of them abandoned metric measurements and reverted to sole use of inch-pound values."[22] The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices since 2000 is published in both metric and American Customary Units. (See also Metrication in the United States.)
Kilometre records
Some sporting disciplines feature 1000 m (one-kilometre) races in major events (such as the Olympic Games), but in other disciplines, even though world records are catalogued, the one kilometre event remains a minority event. The world records for various sporting disciplines are:
|Running (M)
|Noah Ngeny
|Rieti, Italy
|5 Sep 1999
|Not an Olympic event
|Running (F)
|Svetlana Masterkova
|23 Aug 1996
|Not an Olympic event
|Speed Skating (M)
|Shani Davis
|Salt Lake City
|7 Mar 2009
|Speed Skating (F)
|Cindy Klaasen
|25 Mar 2006
|Cycling (M)
|Arnaud Tourant
|58.875 s[26]
|La Paz, Bolivia
|10 Oct 2001
|No official 1000 m woman's record
See also
- Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length
- Cubic metre
- Metric prefix
- Mileage
- Odometer
- Orders of magnitude (length)
- Square kilometre
Notes and references
- ^ Walshe, Cathy (18 August 2008). "Triathlon: Hewitt bubbling after top 10 finish".
^ Kuschke, Jazz (21 August 2007). "The great north (off) road". Getaway Magazine via iafrica.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
yet less than 10 kays down the road
^ "Traveling the Roads to Darwin". Enjoy Darwin. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
Camooweal just over the Queensland border a further 250 k's along the road
- ^ Rod Powers. "How Far is a "Klick" in the Military?". About.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ White, Roland (23 March 2008). "Correct pronunciation on the radio". The Times (London). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Kilometer - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ "damage lessons". Cimms.ou.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ One astronomical unit is currently accepted to be equal to 2147483647.±30 m.
- ^ A light-year is equal to 9.4607304725808×1012 km the distance light travels through vacuum in one year (365.25 days).
- ^ Develey, Emmanuel (1802). Physique d'Emile: ou, Principes de la science de la nature 1. Paris.
- ^ Laguillermie et Rambos (1835) (in French). Map of the department of Hautes Pyrénées (Map). France Pittoresque. http://www.mereweather.net/hautespyrenees.htm. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ Jacob de Gelder (1824). ]Introduction to Numeracy [Allereerste Gronden der Cijferkunst (in Dutch). 's Gravenhage and Amsterdam: de Gebroeders van Cleef. pp. 155–156. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "[News from] Nederland". De Locomotief. Nieuws, handels en Advertentie-blad. 12 August 1869. p. 2.
- ^ "Amtliche Maßeinheiten in Europa 1842" [Official units of measure in Europe 1842] (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2011Text version of Malaisé's book
- ^ Ferdinand Malaisé (1842). ]Theoritcal and practical instruction in arithmetic [Theoretisch-practischer Unterricht im Rechnen (in German). München. pp. 307–322. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Mozhnik, Franz (1848). (in German).
- ^ McGreevy, Thomas (1997). Cunningham, Peter, ed. The Basis of Measurement - Volume 2 - Metrication and Current Practice. Picton.
- ^ "Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3113 - The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions". 16 December 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ The Council of the European Communities (27 May 2009). "Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Unit of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC". Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ Hansard. "21 October 2009 : Column 1446W". Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System - Frequently Asked Questions". US Department of Transport. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
- ^ Update on Metric Use Requirements for FHWA Documents US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 25 November 2008.
- ^ "Men's World Records". About.com: Track and Field. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Women's World Records". About.com: Track and Field. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Speed Skating: Complete history list of World Records recognized by ISU". International Skating Union. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Track Records".
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Cienfuegos is a delightful and interesting city with a history largely different to that of the rest of the country.
It is a pleasant city which, because of its role as an important port, both domestically and internationally, has a slightly more cosmopolitan feel about it than most other areas in the south. The streets are straight and wide with the Paseo del Prado, which dissects the city and extends out to the peninsula's end, being the most important street. The street extends south through the Punta Gorda area and north along th bay, there are some excellent views to be had from here, especially at sunset when the bay takes on a quiet and brooding appearance.
If you visit Cienfuegos don't forget to see:
Parque Jose Marti, on the eastern side of it is the impressive Catedral de la Purisima Concepcion, which was built in 1870. Also overlooking the park is the Provincial Government Palace, a grand building with great columns and marble floors. Due west of the park stands the Casa de la Cultura.
Teatro Tomas Terry, situated on the north side of the Parque Jose Marti, is a beautiful and impressive structure whose facade is topped by three multi-coloured mosaic murals.
Museo Historico, which contains local military memorabilia that once belonged to those who took part in the various struggles for independence and freedom.
Palacio del Valle, on the Punta Gorda, this Moorish style country house was bought by Alejandro Suero Balbin. Its fading pink colours fail to diminish the overall grandeur of the building which contains some excellent furnishings and porcelains.
The botanical gardens is perhaps the most famed botanical garden in the country, housing over 2,000 tropical and sub-tropical plants. Among the impressive collection of plant species are more than 200 types of palm trees of araceae, there is also a collection of different types of palm trees indigenous to Cuba.
Playa Rancho Luna, situated 20km east of the city, is still very quiet and secluded.
The Castle of Our Lady of the Angels of Jagua, situated 22km from Cienfuegos city, was originally used by the Spanish as a small fort to keep out smugglers who used to enter Jagua Bay to obtain fresh water and food from the locals. It is now a much more subtantial structure following the Spaniards' decision to develop it to defend the city from the more forceful threat offered by the English navy during the war between Spain and England.
Considered the Cuban architectural jewel of the 19th century, Cienfuegos is outstanding for the perfect design of its streets and for the refinement and good taste of the buildings in the historic center of the city, which has been declared a national monument. When visiting, stop by the Casa del Fundador (Founder's House); Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Cathedral; Tomás Terry Theater; Ferrer Palace; and José Martí Park, which contains the only arch of triumph in Cuba.
Other attractions include the Prado Promenade, Valle Palace, Museums of Naval and Provincial History, Reina (Queen's) Cemetery and Jai-Alai Courts.
Farther out from the center of the city, tour the Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Jagua (Jagua for short) Fortress, Tomás Acea Cemetery and the Botanical Gardens.
In addition to these cultural and historic attractions, Cienfuegos has excellent facilities for scuba diving and other water sports, nature tourism and thermal baths.


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What if all the cats on Earth vanished one day, beamed back to their home planet or taken up in the kitty rapture? We'd certainly miss their funny LOLCat antics and the way they sleep on our keyboards, but what greater disasters lie in store for a feline-free planet Earth? One scientist takes a look at the catpocalypse, and it's not pretty.
