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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Flueberry Frumble Frie
One of the things me and Tony really love doing is laughing at each other and ourselves - it's a constant hobby and one we thoroughly enjoy. Plus, since we're really such bumbling fools-at-heart, there is really no end to material - it just rolls on in. One of Tony's specialty areas is the way in which he is forever reinventing names for something I've cooked in the past. On the weekends especially, he is always asking if I'm making this, that, or the other thing - because he is clearly calorie deprived and it is the weekend after all, hint hint.
So, these are some of the items he is constantly asking me to make:
Cloofette [That would mean the delectable Clafoutis.]
Scuffle Cake [Yeah, that's actually Souffle. I know.]
Oofda Eggs [Uh huh. This is Oeufs en Cocotte - sounds a bit more elegant the latter way, oui?]
Geejooblah Chocolate [Okay. Not self explanatory. Translation IS! Gianduja. Sinful.]
There are SO many more, and now I wish I'd written them down because I can't tell you how entertaining and mind boggling some of them are - I mean, Scuffle Cake? Almost a travesty. But not in this household. I'm not sure if it's just Guy Speak and he's determined to NOT remember the name of any fancy schmancy dish on purpose, or, if he's just trying to invent the most preposterous name he can possibly think of - to chap my ass and then make me giggle. Either way, it obviously works, huh?
Well anyway, I made a Flueberry Frumble Frie - better known to most of you as Blueberry Crumble Pie and is was so damn good I ran down the street without my pants on. Similar to the cherry dish that I just made - I asked Tony ahead of time if he liked blueberries. Well, what do YOU think? NO, of course - doesn't like them, never has, never liked blueberry pie, and blah blee blah blee I didn't even listen to the rest of it because what is the point. And afterward, of course, what do YOU think? He frickin' loved it. So then he ran down the street without his pants on.
Flueberry Frumble Frie (aka Blueberry Crumble Pie)
We adored this pie and it didn't last long in the house, it was such a treat. The filling is very sweet and satisfying - the touch of lemon zest is just divine. And the crumble topping? OH THE CRUMBLE TOPPING. Heavenly. Perfect. Lovely. So much better than a typical pie crust topping. The only downside to the pie is that we couldn't leave it alone - it was one of those desserts that when you have it around, it's addicting. So - you love it, but you hate it. Which means - it is really, really, REALLY good. And makes you run down the street without your pants on, apparently.
2 pints blueberries
2/3 c. sugar
3 t. cornstarch
1/2 t. finely chopped lemon zest
3/4 c. AP flour
1/2 c. dark brown sugar
6 T. butter, cut into small pieces
Use this crust recipe, with baking instructions below
Crumble: combine flour and sugar in processor until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture forms a crumble, don't over mix. Keep in fridge until ready to use.
Filling: in large bowl, combine all ingredients. Using back of a large spoon, crush about 20% of the blueberries to release the juices and thicken the filling.
Pie/crust: Preheat oven to 350F. Take your prepared pie tin (with dough in the tin, ready for baking, make sure you've poked holes in bottom of crust w/ fork) and line the dough with aluminum foil; fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until crimped edges are firm, about 10 minutes; remove foil and weights and bake until bottom is firm, about 10 minutes. Fill the crust with berry mixture and top with the crumble. Place on a lined baking sheet and baked until filling starts to bubble, 1 - 1 1/4 hours. Remove, and cool on a wire rack. Adapted from Martha Stewart. ENJOY!
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Ooooh, so freautiful! The first picture looks like the edge of a lovely flueberry lake. You guys are too much fun. This recipe definitely looks like a keeper.
- August 16, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Mmm...blueberry crumble pie. Sounds divine!
My husband can't pronounce some fancy dessert names either. It took him forever to get 'profiterole.'
- August 16, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Ooh, looks gorgeous. I love crumble, I love pie, and evidently they make fine bedfellows. My OH couldn't pronounce 'syllabub' at first, now he purposely says it wrong because for some reason I find it hysterical. Go figure :)
- August 16, 2008 at 11:40 PM
what a crazy name and love the invented names too! Cloofette rocks.
by the way, this looks like a really rich and the most ultimate blueberry crumble i've ever seeen. i'm totally keeping this recipe. i mean, save this for a rainy day and maybe knock the socks and pants of my dream boy. JOKES. x
- August 17, 2008 at 2:19 AM
- Shaye said...
Ok, I'm so making this for a family reunion tomorrow! Awesome!
(And what is it about those Y-chromosome bearers? One of mine renamed Tabbouleh to "Kablooey!")
- August 17, 2008 at 4:42 AM
Yep, it's the male chromosome thing like others have said. I make quinoa salad and my husband calls it Keno Rice. WTF.
- August 17, 2008 at 8:30 AM
- ALF said...
- August 17, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Ann: sometimes you run into the family food alergies and dislikes. Tony's brother was allergic to blueberries, hence the somewhat lukewarm to distastful greeting by my dear younger brother. What then happens is our introduction to such fare is usually not done well. For example, because of dad's allergies to shellfish-my first sampling of shimp was at the cafeteria at my college- ugh!
- August 17, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Now I have an image of you and and your husband, running down the road, eating pie. Without your pants on. And that is just not the image I need in my head on a Sunday afternoon. I'm just saying.
- August 17, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- dharmamama said...
I say cloofette, too! Until I take a minute, slow down, and say it right. And, last I checked, I was not a guy. Of course, it's been a while since I ran down the street with no pants - things could have changed! Guess I need to make this flueberry frie!
- August 17, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
I think Scuffle Cake is much cooler that souffle! Tonyish is a wonderful language! I can see myself really hating this pie, just like you sayed! It looks flueberrilicious!
- August 17, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
Alright. Uncle. It's official. You are my FAVORITE food/photog blogger. Wow, you make everything look so delicious.
I can practically smell it from here.
- August 17, 2008 at 6:30 PM
I want to come hang out with Tony and eat all of your yummy desserts that I can't pronounce either! When I attempt to make any of your recipes in the future and J asks what I'm making, I'm just going to point to the name and say 'that'! :)
I might have to start with this one it looks SO good!
- August 17, 2008 at 10:25 PM
- grace said...
as it is, i refuse to say a word if i don't know how to say it properly, but i think i'll switch to tony's method and just completely massacre the word instead.
despite the fact that (or perhaps because) it results in a person running around half naked, i'd eat your pie. i'd eat it good.
- August 18, 2008 at 2:23 AM
- NV said...
OMG, that looks SOOOOO good. You make me wish I baked.
At any rate, sounds like it was a good, pants-free weekend ... :-)
- August 18, 2008 at 6:37 AM
- the Aspirant Abecedarian said...
This looks delicious! This might be my next baking adventure. Bravo!
- August 18, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Ann said...
Firefly: I would so swim in a flueberry lake. So.
Tanya: See? I'm convinced it's Guy Speak.
Laura: Syllabub! Love that! We made it one night, I'm even going to try to make him remember the name of that one...
Diva: Yep, Cloofette rocks, girl!
Shaye: I love Kabooley salad too, I haven't had it in so long. Guy Speak again...
Meagan: Keno rice! Guy Speak.
Alf: It was!
Anon: FINALLY, the mystery is solved! All this "no don't like that, never did" is more like "no, just never really had it". Could he just not say the latter? Oh my, the hurdles I must jump!
Cheap Chick: Oh wow - now I have an image of you having an image of us, running down the street without our pants on eating pie. It could just go back and forth forever, couldn't it?
Dharmamama: Cloofette is ubiquitous then and will soon be in Websters!
Clumbsy Cookie: TONYISH!! Oh, you're good, you're very good as usual.
MamaGeek: I'm blushing, you stop it! Okay, tell me more...
Kspin: Aw, that's cute. Come on over and I'll serve ya some of "that", lol!
Grace: Yep, I think it's the total massacre of the word that makes its charm - he comes up with some real keepers. :)
NV: with the amount of calories you're burning with that damn house of yours, you NEED to be baking, girl!
The AA: Thank ya so much!
- August 18, 2008 at 10:15 AM
It wouldn't matter what you called it... that sexy gooey goodness would be fabulous no matter what.
Rock on, Tony. You remember the important part --like that it was totally frickin' delicious.
- August 18, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Brittany said...
Haha- your hubs sounds funny. It's really pretty cute.
How could you not love that plate of crumble?
- August 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM
It is a guy thing. I give you: Profit Roles. (profiteroles)
- August 18, 2008 at 8:40 PM
- lubnakarim06 said...
Wow really tempting and alluring blueberry pie. Awwesome pic.