Alan Beck, professor of veterinary medicine and director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University, contemplated the impact of disappearing house cats. Cats, he notes, use their hunting prowess to keep rodent populations down and thereby protect grain supplies. In places like India, cats are key to protecting food supplies from furry interlopers.
But just how much of an impact do these fuzzballs have? Beck cites a 1979 study in which cats were nearly eliminated from a small New Zealand island, causing the rodent population to quickly quadruple. And it isn't just our grain supply that's at risk; the hungry, breeding rodents decimated the sea bird population as they feasted unchecked on bird eggs. Beck predicts that, while the populations of rodent-eating predators would increase with the disappearance of cats, the populations of sea birds would crash, with untold consequences spinning out from there.
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A rough 2Q and uncertain rate outlook left mREITs shell shocked and concerned on earnings calls a quarter ago. Ongoing rate concerns have the group trading at the lowest valuation multiples in years. But we expect mREITs to strike a much more positive tone in 3Q reporting after rebalancing portfolios, adding hedges, and taking down leverage. The bad news of dividend cuts is in, and as investors take a fresh look and listen we expect more to find the opportunity compelling. And against a shaky economic backdrop it may be a great place for equity investors looking for portfolio hedges of their own....
With the group trading around 0.85x book, we see much too much negativity priced into expectations. These are portfolios of liquid assets trading at 15% discounts to mark-to-market value, which we find overly pessimistic given the rebalancing and hedging that's taken place combined with what we see as a more contained rate outlook.
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Against high market expectations for threading the economic recovery needle, we see mREITs as a great hedge. At 15% discounts to book with 13% average yields, we see relatively little downside risk and plenty of reward if the stocks merely trend sideways....
At an extremely big-picture level, the mortgage REITs of today (generally speaking) are resilient yet counter-cyclical. Valuations have been punished by implicit market expectations of growth acceleration, but as the market tapers its own pro-cyclical growth expectations, we see this broadly left-for-dead sector worthy of materially more interest.
For its top mREIT picks, KBW lists CYS Investments (CYS) as "the best positioned mREIT to benefit from rates creeping lower rather than higher." For those remaining more cautious on the rate outlook KBW sees American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) and Capstead Mortgage Corp (CMO) having the most protected portfolios against rate volatility at the longer end of the curve.
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Tübingen has an inviting, almost serene character that belies its status as a traditional university town. But professors and wine growers, rebellious students and locals have not always shared the same space entirely peacefully. The town of the poet Hölderlin, however, has long reconciled the traditional chimes of the town hall carillon with the raucous guitars in the clubs.
Steep steps, narrow lanes and pointed gabled houses dominate the townscape from the old quarter all the way up to the castle. The lovingly restored medieval town centre, the bustling streets and the studenty vibe add plenty of character, and this is complemented by all the shops, pavement cafés, wine taverns, student bars, restaurants and inns. There is always something going on in Tübingen, hardly a surprise considering the 28,500 students that live in the town. The annual punt race around the Neckar river island guarantees plenty of riotous entertainment and is one of the most dramatic spectacles in Tübingen's events calendar. The first team to cross the finishing line wins a keg of beer, while the losing team has to drink half a litre of cod-liver oil – a typical example of student shenanigans!
Postcard scenes: the market square and Hölderlin tower
The most photographed spots in Tübingen are the historical buildings overlooking the Neckar river and the market square with the town hall and Neptune fountain. Tübingen's towering town hall was built as a three-storey building in 1435, extended upwards in 1508 and adorned with an ornate astronomical clock in 1511 that is still operational today. A punting trip on the Neckar affords great views of the picturesque waterfront and Hölderlin tower. The German poet Friedrich Hölderlin lived here from 1807 until his death in 1843 when he was being cared for by the family of the carpenter Ernst Zimmer. At the time he had been declared mentally unfit. Nowadays, the Hölderlin tower serves as a literary memorial and museum.
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The collection held by the Tübingen Kunsthalle is internationally renowned. It started as a private initiative by sisters Paula Zundel and Margarete Fischer-Bosch in the early 1970s. The gallery itself was established in memory of Paula's husband, the painter Georg Friedrich Zundel. Its appeal lies in the artistic tension created by an alternating programme of contemporary and modernist art. Tübingen Kunsthalle has attracted great international acclaim for its monographic exhibitions of world-famous artists, including such pioneers of Modernism as Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. The museum at Hohentübingen Castle, the Boxenstop Museum of Cars and Toys, plus other galleries, collections, theatres and festivals all shape Tübingen's vibrant cultural scene. Because if there's one thing that the locals, students, wine growers and professors do agree on, it's that everyone needs entertaining!
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- Last night Lindsay Lohan Tweeted, "Anyone else have a father that sells fake stories on them for money & dates a girl that works for tabloids?" Michael Lohan responded by declaring Lindsay's a drug addict at a press conference.
- Lindsay later removed the Tweets, in which she also accused Michael of never paying child support and said, "Don't you think he'd learn after years of being in jail on and off?" Michael addressed Lindsay in a X17 interview saying, "Nothing I say or do is anything but the truth. I don't live in denial. You Lindsay may live in denial and others may as well. If you want to discuss child support, don't even go there. I gave your mother the house, 250-thousand dollars and I have a judgment for 125-thousand against her. She owes my partners over 400-thousand dollars...and I pay lots of money off the books including clothing, tuition for Cody and Ali. I've never taken one red cent from you while other family members and people have. All I've done is try to help." [X17]
- Later today, Michael Lohan held a press conference in which he said Lindsay Lohan is "not okay" and told her enablers to "get the hell out of the way." He said he wants her to go to rehab on Long Island and claimed he has made a deal with Lindsay's lawyer, though she says she works for Lindsay, not Michael. [TMZ]
- Michael Lohan says he's flying to L.A. next week to try to convince Lindsay Lohan to enter rehab. [TMZ]
- Dina Lohan is furious about Michael Lohan's press conference, so naturally she complained to TMZ. "I have a criminal protective order against him 'til 2011. He's 1 year behind in child support and he's using this [Lindsay's problems] as a diversion," said Dina, adding, "Lindsay is in good hands. Everything is fine. He's trashing a child he doesn't even see." [TMZ]
- Lindsay Lohan responded to George Lopez joking about the mysterious powder in her shoes Tweeting, "Thanks for the childish comment regarding baby powder in my shoes to loosen up the leather. Don't you have kids? U wouldn't wanna hear that about them, or would you? Act like a grown man, have some respect and dignity for yourself." [Daily Express]
- A friend says Jesse James contacted tattoo model Kristen Gunn on MySpace after meeting her during a New Year's Eve party Sandra Bullock hosted at her restaurant in 2006. Jesse sent Kristen non-sexual texts for a few months, then flirted with her at another party before leaving with Sandra. Says the friend, "But the big shock came just two minutes after, when Jesse suddenly texted Kristin, 'You look so hot!' She was really taken aback - you had to figure Jesse and Sandra had just gotten in their car. It's pretty bold to send another woman a text like that with your wife sitting next to you! At that moment, Kristin obviously realized that Jesse wanted more than a friendship, and she's not that kind of person." [Star]
- Michelle McGee is taking $10 subscriptions for her new porn site, which is not up yet. A statement on the website reads, "To all the people that think Michelle planned this drama, we can assure that if she had planned it, we would have had our pay-site and merchandise store ready for public consumption... We were caught off guard, but we will have our full pay-site up in the next couple weeks." [Access Hollywood]
- It also says on the site that Michelle McGee will break her silence soon, or as it's put in the statement, "We...know that the entire world is waiting to hear from Michelle regarding all of the extreme bullshit that is being thrown around out there." [Us]
- At the link: Video of Jesse James' mistress Melissa Smith making out with women. [TMZ]
- A fifth Jesse James mistress is about to come forward. "She has been consulting attorneys and PR the past few days," said a source. "She may even come out this week." [Radar]
- Though Brigitte Daguerre's rep says she'll be selling pictures and doing interviews about her affair with Jesse James, she says, "I've had a few offers for $30,000 to tell my story, but I have turned the money down... This mess was a series of unfortunate events that I regret deeply. One of which was confiding in someone I thought was a friend. Most of what I have read and heard is untrue or wildly exaggerated." [Radar]
- Jesse James was stopped by a California Highway Patrol officer four days ago because his Mercedes had tinted windows and no front license plate. Jesse told the officer he was heading to Arizona to save his marriage, and he was let off with a warning. [TMZ]
- Dr. Drew Pinsky, who has never met Sandra Bullock or Jesse James says, "If I were treating Sandra I would advise her to leave Jesse James. They don't have a long life together, it's been a relatively short term relationship. There is no doubt to me that this relationship is over. Jesse is a sex addict and Sandra is a love addict. Sex addicts go for power and intensity, and that intensity is probably what attracted Sandra to Jesse. However, that intensity is not love, it's addiction. Sandra probably didn't give Jesse that level of intensity that he got with the mistresses." [Radar]
- Tiger Woods' mistress Joslyn James says she's planning to attend the Masters golf tournament, but she's also scheduled to appear at a nearby strip club during the tournament. [Vanity Fair]
- However, Elin Nordegren will not be attending the Masters. "She believes that Tiger just wants to play golf and not work on their marriage and now she's questioning his sincerity," said a source. "He publicly embarrassed her, humiliated her and she's stayed with him and called off the divorce." [Radar]
- Ricky Martin reportedly decided to out himself because a group of paparazzi were shopping photos that proved he's gay to tabloids. [Guanabee]
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- Heather Mills took the stand today to testify against Sara Trumble, a former nanny who is suing her for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal. Mills said she treated Trumble "like a daughter," and never mistreated her, so she must be suing her "purely to make money." [The Sun]
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- Madonna landed in Heathrow Airport yesterday with 25 pieces of luggage. [Telegraph]
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- Marion Cotillard and Rachel McAdams are in negotiations to star in Woody Allen's new untilted film. [Variety]
- Here's a clip from last night's DWTS in which Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani bicker and he says he's quitting. [People]
- Tracy Young reportedly dumped Kim Zolciak, "because Tracey was sick and tired of her constantly going back to Lee Najaar," a.k.a. Big Poppa. [Radar]
- Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady took their 3-month-old son Benjamin to Brazil to attend Gisele's twin sister's wedding. [People]
- The IRS has put a $31,000 tax lien on a company owned by Corey Feldman. [Detroit News]
- In Hong Kong today, Bruce Lee's wife and daughter unveiled an exhibition of his photos, movie posters, and personal items, including boxing head guard and a pair of sunglasses. [AP]
- Barbara Streisand will discuss her book My Passion for Design at Book Expo America. [Publisher's Weekly]
- Barbara Streisand wrote an editorial for the Huffington Post in which she criticizes the way the GOP handled the health care overhaul. She writes, "Republican's need to understand that elections matter—even when they don't win them. America voted overwhelming for Barack Obama because they wanted big change, and now they are getting it. The President deserves a chance to realize his agenda, and I hope that by the November mid-term election, Americans will see that Democrats are the only ones working to put forth policy initiatives to move our country forward." [HuffPo]
- A source claims Kristen Cavallari caught another woman in boyfriend Sam Nazarian's apartment, so, "She asked the girl who she was and they bonded immediately. She called Sam from her phone but then she had the other girl talk to him, so he was so freaked out. He was expecting Kristin's voice and then he got the voice of the girl he was cheating on her with!" [Radar]
- Jason Wahler has been charged with two counts of DUI after having two alcohol-related arrests in a month. He's facing six months in jail. [TMZ]
- Spencer Pratt says Heidi Montag was acting like a diva during a recent Hills photo shoot because, "She was sick and she didn't even want to go to that photo shoot!" A source says she brought four bodyguards because, "Spencer's been banned from the set... so Heidi feels safer with her security team around." [Us]
- Though the promo for The Hills shows Heidi Montag talking about divorcing Spencer Pratt, they aren't splitting up. "I was being dramatic," says Heidi. [People]
- Carrie Underwood says when she attends future husband Mike Fisher's hocked games, "Hopefully, I'll just be one of the wives." [CBS News]
- Elizabeth Hurley says she recently had dinner with David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservative Party. She says, "I think he's gorgeous. Super-sexy! He's very hands-on with his kids, very charismatic. Powerful folk can be sexy. I adore Bill Clinton; you know, naughty but nice with a very sexy voice. John Major was terribly dry and funny in the flesh too." [Daily Express]
- Pearl Jam is investing $210,000 to plant trees in Washington State to help slow climate change. "Pearl Jam is a band but we are also a business," said Gossard told Reuters "We're seeing ourselves as a Washington business, a regional business that is acknowledging its carbon footprint and hoping to inspire other businesses." [Reuters]
- Pete Doherty says of The Libertines' upcoming reunion, "Potentially it's a fucking disaster - it's a tinder box waiting to go up. I think we need to be honest with each other and speak up if something is happening that no one else agrees with and, rather than just wander off in silence and let get everything get messy, just be honest." [Daily Express]
- Lost's Nestor Carbonell says it was hard not to spoil last week's episode for his family. He says, "There's only so much you can say. If you say anything about that time period, you're kind of giving away hints of [Richard's] origin. I didn't even tell my wife. Oh, my wife: Typically she doesn't want to know, but this time she kind of wanted to know a little ahead of time. But I said, 'You know what? You've waited this long, just wait until it airs.' She knew I was wearing a wig and I'd let my beard grow. And, God knows, she and the kids had to deal with my beard for three weeks." [N.Y. Magazine]
- "My passion is so strong I can't sleep - I haven't slept for three days. I lie in bed and try to pray and breathe. I have a very overactive mind. I'm the sort of person who'd never take medication to calm myself. It's maddening. But I love what comes out... If my destiny is to lose my mind because of fame, then that's my destiny. But my passion still means more than anything. For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance." — Lady Gaga [MTV UK]
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In the first part of this series of blogs—The Biggest Trap Advisors Face When Marketing Themselves—I suggested why widening your client prospect net may be self-defeating, resulting in a lower close rate. In this blog, the second and final in the series, I'll explore why that's the case, and how you can find a path out of the wider net trap.