- August 19, 2008 at 5:43 AM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Ann, Tony and my husband could write a dictionary or something. He also makes up crazy names for things, people (myself included)... He has even made up new words for "yes" and "no", if you'll believe me. :)
This dessert looks so amazing you can call it anyway you want, darling! :)
- August 19, 2008 at 8:46 AM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
Ooo...I love booberry cwumble pie!
- August 19, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Please give credit to those of us who step outside societies linear line of vocabulitist. It is difficult these days with Webster adding bizillions of words each year to not only invent new words but to reinvent old ones. More humble pedmenstrians than myself would venture to call this gift pure menius (six steps above genious and 7 grades above femius). Yes, there is sound logic in all things men create whether we realize it or not!
Cloofette certainly is more pleasurable and comforting than clafoutis. I mean I went through college without catching clafoutis - why would I want it now?
Scuffle cake - It is so worth throwing down for - you'll call it scuffle cake too soon!
Oofda eggs - Honey, You didn't marry elegant - you eloped.
Geejooblah - Please pronounce correctly and very fast as GEE-JOO-BLAH! Say it out loud fast after one sinful bite, preferrably with said object still in mouth. Now that is funny!
Menius at heart
- August 19, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Ann said...
Why do I feel like I KNOW this ANONYMOUS person? It's eerie...
- August 20, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Ann said...
Lacy: Per usual, total agreement.
Brittany: The hubs it 100% funny, adorable, and wonderful. I'm lucky. :)
Sarah B.: PROFIT ROLES!!! Priceless.
Kitchen Flavours: Aw, thanks! :)
Patricia: That's funny, even for yes and no, huh? Gotta love that.
YD: BOOBERRY!! Do you remember Booberry Cereal????
- August 20, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Cute story..The last time I made a Clafoutis my husband asked me what was in a Calfoodie..... I am always up for a blueberry crumble.
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- kdosreis said...
One night long ago my dad refered to tiramisu as "pterodactyl soup" (as in the flying dinosaur) the term stuck!
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I don't give a sh-t how you cut it. Taffeta will never be NOT prom to me. And, therefore, to me it should never show up on a red carpet. Unless, of course, it shows up on Carrie Underwood. Like, what else is she going to wear? This woman actively avoids style. Taffeta on Carrie Underwood makes all the sense in the world. #nosarcasm
What made no sense to me was the performance.
So Don Cheadle gets up there, barely able to disguise how perplexed he was to be introducing such a bizarre segment, to talk about how television revolutionised the news 50 years ago when JFK was assassinated. In a random segue – the show was full of random segues – he then moves from JFK dying to fangirls screaming over the Beatles, and how that was a healing moment for America. OK.
Then Carrie Underwood starts singing (off-key) the saddest song in the world, Yesterday. What are you telling me, Emmys?
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The Sacking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856 – 7 The Deed
This post completes the series, "The Sacking of Lawrence May 21, 1856." Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, and Part 5 here, Part 6 here.
Free-State men wounded Douglas County sheriff Samuel J. Jones when he returned to Lawrence to serve arrest warrants in the spring of 1856, despite the presence of Federal troops. The Grand Jury of Douglas County met and "returned indictments against three free-state leaders, against two newspapers at Lawrence – the Herald of Freedom and the Kansas Free State – and against the Free State Hotel at Lawrence, which, it said, was in fact a fortress, "regularly parapeted and portholed for use of small cannon and arms." (Potter, 208) There is good evidence that the hotel was, in fact, designed with a mind toward defense with filled portholes that could be knocked out with a rifle butt. But it is curious that indictments of treason were levied toward an inanimate building.
To serve the indictments and associated arrests, United States Marshal Israel B. Donaldson raised a posse inclusive of Missourians. But he left them outside of town as he arrested, along with a deputy, several minor players, others having fled. (Potter, 208) He then attempted to disband the posse but Sheriff Samuel J.Jones, healed of his wounds, rallied the men and rode into Lawrence as a mob force "alleging the need of aid in making arrests and abating nuisances under authority of the grand jury." (Malin)
Michael Holt describes the events of May 21, 1856 as the work of a posse sent by the Lecompton government "to arrest several free state leaders in Lawrence." (Holt, 194) That posse, "which included Missourians, burned some buildings and destroyed two printing presses but killed no one in the town." (Holt, 194.) Put in that way, it sounds relatively benign but was pounced on by the Republicans as evidence that the Pierce-backed Kansas territorial government was supporting and condoning atrocities.
"The War Actually Begun," "Triumph of the Border Ruffians," "Lawrence in Ruins – Several Persons Slaughtered," "Freedom Bloodily Subdued," hyperbolized the Eastern Republican press." (Holt, 194.) "Kansas was bleeding because lawless slaveholders were butchering defenseless northern settlers in their effort to force slavery on the territory." (Holt, 194.)
The raid targeted the Free-State Hotel, a building constructed and owned by the New England Emigrant Aid Company. Griffin confirms that Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones led the posse. He and his men "bombarded the [Free-State] hotel with cannon and then gutted the building with gunpowder and flame. The razing of the hotel, together with the burning of Charles Robinson's house, the wrecking of the equipment of two newspapers, the Herald of Freedom and the Kansas Free State, and a certain amount of looting and vandalism, became known as the 'sack of Lawrence.'" (Griffin)
Griffin further claims that proslavery men in the territory justified the action by claiming Jones and his men "were simply executing an indictment of the grand jury of the United States district court at Lecompton and the orders of the presiding judge, Samuel D. Lecompte." (Griffin)
"Free-State men were quick to agree with their enemies, but contended that judge, jury, and Jones had acted illegally and without cause. Newspaper editors sympathetic to the Free-State cause gave the affair enormous publicity — much of it merely falsehoods — and labored to convince their readers that the sack of Lawrence was yet another manifestation of Proslavery barbarism. Before a month was out, Kansas mythology was immensely richer." (Griffin)
As a final note, both Malin, Griffin, and Holt contend that no one was killed in the raid on Lawrence. But Potter points out that one man, a slave, was killed from falling debris as the Free State Hotel was demolished. (Potter, 209) Clearly it was violent event amidst growing episodes of violence between Free-State and proslavery factions along the border between Kansas and Missouri.
C. S. Griffin, "Kansas Historical QuarterlyThe University of Kansas and the Sack of Lawrence: A Problem of Intellectual Honesty," Kansas Historical Quarterly, Winter, 1968 (Vol. XXXIV. No. 4), pages 409 to 426. Accessed online, February 14, 2009.
Michael F. Holt, The Political Crisis of the 1850's, (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1983).
James C. Malin, "Judge Lecompte and the 'Sack of Lawrence,' May 21, 1856, " Kansas Historical Quarterly, August 1953 (Vol. 20, No. 7), pages 465 to 494. Accessed online, February 14, 2009.
David M. Potter and Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861, (New York: Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1976).


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"Ordinary time"
Soon we will enter into ordinary time on the Church calendar. It is my favorite time of year. We recently lived through many great feast days, Thanksgiving, with all the great food, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to remind us who it was that said Yes to God, Our Lady of Guadalupe and the wonderful story of Juan Diego, and then Christmas with decorations and presents and more food and family and finale New Years with fireworks.
It is difficult to concentrate on developing a spiritual life with all the distractions. We all need those special days but we actually live the majority of our lives in ordinary time. Jesus lived an ordinary life for thirty years before he began his public ministry, and even when He did his first miracle at the wedding at Cana, He asked the ordinary servants to help. "Fill the jars with water" He told them. I often think what He really said was, "fill the jars with ordinary water." So it was these ordinary servants who did the work that set ordinary things in place so that Jesus could do a miracle. We have to remember that we too must do the ordinary things so that Jesus can perform the miracles that enrich our lives. If Jesus were here today, He would be found doing the ordinary things of life. He would shovel the snow, empty the trash, and volunteer at the senior center.
Some of the greatest saints lead the most ordinary life. St. Catherine of Sienna took care of the cows for years. There are dozens of books carefully preserved with her handwriting, showing the records of all the cows she took care of showing how much milk each cow produced. St. Faustina worked in the vegetable garden and answered the door or in the kitchen peeling potatoes. Yes they both had moments of great splendor, but the majority of their life was spent doing the ordinary. So it is in the ordinary time we develop our relationship with God. It is in the ordinary work that He communicates with us. And it is in ordinary people we see His face, hear His voice.
So I am glad to go back to ordinary time.


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Monday, March 20, 2017
The official Record Store Day Facebook page had a post on March 14 stating, "One week from today, we'll launch the Official RSD 2017 titles." That adds up to March 21—tomorrow—and you can bet vinyl collectors will be eager to see the one-day-only limited editions that will be available. The actual Record Store Day this year takes place on Saturday, April 22.