So what's the path out of the wider net trap? To understand the way out, it's first necessary to better understand why the wider-net marketing approach is so ineffective at converting prospects into clients in the first place.
The fundamental issue with the wider net problem is that by doing everything for everyone, the advisor is not uniquely differentiated as being the best at anything for anyone. For instance, imagine a world with five advisors: the first specializes in doctors, the second specializes in entrepreneurs, the third specializes in teachers, and the fourth and fifth are generalists who will do anything for anyone.
Now imagine what happens when a doctor who needs a financial advisor begins the process of searching for one. The doctor will likely interview three of the advisors—the one that specializes in doctors, and the two generalists, since it doesn't make sense for the doctor to see advisors who specialize in teachers or entrepreneurs.
At the end of the process of interviewing advisors, which of the advisors will have the most credibility for being able to solve the doctor's problems? Which is most likely to have worked with other doctors the prospect knows and trusts for referrals/references? And who's most likely to win the doctor's business: the advisor who specializes in the precise needs of that doctor, or the two generalists who do anything/everything for anyone/everyone? The answer seems pretty clear: the advisor who specializes in doctors is going to win over the overwhelming majority of doctors as clients, compared to the other two.
Now imagine that an entrepreneur begins the search for a financial advisor. The entrepreneur will likely interview three of the advisors—the one that specializes in entrepreneurs, and the two generalists, as clearly it doesn't make sense for the entrepreneur to see advisors who specialize in teachers or doctors. At the end of the process of interviewing advisors, which of the advisors will have the most credibility for being able to solve the entrepreneur's problems? Which is most likely to have worked with other entrepreneurs the prospect knows and trusts for referrals/references? And who's most likely to win the entrepreneur's business: the advisor who specializes in the precise needs of that entrepreneur, or the two generalists who do anything/everything for anyone/everyone?
The answer again is pretty clear: the advisor who specializes in entrepreneurs is going to win over the overwhelming majority of entrepreneurs, compared to the other two.
Now imagine that a teacher begins the search for a financial advisor. The teacher will likely interview three of the advisors—the one that specializes in teachers, and the two generalists, as clearly it doesn't make sense for the teacher to see advisors who specialize in entrepreneurs or doctors. And once again, the likely outcome of this process is clear: the advisor who specializes in teachers is overwhelmingly likely to win the prospective client's business.
The end result of this process: by casting the net wider and wider, the generalist advisors have more and more prospect meetings, but it simply leads them to lose out on more and more business to other advisors that are perceived to be more specialized, trustworthy, competent, expert, and capable of solving each particular client's problems. Note that in the end, each of the specialists had one meeting and got one client, while the generalists each had 3 meetings and no clients. The generalists worked drastically harder doing more prospecting for clients, with drastically inferior results.
Sure, in the real world the generalist advisors can and do still win a client here and there, since not every potential client has a specialist who serves them in the first place, but that would clearly be an uphill battle. And as more advisors become specialists over time, the pool of prospective clients who don't have a specialist serving them shrinks. If the advisor responds by trying to cast the net wider, the paradoxical end result will just be an increase in prospective client meetings but not an increase in new clients, as the generalist advisor loses out to competition that is more targeted, more specialized and more likely to be perceived by the prospective client as the ideal solution.
Crafting a Niche
So how does the advisor escape from the paradoxical trap of the wider net? Simply put, by turning around 180 degrees and moving in the opposite direction, with a goal to become more specific, specialized and focused. The goal is to spend less time in meetings with prospective clients, but become so focused that the advisor wins the overwhelming majority of the prospects that are seen, because now the advisor is the specialist with the best solution that attracts clients away from the generalists.
In other words, this is why the movement towards specialization and having a "niche" matters so much. In a world where just being a financial planner was a differentiator—as was the case for the past several decades—the mere fact that the advisor could credibly claim to offer the service was sufficient.
In today's marketplace, where the number of financial planners is drastically higher, differentiation is being pushed to the next stage. For consumers, it's no longer just about getting a financial planner, but a financial planner who's specialized enough to solve my personal needs and problems. The age of the generalist is coming to an end; the age of the specialist has begun.
It's worth noting that yes, you can still "specialize" in being a generalist. The model exists in other professions, like doctors who are general practitioners. But remember in the medical world, the generalists typically earn less than the specialists, and have been under pressure for years. If they succeed, they do so in part because they specialize in being a generalist: someone who can provide an initial review of the situation, and refer the patient out to the necessary specialists, which in turn means the business model for generalists would likely resemble a simple, low-cost fee-for-service model that virtually always ends in a referral to another (higher priced and more specialized) advisor, which may not be an appealing business model future for today's generalists!
And bear in mind as well, even that generalist position for doctors only works in part because the medical system is increasingly subsidizing the cost of seeing a general practitioner for a regular checkup (i.e., low co-pays or no payment required at all for an annual check-up), because the insurers have found preventive care is less expensive for them in the long run.
In other words, one might say that the primary reason general practitioners in medicine remain successful is because insurers are trying to get patients to use them for a lower price rather than see a specialist at a higher price. Which doesn't exactly paint the most bullish picture for the career of the general (financial advisor) practitioner, especially when there is no insurance coverage to steer consumers in their direction as a first step.