It was so great to see all the tributes to Chuck Berry across social and traditional media during the past few days. Berry first rose to stardom over a half a century ago, but musicians and fans still regard him as a founding father of rock and roll. Some of the personal anecdotes I've seen on Facebook and in newspapers have been particularly touching. Hail, Hail, Rock And Roll!
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PHILADELPHIA - No more summer commutes for Eagles players to Bethlehem.
The team announced Friday that this year's training camp will take place in its NovaCare Complex and Lincoln Financial Field after 17 years on the campus of Lehigh University.
Team president Don Smolenski says the decision was made, in part, because of the ready access to its equipment and facilities at its home base, including the training room and indoor practice venue, too.
He called it a difficult choice, noting the school and the city have "been part of our lives every summer for the past 17 years."
"There are so many people at Lehigh University who went above and beyond to accommodate us and to make training camp a special place for fans to travel each summer to get an up-close look at the team," Smolenski said in a statement.
The return marks the first time since 1943 that the team's training camp has been in Philadelphia.
Last year, former coach Andy Reid's oldest son, Garrett, was found dead at training camp after a long battle with drug addiction. Reid was let go at the end of last season after a 4-12 record and 14 years. He was replaced by former Oregon coach Chip Kelly.
Smolenski said the team aims to continue its interaction with fans during the training camp — the dates of which have not yet been announced — calling that a "huge priority" for the organization.
"As such, we are currently planning to utilize the opportunities available to us at Lincoln Financial Field to have a number of open practices — which will be free— available to all of our fans," he said. "We'll announce those specific plans in the coming weeks."
Before first going to Lehigh in 1996, the Eagles held training camp at West Chester University from 1980-1995. Before that, the team held training camp at Widener University, Albright College and in Hershey, Pa.
The move back to team headquarters is becoming something of a trend in the NFL. The New York Giants in January elected to return training camp back to their complex in East Rutherford, N.J., after 16 years at the University at Albany.


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IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Viva Broadway, an initiative of the Broadway League, in collaboration with 5000 Broadway Productions and the United Palace of Cultural Arts has announced that Broadway's 2008 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical IN THE HEIGHTS will be coming back to the stage in the form of a special, one-night only concert aptly named IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT.
The concert will take place at The United Palace of Cultural Arts on February 11th, 2013. Tickets will go on sale via Telecharge.com on December 14th, 2012. The event, taking place near the 5th anniversary of the show's opening night on Broadway, marks the first time ever members of the original Broadway and National tour cast including actor/composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, Chris Jackson, Olga Merediz, Mandy Gonzalez, Robin De Jesús, Janet Dacal and others, will join together to bring IN THE HEIGHTS back to the uptown neighborhood that inspired it all.
The Broadway League's Viva Broadway initiative, a new audience development partnership with the Hispanic community to help bridge the world of Broadway with Latino audiences around the country, has embraced IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT as one of its signature events for 2013. The long-term initiative aims to increase awareness about Broadway while culturally enriching lives, bringing families together, and building new careers in the theatre. A surplus of ticket sales proceeds will go towards The Broadway League's Family First Nights®, a nationwide program specifically designed to encourage at risk families to attend theatre on a regular basis and to local arts programs in Washington Heights.
With the 2009 Grammy Award win for IN THE HEIGHTS Original Broadway Cast Album, IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT features an exciting stand up concert event featuring such memorable songs as "Breathe," "96,000," "When You're Home," and "In The Heights." Tony-award nominated director Thomas Kail and Tony-award winning orchestrator Alex Lacamoire are returning for the concert presentation, along with Tony-nominated original lighting and sound designers Howell Binkley and Nevin Steinberg. IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT is produced by its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and co-produced by Stephen Gabriel and Luis A. Miranda, Jr.
"IN THE HEIGHTS has always been a celebration of the community in Washington Heights. It has been my dream to bring that celebration back to the neighborhood," said Lin-Manuel Miranda. "I'm thrilled to bring IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT to United Palace of Cultural Arts, an incredible venue in the heart of Upper Manhattan. I'm also looking forward to sharing the stage with my IN THE HEIGHTS family again. It's going to be an amazing night."
"Bringing Broadway to Washington Heights, the actual setting of IN THE HEIGHTS, is a wonderful celebration of live theatre and its many inspirations," said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of the Broadway League. "Broadway is an art form that is about creating emotions and developing a connection with audiences. Viva Broadway and Family First Nights share the mission of encouraging multiple generations of family to come to Broadway together, so we're pleased that this collaboration with the IN THE HEIGHTS creative team will enable more people to attend Broadway shows."
"It is very significant that IN THE HEIGHTS is coming to the Heights, and to the stage of the United Palace (which I like to call the biggest house on Broadway!)," said Xavier Eikerenkoetter, President of United Palace of Cultural Arts (UPCA). "We are thrilled to have the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed production in our venue as the commencement to our new relationship with the midtown Broadway industry, and as a function of our theater arts program, which includes our outreach into the community through United Palace of Cultural Arts. IN THE HEIGHTS is a testament to the heart and soul of this rich community, Washington Heights, which we at UPCA are part of and are pledged to support. I'm extremely happy about this collaboration."
IN THE HEIGHTS tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.
IN THE HEIGHTS opened on Broadway to wide critical acclaim March 9, 2008. The Washington Post said IN THE HEIGHTS is "PURE BROADWAY. AN EVENING OF OLD-STYLE, INNOCENT PLEASURE" and Ben Brantley of The New York Times enthused IN THE HEIGHTS is "AN EXUBERANT, ANIMATED SHRINE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY TIES AND BEING FAITHFUL TO WHERE YOU COME FROM."
Tickets for IN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT may be purchased online beginning on December 14th by visiting Telecharge.com (212-239-6200). A special block of tickets are available for Upper Manhattan residents that can be purchased in person for $30 each at the Manhattan Times office located at 5030 Broadway, Room 801, New York, New York 10034.
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Nikon D5000 officially unveiled
With all of the rumors swirling around this one over the last few weeks, it's fair to say that we weren't exactly surprised when Nikon announced its latest consumer DSLR – the Nikon D5000 – right on schedule this evening.
As expected, the D5000 meshes technologies from the current prosumer D90 and consumer D60 models into an all new entry-level model that goes beyond a "parts bin" model: with D90-style HD video capture, a serious AF upgrade, and a unique swivel LCD, the D5000 brings much of the shooting hardware of Nikon's higher-end models to a price and a form factor that should appeal to casual shutterbugs.
D90-derived hardware
If the D5000 didn't quite live up to some of the more outlandish rumors surrounding its hardware (no, there's no full-frame 16 megapixel sensor…), the latest iterration in the D40/D40X/D60 series nonetheless gets a pretty substantial upgrade with the inclusion of what appears to be the same highly regarded 12.3 megapixel CMOS imager that powers the D90. Nikon EXPEED processing pulls prosumer-grade performance from this APS-C (DX format, in Nikon-speak) imager, with an expanded high-sensitivity limit of ISO 6400 and 4.0 fps continuous shooting.
Speaking of D90-grade tech, the D5000's auto focus system also makes a significant leap forward for Nikon's entry-level DSLR line, ditching the long-in-the-tooth three-point AF sensor in favor of an 11-point variant with auto 3D-tracking – just like you'll find on the D90. Likewise, the new model provides Nikon's advanced 3D Color Matrix II metering technology, and an optical viewfinder with better-than-average, 95-percent frame coverage.
Sticking with Nikon's usual approach to its entry-level models, though, what you won't find is an in-body focusing motor, meaning AF is (as with the D40/D40X/D60) limited to newer Nikon lenses with lens-integrated motors.
Live view and the HD experience
Nikon has opted to stick with the 720p/24fps HD video capture format that debuted in the D90 for its latest launch as well. Even without full 1080p video capture, however, the D5000 is still in a fairly exclusive club, and joins Canon's recently announced Rebel T1i as the only squarely consumer-oriented interchangeable lens cameras to allow video capture of any kind.
Video capture is made possible in part through the D5000's inclusion of live view – a technological first for Nikon's entry-level offering. Contrast-detection AF provides real-time, on-screen focusing while in live view mode, allowing users to take advantage of point-and-shoot style features like face detection and even a subject tracking mode while shooting stills.
Unfortunately, the D5000's four contrast-detection AF modes are limited to shooting stills only: you'll have to manually focus the camera when shooting movies.
While the D5000 may lack AF support for video, though, other now-standard video capture accessories – like an HDMI output, and a mono mic for capturing audio – have been included. The D5000 also allows shooters to take full advantage of the camera's Picture Control system in D-Movie mode as well as when shooting stills, meaning users can fine-tune the look and feel of their videos as well with processing presets like Vivid, Landscape, and Neutral.