Getting From Generalist to Specialist
For the advisor who's starting a practice from scratch, the natural implication of this evolution is to recognize that, from the outset, starting to craft a niche is probably a very good idea. No, that doesn't mean the new practitioner has to turn down every prospective client who doesn't fit the niche as they try to build their business; when starting out, any new client and business revenue is often crucial. But the point is that, done well, there frankly shouldn't be very many non-niche prospects and referrals in the first place. The new practitioner should recognize that spending time with prospective clients outside the niche is likely to have a much lower success rate. While it's good to get any clients possible when starting out, be careful not to waste too much time meeting with prospective clients whose business you're not realistically going to win in the first place…especially when that time could be better spent building relationships in your niche instead!
For established advisors who already have some client base, but would like to grow it further and are struggling to do so, the options are more plentiful. Advisors in this position have a choice: to point the practice in a new direction towards a new target niche, or to look at the existing client base where there may already be a partial niche, and steer the business further down that path.
If you already have a number of entrepreneur clients, and you enjoy working with them, you can expand in that direction. If you have a lot of doctors, or teachers, or executives or workers from a large local company where you know their retirement plan and employee benefits cold, you can expand one of those. The business doesn't have to be reinvented from scratch (unless you wish to do so); it can simply be tweaked and adjusted in a direction where there's already been some success, to build more.
As with the new advisor, this doesn't mean the established advisor will automatically turn away any other referrals and business opportunities that come along. But again, if the practice is doing a good job focusing on the niche, most or all of the prospective clients who get referred should be in the niche anyway, and with a much higher close ratio than the non-niche referrals.
The bottom line, though, is simply this: as financial planning continues to grow, just being a financial planner is no longer the differentiator it once was.
Instead, advisors who want to grow and succeed from here must differentiate themselves further, by demonstrating to a certain target clientele why that advisor is truly more focused, more specialized and more capable than the competition. The only way to do that is to craft a niche accordingly.
Going in the opposite direction, and casting the net wider to deal with struggling growth, will only lead to the paradoxical result of an increase in prospects and activity, but not an increase in new clients. Focusing in on a niche provides an opportunity to work smarter, instead of just working harder.


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- An integrated architecture for shallow and deep processing (2002)
- We present an architecture for the integration of shallow and deep NLP components which is aimed at flexible combination of different language technologies for a range of practical current and future applications. In particular, we describe the integration of a high-level HPSG parsing system with different high-performance shallow components, ranging from named entity recognition to chunk parsing and shallow clause recognition. The NLP components enrich a representation of natural language text with layers of new XML meta-information using a single shared data structure, called the text chart. We describe details of the integration methods, and show how information extraction and language checking applications for realworld German text benefit from a deep grammatical analysis.
- Customizing GermaNet for the use in deep linguistic processing (2001)
- In this paper we show an approach to the customization of GermaNet to the German HPSG grammar lexicon developed in the Verbmobil project. GermaNet has a broad coverage of the German base vocabulary and fine-grained semantic classification; while the HPSG grammar lexicon is comparatively small und has a coarse-grained semantic classification. In our approach, we have developed a mapping algorithm to relate the synsets in GermaNet with the semantic sorts in HPSG. The evaluation result shows that this approach is useful for the lexical extension of our deep grammar development to cope with real-world text understanding.
- Corpora and evaluation tools for multilingual named entity grammar development (2003)
- We present an effort for the development of multilingual named entity grammars in a unification-based finite-state formalism (SProUT). Following an extended version of the MUC7 standard, we have developed Named Entity Recognition grammars for German, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, English, and Czech. The grammars recognize person names, organizations, geographical locations, currency, time and date expressions. Subgrammars and gazetteers are shared as much as possible for the grammars of the different languages. Multilingual corpora from the business domain are used for grammar development and evaluation. The annotation format (named entity and other linguistic information) is described. We present an evaluation tool which provides detailed statistics and diagnostics, allows for partial matching of annotations, and supports user-defined mappings between different annotation and grammar output formats.


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Salad with Chipotle Hummus
November 6, 2011 at 6:08 pm 2 comments
With all the greens, tomatoes and onions we get in our $2 Produce Bags, I've been eating a lot of salad! One of my favorite "dressings' is acutally hummus and other bean based spreads. They add a lot of flavor and nutrition to the salad compared to traditional dressings.
If you have a food processor, it is super easy and cheap to make your own hummus! I've made a couple changes to traditional hummus by using peanut butter instead of tahini. Just make sure you don't use peanut butter that has sugar. Natural Peanut Butter will have oil on top and a quick tip is to store the bottle up side down before you open it which will make it easier to stir. You can cook your own beans/chickpeas or used canned. If you use canned, you can heat them up in the microwave first so they'll be hot. If you don't like heat, you can omit the Chipotle and add some Chili Powder.
Chipotle Hummus
- 2 large cloves garlic
- 1 t Tony's creole seasoning
- ¼ t cumin
- ¼ t coriander
- 2 c HOT chickpeas (reserve ½ c cooking liquid)
- 1-2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce or 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 4 T tahini or peanut butter
- 2-4 T chickpea cooking liquid as needed or Olive Oil if you aren't watching your calories
- Juice of 2 limes ( around 3 T )
- ¼ c chopped cilantro (optional)
- Salt/pepper to taste
- Pulse garlic and tony's in food processor until garlic paste is formed
- add the rest of the ingredients and puree until totally smooth
- Taste and adjust seasoning. Add more lime juice if needed.
Another way I love eating hummus is rolled up in greens. You can use Collards, Lettuce, Kale or Chard.
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Install Puppy Linux to a Flash Drive using the CD
In this simple USB Puppy Linux tutorial we illustrate how to easily Create a Puppy Linux USB Flash Drive using the Universal installer included on the Puppy Linux CD. Puppy is a unique Linux compilation created by Barry Kauler. It is super small, yet contains many useful tools and utilities. Most versions of Puppy Linux will fit on a 256MB USB stick. Making it great to install to those older tiny thumb drives you might have sitting around.


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DARTMOUTH — Friendly's in South Dartmouth abruptly closed its doors for good after 42 years Monday morning, leaving ice cream lovers out in the cold and the restaurant's 22 employees searching for new jobs.
DARTMOUTH — Friendly's in South Dartmouth abruptly closed its doors for good after 42 years Monday morning, leaving ice cream lovers out in the cold and the restaurant's 22 employees searching for new jobs.
"Basically, last night, we got a phone call saying 'Don't come to work,'" said Nicole Albano, who had been a waitress at the restaurant for about a year. "I don't know why. We have a lot of loyal customers."
Albano and five other former employees clustered outside the Dartmouth Street Friendly's Monday afternoon, shooting cellphone pictures of the frame that held the now-removed sign and asking each other where to look for new waitressing jobs.
A district manager inside the store referred a reporter to Friendly's Ice Cream LLC spokeswoman Lynn Bolton, who said sluggish sales provoked the closure.
"The South Dartmouth restaurant was not performing as well as we hoped so we made the decision to close this location ...," Bolton wrote in an email. "We are in the process of placing these employees in other area Friendly's restaurants."
The restaurant opened in 1970, Bolton said.
The employees outside the Friendly's Monday afternoon said they had not been told of any job placement assistance, however. A few said they shrugged off the news because they have second jobs but others said the closure would leave them reeling.
"I've got probation fees and now I have no money," said Ashley Sylvia, who worked as an ice cream server.
The Wilbraham-based company does not plan to shut down other Friendly's restaurants in the area, Bolton said.
A sign on the closed South Dartmouth restaurant directed patrons to the Fairhaven location off Huttleston Avenue. There is also a Friendly's on Route 6 in North Dartmouth.
Friendly's, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, has shut down a number of stores in recent years. The company shuttered 63 locations, including restaurants in Wareham and Taunton, last year, and about 30 more stores in the western part of the state and in Connecticut closed in January.
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Why was the WB's show "Birds of Prey" cancelled after 13 episodes? Bridget looks at some possible reasons with a dash of her own opinionated beliefs.
I re-watched the WB series Birds of Prey. It's based off the DC comics by the same name starring leading ladies, Batgirl, Black Canary, and Huntress. The show has an older Batgirl as Oracle; Black Canary's telepath daughter Dinah; and Huntress, daughter of Batman and Catwoman.
So why was it cancelled after 13 episodes?
The writing was bad. The villainess would cackle her plans to ridiculous metahuman henchmen, never truly touching upon what she actually wanted. To take over New Gotham? Ok, but why?
It was so painfully cheesy as to be cringe-worthy. Helena (Huntress) was a bit too flat to be interesting. Plus, every time she enters a fight, there's an obvious CG zoom in to her eye going all cat-like. We know she's Catwoman's daughter, but since when did Catwoman have that annoying trait?
I think the worst element was the psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel who turned out to be (Spoiler!) Harley Quinn, the Joker's sidekick/lover. As soon as it is revealed who she is to the viewer, it seems that all Mia Sara's acting skills were thrown out the window. Whether this was due to the acting or script or direction, I don't know. But soon she's making it incredibly obvious that she's a villain. Even her voice changes.
Then you've got Dinah, the teen, the progeny of the Black Canary. Why didn't they just use...the Black Canary? One can only wonder if Dinah was merely a gateway to get teenage viewers interested in watching the series, like Wendy and Marvin in Super Friends (circa 1973).
The show relied heavily on CG for battles and the city backgrounds--which was distracting. Perhaps if it was done today, they could in fact CG the crap out of the sets to make it look like New Gotham. And there's another facet I have a beef with. Why "New Gotham"? If you're going to use all Gotham-related characters, just put them in Gotham!
Perhaps what irks me the most about Birds of Prey is wasted potential.
The series did end with quite a fun fight scene in the women's headquarters, although this part too is laced with camp (like awkward Power-Rangers-esque sound effects and slow mo, and the inexplicable way the characters can leap up to a second story with no superpowers to speak of).
A DVD was released in 2008, so fans could rejoice. However this good news was dampened by the fact that many of the songs, including the rockish theme song, were replaced by far inferior tracks.
If I were to re-start this show (which the source material deserves), the baddies would be more believable. I wouldn't rely so heavily on CG. Each of the main characters would have more personality traits to make them realistic. Oh, and I wouldn't have such emphasis on the love interest for each female character, which made it feel more like 90210 or Dawson's Creek than a superhero show.


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Thanks to the European physics research center CERN, up to 30 high school students will be able to provide an exceptional answer when asked "what did you do over your summer vacation?" CERN is running a contest that will give a team of students the chance to use the output of one of its proton accelerators. If you or your child ever had some creative ideas about what you could smash with a bunch of 25GeV protons, now's your chance to speak up.
While the LHC is still shut down for upgrades, it's only the last step of a long chain of accelerators that feeds the collider protons already moving fairly quickly. One of them is the Proton Synchrotron. When it was built, the Proton Synchrotron was at the cutting edge of high-energy physics, but it was soon eclipsed by even larger machines. Since then, however, it's been used as an intermediary in CERN's accelerator chain, feeding 25GeV protons into lower energy experiments or into larger accelerators that boost them to higher speeds.
CERN is now allowing groups of students aged 16 and up to design an experiment that they can do with the protons from the Proton Synchrotron. The team with the winning proposal will get to fly nine of its members to Geneva at CERN's expense, where the team will get to help put their proposal into action. Proposals will be judged by whether they're creative and have a good scientific foundation, as well as whether they're technically feasible (sorry, no smashing protons into sharks). Anybody interested in taking part has to act quickly—the contest closes at the end of the month.


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Archive - Sep 3, 2013
Here is a good recording of the great organ at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Louis Vierne, the composer of the piece, was organist there for many years.
Read how Vierne fulfilled a life-long dream and died on the E-flat.
Just listen to the first few seconds to get a feel for the anger and frustration that he poured out in some of his works. For more of the same, troll ahead to 4:45. This is a great example of a piece that was written for a particular instrument (this Cavaille-Coll organ) and falls flat on anything less.
It was quite a day when I went into Notre Dame cathedral eleven years ago. First, I looked up at the massive rose window, a moment that caused me to gasp. One of those Grand Canyon moments. Unforgettable. Then, the organ sounded. I could have died happy right then.
While you have the volume up, try out this recent spine-tingling version of the Welsh national anthem sung at a rugby match--a much better recording than I have posted previously.
Oh, I found more! Here are the national anthems sung before a rugby match between England and South Africa. Stick around for the beautiful South African anthem.


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Best Practices for Mobile Applications Developers
UPDATE: CDT and FPF released the final version of these best practices on July 12, 2012. The final document can be found here.
Today, CDT and the Future of Privacy Forum publicly released a beta version of their "Best Practices for Mobile Application Developers." We have been working on this guidance over the past year in consultation with stakeholders from industry and civil society, both in the United States and abroad. We hope that this document can serve as a primer for developers who are interested in preserving their customers' privacy but who aren't necessarily privacy experts themselves.
We started on this project because of heightened privacy issues in the mobile environment. Application developers can access a considerably broader range of information about users than traditional web developers. Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that of the top 101 apps, most were transmitting personal information about users, such as unique device identifiers, age, gender, and precise geo-location information to third parties. Research from the Future of Privacy Forum has shown that even in the most popular applications, less than half have privacy policies detailing what they do with customer data.