Vari-angle LCD puts a new twist on swivel screens
The fact that the D5000 packs a 2.7 inch LCD isn't particularly noteworthy in itself, but the fact that the display is mounted for tilt/swivel operation is definitely worth checking out.
Unlike any other camera – DSLR or point-and-shoot – that we're aware of, the D5000's 2.7 inch display provides full, 180-degree tilt/swivel functionality, but swings down (rather than sideways) to do so.
The creative benefits of this arrangement when shooting video, or taking advantage of the D5000's aforementioned live view options, are obvious.
Beyond this novel display, the D5000's interface shares most of its key elements in common with previous entry-level Nikon DSLRs. Similar in styling and size to its D60 predecessor, the D5000 eschews prosumer touches like a top-deck status LCD and a front-side control wheel in favor of a single point of access using the main display and back-panel controls.
Of course, while the D5000 offers Nikon's Scene Recognition System, 19 scene presets, and a host of other auto-exposure technologies, conventional P/A/S/M manual exposure modes give the user the option to take the photographic reigns.
Pricing and availability
As anticipated, the D5000 will be available before the end of the month, priced at $849.95 for the kit with the 18-55mm VR lens, or $729.95 for the D5000 body only.


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Hi. I compose dark orchestrated music and I just released my first cd. Please check it out! Thanks!
Hi. I compose dark orchestrated music and I just released my first cd. Please check it out! Thanks!
That is pretty cool. What is your web site with more info?
I don't know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember I can rip your throat out if I need to. And also know that I am not a hooker. That was a long, long time ago. ~ Pamela Swynford De Beaufort
I already own this and highly recommend it.
I was listening last night. Very good stuff!
Really good, Keep it Up!
Hi this is a good one! If i can get new ones i will be posting creepy musical scores too.
WoW... I love to listen that kinda music... Do you have more something like this music... Even not by you, some one else..
Do you like Korean, Japanese type horror musical background? I love how can be so creative in their arts. Like that one from "One Missed Call" ..here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd03KG17OpA
Hey Verse that is really good, keep it up buddy. You can make a good Musical Writer for a Movie/Game with that talent.


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You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'Weaver' tag.
I've led a pretty blessed life. Lucky in family and friends, my only big unrequited "want" comes in the form of Mingo, the thousand pound horse I fell in love with when I was twelve. Always an imaginative child, I also believed in the mythical counterpart of my beloved palomino – that of the Unicorn.
Being a fan of historical fiction, along with my admitted interest in unicorns, when I found Tracy Chevalier's The Lady and the Unicorn on sale at betterworldbooks.com (great site – cheap books, free shipping, and profits help fund literacy programs) I immediately added it to my overflowing digital shopping cart. Being a fan of Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, I planned to enjoy this novel about my mythical unicorn even more.
I was disappointed.
While an interesting look at the almost-noble family of Jean Le Viste – his miserable and unappreciated wife and their three daughters (Le Viste blames his wife for not bearing a son), the story lacks character development and interaction. Based on the real-life mystery surrounding the six Lady and the Unicorn tapestries that hang in the Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris (pictured above), this novel follows the imaginary artist Nicholas des Innocents in his seductions while his art is woven into tapestries.
The figure of the mythical unicorn is used as a tool in seduction, as des Innocents uses the supposed purifying powers of the horn to deflower and impregnate women. His true love and passion for Claude, the eldest daughter of Le Viste, can only show through his artwork, as they belong to different classes which were nontransferable in the the 15th century.
While rich in details of life in the 1490's, especially when following the family of the weaver, it is hard to get too attached to any character. There are many minor players in the story, whose lives all manage to weave together (excuse the pun) throughout.
My biggest fault with this book is the lack of a satisfactory conclusion. Nicholas des Innocents is invited to a part at the Le Viste compound at which the tapestries will be unveiled. At this event, he and Claude have a quick rendezvous under the table before her arranged marriage is announced. The book comes to an end with a look at the unsatisfactory and unfulfilled lives of those we learned about throughout the story. I guess realistic, as not everyone ends up happy all the time, but it seemed to be an incredibly melancholy ending for an imagined tale.
Mediocre at best, this book left me wanting much more from the 250 pages read. Also, I wanted the unicorn to have a bigger impact, but that's a personal complaint!
- NovelWhore's Grade: C
- Title: The Lady and the Unicorn
- Author: Tracy Chevalier
- Publisher: Dutton Adult


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In last week's blog we discussed some of the reasons why it may be beneficial to use ETFs instead of mutual funds. We also discussed the added flexibility ETFs offer in terms of buying and selling. We concluded with a brief mention of trailing stop orders, which cannot be utilized with mutual funds. In this post, we'll dig deeper into using TSOs in conjunction with ETFs and the protection they offer.
Trailing Stop Orders
Trailing stop orders are essentially a stop order that rises with (i.e., trails) the price of an investment. They are entered as a percentage of the investments initial purchase price. For example, if you buy an ETF at $10 per share, and add a 5.0% TSO, if the price were to fall to $9.50, it would trigger a sale, thereby limiting your loss to 5.0%. That describes a stop order. However, if the price of the investment were to rise, the stop price would rise with it, maintaining a 5.0% lower bound.
Therefore, if the price of your investment rose to $15.00 per share, assuming it hadn't triggered a sale beforehand, the new stop order would be $14.25, which is 5.0% below its current price of $15.00. At this point, the new stop order of $14.25 would be above the the original purchase price of $10.00, hence, if the price were to decline and hit $14.25, it would sell and you would have a profit of approximately $4.25 ($14.25 – $10.00 = $4.25) per share.
Trailing stop orders are a great way to place a safety net under a position. However, it may not always work as planned. For example, what if the price falls and hits the TSO, triggers a sale, and then the investment subsequently rises? Hence, it's important not to set your TSO percentage so low that normal volatility would trigger a sale. In essence, I view TSOs as a way to protect against, or limit losses in the event of a more serious decline. Therefore, it's important to determine the proper percentage for your TSOs and consider how it may change as volatility rises and falls. To analyze this, I used end-of-day data for the Dow from Jan. 1, 2004, to Sept. 18, 2013, calculating the percentage loss for all peaks to valleys which were close to, or greater than 5.0%. Hopefully this will provide insight as to where I should set my TSO percentage.
I'll discuss this more next week.
Until then, thanks for reading and have a great week!


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Career: 2005: PLayed in all 19 games for Old Dominion...Led the team with a career high 16 goals and 35 points...Led the team in shots with 78...Named CAA Player of the Week, All-CAA Women's Soccer Team, and VaSID All-State First Team...2004: Played and started in all 19 contests for the Lady Monarchs...Led the team with career-high ten goals and 26 points...Named CAA Player of the Week and All CAA First Team...Led the team in shots (69)...2003: Played and started in all 17contests for the Lady Monarchs...Led team with career-high eight goals and 16 points for the season...Named to All-CAA Second Team...Netted game-winning goal in ODU's 2-0 victory over VCU...Led team in shots (47)...2002: Played in all 18 games for ODU as a rookie with 17 starts ... Second on the team in assists (3) and shots (40) ... Netted three goals on the year including the gamewinner in ODU's first win of the season against UMBC ... Second on the team among all freshman with nine points. Prep: Member of the U-19 Regional Team ... Four-year letter winner at Central Bucks West ... Scored 10 goals with 22 assists her senior season en route to being named MVP ... First team All-League and All-Area recognition ... Named the Suburban Player of the Year and to the All-State team.
Off the Field: Born Nov. 25, 1983 ... Daughter of Don and Diane Beeman of Chalfont, PA ... Has one brother, Mike (18) ... Honor Roll student in high school ... Major is Counseling...Favorite movie is "Top Gun"...Favorite sports personality is Kristen Lilly...Would like to meet Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the Field: Year GP/GS G A Pts GWG Shots 2002 18/17 3 3 9 1 40 2003 17/17 8 0 16 1 47 2004 19/19 10 6 26 1 69 Totals 54/53 21 9 51 3 156


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My family has an old edition of Empire Builder by Mayfair games, and the box I have isn't listed on Boardgame Geek's edition list.
I found an image of the box on that site. It is pre-fourth edition, as it doesn't have Mexico in it, and very little of Canada. The rulebook lists a copyright of 1982. It comes with a bunch of metal trains, the rule book is black and white, and the cards are black and white front with red 'M's on the back.


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Don Lepard said he's moving ahead with shifting production of his innovative streetlights to Chattanooga from China, with plans for 250 jobs here, in part because of worries about the security of the technology.
"I'm concerned about losing that to China," he said.