The best practices are based on long-established privacy principles that we believe should apply to everyone who collects and processes individual information, not just mobile developers. Among the recommendations that we make to developers are:
- Be completely transparent about how you are using or transmitting customer data
- Don't access more data than you need, and get rid of old data
- Give your customers control over uses that users might not expect
- Use reasonable and up-to-date security protocols to safeguard data
- As the app developer, you need to be responsible for thinking about privacy, and taking privacy into consideration during the various stages of your app life cycle
This is not a final pronouncement on our view as to what app developer best practices are. We're soliciting public comment on this draft — if you have feedback, please send your thoughts to [email protected]


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Does Cooking Make You Gay?
Easy-Bake Ovens are not traditionally marketed to boys. The commercials (see below) are festive and feminine, with girls grinning ear to ear as they bake mini pizzas and cupcakes with a high-powered light bulb. The colors on the box are pink, the spokesperson's voice is female. A little boy watching a commercial for an Easy-Bake Oven should roll his eyes or make a fart noise with his mouth to assert his masculinity. Unless that little boy leans closer to the screen, scratches his head and wonders how he can tell his mother or father that he doesn't want a bicycle for Hanukkah or a Light Bright. He wants an Easy-Bake Oven so he can learn to cook.
Not that I know from experience or anything. During my childhood, I was too busy collecting Garbage Pail Kids and playing Nintendo to worry over my lack of an Easy-Bake Oven. OK, I'll confess, my curiosity was piqued, but I suppressed that part of myself. I suppressed it much the same way I suppressed my desire for a Bedazzler or my secret wish for a little sister whom I could dress up. When my younger brother was born, I ran to the car as my dad pulled up with the news and asked, "Is he a she?" (He was, and still is, a he.)
The desire to cook, though, ran deeper than the desire to do these other things. My mom recalls that when she fed me my baby food, I'd begin to bawl when the little jar was empty. "You loved food," she says. "We really worried you'd be fat your whole life."
So there was a love of food from the very beginning but no way to requite it. The kitchen was a forbidden zone, both for me and anyone else. No one cooked in my family, and the oldest son wasn't going to be the one to lead the revolution. It took distance and college and time before I could brave my way into the kitchen. Is it a coincidence that my coming out of the closet junior year coincided perfectly with my coming out as a cook? The two events, while seemingly unrelated, certainly fed into each other. As a gay man, I didn't have to operate within the confines of my gender. My unwillingness to play football at Thanksgiving was now acceptable and so was my newfound enthusiasm for artisanal cheese, cold-pressed olive oil, and Niçoise olives.
What's fascinating, however, is that the struggle I went through doesn't translate as clearly in the world of restaurant chefs. While men cooking at home frequently raise an eyebrow, restaurant chefs are, if anything, considered more masculine for what they do. Who's gruffer than Anthony Bourdain? Who's more brazen than Mario Batali? And look at how those Japanese Iron Chefs wield their knives like action stars.
Restaurant kitchens are like fraternities, particularly in how they haze their recruits. One need only read Bill Buford's Heat or Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential to become aware of the testosterone-fueled world of restaurant cooking. When I worked as a waiter in Atlanta, all the waiters were either women or gay men, and all the chefs were straight. The dynamic between the front of the house (welcoming, accommodating, warm) and the back of the house (hostile, angry, aggressive) provides a perfect model for the dynamic at play here: It's Grandma vs. Godzilla. You can see why alpha males are drawn to restaurant cooking (just watch Top Chef) and you can also see why so many gay men, who are famously affable, funny, and amusing, make good home chefs.
Of course we're speaking in generalities here. There are plenty of alpha-male gay men, and there are plenty of effeminate straight male restaurant chefs. I asked food blogger David Lebovitz, who spent many years as a chef at Chez Panisse, and he said, "Anthony Bourdain wrote in his first book that in a professional kitchen, all that matters after the first few hours is that you can do the job. Most people no longer care what color you are or if you're a homo. If you can get the job done, then you're in."
I believe that. But it's hard to ignore the dearth of openly gay male chefs working in restaurants today. Of all the famous chefs launched by the Food Network and Bravo, how many are openly gay men? I can name one: Ted Allen. But he's not a restaurant chef, he's a home chef. And you can see his confidence flounder when placed alongside a straight bulldog like Jeffrey Steingarten at the Iron Chef's judging table. Steingarten (not a chef, but a distinguished food writer) wipes the floor with him every time, and Ted Allen's credibility is immediately called into question. Who is this guy? What's his pedigree? He was on Queer Eye and he has a cookbook. Big whoop.
Home cooking, then, is a locus of much anxiety for many men in our culture. Gay men embrace it because they can, but what about straight men? Is it effeminizing for straight men to spend more time in the kitchen than watching sports in the den? Does cooking at home make you gay?
That question is purposely naïve. Of course cooking at home doesn't make you gay any more than skeet shooting makes you straight. It's really a question of perception: how do we perceive the man who cooks at home in our society? Is it still effeminizing? Does it denote a lack of ferocity, of authority, of the basic male instinct to hunt the food rather than prepare it?
Straight men who cook are often seen as more tender-hearted, more sensitive. Think of movies: How do you establish a male character's softer side in a movie? Show him cooking. Think of the cooking scenes in The Godfather and Goodfellas. What's more character-defining, chopping a guy's head off with a butcher knife or slicing garlic with a razor? Even Tony Soprano takes pride in manning his grill. True, the grill is a different thing altogether. It's as far away from the Easy-Bake Oven as you can get.
Perhaps, then, the Kinsey Scale of cooking lies between these two points. Are you more Easy-Bake or Weber? More light bulb or charcoal? The answer probably says less about your sexuality than it does about your food. You can't really get a good char with a light bulb.
Here's a bonus Easy-Bake commercial for you.


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Sally's West Coast Chili
We often have chili cook-offs at our church, so we trade lots of different recipes. I was always mixing and matching ingredients and experimenting, trying to come up with an original recipe that would be a little different. That's how I developed this one, and I never fail to get compliments on it! —Sally Grisham, Murray, Kentucky
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Cook: 3 hours
Makes12 servings (4 quarts)
- 1 pound sliced bacon, diced
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 cup chili sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 4 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder, optional
- 3 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- In a Dutch oven, cook bacon until crisp; remove to paper towels to drain. Reserve 3 tablespoons drippings.
- Brown beef in drippings. Add onions; cook until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Return bacon to pan. Stir in the next 12 ingredients.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until meat is tender, about 3 hours.
- Add beans and heat through. Discard bay leaf. Garnish with cheddar cheese.