The company's chief executive has set up shop in 180,000 square feet of space in Hixson. He said he's putting in production lines in the former Chattanooga Group space to make the light emitting diode street lamps which are combined with the latest smart grid metering technology.
Plans are to deliver 6,000 of the lights to the city of Chattanooga by the end of May, Lepard said. GGL will make another 20,000 if he's given the OK, he said. In all, he put the project at about $18 million.
Currently he has about 40 workers on board, which is slated to grow to 100 by midsummer. Eventually, plans are to reach about 250 employees, Lepard said.
"It's time for us to put up or shut up," he said. "That's what we're doing."
In 2011, Lepard talked about growing his company after he received the Kruesi Award at the city's Spirit of Innovation meeting where GGL was cited for pioneering highly efficient lighting technologies. Lepard said his company's technology can save up to 75 percent in energy and maintenance costs over traditional lighting.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that having "a strong technology infrastructure and supporting a culture of innovation will help us continue to attract companies like GGL and reach our goal of becoming the No. 1 state in the Southeast for high quality jobs."
Bill Hagerty, the state's economic and community development commissioner, said GGL is an excellent example of how innovation drives economic development.
"We are focused on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives," he said.
Lepard said that bringing subcontracted production back from China is costing him some profit margin. But, he said there's some advantage in terms of not paying freight and duties.
"This would not happen if city didn't trust us," Lepard said.
Contact Mike Pare at email@example.com or 423-757-6318.
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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - March 2014
|New information material
|New titles
|All Pages
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice
English: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/charter_eng
French: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/charter_french
Spanish: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/charter_spanish
The "blue booklets" with the full text of the UN Charter and the ICJ Statute are now available in all official languages on Issuu.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
English: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/dpi876r5isbn9789210553964
French: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/dpi876r5isbn9789210553971f
Spanish: http://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/dpi876r5isbn9789210555609s
The booklets with the full text of the UN Charter and the ICJ Statute are now also available in all official languages on Issuu.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research Guide: "International Day of Happiness: Measuring Well-Being"
The General Assembly has proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness (resolution 66/281) recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives.
The research on well-being – sometimes called happiness studies - can be found in a wide-range of fields including economics, business, psychology, sociology, political science, and education.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research Guide: "Women, Youth and the Civil Society: Post-2015 Development Agenda"
For the High-Level Event of the General Assembly: "The Contributions of Women, the Young and Civil Society to the Post-2015 Development Agenda that took place in New York on 6-7 March 2014, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has issued this research guide. The High-level event addressed the themes of equality, inclusiveness and participation, as they relate to the overarching goal of poverty eradication, including a number of cross-cutting rights-based issues relevant to women and the young, and provide an opportunity to address the contribution of civil society to the shaping and future implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly: 67th Session (2012-2013)
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has just released a new electronic issue of the Index to Proceedings for the 2012-2013 session of the General Assembly. Copies can be downloaded in .pdf format.
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Ukraine
html: http://archive.unric.org/en/unric-library/29078
pdf: http://archive.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/ukraine.pdf
Security Council Concept Note: Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict (7 March 2014)
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/S/2014/144
The Security Council held an open debate on "children and armed conflict" on 7 March 2014. In order to help steer the discussion on the subject, Luxembourg has prepared this concept note.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 January 2014 (DPI/1634/Rev.153, February 2014)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
German: http://archive.unric.org/html/german/dpi1634dt.pdf
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 31 January 2014 (DPI/2166/Rev.127, February 2014)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/ppbmf.pdf
German: http://archive.unric.org/html/german/dpi2166dt.pdf
Arab Integration: A 21st Century Imperative (ESCWA)
Press Kit and the Summary: http://www.escwa.un.org/information/pubaction.asp?PubID=1550
Full Report: http://www.escwa.un.org/information/publications/edit/upload/E_ESCWA_OES_13_3_E.pdf
Inclusive economic integration in the Arab region would create six million new jobs by 2020 and increase regional gross domestic product by three per cent, the United Nations reported on 25 February 2014 arguing for a unified model like that of the European Union or other regional economic blocs. The report examines three pillars. The first pillar is political cooperation for good democratic governance in the Arab world. The strategy's second pillar centres on deepening economic integration by completing the implementation of existing agreements. The third pillar - is cultural and educational reform. Without that transformation, development will remain a dream in a world where knowledge draws the line between wealth and poverty, between power and impotence, and between success and failure.
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy (IRP / UN-REDD Programme)
Report: http://www.un-redd.org/portals/15/documents/IRPBuildingNaturalCapitalthroughREDDMarch2014finallowres_EN.pdf
Info-graphics: http://www.un-redd.org/IRPReport/tabid/132330/Default.aspx#infographics
Facts and figures: http://www.unep.org/pdf/REDD_and_Green_Economy_factsheet_and_recommendations.pdf
The report outlines how integrating REDD+ programmes into a Green Economy approach can conserve and even boost the economic and social benefits forests provide to human society. An investment of US $30 billion per year - under 7 per cent of the US $480 billion paid in annual global fossil fuel subsidies - in the REDD+ forest conservation initiative can accelerate the global transition to green and sustainable growth and ensure the long-term well-being of tens of millions in developing countries.
The Global Land Cover SHARE database (GLC-SHARE)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched on 17 March 2014 a new database which gathers under one roof previously scattered information about land cover – how much land is covered by croplands, trees, forests, or bare soils – crucial to establishing a good global understanding of the physical characteristics of the Earth's surface.
UNFCCC -- 20 Years of Effort and Achievement
Key Milestones in the Evolution of International Climate Policy
Friday, 21 March 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To mark the anniversary, the secretariat has prepared an interesting, informative and fun timeline.
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2014: Volume 1 - Water and Energy; Volume 2 – Facing the Challenges (UNESCO / UN Water)
According to the 2014 World Water Development Report - released by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN Water - some 768 million people do not have access to an improved source of water, and 2.5 billion do not have access to appropriate sanitation. The report further reveals that places where people do not have adequate access to water largely coincide with those where people have no electric power.
Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/25/65, 12 February 2014)
Widespread attacks and sieges on civilian areas in Syria by pro-Government forces are leading to mass casualties, malnutrition and starvation, according to the latest report of the independent international Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, presented to the Human Rights Council on 18 March. For the first time, the Commission has also identified specific non-State armed groups that have committed torture as a crime against humanity in Al-Raqqah governorate. According to the report, the Security Council has failed to take action to end impunity. "Such inaction has provided the space for the proliferation of actors in Syria, each pursuing its own agenda and contributing to the radicalization and escalation of violence." The report calls on States that exert influence on the parties in Syria to ensure that these parties comply with the rules of international humanitarian law.
Under Siege: The devastating impact on children of three years of conflict in Syria
English, French & Spanish: http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_72815.html
Syria's children are living today through the most damaging conflict for children in the region's recent history. More than 5.5 million Syrian children now see their future besieged by war. It is estimated there are up to one million children who live under siege and in hard-to-reach areas that UNICEF and other humanitarian partners cannot access on a regular basis. This report takes stock of the impact that three years of violence and rights violations have had on children, and it assesses the longer-term crisis facing the region.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013: Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries
Report: http://www.unhcr.org/5329b15a9.html
Press release: http://www.unhcr.org/532afe986.html
There was a sharp rise in asylum claims in 44 industrialized countries over the course of last year, driven primarily by the crisis in Syria. 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year – the highest total for any year since 2001.
DRAFT Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes (International Criminal Court, February 2014)
English: http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/OTP-draft-policy-paper-February2014-Eng.pdf
French: http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/OTP-draft-policy-paper-February2014-Fra.pdf
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has released draft Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
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5 # Hints How to find the real New Zealand
New Zealand is undoubtedly a beautiful country, and its diversity of people and landscapes makes it a great place to explore!
There is a well-beaten trail stretching the length of both islands that provides a great introduction to New Zealand. It has all the facilities that tour buses and 5 star travellers need whilst they skim through our main attractions, but for those who want to explore deeper into the culture and discover some secret uncrowded spots, here is a few things to remember on your trails.
Have an ulterior motive. A sight-seeing trip alone will take you on the typical guide book experience of crowded car parks and souvenir shops. I've always found pursuing your passion or activity will set you on many new and interesting adventures. Once you are pursuing your particular interest, be it china dolls or rock climbing, it is bound to take you to the kind of place you enjoy and put you in contact with people you can relate to. Walking is one of my default interests and has led me on many adventures and down many side roads, meeting lots of good people and stumbling on incredible places.
Get outside your comfort zone. This is easier said than done in many of the world's adventure destinations where safety is a constant concern and authorities recommend no "go zones" for good reason! Thankfully New Zealand is no such place. Universal safe it's often in the places off the main tourist trail where you will find locals with the time and interest to have a chat, give advice or even show you around. So forgo McDonalds and the Hilton seek out some owner operators down some dead end beach road and open your mind for some rewarding unglobalised surprises, you won't regret it!
Ask questions. There is no quicker way into a local persons heart than to ask them about the unique place in the world. As a hiking tour guide, I've been showing people around my favourite places to hike in the North Island for 12 years, and I still get a kick from watching people light up at the view or a unique aspect of local culture. Asking people is also courtesy and protocol when planning to explore Maori or farm land, because of spiritual, practical and safety reasons.
Smell the flowers (or sulphur). When you are travelling on a time frame it's tempting to rush through to tick off all the "must sees", but in my experience it's often the memory of relaxed simple moments that stay with you. In New Zealand it could be fish and chips on the beach, or a soak in one of our many natural hot pools in the North Island, but keeping time to enjoy the spontaneous moment is crucial.
What's the story? This is a part of our ethos as hiking guides and part of the way to learn about and interpret the areas we work in and love. Stories are everywhere you go, and there are so many ways to dig them out. I think your own imagination is the best place to start, ask yourself "how did this quiet town in the middle of nowhere come to be here?" All of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of a story and a mystery. Somewhere nearby someone is panning for gold or fishing for eels and each of them hold some part of the story that makes up the fascinating culture of " someone else's" every day life.
Good luck!
Author: Rob Franklin, founder of Walking Legends Guided Walks, has travelled extensively at home (in NZ) and abroad and would like to thank all the trusting locals right round the world who let me experience the beautiful culture of their every day lives.


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*Sodastream *have that disgustingly brilliant knack of being able to make one simultaneously envious of their craft and sickened that they don't do more with it. It's like Salvador Dali suddenly deciding that floppy clocks are nowt compared to a nice cloud or two. With all the amazing warmth that this band have created over the last ten (yup) years in mind, it wouldn't be silly to think that maybe they could do something more than just be amazingly warm all the time, would it? Or is that a silly assumption, like asking Teenage Fanclub to appear at Live 8? Or getting Roger Taylor to give a lecture at the BNP? It's not important, really, because I just heard a little bit of upright bass on_ 'Tickets To The Fight'_ that severed the flow of blood to my head, forcing my body to decide that fluids should probably just stay in the heart where they can pool slightly and lie down for a while.
So we'll ignore that it's all sounded the same for these last ten years. It doesn't matter anyway, because there are stupidly alluring horns and strings littered all over the place, casually strewn about like the end of a Polyphonic Spree rehearsal. It doesn't matter, because there are unspeakably bleak lyrics about "reading the lines on the pavement" after a night's worth of brain-wrecking alcohol abuse and ending up down the nick because of it on 'Firelines'. It doesn't matter, because Sodastream, although rather obvious in their execution and the buttons they press, can construct images of the poor, broken sod we probably all are anyway and chillingly shove it in your face under a blanket of sweetness. And then you forget all that again because the impeccable sing-along of "You came by to show the right thing to do" on_ 'Don't Make A Scene' _has taken any fluids left in your body and offered them as a sacrifice to any remaining organs that need to be replenished ASAP. So what if they sound the same as before? It's not often an album can make you feel so ill in such an excellent way.
Reservations is, for many biological reasons, an album that must be heard. Its sweetness of touch, the deft way in which we are caressed by its veiled jagged edges and an impeccable sense of musical placement all combine to construct an experience rather than simply a series of pretty tunes. This is envelopment in its purest form, an album that screams at you under its breath to be loved. And that's healthy, yes?
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Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac: iPhone Nano gets really, really, realler
Matt Burns / CrunchGear: iPhone Nano concept photo surfaces
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab: Wired.com's Wishlist: What We Want in an iPhone Nano
Charlie White / DVICE: First pics: iPhone nano, but is it all a fantasy?
Eric Zeman / InformationWeek: iPhone Nano: The Rumor That Just Won't Die
Chris Leckness / Mobility Site: Is there an iPhone Nano in store?
Shawn Brown / iPhone Buzz: New rumored photos of the iPhone Nano surface
Shawn Brown / SlashGear: iPhone Nano concept photo lacks credibility
James Falconer / IntoMobile: iPhone Nano Concept Images Emerge
Greg Sterling / Local Mobile Search: Here Comes the Android G2?
Jake Gaecke / Appletell: iPhone Nano rumors just won't quit
Mr. Besilly / iPhone Savior: Fantastical iPhone Nano Photo Reaches Earth
Arn / MacRumors:
More iPhone Nano Case Design Photos
More iPhone Nano Case Design Photos
Discussion: VentureBeat, Gizmodo, iPhone Savior and MacBlogz
MG Siegler / VentureBeat: Attack of the mock ups: iPhone nano and Mac mini
Quanta to supply monthly shipments of 800,000 all-in-one PCs to Apple in 1Q09, says paper — The Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has cited sources inside the component supply chain as saying that Apple plans to launch a new iMac all-in-one PC in the first quarter of next year …
Discussion: Infinite Loop, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Macsimum News, SlashGear and Insanely Great Mac
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: Chinese paper points to January '09 iMac update
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider: Next-gen iMacs due in January, says paper
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: New iMac due in January?
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
'New' iMacs to begin shipping in January — We were pretty sure we'd see upgraded iMacs introduced at Macworld, but according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) via Digitimes: — .. sources inside the component supply chain as saying that Apple plans to launch a new iMac …
Discussion: Electronista
Mark Potts / Recovering Journalist:
GateHouseGate — I got a call a few weeks ago from a usually smart print editor who was outraged about aggregation sites linking to his paper's content. In his view, the aggregators were "stealing" his content and selling ads against it-even though all the aggregator was doing …
Chris Nuttall / blogs.ft.com: Link-love's labours lost
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: 2009: The Year in Online Advertising
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: A danger to journalism
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Website Sues NY Times For Linking To It
David Kaplan / paidContent.org: Aggregation Aggravation: NYTCo Hit With Copyright Suit Over Hyperlocal Content
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: GateHouse sues over "Your Town" sites
Peter Krasilovsky / Kelsey Group Blogs: GateHouse Sues Boston.com's HyperLocal Site Over News Links
Daniel Tunkelang / The Noisy Channel: If you can't stand the links, get off the web
Danny Sanchez / Journalistopia:
GateHouse Lawsuit vs. New York Times Co. has Dire Implications
GateHouse Lawsuit vs. New York Times Co. has Dire Implications
Discussion: The Constant Observer, BuzzMachine and Silicon Alley Insider
Tish Grier / The Constant Observer: Gatehouse sues NYTCo (Boston.com) over aggregation: But do they have a point?
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: When did Gatehouse become clueless?
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Dying Newspapers Suing Each Other For Content Theft
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
How the GateHouse suit looks from both sides
How the GateHouse suit looks from both sides
Discussion: Center for Citizen Media, paidContent.org, Joho the Blog and Romenesko
Amanda Natividad / paidContent.org: The Legal Documents: GateHouse Vs. The New York Times Company
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko: GateHouse Media sues NYT Co. over local websites
New York Times:
More Readers Picking Up Electronic Books — Could book lovers finally be willing to switch from pages to pixels? — For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few good things to read. But this year, thanks in part to the popularity …
Discussion: Obsessable and CostPerNews
Barb Dybwad / Obsessable: E-book readers lineup
Sam Harrelson / CostPerNews: Kindle Taking Over America
Fennec Alpha 2 — We're happy to announce that our second alpha release of Fennec has come together. While we focused much of the previous alpha on getting the user experience how we wanted, we've spent much of the time since focused on improving performance.
Discussion: Lifehacker, Mozilla Links, AppScout and Asa Dotzler
Percy Cabello / Mozilla Links: Second alpha of Mobile Firefox (Fennec) released
Sascha Segan / AppScout: Mozilla Releases Firefox Fennec Alpha 2; Windows Mobile Version Progressing
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Firefox Mobile browser hits Alpha 2, still doesn't work on your phone
Firefox Mobile browser hits Alpha 2, still doesn't work on your phone
Discussion: Epicenter, jkOnTheRun and Mashable!