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Dec 3, 2009
If you like barbecue, this is the chili for you! I will be making this again.I made this for a chili cook-off at work. It didn't win with the judge because it "didn't taste like traditional chili", but it was a crowd favorite. Lots of coworkers asked for the recipe.I don't own a Dutch oven, so I made it in a 5.5 qt saute pan and it worked great.
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Hector Lombard (29-2-1) is headed back to his second home.
Sources close to negotiations today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the Bellator middleweight champion has received permission to take a fight against "The Ultimate Fighter 7" veteran Jesse Taylor (19-6) late this summer.
The bout is targeted for an Australian Fighting Championship event expected for Aug. 27, likely in Melbourne, Australia. The promotion's broadcast plans are unknown at this time.
Lombard most recently was seen in the cage this past month at Bellator 44, where he knocked out Falaniko Vitale in a non-title bout. The two got off to a very slow start while circling each other for two rounds without much offense. Lombard, though, eventually landed a crushing right hand.
The Cuban native has defended his Bellator belt once with a decision victory over Alexander Shlemenko at Bellator 34. He also holds the middleweight title in the Australia-based Cage Fighting Championship and has defended it seven times during an unbeaten streak that's stretched nearly four years.
An emigrant to Australia from his native country, Lombard, a former Olympian in Judo, spends the bulk of his time in Coconut Creek, Fla., where he moved several years ago to train with American Top Team.
Taylor, meanwhile, enjoys a five-fight win streak that includes a win under the AFC banner. He most recently dispatched UFC and PRIDE vet Denis Kang at "Battlefield Fight League 8: Island Beatdown" this past month and defeated former UFC middleweight champ Murilo Bustamante 11 months before at "Impact FC 2: The Uprising 2."
Since his release from the UFC in 2008, Taylor has gone 13-3 while shuffling between welterweight, middleweight and even light heavyweight.
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By Katherine foreman – People.com
Blogged By Rebecca Booker
When it comes to keeping her first child active, Olympian Alysia Montaño is off to a running start.
On Thursday, the former University of California track star, 28, ran the 800-meter race during the U.S. Track and Field Championships — at 8 months pregnant.
"I've been running throughout my pregnancy and I felt really, really good during the whole process," Montaño told ESPN following her prenatal dash. "I just didn't want to get lapped and be the first person to get lapped in the 800."
Though the five-time national champion didn't beat her 2010 personal record of 1:57.34, the mom-to-be wasn't that far behind. While maintaining a steady pace and hauling an extra 30 pounds, she still managed to clock in at 2:32.13, with a roaring audience ovation to carry her to the finish line.
Holding onto her winning title may not have been the goal, but Montaño still made sure to plan the run out with her physician prior to the race.
"That took away any fear of what the outside world might think about a woman running during her pregnancy," she explained. "What I found out mostly was that exercising during pregnancy is actually much better for the mom and the baby."
This time around she won't be able to share a medal with her newborn, but the experience will make for a great bedtime story.
"I did all the things I normally do … I just happened to be pregnant. This is my normal this year."


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KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono's Ancient Roman-themed arsenal EX DEO will release its sophomore album, "Caligvla", on August 31 via Austria's Napalm Records. The CD is being recorded with producer Jean-François Dagenais (KATAKLYSM, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX, DESPISED ICON) and will feature guest appearances by Italian singer Mariangela "Mary" Demurtas of Norway's TRISTANIA and Italian guitar virtuoso Francesco Artusato from ALL SHALL PERISH. The artwork and layout for the album will be handled by classic artist Seth (SEPTICFLESH).
"Caligvla" track listing:
01. I, Caligvla
02. The Tiberius Cliff (Exile To Capri)
03. Per Oculos Aquila
04. Pollice Verso (Damnatio Ad Bestia)
05. Divide Et Impera
06. Burned To Serve As Nocturnal Light
07. Teutuborg (Ambush Of Varus)
08. Along The Appian Way
09. Once Were Romans
10. Evocatio: The Temple Of Castor & Pollux
Iacono recently completed laying down vocals for "Caligvla". He said in a Facebook posting, "It wasn't without any hard work, blood and sweat and also close to a fainting spell after one of the hardest-longest screams I ever made. Ten days of vocal tracking, some of my best work in my career, the gods will be pleased … Some solos are left, some guest appearances to track and we start mixing this beast, should be all done by end of March.. Eight months in the making, people. Soon we will give the metal world a well-deserved punishment!!"
EX DEO recently canceled its participation in the "Paganfest America Part III" tour with TURISAS, ALESTORM, ARKONA and HUNTRESS.
Commented Iacono: "We were all excited to play this festival and premier some new material, but unfortunately our new album, 'Caligvla', has been delayed, and we need to finish it and make it perfect. Add to that, the KATAKLYSM DVD is also on its final production phase... We decided it would be best to concentrate on giving every bit of attention to the album you have been waiting for, and also for the KATAKLYSM documentary to kick major ass. This being said, we will still perform with EX DEO on the Montreal [April 1 at Club Soda] and Toronto [April 2 at The Opera House] shows with Paganfest, as we will be in studio in the area, closing up the album 'Caligvla'. Everything else is cancelled for EX DEO. We will return to support the album in the fall... Word from Rome is that the plans are already in motion for world conquest! We ask our fans to support Paganfest and the great bands playing this year!"
EX DEO last year completed a North American tour with NILE, PSYCROPTIC and KEEP OF KALESSIN.
"Romulus", the debut album from EX DEO, landed at position No. 90 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.


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Sometimes you can't help but wonder who wrote the rulebook on how many members a band should consist of and what tools they should use to construct their sound, whatever the structure or end result may be.
Because whoever did probably wasn't thinking about the countless possibilities that can be conjured up if you go beyond the accepted norm, push the boundaries a little, or as management consultants would put it, think outside of the box a little.
Nottingham ensemble The Hellset Orchestra have clearly done that as this download-only single sounds like nothing you've ever heard before or ever likely to hear again. Why? Well, if you were to build some kind of earthly being with the mindset of Frank Zappa, the musical skills of Mozart, the intrinsic band harmonising of My Life Story and musical dramatology of_ Jesus Christ Superstar_, this would be it. So have you heard anything like it before? Thought not...
Available from the band's website HERE
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The American presidency has grown in power almost continuously since the outbreak of World War II. The executive has risen from being simply the chief magistrate of the government to be being a quasi-legislative force, a leader who pushes an aggressive legislative agenda as well as enforcing the laws passed by the legislature. The president is frequently referred to as "the most powerful person in the world," or "the leader of the free world." Such appellations represent far more than good PR. They are statements of fact that the president of the United States has drastically more power and authority than any other individual on Earth. For that reason certainly, presidents should be restricted to a single term of office.


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