Michael Calore / Epicenter: New Firefox 'Fennec' Alpha Arrives as Mobile Browser Wars Heat Up
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Try Mozilla's Fennic Mobile Browser on Windows, Mac or Linux
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: Fennec Alpha 2 Comes: Still for Nokia N810 Only
Apple slips 0.5% in PC share over summer — Despite a major shift from desktops towards notebooks in the summer, Apple slid slid significantly in its worldwide market share over the period, according to a new iSuppli study. The MacBook creator lost exactly a half percentage point of influence …
Discussion: PC World, Associated Press, CNET News, Tech Trader Daily and MacBlogz
Brooke Crothers / CNET News: Laptop shipments top desktops for first time; Netbooks a factor
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: Report: Notebook Shipments Exceed Desktops; Acer Up Dell's Tailpipe …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Notebook PC Sales Outpace Desktops: Good News For Apple (AAPL)
Notebook PC Sales Outpace Desktops: Good News For Apple (AAPL)
Discussion: Macsimum News
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: Apple laptop sales way up, desktop sales way down last quarter
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Analyst says Steve Jobs' spirit has been institutionalized — Investment bank Kaufman Bros. on Tuesday downplayed renewed concerns over the health of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, arguing that although the co-founder has been critical to the company's resurgence, his spirit and drive …
Discussion: Infinite Loop, Apple 2.0 and Macsimum News
Justin Berka / Infinite Loop: Analyst says Jobs' views are now endemic to Apple
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0: Analyst: Steve Jobs' "spirit" has been institutionalized
Ben Galbraith / Ajaxian:
Lengthening Out URLs — In our age of information and technology, there isn't as much mystery as there used to be. In that sense, short URLs (e.g., tinyurl.com/123) can be fun! Who knows where you'll wind up. — Some folks aren't as happy with uncertainty in hyperlinking; one of them …
Discussion: Technologizer and ThreatChaos
Ed Oswald / Technologizer: Long URL Please Makes a Lot of Sense
Stiennon / ThreatChaos: Great idea, long URLs, might save Twitter
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Vudu Knocks $200 Off Its Device (Will You Buy?) — Vudu has dropped the price of its movie delivery set-top box by $200 as the company continues to try something, anything, to get you to buy one (hat tip to Gizmodo). The "Vudu Christmas Special" knocks the price of the box down to $99 from $299 …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Silicon Alley Insider, Engadget, Boy Genius Report, Gearlog, Ubergizmo and Slashdot
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Vudu $200 Off — It's hard to read whether this is desperation …
Darren Murph / Engadget: VUDU price dramatically slashed to $99* for the holidays
Eric Griffith / Gearlog: VUDU Movie Player Drops to $99 for Limited Time
Kdawson / Slashdot: Roku Box Adds HD, Grows Beyond Netflix
Stephen Shankland / Underexposed:
iPhone claims high-ranking spot on Flickr … The iPhone is the mobile device of choice these days for doing most things that need a network. So it shouldn't be a surprise that the phone has carved out a prominent place on Yahoo's photo-sharing site, Flickr.
Discussion: IntoMobile, 9 to 5 Mac and Electronista
Will Park / IntoMobile: iPhone hangin' with the big boys on Flickr
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac: iPhone becoming the most popular camera on Flickr
Quincy Pince-Nez / 9 to 5 Mac:
Changewave produces latest iPhone vs. Blackberry data — Changewave continues the glut of iPhone data with this month's installment from their user surveys. Check the pretty tables below: … From Changewave: — Bottom Line — The smart phone market is now dominated by two companies - Apple and Research In Motion.
Discussion: NEWSFACTOR, Digital Daily, BlackBerry Cool and MacDailyNews
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Animoto On The iPhone: Trust Me, You Want It — Yeah, I gush about Animoto (and so do others). And I'll keep on gushing because they are an example of a startup that just focuses like a laser on doing one thing well. In their case, it's creating slideshows for users from their photos.
Discussion: VentureBeat and Entrepreneur.com
Sara Wilson / Entrepreneur.com: The Animoto Revolution
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
8 Signs That Apple Customers Are No Longer Special — Remember when Apple customers felt hip? — There was a time when a glowing Apple logo symbolized radical nonconformity. Being part of a miniature customer base was, to Mac users, like being a member of a holier-than-thou, secret society — a "Cult of Mac," if you will.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
HP Firebird 803 tower with VoodooDNA leaked! — We always loved us that Voodoo-designed HP Blackbird 002, but it was certainly a behemoth. Now it looks like the duo are going for a more realistic size — and hopefully pricepoint — with the all-new HP Firebird PC 803 that just fell in our lap …
Discussion: DailyTech, SlashGear, Electronista and Gizmodo
Shane McGlaun / DailyTech: Details of HP Firebird Voodoo DNA Tower Leaked
Mike Volpe / HubSpot's Inbound Internet Marketing Blog:
State of the Twittersphere - Q4 2008 Report — Taking a page from Technorati and their state of the blogosphere report that reviews survey data from a few hundred bloggers, we're publishing the "State of the Twittersphere" report. This is our first report, for Q4 2008.
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch: Hubspot Releases State of the Twittersphere Report
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: Why I'm Giving Twitter Grader's "State of the Twittersphere" a B+
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Report Says Twitter Would Take 36 Years to Catch Facebook …
Susan Mernit / Susan Mernit's Blog: Twitterlicious: Users, Data, Reports. Neat
Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
Google still wants something for nothing — Tech Daily: The Internet giant responds to criticism that it has reversed course on a key issue facing the Web: Should some users be required to pay more for faster service? — SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — The Wall Street Journal unleashed a firestorm …
Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Ubuntu Distributor Wants to Overhaul Linux Desktop Notifications — Canonical, the parent company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux system, wants to implement a new (and vaguely Mac-ish) method of user notification in Ubuntu's next release. — You can check out a demonstration …
Mark Shuttleworth:
Notifications, indicators and alerts
Notifications, indicators and alerts
Discussion: Ars Technica and Slashdot
Byron Acohido / USA Today:
Pressure mounts for Microsoft to deliver with Windows 7 — SEATTLE — One thing you don't see very often on corporate PCs and laptops: Windows Vista. — Nearly two years after introducing Vista, Microsoft (MSFT) is grappling with an unanticipated phenomenon: The latest version …
Discussion: InformationWeek
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek: Microsoft Extends Windows XP Cutoff Date
Marisa Taylor / Digits:
eToys About to Go Under - Again — How many bankruptcies can eToys survive? — The Parent Company, an online hub for finding baby-related products and advice, is considering closing up shop, and sadly for eToys, one of the company's brands, this won't be first time it's found itself standing on death's doorstep.
Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Updates MobileMe Online Apps — Apple has detailed some recent changes they have made to their MobileMe web apps. A partial list of changes and improvements are listed here: — Searching for contacts in a large address book (more than 1000 contacts) is faster and no longer results in a "slow script" browser alert message
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, TUAW and Infinite Loop
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac: Apple updates Mail.app and MobileMe
Robert Palmer / TUAW: Apple updates MobileMe web apps
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Federal grants will fund study of food system, environment [Cornell Chronicle 10/29/2012] – How can farmers battle marmorated stink bugs in vineyards or late blight threatening a tomato crop? Can urban trees help mitigate climate change? What breeding programs will keep American crops competitive? Cornell faculty and extension educators will tackle these and other questions this year with $9 million in Federal Formula Funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Cornellians plan historic gardens for Harriet Tubman home [Cornell Chronicle 10/26/2012] – A collaborative project involving the Cornell Plantations and Cornell landscape architecture students focuses on planting for the future while preserving the past. Plantations staff and summer interns from Cornell have been creating plans for new gardens at the historic Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, N.Y.
Honey, The Americans Shrank The Apple Trees [NPR's The Salt 10/8/2012] – Adjunct professor in the Department of Horticulture Gennaro Fazio, a geneticist with the USDA's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, N.Y., explains the benefits of dwarfing including doubling or tripling apple yields compared to standard size trees.
Yield from Freeville farm volunteers was no small potatoes [Cornell Chronicle 10/31/2012] – About 20 volunteers harvested about 5 tons of red and white potatoes at the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm Oct. 27 for distribution to food aid programs. The potato gleaners were participating in Make a Difference Day, an annual day of volunteering established 22 years ago by USA Weekend Magazine.
Pumpkin 2011 U.S. sales: $113 million [San Francisco Chronicle 10/29/2012] – Demand for pumpkins has risen since the late 1980s, with the emerging popularity of pick-your-own pumpkin farms across the country, according to Steve Reiners, an associate professor in horticulture at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
Pumpkins Thriving Amid Midwest Drought Signals Glut on Halloween [Bloomberg 10/28/2012] – Demand for pumpkins rose in the late '80's with the emerging popularity of pick-your-own farms, says Steve Reiners. "We've got people that are willing to spend incredible amounts of money to have that farm experience," Reiners said. "Growers started to realize this could be a real money-making crop."


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The conversion of nearly every video game landscape into Minecraft continues steadily. This week already saw the birth of a project to create Mass Effect's gargantuan Citadel within the game. Now comes word that, after eight months, a full representation of World of Warcraft's lands in Minecraft has released a beta.
"Crafting Azeroth" checks in at a svelte 24 gigabytes once it unpacks, though so be sure you really want that much Minecraft before downloading (2.14 GB) and installing the free mod. The modder Ramses says that much of the creation of the map is assisted by automation software that he developed.
Using the slider above you can see what one vista looks like in Warcraft and then again in Minecraft. For more information on "Crafting Azeroth," see this forum post and this imgur gallery. Reddit, where the beta was first announced, has the link to the mod's BitTorrent link.
World of Warcraft for Minecraft finally released (download link in comments!) [Reddit]


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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (B)
Keywords: Transformation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States;
Citation:Sadun, Raffaella, Michael Beer, and James Weber. "Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-504, July 2017. (Revised October 2017.) View Details


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Before you say it's a cheap bike, what more do you want... I get that! :D But it's brand new, and as you pedal it... no matter the speed, you get a pop sound at a specific point on each rotation...
What could / should I do to help silence this sound and make the ride more enjoyable.
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DoD, Capitol Hill Square Off for BRAC Fight
February 13, 2012
In 1991, a Democratic Congressman from California fought hard to keep an Army base open in his congressional district. While he lost that fight and Fort Ord was forced to close, the lawmaker's political career did not end there.
Leon Panetta went on to become director of the Office of Management and Budget and chief of staff to President Clinton, during which time two more base realignment and closure (BRAC) rounds took place.
In 2005, during what some people call "the mother of all BRACs," Panetta served as co-chairman of the California Council on Base Support and Retention, where he fought to keep the Defense Language Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School open, both located in his hometown of Monterey, Calif.
Over the course of his career, Panetta has both fought against BRAC and made the case for it.
Now, as Defense Department secretary, he has said that as part of the 2013 budget,the Pentagon will ask Congress for legislation to establish a new BRAC commission to oversee up to two rounds of domestic base closures.
Panetta's January announcement was met with immediate resistance from Congress,with influential members saying the proposal was dead on arrival as far as they were concerned.
However, Panetta's experience, especially his understanding of the community-level concerns, could help the Defense Department gain congressional support for further base closures, according to past BRAC officials.
"He has been on all sides of this issue," said David Berteau, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). "I think therefore he has some unique standing, and if he chooses to put that standing into play, I think it could go a long way toward getting the authorization for a round."
Berteau served as a senior BRAC official during the 1990s base closures.
After Fort Ord closed, then-Rep. Panetta urged his community back home to move on from the painful decision and start thinking about how the military base could be reused. Part of the old base is now home to a campus of California State University, which includes the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, as well as conservation land and commercial buildings.
Panetta's unique background allows him to weigh in with members of Congress on a personal level, Berteau said. "If he's personally willing to make the case, it will put a lot of credibility behind the request."
That level of authority could come in handy, especially during an election year.
"Don't ever forget: BRAC is the third rail of defense politics," an issue so charged and controversial no one wants to touch it, said Ray DuBois, former acting undersecretary of the Army and now a senior adviser at CSIS. From 2001 to 2004, DuBois served as the deputy undersecretary of Defense for installations and environment, overseeing BRAC during that time.
The fact that President Obama is making a BRAC request during an election year shows just how serious the administration is about getting it done, Berteau said.
Resistance is already fierce.
When asked what he would do to a Pentagon request for domestic base closures, Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said: "Kill it."
Such a request would be dead on arrival, at least in the House, McKeon told an audience Feb. 1 at a Reserve Officers Association conference.
McKeon was not alone in his opposition. Several Congressmen and senators issued press releases vowing to protect military bases and installations in their districts.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., questioned whether BRAC rounds ever result in savings.
"Before we have another BRAC round, I think we need to do a cost-benefit analysis of whether we're really going to save any money," she said during a Feb. 2 briefing on Capitol Hill.
Defense analysts agree that while closing bases costs money upfront, it produces savings in the long run.
According to the Government Accountability Office, the 2005 BRAC round, which was mostly completed last fall, will start paying for itself in 2018, a date that has slipped due to unforeseen costs.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, indicated he was open to discussing a BRAC request. "I think everything would be on the table," he said. "We're willing to negotiate on something like that."
Meanwhile, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, Washington Rep. Adam Smith, has said he supports base closures.
"I think without question we're going to have to do base realignment," he said in an interview. "I don't see how any person looking at the strategy and looking at the changes coming down could conclude otherwise."
If history is a guide, the most likely scenario is that Congress will ask for reports on the effectiveness of BRAC in its 2013 policy bill and then wait until 2014 to include language that would authorize a new BRAC commission, Berteau said. "The track record says that you've got to request it, knowing you might not get it this year."
On that schedule, a new BRAC round would not begin until 2015, the same year the 2005 BRAC Commission recommended a new round of base closures.
DoD leadership would be needed to make the case on Capitol Hill as well as within the Pentagon, where the individual military services will likely push back on reductions to infrastructure.
"It takes a strong Defense secretary and strong [Office of the Secretary of Defense] leadership to demonstrate there are cost-savings and infrastructure reductions that can be achieved," DuBois said. "If you were to leave it up to the services, you would not achieve very much."
The military services have the tendency to evaluate base closures from their perspective alone, Berteau said. "To see the true potential for BRAC, you need to look at it DoD-wide."
Following Panetta's announcement that the Pentagon would be requesting new base closures, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said a new round of BRAC might mean minor changes for the Army, but nothing like the 2005 round.
"The Army went through a very significant BRAC here not too long ago," he said during a press briefing. "For the Army, I believe, a follow-on BRAC would not have as much impact on the Army, because we've pretty much done what we want to. We have to do some minor things, I think, as we go through BRAC, but, I think for the most part, we've established our installations."
The Navy and the Air Force also say they've been aggressive in previous BRAC rounds.
The Army had 12 major closures in the 2005 BRAC round, while the Navy had five. The Air Force was also slated for five major closures; but Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., was eventually taken off the list.
While the Marine Corps has far less infrastructure than the other services, it probably has excess capacity, especially as it had zero major closures in the last round, DuBois said.
Berteau said it is premature to say how a BRAC may affect any of the services.
Two keys things haven't been determined yet, he said. "To get the most out of a U.S. base closure, you've got to know what your endpoint is — your force structure, but also your support structure for those combat troops."
Today's plans call for the Army's active-duty force to be reduced from 547,000 soldiers to 490,000, a move tied to the Pentagon's $487 billion cut, which was mandated by the initial spending caps included in the Budget Control Act of 2011.
However, it is far from certain whether defense will be cut further, Berteau said. "Even if it rests at $487 billion, you still have a good case to make for base closures, but the real case to be made is that it's probably not the last reduction."
As the Pentagon considers closing stateside facilities, it will have to look at its depots and laboratories, too, which raises the question: What kind of capability needs to be maintained inside DoD and to what extent does the government feel comfortable relying on the private sector?
"Those questions are much bigger than base closures, but would clearly create an opportunity within base closures," Berteau said. In the end, "the No. 1 measure of whether you close or realign a base, or not, is the military value, not the budgetary savings. That's a very powerful dynamic I think the department wants to preserve."


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Ever since Shoes brought several bands together for its classic Yuletunes CD in 1991, power pop has been successfully carving out its own niche in the Christmas music genre. The New Jersey-based indie label Kool Kat Musik has certainly embraced the trend; recently releasing A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume Two. As with the previous version, Volume Two features a number of acts putting their seasonal contemplations to melodic, guitar-driven arrangements. And once again, a portion of the proceeds for each sale will go to the Susan Giblin Foundation For Animal Wellness and Welfare.
Most of the bands on A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume Two take a cheerful approach to the holiday, even if it comes under unusual circumstances. "Christmas Is Coming Again" by The Pencils (who reunited for this effort) and "Snowbirds" by The Honeymoon Stallions celebrate holiday traditions, using lush harmony vocals and ringing guitars. The Connection uses playful, old time music on "Poor Boy" while proclaiming that you don't needs loads of money to enjoy Christmas as long as you've got rock and roll. Shake Some Action and The Tor Guides adroitly employ mid-1960s jangle for songs about observing the Yuletide in non-freezing weather and getting cool records as gifts on "Christmas In The Sun" and "Beatles Vinyl," respectively.
On "Another Lonely Christmas," Split Second remains engaging while exploring the sadness that sometimes comes with this holiday, while Dan Kibler delves into exotic indie rock for his acoustic-based "Winter Sun." The Bottle Kids' descriptive "Christmas In Paris" and The Genuine Fakes' bittersweet "You Always Come Back Home" offer additional, interesting variations. People who like to put together their own rock Christmas playlists will find some worthy new candidates on A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume Two.